I've got two. A girl I knew in college. Her dad called once to remind her that every so often she needed to put oil in her truck. She did. Then her truck started smelling like french fries and then died. Even after trying to explain it, she couldn't understand that this was directly related to the quart of vegetable oil she put in the motor.
Another time, another party back in college, a guy demonstrated how to shotgun a beer by shoving a steak knife into it and twisting it. Also some of his hand. He panicked like crazy. Made all kinds of noises and waved his hand around freaking out and getting blood all over. He was a bit drunk, though, and these things happen.
He got a bandage on it a minute later and he was fine.
A friend of mine dated a gal who worked at a gas station / convenience store. She had never once changed or checked the oil in her car, didn’t even understand how to open the hood. At this point she had owned the car for five years. When we checked it for her it was about a quart low, black as tar. Good thing it was a Toyota.
Ha! Anytime! I love telling my old college stories. It was a tossup between the knife and the beer bong.
These guys had made a beer bong in the traditional fashion; a hardware store funnel and some clear tubing. They also added a valve for some reason. The valve got gunked up on day two, to great shock and surprise, and wouldn't turn. I walked in just as the brain trust agreed to spray wd40 up the hose to loosen up the valve. At first they didn't get why I insisted they hand me the can so I could go swap it out for cooking spray.
When my friend bought a house a month into home ownership she asked me, very pissed off, when the city was coming to cut her lawn because it’s starting to look like weeds .
It was awkward when I had to explain that she needs to cut her own lawn or hire someone.
They don't cut it. They cite you and give you two weeks and then fine you if you don't do it.
At least in my state/county.
Unless you live in a gate community, no one is doing shit for you without you paying for it.
My city will send the city crew to do it. But you get a bill for $500.
I hire a kid to cut it for $30. It’s not a very big yard, so I would highly suggest not waiting for the city to cut it.
When I was a kid I would go to a street filled with people who were so rich they had no idea what anything was worth and then I’d offer to mow the lawn or jet wash their patio for an obscene amount of money
It makes sense for the city to charge a fine, and not just the labor cost. I would imagine that there would be some truly lazy people who would just wait for the city to do it if all they had to pay was cost.
I think my area will cut it if you ignore the notice, but you're also going to pay out the ass for it. I guess I could be misremembering though.
And if you live in a gate community the HOA is definitely gonna make you pay. One way or another, they'll bend you over for some stupid shit. Maybe it will be for grass, maybe it will be for someone having a slightly less enjoyable day than they had hoped. But ohhh boy will they make you pay. (At least if what literally everyone says is true, I don't own shit so I can't confirm)
Where I live the city will take care of something that's a safety hazard (like a dead tree that's about to fall on the road) and put a lien on your house if you don't pay the fine. They'll also do that for noxious weeds but nobody cares if you just don't mow the grass.
In my town, if the trees are close enough to potentially fall in the road, they belong to the city and it's the cities responsibility. They got really mad one year when my dad helped me trim some low hanging branches on the tree in our front yard, because "it belongs to the city." Well, they weren't doing it and the branches we're leaning low over the sidewalk. They didn't do anything about it, just told me it was there's and I needed permission next time.
I’ve never known an HOA that paid for individual yard maintenance.
Usually HOA fees cover communal property.
The difference being that typically lawn requirements are in the HOA bylaws and you will get fined by your HOA before getting fined by the city.
Both can put liens against your property for not paying.
HOA will likely be *less expensive and will mow the property faster, however.
*unless it’s a really expensive HOA, but I don’t see too many people paying to live in a really nice neighborhood and not paying to have someone mow their lawn.
I worked for a local council in Melbourne for a while, where one of my jobs was to go through the inbox of their general email address and forward emails to the responsible officers. There was one lady who would email in multiple times a day, dobbing in any property with lawn longer than the allowed 15cm, with a measurement to the cm of how long it actually was. Like she spent all day walking around with a ruler, measuring people's lawn. She would end every email with "Keeping [local government name] Beautiful!"
Christ what a busybody. No one really cares if your lawn is a little long, but if your place looks like a hostel and the rest in the neighborhood are gingerbread houses, a little peer pressure to pick up the slack isn't a big deal and is expected; you bring everyone else's property values down.
It's a different story if everyone has car parts on their lawn, but if it's just you....
We have similar laws in England too. There was a huge court battle over some woman who painted her house with delibartely ugly stripes in spite because her neighbours objected to her trying to get a basement extension done. End result was she was ordered to have her house painted in normal colours.
Stuff you do on the ouside of your property can and does affect the value of not only your house but the values of the houses of those around you. Considering that, for most people, their house is the most valuable thing they'll own it's understandable why there are rules in place to stop people doing something with their own house that might cause the value of other peoples' houses to go down.
Congratulations, you've got local property laws just like the rest of us!
Aside from a few HOA horror stories you'll see online from time to time most local property laws are pretty reasonable and are rarely enforced except in extreme cases. My town has a law on the books saying that your lawn cannot exceed 4" in length. The police are not walking around the neighborhood with a ruler checking grass height and citing people for grass that's a quarter of an inch too long.
These local property laws are used for serious cases, like hoarders who have filled up their yards with junk. In those cases laws that are strictly safety based (like fire codes) might not address a situation that is reducing the property value and quality of life for everyone in the area.
The aforementioned HOAs (Home Owner's Associations) are not government bodies. HOAs are organizations set up when a large block of houses is built by a developer. They have elected positions that are usually filled by busybodies that love swinging around any modicum of power they can get their hands on, which leads to extreme nit-picking. Unless you live in a newer home that's part of a subdivision you usually don't have to deal with an HOA, and the presence of an HOA is mentioned up front in the home buying process so they're far from ubiquitous (at least in the US).
Really? It should be. It keeps areas from looking trashy. My friend had a non running car parked on her lawn for a year, the city sent a letter that she needed to move it or cover it because it wasn't registered, hadn't moved in months.
Another house down the road from me had their porch collapse 6 years ago! And had been paying fines the whole time because they couldn't be bothered to clean it up or fix it.
What IS a stretch though is if you roll your garbage bins to the curb and don't roll them back you'll get a $20 ticket after a week.
Thats interesting, here in Mexico most people dont care and have cars without weels in front of their houses, and overgrown grass, and the neighbors wont care moat of the time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just imagine trying to sell your house when your neighbors house looks like shit. It depreciates the value of the surrounding homes. Yes some HOA’s are fucked, but the ones that aren’t run by power tripping Karens help in keeping the value of your house.
We just moved into a house rental where the previous tenants did nothing. We're trying but there is literally no sod left, just weeds and common mallow. Landlord says if we want a lawn we have to pay for it. Ok then.
We just sold our house and our neighbors are 90 somthing and don’t take care of thief lawn , and the entire time on the market we would mow their lawn when we did ours and plus some brush and leave clean up. They were on a fixed income and couldn’t afford, we never really cared until we were trying to move 😂
Eh? I don’t think there’s any country where local government would cut your grass lmao. And if they were forced to you’re damn right they would bill you for it.
shes probably live her life in an HOA area, in which she didnt own it, so she was oblivious to it. So as far as she was concerned, the gardeners she would see were sent from the city, not the HOA. Thats the only rationale i can place on it.
My family grew up on the poorer (but still very middle class) side, and from day one of moving into our new dilapidated home we had to mow the lawn while my dad worked on other stuff (like installing the new roof and painting the house).
Depending on where you live they find a person and bill you a certain amount. For a while in my town it was cheaper than hiring the guy they hired anyway 😂
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 10:07:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How so
bibyts · -2 points · Posted at 10:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right now my city is encouraging people to let their lawns grow for the bees. Radio ads and everything. I have an especially meadow-like yard with lots of dandelions etc. I'm right on a corner at the bottom of a hill right near a real meadow so I think all the seeding blows down into my yard.
My neighbour recently asked if we plan on cutting it so i'm about to paint a sign saying "This meadow is for the bees."
I don't care what he thinks. Why are people so obsessed with manicured lawns? Who is it hurting? I don't get it.
Can confirm this. In an area where I worked a homeowner has a notice posted on the front door that the condition of the lawn is in violation of city law. They are given a time period to mow the lawn and if it is not, the city sends a crew to do it and sends the homeowner a bill.
Is that a US thing or does that happen in other countries too? Around here you can let your grass grow 10ft high, if it doesn't interfere with the neighbors' gardens...not really city business
Ah, yes, the city deciding to override a person's preferences on what they want their lawn to look like. If the person wants to have overgrown weeds outside, freedom of expression should give them the right to have overgrown weeds outside.
Some weeds that grow in lawns are toxic. That's a community safety hazard. Where I live I don't think anyone cares about tall grass itself as far as government regulation. An HOA might get you for it though.
I mean she can be 18 rich and buying an apartment. I know one such girl who could probably buy my life (rich father).
The fact she wants to buy it is indicative from her questions and tone.
Why a tenant is meeting with this person would be the question though. Poor landlord management maybe, or someone told her it was for sale. I always find people aren't as retarded as one would think when you dig in.
Assumptions are never good, they always come back to bite.
However on the other end, the landlord should have told you he was selling too. If he was. But he might not have.
I ask a lot of questions when I rent. Things I think ate normal, like who lives above/below me, how are utility bills done, is there a carpet fee, is there a formal lease, etc. Apparently I look dumb because people keep asking if it's my first time renting. I'm not dumb, I've just rented enough that I know not to assume anything and ask about everything before you sign a legal contract. Meanwhile the guy that walks through real quick and doesnt ask a single question is seen as the mature, experienced renter. I wonder if that girl may have been pressing him for real answers she wouldn't get from a landlord. Presxistinf damage is a pretty big thing to consider when renting. Let's you know about management's upkeep and you dont want to be on the hook for it yourself
I've been informed by the estate agency that mortgage lenders will always run a site survey before lending the money, as they want to factor the costs into whether the recipient can pay back the loan.
It's not an extensive survey, but it should ease concerns. It made me happy enough to hear anyhow.
So funny story. One summer I, and a couple of guys I lived with, started to mow our lawn. It was the 1st time of the year, and our mower broke. Just stopped working. We kept putting off getting it fixed and basically, we didn't fix it all summer. Just before fall, as the growth started to stop, we got a letter from the "county weed commisioner." It said we had to mow it or we'd be charged for them to do it. I was mad, but there was no way we were gonna be able to mow it, now. It was way too long.
...so they came out. And mowed the whole lawn, and even edged the thing (roughly, but at that point who cares)....for 25 dollars. You mean to tell me that I don't have to low my lawn for a whole year and the only cost was 25 bucks? Deal. We lived on a dead end and nobody cared except one neighbor. To hell with it. We moved, but id have done that shit every year, bet.
Certain apartments offer lawn service as a part of the rental fee. She could have potentially grown up all her life experiencing only this and when she moved to a differant area, figured the standards would continue, however foolish it may be.
I also assume she always lived somewhere it was a service most people would pay for or receive via their landlord. My current area is like that. Few people mow their own lawn and it’s not rare that the whole neighborhood has negotiated a good deal with a service or even that the HOA includes service as an amenity. I’m glad to pay for it, myself. $25 is a low price to buy yourself out of an hour in a steam sauna with mosquitoes and fire ants.
This makes me sad because there are so many people who genuinely don't make the efforts to learn about life themselves, but at the same time lack the proper parental guidance for some of these things.
Not knowing some stuff as a first time home owner is normal, and some HOAs (if you pay them enough) do cut lawns automatically for you.
Just bums me out when someone young in their life struggles to even do what most consider basic stuff...because they haven't had someone in their life to assist them....hell it could be understanding money, basic saving, how to repair basic home stuff, etc.
Lawns are bad for the local environment. I would recommend a native lawn (several native ground covers (grasses low hanging vines ect) it helps biodiversity in your area and has less long term yard work
I don’t understand what she was thinking?? I’ve never owned a house I’ve only rented and you still have to take care of your own lawn when you’re renting so of course if you own the house you do too like wtf???
I guess not? Haha. I thought she was joking, and it only came up because I bought a house right before her, and she was wondering when mine got cut, and since I pay someone I told her last week. Then she went on a rant about the city slacking and how she is paying taxes and needs it done ASAP. She even told me she called the city 311 number to ask, but that’s basically a message service that opens tickets and if they don’t have an answer , don’t call back.
I'm curious how they grew up to come to that conclusion. Usually people assume these kinds of things when they grow up with a unique set of circumstances that they just accepted as the norm.
Because if your friend just came up with that on their own then, I'm sorry, but they dumb lol
I had a relative try to put her son on the school bus his first day if kindergarten and got upset when the driver refused to let him on because he wasnt on the list.
She never registered him for school and just thought she could put him on the bus and send him.
Somehow, of all the absurd things I have read hear till now, this is the one that gets me! This is being oblivious of the real world at another level.
pinano · 206 points · Posted at 05:11:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes sense to me. Where are you supposed to learn about school registration? They don’t teach that one in school! The elementary school near me has little signs out front every year, but what if you never drive past it?
[deleted] · 277 points · Posted at 05:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It's crazy, I know, but people like that don't realize that they need to go looking for information because they don't know that registration even exists. They don't know that they don't know and they have no inkling whatsoever that there is even a thing that needs done. Hence, no trigger.
[deleted] · 81 points · Posted at 06:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In what country is kindergarten age 5??? I was 2 turning 3 when I went to preschool and 3 turning 4 when I went to kindergarten. (Canada) Indonesia starts a year earlier and so does the UK (or some parts of the UK)
[deleted] · 42 points · Posted at 13:22:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s age 5 in America, but the child can be 4 and be enrolled if they’re going to turn 5 before the cutoff date. And preschool isn’t obligatory in America, so I used Kindergarten.
I’m not American (from UK) but my understanding is that in the US Kindergarten starts at age 5, them there is Elementary grades 1-5 (age 11), then Middle School grades 6-8 and then High school grades 9-12 graduating at age 18. This is based on US friends though so may be wrong. In the UK Reception is age 4, then Primary age 5-11, them Secondary 11-16 then sixth form at same school or sixth form/ further education college 16-18. How does Canada work?
Starting at age 3 (or 2 if you have a late birthday). 1 year preschool, 2 years kindergarten, 8 years primary (can be split into 5 years elementary and 3 years middle), 4 years secondary. This is assuming you’re not in Quebec province.
Ah interesting, I work in a school so I’m interested in how other countries education systems work! We have pre-school as well, same set up as yours, every child qualifies for at least 15 hours of free childcare (more if both parents working over 16 hours). I like the fact that secondary education ends here at 16, sixth form college treats students in a more adult way and prepared well for uni.
I grew up in one of the direct suburbs and didn’t realize it was a thing in BC until I was in high school. It’s also very common place in Alberta and further eastern provinces.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:56:26 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister has a birthday after the cutoff date, so she graduated at 19. The average age is 18, but I will admit that it slipped my mind that some graduates are 17.
It is 1:45am here, so this may be a dumb question, but why is it that some are 19 but some are 17 where you're living? I was 18, born in January, the oldest in my graduating class.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:18:51 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It’s the dumbass cutoff date. People like my sister who were born after it have to wait a year to start school and so they turn 6 before starting or early in kindergarten. It may help to know that I’m speaking from a Californian perspective; school districts work differently in different states.
That's not right. The cutoff date is for starting when you are 4. You start kindergarten at 5, but if you are going to turn five before (cutoff date, usu. somewhere between first day of school and dec 31) then you start while you are still 4. Unless your school district is extremely strange, your sister started late or got held back a grade.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:55:26 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry for the long copy-paste, but here’s the answer from https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/em/kindergartenfaq.asp:
“No. Pursuant to EC 48000(a), a child is eligible for kindergarten if the child will have his or her fifth birthday by September 1.
However, pursuant to EC 48000(b), local education agencies (LEAs) may enroll children in TK or kindergarten on or after their 5th birthday, on a case-by-case basis, if the governing board determines that the admittance is in the best interests of the child, and the parent or guardian is given information regarding the advantages and disadvantages, and any other explanatory information about the effect of this early admittance. Therefore, age-ineligible students (e.g., a child whose 5th birthday is on January 5) cannot attend school at the beginning of the school year, and cannot be admitted or attend school until they have attained the age of 5. Average Daily Attendance (ADA) can be claimed for these "late start" students on the day of their admittance.”
There was a " : " screwing up the link in the other comment. The OP is correct, a child in California rarely starts school before the age of 5.
What is the minimum age for admittance to kindergarten in California?
According to EC 48000[a], a child shall be admitted to a kindergarten maintained by the school district at the beginning of a school year, or at a later time in the same year if the child will have his or her fifth birthday on or before September 1 for the 2014-15 school year and thereafter.
May a child whose fifth birthday falls after the above date be admitted to kindergarten once the child has reached his or her fifth birthday?
Although rarely used, on a case-by-case basis, a district may admit a child who has attained the age of five years (EC 48000[b]). However, the child cannot start school at the beginning of the school year, and must wait to attend until five years of age is reached.
Right. And a five year old is never too young. There is no cut off date where a 5 year old has to wait until they are 6, as OP keeps claiming.
(Also, I started Kindergarten at 4 in California, as did everyone else in my district with birthdays before December 1. And my dad years before in a different district in California. )
Here Pre-K is generally 3&4yo some places take 2 yo and this is generally not paid for by the state not is it mandatory. Kindergarten is 1 year usually 5 yo at the start and turning 6 by the end and is part of primary school. It is mandatory and paid by the state. Elementary school is 6-7 years long (some places the last year of elementary is grade 5 some places grade 6). Middle school (also called Jr. High) comes after primary and starts with either 6th or 7th grade and goes usually to 8th, but some places to 9th grade. High School (secondary) is usually 9th-12th, but some places 10th-12th. Generally 12th graders are 17 turning 18 if they got red shirted in kindergarten or ever got held back they might be 18 turning 19.
Pre-K optional 3-4years old maybe 2
Elementary school (mandatory)
Kindergarten 5 year olds
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th (might be Elementary might be Middle school depending on district)
Middle school
7th
8th
High School
9th Freshman (rarely this is in the middle school)
10th Sophomore
11th Junior
12th Senior
College/University (optional) (the terms are completely interchangeable when used to denote a level of schooling)
Freshman (13-16th grade is occasionally used in jest or putting things in perspective for young kids but never is earnest)
Sophomore
Junior
Senior (once complete you receive a Bachelor's degree)
Master's Degree
Doctorate Degree (there aren't clear grade levels between these two).
Age 5 is the only year it’s called “kindergarten” in the US, but we have school before that. It’s just called pre-K and before that, nursery school.
Quick google search told me compulsory education in the USA depends on state, but starts in kindergarten or first grade (age 5 or 6). Canada is first grade (age 6). 5 years old in most of the UK, 4 in Northern Ireland. According to Wikipedia, school in Indonesia is not “compulsory” until age six, but earlier education is very common.
Look, I'm young and have no kids, and I've gotta say, it never really occurred to me to ask any of those questions, because things like school administration are not a part of my daily life. When you're a kid the adults take care of all that stuff, and you just get put on a bus and magically transported to a school where it all works out. I can kinda see if someone has kids young and it hasn't occurred to them that it's actually more complicated than it is from the kids perspective, they might think it works the same way as they remember it from childhood.
They'd still have to be pretty clueless to assume that though.
You have an excuse though. You're young and have no kids. You've never thought about it. Most people would have a younger sibling or a cousin or at some point someone would mention; like has happened with you now, now you know.
But imagine having a four and a half year old child who didn't go to pre-school because you didn't sign them up for one. Imagine this and it's January or April. You'd know you need to find out information about sending your kid to school.
I believe this whole story is fake or the reletive of OP is a lier and did know but was too lazy and missed the date.
For one, how would the woman know what time the bus arrived? How would she know it was the proper bus and not one set to arrive at the high school?
How can she expect her child to get on the bus if they don't know where they're going? Who is their teacher? How in the world is her child going to get back home if nobody at the school knows who they are or where they live?
Anyone whoes never considered any of this; especially in the first four and a half years of their child's life; has serious mental or substance abuse issues.
I mean... when you went to school at the start of a year, was it chaos with an unknown number of random kids turning up and everyone figuring out what to do? Or did the staff already seem to have clipboards with the names of the students and which classes they were assigned to, and conveniently precisely the right number of desks, chairs, rooms, teachers etc? It should be obvious from your own memories (or just imagining for a moment how chaotic this would be) that you were expected ahead of time and thus your parents must have enrolled you in advance.
Wait you can remember that well from kindergarten? I feel like I only have a few flashes from being that young I definitely have no idea whether it was chaotic or not but I just imagine 30 5 years olds all in a new environment would be chaotic regardless
In my country, the government just ships out information about what school your child will start in, and the school calendar. Also invites you to various meetings before the school starts.
There's of course a bunch of work to enroll to a *different* school if you move, so that they're prepared that you'll move - but that's corner cases.
It's also like doing taxes. Lots of countries know exactly what you need to pay and just send you the bill. But in the US, we have to go through this song and dance of forms every year.
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I had to jump a friends car that wouldn’t start. It had a hard time but I finally got it running. She immediately turns off the car and says, “thanks so much I’ll call you later!”
reelru · 922 points · Posted at 08:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I had a friend who was really upset because his car kept dying and he kept having to jump it. We talked for a bit and I offered to jump it so at least he could go to the mechanic. We go to his car and I help him jump it and he turns it off and says “thanks, I’m just gonna go eat real quick and then I’ll go”. I then have to explain to the poor boy that we’d have to jump his car again but at least he probably doesn’t need to go to a mechanic lol.
I had this happen to me once. I was at the store and my work can wouldn't start. One of the guys at the supply house came out and jumped it, it started up and I moved it to the loading dock where I parked it and muscle memory kicked in as I got out.
The guy said he could see me sigh in the driver's seat as soon as it happened.
Siilan · 123 points · Posted at 13:42:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you knew where you fucked up. Muscle memory can really suck sometimes.
In high school shortly after getting my driver's license, I was driving on a four-lane divided highway when the car stalled out. (Carb problems -- whole other story.)
Muscle memory kicked in: "Restart the car. Okay, put it in Park..."
A loud, very rapid ticking sound came from under the car, and about half a second later I realized that I goofed and quickly put it into Neutral before I had to buy a new transmission.
Somewhere, years ago, a Ford engineer made the decision to not let the transmission go into Park while the car is moving at highway speeds. Whoever you are, thank you.
I took a trip a few years ago and as soon as we hit the highway for reasons I still can’t explain, I went to put the car in park but immediately realized what I did and put it back in Drive. Thank God nothing happened but I had a real “wtf brain” moment. I was going 75 mph.
My car was a 2016 kia so at least on that car you won’t die lol.
LS-CRX · 17 points · Posted at 20:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this once with a broken toilet... thinking about not flushing it the whole time I was peeing only to reach down and flush it immediately after I finish :-/
I remember my abusive father screaming at a bunch of soldiers at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, to jump start his station wagon without jumper cables. One of the guys organized five or six others to hold metal objects to complete the current loop and it worked without any noticeable injuries. On the way home he has to pass a guarded gate but had instructions from the guy who helped to not stop or apply brakes or do anything requiring electricity. He screams out the driver's side window that he cannot stop and the soldiers take position to forcefully stop his station wagon because both sides are idiots and cannot communicate ideas. He screams why he cannot stop and that his screaming of not stopping was not a request to stop the vehicle or a challenge to put the soldiers in danger. Getting past the gate was not the issue for danger. The gate exited to on-coming traffic that had right of way at a high rate of speed because it was a highway and not a city street. He never bought jumper cables because he preferred cussing at people and putting them in danger. No one was allowed to wear a seat belt when he drove. He insisted on being as reckless as possible without drinking first.
If you drive around this city long enough you'll see people with blown alternators because they leave the cables connected to their battery and close the hood -_- I'm no where near a mechanic but I've diagnosed so many people with broken alternators... Me- "when did you last change the battery?" Them- "within the week" me- "this is the problem every time?" Them-"yes." Me- "well... Take it in, it's your alternator." People (me included) sometimes dont get why if there's a new battery, what could possibly else power the car?? Sunshine and a prayer?? Lol
I accidentally did this once. AAA came out to jump me so I could run to an auto store and have a new battery put in, after the guy jumped me I went to remove my house key so I could run up and lock the door and accidentally ripped my keys from the ignition from a muscle spasm. Very embarrassing explaining to the dude that I’ve had tremors in my arms my whole life and that I was dumb enough not to get my key off the ring first.
AAA will install a battery right on the spot for you. My mom's done it a few times now. I always thought it was extravangant, but the replacement batteries in the auto parts stores aren't significantly different in price.
That is more convenient, but I say this as someone who doesn't know shit about cars, it's often very easy to change out a battery yourself if you have a wrenches.
I'm mostly in the same boat, but I've heard a few horror stories. A few older dodges made you access them through the wheel well after removing the air filter box... sometimes there under the rear passenger seat, the trunk, etc.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:48:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes they’re very light and my steering wheel is in no way sensitive enough to react to them. The muscle spasm was because I was going way too fast trying to get the key off and my muscles freaked
I did this as a kid when my dad had asked a stranger to jump our car. Idk exactly how old i was, i would guess around 12 and i had never jumped a car before. My dad had me in the drivers seat while he was by the hood with them. They were putting their jumper cables away and my dad had to explain what id done and ask for them again
shrk352 · 47 points · Posted at 14:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The battery is usually dead if you need a jump start. The point of a jump is to get the car running so then the alternator can charge the battery back up, which will take a while. If it starts then you immediately shut it back off the battery has not had time to charge up enough to restart the car. So you will need another jump to start the car again until you give it enough time to charge.
Edit: This also assumes your battery isn't dead because your alternator failed. If that's the case then you wont get very far.
Old fashioned people clean their cars without wax. Me? I just wax on. I don't need my car to look pretty until the day I sell it... If that day ever comes.
I really want to but there's no space (street parked, basement apartment). There are some things I can do like jump start a car but I want to learn more. Stuff like oil change. I guess garage space rental isn't a thing, at least not around here.
On a different note, I remember cars getting started by getting the car pushed (for example, by 10 year old me). I don't know how that works.
Depends where you live...not sure if/how it would work with an automatic.
But with a manual you keep the clutch engaged, so when you push the car, it turns the engine over. If the battery is dead/dying, it means the starter motor needs less power, so the plugs have more power available and a better chance of ignition
So for automatic, do you shift to drive? I remember having to push my dad's car and that was an automatic. Big bench seat at front, shift lever behind the steering wheel.
No. You can not push start an automatic these days. The last time you could was in 1969. Even modern manuals have trouble because of fuel injection. You need an old fashioned carburator.
On batteries and cars, here's something I learned the hard way: Yes you can catch a car in gear to start it. No, you can not do that if the battery is completely dead. It's an alternator, not a generator. If you have basically any battery left it works but if it's stone cold dead nope. So after a long walk back up the hill, lesson learned.
They are not the same thing, you cannot use an alternator to charge a completely dead battery. Also, alternators have a rotating magnetic field while a generator has a stationary magnetic field. They are similar, but they are not the same.
Well a generator would have used my wheel's power in first gear to charge my very dead battery. An alternator failed to do so. I'm not an electrician but after I got a jump it fired right up and had no problems with the alternator. I don't know the nuts and bolts of it but I know it sure as hell didn't start despite going down a pretty steep hill.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol when I still had my motorcycle my battery had died one day so I put it on the tender and get barely enough juice to start her over. She doesn’t crank so I have to bump start her down the hill and she gets going right away. I get situated and leave for a ride to charge the battery (there’s a 75 mile loop I like to do). Well, today’s hot AF and I’m sitting in a line of traffic when a bright idea comes into my head. If I turn off the bike then my legs won’t cook anymore, so I did and immediately realized my mistake. Had to call out AAA to get a jump. That sucked.
That's when you drive away and reject all her calls for the next 24 hours.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a post on another forum, the poster didn’t realise that running the air con/heater and radio without the engine running would drain the battery. She’d had the battery replaced a couple of times before asking for opinions on her car and realising her mistake!
Well yeah that's what you're supposed to do. Positive to positive, negative to chassey, and make sure the good car is running... Otherwise you could end up with 2 dead batteries. Wait 5 minutes before attempting to start the 2nd car. Remove the positive lead first.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 16:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Generally you turn off the working vehicle first, then connect the jumper cables, then turn on the working vehicle, then try to turn on the other vehicle.
That might not be a good idea. Some cars have a really hard time starting in the cold or if there's already a load on the battery. Cold cranking amps are a thing. I just wouldn't risk it.
I actually did this once. I was like 16 and didnt really know anything about cars. I accidentally left the lights on and it died, so called someone. Guy came, jumped it, and then I turned it off. He didnt know i turned it off the first time, he thought it just died again, so he jumped it again. I again turned the car off, and then he saw what I did, and looked at me like I was the biggest idiot and said, "what exactly are you trying to do" in really mean tone. Like he was a complete and total asshole about it. I'm sorry that you have had to do this three times, but instead of making me feel like a dumbass, you could politely explain to me what I'm doing wrong. I should've stood up for myself, but I didnt.
Had to ask my roommate to please wash his hands after touching raw chicken. He was cool to just...go about his day before I asked. He thought I was being a wacko neat freak.
Same guy also thought his sheets wouldn’t fit in the washing machine so he just...never washed them.
When I asked him please not drop silverware down the garbage disposal and leave it he said I had too many house rules.
R97R · 1479 points · Posted at 07:14:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m forever disturbed by the amount of people who don’t seem to have a problem with touching raw chicken and not washing their hands afterwards.
I didn’t think anyone still did that until I moved in with my old roommate. Watched him rub his chicken and then touch e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g with his greasy fingers.
I think he thought I made up hygiene as I went just to piss him off.
R97R · 123 points · Posted at 07:45:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I genuinely think you must’ve lived with one of my siblings at one point.
His response to a warning about salmonella after licking his raw-chicken-juices-covered fingers was “aye, but you only get that in, like Africa.”
Right! I had a baby two weeks ago (one month early) and was on bed rest for the last month of my pregnancy due to some issues that made me high risk, I never really went out much in that time period, but before then when I did have to go out I was not afraid of being rude to people and saying back off if they were too close. Now, my little girl (perfectly healthy— just very small) don’t go anywhere, and if we do it’s with daddy and we stay in the car with the a/c.
I don’t trust these morons around me enough to know to just stay home, or even how to social distance properly.
I had a knife with a sheath i used for meal prep. I let my roommate's friend use it one time because he was preparing food for all of us and every single knife in the house (but mine) were dull af.
He cut up the chicken and then just put the bloody chicken knife back into the sheath.
It's far more prevalent than one can imagine. I've witnessed it with raw meat, such as when people are grilling hamburgers. Frightening stuff! There is no point in asking if they were raised by wolves because wolves would have done a better job.
Yep, raw chicken is often contaminated with campylobacter or salmonella bacteria.
If you have handled raw chicken and then touch other foods, or use the same utensils you cut it up with you're likely to contaminate that too, which might be food that doesn't get cooked (salad etc) so is best to wash your hands after and use different utensils.
It's also super duper gross and feels awful on your hands. Even if it was fine to have on your hands, who's just cool with gross chicken juice fingers?
Campylobacter is the best of you want to have diarrhea for days to the point you start shitting clear jelly. Never saw someone being sick like that. Took 2 trips to the ER, at least 3 bags of saline, strong antibiotics and she was weak for 3 weeks after.
Beyond the health reasons mentioned by /u/extremesalmon , raw meat is almost always a little slimy anyway. I don't know how people are comfortable not washing off afterwards, just from a physical perspective.
At a cookout my dad saw his cousin put the grilled chicken back on the same plate that the raw chicken had been on, and then called my dad paranoid when he was told that wasn't safe.
My siblings and I weren't allowed to eat the chicken.
DJH70 · 4 points · Posted at 19:44:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once spent the day at a friend’s house and they asked me if I want to stay for dinner. Sure, thank you. Then they started preparing, cutting meat and veggies and none of them washed their hands first. They’ve been outside all day, doing yard work, playing with the dogs and collecting dog shit. Wasn’t so hungry anymore then...
I almost freaking died of food poisoning because someone didn't wash the chopping board after cutting up raw chicken on it. I buttered my toast on it the next morning and was in hospital that night as my body tried to shit & vomit out every orifice at once.
It’s horrifying actually!! I’m such a germaphobe that I wash my hands once MINIMUM after dealing with raw meat and raw eggs! I usually end up throwing the towel I dried my hands with in the washer in case there was any remnants and then wash my hands again and dry with a new towel!
niida · 5 points · Posted at 16:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I admit I never really thought about that. (I assume it's about salmonella?)
But then again I'm a vegetarian since 10 years old and if I would for whatever reason touch a dead bird I would wash my hands either way because it's gross.
R97R · 6 points · Posted at 16:42:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, salmonella.
Abahu · 4 points · Posted at 19:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate would just wipe his hands on my clean towels and then not wash them. My towels I used to dry my hands.
Even without the hygeine and germs shit, it just feels disgusting on your fingers.
RaeSor · 3 points · Posted at 15:50:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't ever watch old Justin Wilson videos.
Axle13 · 3 points · Posted at 21:53:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not to mention all other sorts of discusting unsanitary behaviour, zit popping being one of those. Or, popping other peoples zits. That one really threw me for a what the ever loving fuck are you doing? And just shooting the contents wherever it may land and not giving it a second thought.
I had a roommate that would wear latex gloves when preparing raw chicken, but then proceed to touch things in the kitchen like the faucet and fridge door with those used gloves
Honestly it should be illegal. Like I’m not trying to pick up salmonella just because Trent doesn’t believe in hygiene and touched a door handle after handling chicken
Personally I don't like to touch raw meat. It makes me incredibly uncomfortable. If I cook I wear gloves. Even touching a hot dog kinda grosses me out.
I wear gloves when I handle raw chicken and still wash my hands and wrists after I take them off...then sanitize the counter I had the cutting board on even if the chicken never touched it. I’m not risking cross contamination from raw chicken even if the measures I take are a bit much to some. I don’t know how someone touches raw chicken and doesn’t feel the need to wash their hands immediately.
Right?? I wash my hands like 5x while preparing chicken. I wash them before, a few times during (when I have to touch other things or move something), and scrub them after.
Salmonella aside, chicken slime (idk what it's called it's that liquid protein stuff that seeps out of it) feels disgusting on your hands so why the fuck would you ever leave it there?
Ok, I'm not one of those (I hate having my hands dirty).
But what's wrong with touching the chicken?
Is it something dangerous? I mean, more dangerous than the others type of meat?
If so, why?
The bacteria in red meat can be neutralize by cooking. The meat will be bad but if you cook it good, you probably won't be sick. Salmonella on the other hand : what makes you sick is the waste the bacteria is producing (toxin). So if you splash your countertop with raw chicken juice, the bacteria will continue to produce waste. Other things touch it and no amount of cooking will get rid of the toxin. Bad chicken meat will stay bad and dangerous even cooked. I think the campylobacter and salmonella are also way worse than e coli.
I think that's an American problem. Raw chicken is safe in most of the countries because they vaccinate chickens against salmonella and all those things. In the US (AKA antivax heaven) then you need to wash the chicken with bleach and treat it as if it was a medical specimen from a hospital.
Same thing with eggs. They only need to be kept in the fridge if the hens are not vacinated (US). I've been to many supermarkets and stores in countries where they vaccinate the hens, and the eggs are at room temperature and will not spoil.
That's not why US eggs need to be refrigerated. It's because they are sterilized to kill bacteria (esp. salmonella) on the shell. Which can break down the protective coating that keeps bacteria from penetrating the shell, so afterwards it needs to be refrigerated to prevent contamination from bacteria coming along later.
[deleted] · 66 points · Posted at 11:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my family was always convinced I was the neat freak, when in reality they were all just disgusting.
For example. My mom never liked to waste money on paper napkins. But my dad always needed something to wipe his mouth on while eating dinner. So each night she'd hand him the hand towel we kept hanging on the oven door, for drying your hands.
And then she'd just hang it back on the oven door afterward.
I was like 15 before I noticed this. Washed my hands one day and went to dry them and I'm like "Hey why is there spaghetti sauce all over this towel?"
I started hiding my own towel around the kitchen after that, so I knew I'd always have a clean one to dry my hands on.
Oh, and my mom would have no problem wiping down the counter with dirty dish rags that had been sitting in the sink collecting bacteria for days.
my mom would have no problem wiping down the counter with dirty dish rags that had been sitting in the sink collecting bacteria for days.
Ugghh. The fucking sink rag.
I used to get so mad at my parents for this once I was old enough to understand how gross it was. Like yeah, that fucking smell? It means the rag is dirty! Don't wipe the counters with it aaauuuggghhh
I still vividly remember the moment of horror I experienced when I realized I'd been using a kitchen that was "cleaned" with a wet, dirty sink rag for my entire life up until that point. I'm in my 30s now; might not be over it. Still put their dish rag in the laundry when I visit my parents.
Wow this exact thing happened to me. Thought that was normal for too long. It was the hand drying, mouth wiping, dishes drying hand towel. Fucking gross
I'm sure that it's just the 'quick and easy' way to avoid being cleaner in other parts of the plant.
Exactly this. And the reason why EU banned imports of this meat (and why we're laughing at the Brits) is that we protect our poultry industry from getting steamrolled by dumping prices.
People are so weird about washing their hands, like they are offended you even suggest it and turn it on you like you have some kind of problem. Hopefully Covid will teach people how to do it. My ex's family were constantly getting food poisoning from the mom's cooking. It was a running joke that she was trying to kill them. But she considered herself a "gourmet chef" and was not open to suggestions. When I stayed with the family for Thanksgiving I saw first hand what was going. No hand washing after handling meat. Food constantly under-cooked. Food way past due in the freezer and fridge, sometimes years past the due date. The dad hurt his shoulder and took out a bag of frozen beans and used it as an ice pack, completely defrosting the beans then putting it back in the freezer the next day.
Food way past due in the freezer and fridge, sometimes years past the due date.
They seem like they have a lot of problems, and would never use the proper visual inspection, let alone smell then taste. But exp dates are arbitrary, fyi. I've eaten yogurt 6mo past, and homemade frozen burritos 2yrs after they were frozen. No prob.
I've gotten food poisoning from restaurants mostly, and at home either a less than month bought frozen pizza or some spinach that had a few bits that were ever so slightly starting to goop.
I also washed my hands regularly pre- covid. And wipe down my store items with a disinfectant wipe when I get home nowadays.
I gave myself food poisoning just yesterday. I started food prep last week and put a frozen breakfast burrito on the counter to defrost for an hour, I guess I should not have done that. Still a lot to learn about it. Had much better luck with freezer chili. They did have a lot of problems. The dad was gay and mom knew he had boyfriends but stayed with him for the kids. She was neurotic as hell too, maybe on some level trying to poison her family was the only power she had left in the situation. She only divorced him after he tried to move his boyfriend into the family house. The whole extended family was nuts.
Also usually the date on meat is labelled "cook or freeze by." It shouldn't really decompose in the freezer. Quality may suffer but it should still be safe.
My roommate was like this. Leaving chicken on the counter to defrost. Hubby got sick 3x in a month when we moved in. Fortunately she likes him and cut that shit out and he's not getting sick from improperly thawed meat anymore.
Yeah I had to constantly check the disposal for silverware before using it. He’d just toss his dirty plates and utensils in the sink and not care where they went. The forks and spoons were short enough to be completely hidden when they fell down.
This sounds like my boyfriend! Lived on his own two years before I moved in with him. He asked why I washed the bed sheets and if that’s a normal thing to do. Turned out that the sheets, pillow cases, and blankets had never been washed in those two years. He doesn’t notice the difference in smell before/after wash so he still doesn’t understand why it’s necessary smh. Same guy also cleaned up cat vomit with dry paper towels and considered the floor clean. He’s fairly intelligent but unfortunately wasn’t taught these things as a kid. Love him to bits tho
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 12:01:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some parents just trust kids will pick it up as they go
Had a roommate who put dirty utensils, plates, pots and pans into the fridge and random kitchen drawers. Because he'd literally never had to wash a dish before and had no idea what to do. They were his own, so eventually he'd just... reuse them. He also kept a pot of food on the stove that he'd just put more food into to cook when he was hungry. I don't know how he lived through the year.
A few weeks ago my sugar went low while cooking. I touched raw chicken but I got emotional and went to cry in my bed (Yes that's apparently how your brain works with no sugar), afterwards I realized I hadn't washed my hands, and have eaten sugar with my hands and touched my bed. I never washed my hands so thoroughly and put the bedsheets in the washing machine as soon as I could. I've been mortified by myself. Luckily it seems that either the chicken I wasn't infected or my body reacted properly, but I've never been so disgusted with myself.
gly4h · 2 points · Posted at 17:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow.. even if he wasn't worried about germs weren't his hands sticky? Mine always are after handling chicken and that would drive me nuts in itself without washing.
I don't know how ye olde people who ate chicken managed to live long enough to figure it out. The first few must have thought the chicken was haunting them to death.
Apparently the contamination has more to do with factory farm conditions... if you just have a few chickens living outside with a clean chicken coop the risk is really low
A relative of mine decided to help out with dinner one night. I noticed he hasn't washed his hands before preparing the food. I asked him about it and he said he washed his hands on the morning and he was good to go. Egad.
My ex boyfriend thought it was ok to touch raw beef and then everything else without washing his hands. He said that you only got sick from raw chicken. Even after I explained it to him he didn’t believe me.
when i moved in with my new housemate he suggested i cut raw chicken with a fork to hold it in place, and whilst wearing rubber gloves. then i needed to clean the chopping board and utensils with a sink full of boiling water afterwards, so... there are two extremes.
[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 12:05:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nem616 · 2 points · Posted at 12:35:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salmonella is everywhere! Chicken is just as diseased here as anywhere.
I work graveyard shift and I had to explain to a coworker that at midnight, 12:00 am/0000 hours, it is the start of a new day. She then had an anxiety attack because I was telling her that “today is not Monday anymore, today is Tuesday now”
I had a drawn out conversation with my supervisor about this in the opposite direction. Schedule said 12-4am on Tuesday, I show up Tuesday morning and no one is fucking there. Turns out he meant show up at midnight "Tuesday night" to actually work 12-4am Wednesday. He did not get the difference, even when I focused in on the 4am part only.
Turns out the two other ladies hanging tags were old hat and just knew he did it wrong and to come on Wednesday (no I did not question ad change day, I worked in the pharmacy previously and getting suckered into hanging tags at all was a long story).
The worst part is the schedule was not hand written or anything. He had to use the software that would have easily shown the 6am starts ON TUESDAY being right after our 4am end quote-unquote "on Wednesday".
I was quite pregnant on top of all of it. If it were able to be shown what contributed I would bet money that that whole job experience factored heavily in my premature delivery. I liked my pharmacists and the staff in that area quite a bit and they were all wonderfully accommodating, but the rest of the store was a shitshow and the manager was especially so to me considering I was not not doing him a favor by being there (hiring me willingly temporarily in a tech shortage vs having to deal with understaffing, expensive locum tenens, or unemployment).
Jesus Christ that just sounds like an absolute nightmare, even more so considering you were pregnant. I hope the delivery went okay after the stress of dealing with that disaster of a shop. You sound very patient which is more than I'd be able to say for myself in that situation!
Obviously. But fr though, I’ve never pulled an all-nighter, there’s always a period of sleep, so I don’t consider it tomorrow until I wake up. I routinely stay up til 12-2, so I don’t feel like dealing with that mind trip.
I call it "today was" (as in it's 1am Saturday, but 'today was' Friday right?). Usually comes up with my medication only, but that pandemic timescale distortion has made it a little more common :>
I don’t know myself. Whenever I asked her if she was going to come in tomorrow, (I am talking about coming in at midnight 12 am to 8 am the next day) she would say “ I am coming in tonight.” Whenever she said that, I would say, “oh are you going to come in tonight during swing shift and working through to tomorrow for grave shift?” And she would go “No, I am coming in TONIGHT, TODAY, MIDNIGHT” I would again explain that midnight is a different day with different dates, so technically midnight for today had already passed. That is why when we talk about shifts at work, we do military time. Explaining why 12 am is 0000 because it’s a new day stressed her out, and she yelled at me when I explained it to her.
She actually had a break down for 40 minutes on the second day where I tried to explain it again. She was pulling her hair, saying I am giving her a migraine and I had to explain to my supervisor why her 15 min break took so long and why she was panicking in the bathroom. My supervisors tried to explain it to her later, but she still had a problem of wrapping her head around it and they all gave up.
Edit: I know for a fact that to this day, she still doesn’t get it and I have not brought it up since, in order to avoid that fiasco...
[deleted] · 68 points · Posted at 09:26:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does she have a mental issue or something because that is a pretty basic concept
Having the new day start in the middle of the night makes no sense logically it's just how we do it. Most earlier cultures would have laughed at us for this.
...and she's probably too clueless to know she was being insulted.
disaia · 17 points · Posted at 16:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
But I mean in common speech if you see someone in the daytime it would be perfectly acceptable and generally understood to say "See you tonight at midnight", right? Or even see you tonight at 01:00. Because tonight in common terms is used to mean "the upcoming night".
Yeah, OP is being obtus. If you're meeting your friend at 12:01 AM to go throw rocks in the quarry, you tell them you're meeting them tonight, not tomorrow.
That’s in casual conversation with a friend, not for our work environment with a supposedly trained coworker. At work, we are trained to go by definition: if anyone says tonight, all of us are going to assume you mean anytime between now until 2359 or else you are talking about tomorrow. We all follow this method at work: if we have to write a report, we aren’t going to write “it happened on Wednesday night before the sun came up” with Wednesdays date, when in reality it was “Thursday at 0400 hours.” Anyone at work and people who follow this method of time keeping will all know what we are talking about when described in the latter form. Same when talking to supervisors: speaking with that level of ambiguity of “morning,” “afternoon,” or “tonight” is frustrating for them because they have to ask follow up questions for some unnecessary clarification. Just say the damn hour.
Besides, even if she did say tonight, most of us kind of let it go. We were more concerned that she didn’t know midnight is technically another day. She was new, so we were going easy on her with how she described the hours in a day (even though knowing military/24 hour time was preferred for the job, we didn’t make it a requirement because it’s so easy anyone could learn it), but it’s been a while since she was hired and still doesn’t understand time keeping methods and continues to be vague. Seriously, when in Rome...
I guess I am also pretty obtuse because I saw you missed the ‘e’ on the end of obtuse. I thought you knew French and wanted to be fancy with the spelling.
r0ck0 · 8 points · Posted at 14:54:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did anyone ever try using some diagrams or something to point to while explaining? Or was it always just verbal explanations?
Sometimes that can help a lot. Including also giving them something to point to when they ask questions.
I did, I drew a clock on the back of her schedule and used my break time to teach her it. Unfortunately, it didn’t stick and I think she may have had trouble learning when she was in school. (I was a math tutor for a bit) During the explanation, I would look back at her and she wasn’t really processing it (because she truly didn’t get it or didn’t care) and all she did was say “ugh you’re confusing the fuck outta me.” and turned to her phone to text somebody. After her meltdown on the second day I tried to explain it, I wanted to try to explain it again, but she soon had a flippant attitude. My supervisor came by and pulled me aside to stop wasting my time, because me trying to explain it to her was cutting into my work time. I waited until after work to catch up with her. We both clocked out and I brought it up again, but this time, she didn’t care and instead started talking about things with zero context. I asked what she was talking about, and then she turned to me to say: “I am not talking to you.” Turns out she was on the phone via AirPod. So I kind of said goodbye and walked away. I eventually let it go.
r0ck0 · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, most of the time she does. But whenever she is holding over from the previous shift, she thinks she can go home and wait until “tomorrow” to come back, when it isn’t the case at all. Everyone else was just saying, “no you don’t leave, you stay here, it will be tomorrow in literally a minute” and she would complain that this schedule is “confusing as fuck.”
She might be one of those people who can function normally in life but has difficulties understanding some abstract concepts. Might even have some learning difficulties. I know a few people like that. One of them was a really smart and charming girl but couldn’t understand the mathematical symbols of “greater than” and “less than” (> and <) and fractions. Couldn’t read a clock or tell right from left either. She literally couldn’t comprehend those things and would get frustrated and cry, and our math teacher spent lots of extra time working with her patiently. She did not have problems with most math concepts and had pretty good grades, no social issues whatsoever. Some adults can be very “normal” but struggle with very specific, bizarre issues.
To be fair, almost every professor I had in curve would say "assignment due at midnight on X day" when they meant 11:59pm
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 13:09:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um, Oriental Orthodox Church has the day starting at 6.00 PM, for the case of prayer. A new Church Day starts with the twilight prayers at 6.00 PM, apparently because that is how days are designated in the Bible. Gets a bit confusing when you are a kid and saying the Good Friday prayers on Thursday evening. Maybe this lady never got the difference between Church day and Normal day?
Yes it would, but we work in security, which means knowledge of military time, not using vague terms like “tonight” (which is not really vague, but people’s use for it is different. Ex: you using tonight when referring to midnight and another coworkers preference of using tonight for 1700 because in his country, that was common), and knowing what terminology we use when referring days and shifts. We have military time ingrained in the workplace; when we say the hour, we know what time of day you are talking about and vice-versa:
A-“Hello, all done with work this morning?”
B-“Yes just got out 0800, going to rest before returning tonight”
A-“Coming back later today? Are you going to stick around through to tomorrow morning?”
B-“Yeah, usually I would come in tomorrow at 0000, but I am going to come in at 2000 for today, tonight because why not? Also, saying 2000 for today, tonight is redundant because just with me just saying the hour, you know that I meant the 2000 for today, which is tonight, because that means 8 pm.”
Dica92 · 16 points · Posted at 10:05:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister used to think the day began at sunrise, which sort of makes sense because daytime involves sunlight.
dabenu · 3 points · Posted at 16:55:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
According to the Dutch railways, it starts at 4 am.
The sheer number of people I've had to convince that there are 60 minutes in an hour, not 59, boggles my mind.
'You only ever see x:59 on the clock, then it switches to the next hour' '...why does everyone say an hour has 60 minutes, if you count, it only has 59'
My roommate refuses to call it the next day until after he's gone to sleep and then woken up "the next day". It could be 3am but he vehemently refuses to say it's a new day.
I mean I do the same thing. I know technically its the next day but if I was talking about a party or a game night that stretched past midnight I would just say remember when you threw up Monday night and not remember when you threw up Tuesday morning.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 20:17:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a difference between the technical calendar day, and a practical human day. If it’s 2am on a Saturday, that’s still Friday night to people who are awake.
Our day ends when we go to sleep, and begins when we wake up. Society is based around the day starting at sunrise. Businesses don’t open at midnight. People don’t exist as calendars with 24 hour days. It’s weird how people don’t see that distinction.
someone asked when an update was supposed to come out yesterday. We told him it would come out at 12:00 pm and he tried correcting us and told is we're stupid because 12:00 pm doesn't exist. It's either noon or midnight.
Honestly, I kinda get that one: As someone from a country where the 24-hour clock is standard, I always have to think whether 12am/ pm means midnight or noon.
It just doesn't make sense if you think about the 12's being the separators between the two halves! Is 12 before 12 or after 12? It's neither!
(Yes, I know it's am -> in the night, pm -> in the day, but I still have to think about it every time I read it somewhere.)
12pm makes about as much sense as counting distance in body parts. It's like, what's the water freezing point in degrees Randomkind? How many bushels are there in a barrel? What is 12pm? IDK, and I can't blame people for not knowing stuff that's so messed up for no good reason.
Holy shit this concept is so hard for people who work graveyard. People would constantly complain when the manager would lay out the weeks plans and read it off as "Tuesday" through "Saturday." We started work 12am Tuesday (ending 8-10am) but at least half of the employee's would complain about people talking about the "wrong days." Then they use this basic misunderstanding as a reason not to do their jobs properly (or even show up) and instead of fixing their part in it just leveraged their anger towards management until they started referring to our schedule as Mon-Fri, which is confusing as fuck for people who actually understand time when we are coming into work literally at the last ten minutes of Monday.
There are some places that a) use the 24-hour clock and b) extend past 24 for certain purposes like shifts or late nighters.
If you work 6pm to 4am, for example, your shift could be marked as 18:00-28:00 of the day you started.
As for me, I did nights for a while (a long time ago now) and part of my personal coping system was naming my shift with both days that it occurred on run together as one word. If I was to be working tonight, it'd be the Friday/Saturday shift, for example, but I wouldn't pronounce the "/" in any way.
The hardest part is learning to deal with the fact that time doesn't stop overnight, for which sleep automatically gives the impression. It keeps on ticking right until sunrise and on and on and on.
Being confronted by time as an unbroken dimension off into the future is a little bit suffocating tbh.
What’s funny is that I used that as an example. The explanation went with me describing the count down. We count down to midnight because at midnight, that’s when it’s January first. It is no longer December 31st, it is now a new day, but at the same time a new year, which is why we count down and celebrate. Her answer was “yeah, but we only do that on New Years, we don’t count down everyday.”
Edit: I forgot to add that I stopped using that as an example because it would have made things worse.
I work midnights as well, and I’m a night owl anyway...but before all this, it was an eerie feeling (to me) to be awake when it started being a new day, and to still be awake when the sun came up...I kind of see where this chick was coming from...if her case was more of a “I’m alone in the world, and watched a new day come on”, existential crisis kind of thing.
Graveyard shift at the airport, people arriving around 11pm for flights that departed 23 hours ago. So much fun trying to explain how to read clocks and calendars at the same time.
Fun fact: if you're trying to find a hotel room and it's after midnight, call the hotel. ObiPricePedia will roll over the room night to the next day, and you'll show up at 1am and be told they're full and check in for the date you actually booked isn't until 3pm.
After reading all your follow up comments, did she eventually get moved to a shift where that wouldn't matter? 'Cause that seems like it'd be the easiest course of action for everyone involved.
No, she said her schedule worked best when working grave. However, that lead to a misunderstanding because she asked for Tuesdays off. What she meant was she cannot work Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. When she requested it, she just said “no tuesday.” To the scheduler, this meant that she would not work at any point on Tuesdays, but when it became Wednesday, she was available. This turned into a small yelling match over the phone.
I worked overnights for many years (PCA work for my brother / safety coordinator for a trucking company) and I’ve always worked off the schedule “it’s not tomorrow til I wake up or the sun comes up”
I know technically if I worked Monday night into Tuesday morning my time changed at midnight but for my own peace of mind to schedule appointments I had to think the way I did
Kcups · 405 points · Posted at 00:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my boss how to "go down to the next line" by hitting Enter on his computer keyboard.
To be fair, if they go to a school with older teachers or low budget,they don’t teach this. We were also taught a paragraph is every5-7 sentences without any reference to content. A librarian flipped out on an entire class about us not knowing how to write a paragraph. “It’s like you guys just start a new paragraph every 5-7 sentences!” We collectively stared at her blankly before telling her that’s exactly what we were told to do. If it weren’t for that librarian, all graduates from my elementary school probably wouldn’t know how to write proper paragraphs.
My students use Chromebooks starting their freshman year and I had to tell this to a senior. I understand your point, but given the context that I work with them, it was kind of sad because they've been writing papers on computers for nearly four years at this point.
OMG i had a manager (of a software testing team) trying to read a word doc in a tiny like 3x3 little window in the center of her screen. She didn't know how to make the window bigger.
e_lizz · 3 points · Posted at 02:46:01 on July 10, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I used to tutor college students there were multiple older people who would automatically hit enter once the typing got to the right side of the Word doc. Every line. Like a typewriter. Then their format was a mess and it would take me forever to correct
Grown ass woman telling me it's easier to wipe do one big wipe (from ass to vag) instead of wiping vag first then ass last....... Well guess we finally found out why she suffers from multiple UTIs a month
Don't put soap inside your vagina. Use only a mile soap or just got water while cleaning your vulva. The vagina is self cleaning and soap will throw off your PH.
Just in case you didn't know.
I understand how sometimes knowledge just skips you. I didn't brush my teeth regurlarly until like 10. Everyone in my family brushes daily but I guess no one decided to make sure I was.
Thankfully, google taught me not actually put soap into my vagina lol.
I’m also pretty bad about brushing my teeth. I have increased it to once a day though. Not the best, but much better than me avoiding brushing my teeth for a week or more. I don’t know how I’ve escaped cavities all my life.
girl, brush your teeth and floss everyday, no joke. you do not want to go through the extreme pain of dental procedures and pay thousands for fillings, root canals, crowns, extractions and implants 10-20 years down the road.
Everyone I know had to spend 2-4k when they turned 30, because we all stopped going to the dentist when we moved out of our parents' house. And that's brushing regularly. Step up that teeth game! (Plus, it's really gross when your partner has halitosis, no matter how much you love them, haha)
A trick to try in order to understand is to floss very well, then smell the white stuff on the floss. It smells like something died. That is what one's breath smells like if teeth aren't brushed/flossed at least once a day.
Especially after flossing between molars! It's truly horrific. I'm an inconsistent flosser and trying to get better (I use floss picks when I'm driving, I know, gross) and my dentist told me that smelling the floss will help me step up my game and it sure has.
I swear to god please brush your teeth twice a day. You do not directly see the consequences right now but in 30 years this bs is going to haunt you via thousands of dollars of dental work and unnecessary pain
I think parents were never taught in a wholesome way, so they don't know how to teach in a wholesome way (usually it's in the form of ridicule), so the cycle continues.
I feel like I was Cinderella bullied into knowing how to do a lot of chores, chores I can appreciate and actually do enjoy now but only when I'm by myself. There was never a "here's how you do this! Wanna learn?" but literally starting out with "Why don't you know? I could do this when I was 5!" Then the parent would just take over... I mean my parent.
I see this a lot and have been guilty of it myself. I had to take a moment after finding out my 12 year old cousin couldn't make a sandwich. I didn't want to ridicule him because it wasn't his fault and wouldn't have been productive but at the same time...a sandwich?
He knows now though.
I think a lot of people just don't remember being a kid and do a mix of under and over estimating the abilities of children. You see it a lot on Reddit. People will joke about 6 year olds eating play doh as if it's a regular occurrence but most kids by that age are beyond that. They just know when they were little they ate play doh and six is fairly little. And in the opposite way they'll be shocked a 14 year old can't find their way home, while forgetting they never had to find their way home alone until they got their liscence.
Yes! Me as well, I gotta remember to have grace, to both young and old.
I actually find myself often asking why adults don't remember being a child and I fear I will too in about 3 years. It scares me. 34 is apparently the cut off to be molded by the military to do what they want. After that, you're unmoldable lol I have 3 more years to learn how to be a decent person before it becomes Incredibly hard!
I grew up with only my dad as a teen.
I remember when he got pissed at me for flushing tampons, then didn’t believe me when I said I didn’t know better.
Like, who was going to tell me? I didn’t have a mom or sisters around. I could have sworn that the instructions in the box said they were flushable, and that was the only thing I had to go off of.
Hey there (: just checking in as another girl (now adult) who didn’t learn a whole lot about all of that because of my family situation. I’m always here to talk or answer any questions you may have but aren’t sure who to ask/are embarrassed to ask ❤️
Also I know you've probs learned a lot but any of that "vaginal" soap shit like femfresh is fucking awful for you. I ended up at a gyno with fucked up PH because of those soaps like 6 years ago. I was like 17 using the wipes, the vag deodorant and those damn soaps. Thank god my mum was open to taking me and having them explain she'd tried but I didn't take it in properly
You can wash the outer bits with soap it's just the inner bits you have have to careful about and making sure nothing ever goes inside.
If you ever have any weird questions I know I'm a stranger but having so knowledge that's not pulled of a website helps so I'm always open to random questions even over DM 💖
No judgment, it sucks your dad never taught you that. But I’m confused. Were you just... wiping shit into your vagina constantly? Did that not feel horribly wrong?
Why wouldn’t she just do one big wipe, but in the opposite direction? Like if doing two wipes is what’s throwing her off, can she not just switch direction?
Seniri · 41 points · Posted at 03:46:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When she was younger my girlfriend was prone to UTIs, and couldn't figure out why. One day we were chatting and her ex came up (he was abusive, we chatted about it sometimes) and we're both open and not very jealous people, talk about sex and past partners etc. I don't remember the context but she mentions that he would go from anal to vaginal penetration (and back) without changing the condom/cleaning off - I tried to explain to her that this is exactly why she had so many UTIs when she was with him. She didn't seem to believe me, still probably doesn't believe me, but she hasn't had one in the 2+ years we've been together.
We're moving to different cities soon and a) we're poly, b) not sure what the future holds, but I imagine she may get some UTIs in the future if she dates somebody as stupid (not abusive, just stupid) as her ex again.
Folks, it's not even (or just) UTIs that result from this, which affect the "hole" *further* from the anus, but the Bacterial Vaginosis that generally *more easily* occurs in the vagina, which is in between the anus and urethra. BV is SUPER easy to develop even when you're not adding "wiping wrong" to the list of Bad Choices You Might Make In Regards To Your Vagina. I am 38 and I think I've only had one UTI in my life, but I have had BV at LEAST 50 times in the last 25 years.
(I also in the last year have learned about pH balance and that semen throws off the vagina's balance and some women are more sensitive to this than others, hence the recurrent yeast infections for the last 25 years also. So in case some of you don't know why you keep having them, try abstaining for a bit and see if that clears up. I take 2 different Fem probiotics now and it helps immensely)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 14:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in India and had legit never used toilet paper to wipe in my life before (bidets), and I study in UK for my undergrad, so I googled it up to make sure I knew how to do it right because like it felt disgusting doing it. Still feels disgusting (there is nothing like just using water to wash), but hey at least I’m doing it right haha.
ermoon · 3 points · Posted at 18:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can get temporary or even portable bidets for pretty cheap! I recommend looking them up on Amazon bc just for the detailed reviews for every situation
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:19:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just bought a huge mug and fill it with water whenever I have to poop haha
ermoon · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in the AOL days, I was on a message board where we had a very heated argument with one of the girls because she said back-to-front was fine and the rest of us were like, "NO, IT IS NOT."
Honestly I was never careful with this until I heard it from either friends or tv. I didn’t know about PH or toxic soaps or washing ONLY the litter vagina. I have so many issues with my underwear ending up dirty from my terrible PH balance. I got these horrid tasting pills from the GYNO and it cleared up. I don’t know how to get that shit straight but I’m so glad I learned to wipe...
Welp, this is embarrassing, but I still don't feel like I know how to wipe correctly as a woman. I try different ways all the time and never know which one's right. I have an 8 year old daughter too that I've explained the front to back to and she seems like she's gotten it, but I don't think I even have...
ermoon · 3 points · Posted at 18:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Reddit has taught me that on the whole, people are wiping each area in every which direction and it works out. If you're not getting UTIs, smell and feel clean, I wouldn't worry too much.
Many threads on this topic have come up on /r/AskReddit or /r/AskWomen, if you want reassurance!
I'm not a woman, but I feel like it should be fairly instinctual not to wipe shit everywhere on one's body. I mean, you wouldn't wipe your shit on your arm or face. I certainly wouldn't do it on my balls. I'm not sure how she didn't understand that. Like, did she just think that entire region was all one big ass hole?
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 16:39:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not a woman
That's obvious. Like wiping shit on your arm or face? Get real.
Since you don't know, the anus is very close to the vagina. When you wipe the anus from front to back you slightly move fecal bacteria toward the back. If you wipe the anus from back to front you slightly move fecal bacteria toward the front.
Because the vagina is fairly close to the anus, any slightly moved fecal bacteria toward the vagina will have a higher chance of developing into an infection.
No one is smearing shit willy nilly all over random body parts. Stop trying to start more shit in a thread about shit.
My ex best friend had told me that she had needed to buy another new vacuum cleaner, the 3rd that month. I asked her what was wrong with it and she said "It's not picking things up anymore!" So I asked if she had dumped out the container... she didn't know that was a thing.
No, I’ll have to switch Miller over to R&D I guess.
jas417 · 1 points · Posted at 20:54:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Central vacuums with a big hopper in the garage that needs emptied like once a year are a thing. There's sockets in the wall where you plug a hose in. She probs had that growing up and her dad or mom or whoever just took care of the hopper when it needed emptied and it just never occurred to her.
Still tho... You really don't understand that if you're just plugging a vacuum into the electrical outlet instead of the magic hole in the wall that the shit you pick up must be going inside the vacuum somewhere, not just being whisked away through the electrical outlet.
I am guilty of dropping off perfectly good vacuums at thrift stores at the end of the school year. But to be fair, I would always buy them secondhand for the school year, replace the filter, use them all year and just didn’t want to load them in my car for the long drive home
Yeah, but if you are buying it from a thrift store, who knows why it ended up there. But college town thrift stores at the end of semester are a gold mind
Once during an internship, I needed a vacuum for my apartment. And just my luck, I found one at the complex's trash compactor. It looked perfectly fine. I took it home and saw that the brush was clogged up with hair and dirt, and that was keeping it from running. After like 10 minutes of cleaning it, I had a free vaccuum. It's a shame that some things get thrown out because others don't want to troubleshoot them. :(
Zanki · 3 points · Posted at 21:49:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could have just bought a new one and didn't clean the old one out. I just put one out front for someone to take with a full bag. I just don't need it anymore. I have a Dyson that doesn't need disposable bags that you can only buy at one store on the other side of the city.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 15:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None I know where to go before buying a new vacuum
Dumpster diving at the end of the school year is apparently a very lucrative business.
Zanki · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put one out front like that the other day for someone to take. Someone took it. It works fine, but I have a nice Dyson now that doesn't need bags that are only at a store the other side of thr city. Someone else will get good use out of it.
Maybe some people don't empty the bag because they sucked up a cockroach or something equally gross and was too afraid the face the mangled remains.
I'm not afraid... I just close my eyes and empty it as far away from me as possible.
Hah, there was a Star Trek novel along these lines. They come across a planet which is surrounded by a dust cloud apparently appearing out of nowhere. Turns out a parallel version centuries ago invented a device which made stuff just disappear, and without worrying too hard about where it went, started dumping all their trash into it (something they realized only in retrospect had included a lot of dilithium crystals). It also tended so suck up a fair amount of air, so their atmosphere was getting pretty depleted, too.
Ooh I had a roommate that did that. We were chatting with a group of friends once and one friend was explaining that her hoover was quite old and a bit broken, so the hoover bag never really goes in properly and she always has to make sure the contents of it don’t spill.
My roommate jumps in and says “why don’t you get one like me and CherryCool have? It’s so great, it never needs emptied!”
We’d been living together for over a year at that point. I never realised I was the only one who dumped out the container.
That's like all the middle eastern princes during their first oil boom that had so much money, and no experience with things like automobiles, that they would buy a car, drive it until it ran out of gas, then buy a new car, because the first one didn't work anymore.
I'm quessing you didn't read the user manual? You should try reading it. It only takes a few minutes and you'll get so much more out of your purchase and learn to maintain it properly, which will make it last longer.
One should read the manual for pretty much everything they buy, they're included for a reason. If you buy something second hand and don't get a manual, find it with google.
If you don't want to get the vacuum out or buy the little dryer vent hoses (if your vacuum's built in wand is too fat or the suction isn't good enough without actually inserting it) they make hand held brushes specifically for this task. I've seen them in grocery stores occasionally but walmart/Amazon/hardware store/etc should definitely be able to help you out.
Also just fyi you have to clean (or replace) the long collapsible vent that goes between the back of the dryer and the wall (and the vent through the wall ideally, if at all possible - it should be short/straight) at least occasionally. Some say annually is good enough, others encourage more frequently. I usually see how bad it gets how fast but I am no kind of professional/authority. It's detachable, scrunch it up and it should be relatively easy to clean out. Major potential for house fires.
I guess I've always had a big vac and a small apartment. I'm not going to claim I vacuum every week but I feel like I go a lot longer than that without emptying the bag...
in my two floor house it's three cats and two adults, i can vacuum like three times, at least, before i notice it's not vacuuming right anymore and have to empty it, and it's not even a huge vacuum, either. so i don't really get it. here i thought my house was dirty, i always vacuum a loooot of cat hair. what are these people vacuuming? lol
The unbelievable part of this story is not that she didn't know how to clean out the vacuum, it's that she somehow filled up three entire vacuums in one month to the point of not being able to use them anymore. Either she's vacuuming a huge mansion every single day, or their floors are seriously dirty.
Depends, if she's buying small cheap ones (which I suspect is true of she's willing to buy multiple rather than try to claim warranty) they may have small canisters which can fill up pretty fast if you have pet fur and stuff.
Yeah, this seems exaggerated. I can't imagine any home getting so dirty that someone would fill 3 vacuums in a month. And if they're vacuuming that much it couldn't be that dirty.
One of my housemates at uni was going nuts over her Hoover "breaking". She had emptied the dust compartment but it hadn't helped.
I showed her where the filters were. The main one was practically black with grime, we gave it a good wash and popped it back in.
She switched the Hoover on again and bitched that it hadn't helped. I noticed the weird, strangled noise the machine was making and asked if she had hovered up anything particularly chunky that might have gotten stuck.
Blank look. Sigh, ok. We disassemble the pipes and examine inside. She had vacuumed up half a chocolate bar and a pair of underpants (wtf?) And they were thoroughly jammed in a turn, blocking the hose.
We ruined a crochet hook and a toothbrush cleaning out that crap and tried the machine again. Worked perfectly.
I introduced her to the concept of routine maintenance and not hoovering up items that were too big. Turns out the pants were a surprise but she had deliberately sucked up the chocolate bar because she couldn't be bothered to pick it up by hand, but never registered that it hadn't appeared in the dust cup.
Maybe she’s used to having one of those vacuum systems where your house has spots in the wall for a hose and all the dust and stuff goes to one big tank somewhere in the house?
Yeah, I have a sister in law who did the same. She literally destroyed vacuums, burning up the motors like that, couldn't figure it out. My husband finally saw one of the dead vacuums before it made it to the curb and opened it up to find the bag packed like concrete. He said, "Hey stupid..." LOL!
She also didn't know how to clean the lint filter in the clothes dryer, and the first time she had a house with a dishwasher, she filled the dispenser with Dawn dish soap, because, "They want too much money for stuff for the dishwasher. It's so stupid, it's all the same, they're just trying to make money off people who think they're too good to wash dishes by hand."
4 hours later she was still trying to get all the soap out of the nooks and crannies of the kitchen. Truly one of the dumbest people I've ever known. She passed high school only because she showed up every day and the teachers felt bad for her. She literally failed everything, they passed her with D- in all classes except PE, which she got an A in.
LOL! Right? You would think she would just have a string of wildly trashy, dysfunctional relationships, especially since she's a heavy smoker and drinker, and back in the late '80s and early '90s, there wasn't a drug she didn't find objectionable. Well, she did have those kind of relationships, but a guy she knew since high school who is controlling and abusive and a sex addict, and super wealthy zeroed in on her. She became like his toy and property, but it all looked very respectable. No intelligent woman would put up with him though. My husband said his sisters and mom were so dumb, he thought that's how women were. He was amazed at how smart I was.
So true! He and his brother are smart, but he's the only one who's a good person too. I am certain the problem with the sisters is that they are twins and are sharing a brain!! LOL! But seriously, the dingy mom thought she was too fat when she was pregnant with the girls, so she ate literally nothing but lettuce salad and water. So there you go. Malnutrition during brain development.
For as long as I can remember, my father had red eyes after showering. I didn't even think about it. One day as a teenager a friend slept over and in the morning she saw my dad dressed and ready for work, freshly showered, red-eyed. She asked him why his eyes were red and he simply said "shampoo." She then very carefully and as respectfully as she could muster asked him why he didn't close his eyes, and he laughed and said "what do you think, I'm an idiot? Closing my eyes in the shower! Sheesh!"
My dad did a lot of things that embarrassed me... But that one was prettttty high up there.
Edit: to everyone saying he was getting high, you have no idea how badly I wish that was the case.
Actually this sounds very plausible. I did a quick search on getting dizzy in the shower and its actually a thing. It has multiple possible causes like sensitivity to chlorine/fluoride, low blood sugar, thyroid problems, or possibly even issues with the inner ear which handles balance.
Its entirely possible that some minor issue thats not strong enough to notice at any other time is exacerbated by the semi-sensory deprivation that would happen when youre being drenched by hot water with loud rushing sound in a tiny space and closing your eyes is the straw that breaks the balance camels back.
And knowing how guys are its %100 believable that hes not admitting to a minor medical issue and is just living with the painful shampoo eyes.
Wow, yeah. Coupled with my dad's boundless machismo and apparent ability to ignore medical issues (according to a doctor he must have broken his foot at some point and never had it set) this is very plausible.
My dad loses his balance every time he closes his eyes. Like he couldn’t just stand there normally. If he closes his eyes he’d get all weird and starting to lose balance after a short while. He thought it was completely normal. Maybe your dad has something like that.
Wouldn't the easiest solution in that case be to simply crouch while washing your hair so you can close your eyes and not fall? That would be the first thing j would try anyways.
If the doobie you smoke in the bathroom is good enough, I daresay you might forget about the visine and closing your eyes in the shower. Probably some other things too.
Okay, maybe I'm the fucking idiot here but how on earth do you get shampoo in your eyes while showering?
Am I the idiot because I stand on the edge of the stream so that the water is hitting just my hair and cascading down the back of my head onto my body, right? It doesn't get into your face. Your face is never in the stream. You're rinsing your hair, why would you want all the shampoo to get into your face? That's horrible.
Does everyone else just like, step right into the middle of the shower stream and just stand there being pelted by water senselessly? What? Am I the weird one!?
I'm imagining that scene from Home Alone where Kevin puts the aftershave and screams, except it's a grown man in the shower rinsing shampoo with his eyes open.
Your dad's tolerance for pain is impressive. I got just a little shampoo in my eyes last night (even though they were squeezed shut the whole time) and I could barely stand it. I couldn't even imagine keeping them open like that.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 06:38:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm almost positive your dad was getting high and was deflecting. This seems like a dad joke.
After I read the first couple sentences I was afraid you were going to say he was washing his eyes is the shower, which now that I think about it you basically are if you're not closing your eyes while you shower.
This. I was explaining WW1 to a friend once and she asked ”But who lost the war?”, and I just kinda stopped for a moment in disbelief and said ”Uuuuh, the Germans?”, to which she replied ”Oh good, that’s what I was hoping for”.
When I asked why, she said ”Oh because they were the bad guys in WW2, you know?”. Not even the same war. It made by inner history buff scream. But then again, WW1 is kinda forgotten because of being overshadowed by WW2, so I can’t blame her really.
Eh, people finally got tired of WWII and now WWI is the hot topic. The real question is whether or not people will ever give a shit about the Korean war.
Not knowing or understanding history leads to the repetition of mistakes that have happened before.
Now it’s a stretch to assume that because some dummy didn’t know about wwi another world war will break out, but if enough people are fucking stupid then problems start to arise.
Nobody thought that when Hitler walked onto the board he was going to start wwii and a Holocaust. He was able to do what he did because the German people were willing to listen to someone they thought would be able to help them. Hitler was able to rise in power and stay in power because the German people failed to see what Hitler was really doing. And what Hitler was doing wasn’t anything new. In ancient times people have been able to seize power in n similar ways as Hitler.
The politics of the world are not nearly as stable as you might like to think, and it only takes a few mistakes to end decades of world peace and start another war.
Now politicians have been able to maintain relative peace with the worlds largest powers, but if we forget about our history then dumb dumbs could elect someone who will undo all of our hard work.
Agisek · 9 points · Posted at 14:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trump became president with the exact same campaign as Hitler.
"[Insert minority] are taking your jobs and money, let's get rid of them!"
The reason this happened is literally the fact Americans don't give a shit about history or education at all. Everyone just goes to school, gets a degree, gets a job, without actually learning anything.
First learning opportunity is training on the job.
My boyfriend's sister (in her mid-20s at the time) didn't know who won WWII (we are in the U.S.) My bf and his brother (her twin) just stared at her and one of them said "I'll give you a hint - are we speaking fucking German right now?"
WWI was basically the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire ("Turkey") and Germany vs everyone else. But we only remember Germany as a loser because the two others lost for badly they basically collapsed and ceased to exist.
well it depends on who you ask. there wasn’t necessarily a clear winner like WWII however i’d say germany definitely got it the worst and ig “lost” and i’d say the allies “won” or had the best outcome.
Ok so I’m going to piggyback mine here because it’s the same core misunderstanding:
I made a very simple spreadsheet for a fellow manager at work, that allowed her to calculate her staff’s individual production rates and track what percent of their day was spent on each task.
The right column totaled their hours for the day, and I told her it should always add up to 8hrs of work. After three weeks she comes back and is confused as to why she could never get the hours to add up to 8 for anyone.
After making sure the equation was correct, I asked her to show me how she was entering the data. She proceeds to enter “6hrs 30min” as “6.3” — I might just be a math nazi but how do people do basic life things without understanding fractions?
Dude I have no idea. Like we all have our blonde moments from time to time but to just keep making the same mistakes like that over and over again? We learned that shit in like 3rd grade or younger! Lmao
I worked at a mom and pop pizza place for a while and our time sheets were hand written. Work a 6 hour and 45 minute shift? Write down 6.75 hours. This girl would write 6.45 and didn't understand why that was wrong.
[deleted] · 64 points · Posted at 15:56:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 23:30:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
6:45 means a point in time - the colon makes it equivalent to a clock face. It is not used to designate a time difference - you would not say "I was at work for 6:45" but "I was at work for 6 hours and 45 minutes".
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 23:54:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 19:16:44 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
It ain't wisdom, just colloquial usage. If you want to make yourself clear, don't use notation that isn't used by others. Airplanes have crashed (literally) bc of stuff like this.
Lmao I came across a guy who said something similar. Realized 5 seconds later why the whole table was was staring at him in shock. It was kinda hilarious
At the age of 10, I have to explain this exact thing to my 15 year old sister. She did not believe me, so we got parents involved. She found out she was wrong and I found it hilarious.
It took me until i was about 27 to be able to comprehend this, as well as be able to accurately tell time on a real clock. I get how it works, but I second guess myself about which hand is which, and where exactly they're pointing. I don't even bother. I have the worst concept of time, I have to time block most my life & set alarms and timers to make sure I don't spend 5 hours in a shower or only do 1 minutes of cleaning because time just means nothing to me. It is really problematic and you can always count on me to be late. Trying to count time, as in "what time is it going to be in 27 minutes" is like a horror for me. We have 31 minute breaks at my job and I'm so grateful because we have a chart that says what time you come back depending on when you left, and that saves me on a daily basis. How the hell am I supposed to just know that time itll be 31 minutes after 2:27? Those numbers don't even make sense, that's not how time and numbers work in my head. Not a thing. I also had to learn to count how much time i need & what time itll be when time is up for my time blocking and it's such a huge challenge for me. Especially figuring out what time i need to go to bed and wake up in order to have 2.5 about hours before I leave for my train to get to work on time. Shit boggles my brain.
I had a friend who I noticed took Mucinex A LOT. I’ve used it occasionally, when I’ve been congested, but it seemed abnormal how often I saw him taking it. I finally asked him why he was taking it one time, because he didn’t seem sick at all, and he looked puzzled and said “well, I think I’m getting sick”. I pressed further and he said “because it’s an expectorant”. It turns out he thought “you take an expectorant when you are EXPECTING to get sick”.
A wealth of anal-ized information, deposited in one place, keeps everything tidy and more easily swept away when you’re done studying the pile of data left behind.
I used to work for a pharmacy. One customer didn't understand why his medicine tasted so gross. He didn't speak English very well - not a problem! But every time the pharmacist started a sentence, he'd immediately loudly interrupt with variations of, "but why so bad!? So bad, not good in mouth! Bleh!", while pulling dramatic faces of disgust. This culminated in the pharmacist yelling "UP YOUR BUM, MATE" while vigorously miming shoving something up her butt. He had suppositories.
Theres an old joke about a gentleman complaining to his doctor about how difficult it was to take his suppositories, and the doctor asked if the man was sure that he’d been “taking them correctly”.
The gentleman looked puzzled, then replied to the doctor, “Well, what do you think I’ve been doing - shoving them up my ass?”
Somehow no one in my high school class watched Scrubs (including me, I watched it later). Our first encounter with the word was when this one girl had it in eyedrops or something. Within two days, we only referred to it as anal jizz
I was on the phone at work with a colleague who pronounced it "anal-gesic". More than once. He was head of Quality Control, so I was desperately trying not to laugh, but oh god it was tough.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:17:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Besides the fact that DXM isn't one (it used to be classified as such but not anymore), there are no "synthetic opiates", those are called opioids. Opiates are made from alkaloids of the poppy plant.
to be fair, this is one of the more benign drugs to take excessive amounts of, not that bad things cant happen, but fortunately it was not something with a well known high morbidity rate like acetaminophen or aspirin,
Mucinex (guaifenesin) causes increased secondary mucosal secretions, which helps to rinse out the primary secretions. These are expected to be expectorated, which is why it's called an expectorant ;) If you don't drink a giant thing of water when you drink your mucinex, you aren't doing yourself any favors.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 05:27:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't expect any better from you given, you know, the way you are.
I have to take that shit and Benadryl twice a day, my allergies are so horrible that if I don't I can't do anything strenuous. Worst shit is that I got something for every occasion, winter outdoors; evergreens, winter indoors; dust and popular firewoods, summer; flowers, molds, grasses you name it I can't touch it.
i have chronic urticaria that wont go away wih antihistamines, now im getting a shot thats just straight IgE antibodies. cant remember the brand name but maybe look into that
Fun fact, women with hostile cervical mucus take mucinex before during and after their fertile period to help thin it so the sperm can move along easier. Maybe he was trying to get pregnant
No, it's a real thing, and it's not limited to "hostile cervical mucus." Taking mucinex to "thin your cervix" is advice given to a lot of cis women who are trying to get pregnant.
I mean, I take Mucinex twice a day, everyday...but I have a medical condition where my body doesn’t produce enough surfactant and I can’t clear phlegm easily without it. Also, I hope it was the one that’s straight expectorant and not the ones with cough suppressant or nasal decongestant...can you imagine how high he’d be all the time?!?
pax-uk · 9 points · Posted at 06:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've a friend who uses the lift buttons wrong. He presses the buttons according to the lift's position, I.e, if the lift is at a higher floor than he is, he uses the down arrow button and vice versa, no matter where he has to go, up or down. We tried to explain him but he's adamant that that's the CORRECT way.
Show him to an elevator that doesn't have a down button on the ground floor and see what he does.
pax-uk · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried and tested. Says this is wrong. Things can only be taught to people who want to learn. But nevertheless, we have a good laugh about it, my other friends. In a good way of course :)
That reminds me of the poor girl at my work who thought that giving someone your cold meant that you could heal yourself by literally transferring your sickness over to them instead.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prophylactic? I could see someone just happens to have a problem with making too much mucous even when otherwise healthy or for other reasons. Maybe a habit formed from relief forming a positive association when used a lot when once sick? And those are just the rational reasons I could assume.
Reminds me of the time I caught my sister rubbing concentrated spot-treatment acne gel over her entire face, because “it’s a preventative.” I don’t know how her entire face didn’t flake off.
Do you tell your friends to talk to someone else if they ask you a question they could have looked up? Why are you so against social interaction, even online? What does your post accomplish except to discourage social interaction? I just don’t understand you and there are so many people online with the same attitude.
Apples and oranges. He's on the Internet. It would've taken less time to type "mucinex" into Chrome and get an instant description than it would have to type "Eli5 Mucinex?" and wait for someone to respond. It would have been decidedly MORE convenient for him, whereas me telling a friend to ask someone else when I was right there would have been LESS convenient for them. This is a lesson for /u/Coryperkin15 to learn, that things like this he can look up himself.
However, I understand the concern. A better response would have been to share this link: https://lmgtfy.com/?q=mucinex Then he would have had his answer despite his misguided method, and he would've learned the lesson.
What’s the lesson that you’re trying to teach? That people on the internet are assholes? Why do you assume s/he values convenience over social interaction?
DreNoob · -10 points · Posted at 07:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice comparison, I interact through an online message board IRL when I talk to my friends too!! And you still haven't answered the question either so how much "better" are you than him? Get off your stupid fucking high horse, the guy's on the internet, he should know how to use Google. Retards shouldn't be pandered to.
You missed the point. If I was hanging out with friends at a bar, and I wanted to know who that actor was who played Dolores in Westworld, I could either ask my friends, or take the more efficient route and just google it on my phone. But asking people around me has a much higher chance of leading to an interesting social interaction; maybe we’ll even get distracted enough to have a conversation about the show. Often in social interactions, we ask questions so that we can interact with other people, not merely as a means of learning information.
Imagine he was a she and she took it expecting a baby
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was definitely getting buzzed.
Knever · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
expectorant
I've never even heard this word before but you can bet your bottom dollar I wouldn't just assume what it means based on what it sounds like. Maybe for mundane stuff like "vomitorium" but not with medicine.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a mild chest infection last year and went to the pharmacy for some expectorant. The employee (maybe 25 yo) filling the shelf offered me some help, and I asked which was best out of two brands. He replied:
‘Honestly, you already sound pretty sick so an expectorant probably isn’t right for you. Try this!’ And handed me something for a dry cough... I politely declined and just went to a different pharmacy (otherwise I would have ended up accidentally laughing at him), but called up his store afterward to let them know they have severely untrained staff giving terrible advice!!
Aren't those also kinda of addictive if you take them for a long enough time?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to take Mucinex every day for a condition I had but I can’t believe someone would take that stuff “just in case”. It wasn’t the most pleasant of medications.
In all seriousness there are things we can take if we start to feel that germ tickle in the back of the throat. Micoferon is a mushroom extract GPs take to fend off the colds and flus they come into contact with every day, and Oscillo and Airborne work in a similar way but to less effect. Micoferon is kind of sort of not available anymore, but anyone who still sees it being sold should buy as much as they can. It's amazing. Goes under the tongue and burns and tastes like shit but it works.
I am 22 and a grad student and can not reliably tie my shoes. They come untied within 15-30 min. I've had friends who were willing to do it for me from elementary through college. I've pretty much resigned myself to have to tie my shoes all the time.
I had an extremely hard time learning to tie my shoes growing up. It’s one of the reasons they had me tested for learning disabilities.
Turns out I have dysgraphia. Do you have other problems with fine motor things like writing?
For me, going to occupational therapy really helped.
Anyways, don’t feel ashamed. If you’ve tried and tried, by this age, it’s not because you’re lazy, there’s something else wrong and it isn’t your fault.
No issues with writing. My only known "issue" is aphantasia. I can't see things in my head which makes me shit at directions and (I suspect) makes it harder for me to learn by watching.
My BIL is dyslexic and one of his issues attributed to the dyslexia is lack of spacial awareness and directions. He cant understand how someone can plan out a route between two places in their head and visualise a map. He has to drive somewhere many times with someone in the passenger seat showing him the route before he will attempt it on his own. You have to give him extra time to get places as he will take frequent wrong turns. His sense of direction is crazy that he cant understand that if the town he is going to is south of his current location, then he shouldnt be on a motorway that goes to the west.
My spacial issues aren't that extreme. After using a GPS to go a route 3 or 4 times I'll recognize where I should turn. But if I turn the wrong way I'll get turned around and be fucked until I pull the GPS out or find a landmark.
Try naming the landmarks. I have the same issue and it works for me. There was a building on one of my routes to and from work that I called "Rose Corp" because of its color and then I had no trouble remembering where I was supposed to turn.
Wow. I literally just have to have visited a place and then I can visualize the direction I need to head in to get back there from any location. Wierd that some people cant even get a solid route down quickly because of how their brain functions.
Im the same. I have a great sense of direction, even if it’s somewhere ive never been, i can judge the general direction i need to be heading in and work out the finer detail as i go. I get frustrated with constantly giving others directions but i suppose i should be a little more patient with them if their brain doesn’t work the same as mine. Even when i visited new york with my friend, she was amazed at how we could set off walking to visit somewhere and end up there first time without a map. Im like “its NYC all the streets are numbers! You just gotta know what street and intersection the building is on and there you are”
disaia · 1 points · Posted at 16:09:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think me and my dad have this, while my mom and sister are the ones with dyslexia! I wonder if it's linked, like just different symptoms of some related issue?
Well my parents are obviously not related to each other but still weird that both things exist in different family members.
I can relate to this. I can in fact tie my shoes but when they eventually untie I usually just wait till I can sit down somewhere to retie them. Well.. I was waiting in line for food at our dining hall when some random girl just walks up, bends down, and starts tying my shoes?? I didn’t know how to react so I just stood there awkwardly and said thank you. Yeah I tie my shoes MUCH more tight now.
I'm actually the exact opposite of that girl. I got so much shit for having untied shoes coming up that I got in the habit of untying other people's shoes. I then tell them I don't know how to tie shoes when they tell me to retie them.
Love the Ian's knot. Not only it's fast and foolproof (it's pretty hard to get it wrong once you learn it), it'll give you a chance to occasionally amaze someone. Like a magic trick, but also useful.
A reef knot bunny ears combo will hold even better. It's like if you normally do a right over left (that crossover ya do before making bunny ears) then right over left again with the bunny ears if you'd do left over right with one or the other it'd be a reef knot.
You might have shitty shoelaces tbh. Round laces or anything that's too wide will come untied a lot faster than thinner, flatter laces. Double knotting the bunny ears helps too.
I wear a wide variety of shoes and do indeed attempt to double knot. There's a very high chance I'm doing it incorrectly though.
Skmot · 3 points · Posted at 11:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There might be a couple of options if that's something you want to work on. There would be ways to find a method that works for you and then practise until its essentially in your muscle memory. Or get some of the no-tie lace stoppers. They used to just be specialist, but have been used for sports so much that they're pretty common and cheap now. No reason your life needs to stay just that little bit more difficult.
If you're left handed, make sure you're learning from someone left handed. I have a big problem with mirroring things when I think about them and it took me a long time to figure out I was doing some steps backwards or upside-down.
You are most likely doing an "old wives' knot" or "thieves' knot". Those look almost identical to the real thing (a reef knot) but hold together much worse or not at all.
Make sure you're tying it as a (slipped) square knot instead of a granny knot. The bows should lie across the shoe, not the length. If it's not laying correctly, try tying the first part in the opposite direction.
There's actually a specific way to tie laces so they won't come undone...I was over 50 when I saw this and i was amazed!
I have been tying my shoes in one of the 'rabbit goes around' kinda ways, but my shoes wouldn't stay tied. My rabbit was going around in the wrong direction and it makes a difference!
Maybe this could help if you don't already have a technique. I changed my way to this, now I always have to wait for everybody else to tie their shoes.
Look into whether you have dyspraxia/DCD. It's difficulties with motor coordination and is actually very common. I have it and I often trip over things, and struggle to keep my shoes tied.
You also mentioned having issues with directions which is a very common dyspraxic trait. I can barely follow Google maps, let alone a person's directions. There are also organisational issues that come with it, as well as issues with timekeeping etc. Please look into it, everything you said reminds me of my dyspraxia!
Do you single-knot and just leave the loops as they are? I always make another knot with the loops...haven't had a loose lace since I was started doing that as a kid
Next time you tie your shoes try doing it this way: right over left, make two bunny ears, left over right. This looks like the regular knot for tying shoes but its actually a double quick release square knot.
I'm 47 and wear Velcro shoes just so I don't have to mess with shoelaces. Because maybe there's some secret to not having them come undone ten times a day, but I'm over it.
As someone who struggled with this til i was 14, what it took me to finally learn it proper was to sit down with someone who was able to actually explain what the lace was doing each step of the way and why the knot actually worked.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I won't lie. I legitimately forgot how to tie my shoes because I wore slip ons, or sandals, for all of intermediate (middle school) and high school. So like 9 years of never wearing laced shoes.
An 18-year old asking his mum how to tie shoes, was a bit embarrassing. Fortunately I relearned in about 30 seconds and we all casually forgot I was a grown-ass teenager that couldn't tie shoes.
Oh hey that's the age I learned how to do it too. It's when I got my first pair of sneakers. Which I hardly wear because without socks it rubs and starts to hurt after a while.
Lari0L · 4 points · Posted at 14:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught it to myself (thanks Google) when I was 13.
I taught myself a better way in my 30's that doesn't come undone so darn much. I even had a coworker ask me to teach him once.
There's really no reason something basic can't be learnt later, and I don't know why someone should need to feel bad for having not known something. It's like, how the hell was I supposed to know what I didn't know if nobody told me?
Lari0L · 2 points · Posted at 18:30:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, exactly. It's not my fault if my parents didn't teach me to do it. I shouldn't have to feel bad about it if I'm willing to learn it (I did feel embarrassed though).
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems to be more that their parents don’t care to teach them. My 6 year old can tie his shoes (granted he’s not the best at it) because my husband took the time to reach him.
It’s actually more common than you think. It tends to happen when parents choose to ignore the problem rather than teach. When I was a child, my first pair of school shoes had laces. My parents realised very quickly that I couldn’t tie them as I’d never been taught, and instead of doing the normal thing and teaching me, their response was to buy velcro shoes, instead. In my case, My sister had to learn from her PE teacher in high school. I learned by sitting down to watch a YouTube video. It’s not really something shameful. It’s just a sign that parents didn’t care enough to teach something simple, and that can be due to anything from lazy parenting to straight up neglect. Thanks for helping your friend out. You don’t know what situation he grew up in.
Same, I never got taught how to do it by my parents. Learned it myself when I started working in a job that required safety boots, honestly wasn't that hard and I got pretty shocked my parents just never bothered to teach me.
While not knowing how to tie laces is definitely an issue, I think it's a bit weird that people are insistent on laces being "adult" and Velcro being "for kids". Laces are honestly kind of dumb. They become loose throughout the day, need to be re-tied, they can get caught on stuff, etc.
I have a pair of high-quality boots with three Velcro straps each instead of laces. They're reliable, very comfortable, and quicker to put on or take off. I would like to see Velcro be a lot more widespread. If it's good enough for astronauts, it's good enough for me.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 08:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He might have Dyspraxia. It makes tying shoes a bitch. To paraphrase Daniel Radcliffe, I wish the world was made of velcro.
Source: both Daniel and I have Dyspraxia. It's also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Not gonna lie, seeing something like this as an answer makes me feel like an alien. More people need to know about things like this because there's no way of knowing if someone is neurodiverse unless they tell you.
Your comment should be higher because I want more people to be aware of this disorder and it in no way means the person is not intelligent.
I had a roommate with this and I would make lists for her around the house (at her request) to help her remember certain things with zero judgement. I would help her tie her shoes in the morning and I made damn sure no one picked on her for it. She also helped me with my organic chemistry because she was wicked smart, she just needed a hand with certain things like we all do.
Its not any different than my anxiety disorder and PTSD; We can't help it, it doesnt make us less of a person and we all have our own individual struggles.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 20:09:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg bless your kind heart. You made that girl's world and she will carry your love in her heart I promise you that. We need more people like you. I have anxiety/OCD, so I'm here on both sides of the coin!
rodinj · 1 points · Posted at 19:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dyspraxic (is that the term for someone with Dyspraxia?) here too. I am able to tie my shoes just fine but learning any other knot is a huge nightmare. I can only tie my shoes the regular way and make some basic loops but that's it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 20:07:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he was dyspraxic? I know someone who can't get the hang of tying stuff, it's because of a neurological disorder that basically just makes her clumsy.
I knew a kid like this growing up. Dude ended up getting arrested multiple times for multiple bomb threats on our school. I've never trusted someone who can't tie their shoes since.
Tbh I don’t understand how people can tuck their shoelaces into their shoes. I always step on the aglets (thanks phineas and ferb) and it hurts like heck
My ex trained new recruits to the army (UK). Told me a few stories about 18-20 year olds who couldn't lace boots, had never really been taught how to clean their teeth properly, couldn't use cutlery (would hold a fork like a dagger in their right hand and lift entire potatoes or chicken parts to their mouths to take bites from), and in one case didn't know he had to wash between the buttocks when showering.
I remember when I was like 5 and being shown how to tie my shoes. The usual method didn't click initially so my dad showed me. Make 2 loops then tie a knot.
Bunny ears for life! I remember being 4 or 5 and my mon patiently trying to teach me. Then the very nice lady at the shoe store showed me how to do the bunnemy ears and I have refused to learn how to tie my shoes like a grown up ever since lol
TBH I would have felt zero sympathy for them until like 2 months ago when I got a dress that ties in the back. Not that it's any excuse in their case, but like... holy shit, it's like being a dumb child all over again and I was humbled.
I didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until sixth grade! My parents just never thought to teach me I guess, and most of the time in school they assume kids already know.
Is your friend left handed? It took me years to learn because I found it so difficult to mirror what my parents did as I wanted to lead with my left. They had attempted to teach me for four years by the time my grandfather heard about this.
He was also left-handed. He taught me in 20 minutes.
My ex didn't learn how to tie his shoes till he was 24 and someone who worked with him had to show him. When I asked him about it (because we worked together and the assistant manager told me about it) he got pissed at me and accused me of making fun of him...I wasn't I honestly was curious because where we worked people made up bullshit about others all the time including the management.
I broke up with him 13 years ago. I told my now husband about it and he thought I was joking and now it's a personal joke between us.
I was dyspraxic but had the fortune of patient parents. This isn’t a knowledge failure but a role model failure and is actually really sad. The ones above are super dumb.
I had a roommate at university who’s “cooking” method was put baked beans in a Tupperware, seal the lid, turn on microwave, when lid pops and explodes beans everywhere they’re cooked.
Edit
Well this kinda blew up way more than I expected.
So in light of that, I’ll share another story of his cooking methods.
One time I came home to find the oven on and smoking a bit. Opened the door to find what was an entire lasagne bubbling on the bottom of the oven. He bought himself a frozen lasagna, step 1 “remove outer packaging” step 2 “place on middle tray of preheated oven”
He literally thought that outer packaging was anything outside of the lasagne, so he tore away that shell that the lasagne cooks in and placed it straight on the rack, so as it defrosted it just fell through the rack and all over the oven
A week old, dry as a bone, has endured more microwave radiation exposure during it than a burst from Goldeneye. Falls occasionally into your food. Don't ever know in soup until end because they sink.
Leave plugged in while are at it and put something in the safety mechanism. It will keep your food warm while eat.*
*may cause sudden human combustion.
I worked half a decade as a janitor in a union shop. I covered lunch rooms, bathrooms and showers.
People refused to cover the stuff they were microwaving and almost always splattered shit all over the place.
None of them would try to clean out the microwaves either and then would bitch about how messy they were on the inside, which lead to my boss bitching at me about them being dirty, which lead me to telling him to go pound sand because I wasn't gonna clean the microwaves for them to destroy them all over again.
The lunchrooms were stocked by a company called "Canteen" who also stocked all the vending machines. And I basically told the union since it was their fucking microwaves that they should have to clean them and they agreed. Well Canteen got so sick and tired of it they pulled all the microwaves.
That really pissed people off, so the company started buying their own and were including those plastic vented covers for warming up food. They also started writing people up if they caught folks not using them.
It only took a total of like two years to train those fucking animals to cover their food while using the microwave.
BRBean · 17 points · Posted at 04:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most frustrating thing for me was, I talked to the union about it and they included it in some monthly tool box talks, asking people to cover their food. And people basically refused to do it.
I don't pretend to be the most reasonable person on the planet, but if someone came up to me and said something like, "If you did this [simple thing], it would make my life and everyone else's life easier, please do it." I would, no questions asked.
But most of the people there just didn't give a shit and wouldn't do anything unless threatened somehow, it made me really start to dislike people.
Like another time, after a new wave of employees came in, I started finding really awful messes. 100X worse than a high school. I'd find fucking half rotisserie chickens under tables, sandwiches stuck to the walls, even vomit sometimes. Well I found out one shift started to get in to the habit of having food fights, keep in mind that 90% of the employees are old enough to be my dad (and I'm in my mid thirties).
So I go to my boss, who just doesn't give a shit. So then I go to the union and they don't give a shit, so I go to safety and they don't give a shit. So then I started taking pictures of the messes and contacted OSHA about it and made some excuses of stuff like foodborne illnesses, attracting rodents, slipping and tripping hazards.
I am still surprised, but it worked. I guess at some point a employee from OSHA stopped by and happened to wander in to a lunchroom after a food fight and basically ripped everyone a new asshole who I talked to.
As a result for almost six months the company was forcing bosses to have lunch at the same time, with their crew, in assigned lunchrooms.
It ended up pissing everyone off so much (besides me) that they all just fell in line and stopped.
It just blows my mind there are adults like that.
BRBean · 8 points · Posted at 05:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another fucking crazy story, thanks again. People are weird and annoying, office workers suck especially.
It surprised me that the cleanest places I've ever worked at were schools. Didn't matter the grade either, the kids were just cool. They didn't get up to the shit you'd expect them to.
BRBean · 3 points · Posted at 05:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? Wow, did not expect that
chiree · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had so much fun reading that story. It's such a perfect example about how the smallest thing can spiral out of control.
Wow they are feral pigs! Sometimes it's fun to have a blow out food fight when you're old. But decent people will clean it up. Those folks though, dog act.
When you said you covered, "lunch rooms, bathrooms and showers" then said, "People refused to cover the stuff they were microwaving and almost always splattered shit all over the place." I was horrified when I pictured literal shit being in the microwave 😆
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 04:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the point if youre just gonna blow up more beans in there tomorrow
Pro tip, microwave a cup of water for like 5 minutes, and let it sit for a couple more. The steam will soften all the gunk in there, especially if it's been a while since it was cleaned
Be careful not to superheat the water; it can get explosive
I have heard that you can put a chopstick in the water to stop yourself from superheating water. You could also use another microwavable thing that would sit in the cup of water similarly to a chopstick.
isaATX · 3 points · Posted at 05:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cannot stand to see a microwave dirty like that. I always end up cleaning it only for it to get filthy again. People doing this make me wanna chuck the microwave out the window as I'd rather not have one at all than have one constantly filthy.
Non-joking trick: microwaves have power settings. Cook beans at about 30% power with the lid light covering, and it never explodes. Same with reheating other food. Use a lower power setting for longer and things get much better.
[deleted] · 81 points · Posted at 03:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Must have sucked to live with. I just picture somebody popping by, shooting the breeze with y'all, and suddenly you hear a loud, wet sounding plop. Your roommate visibly peeks up, saying "Beans are done!" As he scurries off.
That reminds me of my college roommate. She would cook raw chicken in the microwave by "defrosting" it for like 20 minutes. One time, she even took a shower while it was cooking! It smelled and looked disgusting.
while not the best method for cooking baked beans, i do have to hand it to them for actually finding a method that at least works vs just putting the beans in for somehting like 20 min or some other ridiculously large number
As somebody who makes bean stews as a diet staple, 3.5 minutes for a pint is usually plenty. I don't think there's anything on the planet that requires 20 minutes other than slow defrosting.
Apoc2K · 10 points · Posted at 08:37:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
20 minutes is undoubtedly great for making charcoal.
Row199 · 12 points · Posted at 04:57:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen on Reddit. I just showed my fiancé and we literally couldn’t stop laughing hysterically for over four minutes straight. Then we started acting out your roommate and it got us rolling on the floor. Oh man. Oh jeez. Thank you so much for sharing this. You literally just made my day.
corb0 · 9 points · Posted at 03:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate at university who put a frozen pizza in a lukewarm oven for 5 minutes and then was like 'yep this is done.'
Edit: Also remembered, she once asked me how I manage to cook so much pasta in one pot. She (for some reason) would only ever put an inch of water in a pot and just put as much pasta in as she could. I was like, just put more water in.....
My friend puts whole ass jars of pasta sauce in an oven to warm it up. Not like she pours the sauce into cookware first, but she puts the entire jar into the oven, paper label and all. Not sure why she doesn’t pour it into a pot and warm it on the stove...
Just a general follow-up: the majority of my friends, male and female left their homes clueless about cooking and food.
It would turnout for me that my roommate's girlfriend was a traditional Greek. She taught me way more in 2 years than my parents ever did. Going grocery shopping with her was actually fun times, we'd pick out jar sauces, frozen meals and other things just to have her flip out in the grocery store about what a grevious sin it was because it was so easy to make things from scratch.
In response, I have made sure my sons know how to cook, ferment food, bake bread, ... All the stuff I wasn't taught as a kid. And they've participated in the kitchen since before they could even reach the counter.
Ellaina was so good that future girlfriends of mine would be so impressed with me and so dissapointed and shocked when they ate at my parents where the food was always just a bland slab of meat with boiled vegetables. Girlfriends would always ask where I learned to make so many things and I'd always credit Ellaina, to this day, I tell my sons Ellaina taught me how to do this or that. And they are always surprised she taught me how to exist in kitchen while only being my roommates girlfriend. Ellaina is a saint.
Had a roommate that you had to air out the oven. So in the middle of 90 degree weather she’d not only heat up the place for a personal pan pizza but then leave the oven door open after she took it out!
An old co-worker who became my best friend for a while tried to microwave a Tupperware of food with the fork in it. Thank g I was there and stopped him! I was like BILLIE WTF HOW AM I JUST TEACHING YOU ABOUT THIS 25 YEARS INTO LIFE
lol he was from Germany but I don't think that had anything to do with it. He is gay and obsessed with black men, I think of him often these days and hope he's out there with the love of his life protesting for equality.
I kind of did that with stove top noodles because I didnt like cup ramen, but I didnt put the lid on fully I left it loose enough air could get out. I just was convinced the trapped steam made the noodles softer.
Super Asshole Thing I used to do in college: put an egg in a friend's microwave and turn it on. I would always at wait until I heard it pop so I could turn it off right away, but the egg would cook just enough before it popped to firmly adhere to all six sides of the microwave.
It was extra dumb in hindsight because I'd usually clean it up later myself but I still thought it was funny to do because I am a moron.
One kid in my freshman dorm put a plastic electric hot pot on a stove burner and turned on the stove. Caused a fire, emptied the building. His explanation was that the plug was too short to reach the outlet.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine was like this but it was me. I had ordered pizza one night in sophomore year of college, and didn’t eat it all so decided to reheat it. I did it just the way we always did - and that familiar smell wafted the kitchen. And, apparently the rest of the house.
My roommate came out and started yelling that something was on fire. I told him I was just reheating pizza! He opened the oven and saw that the pizza was still in the box. He screamed, I didn’t get it, but y’all probably will.
Called my parents the next day and they told me that, yeah, it wasn’t the right way to do it but you probably shouldn’t.
The best part is, cut to a few years later, I had my parents over and we ordered pizza (new apartment, new state). Bc I never really agreed that putting cardboard in the oven was wrong, I did it to keep the non-eaten pizza warm.
Welp, considering that apt was the size of a shoebox, the oven was the size of an Easy Bake Oven. Hence why it caught on fire - the cardboard was touching the sides of the oven and poof! Fire. It wasn’t bad; we got it put out right away, but no one in the family puts pizza boxes in the oven anymore.
One of roommates in college would go though plastic spatulas like crazy. She'd melt them and wouldn't say anything about it. She'd only tell me when I'd go to use it and wonder why it was messed up. She'd always say it was due to the spatula being made of cheap plastic. No. I finally caught her one day. She'd be cooking something and would walk away LEAVING THE PLASTIC SPATULA IN THE PAN WHILE IT WAS STILL ON!
Edit: Fixed some spelling. Also I really did not expect this to blow up. Funny that so many people can relate. For those asking: yes I know there are heat resistent, wooden, and metal spatulas. Remember this was in college though, so I went to Walmart and just bought the cheapest non-stick pan and utensil sets I could find. Honestly I liked them well enough and they fit my purposes. I never melted a spatula because I don't leave my utensils sitting in a hot pan. I also wouldn't allow my roommate to buy a metal spatula since that would mess up the Teflon.
[deleted] · 2881 points · Posted at 01:44:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I can leave my plastic shit in the pan and it won't melt. WTF shit plastic are y'all using?
I mean, if I left them on top of the grill or in an empty pan? That'd probably melt it, eventually, but just leaving a plastic utensil inside boiling water or stew doesn't melt it at all. It stops me from closing the lid, so I don't know why you'd do that, but it won't randomly melt.
I'm kinda confused now. Was she just grilling the spatula besides the meat or something? Meat with a side of spatula? That would be a terrible idea with a metal spatula too... how would you pick it up afterwards?
On the flip side, my SO worries when I leave the silicone ones in. Like, this is food grade silicone... Literally make cake/bread tins out of it, it's not going to melt in some simmering sauce.
We made a little marshmallow-roasting fire last night (starting with flint & tinder!), and at one point I had to stop my daughter before she started shoveling hot ashes into a plastic tub.
I use a rubber one because it forms to the pan better and you can more easily scrape the last lovely bits of sauce out the pan. The rubber one doesn't melt, the wooden handle would set on fire before that happened.
Also wood can splinter and scrape my nice pans, plus wood is one of the hardest materials to sanitize in the kitchen, especially when it gets old.
My SO hates my rubber spatula for some reason, and loves wood or metal ones. I will never get, why would you buy a new pan every half a year rather than use a rubber spatula, but everyone gets to have some quirks.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:30:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
one of my roommates does the exact same thing, all of our spatulas are melted at the bottom. we also have a hand towel in the kitchen for drying hands off, and i once saw her wipe up a bunch of queso with it and put it right back on the hook. i said “why did you do that, now it’s covered in cheese” and she said “is that not what these are used for”
This is a personal pet peeve, tea towels are for drying your hands and dishes. We literally have cloths for cleaning the side that get cleaned all the time but people still use the tea towels so that we never have a clean one to use for drying.
I have one and it's never burned me. Admittedly I'm good at not leaving my spatula in the pan, but my decades of cooking things in the oven on aluminium foil and never burning myself are a better testament to aluminium's awesome heat dissipation.
Aluminum foil and aluminum cooking utensils aren't really comparable. I have no doubt that you haven't burnt your hand using an aluminum spatula, but that's because anyone who has even a little common sense and had used a kitchen before knows not to leave a metal thing inside a pot/pan that's currently cooking because it will get hot just like the pan. I'm assuming you don't normally leave your metal utensils in the hot pan for long enough to get hot enough to burn you, but as someone who has a terrible cook of a sister, I can assure you that if you leave an aluminum spatula in a used cooking pot for long enough, it will get hot enough to burn you and leave blisters. It cools down quickly and doesn't hold the heat for long, but it only takes a second to badly burn yourself in the time between removing the hot spatula and it cooling down.
Yeah my sister eventually learned not to as well, unfortunately the one time wasn't enough though and she did it two more times before the lesson really set in. (Luckily her kids take after their father/her husband more)
So good that it dissipates the heat in the time it takes to reach into the oven and pull it out. If it were thicker than foil, there might be an issue.
Man. I threw away the one metal cooking spoon we had because my husband scratched two different pans with it. He then began ignoring the bouquet of cooking tools in the vase on the oven and using metal forks until we had a come to jesus talk about not ruining the goddamn pans.
I feel that! Slapping metal.... anything ... on the side of a teflon pan. Like nails on a chalk board to me. 6th full set of pans in 15 years of marriage. (And due up again this year) Tried come to jesus early on. Now I wait for Christmas clearance at Macys or JCPenny. She is awesome, and not worth fighting, because honestly I have soooooo many more things she let's go.
My nephew is NOT dumb, but he is a bit touched. He and his friend wanted some ramen or spaghetti or something. He brought the water to a boil. He put the noodles in a strainer with a plastic handle and dropped the whole thing in. Then he was surprised when the handle started to melt and smoke.
He also brought me a can of soup and a can opener. He asked me how to use it. The can had a pull tab. Like, what?
[deleted] · 21 points · Posted at 05:51:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait... people put the strainer in the pot to cook pasta?!
There are metal strainers that cook right in the pot. Then you can lift them up out of the pot rather then dump the pot over the sink. Little messy though.
Which is much safer after you have let it cool down for a bit before you get rid of it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:44:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, pouring water out of a pot and through a strainer is not a difficult task. I’ve been doing it since I was a child and haven’t had a single issue ever.
Absolutely not. That's for chicken noodle soup only. It overwhelms other flavors instead of neatly* blending in with the tomato and bringing out more complex flavor.
I also keep stock frozen on hand, it's what I do with the chicken fat and trimmings- so it's not a separate thing as much as using what's on hand already.
MY MOTHER DOES THIS. It pisses me off to no end. She’s 50 years old.. I’ve caught her doing it a few times and I’ve had to scold my own mother on why she can’t leave plastic cooking utensils in a hot pan on the stove.
I use wood for stainless steel or ceramic coated pans. I use steel for iron pans and skillets. I don't use plastic for cooking at all. But it's possible to burn a wooden spoon if you leave it on a hot pan.
Yes wood is more durable than plastic but not by much. In any case if one just uses common sense (and a product that isn't of terrible quality) one shouldn't have any issues with either wood or plastic really.
No common sense is what you can teach yourself by watching what happens during an error and adjusting accordingly. Which definitely goes for melting/burning spatulas. Kids don't get taught, 98% of what they learn is self-taught through playing, trying and failing.
Unless we live in a society where parents never let their children play or make mistakes. And then they grow up and go to college and do stupid shit like repeatedly melting plastic spatulas. Hmmmm... I wonder if we've accidentally come upon something.
Ldfzm · 23 points · Posted at 05:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean there are heat-resistant rubber spatulas; maybe she didn't realize that there were non-heat-resistant rubber spatulas? You'd think she'd figure it out after the first one though :(
They design the cheap stuff deceptively well. I bought one thinking it was heat-resistant rubber because it was hanging next to the good stuff. One day as I was cleaning it, I managed to snag on a stray plastic thing, which peelled off in one long thin strip. Threw it out and "splurged" on a $15 one. Those things should be banned.
A cheap wooden spoon is honestly probably best anyway.
Aegeus · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They make nylon ones which are billed as "heat-resistant," but I learned the hard way that there's a difference between "heat-resistant" and "can survive sustained contact with a pan on high."
Yeah I have a nice silicone spatula. It apparently will withstand 600°C. My domestic oven and stove will never get that hot lol. It cost me like $20-25AUD but it's amazing not to have to worry about it melting and it's so easy to clean
Right? I was confused for a second, because I leave all my spatulas in the pan and never ever did one burn... I left one directly on the stove and this burnt for sure, but never in the pan.
Granted, I was still a teen, maybe 16. So I could understand not thinking ahead if her parents didn't let her cook at a home. But I thought that was a mistake you only did once.
Anything in the kitchen was unimportant to her. She'd get a phone call, walk away. She'd hear the TV change to a commercial, walk away. She'd get bored or the clock would strike 3, walk away.
We were both renting rooms in someone else's house, the kitchen utensils were largely not ours. So...uhh....yeah.
That one's common actually. If not for my mum teaching me otherwise when I was little, I'd have assumed it was just a fact of life. I've met plenty of people who do it but were taught not to.
Yeah I could forgive and forget if this happened one time. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone needs a chance to learn. But multiple times??? At that point you either don't care or you're just refusing to think.
Lol definitely a typo. I typed this on mobile while laying on the floor upside down so the whole thing was a shit show and I though I'd caught all the mistakes.
What's mind-blowing is that she never figured out what caused it haha
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 09:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you were still living with her, I’d suggest a gift of a spoon rest for her birthday! If you don’t leave anything in the pan when it’s hot, you don’t have to worry about differentiating between metal or plastic, because everything goes on the spoon rest! 😊
My college roommate always melted our plastic serving/cooking spoons, and was constantly pissed at the spoons for being shitty. I figured she was doing something dumb, but I didn't learn what until one day I came home to her and her b/f deep frying something, and stiring and scooping the food out with a fucking plastic spoon. Her mind blew when I explained that plastic and hot oil are not friends. . . despite having already destroyed like 15 spoons this way.
True but she also did some other shit that made me very glad to be rid of her when the school year was over. Trust me the kitchen was not the only place she was fucking up shit.
Ok well since we were in apartment style dorms, we had 1 bathroom to share just between the 2 of us. The floor was always soaking wet. I thought there was a leak somewhere until I noticed it was always after she showered. Honestly most of the next few weeks were spent with me wondering how to politely ask her how the fuck one manages to get that much water on the floor. I talked to her and found out no one had ever taught her that the shower curtain goes INSIDE the tub.
You'd think that was the end of that. You'd be wrong.
There was still water on the floor every time she showered. Turns out she wasn't using the bath mat. She was stepping out straight onto the bare tile. So we had to have a conversation about that.
If you thought that was the end of it you'd still be wrong.
At this point I should mention that since the bathroom was so tiny, the front of the shower was right next to the toilet. There was barely enough to stick a trashcan there so any reasonable person would enter/exit from the back of the shower/tub.
Or at least that's what I thought.
I finally figured out that yes, she was exiting out of the front of the shower, dripping water everywhere, and then stepped over onto the bath mat. I actually had to bring my boyfriend in at this point because I couldn't believe that someone could be that oblivious. Even he didn't believe me at first. We waited until she showered while he was over one day. As soon as she went to her room, I sent him in the bathroom to check. (Yeah that may have been weird but I really thought I was losing it at that point. He confirmed that yes, she wasn't using the bath mat properly, and no, that much water on the floor wasn't common and wasn't reasonable).
I actually had to tell her, a 20yr old woman, to step out of the back end of the shower and to wait a few moments before stepping onto the tile so that she wasn't dripping water every. For some reason that had never crossed her mind.
This is why I have a bajillion wood/bamboo cooking utensils of various sizes and shapes. I don't trust myself not to leave a plastic one in by accident.
I did this ones when I was like 11 I was cooking something in the pan and then I left the spatula on the still hot pan and it melted all over the pan. I was petrified when I finished eating and saw it.
Yes, that is okay to do. I really like using wooden spoons when cooking, I think it may be because my mother used them a lot in the kitchen when I was growing up!
Omg my boyfriend ruined two spatulas doing that. He'd had them for longer than he had me, and yet for some reason he did that twice within a couple of months this year.
I had a roommate who would scrape the shit out of the nonstick pan with a metal spatula. He couldn’t figure out why his scrambled eggs always had that black stuff in it.
Well yeah it was cheap since I was in college at the time. However she should've learned after the first time NOT to leave it in the pan. Growing up we never left any utensils jn the pan, no matter what they were made of. Also I managed to never melt the spatula so it's completely user error on this one.
My dad did this with every plastic spatula we had and then denied that it was him. Annoying af. Just leave the spatula on the stove, no need to leave it in the pan smh.
Once my mum made a cottage pie and left the spatula in it when she put it back in the oven to stay warm and it melted into it. I'll never forget the smell of molten plastic and burnt potatoes.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've somehow never had this issue. The plastic gods must love me.
_bex94 · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that once to my spatula. I was making a grilled cheese. Came to eat to and I was like "ew that cheese got melted bad..." came to wash up and saw all the plastic on the pan and the misshapen spatula 😂 lesson learnt.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cook here... they should be able to withstand that heat.
There are silicone spatulas that are heat resistant to 450+degrees. I leave them laying on the edge of the pan and occasionally briefly sitting on the food in the pan (who rests a spatula in a hot empty pan?). No problems. However, you can tell the difference between a cheap rubber one and a silicone one pretty easily. And she is (was) a royal asshole for not replacing your stuff when she ruined it.
The roommate of my friend didn't know how to open the door with the keys. Almost broke the keys the first month. Her parents never gave her. Dunno how they let her live alone and far away
I almost set my house on fire last night by leaving the plastic spoon in the pan. That burner was off but the one next to it was on. I picked up a flaming spoon and threw it in the sink. I also have a gas stove. I really can’t believe I did that. I’m not normally that forgetful.
All the spatulas I've ever owned have little notches out of them in the handle cause I'm notorious for resting them on the side of the pan while cooking. But even I don't just walk away from it
But would you also deflect the blame from yourself? Im in close proximity with some adhd people on a daily basis, and they do this 99% of the time. It’s like its painful for them to acknowledge they made a mistake.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:15:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I flat shared and bought a set of lovely cooking utensils - theres a little ledge at the back of the handle to allow the utensils to be placed on the counter without touching. In two weeks, my flatmates got to it (because they didn't bother washing up their own and mine - I had another set that j shared) and burned\melted the back of it all (the handle is softer rubber because of the design)... I still have the set but man, I shed a year whenever I use it
Old housemate did something similar. He decided to deep-fry some chips instead of oven bake them and had the bright idea to use the plastic spaghetti server. It melted into his chips.
I've done this before, but on complete accident. But they wouldn't completely melt. Really just more of a dent in the handle of it from leaving it leaned on the pan. I've actually got a couple "wooden" spoons (they're actually plastic but they work just the same) with the dents. Mostly from boiling mac and cheese and stepping away for a second to use the bathroom or something like that. I can't even begin to imagine what it takes to completely melt one.
I bought a wooden bamboo spatula at dollar general that was $2 on a whim. I thought it would suck.
That thing is the best damn spatula I’ve ever had. It’s not quite as thin as a plastic one, but I don’t have to worry about it melting over time or becoming cruddy. Highly recommend getting one, good and cheap, and will last gig forever.
My ex-mother-in-law would do that very thing to my spatulas and scold me for having "cheap plastic" as opposed to metal tools that don't melt when left in an iron skillet. A lot of people have no concept of thermal gradients beyond hot and cold. These are the same idiots who wonder why their engine gets destroyed from fuel that burns too hot for the metal in the engine. My ex-wife would encourage divorce by giggling and insist that I did not love her. Love has nothing to do with being disrespected in my own home by the mother-in-law.
I never use metal tools unless it's not going to be near the pan, like I'm just picking a piece of chicken up. I've been informed we have pans it's ok to use the metal on but I can't tell them apart from the ones that we can't so I just don't use metal.
The only one I can tell apart is the cast iron and I have no interest in using it so doesn't help me any.
you can leave them in the pan, just on top of the food, or tilting up leaning on the edge, I'm just lazy don't @me, worst case scenario it melts through the handle a 1/4in
Then you'll like this, try milk while reading please.
I'm 31 now, but in this I'm 16 and my sister is 19 we are going into the subway and we check a map to plot our stops and switches on which lines. She reads out loud for some reason and says "Metro?… Polis?… What the hell is that!?"
misuez · 9 points · Posted at 07:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I laughed so so hard bc it’s clear you love your brother but yea, ice...
when my brother was in his early 20s, I caught him just shoving leftover food scraps down my parents sink. apparently, he’s been doing it for years - it never occurred to him the sink didn’t have garbage disposal 🤦♀️
My brother went to the Air Force Academy, where you're required to live in the dorms all four years. When he graduated, they offered a cookbook that graduates and family could buy. One of the very first recipes is for ice.
For some reason, to me, this is the most shocking comment in the entire thread. How is that even possible? What did he make of bodies of water changing from liquid to solid depending on the season? Even if you guys don't live somewhere where that happens, he must have heard of this phenomenon at some point in his 24 years
My brother once called me to ask if he could still (cook and) eat (raw) chicken that he'd left on the counter overnight. He was 25.
He's brilliant - incredibly smart and talented. But his everyday household skills are...not intuitive to him.
My friend knew how to make ice but didn't know how to get it out of the tray. He would bang it upside down on the counter top until it went all over the floor. Will never forget his reaction when I told him to simply twist the tray to loosen the cubes
There are, no lie, some men who actually refuse to wipe thoroughly or wash because anything touching the asshole or even going between the butt cheeks is “gay”.
I don’t like touching my bare hand to my asshole cuz I just find it gross so I just use toilet paper till it’s clean then use a wet wipe then switch back to toilet paper to really make sure it’s clean. I wanna buy a bidet when I move out.
Some people don't even check to make sure the paper is clean. Like the act of wiping doesn't have a goal and is just a motion to go through once finished shitting. Wipe once and off you go...
You've just reminded me of something. When I was a young kid, I remember my parents once saying I should "wipe twice", and since I had the mind of a child I somehow thought 2 times was the "magic number" that was guaranteed to make everything clean. So it kind of was like "going through the motions" for me. "I wiped twice just like I was supposed to!"
However, once it was pointed out to me that this didn't always get rid of everything, it dawned on me: Twice is not a guarantee. You should wipe as many times as you *need*, as opposed to just going through the motions out of habit.
A little embarrassing, maybe, but I was probably about seven years old and not a grown adult.
Had an ex refuse to believe you actually should wash your privates & ass & not just assume the water running down your body is enough to clean it. He also was a little thick, so his thighs touched, and he never dried between his legs after showers. It always looked red and I couldn't imagine how he stood it.
We didn't last very long because ew. And he wanted a very different life than I did. But he married someone almost exactly like me and well long story.
I am on the opposite end of the issue. As a part Korean, I have to teach my American friends how to use the bidet attachment in my Apartments restroom.
Look up bidet attachment on Amazon, and buy one for your toilet. You will heavily appreciate the Epic upgrade in hygiene.
And as an added bonus, your toilet paper lasts forever! I happened to purchase a full pack right before The Great Toilet Paper Wars of March, and I wasn't even worried. Pack is still mostly full.
that’s good to know. I used to go through so much because I’d wet some of it too... always needed to clean with water to actually feel clean, the bidet definitely expedites the process lol
Agisek · 8 points · Posted at 14:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, all men with body hair who think toilet paper is enough, do not know how to wipe their ass.
Put Nutella in your beard and wipe it with a napkin, if you then lick the beard and it doesn't taste sweet, I will happily lick your ass (or you probably don't have a sense of taste, in which case I'm not going to lick your anything). Wiping with toilet paper gets rid of the chunks, shower gets rid of the rest. Or get a bidet.
Oh my god I worked with a girl who's mom had a similar story. She said that her mom was engaged to a guy and they were going at it on night and her mom reached around to put a finger in the guys but and felt some dingleberries. Completely grossed her out. She stopped the sex immediately, got dressed, took off her engagement ring and left him. She then met the father of her children and they've been married ever since.
I was a drill sergeant in the US Army. The first time you have to show an adult man how to shave is a little shocking. The worst one was the 24 year old male that didn't know how to tie his boots. He had gotten through reception and pick up day by tightly lacing his boots and tucking the laces in. As they would loosen up throughout the day, he would just pull them tight again. The first Sunday I noticed his boots were barely staying on as he was marching back from dinner. I asked him what was wrong with them as it's common for privates to have the wrong size boots when they get to us. He didn't know how to tie them. At all. Not a single knot. I spent an hour showing him how I tie my boots and different techniques if he gets hot spots or blisters. Then I assigned his bunkmate the task of making sure they were tied correctly when he left the bay.
I kind of understood it. He came from a super poor neighborhood, single mom that worked all the time, he didn't have a lot of positive influences before joining the Army. I was a little worried about his comprehension skills since basic rifle marksmanship is kind of intense and takes some focus, but he did well. I was very happy that on family day he had his low quarters tied and was proud that he had learned so much.
Kudos to you for taking the time to help him grow up. I have three sons who were active in a lot of team sports and band, etc. They brought home a lot of kids, some of whom ended up staying with us for extended periods. Not surprisingly, those who came from difficult circumstances often had no exposure to things we considered commonplace: using and washing “real” dishes, brushing teeth, bandaging a cut, one sweet kiddo had never had sleeping clothes/pjs. More than one left us with a new toiletry kit and full duffel bag. Broke my heart, but so glad we had the opportunity to share with (and learn from) them all, and it definitely helped my kids grow up to be kinder guys.
Thank you for being so kind to them ❤️ I was one of those kids and families like yours really helped provide me some stability during some rough times growing up
4E4ME · 176 points · Posted at 05:23:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, my kids are still little but we already know two neighorhood families where the parents are active alcoholics. Whenever those kids come to our house (not frequent) I make a point of saying to the kids "I'm so glad you came over to our house today! You are welcome here anytime!". I want them to internalize it now in case they really do need a place to go when they get a little older. I hope they will remember. They are sweet kids in bad circumstances.
Kudos to you for taking the time to help him grow up.
I'm just imagining a drill sergeant shouting out shoe tying instruction. "CROSS THE LACES. NOW MAKE A BUNNY EAR. DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A BUNNY EAR TO YOU? WHO TOLD YOU TO MAKE A KOALA EAR?"
zangor · 25 points · Posted at 16:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MY HELP WITH ANYTHING MAGGOT. IM HERE FOR YOU.”
Thank you for this. I grew up with neglectful parents. Roommates, significant others and closely intertwined people in my life have taught me a number of things I’m sure they were perplexed I didn’t understand myself. I was very bright, and still didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until high school - no one had taught me. A lot of hygiene was lost on me. A lot of social norms are still lost on me. Learned how to clean a home and wash dishes in college. truthfully I could sell myself out for a lot in a thread like this, just really glad to see there’s someone who understands why these situations can come about.
I’m impressed that you know it’s not YOU, it was your environment - you know you are bright and you are consciously being a good self advocate. It’s so easy to get caught up in self-blame, but harder to be one’s own champion. I hope you are happy and secure now. 🤍
My aunt is just like you, she used to joke that her kids brought home stray people instead of stray pets. Thank you for helping to make a difference in those kids' lives.
Sounds like my grandma! We never had a Thanksgiving at her house without an extra “lonely soul” at the table. She always had someone there who’d fallen on hard times and could use a hot meal & some family time. Many became friends that she’d put up for a while or pay to do little jobs around the property. When she died we found so many trinkets (and, not gonna lie- a few alarming things) with little receipts indicating she’d taken them as collateral for little loans from her cadre of “good ol’ fellers/gals” as she called most of her hard up friends.
I gave her a lift to the airport today so not gonna lie, big thank you for the reminder to call and make sure all is well! But seriously, she had 3 boys too. We lived in housing commission area and us kids would be bringing in any and all of our friends and mum would do exactly like you guys except more wog style, so alot of loud food orientated love. We didnt have much but I still have so many friends who still to this day would call my mum mum. I am 1000% sure you are mum to some of these kids, and I wholeheartedly thank you and your family for that. Your good peoples.
I was always careful to teach when it was a lack of experience and scold when it was a lack of caring. “Drill sergeant, I don’t know how to clear my rifle” was never acceptable since it was a class we gave when they got rifles. “Drill sergeant, I don’t know how to address an envelope” made sense because most of them had never written a real letter.
My BIL went through basic at Sill, and he's a sharp kid. Went into AIT when he got out. I remember talking with him that it amazed him how much common knowledge some of the other guys and girls he got in with didn't have.
I just smirked and told him "welcome to actual adulthood man." He grew up with good parents in a good school. He had never met people who with either poorly educated or just plain dumb for the most part.
I was at Sill as a drill sergeant. It doesn’t matter where you go, basic is the same as far as people. Even in drill sergeant school I found people that didn’t know some stuff I thought was pretty basic as an adult.
The military is made up largely from lower income and disadvantaged as it's a way to get away from that situation and have a stable income and place to belong. Thus you run in to a lot that were not raised in a healthy way and missed a lot of milestones on the way.
I understand that. The point of my comment is this was drill sergeant school. You have to be a SGT or above to attend, putting you around 4 years in the Army at the very earliest. I totally understood why my privates didn't know things. When you've been on your own and in the military for at least 4 years, it's more surprising that basic adult skills are lacking.
I like that. I’m in industrial training. Worst thing is people that don’t care. Will go to the end of the earth if someone is trying and wants to learn.
I was always afraid to ask because I would always get blamed for "knowing better". I would just struggle to figure it out and this was decades before Google. One Senior chief corpsman (E-8) told me to take better control of my stutter. She was a corpsman and was especially ugly and vicious in her bullying of me for no good reason but just straight up hate. I stuttered severely because of people like her who live to bully vulnerable people. They are pure coward. I stuttered because I had a mental illness caused from being rape-married to violent homosexual who was writing hate mail to my commanding officers insisting that what he wrote is what I told him is happening to me at OCS. He was believed and I was attacked just like before in public school. For several weeks during the processing to be kicked out, I met with investigators who asked me to sort out which parts were true and which were made up. About 90% was made up lies meant to cause me grief and only 10% was factual. I escaped slavery AFTER I was sent back to my slave owner. My twin brother was assisting and encouraging his father in writing hate mail and causing me grief at OCS. I was kicked out because of their bad behavior even though I had nothing to do with any of their hate campaign. The officers wanted someone to be punished for writing hate mail to them. I was the only family member available for attack so the officers decided to bully me for months on end and kick me out in retaliation for a slave owner writing daily hate mail and making phone calls to the school to cuss out any person who answers. I no longer stutter because I am away from abusers and those trying to kill me.
If your boots are riding up at the heel or the ankle is too loose, unlace the first pair of holes. Your laces should be sticking out of the second pair. Keeping each lace on the same side, have it come out of the second hole and into the top hole, leaving a little loop. Cross the laces and run them through the loops on the opposite side. This creates a nice tight band around your ankle.
rcas_ · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's also called a runners knot. Keeps your shoe secure while walking/running ling distances. Really does help.
If you’re a visual learner, there’s also videos on YouTube that show different lacing techniques. Sometimes I can read and translate to figuring it out, but watching it done step by step can also be super helpful.
I still to this day don't know how to shave with a manual razor. My father died when I was 12 and all my male relatives lived almost 3,000 miles away. I am sure I can learn, I just feel like it is more trouble than it is worth when an electric shaver does the job just fine.
The issue with electric razors and the military is they don't have a close enough shave. My facial hair doesn't grow quickly and it's light. When I use an electric razor it looks like I didn't bother shaving by 2 in the afternoon. When your day starts around 5, your not-so-close shave is very noticeable as the day goes on.
I taught a number of privates how to shave with a razor in basic training. It's one of those times as a drill sergeant that you know you can't embarrass them but they have to learn the skill to succeed. By Saturday of week 0, I would have the ones that had trouble shaving up 30 minutes early and in the latrine. I'd give them a quick class on shaving and that was usually the end of it.
My teen can’t tie his shoes. He can rebuild a car engine, help design and build a sound system, play instruments by ear - but no matter how much he’s tried and we’ve worked with him, he cannot tie his shoes. He does have dysgraphia and dyslexia. Anyhow, thank you for teaching someone when they were in need.
By the time we got them in an actual training unit, we expected they were screened for anything that would disqualify them from service. I can't say for sure he didn't have something like dyslexia, but I feel it was more his pre-Army life rather than a cognitive barrier.
Man you weren't a drill sergeant. You were a drill brother. Good man
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 10:27:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, he may not have had shoes growing up. I know kids growing up today whose parents dont think shoes are a priority. Like school ended because of covid, so they kids basically had like 5 or 6 months of summer vacation, with no where to go but the front yard. The parents figure since they dont wear shoes around the house, they dont need to replace the shoes that have been outgrown, which i almost understand because kids grow out of shoes quickly, but you can get kids shoes at donation stores for like $3.
(My wife are i are buying these kids shoes. Itll cost like $50 to shoe all 5 kids and they shouldnt have to suffer because their parents are shit)
But before our modern era of endless new stuff, shoes were always expensive.
It was always a shock to me when people came out of boot/tech school with such a lack of knowledge. I did a lot of training in the Air Force, and the cross-section of people you meet is astounding. Some of it is just odd (new mechanic not knowing what pliers were), and some made you stop and realize that there are lots of types of people out there (like a couple guys I met that had never seen any non-white person before MEPS).
It's a big world, and people grow up in all kinds of places and situations. It was one of my favorite things about the military, and one of the best ways to broaden your horizons.
My dad never taught me to shave. He was a smart man, tried to teach me many things, but for some reason shaving wasn't one of them. I just went to Walmart and got an electric one and it was fine for a while.
I was working at a restaurant, and they required you to have no facial hair, though they usually let it go if you had a little stubble. I kept my electric razor in my car for trimming before work if I had gotten too shaggy. One day my boss tells me to get back there and shave. My electric razor had died. He showed me the disposable razors they kept there for this reason. He was completely baffled when I said I didn't know how. "Well you can either go home or figure it out."
If you're a good drill sergeant, you end up playing every part you can think of. You're getting 60 kids in your platoon from every background imaginable. You can't prejudge any of them because of the life they had before the Army. You just need to get them through 9 and a half weeks of training successfully. There were times that I had to be cold and distant, and times I had to treat some of them the same way I treated my daughter when she was 4.
Everyone that joins has their own idea of what basic will be like. Some are scared, some excited, some of them have no idea what to think. That means one minute you may be screaming at your whole platoon to move faster and follow instructions and the next minute calmly talking a kid down because he's spiraling into a panic attack. I had privates experience the death of a parent, the birth of a child, and everything in between. Being the first real interaction they have with an NCO means you can show them that the Army is about people and how you care for the people under you. You have to be ready to take your hat off and actually care about your trainees.
Without fail, every cycle I had a group of soldiers that didn't have family attend graduation. I would get the "hey drill sergeant, we're going to insert random restaurant for lunch. Do you want to go?" Of course I wasn't allowed to and had other stuff to do, but it would always feel like they were asking their dad to go hang out and grab lunch.
You see stuff like that a lot in the military, young kids who don't have much life experience, they usually learn it quite quick though.
Budget management is one you always see with the younger lads. First time they've ever had a job, that first pay cheque looks like a fortune to the them, especially when they have very few bills to pay. Doesn't help that you get salesmen out to make a bit of cash off them, lost count of the amount of new guys I've seen suddenly turn up with a fancy new car they can just barely afford and then have to spend the rest of the month living off of noodles.
The US Army doesn't do a great job teaching financial responsibility. Around week 4, I would take an hour on Sunday after religious services and give my platoon some stories about soldiers from my past that had gone broke doing dumb things. I always included saving, spending within their means, and only purchasing things after careful consideration and not on a whim. Still, I would see a few of them spend hundreds of dollars on clothes on family day. It's hard to tell an 18 year old that has never had a job to not spend money.
We have resources for financial stuff on post. Military Family Life Counselors, the Education Center, the Tax Center, they all offer finance classes. Hell even post Finance offers some classes. But we also get tasked with so much crap that it's hard to cut your guys loose for a day to attend classes like that.
The best thing my old platoon leader did was schedule 2 hours every week in our company conference room to give classes on being an adult to the platoon. I run ultramarathons and have been a shooter my entire career, so he would have me teach nutrition and recovery classes or advanced shooting techniques. He was a bit of a finance wiz so he would teach stuff like investing or saving for your future. That same PL also started a book club in the platoon. Normally an Infantry platoon would scoff at a book club. My guys loved it because the PL made it interesting and didn't solely focus on the Army. He was all about personal growth. By the time we both left that platoon, we had a high retention rate and some very happy soldiers. I wish more PLs would take that kind of interest in their guys.
See this one is sweet. It's really cool of you to take so much time helping him, and then not sound condescending when telling the story here. You sound like a really cool dude! (:
Ryraah · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this. Being 26 and in the infantry im usualy one of the oldest enlisted around. I've helped many through the years on basic stuff. How to tie boots, shave, buy a affortable car, taxes, how to buy a house, insurance, what to bring on deployment etc. It got me the nickname grandpa haha
One bad thing is people who are incompetent of their own making and have a lack of will to understand. However when people who are products of their environment and don't know how to do certain things, it is understandeable. Good on you for showing the ropes, literally.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy cow. Not knowing how to tie your shoes is such a cliche for incompetence that I never would have imagined you'd run into it in real life.
There are. Someone else in the thread linked some resources. Lacing can apply pressure in different spots. If you get blisters and hot spots, you can lace in a way that alleviates the pressure from those spots and applies it elsewhere.
As a drill sergeant, there is a time and place for yelling and being a crazy person and a time and place for being a human being. I made it a point to never embarrass a soldier for something that couldn't control. This dude had never learned something most of us take for granted. Calling him out in front of the platoon would have done nothing positive. Yelling at him would have made him resent the training process. A calm conversation was the right method. Yelling was reserved for stupidity and laziness.
That's very responsible and professional of you. You're very right about the resentment part and I'm certain that it paid major dividends once he was out with his unit. Made him more adaptable and less apt to buck authority.
You are awesome! When I was at Navy OCS, I was viciously bullied by all instructors except the Marine drill sergeants that treated everyone fair. All the other cadets feared the Marine chiefs for no good reason but all of them were cool with me. None taught me anything because I had no Marine DIs for the battalion I was assigned -- just no-talent no-brain bullies who called me "crazy". I passed a psyche eval to command a nuclear submarine but was eventually processed out due to excessive bullying. I have a mental illness and brain damage from all the torture I survived prior to being at OCS. After my injury was discovered, I was processed out without any help or guidance.
Was making dinner with my ex and her mom. They were talking about how they forgot to put on a can of corn to go with the meal, but that's ok, they can just microwave it right? First it took two of them to use the can opener, as in they took turns because "the cans are so strong". Look over and they have the can cut almost all the way around...but not around the lid, its this weird, wavy, up and down the side of the can way, basically took the last fifth of the can right off. I stare at them, but dont say anything because, hey, not my house, they've gotten this far why point it out now and go back to what I'm doing.
Moments later they congratulate themselves and move on to the next step...which apparently to BOTH of them was just sticking the can straight in the microwave. Seconds later lots of bright flashes, both of them leap away the microwave so I have to come around the table and do the oh so heroic task of hitting the open button and stop the potential meltdown.
The rest of the dinner was them so shocked that metal reacts like that in a microwave, yes, even forks or spoons would do that and how amazed they were its never happened before.
Flash forward a year and they're buying a new microwave. Turns out they've bought ALL their microwaves from this one store and the owner was surprised it's been so long. Turns out, hes a great guy, always helps them find the best deals and even jokes about how the extended warranty is for suckers.
Ha, yeah I think my ex saw me do it once and was shocked at how smooth the cut was. I think the excuse there was they had an electric can opener before and then just chalked their jagged mess up to using a manual one.
They weren't the smartest people, plus the moms husband used to be the one that handled basically everything for them before he died. Like everything. Like they didnt change the toilet paper roll because they didnt know how to get the old one off.
Actually I change my original answer, the toilet paper was the most head shaking moment. Not as funny, I changed it one day instead of stacking the new roll on top. The ex noticed later and rushed me in to show her how. I did. She walked away a little embarrassed and it was never mentioned again.
Man, how can you just go frequently buying microwaves?
It's not like they're $20, why would you not question how quickly you're going through something like that?
To be fair I managed to make it to 14 years old without putting metal in a microwave. I was a "latchkey kid" (a child who went unsupervised due to working parents). I would get home from school at 7 or 8 years old and fend for myself until bedtime mostly.
When I was 14 I moved in with my dad and suddenly had all the food groups at my exposal. Like all the food. Like not just bread and tuna and cereal. I had real options. My step-mother was morbidly obese so sweets were firguratively and literally on the table. They literally had marshmallows in the pantry. Just...because? It was crazy.
So one day, I thought, fuck it I am going to make a smores! Maybe I just rewatched sandlot the night before. I don't recall. I thought I would be smart and took a marshmallow and put it on a spoon to microwave it. Made sense to me. Until the sparks started to fly in a non romantic way.
Next time I made that mistake was when I learned about metallic paint. I just wanted to heat water in a fancy looking tea cup I got at goodwill when I was 20. Now I know better.
It terrifies me to think about all the shit I don't know.
I mean, apartment complexes don't really like it when you start lighting random fires. Over all our only kitchen staples were tuna, bread, pasta, peanut butter, sometimes jelly, chips, and cereal. Marshmallows were like...not a food that you eat for a meal so we never had any. My mom worked in a restaurant and my step-dad lived on tuna and whiskey so the idea of just having marshmallows was really foreign to me. Still is really. Like it's something you buy for a special occasion or when you go camping. Not something that you keep on your kitchen grocery list.
I mean it's a pantry, the goal is to store food for a relatively long-term time. A family of four could survive for at least a couple months on what's in our pantry.
The only way marshmallows go bad is if they melt to each other or the bag. We have a bag of small ones for hot chocolate, and a bag of big ones for smores. One bag will last us months, if not years. And you don't need fire to make smores. Just put a marshmallow on a graham cracker on a plate and microwave it for a few seconds. Marshmallows get hot really fast, so keep an eye on it. Once it's two or three times its original size, it's done.
We don't make hot chocolate or smores at home. I didn't as a child and I don't as an adult. Just not around campfires enough and don't drink hot beverages at home really. No kids running around yet, but I imagine once there are that will change. But marshmallows are just something that has literally never been a thing in my life other than the short time I live with my dad and step mom. They also had everything which was my initial point.
I went from a household that was sparse to a household that had everything. To me marshmallows were an item that was reserved for special occasions like camping.
My spoons would..... they like to find the garbage disposal.... because my roommate for whatever unknown reason, puts all of the dirty dishes in the sink side with a garbage disposal and never installs the little strainer to stop things like forks, knives, spoons, and of course, plastic measuring spoons from falling into it.... it also has the wonderful side effect of reverting the disposal unusable after breakfast because there’s a small stack of dishes covering it... I’ve lost a great many of my measuring spoons, and twirled god knows how many utensils in that fucking disposal because I missed one.
Almost as good as my roommate not knowing you can replace the drip pans on the stove when the old ones get burnt food bits on them that just straight up will not come off. Or that the stove top lifts up to clean all the food crumbs out...
He’s in his 30s.... he’s lived in the same apartment for about 10 years before I moved in... I enjoy a clean space, his definition of clean differs from mine.
I didn’t know the tops lifted.
In fairness, I grew up with gas stoves so food didn’t fall inside it.
I spent years (6-ish?) pulling the coils off my electric stove and sticking my hand inside to clean it. I hated it. Literally learned it opened when the guy came to haul it off when it died and he accidentally lifted it up.
Now I have a glass top so again it’s a non-issue, but I still spent 6 years scraping grease and funk out of the wholes.
What???? The stovetop lifts up? We always had gas / electric stoves (not glasstop for the electric ones) when I was growing up, and I never knew this. Strange that I didn't though as my mom was always a meticulous cleaner. Thanks for the tip.
You’re mostly right. If it’s a solid, smooth spoon with no bits sticking out, it’s fine. If it has dings or fancy designs on it, that might be less fine.
I’m sorry you’re getting downvoted. You’re not crazy.
Might be this new type of microwave. My grandparents had one maybe ... 15 years ago (maybe not so new?) where spoons were meant to go in there. It was frightening. Needless to say, I was always suspicious of using their microwave because I just didn't trust that it wasn't going to blow up.
This is going to sound weird, but manage a budget. Or just in general being money smart.
One of my old roommates was really bright academically, but he was terrible with money. Each semester he would start off with a pile of cash from his parents and proceed to blow through it in about two months.
I first noticed it with his dining dollars on campus. Every day it seemed like he would buy the most expensive sushi option on campus everyday. We're talking maybe $18.00 which isn't terrible if it's once in a while, but this was every day. It's also college dining hall sushi, so the quality was also just okay without even considering the money spent. Of course around midterms when his dining dollars would run out and he'd sort of panic and whine that he couldn't afford anything. But what was so strange, is that when he would start to run low, he's sort of laugh about not knowing anyway we could avoid going broke while continuing to buy only the most expensive option. But he'd also get really defensive when people wanted to talk to him about this.
Eventually when he moved off campus it was the same thing. For the first two months he'd feast. He'd get delivery constantly, ordering just way too much food, and of course he'd never share it. But then once he'd nearly run out of cash, he'd buy like an emergency 50 pack of hot dogs and only eat that for the rest of the semester, while telling everyone else that they were lucky they had money to spend, and how not everyone had it so easy when it comes to money. He'd never directly say it, but there were always a lot of implied insults.
[deleted] · 3245 points · Posted at 21:45:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We fell out of contact, so it's not first hand anymore. But from what I understand, he's pretty hit and miss.
On the upside, he has a good job, that he's very good at, and pays him well.
On the downside, he's never really changed. And sees to be living a relatively empty life. He's still really quick to blame other people for anything that goes wrong, and it's caused a lot of people to keep him at a bit of an arm's length.
Trivvy · 114 points · Posted at 02:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone needs to slap him straight or he's going to have a very lonely life.
That was my knee-jerk reaction as well. I went to Cal and knew too many of these types. Some of them grew the fuck up and others calmly collected their 6-figure job post graduation and are basically still living the same dormitory style life, just in an apartment.
I know someone that all he has on his apt is an ikea bed, afoldable table and a cpmputer chair from office depot. Plus some plastic drawers for his clothes. Thats it, thats all the furniture in his apt. He's been living like that for 5 years now. The guy has never even kissed a girl and i jonestly think he is always depressed about it. But like he is afraid of human interaction, he even is terrified of talking on the phone.
Fml but I call myself a minimalist to justify my lifestyle to visitors. I have suitcases for clothes (I can plane travel with most of what I have) a foldable lapdesk, and sit on the floor. That's it.
Tbh it has only been a year of this, I'll probably give in and be part of society again... it honestly feels weird though, like why is a bed, an SO, a desk, a top of the line PC even necessary? It's just stuff I want cuz I've just always had them or society wants them, just strange and alien to me
p1-o2 · 2 points · Posted at 18:22:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh... Power to you. I honestly have no clue what to say. You've achieved what some people spend their entire life meditating to achieve. Your needs are met.
Why on earth did you get downvoted for saying i dont know ?
HPGal3 · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're not the person who told the story. Obviously FrankAssessments wouldn't know because the question was for ConneryFTW. He's just being dumb.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 15:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably because I wasn't the one that the other guy was talking to about this topic. And then all the other sheep see that my comment has a downvote, so they do the same thing. And here I was just being silly. 🤷
My ex who inherited a bunch of money and didn't work was the same way. I'd beg him if we could go somewhere NOT Trader Joe's because I could only afford ramen and kool aid and he'd get mad at me... and then not share his fucking ground ostrich meat.
It's cheap for fancy stuff, it's not cheap for regular stuff comparitively speaking, especially when there are sales. If you've never been to an Aldi, I highly recommend; your mind will be blown. :)
Close, but not exactly: there's familial ownership of the companies! The parent-subsidiary relationship is actually a myth! (Clearly, I am a bit obsessed with both of these stores!).
Rarvyn · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:18 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also not exactly right.
There's two Aldi's. Two brothers founded the original German chain. It later split into Aldi North and Aldi South, with each brother heading one company. When they expanded to the US, Aldi North half of the family bought the then-nascent Trader Joes (and still owns it) and Aldi South just spread as Aldi's.
My wife is a manager. We were both about 26 when we married. She had a couple pieces of furniture, clothes, a junk elantra she was still making payments on, and about $500 to her name when me married.
I had a net worth of around $150k including 2 vehicles, various other things, 401K, and about $30k cash to use to buy a house.
Granted, I mad a lot more money (I spent it too) than she did, but I get hounded if I even think about a project around the house. I paid off her car while we were on our honeymoon, and then scheduled some routine (timing belt) maintenance for it... she did not like that.
No, she spent her money on dumb shit she didn't need and made poor financial decisions. She thinks she has it figured out but is just getting started really.
Not bragging. Making a comparison about the subject we're talking about (managers, if you haven't noticed) and us "dirty workers."
But hey, if you want to take it as bragging then I guess "Sorry? Sucks to be you?" is applicable. I'm glad I was financially capable to manage my finances and worked my ass off to get there. So so sorry you didn't apply yourself in the direction and career I did.
I've found that talking to your friends about your wealth shows you who you're real friends are. I've had a few be ghosts until they're tight for money. Then there are SOME that ask for advice.
I basically forced myself to live off of what I gave myself via auto transfers and bank accounts that took days to transfer between, and ran a strict budget. I found I was able to buy what I wanted if I was patient, and I was able to save if I kept myself humble enough.
Some job choices come with plenty of money to save and be happy with, those folks that don't make much of it just suck at dealing with their own vices.
start off with a pile of cash from his parents and roughly blow through it after about two months
Sounds like a prime candidate for the Pentagon spending program!
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 09:34:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you dont learn by thay point, a job might not help.
I know s guy in his 30s, who works a tow truck 80 hours a week, makes 4 to 5k a month depending on volume, and his wife still used to beg us for grocery money at the end of each week. The couple of times we did it, while we were at her house shed show us their brand new tv and the 6 month old one they replaced, both their new cars, all their kids new toys and the massive "to be donated" piles (which were also practically new toys) after we just got done putting $50 of food in her fridge because she said she couldnt feed her kids dinner.
We eventually cut off contact and the girls sister told us she was also getting groceries from her. So $4,000 EVERY month, minus only a small mortgage payment and utilities, and they managed to blow through every cent without stocking the kitchen. And he was at work or asleep ALL the time, its not like they were spending it on family outings, just stuff. And then had the audacity to take advantage of the kindness of the only people close to them.
Makes me furious thinking about it.
Unrelated but the guy is also a pedophile. He met his wife when he was 21 and she was... 8.. when he was dating her big sister (15 att). He started sleeping with his current wife when she was 12, and they started having kids when she was 17 (he waited so she would deliver the first baby after graduating highschool, but had her walk across the graduation stage 6 or 7 months pregnant). They got married at 18, and shes now 21 with two kids.
Everything about them... just yuck... the girl is really friendly though, and her and my wife got on okay for a while, thus why we knew them.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My question, though, is who was in charge of the spending in the household. It seems to me that, since the husband was working 80 hours a week, it had to be the wife in charge of the budget, or lack thereof, and given the couple's history together, it makes sense she might be sheltered and not have developed any life skills.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 12:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Supposedly she doesnt buy these things, he does (according to my wife who only heared her side of it, so who knows). He gives her a certain amount to spend on the kids, of which she spends every cent, then he blows most of it, and whatever is left over can be for food. I think they both grew up without any guidance and have the mind set of "spend the money while you can enjoy it because its going to be gone soon anyway", because if they were actually feeding everyone comfortably, it would be several hundred dollars a month up front, compared to $20 in fast food every night while theres money in the wallet
80 hours is a lot, but it leaves room enough for spending. Plus, because of the nature of his work, while hes working, when he occaisionally doesnt have a tow right that second, he can park and get out at a store or restaurant.
Im not totally sure how it all gets done, for all i know she couod have been lying so we would buy groceries for her instead of having to spend her own money, idk.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:03:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense. It's also quite unrealistic that one party would buy a new car without the other being involved.
This is why it is sooooo important to have teenagers get a job before college (and during, if possible). I worked from 15 til college. Then, every single break, back to the pizza shop to make as much as I could so I didn’t have to work on campus.
If you don’t understand what it takes to earn that money, early, you never will understand how to spend it.
Girlfriend's little brother was like this when he was in junior high- highschool. Sold weed to all of his friends, made $500-600 a month off of it and blew all the money buying weed for himself and buying stupid expensive clothing. Thought he could coast the rest of his life off selling weed until it became legal here and now hes early twenties with a grade 9 education, working for his girlfriend's dad's construction company with no money because he constantly wastes every cent he gets paid on weed or garbage.
Step 1. Sell weed and get money.
Step 2. Use all the money to buy weed.
Step 3. Smoke all the weed you bought with all the money you made selling weed.
Stonks.
It was more like, big dealer gives him $500 worth of weed for "free", he sells the weed for whatever he wanted to and gave the big dealer the $500 and got to keep whatever else he made. I know a lot of people who do that now just to smoke weed, they have their own fulltime jobs and pay rent/mortgage and live a regular life, they just sell weed on the side to pay for their weed.
Almost. You get it on tick, divide up into grams and then pinch a tiny bit from each one to make an extra few magical grams that don't exist. Sell almost $500 worth. Smoke the rest.
Then lie to the dealer about how there wasn't enough weed to break even.
You don't unless you're an idiot lol that guy has no clue.
Omegul · 3 points · Posted at 10:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None of them seem to have a clue
Omegul · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Either buying it or getting it on tick. Usually people who do this will get an Oz for day £180. Break it down into smaller bags either gram or 2 gram selling for £10 or £20. Selling 18 grams and then they’re left with 10 grams of weed for free.
OC said he spent his money buying weed so the process would be more like
1. Grow weed
2. Sell weed for petty cash
3. Use petty cash to buy weed
4. Smoke weed you bought.
You joke but this is exactly what was happening to my friends who smoked a lot of weed. Thankfully they grew out of it cause it made me sad and I could tell hey weren’t happy.
ppchar · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I sold weed, I sold weed to not have to pay for it. Ended up making a thousand bucks in one semester off my initial $250 or so investment for my first two ounces.
Was also smoking about at least an ounce a week 🤣
There’s always a better way to do things
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:41:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a common user method of selling relatively small amounts of drugs so that you make just enough money to buy for yourself, so basically buying your drugs with labor instead of money. Its how a lot of poor people keep their fix, though many real dealers wont let users push product because theres a high risk of them using it instead and not being able to pay
woah woah woah, listen, when you do illegal shit, you have to spend all your money. You cant put it in the bank, the cops will take all of it if they catch you. I feel like im having a "how do you not know this moment" you sweet summer children
I sold for a bit, in addition to having a real job. I only sold enough to pay for my own anxiety/depression/insomnia medication. Which happens to be weed, lol. STONKS!
I think most aren't trying to be drug kingpins. They're just stoners that couldn't afford as much as they want on their own, so they just buy it in bulk and sell enough to pay for their own supply, help their friends out, and maybe profit a little extra on the side. They may not have even really wanted to be a dealer, they just have a bunch of stoner friends and they were the one that knew the guy that could buy it in bulk from. They wanted the drugs the most so they went for it. I think most of the dealers I knew only sold to friends. They didn't really want to take chances by selling to strangers for extra profit, they mostly just wanted to get high all the time, so they sold in relatively low risk situations to people they knew.
If you're trying to be a drug kingpin, yeah, don't get high on your own supply.
I remember telling him a lot that he cant sell weed forever and if he finished highschool itd be a lot easier to fix your life later, but that clearly didnt work.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 23:45:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in sales in Walmart in my town now as "the ghetto walmart" and profiling is definitely real. I've been there just over 7 years and not once has someone wearing any brands mentioned above passed a credit check for a cellphone or for device financing (tvs laptops bigger appliances like washer/dryers)
He always told them his friends gave it to him, and his parents really didnt know how much any of the stuff he bought cost, so he might've come home one week with a $200 sweater, but to his parents it could've been a $15 hoodie from Walmart. We also told his parents multiple times what he was doing but they for some reason never believed us until about a year ago when he sold some weed to his uncle while his dad was present.
The things is, those $200 clothes are made by the same laborers that make the $15 Walmart clothes. I’ve had this discussion with my younger brothers a bunch of times. He buys clothes with insane price tags, like literally insane. I go online and show him that it’s the same thing as the sweatshirt at Marshall’s discounted for $7 and he doesn’t care because his identical sweatshirt has a different tag inside the collar. It’s insane to me. Luxury clothing is one of the biggest scams I’ve ever dealt with.
I will NEVER understand people that pay over 100 bucks for a luxury tshirt/pants/dress or accessories. A few 80 dollar good pants or good jackets are all i need. I didn't even buy a formal dress :/
Yeah no one really complimented me but at least I didn't spend 200 dollars on one, not to mention the price of makeup products and beauty items... nope
I dated a girl I knew from college. She was late 20's like me, and was a teacher - pays not bad in Canada. She lived in a rent-controlled apartment back then, so remarkably cheap living - but she had no savings. One day we're talking about it (I'm on one-third pay going back to college and living off savings from summer work). She wonders why she has no money. Well, let's look at what you spent. Visa bill is biggest expense - mainly clothes. "What's this charge on my Visa bill? 98 dollars??" (would be like $300 today) I looked at her "That's the neat sweater you bought at the craft show downtown and are wearing right now." She had a 2-bedroom apartment and both closets and the spare bed were full of clothes to bursting.
She wondered if she should buy a house, which at the time would probably be an almost $1000/month cost. I told her "Pretend you bought a house, keep living in this apartment, and put the extra $700 a month or so into savings. In 2 or 3 years, you'll have a tidy amount to put down on a house if you want."
She had sibling jealously when her brother got a colour TV as a marriage shower gift from her parents, and I had to remind her - "do your brothers and sister know daddy paid half the down payment on your new Corolla?"
Her dad was a financial whiz who worked on Bay Street (Canada's Wall St.) and did well until he and his political connection got in big trouble. Obviously financial acumen was not hereditary.
I suspect a lot of people are like this, get by based on income and never think about the big picture.
Ugh, I dated a guy who tried to do this but couldn't. He thought he was so clever, he was like " I bought all this weed for $75 if I sell it for $10 a g I'll be making a killing!" I did the math and he would really only be making like $30... IF he actually sold the weed... Half the time he ended up just smoking it all with his buddies and wouldn't charge them because they're his friends.... I was like, listen betch if you want to do this do it right or don't bother. In the end he wound up crying about how he was such a burn out that he couldn't even sell drugs to make money.
That relationship was the most toxic mistake I've made in my whole life.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You said he works for his girlfriend’s daddy... so not only did he find some poor girl to date him, but her kind father is keeping him afloat, too!
Things could be far worse for the moron, really! 😏
5~600 bucks a month selling weed in HS? I was making that like every 2 or 3 days sellin weed back in my day. Of course though it always went to more weed. It's really hard to follow rule #1.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. Yeah thats not just normal "bad with money", hes a drug addict.
Ex was the same, didn't sell weed but just didn't understand money. He'd get his student allowance or allowance from me and then blow through it buying we're, alcohol and cigarettes and then just go, can I have some more?! So frustrating and wasted a lot of money
I buy dumb stuff here and there, but I save 80% of my check. I also return a good amount because of buyers remorse. I’m trying to cut back on shopping. I have an iPhone 7 and tell myself I don’t need a new iPhone. I recently bought a used Apple watch but gonna sell it since I don’t really need it.
The most hilarious thing to me were the weed dealers in college who bought "wholesale" at $500 a qp, then selling $20 8ths.
They thought they were making good money, but that's $140 profit. With the amount of hours they had to spend having people come over, chat, and finish the sale; they were making around minimum wage.
Never do anything illegal for anything less than 100% markup, I mean come on!
God this is the most frustrating thing. I dated a guy once who did actually make good money selling weed, bought himself a house and a car with it. But right now my high school brother thinks his friends that sell are the height of cool and that’s the best way to make money. This kid is super smart, yet still convinced that selling an ounce out in gram bags is going to be a better investment option than going to college.
No kidding. I got a possession charge from some stems an officer found on my floorboard. I actually got pulled over and searched illegally so the charges got dropped, but damn it was a pretty penny even without going to court.
I know of someone like this. He’s a physical therapist too. Sells weed on the side and bragged about supposedly making 6 figures, which is very rare for a PT unless you’re working some type of manager/director role and he’s not either one. He eats out all the time and buys his girlfriend a bunch of expensive purses and goes on plenty of vacations. On Instagram he looks like he’s doing well. But those who know him know he’s swimming in debt. It’s sad what someone people are willing to do to portray a certain image.
I’ve got a friend who thinks that he can afford everything because he’s got a job (most of us are still studying)
He’s always,like seriously always in debt because he spends all of his money on weed,but no he’s rich because he can afford to live in a tiny apartment in a backwater town. He also believes he can buy a BMW x series just like that
Holding cash money and having legitimate money are two different things. Also they would be broke if they actually paid for adult things like health care instead of having no plan whatsoever. A handful of cash looks cooler than my retirement plan but it isn't any sort of viable saftey net.
Her alimony ran out, and after 10 years receiving a rough total of $750,000 she had nothing left to show for it. Her alimony was initially supplemented by her teaching salary, but she had chronic pain, went on disability, got hooked on painkillers, lost disability and is now on social security.
Her alimony ran out last january, and a couple months later she moved out of her nice apartment after realizing way too late she couldnt afford it anymore, so I moved her states away to live with a friend who offered to out her up for a few months. A few months later she moves in with my sister, who is insane. 3 weeks later my brother and I move her states away again to live with a different friend. Throughout this whole period shes borrowing money from friends to pay her bills because I guess she’s still spending way too much money!
In march she finally moved into a place where she’s paying rent. She has asked my brother and I for money about 5 times since then, and every time theres another reason why it isn’t her fault, we won’t give her a dime. My sister has paid her some but thats different because she owes my mom $40,000 (a story for another time).
This past month she told my brother and I she needed $200 or her cell phone plan would shut down.
“Okay well you got your social security check two weeks ago right? Then you paid x amount in rent... where’d the other $600 go?”
“Well groceries, and I had no summer clothes so I bought some.” I didn’t see a receipt but from her description it had to be at least $300 worth.
“Well theres your answer. You chose clothes over a cell phone bill. This is a consequence mom, you need to learn how to budget.”
“This is so humiliating, I can’t believe you’re talking down to me like this.”
“Well we can’t believe you still can’t budget for some reason and feel like you’re entitled to your sons money, when we’re both still in grad school.”
So yeah we’ve had that conversation like 5 times now, its a lot of fun. Ok thanks for letting me vent, sorry this really got away from me.
Update: Had a really nice conversation with my mom today. Last week she really lashed out at me when my brother and I turned her down again. I sat on the texts she sent for awhile and responded with an email basically saying "what you said was fucked up, we have our reasons for not giving you money. Respect that, stop asking, and we can move on". She called me today and gave me a really good and well thought out apology for the things she said. She said she understands why we are resistant to sending her money and she's going to try not to ask again. Then we talked normally and actually caught up for the first time in awhile. So she's still got a lot to learn, but she's doing better and I have hope for our relationship. Thanks for letting me vent and for the supportive responses!
Yeah it sure is. She’s gotten accustomed to a high standard of living that she’s never had to work for. She grew up poor and paid her way through college, but when she married my dad she had still already racked up a bunch of debt. They fought about money all the time, so it seems like she just never learned to manage adult-levels of money.
She’s somehow ashamed of not living the high life but not at all ashamed of begging her kids for money.
Meanwhile my girlfriend is a first generation college student and went to a top 14 law school. She did not come from money so my moms situation is just bonkers to her. Honestly I didn’t “come from money” either- my dad made good enough money that I came put of college without debt, but I’m not trust fund wealthy and learned the value of money early on- my mom has just never learned to live within her means.
My sister has some stuff going on. She seems to have some entitlement issues, and is in general a pretty mean person. It seems to have gotten worse as shes gotten older, and its been bad enough in the last few years that I really haven’t had a relationship with her. Despite all this, shes always been successful, she did well in school, got her CPA, and is a working accountant, a couple years out of school at this point.
My mom has always spoiled her, lots of expensive cosmetics, high end clothes, etc. My sister had been dating this guy for awhile, who didn’t have job yet and was finishing up his degree. He gets a lead on a job in real estate through a friend of his, like literally halfway across the country. So seemingly on a whim, they move across the country for this. She leaves her accounting job, cuz like hes going to work and I guess shes got some weird stomach thing going on (its always something with her), and instead of just going on short-term disability (which her firm offered her) she just fully leaves. No income. Moving across the country to a new city for a job her boyfriend supposedly has.
So turns out he doesn’t have it. He makes a bunch of excuses as to why, but we’ve since learned he’s a borderline pathological liar. He also never reenrolled in school to finish his degree apparently. So now they’re in a new city, they need some money, cuz neither of them are working. My mom got her backpay sum from her social security that just came in... my sister asks cuz I guess they need another car or something? So my mom gives them $20,000, but don’t worry “we’ll pay you back as soon as his first commission check comes in” (here they still thought he had this job). They didn’t get insurance on the car quickly enough and it somehow got wrecked, so yeah, like a shit-ton of money down the drain. They said cops hit it or something and then just drove away- again it can never be her fault. So they come back to my mom and she gives julia more money, eventually enough that totals roughly $40k.
My sister and her boyfriend eventually get evicted from their new apartment for reasons I’m not clear on (they have a large dog that is not trained). So they pretty much spend 3 months bouncing around at hotels and eating out for every meal. In addition to the $40k my mom sent her, she racks up like $60k in credit card debt before they finally come back.
Pretty sure they stayed with his parents for awhile or something. Its been a couple years since their big move and since then they’ve lived in like 4 different places, gone through even more roommates. Pretty sure he’s snorted a ton of coke and shes smokes a lot of weed (don’t worry it’s for insomnia lol) and takes a large amount of xanax. She’s thin as a rail, and talking to her is stressful, partly because I’m worried she could go off at any minute, and partly because she’s just frantic all the time and she’s all over the place.
She went back to work last year and has been making good money and doing well, but I still feel like she’s just an episode away from another downward spiral. Every time I think shes doing better I remember when my mom tried to live with her last fall- within those three weeks they had the cops called on them because of how loudly my sister was yelling and slamming doors over some innocuous thing my mom did. A city cop called my phone when I was at my girlfriends parents house for thanksgiving being like “I can’t arrest anyone technically, but wtf do I do about your sister?”
She was recently kicked out of this last apartment (same one the cops were called on), and she’s going to live with my dad for a trial period if about a month. Her boyfriend stole from her and noped tf out of there, so now shes “done with him”, but it’s not the first time either of those things have happened.
My dad is wonderful, and his relationship with her is similar to mine, so he’s terrified of having her live there, but he wants to try to help. Because of her debt her credit is terrible, and he doesn’t want to take on the risk of being her guarantor to get her a decent apartment. Hopefully she does okay there and can get back on her feet again, but time will tell.
Wow. I really hope this turns out ok for your dad because he sounds like a saint for doing this after all your sisters shit. Good luck to all of you and thanks for the detailed response!
Yeah my dad is pretty cool. Like I said I was fortunate growing up. We never had to worry about money, grew up in a great school district, and it was implied that we’d all go to college. He paid for me, my brother, and my sister to go to college (and we’re 2 years apart), paid my mom alimony and child support, and somehow got by. He made good money, but I for sure noticed him scrimping and saving to make all that happen.
He got married about 5 years ago and my stepmom is really great too. They’re both very awkward people but very caring and they always try to do the right thing.
This is pretty tertiary to the story, but how does someone like that get a $60K line of credit? I have a near spotless credit history over about 10 years and my limit (which I never get close to anyway) is like a quarter of that. I can't imagine even being allowed to dig myself that deep.
Well she wasn’t in credit trouble before that, and she had a CPA and made really good money. I’m not sure of the specifics but somehow it happened. Maybe she had multiple credit cards out, or maybe her graduate student loan was factored into that when considering her debt obligations.
No, please vent. My brother’s and my mom is like that. Pushing 70, moved to Las Vegas with my stepdad about 5 years ago (guess where her money goes), and still working after “retirement” just to pay for rent in a not great part of the city near Downtown Vegas. You’ve given us some reasonable, polite but firm, choice words for how y’all have said “no” to her. If I may say - be prepared for it (the asking, at least) to continue past grad school. I have to admit, I don’t have the strength anymore to be polite with my mom. I’m just either blunt, distant, or silent.
At one time, my mom, knowing that I’ve married, own a house, and am relatively better off, would annually ask for a thousand dollars just to help her and I fucking hate her for it. I’ve never given her money. She begs with the empty promise of paying interest and it fucking breaks my heart. To think that all this time in my youth, it was my biological dad (whom she painted very well to be evil) who was shit with money - turns out, she was too.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its getting there with my mom. Its a mix of “I’m not helpless” and “well I’m not thinking straight from the painkillers, thats why I make bad money decisions”. She can’t have it both ways. My brother and I really don’t want to have to take over her finances, that sounds like it would put a huge strain on our relationship.
It’s hard too because I know she does experience pain, but so much of her fogginess, depression, and general sedentary lifestyle comes from her opioid dependence. Over the last few years her muscles have atrophied which is worse for her pain because she does every day things really awkwardly. What she really needs is physical therapy. It’s hard because I know she has pain, but so much of her situation seems to be rooted in her lack if effort.
Hey bud, safe space an all that... I hope you're in a good spot with all this these days. That's a lot for anybody to have to process. Personality disorders are a thing, and the fuckery that goes along with them is very real.
Take a look at r/raisedbyborderline ? may be some things there that resonate with you
I used to work with a guy who told me a story about a guy that he used to work with.
They got paid monthly, and for the first two weeks this guy would bring in fancy steak, caviar and stuff like that. Then he’d start bringing in normal food, then the last week would be a giant bag of trail mix because he’d be broke. He did that every month and never learned.
I’m a student and the amount of people who will spend $15 everyday for nasty campus food and $30 at night for takeout is astonishing. Why they don’t learn a few basic recipes and cut $800 a month from food is beyond me
Don't worry, that continues into adulthood. I've worked in many workplaces where many people bought a $15ish lunch every single day. Fucking mind blowing.
Yeah I just graduated college and started office work, went out the firdt couple weeks and then realized most of my money was going to that, have since started bringing lunch to work
Why is campus food so expensive? My uni offers meals for 2.75€, including soup, main course, juice, bread and fruit or Desert. That includes vegetarian options too
I had a boyfriend like that. Blew through everything his (wealthy) parents gave him each month and lived on ramen for the last two weeks. He got super defensive too if I ever pointed it out.
Unfortunately this is me. I’ve always struggled with a budget, I also got defensive (used to before i sucked it up and got ready for the big dick up the ass of humiliation I had to take when finally admitting the issue), and finally I too blamed my parents, boss, boyfriend, car, etc.
Truth was that I have never understood it. It was like learning a foreign language to me. I was told how academically smart I was, but reminded of how I lacked the common sense of life logistics.
I’ve had amazing jobs that paid me well, but lived paycheck to paycheck while my friends had amazing credit scores and we’re buying their own cars/homes... amongst other life achieving goals. More so, I too made comments which were received with side stares, eye rolls, and the often someone reminding me of how I spent my money.
I broke down and admitted that I was embarrassed that others got it and I didn’t. It made me feel stupid like I couldn’t keep up. I’m not even close to fixing the amount of debt and surmounting amounts I owe, but I’m finally buckling down and trying to get it right.
There are some that excel books-smart wise, but common simple shit seems insurmountable. It’s a shame when they refuse to admit their weakness and refuse to make a change for fear of looking stupid.
my sister is like this, she's got decent income but wasted it like its going out of style.
my favorite was when she got some cash for her birthday, she asked me if she could borrow some money to cover her debt repayments that month while the cash she had just gotten was enough to cover the minimum payment. her response was 'eh? this is money for me to spend'
i couldn't breathe for laughing when it clicked what she meant, it didnt seem to click that once we started earning and spending our own money anything we get it part of the same pool whether its a present or money you found on the street. sure it might be nice to treat yourself but when she's in debt, adding more debt so she can treat herself whenever then expects me to help her out because she wants to treat herself again. fuck no.
especially when she's making more than enough to pay off everything if she showed alittle more restraint
People don't learn to budget because they don't need to. As you said, his parents are just giving him money, he's not at any risk whatsoever of starving and the worse he might ever experience is being ashamed to ask his parents for more money.
That was me my first two years. But I wouldn’t complain about not having money, since there was always the dining hall.
At the start of my third year, I got my shit together and budgeted. I was careful with how much I spent and on what to the point that I was able to actually splurge near the end of the semester.
I know a guy like this. Gets a check every week, orders out for ever meal, 4-5 days later he's broke and lives off of whatever he can get (goes to dinner at his family's house etc.) and complaining that he's broke. Then same thing starts again next Tuesday.
Oof. Reminds me of one of my friends who just can't wrap her head around the concept of living below her means. Constantly whines that she has no money while going for coffee and takeout daily. That shit adds up fast if you're not careful.
She also lives in a 2 bedroom with just her pet. She literally cannot afford to live there but refuses to downsize. Just...wtf??
Hell, she had no idea how to pay off her debts before I sat her down and explained the avalanche and snowball methods. She also likes saying that her shitty upbringing didn't teach her financial stuff, but the thing is, YOU CAN FUCKING GOOGLE IT ALL NOW. She refuses or claims she's shit at searching, and I'm honestly just fucking done.
I can’t entirely understand the whole “shitty upbringing = shitty adult spending habits” explanation.
I never thought about cost of living growing up because my parents never discussed that with me. They always paid for things they thought I needed/really wanted. But it’s just matter of course that I track and limit my monthly spending now that I’m the one paying for what I need/want.
Right? It's a nonsensical cop out she loves to use. I didn't have the best upbringing either, but I took the initiative to teach myself how to manage a budget unlike her.
That's good! That's just being logical with your spending now that you're on your own.
My biggest weakness in life is money. I was never taught any financial literacy, never taught about saving. I am the worst possible person with money and I hate it. I have tried countless times to rectify this and failed. I have purposefully not allowed myself a credit card for the past ten years because I can't be trusted with it. Absolute worst.
I had a stupid roommate when I was in college. He worked at a gas station, and would then buy groceries/beer at work. Like he didn't realize that $4.99 for a gallon of milk was insane.
I will say that budgeting was much harder in college, a quarterly lump sum to budget for three to four months, plus my meager pay from my two jobs. Couldn't save anything with money flow like that. Once I got to the workforce with regular pay checks it became much easier to budget and save some.
I doubt your old roommate doesn't do better with more frequent income, those tough years really helped to get me to where I am, not as good as I'd like but with some savings
Is it that much harder to divide the lump sum into monthly allowances and prevent yourself from spending beyond that? Since the roommate was regularly receiving lump sums every semester, it’s not difficult to know how much he can spend every month. The roommate could have “paid” himself on the day bills were due, paid off the bills, and then used the remainder as he liked. Whether he eked it out carefully or ended up eating hotdogs for the last week of the month, he still gets a fresh start the next month.
I think it's an issue of it being a small lump sum. When you get biweekly paychecks, it's easier to spend a little extra when you shouldnt and be deprived for 3 days and then you have more to cover your needs again. Even if you can never truly cover your needs, it's a juggling act. When a lump sum its not enough money to begin with, you end up deprived for 2 months straight
At first i was going to say i dont think its that weird, because sadly a lot of people cant budget. But then i kept reading, and wow. I mean its basically simple math. “I have $100. If i spend $20/day, that should last me a month, right?” Geez
My roommate is 45 and still refuses to do a budget. He makes twice as much money as I do for me and my daughter. He doesn’t have kids, just a GF who doesn’t work. It’s a struggle sometimes to get him to pay his half of bill money, he doesn’t like it when I get upset for him not chipping in his part each week. Always turns it around to be someone else’s fault. It’s very very difficult to deal with to say the least. I did convince him to try a budget, he agreed to terms but got mad that he wasn’t the one deciding what bills to pay or ignore so he just went back to spending the money how wants, not how he needs.
This is exactly why I stopped helping people with budgets.
I was a big budgeter from a young age. I cannot tell you how many times over the years I’ve been approached by friends, family, and colleagues for help with budgeting. Not one single person has ever followed through. Not one. They all want some magic fucking bullet to solve their problems, and they don’t want to put any effort into it. A budget is worthless if it’s not adhered to.
I just don’t bother anymore.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:29:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are also people who understand budgeting and how to be smart with money, but due to depression or whatever else simply don't care and spend recklessly. I imagine it's actually more common than people who have literally no idea about money.
We might literally just have different ideas about what reckless spending is. I was thinking extreme, buy-a-truck-cuz-you-feel-like-it reckless spending, but what do I know?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:30 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn't thinking anything quite to that scale (probably because I've never made any large purchases myself), more along the lines of someone who spends 100% of their pay every month and uses credit cards like free money.
I'm 27 and just recently started learning how to budget. I started working for my dad during my early teens, so I know the value of a dollar, but I was never taught about saving or budgeting.
My old man would always say, "You earned that money. Do with it what you want. It doesn't concern me." That was great when I was a teenager and could spend it on drugs and other stupid things without ever having to worry about my dad asking me where all of it was going.
Not being financially savvy has definitely been a huge hurdle as I got older though. I still find myself wanting to spend my paycheck on things the same day I get it. I make sure to put enough away to pay upcoming bills, but everything else, burns a hole in my pocket.
I took an interest in cryptocurency and stocks last year though, so instead of buying random shit on Amazon, I stack coins and buy stocks to satiate that itch to spend, all the while still maintaining funds that I can access if need be.
It's definitely a process learning financial skills. If/when I have kids, that's one thing I want to make sure I teach them well so they don't end up starting to learn it way too late.
I had a friend like this. She had always been weird with money but as we got into adulthood I saw how bad she was at the actual concept of budgets and money as a whole. It's not an easy thing, no doubt, but she would make the weirdest decisions. She bought a brand new 4Runner at one point that she couldn't afford payments on (it was her and her husband's 3rd car payment and they'd just bought a house, too, while being on one income.). She spent so much energy every month trading around credit balances, paying off this payment with that card, this money with that loan, etc while spending their actual paycheck on ridiculously frivolous things. They were a young married couple who on the outside looked like they had a brand new house, 2 brand new cars, and fancy clothes but they really teetered on the edge of bankruptcy if he ever lost his job.
Then she traded her brand new suv for a brand new truck. Took a huge loss on it but because they added it to the loan she seemed fine with it. I stopped being friends with her but through the grapevine I know they've since had to sell the house and are still upside down on the truck and the other vehicle they had previously.
My mother's neighbour used to be like this. Had three kids and lived on Sole Parents pension. The day he was paid and for about four days afterwards, it was fast food for every meal. By the second week, the kids were going around to the neighbours to beg for bread.
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying
spend less on sushi
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[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:07:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like an ex. After our relationship ended he complained that he was always broke. Had a look at the expenses, ya, he was spending 1500USD a month on food.
I had a friend who didn't know how to make a sandwich, so he'd buy them from a posh supermarket (M&S for people in the UK/Europe) every single day while living as a student. He didn't believe buying a loaf of bread and putting the filling in yourself would work out cheaper or be something he could manage. Took him about 6 months of being skint before he finally plucked up the courage to try it.
I was never taught budgets an finance. My parents didn’t teach me anything, I dropped out and smoked a lot of weed. Lived with my dad and he paid for everything. He worked and partied all of the time, he drove cab and was always flush with cash, so I could just cash when I needed. I worked shit jobs but the money was pretty much disposable, so I didn’t learn anything there. It’s twenty years later and I still just blow my checks and am broke all the time, it’s a hard thing to change.
To be fair, plenty of famous, smart people mismanaged their money spectacularly, including Newton and Churchill. 200IQ in physics but maybe not in finance.
I know it’s not as extreme, but I know LOTS of people who just blow hundreds a month on food delivery apps. And they have cars. Or they do it cause they’re drunk/high and didn’t have the foresight of picking it up beforehand
Some people play a game and immediately use potions to keep health full. Some others would rather KO than risk running out at "the next boss fight". Eventually both get killed at the final boss, one still holding 99 potions and the other from having none.
I would deliberately do stuff like this in high school. For an extra $1 you could get an extra burger/chicken patty with your lunch. My parents would write checks of specific amounts to budget for a quarter at a time. Naturally I'd go through my quarterly allotment quicker than intended, so when I didn't have enough I'd just go to the library during my lunch period, instead, and listen to music on my iPod and take a 30 minute nap lol.
But I always understood it was my own doing, and I was fine with how it worked out in the end.
Damn I worked in college and did pretty much this but on a week by week basis. Spend all my money on the weekend, eat eggs, ramen, hot dogs, chicken and rice for the week. Save up my money to get a bag some booze some weed and have a blast thurs-sun, then back to the rough life.
My wife worked with a woman who had a checking account but didn't really know how it worked. Not only did she never balance the account she didn't keep track of how much money was in the account. If she needed to write a check she would call the bank and ask how much money was in the account then assumed she could write a check for the entire current balance. When a check would bounce she didn't understand how that could have happened since there was enough to cover it when she wrote it.
A coworker finally paid off their car loan and immediately traded it in for a new car because they couldn't possibly afford a car without the tax deduction, which apparently makes the car practically free. Wouldn't believe having no car payment is cheaper.
At least he's young... I had to teach my parents how to budget. My mother whined about how annoying it was to have money in different accounts because she couldn't spend it when she was out (that's the point!) and also thought it was too much of a hassle to put money over before leaving the house.
In the end I gave up, she's the banks problem now (they bailed her out)
A lot of people don't know how to deal with money. Lived in a flat with other 4 student and 3 of them, not only didnt know how to manage money, they didn't know how to clean, cook. Or even doing the dishes. After they missed a couple of months utilities and rent, I called their parents and they start giving me the money directly for their kids rent and utilities(we had rent together). My normal roommate and I would cook every night until his girl started to get jealous of us doing this together and though I was making a move on him. Also bc she could not understand most of the topics we discussed, for her was a prove that I wanted the guy. I stopped cooking for everyone bc they didn't knew how to do it and the others in the house started to say she was right bc, in their minds, me and him cooking together was a start of an affair.(we cooked for everyone in the house and their bfs) This guy was the only person in the flat I could have a conversation that didn't revolved about clothes and make up. Like talking about school and classes we had in comun. They got mad at me bc I refused to continue cooking for them. I only keep doing all of the payments bc their parents would call me once a month to ask what was needed for the house and sent me the money for their kids part. This people continued their studies with masters degrees bc (in their words) their were to young to start working and didn't feel prepared to work. WE WERE ALL THE SAME AGE. Lived more than a year with this people, wouldn't not give them a cactus bc they would kill it.
We tryed and in somethings we were sussefull, like cleaning and dishwashing but the cooking... Let's say... Not having food poisoning was more importante to me. I actually was able to teach one of them basic things, but she did wanted to learn, the other two were lost causes. To learn something you have to want to learn.
Yep, this for sure. My work friend is REALLY bright and thoughtful, but cannot manage a budget to save her life.
She recommended a couple of more expensive haircare products for me to try. I bought the cheaper one (will try the more expensive later on but right now it's not a priority for me) and she a) threw a mini tantrum about how I could afford nice stuff, then b) bought BOTH the more reasonably-priced bottle and the really expensive one. Somehow she's still upset that I can afford nice stuff and she can't, while HAVING THE NICE STUFF THAT I DON'T.
She's a lovely person and very intelligent, so this is absolutely not her being a brat or being too dumb to see it. She just has a complete blind spot when it comes to money: she can't distinguish wants from needs and can't understand prioritising her wants. It freaks me out a little because she's in her mid-30s and in bad shape financially, but I sense she doesn't really want to change.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a culprit of this. I am 30. Shocking with Money. I am working full time and I know why I'm broke (serious online habit and coffee habit) it's crazy when people don't know why they have no money.
I would just say it all out on his face, fuck it. Onto burn trhough ur money bur when he started talking ahit about other that would be when I would just put the real out there for him
I had a roommate who worked, but would buy random shit because they "had extra loan money" and they "were going to be in debt for the rest of their life anyway." They told me they handled money better than their siblings too, which I believe. It wasn't that they handled money badly - I sure was struggling more in college - I just couldn't believe why someone would ever want to spend extra loan money on stuff rather than putting it back to the loans.
Honestly, as a person who has grown up with a way older brother who took a masters in echonomics, I'm often baffled by how little people know about echonomics.
And I'm not only talking about crazy mismanagement of money, like a friend who got an extra loan as he had blown his initial loan on various stuff, only to blow the remainder of his extra loan on more stuff ignoring that he wouldn't have any way to make the next payment for school.
But also things like people not understanding inflation and purchasing power. So I've had a few friends who refused to accept that they could afford less than when they started in their job, despite getting an annual payraise each year. Worst case I've heard of was a friend's father, who after 15 years in the same workplace, 35 in the workforce, earned less than their new hires without prior experience that he had to train. Something he only discovered after his daughters boyfriend landed a job there, and he offhandedly said that this was a pretty chill job for 25$ and hour.
I had a friend in university who was like that. She worked and got money from her father, so she had actually more than me every month. But she was always broke two weeks after getting money.
She "had to have" her own (one room) appartment and refused to share one or live at a dorm. And it had to be in the part of town she liked (which wasn't the most expensive, but she could have rented an appartment for far less a little further away from uni). She "had to spoil herself" with make up every month and insisted on shopping at the expensive supermarkets, because they had "the good stuff".
She now has her dream job, which pays very little, but has to have a big 3-room appartment and is complaining how she's struggeling to pay back student debt and how little she gets paid, even though she always knew that her dream job is infamously badly paid.
Ooohhh I got one. I work as an EMT for a private company, so we mostly deal with nursing homes and the elderly. One day when I was about 6-8 months in, I got assigned a partner who was in my orientation class. He was a little older than me at the time, like mid 20's, but he seemed a little childish. "Maybe he's just sheltered, I think to myself."
Anyways, we got a patient I've had a few times before. She was a sweet, little old lady with COPD and CHF living at an assisted living. Call was for pneumonia. She's prone to this stuff so it wasnt a huge deal, slap her on oxygen and keep her sitting up til we get to the hospital. The first red flag though, was this kid didn't know anything. He didnt know how to take a blood pressure. He couldn't find the medical history or medication on the paperwork (which is clearly labeled). He didn't even push the stretcher, just walked next to it with a hand on it. When I asked him about all that, he said "My partners usually do that for me."
So, I put her on an oxygen mask and sit her all the way up, mildly agitated. I tell myself it's just one shift with this kid. He's in the back with her and I tell him to just switch the oxygen from the bag (which is a small tank) to the main tank (which is huge) because with the amount of oxygen we're giving her, the bag will run out not even halfway before the hospital. It's about 25 minutes, which normally wouldn't be a huge deal. But when we pull up to the hospital and I open the back doors, I'm fucking shook. The oxygen mask isnt inflated (meaning she isnt getting oxygen), shes pale as shit, I can literally see her accessory muscles moving, struggling to breathe. And this kid was sitting behind her, with a clueless half smile on his face, looks at me and says "The main tank is broken, so I left her on the bag." This women, who needs oxygen without pneumonia, was barely breathing for at LEAST 15 minutes. And this fucking idiot didnt even check. We take her into the hospital. I ask him to find an oxygen tank while explain to this women's daughter what happened. He says he doesn't know where to look. I fucking find it and told him to talk to the daughter.
When it's all said and done, I check to see what's broken. He didn't turn on the tank.
TL;DR EMT partner nearly kills a patient because he didn't know he had to open the oxygen tank to get oxygen to come out.
I never saw him again after that shift, which is rare because we have a small base. I'm hoping he got one too many reports. He's the only partner I've ever had that I lost my patience with.
I have a friend who is an EMT and in school to be a paramedic, and some of the people in her class that she tells me about... I just really, really hope they’re not the ones showing up if I ever need an ambulance.
I tutored this one girl in my class through EMT school, and she had a pretty significant learning disability. I was worried if I was doing the right thing helping her pass the class. I mean, she was BAD at the class.
But then I made sure to schedule a couple of of my clinicals with her and holy fuck she was a different person. It was wild seeing her barely able to stumble through a patient interview in class, and then nail it with an actual patient. I was so pleasantly surprised with that whole situation. She's doing pretty well for herself in the field now.
Edit: I realize this is the opposite of what you were referring to, but that was just a situation I was happy to be wrong about.
I think with some people, learning disabilities are just mental blocks specific to academic settings. The idea of having a test scares them. However, when they’re asked to perform a job, they just see it as a task that needs to get done, so that mental block disappears.
As emt student, i struggle very much with the acting thing in school where you are in front of everybody and learning how to do things. Maybe it is because i’m too shy and i don’t trust myself enough. But in the field training i’ve gotten good reports.
I get like this...I’m a nervous and stumbling mess in interviews, but throw me into the fire, and I’m doing just fine. I don’t know what it is, but I’m thankful for everyone who didn’t write me off and gave me the chance to thrive...and I’m betting your girl felt the same way.
[deleted] · 33 points · Posted at 06:28:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thing with first responder jobs is that, because the credentials to get them are often very basic, you get some very dumb, uneducated people who slip through the cracks. I say this as a former police officer and correctional officer: some of the biggest idiots I’ve ever met were former coworkers. Of course, some of the most resourceful, observant, and intelligent people I’ve met were also coworkers.
My boyfriend's a paramedic so I read a few paramedic memoirs, and I remember one guy described paramedic school as a bunch of misfits looking for a respectable job.
I mean, my boyfriend's one of them, I think the reason he loves the job is because he doesn't have to deal much with "normal" people, so I don't judge, but he describes some real weirdos that were in his class. And some of them made it through.
No it’s true. When I was in Respiratory school there were nurses who didn’t even know how to take the regulator off the oxygen tank to switch them out for patients.
For all you know it was their first day and they’ve never done it before.
I’ve seen respiratory therapists who couldn’t figure out a home cpap machine after troubleshooting for a while, and eventually the confused pt had to explain it
Does that mean all RTs are incompetent and useless these days?
I had seen her many times before. Was definitely not her first day.
Did I say anything about “all” RN’s? No I agreed that a lot of new ones are idiots. I have a friend who graduated nursing school and got a job in a hospital, then didn’t know how to stabilize a patient with a broken foot. That’s literally basic first aid and after 4 years in nursing school, didn’t know this.
You didn’t say “all” RNs, but you’re agreeing with a post that states all new grad RNs are trash.
I’m never going to say all new grads are bright (I know there are duds, obviously), but this guy’s mom is creating a toxic work environment fueled by her skewed perception of new grad RNs
All I’m saying is that there are duds in every field, and instead of making them feel like trash, teach them so they can learn
I mean that’s a great idea and all but isn’t that why they were in school for 2-4 years beforehand? Isn’t that what clinicals are for? Obviously no one is perfect but the number of duds seems to be growing and it’s scary. You should at least know basic things when you have already graduated and taken the NCLEX. I can understand them needing help with more complicated things but the amount of new nurses I have seen without basic knowledge of simple procedures was really disheartening.
First of all, you do not learn that much at clinicals, it’s mostly following around a nurse and they’re too busy to teach you or let you practice. You barely get any opportunities for hands-on skills at clinicals. Also, at clinicals there are many banned skills that students are not allowed to do (such as touching a central line in any way, shape, or form). The reason new grads may not know a simple procedure may be simply due to the fact that they didn’t have the opportunity to practice that at clinicals. Nursing students’ clinical experiences vary widely based on hospital/floor culture.
Bookwork is absolutely nothing like working the floor. Yes you can read about drawing blood and maybe practice it once in clinicals (if you’re lucky), but you have no muscle memory and need help once getting a job on the floor.
That might be true of your experience with the school you went to and the hospitals where you had your clinical rotations at but where I went to school we had nursing students that would be on rotation with us and we all got a ton of hands on experience in school. Which I am so thankful for because some of the people in my RT program had 0 medical knowledge before deciding to go to school to be an RT, and I’m sure the same could be said for the nursing program. But I digress, we got plenty of hands on experience from my school.
Since writing my last response tho I have realized... I would always ask what school the newbies came from just out of curiosity and now that I think about it a lot of the duds came from the same community college. So maybe you’re right in that they aren’t actually duds just weren’t taught the basic things in their school. Which is even scarier to think about considering they usually churn out about 30 new nurses a semester depending on when the cohort started.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
First, I don’t work in a hospital environment anymore. Haven’t since early 2017. I work in sales now. Was laid off due to COVID. Womp womp.
Second my friend is not a friend I worked with. I knew her already, never thought she was the brightest. Was actually kind of shocked she made it through nursing school as she is like one of the people I mentioned with 0 medical experience before going to nursing school. Anyway, she graduated nursing school December 2016. It took her 3 tries to pass the NCLEX so I want to say she maybe started working in July 2017. The incident happened in Sept 2017 I remember the exact month because it was during the hurricane we had here in Houston, Harvey. And I remember the incident with her not knowing what to properly do because she called me the next day and told me what happened with the patient and I was shocked. I don’t know where she would be in her nursing career after 2ish months but I would think she would have been at that point able to care for a fractured foot.
As for my generalization if you read my responses you would see I realized it was mostly one school where I saw the dozens of ill prepared new nurses come from. So my opinion has now changed from “most new nurses” to “those from this particular school” likely being the ones who are not the best new nurses.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 04:25:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a new grad at all, but thanks for the assumption 😉
And I’m definitely far from useless, but I couldn’t care less what you think of me.
All of the “problems” with the new RNs you described are typical/normal challenges for new graduate nurses. They’re scared and need to learn.... I would like to see you try to do simple math when your patient is actively coding (you’ve never seen a code before), doctor is staring at you expecting you to do medication math in your head and pull up the medications, and the bully nurses are standing in the doorway waiting for you to fail. How does that sound?
Hint: a long long long time ago, your mom was one of “them” too, whether she will admit it or not. Maybe it’s just been too long for her to remember what it felt like to be a terrified new grad with toxic coworkers who bully/eat their young.
Your mom is “one of those” nurses who bullies for absolutely no reason— making new grads hate coming to work, giving them anxiety, and causing all kinds of unneeded emotional trauma.
I am an experienced nurse and I am good at what I do. Unlike your mom, I educate and nurture the new grads so they know they have someone they trust and aren’t afraid to ask questions to.
Your mom is the problem, the disease, the bully. 💯
I feel like it depends on the amounts of schooling and where you live. They could be those two year associate degree nurses. They could be four year undergrad nurses. Or like in my state, you have to already have a bachelors and then go onto more years of dedicated nursing school for your RN.
Please read my comment below— the complaining mom nurse is bitching about scared brand new grad nurses who are out of their element. Nursing school doesn’t teach you anything about floor nursing. It’s important to have experienced nurses who understand the new grad RN struggle and nurture them, instead of complain and gossip (aka dvl_bird’s mom)
Oh, I understand. I’m in lab now, but I’ve been on the floor. School is very different from practice. My response was geared toward the first few things she mentioned.
Hmm. If she’s at a teaching hospital then she can’t fault them. I work at a teaching hospital and even our residents have those moments. The whole point is for them to get clinical experience and be more comfortable and confident later on.
Can't speak to EMT work, in the tech industry hiring managers have learned to watch for one week bootcamp people. The brain is pretty good at cramming in information and regurgitating it within a short period of time, and not actually retaining it, unless further deliberate action is taken. Some people are particularly adept at it
Booksmart does not always equal street smart. Had a medic who was teaching the local fire departments that we give aspirin for the headache that nitro would cause. Nationally registered paramedic.
If the patient is having a heart attack, nearly all of them should all be receiving aspirin and most of them should be receiving nitro (unless they have a right-sided heart attack, in which case nitro can be dangerous).
Nitro is given to reduce chest pain during a heart attack because it increases the diameter veins leading back to the right side of the heart, so the heart hurts less because it doesn’t have to pump as hard. Aspirin is given to prevent platelets from sticking together as easily, in hopes that it will prevent the clot causing the heart attack from persisting or getting bigger. It is NOT used to prevent the headaches from nitro, though they are a common side effect.
Dogg it’s like I’ve walked into an episode of the Twilight Zone where drugs don’t work the way they’re expected to work and the patient in bed 12 is going to telepathically send me to the corn field if I don’t give them their Dilaudid.
The only problem is the person not correctly understanding the purpose of the medications. Aspirin is not used for headache in this context, it's to slow the development of thrombosis inside the coronary arteries.
As a non-medical person, same issue as Aspirin + Alcohol, you're stacking blood thinners; makes you a risk for an internal hemorrhage.
asveas · 33 points · Posted at 06:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
MD here. This is very incorrect. Nitroglycerin is not at all a blood thinner!
As I mentioned elsewhere, I think the original issue of why it was bad to teach that fact was because aspirin isn't really given for the headache that nitroglycerin causes (which is a known side effect), but rather it is given for its antiplatelet function which is the issue in a heart attack.
Edit: To others who may be reading: please please please do not trust what random people say on reddit, especially for a relatively specialized field of knowledge like medicine (or any other field, really).
It's a vasodilator. It opens up the veins and having thinner blood makes blood pressure drop hard. Not technically stacking blood thinners but similar effect.
Complete bs. Aspirin does not have acute effects on blood pressure, you made that up. They will frequently be given together. Aspirin is given for MI. In many instances the patient will have already taken nitro. Aspirin and nitro have no major interactions in the acute setting.
Most AMI protocols typically have you stacking nitro and aspirin on both the ALS and BLS level. Some agencies have medication administration metrics that make providers give first line meds within the first five minutes of patient contact.
So yes some folks do stack nitro and aspirin. Some don’t. To say that doing so can cause your BP to drop because it’s a “thinner” (it isn’t a thinner) isn’t true.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:54:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get where you’re coming from and your policy is pretty sound. It’s never a bad idea to get a 12 before vasodilator administration in a suspected AMI but I’m more worried about the patient’s pressure than I am about EKG presentation.
Some data and my own personal experience have indicated that the closer a suspected AMI/STEMI patient with chest pain is to a systolic of a 100, the higher the risk of them bottoming out.
Nonetheless your policy is pretty spot on.
Thanks for your reply and I hope all is well by you.
Oops! Deleted my original comment. It would definitely be more prudent to run the 12 first. You are absolutely correct there. If I can physically see this is cardiac, I’m withholding until I run the full 12. And no, no nitro if you’re hovering around 100.
Thank you! I am well, and I hope you are too!
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 04:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asa and nitro are first line treatment combo for cardiac chest pain in the field.
That's not the problem here. Plus that didn't even make sense. Doctors prescribe medicines to deal with the side effects of another medication all the time. For example, if a medicine you need really badly gives you insane nausea, they may prescribe an anti nausea medication on top of that. It doesn't stop the first one from working, it just makes it more bearable so long as they don't both have the same downsides. In this case, nitro is a blood thinner, but so is aspirin. The effects stack up making for a dangerous situation
No, nitro is a vasodilator, it widens the path your blood flows through to help reduce the effect of a clot in your vascular system, it does not thin blood in the medical sense. Aspirin is a blood thinner. Medics here use both for chest pain with suspected cardiac origin.
Edited: Nitro helps blood flow around the clot by widening pathways, not by unsticking the clot
That’s the exact opposite thing you want to happen. Nitro isn’t given to unstick the clot. It’s given to decrease the workload/O2 demand on the heart. You DONT want to unstick the clot because then it can travel and become a stroke.
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nitroglycerin, through venodilation, also reduces the blood coming back into the heart by pooling it in the veins, reducing cardiac work and thus reducing additional oxygen demand by the heart!
MONA also includes morphine at the hospital. The morphine is because of its vasodilator effects but it doesn't hurt that it reduces pain. Won't do anything for a nitro headache.
Past medic a year ago and they stated MONA can be replaced with FONA for fentanyl. Up to provider discression but study's find whatever minor vasodilation was found with morphine proved insignificant or false.
Sorta. Depends on where you work. When you’re in school, you have to have so many hours on the truck and so many hours in the hospital (ER and various units) to sit for the test. Some companies require long field training rides as a third person on the truck, some only require a few, and some the length depends on your experience and competence.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:18:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of places expect you to know your shit when you get done with school and clinicals and believe you should only be learning how that company/system works. I don’t disagree completely, but being on the street isn’t the “perfect patient that fits into only one box” that you get in school. IDK. Healthcare is broken in America.
"When they pass out, you know it's working."
I mean yeah, you give them together, but not knowing WHY you give them together is a quick way to fuck it up in a pretty awful way.
Haxtin · 4 points · Posted at 08:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus, Im not one to say someone deserves to be bullied but I mean he certainly doesnt not deserve it lmao. The amount of dumbshits i ran into in my AEMT course is fucking astounding. You'd think at a certain point some of these dudes would think hey, I could potentially have someones life in my hands but i digress
Yikes. Also like with all jobs there will always be idiots that some how managed to successfully finish the training or schooling. I am normally super chill when it comes to listening to doctors from urgent cares or clinical institutions calling for emergency transport, but my God. As a medic for a year and a basic for multiple you can quickly tell when the doctors a idiot.
Nitro as in nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin is a vasodilator commonly given for heart attacks, while aspirin is an anti-platelet, which thins the blood. Thinner blood in a dilated vessel runs a risk of lowering blood pressure but this risk is small as aspirin and nitroglycerin are frequently given together for suspected heart attacks.
Ah, that makes much more sense than nitrous oxide lol. I wouldn’t think that would be too common in an ambulance, anyway.
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 06:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Newly minted MD here. Although I'm no pharmacist I've used these drugs often. After rotations in the ED, internal medicine, and cardiology as well as looking at several pharmacology and medicine textbooks, I've never come across this and to my knowledge, there is no additional hypotensive (blood pressure lowering) effect of aspirin when administered together with nitroglycerin.
Aspirin inhibits platelet function, and while we colloquially call aspirin and other drugs "blood-thinning" the consistency of blood is not actually thinned; it just refers to the fact that instead of clotting to a gel it stays more or less liquid.
I think the original issue of why it was bad to teach that fact was because aspirin isn't really given for the headache that nitroglycerin causes (which is a known side effect), but rather it is given to interfere with the blood clot and future clotting process.
From what I’ve been taught (and seen) the nitro alone can drop the BP precipitously. I was taught to use it cautiously in someone with a BP hovering around 100 and to not use it in a right-sided MI. Is this no longer the case?
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, if patients are especially preload-dependent nitro can tank the blood pressure. Other situations would be if they were also taking sildenafil, etc. You are also correct about nitro being contraindicated in right sided MI!
Prepare to be shocked and disappointed when you get into the field. You’ll run into a depressing amount of people who suck at their job, but manage to fly just barely under the radar and not get called on it.
It was orientation for a private company. I bet that it was a nepotism hire and he fucked up so hard that he was too much of a liability to sweep under the rug.
NOFEEZ · 4 points · Posted at 05:59:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely correct, most states follow the nationally certified // state licensed model for all EMS providers.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re wrong, it’s a state issued certification. It’s not a license. Paramedics hold a license, not emts, it’s just a cert. Literally a firefighter paramedic in California for the past 15 years.
No I’m not. You’re just splitting hairs. You need to be licensed to be an EMT, and you get certified through NREMT to attain that license. I’m literally studying for that at the moment, and finished a class through the National EMS Institute which helped prepare me for it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:37:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The state of California certifies emts, they don’t call it a license here. Whatever the call it in your state is whatever. Best of luck with your Emt bud
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 02:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not true. You have to take a class and pass a licensing test.
Hate to break it to you but a lot of those physical tests can prove useless. There are multiple different traction devices that at times won't be covered in that tests and what ultimately matters is you know where and how to use the equipment provided to you by the service you work at. Just looking at auto-cpr devices I can think of 4 off the top of my head that I've used working at different places. Some people only know of the Lucas though.
And for the skills portion, all that you have to do is memorize those checklists. There’s no checklist in the field, and the patients with multiple problems at once that fit several of those checklists don’t care that you memorized them.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 17:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
EMTs work with paramedics. EMTs aren't hired for their critical thinking. They have some need-to-knows: how to administer oxygen, how to set c-spine, how to do CPR, how to push a stretcher, how to stop a gushing wound, how to drive a speeding ambulance. The rest they follow directions for. Good EMTs learn more on the job (usually by following paramedics instructions), but that's beyond the exam.
The guy in the story was only asked to follow directions and administer oxygen and that is well within the scope of his EMT exam.
You’ve heard of basic trucks, right? EMTs better damn well have some critical thinking. There’s not always going to be a medic to save their ass. And even if I’m working with a basic, they better be able to run a basic call without taking instructions from me.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 17:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't come out of EMT-basic training with those skills. It's just not what the exam is designed for. That takes experience. And they're not paid enough to think critically.
Neither are medics for that matter. EMTs have skill set and need to be able to use them appropriately without instruction, just as an advanced or paramedic should.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think we think differently. In one of my last comments I was mentioning some of those skills sets EMT-Bs use independently, like oxygen administration, c-spine, and CPR.
My initial comment was to someone saying they hire any EMT with a pulse. I was saying that's not the case, they have a practical skills exam. That is, I believe, where you came in, to say the exam doesn't teach them anything. We've come back full circle now where you are saying what I was saying: there are basic skills they're expected to know (and that the exam tests for).
I believe it. I'm not sure if it's the same in every state but at least in some states it is possible to practice as an EMT without haven taken the NREMT, all you need is that initial certification.
So it definitely is possible that there are people out there doing EMT work who just floated through an easy pass course. Scary.
The problem will the skills test is, all you have to do is memorize those checklists. The patients you encounter in real life don’t work like a checklist.
This amazes me. When I did my EMT training it was intense and the instructors were tough and did not hold any punches. I had multiple classmates who failed out throughout our training as well as many who managed to pass all the written tests but couldn't make it through the practicals. They definitely held us to a high standard and it made me even more motivated to work hard and prove myself.
Really disturbing to hear that some places don't take this as seriously, it's literally putting people's lives on the line.
My paramedic school was a joke. I was fortunate enough that I had already been on a truck for years. There were people in my class that hadn’t passed the basic test. I was a working intermediate (advanced now), and all the medics I worked with them and through school made sure I knew most of the paramedic part by the time I started medic school. There was a girl in my class that failed every test, every practical, and managed to eke out a passing score on the state test her last chance. She’s a crew chief somewhere now.
I'm late to this, but the necessary training for an EMT in America varies wildly depending on the level of EMT they are.
EMT-Basic: 120 hour course in advanced first aid. Basic assessments and interventions (can splint broken bones, do CPR, manage head injuries, etc)
AEMT: an additional semester of schooling. More advanced assessments, IV access, more invasive airway management, can give limited medications (Albuterol, D50, epinephrine, etc)
EMT-Paramedic: another year of schooling, plus hundreds of clinical hours. Nursing level prehospital care. Lots of meds, intubation, advanced assessments.
The difference between a Paramedic and an EMT basic is honestly staggering. Some places only accept AEMTs for this reason.
The problem in America is we don’t fit in. Healthcare doesn’t want us, and the emergency world could care less. There’s currently no incentive to make it a degree because the pay is so low and having a degree doesn’t change the pay. A person wouldn’t make enough to take on student loans for a degree.
What does a paramedic in the US typically earn? Graduate salary in Queensland (where I live) is $63,466, however that can increase with shift allowances, weekend work, overtime and public holiday rates. Senior paramedics start at $88k and team leaders have a base rate of over $97k.
There's a certain level of training, but it doesn't necessarily require schooling. And there are various levels of EMT, as well, some requiring far more training than others.
EMTs are required to pass the NREMT exam after passing their certified college's/career center's written and practical final exam. There is some schooling involved for every level. The issue with this specific EMT is a lack of training, not schooling.
For those curious, EMT levels are basic, advanced/intermediate, and paramedic.
Is that something that needs to be done through a college or career center, though? (Unless you're counting something like a fire department or a volunteer ambulance corps as "career centers", in which case, never mind)
And I was under the impression that being a basic EMT (and perhaps also intermediate and advanced?) doesn't require regular college courses, which is what I meant by "schooling" (although perhaps I should have worded it differently). Is that not correct?
No, I took an EMT class through my local ambulance company, it was 250 hours in a classroom and then you spent 48 hour on an ambulance and in a hospital. It’s really an easy job to get into. You do have to take a national license exam too
It takes one semester or less typically and to put things into perspective. Can you think of a college course you took passed and retained absolutely nothing because you weren't instrested or the actual class was managed so poorly? That's one of the issues the other is the kid is a airhead. He should of spoken up and asked the senior partner what to do not stay silent the entire ride.
You would be surprised how much a shitty doctor can get away with before their license is taken away. It seems like once you're accepted into medical school, you're invincible.
Yeah, this is really bizarre, my partner is studying to become an EMT and in Australia, it's a 3-year high intensive training degree with a HUGE drop off rate because of difficulty and the high grades you must obtain to continue semesters.
I've also heard global paramedics, literally medics from other countries take a few years of classes to become licensed compared to the 9 month program here in the states and the resulting difference in knowledge and pay is very evident to the point that US paramedic license holds no merit to be considered paramedic overseas.
True, but the US' only comparison is an EMT, they're both the responding mobile medics in crisis, I guess I just find it incredibly strange that Australia and a large portion of the world's countries take the training of their basic emergency care responders far more seriously.
Props to your partner. Difficult to get into, difficult to do and will likely be emotionally draining the entire time, but they might literally save lives every day. Everyone in the medical profession do not get enough respect at all.
Welcome to Private EMS across the USA, as long as you're breathing and passed a 3 month long class then you're allowed to be responsible for people's lives. Some companies are better than others but most are terrible and I wouldn't trust most of them if I had to call 911 myself.
mh985 · 4 points · Posted at 04:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The qualifications and training to be an EMT are minimal in a lot of places. A few of my friends were EMTs in college and these guys were lunatics. I wouldn't want them anywhere near me if my life was in danger.
A paramedic on the other hand actually requires a significant amount of training and examination.
The saying we have, especially with EMTs in private companies, is "a card and a pulse". I'm an EMT and I've worked with great EMTs and God awful ones. Its bad the great vastly out number the god awful ones but you remember the God awful ones.
I found EMT school to be a breeze. Medic school is another story, but if you can memorize a few lists you're good to go. I got lucky in that my instructors went heavy in the anatomy and physiology end, and made sure we were pretty damn good at laying out a field diagnosis. I got into the medical field with some solid knowledge.
But I also recognize that not everyone gets instruction that is nearly as detailed.
I love my BLS brethren to death but to call what they do in class schooling is being generous.
Their job isn’t the easiest to say the least but it doesn’t require much to get through the class which is why people like the individual mentioned above was able to get that close to killing someone......as an EMT.
Crolto · 2 points · Posted at 08:35:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's BLS? (serious question, sorry if it's a stupid one)
Friend, no question is stupid if you’re trying to learn something. I hope I provide enough info without being A). Condescending or B ). Vague.
I’m an EMS provider in the US so this info may change based upon your country of origin or if you’re in the US it can vary by state.
In the US, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers usually come in one of two flavors.
There’s Basic Life Support providers (BLS) who are typically emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and are trained in basic CPR, first aid, some hazardous materials training, patient assessment, and other basic level medical procedures (vital signs assessment, some medication administration). Their program varies from state to state but usually lasts about 6 months.
Then there’s Advanced Life Support providers (ALS) who are typically paramedics who are also trained at the BLS level and then are trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and go to school for longer (about a year if not more) to learn more about pharmacology, pathophysiology, and cardiology. They also have an increased amount of required rotation time (this is time spent either in a hospital or an ambulance learning from other paramedics, nurses, doctors, and other allied health staff).
Once trained, these folks can interpret EKG’s, perform rather invasive medical procedures, provide higher order medication administration, mechanical ventilator management, and provide other aspects of advanced medical care (Point of Care Ultrasound, Community Paramedicine, Critical Care transport).
Due to the extremely fractured nature of EMS in the US, every town, city, county, and/or state has different rules, regulations, and protocols for their EMS provider. Some area put two EMT’s in a firehouse or EMS station and they will be the first ones to come to your house should you call 911. Other areas have two paramedics sitting on a street corner in an ambulance waiting for a call and they might be the ones to show up.
Sorry for the word vomit but I’ve been in this business for some time and I like talking about it to anyone and everyone who’s got a question.
Have a good one!
Crolto · 5 points · Posted at 09:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow! Thank you for such an excellent explanation! It's always fascinating to learn new things from experienced people no matter the subject. I'm not from the US so thank you for providing some insight into the US health care system.
The schooling can be kinda a joke at times. Plus a lot of the time fresh blood isn't really shown how certain equipment is used or where it is and it's expected you ask questions on the job so others show it to you. This kid just sounded lazy and too stupid to realize that you need to communicate when you fuck up or don't know how to do stuff to your partner.
Not EMT but I work in homecare and first day working in a new group I saw a newly examinated assistant nurse (2 years education) give medication without gloves. This was during the current covid-19 crisis in Sweden (many cases). EMT should be much harder to get in than assistant nurse, but life always finds a way.
I think u just have to take like a week or two week long course then past the test to get certified. A paramedic is a whole different ball park college for at least 2 years.
Why didn't you report him?? As a CNA, at 18, I reported another CNA (this was not her first issue) to the DON for not checking in on a immobile, non verbal, resident for 6 hours because the lady sat in her own piss and infected her bed sore. The other CNA was fired, people like that shouldn't continue to work in environments where others lives are at stake.
Agisek · 3 points · Posted at 12:38:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait what?
You've never seen him again and that's it? If my coworker screwed up a setting on laser etching machine, I'd tell him how to do it right and next time I'd be talking to my boss about him.
But this guy ALMOST KILLED A PATIENT and your response is "oh well I guess somebody else will complain about him"? You're kidding, right?
That's the kind of moment where you're storming the manager's office and demanding that person is fired immediately.
Honestly anyone would have lost his/her cool with a guy like that. Hell I'm s translator and I'm sure that if I were to ask him to bring me a dictionary he'd bring me Pictionary instead....
Only losing your patience with the guy seems rather mild tbh.
I would've honestly lost my shit and yelled at the guy. Though i guess that wouldn't be a very good idea to do in front of the patient and their family.
I can’t figure out how you trusted someone who didn’t even know how to take a blood pressure with CHANGING THE OXYGEN TANK of a woman who needs it to breathe and nit even think you check his work? Like I’m gobsmacked and flabbergasted.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive been totally inept and worked with the totally inept at a job before. If they are important skills for dangerous scenarios like that, then someone did a breif knowledge test after the first report and sent him to be retrained which he probably failed if he didnt come back.
I havent worked with emts, but in trades with dangerous shit like electricity. For example when an "electrician" was hired to help me do hvac (which was weird to begin with) he had shocked himself in the first 10 minutes and didnt know the breaker could shut all the power off at once and was flipping every switch all the way down. I told my boss who tested him the next morning and fired him (because it wasnt an entry level position, he was supposed to be experienced)
I imagine they aould keep it quiet if he passed training without learning any skills.
Nobody can blame you for losing your patience with him. I’d go absolutely apesh*t. Especially his such carefree attitude about it all too. Idk how the f he even got to the stage of being able to work at that level or even sort of qualify for the job.
With the amount of EMTs I’ve seen sedating people that have already been choked out by cops recently, I wouldn’t doubt he’s been promoted to head big bossman EMT. Shitweasles always find a way to sneak by.
During EMTB class my classmate confided in me that he couldn’t check pulses. I’m a little surprised since checking a pulse is possibly the easiest skill required, but we’re all learning here so I offer to help without judgement. I tell him to take my pulse and I’ll help with his technique. He takes my wrist and presses correctly with his fingers. He confirms he can feel my pulse clearly. He then just stares at his watch for over a minute. I finally ask what he’s doing and he explains he can’t count the heart beats AND the seconds at the same time... dum dum didn’t know to watch the second hand travel half way around the watch face for 30sec or all the way around for a minute, and was trying to count each second. This guy was married, had kids, and had been a volunteer firefighter for awhile.
As a paramedic, I can say most emts don’t have the understanding they should, particularly in private ambulance. Some are really good but most are awful. The good ones never stay though because they either go on to paramedic or something much more like PA or med school and just need the experience and patient contact hours. Some of the things I’ve seen people do in the field is pretty horrifying. Patch and a pulse is a real thing.
You know how police have the thin blue line bullshit that protects the bad apples? Nurses have it too.
My sister is a nurse and has thirty five stories about people like this. Thirty-three of them are still working as nurses.
The most recent less than two weeks ago involved a nurse who wanted to be more ”efficient” so she sped up the delivery rate of chemotherapy drugs through a drip and sent a patient into toxic shock. The woman isn't expected to survive and she hasn't even been written up.
It's just like ”whoops, well that’s how we learn.” ”Better not embaress the hospital.”
[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 10:30:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I guess this explains the horrible reputation my local hospital has.
Surgeons here have killed two of my grandfathers from botched colectomy surgeries. A third nearly died from a serious infection and only improved when we got him into a different hospital (a year later, he went back into the shitty local hospital and died there). A fourth died there when they failed to treat his pneumonia (my dad says they killed him too, but I have no evidence of that).
(Yes, I had four grandfathers -- one grandma remarried multiple times.)
I've heard of multiple people here who have died from routine colonoscopies.
And here's the kicker.
Few weeks ago, I was looking at my state's Department of Public Health website, specifically their COVID-19 statistics. I got curious about the ratio of hospitalizations to deaths. For nearly every county in the state, about 20-30% of those who were hospitalized ended up dying.
My county? 80% death rate.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:31:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m definitely not an expert, but isn’t there a very good reason that the dose is what it is? Also, this is a cancer patient being treated with stuff that could be used to kill people. Is none of this sufficiently explained in nursing school?
Yes, the rate of delivery is prescribed by the treateding doctor along with the dosage and type of drugs. It's common sense that none of those things can be changed, and nurses are expected to know this with the same level of competency that they aren't allowed to perform unauthorised surgeries on patients to see if it helps.
Some people are just dangerous idiots, and sometime these people become nurses. None of that is surprising, there is no way to avoid it. What is shocking is how badly the system of oversights and controls to weed them out works, and how willing all nurses are to betray the safety of their patients by keeping their silence about their reckless and incompetent peers.
Not OP, but I once completed EMT training in a super relaxed class followed by 24 hr of ride time with EMTs who were uninterested in letting me practice. I remember thinking, damn, I bet some total idiots make it through this and actually get jobs.
Isn't it kinda of their fault a little for not letting you practice? They should have been guiding you through the learning process. What if the guy in the ops story wasn't taught well enough or allowed to practice and learn from the mistakes he will make as people usually do just starting out doing anything?
I mean if the pool of EMTs is limited or if the time they spend riding is hectic, the EMTs might not be especially motivated in letting the newbie practice skills since they're going to be slower and more likely to fuck up than the trained EMT. If you've got someone dying in the truck your first priority is probably not going to be fostering a good learning environment
At the end of the day we're each responsible for what we learn. Especially for a job with life-or-death consequences, I think the framing should be more "Why wasn't this guy doing everything he could to understand his responsibilities better" and less "Why was this guy not coddled more effectively." If this dude in the story was not being taught, it was his responsibility to demand that he be taught so he doesn't get someone killed.
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with a system that would let a dangerously uninformed guy like this get into a position of power over people at their most vulnerable. He should have known what he didn't know! /s
I'm not usually a "Personal Responsibility" type of guy. But if someone is going to willfully pursue a career in a field where they hold a person's life in their hands, they better be ready for a whole lot of personal responsibility. Regardless of the system's failures, saying "Nobody ever told me how to do this" doesn't cut it if it kills someone. You've gotta seek that shit out if you want to be in that kind of field.
There is no infallible system that ensures zero bad apples can fall through the cracks. As such, one HAS to place some of the responsibility upon the individual going through the system. 100% blame/reliance on the system to act perfectly is nonsensical.
Pretty disingenuous to claim that wanting to make a system check for its failures means giving people no responsibility. If a system is letting through bad apples, the system can be improved. Your complacency helps no-one.
You're misreading my words. Improving any system is a noble goal, and I did not accuse you personally of placing 100% blame on the system. My point is merely that no system can be pushed all the way to perfection. At some point, personal responsibility has to come into play.
Dudes like the incompetent EMT will find their way through any system, no matter the design. It's not being complacent in the slightest to desire the focus of the "what can be done" conversation to narrow in on the individual rather than the system he slipped through the cracks of.
Focusing the conversation on the individual is completely unhelpful and solves no problems. I’m really struggling to understand your take: that we shouldn’t expect checks in the systems that educate our medical staff to be capable of weeding out people who can’t do the job?
That incompetents should know they’re incompetent? The world doesn’t work that way.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true in a very broad sense. But we're talking specifically about an EMT who did not know how to operate their equipment or check to make sure an emergency patient was still breathing.
It's like a bus driver revealing a week into their job: "Oh, I'm supposed to know how to drive this thing?" There's plenty of fault to go around, but I'm going to start with the guy who didn't think he needed to know how to operate his equipment
You would think that if your patient is struggling to breathe and you don't know how to help, you'd ask the guy teaching you.
I don't know how medical oxygen works, but if it wasn't idiotproof-obvious, I'd suggest the guy either show me how to do it, or stay with the patient while I drove. It'sbasicallyabigPrius,right?
Lack of training is one thing, but this is lack of common sense.
I’m a paramedic and was once an EMT. They will test you on all of your practical skills before they even offer you a job. They have to make sure you’re competent. At least everywhere I have worked.
I work for a pretty reputable department and they shortened their Indoc course from six weeks to two weeks with a huge online component and this was before COVID was a thing. Yeah you have to do ride alongs with FTOs but people still fall through the cracks.
Edit-fixed a typo
Haxtin · 3 points · Posted at 08:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, to even get to start doing aemt duties i had to do a whole laundry list of tests for things they'd tested me on when I was hired just as an emt-b. Just sounds like a shitty company tbh. There's a lot of IFT places like however or so I've learned. Bad mix of not enough of us to do the job and other people just hitting burnout
What?! Where I grew up in the 90’s EMT training was a 6 month program. You had to at least commit to a semester and learn some basics before they let you tag along and play with human lives.
Like the other commenter said, I’m fairly sure we don’t actually have emt’s just paramedics. 3 years of university and 1 practical year, which is about the same as nursing (but nursing also has practical placements every semester). I guess why have an emt and paramedic when you can have 2 paramedics?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:17:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the word for EMT there is a paramedic here.
That's how you get the job, but it's on the service to teach them how to operate their equipment. Sounds the preceptors didn't really give a shit and just passed the kid on.
might depends on the school, for instance my girlfriend went at a school where, if you failed your exams you had to take make up exams (dont know the us equivalent).
In her school those make up exam where q guaranteed pass. As long as you showed, you'd be given the minimum to pass the class, at the very least.
It depends on the cylinder, some just have one. It's two knobs where I work now, one to open the cylinder and one to set the litres per minute of oxygen.
That doesn't excuse him leaving a struggling lady without oxygen though, its terrifying that he either didn't realise or didn't care as it would have been obvious her condition was worsening.
I hadn't... but there has to be something very wrong if you are watching your patient suffer without taking any action to alleviate it.
remicx · 3 points · Posted at 08:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I highly doubt he would've been pathologically antisocial- just stupid, wilfully ignorant and entitled, which unfortunately for us is much much more common!
I think maybe the OP’s patient would be better off with me(an untrained 15-year-old) in Mr. Clueless’ place. At least I would ask where the oxygen tank is and how to turn it on, then mess around until it seems to be working. It would still be a terrible idea, but...
I knew some kid (son of a friend) who could not read. He was a whiz in the volunteer First Aid group because he was friends with the leader and his wife, and they would coach him through the written tests - read him the questions, cue him to the answers, then write them down for him. He wanted to fly helicopters (YIKES!) and be a paramedic. I can't imagine he got very far.
Now I want to test a guy I know. He couldn't get past his fear of flying so he couldn't finish all his solo hours in the helicopter training, and he's on to paramedic training. I'm pretty sure he can read. I mean, how often do you test someone whether they can read? Does your guy have blonde hair and a red-headed sister?
Usually people who can fake it when they can't read are somewhat smart. He wasn't. The problem was compounded because when he was learning to read whole word was all the rage.
A really stupid way of teaching reading that was popular (and I hope died out) decades ago. Instead of teaching kids how to sound out a word syllable by syllable, show the whole word and teach them to recognize it. I remember this kid's dad told him "if you want to know what anthropology is, look it up in the dictionary". The kid managed to find it, and found it was the "study of the organs of human kind." Why? Because he couldn't tell the difference between "organs' and "origins", they looked similar.
Some of these replies made me realize ya’ll have no idea how fucking stupid some people in the medical community are. It’s a job like anything else. There are a lot of smart, professional, capable people...and there are an unsettling number of complete fucking morons. Engage in your (or your family’s) treatment, ask questions, and be an outspoken advocate for your care.
I had a partner like this, also private company, but I was very vocal about him and asked several times to not be partnered with him if they weren’t going to do anything about it. One day walked in for a shift and sure enough, he was my partner. Walked out, because by this time I was seriously afraid of getting in trouble and losing my cert. Ended up getting fired for it. Best thing that ever happened to me.
Bro the amount of nurses I worked with that didn’t know how to check vitals was way too much. They’re either stupid as fuck or lazy as fuck and pretend not to know how to do shit so they don’t have to do it.
Nursing home nurses are the worst. I was a 911 dispatcher, but I was also an EMT. Took a 911 call from a nursing home. The nurse detailed all the symptoms and it was obvious that the patient was having a stroke. I told her to put the patient on oxygen and I'd send an ambulance. She said, "oh no, they're breathing fine. They don't need oxygen." I told her to humor me and just get the O2 anyway.
I worked with a physician doing a research rotation who didn’t understand ratios. When she was having a hard time with making buffers from concentrate I suggested the dilution factor could be thought of like dosage, I.e. mgs per kg, she said “oh I just have the nurses do that.”
Bruh. I’m not a nurse and I know how to check vitals. I literally make a record of HR, RR, and BP (assuming I have a sphygmomanometer around) when someone around me is dizzy and needs to sit down.
I can’t read a children’s story in German but I can read their textbooks. Technical terms are more likely to be the same or similar across languages. But I don’t know why I even bother with morons.
Similar incident. My partner had called out and they threw me on a truck with a rando, I gave the bus a once over but didn't check the bags(that have the O2) because they were giving us a call. Pt in respiratory distress not doing great, her o2 sat was in the trash I tell my partner to get me a nonrebreather mask and put it all the way up he says "yeah okay I'm just gonna run down the the ambulance". ????!!! The bus was 5stories and a maze of hallways away I asked "why she needs o2" he said the tank was empty. Mind you this is our first call, it should've been full. Fuck it forget it well just get her down to the truck and put her on there. We do and I tell him to change the tank and make our way over to the closest hospital because she's in bad shape.
When we arrive and I open the doors and the tank isn't changed. He wants to go in without o2, I say hell no cause that just looks bad for starters. He then says "hold on" and starts changing the tank taking a good 3min to do so when he had plenty of time during the ride, patient still breathing badly the whole time.
We drop her off(to the waiting drs) and we get back to the bus and despite my annoyance, I politely explained that it's incredibly important to leave base fully stocked and to always check the o2. This exchange follows
"oh I did check it"
So why was it empty?
"Well there was enough for someone on a nasal cannula"
How did you know that would be our first call, and not perhaps the one we just had?
They call us for a patient with low O2 “stats.” Get there and the patient is on a nonrebreather mask at 0 liter per minute. “His ‘stats’ keep dropping so we gave him some oxygen but it’s not coming up.” Rolled my eyes, took the mask off. The patient took a couple of deep breaths and said he feels SO much better now. The LPN screamed at me, asking what I was doing, he needs oxygen. I said, “maybe you should’ve have actually turned it on because you were suffocating him.” Got a complaint. Zero given.
No. He was fine. No complaints. Straight chillin. Apparently they were “short staffed that day” and he asked for lunch an hour after he was supposed to get it. I got the “whatever. He has to go out.”
There is a national test that is fairly hard in the scheme of things and even includes questions with no right answers that you are expected to answer with the least wrong answer.
Additionally at least in Ohio you are tested for your regional protocols to be able to work in that specific area.
He either cheated on the test, was on drugs or was some how mentally debilitated while in the back of the medic.
I’ve worked for a private service for the past 5 years in the hr dept and I can vouch to say I’ve heard/seen some sketch shit that makes me concerned about calling for an ambulance if I ever needed to.
In the metro area I’m in, unfortunately the “if you’re breathing and have a patch you can start” kind of mentality is also true. But there just aren’t enough EMTs and Medics out there.
Sorry you had to work with that guy. I do hope he is no longer with your service.
geon · 1 points · Posted at 10:25:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to do respite care night shifts, generally speaking was just adding some cream if they were scratching, catheter bag changes and very very rarely a call to the night nurse if they were a bed pan patient that had an accident and I couldn’t roll on my own so needed an extra person for a bedsheet change and clean up
I’m not ‘legally’ allowed to do anything now, but even without the most basic training you know you need to do something if someone isn’t breathing easily!...
Man, I hear you. I’ve had some shocking partners over the years! Had one try and stand a lovely old lady with a nof # to sit her (sitting up) on the stretcher! I literally stepped in between them (nicely) and anatomically splinted her while I sent him to the truck for the board and straps (just to keep her flat for the slide to stretcher bit; she was on the floor post fall). He couldn’t understand why she couldn’t just stand on the good leg and I just ended up failing him (I’m a clinical instructor).
I just started working at a private company (following two years of being a basic at a first response-fly car agency) and I’ve been dealing with a lot of anxiety and imposter syndrome regarding doing my job properly.
I somehow magically feel a whole lot better about my abilities.
m_jl_c · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wondering why, if he was incompetent as described, you let it slide. This isn’t like the finance dude who doesn’t know anything messing up a model. He is going to kill someone.
Holy fucking hell! If it had been me, then immediately after getting her inside and stable, I would have punched the guy in the face repeatedly while asking him "So what's broken?"
I spent many of years as an FTO for a private ambulance company, and unfortunately, I have a lot of similar stories. I worked really hard to prevent these kind of situations. Hope this tech got the remedial training he needed, or just moved on. Oh, and never sit behind a critical patient. Can't imagine what those sats looked like...
I’ve had nightmares where I’m that kid. I’m an English major, but for some reason there’s a medical emergency and everyone is depending on me and I don’t know WTF I’m doing
This is the sort of thing that makes me not question how he didn't know what to do, but moreso how he was able to get into that situation without knowing what to do.
I'm a student enrolled nurse and even I knew how to turn on an oxygen tank when I was just an assistant nurse. I can't tell you how mad reading this made me oh my lord.
Does your states protocol require testing practical skills?? There was no way he would pass in my county, we have a specific station on giving someone oxygen lmaoo
Hoax13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working ER one night and it was busy everywhere. We had a few patients in Overflow overflow ER which was an area not really set up for patients. We needed oxygen tanks for each patiant there. A couple were low and I asked a coworker to bring me a couple. He showed up with 2 empty tanks. When I pointed it out he said "I thought red meant they were full". He didn't work with us long.
Just so you know, it’s always a good idea to write out full names of things. As someone who has no idea what EMT is I also have no idea what COPT or CHF is so I can’t enjoy your story without Googling
Holy shit that's terrifying. Making sure a patient gets oxygen is such a basic skill.
I kind of have a similar story, but not quite as dramatic. I'm an ER medic, and at night we don't have transporters so I push some beds. I was taking a patient up, got to the room, and suddenly she started having trouble breathing and her O2 sat dropped.
The nurse came in and I told her what was going on. She just went blank. Totally froze up. So I went ahead and told the floor tech to grab a simple mask since she was mouth breathing and the cannula wasn't doing anything. I had to go find the mask and ended up calling rapid response in.
This kind of shit has happened when I've assisted with falls on the floors too. I've had to step in and perform a trauma assessment when jaded med/surg nurses want to just yank the patient up off the floor right away. There are a few nurses at my hospital that scare me with how little they either know or care. Luckily my direct coworkers are all pretty good, but damn.
nhove · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In med school, literally our very last theoretical class before preparations for the final exams began was an emergency medicine class in a small group. As a sort of ice breaker the prof started the day by asking "what do you know about shock", and when no one volunteered, he directly addressed some giggling girl, "what is shock?" and she looked at him like he's an imbecile and answered "well you know, when you're shocked. Like, something scared you" and to this day I AM SO AFRAID FOR HUMANITY
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, did his parents own the company or something?
I have something a little similar to this. I’m a nurse on a PCU floor, there was a new hire training, she was an experienced nurse from Canada, which meant it was only like location and policy training. She said she moved because the techs would disrespect her and tell her what to do. We had to walk her threw everything. I mean everything.
The line for me was she didn’t start fluids on a new admit because she didn’t know how to prime the line. She waited for someone to come show her. She did not make it out of training.
When I wrecked my bike a couple years ago I tore up my left hand pretty well, last digit on my ring finger was hanging by the flexor tendon and most of the flesh was hanging off my pinky, this plus some broken bones, but I was keeping it together pretty well. When they put me in the ambulance the emt/medic goes to take BP and puts the cuff on my left fucking arm. I was not happy.
Can someone train him better ~_~... instead of mocking him on his stupidity
Knever · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guessing you filed a report against him, also. I'm curious as to how that went. If I were in your shoes, I would have been so emotional and I would find out how exactly he was able to land that job because whosoever okayed it must have been out of their minds.
I read this and it makes me sad I didn't do anything with my EMT cert but then I remember I'd fucking die if I had a baby or little kid pass on me. I know I couldn't handle that moment.
You either work for a slow department or are really new to the job if you don’t have at least one or two stories about a partner or two that make you say“Jesus Christ they let you touch people!?”
As a ff/emt stories like this always make my blood boil. Ive ran into my fair share of hopeless trainees. And some hopeless veterans too... theyre even worse...
I don't want to be condescending or anything and you probably know this but "slapping" oxygen on COPD patients is not a good idea. Just get them to around 90%
This is like 10 years ago. I was dating a 32 year old and he asked me if I wanted to get together to watch a TV show. I said sure, what time is it on. He looks it up and says to me "8 Pacific 9 Central...?"
I asked what was confusing him and he told me he wasn't sure if the show was on at 8 or 9. My man did not know what timezone we lived in.
So I was like "Ok, well you know what ocean we're near, right?" cuz I was trying to get him to think about the Pacific timezone in terms of the giant body of water for which it was named and he immediately got defensive and for real said "Why would I know that? I'm from Texas."
He'd been living in San Francisco for 5 years and could see the Pacific Ocean out his window.
Yikes. Gonna be honest, I get confused when they do shit like that purely cause I suck at remembering the difference and they never announce mountain time, but even when I was a kid I was able to figure out when shows were on in my timezone since I lived in central at the time. Even if he just learned that it was the first one. For awhile as a kid I didnt know what "central" meant but I knew that if a show was coming on at "8/7 central" that it was the second one
Mountain time it's the same as Central for network, an hour before Central for cable. Network it's Eastern and Pacific at the same local time and Central and Mountain at the same local time. Cable it airs at the same exact time wherever you are, so Eastern/Central is the same as network but Mountain and Pacific it's earlier.
Networks do this thing where 10/9c means 10 Eastern, 10 Pacific (aka 1 am Eastern), 9 Central, 9 Mountain (aka 10 Central or 11 Eastern) so Pacific and Mountain never get it truly live on network TV only on cable.
That must be weird to be pacific for half the year and mountain for the other half. I was in Durango CO last summer and went to the Grand Canyon for a week, one of the lodges there has a sign next to the clock reminding people of what time zone they are in.
I was about to comment and ask what happened to Mountain Time, and then I read the rest of your post. You do not deserve a little friendly picking on. You deserve a medal for not sending him off INTO the Pacific Ocean!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:17:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But I heard becoming a navy seal has its benefits though.
Lmao this reminds me of a guy I met who was flabbergasted to find out that LA has a metro...when he literally lived in an apartment above a major stop.
I knew someone who lived across the street from a subway stop, and their (public housing) home was directly on top of the line itself, so you could hear/feel a train every couple of minutes. I once asked if they had gotten so used to that that they didn’t notice it (I sure did!) and they replied, “That noise is from the subway? It goes underneath here?”
I used to work for my university’s blackboard support desk and our school is one of the top schools in the country for online degrees. So it’s in Texas and I got a call once from a student in New York asking why their test isn’t showing up. I go into the course and see the test closed at 11:59pm and realized why they assumed since they were there the test would be open until 11:59pm their time. It should be common sense but this guy didn’t get it at all. I told him we can’t reopen the test for you because of time zone differences and they needed to contact their professor. I spent 20 mins explaining how it’s not the same time throughout the us.
I also got an email where they explained that they are going out of the country while in the class and wanted to know “does it keep up with them/their location?” Implying will time zones matter. We had to put the time zone is based around central standards in the guidelines online for students and faculty because not many would think about that. It would be based on wherever the college is located not you!
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 09:45:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A narcissistic girlfriend accused me of cheating on her because she had no clue that El Paso, Texas, is in Mountain Time and not Central. She had a timezone map on her refrigerator but she insisted that I cheated on her for the one hour that she cannot figure out. I even tried to use physics by stating that the plane is traveling an average speed of 550 mph. And she insists that I cheated on her and that El Paso is on Central Time. I am much better now and don't date at all because of such abuse from stupid people who want to fight while stupid.
Hey, americans sucking in geography is a meme elsewhere in the world. Its just mindblowing how US citizens have a hard time trying to find Irak on a world map. "Is it this one?" Points at Australia...
To be fair, how many (according to your example) Iraqis could identify each individual US state? Would they be able to randomly identify say, Arkansas? Our country is as big as 22 Iraqs and most people in the US don't really worry about countries that are rather insignificant to our daily lives.
I don't know where the Pacific Ocean is either. Though in my defense I'm not sure I could accurately remember even if I wanted to. Brain is pretty fickle about what sticks and I'm not sure why.
Used to have a really good memory, now it's a toss up what I can remember no matter how hard I try to learn it.
[deleted] · 11997 points · Posted at 23:06:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You'd be amazed. A lot of older people (at least where I live) took dedicated spreadsheet/word processing courses when the programs first started to hit the scene in schools etc. Great for doing their books, but they're still absolutely clueless on anything outside of the program.
[deleted] · 1008 points · Posted at 01:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first thing we learned way back in middle school was how to convert ranges to Tables in Excel. Didn't think much about it until I started working in an office surrounded by engineers and not a single person knew about it. People who have used Excel every day for 30 years and I become the office Excel guru in two weeks.
At this point I have barely used it at all in years, but it's still been entirely workable for me to simply presume that some math-related function is available in Excel somewhere, Google the hell out of that skanker, and make people think I'm a wizard.
That’s exactly how I got so comfortable using excel. At my last job any monotonous task in excel I encountered I always said there has to be a function for this. Then I’d YouTube it. Show your coworkers that you know vlookup and blow their minds. Show them index match and you’re a god. My last job was almost entirely using excel in ways my coworkers could not. I only taught them a few tricks right before I left and now they can’t believe how easy some of it is. I had them thinking pivot tables were this magical beast, but one of my old coworkers contacted me and gave me shit for how easy they are.
Man, I’m about to make my boss think I’m a wizard after I pull out a spreadsheet I’ve set up with all our vendor names and email addresses and an index Match to pull all of that into the tab I need and show her how to use rules and mail merge to send mass emails.
When I was in college I had a part time data entry job that I ended up using Excel to automate inputting the data into a webpage. Eventually this got me to learn python and selenium web driver and now I'm a chemE/software engineer.
The folks at that job though were amazed when I'd come back like an hour later done with what should have taken a week. What was really great was I could set up the code to run and then I'd essentially get paid to study, only occasionally checking on the script or swapping out data inputs.
Yeah, learning how to code in Excel is a HUGE skill - I intern at this company in the summer, and they brought me on to do some grunt work for this project (essentially copy and pasting a whole lot of data from one document to another and formatting it, but 250+ times) and managed to use the built in coding language VBA for Excel to automate.... the entire thing. So now, whenever people slightly change their mind about something, I can have a new draft ready in an hour tops instead of spending a week changing the formatting of each individual document lmaoo. It can take months of work off a project with some basic programming knowledge, the "record macro" button, and determined googling
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 15:07:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never got a chance to use "record macro" for what it's worth. I just focused on custom code to learn scripting. Any situations you encountered where record macro was superior to writing your own?
I almost never would use "record macro" by itself - pretty much everything I write is custom by me. VBA has an advantage of being able to work directly with Office software more than other languages I've used, which gives it an edge for the particular projects I'm on - except when I have absolutely no idea the commands for what I WANT to do. It'll be something that I know can be done, but I don't always know all the commands in code for what I do in the regular app. Hitting "record macro" and then just doing it records everything as code. That gives me most of the syntax I need, which I can then adapt for mass-production.
It's not perfect, because it tends to give methods in terms of the "selection" that you choose with the cursor rather than the object itself, but it gives me a direction to head in for when I do documentation research and experimentation lol.
Also to be honest, I started messing with VBA at this job before I had taken courses in object-oriented programming, and now that I have that knowledge "record macro" is less necessary, but it's still convenient for when I'm trying to do a new thing and I don't know where to start.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Protip: if you're willing to learn C# the Visual Studio installer has a "VSTO" package that is basically adds the libraries and templates to create custom office addins so you can easily create your own buttons and tabs in the ribbon for your own code. I think the code will look very similar as you still do the same kinds of loops and stuff as you would in VBA. So instead of creating macros and "enable blah blah" stuff, your coworkers can instead properly install your addin and have the code available as a set of buttons and dialogs integrated in Excel.
You also get way better discoverability than VBA has.
I didn't know you could do that with C#, that's pretty cool! I actually do have my own custom tabs with my code and stuff, just with VBA programs instead of C# 😂😂
I've done a lot of work in C++ for engineering coursework, but I haven't ever actually used C# before. I'm never adverse to learning something new though - can you use C# to interact directly with cell values/formulas/formatting in Excel? I also use VBA to import pictures and paste specially formatted cell ranges and stuff
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure you can do anything you want with C#, it's a very flexible language.
But I haven't used Office interop extensively, I've done the bare bones kinda stuff, but from what I could tell whatever API is available in VBA is accessible in C#, as it's the same codebase.
C# is like imagine C++ just easier where you never have to worry about pointers ever again and everything is still super-fast. Also memory? Don't worry about it. Just like you don't worry about it in VBA, just chill. It's fine.
Well it would be nice if they could use uhhh anything I write, because I'm the only person in the office that uses Windows and not Mac, so I have to train this girl how to set up this dusty old PC they have in the office so they can continue using it once I leave for an internship in a few weeks. If C# makes things easier for Mac, I might have found my project for the next two weeks lmaoo - Mac does NOT like VBA accessing files other than the currently open one
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:12:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god I have no idea about C# and Mac. .NET Core advertises itself as cross-platform, but when it comes to Office interop I think all bets are off.
For more general consumption stuff there is DocumentFormat.OpenXml nuget package, which is the official OpenXml library. It's an open-source compression standard which is what .xlsx and .docx denotes (those files are just compressed xml, if you change the extension to .zip you can extract the underlying xml data.)
It's all essentially just writing bytes to memory and then saving that memory to disk, so it's way faster than using a running Excel application in the background. Downside is that it doesn't do the calculations an office program would do, so if someone tries to open a file in a free "viewer" application they'd just see a mess in programs like Visio, as the formulas aren't being calculated, unless they were already calculated and saved.
While the library is rather granular and a bit difficult to use at first, it allows you to generate office files without having office programs installed. Or more useful: it allows you to read office file data without having office programs installed.
Well you've convinced me to download Visual Studio 😂😂 I'm just gonna mess around and see how it goes cuz I have some time today. There is no way I could convince the rest of my office to try using something like this instead of just the standard Excel app because they aren't NEARLY techy enough, I'm already pushing the boundaries using VBA which comes standard with office lmaoo (I also have to leave them something usable in a format they understand, and they've been doing what I'm doing for them now by hand for literal decades, so if I leave them with an 85% finished project and they just have to fill in the rest themselves, they'll be thrilled)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's at least worth a look. I wouldn't expect any epiphany or massive utility boost out of the gate, but it's nice knowing the tech exists.
p1-o2 · 3 points · Posted at 18:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, this is how I became a software engineer as well. Never thought I'd be good at it. I just got sick of manual data entry.
Mail merge is actually pretty powerful even for things beyond labels - I've done some neat things with pulling in data with Mail merge to make handouts for a project (same principle tho)
We had a process where each month the process used some of 1 batch item until it was used up, then went to use some of the next batch. Whatever was left over out of the sequence was first to be used up the next month. Each cell is an batch for a given month. Batch down the side, months and targets two rows across the top.
I explained to the guy - "use IF statements. Each cell is - If the sum of the use above me is not equal to target, then use that number as target. If the sum of batch used previous months does not equal batch total size, use some of that batch. Cell value contains whatever is larger, target or amount left. You can copy this formula to every cell in the sheet.
This guy was an engineer. He said "that's too complicated". His solution was to write a macro (this was back in the Lotus 123 days) that duplicated the batch line and divided the quantity in half. over and over again, until it was within 1 of the target. Needless to say, the number of lines blew up. he had to take the spreadsheet to a PC that had a hard disk instead of floppies (those were the days) and it ran for several hours to give a 5-year plan. Then - oops - it wouldn't fit on a floppy to take it back to his PC.
There's 4 levels of computer competancy. Level 1 is the "I know excel therefore I understand". Level 2 is "I've learnt how to use google effectively and realize I do not understand". Level 3 is "I've googled about my problem but it seems unique to my case, therefore I have to learn coding and how the hardware works on a deeper level to fix my problem". Level 4 is "I'm so fucking lazy in the weekends only hitting 10k lines of code :(".
This is how I became the Excel expert of my town. I somehow got elected as a town official, the only 20something in a group of senior citizens.
I barely used excel outside of simple graphs in school. But I knew what sort of cool stuff you could do if you knew how.
I fixed broken formulas. I linked documents together. I inserted excel tables into word documents and set them to update if you changed the original. The older ladies loved me and thought I was a genius.
I googled all of it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:09:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like how they let you and appreciated it. Many of the wizard spells I would cast were met with suspicion and they didn't like that I was sometimes messing with their workflow.
Yup! I'll take Python's pandas/numpy or R's data.table over Excel any day of the week. I'm the sort of person to spend 90 minutes automating a 45 minute task though, so...hopefully I get to use a script at least twice.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excel i can colour squares pink sometimes
Yeah, surprises me how bad people are with Excel when it can do so much, no programming or scripting required.
Former colleague (not "an older person" and definitely someone who should have known better) didn't know, after years of daily use, that Excel is a calculator. They did the math manually with an old school calculator side piece and typed the results into their spreadsheets.
They regularly complained about working every night til 2am, and on some weekends, managing thousands of rows of data that, it turns out, was a check-the-checkbox to automate in the system.
They got "busted" when management asked them to leave the formulas in their spreadsheet reports, "it's tough to understand the logic when we can't see the math."
I found out when they asked me on the DL "stmCanuck, what's a formula?"
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:15:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dad had a similar story of a guy working diligently for months. Sitting at his computer, typing, typing, typing. No one questioned it. But he was so stressed and it started taking a visible toll on the guy, there was simply so much work to do, so eventually someone took a peek at his screen.
He was tasked with adding lots of signal data into the computer, from paper printouts, and he had been typing all that stuff in, except most of it was duplicate data. He had been writing every single cell manually in Excel.
Someone showed him Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and he just slumped back in his chair.
I always found it strange that people feel like they need to have a physical calculator on their desk when they work with a computer in the first place, but your guy is on another level entirely.
Ummmmm...that is a title you DON’T WANT. It’s up there with being “the computer guy” in the family. I work in IT for a LARGE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY. Excel is our most deployed database and watching people interact with it is painful. I just keep my pivot tables and slicers and arrays to myself.
There are new functions in O365 that will make my life easier, but I’m not sharing.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that is a title you DON’T WANT
I had something to prove. I went from being the company handyman to getting my own office and basically becoming tech support for the engineers, teaching myself Excel on the job. Then I found vba, found it clunky, discovered powershell, made a few commands, coworkers were scared of the terminal so I taught myself C# to make GUIs for the tools I made. Pretty sweet progression for someone who started out carrying out the trash.
That's pretty funny, but nice to hear, too. It sounds like someone was able and willing to recognize that you were intelligent and competent. I had something like that happen to me- coworkers who were better at the job than I was, but told me I had potential to go on to bigger things. It sounds like you got this too, and have been able to act on it! Good for you!
Hay man, that's awesome! I always love hearing people's stories about moving their way up and learning these things. I feel like I took the easy route as far as learning goes because I have a CS degree. But what you did is very impressive and you should be so proud of yourself.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:51:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still feel very much like a newbie despite a few years experience now. I never really got a chance to be part of a proper project before I went back to university. I did make a few neat internal tools I guess, but I wouldn't call myself a software developer.
Excel is not a database. Using it as a database is obviously a fucking nightmare. That said I do think it works better than Access. Which is just excel pretending to be a database. If you want a real database there are a bajillion options if you know SQL
Yeah I have absolutely no idea how to do anything beyond very basic things with excel (I can do sums and averages and change cell colors..) but I am becoming quite good at SQL. I am a programmer so for the most part, excel is not terribly relevant to my job but SQL absolutely is. It seems like 30% of my job is planning and designing, 40% is coding, and the last 30% is SQL.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can treat Excel files as SQL databases with OLEDB. Microsoft generically calls everything "data sources" where the idea is that you shouldn't really care where the data comes from, you can query them all the same using ADO.NET
And you get available database providers. List might be different depending on if you're running 32 bit or 64 bit.
I wouldn't look too much into it if it's not relevant, but it's nice to know the tech exists. OLEDB is constrained to 255 columns by the way, so don't even bother if you have crazy colleagues like I do.
I mean, I've had to import excel files into SQL plenty of times, but I'm not doing actual calculations in excel at all. Basically just using it as a vessel to get data from point A to point B. But yeah I've had to do a lot of importing, both manually and programmatically so I'm quite familiar haha
I work in research for a big property company and I can't use pivot tables for my data because my boss "Doesn't Trust them" everything must be done via SUMIFS
Beware being the guru on anything LOL. That means you get to do their work for them. We have a very specific tool at work for importing data from Excel into management tool. I've given more than a few training session on how to install and use this tool in Excel, and a simple Excel template. But no, I'm the only one who knows how to use it, they can't even bother to put the data in the correct template first. Again I don't mind helping at all, just it's not that hard!
Oh, I love being one of two people in our department who actually understands our VMS and how the use it for reports. The rest can use it, but as soon as anything more complex than basic user functionality is required or something breaks ...
It's hilarious when the one colleague and I go on vacation at the same time and everyone loses their mind. Just happened earlier this month for two weeks, my counterpart from another country that k work with closely got a few calls while I was off
I don't know how to process data in Excel either... rather use MATLAB or Python. Excel is just too clunky, and is restricted to inbuilt functions.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not. I don't know if many people have heard of Power BI, but that program is based on an addin Excel had a while back and the technology has been integrated in the Data tab since Excel 2016. Excel can handle millions of rows without breaking a sweat, and you can transform the data without a lot of churning because it virtualizes, only showing you the first 1000 rows. You can build steppable queries where you can move back and forth between each step, save those queries and repeat them on other data sets, so that the Excel file only represents the query itself rather than all the data.
I’ve just learned power BI and I like it. I’ve been the Excel person at my large company for awhile and let me tell you I’ve seen some shit. I sent a file to someone and they called me and asked me, “who is this Marco?” Huh? Turns out he was getting the “enable macro” button and was afraid to push it. No slight on him at all but it was funny. You do get people that come over to your desk and usually they are desperate so they will literally pull you off task and camp at your desk until you fix their problem. Often it is people several grades above me as we like to tell everyone to go into STEM subjects but only want to pay sales and marketing the big bucks.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never had a proper use for Power BI myself but I very much enjoy the Power tools within Excel itself. Power Pivot lets you use multiple tables in a Pivot table and treat the tables as relational data.
Excel can handle millions of rows without breaking a sweat
Unless you're trying to actually load it all into a single file. I found out that it chokes after the first million or so rows if you do that. (Access, by comparison, calls it quits once its file size exceeds 2 GB.)
Turned out the 1.85 GB ASCII file I was trying to wrangle contained over 56.8 million rows (with 4 columns). How being an ASCII file compressed that into only 1.85 GB, I'm not sure I want to know.
Multibeam bathymetry: worse than fucking LIDAR.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course. My point is you can filter and massage the data without loading it, reducing the results to just a few thousand lines before you execute it. That wasn't possible before.
Trying to load all the data before actually doing something with it is the most typical programming mistake, you're not supposed to. Reason 1 to 100 as to why people complain about why Entity Framework is so slow: they write shitty LINQ queries that loads the data first, before filtering, rather than letting the database filter and return the relevant data.
Also use Excel 64 bit edition. Goes beyond 2 GB memory.
I'm just glad someone was able to point me to a tool that was apparently purpose-built for handling that kind of data. There's google-fu, and there's also knowing when to ask people on a subreddit dedicated to the field (or stackexchange or whatever, I suppose).
I'm also glad that I built a decently powerful personal machine (that still took quite some time to process it), because the worstations provided by the university did not like trying to process and display all that data (each row coded for an XYZ point on a map - which also lead to some issues in that the file had nothing to indicate what projection it was supposed to be in!). Hell, they didn't even like trying to display it once I translated the 56.8+ million points into a (lower resolution, if you can say a field of vector points has a "resolution") raster.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:14:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While Excel sure isn't suitable for that kinda stuff (I'd just use SQL localdb), a million points of something doesn't really tell me much.
When I spin up a C# console application I'm able to generate 100 million 4-dimensional vectors (last dimension is projection) and sum them all up in 4 seconds. Most of that time is spent using the Random.Next() function for x,y,z,w. If I just created 100 million Vectors with default 0 value it takes 0.7 seconds.
My point is that the amount of items in itself doesn't really tell me the amount of work that must be done. I used Excel for way different purposes than what you're describing - but what is amazing about modern Excel is that it will allow you to massage and filter data sources that contain those 100 million rows, without having to actually load all that data. That's a pretty nifty office tool for people who don't know a programming language.
The tool would have been built with Python, I'm pretty certain. Building a dBASE file, if I recall the filetypes right, along with another pair of files, one that holds the actual geometry and an index file for the geometry.
Not really arguing with you - really I agree. Kind of trying to reinforce your point, I think (after all, the tool I used was probably doing the same thing - continuous read/write so it doesn't have to hold the whole file in memory). And maybe vent a bit (I'm still dealing with this absurd file on occasion).
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
LOL yes dbase! Hah, this is the first time I've seen someone say that word here on reddit in the wild. That's amazing. Struggled with the same damn system at my workplace. Company tool to configure our product uses it and it takes like 20 minutes to export a project into xml.
Made my own program that can read xbase in general.
Unfortunately I only managed to do this with the raw data and I was unable to replicate the ridiculous relational indexing features this tool was using, and the hacks the programmers of the tool had implemented; their code turned off all error handling when reading and writing to .dbf files so that they could basically ignore any dbase constraints, this meant you could not use Microsoft OLEDB technology to read from their dbase database. I had to write my own reader which basically read at the byte level. Sigh.
While researching how dbase works I came across old forum posts where people said they learned how to program back in the day when they were phasing out dbase... in the 90s.
I know about tables but I prefer to leave it as a range if possible. What was the benefit of converting that blew their minds?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasn't just the tables, that was just the starting point for me knowing about neat little tricks. They still don't use tables and don't understand their purpose. Having a table in Excel is like having an SQL database and defining a table. Not having a table is like saying to SQL "I have a blob of data, I dunno what, you deal with it." It's the difference between defining your data and just having data.
It automatically adds the filters on top. It adds boundaries. It automatically adds new rows to that boundary when you tab into a new row or add data under the last. You can use Ctrl+Arrow, Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End to navigate the boundaries, you can use Ctrl+Space and Shift+Space to select rows or columns, selecting the data and not the headers. The benefit of tables is that you get a defined, named area within the worksheet. If you reference a table with a pivottable, you can just click Refresh and it'll find the new rows you've added, while if it's a range you must manually update the pivot-table boundaries.
It lets you use table-enabled references, like "=[@Price]*0.5" to mean "This row, price column" when you have a repeating formula, instead of using ugly ABC references. When you do have repeating formulas like that and treat Excel like a boring 2D list it's easier to make changes to those formulas, you can pick any cell in a column and it'll propagate the change throughout the entire column. This is a good thing, unless you're doing strange, twisty pivot-table-like stuff by hand in which case you're crazy.
All of those things combined makes it very easy to use INDEX MATCH, two formulas that become a powered-up VLOOKUP - it basically turns Excel into a poor man's relational database.
64 here. Excel is our friend!! Love doing formulas to add stuff/calculate percentages yadda yadda... better then a calculator! Guess growing up with it since it’s release in ‘87 helped. Not all old folks are dumb! ...well except I just learned on this thread that you can’t throw flour on a grease fire.. flunked home ec in ‘73.. downhill ever since in the kitchen... BUT I CAN FREAKING DO FORMULAS LIKE A BAD ASS!!!!
Good on you! Didn't mean to imply that old people are incapable of operating technology, it's just many don't make the effort to learn about it in my observation. And that's not just an old-person thing lol, if I had a dollar for every time I've told someone my age about keyboard shortcuts...
I too learnt about the grease fire. The more you know
I had to take one of these courses. It was only a few years ago. As one of the youngest there, I was dead bored but a surprising number of people needed help.
The first lesson was about the desktop, folders, start menu and recycling bin, as well as how to right-click, make desktop shortcuts, find the network drive, etc.
It's not the 1990s anymore but there are still many people who need basic computer skills.
I went to a high school where we were dual enrolled in college for our junior and senior years. Smart kids. Selective admission school, consistently one of the best high schools in the nation. A friend of mine built a 3D rendering program for his calculator just for fun. That kind of school.
A couple classmates of mine accidentally signed up for an intro to computers course instead of intro to programming. And because of how the rules worked with how the county paid the college for our courses, they were locked into that class for the full semester, sitting bored out of their minds with grandparents learning what the start menu was.
The people in that class were mostly 30 to 50-year olds. Some had the skills but needed certification. Others learned a lot. The instructor was a lovely lady who could've been someone's grandmother. She was very competent and amazingly patient.
On the other hand, I've run into some younger people who are astoundingly bad with computers. The local schools are nothing special but even they taught this stuff in the 1990s. I assume it's still part of the curriculum. Things like copying/moving/renaming/deleting files, saving/retrieving files in different locations, and identifying file types.
I'm 24 and I seem to know either people who have little to no idea how to use a computer or are massively into them and know many of the inner workings most people will never need to worry about. It's always a strange dichotomy when going back and forth, especially when they're peers my own age.
I think a lot of it is that a lot of you young'uns grew up with mobile devices rather than desktops. But for us folks who are just a little older, we grew up when you still routinely had to use text commands for a lot of systems. You would go to the library to do research for school projects and the catalog would be running on DOS. You learned a lot more about the software side. Programs and OSes moved quickly. You'd have a major new version of Windows nearly every year. And hardware was also advancing much more quickly too- you didn't have to know how it worked, but the specs really made a huge performance difference, so you had to keep up with it. I'm still running a laptop that's more than a decade old, that used to be completely unthinkable.
It is strange. We've gone from "everyone needs basic skills" to "kids teach themselves." Maybe that's a problem. A minority will always be massively into computers. Everyone else still needs the basics.
The average person doesn't need thorough knowledge of the inner workings. I think they need a mental model of computer concepts. You can deal with an unfamiliar app. You have a general idea how to approach simple tasks. You know what computers (and apps) can and can't do. You can use a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. You're familiar with keyboard shortcuts, right-clicking, long-pressing, etc. You know the difference between closing a window and closing an app. You can navigate menus and file systems. Stuff like that.
I'm starting to see it come full circle with young kids who've never used a traditional computer but went smartphone > tablet > gaming console and are suddenly lost outside of that kind of UI.
Might be a nice way to connect to the grandkids at some point...
The overlap between the two groups is smaller than my joke above may suggest:
Basically my aunt in her fifties and my little sister in her twenties could both use the same Excel + traditional desktop course. But outside of that my sister uses a plethora of technology on the daily (WhatsApp, Facebook, Camera & image editing apps etc.) whereas my aunt is practically a luddite who we're considering getting a first smartphone. I'd expect the younger folks to have a much more learn ready attitude towards technology in general and even "traditional" or otherwise unfamiliar UIs. Given that people were never really expected to start into the workforce with that kind of knowledge (or at least not in-depth) and I don't think we've got a problem.
Add to that traditional UI is very much on the way out as far as many consumer focused applications are concerned, instead focusing on the ease-of-use kind many are already growing up with. Sure we still have expert tools and whatnot but the barrier of entry into technology is steadily lowering - heck I see kids these days navigating websites before they're able to read...
The COVID-19 lockdown exposed a lot of tech problems. I know someone that made many phone calls on behalf of teachers. Their students weren't participating in online discussions, submitting homework, responding to emails, etc. Even when provided with step-by-step instructions, some had trouble with the simplest tasks. Their experience with WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, etc. did not prepare them to install or use unfamiliar apps. When given a web link, a username and a password, some could not log in. None of this required a traditional computer.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 03:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother has had a PC at home since 1991 and is great with Excel, Quickbooks, Word and one or two other programs.
When I was a kid I had to ask her to install games etc. because she didn't trust me to "do it properly." To this day she still doesn't trust me to touch her computer even though I routinely build and maintain my own machines (she has never opened or dusted her current PC, which has somehow not caught fire or died in the 13 years she's had it).
I'm the kind of person who doesn't need an antivirus program because I know how to use the Internet properly. She's the kind of person who can't grasp that Google provides answers to questions, even after a dozen patient explanations with examples.
Still doesn't want me near her machine because I'll "break it." A few years back I decided to do something about her complaints that the PC was slow and plodding, so I installed CCleaner and ran it. The machine needed it and ran a bit better after.
Naturally, as soon as the next thing went wrong with her computer she decided it was because I'd run CCleaner and "messed something up." I've since decided to just not bother. If the machine catches fire and burns the house down or if it stops working and she loses all the data she refuses to back up on another machine then it's a lesson learned.
Best description I've ever heard for this is "magic" vs. "model" people.
"Model" people understand what the software is trying to achieve. So if they find themselves lost, they can generally figure out what each option does and how to get where they want to. The challenge for them comes in understanding the model - but once they understand it, they're laughing.
"Magic" people don't. As far as they're concerned, the whole computer is a magic box and you make the magic happen by using the incantations (=pressing buttons) in the right order. The challenge for them comes in memorising the exact sequence of buttons to press.
Obvious problem here: If a button is in a different place, or the magic box does something they weren't expecting, the "magic" person is completely lost.
This is really true. My mom knows exactly how to do everything she needs to do for her job (teaching programs, zoom, powerpoint) but only EXACTLY in the steps she's memorized. She wanted me to fix the computer because it was being glitchy, slow and some of her files weren't working on other computers, etc. Turns out she hadn't updated the OS or any of the programs in 7 years AND every file she had ever made was on the desktop. For months afterward she would drop low-key accusations that I had messed up "her system" because the update had reset some of her settings on the programs she used and she really HAD NO IDEA how to do some of the work without the exact steps she had memorized. Plus she insisted I had deleted a bunch of her files because I put them in a folder in alphabetical order. She had literally memorized the physical location of the files she used a lot on her desktop and couldn't cope without them in that spot. Maddening. I refuse to help her now.
37285 · 4 points · Posted at 04:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was a computer scientist and worked for some major universities and the US government as well as a security consultant for credit card companies. My grandfather who was in his 90s was convinced my dad broke his computer when he asked him to fix it. It was so long ago I can’t remember what he said my dad did but it was something absurd.
My mum has a friend who's also like that. Its like they don't look at the screen and don't ever think. I also can't help with them anymore its so so frustrating
37285 · 4 points · Posted at 05:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It goes both ways though. I joined a law enforcement agency and they had a legacy system that was from 1990. You know the screen was green and it had stupid menu navigation. Each thing you could go to had a number but if you wanted to go to 7 you could not just hit seven. You had to do 4 plus 3 because each column only had four selections.
After about ten minutes I noped the fuck out and would just call a clerk who had worked there for decades to look up the info I needed. It’s 2020 and I’m sure there is some poor sucker who is still yelling about why he has to do 4 plus 3!
Yea definitely. It's a case of, is learning this a valuable use of my time? And if it works for you, why change how you're doing it.
I can completely understand why you noped out of a console interface though lol. To the uninitiated those things are a beast.
37285 · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hardly ever needed to use it. It had all the records from before 2011. They switched to a new system at that time. I didn’t really need to access the old system very often. I think I needed to use it four times for the whole time I worked there. It was not worth sinking ten hours or so into mastering it when the person who did it for me probably spent a total of 15 minutes for the four times I needed it.
Can confirm - I work in a busy hospital and you would be totally surprised at how some of the smarted old school doctors you could ever hope to meet can do anything you need yet when it comes to “just click the link I send you in this email” suddenly becomes a job they need to have someone show them how to do.
I work in IT, I have a coworker on my team that's been on the project for decades. I taught her what ctrl-c and ctrl-v do last year. in IT. and it's not that she's just used to older systems. she can't use a command line to save her life and that was like 10% of the job until a resent restructure. she would just always have someone else do that part for her. she worked there when the system was first installed and never learned it.
Related story: my old boss at my current job is very particular about how he does things and really doesn't like changing his ways. When I first started my job (fresh out of school by the way), he really put an emphasis on being efficient while coding or doing sql queries. He showed several keyboard shortcuts to make life easier and really put an emphasis on how picking up the mouse slows you down.
But, despite using all these more specific shortcuts and all, the dude would still right click his mouse to copy and paste stuff. He had somehow never heard of ctrl+c and ctrl+v despite knowing how to make it look like coding magic in an IDE. It kind of blew my mind and when I told him, he was kind of bashful about trying it and then went right back to right clicking while still talking about being efficient.
In my first job there was a lady who did the word processing. One day she took it upon herself to spring clean the network of ‘all those untidy empty folders’. Turns out she was using the word processing software to browse the network and couldn’t see any other type of file. Deleted pretty much everything.
So many people know of Excel as the program you use when you want to make a table. I've had a co-worker in her 60s amazed that you can make a table in MS Word.
I work in IT with some very smart people, who have a lot of knowledge in a specific extremely complicated system, and most of them had only worked with this software their whole careers. My background in computers is much broader than most of them, having been a vendor for ten years who worked on everything from testing new operating systems to hardware QA.
I've had to help many of these people with things like how to set up a multiple monitor desktops, how to install certificates, how to set up printers, lots of troubleshooting software and hardware issues, basically any time their machines had an issue I get to play support desk guy for them. And to me anyway this isn't complicated stuff. But I get to be the hero and when I run into an issue with a complicated interface not working right they're happy to troubleshoot with me. Many also have a weird attitude towards Googling for answers too, like they'll put the bare minimum effort into their search query and I'll be like, "Really? You can do better than that" and turns out they can on the second try.
I had asupervisor that would manually add up a the columns on their excels using a calculator and paper. Like this was 10 minute ordeal every day where I couldn't interrupt or I'd break concentration. I thought she was doing a much more complicated operation because of the calculator.
I only discovered that they were doing addition when I was helping em with some other aspect and actually glanced at what they was working on. Who knows how much they could have saved if I just looked over their shoulder like 2 years earlier...
-Ahab- · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen a number of my colleagues basically use it as a word processor. If only office came with some other program intended for Word s ...
Yup, had a teacher in school who was basically the "office" teacher, meaning Word, Excel, etc.
Total idiot with basic computer stuff outside of her specific field. Luckily she was right across the hall from the IT classes, who frequently had to come fix things for her.
That’s me a lot of things have changed in the 20 years since I took the damn class. I have the new stuff that I can teach myself one day. But I feel like a jackass at work some days.
She wasn't hired to know excel she was hired to do the thing she did with excel, there is a difference. It's like saying hey the builder can't build a table saw, idiot or the chef can't build a kitchen. It's a tool to make/do something else to those people.
does learning from your experiences stop being a thing as you age
? Surely, being proficient with excel would cause you to, idk, just get used to computers, you know? It always feels like really old people can only learn one thing at a time in one specific way, and then they can't apply it to literally anything else.
I've known a few people who use the recycle bin as a folder.
Had a very similar situation to the above come up at one point. Lost a really important file. I ended up having to go round to every salesman in the company individually, have them pull up their laptops, point to the recycle bin and go "DO NOT USE THAT FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT!", get them to sign a thing saying I'd done it, then leave them with a sheet of paper which was basically the recycle bin icon with a big X through it saying "don't use the recycle bin for files".
Kind of makes you appreciate the thing Google Docs does, where if you move a doc to the trash, it won't let you do anything with it until you take it out of the trash.
You know how a Golem will only do exactly what you tell them to do? It's a bit like that. For most people, computers are impossibly complex machines. Not only can they not figure out how they work, they can't figure out how they might go about figuring out how they work. They will usually air this incomprehension as a personal shortcoming "I'm not that technical" or disinterest "I have better things to do than learn all that", but my experience is that the underlying reason is often fear of breaking something or appearing dumb. So they don't figure it out, and just learn the interactions they need by rote memorization. They don't know what a program or a browser is, they just know that if they click on the thing in the lower left corner of the screen that looks like a blue "e", google opens. Any interaction they haven't specifically been trained for will go like this, and when that's how you learn to interact with computers, skills don't transfer: learning how to use Excel teaches you nothing about file management, if the course always started with "double click the teal X".
I cannot wrap my head around that. I mean, I was a wee little toddler when computers were first starting to become a common appliance in family homes, so I started learning young, but even then my little brain saw the recycle symbol and automatically thought "trash can, that's where trash goes."
I had a boss once who was an absolute genius in Excel, like literally expertly knew every function you can do in Excel but was completely stupid when it came to the rest of the computer. He still used the arrow keys and the enter button instead of a mouse. Didn't even have one on his desk.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom did my dad's accounting in excel. Had like 4 pages with a simple autosum at the bottom of each page. You can bet your ass she redid every page with a calculator to double check.
Fair. I was thinking of creating formulas and VLOOKUP type things. Still not the hardest thing Excel can do, but involved enough that I would expect someone who can do them to know what a recycle bin is. If only from the name.
I also did IT in the 90s. This happened to me atleast half a dozen times. They would assure me they copied off all the stuff they needed before reimage - where are all my files? They were in recycle bin!
Or clear the 80% of drive sitting in recycle, now they lost all their work for last 10yrs...
I have met quite a lot of people while working in IT support that are a wiz in a single program and cannot be trusted to open the start menu on their own. They start their computer, click on that icon for their program on the desktop, and work from there.
Once an app update changed the file path and made the desktop icon useless, and for a week we were swamped with people who didn't know you could use the start menu to start it. These people literally did not know how to navigate it. But in the application they could do stuff that was just crazy.
My high school mad me take a Microsoft office course that had a lot of stuff that definitely wasn’t common knowledge, but that was only 2 years ago for me so fairly recent.
I had a colleague who used the ERP system and office software just fine and he had lots of knowledge and experience. Then one day he was sending a fax and came asking me if it was really sent because the paper came out on the other side.
Later on I heard that he had had cerebral hemorrhage about a year or two prior and he wasn’t quite the same as before.
I have several older coworkers who treat the “Deleted” folder in outlook as storage. They get email and they immediately delete to then go and look at it.
Is this a language thing? In the UK a bin is a trash can. I assume in the US that sounded a bit on the nose, therefore "recycling bin" was chosen.
Nobody in their right mind in the UK would consider "recycling bin" as anything other than a place to put rubbish in.
Of course, I am sure some dumb twats still used it like OP's story, but at least with the knowledge that it was a trash can.
Snota · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like in the 90s excel was one of the basic things people used computers for. Computers weren't the glorified internet browsers that they are today.
tbf, I think the big wtf is why would windows allow you to modify and save files already in the recycle bin. You'd think they'd be read-only at that stage.
dpc_22 · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excel can be considered pretty basic at least for the most usecases
You would be surprised how untechsavvy a lot of people are who work with computers daily. They know how to turn it on and run the programs but that is it. I know many people who know one specific thing and then nothing else.
Like graphical designers know Illustrator and Photoshop but dont know how to access the C drive. Some People with powerful gaming machines dont know where the game files are or how to do simple troubleshooting.
Not to mention the beta zoomers born in late 00's. They know phones but a computer? Wow that is something way new... Like even 15 yos now dont know how to use a PC or even mac but their phone is an extension of them.
There was research showing that millenials are by far the most computer-savvy generation. Gen Z struggles with computers more because they use apps instead. They don't require to understand the internal structure of their devices.
CFO at my company was amazed when I showed her the recycle bin... She asked me if everyone else knew about it. Then while downloading something she said she didn't know where it went and I said it's probably just in your download folder if you didn't select anywhere else.... She was shocked there were so many files in there and proceeded to ask me if everyone knew about that either. Then told me at some point I need to show everyone at work just in case no one else knows about it......
She also couldn't figure out how to shut down her new windows 10 laptop I had to actually remote in and show her where to go because just saying "click the icon in the bottom left corner and go to the power icon on the bottom of the menu" describing it as a circle with small line on top and the fact that when you hover over it the menu expands and says Power, that was not enough....
But she knows how to use Excel somehow... Couldn't figure out Gmail though, told me to make it "look like outlook"... 🙄
These are the kinds of people in charge... Send help. 😅
This is actually a thing for some reason. A lot of older people use the recycle bin as "the" folder for some reason, and they will not change no matter what anyone tells them. When I joined the IT department at my first job they explained to me that the automated backup system would not work for eight specific employees because they only ever stored files in their recycle bins, and that it was my job to restore, back up, then re-delete their files on a regular basis. They had been sent emails about it in the past, they had been given a specially-made guidebook explaining how to use folders normally, there had been at least one meeting about it, but they would not budge.
This became a real problem when we started using OneDrive and they kept deleting shared files.
She probably learned spreadsheeting on Lotus 1-2-3, or even on VisiCalc. There was no "Recycle Bin" back then. When she switched to Windows 95, it never dawned on her that "Recycle Bin" is any way special and different from all the other folders on her machine.
My former boss (Managing Director of his own company with ~30 employees) used Excel with his desktop calculator. No formulas, just fixed values. At the time i thought he never had any training, but later found out that the educator for our trainees did the exact same thing. The guy was state-certified, no idea how he managed that.
I'd venture to say she probably had written instructions of the exact steps to follow to do what she needed to do in Excel with no understanding of what was actually happening. Source: seen it too many times to count.
There are a lot of people who are extremely proficient at a specific task but completely clueless about pretty much anything else, because they stick to what they know.
Lots of people learn a specific program but don't actually spend any time learning anything else. So you end up with an Excel whiz who can't set up a network or whatever. When I was a teenager and computer classes were a fairly new thing, we literally spent all semester just learning Excel. That's the only program we ever used in that class. And it wasn't an Excel class, specifically. It was supposed to be a general computer class.
The autosave would need to be manually moved to the recycle bin from its default folder which she clearly wouldn't know how to do. It doesn't just overwrite the old file. You simply can't lose a spreadsheet like that. It's believable that someone would save things to the recycle bin. Everything after that is horseshit, another poster practicing his creative writing skills.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:05:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They would autorecover, but not autosave. The difference is that the autorecover version is only available next time you start word after the word document you were working in crashed. If you were working in a Word document for an hour and closed it without saving, it would also delete the .asd recovery file.
There are also temp files created while you work in Word, but normally these are also deleted when you close Word so you definitely can't rely on them.
Maybe you had an separate program that created backups of certain files, but what you describe definitely is not Office behavior. You can read more on it here:
https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm
I also believe the story is wrong though. What I remember from windows 98 and every windows OS after is that you can't open files in the trash bin. But perhaps OP is remembering wrong and the files weren't in the recycle bin, but in a temp folder. But maybe I'm wrong, since a lot of people have similar stories.
xahnel · 0 points · Posted at 03:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most effective way to teach someone who doesn't understand the recycle bin: spend ten bucks buying them a nice fast food meal, tell them you bought them lunch, then open everything and throw it into the garbage. When they show up, direct them to the trash. When they bitch, say "if you're okay storing your files in the trash, you should have no problem eating from the trash."
muigleb · 139 points · Posted at 01:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Employees storing (important) documents in the recycle bin (or deleted items folder) is not unknown to IT staff.
Panaka · 70 points · Posted at 02:29:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The office I work in just upgraded to Windows 10 and I’ve had the pleasure of working with the senior shift during this transition. “Where is the shared drive,” “I can’t find my phone numbers,” and much more was said when literally nothing changed. Many of these guys were working with documents that they’d dragged to their local desktop and were years out of date.
Fuckers had the audacity to reply to IT’s email sarcastically thanking them for the help, when they couldn’t even find their way to Chrome or to IT’s number without help.
Don’t even get me started on the people whose computers we had to replace for Win10 that couldn’t find any of their files because they weren’t in the “recently used” sections. Ugh.
My company did computer upgrades this last year and there were so many people that were freaking out about it. They just didn't want change so badly that they wanted to keep their crappy, old, computers.
The help desk supervisor told us about how there was one guy who was still using Access 97 and was adamantly refusing to upgrade even though the help desk guy was told by his boss in no uncertain terms that he had to get that dude to upgrade the program. The guy with the outdated program literally threatened to quit if they made him upgrade.
Bless those poor help desk guys. They have to be so patient. There are so many people at my company who have been there 25+ years so they don't really deal with change and are incredibly stuck in their ways.
Eugh, a couple of years back I worked somewhere where Outlook was setup to ask ‘Do you want to delete everything in the deleted file?’ every time you closed it. This was never a problem for me because obviously yes, that’s where I put stuff I don’t want anymore.
One day my manager was all in a huff though because she’d used someone else’s computer (or they’d used hers, I can’t remember) and she’d left her email open so that person had closed it and clicked ‘yes’ to deletion out of habit (and logic) and she was so salty at them because she ‘needed those emails!’
Yes. My instinct from years of dealing with weird shit people do™ would be to copy out the recycling to a flash drive or something. Deleting anything without knowing if it might be in use is a good way to find out that it was, in fact, in use.
The number of people who use the recycle bin to stores their files is absolutely terrifying. Whenever I help someone out at work now I always ask them where they save their files, just in case. I also don’t bother to ask if they have backups; I just assume they don’t, so I make them upload their files to OneDrive before I do anything.
I don't know if it's because I've been using computers for 20-something years, but having a folder/area called Recycle Bin is a clear sign that it should never be used to store things.
I wonder if Windows calling theirs Trash Can would give people the hint that it's not permanent...but I doubt it.
It's less of an issue these days since Windows doesn't allow you to open files directly from recycle bin and doesn't even show the folder in the "Open files" dialogue.
I wonder if Windows calling theirs Trash Can would give people the hint that it's not permanent
Probably. I've always thought 'Recycle Bin' was a silly name, because recycling something means using it again. I'm willing to bet this problem is significantly less common among Apple users, because they call it 'Trash'.
Oh god, this is giving me flashbacks to when I learned how my Dad “saves” Word files.
He goes to the menu, scrolls right past “Save”, and selects “Export to Email”. Honestly until this I didn’t even know that existed. He emails the file to himself, then opens his email and downloads it.
He has several thousand documents named “untitled” on his computer. This man had an executive level job. Chew on that.
I literally do not help people with their computer any more because, even if it was two years after you showed them how to rename a file, they still blame you for ruining their computer every time they do something daft.
You can't open files INSIDE of the Recycle Bin. It is a safeguard against just this situation. It might have been in her Temp folder (anything in there will open if you can find it).
creepig · 126 points · Posted at 01:33:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now you can't, no. In the 90s you definitely could.
I may be wrong because I've never owned a Mac, but I've heard from others that Apple legally laid claim to the term "Trash/Trash Bin" ages ago so Windows couldn't use it for their delete storage function.
You got me all nostalgic, I was a kid when it came out. I had a windows 95 (compaq) and my fave thing was the Hover game! I dedicated hours of my life in that game but was awful. Lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You'd be surprised at how many stories of people who do this or file emails away in the deleted items folder in Outlook. Then they get pissed off when you empty it. It's mind blowing. I've even heard a story where someone literally filed physical papers documents in the trashcan next to their desk and was mad when the cleaning people emptied it.
zangor · 1 points · Posted at 15:45:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright ...
This one is pretty extreme though. They must have some sort of mental complex.
r/talesfromtechsupport have many similar stories.
What seems to be an effective way of explaining why their work is gone is to ask them if they keep important bills etc. in their own trashcan.
I'm not sure how accurate a representation of windows 93 this is, but it's fun and goofy. If you have a minute, give it a whirl. You won't be disappointed.
..... Can you even open files from the recycle bin?
adeon · 40 points · Posted at 02:19:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not on modern versions of windows, but on older versions you could. I think Vista was the first one where you couldn't but it's been long enough that I'm not certain, it might have been XP.
Are you sick of reddit though? You've been here 9 years making reddit a worse place. Why'd you delete that reply asking me if I'm black? I'm not btw but I'm not white either so do with that info what you will you racist fuck. Btw I bet all 3 of your kids will grow up to be ashamed of you. Enjoy the rest of your miserable existence. With the amount you smoke, it'll probably be cut short thanks to lung cancer.
If downvotes make you cry, reddit is not the place for you. Where were you planning on spending your upvotes? They mean literally nothing. Are you a child?
Feel free to hang somewhere else if you’re sick of Reddit. No one is asking you to be here. Unless someone on some other sub is saying, “Oh, please, helladamnleet! What will Reddit ever do without your racism and fragility?! Please don’t go.” I don’t see anyone here going that direction, tho.
I have a slightly but not at all similar story with a friend's personal PC. He had just discovered Steam and went on a game buying binge. Complained to me that he couldn't download any more games. I take a look at his system and he had his entire Steam library downloaded and installed on his computer. Most of the games he hadn't even played. He thought once you purchased a game on Steam if you didn't save the game files on your computer you would lose it. Cleared up about 400gb of disk space by uninstalling all the games he wasn't currently playing and his system was running fine after that.
That’s like when we changed our Mail retention policy and a bunch of people lamented that their DELETED ITEMS were all gone.
Yep! We only keep 30 days of it now! Why would you use that folder for storage? Do you keep the garbage at your desk for 180 days? Never mind, don’t answer that. Here’s a copy of the new retention guidelines, good day.
(For people wondering how this person was so dumb: She NOT the only one. That's frighteningly common occurrence. I don't know why or how, but people keep their important documents in Recycle Bins and Trashbins in various programs and desktops. And they don't understand when told it's not for that. The closest I've managed to get an understanding was to ask one person "So.. do you keep your physical copy of <important document> in your home in your RECYCLE BIN?" That seemed to make some understanding happen somewhere deep inside the brain cell, but still the answer was "well, no, but this is computer."
Semi-relevant but I just found out today. My MIL thought her phone was broken because her browser stopped working. It’s because she had like 500 tabs open on it.
This would explain why later versions of Windows wouldn't let you open files in the Recycle Bin, instead telling you to move it somewhere else to open it.
(Side note: Back then, there were actually ways to recover very recently deleted files fairly easily. Only people in the tech industry would have known though.)
Doesn't that mean she had to delete it again each time? The recycle bin has to restore the file to it's original place before it opens it right.
edit: NVM I reread and OP said the 90s. Oops. I was thinking at least xp or later had this feature and trying to remember. I had 95, 98, and even millennium edition but it's been a looong time.
Mate, when computers were new to office work, you could seriously fuck shit up just by pressing the wrong key at the wrong time. They've come a looooooooonnngggg way.
Man, that cnet video was such a blast from the past. It's crazy how everything that we just take as is... Like the taskbar, start menu, and dragging things to the desktop was the new hotness then....
That video is awesome. Microsoft's pushing of the Start feature was so successful that they can't get rid of it now even when they want to.
Also, plug and play was revolutionary and it still amazes me that I can just plug in any mouse, keyboard, or nearly any other device I just bought off a shelf and it just...works!
It's like people using their deleted items folder to save emails in Outlook. I've had so many clients do that. The ones that stick out the most were the medical malpractice defense attorneys. Idiots.
How did she open it from the recycle bin? If you click on a file there, it doesn't open, it asks you if you want to restore it. You have to restore it before you can open it. Was it different way back then?
I work in IT and the amount of people, I'm talking about compliance directors, senior management, finance agents who store critical emails in Outlook's deleted items folder is staggering.
op3l · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks suspiciously like some thing I read on Computer Stupidities site...
Oh man. That reminds me of a manager I had at a previous job. The guy was "make you regret trying hard academically just to end up working for this guy" dumb. He once argued with me for 20 minutes because he was adamant "hover" wasn't a real word. He also didn't know how to create or place files into a desktop folder. He had 150 icons on his desktop. In no particular order. It still makes me irrationally angry thinking about it.
This tale gets told a lot in r/talesfromtechsupport. So many people will give recommendations on how to hide the recycling bins so people can't use them for storing important documents.
I have no idea if this was possible in the late 90's, but there's recovery software you can scan the hard drive with and recover deleted files. You have the most success when running it immediately after deletion. If you wait too long the recoverable data gets overwritten.
This is surprisingly common. I've seen people use "Deleted items" in Outlook for the same purpose - I'm sure it's because they can put things in there with one press of a button on the keyboard. So it becomes more a sort of "pending" folder for "things I need to get around to later".
HBB360 · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, never knew Windows in the '90s didn't automatically empty the Recycle Bin every few weeks like nowadays.
Actually now I'm not even sure modern Windows does that? Maybe I was thinking of macOS?
Same thing. Some co-worker used the bin as container. She knew if she deletes something it shows up on this "desktop folder". People wouldn't use a real recycle bin as a document container but for some reason the do on a computer.
I used to do tech support as a side gig for an older woman. One time she was having issues with her email and as I was fixing everything she told me that her “trash folder disappeared and she needs it back because that’s where she organizes her files” I tried for weeks to convince her to break the habit but she refused.
Omg. My SO works in IT and tvis exact thing happemed to him too (except they always have back ups thamk God).
Im honestly surprised to hear about Another adult who stores important documents IN THE TRASH
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:26:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read a similar story on notalwaysright.com... idiot kept all his ‘important’ emails in the trash folder in his email account. Tech support had to run an update or something, and confirmed (more than once even) that he had saved everything he needed. He said he had.
But he stored everything in the trash. The trash! Why in God’s name would you ever? 🤦♀️
Yup, I've had clients use recycle bin for storage, a lot of my older clients I always ask before emptying as they think it's a great place to store files. My usual response when clients tell me that is, do you use your recycle bin in the house in the same way?
What version are you testing on? Is that the original release or one with a service pack applied/built into the ISO? It may be bullshit, but seems equally probable that it was a bug that got fixed.
I had a guy bring in his laptop complaining of it being slow. He was smart enough to figure out the hard drive was full, asked us to do a clean-up on it and figure out why how it managed to fill up when all he used it for was work documents.
I found a folder with tens of gigabytes worth of video files. Asked the guy if I was okay to delete those, and that's the story of how he learned his son was gay.
I've seen people do this with the deleted items folded in Outlook. Apparently back when mailboxes were limited to like 250mb it was discovered that the deleted items folder didn't count against your quota. People were still doing it for several years after 1. mailbox limits were greatly increased and 2. The loophole was removed
[deleted] · 7368 points · Posted at 22:02:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
She has the type of mom that does all the cooking and cleaning, but I don't understand why she wouldn't have tried to pass that to her daughter.
That's exactly why! Mom always did everything and never realized her little baby would need life skills someday. Infantilizing. That or Mom never wanted to relinquish control of any household tasks because kids tend to be bad at stuff while they're learning.
I had a coworker who was clearly doing this to all of her children. If she worked late her kids AND HUSBAND would complain because none of them could make so much as a sandwich.
One time my mom was in the hospital after having a (thankfully minor) heart attack. My dad went to see her, and asked whether or not she thought that she would be home to make dinner.
The night my mom came home from the hospital after having my brother, my dad asked her what was for dinner. I remember because I was 10 at the time, and even I cringed when he asked her that. This was 24 years ago. They're still married. He still does shit like that. Drives me absolutely insane.
Aw this is bringing back childhood memories of me trying to make a 'grilled cheese' because my family was more of the, "Hey we aren't home so if you want to eat you better make something for yourself."
I knew it was bread and melted cheese but I didn't really understand the 'grilling' part so I'd just take some bread/cheese and microwave it....It was this horrible hot/soggy cheesy bread thing but I was like 10-12 so it felt close enough at the time. Was either that or I didn't eat some nights, always weird to me to hear of people that'd just sit and wait for someone else to make something.
xrihon · 23 points · Posted at 05:11:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel bad, that was one of my childhood treats and honestly, I still make it and like it. Nothing close to a toasty grilled cheese, but it's still cheese, warm bread, and yummy midnight snackage with some milk.
I did that for a few years. Another fave of mine was to make 'garlic bread' by spreading a slice of white bread on both sides with margarine and putting it in the toaster for a minute.
You'll be ok. None of this stuff is exclusively taught by parents- your can learn everything yourself if you're motivated to do it. The internet is incredible for teaching life skills.
It will be great. And no matter how they belittle, don't you believe it. I been there. I know it's easier said than done, so I want you to know ahead of time. You're gonna be OK. And if not, you'll figure that out, too.
I'm 42 and moving into my own place soon, 2nd time I've lived on my own....dont be so hard on yourself.....take that money and go travelling, you'll learn so much
don't worry about it. My Mom taught me how to cook and clean, but I seriously had no idea how to use either the washing machine or the dryer before I moved out. I'd seen her do it, but reading the laundry labels seemed like magic and I found it intimidating. Sorted itself out (along with many other things) less than 6 months after I moved out and made some mistakes along the way. You'll be just fine.
Im in the same boat. But my fiancee and i just got an apartment together. I grew up with my parents doing everything. When i met my fiancee. She started showing me how to do things and it clicked that im not gonnaive with my parents forever. So i started to push me to do things on my own. From cooking, to cleaning, to car maintenance.
Leaving the house once your financially ready is a huge step. Its something you’ll just have to do. It’ll be tough and difficult, but it will be good for character growth. And a solid piece of advice i learned is to ask for help or google it lol. Gotta learn at some point.
Btw, i saw a comment that youre 25. And so am i! (Well 26 soon). We all do things at our own pace. Its just taking that step to take control is the hard part.
Yea no worries. And same lol. Everyone is moving at a pace that always makes me seem like im behind. But like i said, everyone is at their own pace :). Youll be fine.
Take it from someone that knows what that's like - internet! My spouse is extremely independent and understands a lot of my knowledge gaps are because of this, NOT because I refuse and/or am unwilling to learn.
There's no shame in googling stuff - that right there is a sign that others have had the same questions. I'm a visual learner so I've definitely used YouTube quite a lot for how to do certain things.
I was in this exact position when I was younger. YouTube has tutorials for EVERYTHING. Basic life skills are nowhere near as hard as your mom is making them out to be. She probably will do that but she can't stop you.
Thank you. Everyone has told me that but i guess problem right now is that i don't know what to look for until i experience that problem myself. Hahaha 😅
See, I can't wait to teach my daughter to cook. She turns two next month and she helps me make monkey bread (rolling the dough pieces in the cinnamon sugar) and stirs. She also has a pretend Swiffer to help me mop and she helps load/empty the dishwasher (cutlery and non-breakable items). She stands by the dryer and I hand her the wet clothes and she throws them in. This is all stuff she wants to do because she sees us doing it - the laundry and dishes she started doing without us asking, just ran up and started. The extra help will be great when she's older.
I think kids tend be helpful when they're small. Then at some point they'll get tired of it/realize theres a bunch of other stuff that are more interesting, or laziness kicks in. Lol
There have been some studies that basically if you just treat it like something they do and don't reward them for it then they're more likely to keep doing it. In countries where it's treated like just something you do as part of the family kids were more likely to keep doing chores. In countries where kids were given treats or allowance for it, kids were less likely to keep doing chores.
This is what we're experiencing I have great kids and they are smart, now that my son has realised housework is for life he doesn't want to do it and of course this realisation would happen during lock down!
My husband and I started having conversations in front of the kids where we say we want to go do something eg gaming, art, Wii what ever. Then we'll look at the kitchen/mess and go "right we need to get this sorted so we can enjoy <insert activity> more. We then ask for help and say that the more people that help the faster it gets done the more time we have for <activity>. The kids don't always help but most times they do. If they start emptying the dishwasher at least once a week without being asked I'll consider that progress we can build on! We're hoping by leading by example that we will teach them the right attitude.
The ‘relinquishing control’ thing was definitely the issue in my house. I was never allowed to cook or clean anything because I would “do it wrong”. And at the same time, any time an external party was present, there would be no hesitation for my mom to make statements that “I never lifted a finger”, was lazy, did nothing for myself or around the house, etc. While that was technically true, she neglected to mention the things like grabbing dishes out of my hands when I went to wash them so she could do it instead, or screaming at me if I even attempted to touch the vacuum.
I’ve been living on my own for over 15 years and I generally only go home once a year. I’m in my 30’s and to this day, I’m not allowed to cook anything in their kitchen.
I’m lucky that I’m self-sufficient, though I do feel like my cooking skills aren’t up to par.
Check out a youtube channel called "Basics with Babish" He goes over everything in really good detail and I believe has a website with solid instructions on how to do certain things.
I've always felt like an inadequate chef since I live with my professional chef brother, and these videos really helped me get way closer to his level.
And at the same time, any time an external party was present, there would be no hesitation for my mom to make statements that “I never lifted a finger”, was lazy, did nothing for myself or around the house, etc.
This shit always boils my blood. My parents never did it, or at least not enough to get on my nerves, but I have a distinct memory of staying over at a friend's house the night before a party so I could help set up. I walked round the house whilst everyone was setting up, asking if there's anything I could do to help, and every time, "nah, I'm good here mate". Sure, no worries, I'll go see if I can help elsewhere.
Party starts that afternoon, the parents are talking to mine, and I walk up "ah, there he is! So did he help much?"
"Nah, barely lifted a finger!"
Fucking. Bullshit. I'm a lazy bastard usually as well, so my parents didn't question it for a second. Nearly ten years later and it still grinds my gears.
It's also narcissism. Mom doesn't want to be made useless when the kids can make things on their own so she won't teach them. It's also possibly a cultural thing where men are expected to have a wife to do things for them around the house.
I dunno if it counts as narcissism. I imagine it's a really strange feeling when you realise that the little turnip you've been providing for for its entire life no longer needs you. There's also Lawn Mower parenting, where the parents care so much that they remove any obstacle in the child's path, creating a child that doesn't know how to overcome any obstacles. It comes from the best intentions but you know what they say.
I will definitely make my kids do chores when I have them, but I really understand the second reason. Idk how I’m gonna bear asking my kids to clean something and then having it be shitty
That's my hangup, too. Balancing the need for the little guy to learn this stuff with my need for it to be done right in a somewhat timely manner with minimum breakage.
Mom never wanted to relinquish control of any household tasks because kids tend to be bad at stuff while they're learning.
That's my mom. Disapproves of everything I do almost out of principle at this point. Won't let me help with anything even though she's getting on in years and can't run the household.
My 2.5yo has a play kitchen in our kitchen. He sees me make coffee every afternoon. He knows that water goes in, coffee goes in, and you press buttons. On his play kitchen he will fully act out getting water, pouring it, putting a coffee pack in (we drink drip coffee but his has some K-cup thing in it), and pushes the... his words... "auto" button.
He even knows the steps to make scrambled eggs, because he's watched me 500x doing it. OP sounds like a couch potato.
my mom is the latter and is the reason why i’m 19 years old and can’t cook or do things like laundry. i’ve asked her to teach me for years and she’ll start showing me how to do something then tell me to do it, but if i’m not doing it EXACTLY how she likes it she’ll stop me and take over and I never learn.
That or Mom never wanted to relinquish control of any household tasks because kids tend to be bad at stuff while they're learning.
My dad was like that. Told me to do a task without even a one-sentence explanation as to how, then watch me start it, only to stop me as soon as I didn't do it like he would have done (often even literally grabbing my wrists to stop me), berating me for doing it wrong, and proceeding to do it himself, while muttering under his breath as how dumb and useless I was.
The second is very true. I'm 19 and there's only one pan I'm allowed to use because my mom doesn't want me to burn all her good pans. I think mother's wanting control of household tasks is a universal thing.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or like me on the other hand, my mom was lazy and our house was always a wreck. She never taught me how to properly clean either. When I moved out on my own I knew nothing! Thanks google and YouTube, for always having my back!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you know that you can do "all household tasks" if your mom does everything? Have you previously done them for yourself? I find that some people discount the skill and effort it takes to run a household because the person currently doing those tasks (usually Mom) makes it look easy. If you've never had to do chores, you might be surprised by the gaps in your knowledge.
Can confirm this is usually the case. I didnt learn how to cook anything until I left home and I still follow recipes mostly as I'm not great at knowing when something is cooked or how to properly season things. It astounds me that my boyfriend can make full meals from scratch and just...know how? We spoke about it and realised his step mum heavily involved him in household tasks from a young age, my mum never taught me to cook or clean or let me help as "kids make too much mess, you dont need to know these things".
being a parent myself, that mentality comes from the fear of them making mess and you have more shit to clean up compare to just doing it yourself. But, as soon as they can start following commands and get better hand eye coordinates, you should start teaching them. It may still be a tiny bit late than letting them figure out through trial and error, but you get to keep your sanity
Sounds like my former roommates' mother. Now one of them subsists on ramen while the other one can just barely cook and they are both in their mid to late 30s.
My mom's kinda like this.
When I tried to cook something she would get mad because I didn't do it right or fast enough. Got screamed at and she continued the cooking.
Needless to say I hate cooking now and only make really simple dishes. But I watch YouTube to learn more about cooking
I can't think of a single chore that I didn't have to help my parents with when I was a kid. Some of them I actually liked, for example cooking dinner was quality time with my parents.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Or the kid complains when they have to do chores so mom just rolls her eyes and does it herself
Yup, my mom did that to me. When I was getting ready to leave for college I asked her how to do laundry and she made fun of me for now knowing how. Well I was never allowed to use the washing machine because “you’ll break it” or “you’ll just do it wrong” so I never used it. How was I supposed to know? My now roommate taught me how to actually iron my clothes, which surprise, I was also not allowed to do when I lived at home. (Didn’t iron in college because it’s college). Also now learning how to use basic household tools. Moving out is like life skills 101.
That or Mom never wanted to relinquish control of any household tasks because kids tend to be bad at stuff while they're learning.
That was my mom. Whenever I did some chore she wanted to watch me to make sure I did it right, would then complain I was doing it wrong and ended up doing it herself.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Mum rarely made me do anything, or taught me how to cook besides showing me how to follow a baking recipe and turn on the oven. Dad made me do dishes at least once a week, but mum would sneak in and excuse me from it, so I was maybe doing one chore every three or four weeks; this did not help me realistically understand how to maintain myself, and it was a difficult transition getting to that point on my own, as an adult. She was an enabler, with this mentality that she's ~the mother~ and thinks it's helpful.
I feel like there's something in her mentality that doesn't have any sense of purpose if she's not the main caregiver and provider of all things, but I also feel she can't stand not being in control.
My mom was the opposite, and actually got a live in anny to teach us how to do the work. I still speak to my nanny to this day, amd she hasn't been my nanny in 7 years. She was more of a mom to me that mine ever was though. And if I could I'd make her my sons god parent. Or nanny. But shes currently having to take care of her parents.
My partner's mom didn't teach her to cook because she didn't want to teach my partner that a woman's place was in the kitchen. She did something similar with cleaning. My partner called me at work one day to ask how to do laundry....
But can't you just see how these things were done and then emulate what you saw?
EniRy · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never thought of it this way but I'm eternally grateful for my mom for involving me in household chores even if I hated it at the time! I had to vacuum and help with dishes from age 7, she taught me how to make crepes at 8, and I had to entirely clean my own room from age 11. I started helping out with laundry and ironing around the same time. now I'm a perfectly functional adult. I guess this was her plan all along. wow.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe dad should have stepped up then
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:35:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No man that’s just a lazy kid. My mom or the maid did all the cooking, cleaning and anything else. I still turned out absolutely fine, I cook fancy dinners, my apartments always spotless, etc. She just didn’t take the time to learn.
Exactly. My bf went through the same. Before I came to live with him, even at 26, his mom would still come over to clean once a week because "he didn't know how to do it" -- but she never bothered to teach him.
Orrrrrrrr the mom didn't want to relinquish control because she simply wanted to have that power forever. If your kids can't do a single thing for themselves and you can keep it that way then they will need you forever
That or Mom never wanted to relinquish control of any household tasks because kids tend to be bad at stuff while they're learning.
That's been 99% of my issue with certain tasks as an adult. I can do shit like laundry, cleaning, and whatnot, but I'm still extremely nervous cooking because I just sense her waiting for me to ruin something and berate me for not being immediately good at it.
I should note: I'm almost 30 and I'm married. I still feel acute anxiety that I'm going to irreparably destroy something if my "inept" hands touch it. My wife, thank god, is extremely self-sufficient and far more patient with me learning skills I couldn't develop as a teenager. I think the key thing is that we divide-and-conquer chores, and they help ease me into the others in the way that only someone else with anxiety knows how.
My roommate’s boyfriend is driving me nuts with this. He won’t even help her make scrambled eggs because he “doesn’t know how.” He couldn’t flip a tiny pancake the other day. So she does 100% of the cooking and he won’t help! It’s obviously not my place and they’re happy, which that’s amazing. But also like what if she goes out of town for a few days, will he starve because he doesn’t know how to crack an egg and refuses to learn?
If my identity is wrapped up in taking care of you.. why would I teach you to not need me anymore?
Very shortsighted and missing the point of parenting. Big picture, your goals for your kids should change at some point when they are capable of more.
My mom is also the type who does everything, yet doesn't really teach me how to adult much either. I learned cooking mainly from my dad and brother because everytime I try to learn a new household skill, my mom discourages me because I'm not good enough at it, although I just started. I don't feel encouraged because no matter what I try she'll never be satisfied with it and she'll expect me to know how to do everything. But then she says stuff like "how will you do when you'll live on your own? You won't be able to do anything, your appartment will be dirty like a pigsty". I feel like she's given up because she assumes I'll never be good at housekeeping. If she wasn't so condescending about it maybe I'd try more...
And it's really frigging cute, too. My sister's daughter is 3 and starting to help out, and her 1yo brother tries to help her when she's helping her mom. They don't get much done, but it's adorable.
Eh, you'd be surprised. I'm from a family where my parents definitely did (and still do) baby me with chores. but i was able to do everything when i moved out for college, know how to do bills, yard work, car maintenance, etc. only thing i still need to learn is more details about banking/insurance. but i did learn financial responsibility.
Agreed. I get sick whenever i live on my own. I dont know how to make balanced meals and i have a delicate stomach and colon u.u
mylox · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, what boggles my mind is how adults can't just Google things. Chores aren't that hard. Bills are automatic now. Cooking can be tricky, but you'll learn quick unless you want to spend $$$ on eating out. My parents never let me do chores growing up and once I moved out, I just Googled everything that I needed to do or called my parents about it and was fully self sustaining from day 1.
Well, personally, i didn't learn skills from my parents because when they tried to teach me something, I wouldn't get it right on my first try and they'd berate me so much I gave up trying to learn. Then they'd tell me how useless I was and I'd believe it because I kept getting stuff wrong? Partly perfectionism, I think, partly just... Not realizing kids are not adults trying to antagonize you.
gVb654 · 11 points · Posted at 12:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have a single mother with whom i have lived with my first 17 years of my life. She was litteraly the angriest and most misreable person i have ever known. I remember her screaming at me for making her feel like a slave (i was 6 years old btw) and im 80% certain that she was sober. She never asked me to do anything, cuz in her mind, you need to be already aware that chores need to be done, forgeting the fact that i havent touched a dish or mop at any point before that. Eventualy i learned how to do chores as a consiquense of her doing nothing. Prime example would be when i was hungry and it was dinner time and she refused to make anything and there werent any easy to make meal options (like sandwiches, cup noodles, cereal...) and she kept refusing to make anything until i maned the fuck up and went online to learn how to make omletes(they were hot garbage). Trash is piling up like crazy? Grab the bag and take it outside. Clothes need washing? The manual for the washing machine is in the cupboard somewhere. Clothes need ironing? Manual. Clothes need to be folded neatly? Online. Want something specific for lunch but your bitter bitch of a mom isnt willing to make it? Online. Out of cash for food? Bike ride to grandmas house. And so on. Now im a better housewife than my girlfriend. Im not here to brag and say i was a super child or some shit like that, but stuff had to be done or else i wouldnt of had a normal life growing up. The only thing that mom tought me was how to handle finances and be responsible with money... which my grandma tought me 2 years prior but eh, it was a bittersweet moment anyway.
I'm so sorry. That is really sad. I'm glad you feel like you built your own skill set and walked away with a feeling of pride in your abilities, but I'm sorry you had to learn so many of them the hard way!
You are correct. My father tried to teach me how to golf. Bought me my own clubs and everything. Then we played. I walked off the course in the middle of our round and waited by the car for him to finish. I literally never played again.
I feel for her with the raw meat thing. I was semi-vegetarian my first semester of college because I wasn't confident that I wouldn't poison myself. However, I knew how to cook tofu and beans and plenty of other things, so I did just fine and eventually learned to cook meat.
I have the same issue. I hate the way raw meat looks and feels. I hate cutting into it and feeling the "feedback." Even though I use a thermometer and have never poisoned myself, I never feel 100% confident that my chicken is cooked all the way. I'm planning on going Vegan as soon as I get my finances in order after being furloughed.
I respectfully disagree with veganism being complicated. You can absolutely be vegan without knowing how to cook tofu or seitan or any other meat substitutes. You wouldn’t even need any fancy food substitutes. There’s plenty of nutritiously dense vegetables, grains, legumes etc. Don’t let that scare you out of trying out veganism, if that’s what you want to do of course.
Well yes, it's absolutely possible, but you do have to plan and think a bit. Its not rocket science, but you do have to put some effort and thought in.
I know how to cook raw meat and was doing it for years, but now I'm semi-vegetarian because cooking beans is way less stressful. Also I feel magical when the tiny little bean-rocks turn into big food.
ZisDed · 4 points · Posted at 06:41:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am colour blind - I am shit at knowing when meat is cooked.
There are tests to determine how well done a steak is at least with only touch.
Compare the meat firmness to the fleshy part at the base of your thumb when you press (not hard) the thumb and one of the other fingers on the same hand together. The closer to thumb-pinky you're going the closer to "well done" you'll be.
I don't know for chicken. I usually just make sure chicken is cooked at least long enough. Mostly in stews or the like.
Yeah, learning to cook meat right can be really stressful. Too many people will tell you the meat is done when it's "golden brown" or when it "looks done."
But if you were never taught, you have no frame of reference for what that's supposed to look like.
Sadly I kinda suffer from not cooking meat outta fear it’s not cooked enough. Although I should get that little stick that tells you the temperature. Forget what’s it’s called
If you check the color on the inside you don't really need one. Just slice it in half on the thickest part and check.
For chicken: If it's all white you are good. Put it back if you see any hint of pink. If its is dry and grainy, you could have removed it earlier and it would have been juicier.
For pork, it can be very slightly pinkish, but I wouldn't risk it if you're not confident.
It doesn't have to be scary, tons of people are crap cold and manage not to make everyone sick.
The key is to minimize juices getting everywhere, get it into a pan, put the knife or scissors used to open the package in our by the sink. You're good.
Then you've got choices on cooking it on the stove, in the oven, etc.
The standard methods depend on your cut of meat.
The most common are either high heat and a fast cook, such as for a steak or thin small pieces. Or low heat and a long cook, like for a roast or larger cuts of meat.
Budget friendly meats tend to be tougher. So for roast or pork shoulder, you can put those in a pan, cover them so they don't dry out, then cook on low for 7-12 hours. Recipes will have you add a few things for flavor and that's always nice. Water and a seasoning packet would be okay too.
You might also be interested in a slow cooker, which can be super cheap and is just a plug in container and you can set it to low and let it cook all day. Tons of simple recipes online for chicken, rice, beans, taco meat, stews, or often I'll do an internet search for "slow cooker recipes that use turkey" and the internet provides.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 02:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I can kind of understand the whole not wanting to cook meat thing. It's kind of daunting when you think about all the sicknesses that can potentially come from doing it wrong.
odenb5 · 9 points · Posted at 04:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG I worked with this girl who one time was supposed to bring cookies to a work party and didn’t because she didn’t have Pam!! She was complaining about how now she has all this raw cookie dough in her kitchen and it ruined her day. I asked her if she had butter or any type of oil. She listed multiple oils she had and she had butter. I told her that’s the same thing... and she started arguing with me! This woman (my guess around 30) truly believed Pam was the ONLY thing on the world that stopped food from sticking to anything. Lots of other people politely chimed in and told her I was telling the truth and she just refused to believe it. I left that job shortly after that (for other reasons) and she wouldn’t speak to me after that day. I think about half way through her meltdown she knew she was wrong and couldn’t admit it after she made an idiot of herself yelling at a company party about how Pam is the only thing in the world that works on any food. I chuckle every time I see a can of Pam anywhere lol.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:50:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy her a decent meat thermometer for her birthday/Xmas/Unbirthday and that should cure her meat issue. When parents "do everything," they often won't let their kids (or their spouse, friends, and other family) do it because it won't be "right." It is almost always a control issue.
I have a similar friend with regard to cooking. Straight up said "well, I don't cook because I can't tell when the chicken is done." ...baffled the hell out of me. I'm not a great cook, but I can watch youtube videos and read recipes...the internet exists??
She takes a weird pride in not knowing how to cook, then complains about being broke. And also gaining weight as she eats pizzas every other day.
She has also told me that she hates reading because long chapters are overwhelming. I think the reality is that it takes longer than a scroll...
Reminds me of a girl who would just straight up boils rice and get mad when it didn’t cook like noodles. So I taught her how to cook rice, do laundry, cook an egg, etc.
You can’t go wrong with rice with a few simple points to followed exactly.
Wash rice in several changes of cold water till water is clear (very important) & leave to soak for 20 mins.
Put double the amount of water to rice in non stick pot (measure rice & water in same cup to make it easy) & let it come to boil
Add 1tsp of salt for each cup of rice
Drain out all the water from the soaked rice & add to boiling water
Let it come to a boil again & then turn it down to lowest setting & put on a lid (that fits tight & snug - very important) and leave for 10 mins. Never take the lid off mid-cooking.
Come back to perfect fluffy rice
You can then use that base recipe for any other fancier rice - add onions, cumin, spices, veg, chicken etc before starting the above steps.
She won't cook raw meat, because it's gross and she doesn't know how to tell if it's cooked well enough to not get sick.
Ever thought about getting her a meat thermometer to help with this? I recommend it to all my friends who aren't good at cooking so they don't poison the shit out of themselves. lol
I always google when I get a new food from the store and how to prepare it. Dragon fruit looked cool and tasted great. Internet saved my life that day. Also, I'm always concerned about under cooking food. I'm like hey it looks done give it another 5 minutes.
Growing up, I was always told to concentrate on my studies and extra-curriculars. I literally BEGGED my mother for cooking lessons before going off to college. She was like "you'll be FINE!". I wasn't. Fire Brigade got called my first week there coz I didn't put enough water in and had gone off to pee..
On the flip side, I realized that I actually like cooking and now cook huge, elaborate meals for friends and family.. Guess she was right.. I was fine..
I was never "afraid" to cook meat. But I understand cooking it well much better now. When I started, definitely tended to overcook. Ironically, with good quality fresh fish & beef, it's nice that you really just need to heat it up. Pork & chicken though, it's a dance.
Still, Americans get pretty scared of meat. You can leave it out for far longer & cook it quite a bit less than many people do without worrying too much.
Yup... add on to that not being allowed to use things like dishwasher or laundry because "you'll break it" and being so mean that you avoid the kitchen where they usually are. I can relate to most the things on this list.
Dated a girl like this in college. Fucking incompetent. Her mom woke her up every morning, helped her with homework, made her appointments, did all her cooking/laundry. She was 20.
She complained about not having clean clothes and I asked her why she didn’t just do some laundry. She said “I don’t know how to turn on the machine.”
114619 · 2 points · Posted at 05:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When it comes to cooking meat just tell them to stretch their fingers and pres on the palm of their hand, if the meat feels like the palm of your hand its probably ready, if its softer its probably not done yet. And if they want to be sure just cut it in half.
When I was a kid--about 12/13, I babysat the little kids next door. One was a toddler, the other an infant. Their mom felt comfortable with me babysitting because it was right next door and my Grandma was home if I ran into any trouble. But, the thing is, I only babysat while the mom was away about 1% of the time. 99% of the time she was home. She'd have me come over because she couldn't do household chores AND watch the kids. She struggled to get things done. So, I'd keep the kids entertained while she did things around the house. She even had me help her shop. She once told me she realized she should be better about these things, but that her mom had never let her help around the house. She said, "My mom said children should have a childhood and have fun. It's an adult's job to take care of responsibility. But now I am the adult and I don't know how to be responsible."
In her defense, I also can't tell when meat is done cooking. But then again in my defense I'm colorblind and pink is one of the hardest colors to pick out. I basically google what temperature things should be and then constantly stab whatever I'm cooking with a meat thermometer.
Sometimes it’s because some parents have certain ways they do things and don’t want kids to mess it up. Or don’t want to take the time to show them. My daughters dad took a sweet photo of me showing my toddler how to cook. His mom saw it and was taken aback that I’d let her do that (LO likes to help and was only stirring eggs. Kinda hard to mess up or hurt herself). She continued to tell me how her mom wouldn’t let the kids in the kitchen because she was afraid they’d fuck it up. Made a whole lot of sense why my mil got seemingly annoyed when I was using her kitchen to cook veggies one time as if she’s projecting her late mother’s quirks. I’m a grown ass woman in my 30s and being made to feel as though I’m in unwanted territory in her kitchen.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is exactly how my mom was. She was a clean/neat freak and knew how to cook (sort of) but she never TAUGHT me how to do anything, really. I had to slowly learn everything on my own or from other people. It's embarrassing. Someday, when I have a child, I am going to teach them how to do everything, how to cook, how to clean, how to do... everything!
Yeah see this is so confusing to me. My mom was stay at home mom almost until I was in middle school and she and my dad have always been the very traditional “man brings home the money, woman cooks/cleans/raises kids”, and I’ve known how to do all of this stuff as long as I can remember!
Cooking, cleaning, sewing, home/car maintenance, you name it. And we’ve always been pretty well off, too, so I’m definitely the spoiled only child, but STILL!!
My grandmother and mother were both house cleaners. I would often have to go with them if I didn't have school that day for whatever reason.
My mother was overbearing and refuses to show us how to do anything because she was ridiculously meticulous. My grandmother, however, showed us how to do everything. I really enjoy doing chores and have taught all of my kids as much as is age appropriate as well. Turns out we all hate putting away laundry though lol
Some moms expect you to want to learn from them yourself. Some kids get anxious learning from their mom because they don’t want to get yelled at. Some kids don’t really think that far.
I'm sorry, but you had to learn her how to make tea?? I really don't get how people can be so incompetent. I also had parents that did almost everything for me, but I still learned how to clean and cook. How can you send your kid into the world when it knows nothing
Type a mom perhaps. My sis never learnt anything because my mom didn't like the way it turned out. She did the same with me, but my late night anxiety meals taught me cooking, cleaning and laundry, in secrecy.
Khwadj · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This equally shows how she never got interested in what her mother did or what a household needs done, or the basic curiosity of wondering how cooking works
Had a 25 year old roommate like this. Couldn't cook something as simple as eggs, couldn't dry her own hair, didn't know how to do laundry, wash dishes, or sweep/mop the floor. Didn't even know how to turn the kettle on. She blamed it on her mum doing everything for her.
I tend to think the kid should also be curious in these situations, if the kid is not interested in learning the basics then it's partly their fault too.
Theres moms like this, and then there's my mom who had me cooking all my dinners (I'm talking some advanced shit like like chicken and whatnot) and doing all the chores and my own laundry from the time I was 10 or 11. She also thought 6 years old was the perfect time for me to learn how to sew and crochet as well. Thanks mom.
I had to teach both my wife and sister-in-law all this kind of stuff. My mother-in-law refused to let them do anything like that when they were growing up because she said they wouldn't do it right. First night in her dorm apartment in college my wife set a kitchen towel on fire using it as an oven mitt. She tried to make a frozen pizza once and didn't know the difference between bake and broil on the oven and burnt the top while the bottom was still frozen. Her sister was making pasta salad from a box and thought the 3 tablespoons of water for the sauce was how much you needed to cook the pasta. Luckily they learned quickly, but I'm surprised neither of them burned any buildings down in the process.
i mean in my personal experience i just refuse to cook chicken cause i undercooked it once and had a terrible evening, so i don’t trust myself with raw chicken anymore
I am exactly like your friend. I had a very sheltered childhood where I never had to do chores. I thought it was great at the time but I really struggled coming to uni and not knowing how to use a microwave.
Parenting tip 101: don’t do everything for your child - they need to learn
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am happy to read that you were able to pass on some knowledge to her.
It’s not your job, true, but it’s nice that you took the time, and good that she wanted to learn from you. She’d have been grateful post college if she moved in by herself! 😛
Good God I've been living with someone like that for months. Girl doesn't make anything resembling food for meal times (tortilla w/ peanut butter and beans anyone?), never puts away dishes, tried to pierce her ear in the communal kitchen and has routinely bragged about keeping things in her room so long they grow mould. I love nature, but mould?? Fucking seriously?!? Met her mum when she moved out and the lady was so impressed I knew how to wipe down counters. We chatted for a bit, but I didn't have the heart to tell her how miserable her daughter's basic home skills are.
Agisek · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why do you people think a degree in education is a thing? Just because you know how to do something doesn't automatically make you good at teaching it. 90% of people shouldn't be parents because they don't have the skills to teach their kids anything. We complain about educational system a lot, but it's still infinitely better than what most parents can do.
Urgh, my kid is 9 and knows how to make scrambled eggs. My children have become self sufficient during the pandemic and make their own lunches while mom and dad work from home. I’m so happy to impart some life skills!
my mom doesn't know how to cook.
my grandma cant cook.
I cant really cook well but when i first moved out I knew I had to figure shit out. thank goodness for the internet.
and some book I got i wish i could remember but it was an adulting how to before "adulting" was a thing and had info on how to do laundry, bills, open bank account, taxes, etc. just quick run through but it was like bible thick. I'm glad I had it because my family didnt teach me anything since they knew if i left they wouldnt have control over me.
I had to be taught how to mop when I moved out of my parents place. Not particularly hard but I've only ever owned a dry mop and never had any experience with the "real" thing. Same for doing laundry but you can pretty much guess and get that right if your machine doesn't have any bells/whistles. I could spend an hour poking buttons on my parents washer and dryer though if I didn't know how to start them.
I don't understand why she wouldn't have tried to pass that to her daughter.
I'm a parent who does all that stuff, but I'm also desperately trying to foist it off onto my kids as much as possible. My 10 year old daughter is shortly going to be responsible for cooking dinner for everyone at least once a week, but she's been handling her own (admittedly simple) food prep for quite some time.
Lol, I got an electric weed whacker a month ago, and the fact that this girl can hoist it and use it just makes me gloriously happy.
To keep her dependent on mom. Because you should never leave your mother, Norman.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:52:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter put a styrofoam ramen bowl in the microwave and ran it for 5 minutes. Bowl caught fire after 2 min - flames shooting out of the vents, really horrible smelling smoke very efficiently pushed out by the exhaust fan, set off the smoke detectors. Cleaning it was a bear, still smelled a month later.
She was maybe 6 at the time, asked later if I was mad at her. I told her no, it was called a 'learning experience'.
jaanun · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know how to make scrambled eggs, but making them taste good like my mom's is a whole other story.
My ex and I were cooking together and one of the pans got too hot, and we had a minor grease fire.
She grabbed a bag of flour.
As tempted as I was to slap it out of her hands, I didn't want to aerate a bunch of flour next to a grease fire, so I grabbed it with both hands and forced it (and her, because she wouldn't let go) over to the countertop, and then dropped the lid on the pan.
I asked her what her logic was, and she said "well, you're supposed to put baking soda on a grease fire and not water, right?".
"Yes. Why did you try to use flour?"
"What's the difference? They're both white powder."
Jesus that's even worse than water, she almost made a bomb.
Mjarf88 · 5010 points · Posted at 00:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, those are the two most flammable things you'll find in a typical kitchen. Damn, that would basically have turned into a sort of home made fuel-air bomb.
3 times in one morning - I really have to step up my speed reading practice.
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 03:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not 100% sure, but I BELIEVE in this case it's less about energy density and more about super fine powders being dispersed in the air. The same thing happens with sawdust and grain dust.
The lowest grade of Napalm is made of Veggie Oil and Powdered Sugar. That is it. It's super sticky and once you get it lit it stays lit until there is no more fuel!
Yeah, just melt it together with the oxidizer very fucking carefully and pour into the casing. That was one of the fuels Homer Hickam and his crew used in Rocket Boys/October Sky.
With the aeration it's mostly surface area and the speed it can oxidize. You can do it with sawdust too. Basically anything flammable and able to be made into a powder
It's called rocket candy, you mix sugar with an amount of an oxidizer, usually potassium nitrate or saltpeter (which happens to be the oxidizer in black powder). Mix the two dry, wet or however you want really, and it will burn quite nicely letting of a scary amount of smoke relative to the solid amount. Best part is that the more you constrain it the faster it burns.
In The Martian (well known for it's adherence to real science), they literally make a bomb to blow off the spaceship doors out of a sealed container, white sugar, and pure oxygen.
No gravity means that the sugar and O2 mixed very well, so all you need is the right ratio and a spark.
I swear those vids have given me a really eye-opening respect for some of the shit I work around (wood processing). I've got thermal oil, hydraulics, natural gas, wood dust... all that.
Glad I read this thread. Apparently I’ve been taught nothing in my life and have been potentially on the verge of exploding my house my entire 39 years on this planet.
Aren’t the sugar mill fires usually from the left over piles of sugar cane cellulose? That is, they extract the sugar and the piles of shredded plant material is what’s most flammable? I know they continuously wet the giant mountains of the stuff in my state.
Extrememly. Starches as well (flours, corn starch, baking powder, etc.)
It won't go off like gunpowder if you just stick a match into a pile of it but if you aerate it enough it will go bang.
It's actually not that different than gasoline. The pure liquid doesnt burn easily but as it vaporizes by evaporation or deliberate means (like automotive fuel injection) it become very flammable.
Now I feel.less dumb that I'm the prson who never has flour or sugar. We never buy them. I know.at least sugar but we dont use sugar. I use honey for most things to sweeten it up.
Been there. Just after leaving school, I got a job at 'the jam factory' which made loads of things including custard powder. A hose broke, filling the corn-flour silo room with a thick haze.
Got selected to help clear up, using hand brushes etc.as a spark (from a vacuum cleaner for example,) could have levelled the building
Yeah, but they have flour dust everywhere, and getting the mixture right is hard to do on a small scale.
Water would be worse, because it explodes a grease fire onto the walls ceiling, and you.
The flour would mostly just add a partial flour fire to the pan fire. Heck you might have a fighting chance with it, if you don't dust it on. That's really something to test in an empty concrete lot, at the end of a very long stick though.
Source: background in pyrotechnic and special effects. Have burned a lot of things deliberately, and extinguished many things too.
Google "Minneapolis Mill City Museum." It's a flour mill that exploded a while ago - super interesting. I grew up near there and loved going to the museum and the ruins that are still there.
Ah! I loved that place when I was younger! They have a mini theater production about the mill's history, including the explosion, and the loud bang always scared the crap out of little me.
Grain silos as well. My dad was a firefighter, got put in the hospital for a piece of exploding silo embedding in his helmet and concussing him.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:36:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour mills and silos explode due to friction and static electricity. Then, because it is a fuel source (albeit not a super great one when packed), it will start burning. The wind from the fire will pick up the particles, and because it's such fine particles, you'll end up with a rapid expansion of air, as the flour is being thrown everywhere. I swore I heard something about this on a Smarter Every Day episode, but the grain silo episode I just watched didn't say anything about that.
Iximaz · 3 points · Posted at 02:26:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put that to good use in a D&D game once. Pyro wizard I played set a bandit hideout on fire.
Imagine working somewhere where, not only can you lose whole limbs if they get caught in the mechanism, but the air in the place seems to catch fire and then explode!
What the fuck would you do with tonnes of grinding wheels flying about the place?!
Honestly, most of the midwestern states in the US have had at least one mill explosion. It's unreal how a five story quartzite building can vanish in seconds after some dumbass knocks over a lantern in a mill
Because I am an idiot, my brain first read that as"starchiometry", which I assume is a subtype specifically related to starches in a reaction and -- never mind, I can't: my brain is an idiot brain...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One in my city was especially terrible and led to some major reform. Flour ain't nothing to fuck with. Just look at this building.
On May 2, 1878, a spark ignited airborne flour dust within the mill, creating an explosion that demolished the Washburn A and killed 18 workers instantly. The ensuing fire resulted in the deaths of four more people, destroyed five other mills, and reduced Minneapolis's milling capacity by one third. Known as the Great Mill Disaster, the explosion made national news and served as a focal point that led to reforms in the milling industry. In order to prevent the buildup of combustible flour dust, ventilation systems and other precautionary devices were installed in mills throughout the country.
There’s an entire park in Minneapolis MN called Mill Ruins Park because the Gold Medal Flour Mill blew up so many times that they stopped cleaning it up and let it become part of the scenery
Ive been urban exploring in an abandon grain silo/ flour factory. The place has been closed for years and part of the reason its not operating anymore and they haven't been able to selm it off is because it cought fire like 4 times and theres still flour and grain mixed in with all the dirt amd stuff so it actually posses some danger if they wanna tear it down. Oh and its cought on fire a few times since its been closed because of people being inside it and smoking or something to start a fire.
When I learned that every year more Americans die from corn mill accidents (equipment failure, grain spills, explosions, etc) than from shark attacks, I felt that I learned the most hillbilly fact of all time.
This is a great example. Standing maybe 20m from a structure failure and what do they do? Get confused when the spill gets engulfed in flames
Any particulate matter in a high enough concentration in the air is combustible. Flour mills blow up because of bad housekeeping practices, not because of anything special about flour dust.
(Source - I was a technician on milling equipment)
My grandpa was an engineer specialised on mills (when he first started, before retiring he constructed robots). Flour mills exploding and/or burning down were a big problem back then and so finding work wasn't very hard.
It’s pure calories stored in a very easily broken hydrocarbon chain. It’s essentially gasoline for people. Except, unlike cars, we can keep making a bigger fuel tank until our lungs give out if all we do is fuel up and sit on the couch and watch reality TV.
It works with a ton of combustible particles. Many of them are not flammable when in a pile on the counter, but as soon as it's kicked up in the air, it might as well be a flammable gas.
flour is basically just dried crushed up grass. So if you can imagine how quick dry grass will burn, now imagine it smashed into a powder and blown up into the air with a lot of oxygen.
I know in my head what flour is, but it’s hard to imagine it as crushed up grass once it’s bleached I think. Lol. It doesn’t seem like it could be grass. Lol. It doesn’t seem flammable. Seems fluffy and friendly like a cake lol.
Volkar · 53 points · Posted at 01:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're curious, this is very dangerous not solely because it's flammable but because suspended flour in the air causes very violent chain reactions when it burns (aka an explosion basically): one flour particule sets all the ones around it on fire and so on and so forth and boom. Same thing with sugar, hay dust etc which is why sugar mills and hay storage buildings have a tendency to blow up.
Funilly enough though, it's actually humidity due to poor storage conditions that cause straw storage hangers to blow up as the bacteria found in hay bales and straw bales produce large amounts of heat that can actually reach Flashpoint heat, set hay dust in the air on fire and boom goes the hangar.
JoaoEB · 6 points · Posted at 02:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad had to investigate a dust explosion on a grain silo once. Due to a series of errors it blew up when it was almost empty, so the entire thing was a humongous fuel-air bomb.
Luckily it was Sunday and only three workers were there at the time. The two guys working in the silos and the security guard who was on the gatehouse half a mile away.
The explosion was so violent that the gatehouse disappeared. Not a single building in that plant survived. Had it happened on a Monday, the death toll would be on the triple digits.
JoaoEB · 3 points · Posted at 08:42:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, they got torn into pieces.
Volkar · 2 points · Posted at 15:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah those explosions get real nasty real quick. When I used to visit farms, the one thing that always came up was "God fucking dammit get some proper air flow going in here, do you actually want to die" :)
JoaoEB · 2 points · Posted at 15:39:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know shit is bad when they have to bring the dogs to locate MOST of the body parts.
Volkar · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah imagine with cattle thrown in the mix :P
PCCP82 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
was this in Texas?
JoaoEB · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no idea about the flour either! Good to know! I've never really thought about it before, but I would have just assumed it would put it out by soaking up the oil or something.
Flour is flammable but you usually won't notice it because it's clumped together even when dried. Now, take that flour and sprinkle it in the air and you have flour that have a whole lot of surface area that can catch the flame. Boom.
Grain silos have been known to explode from the dust igniting. Not small explosions either, giant ones, that destroy the many stories tall silo and everything near it
Yes its a youtube link, it goes to a grain silo explosion video, the explosion is near the end
Glad I’m not the only one! I knew you were supposed to suffocate the fire and not use water but didn’t know flour was flammable. I’m a little embarrassed 😳
Yeah I didn’t know that either! I definitely knew about water, but I had never heard of putting baking soda on a grease fire, nor did I initially understand why the flour was such a bad idea.
Any substance with high energy density is going to burn like crazy (ie, pretty much all foods that we eat that contain complex sugars or fats), it just depends on whether you can make it into an aerosol that determines if it will explode like a fuel/air bomb.
Grease (spread into tiny droplets by water>steam expansion): check.
Flour dust: check
Sugar dust: check
Peanuts: nope, unless you powder them in a coffee grinder first.
It entirely matters the form of the flour. You have a pile of flour on the counter and try to light it, it won't. You get that shit airborne and it'll make a fireball.
Make sure you have a fire blanket in your kitchen. It mght save your life one day or your kids
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:47:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had witnessed my first grease fire when mum put soysauce in hot oil to season the fried eggs. I was so shocked and scared..I have very consciously avoided putting soysauce in hot oil for fear of getting burnt :/
But would you think of pouring flour in fire on your own if there were no constant warnings not to? I only know about the practice because of the warnings.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look up flour explosions. Done in a controlled way, they're super cool. When it happens accidentally and in the wrong place... less cool.
Yeah I don't think this one is about "bad adulting". I don't think it's common knowledge that flour is flammable (I guarantee it's not in my country) and there is a logic to the person's action in OP's story - suffocate the fire, like with sand.
Its not so much flour itself as when you put it in the air, those tiny particles are just flammable enough that you can create a chain reaction of one particle catching on fire that leads to all of the particles in the air catching on fire.
Same principal with most aerosols, liquid gasoline is hard to light on fire, you can put a match out in it, but gaseous gasoline all readily burn.
Then please notice it's not about the material, but about the size of the particles: the dust. Any small, dustlike material could explode easily when exposed to heat; due to a (comparably) big surface. Even metal dust!
So please don't wave your dustcloth over a grease fire either.
People aren’t explaining that it isn’t like a bag of flour is C4. It is only when flour is dispersed in air that it gets dangerous. And this is true of most any fine particle. Essentially it comes down to how much surface area on the particle can oxidize quickly. When it is packed together it doesn’t have the same ability to oxidize quickly.
You know, I even knew that flour was flammable, but I may not have put 2 and 2 together in an emergency. Thanks for the reminder.
This is the kind of stuff I worry about with my husband. He's a lovely human but lacks practical knowledge. Once he asked me for a plate to put grilled food on and I gave him a plastic platter I happened to have handy. He said no, that it would melt, and asked if we had anything wood.
Same. Never knew flour was flammable. I also never would have thought to grab flour in the first place anyway so i guess that’s a win and a loss... and then a win again?
Powdered coffee creamer too. We used to blow up coffeemate bombs in the backyard for fun when I was like 11. We never did one as big as the Mythbusters one, but they were still a lot of fun.
Yeah I'll be honest, I'm almost 40 and I've spent a lot of my life cooking for myself and I know that aerated flour can burn but I thought.... You know, I'm not real sure what I thought. I want to say that I thought you were supposed to pour flour into a grease fire from the side so that it would clump the grease and make it non flammable.
My method would always be to just cover it anyways because the problem with the powder method, no matter what you use, is that there is a chance for splashing grease.
Watch the Mythbusters episode about the coffee creamer bomb! They test a bunch of different common food powders and see if they can get a fiery explosion out of it. That's where I learned about this from.
Sorry I didnt mean to be rude, i just wanted to put emphasis on my surprise by giving a short answer, but im spanish so maybe it doesnt work in english the same way.
Thanks for the info, I would have never thought that could happen
A restaurant I used to work at had those nice big dome earthstone italian ovens, and one of our oven cooks would spray a half can of bake release into the top and then throw a handful of semolina into the oven to make huge fireballs and thought it was the most entertaining thing ever. He would always say "ha, Chef will never find out anyways all the proof explodes!"
Yet he never understood where the black soot and scorch marks all over the walls and ceiling by the oven came from and why Chef always made him clean it.
Shoot I knew about not mixing oil and water, but I had never heard that flour would make it explosive.. would never have thought to add that though lol. Time to do some experiments lol
It's not that mixing flour with oil makes it explosive. Any dispersed powdered flammable material (even if not particularly flammable)and the right mix of oxygen and particles can end in a ball of flames (or explosion when enclosed) with an ignition source available.
Fun "do not try this at home" trick: take a mouthful of flour or powdered sugar a lighter and breath fire! Just dont breath back in immediately and the fire will probably not hurt you.
So you know when sims are cooking when they have low cooking skill points and suddenly the kitchen is on fire? She is that sim and this is why the kitchen is on fire!
We used to use Angel Delight powder for a big showy fireball at school open evenings in the science department. A bit of tubing and a funnel with a pair of bunsens over the top of it. Blow into tube, big flashy fireball (and a nice singe on the head of science's roof because the teacher put a bit too much in on one of them).
The flour needs to be in a puff, like grabbing a handful and throwing it into a fire. Taking a flame and trying to light a pile of flour on fire wont work the same way.
I can't remember what we did exactly, but we tried the throwing method. I think maybe our fire was too small. I guess this means I have to try it again... What a shame.
I’m not sure if I hallucinated this memory or not, but I can distinctly bring up a vision of me sitting around a campfire with my pals sometime during high school age. We each had a bag of flour for some reason and were throwing handfuls if it into the fire and we discovered we could create little (or big) poofs of flame. I managed to get the perfect size handful and toss it just right and the concussion actually staggered me. Never was able to replicate that.
But I can’t actually remember when or where that happened. But it’s such a distinct vision.
When I was in high school I was playing a D&D campaign where I learned how few people know this. The party was split in half: four (including me) in/around a flour silo on a farm, and the other three in the farmhouse. Two of us peered into the top of the silo and saw an enemy inside- the dumbass mage who was up top with me started saying “Can I get a sneak attack with this fireball?” And I went “WOAH WOAH WOAH. Dude, fireball into a flour silo? Do you want to blow up this entire fucking farm?” Nobody, including the DM, has any idea what I was talking about. Had to show them a YouTube compilation of flour silo explosions to make them understand that that was a thing that could happen.
We were taught if you have a pan fire soak a tea towel in water and place it over the pan covering the top, I once had a pan fire and remembered this and probably saved me from burning my house down
Anything that's flamible can be explosively flammable if turned into powder, due to the fact that oxygen can more easily get to every tiny piece of it. Sawdust is another good example.
Holy fuck I didn't know this. I had a friend in 4th grade tell me to use flour. I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE TO USE FLOUR ON A GREASE FIRE. Thank you all for making this knowledge available to me
Holy shit. I had no idea flour was so flammable. Good thing I used baking soda when I had a grease fire trying to make bacon on my grill a couple weeks ago...
I also appreciate the YouTube video from 2007. No stupid intros, just straight to the action! I miss old YouTube.
tnb641 · 5 points · Posted at 00:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, I just watched Bloodshot last night. There's a big scene where Vin Diesel crashes a semi into a car in a tunnel. The dudes get out, light up a bunch of flares, then proceed to have a long drawn out firefight.
At some point early on one of them licks some of the white powder that came from the truck and says "flour". The whole time afterwards I'm expecting a spectacular explosion, "oh he's gonna get them to blow themselves up with the flares! Mm... Maybe the gunshots?... Hmm... Maybe the burning semi and cars full of fuel?"
Nope. The whole scene looks like an aerosolized cocaine wonderland, but no boom.
Piles of flour are very flammable. Clouds of flour will explode. Entire flour mills being demolished by dust explosions is a surprisingly common occurrence.
Flour particles on any fire combusts and the heat expands to other particles causing them to combust which causes a chain reaction to make an explosion. This is called a dust explosion.
Flour partial catches fire, heat ignites other flour partials close by and pushes it away as the heated air expands, repeat incredibly quickly till you have a rapidly expanding ball of flaming flour partials near instantly
Well.... RL story, same but slightly different.... My now wife and I were almost 19 living together and she was about to make gravy from drippings. (Ingredients- flour, grease, water....) So she was making corn on the burner, it was done and put an empty pot on said burner. Some time passes and she pours the drippings (grease) into the now very hot pot(POOFSIZZLE) as I'm turning around she dumps a 2 Lb bag of flour on top of a flaming pot..... My heart stopped as I saw my life flash before my eyes.,.. nothing happened. I'm pretty sure the saving grace is that the WHOLE bag went into the pot all at once. Holy hell was that terrifying. Still had to clean raw ground flour that was soldered to the cooktop, but no death bombas
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Well since I've kept you this long, this was dual effort. Same house. 3 boxes of cold pizza in the oven. (We had a dog that could reach anything edible) turn the oven on and proceed to do what teenagers do and ,...... What's that smell... Burning... SHIT THE PIZZA BOXES IN THE OVEN.... I had to throw three flaming cheese covered cardboard boxes out the patio door from the kitchen all in one foul swoop .... Mostly naked. Good thing it was a basement suite and the door was 6' from the oven, I'm still surprised I didn't even damage the carpet
Water almost certainly would be worst. Water will rapidly expand as it boils when it comes in contact with the oil, sending flaming oil everywhere. The flour will just make a fireball that will quickly die out once the aerosolized flour has been consumed.
Don't be. Flour is flammable when it's aerated. Dumping flour on a grease fire is fine. I've had to do it a couple of times. You just have to use a good amount to suffocate the fire. Tossing little handfuls will probably flame up because it becomes aerated as opposed to just dumping a bag.
TIL.....and here I thought I was pretty good in a kitchen! Of course removing heat and air supply is always the first reaction but I never knew flour was flammable
Probably not. If she dumped the whole lot on there it would most likely just smother it. It would only catch fire if she did it too slowly or of there was a big cloud of it near the fire.
When they came to the preschool I work in they played a game with the kids called "Fireman Dave" he started out in just pants and shirt and would add a layer of gear each time, pants/jacket/helmet/mask and tank was last and turned on. After each article he added he would say "And who am I?" And the kids would reply "Fireman Dave" And once he was geared up and had the mask and beeping tank on he asked again. The moral was "firemen aren't scary even though we may look scary in all this gear coming to find you in a fire, don't be scared and hide from us, it's just people under this gear and we are there to help you." because some kiddos are freaked out by the mask and gear and such.
Kind of like a fear of clowns, or how very small children might react to a parent that once had a beard and then shaves it off, it's unfamiliar to them and hard to relate that it's just people under all that stuff, especially in a fire situation where they are already scared, to see a big thing coming at you in the dark and in a fire that sounds like Darth Vader and a loud beeping tank and such might cause some kids to be scared of them. They have always been good about educating kiddos to not fear them and that they are helpers in all that stuff! It's great!
Same here too! Except they just had firemen give the presentation usually outside by the truck, we had it every 1-2 years though. Usually around the time we did the bus safety & gas depot leak training.
Its more a chemical depot, its where they used to dispose of the mustard gas n shit like that. My schools all had different shelter in place plan’s should it leak chemicals, the plant was recently shut down tho
Its more a chemical depot, its where they used to dispose of the mustard gas n shit like that. My schools all had different shelter in place plan’s should it leak chemicals, the plant was recently shut down tho
Its not “here” it’s about 40 miles away. But its gotta go somwhere, lmao. It was a scary thought tho. We have a Warning system set up through town of loud speakers that used to do bi weekly drills. One of the poles is near my house and would wake us up, we also had an emergency supply kit meant to be used in an emergency leak if we were home. Go into the room of your house with as little cracks as possible (ie no windows and stuff) and put plastic wrap and towels against any cracks and hope for the best, given theres no time to evacuate that is
When my son was about 10, I taught him about kitchen fires using a cast iron skillet, oil, baking soda, salt, flour, sugar, and basically everything he could think of. It wasn't just a free-for-all though. At the end of every (very small) fire, we talked about what changes we saw and why.
We had an impromptu seminar in my 8th grade home ec class...when a girl tried to put out a wok fire with a full glass of water. No one was badly injured, but fuck, she nearly destroyed herself and her cooking partner for the rest of their lives.
lsp372 · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grateful they teach firefighting in the Navy. It should absolutely be taught in schools
Daiwon · 2 points · Posted at 05:27:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how common it is in the UK overall, but we had a visit to a local fire station where they demonstrated the danger of pouring a cup of water on a grease fire. I had known about the danger before, but feeling the heat from a good 20m away on a rainy day really drives the point home.
I could've used it! I set a gas stove on fire in one of my first apartments and I panicked when I realized what was going on. Luckily my at the time boyfriend was home because I straight up forgot how to use the fire extinguisher in my state.
We did one for high school science, for knowing how to deal with fires in the lab and stuff like that. Problem is that a lot of people don't have buckets of sand or fire extinguishers at home (and rarely the multiple flavours thereof to deal with all possible domestic occurrences), so the standard advice doesn't work so well.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did have a thing like this in elementary school. The firemen brought an old stove out in the parking lot, started a grease fire on it, and showed us how to put it out with both a fire extinguisher and a pot lid.
My dorms had required sessions for fire safety, but I think it was more a mix of liability and how pissed people get when a dorm fire or even alarm happens
I keep on asking to do a how to put out stove fire demonstration for my special ed kids and keep getting told nooo the fire department will be mad at us. I just want my kids to not die damn it.
We had a class in the first year of university where we were taught what to do in case of several emergencies, how to use a fire extinguisher, what extinguisher to use when and how to put out stuff like grease fires. I forgot most of it, but I think it's really important, especially because we had quite a few lab courses where we worked with (potentially) flammable chemicals.
I am eternally grateful to my chemistry teacher for showing us why you never put water on a grease fire. It was ostensibly to show us how much energy is stored in hydrocarbons, but really it was a cool experiment that I'll always remember and may save my life.
When I worked in a kitchen I was always trying to get people to not keep drinks near the fryer, apparently they hadn't seen this one.
Q-burt · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I bought class c fire extinguishers. They covered all of the fire types in a home and then familiarized my wife and I with their operation.
Normally I try to defend the amount of work schools are already doing and draw attention to the fact that some skills should be learned at home... but you are correct. Safety should be taught regularly to everyone!
Also, I see students now who can't spell their own last name in Middle School, so if the reading and writing system isn't working, they might as well be safe!
I had a lot of different emergency trainings growing up. But It wasn’t until college when I was a lab work study student, that I had any REAL fire safety training.
Our lab manager decided to take his work studies out for practice with all of the labs near-expired fire extinguishers. It was enlightening and really fun!
Honestly - even in our low stress training setting, it was way to easy to fumble with opening the extinguisher and using it effectively. They are small, so you don’t want to waste it’s contents spreading the shit around aimlessly while your small fire grows out of control.
Direct it straight at the base of the fire and make sweeping motions and the small fire goes out fast. Best lesson of the day.
At my high it was because the home ec teacher always managed to start one. I never took her class, but I heard a lot of stories about how she'd be teaching the class how to make chicken and she'd get so distracted discussing how to check when it's done or the ways you can cook it and the potential dangers of not cooking it to completion that she would briefly forget about the chicken and it would start a fire. It wasn't just chicken though, that's just an example. She was getting pretty old and forgetful though. Like she saw me in the hallway once and accused me of skipping her class. I never took her class, nor did I ever want to take her class, but she would argue with you about anything. She sent me to the principal's office and I actually caught him walking down the hall and stopped him and explained it to him and all he could do was laugh and say he'd handle it. She really could be a sweat woman tho, but she was just getting too old.
No idea, I've never bought coke, I just googled it and found a news story saying it starts around $10k per kilo in places it's cheap and goes up to $20k in expensive places, then up to $30k in NYC.
Depends on location, USA has plenty of distributors close by especially in south America, whereas here in AUS its far harder to get in the country. It's not made here and our borders are tough
My mom did this! I was about to pour water on it and she stopped me and then tossed flour on it. With incredible luck, the sheer volume smothered the fire.
Afterwards while googling we discovered how incredibly dangerous both of our reactions were.
To excuse your ex a tiny bit, I've been taught to use flour on grease fires. Some teacher giving us the "don't throw water on a grease fire" speech told us to smother them with dry things. "Like sand if you're outside, or baking soda or flour if you're in a kitchen."
Of course, I assume that teacher must have had the same train of thought as your ex, and just never put it to the test.
Thank you. Honestly of all the dumb things I’ve read of adults doing here this is the least commonly known. Sure it’s a terrible outcome if you do it but it’s hardly such a well known thing she should be terribly shamed.
I have firefighters in the family so of course I know this shit, but I can tell you that fire safety is not nearly as well taught or known as it should be. I’ve seen some really intelligent adults do some really bad things when it comes to fire safety. It’s just not as well taught as it should be.
Agreed. I didn’t know flour would be a problem until I read this. It might not be my first choice, and I would certainly google or ask someone if I had the time. But it In the heat of the moment with limited options at your disposal I can see someone grabbing the big bag of flour, especially if you know not to use water on a grease fire.
It’s certainly important to know, but understanding the difference between using baking soda on a fire and using flour on a fire is not exactly common knowledge—as much as it should be.
Yes! I was taught to use flour too! I had a fire in my oven once, not sure if it was a grease fire but I know my electric coil broke and I threw flour on it and it put it out. I don't know if it was the weight or volume I used but it put it out.
Thanks! I hadn't heard from anyone who actually tested flour, very interesting to hear it worked. Maybe some of the people teaching this have actually tried it and succeeded.
I suppose it's probably better than putting water on a grease (splashes everywhere) or electrical (shocky shocky) fire. AFAIK the concern is that diffuse flour in the air is super flammable, and you might just create an explosion. So maybe dumping a bunch at once worked alright? Not sure I'd want to recreate it, though.
Personally I think it qualifies as a horrifying "how do you not know how to do this?" moment when someone is about to potentially cause an explosion, in the same room as you, by not knowing what they are about to do is dangerous.
You definitely should not take a ziploc full of flour and try tossing handfuls above the next campfire you're at far away from your house. Definitely do not try play around with fuel-air explosions. They're absolutely not really fun to see if they're not inside your house. And we definitely did not ever do that in scout camp.
Ah yes, here in Jamaica ants and weevils are a fact of life. No matter how clean your house is, you will have ants and weevils moving in and out. So my family keeps all that dry stuff in containers in the fridge, where no creatures can reach them.
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sure, not everyone does it tho lol, some people keep them in cupboards and pray that the weevils don't notice, or buy in small quantities. My family shops in bulk tho, so we can't risk that. So definitely there are Jamaicans who have your same reaction about flour kept in the fridge.
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:39:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Australia, people always argue about whether chocolate goes in the fridge or the cupboard, hahaha. So I reckon every country has its thing!
It's too hot not to put chocolate in the fridge! I don't want watery chocolate lol
But yeah I get what you mean lol
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It largely depends on what state you live in in Australia (also what season it is, to some degree). In the south it's cool enough to keep chocolate in the cupboard, but you definitely cannot do that if you live in the north.
Oh I didn't know that. You taught me something too.
I wonder if there's anywhere in Jamaica you can leave chocolate out and it won't melt? Probably somewhere in the Blue Mountains if you go high enough...
You could be right, but from experience she won't have a cake. It won't rise at all and will come out a bit like the powdered sugar comment, and it will just be bitter/salty. I mean, I have enough faith in humans that something would click to her shrugs
I didn't know that until 8th grade. My science teacher asked us how to get out of a sealed room with only a match and a burlap bag of flour. After a bit of guessing, he packed a straw with flour and blew a fireball through one of the bunsen burners.
The answer to his question was to shake the bag out to distribute the flour as much as possible through the room and then simply light the match. Unfortunately we would die in the process, but hey we would definitely get out of the room.
That was a pretty fun middle school field trip. The grain elevator movie dealio was neat. But I'm also a nerd, so most of my classmates didn't find it as interesting...
Yikes. I’m a blonde. (..well silver now, I’m 64) I have had a jar of flour by the stove all my life!! HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS??? Yet another Reddit gem that may save my life!!!
BLESSED BE REDDIT!!!
My ex wife wanted the house to be cleaned with "all natural" products with "no chemicals".
Fine, whatever.
Baking soda and vinegar made an ideal combo for lots of uses so I bought a bunch.
While I'm minding my own business she has a brilliant idea to portion these out and start storing them together... in glass bottles (cause we don't use plastic)... that have an airtight seal...
So yes, she mixed baking soda and vinegar together and sealed it in glass bottles.
The bottles exploded with one of the loudest concussions I've ever heard shattering the glass all throughout the kitchen and into the living room.
Thankfully no one was seriously injured.
We were finding shards of glass for weeks.
Her logic was we could just open the bottles later and pour out what we wanted to use when we actually wanted to clean something.
I 100% put out a grease fire by dumping an entire bag of flour on it! Worked great, smothered it and soaked up all the grease. I thought you were my friend posting this (who was reaching for water to put it out). We were broke interns and didn’t have a lid, and for some reason she tried cooking bacon on a flat pan. Smelled pretty bad for a few days but could’ve been a lot worse.
I don't know baking soda can put out fire. I thought I should not put any powder on fire. A upvote to you.
c_tine · 2 points · Posted at 01:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always put the right size pan lid on the counter right next to the stove when I fry, and I tell the teenagers in my life (and I guess I should add the 20 and 30 somethings) to do the same.
rimian · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex put beef stock in a napoletana sauce once. I spat it out and asked her why. She said because it was a liquid. I also asked her how much salt she put in the water for pasta another time. It was inedible. She said “I don’t know. A handful maybe?”
The salt mine I worked at said you can just throw salt on a fire never tried it. My house is about 1000 sq ft, and I have 4 fire extinguishers. That should cover it. I should go and tip them over and check the gauge.
zpeed · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out The Equalizer 2 - Denzel Washington uses flour in this exact way. The clip says "Sugar Bomb" but its most definitely flour.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, so my first instinct in this situation would have been to smother the fire with a blanket or something, or more preferably use my kitchen fire extinguisher. I know not to use water because all it would do is throw grease everywhere, but what would flour do?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother tried to put out a grease fire with flour. He just panicked and chucked the bag at the stove. Aerated the flour and literally flash fried the kitchen.
holy shit thank you for the info! i thought you were supposed to use flour on grease fires. i think i might be a moron
Floor9 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago my partner and I were laying in bed with some candles lit. A little fire started in one of the candles. it was just a tea light so we were just looking at it thinking about how to put it out.. no panic
In the moment my girlfriend decides to pick up the juice box on her dresser. As soon as I saw her go to pour it I shouted "NO DONT DO THA.." instantly the flames burst all the way to the ceiling in a flash. I couldn't believe how quickly it took off. It was terrifying! and my girlfriend was so close I was worried it could have got to her.
Thankfully we got out of the way and we had nothing catch fire in the blast. Just left with char marks up the wall. Could have been so much worse! My God I couldn't believe how quick a small flame turned into a massive fire.
Woah, I mean, I'm apparently a dumbass too. I obviously know that one white powder is not the same as another, but I had no idea that flour would be that bad on a grease fire! Thanks for saving me from my potential future kitchen bomb making!
Eh, there's always stuff you don't know how to do, you just don't know what it is yet.
I can operate a million dollar precision metal cutting machine with repeatable accuracy, but I don't know how to use a corporate phone system and I've never found a good time to ask.
Like... At my old job I would press 9 to exit the menu, then dial, yes... But if I was calling from outside the company, how would I reach extension 7832?
At the current job, I need to make a call from the stored bank, so do I pick up the phone and type? No. Apparently I have to press 'dial' and '051'.
I've made very few phone calls over my career so it doesn't tend to come up often enough that I remember what worked last time I tried it.
In contrast though, I was the best person to write machine maintenance requests and NonConformance Reports because I could describe what happened in precise but amusing detail.
I used to follow my mom around a lot when I was a kid, even into my teenage years. I'd just sit down and have a chat about my day, school, her day, whatever. And that while she was cooking, doing laundry, cleaning. So I just picked it up by watching her do it. In my late teens I just started helping her out while chatting, and my knowledge grew from there
You have no idea how lucky you are to have a mom who wasn’t a huge bitch. I’m straight up jealous. People wanting to talk to their mom. Feel like I found out unicorns exist, only I never got one.
I wasn't gonna share this story but since you said osmosis...
I was in college and took a water bottle out of a freezer. There was some ice that collected on the outside of the bottle and I said "how does the water get on the outside of the bottle". Another guy looked at me and said "do you not know about condensation?". I said I thought the water traveled through the plastic by osmosis.
I can still hear his voice when he laugh-yelled "osmosis!"
I would like to think I was just tired and if I thought about it for a second I would have realized how it actually happened but....
I was never directly taught most of these things either. I think I just realized on my own that these were things I needed to know and so I paid attention when my parents did them and learned from watching.
Same here. My parents alternated between "You're smart, so figure it out!" and "Just let me do it! You're taking too long!" when I was a kid, but I somehow still turned into a functioning adult.
That’s what always blows my mind with these. Most things like I’m seeing in here, you can just kind of see it and figure it out without too much effort. It’s crazy how oblivious people can be.
Same here. There was and still is so many things i do not know how to do but i think the difference is that instead of doing things horribly wrong or not doing it at all we find out how the fuck it is done. It is ok if you don’t know how to do something. Just find out how it is done or ask for help.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:38:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looking through this thread is fucking weird for me, my parents were abusive and neglectful but I'm still thankful that my mom at least taught us the basics of cooking, cleaning, laundry and the like. Stopped clocks and all that I guess.
Same. I was always being scolded and not allowed to try what I wanted. I got excessive instructions with too many steps that always ended with "and don't make love to it!" instead of just saying "go!" like a sane person. I was always taught how to do something wrong or copy how others do it wrong. I was never taught anything in a positive manner of how to do it correctly. Everything I learned was by my own motivation to do so. I had apparently acquired some skills that brought the attention of the FBI in the early 2000's.
I'm reading this to make sure my kids don't end up on it.
[deleted] · 34 points · Posted at 03:42:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are probably tens of thousands of people reading this thread and going, "Oh shit" with a cold feeling spreading down the backs of their necks as they realize they don't know something basic.
my Dad told me when I was 12: always learn the lesson when your friends make a mistake. You'll never have time to make all the mistakes there are to make on your own.
I only learnt about grease fires a few minutes ago
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 03:50:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who knew that was a thing?! I am someone who used to cook really hot all the time (many fire alarms from the smoke) and I am so grateful that I never had a grease fire, I definitely would have blown myself up from pouring water over it.
See, I knew about grease fires, my brother got really bad burns from one trying to cook shrimp, but I genuinely thought flour put them out, I think just due to years of not thinking about it and getting it confused. I can TOTALLY see a slightly different world where I turned my kitchen into a bomb instead of reading this thread.
I definitely belong on this thread. 25, never bought a car, don't have the first idea how. I know that there's something between "give person cash" and "drive car home," but I have no idea what it is...
Assuming you're paying cash to an individual person, not a dealership...
Generally, the seller and buyer just sign the title/vessel registry (also known as a 'pink slip' although mine is green) and put your information in the blanks on that document, take that with you.. Then you go to the DMV within a week, say you're doing a transfer, hold it up the title and they'll tell you what to do.
Couple extra things: verify that the title VIN number matches the VIN on the driver's door frame (and also that that doorframe tag hasn't been removed). The VIN is sometimes also stamped on a metal plate under the windshield and the firewall (between the engine and the passenger compartment, under the hood). This is to verify that you have the right paperwork, and that the car isn't obviously stolen. Missing or ground-off VIN plates is a serious hassle that involves state troopers.
You will also need insurance as quickly as possible, but I'm not very good at that part. I basically walked into an office, said I needed insurance, told them what kind of car it was and went with whatever they said. I'm entirely aware that I could genuinely save hundreds of dollars by switching to a cheap liability-only option, but you should only do that if your car is worth less than $4k.
Yeah me too. I did a lot of housework as a kid but was never taught to cook or look after a car. I'm still shit at both of them but at least I've never done anything on the same level as many people here (if only because I abuse Google with idiotic questions before attempting to cook anything)
Ha! me too, I'm reading the comments and comparting experiences with every stupid thing I've donde, and making a list because I'm not done being supid yet, that much do I know
Just to name one, once I put a pre-cooked piza in my new oven, on my new appartment, and forgot about it... later, a awul burn-plastic odor made me remember about it, and when I went to check, discovered one of the oven accesories (plastic, of course), completely melted over my pizza... didn't use ever again after that, the smell never left the oven.
Oh I have a really funny one, I hope it doesn't get buried!
Years ago, I bought a friend an electric kettle as a gift. Her boyfriend (who I'm still friends with and who passed along this story) came home one night to find her running out the front door of their apartment with the flaming kettle, and she threw it into the street.
She was screaming about how it was a piece of junk because when she put it on the stove, over a flame, it caught fire and started to melt.
He was laughing uncontrollably when he asked, "what did you think the cord was for?"
From Texas, the only reason we have a kettle is because my wife thought a Kate Spade kettle was cute. We don't even use it, it just sits there.Who drinks hot tea anyways?
I use an electric kettle every day and I don't drink tea lol.
I use it to boil water for stock, to boil water for cooking because it's way faster than waiting for a pot of cold water to boil, for making coffee, to pour into a cooking tray to get rid/soften the dried in food before putting it in dishwasher.
I honestly don't know how people live without an electric kettle!
From reading through some of the other replies I can see that American power outlets give only half of what the power outlets in my country provide (240V) - Ireland.
So I can understand that an electric kettle would not be useful there as it would take a long time for water to boil. A full kettle of 1.5 litres would boil here in about 2 minutes. Boiling water in a pot would take 3 times longer.
Honestly I've used them in the US and they're still somewhat faster, I've just been using an old fashioned one for so long I'm used to it and like it. I'm also not a huge fan of anything that combines water and electricity, even though rationally I know they're as safe as any other appliance I use.
Yup, the brief period I lived in the US was a nightmare for many reasons, but in there was the tea. It got to a point where I made do because I needed my tea, but it was always made with slightly too-cool water and the strength of the available teabags (in NYC, so not some remote backwater) left much to be desired.
My wife always boils water for pasta etc from cold in an open saucepan with the lid off. I've tried discreetly putting a lid on but for the sake of my marriage, it's not with it.
In my defense, we had some Iranian tea leaves that I decided to boil up this morning and ran the liquid through a strainer. Hot tea isn't too bad. Not my thing but not too bad.
Brit here. I go through about 10 cups of tea a day at least. My Dad had to start cutting down once he realised he was drinking more than 25 cups a day.
I use it for coffee too. I have a little plastic thing that you put a small filter in and enough coffee for one person. Put it on top of a mug, pour hot water over it. I also use it for ramen, tea, or heating water to defrost things like frozen packets of dipping sauce, or to get hot water to soften a honeybear in.
Just a squeeze bottle of honey in the shape of a bear. Most small honey containers around here are shaped similarly, you can refill them from larger jugs of honey. But they tend to crystallize when old or if it’s too cold in your house, so putting them in hot water liquifies it again.
I’m from the US and I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have a kettle. We use ours daily to heat water for tea and/or coffee. It’s a stovetop model but my goal is to get one of those fancy electric ones where you can set the temperature of the water for optimal coffee and tea flavor. I can dream.
Ooo that does sound like a good upgrade. I just have a regular electric kettle. I'm used to how it boils so I know my points for each type of tea I have.
I have a kettle for traveling, has been a savoir for many conventions. Joining room so ~8 people total, nothing works as well as 'guys, kettles boiled, come get coffee' on the Sunday morning.
In my opinion, yes. If your water is too hot you extract too much from tea leaves or coffee grounds which often makes for a bitter beverage. If it’s not hot enough you don’t extract enough flavor. Gotta got it right in the sweet spot.
My husband thinks I'm a barbarian because I nuke a mug of water with a teabag in it. I'm just impatient, and never want a whole kettle full of tea unless there's a bug going around. At least the kettle he came with is a sensible stovetop one.
My electric kettle has a metal outer body, and you set it on a base that's plugged in (so you don't have to unplug the thing every time you fill it). Still doesn't look like a stove-kettle, but it would be easier to confuse.
From what I understand it's all to do with the home electrical system. In aus we have 240v, which is good for high wattage appliances like kettles and dryers. In the US the outlets are 120v, and kettles would take too long to heat water. Americans who want dryers need an electrician to install a specific 240v outlet.
Well this is the part I don’t understand. From school physics, surely 240V * 13A gives a theoretical maximum power of 3120W, call it 3KW. Do those slow-kettle-boiling areas also have a 13A limit? Otherwise you’d get the same power from 120V * 26A.
For Europe and including the UK it's not actually 240V, the harmonised voltage range is 230V -10% +6%. In my experience of my area in the UK, it tends to be ~232V.
As someone from Far North Queensland where it's humid as fuck and hot as balls, this confuses me. Hot tea and coffee is a basic. If anything I've always found hot tea to cool me down in the middle of a farm work day.
Uhhh, boil water in a saucepan or small pot? Sometimes the microwave but that depends on the person. I've probably seen a few more stove top kettles but again that's a handful in 20 years of life. Coffee makers are really common and I guess you could make tea in one but unless it was cleaned recently it's gonna have a stale coffee flavor to it so I would not recommend. The only hot drinks besides tea I can think of offhand would be hot chocolate/cocoa (stove or microwave) and warm cider (stove)
Edit: the other guy is correct as well. From the south, can confirm
Boiling water in a pot takes bloody ages! What do you use when making a stock or a sauce? When a recipe says add 700mls of booking water for example? Do you use a pot? Wow
I'm assuming you're in the UK. In North America, electric kettles take ages too, because our outlets supply 120V versus 240V for you. Both use about the same current, so the UK kettle gets twice as much heating power as the NA one.
When I'm either lazy or late (which is most times) I use my roommate's keurig, but if I'm feeling fancy I make myself a pour-over with freshly ground beans and I use a kettle for that. Gotta control that pour -- using a pot would end... poorly
I'll put the water/milk in the microwave and heat it directly in the cup. Sometimes put a small pot on the stove and boil it. Since not doing a huge amount it boiled within a few minutes.
The US uses much lower residential voltage than other countries, which means electric kettles are much slower. Given they're often the first item people with 220-240V power buy for their kitchen when moving out, finding out they're not a thing in the states is baffling.
This makes a lot of sense now. My kettle boils a litre in about 2 minutes. If it takes as long to use a pot to boil as it does a kettle to boil then I can now see why people in the US don't bother with one
Yes... But the average US 100v home circuit is 15amps, or about 1500 watts continuous load. My house is a little unusual because we have thicker wiring and 20 amp circuits.
To run a 120v welder or air compressor, I need a dedicated breaker. Even a worklight on the same circuit will prevent the compressor from getting the initial starting amperage.
So how many amps does a 240v electric kettle draw?
.....So thickness of cable means it has a higher current capacity. Further, the circuit breaker would have to have a higher rating to allow 20 amp devices to operate.
Hope this explains why you need a dedicated circuit breaker for your high powered devices.
Lastly, a kettle rated 1kW, would draw twice the current on 120v circuit but the final output will same be 1kW (given the power source is capable of delivering 1kW)
Yes and no, the reason I need a dedicated circuit has to do with surge load starting a motor (or electric arc), bit running load.
A 20 amp circuit in Europe with the same wire thickness could deal twice the wattage because voltage*amps=watts, so it's more that the US could have 1KW kettles, but Europe could have 2KW kettles, heating your water twice as fast.
Volts * Amps = Watts. Lower the volts, leave the Amps the same and you get lower Watts
While yes, you are technically correct, your implication that the voltage used in the household doesn't affect the total power delivered is false. There's a reason why American homes have both 120v for general household electrical and 240v for appliances.
Well not American so don't know domestic and commercial distribution n/w, but as a thumb rule the voltage is kept constant (that is why there's a standard operating voltage and frequency 220/50 where I am) and based on rated load machine draws current.
To normal domestic user voltage has really no impact (devices are designed to operate at standard).
To distribution company, voltage matters because of limit on conductor size/spacing restrictions etc.
It appears my initial understanding was incorrect. Through some quick googling the average home in the US has a 100 or 200 watt connection, while the average UK home has 40-100 watt connection. Both are connected to the electrical grid at about 240V, with the US using a dual phase system to get 120V at most wall outlets while still allowing 240V for large appliances.
It appears that the big difference is how the individual circuits are rated. In the US a standard 120V/15A plug is rated for 1100W and any product that plugs in will be rated for a maximum of draw of no more than 1100W (allowing headroom for any unexpected extra power draw, degraded/outside of code wiring, etc. on the circuit to prevent fires) while UK circuits are rated for over 2000W
The business insider article I read listed for the maximum possible load on a UK circuit of 2800W and the maximum possible load on a US circuit of 1500W, but does not specify what the maximum load a given individual product or plug can be rated for. Googling this information is pulling up numbers over 3000W, so I honestly don't know what the upper limit is under UK electrical codes for a standard plug, but it's clearly far higher than what US codes allow for.
Electricity and electric codes are really neat, so you may also be interested to learn that the US also has standards for 20Amp circuits as well, with a dedicated socket and plug standard that both allows 15 and 20 amp devices to be plugged into a 20 amp socket but 20 amp devices can't be plugged into a 15 amp circuit.
US 240V plugs are really weird because of the phases, and some allow for the appliance to both use 120V and 240V at the same time, so the plugs and sockets get really funky looking and confusing really quickly depending on the phases, grounding, etc.
Oh and US Apartments and businesses are often 3 phase with 220V instead of 240V becuase splitting and combining phases doesn't allow for both 120V and 240V easily and the 240V appliances generally aren't that sensitive. The rabbit hole goes on...
Technically the US uses the exact same voltage as the rest of the world, but only our outlets supply 120V compared to the 240V service.
It's actually quite ingenious, since by splitting the power phases you get the best of both worlds. Lower voltage for the household outlets that you're most likely to accidentally electrocute yourself on, but plenty of power for your appliances. The only drawback comes when you want to pull more than ~1100 watts from the wall, which only really happens with electric kettles and certain niche usecases.
I'm in Arizona in the US. Its not like people love hot drinks in the desert, but maybe just my friends and family love tea and hot coco? Idk
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 05:41:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here in Australia - but part of the reason they're less common in America is because their electricity is only 110V instead of 240V, so they take ages to boil over there so it's often easier to use a stovetop kettle instead.
Yep, the kettle gets used more than anything else. To the point where you flick it on if you walk past, because someone will be wanting to make a hot drink in the next five minutes.
I had literally never seen an electric kettle until I was maybe 22 years old. I was amazed you didn’t have to put it on a stove. Also learning the difference between tea pots and tea kettles was a bit jarring. I’d never drank/made tea or coffee until I was like 20 and even then I only used the microwave. Kettles were never used in my household so I didn’t know anything about them
Edit: my parents never drank tea so we didn’t possess a kettle and only made very bad/cheap pre-ground coffee with a 1980s coffee maker and when I tasted their coffee it was awful so I had no interest in making it.
My fiancé insists on making tea this way. Drives me nuts cuz we have a perfectly good stovetop kettle but he would rather pour from a straight sided saucepan and get water everywhere.
I have the kettle on 3 or 4 times a day to make a cuppa
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 05:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Americans dont usually buy them because we tend to drink coffee and tea drinkers just use the microwave to heat the water. First time I used one was in grad school because my labmates are predominantly Chinese and drink tea.
Other American tea drinkers use the microwave?! What barbarians. You use the kettle, damnit. We actually had a lovely Revere Ware kettle for the stovetop (thing is older than me and still in amazing shape) and now I own an electric kettle. I would never dare use the microwave for my precious tea.
But, I grew up with the coffee drinkers also being tea drinkers. I don't know what I'd do without my kettles and teapots.
Electric kettles are actually uncommon in the states because the 110V electrical in American kitchens isn't enough to boil the water as quickly as on the stovetop. Countries with 240V electrical have significantly faster electric kettles which is part of why they're popular
tea drinkers just use the microwave to heat the water
I've never encountered a tea drinker who does this. Everyone I know uses a stove top kettle (it makes a wonderful whistling sound when the water is done) I'm not saying tea drinkers who microwave their water don't exist, but I personally don't know any and I suspect it's a minority
I make tea with an electric almost everyday. I’m not even certain I could use a stovetop one tbh. (My mum is an avid read drinker, I will occasionally have a cup.)
Yeah. It was only a few years ago I had even seen an electric kettle. My roommate's girlfriend moved in, and she had lived in the UK for years. It wasn't hard to figure out what it was though. It went sort of like "Huh, that's weird, it looks like a kettle, but it has a cord on it, like its electric... OOOOH."
I know I’m late to this post but it reminded me of an incident with my ex husband shortly after we married. We received a lovely whistling water kettle, not electric, as a gift and it had an adorable cozy on top. I’m sure you are way ahead of me. He put water on to boil and put the cozy on the kettle on the stove. The felt lining of the cozy caught fire and the whole thing was ruined. I was so upset and he didn’t have a clue what he did wrong. I’ve never had a replacement. 😢well, I got a replacement husband anyway. 😁
Omg, one of my clueless roommates did this to my electric kettle too. The plastic part melted into the stove and I was so pissed, because my mom had bought me that in one of the few trips she took to visit me during college.
LMAO this kills me because my electric kettle is my best friend in the kitchen, I think I use that thing more than any other appliance so I can't imagine not knowing how they work
At my grandmothers nursing home there were some rooms with stoves and in those rooms electric kettles were banned because it was extremely common for people who were losing their faculties to get confused and put them on the burner.
So we had a hob kettle for YEARS and recently switched to an electric because my mum decided she’d had enough of hob kettles. It took me probably 5 or 6 weeks to train myself out of putting the kettle onto the hob, and I still sometimes catch myself doing it
Could be, but anything could be a weird gift if given the right context. She could have expressed interest or talked about it at some point, or if someone has and likes theirs they would think "Oh this is a wonderful thing to own" and gift a friend one so they can enjoy it too.
Caedem · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose you're right. I think for some reason my brain assumed it was like a birthday gift or something lol.
An electric kettle seems so weird to me. I've only ever seen it once and that was in a video. From my understanding it keeps water hot? Which if you like hot drinks I can see the use for, but past that... I don't constantly need hot water?
Unless I don't understand what it does it seems like another appliance that just takes up more space than it's worth.
From what I've read it doesn't because outlets don't have the same power in America?
Don't make hot drinks, and don't buy cup noodles either. So still just sounds like a pot or even the microwave is a better option. Guess I'm just not the right person for an electric kettle.
The first couple of times I saw a kettle was in hotel rooms when I'd visit UK. We don't have them in my country, I had zero clue what it was or how to use it. I didn't even know they had a name. I assumed you'd have to fill a mug with water and put the whole mug inside the kettle or something 🤣
I just end up never using them in hotels, since I just didn't know how, and I didn't want a tea that much.
Fun fact: years later, in my early 30s, I moved to UK. I think a flatmate explained to me what they were and how to use them.
My mom did this about once a year while growing up. We must’ve had 10 electric kettles. She’s not a dumb woman but I guess old habits die hard and every so often she’d just throw the damn thing on the stove and walk away.
If you are old enough to be gifted a kettle, you are old enough to deduce that an electric kettle, which is at least partly made of plastic and comes with a stand and a cord, is not the same thing as a stovetop kettle. Good grief.
Reviving an older comment here, but makes me think of a story. I once put a moka pot on the stove at my aunt's place. I wanted coffee, I have a moka pot at home myself. A few minutes later, instead of the beautiful smell of fresh coffee, I smell a stinking, chemical odor and get nervous. It's not my house, right, so what if something happened? I look in the top of the pot, nothing. I look in the oven, nothing. I go looking for a cable fire but find nothing.
Finally, I lift the moka pot. Half of the bottom comes off, molten to the stovetop and pulling strings like good mozzarella. Turns out they have a modern electric version that works with a base and cable...
It is a thing in the US, especially with baby shampoo, but it’s actually referring to the fact that it won’t give your hair split ends, not how it won’t make the baby cry if it gets in their eyes. That is false. It will still sting.
...you must pay careful attention around the 'Parson's nose'........
🎙️ arual_x · 216 points · Posted at 22:13:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend cook a Christmas turkey with the plastic bag of giblets still inside it. He didn’t realise until he took it out right at the end and there was a godawful smell.
That happens from time to time. I roasted a chicken with the bag of giblets inside once. Only difference is I actually checked for it but managed to not feel it. Assumed there wasn’t one and roasted away.
I did this, too. I checked and pulled the neck out but didn't feel the giblets. Of course my aunt found the bag when she helped me carve it. We laughed about it
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 09:46:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brought the fam to the in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner one year. MIL wasn't feeling great so step-FIL cooked.
As we started in, SFIL so proud of the meal laid before us, my husband says 'wheres the stuffing?'
Handing him a serving spoon, SFIL replied 'its still in the turkey, just scoop it out'.
MIL was so mad she stood, picked it up & threw it out, yelling the entire time about ruining dinner & poisoning her grandbabies.
Not entirely sure if that would be the case, but I know I definitely couldn't eat it (or allow my kids to) knowing it's innards were still in, so I was in the same page as her as far as not eating it goes lol.
He thought the turkey came pre stuffed, & had no idea anything that is naturally found in a turkey is placed back in the turkey. The neck was inside as well. Yuck.
I’m not seeing the problem. A lack of stuffing is hardly going to destroy dinner. Are you saying she was worried because the plastic bag was still inside?
So? You realize those are edible, right? Lots of people cook them and eat them separately, or use them in the gravy, or in the stuffing. I’m still not sure what the problem was? Aside from the lack of actual stuffing, that’s sad.
I also remain confused. As long as the turkey reached the required temperature they should be fine. Just a little sadder because of the lack of stuffing.
I would have thought that would be fine. The turkeys I get usually have the giblets in a papery/waxy bag, and if that's burning in the cavity it's probably over done anyway.
I'd watch out for the plastic hooks I've seen every now and then that are holding parts together. I would hope they wouldn't melt at that temperature but I'm not betting on quality at 99 cents a pound.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:09:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Caribbeans have a method of rinsing poultry and pork in a lemon juice, salt, vinegar concoction, then rinsing that all out with boiling water. Helps with taste when you marinate/season but some people will try to deny it. You don’t have to but to each is their own.
I think it's a woman from the real housewives from Beverley Hills and there was an episode where she went to the British ladys house (vanderpump?) to learn how to cook because british lady owns restaurants and is an experienced cook apparently. Anyways, they're cooking a roast chicken or turkey and the maloof lady in order to prep the turkey or whatever she proceeded to wash it with dish soap. Vanderpump laughs at her because it is ridiculous but maloof takes it personally and she think she's being condescending. Maloof insists that you can wash your food with soap and in another episode she gifts vaderpump a present which turns out to be food soap and her defense was that she assumed the dish soap was food soap.
This is my recollection of this episode from the time my mum got me hooked on the series like 6 of 5 years ago.
I actually did this the first time I made chicken. I did wash it off pretty well so it didn't taste like soap. It still tasted bad but for other reasons.
I never understand people that wash meat, especially under running water. You're literally just splashing all that bacteria all over your sink and whatever stray droplets get elsewhere. Ew.
ON-Q · 2 points · Posted at 07:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ve never tried their Palmolive potatoes.
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[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely not dish soap but Caribbeans use a salt, lemon, vinegar concoction on poultry and pork for about a 30 seconds then completely rinse it with boiling water. Helps with seasoning/ marinating taste. Some will disagree with this but do what you want in the kitchen.
My sibling worked in a restaurant where they defrosted chicken in the sanitizing section of the three part sink and used undiluted sanitizing solution to wash dishes to "save time." He quit on his first day because he wasn't gonna take part in poisoning hundreds of people. So uh, guess your guy opened a restaurant anyway?
Many years ago I managed a pizza restaurant where we would get large boxes of fresh mushrooms from our produce supplier. Before use we would have to dump the box into a large colander and rinse them thoroughly or “wash” them as we called it. On a busy night I asked a newer employee to “wash” a box of them. I came over to the sink area a few minutes later and asked him where the mushrooms were. He opened up our industrial dishwasher and there they were in a flat rack with steam billowing off of them. Had to toss them. He felt bad after I kindly explained the correct procedure. Made it a point to instruct new hires to rinse them in the sink when someone asked to “wash” them.
Wait wait wait, you're not supposed to do that?? That literally is what my mother does to every turkey we've ever eaten and it doesn't do anything bad seeing as I've never gotten sick from it
Every few weeks I catch my roommate trying to put his metal tea strainer in the microwave.
This is inspite of the fact that our first week living in this apartment, he destroyed the microwave and had to pay for a new one because he put a metal tea strainer in the microwave.
The first time I went to a restaurant in the south, I get asked if I want tea. I say yes, then the waitress walks away, leaving me confused and thinking "but I haven't told you whether I want English breakfast or chamomile.." Is Lipton the only one you guys serve as well?
I've had waaaay worse Earl Grey (ashy Bigelow), green tea (burnt), and a cinnamon atrocity at a boutique. Also, Coffee Bean's holiday selection (how do you mess up lemongrass?! The cherry blossom I expected to taste like soap, but how do you make lemongrass taste muddy?).
My Russian workmate Dmitry puts a metal spoon in his tea/coffee/soup when warming it up in the microwave. When I first saw him do it I said "woa Jesus that's mental" to which he replied "Noa! Zats Science!" ✊😂
A Belarusian guy I used to work with would make incredibly strong black tea with loose leaves, then purposely filter it poorly so a lot of the leaves would stay in the cup, because he liked to eat them as he drank his tea. I don't know if this is some sort of standard Belarusian habit, or if he was just nuts.
It did always strike me as odd that the way the Americans at the time decided to protest against British rule was, ironically, dumping tea into Boston harbour and unintentionally creating the worlds' largest cup of tea.
We heard a loud pop, looked over, and if my memory is correct, the inside of the microwave flashed, so we opened it and roasted him. Hes done....a lot of dumb things. Hes tried smoking tea grounds with notebook paper (ya know, tea grounds. The stuff inside a tea bag used for making sweet/iced tea). He thought a vagina had only 1 hole rather than 2 (he thought they pissed and had sex through the same hole, the proceeded to mock me thinking I was wrong), got a tattoo of his exes name on his arm (they broke up the day after I learned about it). Lets just say hes not the brightest
Hes been to sex ed, pretends to know it all, and mocked me for knowing there are 2 holes, I'd be more understanding if he didnt go to sex ed or pretended to be an expert on female anatomy, but neither is true in this case
Someone mentioned I had terminology wrong, but y'all knew what I meant, and I'm not expert, self proclaimed or otherwise. He pretended to be and said "pussy", meaning all of it
I do not mind the ones making mistakes. God knows I made plenty. But it is the lack of learning from them that gets me. It took all of one time for my Mom to figure out her finer dinner plates were lined with metal when the micro began to spark pretty. It took me 1x to forget the metal from the chinese take out back when they had metal handles.
Your bro was creative in his mistakes and maybe heart struck naive...
And my Mom was English, I cannot fathom what your roommate was thinking. Hoping for a stronger cup of tea?? I sometimes nuke a cuppa with a tea bag in the cup....
It's complicated -- but basically the fluid is not heated throughout by into a roiling boil but randomly and inconsistently, often mistaking the water vapor as signs of boiling. Thus, when it "cooks" the tea, it does so improperly, thus not releasing the target flavors resulting from the chemical process initiated by the boiling water.
It's complicated -- but basically the fluid is not heated throughout by into a roiling boil but randomly and inconsistently, often mistaking the water vapor as signs of boiling. Thus, when it "cooks" the tea, it does so improperly, thus not releasing the target flavors resulting from the chemical process initiated by the boiling water.
That's just a load of bollocks. All that gets sorted out when you take the near boiling water out of the microwave and dip your tea bags in it or your metal tea strainer in it.
It is not like you shove your tea bags in the electric water kettle either. You pour it into a cup and then dunk your teabags. Do the same with microwaved hot water.
Correct, and my aunt refuses to believe that electrical kettles get properly hot enough! She uses the more traditional kettle that is boiled on the hob. Also, if you are making a pot of tea, then you should warm the pot first
I'm not sure how a kettle wouldn't get hot enough, it brings the water to a rolling boil the same as a stove top kettle. I do like stove tops, but my oven has an induction hob so I'd have to find a magnetic kettle and I'm happy with my electric one that matches my toaster.
It's not often I make a pot of tea but I do have some fancy ass mugs that I'm not sure about putting boiling water straight in and I don't want to test it, so I'll use the pot for that, and I warm the pot first too.
I didn’t say that she made any sense. Everyone has a crazy aunt in their family somewhere! An electric kettle works just fine. The main thing is you can’t make a proper cup of tea in the microwave!
Because you own pots and pans and there is a hob. Why don't you use that? I've tried microwaving water once the mug was boiling and the water was warm, please just use a pot!
This one time I microwaved a Subway sandwich, only to discover that the sandwich was wrapped in a secret layer of aluminum foil under the paper. I managed to save it before too much damage was done, but there were holes burnt though the paper and metal and there was aluminum embedded in the bread somehow
Assuming you still have a standard incandescent light bulb around, put it base down in a cup of water (so the metal base is underwater), put that in the microwave, and turn it on for 5 seconds or so. Ooh, ahh, the bulb lights and those around you freak out.
That's the only worthwhile time to put any kind of metal in a microwave.
FYI pretty much any microwave "baking" devices are at least partly metal. Those boxes you cook hotpockets in? Aluminum(?) Infused. Not to mention some microwaves have metal cooking racks. It really depends on the shape and composition of the metal. I regularly leave spoons in the microwave, but not forks or serrated knives.
Tea can be many things. 1. Gossip- you would use this like"I got some tea for you to hear". 2. A beverage- you take the leaves of a certain plant and you soak them in hot water to expell there juices. sometimes it has natural caffeine so it works like coffee. There's even flavord, like peppermint and some fruits. That's what tea is
The proper flavour (for black tea) is only released at very close to boiling point. If the water isn't hot enough, or goes cold too quickly, your tea will be grey and taste like sadness and death.
That means you swish out the cup or pot with the water as the kettle comes close to the boil, then put in the tea, then pour over the water when it's absolutely at a rolling boil - then if possible keep the tea warm with a cloth wrapped round it for a couple of minutes. (this doesn't work so well for cups, obvs)
Pour the tea (or remove teabag), then add milk, if you take it.
Do not boil the tea, however. It sounds like a good solution, but that's a whole different kind of terrible.
Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips are excellent brands; anything that says Ceylon is probably going to be fine.
Obviously different kinds of tea take different treatment - try to make a yellow-liquoring tea like Darjeeling or Prince of Wales that strong, and it'll be bitter as hell.
And for green tea, the water mustn't be quite boiling. I just slosh a little cold water in to start with, top up with boiling, then add the tea.
It's easy, the only thing that really matters is that the water is boiling when you pour it over the bag. One bag in the cup, boiling water, splash of milk (I like soy). Done.
The iasue is it doesn't boil as evenly, that microwaves work on time and kettles heat (so slight variance), and that it can get superheated and destroy some flavours
of the water? Do you even hear yourself? when water boils it creates a convection current which essentially mixes it all up. What the fuck are you on about? boiling water is 100 degrees no matter how you boil it. Then you let it cool down a bit to around 85 and steep.
We should be having a much more important debate about how teabags suck
Except if pockets get more energy. And clearly convection currents aren't working well when there are videos of mugs, cups, etc. literally exploding once a spoon is put in because now there's a surface that lets it instantly boil
Mlmmt · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, nice and fast too, mine isn't much slower for the amount of water needed for a cup of tea than the microwave, and has multiple temp settings for various types of tea (because those are useful when you have a family full of people that drink coffee in the morning, and tea the rest of the day).
The problem with kettles in the US is that they aren't powerful enough to boil water properly at a decent speed. They can only draw about 1400w, where's a kettle in the UK can draw 3000w.
Eh, I prefer the wildly inefficient yet more romantic stove top kettle on a gas range. It just tastes better to me. I’m in the US, though, so our kettles are so slow that it makes little difference.
Swie · 14 points · Posted at 02:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From my experience microwave is literally the worst way to heat liquids, the water won't fully boil (which makes the tea taste shit) and the mug becomes hot af, it's the worst.
If you don't have an electric or stovetop kettle, use a pan on the stove it'll at least heat properly.
Fmeson · 6 points · Posted at 03:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like you don't have mugs made for the microwave. Lots of ceramics, even ones that say microwave safe, absorb the microwaves and get hot, causing the water to heat up much slower as well.
Swie · 1 points · Posted at 13:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess I don't have any dishes made for the microwave then because it's always a problem. First time I'm hearing about special microwave mugs tbh...
Fmeson · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It has to do with metals and other impurities in ceramics. For some reason, most manufacturers don't give a shit about making actual microwave safe mugs, they just write it on the bottom and call it a day.
Wait so somehow the water being not boiling makes the tea taste bad? I honestly don't understand how that can be a thing, it's just water no?
Swie · 22 points · Posted at 02:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean tea gets its taste because you're activating the chemicals in the tea leaf. Different temperatures activate them to different degrees. It's like being surprised that rice tastes different if you burn it to a crisp at a super high heat vs heating it gently vs undercooking it.
To me tea tastes noticeably different depending on how hot the water was when I put it in. At work we have those keurig machines that also just "heat" not "boil" water, makes tea taste like shit (even if you just use them for water and not use the cups).
Different teas have ‘best’ temperatures for taste. You can normally look them up, you actually don’t want to use boiling water most of the time, just under boiling is better.
You're not trying to cook the tea leaves, you're trying to extract the flavour that's locked up in them. If the water isn't hot enough, the extraction process doesn't work properly.
Swie · 5 points · Posted at 02:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why you get an electric kettle, fastest way to get water truly boiling. Also great for instant coffee, speeding up shit that requires water to boil (like rice or noodles), stocks from cubes, etc.
American College Student here. I bought an electric tea kettle before freshman year. Not only do I make tea using it, I've also used it for ramen noodles, hot choca, apple cider, and the occasional coffee
Electric kettles are great. I'm from the US and hadn't ever seen one until a trip to NZ about a decade ago to visit my wife's family. They were completely flabbergasted that we made tea back home with an "old fashioned" stovetop kettle. These days electric kettles seem to be catching on.
The only problems with me using a stove top at college is that we aren't allowed to have any form of open heating element, like a stove top, in our dorm rooms and that the whole building had one kitchen on the second floor and I lived on the first
The only problems with me using a stove top at college is that we aren't allowed to have any form of open heating element, like a stove top, in our dorm rooms and that the whole building had one kitchen on the second floor and I lived on the first
With an electric kettle to heat the water, they do make those for US voltages.
You can also heat a mug of water in the microwave for 2 minutes and then dunk your teabag and make your tea. Not sure why people are obsessing on a kettle.
Mlmmt · 1 points · Posted at 16:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basically, people who would obsess over using a kettle likely do so because they probably paid a fair bit more for higher quality tea, and thus would rather spend a *bit* more time getting the water temp right for that specific tea, rather than microwaving the water and going "good enough" (most electric kettles used for making tea have multiple temp settings).
Sorry for the mini wall of text, but I figured I would try to explain why some people care so much about using a kettle, microwaving water for basic cheap tea (the kind that's in most teabags) is perfectly fine, once you start going with more expensive teas, you tend to care more about how you make it.
Basically, people who would obsess over using a kettle likely do so because they probably paid a fair bit more for higher quality tea, and thus would rather spend a bit more time getting the water temp right for that specific tea, rather than microwaving the water and going "good enough" (most electric kettles used for making tea have multiple temp settings).
You make a great point but hat's not even right for most people though! This seems to be more of a cultural taboo than anything. The comments on this thread proves it - and this is not the first time I have seen people over-react when it comes to microwaving water for tea.
And to your point, people here are over-reacting even when they are making bog-standard Ahmad or Tetley teabag tea.
One thing worth pointing out:
Most people are under the impression that microwaving tea means dumping water, milk, and a teabag into a mug and microwaving it. That's going to be a disaster for sure. But if you just boil water in a microwave in a mug, it is going to go to 100C just like it would in a kettle or in a pot on the stovetop. Once the water has boiled in the microwave, you can proceed just as you would do with a electric kettle or stovetop pot.
This entire brouhaha is illogical.
On a side note, I find it much more beneficial to heat the milk and get it to boil as well. Adding cold milk to hot brewed tea is a travesty. It really affects the flavor of tea in a bad way. But I can also see this being a personal preference - i grew up drinking milk tea where the milk was always boiled and heated before adding it to the tea.
Not a tea drinker, why does it matter how the water gets hot?
Mlmmt · 10 points · Posted at 02:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a tea drinker, the actual temp of the water matters when making tea, to change what ends up in the final tea and left in the leaves, black tea is typically steeped in boiling water (though don't boil the actual tea), while green tea wants a bit below boiling.
So I guess the answer to your question is: no, it does not *really* matter how the water gets hot, but a microwave has next to no control over how hot the water ends up being, and thus is not *ideal*.
It doesn't. Microwave is less convenient than a kettle, especially if it's electric, but anyone who tries to tell you that there's a difference between boiling water made in a microwave and one made on a stove is wrong.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a difference. The gentle, even rolling boil of a kettle is very different to the uneven and uncontrolled heating of a microwave. Tea is very heat-dependent, and it makes a very noticeable difference to the taste.
My wife is Mexican and she makes tea and coffee in the microwave, it’s mind boggling to me. Especially given the fact that I have an electric teapot, with temperature control. But no she warms up the water in microwave and throws in the coffee / tea.
If you’re wondering about the coffee, Mexicans love instant coffee for some reason which is how she makes it. Me personally I love Americanos - did I mention we have espresso machine too?
I’m actually American, and judging from your use of the word “y’all”, I am a fellow southerner. I got the electric teapot when I visited the UK and had one in my hotel room and thought “that’s genius.” I ordered one on amazon as soon as I got back.
And yes, I love my coffee. If you’re ever in Texas go to H-E-B grocery store and get the Houston blend, it’s heavenly (for a normal coffee - I tend to like strong bitter espressos).
Electric teapot? A kettle? As a British man in my mid thirties I've never come across an electric teapot...but as an engineer I suppose you could put some kind of heating element inside a teapot? Would be a bitch to clean.
Really? My best friend is English and he said he has one.
The element is under the floor of the pot, it’s no different than any other teapot except that it’s electric and it’s got temperature control, which is nice because I like Yerba mate and boiling is too hot.
I have an espresso machine, one of those stove top espresso teapot looking things (not sure what they’re called), and a regular coffee machine. I do not have a French press.
As an american, why the fuck don’t people have kettles? Tea, instant noodles, not waiting ages for water to boil for cooking (the kettles aren’t that shitty, but our electric stoves sure as hell are), scalding the germs in the sink to death because you’re feeling spiteful, etc.
I don't know what "forever" is then because I'm Canadian, we use the same voltage as the US, and electric kettles are fairly common and only take a couple of minutes to boil.
Boiling water in a pot on the stove takes longer than using an electric kettle anywhere. I'd choose 45 seconds over 3 minutes for water, but I'd even take 3 minutes over 5-8 minutes.
I used to live in Canada myself for quite a long time and didn't honestly see that many kettles at all. I guess maybe I'm just skewed due to essentially every house in the UK having one. We had one while we were there for tea but honestly I don't even drink tea so I don't remember very well how long the kettle took. It's just something I've heard mentioned. I'd be curious to compare.
Depends on the mug. I have been boiling water in mugs in the microwave for close to 20 years now. And while some mugs have burnt the absolute motherfuck out of me (and immediately been tossed in the trash), some just don't interact with the microwaves at all. The only thing heating them is the water in the mug itself, which doesn't heat them much.
It's not about the container. It's very easy to superheat water in a microwave. If that happens, when drop the tea in all the steam breaks out in a rush of bubbles that spill scalding hot water everywhere.
I've microwaved thousands of cups of water and never had this happen. From what I've read, it only works with distilled, pure water in a container with perfectly smooth walls. Most people just microwave tap water in ceramic cups. Maybe microwaving it in Pyrex would do it though
What you've read is wrong. The water needs nucleation sites to boil without superheating. Some minerals will provide that, but not all tap water has those. I also suspect chlorine and fluoride (common additives in U.S. city water, but not in all cities) provide nucleation sites (possibly by precipitating out of the water as it heats, creating bubbles that act as nucleation sites). If you have mostly lived in big cities, odds are your tap water would boil normally. If you've lived places with very hard water, it would probably also boil normally. I have lived in places where we had filtered well water, and microwaved water exploded almost every time, if we didn't let it cool for a couple of minutes first. (The city water where I live now doesn't explode though.)
Ceramic and glass cups won't help. They are smooth and provide few or no nucleation sites. I don't think I have ever had water explode in a plastic cup, but I also avoid microwaving water in plastic cups. A terracotta cup would probably be fine, as it is rough and has tons of nucleation sites. I've never heard of a terracotta cup though. (I'll bet someone makes them, even if only for a joke.)
I am not sure if it was the filtering or the lack of chemicals you find in city water. (Most well water is filtered in some degree, so the filtering wasn't really anything special aside from the fact that it might have reduced the amount of some minerals.)
I would be more concerned about water that has gone through a water softener. That definitely removes a lot of minerals. In general though, I am just really careful with microwaved water that isn't boiling.
All this science makes my head hurt. I use my microwave way more than I should. Not for tea though. Easy to just saunter in to wally world and buy a damn kettle for like ten bucks.
Yeah, superheating is a real thing, and it doesn't only happen with distilled water. I've never been burned by it, but as a kid we had filtered well water (which was delicious), and we very quickly learned to be very careful with microwaved water.
Because your puny 110 volt electrical supply can't push enough watts to drive a real kettle. 13 amp fuse * 110 volts = 1400 watts.
On this side of the pond our mighty 230 volts allows for 3000 watt kettles that can boil a cup of water much faster than the several minutes it takes in the USA.
As an American who likes herbal teas, cup-of-noodles, and a handful of other things that require hot water, I agree. We have a slow stove kettle, and I don't mind waiting. Despite the time difference, it's way more convenient than the microwave, where I would have to get out a cup, wait for the water to boil, and then pour it into something else. It might seem like a little thing, but with a kettle on the stove, I just turn the stove on and go back to what I was doing. It whistles when it is ready. If I want tea and a cup of noodles, I can pour both immediately, wait a few minutes, and they are done at about the same time. I only have to refill the kettle every four uses or so. That said, an electric kettle would be nice. We only have the stove top one, because the people we bought our house from left it, but an electric kettle is definitely on my list of things to get in the future! Just having a kettle has been really good though. (Also, instant noodles do turn out better when you pour boiling water in than when you put the water in and microwave it. There is a reason the instructions say what they do.)
And that's not even mentioning the common problem of superheated water in microwaves that can cause serious injuries. Contrary to what the video says, not all tap water will boil before becoming superheated. It depends on water quality. If you have a water softener, it is more likely to superheat and potentially explode on you. City water will depend on how much filtering they do and likely on how much chemicals (chlorine and flouride) they add. I've have also personally experienced superheating with filtered well water, on many occasions, when I was a kid.
Lw1997 · 13 points · Posted at 00:17:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't watch that video of the woman who put up a "British Tea Tutorial". (Microwave the water, put in milk, add tea bag, sugar and stir.) As a Welsh person it made me want to shriek at my monitor.
Funny, it just seemed like common sense to me not to put sugar or anything else in, until it was done steeping. I've never been able to come up with a logical explanation for why this is correct, but it just seems wrong to steep the tea in anything but pure water.
I typically put the teabag and sugar in the mug, then add boiling water. That's just because I'm paranoid about the steam on the spoon causing the sugar to clump together.
So, it's possible the sugar could affect how the tea leaves steep. Adding other substances to the water could prevent effective steeping (by closing up the plant cells or making the water less able to dissolve the chemicals in the leaves), or it could release chemicals in the leaves that are undesirable. It might not do anything though, and I could just be paranoid. If it tastes fine to you, then I wouldn't worry. (At least your paranoia is something you know can happen.)
Recently, I have gotten lazy and just pour sugar straight from the box. (We don't have room to keep a decent sugar bowl, though we do have one somewhere.) This is terrible practice, because it is very inconsistent, but I guess I am not that cultured. (Also, it's only herbal tea...) But yeah, sugar clumping on the spoon could be an issue. This might help: Maybe if you used a plastic spoon, which water don't condense on as well? I've had steam condense on metal spoons when adding sugar to tea, but I've never had that happen with a plastic spoon.
I guess there is a reason serious tea drinkers often prefer cubes.
(On a side note: If you want an interesting experience, try a tea with licorice root in it, without sugar. Licorice root has a sweet aftertaste but no initial sweetness. If you don't wait too long between sips, only the initial sip will taste like there is no sweetness.)
I've made tea both by adding sugar before and adding it after and while some people swear there's a difference, I don't notice one.
I've never liked herbal or fruity teas much, I'm a very working class Welsh valley girl who drinks probably about 5 cups of Yorkshire tea (2 sugars and a drop of lactose free milk) a day, but I do appreciate the suggestion
Like I said, if it tastes fine to you, it probably doesn't matter. As an American who drinks neither black tea nor coffee, I am not sure I even have any business having an opinion on this!
Hello, American here. I genuinely want to understand this.
Sometimes heat the water for my tea in the microwave and sometimes in an electric kettle. Either way I end up with a mug of hot water and then add a bag of tea. (Then milk with one sugar.) Exact same time from start to finish.
There is only one type of heat- water molecules moving faster. The only difference I can think of is that the mug also goes in the microwave and might get too hot if it’s not microwave-safe. Or maybe that the nicer electric kettles here can heat to specific temperatures for green tea.
Or is the whole thing a cliched misunderstanding like how Brits don’t know “peanut butter and jelly” means jam or marmalade and they’re acting all repulsed by this flavor combination while holding a Cadbury Fruit+Nut?
It's weird for us that you guys would try to use a microwave for this, when in the UK electric kettles are ubiquitous. I don't think it's widely known here that the US mostly doesn't have electric kettles.
I've used an electric kettle once before, and it was wonderful, but I haven't bought one for myself because I only make tea once a month. It seems wasteful to have an entire appliance that gets used for 3 minutes so rarely when a microwave or a pot on the stove does fine (I don't own a teapot either).
I do have three different appliances for making coffee, though.
We tend to heat water for cooking veg and pasta and things with our kettles too. It's more efficient (and faster) than boiling it on the stove (although electricity tends to be more expensive per unit than gas here).
Yeah. I debating buying one for pasta water or other cooking purposes until I realized that heating via my gas stove was more efficient. It came down to, "Is it worth the expense, storage space, and saving one minute when making pasta?"
It is arguably worth it, but not so clear cut that it was a priority.
That's one of the keys -- you have to make sure the water gets to actual boiling THROUGHOUT. Not just the appearance of boiling, and not inconsistently. But also not overboiled losing oxygen. And careful the container you use so as not to gain odd flavors.
I’ve never heard of anyone here thinking peanut butter and jelly is anything other than peanut butter and jam. We don’t think you’re spreading full on jelly on bread. For me personally it’s just that I’m not a big fan of sweet/savoury combos, I don’t like pineapple on pizza, don’t like Nutella on toast etc
Pretty sure you need an unlikely combination of things:
1. Distilled water
2. A perfectly clean vessel
3. A vessel that has a smooth surface with no scratches
Also curious and a recent earl grey liker. Usually get hot water from my espresso machine then finish heating it in the microwave, then check the temp if I'm feeling fancy (but EG needs 208° so I basically let it boil and it cools by the time I take it out and get the tea bag anyway).
Maybe it's more about nuking cold water + tea that's a no-no? But I haven't done a side by side taste test, plus I'm not an avid tea drinker so I don't really know. Still don't see why it would change the taste that much.
As a British person who has in good faith tried the American method and found it inferior, I genuinely want to help.
To clarify, you say "heat" and "hot water". Can you be more specific? How hot do you microwave the water to? Not measured temperature, just, is it a rolling boil, or even visibly boiling at all? And then, how much delay is there between that and you getting the teabag in?
I tend to heat it to just short of boiling, 1.5 minutes in my microwave, since I know 100(C) or 212(F) is too hot and overbrews black tea. It’s the same temperature I use for pour-over coffee.
My kettle boils the water before it shuts off so I pour it into a mug and wait a second.
I’m not using really fancy tea, though, and can’t handle tasks before my morning caffeine, so that’s as careful as I can be.
Wild, I just went on a broad internet dive and I see what all the comments about "too hot" and "correct temperature" are referring to. Having spent almost three decades pouring boiling water directly onto black teabags, I can't relate to them. I don't think they have much bearing on the average British tea-drinker's habits. I buy the cooler water thing for green and herbal teas, I just don't drink them very often.
So yeah, I think it's a temperature thing - as in, more is preferable. It's the same reason milk-first is horrifying. If you put milk in first, your peak water temperature is going to be feeble. If you put merely-hot water in the cup before the bag, you miss out on a lot of heat.
Try putting a teabag in a mug, boiling the kettle, and as soon as the water is at a rolling boil, immediately pick up the kettle and pour it directly on the teabag (filling the cup). Then get in there quite vigorously with a spoon. Alternate between smushing the bag hard against the side and stirring it around (to circulate water among the leaves again) a few times.
I mean, there is absolutely some aspect of ritual and habit here that informs my bias, but I honestly think that the above produces superior tea, and that I could differentiate in a blind test. And by superior I mean stronger, since like all tea addicts I'm just chasing the dragon.
Let me know your thoughts if you try it.
Edit: don't smush and steep the teabag, though, that'll overbrew and be quite bitter. You can take the bag right out after smushing, or do a sensible 2-4 minute steep if not.
Xaldyn · 5 points · Posted at 01:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find an electric kettle with actual temperature settings over here? Or any decent-quality electric kettle in general, for that matter? We're practically savages.
Nobody in the UK has an electric kettle with temperature settings. We just slosh boiling water over the tea.
Xaldyn · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's because English tea uses boiling water. All the different Asian-style teas use different temperatures, so kettles with temperature settings is super common in Asian countries. (Or at least in Japan, anyway. I've never been to any other Asian countries, so I'm just assuming.)
But we don't have temperature settings on stoves/ranges, either. I've literally never seen one in my life that did. It makes no goddamned sense!
Am Aussie. I just go to the department store and buy the cheapest kettle they have. They generally last a handful of years before they need to or should be replaced. Nothing fancy needed. The water in it is either not boiled, or it's boiled.
Xaldyn · 1 points · Posted at 22:22:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The water in it is either not boiled, or it's boiled.
You can't adjust the temperature of the water, then. The vast majority of teas use water that is below boiling.
Yeah, here in America we think we are so technologically advanced. It's the Japanese that have electric toilets with built in bidets (so much more sanitary; also, they are laughing at all of the Americans who rushed off to Walmart to fight over toilet paper as soon as news of Coronavirus hit) and video intercoms on their front doors. It's the UK that has electric kettles, so they don't have to guess water temperature and worry about exploding water. Here we are, "Oh my crap! This new phone has a screen that's a half inch bigger than the last one," while the rest of the developed world has technology that actually makes their lives better. I mean really, does that extra half inch really help that much, when all you are really doing with your phone is 4+ hours of Facebook a day?
Not sure. I just know friends have found it funny that cards just aren't really a thing there, and cash seems the most accessible. Could be that it's just easiest for visitors to cash instead of having accounts set up etc. But it was just odd considering Japan's got this high tech reputation.
Yep, Japanese people prefer cash. Honestly, cash is a more reliable medium. It won't get rejected. It won't overdraft your account. It is marginally less sanitary than cards. (There is this idea in some countries that cards are more sanitary, because only the user touches the card, but when I discussed this with a friend, he pointed out that with debit cards every still touches the pin pad, and even with credit cards, people constantly touch the surfaces used to sign on. What really brought it home for me though, was when fast food drive through employees started wearing gloves and passing cards on trays, to combat spread of COVID-19. Cards really aren't significantly more sanitary than cash.)
That said, this is a little odd, given how high tech Japan is practically everywhere else. I suspect it may have to do with Japan's strong culture of personal rights and personal privacy. When Japan had police accountability issues in the early 2000s, similar to what the U.S. is currently going though, the main problem wasn't oppression of the people they are supposed to be protecting. The main problems were tolerance of organized crime and not responding to crimes without being asked to by the victim. This might seem unjustified, but it turns out a lot of the motivation for this behavior was that they didn't want to violate the rights of the victims. (There was also some legitimate corruption, but there wasn't much exploitation or abuse of power. It was mostly things like local police chiefs being on too friendly of terms with inspection officials who were supposed to be maintaining accountability. There was more public fear of accountability issues than actual abuse of power.) Their reform included a law requiring police to respond to certain types of crime even when the victim had not asked for help, and there are still plenty of crimes that law doesn't apply to that police won't respond to without being asked to by the victim, again, because Japanese people believe very strongly in the protection of their rights. (Interestingly, despite this, crime in Japan is still extremely low.)
Anyhow, that's my assessment. It could be totally wrong. I've been studying Japanese culture for almost two decades, but I only recently started looking at Japanese law enforcement. I knew Japanese culture put a lot of emphasis on privacy and minding your own business, but I didn't realize exactly how strongly Japanese people cared about freedom, liberty, and personal rights. I suppose it should have been obvious (for many different reasons), but it just didn't click. I am pretty sure this is a major part of why Japanese people prefer cash over cards. (That said, Japan also has a pretty strong small business culture, and small businesses even in the U.S. struggle to afford the contracts with credit card companies that are required to accept even debit card transactions.)
Nah man am being serious, this being unsurprising down south of the border is almost unsurprising to me given the difference in views
of the Scottish and English public. Yous are fucked down there, my condolences
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re appreciated my friend. Hell in a handbasket.
Ugh my American SO constantly makes me tea by putting a cup of hot water in the microwave. When we have perfectly good electric kettle next to the microwave that he sees me use every morning.
Don’t know about Aussies but in the UK, dishwashers are very common. And what do garbage disposals actually do? I’ve never really thought that much about it until now, from what I’ve seen from films I guess it’s for leftover food? But we have specific bins for food waste here
Garbage disposal chews up and grinds all your food so you can dump all the soft bits into the sink, wash up, and then just run it for a few seconds. It is a really nifty tool and avoids the hassle of remembering to scoop out ALL the food bits into the bin and also have the food bin start smelling after a day because it has rotting meat and what-not.
And it is installed under your sink so is completely out of sight as well and doesn't take up any countertop space. All you have to do is wash off your plates in the sink, put the plates in the dishwasher, and then run the garbage disposal for a few seconds to crush the food accumulated in the bottom of the sink hole.
I'm going to stick my neck out a bit here... there is a method for doing this that isn't entirely without merit.
*Dodges a thrown scone*
Wait wait wait, hear me out! I may be American but I'm a proper tea drinker. I am a single man living in an apartment by myself with not one but four teapots, and one of those with some loose tea is my preferred method. Most tea bags (at least in America, not sure how it is where tea is the beverage of choice) take advantage of the fine mesh of the bag to put in dust and fannings, lower quality byproducts of processing the leaves that make the tea much more bitter. Like Douglas Adams before me, I firmly believe that part of the reason many Americans dislike tea is because they haven't ever had a good cup.
Alton Brown suggested this method and it's the best flavor I ever got from a bag, but I still prefer loose tea. 1 Qt of water with 5 tea bags go into a microwave safe vessel with a loose fitting lid (saucer will do), and the whole thing is then microwaved for about 8 minutes. If it shows signs of simmering, it's done, take it out. Target temperature range is between 180-190 degrees F (82.2-87.8 C). Once it comes out of the microwave, let it steep 2 more minutes for mild flavor, up to 5 more minutes for a stronger, bitter flavor. The long, slow heating allows for a nice flavor to develop.
7Goat6 · 3 points · Posted at 02:06:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admittedly I don’t drink much hot tea but I always wonder why it’s so looked down upon to heat up a cup of water in the microwave and then add the tea. The cup stays even warmer this way. I know that’s an abomination but I genuinely don’t know why. Is it because it takes away the process/experience of making tea?-or is it something else?
Stoond · 2 points · Posted at 02:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what about just boiling the mug of water in there for the tea. Then putting in the bag after. Thats ok right? I dont see why it wouldnt be...
So I heat up my water in the microwave for my tea. Is this just blasphemy or what? I used to have a kettle but I'm the only tea drinker so I just need one mug of hot water...
Also worked with a woman from America. Came into work one day to find a teacup with tea, and english breakfast teabag, just sitting in the fridge. Turns out she was feeling homesick so was trying to make Iced Tea
I’m upset. I’m Virginian. Maybe someone should buy him an electric kettle. They aren’t expensive. They’re much cheaper than microwaves and he could put his strainer in it. Or he could buy bagged tea.
Apparently here across the pond we have distant voltages and it makes electric kettles less effective because they take longer (I don’t know the specifics, that’s just why I was told they aren’t as popular here). I’ve used microwaves to heat the water before putting the leaves in, but microwaving while it’s in is nasty.
Also, Keurig machines are great for tea. Don’t put a k cup in and the water is perfect for green tea (the water has to be juuuuust below boiling)
That sounds like a cop out excuse. Britain has, if I recall 240v mains, while we have ~120v mains. For a 3,000w kettle (someone here said that was a common one in the UK), at 240v, that's 12.5 amps. (Uh oh, that's not looking good...) Well dang, at 120v that comes out to 25 amps. I don't know what UK wiring is rated for, but in the U.S., most residential outlets are only 15 amps, and modern homes often have a few 20 amps outlets. The best we could get is 1,800 watts on a standard outlet and 2,400 watts on a 20 amp outlet.
Well, someone informed you correctly then. That said, 1,800 watts wouldn't be a bad tea kettle (it would probably take almost twice as long), and 2,400 watts would still be pretty decent (only about 20% longer). But yeah, you aren't going to find a 3,000 watt kettle that works on U.S. mains power.
When you only want 1 cup and you aren't sharing, heating the water in the microwave isn't a bad choice. Mostly because when you heat in a hot water pot, then pour into a cup, the cup cools the water too much for a proper steep. This isn't such an issue of course when you pour into a large insulated teapot that has a lid.
Once I saw someone on reddit argue that they wouldn't microwave water for tea just like they wouldn't microwave a steak. :b
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure what's wrong with that logic.
🎙️ arual_x · 53 points · Posted at 23:39:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don’t care about how you boil your water at all. What we care deeply about, entirely needlessly, is the general order in which tea is often made. If you think this is mad, look up the Devon vs Cornwall Scone Debate.
In the UK, you boil water. Add a teabag. Steep tea. Then add milk (and maybe sugar).
If you have a teapot, it’s allowable for the milk to be added to the cup before the tea from the pot if you’re expert level at milk dispensing and can eyeball milk to within 1/2 a millilitre for optimum milk:tea ratio.
2a0c40 · 41 points · Posted at 23:57:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Debate? Who do you think you are calling Devonian vs Cornish a debate?
Clearly the cream-over-jam Cornish method is correct. The cretinous Devonian method will just allow the jam to slop off and the creamy deliciousness will be overwhelmed by the crass sweetness of the jam.
The Queen herself deems the Cornish method to be correct. There is no debate, you treasonous scum!
🎙️ arual_x · 25 points · Posted at 00:04:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear fellow, I am firmly in your camp. I am unfortunately just married to treasonous scum.
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🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 10:20:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sir, I never hat that in my entire life since I‘m German. But you’re doing it wrong. The cream fulfills the task of butter and butter is always between the jam and bread. (Triggered?)
But I will go the England this year just to try both :)
It‘s the same as these insane no butter Nutella lovers compared to the one and only butter and Nutella method of doom and happiness. Nutella needs butter
You are almost correct. Grilled cheese sandwich is best sandwich and it is made by buttering the outside of the bread before grilling it. Buttering the inside would be nasty.
What if your tea goes cold? In order to prevent waste, surely microwaving tea to reheat it is acceptable?
So it stands to reason that microwaving tea isn't bad in and of itself, it's just the process by which the water's initially heated that matters?
To this I say... Britain... get fucked!!!!!!!
This is one of those things that people needlessly take seriously and get their rocks off to arguing about, like sauce vs. gravy for Italian food or Taylor Ham vs. Pork Roll in NJ or Republican vs. Democrat in American politics.
If you believe "your way" is right and the "other way" is wrong, you're a fucking tea extremist and deserve a swift kick in your knickers. Glad we pwned your ass in 76 ya bloody anal stiffs.
The tea has already been steeped in hot water though. Reheating it in a microwave is absolutely not the same as making it in the microwave. That’s like saying because you can heat up your lasagne in the microwave you might as well just make the lasagne in the microwave.
Oh okay I was concerned because I use the microwave but i heat the water and then add the tea and I couldn’t see how using a microwave would be any different than a kettle.
himit · 1 points · Posted at 20:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, hot water is hot water. You can also boil water on the stove.
Microwaving it seems iffy cause you're adding tea to water instead of vice versa but the result's the same.
Eh fair enough, so long as we can both agree that that powdered mix they sell was invented by hitler and satan's love child and should never be considered tea I'm fine with that.
Oh it's real and it tastes of diarrhea dripping from a dead tyrannosaur's scrotum, it's the same thing they make lipton brisk canned and bottled "tea" out of.
We don’t care about how you boil your water at all. What we care deeply about, entirely needlessly, is the general order in which tea is often made.
In the UK, you boil water. Add a teabag. Steep tea. Then add milk (and maybe sugar).
Fair enough. But these exact steps can happen when you heat water in a microwave as well. So why is everyone getting their knickers in a twist because a kettle wasn't used to heat the water and instead, a microwave was?
Yes. But with an electric kettle it stops once the water hot 100°C. A microwave has no such stopping mechanisn. Ergo using a microwave means much less control over the temperature which leads to a sub par brew
Yes. But with an electric kettle it stops once the water hot 100°C. A microwave has no such stopping mechanisn. Ergo using a microwave means much less control over the temperature which leads to a sub par brew
You do realize that when the temperature of water exceeds 100C, the water just... evaporates and becomes steam.
This is like saying that boiling water for 10 minutes on a stovetop and then making tea with it gives you sub-par tea compared to boiling water for 5 minutes. no matter how much you boil water, it will stay at 100c.
And there is nothing magical about 100c to make perfect tea either.
never boil water. take it to 70 or 90 depending on what tea. add loose tea to strainer in pot. add water. steep for 90-120s, remove tea leaves. add milk to teacup if you like sort of thing, then tea
That's fine, but many Americans will see 70 or 90 and think Fahrenheit, because you didn't specify. (To be honest, I would really rather get better at using Celsius, but living in the U.S. makes that hard.)
Don't try to have a logical argument with the Brits about this. I've seen it many times on Reddit, for some reason using a kettle is the only option to them.
himit · 1 points · Posted at 20:31:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We all had proper tea-making hammered into us by our parents. Clinging to The Way is almost a trauma response.
As a Brit, I think we’re all aware that how the water is heated doesn’t make a difference (other than having less control over the temperature in the microwave), but I still just find the idea of microwaving it really weird. If I broke my kettle, the thought of microwaving the water still probably wouldn’t even cross my mind, I’d just heat a saucepan of water. I’m aware it makes no sense, it just seems weird to me.
You need different mugs, that happens when your mugs were made with heavy metals in the glazes. They're not suitable for microwaving. Most mugs' handles don't heat up.
In the US that's not a convenient option because our 110 volt outlets make those kettles really slow. If I'm going to lose 5 minutes of my life for every cup of tea I make, at least twice a day every year, I'd rather just buy a new cheap mug. My time is a lot more valuable than that.
I live in the US as well. I think I'm just going to keep using my kettle and you are going to keep using your microwave, and we are both going to have to live with that.
Trust me, I would love to use a kettle. I lived in England for years and used it all the time, and I'm an avid tea drinker. It's just too slow in America. Tho perhaps it would be possible to buy a higher powered one somehow, that heated faster?
One thing with microwaved water is it can become superheated. Basically you can heat water past it's boiling point while keeping it as a liquid when using microwaves. While this might have some effects on the tea you're steeping or other materials like the teabags, for the most part it's only more dangerous.
Another thing with tea is that it's generally pretty ritualistic in it's preparation and serving so people definitely favor the traditional methods of preparation.
It takes about 2 minutes for me to boil 2 litres in the kettle, less time with less amounts. It would take 3 minutes to boil 1 mug of water in the microwave. It's just faster and easier to do it with the kettle.
finnw · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not what you heat the water with. It's the fact that the water is cooling while it steeps.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does that regardless unless you steep the tea in the kettle... Which means you need to either boil only enough water for one cup at a time or get everyone to drink the same thing if you have more than just yourself.
There is an optimal tempeeature for making tea and it just below boiling point. It wont burn the tea, but its hit enough to infuse properly. When you use a microwave, you have no control over the temperature and can very easily burn the tea or make a weak brew
True, they are not expensive. But if counter and/or cabinet space is at a premium, it’s not worth it. My parents aren’t going to buy a kettle just for the the occasional herbal tea when the microwave can boil water just as easily. And I’m certainly not going to make them get one just for when I visit.
That's a good point. And yeah, for herbal tea it matters less. I am not a black tea drinker, but I'll take the word of others here that flavor is affected by water temperature. If it's just herbal tea though, in my experience water temperature doesn't make a ton of difference. Just be careful with microwaved water! (It's actually not too hard to tell if it is superheated. If it has been going for long enough that it should be boiling but it isn't, it's probably superheated, and you should be very careful with it.)
Throwing a chopstick in with the water helps with the superheating; gives it a place for the bubbles to form when it boils. :) I love my kettle and use it all the time for all different teas. I’ve heated my water both ways for black tea and I don’t notice a difference, but maybe that’s my uncultured American pallet ;P
Yeah, pretty much anything with a rough surface will do. A chopstick sounds like a good idea! (Not all Americans will have one around, but they are really easy to get, and they don't take up much room in the kitchen.)
Absolutely nothing, boiling temperature water is boiling temperature water, but lots of people get super elitist or traditionalist about tea preparation techniques for some reason. The only problem with microwaving water is you can superheat it (get it above boiling point), but you can get it down to boiling temperature almost instantly by stirring it with a spoon before you put the teabag or strainer in.
aslatts · 11 points · Posted at 00:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I think for people from cultures who drink a lot of tea it's surprising in a "Why not just use the kettle" way. The problem is the idea that microwaving water to get it hot means you don't have any sort of kettle, I guess. Plus getting water hot enough in the microwave is a bit of a pain.
As an Australian who thought kettles were a staple in every kitchen in the world im having a hard time believing this whole damn site isnt having me on
American power outlets have the wrong wattages to work efficiently with kettles, and Americans barely drink tea. They're an unnecessary kitchen gadget if you're not drinking tea, and for any other situation where boiling water is needed a pot on the stove or a microwave takes just as long with US power outlets.
With a drip coffee maker, which nearly every house has. I use a French press with water that I boil on the stove but I think that's fairly uncommon and would be considered pretentious and unnecessary to a lot of people.
Interesting. Coffee makers absolutely aren't standard here, they'd be considered more of a luxury -especially ones that heat the water themselves. Most of us just boil water in the kettle for instant coffee or to pour into a cafetiere
Never heard of a cafetiere, but drip coffee makers cost about $15 on the low end here. Even some college kids have cheap plastic ones that only make a couple of cups at a time.
My kettle holds around 2 litres I think, and when I fill it up completely it takes around 2-3 minutes to boil. It also has measurements on the side showing the number of cups that amount is for, so you can boil enough for just one cup of tea, and that takes maybe a minute or so.
The water in a kettle is boiled from the bottom. Hot water rises and cold water sinks. It bubbles, releasing oxegen and water in the form of steam.
The water that is boiled in a microwave doesn't do any of these things. The water is all heated simultaneously, meaning no hot water rising, or cold water sinking. I don't boil water in a microwave but I assume it'd be more difficult for the water to reach boiling point and begin to actually bubble, releasing evaporated water as steam.
As for how this affects taste? Probably doesn't, I wouldn't know. You asked what the difference was in the heating methods and I'm by no means an expert, but I believe what I've said to be fairly accurate. If not, hopefully someone else will come along and explain it better
I drive a Semi, the inverter can't handle the resistive load of an electric kettle and the 12V heated cup takes a long time.
Sticking a disposable coffee cup full of water in the microwave for a couple minutes and putting the tea in seems to make excellent tea...
Makes awful coffee though, wait... Yeah, I know you're reading this not knowing time has passed but I just went on an Amazon journey and found that... they do make Coffee in teabags....
I think these guys are American. Not many Americans have kettles,they microwave water. Those that do, it is usually stove kettles, something to do with their power grid.
Also surprised me when I learnt this, because it is dangerous as hell. Superheating
I never realized what a big difference our lower voltage grid makes, until I did the math and discovered that normal U.S. outlets can't even supply the 3,000 watts needed for a good kettle.
That's just an urban myth. I have heated and boiled water in microwaved for years and never seen this. At any rate, once you stir the hot water or dunk your teabag in it, any vanishingly small risk of "superheated water exploding" becomes zero.
You run as much or more risk of scalding yourself when pouring hot water from a kettle and accidentally splashing yourself while wielding a heavy kettle full of boiling water.
Errrghhh... I hate that I have to reference Mythbuster's about this. But it was proven to a degree. Primarily, tap water or water from the faucet has impurities in it, and usually boils because of that - however using distilled water - it can easily super heat and explode (please don't try it tho, very dangerous).
Their conclusion is, that with it happening probably millions of times a year.. it is possibly that there are a small set of instances where there was a super heated event.
So not a myth, but statistically a very small probability due to the scientific nature of super heating.
If you require a more solid source of information than just mythbusters... then sure, I'll go searching for one.
Their conclusion is, that with it happening probably millions of times a year.. it is possibly that there are a small set of instances where there was a super heated event.
So not a myth, but statistically a very small probability due to the scientific nature of super heating.
The problem with this kind of stuff is that the perspective is almost always lost. There are a thousand things that can kill you or maim you in a kitchen. But you reduce the probability of that happening by using common sense and by being careful.
The important question is: Is the chance of you getting scalded by super-heated microwaved water significantly higher than the chance of you getting scalded by a pouring accident when you're pouring that boiling water into your cup with your fingers just inches away? Especially when you're lifting and wielding a fairly heavy kettle?
Xepphy · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Educate me, what's different about doing it in the microwave? If I heat the water in the microwave and then add the tea bag, how is that different than if I had boiled it in a kettle or pot?
Fucking uneducated non-tea-enthusiast here: why is making tea in a microwave bad? It the boiled water from a microwave inherently worse than a kettle? How so?
What’s so wrong with this? I get that it’s not the best way to make tea but I throw a mug in for 1 min 30 sec, let the tea bag steep for 5 min and then voila, didn’t have to boil water on the stove
It's probably herbal tea, aka not tea by the technical definition. In the US, we drink a lot of that stuff, and call it tea. It comes in single-serving bags, and the simplest way to heat your cup is in the microwave.
Correct. I was only explaining what kind of "tea strainer" would be inside the cup. Putting it in the microwave with the tea-ball in it isn't just poor tea etiquette, it's likely to damage the microwave and potentially dangerous.
Notice that I described its proper use pretty much exactly the way you did.
Ive plopped it into an already heated cup of water (as in I’ll occasionally pour water from the kettle and then put the ball in). Is that acceptable or is it another tea crime?
Dogs are regional in the US. As is BBQ. There is a simple solution. Eat whatever you want however you want at home. Put up and shut up when you are off somewhere else. I do not like ham. That does not mean I am going to put it aside if you serve it to me at your dinner table. I am going to eat it and just not ask for seconds....a
Lol, this is hilarious. If I'm visiting Chicago and I put ketchup on my hotdog, how does that honestly affect anyone? Are you saying that's culturally insensitive? 😂
You eat a hot dog because you want to taste the sausage. So you pair it with condiments that compliment and enhance that taste, not red sugar goop that overpowers any and all nuance.
There is absolutely no way for you to know that. Once again, taste is subjective. It is really weird for you to be concerned with how a complete stranger enjoys their food. Worry about yourself and let other people enjoy the things they like.
They’re not putting ketchup on their hot dog because they’ve tried all the options and figured out that is what they like. They’re doing it because their baby palate is too scared to try anything that actually tastes of anything besides sugar. If you regularly consume ketchup you need to fucking grow up.
They’re not putting ketchup on their hot dog because they’ve tried all the options and figured out that is what they like.
What a silly, baseless assumption! You legitimately think anyone who puts ketchup on a hotdog has never eaten one any other way? At first I thought you were super self-absorbed and incapable of comprehending how someone could have different tastes from you. But now I'm wondering if you're actually avoiding focusing on yourself for some reason, so instead you focus on other people to an unhealthy level.
That’s some spicy projection there. Almost as spicy as mustard or any of the many other valid condiments you could put on a hot dog if you were an adult.
Or the coffee police. "Wow, that's a lot of cream...I drink my coffee black". Well fucking good for you, I drink it however I want because I'm an adult.
Which is like a child, because this is how I've wanted to drink it since I was 10, AND NOW I'M OLD ENOUGH TO DO WHAT I WANT, SO I WILL PUT AS MUCH GOD DAMN CREAM AND SUGAR INTO THIS CUP AS I CAN STAND, GOT THAT TODD?!
Lol, I'm loving all the people who get riled up about this with me. It absolutely baffles me that some people don't seem to understand that taste is subjective and it's okay if someone likes something that you don't. I can't imagine the drive behind trying to police other adults' eating and drinking habits.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:44:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sat-AM · 5 points · Posted at 04:05:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IMO, way more annoying than steak police. At least there's a noticeable difference in texture/flavor with steak at different levels of doneness. The tea most people drink? Nah, it's not gonna make a lick of difference as long as you have leaves soaking in hot water somehow (so long as you don't let it go so long it gets too bitter for you). If you're using tea where you'd actually notice a difference in the flavor based on how you brewed it, you're likely already someone who knows that, and you don't need the tea police down your neck.
Just waiting for the Agrument of WHAT BRAND of tea bag to buy.. I am half English. My English Grandma would be horrified over my American tea bags. But, loose tea leaves are very expensive and hard to find. Whenever she visited, or had we had guests, we got real properly seeped tea leaf in a teapot with cozy.
Sigh, I do not remember the last time I had real tea.
I watched and English woman dip a pre-packaged LIPTON black tea bag into her hot water 3 times! Three! Then threw it in the trash. So what was she going for there? The "Hint of Tea" flavor? Anyway, everybody drinks their tea fucking weird, man. Drink it and make it however you want, just don't blow up the damn microwave lol.
I don't know but every night I boil 2 liters of water, throw in 2 metal tea ball full of earl gray after water stops boiling. Wait 5 min then take out balls and pour into a 2 liter vacuum thermos. Bam, hot tea for hours on end.
I think the water pouring helps stir the tea leaves in the satchel/strainer so that they all steep evenly. Similar to stirring the coffee grinds in a press pots before letting them steep.
But you wouldnt need to if you just followed our simple instructions. Unless you were introducing new flavors to your tea... but even then i would suggest doing the same as far as the brewing; then mixing in whatever it is youre into, into it.
That is acceptable as long as you are not heating the water and the tea together (it will steep too long and you will have bitter tea) and especially if you are not putting metal in the microwave.
ETA: Apparently it was not obvious to a lot of others who replied to you that my tongue was firmly in cheek when I mentioned "tea ettiquite" in the same sentence as "don't put metal in the microwave."
It's 3am, im in pain and also worried about a stupid mistake i made. I'm reading to distract myself, couldn't sleep. That little exchange about the tea strainer and the right way to use it, and the "doh!" was brilliant, made me giggle. Thank you. Im going to sleep now :)
Probably no shrapnel, but if you don't meet some specific requirements when putting metal in the microwave it can arc and can potentially start a fire, so safer to just not put it in at all.
Maybe he doesn’t take the tea ball out after it steeps and wants to reheat it and still forgets to take it out? That’s the only explanation I can come up with.
Well, I personally microwave water in a cup then put it in after a lot, as it's much more convenient than using a kettle and has the exact same results. Kind of pedantic though as heating them together is obviously different. Maybe if you were making mate cocido but that doesn't justify microwaving metal.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If he’s putting metal in a microwave, do you think he’s really concerned with right and wrong or even capable of figuring it out? My god
nabrok · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, that's what make the whole thing stupid, even aside from the whole metal aspect.
In the US construction workers microwave their coffee in the job site office trailer when it gets cold. I picked that habit up from my Dad and my coworkers (not in construction) look at me sideways when I do. Perhaps it’s the same with tea across the pond?
Haha, so true. But also frugality I think? I love to savor my coffee but then it get's cold and I'm not going to throw it out because that would be a waste but I also want a hot drink, so microwave it is!
Well yeah kindof sortof. You need to preheat the cup if you pour boiling water in otherwise the temp will drop too much. If you pour boiling water into a cold cup you need to bump it in the microwave for about 15 seconds.
It's a common thing people try to do. No, I don't know why. I used to laugh at the warning on the tea bags saying not to microwave them because who would be so stupid, but then I was in my mom's kitchen and I saw her taking a container with a tea bag inside out of the microwave. I'm astounded the metal staples in the tea bag didn't break the microwave.
It's not the quantity(twist ties and even steel wool shavings can set it off), but the shape of the metal. You can have a huge-ass metal spoon in there and it won't cause a problem, because the metal is rounded and smooth. There needs to be a jagged/pointy part(like, oh, the point of a staple) for the problem to jump off of. The problem is such jagged points can be caused by scratches/abrasions, so there's nothing that's really guaranteed safe, which brings us back around to the usual advice to never stick anything metal in the microwave.
The way I make tea is I boil water on the stove, place a tea ball in a cup, pour hot water over and let it steep. Once it has a deep, rich color, I pour it down the drain and make a pot of coffee, because I'm not a girl.
I'm assuming this ball strainer is metal and therefore acts as a Faraday cage blocking the microwaves from the tea stew within? So it's just cold tea leaves anyway. But the metal to other metal joints like hinges will react great to microwaves and cause lovely bright arcing and even cause a fire.
Meanwhile the tea in the ball will be totally cold.
But if the strainer is underwater it won't do anything in the microwave. Go put a spoon in a glass of water and put it in the microwave - nothing happens, it just warms the water normally.
cyunns · 4 points · Posted at 02:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A spoon also doesn't have any points for the electricity to arc from. I own several tea balls and they all have a chain with a hook on the end (to hold the edge of the mug and serves as an easy means of removing the ball) that's a great place for the electricity to jump all over the microwave.
Wait wait, asking as an American who’s trying to get into loose leaf tea: you steep the tea in the pot & then pour over the strainer into the cup??
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 01:19:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can, actually, if thats your set up.
For single cups with loose leaf, you'd use a defuser. This basically replaces a teabag.
For making a pot, the pot can either have a basket in it or you stick the tea defuser in the pot. Both should be removed and set aside after steeping, you can put it back in for a second steeping if you want more.
Thanks! I’ve tried a few different strainer balls like I think the roomie used in this, but there’s always copious amounts of leaves at the bottom, so I knew there had to be a better way
Xaldyn · 4 points · Posted at 01:54:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you tried some of the Asian-style loose teas before? They're much less of a hassle. Oolong especially is like the perfect lazy tea--it's really forgiving with the temperature and steep time, isn't bitter so doesn't need sugar or milk, and the leaves are large and sink to the bottom so you don't even have to bother straining it. Just scoop some into a cup, pour hot water, and sip; and when it gets low, just add more hot water to the cup as many times as you want until you've used up all the flavor.
I haven’t! I’d been using Twinings earl grey & breakfast tea bags for years, so I stuck with earl grey when I moved over to loose leaf. And I have been finding it a bit bitter, so I’ll have to try oolong next. The chai/earl grey blend I have is my favorite thus far, which I would think might be closer in taste to those varieties.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats probably more about the quality of the loose leaf you're buying than the strainer ball. There will always be a little bit in the bottom of the cup but whole leaves shouldn't be leaving the diffuser.
He has filled the tea strainer with tea, put that in a empty mug, filled the mug with sink water, and put the whole affair into the microwave to boil. (For reference, microwaving a mug of water and dropping tea in after is extremely lazy but not unheard of in the States.)
If you can't use a proper kettle to boil water in the USA (because of your puny 15A 120V mains) then there is no reason why you can't use a microwave to boil a cup of water instead.
You only steep the tea in the cup AFTER the water has boiled. You DO NOT boil the tea!!!
Wait, except for American sun tea you do! Water and tea bags in glass jar/ container and let the sun cook it. Then you drink over ice. But my native grandmother just drank it straight out of the glass jar. So again make your tea the way you want it. 😀
Easy-A · 4 points · Posted at 03:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's one of those that's like a ball you can put loose leaf tea inside and seal, then you put it into the mug to steep. Useful for making single servings.
That being said, with my heathen American tea tastes, even I know that microwaving the water is the wrong way to do it and I do not endorse his cruel and unusual methods.
But as a Canadian person with Irish parents who drink tea, I don't understand how the microwave gets it hot enough. If I use a kettle, I am guaranteed that the water is hot enough. We have a hot water dispenser at work. Maybe we are spoiled? IDK
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm American and also upset. Wtf...a tea strainer in a microwave? Tea and microwave? We're not all that stupid. Most. Not all.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 23:05:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex put a chocolate orange wrapped in TIN FOIL in the microwave. (To melt it.. obviously🙄) I was in the house at the time but not in the room and he just sorta came upstairs like ‘uh.. I think I might need to get my parents a new microwave, theirs is on fire’ 😭
Oh dear lord. I hope he wasn't as blasé about an actively burning fire as you make it sound.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 23:24:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He told me this in the present tense as of it was still on fire but he’d actually taken the microwave outside and put the fire out thank god. I was shocked that I didn’t hear anything going on down stairs which is pretty concerning, but the level of chill was real 😂
I've seen someone carrying a giant pot of flaming oil out of their back door, down a steep set of stairs and put it in the back yard, very very slowly. Surprised they still had eyebrows in the end.
Devils advocate - you can do this provided the strainer is completely submerged. So a metal tea strainer without a handle/chain or with a plastic chain will microwave just fine.
Was looking for this post. Most people don’t know you can put metal in the microwave. Like a spoon in a bowl of soup. As long as there is something that can absorb the energy. I like screwing with people doing it.
Yeah, I remember a microwave oven I had which had instructions that you should put a spoon in if you are heating a liquid. I guess it's in order to spread the energy better. All this is based on the stickers on the microwave oven, so I might be way wrong, but I do know a spoon in a glass of water wont destroy your microwave.
Funnily enough, the answer to this is by and large no. American domestic electric outlets run at a much lower voltage than European ones, so the electric kettle isn't really a thing over here. We're also much bigger coffee drinkers than we are tea drinkers (certainly compared to Britain), so teapots and stove kettles are also somewhat of a rarity.
How I (American) make my tea is microwaving a mug of water until it boils and then putting in the teabag and letting it steep. I've been informed this is savagery, but I don't really have another good way of making it.
There's a few different ways, actually! The classic percolator, usually heated by a stove or campfire, forces water through the grinds repeatedly through a boiling-condensing cycle; it's its own jug. The most common domestic method nowadays is the drip coffee machine, which is a standalone thing where you pour coffee grounds into a filter, which then boils water in an attached reservoir and forces it through the filter and into a coffeepot that comes with the machine. There's also K-cups/coffee pods, which is mechanically the same as the previous but with fancier flavors (read: any flavor besides coffee) and often more wasteful.
Ngl, coffee machines are a bit of a luxury here. We have instant powder which we make with boiled water from the jug. Pod machines are becoming more prevalent but not super common yet.
Okay, serious question: why? I am deeply unfamiliar with tea; I've only recently started drinking it to get off of coffee, so I don't know the best practices. How does boiling the water slowly on a stove change things compared to boiling it quickly on the stove, or in the microwave?
I really do not mean this disrespectfully, I'm just completely uninformed.
For tea it’s more about temperature control, you want the water at the right temperature to be able to steep and draw out the flavours but not to scale or damage the leaves.. black tea is a lot more forgiving than green tea for this.. it using a kettle (electric or stove) you can better control it
True, that is why typically for a brewed tea you would use a cast iron/ceramic teapot to do the steeping in. They retain heat exceptionally well so help keep the leaves at the optimal temperature.
It'll definitely stay warm longer but microwaving it actually heats it up much quicker and hotter. Temperature control is obviously a thing but even without a thermometer you figure out how long to wait for different teas from when it first starts to boil, just takes a little trial and error.
American here, everyone I know has a tea kettle. They're not industrial milling machines, they don't need massive power to run. I think you could probably even power one off a USB power bank.
A kettle draws a lot of power by design. It's literally a jug with a powerful heating element in it. A normal kettle in the UK is 2-3kw, which can't even be run off a US mains outlet.
Huh, really? An electric one? I've met two Americans my entire life who owned a tea kettle, and both were stovetop. What region do you live in, if you don't mind my asking?
Few different regions. Might be relevant that I'm a coffee nerd so I use my kettle every day for pourovers or French press, and I probably gravitate toward other foodies/hipsters/needs who tend to take either coffee or tea pretty seriously.
I live in Texas and the last five households I’ve been to have had one. I’ll admit it wasn’t until the past few years the people seemed to realize They’re cheap and incredibly easy to use.
I am American and my $25 electric kettle boils water pretty quickly. I use it at least 3 times a day every day. I even use it to boil water for cooking before putting it in a pot on the stove because the kettle is way quicker than my electric stove.
How could this destroy the microwave? Most I've seen metal do is create sparks and that's under specific conditions, most of the time the microwaves are just reflected off the surface
I have a coworker who brings soup in mason(canning) jars to work and heats them up WITH the metal lid on. When we asked if she’d even ruined a microwave she said “Oh, the new microwaves don’t do that. It’s microwaves from like the 70’s that will blow up.”
Use new, smooth foil only. Wrinkled foil can cause arcing (sparks).
Cover no more than 1/4 of the food with foil.
Shape the foil smoothly to the food so no edges stick out.
It makes no difference which side of foil (shiny or dull) is facing out.
Do not place the foil closer than one inch from the oven walls.
If the microwave oven has metal shelves OR a metal turntable, don't microwave food in foil containers or metal pans, and don't let foil used for shielding touch or be close to the shelves or turntable.
If you see arcing (sparks), immediately remove the foil shielding; transfer frozen food from foil container to a microwave-safe utensil.
Heypen · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha,😂 I saw someone put foil in the microwave in 8th during science class.. the whole class got detention but we were 13.. as an adult.. I don't know how you don't know that...
On this note, NEVER microwave a cup of water with the tea bag in!
I don't understand the science but this can cause the water to super heat and when disturbed(like when dunking/removing the tea bag) it can cause the super heated water to shoot upwards several feet all at once.
Actually, the tea bag prevents the water from overheating, creating nucleation sites with its rough surface. For the same reason microwave manufacturers often recommend putting a teaspoon in a cup.
I was actually surprised when I found out it was safe to microwave spoons. Its just metal objects that have close distance folds that aren't microwave safe. Blew my mind
Room mate in uni would boil water in the microwave and just hit 33:33, start, and walk away. Anyways did you know that when water reaches its boiling point in a microwave it explodes.
Well, reheating coffee. He decided that the best way to reheat the pot was to put it on the stove burner. There are warnings against doing this, which I always chuckled at, but he's the reason they exist I guess. English wasn't his first language, so maybe some leniency?
Anyways, I looked over towards the kitchen in time to see a boiling coffee carafe, with a plastic handle get goopy and drop into the heating element. Fortunately I was there, because I was able to turn the stove off and open all the windows before he sauntered back downstairs 10 minutes later.
My coworker who is almost 30 microwaved a thick aluminum container in the office last week. When I told her she shouldn’t do that she said “oh, this isn’t microwave safe??”. We had to have a long talk about how to use the microwave safely.
DrElyk · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God this one hurts
gmwrnr · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once put a cheeseburger wrapped in tin foil in a microwave at school. I was like “wait, why is it flashing?” luckily one of my friends walked by and saw it and asked why I put tin foil in the microwave. I facepalmed so hard and my friend got it out. The kicker is, it was in a small glass bowl and the bowl shattered lol. Your roommate is probably very absent minded and that’s ok.
My old roommate was trying to cook dinner this one time and he put everything in a saucepan then decided that it's a good idea to use the microwave. So he proceeds to put the saucepan in the microwave and was about to turn it on. Luckily my other roommate and I stopped him before it could happen.
I wasn't even that surprised because he did this sort of thing a lot.
I had a premed roommate in college put a metal thermos in the microwave and I freaked out before she turned it on. After I explained, she said “oh that’s why it makes noises when I put metal in there!”. She’s a doctor now.
My first ever internship as an idiot undergrad, I did not know this and I fried the work microwave after putting in a metal tea mug 🙈
Winjin · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interestingly, you can put metal in the microwave, as long as it's touching a liquid. You can actually boil water that way - and if you're boiling water, it's heavily preferred to actually put something inside. Or you can get overheated water, which will violently spontaneously start to boil and evaporate when you move the cup, and you can get serious burns from boiling water all over your hands. Link to Mythbusters on that.
I tried finding these microwave instructions, that start on with how to boil water for tea - and then they continue on with the like of "now that you have boiling water, add some tea and read on with a cup of tea in hand - we know how boring it is to read the instructions"
A metal tea strainer shouldn't have destroyed the microwave unless they left it in there for an extended period. Like "oh gee all that arcing, that can't be bad can it?"
Unless you are very unlucky.
minimK · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this once when I was 20, there was tin foil lining the bottom a to-go box of leftovers. I learned from that, but I was also pretty impressed that I had never put metal in the microwave for 2 decades, because it was never something I consciously decided not to do.
I had been to college for engineering, always good in math, science, physics and the like. Just had never done that before or seen it done in science class or whatnot. My best friend responded with “...dude, do you not remember? Free radicals, electricity arcs?” Me: “yeah, lots of like charges group together an- oh.”
I’m a seamstress, but I purposefully don’t put water in a domestic iron because they all eventually leak, I just use a separate spray bottle. Industrial/gravity irons are way better anyways, wish I had one at home!
This is my "how do you not know how to do this" moment. Even if the manual says "you can use untreated tap water, only use demineralized water if your tap water is very hard" they are lying.
It's probably been a decade since the last time I've used an iron but I know that.
Honestly, how do people even get all the demineralized water that is recommended for these things. I mean I know you can buy it, but I also need demineralized water for my plants, especially to spray them, apparently? That is a lot of water if you have many plants and spray regularly.
Now I just boil my water first since that should get some of the chalk out they say. Still, plant care websites going "use demineralized water"...
Sorry, I dunno why this upsets me so much.
cb1183 · 5 points · Posted at 16:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an air plant die most likely from the water I was using. It was so sad because it was such a cute plant on a twig.
Distilled water definitely prevents the leaking, at least for a lot longer, but there’s some stubborn part of me that refuses to buy “special” water when I can get it from the tap, lol. If I got an industrial iron I definitely would though! We use half distilled half tap in them at work.
Swie · 21 points · Posted at 02:21:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I say this because I also despise the idea of buying special water (the plastic waste alone... plus most bottled water companies are trash):
There's reverse osmosis filters (although they are expensive, about 300$ to install plus you have to change them about every year or so although I let it run longer) that will give you the same effect.
I have one and not only does the water taste amazing (seriously no brita filter will compare, I prefer it to bottled water also), I don't get any deposits. I barely ever wash my kettle anymore because there's no buildup anywhere in it.
Damn do you drink mostly reverse osmosis water? How do you get your fluoride? It's kinda like drinking distilled water, there's stuff that's missing.
Swie · 6 points · Posted at 03:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno I've done it for many years now and am still fine. I obviously don't always drink that, I drink outside the home as well. Also I eat well and take vitamins, I don't think you're supposed to rely on water for too much as every water source is different anyway.
I get your point about water sources, but you literally need to drink water to stay alive.
Swie · 2 points · Posted at 13:42:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need water to stay alive obviously lol.
I meant more like I'm not sure it's a good bet to think you're getting X mineral because it's in the water supply. Fluoride ok I see because it's mandated to a certain level. But for example calcium or magnesium? there's SOME in the water usually so if you filter it you're missing out but how much varies very widely as far as I understood. So to me it seems fine to filter it out and just eat healthy and take supplements if necessary.
Oh wow! I've never heard of that, does it taste like softened water at all? Such a first world problem but the town my parents live in has to soften their water and I can't stand the taste! If it does, a filter on say a laundry room tap might still be useful...I'll look into it, thanks!
Swie · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbh I don't know what softened water tastes like. This water tastes almost sweet, it's really nice. I suspect if you go to like costco or some place where they sell these filters they'll give you a taste to try.
Dude. I'm not wasting money and time and storage space buying and keeping distilled water around to iron my clothes when I can just use a separate spray bottle.
[deleted] · 40 points · Posted at 01:45:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use my water distiller on a weekly basis. I mix it with tap water for coffee because my water is too hard, in my steam mop, and humidifiers. Distilled water is great
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just save it from a dehumidifier if you have that. (A lot of people where I live run them in their basements.) But yeah I also use a spray bottle sometimes too.
Wait, for real? I have to use distilled water for my plants (I know, it's ridiculous, but the tap here turns the leaves brown) and I always hate buying it because of all the extra plastic and needing to lug two-gallon jugs home from the store. I could just use the water that accumulates in the tank of my dehumidifier?
That's more or less correct. They'd be boiling water then cooling the vapour instead of using natural humidity in large scales. It's worth pointing out though, a dehumidifier might collect dust and other airborne particulates in the water. This is no doubt fine for plants, but I wouldn't use it anywhere else distilled water is called for.
In things like irons, any contamination in the water is going to stay on the heating element, eventually building up.
It’s all priorities. I waste no space or money on water, an ironing board, a spray bottle, or an iron, because most of my clothes don’t need ironing and the few a year that do I can send to the cleaners.
I don't think I've used an iron since home ec class, something like 20 years ago, but I thought there was like a sticker (likely an engraved brass plate in my day) saying you must use only distilled water. Any contamination whatsoever will build up in the nozzles and valves.
I thought this was common knowledge. It's basically the only use I know for distilled water.
Distilled is better for irons for sure, but you don't have to use it. You just have to clean it when there is build up, same as a kettle. There are specific cleaners you can buy, but I just use white vinegar. Just make sure you fill it back up with water and hold the steam button down for a while, otherwise the next time you iron your clothes will smell like vinegar!
Oh gods yes. I'm too lazy to buy distilled water just for an iron and it's not worth the spots.
The water where I live is hard as a felon with knuckle tattoos.
Nu11u5 · 6 points · Posted at 02:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My problem is the iron lets out water a little faster than it can boil it, so it just dribbles all over the clothes - if that is what is meant by “leaking”.
Usually when an iron leaks I'd describe it as random bigger splotches of water, and by the time the iron is on the spot long enough for it to dry, you move the iron again and it makes more random spots! If it's more just over all soaking the material too much for your liking, most irons have some sort of switch or scrolling wheel that changes how much steam comes out. You could also possibly be pressing the spray function instead of the steam? It would spray water in front of the iron instead of coming out the holes of the metal plate. But yes, I prefer the spray bottle, and you can turn the nozzle of it to change the stream from a jet of water to more of a fine mist.
And RUST! I'm a professional seamstress too, I know my way around an iron. I decided to pop some water into my iron for the first time in forever and it immediately barfed rust all over a very expensive silk scarf. Never again.
Rrraou · 5 points · Posted at 01:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember my mother having a plastic bottle that was supposed to remove all the minerals from the water before putting it in the iron. haven't seen that anywhere since.
And the mineral deposits always decide the best time to leap out of the iron is just when you are doing a last minute press before you dash out the door.
Bingo. I do the same, dry iron and if I need some water I have a little bottle next to me that I'll spritz over the clothes. I've had 2 iron's total myself. Both the same model, the first got me 5 years with using the water before it was too clogged and left deposits, the other is going strong 10 years later with no issues.
I have a handheld travel garment steamer, it’s got mineral deposits in it from our hard water (after one use). Any idea how I can get it out? Vinegar didn’t work.
Did you turn it on and let the vinegar come through as steam? There are specific products made for cleaning minerals out of kettles and irons, either as powder you mix with water or a cleaning solution. Something like this. Search for an iron descaler.
_Aj_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why you use deionized water in them.
My mum was always a stickler for using a spray bottle, but using the actual steam function has made it 10x easier for me since I moved out and didn't get blasted for putting water in the iron. Lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why they recommend distilled water, I've never had a problem with constantly maxing out steam though I use a separate spray bottle because it's more efficient than that god damn small button that hurts your thumb after awhile.
??? Just use distilled water dude. Why would you keep using hard water in an iron after noticing the mineral deposit issue??
Spritzing the clothes takes longer than using the internal steam function because you're relying on heat conduction through the wet clothes to boil the water instead of boiling the water inside the iron. Yes the spritzer on the iron will wear out after a period of time, you are welcome to use a spray bottle to avoid that issue or you can just say fuck it, I'll pay $50 every 5 years for a new iron.
Ofwa · 0 points · Posted at 04:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use distilled water. No deposits. 99c a gallon
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:18:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hmm well seems like the vast majority of people just put water in a spray iron without issue so cool your jets there
I had to replace our Sapporo gravity feed at work and waited forever because I thought they were so expensive. They’re *only $75 new!
I should edit that’s about $600 less than I was thinking. So we got two and only one was immediately broken by someone we still haven’t identified, NAOMI.
SimLC · 29 points · Posted at 01:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact! I once caramelized my iron.
I was ironing and I ran out of water. One of my kids water bottles was in reaching distance so I thought "I'll just use that". So I filled the iron up and carried on.
I became aware of a sweet smell. I thought "that's weird", but I carried on. It was only when my iron started leaking brown goo that I realized something was wrong.
Turns out it wasn't water but juice. And the juice basically caramelized in the iron and leaked brown goo all over the shirt I was ironing.
Oh, I have that problem as well,but it never occurred to me to use a spray bottle...but I'm having a hard time figuring out how spraying water has the same effect as hot steam? I'm not very science-savy, sorry!
The way I was taught was to soak a piece of white cotton (usually use scraps of muslin or chesscloth), wring it out put it on top of the item and then iron the cotton. It steams immediately and it protects your clothes. For whatever reason my grandmother taught me the iron should never actually touch your nice clothes
Oh, that's a great trick, I have some fancy ironing sheets or whatever their name is, that are supposed to protect nice clothing, but the dampening part never crossed my mind.
Water + heat = steam
So when water is in the iron, it squirts out and hits the hot plate and turns into steam, on your clothes.
If you spray water on your clothes and then press with a hot iron, that water still turns into steam.
Exactly! If there are particularly stubborn wrinkles, I'll pretty much soak it with the spray bottle, smooth the wrinkles out with my hands, and iron until the fabric is dry again. An industrial iron usually has enough steam though, you can't even have your hands touching the board near it when you use the steam or you'll be burned!
For clothes I mostly use a standing garment steamer rather than an iron, anyway - it’s rare that I need to get something crisp or sharply creased, and more likely that I’ll have ruffles or something else difficult to iron. (I worked clothing retail, specifically in-store visual marketing, while I was in college and got introduced to steamers there.) The iron is now brought out for scarves, napkins, the rare sharply pleated item, and the limited occasions that I sew or help my mother sew.
I'm not a seamstress and I do the same! Not so much because of leakage but because the water in the tank or the holes gets crappy and spreads dusty stuff on my shirts. Spray bottle for the win!
Turns out you can get a decent one for about $100. I think I might get an extension cord and IV stand for my domestic iron now and get a gravity iron the next time I need a new iron.
f19833 · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They really only make sense if you need to iron lots of long lengths of flat squared off fabric, like bedsheets, curtains, napkins and fabric. We had one in school for ironing fabric before we rolled it up/put it on bolts and it was GREAT. If the person you're gifting it to sews or has a lot of linens, totally recommend! But in terms of ironing clothes, it technically can iron them, and it does press them quite well, but from what I've seen it's quite finicky with things that aren't flat and have rounded seams. We never used it to iron clothes in the wardrobe room even though we had quite a lot to iron. So unless you need like an assembly line because you're ironing 50 of the same shirt and you've had a lot of practice, a regular iron would be faster anyways.
You made my life with this comment. I thought I was doing it wrong because I always have issues with leaks. Or maybe the trick is not to have a crappy steam iron.
NABDad · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My iron was given to me by my mom because it was old. I needed an iron and she decided she wanted a new one. That was about 30 years ago. Still no leaks.
I'm not saying you're not correct. I'm just bragging that I won the iron lottery.
I remember the sprinkler lid that mom used with a soda bottle. She had a huge roller iron that you controlled with your knees. (sat down in front of it and there were levers you moved with your knees) Apparently it kept both hands free to manipulate the item you were ironing. It didn't have a steam option so you had to sprinkle everything first.
Which country? I've had the switches break on cheap Chinese irons, but none of them leaked. They just stop working. My college American iron in the 70s lasted 20 years.
The hot steam on push button is much more effective than spray.
This post is actually worthy of an r/LifeProTips post compared with the garbage that gets posted there now.
I unsubbed the day "LPT: If you're feeling down, put on some new socks. You'll feel better." hit my front page.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was around 25, my grandmother gave me an Oreck iron that was a gift with purchase of her vacuum. I always used (very hard) tap water to fill it, never emptied it and never cleaned it. It always worked perfectly. I'm now 47 and it just finally stopped turning on. Buying a new iron was a very new experience and I kept reading reviews about leaking and mineral deposits and all kinds of problems I didn't know existed. Did I just have two decades with a magical iron and not even appreciate it?
How will they leak? I know an iron probably a decade old having been knocked over by cats into the ground several times over the years and it still functions perfect. Mineral deposits isn't an issue with the water quality here. Are we talking about different things? I'm genuinely curious and a bit surprised.
If you don’t have a lot of minerals in your tap water that’s probably why! Or you just have a great iron. A leaking iron to me is one that randomly spurts out big blotches of water that soak the fabric completely in that area, which you can put the iron over to dry, but then you move the iron and more big drops come out so the fabric is never really without patches of water. The drops are usually only about an inch wide but it’s so much water it takes about 30 seconds of direct heat for them to evaporate, which really slows down the ironing.
Ah yeah, those. I thought it was usually related to the iron not having heated up sufficiently? So instead of steam it comes out as water? The tap water is a blessing though
I don’t believe so, I don’t fully know the mechanics of an iron but water isn’t ever supposed to come out unless you press a button or have it on a setting to do so in a certain way.
I mean, you can do whatever you want! You don’t have to do it my way, I just prefer it. That’s a good point, if a leaky iron doesn’t have water in it, it can’t leak. It might still leak a bit until all the water is truly dissolved though. But you’ll probably eventually have to clean it if you do put water in it, depending on how much minerals are in your tap water if that’s what you use, limescale will build up and eventually it could get clogged.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do! If it has some particularly stubborn wrinkles, I’ll pretty much completely soak the area, smooth them out with my hands, and iron until all the water is evaporated. Normally I’ll just lightly mist it though.
🎙️ arual_x · 15721 points · Posted at 20:55:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is amazing. The fact that it is an inherited trait makes it even more glorious.
"Inherited Stupidity, the game where you attempt to survive through multiple generations whilst piling more and more "misinformation stat cards" on each subsequent generation of your players family. The player to have their family tree go on the longest before being evolutionarily cut from existence wins."
Edit: thank you all for the support and input on this idea! It went from a throwaway comment to now I really want to make some version of this game because of all the positivity here. Y'all really picked me up today.
🎙️ arual_x · 5156 points · Posted at 22:56:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I guess. I was thinking like an advanced version of the Game of Life. Then you could do a political edition where predetermined political bias throws an extra spin on the game.
You should make it so that you have to add stupidity to other player's trees in an attempt to eliminate them. Random events would check various flavors of evolutionary disadvantage to see who makes it and who doesn't. Players could have cards that add traits to various characters, etc.
I've dabbled with game making before, I could easily whip something up with a team. Would need to brainstorm the mechanics more before cards could be made - need enough to be able to make a few base cards to get an idea before making anything in depth
Oh, I'm definitely gonna work on something now. All these comments got me excited! I have creativity that I've been looking for a way to use. Your idea is very cool by the way.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:58:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I thought about fallout-esque predisposition skills too, whether by random dice roll or a set number of player allocated points (the latter would probably require a very balanced game to get away with)
Then the events cards would require you to pick from a handful of solutions. Each solution aligns with a different skill, each choice having different results good and bad if passed or failed. You need to get the number of that skill + the die roll to pass the event. This would create many different situations for players to make choices based on how good or bad a make or miss is for that choice and how high their skill is in it.
Interesting point about “political bias”
I know this is anecdotal, but my grandfather was a conservative guy, and so was his wife. He had 4 sons, of which two became pretty liberal and two are conservatives, including my dad. The liberal-er ones both live in Cali whole the conservativer ones live in TX
Lmfao the game of Christmas Dinner when the whole family is right wing and Judy brings AuStInN - her new CoLleDgE grad LEFT WING BF
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s another reddit thread discussing inherited rape ideas in families where the men are like “just wait till she’s asleep” if she says no, or “wait till she’s passed out drunk.” No, not the Cosby family...
Have you seen the satire version, The Game of Real Life? It doesn't quite get it to politics, but considering if you roll a 1 on your first turn you get aborted, it does weed out those that get easily offended.
Brilliant. It could show everyone where the end road of their political biases lies. Conservative routs could end in industrial hell, liberal routes could end in communist hell, and libertarian routes could end in anarchy. With the main goal of the game to remain as "middle" as possible, to last as long as possible
Idk if I want it to be more of a societal game or a personal character building experience, but I appreciate your thoughts. Well reasoned and balanced thinking is something I've always respected.
"Oof, probably regretting that colorblindness debuff now that your descendant tried to eat a bunch of holly berries."
OR
"Damn it, I managed to get through the hunter-gatherer phase with hyper-aggression, but now that we're in the tribal phase my descendant got booted from the tribe."
OR
"Wow, this antisocial personality disorder was a bit rough in the early game, but now that there's systems to manipulate without ever seeing a human face, my descendant is incredibly rich. shame about the orange skin and tiny hands."
Stupidity cannot be cured. Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death. There is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity.
I come up with some good ideas, but have no programming skills. I originally thought board game, but this has complex calculations/RNG written all over it. Would probably have to be a video game.
I don't see any need for complex calculations. And a computer's random number generator has very little advantage against a properly weighted die or properly shuffled deck of cards.
So you're talking about the evolution of stupidity. So the assumption is that generation 1 is well educated, let's say with 1 "Family Tradition" card and five "Factoid" cards and an intelligence (IQ) score of 150.
A family tradition card doesn't have anything on it. It's a placeholder. Whenever you have a family tradition, you put down a factoid to fill it. That factoid is now part of your misinformation score which subtracts from your IQ score. When your IQ reaches zero, your line dies out.
So, what about gameplay? Every few generation, everyone will start a new family tradition. But there are ways to get rid of a family tradition or spread one of yours to another family's through marriages. If you draw a marriage card, you can use it in the exchange round to marry part of your family into part of another player's family. From here, you have two options.
Either you are able to discard one factoid from your family traditions that the other player does not have as part of their family traditions or, if you have a copy of a factoid card already in your family traditions, you can make that player add a Family Tradition card to their hand and take up that factoid.
This will get more complex with certain traditions having a combo effect. Maybe something like... "Beer Battered Beer: A traditional Thanksgiving just isn't traditional until Aunt Helen throws up on the lawn. -5" and "Holiday Gunshow: Who needs fireworks when you've got a 12-gauge! -8" could have text saying what cards they combo with on the corner/back of the card and they could make a combo card (each combo card is unique, first player to get a certain one keeps it unless the combo is broken through marriage) "Sorry Grandpa, I thought you were a reindeer. -20"
I’m thinking a D100 table for the misinformation (maybe even having the potential for if you roll the same one twice, somehow two mistakes manage to cancel each other out?).
As interesting as this could be as a computer based game, I feel like a lot of the "misinformation stat cards" are too subjective to put into absolute terms, and would be easier and a lot more fun to leave to the table of players to precisely interpret.
Yeah, the more I go through comments and think about it myself, this screams tabletop game. My original thought was too complicated and into depth and I realized it doesnt need to be a society simulator, just a series of events with some mechanism of dealing with them and the results of.
I feel like your original idea might've been something like a generation expanding version of a game like this https://www.playalterego.com/. And that would be amazing, but it would be far too complicated to write without a ton of time investment, and far too many polarizing game design decisions along the way.
If you ever end up doing anything with the idea, best of luck. Seems like a really interesting concept that I can see a ton of potential with.
I'm definitely gonna start writing, I already have some thoughts. My brain goes right to RPG elements, but shortened to a reasonable 1 session game (monopoly length?). A combo of character building, multiple choice situations with varying results and die rolls. (Gotta involve luck somewhere right?) The individualism will come from the writing and implementation of the mechanics, but I don't think I'll be creating anything groundbreaking. I don't want to just copy an rpg and put a new skin on it of I can help that though.
I gotta figure out exactly how I want players to win or lose and that will come with writing I think. I've always loved strategy, but I want there to be moments where you're basically choosing the lesser of two evils, along with triumphant moments too. This is gonna be fun
I'd go with something along the spectrum of card games, like Munchkin. Players draw a mix of misinformation, resources, and action cards and try to keep their family alive. Each round they draw a calamity, which they either thwart with a resource (I.E. blocking a measles outbreak with medicine... unless they have the antivaxx misinformation) or lose some of their family. They can also use actions to either try to remove some of their misinformation or inflict misinformation on other players. Last family standing wins.
Kind of mean spirited, but done with enough satire it could be fun.
Once I get through the many messages this has created, I'm gonna start writing and researching tabletop games. I'm not terribly hip on the new generation of tabletop games but I know there's a lot of creative room in this realm and I'm excited.
Zauqui · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll follow you so I'll know if you make it! Even as a Mobile/pc game it could work :D
Good luck with your research!
I'm getting so many ideas for this, but if you're actually interested, I'd look up a game called Nomic for how to handle the idea of freeform game modifiers, or something in the family of Superfight-esque table discussion games for something a bit less abstract.
Zauqui · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I supervised a kid at her first job who refused to drink water even though we were working outdoors in the AZ summer. Had to have gatorade instead, because she was "allergic to water"
As she was a minor we told her mother about it, and what did we hear back? "Oh, we're all allergic, it runs in the family"
blewws · 2 points · Posted at 00:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love it. It's a little like chicken where each player piles up as many stupidly cards as they can per generation, but there's a chance a stupidly card can kill you and end your bloodline. Stupidest person per generation gets a point and whoever has the most points when climate change kills everyone wins.
I have this board game from the 70s called Smoker's Out. It is the same thing except you pick up different brands of cigarettes and with each brand you drop downwards a level into the spiral game board. The center is death. The last player remaining wins.
Could start with a customizable family. Instead of fallouts special system, have one that swaps out stuff like strength and agility for stats like earnings and education or healthiness. Your stats effect what die you need to roll to survive or succeed in a situations off of cards.
Kinda sounds too D&D initially, but who knows. I'll probably design a few halfass games trying to make one lol
That’s actually a really good idea, it could be a variant of a shedding game (like uno or mao, where your goal is to force other people to draw and get rid of your own.
If you actually want to pursue it I’d see if you can get a chat with the cards against humanity guys, I’ve heard they’re pretty accessible and general honest/upright fellas.
I think I have a base idea I'm gonna try writing out alone at the moment, but I appreciate the thought. A few people contacted me tonight, the outreach has been phenomenal, really great art community on here!
Zauqui · 2 points · Posted at 03:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Id love that. I imagine the game is played in a high risk high reward way. "Life" like game, were you go from uni to retirement, but throughout the whole game you gain stupidity cards that slightly boost some stats but make you, well, dumber. Like a "gullible" card, that makes you more prone to the "stupidity action" cards that your opponents can give you (think of 1000 miles) if you are under "gullible" you might fall into the "flat-earther association" or a "totally not a pyramid scheme". You can try (maybe roll a dice?) To get out of these, but if you are under these influences your opponents can give you a "Darwin award" card, like "fatal accident while trying to prove the earth is flat with a rocket" card or a "bankrupt" card, that means game over!
The objective of this game is to last the longest, with the most "stupidity cards". 10/10 friendship destroyer kind of game.
Omg I love this idea someone please make this game
Wow, that is actually a really awesome idea. If done well I could see that game becoming pretty profitable, especially with a heavy emphasis on dry comedy. I'd play the fuck out of that and I don't even play board games.
There's something a bit like that, Guantlet of Fools, a push your luck game where everyone is drafting different heroes with various abilities and stats. You can always take a hero someone else has already chosen, but you need to make that hero worse by adding a negative modifier to it.
Great idea, love the auction/draft, but man it just falls flat after that.
I might just try to design something, this idea is getting some very cool support here! I just kinda came up with it on the spot but I think I'm gonna start brainstorming and researching game mechanics...
Tabletop Simulator is on sale on steam for 10 bucks right now, go grab it, then you can make this game in the game and everyone can play it, they can even buy the game from you.
Not a bad idea, I may explore it in the future. As for now its gonna be writing pages of notes, ideas, formulas and all kinds of fun stuff. I honestly think I have a decent if slightly unoriginal combination of mechanics and writing style that might work with some refinement. I just have to gather it all and begin the work on paper for now.
jaxsyl · 1 points · Posted at 11:34:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a sad theory. See, back in the days of yore, life was more dangerous. If you were stupid, you got eaten by a bear.
Now, however, we’ve evolved so much as a society we have “herd safety” meaning there aren’t nearly as many opportunities to be eaten by bears/fall off a cliff/etc. Smart people have made things much safer, and stupid people benefit. Thus, the stupid people continue to breed and continue their line of diminishing intelligence in safety.
I could start with problems that require certain skills. As the game passes, the problems become more modern and are best solved using different skills than the ones that were important in the beginning. Maybe failures result in a slightly lowered stats by way of stupidity cards, which you can also remove by passing events successfully.
What most people think is 'common sense' is really learned behaviour. So it stands to reason that some of these bad ideas are inherited / passed down since we do a lot of our learning from family.
Imagine someday when we to to such high tech level that its impossible for users to understand the technology theyre using. We just know it works without knowing how. And due to the advanced technology, only a handful of people would understand something at any given moment. A small catastrophe could reset civilisation and we all have to start all over again
That's where we are now. There is no way more than 1% of people know how their phones work at all. 1/3 % probably understand the hardware, 1/3% probably understand most of the software and 1/3% understand most of the infrastructure needed to network it. (edit, probably more people know how to code than the finer details of how a chip is made and works.)
I don't know anything about the Warhammer 40k lore, but I think what essentially happened was the technology was so advanced that no single person alive was smart enough to know how it works.
I have a theory that laundry detergent is often an inherited trait.
Many people I know use the same type of laundry detergent that their parents used and they used growing up, meaning that it is passed down from generation to generation.
There's a lot of people who trust their parents entirely more than they should.
My partner's got a lot of things she does, because her mum had some rather... odd ideas about things. Like drying everything 3 times - it has to go in the drier, then on the line because of sunshine, and then hang up on the airer before going away.
Or being fixated on herbal remedies for things (I know, some aren't bullshit, but ...)
Not related to the OP, but my mother and two of my brothers seem to have inherited her bad timing. Like, I just don't understand how they can have such conveniently shitty timing, and it's not just me that's lamented this, but others in our family, including my father. Need to take a poop? Oops they got to the toilet just before you. Need to take a shower? Just before you. Jerking off? They're gonna get in the shower right before you finish. Have work? Shower right before you were gonna get in yourself. Wanted to eat the last of something in the fridge? Oops, they got it just before you. You need to use the restroom and brush your teeth before bed? They just went in! We're you planning to go somewhere? Turns out they didn't communicate to you that they made perfectly conflicting plans!
A friend of mine thought that it was only for the "internal mechanism" of the iron and he used to periodically release all the steam away from the clothes.
I had a picture of old-timey steam trains in my head. Yeah, I should have realized how dumb my original comment was. I've even taken thermodynamics classes...
You certainly don't have to. Dry ironing works and is often the better way to use cheap irons.
You can also use a separate spray bottle to mist clothing or just don't dry them all the way. You can also lay a damp towel over your item and use it as a press.
Most clothes dryers I have seen actually have a setting that (in my country) is called "Bügelfeucht", which translates as "Ironing damp" and leaves the clothes just slightly damp so that you can basically dry and iron them at the same time without having to keep refilling the clothes iron (I like using this method for big things like bedding covers, sheets, etc.) multiple times.
Occasionally, if I'm feeling really fancy, haha. It's only two pillow covers and two blanket covers though, the fitted sheets obviously don't need it at all.
this reminds me of a time I was at my friend's house and her mom poured some water from a half drinken water bottle into the iron. Turns out, it was vodka that my friend and I had put in there to smuggle into a football game. We blamed it on her brother lol
I did this! I had poured Bacardi into a water bottle to pre game (without having to take an entire bottle) before a concert and forgot it wasn’t water. Used it to iron for a week before I noticed.
I mean, I wonder how many people have actually used a steam iron in recent years. I feel like ironing isn't really as big a thing as it was in the past.
Not many. Daily dress shirts where I work and most people buy non-iron.
A lot of people think I’m weird for owning (and using) an iron. A few ex-girlfriends were completely mind blown anyone would do anything beyond steaming something.
My mom refuses to put water in her steam iron and instead uses a separate spray bottle of water because putting water in the iron will make it rust and spit rusty water on your clothes. Similarly, my MIL has been through more irons than I can count in the 25 years I’ve known her because she leaves water in the iron which actually does cause rust.
Meanwhile, I have the same iron that we received as a wedding present 24 years ago. Yes I put water in it, and no it doesn’t spit water. The difference is that we make sure to empty the water immediately and then let the residual heat help dry the tank.
mr_ji · 5 points · Posted at 02:35:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For most irons, you don't really need it unless you want steam. In fact, it can leak and straight ruin a nicely starched piece of clothing. Everyone in the military learns this very quickly.
Yep, you learn that, and to make sure you wipe down the iron before you put it away, or you'll end up with gross scorched starch on your new dress whites next week. 😖
My mates iron keeps leaving these horrible stains on his shirts and he can't figure out why. It's full of calcium deposit. When I mentioned that maybe he should use distilled water like it clearly states on the box of his damn iron he said that's just marketing to get more money (does Bosch sell distilled water?) and that it CLEARLY works fine with tap water. His tone suggested that I'm the stupid one.
I don’t put water in my steam iron. Just spray the clothing with water. Just a light mist is needed. I’ve had too many instances where the steam iron spits out a darkish rust like color and my clothes get stained.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is because you are not using distilled water in your iron. Tap water has minerals that will eventually cause brown water.
I think it should be noted tho that ironing still works well enough for most things without steam so it's not really a "omg how can you do it like that" situation like OP makes it out to be... unless the family expects the iron to produce steam without pouring water in first lol.
What about someone who has never ironed something, never been taught how to iron, and at this point is too afraid to ask how/what would be needed for ironing and so just keeps clothes unwrinkled by leaving it hanging on a hanger and hoping.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Distilled water* in a steam iron
Gernia · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In many cases you shouldn't put water in a steam iron. Some fabrics fray when exposed to steam. If they had a lot of clothes based on this fabric i could see this happening.
Lovtel · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't put water in the iron, I just use a spray bottle. Because I'm lazy.
No, I do that too. Better control and you don't have to worry about leaving water in the iron to rust or get mildewy. Lots of irons drip or spit water on the steam function, so I either iron still-damp fabric from the washing or use a spray bottle.
well,only if you want to steam. you can iron without steam, it's just fucking pointless
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:59:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody ever bothered to actually read the directions, I guess.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You actually don't. My mother hasn't done it since she learned the hard way how difficult it is to clean mold out of an iron. It works almost as well if you just moisten the wrinkled part of the garment.
Until my mid twenties I thought water was optional. Like if you wanted to do normal creases then just plug it in and away you go, and only adding water if you're ironing something really tough.
But the comment with all the upvotes says otherwise... I'm confused
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:50:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The comment is stupid. If you WANT to steam iron your clothes then you put water in your iron. Many fabrics actually press better with a dry ironing.
Some people avoid water all together because they are scared of the brown mineral water that can stain clothes, but those people didn't read the instructions and used tap water (has minerals it) instead of using distilled water (No minerals in it).
This just reminded me of my time working as a carpet cleaner. I was setting up at this lady's house and she casually was like, "Can you look at my vacuum for a second and let me know if you think it's working right?" I'm not a vacuum repair guy. I was just a kid with a truck-mounted carpet cleaner, but I knew some things, so I told her to pull it out and show me.
I ran it and it wasn't picking anything up. So, I opened it up and found that the bag inside was stuffed solid with dirt.
"When was the last time you changed the bag?" I asked.
She just stares at me. "The what?"
She seriously had never considered where the dirt went. It just disappeared. It wasn't a vacuum. It was a black hole device. I don't even know. Something.
I had to explain where she could buy more bags and how to install them. I tried to be nice. It felt strange.
Steam Iron reminds me this prank I always play. I grab an iron. Quickly taking it close to someone's face while screaming IT'S FUCKIN HOT!!! on top of my lungs. Their instincts play in and they block with their hands to cover their face. When the iron makes contact they scream like a pussy and the next moment they realise that all this time the iron was icy cool.
Someone in the family offered to make coffee, got upset the “coffee pot wasn’t working” and come to find out she didn’t add water.. didn’t turn it off to add water and coffee grounds exploded all over the kitchen..
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
they secretly knew how to iron, they just wanted you to do it
pgm123 · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother was like this for a long time. Just figured he didn't need to learn to iron. He's a lawyer who is frequently in court.
Steam irons seem to attract the incompetent (no offense to your wife’s family) for some reason...My wife used to work in retail and had to frequently warn and remind other employees not to use the steamer on clothes they were wearing...
I,as a woman in her 30s has never used an iron. I dont think? I dont own clothing that needs to be ironed. I def. Know that it needs water to work though.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm picturing a family with wrinkled clothes and a really high premium for their fire insurance.
You can actually use it without water, it was something taught in a home ec class in the sewing unit, though only for short periods. Any longer than a couple seconds is bad, and for some fabrics other than cotton, it's also bad to not have the steam
My wife's entire family not knowing something or doing something weird has caused me concussions from facepalming. The latest was my father-in-law had a fever so his wife put a cold towel on his feet. They weren't worried about his brain.
This reminds me of the night before my grandfather’s funeral last year. There was an issue with my dad’s jacket still having the security thing, and overall it was just a stressful night. It was 11 pm and we were getting ready for bed. I asked my brother and dad if they had ironed the new dress shirts they had bought earlier. They told me no, they just hung them and the wrinkles will be gone by morning. I face palmed hard and ended told them they had to iron them. Well, turns out my 60 year old father, 26 year old brother, and 21 year old sister had no idea how to use an iron. I gathered them around while I showed them how to use the iron and best practices for getting wrinkles out. When I took the sleeve and put it up the narrow side, all three went “ooohhhh” and were amazed. It was a good memory during a hard time.
They eventually get dirty and are impossible to clean, so you’re just spraying your clothes with dirty, stinky water all the time. I have a dedicated steamer if I need to steam something.
I suppose you could constantly keep the garment soaking wet and then iron it (actually, is this how old irons used to work?), but yeah I imagine that may still burn out an element or something.
When I was in high school some girls almost burned down our costume room in the drama department because they didn't understand that you need water to iron the cloths, and they also just fucking left the hot iron face down on a shirt and thought that that would work
I usually don't bother with spraying, as dry ironing works well enough. Often, though, I'll iron clothes while they are still damp, then hang-dry them. If you have a high-efficiency washer with a strong spin cycle, ironing clothes when they come out of the wash is perfect. The dampness turns to steam while ironing, and the clothes dry faster afterwards, so it's a win for energy efficiency and for time efficiency. (Be careful when doing it with rayon, though — the fibers are weaker when wet.)
These are people who never understand how the temperature settings on an iron work. They invariably have the temperature too low and the one or two times they put water in, it leaked on their clothes. So, they've been avoiding putting water into their steam iron ever since.
This is a person with a PhD in physics we're talking about (to be fair, he didn't have the degree yet at that point). He was so used to steam coming out of the iron that he never thought about it beyond that. My poor iron, he kept banging on it to try and get the steam :(
Well, I still don't know how to use our charcoal grill, minus 20 DKP
I’m going to be completely honest I’m 26 and I’m just now learning WHY I need to put water in the steam iron.
In my defense:
1.I don’t iron very often (I work in production)
2. I’ve always done it I’ve just never questioned it.
At least from the sounds of it they know how to otherwise use an iron. I went on a networking trip with a bunch of other university students and some were so shocked to see me ironing my dress shirts. Some only had wrinkle free shirts so I guess I can understand that if that's all they own but others brought cotton dress shirts that got super wrinkled being stored in their luggage. I had to show them how to iron their shirts.
my brother insists that his wife will not put water in the steam iron because the water will cause the iron to break down.... so she has to use it without steam!
I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this battle. Every time I go to iron...every...single...time...there is no water in the iron. My girlfriend just doesn't care if it has water or not. Her argument is it works either way. But she is taking a 30 second ironing job and turning it in to 10 minutes by going over the same spot over and over. Why?! It also peeves me she gets the benefit of me filling up the water when I use it.
Gave him instructions and left him to it. Came back a while later to ask how it went.
"Fine in the end but it took a few attempts because the yolk kept breaking."
"What do you mean kept breaking?"
"Well I kept throwing them away because I thought breaking the yolk made it poisonous."
Reminds me of when I was dating a 19yo dude. I explained that eating raw nuts is healthy so he bought a bag of peanuts. He complained two days later that he was going to stop eating them because they upset his stomach so I got a free bag of peanuts, yay! He was stunned when he saw me shelling them and eating the nut. Because he was eating them shell and all. For two days. Surprisingly did not end well, but i got a lot of terrible sex and dumbass stories out of it.
I think it's a very southern thing, that's where I grew up. Sometimes you can find canned ones (I don't remember the brand right now) and if you warm them up they're pretty good. Growing up there was a guy that set up on the side of the road and sold them in paper bags, if we drove past him my dad would literally turn around to go get some peanuts.
The brand is Margaret Holmes, and a super quick search shows they're on Amazon if you can't find them in stores. I get mine at Walmart. The brand has a lot of "southern " recipes, like succotash, okra, peppered green beans, etc that are really good. Unfortunately they use MSG as a shortcut but it tastes pretty similar to what I was used to growing up. If you find them or decide to get some off Amazon you might want to check the other offerings as well. The squash with Vidalia onions would probably be my top recommendation.
COLLARDS!! Ohmigosh!! The bestest green things on earth! (Can you tell I’m southern?) The two best plates of food on this earth are, in no specific order: *BIG plate of collards with slices of tomato just out of the garden and still sun warm, with slices of onion (raw, of course) or fresh scallions, and cornbread made in a cast iron skillet. Collards seasoned a bit with bacon grease or salt pork (not a lot, just a little in the pot for flavor) Drink is iced tea or whole milk. The collards occupy almost all of the plate: they’re a huge serving...and keep the cornbread (egg bread, of course, coming!).... And the other, not necessarily second place is. *Big plate of black eyed peas or purple hull peas, seasoned the same, with the aforementioned tomatoes, onions, cornbread, and other goodies. ... I have truly eaten so much of these dishes that I was uncomfortable from the pure bulk of food. And if you follow with blackberry cobbler or peach cobbler (fresh, never refrigerated) you could die happy!
I only eat the shell with boiled peanuts if they are the little tiny baby ones, the big ones get shelled then eaten. If you try the canned ones and don’t like them (probably because of the odd semi-slimy-semi-jelly texture) don’t give up, the fresh ones are better. If you ever get down south (especially Alabama or Mississippi) track down a roadside stand that sells them in paper bags. They are a uniquely regional snack, with a taste and texture different from anything else you’ll ever try
They are a unique and common snack in the deep South, much better fresh then canned. The peanuts they use are just a little bit on the green side, and boiled in very salty water. They have a text and texture that is unlike anything else
FS_NeZ · 42 points · Posted at 05:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll put on my robe and my wizard hat
iSpccn · 35 points · Posted at 04:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey guys, I just got here. Have room for milk duds?
He was a jackhammer who would give me the silent treatment for days if I wasn’t in the mood for being jackhammered. He could only do things in excess and would regularly show up to my workplace dressed in bad costumes and would remain in character for hours. He could never pick if he was a Viking or a pirate. He would drag me to random parties with people he hardly knew the name of so he could get shitfaced. One time he got stuck in a shopping basket. He was surprised that I broke up with him after he decided I was never allowed to tell him about my day or anything in my life because it killed his artistic inspiration, for a comic he’d been working on for about 5 years and never made it past chapter one. I moved on 6 months after the breakup and that was somehow me cheating on him which he and his friends made sure to tell everyone. He was more upset that he lost my mates as drinking buddies than me as a gf. There’s just so much this is a handful of random parts.
He could only do things in excess and would regularly show up to my workplace dressed in bad costumes and would remain in character for hours. He could never pick if he was a Viking or a pirate.
and you broke up with him?! he definitely sounds like a winner
Well once they explained that eating raw nuts is healthy so he bought a bag of peanuts. He complained two days later that he was going to stop eating them because they upset his stomach so they got a free bag of peanuts, yay! He was stunned when he saw them shelling them and eating the nut. Because he was eating them shell and all. For two days.
I know you're joking but I mean why would it take longer than peeling a potato or an apple for example? A lot of people do that. Also my dad has both a job and an SO.
1d3333 · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kiwi skins are perfectly fine, i eat them with no prep lol
I actually don't. I'd never seen anyone do it until my wife an I got married. I never knew cooked potato skin was safe to eat. I can't get over the texture so I just don't eat it still.
Thank you for adding a bit of wonder to my day. Sitting here genuinely unsure whether this is one of those "help my reddit turned spanish" jokes where everyone runs with the bit.
According to Google, eating peanuts in the shell really is A Thing. Respect to all the shell-eaters living life by your own rules.
I'll take a billion shell eaters over a single despicable cretin who just leave those shells everywhere! Borrowed a car from someone and literally had to dig out mounds of peanut shells from the DRIVER'S side of the car. I honestly don't know how they operated the pedals to drop it off!
That reminds me of my mom's coworkers' dumbass kid; he ate sunflower seeds, shell and all. He got constipated, and I can only assume his turds we're like chunks of drywall jagged pebbles embedded in it. He got two new assholes torn into him, one by his mom and one by his turds. He was at least 16-18 years old.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 03:02:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So a few years back I was overseas and decided to grab a can of mixed nuts on the way to work for idle snacking. A few hours later, without looking, I open it up, scoop out a fistful and pop them in my mouth... And nearly crack a tooth. Mixed in with the cashews, almonds and peanuts were pistachios STILL IN THE SHELL. What kind of psychopath does that?
I’m going to call myself out for to trying to eat edamame along with the shell. I was so confused as to why my friend was raving about how good it was when I could hardly chew it. I refused to eat it for about a year until I saw a different friend popping the beans from the pod.
Egween · 4 points · Posted at 03:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! You had me cackling and evil laughing at this!!! Yes!
Why would denatured fats be unhealthy? I mean, if you cooked and cooked them until they became transfats, then yes, but maybe I'm ignorant of something you know.
Otherwise, most nuts require some kind of processing before you can eat them. Like cashews - they're encased in a blistering liquid. You can't eat them without drying them out and leaving them in the sun for hours and hours. Natural almonds contain cyanide, we can't eat more than 8 without dying. The ones we do eat have a mutation that prevents cyanide from building up in them (and so they require us to protect them from insects).
Last, cooking plants involves trade-offs between detoxifying your food and losing some nutrients in the process but freeing up others as you uncouple them from the toxins.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:57:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My understanding is the longer and higher heat they are exposed to, the more likely the fats are to become oxidized.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree that lightly roasted nuts won't kill you. The question though was: are raw nuts healthier? You can't read the full article there, but it shows any amount of heat resulting in some oxidation, though it's probably not a big deal at low levels. Considering I also like the taste of raw nuts, I stick with them.
I mean, it specifically says that roasting nuts is healthy at low to medium temperatures:
"Therefore, desired sensory quality along with a favourable healthy nut composition may be achieved by roasting over a low to medium temperature range."
But, yeah, the data they present suggests raw nuts are even better, in terms of the chemicals they're measuring, so enjoy!
btw, there's a tribe in Africa who largely subsist on a local nut. It makes up some crazy high percentage of their caloric intake, like 60% if I remember correctly. Anyways, that's the tribe who only spend 3-4 hours a day foraging. If they can live off nuts, you can too!
Like cashews - they're encased in a blistering liquid.
Not really. The nutshell has what is essentially urushiol, like you get from poison ivy - they're in the same family (along with mangoes). So you can get contact dermatitis from it, and maybe blistering if you're particularly sensitive (like urushiol, it's a skin allergen).
You can still eat the nut inside raw. You can also eat the fruit it grows under.
I went on a primatology field trip and one of the profs saw the cashews growing under the fruit, got all happy and immediately bit into one. Her mouth blistered up and she actually feinted for a few seconds.
Anyways, the locals dried them in the sun for 2 days before eating them.
You can absolutely eat fresh peanuts and they're delicious. You can sometimes find them in Hispanic/ethnic groceries. Probably labeled as "green peanuts". The shell will be soft and easy to open, like a fibrous pea.
Cashews have to be at least steamed due to an irritant/allergen, but they're the only but I know of that has to be cooked. Also they're technically not a nut.
Pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, Brasil nuts, chestnuts and coconuts can all be eaten right out of the shell. (unless you have a tree nut allergy, obviously.)
The exception is bitter almonds, but they taste nasty anyway as the name suggests. The ones you buy in store are sweet almonds.
It is raw beans that you shouldn't eat. In particular, red beans. Kidney bean lectin is a toxin that needs to be boiled, not simmered, for a full ten minutes in order to destroy the toxin.
Hahahaha I had an ex that was complaining about how the hotdogs I bought tasted like shit, but he kept eating them. Turns out they were wrapped in plastic and HE DIDN'T PEEL IT OFF. Like, yeah, no wonder they were bad and why did you keep eating them?
Another ex, we went for sushi and he exclaimed, "ooh, ham!" and reached for the [pink] ginger. I thought he was joking until he stuffed a stack in his mouth. Sooooo funny. It was not his first time having sushi, either. Next time we had sushi, he exclaimed, "ooh, ham!" and I figured he was making fun of what he did before, but, no. Stuffed the whole stack in his mouth.
Sigh. No wonder my friends revoked my dating license back in the day.
Omg I once ate ONE peanut shell and all, immediately realized I'd made a horrible mistake and then gave up on peanuts entirely for 20+ years. I can't imagine shoveling them in my mouth for days, thinking that's what peanuts were.
jmtoes · 3 points · Posted at 08:36:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i had a friend that did this! i had in-shell peanuts sitting on my porch for squirrels and she saw them and just popped it right into her mouth. i was so stunned i asked her why she did that and she said that’s how she’s always eaten them. i told her even the squirrels cracks the shell but she refused to believe me lol
And she just ate food off the ground where wild animals frequent, I feel like I need a rabies shot just thinking about it! She sounds perfect for my ex though.
Pacpav · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that is hilarious, and a little bit troubling.
I was at work one day and my female coworker who sat across from me opened a bag of unshelled peanuts to snack on. I nearly spat out my coffee when I saw her pop one in her mouth, chew, and swallow the entire thing without batting an eye. I confronted her about it and apparently that’s just the way she learned to eat them and that’s how she prefers them. I was equally as impressed as I was appalled.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While I don't ALWAYS eat them whole, I've spent a fair bit of my life eating peanuts shell and all and never experienced a problem. Even two days doesn't sound weird unless that was the entirety of his diet!
The terrible sex was all him. Had nothing to do with the peanut shells. I know this because I say the same thing to my partner all the time. Wait. What?
I had a similar experience! I had a bag of pistachios and my friend told me she had never seen those before so I told her to try some. Before I could stop her, she threw the entire thing, shell and all into her mouth. I thought it was pretty hilarious.
This would explain the amount of time he spent in the hospital getting parts of his intestines removed... did I almost kill him with peanuts? I’m gunna dwell on this now.
His mother mainly babied him something terrible. I would not be surprised if he were still living at home 10 years later because he’d never been taught to do any adulting. In fact I have vivid memories of his only adult idol, his weird uncle, who changed his fathers desktop background to a picture of his asshole. Such a proud moment.
I’ve only ever eaten shell fish shelled because the face and legs freak me out, except I’m not seven and still cannot look at their creepy little ocean cockroach legs and eyes.
I was equally as young and probably just as terrible. To be fair he was... well equipped and more of a marathon. Hopefully he’s making some equally weird lady very happy currently.
People don’t explain so many things, I’m 30 and planning to ask my dentist to explain like I’m 5 how to properly brush and take care of my teeth, I have a sinking feeling that my non dentist parents whos teeth are falling out may have given me bad guidance.
Just wash the shell and chew throughly I guess? Do you eat pistachio shells? Where is the line?
Wait, does eating raw peanut shells make people sick?? I've been eating them raw and whole for years, I always figured others just didn't like the taste or texture?
I mean, I like my yolks runny and avoid breaking them when I fry eggs. maybe their parents were just really good at flipping cleanly
Edit. I dont want sunny side up, I want a fried egg with runny yolk. I want the crispy browned bits on both sides. Stop explaining how to make sunny side up.
I fry the top part of the egg pouring the hot oil over it with a spoon. So I really don't flip them. Anyways, if the yolk breaks doesn't mean you can't eat that egg, that's a waste.
It's called oil basting and it's a common (and good) way to fry an egg. You pour a fair bit of oil in, yes, but most of it stays in the pan at the end.
cr2810 · 9 points · Posted at 05:12:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so confused. I have only ever oil basted fried eggs. Is this not the way it is done???? How else do you fry an egg over easy?!!
The oil basting method is how my mother-in-law does hers. Another method is to wait until it is almost cooked, turn the heat off (works best with a cast iron pan), flip and let sit for a few seconds, then take out of the pan. It takes a bit of practice as sometimes you end up with the bottom of the yolk cooked and breakage can also occur pretty easily.
I moved in with a colleague once and one of the first things we cooked together was fried eggs. He did this. I was horrified.
I'm now on my second person-I'm-sharing-with who cooks eggs like that, I still think it's gross. But... I use a shit-ton of oil and butter for other things, so [shruggy]
beka13 · 6 points · Posted at 05:07:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve only ever fried eggs without oil, just spray the pan (solely to keep the egg from sticking) and let the egg cook on one side. Once the bottom is solidified flip that mug and let it cook for maybe 30 seconds then boom. Fried egg.
A good way to make them without flipping is to pour a bit of water in the pan beside the egg(s). Then put a lid on top of the pan. The water will quickly evaporate and the hot steam trapped by the lid will cook the top of the egg so you don't have to flip it. Works perfectly.
I used to have the egg flip motion down to a science, like I'd literally wake up, get the eggs going, go put my contact lenses in and brush my teeth, and then flip the eggs onto my toast before I'd even had any coffee. But honestly, by far the easiest way to get it right is to just cover the pan toward the end so that it heats from both sides.
[edit] Teflon is amazing, until it gets nicked, then it becomes cancer. I'd rather deal with something like slightly-less-than-100%-non-stick cast iron, than having to worry about babying my Teflon hoping I'm not giving myself cancer because I accidentally pushed slightly too hard on it, or used the wrong sponge on cleanup.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never flip my eggs over, its better when the white is kinda rubbery and the yoke runny and warm
Why do you need to flip fried eggs? First time I ever hear that. You just fry it and that’s it, maybe close the lid if you want to go extra mile for it
nabrok · 28 points · Posted at 01:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe his parents separated the yolks out for some reason?
I wonder if he’d seen the health warning that there is a possibility of food poisoning with undercooked eggs and decided yolks=poison? Who knows. Poor kid.
nykdel · 9 points · Posted at 03:45:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently he's never eaten a scrambled one, either.
My cousin called her parents when she went away to college all the eggs were wrong. She was a farm girl who only ever had big orange yolks from pasture raised hens, she kept cracking store bought eggs and seeing yellow yolks and freaked out.
Precisely. Fried eggs is the holy grail, but you might end up with scrambled eggs trying to get it. Shoot for the moon, you might land among the stars.
At first I thought you were going to say it was horrifying that someone didn't know how to cook a fried egg. I was like, dude there are way worse things to not know.
Oh it’s decently difficult to cook them properly, IE to whatever doneness you want and without breaking the yolk, they’re just easy to cook as in “make not raw”
PCCP82 · 3 points · Posted at 02:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
set stove to low
drop egg from 5" above stove and remove shell
go away for 4 mins
return, giving it that little half flip; turn off stove
if he thought the yolk is poisonous did he then only eat the white bits around the unbroken yolk once it was cooked?
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, i didn't start cooking til about that age either, not even an egg...sometimes if your parents don't teach you, you have to make up for it belatedly. But the poisonous part is hilarious
Okay but in his defense the best part about a fried egg is breaking the yolk yourself. Soak that shit up with some toast and spend the morning in Flavortown.
When I was 10 my dad used to make breakfast for me so I picked up his way of eating fried egg. You cut the white parts and eat them till there’s only yolk left intact and then you pick it up carefully and shove it in your mouth whole. I was absolutely sure that’s how you eat an egg and when you break it it’s no good. Not poisonous but like a fail in eating an egg. I only started eating yolks breaking them when I started cooking myself at 16 or so.
Hol' up, breaking it while it's cooking makes it poisonous? Or when eating? I mean, neither is true, but... "This thing I'm about to eat is full of poison!" is a strange mental process.
I’m 26 and I learned how to cook fried eggs a few weeks ago. I googled it. But in my defense I have never once though that breaking an egg yolk made it poisonous.
My mom was a fanatic about cooking all foods all the way through, sometimes to inedibility. So I was in my mid-twenties before figuring out that it's 100% ok to eat eggs with a runny yolk or, say, to not cook/order your beef well-done.
I was at lunch w some peeps, and one of the girls there looked around and i guess got the courage to ask if we had built up immunities to mayonnaise. She had read that when mayo is heated it becomes poisonous, and she was confused as to how we could eat mayo on toasted bread that was warm.
I lived with a girl that heard a news story that Teflon frying pans could cause cancer, the story went on to say that carcinogens were created at 1000 degrees which was an impossible temperature to reach using a domestic stovetop..
I got home the next day to see all of the eggs were used up for one omelette, it was still in the pan except the middle had been scooped out. She was actively trying to avoid getting cancer by not eating the food that was touching the Teflon coating.
pgm123 · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a guy who used to think bay leaves were poisonous. He thought they were ok to flavor food, no poisonous to eat. He used to joke restaurants were trying to kill him if they forgot to remove it from the final dish.
No dude. The worst case is you will choke on it. They should remove the bay leaf, but it won't kill you.
I dunno. This doesn’t surprise me. There’s a lot of bad info about food out there. I was in my twenties before I tried an egg with runny yolk because my parents told me that it was unhealthy/dangerous.
besides that i have never fried a perfect egg. like it will break or get stuck to the pan. i tend to lean towards scrambled eggs. still the bomb though.
Look, I'm 18 and I can't even fry an egg for shit, but I know most of what I need to know, at least that which you can learn without firsthand experience
A girl I used to know had never cracked an egg before. When my friend had her over for a sleepover, they were making breakfast. My friend makes her eggs while she was making toast. When she finished, it was the girl’s turn and my friend hands her an egg. The girl stands there, frozen and confused. My friend sees this and patiently explains that she has to crack the egg. The girl presses the middle of the egg with both thumbs. The egg shell obviously lands into the pan along with the white and yolk.
I was guilty of not know how to fry an egg at 21. I had scrambled eggs for my daughter but I never ate eggs myself so when my boyfriend asked me to fry an egg for him I asked him how he meant before starting. He told me to “just fry it in a pan with oil.” So I decide he means deep fry. I fill a pan with a few inches of canola oil, heat it to frying temp, and cracked the egg into it. He was so confused when I served it and we had a good laugh. I have since learned how to properly prepare eggs.
I had a 19 yr old roommate in college who was so confused how I would have white bits in my scrambled eggs. I guess cause I just throw a couple eggs in the pan and swish em around? Apparently her mother always whisked them first. She didn't cook for the house much lol
When I was like 14 I tried to make scrambled eggs by myself in the microwave, “quick and easy” but kept throwing them away when they came out of the microwave cold because I was scared of salmonella. Instead of just heating it up more. Went through a bunch of eggs that day.
I had an 18 year old come and work in my kitchen, I asked him to put an egg on the grill and then proceeded to watch him try to PULL an egg apart. Had never been told that he needed to crack the egg. Beggars belief
and this is why no matter how much my 9 year old complains I am making him learn to cook and clean.
Parents stop raising helpless kids! You doing everything for them is not helping them.
There is a tiny grain of logic there. When an egg gets older, its yolk usually becomes more fragile, so he could have just thought that if the yolk breaks so easily the egg might be too old to consume.
To be fair, if you free up around a professional house chef or a parent with standards, they might toss a fried egg that breaks. I usually screw up one out of four and give my wife the good ones.
This reminds me of when I was 12-13 and I was walking in a park with my boyfriend at the time and his best friend. We ran into a black cat, not sure if it was a stray or not, but anyways it had bright green eyes and it’s pupils were in a sliver. My dumbass friend freaked out when I went to pet it because apparently it’s sliver eyes meant it was poisonous.
I legit had to explain to him that cats are not poisonous, and their pupils change with the phases of the moon. He just could not grasp that concept and was still convinced this black cat was poisonous and I was gonna die from petting it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me remember going to McDonald’s and being completely confused when they asked me if I wanted my egg one of 3 ways; round, folded or scrambled. I can see how if this is the normal egg experience for someone that cooking one could be troublesome haha.
At first I thought the "how do you not know how to do this" was just cooking a fried egg, and I got slightly offended as I'm 18 and don't know how to cook a fried egg.
Growing up my mom was nice but didn’t tell
us a lot of things when we were younger, she’d use a lot of kiddie words for items without ever explaining the info. She called over easy eggs “dunkin”‘eggs, so as a older teen going without her I’d order dunkin eggs at a restaurant and they’d have no idea what I meant. She also always called Parmesan cheese “shaky” cheese, since we’d shake it onto spaghetti, I always thought they were two different kinds of cheeses. 😳🤷🏻♀️
My 3.5 year old son knows how to cook a fried egg (with supervision of course), and he loves breaking the yolk. How on earth does a 19 year old get to 19 without not knowing any basics about eggs?
This is going to get buried but I think I've figured why he thought that. He must have confused the fact that yolks of eggs that are not fresh break really easily.
I had to make eggs for someone. They wanted egg whites but sunny side up. After, they asked for two more. I thought, Wow! Those must’ve been the best sunny side up egg whites they ever had.
That might be from baking certain things. When baking brownies, I was taught by my mother not to eat too much of the leftover batter because it had raw egg in it that might have salmonella.
That could be what he was thinking about. He was just missing the part where cooking the egg also kills any salmonella.
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He’s thinking of shellfish, and how you shouldn’t eat them if they don’t open when you’re cooking them... they give you food poisoning.
You’ll be fine in a day or two, but it’s very unpleasant! 😏
Wait wait wait wait, so he was gonna eat the yoke? But he thought breaking it open somehow made it poisonous? Why in the hell would they sell anything “poisonous” at a grocery store? U literally have to have a license just to serve pufferfish in America
Three months into our freshman year of college a friend of mine developed a rash. I suggested he look into hypoallergenic sheets and swap out his others. His response: "I've used the same sheets since we moved in, it's not the sheets." Mind you, not the same <type> of sheets, but the same exact sheets unchanged and slept/eaten upon/etc. for three months.
My best friend also had this problem. No one told her that she needed to wash her blankets like you wash your clothes and for many years. I was the only one to explain this to her.
She would just layer new blankets over the older blankets. And didn’t understand why her acne was so bad growing up. Once she started regularly washing her blankets her skin cleared up but she’ll still swear it was all because of a face scrub she got at rite aid.
A guy in my dorm at university didn't use sheets because, and I quote, "Why bother? They just result in more laundry". He had been sleeping on a bare mattress with a single blanket for about 6 months straight. The stank in his room had soul to it.
laying on a mattress straight is just ugh. All your sweat and oil is just going to go straight into the mattress. A good mattress cover and sheets is a must people
[deleted] · 41 points · Posted at 08:38:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend's flatmate hasn't changed his sheet since they moved in.
They moved in in 2013.
I was actually about 2 days away from driving down there and helping my friend get rid of the bed and everything on it and replace while he was away visiting family.
I dated a guy for a short time long ago; he was living in the house that they had lived in when he was married. I saw some piece of slime fluff or something on the floor once, and pointed it put to him, asking who’d done the last vacuuming. He said he did not vacuum the floor; had never done it. At this point, I started paying closer attention to lots of things around his house. I noticed that the sheets on his bed (covers were always pulled completely back, sheets totally exposed) were a little dingy, and felt them...they were ...?slimy? Just didn’t feel right. I determined at that point NEVER to (ummm.. ) do anything on those sheets. (I was in my late 30’s at the time) I truly never did anything other than visit his house for short times. Dust was on every surface not used, no trash around, just no routine light cleaning.
My first college roommate didn't do laundry or wash her sheets or wash her FUCKING BATH TOWEL the entire semester. Not once. August to January. Her towel had black marks on it.
She was filthy. Our apartment was filthy. I couldn't even use our living room because her stuff was everywhere. She'd have her mom come clean up for her at the end of the semester. I am still traumatized from having to share an apartment with her. Longest year of my life.
I currently have a flatmate like this. He seems to have a bath about once every two or three weeks, washes his clothes maybe once a month. In the year he has been here I have never seen his bedsheets washed and out on the line. Never any housework. He eats and stays in his room pretty much constantly when he isn't at work. I just gave him two weeks notice and am terrified he won't get his shit together to leave. I am also pretty sure I am going to have to replace the carpet and repaint his room when he does leave.
Our roommate 3rd year of college, we realized we had never seen her wash her bath towel. We realized it near the end of the year when there was a smell coming off it that was stinking up our bathroom. 😐 And she'd always keep her wet hair wrapped up in the towel for a weirdly long time, like an hour. So I'm sure her hair smelled funky too....
Shortly after one of my best friends got married she asked my mom and I how often we changed our sheets. When we replied once a week or every two weeks at the MOST she got this funny look on her face. Of course we pressed her for an answer as to why she’s asking this. Turns out her new husband said when he lived at home his mom would only change the sheets 3 or 4 times a year. Barf.
There was a study out a few years ago of single men in the U.K., and that’s about the frequency at which the majority of them said they changed their sheets.
3 or 4 times a year is still a bit low, but I think shower habits definitely make a huge difference here. Back when I always showered at night right before bed, every single night, I could very easily go more than a week with sheets that still felt fresh. Showering more in the mornings nowadays though, clean sheets each week is a good thing.
Yep. Male roomate in a house of 5 girls. He made it 3/4 of the way through the year through sheer pity/charm, then by the last quarter he was on his own for chores.
He didn't wash his clothes/dishes/anything in that entire time. We found the dirty missing dishes fron the beginning of the year in his dresser drawer after he moved out. Stacks of them.
He didn't wash his bedding or his socks, wore the same two pairs for months, it reeked if he walked into a room. He lost weight a lot at the end because he wouldn't shop or cook. His parents were wealthy, he had money for booze/whatever.
I stayed over at a very good friend’s place after her mother had gone into a nursing home.
She said I could use her mum.’s bed, and that sounded fine.
Until exhausted me collapsed into the hairy, granny smelling bed.
I was too tired and it was too late to address it, but YUK.
The same friend came to visit and brought her boyfriend along. We provide clean beds.
She did not leave a clean bed. Not even a little cum stain- that’s understandable.
They left a massive cum stain like she hadn’t even tried to clean up at the very private and accessible bathroom next to her room.
We threw away the mattress protector and gave away the sheets. A decade later my husband still shudders.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 11:01:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sister was at her mother-in-law's house recently and had her service dog with her. The dog is very well trained and only pees/poops either outside or on those disposable puppy pads.
The MIL's bed was so filthy that the dog mistook it for a bathroom. She jumped up onto the bed and took a shit right in the middle of it.
I (f, 20) have a roommate (m, 25) who moved in last August, and did not wash his bedding until February of this year. I couldn’t believe it. He had like 3 or 4 girls over in that span of time, they all did the nasty in his bed. Needless to say he’s not a clean person whatsoever.
I’m assuming you mean he didn’t wash them for three months? Otherwise it sounds like you think you have to buy new sheets every time they get dirty. You... you don’t think that, right..?
I think that’s what they meant when they said “unchanged”. To me, “changing the sheets” is throwing em in the laundry and putting em right back on the bed since I only have one set lol
I knew a guy in the dorms who didn’t wash his sheets all year. He spilled a chocolate ice cream near his pillow at one point. His solution? Take off the sheet and put it back on so the stain was at his feet.
My freshman roommate didn’t wash or change her sheets the entire year. Yes, from September until June, I never saw her wash them once. Those sheets hosted random hookups, drunk friends who slept there with their shoes still on, and countless late night snack crumbs. When the year was finally over, she just threw those toxic sheets out in the hallway garbage. I never saw her again thank the lord.
She also left a half eaten bowl of Kraft Mac and cheese on top of her tv for 2 MONTHS. She would also leave her bloody underwear laying around on the floor. Hands down the grossest person I’ve had the misfortune of coming across.
Damn I'm a 30 yr old married Mom and as I'm reading these I'm thinking " that dumbass doesn't know how to use a microwave, make a budget, run a vacuum, put gas in a car, schedule a doctor appointment, etc" then I get to this bed sheet thing and now I'm the HUGE dumbass that washes the bed sheets like "maybe" 2-3 times a year.... damn I need to get my life together.
Lol! We've all got our blind spots and nothing wrong with learning something new. I remember my friend's dad's horror when he found out we hadn't changed the A/C filter in 6 months. He showed it to me and it was revolting
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it really depends on the climate and if you shower before bed.
For people who shower before bed, that's perfectly fine.
Now if you don't shower before bed, then I can see why you would need to change it once a week.
I once worked with a guy, who was in his late 20's, that admitted to me he had never changed or washed his sheets since he had bought them, almost 2 years prior. He had no idea they were supposed to be washed regularly. I can't imagine how horrible his apartment must have smelled.
Honestly I'm not sure it was the sheets, themselves, but generally poor hygiene. In some of my more extreme depressive times I've gone 2-3 months without changing my bedding, and days without showering. The only times I ever got sores were the times I didn't shower. As long as I showered and washed myself I didn't get rashes or anything.
The semester.. so probably 5 months. And I know many kids that did this. This wasn’t the norm as sometimes we did, especially if you spilled or stained the sheets but it certainly wasn’t abnormal.
Shit. I almost thought I was alone on this. I mean it doesn’t LOOK like it’s actively getting dirty like clothes. I shower everyday before going to bed so how dirty could the sheet really be?
i sometimes use fake tan which chemically changes the colour of your dead skin cells from transparent to brown. it only takes a week or two for sheets to get noticeable browner and foul from the massive amounts of dead skin cells that slough off in the night. in contrast, i could wear a white t shirt for that same week and have it still looking clean. so, so dirty.
c2c4a · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha I mean you're clean when you use a towel but they get rank fast
You are doing plenty to soil your sheets. Shedding dead skin cells, secreting skin oil, sweating (do you know your body produces at least a pint of sweat every hour)? And there are little creatures living on your skin and in your bed that feed on all these things, from bacteria to mites - and they shit their microscopic shits there, and they die and decompose there...
No, you sweat more during exercise - 2-3 pt. But you still sweat some even when sleeping, you just don’t feel it because it gets evaporated or absorbed by your bed clothes.
This is such a guy thing, my bf doesn’t understand the concept of washing sheets and doesn’t know what I mean when I talk about the “dirty laundry smell.”
Dude I must have slept in the same sheets my whole teenage life and never got a rash. My parents were not clean people. I learned a lot about house keeping when I got married.
My parents never told me I was supposed to change my sheets...growing up I'd do it maybe once or twice a year. :( There's a lot more, but I'll just say that it feels great to not live in filth anymore now that I'm an adult!
Immediately made me think of this horrifying article on how often people really change their sheets. My skin was crawling after.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ew. This article made me feel really good about my linen changing habits. I’m so paranoid about bed bugs (experienced an infestation at a hotel once, it was so gross!) that we change sheets all the time AND I vacuum everyone’s mattresses. I’m so afraid of finding those awful critters but so far so good!
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:28:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg that article! No way! I’m a once a week/sometimes 2 weeks pillow case and sheet washer and I’ve never considered myself a clean freak whatsoever.
Worked at an on campus store that sold a lot of essentials for students living at dorms. I had one girl ask me what laundry detergent was because she never did laundry. She asked if I could help her do her laundry but I declined as I couldn't leave the register, which of course she was mad about. Sorry I have to actually do my job lady.
In a weird way I am jealous of those people. I've done crap like that since I was physically able to and I can honestly say they haven't missed much. I appreciate how (hopefully) it's shaped me into a better person but c'mon it's boring af.
I can understand. I was definitely envious of them because it was obvious they came from money, whereas I was working two part time jobs while going to college. But sadly they were also the type of girls who only went to college because everyone else did and more than likely would just try and find someone who'd marry them only to be further pampered.
I recall having a lab partner who was in a sorority who didn't know how to do laundry or cook. They paid people to do that for them. I asked her if she was interested in at least learning how to do it for the future. She replied back saying "That's silly, I'm going to marry someone with money where I'd just hire someone to do it for me." I had no response to that since I clearly could not relate.
[deleted] · 1461 points · Posted at 00:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked my butt off at my crappy grocery store jobs but I still didn’t really know how to do laundry. My mom always wanted it all done a certain way so she did it herself. I just kind of trial and error picked up how to do laundry when I was finally on my own. I never cooked much either because my parents did it and whenever I tried teased me about it. So I trial and error-ed that, too. I learned about better cooking from my BF only about 7 years ago. But I still don’t have cooking intuition and need to follow directions
Just saying that you can be clueless about something and still be the working type.
Gotta love the parenting style of criticizing you for not doing enough around the house, then when you attempt to do it they criticize and belittle you for doing it the wrong way and say "I'll do it next time" and the cycle repeats.
My sister did this to her kids when they were little. They'd try to help her fold towels or something simple and she'd re-do it behind them because the towels weren't folded perfectly even. The two oldest boys eventually learned to cook once they got fast food jobs, but the youngest still won't. They all managed to hit 20 without knowing how to run the washing machine so now (according to my Dad, I haven't been to their house in over ten years, he travels more), you walk in and there are mountains of unfolded clothes on all the furniture, including the dining room table. Sis has been too sick, and probably clinically depressed to do it and her three grown ass sons and grown ass husband won't do it themselves.
It really is, and her husband is an ass. She still lays out his damn clothes for him every morning because he claims he can't match things correctly. He keeps getting laid off from his jobs, which we think has a lot to do with his charming, holier than thou attitude. He went from being a well paid computer expert, to a fast food manager and so on. He recently got a job at Walmart and barely lasted a month because he had to deal with people and wear a mask.
We've tried talking them into moving to Florida but my sister 'loves her house too much'. She also won't get mental help because they're against taking medication that isn't holistic if they can help it. It's a shit show and I'm glad that her oldest son has at least managed to move out and get a really decent job. He managed a burger place for years to put himself through college and recently got his Master's and moved up north.
This is the exact opposite of what I want from my four boys. My 14 yo knows how to do his own laundry and is expected to, knows some basic cooking, and how to clean a bathroom. We're still working on consistent personal hygiene though.
That's my Mom, she never taught us how to cook, clean, manners. But she constantly yells/cruses at us, you need to learn how to do this and that, never teaches us how. Gets angry when anyone does something wrong but doesn't teach how to do things right. She yells at us to get jobs as teens but is offended and refuses to help fill out paperwork and gets upset when rides are needed for interviews. Refuses to give rides to work, gets upset that we are paying someone gas money for rides, offers to give rides, gets upset when we need a ride for work, yells at us all the way to work and home after a 10hr shift, yells that we need to learn drive, refuses to teach to drive, gets angry that someone else is teaching us, refuses to share car to get license, gets passive aggressive when we have license, refuses to share cars, gets upset that you bought car, it's a never ending cycle we have all learned to deal with.
Sorez · 5 points · Posted at 08:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah just like my mother. My dad noped the fuck out of that trainwreck when I was 14 after he finally got sick of tje way she acted. I sadly had too much anxiety to leave with him.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both my parents did this. And multiple exes. One story I feel perfectly illustrates the "logic" these people run on: according to one ex, when I filled the car up with gas I'm supposed to reset the odometer? He yelled at me for not knowing, saying I should have asked.
"But how am I supposed to ask when I don't know what to ask about?"
Lmao that's my parents, which is why I didn't learn any of that stuff until I moved in with my now partner. They had the patience to answer my phone calls of "what do I season this chicken with???" and other stuff I never felt comfortable enough to ask anyone else
quazax · 21 points · Posted at 03:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank god for the internet. My parents never taught me to cook. And i had to figure it out myself.
My parents criticized everything I did to the point where I had to google how to tie a necktie because it just wasn't worth asking them.
quazax · 12 points · Posted at 03:24:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I went out and bought my own cell phone & up for my own contract because I didn't want to have to deal with all the rules that I knew they were going to try to put on me. I was 19 at the time, and what cell phones were still relatively simple. But I knew they were going to try and hold it over my head.
That's how I was raised. When I finally went away to college, I had no idea how to cook, clean, do laundry, or literally anything else. I was also too proud to ask anyone for help (and I probably would have been ridiculed anyway). So there were a few months of genuine struggling with everyday household tasks. Laundry comes pretty quickly (unless you're one of those guys who doesn't mind smelling, but it ain't me), but I think the biggest blow was to my confidence.
I’m still riding this same boat. And there’s not like a master list of websites or wikihows that teach you how to be an adult, I just have to figure it out as it comes up. Roommate got mad once because my sink was dirty and I was like “how does a sink get dirty if water runs through it.” Still have a long way to go in the cooking and money areas, but I’ve figured out a lot so far. Always too proud to ask for help though which is probably a huge downfall, it doesn’t help that there’s a whole heap of shame that I feel about it and the feeling that I’ll be made fun of about it despite the fact that it wasn’t in my control until now.
I feel ya, I dealt with pretty much the same thing when I went off to college. I swear I could write a book entitled "How to Ensure Your Child Enters Adulthood Meek and Helpless 101" based on my experiences growing up.
I thanked my mom everyday for a childhood where she did criticized us but not at the expense of doing something ‘her’ way. She would bitch about it sometimes but we get the lesson that you need to what you need to do to get the house running regardless in what specific method that you do it
My mother nitpicked every little thing I did. Mostly because it wasn’t done exactly how she does it. She made everything seem so difficult because she was such a martyr about everything. When I got my own place I realized that my mom can’t manage her time and she put me down so she would feel better.
That was me to an extent as well. We didn’t have a washing machine so everything was hand washed. I wasn’t allowed to wash my clothes because I would get in the way/spend 2 hours in the kitchen. I wasn’t allowed to touch the spinner, cooker, etc. I was also lazy and didn’t do anything.
My Mom has OCD (or at least that's what I tell her), she has to have towels folded in a very specific way or she'll unfold them and then do it the "right way" (her way).
I'm a man of basic means, I do the old fold down the middle and then three more folds the other way. She hates it so much she's asked me to just stop folding laundry for her.
The ironic part is, as far as clothes is concerned she gives zero shits and lives out of a laundry basket, just like me. Lmfao.
My parents always did this, never understood it. I wasn’t allowed to cook or do laundry or vacuum or just about anything because they thought I’d mess up their stuff. Then they’d occasionally joke about how I don’t know how to do anything and it’s gonna be rough when I get out on my own.
What made even less sense was that while I was still living there, in my mid-late 20s, I was pretty clearly demonstrating a decent level of general competence. I was building up a decent career and getting promoted all the time, getting in good shape at the gym, flipping shit on eBay, investing, etc. Its not like I was working at subway and sitting in my room all night playing call of duty and yelling out for more meatloaf. But still they would never let me touch most major tools/appliances around the house, then make fun of me for not doing it. Very strange.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:43:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my mom after we got a dishwashing machine. It was supposed to be less hassle but she would work herself up into a frenzy if we didn't load the dishwasher the way she thought it should be loaded, then would bitch about being stressed. It was crazy seeing how much she would stress herself out over the placement of bowls and shit. I'm not talking "oh, the plastics should go on top", I'm talking "YOU DIDN'T LINE UP THE PLATES EXACTLY RIGHT I HAVE TO DO IT ALL MYSELF WAH WAH WAH".
Lol this was the opposite in my house. I hated the way my mom did laundry and she would dry things you’re not suppose to, she never folded in a way that made sense to me, it was a struggle. I started doing it on my own at 14 I think lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’d honestly be surprised how often this happens.
This is a bit off topic but my wife does this. I love her to pieces but this really annoys me.
She absolutely hates housework and by her own admission leaves most of it for me. Then she gripes about how I do laundry, how I load the dishwasher, how I put away the clothes etc. She hates the Roomba and doesn't want it making noise when she's home etc.
I never ruined any of her clothes but I finally stopped washing any of her clothes. She always complained that something was wrong with the way I did it.
Oh I agree. There were a lot of things I had to figure it out on my own through trial and error but luckily the internet has been a great reference source. But for this instance it was just a really spoiled kid who was low key just trying to get me to do their laundry for them.
zitsky · 10 points · Posted at 01:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel bad. A lot of people follow directions.
Or my dad, who married at 23 and divorced at 48. A lot of ruined laundry and plenty of bland spaghetti when I started spending time with him. He's married again, and his wife is every bit as domestic as my mother.
bex505 · 5 points · Posted at 01:29:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! My mom never liked the way I did things so she wouldn't let me do them so I could, yah know learn and do better.
My mother is extremely particular about everything from how clothes are folded to how shiny the taps are. Did that mean that she did things herself? Hell no! She just abused the shit out of us until we did things up to her standards.
I envy the people who somehow made it past childhood without knowing how to run a household.
This! I’m not from money but in a house of 5 all the laundry was done together and my parents didn’t let us touch it cause they wanted it done their way.
I was the same as you. Had a retail job since the day I turned 16 but my parents sent me off to college without knowing how to use a dishwasher (we didn’t have a working one), or a washing machine. Growing up, we all put our laundry in the laundry closet and then my mom would wash/dry it and separate it into each person’s bin for them to put away. So it never occurred to me (or her) that I needed to know how to use the machine. And I went to college only an hour and a half away so I would just bring my laundry home for it to be washed. It wasn’t till most of the way through my freshman year that my boyfriend realized I had no idea how to use a washing machine and didn’t even own laundry detergent. Fast forward a few decades, that bf is now my husband and I’m very picky about how I do the laundry for the both of us 😂
This pisses me off to no end and I am regularly telling off both older people complaining that their adult kids can’t do anything and my parent peers when they complain about their own kids. 9/10 times it’s because parents are too controlling/“want it done ‘right’” without giving the kids time to learn and become proficient/or don’t want to take the time to teach them. I try not to blame the kids/young adults as much off the bat because most people don’t really question the reality they grow up in until they get some real world experience (for better or worse). I mean, yeah, if parents wait until the kid is a teenager to say “hey you need to help around the house!” they’re going to have an uphill battle. Best to start kids young with age-appropriate tasks (even partial ones) so they are used to it as they get older.
Parents: take the time, show your kids how to do common household tasks, give them a chance to get better over time and reinforce what they do well. Yes, this may mean you have strips of long grass on your freshly mowed lawn because they’re not good at slightly overlapping the passes, you may have to have some redos when something was done incorrectly (like overloading the dishwasher or forgetting to put the cap in after draining the old car oil). Don’t be surprised that your kid doesn’t know how to do this stuff if you’re not willing to show them and explain why they need to know. And this doesn’t just go for household chores but other life skills like money management/budgeting, grocery shopping, meal planning, etc.
Everything I own is just denim or cotton/poly blend so its literally just mush it all in the washing machine and hit start.
obvom · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is much easier as a parent to just take over and do it yourself in the beginning, where the child does not know how to do things and makes a mess or ruins it. But you end up not only stunting the child's autonomy, but making extra work for yourself as the parent over time. It is more work to be patient and teach a child in the beginning, but much less work in the long run as they are more independent than if you just tie their shoes for them until they're 8 years old.
I also never did laundry growing up because my mom didn’t want us to ruin anything, because clothes cost money. I did lots of other chores and yard work though. She also made sure I knew how to do laundry before I went off to college.
But I still don’t have cooking intuition and need to follow directions
Get a subscription to blue apron. It's expensive, but it'll teach you how to cook. Every recipe is six steps, they make it so you literally can't fuck it up, and they ship you exactly what you need in the quantity you need.
It takes a lot of the stress out of following recipes, because half of my frustration was that I didn't know what some ingredients were or where to find them, and I would spend all day wandering around the supermarket looking for one item. By the time I was done shopping I just wanted to order takeout.
Once I got comfortable with cooking I just bought the ingredients at the supermarket, but services like Blue Apron are a great intermediate step so you can focus on cooking instead of buying. There are other services out there (like home chef) but I haven't used them so I can't comment on their recipe guides and if they're designed for idiots like me.
My ma and I violently disagreed on how to do laundry. So I’d do all of my normal clothes and she did all of my school clothes. Somewhere along the line that broke down and I just started doing everything on my own.
I learned to cook because by high school my da was home at erratic hours, my ma was 9-5 and I’d get home at like 8 and be starving. Then I started working at a restaurant and got trained.
Thank you for that because I definitely had the stereotype from lived experience that people who did not know this stuff were pampered/didn't need to work/always had their parents or someone else do it.
Febril · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It show how important it is for parents to be good educators. Not every parent is good at helping their children become independent functioning adults.
Your example shows it’s possible to learn by putting in the effort. Congratulations.
It will come, trust me! The more you do, the more you learn. I went from "if it fits in the microwave I'll cook it!" to actually cooking on a stove and in an oven. I'll make a recipe by following it exactly, then after we've tasted or eaten it, tweak it so it better fits our taste if we actually liked it but felt something was missing. I went from Campbell's chicken noodle soup to making my own, and learned that a touch of cinnamon was key. My chicken soup is asked for by my neighbors!
You have to following the directions to learn the basics. Then you start experimenting. It will come.
Yeah, this is the life I'm living. It's starting to make me increasingly eager to move out because I want to start figuring this shit out sooner rather than later, and you really just can do that around these types, lol.
That happened in my fam too and I am an adult. Thank God I never hesitate to ask my friends if idk about something. And i was fortunate enough to have friends who taught me this and that. Of course i google the heck out for everything. Parents should stop belittling and then mock ppl for being incompetent 🤦♀️
This is what happened to me! When I was younger I tried to do laundry and grabbed soaking wet clothes and threw it in the drier because I thought that’s what you’re supposed to do and my mom got mad at me.. this is when I was like 12.. Anyways I finally learned by watching. Then with cooking I’m thankful my dad taught me how to make eggs and that’s pretty much all I really knew how to cook, but luckily my bf is a wonderful cook so he taught me almost everything I know about cooking good food 👏🏽
I have a massive problem with cleaning. My mood goes to shit instantly, I feel overwhelmed immidiately and I feel like it's never good enough, and that it's just going to get dirty again anyway and I just couldn't figure out why until I was vacuuming my room and both my parents very loudly made fun of me. Then I didn't clean again for a while. Now I'm just trying to time it to when they're out of the house but fuck sake it shouldn't be this difficult
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:49:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. I literally used to make sure no one saw me clean or cook. I don’t want to hear the comments and feel judged. And I prefer that my house is messy whenever my parents are around because I know I’m gonna get shit from them either way. Like, if I do keep it clean and they come by then it’s comments about how my BF must have done it or just general bullshit about how I could never actually do it or that I’m starting to grow up OR that it’s not clean enough anyway.
I know I’m acting crazy when it comes to this but after years and years of being told all these things I just can’t feel any other way.
I’m back to living with my parents right now and it’s hard as hell to keep my sanity. We’re in the guest house so we’re not sharing space exactly but it all still weighs on me. Two more years and we’re moving out again. Just both have to graduate and restart our careers.
I always did my own laundry, but I still managed to fuck it up when I moved out. Washed my new red sheets with my general laundry. They didn't bleed much, but all of my white undershirts were pink.
Word. I was clueless on how to do many things. I was the opposite of having any wealth or even a family member who was not a jerk. I figured out a lot of stuff just by reading the instructions several times over. Most stuff is engineered to be operated by idiots and reading the instructions helps a lot for making up for negative parenting.
Ugh I'm sorry to hear this. Parents need to set their kids up for success not failure. My dad had this policy, "if you can reach it, you can do it" so I was doing my own laundry, cleaning my room, vacuuming, etc pretty young and he is a great cook so he would have me hang out with him as he cooked to show me the process.
Why parents don't want to teach their kids these sort of skills baffles me. I'm glad you acquired them on your own.
Damn, as if they could rely on that. I can't imagine a mindset like, "I'm only in college to meet a husband, who shouldn't expect me to know how to boil water, because he'll have SOOOO much money, we can hire people who know basic life skills......"
Even wealthy guys prefer a spouse with SOME common sense. Although maybe at the insanely-wealthy level, like Saudi oil money level, they don't care. But then you'd have to have some insane level of beauty to pull THAT off, in which case you'd already be working for an escort agency.
I knew a girl in college like that; to her credit, she did have a job (that's how I knew her, we were coworkers); but once her boyfriend proposed at the end of her junior year, she dropped out of school because "he was going to take care of her". They were divorced within 5 years.
I can't get over how many average-looking girls are going to flunk out of college with no higher learning, common sense, life skills, OR an insanely wealthy husband.....
Well at my University many of them were in a particular major that was known for being easy. I remember on graduation day some of them proudly decorating their cap saying they got an "MRS" degree.
I got married later in life, and while my husband does okay, I still worry about taking care of myself if need be. I make 1/4 of what he does, mainly b/c I didn't know what I wanted to major in, so I have an unimpressive BA.
Took a class and did an internship last year in hopes of improving my earning ability, but it's no guarantee.
That's what I was thinking! I would say she was normal in attractiveness and I don't think she was super rich but I recall her mentioning her dad being a doctor. She was an interesting person to work with because it honestly was one of the few times I've ever encountered someone so spoiled. She was overall nice but man she was super spoiled. She bragged about how her "Daddy" gave her everything she wants.
I get where the thought is coming from (and that girl clearly lives in a different world), but as a person who can't cook, hardly knows how to do laundry, or even hold a broom, I can say there's more than one story behind not knowing these essentials.
First, I do come from money (not at the point of having people cooking for me, but upper middle class, no point in denying it) so that's true ; as far as I can recall, we had a maid who would come once a week to clean up and iron. But I did do chores during my child/teenagehood.
I have a minor disability where I have trouble with coordination. My theory is that my parents didn't really take the time to adapt my learning around it ; when they had people over, or just wanted the family to clean, they gave me an age-appropriate chore (sweeping, doing dishes etc) and went to do their own thing ; they'd wait until I told them I was done to check it.
Let me tell you : I am so slow at sweeping. I didn't realize until this year when a friend pointed it out. I've known for years there was something wrong with my way but I didn't know what. He showed me then let me exercise. It was the first time someone was actively there to show me the proper way.
I said that I knew something was wrong because in middle to high school we had to clean up our classrooms at the end of the day. Ofc, everyone wants to go home asap, and watching me struggle with the broom made my classmates take it away from me ; my eternal task was to empty the bin and return the room's key. Every time someone asked me to do something else than sweeping without explaining what was wrong, I felt confused but mainly ashamed.
I know they thought I was just a rich kid who had no struggles and didn't care about learning chores
The truth is, I do want to learn. But in my family, it is far from encouraged. I learnt to boil an egg with a friend using Skype, and I felt so glad I only ate that for a couple weeks every time my parents were away (they often are). When I have a couple friends over, I sheepily ask them to show me how to cook or bake for them
Once, my parents were home. I was 18. We hadn't done anything for lunch yet so I decided to cook pasta carbonara, except I wasn't planning on putting eggs in it because I'm still learning basics (so it would be pasta + cream + pork bits + onion bits). I told my parents I was doing pasta carbonara for us 3, then got on with my cooking. My mother enters the room and says, fully knowing I never add it:
"Just for your information, real pasta carbonara must have an egg yolk."
We got into a fight. She told me :
"You know, I understand, I was not interested in cooking either when I was your age"
I was baffled. She left the room.
TL;DR: I can't really cook, do laundry nor sweep because my parents didn't teach me ; I am still currently learning from friends but my mother belittles me when it's not perfect and claims I don't do it well because I have " no interest in it"
While i would be inclined to think it was because of good money too, thats not necessarily the case. I didnt know how to cook for a long time, simply because there was no food in the house to cook. I didnt know how to do my laundry. My mom never did it, but she insisted it was her job. She wouldnt let me do it either, so i just never had clean clothes. Dad wouldnt want it done anyway, because running the washer cost too much money. Sometimes it just neglect.
Although in your case, it was clearly money. Just not all cases are like that.
No need to be jealous of these types: I had a coworker, classically pretty white suburban girl. She lived at home with mom and dad till she got married when she was around 30. Many coworkers, including me got married around that time, but i had been out of my parents house for a decade at that point. One day "the honeymoon is over" conversation comes up. And someone says to this woman "you've been married for 6 months, hownisnit going"? She stops what she is doing looks vacantly into space, sounds like she is about to cry and says "its,... its hard". I have to admit I almost laughed, butbit was really just too sad.
I can understand this and I feel it. Before moving to a foreign country for my studies, I was exactly the same. People used to my clothes and food and stuff. They still do back at home but then when it was all me, I had to learn. Long hours with my mom in skype. But eventually I learned. It's not people are arrogant but sometimes they never face things and probably never will so they will never think about it.
I met someone suffering from clinical depression. She said that she met a guy from Libya and when she told him that she suffers from depression (she being a western european), the Libyan guy couldn't believe that she could suffer from depression because well for the outside world the western European lifestyle is the best. Considering what he is going through in Libya is far more worst that.
snpods · 4 points · Posted at 02:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Getting the MRS degree, I see ... great life plan. /s
I had a lab partner in Chemistry in high school, and we were an exclusive school for “gifted” kids. This 16 year old guy had no idea what boiling meant or looked like, and would ask me every 5 second if it was boiling.
Also he put a styrofoam cup on a Bunsen burner and made the teacher so mad he complained about our group to every other class.
We had household staff growing up. But mom was old-school, she'd fuck us up if she learned that the housekeepers did our chores. The housekeepers were basically overseers hired by mom to make sure us boys were in line lol
And thanks to her, those life skills came in handy when we had to fend for ourselves during a war and later for college then into adulthood. We ended up losing that privileged lifestyle, but came out alright. We're happy. Thanks mom ❤
All that dependancy would paralyze me. What if they die? Get a divorce? This is what leads to men abusing their wives, threatening to keep all of the money and throw them out.
Not gonna lie, I’m 17 and I mean... I know HOW a washing machine works, what detergent is, etc. but I’ve never done my own laundry either. My mom makes me let her because we have to go outside and around our house to another room to do laundry and my neighbor (we live above him in a duplex) keeps his dog outside all the time and he’s super aggressive, she doesn’t want us getting mauled just trying to wash shirts.
Unfortunately not knowing how to wash clothes isnt always a money thing lol
I can't comprehend wanting to marry someone with zero life experience that has no intention of ever learning basic shit like how to do laundry and someone that will do 1 semester of college and withdraw or fail all of those classes then go on to maybe work part time in retail and never actually try to progress in a career. That sounds like a special kind of torture that some poor bastard actually chose to inflict upon him/herself
We used to say, “She’s not here for her BFA she’s here for her MRS.” although idk why anyone would go to art school to find a rich husband. Guess they never heard the phrase “starving artist” where they were from.
They could also simply come from controlling parents. I certainly didn't come from money, but I was a lot like this my first semester (in terms of not knowing how to do basic things). I was so glad when I went off to college for that reason. My mother would insist that she do all the housework, to the point that she would actually yell if we decided to wash our own dishes for simple want of agency. Then should would constantly complain that "no one does any work around here".
I imagine the only difference between me and the people you're imagining is that I knew how to use google, even if that was all I knew.
Just like my aunt! Met her husband at Iowa State and never had to work a day in her life. My uncle owned his own company and was pretty wealthy. And yep, she was in a sorority lol. Also she was born in the 40's and graduated in the 60's--I just thought it was a generational thing, I am surprised it's still a thing. But they did help me pay for my college, so I made sure to pay them back every penny once I graduated and started working.
Been going on for decades. I wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with girls that vacuous. My thing was smart guys who were science/math techie types. This was when computers took up entire rooms. Mid 70s. Before nerds were cool. Nice, quiet boys who had a lot to talk about once you got to know them. They seemed to be honestly shocked that a girl would hang with them. Guys who referred to famous physicists by their first names. "Vicki" was Victor Weisskopf. The holy scriptures were the Feynman Lectures. Don't ask me what's in them. I only know they were very important. I love engineers because they can fix things.
Honestly, this is my type--before it got popular. My current husband was a total nerd when I met him. But even when he was with his rowdier friends in the evening, he would discuss books and music. It was the intelligence that I was attracted to...he can discuss anything at length and is great with computers. Very well-read, he still is all of these things, was always nice and quiet as well. My girlfriends didn't get then, I was just never into the muscled, jock-y types (hoping not to offend anyone here, we all have our "types"). 14 years together this August
Just going to uni for their M.R.S. degree. Knew a few like that. Absolutely no reason why they couldn’t do well, they were smart and studious enough to keep decent grades... just no interest in anything other than finding a husband. That sounds terribly sexist but is really not when they tell you that outright. It was specifically such a young woman that explained the “M.R.S. degree” concept to me.
Yeah I didn't know MRS was such a thing until after I went back to college again after serving in the military. It was mind boggling that their life goal was to find a husband. But if it's what makes them happy I shouldn't judge.
While i would be inclined to think that too, thats not necessarily the case. I didnt know how to cook for a long time, simply because there was no food in the house to cook as a kid. I didnt know how to do my laundry. My mom never did it, but she insisted it was her job. She wouldnt let me do it either, so i just never had clean clothes. Sometimes its just neglect.
It's shaped you into a more capable and independent person who has enough common sense to take care of yourself rather than bitch about it when someone else doesn't come to your rescue. So, yeah, there is value there when you aren't spoiled. It's more attractive to people too, so there is a bonus there when it comes to relationships.
But when you're first learning it feels like a big complicated task every day. For us it's just something to keep your hands busy while you watch youtube, I barely even notice I'm doing laundry these days.
I live with my parents still. My mum and I work full time, my dad's retired, so he tends to do all the washing and stuff (not that we ask him, in fact quite often our response to "I did the washing" is "what washing? It's like 72 hours since you did the last lot. There's no way we generated enough for a light, dark and coloured wash in that time").
But when my parents go on holiday, I do the washing, the cat stuff, shopping, etc. The only thing I don't do is the dishwasher, but that's more because alone I don't generate enough for it to be worth it, so I just wash the dishes by hand.
It's boring, but it baffles me that they've reached adulthood and never thought "I might need to do that one day, better learn how...", when I had that thought when I was like 9.
Im not sure if it was on purpose but I was separating my whites for as long as I know and my mom was the laundry lady. Well one day all my whites came out pink and that was the last time I let her do my laundry. I was 14 when she was fired.
That's funny, I'm hoping you actually told your mom she was fired.
par337 · 3 points · Posted at 01:33:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean.... It shapes who you are as a person. Doesn't matter if it's boring. "Boring" and tough things mold you into being much stronger and determined, and repetitively doing things like that will allow you to be a much harder worker/more successful.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:27:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I gotta say, kind of from the other side of this- I grew up doing those chores but was never actually shown how to do it, just had to figure it out on my own- it’s a huge source of anxiety for me now that I have my own house and don’t know how to actually take care of it (despite growing up taking care of a hovel).
YouTube is your friend. Specifically watch This Old House Videos if you haven't already heard of that show. There isn't a home repair they haven't covered in detail. Good luck on your home! Mine was neglected and seemed impossible to start but a little at a time and that anxiety will be controlled.
chmilz · 3 points · Posted at 02:43:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never be jealous of people who haven't learned basic life skills. People like that are functionally stunted and need their hand held through life. They're dead weight.
On the flip side, I didn’t know how to do it because my parents refused to teach me any life skills, because it was “easier to do it themselves”, aka they were too lazy to teach us. It was humiliating having to ask my mother in law how to do laundry. I was so helpless with everything...it just sucked.
I think the best way is somewhere in the middle. I’m trying to teach my kid how to do things, but I make sure he has plenty of time to be a kid.
Basically my situation. I was expressly forbidden from doing laundry and a lot of other basic life skills. I taught myself basically everything off the internet.
It's scary how low the bar can be set. You can crawl over it sometimes.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only had to learn because when I was in 5/6 grade my mom broke her leg and tore her ACL and couldn’t walk, let alone go up and down stairs. I still do my own laundry at home
My dad stood my older sisters and me on chairs to teach us how to do laundry and make macaroni and cheese when I was definitely too young to be doing either. He really wasn’t interested in being a dad lol.
I see why you might think that, but I'm definitely jealous of everyone who didn't have to learn how to do basic functioning for the first time in their 20s. My ex and I were both like that and goddamn did it make things difficult.
I had a friend call me to ask about how to fill a dryer. She though she had to sort out all her clothes by color and use different dryers. She was 25 at the time.
Don’t be. I was one of those people and lost like two years of college learning to do basic life skills. My kids are learning how to do things and help out while they are young so they aren’t stressed out by laundry and cooking when they are on their own for the first time. It was crippling for me and I’m so glad my wife is still patient with me when I get into a lazy mode.
My dad never taught me how to shave and I still have a scar on my lip from "learning" lol. At least some lessons don't come with such a high price tag.
Its boring but having definitive proof you can be self sufficient in modern society is worth a lot. Also you can tease your friends, which is endlessly entertaining
I'd rather know how to do it than suddenly look and feel like a moron and have to beg strangers to show me once I was an adult. I actually learned to do laundry by reading the instructions on the lid of the machine when I was a kid though, parents weren't really keeping up and I wanted clean clothes and there were the instructions and I'd seen others do it so I just followed what it said. Luckily there were no probs, I put it on cold to be on the safe side. I had seen enough tv to be aware of some of the dangers.
It's boring, but I would much rather have known and been familiar with how to do all of this. It sucks to have to have taught myself most of the life skills that I have, and then have to master the self-discipline to do them when I know there are people who just... do it, because they grew up w those habits instilled.
Dude/dudette. Never ever view being capable as being boring. I'll say it again: Never ever view being capable as being boring.
Here's why I look at it that way:
I was in elementary school when I learned how to cook basic stuff. Why? Mom was a bad cook, and as I'd had better food, I figured I could make it. I was wrong (at that wee age), but I've also never had a fear of making any kind of food.
I was in middle school when I was sick of my mom bleaching my clothes. Like, my jeans had bleach streaks. So I started doing all of my own laundry around the age of 12.
My mother is still alive, and is still the loveliest person you'll ever meet. I aspire to be as kind as her. But it's in rebellion of her that I learned how to do absolutely everything.
And now with YouTube and the like, there's zero excuse of not knowing how to do things unless you just don't want to, which is valid. I absolutely want to, so I cook, bake, clean, sew, do handicrafts, do woodwork, and work on our car.
In my opinion, nothing is more socially valuable than skills and kindness. Work at both and you'll be golden.
I agree with you on all points but let's be honest if in a perfect world you had the option, we are both not doing that dumb stuff. I like all the stuff you mentioned too, I'd just do more of that instead. That's all I meant. I'm happy I've decided to be a life long learner, it blows me away to see people around me never aspire for anything more. You seem like good people.
Thanks, you do, too. I've just never understood people being stubborn about learning how to do thing. Especially basic things! I grew up in an era before the internet and still figured I needed to know shit, so I learned how. Unfortunately because of that I have a short temper with those who just WON'T learn or those who don't even try to learn practical life skills. I just... I dunno... why can't they just look it up? It's so easy.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:03:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never used the washer while living with my parents, but I folded all the laundry. But it turns out that older washers have instructions on the inside of the lid, as well as clothes having instructions on the tag. Blows my mind that people don't notice them.
I wear lucky brandy jeans and the fabric lining of the crotch zipper says "lucky you" a bunch of times. I've had more than one sexual partner giggle when they have noticed it. The devil is in the details my friend ;)
For me I kind of enjoyed it. My first year at college, I would just hang out in the laundry room because I had nothing better to do. I got a lot of essays done because the machines were like white noise.
as someone who’s relatively recently learned the wonderful world of chores in its entirety, yes it definitely shapes you into a better person.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:29:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t do that many chores growing up.
I’m not lazy by any stretch of the imagination but now I just can’t really bring myself to do something unless its urgent or I’m getting paid. I kind of wish I learned this discipline as a kid because now I have to teach it to myself as an adult.
Pick a day that works for you and do it all at once. Sunday is my cleaning day, if I miss it because something comes up I don't beat myself up about it because I have consistently kept it up and one week isn't a big deal. A month on the other hand... you just gotta find your groove, you got this
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I usually clean on the weekend when I feel its necessary.
I do got to be better at organizing my stuff and regularly maintaining my house than just waiting until its really messy then just popping a ritalin and cleaning it in the middle of the night.
At my first house meeting in my first year at university we were trying to decide how to divvy up chores. One of my housemates said she didn’t know how to work a dishwasher and she didn’t know how to clean the bathroom. I just stared at her with my jaw on the floor like how tf do you make it this far not knowing basic shit like that??
Other fun stuff from my housemates: they put food uncovered in the fridge. They tear bags of cereal open like a wild bear and then act shocked and amazed when I tell them there’s a perforated line and zipper so it’s resealable (which is printed very large and the whole area is a different color). They eat chips and just leave the bag sitting out and open. They leave milk sitting out for hours. They leave the fire pit burning unattended. I don’t think any of them knows how a dishwasher works because of how they load it. Even washing pans by hand there’s always oil/grease left all over them. They all claim to care about climate change yet push back forcefully when I beg them to turn the fucking lights off when they leave a goddamn room.
The list goes on and on. These people range from 19 to like 30. I’m going to have a stroke one day because of this shit.
I had a terrible roommate once (his place origionally) and I just kept my room clean and didn't try and impact the house. It sucked and admittedly I drank more because it helped me not give a shit. Oh well on to bigger and better things, I hope your situation turns around for the better.
Thanks man. My lease is up at the end of July and I’m moving to a different house where I’ll have my own room. On day 1 at our first house meeting I’m going to be sure to go over all these things adults should know but apparently don’t.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's ok you're 13 you don't need to know everthing... yet. Do yourself a favor and scroll through some of these responses, so many people (adults) have responded about how hard their life was because they didn't learn when they should have. Learn from your parents while it's safe and comfortable in your own house instead of panicking alone later. Plus your parents will 100% be impressed with you and you might be able to cash that in later for something you REALLY want to do. Good luck and have fun!
I realized this once I went to university and met some sheltered, rich (albeit, smart) students. Clearly, they’ve never had the working life I’ve had. I mean, good on them for getting to our prestigious school, too. But, I said to myself, ohh, some motherfuckers probably privileged their way in.
My aunt is crazy rich and her kids have problems, like ridiculous wealthy problems but it reminds me that nobody is immune from becoming a drain on the people around them.
Can you imagine being so woefully unprepared for life? So pathetically codependant and useless that you are bound to your parents? Puke. That's fucking child abuse man. Limiting the developmental growth of your kids is criminal.
I'd be embarrassed at not knowing how to do these things. There still are plenty of things I don't know how to do, and I am embarrassed. The idea of being mad at other people for my own shortcomings would never occur to me.
I was picky about how clean my clothes were and didn't want them to be washed with anyone else's or anything else, so as soon as I could reach all the way into the topload washer and stacked dryer, I started washing my own stuff. But I did develop a weird thing about other people touching my clothes- I don't like it and I don't let them. Oops.
I love doing my laundry- I live in a touristy town where we have a central laundry facility, and I LOVE seeing who is visiting this time of year, or running into friends at the coffee gallery in the same building. It’s practically a social event to have my clothes cleaned
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As soon as I started making a decent wage, I found a laundromat that will wash/dry/fold my clothes for me. $15-$20 is not a big deal to save me an hour or two of my life, especially since it means I don't need to own a washer and dryer.
When I was a kid I loved pushing the buttons on the machine. Many years later, laundry is one of the chores that I don't mind doing. If I am ever a parent, chores with little kids will be more about doing things together in which they will learn how rather than forcing them to do something they end up hating.
My parents basically raised us to study and not much else. They grew up poor (ish) and wanted us to have a better life. Along the way they forgot to teach me how to cook, how to drive, how to clean, how to do laundry. I moved out when I was 18 to go to university. I learnt all those life skills because I had to. Had some stupid moments along the way but I cook well (seriously, just google it) and my house is looked after. I still have random gaps in my knowledge and it took me until I was 20 to get my drivers license...
Same here, I basically raised myself so I’ve been cooking, doing laundry, etc. since I was a kid. It blows my mind when people don’t know how to cook basic things.
My mom works from home and always does everything for us, just because she wants to and never really gives us the chance to do it ourselves. Like my brother still lives at home, mom still gets up every morning at 4:30 to make his breakfast for when he gets up at 4:45. Then goes back to bed and gets up to do the same thing for dad. But. She does make sure we know how to do it for ourselves, she just loves to do it
A few friends and I had a party once. The next morning I helped with the cleaning up of course and casually sweeped everything in a few minutes. Even the rug looked much cleaner.
My friend told me I sweep really well and all i could think of was the times in boarding school, having to sweep the hostels at like 4AM, then mopping and shining the floors, sometimes repeating the processes of the hostel captain wasn't satisfied
Don't be. I had to do very little in our house growing up, despite not coming from money. But as an adult living on my own the first time I realized I would have like it if doing chores was normal and "easy" for me. Took some getting used to it.
I will raise my children with the attitude of: we are all making it dirty, so we are all cleaning it.
I’m always so surprised when one of my friends has to ask me a question about laundry. I’ve been doing laundry since I was 10, and my mom literally still has the stool stuck between the washer and drier that she had to buy me because I physically could not reach into the machine to get my clothes out (I’m in my 20’s and I’m 5’2”)
As soon as we were tall enough to reach into the machine my mom decided we were old enough to do our own laundry. and i am so grateful for that. i was always confused when other kids in my class complained that they didn't have their favorite outfit because it was still dirty, and i'm wondering why they couldn't just wash it themselves.
i imagine it made my mom's life easier when she no longer had to worry about all the kid's clothes and sorting out who they belonged to. she also taught us how to use the oven so we could bake cookies and shit whenever we wanted.
also wanted to add that she assigned laundry days to us so we didn't fight over using the machine. my day was always sunday and to this day i am still compelled to do laundry on sundays.
You got the best day IMO. Sunday is my "all things clean" day, well whatever needs it. I had garbage collection on Mondays (sunday night put out) for YEARS and I just bought a house that has Tuesday collection (monday night put out) and it's really messing with me tbh.
I was never made to do laundry before college, but I knew the general process from just existing and seeing my mom do it. How can you make it through highschool and not realize that your clothes need some kind of soap to get clean?!
People who don’t know how to do super common, normal human things remind me of people like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson. 🤮
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude it's laundry, it will take 5 minutes to learn it. Shaping into better person and all is bullshit just to rationalize the hard work we put in to do that.
In no way am i jealous of people with zero life skillsIt shocked me to hear mums talking about all the chores they do for their kids, and how their control freak nature would prevent them from teaching their kids to do the most basic life skills for themselves. Anything from laundry to making a bed, I thank my mum for taking the time to teach me to do these things for myself and expecting me to be competent enough to do it for myself.
It's not that boring though... no more boring than any other thing you have to do in your life...
EDIT: and thanks to Dad too for teaching me how to use a fusebox, how to light a pilot light, how to use some basic shed tools to do basic fixing things, that you can do just about all your own household fixings, but it's ok to pay someone to do it too, how to pay bills, and excellent household expenses spreadsheet examples.
Teach your kids how to do things when things so they can do it themselves. They don't have to do it perfectly the first time or the twentieth time, but having even the most basic of an idea of how is invaluable knowledge.
I didn't do any laundry before college. It was pretty easy to follow directions on a tag and a machine. After that I did all my own laundry at home because doing it was less work than sorting out what was mine and what was my brothers. (And I was tired of feeling kind of insulted when mom would confuse things that were clearly the property of the other party like references to drinking don't go to me, and nerd shit doesn't go to my brother. Lady, did you even take a little time to get to know your own children?)
Nah, this happens every fall around here when the college students arrive. My husband comes home and announces that some kids in the cleaning aisle ask him what soap to use for laundry, and then ask him how to use a washing machine. He apparently looks approachable. He's nice enough to be patient and always explain it to them.
When he kept doing our kids' laundry after I had declared they had to do their own I reminded him of these encounters and asked if he wanted our kids to have to ask some random stranger on the other side of the country how to do their laundry. He finally stays out of it enough for them to do at least 50% of their own. Still working on teaching kitchen cleaning though.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had this same thing happen with my wife. Shortly after she moved in, she complained that the dryer didn't work very well. Thing was pretty new and I'd been using it for a year and it was fine. Pulled the lint trap out and you could have made a whole spare cat out of the thing.
I was that person, I had no idea that lint trap needs to be cleaned out. In my defense, dryers are super rare in my home county, so I never had one at home and didn’t know anyone who does before I moved to the US. It looked simple enough that I didn’t bother to google instructions or ask anyone for help.
When my roommate moved in 2 1/2 years ago, I had to teach him how to do laundry. He was 29 at the time and had literally never done his own laundry before
I had a roommate that would just constantly buy underwear and socks in bulk instead of just washing them because he said it was easier and cheaper for him to do.
I think he just convinced himself that. He was legit the laziest person I've ever met. He would buy fast food all the time whereas I'd cook and if I had any leftover I'd leave for him. He would never touch it because it was too much effort to reheat the food but easier to just get a burger at a drive thru. So glad he's no longer my roommate.
I would help out from time to time when I was a kid, but my last summer at home before college, mom told me I was entirely on my own for meals, laundry, etc.
Freshman year I would do rich kids laundry for the same price as the off campus laundry service. It was a sweet deal, do my studying at the same time in the laundry room. By end of year everyone had figured it out on their own, but made some good cash that first semester.
I dont know anything about doing laundry, my mum constantly uses phrases like "you're a boy, you'll break it" and "boys dont know how to do that". There are a lot of things she publicly laughs at me for not knowing, despite the fact that I dont know because she never taught me
Oh that's not good. I had a former coworker who raised his sons that way, saying that there was no need for them to learn how to cook, clean, etc. because that was women's work.
Luckily I know how to cook, I learned at school and am now studying catering at college. I'm just hoping I have a friend who can help me with other things, or maybe even google if I'm really desperate
I had a guy come to my laundromat and get wicked mad at the machine he was trying to use for not accepting his quarters. That’s probably because he was trying to shoot them up the coin return slot and when he came to get me thinking he found a broken machine and I showed him he was trying to use the coin return, he got even more mad and blamed the machine again lol like “it’s not my fault I didn’t read the big sign that says coin return”. Or that he didn’t notice that he was legitimately trying to fling a quarter up a inclined slot with a lock on it. He even complained about the coin return catch bar that stops quarters from falling out when they’re being returned and he thinks it’s stopping him from putting them in lol .
That place was madhouse though. It’s honestly the most fucked up and weird job I’ve ever had and I spent 20 years in kitchens. I never thought the shit I saw would be topped by a laundromat but it was and daily.
So I work for an airport shuttle company, and per airport regulations we can only pickup/dropoff in a specific zone, and the driver cannot leave the vehicle unattended. We will be fined by the airport for violating these rules, because it's an airport so everything is a security issue that you don't want to mess with.
All the time we will have customers ask "can't you pick me up [50 feet away from our pickup location]?" No we cannot. After walking half a mile through the airport, don't you think you can walk another 50 feet? Also "can the driver carry my bags for me to the gate?" .....aside from the fact that 20 people just got off this bus but clearly you're special, and the driver can't get past security without a boarding pass, no, the driver can't leave the vehicle.
You'd be surprised how many people argue with me about airport regulations.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? I would never have thought given she was the standard rich pretty California blonde and I was a frumpy nerdy Asian girl. Plus I would not be interested anyways.
She was ahead of me! I was a bit spoiled growing up, and I uni in NYC so the wash & fold was $8/lb and they picked it up & dropped it off vs $6/load to haul it to the laundromat and do it myself... no brainer, I figured. My now-husband was horrified by that and started doing my laundry for me in uni, picking it up and dropping it off at my apt (he’s a saint, for many reasons besides this). He couldn’t (and still can’t) fold, so I did my own folding. We moved in together a few years later and subsequently got married. When I was 31 I started working from home and he said to me “now that you work from home you can start doing the laundry”. He wasn’t wrong, so now I do the laundry... we have it in the building so I honestly don’t mind it at all and I fold quite well due to working at Brooks Brothers in high school/uni for 4 years. Also can tie a necktie 4 different ways!
I went back home after my first year away at college and met up with some friends who were still in high school or had just graduated. A boy I only kind of knew was at the gathering and I knew he had been accepted to the school I went to, so I started talking to him about it. He wasn't really into the conversation, so I dropped it. Later, when people were leaving, his mother came up to me. (I guess he didn't drive even though he was 18 and the driving age here is 16? To each their own, I suppose.) She said that he had told her I was at the same school he was going to attend and I confirmed it. She then asked me about the cafeterias and cleanliness and security. Nothing about, like, campus life or classes or anything like that. She eventually got to her point: would I be willing to be paid to do her son's laundry and make sure he was eating well when he was at school? She always did all of his laundry and made all of his meals. Uh. No. And also, yikes.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Twist: she knew how to do laundry. She wanted to bang you
Well I guess if that were the case I'd be flattered? At the time I was an awkward frumpy nerdy Asian girl and she was standard rich California blonde chick so I would never have thought such a thing.
The amount of girls I had to teach in college how to wash clothes, how to boil pasta, how to make mac and cheese, how to fix shit, how to take care of their belongings, how to use a train, etc..
Like gurlll where did you come from!?
One time my best friend (also at this school) at the time's roomate called her urgently in the middle of class. Asked her what the strange occasional beeb was in their room... It was the smoke detector with a dead battery 🙄 Let's not even get into what it was like explaining to her how to change the battery...
To be fair a lot of the really aloof ones were really rich, so probably just never had to do any of these things before. But it would nausiate me...
They also woyld leave their expensive clothes, computers, phones, and SLR cameras laying around in public places and go to the bathroom. Like wuttt 🤯
Laundry detergent is surprisingly confusing though, there’s all sorts of fabric things and brands just don’t use the term detergent
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to do laundry until I was almost 20. My mom didn't want 8 people doing however many separate loads of laundry, and she's probably the only person in the world that actually likes laundry. I think she finds it relaxing...but I digress. I joined the military and in the before times pods didn't exist so you had to measure the amount in a cup. Well shit, how much goes in the cup and where in the machine does it go? And then there's all these settings, what's considered a "large load", hot or cold water? My roommate taught me though and it was no big deal after that.
I remember doing laundry at the dorms at the start of my freshman year of college and I had a guy ask me how to run a load. It was one of those moments I had seen in movies, but never actually thought it would happen to me. I understand that there are moms out there who take care of that until their kids move out, but at least teach your kids some basic life skills before they leave.
A girl on our freshman dorm floor had never done laundry before. She went out and bought a book on how to do it and studied it. It was wholesome to see her better herself
One of my friends whose parents are super rich (thus my friend is very spoiled) went out of state for college. Her mom flew down with her and stayed with her for like two weeks beforehand to get her moved into her dorm. The week after her mom left, my friend called me upset and embarrassed because she had no idea how to do laundry, so I walked her through it over the phone.
I honestly don’t get how people let their kids go through life like this. I’m a spoiled only child (and a girl) who is my parents’ pride and joy, but I still have known how to do things like laundry, cooking, basic house/car maintenance, sewing, etc. for as long as I can remember. You’re doing your kids a disservice if you let them go out into the world not knowing how to do ANYTHING.
Reminded me that I once had to explain the concept of ironing to an Italian couple who came to the UK to study. They were utterly baffled , but then really excited when they made it work, they told me later they had servants at home and she was a contessa. They were clueless bit lovely and honestly so proud of making the iron work.
I had to teach my freshman year roommate how to do laundry. What really baffled me was that it hadn't occurred to her parents that she'd need to know that.
My boyfriend, 20 years old, figured out about 3 months ago that you need laundry detergent to do laundry. He thought that the detergent came into the machine from a pipe similar to how the water went into the machine. I asked him what he thought Tide Pods were for and he said “dishwasher?”
In college, I had a roommate who had no idea how to wash a dish. Even after explaining it multiple times, she just squirted soap on it and spread it around with her fingers before rinsing.
I used to work in student life and helped with housing occasionally. I was yelled at by a parent because we don’t offer housekeeping. I remember her saying “what is he supposed to do, clean?!”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My freshmen year of college I was blessed to live with one of these people. After his parents got him moved in and everything his mom told me I need to help him do his laundry. My guy thought you put the pods in the dispenser of the washing machine.
Yup! Also got weird looks when my dad found my bra in the laundry. For some reason I have huge gazongas but no other women in my family do. It’s strange.
bg-j38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll admit I only had vague ideas about how to do laundry when I got to college. I had to ask a friend how the very basic washers and dryers worked in the dorms when I tried to do laundry the first time. I went home to my parents enough that my mom would do my laundry for me. When I stopped doing that as much I was like uhhh now what.
Probably. A lot of those students treated working class students like trash. It boggled my mind how much of their parents money they wasted. Depending on the type of meal plan they had they needed to use it all up either by end of day or end of month or semester or else it was wasted. I recall one student having at least 500 dollars left in her meal plan and she had a week to use it. She just shrugged it off and was whatever about it not being used.
When I lived in dorms in college I taught 4 different football players (one who is now a professional football player) how to do their damn laundry. I was washing my clothes and one guy asked for help, I helped and he wandered off and kept bringing back other dudes who had no clue how to work a washer. It was one of the more bizarre college experiences.
I genuinely wonder if YouTube has spoiled moments like this. If I want to know how to replace a cast iron drain pipe with PVC - I fire up the Tubes and watch some dude go through it step by step.
If I didn't know how to do laundry, sharpen lawnmower blades or unplug a sink - I will bet every dollar I own there's multiple videos of each.
I had one girl ask me what laundry detergent was because she never did laundry.
OH fuck...
I had a roomie in the Navy that ended up smelling so bad I had to talk to him. He had a stain wasn't coming out of his clothes and I asked him about it so I could lead into my real question, and he said he washed it 3-4x trying to get it out. I asked what detergent he used, he said "normal stuff." I said "whatever you're using gives you a odd scent, and it's not deodorant or soap... so what, exactly, are you using", and he handed me a bottle of Downy fabric softener...
20 years old. Cooked food safe to eat on a weapons platform that could destroy small countries. Had gone through boot camp, A-school, and sub school, before arriving on the boat and lasting 4mo on board. He was my roomie for like 3 days before I thought "Yo, we need to have a talk."
Oh man that brings up my memories when I was in the Navy as well.
I don't get how they could have survived basic if they couldn't practice basic hygiene. We had one female who did not clean her uniforms and never showered. Her room smelled so bad and the complaints piled up. There was a watch put on her to make sure she cleaned her room and did laundry. Our floor smelled like bleach for three days because she used that much.
We had another guy on the boat, from alaska, that I think had a pretty severe mental issue. We had some pet names for him... but alas:
He had a hygiene watch the entire time he was on board. 4 fucking years of a division having to babysit a fucking adult. Heard he even made E-4. Watching him get... ahem... "shell-backed" in the bildge was probably one of the happiest moment's of the crew's time. Someone even took a picture of it.
Also had a guy in bootcamp, black guy (this is important), that constantly had "browning" in his skivvies when we did laundry and had to pass folk's stuff out. He said "It ain't poo man, it's like my skin or some shit." Yeah, definitely some shit alright.
Had a guy in A-school play sad panda to get out. Gave me his CNTs and working whites cause we were the same size. They were "I'm super dehydrated so I'm pissing orange crayon" yellow around the neck... and there was a tinge of yellow in the rest of the uniform. Literally burned them in a buddy's back yard.
In bootcamp all females had to get two boxes of pads and tampons. We complied it all together and had a community pile of it for use. Towards the end all that was left was tampons because there was quite a few who never used it.
But there was one girl who refused to use tampons because she was afraid she'd lose her virginity. I don't know what she was trying to use in place but someone realized her uniform and bunk was covered in period blood. Cleaning it was fucking awful.
Remember having to stamp your socks for the first time? We probably had ours on for 3-4 days straight. Everyone took their boots off and everyone started to vomit?
I remember the RDCs asking "WHY HAVEN"T YOU SHOWERED!?!?!?!" I remember saying "Isn't this the military!? No one has told us to shower yet!!!"
Everyone's shit got washed and we were in PT gear and shower shoes for a good 24hrs while everything got washed. AH, those were the days.
The period blood thing is disgusting. We did have 1 female refuse to shower (for whatever reason) for a full on week. ASMO'd.
Hmm. Step one in doing laundry is we shit this door. Step two in doing laundry is you take your clothes off that you’re wearing because duh we want to be clean. Step three we hang out here naked for an hour while the laundry goes through the cycle.
It’s incredible how many kids go to college not understanding how to do laundry. What’s even more incredible is how many think they do but have no idea, or are too lazy to do it right. Worst case I remember as a student was that our building kept having issues with washers because someone kept putting laundry pods in the slot where you put liquid detergent instead of in the machine like you’re supposed to. There was even a sign for it, because machines kept breaking and clothes were getting ruined. We’re at a meeting of the rooms on our floor and it’s brought up, some girl causally goes “oh that’s me doing it” and we all are shocked. She goes “yeah I just don’t care, it’s where soap goes and I’m not putting the work in to throw one in the machine”. She got screamed at by everyone in the floor for all the issues, and I think it finally stopped after that.
I was so shocked by the amount of freshmen at my dorm who did not know how to do laundry that first week! My parents taught me how to do my laundry when I was 10, and I was forced to do it all by myself not long after. It's not like the dorm's machines were complex either, they were quite crappy (only had like 2 sets of buttons for color/cycle type) and there were pretty detailed instructions on how to use the system all over the laundry room. Then again, it didn't surprise me that these students didn't know how to do their own laundry because every so often I'd find their parents doing it for them when they'd visit!
With the age of the internet. If you don’t know how to do something simple it’s also easy to just... google instructions.. I made hard boiled eggs today. I don’t make them often so when I was a bit unsure and couldn’t remember I googled it and made great eggs
New college students are something else. I work management in a condo where some units get rented by individual owners to students. I've gotten calls such as "my toilet is clogged, can you send someone up to fix it? I don't wanna do it it's gross" Or "how come my dryer takes like 2 hours to dry?... WHAT'S A LINT TRAP??"
Honestly it’s way more common than you think. When my mom was younger, my grandmother basically made her the house slave so because of that (and the fact we didn’t do things her way and were admittedly kind of lazy) she never taught us how to do stuff like laundry. At most, she’d just ask us to get the clothes for her. The first time I ever did my own laundry was at college and it took her showing me how to do it over the phone. It was so simple I was kind of like “why didn’t you teach me this?!”
My parents taught me how to do laundry when I was 14. I didn't always do it, but they wanted to make sure I knew how.
I still remember first weekend at college, a woman who ended up becoming one of my best friends was on the phone with her mom, who was giving her instructions on how to do laundry. The fact that there are kids like that who leave for college never having been taught how to do laundry blows my mind.
I fall into this category. My mom always did my laundry growing up so I had to learn once I went to college. Still knew the basics and what detergent was though
My friend in college once lamented, “ugh. I have to pee and I just put a tampon in like five minutes ago. I hate having to pull them out dry. Also it’s such a waste.”
Her mother taught her that there is only one hole down there and peeing with a tampon in is not possible. It will fuck up your bladder. Took a lot of me showing articles and diagrams and answering questions to convince her there are, indeed, two holes. She peed while the tampon was still in and called her mother in utter shock to share the good news.
🎙️ arual_x · 10974 points · Posted at 23:50:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Urethral duplication or double meatus are possible but they are rare congenital malformations. If you're talking about the vas deferens or ejaculatory ducts none of those are in the external penis.
I thought the exact same thing and shamefully believed it until my mid twenties . . . My mother wasnt the type of mother you asked about your body . . .
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 18:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Had a similar situation with my mother, when after ages of disallowing me from using tampons (because young girls don't stick things up their holy hole) I pushed my way through and used em anyway, few cycles after which managed to turn her onto them as well.
Cue a week later she comes up to me, a 15f at that point, and says "huh, it's awfully wasteful and so much effort to change your tampon every time you pee", which obviously led to me asking WHY IN GOD'S NAME was she doing that?!?!
" How can I pee with the tampon up my vagina? "
I was left questioning a lot about life, when my birthgiver revealed that she believed I came out of the same hole she takes a leak out of.
There was a r/facepalm thread about how pregnant women control their BO since they can't take a bath or else they'd drown their baby. They asked if they could put plastic wrap over their vagina to keep it dry. I guess oxygen travels through plastic wrap under water...
[deleted] · 34 points · Posted at 05:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too...like, do they think pee is stored where the baby is...or if you’re not pregnant...where the egg is? Like our bladder and uterus are one? And the uterus just knows not to accidentally pee out the egg when we go? I also understand if these people think that then they already have no concept of chemistry or biology, but they don’t ask like, “Hey, isn’t all that pee harmful to the egg/fetus?”
I’m just so baffled. That, and very sad. It’s a shame how many men and women have no idea how their body works because the adults in their lives didn’t think it was okay to teach about it. Then those kids go on to perpetuate that taboo and their misconceptions to their kids. And that’s how we ended up with this story.
Guy here. Before finding out on reddit that women don't pee from the same hole as the one they do their fucking with, here's what I thought. I thought the fucking hole and the peeing hole were the same hole. I figured that the pee sort of infuses or secretes itself out of the walls of the vaginal hole (like sweat or something) and just runs out but if you were to stick a camera in the opposite direction or something, you'd get to the baby womb. No need for 2 holes if the 1 hole is a multi purpose whole. That way, it's possible to have a baby without drowning it in bladder piss or something.
Disclaimer I'm am idiot but that's what I thought.
I actually want this to be our next million of years evolution.
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 06:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not gonna lie Not-Robert, reading this sent me into a bruh moment lasting several long seconds, but I respect you for both admitting your mistake and giving me a laugh!
That being said, if you have any questions about how things work down there (guy or girl) or any questions you’re too nervous to ask about regarding sex or babies or anything else, feel free to DM me. No judgment at all, good sex education isn’t something everyone is provided growing up and I don’t know your story. Even if you did have access to it, it’s excellent you’re making a change and learning now. I’d be happy to talk with you if you think you might have more of these (honestly quite riveting) misconceptions, or if there’s anything you’ve been itching to know that you can’t just up and ask people IRL.
If it makes you feel better, I’m an idiot too, just in different departments :)
"I was going to die, if not sooner then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences. And it was the concern and caring of all those women which gave me strength and enabled me to scrutinize the essentials of my living."
Audre Lorde
Honest question: Wasn’t there some sort of biology lessons in school teaching you about the genital biology? In Sweden this is part of sex ed and both boys and girls are educated in the anatomy of the body.
In the US, it really depends on where you are going to school and what type of school. A lot of states don’t require sex ed in schools. A lot of states don’t even require that sex ed, if taught, is medically accurate. sighs in American
I’m Australian and my mother wouldn’t allow us to do sex ed, but I still figured out all the general information, somehow- it’s so strange to me that people can go so long without finding things out, especially at a time when most people have the internet.
I used to think there was this tiny hole like a pin prick in my clitorus that I urinated from. My mother & I talked about it & she didn't correct me, she just said "maybe" & left it as that. (Idk if she even knew the truth or not.) I guess the crura of the clitorus would vibrate from the pressure of me urinating which I would feel in my glans clitorus so I thought that's where the urethra was. Also urine covers most of my labia minora every time I urinate so I couldn't tell where it came from. It wasn't until later in life when I did scientific exploration (not even sexual) & research that I found out the urethra was just barely inside the same spot as the vagina. I blame school & my mother. Sex education was a video that might have been from the 60's or 80's & they said to the girls that we would bleed from our vaginas monthly h had to wear pads for roughly a week. I was also stuck on the boys having wet dreams. I think girls have one at the start of puberty too. Because randomly my mother, sister & I "peed the bed" way after stopping & not long before having our first period. Maybe it's just our biology because tmi but I am a squirter during sex & Idk about my mother & sister but I also heard some women don't so maybe they don't have the wet dream thing?
I HAD TO TEACH MYSELF ABOUT MY BODY.
My roommate from college (she is one of my smartest friends ever, and last year she got her PhD in some microbiology thing) literally thought this. In sophomore year, one of her relatives got pregnant and she made a comment saying she felt bad that the lady had to hold her pee in for so long...
Long story short, she literally thought that the hole you pee from and the hole you give birth with were one and the same. And that pregnant ladies had to hold in their pees when in labor in case they drown the baby.
Let me tell you. I just didn’t pay all that much attention on the anatomy when I was young, dumb, and horny. It all condensed down into this: dick goes here, rap it before you tap, STDs bad, she bleeds periodically rippin an egg, be nice, and jokes. I learned a whole hellofa lot about woman’s anatomy when my wife was pregnant.
I didnt know till I was like 15. But I also had no one to teach me these things and sex ed seriously failed us so when my friend explained it to me i was in shock but she understood how I wouldnt have known. I just assumed period and pee all came out of the same place
About the golden shower. A friend from highschool recently had a baby and though you had to pee on the baby the first week so they would get "antibacterials"
You heard me, that poor thing has had more golden showers than any of us. For a whole week, two to three times a day she peed on the baby. The baby is now 7 weeks old.
Fun fact. Fetuses pee while in the womb. During this time. The lungs are mostly functional, and the fetus is breathing in and out. They are however not breathing air. They are breathing the fluid inside the womb.
It totally didn't help me when I confused between uterus and ureters in science classes. I just thought it was a spelling mistake and both referred to the same thing, and girls had only one hole down there.. I was a teenager back then.
Well, people generally is a bit of an expectation, being a man and also a confirmed bachelor means that not in a million years would I have known or encountered this, girls not knowing this is just sad for them to not be educated properly
I remember a Darwin Awards story about a doctor who sees and old woman with a uti. Turned out her husband had been inserting himself into her urethra for decades.
Imagine if i just 2 min you could pull a device from your pocket that has access to all the information in the world for free? Too bad it also takes selfies so most ppl use it just for this lol
I had a boyfriend he was in his 20s, that had a child mind you, that had no clue that there was a female urethra and thought that ladies peed through the clitoris somehow? I don’t know how you see childbirth and not understand the female reproductive system.
I said the pee floating thing as a joke. Read your reply and disbelievingly went to Google. The amniotic fluid starts as almost all water but by the end of the pregnancy it is indeed almost entirely made up of the baby's own urine. How have humans evolved so well and so poorly at the same time? We have organs the do little to nothing but still can kill us for no reason. Immune systems that can just randomly start attacking its own body. A spot on the elbow that makes you feel like dying would be better if you slighlty tap it on something. Today however i learned that not only do we come into the world though and with our mothers blood, shit, piss, and tears but we marinate in our own piss for months first.
I love women but the more I learn about their biology the more I realize 5 year old me was right. Girls are gross.
It depends how big your baby is and whether he's moving to the heads down position. A baby the size of a grape doesn't make you have to pee. Sometimes a baby chills in breech. Kind of depends.
But I've never heard of a baby stopping someone from peeing.
Looking into it a little more, the peeing more is due to hormonal changes and the weight directly on top of the bladder. Conversely, difficulty urinating is more commonly caused by the more common bladder infections and medicines you would take during the pregnancy. Taken to an extreme this could cause complete inability to urinate, but given that would obviously cause issues it usually is addressed before that point.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Long, long ago, I heard about a doctor friend of my mom’s who said that a couple came to him when the wife didn’t get pregnant after they had been married for years. They didn’t know about the process: one couple thought the umbilicus (belly button) was where the “vital fluid,” of the male was supposed to be deposited. All I could think about was what a terrible mess that would have been! Not to think about how painful it would be for the woman!
Friend explained this to me once, generally they think the vagina is a hole with two connections. One to the bladder and the other to the womb. Not unlike the mouth and how it connects to the lungs and also the digestive tract.
There was a story on reddit a while back from a doctor who treated a patient in her seventies. The poor lady found it incredibly uncomfortable to have sex, and always had done. Her husband (and only previous sexual partner) had passed away recently and her new partner had flagged that the discomfort was not normal. She went to the doctor who noticed an unusually enlarged urethral opening and an unbroken hymen. You can guess the rest.
🎙️ arual_x · 17 points · Posted at 09:36:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, when I pee with a tampon in, sometimes it sucks up the pee and I have to change it. But in this case she didn't even know what was going on down there. Yikes.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 10:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think maybe you need to put it further in..? Because I don’t think that has ever happened to me to my knowledge.
It travels up my string :( I usually try to tuck it up but it still happens. If I'm in public I have to use toilet paper to dry the string before leaving the stall.
The joys of being a woman! /s
To be fair if I have to go #2 I sometimes just take out the tampon, I usually just shove the string up my vajayjay and out of the way but am sometimes still worried the string will get dirty. To each their own but I am appalled she didnt know there is a separate pee hole. A new tampon every time you pee would be so unnecessary.
I have an IUD now so no periods anymore, but I just held the string forward to pee Fat pussy power, my labia just kept it dry and out of the way. Poopin' sometimes means you risk launching your tampon out like a nerf gun if you're not patient, so there's that, but peeing was never an issue.
I did not expect this to be the relatable content it's turned out to be but shit someone's gotta say it. We know the feeling. You're on your lunch break, in the washroom, maybe trying to beat the clock or drop your supplies before the person using the hand dryer stops, and you accidentally near shoot that mf right out like it was exorcised out your snatch. If the universe was giving a damn about you that day you had the opportunity to take a square of TP and poke it back in the loading bay, say a little "not today Satan, this bitch only 20 mins inserted and I have another 2 hours on cash" and get about your business unscathed.
This is cracking me the fuck up lol. When I was first reading the parent threads here I was thinking "I wonder if anyone else ever had a tampon just shove its way out while trying to shit. Oh man maybe something is wrong with me." But no, y'all have made me feel better lmao
I think you all might be straining too hard when you poop. This has never happened to me, if anything I have to really pull for it to come out (no, I'm not taking it out dry or using wrong size)
That's why I made the distinction, "if you're not patient". A lotta folks have been in scenarios where we're rushing or don't have an extra tampon handy and you gotta make it work, but it's not like an every day occurrence.
Or it's your home toilet so you can't leave it there because the clog will be your problem, a you have to fish it out from the poopy water to throw away like a normal person
If you're the same level of unashamed as I am, you find a way to retrieve it the rare time it happens. Tampons are bad for the environment. If I hate dealing with them, some poor fish in the ocean doesn't deserve to deal with it either.
I had my IUD taken out at the end of last year, almost ten years without periods, relearned what it was like sneezing out a tampon while trying to pee. Such fun lol
I've had my IUD for two years now but the trauma of a dry, slightly askew tampon insertion remains. I can feel it still. I'm lookin' at you, shitty Tampax cardboard applicators.
For some reason my mom got me those as my first box of tampons. I think she must have blocked out her traumatic memories of using them because she somehow thought they'd be easier on me??
Lmao my first tampons was the O.B. Tampons with no applicator. And no instructions. My mom just handed one to me while we were about to leave on our Girl Scout outing to the water park. I think she assumed I knew how to use one.
(Spoiler: I did not. I also never asked (sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know). And it took me a LONG time to figure out on my own and that only the string should stick out and that I shouldn’t be able to feel it if it’s in correctly)
Idek. I was like 14 afraid to ask if it was SUPPOSED to be uncomfortable. I was getting It most of the way in... but I would only put it so far in that the very bottom was basically flush with where my vagina canal ended so I could still touch the end but it wasn’t quite.. sticking out..
Blehh I can imagine the feeling exactly. The first few times I used tampons I didn't get them in deep enough and they eventually shifted down more and more and it was soooo uncomfortable. The instructions say to just push in the applicator until your fingers reach your body but I've since learned that I actually have to put my fingers slightly inside in order to get it deep enough :/
I had cardboard for years since they’re cheaper and my mom never used Tampons before so it was a whole new experience for both of us. It took a couple of years for my mom to start bringing home plastic ones. Now I’m a bougie bitch and get plastic, compact ones on my own dime whilst crying about it. One of these days I’ll drop $30 on a cup and give it a try. I’m just not stoked about sacrificing a pot to become the cup boiling pot.
Why would you need to sacrifice a pot? Do you throw your shower away after you wash your bits, or do you just wash it now and then? It’s just tissue, not a sampling of Plum Island’s finest pathogens.
Plus, seriously, a cup is so much more convenient. Hours and hours of not having to worry about changing a tampon - glorious. I used a cup for over a decade and only stopped because my uterus got tossed like the trash it was.
It’s a mental thing. If I boil the cup and then properly clean the pot, what was in it will forever be burned in my head the next time I want tea or a small batch of noodles. In theory, the pot is clean but in my head, bloody tea.
I’ve always wanted to try one because they seem cheaper and better for the environment. I’m just so nervous I won’t insert it right and I’ll leak. Also scared it could tip over inside of me and I’ll have a bloody mess. Maybe these are irrational fears but they have been enough to stop me from trying. Don’t they come in different sizes too?
Some do come in different sizes (normally only 2 if they do and one is smaller than the other, I think the deciding factor on the size from
The websites at least is if you’ve delivered a baby vaginally).
Your first fear is definitely not irrational and was the reason I tried it for the first time when I was home all day and still was worried a bit about the seal. I’ve only had it leak just a little once and I was in a rush and honestly knew I should have reinserted it as it felt a little off.
Your second fear has me conjuring up some comical images of it tipping over inside though. I personally can’t imagine it actually happening even if you don’t get the seal right as I think it would be difficult (probably impossible) for it to actually tip over even a little bit. Now when you’re removing it the first few times, that’s a whole different story of a bloody mess. I would suggest taking it out in the shower the first few times just so you don’t drop it in the toilet or have to clean up the floors.
Honestly best decision I’ve ever made though and I’m never looking back.
Thank you! This makes me feel better so I definitely will be trying. I can only Imagine the images you are thinking of lmao. After thinking about it, I guess it is physically impossible for it to fall over unless you have the worlds largest vagina
Just to add (sorry I disappeared there for a bit), the sizes are dependent on your body. I knew I had a high cervix and therefore needed a taller, narrower cup, so I guess it could be trial and error to get the right one. The cup has several tiny holes at the top which helps it suction when inserted properly. I looked at tutorials on YouTube to help me with getting insertion right and definitely practicing in the shower when you’re not menstruating helps a lot too. It takes a little while to get used to it, but it is seriously a game-changer. I am stupidly heavy in the first couple of days, and only need to empty morning and night. I have only ever leaked when not inserted properly, perhaps wear a pad until you’re confident. The key to insertion is to be relaxed. And I mean, zen. Or it just won’t work. Feel free to dm me any questions.
I mean if you just birthed a child and tried to put one in there, I could see it happening, but that’s about the only time. I also don’t think you’re supposed to insert anything for like weeks after giving birth though so sadly it’s pads for what will feel like forever (probably). If someone who has experienced giving birth has insight here, let me know cause I have not. The images were great though, they were on the weird anatomy textbooks from the 1950s level.
Yeah, the first week after doesn't get talked about enough. Honestly my least favourite part of the whole process, and i felt so unprepared and uninformed.
World's biggest period while healing half of my body? I feel like that should have been advertised better
Cups are great! The first couple periods were kind of weird for me because you kinda really gotta get up in there to make sure the cup is covering the entire cervix. Also, while I was learning there was some serious leakage. Not because it tipped over but more because I didn't have a good seal on it.
But all in all, I freaking love the cup. It's so comfortable and I only have to empty out like three times a day on my heavy days instead of 800 tampons. I would say give it a couple tries. You got nothing to lose. Just wear a liner or a light pad at first until you get the hang of it. Good luck!
I didn’t even think of using a liner. I will definitely be trying it. I didn’t realize you didn’t have to remove it as much as a tampon, that sounds like a dream! Thank you I really appreciate the feedback
Hey no problem! I love my cup. It's so much easier on my body than tampons. I think there's even an online quiz to help match you with a cup if you're not sure what kind or what size to get.
Here it is!
putacupinit.com/quiz
Honestly, if it wasn't so weird, I would go around preaching the benefits of the cup. Like to everyone. Male and female.
Yes, they have several different sizes. I'm a small person, so I used a short Meluna cup. I had a little trouble with leaks at first, but once I got the hang of it, I was fine. There is no way it will tip over. You can look up menstrual cup videos to see how they fit in your vagina. Basically, it suctions around your cervix and sits comfortably squeezed by your vaginal wall muscles. The only way it comes out is if you remove it.
Honestly now is the time to try it if you are in a quarentined lockdown. Best to try it at home the first few times and not have to worry about being at work or such.
You should check in to the Flex discs. They take a little figuring out - I totally recommend playing around with it and checking out the Q & A on the website BEFORE your period starts. But they made my seriously horrible periods so much less miserable!! I could almost forget it was that dreaded week. So much more comfortable than pads or tampons, less cramps, you only have to change it every 12 hrs, and mess free sex!!! (If that's in your comfy zone.) And if you're really worried about leaks, you can always wear a pad or pantyliner til you're more comfortable with it. I've converted nearly every woman I know to them!
Two sizes. Wear a pad as a backup as you learn! Took me a few tries. Also, impossible to flip over, I guarantee it. I love mine...had it for years...at least 10, possibly more.
Except they can suck out the iud if you aren’t careful enough to break the seal before pulling. Ouch!
tozimac · 29 points · Posted at 04:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Look into a menstrual disc (Flex/Softcup or Lumma) if you have an IUD. They don't create suction and sit differently in the vaginal canal. Total game changer.
Not everyone stops having a period when they have an iud. Also, there are two main types of iud. One is the hormonal one, which most women get because it’s smaller and reduces or stops periods. The second one has copper filament wrapped around it. It’s just as effective as the hormonal one, but about 33% bigger and also causes heavier bleeding and worse cramps. You might wonder, why on earth would anyone get the copper one? Well, some women’s bodies react badly to the synthetic hormones used in other birth controls and copper is the natural alternative. Small price to pay, IMO, given the side effects the synthetic hormones can have. :)
That's rough, I'm sorry. The first month was a little awkward for me, the second was better. Maybe you need to try another type? I know there are lots out there.
I use a Diva Cup. There's a little tab at the bottom, but sometimes you need to reach in a little farther. Pinching it to break the seal rather than pulling. Im not worried about losing it though, it's right there. And you can bear down to push it out a little.
Yeah I have a fear of touching that far in there to break the seal but for now I’m just focusing on trying to get it in. Maybe once I get past it I’ll try another brand.
Y'all are just confirming my decision to continue using pads instead of tampons like an adult. I hit the one too many dry removals point somewhere in my early twenties.
No amount of dry little cotton rocket removals could make me a pad girl, personally. Them shits stuck to everything but my underwear. And God forbid you have to or need to use an overnight one, it made an audible noise when I walked sometimes. Like wearing windbreaker pants or something, feels like a diaper, just unpleasant. If you had consistently dry tampons, you probably had a lighter flow than the tampon you were using was made for, I'd venture to say. You every try the "Light" ones? They look like those little thin cigarettes, used for spotting days.
Oh yeah man, and you can feel it sticking and unsticking to your thigh or rolled all up in between your lips and there's nothing you can do about it until you find a washroom. And then your trying to either salvage it or hope you brought a spare. And then sometimes you've bled onto the sticky part, or missed entirely and you have a nice spot just above there the pad is.
I've lost many a pair of underwear to these problems. There are no "period panties" when they're all period panties.
This truly depends on grooming preference. Not to be all TMI (though I’m not sure why on this thread), but I was in class and had the twisted pad happen. It stuck to my leg but also to my vagina. Now I’ve got everything neatly groomed but stuck is stuck. I went to shift in my chair and almost yelped. Nothing like waiting for class’s break or thinking about when you will be given the chance to get up to go to the bathroom without looking like you’re up to something because of the pad-wax-shamble you’ll have to take across the room before fixing the situation.
I never have anywhere near this level of issues with pads 🤷♀️ the tampon string wicks blood and even if you hold the string while you pee it still gets a little pee on it. So now you have a bloody, partly urine covered, cold wet string hanging in your underwear staining it with blood. I still wear a pantry liner for these reasons and tend to change almost every time I pee, because, eww. I’ll just wear a slightly bigger ultra thin pad and get rid of that skeezy string. Not to mention trying to pull a dry tampon out or put it in.
I never have had that many issues with pads either haha. I’ve had issues where I place it a little too low or too high but it’s never actually unsticked or gone to my thighs or anything like that! Maybe it was a bad brand? Not sure
This thread has pushed my to seriously consider a cup tho! I have always been curious but I’m pretty sold now
For reals. My inbox is full of people giving me tampon advice to counteract my bad experience, but I feel like I could easily do the same with these pad horror stories 😳 I've never had anything like this happen. The worst that I've ever had to deal with is using an old generic style in an emergency (from a vending machine, or an office stash or whatever) and those things are pretty thick, but it's not that uncomfortable and better than toilet paper in an emergency until I can get home or to a grocery store or whatever 🤷♀️
I’m getting downvoted for pointing out tampons are shitty in their own way. I guess we aren’t supposed to choose what works for us or something. Agreed. Pads are fine.
I'm a raggedy 26 (but will be a very fun and fresh 27). My first unpleasant experience with tampons was at 13 years of age so we can rewrite those traumatic experiences together babe bffs forever goonies never say die, and all that
I'm with you here. I dont care how many convenient alternatives there are like cups or whatever, if theres something in my vagina I'm incapable of ignoring it. but my flow is light enough I dont really have a damp pad like some people complain of 🤷♀️
I would totally be willing to try a cup of they weren't so expensive. I know they're cheaper in the long run, but it's easier to keep spending ten bucks every two or three months on a product I know works perfectly well (the brand I use is as thin as my wedding ring and is dry on the surface for more than 8 hours unless it's like, the first day), vs $30-50 to try something that might be a one time purchase, or might not fit right, or I might hate 🤷♀️
In my experience the small size cup I got was very uncomfortable and I didnt produce enough blood to justify the discomfort. I also didnt find it very intuitive to insert. People love menstrual cups so I was excited to try one but quite frankly it was a huge disappointment and a waste of $30.
My mom never explained to me or showed me how to use a tampon so I’ve always just used pads, I feel like it’s just easier that way lol. I’m dreading post-pregnancy bleeding/period because it’s so nice not having to worry about everyone’s favorite shitty aunt visiting .-.
Get depends for after giving birth. With all the stress of a new baby you will leak outta the monster pads they give you and they are not comfortable. Depends are super comfy and don't leak.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 04:33:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a menstrual disk Instead is what it's called. I can't feel it when it's in and it doesn't hurt to put in or take out no matter how long it's been in. I hate tampons one because I can always feel it and half the time it's too dry to pull out. But I also have anxiety and new a girl that died from Toxic shock syndrome from a tampon, that's not a risk with the disk. If I am not using the disk I wear cloth pads because I ha e extremely sensitive skin and am poor.
My thoughts exactly. Pads have always worked great for me. I tried tampons, but I just could not "set and forget," I was constantly thinking about it. And honestly it just kind of grossed me out to be sticking something up myself. With pads, I hardly notice they're there.
You should see the tampax they sell in developing countries, no rounded tip just a blunt cylinder with the tampon sticking out the end. And still expensive.
I hate period sneezes.
Have you ever shot out a speculum during a smear test? Nurse was commenting how she may need a bigger tool (apparently my cervix is/ was super far back) and l laughed so hard it shot out.
Mine never shot out, but I do remember the doctor turned her back on me for a second and I could feel it slowly easing its way out, while I'm thinking "please don't fall out, turn back around and get this thing lady! Oh God do I clench? Will that make it worse?!" Lol I eventually went to a gyn that used plastic speculums and they weren't all super heavy like the metal ones, much more comfortable.
That very short moment between first feeling like sneezing and then actually sneezing is the worst.
Suddenly my whole body stiffens simultaneously inwards and outwards as my sneeze explodes and every muscle in my groin area tightens.
It was a little bit sore, but nowhere near like having it inserted. Call your doc and see if they advise taking any painkillers beforehand. I didn't take any but had been told by my doc it was fine to do so.
It does vary person to person though. Like, a pap gives me cramps all day but doesn't bother my sister in law any.
Thank you so much for the reply! I’ve been dreading it the past couple days, but this makes me feel better. I’ll call ahead to ask about painkillers. Thanks again for your help!
This reminds me of when I was first getting used to having a period, and wasn't so good at detecting when a tampon was full. I was 14 and at my first boyfriend's house. I was getting up to leave, keep in mind he was much taller than me. He lifted me up and gave me a tight hug, and suddenly I felt blood practically splash into my underwear. I quickly made my exit and at home realized I was WAY late changing that tampon. Honestly I didn't even know that could happen but I'm laughing my ass off now remembering that "oh fuck no I've gotta get OUT OF HERE" feeling lol
Also an IUD user. I switched to a menstrual cup before it was inserted, but let me tell you, a cup is a game changer. I still sometimes removed it to poo, but overall it was WAY better than having dry tampons and string problems.
Which IUD doesn’t give you periods?? I want to switch to an IUD but I can’t have my period due to medical reasons and someone else told me IUDs make them heavier
I'm not an expert, but I do know that it depends on the type of IUD, and that results vary from person to person. I am personally on Mirena, it's a 5-year IUD. I have a friend who had a different IUD, and she had some spotting but a lighter period. I was told by my OB/GYN that some lighten, some stop, and some just make your periods less frequent. I have PCOS and was only have periods every few months to begin with, so perhaps people who have other conditions or heavier flows may respond with a heavier period? Not sure. Worth discussing with your Gyno! I'm very very very happy with mine. 5 minutes of discomfort for insertion was worth it for me.
Side bar: I’m on Mirena right now and it’s my 5th year so I’m getting it removed soon. Did your skin freak out when you were out on it? I’m 34 and I have had some of the worst acne of my entire life on my face and my neck. I’m asking to get out back on the pill - periods or no periods. Nerf guns be damned.
So, I want to say yes. But I also cannot be sure that the IUD is what did it, because my PCOS was largely the cause of skin woes for me.
I was on the pill for a few years, and it did nothing for me. Stopped for three when I was in college, no major issues, skin adjusted but the downdsides were unexpected periods of varying intensities. Then I went back on it for a year and had to stop due to mental health problems I connected with the pill. So I got the IUD, warned it was going to basically only affect my ovaries and not affect symptoms of PCOS like skin issues, so when I broke out I couldn't be sure it was he IUD or just not being on the pill.
Either way, I got a prescription for Accutane shortly thereafter and now my skin and my ovaries are living in harmony. Happily every after.
Thanks for the info! I think I’m probably going to hope for the best and stay tuned into my mental health. My skin hurts at this point and it’s just the weirdest texture. I think Mirena and I need to break up.
I had Mirena for 2 years but it gave me HORRIBLE migraines with aura and made me VERY emotional and had acne like my teen years. I pulled that shit out on. Y own one night and said fuck THAT!
Well, I talked to my dr and told her I was going to do it because I was on the verge of a damn breakdown if I didn’t get it out right then and there. I relaxed my muscles, was in a semi squat and made sure my hands were super clean. I felt the strings, used my thumb and two fingers and gently pulled breathing out as I pulled. It stung a little like when it’s first inserted and Voila! No more nightmare IUD.
Copper IUD can make periods heavier. I had one, because I wanted to try non-hormonal contraception. I went from a reasonable period that lasted 3-4 days, where I could wear a light tampon all day, to basically haemorrhaging every month, I felt like my period lasted two weeks and I would go through a super tampon every HOUR and still be leaking. It was awful. I was tired all the time ... no wonder.
Switched to a hormonal Mirena IUD, now have virtually no period.
As with any contraception though, people experience things differently. Some people don’t take well to a Mirena for other reasons. But in general they will stop your periods or dramatically lessen them.
So that’s basically why I can’t have my periods anymore! I never stopped bleeding, not even for a day. I would go through an ultra tampon in 15 minutes. It got to the point where I would end up in the emergency room for losing so much blood and became extremely anemic. Life is amazing now that I’m on a hormonal pill and no period!!
BUT I have been listening to all these stories of women who stopped hormonal birth control and were just immensely happier overall. Like a whole different person, they had no idea that their hormonal birth control was bringing them down so much mentally. Which is why I wanted to try to non-hormonal IUD, but it sounds like that wouldn’t be a good method for me. Did you feel different when you weren’t on hormones?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a rare form of PCOS that causes me to ovulate twice a month, my period comes every 14 days exactly with out birth control. These periods were heavy and put me in the hospital a lot due to me being naturally anemic, so a little blood loss can be bad, heavy periods were life threatening.
I used the Nuva ring for years and loved it. I decided I wanted to try no hormones and did the copper IUD (Paraguard) while still using the Nuva ring (plan was to wean me off since I'd been on it so long) I got pregnant (sexual assault) 2 months later. IUD migrated behind my uterus was retrieved during my c-section.
I'll never have another IUD but I am on the Nexplanon arm implant. I didn't have a period for nearly 2 years, now that I'm finally (slowly) losing weight I have a 1 day super light (only need a panty liner) period every 60 days exactly since January. I do have to say that the bleeding lightened after having a baby, so hopefully that will change for you.
I'm on mirena, switched from implanon. In the 2 months that I spent off of birth control I felt the happiest and most energetic i have felt in a long time. I wouldn't have wanted to go back on birth control if I wasn't paranoid of getting pregnant and if my period over those two months weren't the most painful ive ever experienced. I will probably be on the mirena for the foreseeable future as it has stopped my period but for me it has made me more lethargic, I have some memory issues and im generally just not as positive as I usually am. At the end of the day you gotta try out what will be right for you.
Thank you for this! That’s what scares me, maybe I’m a happier and more energetic person under all of this and it’s weighing me down. I feel like I wouldn’t even know, since I had to start it at 14. I am constantly tired, and don’t feel as bubbly or energetic as I used to. I kinda want to try and go off but I’m scared! I guess I was scared because I felt like it would take my body a while to regulate, like 6 months. But if you felt such a difference in two months maybe I’ll just try it for a few months and see if I feel a difference and I can always switch back.
I was on the Pill years ago, when I came off it my libido skyrocketed. So I think for me it’s mostly libido that’s affected, but that’s also combined with antidepressants and that’s a significant factor. As for mood, it’s hard to say for the same reason. I have good days and bad days, good weeks and bad weeks, but I had that before contraception anyway lol. I have heard for some people that hormonal contraception affects them badly, but for others it doesn’t. For some people it might be better for them in terms of regulating PMS.
Whenever I wonder if I’d be better off without contraception though, I realise another pregnancy would be a much worse side-effect of being off it than anything I could have on it 😆 And I adore my kids, but another kid would send me down into depression and anxiety I think, not to mention it would be more high-risk and caesarean.
I’ve had people who are very into health and natural ways of living tell me I should go off hormonal contraception, but honestly I don’t think it feels very natural to nearly die each time I’m in childbirth, so ... 🤷♀️
Can confirm. I had a very very regular cycle and it was like clockwork. I used an app to track my days. I always started 2 days before the app said I would, and it always lasted 4 days exactly. The first was heaviest and the crampiest, then it got lighter each day after with normally no cramps after the first day.
Since getting the copper IUD, my stuff is super all out of wack and never is the same twice, and never has the same time span between them. The weirdest thing though, I would start bleeding after dark, but in the morning when I’d wake up it would be completely stopped and wouldn’t even spot again until about 8pm-9pm. I’d get cramps about 30min to an hour before starting each night. But then sometimes I just bleed heavy for 3 days straight. Sometimes it’s a month and a half before I have my next one, sometimes I’m like “didn’t I JUST start like 2 weeks ago!?” Then sometimes it’s so light I can’t tell if I’m starting or spotting.
I’m happy with it though. It works and I don’t have to remember anything daily.
The ridiculous thing though? Doctor suggested I order it from outside of the country. If I had gotten it from a USA pharmacy it would have cost me $700-$900 (I have no insurance), but I was able to order it from a Canadian pharmacy online for $50, plus $5 shipping. Saved a ridiculous amount of money because the USA healthcare system is seriously corrupt.
I’m in Aus, and the hormonal IUD costs almost nothing, compared to the copper one, but even the copper one was I think around $90Aud ... holy crap how can they justify $700-900US!!
For the rest though, my understanding is that the copper irritates the uterus, and that’s part of what makes it work (the sperm’s tails are blasted apart by the copper, but also it’s hard for them to swim through the irritated lining), but the heavy bleeding is basically your body trying to flush it out, unsuccessfully, because the copper IS such an irritant. (Disclaimer: I’m not medical and could have some of that wrong, but that was my understanding.)
Mirena IUD for the last three years now!! I’ve only had a couple periods where I had to actually wear a panty liner, and that was during weight loss (fat soluble hormone release??) it has been great. They were HORRIBLE before.
I’ve got a Skyla in, which is good for 7 years. So far I get 1-2 days of super light spotting, and can get away with a just-above-pantyliner absorbency pad for all day. I did bleed unpredictability for three months post insertion and experienced some gnarly cramping during that time, but since then it’s been great. I got mine put in 6 weeks postpartum, which also could contribute to the terrible adjustment period. Best decision I ever made - I hardly remember it’s there, until one of the strings curls up and I have to fish around and straighten it out.
It really depends on the person. Though it's not uncommon to get lighter or even no periods.
I'm using Mirena and I have PCOS. I also use to have irregular periods before my implant. My periods now are just really light brownish discharge. I sometimes don't even notice it. If it weren't for my PMDD, then I'd probably miss it.
For me copper IUD made my period so heavy and painful I had trouble walking and changed tampons constantly. I switched to a mirena plastic one and haven't had a period in years, it's awesome.
It’s different for everyone. I did 3 years of Skyla and I’m on year 2 of Kyleena and I still have one every 26 days or so, but they are light! I wish I was so lucky as the others who stop lol
I really underestimated the scandalized reaction from some -- There's a whole lot of muscles down there and not a lot of ability to distinguish which ones you're using to expel something from your body, what can I say.
The only time I tried pooping with a tampon in, I had the opposite problem. I needed medical help to get the turd out out. It was the size and shape of a tennis ball. It was not a pleasant experience.
To be fair, it might have just been a coincidence. But, at the same time, I know from experience my bowels tend to squash my vagina when I'm constipated. So I do worry if the tampon might have cut off my rectum's usual expansion potential. In any event, I am not pooping with a tampon in ever again.
Yeah, you just hide it between the labia so it doesn't get gross. But its so sad rhat so many women don't know this. My best friend in high school wasn't allowed to use tampons "very catholic family". When we got to college she used tampins, and didn't know there were two holes
im catholic and so is my family but i don’t understand how tampons relate to the catholic religion that’s so weird. it’s not like it’s contraceptive or anything it’s literally something that women use for a natural purpose. i don’t know what was up with her families beliefs but as far as i’m concerned, catholics don’t have beliefs against tampons /:
edit: i should add that ive been attending catholic schools for 7 years of my life AND have been involved in church and other things so i find that they think using tampons is not okay and against religion so weird.
Because they were so strict she ended up getting really rebellious looots of unprotected sex, cociane, lots of weed. She deleted the apps when she was at her dads house, then redownload them at school. Sell nudes. But she was really sweet though, she always bought me coffee and we always chatted in economics and physics.
Edit: oop and got nipple rings, and tattoos in other hidden places
It seems to happen with kids with super strict parents! They learn how to hide things, feel adrenaline from doing things they aren't supposed to, and don't have the security and trust to fall back on their parents when they do scary things.
My brother went to a party, got high and so so drunk. He called mom to pick him up, she was worried about him and so happy he was safe. Definitely pissed, but they had trust between eachother
My friend from hs was told that insurting the tampon might be too pleasurable and she would basically be masturbating and would no longer be a virgin....
Whoever says this has never once understood female anatomy. The boys in jr high/middle school also thought tampons were basically dildos. Uh... are you admitting your dick is the size of a finger, then? Tampons aren’t pleasurable in the least, have fuckall to do with virginity, and are generally inserted during a time when you feel like you have low-grade intestinal flu.
that’s so weird. i mean it’s a tampon ffs. i mean seriously you give a woman a period and expect us to only be able to wear pads to stop the bleeding? pads can be extremely uncomfy during certain situations (i used to wear ONLY pads until i started using tampons and they made my life easier).
I grew up loosely Protestant and a lot of girls i knew (of different Protestant branches) were also not allowed to wear tampons. There was a stigma that using tampons was equivalent to losing your virginity or that it would make you become a slut somehow.
I remember that once I started playing sports, my family ok’ed tampon use (white team uniforms). At the same time i remember nearly every issue of Seventeen magazine and every Tampax box would have a little informative page/insert stating that tampons are safe and do not cause loss of virginity.
I hope that it still isn’t a stigma in religious communities.
i hope it isn’t too because it honestly makes me sad to think that a lot of girls can’t wear them due to religion and all. i know i’m religious but i wear tampons bc they genuinely help me so much. it just varies on the religion and the family i suppose.
My family didn’t let me us tampons, and we are Baptist. Mine was just because anything sexual was very taboo. My cousins used tampons and they were catholic.
Yeeaaaahhh, I went to an all girls' Catholic School for all of elementary and high school. We didn't all use tampons, but the cheap ones were available for free at the front desk. This may be a personal family thing.
it definitely depends on the family and their views towards catholicism or even interpretations of beliefs as well as devotion to the religion too such as traditional vs modern.
I also went to catholic schools and while my family wasn’t particularly religious, my mom would still forbid me from using tampons. According to her you would lose your virginity by the mere fact of inserting anything in your vagina.
as far as im concerned, girls can use tampons. if i’m mistaken, then ive clearly been living under a rock for the past 18 years of my life. as far as i know, it’s contraceptives & sex that don’t align with the catholic beliefs not anything used for periods.
thats so interesting. i have never heard about that! thanks for the insight. i learned something new. i don’t think tampons should be seen as wrong by the church either way simply because it’s for a natural purpose. women don’t necessarily choose to have periods and sure, pads are an alternative but tampons make life so much easier in certain situations.
No, it doesn’t translate to that. I’ve been Catholic my whole life and I have a Master’s in Theology, and there is zero teaching that would lead to that conclusion. I use tampons all the time.
What’s more likely is that these kinds of “trad Catholics” (like SUPER conservative old school almost-evangelical-in-their-conservativism) incorrectly equate the use of a tampon with the possibility of breaking the hymen, which is a really old sexist myth about “proving” virginity. The kinds of “Catholic” people who are like this are the same ones who think that if you read Harry Potter, you’re going to Hell. It’s a very tiny minority of ultra-conservatives.
maybe their families were more traditional old school catholic families? i’m not trying to assume anything of course. i just don’t think that the modern day catholic church places much emphasis/concerns on tampons it’s moreso contraceptives that they place emphasis on suggesting against that.
Well I noticed from the major religions in the area I live, is that they're all taught a bit differently and some families are pretty extreme, especially when it comes to girls and their bodies. And others are very relaxed.
I'm not sure why. My bestfriend now, her mom and while family are catholic and very supportive of safe sex and rampins of course. But two girls from my high school were told that tampons will take their virginity and that no man would want to marry them. They didn't teach them sex ed (I sort of did). Also that contraceptives of all types will lead to the infertility of the man and woman.
I'm finishing up college and live near where I went to high school. So the actual churches shouldn't be that different? Mayb in the next town over. I have no idea though!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Catholic tends to translate to the poophole loophole because of this
No 2 sometimes just pushes it out on the way though, to be fair.
As far as peeing goes, I just tuck the string into the gap between my leg and my crotch. It served me well for 30 years (now I don’t HAVE a uterus)
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 04:18:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have always switched to a new one each time I pee (not because I am unaware of the separate holes) but because I am an idiot who never thought to hide the string away somewhere so the string would get wet and then eventually the tampon would soak it upward and balloon at the bottom and be useless and uncomfortable.
TIL that you don’t need to choose using a new tampon every time you pee
Look into a menstrual cup! There's definitely a learning curve but holy crap, I'm never going back to disposable products. I love the lack of waste and also, it is so comfortable I almost forget it's in.
I have had iud's or been pregnant for so long I haven't used a tampon in quite awhile. However, I almost always took a tampon out to go #2 as well, but for a different reason. The muscle movement would upset the placement of the tampon half the time and then it would leak or be uncomfortable. Fuck that, just start fresh.
No I am prone to them and have never gotten one this way. Plus if you think about the different pathways down there it doesn't make sense. Just tuck the string in the back
I started wearing cups because I was using a new ramp every time I peed, not because I thought they were the same hole, but because I could never keep it from getting wet. I tried tucking back and don’t, the base of the string was always wet and would inevitably make me smell like pee soon after, so for hygienic reasons I started changing em. Having to use a whole box every couple days made me say to hell with the whole affair.
This is precisely the reason why I switched to a menstrual cup. Even if you think it’s gross, it can’t be grosser than gambling on urine/feces not getting on your tampon string.
I know, I understand a man not knowing, but has this lady like never looked down there.
unneuf · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t use tampons even when i get my period (which I don’t, anymore) but holy crap I have to pee so often that the idea of a new tampon every time I pee? What a waste!
Maybe I’m a messy pee-er(?) but the strong always gets wet even when I’m holding it. I don’t wanna smell like pee so I change it.... am I the only one?
My gf switches her tampon every time she uses the bathroom but it’s more of a “I can’t guarantee things are still hygienic and if I don’t switch it my anxiety will not let me concentrate on anything else” kind of situation.
This. Plus my urinary tract and vaginal canal both being pretty narrow, and my body requiring at least 2-3 daily litres of water when I'm on my period (also tampons' insane prices in my country) make tampon insertion and wc visits a serious planning chore for me.
Ahh, thanks for the advice! I actually recommend the cup to my lucky low-flow friends, but in my case I tried it several for months a few years ago (with different brands and sizes) because I really wanted it work on me, but my flow is way too heavy (I ended up having to replace it every 20-30 minutes in order to prevent it from overflowing), and my work situation at the time (8~12 hour shifts with a couple hours commute, and no access to either a toilet or a sink, or toilet/eating breaks at all for that matter) crushed my hopes and dreams :(
Nowadays, I keep drenching through a Super Evax Pearl tampon or a Super Plus Evax Liberty pad every couple hours (sometimes even less for the tampon) on the first 2-3 days of my period. Toiletries are really expensive here, and my douchebag uterus overstimates how much money the rest of my body makes :/
And yeah, taking on account that my periods usually last from 6 to 10 days, I've been battling serious anemia since entering puberty a couple decades ago; I've been referred to every possible medical specialist, and they all agreed on my reproductive system being healthy, just sort of a drama queen. I'm pretty sure there must be something actually wrong with me, but they just wouldn't bother opening me up to take a peek, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Good thing I fucking love lentils, spinach, and everything iron-y.
I get this too. I wonder if it’s because some kegel muscles are engaged to keep the tampon in? Because they’re often described as what you would flex to stop midstream.
It's because there is a thin wall between your vagina and your urethra. The tampon puts pressure on the urethra and blocks the flow like stepping on a garden hose.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I’m not saying that’s necessarily why, but I do tend to accidentally expel the tampon when straining. Thanks for the advice, now that I think about it I should mention that.
I think it presses against the urinary tract. Same for me with a cup. I just need to push harder to pee, but make sure you release it all to avoid infection.
To be fair I thought the same until I was 15? Not because my mother told me, but simply because I was never educated on my own anatomy. Friend of mine said something about why I didnt wear tampons, I asked how did she pee with one and she informed me of how wrong I was.
Of course my mother did accuse me of shoving both her "money and trust" up my vagina when she found out I was using tampons, but that's a whole other thing
My friend wanted to go swimming and I said I couldn't because I was wearing a pad. We were 14. She told me to use a tampon. I told her I'd never used one. I tried like a Dickens to get that tampon in my pee hole. I told her it wouldn't go in, she was confused, as was I.
Lol I'm sorry that sounds awful, but still pretty funny.
I remember in middle school a girl I knew said she'd never use tampons because she didnf want to fuck a piece of cotton. I still dont know why she thought that that's what would've happened???
Or just put the string up there with the tampon. It's what I do. I'll have to wash my hands anyway so it's no biggie if the string gets a little blood on it.
Oh god. That reminds me of a tmi, NSFW story.
So, yeah. Gross warning.
My second serious boyfriend I had was wanting to have sex, but I was on my period. He didn't want it on his sheets so I kept my tampon in. Well it jammed the string up there, so it was difficult to remove. Poor guy didn't reach the tampon though
I just switched to a cup and generally feel like there's always a little left in my bladder after I go. I pee often becuase I drink a lot of water and the sensation can feel pretty annoying. Have you experienced anything like that?
I totally get what you mean, but tbh for me, the urge doesnt stick around. Like, ill go, still feel like theres a little left, but just get up and go about my day, and really dont noticr the sensations stick around.
I do pee more often when using a cup, but i prefer that to the wet string, and the waste, of tampons
How? I don't know whether to try one. I don't care for tampons as i find them messy. My flow is light and I can usually manage it through regular toilet breaks so even a pad is only for accidental leaks.
I’m about to get my period any day now and it will be my first time using my cup. I hateeee peeing with tampons in for that exact reason. I’m so pumped lol
My friend in college had to teach me how to put a tampon in...my mom had never allowed them as she thought they did something to your virginity or something? At least I knew there were two holes though.
Ok this beats my story because she was a vagina-carrying woman. My husband thought I peed out of my vagina after 5 years of marriage and 2 children that he watched me give birth to. We also met in an anatomy class.
At least her mom showed her how to use a tampon. My mom threw one pad at me and didn’t mention it would be a monthly occurrence or that it would last for days. I only knew bits and pieces because of health class.
It could just be an anatomy issue, like we’re all angled slightly different or something? I can’t pee with a tampon in and I stick it way up there so idk lol
Jaci98 · 4 points · Posted at 08:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same people in the comments are acting like we're using tampons wrong if that happens. When I was using tampons I put them as far in as possible but they would still soak up some pee. I hated it. I'm using a cup now so much more comfortable.
SAME! I even use the tampax click ones and they’re shorter than others, even then it still soaks some up T_T I can’t handle the diaper feeling of pads, but the constant changing is killing me. I need to try a cup, but am nervous to spend the $50 and end up hating it.
Jaci98 · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh well with cups I wouldn't buy an expensive one right away. I bought mine for less than 20 Euros. It took me some time to figure it out but there are some great tips online or ask me if you want to. The only thing thats important for me is that I have a cup with a more firm material because the softer ones aren't secure overnight for me. There are many people tho who have great experiences with the softer ones.
Try one out if it doesn't work try something different but honestly it's the best thing I decided to do.
Don't forget that the cups have a suction and should never just pulled out but instead you have to fold them first to let some air in. If that's something you will struggle with there is the flex cup with a mechanism to loose the suction.
English isn't my native language but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say :p
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The string might get a little wet, but you can try to move it. If the actual tampon itself is getting wet, you're not putting the tampon in far enough when you insert it.
I used to work at a behavioral health hospital with kids and teens. I was once taking 2 girls back to the dorms to use the restroom. One girl, about 15yo, asked me if I could get her a tampon, and basically said the same thing about having just put one in but now had to pee.
So I explained the anatomy and pulled up a (very strictly educational) diagram on my phone to show her the location of the bladder and uterus in relation to urethra and vagina.
She did not entirely believe me. So I told her to try it if she wanted.
She came out of the bathroom and was shook. She started going on and on about how she had never been taught that and couldn't believe no one told her. To be fair, I didn't learn it until about her age either.
Sex ed in the US, particularly the south, is a fucking joke.
The Midwest? I'm from Iowa. We sure as hell were taught more than that! I remember a very clinical, but informative, section on this in class every year. Coverage included STD signs, information on period care (including diagrams), pregnancy prevention, and pregnancy basics.
There are places like mine where we don't have anything related to sex ed. The closest thing is biology but even the chapters about our genital anatomy are glossed over.
That's the most we learn about our coochie, the rest is upto our common sense and googling.
Gosh! Reading this section makes me wonder
"How the fuck have we survived this long being this stupid about our own bodies?!"
I wonder how broken they were, when it comes to body feeling and wholesomeness.
I kinda have trouble imagining this or the other comment, I never had this issue, never had to have it explained to me, I explored my body.
No idea how my friends experienced it, but I know that there's a bunch who clearly, with absolutely no issue, can discern between liquid coming from the urinary tract or from the vagina.
I'm gonna annoy a few people with questions, this kinda made me curious.
I know there's a lot of people who don't even dare touch themselves or never had a look and are actively ignoring themselves.
But beside Sex Ed, shouldn't this be part of biology curriculum?
What baffles me even more is the amount of people with that experience in this thread, I know perception is hard to discuss, borderline indiscussable, but hmm.
What I find even more confusing is a girl telling a guy randomly about this.
I don't want to hear about random dudes dicks, assholes or other body parts I can't see and would never want anything shared, nor would I ever with someone who can't share my experience anyway.
Have people like this never looked at their own genitals? I thought we all had that curious stage growing up where we looked at everything in close detail, and it's pretty easy to see pee comes out of a separate hole.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 04:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because the urethra is visible and once you see a third hole there, you either instinctively know what it is or you ask someone/Google that shit because wtf, there's a third hole I never knew about.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 04:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't examined a lot of other vaginas but when I examined mine, I really went Ham on it and was pulling things, stretching others. I wanted to see everything and I found mine fairly easily. When I saw my urethra, I was like "oh, so that's why I can pee with a tampon in".
You can feel where it's coming out of when you're peeing. I'm not saying by sticking a hand in your stream, I'm saying you can feel where the sensation of peeing is coming from during the act. It is entirely different from the sensation of where menstrual blood comes out of. This whole thread has me confused as I didn't know that there were this many people mentally detached from their bodies. To me it's dead easy to tell that they are separate.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen a few other people say this before. I'm 39. I've never used a mirror to look at my genitals. I've had 3 children, so I'm pretty familiar with how they work. But I never got the urge to inspect my labia or anything.
It's in a bit of an awkward place to look at unless you have a mirror. I found out about it by being told in sex Ed, I had just never thought about it before that. I still learned about it before having to worry about tampons and periods though.
One of the saddest scenes to me in OITNB was a conversation among the inmates in which it was painfully clear that most of them knew absolutely nothing about their bodies.
I had the mirror and a library copy of “Changing Bodies, Changing Lives”. As with everything else, I learned it from books.
Strange, maybe I've been doing it wrong, but anytime I pee with a tampon inserted the lower edge of the tampon would be urine soaked. Not just the string from excess pee, but a good quarter-inch to half-inch of yellow-liquid into the material.
[deleted] · 35 points · Posted at 03:56:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, it goes all the way, and I don't feel it. Given that the contact point of the blood, mucus, and other lovely waste bits is at the upper third of the tampon, but never at the upper edge of the tampon, I think I slid it in good enough.
I have had them not all the way in at times and that does hurt and suck., but this happens no matter how far up it goes.
That seems really odd to me...like the pee travels all the way up the string and onto the tampon? Because obviously the tampon should be really far up there, far enough that the actual pee stream shouldn't make direct contact.
From what I can tell -- I never took any pictures -- it seems like some of pee dribbles down and backward, especially at the end of the stream when no it longer shoots forward. Given that urinating with a medium to large tampon inserted both weakens the stream and is somewhat difficult for me to do (I can do it with a lighter one just fine...but still gets the urine edge I describe) I just remove it like the college friend.
My friend told me she had this same issue in high school. After some further questioning, we realized she wasn’t putting it in all the way, and it sounds like that might be happening to you. The tampon should be completely inside so that none of the cotton is visible; you should only be able to see the string hanging down. You also shouldn’t be able to really feel it once it’s up there
The tampon is completely inside, though, and I don't feel it. In fact, at times it's only when I go to pee and nothing comes out instantly, do I realize my tampon is still in. If I force the urine through with it in, though, by the time I'm done there's more urine on the end of the tampon than the string itself (which has a nasty habit of wriggling its way into my folds, so on some occasions it doesn't get pee on it, but it usually takes part of the golden shower.)
Zekumi · 5 points · Posted at 04:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This always happens to me too and based on these comments now I’m thinking I haven’t been inserting the tampon all the way in most of the time.
I have also considered I may be pushing the tampon every so slightly out when I pee Obviously not all the way out (that's impossible), but enough for the edge to catch. I don't know, though.
I was taught to always remove the tampon while using the bathroom, just because if you accidentally pee on the string or something and shove it back up there you could get an infection (?)
Nisas · 3 points · Posted at 04:11:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a man, when I was young I could never quite understand how girls peed. I had seen porn by this point so I knew what a vagina looked like, but I couldn't figure out where the urethra was supposed to be. The idea of there being one hole sort of inside the other but not really just eluded me until I saw medical diagrams.
The idea that a girl could make it all the way to college and not understand it herself makes me feel better about my childhood ignorance.
The tampon does not get inserted into the urethra. Menstrual blood does not come from the urethra either. Two holes. Tampon goes in one, pee comes out the other.
OH. MY. GOD. On a similar note, I once heard some women at work talking about tampons, as if they thought the “light, regular, and heavy” variations were according to the size of the hole. One of them said that women who buy the heavy ones must be embarrassed, because then everyone would know they’re stretched out. I had to point out and explain to them that it just means the heaviness of your menstrual flow, not the size of the opening. It seemed like they felt dumb. I’m a guy, and I know this just from having girlfriends.
I grew up going to a private Christian school until grade 10 that didn’t teach sex ed. I thought babies came out of belly buttons until I was nearly 17.
When I was in highschool, I convinced my guy friends that girls peed out their butts, and that's why it's harder for us to hold it in. Imagine trying to hold liquid back with your butthole! That would be difficult! They totally believed me and then got really mad when we took health class.
Oh hell no 😂 when i first tried to use a tampon, the package had instructions that showed how the vagina looks like so i knew from there that there are two holes. Some mothers be like not explaining anatomy to you, but i mean you do learn about it in school someday anyways, so i am surprised it took someone so long to understand that
My coworker: "My laptop dies every weekend and has no charge on monday morning even though it is always plugged in. I shut it down every friday night and then turn off the power strip. It has to be broken!! Give me a new one!"
Me: *checking system info* "this computer hasn't been rebooted in 36 hrs. You left it on all weekend with the powerstrip off, so that is why the battery died."
Probably they shut the lid, thinking that was turning the computer off (maybe it was still on or just asleep, but I don't think sleep uses that much battery)
That used to be bad for NiCad batteries. Lipos don’t give a shit. It’s better to keep them at a voltage at least near nominal, but higher is also fine.
The li-ion batteries are fine when charged in laptops, but they last the longest when stored at 3.8v pet cell. The closer you get to 4.2v ( or even 4.35 for hv cells), over time the performance degrades faster.
For long term storage, absolutely leave the pack at nominal, but we’re looking at a daily use situation. The question now is does discharging the pack every day cause more wear on the battery than keeping it at maximum voltage. Most lipos are rated for 300-500 discharge cycles. Plugging in and unplugging your laptop to constantly keep the battery at 50% is just not feasible. Depending on the discharge curve that would probably be between 40-70 percent, but at the end of the day I wouldn’t call it a death sentence to have it at a higher voltage.
Lenovo laptops come with a battery management app wi5h a feature that only starts charging the battery if it is below 50%, and then it only charges it up to 60%, claiming it extends its life if your laptoto is mostly plugged in.
Do you know if that’s true or if it is just buzzspeak?
They are supposed too. But I found that eventually the stopper or whatever it's called that prevents the battery from charging eventually gives up and then the battery takes a hit and only lasts for like 1 hour then when before it lasted for 5 or 6. Mind you this is like after several months or so with it almost constantly being plugged in.
Literally every computer in my office is a laptop and all most of the 500 or so never leave their work station. But they all have battery management and only charge to like 95% and stay there, as is appropriate for their battery type.
So no, modern laptops are designed to be plugged in all the time if possible and it won't wreck the battery.
I think when he just Taps the power button instead of long presses it, it only puts the laptop to sleep instead of fully shut it down.
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🎙️ arual_x · 8331 points · Posted at 20:58:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, I know it’s technically the parents fault in these instances, but at a certain age surely the ability to google literally anything places the blame squarely on the individuals shoulders.
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🎙️ arual_x · 1732 points · Posted at 21:13:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, these people I sympathise with massively. If you’re at least trying that’s fine. Like, I wasn’t mad at this guy. I was just so bemused that his brain looked at this bathroom afterwards and thought... “yep. A job well done”.
It took me 26 years to learn anything about cooking because my dad is a professional chef, I grew up in an abusive household and got yelled at and punished for getting things wrong at any point. As time went on, I did youtube and google, but got so nervous in the kitchen that I would set things on fire, or become so confused by trying to do so many things at once (rice + salad + beans + whatever...you know, a meal) that my food would either cause a disaster or be inedible. Which led to my being so embarassed about being so old and not knowing that I couldn't ask for help to learn. Same thing with laundry. It took me so long to work through my shit enough to realize the root of the problem and work on my nervousness. I was finally able to ask my SO for help and now I can cook and launder fairly well. Now I get to work on being mortified of being proud of myself for learning laundry at 26. s/Psychology is fun/s
Edit to thank the super sweet person who gave me my first ever award! You made me smile -^
I have a somewhat similar experience. I was making mac and cheese when I was 12 or 13 and I turned the gas on but did not light the flame. I have a terrible sense of smell so I didn't smell the gas. My mom walks up a few minutes later and sees what I did. Instead of teaching me what I did wrong, I was ridiculed mercilessly and never allowed to use the stove again. My family still brings it up sometimes.
Now, at 29, I hate cooking. I don't really know how to cook. I was never allowed to experiment, and I never wanted to make an attempt when I left home because I was convinced I could never learn. I have some basics down now, but I learned only because of my SO.
"Basics with Babish" and " Good Eats" are true friends for the cooking newbie. They break down what they're doing and why and the recipes are quite doable.
I don’t know where to put this; probably should go back to the top and insert it: Back in the 80’s, I think it was, a book came out that may still be available. It’s called, “Where’s Mom Now that I Need Her?” It starts with how to boil water, and how to boil an egg, how to make scrambled eggs, then on to how to do laundry... all that sort of things. It used to come out just before school started, and was a common gift to grads heading off to college, responsible for daily life solo. I haven’t looked for it, but someone might want to check and see if it, or the equivalent, is still out there.
If you want to branch out Maangchi has some good easy Korean recipes. Some are complicated and even I'm not at that point, but the side dishes are the simple ones that can be a fun side to just pop in a meal. The only overwhelming part of that is if you don't have the ingredients and haven't been to an Asian grocery store.
Maanchi also has a video where she goes with 4 people who are trying to learn about Korean cuisine through the grocery store and answers their questions about what to look for and which brand she prefers the whole way. I know Korean is probably not your forte if I had to guess, but it's really doable.
Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it...I'm learning that cooking is actually less stressful and more fun if I get to make something interesting. I do have to make whatever the interesting thing is by itself the first time though lol. My major issue with that is where I live...there aren't a lot of shopping options and culture and variety are massively lacking here.
I grew up in a town like this. Just try your best and don't be afraid to google "substitute for X" because sometimes you don't need the fancy stuff to pull the dish off. Also my gateway drug into Asian cuisine was dressing up instant ramen. You can start small.
No problem. Also don't be afraid of buying a rice cooker. I can cook but I still can't make rice without a rice cooker. Sure I could learn, but I'm busy learning other things.
I bring this up because rice goes with literally anything and you can try experimenting with sauces and seasons with it. It's like blank canvas. Same with eggs. They're really good to play around with different flavors. Anyway I'll stop giving tips and let you at it. Good luck :)
Haha, your tips are very welcome! ^ My SO is in love with rice, so it's one of the things I end up making the most. Aaand we both love eggs! Thanks again!
"The 4-Hour Chef" is a good book for building a solid foundation of cooking with. You'll end up cooking food by the end that you would have never imagined.
If just for her own benefit. My siblings and I all grew up learning to cook in part because my mother loved the free labor to help get dinner ready. You start with having your kids snap the stems off of green beans and you build from there. As we built up skills, she could just have us prep entire meals on a regular basis, and we all got confident enough to try new recipes and experiment ourselves.
My mother grew up in a home with maids and kitchen staff so she never learned to cook or do any house chores and she solved that by hiring staff in her own home. I was always in trouble for bothering the help but fortunately I was able to learn from them, especially to cook. My mother now thinks I'm magic because I can cook. But I got to learn from professionals, I couldn't have had better cooking instruction. I do hire a housekeeper to clean but that's because I'm lazy, not because I can't do it.
Don't be embarrassed to be proud of yourself! I only really got into cooking in my 30's and I'm really proud of how far I've come. Like, I was able to make really basic stuff before and follow a recipe, but now I've gained the confidence to improvise.
I know it's tough to undo years of negative conditioning. Good on you for being willing to keep trying!
Thank you so much for your kind reply, I needed to hear this today! Congrats to us!
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 02:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh wow, someone who understands me! My mother was an executive chef and extremely abusive. She used to lock me in one of the supply closets at her restaurant for entire shifts, if that gives you any context. Needless to say, even now, at 23, I despise cooking and can't bring myself to do it.
I'm so sorry you have to deal with that! This kind of shit absolutely sucks. I really hope that it gets easier and that eventually the kitchen becomes less of a horrible place. Virtual hugs to you!
I'm proud of you. You've come a long way and overcome a ton of mental hurdles to get to where you are. It can be far too easy to look at what other people have accomplished and compare it to your own, but you don't know what they've been through, and they don't know what you've been through. If you feel pride in yourself, whether it's learning rocket surgery or learning laundry, let it fill you. It will only help you keep down this path of independence and strength. It will lead you to more moments of self-pride, which will help you accomplish more. A cycle of positivity instead of negativity.
I realize all of this is so much easier said than done and you probably know most or all of this already. But I hope it helps even a little to know that this stranger believes in you and wishes you the absolute best.
Yeah! The good thing is, I can still use the "my dad was a chef / restrateur" as a credential, and now I have the skills to back it up, even though the two aren't related.
This is why I love watching pepin cook! He's messy but makes homey foods. I cant have anyone watching me cook because I want to experiment w/o criticism or eyes! or needing to Shaaare. Fk off!
I got yelled at by ex-wife for teaching our kids to cook at a young age (5-6 years old). We created a 'restaurant' and had family come over to buy grilled cheese sandwiches and mac'n'cheese.
Also got yelled at for teaching them how to use a ladder. How to hammer nails. Taking them camping. Impossibly abusive ex-wife.
I'm so glad to read "ex", and so glad you taught your kids life skills. I only realized how crippled I was in life when I started falling on my face...and it takes 10x the work to learn this shit as an adult. Continue to spare your kids the physchological shit show, teach them everything you can. Congrats, good for you! Your kids will eventually be very thankful.
My Dad was in his 60s before he started to get my laundry right.
No you can't throw all the dark's in 1 load and expect it to come out right. They need to be separated. Especially in winter... Fuzzy stuff is done separately.
Actually my dad was mostly just super stressed out and had multiple mental disorders (Bipolar, OCD, Depression) he needed help with, that were massively agravated by my narcissistic alcoholic mother. At the time though he was always made out to be the monster and my mom the victim...the power of narcissistic manipulation. She didn't know how to cook and made it out to be a big "feminist" thing. My dad was never home and when he was he would explode at us for using the kitchen stuff wrong. Basically we survived 90% of the time off frozen food and oatmeal. He has since separated from her and come a VERY long way as a person (although he's still a crummy teacher). She spiraled into dementia, and now my SO and I and my 15yr old sister (who is learning with me) cook for her.
I try to see it as balance for all the good things I have in my life...and a way to learn what NOT to be, ever. Not to say that I don't get massively resentful an angry sometimes, but my mother's worst quality is her self-pity, so I try not to go there. She literally led herself to a delusional disorder, so half the time she doesn't know where she is, and needs to be watched. I'm working on making enough money to hire professional care for her so I can be free. I couldn't live with myself if I just dumped her on my 15yr old sister. My other siblings have already done their stints.
Not going to lie, I'm just vindictive enough to get custody of my sibling and let her wander into the streets, but I understand how it must feel, regardless of the horrible treatment.
Good on you, you are going to be way stronger than most of us.
Thank you ^ Sometimes I hate her guts, but I guess my love of who I thought she was when I was a kid is enough to keep me from just dumping her. It's definitely an emotional rollercoaster of a situation.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m proud of you, too!
You came through a horrible childhood, and it took a lot of courage to admit to your husband you needed help that usually 26 year olds don’t. At least you did that, so you should feel proud of yourself for asking for help, learning, and doing a good job picking a great husband (who helped you learn instead of just mocking you because women belong in the kitchen and blah blah blah).
You’re doing well! 😊💐
Thank you so much for your super kind reply! I really needed to hear this! And yeah, he's pretty great. I also feel much more in balance with him now that I do some of the cooking and laundry (we still split chores before, bu I always felt he got the burned end of the cookie anyway, even though he insisted it was fine). Grateful hug from an internet stranger ^-^
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 19:54:03 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Internet hugs back! I meant what I said.
I know what it’s like to struggle with some so-called ‘simple’ things in life, too. We just have to get on with things. 😊
If it makes you feel better, I've got a friend who's aunt and uncle never cooked until about 5 years ago when she taught them. She said they'd always just order takeout or buy tv dinners. I'm not sure how old they are, but I think they were probably at least well into their 40s. She said that now that she's taught them, they still only eat takeout and tv dinners, but when they do cook, they'll make an entire thing of pasta just for the two of them and leave the rest to waste because they refuse to eat leftovers. I guess when you spend your entire life doing it one way, it's hard to learn how to not do it that way.
Daamn. I get the proportion difficulties, I still struggle with that...but at least I try to eat or reuse the leftovers, so that's a step in the right direction I guess!
Yeah, the best thing for that is if you buy like chicken or pork chops or something like that and there's usually leftovers of them when you make it, you could get ziplock bags and take what's you expect to be leftover in them before you freeze them after getting back from the grocery store. We do that a lot with ground beef. We'll buy the big roles and decide them into two pound sections, wrap them on foil or something and put them in the ziplock bags and freeze them. Also, if you meal plan ahead, defrost the meat in the refrigerator. Whatever you have left after preparing what you're making can be refrozen. This is only completely safe if it was "defrosted properly." As long as it's sitting in a refrigerated area when it thaws you can refreeze it. In fact, that's what happens at grocery stores. They come in frozen, are stored in a freezer until stocked, and are defrosted in the little coolers you buy them from and are almost always immediately refrozen after purchase.
Thank you for the tips! I'm a vegetarian, but I do sometimes try to prepare meat for other people, and I'm always scared it's dangerous. This is good to know!
Ooh, I can't help with that vegetarian stuff except maybe don't be vegetarian lmao. I have to give a lot of credit to people who can go without meat. Definitely blows me away. My grandpa was vegetarian when my dad was a kid so as a result, so was my dad, his siblings and my grandma. My grandma recently told me about how they went to a vegetarian restaurant in the Dallas area and it was so disgusting that she stopped forcing their children to be vegetarian. She also said that my grandpa just wasn't as healthy without meat as he was with it. She said he lost a lot of body mass and he never really got a lot of it back. But this was the '80s so I hope they've fixed a lot of those issues. For me though, when I was given a vegetarian pizza that I wasn't told was vegetarian, I was really grossed out when I found some lettuce in it. I didn't eat pizza for a year after that. Now I can't even bring my mind to the thought of eating fake meat.
I can totally understand your issues, most vegetarians I know are insane, they make up completely unnecessary adaptations to food, when (mostly) all you really need is to just eat a wide variety. Also I hate vegetarian in-your-face culture...it isn't helping anyone or anything, it's just like being accosted by someone trying to convert you to a fanatical religion.
For me it's really about my personal emotions about animal suffering, not really for health reasons. I just got to a point where every bite made me feel so bad I just couldn't anymore. My goal is to go vegan, but I gotta get into a more independant situation first. I do however love almost all foods, which is something I consider myself absurdly lucky on. I can't imagine trying to cut meat only to survive on foods I hate.
I think everyone makes a difference in the way that is ideal for them... vegetarian is easy for me, so I do it. I can't imagine giving up toilet paper, for example (have a friend who uses a hose bc environment...that shit is COLD).
I had some friends who are vegan and will tell you that you're a terrible person because you're not vegan. They think them being vegan changes the fact that animals are abused in slaughter houses, yet don't take the stand against that abuse. It's really obnoxious.
Omg, I know exactly the type, it is so friggin irritating. Do your best where you can and mind your own friggety frackkin business dudes. You aren't Jesus or Budha for being vegan. I usually try not to talk about being a vegetarian unless someone specifically asks or tries to give me meat (better to explain "vegetarian" than to let them think I hate their food). Saves me hours of time on useless debates. I also hate that these guys think I agree, just bc of my dietary choices, and then get pissy when I tell them they aren't helping the cause. I actually stayed away from vegetarianism for years BECAUSE of these ppl.
Yeah, I've gotten to the point in which I am blocking people on Facebook for being vegan because of how harsh they are about it. How can you act like you're all about equality but aren't when it comes to people's diets? It really pisses me off. And they act like it tastes the same.
I can dig it. And while I think a lot of the stuff tastes good if it's made right, it DEFINITELY doesn't taste the same. I promise there are rational vegans/vegetarians out there though! Not all of us are judgy fanatical maniacs
Lmao very true! This actually did make me lol.
I have mostly forgiven his assholery in recent years though, after figuring out it was mostly mental illness and my mother's insanity that drove him to it. It was still his responsibility to do better than he did, but at least he knows it and owns it.
People end up with these bizarre gaps too. The shower curtain thing reminded me of my sister in law. An engineer, married to an engineer, who's shower curtains ket getting moldy because she never left them spread out to dry.
Parents doing everything for a kid does this to said kid. If they have never been allowed to do anything, they have zero confidence that they are *able* to do anything.
I have the same problem, but it's not always because of not being allowed to do anything. My mom would tell me to do things for the first time and refuse to explain them or help me at all because they are "common sense" aka, she learned them as a kid and has decades of practice. Then when I inevitably made a mistake she would scream at me for it.
I'm not having kids, but when I babysit and stuff I always make sure to be aware that they don't have the same life experiences that I have and might need help with things I think are extremely easy.
For sure! Age 22 is a little too old not to have googled it themselves, but since they never did anything themselves (and having anxiety), they lacked so much confidence in their competence that it was crippling them.
Self fulfilling prophecy. They're anxious because they know they're incompetent, but also incompetent because they're too anxious to fix it.
I feel this a lot. My parents never actually took the time to parent me and give me the skills I needed to function on my own. I also have really bad anxiety. Thank God there are chill and patient people in the world who don't judge super harshly. I had a friend who helped me learn a lot of basic kitchen skills last summer.
I'm finally moving out on my own and I'm really trying to push past anxiety and teach myself the remaining life skills my parents never taught me. This thread is actually kind of helpful because some of this stuff I legit didn't know
Also people google things that they have a problem with. The main issue is that they are so ignorant they fail to see the issue. So they don’t see a googleable issue in front of them.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 23:59:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
22 is too old to have to google shower curtains. With cooking, ok sure. But shower curtains? They must have seen them before in their lives, and their brain should be able to piece together why they exist, and why it's weird that they are the only ones without one, on their own.
I responded above on your parent comment but I have to do it here.
They googled some things while I lived with them, did everything correctly, but would ask me two-four times if I thought they did it right, even with the evidence right in front of their face!
This is so me and so right, thank you for having patience for them
As someone who used to have crippling anxiety and now have just regular anxiety, if someone tells me to do something I have never done, I will ask questions the whole time. Just today, my mom had me use the salad spinner. "Why is it wobbly? It isn't spinning very much. Did I over fill it? takes some letuce out okay that seems better its spinning now. Whats this switxh for? Does it need to be in or out? Whats this button do?"
By fucking with every piece of it I figured out what everything did on my own, which is not to say you should do this with just anything. Like... a grill. Or... a stove. But the point still stands.
Their anxiety is likely the result of they never were taught/learned to be curious, and how to solve problems.
If someone is never taught the how and why, and many steps of even seemingly simple things, they may never learn cause and effect, and how to break a complex task into a series of simple steps.
As they get older, actually learning that becomes more and more difficult. :-(
You seem like a really nice person. They were really lucky to have you as their roomate, their life is probably legimately better from the experience of living with you and having your support. Great job!!
Edit: Reading that back it sounds sarcastic...please knoew it was sincere and meant with kindness
I'm, you don't know what you don't know. If your task serves the function, you may be ignorant of the 'right' way to do it. And if you don't know, that you don't know...why would you ask?
I’m 36 and I think this all the time when young 20 something’s prove themselves inept at doing mundane tasks. Then I remember the millions of times I accidentally text a google search to someone because I apparently can’t figure out the difference between Safari and Messages on my phone.
I think in this kind of situation, the anxiety is literally caused by the fact that they don't know how to do anything. Think about how incredibly stressful that would be!
Mo0man · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a lot of stuff that isn't really googlable, to be fair. I don't think "bathroom too wet" would give the recommendation to get a shower curtain, for example.
drekia · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I know how this feels. I was lacking in a lot of life experience too due to some issues growing up, and I never learned many things. Even if I did do things the way Google told me to do it, I was afraid it wouldn’t be the way the people around me wanted me to do it. Growing up, my dad’s ex used to tell me I did everything wrong basically, so it became hard to trust myself even if I did look it up.
It got a bit more difficult when I moved from the Philippines to the US. I didn’t have access to dishwashers or laundry/drying machines or other devices of convenience for a very long time, so I had to relearn them all. The shower curtain was a thing I didn’t completely realize either, because I had no curtains before—bathrooms were always just a single room with the toilet, sink and shower and a drain in the middle, so getting everything wet was expected. I did use the curtains but I had placed them all hanging outside of the tub so the water just dripped down... had to be kindly informed about it.
I’m glad the people around me have been patient with me as I learned to do things and build up my confidence in doing them. I still make some dumb mistakes with contraptions I’m not familiar with but I’m getting better!
This kind of thing isn't entirely their fault then. A really close friend of mine has anxiety and we always help him push through his doubt and be a bit more confident. Well, most of us anyway. His parents have him do a lot of things on his own, and he's actually a pretty good cook. We're 15 by the way. He's also taken hospitality and catering for GCSE. He's learning to cook so he can work on the navy as a chef. People like them need support, but not too much. Support them too little, and they end up scared of doing anything without some consequences, support them too much and they end up incapable of doing anything for themselves. Ans this goes for everyone as well. Up until a few years ago, I used to rely on my mum for everything, but then she told me I need to start learning some life skills for when I live alone. I can cook to a degree, I can iron clothes, use a washing machine, hang out washing to dry and use a tumble dryer among other things. Those who think you can just coast through school and life while having everything done for you, you're dead wrong. Take my word for it.
I just Googled "why is my bathroom floor always covered in water after shower" for the hell of it and the first result mentioned a clogged drain, the second poor tiling, and the bunch more mentioned leaks.
Sometimes a question is too stupid and obvious to answer through a Google search.
There's four states of knowledge: that which you know you know, that which you think you know but don't, that which you know you don't know, and that which you don't know you don't know. Some things fall squarely in the last one, I'd argue most things. Can't Google what you don't know you need to know.
In their defense in regards to the shower curtain: I grew up in a home where we only had a shower stall and it was enclosed with glass. I had the same "leak" issue when I moved out on my own. I thought shower curtains were just decorative and was a poor college student that couldn't afford such "frivolous" things. I mean, why would I need a curtain? A bathtubs job is to catch the shower water, duh!
...Though I'm not sure if I'm really defending the roommate, or just proving myself to be equally clueless at that age. Hmm.
The only way this is even mildly excusable is if all the other showers in their life had doors, and maybe they needed to buy their own curtain rod AND curtain, so it looked like they just "didn't have a curtain on this shower."
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 23:43:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Hey I was last month years old when I learned that there's a second shower curtain that goes like in front of the plastic one and hangs outside the bath. Till then I'd been going around with just the one plastic shower curtain like some kind of fucking animal
The problem is that at some point you're so embarrassed you don't know, or you don't know that you don't know. Like the shower curtain, is he just supposed to Google "my bathroom gets wet when I shower"? When you don't know something is weird, you assume it's normal.
I was told by my partner in my early twenties that I wasn't showering correctly. Since no one had shared a shower with me in 20+ years no one had ever corrected me and I never thought it was weird. Even now, it's entirely possible they're the weird ones and now I'll probably never know.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... how do you shower weird? If you don’t mind me asking?
The most obvious thing is that I didn't know shampoo and conditioner were two different things. I had Shampoo+Conditioner as a kid but when I started shopping on my own I just bought cheap shit and so I went without conditioner for like 3 years.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Conditioner isn’t mandatory... it’s just to help prevent tangles!
I don’t like the idea of your partner telling you that you’re ‘showering wrong’... I mean, I definitely wouldn’t word it that way.
But ask him what he means exactly, then tell reddit... we’ll tell you which things need improvement and which things are totally fine.
As I said, not using conditioner is not an example of ‘doing it wrong.’ It’s no big deal. 😊
There's a thing known as learned helplessness. If people have never needed to do anything in life, they don't even think to go and learn how to do something.
It's honestly not there fault but it takes a lot to break a 20 year learned behaviour of which is why some people just seem so useless.
Except for those where google did not exist yet. The fledgling internet was the property of the US Department of Defense and only universities were allowed onto it, until I was about 12 or so. And even then, most people didn't hop on right away. I didn't get a computer in my house until I was 16 and didn't start really using one until my early 20's.
HOWEVER, the person needs to realize it's something to google! Maybe this is one of those fancy showers without anything to block the water when it splashes! The trash can is plastic and the liner is plastic so it must be a part of it, not something which is to be replaced after it gets full. Or they were raised by parents who just did stovetop cooking or maybe never even had an oven. There might be an interesting story behind all of these incidences.
One time I had a roommate in college who didn't know how to tie a trash bag. We were using shopping bags for the trash can since it was small and was judt used for things like tissues and paper, and he couldn't figure out how to tie them.
Yeah but this happened to me with sex. Mom refuses to tell me anything even when I asked what “The Talk” was (“you can just figure it out on ur wedding night”). Ended up googling and developing a minor addiction to porn at age 10💀
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 01:09:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fucking good for you. This shit shouldn’t be overlooked. Fucking good for you.
Another thing too is you don't even have to Google it you should just know it by living your life.there are other influences than googling parents. There's going to your friend's house no one learned that way? watching TV and watching people on there? I don't get how they live their whole life and not learn these things even if it's just through TV or something.
Maybe common sense? Like the shower curtain thing amazes me but also really scares me at the same time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And some things shouldn’t have to be taught or Googled. Like that water will get out of the shower if there isn’t something blocking it like a glass door or a shower curtain. Common sense!
Just imagine how hard it was for all of us that grew up in the days before the WWW. If someone didn't show you or you didn't read it in a book, you didn't know it.
How would you even know to Google it? It doesn't sound like they questioned anything they did? How would you Google shower curtain if you've never heard of a shower curtain?
That depends. I had a friend who didn't know how to work the oven when he moved it, and it was before Google, so that wasn't an option for him. He ruined his chicken nuggets and had to call him mom for help.
Shit, I knew how to use the stove, microwave and the washer and dryer since I was 8/9. I begged my mom to show me how to use the washer/dryer. She was mentally unstable and I was perpetually afraid she was going to die so I wanted to know how to take care of myself.
Yes and no. It's amazing what little details escape notice. I grew up decades before google. I rented a basement room from a friend when I left college after staying in a shared apartment for a year.
Him: "It's been almost month and you still haven't paid the rent."
Me: "It's due at the end of the month, isn't it?"
Him: "No, the beginning. Didn't you have to pay your apartment rent at the beginning of the month?"
Me: "Huh! I thought that was because the landlord was a slimy businessman."
I gave him the rent right away, lesson learned.
I also went a month without an oven before I found that they had the old screw-type fuses in the stove itself back then. To be fair, that fuse strip was not on the top back of the stove like people told me.
But even then, I marvelled at people who had no idea how to write a cheque or balance a chequebook. Not to mention the 40-year-old I was helping learn to drive who almost got me killed twice because "you don't stop at an intersection when they have the stop sign and you don't..." How do you even ride all over for decades and not notice the basics of road signs and traffic?
Wait, what? If you're at an intersection where you don't have a stop sign but the intersecting traffic does, why would you stop? Maybe I'm misunderstanding. I get defensive driving, being cautious of some numnut pulling out when they shouldn't, but if you stop when you have no stop sign yourself, that in itself is causing a hazard because the people behind you aren't expecting you to stop.
Why would he stop? Because he's a moron who never learned to drive, and he's trying to be polite; the streets are almost equal, this isn't a case of a side street and a major thoroughfare. The other car doesn't understand, so after a while suddenly both start to go at once. He did this several times. Yikes!
Problem with using google as a teaching aide is that you have to be aware your knowledge is lacking the first place. Most people like this aren't merely ignorant, but ignorant of their own ignorance, too.
It's the same thing in medicine: a whole lot of "she'll be right" about things that should be genuinely alarming, because you just lack the knowledge to know you should be alarmed.
I could bake like a mofo when I went to college but I had never made a meal. And then I lived in the dorms for four years with a meal plan, so basically I went to grad school struggling to make plain spaghetti.
GAF78 · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a parent of two boys who I sometimes wonder about... I just... no shower curtain? COME ON! I am not a great parent but even my kids know how to take the garbage out. And if they did forget to put up a shower curtain they wouldn’t shower multiple times and wonder aloud where all the water’s coming from before they clued in! Pretty sure these people are literally retarded.
Agreed. We live in an age of information and have a world's worth of knowledge at our fingertips, yet there's people out there who fail to even educate themselves and choose to remain willfully ignorant or willfully helpless. At some point, you gotta figure out to do shit yourself and if you don't know anything about it, it's up to you to learn.
I'm not saying that everybody needs to know how to disassemble their car and put it back together by the time they're 20 or anything like that. But if you don't know how to do simple shit like start the washer for a load of laundry, or operate a stove, then that's on you to figure that out through whatever means available.
surely the ability to google literally anything places the blame squarely on the individuals shoulders
the thing is that using a shower curtain is such an obvious thing that if you google "why is my bathroom so wet when i take a shower" there won't be any answer with "do you have a curtain?"
Not only google but youd think by 22 they would have picked up at least some critical thinking skills and realize if theres nothing there to block the water, it will get out. I cant even call that critical thinking, honestly.
Like as Reddit has taught me, if you didn't know you're meant to clean your belly button (gag) you'll go 20+ years without doing it because why on earth would that combination of words occur to you to google with no prompting?
Sometimes you don't Google something because that you don't know even know that it exists. If I don't know that I'm doing something wrong why should I search how to do it properly?
And yes, I've been living on my own since I was 18, currently I'm a widower at 34y/o and many time I wonder myself if I'm doing the home chores properly.
I'm normally the guy saying "People need to take responsibility and figure stuff out, it's super simple to learn how to do something"
but in fairness to that guy some of that sounds like there was no way for him to even know he needed to figure something out. Like, not knowing how to remove a trashbag from a trashcan is so insanely bizarre, it's not about just lack of know-how but just a complete misunderstanding of the mechanics involved
and I'm not really sure googling "how does a trashbag work" will yield effective results there.
This. Having had very absent parents that didnt prepare me for shit I feel bad all the time not knowing basic stuff like how to cook things or shave, but I can and do just google it every time. Im 18 now, and full self-sufficient and living on my own.
lol I'm 22 and I'm just casually browsing this thread trying to learn from others. But also, I'm not that stupid....... right? At least I know how to do all those things (no shame)
THIS! I grew up in a pretty full house so there was always someone who would do things for me, usually one of my sisters or my dad. My parents ended up separating and by the time my sisters moved out it was pretty much just my mom and me left. Since my mom works all the time I had to learn how to do a lot of things on my own, what I struggled with the most was definitely the cooking. But yeah, you can pretty much learn ANYTHING on YouTube and a little bit of googling.
I just fell in this comment, but what I wanna say applies to most the stuff here
Up to the age of 22, I never did much myself (hate cooking, hate ironing, hate the dishes, hate cleaning... you get the idea, and people mostly would do it for me). However, I’d seen most of these things being done
I’ve seen people doing dishes and knew what a clean dish looked like; I’ve seen people handling the oven and the stove (although the oven is a pain in the butt because we still use gas); I’ve seen clothes being ironed; some TV trope taught me about the microwave and the metal spoon thing; I can read the instructions for a washing machine and I can read the instructions for clothes cleaning stuff (even when brands are really different from each other)
Like, if I didn’t know how to do X, I’d read the instructions; if they weren’t enough, I’d look up other instructions written by other people; if those weren’t enough because my brain wasn’t computing, I’d look up a video... a worst, I’d ask someone, but it never got to me making a mess (some minor clumsiness and injury, but that was it)
Some of the things here are basically “this grown up child has never even watched TV”... I just don’t get it
For real. I never cooked until I moved out at 18, but I feel like it takes almost no common sense to figure out how to make a basic meal. Even without anyone explicitly teaching you. Have some of these people never even been in the same room as a person, cooking, cleaning or doing basic tasks?
I find those people are more likely to ask questions through a Facebook status rather than opening Google and asking the same thing, i'm flabbergasted everytime
I get that maybe their parents didn’t teach them how to cook but did they grow up taking showers without a shower curtain? I feel like even a half wit would think something wasn’t right after that first shower.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine trying to google “why is my bathroom floor wet after a shower?” haha when the answer is a shower curtain
I agree, but sadly not everyone has access to internet yet. I reckon things would have been easier if parents taught them "how to learn things". I mean when I learnt that I could go to this place called a library and learn various stuffs by reading books from there, I felt like I discovered great. I learnt about first aid from there. Super helpful
I can actually sort of explain why they might not want to Google something like that. It's not necessarily the case for everyone, but in my case it's from shame or feeling way too dumb not being able to do something simple like not fuck up making spaghetti or other basic things like that.
There is literally no explanation for not understanding why your bathroom is wet after showering with no shower curtain. There is no parent on earth or Google machine that can help that.
I mean, you're right but there are things so stupid and/or obvious that even google can't help you.
Like googling "why is my bathroom so wet all the time" will hardly give an answer of "do you have a curtain?"
Ive found that Google is great if you know what the problem is. But just googling "why is my bathroom always wet when I shower" is going to give you so many irrelevant results that you won't know what to do with them. Also, if Google says part of cleaning the kitchen is to sweep the floor, what qualifies as sweeping the floor? Does that little speck of dust caught in the grout which you would need a magnifying glass to be able to see need to be swept up? What about leaving stuff under the fridge? What about that line of dust under the dust pan that you just can't for the life of you get all swept up?
When you don't have a clear concept of what a clean kitchen is, all of these decisions can be anxiety inducing and make you feel useless. Plus, if you get them wrong or ask someone too many of them then you will be seen as incompetent. Google can sort of help a little with these questions, but it would be excessively time consuming to wade through all the info on each question trying to decide exactly where there line on clean vs not clean is for each of those questions. And that's just questions off the top of my head about sweeping the kitchen floor.
Sometimes you don't know what to google. Like, you could be missing something really dumb right now and you wouldn't even know you were missing it, so why would you google it?
I knew someone.who put their recycling bin right outside their window so they didn't need an indoor one as well - they could throw recycling directly out the window. Would you ever think to google that?
The issue with this thinking is that you've made an assumption that they had any knowledge that anything was wrong at all in the first place.
Think about it like this: you've been raised, every day of your life, without a shower curtain, your parents never owned one,, their parents never owned one, and you were probably sheltered enough that you've never needed to shower at a friends place. it pretty safe to think that, if you were to see one in media, you'd ignore it, pass it off as an outlier and not question it's purpose.
Now think about the last time you had a casual conversation about shower curtains, do you even remember one outside of this thread\post or directly related conversations? Its not something that's likely to ever come up until you find yourself in the position like the one in which you found out.
Basically my point is that circumstances can mean that someone who's had no past experience with a thing and it benefits, may not even know that there is any problem(or solution) in the first place, let alone something they need to google, so really its still entirely on the parents (or their parents, or theirs) that failed to teach a child about basic life skills and common practices.
I know it’s technically the parents fault in these instances
But not the shower curtain one. They would have grown up with that. If you had a shower curtain your whole life but were too dumb to get one on your own you just fucking deserve it.
I was terribly infantilised by my parents. It’s so embarrassing that I’m to ashamed give examples. You would have thought by 16-17 I would be breaking free, but that was the world I knew, I didn’t know any better (my parents also isolated me). I wish I’d had google and reddit back then, but being independent was an alien concept to me.
Centuries ago there was a practice where an adult would bind a babies feet together with rope. As the child grew their feet became twisted and deformed and they were then forced to beg on the street. Imagine a parent instead of binding their child's feet binding their brain as they grow. That child won’t mature at the same rate as other children. That’s what extreme infantilisation does to a person, it emotionally stunts and cripples them. Luckily some have an epiphany and see that they need to change. I consider extreme infantilisation a form of abuse.
I remember coming home from School in 1st grade and reheating leftovers for myself to eat before my parents got home. This was in 1975, so no microwave. Then probably 3rd grade, my dad would call on the phone, hanging on the wall, and talk me through how to brown ground beef for dinner because he was getting ready to leave work to come home. He made me rip apart the lb of ground beef by hand into little pieces and put it into the pan. It was years later when I realized that I could just put the whole lb of ground beef in the pan and just chop it up with my spatula. Before anyone tries to question my time line, I am spot on because I remember exactly what house we were living in when this happened and that my parents were still together and that was up until 1976.
It is in no way the parents’ fault that their child is incompetent with this stuff. Bills? Sure. Driving? Probably.
But, come on. Not knowing how to remove a trash bag? Not realizing that water splashes? That’s just plain stupidity right there. That has nothing to do with parents.
Probably not a factor to your story, but bathrooms in Japanese homes are simply rooms you step into and shower with no separated shower stall or curtain. Just drains into the floor (or under the tub). Generally, you would step inside the shower room, shower while standing outside the bath. If you want to use the bathtub, you shower BEFORE entering the tub.
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve always lived in homes with glass walls around the shower, too. Most of the other people’s whose homes I visit (family) also had glass shower walls, so shower curtains were not needed. So this 22 year old may have never seen a shower curtain before! 😏
I had a close friend move from his family's basement to a house off campus. His mother was always very nice but you could tell she lived to baby her children. Even when they were 21+.
First instance. I came over because he was trying to find the phone number for the maintenance guy because the dishwasher was broken. It overflowed and bubbled everytime he used it. I identified the problem. He was putting Dawn sink soap into the dishwasher. Kinda don't but I could see how he was confused. It's actually called Dishwashing Soap.
Second Instance. Asked me if he needed to take Hot Pockets out of the box before microwaving them. In high school, his mother always made us food and brought it to the basement. Sure.
Instance three. Sending a utility bill. I coached him thru how to write a check, address an envelope, and use a stamp. When we arrived at the big blue mailbox, he walked up and didn't know what up do. He was really funny and quite the jokester so I assumed he was being funny.
Only when he tried to open the mailbox from the very bottom did I understand he was legitimately befuddled.
My parents never taught me how to write a check so the first time it came up I looked like such an idiot. I just stood there at the front of the line kind of frozen, clueless but too ashamed to ask for help. The nice lady behind the counter, moved by my deer-in-the-headlights look, took pity on me and, like my mom should have done, showed me how to fill it out so I could pay my bill. I still cringe when I think of that.
Because I was an 18-year old horny idiot standing in line thinking about girls instead of what I was in line for. Until I got to the front of the line, then reality came crashing in on my daydreams.
DaniMW · 3 points · Posted at 10:21:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope you don’t mind if I laugh at that VERY honest and detailed answer! 😉😂😂
Looking back, I feel like I walked around in a testosterone-driven fog all those years. I was probably around 25 before my head cleared and I could think two constructive thoughts in a row. Probably an exaggeration but that's what it looks like in retrospect.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 19:57:29 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not a man, so I can’t quite relate.
But based on what other men describe, I really think what you describe is quite standard. I don’t think you should feel ashamed of anything.
The main thing is that you men learn to ask what girls want or think, even in your ‘horny fog.’ As long as you men do that, then you’re fine. Normal, hormonal men who aren’t a threat to women because they know the difference between feeling things and acting on said feelings without consent. 😊
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think that you (or anyone else) are a total moron for not knowing how to write a cheque at 18. If it hadn’t come up before. And bank employees literally get paid to help with that kind of thing, so you’re not an idiot.
Do you really need someone to teach you some of these things though? My parents never "taught" me how to remove a trash bag, but first time I lived alone I just picked up the trash bag and tied its top as I would tie a balloon. Didn't even need to think about it lol
The shower curtain thing happened to me. The shower in the house where I grew up had a sliding door to get in and out, so I had never used a shower curtain. One time I was staying in a hotel, and decided to take a shower. It had a shower curtain, so I closed the curtain, but when I got out of the shower, the bathroom floor was sopping wet. It turned out that I put the shower curtain on the outside of the tub instead of the inside. This allowed water to get on the floor.
Okay, but my 3 year old understands that if the shower curtain isn't closed then there will be water all over the floor. I mean, she doesn't care, but she gets the concept. How tf did a 22 year old not make that connection?!
Good point, but buddy is still a fucking idiot for not understanding that you need something to block water from bouncing off your body and making a huge mess on the floor
I moved out at 19 to the opposite side of the world from my family, had always had showers with sliding glass doors.
New apartment was one of those showers over a bath type situations that required a curtain but I'm not joking, I had no idea.
This was in a block of apartments and it took water leaking from my constantly drenched bathroom floor to the apartment below for me to realise there was an issue.
Still feel so bad for my downstairs neighbours, shower curtains are REAL AND NECESSARY.
Not that I recall at anyone else's house where I grew up, and I guess I would've seen one in Psycho etc. but did not put 2 and 2 together.
I think it was more that I knew what they were but assumed if it needed one then it would be there already, but I'd never been exposed to the idea of when you move somewhere new you might need to buy a shower curtain. It really just didn't cross my mind at all.
And since I've moved back to my home country I can only think of one house I've been to that had this sort of shower. Very strange.
That's fair. I've always had a shower curtain growing up and in dorms, but when i moved into my apartment i didnt realize that I forgot to buy one and had to kind of shower with it angled towards the wall and hope for the best.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 21:35:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
these stories are giving me a headache 🤦🏼♂️
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here I am teaching my 5yo how to do laundry (obviously with help) and how to bake simple things.
My adult spouse still doesn’t flush the toilet every time he goes pee. Well we have 2 separate bathrooms in our apartment, one in the hallway, and another in our bedroom. We don’t use the one in our bedroom (unless someone is using the main one).
One day I noticed a smell coming from our bedroom. Like it wasn’t in our bedroom but it was wafting around our bedroom. It took me a while to find because like I said, we don’t use the other bathroom so it wouldn’t have occurred to me to check it. I traced the smell to the bathroom and saw a toilet full of stagnant pee that was murky, meaning it was sitting there for a LONG time (maybe a few days/weeks or so). Apparently our child learned from him that he doesn’t have to flush the toilet everytime he pees so they were both peeing and not flushing our second toilet. 🤮
I give them crap every time they don’t flush and make sure they DO. Also spouse had to clean the toilet A LOT to remove the stains. They did it out of laziness though which is still disgusting.
I lived in a house with 7 roommates until March this year. A few of them moved to the US from India. One was in her 40s. I got to show them things like how to tell which breaker had tripped (otherwise, they would trip all of them to fix the one that tripped), how to use the oven...how to make pasta...
Neither my dad nor my brother can take out the garbage by themselves. Together they can do it, but not alone. My brother can't tie the bag shut unless it has drawstrings or flaps. So my dad takes it out. My dad can never find the open end of the new bag. He just tries to peel the layers apart. No matter how many times we tell him to rub it between his fingers he can't figure it out. So my brother puts the new bag in.
I dunno, man, after reading AITA and r/relationships I've learned a lot of men don't know how to wipe their butts, so I'm ready to believe anything now.
I never understood people who flood their bathrooms even with a curtain or door. Just dry off a bit before exiting, and maybe turn off the shower beforehand if you're not???
I had to teach myself to live alone when I moved abroad when I was 23 years old.
Trust me, I didn't know how to wash clothes, how to properly use the oven, how to cook certain really dumb things. I seriously didn't know how to cook rice for example.
But eh, all of it changed in less than a few months, and I've been rocking it for years now
All those things except maybe working the oven, don’t even need to be taught. It’s like they never lived in a house.
VLC31 · 2 points · Posted at 01:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a certain lack of brain activity here. I never had to do anything when I lived at home so when I went out on my own there was a learning curve, but I do have eyes on my head and even if I hadn’t had to do a lot of things I head seen them being done. You pick up a lot of stuff without even realising it, unless you are totally clueless.
When I moved in she told me “we can't use a shower curtain because it create a wet patch on the floor and hurts the ceiling below us. So, you just have to be really careful not to get water on the floor when you shower."
A few months later I realized that she just didn't know to tuck the curtain inside the tub.
Reminds me of a post I saw on here way back. Chick had a roommate that took FOREVER to do laundry. They eventually found out she was using every setting, one after the other, all around the dial. For EACH LOAD
bg-j38 · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shared a house with a couple people for a brief period of time and one of the guys would always leave the bathroom soaked. We had a shower curtain even but I guess he just left it open? To make matters worse, he would leave black nasty dirt on the bathroom floor and track it into his room which was thankfully just a few feet away. We finally had to sit him down and explain both how to shower and how to wash your feet. Was glad to move out of there after a few months!
I dated a guy who showered with no soap and no shower curtain. When I asked him why, he said he wasn't going to spend the money on it. We got in trouble for water leaking through the floor in our apartment to the ceiling below. Finally I went to Target and bought a damn shower curtain and body wash. I told him if he didn't shower properly, I would go in their and scrub him myself. Finally he learned his lesson.
my favorite, complained one day that their bathroom was always sopping wet every time they showered. Finally realized that they never put up a shower curtain!!
I had a roommate like that. It took several reminders and increasingly detailed explanations about which side of the tub the curtain needed to be on to stop the water from just flowing on the floor.
Friend of mine had a shower with a shower curtain. I'd never used one with a curtain, only a set of doors, so had no clue that the curtain had to go INSIDE the tub.
I stepped out to a huge mess.
I dried myself off, put my clothes on, and told my friend I was mopping her bathroom for her because I'm an idiot.
I was astounded when I moved into a place with a kitchen how few of my roommates knew to COLLAPSE boxes before recycling them. Like guys, we don’t have to take the recycling out every day if you collapse your boxes? It became a major pet peeve of mine
I grew up feeling like I was a pretty useful kid. Shoveled the snow in the driveway. Raked leaves. Mowed the lawn every week since I was 13.
It gave me a decent enough work ethic, but do you notice a pattern in those chores? They're all outside, and things that rarely matter as a broke millennial living in an apartment.
I did know how to sweep and mop and stuff, but since those were never my usual jobs, they were never habits. And I was terrible at them. Parents never showed me how to cook, either. Thank god I took home ec.
I am an older woman living in a roommate situation because rent is so high. My roomies (3M, 1F) and I keep to ourselves. No one but me actually cooks real food.
About 4 weeks ago, 3 of us decide to have a BBQ despite COVID19.
Now I suspected "L" (20s) could not cook because I had to show him how to reconnect our electric burners. (I had cleaned the stovetop earlier not reconnected them). This was confirmed when we had to tell him the baked beans were bubbling therefore DONE. Yet "T" put him in charge of watching the corn and the cob boil while "T" dealt with a phone emergency back in his room. I was with the coals and meat. "L" literally let the water boil dry and allowed the corn to continue to cook. Burning the corn and ruining the pan. He was absolutely oblivious. I mean not even an oops man sorry....
I dont get why people get mad about ignorance like this. Dude just never got told the right way of never figured it out, and as soon as he did, he did it the right way. He would only be stupid if he continued to do it the wrong way to spite is friend, but hes just like every other person going through life and improving themselves
Unless his parents didn't use trash bags, use the oven, or have a shower curtain, then your roommate had zero excuse to be doing those things. Those are things you can learn from observation and don't need to be explicitly told
Hey you met my bf's mom. And then she wants me to wheel the big bins right to the front door so she can feel like she's doing something by putting her trash inside. No, that takes more effort. Just give the bags to me and I'll take care of it. Same goes with dishes and cleaning in general.
Wtf, how do you not know how to close the shower curtain? Thats common sense. It also might mean that their parents were doing it for them up until they left home.
Yeah, I had a roommate in college who didn't know how to use a mop. Or plunge a toilet. When I unclogged it after what seemed like an entire roll of paper had been flushed, the reaction was like I had performed actual magic. I found this hilarious because I have absolutely zero handyman skills. If it involves anything more than a screwdriver, I need help. But I can plunge a toilet.
I can understand not learning some things, but if I had only ever taken baths and discovered a shower with no curtain, after about 48 hours I would have invented the shower curtain
The shower experience happened to me when I was sharing a hotel room with a high school friend as a junior in college! ...She also didn't know how to fry an egg (different time/conversation, but still!?)
Best part is, she period-stained her hotel bed and did nothing to fix it but literally cover it up with the duvet
tmccrn · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I promise that I am trying to teach my young adults to do these things. Some have been doing it for years. Some won’t press the button on the washer even when it is all set up
I can understand the others but the shower curtain baffles me. How do you not know about that? Even if they had doors previously, you'd think they'd notice the lack of door.
Gonna be honest- this makes me feel super relieved that I've taught my 11 year old enough life skills that she regularly makes and serves me breakfast and coffee in bed (and obvs I'm always happy that she's nice enough to want to). And cleans up the bathroom floor without being asked. Still working on personal hygiene tho.
I'm seeing a lot of college roommates in this thread.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That shower curtain roommate was me. I grew up with sliding shower doors. I didn't do the whole shower curtain outside and liner inside the tub correctly.
I made so many enemies because of that stupid door.
i had this same problem with shower curtains til i was about 14 years old. the house i grew up in had one of those shower doors that slides open so i didn't have much experience with a shower curtain. i always wondered why there was always water on the floor when i showered at a hotel. then it happened when i was staying at my dad's house and he was incredulous that i didn't know how a shower curtain worked lol
All three of these are so basic no one ever had to show me, tell me, or talk to me about any of them. No one ever showed me how to pump gas into my car either, but I feel like if you’re too stupid to figure certain things out, for the love of god, please don’t procreate. Chimps are shitting out smarter babies than that. (Now THAT’S belligerent)
Um....wow. Not knowing how to change a trashbag? I.... don't even know what to say to that. I can actually kind of understand the shower curtain one though, because we had those sliding doors on our tub when I was growing up. Went on vacation at the end middle school, and the rental we stayed at had a tub with a shower curtain. I didn't realize the liner went in the tub, so the floor got soaked and I was super embarrassed. But at least I realized you pulled the curtain across the tub (and that you needed one)!
Lol stop blaming the parents for every little piece of stupidity. My parents never taught me all this but I still learned. You can't be taught every single thing in existence.
Humans are curious by default and if you don't learn this simple shit by yourself it's on you.
I never assume anyone has basic skills when they go to college. I planned a dorm meal and legitimately taught neighbors how to boil water, drain pasta, make garlic bread (with garlic powder, butter, and sliced bread). I taught people how to peel carrots and chop potatoes and then that they had to take the scraps out of the sink and not just wash them down. I taught them how to do laundry, use a dust pan, and operate a vacuum. I know some were rich or were told to study and they didn't have chores, but I seriously wonder how they picked up nothing from watching other people or movies, ever.
idma · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College (or age 18-25) is the time for people to get kicked in the butt. Because the working world won't do that, they would just boot you out of the building
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But taking the trash bag out of the trash can requires no knowledge beyond what those two things are. You just pick it up and that's it.
Is it possible his family was very poor? Homeless? You don’t need to be the one buying/installing a shower curtain to know what one is? I’m sure everyone who showers knows unless you have one without a curtain lol
The fact that the roommate learned in the end is good character growth. That’s why I really think everyone should be given the opportunity to live alone in their early adult life and it should be compulsory for them to work (retail, sales etc) to understand the value of work and money
u/buzzybnz and I have a sister-in-law (SIL) a little like that. We all travelled out of town for a family wedding. I need an accessible shower, so she asked if she could use it because she's tall and the shower in their room was more for shorter people (brother didn't care and he's taller than her). Anyway, she came out of the complaining that the floor was all wet, the water had made it out into the lounge area and that luckily her clothes were dry. It turns out the shower head was a little older and drooped in a way that pointed towards the door. This is fine...if you SHUT the shower curtain and move the showerhead away.
and, my favorite, complained one day that their bathroom was always sopping wet every time they showered. Finally realized that they never put up a shower curtain!!
Oh, Lord.
So they were all, "My goodness this is a terrible design for a bathroom! Why did they leave this whole side of the shower open?"
I lived a very sheltered childhood. Always had a maid (labor is very cheap here) cleaning the house, cooking, and taking care whenever mom was gone (which is rare, she's not working). Never once did i have to take out the trash until i moved out.
I didn't know how, but in my apartment out of the 3 other people i am the cleanest. I cleaned my room at least once a week. And guess who takes out the shared trash can every few days? That's me.
Everyone around me are able to take out the trash. But their sense of cleanliness is screwed up that they will still try to stack the trash on the bin even when it's overflowing already
Oh gosh, I have a few from when I first went to university, living in halls and realising some people literally did not know how to cook a THING.
There was one girl who bought chicken and kept it in the cupboard, despite being told by pretty much everyone else in the flat that it was meant to go in the fridge or freezer. Flat out refused to listen, kept putting it in the cupboard. Don't know how she didn't get sick.
Another flatmate who didn't eat potato for almost a year because he didn't know how to peel them and didn't want to try (I tried to teach him 🤷🏻♀️). Then he realised he could buy pre-prepared.
One guy who decided to take a nap whilst cooking sausages for dinner, just left them in the grill and only woke up when the fire alarms were going off and the whole building was being evacuated.
Finally two girls who again almost caused a fire if I hadn't found them... These two were actually my friends and I was looking for them, found them in one of the kitchens about to "cook" a stir fry. They had a wok with about an inch depth of oil in the bottom, SHIMMERING because it was so hot, and they weren't sure if it was hot enough to cook with yet. They were really glad I found them because they couldn't tell that it was boiling oil and were worried the food wouldn't cook. I was really glad I found them because if they had thrown their stir fry veg in there it would have probably caused a fire, or at least spat boiling oil all over them. I turned it off and tossed one piece of veg in there - turned black almost instantly.
Honestly I was just shocked and appalled that so many 18 year olds had never cooked for themselves before, and even worse that their parents had sent them off to fend for themselves not having taught them. It's actually scary thinking back!
Oh god an old roommate (this was after college, mind you!) used to keep his chicken in the toaster oven. He had already cooked it but didn't realize you can't just leave an entire cooked chicken in the toaster oven for 2 days and still eat it. Yelled at me when I threw it out. Also yelled at me for just reheating the water in my teapot from earlier in the day instead of putting in new water every time because I would be "concentrating the chemicals" and it was unhealthy. I walked in on him masturbating in our living room once. The image will never leave me. What a roommate
Ugh some people are unreal!! Just makes you wonder how they manage to keep themselves alive, hold down jobs etc when they are that clueless! Living with other people really is eye opening (probably not a good thing in your case with the living room... Situation).
I actually forgot to add that chicken girl was keeping RAW chicken in the cupboard - she'd buy a pack of raw drumsticks out of the shop fridge and put them in the cupboard at home. Mental.
Yeah no idea, once she didn't open the packet and it started like... expanding? When something goes off and you know it's releasing some kind of gas as it decomposes. I just chucked it into one of the outside bins - wouldn't normally touch anyone else's food in the kitchen but I wasn't waiting for that to explode!
Tea snobs (like myself) will tell you not to reboil water because it'll make the tea taste flat, but if that's not a problem you're having then certainly there's nothing dangerous about it.
Oxygen etc. bubbles out when you boil it. The theory is that if you don't have enough air in your water, you won't get the full flavor out of the tea/coffee. It's debatable if it's true, since you're already boiling the water once to brew it anyway, but it's a harmless practice so I consider it worth it just in case, personally.
My mother used to tell me reboiling the water makes it lose oxygen as well. This makes no sense to me at all. If you lose oxygen from water, you end up with hydrogen or something like it. Water can’t exist without the oxygen molecule. Sure, water evaporates but how on Earth does water exist without oxygen? I can’t even begin to wrap my head around that being in the least bit true.
It's not the oxygen that's part of the water molecules that's being released, it's the oxygen (and other gases like nitrogen) hanging out in between them. Depending on how warm or cold it is, pressure, etc. the amount of oxygen dissolved into water can change. It's how fish breathe! Also why fancy bartenders will sometimes tell you to make ice cubes with boiled water if you want them really clear and perfect.
But the fact that that last one works is what makes me think it probably won't really affect your tea all that much. The water is already boiled by the time it hits the leaves either way.
Basically there are two chemical bonds found in water: between each water molecule (hydrogen bond—weak) and between the atoms of one molecule (covalent, very strong and tough to break). Boiling water will break the surface tension and the hydrogen bonds, so H2O gas will rise as steam, BUT boiling will NOT break a covalent bond, therefore will not separate the H2 from the O. So there is no decrease in oxygen by boiling alone; There is only a (slight) decrease in liquid water.
People have looked into it. Here's one of many pages describing it. While it is true that cold water can hold more dissolved gas than hot water, that's not the big factor. The dissolved gasses get removed to the same level on the first boil as the second or third, so assuming you boiled it normally,
Other contaminants (like scale buildup) can cause a flavor difference. Each time you boil it some of the scale dissolves, and you notice it. Clean your pots, pans, or boilers, and it should be resolved.
Tbh I think my immune system may be above average because my mum would always (and still does 😬) leave out cooked chicken, bolognese, you name it, on the kitchen counter for 24+ hours.
Maybe due to laziness. Maybe due to having a super old, small sink. Maybe to prevent dad from eating good food, who knows
Like she doesn't want to pack away the food into tupperware into the fridge so maybe it's easier for them to leave the fry pan on the stove. That's what I assume anyway
My grandma did this with cooked food, I think just from not knowing any better (she grew up in a Greek village with no such thing as a fridge) and tbh nothing ever made us sick... Things do last outside of the fridge, just not for long.
My parents on the other hand owned restaurants for 20+ years so food hygiene is a big thing for us!
I don’t get why leaving cooked chicken out would make you sick. My mom does the same thing and always has and so do I. To be fair, we have pretty good immune systems too. The cutoff point is about 36 hours. It starts to go bad after that and if it hasn’t been eaten by then it won’t be.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:40:09 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's because although the food is cooked, after 2 hours at room temp, food poisoning bacteria begins to multiply. Not everyone will get ill from it that quickly, I don't, but the bacteria count is growing for sure.
There is an urban legend about not reboiling water. It's been debunked but it's been around since kettles became a common thing. As far as the chicken, if it was cooked all the way through and with enough salt it might -- MIGHT -- be ok to eat 2 days later. But not something I'd risk.
Depends. Brined poultry does last longer cooked but I still wouldn't be eating that. I'm just speculating on how the person left meat out for two days didn't end up in the hospital.
Just to brighten your day: Water is a chemical by definition. Just think of all the people who doesn't want any chemicals in their food or drink, and laugh.
Beware! Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a chemical that is found in our city’s water pipes, dangerous if inhaled, and the main component of acid rain! Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO can cause severe tissue damage, and contributes to soil erosion! This dangerous chemical needs to be banned!
/s
And just for funsies for nerds like me: DHMO.org will give you a good chuckle hehe
While that is all true, banning Dihydrogen Monoxide would be overkill. It has several benign uses, including:
- Dihydrogen Monoxide consumption has been linked to increased athletic performance, but unlike other steroids you are unlikely to overdose on it.
- Dihydrogen Monoxide is a critical component of many green energy projects
- Dihydrogen Monoxide, while not FDA approved, has been found to produce medically promising results in patients suffering from heat stroke.
While more regulation certainly is necessary, with wise management we can use Dihydrogen Monozide to improve life as we know it
vikio · 26 points · Posted at 03:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 36 now and sometimes people same age as me seem surprised by my descriptions of what I cooked for dinner. Like they'll say "wow you like to cook huh? I don't do anything that fancy" and I'm like... I put rice in the rice cooker and pushed a button... Or microwaved a "baked" potato. Then added store bought sides. Maybe a vegetable. What do these people eat?
I don't get why so many parents just end up not teaching their kids to cook. My mom taught me and my sisters to cook when we were about 7 or 8. Whenever she wasn't around to make lunch, we would cook for everyone (our dad would help, but we rarely needed it). The fact that so many adult humans have no idea how to cook things properly is actually sad. You only have to make a few meals to learn enough valuable information about how to properly prepare food that you could at least live off of.
It's honestly a good thing you helped them. I appreciate you friend.
In my case, it's because I'm the youngest of five. My parents had the older four in the span of five years, and I came along four years later.
When my mom was teaching my older siblings to cook, they always chased me out of the kitchen for being in the way. When I got a little older and my mom expected me to help with cooking, she got pissed off that I didn't know how. I reminded her that she and my sibs had always chased me out of the kitchen. Instead of teaching me to cook, she simply gave up and did it all herself. I wouldn't be surprised if other people who never learned to cook were in similar circumstances.
I'm now an adult and living on my own and I've taught myself how to cook. Thanks, Mom.
Awh this makes me really sad! I think it's one thing if someone has no interest in cooking despite parents trying to teach them, or if the parents don't know either, but wanting to learn and not being taught :(
Ah thank you, I felt the same and it just made me sad that so many kids didn't know how to feed themselves so I just helped where I could. I was always into food and cooking so naturally spent a lot of time in the kitchen with my parents growing up. My sister was the opposite but when it was time for her to go to uni my mum still made sure she knew the basics!
I'd say it's not even always the parents' fault. I surpassed by parent's cooking abilities by my 2nd year of college. Now, I'm *light years* ahead of anything they ever made (i'm in my late 30's now).
Even if your parents never taught you, it just takes a bit of determination and common sense/intelligence.
Honestly I was just shocked and appalled that so many 18 year olds had never cooked for themselves before, and even worse that their parents had sent them off to fend for themselves not having taught them. It's actually scary thinking back!
That was me! I had a meal plan in college, so I didn't end up learning to cook anything more complicated than mac'n'cheese until I was an adult living on my own.
My parents were odd. Didn't teach me how do any kind of physical skills whatsoever, but were absolutely insistent that 15-year-old me call our bank myself to get the overdraft charges on my account reversed, because it was an important life skill that I would need in the future. They weren't wrong, but, interesting priorities.
Ha yes some different priorities there! Probably the two areas most kids leave home not knowing how to deal with - feeding themselves and basic finance skills. It's mad when you think about it.
This was my sister - not because my parents didn't teach her but because she had no interest in cooking until she left home. My mum still made sure she knew the basics but she got bored of grilled chicken/fish and plain sides after a while.
She came back from uni a very accomplished cook thanks to YouTube! It's funny how people use the internet to learn all kinds of things, but cooking doesn't occur to some as a skill you can learn online.
I didn't know how to cook until pretty much this year. I got sick of not knowing what to eat for dinner and started watching a LOT of cooking videos on YouTube (like, to the point where its now more entertainment than just for recipes).
Highly recommend the YouTube channels for: Bon Appetit, Binging with Babish, Sam the Cooking Guy, Joshua Weissman, and some of Food Wishes.
Go through any of those channels, see if any of the dishes interest you (also try new things!) and see if you follow along.
I second this! My sister was never interested in cooking, she knew the basics before going to uni but quickly got bored of basic meals. She came back a very good cook thanks to YouTube!
I totally get how learning to cook seems daunting - I would try by looking up 5-ingredient recipes online (or grab a cookbook with these kinds of recipes) so it's not overwhelming and you won't have to buy a million ingredients for your first meals.
Also I find visual aids really help, so cooking videos online as some others have mentioned or recipe books with pics of the various stages of cooking - this helps you to know if you're doing the right thing. Eventually instinct will take over and you'll know if your cooking is going well :)
Feel free to send me a message if you want any tips, I love cooking and I'm happy to help!
Easiest way is probably to pick a food you want to learn how to make and look up the recipe. They have specific instructions for you to follow, and there really aren't many fancy techniques you're going to run into while learning to cook normal stuff (granted, I'm vegetarian, so I don't know if meat dishes are harder to make. They don't look like they are.)
Even if you pick something more complex like risotto, the recipe will tell you all the steps - you may need to practice a little to do them properly, but you shouldn't run into any rocket surgery while cooking normal dishes.
Ok the stir fry oil.... I've done this. I was so confused why it didnt do anything. Finally I turned it down because I figured if it wasnt doing anything at a temp that everything else did ok probably missing something. I sneakily asked my mum about it without revealing I had no idea oil didnt boil. Fail or win?
To experience this, go to a backpackers accommodation kitchen. I can't recall many specifics, just that it was all insanely low budget and low knowledge/skill.
Agreed, I like to eat the skin personally (unless I'm making mash) but he wasn't having that either 🤷🏻♀️ I think he actively didn't want to learn how to cook them for some reason!
Haha living with him was... An experience. He also used to leave all his dishes in and around the sink until they got mouldy - occasionally someone else would just wash them up because of the smell but he got SUPER pissed when I once dumped them all in a box and put them on the floor in a corner (he didn't know it was me). I think he had everything done for him at home and had no desire to learn to fend for himself.
You've never heard the term "affluenza"? Oh man... It's not a pretty story. Here in the States, basically some rich teenage douche got really drunk, got into a car accident and killed several people. The judge basically let him off with a warning citing that his family's wealth hindered his decision making ability and said he had "affluenza".
Yeah. The public was enraged. So, by all means, use the term. It now has the definition of "the inability for an individual to understand the consequences of their actions because of their social status and/or financial privilege." I just wanted you to know where it came from and why, first.
To be fair the oil thing hasn't been all that important in my life. I'm 28. Since learning to cook with oil I've definitely done more, though, but at least I googled it before trying, because I always like to really make sure I know what I'm doing. A tip I learned is that you can test the temp with a wooden handle on something like a knife or spoon if you don't have an actual thermometer. If it starts to bubble around the wood then it's probably hot enough. But this is also just ballparking. Some thing need really specific temps. But for frying something battered or just to make it lightly golden, that works.
Yeah cooking with oil, especially deep frying is a whole skill in itself with knowing different temperatures and how long to cook for etc.
I think most people can get by just knowing that when the food sizzles, it's a good temp for cooking (I usually put one piece of food in, like a bit of onion I'm cooking or whatever to see if it's hot enough).
I think it can be dangerous though, when people don't know how to test the oil and almost start fires like my old flatmates did!
In the US a huge part of the problem is parents working low paying jobs. Constant double shits and or multiple jobs. Which means not much time to teach skills.
I'm reading this and feeling very proud that my 9 year old knows how to cook ramen noodles from start to finish. She reads the directions.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex asked me how to cook a hot dog...and boil a perogie...and fry an egg. I think being coddled by parents is an issue. Or insane parents who want their kids to rely on them for everything in order to feel valid. Idk. He was also in the army, had no idea how to wash dishes or do laundry.
It's quite subtle but you can definitely see the surface of the oil change when it gets super hot. It's happened to me when I've put a pan on to heat and got distracted chopping or prepping something else, you can tell from the look that it's overheated and needs some time to cool before you can start cooking.
Growing up I was taught a trick to see if the oil was hot enough to fry things by flicking water onto it. This was a combination lesson on how water and hot oil react and to never pour water into a grease fire.
But also, an inch of oil in a stir fry? Every stir fry I've ever seen was not literally fried, it's more like a saute.
Yeah, my friends were sort of putting their hands over the oil to see if they could "feel" that it was hot. I was taught to drop a small bit of whatever you're cooking into the oil - if it's too cold nothing will happen, if it's good it will sizzle, if it's too hot it will burn quickly.
The inch of oil confused me too, they had never cooked a stir fry (or anything else?) before and didn't know how much to use. It's weird because we had YouTube and cooking videos etc. then, they just never thought to look it up or ask anyone!
I had to teach my so almost everything. His mom did all the chores and never toughted them anything Because she "didn't want to ruin their childhood". He is now a great cook and seems to enjoy it.
I can understand it to a degree but there is something so satisfying about putting a meal together from scratch. It makes me sad to think some people don't experience that!
This is true, I don't think I'm able to cook for one - I always end up with too much (not to mention recipes aren't really geared towards it). I had a phase where I couldn't really be bothered with it but then I thought, well I might as well take the time and make myself nice dinners! Not always easy to do when you're tired after work though.
It was hilarious, I was literally stood in the kitchen with this guy after he told me he missed eating potato, with a peeler and a spud ready to show him and he just... I don't know, refused to learn? I don't know how he did it. Acted like it just didn't compute and then said he'd have potato when he next went home and his mum cooked for him.
I never had any dangerous encounters at uni cos most people that couldn't cook would just order food. My housemate however, was making a curry, and when I say making, he was cooking some chicken and a pepper and putting sauce on it and serving with microwave rice. I had my back to him washing some dishes and he turns to me "If I was gonna cut a pepper how would I do that" This guy was holding the pepper in his hand and had just stuck the knife in at the top, no chopping board. Then his mum rang so I offered to cut his pepper for him.
I mean... at least he tried! The knife in the pepper could have been an injury waiting to happen though. I hope you taught him about chopping boards at some point haha!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just realized I’ve never peeled a potato, but I do cook with them quite a bit. I just like keeping the skin on .
Here in Korea I keep hearing expats moan about "how expensive groceries are" and "how hard it is to cook for yourself in Korea" or even "how hard it is to eat healthy food in Korea."
God damn, go down to the local market, grab some vegetables and put them on the counter. Most of the local market workers will either know a little bit of English to tell you the price or have a calculator nearby. Then you take those vegetables home, put them in a pot and boil them with some spices. You now have a delicious, healthy, and super cheap (like 2USD for a large pot) soup. Either that or you could buy local chicken breast for super cheap, rice, bread, just about anything is available here.
The problem is that most of the expats I know that complain only eat out and only go to the greasy fast food spots or purely eat Korean BBQ. Either that or they buy frozen meals and whine about how expensive they are.
Left home (and country) at 17. Never cooked or cleaned before, never taught how to as in my culture it's not something most male's do. I was able to make scrambled eggs and heat up pre cooked food and instant noofles. Aside from that, I'd only order in.
My very first "real" meal I tried to cook was Pasta. Coming from instant noodles, I was able to boil them alright. For sauce, I had this exact train of thought.
Movies and TV shows have red pasta. -> Ketchup is red -> It's got to be just ketchup.
I then had completely plain pasta, with ketchup. It was better than just plain pasta, but lacking flavor, so I did the obvious and added more ketchup.
It was disgusting, I threw it out and never cooked anything above scrammed eggs for 3 years.
People back home still get surprised and laugh when I imply that I cook. I hate it.
It honestly makes me sad when parents send their kids out into the world so unprepared :( it's hard to fight against the prevailing culture though, but it makes life hard as you unfortunately had to learn.
I've heard the ketchup thing before though, I can see the logic! I hope you learnt how to make pasta sauce eventually?
It's so strange how people from your culture laugh at you for cooking now though, if you don't mind me asking - where are you from? There's nothing wrong with men being able to cook, it's a life skill!
Yeah definitely. As much as it sucks, I really want more people from the community to go out like this though. At least then they'll learn. There's a lot of gender roles for us, when you combine that with arranged marriages (not necessarily forced), it does not go too well for those involved.
I've heard the ketchup thing before though, I can see the logic! I hope you learnt how to make pasta sauce eventually?
I'm glad. I've told this story multiple times, and always thought it's something super rare and weird.
Pasta Sauce? Yeah, I think I'm alright now, but not even close to the one's seen on TV though. Haha.
It's so strange how people from your culture laugh at you for cooking now though, if you don't mind me asking - where are you from?
It might have not been clear earlier. The laughing thing isn't always a negative one, but I sure don't receive it in a positive way. I'm from Sri Lanka. I think I'm the only male in my family that cooks. Some of the older generation males can cook, but just don't.
Definitely! I like cooking. it's much more convenient that ordering food or going out to eat. Although, I don't publicly say that, irl.
gozba · 1 points · Posted at 10:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I went to live on my own, I could warm up a can and bake an egg. More I wasn’t told. It was my brother and GF who taught me some cooking skills. My kid of 14 can make an extensive and tasty meal, they do not need to find out once they leave the house.
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started teaching my step son when I moved in with him and his dad at 14.
When I noticed he had no idea how to cook anything, no clue how to do laundry, iron, properly clean a bathroom, wash the oil out of his hair, style his hair, or work a blow dryer (I was a hairstylist at the time.) and a few other things.
I started making him help me do all of this immediately. I was so shocked bc I had been doing chores since a very young age, and cooking with my mom. His dad meant well and was being easy on him bc his ex wife had left them both and disappeared for 5 years on him when he was 10 (drugs) and it changed his whole personality, so his dad went "easy" on him thinking it would help. I knew he had the best intentions, but I told him "he is no longer a boy and is going to become a man sooner than you see, do you want him to be a man that can't do anything for himself?
He can at least take care of himself and is now 24 living on his own fine. His house is dirty, but that's bc he's lazy not bc he doesn't know how at least.
Your step son is lucky to have you! I'm sure it was nice and 'easy' for him not having to do anything for himself, but wouldn't have been easy in the long run!
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 14:46:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. He has told me this a lot as he's grown. His dad had good intentions, he really did. The whole spilt between his parents is a fucking mess. That and the poor kid was old enough to realize his mom didn't care and up and left him for 5 years. Then when she did come back she gave up all custody to my husband if he didn't sue her for the child support she never paid. He was old enough to realize his own mother and no problem giving him up, married the man she cheated on his dad with and had another son. He sill sees her and has something of a relationship, but nothing close.
My husband was just trying to be mom and dad, he did teach him many great skills in life, and that kid is so smart it's rediculous how hard he doesn't even have to try. I can't say it didn't hurt him mentally, and in his heart, to know his mom just gave him up like it was nothing. He went from being extremely outgoing and happy , to quite and an introvert who didn't laugh or smile as much.
I cried so hard the day he finally said "I live you" to me, and again on his prom, and again the first mothers day he gave me a rose and just simply said happy mothers day mom. 😭
My last boyfriend ruined one of my anodized aluminum skillets trying for the first time to fry a hamburger. He turned it up to high, put the patty in the pan (no oil), put the lid on, and set a timer for 10 minutes. He didn't think to turn it off when it started to smoke. By the time he took the lid off there were only cinders permanently bonded to the pan.
He also didn't understand that you need to rinse mops while you're using them. He insisted they "just push dirt around", so he would clean the floors on his hands and knees with a bottle of spray cleaner and invididual paper towels. He was AMAZED when I showed him the mop bucket.
I know, right? By the time we split up he was still unable to do his own laundry, prepare any food more complicated than a sandwich, or remember how he liked his own coffee. When I ran into his next girlfriend at a party a couple of years later and someone introduced me as his ex, she said, "I'm so sorry!"
He's now married to a woman who describes herself as an "intellectual housewife". I hope she's competent at traditional guy stuff too because he also had no clue about any of that.
We had evacuations multiple times a week for popcorn burned so badly that it set off the fire alarms. Thank God only 4 or 5 of us in the entire dorm ever used the real kitchen and we all knew how not to burn the place down.
Imo learn 1 recipe to a tee and at least 3 basic recipes. My "expert" recipe is spaghetti and i have learned almost everything about spicing it up to what kinds of sauces to use to cook times for the pasta, you name it. The "minor" recipes are things like a honey dijon mustard sandwich, oatmeal, chili, basically anything that doesn't use many complicated ingredients.
I think at this point in time the parents probably don't know how to cook either. Everything is just freezer to microwave.
dabenu · 1 points · Posted at 11:48:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another flatmate who didn't eat potato for almost a year because he didn't know how to peel them and didn't want to try (I tried to teach him 🤷🏻♀️). Then he realised he could buy pre-prepared.
These products were invented for lazy people... But we're now raising a generation that would starve to death sitting on a pile of raw potatoes, not knowing what to do with them...
Yeah, not gonna lie they come in handy from time to time but it's sad that so many people rely on them entirely. My cousin only recently chopped an onion for the first time because she couldn't get hold of them pre-chopped during lockdown. She had to get her brother who is a chef to talk her through it on a video call. It's crazy.
A friend who was pushing 40 had never paid a bill before. She had gone from living with her parents to living in a dorm to living with her parents again until she got married, then she got divorced and was living on her own for the first time. Got a text from her asking if my power was out too, then she realized it was just her. Her excuse was she never paid attention to the bills because she thought they were "receipts" and that the cost was included in her rent.
Her water was cut off a couple weeks later and we had to talk about that, too.
chengsao · 12053 points · Posted at 00:59:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’m afraid this is about to happen to my brother in law’s (BIL’s) soon to be wife. Not that they’ll get divorced, but she’s 33 and has never lived on her own—she’s just lived with her parents her entire life, including the short time she was in college.
She and my BIL are planning to marry and move her into his place next year; they got engaged earlier this year. For their engagement, she picked out a $15,000 ring and couldn’t wrap her head around why BIL freaked out about it. She genuinely had no concept of how much money that is, nor any concept of what an insurance policy for jewelry looks like or why it would be necessary for such a purchase. Her current plans for the wedding include ~450 guests, and she can’t understand why that’s not affordable.
Blows me away.
EDIT: a bunch of people keep asking if she’s my sister lol. No, she’s not. I’ve only met her a handful of times because she and my BIL (brother in law) live about 8 hours away. My BIL is my husband’s brother.
Edit #2: I was informed that I should’ve explained what BIL meant from the beginning. My apologies to anyone who was confused.
I know living together before marriage has only become the norm over the last few decades, but how tf do you decide to marry someone who you have no living together experience with.
I completely agree. Had I not lived with my ex, I probably would’ve married him and then gone through a nasty divorce. Living with my ex really paved the way for the relationship I have with now with my SO.
Further than that, though, I don’t understand how people can live with their parents into their 30s and still have no concept of finances. I moved out on my own at 21, so I got the knowledge and experience firsthand, but if I had stayed at home then my parents would’ve had me helping with bills because they wouldn’t have wanted me to be blindsided by the way finances work. I just can’t wrap my mind around grown ass adults who have a complete lack of financial literacy.
Also, abuse. My siblings and I grew up in an abusive home. My dad is a narc and was extremely controlling. His physical abuse stopped eventually but verbal, emotional, mental, and financial abuse is still there. I got lucky and moved out at 18. My older brother was kicked out when he was 17. My younger bro is the golden child and my sister is unfortunately the scape goat. But my dad has financially abused her to the point she has no real concept of life skills. I've been helping her for years (shes 25 now) and she's barely able to start getting it together to leave (which has to be in secret). She has her own car, and when she finally got her own car insurance, he hit the roof. There is reasons for people having no life skills. Most times it's because of coddling, but sometimes it's due to abuse. :(
*Edited to add: this is my second most highest voted comment I've made. It kinda breaks my heart that on some level people understand this whether by personal experience or just a basic understanding. Fuck shitty parents who screw their kids up. They aint the ones dealing with the mess.
Also, if you are in an abusive situation, please reach out and ask for help. There are so many resources out there. Please don't stay in it. Doesnt matter if the abuse is from a partner or a parent, it is never ok and you deserve better no matter what they tell you. <3
And sometimes parents end up just doing things for their kids because it’s “easier” than explaining it to them and helping them figure it out.
sart0s · 81 points · Posted at 03:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I had to ask someone in my dorm my freshman year of college how to do laundry. My mom never taught me, and it wasn’t from lack of trying on my part. She refused to teach me because she “could do it faster and better” if she just “did it herself”.
With my parents it's more like they just tell me "everything is on the internet" and I'm over here wondering if the rest of my life will be looking up videos on basic meals and stuff and hope to remember how to do them later.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 07:08:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently had my son use that channel to learn how to shave his face. I'm a single mother, and it's the only thing I haven't been able to teach them myself, as I have no experience with shaving men's faces other than watching my dad lather up his face really well with his brush, and go with the grain, as a child. I (correctly) felt like he needed to know more than that to do a good job of it.
My son said that guy was great btw, and he (son) did a flawless shave from the information he was given.
Same, but I joined the army and was called Private Benjamin because I had no clue how to operate a washing machine or how to sweep a floor. I learned how to clean tile with a toothbrush really quick:(
This is me and cooking. Because I taught myself, my mother's cooking and mine are totally dissimilar. I certainly wasn't abused, but the woman does not want help in the kitchen.
That to me, is a form of abuse. What I mean by that is that if a parent feels that it's "easier" than explaining, by some standard, they must feel the kid is an idiot. And that's not fair.
Ok, being a shitty parent ≠ being an abuser. You can’t put “my mom was bad at teaching me stuff, so I had to google how to make pasta” on the same level as “i was Repeatedly beaten as a child“
No one is saying that. However, not teaching your kids fundamental life skills IS abuse. If you were bad at it but still tried to teach something, your kids would recognize that. Just straight up not teaching IS abuse, though. I don't care how you try to spin it. Abuse doesn't just come in the form of a physical beating. When I came out as bi to my dad, it was in the middle of a fight (one sided fight as I was the one getting hit), and he said "of course you are you fucking whore". honestly...that was way worse than the beating I was getting. I was 16. I still hold scars with that one. Getting beaten isn't the only form of abuse and dont try to kid yourself and say it is.
njb328 · 37 points · Posted at 02:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope that she's able to get out and be safe, healthy, and financially stable on her own! That's wonderful that you're helping her!
It took a lot of healing (and I'm still struggling because I was still enmeshed without realizing it), but I also saw the struggle that I had to go through and didn't want her to have to continue with that.
Grew up in a similar situation with my own mom. Extremely controlling and purposefully kept me ignorant about basic adult stuff in order to have power, reasoning all the while that I was "just not old enough to understand/you just wouldnt get it" while simultaneously admonishing me for being ignorant and unaware. What a cycle.
I was lucky enough that I had mentor-like high school teachers. My math teacher was the one who took the hour after school to walk me through FASFA (no one in my family had ever heard of it, let alone gone to college) and other teachers took time to talk to us as a class about bills and insurance whenever we asked at the end of class. Without them I'd have been totally hopeless when I forcefully moved out at 18 against her wishes.
If your sister can, she NEEDS to find a mentor outside of you. For anyone who suffers from Narc parents, a good older mentor WILL help you more than anything else those first few years. You'd be surprised how much a healthy perspective can both encourage and steer you on the right path.
Plus, someone around your own parent's age is just..man, I don't have the words. It's a wonderful combination of bridging that gap in the parenting you don't have as well as the wisdom of someone who isn't a family member and will not be afraid to be honest with you while simultaneously always making the active choice to have your best interest at heart. That choice is powerful dude. Hope it works for your siblings too, and Godspeed to you.
She's had some mentors, and honestly, she's wise beyond her years when it comes to certain things. I put that on her having to witness all the shit us older siblings went through (she's the baby of the family). She learned a lot faster and I'm so genuinely proud how far she's come. I was a mess at her age. I don't see anything happening for my other two siblings (brothers) and that is only because they are just stuck in their mindset. It's sad that neither of them are willing to change but they basically turned into my dad.
I (34) am in the process of helping my sister (18) escape our narc mom and move cross country to stay with me and build her life skills in a safe place. It's so wild to deal with someone who constantly undermines reality. Solidarity and best of luck to you both.
Thank you. Same to you and your sister. Shes come a long way on her own and I'm super proud of her, but now that she's understanding she needs more help, I'm 100% on board with helping her.
Same. People at work compliment me on being good at figuring out how to solve problems with zilch for resources. I'm like, haha, just my particular lucky talent I guess. In some respects I've practically built a career on the foundation of a childhood spent living in rural isolation with fundamentalist religious narcissists who barely took care of us.
fuck them. They don't deserve you. It's mind blowing how many parents have kids and just use them for their own personal slaves. I refuse to do to my kids what my parents did to me and I make the effort to avoid doing it. When I find myself doing something that my dad or mom did, I correct and rectify the situation as fast as possible.
I work with SPED kids and adults. In the years I have been doing it, I realized their Disability is usually not the problem. The constant enabling is more disabling. I had multiple adult clients perfectly capable of going to school/training, work. And they just dont. Not can't. Won't. The children are not taught to do for themselves. I lost count how many 1st and 2nd graders we taught how to dress themselves, put shoes on, jackets on, eat properly with a fork (or spork) and even toilet themselves.
I lost count how many 1st and 2nd graders we taught how to dress themselves, put shoes on, jackets on, eat properly with a fork (or spork) and even toilet themselves.
I know offices like CPS are underfunded, but how is a kid not knowing how to use the bathroom by the time they reach school age not considered absolute neglect
I DO work Severe/Mod SPED. But a about 4 years ago, we had 2 1st graders with ASD in diapers Their disability did NOT prevent them from being independant. One of the Moms confessed she just did not want to "fight" or put her foot down. We promptly asked for panties, no diapers and we upheld a stressful, strict routine. They both fought it. But by Mid summer school, both were 80% continent. By the next school year, they wore them to bed only. ( it is quite common for SPED kiddos to still wet the bed because of their sleep patterns).
So your dad has basically prevented her from learning to be financially independent?
I’m in my low 30s and have gone through something similar. My mom refused to allow me to have chores or an allowance as a kid, then a job as a teen, then my own bank account all the way through college, doing my own taxes, etc. She hit the roof the day I went and got my own bank account - sounds like your dad with the insurance.
To this day I’ve never even seen my own social security card. Every time I’ve asked for it she makes an excuse. In secret she took out over $12k in loans in my name and then failed to repay them for years on end, crippling my credit score and leaving me in massive debt.
If I read your post right I definitely feel for your sister and know the pain she’s going through. It’s a long road ahead so I’m glad she has a sibling like yourself who’s there for her and trying to help.
I was the one who forced my parents to hand over her passport and ss card. I let her stay on my couch after that one. She was able to go back but I was the one blamed for all that mess. She told me one night that she felt bad that I was the bad guy, I said idgaf. Ive always and will always be the bad guy (I'm the only one who pushes back and moved out voluntarily) and I'm cool with that. My mom is a hardcore enabler and my dad used (and still uses) our belief system against us in the only way a narc can insert eye roll. He's a dick. I still love him, but I want nothing to do with him.
And yes, it is a long road ahead. I'm still dealing with ups and downs (I'm 30 now) to this day. I have my moments of clarity and it sucks. I know she's going to deal with it and it will still be fresh for her, but I'm glad that she trusts me enough to have me be the one to help her.
Honestly, I will eventually have to work with law enforcement (my career choice will have me working alongside them) and I debate daily why I even want to be in this field. I agree with you. It's a shit field and attracts abusers because of the "power shift" that it brings.
Controlling their finances; not allowing them their own accounts (bank, credit, etc); requiring more money than is necessary for "bills", therefore crippling them by not allowing them to save money in any way; not allowing for them to have an income by emotionally abusing them and making them think they won't be able to work because they are insert negative whatever, therefore forcing them to be financially dependent. The list goes on, but it is a recognized form of abuse.
No that absolutely makes sense but I guess not having been exposed to it that’s not what automatically occurred to me. Thanks for taking the time to explain
No problem. I look at this way, you never know unless you ask, and you'll never learn unless someone is willing to explain. Hopefully with you knowing this, if you ever come across this situation be it in your own life or because of a friend/family member, you will better recognize the signs and be able to help them. <3
You're absolutely welcome, and thank you so much for the gold. I know the gold doesn't really mean crap, but I've been having a shit day (new family drama from that side) so it means the absolute world right now that my comment meant so much. <3 <3 <3
*edit: and now my husband wants to know what it does, so I have to investigate what it does. XD
I've taken it and have started schooling (working on my BS right now) to become a psychologist to help people. If I can help people heal even a fraction of my healing, I will have done good. Basically, all the bad that happened in my life, I want to negate it by helping someone. I hope that makes sense. I've learned I don't explain things very well. lol
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:30:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I packed my shit and left. My mom shocked me and helped me, but he sat there dead silent and stared at me the entire time. I think it shocked him more than I shocked myself because he had always threatened me with kicking me out. I was running on adrenaline and my (now ex husband) boyfriend had bought a ticket for me to fly to him (different states), I just needed to get to my friend's house and wait till the day of the flight. It...that was a journey all on it's own. Short story, the friend's mother refused to let her help once she found out what was happening and my mom actually pulled through (for fucking once) and drove me to the airport. To put in context how fucked in the head my dad is, he called me about a week later and told me VERBATIM AND I FUCKING QUOTE "you almost caused me and your mom to divorce. You need to remember that actions have consequences". I forget all the other shit he said because I was absolutely in shock that he even said that to me. Now that I'm a bit more healed than I was then, I realize that me leaving was not the problem. Him losing control of me was the problem. Also...his marriage isn't my problem either.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked because I managed to escape at 17 (backward honour culture and I refused to be a submissive girl). And was just like you verbally, physically and financially abused. I got lucky though I had a white social worker who placed me in a grouphome.
I grew up in a home and culture that pushed family no matter what, and secrecy. When I threatened to call cps one time, my dad used it to threaten and manipulate me that they would take us all away and we'd get separated. He then proceeded to guilt me so badly for that. I realize now as an adult, that cps does there best to not actually separate siblings, but as a 14 year old, wtf do you know? :( I honestly wish someone would have seen and stepped in but that didn't happen, and when someone finally did for my younger siblings (after I left), my dad played the worker. :(
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:13:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my dad played the worker. :(
When I first ranaway from the egg- and spermdonor, my eggdonor also played the social worker. Luckily for me I was 13 and I refused to go back.
My brother and sister were too scared to be honest and so they refused to talk. They still got beat for it and I got blamed for calling. I wasn't even in the same country by the time that happened.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s a great point. An old family friend in my life, could not function as a 30 year old outside her abusive father’s home, because he used money as a means to control her. She had zero life skills and zero confidence or agency. She tried moving out several times, living with friends and family, renting a room briefly but she would always run out of cash and need to be bailed out by her father again.
Unfortunately it eventually ended her relationship with my family because they stepped up to help her out found her new housing, helped with job hunting, and then she tried to reduce her rent to basically nothing, and went back to living with her dad. After that my family washed their hands of the whole situation. Compassion could only go so far.
I understand your family for doing that. Sometimes, helping a person can only go so far. They need to be willing to put in the effort too. Unfortunately, when it comes to abuse, it's difficult. I'm so sorry that she couldn't pull out of it and away from him, but I'm sorry your family had to go through that as well. Sounds like they really cared about her and her well-being. Some people just can't be helped. Learned that the hard and expensive way with my little brother.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fact that you recognize that is a huge step. It took me a long time to realize that and it was actually when I did our (mine and my husband's) taxes one time. He kept insisting he do it, but I realized I had no real experience with it because someone was always doing it for me. I was always dependent on someone. I made him shut up and I did it and then had him look over it. I knew how to budget, pay bills and all that, but I was still new to a lot of things that he had been doing for years before we were even together. I would say, just take the help for now. When you start getting stronger mentally, find one thing and just do it. Insist that you do it without help but with guidance if necessary (like I did with the taxes). There is no shame in not understanding, more so if it was because of abuse. You are free to heal and that is and should be your main responsibility. I wish you luck. It's been 4 years since my attempt and I surprise myself sometimes with how far I've come. When you can start seeing the positives, you will surprise yourself. <3 Just heal, love. You are doing fine. <3
Your sister could probably get support from domestic violence networks. Cops are top of the list for DV perps. Her having to leave secretly is suspicious
She knows this and when the time comes, if she needs to do it that way, she will. But right now, she wants to do this her way, and so I'm going to oblige with that. She has a support system right now (I'm in a different state and can't physically help) that will help her move when the time comes.
this is my second most highest voted comment I've made.
It's called the karma train. The person above you got more upvotes, the person above them even more. The person above them even more. People are not really voting "for you" per se, but that you are following a highly popular comments.
Just letting you know how reddit works, not putting down what you said.
I prefer your explanation. I hate to think that people have personal experience with this. :( It hurts my heart when I see people going through or having gone through what I did.
Yeah, when they are upvoting you, it is not to signify that they have the same personal experience, it is to signify that they like what you have to say, or appreciate what you say, or sympathy. But not because they have had the same thing happen to them, necessarily.
I lived with my mom till i was 30. But by the time I moved out I was paying the mortgage and internet bills. Only learned how to set up an account with the power company this year. Took me....... an afternoon to figure it out, which is to say I just called the power company and asked to set up an account and got some ID and paperwork to fill out.
Its not hard to figure out basic bills and utilities though I suspect some people suffer crippling anxiety about cold calling and making inquiries.
Now that you point it out, I'm not sure why this is something people need prior experience with. Don't most people go into it blind no matter what age they move out at?
I certainly don't remember my parents telling me how to set up those accounts, I think I just poked around online a bit and then called the companies. Good point on the phonecalls, too - if those aren't a problem, you can literally just call and ask "how do I pay you?"
My mom was like this and our electricity and other things were often cut off despite her getting plenty of money from my dad and then eventually her job. My twin sister and I are super neurotic and responsible because of it. Fuck that.
There are a not-insignificant number of cultures where it's expected for kids to live at home til they marry and contribute in other ways. A lot of immigrant parents grew up in poverty, there was no "financial literacy" beyond "there's no money." My husband's family was this, and he was a fucking mess when we got together. Thankfully he had the good sense to listen to me and the good luck that we've both been lucky enough to land good jobs and progress, but he just didn't know, because there was no one to teach him. His parents' finances are a headache I'm constantly untangling, and it's brutal.
It's considered the parent's responsibility. But where did the parent's learn it? There are financial literacy classes at most community colleges, that's their purpose, but unfortunately even community college is out of many people's reach due to costs.
i remember being in high school and helping my dad budget bills (can we pay this, or can we do a partial that). his generation was never taught the struggles that they unfortunately helped create for us. through his unteaching, i learned at a very young age, what a few dollars would mean (and i say this living in one of the most expensive counties in the nation)
It's a side effect of the digital age and has a wife range of impact depending on your generation. I'm 30, my parents are in their late 50s and my grandparents are deceased but would be in their 80s if still alive. My school had very poorly taught home economics that were split into four different elective courses and none of them taught bill paying, budgeting, credit, how to grocery shop within your means, how to buy a car (used or new), how mortgages or loans work, what an APR is, what a $401k is, how to find a general practitioner, when to go to the ER versus an urgent care, what health insurance is and how it works, and so much more.
To answer the question where did my parents learn it, well there are two answers. Some of these things simply weren't issues when they were teenagers and young adults so they never had to learn it. The other answer is school taught some of what they would need to know. For example my dad took a course his senior year in 1979 that taught how to sew patches and buttons onto cloths and how to make a simple breakfast for one, how to write checks, balance a check book...he said they even had a portion dedicated to haggling with used car dealers.
In my case, I learned most of this stuff in courses offered while in the military, which is ridiculous for so many reasons. For some people, you just kind of figure it out I guess, often at an enormous disadvantage because you've probably just made a huge financial misstep leading to the lesson you're now learning.
frygod · 30 points · Posted at 01:34:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my district we had a mandatory class on it. Only one, unfortunately. It included how to budget for a household, how to do your taxes, how to vote, how insurance works, how loans work, and so on. It was the one class that didn't have separate tracks for high achievers and low achievers. When I was getting my teaching license it blew my mind to find out that class was just something my district did, not part of state curriculum.
We had a same type of Home Ec. class freshman year in high school that covered all this too. I didn't know it wasn't a thing for all school districts; we even learned simple sewing to mend clothes in that class.
The majority of states have a financial literacy portion of their state standards, generally as a part of either math or social studies. It is in fact taught most places. It is however taught to 15 year olds who have no current use for that information and most of them won’t need it for 6 or so years. This means all of that “how to make a budget and write checks” information gets forgotten after it is tested. Source: teacher.
People always claim that if basic life skills were taught at school it would solve everything, but think about the things that actually get taught at school that everyone just data dumps and promptly forgets.
Teaching a how to pay a bill is so non relevant to the vast majority of kids at that age, they would just glaze over it.
MorkSal · 32 points · Posted at 01:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I mean, that wasn't taught in school for me either but parents do have a part to play in education. Not to mention how to do laundry etc...
[deleted] · 29 points · Posted at 01:39:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people don't have a strong caretaker or parental figure that worries about their future. Some have negligent or abusive parents. Others, like in my case, don't want you to ever grow up and go away. They do all they can to keep you sheltered so that you don't have the capability to adult and leave them.
1_5_5_ · 7 points · Posted at 02:21:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This! I (21) live with my BF (22) for almost two years now. We've always shared the cost of every bill but for the first year or so we would also share the responsibility of them, he had to pay some and I others. My mother taught me, since I was 12, in the end of the year I'm supposed to sit, organize and check every bill receipt (in fact, I would do this for her every year since she taught me). She also taught me everything I know about finances. A year went by, we living together, and I sit, organize and check. We had multiple bills under his responsibility not paid for, tough I gave him my share of the money to. Some he had a explanation, some he had just forgot. Since then I'm responsible for every bill and for pointing what're his full price share.
When I look back I know his mother wasn't considered fit to raise him and he was adopted by his uncle. He had everything needed to survive but not a solid parental figure. And I just like having electricity and internet so I really don't care being responsible for all the bills even being bipolar and sometimes not in touch with reality. I take this matter serious, as part of my treatment.
Now I'm trying convincing him to call and negociate him own credit card debt. He doesn't believe he can 'cause no one taught him banks will aways give you some deal if you ask for it. But the debt is there escalating every month due taxes!! Family background matters, this is why we should have it taught in schools.
Knew one guy whose mother never taught him how to do any basic self-care stuff because she wanted him to NEED her.
I taught him how to make scrambled eggs! Noting fancy, nothing five star or anything, but eggs, a splash of cream, and stir some cheese in there as you're folding it into the bowl... bam. Breakfast.
Also showed him how to mop a floor. He was totally willing to learn, and was such a sweetheart about it, I felt so bad for him.
TEACH HIM ALL THE THINGS!
Even showed him how to fold a fitted sheet, a flat sheet, and then put both in a matching pillowcase so they can be stored together.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:49:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's very kind of you. My mom wanted us to need her too, as a result of her own depression and other mental problems. Thankfully it sounds like that guy got out of that situation.
Yes, of course. I'm not opposed to having some of that stuff in school, but when you have parental figures, they are failing you if they don't give you some life lessons. This is of course a generalisation, the are always cases where it's not their fault etc...
IDK, my parents didn't teach me anything about basic life skills. Things like getting an apartment and paying bills are pretty self explanatory and you dont need to be a genius to figure them out.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree, but the lack of confidence can keep someone from learning until it's considered "late". You can figure stuff out yourself, but it'll take longer and you may not do everything correctly or have the same advantages. Some things are also more self explanatory than others.
I agree. It's not the school's responsibility. There are other institutions, church, neighbors, extended family that are part of a child's life that are not working.
They need financial and emotional literacy classes in school. FUCKING HELL people have no clue what they're doing. If your parents were idiots, who is going to teach you not to be an idiot?
How to foster healthy relationships, how to set boundaries, how to nurture mental health...
How to budget, how to save for the future, how to hustle used shit for fun and profit.
jn29 · 8 points · Posted at 01:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is such a bullshit reason. I've lived on my own since I was 18. By the time I was 13ish I had a pretty good grip on personal finances. Partly because my mother is useless and never "learned it" herself. I learned by listening to my parents fight and my dad trying to explain basic math (balancing a checkbook). Seriously. As a young teen I grasped the fact that you shouldn't spend more than what you (or in my mother's case what my father) makes.
I just cannot roll my eyes hard enough. It's not difficult.
These skills don’t need to be taught in a school setting. We have the internet, any question can be answered and any skill can be learned through a simple typing of a few words or phrases. People choose to remain ignorant because they’re comfortable being taken care of and not having to take charge.
That's no excuse. Schools owe students what's in the curriculum. You're talking about life skills. That's on the individual. At some point an adult is responsible for their own failures.
Why not? Source: I am not a teacher or retired teacher.
It's not like the administration is unaware of it. Like, every single post and thread I've ever read has had this complaint, so it is not like it is completely alien to principles of middle school/high schools. So what is the reason they are not taught?
I mean, it is not that difficult to teach them. Fuck, I learned to balance a checkbook in 15 minutes by the bank employees when I opened my first checking account - it's just addition and subraction ffs. I would think one semester would be way more than enough to teach basic life skills.
I will probably get downvoted for this, but I believe the reason kids aren’t taught life skills is because schools are over legislated. In Texas a good part of the funding for districts is based on statewide mandatory testing. This ties the hands of teachers who are forced to teach the test. If legislators left the job of educating students to the teachers there would be more opportunity for curriculum to be varied and adjusted to meet the needs of students.
Everyone knows, even the legislators know, that basic life skills are important - how to balance a checkbook, read a contract to rent an apartment the first time, etc. I doubt if we on reddit are that much smarter than legislators. Yeah, maybe some of the dumber ones, but not all of them.
Why wouldn't legislators, or the state board that decides what to study, choose not to include basic life skills. And, by the way, as I said, it is not even that difficult. It took me all of 15 minutes to learn how to balance a checkbook, so 2 - 3 classes would be more than enough to cover it for 80% of the students. So you could have just one semester that I think would teach students all these life skills, just the basic as shit life skills.
I don't understand why any of our 50 states - the educational boards, would possibly vote against it for mandatory testing. I mean, the kids would still take English classes and math classes.
I am just not understanding, honestly. It seems that there has to be something else at play, other than mandatory testing, but I don't know what it is. Again, all we're talking about is one single semester should cover everything.
I recently turned 18 and this is what I'm struggling with a lot. My parents are helping me but I really feel like school should have given us more guidance with it.
My brother is an evangelist Christian. He was dating his wife for four years before their wedding. Never spent a night in bed together until wedding night. They're still married but he told me years later that the first months of their marriage were hell. Gee, I wonder why.
By contrast my fiancee and I had sex on our second date and will have been living together for two years once we're married. Nothing is going to change once we are married because we've already gone through the process of learning each other's quirks and living patterns and we've grown and adapted to each other.
I am not bagging on you at all, and hope my question doesn’t sound that way. If nothing will be changing in your life, why are you and your fiancée getting married? I also grew up in a religious and conservative community, so I know my expectations about why people get married are very much skewed that way. I like to learn about other perspectives. Do you mind sharing?
For sure. We want to get married to be a legally bound couple. We want to have kids, build a family, and build a life together. Of course that can be done outside a marriage as marriage is a construct, but we want to be together. I want to call her my wife. She wants to call me her husband. It's a sign that we're committed for the long haul.
Not who you originally asked, but thought I’d share my perspective. My husband and I had lived together for two years by the time we married, and we have been married nearly 15 years. Nothing particularly changed after we were married, except my last name. Why marry at all then? Because we were/are in love! We wanted to commit ourselves to each other and share the joy of it with family and friends. We wanted a teammate for life. We aren’t religious at all, so our promises were to each other, not to God. There are also financial and legal reasons to marry, but we did it for love. He’s my best friend.
As a legal construct it's pretty handy in case of disaster.
My parents got married when they were expecting me (and as it turned out my brother) because if Mum died and her parents decided to be dicks Dad wouldn't have much of a shot at custody.
Makes total sense. I’ve heard of legal cases like that, especially before any gay marriage was legal, where lifelong partners were completely screwed in medical situations because they weren’t legally married. Sad that some people’s families would exploit that and hurt everyone involved.
Also, do people not pay cell bills etc? There's smaller bills like Netflix and whatnot that you will often be paying from a younger age. And even if their parents did everything, you can still absorb that information from exposure to culture and media. Is it possible to be so insulated?!
I agree but not every country's the same. In my country it is absolutely normal to live with your parents as long as you are single. It doesn't matter how old you are, that's the norm for us.
And i am one of those people who hasn't lived a day on their own. On the bright side i know how to pay the bills though 😁
Even if you live with your parents, won't one understand the need to save or habe basic financial literacy? Even most children and teenagers know to spend money wisely. Should be more about teh upbringing rather than whether you live with parents or not.
My parents made me file my taxes as a preteen/teen using the paper IRS forms. I literally can't understand why people would not want to know how to function by the time they're 18.
I moved out at 16 and wasn't blindsided for goodness sake! Not even because my parents taught me that much about how to pay bills and how much things cost, but because they made it clear it wasn't God or some other mystical power that provided us with water, internet, electricity and gas. I'm 23 now and my friend (same age) told me the other day her brother wants to buy a Tesla as his next car (he still lives at home). She said the maths was simple, a Tesla is ~50k€ and her brother made ~30k€ a year, so it shouldn't take too long to pay off. Ridiculous already, but after looking it up it turns out he makes 20k€ maximum before tax. He lives rent and bill free at his parent's house, whose mortgage isn't even paid off, while their parents drive an old Camry, and he thinks a Tesla is affordable. She agrees, and doesn't even find it an audacious thought to buy a 50k toy while leeching of your parent's back! And then people treat me like I'm somehow privileged because I have savings and I can't even defend myself because their concept of money is warped beyond repair.
It boggles my mind that there are people that don't realize they have to pay for things. I graduated high school 2 months before my 18th birthday and you can bet that I had an apartment of my own the month I could legally sign a lease. I started working at 15 and saved every penny I could. I grew up poor so maybe that has something to do with it. People that live in constant fear of not having necessities usually learn early how to keep those necessities. Parents that give their children zero responsibility or knowledge of finances may think they are giving their kids a worry/stress free life, but in reality they are screwing them in the long run by withholding that knowledge. It's easy to say these kids could seek that knowledge on their own but how would they even know they need to if they aren't taught anything about it?
ChrysW · 4 points · Posted at 02:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep I'm 28 and still live at home. I pay for my own insurance, I've had to service my car since I started driving it (even when it wasn't mine), etc. I now pay rent too, though we do make other arrangements sometimes. They want me to learn things, plus they've had issues a few times that I stepped up for. Like I paid our property tax the last two years after their savings got wiped close to the due date.
You have to do a lot of these things, but it amazes me how many people don't teach their older children. Hell I was tutoring an older student who gave me The Look when I told her I pay rent. Um I eat their food and use their utilities, why shouldn't I pay rent? I'm glad we make arrangements when I'm paying the property tax or helping with medical bills, but I'm glad they push me too. One day they won't be here, and now I know a lot of the big things.
but if I had stayed at home then my parents would’ve had me helping with bills because they wouldn’t have wanted me to be blindsided by the way finances work.
No parental guidance mixed with no education = Pure ignorance. Someone who is so unaware of something they don't realize that it's something that they have to search on their own to figure out.
I don’t understand how people can live with their parents into their 30s and still have no concept of finances.
Definitely when the parents babies the kids no matter what, and if the kids don't work (so no concept of getting paid money). If you, as the child no matter how old you are, has never been in a situation where you have to worry about finances, then you just won't have any concept of it. Going out for dinner? Well parents paid for you, so the cost is irrelevant. At home watching Netflix? Well you wouldn't even know you have to pay for the service. Heater always on during cold days? Your parents can afford booming electricity bill no problem. Need to actually buy yourself something? It's on credit card under your parents account. And so on.
Parents forget they need to raise their children to be responsible adults or in this day an age a decent roommate.
Pick up after yourself, do your dishes and other chores, don't party on a week night till 3 am when your roommate has exams, and don't blast the music to hide having sex if your going to put it right against the shared wall.
Some people have parents like mine - they don't want to teach you anything because it's too much work. They'd rather just do it and complain about how you don't know how to do it. And there are certain things that you don't even know you're supposed to ask about. You can't fix ignorance when you don't even know what you're ignorant about.
It wasn't till I moved in with my now-husband that I had any idea how to adult at all.
I had a roommate in college whose mom would come by regularly to pay his bills. Not with her money - he had a job to pay for everything - he just didn't actually play a part in paying the bills besides handing her his checkbook and then signing where she told him. Then she'd do his laundry.
Same guy routinely asked the other two roommates and I to explain things like how to use the oven or can opener or thermostat. Not just once, either - I had to walk him through each of those tasks multiple times. He was going to school to be an X-ray technician, and I sincerely hope someone put a stop to that..
But you have people who moved out and dont know how to manage their credit card and their bills. I think u need parent to teavh you and you yourself to ask the q.
Depends on the fam tho, my friend in her 30s she lives with her parents but she know the financial side if things and her parent taught her. Also my friend have to ask other things that she curious about. It goes both ways.
Yeah I moved out at 19. I spent maybe an hour with my dad going over bills, my monthly budget, and important things about the apartment (how to shut off the water, change a fuse, light the furnace, etc). Then he left and I figured everything else out on my own. There were a couple hiccups at first, but nothing an adult shouldn't be able to figure out how to deal with.
My parents babied me so hard I didn’t become a full independent til my mid 20s. My partner on the other hand has been earning and feeding himself since he was 13. I envy his early maturity, he envies my (overly) loving parents.
Both sides have their pros and cons. But trust me, the average ‘adult’ would 1000% prefer to learn the ropes as early as possible and many regret not having the opportunity earlier on in their lives. It’s the same for many other things, not just finance management.
Straight up insulting ‘grown ass adults’ just because they didn’t have your upbringing or background doesn’t make them lesser than you. I can’t wrap my mind around THAT. Sorry for the rant. It’s not just aimed at you.
JaBe68 · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gave my daughter a book for Christmas last year. "How to manage your money like a @&$&% grownup" She now has more in cash savings than i do and she has given the book to all her friends for their birthdays. It is specific for our country's finance products but the principles are amazing.
I'm 65, married 35-40 years, long time😃, and I still suck at finances. If it’d been up to me we’d been poor and broke. I lived at home until my mid 20s then I got married. My parents never ever spoke of money other than to criticize anything I purchased as a waste of money. Never discussed budgeting. Nothing. I had a Degree, made insane money but was always broke. My wife’s dad was a barber. In other words they were working poor. But she knew budgeting. We fight over my spending. She managed the money and still does. One day in a fight I asked her well how much fucking money to we have in savings anyway?!?! I was going to use it against her. She replied that she thought we had about 30. Thirty fucking dollars?!?! OMG! “No, 30 thousand. We’re saving for a house.” When it came to finances that was the moment I STFU over her money management skills. Smart people can still be idiots over money. I am. But my wife has helped us quietly turn my earning skills into a nice life. What’s my point? If your partner is better at managing money, even if you make more than this person does, don’t let pride stop you allowing this person from employing their financial skills to your money. I know they say partners should work together on finances but maybe in some cases like mine, the best thing you can do is stay out of the money and let this person exercise their skills even if they make less than you, or nothing at all. I make the money, she manages it. Thank God.
I was a junior in high school and already was paying for car, car insurance, and my phone. Really helped me understand money at a early point in life. Now I’m about to leave the military with thousands in savings and investments. And going to college for free, thanks to the VA!
I don’t know who to blame more in these scenarios: the parents for babying their “kids”, or the “kids” for avoiding learning about these typical ways of life.
When I moved out, I knew what bills to look out for, if only because I heard parents talked about it. Not necessarely how much, but ranting about it "We pay more in taxes than water", was a huge hit with my grandfather. Or just a passing mentions of paying the electricity bill today. Things like that.
Some parents and kids actually enjoy each other enough that they are able to make decent housemates. Sometimes the kids are helping with bills and sometimes parents see it as a way to help their kids financially. If you are a single parent living with your own parents can help tremendously. There are many practical reasons for a multigenerational home, assuming every adult in it can be respectful of the other people there as adults.
I don’t get how (besides cultural reasons) people live with their parents into their 30s PERIOD. Like, when I was 18 I was practically clawing at the door to get out on my own, and my parents weren’t even all that strict compared to some.
I finally got my own place at age 31. Lived with my mom and at times my grandmother and father in law during my 20s.
A HUGE part of it is money. I grew up lower middle class, so there wasn't any to spare for me to go to college. There wasn't any to spare to help me get a car after college. Therefore I could only work part-time while simultaneously trying to save money for a car, pay back student loans, and help my parents with the bills.
I couldn't do it. My loans were overdue, I could barely put gas in the car (this was during 2010s when gas in my area was over $5/gal), I couldn't save money and I didn't have the time and transportation to work more. No public transit. Needed my own car.
I only got out when my dad died. His inheritance and wrongful death money paid my loans off. He wasn't in his own vehicle when he was killed so I was able to keep his truck and get a full time job.
It's pathetic.
I hate that I got my independence because my dad died and that is the only reason why.
And if you had to pay debts for a dead person? If some of his medical/investigator/funeral money hadn't been taken care of by our lawyer, maybe I wouldn't have gotten anything and I'd still be at home with my mom.
I lived with my parents until I moved in with my ex. Once I left him, I moved back in with my parents. I couldn’t afford to live on my own and, luckily, the rent they charged me was half of what I was paying originally. The only reason I was able to go back to college and move out on my own was because my grandfather passed away and he’d spent my entire life saving up ever penny he could for me.
I was able to move out on my own and get my degree, but I’d take my grandpa over it any day. I’m sorry for your loss and I hope you’re doing okay ❤️
simple, money. if you're in a high cost of living area and not at least upper middle class, you're either living at home or with roommates into your 30's.
jn29 · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally agree! I just wanted to go live my own life.
Because balancing a checkbook isn’t a thing anymore.
Literally the only time I write a check is when paying my electric bill or when transferring money between my account and my joint with the wife’s account at a different bank because it’s the easiest way to do it.
This must be a recent occurrence. I grew up in a capitalistic system but I learned how to plan a budget. pay bills, balance a checkbook, and save from my parents.
Why do you think companies should get all the blame?
Companies preying on people is not a recent occurence.
Why do you think companies should get all the blame?
Want to know why a system is set up the way it is? Look who benefits. aka follow the money.
Who benefits from you not being financially literate? Banks which lend money for profit. Companies which advertise luxury goods and lifestyles to you then sell you "buy now, pay later" finance deals.
Who else? Your parents and family don't benefit from you being financially illiterate, they get less capable children. Religions don't as you have less to tithe to them. Non-profits don't as you have less to donate to them.
Who else? Your parents and family don't benefit from you being financially illiterate, they get less capable children. Religions don't as you have less to tithe to them. Non-profits don't as you have less to donate to them.
I think you're jumping on the wrong person. I'm not claiming to be, as you put it, financially illiterate. Quite the opposite. I credit my parents and, now that I think about it, even my gradeschool, for teaching me about money and about responsibility.
YOU: "How can kids in a capitalistic society graduate high school without knowing how to balance a checkbook?"
I suppose I should have made it clearer...by the time kids... graduated...I wasn't trying to imply that high school teaches this just that this was learned by the time of hs graduation. (Most kids had pt jobs after school or weekends by this time, as well.)
But, in grade school we had "savings account books" and made "deposits." And this wasn't some fancy zip-code school either. ('Course we also had duck-and-cover and discussions on how we'd find the quickest way home in case the worst happened.)
They are negligent of their own future, but let's not forget that the parents of these types of people are the real monsters. They have a responsibility to prepare their child for adulthood and they just clearly didn't try.
yes, this!
This is why my wife and I keep separate checking accounts.
I dont understand how she can write checks/transactions for a week before she enters anything in the checkbook.
My Grandmother was the reason why my husband and I got married so quickly and without a big wedding. We got an apartment with a friend and she was very upset about the fact I would be living with my fiancé before we were married.
She insisted I needed to be safe and said "What if he leaves you? What if he up and leaves and you are on your own!"
I didnt have the energy to explain that if he wanted to leave, he would do it weather we were married or not. So we got married legit, the day before we moved into our new apartment.
I read somewhere that more millennials are getting and STAYING married whereas the previous generations caused that wild stat of a 50% divorce rate. I’d wager that living together before marriage has A LOT to do with that.
I think you should definitely live together before marriage. But with the price of rent, I feel most people aren't going to be able to affors living completely alone anymore. Whether its family, housemates or a partner living completely alone just isn't an option for most.
I didn't live with my first husband before marriage. I deeply wish I had. I would have known to dump him. Never again! Lived with my current husband for four years before marriage. Never been so happy.
Living together before marriage isn't just a liberated thing to do, it's necessary.
FuelOk · 4 points · Posted at 03:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Decades ago divorce was taboo and nearly unheard of.
Think how many people must have realized like a year into their marriage that they absolutely hate living with their spouse or the sex was awful and they were just stuck there for life. That's fucking terrifying.
I know, it's awful. And 8n many places around the world this is still the norm.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:26:07 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
And yet people aren't reporting higher levels of happiness than 60 years ago. Expectations play a role. People may be content in a situation because they think they just have to make it work, but unhappy if they start comparing to alternatives.
Like someone in Africa might be genuinely happy even though they don't have AC or indoor toilets, but I would be miserable because I know about them. Or someone might be happy with their job, but then they see a new better job and start thinking their current one sucks.
I didn't live with my wife before we got married 6 years ago. We stayed at each other's places a lot, but each had our own house. And I had roommates. I didn't notice much of a difference when we moved in together after getting married. More stuff laying around. About it.
Is it frowned upon in religious subcultures only, or is it that way all over India regardless of religious practice?
Also, I would imagine rural areas would be more conservative and the cities less so. Do you see a loosening of those social norms in large cities?
1_5_5_ · 3 points · Posted at 05:06:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, I'm sorry about the misunderstood! Indeed, I amn't from India but this documentary might clarify some of your questions.
It traces Indian's arranged marriage tradition, the docummentary dates from 2018 and shows how this practice takes place all over India, more than we ever imagine.
15 years years here dated for 5, it’s like people think they’re marrying a stranger. Get to know the person, hang out with them, it’s obvious how they live.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. and everyone thinks they know what living together will be like until they actually live together.
FuelOk · -1 points · Posted at 03:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All this can be found out without living together if you are open and honest with each other.
That is delusional.
If you're happily married, you got really fucking lucky.
My wife and I did it just fine and we’ve been married for 8 years. Lots of discussion, communication, and premarital counseling. We often comment on the things we know now about each other, having kids, and interacting with others, how we would not have ever known this or really observed this in the dating process.
FuelOk · 0 points · Posted at 03:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay cool but you got lucky.
I wouldn't consider for a moment marrying someone without living together, or at least staying with each other enough to know how each other lives and being aware of each other's finances.
Fair enough, but I wouldn’t count the steps we actively took as lucky. They were deliberate, specific, planned and agreed upon. I had roommates who would not have made good spouses, but even with my wife and I we have had to talk, listen and adjust our behaviors. I’d argue the pre-marital preparation gave us tools for meeting challenges and working through them instead of just deciding that we both enjoyed similar Netflix shows and enjoyed sleeping together. Also, many people may remain in a toxic relationship for the economic benefits of living together much longer than if they were not reliant in such a way.
I did just that. I'll admit it was risky and I was fully aware of it, but we're almost 3 years married now and thankfully we get along well. I definitely dont regret it
And if you haven’t lived together, it might be a good idea to do some pre-marital counseling. My husband & I were long distance until about a month before we got married. Spending weekends together isn’t the same as real life, so I’m glad we had a counselor who made us talk about finances, work expectations & kids.
When I was younger my aunt told me that people who lived together before marriage had higher rates of divorce. I’m not married (or divorced lol) but my bf and I have been living together for 2 years now and I don’t see “putting a ring on it” really changing much. I’m the bills-payer in the relationship.
everyone who thinks marriage doesn't change things is in denial. it absolutely does. you can no longer just walk away tomorrow if things don't work out.
abqkat · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plus the professional, legal, emotional, social, cultural aspects of marriage. Public perception matters, and while it's reasonable to opt out of marriage, I find that couples who are "practically married" are often not okay with opting out of the many benefits of marriage
I mean, it’s not like I’m planning on leaving or clinging to the notion that I can. I’m well invested in our future.
FuelOk · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you can no longer just walk away tomorrow if things don't work out.
That is why marriage kinda cheapens relationships imo. (I know that sounds crazy but hear me out.)
If you're married to someone, you're there because you have to be. You might not even want to be with them anymore but you're just stuck.
My cousin hates his wife. I think he's just there because of his kid at this point, and because of a religious aversion to divorce. It's like damn, that sucks so hard. Being stuck with someone you should've broken up with years ago but you did a religious ceremony and signed some legal papers and now it's way harder to break up.
I met, dated, got engaged to my wife in the span of 2 months. We were married 3 months after that. We did not live together before getting married. We have been married for 10 years and are stronger than ever. No matter how you do it, marriage is hard work. It's been a wonderful ride for us and I wouldn't have done it any other way.
My wife and I didn't have sex let alone live together until we were married. A good point of reference for what home life would be was how she kept her room and how she behaved around her family at home. She treated her home with kindness and helped her parents significantly, so now that I'm her family me and my kids have gotten basically the same kindness she had with her parents and siblings.
Chiming in as a woman who didn’t live with (or have sex with) my husband before we got married due to my crazy strict parents and our religious convictions. I think we both generally knew what we were getting into - we’d occasionally sleepover each other’s apartment and I knew he was much messier than I was. It was definitely a transition regardless—I remember crying all throughout our first year of marriage and saying, “if THIS is the honeymoon stage what hell awaits us?!” Thankfully we were both all in and committed to working through all the BS. A counselor helped us navigate that transition and we probably would’ve been a lost cause without his help. 10 years later and he still makes me insane when he tosses his dirty clothes NEXT to the hamper, but at the end of the day I’ve learned to let some stuff go and he’s learned to step up in other housework areas.
In some religions couples aren't allowed to live together before marriage. In my religion they must leave the door open if in the same room and always be accompanied by a chaperone.
Jehovah's Witnesses.
FuelOk · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exmormon here. It was the same for a lot of my Mormon family/friends. Not quite so strict, but it was definitely frowned upon to have any inkling of "breaking the law of chastity" before marriage.
Well, as far as actual church standards go, basically just don't have sex/cohabitate before marriage. Don't get too hot and heavy in the make-out sessions and you're all good. I know plenty of couples that have gone on vacation together, camping together, been in the same room with a closed door together (gasp!), and then gotten married in the temple, no problem. Chaperones are certainly not required by the church. Now, whatever guidelines over-zelous practitioners place upon themselves and their families are their own businesses.
And that's fair. There certainly is a large, LARGE, amount of members who seem to take everything to the extreme. Like some crazy contest to see who can be more holy, more strict. And sometimes it's hard to differentiate the standards that the church sets with the extra standards that some members have set for them selves. My favorite example is caffeine. The Church says no Coffee or Tea. Some member (a lot) decided they needed a reason as to WHY no Coffee or Tea. They decided it was because of Caffeine. So, now they shun everything with caffeine, including caffeinated soda. Despite that, you could always get a Temple Reccomend whilst drinking Pepsi.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha seriously. How the fuck do you not live together to decide if it’s going to work! Sometimes two people are totally compatible with their separate spaces but then freak out when put together!!
I did it and it worked out great. The thing is, when you’re actually ready to marry someone you know what they’re like without living with them. I had a really good idea of what it was gonna be like to live with my husband just from going on vacations and being in his room and stuff. And it’s ended up being pretty much exactly like I expected. Besides, if you really love and know someone then you know if you can trust them with that kind of stuff. I knew I could.
People didn't expect marriage to make them happy. It was a way to join resources and have kids to pass the resources on to, and to perform free labor.
We've only recently had the luxury of expecting our relationships to bring us joy and closeness, rather than just, ya know, being lucky if it happened but not expecting it to.
Duty, obedience, service to the family, and then you died.
FuelOk · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Duty, obedience, service to the family, and then you died.
What was even the point of that?
Everyone lives a miserable life so they can have kids that they pressure into living miserable lives...
Yup. Welcome to a world without antibiotics or flush toilets.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:31:00 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well they didn't think it was miserable. When you have to make things work with your wife, its just life and these responsibilities can be a great source of joy.
Nowadays, we have the opposite problem. People often feel unneeded and paralyzed with indecision because we have limitless options but no clear roles.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People used to do it all the time. My question is how did someone raise a daughter in this modern age without teaching her a damn thing about financial responsibility?
Very carefully. But hopefully you've spent enough time together by the time you get engaged you have a general idea of how it will be to live together. My wife and I didn't live together before we got married. We're still married 6 years later so it's worked out for us.
I just want to know WHAT ARE PARENTS EVEN DOING?! I'm 37 with a 20 year old child who understands these things and knows more than this! She pays bills. She understands credit and car loans, how interest works... insurance and grocery money. Saving. WTF PARENTS?!?!
While I agree, I'm engaged and would not have asked had we not lived together for at least a year before hand, my Brother and SIL never lived together. They dated a year and half in HS. He joined the Army and she went to College the year after HS, and were long distance for 4 years. Got married literally the morning of her graduation and moved in together the following week.
That was 8 years ago and at least outwardly they're the happiest two people I know.
I had the one year block in the pool on their divorce also...
Or even a simple fucking budget discussion. My wife and I split shit very fairly. I do most of the bills, but she in Healthcare so she does the medical and insurance stuff. We talk about large purchases before either does anything further.
Yup. My Husband and I lived together for a year while we were engaged. We ironed out the kinks and confirmed “yes we can do this and we will be successful”. We went through all the stresses to see if we could handle it basically: finding an apartment, moving, setting up the place, cleaning and grocery norms, etc. it helped so much
I did not live with my husband prior to marriage, did not have sex, was quite young, and long-distanced most of our relationship. Happily married 15 years.
It's pretty simple on how you know prior, but something that doesn't happen these days: communication. We talked opinions, views, history on all the hot topics people usually avoid: finances, sex, birth control, religion, parenting, holidays - you name it. When you're not living with eachother AND long distancing you end up talking a lot. Beauty fades. Seasons of sexual intensity shift. Kids happen.
We work because we talked and know how to communicate through all kinds of seasons of marriage. Was still hard, but we knew our cores lined up.
Oh, and our wedding from dress to venue to food was under 5,000 and paid for by ourselves.
I super agree here, it's why I have a sort of "Spend at least one year living together" clause and if we can't manage that, well it's not in the cards baby. That move has saved me more than I like to admit, might have ended up married by now.
Have you ever wondered how it's possible that 50% of all marriages end in divorce? It's because people are really stupid and do shit like this. Then they get divorced and do it again, ad nauseum.
It’s easy(ish). You communicate in an open and loving manner, and keep an open mind.
Example: when I moved in with my freshly minted wife, we had a serious talk about a month in. In my zeal to be an awesome husband, I cooked and served most of the meals, and portioned them in a manner I thought appropriate. She sat me down, and told me that I needed to cut down on her portion size, or I was going to have a fat wife. We discussed what portions should look like, and I made sure to note what she served herself for a while. But overall, if you communicate openly and honestly, the make-or-break sort of things will become evident long before marriage crosses your mind.
It still the norm in many places. Especially if you are marrying young.
I'm married for 10y, my wife is amazing, but when we got married and than moved in together it was hard and we both needed time to adapt.
To be crass, that was when it was okay for a family to have a single male income while she stayed at home completely uninvolved in jobs or bills. Boomers fucked that up the ass.
I met my ex at the beginning of college. I was in college, he was 6 years older and already had a good life. We married the week after I graduated and I move in. He was a wonderful man but we obviously couldn't cohabitate well together. We divorced a year later.
I fully truly DEEPLY recommend all potential spouses live together 1st. I am now happily married to the guy I shared a house (roommate) with right after my divorce.
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well for me, the military didn't give us much of a choice! But then, I got married to my high school sweetheart when we were 21 and he was in the military, and we're still together ten years later, so I'm definitely an outlier as far as that sort of stuff goes. (Everybody else I know who was married while in the military is now divorced.)
It's a different mindset. My husband and I (married 4 years and married in our 20s) didn't live together before getting married. We did both live on our own though before getting married. When we first started dating, her lived with his parents. I made it clear very early that I believed everyone should live on their own before moving in with a partner. Roommates are fine, but nobody who is going to make sure you do all the adult responsibilities.
But as far as not living together, we wanted our marriage up be clearly distinct from our dating and engagement phases. We didn't it l want to go get married and say, well we have a piece of paper but nothing is really different
I did this. I don't even know what to say about it other than after 10 years things are still challenging sometimes.
I don't regret it but I will say we would not still be together if we hadn't gotten married as quickly as we did. Getting divorced certainly seemed harder than working our shit out.
We did wait several years to have kids though and they turned out awesome.
I knew my husband for 4 years before we got married. That helped a lot.
If I were ever to consider marriage again (freak accident would be required, my husband is amazing), my requirements would be to see each other around family, around friends, at work, and in the middle of an emotional break down. Also directly discuss financial, family, and lifestyle status/goals. It’s very revealing.
but how tf do you decide to marry someone who you have no living together experience with
This was a major breakdown point in my recent breakup.
I could have dealt with navigating the cultural difference by being quick to get engaged, and then living together for a year before marriage. This is not really at all how I'd expect a relationship to proceed but I got the cultural difference and being out at most the ring would not be that big a deal. But I simply could not deal with the expectation of getting railroaded directly from engagement to marriage to kids.
Febril · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flip the observation around, it’s been a fact of life in most cultures that men and women do not live together before marriage.
Us moderns are the outliers here.
I’ve lived with my now-fiancé for four years at this point. We have shared finances, we have a cat, we pay taxes together... basically, we’re married without the document, which means I have zero fears about being actually married. It also means that we’ve ironed out the kinks (and added a few more kinks, wink wink) so we aren’t going to run into a whack of new domestic issues when we get married.
I honestly can’t imagine moving in with someone for the first time and figuring out money and chores and personal space and snoring and, for some people, sex all after being legally bound to someone. What if you get married and then find out you don’t like living together because you have different ideas of tidiness or personal space?? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
I have no clue. My wife and I would have probably divorced within months if we hadn't had the year and a half that we did of "living in sin", as my mom once put it. (Nevermind that we were a "gay couple" and thus double-damned.)
Living together made us learn more about who we were when living with a significant other (something neither of us had done), and helped us unravel and fix a LOT of things that we had gotten away with living on our own (wife) or with just a sister and best friend (me). I cannot imagine having gone through that stage while being a newlywed.
I did not live with my now husband before marriage. That was something that was very important to us. We did a bunch of premarital counseling before, though, and honestly, that is a LOT more prep than most people get before they start living together. We worked through a ton of stuff before marriage and still continue to, like most couples. Honestly, it's a heck of a lot more to do with knowing yourself and your partner, making a commitment, and being prepared to work through issues than about living together to see if you're compatible before marriage.
once did this marketing thing with a friend, we were supposed to write down the names/numbers/addresses of everyone we knew (I was young, it was definitely an MLM/pyramid type thing).
Took me the weekend to come up with 25 people. She'd written down 3,000.
She eventually went into real estate, which was obviously the perfect career for someone that knows everyone.
Yeah. That is my comment I wrote. They would have 450 people on their side of the aisle, I would have 5 on mine. I would not marry that person because I would be so embarrased. "Honey, I have 450 people I want to invite." Me: "Uh....wedding's off."
Our college Roomate thought the bill was a receipt and it was magically coming out of his account, even collecting our portion of the bills . Then our power went out and he owed a 750 power bills.
Jesus FUCK. I think I would literally shit myself if I had a 750 power bill. That’s insane! I can’t believe he was collecting your money and not paying it, too
Our college Roomate thought the bill was a receipt and it was magically coming out of his account
Was he maybe from a different country, because that is exactly how it works where I live. Everything I have to pay each month just gets paid out of my account automatically.
It does here. I didn't have to set it up the companies did that for me. My landlords, water, power and internet provider did that for me. All my insurances did that as well. Every online service as well.
My gym did it.
I signed up for the gym and they set up payment for themselves. I didn't have to do anything.
As you said: Magically.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not have to do anything payment related, but if you would like to ignore the meaning of words then you could call "signing up at the gym" as "setting up direct debit".
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am aware how it works, but the fact remains that I did not have to do anything specifically to set up direct debit as that was all handled by the company.
I am aware that THOSE PEOPLE would have to set up payment, but did not do so.
I am in fact just getting receipts and no bills.
My initial comment, to which you replied, pointed out that this person might have been used to this method of payment where NO EXTRA PAYMENT SETUP IS NECESSARY. To which you replied that "You still have to set up direct debits", which is FALSE, I do not have to as that is automatically done for me.
I am not getting "aggressive", but you do start to piss me off because all 3 comments from you to me are PURE NITPICKING.
To which I say that if you are nitpicking then you should do it correctly. NO, signing up to gym does not mean that "I set up direct debit". First off because the gym did that for me with the supplied information, and second off I do not think that this is technically a "direct debit".
TLDR: Fuck your nitpicking.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So it didn't really feel like nitpicking to clarify.
... but you did. What exactly about that comment needed your urgent clarification? Thank god that you clarified that it is not magic. So important that you needed to do it 3 times.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You didn't request clarification. You stated a wrong clarification that muddled the my initial point about differences between business practices in different countries.
While we are nitpicking: I did not say that it is magic. I specifically said that the companies are setting up payment for me and that it is "magically". "Magically" is not magic.
You also proceeded to nitpick with two more comments after I stated for you that I had give them my bank details so that they can set up the payment.
How is this not an incredible pedantic semantic argument? Pedantic, but not even correct.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look man, your inital comment was defending someone dumb enough to think that bill payments just happened. [...] The person you said was maybe from a different country obviously didn't know that, so your comment was either irrelevant or a sad reflection on what you think of the mental capacity of your fellow citizens.
Fucking Hell. After all that you still don't understand what my initial comment meant. Let me explain it for you:
If I where to go to the US I would be hit by cultural differences. One of which would be that I am used to the way that these things get set up in my country which is significantly different then it is done in the US. I would not be immediately aware on how these things are supposed to work in the US.
One of which would probably that I have to setup direct deposit myself for all kinds of things that I would expect to be automatic.
I was suggesting that maybe this person might have been come from a different country and had to learn what the cultural differences are to the US.
How the fuck did you get "mental capacity" out of that?
Also: The person I wrote that comment to did perfectly understand what I meant. Your pedantic clarifications really where not necessary.
If you've lived with your parents for your entire adult life that means you're not paying rent, and there is literally 0 excuse for not having a giant stack of money.
To her 15k and 450 guests isn't unaffordable, she's either sitting on a TON of money, or she's dumb as rocks. Either way.
I don’t think she has any money. I think she’s just worked her retail job and has never really saved anything because she’s spent it all on whatever she’s wanted to have in that particular moment. I honestly don’t think she’s dumb, either. I think she knows exactly what she wants, which is someone to take care of her the way that her parents did. Which is absolutely a fine goal to have—if that’s your dream, then I won’t judge—but you can’t expect to actualize that dream if you’re planning on marrying someone who also works a low-end management job.
She and BIL are currently fighting about whether or not she’ll go back to work once the wedding is over.
“You have to go back to work because we have to be able to afford our home.”
“But I thought we could just start trying to get pregnant, and I want to stay at home until the kids are in school.”
“But, honey, we literally can’t afford for you not to work.”
And somehow it still just doesn’t process for her
[deleted] · 54 points · Posted at 01:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, this sounds like a recipe for disaster. He is destined for an extremely painful divorce, she sounds like a literal child.
I mean, there’s zero doubt she’s dumb, but maybe not about everything. It’s not possible to make it to your 30’s and have no concept about how money works. Tell your brother to make sure he knows how much credit card debt she has before he says “I do” cause she definitely has some, and she definitely doesn’t understand paying the minimum payment doesn’t do anything.
That’s something my SO is working on with BIL right now. It’s just a really difficult situation because BIL doesn’t want to hear it. It doesn’t help that BIL is in his 30s and this is his first relationship—I personally kind of think he’s just afraid that he won’t be able to find anyone else—but my SO has been trying to breach the subject as respectfully as possible.
Yeah im sorry but she sounds dumb. It could be an ignorant kind of dumb, but she still dumb. It sounds like her parents never explained anything whatsoever and she just got handed whatever she wanted all the time with no lessons or explanations.
No no no, I meant after the honeymoon lol. She’s not working right now because of COVID, but when her store opens back up then she was planning to go back to work until her honeymoon. The whole “back to work” argument was about her wanting to have kids right away and BIL trying to explain to her that they can’t afford for her to be a SAHM
which is someone to take care of her the way that her parents did.
Yep. It's all a test to see if they guy will be compliant to her and do her bidding.
Which is absolutely a fine goal to have—if that’s your dream, then I won’t judge
I judge hard. This is the 21st century, women are equal to men. Get your ass out there and work, and know how the world works. What do you think this is, the deep south in the 1830's and she's the southern belle? Fuck that. Lazy ass person.
“But I thought we could just start trying to get pregnant, and I want to stay at home until the kids are in school.”
Yep. Confirmed. Then she will want another kid 5 years after that, and one 5 years after that....all so that she doesn't have to work. She's not ignorant, she has it all planned out on how not to work and be equal to a man.
Damn, if I were the man, I'd tell her that I want to be the stay-at-home dad and she has to go out and earn the money. And, if there happens to be a divorce - not like you'd want one or plan one - but if there is, she is the one that has to move out, and pay alimony, and child support. And can only see the kid every other weekend. Yeah, what do you think the odds of that ever happening is. I swear, I don't know how men can get trapped into marrying psychic vampires like her. The fake helpless woman syndrome. Toxic femininity at its finest.
And somehow it still just doesn’t process for her
Oh yes it does. Oh, yes it does. She knows exactly what she's doing. Would never admit it, but she does.
She works a retail job for shit pay and doesn’t understand that $15k is a lot of money? Why are you making excuses for her... living with your parents your entire life doesn’t even come close to excusing this level of ‘ignorance’
Yeah, she works a retail job, but I think the $15k ring is less about flaunting the price and more about “I designed this online and I want this exact thing bc it’s beautiful and my best friend has one a lot like it.” I mentioned in a previous comment that they ended up getting a $7k ring after BIL explained exactly why $15k wasn’t feasible.
And I completely agree with you; it doesn’t excuse her level of ignorance. But I’m not making excuses for her. I’m just explaining what I’ve been told by my SO.
could be she understands a retail job doesn't pay well but thinks a low end management job pays way more then it does. I know people that worked minimum wage while their parents were loaded because the parents insisted they have a job. We actually had some great workers when I managed a movie theater who's parents were really wealthy. Girl showing up to a $6.85 an hour job in a new BMW and buying drinks after work with a credit card I highly doubt she paid the bill for.
Retail job or not, the only reason to live with your parents as an adult is to stack money or some major disability. So if you live with your parents as an adult and aren't stacking money then you are dumb.
If you don't pay rent, you pay yourself rent and stack money.
Not true. I’ve lived with family my entire adult life - worked minimum wage jobs and am now working my way through college in my early 30’s - and I have absolutely paid rent that entire time. Not a small amount either, currently I pay decently over 1k.
It sounds like her parents both have been paying for everything for her and she has never held a job. Maybe that her parents even have a lot of money so a wedding like that very well could be affordable to them.
But her future husband needs to have a serious sit down with her and explain what their finances are and spell out with real numbers exactly why she is out of bounds. If he can’t be bothered to do that other than to say “no”, how is she supposed to learn and understand? She might not be stupid.... just ignorant.
If you're paying rent they're functioning as your landlord not your parents. You have autonomy and rights that someone who is living with their parents does not have.
For example, "my house my rules" does not apply to you once you start paying rent. They also can't just throw you out on a whim, there's now a process to evict you. Things of that nature.
I have a friend who is 33 and his parents claim him as a dependent on their taxes, it's kind of sad, but he's subject to the will of his parents in ways that you aren't.
Yet nothing you’ve said is necessarily true either - I may pay rent but the family I’ve lived with have very much made clear that it’s “their house their rules” and insist on saying I don’t pay rent, I contribute to household expenses. There is no legal rental agreement between us so I don’t believe I legally have a leg to stand on if I were to be thrown out (thankfully my relatives are highly unlikely to do that).
So while in theory what you’ve said might be true, in practice there is a very fuzzy line between family and renters.
Yeah if you've been paying them money to live there for many years you don't need a piece of paper to have an agreement. You most certainly have rights as a tenant.
If you break my house my rules they really have no power to impose any of that as long as they take your money.
Still living with my dad at 38. Honestly, it's not all that bad. The house is huge, plenty of space for everyone to do their own thing, I pay for his car, watch my bro, do whatever stuff needs doing.
And yeah. Saving up a TOOOON of money. No way would I be sitting on $100k any other way.
I joked that once my bro hit puberty I'd move out. "OK! He's stomping around and being angsty, I'm out."
I don't care what your ethnicity is, if you are an adult with a full time job and your parents are in charge of your finances you are dumb. All of my coworkers are Asian, all of them control their own wallet.
What are they gonna do if you set up direct deposit and cut them out of the process? Nothing.
What are they gonna do if you set up direct deposit and cut them out of the process?
Just make them feel bad, but for the ones I know that was enough. It was their way of contributing to the household. I'm betting the people you know have been here an extra generation.
No they're either immigrants themselves or children of immigrants.
Not only would they not give their parents access like that, but their parents want what's best for them not what's best for themselves so they would never even ask.
If selfish parents make you feel bad for not giving them control of your finances as an adult, those are bad parents not Asian parents.
Oh, you misunderstand me. They never gave them any control, they just handed over the actual money every pay period. Your original post was that they should have a pile of money saved up, and that's not always possible.
And in one case, when she moved out, the parents gave her the account they had been putting all that money into, so it wasn't really exploitative, and she did end up with a surprise pile of money, at least in that case. In two other cases they just never moved out and went from being extra earners to de facto caretakers for their parents.
He's headed for trouble. She's an idiot or a spoiled brat. Why couldn't he say, No,we're getting a $7000 ring, no more. The marriage is doomed to fail. The wedding will be a farce. Tell you friend to run. She won't like sex,either. Does she live in NJ?
He did tell her that they were getting a $7,000 ring, and that’s what they got. She pitched a fit about it for a while, but that’s what they did. Honestly imo I don’t think they should’ve even gotten a ring that expensive, but that’s my own bias lol. I’m assuming the same thing will happen with the wedding; BIL wants 100 people at the maximum, so I’m hoping they’ll reach some sort of compromise. She’s just been incredibly sheltered for her entire life and it’s led to her being financially illiterate. I’m hoping that she’s willing to compromise and learn, because if not then you’re right about the marriage being doomed.
But no, she’s not from NJ haha
Idk why, but your comment made me laugh harder than I have in a while—I think it’s probably my favorite comment on this thread lmao. I completely agree with you, but to put it so succinctly is just fucking great haha
Uhm... that's not just living off your parents. I'm living off my parents and that sound terrifying. Unless your Bill is some sort of billionaire this is impossible.
Same here. Their wedding is slated for early winter of 2021, so I’m assuming that they’re thinking this whole thing will be over by then. I guess we’ll see :/
No, she has a job (out of work right now bc COVID), but she’s a cashier at a retail chain and makes about $12/hour. She’s been there for a couple of years, but this is her first job.
I guess I shouldn’t have said “couple,” I’m sorry. Where I’m from, “couple” can range from 2 years or more. She’s been there probably around 5 years or so. I’m not 100% sure on that number though. But before that? I’m not sure. I know she volunteered with her church a lot.
Now I’ve never lived on my own, that just happened to be how my life ended up, but my parents also taught me money sense. Not as much as I now wish they had, but enough that I know to pay bills and budget and shit. And my partner isn’t one of those to hide the costs of stuff from me, we are a team. I think your BIL and her are going to have some very hard talks if she doesn’t even know the basics.
I’m 23 and haven’t lived on my own yet and probably won’t as my boyfriend and I are moving to college in a couple months. That being said, how do you NOT know what bills are or how much money $15k is?? My high school required a business management class for us to graduate, so maybe that did more than I gave it credit for (lol jk it was a joke) but really I feel like there’s just gotta be some level of common sense these people are missing.
I wasn’t necessarily broke growing up, but I was at least taught to respect the value of money to the point that my mom is actually upset with how little money I want spent on my engagement ring. And that I don’t want a diamond (the HORROR!!)
Tbh I probably would’ve passed out if I were in your BIL’s shoes lmao
My original wedding plans were in my backyard with rented chairs, a few dozen cases of beer, and a couple of cases of chicken breasts that I’d debone the night before and bbq for everyone during the reception.
I had about that amount of money, so that seemed reasonable.
As a side note, as I got my wife a ring I told her that, since I might be losing my job soon, this purchase would make us homeless two months quicker. She didn’t seem to care at all about that.
If you are truly a friend you would stop this soon to be disaster. Those situations and lack of concepts usually come with entitlement attitude and no matter how good the sex, will not end well. Of course of she's accustomed to a certain lifestyle he better be able to afford the alimony later. This is also what prenuptials are made for if he still decides to marry her.
I mean that’s just stupidity. I live at home at 25 and I pay all my bills aside from rent and utilities and I have 5 figures saved. Some people are just dumb.
Meanwhile me at 18 can't even spend a dime on myself for the life of me. My leggings ripped in college. Didn't replace it yet. My Amazon cart has $300 worth of stuff I want (no absolute needs but stuff that would be useful) but I still didn't pay for it. Can't imagine someone wanting to flush down $15,000.
I was also blindsided by the number. After my SO asked my BIL why she wanted that number, he explained that she goes to a pretty large church and wants to be able to invite everyone so no one “feels left out”
She genuinely had no concept of how much money that is, nor any concept of what an insurance policy for jewelry looks like or why it would be necessary for such a purchase
jewelry insurance is typically an annual fee of 1-2% of the cost. So between $150-300/year for a ring that price. not outrageous
No I definitely agree with you, it’s not outrageous. I think the weird part for me was that she didn’t seem to have a clue as to why she would need insurance for it
I find it amazing that people can get that far into life and not realize that. Its like they skipped right on over the tutorial and expect to just know how to play the game.
I feel like relationships of much more than 5 years apart is kind of abuse for the younger person. If it ever goes wrong that person is forever going to be gimped.
I usually get shit on if I ever bring this up though.
Honestly I have no idea. I’ve only met her a couple of times; BIL moved a couple states away and met her there, so our family and the in-laws have only met her at the past couple Christmases and Thanksgivings (my in-laws also flew out to meet her family last year for the engagement, but I haven’t met them and all my in-laws have said is that her parents seem nice).
If I was him I would run. Far away and fast. Disagreements about money are the biggest stressor in relationships and causes of divorce. And she’s gonna expect to take all his money if they split up, and have done nothing to earn it. If she’s 33 and has no concept of the value of $15,000... she’s not going to be rushing to learn it.
Gotta kill 2 birds with one stone and love with your SO AND your parents at the same time before getting married! It's almost an accidental tradition in my family now with extenuating circumstances every time it happens, but everyone who has its still happily together!
You know, I lived with my parents until I moved in with the man I am now married to. I have never lived alone and I have never been responsible for more than a small percentage of household income. And yet...I was familiar with the concept of bills! I had never paid them other than my own credit card bills (I did pay my parents some rent but it wasn’t formalized), but, like, I knew how they worked. How do you not know how they work?
Um, red flag. RED. FLAG. BIL about to ruin his life and doesn’t even know it. Being 33 and having zero understanding of money is sad and will cause many, many problems.
A wealthy, but frugal family friend of mine learned about insurance for jewelry when his wife bought a $500,000 ring. That's not a typo, a half a million dollar ring...
She really needs to learn how to apply math to her everyday life. If she can't grasp the concept of money and cost, your BIL will have a very hard marriage.
I know probably nothing you say could convince him otherwise but I highly recommend against this marriage. Reminds me very highly of my ex-wife. Sounds like they are completely financially incompatible. When dating finances may not be too important and they may genuinely love each other, but once they're managing a household, lifestyle and future together things like this become problematic with usually no solution. Highly likely they'll end up with debts and lots of stress from bills etc or have constantly conflict on spending priorities. The damage from my experience from this may possibly be impossible to ever recover from. I warn anyone else who appears to be making the same mistake. It's hard to change the mind of someone in love though. People warned me, which I ignored unfortunately.
Embarrassingly, the gas to my place got cut off a month after we first moved in. We remembered to get the electricity connected and the water and internet too, but both assumed we didn’t have gas because our stove is induction. About a month later it turned out we’d just been mooching off the previous tenant’s gas connection and they finally cut it off - and that was when we figured out you needed gas for things like heating hot water for the shower. Oops.
I feel like I only know that at my age because my parents’ water heater is awful. If anyone has showered, done dishes, or laundry within the last 5 hours, you get a whole 12 minutes of warm water maybe.
Well, I guess the giant gas tank in my yard helps serve as a good reminder too lol
It did but I also started working there too so it wasn't that noticeable.
The whole situation was a clusterfuck, but basically it was a trash dump of a building with a trash dump of an owner - he had a tattoo of the Tazmanian Devil holding the severed head of bugs bunny on his arm, I think that will paint the necessary picture.
Depends where you live, in the UK it's common in some rentals for all bills to be included, meaning water, gas and electric. Sometimes even WiFi, in houseshares in particular. I know people into their thirties that are in shares and could still be for years, I wouldn't be too surprised if they've never paid a bill before
I just moved. In my old apartment, the water was included in the rent (or really a separate charge, but a very small amount that was paid with my rent every month). Now I have a separate water bill, and I'm afraid of forgetting it.
I dunno, I don't think my husband has paid many bills in his life, either. I was a couple years ahead of him in high school and went to a trade school so I was working before he graduated and all through his college years. By the time we had shared expenses I just sort of took over paying them mostly because I'm a control freak and I'm pretty good with a budget. He's aware OF bills, that the cost comes out of our account, but it isn't on his mental load. He constantly asks me what we pay for X or Y. I've at least shared the budget spreadsheet with him so if I die he knows all the passwords.
Well your husband at least knows what bills are, that you have them, and that they need to be paid. Homegirl was on a whole other level of basic life skill fails
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 03:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your example isn't good, because those substitutions are included in cracking software. It's just a dictionary attack with substitutions.
You've got it right on with getting LastPass or another secure password manager to keep your passwords though.
For making a good password I've usually gone the route of taking a sentence or two, use only the first letter of each word and using the number when one is there. That makes it easy to remember, but a lot more difficult to attack.
Swie · 16 points · Posted at 02:11:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not that weird as far as being a division of labour imo... afaik my mom doesn't pay bills (although she works and they make about same $), my dad does it. Similarly he basically never cooks. He cleans, she does laundry. He does the trash, she does the garden.
For myself if I get married and my husband doesn't mind I'd also happily never pay a bill again. I have a good job and I pay bills now I live alone, but it's just my least favourite chore, by far.
I can see someone who never lived alone never paying bills.
Yep, I’ve never paid anything but my personal credit card bills (and, like, medical copays online). But like...I know how bills work. I don’t know how much our electric bill is but I know it exists and gets paid.
Yeah, that too. My husband doesn’t sit down and pay our recurring bills every month, they’re on autopay. So really neither one of us does that chore. (He does deal with all the health insurance crap, though.)
Well, "traditionally" women paid the bills while the husband made the money, and the women ran the household. That's why women took Home Economics classes in high school while the boys were in shop class.
She married young to a really controlling man 20 years her senior who was so terrified she’d leave him that he kept her helpless so she’d rely on him. It happens.
Depending on where they lived, rent can sometimes include utilities just like she'd been expecting. My first apartment was like that. Water, electric, internet, landline(lol dating this anecdote), and basic cable came bundled with the unit, so I only had to pay one bill each month to the landlord. Any extra subscriptions I wanted beyond the basic level provided were on me, like if I wanted premium cable(again, dating this story) or to subscribe to get dvds sent to me in the mail in those big red envelopes(going all in on this one) I'd need to purchase those services on my own.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 01:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For that matter, when they finally send someone out to turn off the utility -- there's a water valve, an electric meter switch, etc, on the premises even when it's an apartment -- that employee will usually knock on your door first.
Back in the lean and desperate and forgetful years, on multiple occasions I was minutes away from losing a utility, until the guy knocked on the door. (Yes, he had a copy of my most recent bill, yes I did verify it was an actual employee.) Wrote a check, then the next day verified that the bill had been paid pending the check... and got to work finding enough money to cover the check.
Sounds like this person was really, really not paying attention. To anything.
Being poor cures you of this very early in life. Power shut off, eviction, food bank lines; you pick up the concept of the value of a dollar and the need to pay things on time.
That's really... weird? Like alright, even if she didn't know, who am I to judge. I'm 22 and I still don't know a lot of adulting stuff. But didn't she get any email or mail about the bills saying it has to be paid by whatever date?? O_o
Also I don’t know where this is, but at least in the US they would have to send you some sort of notice before any utilities are cut off. And I think they’re not even aloud to shut off certain utilities if they’re still inhabiting a place. But I could be talking out of my ass.
This is more of a "Teach me, Master Yoda" moment, but here it goes.
I had an employee who has never, to my knowledge, paid rent. In his life.
He went to a state university with a scholarship that paid for his first year in the dormitory. He then went on to be a Resident Advisor for the next 3 years, with the benefit of free lodging. After graduation, he managed to get himself hired as an appartment superintendent while fucking around playing in several bands. As a super, he was again given free lodging.
Then he moved to NYC which is when I hired him. He had moved into some grubby place in Brooklyn that had severe electrical issues that his landlords would not address. He and his roommates refused to pay rent until shit was resolved. It went to court whereupon he and his roommates won. Not only were they not liable for the back rent, they were each awarded $3,000. He then, while searching for new digs, was hired as a broker by the company he sought to rent from. They offered him an appartment as part of his terms of hire.
I just don’t get it. Even if you’ve never had to do that before it’s just kind of something you figure out.I mean she never heard her parents or husband talking about bills, never picked up on it in tv and movies?
I fear that a friend of mine is going to run into this one day. He’s in his 30’s and still lived with his parents. Which is fine. Many adults these days don’t live on their own. Though I’ve talked to him about it on multiple occasions and asked if he ever thought about getting his own place and he really doesn’t want to. At least last time I checked he is completely ok living with his parents indefinitely. I am concerned what will happen to him once they pass and he’s finally left on his own.
This sounds exactly like my former coworker! She would actually talk about it all the time how she didn't know how to do taxes or keep track of any of the money going in or out of her bank account. The weird thing is she made more money than her husband so you'd think she would take a lot active role with that. But she never had to
nabrok · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, some places do include utilities with rent.
Still, it's hard to imagine not understanding what a bill is.
Maybe a bit of a tangent, but that exact sort of thing is a big problem when some people try to leave abusive relationships.
The abuser will prey on them early and marry them before the victim has a chance to be out on their own for any real period of time. After that the abuser will control all the technical details of life like bank accounts, bills, paperwork, etc.
The victim may want to leave, but then end up staying because the abuser has made sure they lack vital skills and information for living independently.
No, that’s exactly what happened. She grew up in a rural conservative community, married a much older man who controlled every part of her life to keep her helpless because he was pathologically afraid she’d leave him. She left him because he refused to let her go to graduate school or do anything but cashier in his elderly aunt’s store. She ended up marrying another guy who isn’t as bad as her first husband, but who insists she gives him 100% of her paycheck, from which she receives a monthly allowance of 300 dollars, and no matter how much our friends and I explain that this isn’t ok, she says it is because “he’s better at finances” and because she can spend her 300 dollars as she pleases.
I've met some married couples, where the mom is a stay at home mom and has never had a job in her life. I tried giving her a bill and she gave me the most confused look and said, "I don't deal with finances, you'll have to talk to my husband." This was dinner, not a new car. Yes there are people out there with that simplistic of lives.
Sorry her water was cut off? Is this legal in America? I work for a water company in England and we can only disconnect commercial supplies that do not supply/impact domestic properties...
She’s better, though I still spend a lot of time trying to push her on issues regarding her independence. Her first husband was a lot older and really invested in keeping her helpless. She married again a few years ago to a guy who at 40 had never been in a relationship before and is ocd/has Aspergers— she lets him control all finances including handing him 100% of her paycheck so he can give her a monthly allowance of 300 dollars because “it’s easier this way.” 😬
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandma told me about a 90-year-old gentleman in her condo community. When his wife passed away the tellers at the bank had to teach him how to WRITE A CHECK. His wife had paid all of the bills for their entire marriage! Unreal.
I worked as part of a 2 person team cleaning for a moderately wealthy woman.
When her husband divorced her we had to teach her how to do pretty much everything.
Her upper-middle class elderly parents were very lovely people and they were coming over to teach her some things, but she was mid-40’s completing a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and I was a 18 year old idiot freshman working on an Art degree and I had to teach her how to plunge a toilet, start her dishwasher, and do her laundry.
Still to this day, over a decade later, and I cannot figure out how she managed all those years doing nothing for herself. She had 2 kids. Did they never have accidents that she immediately put in the washer? Did she never think to load the empty dishwasher rather than pile her dirty dishes in the sink?
She wouldn’t even spray her massive shower out when she was menstruating and we only came twice a week. It would be dried to the shower floor.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be completely fair, some places do include bills with rent.
You don't know somethings until you learn it. Luckily most of us learn these life skills early on but it's usually from being thrown in the deep end
aham42 · 3 points · Posted at 01:34:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend who was pushing 40 had never paid a bill before.
I'm 40.. met my wife when I was 18. She's handled all of that shit my entire adult life. I really hope I die first.
Haha. tbf I nearly had my electricity turned off in my early 30s because I thought it was part of my rent like the rest of my utilities. Finally saw a notice and was like "oh shit..."
I feel like I get most "adulting" (sorry zoomers, I know that word makes you cry ;) ) stuff fine, but utilities are weird. At that place I got redundant bills sent in the mail (hence my habit of ignoring them), but at my next place the utility company tried to claim they'd been paying our electric and double bill us. It's a little confusing and made worse by the fact that a lot of utility billing companies are shady af.
I’m a 20 year old college student who still lives with his parents over break. I have no clue how to pay my taxes. Thanks to the public school system for teaching us fucking cell biology and art but not taxes and personal finance.
DMala · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can kind of relate. I was only 19 at the time, and I understood the concept of bills, but I assumed the power company would send a bill to “current resident” and from there I’d set up my account and pay the bill. When nothing showed up, I assumed electricity was included in the rent and didn’t worry about it. Figured it out a year later when I came home to a dark apartment.
Iused to work with this woman in her 50s or 60s who'd never paid a bill, owned a car, used the postal service, or rented an apartment. My boss had to teach her how to do all of it
I blame her parents and a lacking education system for that. There are a lot of things people are just supposed to know when they are independent, yet, if no one remembers to tell you, how the fuck are you supposed to know? Power and water being part of the rent makes perfect sense, why would you even question it?
I went from my parents houze to my husbands house. And I know that bills are a thing that need to be paid. In fact, I’m handling most of the finances. I just don’t understand how people can’t comprehend that.
I work at a bank, and I see shit like this all day long. My favorite example is this:
Lady in their mid to late 30's comes up to the drive through driving a $50k+ SUV, wearing designer sunglasses. Says "um, I need to put money in the bank, how do I do that?" I literally had to tell her to put her debit card and cash in the tube and push go. I have conversations like this with young adults all the time, but this person was at least 35. Turns out, she was actually trying to tell me she needed to make a car payment, she just didn't understand the difference, so that took a minute to figure out.
I wish I was privileged enough to not need to know how to do normal tasks.
Im scared of this. I live with my parents and am 21. Work full time but i don't want my parents to lose the house. Had i moved out last year like i wanted to theyd be in deep shit and now the foundation is cracking. Its nice to help even though people call me a basement dweller but i let my mom handle the bills. Ever since I stated working at 16 i did and now im kinda stuck. I also when I set my account up allowed her to control it past 18 im kinda here till my dad gets back on his feet. I wanna go but life just works in weird ways
I have little doubt that this has happened to several of my college students after they graduated and moved out. I had one cry to me panicked because he was graduating the next month (24 years old) and his parents were making him move out. He didn’t even have the basic understanding of “adulting” because his parents did everything for him. He hadn’t tried to find a job or a place to live and was just hoping they’d feel bad and let him stay. (Which is I believe exactly what happened.) I’ve also had students that honestly didn’t understand that you can only spend the amount of money you have in your bank account and get angry when their cards were declined. They assumed it would switch to “credit” or something similar when the funds ran out. I could tell you so many more stories like this. We honestly need an “adulting” class for freshman college students!
My dad is 57 and same thing. My mom just passed away unexpectedly and now I guess Im the next person in line to have to pay bills and shop for a grown man because he has never learned how to adult at all.
My mother in law is 77 years old and has never paid a bill. Never been to a bank. Never used an ATM. Dad just gets the cash out and gives it to her and he takes care of paying the bills in cash at the post office. I don’t know what’s going to happen if dad goes first.
Omg this is my sister. Mom had been paying her rent, utilities, and giving her spending money, unbeknownst to Dad. Well, when Mom died, he found out and was furious (in that stoic dad sort of way). So the money fountain dried up. She insisted she could take care of herself. Where we live it’s illegal to turn off someone’s electric heat during the winter months. She took this to mean that the heat was free, and cranked it all winter long. That spring, overhearing her arguing with the power company on the phone was priceless.
Oh, and she also thought that if she lost her cell phone and couldn’t afford to replace it, she could just stop paying the bill since she wasn’t using it. Then she’d buy a phone with a new contract from a new provider. This happened about 4 or 5 times.
Happened to my mother in law at 55. Married at 18, husband died 4 years ago. My fiance has been trying to teach her to be independent but she is so resistant.
That’s why my parents teach my sister and I to learn how to be independent even if we do get married someday because you never know what’s gonna happen and they don’t want us to ever depend on anyone
This was my biggest fear of moving into my own home at 25. I would fuck up paying the bill and get my stuff turned off with no warning. I still have no clue if there is a warning or not
Companies make it very easy to pay bills so they get their money. They usually give you repeated letters phone calls and visits before shutting anything off.
God, my ex mother in law went grocery shopping for the first time in her life at 52, after they got divorced. She got married at 16 and divorced and lived with her parents for a year and remarried at 22 and everyone had always done it for her. Absolutely ridiculous.
jjjlak · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend in grad school didn’t even know how much rent was (lived in a very nice apartment) and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t just go shopping (I was stressed about paying rent that week). She also “wasn’t sure” if she had any student loans. Parents paid and did everything for.
Self admitted I had never wrote a check until I was 35. I honestly didn't know how to do it and had to ask for help. I always gave cash to my mom to pay my bills and now my wife and I share a account and she pays them.
I’m worried my best friend from middle school is going to end up that way. His parents are pretty much higher end middle class. They’ve pay for just about everything for him and he’s 29 now. The only thing that stops him from being a NEET is that he’s employed as a truck driver. But the farm he works for only calls him out like once a month.
I genuinely worry that once his parents pass away or they eventually kick him out or whatever he’s just not going to have the life skills to adult. He’s never had to pay rent or a phone bill. And for his vehicles he’s always just paid his dad.
This boggles my mind cause , like, she’s me almost. I’m only thirty but I just moved out of my family home to live with my partner but like... I know what bills are. I’ve paid bills. I’ve paid taxes. Like.. you.. what... how do you... man. I am sort of jealous of her ignorance. What a blissful life she must lead.
How does this even happen? My parents showed us bills when we were very young so we understood the concept of pay the bills on time. They didn’t make us pay them, just aware they existed.
Well now I will say this there are apartments with utilities included and you just pay extra in rent. I know that this is not that situation but there are apartments that do that.
Yeah man I'm 37 and I just bought a house and I'm realizing how much shit I just let roommates and girlfriends do, I got auto pay set up and my friends mom hooked me up with some furniture but really I'm just guessing.
Christ this is like my brother. Always having women take care of him, my mother, girlfriends, his ex wife. This year at 41 is his first year of being on his own. He was evicted from his apartment in December because he thought he could pay his rent anytime in December. He didn’t realize it had to be on the first.
Something like this happened with my uncle. He's in his 60s and his wife died, my mom had to teach him how to do the bills. They had a hell of a time figuring out what the info was for the mortgage and taxes.
Honestly, as someone in a water rich region the idea of PAYING for water was absolutely baffling to me at first. I knew how to pay the bill but I didn't quite get why I couldn't just have a well lol
A roommate in college forgot to pay rent because her parents literally paid for everything. When we got the “past due” notice one night, I asked if she paid her half and got a total deer in the headlights look.
She told me she’d write a check. Impressed with her efforts to solve the problem, i watched her write everything on the wrong line of the check (and make it payable to the wrong rental company). Then she put it in the mailbox of the apartment office instead of the clearly marked “rent payments only” box.
The next day her mom paid the entire rest of the year for her.
She actually left her first husband because he was controlling to the point that he wouldn’t “let” her have a job where she might interact with other men or further her education, so she was relegated to cashiering at his elderly aunt’s fabric shop for 11 years, left him to pursue grad school.
Sounds like my friend's mom. His dad took care of all of that, so after he died my friend's mom was completely unprepared. I found it funny that he was teaching his mom all about paying bills.
A woman that I worked with is similar. She went to college, then moved back in with her parents for a few years, before getting married and moving in with her husband. She said she’s paid some bills- loans, credit cards, things like that, but never paid or even set up electricity or water at a house/apartment. Her husband is an accountant “so he is in charge of the money.” Plus, they just had a kid. 😬
I have many great stories about my former college roommate. Two of my favorites are:
she wanted to make pasta. She put a pot on the stove and poured the noodles in (no water in the pot), turned on the stove. After a while she asked me “how come these aren’t getting soft like when my mom makes them?”
she made brownies from a box. The box instructions say “grease the bottom of an 8x8 pan before pouring in the brownie batter.” You bet your ass this bitch picked up the 8x8 pan, flipped it over, greased the BOTTOM of it, and then flipped it back over and poured in the brownie batter
I blurted out laughing just as someone in the show were watching said "so and so was killed in the line of duty a few days ago". My wife just looked at me like what the fuck?
Los_93 · 29 points · Posted at 04:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A blonde walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist for some rectum deodorant. The pharmacist explains to the woman they don't sell rectum deodorant…. and that in fact he has never heard of it before.
The blonde assures the pharmacist that she has been buying the stuff from this store for years and needs some more.
"I'm sorry," says the pharmacist, "we don't have any.
"But I always get it here," says the blonde.
"Do you have the container it comes in?" asks the pharmacist.
"Yes!" said the blonde. "I'll go home and get it."
She returns with the container and hands it to the pharmacist who looks at it and says to her, "This is just a normal stick of underarm deodorant."
Annoyed, the blonde snatches the container back and reads out loud from the container: "To apply, push up bottom."
She sure did lol. I remember that for a couple of reasons: first was that my family always said "close the curtains" and secondly she was drawing the DRAPES!! LOL
I memba when she wanted to go into politics. When she was questioned about if she'd fill potholes, she said to the brim and to plant something nice..the world needs more purity like that woman.
I’m starting to think these books might have encouraged my interests in language and etymology.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:57:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re perfect book for the classroom. Kids learn multiple meanings of various words and common phrases that they otherwise wouldn’t know the meaning of. I myself learned some new words and phrases just from those books since there were many I had never heard of (we read them in elementary school)
What about that time when she was playing baseball and they told her to run home, and she hit the ball over the fence, physically stole the bases, and ran all the way home, and then made cookies. Like holy cow.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 05:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m ready for a live action Amelia film for kids, it’s long overdue. Maybe she’s new in the big city and is kinda goofy and clutzy. She has a big heart though. Maybe she helps solve a mystery.
She gets called out for not knowing things, but her message is that it’s ok to learn and try new things, and that it’s wrong to underestimate someone or make fun of them for learning. She turns out to be an open an adventurous person, showing the other protagonist (friend? love interest?) that there are things they can learn from HER.
[deleted] · 84 points · Posted at 02:53:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was there ever a human soul as profoundly asinine and wilfully ignorant than Amelia Bedelia? God I hate her glassy eyed face so fucking much. I just wanna MASH it into a running waffle maker and be like "huh isn't that I R O N I C"
They upset me. I always make my kids “read them” to me by making up a new story where Amelia does exactly what she is asked. It’s both boring and hilarious.
Well, sadly the author died in a dusting incident. She was asked to dust a friend's apartment as a favor and instead of cleaning the dust in the apartment as expected, she started pouring heaps of dust on the place and ended up inhaling so much dust she died.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 04:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol when she was told to “change the curtains” and so she changed them up by cutting them apart with scissors and like painting them purple and polka dots and shit ahahaha
I loved the book when she played baseball or something and she hit the ball so hard that her team were telling her to “run home.” She indeed ran all the way home. To her house. Lol
“God I hate her glassy eyed face so fucking much. I just want to mash it into a running waffle maker and be like, ‘Ha, isn’t that ironic?’ Grab her by her vacant fucking head, throw outta 747 and say, “Hey, why didn’t you shoot yourself when you had the chance?
Except Amelia Bedelia could actually cook. Or at least make amazing pies. I'm not sure how since she's incapable of learning anything else that isn't strictly literal and would have pulled exactly this greasing the bottom of the baking dish shit if she existed in real life. Yeah I may not have like those books much.
adj16 · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A million years ago, my Mom used those books in her Adult Intermediate ESL classes. It seems that American Idioms are a pain in the a++.. She added Holidays when a student of hers revealed she hid under the bed during Halloween.
My mom named us all after books. My sister got her name from Amelia Bedelia and 1000% lives up to it. She had a phase where she ate “microwave omelettes” for breakfast almost daily (scrambled egg with nothing in it, nuked on a plate until it was a rubber puck)
There was also an instance where my mom had Amelia make cornbread for family dinner and she put three tablespoons instead of teaspoons of baking SODA instead of baking powder in the mix. My mom made us eat it anyway because my sister had gone to all that work. It tasted.. carbonated. 11/10 would not recommend.
You bet your ass this bitch picked up the 8x8 pan, flipped it over, greased the BOTTOM of it, and then flipped it back over and poured in the brownie batter
No common sense, but great at following directions.
She was free entertainment like you would not believe. She liked to “write songs” and she would come out to the living room and write these god awful poems and then sing them to us. Some other fun stories:
she liked to smoke pot. One day she wanted to go to the store to buy a new bong, so we all went with her. She tried to pay with her debit card and it got declined. She was super pissed that her card got declined. When she got back in the car we were talking about it and she was like, “it’s ok, I’ll just go to the bank and withdraw cash from the ATM.” I tried to explain to her that isn’t how it works and if her card got declined she wouldn’t be able to withdraw cash. Off to the bank we go. Shocker: she can’t withdraw any cash because she doesn’t have any money. She goes inside and bitches out the bank teller girl who is also trying to explain to her she doesn’t have any money. This goes on for a while before I finally drag her out of the bank
I came home one day and she was laying on the floor in the living room crying hysterically. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she had herpes. I talked to her about it for a little bit and asked her if she went to the doctor to get tested. She told me she didn’t need to, she KNEW she had herpes, here is the proof..... a new mole on her arm.
I'm totally the kind of person who'd do the second one. I have trouble following directions because my brain thinks of like seven different ways to interpret one sentence, which somehow everyone else understands but me, and I end up choosing the Wrong One and everyone thinks I'm an idiot (I am an idiot). I'd read that and think "which bottom? Underneath-bottom or inside-bottom? Better do underneath-bottom just to be safe."
sgw97 · 48 points · Posted at 02:57:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But in this brownie situation if you give it even a little thought--why would there be any reason AT ALL to grease the outside bottom of the pan where no brownie batter will touch? To prevent the bottom of the pain from sticking to the oven rack??
See, that's what I mean when I say my brain thinks of ten million different possibilities instead of the most obvious one, because I'd totally think "well the directions wouldn't tell me to do that unless there was good reason to, so therefore it MUST be to prevent the pan from sticking to the oven rack!"
I feel your pain. I've always been a very literal person, and sometimes it comes across as smartass when I don't intend it as such. I remember awhile back my ex-wife had given my number to one of those window replacement scammer sorts and the saleslady was talking to me about me current windows and said "I see here your current windows are aluminum?" and my dumb ass replied "no, they're glass." There was this pregnant pause before she replied"... I mean the frames." I didn't mean it smartassilly, it's just my brain connected her mentioning the windows with them obviously being glass, not aluminum.
See, I'd have said the same, because... well, not all windows are made of glass, some are made of plastic polymers, so I would see it as perfectly reasonable to say "yes, these windows are made of glass" whereas everyone else is like "WELL DURR THEY'RE MADE OF GLASS."
But it wouldn't make sense to say in response to someone saying your current windows are aluminium, unless you think that windows exist with panes made of aluminium. Contextually, she must have been talking about the frames.
I'd just think it was made out of some kind of alloy I was ignorant about. There's a lot I don't know, if someone who knows windows is talking about something that windows are made of, then that person knows more about windows than me and I'm going to assume they know something I don't.
idma · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can barely take a joke sometimes. Being forced to work around construction guys has helped me a lot, but when the situation is really serious and I'm also serious, the joke just doesn't get to me and I become a buzzkill.
Thank you! I’m the same way. Cooking directions are the worst. Even in the above example, the directions said to grease the bottom of the pan, so the girl greased the bottom of the pan.
I need to watch YouTube for even the most basic cooking instructions.
idma · 3 points · Posted at 04:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the same to. For a long time it would get me into trouble because of the mistakes I make. But I'd have to say that loooking back, I leaned a lot from those mistakes and am far smarter for it. I'm still more stubborn than a rock refusing to flatten. I'm 35
Docs can't agree on whether or not I'm autistic. Apparently what trips them up is I make eye contact, but if not for that they'd all think I was. So I just assume I am and that my eyes are weird about it.
My college roommate got flowers as a gift from her boyfriend. I noticed they looked like they were growing a white substance on them a couple days later and mentioned she might need to throw them out. Turns out the white stuff was flower food. She had sprinkled it on the petals instead of mixing it into the water.
She put a pot on the stove and poured the noodles in (no water in the pot), turned on the stove. After a while she asked me “how come these aren’t getting soft like when my mom makes them?”
She's the reason the first step for packaged foods, like frozen pizza, is to take it out of the box and remove plastic film. She'd probably put the pizza in the oven cardboard and all.
Your pasta story reminds me of the time one of my roommates in college forgot he started making ramen noodles while we were all playing video games. None of us knew until the smoke alarms for the entire apartment building went off. The water evaporated and the noodles burnt so badly it destroyed the pot.
Well... I meant people LIKE her but she may actually be the very individual that caused that to be required. What a legend!
emms25 · 9 points · Posted at 02:32:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like my ex coworker. She kept walking around the building one day at the end of her shift, then complained she couldn't leave cause she was locked in. The doors had dealt locks that you just turned the lock from the inside. It never occurred to her to turn the lock to unlock the door and leave.
Is your roommate my old roommate? She put frozen chicken in the oven, turned the oven on. It beeped to signal that it had pre-heated. She then asked my why the chicken was still cold.
Wait did you live with my college roommate?
Mine also:
exploded a potato in the microwave after wrapping it in cling wrap, because she didn't want it to dry out
only use her hands/gloves to scrub, yes this includes bathrooms, because the sponge soaked up all the soap so it didn't scrub
vacuum the carpet after removing the bag, and didn't replace it, and complained that vacuum only makes things dirtier
xahsz · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The microwaved potato is totally a real thing. Granted, you need to stab it with a fork a few times first to prevent the exploding part, but definitely a real thing.
The brownie one reminds me of something my ex boyfriend did while attempting baking. His roommate told me this story of when my ex was making cupcakes - you know how you stick a toothpick into the cupcakes, and if it's clean when you pull it out, you know they're done? He stuck toothpicks in each little tin of cupcake batter, and thought the toothpicks just "popped out" when the cupcakes were done.
I've gotta give it to her on the brownies: she followed the directions exactly. If you have no idea what the grease does then putting it on either side makes the same amount of sense.
The first one is literally something I did when I was 8 years old and had the genius idea that I wanted to make lunch for my mom. I VIVIDLY remember putting dry pasta in a bowl in the microwave, throwing some lettuce in, and serving it to my mom as “pasta salad”. To her immense credit, she started eating it and put on a brilliant performance of enjoying it, complete with an exclamation of “mmmm, crunchy!”
she wanted to make pasta. She put a pot on the stove and poured the noodles in (no water in the pot), turned on the stove. After a while she asked me “how come these aren’t getting soft like when my mom makes them?”
Knew a guy who threw an unopened package of ramen in the Microwave set it on high for 15 minutes and walked away expecting to come back to a piping hot bowl of cooked ramen. Instead the foil pack sparked until the noodles caught fire which then melted the inside of the microwave. He had no answers to any question we asked on what exactly he was thinking.
Same guy burned out a second microwave by putting an unopened can of soup in it. Luckily it died before the can exploded.
Ldfzm · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Confession: My autistic brain results in my taking things pretty literally. Had I not learned to cook and bake as a kid AND habituated myself to pause and make damn sure what the instructions actually meant, I would have probably gone full-blown Amelia Bedelia with that shit.
That said, it’s pretty funny, assuming no actual harm occurred.
Was showing a friend how I make no-bake cookies. Recipe calls for rolled oats. He busted out a rolling pin and was ready to go to town! We had a fun conversation about what “rolled oats” are!
I made brownies a few weeks ago and forgot to grease it even though I read the instructions. I did not like where this was going and was about to say "hey now we all make mistakes". This took a delightful turn and I am both flabbergasted and bewildered to their choice of actions concerning the given directive.
College roommates are the worst! When my wife (then girlfriend) and I were freshmen, her college roommates were twins who did not understand how a thermostat works. They would constantly emerge from their shared bedroom and tiptoe across the common space to the thermostat, which was on the far side of my wife's bedroom door. They were anything but quiet, and you could see their shadows under the door. As soon as they slammed their bedroom door, you could open the door to the common space and see that the thermostat was now set to 90°. In Florida. All because they were cold. This was especially annoying because there was a question on the dorm housing application that said "Do you prefer a cold room", and they shouldn't have been paired with my wife if they hadn't answered "Yes" to that question.
I was lucky. My roommate would just come home smashed drunk at 3am on a Tuesday, go to sleep, and then wake up an hour later, make a couple laps around the room, and then pee in a random spot in the room. Fun times.
Luckily for all of us in the apartment, my bedroom was right next to the kitchen. I am certain that I stopped enough blazes in that one year that I should’ve gotten a salary from the fire department
W2ttsy · 5 points · Posted at 03:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She failed out of college after our sophomore year and went to the local community college for 3 years and then transferred back to our school for 2 more years and graduated. She now works at Google.
She was a psychology major and would try to analyze people and tell them she could solve their problems and a bunch of BS. If you tried to ask her to stop she would scream I’M A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR!!!!! at you in a very high pitched screech
Hahaha my roommate made Kraft Mac and cheese once. Poured the pasta and some water in a pot, then put it on the stove. The noodles never got bigger. Then he did actually strain it, but only added the cheese powder- no butter or milk.
OMG, we take so much for granted. If we never saw it before and
we were reading the instructions this is all too realistic. Taking instructions
literally. She did as the instructions said and it should have been to
grease the inside bottom of the pan.
The brownie thing reminds me of when my roomie made enough batter for a 9 x 11 cake but put it in my 9 x 9 pan because she didn't know that cakes rise?
The edges rose, spilled over, and lit on fire on the oven and the center was liquid raw. This cake was her responsibility to make for a sorority sister's birthday so she ended up scooping our the center, putting a piece of paper towel on it like patching drywall, and camouflaging it with frosting.
As a counterpoint to your brownie story, in Scouts, on a camping trip, before cooking with a Dutch oven over a campfire, we told one of the kids to soap the bottom of the Dutch oven to make it easier to get the soot off afterwards. You better believe that he soaped it on the inside.
Had a buddy who decided to cook a pizza in the oven by putting it on a wooden cutting board and then placing it in the oven. I have no idea why he thought that was how it was done.
meminio · 2561 points · Posted at 23:35:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe I'm late into this but my GF's grandfather had started to be, let's say "less accurate when peeing" standing and leaving a mess in the washroom. I suggested that there's nothing wrong with sitting down for peeing and that would make life easier for everybody. All her family stared at me like in shock. True my GF and her family didn't know that males can pee while sitting. Everybody in that family thought that as a male, the only physical way to pee is standing.
I was almost asked to demonstrate in front of them that it's possible.
OP explained somewhere, Grandpa was the only male in the family. So Gramps obviously knew, but didn't mention it (and maybe helped the rumor along, I would speculate).
YanDan · 4 points · Posted at 07:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A case of Pavlovian conditioning most likely, I have noticed the same.
disaia · 2 points · Posted at 17:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually the poop when still inside the body is close enough to the bladder to press on it, so pushing can make pee come out before the poop, so it's not just a psychological effect. I have learnt that for kids who have problems holding their pee it can be caused by constipation.
(Reservations for not knowing exactly the workings of this since I'm not medically educated)
You fold the penis backwards and insert the end into the arse. You urinate into your bowel, and then when you sit to poo, the pee comes out your bumhole, too. Also helps soften any challenging stools.
It's a very quick process really. You have to close one tightly before you swap to the next. They say they're developing a process where we can do both if we squat, but tests are proving unsuccessful.
My dad has been at war his entire life with the "real man pee standing up". His dad was a plumber and he got hired to maintain schools bathrooms, so he put his sons (my dad and his brothers) to the job of daily cleaning when they were kids.
It disgusts him so much he even had signs put up in our home bathroom. He still sits to pee 50 yrs later.
I've always sat to pee. I don't understand the point of peeing standing up either because no matter how well you aim it WILL splash everywhere and it's really not anymore convenient to me.
OK, I'm not going to get into a discussion of sit vs stand, as I'm a woman and literally have no idea about how men do this...
I DID want to say, my toddler seems to prefer to pee standing up. Also, preferably on the carpet or into someone else's shoes. But I have not seen him sitting to pee. (he likes his bathwater pristine).
As a teen I dated a guy with 4 little brothers and their bathroom was absolutely rancid. His mother refused to clean it and they were not very efficient to do it themselves. The grout inbetween the tiles was litteraly soaked with pee and the smell impossible to get rid of.
They had to redo the whole bathroom when the boys got older.
I don't know, my mother was a neat freak and seeing that it could be an acceptable situation for someone surprised me a lot. I think the whole idea of "boys being messy" was just taken as a fact in their household.
I don't understand this. My son has never peed on the floor(except for some times he didn't make it in time while potty training) and has always peed standing up. He slept walked and peed in a corner, but never the bathroom floor. And my husband doesn't miss either... There is never pee anywhere but the toilet....
My brother (7, maybe?) once sleepwalked down two flights of stairs and into the basement. His whimpers woke up Mom (super-Mom hearing, I guess) and she went down to find him stuck in a corner.
A 90-degree angle corner.
He was apparently bumping into and off of it, letting out a whimper, and then trying again.
She guided him up the stairs and to the bathroom door, and told him to do his business. He did, and went right back to sleep - remembered NONE of it.
The best part? His room is next door to the bathroom.
Some men like to think their peepee is a magic wand with military precision... I didn't expect such reaction to my post, but my dad will be glad to know there is strong support from the sitting community ah !
[deleted] · 46 points · Posted at 05:07:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s literally more natural because humans are supposed to squat to go to the bathroom. Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we are supposed to do it.
In fact even sitting isn’t the most efficient. I’m pretty sure bringing your knees closer to your body helps too.
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 07:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is correct. Sitting pinches your colon in a way that can make it difficult to shit. Putting a stool in front of your toilet to put your legs on so you are more in a squatting position can help majorly.
Yes. Lower silhouette, less chance of being spotted by a predator. Old military men and survivalists do this.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 05:38:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I seriously believe that both were almost always done at the same time. Literally every mammal squats or spreads their legs to piss, male or female because it empties your bladder better. Like I said just because it’s possible and convenient to do something doesn’t mean that it is the natural way to do it. Humans can fully shit standing up too but people don’t do it.
Either you poop very often or are very dehydrated. The two timetables operate on very different frequencies.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Now yes because we’re not chasing deer and shit all day. When you run for 70% of your waking hours you’re going to do both at the same time. I was answering a comment about cave men not modern humans who have all the time in the world to use the bathroom when we please.
I studied anthropology and don't recognise this claim at all. Not least, palaeolithic humans did not run for 70% of their waking hours, it takes about 15 hours of work a week to gather food in a hunter gatherer society and a lot of that is stuff like collecting berries and roots to eat, at a leisurely pace. When you factor in food preparation it's only about 4 hours out of your day.
Evidence suggests early humans generally ate opportunistically scavenged meat more than actively hunting animals, with significantly less time spent on hunting. Meat was not necessarily eaten every day. Little of the community's collective energy was expended on accessing meat.
Also while studies suggest some ancient peoples may have used persistence hunting to exhaust prey, it does not take 8 hours to exhaust an animal in the midday sun. And it would only be the younger, healthier members of the community doing this work so it would not affect normal pee and poop schedules in the wider community (6-8 times a day for pee, twice a day to three times a week for poop).
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:45:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
“Or spread their legs” they’re not squatting but they are still maneuvering their legs in a way that makes it easier to empty their bladder. And yes even male dogs will squat to piss when they don’t lift their legs to mark territory. I’ve had quite a few male dogs and they all either lift their leg or squat. I’ve never seen one just stand and piss.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then there's also this European model, with the hole at the front. It can leave poop streaks (which you can remove with the shit-stick), but no water splashing!
Bonus: The first and second rage comics were about toilet splashback!
The idea of peeing standing up in my own home is so gross...it’s a water-filled toilet, not a urinal
Jeheh · 4 points · Posted at 22:31:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a man that worked on his feet all day In a garage. I’ll take that opportunity to sit down take a wiz in a usually air conditioned or heated bathroom any day.
My friends mother never taught her sons to pee standing up, so she wouldn’t have to clean up any messes. To this day as an adult, he still pees sitting down.
That's great! My dad was always a sit down to pee person and I never had brothers, but now I have three teenaged stepsons who stand to pee and we all share a bathroom and I feel like I'm going to lose my mind with how okay they thing it is to just pee wherever. It's like they don't even try to aim!
The invention of the smart phone has advanced the cause of the “sit down to P“ contingent faster and more effectively than any public relations campaign could ever have done
Ever work on a cleaning crew ? I have, my SO have and my Dad have, one point that we all agree on is that every man think his aim is of olympic level when in fact it's not...
My SO totally refused to have my daughter in men's public bathroom when she needed to be accompanied because the seats are always covered in piss.
" deserve to piss while sitting" What is that? Do you think your balls risk falling off? Is women having to sit some kind of punishment ? Is there somewhere a scale I haven't heard of that rate man standing up to pee as superior to others?
Hey, you chose to clean up people's pee that they make in public.
I clean, my own, toilet. I know how dirty it gets. I know how my penis works. I'm not going to sit to pee because some random janitor on the internet thinks I spray piss everywhere because I have a set of nads.
But that's nice that you have this piss complex now.
Yes, men's bathrooms in shithole places are usually disgusting because people are losing any shame that they once had. I fully agree that, yes, young girls should be able to use a nice clean restroom.
Good luck with the pee patrol parade you've got going on.
My husband has always sat to pee and I never realised how well it keeps the toilet clean than after his dad stayed with us for a few weeks and for the first time we had those yellow rings on the underside of the toilet seat from splash back
🎙️ arual_x · 38 points · Posted at 23:43:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been peeing sitting down since high school. It’s super lazy and there’s no mess. Win-win. If you wanna know how fragile masculinity is, tell another man to sit down when they pee.
The grandfather was the only guy in that family. At least the closest family. I think that explains. Still fully grown women that had been married ignored that from males.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 04:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only found out how men do if they need to pee while pooping when I was around 15 and had a boyfriend. Basically everything I know about how men do certain stuff came from asking him. I grew up in a house of only women and have only had relationships with women besides him.
I always pee sitting down at home, dont want to have to clean my own splatter, dont like the smell of stale urine in my bathroom, i like to read on the toilet. Lots of advantages.
So if they have to poop, they pee standing up first, then sit down?
tsunx4 · 3 points · Posted at 10:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait until they find out you can use toilet paper to wipe your penis after you're done peeing. It was bit of the shock for my girlfriend when she saw me wiping but I don't blame her - in our society real men gotta stand when peeing and then shake it until dry.
Spoiler: You can still make a mess when sitting down (as a man).
I've had a few times where I peed between the toilet and the toilet seat (not on purpose mind you), because my penis wasn't aiming far enough down. Mostly because its hard to aim down with morning wood, which is different than a boner mind you. Can't pee with a boner, yet I can with morning wood.
I actually can't pee well when I'm sitting. I think something in my personal anatomy pinches the urethra while sitting. I have to get to a very specific position for it to go well.
My late husband sat and peed. Only time he stood was with the gross porta pottys. I ( F) was facinated because It did not occur to me adults Men did this.
I share a bathroom with my two younger brothers. My parents have their own en suite. I have to clean that thing like twice a week because neither of them can aim into the toilet. They're 13 and 8 and can't piss into the toilet, and then I'm the one who cleans it because neither of them know how to. Bearing in mind, I'm 15. One of them is 13 and rarely even showers. He's told every day to shower because, as a teenager, he sweats more as he's going through puberty and all that. But he won't listen. It's disgusting really.
My dad sits when he pees. He explained it to me to tell a story of how he found a way to fix an habit. He kept forgetting to put the seat down and one day, child me that was starting to use the toilet like a big person went to sit down and fell into the bowl, expecting the seat to be down. I was really distracted as a child... Happened twice. Since then, my dad sits to pee.
If he ain't cut he might've got bad phimosis as my doc said a lot of old guys don't pull back the foreskin to wash. If you ain't really using your dick you don't really think about it
What?? How did they think babies and toddlers were able to pee? Or children peeing the bed? Had they never had diarrhea and ended up peeing at the same time?!?
I heard a story on the radio about a guy up until his teens thought that you put the lid down for girls, so he'd hold himself up when he took a shit all through his childhood until he was like 15 and I don't even remember how he came to this realization.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh I wish my father in law would sit to pee. Nothing like going to the bathroom and stepping in a puddle. But also lately he's been leaving bits of turds on the seat too so there's no winning.
Like any one over 7 inches or even just 5 and fat some times cannot fit their dick in the toilet sitting down without it rubbing all up against the cold cold porcelain. Nasty and uncomfortable.
Low key just exposed the small dick brigade on here :P
My girlfriend (now wife) put a pan of oil on too high of heat and it hit the flash point and caught fire. She freaked out and went to get a large thing of water and I stopped her and tossed the pan lid on top until the flames went out. Then she asked me why i stopped her. I was very thankful that I was there the first time she had a grease fire... not only could she have hurt herself but it was in a college dorm and the whole friggen place could have gone up!
I had a grease fire not long ago. I was cooking away and the pan went alight. I was holding the pan handle. I didn’t know where the lid was. I casually called in my Wife. No response. Called again. She replied she was just finishing something. I was still holding a pan of fire before casually walking past her, through the front door and placed it on the drive. In my head it felt like minutes had passed but it was probably only a few seconds and my wife mocks me for how calm I was carrying a pan of fire casually through the house.
I tried to do this when we had a grease fire, but a combination of a stupid dog and a dishwasher being open caused me to trip and pour it all over myself. Fun times.
Edit: 2nd & 3rd degree burns on my right arm and chest! But, didn't take any grafts and it healed up decently! This happened in 2006 and I forget most of the time they're there.
Olds78 · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister did this but was on 2nd floor in apartment and for some reason tried to throw it off balcony(probably the wine she was drinking lol) lesson learned when flaming oil covered her hand. No grafts either but she still has a wicked scar
Just dont use ANY fine particulate matter, to be safe. Cover it, smother it, or, worst case - get it the fuck outside
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 03:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another tip, when you have a grease fire, slide the cover over it to put it out. If you make a mistake from putting it on from above the oil can splash out and burn you. If you can't find the cover, a large plate or cookie sheet can help smother it in the same way.
Most granulated things can cause explosions due to the particles catching fire in a crazy way. We used to use coffee creamer at Scout Camp for fireballs.
So I cook a lot but I’ve never had a grease fire. Or any other sort of kitchen fire. What are so many people doing that causes fires? I’ve gotten inattentive and burned food but it’s the overcooked kind of burn, not the kitchen is about to go up in flames kind.
Same actually, been cooking since I was 14 and never had a grease fire. I’m thinking it can occur if the pan is way too hot and the oil reaches above its smoke point but I’m not sure if I’m on the right track.
I’ve definitely reached smoke points and I learned a lot from this thread, so it may have saved me from myself in the future lol
Why is there so much oil though? Sometimes I don’t chop onions as fast as I think I will so the oil burns off before I get them in. But then I just get an onion glue layer on the pan.
I've only had it happen a couple times in 20+ years. The one I remember well, my SO & I were new to cooking and we were making a stir fry. We put some oil in a wok, cranked the heat up, and at some point the oil got too hot and went up. It didn't set anything else on fire and was pretty easily dealt with, considering.
That’s actually a terrible plan, as it can spill flaming liquid and spread the fire faster. Remove it from heat and let it burn out. If it is going to spread from the pan, put it in the oven and close the door. But carrying flaming grease through your house is a quick way to burn it down.
Bad idea - the flames could have spread to his arms or clothes; he should have used a towel to smother it or a chopping board or anything bigger than the pan to block oxygen to the fire.
Nixxuz · 5 points · Posted at 02:18:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually learned that from The Fat Albert Show when I was just a little kid...I think. It was a cartoon anyway. Not a month later I actually had to use that knowledge when one of my parents started a grease fire.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:20:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fridge (though I suppose you could in the freezer as well but idk), it helps with smells. You're supposed to have a box in and change it every month(?) To fight bad smells
I know they make boxes specifically for the fridge. Like the side opens up and everything, showing a heavyish cloth-like material that will "let odors in and block them in"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, exactly
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's definitely not the one I had but huh. That might have been easier lol, though I'm assuming more expensive. Also, I never actually saw those back in my old state
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
h4mx0r · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Arm and Hammer baking soda even has a special freezer version of it too! (It's the same thing except it lets you expose the baking soda to the air without tearing open the box)
I didn't realize how much it helps until we removed it once without replacing it. Fish and meat (I think) stunk up the freezer and replacing the baking soda did the trick.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah and you're supposed to change the box out every 3 months or so.
Interesting. It worked pretty well the one time I tried it but apparently if the fire is too big you need more baking soda than you're likely to have. I looked into it a bit further and apparently salt works better. Assuming you don't have a lid or, as someone pointed out, a baking sheet which would work even better.
You should never try to move a pan of flaming oil because you could easily spill the oil and burn yourself or cause the fire to spread. Leave the pan where it is. Cover it or use a fire extinguisher.
Just an FYI if this happens to ypu, open oven door and toss firey item into oven. Close oven door and ensure oven is off. The fire will die fairly quickly.
My work keeps baking soda near our pizza oven for emergencies. One day we accidentally got some water on it and I was heading off shift, so I asked someone else to grab a replacement as I was on my way out. I come in the next day, and they had grabbed a box of freaking corn starch. And that's how we had a mini-seminar on why powder explosions are bad in the middle of dinner rush!
I don't know. I expect it's something you could ask your local fire department! I do know that wool doesn't burn as readily as plant fibers so it's plausible. I also don't have a wool blanket in the kitchen, though, and I expect finding a baking sheet or lid or a box of salt would be a lot easier.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, thanks for your response.
Now that I think about it, emergency fire blankets are also a thing.
Or grab a dish towel, LIGHTLY dampen it, and place it over the pan like a lid. The small amount of water in the towel keeps the towel from catching, and serves as a relatively air-tight seal to smother the fire.
This also means that you don't lose your food and have to clean of a mess of baking soda.
Does it work though? I've successfully used the baking soda method and the put-a-lid-on-it method, but water + grease is a bad idea and fabric is often flammable. I'm not sure whether a wet towel would put the fire out or make it worse.
kitolz · 6 points · Posted at 02:04:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any drops of water going into the oil would cause it to violently splash, aerating oil droets that also catch fire.
It would injure anyone handling the pan from hot oil at least.
My ex came into the garage from the kitchen one day and casually asked where the fire extinguisher was. Thinking this was a cautionary measure, I replied just as casually that it was hanging on the inside of the pantry. He grabs it a mosies back into the garage.
A couple of years later, he brings up the time he caught his project car on fire and how grateful he was that he thought to roll the front end out of the garage before he started tinkering with it. Which was, of course, the day in nonchalantly came looking for the fire extinguisher to put it out.
Years ago I was sitting at the kitchen table and watched my sister check how her Mac and Cheese noodles were coming along when the dish towel she was using to guard her hand from the lid lit on the gas burner below. She just looked at me and went "Uuuuummmmm..." while the flames slowly crept up the towel.
I told her, calmly, to throw the towel in the sink which about 2 feet to her left. She just stared at me wide eyes and totally frozen. I had time to sigh, roll my eyes, walk over and snatch the towel from her hands just as the flames really kicked in to throw it in the sink. That broke the spell and she was like "Oh...Thanks! :)".
I often wonder what would have happened if I weren't around.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 22:25:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My nan did this once, opened the front door and nearly. Lost her eyebrows when a woft of wind took the flames and made them 6ft and not 6 inches.
firefighter here, seen so many of these. Please teach everyone you know to have an extinguisher in their kitchen. also not just a lid you don’t or can’t find. if you’re quick thinking- use a large baking sheet, thick cutting board (non plastic) or metal bowl that covers the surface area to smother the flames will work. Walking the pan outdoors is so dangerous. burns are terrible injuries. cabinets and small kitchen items are replaceable
And then there's my brother, who on lifting the lid on a pot of oil he'd heated way too much (catching it on fire), picked it up, ran to the door, and threw it out onto the wooden deck.
We were fortunate the wood was still damp from recent rain, and the throwing spread the oil out enough that it went out instead of explosively evaporating the moisture.
I've often said I have two fire extinguishers. One in the kitchen, where a fire is most likely to start, and one in the bedroom where I'm most likely to be if I'm not in the kitchen.
It's a small apartment, both are within about six strides of me at any given time.
Man, this hits home. My instinct is also to be calm - too calm for people to realize the severity of a situation.
I once made ice cream and, for some reason, picked the -40 °C bucket out of the machine with wet hands, which meant that both my hands instantly got stuck on the bucket. I called for help, but my soft voice was met with the response "just a sec". Had to yell out angrily that i needed help right now before someone came, at which point my hands were frostbitten.
Similar story, but I was in high school and didn’t know yet how to put out a grease fire. Had my little brother open the back door and I tossed the pan on the patio and swore him to secrecy. My mom didn’t find out for at least a decade and a half why that one pan was slightly dented.
In university my two roomies and I cooked a huge turkey dinner for all our friends, we got to the gravy making part, and we were more tired than stupid (I think) and added the water quickly to the grease without mixing in flour for thickening. Instantly boiled over, hit the element and blew a fireball that dissipated as it hit the ceiling. One friend was standing sideways in the kitchen doorway and everyone in the living room saw this massive fireball reflected in her glasses. We are reallllllyyyyyy lucky that the ceiling or cabinets did not catch fire, and that we, who were standing there did not catch fire. Supper was delicious, and we didn’t burn the place down.
smom · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cookie sheet/pizza pan will work if you have one handy. Anything to smother the flames
Years ago my mom decided to wash our pillows. This was fine. But then she put them in the dryer. Smoke billowed out, she opened the dryer and freaked out because the pillows were on fire. Not thinking, she pulled them out of the metal dryer and threw them on the flammable carpet. Luckily they were quickly extinguished and the only damage was a few pillows and a burned carpet.
God damn it. My husband fries stuff in our Dutch oven and before that, just a cast iron skillet. A couple of times it was filled just a little too high and we have a gas stove and I’d get scared that one day I would either hear a “mother FUCKER” from the kitchen and the clang of the lid to put out a fire or see him walking out of the apartment with a pan of fire like this. It never happened and now that he uses the big Dutch oven to fry, I don’t worry as much but damn, I could see him doing this.
My parents keep candles on the table when they're eating. One time a tissue fell into a tealight and caught fire.
My parents still make fun of me to this day for casually pointing out, "Mum, Dad, the tissue box is on fire."
I just don't see the point in panicking. I know that panic is a response that people can't control, but if my brain is awesome enough to not panic by default, why would I choose to?
Yes I did actually miss that. However I still find it odd to stand there with something on fire and yell for another person instead of dealing it with it by yourself. There are other ways to put out a grease fire. Kudos for staying calm though.
That's why you keep the lid readily accessible. Or a fire extinguisher within easy reach. I have been through a house fire I don't fuck around with flames.
To be fair, my main reason of calling the wife wasn’t to find the lid or to help deal. I had pretty much decided I wanted to take it outside as I could only think that fire outside the house is better than inside. I was calling my wife to get her to open the door as I didn’t want to spill fire on our new rug.
Have you gotten a kitchen fire extinguisher since? They can be really useful and you don't have to risk spilling the fire. Though again I admire your calm.
My husband and I did that once. Grease fire. And neither of us could decide what to put on it (IS IT BAKING SODA?! WE DONT HAVE A LID FOR THIS PAN!!). So we just set it on the back patio while we googled it (cookie sheet as a lid worked great thanks google).
Glad you were ok but I hope anyone reading this doesn’t go for that option. A local woman died attempting to carry a flaming pan of oil out of the house. The flaming oil ended up all over her.
In High School I broke my arm (well playing dodge-ball a ball hit me wrong and I fell over backwards so I slightly blame the person who threw it at me, but that REALLY doesn't matter)...
Anyways, in High School I broke my arm and one of my teachers later commented that he thought there was no way it was broken because I was too calm to be in that much pain. Honestly it didn't hurt that much, when it was still I just couldn't move it and I was somewhat pissed that I couldn't move it.
faern · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why dont you email her instead.
kayaut · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time use salt! For real. It smothers the fire and it goes out :)
A few weeks ago my dad wound up in the hospital (he's fine now), so all the siblings had shown up at the house to be there for my mom. We had worked out dinner and I started the charcoal chimney for the grill. Right as I was dumping the lit charcoals into the grill, I noticed my dad's ash catch was absolutely full. I quickly pulled it out, didn't notice anything smoking, and dumped it in their compost bin.
2 ish hours later I'm finishing up eating dinner and walk into the kitchen to get some water, when I notice the compost bin is on fire. I put my shoes on and start to head out the door to take care of it and my mom asks, "where are you going?" "To go put out a fire." I responded, super casually. They were rolling. I was an idiot for dumping the ashes, and after an emotionally exhausting day, I was just thinking, meh. No point in freaking out.
My dad was pretty confused when he went in, so much so that they had to get my mom to sign off on everything and he wasn't really able to have a conversation with us. The next day we got a call late in the afternoon and it's him. First thing they tell him is how I set his compost bin on fire and casually went to put it out.
I have younger siblings, so when I was growing up my mom would put the pan of grease in the oven when she was done frying things. The problem was that she wouldn’t check the oven before she would turn it on to bake something. A couple times I had to carry a flaming frying pan that had been preheated to 400° through the house and throw it into the yard. Even 30+ years later I check the oven several times before I turn it on.
In general they recommend not to do that. If you leave it on the stove there could be some smoke damage (there are ways other commenters said would help put it out though) but if you move it and fuck it up you've now burned down the building. Not to mention if you get it on you you could be severely burned.
This reminds me of when, about ten years ago, I had put garlic bread in the oven under the broiler and moved on to putting food on the table. My (bonus) son walked in the kitchen, opened the oven, closed the oven and said in a deadpan voice “The bread is on fire”.
Every time I make garlic bread under a broiler I remember that moment and crack up. His deadpan face, the fact he just closed the oven, it was slapstick gold.
I did the same one winter afternoon. Pan fire? No lid? No problem! I picked up the pan, carefully walked it to the back door and threw it into the snow .... While my neighbor watched me throw a fireball out my back door
I found my mum fanning a cloth at a smoke detector once, complaining about it going off. I pointed out it was probably because of that -> halogen wall lamp with now burning rag over it during renovations
Fortunately it was mostly cotton, so very easy to extinguish by foot. Calm around fire is really step one to solving the problem, even if the solution is evacuation.
In high school I was making chili and somehow the oil caught fire. Just hurled it out the back door into a snowbank. Hit the porch railing on the way out and that pot had a dent in it forever after.
You have to be calm in those situations so you can focus on not causing a deathtrap.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well done. That calm attitude could save your ass some day.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a scene in a Discworld novel. An investigator asks people the question " What would be the first thing you would take out of a house in the event of a fire?" and when he asks a young man who is a bit soft in the head the young man answers that obviously he would take out the fire.
But yeah, I've done that before. If something's on fire and you can move it easier than putting it out, leave that sumbitch on some concrete. Years ago I was showing my girlfriend some basic metalwork, and I was so wrapped up in teaching I left a discarded shop towel soaked in cleaner below where we were working. Hoods down, weld, hoods stay shaded after the bead, I realize that I have done fucked up. And then we got to have a lesson in "No wait don't grab the fire this whole place is non flammable, just kick it over a bit."
I tried the carrying out the flaming pan thing, and I got about 90% of the way to the end of the porch. Flames got to my hands, involuntarily dropped the pan, burned my hand and my feet. Do not recommend.
A girl that worked under me at Starbucks once started a small fire in the oven. He reaction was to calmly walk back to me and our boss and calmly said, "so. There's a fire in the oven," then turned around and walked away. Like, there are so many times she freaked out over nothing, and when there's legitimately something to freak out about she's cool as a cucumber.
I had one on fire and couldn’t find a lid so I grabbed pot holders ( no handle on the pan) and by the time I had it outside the potholders were on fire and my hands were about to be messed up. Luckily I got it on the grill and put the lid down and only got very minor burns.
My dad permanently bent one of my mom’s pans years ago because he set it on fire and apparently his first instinct was to just... wing it out the back door. It hit one of the deck support posts on its flight. Put the fire out though.
That's the right response though. A small pan fire with a bit of cooking grease isn't that dangerous if you don't throw water on it, spill it, or walk under something highly flammable. I am calm too when I have it happen.
Next time open the oven, place the pan inside and close it, then just let the fire burn out there, it’s designed for high heat and you don’t have to risk carrying a burning pan through your whole house and spreading it
Oh my god it’s like I posted this comment, except no one else was home. No lid, walked through the house and put the pan of flames onto the front step and just stared at it until the fire went out. Glad to know I’m not the only one in history to have this reaction.
I did similar at an ex's house. I didn't have much experience with gas stoves and got a little messy with sauteing. The pan errupted, so I grabbed the handle and started yelling, "backdoor!" over and over because her roommate was in the living room and once she saw the fireball, she started yelling,
"what the fuck!" over and over, but ran to open the backdoor while doing so, and I exited to place the pan on the concrete slab back porch.
My ex then came in from the garage to see what tje commotion was. Dinner still ended up ok.
yaosio · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never walk with a grease fire, if any pours out you'll have a grease fire on the floor. Turn the heat off and let it sit if you have nothing to cover over it.
I did that except I tripped spilled the grease on my hand threw the pan out the door and it went into a plastic trash catching that on fire. I eneded up with second and third degree burns. But its a hell of a story
When I was a teenager my mom was cooking and the whole pan went up in flames. She freaked out and did NOTHING..just stood there saying "oh my god!" so I had to move past her and cover it really quick. Thank God I was there!
jmv29 · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh this is embarrassing to admit.... When I got out of rehab and moved in with my now-husband, and got my son back, I was trying to learn to cook, as I had always been notoriously incompetent in the kitchen. Tried making fried chicken one night. Oil caught on fire and i panicked, just worried about not hurting my son or burning down our apartment. I carried the pan outside, put it on the pavement and dumped water on it. A HUGE fireball shot up from it, thankfully did not set the tree near it on fire, and then it went out. My neighbors were terrified of me for a while.
I went to culinary classes after that and now I’m a damn good cook and baker, but I don’t fuck with fried chicken, and I own fire extinguishers.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I accidentally touched the heating coil of the oven with the corner of a sheet of baking paper and watched in curiosity as it slowly smouldered its way around the cookies. Then the cookies burst into flames. Cue me running through the kitchen with a baking sheet burning brightly, to get it to the backyard. Luckily I have one, I don't want the whole neighborhood laughing about my intermittent idiocy.
I set fire to a couple of pieces of garlic bread in my oven once. Left them under the broiler just a hair too long, turned back around and had flaming bread. Instead of just turning the oven off and letting the flames die out, like I should have done since the oven is a contained environment, I opened the door and took the baking sheet out.
Then stood in front of my sink for a good minute, just holding a baking sheet with two flaming, charred pieces of what would've been garlic bread for a good minute before my sister wandered in and asked what the hell I was doing. I blew the flames out like they were the world's saddest damn birthday candles then dumped the charcoal briquettes into the sink to cool off before I could drop them in the trash can, told her I was making dinner, dropped the baking sheet in the other side of the sink, then walked out back to have a cigarette and contemplate all of my life choices.
Ublot · 1 points · Posted at 09:19:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saw my dad panicking due to my mom when he lit a small oil flame for a pan heater. (to keep the pan warm) he had spilled some oil on the side and it caught fire. My mom was freaking out and kind of grabbing my dad saying: “the house will burn down, what did you do?” She wouldnt let him go grab something to put it out so he started panicking it would run out of his control fast. I went to grab a towel, soaked it in water (made sure it was not dripping) and put it over the top, smothering the flame.
My dad wasnt all to happy with my mom’s reaction. The whole thing took like 1 minute.
When I was a kid my Grandma accidentally had a pan go up in flames. My Dad picked it up and was taking it out when 6 year old me freaked out and ran under the pan and outside. Kids are idiots.
Lol, we had a family BBQ at our house once and my 7 year old brother and cousin were playing their gameboys in the living room. I was 17 at the time and went inside to get something. When I passed my brother and cousin, I noticed the large standing lamp they were sitting under, was on fire and they didn't even notice it! I stil don't know how I stayed so calm, but I just pulled the lamp away from the corner of the room, quickly clapped out the curtains, which were starting to catch flame, picked up the lamp again and walked outside. My whole family looked at me in shock and confusion as I passed them with a burning lamp as if I was going to lit up the beacons of gondor. I turned the lamp upside down and put the fire out in a large bassin to catch rain water.
The lamp was one of those 2 meter tall standing lamps with one fexible rod with a light at the end and one halogenic light on top that was pointed to the ceiling. Somehow, a small plastic toy ball ended up on the halogenic lamp and caught fire.
I did this and tried to move it to the sink to pour the oil down the drain (yes, also a terrible idea) and I'm clumsy af so I dumped some of the flaming oil down the front of my jeans. It gets worse. I kept the jeans on while I was putting out the fire and cleaning up the kitchen because there were black marks everywhere and smoke everywhere. So when I finally took the jeans off I had about 8 inches of 2nd degree, verging on 3rs degree burns on my thigh. Thankfully didn't need a skin graft, it was a close call. So... Yay?
Oh god, I've done this. I knew it was a grease fire and I knew what NOT to do, but for the life of me I could not remember what you're supposed to do. It was an oddly practical decision, like "welp, idk how to stop the fire in my kitchen so... guess I'll put it not in my kitchen."
Im really glad you were there. My sis in law did the same thing and she did throw water on it. She severely burnt her hands and most of her parent's kitchen down
I really hope they still do i in schools but they school i went to when i was around 13-14 you would start taking chemistry and they would always have this class that is just them showing off a bunch of safety stuff. Part of this is a demo on what happens if you throw water on an oil fire or try and use water on gasoline.
But the oil fire is just this very small pan and they squirt water into it using those typical squirt bottles they use in chemistry. But when they nail the pan straight on with a good squirt the flames would easily go up to the ceiling and leave burn marks in a 2 metre wide circle. Yeah nobody is going to throw water on it after seeing that.
Heat from the flames causes the water to boil. This violent boiling and expanding steam spreads apart the oil/gas. With the fuel being spread around by the expanding water it has MUCH greater surface area with which to react with oxygen.
Before throw in the water the oil in your pan or puddle of gas will be burning at a steady rate. Even if it's scary, it's mostly steady. When you throw the water on you are basically creating a situation where way to much of the fuel is burning all at once The fireball is expanding both from the steam and now as a growing fireball that is burning at a rate 10x to 100x of what it was before the water was added.
I know this happens with oil because the water vaporizes after it hits the oil, because the oil is well above 100 degrees C hot. The liquid gasoline shouldn't get that hot (due to a lower boiling point), should it?
Mostly spreading it if its not under pressure trying to wash it out off something like a burning rag it spreads like a wildfire and can flare up quite a bit.
We used to have lots of safety ads about “chip pan fires” on UK tv in the 90s, not anymore as I guess people don’t use them as much, but plenty still do including us. Proper chips fried in oil are a treat.
Yes I remember the wet towel trick, but not the credit card one! Just makes me think we need a show of that kind nowadays, where you can learn life saving tips.
2_lazy · 4 points · Posted at 04:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey they did that the year I was taking chemistry!
Except it wasn’t my school it was another one in my county.
And it wasn’t an oil fire it was something called the “rainbow experiment”.
And the teacher poured alcohol directly onto the flames.
And several students had to be airlifted out of the school from life threatening injuries from the burnes.
And the county response to it was to ban experiments in chemistry class for only that year while all the chem teachers got safety training.
So that’s the story of how in 2015 my chem class experience became trash.
Pikhj8 · 6 points · Posted at 01:54:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They would never teach those kind of stuff in school. Simply because students would get hurt for doing something stupid in the lab, then the parents would sue the school. The school would no longer be allowed to do these demonstrations.
I graduated in 16 and they did that for us in Jr High, I don’t know why it would change. Granted there’s a bunch of dumbass kids that don’t pay attention. I see Facebook posts all the time of people saying they didn’t learn things that were definitely covered.
I went to a tech school, so the closest thing we got to that was "throw all greasy rags in these metal bins when not in use in case something in the shop catches fire."
Starting in elementary school we learned fire safety! There was a series of videos we had to watch, which showed standard fire safety practices - don't put a fork in the toaster/outlets, don't put butter on burns, don't put water on oil fires. Pretty sure that they even covered how to use a fire extinguisher.
We have an annual firefighter festival in my town, and literally the only cool part about it is when they show what happens when you put water on a grease fire. It's only a cup of water on a loooooooooong stick, they pour it into the burning pot and WOOOSH, I love it. Plus you see all the little kids go from "yaaay a smol fire" to "HOLYMOTHEROFSHIT" in a second.
She is now but she still won't deep fry anything anymore and this is 6 years later. She spent a couple days in the hospital and a really long time dressing the burns but the scars are hardly noticeable anymore
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yeah I'm sure the poor thing is traumatized and i don't blame her for not wanting to fry anything. But I'm just glad she's ok.
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorms had a super nice shared kitchen on each floor. The building i was in had 10 floors im pretty sure my floor and like one other were the only ones that actually used the kitchens. But my floor was really close and we were always having little dinner parts that those of us who knew how to cook would cook for every. It was nice.
My parents had me young (between leaving high school and starting college) and we lived in family housing on campus for the first few years of my life. This was in the early 90s but I assume things like that are still around.
Usually more likely for foreigners who got married in college, maybe had a kid, and at least one was going for their masters. Usually fairly well subsidized, so cheaper than renting an apartment
The only people I knew who did it were a Christian couple who got married straight out of high school. The man was on track to become a doctor like his dad, and the woman went along for the ride. She was a student at the same university until she started popping out kids (quite early on).
I'm in Europe, I have a kitchen in my dorm room. New building
Nixie9 · 8 points · Posted at 00:19:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m deeply concerned that dorms there don’t have kitchens. At 18 you should absolutely learn how to cook. There’s people getting married and having kids at that age.
I think the takeaway from the story should be that people should be taught how to cook and kitchen safety before 18 or you run into adults who put water in grease fires and burn the dorm down. Because that's how you get a new dorm with no kitchen and heat sources banned.
Nixie9 · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh absolutely. We do the basics at school. Like how to boil an egg, what to do if things are on fire. Probably about 10 lessons a year from 11-14 sorts you out.
DMala · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in a dorm with a full kitchen. Being 18 and not a cook, I don’t think I used it once the entire year, except to microwave stuff.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend whose family business burned down because their building included an apartment, whose tenant tried to make french fries while drunk. Started a grease fire and ran from the building instead of trying to put it out. Where I live, all apartments are required to have a fire extinguisher, so even if she didn't know about putting a lid on the pan or throwing baking soda on it, she could have used the extinguisher.
College dorms usually have dining halls that serve meals. Students are limited on what kind of appliances they can have in their rooms due to fire risk and electrical issues.
Plus the fact that a lot of those dorms are 'vintage' and the electrical system isn't up to the task of multiple heating devices. Tripped circuit breakers in locked electrical boxes can be a challenge.
My dorm only allowed a microwave; I had a contraband Crock-Pot hidden in there though. When I had the prep time, I'd chop some vegetables, toss some meat in, and brother, I had a stew going!
This one college I toured had to specify that hot tubs were not allowed in the dorms. Apparently some students had done this and caused the rule to be made.
BUilding built in the 1920's. Two heat sources - kettle, toaster - on the same floor meant the breaker popped. So old, it never considered that there are devices you don't want to power off - it had an on-off switch to kill all the power in the building so the dorm supervisor (from back in the 1950's) could warn everyone it was lights-out bedtime. By the 70's the only significant rule was "no women in the dorm after 9PM". Oh, and the rule "the possession or use of pets, explosives, or hallucinogens is strictly prohibited." ??
I just posted this above but i'll share it here too because it's slightly more relevant:
I remember in my freshman dorm a girl ruined the microwave and some cabinets above it because she put DRY cup noodles in it for FIVE MINUTES and walked away
In my family, we call that "pulling a niece's name" because she did that when she was 10. My parents had to buy a new microwave because the smell of burning plastic wouldn't go away.
We had a fire alarm because my sweet neighbor in the dorms (still love her 20 years later) put a brownie in the microwave to warm it up for 5 full minutes. She’d never used a microwave before.
Or if you have a coffee machine you can just use the hot water from that to cook the noodles. My cousins and I used to crush up the noodles in the package and dump them into the bowl then pour the hot water from the kettle (this was before Keurig coffee makers) onto the noodles and then throw in the seasoning packet.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You weren't allowed to have a microwave either at my school. There were two(I think) communal microwaves just off the dining hall that you could use when the dining hall building was open(so like 7am-12am) and then lounges around campus associated with different departments had various small appliances. I wonder how many people's choice of major was driven in part by the coffee machine in that department's lounge area being better...
But yeah, if you had to microwave something in the middle of the night(or the line was too long) you were out of luck. You either had to eat it cold(you can totally just eat a brick of ramen, ask me how I know) or know someone who had an illicit microwave under their bed.
I feel like for most colleges the dining plan is significantly cheaper than eating out. Though to be fair, its still more expensive than if you bought groceries and cooked yourself.
I work at a university and the “dining hall” they have is buffet style. If you used the money you preloaded in your account and got there before 11 AM you paid like 5 bucks.
Food wasn’t the best but sometimes there was some good stuff.
that's how it was for us. each plan had meals (buffet access) and then extra (money you used for snacks basically). at any meal you could eat to your heart's content, the extra money was basically cash.
out of all the expensive crap, the food was decently priced. more expensive than buying yourself probably, but there was large variety, large quantity, it was close, and no effort. compared to eating out every day it's easily cheaper.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 22:58:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
And kettlebells.
Nixie9 · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So it appears that a kettle grill is a BBQ, but the other ones are for heating water which could potentially be used for tea. If you live in a time where kettles are regularly heated on the job then you can use ‘electric kettle’ for clarity. But tea kettle makes no sense.
Because a kettle refers to a closed metal container with a spout but without its own method of generating heat, you're meant to put it on a stovetop or on a fire(they were the original kettles before electricity).
A teakettle refers specifically to a kettle that uses a electric heating element to generate its own heat, normally in a kettle dock pair.
It's to differentiate an electric (tea) kettle from a whistling kettle or just a normal old kettle.
Note: most people won't care and will still refer to a teakettle as a kettle, and won't notice if you do the same.
A slow cooker? Between a kettle and a slow cooker I feel like you could get a lot of nutrition out of that for minimal expense and effort. If you're allowed a jaffle maker too you'd be set.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it's pretty insane. Here in Australia (at least at my uni anyway), the vast majority of rooms for on-campus accomodation are single rooms, though they are smaller (my room is about 9m2), with only some of them being shared apartments.
Some of our halls are catered like American ones, and some (like mine) are self-catered, which is way better since they cost about half as much and you can cook yourself for way less. Most of the people in my block just live off their rice cookers.
Mine had that option, but there isn't enough kitchen space for everyone to use it regularly; the assumption was that you'd have a university meal plan (maybe one of the cheaper ones that was only for one meal a day) and supplement with your own cooking.
It’s around $2000 per semester for the higher end (read:provide every meal) plans at my old school. That school isn’t cheap, but it’s not record breaking either.
Quick google search, college I went to was 6k a semester, dorms at the cheapest are $5200 a semester - and a meal plan is minimum $1400 a semester (96 meals - or less than one meal a day for a semester). $2000 if you want unlimited meals.
You can have a microwave. I knew a few people with hot plates. Most dorm buildings have one shared kitchen. Lugging ingredients and equipment from my room down three stories, cooking, cleaning, then lugging it all back was too much for me most of the time.
Kitchen hours (When the kitchen was available/unlocked) were also a thing in some of the dorms, and were at times very inconvenient. One dorm has half hour windows for each meal time and seemed to be used exclusively by the RAs which was absolute nonsense.
In my dorm in the US, and many others I know of, we could have a microwave and a toaster in our room but we have anything with exposed hot surfaces like a hot plate or a sandwich press. We had a small shared kitchen in the building but most kids didn’t have their own vehicle and the nearest grocery store was a bit of a walk with lots of bags so almost everybody just used their meal plan to live off on-campus pizza and such, and the food shops on campus mostly sold cereal, protein bars, pizza rolls, etc that needed no heat or a microwave only.
I'm in Canada but usually there are 2 different types of dorms and they are priced differently. The cheapest kind is one big room and it basically has space for a bed and a desk. Usually it is shared between two people but can be private. In those rooms, you are sometimes allowed to have a mini fridge, microwave, and small appliance like a crockpot (but things like hot plates or mini grills are almost always banned). Usually it is mandatory to purchase a meal plan so you can access the cafeteria and other food places on campus, but some buildings do have communal kitchens on each floor or one in a building you can go to use a stove/oven, etc. Then there are buildings where they actually have units like little apartments shared between 2-4 people depending on size. In those they usually have a very tiny kitchen. But they are more expensive.
IDK about this - graduated college in 16 and had a full kitchen by Jr/Sr in our apartments - on campus and school owned. I think its more the actual dorm rooms that don't have kitchenettes in them.
In my canadian dorm we weren’t allowed anything to cook in our rooms (even coffee makers but we all had those). Every floor had a common area with a kitchen that included an oven, a small stove, and a microwave. We were also forced into taking out the meal plan so we mostly lived off the cafeteria and other campus food sources that were connected to the meal plan. Also lots of Kraft mac & cheese, ramen, and frozen stuff that could go in the oven. Almost no one actually cooked
bg-j38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorms all had a single small kitchen that could be used for baking and other cooking. I can count on one had the number of times I saw them used by the literally hundreds of residents. My friend once baked a cake down there and everyone was amazed that a) the appliances worked, b) were clean, and c) she knew how to bake a cake.
I know others have answered you, but to be a bit more specific. A lot of college dorms are just giant human warehouses. Small rooms, big enough for 2 small beds, or one bunkbed and 2 desks. The university I went to even prohibited microwaves and small refrigerators, however we still had one.
The students in the dorms would usually be subscribed to a meal plan. This is more or less a company store kind of thing. It's an internal university account you pay x amount into and then you spend that at the dinning hall. If you don't spend it, sometimes it rolls over to the next term, sometimes you get the money back, or sometimes they just keep any unspent money.
The dinning hall is just a large cafeteria, usually not part of the dorm buildings, but located in a central location. Some universities may have more than one, some may have small ones located on the ground floor of the larger dorm buildings. This is usually a 24/7 or 20/7 hour operation to some extent, however hot food may only be served 3 times a day and only during some hours. Usually drinks, fruit, and prepackaged things are available outside of meal times.
Again, every university is different but that how a lot of them work. It kinda sucks because you always have to get dressed and walk, sometimes a long way to get food three+ times a day.
Of course there are other systems, like the Greek houses that usually have their own kitchen and chef and have about a 50 student capacity, or the co-ops that are like the Greek houses but for non-douche people. Then of course there are people that don't live on campus.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college my dorms always had a kitchen in a common area on each floor. You'd be surprised at how easy it'd be to go in there and cook your own meal almost whenever you want. College kids tend to avoid actual kitchens like the plague.
In earlier years in college, we had a common area with a range, big fridge, etc, just not in your individual rooms. Regardless, most used the dining hall for almost every meal.
I remember in my freshman dorm a girl ruined the microwave and some cabinets above it because she put DRY cup noodles in it for FIVE MINUTES and walked away
Dude, same. We had to stand outside at like 3am waiting for the fire department to come. After a few more times, me and my roommate would just stay in the room and not evacuate in the event of a fire alarm.
My younger sister in law stayed at dorms in college and administration had removed the pointy tip and rounded off all the knives. You know, in case the kids decide to have knife, stabbing party or something.
The Marine Corps trusted me with explosives, anti-tank weapons, and leading Marines in combat. But God-fucking-forbid I have a George Foreman in my barracks...
Oh man, that reminds me about when I was in the dorms a kid upstairs almost burned the place down. Their toaster was broken--it would heat, but wouldn't lock in the down position so you had to hold the lever while it toasted. So one of them got the bright idea to lean something heavy on the lever to hold it while he went in the other room...then promptly forgot about the incendiary bomb in the making he'd left in the kitchen. The fire alarm tipped them off in time to prevent full blown disaster but the whole building resented him for having to evacuate when his roommate told everybody what happened.
I mean, if you bake just about anything you probably have baking soda. But people who bake probably know about salt too I guess. Salt I keep a lot closer to the stove. :P
Yes! Keep a large salt cellar by the stove. It's convenient for seasoning and it's easier to just grab it and dump it over the fire in case the fire extinguisher isn't super close to the stove.
or worse. Me and some friends did a bit of an experiment that basically involved standing in a field and pulling a rope the tipped a baking bowl about 1/2 full of flour on a partly shielded fire. The result would have blown the windows out if done in a confined room, I'll never forget the almighty Who--whomph as the shockwave re suspended all the flour that had been too tightly packed to burn the first time.
oh and powdered sugar is worse. If people want to experiment go small scale use a big office pop lid coffee tin or similar. Punch a hole in the base and use narrow gauge fish tank tubing so you can blow into the base (make this nice and long 1m or more) and put a little powder in the bottom of the tin and put a little metal spirit burner in the middle. Seal the pop lid and blow into the tube, the powder suspends in the air, combusts, and the top of the can blows off. Great fun and fairly safe.
After reading a thread on Reddit a while back about the importance of a quick response to fire, I now have extinguishers in the bedroom, kitchen, living room, garage, and hallway. As you say, I'm not gonna die because the only extinguisher is in a box on the other side of the house. Multi-packs of extinguishers are relatively cheap, they come with quick-release mounts to attach to walls, just do it already.
Good on you mate! I live in a VERY old house, and I saw a similar house in my neighborhood go up in flames once years ago. It was so terrifyingly fast. It went from "Hey I think I can hear a smoke alarm going off in that house" to "massive raging inferno" in just a few minutes.
It really put the fear of God in me, got several extinguishers the next day, and I've even practiced with them a few times just to be sure I'll be well prepared if the time comes. Not to mention I live in a dense neighborhood so if there's ever a small fire nearby I'll come running.
My grandmom forgets to turn out the heat after frying something and had a grease fire once. luckily I was around to snap on a lid. Since then I've kept a bag of sand accessible from the stove area.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually use baking soda because I always have a box in my baking supplies and those are usually right next to the stove any way. My salt is abandoned to wherever I left it last and I never remember to have a lid handy.
Oh definitely. Ideally you should always just smother it with a lid, or baking sheet or something. Only pulling out the dry chemical if shit gets out of hand.
I kept a fire extinguisher in the kitchen too. Read the label and everything, but when it came to actually using it, I got stuck. I thought it would be like a counter cleaning spray bottle, but it's not. Only took me 5 sec to figure it out but 5 sec is a long time when your living room is on fire.
Also don't forget fire extinguishers have use-by dates!
Yep. When I got mine I got three, and did some practice with one before getting it refilled again, and I check them all pretty often, since I do some blacksmithing and home foundry work.
Egween · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like to be ready for stuff. Dropped your keys down the heating vent? Well guess what, I carry a telescoping magnet in my backpack!
Egween · 2 points · Posted at 05:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the same. Went on a camping trip with a bunch of people recently.
I had extra pillows, blankets, first aid kit (duh), contact solution, too much food, and over-prepped for the dogs, too.
But we didn't forget anything!
Fire inspector told me to have the kitchen fire extinguisher near the door, not the stove. His reasoning is that if there is a stove fire, you are going to be moving away from the fire, not towards it.
Definitely. It's "back up" distance away from the stove. I do the same thing when aluminum casting. If there is a problem I'm likely going to want to get away from it before I start worrying about spraying it. The bedroom one is within arms reach though.
I used to carry a fire extinguishers in my car. I saved 2 cars from going up in flames. One pulled into my shop parking lot with a smoking engine. Guy was about to open the hood when I stopped him and explained that the engine would go up in flames from the sudden rush of air coming up through the engine when he opened the hood (bonnet) . Grabbed the extinguisher, opened the hood, and whooshed that fire out quick. Second time, I was driving down the highway and saw car smoking in front of me and they pulled over. I pulled over behind them and I pulled out my fire extinguisher and told them the thing about opening the hood (bonnet) feeding the fire.
These people had never heard that you should NEVER open the hood on a smoking engine without something to smother the fire with.
I survived a house fire when I was 11. I have 5 fire extinguishers. One in my bedroom, one in my kitchen, one by the back door, one by the front door, and one in my car. I don’t play when it comes to fire safety.
Shit. Some of these comments make me want to get a respirator that will protect against smoke inhalation as well to keep near the bed. If I'm awake when the fire starts I can at least just run. What scares me is waking up to a fire that is already so bad I'm trapped.
I admit, I am probably a little over zealous. I have PTSD from it. It’s been almost 22 years ago, and I can’t handle hearing about houses burning down or god forbid I drive by somewhere that’s had a fire. I struggle a lot during the cooler months because people have their fire pits and fireplaces burning. I’ve seen a therapist about it but there’s not much that they can do for me other than give me coping skills to handle the panic attacks.
That's pretty understandable. I've been hit bad by several cars while walking, half of whom just drove away after. Some days just crossing the street or walking near traffic is not possible for me, and I may never be able to drive a car. PTSD is some stupid shit.
Personally I just keep a fire extinguisher in my kitchen, and near my bed. That's not how I'm trying to die! They double as an emergency self defence tool as well. Spray the assailant in the face, and then bang 'em in the head with the extinguisher.
Also, buy more than one, and practice with one of them. You don't want the first time you ever do a thing, to be while you are also panicking and in danger of getting hurt and/or losing your property. Fire extinguishers don't have that much juice. You want to do it right, and practice makes perfect.
Hell yeah! Consider getting two so you can practice with one. The circumstances you have to use them under can be very panic inducing, and it's good to already know how to fire one before that day comes.
Make sure your fire extinguisher is in a good location-ideally near the door out of the room. You don't want to have to run back towards a fire to get the extinguisher.
I've got three. Kitchen, bedroom, and workshop/basement. The bedroom one is for if I get woken up so it's near the bed, but the others are at doorways/exits.
Keep an open box of baking soda in the cabinet near the stove (I have a small box, just the side part is open, but it can be ripped open wider if needed.)
Last time I had a kitchen fire, I dumped some potatoes into hot oil in a pot. Oil caught fire, I just put the lid on and moved it to the sink to be away from the wall.
Remember: Oil and water don't mix, so an oil/grease fire will just spread around if you throw water on it. Grease needs to be smothered with a towel, lid, baking soda, or extinguisher.
I wouldn't use an extinguisher except as a last resort, though- the chemicals can be nasty, and even when the fire's out, the toxic foam contaminates the room. THAT I'm not sure what to do about!
OH and a couple of years ago while on vacation, I started toasting a bagel in a toaster oven at the rental, and there was a burnt English muffin under the rack that I didn't see, which caught fire. I just unplugged the toaster and hurried it through the kitchen out to the deck and plunked it down, the closed toaster over door smothered the fire enough IIRC. Don't remember if I plunked the whole thing down into the snow, but I don't think so. But the snow was ready nearby if I had to put out a bigger fire!
Today you learned there are at least five different classes of fire
Refer to a fire extinguisher chart if you're ever picking an extinguisher out for a particular use. The classification varies by country so don't take the following chart as gospel.
Extinguishers will be coded according to the type of fire they're suited for, using the wrong one for the wrong fire can have reduced effect at best, and be disastrous at worst. Worth taking the time to review.
Oh yeah, heard of thermite? It's just two metals (aluminum, rust), ignited by another metal (magnesium, notice how the water just makes it angrier). Lava wishes it was hot like thermite.
Uranium too, but for some reason it's a bit harder to find someone intentionally burning that
Fun fact, a chemistry channel on youtube made a video describing how to refine uranium metal from its raw ore (pitchblende) and he got a letter from the Feds "asking" him to take it down.
Keep a lid nearby when cooking in oil. Slide the lid on from the side of you get a flameup. Fire marshall told me and my coworkers that's the best and safest way to deal with a grease fire. Go look at youtube vids of "water on grease fire" if you want to see why not to throw water on it.
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They make special fire extinguishers for kitchen fires! But also, keep in mind that the oven is designed to hold really hot things. If something in your oven starts burning (like on fire, not overcooked), you're usually best off turning it off and not opening the door.
Also, a word of advice in case it ever comes up. If you find yourself wanting to deep fry a turkey, make sure the turkey is not frozen before you put it in the oil. Or this will happen.
It's one of the most common reasons why people burn their houses down on Thanksgiving.
I was too ashamed to say it but... me too. I'm in my late twenties, been cooking on my own for over a decade, had never even heard of a grease fire before his thread. Eep. I'm reading all these replies and learning how to avoid it and put it out if it happens.
fkanz · 0 points · Posted at 01:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is a weird example to be at the top of this thread, because it's a fairly uncommon thing that you likely won't have seen as a child (I've personally never experienced a grease fire), and the solution is unintuitive - you have to be taught the correct way to handle the problem ahead of time
I bought some crappy fire extinguisher cans on amazon a while back, I'd probably let half the house burn down while reading the label to make sure it's the right kind for kitchen fires, haha.
Parents need to start teaching their kids some basic life skills but that ain’t happening soon. I’ve literally had friends tell me they want the internet to be censored because they don’t wanna monitor what their kids do online. And the amount of people older than us who have kids and let YouTube do all the parenting is just extremely dangerous. You think people now are entitled? Just wait till everyone is a Jake Paul clone because nobody could be bothered to step up and be the mom and dad.
I'm not "anti-screen" at all for adults, I think there's nothing wrong with spending your day on a smartphone. But jesus we need to rethink what we are letting our kids and teens do with them.
Yeah it genuinely upsets me when I see a 5 year old with an iPad watching some mindless, mass produced nursery rhyme video from one of those channels that pumps out 10 videos a day. It’s even worse to see 12 year olds watching YouTube douchebags or instagram influencers, because you know they’re gonna try to imitate that. Children have spongey brains that absorb everything, if they see a guy making “prank” videos where he sexually harasses women at the mall and he’s become a successful, rich young adult from doing it, they’ll think that they should do the same. Next thing you know, there’s an entire generation of 15 year olds who thinks that saying “hey girl I’m gonna destroy your pussy” to a 25 year old college graduate student is funny. And I thought today’s frat bros are horrible people.
Couldn't agree more. Sooo many problems we are facing as a society seem to just come down to lazy parenting, and the fact that the world is shoving more shit at kids than ever before.
"Well, little Ayden has zero empathy, zero reading/writing comprehension, no social skills and no concept of history or math... but his gaming skills and meme game are on point. We'll just pass him on to the next grade."
Parents are like
"Don't worry scro, education is just a bunch of liberal bullshit anyway."
For that matter, I recall learning this in the third grade at school. We had a visit from the local fire station, and saw a film on fire safety. There was a quiz the next day, or something like that.
It's not even that recent a phenomenon. I went to college in the early 90s and had to teach quite a few people how to boil water (as a precursor to teaching them how to make Kraft Mac'n'Cheese) and how to make cookies (fucking refrigerated slice and bake cookies, not even from scratch). I sewed on a LOT of buttons and torn hems because I (a) had needle and thread, and (b) knew the absolute basics of how to sew.
I went to college for nine years. There is still a gorgeous burn mark on my current kitchen ceiling from when I threw water on a tiny pan of melting butter when it caught on fire. I was 38 when I did that.
Wait till you tell her about the different fire extinguishers, it’ll blow her mind.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should show her this. You don't need subtitles for this, the visuals are enough. They will demonstrate the bad after doing it right. Literally might burn the house down.
Everyone should have a small fire extinguisher in their kitchen and know how to use it. Both of my neighbors on either side of me had grease fires recently. One destroyed the kitchen and one burned her hands so badly she needed skin grafts. Fire extinguishers make decent gifts for housewarming and everyone moving out on their own for the first time should have one.
Don't get me started on carbon monoxide and smoke and heat detectors.
When I was at uni I was deep frying and it caught fire. I turned to my flatmate and calmly said 'never chuck water on an oil fire' then promptly chucked water on it. Totally worked and it went out...I was very lucky. It was halls as well so there was a fire blanket- so no idea what was going through my mind!
I had an experience kind of like this. I was washing dishes when my roommate thrust his grease fire under the running tap. Luckily for us both I was washing a cast iron pan at that moment, with which I quickly smothered the fire.
This same exact thing happened to me and my wife. Only instead of her grabbing water to throw on it she stood there in fear while I scrambled to find a lid.
Ah, my ex caught a pan of oil on fire. He totally froze and asked, “what do I do?” I covered it with a lid and began the fire safety lecture.
At the time, he worked in the kitchen of a chain restaurant....
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve heard this can be a common response even when people have heard you shouldn’t use water. Panic can take over your higher functioning and make you do some stupid things. Or maybe that’s just me.
Dude! We had some upstairs neighbors, lovely college kids. They were really nice and I liked them. One night we heard this BOOM! And then a THUD. Wtf? We went out to the back hall and I'm like.... Husband, I smell smoke, can you check on the girls? So he does and apartment is filled with smoke, there is oil and water everywhere in the kitchen (the kitchen was the first room you entered from the back door). Apparently the girl was going to fry some fish sticks. She filled a Teflon pan full of oil, with a plastic handle, left it ON on the stove, then fell asleep in a another room. She woke up to the smoke and tried to put the fire out in a panic. She picked the pot up and put it in the sink and ran cold water on it. That was the boom. She got splashed on her hand, thankfully not badly. She melted part of the stove. She went with the fire dept. to the hospital, nice guys have her a ride. We stayed and cleaned up the smoke and oil etc. I felt bad for her because it was a very dumb thing to do, she is obviously very young, maybe inexperienced and panicked.
This is why I'll never live in an apartment complex. Even if you take all the safety precautions to protect yourself, Someone else's dumbass can cause a grease fire next door and burn down everyone's apartments.
Geez at age 11 I knew never put water on a grease fire we had a small fire in the oven and I chucked water in it. Luckily it didn’t do anything as I chucked from a long way away and it just got the floor wet
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow that's some scary shit, and it was a good thing you were there with her dude
There is no could have there. She would have burned most of her body.
v1cg · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish you were around when 10 year old me did what she was about to. I (luckily) didn't burn the house down or get hurt but I sure learned a lesson that day.
aerben · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago my sister started a grease father and my dad decided to use it as a teaching moment when my sister suggested we put water on it. He put a lid on the pot and brought it outside (wearing oven gloves) and then he took the lid off, made us stand back and he poured water on it. The massive fireball certainly made an impression and I know I'll definitely never do that.
One of the apartment-style dorms at my former university burned to the point that everyone living in the apartment had to be relocated from exactly this.
My former upstairs neighbor did that once. She tried throwing water on it and got 2nd degree burns all of the right side of her body from the flashback. Luckily the fire department is two min away and got there in time before the whole building went up.
Hah, when I was younger, maybe 10-12yo range, my mom left the kitchen for something, and a pot of oil caught fire. I noticed first, and yelled at her about it, while walking into the kitchen. Just grabbed the sink nozzle and shot some water at it, and watched a glorious fireball encompass my vision. I was far enough away to not get burned, and just went “oh! what the heck.” Put a lid on it as my mom came back nearly screaming about not putting water on it lol
I had a grease fire when I was a teenager. I was home alone and decided I would cook some dinner for my grandmother before she came home. I turned on the stove top, let it heat up then put the oil in. I realized I messed up when it flamed up towards the grate for the fan above our stove, scorching the plastic grate. I freaked out and took it over to the sink but remembered that you don't use water with grease. Instead, I turned the pan upside down into the sink and snuffed the fire. I was freaking out but laughed about it when my grandmother came home.
This reminds me of when i was very little and my oldest brother was moving into a college dorm. We got there to check it out (it was a brand new building, first semester used by students) and someone left the directions on how to use the oven INSIDE the oven, with the oven turned on...
Autoignition temperature. Flash point is when it will ignite if given a spark (and the vapors are properly dilute in oxygen etc). Gasoline has a flashpoint that is way less than 0f, for instance.
A couple years ago one of my beat friends was in town and staying with me. We drank a bunch and the next morning I was pretty hung over so I stayed in bed until he came into my room and said he made breakfast. He made a hugeeee breakfast, pancakes bacon, sausage, eggs the whole nine yards. So a few days later he’s gone and I’m alone and I go to cook something in my oven. I’m waiting on the oven to preheat when I smell smoke so I go to my kitchen and see the oven smoking.
I open it up and see a tiny fire in the foil at the bottom of the oven. I figure it’s just time to replace that foil or maybe a piece of food fell there and lit on fire so I did the smartest thing I could think of, pour a little water on it. What I didn’t realize was that my friend cooked bacon in the oven and that little fire was from bacon grease. Well the whole thing blew up and I had a big fire in my oven. I started hitting it with a towel (panicking) and right when I went to grab my kitchen fire extinguisher it died down and I was able to get it under control and put out.
I had always heard never to put water on a grease fire, but I just thought it was because it wouldn't work. I thought since oil floats on water you'd just have a layer of burning oil on top. I was very shocked when I saw my first video of what actually happens.
These grease fire stories are making me kind of glad my college filled with entitled kids doesn’t have any common kitchens, no matter how badly I want to bake cookies on campus.
My parents are both 70 years old. My father basically refuses to cook because man born in the 40’s and mom hates to cook because woman who came into adulthood in the 60’s.
I am pretty skilled in the kitchen.
I was making something that was pan fried and had a fire start up in the cast iron pan. Dad pushed me out of the way to grab it. I blocked him like Shaq. Mom was yelling “TAKE IT OUTSIDE!!!” and screaming.
It was not a large fire.
I had to push dad away from the oven so I could reach the lid to the pan and put it on before he tried to shove me and pick up the pan and carry it outside.
A cast iron skillet, filled with grease, on fire, with his fake knees that makes him limp.
They spent the next week complaining about how the kitchen smelled like smoke (it didn’t) because I didn’t take the fire outside.
When I was 13 I was babysitting my brother and he kept moaning at me that he wanted chips (fries) for lunch. So I chopped some potatoes, whacked them in the hot oil, sent my brother away with his chips then decided to hide the evidence by washing up cause my parents didn't like us cooking without them at home. See I had made chips before, but I never washed up straight away after. This time I put cold water in still boiling hot oil and pretty much deep fried my hand. Honestly I'm lucky it was just my hand.
The funny thing is most who are on reddit know better since we have seen it. I for one did not realize just how very dangerous certain things are until I saw the monster explosions on reddit. So many things are called 'dangerous' but some are way more dangerous than others!!
My mom tried making a blooming onion one Thanksgiving when I was in high school. We all knew how to handle a grease fire, but my mom froze up, it was a huge flame, so I panicked and ran upstairs to get my sister, who was a volunteer firefighter. By the time we got downstairs, my mom had put a lid on it and put it out, but my family still makes fun of me for yelling "get the firefighter!!" while bolting upstairs.
I’m a cook and had a coworker almost do this with a pretty sizable grease fire he had started. I saw the fire and then saw him filling up a pitcher of water. I just grabbed a wet towel and put it out, then told him off. Dumbass would’ve burned the whole restaurant down if I hadn’t walked in right then.
I'm glad you, and the comment above you, reminded me that you out out a grease fire with a lid. I only remembered that you don't use water and 100% would have gone for the fire extinguisher.
I totally know about grease fires. I am well aware that you can't put water in them. And I also know that if it ever happens to me, I will probably immediately drop the pan into the sink, and I just pray I will remember before I also turn on the tap in my "FIRE BAD. WATER ON FIRE NOW" panic.
I’m 23 and thankfully have never had a grease fire. However one of my old coworkers was heating oil on the stove and had a glass of water in her hand, she tripped. Half the kitchen was burnt before they got it put out.
See... no one ever told me not to put water on a grease fire.
I had a crispy right hand for a bit after that. And a newly blacked out kitchen
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was in the kitchen when a pot of oil caught on fire. His first instinct was to grab the pot and carry it over to the sink, to turn on the water and put out the fire. Fortunately, my first instinct was to scream "No! Stop! You'll kill yourself!"
I wasn't sure exactly what the correct method was, but I was 1000% sure that it wasn't running a faucet of water on the very large, scary grease fire.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a grease fire today cooking some fish, tossed a lid on it fast the the fish was still edible and pretty decent by the end, a bit undercooked if anything
I knew that water on grease fires was a bad idea, but the first time it happened to me I almost used water out of panic. Fortunately, someone else was there and calmer heads prevailed.
I’m embarrassed but my husband had to teach me a bunch of stuff like this. I was never allowed to use the stove in my house because when I was 2 I burnt my hand on a stove and my mother was so freaked out after this that she forbid me from ever cooking and then I was 18 and moved out. I cook now and bake well though.
I had a fire in a pan about a year ago (I'm 14 btw) and I didn't even think about using water, I just real quick brought it outside. Luckily, I got my brother who is a few years older than me, and we got a bigger pot cause we didn't have the lid, so nothing went too wrong. My parents still have no idea.
I feel a bit like an idiot. Cause deep down I know certain things put out certain types of fire, like dont put an electrical fire out with water, doy. But I think I would have panicked in this situation.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guilty of this when I was 20. I went to the bathroom while oil was heating for hashbrowns and came back a little too late to it smoking. So I "oh shit smoke" put the entire pan under full blast water from the faucet while holding the pan in my hands. Started to wonder why the pan was vibrating before I learned a horrible lesson about cooking and first degree burns on my arms and forehead. Also the entire kitchen was coated in oil and water stains for the rest of the time we lived there.
When I was twelve, I was melting wax on the stove top, stirring occasionally and going into the lounge room to watch television. Stir. Watch. Stir. Watch. Distracted. Fuck.
I came back into the kitchen and the wax had caught fire. I had no idea what to do, so I grabbed the pot and put it into the sink, hit the tap and WOOOOOOOOSH! A massive burst of flames flew upwards. Thankfully nothing caught fire and I walked away only with the knowledge that burning wax and water does not mix.
My old martial arts teacher once had a grease fire and right above the stove was a window, so he just tossed the whole pan out the window. Splashed some back and burned his arm pretty good, but nothing else was damaged except some grass.
Thats how you burn down you home. Ive seen live demonstrations of pouring half a cup of water on a buring pan and man it blow up like crazy, youd be glad to only get away with third degree burns and a house thsts lot aflame
I'm going to be honest, I'm moving to uni in a couple months and I've yet to tackle a grease fire. I mean I know they can happen, but they're so far removed from my mind that I could easily have panic-thrown water on such a fire if it were to happen to me.
This subreddit's multiple mentions of the phenomenon brought it back up and I don't think that's a bad thing.
Dr_SnM · 1 points · Posted at 11:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol when I was 12, I set my Mom’s kitchen on fire this way. I was at home alone trying to cook for myself. When the grease fire started, I panicked, filled up a jug of water and threw it on the pan... in a flash, the liquid exploded, splattering flaming oil everywhere. Being a dumb kid, I grabbed more water, and dumped it on the fire, which carried more flames in a little wave over the counter tops.
I don’t know how the hell I got the fire out. I think I just got really lucky that the counter tops weren’t more flammable, and the fire didn’t stay on the cabinets long enough to keep spreading upward.
The amount of stories about grease fires makes me thankful that fried foods make me sick. Just the smell of oil makes me sick, so cooking with oil will always be a no-go at my house. Occasionally my brother will fry some chicken nuggets or something (our parents taught us how to handle grease fires so we're good) and I can be in a room on the other side of the house and instantly know someone is cooking with oil and instantly get the urge to vomit.
That’s my bad, I was talking about the US not the UK, but I was more so talking about your problems between the government and minorities rather than the middle eastern wars.
Sorry, I was actually missed the UK connotation there and was referring to the US but not about their war in the Middle East, I was referring to what seems to be a race war in their own country.
And the middle east has been a complete mess since a collection of colonial powers subdevided their middle eastern colonies based on potential value at the end of the first World War placing people of wildly different cultures and values together to try to run their newly founded countries.
I find it hilarious when people say "well the middle east has always been this way" because it hasn't. It's only been this way since those foreign powers set terrible borders
The borders didn't help, but it's not like it hasn't always been a site of major conflicts and skirmishes throughout all human civilised history. The first wars were fought there, the first walled cities were built there, the first metal weapons. I could go on.
At that point we're looking at a period of time where every neighboring country, people and city state was periodically at war with eachother, because that was the only way at the time for a leader to grow their people's wealth was by annexing neighboring lands.
In modern times where countries aren't generally experiencing civil wars every couple of generations or so, or warring to annex lands not previously theirs, the Middle East (much like a good portion of Africa and South America) can directly tie their current political instability to imperialism, whether that's from hastily formed and poorly protected systems of government, bad/outdated infrastructure limiting economic potential, or bad boarders lumping cultures together and excluding cultures altogether
It also doesn't help that after the invention of the nuclear bomb, most nuclear powers refuse to directly go to war with each other for fear of escalating into nuclear war (as well as a fear of experiencing a battle on home soil) and instead fight proxy wars in these fledgling nations as nuclear powers prop up interests that wouldn't otherwise have a chance, or worse install puppet leaders and protect them from being naturally ousted, often overlooking gross crimes against humanity, further lengthening the period of poor economic growth.
That's not really correct. There are multiple Arabic ethnicities, all descended from a 9th-century tribal people found in the northern Arabian Peninsula and Syria. Most "Arab" countries have plenty of non-arabic people living in them native to the area too, such as Kurds or Copts, and histories of non-Arabic people within them.
The US seems to passively affirm the construct of race by including it on the census and other official forms. They also have a checkbox for ethnicity, but that's only for designating a Hispanic ethnicity.
We're a pretty racially/ethnically confused country.
FYI your "three main races" bit is extremely outdated to the point of being offensive.
It is well understood now that race is a social construct, and what races people are grouped into depends on the society you're looking at, and there is no basis for making an arbitrary three-way distinction.
[deleted] · 19 points · Posted at 07:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t really know what’s your point here first you’re questioning why I said every American and suddenly you change the conversation as if you’re (trash) in a argument? Lol I’m confused
Seriously tho, imagine thinking America and americans are a psychopathic 3rd world nation-esque, how much shielded an existence do you have to live in to think that. That country has faults but it's not about to collapse ffs
She sounds like every American but with more insults and death threats
In any case, the comment about racism is wrong too
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about it tho I mean Americans are racist against the Middle East a lot of the time though if you’re talking about the death threats that one is less common insults are very very common
I remember when I first started dating my now husband, I was hanging out at his apartment waiting for him to get out of work. His place was a bit messy so I decided I’d tidy up for him a bit.
Fast forward to the next morning and he comes in a little shocked.
“Why would you load the dishwasher like...that”
I had never had a dishwasher before in my life lmao. We’re talking cups facing up, big ass pans shoved in, the whole nine yards. Thank god he stuck with me lol
I never had a dishwasher until I moved in with my husband. He’s had one his whole life but his mom loaded it most of the time. Wanting to do it right I read the manual. Consequently he’s terrible at loading the dishwasher and it’s become my job while he’s in charge of unloading it. I take a weird sort of pleasure in getting the most efficient placement possible.
Yes! My wife got a camera as a gift one year and took out all the random little boxes - afterwards she was like huh none of these fit back in the big box
Stand aside, this is where 30 odd years of Tetris practice will finally be useful.
Haha! Indeed - road trip with baby random shit and two adults stuff in a tiny car? Let me at it :)
Before covid I would typically do our groceries by walking with a large (think hiking-style) bag on my back and then putting everything in there. Had a shopping attendant say last time “Um mate that won’t ever fit”, and then after it was packed he said “I stand corrected”. It’s these silly things that bring such a weird amount of pleasure
Ahh hahaha this is exactly what I call it! Glad it’s not just me!
I’m pretty OCD about my Dishwasher Tetris game. When my husband and our friends put their dishes in, I pretty much have to take them all out every single time and reorganize them for maximum efficiency. It seems less wasteful that way, since it means I have to run the dishwasher less often.
Meanwhile, if I’m gone on a visit to my family for a couple days, I’ll often come home to find that my husband has run the dishwasher when it’s LESS THAN HALF FULL. It sends me into a quiet rage every time. Just... why?
Dishwasher tetris prepared me for living in a shared apartment with no dishwasher and one small drying rack. My roommates will leave dishes soaking because "there's no room on the rack". But they put a pan face down and left like three spaces between each plate. Honestly I worry for them sometimes, I don't understand how your brain can be weak enough to not understand how to make more space on the rack.
The owner's guides that come with a new dishwasher are unbelievable. Page after page of loading strategies for all kinds of kitchen / cooking items. Makes you realize there's a whole research lab or institute or something where people devote their lives to advancing the dishwasher loading state of the art.
I take a weird sort of pleasure in getting the most efficient placement possible
I grew up with a dishwasher and I never cared that much about placement..... until I became a serial barista and got to experience the joys of using industrial dishwashers in a cafe setting, where maximizing dish placement efficiency meant running fewer loads overall and thus getting end of day cleanup done faster. Getting everything arranged properly without wasting any space is just *chef’s kiss*
Sounds like my job at the local grocery store. We have a cardboard baler and playing Tetris as you load it with boxes could mean the different between crushing everything in 1-3 loads or crushing everything in 5+ because the empty space between boxes adds up. It also depends on whether the baler is almost full.
Similarly, properly stacking the cardboard on U-boats (our big metal cart-things) so we can bring everything to the baler makes the difference between fitting everything on 1-2 boats or on 4. It’s also a pain when things are just haphazardly stacked on each other and they fall over halfway to the baler.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teach me your ways!!
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 01:47:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t load the dishwasher at my in-laws because , no matter how well I think I do it, my FIL will ALWAYS reload it to be more efficient. It’s his thing and we all just leave him to it.
My wife feels the same way... About me. So loading the dishwasher is my domain. The only time she does it on her own, is if she knows she can run it before I come home from work. Otherwise, she just leaves it. We're both honestly happier this way.
However, as the person who relates to your FIL, I'm sorry for us. We literally can't help ourselves.
My wife is very patient with me when I insist on re-loading the dishwasher after her. It's not that she's doing anything particularly wrong (although she refuses to put spoons and forks handle down, but anyway), it's that she's not doing anything particularly right -- she doesn't seem to know how to take advantage of the way the rack is designed to maximise space.
I know right? And don't even get me started on things like putting super-tall things in the rack for short things, thus blocking the detergent tray from opening. Like, great, we just used all that water and electricity to wash dishes without soap.
Exactly! And while I would never yell at my wife about it (because it doesn't really matter), I will find myself grumbling these thoughts while re-loading and re-running the dishwasher... Because IT REALLY FREAKING MATTERS!
Ugh.
Don't even get me started on when my father-in-law "helps" load the dishwasher. I've seen glasses and mugs open end up, and plates lay flat on the top shelf. It's like he opens the dishwasher, grabs an armful of dishes, throws them in the general direction of the dishwasher and says, "that'll do."
I blame the dishwasher manufacturers. All the dishwasher commercials make it seem like you can just throw dirty shit in there and it'll come out perfectly clean.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both my mom and ex gf love loading the dish washer haha
My husband is one of those engineer folks. However, watching him load the dishwasher makes me about have an aneurysm.... because where is that fabled spacial awareness and logic as he haphazardly stacks bowls and plates and mugs any which way?!
My boyfriend is also terrible at dishwasher tetris despite having lived in apartments with them in the past. His excuse is he's just lazy and it's faster to just toss stuff in there wherever instead of neatly packing it together in a way that uses all available space. I've explained to him so many times that it's actually faster to do it right the first time so he or I don't have to inevitably go through and rearrange them later but he just doesn't care.
My husband was not allowed to load the dishwasher growing up, because he'd do it wrong. When we were first married he would put one large pan in the middle of the bottom rack and declare the dishwasher full. I could always fit more dishes after his attempts. One day he made it his mission to get better at it. We literally celebrated the day he loaded the dishwasher and I couldn't find room for another dish. He was so proud of himself. He's been in charge of the dishwasher ever since.
Reading the manual is an underappreciated art. I've learned that a lot of "here's how you do it" advice from your friends and family members can be found in the "DO NOT DO THIS" section of the manual.
My husband is in charge of loading the dishwasher and I swear he thinks packing it in most efficiently is a sport. I'm not complaining though, at least it's not my chore.
That’s actually hilarious and kind of wholesome. If you never had one you would never know! I had a college roommate who would just throw stuff in but she DID have one growing up. She was just lazy.
we had a dishwasher growing up, but it was pristine. My parents just made me do the dishes instead of "wasting water" on the machine.
Edit: so seeing as this has picked up, I am mixed carribean/english and this was london in the 70's. As a mixed family living in a predominantly white neighbourhood we had the kitchen done up so that when we had guests over we looked nice.
I go bayou style, where you just throw them all out in the yard and hose em down with the garden hose. Doesn’t matter, they’re all made of plastic anyway. Except my lucky commemorative Dale Earnhardt big gulp cup. That doesn’t get washed so as not to ruin it.
obvom · 16 points · Posted at 03:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hose, purple plastic tub...that's it
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:20:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
most older british houses only have one sink (in the kitchen) and usually a small rubber or plastic basin in that sink so you don't have to fill it as much. But basically yes.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 01:49:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my dad does that style, but my mom does the other style. honestly i dont even know which way to do them because one gets annoyed when im doing the other one haha
Aussie here. If your hot water goes out (does not usually happen) then you fill the kettle with water, boil it and use that as your hot water. I've done this before.
I’ve found washing by hand helps me re covid19. I wash about 5 dishes at a time, many times a day. I often have one pan of soapy water I use most of the day. Just washing my hands got so boring.
I saw a commercial recently (granted, it’s a commercial so maybe can’t be trusted) and the claim was that 8 dishes was the tipping point for saving water. If you’re going to wash 8 dishes by hand, use the dish washer and it’ll be worth it.
All the dishwashers I've owned recommend against pre-rinsing before loading because the type of detergent works better when there's crap on the plates and stuff to stick to. So nope.
Is the link dead already, or is my DNS just f'ed up?
Anyway, my father insists to rinse everything almost to clean so it doesn't plug the sieve of the machine up... I've had enough of that fight, so rinsing it is when he is near. If that is the hill he wants to die on, I'll let him.
Looks like it's already dead, which is surprising given its a commercial website. Finish is a dishwasher soap brand, so I trust their judgement on these sorts of issues if I'm honest. I know what it's like to have family who won't be persuaded on some stuff. I'd agree some battles aren't worth fighting.
I wash Mexican style and I can beat the washing machine as far as water usage. If you only have one thank you have to take all the dishes out of the sink. Put soap and some water in a cup (little bit concentrated .) dip the sponge in the cup to wash the dishes.
I try to wash every so it nests in the sink. Plug the sink. I start rinsing with a pretty low stream of water and the rinse water cascades down the nest of dishes. Every dish needs less rinsing than the previous dish. It really takes little water to rinse a sink full of dishes in running water this way. You do the whole pile with only a sink full of water.
No? You put it on a draining board, the hot water evapourates off with any remaining soap or runs down off of it. Plus there isn't enough washing up liquid to taste like soap, mostly just smells like warm water
How is unlikely unless you wash in warm water instead of hot. The hot water literally does evaporate mostly off, I've seen it happen whilst cooking. And the dishes don't taste like soap, so even so, whatever the fuck happens clearly works
Edit: glad I'm getting downvoted for washing dishes the same way most of my entire country does
It's unlikely because soap (probably) doesn't evaporate. The same way that, if you heat a cup of salt water, the water evaporates and the salt is left behind.
Anyways, yeah it obviously works.
Am I not understanding or are people saying you leave the dishes literally full of soap in the dish rack. If that's the case what are you people doing with you life? If you are rinsing the plates before placing in the dish rack it obviously won't taste like soap what the hell. If there is any soap left it will just drain
I just don't understand why I'm being downvoted. I misunderstood how something works but it still ends up with the result I want, I don't like let them sit in soapy water and then use them straight from the soap. It's literally washing dishes, it's not like I'm killing myself because I wash the dishes the same way everyone here does. Thank you for being polite about it, reddit can be weird
I don't usually go through a special rinse cycle either. Soapy water is still 90% water. You just sort of submerge the clean plate then pull it out so that the suds floating on the water doesn't really have a chance to stick. Then stick it on the drying rack and let it all drip off or immediately dry it with a cloth.
I think that’s because there’s just a film of soap residue, and given the amount, it wouldn’t ever compete with the flavor in food. Either way, I’m actually kinda shocked Brits don’t rise the soap (completely) off. I don’t feel like a plate or utensil is clean unless it “squeaks.”
Hey just a friendly comment to let you know this is ok. The soap doesn't evaporate, but unless you're a maniac you have like 2 tablespoons of soap in an whole sink, the amount that's left on stuff after the water has dripped off and the tiny film that was left has evaporated is pretty much nothing. People just love to get outraged about hypotheticals that they've never tried. I've done both, usually I would still rinse stuff with a lot of nooks and crannies like cutlery which might catch some foam, but that's mostly out of habit, I've never noticed any off taste from the dishes.
Yeah but isn't the downvote button is supposed to be for things that are "irrelevant" or like troll comments, not just people that are wrong. And clearly it did spark some sort of discussion or I wouldn't have over a dozen replies lol even if they are all either correcting me or calling me an asshole
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh i don't think there would have been nearly as much of a discussion if I worded it better, people love to correct people and we love even more to correct people that look like pricks, so we look better or more civilised than them. I know this because I do it, my friends do it, I've seen strangers do it. It's kinda human nature I guess? There's subs dedicated to the damn thing
Stoond · 54 points · Posted at 01:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Lol thats not how evaporation works. Youre eating soap, however small of an amount.
Explain how evapouration works then, other than water being so hot it becomes a gas and leaves. It's the same idea as sweating. Plus, it's dishsoap, it's designed to be harmless in any small amount that would stay on a plate
Nixxuz · 31 points · Posted at 02:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well the water evaporates, but the soap doesn't, because it's not water. That's how it works. And there is a difference between "harmless" and "tastes like soap". Nobody said it was harmful.
I think people are commenting about the evaporation because you kind of said that the evaporation takes away the soap. The thing is, evaporation is pretty well known for leaving behind nearly all impurities, which is why some devices use evaporation to get drinkable water from unsafe water. Evaporation is also how alcohol is concentrated within stills.
So the suds probably fade down and dry up, but the soap isn't going anywhere, just leaving a film that will become soapy again when it gets wet.
Whether you (or anyone) can taste the soap residue is a different question.
I get people commenting about evapouration, I'm just confused about the downvotes. I just misunderstood something because that's how I was told it works, I don't get what I did wrong other than being an idiot. I know the soap leaves the plates because they're completely clean and not weird and soapy if I get them wet again, and dishsoap is safe for humans for that reason anyway, so whatever it is clearly works
The water evaporates, but whatever was left in the water is left behind. It’s how crystals are formed, and why areas with “heavy” (mineral filled) water tend to have minerals and stuff collecting around their water supply.
Truth be told, since you’re putting it on a draining board the majority of the water will drain off along with the soap. The rest of the water will evaporate off and whatever soap is left is insignificant (If there’s any left at all).
(Also, it sucks that other people are calling you dumb/wrong instead of explaining to you why you’re wrong. It’s an easy mistake to make, especially since a draining board is involved)
Look up distillation. When the water evaporates it leaves behind any contaminants, such as soap. To use your example of sweat, it’s why your skin is salty after the sweat has dried
British style is to scrape the food off of the dishes, then wash them all in the same water (soap keeps the dirt/grease in the water) then rinse them off on a seperate bowl of water.
Americans seem to be confused that we put the clean but soapy dishes on the side and then go back to clean the soap off later. And British people are confused by the need to have garbage disposal machines in the sink and use a hundred gallons of water each time.
jdoe36 · 17 points · Posted at 01:51:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A garbage disposal when used only for food is actually ecologically friendly as it keeps biodegradable material out of garbage bags where it simply goes to waste.
Waste water plants have various methods of treating and filtering water where solid particles are allowed to degrade, so it essentially returns to nature at some point in the process. But my point was that it doesn’t take up valuable space in landfills.
We just incinerate our waste and get some electricity out of it. But getting it through water treatment and then to nature is probably a shorter carbon cycle.
Proper treatment eliminates that possibility. Solid waste (which is present in wastewater with or without garbage disposals) is treated and removed from the water supply - it shouldn't enter natural bodies of water.
The problem isn't with garbage disposals. The problem is that many wastewater treatment systems have low capacity and can overflow in heavy rain, which will dump everything and cause those algal blooms. There are also some systems that don't adequately treat the water and will release nutrient-rich water. But both of those problems are wastewater treatment problems - they may be made worse by food waste but they won't be eliminated by its absence and if those systems were built correctly, food waste wouldn't be a problem at all.
Note that approximately 20% of American households are not connected to a sewer system and use septic tanks to dispose of wastewater.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 03:35:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you put them to the side and rinse them later? You’re already holding the plate so it’s less work to just do it straight away and then put it on the drying rack.
I think the idea is to have a container of soapy water in the sink, and you wash the dishes in there. To conserve water, you won't rinse using the tap, but there's no room to put a second container in the sink, so you set the dishes aside, then replace the soapy/dirty water container with the clean water container and dunk the soapy dishes in there.
I'm not 100% sure because it seems like that would still leave them covered in soapy water except for the first dish.
Neither American handwashing or British can compete with new dishwashers. They use less than 4 gallons of water. If you have a full size dishwasher and it's full, there's no way you're coming close to using that little water hand washing.
Oh, for the folks in England, 3 to 4 gallons of water is equivalent to 11 to 14 Kilo stones or whatever. Sorry, I'm not well versed in the metre system. /jk
I (American) fill the left side of sink with soapy water; actually I don’t usually fill it full, but that depends on the number of dishes. Often it’s not more than a couple inches of water. After scrubbing each dish, I put it in the right side of the sink as it is filling with hot water. I dunk cups or bowls so they sink. When I’m done, or the right side is getting full, I drain the right side and rinse each dish under the faucet with painfully hot water, allowing water to flow completely over each side at least twice. For glasses, I swill them (meaning to move them in a circular pattern to create a whirlpool in the glass) until the edge of the whirlpool flows over the top of the glass and out. That’s faster than completely filling the glass. I then dump out what’s left and swill at least one more time. For anything glass or ceramic, I put in a drying rack. For plastic, I flick them (like throwing them hard into the sink but not letting go) a couple times to shake off most the water since the thermal properties of plastic do not allow proper air drying, then I put them in the drying rack. After that, I remove all traces of remaining water with a clean towel before putting away.
Just make sure you have the city's permission to refill your pool from the fire hydrant. Otherwise you won't have enough water to do the dishes at breakfast the next morning.
Modern dishwashers only use 5 gallons of water (That's like, one of those orange Home Depot buckets of water) -- some high efficiency ones use 3 gallons of water.
Also, a dishwasher is going to use far less soap than you do!
Heck, most people even pre-wash their dishes way too much. I always get annoyed at my husband because he'll sit there in the sink with the hot water on, just blasting the food off. Like, you know we heat that water with electricity, right!?
Seriously, if you want to be environmentally friendly: get a reliable and efficient dishwasher that will last you 10 years, don't use any of the fancy drying settings, and don't pre-wash your dishes unless it's absolutely necessary.
The pre-washing I guarantee you you would think that it would be a stupid thing. I used to have a really nice dishwasher and I learned that it was pointless to watch things off because it would get everything. Then I lived with my girlfriend at her place and her dishwasher is an absolute piece of shit and gets nothing off the dishes unless you scrubbed the shit out of all of them. My old dishwasher was a stainless steel tub, the one that she has is plastic on the inside and it barely dries It takes a freaking forever to wash. so I can understand why people will pre-wash before they put into the dishwasher which is wasteful as fuck. a $600 budget is really going to only get you a $400 washer delivered and installed. it's going to run you at least a grand to get a really nice dishwasher that you don't have to pre-wash anything in.
The ones that take forever to wash are exactly because they use so little water and electricity-they don't blast the food off with high-powered jets, they basically soak the dish over and over until it rinses off.
I said if you "want to be environmentally friendly," not if you "want to spend as little money and do as little work as possible" ;) If you don't have a car, you can rent a truck at most hardware stores for $20. Installing a dishwasher is a piece of cake! It's not like a gas oven where you might need to hire a licensed person to hook up the lines.
I got a Whirlpool uh... *pokes head inside dishwasher to find the product tag* WDF520PADB (catchy name!) 4 years ago and it was only $500. Never have to pre-wash unless there's something really cooked on a pan, in which case I just pre-soak but don't use soap or anything.
Also, hopefully this would go without saying, but maintain it well and clean the filter and drain and all that (common cause of "dishwashers not cleaning").
My dishwasher doesn’t have a heated dry setting. It turns a fan on and the door will pop open at the end of the cycle to let the dishes air dry with the fan turning off after a while
Oh, I really like that! I'll admit, I did once leave dishes wet in the dishwasher over the weekend and then... they developed a kind of funk and I was compelled to run a quick cycle again :-\
Great advice! Something to watch out for though is debris buildup in the dish washer filter. Most dish washers don't include a garbage disposal, so any large chucks that don't dissolve in water will remain in your dish washer filter and eventually leave a stench unless you clean out your filter regularly.
Don't put your kitchen knives in the dishwasher! It ruins the edges!
I've heard it's from cavitation, I won't 100% claim that, but it dulls the shit out of knives, and if they're wood handled, it's horrible for the wood as well.
The dishwasher in our apartment just redistributes any food from one item to the next. Half the time I have to leave the bowls and cups from the previous load in because they still have crud on them.
Okay I'm confused about how Americans wash dishes now. I fill a sink (or a tub in the sink) which is definitely less than a bucket's worth, and use a squirt of dish soap. Maybe a little more of both if I have a big pan to wash separately. Takes 15 minutes tops. A dishwasher is nice and all, but how on earth is it saving anyone water, soap, or time compared to hand-washing?
(all this said, I don't live with a big family - I could see how it would be more efficient as well as needed then!)
Ah good point, a little more water used there - quick run under the tap or I sometimes fill my small side sink and dunk things in. I still feel I'd be hard pressed to use more than a 5 gallon bucket's worth, but perhaps I'm wrong 🤔
Yeah, Americans generally run under the tap for scrubbing and rinsing. 5 gallons is really not that much.
Washing/rinsing every dish in the same water definitely a more efficient way to wash dishes, but there’s a hygiene trade-off. Dishwashers also reuse the same water in a similar way, but the combination of strong jets, higher heats, and better detergents (and no dirty sponges/towels involved) get them “cleaner” which some people like. But I’ve never heard of anyone dying from hand washed dish biofilm, so... :p
I get the impression Americans are much more hygiene conscious generally, not in any one major way but just a bunch of differences in standards like this. I'm a bit of a germaphobe (I probably use more water washing my hands in a day than I do for dishes) but can handle a bit of soapy water that's had a few smears of food diluted in it.
Another thing that might make it different is garbage disposals... as far as I can tell, the done thing in America is to scrape/rinse even larger food waste into the sink? None of that is going into mine!
(also, no wonder Americans love dishwashers - scrubbing dishes under the tap one by one! I did this for a while out of the aforementioned gernaphobia, but here that would be considered neurotic... not to mention it's a fucking pain)
I don’t know about Americans in general, but I’ve only ever seen people scrape plates into the garbage and the garbage disposal gets any specks that you missed.
Some stuff (like very greasy foods) you wouldn’t want in your sink pipes. And meat bones and things can’t be garbage disposed, so there’s always a garbage scraping step.
And FWIW, our dishwasher holds 2-3 days worth of dishes for our 2 person household — breakfast bowls, cooking things, mugs and glasses — everything. I usually put dishes in as I go, but can load it in about 10 min if I’ve been lazy and just left them on the counter/sink. So it does save time!
The time saving I was thinking of is in having the things clean, domestic dishwashers have taken ages whenever I've used them. But I think we're just living a bit differently anyway - I don't have 2 days' worth of dishes or cookware for myself! Running a dishwasher every few days would be more efficient than hand washing every day, that's certain. I was imagining it as a sinkful of water vs. a dishwasher load every day but of course dishwashers hold more than a day's worth (if you have it!)
I live in a hundred year old house in Massachusetts near Boston, so it’s a full detached 3 bedroom single family home with a tiny yard and all that. But still, only 1400 sq ft./130m2 (with ceilings you can reach on tiptoe) So, on the larger side but not super crazy even by British standards, I think.
But, yes, we do have a magnificent collection of 8 dinner plates and 8 salad plates and 7 assorted cereal bowls and some serving dishes and tupperwares and many mugs and glasses! You know, just in case the president... okay, not this one he’s not welcome, but maybe the next president stops by!
That's probably just shy of double the floorspace of mine, but yeah not totally mad as I live in a terrace house (not considered small per se, but very... compact). That's the sorta space our older detached houses have too, they're a bit fancy but not extravagant or uncommon.
I do have lots of mugs, but of course only use one or two because they're my favourites. I should really be prepared for the queen though I suppose. I at least have two of everything so as long as she doesn't bring any entourage...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I heard that too! Never looked it up. Now is the time to do that!
Edit: Dishwasher Vs. Hand Washing
Yes dishwashers save more water. It definitely makes sense logically. But as in I don’t have a dishwasher anyways, whatever!
Unless you reuse water the whole time (which is gross), yes.
awawe · 2 points · Posted at 12:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Modern dishwashers use incredibly little water; I doubt anyone can effectively handwash dishes using less. The dishwashers of the 70s are probably a different story though.
Nowadays, yes. The tech is better. I think back then a lot of families (especially immigrant families) thought it was a luxury to use the dishwasher for actual washing. It just became a drying rack.
If you really try, hand washing can be incredibly efficient. I’ve seen someone wash and rinse everything used to make and serve dinner for four, using well under one gallon.
I live in the UK there is is dishwasher in my flat I don't use it. I keep my pots and pans in it for storage. I have a basin in my sink and usually wash up once a day, far less water used than my dishwasher would and also I think dishwasher tablets are ridiculously expensive not to mention the extra electricity on running a dishwasher.
Yes. But you also actually clean them. I hat people who just toss crummy plates and pans into the dish washer and complain there is still stuff on them. Dish washing was one of my designated chores growing up. My step mom was the only other person who did it more than once a week. And that was due to me spending every other weekend at my moms. The number of times she drilled it into my and my brothers heads that we needed to rinse our dishes each night was really annoying. Especially since her and my dad were the two worst about leaving stuff caked on their plates without giving them at least a basic rinse.
To;dr Washing machines(at least most home models) still require you to get most of the gunk off the plates and such before you run it. Don’t complain if it’s not clean afterwards.
Dad: Why would we use the machine? You are a perfectly functional dishwasher.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 01:41:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my parents didn't believe in dishwashers either. We had one in two of the 4 houses we lived in. Weren't aloud to use them because it was "lazy" apparently.
I didn't know how to use a dishwasher til I was 25 ish. It was embarrassing a bit at friends' houses, since when we cleaned up I had no idea how to place things in the dishwasher.
it's a status thing, dish washers were not very common back in the 70's in the UK. Visitors would see the dish washer but not know if it was ever used or not.
Syl27 · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah same here. My mom only uses it when she makes a big dinner like Thanksgiving or Christmas and she doesnt even make big dinners anymore so now it gets run like once just so it doesnt get messed up from no use.
If you soap everything up and stack it so the water runs off the rinsed dish on to the stacked dishes, and you use low amounts of water, hand washing saves more.
If you’re the type to wash every dish under running water with the faucet turned high, then yes, dishwashers save water.
It's incredibly unlikely that any hand washing technique uses less water than a dishwasher, but I'm open to seeing evidence to the contrary.
xrihon · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Barely used a dishwasher until I moved into my first college apartment. My mom always used the dishwasher as a drying rack, said using it daily for actual dishes was a waste of water. So I simply grew up handwashing everything, and putting the clean dishes in the dishwasher to dry. If we needed something to use, it wasn't from the cupboard, it was straight from the dishwasher.
Then one day, my boyfriend is over and I try to offer him something to drink, and I pull out a glass from the dishwasher. He's staring at me like I grew another head, and I quickly blathered out "sorry we use our dishwasher to air-dry our stuff, I swear these glasses are clean."
And he comes from a family where the dishwasher is always dirty loaded and ready to wash, 24/7. There's not one dish rack in sight at their house. It was an embarrassing moment for me.
For some reason I can't shake the habit of daily handwashing thanks to my parents' stubborness. We still wash every single dish, utensil, pot, and pan by hand. Is it REALLY a waste on the water bill to use the dishwasher though? Once I get my own house, I will be making good use of the dishwasher. Saved so much effort in college once I knew better.
Generally dishwashers save water, though it's possible to use less washing by hand if you're careful about it.
But the convenience is so great that I don't wash anything by hand. Pots, frying pans, wooden spatulas, everything goes in. If a dish can't take a machine washing, it has no right to be in my kitchen.
We have a dishwasher, came in with the kitchen when we bought the appartement, it was from the previous owner. The Pictograms are erased, so my mom just decided that instead of figuring out what button do what, we would do the dishwashing by hand. When my dad and I pointed out how we’re using more water doing it like this, her answer was that it’s okay because we’re using cold water (because hot water from the sink bad).
Same for me but my mother's excuse was everytime we used it it was going to wear it out... they sold their house a few years after I moved out with a 10 yr old practically brand new washing machine
We had a dishwasher growing up and when my brother lived on his own for the first time, he complained to my parents about it leaking water and bubbles every time they ran it. Turns out he used dish soap like dawn in the dishwasher cuz his roommate told him that's how he always did it... my brother knew of dishwasher detergent and just went with it cuz the roommate lived there longer
I'm 32, I've lived my entire life without a dishwasher (except for the two years I lived in a certain house). Yet I know how to use a dishwasher.
My current place (that I own) just doesn't have the space for one, however when I decide to renovate the kitchen (it sort of needs it) I'll try and include one.
Yeah it's something I've been doing all my life, however I think the dishwashing detergent dries my skin out (yes I know I can always wear gloves).
I may decide not to include a dishwasher. I'd like one, however my kitchen just doesn't seem to have been built with dishwashers in mind. It's difficult to decide where the best space would be to put one.
Oh come on. The very first time I saw a dishwasher I loaded it up reasonable. It requires a complete sand for brains to load up cups upside down ( I was about 18, and I just moved from a country where nobody has them)
I had a room mate shove a raw potato down the dish the dish disposal and DESTRYOED it. The dishwasher barely worked afterwards, and dirty chunky food-soap-water would fill the sink when we ran it - she rarely cleaned the dishes off before loading them (when she didn't just leave them in the sink for days). The soaked food scum coated the sinks. She also threw out a perfectly good clock in the bathroom (didn't fit in the trashcan to boot) because it stopped working.
It was out of battery. A single AA. I asked if I could fix it, and I realized while typing this that it's been an entire decade and that damn clock is hanging on my kitchen wall. I had 6 different train-wreck room mates when I was in college, but she's one of my favs. Super nice, just a natural disaster in a lot of ways.
Oh boy, I actually just learned how to use a dishwasher. We just recently moved to a new house, and we always washed our dishes by hand the last 19 years. (our old House's dishwasher never worked, didn't bother to replace. It was used as storage. We're Asian)
It took us 30 min to figure out how to work it. In the end my mom goes "Why did that take 1 hour to finish?!"
We only use it for huge amounts of washing now. We stick to hand washing still.
The first time I loaded a dishwasher, I had to Google how to do it.
To be fair, it took me a while to learn some of the finer points. My parents bought the most powerful one they could find because they didn't like to presoak, they would let the dishes sit in the sink until we ran out of clean stuff then toss the crusty dishes into the washer and pack it until it was almost overflowing. Which is also probably why I HATED doing dishes as a kid. The super cheap ones in prefurnished apartments can't get petrified cheese out of a pan (for that matter, neither can I).
These days I load it as I finish my dishes, and presoak anything caked on so the dishwasher is just a second pass and disinfection cycle.
I've been thinking about this whilst reading and I'm not sure.
I didn't have a dishwasher until I was... I dunno, well into my thirties. But I'd loaded and unloaded them for years at work and nobody ever showed me how. I just took it for read that if you put in a container facing up it'd fill up with water.
Now that I'm in my mid 30's I'm starting to see that people who think/behave that way actually get further in life easier. While I'm sitting over here doing nothing out of fear of doing it wrong or overstepping, they're the ones showing initiative. I still can't get over that feeling of not wanting to act when I am not sure of my abilities, though.
This applies to computer programming too. The people with "initiative" go ahead and get something done instead of thinking it out and stalling for fear of screwing up. So they appear more prolific.. only trouble is that their code usually sucks and it's why theres so many spaghetti balls in production software. (A lot of time this is forced by unrealistic management deadlines)
Right? If someone has to be harassed to clean and has no idea how, keep it moving. If they clean of their own volition but poorly, they're probably reachable
this almost happened to me despite hearing multiple warnings. i read the label, it looked right. put a small amount into a compartment for...some kind of liquid. i heard horror stories so i double checked and it was the wrong kind. i spent about 10 minutes and like 4 paper towels trying to get it all out
Not that lesson, but I learned that drain cleaner will suds like a motherfucker.
Tried cleaning out all the pieces and filters, still kinda clogged. So smart brain says, "Hey you have Drano, try that. Dishwashers have drains. Bottle says no toilets, doesn't say no dishwashers."
5 minutes later toxic acid bubbles are oozing all around the door. It did work though IIRC. Tried once more with much less and it was fine.
Later learned it's not great for the drain pump though. Sorry, previous landlord.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 01:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So we always had dishwashers growing up but my mom had some weird personal thing against them. So I never learned how to load or use a dishwasher. But I can wash dishes by hand really well
I'm almost 30 and I've still never had a dishwasher. I defended a similar comment to yours on here before because if you've never loaded a dishwasher... How would you know?? Anyway some Redditor took the time to explain to me the proper way to load a dishwasher and although I haven't used that knowledge yet, I now feel confident that I'd be able to. Before that? Not a clue.
The dorm I lived in didn't have a dishwasher and all of us had grown up in houses that had one. I distinctly remember the four of us staring at the mountain of dishes in the sink talking about how much we had hated having to load and run the dishwasher at home but how much we would kill for one now.
A few years later I was renting a townhome with two roommates. After maybe two months I noticed that they pretty much only used paper plates, plastic cutlery, and disposable cups. I asked about it one time and mentioned that they were welcome to use the dishes/glasses/silverware that I had, thinking that maybe they weren't comfortable using my stuff without explicit permission. One of them looks at me and says,
"Dude, we just don't wanna have to do dishes all the time."
"Mike, we've got a dishwasher. Just put them in and run it when it's full."
I was able to see the switch flip on for them as they realized "Oh shit! We do have a dishwasher!"
DKP86 · 17 points · Posted at 01:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i grew up in a hispanic household. my parents house came with a very fancy brand new dishwasher. we have never used the dishwasher a single time in our life. we do it by hand. I to this day as a 21 year have no idea how to use a dishwasher. we instead use it to store more dishes lol
I never had one growing up, but I've had one since I moved out 3 years ago. No one ever taught me how to load one, but I'm assuming I'm doing it at least mostly right, since my dishes come out clean.
To be fair to you, I work with an office full of people like yourself. Most have/had never used a dishwasher before, so we developed detailed instructions with images for those on kitchen duty.
Sometimes people just have never been exposed to something and have no idea but they try their best. It's for the most part a simple thing to be understanding and teach them.
That reminds me - my now wife, girlfriend at the time, thought you put dish soap on the dishwasher. She sent me pictures while I was at work of my kitchen full of bubbles - dishwasher was fucked.
Didn’t bother me we thought it was funny. Told the landlord it had been acting up, got it replaced no questions asked with a brand new dishwasher that was fancy.
Nah - more like every time we started it no matter how well we cleaned it, it would foam up again and wouldn’t clean the dishes properly. It also leaked.
When I first moved into an apartment in college, I also had no previous experience with a dishwasher. Did you know you’re not supposed to put regular dish soap in it to clean? And did you know that if you do, your entire kitchen will be soaked and covered in bubbles?
I had a roommate who did that too I didn’t notice until after she ran it and I opened it to cups full of hot water. I asked her what she was doing and then showed her to flip them upside down she was shocked and thought I was a genius lol
Lol my wife is horrible at loading the dishwasher. The cups are not facing up but she somehow manages to take as much space as she can with just a few items and is always amazed when I rearrange things and can fit twice as many dishes and pans.
Well to be fair I can understand. Where I'm from, we don't have dishwashers like literally. Now, where I am, everyone has a dishwasher. I spent three years in a dorm where we didn't had it. So when I moved to an apartment, I learned how to use it. I accidentally told my landlady that I was washing all the dishes on my own and wasn't using the washer. She said that I should at least and now I do.
At work there is someone who puts the cutlery facing down in the cutlery basket. So the cutlery is not washed properly. Their reasoning is that someone might cut themselves if the knives are facing up.
In a work environment, knives should face downwards. The risk of injury, even death, is not zero and facing knives downwards reduces that risk significantly. If a workplace doesn't have this as policy, then they are not taking reasonable, practicable steps to reduce a foreseeable workplace injury risk. If there were any incidents as a result, they could have large headaches as a result.
The most common reasons that dishes don't get clean in dishwashers is overcrowding and putting in things that are too heavily soiled.
So many opportunities for IRL tetris. Like packing away groceries into a slightly too full fridge or freezer or cupboard. Or packing to travel. Or trying to figure out how to hang washing on a too short washing line to optimise everything.
I had a "what the FUCK are you DOING" moment when living with a bunch of other college students for a week on a holiday. I had to commandeer the dishwasher because nobody had a clue how to stack it. WTF.
I mean, I hear there's different quirks when it comes to stacking dishwashers, but like these kids were putting glasses on the bottom, heavy stuff on top, cutlery upside down, things like that.
The first time I used a dishwasher I used regular dish soap. It was a mess. I never had one growing up and just assumed you could use regular dish soap.
That’s pretty funny. I had a roommate in college who only knew how to use a dishwasher so when she used dishes and didn’t have the option for a dishwasher, she would grab some paper towels and “clean” her dishes and pots/pans...I caught her doing this once...so glad I never used her stuff.
My mother essentially spent the whole time me and my brother were in high school running a remedial dishwasher loading seminar for our friends. If she fed you your butt was at minimum putting the dishes in the dish washer, turns out this was an absolutely novel concept and she had multiple teenagers come through her house that had never loaded a dishwasher before.
Thank you for sharing. I'm about to move to a place with a dishwasher, and I've never had one before either. Didn't know there was a wrong way to load it
Definitely read the manual. Many have little tricks up their sleeve that aren't immediately obvious even if you've used one your while life. If nothing else, it shows you which parts fit certain kind of dishes.
Like mine in my new apartment, you can adjust the top rack up or down to fit taller things. Or little slots in the top rack that are for holding wine glass stems. Wouldn't have known that by just looking at it.
Spots for cups and mugs seems to change for every dishwasher I ever use. Why are they sometimes flat and sometimes slanted? What do I do if my mug is balancing precariously? I feel like dishwasher loading is a gap for me, like OP, lol.
Every dishwasher is different, and your individual preferences and more importantly your kitchenware are all different. Everyone has their own way of loading it. It's not some magic science, just whatever works for you. Just don't cram it full every load so no water can flow around leaving things dirty.
I live with a few people, and I can always tell when one particular person loaded the dishwasher, or opened a bag of chips, or even used the shower last.
How can I tell, you might ask? I can tell by the fact that everything they touched in the given scenario looks like it was picked up by a hurricane filled with razor blades and deposited in random places; Dishes never have any system of order, just thrown in wherever they fit(or don't fit), bags appear to have been mauled by a wild animal, and everything will be out of its proper place.
Reminds me when I first moved into a college dorm and put regular dish soap into the dishwasher. My family never owned a dishwasher, and I ended up with suds all over the kitchen floor.
It could be worse... I had a roommate that not only didn't know how to load the dishwasher, he thought the towels I had hanging all over the kitchen were for decoration. The plain white ones.
lol this one isnt that bad and it seems like an easy mistake that someone with no diswasher experience might make while at the same being something you can laugh at later.
nabrok · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in my 40's, but never owned a dishwasher, so I probably wouldn't have a better idea than you did.
Or trial an error it and apply some kind of logic "the spinny things need to spin. The water comes out from here and there, and needs to get on the dirty surfaces. If I leave concave surfaces, they will collect dirty dish water"
This reminds me of when my bf did the same thing, trying to be helpful by cleaning up while I was at work. But he put regular dishwashing liquid in the dishwasher instead of dishwasher soap. I came home to a huge mess of soap suds all over the kitchen floor, and him in absolute panic. It was too funny to be mad at.
I've grown up with a dishwasher in the house, but as I come from an Asian family, we all just wash our dishes by hand and use the dishwasher as a drying rack, so I don't really know the proper way to load a dishwasher either. Like I've seen my mom sometimes putting tupperware on the bottom rack and I'm not sure that's correct but again, since the dishwasher is basically just one big drying rack I'm not sure if that really matters.
So I had a roommate who didn’t know how to load a dishwasher NOR HOW TO WASH DISHES. She just like, gently rubbed the dish or pan with a slightly wet sponge and used the dishwasher as a drying rack.
We shared dishes, it was disgusting.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asking people on Instagram what was wrong with her sink. She turned on the garbage disposal and didn't realize or something. She's from NYC where a lot of buildings don't have garbage disposals and when she got her place in DC she was full on confused.
Like, even if you didn't know it was a dishwasher, why would you store cups right-side up? That would invite dirt and dust to collect inside when not in use.
My friend put dish soap in the dishwasher when we were staying at a condo/hotel. Soap suds everywhere. We were 21/22 and she just assumed that dishwasher powder and dish soap are pretty much the same thing.
Reminds me of how when a guest tries to help me load my dishwasher they never organize the dishes. Motherfucker you are not going to fit all the dishes in that way.
Took me until 28 to stack one properly... I am 28. My husband had to officially teach me because I never used one growing up either. I was putting items in okay-ish but forgetting to leave room for the rotating piece that shoots out water. Dishwashers are hard
twomz · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my wife how to use the washing machine/dryer in college. Her mom and grandma refused to teach her how to use theirs because "you'll break it!"... no shit she will if you don't show her how it works.
You and my wife. She at least faces everything downward...but Jesus. She’ll pack the damn thing to bursting, knives and forks pointed upwards, pots on the bottom rack (facing down, and thus preventing water from coming up and actually, you know, cleaning things)...she is a remarkable woman and I love her dearly and honestly would probably be half-feral without her. But she is not allowed to load the dishwasher, or put away the Tupperware....
Could be worse. At least you were taught. My boyfriend loads the dishwasher differently than I do and LET ME TELL YOU HOW FRUSTRATING it is, especially when I’m usually the one who empties it. And he’s so ingrained to doing it that way, and I’m ingrained in my way, and neither way is wrong.....it’s just frustration all around.
First time I moved out on my own with my high school friend, we got an apartment with a dishwasher in it. I never had a dishwasher growing up.
I put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, put in the dish soap, turn it on, and leave to go to the movies. I come back and entire kitchen is covered in soapy water! Not learning my lesson, I cleaned it up and did it again. Of course, entire kitchen is covered in soapy water. I figured out that there are dedicated dishwasher packets for dishwashers. I was just using standard dish washing liquid.
Same! But I was working for an elderly woman and her schizophrenic husband who weren't capable of caring for themselves. I'd never loaded a dishwasher and I did try to turn the pans sideways but the higgest one managed to get upright enough to collect the water. The lady was pretty angry about everything so I got a massive earful. She couldnt use the pans herself since she couldnt cook and neither used the dishwasher but she ranted for 10 minutes how incompetent I was. The best bit is she never tried to actually show me anything or explain it at all before or after. I was so grateful when her daughter decided to come mooch off her and I was let go.
I'm moving in with my fiancé on Saturday and he's never lived with a dishwasher. He's had some experience with my dishwasher but it will be interesting teaching him full time.
Lol that’s awesome! My husband actually still goes along behind me and “fixes” my dishwasher loading. He likes it organized and I just usually cram things wherever. I do the same thing when I bag my groceries if I self checkout—no organization whatsoever. He usually bags for me if we go together. Haha. :)
If it makes you feel better I had to have that talk with an old roommate of mine. Incredibly smart guy, but had never used a dishwasher before in his life. First time he tried he did the same thing - cups facing up, stuff just randomly assorted everywhere. I had to teach him at the age of 30 how to best load a dishwasher.
My GF use to do this in when we were in college student housing, she went from a farm house with a big farmers sink to a new student house with a dishwasher that she’d never learned how to use, I remember finding pans, blender tops, cutlery not in the little washing rack .. after a few weeks she decided hand washing the dishes was her forte
This reminds me of when I was ten and wanted to surprise my mom for Mother’s Day, I proceeded to place the plastics in the wrong tray and the ceramics in the other...I woke her up to show her what I did, that’s when the god awful scent drifted to my nose her eyes grew wide and she turned it off fast. Only minor melted plastics. She showed me how to do it right and gave me a “A for effort F for results”. But hey I got an ice cream because she was glad I tried
I'm 36. Married. I'm not allowed to use the dishwasher, so says my wife. I do the hand wash dishes but she won't let me near the dishwasher. It's ok though, I don't let her near the pans and cookware since the time she put my cast iron pans in the dishwasher.
My ex used to just put as much stuff in as possible. Nothing got cleaned properly, I used to be able to fit twice as much stuff in there as she did and have it clean.
She had a dishwasher growing up. We both worked hospitality.
When cleaning up our first apartment, I loaded the dishwasher and didn't have any detergent around so I just used liquid Dish Soap.
(I never had a dishwasher before)
When he came home from the hardware store, bubbles had filled the kitchen-- up to the coutertop, and had worked their way out into the living room. Suds met him at the door!
Lol I remember the first time I loaded a dishwasher. My parents had been saying I needed to learn. Gave it shot, they yelled at me for doing wrong and now nothing would be properly cleaned. Didnt teach me how to do it right so I just didn't do it again until I moved in with my now husband and he showed me.
Roughly a 12 year gap or so of me knowing nothing of the magical box that cleans my dishes
I’ve never had a dishwasher that cleans the dishes well enough to be worth it. There is always something left behind whether it’s soap stains or sticky substances. I’ve come to terms with just hand washing everything since that’s what I grew up doing anyway.
My roommate uses ours all the time and if I pull something out, I typically just end up washing and drying it before using it.
Decided they wanted to use the dishwasher after 3 years living together, and man, did some of their habits bother me. They've definitely improved though.
Biggest issue for me was that it wasn't getting quickly unloaded, since my stuff starts smelling like wet dog and my utensils have started to rust. So I told them not to start it overnight if possible and to ensure it gets unloaded right away. Still working on this one.
I guess we were still in high school, but we were 18. Me and my buddy Ferris were just getting into going to the gym. We went with Ferris’s friend Tom. After working out, in the changing room during some small talk I saw Tom putting on a shirt. Tom put the shirt over his head, but didn’t put his arms through the sleeves. He managed to pull the shirt over his torso so that it was adequately on before wiggling all about and bending his arms in odd ways to get them into the sleeves. I didn’t take much notice to it the first few times. But after a few months it was apparent he did this every single time. Tom didn’t know how to put on a shirt. At least efficiently. Eventually we asked Tom why he put his shirt on like that, and he said something along the lines of “Wait what, don’t I do it the same way you guys do?” I guess he had never really thought about it before then.
Edit: grammar
🎙️ arual_x · 1649 points · Posted at 21:00:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a lot of guys that do this. I think it’s more of a societal split than you realise.
There is also a gender split in taking off a shirt, too. Guys pull up from the shoulder. Girls invert it from the waist. I never noticed it until I started letting people try on my chainmail shirt. It weighs 15 lbs and girls, like myself, don't have any trouble getting it off by themselves. I've had to help every guy out of it though.
I actually take my shirt off from under the arms first. Put left hand under my shirt and push the inner sleeve until I can pull my arm right arm out, repeat for other side. Now the whole shirt is above my shoulders, so I gather the shirt and pull out at the front of the neck and over my head towards the back. I think I started doing this for two reasons: 1. So I could wear my glasses while taking my shirt off (otherwise the other methods just yank the glasses right off my head) and 2. To protect all the hard work that goes into my hair (because the other methods would ruin my hair).
Edit: I also put shirts on the same exact way, but reverse. Yes I have accidently ripped seams on smaller-necked shirts
Hair I get but I'm very confused about the glasses thing. I've worn glasses and taken off shirts from the waist my whole life and I've never once had a problem with my glasses.
I know my experiences aren't universal and all I just can't wrap my head around how this was such a major problem for you. Are your glasses like really big or something?
Yeah I have very specific memories of trying to get my school gym shirt off without throwing my glasses halfway across the locker room 😂 those shirts had the highest necklines ever!
There was actually a post about this somewhere! (I believe it was tumblr) basically it's about the cut/style of the shirts. The arms are designed differently which makes it easier to take off specific ways. If you put on a girls tee and try to take it off the men's way it's way harder. Same the other way around.
I suppose so. Now that I think of it, I also started doing this when I got glasses, cause I can pull the collar away from my face. Before I think I did both the versions that the original comment mentions, depending on what shirt I was wearing
Holy cow I do the same, I think subconsciously it's because of my glasses and because it doesn't flip the shirt inside out like doing it at the waist does
I wonder when/why this split starts? When there are physical differences, presumably, but it's not like removing shirts from the waist is difficult for men.
And yet I took my shirts off from the shoulder for most of my life without ever thinking about it. I only noticed because wet shirts have the same problem as your chainmail - trivial from the waist, but they take tons of effort to get off (and tend to stretch) from the shoulder because they cling the whole way up. Somebody asked me why I was having a hard time with my shirt after swimming, and I finally worked out what was happening.
There was some sort of thread a while back that had this question and an exact answer. As far as I can recall, it's because tighter and more form-fitting shirts come off easier if they are pulled up from the bottom and looser shirts "fall off" easier when pulled from the top. Women are more likely to wear tighter shirts, and vice-versa.
Bra straps may also be a factor. Vague locker room memories of folks doing one thing when changing pre-practice (regular bra) and another thing after (sports bra).
Men likely have reduced shoulder flexibility compared to women. Some men can’t pull their arms above their heads at all when using the waist up method, while others end up with shoulder injuries when using that method for prolonged periods of time.
I always just thought it was because girls are more likely to have long hair that gets in the way when you pull it off from the top, much easier to go from the bottom.
I’ve been wondering for years now when/how/why that split develops. I’m a girl, and yet I’ve always used the ‘grab the back of the neck’ method. I can do the waist thing, but it feels so... unnatural, and I didn’t realize it was an option until I was like 15.
Wayrin · 2 points · Posted at 15:24:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's because of the fabric and delicacy of women's clothing. Many of those fancy shirts should be washed inside out so taking the shirt off and reversing its outward facing side at the same time makes sense. Also I (as a man) pull my shirts up from the shoulders or the back of the neck, and have ripped many a worn down thin t-shirt doing it. Women's clothing generally being more delicate makes it more likely you will damage the shirt taking it off the way a lot of guys do.
Its the easiest method for each, taking it off from the shoulder is better cause it doesn't get the shirt all folded up but if you are a girl you can't do that as easily.
UGoBoy · 3 points · Posted at 05:20:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better is debatable. I'm a guy who takes off shirts from the waist. I wear a lot of printed tees and wash them inside out, so the waist method turning them inside out is a plus.
Boobs. I started lifting from the waist when I got boobs because otherwise I'd have to lift it up at the shoulder, get it half up then separately uncatch it from under the boobs most of the time. I wear a lot of men's tshirts (better designs I found in-store) and the problem is still there. It was a conscious decision for me though - I had to train myself to do it differently as I'd always do it the "men's way" as a kid.
I had to train myself to do it differently as I'd always do it the "men's way" as a kid.
Very interesting - I think you're the first person commenting who actually knows when they adopted their method!
The boobs part makes a lot of sense, but I'd been wondering why guys are so consistent about using 'shoulders' when both methods work fine for them. If that's the default until something interferes, it makes a lot more sense.
I remember reading somewhere that it’s because of design differences. Clothes made for men are usually looser, and so come off easier when pulled from the top. Women’s tops are often tailored to curves, so the material won’t be a straight line most of the time. That makes it easier for it to be taken off by pulling up from the waist than it is to do it from the shoulder.
It's easier to get a shirt off pulling from the waist when the shirt has to go over the boobs. If you pull from the top you'll just get your shirt stuck on your tits.
I fit this distinction too, but I have no idea why it happens.
Torso:arm ratio, maybe, so guys with shorter arms don't get the shirt all the way off their head? Smaller neck holes on men's t-shirts, so they drag over our faces if we don't bunch them up at the neck first?
It’s because women’s clothing is tight and doesn’t come off easily when pulled at the shoulder like a men’s tee does. I discovered this divide when a friend could not take off his tight shirt after scuba diving and I got it off in one simple motion approaching from the hip. Boobs may sometimes impede disrobing too.
as a guy, it doesn't seem intuitive that boobs would impede the guy method. to me it seems like if you pull straight up, the shirt would glide over the front of the boobs.
obviously that's not how it works. as a guy i do it by the shoulder, but i could easily do it from the waist. can females do it from the shoulder easily, or is it a struggle?
A lot of women's tops are tighter around the torso. If you try to pull up with one arm the other will "catch" on its sleeve before you can get your head through the neck hole.
Taleya · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah fam. Breasts protrude, and women's tees are darted (inward) at the waist. So a shoulder or collar pull that goes straight up tugs the narrowest part of the tee up against the underside of your breasts. The double arm crossover from the waist pulls out as your arms become level / slightly higher than the breasts, which gets the material out and over.
It seems like a large majority of guys take shirts off by the shoulders even though the waist works fine also. How do we all end up with the shoulder approach?
Wait, I should have been more specific. I get why women don't use the shoulder method, but why don't men use the waist method?
If men just adopt a habit at random because both usually work, I get that. But my experience is that way more than half of men do the shoulder approach even though the waist works just fine too.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a woman who mainly uses the shoulder method, although I mostly wear loose t-shirts so it's not an issue. I like it because the shirt stays right side out. But I'm pretty sure I did it even when my parents were doing my laundry and I don't think I was really thinking about it back then. My boyfriend actually does the waist method though.
It's more about the shape of the shirt than the person's gender. Shirts designed for women tend to be more fitted with smaller arm/neck holes, so pulling from the neck doesn't work as well.
I think they're also stretchier (because of the form-fittingness), so pulling from the neck just stretches the neck out and doesn't move the shirt up at all.
I wear mostly button ups. I think with t-shirts I usually pull my right sleeve off my arm and then over my head, which I guess is like a variation of the shoulder method. It's a similar motion to taking a bra off without taking your shirt off.
as an nb: I usually take shirts off the guys' way, unless it's tight, in which case I usually try to do it the guys' way, realize that's dumb, and pull it off instead.
however if I'm specifically really hot, I take it off from the waist because I want to expose more skin to cooler air.
I made it myself in about 100 hours. My friend group a decade ago when I made it was into RenFair, D&D, LARPing, etc. It wasn't a big stretch for me to copy my friend who was making chainmail of his own, considering how I already enjoyed costuming with exotic materials like Duct Tape.
Only one person had to initially ask before I handed it over. About 90% of the time I wear it someone else ends up trying it on. I'm very open to sharing the experience. I feels like a cozy hug. It's also fun not telling people how much it weighs and then their arms fall down under the weight they weren't expecting.
My sample size for my 'study' of gender differences while taking it off is up to several dozen. No actual records have been written down, as there is a giant spoiler effect and conversation about shirt removal when I tell the guys to bend over so I can peel it off of them.
Different metals have different weights. I had someone else buy my rings, and the weight was not what I was expecting. It you want it done right, do it yourself. I wanted aluminum, as it is light and easily malleable for costumes. I got something sturdy and heavy.
I figured out how to take off tops the opposite way— I’m a woman and I pull from the shoulder. Same with bras. I pull them up and off, never fiddling with the clasps. I tried pulling up from the waist, and man, it just feels wrong. Plus, when you pull up from the waist, your clothes end up inside out. That means you have to waste time reinverting them. Pull from the shoulder gang all the way.
I just mimed taking off a shirt and never realized that I take it off from the waist, validating your theory.
Akires · 9 points · Posted at 01:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and for some reason I do it both ways. Usually from the waste if I'm putting it in the laundry so that any logo is on the inside. If I'm going to be changing back into it, from the shoulder.
adeon · 8 points · Posted at 02:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and I almost always take shirts off by inverting from the waist, until your comment (and the responses) I had not realized that this is apparently unusual. Honestly, it just feels easier and more natural to me, plus it doesn't stretch the arms as much.
How you remove your shirt isn't something that you consider. It's like breathing. You don't notice how you do it until it's brought to your attention, then you can't un-notice it for a while.
I intentionally flip mine inside out so the part that came in contact with my body actually comes clean, and the logos on the outside don't get damaged, but either way don't have to think about it while removing my clothes. I just do it since I've done it about 10,000 times at this point.
Wow. I had no idea this was split like that. I moved to Vietnam recently and was consistently having trouble taking my shirt off because it's often sticky with sweat. My girlfriend looked at me pitifully doing this and told me to do it that way. I thought the Vietnamese were just wise.
WHAT?! So I grew up always around guys and had a male mentality. I totally did the guy way you just mentioned until one female friend I FINALLY got asked me why I did it that way. Then she said it’s just not sexy and told me to put clothes on/off the other way. I wanted to be more like a girl so I just kept my mouth shut and did.
I had pear, straight, and broad shouldered men try my shirt on, and there was no noticed effect from shoulder to gut ratio. The shirt is loose fitting too.
h3lme7 · 3 points · Posted at 01:21:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I noticed this recently when I was doing a bag of laundry with a mix of my clothes and my partner’s clothes after traveling together.
Normally when I do my own laundry, I have to stand at the washing machine and turn all my clothes right-side-out because they’re all inside out from the way I take them off.
I was amazed to see that all of his clothes were right-side-out while mine were inside out. I was very impressed and told him what I’d noticed which led to us comparing the way we take our clothes off (no one was upset about this).
This apparent gender split went viral a few years ago, and I made a point to pay attention to how I take off shirts, having not given it any thought before.
Turns out, I always grab the end of my right sleeve with my left hand, pull my right arm in and then pull the shirt sideways over my head. Then I pull the shirt off my left arm, where it has gathered. Or just fling it into the hamper as the follow-through of the peel-off motion.
I have no idea what this says about me as a person.
As a guy, after witnessing the girl-style shirt inversion, I use the shit out of that. I used to wear nice loose T-shirts & it was easy to pull from the shoulders. Wearing tighter athletic shirts for hiking made this tough, especially when sweaty. The girl-style shirt pull solved all my problems, and I gotta say I use it far more often now. My t-shirts also have longer-lasting collar elastic now.
mh985 · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a competitive powerlifter and after having gained ~50lbs in the last few years, I've had to change the way I take my shirt off. I cross my arms and pull up from underneath like women do.
I don't even get that far down. I pull it off starting at the right sleeve...
anmaja · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I find it's best to get out of a chainmail shirt by just hanging your upper body down while you stand and let gravity do it's thing, that's the easiest way to keep your hair out of the way, too.
Cheerleading uniform tops are what made me start pulling my shirts off from the bottom, before that I would pull one arm in my shirt and pull it over my head from the side.
I never realized how awkward I was talking my shirt off until I typed it out just now.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Men's shirts have significantly wider armpit ussets, if I try to do the ladies-style roll up my elbows get trapped in the shirt as it goes over my face
I’m trying to picture how it’s different from a military press, aside from having your hands inverted to grasp the shirt. I fear this will end in me attaching weights to a shirt if I think about it while high.
Apparently it’s because of the difference in how gendered clothing is made! I think female shirts have tighter necks and sleeves, so inverting it is easier to get out of, while male shirts are looser.
I'm a trans woman and I recently switched from taking my shirt off from the shoulders to taking it off from the bottom, and it's way easier! Although now I have to deal with inside out shirts more lol
I'm curious to learn whatever you're willing to share. I would be interested in learning about your physical transformation and how that has impacted you.
When I was young the term Tomboy was popular for girls like myself that were not statistically similar to other girls, but flavored more male dominated interests and traits. I would like to understand how being trans is similar and different to that, or it's just so completely different than even wondering about that is rude (and if it is rude I'd like to apologise in advance.)
I honestly thought guys pulling the shirt up from the shoulder was just something from the movies and tv. My husband will always comment about how those shirt collars are going to be all stretched out. So I just naturally assumed nobody actually takes off shorts like that.
Why would I attempt to take off a shirt by pulling from the shoulder? It may harm the shirt! I'm a guy myself and most people I know just take shirts off from the waist and upwards.
Cohacq · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy here. The "girl" method is a thousand times easier as soon as the shirt is in any way tight. I barely ever take off shirts the other way now.
H-005 · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never seen anybody pulling it from the shoulder (as a guy myself). However I fully believe you that people like that exists
i've had to start taking shirts off the "girly" way after workouts in the summer because the sweat makes them stick to my body. the struggle is real.
HBB360 · 2 points · Posted at 08:43:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, never realised it was a guy/girl thing. I pull from the shoulders purely because I'm lazy and don't want to bother to invert it back after I take it off. Only time I do it like that is if the shirt is fully soaked because then it sticks to you an you physically can't take it off from the shoulders.
Men's shirts are often looser, longer and have more space around the armpit area.
That means trying to pull one off like a woman from the front could end up getting the shirt caught on a guy's face while his arms are extended over his head, the Tumblr IPrayForAngels concluded.
On the flip side, women's shirts are usually shorter and tighter around the armpits. So if a woman tries to pull it off from behind her head, the shirt might get stuck when she only has it halfway off.
It's the long hairs. As a guy with long hair I have switched from pulling from the neck or shoulder to pulling from the waist and inverting because I kept grabbing a handful of hair and pulling hard without realising it until it started hurting.
Your the first to bring that up as an option. I was curious if someone was going to bring that into the conversation. I started cutting my hair short, because long hair is a painful hassle.
The shoulder pull generally has to overcome the friction of the shirt to the body for the whole way off, whereas the waist pull peels it off and avoids the friction by slightly stretching the waist of the shirt, but it also inverts the shirt. For loose men's shirts, there isn't much friction to overcome, so no reason to pull from the waist. For women's tops, they might not even have much to grab at the shoulders, and they are usually much tighter, making it nearly impossible to do the shoulder pull. As a guy, I do the waist one when I have a particularly frictiony shirt (aka a very wet shirt) because it is easier and won't stretch the shirt out.
Literally just went through this with my fiance (M24), and learnt that you are correct. Never noticed it before!!!
Taleya · 2 points · Posted at 15:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun thing to try: do the opposite gender removal. The shoulder pull isn't too hard for women, but gets trickier the larger your breasts. The waist crossover baffles and infuriates men until they grasp the motion.
I tried the opposite motion earlier today, just to see what it was like. It was harder on my shirt, and my hair. I got it off, but don't plan on using it again.
Taleya · 2 points · Posted at 01:07:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, likewise i can do the shoulder pull, but it is not kind to most of my tees.
I'm a guy, but I pull from the waist. I think it's cause when I broke my collarbone I had to stop pulling from the shoulder, and ended up getting real good at the one-armed shimmy, which somehow morphed into the inverted-waist fling
Weird, I don't take it off like either of those methods. I hold my left sleeve in place, slide the arm down to torso, and remove it over my head and right shoulder.
I don't think that most men take their shirts off that way. I have a friend who does that with button-downs, and it's because he thinks it's faster than undoing all the buttons and pulling from the bottom it snags on his chin.
I sometimes take shirts off that way if I'm going to reuse them and don't want to have to turn them back rightside out before I put them on a hanger (like when going to the gym, for example).
Same. I actually do this because I have a serious joint issue in my right shoulder and that arm won't go above my head without serious pain. It give me more issues taking the shirt off though.
It's actually a little faster because you can get to where you put your head through then both arms at once. Instead of arm, arm, head... It's head, arms.
mh985 · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how most people do it but I kind of roll the shirt into a ring so I can stick my head through without messing up my hair, then I put my arms in and pull down from the torso.
Yes. My dad would roll his shirt up, put his head through the hole, unroll a little yo put his hands through, and then unroll the rest onto his body. The only reason I didn’t copy him was because it seemed so complicated.
Ferris seemed to have plenty of experience with the real world, he was living life to the fullest throughout the entire movie. Cameron was the one not living in the real world. Edit: grammar
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I actually do not know how I put on my shirts now that you're making me try to do it consciously. I've spent like a minute trying and retrying but nothing feels right
It's not that different from what I used to do. I would pull it over my head then worm my arms up through the sleeves. I didn't pull them down over my torso though.
NOW I have to do it differently, I busted up my shoulder and couldn't physically do that after surgery so now it's my left arm first, all the way in then my head then my right arm. That way 7 years ago.
My husband, when taking a shirt off of someone else (our baby or dog) will try to put their bodies through the neck hole. Like at least a third of the time.
I think i know that guy! I remember he was always changing T-shirts and other clothes. Our principal hated him. Probably cause he skipped school so much. One time me, him, and his girlfriend all cut class and drove around town. I had a mini panic attack cause we borrowed my dad's car without him knowing and couldn't get the mile counter to go back. So I accidentally killed my dad's car.
A 250 GT California Spyder.
I literally just took my shirt off and put it back on to make sure I was doing it correctly. I put it over my head and then stick my arms through the sleeves, then pull everything down. So at least I'm half-right?
If a t-shirt is inside-out, I will put it on in a way so that it ends up being correct, without me inverting it first. My ex's head almost exploded the first time I did this.
I just realized I have a very specific way of taking off a shirt that I do from muscle memory the same way every time. My left hand lifts up the bottom right side of my shirt and I then hook my right elbow into the pocket formed in the front by lifting it. I then raise my right arm(arm crooked, elbow up) while grabbing the left side at the hem(with the thumb and forefinger on my right hand), while raising my left arm straight up. I then pull my right arm in an arch to the right and the shirt pops off my left arm and head then slides down my right arm.
I think I do what you’re describing but I don’t pull it over my torso before the arms. It’s because my shirts are often inside out since I take them off from the waist, as other people have described on this thread. I usually fold my clean t shirts inside out because it’s normal for me to put them on that way
I pretty much do this. I have scrawny arms so shirtsleeves and always very loose. I put the shirt over my head, get my head through the neck, and then put my arm (which is inside the shirt) into T-Rex position and then pop it out through the sleeve. To take it off I do the reverse, I just tuck my arm back in through the sleeve.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been doing that all my life, until a friend in highschool asked me why I put on my shirt like that. Ended up in her giving me a tutorial. Funniest part is I like my way better.
Ah, the "I buy groceries daily and I never spend more than $10" type of frugal.
One can costs a dollar something so she was being frugal by buying only one can at a time. She was ready to brag about how frugal she was compared to me. I was not impressed.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 13:00:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
aggressively identifies as frugal
Ah, the "I buy groceries daily and I never spend more than $10" type of frugal.
Yeah and the leggings she picked up while buying groceries don't count and she never ever buys clothes new anyway. Also she saved so much money because this stereo system was $200 off. Just all the existing cliches.
Literal quote: "I have to buy this now because I have money now but I won't have money later."
Wow, that's almost a complete match to a story I have.
Had a friend from IRC live at my place for 14 days until his student housing was available. I had to teach him that you shower every day. That you use soap. Had to explain that it's important to change your clothes. To do laundry.
Had to teach him how the mechanics of washing dishes (didn't have a dishwasher at the time) after I realised he had spent 10 minutes on ONE plate.
Also a full genius dude. He's a major contributor to many open source projects.
Remember when another friend of mine (a woman) was visiting and she's a hugger. She forced a hug on the poor sap. He sat trembling in the corner of the sofa for half an hour due to a hug.
Sheltered life up until doesn't even begin to describe things.
cbelt3 · 33 points · Posted at 14:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. Worse was we met his mother at Thanksgiving break. She smelled worse.
Apparently the following year he had a girlfriend. I did a little Facebook stalking last year. He married a gorgeous woman, he is stupidly wealthy and living in the Bay Area. I think he retired.
Edupop · 9 points · Posted at 11:54:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This actually pretty common when you go to army (it’s mandatory to all males in my country). There where very smelly guys who you had to order them to take a fucking shower.
cbelt3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:25 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mom , probably. He just did what she taught him. Keep in mind that this was the late 1970’s and we didn’t understand it at all. But he became social and clean with proper education by his roomates, so I suspect just incomplete upbringing.
When I first met my Ex he didn't know how to cook. 40 something year old at the time I met him. He only knew how to use a microwave and the best thing he thought of cooking was chicken thighs.
Chicken thighs cooked in the microwave, everything was cooked in the microwave. Wet, soggy, colorless flesh with no flavoring, that's not how it works, that not how any cooking should be done.
Edit: Let me add that the microwave sometimes doesn't cook things evenly so some of the thighs were raw on the inside.
🎙️ arual_x · 94 points · Posted at 22:51:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bless him, my uncle would cook an entire English fried breakfast in the microwave. It was sacrilegious to us, but he was so proud of his time saving and washing-up reduction that it became adorable.
I love stories like this, sometimes good intentions makes up for bad execution. I had to learn from my ex to be appreciative even if I was disgusted by some of the things he did.
🎙️ arual_x · 54 points · Posted at 23:08:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was really sick and dying and we were visiting. It’s now a beautiful family memory. We will sit around occasionally and reminisce about him and people will say “omg do you remember when he did a while English breakfast in the microwave? He was so proud” and just miss him awfully. He also made the WORST soup we’d ever eaten, and gave my mum USED plain white table candles for her birthday once. He was a university professor. Bless his heart he was one of the best of us.
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm glad you have so many good memories of him, he sounds like a lovely man. Thank you for sharing, in the end all we have is our memories and they become our greatest treasures.
The only the microwaves are for, really, is reheating pizza. You don't actually "cook" in a microwave....Oh, god, the smell! I just imagined the smell of the chicken! Ugh. No.
tb2186 · 23 points · Posted at 04:39:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should try reheating pizza in a frying pan with a lid on medium heat. Add a tiny splash of water for steam to heat the top. That was a game changer for me. Crispy and evenly heated vs rubberized in the microwave.
I was going to say the same thing. That comment of reheating pizza in the microwave made me gag a bit. Got an air fryer and all of my leftovers get heated in that thing. I would never go back. My microwave can die a horrible death in comparison to that thing. Especially reheating large burritos. Hot on the inside and crispy shell like it's been toasted. Nearly better the second time around. Microwaves are fucking awful.
Yeah, I've got a convection oven/microwave. Still getting the hang of it...I appreciate all the settings but I really only want to put it on for a minute to make my pizza hot again. It really shouldn't be such an ordeal!!
Chicken thighs cooked in the microwave, everything was cooked in the microwave. Wet, soggy, colorless flesh with no flavoring, that's not how it works, that not how any cooking should be done.
My wife won't marinade any meat except this 1 particular beef recipe.
I have no idea why she won't do it. I ask her to and she just refuses and says "Tastes fine to me." No, you're almost eating mush... we're humans... we like more than just salt and pepper.
Make a stew? It's great. Chili? Fantastic! Chicken in a salad? Meat is bland and makes salad dull. Pork chops? "just put salt and pepper on before it's cooked" .... how's about season it the morning you cook it so the flavor soaks in?!"
"Tastes fine to me."
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 05:07:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. I haven’t owned a microwave in years. I even like stove top popcorn better than microwaveable. I like food way too much to nuke it (though it would be nice to have one for reheating left overs more quickly)
My brother had a buddy he would hang out with all the time. His parents just made everything in the microwave. Chicken strips? What a convenient meal! Pizza bites? Why, all the flavor and sustenance of pizza in a convenient microwaveable package? Steak? Hell yeah, nuke that fucker! A whole goddamn chicken? Yes. They did that too.
My brother apparently went to hang out at his buddy’s place and they microwaved a whole chicken for them. My brother has a weak stomach and it apparently took every scrap of will he had not to gag at the very sight of it. Grey, gelatinous, and eerily cold and wet. Needless to say they didn’t even season the bird. When my mom picked him up poor guy gagged and hacked the whole way home. Still does if you bring it up to him.
When I first met my Ex he didn't know how to cook. 40 something year old at the time I met him, and the best thing he thought of cooking was chicken thighs.
I'm amazed he made it far enough to become your partner after that massive red flag.
I'm mexican, it's common for men not to be able to cook and be full into 'machismo' so only women cook. I was more shocked that he thought his food was edible and never asked for help and decided the microwave was the best thing.
4E4ME · 6 points · Posted at 05:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, new screening question - "so when is the last time you had food poisoning?"
Lol. early 80's we got our first microwave and my mom is a superb cook but she wanted to try a meatloaf in it. Yeah she looked at it and said fuck this, were going out tonight. Now when she makes meatloaf i ask her if it was oven or micro, she just busts out laughing
My ex also microwaved everything. Granted he was only 24 at the time, but he microwaved KD instead of cooking it in the stove. KD is the easiest thing to make imo.
I actually get this one. Luckily I knew how to cook before my mom kicked me out and I lived with my dad. At my dad's place I had no access to a stove. My stepmother wouldn't let me use the stove or oven because my food "smelled." (By smell she means I used seasoning other than salt and pepper. Her favorite meal was a can of cream of mushroom, white rice, and chicken breasts.)
Since I couldn't use the oven I got fairly adept at cooking food in the microwave I was allowed in my room. Never tried chicken thighs in it though.
You can cook a good meal in the microwave but it has to be something you could also cook by steaming. Like skinless chicken breast (or even better, shrimp) with a nice sauce and frozen veg. I have done this often in hotel microwaves (using a microwavable steamer container).
I remember one year on Christmas our oven broke before we could make the main course. We ended up cooking a pork loin in the microwave over several hours. I’m not sure how the microwave didn’t keel over and die but it managed to cook the pork loin. It was dry.
My 33 year old bf owns no spices other than salt or pepper and almost always uses a microwave. Owns only one pot, doesn't even own a skillet. I'm planning to teach him some simple stuff to make.
I use the microwave a lot (pain and difficulty standing) but seldom use 100%. I don’t cook everything on the stove at high heat, why should I overcook in the micro? Some people have looked at me in astonishment: they don’t realize that there are power levels! They also frequently don’t understand how things cook from the outside edge, so have to be moved or turned over, even at 30% or 50%.
My MIL cooked chicken drumsticks in the microwave in front of me shortly after I started dating my husband. I was HORRIFIED. I didn’t even know what to say. I just left the kitchen and avoided the chicken when we sat down to eat. (It was a cookout or something so lots of things were available.) Everyone who ate the chicken was sick after - surprise!
Needless to say, my husband thought I was an excellent cook when we started dating even though I was truthfully pretty subpar at the time. (I could make spaghetti sauce but that was about it.)
I have texture issues so it might just be me, but everything that's cooked in the microwave seems so soggy and mushy. Ugh I can't handle it, I much rather roast everything in the oven. Sheet pan meals save so much time and less cleanup with a ton of flavor and some crispiness.
A girl my cousin and his GF set me up with, thing's were actually alright, we connected via similar hobbies and intrest, then about 3ish weeks after we met I ran over to her place for reasons, and made a joke about how her laundry basket looked like it was about to explode, to which she responds "oh my mom comes by on Tuesdays and does my laundry " fast forward a bit and I learned that she at 25 didn't know how to do laundry, cook, clean (beyond moving stuff) take out trash, how the dishwasher in her apartment worked, or actually pay her own Bill's, it was all taken care of by her parents, they would come by every couple of days and do some laundry, dishes, etc and she would just occupy space in the area I guess. I did try and teach her some basic things but it was a constant battle of "but my parents will do it for me" or "that's what's uber eats is for" or various replies like that I eventually had enough of it, and told her I'm done unless she can learn to do well everything her parents do for herself.
Cousin and his GF had no idea the girl was like that (work friend of his GF btw), and didn't believe me for awhile till the GF went to this girls place to drop something off and there was the girl's mom doing laundry and making breakfast.
And I did have a few run in with her parents, seemingly glad I was there to help look after and take care of her.
I’ve had that conversation with more than one person. The answer is usually a boastfully confident “I’ll pay someone to do it” or “I’ll have a spouse to do it for me.”
That is such a turnoff. Also what are those parents thinking. Obviously you are going to be less than great at taking care of your house / washing clothes and cooking your own food for a while, but that's what moving out is *for*. I'd never clean up after a kid after they move out.
A friend of mine was like that! And she's a doctor. She was clueless about so many things like cooking, doing laundry, taking out the trash, and paying bills. Her parents handled everything for her. Her parents were also overbearing and fucked up one of her relationships bad.
I remember telling her she needs to become more independent and she was like "I know, but I'm so busy all the time already so it's nice to not have to worry about all these incidental things."
She eventually wound up getting a job quite a bit further away from her parents and had to learn how to do all that stuff herself. She learned pretty quickly. Me and some friends went to visit her a few years after she moved and we were massively impressed.
She took care of everything herself. She cooked intricate meals. Cleaned her own place. All that jazz.
I had totally forgotten about this faux pas. While in the Navy, I was stationed in Iceland. One week my roommate and I took an R&R trip to Germany. When we got to our hotel it was an older one with the communal bathroom down the hall. It was unisex and there was a sign on the door Herren (men) and Damen( women) to let others know who was using it.
When we went in, there was a sink, toilet, bathtub, and this other porcelain object. We didn't know what it was so my roomie went over and stepped on the pedal at the front. When the jet of water shot up, he said " oh, a water fountain" and leaned over to take a drink.
In fairness, this farm boy from the midwest (me) had never seen nor heard of a bidet. But I didn't think "water fountain"was the correct usage. Turns out, I was right.
Now we know why the parents of college kids move to that college town, so they can keep doing everything for them. My god, does she wipe her ass after she goes potty??
Our kitchen sink has one tap, two things (don't know what they're actually called) for hot and cold. I walked into the kitchen and my partner kept switching between hot and cold. Asked him why....
" Well the hot gets too hot so I run the cold instead for a bit" HE DIDNT KNOW YOU COULD RUN THE HOT AND COLD WATER AT THE SAME TIME!?!?
I was just talking to my cousin and kept calling it a spigot and he had no clue what I was talking about. Couldn't figure out how to describe it to him properly so just go show him. He says, "oh the water hole." Wut.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mostly unrelated, but the many names given to any device that produces water is a constant source for frustration for me. I do residential remodel, and my boss is constantly correcting customers about the "right way". Sir we are standing in a garden bed and this gentleman is pointing at a device what you would hook a hose up to, we all know what he means. That and insisting clients call it a range instead of a stove.
I mean, 'tap' can refer to the whole assembly, right?
But when you're getting granular, the tap is the bit that controls the water flow (unless I am much mistaken), which is controlled by the knobs. The water then comes out the faucet/spigot/spout.
When I was little (okay, until I was nearly an adult) I thought it was “flaucet”... I know it’s wrong now but I mispronounce it anyway because it’s just... that’s just what I call it. It sounds wrong otherwise.
My kid is full of those. "Doonta" is probably my favourite, especially since she cracks it at you if you try to correct her. My wife and I have just adopted most of them.
cyril0 · -8 points · Posted at 00:42:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The knobs are the taps, the thing you call tap is actually called the faucet. The sink is the basin the water falls in to. How are you an adult and not know this?
Hey guys this one time I was on reddit and /u/behindthesmiles didn't know what a faucet or tap were called. I for one blame their parents and genetics and the republican party! ;-)
This response might be better than the original comment.
jayd16 · 3 points · Posted at 07:55:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So there I was reading reddit this one time and a commenter was acting all high and mighty about how to use a sink but didn't even know the name for "faucet handle." How do they not know this?
In a lot of Europe it's common to have completely seperate taps and knobs for hot and cold water. If heard it really throws people off the first time they see two taps next to each other.
I stayed at a place in London once. The bathroom had towel warming racks connected to the radiator. Mine wasn’t working and I told the girl at the desk “my knob isn’t working on the towel warmer”...I immediately realized my mistake. She started laughing and said “what are you doing puttin your knob on the towel warmer?!” It was quite hilarious.
I would say they could be called "taps" but the part where the water comes out can also be a "tap," however the part where the water comes out is the "faucet" while the two knobs are less so "faucets."
When I (British) took my Canadian bf to England for the first time to meet the family I had to show him how you could still wash your face with those double taps without filling the sink. Turn taps on, cup hands and move between both to collect the appropriate amount of each water to create the optimum face splashing temperature. He still doesn't get it. That and doors between each and every room.
Have a feeling it has to do with the climate. An open plan house would be absolutely freezing and expensive to heat compared to one where you can close doors and contain heat in certain rooms.
We have both layouts in Aus. Generally you'll find more open plan homes up north were it's warmer. The older houses down south are generally full of doors to close off areas of the house during winter.
That makes sense, but I live in Massachusetts, and our winters get colder than England. Still, most houses only have doors on the bathrooms and bedrooms.
I've got no idea man. I was just guesstimating. It was the only logical explanation that stood out. Obviously individual style and wants of the builder come into play.
It was literally only when you said this that I understood that other people’s houses don’t have doors (like doors you close as opposed to doorways) between each room
I’m Irish and living in U.K. so it never occurred to me that there was anything odd about it as it’s the same between those countries
And perhaps smaller houses and a need to block noise/have some semblance of solitude without resorting to your bedroom. I know in both my houses growing up we were basically on top of each other and I didn't consider our house to be unusually small.
The hand cupping thing is awful though, you just go between scalding and freezing your hands. I just use the hot water tap and try to wash my face quickly before it warms up too much. And how are you supposed to do the dishes with two taps? God I wish I had mixer taps.
Surely if you're doing the dishes then you'll be filling the basin anyway, so you just turn both taps on and fill with the proportion of each you need for your desired temperature
No, I don't fill the basin, I use running water. Filling the basin means the water just gets dirtier as you go along doesn't it? Same with the washing up bowl thing?
When washing up by hand you should start with the cleanest plates and progress to the dirtiest dishes, and if you have a lot to wash up then you might need to empty the basin halfway through. If you are so inclined, you can use running water to rinse the soap off or fill another basin with non-soapy water. In general filling the basin will save a lot of water unless you only need to wash up a few pieces of cutlery (although if you have a dishwasher installed this will save more water still)
Lol it's like this in older houses and buildings in Massachusetts too. I have absolutely done the hand cupping thing. Pretty much every school or church has the sinks like this I think because they are just old and haven't been updated. And the doors to each room is helpful in Boston apartments because some people will use the living room as another bedroom to save money. Works out fine since there's a door to it. You'll see apartment listings for one bedroom with extra room with door for living room or extra bedroom.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 03:09:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you also have the weird technology in between: single tap, but not actual mixer. One side of the stream is cold, the other side a boiling hot. Got that once, that was dreadful.
JP193 · 4 points · Posted at 01:29:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old American houses can have hot and cold coming from different spigots as well. My bathroom did when I was young, and I looked an apartment that actually had that in the kitchen too.
cr0n1c · 0 points · Posted at 03:55:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The mixer is called a "dual cam" and was invented by Moen. Which is likely why a faucet manufacturer uses his name. I heard this on a radio show like 15 years ago and it stuck... I'm too lazy too fact check myself.
You're thinking of having two seperate taps for hot and cold water (which Tom Scott did do a video on and it is a British thing). The roommate had a mixer tap (one tap for both hot and cold water) and thought you could only run one at a time, which is a level of daft outrageous even for the UK.
I've seen that very rarely in Canada in old homes.
finnw · 1 points · Posted at 17:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Outrageous but not unknown. The house I grew up in had mixers where it shouldn't have, because the hot water came through a reservoir in the loft but the cold water did not so the pressure was vastly different. If you tried to turn both on at once it would force cold water back through the hot pipe in the wrong direction. Harmless, as long as the overflow pipe on the reservoir is in good working order, but the plumber really should not have installed those mixers.
Zsigio · 173 points · Posted at 23:08:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yes he did. It was because the hot warm water was stored in large reservoirs, and sometimes the water stayed in those for quite a while, and they didn't want to contaminate the cold "safe" water with it.
Wow. A quarter century of existence, with time spent in mainland Europe, UK and Australia, and about 7 years on reddit, and I STILL had absolutely no fucking idea this was the reason for the separate taps! Thank you!
Tom Scott is a knowledge Youtuber. His videos are on interesting things you might not know. He just did a video on the link between what version of "Jingle bells, Batman smells" you sing based on cultural knowledge of the Simpsons and where you grew up.
tl;dr: Robin has always laid an egg in the US, but in the UK he flew away unless you grew up with the Simpsons.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found that video fascinating, because I apparently had the ‘British’ version, despite being American.
The funny thing is that from ages 6-7 I went to an international school with plenty of British children. It made me question what other little things stuck with me from those times.
Short-ish version for why: British houses built before the mid 1990s usually have a small boiler that stores water and heats it over time rather than an on-demand water heater. The insides of these boilers tend to accumulate limescale and other gunk over time, and what comes out is safe to wash with but you wouldn't want to drink or brush your teeth with it unless you're an ardent worshipper of Nurgle.
In order to install a mixer tap in the kitchen or bathroom sinks, you'd have to rip out the old boiler and fit a new water heater system to be compliant with UK building codes. (And you can get in a hell of a lot of trouble for ignoring this rule, because it can potentially backwash into the mains water supply, and did I mention you really don't want to drink what comes out of a decades-old boiler that's never been cleaned?) Most people will hold off on that until the boiler needs replacing anyway.
yaosio · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US we use hot water heater tanks that hold the hot water in a tank. They are set to a temperature high enough to kill any bacteria in the tank. The scale does not come out as it's stuck at the bottom or stuck on the sides, but you can still clean it by emptying out the tank from an outlet at the bottom of the tank.
No what tom scott was talking about it two completely separate taps, two streams of water with an input each. This is one stream with two inputs
Dabozs · 3 points · Posted at 02:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many british houses have separate faucet for hot and cold. Mostly in the bathroom though but still an oddity. I think it's just something really old that just never got changed. Just like the carpet flooring. All but one house i have been to here had carpet floors in every room except kitchen and bathroom, but i have heard of bathrooms with carpet :S
In Scandinavia, (don't know about the rest of europe)
Carpet floor went out of style in the 80's partially because it's fucking disgusting but i mean.. Look at it...
Here in Brazil we don’t even have running hot water in a lot of homes. Just moved into a new and notably expensive house without hot water, immediately went out and bought an electric heater to install on the kitchen sink.
Honestly couldn’t tell you. I think part of it is construction related. Every house I’ve lived in here is almost always a cement/cinderblock structure as opposed to the wood homes I grew up with in PA. It’s harder to mess with plumbing and electrical in a home here. I also think there’s a fair amount of people just not seeing it as being necessary.
I don’t think I’ve even seen a hot water heater with reservoir in my time here.
It's because before plumbing, people used to wash their hands in a basin (a big bowl of water). You were meant to fill the bathroom basin from both taps.
Kind of reminds me of the redditor whose wife hated showering because she didn't like standing in the cold water waiting for the hot to come on. She never thought to run the shower first then get in when it was warm.
In England we usually have separate taps, it's stupid. You have to do what your partner was doing and the water comes out on opposite sides of the sink.
This reminds me of a redditor who commented about how they never thought that they could wait for the shower to get warm before jumping in. They always jumped in while it was cold and endured the cold until it heated up to warm shower temperature. Said commenter said his new girlfriend told him to run the water first until it was warm before jumping in and he admits to not realizing he could do this until then.
I think it was one of those old ones where you have 2 seperate knobs and you have to kinda combine them to get the right temperature rather than just a single twisty lever.
I lived in the UK for a few years. Their plumbing code is archaic and parts of it date back to before sealed hot water tanks. For this reason, the hot and cold water lines are not allowed to mix. If you want to drink some cold, sterile water, that's great. If it mixes with some tepid swampy water on the way, you have a health hazard.
Which makes sense historically, but like all things British, they don't let common sense get in the way of their history.
I was taking my first lazy man's shower (washing hair under the tub spout without getting in the shower) when this point was drilled into me. Even the the tub faucet doesn't mix. Half the faucet froze my scalp, the other half scalded it.
My old roommate had some coworkers come over and one girl went to get water from the kitchen sink. From the kitchen, she called out to us "which one is cold?"
Kind of tame compared to a lot of these but he wanted to sleep with her and ended up not doing it, I never let him forget that she didn't know which one was cold.
I mean, I grew up in an apartment where by accident the two got switched, but because of that, I knew with absolute certainty that cold will always, always be on the right everywhere else.
Also just fyi I'm not some toxic bro dissuading a friend from being with a cute girl for some weird reason. I'm a semi-toxic girl and my friend/roommate needed that perspective, that this girl was maybe not a wise move.
Ok in all fairness I’ve seen that as a thing in Europe, some houses don’t have that option to mix running water so they just mix it in the pool and use that.
It reminds me of some Redditor's post I read a while ago where he realized that he hated that the water was always so freezing cold when he'd step into the shower, instead of just realizing that you can get the water to the temperature you desire before you step into the stream. Head explode moment right there.
Honestly though if that guy decided to run the water in what must have seemed like the worst sink of all time, that couldn't even keep a steady temperature for ten seconds without having to be "restarted"
and he didn't complain about it?
Then he's a definite keeper. He'll put up with any of life's hardships for you.
I was a full 24 years old when I found out there was a standard side for hot and cold even when not marked. I’m left handed and so always reach for the left knob. In my bathroom growing up the hot water was on the right bc my dad messed it up somehow. Plus it took several minutes to actually become hot. So in public I would always reach for the left knob, wash my hands relatively quickly bc I hate public bathrooms and only notice it was the hot knob if it heated up really fast. Again, this was for bathrooms that did not mark their hot/cold.
She read the cat in the hat didn't she. The one where the cat in question is taking an expensive and irresponsible bath by running both hot and cold water at the same time.
Maybe he lived in an older house before? Sometimes they have separate spouts for the hot and cold. If you're used to that, I can see where you might not make the connection.
They've got double water taps - one hot, one cold. The first time I showed my UK friend the mixer single water tap concept, it was like I was performing a miracle.
Then no I'm not surprised, its an old wives tale. Its persisted into modernity, that you should only run one tap at a time.
I've heard a lot of origin stories, that it came from plumbing and how boilers are like a huge deal and running them together is a waste, to things like the cold water versus the hot water tank somehow contaminate each other, or some such.
It very prevalent in Northern England, or at least it was up to like 10 years ago, maybe its changed.
To be honest I haven't a clue. I've always ran them both at the same time. Wether separate taps or a mixer. Never heard anything about not being able to or that you shouldn't run them at the same time.
slohomo · 27289 points · Posted at 20:35:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My best friend was sleeping with a new guy. She said she wasn’t sure of his sexual history but she was on the pill to prevent STD’s. I was like umm...
Edit: okay my inbox is blowing up. She’s a smart girl, from a very traditional Chinese family. They never discussed sex or anything and if I recall she actually didn’t attend health class with us due to her parents opting out. I taught her everything she knows! I even had to teach her about lube and blow jobs, so hey. She’s happily married now and no, she doesn’t have crazy STD’s.
One of my classmates in high school when we learned about stds left the room crying because the teacher implied you could only get herpes on the mouth from things like sucking dick.
She had cold sores since childhood because her parents used to kiss her goodnight...
[deleted] · 2272 points · Posted at 01:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That said, if her parents had herpes before she was born they didn't need to kiss her. That shit be hereditary
lawspud · 200 points · Posted at 01:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well...no. But it can be passed from the mother to the child at birth (or in utero). Not being pedantic, it’s just important to understand how these things can (and can’t) be passed on.
This is why I am actually paranoid and tell my husbands relative when when my kids stay over not to share utensil with them or cups. The kids get their names written on disposable one so that they know which is whose. I do kiss my kids but I need to stop. Even if I've only been with their father and he's my only sex partner since I became sexually active.
Nah, I just dont like stuff like that. I'm no helicopter parent, but I just ask that when my kids stay with any relatives no sharing utensils or kissing them other than the forehead.
I'm just trying to be careful. I have actually never felt comfortable with sharing things like that. We also do the name putting in the cups to minimize waste as well. I guess it's just the kissing on the lips I'm concerned about. If I wasn't the kind of kid that didn't like kissing in the mouth growing up my mom would probably have given them to me. And she did have cold sores and they were very noticeable. I know it sounds alot but that's how I am. I take care if myself and get tested regularly and so does my husband. I can't say the same for our relatives. Well my husband side since mine all live states away. But yeah I just do want them catching something so common like herpes.
The sharing stuff might be extreme since that's not really how they can be contracted, it's mostly me being germaphobe. I didn't kiss my husband or do much when we both first started dating. Now that I have kids I'm getting more exposure and it helps be deal with stuff head on.
Yeah I know. I use to do that when they were a little smaller but I stopped because I thought about stuff like this. Sometimes they want to kiss me in the lips and I kindly tell them that I can kiss them on the cheeks or forehead or they can to me.
Most Americans have herpes, many have no idea because they experience no symptoms or extremely mild symptoms.
Perhaps as many as 90% of Americans are exposed to HSV-1 (commonly oral herpes) by age 50. Probably between 1/4 and 1/6 of Americans have HSV-2 (commonly genital herpes).
It's extremely common. HSV 1 and 2 should not be considered STDs. Combined over 80% of the population has one or the other. Something like 20% of the population get it before they have sex. It became a taboo in the 80's after heavy marketing by a pharm company.
It is not unfortunate to have cold sores. It's not only normal but not having either HSV puts you in the minority of the population.
Last I heard, it was 80% of people WILL contract herpes at some point over the course of their lives. If that figure is correct then the percentage of people who actually have it at any given point in time would be lower than 80% (so 50% might make sense).
Around 67% have been exposed to oral herpes (hsv-1), 11% for genital herpes (hsv-2). When you consider both forms of the the virus that's approximately 88% of the world's population.
well that's not exactly accurate as it doesn't take into account the overlap of poor schmucks who have both but probably don't know it, so it could be closer down to the upper mid 70s
Wish more sex ed teachers were like you. My school had what our state refers to as "liberal" (as in, not abstinence-only) sex ed. It consisted of "sure, birth control and condoms exist, but sex before marriage will still turn you into an infectious, unlovable mutant. Look at these graphic cases of unchecked syphilis!"
Yeah that's not great. I taught in Ontario so up until a few years ago we had a pretty good sex-ed curriculum. How are our students supposed to navigate life properly without the proper tools.
Even type 2 is very common, something like 1/8 people, but the stats are all over the place depending on which populations you measure. Either way, it's high. The chance of showing symptoms is a much different story.
About 12% of the adult us population has hsv2 iirc. I believe it's higher in parts of Europe (I want to say Italy?) Edit- other comments are saying it's higher but my phone is being a turd and I don't wanna fight it to look it up
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
[deleted] · 97 points · Posted at 01:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why people say not to kiss babies nowadays: it is very easy to give herpes to a child by kissing them on the face. That's besides the fact that herpes can sometimes kill babies, which is way more horrifying than a STD that 80% of the population has.
You know every time the “don’t kiss babies” topic comes up there is always someone who is like “what do you mean we can’t kiss babies?!?!” And I’m like... is that really the hill you want to die on? Forcing your herpes ridden kisses on nonconsenting babies? Just don’t kiss the babies, ffs, a hug is plenty fine for showing affection
You make it seem like people are going around french kissing random babies; and I’m here thinking about how my mom and grandma would hug, kiss, and cuddle me.
I remember being forced to kiss old people when I was a child (older edge of millennial). It was the most awful thing. It was hard to know which was worse, the dry papery kisses or the spittle-y kisses. But no matter what, they always had yellow teeth and coffee breath from the black coffee they’d all suck down 24/7. I’m so glad that we now teach our children bodily autonomy and they don’t have to deal with that.
Being kissed on the top of the head by mom was nice, but again, that doesn’t involve potential fluid exchange between my mouth and my mom’s mouth
Well that sounds horrible. My culture and family are pretty conservative and don’t really encourage physical contact between strangers or between the sexes. We have very different contexts.
There may even more people infected than that. Some people who have the virus don’t know it because they’ve never had symptoms. Plus, there are two types. (There are actually over 100 different types, including one that causes chickenpox/shingles, but we’ll focus on the two most people commonly think of as herpes.)
Herpes Simplex 1 is most common. It prefers the oral region. Herpes Simplex 2, the more aggressive type, prefers the genital region. But they are not exclusive to those regions. It is very possible to get Type 2 orally or catch Type 1 genitally.
Because the viruses love the areas in and around mucous membranes, you can also catch them in your eyes. The skin is thinner in those areas so it is easier to shed and infect more hosts.
Thankfully, infections aren’t as bad if you catch them in their non-preferred regions. If you get HSV-2 on the mouth, the sores will probably still be somewhat common but not nearly as large or deep or painful as they would be on your genital/anal region. And if you get HSV-1 on your genitals, you might have a second flare up a year after contracting it and never see it again. There are exceptions to these rules and every person is different. Some people may have a flare up over the smallest amount of stress and some people may go their whole lives without knowing they have it. And getting either virus in your eye usually amounts to no more than pain, swelling, and sensitivity to light, but they can cause permanent vision loss for a few unlucky folks.
They are currently incurable because they write themselves into your DNA (more accurately, your mRNA) and are replicated every time one of your cells divides.
A small blessing: if you catch one of them, your chances of catching the other are greatly diminished though it’s not impossible. This statement is still somewhat debated, but the majority of experts seem to agree with it. There are also medicines you can take to reduce your chances of shedding. Regardless, don’t kiss on babies/kids faces!!!
80% have HSV1 which is commonly the one that causes cold sores. Like 1/6 people have HSV2 which is more commonly genital herpes, although both kinds can either infect the mouth or genitals. It’s rare for HSV1 to cause outbreaks on the genitals, but it does happen, and it’s much more rare to contract HSV2 in your mouth.
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 01:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are different types of herpes. The most common one is the one that usually pops as cold sores, so on a level of STDs, it's the "light" one.
It can be dangerous to babies, and people with deficient immune systems. Also, you probably have it already. A lot of carriers are asymptomatics. Basically 4 out 5 chances that you have it already.
Wtf. I am NOT going to stop kissing my kids' cheeks unless I have an actual active sore.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This does not apply to parents, as you're in constant contact with them. This applies to grandparents though, and any extended family or friends. Forget about transmitting it, just the fact that it can kill a baby is reason enough not to endanger them.
If you want, google the cases. It is tragic and horrible.
Yes, her parents had oral herpes and accidentally transferred them to their young daughter, because their daughter would've been a kid in the 90s when they didn't really talk about how cold sores were herpes.
Z0rya · 14 points · Posted at 03:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean
Most people have it.
What's awful is the weird stigma. I get a coldsore like once a year and I always feel like some kind of leper yet it's only cosmetic.
Where I live this is actually pretty common knowledge. I was always prone to coldsores and you normally get pretty sympathetic comments. Even people at work whom I don't know very well would comment things like "Oh that sucks, I also get them frequently."
Honestly, teachers in the US need to be educated on cold sores vs. genital herpes and some sensitivity.
I’ve had cold sores since I was a little kid (like, barely old enough it wouldn’t kill me), after some horrid old lady with a mouth full of them kissed me on the lips at my uncles wedding. First time I discovered that they were a strain of herpes was in health class, surrounded by people who had known me since I was 5 and consequently were aware I had them. Really great to be told I had an incurable STD right after discussing how herpes was practically up there with HIV.
I know a lot more about it, but finding out at 14 you’ve got an “incurable STD” with no context about the fact that it’s really fucking common.... my school was big only abstinence-only, if we tell them anything useful they might start having wild monkey sex on the lockers! I’m still trying to fill in the gaps, years later. John Oliver was more useful than my health teacher.
Sorry for the rant, it still makes me mad to this day.
Very likely as it can be quite catchy. Growing up my sisters and I would share soda cans with each other and friends. My mom was a lip kisser, too. Add to that otter pops and we all had the mouth herp before middle school.
Gotta break the cycle though. I've never kissed my son's face, and avoid touching it and don't let him touch mine at all. We never share eaten food, utensils, or beverages. He's almost 9 and zero cold sores so far.
I’m so saddened to read this, and I don’t know your situation but I couldn’t imagine never kissing or touching my toddler’s face. When I have an outbreak, no kissing, sharing utensils, or touching but during times without symptoms the doctor said risk is low.
My mom has been careful to only kiss my cheeks (practically next to my ear and very rarely), not share food, wash her hands often during an outbreak etc and because of that I still haven’t gotten a cold sore in 21 years. I think the only side effect of that really was I was shocked to find out in school that some parents did kiss their children on their lips, simply because it wasn’t something I was used to. Much more of a hugging family!
Yep! I guess some people aren’t quite understanding of how while everyone has different affection needs, not having kisses isn’t actually that big of a deal! So much more goes into being a good parent and developing a positive attachment than one specific type of physical affection! Literally never comes up. Super close and good friends anyhow? Yep.
Sorry you’re getting some backlash on here for taking these precautions.
I've had cold sores since I was a kid. I thought everyone got them since they're so common but my ex of 11 years never had one, so at least I didn't pass it to her.
Also generally even if it does show symptoms, it's once in a blue moon. I used to get flareups about once a year as a kid but I don't think I've had a coldsore in about half a decade. My trick always was that as soon as my lip felt itchy I'd just put some aciclovir cream on it and it'd never pop up.
I used to get them frequently when I was younger. It seems the older I get the rarer it has become. I can always tell when one is gonna pop up soon, it's a hard feeling to describe but you can tell a day or two before it really shows, so I try to start tackling it with abreva before it even really shows.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I, too, have gotten cold sores thanks to my dad kissing me good night as a child. I have a little bit of a fucked up sense of humor, so when my husband and I started dating, I told him very nonchalantly that I had herpes and I got it from my dad. His face tho....
That's the kind of "It only happens to bad people" that shouldn't be taught in schools. Some people truly believe that if they are good people they simply will not contract "one of those" diseases. Unfortunately there is an institution that is dedicated to this line of thinking and it gets a lot of support and protection when the real need is truthful fact based information as early as those kids can understand it. The kids are fine with it, it's the adults who find it uncomfortable and they use the kids as a shield.
I once got a giant cold sore because I caught a horrible cold just after a tooth surgery so long that one of the corners of my mouth cracked. That teacher was an ignorant asshole
Beetin · 5 points · Posted at 04:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait till you hear about space herpes.
Because most of us have some form of herpes. and it is usually symptom-less until your immune system gets beaten up, astronauts are particularly susceptible to a herpes flare up during and shortly after going to space.
It's strange, several of my friends got cold sores in high school. We just knew there were 2 types of herpes and no one ever worried about it. One guy in particular would have to avoid his GF when he got them because, ya know, can't be kissing.
My mom had oral herpes as a child and was told by her doctor that there was no way they could become genital herpes. That turns out to be wrong. She had genital herpes as a young virgin teenager.
1 out of 3 Americans have herpes. Most people’s immune system is strong enough they never have an outbreak. You can get herpes without someone having an outbreak through viral shedding. And type 1 and 2 can be on your mouth or genitalia
Yup, some people are so uneducated. A very good percentage of infected HSV1 carriers obtained the virus from family and other children at young ages not from sexual contact. Even worse, though, there’s a percent of children that were infected by family via sexual abuse. HSV1 and 2 are so common. Dumbasses in my family didn’t know that cold sores, fever blisters, and herpes were all the same thing. I know people that think canker sores are herpes. They’re not.
Cmon herpes type 1 is so common. Like 60% of people have it. Odds are you do and you just don't show symptoms. The moral policing in this comment is so fucking annoying because it's the very thing that creates stigma and subsequent sexism/willful ignorance.
I’ve had cold sores since the age of 3 as well. Unfortunately I was in a play group at a high school and picked it up there. Nobody else in my immediate or extended family had the virus. So gross and unfortunate. Luckily I only get cold sores when I’m super stressed or sunburnt now. Usually can stop it dead in its tracks with some salt to dry it up and meditation to relax myself. Still unfortunate. All my school photos when I was a kid have it because starting school would always trigger it. Thankfully I only get maybe 1 or 2 a year
Seniri · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeaaaaah, wish sex ed was important when my dad was a kid. Asshole would kiss me to bed with cold sores, sure enough, passed it on. I haven't had one in like 15 years but that was the most awkward thing. I used to pick them open then just tell my friends I got in a fight and split my lip, I wasn't a smart kid.
Many children have cold sores. If I'm not mistaken, getting kissed as a child is how most people get oral herpes simplex. It's been years since I looked at the articles in-depth, but that's what I remember.
Other than cold sores and genital herpes (and you can get oral herpes on your genitals and vice versa if you're unlucky), the herpes umbrella also covers some things like chicken pox!
Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) can actually be spread through non sexual contact with the sores, but primarily is spread through sex. Herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2) is pretty much only spread through sexual intercourse. Neither of these are the most common, the human papilloma virus (HPV) infects approximately 75% of sexually active people in their life. (Canadian statistic, might be different in other countries)
One time I had a partner test positive for gonorrhea. I went to my doctor and asked for a test, and while there I asked if I could also get an oral swab. He looked at me like I was crazy and asked why, and I asked well isn't it true it could be in my throat? I don't want to pass that on to anyone. He said huh. Never heard that before. But you're right. That kind of shocked me
G8kpr · 3 points · Posted at 02:41:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or that a cold sore is herpes, and a cold sore can spread herpes to your junk
No, oral herpes and genital herpes are two different things. Heck, there is ocular herpes too. There is way more herpes out there than anyone would care to think about.
G8kpr · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there a link between genital herpes and oral herpes?
Oral herpes caused by HSV-1 can be spread from the mouth to the genitals through oral sex. This is why some cases of genital herpes are caused by HSV-1.
Oh man, I once worked in a microbiology lab, and we got a sample testing for chlamydia from someone’s eye. And the sweetest girl in the lab called the doctor to get a new sample because ‘this just can’t be right? I mean why are you testing for chlamydia there?’ And we had to get her to understand that sometimes people put their faces near other people’s not-faces, and she blushed so hard. I still cry from laughing thinking about it. 😂😂😂
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 01:32:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get annual STD screenings at my yearly visit to gynecologist, including HIV. They just do them automatically, even if you're asymptomatic. My previous doctor encouraged annual STD testing as well. I believe it's standard procedure for young-ish women who are sexually active. Asymptomatic STD infections can still cause major damage to your reproductive system.
I just want to add that HIV is not always an automatic test as part of a yearly gyno visit. I've always had to ask for anything other than chlamydia and gonorrhea. Even then I don't think they've always tested as part of my annual. I get tested every 4-6 months, so it's hard to remember.
Always ask your doctor exactly what they're testing for, and ask if they have any other tests they'd recommend!
Now that you bring that up, I don't think my previous doctor was testing for HIV. My current doctor does reccomend it as part of a full STD panel though. But that's a great point, you might have to specifically request that one.
My one sex ed class (not one semester’s worth of classes, literally one class period) told me the exact opposite, that you can’t get STDs from oral. Someone who gets paid to teach actually told us that, and since I was 14 and figured an adult knew more than me I didn’t even question it for years
In the US many sex ed classes are abstinence only and may only talk about penis in vagina hetero sex. Gay men tend to learn about gay sex from other men who may be just as misinformed as they are.
There was a lot about gay sexual health (such as the need for receptive partners for anal sex to get anal pap smears) that I didn't know until I went to a gay doctor in my late twenties. When I go for sexual health screenings I routinely have to ask for specific tests because the provider isn't informed about gay sexual health (aka, I probably suck dick and therefore need a throat swab) or they don't ask questions about my sexual behavior so that they can run the appropriate tests.
Not sure where y'all from but here in Arizona? Basically our sex education comes exclusively from whatever porn you stumble onto. Granted with the internet it's probably easier on your own but there's still almost no guidance or assistance with it here.
Haha no worries. But even if you've slept with a few people, I'd still get tested! Admittedly it's easy and free here in Sydney - not sure what it's like for you.
That's... worrying! Have you slept with a few people? Unless you're a virgin then I'd definitely get tested if I were you. I had chlamydia once and I had no idea but it can make you infertile.
It's true that you're extremely unlikely to get HIV that way, which is probably why this misconception exists. But yeah, there are other STDs besides HIV, though none are as feared or recently deadly.
I don’t know but he did get hiv and told some people like it was a big interesting secret. Not too surprising from the guy who said he went to bathhouses and lied and said he was a virgin. Guy was a mess. He was fired from every job. Glad he’s not my friend now and wasn’t my friend long.
Honestly if this was in the US they do not teach about STDs very thoroughly. They only push absence. So they basically say the only way to not catch an STD is to save yourself from marriage. Because you know highschoolers always wait until they get married to start bumping uglies.
Can I just say that your Dad is a goddamned superhero among mortals? Not only does he accept you, which is rare, but he ACTIVELY wants/wanted to make sure you're safe through his own research and exploration.
Maybe it's just because I'm from the south but, to me, that is rare as fuck. I want to be the level of dad your dad is. I've told my girls, "If you're gay, GREAT! I love you no matter what. I just want you to be happy and find someone who makes you happy."
Growing up in a STRICT Christian household, the thought that my parents would love me even if I was "other than 100% straight (I'm bi)" was never expressed to me; and, at times, discouraged. As a matter of fact, if my Dad knew I was nothing more than straight, I don't think he'd see me the same way (would probably see me as possessed by the Devil).
I always thank my father. After years of hatred I moved to my dads house. Best. Move. Ever. I have a say in the house we live in, the cars we drove and all. I’m an active part in my life there. They always knock and we always shove around. Life living there is amazing.
Also, I asked him what he would say if someone was in our home and said anything homophobic and he goes, “I’d tell them to get the fuck out.”
Is there really a designated public space where men get together to get sweaty and have sex with each other? That seems gross and unsanitary. And not because it's gay. I mean... aren't you stepping in other dudes' loads the whole time? Is there a guy that comes in to wipe down the loads? How often? Do you go there with a partner or do you just meet a dude there? Is this an unusual number of questions about the gay sauna?
In my city there was a old gay bar that had a notorious "dark room" that was literally a room so dark they had no idea who they were shagging. I think these more extreme places are a relic of a time when being gay was kept secret and were probably frequented by closeted people, I suppose that's why it was dark.
You’re not far off. Decades ago, gay men used to jam into the back of trucks on loading docks in New York for anonymous sex. People’s personal anecdotes from the time usually include having no idea who people were as they were packed full and pitch black. Fortunately, ears and hands still work in the dark.
That sounds super gross. And not because it's gay. Because it's an orgy in the back of a dark truck. How did they even know which truck was full of gay dudes?
Yeah, it’s definitely something that only drew a certain type of person. As for finding it, I assume word of mouth, people came in groups, or maybe watching to see where people were going?
I have no idea. I thought it was a bit of a homophobic urban legend but one day I plucked up the courage to ask a older gay friend if it was real. He just said that the rumours were all true and left it at that.
Is there really a designated public space where men get together to get sweaty and have sex with each other?
Yes, a surprising number of them. The city I live in has 3.
That seems gross and unsanitary. And not because it's gay. I mean... aren't you stepping in other dudes' loads the whole time? Is there a guy that comes in to wipe down the loads? How often?
It’s not just like a big room with everyone having sex (although there may be rooms like that within the establishment). Usually you will “meet” someone in a public area (which may be a sauna, hot tub, the showers, a room playing porn, or a “maze” which is just corridors) and then go into a private room for the actual sex which will have a rubber mattress, condoms, lube, paper towels and a trash can. Some rooms may also have a sling or something. People tend to not cum on the floor and wipe up their own mess from the rubber mattress but also yes, someone will come and clean the rooms very regularly. In busier places they’ll have staff patrolling and cleaning constantly.
Do you go there with a partner or do you just meet a dude there?
Either but usually alone. It’s also not uncommon to go with other gay friends, especially after going to bars or clubs. Often they have nights where is cheaper if you come with someone else.
Is this an unusual number of questions about the gay sauna?
I can't imagine a sauna used either entirely or primarily for sex could ever be hosed down often enough to not be gross. One anonymous load stepped in is too many.
Yeah I guess... but mostly the giving and receiving of anonymous loads into various orifices I would imagine. Right? Not stepping in or laying in or being surrounded by loads. I'm not gay so I don't know, but I can definitely say I would be grossed out if I were in a place where I would likely be stepping in any sort of bodily fluids secreted from the genitals of random strangers.
It isn't hard to clean up after yourself in the gym either, but 90% of people don't wipe their sweat off the equipment when they're done. Now imagine that, but the sweat is loads. And also sweat, I guess. It is a sauna.
It's not all sauna. Usually a dark room/floor and theatre rooms.
Most people get it on themselves or whoever they're with. People do generally clean up after themselves and like I said; for the very few who don't, they're cleaned up after by staff.
Do employees just stand around watching to see if people clean up after themselves? My gym is pretty small and usually only has one employee either at the desk or cleaning up around the gym.
“I'm not gay so I don't know, but I can definitely say I would be grossed out if I were in a place where I would likely be stepping in any sort of bodily fluids secreted from the genitals of random strangers.”
All true, but if the primary use of the pool was for people to fuck in, I would definitely stay out of it, as the load to pool water ratio would certainly be far higher than your average pool.
Nope. The whole concept seems gross to me. No judgement for anyone who is into that sort of thing, I'm just a vanilla one penis one vagina in the privacy of my own home kind of guy.
I went to one once. Female only. Not for me but I'll try anything once.
Only bring it up because everyone cleaned up after themselves just fine after. If you get a rep for being inconsiderate in those situations you're probably not getting invited to the next one. If they didn't clean up after themselves maybe they wouldn't be allowed back.
The bathhouse I’ve been to has drains on the floor and a hose that attaches to a soap/disinfectant sprayer. Every hour or so staff comes by and sprays down the entire room. You also wear flip flops so if you did step in a load it didn’t touch your foot.
You mean when I say loads you thought that meant shits? I guess loads is a little ambiguous, but what did you think gay dudes were doing in the gay sauna? Just... shitting on each other?
Context is important. When talking about a gay sauna, there is definitely one meaning that is going to be much more common. I guess some dudes might be shitting on each other, but hopefully if that's your thing you at least keep it to the privacy of your own home.
I do all that stuff in the comfort of my own home. And I clean up afterwards so I know there are no random loads lying around my house. Do you honestly not understand the difference?
Semen doesn't really evaporate. Not entirely. It isn't all liquid. And even if it did, that would be way fucking worse! You'd literally be walking through a jizz mist the whole time you were there.
I mean for the big 3 (syphilis, gonorrhea, HPV) they transfer by any amount of fluid or physical contact. Surprisingly, and rarely spoken about, your body actually can fight them off before they take hold.
HIV however is a different story. It takes a very large viral load to take hold, most of what was taught about it until the last 5-10 years was thoroughly bunk. It can't transfer via saliva, and rarely transfers F to M, but transfers regularly M-F and M-M. And, of course IV drug use. But, unless you're exposed to a lot of blood or semen, in the case of sexual contact, to a mucus membrane or open wound, or directly inject it into your blood (heroine use requires retroactive injection with blood in the syringe) you aren't particularly likely to get it.
You're absolutely right. It's called "registering" and it's to confirm you don't miss the shot, which would mess up the high and leave you at risk for abscess.
That's not why you have blood in the syringe. You pull back on the plunger to confirm you're in a vein, which you can tell by the rush of blood in the syringe. If you inject outside a vein, you just lose a good bit of the rush, and it's super painful and can cause an abscess.
For HIV there are drugs that drasticaly lower the chance of both catching or passing it on. But there purpose it to be used with condom and is usualy purscribed for those with an HIV + partner.
Hi, I'm gay and on one of those drugs. You're right in that they used to be mostly prescribed for partners with an HIV+ member, but there has been an effort to extend that medication to the public. Basically if you are a man who has sex with a man you can get it for free. They're really trying to end the virus and it's become widespread for gays.
The pill does not stop any of the other STIs from transmitting though. So you still have a chance to catch them. People go condomless more because of this because the other infections can be treated. It's just begging the pathogens to develop more and more resistance. That's the far off concern now.
I've heard gay friends of mine talk about how condomless porn, plus young gay men not living through the HIV deaths of all their friends, have made them pretty brazen about using a barrier. Obviously not all of them, but yeah. They would also just see it as "not that scary" since treatment exists now. But they only hear about the successful treatment, not the person who dies from a small infection or lives shortened because of unpredicted side effects. Anyway I just hope education is spreading about this.
I think the general climate has got to do something with it too. What matters if I get infected, if anyway COVID or WW3 or climate change is going to get me first.
While I heavily doubt that stomach acid kills the virus, I'll have to remind you our mouths can have lots of micro tears where the virus might slip. Just munch down on a handful of chips and your mouth will be full of it.
Meanwhile, when my daughter took sex Ed in Texas, they told her that if she had sex with some guy and then he went and had sex with two other girls later and those girls went and had sex with two other guys later, that it was as if my daughter had had sex with all of them, so she was certain to get an STD
God this suddenly sounds like my robotics team. We can take a perfectly normal conversation and some how insert quantum physics into it and now we are off topic for an hour.
Mine in Utah literally compared using condoms to playing Russian Roulette, complete with an 80s video showing loading & closing a revolver and a skull symbol appearing across the screen.
My high school sex ed was just some nurse who came in. Told a bunch of stories of kids she met who had sex and got aids. Then she showed us a bunch of graphic images of very diseased genitals. She concluded by saying if you have sex, even once, before your 20s then you will die of a horrible STD
Honestly I wonder if you’re daughter mixed up what the teacher said because it is true that if a guy sleeps with people before sleeping with her that it’s like she had sex with all of those people.
My health teacher in high school had the exact same explanation. My whole class called him out on it, but he doubled down and pointed to something in the textbook that he clearly misunderstood. After several minutes of back and forth he still couldn’t wrap his head around it and gave up on the lesson. I was 14 and that was the moment I realized how stupid adults could be.
Meh I feel like I knew this from a young age! But I came from a really really cynical family lol, and I had clinical depression from the age of seven so probably not a good example hahah
Yeah I was taught this same thing except the correct way. That if someone has had sex with two people who each had sex with two who each... Etc. then I'm effectively exposing myself to potential STDs from all of them. It was used to highlight the importance of condoms and also the potential benefits of waiting till marriage/waiting until you're more serious in a relationship
sSommy · 9 points · Posted at 00:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in Texas, we had one week in our half-semester of "Health" class where we asked a few questions about STDs. Or we were supposed to, I don't even remember anyone actually asking or sny conversation about it. Shit we talked more about sex one night when my church youth group had a sleepover.
A half semester is not how we usually refer to it in Texas lol. A semester is half of the year, and Health is a semester long, or half credit, course. Half of a semester is called a quarter. Some districts use smaller increments and “terms”
It’s the same in Florida. Now that i think about it maybe there was a reason for all of those pregnant girls/parents in my graduating class. Who would have thought
Now in their 20's with tweens to teenagers, one was 16, one was 17. Junior and senior in high school.
They're okayish now. For them it's everything insecurity. When all you've got is a HS diploma and no trade, you never get ahead. It's just menial jobs living paycheck to paycheck.
mlc885 · 7 points · Posted at 01:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well you shouldn't have figuratively had sex with thousands of people!
I don't understand why people who lie to kids "for the greater good" don't feel like they're doing a disservice to those kids, considering the kids will almost inevitably learn that it was all bullshit sooner rather than later.
Ha ha - my friend said his kids - when they were about 8 or 10, after some sex ed class - told him he and his wife should stop having sex with each other because otherwise they'd get AIDS.
I was going to post some kind of semi-witty (in my head) retort. But this is actually truly horrifying. The more I think about it, the more I think that we shouldn't just laugh and shake our heads about this kind of nonsense, but we should take genuine action to shut this kind of shit down when we see it.
I'm not saying you should do anything in this moment, but your comment has reinforced that it's up to us as mature and intelligent adults to ensure that young people get decent and honest information about sex and reproductive health - both young men and women.
I have a lot of family in the medicine field. My parents taught me from early on about sex and reproduction.
When I was taught sex ed in a classroom, my very elderly teacher said "if you have sex with a person, you'll have had sex with all of their previous sexual partners".
I laughed and, although I understand that that's kind of an oversimplified way to say check sexual history before jumping into bed with someone, I hated it.
It's such an icky and pseudo-moral way to say it. It feels like it has religious undertones to me, too.
Still hate it.
They briefly taught what birth control and abortion was, and explained in detail about abstinence. They also included a slideshow of what various diseases looked like, after explaining what was posted above.
Yes I was taught this too. I'm in florida and it was freshman year. We were told basically if you have sex with a person who has had sex with others you've technically had sex with that one person, their partners and the partners of the partners and so on. And they also said the fluids last on the body for 10 years. I understood this part as vaginal fluids on the penis.
This is the logic I use to explain how I keep racking up the number of partners I have. Start the chain and let others do the work. Pretty sure I'm in the 10s of thousands of people by now.
Texas here... sex ed teacher proudly told us that masturbation was dirty and against god and real men sperm their pants in their sleep once every few weeks (nocturnal emissions) because they can control themselves. apparently if you don't sleep cum yourself every now and then god hates you. that is everything I got out of sex ed. oh... and the whole abstinence thing. so transdimensional herpes seems totally in the realm of possibility.
Yep, this is what I learned in “sex ed” in the Deep South. They also made us chew up a piece of candy and all spit it into the same container because “this is you if you have sex before marriage.” Never learned about STDs, condoms, HIV, or birth control. The only sex education I ever had was from a course on human sexuality in undergrad. Had never heard of an IUD until I was 22, and I was shocked to learn in college that you could get an STD from non-vaginal sex.
I mean that kinda sorta almost holds up if you put her at the end of the line of sexual encounters. I'm baffled at the concept of retroactive STDs though. Maybe y'all just got more potent shit down there in Texas
I think I get where they were going but they did it backwards. If the guy has sex with two girls who’ve had sex with two guys each and no one wore protection then it’s like you had sex with all those people that cake before you.
I think they were explaining how viruses spread and how her chances of contracting them was actually significant and somehow they get the timeline reversed or your daughter got that part backwards. If Johnny had previously had sex with these 2 girls, and those two girls had previously had sex with a total of 4 men before Johnny then if your daughter had sex with Johnny it would be like having sex with each of those people, and since the chances of 1 or more of those people having 1 or more stds is X% then having sex with Johnny = a big risk. That's roughly how I remember it being taught.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was also taught this my senior year of high school by the Red Cross, who then on preached abstinence. Luckily, the internet had already bleached these stupid concepts from my head, so I knew the lesson was BS. Now I’m curious about how many idiots fell for it. Probably nearly as many teen pregnancies as we had that same year.
Oh, they told us that too in 7th grade sex ed. I was 12 or 13 at the time. I'm so lucky that I had an older cousin who ACTUALLY educated me about sex and sti's.
My oldest son is turning 11 next month, and my husband and I already have a plan to talk to him about his body changing and sex. I dont feel ready for it exactly, but we feel he needs to know the facts now. Otherwise, he will hear, and believe a bunch of misinformation. It's out job as parents to have uncomfortable conversations if it will benefit the kids.
Eh she may have been not paying attention correctly. Lol. I remember that lesson, it was to show pre-sex partners and your risk of stds, not the sex activity afterwards.
I took sex ed in Texas and they told us if a girl had sex with 2 guys and then that girl had sex with the guy you have sex with THEN its like sleeping with all of them because you at that time are last in the timeline and would probably get an STDs if one of those people was infected
That's someone who only kind of but not really grasped the concept. I'm sorry. I had sex-ed in Texas in the 70s, which wasn't quite that bad. Probably because it was years before HIV when the worst STD a lady could get was pregnancy.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds backwards of what they actually teach.
Which is, that the last girl that had sex with the guy basically had sex with ur daughter and the other girls, which isn't that bad of an example.
I’m from Texas and was in high school in the early 2000s. We didn’t have sex ed but we did have health class. Our teacher was a very likable baseball coach. He was not the brightest crayon in the box, however, as he told our entire all-female health class that peeing after having sex was a foolproof way to keep from getting pregnant. Yep. That happened.
Ahahhaa can confirm this 100% went to school in texas. They had a massive poster about it in my nurses office.
Girls who got pregnant also often got "released" to attend to motherly duties. This was a public school. Infact supposedly one of the best districts, its only because they remove anyone that doesnt fit the bill.
Oh no hon! She just got it backwards was all :) God knows we all do sometimes. I'm sure the teacher meant to communicate that when you sleep with one irresponsible person, you sleep with all of that person's partner's too, hence the danger. I hope your discussion with her turned into a valuable and teachable moment!
I was taught something very similar in middle school. That if a guy had slept with someone else before you, and that girl slept with 2 guys before him, and those guys slept with girls, and so on and so forth. And then it's like you already had sex with a dozen-hundred people.
I remember being taught the same thing. The woman teaching the class was also a pastor's wife and the mother of one of my classmates. I genuinely don't think she had any malintent, but it wasn't helpful. She kind of just ended up shaming people for having any sort of sexual contact outside of marriage and said being married was the only way to ensure you don't catch an. STD.
Mine (Illinois) said "half the people in this room will get a STD when they're a teen" but like um half the people in that room wont even be having sex
Also all they did was show dicks with puss and warts and stuff like that. Honestly learned nothing
I was in high school 10+ years ago and we took sex ed in health class every year and all of the important stuff was taught to us. Idk where some of these people went to school but it should definitely be mandatory
I went to public high school in the Midwest 2013-2017. We didn't have any sex ed at all before high school, and the only health class we ever took was one trimester long in 9th grade. So in the span of 3 months we covered alcohol, drugs, mental health, and sex ed. All we learned was, "don't have sex because you could get pregnant and/or get an STD". Never learned about birth control pills, condoms, etc.
My school never gave us the ol’ condom on a banana lesson. Nor did they really talk about birth control pills or IUDs. I think the only reason none of us got pregnant was because the school gave us near unlimited access to the internet. Not even a filter, we were able to access social media and in one case I had to google “cleavage” for class, the rock kind not the titty kind, but apparently we don’t have a filter for adult content cause my eyes were immediately bombarded with huge knockers.
I literally learned that the hymen was a big myth from an Adam Ruins Everything episode.
It exists, but it can be ruptured by doing things other than the horizontal tango, and you can have an intact hymen even after having sex. Basically it’s a very unreliable way to determine virginity
Not the hymen itself, but all the things people say about it. No, it’s not a good indicator. Not all hymen break during sex. A woman could have sex with all sorts of men and not break it. For some women, exercise can break it. Also apparently some people think it’s like a membrane over your vagina which is just.... really stupid when you consider periods.
I had a male family member call CPS when I first got my period because he truly thought you could only get a period when your hymen broke and that hymens only break during sex. I was 12.
I hope he got a birds and the bees talk about what really happens with the female body- so freaking frustrating that an “adult” male would think such a stupid thing.
It’s decently common for moms to casually mention it to friends/family. I knew when my sisters got theirs. It wasn’t a huge deal, just a “oh, this happened today.” type of thing.
I had an ex that was mildly upset when I lost my virginity to him and I didn't bleed and thought maybe I was lying about being a virgin. It's sad how poorly sex ed is taught in rural areas.
Believe it or not, it’s entirely possible for a hymen to completely close off the vagina. It’s called an imperforate hymen. It can happen when the hymen doesn’t completely or properly develop in the fetus. It can cause urine retention in babies and menstrual retention in girls getting their first period. Women can also have hymens which completely cover the vagina but have lots of little holes, or hymens that cover half the vaginal opening. All easily remedied with a simple surgery though.
Edit: I should also add that, if it’s not obvious, this sort of thing is relatively rare.
In my experience, while you certainly can use a condom that is too small for you, it is about as pleasurable as wearing any kind of clothes that you can put on, but is one or two sizes too small. It's tight, uncomfortable, desensitizing. Kind of removes much of the motivation for sexy time. I think this is a reason why many guys think they don't like wearing condoms at all. I find that a condom with a nice fit is not a problem, and heartily recommend people to find one that fits them properly.
But “no condom fits me” is BS. Which is a nice thing to show high schoolers. Unless your dick is bigger than a splayed hand, there are some that will fit (and you can at least write down that brand and size).
And if your dick is that big, you’ve got other problems. Like finding a gal that adventurous. Sorry. Most of us have about six inch tunnels. Any more than that and it HURTS.
Width is the limiting condom factor though. If you have one that would be too wide after a proper 'warm up' with your partner I believe the biggest challenge will be not fainting. Lots of blood needed for an xxxxxxxxxl sized one, lol
Wearing a condom that’s the right size for you makes an absolute world of difference. People don’t realize condoms are really not one size fits all, and you don’t need to have a massive horse dick to need larger condoms. I feel like a lot of guys are scared to buy bigger ones because they’re afraid they’ll look douchey, or embarrassed to buy smaller ones. You need the right fit, and you need to buy good quality condoms. I used to hate condoms too, then I started buying ones that fit me properly and weren’t the cheap ones college kids buy in bulk, and it made such a massive difference.
A good site I use is luckybloke.com. They carry a ton of different types of condoms, all sizes, all materials, and they have sampler packs so if you don’t know what size to buy, you can buy a variety pack and just try different ones until you find ones you like. Plus, they donate a portion of their profits to charities, so that’s kinda cool.
So yeah, the “condoms don’t fit me” excuse is bullshit. They’re just selfish dicks who want to go bare because it feels better and don’t give a fuck about the consequences.
My HS didn't mention condoms until near the end of senior year health class. The health teacher bent the rules, because she was about to go on maternity leave, and she had tenure - so she got someone at the local planned parenthood to come to her class and talk to us.
She whipped out a giant dildo and showed us how to put a condom on it.
Most schools just try to scare kids while giving them as little information as possible.
Teaching. Celibacy. Does. Not. Work.
Kids will be kids and teens will be teens. Curiosity and/or hormones WILL get the best of them and then all they’ve learned is that sex and exploration is something shameful and they’ll hide it from the world all while developing hangups or immoral fetishes.
I fully believe that if there was more education around sex and sexuality the world would be a healthier place, there would be far fewer abortions, and LGBTQ-phobia and disgusting fetishes like pedophilia would be rare.
Scratch that. More and deeper education of ALL kinds would probably solve most of the world’s problems. But the elites want us to stay dumb and blame each other and minorities for all our problems. Education works wonders!
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Latex allergies are serious and nothing to laugh at. The school could easily have used or given out non latex condoms but they are twice the price of latex condoms.
Adam Ruins Everything is a hack actually. Whatever he covers is surface level on par with Top 10 videos. Not saying he's wrong, but his videos are so simple to a situation, he may as well be wrong.
I mean... not everything needs to be super explained. His thing was more about disproving common beliefs with simple, uncomplicated facts. I never expect him to really go into detail as to, say, what the Pilgrims were really like.
He does resort to almost ignorance in some videos. His Columbus video is accurate in that he did bring the end to natives in America, but that he did it solely out of prejudice is a modern concept based entirely on personal conviction.
80 to 90 percent of the native population had already died out by the time Columbus had come along, not to defend Columbus, but Europeans had been fishing on the coast of america and camping along the beach well before he came along. Even minor contact between the two during this time was enough to cause the afore mentioned wipeout.
What I got out of the video is that it wasn’t prejudice, it was greed. He wanted things the natives didn’t have, and essentially killed them because he felt slighted by their refusal to give him things they didn’t even know existed.
“Federal abstinence-only funding had no effect on adolescent birthrates overall but displayed a perverse effect, increasing adolescent birthrates in conservative states.”
?5th? grade we got a basic anatomy lesson and a religious group that made us sign purity pledges.
In high school was a single afternoon of slide shows of STDs from our freshman health teacher, and how if you have sex outside of marriage at all you should be ready for the consequences. I think junior year we also got a motivational speaker on how to respect ourselves and therefore not have sex even after prom.
it's amazing that they broke up your yearly schedule into trimesters but they couldn't be fucked to teach you what could prevent the other kind of trimester
This makes me so glad I went to the high school I attended. It was awful about my learning disability but at least we had an actual decent health curriculum.
I mean, some of it's outdated now because the effectiveness of birth control has improved since 2008, LGBTQ+ terminology shifted, and the DSM got updated. But we did a lot.
Mental health? Yup, reasonable comprehensive unit on mental illness with emphasis that it's not your fault.
Birth control? Yup, every option on the market was reviewed in detail. And they brought in somebody from Planned Parenthood to talk to us about where to go for affordable help in a crisis.
STDs? God, yes. We did std prevention. All-school assemblies on aids awareness. They brought in a doctor to show us pictures of what every STD does to your genitals at various stages of disease progression. One guy's dick fell off. Everybody from my high school remembers that powerpoint.
Abusive relationships? Yup. Had a whole unit on that, covering romantic and family centered abuse. (Which actually was the first clue to me that my dad's emotional abuse was emotional abuse, and not a sign my parents cared more about me & my siblings than other parents care about their kids.) The school even brought in parents of people who were killed by their partners to talk to us. It was a little corny and hamfisted, but I don't know anybody else my age that had a unit on that in high school.
LGBTQ+ stuff? Yup. Also a little corny & hamfisted (they brought in gay men to show that gay people are normal.) And they totally glossed over trans stuff and didn't mention asexuals. But they did at least tell us what being lgbtq+ meant, that it's not wrong, what the school support groups are, and where you could go for help if you got discriminated against.
Diet & exercise? Yeah, this is probably the most outdated thing now but we did at least get told to eat vegetables regularly.
Socio-economic issues? Kinda, actually. There was a short unit on how being poor makes your life unbelievable hard.
Midwestern Sex Ed: Here are some diseases. Time for lunch.
bex505 · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I never learned how to use a condom. Ironically we did learn the biological processes. My bf learned about condoms in his but he had no idea women didnt pee from their vagina and other basic facts...
Ah, the ignorance purposefully spread by Christian lawmakers.
Iximaz · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Midwest here as well. Catholic school until sixth grade, then public middle/high school.
We got the abstinence only talk in both schools, though at least when I got my high school sex ed at the age of sixteen (!?) they also said "but use a condom if you can't control yourself".
Ah yes, Catholic school. I went to Sunday school until 8th grade and I remember the local pregnancy center coming in and teaching us that abortion was always wrong and that you could get pregnant as soon as you had your period. They didn't even mention sex. As a result, I spent two years of middle school believing that spontaneous pregnancy was possible and I would have to have the baby if I got pregnant. Very scarring for a twelve year old.
In the us I did it in middle school too but it was literally like 3 40 minutes classes that all the eighth grade girls went to instead of gym a few times. Bonus it was some religious group that didn’t really tech anything useful. I didn’t take any classes what so ever in high school
Depends on where you are, I think. Curriculum varies state to state. We had "puberty day" in 5th grade where they split up the class by gender and told us what was about to happen to our bodies. But no sex ed until 9th grade. Middle school health class only talked about cigarettes and alcohol.
We got drugs, alcohol and cigarettes in elementary.
The 5th Grade Day for us was splitting the girls with the female principal and the boys with the male teacher to tell us that it wasn't okay for the boys to slap girls' bums. Which had become a problem.
In middle school, we learned about puberty, safe sex and how to label a diagram of both genitals. We didn't get split up.
It was kinda of a wild ride at points, you had most everyone just being awkward and pubescent, then you had the like 5 popular kids who literally smoked at school, had friends in high school and had "serious" boyfriends or girlfriends so they had "real" sex stories about themselves or friends to tell at age 14.
High school health was about physical fitness/gym. I didn't take gym so I got 0 health classes in high school.
agolec · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Strange. I went to middle school in 2001-2004 in Michigan and they covered sex ed for us in 8th grade. Later on in the school year when we're in 8th grade in my district I was in.
Weird thing is even within the same year, you might not get the same demonstrations of this and that. I heard stories from a girl in my same grade with a different science teacher that had them going over models of breast for say, how to check for cancer, and visually demonstrating with models what a tumor would look like, etc. stuff that, my class didnt do. But others did.
I think we touched back up on it in high school again, but I remember less of that, funny enough. Probably because I had already learned it by then.
That sucks. My oldest is your age and went to public school in Michigan. They had the first sex ed/health class in 5th grade. They had one semester of it every year through the 9th grade.
I graduated in 2010 and they taught us sex Ed from 6th grade all the way to my senior year. Of course they were big on abstinence, but did teach us about birth control and condoms. They did show us those old ass movies about STDs an such, I loved how they made out sex being so bad and shit.
I went through high school in the Midwest during the bush years and my high school sex ed was abstinence only education. Did that change for your class with the Obama administration in charge?
No, we got abstinence-only too. Maybe it was that I lived in a wealthy, conservative town. I can imagine a lot of parents would have freaked if it wasn't abstinence-only, and the school district always seemed interested in keeping parents happy.
I went to a rural middle school in Kansas and we were taught about condoms in 7th grade. Also made to watch a bunch of abstinence videos but I think our teacher was a closet progressive and made sure to tell us what was up.
Had a similar experience, east coast public school 09-12. We had school wide assemblies on drugs and stds with graphic images. But sex Ed was boiled down to this is male genitalia and exactly how it works. This is a crude hand drawing that is badly photocopied of what might be a uterus and we will never discuss the details cause girls you know what’s up, ask never have sex cause stds!!!! That was all in half a year. The other year and a half of required health was gym.
Also the health teacher told me I couldn’t be an identical twin bc we were the same gender. So... yeah that’s the quality of education we were working with. My friends mom was a nurse though and he was super helpful in correcting all the weird lessons in class and also teaching me about things like toxic shock syndrome, pcos, hpv etc
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait did you go to school in Missouri because I go there and there is a certain district that does this shit
Me too only early 00s. In 8th grade home living class we had to watch The Miracle of Life. We didn’t get sex Ed/health class which was covered in about a week of the semester long class until 9th grade. The nurse came in with this weird secret and announced to everyone on the last day she had been molested as a child..... school was terrible. No wonder teen pregnancy was so high. Why on earth would you make young teens watch a woman give birth and then not educate them on how they get pregnant until a year later?
I live in the far north west in a sleepy little town with less than 10,000 people.
They started sex ed by 3rd grade and also allowed the boys and girls to view each others educational videos to get a better understanding of the other sex.
We still had dumdums, but mostly either because they just didn't give a shit or their parents made them go to the library during sex ed.
In high school, we have a mandatory independent living class that covers stuff like banking, taxes, applications, checks, eating healthy and sex education.
We had sex ed every single year once a semester starting at 3rd grade, they really wanted to hammer it in.
Not to mention that Sex Ed is entirely geared towards "don't get pregnant" and "don't get an STI". There should be quite a bit in there about consent; what is consent and what isn't consent. Is it consensual if you find a girl at a house party who's black out drunk, and doesn't resist or say no when you start undressing her? Those are tough questions with far reaching consequences, but we expect young men to judge correctly in the moment with no prior education.
In addition, there should be some education on LGBTQ+ sex, instead of being purely limited to penis in vagina.
And finally, there should be some focus on a key aspect of sex: pleasure. Specifically, women's pleasure; what foreplay is, what the clitoris is, the difference between a "tight" vagina (hint: she isn't aroused yet) and a relaxed, lubricated vagina. The fact that vaginas don't "get loose" from having sex with five different people, verses one person five times.
Holy shit. I went to a Catholic high school in the late 80s and even we had the full on sex-ed class. Even though there was an emphasis on abstinence and "natural family planning", they also did the "but if you're going to go against the teachings of the Church, here's the rest of the info you need".
That's interesting. I grew up in a conservative midwest state and sex-ed started in 5th grade and ended in 10th. Every year the same material was covered. It obviously started out pretty high level anatomy, but later went into STDs, birth control, prevention, etc.
Right? I feel like I got pretty comprehensive sex ex in both 8th and 10th grade. A while ago, I had to explain to a girl why the pull out method isn’t reliable...
That's just absurd, it should be taught better. I have a son going into 7th grade and I can only hope this hasn't been taken out of schools. Of course, parents can teach these things to kids too but I feel like they blow off most of what we say & it would be taken more serious when it's taught in school and they get graded on it.
High school senior here. I've had two? "Lessons" in my whole school time. One was in 5th grade telling the girls about periods and what not (got a little goodie bag of liners), the boys got their own lesson. The last one was in the second half of freshman year and our teacher tried to tell us but being in a class of freshman boys does not help so it never happened. I completely agree because I should not have to learn about those things from the internet
We had a program called "Why kNOw" that came every year and kinda took over our regular health class and educated us on nocotine, alcohol, pregnancy, STDs, risks of multiple sexual partners, etc. I can still remember them showing us terrible pictures of people with various diseases, cancers, etc. I don't much remember learning about menstruation though. Im not sure if I forgot or what but I think they should really start educating all students in elementary school on that.
I skipped sex ed in high school because if you didn’t turn in the permission slip from your parents, they sent you to the library to do boring worksheets. I could finish those in 15 minutes and then have a free hour to chill or study for other classes. I didn’t want to have to do real work for a class I didn’t care about, so I just never turned it in.
Zorrya · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Publicly funded Catholic school in Canada.
Sex was between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation within the bounds of marriage. So like, the mechanics and biology for missionary and babies is what I got. I didn't know what gay was until mid highschool. Didn't know trans people existed until college. Consent wasn't a thing. I don't know what the boys learnt about periods. The girls learned that it happens when you don't have a baby in you, it's god's way of keeping your body ready for a baby, and talking about it in public was sinful.
+1 to public school in NJ for proper sex ed. By the end of high school we had all written reports on different stds and forms of birth control, watched videos put out by pro choice and pro life groups, watched a video of a birth, and had to spend a couple days carting around one of those fake babies that cries in the middle of the night and keeps track if you've shaken it and stuff. Knowledge is always better than ignorance.
I went to school in Australia in the 2000s (2000-2012), and I think the biggest mistake the teachers made was splitting the kids up by gender when discussing puberty/periods in primary school.
Made a lot of guys totally oblivious about periods/childbirth/puberty for girls, and vice versa. I think the class should've been split up for the first half hour where the basics were explained (e.g. "this is what a period is, this is what happens when you start puberty, etc"), then all the kids should've had a joint lesson, so they could learn about how puberty affects both genders.
That way, there may not be such a stigma around periods/PMS, if everyone learned about it at a young age and it was normalised.
Also Australian. The sad thing is I can't remember exactly how bad it was as hearing about biological stuff like that gives me dizzy spells and I can't concentrate (just about fell on the floor a couple of times). If it was every year, like the user you replied to, I would've had to drop out.
Anyway, ours wasn't split up but I think it was at least kinda bad because I can't remember any mention of masturbation or relationships & sex.
It varies wildly by where you are. Some places have laws that only allow abstinence only education, which can be basically summarized as "Sex is bad and leads to babies and STDs. Don't do it." Even where I was, liberal Los Angeles, we weren't allowed to be shown the condom on the banana demonstration.
In my mind when I read "High school 10+ years ago" I always imagine someone far older than me but newp I'm 29 meaning I've been out of high school for 11 years.
I went to public high school from 1997-2002 (I took an extra year due to severe illness) in the midwest. We had the good touch/bad touch talk and the puberty talk during elementary school. Then in middle school we had sex ed but it was all abstinence only education. In high school it was supposed to be abstinence only (by state guidelines) but our teacher found a loophole. They could have guest speakers come in and if they said something well oops? My mom was invited to come give a presentation every semester for 10th grade health (where sex ed was taught) about what it was like to be a teenage mother. My mom covered how not to end up a teenage parent every time and it wasn't just don't have sex. Now that I am an adult I am proud of my mom for doing that but at the time I was just super embarrassed that my mom was at school talking about sex.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:46:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Oh geez is Florida really that bad? Im moving from North Ga to Fl next month and Ive heard very mixed things from Fl residents. I've visited Fl for weeks at a time in a couple different spots and it seems okay as far as I could tell. Of course, that's only the public places and beaches. Do you know anything about the Cape Coral/Sanibel area bc thats where we've decided to go.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the info! Im definitely getting on that sub now. We have two kids that are middle school aged. We decided to make the move bc we visited Sanibel a few years ago and loved it! Since then we've been going back multiple times a year and just thought we'd be happier moving to the area instead of visiting. We're both real big into marine animals and love the "feel" of everything in Fl. I didn't realize Fl offered the Bright Futures Scholarship so that's exciting! And yes, we're used to the blistering heat, at least now we'll have a beach to go to instead of a dirty river
I had sex ed 20+ years ago and my friends and I have very different memories of what those classes entailed. We were in the same schools and same grades. They swear they learned nothing. We had sex ed in 4th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and a 9th grade health class for a full semester. I have vivid memories of slides of genitals with different stds at different levels of outbreaks, video of live birth looking down the barrel, all the types of birth control and filling out blank anatomy drawings, and I even remember someone asking the teacher about shaving pubes when we were in 4th grade. I even remember who asked it... I still know her, she doesn't remember asking it but she was the one who got knocked up in college using the pill and condoms.. They genuinely believe I'm making it up when I'm like "yeah we learned that in sex ed".
So far my school hasn’t done sex Ed, and There’s a lot I don’t know, any websites you know of that could teach me proper safety and all(other than use a condom, I know that much)
It depends on the school. I have a really good high school that teaches acceptance, LGBT identities, birth control, why not to do drugs, as well as things about mental health and even women's reproductive systems that people don't usually hear. I was lucky, most people aren't
Mississippi, we had an opt in sex ed class that lasted 30 minutes and basically boiled down to "look at these nasty diseased genitals, don't have sex or you'll look like this!"
My parents moved so often that, since there's no regular age for it to be learned and each school taught it at different ages, I ended up missing it entirely and had to learn the worst way at 15. It happens.
Sex Ed was a joke for me. It preached abstinence, made any form of birth control or condoms seem like they didn't work. This is not a class that teachers should teach. A medical professional should teach it.
"here's everything you need to know about STDs, since you're so likely to get one, btw you will lose your virginity so far in the future you will literally be nostalgic for learning about AIDS by the time anyone touches your dick, we should have taught you how to attempt to be attractive to girls who might sincerely interested in your penis"
Yeah, I grew up in Long Island and sex ed was part of Health class which we had a quarter of every year. The HS health teacher was kind of a creepy dude and apparently had something against guys finishing in women’s mouths... In hindsight, this is ALARM BELL RINGINGLY INAPPROPRIATE, but I remember him ranting about how, “It’s the same as letting a guy hock a loogie into your mouth.” I kind of wish that memory had stayed buried. He also showed a slide show of STD pictures, which was pretty effective.
We had health class for half a semester of gym one year in 6th grade. All we did was learn the names and descriptions of all the STDs for the week long sex ed portion of it.
Wherever I went to school in Canada we ended up having sex Ed in Gym class after grade 9 or so AND there was some program held 4X a year and it was mandatory every student attend once between 10-12 year in order to pass. One kid never graduated because his mom refused to let him go, or so the story goes . Anyhow, I never had a problem with contraceptives, I've got 2 kids XD
Before I moved onto high school, we had a mandatory class in primary school with sex ed. It taught the boys how to open a tampon and girls how to open and correctly use a condom. No one saw how this was odd. No one. I told them they had it backwards, but they did not listen.
I attended an all-boys Christian school for high school, but that was less helpful and all it taught was that sex is bad until you are married.
The quality of American sex ed is the biggest crapshoot.
[deleted] · 131 points · Posted at 21:02:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk, my sex ed class was mandatory, it was mainly them telling us not to have sex, but they basically told us everything we needed to know, birth control, what prevents what, et cetera
Zediac · 21 points · Posted at 00:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because you had sex education and not sex fear mongering.
Is unfortunately not universal. There are many states where abstinence only education is the rule. “Don’t teach them birth control because it encourages them to have sex.”
Hey whoa, let's not just blame the schools here! Just because it's taught, doesn't mean it's learned. People can still be dumber than a sack of unused dildos even after presented with some sweet and savory facts.
🎙️ arual_x · 131 points · Posted at 21:12:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
One question for clarity.
Is the implication here that dildos are somehow sentient enough to learn? Or that they’re quiet until they’re used? I’m confused.
These naive dildos are all huddled together in the darkness of that sack completely unaware of their true purpose. Maybe they're scared. Maybe they're confused, or angry, or panicked. Maybe they're blissfully content in their existence such as it is, but one thing's for sure, they're stupid.
Ya know, plus they're dildos and ain't go no brains.
Atlhou · 3 points · Posted at 23:42:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
...some schools have a REALLY bad sexual education if they have it at all. Mine was quite literally the gym teacher (who looked exactly like you are thinking) basically say penis for half an hour then vagina before showing us a video that may as well have been "if you have sex your penis falls off and you die". And yes this was a public school in America
Actually I don't necessarily blame the schools themselves. I blame the school board and the religious freaks that want to lie and indoctrinate kids regarding sex. The school board is really in control of the school and what's taught there.
Yes! Pay attention to school board races. They are important. Districts can shift from abstinence-only to comprehensive sex education with a few key changes to school boards. I helped someone campaign for school board because she wanted the school clinic to be able to distribute contraceptives. She won and they now do.
Depends on the school. My school had sex ed that, decades later, would be criticized for being heteronormative, but it was accurate and comprehensive for heterosexual sex. I've taught sex ed and reviewed sex ed curriculum. There's some good curricula and teachers out there. And, honestly, there wasn't really ever and issue in the sex ed unit with getting kids to pay attention.
My school didn't have sex ed, I tried asking my parents and they told me to " google it" then later on made fun of me for not knowing about STD's ( not that I have done anything, I asked a question about something they said). If I ask a question they act like I am the dumbest person in the world for not knowing and shout to the others " (my name) JUST ASKED IF-" laughing their ass off. :(
I.E. My mom forbade me from touching the iron. Ever. I got into quilting when I was 17 and asked her how to iron because she never showed me. They started mocking me and laughing that I didn't know how to use a iron and this generation can't do shit etc etc.
🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 01:11:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh wow. Okay this sucks. I’m not en expert on anything but I swear to god PM me for literally any life question and I will do my fucking best because that’s a a bunch of bullshit.
It is, but because of freedom of religion the parents have the right to opt out of it for religious reasons. What we should be doing instead is teaching it in high school, making the student decide (not the parents) whether they want to use religious exemption and then tell the parents they took some other bullshit class if they don’t opt out but don’t want their parents to know
My school kept cancelling it due to "timetabling clashes". Pretty sure I was 16 when they finally got around to it, and even then it was just "Sex is bad, don't have it, but if you do wear a condom, and only after marriage. Pregnancies are bad, don't have babies. Condoms are the only contraceptive, all STDs will kill you immediately, but only after you suffer unbearable pain and all your family and friends disown you"
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex Ed is mandatory where I'm from and everywhere around me. I've found that it's less about students not having sex ed and more about students not giving a shit or not paying attention.
Or just being fucking clueless without an ounce of common sense.
I had a fairly comprehensive sex-ed class in middle school. They didn't teach us that the pill wouldn't prevent STD's. They also didn't teach us that a penis wouldn't shoot laser beams. Because why the hell would would you ever think it would? At a certain point, especially in the age of the internet, people's astonishing ignorance is their own fault.
You will have to prevent parents from having a say in school curriculum then. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it, but we will never have quality sex ed until religious conservative parents stop controlling the thing.
Most schools in my state just show you gross pictures of STDs and say “sex before marriage makes Jesus cry”. Some grown men here don’t even know that there are two holes in the vagina, some don’t even know what a fucking period is.
No I literally at this moment only know that you put the dick in the vagina which I learned from the internet
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex Ed is mandatory in Oregon, and it can go into a bit too much detail for fifth graders. But, better educate earlier than later. In Oregon it is definitely NOT an abstinence based education. They do educate you not only on using condoms, birth control, consent, etc, but also about when you enter puberty and when you might become sexually active. They always made sure to tell us about the bowls of free condoms at planned parenthood too.
My school taught us “sex ed” and it was basically just what happens during puberty cause it was a private school and they couldn’t teach us anything without getting fired. I learned everything from friends who told me about how it works
The government should not being teaching kids about sex. If the far left marxists have their way, they would cut off the penises of all the boys in their class
Where I live we have abstinence only. We didn’t learn what sex is, or about safe sex or contraception. We only learned that sex is only okay after marriage and that you WILL get pregnant. And if you have sex before marriage you WILL get an STD and die.
I remember sarcastically asking “what if someone waits to get married and then their partner has an STD anyway?” and the teacher was absolutely shocked and didn’t answer me.
And it should be taught consistently, throughout school, as kids/teens enter new stages of development.
Bloody hell, the most we got was a brief conversation about periods when we were in primary school (aged 12-13), then a short discussion about abstinence, STDs and consent in high school (aged 16-18). That's it.
For the longest time, 16-year-old me was absolutely baffled about the mechanics of sex. I'd read enough romance novels to have a vague idea of what happened, but I had no idea how condoms worked (we never had that lesson with the bananas), or that there were so many different types of contraception for women (beyond just the pill, which doesn't work/has awful side effects for so many women).
Like if you're old enough to be having sex with someone, you should be old enough to know how to prevent pregnancy/STDs! I wish someone had taught me about IUDs/diaphragms/the patch/the implant/hysterectomies when I was a teen.
Our sex ed kind of made pregnancy seem inevitable at some stage. It was basically just "make sure the guy wears a condom, go on the pill (which isn't a 100% guarantee that you won't get pregnant), and hope for the best."
We need to quit letting religious morons dictate what is allowed to be taught in our schools and textbooks. Abstinence only education has done much more harm than good.
So here's a story on that. My 13 year old daughter came home from school dying laughing. They had a sub for sex ed. The sub said she would text their questions to her husband (a teacher who does teach sex ed). The problem was, she did not inform her husband of this plan so he gets a random text asking the question "can masturbating help you prevent getting coronavirus". He then answered "yes! Of course" I'm not sure if she wasn't paying attention or is just dumb but this was told to all the kids and lot of uproar ensued. Some parents were mad and the real sex ed teacher had to come and explain to the kids that this was in fact not true (most of which knew that and thought it was hilarious). I was one of the parents that just about died laughing.
I agree. No one taught me anything sexual, still my husband. Before that it was all mind games, and what I thought was normal was actual sexual abuse, and other really bad views. So I'm thankful for my husband saving me
I worked at a pizza place during high school. One of the girls working there had a pregnancy scare. She told me she had a fool proof plan of taking an entire box of laxatives because she thought it would make her have an abortion. ಠ_ಠ
She didn’t return after that weekend. I saw her a year later and there she was pushing her kid in a stroller. Guess her plan wasn’t so fool proof after all.
In my school it was the ultimate edition of sex ed aka. "the family education". All I recall was a class on how men and women are different and have different roles in families. We were put into groups and made to do posters with whom does what. As you might have guessed, we all failed - our group stuck to what was opposite of what we had thought the teacher wanted while some others made up tasks like "bury the bodies". Those who done it as requested? Also failed as confusingly written out all chores under both men and women.
And started sooner. I never had the sex talk with my parents. I was still under the impression if you sleep with someone in the same bed a girl can get pregnant. At the end of one of the classes they had an anonymous card that you could ask questions on without being embarrassed asking out loud. Bless the teacher but he pulled me aside after class and explained to me the penis goes inside the vagina. Hahaha I laugh about it now but good looking out teacher.
Good luck with that in America, the moral panic from fake christian handwringers is already at hysterical levels from the inadequate misinformation campaign they teach as is.
Totally agree on better as in more info. Mine was mandatory my freshman year & it was basically guys one room girls the other. “This is a condom use this or you’ll get AIDS & die. Say no if you’re uncomfortable. If they won’t listen bite them. Hard. & elbow them in the crotch, stomach, or throat. Then run. Take birth control (never said what birth control there was). If he has bumps down there or any weird color stay away.” That’s it.
“And better” is really key. Sure, I was taught that condoms would prevent STD’s, but I was also taught that they won’t “protect a woman’s heart from getting broken” by a lady who came into our class and cut ip a latex glove (?). Keep in mind this was only like five years ago.
Yeah but if we did that then we wouldn’t have people having lots of kids to join our military! And if the poor doesn’t provide the troops when we need oil in other countries, who will?
In 7th grade there was sex ed. In 8th grade there was more detailed sex ed. In 9th grade they made you learn every possible STI and how not to get it. They made you learn to identify all contraceptives. They graded us on it and there were exams.
They basically were like “none of the little engels here is going to catch anything or conceive out of wedlock! Not one of you! Nobody! People won’t pay this insane tuition if they think their kids will bang. No evidence, y’all!”
Make the watch Pose. It’s better sex Ed then public schools.
G8kpr · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Ontario, the past Liberal government started a new sex ed curriculum, basically the same as before, but some updated concepts, and some stuff being taught a year earlier. Religious fanatics and immigrants freaked out, caused a raucous. There was chinese propaganda flyers going to house holds saying that the teachers would teach group sex to kindergarteners. What they were going to teach was who can touch your body and who can’t. You know, to keep kids safe.
Conservatives won the next election, doug “i am a colossal asshole” Ford not only ditched the curriculum, he went back to a 1995 curriculum. Because reasons
Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die! Don't have sex in the missionary position, don't have sex standing up, just don't do it, OK, promise? OK, now everybody take some rubbers.
“I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children’s children, because I don’t think children should be having having sex” -Philosopher Jack Handey
my district makes you take half a year of health instead of PE, and i consider myself lucky. Now I know how to prevent STDs and the the names of both the tubes in your dick... We also talked a lot about Alcohol tobacco and other drugs and it was super awkward cause one of the kids i my class was a drug dealer and had gone to jail 3 or 4 times by the end of 8th grade. I feel like sex ed was probably the most important thing they teach us in high school
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My high school just had us fill out abstinence booklets and had us watch Pam Stenzel videos.
Not having good sex education is terrible on its own. Being taught sex is sinful can really mess with your sexual experiences and the guilt it instills can fuck with you mentally.
I had sex ed in like five different schools. It was mostly very well-done. Is it shocking that some of the kids in these schools had idiotic ideas about sex? I mean, they could sit through an entire history or science lesson and not even remember what topic was covered a week later.
Ooh! My cousin was on the pill and I asked her how it was going. She said it was fine and she was done. Done? She thought you did the one pack and that’s it....
omg. Sounds like a girl I knew in college. She was sleeping with a new guy that had herpes and her response was "its ok, he doesn't have it anymore, he got it cured." This is the same girl that (TMI) also took her tampon out every time she had to pee because she thought it all came out of the same place...
In fairness, the urethra isn't particularly visible, and I know I personally haven't looked to see what hole my piss comes out of. It's a scarily common misconception, but I can see how it happens when people aren't given the proper education.
So many of my friends are highly educated and yet total idiots about sex, STDs and pregnancy. Like.. I am beyond shocked at how many of them have unprotected sex (while not using any additional form of birth control) with complete strangers within hours of meeting them. Their rationale: "he said that he doesn't sleep around and never ever has unprotected sex." Don't get me wrong, the sex part is not at all the issue in these scenarios. It is the lack of protection and the naivety of believing a total stranger has their best interest at heart and is being 100% honest with them.
And then, they are shocked when they find out a few months later that they caught something.
Reminds me of a scene in Becker where some teenager brags about having unprotected sex and he says "you've just reached a level of stupidity usually only seen in Republicans and other lower primates".
One of the dumbest assholes I knew in college got in an argument with me claiming that condoms don’t prevent STD’s. When I asked him what did, he said if the girl is on the pill then you can’t get an std.
I had a similar situation to this when I went to college. During orientation got to be friends with a group of other students and the topic came up. One of the girls said that she’d occasionally forget to take her birth control pills for a few days, but when she remembered she’d just take all of the ones she’d missed to make up for it. There was stunned silence as we had to process that and then tell her that wasn’t how it worked.
mr_ji · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
In a similar light, I also love when people are like “I used protection, so I’m safe. I can sleep with anyone I want as long as I (or they) wear a condom” without them realizing some of the worst STDs (Syphilis, Herpes, HPV, Crabs, etc) aren’t prevented from wearing condoms. Condoms also regularly break, maybe just learn who you’re sleeping with and where they have been before you do so is all I am saying. Things like HPV can literally cause Cancer.
I had a friend tell me about how he had just had sex with this new guy without a condom but it was okay because he pulled out before he finished. I asked him what he thought that would do? He thought it would prevent any STDs.
DLVVLD · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, depending on how you look at it, kids are an STD.
Let me explain before I’m ripped a new one! After a female recovers form herpes, the body remembers, and when the female would request to be artificially impregnated (an zygote is implanted), her immune system will attack and kill the zygote because it recognizes it as that STD (I think it was herpes, I learned this 2-3 years ago)
Likely just ignorance on her part but he may have been on pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV. Doesn’t do shit for the other STDs and I wouldn’t refer to it as “the pill”, but there you go.
PrEP only works on reducing your chance of getting HIV, nothing else. You still want to wear a condom if you're having random one night stands to prevent every other STD.
This just proves to doctors that patients do not read the pamphlets sent with the meds nor do they listen to that first consult you get with the pharmacist. They TELL YOU the pill does not prevent STDs.q
It says it in the pill packet! And in all the commercials for birth control!
siel04 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I just started birth control in an attempt to control cramps. I was reading the pamphlet that came with the meds and found the disclaimer about them not preventing STDs. I snapped it to my best friend so we could laugh at it. I was like...I feel like the people who don't know this are not the people reading the insert.
Yeah. Me. Ask me anything....I’m just fucking around.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a man and even I know that they try to emphasize that point a lot. They say it in every birth control commercial so I'd imagine they find it important and say it on the packaging or that paper they give you with a prescription where it lists the warnings and side effects.
We don't have any of those classes or anything related to sex and I still know what an STD was and what the pill is for. There really is no excuse lmao
[deleted] · 404 points · Posted at 00:51:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
If you write a check, you actually have to have that amount of money in your account.
EDIT: Another gem I remembered from working at a bank: No, the bank doesn’t keep record of your cash transactions. We have no way of knowing if you paid $6.97 in cash at the dollar store.
Or at least know that you will have that much money on your account when that check hits. I know you’re not supposed to float checks but sometimes you’re poor and don’t have a ton of options.
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 09:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a bank for a while, and it never failed to amaze me when people would call in pissed off because a check bounced and they got a fee. Some of my favorite responses were:
“Well, I have that money in another account, I just didn’t have it in THAT account!”
“Why didn’t you call and tell me they were going to deposit/cash that check?!”
“Well I didn’t want to pay them, but I had to, but they shouldn’t have cashed/deposited it because I didn’t really want to pay in the first place...”
I work at a bank, and the sheer number of people that don’t understand overdraft privilege astounds me. Like no, it just allows you to go negative, we’ll still charge you out the ass for it tho 🤷🏼♀️
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 11:25:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly!! When people would be like, “bUt I hAvE oVeRdRaFt!!!” Yep. Just means we will let it go through and it won’t be returned/rejected. Each. Fucking. Item. Will. Get. A. Fee.
If you know you’re about to be broke, don’t go on a shopping spree.
I used to do it as a challenge. Not gonna give the bank my money to play with one moment more than I had to!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 10:01:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do people even write checks anymore? I haven’t seen one in at least 15 years. Haven’t even used cash in a long time. It’s all contactless payments and bank transfers now.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It shocked me as well, but our last landlord only accepted checks- it was wild.
This is kinda gross. One of my ex’s roommate at uni started complaining his penis hurt. So they asked if the underneath was sore and he said ‘no, it’s just like round the end’. So they asked if he’d peeled back his foreskin to look. He looked at them blankly. So they said ‘you know? Like when you wash under it?’ Blank look. ‘You..you do wash under your foreskin right?’
He did not. Because ‘no one had ever told him to’.
As a nurse aide, I can tell you that I have seen men in their 80s who have NEVER cleaned under their foreskin.
In a related story, I had a patient with an “inverted penis”, which is somewhat common in morbidly obese men. The root of the penis stays in place no matter how big you are, so you can have your abdominal fat extend some distance beyond the tip, so that your “outtie” becomes and “innie”.
This poor man was absolutely unable to clean himself, so I had to reach in the “innie” and with a (gloved) hand remove all of the gunk from the head of his penis.
It felt like dry paper mache.
He said he felt a lot better after, though!
Edit: HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS, MY FIRST AWARD! THANK YOU!
It’s just part of the job. He was a little tender and sore for a few days afterward, but he stayed pretty clean! His main problem was that his belly was too big to reach the equipment for an inspection. Having staff come and clean him frequently really helped.
You don’t! Lol! In our friends group I got banned from telling work stories. Another friend is a veterinarian, and we had a gross-out competition. It was a tie, she won for parasites and I won for bodily fluids.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:05:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oooo, make it a subreddit!!!
Cayvin · 2 points · Posted at 16:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Blowfly girl?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 17:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl turned on by putting rotting shit covered in maggots up her hole
Cayvin · 4 points · Posted at 17:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright, I’m done with the internet for the week.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 05:53:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think death would be more merciful at that point
a57782 · 5 points · Posted at 23:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish it was just a typo. I always seem to add in that extra t, even when saying it. Unwashed inflamed penises aren't a regular topic of conversation for me, so I don't get much practice with that word.
jmf__ · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d say keep it the way it is. You’re doing just fine.
My friend's dad penis fell off from a nasty infection. Was uncircumcised and had very poor hygiene. Not a joke, not a troll, it absolutely happened. I guess he's just got a stub now. I am a woman but i always wonder, how the hell do you let an infection get so bad that it literally falls off?
Oh yeah? Did you know there's two glands near the head that should be purged every once in a while.
Well, If you have them. They're usually leftovers from when you were "normal." You don't pop them like a zit, you rub your fingernail across them towards the centerline of the shaft to push out the junk inside to clear them out.
Helps you if you have "odor issues." Do it every other day to make sure what's in there is getting out in a timely manner...
OK, whip it out and look at the bottom of it. Starting at the head, travel down until you're where the foreskin "ends" and kinda wads up and the shaft begins. You should notice two little lumps smaller than grains of rice on it if you stretch it flat. Those are glands. The holes in them are pointing towards the centerline of your dick.
Ok, there's possibly something called Tyson glands, which sounds like what you're describing, but there's debate over whether they're a real thing or not.
Me too! My ex was cut but still had a bit of foreskin and sometimes his dick didn't smell good. (It smelled like fish.) I wonder if this was the cause!
ulul · 2 points · Posted at 16:49:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fishy smell could mean infection, same as it is for women.
I do not have a penis and I'm very confused about this. Is this the same thing as the glans?? Is the glans full of junk unless you do this?? How have i never heard of this
So I'm trying to find a pic for you, but if you start at the head on the bottom side you go just about 5-10mm from the head into the foreskin and you should be able to find two little lumps ( smaller than a grain of rice) that are on either side of the centerline of the penis. They're not sebaceous glands, they're something else. But, they're a source of smegma and a good idea to clean out every once in a while.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ive literally never heard of this and ive owned a circumcised penis for 27 years
God, please hurry up and post a link to a picture/diagram of this, because 1) I’m DYING to understand what you’re referring to, and 2) I refuse to Google this for obvious reasons
But seriously. They're there. I looked this up like 15yrs ago when I thought "WTF is that?!!?!?" on my junk. I've just been doing it ever since. Now when I'm trying to look it up for everyone I just get STD pics and BS.
Do you have SafeSearch on? Might be that, though I agree sometimes all the search results are on about something adjacent to the thing you actually wanted.
No, what I think is going on is now that everyone and their brother is now some sort of web star the search results of Google are askew to what they used to be.
I could google something about a car issue, and my search results would always point me to forums or some technical bulletin on it.
Now, the first two pages are fucking Auto zone/parts place ads for whatever part associated or bots on sights claiming to be selling the best of whatever problem I'm having.
Here, with this penis thing, the results are all on the extreme end of the scale as far as "what are these normal glands on my junk"
"ah, he's searching for penis glands... these pictures have a high amount a views, this MUST be it." No, I'm looking for a result that contains "two glands", not 5000....
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No penis here, asking for a friend.
Would you need to purge said glands if you're uncircumcised, or is it related to that situation only?
I've explored every inch of my penis and I haven't the foggiest clue what he is talking about. I just checked back to see and the thread continued with no results but it's kinda got me terrified.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I might just put this to the back of my mind then, for now.
I wouldn't worry about it, just maybe ask a GP next time you're in contact with one for whatever reason.
Some guys literally do not clean themselves there or their buttholes because they think it’s gay. I’ve met several men that will full stop refuse to clean their own stinking bits because taking the effort to not be caked in shit and cock cheese is effeminate to them. It’s revolting
I've heard this before! I was invited to a dinner at a neighbor's house and she invited the rest of the people on our block. All the wives started talking about how lazy their husbands were(in a lighthearted joking manner). One woman who just seemed strange in general (really twitchy and chewed food without closing her mouth) told us that she was tired of cleaning skid marks out of her husband's underwear and their bedsheets... My husband took his cue and was like "I'm gonna go grab a beer". Everyone got so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.💀 That poor woman didn't realize how nasty and weird that was. Her husband was talking with another group at the dinner party so he didn't hear his dirty little secret revealed. We all fucking stared at him in unison. We couldn't look at them the same after that.
I knew a guy who accidentally stabbed himself in the foot with a pitchfork that had just been being used to move manure. He didn't clean the wound and only sought medical aid when the smell of his rotting foot made his brothers refuse to ride in the truck with him. They had to take off the whole leg at that point.
Some people take refusal to acknowledge a problem to a surreal level.
My father-in-law is a diabetic and knows better than to work on his own feet.
He did though. He tried to remove a callus on the bottom of his foot. When he cut into his foot he cleaned it up and put some gauze over it and put his shoes on so his wife wouldn’t know.
He hid his foot for weeks, during which time infection set in and spread.
Eventually sepsis was enough to send him to the hospital. By that point, gangrene was bad enough that they cut everything off from in-front of his heel.
To this day, a decade later, and not a single one of us can believe someone would be that dense and prideful to let their foot rot off rather than admit they messed up.
My sister was an ER nurse and they had to do an emergency circumcision on a little kid. He lived with just his grandmother and either she didn't know or refused to teach him about that part of biology. Sad part is when he woke up from surgery and started crying about how 'it isn't mine'.
ulul · 3 points · Posted at 16:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is sad but also sounds so strange because apparently the foreskin is sort of glued and cannot be (or at least shouldn't be forced to be) retracted until you start puberty.
I know of one poor bastard that had to have his penis amputated because of this. He got a fungal infection from his shitty hygiene, didn't have it treated, and later wound up on an OR table. The observer said the smell was sickening, and they had to cut the poor guy down to a one inch stump before they hit blood.
Ryugi · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:31 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you look it up on WebMd it's All potentially cancer.
[deleted] · 179 points · Posted at 23:57:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same shit happened to me when I was 9. My penis hurted like hell so my dad had to pick me at school because I couldn't stand it anymore. We went home and he asked me what was wrong, after some father son talk he asked me to peel my foreskim back. The horror on his face said it all, I'm glad i learned this at younger age.
I’ll preface this by saying I’m a female, but isn’t this a talk that a father has with a son, same as “always shower, wear deodorant, clean under your foreskin”? Totally not being an ass in asking this.
My husband is uncircumcised and never had a problem due to good hygiene, and he talks to our son during bath time about how to take care of himself even though he’s not yet two.
So, great question. No. A lot of time guys aren't taught this at all.
There are two complicating factors.
The first is that when you're born and up to the age of about six in some cases the foreskin is actually fused and can't be pulled back. It loosens up naturally later, but you can see how a lot of guys who learned their basic hygiene and how their body works as young boys might not notice this.
The second is that a tight foreskin (phimosis) is quite common, and guys with that condition either can't retract their foreskin or find it too painful to do.
I remember being taught how to do this by a female babysitter at the age of like four or five. And I couldn't properly retract my foreskin until like ... ten? Even if you don't have phimosis it can hurt the first few times, because you're stretching the skin in a way it's never done before, so it takes some time and practice.
Aha, thank you for the serious and detailed response. I know that it can’t be retracted for quite a while, but it makes sense that at that age it finally could be the discussion can be uncomfortable for a kid. Guess it seems that a doctor would also see buildup during an annual exam and ask the kid.
Only if your dad is trying. My dad is a very old-fashioned man in some respects (though not all), and wouldn't ever talk about anything like that because it would make him uncomfortable.
He did a very physical job for most of his life, and my mum had asked him to wear deodorant at various points, but he refused because "it's gay". He's not a homophobe as such, he just doesn't like the idea of that kind of self-improvement. It's so hard to explain.
He doesn't really own any nice clothes (the sort you'd wear in a smart workplace, ties, nice shoes, trousers that aren't jeans), so it was my mum that had to explain all of that stuff, like how to fold trousers, how to iron shirts, etc.
He could have taught me all sorts of useful stuff, he's a very handy person, but he never bothered.
My grandparents still won't accept that my father has psoriasis arthritis (which he has had since his early 30's, in his mid 50's now) even though we literally speak about it around them, so he wasn't the kind to bring stuff up when I was a kid. He still taught me anything I asked about, but there are a lot of things young people don't want to bring up with their parents, you know.
I have psoriatic arthritis too and usually it is genetic so your dad might have had it passed down from a family member. I'm 51 and have had PsA for about 8 years or so, had psoriasis for longer. MY dad was the one who passed it down to me. He always felt guilty but it wasn't his fault, it is just genetic usually.
What I dont understand is I dont remember being taught how to clean myself (I'm uncircumcised) but it was obvious/intuitive? I've read stories on reddit about dudes not washing their asses because its gay?? And the argument that people use for circumcision about guys not cleaning themselves, I think it's because they're not comfortable with their bodies
Apparently it can be fairly common that men don't know about it. My other half was taught this basic hygiene by his dad quite young but he knows of instances where it was never taught to others. I don't know if it's embarrassment or whatever, but it should be treated along the same lines as the period talk.
My dad died when I was 4, so I never had the person to help with that sorta knowledge - I was around 15 when I figured it out, it hurt like hell to pull back. No joke, porn was the reason I thought about it.
I am a single mom of a son and a daughter. I've been the only parent in my son's life since he was 2 years old so I was the one who gave him baths until he was old enough to bathe himself and pulling the foreskin back and cleaning underneath is something we talked about and what I did when he wasn't old enough to do at each bath. He's 26 now and I'm sure cleans himself thoroughly.
My favorite card to get in Cards Against Humanity is smegma. Usually gets a good reaction or it's super funny when they don't know what it is and I get to explain it 😂.
this is probably common lots of parents dont talk to kids about sex i should know i figured it out later on when i was like 16 anf curious about what was under the skin. i did not like what i found so a couple painfull scrubs later i was normal.
Its also uncommon to be uncircumcised here. The doctors here where shocked when I said that I was not retracting and cleaning my 3 year old. If a damn doctor doesn't know better ...
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 06:32:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
i mean just you know pull the skin back and clean it you dont have to cut your dick so you dont have to worry. thats like scalping yourself so you dont have to get a haircut.
I (American) had never seen one until I started dating my current partner, who is from another country. I was so nervous when we had sex for the first time because I was afraid I wouldn’t know what to do with it. At least we still laugh about that night!
Rare, especially with Caucasian Americans. The first time I interacted with one I was a little nervous but I was open with my then boyfriend and he was very understanding and kind of coached me through it. LOL
Depending on your past, you might have and not know. It's usually pretty difficult to tell the difference with a good quality erection, so if you had any encounters where you didn't get a good look at it flaccid, you might never know.
If all your sex was during relationships, it's pretty freaking unlikely though.
I have a 1yo boy (whose dad is circumcised). He's a bit young to learn this yet but we asked when we have to start cleaning under the foreskin before we even left hospital. Even as a nurse I have never had to do this!
(Male catheters usually inserted by Doctors where I work).
Lol I always laughed at my mom because pretty much every time my younger brothers would take a shower she would call, “rinse your penis!” After them as they went into the bathroom. I guess I should stop making fun of my mom for teaching them good hygiene.
My dad was never in the picture when I was a kid and my mom wasn't exactly well versed in the cleaning methods of the male genitalia. I'm uncircumcised (something I only learned from watching porn) and genuinely didn't know the foreskin could be pulled back until I was about 17 and got my first handjob.
I don't know how to explain it but I guess I kept clean enough that it didn't matter I didn't ever do a tug and scrub
Also as a consequence of not knowing you could pull the skin back, I didn't know how to get it back in place. So I had a very sensitive tip that had never been exposed to so much as water, let alone the lining of my underwear for a good hour. My girlfriend was a dear and helped me fix it all back up though, once I got over the embarrassment...
Girl here. I didn’t learn until this year that the, ahem, downstairs area had to be cleaned at all. I lived with my dad (split parents) so I was just never taught that.
For the record, I’m almost 15 years old... yikes. I’m not really sure why the idea that that area needed to be clean never crossed my mind.
Hey. I'm a mom to a little girl (she's almost 6) and if you ever have any "mom" questions, you are more than welcome to PM me and I will gladly answer them, no judgement, no awkwardness. My mom was a single mom, but she sucked in the explanation department, so I've had to learn a lot since then.
A gentle soap should absolutely be used on the vulva, and care should be taken that the area is washed thoroughly. Vulvas can get their own version of "dick cheese" too. Around the labia minora and under the clitoral hood are places that should be cleaned with at least water and probably a gentle soap.
You should never put soap inside your vagina. But so many people call the whole area a vagina that lots of girls grow up thinking they should touch nothing down there with soap ever.
Yeah I didn't even know it was supposed to go back until I was 15. The only sex ed my parents gave me was my Mom asking a drug addict who lived upstairs to talk to me and all he spoke about was wet dreams.
More common than you'd think. Some parents of uncircumcised boys don't tell/teach their kids to properly wash down there, whether because it never occurs to them or because they're fundys who think they'd be teaching their kid to masturbate if they did it.
Wait, I'm supposed to peel back my foreskin and clean under it?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to be operated in my penis when I was 11 because I physically could not pull my foreskin back. I hadn't ever before. I only realized after the operation that the reason other guys didn't make a mess when they peed was because they could pull it back
This actually happens way more than you might think, especially in environments where sex stuff is considered taboo, and sex education is inaccurate or nonexistent. If you don't know about it, and aren't allowed to watch porn or pleasure yourself, it really isn't that logical to assume the foreskin can peel back.
This is especially bad in places where circumcision is less prevalent, and issues like phimosis are more common. If it's really painful, or even just straight up impossible, to pull back the foreskin, and no one ever tells you to, why would you do it?
Source: Dumbass from the Dutch bible belt who's first boyfriend had to teach him this after the most disastrous attempt at frisky business in the history of humanity XD
Gross added detail (read at own risk): When I shared the news with friends many of them told me they did know cleaning the penis was a thing, but they thought you did it by pinching the top of the foreskin shut, then peeing into it until it bloated, then releasing the urine as (again) they didn't know it was possible to peel back.
ulul · 3 points · Posted at 17:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, why did I read the last bit when you warned us! Good thing is you at least educated your friends.
You most definitely don't wanna use soap in there if you can't pull it back to thoroughly rinse. Trapped soap residue on the most sensitive area of your body is very much not fun.
Oh, no. Don’t do that. Use your finger or a washcloth instead! If you’re super tight, wet the end of a cotton swab and swirl it around, and make sure to keep clear of the urethral opening!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The urinary slit (which is called the urinary meatus, pronounced me-ate-us) is very delicate and can be prone to tear, especially if you’re uncircumcised and your foreskin is tight. I’ve known dudes who have torn their meatus from excessive or rough masturbation (and once from rough intercourse!) And if you can’t clean under the foreskin well, you’re gonna be a bit tender.
Good luck!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my 27 year old ex boyfriend how to pull his foreskin down all the way. I blame his mother.
I actually never really pulled back my foreskin until age 16 because when I was little and when I did it, it was oversensitive and it hurt, so I thought you were not supposed to touch underneath.
At age 16, I was wondering why people's phalluses in pornography looked different and so I discovered that you were supposed to pull it back.
A nurse I worked with had previously worked in a pediatrician’s office. She said one of the “Don’t circumcise my son, it’s mutilation!” Moms had come in with her baby who had a serious UTI (Urinary tract infection) The baby was just a couple of months old. She didn’t want her baby “mutilated,” by circumcision, but had NEVER cleaned under his foreskin since she had come home from the hospital with him. Since the infection was so bad, the infant needed to have radiology studies done with dye to insure there was no permanent damage to kidneys or his whole apparatus. Evidently this happened more than once. Fanatics occasionally (not nice to say frequently- don’t look at the full ramifications of their statements. IMHO)
That’s my biggest problem with not circumcising. As a woman, I have no skin in the name (until I have a male son, I guess), but if you’re not gonna circumcise, make sure they know to wash under the foreskin!
Not common anywhere outside the US? I guess I've never really given much thought as to what foreign dicks look like. Just assumed they were mostly similar to the domestic variety.
kilo_5 · 42 points · Posted at 02:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m pretty sure America is the only western country in which circumcising is a common and expected process. Here in the UK for example, you’d only be circumcised for medical or religious reasons and I’m pretty sure parents trying to do that to their kids for any other reason would be refused or heavily looked down upon! Maybe even tutted at, which is a serious offence here ;) 😂
It’s getting better in the US in terms of being an automatic process, which is nice. I was so worried that my son would be circumcised that I had it written in 2” sharpie marker over all of our paperwork “do not circumcise!!” Thankfully Kaiser does not do that surgical procedure onsite, but if you want it done they’ll set you up with someone to take your baby to offsite after you’re discharged.
kilo_5 · 5 points · Posted at 04:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it that much of an automatic thing that unless you specify, they will take your baby at birth and circumcise the child?! Unless you specify not to?
I think it used to be several decades ago, at least into the 90’s, but he is my first so I didn’t know what to expect in 2018. Rather be super cautious than have a nurse and a legal representative slip into my room with a stack of paperwork.
Canadian here. In undergrad (early to mid 2000s), my friend and I decided to do a survey of the men we knew after another gf had her first experience with an uncircumcised penis. It was about 50/50 from the men we knew. Definitely a higher rate of circumcision among Caucasian Canadians.
Now, at parenting age, I will say it’s losing popularity, though still not uncommon.
MLG50 · -3 points · Posted at 02:48:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo but there's no special steps involved. There's no secret flap to open, it's just skin you wash when you shower
kilo_5 · 23 points · Posted at 02:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmmm I would really love to have so many pleasurable nerve endings in my sexual organ cut off just so I could save a couple of mins in the shower! Really seems like enjoying sex and masturbation less is a totally worthwhile price.
It’s genital mutilation and it needs to be stopped for any reason other than medical or consenting choice by the owner.
Kilo said that the medical procedure should be consented to only by (the body part's) owner. You said the parents did, thereby implying that the parents own the childrens' body parts. Where did I lose you?
kilo_5 · 8 points · Posted at 03:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Parents are and should be, responsible for many things. Providing for the child, it’s health and shaping the person it will be.
Deciding to mutilate it’s genitals based on religious beliefs or the outdated beliefs the US holds about it ‘being cleaner’ and therefore condemning that child to living a life with a mutilation and honestly the inability to experience the full pleasure of sex is not one of those things that they should be responsible for.
Unless it’s medically pertinent, no child should go through that unless they want to.
I wouldn't give up if I were you. I'm trying to get down to what's influenced you to hold that belief.
It seems to me like you may be under the impression that foreskins are vestigial. It's interesting how the most commonly cited vestigial structure in the human body is the appendix, while we now know that it acts as a reservoir for one's gut microbiome in cases of significant disturbance (especially important today with modern diets and oral antibiotics). Meanwhile, foreskins act as a dry bearing during sex and protective cover at all other times, in addition to the sexual pleasure value of its innervation. What you described as ridiculousness was me listing the functional purposes that outer ears and foreskins share.
As is, you're advocating for an unnecessary and violent practice. It has a non-negligible risk of complications like disfiguring penile injuries and infections e.g. from herpes when performed in the traditional way. It's most typically performed on infants, obviously without any concern for informed consent from them.
Are you against female circumcision? You might argue that it's different because it removes the clitoris, but that is only the most invasive case, it being far more common to only remove the clitoral hood, a direct counterpart to the foreskin. A significant portion of the immigrant Muslim population in the UK has had female circumcision on them, and this continuing, barbaric practice is largely ignored for reasons of political correctness. Maybe you have a bias against traditionally Muslim cultures and for Jewish ones and those influenced by the insane anti-masturbation hysteria largely propagated by Harvey Kellogg, believer that flavorful food causes sexual deviancy, and thus prescribing bland cereals, graham crackers, application of carbolic acid to the clitoris, and male circumcision (also yogurt enemas) to unwilling psych ward inmates. There is a tribe that bisects the underside of the penis, opening up the urethra at the base of the penis. Is that ridiculous? Another tribe, this one in Papua New Guinea, insists that young boys must orally consume the semen of the elders hundreds of times to reach manhood. A neighboring tribe dismisses that as ridiculous, as according to them, clearly it needs to be up the kid's asshole. Examine your cultural biases here.
Finally, if you're of the opinion that you turned out alright, so you're going to visit the same trauma on your children, you didn't turn out alright at all. If you don't know how you'd explain how your peepee is different from their peepee, then you're too immature to have children.
You may or may not believe any of these things. You refused to refute me in any meaningful way, so I can only speculate. False, but still VERY functional dichotomy incoming: so are you going to respond to me, or are you an intellectual coward?
Back in the dark ages before the HPV vaccine and before STD risk made people start bothering with condoms and before easy testing, intact penises, because they have an actual mucous membrane present, are slightly more likely to catch HPV, and therefore more likely to pass it on, and it's associated with increased risk of cervical cancer. So, sort of, but unless you live before 1940 or in a part of the world where none of those things is actually available, cutting up dicks isn't where I'd pick as the point of intervention.
Nowadays, it's usually just mentioned as an excuse by people who support mutilation.
My Mom and I moved in with my Grandparents when I was 10 years old. You know, old enough to have learned how to do some basic chores, and certainly old enough to be taught more. Unfortunately my Grandmother, God bless her, was not only terrified of fire (her Mother had a problem with accidentally setting things on fire) but she was also a neat freak that insisted on doing everything herself so it was done right.
My Mom married my (step)Dad when I was 14 years old, and we moved in to a house together as a family. He was horrified to learn that, at nearly 15 years old, I did not know how to wash and dry my own clothes, iron, load a dishwasher, or even use the stove. I could use the oven because I baked with my other Grandmother when I visited, but I had never used the stove top. There are many more things he had to teach me, but those were the things that really had him worried about my ability to care for myself as an adult. It wasn't that my Grandmother didn't want me to be able to care for myself. Her fears were just so intense that she didn't think about how not knowing these basic skills would effect me later in life. I am forever grateful to my Dad for being the Dad I needed because God knows the biological one couldn't be bothered. Mom couldn't overrule her own Mother when we lived with her and by the time she married Dad she was sleeping at the hospital five nights a week because her schedule was so insane. I dont even want to think about who I would be if I hadn't had him to teach me, but I'm pretty sure I would have had to live off of chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and take out through my 20s if it weren't for him. I probably would've smelled pretty bad from the lack of clean clothes too.
🎙️ arual_x · 420 points · Posted at 21:46:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a guy like this. Full adult, but lives with his mom still (a series of unfortunate whammies). She's terrified of fire, so his cooking repertoire is limited to whatever only needs a microwave. Which means a LOT of frozen (and expensive) meals.
Fortunately he has a more self-sufficient girlfriend living nearby, he's at her place more often and she helps him meal prep.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 05:37:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’m 45 and still learning a lot about cooking and some about housekeeping because I was never taught...and in college we had housekeepers, my husband did it when I was married, and there was a maid when I had roommates. I’m actually on my own with no roommates for the first time in my life and finally nailing down some things I never really had to do before. We all get there...it’s just a matter of at least having the wherewithal to at least Google it if you’re not sure how to do it.
Oh, God no. I did go to a small (1,200 students) liberal arts university, but I had loads of financial aid. I did go to school with some loaded people, though. My car, in 1996, was a 1980 Ford Granada - a big, ugly beast that got me where I needed to go - and was a far cry from what the other kids on campus had.
The others were in CA in houses with roommates, and the landlords paid someone to come in once a month or so, so heavy cleaning was left for them.
I don’t know if it’s that crazy for a 14 year old not to know how to work a laundry machine though? Many kids have laundry done for them until they move out, because it’s easier to pool the family laundry.
Do you want your kids to be capable adults? Then give them years of experience doing mundane household tasks
Let them do the family laundry. Let them wash up after dinner. Let them cook. Let them balance the check book or pay a credit card bill and show them your mortgage statement so they know how interest works. Gotta teach em young because when they're on their own they'll have other stuff to worry about.
That's my philosophy anyway. My 10 year old can make a few dishes, do his laundry, tune his bike, make change, wash dishes. Once he's big enough to reach the pedals ill teach him how to back a trailer
I had some basics, but the summer before I moved out my parents gave me a crash course in a bunch of stuff. I actually taught several guys in my dorm how to do laundry as a result.
mol- · 17 points · Posted at 01:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of reminds me of Aunt Josephine from A Series of Unfortunate Events, just because she was super tidy and fearful of fire also- she never used her appliances or electricity
Learned to cook (bacon and eggs) over an open fire camping with my dad before he got too busy to go camping. Unfortunately, he was from England, so what I learned was cooking bacon until there were several spoonfulls of bacon grease, then using that to baste the eggs. I hope I don't need a stent in my 80's like my dad did.
Man, now I’m glad I was the one cooking for my mom and sister these last 5 years (moms divorced and working full time, and I was fresh out of high school and only working part time) because while my menu is still limited I know how to cook and can easily expand on that.
It’s okay, you would’ve figured it out. I was never taught how to do stuff around the house but I just learned when I got married. I watched a YouTube video on how to clean a toilet.
I have struggled a bit with this with my fiancé. Not to this extent, but there is SO MUCH that was done for him that he never learned or had to think about. I’ve had to teach him much.
I’m not deathly afraid of fire/other accidents happening if somebody else does chores, but I unfortunately see myself in this post...definitely telling my husband right now not to let me be such a perfectionist about stuff like this, ugh. I’m very much an “If you want it done right, do it yourself” kind of person, which is also why I never get around to teaching my husband how to cook real food (it’s also daunting because I almost compulsively modify recipes or just throw things in a pan that taste good, so it’s hard for me to return to the level of exact measurements for macaroni and cheese) and I’m just generally pretty terrible at delegating tasks
That's how my mom was. She didn't start teaching me how to cook until I was in my teens because she was worried I'd burn myself on the stove. She also rarely made me do any chores because she was a control freak. I'm the oldest, so she made all the mistakes on me. My siblings both regularly cook and clean because they did these things when they were younger. I didn't develop those habits early, and now I'm in my 30s struggling to find the motivation to take care of everything because it was never a part of my daily routine, so it doesn't come naturally to me.
I kinda want to hear more about your great-grandmother’s exploits with fire. I mean, if you can say “she had a problem with accidentally setting things on fire” about someone, there must be some great stories there.
s horrified to learn that, at nearly 15 years old, I did not know how to wash and dry my own clothes, iron, load a dishwasher, or even use the stove. I could use the oven because I baked with my other Grandmother when I visited, but I had never used the stove top. There are many more things he had to teach me, but those were the things that really had him worried about my ability to care for myself as an adult. It wasn't that my Grandmother didn't want me to be able to care for myself. Her fears were just so intense that she didn't think about how not knowing these basic skills would effect me later in life. I am forever grateful to my Dad for being the Dad I needed because God knows the biological one couldn't be bothered. Mom couldn't overrule her own Mother when we lived with
To be fair, I also have no idea how to load a dishwasher. In fact, I have only seen them in movies
It wasn't that my Grandmother didn't want me to be able to care for myself. Her fears were just so intense that she didn't think about how not knowing these basic skills would effect me later in life.
Ugh, at that point it is not (grand)parenting, it is abuse to project experiences with now-dead people onto a new generation.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 02:42:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Zairii · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The poster never gave their age, only said when I was 15 and later when I was in my 20s I would have. To be this implies at least 30s. Internet tutorials may not have been an option for them.
This is in part due to being rich enough to be out of touch and in part a general lack of general adult skills.
In college, I had a friend named Mally, She was a couple years younger than the rest of the people in our group and still lived at home with her parents due to their very strict culture and beliefs about how an unmarried woman should not live away from home. But her dad was a doctor and also had family money so they were quite wealthy for our area. The sort of wealthy where for her 16th birthday, they bought her a porsche and when they didn't think she thanked them adequately for it, they returned it.
Anyway, I remember when the group of us were at some of the guys' on-campus apartment, their toilet clogged. Mally, without really blinking, said we should call our plumber to get it fixed. Of course the guys were like "Uh, no? It's just clogged. Why would we call a plumber?" to which Mally, who was very confused replied, "Because that's what plumbers do? Why would you do it yourself?"
So we then explained first, how expensive plumbers are, and second, how the average person does not call a plumber for a slightly clogged toilet.
Mally was confused and then asked, "Well, what do you do when a light bulb burns out? Change it yourself?" and obviously, we were all nodding and saying "Yeah, absolutely."
So that was when we discovered just how sheltered and out of touch Mally was with how normal people do things. We specifically learned that she didn't know how to do laundry, change a light bulb, plunge a toilet, cook literally anything, put gas in her car all because either their maids did it for her (also worth noting: having maids is extremely rare in our area) or her dad did. It blew her mind when we explained that those are very normal things to know how to do and ended up showing her how to do all those things. She really hated it but it did a lot to make her a more self-reliant adult. Her parents really sheltered her so much so it wasn't totally her fault.
Edit: Also just to be clear, my friend is a very sweet, intelligent, and lovely woman. At her core, she is amazing but just the way her parents raised her and kept her sheltered is where these issues came from. She is doing very well for herself right now and has learned and a lot and has generally been very open to it. At the time of these stories, it was still very near the beginning of her having any semblance of freedom so these examples come from literal first opportunities to show her what skills many adults have. I hope I haven't painted her in too bad of a light because she really is a sweet girl and has worked hard to open her horizons now that she even knows what horizons are out there.
We have toilets with very powerful flushes and they have literally never clogged in the nearly 10 years since we bought the house. My children probably have no idea how to plunge a toilet. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I will put this on my list.
As some advice, don't get a normal plunger. Get a bellows style plunger. I clogged my toilet often enough and the normal plunger splashed water everywhere. Luckily every time I did clog it, the shit went down, but the water didn't so it wasn't super gross. But eventually I would still do this thing where I would put the plunger in, saran wrap it, then plunge so stop clogged toilet water from splashing everywhere.
But I eventually switched to a bellows style one and it made SUCH A DIFFERENCE. It was so much easier to plunge and much cleaner.
On the topic of tips that you learn later in life, I learned that flushing a few times during a good poop cuts way down on the number of clogging incidents, if this happens to be something that is happening for you.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 13:04:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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zangor · 1 points · Posted at 16:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or...
Invite me over. I take some specific medications that make me have dense compacted logs.
r0ck0 · 6 points · Posted at 11:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's weird that regularly-clogging toilets are still normal in America. I always found it strange how many plungers I'd see sitting next to toilets there.
Plunger ownership is pretty rare in Australia and UK etc because toilets rarely clog, unless some idiot puts an entire roll of paper in at once. Most of us have never used or owned a plunger either.
Can you even buy modern toilets there yet? i.e. like we have with a lower waterline.
I wonder why they haven't taken off there?
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 05:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm 49. I have no idea how to plunge a toilet and ive lived on my own for years. Ive never experienced a blocked toilet in any house I've lived in. I live in the UK. Are our toilets of superior flushability?
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 15:46:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m also curious, because here in the US, every one of my toilets has a plunger stationed next to it.
I grew up with toilets installed in the early 80s and clogging was an occasional issue. I haven't seen it happen in quite a while but I tend to avoid sitting on toilets other than my own, so I'm not exactly a "toilet connoisseur."
On the opposite end of the spectrum, my parents toilet was utter shit (uhuhuh). When you went number, it clogued a bit over 50% of the time (90% for me because you know, size). At this point I'm pretty much able to plunge any toilet and I'm used to having to keep plunging even when my feet are sitting in dirty toilet water. I'm pretty proud of that. Although, if your plunger if of bad quality, there's a chance that I might break by plunging too hard.
I’m nearly 27 and have never used a plunger in my life. I’ve YouTubed how to, but I’m terrified that when the time eventually comes, I’m gonna fuck it up somehow.
haha we bought a super powerful toilet BECAUSE of our son. It was STILL clogging - i had to teach him that when he feels like he needs to go, to go, not to wait like several days to go (he didn't want to waste time pooping is the best I could get out of him)
How do you have a maid on call to fill up your gas? Did they have a private gas station on their property, or does the maid drive it to the closest one and back?
Icecl · 37 points · Posted at 02:20:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be a state where you're not allowed to self serve like in our state you can't normally there was a time when people have to do it themselves because of the Corona and they were absolutely completely lost on how to do it without help
Only two states are like that, Oregon and New Jersey. I think it's the stupidest fucking thing.
Anecdotal: The one time we passed through New Jersey, I stopped to get gas (had a half tank) and the guy would not run my card correctly at the pump. It got to the PIN prompt, but he just stared at it dumbfounded until it timed out, then handed my card back and asked if I had a credit card. The whole time I was trying to tell him how to run it as credit, but he just waved me off. I left and didn't fill up until we got to Massachusetts.
Moral of the story: fuck those states and their backasswards dumbshit laws that pander to the lazy bEcAuSe jObS.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 04:07:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
same in my town. not allowed to pump your own gas even before Corona
I’m thankful my dad always had me come watch him fix things. Now I’m the one fixing the ac drain pipe in our house while my husband doesn’t know how to do it
Hooray for self sufficiency. I grew up poor with a single mom and we had to learn to fix most things ourselves. I'm not much of a plumber, but I'm pretty good at fixing shit
One good thing about being DIY poor, for sure. I can re-roof a house (including calculating and ordering materials), dig and backfill a trench for weeping tile, drive pretty much any piece of equipment with minimal instruction if I haven't done it before, I'm decent at mudding & taping (dad sucked at it and I got tired of sanding buckets of mud off the walls), I can run wire and install new outlets / replace old ones. I'm not afraid to try anything. People always think it's funny to get a girl to drive the forklift or back up a trailer or whatever, but I was taught to be capable and as a result I'm generally successful at what I try.
I wish I knew how to fix pipes! Plumbers are so expensive. I can do simple stuff like replace a showerhead or clean the filters in a faucet, but that's my limit.
I was raised by a single mom, who didn't have any money. So if she needed to put up a lamp, or unclog something, or repair something, she did. I've always been the handy one in all my relationships, most of the guys I've dated didn't even own any tools. My husband jokes that I am "exactly as handy as he is not." But really, if you don't have the money for a professional, and don't know anyone who can help, you learn how to figure these things out.
I was visiting my sister in law and their toilet was running. They told me it was broken. I removed the top, messed around with the floating thing in the tank to break off some limescale, and all was fine. Told them to pour some vinegar or something in to remove the rest. They were totally stunned, like I'd just revealed some sort of mystical plumbing powers, because they had no idea the top of their toilet was even removable. It was just something I googled how to do the last time my own toilet was running. It's so simple, people! There WILL be a youtube video on how to do practically anything!
He watches and tries to learn, but that type of stuff doesn’t come to him quickly. He’s not very handy whereas I am so it’s usually me doing the fixer-upper type stuff. Doesn’t hurt that i also worked for a tool company for a while.
But he’s very intelligent, handles all the budgets and finances, loves doing yard work, so it balances out :)
I was just thinking that. It balances out. My girl and I seem like, when working together, like we are all knowing witches when in reality we just know each others weaknesses specifically when it comes to DIY. She's better at building and making things and Im better at electrical/mechanical things. Also knowing when to pick up a manual or turn on YouTube helps ALOT.
Agreed! I youtube stuff a TON. I also usually have the patience to try and work stuff out while he tries something and wants to move to the next project. We think very differently and I’m the more creative type while he is the more methodical type. It’s a nice balance and I’m glad you two have found that as well!
I really think it makes the relationship more interesting. Just knowing each others strengths and playing of that gives us a huge sense of accomplishment when we finish project and then gives us motivation to do another one together. We joke around about having a TV show on HGTV all the time. Haha.
To be fair - sometimes it's just mom gets too exasperated to watch kids learn how to do things. My wife used to manage a McD's. She literally had to teach kids how to use a broom. These were 15 and 16-year-olds and their first job. Mama always did everything for them and probably always used a vacuum cleaner. No, you don't just swing it - then the crud flies everywhere, Stroke it, don't miss a spot...
To be fair, she said the worst teenagers to deal with for catty behaviour were the 40-year-old ones.
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 02:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My friends and I thought it stemmed both from that but also just cultural differences. Both her parents were born outside the US and most things about being a woman in their culture means they don't get much choice or freedom. She was also supposed to get an arranged marriage after finishing med school but I believe her parents approved of a guy she started dating who was of the same background as far as family heritage and religion.
So we all graduated from undergrad at the same time, so may 2018. She didn't get into any med schools because she was too young (literally told to her cause she was 19 while applying) so she's been doing research at another university in a different state.
I haven't kept in super great touch with her because we were never the closest, but from what I heard, she was doing really well being away from her parents and learning to establish herself as a person on her own. That girl is incredibly smart and driven so I really didn't expect anything else.
I know I didn't exactly paint her in the best light in my original comment, but she really is a wonderful person. I don't think it was really her fault at all how little she knew about the real world. That one is on her parents. But she's been doing very well for herself. Although she might ways be a little naive, I think she's going to have a very successful and prosperous life.
Shit. Are you serious? Cause I always felt very sheltered and didn’t know how to do anything when I went to college. I still don’t know some important things. I was very abused.
What's next? Pills to suppress the physical effects of puberty, so that boys never deepen their voices, grow facial hair, so that girls never start their periods, Etc?
My roommate in college was an upper-class/caste Indian. She was the “rebel” at home and insisted on going to the US for college. Her family gave in but smartly said she’d have to learn to do things the “American way” and basically dumped her straight off from the airport.
End of first day of moving in together, her bags are still unpacked. I ask her if she needs help, she says she’ll “wait until the the maid comes to do it.”
A few weeks of reality checks later and we were watching a late night movie eating popcorn and she popped a filling off her tooth. I stepped out of the room for a minute and came back to her on the phone with a bewildered 911 operator demanding that they “send a dentist right away”.
While her adjustments to American culture were a source of amusement to me, I also felt privileged to watch her consciousness evolve right before my eyes. By the end of the semester she had an apron and full cleaning supplies and kept our room spotless.
But the biggest change was when she went back to India for the summer. Before she left, even as she was adjusting, she would always make comments about lower caste Indians on campus, and just in general talk with some disdain about certain things. When she came back the next semester she seemed totally humbled and much more open-minded. I don’t think the full extent of her absorption of American culture had hit her until she went back home and saw how obviously stark the differences were between her family and other castes of Indians were and how debilitating a life of that level of privilege can sometimes be.
Yeah this sounds like the same sort of situation, except that my friend's parents very actively tried to keep her sheltered. But the sort of taught disdain for the lower class was there too. Not so much in her attitude, but what she told us her parents would say. So like when they would have a plumber come to their house or something, her parents would make her and her siblings stay in their room because they "shouldn't associate with those type of people" but my friend herself never really had this attitude.
It was really nice to see her grow up and mature a lot over those couple years.
You know in Asia maids and plumbers are not that expensive so there are quite a few people in Asia who are just middle class who don't do these themselves
I used to be an electrician's apprentice for a skeevy company that primarily worked with rich bitch people
80 percent of the service calls I went out on were lightbulb changes
mh985 · 8 points · Posted at 04:59:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to college with someone like this. Her father was a major executive at a particular Korean electronics company that we've all heard of.
This girl was completely out of touch with living like a normal person. She didn't understand why my parents didn't give me spending money or a credit card in their name. She didn't understand having to save money for vacations. She didn't understand not being able to afford literally any luxury or convenience.
She was also just a very unpleasant person. Constantly lied and spoke bad about even her closest friends. One of only a handful of people I've known in my life that I genuinely dislike.
The credit card thing was like the same. Her parent have her a card that they would pay off each month. But they so never examined exactly what a credit card was or how it worked specifics. So like the rest of us were decently poor college students, as you'd expect. And I remember one time we were talking about how we wanted to go out to eat but couldn't afford it and she suggested we just put it on a credit card. It took a while to explain that a credit card isn't free money and that you have to pay it back with interest if you don't pay it back immediately. Her parents have given her a card with basically no limit and never explained what a credit card actually was so she had no real concept of using money that wasn't actually yours. She does have a better grasp on that now but it was a shock for her.
Ugh. I used to have a friend who would call apartment maintenance any time her toilet got clogged, her hair clogged the tub, or any of her lightbulbs burnt out. I asked her why, and she said “because I pay rent! I shouldn’t have to do any kind of maintenance!” I have a feeling they would have just laughed at her if she wasn’t hot.
put gas in her car all because either their maids did it for her
When I was in Germany I dated a girl that live in Hamburg. She was beyond nice, very smart, but very comfortable with living in the city. She was adamant that German drivers were SOOO much better than us Americans, so I showed her how to shift a manual transmission without using the clutch. Blew her and her dad away.
Anyways, she calls me once about how she had to help her friend move and they'd rented a van. She had to drive because she was the only one with a license. She pulled up to the pump, grabbed the nozzle, and just froze with "Well WTF do I do with this??? Ugh... isn't there a door? I've never actually filled a car up before."
Poor thing. I'm a car nut, and sometimes can be an ass, but I heard her say that on the phone and didn't laugh at all and was fully supportive... but I was thinking "WTF... did I really just hear that? Nah... no way."
Well, she was on a rant about "German driving schools are FAR better than the education you got in the states." So I contested that, and to prove it I told her that was something that was possible. And thus showed her.
Further, your transmission gears have synchronizers, and if you have the finesse you can feather the gas and rpm match and shift without a clutch.
Imagine though, if you will, you ended up SOL because your clutch cable or hydraulics had failed, but you had an emergency. I guess I'd be able to get around this while others would be fucked.
Please see the other reply I gave to the other guy.
Yes, cars will let you change gears without the clutch pressed if the synchros are A. In good shape B. You rpm match what the engine speed should be when you'd go to the next gear. The synchros (like little mini clutches) are fitted so they "rub" both the layshaft and the gear you're wanting to transfer power through so that the speed of each will be the same as you move the gearstick to move the shift fork which slides the coupler to mate the gear and layshaft together. Synchros are usually brass rings, and there can be between 1-3 brass rings to help this process. Look up a explaination on YouTube of how a transmission works so you can see what I mean.
You're welcome to take your car/truck on a back road and, while it's in like 3rd, 4th, or 5th gear just put some slight pressure on the stick towards neutral and then let off the accelerator. It'll pop right out of gear.
You use the clutch for starting out, of course. The process goes: Accelerate in 1st, ease off throttle while pushing toward N, as it pops out of gear release the accelerator pedal while GENTLY pushing the shifter to next highest gear. Once you're in gear repeat the process until cruising speed.
Downshifting is possible but can be tricky. You have to be able to match the rpm that the next gear would have you in AND then give it more gas once it engages as the input shaft will be decelerating. So you'll have to match rpm then lower the revs some as you catch the gear.
I'm thinking I might be in for a shock at some point. I've never had to plunge a toilet because they don't get blocked by anything a toilet brush won't fix.
Did used to have a sink at work we'd have to do all the time though because the moron who designed the plumbing thought "sure, twenty feet of narrow horizontal pipe is fine" and lo, it gets clogged with grit.
JayXCR · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the moron who designed the plumbing thought "sure, twenty feet of narrow horizontal pipe is fine" and lo, it gets clogged with grit.
Are clogged toilets common in any other part of the world than the US? I've literally never heard of it here in Sweden, it's just not something that happens with any regularity. Only seen it on American media.
Only time I know of (on topic as well) is when the wife put baby wipes in the toilet.
Not rich people, but I had to teach 2 roommates how to plunge the toilet. If I remember correctly, by the time we moved out, they still could never do it and always asked me to. It’s easily google-able, which is how I learned...
I have a brother in his late 50s that still doesn't know how to use a plunger and he clogs the toilet constantly. When he's at our mom's house he asks her to do it. I think she should smack him in the face with the plunger. I mean, we have the same parents and they were adamant about teaching us things. One of his kids (who is 21) always clogs the toilet now as well. When he tries to use the plunger he usually gets shit on the seat or front of the toilet. How do adults don't know this stuff? I mean, throw some Baby Ruths in the toilet and practice!
What does she think the maids are, robots or slaves or something? How could she know other humans are capable of simple actions and think those same actions are unachievable herself?
I think it was more that she never really thought about those things as something most people know how to do themselves because from her and her family's perspective, it just wasn't because they paid someone to do it for them. She really is a sweet girl but just very naive. I don't think any of those thoughts or misconceptions came from malice. Just lack of exposure to the real world.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a guy constantly asking what time jt is...by the 6th time I said "bro,there is a clock right there" he said " I don't know how to read it...grown ass man..
Couple weeks later on facebook someone shared a picture of cursive writing he made fun of the people who couldn't read it...I posted a picture of a clock and said what time does this say...he blocked me
Lol when I was tutoring some kids in France , one had an atrocious grammar in his English essay.
After having tried without success to make him understand what was wrong , I finally asked him how he would write it in French, so we could translate it...
Le sigh
He’s grammar in French was worse
Edit: I left the error, because the irony is too good, even if it's painful to read...
To be fair grammar in any language makes more sense if you have something against which to measure it.
I memorized a boat load of meaningless terms and facts about the pseudo latin way that English supposedly works to pass the tests in junior high.
When I took a few years of French in high school a lot of it started to make some sense. I learned some French grammar, but it is possible I learned more about English grammar.
Fast forward to College and I'm enrolled in a seminar where we, rule by rule, create a software system that generates grammatical sentences in the manner of Chomsky.
Only forty years of practice later and I'm the one in my department asked to do most of the writing.
On the news a while back in Australia they were debating wether or not to remove clocks and only have digital displays in schools because none of the kids knew how to read a real clock. But it’s school ffs why aren’t they teaching them?!
My Mom taught Adult ESL. She had one woman who was really struggling. She could not understand why the student was struggling with even the absolute basic writing. You know, like match the word with the picture. It turned out she was 100% illiterate in her Native Language. 1
I can relate hard. A lot of the time I had to answer questions written or orally and a lot of the time, I just wouldn’t know the answers to questions, even though I knew what the question meant and the translations of every possible answer.
bb4r55 · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were helping kids from the "bad part of town" studying and doing their homework, and it was hell.
They could never concentrate, started a fight at the slightest provocation, one even slapped the buff of the 24 y.o. blonde educator working with us (he was 13...)
And I felt for those kids, because they were trying and they were smart ...
The baseline level of anger and explosive violence at every interaction was symptomatic of real problems at home that I had no hope to solve.
A joke a lot of my French teachers in Luxembourg told us was that while the French speak the language better than we will, we at least understand there is grammar to the language.
This is not unusual. You learn the grammar of your native language when you're very young, it's an intuitive thing and you never have to learn it formally.
Yeah, that's a really good example. Even when they teach grammar in schools they never teach stuff like that, but every native English speaker just knows it intuitively.
First time I heard about the pluperfect tense was in Spanish class. None of us knew the term never mind what it meant.
Kered13 · 19 points · Posted at 02:02:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
English doesn't actually have a pluperfect. It has expressions that might be translated into Spanish (and other languages) in the pluperfect, but when someone says that English has a pluperfect they are applying other languages' grammar to English. This used to be very common, in particular people tried to apply Latin grammar (which has a pluperfect) to English. This is where rules like "don't split an infinitive" come from (in Latin an infinitive is a single word and therefore cannot be split, but the rule makes no sense in English).
English has two tenses, present and past; two voices, active and passive; and two aspects, perfect and progressive. A verb has one of the tenses, one of the voices, and zero, one, or both aspects.
Example: To run (active voice only).
Simple present: He runs.
Simple past: He ran.
Present progressive: He is running.
Past progressive: He was running.
Present perfect: He has run.
Past perfect: He had run.
Present perfect progressive: He has been running.
Past perfect progressive: He had been running.
When people talk about pluperfect in English they usually mean the past perfect.
There is no future tense, but future meaning can be created by using words like "will" or "shall" with any of the present tense forms, or "going to" with the infinitive form. Future meaning can also be created just by adding a future time reference to the sentence, for example "I leave tomorrow" (simple present tense).
You could analyze the English verbal morphology arising from a single verb stem ("be", "have", "do", "go", etc...) more systematically like so (but you should include the present tense and simple aspect either way):
INFINITIVES
"to" + verb stem
PARTICIPLES
Progressive
verb stem + "-ing"
Perfect
verb stem + "-ed" or "-en" (with many common exceptions)
Passive
verb stem + "-ed" or "-en" (with many common exceptions)
GERUNDS
verb stem + "-ing"
ADJECTIVAL FORMS
Subject (indistinguishable from the present participle; this is just a different way of analyzing what it actually is)
verb stem + "-ing"
Object (indistinguishable from the passive participle; this is just a different way of analyzing what it actually is)
verb stem + "-ed" or "-en" (with many common exceptions)
FINITE VERB FORMS (Each finite verb inflects relative to a combination of person, number, voice, polarity, tense, aspect, and mood)
Characteristics of the subject
Person:
First
Second
Third
Number:
Singular
Plural
Characteristics of the action
Voice:
Active
Middle (rare)
Polarity:
Positive
Aspect:
Simple (there is somewhat of a tendency to replace the simple present indicative with the progressive present indicative)
Gnomic (usually exclusive to the present indicative; usually inflected as if the simple present indicative)
Tense:
Present
Past
Mood:
Indicative
Imperative (usually exclusive to the second and third persons and the simple present; the first person plural form involves the inflected auxiliary "let [us]")
Essentially everything else involving inflecting verbs is done with inflected auxiliaries combined with non-finite forms as below; the highlighted verb is the one that gets inflected:
Passive voice: "be" + passive participle
Progressive aspect: "be" + progressive participle
Perfect aspect: "have" + perfect participle
Habitual aspect (usually exclusive to the past indicative): "used to" + verb stem
Negative polarity:
"do not" + verb stem in the absence of an auxiliary verb
"not" + verb stem in the presence of an auxiliary verb
Future tense:
"will" + verb stem in the indicative (expressed on a mood-by-mood basis otherwise)
Same here. Didn't get an English degree, but had to take English and literature courses in college and never learned active/passive. Only learned perfect/progressive when taking Spanish in high school. (US)
TIL what a pluperfect tense is. I've literally never heard the word so my education must've been shit. And I went to and returned to college last year.
Dude, sorry, I'm just genuinely confused by your comment. I couldn't understand what you meant about single words because it seems like an absurd statement. I for real just don't understand why whether a grammar construction is one word or two words makes any difference. What is your point in bringing that up?
Because English has to use multiple word constructions to do certain things that other languages can do in one word. It’s a cumbersome way of doing things and English itself is incredibly limited because of it. English doesn’t even have an accepted way for expressing 2nd person plural ideas and has to rely on context, the closest thing is ya’ll and most people scoff at that. It makes it difficult for ESL individuals to learn English because it’s so backwards. Pluperfect in many languages has its own case, but in English it has to be constructed of two or more different words to express the same idea. I don’t blame people for not understanding how those things work because they’re seemingly bolted on to English instead of being purpose built. There isn’t a separate case or conjugation or anything like that, it’s just a bunch of disparate words strung together that require context and experience to understand.
Okay. I think calling it "backwards" is a stretch, but okay. It just depends what language you're coming from, I guess.
In French, the plus-que-parfait (equivalent) is also composed of two words (j'avais mangé = I had eaten). Even their basic past tense (passé composé) is the same way (j'ai mangé = I ate, even though it word-for-word looks like "I have eaten").
In my experience learning languages, you tend to just learn tenses as a single unit, even if they're broken down into separate "words", but I understand that other people might learn languages differently.
My german teacher found out she had to teach one of the students how to tell time on analog. We were all grown too, she just came from a farm in a very remote town and was finally out in the big world learning things. She was really honest and sincere about things though. She seemed really curious to figure stuff out.
Honestly, learning a foreign language is a great way to better understand your native grammar. So much of what you do with your native language is unconscious, so having to think about it for a foreign language makes you more aware of what is going on in your own.
I discovered this to be true after taking italian and arabic. And english really is simple. We have no gendered language, no personal pronoun verb conjugations. Except when using time i.e past/present/future.
Italian has irregular verbs too and they have six different personal pronoun forms. I’m not sure how many Arabic has but I’m sure it’s a lot. Combine gender into those forms really throws a wrench into your speech
We did book reports in middle school. It was all about literary elements for years. I took Spanish and then learned about been conjugation and pronouns.
Hahahaha oh my God I'm so glad I'm not the only one... It's a little different as I teach English to German students, but more often than I should I end up explaining German grammar first so I can show similarities or differences in English. Or just plainly give them an idea of their native language. Jeez.
My Spanish teacher had to do that in high school. I've learned a couple languages since and noticed that people who understand their own grammar are always much better at learning the grammar of another language.
I wish teachers taught more grammar after elementary school. I don't remember learning much about it (or even being graded on it in essays) after that. I only know grammar well because I have just read so many books and did my own research before taking the SAT. It's amazing at my full-time job the number of people who don't know basic grammar things. I don't blame them. I know it's just the education system.
To be honest, I learned a lot more about English grammar and phonetics in my French classes than I did in my English classes.
I read a lot as a kid, so I guess I just had a good idea of how to write fairly well. As a result, my teachers would continue teaching new things of writing to me, but we never actually went over the basics of sentence structure or anything until I was in French classes.
Not odd at all. Every foreign language class I ever took started out with a review of English grammar so that all the students would have some idea what was being described.
ChrysW · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I intentionally took German as my foreign language to help with English grammar. It paid off when I took my required graduate-level English course and could apply what I learned in my German lessons to what my grammar teacher couldn't explain well but required me to know. I majored in English, but that class was so hard for my peers to figure out because grammar is tricky and rarely taught well. In fact, many students failed that course because it was so hard, which hurt a lot of people because it was one of the last classes we were required to take before graduation.
So how did you know doing German would help with English?
ChrysW · 1 points · Posted at 00:04:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know for sure if it would help, but German is one of the parent languages of English, so I figured some of our odder rules might be explained. The biggest explanation were those compound words English has. Why are these words together but not those? I didn't look deep into these connections, but I figure some are German.
The biggest help came with passive voice, which isn't even a thing in German. In German, you can switch around your subject and object for emphasis, which we don't do in English. But they tell you not to use passive voice all the time in writing classes, and I didn't understand what that meant until I learned the German emphasis rule. I mean, the professor might've explained the English rules too but I can't remember (my German prof had a day job so this class started at 730 at night and ran until after 9 most of the time. It made for a long day, like I used to skip sometimes for safety because I commuted an hour on ruralish highways and would start to see shit if I was too tired). It was a good connection to make, but I still can't find passive voice in English easily. At least I understand it deep down thanks to that guy. He mostly told stories and didn't get super deep into things, but I still learned a few things so it was worth it. I just wish he didn't have that day job the semester I had an 8 a.m. class, shit was brutal.
I learned more about English grammar in my high school Latin class than I ever did in English. Sentence diagramming is actually pretty cool and I plan to include it in my children's educational experiences.
That also happened to me! I didn't know what a preposition was until junior year of high school when we had to learn them in German class. Frau was not pleased. But thats public schools for you!
English grammar isn't taught as frequently or as well as it should be. I teach high school German and I find that I also have to give basic English grammar lessons for students to understand what a definite or indefinite article is, or what a modal verb is.
Which makes sense. I'd picked up the basics of grammar by high school because it personally interested me and I liked to write, and it was definitely an advantage for me. So many kids didn't know what nouns and verbs were, or even that English and other languages had order and rules that made them work, so being suddenly told to memorize a list of irregular verbs was meaningless to them. English classes were heavily skewed toward the study of literature, and not the language itself and its history and mechanics.
Its more common than you think. Sometimes we need to teach students Spanish before we teach them English, as they lack sufficient knowledge in Spanish to use it as a frame of reference.
I learned more english grammar in german than I did in english.
Ugbrog · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was asked for an infinitive form of a verb in English class and only knew it because I had been taking German. Infinitive itself was a word that was never really mentioned.
This happened in my Japanese classes too! I was in a K-12 immersion program so by high school we were pretty much fluent. I learned what a gerund was in Japanese before ever even hearing that word used in English.
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grammar has always been pretty good, but I never formally learned most of it until I was taking Spanish classes in high school. Learned the proper names for the tenses in English so I could figure out what the Spanish equivalent was supposed to be.
English grammar is pretty basic and is learned very early. European languages have more complex grammar and is taught well into high school.
When English speaking people want to learn a European language those basic grammar concepts are a big help but we have mostly forgotten them.
I only learned what nouns/pronouns/proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs were from my Latin teacher in 9th grade.
Caro63 · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this.
I learned French grammar all right. But english? My first language? I definitely pause and have to strongly think about what an adjective, adverb, etc is
chiree · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm learning Spanish as a native English speaker and I have to learn English grammar as a part of that.
It's not as absurd as it sounds. They only taught us English grammar in primary school, and it's something I hadn't "studied" in 30 years. I just speak and things sound right or wrong, kind of like I know how to walk, but couldn't tell you name of the muscles in my leg.
But with Spanish, it's taught meticulously. The average Spaniard knows the names of things grammatical concepts. That's just not true for (American) English speakers.
I've found learning how English grammar works has massively improved my understanding of Spanish.
TL:DR- English isn't taught to native speakers the same way other countries teach their languages.
For a few decades in the UK English grammar wasn't taught in schools. For lots of us our first real brush with formal grammar was learning a second or additional language.
totally the school system at fault here. I remember I forgot even the fucking alphabet at one point ... meanwhile here I am speaking several languages as an adult. They really tried to do everything to make us dumb in there... glad I started teaching myself by 13...
I read a very interesting study a few years ago. Basically it talked about how students (in this case students learning English as a second language) needed to know the basic grammar and spelling of their native tongue before they could learn another. It was incredibly interesting to read about, and not one that schools necessarily consider a lot of the time.
Native speakers really don’t need to know systematic grammar at all as long as they’ve had good exposure to “proper” speech and writing. Even then, that’s more of a register thing.
Every English teacher says everything the last one taught you was wrong and says they have to reteach everything. I'm thinking that's to an extent what's going on here, or is at least the reason the kids weren't using it the way she wanted.
To be fair, I often have to teach Japanese kids Japanese grammar so I can teach them how English is different. I think people just don’t think about the grammar of their native language much.
Lmao this actually helped me on my SATs. There was a multiple choice question asking which sentence was grammatically correct. I didn’t know the answer, so I translated the sentence to French and only one was correct.
In all fairness, although I had been doing well in English classes, I learned a lot about English grammar by taking high school German. (As it happened, Herr Schilling taught both - two of his periods were German, the rest were English classes.)
I went to a private elementary school where they drilled the hell out of us about grammar. I spent a year in public school in Grade 6 and found I corrected the teacher's grammar lessons about 2 or 3 times. We already knew object, preposition, adjectives, adverbs, tense and person in grade 5, but grade 6 public school was just getting to subject-predicate.
When I got into the private high school associated with the private grade school, the Spanish teacher complained he had to stop teaching Spanish for 5 to 6 months to teach the public elementary school graduates basic grammar, since Spanish is a very rules-based language and each word has a different form depending on gender, singular-plural, verbs endings depend on tense and singular-plural, etc.
Yes and no.
English is very random, minimal word dependencies,and many wordings (like adjective endings) don't change dependent on the gender or plural.
red shoes red coat; I jump you jump they jump. I will jump. Maybe I will jump. Verb tense is moderately ambiguous.
Spanish, by contrast has very definite word suffixes which determine the details to the point where, for example, you can drop the "yo" because the verb indicate you mean yourself. Also verb tenses are complex and dependent on the exact situation.
Many native speakers, especially English, don't pay a great deal of attention to verb tenses; they just know what "sounds right".
55 years ago, I can still name the 8 types of words in grammar, including gerunds. Trivia that "If I were you..." is a vestigial remnant of the subjunctive in English, etc. etc.
To be fair, does anyone receive the kind of detailed, precise description of their native language that they do in a foreign language class? I've never had an English teacher talk about future pluperfect tense or subjunctive mood, but you sure have to learn it in your first couple years of a 2nd language.
It's definitely generational, but this still kind of amazes me, though. I mean, I'm teaching my son to read an analog clock and he's five. You'd also think it would come up in school at some point.
It's surprising to me because reading analog clocks was included in my English and Mathematics textbooks back when I was elementary, even though we already have digital clocks to an extent.
Im pretty sure that (at least where i live) they dont teach kids how to read analog clocks anymore in school. I remember learning that in 2nd grade. It was one of the more fun things we did because we all got little paper clocks to play with and move the hands around. That was... 22 years ago though.
I live in a French/English town and went to a French school but outside of I only really spoke English. Anyway nobody really explained to me that French use military time and the rest of Ontario uses standard time .so kid me was confused when the teacher would say the bus leaves to school at 15:15 but my mom told me it was 3:15 and such. I never figured it out till I was like 12.
In grade four my teacher asked me what time is it on the analog clock. I said 2:35pm. Everyone laughed at me because it was 2:34pm. Fuck that whole class
Well a lot of younger peeps do not know how to read a watch dial (instead of digital numbers), write a check, or send snail mail. Also funny is give them an old dial phone and suggest they make a phone call. ;-P To be fair, the old phones go against how people currently use push buttons so I doubt I'd figure it out if I had not seen it either. ;-P
We don't all live in a place that uses checks. Im in my 30s and have never written one, because they're an archaic and fraud prone form of transferring money. Nobody in the Netherlands has written or deposited a check in a decade, unless it was mailed from abroad.
Also funny is give them an old dial phone and suggest they make a phone call.
That would get you nowhere in a lot of places, since network support for pulse dialing is hardly universal anymore.
In the USA, sometimes you do still have to send checks, some govt agencies do not take cash for instance. For property taxes, I think you have to do checks. Sometimes you do also have to send snail mail as an adult. Not knowing is an issue but the more funny part to me is that young kids often do not think to just google how to do it. Yeah old dial phones are not needed anymore, it's just kind of a fun way for old farts to tease young kids a tad. ;-P
Well... no, of course not. You pay by bank transfer, or, if you're from the pre-internet or pre-phone-banking days, you pay per (pre filled) Giro
Also, as an adult, I honestly can't recall the last time I sent snail mail that wasn't a birthday card or something like that. Its quite possible I've never done that in a private setting.
There is America, people rarely pay by bank transfer, my bank charges $40 per transfer, I only do it for big international transfers. And I never heard of Giro, it's not uncommon to pay by check here. Kids don't know how to write one because as kids, they get most of their money from their parents and don't have to pay govt fees, etc.
A few years ago my sister was visiting and I was putting my tax return in an envelope to mail it (back when they still had form 1040EZ, R.I.P.) and she said "They allow you do that?" as if everybody was required to e-file or something and snail mail was forbidden.
Don’t they say Seven minus fifteen instead of Six forty-five in French?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something like that, yea. But that's almost the same as we do in English, we say stuff like "15 minutes past 5" and "15 minutes til 5". It's essentially the same system, just using slightly different words.
It’s not exactly the same. Those are optional phrases in English, but in some other languages that’s that main common way you say the time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear after and til all the time where I'm from. Maybe it's just me. I have also seen times in French just done like "six heures et vingt minutes" or "six heures vingt." I guess it just depends.
I had a 9th grader in my class who legit did not know the months. Like he straight up could not tell you half of the months, and they wouldn’t be in order.
We had this driver once who had no idea what's the difference between am and pm maybe he had no concept of time. We told him that we need to go out somewhere tomorrow night so come pick us up at 6pm. That guy showed up at early morning 6am. I was a kid back then so I don't remember much but eventually we taught him how to tell what time is it properly.
My brother got a TBI and one of the cognitive test they give you is showing you an analog clock and asking you what time it says. I had to explain to the therapist that the test (he completely failed) was useless because he couldn't tell time on an analog clock before the brain injury.
Same with military time (also on a 24-hour scale). I had to teach a lot of my junior Marines how to read a clock first, then how to convert that to military time. Also how to reprogram their phones and digital watches to spare them from the painful mental math...
That's actually why a few of my friends took German, and why my English grade got better. German's strict language structure forced you to be able to dissect an English sentence
I can’t judge, I was living in Kuwait when I was supposed to be at school in America learning to tell time. I can read it but VERY slowly, like it takes me about 30-60 seconds. Oops.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe it. My sister couldn’t tell time until she was in like 7th grade
I "learned" in kindergarten how to read a clock. But it never really made sense to me? I grew up around digital clocks in military time. I'm 21 now and I'm just kinda getting the hang of it but struggle with anything that isn't exactly 15, 30, 45. So I estimate a lot or just use my phone. When I tell people they're kinda surprised and probably immediately think I'm dumb lol
To be fair, French time is a worded a bit differently than English time. But also to be fair, French in general is worded differently when translated. Even so, I was never taught to think of 10:55 as onze heures moins cinq (until I was forced to think of it that way).
antivn · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s still down though isn’t it
N33chy · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends how you define "down." I'm just making the argument for argument's sake, not cause it really matters. But to be sure, "down" is generally defined as 90 deg / perpendicular to the surface you're standing on. If the clock is level and a hand is pointed at anything other than 6, then that hand is not pointing directly downward.
TXR22 · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody said "directly down" though, the joke simply used the phrase "hands down" :)
N33chy · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, and that's why I pointed out that I'm being excessively pedantic. I'm an engineer, this is how my brain works, and I thought some other people would find it amusing.
TXR22 · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an engineer
I'm so sorry :(
N33chy · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on if you have a traditional clock that rotates the hands smoothly, or a newer one that has a processor inside it that snaps the hands to each position. It's sort of like the clocks where the seconds hand "ticks" around rather than moving smoothly, except sometimes the minute and (more rarely, but I've seen it) hour hands do it too. It's essentially just a digital clock, but dressed up to look analogue. They often lack the seconds hand, too.
I've seen ones where the minute hand is on a stepper that can only drive the minute hand down to the minute with the hour hand geared to the minute hand. I've never seen one where both are driven independently. Not sure if I've just never noticed the ones with it, but it'd be a lot more expensive to produce ones like that at any real volume.
Deazus · 0 points · Posted at 02:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not many people in the US use the 24hr (military) clock, but it is fantastic - avoids any kind of confusion if you know how to use it properly. None of that 03.30PM/03.30AM shit.
It's insane, right?! I can't even remember when I started using the 24hr clock for things - it must be at least 25 years ago. It's just so easy and gets rid of any confusion!
It's also like the NATO phonetic alphabet. We use it all the time in the UK so I know it off by heart - then I come to N America and people I talk to are "A as in Alfred", "B as in Border"...FFS! What?!? There's an entire protocol for this shit! And what is the 'as in...' nonsense?!
I spell out a booking code: Alpha, Zulu, Charlie, Foxtrot, Juliet, 869.........interminable silence.
A as in Apple, Z as in Zebra, C as in Comic (no shit!), F as in....whatever the fuck you want it to mean because you don't know what the fuck I'm talking about and you're scratching around for words to spell out the rest of the booking number. AARGH.
As a former person in a call center, I can say that our team had the US (not sure if there’s a variance between English speaking militaries or not so I’m specifying) military’s phonetic alphabet taped to each of our desks right next to the phone. When I got transferred to a different team, I printed it out and taped it down. (Yes, I had memorized most of it, but sometimes you forget letters/words.)
I couldn’t agree more. I changed my phone over several years back to learn military time and I’m so glad I stuck it out and learned it. It’s such a better system.
Once you know it you never want to go back! It's so ridiculously easy! And has no opportunity for misunderstanding. Which is why the military use it obvs!
I worked midnights and woke up from a nap thinking I’d slept 13 hours straight through work, because 7am and 7pm are both dark in the winter here. Immediately switched to military time and 15 years later, still use it.
The big hand is minutes of the hour no matter what, in 5 minute increments. 1 is five minutes past the hour. 2 is 10 minutes past the hour. So on and so forth.
The little hand is the hour and will creep slowly during the entire hour it is, from the number of the hour it is to the next.
So 4:45 PM for example would have the big hand at 9, and the little hand almost to the 5. But until it touches the 5 it's still 4th hour of the 12 hour clock.
I hope that made sense.
marly- · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it's a joke, but if you're serious you can try to get an analogue and digital clock in the same vicinity so when you check them together you can see what that specific time looks like. Your computer might do this and your phone's clock widget/app may do this on the icon or somewhere while you can check the top.
In case you don’t know the shorter one is for hour and longer one is for minutes. Just multiply 5 with de number the long needle point at to have the minutes. Just a small trick my parents taught me when I learn how to read clock.
My sister is graduated with honors from William and mary one of the smartest people I know. But cant read an Analog clock.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The little hand points to the hour while the big hand points to the minutes. For the long hand, each number on the clock represents five minutes. So I'm looking at my clock right now, and the little hand is on the ten. The big hand is past the one, but has almost reached the two, but not quite. That makes it 10:09.
This made me think about how I learnt it. It seems no one taught me! I just picked it up by figuring it out whenever my parents would tell me the time when I was younger and mapping that with the clock on the wall.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol my parents didn’t let me and my little sister get a digital watch until I was in 5th grade. Said they were afraid we would forget this potentially crucial skill.
This is something I kind of worry about. Are children even taught to read analog clocks anymore? I learned how to read a clock/watch in elementary school (same with writing in cursive), but I get the feeling that's no longer the case...
I'm 22 and from Europe and we definitely learned how to read analog. I had to relearn it three times and I still always forget how to read it, so eventually I gave up. Dunno why my brain works like this. But I'd guess there are people out there who are just like me, so I'm not judging. As long as they can read at least digital...
I know how to read them but my brain is really slow doing it, I have to pay a lot of attention to the clock to really understand it.
This doesn't happen anymore thanks to smartphones, but in the past I used to ask for the time to people, they used to show me their analog wrist clocks too quickly and most of the times I didn't understand the hour, but I was too ashamed to ask again.
I thought I was the only one. I don't know how people read them so quickly. I have to really focus to process what it says and then double check it in my head. I'm generally a pretty quick person, I just have a hard time thinking in math and I guess that extends to analog clocks.
If you're somebody who wears a watch every day, a quick glance is all it takes. But even as somebody who does wear a watch constantly I will admit that I will occasionally have to look multiple times and think hard before I actually process what time it is when the time is pre-coffee.
I'm 14 and from Germany and we also were thought reading analoge clocks and writing cursive but after the start of 5th grade almost everyone stops bothering to use cursive
Being marginally faster to write has never mattered to me. I could write fast enough in print to keep up with my professors without any difficulty, so writing faster wouldn't have been an advantage. On the flip side, print is generally much easier and faster to read, which I'd say is far more beneficial when studying.
I've barely written anything by hand in the 8 years I've been out of college. The occasional card, sticky note, and shopping list is about it. Writing something that short any faster might save me a second or two? Not exactly a big loss.
Cursive is so much faster for me and I have no problems reading it either. Every time I have to write (occasional machine readable forms) in print it just feels so tedious.
I am still writing a lot by hand. I keep meeting notes and organisational notes by hand in cursive because every other method I tried is just inferior.
I was forced to write in cursive for a couple years in elementary school and it was awful. Being left-handed, my fingers were moving away from my hand and my teachers would get PISSED if I lifted my hand at all to continue writing. Fuck cursive.
I remember here in the UK, we were always taught that "joined up writing" (I don't think I heard the word cursive until my late teens) would be essential when we grew up, went to university and work. Always worried me because I never had great writing (I'm a leftie and my year 1 teacher was so oblivious that she didn't even notice that when I wrote independently, I was left handed, but because I'm mildly ambidextrous, when she came to "help" me write, and because she was right handed, I'd write with my right hand, and they always forced us to write with these horrible pens that didn't dry quick enough so every day for 6 years of primary school, I'd come home with my left hand covered in ink and smudged work).
Got to university. Everything's digital. Got to work. Everything's digital. I literally can't remember the last time I had to do something other than quick notes for myself with a pen and paper.
These days, even my quick notes for myself are block caps.
Yeah I'm 19 and learned several times throughout my life, but my education was always really online so I nearly always had a digital clock closer to me.
I used to try and force myself to relearn when I forgot but its just so rare for me to need it that I always forget soon after
I'm from Germany and nobody ever taught me. I just looked at the numbers and saw the direction the hands were rotating in. The only thing one of my parents taught me that there's 12 hours in the morning and afternoon, and that an hour has 60 minutes and 60 seconds. Rest is easy enough for a toddler to understand on their own.
Ikr. I was taught to read analog clocks. It's useful when I'm sitting at the train station next to the analog clock and don't feel like moving the 10m it takes to read one of the digital clocks (let's ignore my phone and digital watch I have on me in those situations for my point)
(let’s ignore my phone and digital watch I have on me in those situations for my point)
But that is the point - digital clocks are now as ubiquitous as analog clocks were when we stopped using the sun to estimate the time. There is literally never a situation where I don’t have my phone or watch on me and I desperately need to know the time and couldn’t just ask somebody. Imagine what it’ll be like in 5-10 years when all of the non-cursive digital clock people make up a good portion of the workforce.
Well, my point was more that even in the situation that I have one anaolg clock, I can take a few steps to get to a digital one. Sorry if that wasn't cleae
Sundials read like the hour hand of an analog clock, it's not complicated. Placing them is a bit more work (you have to know your latitude), but that's completely different.
It’s not like analog clocks are rare though. They are all over. I am not allowed to use phones at my work and we have analog clocks, so your only option would be a watch.
That’s like when adults said to us that we won’t have a calculator in our pocket. Kids today aren’t going to need the same same skills you currently need.
I’m 14, I was taught cursive in elementary school, but we were only given about 2 classes on the basics of reading a clock (from what I can remember). The rest I learned from my family. And I’m still really terrible at it. I don’t understand how people can take one glance and know the time. I have to stare at it for a good 15 seconds before I understand.
I think being able to read analog clocks at a glance simply comes with repetition. It’s very common nowadays to have a digital time display as your most often used clock (like your smartphone or computer), so you’re probably not looking at analog nearly as much. When I was young (the 70s!) it was the reverse. Digital clocks were much less common, so I was always looking at an analog clock or watch to tell time. Do this all day for years and you’ll have the positions of the hands memorized to the point where it’s practically like reading words. My sister is only four years younger than me and she actually had a difficult time learning to tell analog time at first because digital clocks and watches suddenly became so popular. I’ll bet if you switched your smartphone and computer displays to analog time you’d quickly improve your reading speed.
I'm 30 and we were taught how to read analog clocks. I'm not sure if they teach it anymore. I substitute teach for high school and whenever the room has an analog clock, the kids will ask me the time because they can't read it.
Most people don't seem to anymore, at least not people in their 30s or younger. I know a few people with artsy ones, but that's it.
Everyone has two clocks in their kitchen on their oven and microwave, some have digital alarm clocks in their bedroom, and everyone else just uses the smartphone that is literally always on hand/within reach, or a smartwatch.
Wixmas · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a large-ish one in the living room, a small one in the bathroom that you can see from in the shower, and a small one in the kitchen that I don't remember buying, but its there now.
I learned and during my childhood I was surrounded by analog clocks (my first wrist watches were analog because digital ones were too expensive and frail), but my mind has always done this abandoning me thing when I need to read them for something important
Like, if I take a minute I usually don’t have, I can do it, otherwise, I can only tell how much time has passed since I read it last (usually for cooking) but that’s it
Last time I tried an analog-looking watch on my Apple Watch, it was easier for me to do the math with the foreign time zone I had at the bottom of the screen (I was living abroad, so I wanted to know the time at home) than to read Mickey Mouse’s hands (and any other clock’s for that matter)
Good question. I worked in education, middle school ages 11-14, and I always had students asking for the time even with an analog clock in every room. It blew my mind when the first student told me they did not know how to read it. I worked to teach each student who asked how to read it because of that first student.
We had a whole first grade math unit on how to tell time on an analog clock (and also how to make change, illustrated by pictures of quarters and dimes lol). This was in 1998 though.
I learned how to read analog clocks but I am really slow at reading them and there was a single half assed attempt to teach cursive at school. It is sometimes readable but often looks like gibberish. My dad also put some efforts make me learn analog clocks but I don’t know how much that helped.
They are taught but a lot don't take it in, if the ones I've worked with are anything to go by. I teach maths so analogue clocks seemed like a great way to build familiarity with factors, fractions, angles, etc. but it's not much use when loads of kids aren't fluent in reading a clock face.
Makes sense though really, when do they ever use analogue clocks now? They get the time off their phones. Clocks are still commonplace in classrooms (here at least) but it's far more ingrained to look at numbers in your hand or on your wrist to get the time for them than it is to look at the wall and make spatial calculations to figure it out.
Interestingly, lots of kids who had a weak ability/reluctance to read analogue clocks also didn't know or couldn't grasp that an hour was 60 minutes. I guess because if you're looking at a digital display count up and you understand decimal numbers (at least they had that down!) you'd assume the hour rolls over after 100 minutes. I don't know if they'd missed that people say it's half past at xx:30 or the minutes go 59 to 00 but it might explain their horrendous timekeeping.
I have a third grader and kindergartener, third grader was taught in first grade, kindergartener is starting to learn now (they touch upon it at the end of the year and he’s fascinated with it so we are working on it this summer)
They're taught it, but if you don't use it ever again, you forget. And they never see one regularly in real life. All the clocks they use are digital. Even the clocks in schools are often digital, and if they're not, they just use their phones.
I had to teach myself how to read a clock as an adult. We covered it extremely briefly in class when I was like 7, and then I never had much need for it. When I reached an age where I started to care about the time, the clock in my parents home was digital, and they were wore watches so I could just ask them. In school I didn't really need to know what time it was, as I could just keep track of it by the subjects, the bell or just by what everyone else was doing. Later watches where replaced by cellphones, so I started to have even less of a need to learn it.
Finally sat down one day and learned how to read a clock. It took me about 5 minutes, most of which was spend on googling it.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 00:11:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I take you never got in trouble for constantly watching the clock in school🙄
Seeing that my desk was facing a wall, for some reason, no. No I did not.
Edit: Actually now that I think back I did actually get in trouble for it once in a while. Sometimes the lessons were so boring that it was more interesting to stare at something I could not understand and try to make sense of it.
In both high schools I worked in, the hallway clocks were digital, and they all had cell phones and school issued laptops that we used on a daily basis.
I'm 36. Learned how to read an analog clock in school and all that jazz. As with you, I've never really had a need know exactly how to read an analog clock down to the minute and just sort of shuffled the knowledge aside in my mind. If I did need to read an analog one, I could if I looked at it for a moment but not at a glance. Then I bought a wrist watch that had an analog face with a small digital readout below. I used it to train myself to know the time at just a glance. Now, I have my grandparents' grandfather clock in my living room and would rather look at it than a digital clock.
Are there many uses for your new found skill? I feel like I read analog clocks so little, last time I used that skill frequently was in elementary school when I had an analog watch
Not really. In most cases where I need to know the time I just check my phone. I have used it a couple of time in the years since I learned it, a good part of which was for riddles and other non time keeping purposes.
I feel like there's analog clocks in rooms occasionally in a school or work setting. In my state of maximal laziness I'd rather glance up at the clock to tell the time than get my phone out of my pocket, it's marginally quicker.
Yeah I think that's the only situation I've really seen analog clocks, but even those I sometimes see getting replaced with digital ones, particularly when they start breaking
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 00:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has always been strange to me. I was never directly taught by my parents how to read a clock, I just kinda figured it out myself. By the time I got to school, I was literally the only kid in my class that could actually read a clock. Even up into Middle School, the majority of the class didn't know how to read one.
I'm not even talking like Roman Numeral clocks that some teachers have, I mean straight up, 1 through 12 clocks.
I'm 20, I can tell the time from a analogue clock but is does take an embarrassingly long time.
I feel like the main problem is the prevalence of digtal clocks, one quick glance and you know the time till the minute precise. digtal clocks are everywhere, easy to read in an instant; whilst analogue clocks are far less common, arguably harder to read at a minute precise, and therefore simply not looked at enough to be familiar enough with the clock to tell the time quickly.
I had to have a special tutor teach me how to read an analog clock in the fourth grade because I just wasn’t getting it. I kept switching the big hand and little hand. I finally just went along with the tutor even though I thought it was stupid.
It wasn’t until about 10 years ago that I realized the reason I was doing that was because I felt the hour was more important than the minute, so the hour should have the bigger (more important) hand. I guess I didn’t realize that was reasoning at the time to verbalize it. If someone would have explained that the minutes get the longer hand because the tick marks are smaller, I would have said, “Ohhhh! That makes sense!”
I had a hard time learning about open vs closed equipment in electric distribution because of that sort of mentality. Open like a door, or open for business, so the electricity should flow, right? And closed means stopped or blocked.
No. An open device has some kind of physical gap that stops the flow of electricity, and a closed device doesn't have the gap. I had to deliberately think about the physical properties of the device setup for a long time before the concept was cemented in my head.
Another grown ass man here - I have no idea why but it always takes me ages to read an analogue clock. Everyone else seems to be able to just instinctively tell what the time is but I have to stop and work it out.
I even wore an analogue watch for two years, and that didn't seem to help at all. I've come to the conclusion that this, in conjunction with a lot of other evidence proves that I am in fact, an idiot.
It does make sense. The reason I ask is I remember reading that left handed people have a harder time reading analog clocks because of how their mind works. I'm left handed and I have the same issue you do. Reading takes forever, even with regularly wearing an analog watch. I'm guessing that it's not wholly a left handed phenomenon, just more common in that group.
You could be mildly dyslexic. That's one of the symptoms they use to help diagnose it. I struggle as well, and it wasn't until my sister was helping a dyslexic friend redo his paperwork for a new job and spotted it as a symptom that either of us had any idea I had mild dyslexia (that isn't my only symptom, but I had always attributed my organisational issues to ADD/ADHD and thought that as I am ok at reading I couldn't possibly have it).
I am a little frustrated by some of the other answers on this thread that imply that there's an issue with someone not being able to tell the time in adulthood. As someone who has struggled with it my whole life despite constant practice and teaching, I find it a bit insulting that people seem to be assuming that if you can't tell the time you either are too lazy to learn or an idiot.
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 00:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
But in 2020, it’s no longer a basic thing. Everyone has a phone or a digital clock. There’s no need to know how to read an analog clock. I was never taught how to use a rotary phone or a floppy disk- this is the same concept. It’s antiquated technology.
Analog clocks are still used as a decoration or for wrist clocks, It's not an essential thing anymore, but it's an easy thing to learn that it still has a minimum day to day use.
It's like knowing roman numbers, or stuff like this.
I know Roman numerals because I found it an interesting thing to know and taught myself, but I can’t remember the last time I actually used that knowledge. It’s just not something important in 2020.
It’s cool to know but definitely not a “basic” or “essential” life skill
I had to learn roman numerals for anatomy stuff (like the cranial nerves). I think it's just preferred because it looks better, but also then you can use subscript in a less confusing ways, like for nerve branches (ex: CN V1, V2, and V3, or the 3 branches of cranial nerve 5)
I mean it's acceptable if you're a 2nd grader but once you get past the age of 10, there's no excuse.
It kinda blows my mind that people don't know it, but idk, "I wasn't taught and it isn't all that important of a skill since I always have a non-analog device that tells time with me, plus wall clocks aren't particularly common outside of grade school classrooms" is a pretty good excuse.
I don't know when the last time I saw a an analog time device other than my watch was.
I don't. Never have. Honestly they're way too expensive for what they are; I could either get a new iPhone or an epic gaming PC (like i5-9600k with RTX 2070) for $1000; I'd rather have the latter.
Lol. I was camping and sharing a tent with another couple. We were squeezed in pretty tight and all our phones were in the top hammock pocket of the tent.
In the morning we started rustling around and someone said “I wonder what time it is?”
I looked at my watch and pressed this little glow button and told them the time. The guy who asked shot up and said “How the fuck do you know what time it is?”
I mean there is an excuse and that’s because it’s an old and antiquated way to tell time?
The amount of times I’ve had to tell the time without some sort of device onhand that could just tell me is probably in the single digits. I know how to calculate it because I can multiply by 5, but I don’t recognize any of the positions by memory or anything.
I guess it might be a shock that people don’t, but I’m really confused as to why it would baffle you? I feel like it’s pretty reasonably expected.
I think for some people it's a shock because they don't recall ever learning it in the first place. I'm young, but there were analog clocks in the house so I don't remember learning it at all. I don't need to go through any process in my head to know that time, I see it and I know it in a split-second. I don't know what else to compare it too but it's a more basic process than tying my shoes. So, the first time I realized people don't know how to read those clocks I thought it was a weird thing because it's second nature from my perspective.
I get it though if you haven't grown up with it. I mean, when I look at a 24hr time I need to think about it for a second if it is too far past 12 because it's a system I rarely use.
I think there's a shame component that can set in with people who were not taught, even though it's not their fault, and it's possible to get by without it now so they do. I had to teach myself as a young adult because no one taught me at the right age, and by the time I realized what an outlier I was, I was too embarrassed to ask for an explanation or look it up.
Same! And yet there are still kids at my high school who can't read an analog clock. Like, I have an analog watch and someone asked me if it was a compass or thermometer because he didn't recognize an analog watch face. What is wrong with people?
Thats honestly fucking hilarious
"What time is it?"
Blocked o' clock
Lmfao
agolec · 4 points · Posted at 00:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not gonna lie, analog clock worksheets messed with my head in 1st grade, and I struggled with it when asked on paper what time it was. But one day while we were in the middle of learning it still, I finally put 2 and 2 together when I saw both hands pointing straight up meant it was 12:00. Then I saw that every number on the face had 5 notches between it.....60 notches on the whole face. Long hand is the minutes, and bam.
Like all that dawned on me all in that instant and I felt like I learned the entire universe's worth of information in a single instant. But it was just my eureka moment with analog clocks at 6 years old.
I was homeschooled, so reading an analog clock wasn’t necessary because well, we had the microwave clock and the oven clock. I still have a hard time reading them and I kick myself because of it.
There’s this test for dementia/Alzheimer’s that involves clocks where they ask you to draw one at a certain time and the level of inability to do so is a cheap way to quickly see if there’s an issue worth investigating further. It’s used a lot because it’s cheap and easy... not to say it’s a good measure of mental capacity for everyone but I just thought it was interesting that there are folks who couldn’t ever do that test as is
Please don't get me started on analog clocks and cursive. Apparently my 20-something nephew doesn't possess the fine motor control necessary to write in cursive. I'm afraid to ask about clocks.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason I was never taught this as a kid and ended up teaching myself when I realized everyone else but me knew. So I went all through elementary school and maybe even somewhat into high school before I knew how to read a clock. I dont know if I should thank digital clocks for helping me or hindering me through this process.
21 years old here, still dont know how to read a clock. The school I went to the year we were taught had no analog clocks, all digital. Everywhere I went had digital. You can try and teach me something on a peice of paper all you want but if I cant apply it I probably wont hold it
My daughter went from regular math in 3rd grade to advanced math in 4th grade so they did 5th grade math. Some sections were gone over very quickly in order to set the pace for the bigger lessons. She got sick and out Of all the units to skip she missed the day with how to tell time. Currently, 3 years later she still uses this as her excuse when she claims to not know what “a quarter past” means or how a clock works
Lol your taking it the wrong way...we work together, he is a dick, im a dick besides he litterly almost said what you said about the cursive.. grow just a little bit thicker skin
I learned when my Grandma found out I didn't know how to read the analog clock as a kid...She would randomly ask me for weeks 'what time is it?' and correct me if I was wrong... She also taught me the art of gambling..😂😂😂 she loved playing cards.. we played a lot..She play ma jong (Chinese tile game) and Gamble's in small amount to this day... She in her 80s.....Learned chess from the two gramps RIP to one of them...chess taught me to be more calculated when needed. They taught me a lot...
Too say the least.. I was losing (since 6 or 7) all the time in card games and chess until 13...haha..That day..They knew I was ready.
Teacher here....when I first started, I was horrified to discover just how many middle schoolers have no idea how to tell time. Made sense though why they were constantly asking me what time it was.
Ouch. It took me a while to figure out clocks, i was always so embarrassed I’d pretend I knew what the time was. So many times I’d ask people “hey you know what time it is?” And if they pointed out a clock I’d pretend I didn’t see it because I didn’t want them to make fun of me. Eventually I figured it out but I always second-guess myself.
As a teacher, I have an analogue clock hanging in my room over our smart board. And I have all of our digital clocks in the classroom set to military time.
I might need to change the above to past tense. We shall see...
This to me is crazy because I learned how to tell the time from an analog clock not once, not twice, but three times in school. In grade four, five and six, in great detail each time. I'm not old, I'm 22, and it isn't a hard concept, so how people older than me don't know how to read the time is beyond me.
Syl27 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I credit my ability to read cursive to the jolly experience of reading my classmates' shitty handwriting as I copied- no, transcribe their notes. Hard to believe that they could read those scribbles. Occasionally, they really couldn't read what they wrote.
Luckily my infant seems mesmerized by my analog watch. My dad has the same Seiko divers watch for 30 years, and when I was old enough to be responsible he got me the same one. I'm got to do the same for my son and teach him how to read it (long before buying the watch for him)
My sister, a grown ass woman, wears one of those big clunky ass watches. If you ask her time it is she doesn't say 8:55 but 55 after 8. Never 5 til 9 either. Its always "___ after ____". Its not necessarily wrong but its amusing.
This is true. The reason you shouldn’t microwave forks is because an electric potential can form between the tines, which can spark if the potential is too high.
I still wouldn’t recommend microwaving anything metal, since there is still a risk of sparking, it’s just lower for sheets of metal
Not sure if I'd call it "horrifying," but pretty ridiculous, nonetheless. It's about me. I just moved into my first home in February of this year. I live alone and am single. Earlier this month I mowed my lawn for the first time. I have never mowed a lawn before, but I'm thinking, how hard can it be? (The answer: not hard at all). Prior to that, I had roped my brother into coming over and doing it for me, but this time I figured I need to actually learn. The lawnmower is an old push mower of my dad's that he had brought over about a month ago, and he quickly gave me the rundown on how to use it, but I was half paying attention, plus..it's a lawnmower.
So anyway, I go to start it up, takes me at least 10 tries of pulling the cord as hard as I can with no luck until finally it fires up. I then proceed to begin mowing, and I KNOW this thing is self-propelling - it says so right on it, but I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why it's so hard to push. The wheels aren't locked or anything, so I just figure it's a combination of me not having much upper body strength and my lawn having a lot of uneven spots/divots that prevented the mower from moving smoothly. I finally finish, sweating my ass off like I had just finished seriously working out (my yard is very small...even I finished the front and back in about a half hour-40 mins). Upon reflection, I'm still not convinced that the mower was self-propelling. I mean I know I'm not strong and am somewhat petite, but STILL. So I'm sharing this story with friends and co-workers like wtf did I do wrong and they're all asking me about this lever, and I'm like yeah, obviously I had to hold the lever down or the motor kills. Well, turns out there's a SECOND lever that you have to squeeze in order to propel the lawnmower.
I manually pushed that MFer around my whole yard, divots, hills and all, ended up with a blister on my thumb, and sweating profusely through my shirt. Not to mention the few times I stopped it and had to re-start it, I pulled the cord literally at least 20 times to get it to start again; I was waiting for one of my neighbors to come over and ask me if I needed help, the struggle was THAT obvious (I also learned about the little button that you push a few times to make starting easier).
So yeah, mowed today, and let's just say that things went SIGNIFICANTLY better than last time. Growing up, my dad or brother would mow, and in college up until now, I have always lived in apartments or duplexes, nothing that requires residents to do any lawn care. So, at the age of 32, I have finally learned to use a lawnmower.
Mlmmt · 1786 points · Posted at 22:29:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds to me like you have never had to deal with a small gasoline engine before, which is ok, since they seem to be on the way out nowadays.
The little button you pressed to make starting easier is called a priming bulb and it basically pumps gas into the system so its ready to go, you are lucky you didn't have to mess with the choke (though who knows, you might have, which would explain why it kept dying).
Look I ain’t gonna lie. I’ve been using small gas engines my whole life. And use them a lot at work and all I know is that the choke helps start it when it’s cold. No idea what it does I just know I need to choke it
Mlmmt · 79 points · Posted at 00:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's... honestly good enough, you don't need to understand what it does (It adjusts the fuel:air ratio), to know how to use it.
Never had any problems I just realized it after reading your comment that I actually had no idea what it was doing. It’s just been the magic little lever or dial that makes things start my entire life
No idea what it does I just know I need to choke it
It does exactly what it is called, chokes the engine of air, like physically as if you wrap your hands around its neck and it calls you "Daddy". The richer gas mixture helps a cold engine start easier. After it starts you "ease up" on the choke(aka open it back up) and let air in again.
The real question is why the little shit isnt labeled open/close or start/run and instead has nonsense symbols like ÷ - okay so which of those is open again?!
So I had that exact same question for 25 of my 26 years. I realized recently while looking at air gauges at work that when you see the ÷ symbol, the two dots are actually the inside walls of whatever channel you’re opening and closing. - is the lever that swivels to block the channel, as shown in the l symbol.
As a rule of thumb, the lines that intersect at a perpendicular angle represents the chokes position. If it’s parallel to the flow, that indicates that it’s not choked. If it’s somewhere in the middle, it’s a half choke option.
WBooz · 6 points · Posted at 03:21:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It isn't labeled in English so that it can be used in many countries. The symbols are showing the physical position of the butterfly valve in the choke. It isn't your fault for not knowing this, I blame either your shop teacher, or your school district for not having shop.
1fg · 5 points · Posted at 01:57:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen mowers and weedwhackers that do. But most just have some strange hieroglyphics instead.
WBooz · 10 points · Posted at 03:22:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The hieroglyphics are the position of the butterfly valve in the choke.
Tkj5 · 11 points · Posted at 04:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo bruh, why are there bugs in the engine now?
WBooz · 6 points · Posted at 04:43:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you think that buzzing sound is when it runs?
Tkj5 · 5 points · Posted at 04:43:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Turn the lever all the way one way. Try to start it. Doesn't work? Turn the lever all the way the other way. Start it up. Wiggle the lever around until the engine sounds like it's running well. Choke accomplished!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The wiggle method is key. All the way open gives it the weird pulsing sound, can't have that.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 03:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously, half of running old fuel powered equipment is just knowing how it's fucked up and compensating. My grandpa had a string trimmer that was older than me, and to get it to start you practically had to sacrifice a virgin. Then you had to fuck with it to get it to stay running. Fucking thing pumped smoke like it was it's job.
Just wait until the bracket that controls the idle gets bent, or the cable for the idle gets stretched out, and you can’t figure out why your mower keeps dying even tho the carb is cleaned and you changed the spark plugs lol.
I spent a whole month trying to figure this out only to find out that when I moved something bent the bracket and all I had to do was bend it 1/8 of an inch to get the idle back at a high enough speed to keep the motor running and start properly lol.
I was so mad. I spent a month and like $60 trying to fix this damn mower.
Mlmmt · 10 points · Posted at 02:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And shit like this is why I have moved to mostly battery powered tools now, even my lawnmower is a 40V battery powered one, and I have never had any issues with it not having enough power or running out of charge.
I worked as a landscaper for a few years and could never use electric tools. I’ve used a few, and they just never seem to generate enough torque or power. Maybe I’ve only used shitty ones, whereas I’ve used professional grade gas tools, but I’ve only seen one work well.
Mlmmt · 7 points · Posted at 03:06:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, professional grade gas tools are well above the standard homeowner grade stuff, as for the power, it wasn't really that viable till recently with the higher voltage stuff.
I'm on all 80V stuff and they're about 75 to 90% of the way there for consumer grade stuff, but they aren't replacing gas just yet. Only stuff that have bogged down my mower would probably bog down a gas mower too.
That being said, I don't think it could handle commercial level use. Biggest factor being recharge time, but power wise I'd say it's about on par with an average consumer mower, definitely not high power ones.
That being said, we've been using gas outdoor power equipment for about 70 or 80 years now, and in only 10ish years battery powered equipment have become a serious contender. I'd imagine at this rate by 2030, the only gas powered equipment would be heavy machinery.
Only stuff that have bogged down my mower would probably bog down a gas mower too.
I agree with most everything except this. Honda HRCs are absolute tanks and will mow through almost anything. In two years on vancouver island (aka rain central), I saw exactly one day that our mowers couldn’t do. And it’s not that they failed, you’d just have to upend it and remove the clumps stuck to the deck because it was wet enough that the mowers pretty much reduced the grass to paste.
Aside from that, yeah. I saw extremely promising things in the store when my parents bought a kombi tool recently, things like hedge trimmers that (allegedly) will compete with stihl hs45s. If the engines have scaled up that far, it’s only a matter of time until they take over completely.
I think this used to be true and probably still is to an extent, but they’re getting better and better.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a Milwaukee blower and string trimmer. I'd say that IF you already have enough batteries, they're 90% as good, while being almost zero maintenance.
Electric tools don’t have the power and they don’t last as long (yet).
We’re at a point where they very well could (and should) overtake gas powered tools but they haven’t yet and when efficiency is kind of key with big projects then gas wins. Hopefully that changes in my lifetime.
Probably different depending on the lawn mower, but tends to be on top or side of the engine. Looks like one of those poppers that you’d flip inside out put on a flat surface and it’d jump in the air
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's every chance you don't have one. Many new units don't. Look for a soft squishy half sphere, usually transparent, although as they age they get opaque.
dunaja · 4 points · Posted at 03:56:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
gas engine mowers are on the way out? What's the replacement?
Mlmmt · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For most homeowners I would say the newer battery-powered ones have sufficient power, and lack the maintenance needed by the gasoline-powered ones, you just have to make sure you charge the battery (charges like any other tool battery) between mowings, though I am pretty sure mine could handle a couple mowings on a single charge.
Wait till it needs a carb kit. I've rescued and donated so many functional lawn tools from trash piles, 90% of them just needed basic small engine maintenance (an hour of time and $5-15 in parts).
Pretty sure I could disassemble my Toro in my sleep right now, it's been apart so many times.
You know, I kind of thought the primer was the choke. adding in fuel prior to force the fuel air ratio to be more rich. Like, more fuel = less air = choke. So in actuality it's just putting fuel in the carb bowl? havn't messed with too many lawnmower engines, so I haven't really thought about it this way I guess!
Priming is just manually forcing fuel into the engine because small engines don’t have an electronic fuel pump or injectors. The choke just sits in the air intake of the carb and is a flap that often looks like a quarter that will rotate around in there to block air. All the way choked usually means the quarter is blocking the whole air intake and very little air is coming through, and visa versa.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Mlmmt · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thankfully, unless you have like a model T, all of this stuff is handled by more advanced systems in your car that are not really practical for most lawn-mowers (at least not at an affordable price point while also being able to handle the conditions many mowers get left out in).
Yeah, all things considered it's not that shameful. I literally have a degree in making machines run and I still have to fight my leaf blower like it's the fucking Balrog every few days in the fall.
I've been learning to ride a moterbike recently that has a choke. I thought I knew roughly how to get it going before hand but jesus that thing is such a pain in the dick
Just be glad you dont have to kick start an old honda xr650.
I find most bikes need very little choke to start in regular weather, assuming the carbs are in decent shape. If you have the time and inclination, its actually pretty easy to learn how to clean and adjust carbs.
It might help you to know that you can find the owners manual for nearly anything on google by just typing in the brand and model # with the word “manual”. Even for people who understand how lots of things work the owner’s manual is a valuable resource, no shame in doing a little research.
One summer while I was in high school, I wanted to buy this mountain bike. My dad told me he would loan me the money and I could pay him back by mowing the grass that summer ( I am a female and was 17 at the time). He showed me how to start the lawn mower and which direction to start pushing in and continue in so that all the cut grass ends up one spot ( at least I think that’s why he wanted it cut that way). This is the summer I fell in love with mowing grass. I paid off that bike that summer and continued to mow the grass for him until he bought a fancy riding mower. When I moved into my own place, I mowed my own grass. My boyfriend would mow it when I wasn’t home and it would piss me off. 20 years later, I’m the one that still mows the grass. My husband thinks that this makes him look lazy to the neighbors, but for me it’s a meditation and in some ways a reminder that I can always take care of myself.
I don’t clean gutters and I would LOVE for my husband to do the laundry. I was raised only by my father so he taught me how to do more ‘manly’ things. I had to learn how to do the girly things on my own. While it may be a basic chore, I know a lot of my female friends that don’t even know how to start a mower. A lot of girls are not taught this basic household chores.
If it's got a primer button, use that before trying to start it and it'll start a lot easier.
I also had to learn to use a lawnmower in my late 20s but it's pretty basic so the only thing I had to figure out is how to start it without having to yank the cord 20 times.
I've got another trick to try: tip it on its side for a few seconds. Gas will trickle into the carb, and she hopefully will fire right up. I've had this work for multiple mowers and rototillers.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 01:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL! yeah I won't be attempting any other more "advanced" form of lawn mowing for awhile. although, my neighbor has offered twice I try his electric mower. When I do, I'll be sure to share the story
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't call it a Dead Man's Switch for nothing. It's a safety feature. Casually recommending people circumvent it without even mentioning that is kinda irresponsible.
Just because you're ok with the risk and think you're responsible enough doesn't mean everyone reading is. "Maybe at least mention it's a safety feature" is a pretty low level of confrontation.
If you're still able to stand then yeah, you're probably safe given that's how the mower is operated normally. It's when you fall, or run over your foot, or have a child involved, etc that you want the blades stopped ASAP.
Riding mowers are more dangerous but push mowers aren't immune. And people defeat riding mower dead man's and back over safety features all the time too.
I dunno, are you going to suggest folks can shove them up there just fine if they only use a little bubble wrap?
"Accidents happen. People are stupid" is the argument against making said accidents more likely/dangerous and encouraging them to turn off built in safety features but OK.
Having never mowed a lawn either for similar reasons I loved this story haha! I feel like this could have easily happened to me too but I'm still mid twenties and apartment living. Thanks for the heads up!
If it makes you feel any better, I am a 34 year old homeowner who does not know how to use a push mower. I only ever used the riding mower when my dad made me mow the yard growing up. And now my tiny yard is all rock because it's stupid to have a lawn in Phoenix.
I had a similar struggle with a mower when my dad asked me ‘as a Father’s Day gift’ to mow the lawn - I did not live with my parents, nor had I for several years but it was hot outside and close to Father’s Day so figured it was a fair ask for him. He watched me mow the entire back yard with the same struggle you did, then when I came inside for some water, told me about the propelling lever. I almost killed him. He laughed really hard.
that is 100% something my dad would do...don't stop me and try to help. wait til I'm done, and inform me there could've been an easier way, then laugh..haha
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:41:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just bought my first self-propelled gas lawnmower after fucking hating my reel motor for four years and frequently paying neighborhood folks to mow for me if it got an inch too tall for the reel mower. My lawn does not have easy grass to mow, and it grows up tough as nails at odd angles. After debating with hubs for many of those years, I finally just bought one. If I'm the only one doing the work, I'll buy the tool I want, and it was SO MUCH EASIER. Anyway, that's my backstory.
As someone who seems to know their mowers, if you don't mind my asking, what do you do with the oil that's left in the mower at the end of the year?
Growing up we had chores, but there were additional chores you could make money doing. Mowing the lawns (back and front) netted you 20$ which was hands down the best chore for effort/time/payout.
My sister ALWAYS mowed the lawn. Now my husband does it because he likes it as far as chores go (and our kids aren't old enough). I mowed it on father's day for my husband while he was on a hike with the kids and my God. I forgot what a dumb chore it is. I hate mowing the lawn!
Sad secret? I did the same thing for 3 years except I WAS holding down the second lever. The wheels on my used lawnmower had the internal gears all ground down. I spent $20 on Amazon and 15 mins swapping the new wheels on and it's like Jesus himself came down to push my mower for me now.
I’ve been working in landscaping for about a year and a bit now and I had mowed lawns before at home but never with a self-driving mower. The first time I had to use one my coworker did explain how it worked but the drive mechanism went faster than I was expecting and it yanked me off my feet lmao.
Those things are soooooo heavy tho. If the drive on some of the older mowers crapped out, the mower would get put away for the day until it could get repaired because fuck even trying to push those things haha. Kudos for powering through and getting it done, and thank you for the laugh :)
Did you use the honda HRCs? That’s what we had when I did landscaping and damn. We had a couple of complexes with tiny terraced lawns, and you’d finish one, look at the next one literally four feet to your left, and seriously consider just lifting the ~150 pound thing down the stairs rather than walking it all the way around the house and back to the front of the next.
Haha yeah those Hondas were something else. We had trailers with ramps but one time we had to load a couple into the back of a pickup... that was definitely a two person job haha
One of our mowers would only engage one wheel for some reason and it took all my effort to push it up a slight rise even with that one wheel turning... I cannot imagine doing it with absolutely no drive
But hey if you want a good summer workout without having to go to the gym pushing a heavy ass lawnmower up hills is probably a good way to do it hahaha
I’ve been in this exact scenario before. First time I tried to mow a lawn and could not understand why I was struggling so much! My husband came home from work to see the lawn half mowed and me sprawled out on the ground struggling to not pass out from overworking. I felt like such a dummy when he showed me the second lever 😂
Yeah, I grew up using one of those. Just a cylinder of torqued blades. Light and functional and all you have to do is sharpen the blades every few years, no biggie. I don't even know how to use one with a motor, at all, because I did all my mowing like that.
My wife did the same thing! We were borrowing my dad's mower, and she came in for some water. Made the comment that when we could buy our own, it should be self propelled.
I went and showed her the second lever. We have a big yard, front and back... and apparently the first time she mowed she pushed it the whole time. I felt so bad.
I did the same thing a couple of years ago! I had never used a push mower before, my parents had a tractor that I would use once in a while growing up. My husband had been working extra hours and I didn’t want him to spend his only day off mowing, so I went out there. The thing was, I was 32 weeks pregnant at the time, and stubborn, and no one was going to tell me I shouldn’t have been out there in July not using the self propelling lever I didn’t know existed. I made it through about half an acre before the lawn mower shut off and I gave up.
I will say - you weren't crazy to just assume "this is how it works". Some mowers are just old and terrible and do work that badly.
I've used enough different ones to know the controls and everything, and still got this one damn mower that I could only start if I ran with it while I pulled the cord, and it would die as soon as I slowed down below a powerwalk.
thank you! that's totally what I assumed...my dad just passed me his old one that he doesn't use, and was sure it was just that, old. turns out even old shitty lawnmowers can still self propel without killing the user
Don't feel bad. I basically ride a motorbike for work, regularly use petrol pumps, can drive a tractor (I guess that's a diesel so maybe it doesn't count) and am generally a fairly handy person. But lawnmowers absolutely mystify me. If I ever have a yard I'll just have to get a goat.
Don't feel too bad. I'm pretty knowledgeable about engines and mechanical stuff generally, owned all sorts of motorcycles etc. First time I had to use a gas lawnmower, I had to go look things up to figure out the controls. Didn't help that it really needed a service.
Eh it's okay. At least you learned. My brother and i learned this at a very young age, along with how to change the oil and refill the fuel, because my parents loved getting us to mow the lawn/field (still do!).
I’m starting to seriously look into buying a home soon and, as a single woman who’s never mowed a lawn in her 30 years of life, have been focusing my search on townhomes/condos to avoid this exact scenario. You are not alone!
We ended up getting a mower with a key start rather than a cord, because my dad's in his 70's and doesn't have the strength for pull cords anymore, and I had a road accident a few years ago so anything which requires that kind of motion or which puts a lot of strain on my shoulder joint (i.e. bowling) puts me in pain for 3-4 weeks.
I didn’t until a couple of years ago. I thought it was petrol with a cord or electric. It was only when dad started to struggle that my mum found out that key start existed.
I'm 34 and have never used a lawn mower before. Growing up my dad always did it, and then when my sister and I got old enough my mom never let us because she was worried we would get hurt :/.
After I moved out I lived in apartments for over 10 years until just last year when my husband and I bought a townhouse. Don't have to mow our (tiny) yard here because the HOA hires landscapers to do it.
hey nothing wrong with that. why would you know how to do something you've never had to do?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Word of advice. Make sure to learn how to properly store your mower for winter, and in general how to maintain it. Otherwise, you re going to learn another hard lesson about mowers when you try to start it again next season.
My fiancee is in essentially the same boat. She has mowed a lawn before. Once. I partially paid for university by mowing lawns for seniors in the community plus at least once a week at home. Fortunately, she didn't object when I wanted to spend $500 to buy a Honda.
This was me. When I was growing up, my dad mowed the lawn and I bagged. Then I moved to a city and just had apartments. My now ex and I moved from the city to the South. We got a house with a good sized yard, and he insisted on doing all the yardwork for some reason that’s still opaque to me.
Now I’m a recent divorcée living alone in a townhouse with a tiny front yard and slightly longer back yard. I had to buy a mower, but I’m on a budget, so I got one of those old-fashioned reel mowers. I gotta tell you: the first time I tried to mow the grass, I struggled and briefly considered trying to find a cheap gas mower. Then, through trial and error, I learned that you have to hold the handles by your hips, not your waist.
It would have been good for someone to teach me about yardwork, but I don’t know if it would have been better. Those old reel mowers can be a pain when it’s really hot out, but the results look so nice and I’m proud of myself for figuring it out.
that's great! I've been randomly replacing things around my house, and it feels good to accomplish things and learn while doing it, and if you're lucky, you have a good story to tell
I feel ya. Growing up my parents made my brothers mow the lawn, but never me (f) even though I was the oldest. It’s funny because they would never call themselves sexist and yet apparently mowing the lawn is a guy thing. To this day I’ve never used a gas mower. Not really a problem because I plan on living in apartments for the foreseeable future but I guess I’ll have to learn someday.
The first time I mowed a lawn was seriously two weeks ago, my brother loved doing it so my parents assumed I learned by observation (I didn’t). But my excuse was I have a heart condition and doing the side yard and three lines in the front almost killed me so I think I got off easy
33 year old woman, I've never mowed a lawn and I seriously am fine with never doing it. I'm far from prissy, I just am not a fan of the Florida summers and I have a thyroid disease so my body is awful at regulating it's temperature. I pay a guy in my neighborhood like $30 every month to do it. One of those services I'm fine paying for indefinitely.
Don't let the grass get too tall, when it's really tall the mower will keep dying as you try to mow. The rule of thumb is that you should be cutting off no more than 1/3 of the visible height of the grass at a time.
First time I mowed the lawn, I was 12 my dad just put me on the riding mower in the big field and left to mow another area. Should be easy right? I just mowed in circles and tried to break up the clumps of already mowed grass until my dad saw smoke pouring out of it because I kept on running over the clumps of old grass...
You know what? I’m damn proud of you for not only finishing the job but not letting it discourage you. Plus you figured out the errors in the first round and mowing will be much easier in the future. Enjoy the hell out of your hard work because I’m pretty sure it looks awesome. Good job :)
I love it. I did this exact same thing, with the same style second lever that I didn't know about. Pulled my back doing the ditch, was in pain for almost a week. Glad I'm not the only one! <3
I am not going to lie for one second: You, in posting this, taught me about that lever as well. I have been mowing my lawn for YEARS. Never had that taught to me and was confused so I looked it up.
I feel you. Bought our home when I was about 32 as well. Mowers seemed intimidating: gas, oil, big scary blades. I found a weedeater that sits in a base to turn into the tiniest mower in the world. Runs on rechargeable batteries so I got to skip all of that nonsense. Only problem is it takes an eternity to mow our standard-size lot and multiple days since I needed about 4 batteries worth of use.
After 3 years my spouse talked me into a robot mower and we're now the envy of the neighborhood.
Oh man I LOVE mowing the yard! I had a friend who was doing yard work and a bunch of us came to help. I was like "I'll help as long as I can mow the lawn!" Like it was some kind of deal breaker. All of my friends looked at me like I had a second head and was like "yeah... Fine..." I put in headphones and jammed. All my friends said they had never seen me happier.
For context: I live in an apartment and don't have a lawn. I used to mow when I was younger and living in my mom's house.
ao911 · 2 points · Posted at 11:41:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will be 33 this year and my husband is finally teaching me to mow! My dad was anal about the yard and would only let my brother do it. Said it's not a ladies job?! I mean I know he's being nice but the man made me change all 4 of my tires before I could drive, made ma know all the street names or routes I was taking and made me tell him where I was going when I let the house that way. He taught me so much stuff....... Except how to mow!
I have been with my husband for 10 years now and have begged him to teach me. He always said no I got it. Then I tryed to spin it when I wasn't working for a while, saying I want to spend time with him when he gets home, so teach me to mow so I can tan and mow before you got home. So he gives in a tiny bit and teaches me how to weed eat.? (I'm not sure if that's correct lol) I hate doing that crap! Not bc it sucks but bc the thing is so heavy it makes my arms go numb. He said he would buy me a cheap battery operated on so it would be lighter. (I'm 5'2 small frame) That never happened.
Flash forward to about a month ago. He had hurt himself and couldn't move well and he needed the mower moved (riding, with the two handles) so he finally taught me at least how to start the thing and try to just drive it. I looked silly. Still don't know how to do anything but drive it. Kills me.
My husband had to teach me to mow the lawn after we bought our first house. Turns out I kind of enjoy it, and he hates it, so that worked out well for both of us.
Don't feel too bad. My dad had me mow the lawn as a kid and didn't teach me about that lever on purpose so it took me longer to mow. That way he got more peace and quiet in the house. I love that clever bastard.
Thank you for sharing. This would probably be me if I were in your shoes- my mom always had lawn care people at her house, and I've only ever lived in dorms or apartments after that. I even told my bf if we ever move in together to a house with a yard that we're getting someone else to cut the grass if he doesn't want to, because I'm not doing it.
Sometimes i think how stupid it is that dads don’t teach enough their daughters. At age 25 i learned how to change a tire when my boyfriends dad showed me how to do it. It is not my car so i rarely need to change the winter tires and back to summer tires. But every time i drive alone there is a chance i blow my tire and i would need to change the spare tire. At least twice a year my dad could have taught me that but he always changed with my brother. And as a kid you don’t realise that maybe i should learn that shit too.
Ryugi · 2 points · Posted at 01:45:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm proud of you for trying again and learning. It's ok to learn something like this for the first time.
I’m 33 and it just occurred to me I have never used a lawnmower in my life. I also never learned to cook anything except eggs until I left home at 24. I still don’t know how to drive stick.
Well, turns out there's a SECOND lever that you have to squeeze in order to propel the lawnmower.
Haha, my wife did exactly this when I was out of town for the first time a few years ago. She pushed that damn thing all over, like to killed herself. She finally gave up in the back yard and was too tired to push it back to the garage, she just hid the mower under a bush and waited for me to come home.
Edit to add - my brother got my a Stihl strimmer for Christmas a couple of years ago. My dad did a poor job of showing me how to use it (he didn't tell me how to get the wire to come out automatically and YouTube wasn't helping me figure it out) so my brother flew over to London from Dublin to give me a weekend of gardening lessons and tips - including how to use the strimmer correctly. Best Christmas present in years.
I have no idea what a strimmer is. When I find out, I'll be sure to share, because I imagine it'll be similar to my first time using a lawnmower story.
If it makes you feel any better this was me a few weeks ago at 35. I mean I knew about the ignitor as I was shown, and it seems that ours doesn't have an extra lever, but it was my first time mowing the lawn. My husband always does it and complains about it.
I’m 27 years old and I’ve never mowed a lawn in my life. Growing up, my mom actually loved to mow, so I was never allowed to. And now I live in a place with Astro turf, and never plan on mowing a lawn for as long as I live
Did you prime the engine? Small rubber button in the side of the mower (not near the handle) that you need to press a few times before you pull the ripcord.
Welcome to the world of non fancy mowers that you have to push yourself. Just about killed me last time I used one, I live on a hill so was literally pushing the shit uphill........
Someone told me that their husband would put shampoo in their hair and not rinse after applying. The husband for his entire life wondered why his hair was always greasy.
I can't imagine not rinsing the shampoo out, I can't stand when my hair feels greasy. I bet he felt magical when he finally learned this and (hopefully) had actually clean hair.
gVb654 · 6 points · Posted at 18:31:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dont get this guy. Before i get my hair cut, the barber washes my hair with both shampoo and water, unless he is fucking tarzan he should have noticed the cleaning properties of fucking water. A person can ask for no wash just haircut but those are more of "I want a quick shave off the sides and leave" or "Its the end of the month and need to save every penny i can" kind of situations. Atleast in my neighborhood.
Apparently the first time my mother visited my father’s apartment when they were first dating, she spotted some Ajax dish soap in the shower. She asked him about it and he said he’d been using it to wash his hair. He was a lawyer. A lawyer.
I know this is unlikely to be received well but my hair is absolutely fried from bleaching it and every once in a while I mix a dime sized amount of dish soap in with my shampoo in my hand and it makes my hair incredibly soft for some reason. I discovered this entirely by accident from a recipe for getting bright colors out of your hair. I thought my hair would be completely dead after but it felt GREAT
It works by removing product build-up in your hair. That build-up can make your hair feel gritty over time. If you’re only doing it every once in a while, that’s probably fine, but might be drying in the long run. If you want to use something a little gentler, I’d recommend a clarifying shampoo (Treseme has a very affordable one). But if the dish soap is working for you, you do you!
I know it sounds crazy! I don't put any product in it besides using quality shampoo and a light conditioner every other day. I have tried tons of different clarifying shampoos in the past but never experienced it making my hair softer... it usually makes it feel sorta squeaky clean feeling, not silky and smooth. Basically one day when I was trying to remove some purple color I mixed Ajax dish soap and shampoo and left it on my head for 5 mins. I didn't even use conditioner because I was going to move on to the next step of the color process. My hair was super silky and easier to brush out. I was in utter disbelief
Well then it sounds like it works for your hair! You keep doing you. I also have a friend who swears by it. She has super think hair. Dried mine right out though and irritated my scalp. It really just depends on your hair and what works for you.
You’re so supportive 😆 if only the internet was made up of more people like you!
I’m glad to get some more feedback and hear that other people have tried it. Even if the results weren’t the same that’s good to know so I don’t universally recommend it to my friends. For context I have very fine, limp, wavy blonde hair. I don’t use heat on it ever, but it’s extremely damaged from bleaching and toning it super light. I have tons of frizz and flyaways and that’s what I noticed an improvement in. Maybe this is something that works better for curly hair types
Lol thanks, I try! That’s really interesting though because I also have fine, curly hair. And this friend of mine has thick but bleached/color treated hair. Maybe it has to do with the bleach? I have no idea.
I think maybe it has to do with the shampoo you mix it with? Because it makes my shampoo foam up like crazy. I use one with Argan oil in it. It’s called dessage oleo miracle, it’s good for curly hair and frizz :)
Actually the more I think about it, it could be related to the bleach! It feels similar to when I do a cuticle sealing treatment. So it’s possible that the dish soap does a decent job of sealing the cuticle. You wouldn’t have an issue with that unless you bleach your hair or it’s really heat damaged
When I was a young lad, I wouldn't really rinse the shampoo out of my hair so much as slick it back under the water. While I was still quite young, a barber figured out what I'd been doing from the residue or something and set me straight, and it pops into my head almost every time I rinse about how this is the right way to do it.
My partner is convinced its conditioner first, then shampoo. We've had many a debate about the order, including me showing the instructions on the bottle. Nope. Nothing
That’s actually a technique for curly or dry haired people. The conditioner prepares the hair to not be stripped by the shampoo. Some people condition after too, but not always.
I had a similar thing. Until middle school my dad had always bought a 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner and we shared it. Then when I started middle school there were two things in the shower. I figured he got one for each of us. But that year I started getting teased about my extremely greasy hair. After months of this I realized that he had not bought one for each of us, but instead had bought separate shampoo and conditioner and I had only been using conditioner for all that time.
Dyvion · 5 points · Posted at 05:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shampoo daily, but my hair is almost always greasy. My mom's too, so I know where it comes from. Daily face scrub or the acne is vicious. I'm over 40 and look like I'm in my early thirties, so there are some benefits.
You might be washing it too often. I figured out around 18 or 20(somewhere around there) if I shampooed daily my hair would end up greasy. This is apparently fairly common. I've never had acne though, I got pretty lucky on that. Occasional zit in my teens, but nothing compared to most.
tb2186 · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. It’s written right on the bottle.
My cousin would do this with conditioner! He thought you wash it with shampoo, and leave the conditioner in as you get out. He just uses like, a 2 in 1 now
Oh that reminds me of one. My husband used to wash his hair on some days and condition on others. Result wasn't too bad, just very dry hair. The odd thing is that he lived with a girlfriend for like 3 years before we ever met. Did they just never shower together? Did she not care about his hair dryness?
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My step son was the same way. His dad had no idea he wasn't rinsing out his har enough and couldn't figure out why his hair was so nice after I washed it for him when giving him haircuts.
I have accidentally not rinsed shampoo a couple times. Dried-in shampoo is really difficult to get out, and it takes days for my hair to feel normal again.
I knew somebody who thought you can use dry shampoo (the spray) all your life and never ever wash the hair with water. Luckily she had a sensible grandma who caught it fast enough.
When me and my brother were younger, I walked in on him showering, and he was washing his hair with soap. Just regular soap from a bottle. I was disgusted. And yet his hair looked better
I had to explain and show to my older brother that you can and should clean your Philips beard trimmer from inside the little bits as well.
We both got the same exact model as a gift on christmas I think, and ye turns out he hadnt opened up and cleaned the little rotary bits the entire time he had it (years, literally years, at least 5), and was complaining how it's very slow and probably needs to be replaced with a new one. I thought ''thats weird, mine is around the same age and is still perfectly fine'', so I turn it on and it makes this very gritty sound like the machine is so slow as if its dying and stuff even though it's fully charged. I open it up and goddam the little rotary blades were so clogged up with years old dust and hairs it was a miracle the thing was still working at all. Turns out he didnt even know you can open them. I cleaned it all nice and clean and the thing started working good again (as much as it can) afterwards.
Read instructions please before you disregard something as broken, like goddam.
Edit : Turns out its not a ''beard trimmer'', but ''dry shaver'' instead. If that matters to anyone
Read instructions please before you disregard something as broken, like goddam.
Student apartments are goldmines for this. Got a nice upright vacuum from one because they apparently didn't know that the hoses needed to be cleaned out on occasion. Pulled a 5-foot solid plug of dust and lint from the attachment hose. Worked fine after that.
[deleted] · 38 points · Posted at 01:10:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used mine all the time. Particularly after the time our shower had a leak and they had to cut a hole in the downstairs ceiling to get to it. Plaster dust everywhere.
It's been 8 years and I kid you not, sometimes I still open an old box and find a book or something with a thin coating of gritty dust from it.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:21:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our dorms had communal ones. Problem was trying to get one before room inspections or occasionally when someone would try to hoover up sick.
What's the best way to do that? I've been feeling like mine is clogged up near the intake into the main body of the vacuum. I tried rattling around in there with a long stick but it didn't seem particularly productive.
I bought a used front load washing machine off Craigslist. The owner claimed it wouldn't drain properly so I gave him $20 to scrap it out. Turns out he just never cleaned the filter. There was the added bonus of pocket change in the filter lol. A thousand dollar washer I bought for 20 bucks
bg-j38 · 14 points · Posted at 01:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of the time I was at a friend's house as a teenager and he had just gotten an electric razor. My dad used safety razors and so did I, so I'd never used an electric one. He was showing me it and I said "what does it do with the hair once it's inside?" To which my friend said "It burns it." Which I just said "Ah yeah that makes sense I guess." Had to nearly pick him up off the floor he was laughing so hard.
Sa551l · 10 points · Posted at 05:50:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Read instructions please before you disregard something as broken, like goddam.
Man, this is such a huge thing. Read the god damned instructions! People always assume they know how to use stuff, and sure - they do. Most appliances we use are pretty straightforward, but then the instructions tell you how to care for your object and many other things.
I've had people laugh at me for reading them.
For a bit of context/story: I used to share an apartment with 2 friends. One of them would never cook, and always eat out, the other would on occasion, but would never use the oven. I, on the other hand, wanted to use the whole god damned thing, but could not get the oven's burner to light up. Talking about a gas stove. No fancy buttons, as basic as they come.
Now, I've been taught to use stoves when I was 8, and have been using them ever since, but this mofo would not work. So I looked up its model, and read the instructions. Turns out this very basic model had a child-proof safety for the oven (and not for the top also), and all you had to do was to keep pushing then knob while rotated to supply gas. Simple. Elegant. However that was my first time ever using one, so there you go. Read the instructions. No shame.
Geez, I've been known to open mine to knock it out part way through if my beard's gotten a bit long.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, you'd be surprised how many people are not aware that you have to clean the thing pretty often. I used to work at this place that sold all sorts of home appliances, including razors and shavers. Part of my job was to repair and clean them for clients, for like 10$. I'm talking senior gentlemen who had not ONCE opened that thing in 10 years. The amount of crass was just unbelievable... Let's say I'm glad I don't work there anymore.
it pops out very easily actually, you just brush it over with a the little brush thingy that comes with it and rinse the little rotary blades in water and that's it. It takes like 5 minutes.
Work in retail - have processed a few 'damaged' returns for razor blades only to open them up and find them clogged with dust and hair and shit to the shock of the customer not knowing it was a thing. Had another customer who returned a steamer who claimed wouldn't turn on - turns out he was pressing the button to release the water container thinking it was the on button. The on button was on the handle 🤦♂️
Mine just pops open when you tug on the end. There's a line between the motor part and the removable blades part, with a little tab you can pry against, it's pretty obviously 2 pieces
you can push a little button near the top that will like pop the top 3 blade part off, and then you can just sort of lift the little plastic band that holds the rotary parts in and they come out. I found out that myself just experimenting with it carefully
My housemate almost did an inverse of this, he got a trimmer and had seen me pop the razor head off to brush out the inside of mine before (and been reminded this is what you do because he ran the entire thing under the tap when he borrowed mine). So after using his once he popped the head off. Unscrewed the top plate thing from the head. Popped the spring part out that holds the cutting blade in. Basically tore the fucking thing apart and coated everything (including the motor bit) in oil because he'd asked me what the little bottle was for and I said "to oil the blades". Surprisingly enough it didn't work after that, but it took him an entire day to figure out why they were no longer cutting (I didn't even think to suggest it might be because everything is slippery and misaligned because why would you do this???).
At one point in this fiasco he had even come to me to ask how to do something and I told him to read the manual because that's all I'd be able to do to answer the question. Apparently the pictures were confusing and didn't look right... yeah, because you're doing stuff the instructions aren't telling you to do!
🎙️ arual_x · 7225 points · Posted at 19:42:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a couple.
I once had my exes parents coming over, and needed some help cleaning the house up to get ready for their arrival. I asked my ex to clean the bathroom for me whilst I cleaned the kitchen, and left him to it. I went in about a half an hour later and the bathroom was somehow dirtier, but the ex was sitting on the couch chilling. When I asked him why he hadn’t cleaned the bathroom, he looked at me all confused and said he had. I asked him to come in and pointed out all the soap scum everywhere and how it was clearly not clean. He reiterated that he’d cleaned it. I asked him to show me how.
He proceeded to pick up a bar of soap, lather up his hands real good, and just... rub everything. He didn’t even rinse it after. Just rubbed everything with soapy hands. And couldn’t understand why I was staring at him open mouthed.
Same guy, a few months later. I asked him to mash some potatoes I’d boiled whilst I plated up dinner. He very literally did so, without draining out the water. Again, he didn’t think what he’d done was in any way wrong, despite the weird texture and look of the potatoes.
[deleted] · 6098 points · Posted at 21:12:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Why yes I am also a fellow human being, like yourself, and native to your planet.”
your ex, probably
🎙️ arual_x · 1663 points · Posted at 21:16:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband has done similar stuff, and I'm like 80% sure he's an alien. It used it be a joke, but the longer we are together the higher that percentage goes.
You know the conspiracy theory that the the ruling class is comprised of a reptilian race in human suits? It doesn’t make sense because reptiles would make really weird humans. But you know how sometimes you meet someone and it’s like they just don’t know how to human? Like they’re just weird? My theory is those are the real reptilians.
Okay, if the non-diagnosed abnormal people are aliens, then what about someone who's diagnosed with high-functioning autism. For many people (such as myself) it's just a fast track to anxiety, ADHD, not understanding figures of speech such as metaphors or idioms, putting random objects in their mouths, and so on. Not to mention, the intelligence that they can baffle or overwhelm people with (I am fantastic at English, but I absolutely hate it, and science is fantastic, along with math, but my choice of career has something to do with computer science. I thankfully don't need to know the full details of my preferred profession yet because I just finished my freshman year of high school, so I have little while to figure out all the details).
Granted, this is just me and like two other people I know with autism. There are so many at my school it's weird. You could actually argue that half of them are aliens because the cornfields around my school offer plenty of landing space for UFOs (if you believe that sort of thing of course).
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're still aliens, but we learn how to live here.
Those of us on the spectrum might be the best 'first contact' persons when it comes to extraterrestrial aliens, because we think in more concrete terms and don't bring in as much cultural or political baggage. We see and speak the truth more cleanly.
I wish the Vulcans or whatever would make contact already, but given the state of the world and the asinine behavior of it's leaders, I'm pretty sure we don't qualify for admission into any galactic federation right now
I was just mentioning that it's a thing that isn't uncommon with high-functioning autistic individuals. It's really easy to get anxious about missing social queues and other things about being autistic.
At least in my case I can just avoid places that have a lot of stimuli. My biggest troubles are with casinos. Large gatherings can get pretty bad. Mine isn't very bad, but as more starts happening around me I eventually get to the point where I practically melt. It takes a lot, but it does happen.
My friend tends to sort of melt down when things don't go his way and then he'll go on and on about how bad he is about the thing. Like tennis or drawing, it really upsets me he's upset.
"Excuse me but what is that motion you are doing? That motion you perform regularly where you increase and decrease the size of your thorax?" ..... followed by immediately passing out from lack of oxygen.
Oh my god! I think the bathroom cleaning thing would be a deal breaker for me. Ruining mashed potatoes is just a crime, but he would have been gone before that.
🎙️ arual_x · 1036 points · Posted at 20:47:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it was only a few months more of living together after that before all this stuff sorta compiled to make things fairly unlivable.
At first with the soap thing I thought you meant he was rubbing the lathered soap bar on everything which would be bad enough, but the visual of a grown man rubbing his hands all over the bathroom surfaces thinking he was cleaning them is just spectacular.
I once asked my fiancee if he had ever cleaned a toilet in his life. He looked at me like I was crazy. He literally thought that he was too good to have to clean up his own skidmarks.
I left him not long after. For lots of reasons, but that may have been the final straw.
I had an ex who would park outside my building in the same spot, despite the fact that there’s a gated parking garage just 50 feet from where she would park.
Her car got broken into and she panicked because she couldn’t find her case notes...she was a social worker. Luckily she found them.
Cue a few months later. Her car is in the same spot and it’s broken into again, this time her notes were stolen and she had to own up to her mistake.
Having dated a guy who was equally stupid, I can confirm both of these things. I really wish that dude hadn't been so fucking dumb (and at times immature) because he was otherwise perfect.
j3utton · -64 points · Posted at 21:19:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That might say more about you than it does him? Also says quite a bit about his parents. Was he at least good looking?
🎙️ arual_x · 196 points · Posted at 21:30:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. He started out as a rebound from a baaaaad relationship, and I was just suckered in by how unendingly kindhearted and innocent he was (plus... good looking). Took a while to realise that someone being nice to you isn’t justification on its own for them to be sub-par as a partner in other ways. In the end I didn’t even leave because of this. I left because he’d been secretly using my credit card without my permission because it had the same pin as all our joint “house stuff” account cards.
Edit: in retrospect, obviously, not as kindhearted and innocent as I thought.
Literally everyone has at least one person that will make them go "what the hell was I thinking? And why did it last so long?" It's part of learning and growing. Not all our partners will be relatively flawless, some will just be straight up messes and regrets.
I’m fairly certain that if I would ask my 6 year old to clean the bathroom he would start with Clorox wipes. He might not do an amazing job but he would at least know what to use.
DondeT · 903 points · Posted at 21:43:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That cleaning story reminds me of my housemate my second year of uni.
She cleaned the bathroom and an hour later complained that everyone else has left it dirty.
We had literally just moved in so I asked her what cleaning product she had cleaned it with, she responded with “what do you mean product?!” So I asked her if she had use only hot water.
Her response: “Hot water?!
She had damped down all surfaces in the bathroom with cool water and was then unhappy with the water marks from a hard water area that appeared afterwards.
One of my roommates in college had her own bathroom in her room while the other 2 of us shared the second bathroom. When we had to move out, I found out she had literally never cleaned her bathroom in the entire year we lived there and she had her mom come help her clean it.
She also got mad when I asked her and my other roommate to be better about throwing away leftovers after I had just cleaned out 6+ months of their rotten science experiment food from the fridge.
Oh god this reminds me of a time my housemate did the dishes. In our share house of 6, we'd run out of dish soap so we just had to wait until the next person went to the store (later that day or the next day). We also had a dish roster so one guy had to do the dishes that day. Yes, dish rosters are stupid and I can't for the life of me remember why we had one.
Anyway this guy did his dishes and when I went to thr kitchen I saw they were done. I was obviously a bit perplexed at this because 1. We didn't have any soap and 2. I knew this guy used barely Luke warm water for dishes. As you might imagine everything was super greasy and not clean. He complained when we told him he had to do the dishes again.
I knew a guy like this. He thought cleaner just magically made things clean, instead of being a facilitator of dirt removal. I once watched him mop up a puddle of dog shit and then proceed to mop the rest of the floor with the shitty water. When questioned, he stated indignantly that the water had Pine Sol in it so it was cleaning the floor just fine.
Same guy also thought you had to take cold medicines to "get well faster" and didn't understand they were just to relieve symptoms.
My husband is that guy with cold medicine. He also believes in taking it the moment you start to feel ill in order to "prevent it." Always tells me to take some whenever I mention feeling a little cruddy. Like he thinks cold medicine is some kind of video game potion that will instantly repel illness and make you better.
Newsflash for anyone who thinks this way: Not how it works. Once you feel sick, YOU ARE SICK. The medicine won't make it go away, it'll just help you feel marginally less crappy by suppressing the symptoms while your body does its thing to actually fight it off.
I love my husband dearly, but on this matter... Dude be DUMB.
In fact, the cold medicine (if we're talking about paracetamol-based medicine, of course, not rare stuff like Zanamivir) makes the whole getting well process even longer because it knocks your fever off, and the high body temperature is there to actually help fight the virus. A lot of people do not know this. If you are feeling sick and can call in sick to work, don't take paracetamol (if your fever/headache is bearable), just lie down for a few days and make sure to stay hydrated. I wish they would print this in big friendly letters and hang around everywhere during the cold seasons.
Oof. My roommate never scrubs his dishes down. He'll just put them in the dish washer dripping with tomato sauce or soup or whatever. I've tried a couple of times to explain that the dishwasher is for sanitization and you're supposed to do a pre-scrub to get rid of nasty food gunk. In one ear and out the other.
He also keeps this nasty bong that he never rinses out. Shit gets as scummy as the aquarium in Finding Nemo. I seriously don't think he knows about microbes...
Okay, I think it's fine if someone smokes weed (or whatever else you can smoke in a bong) because that's their choice, but the bong should at least be cleaned for two reasons.
A) That shit's nasty.
B) Here's the plan, save the rinsing water from his dishes and pour it into the bong. Then he'll get both lessons at once.
Hope that when it inevitably spills bong water everywhere, you’re living somewhere else. Had a nasty roommate years ago who did the same thing, spilled it and the stench was disgusting.
Same guy also thought you had to take cold medicines to "get well faster" and didn't understand they were just to relieve symptoms.
To be fair, they do help you get better faster, albeit in a roundabout way. Coughing, sneezing, and producing mucus takes energy that your body could otherwise be using to fight whatever infection you've got, so relieving those symptoms (and helping you get a better night's sleep to recharge) will help you heal faster.
However, cold medicine does not kill the cold virus, which is probably what your friend thought.
tonfx · 35 points · Posted at 01:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my flatmates used to be like that. He'd do dishes and let them dry with soap and bubbles still on them, like wouldn't rinse it. Then he'd wonder why water in a 'clean' glass always tasted funny.
My husband and I stayed with our friend during a trip, his mom was visiting at the same time too and she did the same thing. She washed the dishes by putting maybe 2 inches of cold water into the sink, adding enough soap to look like a bubble bath, scrubbing, then putting them into the drying rack with out rinsing. Dishes for 5 people and the pots and pans for cooking all in that same water. I took over doing dishes for the rest of the visit after seeing that on the first day.
They do that in the UK too - wash dishes but don't rinse them. Omg. I was horrified to learn this! Gross! My ex is English, I'm American. We lived in England, & his mom came to visit. I made him swear to rinse the dishes when they offered to clean up one night! Why do people think it's ok to leave soap and dirty water on dishes to dry?! Is America the only place that rinses things off?
Wait, like she used the ACV to wipe things down with? As a cleanser?
I wanna barf just thinking about that smell. I use unfiltered ACV on my hair and rinse it out and still kinda gag at the dirty feet smell it gives off.
Yes, cleansing was her goal. She had read that vinegar was a natural alternative to bleach, which it is when a small amount of regular vinegar is diluted in water... She did not dilute it, she thought the apple would smell nice. It did not. So sticky.
My current SO used to wash dishes but piling everything in the sink, filling it with hot water, dumping bleach into it, and letting it sit for an hour. He didn’t even measure the bleach. I was shocked, but he’s since learned how to use soap and a sponge lol
Nice, you found the counterpart to the people who sanitize things by applying the sanitizing liquid(spray or wipe) and then wash or wipe it away without letting it sit first.
I live in a house with my GF and her mom. Was easier for us to buy the house and live together. Her mom is one of those people who just "goes through the motions" of washing dishes, but they arent actually clean. So frustrating and a waste of time as i jave to go back and clean them after she thinks she did.
I currently have a roommate that will just lightly rub something with a paper towel and think that she cleaned it. I came behind her with some spray and actually cleaned it. It was enough to turn the cloth black. She doesn't actually clean anything. Her parents are my "landlords" who also live with us, and she will tell them she cleaned everything that I actually cleaned and complain that I didn't help with anything. Luckily for me they don't believe her and trust me way more so I am on their good side. She will put 4 dishes in the dish washer and said she cleaned the kitchen..
Judging by your recount, I'm surprised he even knew what a potato was - an actual example of the "what's a potato?" guy in the flesh (or the skin for that matter).
🎙️ arual_x · 626 points · Posted at 21:25:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
After we decided to split but we’re still living together as we sorted out moving things and stuff, I obviously stopped cooking for him. One evening he came through, looked me dead in the eye, and asked me how to cook spaghetti. He’d poured water from the kettle into the saucepan and left it without turning the hob on and expected the spaghetti to magically just... cook.
He's just alive in the wrong decade - the Pleistocene era seems closer to his speed but then again, even early humans needed to know how something worked.
Omg my husband (who has since learned to cook) asked me how he would know when the spaghetti noodles were cooked. He'd gotten past the boiling water part but was honestly panicking about being able to tell apart hard crunchy straight noodles from their limp wiggly cooked form.
It's not that hard to just pinch off the end of a noodle to test the texture. It's not like you have to cram the whole thing in your mouth. You could even spit it out into the trash if it bothers you that much.
I once watched an ex make one of those bagged pasta mixes, like dried fettuccine or whatever you make. Pasta roni or knorr. He looked at the directions, measured the four cups or whatever of water it said to boil the noodles in, then added the noodles and the seasoning bag. I was flabbergasted.
This is sort of how I do it. Mind you I mean SORT OF. I bring the water to a boil, add the noodles, stir, put the pot lid on, and turn off the burner. Pasta is perfectly cooked in 10 minutes and you don't have to watch it while making sauce.
At least he used a pan. When I was pregnant with my son my husband made me the worst spaghetti ever. I'm talking he cooked it in the microwave instead of in a saucepan on the burner but only until it was kind of limp and not thoroughly cooked so like the noodles were bendy but hard. He didn't drain them properly either so there were pockets of water mixed in with the sauce. Also... the sauce... I think he remembered that you're supposed to put a sprinkle of sugar into sauce to make it less bitter... but he must have put a lot because it was SWEET I think he put salt in it too.
I tried to eat it because I was pregnant and hungry and hate wasting food and besides he made it for me but I could not do it at all.
Even though he can't cook pasta, I still love him though. He's good at cooking meat and stuff you don't need to time, his problem is he never reads the instructions or he misses stuff (99% sure he's dyslexic) it works out tough, because I'm good at baking and making pasta and stuff like that but he literally had to show me how to cook a steak last week so cooking is usually a joint effort and we help each other out.
One evening he came through, looked me dead in the eye, and asked me how to cook spaghetti.
My friend's little brother was just rinsing out the cups with cold water and was all smug talking about how soap was bad for the environment so he didn't use it. So I patiently explained about fats and oils, and how they go rancid and get consumed by bacteria and how if you use soap it binds the water to the oil and that's how things are cleaned. He was actually quite a thoughtful kid, which is why I explained it to him, and he immediately got it.
A lot of guys, especially if they're attractive or smart or both, just coast through life doing stuff and assuming they're doing it right because no one takes the time to give them any why's or wherefore's. They're terrified of appearing weak so they never ask for help or read instructions or look at maps and just wing it because that's just what men do.
Your ex let you see that he wasn't perfect and asked you for help and I bet it was one of the hardest things he ever had to do. Part of this is social and part of it is because very few people take the time to teach why things are done in a certain way.
🎙️ arual_x · 155 points · Posted at 20:48:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made him try them in a kinda “what do you think is wrong with this” kinda way and he was still clueless and said “they seem alright to me, just a bit gloopy”
I think he was trying to get out of doing ANYTHING. Like, if I mess it up, she won’t keep asking me and I can sit here on this couch looking HOT!
🎙️ arual_x · 190 points · Posted at 21:19:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish he had the smarts for that level of premeditated deception but unfortunately no. After speaking to his mum, she sighed, looked at me despairingly and said “men don’t help around the house. That’s your job”.
[deleted] · 243 points · Posted at 21:27:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plot twist: his mom wasn't originally sexist, but developed that mentality as a coping mechanism when she realized her child was not smart enough to master soap.
I mean, given how OP describes him I'm pretty sure his mom would worry about asking him to water the plants only to find him with his dick stuck in the ceiling fan and the couch on fire.
Nope, seems like she created that situation for herself. She had the mindset of "women have to do the housework" so she never let the kid help, and he never learned these simple things.
See I try to help around the house, but I’m not good at it at all. Usually ends up with my gf or another person yelling at me and getting angry over the quality of the cleaning
There are new players entering the game each day . I’m particular about how laundry is done. My anxiety about it being done incorrectly has led to me doing it. I’m wondering if I have fallen victim to my own strategy
🙄 you can almost taste the bitterness. If you can’t find the humor in that statement and have to project your sour take on it ... the world isn’t filled with the ugliness you have come to see it as. Lighten up Francis.
the world isn’t filled with the ugliness you have come to see it as
it's not, because most people don't display the ugly behavior you consider humorous. and you've got some major defensiveness going on too if you have to write me off as bitter because i call it out
lmao, you really are pathetic. i say something negative about your relationship skills so you have to tell yourself i'm single to make yourself feel better
Obviously it's not the weirdest part of this story, but what could he possibly have meant by 'alright' in that context? It's like saying "The stove seems alright to me, it's just a bit on fire."
🎙️ arual_x · 8 points · Posted at 00:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he meant ‘edible’ in the loosest possible sense. Probably trying to avoid the inevitable ‘well, apparently we’re just having bangers and plate tonight’.
Edit: I read it too fast and thought he just took the soapbar and rubbed it onto everything which would have been even better
🎙️ arual_x · 120 points · Posted at 19:51:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh so very serious. There are so many more stories about this ex. It wasn’t until I was out of the relationship and recounting some of these stories that I realised the sheer level of his absolute idiocy, but he was so freaking kind hearted and good looking that I totally overlooked it all. He once argued with me for half an hour that “trees have sex” because “how else would there be other trees”. When I clarified that he wasn’t just “simplifying the science of pollination” he looked at me like I was a witch.
[deleted] · 94 points · Posted at 21:28:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You dated a golden retriever, dude.
🎙️ arual_x · 53 points · Posted at 21:41:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's mean to goldens. They're actually a relatively smart breed.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 22:36:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
'Relatively' being the key word. They're smart relative to other dog breeds, but they're generally not clever enough to make mashed potatoes or clean a bathroom.
(I picked goldens because she mentioned he was so kindhearted that you forgot his mistakes)
There was a golden my aunt and uncle had who had a sixth sense and intense protective instinct, specifically in regards to my mentally handicapped younger sister. He would know before anyone else did if she somehow managed to sneak out of their house, and they lived just of a busy state highway. She also had a fascination with playing on/near roads. The dog would run out, play with her, and gently/subtly herd her back to the house under the pretense play. And it wasn't even just that, he just knew if she was doing something she shouldn't and was the most gentle and loving thing to her while also keeping her from danger or trouble... which that alone was a task, mind you.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But could that dog make decent mashed potatoes? THAT is the true test of sapience!
I learned recently that no witches were burned in Salem. Just drowned, hung, died in jail, and one was crushed to death.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 21:20:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salem didn't burn anyone at the stake for witchcraft, no. Other places did, though!
In fact, people in certain parts of the world today still get executed for "confessing to" or "being suspected of performing" witchcraft (or so it's said, but I'm sure ulterior motives play a part)... the most recent cases Wikipedia has reported are a woman in Ghana in 2010 (burned), and two Saudi people (one in 2011, one in 2012), both beheaded.
I am from the North of England and live a couple of miles away from a hill called Pendle Hill. It was featured in the latest Hellboy.
" The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft " - Wikipedia
Yeah something like that. I think if they still float they are a witch and they will be killed but if they sink they're human but drown. That whole thing was caused by ergot which is a mold that grows on rye sometimes. It has properties similar to LSD.
JK, JK, I read this whole string of Salem Witch Trial history, I love how knowledgeable you all are, keep it up! I just like saying "Burn the witch!" XD (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ.✧ *SPOOOOKY
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 23:46:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
They also checked if they weighed the same as a duck.
Well yeah but there were loads of other places where they were burned. European witch trials had already been happening for centuries before the Salem Witch Trials, some used burning, some didn’t. For example, in my hometown there was a famous witch trial in 1324 which resulted in a woman being burned at the stake.
Now now, Giles Corey was killed during torture to force him to plead one way or the other. Because no matter which way he plead, he'd have been convicted and his estate would have been forfeit, by dying without pleading (and thus without trial, and without being declared a wizard), his estate passed to his sons-in-law intact.
Some trees do indeed sexually reproduce. Whether they exactly "have sex" in the sense we understand that phrase is more of a gray area, but some do reproduce sexually.
🎙️ arual_x · 91 points · Posted at 21:04:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I don’t think mr soap hands was going for a largely unknown arboricultural technicality here.
🎙️ arual_x · 10 points · Posted at 00:22:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I should really have written some of them down. His friends were just as mad. One night, one of them got so drunk on overproof rum, he ATE a wicker basket from the front of a bicycle.
Not gonna lie, your ex kinda reminds me of me. I’m really bad at small practical things. Like hilariously bad. But people tolerate it sometimes because I’m generally really nice
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"If trees have sex through the air with 'pollen', does that mean trees have been having sex with ME this whole time? Does that mean I'm going to have baby trees?? Is she saying I'm tree pregnant???"
He did NOT just soap up his hands and rub them around!! No! That is hilarious- I can’t stop picturing this idiot grinning ear to ear thinking he’s doing an outstanding job!
As someone who knows nothing about cooking potatoes, do you mean he mashed them without pulling them out of the pot of water, or do you have to drain the potato itself somehow?
🎙️ arual_x · 6 points · Posted at 23:57:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn’t drain the boiling water out of the pot. But also... drain a potato might be my new favourite thing from this post. How does one drain a potato???
Speaking of dumb boyfriends lol my pumice stone was missing one day, and I asked my ex if he had seen it. He goes “is that for your...thiiiing?” (Vagina. He thought a pumice stone was for your vagina).
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 00:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy once who’d never made mashed potatoes before and went to mash them. Raw. And whole. His mom has done all of the cooking for them growing up and he never bothered to learn. He was shocked when he found out they had to be cut and boiled before mashed.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay you win the “my OH doesn’t understand potatoes” contest HANDS FUCKING DOWN.
He didn’t last much longer past that moment 😂. Mama also taught him that girls cleaned and cooked so he didn’t have to, and my mama didn’t raise me to clean up after a man.
They’re both a couple o potato brains! I get that not everyone learns cookin growing up but have they never SEEN anyone cook things before? The image of him taking a masher to a whole-ass uncooked potato is sending me. Thank you.
Reminds me of the time I cooked spaghetti for me and 13 other people. Cooked the ground beef, then added the seasoning. Someone came in and asked why the meat was all runny. I shrugged. I’d never really eaten spaghetti with meat before but apparently I was supposed to drain it first. They spent the next few minutes, exasperated, trying to undo my mistake. Everyone had a horrible case of heartburn that night.
I can kind of understand the potato thing if you don't know the first thing about cooking, but the bathroom thing... I mean, the dude cleaned himself, right? When he took a shower did he just soap up and call it a day?
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 00:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Weirdly no. He was hyper hyper obsessive about always getting every last scrap of soap off himself. To the point of compulsion. Whenever I got out of the shower and had any residual soap suds, he actively freak out.
My boyfriend is like this. He has no idea how to clean ANYTHING. His mom is kind of a hoarder/cat lady and never taught him, so I try to be forgiving. Seriously, though, how do guys like this survive till adulthood? He is a very good cook though, so that kinda makes up for it.
I asked my ex-husband to clean the shower one time. Came home to a powerful chemical smell, went to check on him and found him cleaning the tile with a sponge and Drano. I'm amazed his hands didn't fall off.
My husband cleans the coffee table with a wet paper towel and some dawn. I've long stopped arguing about it - at least he's cleaning it. He thinks it gets cleaner with soap and water than with a spray cleaner and microfiber.
I could kind of see the potatoes, if you've never cooked. When I was in the Girl Scouts, we divided into groups for chores, so each group would cook one day or sweep or whatever. One group (I forget if it was mine) went to make a sort of blueberry cobbler dessert (canned blueberries, flour, sugar, I forget what). They just dumped the whole can of blueberries in without draining the juice. Miraculously, it was still fine and didn't end up a soggy mess. It was just blue.
My mother in law still doesnt know the difference between right and left. When giving her directions i have to say "like the hand you write with" if she needs to go right. She also doesnt know the difference between north, south, east and west even though we live on an island where there are different elements (mountains and volcanoes) in each direction
Sounds like she’s dyslexic. I’m dyslexic and I have a super hard time with left/right, direction, reading an analog clock, time keeping in general, and a bunch of other mundane shit that isn’t stereotypically associated with dyslexia. I can read and write just fine, so I never got a diagnosis until I was an adult.
That’s funny you mention it, because I mix up my right and left and always have, ALWAYS. Even when I know which direction to go, I swear I know what I mean, I’ll still say it opposite or even point the wrong way! My husband just gets beside himself over it. I can read a map and navigate, it’s in calling it out either verbally or by pointing that I simply mix them up. Otherwise I’m a perfectly high functioning adult (but I’ve always struggled with “executive function” type tasks like keeping a schedule, getting things in on time, matching names with faces-even people I’ve known for years, also, directions- even in places I’ve driven around in for years. It’s like I have a weak connection in the spatial/temporal part of my brain). Well one of my daughters is about to be tested for dyslexia, it’s very obvious she has it, probably quite severely. And it’s often strongly genetic, but we know of no one on either side who is dyslexic. Well now maybe we have a clue...
i've shared the hand trick to numerous people throughout the years. Hold both hands in front of you like you're about to high five someone, bend all fingers down except your pointer and thumb...left hand shows an "L"
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 14:32:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went through Army basic training with a guy who never did figure out left from right. Eventually, the drill sergeants just made him keep a rock in his left hand any time we had to march anywhere. Instead of “left right left”, he would start us out “ Rock right rock” until we got going
Wow. I mean, I’m bad with left and right and sometimes I have to hold up my hands to double check. But I’m great with cardinal directions, so I don’t get lost too easy.
Tell her her left hand makes an L for left when you extend the thumb and pointer. That's how I taught my nephew, he's a visual learner.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid my mom said that to me and I remember thinking she meant "which hand do you right with and which hand do you left with" and I didn't find it helpful at the time Lol
one of my elementary school teachers told us a mnemonic device for cardinal directions that i still find myself saying in my head 30 years later (I'd usually mix up east and west)
Starting at the top and going clockwise, "Never Eat Soggy Waffles" for North-South-East-West
Qyro · 657 points · Posted at 01:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If nothing else, this post has made me realise I’m not nearly as useless as I thought I was.
My ex- He didn’t know how to hold a fork properly. All utensils were used by grasping it in a fist
Also didn’t know how to open up baby wipes. He tore open the bag (it has a lid so they don’t dry out). He ignored the lid.
Didn’t know how to merge or change lanes. He wouldn’t check blind spots or accelerate. Would actually frequently slow down and turn into cars. I attribute his lack of accidents to other safe drivers on the road. He would, instead, use a blinker when backing out of parking spaces!!!?!! So people knew which way he was backing out at???
Didn’t know to rinse vegetables or fruits before eating. Basic shit. Like how!?!? Don’t get me started on any food prep...
I often felt like a parent more than a partner and it got old. Constantly having to teach him things he was never told or taught.
He would, instead, use a blinker when backing out of parking spaces!!!?!! So people knew which way he was backing out at???
You're actually supposed to do that in my state, but nobody actually does it except for the students who get penalised when on their driving test because they didn't do it because nobody fucking does it.
We never had it on our state exam, just the parallel parking. It was more the inconsistency that got me. He found that important but wouldn't check mirrors or look at blind spots to lane change
I understand that. My mother complains about people not using their blinkers, but won't use her blinker until she's already changing. Like, at that point you might as well not use it at all.
Oh man, my current boyfriend (didn't start dating until 17) and I were driving partners in Drivers Ed when we were 15. One of my most vivid memories of Drivers Ed was when we were on the interstate and he tried to change lanes without accelerating. He got an earful from our instructor.
Dude, as he should but at least he was of the right age. My ex was 25 years old at the time and didn’t know these things. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ Really don’t know how he avoided accidents for so many years
Where I'm from people drive well before they legally can, but I get your point. I feel like it's common sense though, and honestly 4 years later he's still not a good driver. He'll literally slow down at green lights, not because he's being cautious of red light runners but because he just doesn't recognize it's a green light. He spaces out a lot while driving and it's really unsafe, I tend to drive us everywhere.
Is he color blind? It's not unheard of for someone to not realize even when they have their license. My friends basically has to tell by context clues from other drivers and trying to see which light is brighter
That's why she checks which one is brighter, they're the same color to her. I'd imagine it's somewhat like telling someone to eat the top of an Oreo, both ends look the same.
(Yes, I know it's much rarer for women to have colorblindness, both her parents have it too. Their house was very interestingly decorated.)
I guess your traffic lights must be different to ours because with ours, there's no way you'd have trouble telling which light is on even if you're a dog with black and white vision. "Checking" which one is brighter is like "checking" if the sun is out -- it's kind of hard to miss.
Here in Australia, accelerating when changing lanes gets you a speeding ticket. (The speeding tolerance is just 3kph (2mph) and you can be insta-failed on your driving test for going even 1kph over the limit.)
The idea is that you're only supposed to make a pass if the person in front of you is driving slower than the posted speed. You should accelerate to the speed limit, but you should not exceed the limit when passing.
This is obviously not how anyone drives, so who really cares?
That's insane. I was taught to slightly speed up (dad and defensive driving) since other drivers rarely maintain speed and to ensure that you aren't slowing down when overtaking. Different country rules I suppose.
nefies · 29 points · Posted at 02:29:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh God I was in a restaurant eating at the bar and this young couple sat next to me. I side eyed that motherfucker all through dinner because he was eating his food while fisting that utensil. He was at least 21 because he was drinking!
I was at a wedding at a fancy steakhouse and one of my friends there with me used his utensil like this. I jokingly corrected him, and ever since I’ve been “that bougie girl” because I know how to use utensils right. It’s all with love though.
often felt like a parent more than a partner and it got old.
Man, I've been there. A shame, because we had great chemistry and a lot of fun together, and he was damn gorgeous. Eventually I had to send him back to his mom for her to resume taking care of.
Once he asked me what ocean was on the east coast where we live. He lived like 3 minutes from the beach and thought he was looking at the Pacific.
You should have seen the look on his face when I showed him how to fill an ice cube tray by tilting it and letting the water run into all the spots instead of filling them one by one, or that it's possible to microwave eggs when you're feeling lazy. These two things alone changed his life.
Are you sure? How about Bouganville, Vanuatu, Kiribati, PNG, Samoa, Rapa Nui, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Galapagos, New Caledonia, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Palau, Guam, Taiwan?
He would, instead, use a blinker when backing out of parking spaces!!!?!! So people knew which way he was backing out at???
My driver instructor taught me to do that to help give other driver's a heads up in case you don't see them, or they're actually nice and might stop to let you pull out
Nothing really, it's just odd as no one does that here, and, he placed an importance on that but not on checking mirrors, blind spots, and accelerating when merging/lane changing
I feel this. I had an ex who was a “miracle baby” and an only child so his parents never taught him how to be a functioning adult and did basically everything for him. It literally felt like I was parenting him.
Maybe that's what happened with him. His parents did everything for him so he never learned....I don't know anymore. It does feel like you're parenting them because, in a way, you are. I feel ya
I did feel like an asshole but someone had to be that asshole in his life. He's missing out on the control he could have over the food on his plate (you can more finely cut, pick up, swirl a fork held properly) than fisting it. His plate was often a mess and watching him struggle to get food properly with a fisted fork was too much.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:24:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I missed the acceptable cutoff for telling him though, lol. Almost three years in I don’t want to be like, “You know you’ve been holding it wrong, right?” Idk
I asked him much the same. He had other girlfriends and I couldn't understand why no one tried to tell him. Maybe they didn't want to offend or hurt his feelings. You have more control over the utensil/food when held properly vs just a fist.
Have a colleague at trait school like that, he comes from a very poor family background and his parents never bothered to teach him how to use a fork.
Dude used to grab it like a stick instead of like a pensil, so his hand basically slipped down whilst making it hard to separate food pieces.
I introduced it like a "lifehack" to make him feel less awkward and taught him how it's done. It was really painful to see him struggle over it but he eventually got it right and he was surprised how easier it was later on. He's a really nice outgoing pal and we play online games from time to time. We're both 24 yrs old.
You're a kind soul! His was the same, he couldn't cut up things properly and missed out on the fine motor skills involved in eating even things like spaghetti. I felt bad for him but also angry at his parents for failing him in this way plus many others. I was just shocked when I first saw this. He was 25.
Sometimes people aren’t aware of things because they’ve never been exposed to the information. I didn’t know how to brush my teeth until around the 3rd grade because I’d never owned a toothbrush. I knew toothbrushes existed, as well as toothpaste, but none of the specifics (how often, how long, how hard do you brush, etc). They had special oral hygiene class that all the other kids were laughing at that probably saved most of the teeth in my mouth.
I didn’t know how to do my hair until my twenties because I’d never had my hair brushed or combed, when I moved out at sixteen I just shaved it so it wouldn’t look so bad and I didn’t stop until I moved to an area full of skinheads.
I didn’t know how to do laundry aside from scrubbing it in a sink (which actually does work if done correctly, surprisingly).
It’s embarrassing as hell to try to explain to somebody that you’ve never participated in a basic and universal human experience.
I'm sorry :( That was mostly the case with him and I blamed his parents for it. He didn't know what I was talking about. It was just really frustrating how others had failed him when he was a kid.
A friend of mine didnt know to read the white lines on the road. She couldn't predict that a lane was going to be turn or exit only, despite actual signs stating so too.
We didn't have to on our state exam and no one does here. It isn't commonplace. Pulling out of parallel is. I just mostly found it out he did that but wouldn't look to merge on highway speeds plus slow down.
My ex didn't know that cars were supposed to stay in their lane when making a left turn through an intersection. He thought they could just go in whichever they pleased after crossing the intersection and didn't understand why cars would honk furiously at him
I believe that California is the only US state that let's you make a left turn, and then chose which lane to take afterwards, if there is more than one, and no traffic.
They also let motorcycles lane split, which is terrifying when one screams by you, and you are not used to it.
Ok but who taught him to use a blinker when backing out of a parking space but neglected to teach him how to change lanes? Like what the fuck? My first car was totaled cause a guy merged into me, it's really dangerous to other people to not know that kind of thing
His dad "taught" him how to drive. One of the most socially awkward people I've met in my life was his dad. I can only imagine those driving lessons.
The good news is I was able to teach him how to safely change lanes and he improved (hopefully preventing future accidents). Things like: check the side mirror, turn your head to look, speed up slightly ect.
Exactly! I got to that point. I mostly resented his parents but it did transfer over to him since he's an adult and responsible for himself. I was, at least, able to help him sort out these things plus others so there is that. Sigh
Is he developmentally disabled? Some of that sounds dumb or inconsiderate (i.e., tearing things open and not rinsing vegetables), but the fork thing and the total inability to drive makes me think it's a neurological problem.
Not at all. His parents just seriously suck and never taught him things. He had no idea what I was talking about when I brought these issues up. He did have an anxiety issue and sometimes a hard time focusing so I'm sure several variables came into play.
Gotcha. I also can't hold a fork, so my mind automatically went there. I can't hold a pen, either, but it's a muscle tone issue and not a lack of understanding.
Then again, my parents suck AND I'm disabled, and I still know better than to drive.
Dica92 · 2 points · Posted at 09:41:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That part about using blinkers when backing out kinda makes sense though.
Kinda. It's a bit strange but it was odd he did that but would slow down into cars on the road or not look. He would use his blinker and hope for the best.
You should definitely start doing so. You'd be surprised at the amount of bacteria or salmonella on many vegetables since farms often use manure ect to fertilize. Then there are potential pesticides and whatever else has precipitated from the sky.
See, my secret is i generally don't buy many vegetables or fruit. I get them from my takeaway, and at home I just eat eggs or weetbix or porridge. Unless I'm being stupid then I'm eating everything in sight.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I attribute his lack of accidents to other safe drivers on the road."
"A bad driver is only safe until they meet another bad driver." -Jordan Baker
True! I did teach him to check the blinds and encourage him to speed up (gave him driving lessons). He did improve in that regard. However, when together, I would almost always drive.
Indicating while backing out of a space is something you need to remember to do to pass your test in my country. Sure, nobody ever usually does it once they pass, but it’s not some super odd thing.
It might even be a requirement you’re not aware of.
It certainly wasn’t on my drivers exam for my state or the other states I lived in. Hence why it’s super odd here. I’ve seen maybe one person do it all my years of driving. I can see how some places would require it for an exam though. Here you just have to indicate for leaving a parallel space.
I’ve heard the speeding up vs slowing down when merging is dependent on where you live. I always thought it depended and you should just do whatever was necessary to match the speed of the lane you’re entering. Most people in my state seem to slow down a bit while checking their blind spot, then adjust their speed while actually merging.
Might be dependent but slowing down while overtaking a car is dangerous regardless. He would do that while coming over on a car, forcing them to brake and horn honking was common.
I have an uncle who uses his turn signal when the vehicle in front of him is changing lanes and doesn’t understand why it isn’t helpful, and is infuriating when you’re following him somewhere.
So some background info, my dad is a mechanic so I've been very lucky to have the importance of vehicle maintenance drilled into my head from a young age... when my now fiance and I were dating for about 6 months I needed to change the oil in my car so I asked when the last time she had changed her oil, she had never changed it after owning the car for 3 years.
I immediately brought it to my dad's place as I wasn't sure what to expect... we decided to add oil to properly flush it once we changed the oil a week later, it took 3.5 quarts of oil and the engine only holds 4 quarts total
Car still runs 2 years of regular oil changes later... to paraphrase my dad it speaks to the quality of Kia/Hyundai engines since most cars would have seized up given how low it was for so long
dararie · 220 points · Posted at 00:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law, who was an engineer, didn’t believe in preventative maintenance including oil changes. Sole reason we drive Hondas is because of the quality of their engines. His last Honda never had an oil change in the 10+ years he owned it and still ran when they sold it because he couldn’t drive anymore.
dararie · 155 points · Posted at 02:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because he hated to spend the money. My husband is fond of saying that his father squeezed a nickel so hard that the Buffalo pooped
on the Indians face.
Anecdotal: I replaced the oil pan on my 2013 Dodge Caravan because the the oil pan had rusted out really badly (NY road salt, yo). Afterwards, I poked at the rustiest area on the old pan and was horrified when my screwdriver sunk right through it with little-to-no effort (look through my recent post history and you'll see it in /r/justrolledintotheshop).
The new pan cost ~$30, plus a ~$12 gasket, and it was one good bump away from costing me a new several-thousand dollar engine.
Eugh, but yes. We had 3 2002-04 Honda Jazzes (that’s a Fit in America).
One of them is still alive (I did a 180 kick flip in one of the others, and was completely unharmed) — each year you can check the oil just before getting it changed and the dipstick comes back slightly above full. When we bought the first one we heard the advice to get the oil changed straight away because they were so reliable people never got them serviced.
I do take care of my engine, but I also drive a Honda because their engines are top-notch. If there's one part of the car I want to be top-quality, it's the engine.
My freshman year in high school, I went with some friends for an overnight trip to the next town over. It was about 60 miles. The driver had a little 1980s Toyota pickup, that started overheating once we got there. Plenty of coolant in the system, ran fine for the first 10 or 15 minutes after starting, while running around to restaurants and stores.
They were all puzzled. I remember suggesting at least a half dozen times to check the oil. But I was 14, not old enough to drive, so what did I know...
About 20 miles into the drive back over the hill, the truck just shut off on the road. A couple hours later, one seriously disgruntled father confirmed that having no oil in the vehicle would cause it to overheat from all that friction.
Tldr: my high-school buddy bricked his truck by driving it a day and a half with no oil, and refused to check because the youngest kid in the group suggested it.
Edit: This same guy later bricked his girlfriend's VW Jetta by hot-doggin' around town, scraping a hole in the oil pan on a pothole or something, and continuing to run his errands.
He was in his mid 20s by that point...
I don't think I changed my oil for the first year or so after buying my first car. I thought it was a fix for something, not a maintenance thing, until someone asked when the last time I did it was. I guess I'm biased since it happened to me, but that's not something people should expect everyone to be born with or something.
I was always curious as a kid and understood the rules of the road pretty young by watching and asking questions, but I don't think as a kid I would notice that the oil changes were periodic, if I was even dragged to car appointments (which I probably wasn't, an uncle probably just did them when he and my dad were at work) and they might not have been regular because there were other things wrong with the old used cars/van.
I hear you, and that's why I added the background... my point was that a lot of people fuck this up unless you've been shown that preventative maintenance can eliminate future car repair surprises... I'm sure 80% of what mechanics see are problems that should have been addressed months, if not years sooner
As a mechanic with a shit used car and many friends who are alike, we spent most of our high school years just saying “eh we’ll fix it when it’s broken”
[deleted] · 60 points · Posted at 02:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll speak generally here, not specifically to you.
It makes it very clear in the owners manual, that book is in the car for a reason. Also anything 2010 and new pops up a "service now" or "change oil" right on the damn dash every time you start the car.
Your case and other may not know, but a lot of people just neglect basic maintenance of many things they own. Eg clean the dust out of your computer, empty the filter in your dishwasher, run the defrost cycle on a deep freezer if you have one.
Where is this dishwasher filter? Asking for a friend
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 03:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the bottom, it'll either be a little round thing about as big around as a cup, or it'll be a section right under the bottom spinny bit that will turn and pop out.
Keeping it clean means it runs better and you don't get a smelly dishwasher.
Not all dishwashers have a filter. Many (at least in the US) have a grinder and pump to send solids down the drain.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:51:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, never heard of that here (Canada). TIL. Adds value to my first comment though, it's something you find out by reading the manual that comes with it.
Just sucks when you're apartment living and don't have manuals for any of the stuff that comes with it.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 17:15:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My landlord had all the manuals for the appliances (dishwasher, fridge, washer and dryer, microwave) in. Folder on the counter for me when I moved in. I thought it was really nice of him to think of that, most probably keep them themselves with the warranty etc.
Isn't a hard process even if it doesn't have one. Just pack it out empty, turn it off, put some big dish with hot water inside for like 10 mins so the ice thaws. Then wipe the cooler dry, turn it back on and pack your stuff back. Bonus points for wiping the dry fridge with some cleaner/disinfectant, a little cleaning doesn't hurt every 6 months or so.
I mean, my situation is the one I know, and I'm sure I'm not the only one on earth in the situation, so it's a valid example, right? Isn't that how conversations work?
But fair enough (if you get those things new), though I imagine manuals and terms and conditions are similar in that they're common and people assume they know what's inside, especially for common things - not that that's a good excuse! We all just need to slow down and read the fine print, and the big print, like you said.
Winjin · 12 points · Posted at 02:35:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Russia, they cover these basics in the driving courses... I guess other than that, there's realistically no other options where stuff like that would come by.
Driving courses are completely optional (and pretty expensive, at least to college-me) here, but I took one, and that wasn't in it. Probably should be, that's smart!
Winjin · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you get a driver's license? Here it's the mandatory courses, they are like 30-40 hours of theory, covering every page in the rulebook, and then practice which goes for 12-20 hours or more, then you can only get access to our DMV by providing them with the certificate, which are state-issued to these schools, and then you have to pass govt exam. This doesn't help with the amount of morons on the road, but actually I do think it helps, without that there would be even more, and YouTube would be like 40% cats, 60% dashcam vids from Russia, and not the other way around.
In Ontario, Canada, you get your G1 by passing a multiple-choice quiz (and you get your sight tested), which enables you to drive with a passenger who has a G-level license and has been driving for 4 years. There are certain highways you're not allowed on (unless you're with a certified instructor), and you have to be 16 or older to take the test. You also need 0 blood alcohol and can't drive between midnight and 5am.
After 1 year (or 8 months if you take a qualifying driving course) you can get your G2 with a driving test. If you can manage not to drive like an absolute idiot for 15 minutes, you get your G2. Now you don't need a supervising passenger and there are limitations on under-19 passengers if you are under 19 between 12 and 5am.
12 months later, you can take another driving test to get your full G license. This driving test adds highway skills, and you have to do it within 5 years of getting your G1.
TL;DR - It's embarassingly easy to get a license. Over 2-5 years, fill out a multiple choice quiz, prove you can see, and prove you can drive well for ~15 minutes at a time twice.
Driving schools exist to shorten 2 years to 1.666 years and give you insurance discounts, but are not mandatory, and cost money. And from my experience, don't teach you anything you wouldn't already know from the handbook and being in a car before.
I’m a female petrol head, so when I had heaps of junk for my first few cars my friends dad would help me keep it road worthy and we spent many hours under the hood and he taught me so much. My best friends dad is also the same where he won’t do anything for me (unless I could hurt myself) but he’ll spend hours at my house or out on my driveway teaching me how to use his tools and do stuff...
Most of the girls at old job I had were really old fashioned in their mindset, they couldn’t even top up windscreen washers as their husbands did all the ‘blue’ jobs, one didn’t even know how to put fuel in her car because her husband always filled it up for her at the weekend
I actually asked one day, god forbid anything happened to your husband and you had to fend for yourself how would you manage? I did laugh when she said she’d call me 😂😂. But still!...
Haha, well at least I have windshield washer fluid and gas covered! I also replaced my windshield wipers once or twice without and felt good about myself :P Baby steps? I guess I'm banking on my phone working and calling for help or finding a good youtube tutorial if anything happens, though. I should probably at least do a refresher once in a while on how to change a tire.
My dad's not a conventionally "handy" man, haha, so I definitely haven't learned firsthand. He actually leases vehicles hoping to avoid having to deal with maintenance, ever, and sometimes it's easier to assemble furniture alone than with him! I'm just rambling at this point, but that's really cool that you got to do that with your dad! :)
I've read it since, but having driven used cars and being a passenger in vehicles all the time, it's easy to think you know what the average person should know. Until the pandemic most people didn't know you should let disinfectant sit for 4 minutes, even with wipes. And that's just one sentence on the back of the bottle!
I feel like I'm repeating myself, but I think it's reasonable to assume you know about things that come up every few months on vehicles, which you see hundreds of every day and spend so much time in, even as a passenger. Like how you don't read terms and conditions or how letting disinfectant sit for 4 minutes wasn't really common knowledge until now, and its just one sentence on the back of a bottle.
People take things for granted, take things for common knowledge, and don't know what they don't know, so they may not think they need to look. And everyone's always in a rush, etc. etc. I'm not saying it's a good thing, it's just a human thing.
I get it, but when I spend many thousands of dollars on a car, I'm gonna read the manual. Not just to know how to properly maintain it, but I want to know all the features it has as well. This isn't the same as not reading terms and conditions or the fine print on disinfectant.
I can confirm the quality of Hyundai engines. I regularly change the oil and perform other maintenance in my cars every 5-10k kms. I also had a Hyundai excel which I used for work. I did a full maintance check on it when I bought it, then for some reason, I had a complete brainfart for around 110k kms.
It wasn't until my FIL noticed blue smoke coming from the exhaust that it clicked what I forgot to do. The oil was basically carbon soot at the bottom of my oil pan. I did a rebuild on the engine and had it for another 3 years until I had an accident in which the frame was bent.
i mean i didnt really understand much other than hold the light up or i get cussed at and called dumb eventually i just bought him a headlamp problem solved fuck old cars id rather be in debt paying off a new one than work on a piece of shit that breaks down throughout the year.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of "car guys" will shit on this mindset, but unless you're broke as shit (although have fun scrounging up money for tools) this is pretty understandable if you don't like tinkering with shit
Fuck man. I’ve only owned subaru’s. If anyone here knows, flat 4’s eat oil up. If I did that then my car would be dead in 6 months for sure.
My forester was poorly maintained and after a year a bearing died on me and that thing has been parked since I replaced it until I can either rebuild or sell it to someone who wants to do the work.
But the amount of performance subis give you for what you pay for is why I love them so much. Just wish I hadn’t bought my last one from someone who “did all of the maintenance” themselves and took there word for it without running a computer on it first.
At least that was only a $6000 mistake and not more.
If I could list all of the things wrong with it that I fixed before the bearing failure I would but I don’t want to drag on.
I learned this lesson the hard way. The worst part is, I grew up around race cars and working on cars in general, at the very least basic maintence. My previous car was a 1st gen Mazda Miata and you could spit on that thing and it would be enough to keep it going. I recently got an 08 Outback and was driving it from Maine to WV. Well, one of the crankshafts snapped in half. Thankfully it only needed one head replaced. The damage was pretty minimal so it was only about a 3k fix.
I recently made that drive again for the first time in a year and let me tell you what I was PARANOID the whole time.
Nice to see dads actually teach their kids about vehicle maintenance. My dad would just humiliate me, call me stupid, and yell at me for holding the light at the wrong angle.
I ended up getting a job 3.5hrs away from him. So the next time he scolded me for not taking care of my car myself, I yelled at him for never actually letting me work on them with him when I was growing up.
Petty reaction, I know, but I think now he recognizes how much farther ahead I could’ve been. And our relationship is better now that I do my own maintenance, and we can talk cars together. Hope you continue to pass that knowledge on to your kids, if you decide to have them. (ps: especially if they’re girls)
My first car I had no idea what I was doing. My first oil change was 20k miles overdue. Only got a new car when the electronics died. 2003 Buick lesabre
My 2004 LeSabre is at 255k miles...it leaks everything: oil, coolant, power steering, transmission fluid...but for the past three years as long as everything is topped up it hasn’t stopped running. More recently though the transmission has had a hard time shifting up into 4th gear and then back down into first at a complete stop. It’s probably on its way out haha
Bought a 2001 Honda Civic LX off an elderly lady about 6 years ago for $400. She had stopped driving it about a year prior due to sight issues and was just getting rid of it. It was a manual and although I’m no car enthusiast, I do enjoy driving manuals and couldn’t pass up a $400 Honda Civic with less than 250k miles on it. Did a small test drive and it sounded perfectly fine, minus a squeaky fan belt. Bought it, got the title, registered it, the whole nine yards. Brought it home and checked fluids. Completely bone-dry. Went through the car paperwork and the last oil change was in 2002. I changed the filter and added oil and it still runs perfectly fine today. Only maintenance I’ve had to due is add new shifter oil and replace a $25 brake light plunger (brake lights were stuck permanently on even with the key out of the ignition). I’m forever a Honda man, this thing just won’t die. In my state, I qualify for “historic” tag license plates in two years so that’s my goal.
I ran my motorcycle totally dry once. I'm talking take the dipstick out when I stop for gas, and....it's dry. "Why is there smoke coming out of the hole?"
Apparently, if you run a 250 at 90 mph while fully loaded, riding far enough to burn through a tank of gas will mean you're only down about 1/4 liter, but that's enough that the second tank will take care of all the rest of the oil.
Edit: Honda motor with ball bearings instead of shell bearings in the crank, it survived.
Surprised me as well. And very relieved. It was a company bike they let me take on holiday, in France, from England. For a minute or two, I was trying to figure out how I was going to get a bike with seized motor back home. That bike was tough, it spent pretty much every day at the red line, got knocked off its stand many times, riding in all weathers, wish I could get one like it now.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not gonna lie, I'm so used to my old ass diesel my first thought was "Why wouldn't there be smoke coming out of the hole?". If I pulled the stick of the cap and there wasn't smoke I'd be pretty concerned, because blow by isn't really a thing that fixes itself.
My sister a 30year old woman at this time 2 years ago had a Nissan Altima that she had for maybe a year not very long at all. She never changed the oil and well good by engine. And there is no reason for her not to know this because our mom drills these types of things into her head because if she didnt my sister would be a disaster.
This reminds me of my own car story! I didn't know car registrations expired until I was pulled over in the middle of the night at the age of 21. I was an hour away from home and 20 minutes from my college campus. The police officer had to explain the whole process to me right there. Then to make sure it sunk in, he made me tow my car 20 minutes to campus. That was a pricey ride.
I didn’t know you had to change the oil until, at 18, the car I’d been driving for 2 years started pouring smoke from the hood while I was driving on the freeway. I pulled into a parking lot and ran away, sure it was about to explode, and then called my mom for help.
My sister did the same thing. She got my mom's old car when she went off to college and didn't change the oil the whole four years because she didn't know she was supposed to. It was a Hyundai Elantra. I don't remember how my parents found out, maybe it finally started acting up, but it worked fine after it got some fresh oil in it. When I got my first car (several years before this fiasco as I'm the older sister) I bought it used from a dealership and made sure they supplied me with an owner's manual for it so I could learn all about my car. I read that sucker from cover to cover. I even got some car mechanic friends to teach me how to change my oil and change my brake pads. I prefer the convenience of paying someone else to do it, but I like to at least know what I am paying them to do.
I prefer the convenience of paying someone else to do it, but I like to at least know what I am paying them to do.
As someone whose hobby is my car, and spends probably far too much time wrenching on it than it deserves, l happily pay someone to change the oil for me. That's a whole lot of mess for not that much money saved.
I was looking for this! You're supposed to get cars serviced every year or 10000 miles, and an oil change is included in that. Do people just not get their cars serviced?
Depends on the condition and how much they drive. When my hyundai was new it didn't use any oil. It would have gotten nasty but it wouldn't have been very low over those first 3 years we had it. Now it is no longer new and it takes a couple quarts between oil changes.
My dad was changing the oil on my moms newish car (<20k miles) but didn't have enough to refill it and had to go to the store the next day to get more oil. Mom didn't know and took the car to work that day with no oil at all and the drain plug not even in it. It's currently my car and still runs like a champ at 224,000 miles.
2005 Infiniti G35, in case anyone is curious. The engines are tanks, but I can't say the same for the transmission that I've replaced twice. Also, shows how well new synthetic oils stick to the car parts.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have one in my pathfinder, and it has a rear mainseal leak that's just slow enough it never dripped and I didn't know I was low on oil until the warning light came on. But she still runs fine two years later
My brother drove a used Hyundia Accent for 60+ thousand miles with zero maintenance with no problems. That car just wouldn't die. Eventually the clutch went (at least three people learned to drive manual on it) and he drove it for another 6 months just shoving it into gear without the clutch.
How can you drive a car with a shot clutch? Just shoving the transmission into gear doesn't fix the problem of the clutch no longer being able to transmit power from the engine to the transmission.
Ah, that sounds like a snapped clutch cable rather than a worn out clutch. A worn out clutch would let the engine rev up a lot without sending much power to the wheels.
Out of curiosity, how'd he get the thing going in first gear?
Friend of mine bought a Honda CRX from another friend's new wife, many many years ago. (They had to sell when they got a ticket for no child seat for the new baby). it had 40,000 miles and the oil had never been changed. Plus the tires had no tread left.
My ex boyfriend did the same thing but it was closer to 5 years. He would also complain all the time about “his piece of shit car never working” like the world was out to get him. Homie change your damn oil then we will talk.
I was with my best friend in a city an hour away from home when his car started smoking and broke down. We walked a couple miles in the rain to an auto shop. He asked the shop owner for advice but couldn't even tell them what year or version of his particular make of car he had. It turns out he had never changed or added oil or antifreeze in the entire time he'd owned the car (I think it was about a year). Thank God for the super kind mechanics we ran into who offered us a ride back, did not kidnap us, and fixed the damaged parts without asking for anything in return. I love my friend to bits but he barely made it through life sometimes.
I bought a Hyundai Elantra new in 2000 and drove it for 13 years, over 220,000 miles. Semi-regular oil changes (3-5 months), spark plugs & wires, and radiator flushed every other year. Only time it broke down was the alternator twice, and the left CV joint.
My next car was an 2004 Ford Taurus I bought from my dad for a song. Literally $5 (inside joke). I put more money into that in 6 years than my Hyundai.
A year and a half ago I bought another car. Got myself another Hyundai.
I worked for a collision repair chain (in IT) and the first week there was some hubub over a lady suing us.
She got into an accident (if memory serves it was a pretty fancy car) and there was some damage that required doing an oil change ultimately. Engine was fine but i think pan was damaged.
Anywho mechanic noted that oil was straight up schmoo and called to ask when she had oil change last. She said never. Car was 6yrs old.
Oil replaced with extensive notes about all this along with collision repairs needed and car was returned.
Couple weeks later engine goes tits up, probably cracked head, and she sues my company because and i quote (i saw documents) “the car was fine until the oil was changed. Clearly removing factory oil and replacing it caused engine damage”
Oh my god, i couldnt stop laughing. Biggest question in my mind was how is someone so smart they have money enough for an expensive car but so dumb they blame oil change for engine damage?!?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
speaks to the quality of Kia/Hyundai engines
They don't exactly have the best reliability statistics, compared to Japanese cars etc though
So at my old job I had to talk to people to get the info to send mechanics out to where they broke down. I haven't owned a car since I passed my test a few years ago, but I was still shocked at how much people didn't know or how common the problems they had actually were. I wasn't even mechanically trained but seemed to have a better grasp on flat tyres, dead batteries and oil problems than some people I talked to.
Most people really don't seem to know much about how the things they rely on work
Had a girlfriend many, many, many years ago who was gifted a 93 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4, right off the lot. At 21,000 miles, the engine seized up.
She never changed the oil and eventually, well, the expected happened. $40,000 car shot because she didn't know anything beyond 'put gas in it' and 'flat tire means call AAA'.
Edit to note it was 40k then. Adjusted to today money, yiure talking $75-76k.
I’d still say there was some good Ol’ fashioned shit house luck in play there.
During college, my buddy dated this girl from freshman thru sophomore year. Back in high school her parents bought her a brand new convertible that she brought to college. Can’t remember the make, but it was nice, particularly for a kid.
One day while driving around campus, the car started making all sorts of noise with smoke coming out of the hood, then just quit. She got ahold of my friend who Had it towed to a shop. Apparently she’d driven about 30,000 miles without any sort of maintenance, including oil changes.
The shit kicker: according to my buddy her dad was a MASSIVE car guy, but apparently she legitimately thought the money he sent her for routine work was simply for “gas, windshield wiper fluid, and washes.”
To this day I still can’t figure out why dad never bothered to check the condition of her ride when she visited, but I do know that the trip home was way out of state, and this was slightly before cellphones were really common. Scary......
Glad you stepped in to help your fiancé! I didn’t know anything about cars growing up and when I met my SO, he taught me all the basics. I can change my own oil, check my tire pressure, change a flat, etc. I will be forever grateful to him!
This is almost my EXACT story! My girlfriend and I got together a year ago, and about a month in, I asked when he last oil change was. She got the car in 2015, it was a 2012 Sonata, and she had never taken it to get the oil changed, and had NEVER filled up the oil!
I took it to my dad’s shop (we were sharing the car at the time; my dad is ALSO a mechanic) for unrelated work to be done and he was flabbergasted on how bone dry it was and how it was still running.
I used to drive an old Toyota that had a few hundred thousand miles on it, the previous owner was meticulous about maintaining it. I brought it in for an oil change the the mechanic complimented on how well the car was taken care of. This was around Microsoft, and he said there were a lot of guys who moved to America to work there and started making a LOT of money for the first time, and would go out and buy a Mercedes or a supercar, then never change the oil. When the car eventually broke down, he would tell them they need to change the oil, regular maintenance, etc., and they would get angry, saying "I paid $300,000 for this car why should I have to change the oil?"
At my first job, we had to carpool out to jobsites in our own cars. One time, I was riding with a college aged coworker in her car. She had been having car issues and apologized for the distinct smell her car made after being turned on. At one point, we had to pull over because we thought we noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. The car smelled like burnt oil and I asked if she had gotten an oil change recently. She said, "Yes," that she had been changing the oil herself for years. Now, I have a minuscule, at best, knowledge of car maintenance. However, during this conversation, it became clear that her definition of "oil change" was to add more oil every couple of months... and that was it. I had to be the one to tell her that you also have to let the old oil out, not just put new oil in.
When she came in to work a few days later, she had looked up oil changing videos and had flushed out the old oil that had been piling up in her car for years. She said it was basically brown gunk. Happily, once she had done that, the burning smell was gone and she didn't have any more car troubles.
m0to · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been there! My ex when we met had a Hyundai and she never changed the oil because it had a small leak so she would just keep topping it off. And had been for 4 years. My dad was also a mechanic so I was blown away that the car still ran. We fixed the leak and changed the oil. Car still ran for years.
My college roommate was like this. Her stepdad had always done the car maintenance, so she didn't even know how to check her oil. Her engine light came on one day and I asked her if she'd checked her oil. She have me a very confused look and admitted that she didn't know how. Queue me, standing in the ubiquitous Queens curb puddle at 11pm, teaching her how to find and check the dipstick.
Thankfully she was driving an early 90s crown vic at the time and the thing was a bloody tank that could withstand her complete and utter disregard for basic maintenance.
I absolutely abused the shit out of my little Accent, and the engine in that thing never complained. Even with my annual/20k mile oil change interval. Plenty of other little, far less important things fell apart, but that little 4 banger tolerated my daily redline shifts and broke-ass oil change schedule like a champ.
I can relate. No one told me about oil changes, or general car maintenance, when I went to college. Car lasted about a year, and my Dad couldn't believe I wasn't changing the oil. Being the second of two girls, I didn't get taught a lot of house or car maintenance. After he realized this may have been his shortcoming, he paid to have the car fixed.
My dad also had a Kia Rio he refused to change the oil in. Ran fine forever till they got a new car. The Kia Sedona got the same treatment, but then when they gave it to me I changed the oil, and about 2 weeks later I thew a rod into the starter. But I still say Kia makes awesome cars
I had a corolla with a broken sump drain.
I was going to replace the car but then decided to see if it could be fixed. The car had no oil registering on the dipstick for a very long time. All it needed was a new sump plug, the motor was fine and I had the car for another 5 years.
my older brother had a 90s manual Ford Ranger. Towards the end I think he was just driving until it died, but had gone somewhere along the lines of 4 yrs/35k miles without an oil change...only adding some towards the end when the seals started going (with the argument that continuously adding oil was kind of like an oil change anyways). That beast ran like a champ until the day he was rear-ended and the insurance co. totalled it.
1) Training a new girl at work and she told me she didn't know how to sweep. I had to show her.
2) Training a new girl at work, her dishes often still greasy after being washed, I asked her about it and I asked her when she puts the soap on and she replied, straight faced, 'oh... You use soap here?' (we had raw meat on many of those dishes.)
3) My ex told me he 'thought mixing dark and light loads of laundry was a myth' after destroying a bunch of my clothes. He also told me soaking dishes had no affect...
It all depends on whether or not the clothes you buy are dyed to get the color of it! I have some dyed clothing items and they’ve totally bled onto others (even lights to lights). One option is to just wash any dyed clothing separately, and then throw everything else in together LOL
I mean, I do sometimes. But that’s only if there’s enough light clothes to be separated. If there’s a really small amount of light clothes then I’ll wash them with the other clothes. Nothing usually happens when I wash them together
I find it matters most the first time you wash a new item. That's when it's most likely to leak. Usually after that you're okay. In this case there were several new pairs of dark jeans in the load along with white shirts and sweaters and such. They came out tie dye.
Not if you use colour traps. These magnificent little pieces of fabric save your clothes even when some of them are dyed in such a way that they pass on colour to other clothes when mixed.
The whites / light blues and yellows can easily get more grayish when you put newish darker colours in. And definitely nothing red. The colour traps work, but for a nice dress or button down shirt, I really wouldn't risk mixing colours.
I have weird parents who think it's important for their children to have basic life skills. Like using soap... I guess I'm more of a dirty hippie in spirit.
To be fair, cheap men's clothing rarely leaks color like typical women's clothing in my experience. It's obviously something to do with the coloring rather than anything gender-specific, but I buy pretty typical cheap men's clothing and have never in my life had a problem with mixing lights and colors for myself. But when I got married, it started happening with lots of my wife's clothing. So I think it's quite possible the color leakage is much more common in women's clothing, and there are probably lots of men who wouldn't have encountered the problem while single.
She was 19 and also didn't know how to use a vaccum. Not sure what kind of flooring she has at home but it's either filthy or someone else has always done it.
I mean the fact that men don't tend to care about it doesn't mean it's a myth. But you are correct. His clothes also got destroyed but he didn't seem to care too much.
Wasn't there a study that came out a few years ago saying that soaking dishes doesn't actually help that much? Also, mixing darks and lights doesn't really matter unless you use hot water, and today's washing machines actually do so well that warm water isn't super necessary any more.
Training a new girl at work and she told me she didn't know how to sweep.
I worked with a girl like this, but it was mopping. She just swirled the the tip of the mop around like she was doing calligraphy with a giant paint brush or stirring a cauldron. She didn't last long.
I just toss all the laundry that fits and then wash it. I'm a little surprised that people actually separate things... Is it only lights and darks or is there a more detailed system? Also I've heard that jeans are a wild card, or shouldn't be washed often?
This is new information to me and now I'm curious.
Reminded me of when I was training a new girl in a restaurant. She was mopping and there were scuff marks still left on the floor. I told her she needed to make sure to get those marks up be she said they must be permanent (they weren't) because they weren't coming up. I told her to use a little elbow grease and she said "is that in the supply closet?". I just told her to scrub harder and went back to closing out the drawer.
A friend of mine kept his ssc and birth certificate in his wallet and lost it. Luckily nothing ever came off it and he replaced them but you'd be surprised how many people think it's okay to keep their sensitive documents in their wallet rather than in a safe location at home
Recently met a young lawyer - like fresh out of law school, who carried his SS card everywhere in his wallet. We all shamed him for it, and he just protested that he had tried but couldn’t memorize it! This guy passed the bar somehow!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:19:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine kept his ssc and birth certificate in his wallet and lost it.
That is so dumb. One should never carry their birth certificate around. Same goes for the ssc.
A few years ago I found a wallet sitting on the ground at a Walgreens. So much money, so many credit cards, and to top it off, not only the ss card, but other very important documents. I called the local cops and handed it to an officer with a badge to make sure this lady didn't get fucked. Oh ya and she was in her 40s. I'm sure she was shiting bricks until that cop went to her door. I kind of wish I had returned it myself just so I, a 24f, could tell her to not do a lot of that stuff.
I found a pile of cards on the counter where I worked one day, and it looked like it was all punch cards at first glance. Except, when I looked to make sure there was nothing important, there were TWO social security cards in the pile.
It turned out to be a mother and son's, and she hadn't even noticed they were gone. I thought I had an idea of who it was, and so she came in again and I was like "Oh I think you left your social security cards here" and she was just like "Oh, thanks" and took the pile and put it back in her wallet.
She did not care at all that she lost both her and her child's most important documents, and really didn't seem to care that I had found them either.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More of a how do you not know to not do this.
First year at uni, a girl in my halls is microwaving some food and left it in the metal foil container... It took 3 fire engines to put out the fire and we had to have a new kitchen installed. Not to mention, this was at like 3am and I had an exam the next day. I was not impressed.
Edit: Ok. Apparently not knowing microwave safety is pretty common. So do people not study basic physics anymore? My faith in humanity wanes daily.
🎙️ arual_x · 8152 points · Posted at 23:29:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I was not impressed” is the thing that identified this to me as a fellow British person post. I can literally hear you saying it, inflections and everything.
Well shit, my secret identity has been uncovered... I mean, I love hand egg, and hate that err socker... Coffee is the best and tea is the worst (they'll never suspect me now)
strokes cat maniacally
No one says Uni though. They are all just referred to as college. I live in California. We have a Universities of California (insert city) system as well as Cal State (insert city) system. These are public. There are also private Universities. All still just called college when talking.
'College' as it's called in UK doesn't exist in United States. Compulsory schooling in the US goes up to age 18, and students who want to go to university take courses at their high school to prepare for entrance exams/etc.
In the US, university is only ever called college. A student at the 'University of Florida,' would say, 'I am going to the University of Florida for college' not 'I am going for Uni.' The only time someone *might* use university is as a shortening for their particular school, 'oh yeah I go to the university.'
In the UK we do, college is a different thing here. You do secondary school until you are 16 and then you go to college or 6th form to do your specific choices to get into university.
I think it’s more straight forward actually. In the US, college and university are synonymous. Colloquially speaking, they’re referred to as colleges though.
Even though they are typically both referred to as "colleges", I don't think colleges and universities are the same thing in the U.S.
Compared to universities, colleges typically or more likely to
focus on undergraduate degrees and usually have limited graduate degree programs, if any
offer fewer undergraduate degree choices
be "liberal arts"
include more single focus educational institutions, e.g. music colleges, bible colleges, teacher colleges (perhaps more in the past), etc.
are much smaller with significantly fewer students
are private (not public)
get their students locally/regionally
have religion as an aspect of campus life and/or code of conduct
There have been many colleges that expanded their degree choices, graduate degree programs, student population, etc and changed their name from X College to X University. So there is a difference, just not as large a difference between college and university in the UK.
Ok so in the US you have school that everyone has to go to as children. Theres kindergarten which is around age 5. This year doesnt get a number. Then you start elementary school at age 6 which starts with the 1st grade and ends with either 5th or 6th grade, depends on the school. Ages 6-10.
Then there is middle school/junior high (same thing just different names depending on area) these start with either 6th or 7th grade (depending on when the elementary school ended) and end in 8th. Ages 11-13.
Then high school is 9-12th grade. Ages 14-17.
After this you are no longer required to attend anymore education and can go get a job if you like. Of course certain jobs require a degree or certain training so that's where colleges come in to place.
You attend college to get a degree in a particular area. Most colleges have names that include "university" in the title but they are still called colleges and still offer the same type and level of education. Basically we go to "college" at a "university."
California gets confusing because we have different college systems. Theres the University of California (UC) system. And then theres the California State University (CSU) system. Plus I believe theres some colleges independent of these systems. They all provide the same type and level of education. They are just in different systems essentialy based off of how they get their funding, and how much it costs to attend. Some people also believe one system is more prestigious than the other, but that's up to debate.
It's confusing on the outside but when you grew up with it makes more sense.
I meant calling different things by the same name. I'm already confused enough by the word "school" being used for anything past highschool. (The literal translation in my language, well, isn't.)
Ah. It actually gets worse as we also have trade or technical schools after high school as well. English is complicated to begin with, add in differences for different countries but also different regions within those countries.
What's even more fun is that sometimes universities call their divisions for different fields (biology, liberal arts, ect) colleges. So you could attend the "college of XYZ" at University of ABC.
In the US there’s no real distinction between a university and a college, at least in general conversation. The schools I got both my undergrad and graduate degrees from had “University” in the name instead of college, but I refer to both as “when I was in/at college.” I honestly don’t know if there is an “official” difference between a school which calls itself a university vs a college. I’ve heard universities offer grad programs, which would seem to check out, but I don’t know if that’s actually the case.
There are community colleges (generally 2 year programs instead of 4 year programs), but people would just say they were at college there too (or at community college, if they felt the need to specify for some reason).
I have never heard an American use the term “Uni.”
I started this account when I first went through the application process, and now nearly a year later, I'm about to teach a class on applying to college! I like to think I at least partially know my stuff now :)
Well that's the common distinction. Also the one that pops up on Google. Sometimes the undergrad school is also called a college (ex: Harvard college, whereas general "Harvard" is Harvard University)
We do have colleges as well as universities, most people in the states will say "college" or "university" though. 'Uni' isn't part of our colloquialism, or the generic vernacular of these former imperial colonies.
JTD783 · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the USA, a university is a group of colleges under the same umbrella (as far as I understand). For example, I’m in the “College of Letters and Sciences”, while my roommate is in the “School of Engineering”. There’s also a music school, a film school, and the various graduate-level schools which include separate ones for law, business management, medicine, etc. So my roommate and I don’t go to the same college, but we are in the same university. The lines between colleges, on the undergraduate level, are generally very blurred, so it really doesn’t matter.
I don’t know why we got in the habit of saying college instead of university. Maybe some of the earliest schools were simply called colleges and the names stuck as they diversified and became separate colleges within the same university. This is the same logic as why we call waste containers “trash cans” rather than “trash bins”. The old ones genuinely looked like aluminum cans, and despite the appearance changing over the years the name stuck. It could also be that most Americans aren’t consciously aware of the difference between a college and a university and assume they’re synonymous.
College takes less time to say than university anyway (Uni has the same amount of syllables as college though), and we sure love an excuse to be lazy lmao.
Tl;dr yes there’s a difference, but no one really cares, and college is just a broad term we use to represent both of them
... so pretty unlikely to be used to refer to an actual room in your house, I would think!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read ‘Rise and Fall of the Third Reich’ it was touched on there, I was more interested in what a native speaker would understand the word to really mean.
I think one of my driving instructions used a similar phrase for when a car crumples from a collision, I guess it made me think of that.
cwf82 · 11 points · Posted at 04:09:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're mistaken, internet human. I believe you're thinking of Schadenfreude.
English spelling has an additional "u" in a lot of words where American spelling dropped the u. So we spell it color, flavor, glamor, armor, etc, and they spell the same words colour, flavour, glamour, and armour.
So, I assume, rocketman0739 was making a sort of offbeat reference to that by saying "wourst" instead of "worst" (i.e. "ou" instead of "o") so I was responding by saying "poust" instead of "post" (same thing).
I'm not British or American, so -or vs -our doesn't really relate to being British at all, it just relates to being American. I'm sure I wouldn't be alone in that.
That'll be my public school primary education you're picking up on. My mum made sure to give me the best education possible. She even remortgaged our house to pay for it.
At this point we have to call it soccer though. If you are an American in America and try to call soccer, football you sound like a pretentious prick. Also coffee is better
Quick fun fact about Americans: I know no one who pays attention to professional soccer unless they themselves are aspiring to be a pro soccer player. However, if you grew up suburban (and many cities), after about 1978, you played soccer, possibly for years.
I watch no sports, like zero, and I can tell you the name of my state’s pro football, baseball, hockey and basketball teams, and even some minor league baseball teams but have no idea the name of the soccer team. (And I am a former state championship soccer player when I was like 10)
It's the British understatement. Saying 'I was not impressed' is not uniquely British but would you say it after a kitchen fire at 3am the night before an exam?
Yeah, the combination of first year, uni, and halls is pretty UK. I think Canada uses dorms/rez, NZ residences, and no idea about Australia (incidentally, they have residential colleges in Australia which are like residential halls but a bit more structured).
"Uni" was the large flashing arrow illuminating their Britishness.
lddake · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I say that particular phrase often here on the other side of the pond.... But I am more of a fan of British TV than American so...I guess it probably stems from there
Professional chef here. Fwiw, the “no metal in the microwave” rule is not an absolute. You can microwave a stainless steel bowl IF it does not touch (or very close) the sides or door of the microwave. Foil and forks have multiple surfaces that will arc electricity between them. A round bowl will not create an arc in the same way, unless it touches the side or door. I have done this thousands of times over the last 20 years with no ill effects. Obviously, don’t be a dumbass, watch it to make sure it doesn’t spark, and be ready to cancel if it does.
Geriny · 2 points · Posted at 10:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, even though my parents don't believe me, those aluminium boxes/trays you often get take out in are also microwave-safe
After she turned it on, she just left the kitchen to continue what ever it was she was doing in the meantime. The fire started while she was away.
I can only imagine the microwave got "turned off" when it just stopped working from being on fire, which is probably why it got as bad as it did.
Thankfully noone got hurt and since it wasn't malicious, she only got a warning from our ResLife team rather than being expelled from halls.
I was flabbergasted that my university had to print "No Metal In Microwave" signs in the cafeteria. Like people, you are in university getting degrees to become lawyers and doctors and you don't know you need to take off your fork before heating up something in the microwave ?
f1zzz · 57 points · Posted at 02:50:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In fairness, it’s not intuitive knowledge.
My mom told me about it at a very young age but I was extremely active in the kitchen. Someone who’s never needed to know just flat out wouldn’t know, and there’s nothing inherently logical about what happens.
Yeah, I was like maybe 10 when I went to reheat a Wendy's hamburger and just put the thing in the microwave (the one with the foil wrapper). It let off a hell of a spark and luckily I was still standing there and knew enough to take it out immediately. Learned a valuable lesson. So unless you're told, or learn trial by fire (pun intended), you really wouldn't know.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Honestly not sure how old they were. There were about 120 people in our hall so I didn't know most of very well.
She was English though, in her first year, and looked around my age so I'd assume she was 18 or 19.
Or they didn't have a microwave at all. There are some households like that. One of my best friends in high school could cook but didn't know how to use a microwave because his mom thought food cooked like that was less healthy.
Or, they made it that long without having to use a microwave.
I grew up without a microwave, and it wasn't a thing until 4 or 5 years after my parents moved out.
Edit: I'm not that old, we just cooked on a stove and in an oven, it's not that unusual.
Honestly, I'm not surprised. Not because people are ignorant, but because there are a lot of people who grow up in places without microwaves. If you're from rural India or Amish-town, the metal-microwave interaction might not be obvious.
Yeah, I totally did the foil in microwave thing when I went overseas for college. It's true that microwaves weren't common where I grew up, but actually, the truly uncommon thing was foil. All my takeout was always wrapped in wax paper or plastic. We had metal silverware of course, but they hardly fit in my parents tiny microwave, so I'd never put them in.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm from the UK and never had or used a microwave until I moved out for university. My parents still don't have one. It's uncommon but perfectly possible.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yeah, I just take issue with some of the higher up posters (not you) who are implying that people who don't know about metal in microwaves must be total idiots. It's bizarre that the microwave itself doesn't automatically have a warning printed on it - for example my current microwave has a warning on the inside of the door that it needs ventilation space around it, rather than being pushed right up against a wall. But nothing about how if you pop in a teaspoon it will probably explode in flames.
commf2 · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in the suburbs of a major US city. My parents did not own a microwave until after I left the house for college so I was never taught to not put metal in the microwave. I'm not sure why (we could have afforded one; we were solid middle to.upper middle class) but growing up it was normal so I never asked. You don't have to come from "humble beginnings" to have no experience with a microwave.
When I began my course, my tutor said during our induction that burning your fair down because you put metal in the microwave wasn’t a good enough excuse to miss lessons. Turns out it’s pretty regular, he said most years at least one student would do it. Although I did an IT course and we aren’t really renowned for our common sense so that may be why.
Some of us had shitty parents who weren't really interested in interacting with us, hence a lot of trial and error, and mistakes and learning for ourselves 🤷♂️
At what age did you figure out for yourself that the radiation from metal creates an arc that could lead to a fire?
Probably the first time I forgot a spoon in it, 10 ? 12 ? My parents were not really interested to interact with me either, that's why I had to warm up food in the microwave by myself.
I supposed by 19-20 someone would have made the mistake at least once ?
daiby · 2 points · Posted at 06:42:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in uni that did the same thing, was lucky I caught it immediately when I started hearing concerning noises coming from the microwave and ran to stop it. Some parents just coddle their children too much, her parents did absolutely everything for her and it was really obvious. She asked me how to make scrambled eggs, like detailed step by step down to how many eggs to use, no idea how to beat them either was just stirring it, she was like 22. Honestly one of the worst ways to parent imo.
My dad taught me to do three cooking things: how to make an egg, how to make an awesome cold cut sandwich, and how to grill. That was all the cooking he knew.
My mother taught me baking, which I don’t enjoy even today. (Not her fault; I just don’t like it.) She also taught me some cooking.
Iron Chef America and Chopped taught me just about everything else. Thanks guys! I really owe you one!
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 02:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Just that. She opened a Kraft Mac and Cheese box, poured the noodles into a bowl, poured the cheese packet powder on top and put it in the microwave before going back to her room. She was sober / didn't drink.
The amount of ramen and mac&cheese related fire dept incidents in college is unbelievable, and although it's mostly drunk kids trying to cook, it's not only drink kids trying to cook!
On a related note, about 20 years ago, a coworker of mine nearly burned down the office building. He put a bag of microwave popcorn in the microwave oven and hit the "Popcorn" button. It set the timer to 5 minutes. He thought that was weird, but hey, it's the "Popcorn" button, so surely it can't be wrong.
Honestly, I blame the microwave oven manufacturer. 5 minutes? Seriously, wtf? Anyway, yeah, a full size bag of popcorn was "done" after about 1.5 minutes. Personal size could finish in under a minute.
I've got a story for you. I was an RA in a predominantly freshman dorm. About 2:00 am, fire alarm starts going off. Everyone filed out complaining- rightfully so- about classes/exams the next day. Stood outside for about half an hour while the University Police and local fire department dealt with the cause. I talked with one of the UP officers, asked what had been the issue. He told me that we'd need a new microwave on the 2nd floor because someone stuck their entire can of Bushes Baked Beans in the microwave to heat up. Metal can in the microwave. 🤦♀️ Oh college.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 03:05:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Since it wasn't malicious, she just got a warning about it. Though I doubt they'd let it slide a second time. And yh, the insurance covered it. Uni halls tend to have VERY extensive insurance to cover for all the stupidity people have.
We had microwaves in the student lounge back in high school. The amount of students that would throw a bag of popcorn in, push the "popcorn" button, and walk away was amazing. They would return after there was enough smoke from it to set off the campus fire alarm system.
That happened at my university too. Except it was a pop tart microwaved in the wrapper. In February. The day after an ice storm. And the wee hours of a Saturday morning.
My drunk ass self thought that I had to make a choice between shoes and a coat, and I chose the coat. It took until I got to a warm building that was blessedly unlocked to allow my feet to thaw from walking barefoot in -10 degree weather over salted ice for me to realize that I could have grabbed shoes and put the bloody coat on while I was walking down the stairs.
Setting the fire alarm off in the middle of the night in a dorm is something that I think, at least in the moment, everyone would agree that the above justifies a public flogging.
Not this bad but a girl at uni didn't know how to put a duvet inside it's cover or how to use a washing machine. She lasted a week then went home to mummy.
A giant percentage of college kids do not know how to cook and do not gave the common sense to realize not to do things like this. The amount of fire alarms my department responds to the local university for kids doing dumb shit while cooking is insane. I.e leaving popcorn in the microwave for 10+ minutes at a time or cooking stuff in the oven at 450 degrees and completely forgetting about, falling asleep or leaving the apartment.... it’s insane
My apartment neighbor decided to put a fire pit on his balcony and put a ridiculous amount of lighter fluid in it. I happened to be getting home just as he lit it and it went from nothing to bonfire instantly.
This happened to my friends. Their roommate for a semester... lacked common sense. He once put a pop tart in the microwave. Foil still on. If it wasnt bad enough, he set it for two minutes and didn’t get to it until a fire had started and the fire alarm went off.
3 fire engines. It definitely seemed overkill, but I'm not a fire fighter so what do I know. That said the fire was pretty intense. All of the doors in our halls were heavy fire doors which is probably why it didn't spread to anywhere else.
My college roommate did the same thing! I caught her right before she put the metal pan and tinfoil in the microwave. She got mad and accused me of being condescending bc when I saw it I yelped, “oh god, you can’t do that!”
I thought you were talking about me, almost all the details match except I didn’t leave the kitchen area so I was able to put out the small fire immediately. In my defense, I didn’t grow up with a microwave at home. So I observed how the others started the microwave and just tried to do the same thing.
In the first week at my first dorm the fire alarm went of 3 times because a bunch of dumb freshmen didn’t know that you need to put water in easy Mac before you microwave it
Happened in my building in college too, people put metal spoons and pots in the microwave, worst part is, not to sound like I'm bragging, but it was a very competitive engineering school, you would think they knew the science.
Similar story, I had a roommate in 2011 who made Thanksgiving dinner. I was working late and came home to a fire in the oven because he didn't clean the drippings and the interior of the self-cleaning oven was covered in grease.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t understand how this happens even if people don’t know about it. I once accidentally left a fork in the microwave after I was stirring something and within 3 seconds it scared the shit out of me and I’ve never made that mistake again.
Yeah my Uncle once microwaved a can of soup. I walked in the kitchen and noticing the flashes unplugged the microwave. The microwave was toast but it didn't harm anything else. While this was a long time ago microwaves had still been around for decades
Eeekss..my 4 year-old daughter was left home alone by her mother and she tried to cook something in a metal pot in the microwave oven and burnt the house down. 15 years later, my daughter still doesn't understand / forgive me for taking her mother to court for custody. (there were dozens of other scary incidents).
The use of "uni" narrowed it down for me, a Canadian, to Canada, the UK or Australia/NZ.
xrihon · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This appears to be universal to the university dorm/hall experience. There's ALWAYS someone who nearly flames up a microwave and gets all the residents booted out until the fire department clears things up.
In my case, there was no fire thankfully, but plenty of smoke. A friend who lived on the opposite side of the building had a roommate who heated a paper cup of instant macaroni and cheese, without any of the required water, in the microwave. And you can guess the rest. Microwave was all blackened inside too. Was a strange experience, as I expected smarter from young adults, but guess not.
I did this. I honestly was completely unaware that you can't put metal into a microwave. I was at work and was heating something up. I think i was pretty close to 19 at the time. I pulled it out and mixed it up since it wa still cold. When I put it back in I left the fork in the bowl. I learned pretty quickly when the thing started flashing lights at me. I shut it off pretty quickly as everyone else was rushing over to the mocrowave too. They were yelling at me in astonishment that I didn't know about putting metals things in the microwave. My parents never explained any of this to me before. it's hard to imagine that if no one told you, you wouldn't have any reason to suspect that the microwave would do something like that. The thing is I've used our microwave at home before and have never had an issue. It had to have been shear luck that I've never done that before in the past since the microwave was pretty regular.
In forth grade, a girl who sat at my assigned table thought tin foil didn't count as metal. Microwave nearly exploded. Last year, someone a grade above me forgot to add water to their easy Mac at lunch. My class was taking a test, had to evacuate and all. A couple months ago, I was reheating my pasta at home and forgot that my fork was on the plate. Pasta acted as a conductor of something and the fork was a lot less hot than the pasta, microwave didn't explode. My school is composed of idiots.
Wow this must be more common than you would think! Similar experience - evacuated my dorm at 2am after someone microwaved a pop tart in its foil packaging. No major damage but did have an exam the next day!
This happened every week for a semester when I was in a dorm (at 3am each time of course). Every time the fire fighters would bring out a charred easy mac container or something that was cooked completely wrong. College kids are really dumb.
That's definitely retarded. But sometimes I wonder why food that is contained in foil isn't boldly printed "Do not microwave!" I can't tell you how many family members have sometimes asked if they can throw something similar in the microwave.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone knows someone first year of college who causes a fire from the microwave. Mine was a girl microwaving popcorn for 5 minutes.
Yh she wasn't very popular for the next week or so. But once January exam season had finished, she was quickly forgiven and it became more of a comically remembered event.
I experienced kinda the opposite. Almost about a year ago, my ex-coworker showed me that you COULD microwave some takeout/leftovers that contain those round foil bottoms (handi-foils?).
I've always avoided putting anything metal (or anything close to it) in the microwave, so this was mindblowing when it happened. Still wouldn't do it on my own tho.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a physics major at my university and one time we were at the common area and a girl put did the same thing: microwaved food with metal container. One of my friends saw electricity (same effect as a faraday cage) and run to turn the microwave off. When we were questioning who in a the physics institute put metal in a microwave a boy came saying that her girlfriend was not a physics major so she doesn't need to know this...
You'd be amazed at how common this is. Going outside every few weeks in the freezing cold in the middle of the night when you JUST got back from slugging it at the lib is a rite of passage
We had around twenty fire alarms in the freshmen dorms in my first two years of college. Almost all of them stemmed from kitchen misuse. One time, a student left his popcorn on the stovetop too long. It was midnight and I was just drifting off to sleep. The whole building had to evacuate and stand outside in the freezing cold. This is Alaska, so it was probably -10F outside. There were a lot of very irate, pajama clad freshmen who were very mad at the person who burnt his popcorn.
Another time, someone put their ramen in the microwave without water. Just because you’re in college doesn’t make you smart.
This shit happened like every 3 weeks in the dorms at my school. Lotta hick kids. We're learning how to operate and service heavy machinery, I fear for the poor people who have to put their lives in the hands of these utter shovelheads.
I remember one time in college, I bought this fried chicken sandwich from the supermarket. Got it back to the dorm and stuck it in the microwave. I didn't realize the inside of the paper page was lined with foil.
Thank god I was super hungry and thus staring at the microwave while it was heating up because I was looking intently right at the microwave when a little flame spontaneously appeared out of the bag with a popping noise. I panicked but promptly got that shit out and put out before any damage was done to anything.
Yeah that's rough. I've never done this but I could see myself doing this. My family hasn't owned a microwave since 2011, so I always find microwaves confusing to use. And I'm literally an engineer.
In my first week at Uni my new house mate came over with a dry pan of pasta and asked ‘how do I cook this?’... her mum also bought her the ‘snap pot’ beans you microwave as she didn’t think she would manage the cans...
One of my roommate wanted to heat up some milk. So he did what everybody would have... And put the milk in the kettle. It burned real hard.
He was studying biology in university. Let's say I do not assume someone is slightly not stupid even if they are doing superior studies
Man, you've reminded me of one of my uni fire alarm traumas.
So, it's coming up end of year. Some pillocks have decided that pulling the fire alarm is fun. One night they pull it at 2am. About a thousand students shuffle out of this building, tired and grumpy because it is exam season. We're outside for half an hour getting an earful about pulling the fire alarm when we are finally allowed back in.
I'm halfway back to my room when the fire alarm goes off again. Turns out a completely different pillock was in the middle of cooking beans when the first alarm went off and didn't have the brains to switch off the heat. The kitchens only had smoke detectors, so the alarm only went off when he opened the kitchen door and let the smoke into the corridor.
What's wrong with that person? Didn't they ever think "gosh, what's all that flashing plasma and loud buzzing noise coming from my microwave? Maybe I should turn it off?"
Nearly had someone do this at work. We have what they call a "multi-cultural working environment", anyways, I was sat in the break room having my lunch and just looking around as you do. Notice this guy by the microwaves put something wrapped in foil in one of them. I go over and tell them you can't do that it'll wreck the machine, they understood and everything was fine.
From what I've heard amongst my work mates is that it's not the first time something like that had happened.
Speaks volumes itself when on-site H&S have to put up big posters near the microwaves telling people in big bold letters how to use and what can and can't go in them.
Some teenagers that used to work for me didn’t know how tell time. They said why should they learn when everything is digital now. This was 10+ years ago
My exhusband struggles with telling time on a proper clock. He can just about work it out now but the clock face has to have clear numbers on it, no roman numerals and if it has no numbers he has no chance. He has to really think about 24hour time as well because the mental maths to work out that 23:00 is actually 11 is too hard for him. I didn't really notice his stupidity until just after we got married and I watched him get out a calculator to work out 10 x 3. I had even told him what it was but he had to check. Before you say 'oh he's just not good with maths.' Nope he is just overall not very bright.
Some people with dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia cant tell time from an analogue clock. It has nothing to do with the lack of learning or everything being digital, they just can't spatial reason.
How is it that I’m just learning now that having dyscalculia is probably why I’m shit at reading analogue clocks
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 12:55:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teenagers? My wife can’t tell time on a clock. Will ask me what the time is if she doesn’t have her phone handy. I mean I will admit our clock is not the greatest to learn, there’s no numbers on it, but she refuses to learn.
I worked with a woman who forgot how to cough. She was in her 30s and rarely got sick, and when she came down with a bad cold one winter, she just kept making these pathetic little squeaking sounds. I tried to help, but it's difficult to explain a natural reflex to someone.
Edit: Just wanted to add that she kept laughing at herself and saying, "I don't remember how to cough!"
🎙️ arual_x · 1792 points · Posted at 20:49:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s... what? I mean, what? That has to be either fake on her part or a brain dysfunction, surely? Coughing is a reflex ffs.
Oh, I happily cough in public. (I have a mask on, of course, and I direct it away from people.) It works like a charm for keeping idiots without masks from coming within 6 feet of me.
Ugh, I have mild asthma. Contrary to popular belief, asthma commonly presents as coughing, not the dramatic wheezing you see on TV. I also wheeze sometimes, but mostly it's a cough and now I feel like I have to hold it in when I'm in public even though I know asthma isn't contagious and I always cover with my elbow anyway.
A few months back I spent about a month in a city with appalling air quality (regularly rated hazardous and everyone had to wear p2 masks just to go outside). I had asthma as a kid, and it got really bothered when I was breathing in literally toxic air. Developed a cough, and even though I've been in a place with good air quality for the last ~6 mo, the cough still hasn't gone away.
I’m having bad allergies right now and trying to hold in my coughs while I’m shopping for groceries is the worst feeling. It makes my throat itch even worse.
It is! All those little old people die when they come into the hospital because they can’t TCDB - Turn, Cough, Deep Breathe. Their lungs fill up with fluid. Am I right nurses?!
Former CNA, will confirm. Had to help more than one LOL/LOM cough by giving them a gentle belly-push for a more productive cough when they had pneumonia. Many cough like Dolores Umbridge. <hem hem>
serf20 · 30 points · Posted at 01:53:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ever since covid coughing hasn’t been encouraged....
I learned how to cancel a sneeze because I didn't wanna make noise as a kid (for literally no other reason than I wanted to be a quiet kid) and as a result I don't really sneeze properly anymore.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 02:54:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me it was a body dysmorphia thing. I pretended I had a corset on, and squeezed my muscles strategically at all times. I'm still working out the knots and tension.
in my family we all have terrible sinuses and structure problems in our noses and ears so we all have been trained from birth to let sneezes fly and never stifle them. A friend had a sinus infection and was doing these terrible things and ended up blowing out her eardrum because she didn't know how to sneeze properly.
This. My dad stifles massive sneezes into a tiny, high pitched "chi" and it hurts MY eardrums thinking about the pressure that must have just sucker punched his brain
I actually have had issues with coughing before because of a moment in time with my (step)Dad where he got so annoyed by my constant coughing that it made me highly self conscious. It’s weird but real.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heartburn sucks. I’m sorry to hear that. I find that a lot of shit we were even remotely given shit for as children tends to follow as weird ticks slash anxiety’s into adulthood. The best part of trying to figure out WHY
I used to sneeze really loud and got bullied for it. So I started sneezing in a way that was less like a sneeze, which then made me sneeze like 7 times instead of 1 good sneeze. It took me years to get over it, I had to actively think about it every time I went to sneeze.
Well shit. My dad has these huge elephant sneezes that made me super self conscious about my own sneeze while I was growing up. I taught myself how to 'squeak' instead, basically holding in the sneeze and having it happen internally, then exhaling with a tiny "achew". People call it a little mouse sneeze and think it's so cute, but my chest hurts so much when I do this. But I can't not do it anymore. It's my automatic response. This makes me really, really want to unlearn that. I even remind myself the moment I feel one coming on to let it all out, but nooope. "Achiew" just squeaks out, and my whole chest radiates with pain. Ugh
I was told apparently I suck at coughing because I've gotten pneumonia multiple times under the the of 30. They sound normal to me though? Definitely not sexy anyway.
I'm kinda this way cause I legit forgot how to smile cause my teeth are kinda fucky so I never smiled and once I got braces I jus never learned how to smile, also i think my smile looks ugly af so I usually do like a half smirk kinda meme
Had horrible anxiety growing up. Was afraid of making a sound, or basically of having any indication of being a living person. I have no idea how to make myself burp unless I’ve absolutely just chugged a soda or drinking beer
When I was a teenager, I was told by a walk-in clinic doctor that my persistent cough during the flu season was a result of habit, so my OCD brain interpreted that as “must never cough.” I try not to suppress coughing as much now but I still have difficulty even trying to cough.
I’ve “forgotten” how to vomit. I think I was probably around 13 the last time I did. And, believe me, there have been a LOT of times when I wished I could. I was in the navy. Imagine how much a sailor drinks and not being able to vomit.
Similarly, I can't burp. Like I just can't do it. If I drink too much beer or soda or whatever and I get that gas buildup, I have to cough real hard and the burp will sneak its way out, and people will look at me funny because of the noise it makes.
As a kid for a minute after a rough dream in the middle of the night I became conscious of how I was breathing then promptly forgot how to breath. Relearned pretty quickly though.
naturr · 1 points · Posted at 21:11:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have taught Asian friends from Thailand how to shiver, well attempted to. Hard to say if they really got it or not.
Well, to be honest, I once forgot how to breathe. But in my defense, it was the drugs. Once I was distracted, I started breathing again, and went "oh, right, that's how it's done."
I forgot how to pee once. Stood in front of the toilet for a minute trying to find the right muscles, decided I'd try again later. No problem once I tried again or since.
I do this with swallowing. Like, I just can't move the right muscle to swallow my food and then almost choke. It's really weird, but has happened every once in awhile for the past 20 years.
I third the visit. I had some issues with my throat last year, would feel like I didn’t swallow right and something was still there. Doc tells me I have acid reflux, and it actually burned my throat and that’s why I was having issues. Been much better since, it’s always smart to check issues rather than hope it’s nothing.
Totally forgot that I went through a very brief phase in high school where I couldn't swallow properly when eating. I had to take a sip of water to push the chewed up food down my throat. So, maybe if that happens to you again, you can try that little trick... and also see a doctor because I'm sure that's not a normal thing that's supposed to happen.
I had sort of a similar period in high school/college where I for the life of me couldn’t properly swallow still fluids. Nearly every time I would have to psych myself up and often once or twice a meal would find myself inhaling and coughing up my beverage
eicere · 5 points · Posted at 03:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, please see an ENT. You don't want to end up choking and dying.
Hey, I just saw this post. I definitely recommend getting that checked out. I don't think it's very common. Moreover, I've had family with similar issues and they ended up choking to death.
I actually forgot how to do.. the other one. I had a bowel disorder which made my poo quite liquid for like four years. When I finally got better and my poo started having a real consistency, I couldn’t remember how to push. Took me at least six month to relearn. It was weird.
I was on heavy duty narcotics in the hospital and woke from really weird dreams after having catheter removed earlier, and just couldnt put it together how things worked down there .Was really freaked out for a while.Finally peed.Ahhhh
After I had a vaginal birth, the nurses set me up with a catheter since apparently an epidural wearing off and tissue damage make it difficult to pee. They took the catheter out after three days and wow that was a weird experience. I kinda sat on the toilet trying to both remember which muscles to use and coach them through the process.
Funny enough, there are actually two sets of muscles you need to relax before peeing. There is a voluntary set, which you need to physically relax (kinda like unclenching your butthole), then an involuntary set which will not allow you to relieve yourself if you aren't in a good position to do so. Many people have a hard time with urinalysis for this reason. It's not that they don't want to pee, it's that their brain physically won't let them.
Oh and then for guys, there's another thing. If you have an erection it is significantly harder to pee because the bloodflow physically closes the pee-duct-thing, because it needs to be used to carry that sperm.
Have a baby then try to take a dump my guy. You'd sit there for 3 hours before you figure out the right muscles. It's horrible. And they make you do it before you leave the hospital. The most gear turning experience of your life. Really it's because those same muscles just pushed the equivalent of the biggest shit of your life out, so they're a bit over worked, but it's still a pain in the ass (pun fully intended)
Legit forgot how to stand up once. Was sitting cross legged, time came to stand, and I just sat there perplexed because I couldn't remember the motions involved.
Are you on any psych meds by chance? I'm on a few and one of the biggest side effects is trouble swallowing. It's like you forget how or your body refuses to do it. I've learned if i just stop, take a deep breath, let it out and try again, I'm fine.
Also can be indicative of depression if you don’t take psych meds, and obviously when you’re on them as well. Depression symptoms can be physiological and I choke a lot when I’m going into one. It’s kind if terrifying.
When I was younger, I 'forgot' how to swallow. I will always remember that because it was crazy strange. Fast forward 20+ years and I had an MRI done of my brain. Turns out I have an Arnold Chiari Malformation - a congenital brain condition. One of the major symptoms is difficulty swallowing. What is ACM? My Perspective: My brain is too big for my skull. My Wife's Perspective: I have a misshapen skull. Basically, the brain is squished a little too much and sticks out of the base of the skull too much, which puts pressure on the spinal cord - that can cause all sorts of weird and random nervous sensations. Difficulty swallowing, random 'hot spots' (like someone put a hot quarter on your thigh), trouble grasping things, and my favorite - issues sneezing. After my diagnosis, my wife was reading up on it and asking me about my symptoms. She asked if I had issues sneezing, and as a life-long allergy sufferer, I said no. Although, about 1 out of every 3 or 4 sneezes though, my vision goes all white and I get dizzy and feel like I'm going to pass out, but then it quickly goes back to normal. The look on her face was sheer disbelief. I remember my comment to her was, "Now that I say that out loud, I guess that's not normal, is it?" It was normal for me for my entire life...but now I knew. I was in my late 30's when diagnosed. There is surgery to correct ACM, but it is usually only done in severe cases...it involves cutting another hole in your head to relieve the pressure the brain puts on the spinal cord.
Yeeep. All of a sudden about 2 months ago body started 'forgetting' how to swallow every now and then.
But I can use the muscles.. It's just like they occasionally forget how to work together to be useful.
I got really bad tonsillitis a few months ago; couldn't swallow properly for a week because of how painful it was/how swollen the tonsils were. Ended up in the hospital pumped full of steroids and antibiotics. The first morning after, when my tonsils were finally less swollen, I tried to drink from a cup of water and instead of going down my throat, it just shot straight out my nose. This was a routine problem for the first couple days of recovery. It was like my body had forgotten how to swallow properly and was still trying to compensate for the swollen tonsils.
I sometimes forget to breathe. I won't even notice either until I do this weird little choke/gasp thing, then I hit myself in the chest and I'm good to go again. Dunno why it happens, it just occasionally does.
I once got a very nasty shock (480v from some industrial equipment). Afterward I badly needed to cough but couldn't make the muscles work for almost a minute. Very strange feeling.
There's coughing, and then coughing, and then there is summoning up every bit of mucus and saliva in your esophagus like Goku pulling up a Spirit Bomb. That last one needs some serious technique though.
I've been so sick that I couldn't cough. A couple of times with pnuemonia and also when I had a partial collapsed lung a few months ago. I would try and these squeaks came out. I sounded like I was joking around (not fun in an ER at the beginning of Covid, believe me).
For whatever reason, I always had what someone called "kitten sneezes." I would make this cutesy sound and do like a half sneeze. Finally, in my early thirties, my ex told me that I need to actually sneeze to get whatever was irritating my nose out. I had to teach myself how to actually fully sneeze
I had an ex once that didn't know how to burp. We were in high school. His friends and I actually had to teach him over the course of a few weeks/months before he could do it naturally
I'd love to say I've never seen that, but my dad doesn't know how to sneeze or cough.
The whole point of them is to shift something in your airways - they're supposed to have some force behind them.
My dad's coughs are so weak that a newborn would be embarrassed to be associated with them, so they accomplish nothing.
And when he sneezes, he doesn't really sneeze, he clamps down on the sneeze and basically says "achoo". When my mum or I sneeze, we sneeze once or twice, maybe three times. My dad will sneeze every thirty to forty seconds for an hour because he's not actually sneezing, he's just making noise, so he's not dislodging the irritant. Drives me and my mum insane.
I have pretty bad social anxiety and in high school I used to try to hold coughs in so they wouldn't draw attention to me, but it often backfired and I ended up having coughing fits lol
I remember once when I was maybe 10-13 that I forgot the alphabet...
I was in the car just trying to keep my mind busy and wanted to try to change the tune of the alphabet for the hell of it. For whatever reason I couldn't remember the order from DEFG correctly. Drove me crazy the whole way home. Couldn't find the alphabet written in my house (forgot about dictionaries) and thought I was a retard.
Next day, said it right the first time. No idea wtf happened to me.
amyzi · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t remember how to throw up. I’m sure I could remember in a pinch but it’s been 10 or so years and I forget how it goes. Don’t have an inclination to remember.
I'm feeling this one pretty hard. In grade 7 I woke up one day with no recollection of how to run, and in my early 20s I forgot which hand I held my knife and fork in. So those were fun things to navigate
This actually isn't that weird to me, except for the "forgetting" part.
I've never been able to burp. I genuinely have no idea how people do it and it sucks because I can feel my throat wanting to burp which gets uncomfortable, I just have no idea how to actually do it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once when I was really sick I forgot how to open my eyes! Like my brain forgot which muscles to activate and I was trying to manually figure it out. Weird and scary!
Dude. My old room mate used to do these little quiet coughs. She would do it for like ten or fifteen minutes straight. And I'm talking like straight. Just constant little coughs. I'm had to fight the urge to just yell at her "Just cough, bitch!"
For some reason, I can’t just let a sneeze out naturally. My first instinct is to always suppress the sneeze, so I end up having these weird, unsatisfying half sneezes.
What’s worse is that suppressed half sneezes never accomplish what they should, so the need to sneeze is still there afterwards and I have to repeat the whole process.
My step dad is the same way! Drives my mom crazy. He has to do his fake little sneeze about twelve times, because it's not doing anything. Just let it out! It's so satisfying!
I haven’t forgotten how to cough, but now it’s more of a voluntary action. I had some pneumonia in jr high, and pretty much since then coughing is a conscious choice. Especially since it makes my parents nervous now
Edit: ok so it isn’t always voluntary but it is enough for me to notice it, like when I’m sick
She should get that checked out! One day my uncle picked up his razor, and couldn't remember what to do with it. Turned out he had a brain tumor.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:00:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of Jamie Dornan having to relearn how to walk cause he didn't know it was a "heel to toe" thing and had tiptoed all his life thinking he was walking xD
[deleted] · 2995 points · Posted at 21:47:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread made me realize my parents have done an amazing job preparing me for adult life. I need to go thank them now.
I watched a mom teaching her child how to use the cappuccino machine yesterday. Mainly making sure he stopped before it was actually full since it keeps going after. I was like yeeesssss, teach that child how to function in the real world! I saw a list before of all the things you teach your child before 18. Some of them had never even occurred to me.
My dad would make me order at drive thrus all the time. Initially it was scary, then fun. Never had anxiety over ordering at restaurants even for a large group. He also took me to the bank and showed me how to open an account, how to put in a fixed deposit, how to write a cheque etc. He was really bad with money though (just likes to spend a lot) but taught me how to manage budgets. He would make me do all the grocery shopping for a month on certain amount. Mom would make me buy vegetables and fruits and taught me how to look for the good ones. She also taught me to cook/ clean at a very young age.
Wierd thing is they never taught my sister (Moms fav) all this and she lives on her own now. I get a call almost daily from her for simple things like how much detergent to put for the laundry or what to cook. She once cut up Okra without checking and later saw that she cut a few worms that were inside. Called me all disgusted and I was like thats the first thing Mom does -to check for worms. She never saw mom cutting up veggies it seems. Can't believe we have the same parents!
It was actually hot cocoa and drinks like that. Learning how those types of machines function so you're not standing there like a 23 year old weirdo in these stories trying to figure it out would be the point, to me.
[deleted] · 37 points · Posted at 01:04:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I can’t decide if a) these people are straight up dumb, b) the parents didn’t teach their kids basic god damn things or c) my parents were just amazing and taught me what I needed to know.
tepaa · 19 points · Posted at 02:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or, d) you're too dumb to realise all the dumb shit you're doing
Me too! My mom taught me how to sew, cook, bake, budget/balance a check book, laundry, cleaning the house, knit, make cheese and more. Dad taught me how to do all basic maintenance on my car, crochet, interview methods, do taxes by hand, brew beer and more.
I’ve made a habit of sending them a photo and thank you message every time I fix my car or sew a garment or cook a complicated recipe. They might think it’s silly, but the number of my friends who can’t do that stuff is too high. Especially, working on the car because I’m female.
Your parents sound like mine and I should be more like you and thank them for it! They literally used to say that their job as parents was to turn all of their kids into functioning members of society. I wish all parents thought that way.
If my daughter sent me those messages, they would be an affirmation that I did ok as a Dad. I'd be showing them off to my pals down at the pub and bragging on you all day long.
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I promise you, your Dad does NOT think that you being a fully functional adult as a result of his tutelage is silly. That's the stuff that makes a guy smile his widest smile.
Evixed · 2 points · Posted at 19:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good on your dad for teaching the car stuff. Mine isn't too thrilled I do mine since bf taught me because "it's man's work" lol, so lame.
nianp · 16 points · Posted at 01:22:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know about that (not throwing shade at you or your parents). My mother was a stereotypical suburban housewife and did everything for my siblings and I (cook, clean, drive to school, the whole shebang) but when I moved out I learnt how to do all this stuff. Either by asking mum and dad, asking friends or, I don't know, reading the bloody instructions/recipe/etc. And this was back in the late '90's before the internet was actually really useful.
So many of the examples in this thread smack of people not even trying to work out how to do things for themselves.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I still live with my parents, and they taught me how to cook, clean the bathroom and kitchen, etc., not to mention bills and money sense.
As a young adult my mom and I were watching one of those “remember this toy?!” type TV shows and I half jokingly asked why I never got an EasyBake Oven. She very seriously told me “Because you were allowed to use a real oven, you didn’t need to pretend with a lightbulb.” It really made me realize how much she trusted me and took the time to teach me life skills at a very young age. I realized soon after once I lived with room mates how a lot of kids didn’t get that experience.
Reading this thread makes me realize that I still have things to learn :p Should I ever have kids (or nieces and nephews) I will try really hard to do right by them and prepare them for life.
I hope my kiddo sees things the same way you do one day. Throughout the quarantine after schoolwork was done, we worked on simple life skills like cooking a meal from scratch, sewing a button back onto a shirt, making and keeping on track with a budget when we go food shopping and some woodworking with hand tools because, well...username really does check out.
Go hug those parents and thank them for the life lessons. That shit will mean the world to em
Seriously... go do it NOW. My dad died last year (in his late 80’s) and we both got such pleasure over the past couple decades every time I told him about something he taught me that I was able to do on my own and not have to hire out, etc. Me for doing the task / him for having successfully taught his kid skills.
Right? I distinctly remember being pulled away from my hobbies one time so they could teach me to cook for myself. It was a grand total of one recipe, spag bol, but if you can cook that you can pick up the rest on your own.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I hated being forced to help cook and clean and take care of the yard when I was younger. Absolutely dreaded it. But once I moved out on my own it paid off so, so much to be able to take care of myself.
Same here. My family was a bit strange though. My dad grew up sheltered and his mom forbade him to do physical labour and forced him to play piano... Which i really wanted to learn growing up.. but safe to say a piano was not allowed in our house. But my grandad was in construction and my uncle was a fisherman so mom, grandad and uncle basically taught me everything. My dad is an accountant so he taught me all the academiastuff while me and mom worked with screwdrivers, hammers, cooking, cleaning. So every year round xmas all powertools are either for me or my mom. But yeah i grew up learning to always pay all bills on time and never use credit if i dont have the coverage.
My wife and I were eating out with a friend of mine for Dim Sum and he put his bones back on a communal plate, while there was still food on it. I'm not even Chinese and I know that's a huge no-no. My wife complained about it so much I told her to call her mom and thank her for raising her correctly.
Cause you did chores every Friday and when you wanted to do something you’d do extra chores, the “mom chores” to guarantee being allowed to do it?
...and learned how to cook by trying to get out of going to church every Sunday by making a big breakfast and hope they’d forget the time?
...then learned about how the clocks change by proudly saying “guess were not going to church! It’s 8:50! We’ll never make it!” ...hahaha, clocks went back an hour, it’s only 7:50, dead, great breakfast though.
It seems that now at 55, my mom is forgetting all the basics she used to know. Like how to defrost meat before attempting to separate it and cook it. She keeps putting refrigerated meat in the freezer thinking it was in the freezers at the store (clearly not) and then tries to use it within minutes of removing it, frozen from the freezer.
Yes, there are frozen grilled chicken products you can cook frozen, but those are already frozen and the chicken doesn't stick together like the chicken you got out of the fridge and then put into a freezer. And those Steak-Umms are frozen in a way that you peel the sheets of beef apart, no problem...that non-frozen shaved beef is not going to come out in sheets like you're hoping!
Then she freaks out on me and I just leave because I'm tired of this crap! I am nothing like my mother, thankfully! Recently, my doctor (same as hers) actually asked me if I was adopted because of how different we are. I have my theories!
My mom is having memory and cognitive problems too - urinary tract infections can actually lead to systemic infections that can cause cognitive issues, which has been a problem for her, along with medication side effects and just natural aging. It’s so hard for some older folks as they lose some of their knowledge and abilities. Good luck to your mom!
I had spent the night at my ex boyfriend's place and stayed a bit longer in the morning to help clean the house. I was folding some clothes when I noticed him go from one side of the bed to another without actually doing anything. I looked at him and he looked clueless. He said "can you please make the bed? I've never done this, no idea where to start". I didn't mean to have a strong reaction to it but man did it leave me speechless... he was 26 at the time. That day I realized his mother often visited his house to make the bed and clean... Yeah...
tifamt · 43 points · Posted at 04:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar story, but at least my ex made the bed. He didn't know that in order to spread the bed sheets onto the bed, you can stand of on side, flick the sheets and let it land nicely, then go around to adjust as needed. This guy... He grabbed one side of the bed sheets, spread his body wide like a star fish, and belly flopped himself with the bedsheet into the bed. I had never seen anyone make a bed like that before...
That's just the mattress sheet, that's only the first layer. You have another loose sheet that goes on top, with a quilt/doonah on top and maybe some blankets if it's extra cold.
I went from sleeping alone and "making" my bed very simply (aka throwing the sheets on neatly = done) to living with my boyfriend.
I'm glad he was patient with me because his idea of bed-making is having 4 different sheets tucked perfectly together with the correct lengths on all sides, accompanied by 7(!!!) pillows.
Feel bad for my downstairs neighbours who have to listen to me walk back and forth around the bed multiple times every day at 6am to get the lengths right 😴
I don't have a weighted blanket, but I moved around so much when I sleep that it invariably gets twisted up and that bothers me when I go back that night to sleep. Easier to just make the bed, even if it's messy, as long as the covers are straightened out.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 16:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally agree.
I don't make my bed every single time, but I enjoy the look of my made bed, and getting into a made bed at night.
I never understood this. My pillows (and I literally sleep with like 8 pillows) all get set up in certain ways. It's enough of a pain when it's time to wash the bedding because I have to keep track of how each pillow was layered so I can try to put it back that way when I put the clean sheets back on. And there's something comforting about seeing the bed I so tiredly crawled out of in the same situation, ready for me to crawl right back in as if I never left.
ario62 · 2 points · Posted at 09:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have 6 pillows on my bed, which also have their certain spot, and it takes like a minute and a half to make the (king size) bed.
It's not just a certain spot. They're layered and compressed/tucked/interwoven in a certain way that only comes from having spent a comfortable night sleeping all over them. The first night with clean sheets is never as comfy as the last night with them all properly packed.
With my bed up against a wall I pack down pillows into the crevice between the bed and wall and basically make a "back" for the bed. It's hard to explain, but that's where most of my pillows are. Then I have two for my head. And a couple down by my feet (sometimes I switch positions in the bed at night and flip which end my head is at so I leave pillows on both ends) because I also like to prop my feet up to help me sleep cooler.
I've thought about that. And yeah, IDK if I'd be able to. I switch between like 3 or 4 positions every night, always splayed out to stay cool because I'm a hot sleeper. And the idea of sleeping with a heat generating body next to me has definitely troubled me lol. If I did share a bed with someone it'd have to be like a large king size bed where we each have our own "territory" haha.
It’s supposed to be better for the life and longevity of your sheets to not make it. Let’s your body fluids evaporate out if it’s unmade. I’m not disagreeing that it doesn’t look better made but it’s less healthy.
I always make my bed when the sheets are fresh and clean but that’s about it.
Edit: I also used to work in the hotel industry so I’m picky about it when we do make the bed.
is there a difference between not knowing and not wanting to go through the whole process every day
MLG50 · 7 points · Posted at 04:29:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course, I never make my bed, but that doesn't mean I haven't ever done it or that I don't know how, but according to op, her ex literally did not know how to make a bed
No idea. I think if you've never done something and you've never seen anyone else do it, even the easiest of tasks can leave you puzzled for a few minutes, but... just give it a try? Not that I know how anyone could go 26 years without seeing at least one person make the bed
I thought i knew how to make the bed until i did my service... The captain threw a quarter and if it didnt bounce.... Well... You had to redo the whole thing. I was honestly proud of how i made my bed before until that moment. Now i can bounce my cat of a made bed if i wanted too, but i actually seldom do it because you really shouldnt. Those sheets and quilt need too air, i just rearrange it so it looks pretty.
My 69 year old mother has learned to put fitted sheets on a bed for the first time because of quarantine. She’s literally had a housekeeper do it her whole life, even in college.
My husband refuses to learn how to make a bed. But that's because he works in a hospital, and if the nurses find out he can do hospital corners he'll never get any peace.
Putting rolls on the dispenser. Not even talking about the forwards or backwards nonsense, there isn't oxygen in the world to justify arguing about that. I walked into my bathroom the other day, sharehouse of 7 people and found 6 part-used rolls distributed in random spots around the toilet/shelf. Wish I knew who it was.
"there isn't enough oxygen in the world to justify arguing about that"
Finally! Someone else thinks it's an idiotic argument, too!!! Like, some people don't even have toilet paper, or even a toilet to do their business in. Just replace the dispenser when it's empty, and appreciate having a 1st world bathroom.
The petty things people care about...honestly!
[deleted] · 145 points · Posted at 01:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't think this aligns with your question, but while visiting my friend I found out he preheat his microwave.
When I was ten and we got our first microwave we had a dish of water in there, and were taught to run it for thirty seconds, then take the water out and microwave whatever we wanted. This was a long time ago, I don’t know if it was in the manual or where my parents got the idea. I don’t remember when we stopped, either.
The bike one is hilarious. I did an exchange program in China during college, which is where I met my wife so I ended up going back several times. I made a lot of friends and many of the college-aged males were self-conscious of their height because they tend to be shorter than Western men. I noticed a lot of them kept repeating that they play basketball to grow taller. It just seemed like common wisdom that if you played basketball enough, you would grow to be as tall as an NBA player. I'm relatively short, and these guys invited me to play basketball once. When they figured out I had played for many years, they said, "Wow, that's surprising. You're not very tall. We thought playing basketball would have made you taller." Chinese people are actually wicked smart and educated nowadays, but they still held onto a lot of these very provincial ideas, though that has been changing quite rapidly in recent years.
Oh damn. A 23 year old acquaintance has been telling me how she’s grown an inch taller by raising the seat on her stationary bike. She’s raising it further soon, as she wants to add another couple inches to her height.
thought he could bake cookies on a wooden cutting board in the oven
...that might actually work okay for a few times if the board is thick enough, depending on the recipe. 350 for 20 minutes probably won’t set a thick cutting board on fire.
The bike one is actually a really common thing in Asia. My parents and grandparents keep on insisting that playing more basketball, cycling more and even just hanging (like a pull up, but not actually doing the pull up. Just hanging there) will somehow make me taller. They say my dad and grandfather did all of those things, and thats why they're tall (180cm++). They don't get the fact that I just didn't get the good genes (my mom's only 155cm). Its not like I'm that short either (170cm)
I think that every time I have call at work with people from different sides of the world. Arranging calls one day from UK with Brazil, Australia, Singapore etc. makes my head hurt sometimes "Sao Paulo guys start working when it's 2pm here,got it" "Oh sorry colleague from Singapore, I forgot our calls have to be at 9 am latest as after that you are going home." No chance getting everyone on one call either...
"Man it's such a cold July day today, it snowed down south and we have a southerly wind that's making stuff even colder because southerly winds are SO COLD!"
Every. Single. Fucking. Time. Someone will come out of the woodwork acting like the weather I just described is some kind of mutant event or that I'm Literally Wrong because apparently the alternative (that the southern hemisphere exists and I live in it) is just too fucking outlandish to even consider. Like I'll even point out the southern hemisphere exists and they'll justify it with "well most people live in the northern hemisphere" like... so what??? I just CLEARLY described southern hemisphere weather patterns and you think it's more likely that the northern hemisphere has become spontaneously utterly fucked up than the fact that people actually LIVE here??? simply because they think "the majority of people live in the northern hemisphere" is THE SAME as "EVERYONE lives in the northern hemisphere"?
Like there's a huge proportion of the internet just assuming that the earth is actually shaped like an orange cut in half and floating through space. Southern hemisphere? What's that????
Years ago I was with some of my cousin’s friends talking about a trip I took to New Zealand (we’re in Australia) and how cold it had been.
One of his friends said he was surprised it was cold, as I’d left Australia in autumn, so it must be a warmer season there. I was like no...... both countries are in the same hemisphere, our seasons are the same......
He argued with me that every country had opposite seasons to Australia, and he’d never even heard of a ‘hemisphere’.
I turned to the others to laugh at the fact he’d never heard of a hemisphere, or knew how seasons worked, but could tell by their faces they weren’t sure who was right.
These people were in their 20’s. I found out later that they apparently did a lot of meth, so I hope that’s the explanation.
Tim Minchin (Aussie) has a song about drinking "White Wine in the Sun".
It's a song about family Christmas down under. Had to say, I knew in theory what was up, but it was still a shock to hear about it first hand and so personally.
I started using 24hr time in high school after having a few too many afternoon naps where I wasnt sure if I woke up at 7pm that night or 7am the next day. Havent looked back since 😂
Totally. Noon is the end of the morning, it should be AM like all the other morning hours
r0ck0 · 4 points · Posted at 14:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
12:00:00.00000000... is "after" the morning, not "in" it. The last moment on morning is before that and starts with 11:59.
Even if you think the minute of 12:00 should be am... It wouldn't make sense for 12:01 to 12:59... As they are "after noon". So even 12:00:00.00000001 is also "after noon" too anyway.
But the 12 hour clock is just retarded in general.
I live in a country that thankfully uses 24 hour time. I have to ponder for a long time before I can figure out what time its supposed to be. It's been faster since I realised that the words don't matter. A comes before P, simple as that.
Hmm... yeah my hubby is one of them. I was in compete shock when he asked which one is which?? And when I realised it wasn't just a momentary lapse after he asked on different occasions, on the spot I came up with, 'well the letter A is the start of the alphabet, so make that a reminder that A.M is the start of the day... and covers the morning up until lunch'
An older friend of mine didn’t know what a wireless mouse was or how to use it , he was holding it in his hand and waving it in the air, trying to get information on screen like Tom Cruise in Minority Report .
🎙️ arual_x · 166 points · Posted at 23:18:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Frankly, I think he was ahead of his time rather than behind it.
I think that will be an example of engineering moving to match what people expect than what they need. Future generations won’t have to think about how to work anything as it’ll just work. You’ll have a small workforce of engineers/mechanics/programmers keeping things moving along, who’ll be seen as gods or ignored as nobodies.
Our now retired receptionist had an issue with her wired mouse one day. She wandered around the office and saw a wireless mouse on someone else’s desk (the person was off that day) and grabbed it to use while our IT department responded.
Didn’t understand how it worked for that other person but not her.
This had me giggling oh my god. We could do a whole other post full of stories of old people and their insane lack of understanding for technology.
My mother once suggested because I had logged her out of Facebook, it was my fault she was now getting email updates from Facebook. (It's an account setting, come on.)
The amount of times I've seen my mom click on things repeatedly when she's supposed to hold down the mouse button and drag, and then she's exclaimed "why wont it do the thing!" Is pretty funny to me.
But those are basic old people mistakes. I've heard of some real "big brain" moments with other people's parents trying to use their phones and computers. What always gets me about my mom though is that she'll ask me how to change basic settings on her iphone like all the time and I'll go ahead and do it for her despite the fact that I'm an android user and really shouldnt know any better than she should. I dont know why she thinks I would and why something so easily learned just totally blows her mind. Anyway that stuff is hilarious
Reminds me of this commercial for a computer literacy course that used to run on Dutch TV back in the mid-2000s, where an older gentleman is told to put the cursor on an icon on the desktop and he proceeds to touch the mouse to the monitor. I didn't think people like that actually existed, but I guess the inspiration for the ad had to come from somewhere.
I’ve used a mouse like that, years ago. There was a button underneath you held down when you wanted to use it like that, or it’d work like a normal optical mouse on a flat surface.
you need to preheat it so you make sure you don’t burn it from the flames being on the entire time the oven is heating. for instance, if you put a pan of veggies to roast in the oven THEN turn on the oven, chances are you’re gonna burn the veggies but they’ll still be raw inside. if you preheat then put the pan in, they’ll cook much more evenly. this is especially important for baking.
edit: i should specify, i’m talking about gas ovens.
Definitely on the list, thank you! This oven’s a cheap piece of crap and it’s not to be trusted. And a meat thermometer. I get wildly insecure (even if I’ve never poisoned anyone - fingers crossed) of my internal temps of meat.
hah they can downvote all they want, i know this to be true.
kap_bid · 312 points · Posted at 01:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TBF, you dont need to defrost meat. It just takes longer to cook and will generally be dry when its done. As long as the internal temp hits the safe level, its no issue
i BBQ'd some frozen-solid boneless chicken thighs last night, came out great. indirect heat, applewood chunk, tasted delicious.
the only time you're not supposed to cook frozen meat is if it's in a slow cooker because of the way the slow cooker works, the bacteria that gets you sick will stay at the temperature it thrives in for longer.
Depending on what it is and how you cook it. I BBQ steaks from frozen - makes it a bit easier to sear the outside well and still have rare middle. Takes a lot longer to cook than fresh of course
I was hoping someone mentioned frozen steaks. Searing then finishing in the oven cooks it way more evenly med-rare all the way through. This is now the only way I do it 😉
Frozen meat turns out alright if you season it, just takes ages and goes a bit dry.
I used to cook from frozen all the time because I was lazy and forgetful but was way easier to wait an hour for a chicken breast to bake and then drown it in gravy than to remember to defrost it beforehand
Honestly, drumsticks can take a beating. Cooking them in the oven from frozen is no issue. In my country there is even pre spiced uncooked frozen chicken drumsticks made to put in the oven frozen.
Sorry, but no. I bake quite a lot starting in a cold oven. You probably need a more intuitive way of cooking then a receipt calls for,but preheating is not required for all baking.
If that is truly how you bake, people are merely being polite when complimenting your food. It’s basic, literal, science to start with a properly heated oven — otherwise your results will include fucked up densities and failed chemical reactions.
Wow, really feel the need to be an a-hole in a hundred day old thread? Go troll somewhere else.
Additionally - I'd say MOST people do not bake, and of those that do MOST of them aren't weighing their flour. It is not an exact science. People have been baking by feel for THOUSANDS of years with perfectly fine results, and I'm frankly baffles how uppity people on the internet get about it. Is it some sort of bread baking gate keeping? If so that's really silly. I'm not baking to repeat results thousands of times. I do t need perfect science, and if you think that perfection is the only way to bake bread, you can keep buying it at the store.
...I’m not trolling; it’s literally science. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn’t make them a troll. Also, people that do bake definitely weigh their flour, as that is how you follow recipes. I’d say most people aren’t really interested in eating baked goods that resemble oobleck in one slice and rubber cement in the next. Additionally, last time I checked, this is a public forum, and you can reply up to 180 days.
Unless youre baking. Baking is a science, and a preheated oven can be the difference between delicious cake, and something the person calls a 'cake'
esushi · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, anything cooked in the oven is getting baked, yeah? Even when baking chicken etc if you don't preheat, it'll get overcooked before there's any browning.
Nugs, fries, garlic bread, frozen pizza will all simply be done faster if you place them in the oven while it’s still preheating. Something like raw cheesecake mixture or a soufflé which requires a more exact temp for a more exact time to have the correct texture probably won’t come out right if you put it in too early.
The garlic bread and pizza can end up with jacked up crusts if you use that method — specifically really soggy bottoms.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 03:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any baking or pastry needs a preheated oven, otherwise the baking time will be off and not to mention that by the time the middle is cooked the sides will be likely burnt
That depends on the oven. My parents' gas oven is apparently a roaring inferno in the preheat phase and will burn things to a crisp if you toss them in early. The electric ovens I've used come up to temperature nice and gradually so as long as it's not anything too temperature sensitive like baking fresh goods from scratch, it'll be fine.
esushi · 4 points · Posted at 03:10:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please Google about this, you're wrong and embarrassing yourself just like the people that this thread discusses. Everything online says to preheat the oven if you want good-tasting food.
Wow, no. Not accurate, and a little judgy. You may have issues if you use the same timing recipes call for, but if you cook intuitively, there's almost no need to preheat. I only use the preheat for fine flaky pastries, as melting butter is what causes the layers you form - some delicate breads too, but even then not so much.
esushi · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please Google about this, you're wrong. The Maillard reaction needs high heat and letting food come to temperature with the oven will mean it is cooked through before it gets hot enough to brown. Is it some conspiracy that every Google result says preheating is recommended in all cases?
Something being recommended does not mean it's required.
How hot are you using your oven that food is fully cooked prior to any browning? Or is it that it takes your oven the entire cook time to get up to temperature?! I think you're misunderstanding the miallard reaction. It's a chemical reaction that takes place between amino acids and sugars being broken down by heat. It doesn't mean your food has to be 300 degrees during the entire cook time. My oven only takes a couple minutes to get to 300 degrees, but most meals are in there for 30min-hour. Are you suggesting that warming an oven with food inside will somehow inhibit the miallard reaction from taking place? Because that's really freaking silly.
Also I don't care what you think. Your comments are kind of abusive as well. Just because you read something on the internet doesn't make it true. If you want to preheat your oven every time you use it, that's your choice. There's no reason to get your panties in twist over how other people cook. And by the way, I'm a great cook and I don't preheat 98% of the time.
Frozen Meat we were going to have that night we'd put it in the microwave (not turned on) for a few hours, and by the time we were ready, it was defrosted ready to go.
For cooking anything not related to baking (ie meats/veg/etc... minus any crusts), you don't necessarily need to preheat the oven, but your cooking time will deviate from whatever recipe you're using.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:29:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
She was from China where ovens aren't really used, plus I was always under the impression that she had always had someone else to cook for her (her mother or housekeeper).
But still, this was like five months into the year.
2) You needed to defrost frozen meat before cooking it.
Cooks Illustrated recently had an article testing results of cooking frozen steaks defrosted vs straight out of freezer. Surprisingly, the steaks were less grey under the seat if they stayed frozen.
My housemate (uni student) once put a frozen pizza in the oven without a tray - just placed it right on the metal rack.
It Salvador Dali'd through the gaps, unsurprisingly.
He also bled radiators by draining out the entire fucking radiator into a bucket and letting it all refill. I caught him the second time and finally understood why the pressure dropped to 0 that one time.
Most frozen pizzas are meant to be put directly on the rack if you don’t have a pizza stone (which, who was space for that?). My rack is fine for pizza cause the slats aren’t super far apart, no Dali pizza for me.
Also, sheet of foil underneath it to catch grease.
From what I’ve read, you’re not supposed to make frozen pizza on a pizza stone. The thermal shock from the frozen pizza hitting the hot stone can supposedly crack it.
My adult brother once ran to my mother to tell on me for telling him to use baking paper before he puts stuff in the oven. My mother then decided that you know what? baking paper is for suckers, and tried to "casually" inform me of this fact.
No, Mum, I know my manchild of a brother went crying to you and that's why you've suddenly decided dirty-ass trays in the oven are totally OK.
1) wrong. Preheating actually just makes the times on the recipe work out for everyone (more or less). It wastes a lot of energy for the sole benefit of the recipe on the boy working. There are very few meals/cakes that need a hit oven right away. For frozen pizza you can just add a few minutes and it will turn out just fine.
I had a coworker who tried to cook pasta sauce by chucking the entire frozen block of mince in the cold pan, pouring the jar of sauce over it, and turning on the heat. He figured it would just defrost as it was heated and be fine.
You don't need to preheat the oven. Ever tried preheating the oven with a thermometer? Takes ages, that's why most instructions are calculated on you not doing that
Yes, but one day throw caution to the wind and don’t do it. You’ll be shocked to find your pizza done faster and every bit as good. Same for almost everything else.
diiejso · 3028 points · Posted at 20:33:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't just one person, but I've come to the realization that many adults no longer have the ability to read a map or follow simple driving directions to a new place as they're completely reliant on GPS telling them when and where to turn. Two instances that stand out:
A person in my office building was standing at the door asking everyone coming and going if they'd seen a carmount GPS unit in the parking lot as they'd lost it bringing it in somehow. They were sobbing so I figured it must be an expensive model. I asked what it was but it was cheap and helped them look around under cars to see if we could find it during which we talked. They were crying over the price of losing it. They were crying because they didn't know how they'd get home that night without it. Couldn't drive home from their job they'd worked at for months with a GPS telling them how.
I was out with a friend doing some shopping in a part of a city we'd never been to before. We were in the parking lot of store A and wanted to get to store B which we could see but there wasn't a connected road between the two. Friend punches in the store on their iphone to get directions and it gives of a 30 minute route that includes 2 toll roads. I thought there was no way it should take that much driving to get there so I looked google maps and saw we could do drive it in about 3 minutes by going two stores over and exiting from the back of that stores parking lot onto the road that leads to store B. They could not look at the map and then translate it to the real world, despite that we could literally see all the features we needed to follow. He ended up taking the 30 minutes route and paying the tolls because he didn't trust the map.
I've seen a lot of other experiences similar to this but those are the two that always stand out to me.
🎙️ arual_x · 1578 points · Posted at 20:51:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit this is horrifying. I always wondered if the “and then the sat nav directed them into a lake, so into the lake they went” stories were fake, but now I’m not so sure. I mean, after just doing a journey once surely most people have at least fleeting memories of landmarks and rough directions with which they could largely get by?
In Mountain View, CA, there are accidents at the CalTrain station because people blindly follow Waze or whatever and drive onto the train tracks instead of going forward a few more feet and turning onto the road.
I also read a story once years ago where a family was stranded for days because apparently the GPS stopped giving them turn by turn directions so they kept driving. turns out they were in a rural area where the GPS wasnt picking up and instead of catching on they just drove to the middle of nowhere until they ran out gas.
C-Tab · 68 points · Posted at 02:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a family a couple years back in my area who followed a GPS onto a forest service road and got stuck in the snow up in the mountains. Guy tried to walk out, died of hypothermia a few miles from the car. Mom stayed in the car with the toddler, was rescued several days later.
Reminds me of a story where a family of three went hiking somewhere in Arizona and got lost in a desert. Ultimately the parents sacrificed their lives by giving the son all of the water to maximize his chances of survival. Thankfully he was eventually rescued, unfortunately it was too late for the parents.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 16:52:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was so much worse than I expected. I thought they'd have gotten lost and the parents would have died over a few days before they found the son.
They set out at noon on a 4.6 mile (7.4km) hike with only 2 20oz water bottles, and both parents were dead less than SIX HOURS later. Holy crap.
YanDan · 9 points · Posted at 05:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh bugger. I thought the parents had made it out twice.
turns out they were in a rural area where the GPS wasnt picking up
That's not possible. I'll grant you that there had to have been some issue with their GPS, but a GPS receiver works by passively listening to satellite signals. Being in a rural area makes the reception better, not worse. The only way you're going to lose the signal is being underground on in a narrow canyon.
It could have been a cell phone app that was relying on mobile data to load the map info, though. That would make the rural thing more plausible.
I will take your word for it. I was trying to imply is reliance on technology and not critical thinking ( being in the middle of nowhere and driving untim out of gas) got them to the middle of nowhere and they could have died.
2059FF · 10 points · Posted at 02:23:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
GPS isn't like cellular. As long as you can see the satellites, it'll work.
There are times when you will have no single due to poor satellite position. Usually takes 10-20 min to clear. You also need to leave the GPS on so it can download the corrections if you are in a new area.
GPS units are not perfect and do require an understanding of the technology to use well. Large cities have lots of errors due to the buildings bouncing the data.
Point I was trying to make is reliance on technology and not critical thinking ( being in the middle of nowhere and driving until out of gas) got them to the middle of nowhere and they could have gotten themselves killed.
I used to work near a nuclear power plant and truck drivers would constantly get lost when they were relying on their GPS. I have a sneaking suspicion that the government obscures GPS in the vicinity of critical infrastructure as a form of missile defense.
Yup. I used to work for the railroad that runs up to the Canyon and was sitting on the porch at the El Tovar eating lunch with my engineer when they came up.
My dad kinda did this once. We were in a totally unfamiliar country (Turkey) and by the time we were driving on a gravel road next to some cliffs, we first thought it would only be for a couple of minutes, and after that there was no space to turn at all. Did get to see some beautiful views of the Mediterranean though.
Well, not sure what to say about the 2nd story, but for the first one, I do not know the context, so I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he might live in a large city. The traffic is atrocious and many might not have proper roadwork and signalling. So I've seen many people use GPS to get the best route, optimised for the trafic. For this reason, they might have never driven on the same road long enough to learn it or its landmarks. Idk for real. I don't have my license for a long time (only a few years) and never had to drive in a big city as I have no personal car. But my uni friends still use GPS for trafic optimisation despite going to the same place for years
I can say this was true. I lived a ten minute drive from my house to my school, but when I left, it could be a 30 minute to 1 hour drive because of the traffic. Having Google maps meant I could find the shortest route, even if I never drove around that area normally
Cheap GPS units usually don't have traffic information because they usually don't have any ability to connect to a data source.
I wouldn't be able to do a new drive after doing it once, but daily for months is a little surprising and I generally think I have a very poor sense of direction.
My dad's wife's daughter straight up drove into a ditch because google maps told her to turn left there. Granted it was at night, but me and my husband couldn't believe it. We still laugh about it from time to time.
Nah. More like step sister, but I don't consider my dad's wife a step mom (they got married a few years back and I'm in my thirties, so...) so I don't consider her my step sister. More like an acquaintance lol
My mom's husband has a son and our relationship is like that too. But when I tell strangers anecdotes I just call them step dad and step brother. It's takes less explaining.
The stories aren’t fake, I have an auto repair shop and tow trucks and we get 10-20 calls a year to get someone out of a water filled ditch or a dirt road that can hardly be called a road because “ the gps said that was the way to go”
My best friend has ADHD and is on the autism spectrum. She has to use GPS for way longer than most people, even if its places she goes a lot. It's not because shes overly reliant on technology, its just how her brain works.
Yep, I'm on the spectrum, not the typical symptoms though, I mainly have a deficiency in "executive function", I can't do directions, can't remember birthdays even in my immediate family, could never remember my school timetable, etc. Any sort of organisation is completely beyond my ability; yet I have an iq of 155.
I'm not gonna turn in to a lake because the GPS said so, but I can't remember a 15 minute journey I've taken every day for a decade.
Yep, sounds really similar to my bff. She wasnt diagnosed until a few years ago, she was 25ish. Shes medicated now and its helped her so much with all of those issues.
I have Aspergers and when I was learning to drive there was no GPS ('99-early aughts). It was unbelievably nerve wracking. I would have my mom, or whomever was giving me directions, go over it 2 or 3 times. Writing it all down with as much detail as possible. The whole time discussing it I would be shaking and trying not to cry. On the verge of a panic attack. I was reassured that if I got lost I should just go to a gas station and ask. The thought of asking a stranger filled me with dread. There were a couple of times I would get a little lost so I would abandon the plans and just go back home. I've gained a ton of coping skills in adulthood, so fortunately I'm no longer stressed about driving. But having GPS is also a godsend.
Honestly I'm not stupid but my sense of direction is so poor I have trouble remembering these things even after a few times. I've noticed it gets worse the more anxious I get though. I can actually get lost in a place I've been a dozen times if I'm starting to panic.
(I'm going to a therapist and have been working on it though so don't worry)
For me it takes 3-5 times using GPS to be able to stop using GPS, but I also never follow the GPS even 50% when I’m leaving my starting point or arriving at my destination.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:23:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
dude I work at a pizza place with drivers who have been there for years. with some of them even common spots like a huge hotel straight down the main road downtown that they have been to millions of times they HAVE to type it into their GPS or they'll get lost. blows my mind.
There was a cartoon from decades before GPS where the wife is telling the husband "I thought the R meant Mississippi Road" as the car is sinking. (sexist much?)
I, uh, got stuck on a snowy mountain road in Colorado trying to bypass traffic following my GPS and trusting my 4WD way too much. It was not one of my finer moments, and I was soundly shamed by the local sheriff and his partner.
People drive into the canals in New Orleans and surrounding areas quite a bit. In fact, to get to my house OnStar tells you to turn into the little canal on the road -_-
There was one story I remember happening a few years ago where an elderly couple were following their GPS and it told them to cross some bridge but the problem was that the bridge was closed because they were replacing a large chunk of the bridge, so there was a huge section missing with nothing stopping you from falling hundreds of feet to the ground below.
As you can see where this is going, they went around a sign and multiple barricades saying the bridge was closed and fell down below. I believe the husband survived but the wife was trapped inside and the car burst into flames.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no, once a guy drove from the Kef international airport across Iceland in dead of winter to a TINY village where the typo'd version of his hotel was found.
He knew the hotel was less than an hour from the airport, but he followed the directions 8 hours instead of stopping to ask anyone for directions.
Yes, this was an American.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 15:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
there was a news-story of a belgian woman who went to pick up a friend at the airport half an hour away, entered the wrong thing and then drove for 2 days towards italy just because the GPS told her so
It can be really hard for some people to remember landmarks and stuff like that. I'm definitely one of those people! I need directions to get to my grandma's house, which she's lived at for my entire life (twenty years). But using a map is easy enough for me, I just gotta check it often. I dunno if it's the ADHD or what that makes it so hard for me and some other people, but I gotta say I'm super grateful for the existence of GPS.
I mean to be fair some GPS can be confusing. I had to do shadowing in a pharmacy to get my pharmacy tech certification and I didn't know where exactly it was, I knew it was in my town but not how to get there. I left school early, dressed up nicely to make a good impression, put the name of the pharmacy and the town name in my GPS and started driving. Well something went wrong and my GPS decided to take me to Kansas from Texas because there was a pharmacy with the same name somewhere in Kansas. To make matters worse there was a severe thunderstorm and I had to drive halfway to the next town over before I could turn around on the interstate where the speed limit was like 80 and cars were still going fast around me. I had also just had a car wreck from driving in the rain a month or so prior which gave me driving anxiety so I had to pull over because I couldn't stop crying and having a panic attack. I finally showed up 45 minutes late, soaking wet from the rain, with my makeup all messed up from crying. I think they felt bad for me because the pharmacist signed off on my paper that I had done a good job and was there for the proper amount of time etc. It was really embarrassing though showing up extremely late looking all messy and having to explain what had happened.
The amount of tourists in Amsterdam that want to cycle on the highway because "apple maps told me so" is depressingly high. There is a video out there of a Dutch police woman asking one of them something along the lines of "don't you have a brain? Can't you think for yourself."
I'll fully admit I'm directionally challenged. I can get lost easily and generally have no idea how to get back to some place. Relying on gps has made this a hundred times worse. From my own experience I can tell you that if I traverse a path once, either by car or foot, I'll typically remember some landmarks, but I have to traverse the same path at least 3 or 4 times before I can remember the directions. Driving is harder because you have to make split second decisions some times and if I miss a turn or a route is blocked and I'm forced to take a.new one, I might be lost for hours until I find some landmark I recognize. This story sounds a bit extreme, but I can relate.
I moved from a very small town to Phoenix while expecting my first child. On the way home from work one day, over 8 months huge, my normal route was blocked by construction. This was way before GPS or cell phones. I turned down an unfamiliar street and was quickly lost. Being tired and overly emotional, I pulled into a gas station. The attendant (yes, they used to pump gas for you) came to my open window. I busted out crying “I’m lost!” He was shocked at my tears and probably thought I was going into labor. He calmed me down and explained I was on a street parallel to the one I drove every weekday. I made it home and never got lost again in four years living there. He must have gone home with a story about a crazy pregnant lady having a nervous fit at his station. If I had a map I would have been able to read it. So I got one and kept it in my glovebox after that.
I have always been severely directionally challenged. I was always super embarrassed about it, I got made fun of a lot, no one could understand why I couldn’t remember where to go or which road I needed to take.
Last year I learned about aphantasia (inability to create mental images) and holy shit if that isn’t me. It totally explains why I’m so terrible with directions. I cannot visualize where anything is. I can’t picture what road leads where.
I’m 37. Growing up and driving in the late 90’s, I CAN read a map, but it could be hard to maintain an understanding of where I am without any immediate physical descriptors.
Like, even today, I very heavily rely on my phone to get me places I have visited before. It’s entirely possible that I would not recognize a highway I’ve driven down multiple times if I am driving at a different time of day, or especially like, going southbound if I typically would travel northbound. It’s not that I’m not paying attention, my brain just doesn’t compute that sort of information.
I wish the stories of driving into stuff following GPS directions were fake, but no. I worked at a horse stable in college, and twice I had to help the barn owner hook up the pickup truck to pull someone out of the ditch near her sign (at least they could call the number on the sign for help, we were in a fairly rural area). They were trying to turn on a nearby street, but GPS was notorious for saying to turn a few hundred feet early right there. Instead of waiting to turn onto the right street, the sign for which you could see up ahead if you just looked ahead, these folks would turn with the GPS, and end up in the drainage ditch.
I'm horrible with directions and navigation, and have ended up in another state because of going the wrong way on the interstate more than once (I swear I've gotten better since then!). Still, I've never managed to blindly follow my GPS into a ditch.
The "driving into a lake" stories might still be fake, or at the very least more nuanced then the media makes it seem. Even if a person is fully reliant on GPS for navigation, it would still be obvious is there was a lake and they wouldn't drive into it.
Honestly people are stupid. I work for a roofing company that takes care of large home improvement chain ators roofs and gutters. Well the number of times I'm in this big ass fucking thing with a massive diesel engine running yellow flashing lights all over and an annoying as beeper that wont quit. All that's surround by safty flags on bright orange cones, and we get people that walk right under us because " I dident know it wasent safe". Bitch I could run you over and not notice till I saw the blood puddle. The ones I usually use weight 20,xxxlbs and yet people seam to think that it poses no risk to them.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 00:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You say that but I’ve read.. wait. Wait. You mean not all mainstream news is true?
I live in Denver, with a giant mountain range in site and immediately west of the city. Even with that ever present compass I'd say 95% of the time people get super confused when I give them N/S/E/W directions. Compass won't cut it.
Haha I was in Miami with my wife visiting a friend and his wife. I was driving one evening, the Atlantic Ocean clearly visible to our right as we drove parallel to it. My friend, who lived in the area for some reason said “turn west” at the next light, and I understood him so I said “ok.” The two wives were like “he doesn’t know which way is west just say left or right” and I responded with “I know which way is west.” Both of them could not understand how I knew.
I slowly asked them a series of questions about where we were and what coast of Florida Miami is on and what that ocean was to our right and they finally got it. Their professions? Teacher and pharmacist.
Gadarn · 15 points · Posted at 01:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a city laid out in a grid with all streets going North/South and all avenues going East/West so you always know the cardinal directions. It's super common to get/give directions like: "it's just north of the Stadium" or "go east on 23rd until you get to 91st, then turn south."
If you're familiar with the city it's really easy and you develop a decent sense of direction. But I was working with a contractor from out of town and he was so confused. I had just given him directions to a building he needed to walk to and he got a bit upset. "Why does everyone keep telling me to 'enter the building from the south entrance', or 'it's about a block to the west'? Which way is west!?"
I live on a road that is off 60th avenue. Right before 60th avenue is 60th place and 60th Street and if you go up a little further there is 60th drive. I fucking hate it.
GPS people have no problem. Oh turn here. Good to go.
The written directions are when people get lost. How many times have I said, "if you're coming from the main road it's the third 60th, it's the one with the pretty trees"
Maybe not so much daunting, but it can be rough constantly looking for street names and landmarks while paying attention to traffic. The moment you notice where you're supposed to turn you might be in the wrong lane or going too fast to turn so you miss it, and then you're left not sure exactly how to get back on track.
This isn't so bad in large open places and rural areas, but in congested large cities confusingly designed it can get nerve wracking.
My sister in law can’t follow directions, she once got lost coming to my house for a restaurant a mile away , straight down the same street from my house.
Just the way my brain works, I need to see or draw a map. Written directions confuse me, and I hate following GPS because I need to have a mental image of where I’m going.
That said, I live in NYC and no longer drive, but the few times I’ve had to rent a car and go somewhere I just do what the GPS tells me because there’s no way to know what lane you need to be in, etc, unless you know. Thankfully the drivers here are pretty laid back and will let you merge or whatever. Not like Chicago, where I lived before.
For me the thing I'm terrible at is telling distances. Like if you tell me to go 1km down a road I honestly have no idea how far I should be going. But if you tell me "go south on Main Street until you reach Front Street, then turn right" then I'm all good.
If you tell me to go 1km down the road I take a glance at the odometer to see where it's at and then stop when it increments up by a full 1km. Or reset the trip counter and use that so I don't have to math.
I wonder how many accidents have been caused by people reading a piece of paper while driving? With a GPS, you have a voice telling you where to go, and a quick glance is the GPS screen will give you the visuals.
I wouldn't suggest people read the directions whilst driving. You ought to be able to have at least a few steps in your head. It's never been a struggle for me at least.
Driving requires too much focus for me to need to focus on remember directions. If I was walking or biking I could do it, but there's too much to pay attention to too fast for me to be able to handle a list of directions.
before GPS, I'd always make sure someone would read them to me cause even then I knew reading and driving at the same time was stupid as fuck.
And if I didn't have a navigator, I basically went on mapquest and memorized the directions as much as I could. If they were streets, I'd read the next line or two at a stop sign or stop light. It's a little high stress now that I think about it. And for freeways I basically tried to memorize the exists/merges. But for the most part, on freeways, the signs tell you where you're going if you know the major city at least.
Oh, on my cars it's always been conveniently located in the same panel with the speedometer so if I can check my speed I can check my distance too. Also if you were tell me to go 5 miles and turn at Auburn and I came to the intersection of Auburn at 4.9 miles I'd turn there, not continue another .1 mile and turn into someone's driveway and get confused. I'm not Michael Scott.
On my car it's rounded down to the nearest kilometre, so if I'm at 4.9 kilometres and you tell me to drive 5Ks, I'd only drive 4.1km and then wonder where the fuck Auburn is, worry I've missed it, drive around in circles trying to find it, etc etc. But I'm no Michael Scott either.
TBH written directions are more challenging for me than a map. Just draw it out.
kayaut · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To give a little perspective, I will just say that printed sheets are hard for me but only because processing written/typed words while driving isn't so easy. Because I'm doing the thing, checking each street to see if it's the one, verifying I'm remembering what it said correctly and...
I'd be better off memorizing the directions but then the issue is if it's more than 15 different steps and I get lost, I'm up shit creek because I have no idea where I went wrong.
Some people can't do the written direction thing. Kind of like how people can be auditory or visual learners. If you process slowly with one manner of directions, it's safer for you and everyone else you encounter on the road to use whatever method works best for you.
That's a daunting task to me. Just tell me the address and I'll look it up on google maps and find the route that makes me the most comfortable thanks.
Read it before you start your trip so you know the route you’re going to take. Maybe reference it safely white stopped at a red light. Surprisingly, people were able to use maps and directions in the days before gps navigation.
Read it before you start your trip so you know the route you’re going to take. Maybe reference it safely white stopped at a red light.
What if you don't hit any red lights though? This legitimately seems like a very dangerous method of navigation when there's a perfectly functional hands-free option.
I'm sure people could navigate, but it doesn't seem like a good way. There are no advantages that I can think of over GPS.
Of course, some people just don't want to admit that they're terrible at giving directions. My dad always complains that people can't follow directions when his directions will include something like "left after the blue car right next to the hay bale with the sign on it." I have no problem following directions, I can't follow YOUR directions because the guy with the blue car is at work.
Some people will rattle off directions as a single sentence and like... nah, no way will I remember that. Please write it down or go slowly enough that I can write it down. Different problem though lol. For a long time my dad told me I had "no sense of direction". My sense of direction is just fine, it's my memory that's shit lol
Hilariously enough, my parents have this issue. We once got lost in New Jersey on a trip to Pennsylvania because they got confused by the GPS, and almost put us on a toll road. Same trip, same GPS program, we were in NYC and ended up walking in an hour long loop because the GPS obviously sucked. I realized something was wrong when I noticed we were going the opposite direction of the hotel. They didn’t realize it until we wound up right back where we started.
were in NYC and ended up walking in an hour long loop because the GPS obviously sucked
High buildings are notorious for causing reflections. Imagine the building being a mirror, and your phone seeing the satellites' mirror image - effectively putting you where your mirror image would be, aka the street on the other side of said building.
This is why it's important to understand how technology works, and how it fails.
Sooo many times where I had to tell the driver "ignore everything the GPS says, it thinks we're on the road parallel to the highway we're actually on".
GPS is useless in cities with skyscraper type buildings. Same thing happens in Chicago etc. At one point, with Upper, Middle, and Lower Wacker all stacked on top of each other + underground roads it's a hellscape so you have to just know how the roads connect.
GPS in NJ seems to suck. I don’t know what it is about this state, but the maps just quit. Doesn’t help that the roads make no sense and you almost need a GPS lol
Going through NJ always involves me trying not to have a nervous breakdown. I can drive down south by myself, with the car GPS, even NYC isn't a problem. But NJ is designed to suck you in for good.
To be fiar, as I remarked to my step-sister who lived in New Jersey "It seems every road in New Jersey eventually crosses every other New jersey road."
NYC is a very efficient grid. You shouldn’t be using google maps to get around. I mean you can pull up the map and follow the blue dot to see where you are, but don’t let it tell you where to walk.
NJ is also the worst for driving-limited left turns, their signs often list towns instead of directions which makes it hard for non-locals to navigate, and the signs are often placed way too late or close to an exit. I hate it.
Yeah... There are a concerning number of people who can't orient themselves whatsoever much less effectively use a map.
GPS has ruined it for a lot of people and it is sad.
Like the first thing I do when I move to a city is learn where neighborhoods are/landmarks are in relation to each other. I knew this city better than many locals after a few months and it was weird having to tell them "we're in X neighborhood, so downtown is to the west. That major street runs east to west and the sun is over there so if we want to go to your place, it's this way."
That’s me! I can’t follow a map to save my life. I have to use Joey’s trick from “Friends” and go “in the map” to understand where I am in relation to it.
This is definitely a real problem, but I’d like to point out that there are people who can’t orient themselves to literally save their life, and who didn’t grow up with GPS. My grandmother is one of these people - I have no idea how my mother and I can orient ourselves but she cannot, literally just cannot for any reason. She used to keep written versions of how to get home from different places in the glove box (ie: turn right at the gas station, etc) and had maps of every city and town around hers just in case. It’s incredible. She’s lived in the same place for 65 years and can’t just go to the grocery store.
I’m like that. Twice I’ve got lost on a practically straight road... took me hours to find my way back too.
Having smartphones is a literal godsend and has made my life so much easier.
I’ll also say that Paris is amazing for people like me because of the tall, super-easy-to-recognise landmarks that you can triangulate by. I found my way around better there than in my hometown.
Edit: I can read and follow maps though so I’m safe if I have those but I have absolutely no sense of direction.
You’re valid - I’m not like that but I can understand being bad at it.
if it makes you feel any better, I’m 24 and have to think really really really hard in order to tie my own goddamned shoes and it’s frankly embarrassing. I wear a lot of slip ons now.
My dad did not learn to tie his shoes until he was 20 and his boss taught him as he needed to tie bows for work. He does it different from anyone I’ve ever seen (make two loops and tie them into a knot basically)and so do I because he taught me.. tbf I think my dad was just lazy - but still
Oh gosh, that’s EXACTLY how I tie my shoes and it just.... doesn’t make sense in my head. I can’t do knots. I can paint super complex things or make an entire map, but I can’t tie my shoes and it’s my (kind of) secret shame.
Yeah, I'm basically like that. Not quite that bad - if I've been someplace many times I might start to remember how to get there, but I still won't have a sense of where it is in relation to other things I'm familiar with unless I look at a map. There have been times I haven't realized that two places I go regularly are a block away from each other.
I can read a map or directions, I just have no sense of it myself. My boyfriend always accuses me of being too reliant on GPS, but I'm old enough that I was driving for many years without it and I was just lost all the damn time. Thank god for GPS.
You’re so valid. I realize now that I took multiple semesters of mapping in college so maybe I’m just especially inclined towards it. I adore making maps and can visualize things like that in my head with ease. Numbers and math? Not so much though
I am this person. My brain just doesn't relate things to each other directionally. If there's a curve in the road, I no longer know the general direction I started from. I have gotten lost by going into a store, and when I came out I couldn't remember which direction I had come from. It's SO FRUSTRATING. I don't drive and GPS for foot traffic is horrendous. And people are always irritated and treat me like I'm an idiot for it. Like dude, do you think I ENJOY getting lost on my frickety frackin way home?! And "landmarks" where I live are like "the such and such building"...dude, modern buildings all look the same. Shiny boring rectangles. The end. I'll have a landmark like "the tree that looks like a dancer is coming out of it with the square roots" and then they cut it down and I'm screwed. Also, shit moves! Drugstore on this corner for the past 5 years? Surprise, not anymore! Now it's a diner that was on a different corner before, so have fun getting out of here! I can learn a specific route through repetition, but if anything changes, my brain does NOT understand what would bean equivalent route. It's ridiculous and I hate it. I feel your grandmother's pain. At least it seems her family understood it wasn't her fault.
kitolz · 6 points · Posted at 02:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you play video games at all?
I find that developing spatial awareness is something that's done by a lot of video games extremely well. That includes map reading and route memorization.
I can play some games, usually not by myself. I have a weird thing that happens to my vision when the games are too fast where everything sort of mushes together like a one-color psychedelic trip and I can't see. I like Diablo III bc you can have a little color blob under your character so I can always find myself on the screen. I like NFS Underground two, because there is literally a glowing line you can follow. And I like Resident Evil 5, bc it's two players and I can play from a further distance, which keeps everything from melting together. Basically, I have trouble with games and one reason is the same reason I get lost IRL, lmao. My brain is weird
kitolz · 2 points · Posted at 19:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad to hear you can still enjoy them even with the trouble.
I also recommend exploration heavy games such as Skyrim and Minecraft. Not too fast paced and available on every platform.
No big deal if that's not your preference though.
Actually a couple different friends of mine have recomended these to me from knowing my gaming preferences lol -^ They're definitely on my "to try" list, thanks!
Yeah, we try our best to accommodate for her, and if she wants to drive, we let her and just give instructions if she asks. It works out, generally, and if not, we have a good laugh about ending up somewhere else.
It's so nice that she has people who care and treat her like this, from the sound of it i'm glad she has you. Keep up the understanding and chill attitude!
It’s the oddest thing to see. She took me to a grocery store in her city once, one that I had not been to but she had been to every week for years, and when we got back in the car, she pulled out her map.
I was just baffled. I could have given her instructions on how to get home and I’d never been there before, I just knew we were roughly 8 blocks away from home.
There is a particualr brain disability that does this, I saw an article about a woman who was a runner who had this, hse would just get lost and keep running fo r hours untill she got home.
Problem is my memory is shit there is no way I would be able to do that, and while I can read maps fine (bronze DofE) but I wouldn’t be able to read a map and concentrate on the rad at the same time because the car goes faster than walking speed and that’s too much for me.
I hear ya, but this doesn't really take an above average memory. I get we all have different abilities but I do find people have largely ignored building this particular skill since GPS came out.
But please don't try to read maps while operating a vehicle, I agree that is not a good idea.
I don’t even use gps but I have gone down the same route several times to my nan’s house (as a passenger, because of the whole “I am terrified of the concept of driving” thing) and I still haven’t the slightest clue how to get there, I can memorise walking routs fine, I can get to the church in my town from my house with ease and know all the shops en route, but I can’t for the life of me remember road-based routes.
If you ever feel like trying, I highly recommend doing it by familiarizing yourself with a local map, instead of by driving and memorizing the route. Much easier once you have a broad understanding of the lay of the land.
I'd be perpetually disoriented if I went somewhere and never took ten minutes to look at a map, see which areas are where, which major roads go which way and intersect/run parallel.
I was in vacation in Spain and had to avoid using roaming/data because reasons. I had previously downloaded a map to each city I visited, and between the map and asking for directions, I did nearly all the moves without GPS.
There are a concerning number of people who can't orient themselves whatsoever
I'm pretty sure this is the reason an absolutely ridiculous number of people turn around in the intersection in front of my house.
Yes, there are several one way streets in the neighborhood, and a few streets that don't go where you'd think they would go, but for the most part it's a grid. Why would you do a multi-point turn (often blocking traffic) when you could just go around the block?
I often go for a Sunday drive (especially these days) just to "get out of the house". I don't have a destination, I just head out of the city and drive around. People I talk to think I'm nuts and say "but aren't you afraid of getting lost?"
The whole point is to get lost! I have a pretty decent sense of direction and most roads eventually lead somewhere that will have road signs that will get me home again. I only use the GPS if I have an actual destination.
I was in the science Olympiad in high school on the topographic map contests. It always blows my mind when people have no fucking idea where they are. I can tell you what direction i’m facing like 90% of the time.
I visualize a top down view of the area and then compare it to a map in my mind. So if I looked at a map of the area recently I can like visualize top down what direction I’m facing on the map and that tells me where north is
That's what I do too, I have a bad sense of direction so I always try to make up for it by being extra cautious of signs, relations between streets.. etc.. so I can memorize my path and not rely on GPS.
I also often check the streets on google map before I go to a new city so that makes it easier once I'm there.
I went to NYC with my sister when I was about 16 and she was in her late 20s. She was constantly confused on where to go because the walking directions on Google Maps couldn't find what direction she was facing. To quote John Mulaney, "The streets are numbered!" We got there with time to spare after I took over navigation.
My biggest confusion there my first time was people would say meet at 53rd and 3rd and I didn't know if the first was supposed to be avenue or street and panic about what if there's more than 1 possible 53rd and 3rd intersection how do I know which one to show up at.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 22:29:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This also has to do with spacial sense. I can easily memorize directions to a place I've gone once or twice, but i cannot for the life of me remember peoples names. brains are dumb.
I don't know what it is, but if I'm driving, my sense of direction and ability to remember how to get somewhere and figure out how to get back (if it's the first time I've gone there) is excellent.
But I'll be damned if you try to give me a map, digital or physical, on foot and tell me to go somewhere. I don't know what it is but my mind does not wrap around figuring out your location on foot and going somewhere based on looking at a map. I remember when I was in Spain doing a short term study abroad, the program directors gave us maps of the city center that had all the university buildings and major spots and historical buildings we would ever need to know to get around. I could not use it to save my life. I ended up having a friend show me how to get to a few of the important spots so I just went by memory on how to get everywhere. It was really frustrating trying so hard to use the map and it basically looking just like shapes and colors but nothing containing actual useful information.
That's so weird to me because I'm the exact opposite: I'm a master of direction on foot, but put me behind the wheel without a GPS and I will instantly get lost.
Uhhh... I’ve always been one of those people, before and after gps. I can’t judge distances or figure out East, west, etc.
It takes me months to memorize the route to a new job, especially if I drive there during the day and back home at night when everything looks different.
The worst is that street signs are almost impossible to see at night until you’re on top of them and it’s too late to turn.
Even when Mapquest became a thing I still had a hard time following directions because of distances and hard to read street signs.
Same! I have trouble judging distance, very little sense of direction (where's North?), and even mix up left and right if I'm not concentrating. I need landmarks. "Keep going until James Street" makes me anxious. (Which one is James Street!? What does it look like? It's the one near the gas station, right? Wait, there's more than one gas station!?) However, "go straight until you've passed the library, then turn on the street right after it" works fine.
I'm pretty sure it's related to Dyscalculia, because I also have trouble with math, reading music, and reading analog clocks.
People seem amazed when I tell them how I spent a summer in Florida during college break and used a physical map to travel all over the state. Sure, if I was alone I had to pull over sometimes to make sure I knew where I was going (but you need to take bathroom breaks anyway). But a lot of times someone else was with me to tell me the next road to turn on, and we just looked for the name of the road or signs for the next highway.
The GPS is basically just a buddy in your car reading off where to turn next with the map.
The hardest part was locating where you currently were on the map.
Some people genuinely struggle with orientation and location. It's a learning disability, just not one that gets picked up at school. The strength of their reaction and panic suggests that might be the case here. The same people will have serious trouble finding their car in a busy parking lot, and will go up and down every aisle in the supermarket even if they don't need much so they don't literally get lost. A lot of autistic people struggle with this.
As do I, especially so when it out of the cities because I've found that the main maps programs can get a little dicey in rural areas if you're going to rely on gps to do all your navigation.
Same. I usually look up the route on google maps at home, memorize the key points and general directions, and then I just drive there.
Once I've driven somewhere I usually find my way there again easily and without looking anything up.
I guess the trick is to play a lot of videogames for improved spatial awareness, as well as not relying on GPS and just following its directions "in the moment".
If you just follow the directions your GPS gives you "right now" without having a general understanding of your entire route, I can see how you wouldn't be able to re-trace it from memory later.
I'm in Scotland and with my (now Ex-)wife we went on holiday to England involving a long drive south. This was pre-satnav days, about 20 years ago. Because we were going south she had to turn the Atlas upside down so the road and the turns we had to take were the same side as the turns on the road. It blew my mind.
many adults no longer have the ability to read a map or follow simple driving directions to a new place
they never were. reading a map is apparently something you have to practice, and lots of people don't. they just follow GPS up a logging road.
counterpoint: if i'm asking for where you are, i want an address or cross streets. don't tell me step by step, i'll ask you if your address varies based on starting point
My city is a literal grid so I give out directions like "I'm at the Walmart on the southeast corner of thisroad/thatroad" and the amount of replies I get asking "yeah but what's the actual address" infuriate me. Not to mention, the fact that our city is a perfect grid, and you still don't know your cardinal directions... It's pretty sad.
Google the crossroads, and orient yourself.
m2cwf · 3 points · Posted at 23:26:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Related to navigation, I realized while teaching my kids to drive that they didn't know how to navigate around even our own part of the city where we live. Street names, how to get to places like choir practice where they went every week, etc. Turns out that while I knew my way around at 16 because I had spent my childhood looking out the window while my parents drove, my kids spent their childhood looking down at their DS or phone, virtually never paying attention to where we were going. Because of this they do depend much more than their dad and I do on Maps or Waze if it's not someplace they're sure they know well.
My husband has a terrible sense of direction. We were driving on the interstate and passed a Ghirardelli Chocolate outlet on the frontage road on the other side of the highway. He lamented not being able to stop because we didn’t know how to get there. I had him get off at the next exit, turn left over the highway and then left onto the frontage road. Less than five minutes and literally just two turns.
lol. I knew someone that in that situation would go down two exits, get back on the highway coming back, then get off on the exit they'd already passed.
I got in big trouble with my wife when I realized that not everyone has an innate sense of direction or the ability to create maps in their heads. Deciding to teach a grown, successful woman how to read a map as her husband? Not recommended, not recommended at all.
Directions are impossible for me though. Just tell me the address, I'll look at it once on google maps and be able to get there. Tell me left and right directions and I'll be lost after the first turn.
I was driving with a friend on a road trip. It was time to switch drivers so I got off at the exit, made a left turn at the light then pulled into the gas station on the right. She asked me to type in the address of our destination on her phone, so I said I would and that she could go ahead and get back on the highway (we still had a few hours to go). But she literally couldn’t get to the highway without her phone. WE COULD SEE THE RAMP. My favorite part was when she got on the ramp and didn’t know to merge until her phone told her to...
Dang! I’m terrible with directions and what not and I’ll admit it, but even I know my daily routes enough not to need a GPS for them... When I was in college, I was going to a different campus for a semester and my class had a field trip and I purposely made it a point not to use a gps the entire semester but instead look up the directions ahead of time and use road signs to get to my destination. That really helped me get a sense of my area and learn what roads are East and which as West of me and what not...
My then-gf got lost two towns over from where she lived while trying to drive to a place roughly two blocks from her house.
To be fair, she actually has a mental disorder that makes physical orientation and spatial awareness nearly impossible even with tremendous effort. Most other people don't have that excuse, and I've seen people almost as bad as her who just never gave a fuck that their wilful ignorance could realistically kill them someday.
Many of my friends can’t even read or follow gps or google maps. The funny thing is that three of them think they’re good at giving directions and tell you the most childish and disorienting things like “go down the avenue and turn right in the tall tree, then go past the small green house and you’ll see my house”. The distance between the green house and the tree (There are tons of tall trees on the streets and avenues) is around 500 meters
I haven't used mapquest in forever but they used to do really good landmark directions if you wanted them. So instead of just a street name you could get "turn right at the Dairy Queen." It was impressively accurate, especially for the time.
I've only recently heard those types of directions out of Google maps. Sometimes it'll just say "turn right" because you're turning into a lot instead of onto a street, and sometimes it'll say "turn right past the 7/11"
Lol one of my coworkers has a similar story to this. So coworker 1 is driving to work one day and pulls up next to coworker 2 at a light about a mile or two from work. They wave at each other. Coworker 1 arrives at work and 15 minutes later, coworker 2 gets there. Coworker 1 jokingly asks coworker 2 if he got lost or something, and coworker 2 says he misheard a direction from his gps and got all turned around. So coworker 1 asked some follow up questions and learned that coworker 2 does not know how to get to work despite working at this place for 6 months, and that he pretty much has to use his phone to get anywhere... This guy was not the smartest, still confused as to how he got a four year degree in engineering.
I really don't understand why people use those for something as simple as going to work!. When we moved the first thing I did was drive every single back road home and figure out how all the roads connect together. That way if I need to get home a different way due a road closure, I know how to do that.
This is true. I was telling a coworker the other day about having map reading class in grade school and she acted like I was nuts...no honey, I’m just older than you...
I don't know if you'd call it meeting, technically. I bumped into the guy once but he was staring at a painting and crying and didn't seem to realize there was anyone else in the building.
I’m one of those “old” people who will go on mapquest and print out directions and a street-map of my destination when I’m going somewhere I’ve never been. My mom taught me how to use a map back in the early 90’s when I was a preteen, so I could be her “navigator” when we took road trips. It’s such a valuable skill, and it’s sad people are so reliant on phones/GPS now.
Big rig drivers getting stuck on dead-ends, narrow roads, low bridges, etc.
When I first went to trucking school, they taught us how to use an atlas. When I got in my first truck, the driver trainer had me use the atlas to find the best route before I was allowed to check on the, then, crude GPS. This does not happen with all truck drivers.
Many big rig drivers will even attempt to use Google for directions even though their vehicle is 8' taller, 40' longer, and 70k pounds heavier than the vehicles Google was designed for directing.
Had this with a friend who couldn't figure out which way was north on Vermont (a very central street in Los Angeles) despite said friend literally growing up for 25 years in Koreatown which Vermont is basically the eastern border of. This area is a straight up N/S/E/W grid in all directions for miles. I was just staring at them like ..... uh. How do you live.
This was before turn-by-turn GPS instructions btw.
25 years of living in that location and having looked at a map maybe once or twice?
Living in LA you know which way the beach is (the far west side, obviously). You know which way downtown is (it's on the far east side). So if you're heading toward downtown, north is left. If you're heading toward the beach, north is right. It's honestly really fuckin' easy.
this is me but i evntually just learn the way home through muscle memory and memorising the landmarks i evnetually just stop using gps after a month or two. being a construction worker i get to work in many parts of my big city so eventually i wont need a gps to get anywhere.
Oh no, I feel really called out right now hahaha. My partner will often stop our walks in our neighborhood and ask me which way our house is, and I literally never know. I get so in my head that I forget to pay attention to my turns in pretty much every situation. I would be truly lost without GPS
This is crazy, like it sounds like the person might have a brain injury. Fucking rodents will learn a maze of you put cheese at one end enough times. The idea that a cognitively intact human couldn’t find their house from their job is not believable.
It's a learning disability and it's more common than you would expect. I didn't realize how bad my sense of direction was until I had a middle school assignment to draw a map of our school from memory. I didn't even know where to start and was amazed that no one else found any difficulty. Mind you, that was a few decades before GPS was a thing that was easily accessible so I can't say it's because I relied on that too much.
I've learned ways to deal with it - no I don't get lost on my way to work - but it's still a real problem at times. I get lost in Target every damn time I go. I can get there. I just can't remember how to get back to the registers while I'm in the store. I generally figure it out by following the walls. Then I forget if I turn left or right out of the parking lot to get home. If I turn the wrong way, I realize it pretty quickly and turn around at the next intersection.
But even for you who knows they have a learning disability, and have had a problem like this for most of your life, you don’t get lost driving home from work.
Granted I have a pretty good sense of direction, but when I drive to somewhere I’ve been a lot of times, it’s not even conscious. I just get in the car and go there. I think most people can relate to zoning out while driving and ending up home and can barely even remember the drive. I don’t see how someone could drive to and from work everyday without it just becoming automatic.
I'm another one who's horrible with this. Smart phones and navigation weren't a thing for the first 5 years or so I was driving and it made getting around a really frustrating, intimidating process. Even with maps and directions from Mapquest I would constantly get lost.
Being able to find something for the first time without a GPS or getting home on your own just by remembering how you got there seems like a super power to me.
I'm 40. Have never been able to follow a map. So thankful for GPS. I just have no sense of direction at all, and it isn't for lack of trying. My brain just won't do that the same way it won't do mental math.
My roommates girlfriend is over at our house at the time and still can't find it without gps... She will turn on her gps to get home from the gas station across the street.
My wife is kinda that way with directions, but I feel like it's less about not knowing directions and more about being oblivious while she drives. You could take her to the same place three different routes and she wouldn't notice. That's why I drive.
I moved to a new city for work a couple of years ago. About a week into the job I was still using GPS to get to and from work because honestly I had a lot more on my mind than trying to learn my way around town. One day my phone died on the way home and I didn't have a car charger so I literally had to drive around looking for a place that sold them so I could use the GPS to find my way home. It was so embarrassing...
Was on a date with a guy. He was driving, but I lived in the area and told him I could definitely direct us to where we were going. He still wanted to use the GPS as he felt “more comfortable” using it. We get to the place and end up overshooting it and he FLIPS OUT and is trying to reprogram the GPS while he’s driving. I was trying to ask him why we didn’t just do a u-turn the next time we were able as we’d just simply missed it and should easily have been able to circle back, but he was in a near panic. I was not impressed.
I left home to go to college that had a big proportion of locals. After a few months I knew my way around better than kids who went to k-12 just a few miles down the road.
I got a reputation as someone you could call when you were really lost. But it’s also tough to GIVE directions when people have no idea what cardinal direction they’re going either.
For a while I rode a motorcycle without any provision for gps (now I have a ram mount to hold my phone). At the time, my commute was basically two different arterial streets, I took a right from the first onto the second. I got it down pat pretty soon, but soon after I started exploring an bought a bike routes map. Shows the major streets well enough for me. Took me a year, but for the most part I can navigate pretty well for about twenty miles around where I live and work.
I have a friend that would get lost almost everytime he came over to my place. It was at least the hundredth time he came over and he would call me from the subway to ask which way to go. I would say go east and you’ll see this street. 20 minutes later yes nowhere to be seen. I called him only to realized he had walked the wrong way.
I’ve lived with him for a year now, and he doesn’t venture too far because he has gotten lost at least twice the last month alone. Blows my mind. Especially that he has a smart phone but can’t read a map....
I hike a lot and my hiking group is carefully chosen now due to the amount of idiots who can’t read a topographical map. The other side is also not being about to remember basic directions of trails and recognize land marks.
I learn new driving routes the same way I learn new hiking trails. Check the map, figure out the route, note landmarks/important intersections and consult map regularly to stay on course. It’s really not hard.
I suck at reading maps but I’m good with spatial reasoning so I can find my way by analyzing my surroundings and see patterns in how the area is built. Obviously doesn’t work for all places or very new places but yeah
A lot could be going on with the first person, but it is theoretically possible that they have "map dyslexia", which I believe has a name but I'm too lazy to google it. I watched a show once about a woman who was a truck driver and kept getting lost and not making her deliveries on time. She had some sort of spatial issue. I think she had written reminders on how to get to the grocery store and stuff because her brain just couldn't do it.
holy shit. i’d say i’m pretty reliant on gps but i could definitely find my way around without it; especially home from my job. It’s not that hard to figure it out especially if you’ve lived in a place for a bit and there are road signs to read.
This is what happens when we outsource all of our thinking to smartphones. Finding your way around isn't difficult, it's just a skill we've divested ourselves of.
That means they probably have no idea how address numbers work, how one main road or RR tracks will divide addresses into N/S/SE/SW etc , and that for the most part streets run one direction and avenues the other.
My workplace has people showing up lost looking for other businesses all the time. I ask them for the address because I can at least get them close or tell them which side of the street it would be on. Most of the time they have no address, just the name of the place, but one guy didn't even the name of the place.
mnl11 · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister has to plug in directions to go anywhere every time she gets in the car. She lives in a different city now, but when she comes home, she acts like she's never driven here before, despite living here her whole life and she also will only trust a gps, not any directions I give even when they will save serious time. I give her such a hard time about it, but it's like she won't (not can't, but won't) make the mental effort to learn spacial relationships and direction. Even if we're 15 minutes down the road and heading back to our childhood home, she uses directions. She visits me at my apartment and will only go in and out one side of the complex, even if the direction she needs to go is the other side, because she "doesn't know how to get there." I've told her a couple dozen times it's to the end of the road and turn left. She's been with me in my car when I've gone out the other side... I just don't get how she can't take a simple "turn left here" and figure it out, or why she seems to forget directions if she hasn't been somewhere in the last week.
Map reading was something my mum drilled into my when I was about 6. I could get the A-Z road atlas and figure out where we were from one road sign on the motorway.
I do use a sat nav, but only for 2 things. Either "I'm going somewhere entirely new to me" or "this route is really unpredictable with traffic, if I have it running, I can dive off this road and have it find me another route".
I had something similar to the first story happen to me. I was commuting through Boston traffic and it was several months before I had a handle on the directions because waze would take me different ways every single day
Dude I have more than once missed my exit from the interstate to my house. I've lived here for more than 2 decades and use the interstate frequently. Aside from map reading ignorance, I just can't stay oriented in space.
He would even buy the idea "let's just go over there and see if it recalculates"?
I love maps - mild Aspergers - and my wife and I love finding GPS anomalies. (The Br. in Lincoln Br. stands for Bridge, not Branch like the GPS spoken instructions say. Sometimes it misses the switch from express to feeder lanes... etc.)
my girlfriend refuses to accept how stds work and believes they randomly appear out of nowhere and even when i tell her they spread from person to person, she says, "that's not possible, where did the first person get it" so i explain it, in detail, and she just goes, you're only making me feel stupid, you always do this and then doesn't talk to me for ages.
TL;DR my gf refuses to accept scientific fact about stds and then blames me for making her feel stupid
i explained it to her using that analogy once and she just said "but where do they come from, clearly they must just crop up all the time" she isn't stupid, she's just ignorant about this
Hate to break it to you, but she's stupid. Ignorant is lacking knowledge. Stupid is having the knowledge, having it explained and still not understanding an important thing that affects your life. PLUS not recognizing that fact and not taking steps to fix that lack of understanding.
No matter how visually good looking someone might be, that level of stupid completely ruins it for me. Maybe some sex here and there but a relationship? It’s ok not to always understand everything, but I can’t respect someone who isn’t even trying to grasp concepts and can’t admit that you know, scientists and doctors are smarter than they are. And I can’t love someone I don’t respect.
Ignorant is worse than being stupid. Much, much worse. It is a conscious and willful effort to deny the truth and she is using "hurt feelings" as a weapon to shut you up and everyone else that doesn't agree. I had an ex that used to do this crap to me too. Fucking run away dude, it's not worth it.
Would be a dealbreaker for me. Maybe, maybe a certain amount of willful ignorance is something you could find a way to work around in a relationship. But her ignorance here affects your health.
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 01:52:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get a new girl. That whole personality trait of "You just make me feel stupid" is going to enlighten you to a whole new level of stupid sooner than later. Someone really left them in the dust raising her.
It took me awhile to realize this when I was dating, but there are people who are naturally curious and excited to learn the things they don't know, and there are people who are insecure about their ignorance and they take any attempt to educate as a slight against them. I heard the exact phrase "you're making me feel stupid, you always do this" a few too many times before I figured it out.
There better be some major positive reasons why there's not an "ex-" in front of the word "girlfriend". Does her family print free, legal money? Does she piss heroin and shit cocaine? You better hope if she's that wild in the sack that she'd know how a goddamned STD works.
I dated a woman for like 3 weeks, she said she didn't believe in evolution. I tried explaining it but she refused to understand the pretty basic idea of biological things changing over time. I immediately stopped dating her. She was too stupid. That's a liability I didn't want to deal with. Found a much smarter person and we've been together 6 years now.
Evolutionary biology is my favorite part of the field. I couldn’t do it. I still can’t accept that my grandma won’t believe it, let alone someone I intend to spend at least a good deal of my life with.
That's awesome your job involves science. I'm envious. I'm just a person with average critical thinking skills and evolution made sense to me when I was a child. It was pretty apparent. Oh my body is changing as time passes. Oh even though I came from my parents I'm not a clone of one of them. Oh there are many different types of the same creatures I bet they came from a similar ancestor.
We took her kids to the science museum and I brought up dinosaurs and she didn't believe they existed either despite fossil evidence literally in front of her face. I was like yeah this isn't going to work. Please don't homeschool your kids. Bye!
I’m planning on becoming a vet, so my end career isn’t quite so heavily involved with evolution, but it’s also cool to see the small changes between breeds or the genetics at work in a litter of kittens. It also comes up a lot more than I first expected when you’re working with things like behavior.
The science museum thing is a big ole yikes from me. No one goes to a zoo saying giraffes aren’t real, so why would a museum be different?? It’s nice that those kids were at least exposed to it I guess? Let’s just hope they turn out more inquisitive than she did lol
So she literally could see with her eyes the physical evidence and believed that the centuries of scientific biological, geological, and archaeological research, and the PHYSICAL BUILDING SHE WAS STANDING IN was all dedicated to an elaborate fantasy?
Does.. does she know what STDs stand for? Sexually Transmitted Disease. It’s in the name.
xahnel · 17 points · Posted at 03:59:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... Dude, get tested, then seriously consider dumping her. Someone who accuses you of telling her things just to make her feel stupid is going to do stupid things and then blame you.
I have a feeling she might be cheating on you. She is telling you this now because when (if she hasn't already) gets an STD she will just say it was by random.
Are you asking where did the original diseases come from? The same as with any other communicable disease; a random mutation and the process of evolution.
Consider every malformed calf, and every lamb with two heads. The same random process happens at the micro-scale to viruses and bacteria to change them. Most of these changes are harmful and the organism dies. If germs are successful at replicating and they survive then they can infect others. If they are harmful then a brand new disease (for example Covid 19) is born.
Bro uhhh. Well. Fuck how do I say this with tact. You should rethink your relationship possibly? This doesn't sound... healthy. But eh I could be wrong and there might be something in it that you personally see rewarding in it.
This is just a guess, but have you considered she's lying to avoid a less obvious but potentially worse truth? Because if you don't have STD's and she does and they are just "randomly appearing out of nowhere" maybe "nowhere" is a person?
Exactly but I should thank her- after that mess I moved back to my home state and met my current boyfriend who is the best- way better than that blank.
I went to get plates for my car and didn't have my debit card and told the guy, "it's been a while... How do I write a check again?" he laughed and was really nice about it. He told me "atleast you can actually sign your name in cursive"
Thanks guy who gave me my plates
bbynug · 12 points · Posted at 07:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The check thing isn’t really that bad seeing as checks are hardly used in most western countries anymore. I still have the same checkbook I got for free when I opened my bank account...15 years ago.
The dishwasher thing is weird though. It’s so intuitive I’d really question the intelligence of a grown adult who couldn’t figure it out.
Old-T · 3 points · Posted at 08:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't had a checkbook since early -90... (Swede)
Most places now you'll never actually need to use a check.
tsunx4 · 6 points · Posted at 12:49:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 29 and I have no clue how to write a check or rather cheque. We don't do this shit here in UK, takes too long to process. No clue how to use dishwasher either, never had one in my life. Always trying to wash my plate right after food. But I do know how to keep my dick in my pants. Probably because my face doesn't give me any other option.
Lol, I'm 38 and I have no idea how to write a check (I had to have that joke about Dude in "Big Lebowski" writing a check explained to me), or how a dishwasher works. I even lived in the US for a year when I was a kid and still never used a dishwasher, I don't think our house owner had one installed even.
I didn't know how to write a check until I was in my early twenties XD it's not something you learn by default in school. It doesnt really become relevant until you have a checking account with money going in. Even now, pushing 30 it takes a second for me to remember how to do basic book-keeping because everything is digital.
Some skills just don't get to you until it becomes relevant. And before any one says 'your parents should have taught you' - they taught me things as it came along in my life and I never suffered from it.
For how long did dishwashers and checks overlap? Dishwashers weren't universal when I was a kid (1980s) and I'm too young to have written a check.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my first dishwasher when I was 36 years old. Out of habit, I still washed the plates by hand with my wife at the time. It took a while for me to become comfortable using it but my wife would complain I didn’t pack it properly
I blame the dishwasher for our divorce 15 years later
I learned how to write a check in third grade, then never learned again. Why did they think third grade would be the perfect time to learn how to write a check???
Are checks still a thing in the US? Where I live (Europe) checks haven’t been around since 2000, you pay cash of with a debet/credit card. Or via app nowadays.
[deleted] · 233 points · Posted at 22:06:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my motorbike CBT the other day (like a beginner level bike test we have in the UK to ride 125cc) and the 40 year old guy didn't know that we drive on the left side of the road. He's english and lived here is whole life, his excuse was 'i dont drive'. You are beyond fucking stupid if you've lived that long in your home country to not know what side of the road cars drive on. My 8 year old brother could tell you.
Apart from the obvious 'how did he not notice?' reaction, I'm going to need to know what he thought was going on on the road? Vehicles just weave wherever? Drive in the middle? What??
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 10:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly Id never crossed such stupidity. He said he'd ridden before too. Within the first 20 minutes he managed to yank the throttle and crash into the grass verge in the car park. He was then told he had to ride a scooter instead of a bike. When we got onto the road he didnt understand the concept of roundabouts and never indicated the right way. He was also nervous and whenever he made a mistake road onto the pavement to stop instead of just pulling over! Oh it was hilarious, had to feel bad for the instructor who was so bloody patient it was unreal.
xminh · 17 points · Posted at 08:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially if you have to look out for traffic when crossing the road- you have to know which way the cars are coming from. Also catching a bus, if they have a bus system, or taxis. How did this guy get around???
Before the shutdown happened, I was working in a bar. We had this kid who got hired as a barback and he apparently just couldn't keep up. It was a pretty busy place, especially on the weekends, and barbacks had to be on top of shit constantly. After about three weeks, management decides he isn't gonna cut it as a barback and pushes him into the kitchen with me. I was glad to have help because we always had issues with keeping cooks on for some reason.
Holy shit. This kid could not do anything. He lacked basic common sense for practically everything. We started him on fry station but he would fuck up the most basic of tasks; he didn't even know how to make fries. I told him how to do our catfish (3 planks tossed in corn mill and flour), he tossed the first two but then dropped the third in completely bare. I asked him why he did that and he had no answer. Then we tried putting him on grill - he couldn't make toast or toast buns; he would always burn them! Last we tried having him run center and call out tickets but it seemed like he could barely read. There were multiple times I had to kick him out of the kitchen because he was so slow or just completely zone out.
One of the servers was his cousin and she told me that both his dad and brother had to fire him from separate jobs because he wouldn't do his shit or wouldn't show up. Then of course one night, he was still out back after he clocked out and was talking to someone at length about doing mushrooms and acid; guess we know why he can't hold down a job.
Told him to do something one night while I ran to the restroom; came back and he was gone. Good riddance. Brandon, if you're reading this, I hate your guts.
This sounds like I cook I once had.. kid lost his engagement ring in the fryer and tried to deep fry his hand to retrieve it (this was after dropping a knife in the fryer on a previous shift and having to be told not to stick your hand in the fryer), zoned out on the line constantly, had the same exact breading scenario you described only with chicken, dumped a whole pan of bbq on the floor because he didn't realize he'd need a hot glove to grab the pan out of the steamer which was, ya know, steaming hot.. I wish I could remember more but boy this kid would've been a trip if he wasn't such a liability. Tried him on every position, including dishwashing which he was even worse at if at all possible. The last straw was when he came in whacked out of his mind and then tried to sell me, his boss, kratum (?), which is apparently a legal version of heroin essentially - turns out, that was the "tea" he'd been bringing from home to drink during his shift and didn't understand why we'd have a problem with that. 🤦♀️
How did he get engaged lol? Yeah, burnouts are always interesting. Sometimes you get the ones that will eventually get it through repetition, other times you get Syd Barrett and they're so far past the point of return that it's a miracle they can stand up straight.
Dude I asked myself that so many times and could never figure it out except that maybe she was more burnt out than he was haha. And yes, exactly lol. I often found myself wondering how people like that had managed to get through life that far.
Thank you for the point of clarification. That was how he described it to me, which is why I added the "apparently" since I knew it probably was not the most accurate description. I did look it up at the time, but it's been years and I've had no other point of reference for it, thus that phrasing stuck.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 20:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like he might have ADHD. Adults with ADHD can really struggle like that at work. If he doesn't have good support in his life and running with a bad crowd on top of it, that really sucks.
I have no problem dealing with people who have any kind of disability. However, I feel it needs to be openly stated. If I ask someone why they're struggling or what the problem is and their only response is to shrug and say "I don't know man", then I assume it's more that they just don't care.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that. To be fair though, if you weren't diagnosed as a kid, it's hard (especially for someone like him probably) to figure out that that's what's going on. You just feel stupid and incompetent and you don't know why. That doesn't excuse bad behavior, but it may help explain it.
Had to train a guy like this in an office setting once. Took my boss a month to agree to fire him. In the meantime, I had to train him on the same things over and over again. I'd ask him to come get me when he finished a project, come back an hour later wondering what's taking him so long, and he'd be done and just sitting there on Facebook. In his exit interview, he told my boss it was a learning disability issue. 🤷♀️
In my honors dorm at Purdue there was a Computer Science major named Jeffrey. He was well known because his parents would stop by every week to pick up his laundry and bring him a case of Fiji water with expensive groceries. His dad was a doctor. We commented on Jeffrey's long gross toenails and how he needs to cut them. He told us they are long because his mom hasn't visited in weeks and she was the one who cut them. His mother cut her 19 year old sons toenails. Disgusting. We had to give him a lesson on it.
toruin · 78 points · Posted at 03:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thought you were going to say his mom never taught him so he just lets them grow out indefinitely..... how naive i was. that is so, so much worse.
I was hoping it would end with mom taking old Jeff for a pedicure or something. Nope, the second worst ending imaginable. Worst being, biting the nails off
toruin · 4 points · Posted at 10:20:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This cannot be legit. I refuse to believe it! But also please tell me more about Jeffery. How can you be a computer science major but not be able to research how to do your own laundry?
When I was in college, my roommates and I were talking about pedicures and whatnot. This is when I realized my dear friend doesn't cut her toenails. She just let them break off.
Yup, break off. I don't understand how they weren't all scraggly and stabby. I mean, I get it, toes are weird, but really?!
What was even more mind-boggling to me was that she participated in a sport/activity that required specialized, well-fitting footwear. Having long-ass toenails wouldn't be a good thing.
I have really soft nails on all toes except my big and pinky(and the pinky nail is very strangely shaped, almost like a molar tooth for one, the other sort of half-molar half super-thick normal nail), after a shower I can literally just one-swipe-saw into a corner and peel it off with my fingernails. I don't anymore, but it was oddly satisfying to do until I began imagining tearing an entire one off or possibly detaching one if they suddenly regained hardness.
Sometimes it would leave a thin layer of nail behind and I think that's what really stopped me, was afraid I'd delaminate too much and feel like a papercut.
Believe me, I didn't understand that then, I still don't understand that now. I told my BF and his mind was boggled and said he couldn't look at my friend the same way now.
Okay honestly I tend to forget to cut my toenails every now and then, and I'll cut them if they start to bother me. I always wear socks so nobody else has to know about my mediocre self hygene. One time though I was just walking around the house in my socks and I could kinda feel something poking my big toe right around where the nail is. I took off the sock and the nail just broke off perfectly as if I had cut it. I haven't let my toenails grow out long enough to see if it was in any way consistent, but idk man.
Also I'm a guy and my toes are really weird looking so maybe it has something to do with that
That makes sense though. When nails are looking long or when shoes are fitting a bit tight or when you snag holes in socks - time to clip those clickity clacks.
I remember my friend said she hates feet. I get that. She was also a figure skater and those skates fit very very snug. Also, she had to wear thick skating tights which I'm now certain are made of adamantium or Kevlar if they could be THAT cut resistant to sharp toenails.
But this is literally my brother. Because clipping his own toe and fingernails “grosses him out too much to the point where he can’t do it himself”
I don’t even know.
honestly, he fits right in this thread for some basic living skills lol
But we have collectively been teaching him everything and making sure my mom knows he needs real life skills.
I'm now proud (lowering bar, I know) that my 7yo can cut his nails and toenails. He needs to be reminded to do it, but he'll cut them just fine. Jeffrey averted. I'm glad to hear you taught him!
One of my friends is cutting and cleaning her boyfriends toenails, apparently because "he can't reach them". He is guy in his mid-twenties who works out a lot, so not that he would be too big to bend over his belly or something.
Am I just a lazy mom? There is no way I would be willing to do this for my kids. Literally the point of parenting is to teach your child these things and teach them how to take care of themselves. I absolutely hope that my husband and I can afford to help our kids out when they’re in college but this goes beyond helping and it’s...it’s just gross to me. Also, I can’t even remember when my mom clipped my toenails because I was so young when she taught me how to do that for myself.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao I hate this school. I don't understand how so many gross people go to Purdue.
Worked in a restaurant with a revolving door of employees. Apparently, once when two of them were asked to sweep the dining room, one of them swept and the other held the dustpan. And yes, we had multiple brooms and dustpans.
Oh and in college, some people would put tide pods in the detergent tray of the washing machines and/or put the dryer sheet in the lint tray of the dryers.
feaTLG · 17 points · Posted at 09:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a restaurant where a busboy was cleaning off tables. He was young and apparently didnt understand that you can't wipe off the table, drop the cloth on the floor to wipe up a spill by moving the cloth around the floor with the bottom of his shoe....and....pick the dirty cloth up and rewipe the table. He was energetic about the job, I'm sure he'd be a great employee, but obviously needed training. I immediately let the manager know, nicely, what the kid had done. Though his eyes would pop out of his head as the color drained from his face.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 15:34:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well to be fair about the tide pod one, they do make dishwasher detergent pods that you are meant to stick in the detergent tray. I would have done the same thing, honestly, having always used those in my dishwasher.
I’ve never used a pod or had a washer with a tray? Is there supposed to be another tray for a pod or do you just put it in the main barrel of the washer?
The pod goes in the main barrel of the washer; the water and pressure from it helps the pod erupt and dissolve. If it’s put in the detergent (or bleach) tray, the contents of the pod empties but the wrapping of it remains in the tray and doesn’t dissolve.
Some washers have a tray that you pull out and you put your liquid detergent and fabric softener in it. Tide pods get thrown in the drum with the clothing.
The washing machine/dryer thing was me lol. We had no washing machines or dryers in my country. When I first moved to the US, I had to ask people to teach me how to use them. Took me awhile to grasp the concepts of where to put what, especially when they changed our washer styles in my apartment building.
Ok, what? Dryer sheets in the lent tray?! Also I can’t say much about the tide pod because I’m not entirely sure we have a detergent tray (we might have one but I guess I haven’t looked hard enough for it or something) but I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to just throw the tide pod into the drum
He was in culinary school. When tasked with “egg day” where they just cook eggs multiple times in multiple styles to get the basis of the techniques involved; he had gently plopped an egg (shell and all) into a buttered pan. His reasoning was that the heat of the pan will melt away the shell.
My sister had to avoid being stab 1000 time during culinary school because those dumb ass just walked everywhere with their knife pointing directly at belly level. Culinary school is a shit show.
I can honestly relate to that haha. I’ve had hot oil splashed on parts of me due to careless classmates. The only upside I have is that I don’t have to spend too much money on hair removal as those limbs are hairless now.
< gently plopped an egg (shell and all) into a buttered pan
I just about crap myself just now! I went to the CIA and I never saw anything as funny as this. How has one never seen an egg cracked open before, at the very least they show this in cartoons
Haha where I’m at people are still very traditional in regards to culture (very patriarchal society) so for his whole life his mother would do everything. He just assumed it was done that way.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't want a bunch of melted shell in my egg! Lol
I dated a guy that would put conditioner first and then shampoo his hair. When I pointed out that it was the other way around he got really grumpy and said “how is one supposed to know that?”. I point to the instructions on the labels in the back. We never spoke about it again but his hair got softer.
Fun fact: using conditioner first is an actual thing. Just search for "conditioner before shampoo" and you'll find tons of articles taking about the supposed benefits.
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 09:53:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy that knew to use conditioner is already better than most.
"Suave does what theirs does, for a lot less." I find Suave's 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner to be a very good shampoo. (I'm currently working my way through a bottle of VO5's "body wash/shampoo" and won't buy it again - it leaves my hair still a little greasy.)
Eh, I guess I phrased that terribly. I meant that in the sense of "why spend more money just to get a bit softer hair?". Most peoples hair is alright without conditioner.
Maybe I just have low standards for "hair care needs" but I'm perfectly happy when mine (or anyone elses) hair is just clean.
It depends on your hair type, but it's a two part process because shampoo will remove oil and build-up from your scalp (you're supposed to only shampoo your actual head) and then conditioner helps to add back good oils to hair which makes it healthier and more manageable. It's more important if your hair is longer or textured and it may be harder for natural oils to reach the ends of hair.
Old-T · 14 points · Posted at 08:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a commercial running in Sweden where the New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist explains to all new stars-to-be how to become a star in hockey....
"It's first schampoo, THEN conditioner!"
If there's anyone handsome enough to pull off a shampoo commercial, it's Lundqvist.
Old-T · 3 points · Posted at 13:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and he's been doing it for many years.
There's another commercial where a hockey girl recognizes him and ask her friend "Did you see who that was?" and he answers "Yeah, the shampoo guy" :-)
When I was 14 or so I thought shampoo and conditioner are the same. I once showered with conditioner only, for days (because the normal shampoo smelled so bad) before my mom pointed it out
The odd thing here is that if you have curly hair, this can actually be better for your hair if you have the right conditioner. It’s called co-washing and it works!
There’s a whole sub devoted to the Curly Girl Method - r/curlyhair - it might well change your life! I don’t stick to it entirely and have developed my own routine which works for me and for my hair, but it’s definitely worth reading.
I did that when I was a kid, too! My mom complained about my hair being greasy, but I had literally never been told that conditioner existed. To me there were just a lot of bottles of shampoo in the shower.
Actually, depending on your hair type, conditioning prior to washing can be better for your hair. I know a lot of people with curly hair who use conditioner first, and after trying it myself, I’ll never go back to using shampoo first.
How could he not know this as a dude.... I mean we all had the moments forgetting to bring the phone when you need some reading time in there... The amounts of time and occasions spent reading the backs of toothpaste, soaps and schampobottles in lack of better reading...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i thought it was shampoo one day, conditioner the next. over shampooing and conditioning is also bad, so says my hair stylist
I do this. I’m not stupid, I know the typical order. But I get my hair highlighted, so the shampoo strips & damages it more easily. Conditioner on the mid-ends first, protects the hair while I focus shampoo on my roots. Rinse together.
This is one of those things where the way you’re “supposed” to do it isn’t necessarily the most logical way, for the situation.
Like putting a pill in your mouth, then drinking water.
Its far more logical to have water in your mouth, slip the pill in, and swallow. Why risk tasting the pill?
Welllll assuming he has short hair, sure but as someone who has long hair, I condition first. It lets the ends soak up the moisturizing effects while I scrub my scalp. In addition, lots of conditioners have silicone and shampoos clean that off. If you want your hair to breathe better, shampooing last is better. It all depends on the ingredients of your shampoo and conditioner.
I asked my husband to make some herbal tea for me the first year we were married. I walked into the kitchen to find him standing over the stove with a mug of water sitting directly on the burner. Poor baby.
🎙️ arual_x · 139 points · Posted at 23:26:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can beat this. I asked my current husband to make me a coffee. 25 mins later the fire alarm was going off. He tried to multitask and make toast at the same time.
I see your toast and raise you this kitchen adventure...I walked in on my husband shoving a FORK into the still plugged in toaster trying to get his toast out. BOOM.
My entire life nobody told me that it was bad to put metal forks or knives into the toaster to retrieve your food. I did it from a young age through college and nothing bad ever happened luckily. Now I have one of those toaster ovens instead of a pop-up toaster.
To be fair, toast on its own is an ordeal if you have ADHD.
You have to stand there just long enough to either get lost in your head, or wander off and do something else. If it took longer, you could plan other activities around it. If it didn't take so long, you could keep your attention on it. But no, it has to be a dick.
And trying to combine that with tea/coffee/eggs/etc is just asking for trouble.
(I'm not suggesting that your husband has it, just that I feel his pain :D)
But it completely and totally solves the problem you have making toast. Also, I'm really not sure what you're talking about with "pain to clean". A toaster requires no regular cleaning, other than opening the crumb tray in the bottom over the trash can and shaking it, like... once a year.
My housemates have an ex roomie that put the carafe for an electric kettle on the stove. Your husband's method at least didn't end with plastic melted into your cooktop. Unless it was a plastic mug or something.
I mean i did this too trying to make hot chocolate but i was a young kid and also forgot i left he burner on so the bottom of the cup was completely detached from the rest of it
My mum asked my dad (30 years old at the time) to go make some baby formula in the night when they'd had my older sister. He returned after an hour and asked how to turn on the burner..
I think mum threw things at him.. 😅
I know someone who did that but instead of a mug of water for tea, it was a glass of butter for popcorn. It exploded, then caught on fire. I am shocked he didn’t get hurt
This is still better than Americans microwaving water for tea
Mysid · 2 points · Posted at 11:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Why? Microwaving a mug of water gets it to the right temp quickly and easily. Electric kettles are very rare here as we aren’t a big tea drinking culture, so we have less demand for them. (I’d never even heard of one until a friend from Ireland visited me.) Also, I’ve been told it takes longer to heat water in electric kettles in the USA than the UK due to differences in household current, but not sure if it’s true.
As someone in IT, we get a lot of this. I don't know what it is about machines, but when a perfectly intelligent but non IT person is in front of one, their brains just seem to turn off.
"I tried to close the window and it's asking me if I'm sure if I want to close it! What do I do?"
or
"I have this green cable and have plugged it into the blue port. Why isn't it working?"
and finally.
"The laptop doesn't work anymore! It's just blank, no matter what buttons I push." A minute later of me fiddling with the machine and 'fixing' it. "Wait, there's a power button?"
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 20:26:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A little while ago I was wondering why my laptop wouldn't turn on even though the light around the button was glowing. I thought it was broken then I realized the brightness was on 0. That poor thing got turned on and off forcibly a few times before I realized... Lol
In third semester of SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, and quite a few in my class didn't know Ctrl+C, Ctrl,+V, Ctrl+F and a lot of other very basic computer stuff. Blew my mind. Half a semester of online classes, assignments and exams later, everyone knows this shit now 😂
I became the go-to computer person in one of my classes when I told my professor to do Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen a tab she accidentally closed. She thanked me at the end for helping with the lecture, but that was literally all I did.
I once had an excel class for my accounts qualification. I walked in, thinking it would be easy, but it turns out I'd overestimated the difficulty - it was so straightforward that I did the modules coursework in 90 minutes (it was a 30 hour module).
I thought "well, if I'm finding it easy, everyone else must be". Look around to find that literally everyone else was struggling with excel's autosum. One of the guys had 20 years work experience in accounts and was only doing it for a qualification. Even he started struggling when they hit vlookup.
I spent the next 90 minutes helping everyone (basically acting as a second tutor). At the end of the class the tutor just told me not to waste my time coming and to just turn up for the exam. I did and got 100% in it.
To be fair, the gulf between autosum and vlookup is pretty vast for the average person who doesn't spend a portion of every workday in Excel. There are some seriously basic parts of Excel that benefit from having some understanding of programming concepts.
Yeah, but these were people learning accounts, in an excel class, with examples, not just a random person plucked from the streets. If you’re going into accounts, you’re going to need excel. If you say you can’t do pivots, I wouldn’t say anything, but 20 years and not learning vlookup is pretty odd.
And to be clear - all but 2 of us needed half an hour or more to use autosum.
I and a few of my friends in high school got suspended for a week (supposedly they were at one point considering legal action) because we ‘hacked’ the school network. The network’s web filter would ask you for an admin password to get into any restricted site. one day my friend asked for the teacher to put in the password so he can write his paper. They do so and leave the room. He clicks “save password” on chrome. I tell him how to look at his saved passwords. Fast forward two weeks and some kid I don’t even know was looking at porn on one of the monitored computers.
I adore shortcuts and keyboard shortcuts. Dunno what it would translate to in Windows as I use a Mac (and you may well know these already), but:
hold down fn while backspacing > deletes text on the right side of the text selection (it's not the mouse cursor but the thing that flashes to show where you'll input text)
hold down alt/option while backspacing > deletes a whole word at a time
(alt/option + fn while backspacing stacks the above two, by the way)
command + arrow keys will (depending on the program you're using) allow you to jump to the start of a line, paragraph, etc. - option + arrow keys jumps word-by-word
holding down alt/option in most modern IDEs allows you to select text vertically with the mouse cursor
I probably use others but they're automatic so I forget a lot of what they actually are...
It used to be a right-click option in Chrome until they took it out a few versions ago.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:56:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
3 dots on chrome or whatever is on the very right of the search bar & extensions lists keyboard shortcuts, I'm surprised so many people don't know these things
r0ck0 · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more obscure, but I used to work at Lowe's, and one day the job application computer stopped working. Tech had recently told management that no one is allowed to reboot a computer and that we should call them if a computer stops working. Unfortunately, it can take hours or even days for tech to get there, and there were some people wanting to apply. Knowing that Lowe's computers run Linux, and that Ctrl+Alt+Backspace can restart part of the OS (without fully rebooting) I tried it. It worked, and for the rest of the day all of the other employees thought I was some kind of wizard. (By the next day, everyone had forgotten. I was incredibly overqualified for that job...)
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny bit of obscure knowledge to be impressive.
More than 59%. But, part of it as the other reply says, is knowing which answers to apply. I found I did better because I read fast, could skin the Google summaries to find the applicable poones… and without being racist - English was my native language so reading the titles and summaries I better understood the nuances of the search results.
Having said that, a lot of my immigrant co-workers are exceedingly smart. What's scary is that so many younger people have no interest in computers. My friend made a living managing computer and writing code. We were of the generation that was absolutely fascinated what these things could do. His kids didn't care, computers were simply a way to read and chat.
I mean...I'm a developer, I know enough keyboard shortcuts to do nearly anything on a PC (except games and programs that actually require a mouse), and I'm still googling problems on the reg.
vacri · 25 points · Posted at 00:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My team lead once interviewed a 'coder' who didn't know FizzBuzz. That's okay, not everyone has heard about it. Except... he couldn't understand what to do in FizzBuzz after an explanation.
I still don't understand how programming got this way. New programmers, I sort of get - its easy enough to follow a basic tutorial or even just edit some HTML and then blindly guess you're qualified to code.
But how are there people with a Bachelor's and multiple years in the industry who can't code FizzBuzz in any language? How are they so numerous that everyone has stories like this?
And then sometimes I start to wonder... are other fields like this too? Are there mechanics like this? Doctors?!
daemin · 21 points · Posted at 02:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught Software Engineering at a university over a dozen times, and Operating Systems about 8 times. Both were senior level course, so, at a minimum, people who took the course passed at least 4 sequential programming courses.
The Operating Systems course was basically about programming in C in a *NIX environment, for students brought up on Java.
The first assignment in Operating Systems was simple: write a C function which takes as its input a string, S, and a char, C, and return the count of the char C in the string S.
There was 1 student who:
Didn't know what a function or method was
Started to write his program to look for 'c' in the string, and didn't seem to understand, despite my explanations, that he was supposed to look for the character IN the variable c, or what a variable was
Later, why he had to use a while loop instead of a for loop when instead of knowing how many times to iterate, it had to iterate until a condition was true
There were other examples, but I've blotted them from my mind in the intervening years.
he was supposed to look for the character IN the variable c
Dear god. I'm happy to hear you use "taught" in past tense, I can only imagine what that did to your blood pressure and faith in mankind.
That's actually worse than most of the FizzBuzz stories I've heard. At least those people might just be frauds. But to think someone actually spent four semesters writing Java without learning the word "method" or mastering the basic concept of a variable...
I don't suppose you got a chance to ask any of the other CS professors about this remarkable student they'd somehow passed?
daemin · 3 points · Posted at 03:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I complained to the chair of the department quite strenuously about how this student how 1. he had no business in my class and 2. how we, as a university, had failed him since he clearly had no aptitude for programming, but we let him get through at least 2 years of a degree program he wasn't going to get have a successful career in (at the time, the university was under some hard scrutiny by the Department of Education because of our 4 year graduation rate was abysmal. Fun fact: Even if a student placed into pre-calc, the highest you could place on the placement exam, you could not complete a Comp Sci degree in 4 years without 1. taking 18 credits every semester and 2. broke some of the course sequencing rules). He managed to scrape by my class with a D largely by monopolizing my time during class asking for help.
And, yes, taught past tense. At the time, I worked for the university full time as a Director in an IT function and was teaching on the side (at the request and invitation of the Chair, who was my thesis advisor for my master's degree) for shits and giggles. I left in 2016 to take a job as a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant for a Fortune 10 company. Since that job involves traveling for a 1 week out of 8, on average, I couldn't teach because I would miss too many classes.
Fuck man, I'm an electrical engineering student who managed to code FizzBuzz in an interview despite my only real programming experience being a half semester of assembly my freshman year and most of a semester of C at the time of the interview. It's really not that hard if you are aware of what the modulus operator does. The manager in that interview mentioned he'd had people interviewing for senior positions who couldn't code it. I am absolutely baffled how someone could be that clueless after presumably years of compsci classes.
The best thing about interviewing candidates for programming jobs is that I will never, ever be offended by an easy interview question again. If I'm 50 with published books on programming languages and I get asked to do FizzBuzz, I will absolutely understand. Because somehow, even that very same question keeps working - not only are people with multi-year careers incapable of puzzling it out, they haven't managed to learn it off the internet or something!
(Honestly though, I'm not surprised you nailed it as an EE. If you've touched assembly you've presumably used loops and conditionals, and beyond that it's mostly just logic. And frankly, a baseline CS degree is generally a lot easier to get through than EE...)
If you've never had the joy of seeing what sort of answers other people give, you can have fun with the FizzBuzz from Outer Space. I've never seen one that bad, but I've seen people who didn't come any closer to a correct answer.
daemin · 12 points · Posted at 02:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll preface this by saying I taught Software Engineering on the side at a university as a side job 12 times over the course of about 4 years.
In 2016, I was interviewing for a work from home programming job for a small company that made medical billing software. At one point in the interview, they told me they had a coding test for me. They sent me a link to a share notepad style website, and then explained the task to me. It was FizzBuzz. I couldn't help exclaiming "... you want me to write a FizzBuzz program? Seriously?" And did it in about 30 seconds. The "lead" developer was on the call to evaluate me. I didn't get the job.
Personality-based hiring. Ugh. I mean, I get why people do this, but I can't stand when interviewers hone in on little interaction cues that have little to do with how well the candidate would get the job done. He said it was a work-from-home role, so it's not as though they're going to be bumping shoulders every day. The candidate completed the test in an impressive amount of time, clearly demonstrating that he delivers results. In a technical role that has no customer interaction it shouldn't matter whether a candidate demonstrates the best social skills.
That's my two cents, anyway. I have friends who are amazingly tech savvy who struggled to get into basic entry level roles because they didn't have social savvy.
Uhhh... I've never heard of FizzBuzz. But it sounds like a programming assignment from the first...month? Of my highschool AP Comp Sci class. Based off another comment.
Wait, you mean the exercise where you have it output "Fizz" for every multiple of 3, "Buzz" for every multiple of 5, and "FizzBuzz" for every multiple of both?
I'd say the only trap in this one is understanding the modulo operation. It doesn't really come up that often so I can see why people would forget about it and frankenstein some weird check for finding multiples.
It's been a long time since I've done anything in basic, on a Commodore Pet or TRS-80; I obviously don't recall the syntax.
I=1
F=1
B=1
DO WHILE (I<100)
IF F=3 THEN DO
? "Fizz";
F=0
END
IF B=5 DO
? "buzz";
B=0
END
IF NOT(F=0 or B=0)
? I;
? "/n"
I=I+1
F=F+1
B=B+1
END DO
?"All done!"
10 FOR X = 1 TO 100
20 IF X%3 = 0 AND X%5 = 0 THEN PRINT "FizzBuzz" ELSE IF X%3 = 0 THEN PRINT "Fizz" ELSE IF X%5 = 0 THEN PRINT "Buzz" ELSE PRINT X
30 NEXT X
Software user here - can confirm, he's too generous
tehifi · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, they don't need to know how computers or infrastructure work. That's my job. I can't do their job, they can't do mine, but nothing works without either of us. So that's nice.
In all fairness, comp sci is a fairly broad topic, and a lot of it can be theoretical, so it can sometimes just be pure math. I know you’re talking about programmers, but it’s just not software developers in the field.
I majored in it, and none of my classes got into the hardware aspect; it was either math or programming. It wasn’t until I decided to get certified in CompTIA A+ that I really began understanding how computers actually work.
bg-j38 · 13 points · Posted at 01:57:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My uncle was a fairly well known computer scientist. Was even the editor of Communications of the ACM for a number of years and had a full page obituary printed in it when he died. He worked on designing the Harvard Mark I with Aiken in the 1950s.
That's all to say that he hated using computers. He finally started using e-mail in the late 1990s because the university where he was a professor more or less forced him to. But he didn't have a computer at home until the last couple years of his life. This guy was the epitome of theoretical computer scientist.
When I was getting into programming as a teenager I was chatting with him about how Pascal and C differed in some aspects. He then started asking me what my views on some theoretical aspects of Eiffel and Smalltalk data structures were, and started talking about APL (he was also old friends with Iverson). I had heard of these languages but had no clue what he was talking about. It was a bit eye opening.
Maybe it depends on the college. At my college we have to take a hardware course as a prereq to a few of the required 300 level classes. it talked about logic gates, busses, memory management, etc.
Maybe I'm from an older generation, but when I was a comp sci major, people got into it because they were interested in computers and how they worked. If you didn't have the technical curiosity to figure out keyboard shortcuts, you weren't the type of person who would go into computer science.
Right, but if you work with computers all the time and had an education that focused largely on computers and involved you learning on and working with computers literally all day - you should know how to use a computer.
Right, but I guess that can also depend on what you mean about how to use a computer. At minimum, they should be able to operate it as a casual user. Writing code can be as simple as loading whatever IDE they prefer, which is just software; no innate knowledge of the hardware is needed. However, depending on the type of program they’re running, they may need a better understanding of their hardware limitation and how to best optimize usage to make their code run more efficiently.
I’m not disagreeing with you btw. Just wanted to raise the point that not all comp sci programs cover the hardware aspects. Learning it is generally self taught (generally from building your own PC) and requires a bit of a passion for it. If the major doesn’t teach it, then it’s understandable that a lot of graduates don’t know it.
I also took a software engineering program... The other software engineering students were all fine, I had a lot off good teams there. I always dreaded courses shared with computer science students. Many of them were fine, smart, whatever. But there were a number who just didn't get it
How computers work. Programming constructs. Some couldn't make heads or tails of C# - Something we weren't taught but ended up using (by group decision).
I could tell more horror stories.
And I just don't understand how they made it to second or third year.
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daemin · 5 points · Posted at 02:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
his is what happens when we tell everyone and their mother they should get into the tech field but don't have an ounce of interest or self-motivation to succeed in it.
Interest and self motivation aren't enough. There's an aptitude to it. I would tell my Software Engineering students that if you took a hundred random people, maybe 20 or 30 of them could learn to code well, if they were giving the specifications of what to code.
Of those 20 to 30, maybe 5 could write that specification in the first place, and those people make a lot more than the remainder.
The simple fact of the matter is that it takes a certain skill set, a certain sort of mind, to be able to take a description of what a piece of software needs to do and turn that into a description of how a piece of software can do it. Going from the code specification to running code is hard, and takes some skill, but the skill to generate that specification in the first place... That's much more rare, and gets more rare as the complexity of the problem goes up.
At my work, we used to give our new hires a small challenge - their hardware was not plugged in and they had to plug it all in before they could use it. I think in the 6 months we run that little challenge only 2 people out of maybe 12 were actually able to set it all up without any help. And yes, these people are all experienced software engineers. By hardware I mean a dock, and two monitors - that was it, that's all they had to plug in.
One time, one of them came up to me all excited because his new RAM had arrived for his personal laptop and he was going to upgrade it in the office. I asked if he wanted some help and he said no he had it all under control. Fast forward an hour, there's 6 devs standing around this guy and his laptop all struggling to work out how to get the back of it off...
This makes me feel better. Can't code, struggle to operate the newer operating systems in general.. But at least I can plug everything in, change RAM, video cards, Wi-Fi chips ect if needed.
Yeah, back in 2000, I started a job at Microsoft as a programmer, straight out of college. (Didn't have a CS degree, but had taught myself programming as a kid.)
It amazed me how many Microsoft engineers (bear in mind it's the year 2000, when Microsoft was basically considered the best in the world) could not troubleshoot basic computer problems. They had trouble installing Windows, or fixing driver conflicts, or swapping hardware. Yet some of them were far better programmers than I'd ever be, and knew the internals of their software perfectly.
It became evident that some people studied programming for their computer science degree and got a job in the field, but they were never geeks. They had only used a computer as a professional tool, and had never just played with it and thus didn't know how to.
daemin · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But why should they? Computer Science is a science with its own domain of knowledge. Its studying concepts like computability, Curry-Howard Correspondence, Complexity, Solvability... not things like how to troubleshoot windows.
Computer Science gave rise to programming and personal computers, but its not about programming or personal computers, anymore than astronomy is about building telescopes.
The thing is, in 2000, there was basically no other path to programming education. Most CS majors were CS majors not because they cared about complexity theory, but because they wanted jobs in the software industry and that was how you got one.
I've been saying for decades that "computer science" and "software engineering" should be two different paths in the university system that overlap but aren't the same, and now, 20 years later, this is actually the case at a lot of universities. And that's great! Plus, there are tons of alternative options for programming education now -- boot camps, vocational schools, etc.
The unfortunate thing back in the early 2000s was that CS education failed on two fronts. On one hand you had a lot of people failing out of CS due to the intensive math and stuff like complexity theory, compiler design, operating systems, etc. who would have made fine programmers anywhere other than Microsoft, Apple, or the other tiny handful of companies working on kernels & compiilers. And then on the other hand you had a lot of programmers who knew how an OS kernel worked but had no education in security, testability and testing, debugging, and even performance (like, they knew complexity theory and could evaluate performance of a tight loop, but had no idea how to profile a real-world application.) Putting every would-be programmer through computer science education was a big problem, because of precisely what you point out -- computer science isn't really about programming and personal computers, yet that was the only path to working in programming and personal computers.
My uncle. The man is a software genius, can make a computer do bonkers things and can diagnose a coding problem practically at a glance. Not only does he not do shortcuts, including things like hitting the space bar to pause a movie, he is a finger and thumb typist. Drives me crazy.
I did computer science for a bit at uni before I decided that it wasn't for me.
Not one class ever touched on basic functionality or anything like that - it was all either "how to code/wire and configure a network/make a website" (useful stuff but not really entry-level) or "make a machinima" (utterly useless unless you plan to go into some kind of digital animation).
Worse was that the teacher worded the verbal instructions in class to make everyone think it had to be done in Second Life (blegh). When my group tried to do the assignment about a week before it was due, we couldn't get our home internet to log into second life. Got to three days before it was due and still couldn't get in, so we checked the instructions for the assignment, found that second life was a suggestion, not a requirement.
So with three days left, we opened up Gary's Mod. Made some crazy thing that was a mix of a ragdoll being used to simulate the Weapon Of Choice video (though we then found we couldn't use copyrighted music, so some more scrambling was done), and a weird scene with a dozen Antlions playing football with a football mine thing.
Presentation day comes and we had 12 groups. 11 Second Life ones and ours. We ended up voted the second best in the class (After a group that did a thing that was like first person pacman in incredible detail, where they'd actually coded their own pacman and ghost costumes, built the maze, etc), and a large part of that was that ours stood out so sharply against the others.
Oh, and the fact that in our very first class of the whole degree, we walked into "intro to web design" and the tutor opened with "I expect you've all got 2-3 websites up and running earning a couple of hundred dollars in ad revenue each month". I thought he was joking. He wasn't. When he found out someone had no HTML experience (like me), he got really weird with us. Then again he also spent a quarter hour going on about how we had access to all this amazing web design stuff (dreamweaver, photoshop, etc). Then told us that we had to do all our assignments in Notepad++. One guy made an amazing website (IIRC it was flash or something similar, back in 2007 when flash stuff was big), way better than anything else in the class. Tutor called it a waste of time because it wasn't notepad++.
Worse than that. I went from COBOL and fortran to PC's and a job in PC support. Most tech support people today have no idea how to write batch files because they started long after Windows replaced DOS.
I showed a guy how to copy a list of PC's, convert it to a batch file that called a second batch file with the name of the PC as a parameter, running psexec to remote execute a file... this applying the same command to 100 PC's instead of logging into each one repetitively and running the program with a mouse. He was amazed and didn't really understand.
It's always so odd to me when very experienced people struggle with basic computer usage. At my work, quite a few people know a ton of stuff about our product and programming in general, but then can barely hook up a projector or start an online meeting.
tehifi · 0 points · Posted at 02:24:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw the comp sci lecturer at a university here get incredibly enraged and upset trying to get a laptop to work with a projector for a presentation. In front of the class he got more and more wound up trying to get the projector to display an image at all. After about fifteen minutes he gave up yelling "damn PC's! I'm a mac user, if it was mac it would just work!" before storming out.
The computer he was using was a mac...
[deleted] · 53 points · Posted at 23:29:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It blows my mind how many of my coworkers, who use a computer 9 hours a day same as me, can't figure out simple things.
They're so afraid of "messing up the computer" that they won't click around or try to troubleshoot for themselves.
The reason I know how to fix 99% of their problems is because I've run into the same problems and figured out how to fix them. Not because I'm smarter or "good at computers," but because I fucking TRIED.
daemin · 9 points · Posted at 01:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work for a fortune 10 company as an Information Security Consultant. My colleagues and myself make over six figures. About 8 months ago, I had to sit through mandatory training we all had to take on how to use a fucking Word template, because apparently some of my colleagues can't find their own ass with both hands unless they've been trained on it.
DMala · 8 points · Posted at 02:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve always been the go-to person for fixing computers, and even moonlighted as “the computer guy” for a small office for a while. While I’ve amassed some experience (you learn to recognize certain issues because you’ve seen them a million times before), a significant chunk of it is just Googling error messages or problem descriptions. Chances are high that someone else has seen the issue before and has already figured it out.
An older administrative assistant in my office didn’t know how to save documents she created. When I moved departments she asked me to come show her. Apparently none of her work required saving prior to me leaving (we did a lot of filing, but were also on computers daily, so I don’t know how she got away with that for 5+ years).
Ugh my freaking parents. Also, my mom will have no less than 30 tabs open every single time she's on the computer, and saves them upon closing the window, in case she needs to look at them again. BOOKMARKS, MOM.
I was an executive secretary for three years. My predecessor saved everything to one (really) long word document. She just kept adding to it, letters, meeting agendas... I have no idea how she ever found a specific document if she needed it. (I’m assuming she didn’t know how to use the ‘find’ command.)
OMG my bosses are all like this. They're all boomers and they can use a computer but not well. I have had to teach them all how to fix their screen when they accidentally turn it sideways, how to save a shortcut to their desktop, and how to attach items to an email. These people make like, 6 figures a year. I'm just like.. how do you not know how to google these things?
One time I was playing a PC game and couldn't figure out how to save. It turned out that I had to press "s" on the keyboard. Not "ctrl + s," just the letter "s."
i played need for speed for days before i figured out the pause menu is bound to TAB instead of ESC. i thought it was disabled during the introductory mission (some games are obnoxious like that) and then i kinda gave up. it autosaves so when i was done playing i just hit ALT+F4
That somehow makes me feel slightly better about the admin I worked with who straight up refused to do certain incredibly basic things, like delete unnecessary columns and resize the remaining ones in an Excel file she sent out monthly. Our boss asked if she needed me to show her how and she got all bitchy and said no, but then just...never did it. But christ, at least she saved the file. She did eventually get the "learn to do your job or retire" talk (she picked the latter) but it took years of her just not doing things she was asked before it happened - it's amazing what people get away with sometimes.
Ctrl+F is literally how I got through research papers in college, and how I find most of the info I need in my job on the fly (I’m a pharmacist to finding the info you need quickly is key)... I had to teach my 34yr old coworker this function like 2 years into working with her. I can’t imagine how much time she wasted scrolling through entire studies, package inserts, and law documents 😳
I did the hunting and pecking since I was a kid, never bothered to learn the proper way. (even though people have tried to teach me) By now I know where the letters are and just have my own weird way of typing with 3-4 fingers. I'm not the fastest at typing, sure, but it works.
Omg, I just remembered a guy I was training couldn't figure out how to turn on the small inkjet printers we have at each desk. Like its a button with -/0 on it.
dude, third YEAR of software engineering and in my capstone group project none of my groupmates could do anything but copy and paste code they found online.
I actually blame the college for that one, but still, like, how?
In my software design class I used the “end” button on my keyboard to get to the end of the line. My professor was like “what did you just do? Is that a special command?”
On a web browser or document program, it's the searchbar shortcut. Particularly useful for finding specific strings of characters (like words, phrases, and numbers) on really big PDF/Word documents, such as textbooks and manuals.
Edit: I guess I need to explain a bit. So if you're viewing any document or a website, you can press Ctrl+f to find specific text in that document.
For example if we view this post in a browser, you can Ctrl+f and enter your name and press enter, and it'll search for your name through the whole page and take you there
In TAFE (community college) I did a computer course and next door was a course on how to be secretary. They had an older lady there that didn't know how to turn the computer on, she had to get someone else to turn her computer on every morning - I thought it was a joke, it wasn't :(
daemin · 3 points · Posted at 01:47:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time my boss freaked out by me cutting and pasting a line in a document. Not because I did, but how I did.
Moved the cursor to the end of the sentence, held shift and fn key, pushed the let arrow, ctrl-x, moved the cursor, pressed ctrl-v. Did it all with the keyboard, and so fast it looked almost instant. He was flabbergasted.
My brother is a programmer and graduated college without knowing how to touch type. I watched him coding once and realized he was hunt and pecking entire programs. I kept urging him and finally he learned to touch type and now he's just as astonished as I was that he couldn't type without looking.
I always assumed everyone from my generation (I'm 28) knew basic computer skills like this but when I took a course that went through all the Microsoft office programs in detail I realized how little a lot of people my age knew compared to me. And this was a post-grad cert program so everyone was required to take it (it wasn't an elective based on having bad computer skills).
But really, I was meeting people in university who didn't know how to unzip a file. That was messed up.
I'm 20 and I can tell you: Not much has changed. Back in school we did something on a PC in art class once and people needed an explanation of how to open a program...
DMala · 3 points · Posted at 01:58:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in my college computer labs for one semester in the mid-90s. Mostly the job involved “fixing” the printer by putting in more paper, but occasionally we had to troubleshoot issues students were having. One day this girl walks up and says “Can you help me? I was typing and it got all small.” As I’m walking over, I’m thinking the monitor might have failed or something. When I get to the computer, I see a little Microsoft Word window in the middle of the screen. I maximize the window and she’s happy as a clam. As I’m walking away, I notice she’s working on a resume. Right in the middle of the screen is, “Expert in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel.”
As a person in their mid 20's with no education who's finally going into Uni for software engineering, this thread gives me hope.
anras · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to college for CS but I took one EE course (digital systems design), and my lab partner was amazed by my use of common Windows shortcuts like the ones you mentioned, insisting that I explain to him where I learned them. Wouldn't just accept "it's just something I've picked up using Windows enough."
I get asked what the shortcuts are for cut/copy/paste all the time at work. It gets really annoying when the same people come up to you over and over again with the same question. I understand that everyone has different strengths, abilities, learning styles, etc...but DAMN, write it down or something!
After several comments along the lines of "how do you remember all this stuff?", I told them how I remember. They're all right next to each other because you use them together. Starts with "X" - if you want to cut something...get rid of it, X it out...ctrl+X to cut. Next in line - "C". That's the easy one. Copy copy copy copy copy starts with "C". Last one - "V". Doesn't make any sense but that's ok, because the only thing left is vaste I mean paste.
It actually worked! I helped them remember the shortcuts. Still dumbfounded that they didn't bother to write it down after the first few times they asked me. I'm pretty sure alt+tab would break their brains, haha.
A friend of mine is a programmer. He does a bunch of database programming, Oracle stuff, etc. One time he calls me up because he's having problems with his personal computer. I look at it and it's just completely chocked full of viruses and spyware and Internet Explorer toolbars. I tell him he really needs to just nuke and pave - back up his data, format the drive, and reinstall Windows. He doesn't understand what I'm talking about, nor does he have any concept of how to install Windows. I try to explain it to him, and give him the disc... it's literally just clicking Yes, Yes, Next, OK... but he just doesn't get it and ends up paying me to do it for him. And then having me help him install the Oracle development tools - which, of course, I've never used, because I'm not a database programmer. But I figured out how to click Yes, Yes, Next, OK in the installer just fine.
A programmer. Programmer. Making more than twice what I do. That can't install Windows. And on top of that, he keeps calling me with other sorts of incredibly basic computer related problems, he seems to have very little understanding of how a computer works, how networks work, how to do... well, most things with a PC.
He's a programmer. A very highly paid programmer. I... just don't get it.
My dad, currently a "Global CAD administrator" and engineer, took me to a history fair when I was in 7th grade. He brought his work laptop to keep us occupied while we waited.
While getting it up and running, he could not figure out why the internet wouldn't connect. After about ten minutes of him hitting buttons and me debating if I should try to help, I suggested he hit the wifi button on the keyboard.
I heard that someone decided to build a computer that works in ternary because in theory, it should be more efficient. But the the project was abandoned because reasons.
Also I believe this is in 18-19th century so yeah...
Just a few years back I had a co-worker who, on his first day, got himself logged into the computer and then asked me how to get to the internet. This man couldn't have been much more than 40 years old. Throughout his first week he also asked me how to print and how to get to his email.
It's "Find in page", or "Find in document" if you're in a text editor. It'll let you type in whatever and find all instances of whatever you type in on the web page or in the document.
I know people who have used Windows every working day since Win 3.1 who still think that remembering any more than two or three keyboard shortcuts is expert knowledge. I had a 50 something sales rep ask how an agent could find a particular name on a very long list on a web page. I, dumbfounded, said ctrl+F. They were all like "This is great. How did you find this out, great work."
To be fair, software engineering (and CS in general) is about maths, not actually using a computer... but some of them take this to a truly distressing level.
How the fuck do software engineering students not know this shit I'm a bio major who's computer skills dont go beyond knowing how to graph shit in excel and I knew this
neyoon · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have an excel sheet at work for basically a punch card. It's alphabetical with a butt load of customer names. When I am checking someones "card" I just Ctrl+F to find their name. My coworkers will sit and scroll through allllllllll the names and still sometimes can't find the one they're looking for. Also sometimes the box for finding will hide behind all the screens up on the computer and I have had a coworker think excel was frozen the entire day because of it 🤦♀️
I work at a software company and our Engineering Manager is a brilliant coder but he types with his two index fingers, and only his two index fingers. He's a pretty fast typer, considering.
It astounds me the number of people I have come across in IT (I am not IT by the way) who can do these crazy complicated fixes that I don't understand at all, but don't know how to use keyboard shortcuts or do basic preference changes (like change it so emails don't automatically get read when you click on them, or change the colour of a font, etc.)
jwm3 · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In all fairness, when teaching intro CS classes I have at times wanted to disable people's cut-n-paste. Seeing the same function duplicated 30 times with just a number changed just makes me sigh. Annoyance at having to type things out just might be the motivating factor to get someone to grok abstraction and generalization.
I always made a point of saying to the class that if you ever found yourself cutting and pasting while programming, take a step back and look at the big picture and you will see the right way to refactor it. You are 95% there realizing some code you wrote is relevant somewhere else, you just need to push through that extra step and realize that cut n paste isn't the right way to reuse the code.
To be fair, software is one of those fields where people come into it with extremely wide gaps in not only knowledge but familiarity with tools. I thought I was sort of mid-level in that regard when I started college because I had some programming experience and basic familiarity with the Linux command line. Turns out I didn't know all kinds of things like vim, emacs, keyboard interrupts and shortcuts, shell scripting, etc. There were also people in the same classes who had never written a single line of code, and others who were regular Linux kernel contributors. It really surprised me how little effort schools put into teaching tools for those with less experience. I know those kinds of tutorials are all on YouTube now, but seeing as how they're often prerequisites for the kinds of work assigned, you would think they'd at least offer a basics class.
I had to help someone who was about to start her masters with making a button im HTML/javascript. I was a 3rd semester compsci student and she was writing her bachelors thesis..... The assignment was for a job and of course she didn't get it
Don't be so sure. I used to work a help desk, and ctrl-c would blow some people's minds! And then there are the sys commands - sys-L to lock the computer, sys-E to bring up Windows Explorer, sys-R to bring up the "run" window, etc. I'd lock my computer and they'd go "how'd you do that? You never touched your mouse!"
Tell me about it. Some of my teachers' desktops make me want to puke. Like random files EVERYWHERE. It's honestly hard to watch. One teacher even had a VHS player hooked up through COAX to the projector. It was honestly more impressive than stupid that it actually worked but yeah, they didn't realize that there's a fucking website you can go to and just play the videos.
Also my engineering teacher's server runs on Windows Server 2003 and complains that it doesn't work. Not as bad as the PC he has running a laser cutter that's on windows XP. yeah, it's a nightmare.
I asked a friend to put a pot of pasta on while I showered after a long day. Had to run out of the shower dripping wet when the smoke alarm went off.
He didn't know you put pasta in boiling water.
He didn't know you put pasta in water at all.
He just threw hard raw pasta in a pot and put it on the stove.
Guy was 23 and a computer scientist. Pretty sure he's at Microsoft now.
Thinking about it now, maybe it was my fault for giving a programmer bad instructions
I know a programmer who is a bit similar to what the original OP described. You have to tell him the instructions precisely if you want him to get it how you want it to be.
ermoon · 2 points · Posted at 18:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A lot of these examples explain why the gig economy has focused on food, house tasks, and driving
[deleted] · 2583 points · Posted at 21:12:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my early 20s I was really poor. I lived across from a dollar general and would frequent it for odds and ends, frequently. There was a 18-22 year old girl who worked the cash register who I assumed was on the spectrum of sorts. She couldn’t make eye contact, was very obviously socially awkward. She was also often very dirty and always smelled of BO. It was always weird to me because they sold deodorant. She also had one arm, hand that was much smaller and less mobile than the other. I was always kind to her, despite her being the slowest on the cash register, part to her physical speed capabilities, part to her painful customer interactions. She constantly over shared, uncomfortably. It was what it was. It didn’t bother me. I honestly felt bad for the girl, and would occasionally see bruises on her smaller hand/arm and wondered if she was abused.
One day I walked into the good ol’ DG, looking to pick up some cleaning supplies and shampoo, and saw they had a clothing sale. Before you judge, I was pooooor, and they didn’t have the worst clothing. The sale was that certain color- stickered items were $1. I browsed and actually found 5 things that weren’t too terrible- some pajamas, some leggings, a piece of athletic wear. I brought up all my items, waited for a while as the girl was at the register, and brought up my 5- $1 clothing items, a spray cleaner, and a bottle of shampoo- both of which were also $1.
She scanned them in and said “$53.” I kind of anticipated this, so I pointed to the literal three signs about the sale right around the register. There must have been 25 signs through the small store. I wasn’t angry. She looked at me, and I explained the sticker color matches the sale and they need to be discounted. She thinks for a good long while, looking at the register, clearly in pain and not knowing what to do. Eventually, she scans the 7 items again, hits a bunch of buttons, then says, “Ok! $24.” I was absolutely flabbergasted. I knew she was slower, but discovering that she couldn’t figure out 5+2 should be 7 (and tax), absolutely shocked me and truly bummed me out. Myself and the customer behind me just stared, not knowing what to do for far too long. I eventually asked if there was anyone else working who could help. She used the store phone to call in another coworker back in from their break. I stoped seeing her after a while, which was to be expected. I think of her often. I hope she’s ok.
I had a cashier once who couldn't understand me either
Me: I wanted this shirt in this size, but it didn't have a tag, so I brought up this same shirt in a different size so you can scan it.
Cashier: *scans the 1 shirt 2 times and tells me my total
Me: no...I only wanted this one, but it didn't have a tag.
Cashier: .............. *scans the other shirt and then takes away the one without the tag
Me: :|
It took quite a bit of repeating myself before she understood. I felt like a real Karen, but I literally could not explain the situation any differently.
[deleted] · 89 points · Posted at 02:28:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Lol fr customers need to work on communication. I had this lady I worked with once (a supervisor! Pretty much the exact definition of a Karen. Down to the short blond hair) put one item through my register. I scanned it and told her her total. She read the total on the screen, confirmed, and paid for it. As I’m getting the next customer through she comes back to yell at me that it’s on sale and should’ve been $3 cheaper. I was like -__-. She was not happy that she had to wait for another supervisor to come help me refund only part of the purchase because I was new.
Sorry for going on lol. It just reminded me of that interaction.
At these moments, I guess the best thing to do is just take away the shirt with the tag and hand her the one without the tag. When she says "I can't scan this one" you just shrug with the ol' mumbled Idunno. Let the other person figure it out instead of giving them instructions.
Last time I tried to buy something without a tag, they told me they can't sell it without a tag and threw it out. It was a clearance item, and there weren't any others in the store.
I went to Wendy's one day and ordered something that came to X dollars and X+1 cents. I handed a solid dollar amount plus 1 penny to the girl at the register and she handed me back (right amount of change)- 1 penny. I tried to explain to her that giving her that penny meant that I was to receive a more even, penny-free amount. She seemed fairly high, but to be fair, so was I (hence being at a Wendys.) After about 2 minutes she relented and handed me the amount of change I told her I was due, but I'm fairly certain that she still didn't understand and actually thought I was trying to rip her off for one penny...
Edit: I really want to add the thing I found the funniest was how skeptical this girl was about me and how convinced she seemed that I was trying to steal a penny from her.
I was in a store. I don’t remember the exact numbers but say I bought something for $8.00 and handed the cashier a $10. Cashier accidentally puts in $100.00 so it says to give me $92 instead of $2. I said just give me the $2 like I’m supposed to get are we’re good. Nope. She called the manager up and the two of them debated over what to do for quite some time. I even said pretend I gave you $100 and I’ll pretend you gave me $90. This was years ago and I’m not still there so obviously we worked it out, but sheesh.
It was probably a situation where it would fuck with the cash counting at the end of the night, so they couldn't just pretend like it didn't happen. If you fuck up counting down your register, you're in deep shit.
That being said, most places you can just void the transaction... but it usually requires a manager to do so after the money has been inputted. So that's probably why the manager was called over.
I'm strongly convinced that Wendy's goes out of their way to hire the absolute worst, least intelligent people. Or perhaps hires only people that couldn't cut it at McDonalds. Of all fast food restaurants, Wendy's is consistently the absolute WORST.
Like the one, incredibly complex order I made that I had to repeat no less than five times. "I'll have a #11, large, with a Coke". Twice when ordering it, then three more times when asked "What did you have?" while waiting for it. That time was extra special, because the person behind the register got so frustrated at her job that she slammed down her nametag and said that she quit - and stormed out.
Or just today, when I got home to find a completely different sandwich when I ordered "A #11, large, with a Coke". Or the times I've ordered "A #11, large, with a Coke", then being asked "Did you want the sandwich or the meal?".... Internally screaming to myself that if I'd wanted the sandwich, I would have ordered the sandwich, instead of specifying the number of the combo meal.
Or ordering the chicken nuggets meal, and not getting the sauce in the bag, asking for the Sriracha sauce.. blank stare... uh... I don't know if we have that... (while looking at me, not at the bins of sauce just to his left). OK, how about the S'awesome sauce then? "What's that".... In my head I'm thinking - gee, should I read the five foot tall sign advertising the sauce to him, or do I point to it.. no, wait, he probably can't read. "Well, how about honey mustard sauce then?"... blank stare.... "Any sauce AT ALL?!?!"
Granted, I love fast food, and I order it kind of a lot - it's expected that I'll hit some snags from time to time. But Wendy's is like greater than 50% of the time I'll have a problem. And it's not just one store, no - it's all of them.
And let's not even get started on Wendy's fries. They advertise that they're made with sea salt, but that's a typo. It's supposed to say that the fries "see salt" - as in, they hold up the can of salt and let the fries see it. At no point do they ever open the can, or sprinkle any on - they just show the fries that salt exists, and leave it at that.
I've got a lot more stories about Wendy's... honestly, I should really just stop going, but they're the only fast food chain that has a spicy chicken sandwich - and the only one that has jalapenos on a sandwich.
Never heard of Culver's, we definitely don't have them around here.
I live in kind of a food wasteland, we only have the absolute biggest chains. We don't even have White Castle, Hardees or Arby's. And sadly we haven't had a Long John Silver's in a decade. I really miss that.
You probably don't have a Popeye's there either. They are the chicken kings, especially for spicy stuff! If you ever see a Popeye's Chicken, drop in and try it out, and it will spoil you on Wendy's forever
Has this all happened at one location? In my town Wendy’s service is vastly superior to McDonald’s and Taco Bell. I’ve waited up to 40 minutes in the McDonald’s drive thru trapped between cars and the curb, unable to leave. At Wendy’s I don’t recall them ever messing up my order and I’ve never even waited 5 minutes.
Nope, multiple locations. There is one particularly awful one which, is, of course, right near my house. But I've tried all the others in town too, and had pretty lousy experiences there too - just not AS awful. Then there was the fun time where I stopped off at one of those rest plazas in NJ and went go grab a real quick bite at Wendy's that cost me an entire hour, waiting for my food, waiting, finding that they totally forgot my order, getting my food, having it be wrong, having to have them remake it. The confounding order? A #9. Large. Don't even have to specify the drink, since you fill it yourself. That's right, nuggets, fries, and a drink cup - apparently the most difficult thing in the world to get right. And I ordered it specifically because I thought it would be fast and that I knew I could just eat it in the car while driving. Grr.....
The McDonald's around here are all absolutely fantastic. They have the drive thru working at peak efficiency. Never once had a problem.
Also - McDonalds has discovered the wonders of salt. Yes, salt, you see, makes fries taste a thousand times better. Someone should tell Wendy's that their fries might be just a tiny shade less awful if they, you know, put salt on them. I don't think I've ever gotten fries with salt from a Wendy's in the last five years or so. Further annoyingly, the most recent time I did eat-in (before the pandemic), their bin of little salt packets was empty, so I asked at the counter for more - oh, they're out of salt. Gee, I wonder why. Then again, this was the same Wendy's that ran out of Coke.
I mean, I don't want to keep harping on it, but ye gods Wendy's fries are awful. They're mediocre if you get them hot, right fresh from the fryer, then immediately salt them (since they don't), and eat - you've got a good two, possibly three minutes to enjoy almost-passable fries.
This is, of course, if your fries are cooked or warm. I once got some that were so stone cold and terrible, that I asked for new ones. They gave me some fresh from the fryer, and I found that about a quarter of them were still frozen.
I just wish McDonalds offered a decent spicy chicken sandwich so I could just forget about Wendy's completely. Since both restaurants near me are right next to each other, I will sometimes go through both drive-thrus, so I can get the Wendy's sandwich and then the fries and Coke from McDonalds (since their Coke is always mixed right).
Haha your long rant did made me laugh. It sounds like you’ve thought this through many times. Also I 100% agree that McDonald’s ALWAYS has better fries and Coke. Always.
Haha - I'm glad to make someone smile. I will freely admit that I'm ranting out of trying to avoid doing things I actually need to be doing, and the fact that sometimes talking about stupid stuff on the Internet is fun.
While I seem amazingly frustrated here in text on Reddit, I've never been rude or obnoxious to anyone that works at these places - I know they're just doing their job. Fast food and any kind of public facing retail is really brutal - I've done retail before - people are stupid. Really really stupid. So I don't want you to think I'm that jerk yelling at people that work at fast food. I'm not. I'm always really nice to them since there's no reason to go through life being rude to everyone you meet. That's not good for anyone. And it's not like these things are cornerstones of my life either, this isn't some major pressing horrible thing I've endured, or something that terribly troubles me deep to my core. It's at worst a minor frustration, and at best a source of things to rant about to random Internet strangers.
Still though... I really wish Wendy's would salt their fries.
You remind me a lot of my dad. He also rants about different businesses and their awful service but he’s the nicest guy you’ll find if you’re dealing with him at a business.
It's because I spend WAY too much time in my own head. Thinking and overthinking and thinking about how I'm overthinking everything. So this allows a minor inconvenience or a small problem to quickly grow into something that occupies a lot of mental energy - which leads to internal ranting... which sometimes spills into being running jokes with friends, or becoming silly rants on Reddit.
But the unsalted fries at Wendy's is right up there with the perpetually broken McDonald's shake machine as far as running jokes among my friend group go.
To be fair, I was a cashier for 10 years and really great/fast at mental math for change, but I had a few times where I was just overworked, mentally drained, and my mind decided to just completely zero out and I would stare at the register amount in frustration while the poor customer gave me that look and tight-lipped, eyes down smile and awkward shuffle. Ugggh, so embarassing.
But yeah if the manager couldn't figure it out then hoo boy.
Oh, I've definitely been there. I've been there as a 16 year old concession stand worker at a movie theater that just had like 5 rush crowds in a row in the 90s when people actually still swarmed to movie theaters. And I still remember the face of the middle aged dude looking at me like I was somehow slow and saying, "OOKay, so now YOU give me FIVE dollars because I handed you one extra...!"
But to be fair, that was because I was confused why he was handing me 6 dollars extra, not thinking that he owed me that amount less.
837 · 11 points · Posted at 03:37:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, I have done this a total of one time and it was not worth the confusion that I caused with the cashier. I now always just take my 97c and be on my way
Edit: I really want to add the thing I found the funniest was how skeptical this girl was about me and how convinced she seemed that I was trying to steal a penny from her.
Makes you wonder if some of the Karen stories you hear are actually from retail staff suffering minor mental deficiencies and not understanding that Karen was right all along.
You just gave me awful flashbacks to my retail working days. Not that you did anything wrong in that situation (& it sounds like the cashier wasn't properly trained), BUT what people don't understand is that you can't just scan the same item in a different size since the sizes have different codes for inventory purposes. Just thought I'd share that tidbit in case that happens again so you'd be prepared to wait an extra minute for the associate to look up the SKU for the correct item you're wanting to purchase.
No I work retail too, but this particular store was closing down, so I figured they wouldn't care about inventory anyway. Or they can just adjust the inventory after the sale so the customer can leave. That's what we do in those situations.
Thank you for actually bringing one with the tag over instead of expecting the employee to magically know the UPC or SKU number for every single item in the store. Too many customers do the latter
I think "Karen" has passed its useful life because of this. There's a difference between screaming at retail staff demanding a discount because "reasons" and asking someone respectfully to do their job. It's starting to feel like a word to stop women from speaking up when they are being legitimately screwed over. "Don't make a fuss. Be nice!"
I once after arguing calmly the price I pointed at his screen that said 7 items and then pointed at the 4 things on the counter. I asked if he could see the problem. He didn’t, so like with a 3 year old I pointed at each one and said “1, 2, 3, 4 and the writing there says 7”. He got it at that point. This was 3am and I was full of beer and illegal substances, and he’s at work.
One time over seas (not america) I asked a burger king employee for a burger with just cheese and he said “alright fries and a triple double with lettuce and tomato” and I said no just cheese. AND HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY. LIKE I ~had~ to have these toppings. Im oretty sure he also muttered “whatever”
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 10:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speaking of karen energy, I felt my most neckbeardy at a comic store where one of the displays was wrong. The price tags were swapped between two versions of a thing and it was few hundred dollars waiting to be lost in a misunderstanding.
I tried to bring it to the cashier's attention as casually as possible but explaining the problem eventually lead to the kind of nerdy comparisons you'd expect from someone fact checking a fanfic.
Wow. That is such a common situation too. I tell customers that I'm glad they were smart enough to grab the shirt with a different size/color instead of me having to call the clothing department and wait awkwardly. I just want to reassure you that you did the exact thing you should have!
I had a high school class where they were teaching us about planning a budget. I was the only person who said I would buy clothes at walmart, the next cheapest option being kohl's at more than double the cost. Still doesn't make sense to me.
Goodwill, thrift stores, and yard sales are an even better budget trick for cloths and shoes if you don't mind gently used and have basic sewing skills. The most expensive thing I own is a 150$ suit I bought 3 years ago. Everything else in my closet cost between .25-10 bucks a piece.
Ryinth · 0 points · Posted at 08:59:58 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need the money to invest in the first place.
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”
Dude I'm well off enough that I own a home, I own a freaking business, and I still get as much as I can from the dollar store. The majority of my dishes, my pantry organizers, bathroom and kitchen tools, etc come from the dollar store. You're good. Being frugal is nothing to be ashamed of.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 01:58:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the UK pound shops the name brand stuff is often cheaper because you get less but people don’t realise & just see that it’s cheaper & buy it - myself included in the past.
I was eating lunch with my parents and one of my sisters at a small restaurant in Taiwan. When we were done eating, my dad, my sister and I went get the car first as it was raining while my mom paid for the meal. We were in the car waiting for my mom and she didn't come out for a long time. We were just about to go in and see what was wrong when she finally came out.
The restaurant is run by a young couple. The guy had gone to do something inside so it was the girl working the cashier. My mom gave her the payment in cash and was waiting for her change. The girl used a calculator to calculate what the change was. When she went to get the change, she dropped all the coins at the register so my mom had to wait for her to pick them up. When she finally had the change, she gave my mom more money than what my mom had initially gave her (and by a lot too). My mom (being a nice human being) told her that the change was wrong. The girl doesn't believe my mom because she used a calculator to calculate it and the calculator couldn't possibly be wrong. In the end, it was solved when the guy came out and took care of it.
Sometimes I wonder how much money this restaurant loses because of miscounted change.
I once bought something from a store. Total was 4,99 I paid with 5 and was waiting for my change (I know a penny lol but still) cashier looked at me...I said I get change..looks at recipe "of course heres 1$" no I paid 4,99 "oh yeah here 4,99" .....no I only get a penny
You'd be surprise how many cashier don't know how to count or became totally confused when you round up what you pay so they'll give you back an square amount.
So many dead fish eyes when I gave 5.25 on a 4,25 total...
Yes! I had a whole argument with a cashier once because my total was like $16.10 and I gave them $20.10. They gave my dime back because “they didn’t need it”. I figured it was one of those times when they had extra change in the register so I took it back. Then they tried to give me $3.90 back. I was like no, that’s why I gave you the dime. I don’t want 90 cents back. I tried to give them the dime again, and they could not figure out how to give me my change bc they’d already typed in that I’d given them $20. I was like it’s just four dollars. Take my dime and give me four dollars. And they had to get their manager because they weren’t sure I was right. I was so annoyed.
When I was younger and paid for everything in cash (didn't have a card) I constantly had cashiers hand me my change back because I "gave them too much."
No, if it $2.50 and I give you $5.50, don't refuse my quarters. I just want paper bills!
I used by everything at the dollar general. I was counting my pennies to get by poor.
I'm not anymore but I still have an outfit from there that I love and still wear.
I used to buy their dollar flip flops every summer. I loved those things and when they got gross I didn’t care because they were 1$! Dollar general is awesome.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still have a couple shirts I sleep in. They’ve held up great the past 4 years.
I remember being in line behinds some college kids at a convenience store. They had a few tubs of yoghurt, the clerk said "$16". Nobody could figure out why the number was so high, considering they'd brough back several dollars of deposit bottle - until I pointed out the guy had obviously added, not subtracted, the deposit amount.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 00:14:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Assuming this was semi recent - wouldn't the register have the sale programmed in and auto-apply the discount? Granted this is DG so maybe not.
I worked at DG for a little bit and the POS system is notorious for not having the sale in it so we had to have a manager come and manually input in each transaction that something on sale was bought. And these were new systems in a new store built only a few years ago.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sucks. A Family Dollar I used to frequent had the sales built into the system. Caveat this was in like the center of Atlanta and the whole store hd been renovated last year. I haven't been to a Dollar General in a long minute.
I try not to give dollar general my money unless I have too. The one I worked at was horrible and the management was too.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair. I haven't been to neither one in a long while. I don't live near one at the moment so I don't have a reason to.I do plan on going to a nearby Dollar Tree so I can stock up on glasses. Their plates and glasses are nice and cheap.
Dollar tree is great man!!! I can get name brand snacks for a buck!! Albeit the package is a little smaller it’s still a good deal!! The ones near me have some cute flamingo glasses right now if your into that!!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:58:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see i have found a stan. lol
I like them for cheap office supplies and legit, if you have your first apartment or just moving somewhere you need dinnerware but don't want to spend a ton, I always hit up Dollar Tree. I still have a good number of glasses from there. I need to replace some wine goblets because i have more space for it now.
Yeah dollar tree is great if your starting out!! It was a godsend in high for stuff when we didn’t have a lot of money but needed stuff for school.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
even better they do have a website so you can buy things that way if you need it in bulk [it has quantity minimums]. Second best for me was CVS/Walgreens since there are a ton of coupons and they stack with manufacturer coupons. I used to get my food stamps, coupons and walk out of there with a gallon of milk and a big box of cereal together for like 2 dollars.
Don’t have any of them. Unfortunately I live in a really rural area so we have Walmart and that’s basically it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:13:24 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahhh. I feel that. Somehow the opposite but same issue - I lived in Midtown with no walmart the closest being like 20 minute drive away and I had [still don't] no car. Dammit I don't want to go to publix/whole foods!
The closest Walmart is 45 minutes to an hour away lol. We have Tops markets which sucks ass so nobody really goes grocery shopping there unless they have too. And then we have a McDonald’s and a Dunkin’ Donuts and a subway combined with dominoes in a gas station. Small town living at its finest lol
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:01:23 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Small town indeed. How is yall internet out there?
It’s honestly not the worst. You’ll definitely have good enough internet to do almost anything the average person does tbh. You should definitely think about doing it if it’s what you really want. But be warned you have no privacy living in a small town. Everyone knows your dirty laundry and it gets around fast.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:57 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I am the witch that lives on the hill and does strange rituals and only comes out to get oreos...I might be fine lol I used to live in a suburb and went to a very close knit church. My mom still gives me the tea and we have to play a game of 'the story thus far' so she can tell me so n so got married.
Lol yeah you might. You’ll be the weird lady on the hill lmao. In a small town literally nothing is private. If so and so and is seen with so and so and everyone will know.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:04 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its only private if you scare them all away but then all they talk about is how weird you are. Option two is to just be away from civilization and have everything you need airdropped in. Expensive but an option.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never heard of that before. I live in atlanta. We more likely to have Family Dollar or Dollar General. Is it anything like Tuesday Morning [cheap junk store like Homegoods]? -
I have no idea, we don't have those stores here. It's a bit like Dollar King, if you have that one, but with a little more focus on home goods such as cutlery, towels, decor, etc.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah we don't have those either. It sounds like Family Dollar. Family Dollar is like Dollar General where things are generally a dollar or so. You can sometimes find things over a dollar and maybe even 10 but I doubt I could find anything over 50-100 in one of those stores. Contrast to Dollar Tree where everything is a dollar.
Yeah, our "dollar shops" aren't really dollar shops lmao they're just really cheap stuff. It's very rare to actually get stuff for a dollar in them. But most stuff is under $10 and rarely over $20 so it doesn't matter anyway.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that's Dollar General's thing. Dots/DD's/Ross is like that for clothes. Tuesday Morning is mostly home stuff and pretty cheap. Food wise, I think Save A Lot is like this but those are rare in my neck of the woods. Dollar Tree/DealS is the only one I can think of that is strictly a dollar.
That's kind of a shitty story for this thread. The question is basically asking when did you encounter an adult who shocked you at how dumb they were. Your bring up a minimum wage worker on the spectrum trying to input manual sale items into a register clearly not automated for it.
You're right that she could easily have a congenital birth condition or disability, but autism spectrum disorder can affect muscle tone and tissue development as well as be comorbid with dyslexia or dysgraphia, which would explain both examples you've listed.
Still, I agree with other commenters that this is absolutely the wrong answer for the question. This isn't about someone being bad at "adulting" due to idiocy or privilege, it's about an individual who likely struggles with a disability or condition doing a pretty good job of managing it.
You're right that she could easily have a congenital birth condition or disability, but autism spectrum disorder can affect muscle tone and tissue development as well as be comorbid with dyslexia or dysgraphia, which would explain both examples you've listed.
This is the first time my autistic ass has ever heard of someone's limbs growing in wrong because of it.
It's pretty clear this woman had congenital issues that are comorbid with autism (if she's autistic at all and not showing symptoms of something similar to autism -- OP said they THINK she's on the spectrum, not that she is), not purely autism.
I'm autistic too! Nice to meet you my dude! I believe I miscommunicated and I think you're correct in that she likely had common comorbid conditions. My thinking was along the lines of the smaller arm could be due to autism associated muscle tone but on second thought that isn't nearly as plausible.
Still, this story really doesn't belong on this thread. Working retail is hard and even harder when you're on the spectrum. Sounds like she was working hard and doing reasonably well until this instance. Shit, I've had times like this at my job where I'm tired or have zoned out.
(Quick edit, didn't see the rest of your reply): I was totally just doubling down, I got hella bored at work whoops. I was mostly just pissed off at the original comment that CLEARLY didn't belong. It was just so ableist and I got mad!
Nah, I agree with that. I'm glad they have compassion for this woman but this is definitely not a "adult being stupid" case and their compassion could go farther. It's just a poor disabled woman doing her best in a world that's not accommodating to her and it was really ableist for this commenter to just add this as if it's a case of stupidity when it's clearly not. :(
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually new evidence as shown it's a birth defect.
It's a developmental disorder with some hereditary links. Even if it were a "birth defect" the correct terminology would be congenital disability. The common consensus around disabled individuals is that "birth defect" has negative connotations and is degrading.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 04:05:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know that its not people with disabilities who say that its assholes like you who think only your opinion matters.
All these resources are for or by disabled persons and have a variety of terminology and all explain why "birth defect" is considered offensive. Still, despite all those terms I can't find one for your condition - I think the politically correct word would be "utter cunt".
Thanks for this! As someone with a physical "birth defect", I've never liked that term. I don't find it offensive per se, but I'd rather not be called defective, ya know? I didn't know it's considered best avoided nowadays, but I'm glad it's going away. Of course, I can't speak for everyone, some people might not care at all. Point is, you're not an asshole.
I don't know how someone could look at another human and call them "defective", honestly. I'm glad language is slowly changing to be more compassionate, too.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 05:24:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be offended by an accurate term is fucking stupid. I bet you get offended when retarded is used in a grammatically correct context and has nothing to do with people, too.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:22:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow so someone who has a different opinion is an utter cunt, that shows how low Intelligence you have. Also those people who run those "resources" are not disabled. I am, I have birth defects and the only thing that offends me if people like you who know nothing of what we go through saying we find words that only you find offensive. The only cunt here is you.
Believe it or not, those resources from organisations such as "The Disabled People's Association" are, in fact, run by disabled people. The fact that you yourself may not approve of them is perfectly fine, but the fact is that many people with disabilities prefer compassionate language (myself included) which should be respect. Everyone deserves respect, and I apologise for calling you names for antagonising me. You sound like you hold a lot of anger, friend, which is understandable, but I hope you grow from it. Have a lovely day/night/whatever time it is in your part of the world!
I got a couple small things and about 60 of the 10 for a dollar candies from five below. The candies are like 1 gumball for 10 cents. My total should have been under $30, the cashier rung up every little piece (rather than just counting) and straight faced told me it would be $90 bucks. I was like no... no way, the candies must have come up at a dollar each- and she refused to fix the price- insisting she rang it in correctly and that's the total. I tried logic saying my candy could not possibly be almost $100 - she said, "it is though." At that point there was already a decent line behind me so I told her I'm sorry then I can't afford any of it and just left....
When I was in college, I would always sell my textbooks to the bookstore at the end of the semester. There were two textbooks which the bookstore wouldn't buy, so I took them back to my dorm. A few days later I saw a student who said that she worked for Belltower Books, and she said that I could sell my textbooks to her.
She said she could give me $9 for the first book, but that the second book wasn't in the system. However she said that she could still give me $0.25 for it. I figured it was better then throwing it away, so I agreed. She also said that they always round up to the nearest dollar.
To summarize, it was $9 for the first book, $0.25 for the second book, and they always round up to the nearest dollar. After I gave her the books, she gave me $9. I said "you owe me another dollar." She asked "what do you mean?" I said " the total was $9.25, and you said that you always round up to the nearest dollar." She thought about it for a minute, and gave me the extra dollar.
To clarify for those who are confused, I'm well aware that in normal rounding $9.25 would round down to $9, however she said that they always round up. This also makes logical sense, since otherwise there would be no incentive to give her the textbook which wasn't in the database for $0.25. Since they always round up, it would round to $1, but if they rounded down all I would get is the $9 for the first textbook and nothing for the second textbook.
When I was a kid, I didn't have any new clothes. My entire wardrobe was made of donations and hand-me-downs from older cousins. Sometimes that's just how things have to be until your situation improves. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Of anyone tries to make you feel less for it, I how they get hit in the face with a brick.
I recall going to get fast food one time and the girl behind the register gave us incorrect change at first. When we pointed it out she pointed to the nickels and said they were quarters. I don't recall everything that happened, but we kept trying to point out what different coins were, and the fact that the coins literally say what they are. I always figured she was playing dumb and skimming the extra change to pad her minimum wage pay, but she probably was just that dumb.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:55:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger I worked at an old decrepit tuxedo shop in my small town. The building was extremely old and so was much of the merchandise in the store, that meant we did tons and tons of business around prom, graduation, etc. And not much business at all for the rest of the year. I have to believe the place was a money laundering scheme and I have reasons to believe that, but it’s not relevant to the story.
I was at work one day and had been there since the store opened that morning. I opened the store and worked by myself all day until close. Sometime in the afternoon, after not having one single customer for the whole day, I decided to hop down to the basement and smoke a joint.
So I’m down there blazing away and wouldn’t you know it, I hear the door open upstairs.
“God damnit, of course this is just my luck” I thought. So I yell up the stairs that I’m in the basement and I’ll be right up to help them. I put the weed away and tried to find something to spray for the smell.
After what felt like 5 minutes but could have only been 30 seconds at the most, I get worried the customer is going to think something is up if I stay in the basement any longer so I run up the stairs stinking like bud. The customer had come in for something small, cuff links or something, and was ready to check out by the time I got up the stairs. As the mind tends to do when you’re high, I started thinking this guy could smell the weed because I thought he looked at me weird. So my stomach drops and my mind starts to race. I’m going to be fired, he is going to call the police, all this kind of stuff.
While this is going on I’m trying to ring him up but the register was jammed and there was no calculator at the desk. Despite it being a simple transaction, less than 20 dollars, I could not for the life of me figure out how much change I owed him. My mind was racing so bad that I couldn’t even process the simple calculation. While I stood there in panic, I heard him say “uh... it’s uh... you owe me $4.62”
I didn’t even argue. I gave him the four bucks and he walked out of the store without saying anything at all.
This all happened almost 10 years ago and I still sometimes think of it while l lay in bed and it horrifies me to this day. Dude must have thought I was completely stupid. Ugh.
val319 · 428 points · Posted at 22:40:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining to a 35 year old male friend that condoms aren’t 100% effective and means you could use one and the other person could get pregnant. Next was that condom means you can get lower chances of stds but herpes in another location could occur if they have an outbreak. I felt like I needed a slide show. It was like I butchered the Easter bunny and fed it to him as stew.
One of my coworkers legit didn't know that you could still get pregnant if your partner uses a condom. I had to explain to her that you could use a condom and the pill and still get a baby and she was absolutely baffled by this. I had to point out to her that one of our other coworkers actually had a baby in her late 30's even after her husband used a condom and she was on the pill because she thought I was fucking with her. The worst part of this was that we worked at the CDC and part of our job description was giving out sex education information.
val319 · 14 points · Posted at 05:49:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a friends and asked why an open pregnancy test was in the drawer. She reused them.
My friends husband is well into his 40’s and she told me the other day that he washes his face first and DOESN’T RINSE THE SOAP OFF. She said when they first met she wondered why he would come out of the shower with dirt or grease still on his body (he’s a mechanic). It wasn’t until they showered together that she realized why; he can’t see anything he’s washing because his eyes are squeezed shut the whole time to avoid getting soap in them. They’ve been together for six years and she’s finally stopped trying to convince him to rinse his face off because she’s just got to pick her battles.
ermoon · 2 points · Posted at 18:35:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a female friend our junior year of college (so around 21ish) tell me that you had to change your tampon everyone you peed, because otherwise the pee would be blocked. I gently asked her if she knew there were, um, two different holes, and she ADAMANTLY told me how wrong I was. She was studying to be a nurse....
I had to explain to a classmate in nursing school that when inserting a catheter into a female, you need to aim high to make sure it ends up in the urethra. She didn’t know there was a second hole...and this was after she completed 2 anatomy pre-requisite classes for the program.
Idk...she also didn’t know how to put basic oxygen tubing on a patient in skills lab - 3 weeks before we graduated. And asked once how she would know if a patient was dead. So there’s that.
When I was 18, I took a HHA class, thinking I could do PT work while in college. You know, do some companion care, personal care and study during down time.
There was not ONE classmate I would have allowed anywhere near a relative. During training, their attitudes towards the more disabled confused elderly was terriffying. I actually wrote an anon note to my supervisor because my fellow trainees were doing the polar opposite of our training. Now, years and years later I witnessed some wonderful competant staff care for my Mom, so I know it was a fluke. But my 18yo brain was horrified.
At least she wasn’t studying to be a gynecologist.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 05:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But nurses put in catheters, she'll put it in the vagina not the urethra. She should not be a nurse but with the dumbases running schools and not allowing students to fail for any reason she'll become a nurse and kill someone.
These comments always remind me of the episode of orange is the new black where Laverne Cox’s character has to explain to whole grown ass women the anatomy of their own vaginas because they didn’t believe there was more than one hole. My fiancé was stunned when I told him I’ve had to tell at least 5 women that in my life.
As I said elsewhere, I can never seem to empty my bladder fully with tampon up there. So I get the confusion. It certainly FEELS blocked even though I know the holes are different.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 05:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A tampon puts pressure on the urethra so it isn't uncommon to have difficulty urinating with one in.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear stories like this so often from my sister and her friends. I am absolutely shocked by it. How can somebody not know that there are two separate orifices in their body for two separate actions? You could even take a look at yourself in a mirror to make sure. I’m... just shocked and appalled really.
Exactly! Can't you feel when you pee that it's not the same spot as where you put in tampon??? I can kinda wave my hand if it's a guy not knowing, but girls? It's your body!
Co-worker announced she was pregnant, then immediately said she was sad that she couldn’t take a bath until the baby was born. I stared, confused, and asked “Why can’t you take a bath?” She looked at me as though I was stupid and said, “Because the baby will drown!” I had to walk away.
and then they make the nozzles on the air-dryer face down so I have to lay there spread-eagle on the floor instead of mounting the machine like I do with my blowdryer at home.
SO I actually had a friend who took a lot of baths, who told me the water actually can get in and would come out... later. Not necessarily into the uterus obviously, but I guess some water can stay in there. Maybe this has happened to the woman in the post? Hasn't happened to me, but I don't take too many baths.
I think some people do recommend not taking super HOT baths when pregnant, so maybe she read that about baths somewhere and her brain came up with a different reason why lol.
My father in law is a respected surgeon, total legend. But he can’t set a clock, start a dishwasher, program a vcr/dvd player... it’s cute because he’s not my dad. :P
One would think! Every time we visit my husband gets lead around to all the digital clocks, microwaves, cars, and even the long-suffering VCR that “those damn grandkids keep unplugging to play their ‘game boxes’!” lol
I asked a friends GF to help me in the kitchen by putting garlic butter on bread. I.e buttering bread..... she almost had a panic attack and couldn’t do it. She said she didn’t know how...... or how to cook obviously 🙄
What is this world coming to?! How can these parents be ok with themselves after not teaching their kids... who are now grown ass adults
I'm shocked at how many times I've seen this comment here and in other threads. My mom made sure I knew this from a very early age, before I even got my first period. I had diagrams of female anatomy shoved in my face multiple times throughout school. I've seen women in their thirties, who have had kids not know they had a urethra. Like, what did you think that ridgy thing below your clitoris was? Decoration? How does this escape people? How?
I came home from school one day and a roommate of mine is frantically fanning away smoke from the stove. Turns out he was trying to cook pasta and just heated up the stove with no water and put the pasta straight into a hot pot. I was utterly baffled
This is at least the fourth or fifth story I read in this thread where people throw dry pasta into a pot without any water. Wow.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 14:29:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too. I don’t quite understand why you wouldn’t spare ten seconds to look at the back of the packet? Or maybe they’re so convinced they’re right there is no reason to check?!
How do all these dry pasta people make it through 16 years of existence without once observing one of their parents cooking pasta on the stove? As in boiling the pasta in water?
Freshman year in college. Had a roommate who was older, 20, because he went to a junior college for 2 years first. He started dating this girl and after a few months they decided to have sex. He asked if we could talk because the night had come for this planned encounter. He was a virgin and had questions. Pretty normal conversation until he asked, “How do I know when to stop?”.
That's actually a fair question. I mean, it's answered by the same thing as probably most of the other questions (communicate with your partner), but unless you're being a selfish lover, there isn't an obvious stopping point.
Guys - here's a secret to a happy relationship: don't stop. Okay, so when you come you can pull out - but that doesn't mean the sex stops. It's called "afterplay" - and it's not even that until SHE comes, too.
In other words - guys, it's not just "get it up, get it in, get it off, get it out, get it home."
A girl I worked with who was in her mid 20s only ate lunchables because she didn't know how to grocery shop or cook. This was an improvement over when she just ate half my lunch every day. I packed extra because someone was always either broke or forgot their lunch.
We were out for a company lunch at a sports bar and one of my co-workers discreetly told me that she had pulled pork stuck in her teeth. I always keep a thing of floss in my purse so I offered to let her have it. She gratefully accepted and then asked, "How do I use it?"
She had never flossed in her life! She hadn't even had her teeth flossed at the dentist! So I took this 40-yr-old woman to the ladies' room and taught her how to floss.
The icing on the cake is that she's English, so I teased her about perpetuating stereotypes. If you're reading this, Viv, I love you!
Is that an American thing? Because I'm European and I know precisely zero people who floss, nor has any dentist I've ever been to mentioned flossing even once, and as far as I'm aware, it's basically not a thing here.
I'm Canadian and it's recommended as part of daily dental hygiene. When you go to the dentist, the hygienist flosses your teeth as part of your cleaning. I don't think everyone here necessarily does it every single day, but I think everyone knows how and probably has some floss in the back of a drawer.
I don't know why but the idea of someone else flossing my teeth is really weird! But here they just poke and scrape you with the sharp sticks, so maybe floss would be better.
IIRC the science is actually not entirely settled on how important flossing is. Obviously you don't want to leave a big piece of pulled pork stuck there, but other than that...
Idk about you but flossing gets rid of plaque that otherwise would have stayed between my teeth because my toothbrush can't reach it. And we know plaque leads to tartar and tartar leads to cavities, so...
Vancouver? Yeah - moved here a couple of years ago and didn’t get around to going to the dentist for awhile. It was quite the nasty surprise when he mentioned it along with my many cavities (which are unlikely all the fault of no fluoride but still).
I guess either your dentist doesn't like flossing or you have perfect teeth so he doesn't need to ask if you're flossing.
I'm from near Stuttgart ( Germany) and the three dentists i've been to always recommend flossing regularly.
At my last cleaning the lady said I will Regret not flossing my teeth when I'm older! It hasn't changed my habits, but we Americans are threatened into dental hygiene.
Idk if it's more common here or something, but you wouldn't get a machine for snoring, you'd get it for sleep apnea. Snoring can be a symptom of it, but that isn't a real problem. Not being able to breathe properly when you sleep will fuck up your sleep though man, it might not kill you but you'll want to be dead if you get the equivalent of like 3 hours of sleep every night
I don’t think so. I’m Canadian, and I floss. Basically everyone I know flosses too. At the dentist, the hygenist flosses your teeth, and encourages you to floss.
I find it tends to get extra bits of food out from between your teeth that a brush might not reach. My teeth actually look much cleaner when I floss regularly as well - in a depression spell, I might not floss for like a month or so, and I can tell when I look at my teeth. That being said, I don’t know that it genuinely is cleaner.
bekbok · 2 points · Posted at 11:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dentist (well hygienist) does it for me when I go but doesn’t tell me to do it. I go to a bupa dentist though not NHS as I’ve not had good experiences with NHS dentists (in and out in a minute which isn’t long enough to check all your teeth imo). I pay about £14 a month which covers 2 dentist visits and 2 hygienist visits a year as well as any x-rays the dentist thinks I need and a discount if I need work done.
Can also get emergency treatment free as well which was useful when the other year I had a toothache that ended up being caused by my hay-fever. Saw the dentist next day for free, had an X-ray showing toothache was due to my sinus filled with mucus pushing on a filling. Got a nasal spray for hay-fever and was fine in a day or two. I will admit it wasn’t what I was expecting to be causing my problem.
I'm European, I floss, majority of people in my social circle flosses, I guess, based on the fact that people do have floss in their bathrooms, in their purses, they assume other people might have floss in their purses and they can ask some if they need it, on multiple occasions I've discussed floss brands and types just as I sometimes discuss laundry detergent or what have you, my dentist assumes I floss, you can buy floss in every supermarket (in small convenience stores in rural areas probably not, though), pharmacy, chemist. Mint flavoured, unscented, satin, spongy, floss picks...
I normally don't correct spelling, but I think you were looking for the word "scented." I feel like I had to say something because of the thread we're in!
I am European and almost everyone I know floss!
Every dentist I have been always ask about flossing during the 6 months check. And I remember one of my classmate being mocked because she didn't floss and only brushed her teeth once a day. Europe is wide!
What? That is wild to me. I'm from a Nordic country and everyone I know is at least aware that they should floss, even if a lot of people forget to, or are too lazy to do it regularly.
...What? It definitely is a thing in Europe, why do you think you can buy floss at every pharmacy, chemist, supermarket all over Europe, do you think they stock it for American tourists? Whether you go to a supermarket in the UK or Albania you can buy floss because there's a demand created by the local population, not Northern Americans who forgot to pack their floss.
Source: I'm European. I floss. It's clear from some things my dentist says that she assumes I floss. When I'm at a friend's house and I need to floss because something stuck between my teeth and I've forgotten my own (normally I carry floss with me), I can ask them floss and they'll give it to me. Happened a couple of times with various friends. I've been asked for floss by friends because they assumed I might have one in my purse. I've seen colleagues flossing in the restroom.
I'm dumbfounded right now.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im European too (Germany) but everybody flosses (at least most do, some are lazy I guess)
TIL that people don’t floss in Europe! Most Americans floss as part of their daily brushing routine. And if I they don’t, it’s considered something that everyone should do more of to better themselves. Like how people say “I should work out more” — I’ve heard many say “I probably should floss more”.
It’s something done at every dental checkup and constantly encouraged by dentists and parents.
Europeans do floss, but not all, most at least know what it is. My dentist discourages flossing, since many people do it wrong and hurt their gums, but he encourages using tootpicks.
As an Irishman I can confirm that I've never flossed or been told to floss by my dentist, who insists that my teeth are in great shape. According to her, proper brushing is all that should be needed -as long as you do it right.
I’m French and only flossed with floss picks when I had braces. I don’t know what an hygienist is, I only see one doctor when going to the dentist (aka the dentist and maybe an assistant) and they don’t floss them either. They only tell you to floss if you have some condition needing it. I’m still cavity free at nearly 30 (and I don’t use mouthwash regularly) maybe it’s because we eat differently? I realized I’m on the lower end of carbs as I don’t eat cakes, bread, pasta or rice on the regular, mostly vegetables and animal protein cooked in oil/butter. After eating carb heavy meals my teeth get dirty and I don’t get that gunk when I don’t have that much carbs.
It seems to be geographical! I'm Canadian and couldn't believe someone had made it to adulthood without flossing, but it seems that it's not as unusual as I'd thought.
This is just a cultural thing - floss is very uncommon (not completely absent, just uncommon) in England
tb2186 · 6 points · Posted at 04:29:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aaaaaaah! I can’t imagine never flossing. It’s absolutely necessary to keep your guns healthy. My dental assistant sister always said it’s more important than brushing.
I was never taught to floss and no dentist has ever mentioned it. Any time I've tried to use floss or equivalent to get something out of my teeth it's just been a horrible experience.
I'm in the UK and the last time I was at a dentist I was flabbergasted to find that my teeth were still in excellent condition.
I don’t think (full size) supermarkets & pharmacies stock floss dependant upon regional trends, it’s just a basic hygiene item, like deodorant or a back brush - you might not use it but it’s available. Next time look properly in the oral hygiene aisle. I don’t even use it myself or notice when it when I’m buying toothpaste etc, but I know it’s sold widely.
I dont know where 'up here' is but i live in Scotland and do a lot of work around the country and in Northern England and ive never had to go to two shops looking for it
Couldn't have done that last bit with an English bloke though. He would've smacked you upside the head. Trust me, I know too many people who resort to violence when they are mocked or insulted and I'm only 15. Kinda scary really
thput · 169 points · Posted at 01:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We weren't adults at the time, but my friend I have known since we were 10, came over to my house when we were 16. He lived directly across the street and I saw him most days. Anyway, he comes over and while we were hanging out we decided to have a snack.
My mom used to buy cases of oranges and we could eat those at any time. So I grab a couple oranges, throw one to him. He stares at it for a while and I know the guy pretty well.
I ask him whats the problem and he says "How do I do this?"
"What? Dude, I know you have eaten an orange before."
"Yeah, but how do I get... into it?"
"What?! You mean peel it?"
"Yeah, my mom just cuts them in fourths."
I laughed at him for a good 15 min, and then taught him how to peel an orange.
I still being it up sometimes... to his kids. We're 40 now.
One time I was out on a field trip and they gave us sack lunches that included an orange, and my friend acted so shocked and weirded out that I just peeled it and ate it like that, that for a split second I got worried that it was unusual to peel an orange. We were 17.
When I was in kindergarten I bit Into the orange the teacher gave us and complained I didn’t like how sour it was. That’s when I learned you had to peel them.
Toilet clogged. My roommate knew to get the plunger, but had no idea what to do with it. She sort of just stuck it in the water and swirled it around in circles.
No she's right! You gotta create a whirlpool just like when it flushes
EyDavid · 302 points · Posted at 23:21:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talked with some guys online. Don't ask me how but we got to the topic of the female menstrual cycle. In Germany this was first explained to me when I was in elementary school as a part of sex ed. During my school time In learned it again two times during more advanced sex ed. Of these three men in their twenties no one had a clue on how that shit worked or why women get their period. I was so confused but they explained sex ed in America is mostly garbage...
I had a teacher in middle school who believed that it couldn’t be rape if you orgasmed... you’d think someone who teaches Sex Ed would understand how a biological response works, but nope.
My school disguised sex ed as "health class". They got away with the bare minimum, aka 3 class periods on STDs and only nutrition and organs for the rest of the year. Of course, I'm talking about a christian school, the place that only tells you to not do it until marriage and leaves it at that. The only reason I know this shit is because I specifically looked at the pages we skipped and google is the salvation to ignorant education.
That's better than my high school, they saved sex Ed for the last month of school and was going to have a medical doctor come in and teach it. Then the doctor gave birth early so she couldn't come teach and we talked about dieting instead.
Yeah, the thing about US sex ed is that is varies wildly by location and there’s no national standard. Some people receive really great, comprehensive sex ed, some receive abstinence-only, horrible misinformation, or nothing. I personally had very decent sex ed in my opinion, but I know others aren’t so lucky. One interesting thing about my high school sex ed teacher though was she was caught embezzling money from the cheerleading team and was still able to work there for years afterward.
Yeah, NC here. Davidson county. The county that had Sheriff Hege and the pink, crying, teddy bear jail.
We learned about STDs, the full 9yards of bodily functions, what a condom was and how to use it, and that it was possible that women could use the pill... every year after since 6th grade (So circa 2000). This was a public school, in a pretty low-income county, full of farms and industries.
All these posts about "My guy didn't know xyz about my vagina" only tells me either their area is definitely not as educated as mine, or they didn't pay attention at all. Yes, they definitely teach you abstinence, but they also show you "So, if you really think you're ready to be an adult and handle the real world, here's how to prevent yourself from fucking that up with an unplanned child."
I actually never received sex education in public school (US, in college now). Not even a class that was supposed to be sex ed but was actually bullshit, just no sex education whatsoever.
In my school district they'd do separate boys and girls health classes one day in the 5th grade and only explain it to the girls. I guess they were worried the boys would make crude jokes and make the girls uncomfortable?
I'm an American and we had two different sex ed classes, and I went to a Catholic middle school (age 10-14). I think a lot of these people just weren't paying attention.
You know, I used to think “parents fill in the information” was ok, until I was more aware of statistics.
When teen pregnancy and sex health are very real issues, it isn’t fair to punish the kids for a lack of parental responsibility.
I had way too many friends who grew up only knowing that “the Bible says you can’t have sex until you’re married.”
No idea how to protect themselves. No idea how to seek help if they’re assaulted.
Parents should be giving kids this information, but it’s a real public health issue that needs to be taught elsewhere for kids who have parents who can’t or won’t teach them.
(Don’t forget all the kids who were never taught anything, grew up, and now have kids but don’t know they’re lacking the proper education to teach their children.)
Totally agree that parents and schools should help each other fill the gaps and give their kids the best possible information to go out into the world with. Personal beliefs aside, give them the knowledge and tools to succeed. Let them make decisions that are best for themselves.
It actually varies from location to location. Our sex ed was pretty comprehensive but I've heard horror stories about other places, especially in the Bible Belt.
In the U.S., early sex ed in public schools is often taught by separating the boys and girls into different rooms and only teaching the boys about their bodies, and only teaching girls about theirs (obviously referring to cis boys and girls only... LGBT+ sex ed is usually entirely ignored).
In my school, they did eventually bring the boys back in with the girls in 5th grade and then any sex ed taught after that was taught to everyone. But a lot of that was more about preventing STIs. The general idea was definitely that only girls need to be concerned with understanding menstruation, it needn't apply to the boys. As if none of them would someday grow up to date and marry women, and raise daughters.
I dated a guy who did not do his own laundry. He lived on his own but Mommy would come in and pick up his laundry for him.
One time I was at his place, naked in his bed, and his mother walks in to go pick up his laundry. It was easy to tell that someone was there (my car was in his driveway). We didn't last much longer after that incident.
If you are mature enough to have sex, you are mature enough to not rely on Mommy to do your laundry.
First year at uni I had to teach someone to use the washing machine. In November. His parents weren't even coming to do it, I just genuinely think he managed two months without washing a thing.
I dated a man, yes, a college educated man, whose mother still bought his underwear and shipped it to him (not online, like went to a store, bought it and put it in the mail). I put a stop to that.
To be that helpless/selfish to expect that level of ‘mothering’ that late in life is ridiculous.
I also don’t understand the parents who do this, I’m doing my damndest to teach my kids self-sufficiency and they are under 10 and can probably do a lot of what people are talking about here.
See, that repulses me. Letting someone do my personal chores/laundry is degrading to that person, and would make me feel like a selfish person. I'm not a small child.
I can under stand that. I’m certainly not expecting it...ever really, but if my parents, who regularly watch our kids said ‘hey grab you laundry we’ll do it for you’ I’m fully on board.
It’s an act of kindness that I’m for and appreciative of.
wow. I remember watching my mom work the washer/dryer when i was 6. i kept asking questions because i was super inquisitive. she asked if i remembered what to do and to repeat the process back to her. once i had it down, she was like, "congrats...you're going to do your laundry from now on." she folded it, but i have been loading & unloading since i was 6 or 7. my parents weren't militant or anything, but apparently just didn't want me to end up as a story on this thread one day :)
i greatly thank them for teaching me the value of a dollar and basic tasks in life.
Do you use the word Mommy? Or are you using it in a belittling way? I get the guy doesn’t do his own laundry but you’re coming across really negative and condescending in this post.
If he didn't do his own laundry, fine. But when his mother walked in during sex to pick up the laundry that is a different story. That move cost him a girlfriend.
Sure, that’s obviously strange and not okay. But that doesn’t really change my main point. All I’m saying is that, despite the action, there’s just no need to downtalk the guy like that, even if his behavior and boundaries are immature.
(At the time) he was 27 years old and had two kids with his ex. He also had a functioning washer/dryer in his home (so no costs associated with doing laundry).
By 27, the guy already had a house (that he owned) and two kids. I mean he was adulting enough to have a house. Shouldn't laundry be part of adulting 101?
I don’t think you’re hearing what I’m saying. It seemed like in your first post you were being very condescending towards an otherwise extremely successful man. No guy likes being told he has a “mommy”, it’s an emasculating and embarrassing thing to hear.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:14 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I was on the beach with my friend who is 22 years old, and we were eating fruit. She grabs a cherry, tears it in half, getting covered in juices and looking like she commited murder, and when I asked her why she didn't eat it normally, she told me her mom always took the pits out for her.
She needs to buy herself a cherry pitter. In all honesty, pitting your cherries makes them a lot easier to eat, but not knowing how to eat around the pit in the first place....
This guy in my halls in our first year of uni once brought me a tin of beans and asked me how to open it. He had never seen a can opener before. He then proceeded to leave some pasta in a pot on the heat to “cook”. Without adding any water. I learned that day that pasta can burn !
Loads of these comments are food/cooking related - do we need to make home economics mandatory again???
Combining cooking with nutrition could genuinely tackle America's obesity problem, and learning to make and repair clothes both reduces environmental impact and saves money.
I *want* to say yes to home ec but then I remember that my home ec class got removed to a portable classroom after someone burnt a dish towel in an oven, so I never got any of the cooking units, and then in the sewing unit someone sewed their hand with a sewing machine
Here in Sweden it is mandatory. We even learn all about budgeting, washing, cleaning, changing light bulbs, insurance, moving house, etc.
This is very much needed. I do not understand how you cannot have these classes and then live a full adult life. You can't rely on parents for this. Same goes for sex ed.
Yeah, but call it life skills and not home ec(my hone ec teacher was more concerned with teaching a bunch of backwoods Missouri kids elegant dining manners than actual fucking life skills)
and combine it with home and car repair focused shop class as well, because I lucked out an have a dad that taught me that shit, but not everyone gets that lucky.
It was mandatory for me, at least in middle school. Although they did call it FCS (family & consumer something-or-other). What really annoyed me, though, is that every year we were supposed to have a sewing part, a cooking part, and a money-management-type part. In seventh grade, they replaced sewing with party planning. Because of that, for years, I knew how to plan a wedding but not how to sew buttons back onto my own clothes (I can sew better now).
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I used to game with started living on his own in his mid 30s. He had never:
Paid a bill, even his own credit cards
Shopped for his own food
Taken care of his own car (including gas)
Traveled on his own with public transport of any kind, from local buses to traveling overseas even though he had a passport
Had a job over that like ran a food booth at a 4h fair.
There were some other things. He had a very controlling mom until one day she died from a heart attack. He inherited a huge sum of money, too, but didn't know about life insurance or how estates worked. Thankfully, some gaming buddies helped him out, including how to control money, "don't be one of those idiots who blows it all on stupid shit." I remember one session where someone said if he spends all his money or gets ripped off, he was going to come to guys house and kick his ass.
Like they got him an attorney, financial planner, and so on. There are actual college courses on how to manage a budget and stuff like that. Turned out his bazillion hours of gaming and online farming made him a shrewd business guy, and years later, got his first degree, and MBA, at 39.
Happy Cake Day!
On the topic of landlines, I was hanging out with a friend, we were discussing a storm that caused a power outage and mobile reception to drop out and what we did to pass the time after the storm, I mentioned how I just used the home phone to ring a different friend and had a good ol' yack til the power came on. She was adamant that home phones don't work without power, I had to teach her that only cordless/powered phones won't work and that she should have a wall mounted phone for emergencies.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 10:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have to have a copper landline though. Some phone jacks go over VOIP or whatever, or somehow tap into cable as opposed to standard landline (I forget how it works but AT&T does this) and those will go out when the power drops AFAIK.
and that she should have a wall mounted phone for emergencies.
I’m having a hard time imagining an emergency that completely destroys mobile phone infrastructure where I would still need to call someone. I haven’t lived anywhere with a landline in... a long time.
I've seen it happen repeatedly in my neighborhood. A car knocks down the power pole, or lightening strikes the power lines, and the neighborhood is without power. An hour later, the cell phones are dead because the UPS (generators anyone?) in the cell phone hut at base of the tower ran out of power. However, because I have copper lines, I can let the power company know of the outage, and continue working over the DSL using my own UPS, until the outage is fixed, or I run out of power. I also have my own generator if it comes to that, but have only needed to use it once.
Do you live in a remote area with only one cell tower nearby? Where I live, a number of towers would have to fail before I was completely without service, and driving 5-10 minutes in most directions would bring me in range of more.
Yes, it's in the country. I could drive 5-10 miles to next cell tower (assuming it's not out of power), but then, I'm working in my car. I like the ability to work at home, even if the neighborhood is out of power, and as I noted, if I need to, I can use my own generator. The phone company has repeatedly tried to get me to give up my copper lines, but until they can guarantee the 5 9's reliability of my landline & DSL, I'm not going to do that.
I realize I missed a point that I alluded to above. If there were automatically starting generators at the cell phone huts, it wouldn't matter if the power went out, because the cell phone infrastructure would still have power.
My cashier was trying to dial our work phone and said it wasn’t working. She didn’t know about putting the “1” before the different area code because cell phones don’t make you do that anymore.
Huh? I never had to do that on a landline either. I thought that was just for international calls and otherwise it's assumed. Unless this was ages ago or something specific to your area? I know we didn't use to have to dial the 3-digit area code for years until they ran out of numbers and now we have to type that part in, but not the country code.
I mean I’m in California but the only time we don’t put the 3 digit area code is when calling the same area code as the phone itself. When I don’t the call won’t go through for me? Now I’m questioning myself lol.
We used to not have to dial the area code if it was our same area code too, up until a few years back when they had to change it (now we have to put in the area code every time). Never had to dial the country code though, which is why I'm confused.
Could be. I admit I didn't always date the brightest girls cause... Well, if they were smart they probably wouldn't have been dating me. Selection bias.
I also have heard the uti thing, but I think they got them mixed up. I wonder what other symptoms peeing after sex can cure? Depression? Headaches? Hunger? Missing limb?
As someone who dealt with several years of infertility under care of an RE, the woman is advised to stay laying down in bed after sex for a good 15 minutes, to maximize the chance of swimmers getting to where they are supposed to go. Some does come out during that post-sex bathroom trip, after all. It certainly isn't necessary, but infertility has folks doing every little thing to help their chances. This is a stretch, but maybe they heard this advice from someone and thought it worked the opposite way too. Stand up, pee, and you won't get pregnant.
I can't imagine trusting my fertility chances to a weird piece of advice or assumption to something like that, but some people are bizarre.
One of my roommates in college was basically helpless when it came to basic life skills. She declared herself a feminist and didn’t want to do housework but like, part of being independent is learning how to be self-sufficient... Anyways, she came to me one day our junior year and asked me how to do laundry. Literally had never done it herself before. She also came to me and our other roommates once because she clogged her toilet and wanted us to come fix it because she didn’t know how. She asked if she should call maintenance and we were like no wtf go buy a plunger and deal with that shit yourself. She still had one of my other roommates come help her plunge the toilet but thank god it wasn’t me lol.
She had no idea how to cook and ordered delivery like every night, she never learned to drive, didn’t know how to swim, she was incapable of picking up after herself and would drop her stuff in the middle of the floor where the rest of us were constantly tripping over it, and she never took out the trash unless repeatedly asked.
She moved out over the summer finally but didn’t clean her shit out of the fridge when she left. I was gone home for the summer and when I came back it was full of rotten food and had to be completely cleaned. She had also left food or something in her room and I had to call the pest control folks because there were ants and roaches coming in.
The thing is, she was extremely nice and sweet and I don’t think any of it was out of malice or bad intent. She was just completely fucking clueless. I just don’t understand how a person can be so helpless when they’re practically an adult and how their parents can let them get that bad.
She declared herself a feminist and didn’t want to do housework
What was her explanation of the connection between housework and feminism? Basic cooking, cleaning, and maintenance are things that everyone should no how to do, no matter what gender. Sounds like she was just lazy and extremely ignorant.
I think it was because she came from an Indian family and she was like (in her mind) bucking the gender roles? Like the expectation is (at least among her family, idk about all Indians) that women are supposed to take care of the household and whatnot. She talked about how her parents would want to set up a marriage for her in the future to an Indian guy and she wasn’t allowed to date and worried that whatever guy they picked out would want her to do everything. No excuse for not learning basic shit, but I can understand not being a fan of that. And also I think that cultural expectation lead to her mom always doing everything for the family and my roommate never having to learn how to take care of herself. Her parents drove 2.5 hrs each way every weekend to pick her up and drop her off and that’s when she’d take all her laundry home for her mom to do.
I feel like she got confused about feminism and housework. Men and women should know how to do all types of housework to be independent, and if they are a couple, should do their equal share of said housework, rather than the woman doing all of it once they move in together.
Well, I think any criticism is going to come from something. There are people who exist that are the "millennials" older generations complain about. There are also people who are the "boomers" from ok boomer comments. Are these people the majority? Probably not.
I feel like she's one of those people who would have died had she lived 3000 years ago or something.
coorico · 599 points · Posted at 21:20:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine didn’t know that when the white taillights on a car light up, that means they’re in reverse. He was 21. Also didn’t know if you had to stop at a red light if you wanted to make a right turn, he thought you just rolled through like a yield.
Forget who it was, but some English guy once said our greatest contribution to the world was right on red. It was initially to save gas during the crisis in the '70s, so it's done a lot of good for the environment.
Can confirm. Grew up in NYC and now live in a different state. When I first moved, you can imagine how confused I was when people started honking when the light was red and I stopped but had my turn signal on, waiting until the light turned green before I turned right.
I had to look it up because that was so surprising and you're right. I've driven in multiple states for 13 years now and have always made right turns on red unless a sign explicitly said "No right on red". Turns out in NYC you have to look for the opposite, signs that say "Right turn permitted on red".
Yea, it's annoying when the smug asshats visiting from other states honk at you from behind in NYC because you're turning right and are stopped at a red light. They don't know you can't do it here.
Conversely, I sometimes see people turning right on red and almost causing accidents, causing people to slam on their brakes and blare their horn.
We can also left turn on red. Only if you're not crossing traffic. That means you can left turn on red from a one-way street to another one-way street.
Depends on the state. In the two states I’ve lived in (WA and ID), you can make a left on red after a stop when turning onto a one way street, even if you are on a two way street
The other day I nearly got clipped by a car that didn’t stop for the red light (couldn’t see them in around the other cars that stopped for the red light). They just kept trying to turn.
I was on the crosswalk (with the green light to go).
I’m too young to drive, so until I saw these comments, I honestly thought I was being the stupid/reckless one somehow.
In my area it actually is for the most part. If there is an intersection that you are supposed to stop before turning right on red there is always a sign saying "right on red after stop" or something similiar.
So when they see the explicit Yield [on red] sign that upgrades their right of way, they assume it must mean Stop on green, if somebody across from you might be turning left. As though it makes sense for a right-turning driver to look ahead and simultaneously look backward, and to ever stop on a green light, depending upon what's behind them. It is so effing common around here, at the freeway entrances, it's mind-blowing.
90% seem to think "yellow means speed up" and "red means GO FOR IT!"
I never move when the light turns green, I wait a few seconds for the idiot in the other direction who thinks "I can still make it."
(Here's a secret - if the light is already red before you get to the intersection, you're supposed to STOP!)
It is truly scary what little knowledge people have about the rules of the road. I have friends who change lanes in the intersection and it scares the crap out of me.
Once watched a car weaving in and out of lanes and squeezing into spots on a tiny, packed two-lane road. Switched in front of us in the middle of the intersection.
Best part? We ended up in the same place, and for all that danger...they beat us by 20-30 seconds. Saw them backing into a spot.
I really just don’t get it. I get impatience, it sucks to be behind someone going 5 under, but at some point it’s just reckless and honestly futile to be weaving through and around cars. It makes them feel like they’re in more control, when in reality we often all end up at the same light anyways. So why be a dick and endanger others on the road!?
I saw some AskReddit threads asking why asshole drivers do asshole things like that and their logic is just mind-blowing. They feel like it's their God-given right to get there as soon as inhumanly possible and that everyone else on the road are dicks for being in their way and should just make it easier for them to do illegal or dangerous crap like they want to. Not even putting words in their mouth, like, that's how they actually think.
Semi-related, I heard a Pokemon Go player go on a rant about community leaders having no right to tell people to stop playing mobile games while driving and blocking the road, because obviously everyone breaks the rules when cops aren't around and it's their right to continue doing that without the cops nailing them. Not even something like lots of people speeding knowing they're not supposed to, but that as long as cops aren't actively pulling them over it's like....the right thing to do and how dare anyone say otherwise?
I'm 33 and only learned like 2 years ago that you could turn right on a red arrow. I thought you could turn right on a red light, but not a red arrow. I have no idea where I got this idea from.
Alternately, I live in an area with a lot of one way streets and every time I turn left on red with someone new in my car they panic.
To be fair on that first point, some dipshit at Chevrolet ran out of windows to lick or something and decided that the reverse lights on their vehicles should also be part of the approach lighting, so they come on when you unlock your car or open the doors- even if it isn't in reverse.
This has infuriated me to no end when searching for parking. Oh look that guy is getting ready to leav- oh its just a fucking Chevy.
I had to explain this to my best friend at 20. To be fair she had only had a license for three years and her drivers education was non existent.
I said “watch out they’re backing up” and she went “how can you tell?”.
I’m about to turn 21. Grew up in the city. I’ve only ever been behind the wheel once and that was driving in a straight line on an abandoned country road. I pretty much have no idea what this comment means...
Saw a friend just blow through a blinking red light. When I asked him about it he thought it was OK because he timed it so that the light wasn’t actually ON when he went through.
KracT79 · 297 points · Posted at 22:32:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was 19 the girl I was dating and living with didn’t know how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. I explained how to make one. Butter two pieces of bread, place one butter side down in pan, add cheese, top with second piece of bread butter side up. She gave me a blank stare. I literally had to write her a recipe with diagrams. She had/has plenty of smarts, somehow grilled cheese sandwiches escaped her.
Edit: a word.
🎙️ arual_x · 234 points · Posted at 22:35:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact. We don’t do this in the UK. We have a special machine, called a toastie maker and it spits out toasted sandwiches with an interior temperature comparable to the surface of the sun. Think of it as a British hot pocket or the sandwich version of a McDonalds Apple Pie.
Sandwich maker. If you're in America. Fairly common college dorm appliance. Should be able to get a cheep one easy.
We had one when I was in boarding school. They weren't allowed, so we had to hide it in a drawer.
Another kid liked the idea. Bought one of his own. .... Kept it in a drawer.... Plugged in.
Well, let's just say he demonstrated why they weren't allowed.
I remember living in dorms and thinking all the banned things were dumb. Then I saw my fellow dorm mates do some really dumb stuff and realized why this stuff was banned. Didn't stop me from using my candle, though.
I've never seen one, but they look like a cross between a panini press and a waffle iron, which are both semi common. I don't have either, but I wouldn't be surprised if a friend had one. My family makes hot sandwiches with an electric griddle. (I'm from the US.)
I had one growing up, it's a unitasking piece of kitchen equipment that makes subpar grilled cheeses and it takes up space. You're limited by the size and shape of the bread. Why? You can just use a skillet, butter and any bread you want. No need for extra unitasking equipment.
I was the same about eggcookers... I mean it's literally a pot and water... Until i got one as a present. Now i cant live without it, i always get perfectly cooked loose eggs.
And it makes too much of a crust, by the end you've wasted half of that tiny square of bread on chewy, cheeseless crust and are left with a tiny portion in the middle that is cheesy. Always preferred the American version.
Aussie here also ... grew up calling them Jaffle makers, like the Jaffle irons you use on the camp fire. I wonder if it’s which part of the nation you grew up in (potato cake or potato scallop)
They are here, just not as common. I think they were more popular 10-20 years ago because they are always being sold in thrift stores, or at least that’s where I have always bought mine.
Oh I love these, we call these sandwich presses in the States. My childhood was filled with hours of experimenting with it. Ham and cheese? Pressed. Peanut butter and jelly? Pressed. Jelly and ham? Pressed. BLT? You guessed it. Pressed.
I’ve never actually had a good one though, because they are ALWAYS at the thrift store for a dollar or two, and impossible to justify a new one.
Am American! Had one of these in the 90’s that I would use to make my school lunches! It was billed as a ‘sandwich maker’
oayira · 1 points · Posted at 10:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grew up using this, can attest to the fact that it toasts sandwiches with interior temperatures comparable to the surface of the sun. Burnt my tongue so many times 😂
We have these in Australia, we call them jaffle makers (no idea why.) Best filling is tinned spaghetti but you will burn your face off for like... 10 minutes.
I'm still confused why Americans call them grilled cheese as they are not grilled at all. Before I had a toastie maker I would just do normal cheese on toast and put them together after, that way you could put the ketchup in between as well.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my husband to make me cheese on toast one day when I was too sick to make myself something
He came back to me with melted cheese on bread. He’d forgot to toast the bread first. He couldn’t understand why I didn’t want to eat it regardless. I sure can pick ‘em.
Cheese on toast is my go to comfort food, it was the only thing my mum could cook well. If I felt unwell/upset she would always do cheese on toast with a cup of tea.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your comment was the only one in this thread that made me go "I don't know about this thing or concept" so I clicked on your toastie maker link eager to learn. I burst out laughing going: Oh, a panini press! Yeah they do make good stuff!
🎙️ arual_x · 0 points · Posted at 13:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s different. The things aren’t flat. They will only take square slices of bread, and the sandwiches that come out at the end are shaped and scalloped. We have panini presses too. They’re an entirely separate product.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait this is a British thing? I assumed everyone had these. And my wife was just weird with her making sandwiches on the stove. Also she judged me for not being able to make this on the stove. You have just resolved many arguments.
You should hear us when we start arguing about whether certain words exist. Invariably they’re all British English.
Sounds a lot like a Breville here in the US, except without those special shells. (A Breville is basically two hotplates on a hinge. Great for sandwiches, tuna melts, even quesadillas.)
When I type my post last night I was thinking “Should I mention the Toastie/GC conflict? Nah, it’ll be reet, what are the odds any Brit is going to call me out”. Go figure the OP for the post is British.
Having lived in the UK for the last 3 years I have become well aware of the dangers of mentioning a grilled cheese and the confusion that comes with it and yet I still rolled the dice. Somehow a Hob Cheese Sandwich doesn’t sound as delicious.
I love my little hot pocket maker unfortunately it didn’t make the move over since it would have probably caught fire if I connected it to the mains. Since I’m not brave enough to stick bread and cheese in a sideways toaster I have gone back to my roots and embraced my cast iron pan as the de facto hot cheese sandwich maker.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 14:56:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got these weird bake-o-glide style reusable toaster pockets for sandwiches once... they were awful. And I’ve actually tried making grilled cheese sandwiches on my cast iron skillet a couple of times, but I don’t know what it is about them, they just don’t speak to me on the same deep, emotional level that a toastie does.
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 02:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my fiancé and I started dating I learned that he would make grilled cheese by slapping a piece of cheese between two slices of bread and microwave it. I quickly educated him on his methods.
I think he only ate them in restaurants as a kid, since his mom absolutely hates cheese. He genuinely didn’t know how to cook it. It was awesome to see his face light up when he took a bite out of the proper grilled cheese I made for him.
My wife burns every grilled cheese she has ever made for us.
After having a kid, she's finally caught on to "Oh, that's why he flips it every so often." Yes, to make sure it doesn't burn to a fucking crisp and I'm not eating charcoal and tomato soup.
Your comment made me laugh. I’ve have been known, much to my wife’s dismay, to throw food away if it gets passed well done and go hungry rather than eat charcoal.
I talk a mean game, the “toss it out option” only happens if I cook. If she makes it I shut up, smile, and vow to cook next time.
There's been a time where we've both had to stop putting on a face and say "I can't eat this" with her cooking. It's just usually something she's trying out and turns out to be terrible or she made a step wrong.
She can cook some fantastic meals, but there are some things in that cookbook of hers I want to rip out or edit to say "add XYZ"
I understand, I usually won’t say anything unless my wife asks for feed back. We both have made some clunkers over the years. Luckily, if it’s bad whoever made it knows and just fore warns the other one and wants feedback on how to make it better. It’s hard sometimes when she or I make a meal and it comes out subpar. It can be a real kick in the ass.
Butter the slices of bread and cook those on a cast iron until slightly crispy. Remove and apply mayo to the other side and add some seasoning. Put one slice on along with the shredded cheese combo of you choice on top (purchased or shredded prior to starting). Add a protein if you want a melt and a little something extra. Top with the other slice of bread mayo-side up. If you have a sandwich press, use this, but make sure it’s heated. Check periodically on crispness of the bottom slice and flip. When that side is done, enjoy.
Lol, I love the grilled cheese/fried cheese sandwich/toastie conversation.
My understanding of the American grilled cheese sandwich is this. In 1950s America the most common cooking appliance in diners or fast service restaurants is a flat top grill. By taking a cheese sandwich and cooking it in oil on a flat top grill you create a “Flat top grill cheese sandwich” which is a mouthful; especially since usually it’s a kid or someone in a hurry who is going to order one to eat. So rather than wait 20 minutes for customers to spit all that out restaurants began calling them “Grilled Cheese Sandwiches” or a “grilled cheese”.
That could be total bullshit since I made it up.
A quick google leads me to think we bastardized the cheese on toast concept by doubling the bread and cooking in butter or fat.
Anyway you look at it, a hot sandwich with cheese is a winner (as long as it wasn’t microwaved...).
Interesting. I sometimes make toasted ham and cheese sandwiches but I put the butter in the (cast iron) pan first, then put in the assembled sandwich and put a lid on it.
I also play it fast and loose sometimes and do this. I always regret it though because I end out with either too much butter so the sandwich gets too greasy or not enough butter and end out with dry patches. It’s a fine line I suppose.
I have done that and wasn’t happy with the end result. I keep trying every so often though in case it works out one day.
My ultimate is softened butter (not melted) with Dijon mustard. Make as usual, then before cutting, peel it open and lay down 1-2 thin slices of kosher dill pickle. Close it back up, slice on the diagonal and enjoy with kettle chips (crisps, if the Brits are still with us...).
As a vegan, I take pride having never made a grilled cheese sandwich and hence not knowing how to beyond an intellectual level for different reasons...
I’m not too knowledgeable about vegan cooking but wouldn’t any pan fried sandwich work? Peanut butter and banana, hummus and red pepper... I can’t think of any other combos of the top of my head.
I agree that method can work, but I find it either results in too much butter or too little butter. By coating the bread first you get even coverage. Also, you don’t end out with brown or burned butter in the pan. Lastly, if you mix the butter with a bit of Dijon mustard before applying to the bread you can crank the flavor up another notch.
The key to ensuring the butter is right on both sides is re-buttering during the flip. I’ve honestly never had a better grilled cheese than my and my mom’s homemade ones. Restaurant grilled cheeses always seem subpar to me, and perhaps they’re using this apparently more common method, so I’m reluctant to try it. But I guess I’ll try it out once.
Tell you what, next grilled cheese I make I’ll give your method another shot using the re-buttering method. I’m game to figure out how to build a better mouse trap.
You taught her wrong, yourself. The real secret is to butter BOTH sides of each slice, toast them on one side, flip then place the cheese on one slice, top it with the other, then toast each side of the sandwich.
My wife and daughter told me that I always made the best grilled cheese sandwiches this way, and I don't even like cheese!
For the sake of teaching someone how to make a grilled cheese sandwich I went with the easy approach before moving on to advanced options. Anything short of jamming the thing in the microwave would be considered acceptable or correct.
I don’t think I could get behind your method for two reasons. One, it seems like too much of a hassle. Grilled cheese is a quick and dirty sandwich when your too tired or lazy to make a real meal. Secondly, unless you’re using doorstop bread it seems like a great way to make a grilled cheese cracker. I prefer crisp outside with a soft and melty center.
Also, I can’t believe how many of us have serious opinions on grilled cheese sandwiches, it can be an insanely divisive subject apparently. Maybe I’ll get around to trying your method someday.
"Don't have time?" Haven't you heard "anything worth doing is worth doing well?"
When you have time, give it a try. The inside does come out "soft and melty" - you don't have to toast it too long, just a bit longer than to melt the butter.
I was tending bar in LA when one if the cocktail waitresses, (an LA model type) asked me to burp her——like a baby. I’m certain she wasn’t flirting since she was waaaaay out of my league, but I’m convinced she was just desperate for attention. She told me she never learned how to burp like that was a normal thing to not know. She must have read the revulsion on my face because as she turned to leave she let out this deep belly burp that filled the bar. She turned beet red as I called out “you’re welcome.”
As someone who also cannot burp, it's a really awful thing.
People have tried to explain it to me over the years.
"Just suck in air and, like, let it burp out."
"Pretend you're trying to vomit, but don't."
When I get stomach gas, the only direction that pressure is going is ass-ward. I stopped drinking anything carbonated because the bloating is so painful.
Dito. I get "air in my stomach" quite often and cannot burp and it makes me feel sick to my stomach. I ask my husband to burp me occasionally and he doesn't mind but I would never ask a complete stranger to burp me. Sometimes getting up and walking around while bringing your knees to your chest also helps the burps come out.
An ex of mine had the same problem - apparently he'd mentioned it to a doctor and was told it's because the sphincter opening to his stomach doesn't relax properly and hence why he has to force burps out. Apparently there's also a simple procedure to try and fix it, he just never got around to doing it because life was hectic. Idk if that information helps you at all, but maybe bring it up with your GP and see if you can make your life a little easier.
I mean, parents help tiny babies burp by "bicycling" the baby's knees to the chest, so that definitely sounds like a good tactic for those much older, too.
I’m not sure if this will work but sometimes I cAn force air into my stomach and force a burp that way. Like swallowing air kind of. But it’s not the same muscle motion as swallowing.
This is probably a stupid question but how does your husband burp you? Is it like a baby where you pat them on the back or what? I’m having a hard time picturing it
You want to swallow the air, not suck it in to your lungs. Swallow enough air and gravity & pressure will do their thing, you don’t have to really try to push it out as much as just relax and let it out.
I had to edit my comment, I meant it figuratively not literally. it just made him feel really sick to his stomach, sorry about that ! Yours was the first comment I saw. The second one I read said sorry about your friend, and I was like ohhh shhiiiiiiiiittttttt.
Omg I was convinced I was alone in this! I can't burp for the life of me, I only did it once when I was reaaaaally drunk. It felt like I had to throw up but then I burped and it was such a RELIEF. Man I wish I could burp.
We are out there and I stand with you. I cannot burp and never have been able to. I'd tried everyone's "tricks" and tips when I was younger but they don't work and it just is what it is. It can be very uncomfortable and sometimes painful even without carbonated drinks. I wish there was a magic button.
I have acid reflux. And sometimes it's really bad, got to a point where doctors adviced me that there is an operation for that and i was so happy..... Downside? Well if you do it you can No longer vomit because it hinders the esophagus.. so big No No for me seeing as how vomiting sometimes relieves the pain and reduces the stress that comes with acid reflux.
I can't burp without vomiting at the same time. Seeing as I'm terrified of vomiting, I avoid it at all costs. I'm not sure how everyone else manages to get the air up and keep the food down.
For years I couldn't either. Then I got pregnant and whatever intestinal shuffling that happens when you grow a watermelon in your belly fixed it. Now when I burp in front of my mom she's like , "OH! GREAT JOB!" and we all laugh because when I was a kid if I ever drank soda I'd get a stomach ache.
I've only burped a couple dozen times in the past 30+ years, and it always comes as a surprise. The only way I can intentionally relieve severe bloating is to pretend I'm trying to vomit, as you said. I end up letting out so much gas/air that my neighbor has heard it late at night. Sometimes it's so jarring to my stomach that I actually end up vomiting immediately after. I call it vurping.
I couldn't burp either for a long time, but I figured out a trick recently that lets me do it. Basically when you feel gassy, you just gotta inhale some air through your nose and pretend like you're going to swallow the air, but don't actually do the entire swallowing mention. Then open your mouth and gently exhale. It's gonna feel like vomiting so best not to do this when you've just eaten.
I can burp on queue and it's more of a clicky thing in the throat, it's really like its own muscle.
It's like "flicking" but with the sides of your throat instead of fingers. You close your mouth and kinda flex the muscles around the back of your tongue. Well, not specifically those, but the ones right below it. I really can't imagine anything else they do. It's like between the tongue muscle and the swallow muscle.
Same! If I’m lucky and drink a carbonated beverage fast then I might get one measly burp. Is this a serious condition cause I’ve never had an issue not being able to burp, just the bloated gassy discomfort in the stomach?
Omg! My people! I can’t burp either, I have to force myself to gag the excess air out or wait til it goes the other way. I avoid certain food/drink because of it.
People have tried to explain it to me over the years. "Just suck in air and, like, let it burp out." "Pretend you're trying to vomit, but don't."
Those people are wrong. You don't suck air in (well, it's possible, but requires more throat control), you have to swallow it. Seriously. After swallowing a gulp of air (close your mouth, open your throat, and swallow), you should feel a lump in your throat. Then contract your diaphragm and open your throat to force the air out, causing a burp.
When she was younger she had a massive phobia of vomiting, so that coupled with constant stomach aches from an undiagnosed anxiety disorder somehow convinced her that she would vomit if she burped. So she just unlearned how to do it.
She can burp now, but it’s not really a burp. It’s more like a big hiccup.
I tried the vomit but don’t thing just now, and I’ve literally ascended.
xahnel · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a trick to burping manually, but learning how to control your esophagus down to your stomach is a hard trick because it's difficult to feel it, doesn't have the nerve endings your skin does that always feel touch. Start by focusing on the feeling of swallowing. Take note of the muscles that move. There are a few things you can control inside your ribcage and stomach, and the best ones for this purpose are the diaphram (the muscle that inflates and deflates your lungs) and your abs.
Don't get discouraged if you don't get it, I've practiced burping on command and sometimes it still refuses to come out and it hurts like a bitch if I've swallowed too much air.
Now, how I do it is by clenching the muscle group directly below the ribcage in the top half of the stomach. Squeeze inward with these muscles while keeping your esophagus as straight as possible. In fact, try to purposefully stretch your esophagus by looking upwards and bending backwards. Now, the hardest part of this, you must utterly relax your throat and esophagus so they provide no resistance to the air moving up the wrong direction, while simultaneously clenching your gut muscles, and flexing your diaphram and ribs to lift your lungs away from your stomach. You essentially want to imagine your stomach and esophagus like a bag with a tube you are squeezing from below while simultaneously ensuring there are no obstacles in the way of the tube.
Since burping is incredibly instinctual, learning how to manually control it when you've no instinct for it will probably be very difficult. Like trying to learn to wiggle your ears without knowing how to flex your face and head muscles. It took a lot of focus and multiple forced burps for me to figure out the steps I was going through when I forced one. It might help if you stretch your arms and legs straight up and down as hard as you can while doing this to stretch your spine and thus, your esophagus. I hope this helps in some way.
And remember, the only way to learn any skill is practice.
Not being able to burp is the worst. When I get stomach gas that’s really bad, I literally have to stick a finger down my throat to force the reflex just to get some relief.
Sometimes I’ll somehow accidentally do a tiny burp and it’s rare enough for me to text my husband and mom about it haha.
That sounds more like a medical issue than a lack of knowledge. Burping for most people is pretty intuitive. If it isn't for you, there might be something wrong with how your stomach is built. Might be worth getting checked out.
Fun fact: Some stomach surgeries can also make it difficult or impossible to burp. My mom has severe acid reflux issues that can be fixed with surgery, but she decided not to get the surgery because it can make it impossible to burp. And not being able to burp sucks.
I can burp from my body doing it as a reflex, but I can't make myself do it. Had the same problem with soda and beer for a while, luckily for me it's usually just 10 minutes of a tummy ache then a loud, disgusting and very long burp that I couldn't stop if I wanted to
My husband couldnt burp when I met him when he was 15. It was very uncomfortable for him as you could imagine, but sometimes gas would come up mid sentence to his relief. Eventually I tried burping him like a baby and it worked and he eventually learned to do it himself. I still have to burp him sometimes, and he hates it, but it works. I always wondered how someone could not learn to burp.
I would find that situation humiliating. I threw my back out once and needed my wife to help me do simple things like putting on socks. I felt so emasculated by the whole thing I fell into a deep depression until I healed. I won’t ask for help. This in no boast, I recognize it as a character flaw, but I can’t imagine being any different.
He does find it humiliating so I do it in private. But I love him and hate seeing him uncomfortable. Plus, hes a great man and I love to help him when I can.
Then he’s lucky to have you. I’m sure there is something about me my wife finds similarly humiliating but she’s too kind to ever let me know about it. I often say the first good decision I ever made was to ask her to marry me.
This is out of complete curiosity so definitely not trying to be rude, but what does burping an adult involve/look like? I have difficulty burping and wouldn't even know where to start if I wanted to ask my partner for help. If this is too invasive please ignore or let me know it's out of bounds. No harm meant.
No worries at all. And it's basically like burping a baby, only a little firmer than you would with an infant. Firm back pats from mid/lower back working up to between shoulder blades, return to lower back. There might be a better way but I was inspired by babies lol
Oh man. My dad throws out his back a couple times a year and I play “nurse”. One time, my mom had gone out and it was just us. I was maybe 13 or so and my dad needed to go to the bathroom. Problem was that our bathrooms were either up or down stairs.
He made it down, went, and then tried crawling up the stairs, but as he got to the top, his back pinched in some weird way and he started like crying and screaming because he couldn’t move and was in so much pain.
My teeny 5’3” self had to pull my dad up the stairs. I was crying the entire time.
Every time I mention it, my dad gets PTSD flashbacks.
But there’s no shame in getting help with that pain. I’ve put my dad’s socks and shoes on and have helped him get dressed and stuff. Not the end of the world to have a helping hand. And my dad is like the manliest man I know, so if he can ask for help, you can too :)
You are a good son. When I originally commented here I never thought I would end up admitting to not being able to ask for help, something adults are supposed to be able to do. I’ll think about it
I’ll burp myself sometimes by patting on my chest. Might be a placebo, but I feel like it encourages a burp to come up. I wouldn’t ask someone else to do it though...
So I figured out with my boyfriend that you can still baby burp adults, and it's honestly really helpful when I can feel a ball of gas stuck that wont move either way. Just pat the shit out of my back until I burp
Exactly, I very occasionally get a burp "stuck" and my wife will burp me. It is super weird, and she is the only person to ever do this to me as an adult, but it allows me to release the largest, deepest burps. The relief to me is 100% worth the awkwardness!
I can't burp on my own. I've randomly burped but only in the past year or so. Its completely random and just happens and when I need to I just... Can't. My bf didn't believe me until we went on a date and I complained I wanted to burp and just couldn't. He doesn't understand how I cant. In my defense, my mom always told me "not ladylike" so maybe I repessed it or something?
I'm 23 and only started burping like a year ago. I never got anyone to burp me but I know others who did. Is it something you learn? I just thought it was a natural thing (like rolling your tongue I guess), cause one day I couldn't do it and the next I could.
The pain from not being able to burp can be really unbearable sometimes. Your stomach just aches and there is literally nothing you can do about it.
She said it with a whimper too. I thought it was really pitiful. People are chiming in relaying their or their spouses inability to burp and I just can’t seem to find any sympathy.
I didnt know how to properly burp until I lived in an all girl's dorm in college. One girl prided herself on her giant burps and kind of taught me how. Before that I sort of just swallowed them and it was painful.
After a surgery on my stomach and esophagus I was no longer able to burp normally lol so I feel that. I normally have to tap it up my esophagus like a weird baby burping technique. Sometimes my husband does help me out with back pats if it’s being really stubborn.
That was instantly apparent to me. I learned many “LA-10’s” probably had learning disabilities or personality disorders undiagnosed because they where pretty enough to get by on looks alone. This goes for men and women. The entertainment industry in LA draws from the pretty and the stupid from all over the world.
My dad is a computer engineer but he also grew up really poor in a rural area doing lots of manual labor as a kid (his computer training came from military service decades ago), so he prefers to do his own maintenance to save money. He has always liked hands on hobbies that involve building things, so he has all sorts of tools. He takes pride in using his engineering mindset to figure out how a variety of random things work.
It's definitely not universal for engineers to not own tools or do their own work.
Depends on the type of engineer. Mechanical, electrical, and to an extent chemical and civil engineers can fix most technical issues, but software, bio, and medical engineers are probably less versed in practical technology.
I was a teacher and students that went on to study electronic engineering had never built a computer or done anything practical before. Some engineers don't "do engineering" outside work.
Engineers can be the most technologically incompetent smart people. I used to work in an office with several engineers and I was the only one who knew how to adjust the thermostat.
This is gonna get buried but fuck it. I have a buddy who I'm still good friends with but has some personal issues. Not like severe mental problems just an extreme lack of motivation. He dropped out of college, he lives at home and he's never had a job for more than a few weeks. In his defense the dude is one of the most shy people I have ever met in my life so he deserves some empathy for his inability to work. Anyways I couple years ago me and my roommate were planning a kickback for us and some friends with bonfire, beer, BBQ, weed the whole 9 yards. Initially we had planned on picking up our friend but he didn't call us in time so we ended up just going home and starting drinking. Around 11 pm or so our friend calls us and apologizes for his lateness. We're all like it's cool but we can't come get you because drinking so we suggest he gets an Uber. He says he's never heard of Uber and we explain it's like a taxi. He's baffled but downloads the app. Some time passes and he texts us in confusion that the app wanted his debit card information to which we reply something along the lines of "well yeah it's a ride sharing app of course it costs money". He's outraged that they would charge him for such a short ride and did not understand when we tried about a dozen times to explain that ride sharing drivers deserve pay? He didn't end up getting an Uber even after we agreed to PAY FOR IT (it was 12 dollars) and he just bows out at this point. Super weird because he was like 22 at the time but could not be convinced to take a fucking Uber. Blew me away
I wonder if he was just too shy and trying to make an excuse
MLG50 · 10 points · Posted at 02:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm also a bit iffy on Ubers, mostly cause I'm a germaphobe and would rather not get into a stranger's car. If he just didn't want to interact with another person, I would understand that to, cause I'm also pretty damn shy, lmao
One time I was in a foreign country and I had to meet up with some friends and I was so nervous about taking public transportation that I had a panic attack and called my mom.
Thats not so bad, I got lost in the public transit of my own home country. I had to take the metro bus to school, but instead of getting on the south bound bus (my school was south of my house) my dumb ass got on the northbound bus. I should've gotten off 10 minutes later when I noticed we were no where near my school (this was 11th grade) but nope. I stayed on for like 45 minutes until I was kicked out at a mall, the last stop at the route.
I had to call my dad to pick me up, i was too scared of getting lost to get in another bus lol.
I wrecked my car with about 3 weeks left in the semester. Was going back to school, mid-30’s, mostly broke, did not have the time to deal with acquiring a new vehicle before the semester was over. A friend gave me a ride to an exam we both had the next day, I took Uber about 3 times but knew that wasn’t financially sustainable. I started cautiously asking my lab partner how to use a bus. After a few questions she realized I’d literally never been on a bus (with the exception of a few school field trips as a kid, we didn’t have to pay or worry about stops,) and explained in detail how to find my route and how to tell the driver where you needed to get off. Was grateful to her.
Wasn’t really sure at the time how to get around campus using the bus, so after one final I walked about four miles to my next exam in some of the coldest weather we’d had yet. My quart water bottle was in a spot on the outside of my backpack, and when I got to the next building I had to break up the ice in it before I could get a drink.
Got a new car over break. Early next semester I found a bus pass on the ground. Couldn’t find the owner, so kept it. Took the bus about half the time that semester. Ride was longer, but walking to the bus stop and taking the bus took about as much time as driving my own car and walking much farther to class. (Bus usually had stops within a block or so of my buildings, if not right outside).
Tried to encourage my brother, who has agoraphobia, to sign up for a gym. We've been going for walks every day for about a month now and jogging for about a week, so I was feeling pretty encouraged about enticing him to take the next step and sign up at a gym -- going to the gym has done wonders for me and wonders for a lot of other people. I didn't want to push too hard because he's the kind of person who, if you tell him to wash his hands, would not touch a shower for three months out of sheer spite at your fucking audacity, so when he asked for a card with their info on it I was feeling pretty excited.
Like the fact he had gone for a walk with me every night for a month without insisting that I personally alert him that it was walk time every single night was a fucking miracle in itself. We had an argument about a year or two before, the last time he'd walked with me consistently, because he expected me to fetch him (a grownass adult) when it was time for the walk. I told him to set an alarm and he was like "WELL YOU'RE NOT MY FUCKING BABYSITTER" and got all mad about me for allegedly treating him like a child even though he was, you know, mad at me for not treating him like a child.
The last month has been fantastic because the one time he almost missed out on our nightly walk he was like "Sorry, I didn't hear you call me" (I hadn't called him because he's a fucking adult), saw the look on my face, and then went "... not that you have to" and he's been consistent ever since. In the eight years he's been shut up at home, it was the first time he was acting like an adult and I was so damn proud of him. I was proud of him when he suggested we jog with the dog, too.
I guess I got ahead of myself.
So when he was interested in signing up for the gym I was just going to leave the card with him, let him think about it for a couple of weeks (because there's no way he'd take the initiative and sign up on his own) then nudge him about it again. I have a habit of going to the gym so I'd just take him with me in the car when I go.
He balked because it had a sign up fee, and costs $30AUD a fortnight, even though he has thousands of bucks of allowance he's hoarded over eight years. Mum was like "dude, that's a fantastic deal for a gym!" but he would not budge.
I was crushed.
(Before someone says it, yes, I know he's got depression, I'm not a fucking idiot, but a good chunk of his problems is that he's a grown man acting like a child.)
This sounds like someone I know. He makes up the weirdest excuses for things that are clearly due to his anxiety. It's sad because he's pretty great but will go months without going outdoors.
When I was about 8 I lost the carfare and started walking home. The nice policeman put me and my brother in a cab, and my stepmother was so irate that we had to apy back the cab cost with our allowance, which in the 60's was several weeks' allowance. Since then, I think it was several decades before I would take a cab anywhere - I'd walk or take transit instead. I was under the impression it took too much of my hard-earned money.
I don't put up with these people anymore. I'm old enough to have figured out from experience that they aren't actually shy, they have some sort of personality disorder and pretend to be shy to get twisted weird attention.
This is actually what really happened.
Guy got invite. Guy thought about how catty and shallow you guys are, sulked because stupid party, then purposely didn't call in order to get attention, waited for you guys to drop everything and make him feel special by urging him to come and saying you'll miss him otherwise.
When you didn't he got huffy so planned a sulky idea. He pouted about not getting a ride so made sure to cause a problem and have a tantrum, ruining your time and making you guys spend energy trying to help him.
Look up a certain cluster B personality disorder. Starts with B...
He can't hold a job because he doesn't want a job.
I’m a grown adult, lived on my own for years & my boyfriend nearly had a heart attack when he walked in on me using a knife to get the toast out. I genuinely had no idea, I’d just never been taught not to do it. Maybe my family wanted rid of me, I🤷🏽♀️
Wait, I use metal tongs to get the toast out... I've never had a toaster before until like last year, and I'm an immigrant in my 30s. No one has taught me anything about toasters before. Should I probably get plastic/silicone tongs for the toast?
Surprisingly, using a tape measure is apparently a skill some people just don't have. I always thought it was pretty self explanatory but when I started working in a ship yard some guys just couldn't measure up.
My (m26 at the time) first boyfriend (24 at the time) thought HIV was a magical virus that materialized on it's own when two men had unprotected sex, whether one of them was a carrier or not. No shit. He'd been taught in school that our bodily fluids would mix during sex, and that the resultant mixture would just magically be HIV.
Korean first generation immigrant. Born in Seoul to deeply Christian parents and emigrated to Texas as a baby. Went to Texas pubic school. That plus his Christian upbringing left him... a little challenged as an adult.
Edit: I should mention that he went to an Ivy League university.
So I replied to a comment above about how I thought I had pretty comprehensive sex ed in school, but your story just reminded me of how I got freaked out about sharing food because I thought you got AIDS from mixing someone else’s DNA with yours...
My fiance was in the same boat. Sex ed teacher taught him it was a gay only disease and that the act of gax sex alone could cause it and he just kinda believed it because it was a teacher I guess. So he gets with me, a trans woman, and is worried one of us will catch it because of the anatomy situation and asks me before we do anything. I just sat there for a minute, not really understanding what he was asking me, before I finally got it and had to explain the reality of HIV. He was super embarrassed but I blame the shitty sex ed teacher.
This makes me so sad. Shitty people like this shouldn't be allowed to teach children, especially something as important as sex education and STD prevention.
Honestly, with the way I was taught sex ed in Catholic school, 12 year old me would have thought the same thing. I can imagine if I'd grown up before the internet I might never have learned how it all really works.
The wonderful Mother Teresa said in her Nobel prize acceptance speech that AIDS was gods punishment for homosexuality plus she said some other equally lovely things. A lot of the guests were wondering why such a nasty old witch had managed to win the prize. I suspect religion has had a part in the teaching your bf had.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that was failed by schools sex ed!
They elected students to make presentations on sex ed topics and present them in assembly to the whole school group. So there is a large number of children (now grown and procreating adults) who were taught that any exchange of fluids between any men during sex resulted in HIV.
It wasn't even until there was a soap opera storyline involving a woman catching HIV from a one night stand that I found out that women were even susceptible to it.
I guess my story isn’t quite “horrifying” but it was pretty hilarious. I had a roommate once who had absolutely no understanding of how to cook. I came downstairs one morning and she was in the kitchen. I asked what she was doing and she said “making a smoothie, do you want some?” I turn the corner to find that she has cut the skin off a mango and put the whole thing in a blender and was about to start it. I run over and grab the mango and then have to explain to her that they have pits and you can’t just pop an ENTIRE MANGO in a blender and expect to end up with a smoothie.
Edit: forgot to mention she was not using a cutting board. She was just slicing away at her mango on the counter top. We are lucky she didn’t burn the building to the ground.
Not really horrifying, but the wealthy General Manager of the Chevy dealership I worked at had to have me show him, in depth, how to use a push mower because his contract ran out with the mowing company he used, and the new company wasn't going to be available for another few weeks.
This dude makes 6 figures, doesn't own a car because he just gets to demo brand new cars for him and his wife every 6 months (and the local college basketball coach in exchange for season tickets every year.. not sure if that's even legal), and he got all the way up there without ever even touching a push mower with his own hands once in his life. Meanwhile I'm busting my ass daily for $9.50 an hour.
Never work at a dealership. Leaving was the best decision I ever fucking made.
Just don’t put up with bullshit. They can be such toxic environments because both the service department and the sales are so internally competitive... as well as the fact that how much money a salesperson makes can depend on how fast service is inspecting and prepping cars, and how much money mechanics can make can depend on how much ACTUAL work they get to do which is interrupted by new car inspections and discounted used car service... so there’s a hostility there immediately.
and they won’t care if you have a problem with the toxicity. They can replace you in a day. So don’t bother trying to change anything, just stand your ground and walk if you’re miserable. Don’t stick around thinking it will change.
It wasn’t all bad though. I learned a lot, got to drive lots of cool cars like Corvette’s and ZL1 Camaros, lots of free food... but eventually the bad far outweighed the good.
NCAA coaches can do almost anything to make themselves more money.
But if they buy their players a pizza then all Hell will be released upon their program.
[deleted] · 246 points · Posted at 21:58:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had a friend who didn't know how to use a can opener....
Edit: No shade for people who can't use can openers. This friend was just a lazy piece of shit. His dad had cans and a can opener. For people who just didn't grow up with one, that's fine. He just was lazy (and honestly kinda stupid)
Nop, is more like 1. Make a hole in the can's lid near to the edge and then 2. put the knife in a acute angle to 3. slide the knife breaking the lid in a circular manner until it opens enough to remove the contents
Our can opener was rusted (because my dad keeps soaking them in dishwater and not drying them correctly) and for a small amount of time I had to repeatedly stab the can with a ridged knife, and cut it like how you’d cut wood with a saw. It was so tiring to do lol
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:34:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My parents are from one of those countries and that is how I grew up learning to open cans. I must have been a teenager when I learned about can openers.
Also, nail clippers. (All they ever used were tiny little nail scissors.)
It's super easy and convenient, so I recommend looking into it. Nothing wrong with tiny nail scissors either though, and those do give you more precision if that's something you care about.
We have this old af one in the drawer and it for real took me a whole five minutes to open one of those really big cans of beans. That thing barely turned lmao
I honestly don't see this as bad. Some people don't use cans at all. If you have the money, you could easily never have the need for it. If you had the means to always have fresh food, there might never be cans on your house.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:19:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It's not that he never ate out of cans, it was that he was a lazy piece of shit. In fact, his family was quite poor. His dad did everything for him so when he grabbed a can and tried using a spoon to jab a hole in it I told him to just use a can opener (which was on the counter). He then fiddled with it for like 5 minutes until asking me to do it for him.
Icecl · 3 points · Posted at 02:25:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe left-handed I know for me typical can openers are literally impossible to use unless I have a left-handed one
I had only used handheld can openers. In college, I got a job at a deli, and a customer once asked me to open a can with the kind that was attached to one of our deli tables.
I just realized this guy probably thought I was an idiot when I was like “that’s a can opener?” He had to talk me through it, I feel so embarrassed now. I had just never used the kind that’s attached to a table.
I met my current boyfriend when we were 24, and he still lived at with his mum and dad as he never saw a need to move out while he was single. He had never really cooked food a day in his life. Unless it was microwaved. He wasn’t a dickhead about it. His mum just never allowed him or his siblings to cook, so he never learned. The first time he ever cooked me dinner (after me asking lots) it was chilli out of a can which wasn’t so bad. I’m not a fussy snobby person. The rice though. The rice was still hard. He cooked it out the packet and he got the timing wrong and he didn’t even test it first. Bless him.
I wasn’t bothered by it. We live together now and I’ve taught him how to cook basic things, but I still do the larger majority of the cooking during the week. On Saturdays when my son goes to his dads for the weekend, he treats me to a home cooked steak dinner, which he’s gotten really good at cooking 😋 It’s literally only the cooking thing though. I think his mum held him back from doing a lot of things independently, because he got excited at using the washing machine for the first time. Mothering your kids is fine, but at least teach them basic life skills. My bf is really good with DIY and computers though so I say that we balance each other out on the stuff each of us don’t know :)
My parents never taught me how to cook either and I was on a dining plan for the first couple of years of college so I was 20 when I first started to learn how to cook and I had to use YouTube to teach me everything.
Mothering (and fathering) IS teaching kids this stuff! And they want to! My kids (3 and 6) fought about who got to wipe off the table tonight. I stayed out of it!
I meant it as in she mothered him by doing everything for him. I asked him once when I stayed at his parents house with him, why didn’t he do his own washing. His reply was that he wasn’t allowed to touch the washing machine. It shocked me a little bit.
And I wish my kids had the same thoughts about cleaning as yours 😂 they’re both the same age as yours, but I struggle to get them to pick their toys up 😂
I know it’s super weird that they like cleaning. They don’t always do a thorough job and it’s not like I’m sitting around eating bonbons while they clean my house. But lately (since we’ve all been spending a lot of time at home) by oldest (mostly) has been actually picking up her things! We’ve been leaving TV until the end of the day because otherwise they get sucked right in. So the rule has been that they can watch a couple shows AFTER their stuff is picked up before dinner. It works like 80%! I know some child development person would probably say its bribery or whatever. But I. Don’t. Care. If they can dump out all the legos and use them to make a lava field on the floor and pile all the pillows around the living room for stepping stones and make confetti to throw at the end of the obstacle course they can damn well pick it back up again.
According to my grandma, my oldest uncle came home from his first semester of college and reported that he had been living on take-out the entire time. She basically had an “oh HELL NAW” moment and taught him and my dad and their brothers how to cook, meal prep, shop, and budget food for the week.
Lol. My mom taught me cooking, but for some reason things have changed in my country. All my male friends can cook and some really well .. but through life i had a bunch of girlfriends and only two of them knew how to cook properly. My wife can cook somewhat but she hates it, so i do the cooking and she does the cleaning.
Yes this. I have a BIL who drives me crazy. Like seriously if I’d be married to him we’d have serious issues. The first strike is his chauvinism which I won’t get into. Second, he’s always late for everything and he won’t make an effort to change. Like at all. His mom was crazy organized and clean and controlling and it honestly seems like his childhood was so controlled that he never learned how to manage time by himself.
Yeah, he’s really lovely. It wasn’t a case of he didn’t want to do anything, his mum literally didn’t allow him too. She’s has those old fashioned views that the mothers should do everything for everyone in the family. I mean, if that’s how she wants to do it then that’s up to her. It’s her house. I just think doing it like that doesn’t prepare your children for living independently. Me and my boyfriend split everything 50/50 and we’re both happy with it :)
It sounds like you're raising him, teaching him life skills that his parents should have taught him. It happens to loads of women, yours truly included.
Since you're young and optimistic I'm not gonna spoil the ending.
I only taught him basic cooking skills and how my washing machine worked. He already knew how to do everything else. That’s not raising him, it’s giving him know the basics so he can do it for himself. He never had that independence until we moved in together because his mother literally never let him. Have you never heard of the phrase ‘Give a man a fish, he’ll have a meal for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll have a meal for the rest of his life’?
Don’t make assumptions on our relationship since you don’t know us.
Hey, I'm only going with what you've written, you're literally saying that his mom didn't allow him to do the most basic things so you're the one teaching him this stuff. This is one of the most common relationship dynamics
dysfunctions ever.
My ex girl didn’t know chlorine was poison and that you really only need a cap full per gallon of water. Dumped a liter of chlorine bleach with equal part water and proceeded to chemically burn her lungs. She kept cleaning even though she was coughing and ended up passing out. That was a fun drive to the hospital.
She was breathing funny for weeks. Had chemical burns INSIDE her lungs and throat.
Rule of thumb for bleach. If you can smell it, you used too much. One cap full per gallon is plenty
This sounds like my poor sweet boyfriend in college. Smart guy, but he grew up wealthy so he never really cleaned. Once to clean the bathroom of his dorm he used bleach and ammonia together, not realizing chlorine bleach + ammonia gives you chlorine gas. He kept coughing and didn't know why. Thankfully it only happened once. He's more knowledgeable on the topic of cleaning now lol
He actually did well in all his science classes, including chemisty lol. It just totally slipped his mind, since he hadn't really done much cleaning before, he didn't read the labels and he forgot to apply chemistry to real life.
My ex-FIL lived with my ex and me for a while. More than once, he grabbed one of the large chlorine tablets we had for the pool and put it in the toilet tank to clean his toilet. When I walked into the house, which was not large, I was immediately hit by the crazy strong smell and burning lungs. He didn’t see why it was a problem to use something made for ten thousand + gallons of water, in a tiny toilet tank.
Well bleach is a general name for anything that can industrially or domestically clean things. Many bleaches we use in the home contain cholorine. You probably have smelled it if you’ve gone to a public pool or have a swimming pool. In liquid form is very toxic to humans if swallowed and can cause some skin irritation. In a gas form it can be deadly and can cause some serious respiratory issues. When mixed with ammonia it can create “mustard gas” which can kill pretty much anyone very quickly.
Bleach is great for sanitary reasons and as long as you read the back of the bottle, like chlorox , and follow the directions and you’re good. It’s highly concentrated so you only need a little. One cap full of bleach to ONE GALLON of COLD water. Hot water can vaporize the chlorine gas cause chemical burns in your lungs. Which is what I assume my ex girlfriend did.
I’ve worked in kitchen for about 12 years. Don’t bleach cutting board, wood etc. keep bleach away from food contact surfaces and if you DO need to bleach something like that, you gotta let it dry well. Unless you like eating chemicals . Soap and water is fine.
Bleach can kill anything. Even you.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also note that urine and some cleaning chemicals contain ammonia, so avoid mixing them for reasons stated above. If it's not very concentrated, it might not be a big deal though (e.g. scrubbing a flushed toilet should be fine), but can cause respiratory irritation depending on how much is there. Ventilation is always a good idea whenever possible.
When I was a kid my brother worked at a bagel shop. Guy who closed was cleaning the restrooms and somehow was locked In the bathroom. Mixed ammonia and chlorine. Ended up dying from the gas. Shut down the whole strip mall too
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate admitting this but when I had moved out on my own I brought my cat with me. I had let her litterbox go a bit long on cleaning... it stank. My happy ass got the bottle of Clorox and poured some on the stinking kitty litter. It started bubbling and out gassing ... fortunately for me the back door was about 4 steps away so I tossed the mess outside. I did inhale some of it and had a cough for a few days. Both my kitty and myself survived! And never did I do the same mistake again. Other, new mistakes yes. But that is for another topic.
About six months ago I was at my ex’s place and she was cleaning the shower stall. I went in to use the toilet after and almost choked, I asked her how much she’d diluted it.
She used straight bleach out of the jug to clean the entire shower. Argued with me when I tried to explain that was way too strong and bad for her as well.
When my daughter first got her license she was a little peeved at me that I wouldn't let her take her first solo excursion until she showed me she could change a tire, and knew the names of the 6 major streets to the north, south, east and west of home.
Mine are like that too but I find it incredibly easy to remember them. That said, they are all laid out in a grid that meets at 100 and 100. One street north of that is 101 and 100. One street east of that would be 101 and 101. So I think that is what makes it so easy to find and remember streets. Also makes it so I almost instantly know where a location is without having to look it up.
Same...couldn't tell you the name of a single street in the town I grew up in. Just never needed anything more than my home address so I didn't bother learning street names.
My parents did the same, and I was shocked that no one else seemed to do it. Throughout high school, I was the one all my friends called when they got a flat because none of them knew how to change a tire! My kids will definitely be practicing this before they can drive on their own.
My dad wouldn't let either of his daughters get our driver's license until we could change our own tire and at least check the oil. Changing a tire has saved my bacon a couple of times, most recently on a busy highway after a pothole popped my tire.
We moved too often to get the street names. As long as we could find our way home, we were good.
I've been driving for over 10 years and never learned how to change a tire. I know the basic concept and have all the tools to do it but I've always kept good tires on and never had to deal with a flat.
If I ever do get a flat my car insurance will send someone from the nearest shop to change it for me so it will probably be a long time before I ever do get the chance to try and change a flat myself.
You must be careful with this. I picked up a nail on the interstate when driving with my wife a couple months after spine surgery. Call insurance to send somebody out to help. They say they will send somebody. After 2 hours we see the person who is supposed to be roadside assistance fly by us. Btw we broke down in a really horrible area and could not get the insurance company to send another individual out. Eventually a police officer stopped to help and within a few minutes we were on our way. Thankfully everything worked out for us. Switched insurance companies after the ordeal, what a disappointment.
Sister, her kids, coworker and her kids, and I were leaving work one day. We all say goodbye in the parking lot, then hear Co-worker start saying, "Oh, no! And he's on the other side of town [Atlanta]!" Sister and I come back over and she has a flat driver's side rear tire. She's getting upset cuz her hubs was in an important meeting across town and she had her 3 kiddos with her. She's wringing her hands and starts to call him (in case he can step away to answer). Sister and I put the kids in the cars, put our stuff in the cars, and ask her where the spare is. She tells us, but why? Co-worker's hubs finally answers and she is telling him about the flat and what is she going to do and how long will the TripleA people be and hang on - what's this? These two women were already jacking up her car, pulling the flat off, and getting the spare on while she was giving a play-by-play to her disbelieving hubs. He was convinced we didn't know how, then we wouldn't be able to tell what caused it (it was a screw most likely picked up from the construction zone she had to drive through), then we wouldn't put everything away.
Everything was done and tucked away, and she was on her way just as another male coworker came out in his button-down shirt, snazzy sweater-vest, and white towel to "help, cuz her hubs had texted him". Sis and I were like, "Nah, we got this. See y'all tomorrow!"
Nowadays a lot of cars don't even come with a spare tire, just a sealant and inflator kit. There's an aftermarket spare tire kit for my car, but it's $500. I still have the factory roadside assistance, but once that runs out, it's like 60 cents a month for roadside assistance on my insurance policy.
I've gotten my money's worth many times over for my AAA membership. Nobody gets more flat tires than me. I got one just last week on the day after I had 4 brand new tires put on. AAA has the giant, fast jack and can plug the tire in a jiffy. Hardly any inconvenience. AAA has also opened up my car when I locked the keys in, jumpstarted batteries, replaced the battery...all of this when I'm married to a very handy guy who takes good care of maintaining our cars.
I still don't REALLY know how to change a tire. I've seen a few videos but every time I ask someone to show me they start teasing me about it so they're no help. And I'm certainly not going to attempt it without some guidance. There's a guy at work that's been teaching me some basic car maintenance so hopefully sometime soon I can get him to show me how to change a tire.
It's not very hard to do, actually. First step is to break out your jack and your tire iron (or 4-way). "Break" (loosen) the lug nuts with the tire iron/4 way before you jack the car up. If you try to break them when it's jacked up, the wheel will just spin. Note: I'm using the term "break" in the context of "loosen" - as in break-them-loose/break the tightness. Not "destroy them." If you need leverage to break them loose, slip a metal pipe over the tire iron/4 way and turn/pull it counter-clockwise like you're pulling a lever. You could use the handle for your jack, if your jack has one and the diameter is bigger than your tire iron. I usually just carry a metal pipe in my vehicle.
So now that you've got the lug nuts loose, slide your jack under the car and make sure that the top touches the frame when you start to pump it up. Some cars come with scissor jacks with a round nub on the top of them that fits into a hole on the frame. Scissor jacks are a pain in the ass because you have rotate the lever to get it to go up or down, unlike a hydraulic jack where you just pump the lever up and down. But I digress....Just make sure that you're raising the car by the frame and not the fender or anything like that.
Anyway, get the car up just enough to where the tire isn't touching the ground anymore. Finish loosening the nuts with the iron or 4 way, take off the nuts and stow em somewhere where you won't lose em. Pull the tire off, put the new one on, and thread the nuts back on. And put the nuts back on the same way they came off. The round side goes against the tire/rim. Tighten the nuts as much as you can and do it in a star pattern. Don't tighten them in clockwise order.
Once they're tight as you can get em, lower the jack and then tighten them further with the iron/4 way. Use the metal pipe again for leverage. Get em tight until you can't turn them anymore. Stop when you hear creaking and "cracking" noises. You don't want them so tight that you won't be able to get them off again without an air wrench. Double check every nut and give em each an additional tug or so with the iron.
And there you have it. You've just changed a tire.
Now I’m an older dude who’s been changing tires for as long as you’ve been alive but the thought of being tasked with that with no knowledge, does seem daunting. The guy who wrote everything out for you sure is swell but trying to make sense of that is pointless in today’s diy video world. Here’s one from one of YouTube‘s best educational diy mechanics ever.
The bad news is, you’re going to hit some snags the first time if you don’t have someone helping you who knows how, there’s no way around that. Did you forget to jack the car up after loosening the Lugnuts? Do the Lugnuts feel too tight and you’re unfamiliar with/nervous to apply, the amount of strength required? Do you even understand what leverage is? These things will happen. The good news, you’ll learn from those mistakes and one day, you’ll be teaching somebody else how to change a flat.
My ever-vigilant mother made a point of teaching me how to change a tire when I was learning to drive. It's been over a decade and frankly I do not remember a word of that lesson. Guess I could use an adulting refresher.
My ex husband was absolutely astounded that tires wear out and need to be replaced. He had three blow outs on the highway over the course of a month and was convinced that the car had been sold to him with 3 defective tires. The poor tech at the tire shop tried explaining basic maintenance, rotations, etc. to my ex, only to be met with screaming accusations of fraud.
After we got divorced, my ex bought a (used) car on his own for the first time. Fast forward to a year later, and a sensor goes out on the vehicle. It was an $800 repair, which sucks, but shit happens. My ex absolutely refused to pay for the repair because “nothing on a car should cost that much to fix.” Instead of fixing the car, he became convinced that it was the bank’s fault that his car was “defective” and tried to get the bank to give him a refund on the car. When that didn’t work, he quit making his payments and was subsequently SHOCKED when the car was repossessed.
I know how to change a tyre in terms of getting the wheel off/on, where the tools are, how to use, etc. The only thing I'm a bit hinky on is finding the brace point under the car for the jack.
I just truly learned how to change a tire last year and I've been driving for maybe 9 years. I'm not looking forward to it but at least I know how to or if someone's doing it wrong.
I just asked my wife of 15 years if she knew how to change a tire. She said, “that’s why I have a phone so I can call you.” Guess who’s learning how to change a tire this weekend. 🙄
I didn’t know how to change a tire when I first started driving. Coming home from school one day when I was 17 I ran over a nail so I pulled off the freeway and parked on the feeder road and called my dad (was only about 10 minutes away from home at this point). He drove out to me and instructed me step by step how to change the tire. At the time I was mildly annoyed (but not pouting or anything) because why didn’t he just do it if he knew how but there was a great sense of accomplishment after having successfully changed my first tire. Plus now I know how.
My husband and I were in Lima, Peru years ago and while talking to a woman who lived there, learned that Lima never gets rain. This woman had seen rain once in her entire life! Blew my mind.
YanDan · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had never seen it and wasn't aware of the phenomena. Incredable.
i dated a guy who thought you could have thunder without there having been lightning, couldn’t understand that the thunder was the result. he didn’t believe me when i explained the science behind it.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:21:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
in highschool, i had a friend who had just moved to MASS from Puerto Rico and he'd never seen snow before. he saw it only on tv. never knew what it felt like or anything. it was really cool when we hung out on the first snow day of the year with all our group. he was so amazed. i have the video still on Facebook. this was 10 years ago now
Was he from California? Some parts of California don't get hail, so maybe they don't get lightning either.
About ten years ago I was on vacation and noticed a young couple on the balcony during a hailstorm. They told me they had never seen such a thing before. Maybe I should've asked if they had ever seen lightning.
Here’s some context. I live in Texas, where we get some CRAZY storms with plenty of lightning. I was at work at a kayak stand by a smallish lake. Me and my manager were waiting out a storm and this guy comes and says that he wants to rent a kayak, which normally wouldn’t be a big deal, but it was raining hard and there was a big threat of lightning so we stopped renting. As we told him this, he looked super confused and asked what we were referring to. I had to patiently explain to him what lightning was and why he couldn’t go on the lake. He looked really sad that he couldn’t go out and said that he was about to go back to his home state and would really appreciate it if we could let him go out. We said no and he thanked us and left. I really don’t know where the guy was from, but it was very strange and eye opening for me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m guessing he just was never outside or looked out of a window during a storm.
Caity26 · 147 points · Posted at 00:33:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to this but: When I was 19 I was dating a 27 year old (🚩#1) who said he always had to wear magnums because regular condoms always broke. (🚩 #2 his ex had multiple abortions while with him due to accidents) To be clear he was perfectly respectably average in size, so I was thoroughly confused.
Watched him carefully the next time he put it on, and realised he never pinched the tip. I tried to explain it to him but he insisted it needed the air bubble so his stuff had somewhere to go. I could not convince this man for the life of me that liquid and air could not occupy the same space. I noped out of that relationship very shortly after.
Thank you for that tidbit of info. As someone who's never been inside a woman that's probably some good info for me to have. I now have the presence of mind to look up how to wear condoms whenever the time comes...
As silly as it may sound, don't just look it up but also do a "dry run" before you need it. You'll be busy with other things, no need to fumble with a condom for the first time too.
Thankfully though you had sense that he did not. Considering you were only 19 and he was 27, I imagine a lot of girls in your position would just go "oh, okay, I didn't know that" and get stuck with the bastard for 18ish years.
Wait, sorry, hang on. Confused by the "air and liquid can't occupy the same space" comment. Yes he should pull the tip of the condom away from the tip of his penis a bit, but when pounding away inside a vag, his ejaculate isn't going to have enough force to break a condom. Although that would be a sort of cool superpower.
Or do you mean he didn't make enough of a pinch and the breaking of a condom isn't part of it
It's not about breaking the condom. Forcing semen into what is essentially a pressurised space full of air will force the semen up the sides of the condom and out the other end. So semen still ends up in the vagina.
[deleted] · -8 points · Posted at 07:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Learning that my brother did not understand how mortgage payments worked.. AFTER getting a mortgage. Had it been before he got I one I could forgive it because mortgages are complicated if you've never had one before. Also I've had two mortgages over 5 years and my sister had recently bought a house with a mortgage too. And my parents also had a mortgaged house once.. he consulted/asked for advice from none of us before getting his mortgage now he has interest charges he wasn't expecting and is paying less off the total loan that he thought he would be.
This is something that really should be taught in schools. Mortgages, how to file basic taxes, buying or leasing a car, and paying bills. Even if you only remember a quarter of it you'd be smarter than some adults out there.
Agreed, all of this and general budgeting and life skills should be taught in schools. So many people don't have the basic knowledge of how to keep themselves out of debt. I watched a programme on BBC this morning where they had a financial expert from New York to give tips on saving money and his first tip was "minimise your spending". I laughed at first but then had the sad realisation there's probably many people out there who wouldn't actually think of this.
A surprising amount of people really don't know how financial things like mortgages, filing taxes, car loans and bills work, in my experience. I've literally seen one guy my age make a massive purchase on his credit card, then he was genuinely surprised when he was told he would have to pay a big bill later that month.
If I ever became Prime Minister, one of my flagship policies would be to institute a basic financial education class in schools. I agree with one commenter here that even if you only remember a quarter of what is taught, you'd already be smarter than some adults out there.
This is true. I'm in the UK and interest rates are pretty low around 2% when we got our mortgage last year. We've found that the key to paying off more on the principal is overpayment if you can afford it. As anything extra paid on top of the minimum monthly payments comes off the principal amount. We've managed to pay off £10k in one year but still means we have about 22 years to go!
My roommate freshman year of college. Spoiled rotton rich girl, who is getting college paid for by her loaded dad and mom. A short, non exhaustive list of my favorites!
She put my spices(salt, pepper, lemon pepper, seasoning salt, garlic powder) And potatoes into plastic bags because our room smelled bad and she thought it was that. It was the empty ice cream in the trash.
Had to be shown how to make cup ramen and microwave mac, she didn't understand the directions.
When I told her I was getting a job she was confused. Asking me why I was getting one, didn't my parents send me 250 dollars a week as an allowance? Explained the concept of "I'm here on loans and scholarships, I don't want to bother my parents for money unless I absolutely need like 10 bucks.(She bought new clothes and shoes every week ontop of partying and takeout)
Explained to her that no, not everyone has ever been to the beach, Tortuga, the Swiss Alps, or Skiing in Colorado.
Had to talk to her about doing laundry.
No, not everyone has a maid, nor does everyone have a private cook. Your house is that big? With that many acres??? W h a t?
"What do you mean you don't understand how to use a swiffer??"
My wife didn’t know how to use handheld can opener. Our electric one went out one day before dinner and she was attempting to open a can by just putting it on top of the can and rotating it. I was just like “what are you doing?”
🎙️ arual_x · 34 points · Posted at 23:23:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The number of can opener stories here is disturbing. I don’t know a single person with an electric can opener. It’s not a thing in the UK.
I used to have wrist issues. A can opener was a painful experience. I found a battery operated one that literally rotates on its own like an electric. Wonderful. But they were cheaply made and died quickly.
Eh... I know how to use the manual one with the rolling cutter blade, but I don't know how to use the pocket knife or P-38 ones, I should probably learn that.
...I wonder if people don't know how to use a corkscrew? That seems a little more plausible to me for some reason
I've only ever used an electric one since I was a kid. At some point in college, my friend handed me a manual one and I just stared at it and the can in confusion. She was shocked, but kindly showed me how to use it. That was probably the last time I used a manual one.
Honestly this is one of the more understandable ones if youve never seen anyone use one, i had to look up how to use those newer design ones that just crease the lid and you grab it off with the beak
Guilty here as well. Always had an electric growing up, but i knew about the handheld ones, just, never used it before.
My husband was quite amused when he saw me struggle the first time.
My bf cringed the first few times I used his can opener. I only ever use the type that goes on the top and his is the older style that goes from the side. It didn’t help that his was very dull and I’m very weak compared to him. Even when I do it right, it looks like I’m struggling because it’s so tough.
To be fair, I got FURIOUS when I came to live in Canada and realised what americans/canadians use to open cans. It's so ridiculously over complicated, and so much work to wash it. My whole life I used what people here call a "manual" can opener instead of that stupid thing with 2 handles and rotating parts.
I roll mine into a ball unless they're long, like dress socks. It's simpler.
Ice222 · 49 points · Posted at 00:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During my first year dating my bf (now husband), he was living in another town and boarding with a family. The house rules were, anyone who lives or stays there have to help out around the house, and they were kind enough to allow me to visit on weekends, so I was no exception.
However, growing up with Asian parents who never using the dishwasher, and always using a dryer for laundry I didn't know how to do some of the chores. They ended up having a really good laugh at me when they found out that I had to google how to load a dishwasher and hang laundry.
I'm still glad I googled though - as straight forward as the tasks sound there's a lot of little nuances and unwritten rules. For example: having to rinse first, or putting things the right way in the right draw for the dishwasher. Or same with laundry, how to hang things to minimize creases or to flip clothes inside out so that colored clothing don't fade as fast.
TBTI · 3 points · Posted at 00:37:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My god I can relate....Asian here. Never once had the dryer or dishwasher on while growing up
slightly nsfw?
A coworker of mine thought that “butt sex” just means that you like nestle your nethers between your partners two cheeks and just... that’s it. Laying across like an all-American hot dog.
My friend 20 asked me 21 how I learn about engines I work on in my free time. The look on his face when I said I just read books and watch walkthroughs. He never thought about reading how to do things you’re interested in learning
We live in an age where the average person carries a gateway to unlimited information and training in their pocket. It's crazy how people lack the drive to take this resource and use it to familiarize themselves with new ideas.
We do, but the magical glow book is full of porn, fluff, broken links, and nonsense that sometimes, we just don't have the energy to flip thru to find the right link
Right? I’ve been asked to change people’s brakes, change oil, and other basic things and they ask how I do it or how I find out certain problems and it’s like “bro just use fucking google”. You can literally find a walkthrough on how to hammer in a nail properly.
Victorian era manuals are THE BEST, they describe everything in detail so even a moron could understand it.
Most of the things here have reminded me why I don't follow other newbs blindly when we're all starting a task and rather rely on my own ability to RTFM.
I can't tell you how often I've given my own unique answer with everyone else to turn and look at me like I'm the idiot, only for the professor/instructor to verify a minute later that I was the only one with the correct answer.
Myself. A couple years ago. I’ve never had toast before, nor owned a toaster. My roomate let me borrow hers to try it. The toast popped up so I said “how do I get it out?” She sarcastically said that you use a fork. I figured she must be right, so I trapped a fork. She dove across the room to stop me from electrocuting myself
As long as you were only using one hand you would’ve been fine. Just would’ve felt weird and maybe hurt a bit. -Someone who has sent the power from an outlet through their arm multiple times.
That’s not true at all. You can get electrocuted even with using one hand. The electricity will go from your hand through your arm and out your feet into the ground.
Not necessarily, although it could. More likely, you will get nasty burns where it enters and exits you, possibly internal damage as well.
And why would it exit back out your hand? The way electricity works is it travels from areas of high potential to areas of low potential when there is a conductive path. The toaster elements are areas of high potential, the ground is the low potential, you are the conductive path.
Idk. I’m basing my guesses off my experience with outlets, where it traveled about 3/4 of the way up my arm (felt like along the nerves but may have just felt that more) and then went back down and out. I was wearing shoes at the time though, not sure if that would prevent it going to the ground.
I grew up in a suburb of Phoenix. Every single house had a dishwasher. When I moved out from my parents house I got a small place in Los Angeles with a friend and for the first time I had to do the dishes by hand.
One night I was knocking out a sink full of dirty dishes and my roommate comes in and rinsed his hands under the faucet for a second. He looked at me like I was insane, and asked why in the hell I was washing the dishes in cold water.
I've never understood why people wash all their dishes in hot water. I don't use cold water, usually just something slightly warm
The heat doesn't kill bacteria, the soap does
The only time I actually use hot water (and not warm) is when I'm cleaning something greasy
...have I been washing my dishes wrong? I also always assumed dishwashers used hot water because it can clean more efficiently then cold water and dishwashers are not scrubbing dishes, just spraying water at them.
Yes hot water is heavily suggested to wash dishes. You should use very warm water when you do dishes. It helps get gunk off faster than cold water by thinning out grease and oil and other gunk so the soap can "grab" it easier and get it off a surface. You can't do that with cold water as easily and the amount of scrubbing you have to do drastically cuts down when you use warmer water.
When I clean my cast iron pan I get it good and hot on the stove then hit it with water. It steams instantly and everything comes off with two strokes of the brush, no matter how stuck on. Don’t even need to use soap most times. Hot water FTW.
You don't ever really get the dishes squeaky clean. I lived in a trailer for a while and we didn't have a sewer hookup where we were parked so we tried cleaning our dishes in a series of buckets. We had hot water but it cooled very quickly out in the open air and all of our dishes were still oily after we rinsed them. (Yes, even though we changed the water out several times.)
While true that the heat doesn't kill the bacteria, there are all sorts of nooks and crannies in metal and other materials that are opened up when you use hot water. This helps get the soap inside there and get things clean.
Ever ate somewhere and the food tastes soapy? It's because they didn't rinse with hot water. Everything shrank and trapped in the soaps in the material. Then when they cooked all that shit flowed out and into your food.
Technically, and more down to how mild soap is and how it functions. Soap is really not nearly as deadly to microbes as some other cleaning stuff so there are plenty of microbes that have learned to survive soap as its been around a LONG time, but what it does do is grab onto microbes and gunk, which then all goes with the soap when you wash it off.
I grew up handwashing dishes with really hot water even before I started to use gloves. Then once at an aunts house she said only the dish washer gets hot enough to kill bacteria. I struggled with this for most of my life but continuing to hand wash with very hot water till recently I've said f it I dont want to wait for the water to heat up if it doesn't even "kill bacteria". I'll still use hot water for greasy things though. All with soap of course.
Some people will just scrub that stuck on stuff off, then pop it in the dishwasher. Some dishwasher detergents are insanely effective (I had a dishwasher tablet that blasted everything off my dishes. I was happily horrified.)
Oh, hah, I don't know if it's just a thing where I am?
But it's just the Finish Powerball Classic? Or something iunno lol.
I look like a shill, I'm sure there are better dishwasher tablets. But that was the first I've tried, and I sorta threw a couple dishes I wasn't expecting to get properly cleaned, and they were spotless.
Dishes should be washed in warm to hot water to melt the grease etc. but rinsing dishes in cold water is the way to go. Suds rinses off better in cold. Same reason as to why a washing machine rinse cycle is cold water.
There's a lot of different varieties, that's part of the problem :P some can be hooked up to your plumbing, some like keurigs have a water reservoir you fill every few cups, and some you have to manually fill each time. It sounds like she should have known since OP clarified that her dad had one like it for years, but tbh I don't use another person's coffee machine until they've explained how it works, just to be safe.
Eh, I have no idea how those commercial (Bunn®) coffee machines work. With a normal coffeemaker you put water in (2 cups in, 2 cups out), but the commercial versions are hooked directly into city water supply, that part I figured out... The magic is how the machine knows when the jug, uh, caraffe? Is full? I looked for a dial or something but didn't find one so I just never fiddled with them just in case I caused a fifty gallon coffee spill :p
When I was in college, my fraternity just got done with initiation. So, it was time to clean the basement while the newly-minted brothers showered and celebrated.
I was in charge of the hazing, so I was in charge of the cleaning. It was simple, the basement we were in had been cleaned out prior, and was just concrete walls and floors. Easy cleanup was the goal.
I hand a mop (not really a mop, more of a bristled brush on a stick, the proper name escapes me) to one of the brothers, and 5 minutes later I look up from my own labor and see this dude like...blotting the mixture of soap, water and filth on the floor.
"Dude, you go to top US university, and you don't know how to clean a damn floor?"
He was an Indian guy, raised with stupid amounts of wealth, and always had servants to do shit like this. We laughed and after a brief demonstration, he proved his competence.
Just wanna get out in front of the kind of comments I'm expecting: He wasn't an asshole, he did his job once he saw how to do it. He just never had to before.
🎙️ arual_x · 184 points · Posted at 21:56:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a stiffly bristled brush on a stick with the hot water/soap mixture for mopping when the floor is really dirty; it’s not a broom, it’s a stiffly bristled mop, basically, that you can just scrub the floor with brutally. —signed, someone at the equator who must be ever vigilant or THE BUGS WILL COME.
TIL. Mom called them push brooms. Though I don't think I've used one designed to be used with water, the one we had for for like sweeping leaves off the driveway.
I'm gonna market this gadget to newbs as "Scrub on a stick"
Dusk9K · 18 points · Posted at 01:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my first job as a waitress, I had to ask how to mop. My chores at home were cleaning my room, which had a carpet, and mostly barn and outdoor things. I could cook, clean, etc...but I had never mopped, especially with one of those big industrial mops with the squeeze thing in the bucket. Three years at that job in high school and college and my boss there never let me live that down. He'd tell everyone, "I had to teach her to mop! But at least I only had to show her once." So I suppose he was nice about it.
Also, squeeze mops work completely differently from other mops. In my house, we swept the kitchen everyday, but mopping was a once a month task using lots of water and rags to wet and scrub the entire floor and then dry it with more rags. Now I just have an off-brand swiffer, which is a lot easier.
Similar uni experience but in dorms i was getting along well with this guy and happy to make a new friend and he wanted to know if star wars or star trek was better (please don't start on this) but I haven't seen enough of either for a proper opinion so I told him so. He got upset and started saying shit and then dragging a show I had confided was close to my heart for personal and family reasons through the mud because I didn't give him a satisfactory answer, and if he could have an opinion on that why couldn't I form and opinion for his question? I ended up leaving. Came back later when I'd cooled off (wasn't about to cause a scene), and he starts asking if I'm done being so girly and emotional. Told him I wanted a proper apology, and he kept acting like being a woman made me unable to take his actions. No, it was the way you used information I told you against me for stupid shit. He did the thing kids do when they aren't sorry. Skip to later when he asks me where the dish soap and cloths are. I tell him he had to bring his own and let him use mine.
Friend had to teach her roommate how to operate a laundry machine that week too (instructions clearly on the machine).
Other friends completely turned over a couple other friends' room because they were tired of how unkempt it was. Turns out one didn't even know he had sheets in his drawer and had been sleeping on the mattress protector (UNIVERSITY DORMS, so likely 30+ years old if not more) for the last 6-7 months.
My husband is a manger in a food distribution warehouse.
Stuff falls, messes are made, life happens.
But the rule is: you drop it; you clean it.
We’re talking who pallets worth of stuff.
My husband has had to teach literal dozen of young guys how to mop now.
I’ve heard so many stories. Some just dip in water, smack on floor, dip in water, smack on floor, repeat. Ending with a mess plus tons of water.
Some don’t know they have to clean up the big things before mopping.
It seems they all just pick up a mop and push water and dirt around.
It’s happened enough the my husband has recommended that basic cleaning now be added to new-hire training.
During a live cooking class a few years back, I watched a 35 year old man exclaim ‘woahh! this salt just made this soup taste more intense, like more flavorful! I thought salt just made things salty!’
I thought he was joking at first, my back was turned to him when he said it. I turned around and recognized the childlike wonder in his eyes and genuine expression of amazement.
I didn’t even have the heart to make fun of him. Fucking astounding. Homeboy literally didn’t know what salt does to food.
There are many people who don't understand salt. So many just think it's bad for you and that you just need to train your tastebuds to not want salt, or that enough of other spices means salt isn't necessary, as you are getting flavour from them. All I can say is I'm pleased these people aren't cooking for me
Exactly. Loads of people don’t know this. Often your main experience with salt as a kid is on joy chips and it makes them salty. Therefore salt makes things salty. I was also well into adulthood when a chef explained to me that salt shouldn’t be a flavour of its own, it just brings out flavour of the food.
I replied above, but essentially salt and pepper are meant to bring out the flavour of the food, not create their own flavour (not make things salty - that means you’ve used too much).
With salt I can kind of understand, but pepper?? People say it and salt in the same breath so often, but that's a literal spice, not salt's equivalent.
Whenever there's pepper on food, I find the little grains of it and they taste, surprise, like pepper. They don't do anything to the food around them; just when I accidentally bite on them it's an unwelcome explosion of pungency. How are you saying they're supposed to somehow "bring out" a completely different flavour they do not themselves possess? Makes no sense to me.
Spoke to a random kid I met in Turkey. Didn’t have a clue who Hitler was. The fact that the authoritarian leader of his country has gained power in the exact way Hitler had, made me realize that many people don’t learn from history because they simply don’t know it.
Edit: read the question wrong. This answer doesn’t really fit, but whatever
-He called me the first time he tried to follow a recipe. He wanted to know if we had any more cumin. I told him there was a brand new container. He said he used it all...um...what? He misunderstood the abbreviations and put a WHOLE CONTAINER of cumin into a pot of chili and was looking for more to make it a FULL CUP.
-Regular dish soap in the dishwasher. Bubbles everywhere.
-Left the iron on for 4 days.
BEST OF ALL:
-He went on a long trip abroad. After a couple of weeks he shipped a package back to the States to lighten his load. In the package? His passport.
It was pretty wild actually. He ended up figuring out what he’d done and went back to the post office. The package was already gone but they tracked it for him. He ended up renting a car and driving hours across a huge chunk of Australia to intercept it. It took some begging and several alternate forms of ID (and some getting laughed at by postal workers) but they let him open the package and get his passport out.
I told myself I would eat it to support him. I got a bite close to my mouth but the smell was so overpowering I gave up. From the smell, I’m guessing there was a similar misunderstanding about the black pepper.
In High school, the philosophy teacher, who was sitting in the main desk with a computer turned on, asked me for a calculator because she was averaging the grades of the students. I replied that I have no problem lending it to her, but she was in front of a computer, they have a calculator (basically they are huge calculators)
Her replay was that the PC were too stupid and simple to have something like a calculator built in.
I had to show her just got easy it is if you just write "calculator" in the windows tab.
I routinely see people lick their fingers to dole out their cash money to buy things. Every goddamn day it happens. Even when the cashier literally recoils in horror from the moistened bill, douses it in sanitizer, and leaves it to dry before wiping down the entire register area, they still lick their goddamn fingers to dole out their cash money. Get a fucking debit card you actual cretin, what the hell, oh my god, sincerely every single person you're viscerally disturbing.
Funny thing about that is that I work in a hospital and wear latex gloves all day and I can still use my touch screen with the gloves on so he took them off for no reason. If they were latex or nitrile, the touch screen will still work.
It's one thing if you work in a hospital, but I don't see the point of the gloves for everybody else. They protect your hands from germs, but you can wash your hands and use sanitizer. Otherwise, people use the gloves to touch everything, then their phones, their faces, their food, etc. Defeats the purpose.
Aspy17 · 6 points · Posted at 05:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The skin on my hands splits open when I wash my hands with the soap found in public restrooms. Contact with bleach and other disinfecting cleaners will cause the same. I wear nitrile gloves when I go out. Just a reason why you might see some people wearing gloves. The condition is called dishydrotic eczema.
If people would just think about the purpose of the gloves in this case - they're not doing surgery and preventing blood getting onto their hands... not that they should put those in their mouth either! And people don't even take their gloves off properly with their hands lol
I think the point is you aren't expelling drops from your nose, you breathe down. You talk and your Ps and Ts send stuff flying so you cover that. Also it may not fog your glasses as much.
Spitballing here but that's the only thing i can think that halfway makes sense. There are signs everywhere though with instructions how to wear masks these days.
My wife got coughed on by a woman who did that at a blood draw lab. A lady who then went up to the receptionist's desk to ask if that's where they did COVID tests... despite the sign on the door that said "we do not test for COVID here."
I'm just glad I was waiting in the car with my daughter instead of witnessing it, because if I had seen that I'd have flipped out on that cow in no time flat.
I saw someone wearing their mask ON THEIR FUCKING FOREHEAD!!!!
Unless they were an alien trying to disguise themselves, there’s no reason I can think of to do that. Even when I pull mine down to take a breather after pushing heavy stuff, I put it down on my chin.
The people who don't cover their nose are idiots. Those people are just doing it to passive-agressively protest "this store I'm in forces me to wear a mask, but I'm not going to do it in anyway that actually prevents disease spread!"
So, also idiots, I guess. Nevermind.
bbynug · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thing is, wearing it just over their mouth actually does help prevent them from spreading the disease to others because it blocks droplets which are the primary way COVID is transmitted. Leaving their nose exposed just puts them at higher risk for catching the virus because, y’know, we breath through our noses. So they’re basically just fucking themselves over. Still pisses me off when I see it.
Since I bike most place I do this while riding because it's tough to get enough air while exercising. Once I get off to shop or whatever though it's on.
I am an infection Preventionist at a hospital. Masks and other personal protective equipment are a big part of my job. My boss has been in the office twice since March (she’s working from home, that’s a whole other thing), and both times has worn the mask incorrectly. The first time she had the top flipped down so it wasn’t covering her nose. Today she had the bottom flipped up so it covered just down to her bottom lip, but slipped up off her mouth when she talked. The director of infection prevention ladies and gentlemen.
I’m guilty of breaking the “don’t touch it” rule, but I think I have a naturally sensitive face because goddamn does my face itch a lot. No other part of my body, sans my underparts in the hot weather, have ever itched like my face does.
But at least I can follow the “cover your mouth and nose” rule which half of all the people I’ve seen can’t even do.
So many fucking old people in my town who have no idea and/or are just wankers. 50% of them wear a mask but only on their mouth (their nose is outside the mask). Most of them don't give a fuck about distancing and just barge past everyone else, whilst ignoring my simple commands. It gives me humungous pleasure to wait until they have walked all the way up the wrong way in my store to tell them they have to go all the way back down again.
In a low infection country but complained that I couldn't get my favourite ramen while visiting my family because it was in a busy mall and I can't eat noodles with a mask.
Dad says, "just drive me there and I'll pick it up takeaway for you, then we'll go home"
??? And just infect me on the car ride home? That's not how any of this works
Went to the doctors office and they had some cheap masks you put on when you show up and the thing was frustratingly small and it was the biggest one they had. I’m a fairly small guy as well and the thing struggled to cover both nose and mouth without feeling one was about to be uncovered constantly. Still no excuse though
Worked in the woods doing conservation and land surveying work on a 3 man crew. All of us 19-23 Living in the woods for 6 months; doing general camping tasks on top of our 8-10 hour work days. One of the guys on my crew just baffled me with the things he didn’t know how to do. Everything that I’d known and said and done since I was 5 years old was brand new to him, I don’t know how he’s made it this far in life. Normal kid, no developmental issues or home life issues. Just hadn’t done anything with himself except play basketball (badly) and watch history documentaries that he’d quote at random times, but did awful in school because he couldn’t retain information longer than his 30 second attention span.
Couldn’t use a twist can opener/had never even seen one, was amazed that a stick that had just been in the fire burned him, would cut towards himself or over his fingers with knives, couldn’t figure out multiple card games rated 8yo-up, would swing heavy metal trail working tools around without any regard for people’s heads regardless of how many times we’d tell him to watch himself, swore he’d gone camping his whole life but couldn’t set up a 1 man tent even after being shown and lead through the process a good dozen times, didn’t know how to cook anything (I’m talking couldn’t warm up rice and beans without messing it up), he would ask questions akin to those that a curious 3 year old would ask and then when you’d tell him something was wrong or not possible he’d give you an answer like “well I think it could work, it would work like that cause I thought about it really hard.” He would harass people and “flirt” with women to the point that I’d have to intervene and walk him away while the person he was talking to asked if there was something wrong with him
It got to the point where myself and my crew manager had to request that he was taken off of our team because we were having to hold his hand and babysit him through even the simplest of tasks.
Ah yeahhhh, I should’ve said no disagnosed developmental issues
But he was from a well off family, with a lawyer father and a mother in medical distribution, so just the thought that they’d ignore or not see any issues he could have baffles me a bit; especially as all of his siblings seemed pretty normal comparatively lol
I've known families who just can't handle an ID (intellectual disability, which used to be called retardation) diagnosis. To the point that they revoke consent for the testing, which as far as the school system goes, makes it like it never happened. One family I know has done it twice now (got him tested, freaked out when they got the results and revoked consent, then two years later requested the testing again).
A lot of the behavior described reminds me of kids I've known who are ID. Especially if no one ever explained it to the kid themselves, which yeah, some families actually do.
Something I did, unfortunately. Went away to college and started panicking after a few days because whoa, weird, my hairbrush is CONSTANTLY filling with hair. I have very thick, long hair, and I thought I was getting sick or going bald because my hairbrush was completely covered in hair.
Turns out that for my entire life up until that point, my brother had been cleaning out my hairbrush almost every day because it totally grossed him out to see it covered in hair. I never knew that cleaning out a hairbrush was a thing you had to do and never once cleaned mine out until I was 18. Not sure where I thought the hair went after each time I used the brush... My mom and brother still make fun of me for this a decade+ later.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 04:45:08 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can relate--with your brother--I often cleaned out my sister's brush, but you don't deserve that much grief for this--when people constantly clean up after others, they set them up for things like this.
(not implying anything about you BTW, just in general)
What I'm learning from this thread is that rich kids are absolutely unbearable to live with.
[deleted] · 39 points · Posted at 07:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little brother used to not know the months of the year. As an adult. Like if you went up to him and said, “it’s September, what month is next?” He would have no fucking clue. His excuse is that he never had a reason to know them. I used to tease him for it all the time.
One day he invited me out to dinner, and I get to the restaurant and sit at a table waiting for him. So he shows up, and he looks me in the eye and very sternly says, “January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Fuck you!”
And that was the most deserved “fuck you” I ever felt. It shook me to my core, but god damn was I proud.
You're a good brother, use of foresight is an important lesson to learn. I struggle with it sometimes, but I cared enough to learn months, at least. Can't imagine the turning point for him would be all that flattering. Was proving himself and telling you off the reason for the dinner? Sounds like yall have a good relationship, anyway.
Repeated research reveals this disgusting behavior (and more) but you're such a bitch for double-checking if everyone washed their hands before handling your food.
I worked at a luxury hotel in Scotland and a group of Texan ladys come through, "Real housewives of Texas" types, I showed one to the room and she asked if we could bring her coffee in the morning. I said no as it was too early and noone would be working yet but theres a kettle and coffee in your room.
When I told her it was French press she asked how that worked, so I explained and she still looked confused so i ran through it with her again step by step. I told her to boil the kettle, add the coffee, add the water, pushed the filter down and it's done.
The she asked me something along the lines of "so how do I use the kettle?" I was a little dumbfounded because how have you gone 45 years without switching on a kettle?? Any way I went through that step by step fill it with water, close the lid, press the button, and wait. Then she hits me with "how will I know the waters boiled" so I tell it switches itself off and makes a loud click. She was quite impressed by that.
Tipped big, lovely lady, might be a sim that breached the gap into the real world.
I live in Texas and can tell you 90% of people do not drink hot tea. Even when they get iced tea it's generally from a restaurant. You can literally pull up to restaurants and buy it by the gallon. Most people do not own a kettle here. It's a shame because so many people are missing out on good tea.
Can confirm. Have never made hot tea in my life. I have had it at tea parties, events etc but I didn’t like it enough to go to the trouble to make it for myself. I do make and drink iced sweet tea by the gallon. And most people I have met have an automatic coffee maker that handles the whole process of heating the water, dripping it over the coffee and into a carafe. I know a handful of people who have French presses but they are all very into coffee. I think this was more of a cultural divide. I realize that iced tea is an oddity, or at best a summer only thing for the northern states and overseas. However, in the southern US it is warm enough year-round to warrant it. Then, whatever you are used to is what you want no matter what the climate - I drink iced tea even when traveling to Colorado and other cold places.
Boil like 4 teabags on the stove in a pot, pour into already made sugar water in a pitcher (or just water, and dissolve the sugar as you add tea. Put on lid. Place in fridge. Enjoy
I have never owed a tea kettle. I grew up using the method of boiling tea bags & sugar in water in a pot on the stove top, then pour in a gallon pitcher and add cold water. Once I moved into my own place, I got an iced tea maker, which functions similar to a coffee maker. I highly recommend it for iced tea. So yes, to get to iced tea, you do have hot tea briefly but it’s not in an easily pourable form such as a kettle or tea pot. Technically there are instant iced tea mixes that you don’t have to boil, but they are an abomination.
People in Texas buy sweet tea from restaurants???? I’m in South Carolina and we’ve always made it on the stove. Like boil water, add tea bags, wait, add sugar and refrigerate. We don’t have kettle either but I am flabbergasted that people don’t make their own sweet tea at home lol
sSommy · 6 points · Posted at 07:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I'm from Texas, we make our own sweet tea. You can buy gallons at the store if you want, but it's not at all the "normal" way to do it.
Most Texans do make their own tea at home. I feel like the only Texans who buy tea from a restaraunt like that must be rich or something unless they just decided to buy a gallon of tea with their food from Bill Miller's or something.
Nah it's usually for people who either never learned how to make it on the stove or just don't have a stove. It's not like buying a gallon of sweet tea at chicken express is screaming rich
To be fair, you can buy ice tea in groceryshops. So you would never have to learn how to make tea if you only drink ice. At least here in Europe it's a thing carried everywhere.
A few months ago, I bought my first electric kettle and use it to make tea now. Live in the US. I can't believe I waited this long to buy one! I am 55.
[deleted] · 46 points · Posted at 02:28:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I don’t think I had any idea there was such a thing as an electric kettle until I was in my 50s? Although I grew up in a rural area (in the US), as an adult I lived near a major city and just never saw one in use or even in a store. I probably first saw one on TV or in a movie and thought they were pretty cool, TBH, but I think I’ve only ever seen one in person once or twice. I’ve only ever used stove-top kettles. And I’m not at all surprised about that lady from Texas.
This has me questioning reality, I'm from New Zealand and I have lived in the UK on two separate occasions and did a bit of travelling while over there and everywhere I've been has had an electric kettle and finding out that apparently they just dont really exist in America has me speechless.
I know, right? I was surprised to find out about them and how ubiquitous they were outside the US. Once I realized how they work (and how cool they are), I was surprised and puzzled at why we just don’t know about them here.
My thoughts too. In NZ you switch the jug on every time you walk past, because someone will be wanting a hot drink in the next five minutes. It is the most used appliance in the whole house.
I get completely thrown by visitors who don't do hot drinks, it is the cornerstone of my cultural hospitality.
I have a kettle that has a “keep warm” function – basically whenever the temp drops too much it’ll re-boil. Absolute lifesaver now that winter has decided to grace QLD with its presence.
It's bizarre hey. I'm Aussie and when I moved to Canada we had to buy a kettle for our "fully furnished" apartment, because they're just not common there!
Being she's from the southern part of the US, she's used to iced tea. If she makes it herself, she most likely boils water in a pot on the stove. And people who aren't coffee aficionados typically wouldn't use a French press. Electric kettles aren't usually popular here. We happen to have one that is only used when we camp. Husband uses it for his coffee. We also use it to heat up water to wash dishes.
I may be wrong, but I don't think electric kettles are terribly common in the US.
I honestly can't think of anyone I know, for a fact, has one. I know folks with coffee makers, stovetop kettles, etc, but to my knowledge I don't know anyone that has and uses an electric kettle.
Most people in the US have never seen an electric kettle. We make hot water pretty much exclusively by putting a non-electric kettle full of water onto the stove and waiting for it to get hot. I'm in my 40s and just met my first electric kettle last year.
I saw a lot about that lately online (american woman making "british tea in the microwave ?!) I live in Canada, I've always owned a kettle and I was amazed this very simple kitchen item seems unknown south of the border...
I've used a real kettle, and a French press, but I've never used an electric kettle and probably wouldn't have fared much better. Then again, I'm basically a Sim.
Have to hold my hand up and admit that, although I am a coffee drinker, I don't really know how to work a French press. I know how to use an Espresso maker (the manual one), a coffee machine and obviously coffee grounds, but these things intimidate me. But holy shit, the kettle...
Texans know how to make tea; most Southerners that can cook can handle this basic task.
She was confused because like 98% of Americans have never even heard of an electric kettle, let alone seen one.
MPHV51 · 391 points · Posted at 19:58:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a SO who was 29 when I married him, at that time had made me breakfast (scrambled eggs and toast), bbq dinner, and washed dishes. As of 1 year later he could not even cope with anything outside the garage and yard. Forgets all the time where things go in the kitchen, but god forbid you put something in the wrong place. (and it's considered MY kitchen). Don't marry or stay married to anyone who ghosts on chores. Now 32 yrs later he is finally doing the lunch dishes and vacuuming a little, he loves the Dyson stick vac. But only because I'm sick. I hope to feel better in a few months, I'm sure he will slack off eventually.
Honestly the whole relationship is just funky. But it's not my choice it's hers. I don't think I would have lasted a year with this guy but she's lasted 5 years with him and will marry next year.
She's also a high earner compared to him and doesn't mind.
MPHV51 · 22 points · Posted at 20:32:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, he must show his worth in other ways! (giggle)
Currently been almost a year since I moved in with my long term boyfriend. He's an amazing guy but just doesn't see the merit of doing chores until they NEED to be done (ie no plates or forks, constantly stepping on gravel, etc) while I grew up cleaning every week/dishes every couple days and have relaxed to sweeping/cleaning every couple weeks. I realized this when our cleanaholic roommate moved for the summer. We had a few talks and I told him I couldn't handle his lack of regard, got 'if you want it done I feel like it should be you doing it' a couple times before coming to an understanding and agreement on chores. I still need to remind him once and awhile about his turn/things needing doing, but it's been so much better since then. We have talked about buying a place instead of renting but I made it clear I like the idea but absolutely won't until I am certain I won't become the sole cleaner. (We both have full time jobs currently but he works nights which makes scheduling a bit more difficult. I'll be back to school soon so I'll be a bit busier in my 'off time's.)
My husband had an immaculate apartment while we were dating....soon after we married and moved into our house, he forgot about putting dishes in the sink, etc. I stopped washing the dishes that weren’t at least in the kitchen. He does do his own laundry and cleans the bathroom he uses. And we take turns with the dishes. Only took 20 years
Ok most of that is pretty indefensible, But my girlfriend moves the kitchen utensils around every couple of months then gets annoyed when i screw something up. Drives me up the wall.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 01:43:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
That seems fair to me. You both had a say in what is happening, and are okay with it.
Just make sure the boys know the stuff mum is doing isn't necessarily women's work... They will be expected to do it themselves unless they sort out a similar system. :)
I always think of it from a time perspective. 8hrs of work a day, either at an office or at home. Pick your poison!
My dad (age 63) bought out his lease car a few years ago, which was a company lease car, and he had had one since moving to the US when he was 26. Last year he got pulled over because he had never renewed his car registration! It was 2.5 years expired! He legit just didn’t know he had to do anything to renew it. He could have been arrested but the cop took such pity on him 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I also had to teach him how to use the laundry machine when he retired. Ordering on amazon still is too much of a challenge. Let alone transferring money on his bank app from one account to another 🤦🏼♀️
I would like to remind everyone that he was a successful CEO of international public company 😂
and chemically there isn't much of a difference between hand-soap, dish-soap and shampoo. Out in the real world they can be used as substitutes for each other.
I had gathered that, I'm just saying that I keep a bottle of dish soap in the shower to degrease my arms after work every day, the fine mix of metal shavings and grease doesn't come off well with anything else, and you certainly wouldn't want to use a pumice-based hand cleaner to take grease off your face, too much risk of eye injury.
And this is why men age faster. Its hard to find a man that properly washes his face with the right kind of soap and damn near impossible to find one that moisturizes too. Unheard of to find one that exfoliates as well.
I once asked my 30 year old boyfriend to hang dry the comforter while I was at work as it does not fit in the dryer well. He asked where he should hang it and I suggested the dining room chairs since it was cold outside.
I come home and it is balled up and “hanging” on the back of one chair. He claimed he never had to hang dry anything and increasing the air-to-blanket surface area “didn’t occur” to him.
Tattoo artist here. We put a stencil transfer on a clients body before we start tattooing them. Then we let them take a look in the mirror to see if it needs adjustments before we start tattooing. I have lost count of how many times I've had to explain how mirrors reverse what's being reflected. I've also had to explain how a hand mirror and a full length mirror can be used together to look behind yourself A LOT
4a4a · 263 points · Posted at 21:02:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom and anything related to cars. She doesn't know how to add any fluids besides gas, put air in the tires, check anything, interpret any warning lights. She's been driving since the early 70s, but somehow hasn't internalized anything about maintenance. So every time something goes wrong she's on the phone to me asking what to do, and texting me pictures of the warning lights etc.
Just a couple of days ago she accidentally turned off the traction control on her Subaru Outback, and she didn't know what the little 'OFF' warning meant, so she pulled over and called me about it.
diiejso · 123 points · Posted at 22:38:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my car in the shop one day and it wasn't going to take them too long so I hung out in their waiting area. Some guy pulled in with a new F350 just billowing smoke and I got to overhear his conversation with a mechanic. The smoke started after he changed his oil. They asked how much oil he added and he said X quarts as the manual said. Then they asked how much oil drained out before and what it looked like. He got a really puzzled look on his face and told them he didn't drain any oil out he just poured in how much the book said his truck needed.
😮 crazy to me. 20F, dad's a mechanic and I've been helping him change oil and tires etc around 5 years. Gotten to the point he just says "hey X needs doing mind doing it?" Or " want to do X while I do X, let me know if you have any questions". I'm comfortable doing it on my own even though he's always been near when I do any maintenance.
My parents are the same way. My dad knows better but hopes he can stretch between maintenance, but my mom absolutely does not comprehend maintenance. She seized her engine on an older car she got used after only a couple years on market, and after paying 3,500 to replace it with a rebuilt engine, refused to take it back to the shop after it clearly was not properly installed. Loud, irregular backfiring and stalling at random intervals. A genuine hack job, and easy money for her. But nope, didn't wanna deal with the shop at all.
I don't really know how to add any fluids to my car besides gas and wiper fluid. I guess I could add oil but I'm pretty sure you have to take the old oil out first and I definitely don't know how to do that. I could probably figure it out easily enough, but I'd rather just pay a guy to do it for me. Are there other fluids that commonly need adding?
You only have to take the old oil out if you are doing an oil change. That being said, the oil and antifreeze are the two lifeblood’s of the engine. If either were to develop a leak, the engine can seize if it gets low enough. I would say it’s definitely worthwhile knowing how to check and refill both. It could keep you from being stranded on the side of the highway. YouTube has tutorials on how to do stuff like this for most makes and models these days.
This may be a dumb question, but how important is the antifreeze is it doesn't freeze where I live? My car has an indicator for the oil, so I don't really worry about that.
Antifreeze is a bit of a misnomer, it keeps the engine at the Goldilocks temperature, and because of how much heat an engine produces when it’s running, it’s job is mainly to cool everything down
Antifreeze is what a lot of people call engine coolant, which is what travels around your engine and through your radiator to keep your engine from overheating. It's always got antifreeze in it so if you're somewhere cold it won't seize up in the radiator, hence the name. But not having engine coolant at all is big bad, and can seriously fuck your engine.
ETA: your car almost certainly has an indicator for coolant levels as well. It's not unusual for it to not be needed for a long time. I've had four cars and the only car I've seen the indicator on in is a '97 Saturn.
If you look in your owner's manual, there should be a list of recommended maintenance at certain mileages. If you've been taking your car in for it's "20,000 mile service" or what have you, if it's on the list, they should do it. You may have to search for a PDF of they put it in a maintainence guide instead of the manual.
Some cars don't have coolant changes as a recommended service. Some cars recommend it every 30-60k miles or so. If you have a place you trust, ask them what they think. It's almost certainly being looked at when being serviced. Otherwise, unless coolant is getting low, doing it by the book or only when a relevant issue crops up should be fine.
I probably should have used the word coolant rather than anti-freeze. I tend to use the two interchangeably out of habit. Anti-freeze is kind of an outmoded term these days, but all automotive coolants have anti-freezing properties, as far as I know. Just to make sure I’m being clear, coolant is essential. Without it, the engine will overheat.
As for the oil indicator, make sure it is an oil level indicator, not an oil pressure indicator. If your oil PRESSURE light comes on, that means you need to pull over immediately and shut the engine off because there is not enough oil circulating through the engine to prevent damage. An oil LEVEL indicator usually will give enough warning for you to get the car home or to a shop.
Either way, you should know how to check and fill the oil. If your car is less than a few years old, you probably won’t have an issue. However, on the off chance you develop a leak, I would rather spend $10 per quart of oil and add it myself than $100 plus for a tow truck to a mechanic. Not to mention the time saved. And it’s something that is incredibly easy to do. Most modern cars have the oil dipstick and fill cap clearly labeled.
Here’s my car one...Manual transmission...I learned once and know mentally how to do it, I’ve just never had my own and so it never became natural from doing it enough. I’m sure that’s common these days, but here’s the fuck up: years ago when I was an intern my boss tossed me his keys for the first time to go pickup lunch. He was like you can drive a stick right? For some reason I said yes, guess I was embarrassed and technically I had before! I managed to get the car out of the spot and to the parking attendant. I must have stalled it and I can’t exactly remember what went down but essentially the parking attendant put the car back in the spot for me. Lol. So then I had to go back upstairs and play even dumber than I actually was to not look like the negligent psycho I was, and said “oh sorry I didn’t know what you meant at first, I can’t drive stick.” The look I got from that guy....lol
I feel this in my soul. My mother didn’t know how to pump gas until I was well into high school, nor would she refuse to learn. She went to the single station in our area that would still pump your gas for you or she’d make my dad go after work for her. I know what you’re thinking, but she didn’t grow up in one of those states where you don’t pump your own gas. Before she met my dad she would either find an old school station that would do it, or she’d nicely ask some unsuspecting man at a self service station.
When I was fifteen she locked me out of the car and made me do it. I’d never been taught before so she finally got out of the car when I couldn’t figure out how to get the gas cap off (I know better now obviously). Some sweet good ol’ boy showed us how to do it with a bemused look on his face. She then locked herself back in the car while I filled the tank.
Oof this was kind of me when I got divorced. The first time my tire light came on I had NO IDEA what it was (I was 35 and had been driving since age 15... idk...). But I read the manual and learned. When I found out that Costco tire center will add air for you if you just pull up outside I was so grateful.
The first time I had a flat (I have AAA, for really obvious reasons) and showed up wanting to replace the tire it blew my mind when they told me they could just patch it for me.... for free.
My ex really sucked at a lot of things and was emotionally and financially abusive, but I do have to say he did a good job taking care of the vehicle maintenance. LOL. (Of course... we only had one vehicle and that was actually part of the abuse situation... he would go on business trips and take the car keys with him, for example, leaving me stranded at home with my kids and no way to buy groceries or get them to school. This was before Uber or grocery delivery was a thing. So maybe it makes sense that I never lifted a finger for vehicle maintenance.)
neyoon · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think a lot of women don’t know jack about cars (including me and my mum) as we’re traditionally discouraged from engaging in “unfeminine hobbies”. I don’t own a car or a license yet, where would I learn to all this? I’ve looked up maybe one video once on YouTube... Any channel recommendations would be great thanks
[deleted] · 368 points · Posted at 00:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As someone who used to work front line IT I got this on a near daily basis. At this point the only excuse you have for not knowing the basics of computer use is living in a third world country. Computers have been available for home use at a reasonable price for 25 years. They've been used in offices all over the developed world for 30 years. Keyboards, mice, and a windowed GUI have been commonly available for 30 years. The technology has not changed that much. You people have had 3 decades to learn this shit.
Electricity is a requirement for a computer to work. Your desktop won't work during a power outage. Your laptop won't work indefinitely without plugging it in every once in a while.
If you're using the mouse with your right hand, as most people do, left-click is under your index finger, right-click is under your middle-finger and the scroll-wheel is between the two.
The 'any' key is not a thing, just press a key.
Num-lock has to be on for the keypad to work.
Reboot your computer every one in a while, it helps.
No, I'm not joking when I tell you to turn it off and back on again. Do it. A decent portion of the time it will fix your problem.
The monitor is the screen. The box that everything is plugs into is the computer.
The start menu contains shortcuts to most of your programs. They don't all need to be on your desktop.
You should know where you're saving or downloading files to, it'll make it easier to find them when you need them, and no, the recent files list in Word or Excel is not the location of your files.
If you're working on something, save it often. Shit happens and you don't want to lose work.
Holy fuck, I'm glad I don't have to work with regular users anymore.
Edit: Fixed improper usage of "your." Some pedant pointed out my mistakes. Thank you and fuck you internet pedant.
My students REFUSE to save while working. REFUSE. Then they go to render something insane and the software shuts down and they lose everything. “Well, no worries you’ll just lose everything since your last save...” “yeah.. about that...” I swear I say it like ten times every single class period and they still just wont do it.
My favorite professors would always introduce us to a new tool by explaining how the auto-save feature works. The best tools will remember the auto-save configuration for you and just start saving. Can't help your students after you tell them about auto-save.
I used to manual save obsessively, since back in the win95/dos3 days, then got into a bad habit of not actively saving because I had configured all my tools to auto-save in the XP days. Ran into a relatively modern word processor (for android) a few weeks ago that doesn't have a built-in, turned-on autosave and lost a document for the first time in years. I was grumpy, and mostly grumpy at myself for being spoiled and forgetting that not everything has automatic saving.
I’ve never found the auto save feature in our software to be very reliable. It could be from 30 seconds before or three hours before or not at all. And like you said, I don’t want them to rely on it and it not work and then be screwed. But it usually ends up happening anyway. Lol.
don't get me started on BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER REGULARLY.
Sorry about yelling but this gets me so horribly frustrated. I cannot tell you how often I've heard relatively smart people lose everything because they never backed up.
It took losing one file in Uni to teach me that shit.
Had a manager a few years ago who had our IT department proxy into his computer to install some new software. Per their normal procedure, when they finished, they emptied the recycle bin on the desktop.
He absolutely flipped out.
All his important files, all the contacts he'd been working on, just, everything. He kept it all stored in the recycle bin. Why? He didn't like a lot of clutter on the desktop.
They were eventually able to get most of it back from back-ups on the server. Some weren't the most recent versions, and there were a few other items that were too long gone (some things you don't realize you're missing until you need them) by the time they tried to find them to restore them.
The sheer amount of office ladies I argued with over whether or not they had service with the company I worked for... fucking wild. They would just call up the first “Internet Place” they thought of and insist we had shut off their service, and would fight tooth and nail over even giving basic information like “what is your address or business name?” when we tried to pull an account. At a certain point you realize that the only thing that is going to move the conversation forward is running them through the first troubleshooting steps to find their equipment and read off the company name and oh what’s that? That’s our competitor, thanks, bye.
Right. Even after its apparent they've called the completely wrong company about a problem they still insist they can be helped. I have to explain it like you calling a random company is like calling Subway to argue about your Pizza Hut pizza. It makes no sense. I know they get it they're just looking for a fight. These people are willfully ignorant idiots.
My dad asked me how to visit a website and I can’t remember the steps I gave him, but long story short he asked if he should open iTunes.
He was always adiment that I “show” him how to do it and not just do it for him, but there came a point where I didn’t believe I was capable of teaching him
anras · 8 points · Posted at 02:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The monitor is the screen. The box that everything is plugs into is the computer.
My ex thought a desktop computer consisted of the monitor (correct) and the hard drive (the computer).
My ex's mom thought similarly, except it was "the part of the computer with the screen" and "the brain."
My former landlord was asking questions about my "modem." I was confused, but long story short she was talking about my computer. Also when I got to the bottom of what she was talking about, I said, "Ohh that's just my computer!" To which she responded, "Well I'm not a techie!"
Edit: I was helping the same ex's mom with some computer problem, and the first thing I instructed her to do was to open her web browser. She was a regular web user but just gave me this "I have no idea what you're talking about" face.
I worked at a place where we had community computers one guy on a different shift would use the number pad as the arrow keys. I never understood it since you had the actual arrow keys nearby. It was annoying when you would go to use the number pad in excel and all you were doing was paging down or something.
If you ever worked a cashier in retail you know the num-pad is way way way faster if you learn where the keys are at without looking
CMJMcM · 7 points · Posted at 02:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate when you tell them the soloution and they ask " why do I need to do that? " or " How does that work? ", like I dont fucking no I just know it does, ask Bill Gatea
Lmao exactly. Holy shit person I'm not a developer, if you really want to know look at the code, if you can read it boom there's your answer. Another good one is, "Why did X happen?" The cause could be anything from user error to solar flares, the more important question is, "Why do you care why it happened? Why is that a thing?"
If your using the mouse with your right hand, as most people do, left-click is under your index finger, right-click is under your middle-finger and the scroll-wheel is between the two.
I usually have my index finger on the left button, middle finger on the scroll wheel, and ring finger on the right button. Am I doing it wrong?
This is what gets me the most. I'm in my mid-thirties and some of the people I work with are in their fifties. They always put my general computer skills down to my age, like if you were born after 1980 the computer fairy just blessed you with magical knowledge that is inaccessible to them.
Like, dude no! I was in Kindergarten when PC's became mainstream in the business world. You have like a 15 year headstart on me!
It's OK to not know something. Now you do know it. Knowing is half the battle. The other half of course is using that knowledge. Please use it. Please lol.
My mom has been using a computer for more than 20 years and I STILL have to tell her to turn it off and then back on again when she has an issue. She calls me for tech support and that's the first thing I ask if she tried... And it usually fixes the issue. I have tried to teach her to do this with all her tech issues... Her phone, her modem, her cable box. It's sort of frustrating at times. I also have had to tell her what hotkeys to use to rotate her screen and change her keyboard back to English from French.
Thank you for typing this so I don't have to. I'll also add:
Passwords have been around for thousands of years, long before computers existed. They're a simple way to protect things from most people. Yes, you need them and sometimes have to change them.
Ctrl+C copies, Ctrl+V pastes, please learn these important basic functions. On Macs, it's Command+C to copy and Command+V to paste.
You type web addresses in the address bar at the top of your web browser and press Enter or Return to go to a specific website. If you want to search for a site that's when you type it into Google.
Updates are your friend. They make things work. Without them things won't work. Yes, you need them, that's why they exist.
The vast majority of computer problems are due to user error. Seriously. Nearly every problem is the user's fault either directly or indirectly.
It's OK to not know something but when you contact support and get the answer, don't argue with the person who is giving you the info. You contacted them, they didn't contact you, and only one of the people in the interaction is ignorant (hint: it's the user).
If your computer is 10+ years old it won't be compatible with lots of things. No, it's not a conspiracy. It's because technology has advanced exponentially five times or more since your computer was made. You need a new computer from the current decade.
Contact support when you have an issue. Don't be that person with a dozen items on a laundry list to work through. That's why there are high hold times. It's because of users calling in with 20 years of issues and questions with 10 year old computers that are flabbergasted their ancient relic of a computer doesn't do what it did when they bought it three marriages ago.
Tech support is for fixing broken things, not tutoring you for a computer degree. If you have how-to questions, try reading the user manual. It has answers that explain how to do things
Nobody knows everything about every computer related thing. That's why teams of IT people exist.
Don't constantly ask why every single problem occurs. A lot of problems are one-off glitches that will never happen again and may be nearly impossible to determine why they happened. If it's not happening again, just move on with your life. If it happens again then wonder why.
If you have a problem with a product from Company A, don't call Company B about it. No, it's not passing the buck when you're told to contact the correct company. Yes, you're willfully ignorant and stupid if you continue to argue and insist Company A can help you with Company B's product.
If you can't tell, I've been in IT support for far too long. Been answering the same things since Y2k. All agre groups. People that have been alive as long as modern computers have existed and they still don't get it. They are usually pretty shitty to work with too, some of the most entitled, pretentious, rude, arrogant, horrendous people I've dealt with are people 50 yrs or older. Everyone else is typically willing to accept new information even if it goes against their belief system or whatever. Yes, you can learn new things at the age of 55 you're just too stubborn to choose to do it. No, that's not anyone's problem but your own.
The people who think they are smart are the worst. Guys who are like “i dont really be know’n about confuzers none” follow directions and listen to you.
Guy with CCNA kept jumping ahead on changing ip address/route on juniper firewall. We did 12 together and every damn time we had to do it 3 times because hed hit save and reboot.
Guy who changed lightbulbs and unplugged toilets for hotel and didnt have a login or pc to use? Walkes him through swapping circuits, logging into firewall and changing ip and routes over phone. Took 10min tops.
Amen to the desktop thing. I’m at the point where I literally have nothing on my desktop except the recycle bin. Some commonly used stuff is pinned to my taskbar, but anything else I just press start and type the first few letters of the name. It’s so much faster than hunting for an icon on a desktop
You should know where you're saving or downloading files to, it'll make it easier to find them when you need them, and no, the recent files list in Word or Excel is not the location of your files.
I've had SO many discussions with people (the same people, multiple times) about paying attention to WHERE you save files.
The file system is not a difficult concept to understand.
Every time I hear somebody say "I saved it in Microsoft Word" I have to restrain myself from slapping them and shouting "No you fucking didn't! We've talked about this!"
Because of Covid we've had to stop taking people's cards off them or packing their bags and its shocking how many people dont know how to open a paper bag without ripping it in half
This! Omg people don’t know what side of the card to swipe and then at my job we are not to touch them at all, just have the guest do it themselves but omg the amount of patience having to deal with these people drives me insane! I’d rather put on gloves and do it myself than wait for them to do it fast enough or properly.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:28 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for your patience. Not all of us are accustomed to paying electronically. Imagine it's your grandparent...or someone you like :). Maybe come up with a basic explanation for these people...try a few out and see which works.
Mate!!
Going through drive through a while back
Only had my swipe card, the girl had no idea! She handed Me the machine and my card abd asked me to do it because she didn’t know how to use them!
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 00:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 10 or so years ago I worked at a late night counter-service type restaurant. We were “cash only” and had a large sign stating such at the register. A woman came in, ordered, and handed me her credit card. I said “sorry, we’re cash only” and pointed to the sign. She got irritated and handed me her debit card instead. I had to explain to her that “cash” is paper or coin currency. She was a grad student at the local Ivy League college.
Middle aged woman in the parking lot trying to get into her car and it isn't unlocking. I asked if she was having trouble and if I could help while my husband parked our car. She says "See? It just won't unlock!" and proceeds to keep pressing the button on the remote. I asked if I could see her key. She hands it over and I promptly put the key into the lock and turn it.
My 75 year old Mum went on holiday, left my dad alone for the first time since they got married. He didn’t know how to use the washing machine, he washed all of his clothes in the bath.
Haha I’m not going to lie, I thought the same. He’s not a stupid man, he could figure it out, but I think he knows my mum likes to feel needed, so I guess this was his way of saying he’s lost without her.
Ohh okay. I see. I took it was one of those "woman does everything around the house" situations. But I can see the sweetness behind that. Plus I take it they're older so that says a lot about it their values on gender roles and division of tasks.
Okay that really is sweet. But I hope he learned how to wash his own clothes! Lol
oona36 · 28 points · Posted at 01:34:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend thought Brita pitchers refilled on their own overnight due to collecting condensation in the refrigerator. Had no idea his roommates were constantly finding it empty and filling it.
I'm the oldest son in my family, and as such did most of the work around the house and stuff. At one point I finally got my brother to start helping with mowing the lawn and almost immediately noticed him violently yanking and tugging the push mower side to side. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was trying to turn it. He really didn't understand the concept of tilting onto the two back wheels to freely turn it. We weren't quite adults yet, but it was well into our teenage years so he was definitely old enough to do better than that.
Co worker who was pushing 40 at the time thought that when algae grew on/in water, it meant the water "had died". Like...it was a sign of it decomposing or something? Still keeps me up at night trying to wrap my brain around it.
Woman at college didn’t know you needed to put laundry detergent in your laundry when you’re using the washing machines
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 00:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first boyfriend in college. Rich kid from Chicago suburbs had never done anything for himself in his life. Me, being a person who was raised as the oldest of 5 kids, I had basic adulting down (probably at a much younger age than I should've). The absolute lack of knowledge was shocking. He wanted hamburgers once and I had mince in the fridge. Make a burger in like 10 minutes. He fully didn't understand how the ingredients became food. Another truly shocking thing was that he didn't know how to use a broom. I mean... Even if you've never used one at 20 years old you should be able to deduce the gist, but nope! Same with how you had to actually set up bills, like water and power and internet. He thought they were just attached to your house and you paid a bill when it came.
In a similar vein, I had a friend drop out of college because she couldn't figure out how FAFSA worked. I should add that her parents paid her tuition, she just had to cover cost of living. There were whole departments at the University that would DO it for you, you just had to bring your tax stuff (and your parents). It also wasn't her first time filling it out. Considering she cried for weeks afterwards I know she wasn't using it as an excuse to drop out either.
Also, now pushing 30, and the sheer number of people I've met who think AIDS is the only STD there is. What the actual ever living fuck....
Every single time I run into a person with their mask pulled under their nose. Or wearing a valved respirator. Or wearing a respirator half strapped, unpinched, or over a beard.
I kinda get the mask under the nose thing, since mouths are the biggest liability. What gets me is when people will walk into a store and then pull the mask down. Like, what did you think the mask was for, UV radiation?
I don't mean I'm condoning it, just that I get why people do it and it's probably better than nothing.
Or at least, that's what some people are probably thinking. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt because I can't handle believing that there are that many stupid people around me.
My college boyfriend’s condom broke and I needed to take the morning-after pill. He kept telling everyone I had an abortion and no explaining could convince him they were completely different.
I have never hated a point of solidarity more than having "encountered a man who cannot and will not understand the fundamental difference between rapidly evacuating a fertilized egg and the emergency disruption of a uterine cycle" in common with another human being, I am so goddamn sorry and I hope someone kicks him in the shins
He's probably not ignorant, he's just a controlling douchebag. He had an oopsie-whoopsie and took it out on you. People know what "morning after" means and they just don't care.
I hope he's paying child support to some Catholic girl now.
Haha-right?! The condoms were always falling off because he kept buying them too big if that says anything-but that’s a whole other story 😂. We didn’t date much longer after that. It just blew me away because he was an intelligent, well-educated person-so I think you have a point!
Wow-I had never thought about it that way-looking back now it must have been a deeper, emotional issue. It was just too much cognitive dissonance for him to look at it scientifically or intellectually.
Sadly, a doctor I went to (who had come highly recommended) thought that the morning after pill was the same as the abortion pill. Even though the abortion pill wasn't available in my country, but the morning after pill was. He of course judged me for the fact that I used the "abortion pill."
Adding this to my list of reasons why the argument that doctors will always automatically have more nuanced medical knowledge than their patient and should therefore be able to have any kind of of final say is entirely invalid, I'm so fuckin sorry.
To be fair it’s different than cutting lots of other things. If you just push down instead of making a sawing motion you’ll just squish the bread. You also need the right kind of knife.
I’ve been an apartment maintenance guy for years now and I have too many stories. I’ve personally lost a lot of hope for 1st world dwellers when it comes to learning how to self sustain properly. If you’re buying a house, please don’t learn how to maintenance you stuff the hard way.
If you actually read this then I’d like to add a to-do list for you because I know you need to do at least one of these things.
Change your AC filter. It has one and it needs to be changed every once in a while. ESPECIALLY if you have furry pets.
Garbage disposals aren’t trash cans. Do not put pasta or rice down your sink drain, it’s like a sponge and can easily clog your pipe. ESPECIALLY OIL. Your garbage disposal is meant for soft organic scraps not clam shells.
Clean the bottom of you dishwasher out please. If there is obstructions to the drain, you’re gonna have a bad time. If there is plastic sitting near your heating coil, you’re gonna have a bad time.
Wet wipes clog toilets. I don’t care if they’re advertised as “flushable,” that’s capitalism lying to you and I’m sorry about that. Those companies should be sued out the ass.
I have plenty of advice. Feel free to dm me about anything. Please take initiative. Nothing just runs itself forever without being maintained. The good thing is that these things are made by humans who design stuff to be maintained by other humans. Crazy.
My girlfriend's dad and a friend of mine dump bacon grease down the drain. They know it's bad and I've told them to not do it before but they say, "I'm not going to have to fix the problem so I don't care." It's infuriating
My ex-gf in college grew up wealthy and privileged. She wasn't allowed to do stuff for herself. She had nannys and shit to do everything. But she wanted to be independent, so going to college allowed her the opportunity to learn how to cook and stuff.
We both lived in the same dorm apartment building just a few doors down from my place. She left my place and said she was going to make some pizza for dinner. About five minutes later she knocked on my door in a frenzy. It seems she may have started a fire. I calmly follow her back to her place thinking it would be nothing crazy. I opened her door and there was a wall of white smoke.
It seems she put the box of digorno in the oven, cardboard and all. There were no flames but that shit was smoldering. I pulled it out of the oven and tossed it in the sink and everything was resolved in a matter of minutes. But yeah, she's the reason why they put warnings on shit.
Now for what it's worth, in the two years we were together, she grew into a fantastic cook. I gained at least 20 pounds because of her.
It was clearly coming from a lack of experience and not a lack of intelligence. She was pre-med and smart as fuck. We laughed this off immediately after the smoke cleared. However, there was this one time where she was trying to figure out how to use a dorm washing machine and some other girl gave her shit for not knowing how to use it. Like ridiculed her for it. And of course these were dorm machines which are about as reliable as a flat tire. That shit pissed me off.
My old roommates didn’t want to “fill” the trash can with empty milk gallons and would instead place them on top of the spring lock top trash can that would catapult the empty cartons into the living room.
[deleted] · 62 points · Posted at 00:31:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a plumper i can tell you.. not all women are better. Sometimes it's even a lot worse. And i mean a LOT. Public restrooms specificly. I am somewhat used to men pissing besides the toilet but why would a women ever rub their used tampons across the walls?
I (F) worked at a place where I had to clean both bathrooms. Mens bathrooms smelled worse. But women were downright gross. TP everywhere, feminine products not propetly disposed of, makeup powder all over the counter, lopstick on the miirror, and graffitti all over the walls.
I(M) had a similar experience but I also want to add that some ladies would try to cover up that fact that they defecated by putting atleast one roll of TP into,down, and around the toilet making it my job the next day(I would leave before customers came in and the bar didn't have time to deal with it just close that stall and move on) to clear that out would that the smell and piss everywhere in the men's over that any day
My dad said during a temp job in college he regularly had to clean tiny bits of shit off the walls in the women's restroom at the office he was at. He asked his boss what was up with that and the woman told him that a lot of women will crouch over the toilet with their feet on the seat while using it because they dont want to have to touch the seat with their skin. In the process, if they had gas, poop would sometimes spray the walls :(
I worked in a place where I had to check the bathrooms to make sure they had soap and stuff (not to clean) and one of the men’s toilets had an adult pad/diaper in the toilet. It had clearly clogged while they attempted to flush the thing. Idk how their plumbing is at home but I can’t imagine it’s good.
Edit: there was a whole trash can right next to the toilet
This is how at least one serial killer was caught, because he continually flushed small body parts in the toilet and clogged the pipes repeatedly. I don't know how one can make it to adulthood in a country with widespread indoor plumbing and not realize you cannot flush random stuff down the toilet.
I’ve cleaned men and women’s toilets. The worst things I saw in the men’s I could deal with. I still think about what I’ve seen in the women’s. women’s toilets are worse.
I trained as a chef for 2 years, nowhere fancy but was still kind of surprised that over half the class didn't know that you salted water to boil pasta in and rice (for certain cooking methods) and a lot didn't know that you bring the water to the boil then add the pasta.
If they'd been older teens/young adults in general I'd not be surprised but they were on a culinary course and intending to work in the food industry.
There were some other basic food stuff that people didn't know. One dude didn't know how to boil eggs.
I teach home economics in high school. The amount of times I have to remind students to boil the water before cooking pasta is. just. insane. Also, what boiling is and looks like. Also, how to tell the time so they can stop cooking the pasta after 10 minutes. Also, that the pasta will continue to cook if you just leave it sitting in the water even if the stove is off. Also, that the spaghetti sticking out of the water won't cook unless you swirl it into the water. So many other things...
Where do you live that home ec is still being taught? That's amazing! I tried to take the closest thing to home ec we were offered in high school and the only thing I remember from that class was we learned how to make chocolate chip cookies homemade, which I had already been doing for years.
Australia. It's actually not called home economics anymore, I just call it that so people know what I'm talking about. The subject is 'design and food technology' and the emphasis is on design and no longer on home skills and nutrition and budgeting. They still do cooking but we have to do these ridiculous 'design briefs' where they 'design' (google) a meal or recipe to suit a specific purpose.
Damn that's gotta be rough. Cooking is such a valuable skill for every human to have if they are physically able to do it.
It makes me a little sad that so many people can't even feed themselves properly despite having all they need in front of them.
Way back in food tech classes there were some mind boggling stuff going on. Like the girl who tried to make a white sauce for pasta with wholemeal flour. We had recipes, I don't know how she thought it'd work.
I don't blame you. The teachers at my school had such little support it wasn't fair.
So much work just to be underappreciated, underpaid and blamed for any issues even if it was nothing to do with the teacher.
My friend is a primary school teacher and she puts in so many hours, has minimal free time. So when I see the jokes about teaching being easy and not long days, that kind of stuff it pisses me off.
Do you know what career you'd like to aim for? Whatever you end up doing I wish you lots of luck that you can have a job that doesn't try to break people.
That sounds amazing! Being able to cook stuff for yourself is so freeing and such a useful skill. Definitely will be so great for them having a teacher who knows what it is like for their health to limit them.
One time, I stayed at an Airbnb where I shared the kitchen with other guests (a family). In the morning, the mom came to make porridge for her kid. She put the oats in the pot, added water, put the pot on the stove on low heat and went back to her room.
Maybe she didn’t want to hang around with me, maybe that’s just how she makes porridge
That sounds like it'd be grosser than porridge already is in my opinion lol
A lot of bad habits or gaps in knowledge get passed down in families. Which is another reason I'm so glad my mum let me hangout with her in the kitchen. First just watching and then starting to help as I got older.
What does the salt do? I always boily pasta without salt and it tastes the same (i think, im not sure because i never really eat plain pasta).
And also: why boil the water first? If i boil my water first, because of the temperature of the cold pasta, the temperature of the water will drop below boiling and it usually takes another minute or so before it boils again (at least, thats how it goes when I boil pasta). So why take the extra time to get it to boil if it wil stop boiling as soon as i add the pasta?
Salt is for flavour if you are having no sauce or a light sauce.
Letting your pasta warm up to room temperature can be a good idea as makes the results if adding it less extreme. Once it's at a boil it comes back to a boil fast. Putting pasta in before the water boils can lead to it being in the water far too long and being overcooked. Mushy pasta is the worse.
I love simple pasta dishes. Like just a butter sauce and say cooked chopped up smoky bacon, so salt is a good idea. And always flavours the pasta more evenly with salt than just adding it once the dish is served.
I met a grown woman who, when asked to change
the garbage replied, "how do I do that?". She apparently
had never done it before.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:35 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
change the garbage replied,
Forgive me, what does "change the garbage" mean? I assume it means to "take out the trash," but maybe (like me) she's never heard that phrase, and thought there were specifics involved.
I was driving and had a friend in the passenger seat. I looked over my shoulder before merging into the other lane. She asked me why I checked over my shoulder and was shocked to find out that side view mirrors have blind spots. No idea how she had never caused an accident before.
My favorite brother story. He’s just clueless. Typical book smart, dumb at anything practical. Moves in to an apartment by himself at 23, first time solo living. Takes the cat with him. Disrobes to poop, apparently this is a thing. Naked, pooping, looks at the full cat litter box next to him. Hmm I should change this. Dumps the entire contents of clay cat litter into the toilet forming a firm amalgam of feces and clay clogging the toilet. Chaos after attempts multiple flushes. Doesn’t realize you can turn off the water to stop it from overflowing because, “in the movies the water just spills over.” Proceeds to stick a towel in their to dig out the clay manually. All while still naked during his naked poop.
I had to explain consent to a woman because she thought that sometimes when people get raped it's not really the rapists fault because sometimes the victim makes them.
I was floored. I tried explaining no... it's never the victims fault. If they don't want to do it and don't give consent then by default it's sexual assault and/or rape.
Yeah, but sometimes it's not that simple, she says.
Actually, it's exactly that fucking simple, I reply.
She couldn't understand why I was so shocked at her. She was 31 at the time.
People blame rape victims for "letting" it happen, but I've never heard someone claim they "make" it happen. Unless she was talking about dressing provocatively, in which case that's all too common.
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 02:14:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
In a slightly similar vein... I grew up in an area where tax was around 8%, so my mom taught me to at least double the tax for my tip. I moved out of state for grad school and continued with this for a month or two... Until I realized that in my new city, tax was only 4%. I felt so bad for unintentionally stiffing several servers (I didn't eat out a lot anyway). (I have dyscalcuia, so I can't just figure out percentages in my head)
He did not. IIRC he said something along the lines of “seriously guys why isn’t this working” and we were still baffled that he was completely serious.
This is actually the best way! Especially if your butter hasn't had a chance to soften. Of course, you do want to be aware of the crumbs that will stick to the butter so don't do it with the butter your mum planned to bake with tomorrow, but if you just have a stick of butter for toast, this is how I do it now after years of spreading with a knife.
My friend genuinely thought kids just woke up one day and were potty trained. She had no idea she had to POTTY TRAIN her son. Kid was in diapers till he was 5.
Being in student housing has been an absolute treat for me the past three years. As someone who grew up pretty independent, I have seen some wild things.
One time, a roommate was boiling pasta and somehow lit the spaghetti on fire???? While it was in the water??? I have genuinely no idea how that happened to this day.
Roomate didn't know how to do dishes by hand. Our dishwasher broke and we literally had to teach him how to properly clean dish ware.
Not a "didnt know" but still on subject: one of my friends roommates wouldn't use a cutting board for ANYTHING because she "didn't need one" and it took them almost an hour to find out she had marble/granite countertops at her house and thought all counters were the same.
I was in the laundry room and there was a girl literally sobbing on the phone with her mom because she couldn't get the washer to start. It was a dial instead of buttons and she couldn't wrap her head around it. The kicker is that it was almost finals. She had been there for at least a semester. The amount of confusion in that laundry room alone is enough to fill a book, honestly.
A grad student in my college microwaved tin foil and almost burnt down the building. He genuinely didn't know you weren't supposed to do that.
My absolute favorite: my boyfriend came home one day and informed me that his coworker thought she didn't like oranges and when he asked her why she said the skin was gross. She didn't know she had to take off the peel.
I think i can explain #1 actually! I once made spaghetti in a smaller pot than I was used to and some of the pieces were sticking up out of the water and over the edge of the pot. The pot was so full that as the noodles softened there was no where for the outer pieces to go so they just continued to stick out getting hotter and hotter until the ends turned black and started smoking. I noticed before they caught fire but that's probably what was going to happen next.
xybre · 1 points · Posted at 16:34:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! I started cooking when I was in my single digits and I remember this happening. Always gotta keep an eye on those escapee noodles.
These days I mostly use this ginormous cauldron to cook everything in so it's not a problem. I highly recommend a cauldron to everyone.
To be fair if they are salaried they earn less per hour for working more hours. I have a salary position and it’s a running joke when a coworker asks if I have time/ if it’s worth the time to do x and y and I say I’m salaried, my time is worth nothing!
While living at my in laws place with my BF and his 18 yo brother, I realized how clueless was my BIL. Since the world situation, my in laws don't use a house cleaner anymore so we were doing a rotation for the clean up of the house. When my BIL had to clean de bathroom and he ask his mother for the products he would need. When she said : "this is for the toilet with the brush" and he was like : " the bruuushhh??? ". When we explained to him the existence of the brush and it purpose he was mind blown and exclaimed : "That's what that thing is for?!!" Never slapped my hand on my face that hard in my life 😂😂😂
This isn't really horrifying but a real head-scratcher.
When I was in undergrad I went to visit the guy I was dating at the time at his place. He had horizontal blinds in his room which were up when I got there. At some point he grabs the bottom of the pull string and--nonchalantly--starts randomly flailing and jerking it around, causing the blinds to fall maybe an inch every other second or so.
I was like "Dude, what are you doing?"
He said, "What? Putting the blinds down." I keep watching him yank the string around and must have been making a face because he elaborated, "this is how you put them down, you know, by like grabbing at the string."
I just walk over to the next window and tug the string out in one direction and let the blinds down all at once. You know, like you do.
He just starts laughing and was like "I thought this was how you do it!"
The part of this that always gets me is that it was clear that the issue wasn't just that he wasn't familiar with horizontal blinds, it's that he was perfectly familiar and just had spent his whole life somehow doing it wrong, not realizing, never having anyone correct him, and apparently never witnessing anyone else use them. So weird.
I always struggled with this as a kid. I always pulled the wrong way, or too far the right way, or pulled it and then let the string get caught again. Once I got tall enough, I could see the mechanism, and I remember thinking "so THAT'S how it works!" and never had trouble with it again.
I'll admit that it is not the most intuitive mechanism, and I remember my mother actually showing me as a kid how to put the blinds down. I concede it may require a demonstration for a youngun.
Dude was like... 21 at the time. Also I later visited his parents in his family home and you can bet the place had horizontal blinds all over. I made a mental note of this because of the blinds incident. I'm not a total monster so I never brought it up again, but I still think about it all the time lol.
I had that problem recently, but it was because I thought the blinds were caught on something. Didn't stop someone from nonchalantly pulling them in one go and making me look like an ass.
Watching my 22 yo baby Huey little brother sweep a floor like he was an old time cartoon character, just sweeping the broom back and forth over the same spot pushing dirt everywhere. He legit didn’t understand the concept of sweeping all the dirt into a pile and picking it up with a dustpan. Motherfucker could vacuum like a champ though.
My freshman year college roommate got a waffle maker. One day I asked to use it while she was busy. I offered to make her a waffle but I didn't know how much batter would be left over so I made sure to give her the first waffle. I finished making waffles and asked her how she cleans it. She said with windex. In the end since she got the first waffle she got the majority of the windex residue.
A friend I had at the time recently met in college drove me somewhere one day and we stopped for gas. We sat for probably 15 minutes at the pump before I asked him why we were waiting. His reply was that he didn’t know how to pump gas so he was waiting for the guy inside to come out and do it. In his defense he grew up where you can’t pump your own gas, but damn for a minute I was flabbergasted that someone didn’t know how to use a gas pump
A few years back we had a personnel shortage at our location and someone from our New Jersey location came out to help for a few weeks. On the third day, our lunchtimes coincided so i suggested we go together and I'd show her a good local restaurant. She agreed, but said we needed to take her car so she could get gas. Pulled into the gas station just down the road and she pulled up to the pump and turned off the car. And just sat there. After a minute she digs into her purse and pulls out her credit card. And just sat there. And sat there. I asked her what was wrong, and she said that the same thing had happened the night before. She pulls up and nothing! After some pointed questions we figured out the issue. I then spent the first part of our lunch break teaching her how to pump gas. She must have had a mindblock against it, because for the entire couple of weeks she was here anytime she needed gas, we "needed to go to lunch together!"
Other than half the people I talk to daily about finances, there was a reddit thread about this guy whose girlfriend hated showers. When he asked why she preferred baths, she said she hated standing in the shower waiting for the water to get to the right temp. When he told her she could just stand outside the shower while it got warm, it blew her mind. But that’s not the worst part. The worst part were the literal dozens of people also realizing this for the first time and commenting so in the thread. Which means probably hundreds more also silently also realized it.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:43:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my realization of that when I was a teenager lmao
I mean I definitely had my share of dumb realizations too. I’ve had only one good eye since I was a kid, but never knew it because the optometrist my folks took me to in kindergarten said I was tilting my head while writing just to get attention. I thought everyone had one good eye and one bad eye until I was 15 and had to take an eye test to get my learners permit to drive. So I feel ya boss.
geeerm · 19 points · Posted at 01:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad told me a story about when he was young he found some hash under the cushion of a couch he got from Goodwill and smoked it. Turned out to be cat shit.
My dad was in nursing school and was studying the circulatory system. One of his classmates did not understand that the heart was a pump and your blood traveled via arteries and veins. She thought when you got cut, the blood was "just there".
My best friend’s boyfriend (at the age of 23) didn’t know how to mop. They had moved into their first flat together so me and a few other friends were helping them sort it out and clean it for them moving their furniture in and the guy literally didn’t know that you had to wring the mop before using it to clean. We left him to mop the kitchen while we tidied a different room and came back to one massive puddle covering the kitchen floor and him looking happy with himself that he’d finished it. She had to explain that that isn’t how you do it and then fix it after him. It baffled me that in the 23 years he’s been alive he had never mopped a floor, or at least seen someone else do it.
When I was 19, I got hired at a restaurant and had never mopped a floor before or paid attention to someone else doing it. But it wasn't that hard to intuit what to do based on knowing what I wanted and what I had to do it with.
I think it really depends on the preschool/elementary schools you went to as a child. I moved a lot when I was younger but initially started in a well off middle class neighborhood and I learned how to read a clock. I found that when I transferred to a poorer paycheck to paycheck neighborhood where I was raised a majority of my life most of my peers where never taught things like that.
I’m not sure I understand her confusion. Even if you don’t know that e.g. IX is 9, it’s still in the place where the 9 would be on the face of the clock.
Exactly! It's not like the clocks were melting in some kinda Salvador Dali painting.. I pretty much gave up the first time I asked her what time it was, and it was all downhill from there.
When was this and how old was she at the time? Because I cannot for the life of me remember when the last time I sent actual proper mail was, so I don’t think it’s too unusual for people not to know these days.
I had trouble with this when I was 10 and my parents laughed at me when the mail came to our house. I was told to go try again but was too embarrassed to ask for another stamp and at 20 that letter remains on my dresser at my parent's place.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 01:24:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In 2004 I was training a new hire on how to close the booth. We worked in the mall at the customer service counter. I told her to vacuum and where it was located. I began wiping down counters when I noticed her standing there looking dumbfounded at the vacuum. I asked her what was wrong. She asked me, “How does this work???? Is it solar powered?”
No, sweet girl. You plug it in.
She also thought that the cars that sometimes get showcased inside the mall... that they get in by being lowered through the CEILING.
Worked in a bank around the time that Urban Outfitters released the shirt with a 6-pointed star on the breast pocket that looked very similar to the yellow star Jewish people were forced to wear during the Holocaust.
I mentioned it to a coworker who responded “what’s the Holocaust?” I stared at her dumbfounded. I asked two more coworkers if they knew what the Holocaust was - neither of them did either. Finally found a coworker that did and she was equally a shocked. I still cannot believe that 3 adults did not know what the Holocaust was.
Back in the late 2000s I worked at a retail clothing place. One of my managers was ex air force and talked about how it made her better than the rest of us all the time.
One day we had a promotion where for every $50 you spent you got basically a $10 gift card. It's a really self explanatory concept but she felt like I needed it explained. Her method was to take out a calculator, guess how many $10 coupons she thought it might be, multiply that number that she just guessed by 10, then just add 10 until you get to the total spent (you also need a piece of paper to tally how many times you added 10) then you know how many coupons to give. I politely suggested dividing the total price by 50 instead but thankfully she bestowed upon me the ancient air force secret that "that's not how division works, you need to add"
Tldr: my manager in her THIRTIES did not understand addition nor division yet somehow served in the US Air Force.
My brother is in the air force. He was telling me that apparently they had an issue with people not wearing safety glasses in their shop (hes a plane mechanic). Their solution was if you were caught not wearing them, you had to write a five page paper on why you should wear your safety glasses. If you got caught a second time, it was ten pages.
Chick I work with uses the caps lock key to capitalize single letters. As in, she's starting a sentence, hits the caps lock key, types the first letter of the sentence, then hits the caps lock key to continue typing in lowercase. Literally every capital letter she types is with the caps lock key -- I have never seen her touch the shift key.
Late to this but I remember in my second year of engineering, my roommate (also in engineering) asked me if I could help him with some homework. I was explaining the steps to him and then when it was just time to isolate for x, he paused. And then started thinking and wasn’t finishing the question. I remember it was a very simple equation, something like 4x-3=9. And then he started asking if the negative sign turns positive when he brings it over. I was completely baffled. Turns out he basically got into the university because he went to an expensive private highschool where you can apparently pay for marks and then managed to somehow cheat all throughout first year. He ended up dropping out like 3 weeks into the semester.
Late to the party, but 100% me. I was fortunate enough to have my family be able to support me fully during university. I finished second year before I got a credit card. I didn't understand that you had to pay the credit card; I thought the limit amount just reset every month. It took me a phone call with a very confused mastercard rep to realize this, and about 4 years to get to the point that my life is just easier to have a $500 cc limit.
My family did a lot of amazing things for me, but any kind of money management was not on the list. My siblings (26, 30) and myself (28) are just really learning how to budget and not just rack up credit card debt.
I was never taught anything about money management, my parents encouraged independence in everything else. I knew how to cook, clean and basic car maintenance but bank accounts, bills and credit cards/loans I had to figure out myself. I have promised myself that before my kids strike out on their own I will be sitting them down and going through all things financial.
My husband was the same way!! He had no idea that the credit card wasn't just free money that he could spend on whatever. I was like, um, then how do you think the CC companies make money? And it started to dawn on him. His parents had never talked to him about anything financially either, and now after 12 years of marriage I still manage all of our finances and pay the bills, just in case. (Although he at least *knows* how to do it now if he had to.)
That's such an important skill. Glad that you figured it out, I think putting an easy check on yourself like a small overdraft limit etc is a good strategy, simply because it makes screwing up more difficult. School should teach this, but these lessons do sometimes sink in better when you learn from experience.
We didn't have a microwave growing up (nothing weird, we just heated up leftovers in the oven so I don't think my parents ever saw the need to get one) so I had to learn how to use one as an adult
When my fiance and I first got together, he didn't understand the concept of pre-heating the oven before using it. He would turn on the oven and immediately put the food (usually a frozen pizza) before the oven had gotten to the proper temperature. Needless to say, I now do all of the cooking.
You don’t need to pre-heat the oven often times. For baking, yes, but frozen pizzas, fries etc. saves electricity to not pre-heat, better for the environment
One of my cousins college roommates didn’t know that you needed water to boil things. This lead to her setting fire to raw pasta in the pan with the heat on high and no water in it.
In college, my girlfriend at the time had a very spoiled roommate whose parents had always done everything for her. This roommate agreed to help us cook a big potluck dinner, and we have her the easiest job, which was just cooking the pasta.
First words out of her mouth? "Okay, but how do I boil the water?"
How do you mess this up you JUST DO. I'm really glad my school was food and nutrition (mostly cooking) as a GCSE because even though I didnt take it I got a lot of useful shit from year 7 and 8
This isn’t so much an adulting issue, but just like, things I thought everyone alive knows. I was on a date with a guy (fully grown adult with children) and the subject of Anne Frank came up. He said, “is she still alive?” I looked at him with my mouth literally agape for at least a full 10 seconds. Unfortunately I had already slept with him 🤦🏻♀️
My husband has tons of these, usually related to pop culture stuff like movies but also words he's never heard of. I have a running list. He didn't have any clue who the Marx brothers were or the meaning of schadenfreude, quid pro quo, or knick knacks. He's a doctor, he just didn't grow up watching tv or movies and doesn't retain anything that isn't immediately relevant to his life. Very strange.
I have a coworker, who by all accounts is a great guy, but one day we were splitting up apartments we would have to go into. I told him we'll split it up by me doing evens him doing odds. And he asked me point blank whats that? And I had to explain to a 26 year old man what odds and evens are, this was a few months ago and to this day whenever we split up like this he'll say out loud 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 the entire time to remind himself.
23 year old roommate for a month as part of a study trip. He'd lived out of home since he was 18 yet had no idea what dishwashing detergent was or how to use it, he instead would put all of his plates, cups, cutlery, etc. in a pot of boiling water for about an hour to clean them. He shattered 2 glasses by pouring water in them, microwaving them (the same as boiling them according to him), emptying them and then pouring cold water in them.
I work in IT, so I get a LOT of these moments. The worst for me is when a business gets a new computer or their old one goes down, not only do they never do backups, a lot of the time they don't know where their files are/what files are.
Like.. I'll copy their stuff to their computer, they'll open a program and it'll say "open file" and they will have no idea where the files are on the computer. Where's the company data file with all your financial information? Nobody knows. And nobody knows what it's called either, so we can't search the computer for it.
This has happened several times. If I didn't know the default save location for quickbooks, none of these people would have ever found their data.
I worked in an office with a lot of women, realizing there were no men in my department other than my boss, he decided to hire a few. He seemed to think that college graduates were a better fit than a bunch of women who have been doing the job for 8+ years.
Cue my bosses favorite male sheepishly walking up to me asking for my assistance. Considering he was such a “well educated” male I was curious what he needed- turns out he needed my help in making a PHOTOCOPY!
I legit laughed at him, made the copy, told my boss that his ultra educated male did not know how to make a copy. I went home that night, updated my resume and 3 months later left that company.
Note- I’m not bashing on a good education, but admit to some resentment that a college degree = better.
Last note- again, not so much bashing on men as much as how ironic that the man hired because was considered to be better with technology could not make a photocopy.
Geriny · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people are deathly afraid of using any machine that is not the same exact one they've used before. Like even if they used a photocopier before, they would feel like couldn't use another one because the buttons look a bit different or something. I'd bet that was the case here.
almost every man I've dated doesnt know how to use I washing machine, I date women now.
aotqw · 29 points · Posted at 23:12:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know how to use a microwave.
🎙️ arual_x · 17 points · Posted at 23:17:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My family home didn’t (and still doesn’t) have a microwave, and only recently acquired a toaster. My OH is really confused when I used our oven for ready meals and our oven grill for toast despite having both in our home. You do what you know. If it works, eh. However... I will say that I am capable of using both of the need ever arises(!)
To be fair, some microwaves are weird. Mine was always straight forward and you punch the numbers growing up. In my apartment now, you press a number and it automatically turns on for that number of minutes. For my bf’s, you need to press something to make a power selection, choose the power, press something to set the time, set the time, and then press start. At my work place, just press quick start repeatedly until you get the time you want.
I wouldn't say horrifying, but I've had some moments. My siblings come to mind. All of my siblings are bright people, in the sense that they did well or very well in school and have well-formed opinions of most everything they talk about. But damn if they ain't some of the stupidest motherfuckers I ever knew.
First, my oldest sister. She's 11 years older than me, so she has quite the head start on adulting. I went with her on a day trip to NYC when I was about 16 (maybe 17), putting her in the range of 27-28. We took a bus up there to avoid having to drive around NYC and pay for parking and all that. It's a round trip ticket that allows us to take any number of busses back. Deciding to treat ourselves, we caught a Broadway show (at which they upgraded us to disabled seating because I was too tall to sit comfortably in the mezzanine, if you could believe it). We would make it back just fine as long as we took the latest bus. On our way to the terminal, I realized that the pick-up point we had used (where our car was) was not a scheduled stop. The closest one would be the bus depot, a couple miles away.
"No problem," says my sister, "We'll just take an Uber."
She'll pay for an Uber, that's great! I had no money to do so, and she was light on funds, so no big issue. We get to the depot and I wait for her to order a car. Instead, she waltzes over to a cab and asks for a ride. Okay, the cabs in this town aren't the greatest but you're paying, so... This guy proceeds to pull the usual cabbie thing of taking a longer route to raise the price and also not-so-subtly hit on and sexualize my sister the whole time. Once we get to our car, my sister begins lambasting the guy endlessly. "Yeah," I agreed, "We probably should have just taken an Uber."
"I thought that was an Uber."
Apparently she had just heard the term used by her friends when they would go out and get wasted, always assuming it was some hip, new way of refering to cabs. I proceeded to give her hell for it until we got home, and just an a bit of extra fun I bought her an Uber gift card for Christmas.
Then there's my brother. Nineteen, valedictorian, 5s on all his AP tests (he took every AP offered, Lit, Gov, US History, EU history), near perfect on the SATs... When I reminded him to vote in the primary, he said he was a registered independent. I told him that's stupid because that way you have no choice over who the nominees are. "Yeah, but I want to be able to vote for whoever I want." Fucker thought that whatever party he registered for, he would automatically be put in to vote for that party's candidate in the general election. He was the only one in the room that hadn't dropped out of either high school or college, yet the ridicule rained down.
My fiance really wanted to get married and have children while we were in grad school. I told him it would be hard to have a baby and be able to breast feed them because I am not sure if I could pump in class. He assured me that the baby would be fine because his mother could watch them and she had "big boobs". After a series of very confused questions I found out that he thought all women with big breasts had milk and the ability to breastfeed. The worst part is he was a bit disappointed to learn that my tiny A cups wouldn't grow any bigger after having kids.
This is a good man who is on his way to be a surgeon. He grew up in a religious Muslim family and country. I can't blaim him for being a bit ignorant about something like this. It's funny and not ment to be a complaint.
Actually, I'm really sorry, but I would like to add why I think that. The guy is clueles about breastfeedng (although he should know more about how human bodies function) and sounds kind of pushy about having kids early. But he doesn't seem to know how to take care of them at all, and he seems to think it's just going to be your job, and his mother's. Kind of dismissive. That doesn't bode well for me at all.
Maybe you are the kind of woman who doesn't mind taking care of a good 80 % of this job. I really wouldn't though, it's tough enough if you have a guy that is committed to doing his share.
Your concern is sweet. Don't worry, I am 30 and we won't be having kids for another few years. We both are educated and high income earners, so taking care of a child won't be a problem. It's funny to me because he knew women only produce milk after pregnancy due to hormones, he just didn't realize that it eventually stops. Like he thought all women who have had children continue to produce milk. It's not that he's chauvinistic or anything. He is very sweet and loves my cousins' young children. It was just an honest moment of ignorance he had. Don't worry.
Mmk using my throwaway account for this one as it's about myself. Context: I'm an only child, my mother is an alcoholic and as an adult I've come to suspect that both my parents are on the autism spectrum. My parents did everything for me as a kid and failed to teach me a lot of social skills because they don't have them themselves. Here are the things I didn't know how to do until at least college if not into my 20s:
-have a conversation with someone. My parents talk at people about their own interests but never ask others questions or learn about their interests to talk about that. I knew what my parents did rubbed people wrong but didn't know why, so I just...never started conversations with people. I had friends because someone else befriended me and did all that work. I literally had to learn this from a book at age 20.
-that you should bring something when you're invited to someone's house for dinner (or at the very least ask)
-that if you are having Christmas at a relative's house, you need to bring presents for that relative instead of just for your immediate family (I'm 32 and they still don't understand this one after I've explained many times so I just buy the gifts for everyone now)
-that if you are getting lunch with a friend or extended family member you should occasionally offer to pay for their food/trade off paying as a nice gesture instead of never offering. Especially if you're staying at their house. Again, 32, they still don't know.
Other life skills I had to learn in college from friends were how to:
-buy enough underwear (i.e. you should have more than 1 bra so that you can, you know, wash them)
-plunge a toilet
-clean (what products to use, how to use them, how to vacuum, how often to clean. Didn't realize until I grew up how filthy my childhood home was)
-book a flight
-do laundry (or how often to do it for things like sheets and towels. I didn't realize I was doing them way too infrequently until living with a partner in my 20s)
-use a dish washer
-pay bills
-take out the trash
The list goes on.
And finally, I didn't realize until age 28 (after being gently told by a partner) that I need to use soap to clean my butthole in the shower. Yep.
Cudos to you for recognising all these shortcomings and working on improving yourself.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 23:03:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate of mine asked me if she should pour the dish soap on the plate or the sponge.
She also had to pull me aside to instruct her on how to clean a toilet when she got in the mood to clean the bathroom one day. I thought she was joking at first. Nope, she really didn't know how to do basic cleaning because her parents always did it for her.
When I told my step dad about this he thought she was trying to trick me into doing the chores for her. At least I got a few laughs out of it.
I don’t think dish soap on the plate or sponge is a big deal. I put it on the sponge to scrub regular dishes which I think is correct but am now doubting, unless I have a super greasy pan and then I put dish soap and water in it so it makes a solution of oil micelles and water and does the surfactant thing.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 02:42:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, dish soap doesn’t go on the plates? Lol what? I don’t even have a sponge, I just rub it with my hand. Is this incorrect?
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:14:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of. Sponges are bacteria warehouses. Hands aren't any better - also ew, gross, David. A brush/scrubber with plastic bristles is naturally more sterile.
Neither? We fill the sink with hot water, and dump the soap into it while it's running, then wash all the dishes using the sink full of soapy water. Putting soap straight from the bottle directly on either the sponge or the dish seems like a lot of excess soap use to me. IDK?
I got this from a guy in uni dorms who was already borrowing my dishcloths and soap cos he didn't bring any "do I put water on the cloth or mug first?"
saw a post on tumblr about some girl that said something around the lines of "if i have sex without a condom and he comes in me that's okay! i'll just stand up afterwards and the sperm will fall out of my vagina!"
this is why we need better sex education in schools
Mom: "What are you laughing at? It's not funny, I have to go visit your father in the hospital!
He said to check it, and its low, so I'm adding some."
Me: "Mom, I love ya, but let me do it, it will take forever for you to put a quart of oil in the car by pouring it down the dipstick tube. Especially without a funnel."
Had a roommate over 10 years ago in my mid 20s, he moved into my place with a waterbed. Eventually he decided to get rid of said waterbed for a traditional mattress.
When draining the waterbed, instead of siphoning the water out, he decided to cut a slit in the bed to bail the water out with a bucket and I quote, “because I thought it would be faster”. He attempted this when I wasn’t home. Needless to say you can guess what happened.
He had to replace the flooring, lower half of the drywall, repaint. He was fortunate all of his electronics weren’t fried in the incident.
CDR83 · 13 points · Posted at 05:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy I worked with would only take his 15 minute breaks if the time was exactly at the 15 minute mark. What I mean is, 1:00. If it was 1:01, dude would wait around until 1:15 because he didn’t know how long 15 minutes was from 1:01. Telling him to come back at 1:16 didn’t help, telling him to just take his time and come back eventually didn’t work. He took that 15 minutes seriously.
This reminds of the girl who didn’t know how shade worked. I say girl but she was 18 years old. My dog know how shade works and this girl doesn’t....
So it’s the summer after we’ve graduated from high school and some of the year group decided to go to the beach. As we’re setting up this girl is going on and on about how it’s too hot and she doesn’t want to be in the sun. Me and my friend are setting up under the shade of an umbrella, the girl tries to set up in the same place but there’s no room. So we tell her that and point her to a nearby umbrella. Bear in mind it was late in the day so the shade was not directly underneath the umbrella. This girl puts down her towel directly under the umbrella, not knowing the shade. So we tell her that she’s not in the shade and she looks at us so confused and says something along the lines of “but it’s under the umbrella”. We then point her to the dark patch on the sand that was shaded by the umbrella, she moves to it and then asks us if we’re sure!
I’m not entirely sure how this girl has become an adult without learning how shade works, or how she doesn’t know that shade moves throughout the day but dear lord. And she somehow got into a really good university too...
Maxwyfe · 291 points · Posted at 21:13:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um. Use a tampon.
We were at a club and as sometimes happens, "Brenda's"Aunt Flo arrived unexpectedly. We went to the bathroom where Brenda asked did I have any pads.
No, I said. I have a couple of tampons.
She said she needed a pad and after asking a couple of other ladies and finding none available, and spending $3 in the machine in the bathroom that didn't work, of course. (do they ever?) I told her to just use the tampon.
"I don't know how."
"What? You just shove it up there."
"Where?"
"Uhhhh, where do you think?"
She never used a tampon before. I had to teach a grown ass woman how to use a tampon.
Tbf, she was probably never taught. If I had to guess, her mom never used them, and she never needed to learn. I only learned because I was on swim team, and I thought you were supposed to leave the cardboard on. My mom never taught me how to use them.
B12BD5 · 16 points · Posted at 00:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom held a firm belief that tampons were harmful and that I’d get sick if I used one so she never allowed me to try them. Cue the embarrassment of having to ask my friend how to use one...
my mother never taught me how to use them (she actually forbade that I use them) and I figured it out on my own. There's instructions on the pamphlet in the box too.
Yeah, but if you're borrowing from a friend/stranger in a club, they probably only brought one or two and not the whole box, so you probably can't read the pamphlet in the top comment's situation.
This happened with me. My mom used exclusively pads and I didn't even know what tampons were until high school. Didn't use them consistently until maybe college, and it took some experimentation to get the size right.
When I was 15 I had a friend 'show' me how to use tampons. My mom was in her 50s at this point and her sister had gotten toxic shock 'back in the day'. Eventually after secretly using them for months I asked her about it more, so I could maybe talk her in to letting me use them. She told me that her sister had kept the tampon in for a few days! Apparently there had been little to no instructions. My mom not knowing any better just had assumed for over 40 years that they caused toxic shock immediately and could never understand why women would use them when they caused you to get sick.
My 16 yo niece and I just had this convo. She thinks a friend of hers got Toxic Shock from using a tampon for an hour. She thinks it's gross to put something inside you. I explained that it's just as gross to have it setting against your skin in a pad. It's sad the lack of educating our girls get.
Do people's moms actually show them how? That sounds very weird to me. Though I guess some girls are really close to their moms. I just read the insert that came in the box. It was easy enough to understand as a sixteen year old.
Dusk9K · 7 points · Posted at 00:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what I did. I will say that it's a time when advertising worked. My mom only bought me pads and I hated them. One day (yes long ago) o.b. tampons showed up in the mail to introduce them. Didn't take much to figure out how to use them. Best tampons ever. But...my friends never had them and the first time they handed me one with an applicator thingy...I admit I had to think it over on how you'd use it. Seems like such a waste of packaging to me.
Well my mom was open with me about Mrs. Flo, so she taught me about this stuff, but not this, until I used it wrong. I got the first one through the nurse with no box.
Maybe a lot don't show their kids how but they at least explain it to them. My mom never did, she also never bought any for me.
serf20 · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I tried to use one (alone) I held up the tampon to my skin and thought if I pushed the applicator towards me it would just go in.... lol
Me neither I read the booklet. When I first started having my period she just kind of put a pack of pads in my hand and send me on my merry way. She also totally freaked out about spotting. She didn't know ugly period undies could be a thing.
As someone who prefers pads over tampons, I understand this situation. I use both, but my period is very irregular. Because of this, I always have pads, tampons and panty liners on me or in my car so that if anyone has a preference they can use what they need. Plus, I've got a younger sister, so I think circumstances play a part in this too. The fact that she asked "where did it go" is still a little concerning if you're over the age of 17.
I’m gonna go ahead and out myself by saying I’ve never used a tampon. I mean, I could probably figure it out, as I’m quite the fan of the parallel tango, but I don’t put anything in me other than someone’s dick or fingers.
I'm the same, the using pads only part. I've never used a tampon and it just makes me really uncomfortable thinking of using them, like putting a wad of cotton up there seems painful.
I used tampons for years but for me personally pads just work better for me.
I've been using pads only for the last few years..
Tampons are very "freeing" and there is more work when it comes to hygiene with pads but they just work better for me (plus thanks to those Teen Mags from the 90s I always had the fear in the back of my mind of toxic shock....how long has the tampon been in? Is there already one in there? etc)
I've used tampons plenty but I can ALWAYS feel them. Everyone is like "you're putting them in wrong." I guarantee you I'm not, I think I just have a short vagina. Lol... I use them if they are absolutely necessary but much prefer pads.
I completely agree! Sex isn't something I'm particularly comfortable with, but once I lost my "virginity" at 19, I felt more comfortable with using tampons, but it's still a mixed bag for me. If you're a a girl and you don't know how to use one, don't be too worried about it, at least in my opinion. I dunno, it's mixed bag for everyone, haha
Yeah, I’m glad I’m old enough now that I don’t get shit for it anymore (and also don’t give a shit anymore either), but my teens and twenties were rough when people found out and got on my case about it. Didn’t feel fair to tell them I’d been abused with objects as a child to shut them up, though.
I remember the first time I tried to use a tampon. I had really heavy periods, like put a pad in place and 30-40 minutes later it had to be changed. Anyway, I was a virgin when I tried to use one the first time. I got so dizzy! I just couldnt fathom the thought of some foreign object being inside me!!! Same when my ears were pierced (same year actually), when it was time to twist the starter studs I just couldnt do it. I had to get my grandpa to do it because just the thought of it made me nauseated.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 03:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bleed very little, like, not enough to get one close to saturated. I find them immensely uncomfortable. I'm a pad girl for life.
Funny because I only wear pads on the first day or two when it's heaviest, then I switch over to tampons because they're less absorbent. I find pads itchy, crinkly and grossly humid (also they show
when I'm wearing workout leggings) while tampons feel like nothing.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just wear the really thin ones and call it a day. I haven't had a real period in years at this point but back when I did I could only really use pads. Tampons constantly felt like something was shoved up my vagina, I guess because something was shoved up my vagina.
If you feel a tampon, it's probably not pushed far in enough. You gotta nudge it a bit and really get it up there lol. Then it disappears and it feels like you're home free
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:46:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. I would shove it up next to my cervix and it would eventually wiggle down about 30 minutes later. Doc said it happens to some folks.
Either way, I don't need them anymore so it's a moot point.
I've tried to use tampons once when I was 18 .. didn't get it up there and one when I was 25 and was invited to a pool party/ hangout. Welp, I nearly had a breakdown because I couldn't get it in, I've read several instructions on the internet, used a mirror as help and I finally got it in. It hurt, I felt it the entire day. When I was at the bathroom it nearly fell out and had the same problem again. Then after the party I couldn't get it out!!! Looked up the net why and I think it wasn't full enough??'so I took a shower and basically made it so wet that I got it out
It's a little concerning and a sign of parental negligence of they don't know by age 10, frankly. By that age there's a good chance they're going to start menstruating soon and it's way better to know the logistics ahead of time than after the fact.
Honestly this is a lot more common then you think. I think a majority of my friends have never used a tampon before.
🎙️ arual_x · 118 points · Posted at 21:18:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s horrifying. Though tbf, my mum made the “sex talk” so vague and uncomfortable at age 10-11ish that I had no idea I had a third hole until they showed us in biology. My mums description of sex and periods was largely centred around her repeating “it’s all to do with going to the toilet” over and over again whilst I asked her a myriad of questions and she stared at me awkwardly.
Because impregnation, paradoxically despite being super complicated and difficult on paper, is also incredibly simple and easy in practice. It's almost idiot-proof.
🎙️ arual_x · 9 points · Posted at 23:51:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I got pretty lightheaded the first time I ever used one. Walked around bowlegged for about 10 minutes and took it out. The whole time my brain was just going "aaaah oh no there's something inside of this body part I've never really used before aaaah toxic shock syndrome aaaahh"
Of course, I was also 13.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe tried to stick it in her urethra without knowing? I’m no expert on women’s anatomy but I would assume the urethra is thinner than the hole that goes to the uterus.
🎙️ arual_x · 13 points · Posted at 22:59:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
... you would be correct in that assumption. Probably the main reason for the third, middle, stretchy, penis-accepting baby-dispelling hole.
That sucks. Sex is fun and something to learn how to do responsibly first (hopefully), and those learned skills can help you navigate other fun yet dangerous things... like drugs!
Most asian countries use pads only and very rare for girls to use tampons. I wonder how foreigners react when they go to another country and realize there's no tampons?
This is kind of bitchy of you. If she didn't know how to use a tampon, it's because she never used one. You don't need to learn how to use one if you are totally fine with pads. I didn't learn how to use them until I had a vacation that would include planned right in the middle of my period.
As someone who grew up poor and taught herself the " wrap toilet paper around your underwear method", I feel for this person. I was 15 when one of my friends explained toe how to wear a tampon, and that was only because we were going to go swimming and all I had were pads.
Does she come from a conservative background? For some cultures that expect virginity till marriage, a woman would not have learnt to use a tampon.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 00:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s cultural. I’m Latina and sooo many people I know think tampons will take your virginity etc. My Mom used to throw away my tampons when I was a teenager. Back then OB had just come out, and they were giving free samples, and she threw them away. There was someone I knew personally that got an infection from her pads. Apparently she bled too much and for a long time, so her vulva was always wet and it creates an infection. I told her to use tampons and she sounded fucking horrified. I told a family member that the cup had changed my life, and she was like “I’m not stinking anything up there.” You stick a dick in there on the daily, and that my friend, probably has a million more germs and bacteria than a little silicone cup.
The cup is life changing ! I always recommend it but the fact you need to "get used to it" (folding and placing) seems to be a deal breaker for a lot of women.
No more rash from pads, no more not having a tampon.
I didn’t use a tampon for the first time until I was well into adulthood. My mom used pads and then she a hysterectomy young, so no more periods. She bought me pads. The idea of a tampon skeeved me out because I couldn’t figure out how you’d use it without getting blood all over your hands. I’ve used them here and there since, but I’m a pad girl all the way. They’re just so easy and fast.
This really isn't that weird. Some people grow up never using tampons, and there's a "stigma" around tampons with a lot of moms. My mom never taught me how to use a tampon or even what a tampon was, she wouldn't talk about it. My first time using a tampon was in college and even then it took me a long time before I felt comfortable using them. You don't just "shove it up there" either you have to know how to use the applicator.
I get it. I used pads for the longest time and had to read the instructions very carefully.
ODB247 · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my bf’s 16 year old daughter how to use them. She lives with her mother but mom just never taught her. Poor kid had her period for 4 straight months in the summer and she couldn’t go swimming the entire time. I also had to explain to my bf that none of this was normal and the kid needed to go to the gynecologist. He did, she got put on the pill.
Don't shame her for that. It's especially nasty if you do that to a teenage girl. A lot of women don't find them comfortable, and you need time to get used to it. I use tampons for convenience but I totally think some people may never want to switch.
Oookay, so I taught myself how to use a tampon by reading the instructions that came with the box. I guess not everyone is that curious though, but I sure as hell didn't want to explain to everyone at Girl Scout camp why I wasn't going to go swimming, so I had to frickin' figure that shit out.
I had to teach a girl in high school how to use a tampon. She was complaining about having to use a pad during a volleyball game so I offered her a couple of tampons. Then she starts complaining about how they were so uncomfortable and how they always leak anyways. Eventually she had to use the tampon and I happened to be in the bathroom with her. I don't remember the exact conversation but came to realize that she had no idea there was more than one opening down there. She'd been putting the tampon in her urethra opening.
So the first time I ever used a tampon my mom basically had to ask permission from god to let me use it. Being overdramatic in my language but seriously she thought it was a sin for 13 year old me to use a tampon so I could go to the pool. Maybe your friends parents were like that
I think it really depends on what the women she is close with uses as well. My mom has never used a tampon, my older sister has sporadically but prefers pads, and I guess I just learned from them. I also find tampons somewhat uncomfortable though I do use them occasionally.
xrihon · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really old-school mothers tend to be behind this lack of knowledge. Mine made some comments I can't remember exactly, but were related to the supposed sexualization of sticking an object up there. Idk.
So I was scared of them for years, despite knowing the "mechanics" of using them through books and internet and whatnot. I had a failed first attempt with an applicator-style tampon (also did it off period duh). The "crooked" feeling and dryness of the thing made me nervous and dizzy, I thought I broke something. I did slightly traumatize myself afterwards, and didn't touch them again.
Until I started swimming lessons as an adult. Some period days were inevitable, so I just sucked it up and learned. And it turns out I much prefer the o.b. tampons over your typical Tampax. It's more intuitive and comfortable to use hands, and nothing innately gross about it since its your body. Now tampons are exclusively for swimming during period week, and pads for everything else. However, I did have classmates who would skip swimming class for a week or two because of their periods. If tampon miseducation had anything to contribute to it, that's unfortunate.
Every single day I deal with soooo many customers who appear to not know how to read or write. Like.... how did you drive here if you can’t read? How did you get a license? How do you do ANYTHING?
Allow me to add to your annoyance with customers that come in to pick up parcels and they don't know the shipping company, retailer or even the recipients name. This happens annoyingly often... It kinda worries me how many people are this disorganized.
We have a sponge mop. My then 15-year-old daughter told me it was broken because it wasn’t cleaning the floor properly. After determining it was perfectly fine, I asked her to demonstrate her mopping technique. She was just dragging it around by one hand, LOL. Definitely operator error!
Living in the barracks in Germany.... All the washers and dryers were in English, same as you'd see in any typical American household. The dryers had a push to start button.
Watched this female come in, load the dryer, mess with the dials to whatever setting she wanted and then pull the dial off, look at it, look at the machine, back at the dial. Puts it back on the metal knob, tries pushing that, twisting it. Looks at the whole panel, clearly missing the big ass fucking button that says "Start" and moves her clothes to another dryer.
I finished putting my clothes in, close the door, push the button and start to walk away as she's doing the same thing to the next dryer. To this day I'll never know if she ever figured it out.
Mind you. There were 3 other people in the room besides myself that she could have watched how we started our dryers without asking if she was too embarrassed to ask.
Amadai · 44 points · Posted at 21:15:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex husband was the manager of a video arcade. There was one machine that had a huge start button that lit up and chanted, Please press start! when you put a coin in. People would constant ask why it wouldn't go.
I work at a grocery store, where our restrooms are marked by a giant blue sign that says “RESTROOMS” with an arrow pointing at them. Almost every day, at least one person asks where the bathroom is.
At the bakery I work at, at least once a shift someone will ask "what are those round things that look like bagels?" They are, in fact, bagels, as the label clearly states. It's so hard to answer without sounding like a condescending ass.
Oh. I worked in an airport. People would stand under the sign pointing which gates were which way and ask "are the B gates this way?" OR they would literally be standing in front of one of the 30 B gates and ask. face palm
I used to work at a retail store with a HUGE sign (seriously huge, like 12 feet wide with three foot high lettering) at the back of the main aisle that said "bathrooms". People would walk up to the desk where I worked about ten feet from the entrance and immediately ask where the bathrooms were instead of literally just looking directly in front of them. Then they would get pissed when I pointed in that direction and told them it was directly under the big sign that says bathrooms. I get that it sounds like I'm being a smartass, but there is literally no better way to direct you there and you're the one who couldn't be bothered to glance around your surroundings a bit when you entered the store with a full bladder for some reason.
Being pregnant, the first thing I always look for going anywhere is the bathroom. Haha. I will waddle my ass around the store looking for it before I ask where it is. And then if for some reason the preggo brain is strong and I completely miss it, once pointed out I'm like "well clearly I'm blind" or some other self-deprecating joke. I don't get upset if people are smartasses because I tend to be even when I don't mean it.
Man I was ready to defend her because I have a dryer that has a pull to start knob! Then I gave up on her when she gave up on the origional dryer. Smh.
If it had a pull to start knob, it wouldn't have been so... dumbfounding. But no. Literally the only single button on the panel that said "PUSH TO START" clearly, in bolded, uppercase letters and she somehow missed it.
Like I said, I only use it when I need to distinguish whether someone is male, or female(for instance, when I talk about Reality Television, and "male competitors", or "female competitors").
Both suck, but you'll notice that women never call a man a "male" while men call women "females" all the time. It's not hard to say "the men" and "the women."
It's habit from being in the military, where they say "females" and "males"...... Literally if you have a married couple or even two people with the same last name they'll say "the female/male type" when talking about one of them.
Besides. In a way, not all females are women, since half of the ones I came across while serving were children who could barely take care of themselves. So. Female.
An adult female should be called a woman no matter how mature you think she is. A non adult woman who is actually not an adult in age can be called a girl. But not a female.
That is totally your opinion on the matter. Either way to say it is correct, it just depends on what word comes naturally to you when speaking. Sometimes my habit is to say "girl" when describing a woman, but that's not completely correct, and for some reason using the word "woman" to describe the female gender just doesn't flow the right way in my brain in some instances. To me it makes more sense to say female if that's the way they're presenting themselves.
Had a work colleague who must have been late 20s at the time, still lived at home with his parents. They were away and he complained that he couldn't go upstairs at night because the bulb had gone on the landing. When I suggested he change it he looked horrified. Turned out he had no idea how and he refused to try because he was scared of getting electrocuted.
Makes me think about a TIFU story about an uncircumcised guy that didn’t know that you could pull back an clean down there. He was well into his 20’s and I don’t even want to imagine what his private parts looked like or how it must have felt.
Clean your genitals people, for yourself and any potential sexual partners!
lksapp · 11 points · Posted at 01:45:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fathers side of the family scoops ice cream with a fork.
Not me but my mother didn’t know about left loosey righty tightey until she was 37, so she would just guess on turning things. My father is the one who found out about it & told her to never tell anyone that ever, so she tells almost everyone
Nobody's probably going to see this but I don't care. When I was in the boy scouts, there was a guy who didn't know how to wash a cast iron skillet. You may think "oh. Maybe the guy was new" not so. The guy had been with the troop for years. He had been on many many camping trips. Usually we would only bring cast iron to those and since it was usually a small group, we had everyone wash their individual mess kits that they brought and have one or two guys wash the pots/pans we managed to use. Somehow, this guy managed to avoid that responsibility FOR YEARS. To this day, I still have no fucking clue how he did that because there are usually people who keep track of that shit. Black magic probably. So the fact that he didn't know how to wash a cast iron came up when we were cleaning up after a meal. I was pared up with him and he immediately started looking around for soap. I told him that wasn't how to wash a cast iron and he told me the whole thing about never doing it before. I had to teach someone who outranked me that no you don't use soap, you use hot water and a brush and cover it in oil after drying it with paper towels. Weirdest thing I've ever done.
ina33 · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:42 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
...he immediately started looking around for soap. I told him that wasn't how to wash a cast iron and he told me the whole thing about never doing it before. I had to teach someone who outranked me that no you don't use soap, you use hot water and a brush and cover it in oi
Um, I didn't know that and I've been washing pots n pans for years. Just never owned cast iron.
I was at my friend’s house one night when one of my friend’s mom called her. They were speaking in their dialect and when she finished the call she talked to us in English. My friend’s (who’s house we were at) brother heard her and was like oh you can speak two languages? But you don’t have an accent? I explain that knowing another language doesn’t mean you need to have an accent when you speak English and he still didn’t understand how she didn’t have an accent. ??????????
This is easy. I was on a boat that was sinking,sitting easily 50 -80 meters outside a harbor in very deep water and at least 3 of the Local Mexican crew members working on the boat said to me they couldn’t swim when I asked where there life jackets where. I’ve never blown up garbage bags and wrapped them in towels so fast in my life. Each crew member hugged a bag of air in the water and doggie paddled as myself and another woman tourist dragged them back to the harbor.
Here's a depressing take on this: I have a friend who grew up in an Irish fishing village. The older fishermen there generally don't know how to swim, at least not particularly well. They think that it is kinder to drown straight away when you get swept overboard into the icy Irish Sea. These types of incidents usually occur at night, far away from shore, in a choppy sea. Chances of survival are slim since many boats are operated by only one or two people.
An old girlfriend of mine called me crying because her tire was “half flat” and she didn’t know what to do. “What do you mean, it’s half flat?” I asked. Her reply: “Well, only the bottom half is flat, the top is still round.”
My ex husband did not know how to wipe his behind after a bowel movement properly. The idea of wiping until you are clean was foreign to him, in his mind he just needed to wipe once and call it good.
He had a huge learning disability. To him, the day he graduated from high school was the last day he had to learn anything.
Mind you, some people just suck at driving, and we’re all better off if they’re not out there being a danger on the road. I have very poor spatial sense and an anxious disposition, and I loathe driving. After a few near-misses, I just went fuck it, I’m a successful fully functional adult in other respects, there’s good public transport in my city, and I can afford taxis or ubers when I need to. So no more driving for me.
My driving instructor verified this for me, she was very talkative and said she had a few clients where she eventually gave up and simply told them that driving was not for them. And i genuine believe this is so, not everyone is meant to drive and we are all safer for it.
I bet you don’t let that hold you back from , bathing, cleaning your house , taking care of your child, or even just doing anything other than eating and playing in the pc. Cause that’s literally all she did
We were talking about things we hate, and she said that she hated the first 10-15 seconds of a shower, when the water was so cold. I asked why she didn't just turn on the water from outside, then wait until it was warm to step inside. She got quiet for a while, then got all mad at me, like I was calling her stupid.
Bitch, what?
No, the relationship did not last long after that.
I knew a person who was, erm, locked away and abused by her family until she was in her 30s (trust me you don’t want details). She didn’t know what a thrift store even was and it was like a wonderland to her. I also helped her get her first driver’s license. Last I heard she is doing well and I’m glad she could get on her feet and never look back.
I dated a guy who didn't know how to cook pasta. Ruined some delicious fresh pasta I'd been looking forward to eating, and also meant I didn't have anything to eat before we went out, so I had to stop at McDonald's on the way, then had very little money left for drinks, so kinda ruined my night.
I told him that if we ever got married he had to move out home for at least 6 months first.
We did not get married (phew, on so many levels), and I do wonder how the first year was for him and his wife. He did work overseas in a job that came with accommodation and meals provided, and I think he did that right up until he got married, so it could well have been rough. Another brother became a priest with a housekeeper and his sister married an incredibly wealthy man with house staff. The final brother is still, and probably perpetually, single and seems to have figured self care out for himself. But it's still scary how little these grown children knew how to do.
My 11 year old is extremely capable, baking and cooking meals with only supervision, no assistance, and can do housework tasks when asked to a basic standard. This ex was my motivation for teaching her, and her brother will learn the same once he's old enough. 19 years later I still can't get over it!
My wife went to a top dental school (on scholarship thankfully), a lot of her classmates came from crazy big money so some were lacking in the common sense department as they had everything handed to them growing up. My wife had some of them as roommates. The most memorable wtf moment was the fact that two of them couldn't figure out how to change a light bulb. (Insert number of dentists to change a light bulb joke here)
They had to call my wife who had to show them how to replace a standard light bulb.
I once asked my ex to clean up the bathroom since I was 38 weeks pregnant and the only one working and thoroughly exhausted. I came home in the midst of it to find terrible fumes, and him spraying bleach cleaner, then topping it with ammonia cleaner to “make it easier”. Yeah, almost dying is not easier.
It did happen, decades ago, and it was fatal. She was caught, but not in time; some of the liquid had made it through to the patient. She was a new graduate, and somehow that little tidbit had never gotten through to her. That was her first “real,” job. (I have to wonder if it was her last) I worked with a nurse that was there when it happened.
I love my husband but holy sh*t he was sheltered growing up. His mom stayed home and did EVERYTHING for him and his sister.
Panicked in line at the bank because he didn’t know how to deposit a check.
He had never washed his own clothes and couldn’t tell the washers/dryers apart when we moved away from home/went off to college.
Couldn’t figure out how to boil water/make pasta and refused to try when I told him to read the damn instructions on the box. He was angry I wouldn’t tell him which pan to use, and the box didn’t say.
He’s much better now (we’ve been together over a decade) but DAMN
I think we are spoiled by the information age, as it's really easy to look up guides and tutorials online. Then again, I think some people are too dim to realize that they can look it up.
I've done everything from cooking complex meals, to rewiring houses and repairing my truck thanks to youtube.
I lived with a roommate that didn't know how to skin (or whatever you call it) whole, fresh garlic. I was amazed because the process is pretty basic and I figured it out on my own. So I showed them the way I do it by using the flat side of a knife and they thought it was like black magic or something.
Eh, powder has it's place. Most stores now stock those jars of minced garlic, but they never taste the same. My local Walmart now sells pre-skinned cloves in a resealable bag and while it's expensive, I'm lazy enough to buy it, haha.
xybre · 1 points · Posted at 17:41:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally just taught my late-30s partner how to do this.
Their parent was nuts and wouldn't let them cook. So their whole life they've just been eating raw veggies and microwaving cans of beans, or cooking plain rice. They'd also figured out like 2 dishes which were really good, but outside that comfort zone there be dragons. They could bake cookies from scratch like nobody's business though.
When the microwave went out a few months ago I thought they were going to have a meltdown. They were vocally bitter about it for like a week but finally got used to using the stove until I was able to get the parts to fix the microwave a month or two later.
After a year with me they're quite good at cooking and feel much more comfortable in the kitchen in general. I think it was mostly anxiety from growing up.
I taught my cousin (23) that you have to put detergent in the washing machine to wash clothes. He was 22 at the time.
I have also explained more than once that shoes can be cleaned and/or polished and he doesn't need to replace shoes because they get are dirty. I also taught him that you can completely unlace and relace any sneaker.
I have no clue how he has survived almost 24 years so far.
(I want to add that he was the "gifted" kid in the family and started college classes in 7th grade and I was in the special education class. I have two disabilities and psychosis, and he can barely tie shoes)
Not horrifying, but I once had a roommate, 26 yr old Brazilian landscaper. I see him flustered, pacing around the kitchen. I ask him, "Something wrong?" As he turns to me I notice he has an orange. He roars, " I cant find a damn knife and I'm so F***ing hungry." "I mean why dont you just peel that little guy?' "Cant find a clean knife for shit homie, what to you think I'm doing?!". I wasn't sure who was more confused at that point. Regaining myself I prompt him for the fruit, I plunge my thumbs in the navel and rip off the zest. The shock and awe on this boys face when I hand him an orange wedge and the rest off the ready to eat snack. And my grimace of concern returned
He did better than I did. I went through with the marriage, then filed for divorce (and bankruptcy) two years later. I was also 24.
ppchar · 5 points · Posted at 16:30:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol if by better you mean that his mom told him that we weren’t going to be together because she couldn’t understand the concept that I could love my cat and my fiancé!!!
She wanted me to get rid of my (then 4 year old) baby I have literally had since she was 8 weeks old!!!!!
Lol
She was like you get your cat or my son. I said okay. Well my cat can’t survive without me... and she was like que te dije, mijo! She loves her cat more than you!!!!!
Ok bye bye crazy people
I asked her if having a son made her love her husband any less and I’m honestly surprised she didn’t smack me with her fucking chancla.
Was homeschooled for 2 years (had to repeat 10th grade, so did 2 years of 10th grade in the 90’s)
Met a pair of homeschooler kids whom had been betrothed when they were 12. Met them when they were 16. Great people super friendly and outgoing, nicest people ever, they were what i call “true Christians” because they didnt care about your past. Only your future and how jesus was all about forgiveness and loving your neighbor (but not in a creepy way, more in a “hey that person looks like they need help, lets help that person even if they reject us for it. We wont judge them, just gonna be great to them”)
Anyway fast forward to 2002 (met them in 1996-7ish) randomly bump into them at the local community college i was attending. They were married bow and had been for about 2ish years. Ask them about plans for kidds. They said they hadn’t had any because god had not yet seen fit to bless them with any yet.
Long conversation short: they had no idea what sex was or how to do it or how babies are made.
Genuinely thought that one day the wife would spontaneously start showing signs of pregnancy. Their parents never told them.
Told me when they asked their parents the parents had told them to “give it time and god would bless them in due time.”
Nothing about the birds and the bees, or the mechanics thereof.
Also found out they sleep is separate beds. In the same room sure but never the same bed. Never seen eachother naked. Never showered together or anything like that.
Said it would be a sin because parents told them that growing up.
So I whipped out my biology textbook and showed them the chapter on reproduction. They freak out. Think its porn. Tell them its not. They worry for my soul. Tell them my soul is totally fine and so are theirs. Tell them that this is how babies are made. They dont listen.
Thats ok i also met their parents in homeschooling and was still friends with them. Call the husbands dad tell him the issue. He draws a blank thinking they should have figured it out by now: natural human impulses and all that.
Inform him of the full truth. He says he needs to make a few calls.
Gets back to me a day later, tells me he sat down with his wife and his sons wife’s parents, and had a long chat. All decided that it should be my job to give full disclosure. Told him i tried. He said he would handle it.
2 days later having lunch with my honeschool married couple friends. They say their parents set them right but said that i was supposed to show them how it all works.
Hear this and think “are you fucking serious? What the hell is this twilight zone weird shit?”
Take them to my place and search up some porn. Nothing weird just normal stuff that shows penetration. They both go goggle eyed at it like their minds have been blown to the revelation at what is hidden beneath each-others garments. It was a 5 second clip because dialup at the time. I am really super embarrassed at the whole thing and its really uncomfortable for me to be the one to show them that. Turn to them and tell them: “ok now that you know, you also need to know that this is how every human is made. Even the super ultra puritan ones like you two. Yes your parents did this to make you. Now then. Please dont take offense and get out of my house please, and go hone to yours and... well yeah you can figure out the rest. But please leave, i am super embarrassed right now.”
They leave. Next day trying to avoid them but it doesnt work. The find me and simply say thanks for informing us to the truth. And that jesus will forgive me for having to show them that.
“Sure great thanks please, i cant look at you right now, i just wanna be alone with my sandwich.”
They oblige.
Over the next month things change and their whole demeanor gets more relaxed and they get even more lovey with eachother. 3 months later she has gained weight. You know where this is going. They now have 5 kids. One of which is graduating highschool in 2 years. Everyone is doing great.
But yeah, having to explain the birds and the bees to a married couple was surreal and weird as all hell.
I got another one: people who don't know how to use line breaks. Sorry, I just had to say it, dyslexic here and can't read that massive text wall to save my life. 😅 Remember kiddos, paragraphs are our friends!
Hehe sorry, I really didn't mean any harm, it was supposed to come across as a joke but I'm awkward af and I really am sorry if I made you feel bad. High five, my fellow lexy!
My girlfriend and I don’t live together completely yet, but she comes over almost all the time. We’re talking one night and I ask her why my bathroom trash is piling up with toilet paper so fast. (I’ve noticed it does it ever since she started coming over)
She laughs nervously and then I put the dots together and realize she doesn’t flush her toilet paper.
I confront her and she realizes after 18 years of living, she’s supposed to flush toilet paper.
And after a year of dating I finally found out the toilet paper mystery!
A friend did a mission trip to Mexico in an area of extreme poverty and little water. The water where they stayed was in a tank on the roof and they quickly realized that if they flushed every time they used the bathroom, and if they flushed the toilet paper, that they would run out of water for showering and other things. So it was common in that area to never flush toilet paper but put it in a trash can next to the toilet. People who grow up doing this often just keep doing it, even after they move to locations where adequate water supply or good septic systems are commonplace.
She told me her grandma (who’s from Mexico, and a very poor part at that) raised her to do that which I understood but I still thought it was so crazy !
I live in a former soviet country and in the 90’s it was quite common for public places to have signs “please don’t flush the toilet paper, put it in the bin” because plumbing was so bad. I had a flashback of it last Christmas when I saw the same sign in a venue we had our work party at. I just cringed.
Is she from somewhere with bad plumbing? I've lived in South America where this is the norm. You just take out the bathroom trash regularly. Somewhat smelly trash is better than the toilet clogging all the time.
Uhh...if she's from Mexico its completely understandable. I used to live in south Texas and this was super common. But it isn't fun when you work at a gas station or a restaraunt.
People that have septic tanks usually don't flush to.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:43 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned not to assume that you are "supposed to flush toilet paper." Each family is different, and some places avoid it. There's a handy map for this: Where You Can & Can’t Flush Toilet Paper Around The World https://brilliantmaps.com/flush-toilet-paper/
[deleted] · 19 points · Posted at 01:42:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who left home at 16 and has been entirely self reliant, never using public assistance of any kind, no support from family or friends, this entire thread is blowing my mind.
My wife was was 25 when I met her. After 1 year of dating she was in the shower and I jokingly said "aren't you going to wash your feet". She looked at me in confusion... she didn't realise you had to actually wash your feet, she thought they were self cleaning.
My boyfriend and I are 19 and I only realized a couple months ago that he doesn't wash his feet. I had to teach him last year that he needs to wash between his butt cheeks.
Ngl I only wash my feet when they are visibly dirty which is fairly often in the summer. Gravity is how I have rationalized it but I might just be stupid.
Your dead skin builds up on your feet and can cause fungus, even if you're sedentary. If you wear socks, that dead skin stays there on your feet. Scrub your feet with soap. And between the toes.
When I first met my wife she saw me turn the high beams on in my car. She asked how I did that without holding the lever. We had just started dating and I didn’t know if she was joking.......she wasn’t.....she’s also a few years older than I am and had been driving for longer with a father whom was a safety engineer for BMW and raced cars on weekends. She always claimed she knew a ton about cars and now when she brings that up I smile knowing I know jack shit about cars but I knew how to turn on my high beams at 16.
Clicking the lever is relatively new... relatively. Once upon a time, there was a button way up on the floor that you hit with the left foot, that changed the high/low beams. Nowadays, it would be past the emergency brake lever, for those that have that site. It was on the floor. And you could hear the click when you pressed it with your foot.
I manage a medical system where users (usually nurses, doctors, patient admin, etc) would create their accounts. In order to create an account on my system, you had to already have an account on the main health record system we used, as the two were "connected". (I say "connected" because that connection was the bane of my existence, as you'll soon see why).
At this point in time, users had two options to log in to the EHR - a hardware token with a simple PIN number, or a username and password. Most users used the token, because it was easier to remember a PIN than a username and a much more complex password. However, in order to set up the account on my system, you had to have both (then you could use either one).
This guy could not type a password to save his life. He couldn't remember his password. So we went to the help desk for the main system and he reset his password. It literally took him about a dozen tries to type and confirm the password. Then we go back to my office...3 tries and he locks himself out.
Back to the help desk. Another twenty tries. Back to my office. Locked.
Back to the help desk. Another couple dozen tries. Back to my office. Locked.
Back to the help desk. New plan. I reset his password (with his permission). One try. Back to my office. Account created. Back to the help desk. "Go ahead and reset one more time so I don't have your password." Then I left before I watched him spend another half hour resetting his password.
We got a new main record system at my hospital. As soon as we got that, and my system no longer needed to be "connected" to this other system, I took control of creating the accounts myself. It's less work for me to do it, than to guide my users through it.
I was cleaning the kitchen sink and my 23 yr old roommate was perplexed by this, he thought you put things in there to clean them, why would you have to clean the sink itself?
I’ve told my roommate at least a dozen times not to put wood cutting boards in the dishwasher. I’ve given up so I just hand wash them if I see one in the there. If they weren’t my cutting boards, I wouldn’t bother. Maybe if she ruined her own cutting boards she would finally get it.
Pretty much anything with cars. Everyone owns one but few know anything about them. Then in the category of who knows cars is a beautiful spectrum of everything from forum fanatics that are usually wrong all the way to the ASE tech who has been wrenching since cars got headlights. But as someone who works in the auto industry I am still amazed by the “wtf” stories I hear. My favorite ones are when customers get a diesel and try to fill it with gasoline. The nozzles aren’t the same size for a reason yet a dumbass will hold it over the fill hole since it won’t fit.
This isn’t that horrifying, but a friend of mine got mixed up and thought you were supposed to shift your gears all the way up when going uphill in a bike. Poor thing had been biking to work that way for months at that point. Probably had killer thighs though!
I was driving in the car w my former roommate and I stopped bc another car was backing out of a spot. she asks me how I knew the car was about to back up. and that’s when I realized a girl who has been driving for two years didn’t know what reverse lights were
When I moved in with my BF, he didn't know that you are supposed to put the cap back on the tooth paste tube after using it. He would just leave it there and throw the cap away... Every time he brushed his theeth he had to remove a big dry chunk of tooth paste. When I confronted him, he said that that's what everybody does and that I was being very annoying.
A couple years ago, I had a roomie kindly offer to make me pancakes on my birthday. I’ve never seen her make toast, let alone pancakes, but gladly accepted her offer.
After about half an hour of banging around in the kitchen, roomie calls out to me:
“Uuuh, yo? I don’t think its all gonna fit?”
I stroll into the kitchen to find her attempting to pour the entire recipe’s worth of batter into my cast iron skillet looking straight up panicked.
I somehow managed to explain through my hysterical laughter that the recipe makes a dozen or so pancakes, not just one.
She was 27, in case y’all wonder.
[deleted] · 51 points · Posted at 00:31:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe a not, know how to do this. But rather just how do you not know this?
My ex and I were walking through the supermarket. She looks at me rather embarrassingly, and says “So I know there is black and white cows, and I know there’s browns cows. But is there pinks cows somewhere for strawberry?”
YO IT WAS SO HARD NOT ROLL ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING!!!
A recurring prank in my high school was when the science teachers would try to convince their AP bio classes that Chocolate milk only came from brown cows. Somehow it worked every year and with very little effort.
miemcc · 70 points · Posted at 23:35:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most of the complete and utter [outrageous expletive] numpties that crowded out UK beaches today. Have they completely lost their minds.
Too think that is socially acceptable to travel to do something that you can do in your back garden is reprehensible in the current conditions, especially if it endangers those that may not have the privilege of being able to experience open space, such as those in high rise apartments.
I would also bet that most of those that suffered the experience without the option of other escapes are without the privilege of ready access to open space and are those of financial impoverishment, particularly due to factors such as race or age.
Why is it so difficult to put others first?
🎙️ arual_x · 19 points · Posted at 23:44:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
America is so embarrassing right now. people are just “over” the virus and acting like babies. i am lucky to live in Atlanta which is a relatively progressive city with mask-wearing & social distancing, but we’re in the South so the idiots aren’t far, they’re ruining everything. coronavirus is going to be here for years because people can’t just suck it up and stay home.
We had spring breakers partying at Flordia beaches in March. April was the height of the lockdown. Memorial day and they're out there again. At least you don't go bankrupt if you get sick.
I stayed with a friend for a week, one morning I got up and made some toast only to be electrocuted when I pushed down on the toaster. Sparks flew, my finger blackened and I was flung across the small kitchen to slide down the wall. I unplugged the toaster and told her not to use it when she got home from work that afternoon. She complained that she had only just cleaned it the day before, yup submerged it in the kitchen sink!
Okay you kind of both win then. I didn't die but nor was I "electrocuted" by that definition (I was severely suprised, totally flabbergasted when I found out why, but only moderately hurt)
One of my best friends, god bless him, did not realize you needed to actually clean showers/baths because “well I bathe with soap in there, shouldn’t it be getting clean too?” ... He was 24 at the time. I love him to pieces but he had never lived on his own before then and I’m glad we told him that no, you still have to clean your shower once in a while.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 01:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I unfortunately have my own story. I’m man enough to admit that it was simply a lack of teaching due to lack of childhood oversight.
On my last. Day. Of. High. School. My friend mentioned in casual conversation almost gagging on his toothbrush when brushing his tongue. I laughed and made a joke about why you would ever gag brushing your teeth. He said of course that he was brushing his tongue, to which I replied “is that normal?” His response was “yeah, not brushing your tongue is like taking a shit without wiping our ass”. Haunted me for life because I realized that my entire life I had bad breath (including literally every day of high school). I make it a point to spend extra time brushing my tongue, 10 years later.
My cousin told my siblings and I when we were younger that brushing your tongue would brush off your taste buds. My mother put the kibosh on that one quick fast and in a hurry.
Are you being sarcastic or trying to say people normally brush their tongues with a toothbrush? That ought to hurt, though? That's flesh, those are some hard bristles. Are you serious?
And why would that have any relation to having bad breath?
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:01 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
quick internet search:
"Brushing your tongue helps get rid of bacteria in the mouth. It also stimulates healthy saliva flow, which helps maintain a healthy oral environment. In fact, the ADA has said that tongue brushing can reduce bad breath symptoms by up to 70%. "
(but I actually don't brush my tongue...was never taught to...maybe I'll start)
I only recently found out my 82 year old mother in law doesn't know how to use an elevator. She'll only go in one when there's someone else to operate it. I now know why she's never attempted to drive a car.
My roommate in grad school lost her apartment keys and had a total meltdown. She genuinely believed there was only a certain number of keys per home / apartment, and once one was lost, that's it. How would she survive the rest of the year without a key?
I tried to calm her down by pointing out that it was a weekend and neither of us had anywhere to be, so she could just borrow my key and get it copied...
Roommate: you can do that?
Me: yes
Roommate (between sobs): WHERE!?
Me: a lot of places. The Walmart down the road.
Roommate: how much is it? Like $200?
Me: no... It's like $2
I blew her mind that day. And, in a different sense, she also blew my mind.
dt1664 · 8 points · Posted at 04:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm experiencing one almost daily with adults of all ages who seem to not understand that they need to wear a mask over their mouth and nose - not just their mouth, not their chin, not their neck.
I knew a girl once who couldn't tie her shoelaces, got her hair tangled while she slept and didn't know how to get knots out, didn't shower on her period because she hated the blood (Sure, she had a massive shower the day it stopped and hers were only a few days long but. Still) and only owned one bra.
Lots of it was because her parents were slobs and her family was very poor, plus she was the youngest of four siblings and the only girl. My mom taught her all those basics and now she's doing pretty well, being the first of all my friends to have moved out of home. Good on her.
I had a coworker at a food bank I used to work at who started dating this other girl that worked there. They started messing around and she was a virgin. He was not. One day at work, we were sorting bread and I asked him how they were doing. He tells me that they went all the way. I asked if they were safe and if he used a condom. (This guy is in his late twenties, mind you, and this is not his first rodeo) To my shock he matter-a-factly said, “Of course not, I was taking her virginity!” I turned to him confused and asked him what he meant. He said he was taught that when you take a girl’s virginity, you can’t use a condom because you have to create a “blood bond” with her. He was dead serious. I told him that that isn’t a thing. He just shrugged and kept sorting bread. I, on the other hand, was speechless and very confused.
The first - and only - time I had Christmas dinner with my in-laws, my wife's stepmother grilled the turkey.
I don't mean she oven-cooked it and then grilled it; she just grilled it.
So this thing came out that was burned black on top but completely raw underneath. It turns out this is how she had always cooked turkey at Christmas.
Somehow - and she was in her 70s at this point - she was still alive. She'd been doing this for decades and evidently had an invincible immune system. But I would ask you to imagine the experience of sitting around a festive table, with general good will and all that, some nice potatoes, roasted vegetables, cranberry sauce etc etc, and then having literally raw turkey plopped onto your plate.
My stomach is rising just thinking about it. The incredible thing is: she knows how to cook a chicken. You put it in the fucking oven. But for some reason, lost in the mists of time, she had grown up believing that a turkey - the smallest of which is double the size of a large chicken - is to be grilled.
It was the biggest 'social obligation' vs 'please do not kill yourself' experience of my life. I see that fucking turkey in my sleep. Poor fucker didn't die in order to be grilled inedible by some septugenanian with an iron stomach.
I had an exceptionally stupid boyfriend at 18. He was well into his 20's. Lot's of fun from him.
Microwaves and metal. I had to literally follow him around (I said like a child) to prevent him from putting metal in the microwave. I now have children... they are not that stupid.
Laundry. Imagine one day you show up home early from work to find your boyfriend meeting a woman.... yeah this happened.... he was giving his mom his laundry. Apparently he did this once a week and she returned it all folded or hung. I was freaking incredulous and he was like "I might be able to wash my jeans... but not my work shirts." ...
He went on some weird rant about lady bits and how gross it was that we pee into our vaginas.... we debated about it at great length and I gave up so I'm sure he still thinks women pee into their vaginas.
Prior to ever realizing he was a moron, I had an allergic reaction at his laundry lady's house and she told him to grab me benadryl. He brought me like 4 pills. And I said, "4, really?" He said "It's kids, it's my brothers." Not sure how he figured my dosing but 2 would have sufficed. I ended up passed out in the middle of his mom's living room for about 6 hours.
In a sad turn, he's now a panhandler so this did not work out for him.
That poor woman. Who knows how long she put up with that. I'm so Mom-Programmed that when I saw him from the driver's seat of my kid packed vehicle approaching to ask for money, (he did register that he was coming up on his ex girlfriend and promptly covered his face with his sign) I said, "That's a shame. He had poten..." "What mom?" "Nothing. I knew that guy." "He had potent what?" "No I was about to say he had potential when I realized that was a flat out lie."
My first year at University, one of my roommates asked me in all seriousness, how rice seemed to increase when you cook it. She thought that rice got bigger not because it absorbed the water, but because each grain multiplied over and over.
The local part (left of the @) in e-mail addresses is technically case sensitive. It's just that almost all mail systems treat it as case insensitive, but you technically shouldn't rely on it.
Having been on the internet since the days of Mosaic Netscape, I'd like to say that she's not entirely wrong. Sometimes, case really does matter, though most providers these days have case insensitive addresses.
I'm also one of those people who swear at recent browsers' tendency to hide the "trivial" www subdomain, because I remember a time when it frequently made a difference.
That’s not so bad, is it? Sounds like she’s just confusing email addresses with web addresses, log-ins, passwords... literally everything else I can think of is case sensitive.
The domain isn't case-sensitive, but the path is interpreted by the server, so it's entirely up to the server whether it is or not.
Try it here -- most of the path on Reddit will redirect you to the correct case if you get it wrong. AFAICT the only case-sensitive part of the path to this comments page is the first r and the comments.
In fact, that's kind of true of email addresses. AFAICT from skimming the spec, there are restrictions on what characters can go in a local-part, but there's nowhere the spec actually says they're case-insensitive -- in fact, it's explicitly a string that's interpreted by the server that handles mail for the domain in question. Which is why you also get stuff like Gmail's plus-aliasing and extra dots.
I guess there's a stronger convention there, though. Enough mailservers treat the local-part case-insensitively that there are even automated systems that will force it to uppercase for no reason, so if you want to be compatible, be case-insensitive.
I met an 18 year old who was " about to start school for computer science" who thought that emails were case sensitive. As well as a millenial coworker who thinks that.
I have bad motor skills, so I didn't start doing a lot of things by myself until my late teens. I'm sure my boyfriend was horrified when I told him how late I'd learned to floss myself (18).
This leaves out the most important part: wrapping the floss around both index fingers, tight enough to hold with some leverage but loose enough to not cut into your fingers. Once you get that down, the rest is easy. Your thumbs do the work and it doesn't matter if you're a little clumsy.
I'm the same way. I remember the looks of horror when I said aloud that I didn't really "have enough coordination" to floss. Someone was like, "How much coordination does it even take to floss?"
In retrospect, I think I just didn't care enough to learn. My coordination is way worse now, and I still floss sometimes. I like to see the blood come out!
I'm sure part of it in my case was that my parents did a lot more for me, so I just didn't have the desire to figure it out, at first.
Then you consider that putting in contacts for the first time involved hours of blood, sweat, and tears (literally)... I'm not surprised I didn't want to learn.
I was tutoring part time while I was attending ITT Tech before they closed. Tutoring AC and DC electronics. These are second semester courses after the first semester courses of basic math.
I was going over ohms law with one student and told him to just divide one number by another to find the third value. Got a response I didn't expect.
"How do you do that?"
Odd question, but maybe he just hasn't done division in forever. "Just use the calculator." I said since I know we're allowed to use them on tests.
"Okay. How?"
The dude literally didn't know how to use a calculator for basic math, which is odd considering there was an algebra course we all had to take the semester before (found out later on they were all pretty openly cheating). I had to show him the button sequence and to put numbers on the screen and the division symbol.
What's horrifying was this was a private college with insanely overpriced tuition. This was why ITT tech got sued and eventually shut down. They would go to these people that had no place in a college setting and promise them lucrative careers that paid more than they really did if they took out the massive loans to pay for a degree they had no right earning. I felt so bad because I knew he would graduate alongside me and stand no chance of actually holding down a job that would allow him to keep up with the debt.
Had a roomate in college ask us how to boil water. We looked at her kind of funny because she brought the kettle with her, but I guess her mum had packed it. We said 'you put it in the teapot and boil it?'. She pulled out a regular metal pot. We said no the tea pot. She then proceeded to try to put our porcelain serving teapot on the stove. When we finally got her to the electronic teapot/kettle she plugged it in, but didn't turn it on, and left it there to 'boil'.
This same roomate also couldn't make scrambled eggs, do dishes or laundry.
A few of my friends were discussing when we got our stimulus checks and we heard two of them weren't getting them because they hadn't filed taxes in years....we are all almost 30. With full time jobs. I don't understand why you wouldn't at least attempt turbo tax or something.
jboitx · 2 points · Posted at 01:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My MIL got to go to court with the IRS because she didn’t want to file taxes from 1990-2000. She was 44 in 1990.
My high school boyfriend bought me roses that came with flower food. His mom and I told him to “feed it” and put it in a vase while we cooked. We were minding our own business and then turn to pay attention to him. He was very carefully drizzling the flower powder INSIDE each rose. Not in the water. IN THE ROSES. We were so baffled we just stayed staring in shock till we taught him how.
A little understandable. I wouldn't think most people would automatically know how to use flower food, considering you can just put them in a vase of water.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 03:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When people don’t wear masks.
PheIix · 7 points · Posted at 03:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to use a dishwasher... I witnessed two men in the age were retirement is looming, fail to use a dishwasher... I could perhaps even count a third one, but his mistake was a bit more understandable..
After we were done with a shift, we used to wash the dishes that we had used during the shift. When we arrive at work we take the dishes out and put them in the cupboard... One of the dudes on the shift before us had put in a dishwasher tablet without removing the plastic (that's the dude I'm giving the benefit of the doubt), perhaps he thought it was the type were the plastic melts in contact with water.
The two guys on my shift however are bonafide idiots... They saw the dirty dishes and the wrapped dishwasher tablet in the machine, laughed and called the guy who did it a moron. He unwraps the tablet, toss it inside the machine. And then he fills the cup that should house the tablet up with dishwasher soap for good measure... And the other guy watches and concurs that this is how he usually does it as well, because his dishes always came out shiny when he did that... I tried to tell them that it was a huge mistake, but according to them I had no idea what I was talking about... Half an hour later the entire kitchen and half the control room is covered in thick foam, just as I had told them would happen, and they still maintained that it had to be something wrong with the machine...
How have those two knuckle heads made it through life and into such a well paid job being that dumb?
The same two guys also discussed hookers in Thailand and how there was no chance to get aids from them as long as they pissed themselves and smeared it over their nether regions when they were done...
Those two always had the solution to everything, absolutely infuriating to work with... They always backed the other ones outlandish claims with such conviction it made other people question themselves....
Thankfully I didn't have to work with them for too long...
Not me but I feel like my coworkers story belongs here.
She told us that her ex’s hair got matted up because he would shower with his ponytail still in. Everytime. He literally wouldn’t take the ponytail out and would just wash his hair like that.
My roommate, a computer engineer in his mid 20’s working for the one of the biggest tech company (probably the one you are thinking off).
Got his mind blown when I told him to use his desktop monitor with his work laptop. And he saw how the mouse seamlessly moves. from one screen to the next. I was like “ how did you pass 9 rounds of interviews again ? “
Early on in my relationship I asked my partner to put my work clothes in the washer for work the next day. He put my work uniform in the washer (which was covered in coffee and syrup and milk and other lovely things you’d find in Starbucks, where I worked at the time) and then just left it sat there over night. He literally just placed them in the washer, didn’t bother to turn it on when he knew I had to wear them the next day. I could have strangled him in the morning when I woke up and realised I had to go to work in dirty clothes
My roommate called a plumber because her sink was clogged. The plumber came in, checked out the situation, and within 10 minutes asked her if she had been dumping wax down the sink. My roommate responded, “yeah? I mean what else are you supposed to do with the candle wax once it has melted...”
This wasn’t me explaining how to do something, but I once had to teach a grown man what HIV is. He had never heard of it before. Even worse, this was at work: he was my client, I’m an escort.
Yay! :) i'm the opposite sex, and never delt with yet understand the struggle there. Good god I couldn't imagine having to explain HIV to someone without saying FUCKING OUT NOW. You're much more brave than me, and I was a goddamned army ranger. Aka tried to get killed on purpose.
When I first met my now husband he thought Pam (like the spray oil) was the same as butter. I discovered this as he was preparing a box of rice-a-roni and began measuring out 2 tablespoons of spray oil. I stopped him, went immediately to the store and bought real butter. He thinks I’m an amazing cook ever since. Hahaha.
It seriously amazes me how many guys I've had for college roommates who dont know that you need to scrub food off of dishes before you stick them in the dishwasher.
When my father died from FTD, I put in for bereavement with my boss to go to the funeral. While I was gone, my supervisor told everyone why I was taking time off, and when I came back to a sorry for your loss card signed by everyone at the lab. People are really well meaning, but man I hate getting sympathy. Also, if you're wondering how it feels to get handed a hallmark "Sorry your dad died" card, in the same way a "Happy 5 years" card is delivered: the answer is not good. All the things that people say to you are so generic, and so deficient in understanding of what a dementia death is like, that I always was put in this weird haze of discomfiture, irritation, and feeling like an ungrateful asshole for feeling the way I was.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, that must have been so hard for you."
No. Watching my father take two hours to be spoon-fed a meal was hard. Realizing every loss of function was not going to come back was hard. Watching my mother killing herself, from six in the morning to twelve at night(waking up to turn him to prevent bedsores) trying to act as a life support system -- from waste removal to feeding -- was hard. Knowing that everyday was going to be worse than the last was hard. Worrying about the genetic component, and having to decide what a good indicator for when and how I should kill myself if I exhibit symptoms was hard. The actual death was easy.
"I had no idea your father was even sick"
Yeah, because I don't want to talk through difficult life experiences with people whose kids' names I can never remember.
"If you every need to talk, I'm always here to listen." or "God doesn't close a door without opening a window" or beatifically delivered pseudowise bullshit.
These are the only ones that actually made me feel bad about the person saying them. Everyone else was just saying the wrong thing when they felt awkward about not saying anything(which you can; most of the time, it's the best option) The people who said this or something like this were never ever actually interested in anything other than feeling like a super good and wise person. Every time it was delivered happily, somewhat serenely, and supreme self-aggrandizingly. Way too much empathy, and way too little awkwardness and genuine interest. Little tip -- people can read body language. Don't fucking walk up to people dealing with a loss and who never talked to you about it and pretend to have all the fucking answers, and then act like you're a deified saint washing a leper's feet. It makes you look like a dumb, out of touch, shitty person. because you are. You're stupid if you think people don't get the motivation behind over the top, fake sympathy. It's crazy, but I got this from many more people than I would expect -- because they came out of the woodwork. I got this from people whose names I barely knew.
"Man, I get it. My grandfather had a heart attack about year ago"
You don't. I don't.
"You know, things happen for a reason."
Oh, man. You mean the years and years of pain and degradation my father went through were all a deliberate pawn sacrifice in a cosmic chess game I can't see or understand? Wow, I feel so much better about it now. Do you have some religious pamphlets I can take?
This isn’t quite me not knowing how to do something, just wanted to try something stupid. I was with my boyfriend at the time and we had a candle going. We were goofing around and I decided to blow out the candle in a more creative way... and I took my can of dry shampoo and aimed toward the flame and began to spray. My boyfriend went to lunge after me to prevent my stupid idea and failed, as a stream of fire lit up the room lol. First and last time I made that mistake
Until he was 21 years old my brother believed that if you went to a deli counter for meat, you had to buy the entire meat. He didn't know you could order just a few slices.
Not exactly what you're looking for but I know a guy who didnt know dandelions have the two flower stages. He thought they were 2 seperate plants and made some comment about how it was weird that the white puffy flowers would show up right where the yellow flowered plant used to be.
This wasn’t purposeful, but my dad once ate a bagel with cream cheese. Or what he thought was cream cheese. The silver packaging was similar to that of the crisco package. He put lard on his bagel and ate the whole thing; didn’t even notice until someone pointed it out to him after. He was in his 40s at the time.
Back in engineering uni. Senior design. Got put in a group with a few kids who were up for valedictiorian or whatever. They didn't get that watts and watt-hours were different things. They were trying to compare inverter wattage and battery capacity as if they were the same spec across multiple options in component selection. When it came to the physical design they wanted to mount the solar panel on a scissor lift... "to get it closer to the sun and generate more power."
Their grades and family connections had them getting interviews at some of the big firms before they graduated. I always wonder if one of them has ended up designing something my life may depend on. Then I think about how many other people like that are out there. Then I have a bright ray of hope and think that maybe they'll end up working under good mentors. Then I have a dark ray of unhope and think that a lot of the people that could be their mentors are people who got there with the same kinds of connections and "look busy" hustle that has managed to avoid being truly challenged up to that point.
More of a WHY would you do this.
My ex and I were cleaning. I go to start the dishes but there was no sponge. I go upstairs to ask him if he knew where it was and.. to my HORROR... hes using the sponge to clean INSIDE the TOILET! I tell him how gross that is and there were things right next to the toilet to clean it with I.e. a brush and cloth for the seat. But no... he gets angry at ME for even being weirded out that he did that bc "at least hes cleaning it". So much so, that he lobs the sponge out the window in a huff.
A friend lived with my husband and I for a few months when he was 23. He had never lived on his own. He wanted to eat cereal one morning, and did not know how cereal worked. He actually asked us how to make cereal.
This is a third hand story, but apparently the UK TV show ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ wherein people go to a doctor on TV because they’re too embarrassed to go to a doctor in a private consulting room (??) had a guy in his mid 20s who’d never had a job or a girlfriend because of body odour. He was at his wits’ end, had asked everyone around him for help (including his parents) and when he finally submitted to an examination, on TV, it transpired that nobody had ever told him that wiping and washing your butthole was a thing.
My Pakistani, 28 years old, male co-worker once asked how to remove stains from the floor after spilt coca-cola. (yes, he did not know how to mop the floor)
I was training a new kid at a gas station, he was about 20 and I told him to mop the floor before he left. He actually looked at me and said he had never mopped before. Like how on earth have you never used a mop???
New employee in company truck. He called me very concerned and panicked because both of his blinkers were blinking at the same time even though the truck wasn’t cranked. He had never heard of hazard lights. He was around 25 years old.
I lived with someone who didn’t know that sometimes stuff you buy from the grocery store that isn’t refrigerated when it’s sealed, needs to be refrigerated after you open in.
On a service desk and everyone in the company lacks basic computer and logical thinking skills. My neck muscles are getting strong from the constant “you’re a moron” head shaking
I stayed at an ED ward (eating disorder, not erectile dysfunction) for two months and some days it felt like the clients had to babysit the staff members. Our daily routine involved sitting down to eat six times a day. We were all in another room working on school work as two staff members prepared our evening snacks. One client had ordered popcorn. How did I know? The smoke alarms went blaring five minutes before we were about to eat. Me and the other clients rushed into the kitchen/dining room (which was against ward rules and also we broke the no running rule) to find black smoke billowing from the microwave. Turns out a staff member misread the instructions and put the popcorn in for 13 minutes instead of a minute and thirty seconds. They kicked us out of the kitchen and opened the windows, which set off MORE alarms (all the windows had alarms on them so we wouldn't, you know, jump out. Either to run away or kill ourselves). One client suffered severe panic attacks and had a major one because of the overstimulation.
Tldr: staff at a place built for making and serving food couldn't make popcorn.
The fact that governments around the world had to teach grown ass adults how to wash their damn hands. It shouldn't take a global pandemic for adults to know how to wash their hands.
To be fair, phone companies are pretty scummy about certain features. For example, they expect you to pay for the ability to use your phone as a hotspot, when in reality it is a locked feature that can be accessed for free by rooting it. You will need a data plan/wifi connection, but they still "require" you to pay more for a feature they locked. There is no service being provided by paying, it is only an inconvenience fee. Considering this bullshit, I wouldn't be surprised if bluetooth file transfer was also locked behind a pay wall on certain devices.
Cntrl C, Cntrl V. Watching adults right click to copy and paste drives me up a wall. Way too many people I work with either refuse to utilize this shortcut or just don’t get it. It’s painful when it’s happening over and over in a presentation.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 11:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha thought you were just trying to be an ass. My only excuse is a late night. After reading your comment I glanced over at my keyboard and facepalmed immediately.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of these comments are funny, but a majority of these are making me sad with the way redditors are talking about these people. A person isn’t dumb because they don’t know how to do something, they just haven’t been taught. You weren’t born with the innate knowledge of how to put out a grease fire, someone had to teach you. After awhile, you get to a certain age and either
1. Don’t realize you’re missing an essential skill because you’ve gotten this far without needing it/ finding ways to compensate for it
Or
realize you’re missing an essential skill and probably have a lot of underlying anxiety preventing you from learning it.
Not everyone has the privilege of growing up in a home with parents who prioritized teaching them things.
Pfft the majority of these are stories of ppl who couldn't be bothered to read directions, eg. no one needs to be personally taught how to boil pasta (read the packet!) or ppl who actively avoided learning from their surroundings or other ppl they interact with, eg. If someone's parents haven't taught them about bills doesn't mean you've never heard of one? I see news stories about the rising cost of bills, it comes up in movies and TV shows, if an adult told me they didn't know about bills they're not only stupid but ignorant. Shitty parenting is not a good enough excuse for ppl to not try to learn for themselves. And no one taught me how to put out a grease fire, I read a home safety pamphlet as a teenager because duh, I can learn things without my hand being held, then later I saw the topic on a TV show and was like 'yeah, I read that' so furthering my point most of these lessons are revealed to people through a number of different sources, ppl just choose not to listen or learn.
*defusing...although you actually mean disarming or possibly deactivating. And seriously, messing about with mousetraps blindfolded? That's just asking for trouble.
In University more than 20 years ago, I was the only one in my dorm section who brought a can opener. The other girls were always borrowing it, and inevitably asking me how it worked. They all had electric at home, or had only watched someone else do it.
I think I opened every can in the dorm that year.
I’ll probably get buried but my grandmother-in law didn’t know how to put gas in a vehicle until she was 83. Her husband passed 2 years ago and right after that my father-in law asked me to take her car and fill it up. I thought it was just a funny way to ask me but when I joked about it she was dead serious. She said that he always drove and always filled up the car, and they had been together since she was 17. She never did it once. Pretty crazy..
two come to mind, one guy got into an argument with his wife (ex wife about 5 months after this argument) over getting a front loading washer rather than a top loading washer because "We're not poor" when in reality he didn't know how to use a top loading washer.
Then there was this guy who had a flat tire on his car, he had a spare tire in the back and had all the tools and I was like hey man why havent you changed the tire, and he tells me he doesn't know where the lug nuts are. Same guy thought he was going to be a father but ended up being a brother, real sad story that kid.
🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 22:39:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The father/brother element of that may need some clarification.
When I was at Uni, I spent the 3rd year sharing a house with four girls, this being their 1st year out of halls of residence.
At the end of moving in day, one of my new housemates came out the kitchen with a tin of soup in one hand and a can opener in the other; "does anybody know how to work one of these?"
I absolutely adored Laura, still do, but Jesus Christ, sheltered upbringing much?
Working in retail and a coworker was asked to mop before opening. First he filled the bucket with only water and no cleanser. Then when he was asked to do it again with cleanser, he spilled the bucket on the floor and proceeded to get several rolls of paper towels to mop it up. I asked him why he wasn't just using the mop. He didn't know he could do that.
Their roommate believes that the way you wash dishes is to get them wet and wipe them once with a piece of paper towel. No soap, and no they don't change the paper towel until it falls apart.
Hearing a co-worker say "I have a 4.0 GPA" then proceed to tell me a few moments later that they can't read a clock because they were never tought how.
I used to work at a breakfast joint with this one chick. One day I turned the corner on my way out of the kitchen to see her trying to fish a piece of toast out from the plugged in toaster with two metal knives in her bare hands. When I told her to stop immediately out of fear for her life, she looked at me like I was crazy.
One time in college I went to my friend's place in the morning to hang out. Walk in the kitchen to see my friend tipping a plugged-in toaster on it's side and getting ready dig a metal butter knife into it. I panicked and shouted at him to stop before realizing in utter disbelief that this guy actually made it 20+ years without anyone ever saying "If you stick metal in a toaster you can get shocked"
tyn541 · 4 points · Posted at 04:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not as outrageous as some posts, but here goes...
My first job was at Dairy Queen (I was 16). So I had heard of “coleslaw” and probably seen it, but had never put 2 + 2 together. Anyway, it was maybe my 2nd or 3rd shift and my supervisor asked me to “make the coleslaw” and put it in single serving containers. That was pretty much it and he left me to it. So I grabbed the giant container of what I now know to be salad dressing, and just started filling up the single serving containers (without any cabbage involved). My supervisor came back in and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. I had about 30 cups of straight salad dressing (with the lids on), stacked neatly and ready to be added to future chicken strip basket orders. Needless to say, I soon learned in no uncertain terms what coleslaw is actually made with (only 2-4 ingredients).
A customer was in today with a spare on needing 2 new tires. I sold him 2 tires ordered them and the tech went to take the tires off when he came and asked me where the other wheel with the flat was. I asked the customer and he said "oh, you need that?"
I couldn't believe it and replied with a dramatic "yeeaahhh we need a wheel to put the tire on." He went "ooohhh, well I'll get the wheel here in an hour." 2 hours later he called and says when the tire blew out on the freeway and he put the spare on, he left the wheel and tire on the freeway. His mom had gone to where it was but it was gone now. Now he has to buy a new wheel which is another $160, the tires were 69.95 each.
To top it all off he was in yesterday for an oil change and we had just told him he needed new tires asap. The front tires were separating and he didnt care.
My roommate was surprised to see that bathtubs can get dirty when you get to live by yourself. Supposedly, it should clean itself cause we only use soap and water in it. Yeah, right...
My husband and I were visiting my grandma. He uses the toilet and clogs it. He comes to me saying this and he didn't know what to do. I went "just plunge it?" A bit confused, he says okay and goes back to plunge it. Comes back a little later and says it isn't working, he needs help. I go in and immediately notice that there isn't a plunger in the room. I asked him "did you plunge the toilet?" He says yes. I say "with what - there's no plunger." He points at the toilet brush.
This was the day I learned my husband, at 27, had never used (or apparently seen) a plunger. He claims that the toilets he's used have never clogged, must be something wrong with these toilets. We get back home, eventually he clogs another toilet. We now have a nice plunger and he clogs the toilet more than anyone I've ever met.
There are short cuts to my Apple computer that I only learned a couple of years ago. And I've had computers for decades. Nobody said anything about it.
Growing up, my family had nice things. We had the luxury of an automatic can opener. As a little girl I thought everyone had one in their house, right?
Well, once I moved in my boyfriends apartment I told him I was gonna make some chili for dinner! Went grocery shopping bought canned beans and tomatoes and when we got home I asked him where he keeps his can opener, he showed me the old school ones (or a regular one) and that’s when I had my “oh shit” moment. I told my boyfriend I got it but In reality I had no clue. After many tries I had to ask my boyfriend help. I don’t know why I was never taught how to use a damn can opener as a kid
A cousin of my mother's once complained that her vacuum cleaner barely worked anymore and that she thought it was broken. She must have been in her twenties at the time. My father who was my mother's boyfriend back then, opened the vacuum cleaner and found it was crammed full of dirt and debris, up into the hose. The cousin had never heard that you need to change the filter bag from time to time, the dirt doesnt just magically vanish into the fourth dimension once you have sucked it up with the nozzle.
A guy I was dating didn’t know about a ton of historical figures like Helen Keller, or Bonnie and Clyde. I once convinced him that kiwi fruits and birds were the same thing. I was kidding, using some obviously doctored photos, and he began to cry about how savage a practice eating kiwis is.
He was 21. The relationship didn’t work out.
A member of my bar staff (who was working there pay time while at uni - take note) and I were having a conversation about something and it went onto sunsets. I mentioned about how I preferred the longer days of summer and she said 'Yes, I'm glad it takes the sun longer to go round then".
Not sure if she was song what I though she was, I said "The sun to go round what?", "The Earth" she replied.
She was being serious too.
I tried explaining but she wasn't having it, so when the next customer, an older woman came up to the bar and I said,
"Could you settle something for us please? Does the Earth go round the Sun, or does the sun go round the Earth?"
"Oooh, actually that's a good question, I don't know".
I could have banged my head against the wall.
A few days later the bar staff in question came in and told me she found out I was right, she'd looked into it.
So then I decided to really do her head in and that's when I explained to her the concept of infinity...
I once came home from a day at class to find my roommate frantically knocking on my elderly neighbours' door. I say hi and ask what's up. Apparently there was a beeping noise in the house all day. She didn't know how to fix it, and she can't get anything done with the distraction.
( Quick background info: she was crazy. She couldn't work if there was any noise. The quiet floor in the library was too loud for her. She got mad if the rest of us would chat in the kitchen while making food during her two weeks of midterms. She complained for a month when another roommate Skyped a friend from her room one time. She accused a different roommate of having sex so loudly she couldn't sleep when they had a friend over to do a project. Living with her was a lot.)
We go inside to investigate, and it sounds like a fire alarm battery is dead. I check all the fire alarms and they're fine. Before I can do anything else she breaks down into tears. She tells me she'd tried calling the landlord and he was out of town until the next day and it wasn't an emergency and she just can't take it anymore. She's on the floor crying at this point. I ask where the carbon monoxide detector is. She had no idea what that was. I found it, took the battery out and replaced it. Problem solved.
(Another aside: her mom was a landlord in her home city but travelled for work. When her mom was gone, her summer job was to maintain the property and be on call for the tenants. I'm not religious but I thank God they never actually needed anything from her.)
Describing her as crazy sounds unkind to me; sounds like she had a major case of misophonia and wasn’t aware of it. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t enjoy living with someone like that, but I can’t imagine how frantic and panicked she must have felt if she was reduced to behaving this way.
You're right and I should pick a different word. I was struggling with a stew of mental illnesses at the time and had given her names of therapists and told her exactly what I did to get in contact with them. I got free, readily available mental health help through school or the community and encouraged her to do the same. She said she'd tried therapy, it didn't work and she hated it and never did anything to help herself as long as I lived with her. I felt bad for her until I saw that she never tried to fix the situation, she just liked to complain about it.
Amraff · 5 points · Posted at 06:21:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
After 6 years of marriage, i had to teach my husband how to use a broom.....
I was sweeping thr kitchen one day and he snarkily said "ha. Your sweeping wrong. Cant believe i never noticed it before but your supposed to push the dirt away from you!"
Now granted, there are different techniques, but his style was the woosh the broom forward across the floor and fling the dirt to the opposite side of the room. Unfortunately, this technique meant that 70% of the dirt never actually got collected, just thrown around from one area to the next.
I sweep towards myself, collecting dirt into a pile so i can sweep it onto the dustpan.
When he said this, I shrugged, kept sweeping and about 2 minutes later he added "huh, your way seems more efficient....." as he sat with a look of befuddled curiosity.
ETA: Thought of a few more.
once had to help the VP of Engineering for a very prestigious company move offices. I was an admin but helped out IT so i moved his computer tower for him. I'm hooking it into the monitor, keyboard and mouse and he says "wait! Im a leftie! I need a lefty mouse! Oh, and dont forget to bring my phone over." I unplugged the mouse & phone, went to the IT office to laugh my ass off and then went back and plugges the phone back in and hooked in the mouse, setting it on the left side of the keyboard & changed his mouse button settings under the guise of "configuring the new mouse"
once had ro explain to a friend who was in their 30s that wild animals dont "go" anywhere during storms. She believed that just like people brought in their dogs when the weather was bad, someone went and collected all the wild animals. Her reasoning was "well if they are out there, why dont i ever see them!?!"
We weren't adults, but a girl in my sophomore class once asked me what time it was because her phone was dead. I looked at the clock on the wall and she said "Sorry, I don't know how to read one of those."
I walked in on my roommates seasoning a steak straight up on our kitchen table. No cutting board or anything underneath. I offered to get out the cleaning supplies to gently remind her to clean up. She said she didn’t have to because “you can only get salmonella from chicken.”
this is my favorite one. I love that you recognized the danger of an engineering student finding a new puzzle.
I'm bad at tinkering but I have a horrible compulsion to do it anyway. It's hard to ignore 'don't worry about it'. Surely if I can get it open I'll get an idea of how it works, right? And then it should be no trouble to put everything back how I found it, right? Incorrect! I will accidentally unscrew something important, and this is why sometimes curiosity shouldn't be impulsive.
When I got married I hadn't realised just how many domestic tasks I considered simple my wife didn't know.
I have been slowly teaching her (and this is of course told with love) but there are some stand-out stories.
She had seen me making popcorn on the stove instead of just using microwave bags and decided to give it a go while home alone. I come home to a smoky, smelly house because she put a layer of oil in the pot, put the lid on it to heat up and walked away she csme back and took the lid off only to have it ignite , so she put the lid right back on, thought the fire was gone and did the same thing again.
She then proudly told me how she put it out by running the flaming pot under the tap...
...I told her she was lucky she had burned all the oil away and gave her a fire safety lesson including showing her how to use an extinguisher and a fire blanket.
She tried to bake some cookies and asked why they kept burning on the edges. I suggested she turn down the temperature of the oven, to which she replied "I already did, the recipe said 350 degrees and our oven doesn't even go that high".
We live in a sensible country whoch uses celcius and she didn't realise the recipe obviously used farenheit. She tried to bake cookies with the oven on MAX.
Over time I have taught her basics of cooking and she actually does quite a good job.
Now I just have to teach her to wash the backs of dishes...
I want to DIE every time I see my coworker follow EDIT>COPY>EDIT >PASTE
Now that we are all WFH due to COVID sharing screens is common meeting practice. Now I know why everyone is complaining about how much work they have to do, they can barely use their computers.
When I was handed my child a few moments after her birth.
My wife and I had planned it, talked about it, bought everything. Then I was handed this helpless bundle of life and I abruptly relived 15 years of "there's an exam today you didn't revise for" nightmares in the space of 20 seconds.
My first job was washing dishes at a holiday inn. The other kitchen staff and I were on break one day talking about weird spellings of words. One of the waitresses (older woman probably about 60) said she didnt understand how to spell toilet paper. Everyone was like "what?" She goes "I don't understand why theres no R in it." At the end of paper?" "No, because that's how you say it 'torlet paper.'" This lady didnt realize she had a southern accent and that's not how you pronounce toilet paper. It blew my mind, still to this day the dumbest thing I've ever heard someone say in real life.
There are a lot of comments talking about people's lack of knowledge of sex, STDs, washing under foreskin, etc, because of conservative, or christian, or strict parents.
PARENTS PLEASE. Educate you'd kids about sex!!! It's important and they can get hurt or get STDs if they're not educated.
Edit: thanks for the silver!!
I remember watching a documentary years ago, and one of the people featured was a young woman who'd become pregnant at 15. It turned out that her Catholic parents, neither of whom had gone to school, had forbidden her to learn anything about sex, where babies come from, how bodies work, she wasn't even allowed to wash "down there". She had no clue what genitals were, so when a boy asked to put his penis in her vagina, she literally had no idea that that was sex.
And the saddest part was that her daughter, the baby she'd had at 15, ALSO became pregnant at 15. How could that happen, you ask? Well, the mom wasn't permitted to develop any form of critical thinking skills. Her entire upbringing was basically "Do what you're told or I'll hit you again". So she was terrified that her own daughter would become pregnant as a teen like she did, so she refused to let her daughter learn anything about sex, babies, her body, etc.
The poor woman just didn't know how to connect dots and realize "Oh wait, I got pregnant because I had no idea what sex was, so maybe I should teach my kid what sex is and how to be safe". It's so damned sad, and infuriating.
I just genuinely don't understand how you could just. Not teach your child any of that. My parents told me very little (conservative Christian) and nothing about LGBTQ+ sex. They let my health teacher deal with STDs and stuff, so at least I knew the basics. I just don't understand that kind of thinking.
I think some parents out there honestly aren't sure how any of that stuff works either. Like they've figured out that babies might have something to do with the man putting his "naughty place" inside his wife's "naughty place", but that's literally it. They don't know what parts are called, they know nothing about the process of reproduction, it's horrifying.
Hell, when my grandma started getting dementia she finally started spilling all the stories she'd been hiding from us grandkids (because she forgot she wasn't supposed to tell us) and turns out that grandma had multiple abortions back in the day, because all she'd ever been told about sex was that it was something dirty whores did, and she knew SHE wasn't a dirty whore, so she never made the connection between what the boys were doing to her and her tummy getting bigger. She was the mother of two kids before she learned what genitals were, how reproduction worked, all of it.
My ex wanted to help make dinner, but didn't know much about cooking. I figured I'd give him something easy and hand him a red pepper and a knife. There are two cutting boards on the counter. He stands in front of a cutting board so I look away, but the next second he's freaking out and screaming and there's blood everywhere.
Turns out he held the pepper in his hand and stabbed downwards into it with the knife. When I asked why he did that, he said "I didn't know it'd be soft". So he leaves to bandage his hand and I have to clean up the mess ... and the whole reason he wanted to help in the first place is because I "cook too slow".
Same guy, another day - the job is "preheat the oven". Short while later I hear, "OH SHIT" and find him holding a warped and burnt baking tray and the stove top element glowing bright orange. The oven was cold, of course...
Needed to take a summer course back in college and I had a couple of friends who had JUST got an apartment and wouldn't have their roommates moving in until fall so I made a deal to stay with them for my class. Asked them if I needed to bring anything but they said they already had everything so I just brought a pot, a frying pan, a spatula, and a sleeping bag since I was more or less planning to camp in one of their empty rooms for a month.
First lesson came when one of them wanted to make eggs, but didn't actually know HOW to cook scrambled eggs. OK, no big deal, not every highschooler cooks and the dorms don't exactly encourage it. Do you have a frying pan? No, ok, use mine. Do you have a spatula? No, ok, use mine... Do you have butter? What about cooking oil? Olive oil? Pam? Anything? Sesame seed oil? Well that will work...
Turns out their entire kitchen operation consisted of one electric wok, an ice cream maker, a dull-as-hell fake ceremonial dagger (complete with glass jewels on the hilt and sheath), and a bottle of sesame seed oil. Also, the only thing EITHER of them knew how to cook was bacon. I spent a month teaching 2 20-year-olds how to not starve, and to this day sesame seed oil takes me back to the summer when EVERYTHING tasted like sesame.
This is not to say that they were entirely helpless; they did manage to make vodka ice cream with crushed atomic fireball jawbreakers as the flavoring. It never really set up (thanks to the alcohol content), but on the culinary score board I wouldn't call it a failure either.
I once dated a girl who I had to explain why, when you're at the store, you open the carton of eggs. For some reason she just wanted to almost literally throw them in the cart, and I told her she needed to check for broken ones. Maybe she didn't care because she was going to break them before checkout anyway?
This is more of a “wow, sex ed much?” thing, but hey, we’re in Texas, so I’m not overly surprised. Good friend in college was his girlfriend’s first time, but he brought up after a while that her hymen still hadn’t popped, which I really didn’t believe. Not because I thought she was slutty, but because she was a gymnast and a cheerleader. That had probably been long gone from childhood. So I kind of ask him leading questions. Where do you think her hymen is? “That big, kind of rubbery thing in the big!” I told them that they both needed to stop pulling on her cervix before they hurt it. I laughed until I couldn’t breathe.
We were trying to bake a cake and I was like "now add an egg" and she just... Kinda slammed it gently against the bowl and a lot of egg shells landed in the batter
🎙️ arual_x · 27 points · Posted at 22:49:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a cocktail masterclass thing recently as a gift experience and one of the recipes needed egg white. The teacher guy was really reticent to let me do it myself, and when I used my expert level one-handed crack and then my practised use-the-shells-to-sort-the-yolk-out method in under 5 seconds, I felt like a god. He told me that 90% of people can’t do it, so she’s not alone. /endgloat
One time we were talking with this kid at my summer camp (I was the director and the dude's counselor was there). This kid literally turned from this happy go lucky camper to a straight up sociopath in a matter of seconds. I swear it was like watching Theoden turn young in Two Towers.
We told him that we had heard about his bullying other kids, and basically it needed to stop or he'd be sent home. He slowly looked down and we thought he was upset. Then he started laughing maniacally. Most of the time when someone says "maniacally" they basically just mean loudly or strangely. This kid laughed more evilly than any Joker I've ever seen, including Mark Hamill.
His counselor and I looked at each other, and both of us were like, "uh, you seen something like this before?" He looked up and was like "if you send me home my sister has to come too. She loves this place." We ended up deciding you can't just leverage your sister against us to blackmail your way to staying so we called his parents. It gets a little fucked up here.
His parents apparently were in charge of bringing three other kids back too, cousins or something. So if we sent one kid home all of em had to go. We debated trying to figure out a different ride for the good kids but after calling my boss we had to stay the course and get this dude home. So I was losing four good kids just to get rid of one bad egg. I was already super upset.
While waiting for the parents, Mr. Sociopath notices the staff phone numbers are posted on the wall. He starts saying "oh, Joey, 123-4567. I'll be calling him. Sarah 333-3333, she'll be hearing from me." I was so flabbergasted I just slowly got up and took down the sheet. We kept trying to talk him into agreeing to be good but he was like "no, I want them to come with me."
When the parents arrived we got the other kids out of movie night. One of the cousins was in like 3rd grade, and she screamed like I have never heard a kid scream. We had to literally force her into the car. I went to the Sociopath and said to him "I hope you see the pain you're causing." He grinned like a maniac and laughed in my face.
Honestly based on the kid's reaction I was concerned she was getting abused or something at home, but I talked to my boss and there wasn't much we could do.
After the ordeal I went into the woods and sobbed my fucking eyes out. You wouldn't think Summer Camp Director would be too hard, but it can throw some surprisingly adult situations at you.
I flatted with a guy who deliberately set the lawn on fire when I popped inside to grab something when I had friends over for a BBQ.
Turns out he had something else on that night and it was time to go, but he didn't know how to leave - what to say to everyone. So many options, from a formal explanation right down to casual "laters", or even just waiting another couple of seconds for me to come out with the desert and just address me, but he went with pouring lighter fluid on the grass then lighting it.
Even more horrifying was that he was training to be a high school teacher!
I lived with a roommate who was 20 at the time. I opened the blinds on our kitchen window, and she texted me later asking me to close them. She claimed she had spent AN HOUR trying to fix them. She was in college to get an engineering degree...
It's frustrating to hear someone not know that. It's also frustrating to see that a person is in need of assistance can't rely on some simple assistance from that cop
Geriny · 2 points · Posted at 14:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess you should know how to change a tire and it's certainly not the cops job to help some random guy with that, but "figure it out" is probably not the best advice you can give, because doing it wrong could be really dangerous.
The cop was a dick, like most. What he should have done was be a fatherly figure and go outside with him and explain it while he did the work. It would have been a good life lesson for a spoiled rich kid.
This person had no idea how to mechanically operate a broom. Unsure how to hold it, where to point it, or what kind of movements one might employ when using this strange stick-like apparatus.
We were both doing some volunteer work that involved cleaning up a house. They had a good attitude and were willing to do anything, but when asked if they would like to take care of this or that, they had no idea how to do anything related to cleaning. So it was decided they could at least sweep out the garage, driveway, etc.
I later found the person kind-of poking the broom at the ground. At first I thought they were trying to kill a spider or something, but nope. They were just haphazardly poking the broom at the ground. I asked if everything was okay. They glanced around before confiding they had never touched a broom before and didn't know how to make it work.
We all have different life experiences, so I provided a quick lesson in sweeping. They caught-on pretty quick and proceeded to sweep out the garage, then the driveway, then the sidewalk, then started sweeping the road.
This person was NOT dumb. It was a good reminder that we all travel a different path and just because something is obvious to us, doesn't mean everyone else has been exposed to the same information.
While camping with a friend (about 18 at the time)he struggled to crack an egg. Like i thought the first one he stuffed up was just a mistake but he literally just smashes the egg until it splattered every where. It was like trying to teach borat
tonfx · 5 points · Posted at 00:58:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spent a night with a girl once and she'd jump in the shower and turn the water on and subsequently stand under freezing water, shivering like a leaf, until it warmed up enough. One night she said she liked coming in after me since the water was warm already... I then blew her mind by explaining that you can turn the shower on from outside the little cubicle and then simply wait for it to get nice and hot before jumping in. After looking at me like I invented fire for the first time it finally clicked as something she never thought about doing all these years.
Had a 26 year old roommate who threw out the stick of butter because “it was old”. I asked why he thought it was old and he said that it was hard.. He had never used a stick of butter before.
My ex didn’t know how to do anything in the kitchen. Like he was 18/19 and didn’t know how to cut vegetables, didn’t pre-heat ovens, he’d just whack some nuggets in a cold oven for 20 minutes and wouldn’t even check if they were hot in the middle before eating them. He thought rinsing something under a warm tap would thoroughly clean it.
His bathroom was disgusting, I mean like shit down the back of the toilet, smells like ass, grimy shower floor type disgusting. In the 9 months he’d been in this flat he hadn’t cleaned the bathroom once.
Hired a 20 year old, first job, had to show her how to use a can opener...
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:45:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine never put oil in his car or did anything besides put gas in the tank. When the engine seized, he was on the freeway and nearly killed a bunch of people. As an added bonus, the car caught on fire and melted to the pavement. It was a beautiful new Acura his parents bought him for high school graduation.
I’m 23 and I’ve never lived anywhere with a dishwasher. My childhood house, dorm and now heading in to my 3rd apartment - I’ve never used one. I’m kind of at the “not sure how it works but too afraid to sound stupid asking” stage and I’m sure I’ll end up on Wikihow at some point.
It's ok to ask, I had to be shown how to use one when cleaning someone's house, and then a decade later had to show someone else when I got a roommate from the Philippines.
They're all slightly different. The cycles are self explanatory on most models, but the main thing you need to look for is where to put the detergent and what kind it needs.
Mine uses pods and there is a little compartment for them on the inside of the door. The skin on the pods is water soluble, so don't peel it off.
When you run into one, just watch someone doing it on YouTube with a similar one. I didn't have one until two years ago, it came with my house. The only one I used before that was cleaning someone else's house, and she had to show me.
Possibly the most important nugget of advice is to use dishwasher soap instead of handwashing soap, unless you like having suds filling up your kitchen.
I was in the weeds, and I told her that she shouldn't do that. She asked me why in kind of a rude way, and I replied, "Fine! I don't care! Just do it!" I was pissed off that day. 😂 Apparently the girl working expo caught her and stopped her because I heard about it later.
I just walked back to the dining room and waited for the screams that never came. I was somewhat disappointed.
Knew someone who wanted to microwave a brownie. Went to put the tray in and just before starting the microwave they remembered to take the foil off the tray. Well they had also totally forgotten that the whole frickin tray was also made of metal. Ended up burning a hole in the microwave door and blowing the circuit breaker
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:47:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach an employee how to boil water for spaghetti.
Deli boss became hysterical when he saw I'd removed the fountain spouts for cleaning. Screaming and nearly in tears. He thought I broke his fountain.
He said he'd had the machine for three years and didn't know they were removable. Three years of built up pop syrup and black rot had left a tiny tunnel down the middle. They are supposed to be cleaned daily.
When I lived in the PNW this would have got a restaurant closed down. When I moved to Texas as a young adult (looong ago) I was horrified to find out waitresses and dishwashers didn't need health cards. (Got my first health card at twelve, to work as a kitchen assistant.)
This incident was in the mid eighties. I saw stuff back then that turned my stomach. Texas has gotten much better.
After joking around in the car with some friends about donkey shows, one of the girls, in a confused and concerned manner, asked if humans and donkeys can cross breed. The car went dead silent.
My college dorm roommate didn’t know how to use an ATM machine and would send her financial aid checks to her parents who would then send her cash back THROUGH THE MAIL
My wife rode with a co-worker one day who complained that her tire was low on air and that it's so inconvenient to go to the dealership. H wife carefully explained that you can fill your tires anywhere and even do it yourself. Nope. This gal made them both late for work waiting at the Toyota dealership because she was sure it would void a warranty or something to not have the 'professionals' do it.
I worked with another 16 year old at an after school job in the mid 90s.
Her father was my weightlifting coach and used to give little classes for gym members on nutrition and physiology for gym members he was training. He was a champion and trainer of champions, really knowledgeable guy.
Well her dad (single dad, no mom in picture), and her highly rated school dropped the ball with sex education because she got pregnant at 15. When I asked why she didn't make her BF wear a condom, she said "Because after he comes I just stand up right away it all falls out." She got pregnant again by the same guy shortly after that.
Pretty mild compared to what's on here, but when we got our grill my husband came into the house pissed that the phillips head wouldn't work. I went to the garage, looked at the screw, handed him some Allen wrenches, and walked away. I've chewed on his dad and step-dad for that one.
I have an ex who at the age of 31 set fire to my oven (he filled yorkshire pudding trays to the brim with oil and left it wonky in my oven), broke a vacuum cleaner (he did not know emptying them was a thing so took the whole thing apart with a screwdriver), destroyed a washing machine (he filled it so it barely span) and he could not hold his cutlery properly. To this day my brain cannot even and I am not sure which is the most horrifying. This list isn't even exhaustive. He basically could not adult.
It was me. I had to soften up some butter and I always put it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds so it softened but didnt melt. Well, usually I'd put it on a plate or in a bowl but this one time I put it in with the original wrapper still halfway around it. I had no idea it had aluminium foil around it, my dumbass thought it was paper. Just take shit out of the package to be sure nothing will melt or blow up.
The sparks were pretty tho
My dumbass older sister lmao. She’s gotten scammed multiple times by OBVIOUS ones. One time she sent cash through the mail (illegal forst of all), she went through the whole “I’m calling you to let you know that you have to pay the IRS by Walmart gift cards” before the cashier stopped her, got “government official mail” in comic sans and sent like 3k by e-transfer (Canadian venmo), didn’t apply for student loans for a semester because someone called her and said not to (????), was about to share her social security number to someone on the phone before I stopped her, etc. I don’t know how we were raised by the same people.
I used to manage a pizza place, a small independent joint in a rural area. There are many stories, but one of the top ones involved me having to fire an employee for almost poisoning a customer. She dropped some breadsticks on the ground and thought it was okay to "wash them off" and serve them again. Wet breadsticks alone are no bueno, but this lady didn't intend to just rinse off the breadsticks. I caught her trying to wash them with bleach water (we had a spray bottle of it, used for cleaning the restrooms) and an old hand towel. When I pointed out to her that using bleach water to clean food that had touched the ground was a less-than-cool thing to do, she got upset and started crying, saying, "everyone's always treating me like I'm stupid!" Which is a fair complaint, I can see that happening.
I'd have just reprimanded her and taught her correct food serving protocol (i.e. don't wash food with toxic chemicals) instead of firing her, but partway into her hysterics she threw a couple of the bleach-soaked breadsticks right at my face. It wasn't the first time I'd had a breadstick thrown at me (and wouldn't be the last), but the bleach did sting a bit when it reached my eyes. You sort of lose your patience with teaching people basic logic at that point.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 14:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my coworkers told me that he takes antibiotics whenever he has a cold. This guy used to work in a PHaRMACY. Also one time he was keeping his distance from people, explaining that he didnt want to give his allergies to anyone. He thought his seasonal allergies were contagious.
Again, this guy used to work in a PHARMACY. He now works in environmental permitting. Somewhat unsurprisingly, he is ALWAYS congested and breathes through his mouth.
I just had to remind myself that working in a pharmacy is not the same as being a pharmacist, thank goodness, otherwise I would be EXTREMELY concerned right now
Lived in a boarding-house situation for a few years where I didn't get to pick my housemates. My room was downstairs. One day I came home and the whole house reeked of smoke. The entire downstairs living room and hallway were covered in actual ash. The fireplace was a mess.
Turns out one of the resident idiots laid a big ol' fire in the fireplace, doused the logs in lighter fluid, and lit a fire...without opening, or even being aware of the existence of, the flue.
With no way for smoke to go up the chimney, the fire filled the house with smoke until he dumped enough water on it to drown it. Ash and water ruined the carpeting in the whole downstairs area.
He didn't know anything about fireplaces, but figured, "how hard can it be?"
Edited to add: he then went upstairs to his own room and went to sleep, making no effort to clean up the mess. Landlord made him pay for cleaning and new carpeting.
I worked with two separate people who didn't know how to do this. I'm pretty sure they must've both been close to 20, only a couple years younger than me at the time. Kinda made me stop and think when/how did I even learn how to put staples in a stapler, I almost never use one, but mostly I was just baffled.
Some chick in school - bear in mind it wasn't quite adulthood, but at 15/16, it was information she should have known - didn't know theat gelatin was an animal product and was horrified at the prospect of giving up gummy bears when talking about veganism. She also didn't realise leather came from dead cows and thought it was just sheared off, like wool from a sheep.
As for actual adults, the most recent UK 'The Apprentice' featured several idiots who didn't know when WW2 was.
It's even worse here in the US. I know several people in person who earnestly believe the battle of Normandy didn't happen. They all think it was a fictitious film event.
Back in uni we discovered that a house mate didn't buy detergent. He would just shove his clothes into the washing machine and then dry it out.
I would give it a pass if the clothes were lightly soiled but he was not a clean guy...
To give you an idea - a year after we both went to Asia in a group outing and we were stuck in those old Chinese trains - packed full of locals and the toilet is a hole in the floor, the train's bathroom was flooded - he nonchalantly goes in and comes back out after having done in his business in SOCKS (he was clothed, I mean, no shoes) and his white socks were now a soggy yellow...and dare I say bits of brown. It stank but he seemed fine?!
No words.
I have several:
-A woman who’s husband spoiled her so badly when he died she had no idea how to pay bills/taxes/balance an account/write a check/use a CC/ or even pump gas. He did literally evthing.
-a young brides husband wanted pickled eggs; she just put fresh (raw) eggs into the beet juice/vinegar thinking that would make the egg like it was hard boiled.
-a guy who thought you had to have a rooster to have eggs.
-a woman I knew once swore you peed and had a baby “outta the same hole”—(she’d had a kid herself too).
—a girl who could not get to/from work without her gps after being there over 3 mos
—a girl who had driven her new car about 3-4 yrs and had never had new (or rotated) tires. They were bald af w wires hanging out everywhere when I finally noticed & told her. Idkhtf she didn’t die in a bad wreck. Smh.
My mum-in-law tells a lovely story about when she ran some art classes for a while on a little island off Madagascar. One of her students, a young man, was astounded when she showed him that from just three primary colors you can make every other color, red and yellow paint creates orange, blue and yellow makes green, blue and red makes purple etc. how in astonishment he claimed it was magic. He went on to become a wonderful artist, but those first moments of awe was the real magic there.
I’m sixteen but when I was fourteen I worked at Baskin Robins. I worked with this seventeen year old named Savannah and she didn’t know that she was supposed to wash her hands and wear gloves when serving customers, it was disgusting. So Savannah, your probably like twenty or nineteen depending on when you were born exactly. I hope you know how to wash your hands now.
Scared I'm gonna end up on this list....my parents decided a long time ago that I'm too dumb to do most things, so I'm not allowed to use the washing machine, mow the lawn, cook...I'm 22 lol
When I was 17 I dated a 21 year old, we were at his house and he was making himself pasta, he poured a lot into the pot and I said that’s a lot and asked if he was going to eat it all and he said of course so I went with it. The pasta boiled and he was shocked that there was heaps in there. I told him pasta expands. He literally didn’t believe me then connected the dots by looking in the fucking pot. A 21 year old didn’t know pasta expands when cooked. Idiot.
My friend, probably 20 at the time, and I were just laying and watching the sky one day at a park. A plane went by and she said “wow. It’s amazing how fast they are going up there. They are probably going AT LEAST 80 miles per hour.”
She thought planes only went 80 miles an hour but were just faster because they could avoid any traffic...
When my friend from college, who graduated with a masters in science, turned to me and said “man..there is no real evidence that proves that smoking cigarettes causes cancer”.
Went to go get hotpot with my friend. When she was nearly done she left the stove on even though there was barely any liquid in it. I didn’t notice until I could smell burning. Immediately poured liquid in her pot.
When I asked her why she didn’t turn it off she said she didn’t know if she’s going to get some more food so she just left it on.
I invited my brand new boyfriend over to my house to fix dinner together and have a nice evening.
He didn’t know how to peel a potato.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:48:53 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to me with one of my friends and I was flabbergasted. He was just hacking at it with the peeler until he had to confess he had no idea how to peel a potato. Before then I had subconsciously considered peeling to be an action that would be relatively intuitive even if you hadn’t done it before.
A roommate of mine didn’t wash his hands after pooping. I once asked him about it, and he casually replied that it’s because he, and I quote, “didn’t get shit on his hand”
Hahaha, I think it was more about having a mom who didn’t explain basic hygiene. Dudes room smelled bad for like 2 weeks. It was so bad I had to go in and be like dude, what the absolute fuck is that smell? It was leaking into the rest of the house. Come to find out, he put his closed that he was he under his bed and forgot
About them so they started to mold. How the hell does that happen?
Not her fault,, but I had an au pair (foreign exchange nanny) from rural Colombia, in the U.S., who was great, but one day in winter I went to the garage to get something, and she was sitting in the car, which was running, with my kids. She was warming up the car, and had no idea about Carbon Monoxide poisoning. I thought about all the other shit she might not know, and asked her if she knew not to microwave metal, and she had no idea. Again, not her fault. These were bases I should have thought to cover.
The microwave one, maybe. Not knowing about poisonous gases means you shouldn't be in charge of a car, let alone children. Did you have the bleach and ammonia conversation?
10-15 years ago I installed residential directv and dish network satellite dishes. Digital meters were expensive, so for a few years I used walkie-talkies so the customer could tell me the exact signal strength on the tv while I was still on the roof. I could not believe the sheer number of people who had never used one. I had to very carefully phrase my request, “you remember how to use these?” At least one in four had never used one.
Baking a cake with my mate. I asked him to blend everything together while I prepped the other stuff. 5 seconds pass and says he is finished. He seriously thought all it took was too mighty turns of the spoon.
Some recipes do call for very light mixing but this wasnt one and just knowing him it was definitely something he never did before.
Like you could see sugar and flour and everything else still clearly not mixed in anyway but just in the heaps where I added them. It was the equivalent of hot chocolate but with the powder scooped in last and not stirred so
A girl I used to work with couldn't use a dishwasher. Like, I had to explain how to put things into one, and where to put the soap, and how to turn it on. This was someone who had lived in cities her whole life, in homes that had dishwashers. She'd even worked in food service, which kinda made me feel queasy and concerned for anyone who'd come through her restaurant. She also couldn't alphabetize, despite not having any learning disabilities and being fluent in English, which was her first language. I had to explain a simple alphabetical filing system to her several times, and when she finally sort of grasped that? She held up two invoices, one for Local Sash & Door and one for Local Electric Co, and straight-faced asked me, "So this is the same as this?" My brain broke and I had to work really, really hard to put together a response that wasn't hysterical laughter or hopeless screaming. If she'd had a condition or was an ESL speaker, that would have been one thing, but this was someone in the pink of health, who'd made her way through school and graduated (She was 25 at the time, not a kid who'd never lived on her own or worked before; she even had children of her own). She could read, she was just...like this.
Between 16 and 30, it's shocking how many people you know WON'T know how to wash their own clothes.
Find them before they let the dryer burn the house down.
My former roommate didn't know how to use a broom and a dustpan. He also couldn't figure out how to make cup ramen.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 23:44:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first met my partner, he pretty much didn't know how to do anything adult wise. I had to show him how to take care of bills, how to cook, how to clean certain things up until he started taking the initiative to try and figure it out himself.
Nothing too horrifying until you realize his family is upper middle class and he had three guardians at all times. Nobody bothered to show him anything? Not even how to run a dishwasher! I just don't get it. His mom isn't anti-chores or anything either, so it's very strange.
BCEXP · 3 points · Posted at 00:02:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw an apprentice in a chemical plant trying to empty a tank without venting it (the tank implodes if it's not vented while draining. Vacuum). I was trying to explain what can happen if he tried to do that and he just didn't understand. It's simple physics and fluid mechanics people!!!!!!! You don't need to know math to understand vacuum and venting!!!!! Think about sucking through a straw and covering the opposite end.
Pal of mine didn’t know you have to renew your car tabs every year. Complained it was a waste of time and money, what does the money even get used for anyway, etc. I generally ELI5 her with most common sense things, as she’s incredibly book smart but lacks any kind of life smarts.
I live in a caribbean country. I have a good laugh when I watch videos about people un UK or USA that doesn't know how to eat an avocado. I saw a tutorial where the person sticks the knife into the "bone" (dude, that's the seed)
That is what i would say, but I've watched in videos they do a lot of weird things, like peel it like it was an apple, not always you need to cut it in half, what if you don't want to eat that much?, Stab the seed to take it out with the knife, once there was a guy that did it so strongly that he stabbed his hand with the seed. Etc
It took my mom aaaaages to learn to pump her own gas. She lives in Oregon where they have someone pump it for you, so she never had to learn until I went away to college out of state. Even then, she tried to ask gas station attendants whenever possible.
High School girlfriend complaining driving at night that everyone behind her had their brights on. I clicked the little knob on the rear view mirror and fixed it. Did not think to ask if this was a multi-generational problem.
I manage 15 high end office parks in a large city on the east coast. Dealing with some of my tenants I have to honestly ask(to myself) how the hell have you survived this long??! My most recent example is one called about a leaking sink that was also clogging, I go to check it out, they didn’t shut the water off all they way. So that solves the leak. The clog? THEY HAD THE STOPPER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BLOCK THE DRAIN!!!
A lady who was a new employee at the hardware store told me about how she thought the Black and Decker cordless drill was the greatest invention of all time. She was probably in her 60’s and told me that her and her husband hand built chicken coops for their business most of her life. The entire time she had been manually putting screws in by hand with a screw driver. She had only discovered the cordless drill a few months prior to me meeting her. I genuinely have no idea how they either never found out about power tools, or why her husband chose not to use them.
Dcaim · 3 points · Posted at 01:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to the post, but I work in higher education helping college graduates find jobs. I have one grad that is 65+, has never had a job before, doesn’t know how to drive and was a stay at home wife (not mom) her entire adult life. She has her dad take her to work now.
Crumb chicken... A friend was over while I was preparing dinner, she looked at me in utter shock as I started to do the flour coat, egg wash, crumb routine and said is that how you do it? I said, well, it's one way but yeah, that's the general idea.. she told me she'd never made or even seen someone crumb chicken before.. important piece of information.. she was 37 at the time.. bless her soul
The craziest one of these for me involved a conversation with a (now) ex. We were discussing body hair and hair elimination and hair growth. What it came down to was that he believed hair that fell off (or was cut off) one area of the body could simply grow where it landed. Basically he though hair can replant itself like seeds and grow. I tried to explain hair follicles and how that's just not how things work to no avail. He was adamant. This issue and other simular moments of "how do you not know this?" lead to the inevitable breakup. I couldn't deal with that level of stubborn ignorance.
Ah so many things. The most horrifying thing still to this day is how to set up doctors appointments with no insurance. I still struggle and it’s so embarrassing. I’m 21
This was me, I’m not ashamed to admit it. I did not know how to pump gas until my mom died when I was 24. She never let me do it because it’s dangerous and ‘sometimes gas stations explode’.
I live in a major city where driving is mandatory, and I’ve been driving since age 16. So thaT was a fun conversation to have with my friends
I taught my girlfriend, at the ripe age of 25, what a toilet brush is and how to use it. When I learned she was 8 months into living in her first apartment and had never cleaned her toilet, my jaw dropped and I knew we needed to make a trip to Target. Her response? "I've never cleaned a toilet. Our maid always did it." You should have seen the look on her face when I explained to her that there's a toilet bowl brush that people use. She thought it looked like a toothbrush and was horrified to think that people stick their hands in their toilets and brush the poop off with a toothbrush.
I didn't know how to use a dishwasher. So, I come from an Asian household and we always believed the dishwasher was actually storage space for the dishes, so I've genuinely never seen that thing on and I never knew you could turn it on. I never knew it was called a dishwasher in English because we called it something else. The oven was storage space for the pots and pans (just for a fun kicker of how weird my family was). I was really sheltered growing up, so I didn't go over to people's house much.
I remember coming over to my first boyfriend's house to have dinner and meet his family. We were done eating and he asked me if I could bring the dishes to the dishwasher and turn it on. I didn't know what that meant. I said "You could turn that on? And it washes dishes? You guys don't wash all your dishes with a sponge by hand?"
He laughed at me and made fun of me. Then, taught me how to use the dishwasher and that was the first time I ever used one. However, I still handwash all my dishes to this day. Whenever I came over, my ex would get a sponge out for me because he knew that's how I wanted to do the dishes.
I have met multiple college students who have not washed their clothes. Like ever. They just wear them for days on end and when they get “too stinky” they throw them out and buy new ones. This has been with both genders from varying home environments .
bro326 · 3 points · Posted at 01:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to pay taxes. I got so belittled that moment and didn't even get properly tought how to do it.
Balcil · 3 points · Posted at 08:08:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former coworker was working the register and the guy ordering had his card declined. He said it was probably because he just paid his mortgage. She told him "congratulations!". His response was "not really..."
Afterwards she came and asked me about it. She had no idea what a mortgage was and why the guy wasn't too happy. I'd say the declined card was a big tipoff.
I live in Texas. I worked retail with an Irish immigrant who came over on a college scholarship. And even after graduating and getting married, he still wasn’t familiar with A LOT of commonplace stuff americans are used to. one notable unfamiliarity that sticks out in my mind was when I asked him to place an envelope into the office file cabinet and he didn’t know how to open it. He pulled hard, telling me “look, it’s locked” He didn’t know his thumb had to press the button to release the drawer. I thought it was so endearing I laughed aloud but didn’t tease him or anything I just showed him how to use his thumb to press and pull the handle simultaneously.
Yes, the button serves as kind of a safety feature to prevent children without full motor-function from just pulling the drawer open and it serves as the lock when activated as well. The thumb sits naturally on the button when you go to pull the handle and a quick flick of the thumb allows for opening. I just assumed everyone knew to flick their thumb! He seemed so used to others reacting very surprised at him for small things like that. I put myself in his shoes. If I went to another country I’d Definitely not get things right away!
Laundry. I had a friend that had lived with his Mother forever and did not know how to do laundry. Then when I examined everything to him he damn near had an anxiety attack. He got super overwhelmed about separating them and the different cycles. Either that or he was a damn good liar and just wanted me to do his laundry.
A grown - early 30s - close, college educated, female friend asked me how I urinated with a tampon in. Had no idea there were 3 holes. I was in shock for like an hour after she asked me this. This was in the 2000s so there was totally internet, and she has an advanced degree. Her brother is an MD. There are a few more personal reasons that may have caused this lapse of knowledge which I won't share, but it was just so jarring. I helped her though, so happy ending.
After a few months of college I realized my roommate never really did any cleaning. So I asked him if he could sweep. I’m at my desk and out of the corner of my eye I see him sweep a huge pile of dirt under the rug! I stopped him and asked him what he was doing. He said, “what do you mean? What do you do with it?” I then had to educate him on how to use a dust pan. He never knew what they were for.
He also asked me how I kept all my clothes from being wrinkled. I was confused and asked him to show me how he puts his clothes away. All of his clothing was just jammed into his dresser. I then had to teach him what and how to fold clothes.
My old roommate would wash the floors with just water. No soap. They'd just push around dirty water and call it a day, then wonder why it smelt like a wet dog.
Turns out they're a thieving piece of shit and ruined every good thing they had going for themselves anyway.
A co-worker said today that she really needed a nap and wished we (location: Florida) could take daily naps like they do in China. She knew the word siesta and still associated it with the nation of suicide nets and the 996 work week.
Roommate spilled hot cheese on the floor and asked me if she should “just leave it” or if she should clean it up.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:31:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not sure I would classify this as “horrifying” but it definitely shocked me at the time.
So I was with my step sister, we were like 16 at the time, with our family, and the two of us went to grab some snacks, I picked out my snack and on for my brother and she grabbed a couple different things. We get to the register and I have my money ready, already knew how much I was spending. Then she gets ready to pay and is surprised when she doesn’t have enough money to pay. (So of course I covered her butt cuz I had some extra.) but it totally shocked me that she tried to buy more than she had money for.
I did some thinking later and it hit me: I was raised basically in poverty. My mom would always have everything planned out to the penny when we went shopping, if we couldn’t afford it we went without it. So when I buy something now, I always do the mental math to figure out exactly how much it’ll cost to make sure I have enough. (I always thought that was totally normal until this.)
She was raised quite rich. (My whole house would fit in her bedroom) and so she never had to worry about anything like that, her mom just bought her whatever and paid for it like no big deal. So now she has to learn that money isn’t endless.
I once had a roommate come out of the bathroom and ask if the plunger was broken. It wasn't working...because he was holding the plunger with both hands and using the stick end to try and force the clog down the drain.
My friend didn't know how to wash clothes in a washing machine. Also, he's been complaining for a long time about these random sores he gets on his skin sometimes. Recently, I found out why. He hasn't been washing with soap. Like, what the fuck. He also thought his moisturizing body wash was lotion because of the "moisturizing" bit. I love the guy but oh my god I can't wait to live by myself again.
That tile cleaner shouldn’t be used to clean up a mess on the carpet. My SO spill some ketchup and I came home to a basketball sized bleach stain on the floor. We didn’t get our deposit back.
Not quite the same idea but I had a friend who was a terrible navigator. He drove fine but literally got lost everywhere he went. When he expressed literal amazement that I could just get into the car and know where to go I tried to explain to him that I made a mental map of the city. As long as I knew where the 8ish main roads were I could generally keep track of where I was. That’s when we both realized he was simply unable to crate mental images like everyone else (there’s a term for the condition that I’m forgetting). The poor guy couldn’t even bring up a picture of him mother when I asked. Sort of explained why he struggled in school, which confused me because he never came across as dumb. His brain just worked very differently I guess.
A good friends husband had gone away for a week, so we decided to pick up some steaks to grill at her place one night.
I was in the bathroom, which had a window that opened onto the patio, and I heard her turn the propane tank on and just walk away. I was in there for a bit, (😬) so I was aware of how long she had let the propane go on for without igniting it, and you could really smell it inside by now too. She had just cranked the music up really loud and couldn't hear me yelling, so I ended up screaming and running outside, all while trying to pull up my pants, scared to death that she was about to light the thing and kill us both.
Turned out her husband did all the grilling, so she had never actually bbq'd before.
I can understand not knowing how to cook well on a bbq/grill without ever having done it, but I guess I just had always assumed it was common knowledge to keep open flames away from large amounts of propane.
As for myself, I made to age 35 before I realized what Rice Krispies were made of. That was an embarrasing discovery😂
21 years old, in the midst of graduating college. A friend and I agreed to move in together after living with other roommates for a few years. We hunt for a few weeks but it’s a big busy city so affordable pickings are slim.
Suddenly we happen across a gorgeous 2 bedroom, middle of downtown, full checklist of the things we’d agreed on, all luxury building amenities, such a steal of a price. Best thing I’ve seen in my 3 years in the city. I manage to sweet talk the landlord into promising the lease to me right there and then, even though he’d seen multiple other potential tenants with arguably better credentials than a couple of young waitresses.
And you know what she does? Locks herself on the balcony of this apartment to cry on the phone to her mother for 25 minutes, leaving me alone with the landlord to make increasingly awkward small talk. When she finally emerges, red and puffy, she mumbles that she still doesn’t know if she wants to live here because the larger bedroom isn’t as big as she’s used to. She wants a couple of days to think about it.
Obviously the landlord is having none of it. Obviously he ushers us out as quickly as possible. Obviously we don’t get that apartment.
Obviously I didn’t end up living with her.
StFrSe · 3 points · Posted at 03:43:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Not me but my dad (D) with my aunt (A), she got in the car after she had had her license for like a year or two. She got in the drivers seat in his car to drive him somewhere (idk why she was going to drive) and said “which one is the brake?”.
My dad kinda just looked at her and said “the left one...”
A: “okay that’s in this one right?”.
D: “in every car...”
A: “oh, I think mines different.”
My roommate (a woman) didn’t know that women typically ovulate one egg every month. She thought she “just like.... released a bunch.” When I told her it was one she didn’t believe me and insisted on asking our friend who is a nurse.
One day when I was 10 years old, I was hanging out with my parents in their bedroom. My dad was holding his chest and exhaling. He goes, “That mouthwash is so hard to swallow.” I feel horrified and asked him why he would swallow mouthwash, which I discover he thought you swallowed mouthwash. I frantically tell him that you only swish it around in your mouth. Mind you, he is an immigrant and didn’t grow up using mouthwash, but I was still horrified and wondered how long he had been doing this.
My girlfriend frosted the brownies she was baking for us BEFORE she baked them. Like put frosting on the wet batter and everything. When I was flabbergasted at what she was doing I got the "chill, I know what I'm doing!" She did not know what she was doing.
She has a masters in computer science and worked two summers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA). She's so incredibly smart, unfortunately it's all in book smarts, and none in street smarts. If she were a DND character she'd have a 20 in intelligence, and a 1 in wisdom.
My 21 year old boyfriend didn't know how to tie up a trash bag. I bought the cheap ones bc we were struggling and they didn't have the tie laced around the top, just the four corners you tie together. He didn't know that the cheaper ones even existed.
I misread the title and this thread was so confusing!
I missed the NOT, so I thought it was horrifying "how do you know how to do this?" and I came in here thinking it was going to be tales of weird shit like all of a sudden Suzy Homemaker was out in the woods and knew how to create a makeshift snare from vines and how to skin a squirrel with a sharp rock.
Or other crazy random shit like that.
I read 5 top level comments, each one just making me more and more confused until I finally reread the OP.
In college there was a girl that always struggled with the elevators and was always late or would take stairs from the 9th floor all the way to the ground because the elevator was broken... which awesome to take the stairs but holy heck how are these elevators always broken?
I finally figured it out one day when I was with her.
She thought you hit the arrow for where you were. Say you're on the 9th floor and you wanted to go to the 6th you hit the up arrow... girl whut. She was getting on the wrong elevators because she would hit up to go down and down to to up.
Really? You gotta be pretty dumb to repeatedly press the opposite direction, have it take you the wrong way every time, and never think to try pressing the other direction.
My boyfriend, prior to me moving in had a serious problem keeping tp in the house. (Pre Covid)
At the time, he had a male roommate and we’d often double date. One day, roommate’s girlfriend and I got picking on them about the toilet paper issue. My bf says “girls have to use toilet paper every time”?
He’s a dolly and I love him but that was a bit concerning. Lol. It’s all cleared up now.
Basic fucking arithmetic. Customer didn't understand why her total came up to what it was, so I had to physically show her on paper how math works, and she still thought I was trying to rip her off.
During my second year of college, I volunteered for a nonprofit coffee shop. Very slow paced, friendly place, and always two volunteers on staff. One day an order came in for toast. The other volunteer (another college student) looked at the bread, looked at me, looked at the toaster and asked: "I just put it in there and push the button?"
my roommate has no sense of direction, or basic geography. we live in Indiana, and i asked her which direction Florida was (up or down/ north or south) and she told me “i don’t have time to learn these things i have better things to do”
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my boyfriend and I moved in together, I noticed he kept opening my mail. Then he started complaining that I had too much junk mail sent to the house (I know). I asked why it bothered him so much and he said because he was wasting too much time opening mail. I suggested that he stop opening my mail and just stick to opening his mail and then the problem would be solved. He asked “How can I know if the mail is for me or you if I don’t open it?” He was 25, had never received mail before and did not understand/notice there was a name on the envelope. Honest.
Roommate in college, made digital art all the time. Took a class in painting(cause they needed an elective) and realized that they didn’t know color theory, as in red+blue=purple and red+yellow=orange, because on the digital art, all they had to do was click on the right spot of the color pallet
23 yo male coworker did not know any type of vegetable besides corn and carrots.
His family only used canned food items and he was mind blown to discover new vegetables.
He also informed me shortly after this talk that he found out eggs came in shells.
Apparently his family only used the carton of already mixed egg and he thought that was the only way it came.
My boyfriend asked me "how many months away is August?" And I replied something like "well it's almost the end of June." He kind of laughed and asked again, and through a little more conversation I realized he didn't know his months in order. He just never bothered to memorize a calendar year. He said he'd never needed to, because most of the time he has a calender on his phone. He wasn't a dumb person or anything, he was asking me about August because we were both going back to university that month.
My teachers in high school (30ish year olds) not understanding how to use the big "cancel" button to stop YouTube autoplay and making me or another student adult.
A few of us around a mates house, he decides to throw some chicken kebabs under the grill. He places them on a tray turns up the heat to high then closes the door. He looks up wondering why we were all looking at him strangely, someone goes "dude you are supposed to leave it open, even has it in large writing on the door" responds with "I've done it this way my whole life", he was 33 at the time.
I had a roommate who put dishes in the dishwasher with unwanted leftovers still in them because she thought dishwashers “have a vacuum that sucks it all up”. It was the first and last time we asked her to do the dishes. Half a tray of lasagna was blitzed up and stuck on everything else in the load that we had to scrape off.
Well I have a "how do you know this?" one. When we were burying my grandmas dead dog my dad said that if we wanted to hide that a hole was dug we would take the top grass part and put it back after filling the hole back up l. I was like 12 at the time.
Not horrifying, but kind of cute. Back in the day I worked on a farm with a friend from school. We’d finish our job around sunset and head back to the parking lot and hang out for a while chatting about life or whatever.
One time we’re laying back on the hood of her car chatting after the sun has gone down. This HUGE meteor streaks across the sky and we are both floored. Bright green tail, chunks exploding off of it as it went. It was top five best meteors ever.
We calm down after five minutes of excitement and exclamation and she turns to me and says “Wow. I wonder which one it was...”
Confused, I ask “What do you mean?”
“The shooting star! I wonder which one it was!”
“Which...star?”
“Yeah, dummy! Don’t you wonder!?”
A very abbreviated course in basic astronomy followed...
I have a learning disability and I never knew how important it was to other people to read numbers phonetically.
153,678,892
One, five, three, six, seven, eight, eight, nine, two.
People always get annoyed when I ask them to read numbers like this. I can never get the words right. I think a million has like. Two commas maybe.
Also my mother has made me hand wash dishes from a young age, my friends have just recently explained how to maintain, clean, and use a dish washer. They're quite efficient machines.
In a similar vein, I am slowly learning every inch of someone's house doesn't need to be without blemish and clean enough to eat off. And it's not normal to wash and clean things till your hands bleed.
Hey that's awesome you're learning! I bet it's pretty uncomfortable to go out of your norms to do things the "normal" way, don't worry too much about what makes everyone else comfortable 😊
Embarrassingly, this is my own story(ies) of stupidity and being super gullible. Not so much something I didn't know how to do, but stuff I shouldn't have thought as an adult.
So my second year in uni I was living in a house share with my friends, we'd have cleaning rotas and it was one of the guys turns to do the bathrooms.
I shouted out that I needed the toilet before he started on the downstairs one, but he went in anyway to clean. I ran upstairs and he'd already cleaned and bleached the toilet - which is where my issue and stupidity started. My mum had told me as a child that you can't use the toilet for at least one hour after bleach has been put down, or you'll burn your bum. I ran downstairs and he'd bleached the downstairs one by that point too! So I angrily asked him why he would bleach both toilets, after I said I needed the loo, as now I can't go for at least an hour and I'm desperate already!
He looked at me like I was talking jibberish and explained you can use the toilet after being bleached. Blew my mind and I was EXTREMELY cautious and looking out for burns the first few times I did it.
I rang my mum later to tell her and ask why she lied to me, she said that when I was a child I would always go to the toilet just after she bleached them and it would really annoy her to waste bleach by flushing it away a minute later. So she told me it would burn my bum to stop me doing it, she totally forgot about it and didn't think to tell me it was a lie when I was older. Which resulted in 20 year old me still believing you could buy such a potentially dangerous household bleach that must have resulted in so many burns each year.
Another one she told me that I believed until uni:
Again as a child, I apparently would be really careful when helping chop peppers and I would remove all the seeds, so my mum told me "good job on removing all the yucky seeds" which translated into my child brain as "pepper seeds= poisonous".
Believed they were deadly until,at uni, I warned someone that they had pepper seeds remaining when they were chopping. I must have seemed super worried for them as they asked why it mattered, it was only a couple of seeds. So I said about how they might be so ill from even just a few, cue laughter/confusion and an explanation that pepper seeds aren't deadly.
I couldn't believe they weren't poisonous, but my mum wouldn't accept the blame for me thinking that one, as she hadn't actually told me that they were a deadly threat I had just jumped to conclusions (so I'll give her that and take the blame myself for my stupidity).
Now I'm thankful for Google and phones, so I can double check my "facts" before embarrassing myself. But my stupidity has given everyone else a good few laughs!
Dude i met at a party in college fully didn't know how to flush a toilet. Apparently his mom did pretty much everything for him and just spoiled him to the point he thought a lot of things, like toilets, were automated and that they flushed a few minuets after leaving the bathroom.
I had a roommate that liked to drink a lot of tea multiple times a day from the same mug. The mug had an abundance of tea buildup inside because they only ever rinsed it and not washed. They said, "It's just tea so I only rinse it. The stains won't come out anyways." One day I washed the mug with soap and a sponge and there were no 'stains' anymore.
I once had a co-worker drain the hot oil from a fryer, into a plastic bucket. Went exactly as one would imagine. Melted the bucket and the bottom of his shoes, severely burning his feet, while he was wiping the now empty fryer out. This was an isolated fryer on the back line, luckily, or maybe unluckily since one of the cooks would have probably seen and prevented it. Those of us on the front line that evening still mimic the scream we heard that night. It was a short high pitched yell at first, signifying the shock, followed by short yips that increased in volume and length for what felt like forever.
I had a housemate who kept complaining how we, the other housemates never clean. Whenever she cleaned the bathroom she just sprayed toilet cleaner all over the toilet and left it there.
She thought that just spraying it on the toilet and not wiping it off was enough.
I used to work at a gas station. One of my coworkers would take of his shoes to mop because he didn’t want to make footprints. I tried to explain he could just work backwards and not walk on the wet places but he didn’t seem to understand. So I stopped trying to help and just cringed every time he had to mop. Or more often, I would just offer to do it.
My housemate recently filled a 2L Sagres beer glass with boiling water, before it imploded as she picked it up, spilling boiling water everywhere and breaking a holiday memory I can't retrieve.
How people don't know basic stuff like normal glass + boiling water = bad is beyond me. How y'all alive 😂
idk how to tell you this, but no you don't. If they are any of the varieties you get at the store, you can eat them raw. They usually are raw on a salad for example. It will definitely taste better cooked when in an omelet though.
Nothing too horrifying but when we went on a lads trip to USA in our mid 20s we realised he comes out with clangers all the time, from the top of my head:
He thought the word ancient didnt have an n until we pointed it out to him, he was saying acient/ asiant until we realised.
Napoleon Ice cream (neopolitan)
Thought you tanned more through clouds
Forgot the name for ventriloquist and said "talkee act"
My grandfather called San Jose San Josie when he was stationed at Moffet in 1950. To be fair he was from a small town in Alabama. Of course not much later he met his wife who was born in San Jose.
In my first apartment in college I was 19 and one of my roommates was 22. She clogged the toilet before we both had class and all i heard from my room was yelling and crying while getting ready. I went to check on her to see what the fuck was going on to find that she flooded her room and part of the hallway. She didn’t know how to turn off the water supply to the toilet and kept trying to flush i guess, so it just kept continuously running for god knows how long. I calmly walked up and turned the valve off, but it was already too late since the water was now dripping through the walls downstairs into our kitchen
A friend bought a brand new car and did not change the oil, luckily I drove it and felt funny until I asked if they ever did change the oil. I was shook when they said “no, what’s that?” I made us pull over and got oil changed as we were just starting out on a 6-8hours road trip! I asked the technician \ mechanic and they showed us the oil was indeed black, luckily it wasn’t so bad, maybe a bit over 5,000 miles. My friend is from India and used to having a driver, it was a bit weird as I’m female and he’s a male. Edited to add the car was bought in CA, driven to NY and we were going to DC from upstate NY.
back in community college i knew a model. she was homeschooled and modeled in spain. 10/10 beautiful. street smart not so much. she got her first car but after a few weeks it broke down. well, she thought it did. she didn’t know you have to put this smelly liquid called gasoline into it on occasion.
she was so sheltered she didn’t know about GAS.
later one of her guy friends sent her a text “can we be fuck buddies?” and her parents saw it and took away her phone. I still wonder what kind of guy gets in with a model and then goes “let’s just be duck buddy’s because i don’t want to lock this down.”
Not that serious, but as seniors in a well known private school, my classmate had absolutely zero knowledge about a deck of cards. (Like cards used for poker). I was just shocked an 18 year old in a prestigious private school could have no idea what was in a deck of cards. We were using a deck of cards as an example for some math question and we had to stop the lesson so the teacher could teach the student how a deck of cards is structured. Not that serious but still baffles me.
Geriny · 1 points · Posted at 15:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some more radical Christian sects and probably some other religions too view any card game as gambling and as such forbidden, maybe that is what was going on
My current housemate has;
1) attempted to microwave chicken
2) used dish soap when "cleaning" his potatoes, didn't rinse the soap off completely and threw it to boil
3) managed to simultaneously burn and undercook an egg he was boiling
4) used laundry detergent to mop the floor
I used to work in a hospital in supply chain. As we stocked supplies, we always had to make sure the item hadn't expired and to rotate old stock to the front of units. As you can imagine, it's especially important for this to occur with medical supplies where life and death is involved.
I worked with this woman who is quite possibly the dumbest person I've ever met. She once got lost on the way to work because her exit was closed for two whole hours. She's lived in my city all 35 years of her life. Her husband had to leave work, find her, and drive to work so she could follow him there successfully. But I digress...
We had a complaint from a unit that expired IV fluid had been administered to a patient. This is our fault 100 percent, but the nurses should always be checking too. Luckily, the patient was fine as they build wiggle room into expiration dates, but still a really big deal. Anyways, it turns out it was this girls restock that it occurred in. She didn't know how to read expiration dates. She really didn't seem to know and we were very patient and tried earnestly to teach her. And she seemed eager to learn. She could not get the concept. It was absolutely baffling.
I had a friend ask me how I dealt with the expense of constantly having to buy those cat hair removal rolls. I asked him what he meant and he explained that he bought a few and used them, but was frustrated that they were to be used only once. I was shocked. Showed him how to take off one of the many layers and keep using it. He had a light bulb go off over his head for sure.
i used to live with a dude that had a masters in engineering but he had been so molly-coddled at home that it took him 3 days to figure out how to wash his clothes in a washing machine.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to be a manager at a fast food place and I had more than a few trainees, some were highschoolers, some in COLLEGE, that had no idea how to count money. Had absolutely no clue what a dime was. How much a quarter was. I would completely understand if they were studying abroad and were originally from a different country, but none of this was the case. They were Americans, born and raised in the USA! Also had a few people that were honestly illiterate. Couldn't read or write past an elementary level. I know fast food doesn't always get the brightest bunch, but it blew my mind how many people couldn't do these basic skills.
I used to work at Office Depot when I was around 16 or 17 and one of the closing duties was to vacuum the carpet at the entrance and I was asked to clean it. I hesitated but agreed so I grabbed the vacuum cleaner and headed towards the entrance and plugged it in. I looked for a button to turn it on.. I found a button for sure! but instead of turning it on I stood there and watched the gunk from the compartment spill out on to the carpet. My coworker was like wtf?! and asked if I did that to be funny and all I could say was “I don’t know how to vacuum I’ve had tile all my life at home I didn’t want to say no because I didn’t want to get in trouble for not doing a task” I was such an anxious kid 😂
This thread really shows how much my parents spoiled me
I don't know how to clean properly, I can't cook anything, and probably lots of other things that I don't even know I don't know and will only discover once I move out
Luckily, I have to do mandatory army service soon so I might learn some stuff there
The first time i refilled petrol in my life (29F) was about a month ago. I was with my boyfriend at the time and it was his car. I ended up having petrol all over myself.
I have a stable income that is higher than pretty much everyone I have met at my age. It doesn't mean I'm smart but I certainly don't consider myself stupid, but because the male characters in my life - my dad (Chinese dad), and my ex-huaband had shielded me so much in the past, it left me with a lot of adulting steps to take when they are not within reach anymore.
My current boyfriend is keen to have me doing things myself rather than doing it for me, thus the incident at the beginning. I'm sure I will get there eventually.
I used to work in a record store. So many new-starts didn't know how to put stock into alphabetical order. Like, at least once each Christmas I'd have to teach people how to do it.
He got a machine and assumed he couldn't use it to get to a human person. Or that the machine might have info he needs. Just thought the machine = no humans are there.
I had to explain to him he has to go through the machine to reach the humans.
Not mine, I read it on Reddit once, but the story that stuck with me was about someone talking to their roommate how they hated the first few minutes of a shower because it took the water a while to warm up.
They'd stand in the shower cubicle, switch on the water and wait there getting sprayed with ice-cold water until it heated up. It never occurred to them to just wait outside the shower for the water to warm up before stepping in.
My 28 year old room mate asked me if the dishwasher was broken cause the dishes were still dirty after she put them in the night before. She didn’t know you had to turn it on for it to actually clean the dishes.
She had never baked anything before but wanted to surprise her new boyfriend with some cupcakes, so I helped her make cupcakes, two different types with frosting and everything. She didn’t like the way they looked, so just threw them out and bought some instead.
When she was moving out, she needed to use the vacuum to pack her stuff up in vacuum sealed bags. Got a call while at Uni, asking which vacuum to buy cause she had never used one. We had one in the broom closet, but since she didn’t recognize it as such (was one of these stand up Hoover vacuums), wanted to buy one the day before she moved out.
There are more stories. We only lived together for about 4 months and she was a wonderful roommate, but she had no real-life skills despite having moved abroad at the age of 19.
I was a manager at a retail store. We had a new hire (maybe 20 years old) at the register and I needed to pick up some cash to drop into the safe. Got $1000 out all in $20 bills, made 2 bundles for ease of counting. I turned to her to verify and noticed it’s taking her... an unusually long amount of time to count (I opened another register and took a few customers to allow her a moment to count).
I come over and see that the money of one bundle was laid across the counter (25 $20 bills) and she was counting under her breathe over and over again. Finally after 10 minutes she says it’s $500. I tell her yes, and now we have to do the other bundle.
She starts doing the same when I jumped in and gently ask her how does she count the money? She explains that she started with 1 then counted to 500. I laughed thinking she was joking me, like maybe she was nervous and knew it took forever so that was her way of making it funny? She was dead serious.
I apologized and start telling her that the 2 bundles should be the same. I asked her to count how many bills were in the first bundle. She recounts it and says 25. I’m like good, so that’s $500. Now count the other one. 25 bills again. Ask her how much that is. She had no idea! After some more pushing she hesitantly agrees that it’s $500.
Later on I gave her a lesson in counting $20s by either counting by 20s (20, 40, 60, 80, 100),or my personal favorite to count by bill (1, 2, 3, 4, $100, 1, 2, 3, 4, $200, etc) but it didn’t stick. She also didn’t stick around very long.
Many of my friends have no clue how to ride public transportation. Some of them thought you had to reserve seats on the commuter train way in advance like you do with an airplane. We're all high school seniors in a big city where nearly everyone takes the bus or train sometime in their life. It's disappointing and a little worrying. Also at least 5 of those friends don't know how to ride a bike.
Were they local? Because I've never caught a train you didn't have to reserve seats for. As for riding a bike, that's usually something you need to be taught or at least helped with. Sounds like your friends had rough childhoods
All of my friends grew up locally in normal neighborhoods (no rough childhood). My city has 1 commuter rail line and a few streetcar/subway lines. I accept not knowing how to ride a commuter train if your city doesn't have one (many don't) but in a metropolis where I live it's almost essential.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:05:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy in work can't grasp the 24 hour clock system. Whenever I sign in/out, I use 0700 and then 1900 respectively. He asked why I wrote 19 o'clock and I said it's 7pm and he said that I should just write 7 then because the managers won't understand since he can't understand it. He's 36. I'm 20 and just started working here a month ago. Like bruh it's not hard to grasp.
Had a coworker offer to make coffee and discovered she dumped half a can of coffee grounds into the water tank with the water. Destroyed the coffee maker. She is 26.
I asked my best friend to see if there was something in my eye and he said no, but “omg you have the same little blackhead on your waterline that I do!!!” I was really confused and then I realized he was talking about HIS TEAR DUCT and then he confessed he’d tried a billion times to pop it. I can’t even imagine lol
I know!! I love him but he really lacks some of that basic knowledge. Same friend recently (very recently) realized raisins were made from grapes and was equally amazed
A friend of mine at university decided she wanted to make macaroni cheese. She boiled her pasta in milk instead of water then grated the cheese on top.
We had a flatmate that obviously never learned to do basic house work or cooking. One day when I got up I discovered the mess he left in the kitchrn after he came home drunk. He tried to make pasta like instant noodles so they were still very hard. He also tried to cook a pasta sauce which was only tomato puree (and half of it was all over the table).
Another time he wanted to make himself a cocoa and didn't know that there's a difference between pure cocoa powder and the instant powder for drinks. He wondered why the cocoa didn't really dissolve and why it tasted so bitter.
At uni (does this really count as ‘adulting’ though?...) there was a roommate in halls of residence who, on the second night of moving in, was really confused about why his pan wasn’t getting any heat from the hob. He was pressing the knobs down really hard, to the point of visibly shaking he was pressing so hard, and turning them frantically in all directions.
One of the other lads shouted over ‘ah you’ve gotta turn it on at the wall socket there’ so he flicked the cooker switch on and proceeded to mash all the buttons on the front of the oven.
We were all so confused as we watched. Then he turned to us and asked why there was no flame or gas.
It was an electric oven/hob.
Dude at my work is the type of stupid that you cant argue with, to name a few:
There used to be a bonfire in the work yard for burning scrap wood etc. but this stupid bastard would throw anything and everything onto the fire, including gas cannisters!
In the winter time when the mornings are still dark, he isnt allowed to come into work until the sun rises because he wears all black clothes (has been given a high vis but doesnt wear it often) but he constantly walks out in front/behind work vans when they're moving and nearly getting run over.
Ive watched him 'filling in' potholes by bashing them with a sledgehammer??
We had to put a high vis jacket on the post on a staircase because he kept walking into it.
He once stared at a dog shit for 5 minutes straight and then step in it.
He skinned his nose by walking face first into a closed door.
Just to note - There is nothing medically wrong with this guy, he's just insanely stupid.
Honestly its a miracle hes not dead or caused anyone some harm! I work in a workshop and hes been specifically banned from going near machines when people are using them because you could be on the table saw or something (dangerous enough and requires a lot of attention) then all of a sudden hes trying to sweep the floor between and around your feet
Oh boy.... Tuckett. Tuckett was a guy I was at uni with in my first year. Now this boy was studying foundation science which he explained to me is basically a course for people that didn't get high enough science marks to study an actual science degree. He would do this for a year and then study chemistry.
Tuckett was the first guy I met in my flat and a decently nice man! He was friendly, and inquisitive, and overall pretty harmless, which is why it pains me to say.... Tuckett was a moron. A well-meaning one with a heart of gold, but a moron nonetheless.
Maybe... 3 days into living with him I saw Tuckett attempt to use a can opener for the first time. I watched in silence from in front of the TV while what appeared to be a documentary about an early man discovering tools happened in the kitchen. I was fascinated that an 18 year old had 1. Never been shown this and 2. Hadn't the practical skills to figure it out. After a couple of minutes I offered him help but he said "Nah I got it" and proceeded to attempt his feat for twenty. Fucking. Minutes. Can't fault his resilience.
I also witnessed him try to make a pie. Now this was not a "made from scratch affair", I mean a pukka pie. Now for those of you not from the UK, it's a savoury pie that's pre-made and comes in a little aluminium tin. The preparation amounts to "put in oven. Wait. Eat". Those instructions were on the box, but Tuckett being the green-minded lad he is had recycled it already before attempting his next performance. He went over to our oven/cooker and flipped the nob. "Good start" I thought. Then he picked up the pie in the casing and seemed to stare at it, perhaps attempting to psychically link to the steak inside for cooking instructions. Then he placed it, metal and all, onto the cooker....... Wait.
"Uh mate, what're you doing?"
"Cooking a pie?"
"Yeah? How're you cooking it?"
"On the...... Cooker?"
This genius was attempting to cook a pre made pie in a tin foil wrapper on an electric hob. He saw no issue with this.
There's too many things this guy did but as an overview here are some of his best:
wouldn't use the microwave because he thought it made his food radioactive
regularly yelled out of his window for "stress relief" despite us being on the ground floor and facing a footpath
left his shower on full blast on cold to try and cool his bedroom down, but left the curtain open and flooded the carpet under the door
had a small urn of water he brought back from Thailand that he believed could make him "invincible for a day"
thought hubcaps were the bit that held the wheel together
didn't understand how clouds worked and was amazed when all 5 of his housemates knew the entire water cycle
didn't clean his room for 4 months because he thought we had cleaners like it was a hotel
put noodles in a pot with no water and started a small fire
asked if you could cook pork "rare"
told everyone he could speak French when all he knew were 3 basic sentences and 2 incorrectly pronounced swear words. We discovered this when he tried talking to our ACTUALLY French neighbour
Lost a mattress. His whole mattress
mixed up Mugabe and Mandela
once washed dishes with 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner because we were out of washing up liquid and he thought it was the same thing
A few months ago my chef took a oil spray can that wasn't spraying properly and popped a hole in it to "relieve pressure " .... it relieved its pressure and sprayed oil all over the restaurant . Scared the shit out of everyone. I almost fell into the pot of hot oil being changed out of the fryer to get away from the blast.. yeah my chef..
Some ‘rich’ kid at university (18 years of age) didn’t know what a toilet brush was, and at a house party carried it around asking people what it was and what is was used for, he thought we were joking and decided to demonstrate that it was clearly a back scratcher.
Within the first year of my partner and I living together after moving out of our respective parents houses, I decided I wanted a break from cooking. So I asked my partner to boil some pasta for us to start with.
We had an induction hob. Unbeknownst to me, he had only ever used a gas stove.
I suggested while we waited for the water to boil, that he use the lid of the pot to speed up the process a bit. At some point, the pot began to boil over. I told him to take it off the heat immediately. He switched off the hob and left the pot where it was, still boiling over.
I ran over and moved it to one of the unused hobs that were cold and asked him if he realised that switching it off doesn't make it go cold instantly.
I had to explain to a 30 yo man that sealing something wet in a plastic box will cause it to mildew, food can still go bad in the refrigerator, and that a bottle of toilet cleaner shouldn't be placed on top of a box of tampons.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:21:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 17 year old sister decided to cook pasta for the first time one day. I was like cool she'll be fine, I'll do my errands and see how she's doing later. I come back and she has just literally put raw, uncooked pasta in the pan without water or anything and it was burning at the bottom... we came from the same mother.
I drove my sister's car for some reason, and noticed her oil light was on. I asked her when was the last time she had it changed. She responded, "Need what changed? What oil? I fill it with gas when it gets empty."
She had the car for 5 years by then.
I offered to pay and drove her to a jiffy lube so she got the whole experience. When they gave the sticker I made her understand the date and mileage she would have to come back.
I once worked with a woman older than me that didn't know how to do basic arithmetic. She had to use a calculator to divide a number by ten and then asked me, "Why didn't the number change?" because she didn't understand that the decimal moved.
I recently turned 18 yet I still don't know how to do laundry at all.
My mom insists on doing it herself and whenever I want to learn how to do my own laundry it ends up causing a huge argument.
There’s probably YouTube videos on all that stuff maybe even for your specific brand washer. Just remember to do light colours and darks in separate wash loads.
Not me, but my boyfriend worked with a work experience lad of 18-years-old who, when asked to make a cup of tea, said he didn't know how because his mum always made it for him.
A friend of my uni flatmates made pasta in our kettle TWICE!
Hozzy_ · 3 points · Posted at 11:26:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend didn't realize that items like apple juice and sauces need to be stored in the refrigerator after they are opened. She thought that just because they are bought and stored at room temperature, that they wouldn't go bad after the seal is broken.
Boil eggs. A friend of mine was literally asking for help via Facebook on how to boil eggs. And then proceeded to boil them IN THE EGG BOX. I lost a little faith in him that day.
Sat in a classroom during a uni lecture, dude next to me finally realizes his shoelaces are untied. He decides to do something about it, only thing is, he doesn’t know how to tie laces. Mind you I’m 24 so this dude must be around my age. He proceeds to ask me and the other dude sat at the same table if we could help. We were both baffled to say the least. So we spend like 10 mins trying to teach this grown ass man to tie his shoes.
My aunt gave my mother a dryer when I was young saying it wasn't heating/drying cloths right. We didn't have alot of money so mom took it thinking it might be a cheap fix. Well, we get the dryer and mom hooks it up and starts the why isn't working right inspection. She pulls the lint catcher out and, OH MY GOD, there was like 5 inches of lint on it. Appearently my 30 year old aunt had used this dryer for about 5 months and never cleaned out the lint catcher! Mom asked her about it and she didn't even know what that was. Dryer ran fine after that and we had it for about 15 years.
I once had a girlfriend from India who'd been in the US for a few years & spoke reasonably good English. We were on our way to a potluck dinner at the home of a mutual friend. I bought along a salad, my girlfriend had a can of peas. We get to the house & start preparing the food, my friend opens the peas, heats them in a pot, dumps them in a bowl, then sneezes on the peas & starts taking the bowl to the table. I remove the bowl from her hands & threw the contents in the trash. She was astonished & asked why. I had to explain why. Apparently she didn't know you don't serve food that you inadvertently contaminated.
The CFO of a company I worked for yelled at an underling because he couldn't find the info he needed on a spreadsheet.
The guy had to explain that spreadsheets have different tabs called sheets and that numbers could be on each of them.
This was a CFO, a grown man who had a master's in accounting. Who was in charge of all our company's money. He'd worked at some pretty large companies too, at least one you've certainly heard of.
I have a 7 y.o. kid. I'm reading all these and making a mental checklist of the things I need to start teaching her so she doesn't end up in a thread like this. :)
She's getting better at reading an analog clock already.
I was living in a dorm my freshman year. There was a girl across my hallway worries about gaining the freshman 15. She would buy all of these low calorie snack and eat the entire box in a day. I explain to her that she shouldn’t be eating the entire box and that it says in the label she could only eat a certain amount and that’s the calories of that amount. She didn’t believe me and kept on eating the entire box and in one serving. That was 15 years ago I’m curious to see if she still skinny or she’s gotten fat now.
Extremely late to the game but for what it’s worth:
My ex husband was a thrill a minute. I don’t blame anyone for not knowing how to do something, but in his case I blamed his mother for not teaching him (he never knew his father). My ex husband could not boil pasta. He did not know how to brown beef in a pan. He did not know how to pay bills online, make appointments over the phone, change a tire, open a bank account, or get through an automated system on a telephone. I ended up feeling more like a mother than a wife.
Not entirely fitting, but I once knew a girl who thought that when you fill up your car with fuel, it has an amount of TIME that it takes until empty, not miles driven/usage.
"Well I have about two days of gas left so I should be fine to drive 400 miles right?"
My wife's sister-in-law has an aunt who has to move in with some of her family members because she got taken for over $100k in a "Nigerian Prince" scam and lost her house.
This wasn't a one-time scam, this was an ongoing thing that she kept feeding more money into, even after everybody she knew told her she was being played and not to send anymore money.
No, but if there was a show called "People So Effing' Stupid That If Their Brains Were Dynamite Then They Wouldn't Even Have Enough to Blow Their Nose", then you'd definitely see her on that.
I was going to make pasta, but I asked my fiance if he could get the pasta started. He asked for the recipe, but I said, "Oh, no, I just need you to boil the pasta."
But he said, "Yeah, but like how many cups of water?"
I was like, "Oh, I don't know. Just like... enough to boil the noodles in?"
And he was like "Yeah but how much?"
And I was like, "Umm... maybe just half the pot?"
So he goes and does that and then comes back and says, "What should I set the timer to?"
And I say, "Oh, you don't need a timer, just let it boil until it's done and stir it once in a while."
And he said, "How will I know when it's done?"
And I told him to take a noodle out and bite it, and if it feels like pasta it's done. We still joke about it to this day. He doesn't cook much and just wanted to make sure he does his best and gets it right. I know I frustrate him with imprecise measurements ("How much butter goes into this pasta?" "Just like... a shpink? Like, a dollop?"). But the care he put into getting the pasta right was kinda cute.
I'm exactly that way with stuff myself. Probably frustrates my wife to no end but it's because I'm a hardcore control freak and perfectionist with certain things lol.
During the first week of med school someone asked a tutor how many fingers they should use for a rectal examination. The tutor just looked at them and said how many fingers would you like used for a rectal examination?
I only recently learned that you can pull up on the lever of a toaster to make the bread rise high enough to pluck it out. I'd been reaching in with a finger or a fork to scoop it out.
I had a friend think metal could go in the microwave. She said she did it all the time & nothing happened. I told her something like you literally can’t put metal in a microwave. She proceeded to put her metal coffee cup into the microwave. When sparks started flying, she acted surprised. 😂
I had a professor in graduate school who was like the answer to this question personified. He was a genius who could basically master any academic subject (English language, foreign language, the legal systems of multiple countries, programming, math, physics, etc.); but his knowledge of practical life skills and norms was largely non-existent.
If I listed all the examples of this, someone would no doubt figure out who I’m talking about, so I’ll stick to one. He didn’t know how to cook an egg. He recently succeeded on his third attempt, but I remember how shocked my classmates and I were when he mentioned that.
I lived with my exboyfriend where I learned he doesn’t know how to tighten his shoe laces. His mom always did it for him. If the laces didn’t automatically fit him perfectly he wouldn’t wear the shoes.
When I started Freshman year at my university, my roommate did not have a single clue how to wash his clothes or make simple meals like mac n cheese. He was one of those extremely privileged kids who had a stay-at-home mom that did everything for him. He was 19.
My roommates senior year of college didn’t know how to use a dishwasher. They would usually just put stuff in the sink and wait for me to clean everything. One time while I was busy washing things in the sink, one of them came up with a plate and had to put it in the dishwasher. There was a row of plates on one side and a row of bowls on the other. He put his plate diagonally in the middle of the dishwasher.
This was a few years ago, but... We removed our land line in the house sometime around 2005, so our sons basically grew up in a house that had only cell phones. In 2011, when our son was about 10, I was expecting an important phone call. Now, my son had answered the phone for me when family and friends called, but he had never answered the phone for a business call. I was in the kitchen and my phone was ringing in the living room, so I said, urgently, “Answer that for me! It’s important!” He looked like a deer caught in headlights. He said, “Hello,” but had no idea what to say or do after. I had to mouth the words, “Hold one moment please. I’ll get my mother.” It dawned on me that my son had no idea what phone etiquette was.
My friend sucks at cooking. She set a watermelon on fire. Our entire group of friends just stared at her, confused why she would try to cook a watermelon to begin with and how she managed that. She just stuck a watermelon on a pan and turned on the stove. She didn’t even cut it. A WHOLE DAMN WATERMELON.
This cannot be real. This really happened? I cannot for the life of me understand how a grown human would have never had watermelon at least once in their life and understood it does not get cooked.
Freshman year of college I went to do laundry. There were about 10 stories of college freshman, most of whom had probably never done their own laundry. We had about 6 washers and driers for everybody. When I went to use the drier I checked the lint trap and it was packed full. I checked all the other ones and they were the same. After I did my laundry and went and made a PSA poster on my computer and printed them out to put in the laundry room. After that it wasn’t nearly as bad, but I like to think I prevented a fire or two.
My brother who now has a PHD didn't realize you had to change out razor blades over time. He used the same razor for years until he forgot his and borrowed mine on a vacation eventually leading us to discuss swapping out blades and such.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 14:56:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Myself, realising at the age of 30 that Arkansas was not pronounced Ar-Kansas. Excuse: not American and don't live there, but still.
Had a flatmate from a much warmer country who didn’t usually wear socks when at home. After six months of wearing socks while at university she found out you’re meant to put on a fresh pair of socks everyday not just once a week or so
Went to uni with a very privileged girl. She didn’t understand that you had to pay off your credit cards. She just assumed it was free money everyone is entitled to and that only your limit would differ from person to person. Since her parents always paid off her credit, she just didn’t know
Boyfriends mom did not know that 1/4th is the same as 25%
It needed to be explained to her. She's also a compulsive shopper at stores like Kohls and JC Penney where everything is marked down probably because she doesn't know what any of it means.
For the life of me, I cannot seem to get my better half to understand how gas forced air furnaces operate. She seems to think it will cool as well as heat, which it will not. If she gets too warm, regardless of whether or not the furnace is running at the time or not, she will manually turn the thermostat down (on hold no less) to 65 d. F. or lower. Then, when the weather changes, the house will be freezing. I've given up trying to tell her not to touch the thermostat.
You should boil some water and ask her to turn it into ice. If she says she can't, say "but you can take ice cubes and put them in a pot and it turns into boiling water within minutes, why can't you just turn this boiling water into ice?" Stare at her pointedly until she gets it. And if she doesn't, flick her in the forehead to see if her brain makes a rattling sound.
One of my roommates in college thought our dishwasher was broken because she’d put utensils caked in peanut butter into it and they would never come out clean
Ugh, I had a roommate who did things like that, but he did it out of sheer laziness. Living there was the worst 6 months of my life.
RaeSor · 3 points · Posted at 15:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I was with a roommate (we'll call her Karen) whom I had never met before moving in together, and a friend brought over his new handgun to show me (I asked him to when he said he bought it, he didn't just randomly/weirdly bring it).
I look at it, first confirming it's unloaded and safety is on. Hand it back to friend when I'm done.
Well Karen asks if she can see it, so friend hands it to her. She pointed it at the TV and I got upset ad told her "never point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot! Always assume it's loaded."
And that stupid bitch Karen was like "But it's not loaded, it's fine" and then pointed it at me.
My mom comes very serious to talk to me about something. I was sure it was anxiety charged. You could tell I was going to die and she needed to save me. She says, "I saw the scariest thing on NatGeo today..... you guys.... BEARS... EAT... MEAT." I start busting up. She continues, "This is serious! You're out there hiking. BEARS EAT MEAT." I can barely stop.... "What... what did you think they ate?" "B...berries... and honey...." "And a pic-a-nic basket? Why do I feel like most of what you know of bears comes from cartoons?" "STOP!" "Haven't you ever seen them in videos fishing?" "Well... I guess." "But you thought well maybe they're pescetarian." "After laughing a lot she just kept asserting I was mean, but really. We're talking a 400-700 lb predator, our state animal, and she thought they subsisted on berries and flew up in the sky on a balloon with Christopher Robin to get honey.
I dated this guy in college who came from a home where the mother did EVERYTHING for him. I once visited his family with him over a summer break and he was working for his dad and his mother literally picked his outfit for him.
He was well aware that he was not up to par on the whole adulting thing. I would have to explain things to him, like how to clean up after himself. He even struggled to use a pin pad at the grocery store. His social skills were very lacking because he didnt know how to talk to people he didnt know in public situations. He had a drivers license but struggled a lot with driving (once drove down a one way street and got pulled over and was arrested because they thought he had been drinking and physically cant do the heal to toe walk. He couldn't cook. He never had to pay rent (still hasnt and hes 23.)
Hes trying to get his own place now but hasnt had luck finding a job. His parents both do everything for him still but now also chastise him for not doing anything for himself despite the fact that they wont let him because they think he'll do a bad job. They paid to have their dog boarded when they went on vacation because they didnt trust he could take care of a dog. His dad forces him to quit the job he did have because of coronavirus and then yelled at him for not having a job two months later.
Its frustrating to live with people who dont know how to take care of themselves or do simple tasks but I get so angry at the people who judge them for it too. He wants his independence so bad but he was never given it. He has to learn everything he should have learned as a kid now as an adult. And people treat him like a child for it. It just makes me so sad and angry.
I used to do impounds and repossessions as well as lock outs. Went to a call where a lady couldn't get in her car. Said her key didn't work. She had one of those fobs where the keys is attached to the fob.
Now, I had seen a story similar to this on MySpace years ago and thought it could never happen, but there I was, in the same scenario. I immediately thought about what the person in the original post I had seen did and thought it was a golden opportunity to use it.
I simply stuck it in the key hole on the door, unlocked it and told her walmart sells replacement batteries for her fob.
My roommate and I would normally use liquid dishwasher detergent, but I decided to buy some dishwashing pods just to make our lives a little easier. One day, I noticed my roommate trying to peel the "plastic" cover on the pod. I was confused, but maybe something was wrong with the pod. I asked her if everything's okay. She replied saying, yeah I'm just having a hard time removing the casing, this is so much harder than putting liquid detergent. I then showed her that there is no need to remove the casing, I just threw it in the dishwasher and she was mind blown. She was removing the casing every time for 6 months. 6 MONTHS.
Having read many of these stories makes me feel about myself like a freaking genius. I can make poached eggs and I live by myself since I turned 20 y.o. and take care of everything myself. Thanks!
A friend rented a house with three other early 20s women and their toilets were constantly getting clogged. After getting another stern warning from their landlord, my friend relayed the message onto the roommates, of which one sarcastically says "what does he want us to do? put our tampons and pads in the GARBAGE?!". She'd been flushing them the entire time. She was, and is, a brilliant person, studied neuroscience on a full academic scholarship, but somehow missed the memo on nonflushables.
My ex roommate would leave food or leftovers out to sit all the time. I think this is okay for a couple of hours or so or even by the end of the day if u wanna push it. But one day after class i came home and I caught him eating 3 day old pizza that was left out. I know it was the same pizza from a few days ago that was left out because i left the box out (i was usually the one to throw and clean up and was fed up so i stopped doing it). He got a nasty stomach ache later on that day and threw up a couple of times.
He wasn’t broke or anything just really dirty and ignorant (or lazy?) when it came to understanding things about cleanliness. We had been friends for a while and he had never really struggled financially or went without from what i could tell. I mentioned to him that he shouldn’t eat food that was left out like that because it can make you really sick. He then proceeded to explain to me pizza could be left out because it was considered fast food (?????) I later noticed he would leave out any leftovers he had and would eat it with no disregard.
Later on that day i saw that little pieces of mold that had started forming on some slices...needless to say i was horrified lol
I have a brother in his late 50s that still doesn't know how to use a plunger and he clogs the toilet constantly. When he's at our mom's house he asks her to do it. I think she should smack him in the face with the plunger. I mean, we have the same parents and they were adamant about teaching us things. One of his kids (who is 21) always clogs the toilet now as well. When he tries to use the plunger he usually gets shit on the seat or front of the toilet. How do adults don't know this stuff? If need be throw some Baby Ruths in the toilet and practice!
I had a roommate from college who had no idea how to be an adult.
I had to teach her how to make Kraft Mac n’ Cheese and I also got a frantic phone call because she was worried she was pregnant after giving someone oral sex.
Another, I was teaching my mom to make enchiladas a few months ago. She never cooks anything outside of meat with no spices or “instant” meals. Anyways, we were doing some peppers, onion and garlic and mixing it with pork for hers. I was sautéing the veggies and she stops me and just said “why are you cooking these now? Just wrap it up in the tortillas and it will cook with everything else.” Like, no, you don’t want raw fucking onion and peppers in your enchiladas. She is in her 50’s and has never sautéd anything before.
I used to work at cafe and asked my coworker to fill up some fillings. This filling was contained in a can (type of can where you need a can opener) after something like 15 min i asked her if she was ready i need the fillings because i had run out. She just said ”oh i didn’t do it because i don’t know how to open the can” i was bit baffled that she didn’t know how to open it and more baffled that she just left the task and didn’t let me know. What made me furious was when i showed her how to do it she gave up instantly and said i can’t do this and left
boehms · 3 points · Posted at 21:35:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had to teach several of my friends to wash their produce before they eat or cook with it, and them be completely shocked when I explain that the grocery store doesn't wash it for them.
What really got me was going grocery shopping with several friends (independently) and watching them round something that was $3.99 to $3 instead of $4 and estimate their final bill that way. I knew that was the goal by pricing something that way, but I hadn't known people who actually fell for it before college.
This part is not particularly horrifying, but my wife did not know how to do her own laundry until well after college. I was still the laundry-doer for the next ~10 years of our relationship after I showed her how, until this year, with COVID, where she's out of work and I'm still full-time, so she's started doing more housey things.
Why didn't she know how? Her mother compulsively washes things, so my wife never had to. I think it's a sort of compensation behavior from when they were living in the USSR and didn't have a washer or dryer (or hot water most days). Since they moved to the States in the early 90s, her mother has used the washer and dryer at every possible opportunity. If there's a textile thing lying around not in use and it isn't attached to something, she'll toss it in the wash whether it's dirty or not.
Which is how she turned her infant granddaughter's 3'x3' intricately hand-knit (by a close friend of mine over the course of months), wool, baby blanket into a ruined, 22" square piece of felt. She thought nothing of it until I came to pick up the baby after work that day, and there, hiding in another room, was the now patternless, warped, sorry evidence of her blithe obliviousness. And she had the gall to try to convince me it had always looked like that, that there had never been a pattern, and that it wasn't a knit item ("I don't think it's knit; you can't see the knitting." "well, yes, now you can't.")
And that is, to my horror, how my 65 year old mother-in-law learned that you cannot put hand-knit woolen items through the washer and dryer.
P.S. Friendo, if you read this, I'm so sorry this is how you find out the beautiful blanket you made for us has been shrunk. We've been too embarrassed to tell you.
My cousin literally would slide her fingers on ANY raw meat after she seasoned it to taste if it has enough seasoning. Like slide her finger on raw pork, chicken, beef, and lick it. I told her she could get sick from doing that but she wouldn't believe me lol.
I never had a microwave growing up and didn’t know anyone who did. The first time I got one, I had no idea you couldn’t just put eggs in the shell inside and cook them same as boiling. Scrubbing a microwave clean for hours taught me never to do it again
Not so much horrifying, but a couple of months back I had to move my stuff from my old place to my new apartment. I go to a college in a different town than I'm from so I had to drive there to move my stuff. My roommates decided to stay in town for the summer while I had decided to go back home. When I finally got all of my stuffed moved over to our new place, I asked my roommate if we had coffee so I wasn't tired for the drive back home and if there were was any ice as I wanted to drink it immediately. She made me some coffee, but told me there was no ice because our ice machine was broken. I didn't believe her so I opened the freezer and to my surprise found the metal feeler arm pushed up which causes the freezer to stop making ice. I chuckled, pushed it down, turned around and told her it's fixed. She told me there was no way and not 5 minutes later we heard ice drop in the freezer. She just lost it, starts screaming that they've been trying for weeks to get the thing to work and all it took was me looking at it for 2 seconds... I just laughed, told her it was no problem and drove home after that.
TL;DR: Roommate told me ice machine was broken. Took me 2 seconds to fix it.
I have two stories from the same friend (love her dearly, but just a little clueless sometimes).
One time she was filling up her car's gas tank and had pre-paid $50. She started filling up her tank and then suddenly it stopped. She kept squeezing the pump but it would just keep stopping. I think she even managed to fill up all $50. Then she notices that there's gas all over the ground and so she goes inside to complain to the cashier that the pump is broken. She really lays it on thick. After some huffing and puffing she arrives at my friend's house and tells us what happened.
We stare at her a bit perplexed.
"You know that the pump will stop once your tank is full to prevent overflow, right?"
"No! Aww f**k."
I don't even drive and I know this.
Another time, she was doing laundry in her apartment building after moving out on her own for the first time. She loads the laundry and adds washing powder to the shelf on the inside. Turns it on, but the machine doesn't start filling up with water. It just gets warm.
After a few minutes she realizes that she's put her dirty laundry in the dryer and put washing powder in there too. Her mom had always done laundry and never showed her the difference between a washer and dryer.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:50:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone in my dorm in college thought that he wanted some eggs, so put whole eggs in the microwave to heat them up. I thought someone was shooting when the eggs started exploding. He later admitted he had no idea how to cook eggs, thought you just put them in the microwave and heated them up.
My roommate takes her meat out of the freezer to defrost. It defrosts and sits in the fridge for about a week, where then she decides she won’t eat it this week and puts it back into the freezer. Over and over again.
Well OK. I didn't know what "adulting" was, but thankfully it doesn't look like it's what I suspected it was, based on some of the replies I've read. (How's THAT for a "how do you not know this")?
2nd hand experience with this, so I don't know if it counts. College kids (yes, plural) living in dorms that actually need to be told to put water in their ramen noodles before microwaving. So many fire department responses for smoke in the dorms from this....
Not really how to do something but how to tell the difference between two things, I used to work at the local Zoo and while walking through the park I overheard a patron tell their child "all the daddies are the Lions and all the mommies are the Tigers". I stopped dead in my tracks and quickly corrected the adult.
A friend of mine - who had owned her own house and dog for 7 years - didn’t understand why she suddenly had so much dog poop in her yard. She said it usually “disappears really quickly” and thought there was something wrong with her dog.
It turns out her dad had cleaned up the dog poop every day (along with all the other yard work) and he had been in the hospital for a couple weeks. She honestly thought dog poop “just disappeared.”
Other than a fundamental misunderstanding of the disappearing ability of dog poop, she was a great dog owner.
About 2 years ago I had friend whose life was just going to shit. I live in a different part of the country, and suggested she come out here to make a fresh start in a place where no one knows her and her life drama won't follow. I told her she could live with my brother, myself, and our other roommate for a few month for free until she gets going on her own. This woman double majored in English and Philosophy, so it ended up blowing my mind that so many simple things were difficult for her to grasp, like when she was trying to convince my brother that 'profit is morally dubious' (yes she is one of those people) but she didn't understand the difference between life insurance and 401k retirement plans. (Yes, seriously)
She was also OBSESSED with England. She spent a summer there as part of a work study program and loved it, which I totally get. I love Ireland and travel there frequently, even met my wife there.
While staying with us she managed to save up and take a trip to England. After returning she tells me she is confused about something related to her travel. She initially said that the flight to England seemed to go faster than expected, and the flight back seem to take way longer. I said this understandable, you're excited when you are going and sad to be leaving. Then she said she couldn't understand why it took 16 hours to fly direct from Denver to London, but only 2.5 hours to fly from London to Denver.
"Really...you dont know?" I might have thought she was messing with me, but truthfully this level of discussion was normal.
So I explained that she crossed 7 time zones, her flight was only 9 or 9.5 hours (I've done the exact flight many times) but you have to add the time zones to that figure, and when you are coming back you subtract them. It's not an exact equation, but it usually gets you in the ball park, like within an hour and a half or so.
I even gave a basic example, if you leave Denver on a 9 hour flight to London at 6 AM (Denver time), crossing 7 time zones, you should land around 10 PM in London. If you are going from London to Denver on a 9 hour flight, leaving at 6 AM (London time) you should arrive around 8 AM Denver time.
I explained all this and she just stared at me, I might as well have been speaking Chinese, she finally just said "I'm overloaded by this, you just blew my mind"
By the way, she wants to be a college professor.
13reen · 3 points · Posted at 06:51:53 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)*
culinary student here. last roommate was a body builder who had no idea how to keep a balanced diet. she ate exclusively protein.
i was always appalled by her eating habits but when she started to get sick i really started to monitor what she was eating. She developed protein sickness and I had to explain that the body needs carbs and fats to function properly and that not every protein source is a “complete protein” that your body can use. I could see the gears in her head struggling to turn. Nothing changed after that convo and she just kept getting sicker. Kept calling out of work, got fired, is now moving back in with her folks. Pretty sure if it wasn’t for ketchup and margaritas she would’ve developed scurvy as well. She tried to fix a bowl piece on a bong with hot glue. Threw trash in the recycling bin. Kept trying to bring tinder guys over during quarantine, thought it was fine cuz it was just sex and no kissing. Had to explain how viruses work her.
i could go on and on about this girl but i’ll leave it at this.
My ex-wife thought that making a cake "from scratch" meant using a box mix (as opposed to buying it from a bakery, already baked and frosted). She honestly did not know that you could mix flour, sugar, water, oil, eggs, salt, baking powder, and cocoa and have a chocolate cake result.
Everything I did in the kitchen was a mystery to her.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 22:56:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult yet, but a kid didn’t know how to fold and rip a piece of paper (the really thin decorative ones) he wasn’t autistic or anything. He was just a brat
Story goes: it is Christmas and in kindergarten clASS we were making stockings and masks out of paper, my mum volunteered to do the paper section and enter brat, he snatched paper out of a littler girls hands (she was a pre-schooler as classes were merged) and my mum made him give it back which he was pissed about, she gave him the exact same colour paper and he was still mad, my mum just continued and told the children to fold and rip a small section off, she helped all of the pre schoolers fold and some do the kindergarteners, brat was screaming because he couldn’t fold it so my mum did it for him, she said “now rip it off” which all the kids did and brat was literally screaming bloody murder, so my mum just slowly took his paper a ripped it for him, that wasn’t the end, brat was screaming saying how his paper wasn’t the same and he just screamed and threw pencils at everyone
Being autistic has nothing to do with ones ability to do arts and crafts.... It's a developmental disability, not an intellectual disability.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it has something to do they way the move and operate in there mind, one person would be able to rip the paper while someone on the spectrum might not be able to because there arms won’t cooperate
I coach my sons TBALL Team. We are on our 3rd game and some kids still dont know how to run the bases. I will point to at the base and say run there. They run the exact opposite direction.
I was born and raised in a state that never snows, and went to college in a state that snows for more than half the year. During my final years I had to complete a student teaching practicum at a school about 20 minutes away from my university. The program paired up those of us without cars with other people in the program willing to carpool. I was still in the process of getting a car, so I carpooled with this one girl for a couple weeks.
She was born and raised in this state that has constant snow, and in our car rides she would brag about how her dad taught her how to drive in the snow and how great she was at it. She was kind of annoying, but I wasn’t familiar with driving in the snow so I’d just nod along and agree with her to get her to shut up and drive.
It was in the middle of winter, and one day while driving back we hit a patch of black ice. She pulled the emergency brake hard, and we skidded across the lane and rammed into the curb. Even though I was wearing my seatbelt, and I’m only 5’ tall, my head hit the ceiling of the car. After the shock wore off, she assured me that that was what you’re supposed to do when you hit black ice. I instinctively knew she was wrong, but just wanted to get home. Thankfully my car was ready in a couple days and I didn’t have to put my life in her hands anymore.
Old friend of mine car was over heating so pulled into a gas station.he decided to unscrew radiator cap an hot ass fluid went spewing everywhere all along while a cop just pulled up next to us.
Unless the person is being an ass about not knowing how to do something, I object to most of the jerks in this thread making fun of people for not knowing how to do things.
It's 2020, stop being a fucking bully. There are a million things you have yet to learn as well. Help each other. Be kind.
Yeah I lived in Oregon for a while and went on a road trip to California with a friend who had lived there her whole life and I had to teach her how to pump gas.
The first time I drove from CA to OR I stopped to get gas, got out and started pumping my gas like normal and the attendant ran out of the shop going “NOOOOOOOO!” It seemed like he was in slow motion at the time, I still laugh about it.
I don’t know if it’s all over the country but I definitely know in some parts of Dominican republic you absolutely don’t pump your own gas, you don’t even get out of the car and you don’t make any fast movements while you’re there... keep your hands where they can be seen and sit your ass still.
First time getting gas at night I was in the back with one friend and two were upfront. Front seat passenger side had a shotgun pointing at him by one attendant standing outside the car and the other attendant standing at the driver side collecting the money prior to it getting pumped by the same attendant... shotgun held steady during the entire process until we left.
ETA After that I understood why my friends from there didn’t know how to pump gas when they came to the states LOL
Jersey and Oregon. Seemed weird to me at first but then I thought of how flammable and toxic gas is and the stupidity of the average American so it kind of seems weird that people are allowed to pump their own gas in the other 48...
Didn't jersey have attendants that pump gas? Obscure fact that I've seen somewhere. Well obscure if you live there. Not completely sure it's Jersey though.
Yes, state of New Jersey as well as Huntington, New York and the state of Oregon until January 1, 2020 (“customers can now pump their own gas in Oregon, though only at stand-alone gas stations in counties with fewer than 40,000 residents. Elsewhere, the ban still holds.")
Not hateful. Just surprised that it was illegal it to pump your own gas. I teased her about it, she laughed. She teased me about saying y'all. Bonding moments were had.
Is it though? There are plenty of things a person has to do as an adult that just fucking blows, I really wouldn’t call pumping gas one of them. You press a few buttons and then stand still for 30 seconds, and it’s not like it’s done daily either.
You ever had your gas pumped for you? It's an objectively better experience that makes having to pump your own gas seem like a pain. Like if you want to pay with cash you have to park, get out of the car, wait in line inside the station, and then walk back. Compare that to New Jersey where paying with cash is as simple as rolling down your window and handing it to the attendant.
Sure, but you also have to pay more for somebody else to do it for you. In my mind it is such a quick and simple thing paying extra for that is not at all worth it. Also I haven’t seen a pump that forces you to go into the store in a long time, obviously they do exist, but they’re pretty uncommon today.
For cash payments you often times do have to go into the store for non-NJ gas stations. And gas prices are cheaper in New Jersey than just about any other state.
New Jersey is the only state (except maybe Oregon?) that has gas station attendants pump your gas for you. New Jersey also has cheaper gas prices than just about every other state, showing that having attendants pump your gas for you doesn't increase the cost of gas.
It does where I live, they tack on a few extra cents per litre when it’s full service, there is obviously a reason gas is cheaper in Jersey outside of everywhere else that is irrelevant to it being forced full service. If the owner of the gas station has additional employees they need to pay, they need to increase cost somewhere, I’ve personally encountered many full service pumps on road trips and such and they have all been universally more expensive than self serve.
You said it yourself, you're not from the US so you don't know how things work here. Obviously a normal gas station that tacks on full service is going to charge more for full service. However, if the gas station is built expressly for full service, they won't tack on the extra price. In New Jersey, gas stations are smaller and have customers moving through more quickly. This reduces overhead costs and allows for faster business.
Into the station, wait in line, pay, walk back to your car, pump your gas. It's a hassle when you're used to just chilling in your car and having the attendant do it, especially in the winter. 10 minutes versus 2 minutes adds up.
Not saying it's unbearable, but it's sad that other states not only have to pay more for gas but also have to pump it themselves.
Gotta be honest I can't remember the last time I did or wanted to pay cash for anything. Well, rest assured in CA you can feed your money straight into the pump.
First day of college: My dad and I set up my dorm room real quick, but before we left we noticed that my roommate and his dad were having some trouble. They were looking at a fitted sheet like it was a frog with three heads... we watched them try (painfully) to make a bed for a couple of minutes before giving up on them and going out to get some diner breakfast.
99% sure that roommate literally grew up with a maid. Also pretty sure he never changed his sheets again that year...
Me and two of my guy friends are all 19, so not completely on our own yet but can fend for ourselves. These guys had no idea how to hard boil an egg and I’ve shown them how to make a perfect hard boiled egg twice now. It’ll be interesting to see them living in their own apartment together next semester
I was the adult failing at adulting. I have a disabled older sibling, my mum has been and still is his stay at home carer, and my dad worked above full time to support the family on one income. As such, my mum did everything around the house and being a stressy type, was always "too time poor" to teach me to do anything remotely domestic. The first time I moved out for an exchange program, I have no idea how I survived the three months. Then I moved out properly and quickly realized I needed to up my game if my housemate wasn't going to hate me for never doing anything. So I had to have the embarrassing conversations of how do I use the washing machine, scramble eggs, clean stuff, etc etc. I am still not the best domestically, but between my wonderful cook of a husband and myself we get by. We have a little girl on the way, and there is no way I am going to let her get to 25 without knowing how to take care of herself and a household!
Long story short; at work, with automated machines that wrap a frozen product in plastic film. condensation on the metal is an issue. engineers installed HOT AIR BLOWERS to help decrease the amount of condensation forming on the FREEZING COLD STAINLESS STEEL METAL. I dunno I thought this was like grade six science stuff. Uh. Reddit IS anonymous right?
I didn’t think about it. I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought paprika. I just knew in Blue’s Clues there was salt pepper and baby paprika. So in my mind that’s how it was made
Maybe not as horrifying, but definitely noteworthy.
Dated a pilot once. Surprisingly the guy couldn't get around the city without a GPS. Like a literal GPS. Hadn't seen one since maybe 5 years back when my patents had one.
When in the car I had to guide him wherever we would go.
My boyfriend and I were at IKEA, decided to buy oven mits and he was convinced that he could not buy them because there was right side mit.. Had to explain that they work universally if you buy two and flip them the correct way.
Dear boyfriend is very smart but lacks all common sense in the real world, especially cooking. Last week he nearly made his roommate and I have an aneurysm with the way he was trying to cook pasta. Barely any water, wasn’t even boiling, tried adding a crap ton of butter to vodka sauce, the works. My Italian bloodline nearly dried up at the sight.
My wife (now ex) was at a friends house making homemade macaroni. Friend asked my wife to boil water for the noodles and she responded with “how do you do that?”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:47:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another tenant in my building didn't know what an air conditioner was. When our landlord pointed to it she said "oh you mean an AC?". She also didn't realize she left the gas stove on for days and our entire building smelled like gas.
30-something yr old boss at the boba place I worked with put TIN FOIL in the microwave tryna make a new food for us to sell. She took it out and it was BLACK and the whole thing smoked up.
I proceeded to explain you can't put any mental in the microwave,and she told me she thought the microwave was the same as the oven.
When she said she didn't believe me that she was going to just put it in for less time I knew I had to leave.
Coworker put a metal coffee thermos in the microwave to rewarm her coffee. She states that she had never heard that you can't put metal in a microwave. :(
I worked with a Pediatrician who was in his mid to late 30s and had made it through University, Med School and Residency all without ever having made a pot of coffee. Ever. I found him in the break room looking longingly at an empty pot. He admitted his defeat and I walked him through it. He was so excited you would have thought I had handed him a puppy.
Humeon · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a woman in her late 30s when I was a 22 year old guy, I had to explain to her that she shouldn't be flushing tampons down the toilet so the pipes don't get blocked with vampire teabags
I work in manufacturing. This girl (26) was just hired on and called me over. She asked if she could get some new tape because hers “wasn’t working anymore” when I looked at it, the tape had fallen off of the serrated edge and stuck back onto the roll. I then just grabbed the tape and put the piece back onto the serrated edge and she then said, “ooooohhh!”. She also has a child..I hope he’s doing okay.
My roommate and best friend is notoriously good looking and often brings home different girls.
One of these girls wanted to make us dinner and we decided on tacos.
It took her literally 2 hours to brown the meat and warm the beans before we had to step in to finish chopping lettuce and tomato and to turn the stove up from its lowest setting. 5 minutes later, dinner was served.
She insisted on cleaning up since we helped her so much.
I went to get something from the kitchen later that night and found the sour cream, cheese and perishables in the cupboard right next to the fridge.
A friend (25) put her Styrofoam coffee cup in the microwave for 5 minutes to reheat it. She never had one growing up so she didn't realize the timing. The cup started melting
I worked at BK when I was 18. Usually register or drive thru. They hired a new girl who was my age and I began training her on the register. I started noticing that she only counted change out with dimes, nickels, and pennies. I told her it would take less time and be easier to use quarters with bigger change. She told me counting out the change with quarters was to confusing. Like. This girl couldn’t do simple math with quarters!! That’s something you should learn and retain in elementary school. How did she even pass high school math without being able to add?
My sister's high school friend ended up going to the same college as her. Sweet girl, very wealthy family, did really well in the pageant circuit. She had never done her laundry before and decided she needed to wash her shoes in the college dorm laundry room. Instead of using the detergent measuring cup, she filled the detergent intake holder to the BRIM. Flooded the laundry room with suds. First week on campus.
Ex-Roomate did not know how to cut an avocado. She took a big knife and forcibly cut through the whole thing including the center seed! I laughed so hard and told her I could cut one with a butter knife. Girl was all... "HOW?"
Worst experience was when I was in the army. We had a new recruit, who was single handedly the dumbest person alive. He goes out and gets all sorts of credit cards and ends up with 4 different cars in less than a month.
Anyways he gets this thing called a military star card, never makes a payment, and then a letter is sent to our company commander.
So he gets in trouble and my platoon sergeant asks me to sit down with him and go over his finances. We start talking about the star card and I ask him why he didnt make a payment.
He dead looks me in the eye and asks "what?"
This is something he has just been yelled at by three different NCO's, and he acts confused about making a payment on any of his cards and he keeps saying he doesnt understand what I'm talking about.
I'm like "ok, you go and buy gas, food, movies, playstations, and then when the bill shows up why do you not make the monthly payment?"
He sits there with this look of confusion, and goes "I dont understand 'make a payment', I've already bought the stuff."
Going back and forth awhile I realize this guy doesnt understand what a credit card is. My favorite quote out of the whole thing is toward the end he says
"when you swipe your debit card, you dont pay a bill later"
I explain a credit card is like a loan he keeps taking out each time he swipes it, his loan gets bigger.and they charge interest.
He goes "ooohhhh it's like a loan"
Dumbest guy I've ever met hands down. In a time when you couldn't get out of the army, infantry mind you, this guy was kicked out for failure to adapt in less than 6 months at the unit. A unit deploying to Afghanistan left him on read d so they could kick him out instead.
Not even adulting. My girlfriend not only didn’t know directions like North or West (we live in Colorado so this is especially easy when the mountains are always visible to the west), she also didn’t know her rights from lefts, and she wanted to be a fucking pilot. Driving was always an absolute nightmare for like 5 months until I engrained it in her. We’re mid twenties...
Hol up, I misread this topic as a time someone DID have knowledge in a situation that horrified you, like someone knew how to move an unconscious body, or pick a lock or something.
My ex wife thought a good way to help cut corners and save money was to cancel our car insurance. I mean, what? Besides being illegal, it’s just plain stupid.
Went camping with some friends. Many of them, as adults, still live with their parents and have never lived on their own. One of them in particular was asked to wash the vegetables for our dinner that night and he goes and gets A DISH SOAP AND SPONGE AND TRIES TO WASH THE VEGETABLES WITH DISH SOAP. We stopped him after the first vegetable, but he's a dumbass and instead of admitting he doesn't know what he's doing, he insisted that's how vegetables are washed and that we were the idiots here. I prefer not to have vegetables à la Dawn, thank you very much.
I don't know anyone personally but I'm sure many of you know about the man, the myth, the legend, Chris Chan.
He's almost in his 40s, unemployed, in severe debt with credit cards and mortgages, and yet he uses his unemployment benefits to purchase video games and legos instead of paying off essential bills. Instead of working, he spends all his time on Twitter talking about the "transdimensional merge" and "brony" shit and whatnot. It's like a giant car accident, where it's horrific to witness but you just can't look away.
And you can't give me that "he's autistic" bullshit excuse. I know a few people with some form of mental disability who have still gotten their life together and know how to BE adults.
I drove two Brians home from my small city to their small city via the highway. (Yes they were both named Brian.) They were going to separate locations. They both used to live at the same address I was dropping the 1st Brian off at. Yet somehow they got lost.
Two different people didn't know how to find "home" and didn't say anything. I didn't know where they lived. It's not like I had an address. I was just following their directions. It never occurred to me that someone who was attending university would not know how to get home from the only highway.
Finally got to the 1st Brian's address with an extra hour of dicking around. "Ok 2nd Brian, how do we get to your current address from the address you previous lived at?" He didn't know! They weren't drunk or high or anything. Just stupid.
I wasted an extra 3hrs driving due to their idiocy.
I have the perfect one for this. I went to visit my old college roommates with another friend in February, before everything got crazy with COVID. Stuff was starting to close where we were so we decided to do some baking & make whipped coffee. The girl’s who’s apartment it was had an electric hand mixer but had never used it. Obviously it was simple enough to figure out & our other friend told her to set it aside & she would show her how to eject the pieces to wash them. Fast forward 10 minutes, she goes to show the girl how to clean it & she claims she already did. By running the entire hand mixer under the water for several minutes. Me & my other friend laugh a bit & say how it’s probably broken. The girl freaks out & is immediately about to plug it in before we step in to stop her. She doesn’t understand why it’s a bad idea to do that. But it gets worse. Once we explained that the mixer has a motor in it & getting it wet will destroy the motor & she responded by saying, “Oh guys don’t worry! It wasn’t plugged in when I washed it so it’s fine!” No matter how long we tried to explain, she did not understand that she could still destroy this device even though it wasn’t plugged in. I love her but sometimes I question her.
My father pouring water in a pot filled with freaking boiling oil. My mother went sooo nut and I felt so very bad for him. He was only trying to help but ended up triggering a disaster 🥺
My roommate. Ive had to show him how to sweep. Three seperate times. He forgets. No, it isnt him trying to get out of things i just see him sweeping wrong. And also i had to teach him how to make mac n cheese and he still asks me for help. He can make ramen and toast on his own tho. His parents still make him food and drop it off every week.
My good friend in grad school (so post BA and 23 y.o.) was afraid to go through drive-thru's. She claimed she didn't know how they worked. I offered to take her through and talk her through it, but she refused. She was (is!) a very smart, very personable (so not a social anxiety issue) person. I didn't understand this. I need to ask her if she ever made it through.
My 28 year old neighbor asking me how long a cycle is. I thought she meant the new laundry machines our landlord installed. She meant a “girl cycle”. She was pregnant.
My old boss was super surprised she got pregnant because she was riding on top the one time she didn’t use a contraceptive. She didn’t think she could get pregnant like that. After I told her “gravity isn’t a form of birth control,” she was like, “well now I know.”
I do electrical work and worked with a former army engineer electrician that didn't know how to change the blade on a sawzall (2nd if not first most used powertool by electricians, for those that were unaware)
My boyfriend didn’t know how to do his laundry when we started dating. He was 23 and never even touched a washing machine before. His mom still did his laundry and I remember I had to talk him through how to wash his clothes over the phone when his cat puked on his favorite shirt and he didn’t want to wait till his mom got home to wash it for him. I never face palmed so hard in my life.
SFAR95 · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe not horrifying but my ex (22 at the time) didn't know how to fold his clothes or tie his shoelaces. His mom had him very young and was focusing in her studies as he was growing up so I take she just forgot to teach him?
It's a real shame because he felt so embarrassed about not knowing how to tie his shoes, but on the other hand, he refuse to learn which is frustrating. I wonder if he's learnt it by now.
Roommate wondering why I told him to wash his hands after handling raw meat. Had no idea there was bacteria or anything on it. Keep in mind this is after he grabbed cabinet handles and touched things in the fridge.
I managed a papa johns and had to teach a 40 year old man how to sweep the floor. Idk if he was lazy or acting stupid but I had to have him go over the same area 3 times because he swept like a 90s cartoon character.
Not horrifying, but funny. Watched a smart, successful, well connected, talented, wealthy, single person well into his 40s literally skin a mango (like a rabbit) at a family dinner. Hes related to me, we live in the tropics, my family has had/ have mango trees, and my dad and the rest of us eat mangoes on a regular basis. We do not have rabbits.
As a sales engineer, everything I do for sales and operations, no matter how simple, most stakeholders have no fucking idea about the basics of why their jobs exist.
My roommate made donuts and she had a giant pot of hot oil and she puts the whole thing of oil down the sink and my jaw dropped to the ground. The oil started splashing everywhere and she was like “oH My GoD wHy iS iT DoInG that ThAts WeIrD.” the fire alarm went off and the whole apartment was smokey and she left with her donut to eat with her bf and left one hell of an oily ass kitchen. Also she burned a hole through our sink pipe due to her bird brain of an ass of pouring hot oil down our sink.
Not wearing a mask for the well-being of others in public during a global pandemic from which hundreds of thousands of people are dying. Put it over your nose or pull your cock out over you pants for consistency!
My mom is in her 70s and has never paid a bill or pumped her own gas. We had to schedule our own appointments as kids (like for hair cuts) She is an introvert and has a lot of anxiety. Her mom was controlling and never taught her anything because she didn’t think she could do it correctly. You can really mess people up.
In law school we asked a 28 year old man to run to the grocery store to buy Halloween candy for our event where people would be stopping by our organization's office. He left and came back almost 3 hours later. Missed half of the event.
Turned out he had never been in a grocery store in his entire life. His parents had a cook that did all their shopping, in undergrad he just ate at dining halls. In the year or two after between under head and grad school he ordered out for ever meal.
He said he couldn't find candy and had no idea where to look, then got lost looking at all the food in all the aisles and eventually found the candy but had no idea there were so many options so he kept picking things up and putting them back.
He makes probably a half million a year now at his job so he'll probably never have to set foot in one again.
The amount of adults who have no idea how seasons or time zones work is amazing. Like, they know there are time differences and they know the opposite hemisphere is the opposite season but they have no idea why or how that works.
A friend of mine thought that green apples were not ready to be eaten, so he waited for them to change to red (which he thought would be the right color). Needless to say, the apples just got rotten.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my husband and I were first dating, he came out of the bathroom and was like “uhhh, the toilet is broken...should we call a plumber?” I asked if it was clogged and he said “no but I flushed it before taking a shower and now it’s still running.”
I walked in the bathroom and took the lid off the back to look at the chain and his response was “what the fuck?!?! How did you know how to do that?!?!” 😳🤦🏻♀️
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister thought french fries were Made from bread.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. This thread made me feel so confused for some reason because on one hand some of these were like "Oh duhh" but others were like "uh...oops. I probably would've made the same mistake." Tbh I'm kind of realizing how unprepared I am to be in the real world and I'm going to college next year. I should probably take this year to learn a few things before looking like a dumbass.
grown adult males in their late 20s that i worked with. i always brought extra snack to work and on 2 separate occasions 2 different adults accepted an orange from my when i offered when they explained being hungry. neither of them had ever peeled an orange before and had no idea how to get the skin off. i was flabbergasted both times. have you never eaten an orange? yes how? it was already peeled. how are both of you almost 30 and have never peeled an orange?
18yo handed me an unpeeled orange and told me it couldn’t possibly be an orange because “he couldn’t see any slices” I was like... you gotta peel it. He was baffled.
I wouldn't call it "horrifying", but one time I was out to eat with my sister and brother-in-law (early 30s, college educated couple) and at the end of the meal I saw them struggling with a tip calculator to get 20%. I told them the age-old "Move the decimal one space to the left for 10%, then double it." They started laughing at me and telling me it couldn't be that simple. I then had them quiz me with random numbers to see how accurate I was. They were as blown away as I was. Haha.
When you wash your clothes and sort by color, do you separate all the greens and blues and reds each in their own load?
Balcil · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I use a product to catch the color bleeding. I don’t remember what it’s called but it looks like pieces of thin fabric. Also colors will bleed a lot less in Cold water. Historically detergents required hot or warm water to work best but now they work best in Coldwater. Always Do cold water unless you need to sanitize something
Had a buddy of mine move in for about half a year so he could get himself together. He never made food, though; only bought Clif bars and Guru energy drinks. Big cases of them in my cupboards after a while.
"I don't know how to behave" was the answer when I asked him why he didn't do any upkeep or cooked meals for himself. I didn't really need him to do anything, but I was concerned for his health. Turns out he just wasn't interested in cooking, so he flat out...didn't. Ever. Mid-20's. Over a decade later and I'm still not sure if he can cook anything.
Coworker of mine was one of those guys that wore nothing but graphic t-shirts, board shorts and Vans, and he suddenly had to dress up for a meeting with a client.
Meeting day comes and there he is, wearing his very first nice suit and.. The same pair of crappy Vans.
I pulled him aside and, without prompting, he admits he couldn't figure out how to tie his dress shoes.
His entire life he'd been wearing velcro or just slipping his feet in and out of shoes tied by someone else.
Right before I started my adulting phase back in 1999 but my buddy in high school not knowing to tip the pizza delivery driver. His mother never did and they bought pizza often. My other buddy and I tipped the driver when we realized he only had money for the pizza. We had to sit him down and have the tipping talk... about everywhere... they never tipped. We were all poor at the time but we told him if you cannot tip your waiter/driver, then don't order til you can tip well.
Few years later, the other buddy from the same situation started dating his current wife. He said he went out with her family for the first time to a restaurant, almost ten people. They left around $5 for tip for the sit down meal. When he noticed he went back and drop his last $20 on the table feeling bad for the waitress. Apparently, the family just puts whatever change they have on the table. They even got upset he left the waitress so much money. On trips after that, he noticed they would check to see how much tip he would leave and then adjust what they left. Eventually, if he had to go out with them, he tried not too, he would tip the server directly and extra because they were such cheapskates.
Anyways, tip your bartenders, waiters, waitresses, delivery personal, and hotel room cleaners!!
I moved in with an old college roommate, we’ll call him Tom, and one of his high school friends, we’ll call him Mike. Always got along with the prior, never met the latter, but he seemed like a great guy. We had a decent 3 bed 1 bath in Massachusetts.
First few months had no major problems. We were all a bit messy, but 3 single dude in their early/mid 20’s will do that. Eventually the holidays rolled around and we started figuring out thanksgiving plans.
At the time, Tom’s folks were a ~45 min drive away, so he had a lay up. My folks were living in South Carolina, so I booked a flight down there. Mikes folks were in California, so we assumed he’d do the same.
He chose to split an Uber to the airport with me, which I happily accepted. We get there and I get into the bag check line. Mike follows. I go up, show my boarding pass (via phone) and ID. Check bags move on. Mike does the same. But..... doesn’t
I’m walking away and hear him say “I’m in whatever the next flight to San Francisco is.” The bag check human, politely, directs him to the ticket counter. Mike’s response: “No just put me on the next flight please.”
After a loooong conversation I realize, despite flying across the country at least 15 times in his life, the man had never booked a flight for himself. He assumed he could just get on a plane and (his words) “pay a fare like a taxi.”
The look on his face when he learned how expensive it was to fly from one coast to another...
Latvia · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ten times a day I run across adults who don’t know how to believe science.
I know this girl who got a ticket for wearing her seatbelt improperly. she said she thought that it went under her arm and then around her body so that she didn’t mess up her hair, instead of across her shoulder.
I’d be surprised if she pays any bills herself now at 27, I’m certain her dad pays everything for her including groceries.
When my husband was in college he wanted to bake cookies. So he bought a package of cookies, the kind you just place on a cookie sheet and bake. Well, he didn’t have a cookie sheet, so he put them on a cooling wrack. Thus the “waffle cookie” was invented
My new coworker once asked me if I knew how to put the stamp over the regular postage stamp so he could mail a letter. You know, the squiggly one. If we have a special machine for that or something.
He was talking about the postmark stamp....... that the post office does when it receives your letter..... this man is about 34 years old and I wonder if he had ever mailed a letter in his life before that point.
My mom told us if we walk in the yard barefoot we will get pin worm infestation on our butts- how does that happen the can enter you exposed skin and somehow get to your butthole? I was always afraid to walk in the grass and telling the kids be careful- by husband still laughs when we talk about what my mother taught us to believe oh I was early 30s when I had kids and started to panic about them walking in the grass- yup I’m an idiot 🤦♀️
Trying to help my clueless university housemate to cook some courgette (zucchini) for the first time. I say to him ‘give it a quick wash’ and pop to the toilet, leaving him in the kitchen for a few minutes. Come back to him scrubbing (or rather grating) it under hot water with washing up liquid and a metal scourer!
First week of college and I watched a kid pour an entire bottle of laundry detergent into a washer. Not necessarily horrifying I guess but how do you not know how to do that? There are even instructions on the bottle?!
These are co-workers who use computers 8 different ways to accomplish daily work. Young people capable of learning the ins and outs of some pretty convoluted UI in a highly dynamic, physical environment.
Shift arrows to select text, CTRL+C/V, Tab between fields... never seent it.
Plug in and setup displays/projectors. It's really fucking easy... Not for them.
Instructions on how to do more complex shit like mapping a network drive or printer, with data for those specific components... You gonna save that link/info/file to your rapidly accessable personal network storage that takes no setup and is available on any network computer in the country? No. Gonna dig through years of e-mails to find the unlabeled message that your bro sent you.
I have an unofficial role as tech support at a job that has ITs. I sometimes fix problems for said ITs. I have no training or certification not have I ever worked in an IT department.
This is me. Growing up we never had a dishwasher and in my country, all detergent was in liquid form. None of those pods you can just throw in with your clothes. But through the memes, I knew that they existed. I moved in with my uncle in Canada around two years ago and since I was living rent free, I took over most of the house chores like cooking, cleaning around the house and laundry. Being used to the liquid detergent, I just kept buying those but one day I thought I'd try out the pods. So for a good 7 months I'd wash our clothes with the pods instead of liquid detergent. I noticed that some stains wouldn't get washed away and the colour of my whites were a bit off, but I didn't really bother too much about it because growing up with boring liquid detergent, the blocks looked kinda cool and new. Plus they were eaiser to use. So I'd just wash each load twice. Three months ago, we decided to get a dish washer and my uncle bought the dish detergent on his way home. When I saw what he got, I realized that for the past 7 months I'd been washing my clothes with those dish detergent blocks instead of laundry pods. As soon as I switched back to liquid laundry detergent, all the stains I couldn't get out before went away and for some reason, the colour of my clothes didn't get as messed up as before. Sorry uncle for fucking up your clothes.
My flat mates boyfriend didn't live with us but would come stay and he was older than us (25-27 roughly) and he put the dishwasher on, I came out to get a drink and there was bubbles and foam coming out of the dishwasher, turns out he had put dishwashing liquid in the dishwasher and claimed it was fine to do 🙄
After almost 3 months living together, we noticed one of our roommates had been putting her metal cutlery along with her food in the microwave. She said she had been doing it like that all her life, her family too. I literally have no idea how she’s not dead.
My wife’s best friend doesn’t know how to drive. She’s 26 with two kids. AND she’s about to get a divorce. Her mom would always drop whatever she was doing to go pick her up and take her where ever she needed to go. It’s pretty insane. Idk how she’s gonna do it.
I had a friend call me when we were in college and ask me how to boil water. He had never had to cook at home and up until then, he had been living off of fast food and the school dining hall.
Had a friend ask me once "what day is Christmas on this year" I said I think Friday. He sarcastically asked: "No, what date?". Dude legit didn't know it was the same date every year. He was a Christian, aware of the reason for the season. Just no clue on this all detail.
The man is 30 years old. I had to teach him how to cook a chicken breast. Not a meal or special recipe. I had to explain, in exact detail, how to put a chicken breast in a pan and leave it there until it's cooked.
He would also painstakingly clean and dry out each of his plastic yogurt cups after finishing them, leaving them by the sink. I understood the washing them, since they're recyclable, but why leave them out to dry? Can't they dry in the bin?
He said there's cardboard in the bin. When I asked for clarification, he said that the water would damage the cardboard. I asked what he thought happens to it at the recycling plant.
He also seemed to be under the impression that the bathroom fan has no function beyond unfogging the mirror and complained that I run it every time I shower.
Maybe not an adult but I definitely should have known better. I grew up extremely sheltered and my family is full of racists. I firmly didn’t understand that Compton, CA has internet until I was almost out of high school. It’s so sad and thankfully I’ve woken up and realized that so many things my family said wasn’t true.
My old roommate and I were having a conversation while she was cooking and we had a gas stove and some oil started to drip down the side of the pan but she wiped it with a paper towel in time, but I off mentioned said “man if that had caught fire right now we wouldn’t have anything to put it out” (would’ve been a grease fire) and she was like, “what do you mean? We have water” and I was like “bro, water makes any grease fire worse. We would need like a ton of salt or something to smother it” she literally had no idea
I love my best friend Kay but she was spoiled by mama. We have known each from our teens into our 30s and I am proud of how independent and strong she has become. That being said I had to teach he when she was 28 how to make scrambled eggs. I never let her live it down lol.
Bladder control. Had some Ken come into my bank branch, demanding to use the toilet. I told him - as I tell all clients except in emergencies - that our branch has no public toilets, but here are other restrooms nearby (McDonald's, etc.).
Dude is gone for, like, fifteen minutes, then STORMS into our branch, bellowing for the manager. I promptly retrieve the manager (I didn't care for my manager, so whatever). The guy proceeds to scream at my manager at the top of his lungs, pointing to the wet mark on his khaki shorts: LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! I'M A CUSTOMER AND LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! Like...fuck, dude....really?
Then there was the dude who presented his social security number, photocopied, at full 8.5X11, and sat with it presented to the bank lobby for five solid minutes.
My former roommate was a barista and he often wore the same white shirt to work. Well, after a while the shirt was beginning to stain brown (from the coffee), so I told him that I would try to help lighten it. I put it in the washer with like half a cup of bleach and I left for work, only to get a message a few hours later from his girlfriend (my best friend) that the shirt had been ruined. I felt so bad, I knew I was putting a lot of bleach but I didn’t think it was that much. When I got home I asked to see the shirt, and they took me to their bathroom. He had put the shirt in a ziplock bag and filled it with bleach. The bag got really hot so he dumped it in the tub and the shirt had just fallen apart. I couldn’t believe he didn’t know how strong bleach was.
My partner came to visit me for a few weeks (we were in a LDR at the time) and he wanted to cook pancakes for my family as a thank them for letting him stay. I didn’t know at the time, but he’d never even seen a gas oven before, and that’s what we had. I came out to the kitchen after about half an hour because I could smell something that was very much not a pancake. He was still mixing the batter but was about to light the gas stovetop to preheat the pan. The smell was gas, he’d turned the dial on when he started mixing but assumed it just didn’t start and left it, then looked it up online. Apparently the article he was looking at didn’t mention not to leave the gas knob on. I pushed him away from the lighter switch, turned the gas off and ran around opening windows. My dad has been over in his shed and smelled it too, and came running over to help.
Partner didn’t touch the stove for the rest of the visit after that. We live together now and have a gas oven, he’s yet to blow us up yet so I’d say he learned his lesson!
I was an instructor for marines (not drill instructor just job instructor). Had a 26 year old that would throw away his clothes every 15 days and buy new ones on pay day. He didnt know washing his clothes was a thing.
Trying to use chopsticks. I had to ask for a fork while trying to describe it and I’ve never felt more inferior in my life. And it was a first and last date. Fml
praxe · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a girl at a minimum wage summer job. I was 20 at the time and she was ehh 26. When teaching her to use the cash register she didn’t know the difference between a nickel or a dime. She said that dead straight in front of a customer. I was speechless
Merenr · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen a man try to separate an egg by opening it on the cutting board and cutting it in half.
My biggest adulting complaint is people leaving phone messages (with an issue they're having (I manage pizza chains)) and tell you the problem and do not leave a call back number. All I get is "Call me back" I CANNOT CALL YOU BACK IF I DO NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER!! HOW DO YOU NOT LEAVE A CALL BACK NUMBER. Not all offices have caller ID. They are not cell phones!!!! Please leave your number first thing and then again at the end or right after. Thank you!
My other "vent" is people not saying "Please" and "Thank you" when asking for a favor/to do something. If you don't say please, it's going to take me a while....
When I worked in a restaurant a decade ago I had a coworker who was in her early twenties, fairly pretty, and was in nursing school. I'm fairly sure yet family had money because I remember her mentioning a housekeeper.
She would hold the broom like a golf club, draw it back into the air, and SMACK it ineffectually against the floor. She'd always get mad after doing it for a few minutes and try to get someone else to clean her section for her.
She was actually a pretty good source of extra cash because she'd pay by other servers $20-30 to do her sidework for her.
She also called the dustpan the 'broom holder', and once when a manager told her to take out the trash she stared blankly at him and said, "But that's a BOY job."
For about 22 years of my life I’ve never held a baby. No one in my family or even friends from high school had children remarkably, some did, but that was after we lost touch. And yes ive seen one or two of the in person sure, but they’ve always belonged to like middle school teachers or friends of friends and such. And I’ve never dared ask to hold it in fear that I drop it.
Then all of a sudden one pops out of my best friends sister, and I’m with one almost ALL the time (they were like a second family to me).
One time while I was spending the day at their place, we were going to run some errands but they had to adjust the baby seat in the car before putting him in. I was standing behind patiently waiting for them before I got in when I suddenly had this little thing thrusted onto my chest.
To be honest, I knew there was a “certain” way you should hold them, i just didn’t know how, I’ve never been in the situation before. I never needed to know before so I ended up just leaning very far back and protruding my hands out under him like a baby-forklift.
When I moved into my new apartment at school, I asked my new roommate if we had a toaster. He said he wasn’t sure and then added “even if we did have one I wouldn’t know how to use it anyway”
I had a roommate a few years ago I caught doing the dishes with laundry detergent because she thought “soap is soap”. I died inside wondering how many times I’d been eating off her laundry dishes before I let her know.
My late grandmother was from a small town (population around 6k people) in the midwest but she moved to the west coast for college. Went out with some friends for seafood for the first time and she didnt realize you generally pull the tail off the shrimp as you eat it. I mean you can eat the tail if you really want to but it was one of her favorite stories to tell when I'd visit her
I worked as a manager in a chicken joint. We had a kid come in that didn’t know how to sweep the floor. I couldn’t figure out how he had lived that long.
My friend’s ex (in her mid-30s) didn’t realize that preheating the oven meant it warmed up gradually until it hit the right temperature. She thought that it..heated up...all at once? Like right before the preheat indicator went off. It gives me a chuckle every time I slip a frozen pizza in the oven a bit before it comes to temp.
As a teenager I am surrounded by people who don’t know how to use a CD player. I am under 18 and I showed my friends a Walkman from 2002 and they looked so confused when I showed it to them. They had no clue what it was
My fiancé thought you had to throw things away when they hit their expiration or ‘best by’ dates. I grew up with the philosophy of those being mere guidelines (which they are, they’re not really regulated), and using common sense, a nose, and eyes for determining when things went bad. He was very uncomfortable with this at first, and said he was worried he’d “get in trouble,” if, say, he kept the milk a day or two past the date. Get in trouble? With who, the milk police? lol He was 28 at the time.
Hoo boy my first apartment with a buddy...we ran and ran our clothes in the dryer and they stayed wet. Couldn’t figure it out. Finally someone said “have you cleaned the lint out?”
“The what?”
Cut to my friend with a foot braced on the dryer tugging at the lint filter. Finally that thing came out and lint EXPLODED around the kitchen.
Yes, we were lucky we didn’t get burned alive.
Iximaz · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancé was visiting me overseas at my uni and living in my dorm; I technically wasn't supposed to have visitors for longer than three days, so we were playing hot potato with my keys between my going to class and him checking out the city.
One night I had choir rehearsal, which was our agreed break from each other so we could breathe a bit and do our own thing, and he offered to cook dinner and asked what I'd like, if I had any recipes. I knew he didn't have much cooking experience, so I texted him the easiest recipe I had—mac and cheese—and headed off to choir, leaving the keys with him if he needed to leave the dorm while I was gone.
Well, I get back and ask him to come down and let me in, which he does. And I get inside and immediately notice something's gone wrong. The milk curdled in the pan and the butter had clarified, and the entire thing was on high heat, and he'd left the food unattended on a hot stove while he came down to get me.
I managed to save the cheese sauce (thank god, because we were poor) but I told him he had to learn how to cook before I let him do it solo again.
(It was still sweet he tried, though. I plan on teaching him how to cook when we're properly moved in together.)
I'm too late but just in case anyone is sorting by 'new'
I worked with a 23yo girl who didn't know what dairy was. She knew about the existence of like milk and yogurt etc but wasn't aware of the overarching concept of dairy.
My boyfriend and ironing. I have literally ironed his clothes since we started dating once I discovered he didn’t know how to. The part that gets me is the fact that ironing is one of the easiest household chores, all you have to do is put water in it and run it over your clothes a couple times. Anyway I taught him how to iron but I do a better job so I still do it, I like doing things for him.
My So's best friend is a ver sweet, very sheltered young man. He lives with his parents and they provided mostly everything for him while he was in school. He did a 4 year program in history because he was interested, then did another 2 year program in IT so he could get a job. All funded by the bank of mom and dad. He's worked part time still living at home since graduating.
When we got married and moved in together we were discussing our new place with him and the rent came up. Told him it was $1000. He asked "Per year?"
My now ex girlfriend cannot cook anything on the stove or in the oven because she always burns it so i is literally ash or she under cooks it so much it is still cold in the middle, maybe I’m only horrified because my only skill and passion is cooking but still being able to cook is pretty necessary.
My best friend texted me earlier today. "Here I took this picture on my way home from work, what kind of animal is this?"
They were cows. She's definitely seen cows before, including the ones at my house. I don't know why she would think they were anything else. She wasn't on any substances. Just...forgot what cows look like, I guess.
I got set up on a blind date at my cousin's wedding - the bride thought it was a great idea and had the seating plan all ready for me. I didn't agree to this blind date (SURPRISE!!!), but the man in this equation was clearly prepared. He launched right away into trying to woo me. In the hours that followed, he failed to win my heart.
For the wedding dinner, we were served lobster tails. I realize lobster tails are considered fancy and not something most people eat every day, myself included, but this man. This man picked it up with his hands, and stuffed the whole entire thing into his mouth, SHELL AND ALL. "I've never had one of these," he said with great excitement through the lobster tail, "it's so crunchy and buttery!" In that moment, I could not comprehend what I was seeing, and I was filled with a Lovecraftian horror.
My now-SO was also at the wedding. He found me hiding under his table in an attempt to avoid my blind date, and he smuggled me out of the situation. Truly a romantic evening. He still jokes about lobsters every time we go out for dinner.
One day at work my female 21 year old coworker came to me upset because she'd kissed a boy for the first time the night before and she was worried she might be pregnant. I asked if she knew how sex worked and she shook her head. I told her to hang around after work and I would explain it to her. I ended up having to go into every detail, I was even drawing genitals on the white board trying to explain. The look of horror on her face when I explained an erection! Haha.
(She later married the same guy and they now have 2 kids together, but I've recently had to unfriend her because she's spouting all lives matter crap on Facebook.)
Not a religious family, she changed schools mid way through highschool and somehow missed it at both schools. Her parents just assumed she knew? And they didn't talk about that sort of thing so she was too embarrassed to ask them and apparently not curious enough to look it up on the internet.
My one time roommate came banging on my door at 7 am (I was the oldest of the 4 of us living in the apartment) telling me the freezer isn’t working. So I rush out there to take a look, thinking we’re going to have take everything out and call a repairman. I open it and it’s running fine. I ask her what the problem is, and she gestures at the bottle of vodka in the freezer. “I put my vodka in there last night, it should be frozen by now if it’s working right. It’s not even remotely frozen.”
I don’t think you should be drinking if sober you doesn’t grasp the concept that alcohol doesn’t freeze. She still blamed the freezer after I explained to her, and got a mini freezer for her room for her stuff. And guess what? That one didn’t freeze her vodka either. Go figure.
Nothing horrifyingly dangerous, just couldn’t believe she was 22 and didn’t understand that concept.
I'm not proud to say this but, I need to get better on adulting.
Doing a basic routine check on my truck, y'know, oil levels, antifreeze, that stuff.
My dad passed away and he gave me his truck, thought I knew nothing about caring for a vehicle.
My brother "taught me", so much as he chastised me for not knowing anything while doing it himself saying things like "how do you not know this?"
After that, I started googling about related stuff, like how to change a tire, I'm still largely ignorant thought.
Also driving btw, I learned by myself, with my mother by my side, getting scared by anything around us that could move.
I'm not proud to say this but, I need to get better on adulting.
Doing a basic routine check on my truck, y'know, oil levels, antifreeze, that stuff.
My dad passed away and he gave me his truck, thought I knew nothing about caring for a vehicle.
My brother "taught me", so much as he chastised me for not knowing anything while doing it himself saying things like "how do you not know this?"
After that, I started googling about related stuff, like how to change a tire, I'm still largely ignorant thought.
Also driving btw, I learned by myself, with my mother by my side, getting scared by anything around us that could move.
meenur · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of a friend thrice removed thought if her boyfriend came in the reverse cowgirl position, then she wouldn't get pregnant. Her kid is 4 years old now.
Have a friend who can’t spell basic words, doesn’t know the difference between commas and decimal points. Worst part is I did her homework all through junior high and high school to help me save for college so it’s my own damn fault.
About 3 years ago we had an engineering intern come into our company (around the same age as me, 24 at the time). He asked a engineering coworker and I look over his excel formula as to why it wasn’t working, we looked over his code and just said “you forgot the parentheses around this part”.. what followed next I couldn’t believe, he didn’t know about the order of operations. We literally had to teach this kid about PEMDAS.. I kid you not, my coworker and I bring this up to this day as the craziest question we had from an intern. This guy had a masters degree in engineering! We were floored.
Late to the post but: Once while working at a gas station, a 17 year old co-worker came to me with his hand open. He was holding 2 coins, he looks at me and asks "which is the 5cent one and which is the 10cent one?" He didn't know which one was which, between a nickle and a dime & had been asked to count the cash drawer.
This kids was the owner's son, and now runs the entire company. It's a local company with 5 locations and a large fleet of delivery trucks for home heating fuel. It's not a fortune 500 by any means, but worth and few nickels and dimes.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:08:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me sitting here at 4am wondering how I know more than half of these bellends who are ADULTS ffs
Had a roommate who didn't have a driver's license at 22. That's fine he lived within a block from work and his girlfriend had a car and she drive him around. Well one night around 11pm im at work and he calls me asking if I can leave work and drive back home to pick him up so we can drive 40 blocks to go pick up his girlfriend. She got T-boned in an intersection. I told him I couldn't leave(I didn't have the PTO to leave) and to just call an Uber and go pick her up. He proceeds to ride his skateboard 40 blocks to go pick her up and walk back to our apartment. The next day I asked him what happened and he told me that some 15 year old kid without a license T-boned his girlfriend. The kid didn't have insurance, but neither did his girlfriend. He then asks me how you go about getting insurance on a vehicle. So I explained it to him and he asked me what company I went through so they could get insurance on his girlfriend's totaled car that is in an impound lot. I laughed and told him that's not how insurance works. He didn't get it. So I had to explain to him and his girlfriend how you have to pay for insurance monthly before you get I to an accident. Not panic and try to get it after. I understood kind of on his part since he had never owned a vehicle so he had never had to insure one but his girlfriend had been driving since she was 16 and she was 20 at the time. He asked well what if I just do it anyway and tell them we got into an accident a week from now. I told him that would be insurance fraud and he would be better off just accepting the car as a loss.
I was in college and my roommate finally got a car and said he would drive us to Wally World. It was only a ten minute drive. After twenty five minutes of meandering across the town a few times I finally got bored and asked him where he was going. He replied that he was following the route the bus took. Because it was obviously the fastest way.
He had been a passenger in my car to the same store several times previously, as well.
Every time we're cleaning the store at the end of the day and all my male coworkers act like they've never seen a broom before. How are you all functioning adults?
My sister use to warm her car up IN the garage with the DOOR CLOSED!
I screamed at her and explained why she shouldn't do that and she was actually shocked and I was like how ITH did she not know that was wrong?! Ughhh.🤨
DSCH10 · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago I had to explain to my roommate that a container of pasta left at room temperature would go bad faster than one left in the fridge. She had left it on the counter for a couple days and when I mentioned that the stuff she left out would go bad, she turned to the fridge to throw out some leftovers in the fridge instead of the stuff right in front of her on the counter.
Heard a story from an officer in the US army. Said he had had a guy in his unit come not knowing he needed to and/or how to clip his toenails. Things got nasty fasty, but he learned it then at least. We still have no idea how he survived up until that point not cutting them though.
At my ex girlfriend’s apartment in college, she put a water bottle in the freezer. Well she forgot it in there and it froze. My girlfriend took it out in disgust because she didn’t mean to freeze it. Her roommate suggested that she simply “throw it away.” As if it was completely useless at this point. My buddy and I still call her the “Ice woman” and this happened in 2006.
I asked a friend how often she changed her oil. She said, “You need to change the oil?” That truck had not been given an oil change for at least 3 years (time she had owned the car). I pulled the dipstick and it was BONE DRY.
Was buying a length of wood at Home Depot, so the woman had to measure it. "It's 2 feet," I said, "They just measured and cut it for me." She held it up to the upright lumber measuring stick, looked a little confused, and brought it back to the register.
She then took out a measuring tape, vaguely stretched it along the board, and said, "I don't know how to do this. I think it's 1 foot." I tried a few more times to tell her it was 2 feet, but she insisted it was 1 foot despite her self-proclaimed ignorance. I stopped arguing.
How do you work at Home Depot and not know how to operate a measuring tape??
A co-worker around 25yo called me up to the register from the warehouse about an expired product. I had just checked the merchandise for expiration the previous day so I was confused. I came up to the register to her and a customer asking if it was still ok to consume the product. I wanted to check to make sure I didn't miss any so I flipped the package over. This happened in March and she claimed it expired two months ago. I look at the back and the date reads "NOV-**-20" in bold black letters. My co-worker seriously thought November was the first month of the year. Not only that, but the customer didn't catch her mistake. As her supervisor, I had to explain that January is actually the first month. I was very embarrassed to have to explain that to an adult in front of customers
TL:DR Co-worker I was in charge of was unaware that November is not the first month of the year.
My old roommate tried to make wine by shoving some canned peaches in a plastic bottle and putting it under the sink for two months.
I was the lucky one who discovered the moldy monstrosity.
She genuinely didn't understand what happened and why it didn't make wine, regardless of how many times I told her you need yeast and a much cleaner, more precise technique to make even the worst wine.
She tried two more times. Same thing. Same result.
In the end we had a falling out and she tried to say I always made her feel stupid. I think she did that to herself.
One of my friends (probably 18 or 19 at the time) decided to cook ramen for the first time. She texted me a few minutes later with a picture of a blackened block of ramen in a skillet with no water, asking what she'd done wrong. There were even directions on the packet but she threw them away without reading it.
I love my husband but when we were dating he didn’t know how to open a can. Even when I showed him a can opener he didn’t know how to use it. He was 25 at the time
My brother-in-law thought that in order to wash clothes you had to fill it with water manually. So this dude throws his clothes in, then the soap, then goes to the upstairs bathroom to fill an empty garbage can with water, then proceeds to fill the washer machine with water. He closes it up, total mess, then turns it on. Turns out it was the dryer. His folks had to buy a new dryer.
I dealt with a lady a few weeks ago who just had no concept of how a self-checkout worked. She couldn't have been older than thirty, came up with one of those window ac units, and just stared blankly at the screen. She called me over and said she had NO idea how the handheld scanner work despite everyone around her clearly picking theirs up and having no issue. I scanned her one item, set the scanner down, and told her she was all good.
This lady...I swear to god she was in her own reality. Stood there another ten minutes staring blankly at the screen, called me over again, and asked about a protection plan (that was way too overpriced) why I hadn't applied it. I applied it after explaining she would have a five year warranty on the unit even without the "protection plan", but she insisted. She proceeded to stand there another ten minutes staring at the screen and declined help when offered it.
And when she put her card in the machine, she kept staring at it, and then claimed she didn't know how the card reader worked. Another cashier came over, saw things were fine, and told her she was good to go.
She spent a total half hour at the self checkout buying one ac unit. And there was a register where she could have checked out with a cashier literally right on the other side of the counter clearly in view. I just can't wrap my mind around how this woman had absolutely no idea how to ring up or even pay for her own stuff. And she drove to the store too.
My sister didn’t know how to properly hold a broom or sweep effectively at her first (restaurant) job in high school... still gets teased about it 6 years later
I live in Texas. Winter isn't really a thing here. I had a lady working in the office. She had a 4wd diesel Ford. One morning, we had a little wintry mix overnight. She comes into the office 15 minutes late, crying and shaking. She didn't know how to turn on her 4wd...
It's not crazy outrageous, but I remember being pretty shocked at university when I met a girl who didn't know how to do laundry. She was 21, had been babied and spoiled most of her life, had grown up in the Philippines where everyone in her area had maids and she had her own personal maid all her life. She moved to London as a teen and in the 6 years or so living in the UK, still never lifted a finger due to her rich parents and the maid they hired for their London home.
So she came to university and we went to the laundrette together and she didn't know about detergent, fabric conditioner, how the machine worked, or anything. It was certainly an eye-opener into how differently she had lived her life... Among other things, I also had to teach her how to cook pasta (which I thought was self-explanatory), boil water in a kettle/use a kettle, operate the flat's vacuum cleaner, and change bed sheets.
Thankfully, she was a lovely girl who was happy to learn and do the things herself, wasn't lazy, and turned out to be one of my two best friends at university. She's since gone back to the Philippines but it makes me happy knowing that even if someone is doing stuff for her, she now knows how to do it herself.
My father in law baby sat my son while we were moving houses. He dropped him off buckled incorrectly into his little car seat. Okay, I thought, car seat tech has changed over the years... Until I found his diaper was on backwards and the penis was sticking out the side. Like dude “raised” three boys: why can’t he change a diaper or lock a kid in basic five point harness.
Sawa27 · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex sister-in-law never rinsed the soap off her dishes when she washed them.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who was clueless about baking/using the oven but was constantly trying to make cakes and other baked goods. One day she tried making banana bread and put it in the oven— and set it on the broiler mode. And then she walked away to her room. I was upstairs at the time when I smelled something burning. When yelled out if something was burning she was all, “Oh shit!” And came out and took it out. The loaf was burnt completely black. By then I’d come downstairs. Apparently she was trying to “caramelize the top.” She had no idea that the broil function was only meant to be used for a few minutes at a time, and not the ENTIRE baking process.
Also this same roommate tried to use the microwave repeatedly even after it started sparking. She would take out her food when it started to spark, then put it back in. I’m still amazed she never burned the place down.
coscos · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just yesterday. My wife not knowing that blue tac is reusable.. Blew my mind.
Drove an old college roommate to get his driver’s license. He’s like 18 or 19 at this point. They ask him to put his face in the eye test device, and he tells them he can’t - he didn’t bring his glasses. Didn’t get his license for about 10 more years.
Guy driving the car had a tire blow out. I ended up changing his tire for him (i was a passenger and also a non-driver) also turns out all his other ties were bald down to the fucking wire...
My newlywed wife made toast one morning... She buttered the bread and put the slices into the toaster. It was a small fire, at least. Sign of things to come.
I work in pharmacy. We have “take with food” stickers that we put on some medications. They happen to have a picture of a hamburger on them. I’ve had an uncomfortable number of adults seriously ask me why they have to eat a hamburger every time they take their medicine.
My best friend has never unclogged a toilet. I asked her how she made it to 31 with a child without ever doing it and she just said her dad/brother/boyfriend had always done it. While it's nice she has help, I can't imagine why you'd want anyone to help with your massive dump, ever.
I do still, 42 year old professional with two university programs behind me.
Made the “L” in mid air on my first skydive to make sure I didn’t fuck that up. Twice. Too bad the ground crew didn’t, as THEY told me to turn hard in the wrong direction. TWICE. But it’s okay, their mistake just helped me break both legs at the ankles.
While driving, I just get passengers to say “turn your way” or “turn my way” and I never make the mistake.
This one is my own, living with my parents I only ever had a credit card with a low limit, mostly for emergencies or some school stuff. Every month my parents paid the full balance and my available credit went back to the original.
So when I moved out and got my own credit card, I was convinced that “credit limit” just how much you could put on the card every month, not in total. As in, if you reach the end of the month, pay the minimum but still have a balance, your available credit would go back to your “credit limit”. I actually had a pretty heated discussion about it, so convinced I was right.
My brother came to visit. He wanted a shower. I told him where the clean towels were, assumed he’d ask if he had questions, and left him to it.
Two things you need to know:
1. I have two bathrooms, one with a shower in, and one with a bath
2. My brother had visited this house several times before, and had definitely used the shower
I heard running water for a bit, my brother emerged clean and dressed, all seemed fine... until I went to use the toilet in the bath-bathroom.
It was flooded. Full-on, water everywhere... but nothing looked like it was leaking. Then I realised the “flood” was also on all of the shelves, drawers, towels...
One more thing - the bath has one of those tap hose attachments to rinse it out.
He, at 24 years of age, had decided that this hose - with nothing fixing it to the wall, no shower controls, and no shower curtain - must be the shower. He had stood in the bath and held it over his head, except when he needed to use shower gel/shampoo, which is when he put it down, leaving the water running so that it soaked more of the bathroom than it already had.
My 28 year old ex decided to pour cold water into a pot of boiling oil while my back was turned, thought he was being helpful. Oil went fucking everywhere, he managed to burn himself, but luckily none of it hit me.
Oh! And he put mussel shells in the sink waste disposal unit, and wondered why they wouldn't just go down the drain.
Rich sheltered kid got hired at the bakery I worked at. We gave her a broom and asked her to sweep the floor so she was sweeping here and there and eventually I realized there was no pattern to it, she was just randomly swishing the broom around. I had to tell her that you start at one end, push all the dirt into a single pile at the other end, and then pick it up. I guess she had only ever seen sweeping on tv and on tv the are just faking it. She was actually a nice girl though and tried hard. It was interesting to see the dawning of understanding look on her face when she realized that sweeping had a clear rationale behind it LOL!
Had a college roommate who wouldn't clean up spills as they occurred because she thought it was best practice to let it dry over the course of a few days, then scrape it off
lsfaxi · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former roommate didn't know how to scrub a dish or boil water. We had to teach him.
I have a cousin in her thirties that is completely useless. One day her mother was proud of her because she was able to cook microwave instant noodles on her own.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
In college, my roommate didn't know how to plunge a toilet until I showed her. She also didn't know how to make Mac and cheese until our other roommate showed her. She's now a mom.
I did an internship at Kodak's design center years ago (obviously). They paid us interns and even gave us housing.
Whilst there, I had a roommate named Guillermo who was a mechanical engineering major from MIT.
Guillermo once wondered aloud to his other 3 roommates (myself included) about whether boiling bananas was a suitable alternative to frying them, since he had no oil available. We all assured him that this was a terrible idea, and that he should not do it. This did not dissuade him, and he found out the disgusting and wasteful way that boiling bananas is a bad idea.
Guillermo once called me in because the kitchen sink would not drain. A glass had lodged in the drain, and he simply could not figure this out on his own.
He also used regular dish soap in the dish washer and covered the kitchen floor in foam.
I can only imagine that his SAT scores must have been mind-blowingly high to get him into MIT...
An ex girlfriend told me a great one about a coworker in the bakery who didnt know what eggs were. She got sick when they told her about unfertilized ova and it's not some natural gift the chicken does for us.
When I was 18 my mom got pregnant with her boyfriend at the time and she told me she wasn't sure how it could have happened because he "pulled out". -___- Tfw you can adult better than your parent
My brother (17 when this story takes place) was trying to make craft Mac and cheese. He got a pot full of water, dumped the noodles in, then dumped the cheese packet, milk, and butter in as well. He sent our mom a picture of it because he realized he did something wrong but wasn’t sure what exactly. I laughed my ass off looking at a gross pot full of craft-orange colored soup, it was sooo nasty.
I love him to pieces but he does some dumb shit sometimes (as do I lol).
Not me but i made my best friend and her boyfriend artichokes once and the bf had no idea how to eat them. He tried to pick up the entire thing. He put an entire leaf in his mouth. When we asked him what he was doing he said "sorry ive never had a brussel sprout so big before!"
My college roommates were young wealthy kids from an oil rich nation. They had never done anything themselves... great guys, still love them, but I had to teach them how to cook, how to do laundry and make their beds. I feel like their mother.
One night I come home and my roommate has a sauté pan filled to the brim with boiling oil and he has a block of frozen hot dogs (he’s also a devout Muslim and I had to break it to him what hot dogs are made of).
He is just about to drop in the entire block of hot dogs before I yell at him. It was pretty hilarious but also terrifying as this was not the only time he almost burned down the apartment.
me myself. sigh.. One of my friend ask me to buy some bed sheets for me when I was first move out. When we were at the shop, she asked me what size is my bed. I didn't know bed has certain sizes--I thought it's just single and double.
My ex bf got into college and asked me over a Skype call from his dorm room how to eat an orange. His mom had always sliced them for him and he didn't know you could peel them. He regularly peeled and ate clementines, but didn't make the connection that oranges are basically a large clementine. This guy later ended up at an Ivy. Brilliant, but he had no life skills.
Just a couple weeks ago a UPS driver knocked on the backdoor of my workplace. We had already received our deliveries for the day and sent out our outgoing stuff so I asked how I could help him. He says, "Uh, no one is answering at the business next door and I have this package for them. Do you mind giving this to them when they reopen?" It was around 5pm and I know the business is open during the day (and not closed long term for virus reasons), he was clearly just a little too late.
Of course I immediately rejected the package and told him he can deliver it to them tomorrow. I would be furious if my packages (with very valuable customer equipment inside) was just handed to whatever nearby business happened to be open! How could he think that was a good idea?
My fiancé pretty much lives on tea. As do her parents. When we were younger and dating we stayed at their parents one night when they were out to make sure her silly billy of a brother didn’t have any of his juvenile friends round. Anyway they get back really late, I’m talking get back clothes on the floor late straight to bed instead her parents put the fucking kettle on. This is how much they love tea. I don’t particularly like it but now and an then I’ll have a tea, they made me one and it was like dish water. I decided to have tea a few more times when they offered and each time it was like dishwater. Turns out they make tea like absolute heathens. Who in their right mind goes; milk, tea bag, water, whip the bag out after the worlds quickest stir? I’m not the founder of Yorkshire tea but I know fundamentals. I made the tea for them all once and they enjoyed it to the point like I just sucked the living daylights out of their genitals? How can a family so obsessed with tea not actually know how to make a simple cup of fucking tea?
Found out someone didn't know how to do a roundabout....whilst doing a roundabout. That was pretty scary.
She was all "do i stop or go through" and i was like "i dont know, it depends, its a yield" and she was like "ya but tell me do i stop its coming up soon" and im all "its just like a yield, just treat it like a yield" and shes "ITS COMING WHAT DO I DO?!?" Me: "just fucking yield. Its not hard!". Anyways, turns out she also did not know how to yield. Luckily no cars were coming.
I dated a 19 year old girl who did not know how to blow her nose. She would hold a tissue 6 inches in front of her face, lean forward a bit, and lightly push air through her nostrils.
(Minor) NSFW. Every year my uncle has a huge family cottage party, massive converted bed and breakfast hosting a large group of us (about 110 over the weekend). Our families are close so we always head up early and prepare. Well 2 years ago i brought up a couple pellet rifles and few paintball guns for us to play with in acres of field. My uncles youngest (9F) sneaks a few pellets from my room, grabs the rifle and her cousin (11M) and smokes a duck clean headshot from about 60 yards... immediately drops everything and runs away. We’re all in the lake and see it from the distance so we got out to yell at them for killing an animal. In comes my brother (25M), non hunter nor firearms owners, doesn’t camp, not athletic, numerous surgeries and physical limitations. He immediately finds the two kids, forces them back outside and for the next 6 hours had them plucking, gutting, cooking and whatever else is required to have duck for dinner. “I remembered watching some cooking show at 2am a few days ago and figured why not”. It was delious
I volunteered as an extra adult for a boy scout camping trip, my kid was going and I thought it would be fun. The first morning we got up and I started making breakfast, I fried some bacon and then fried the eggs in the bacon grease. and at one point I looked up and everyone in the camp including all the other adults was standing there just watching me. When I stopped because I thought I was doing something wrong, then one of the scout leaders said, "don't stop we have never seen eggs cooked like that before.". Honestly, I thought they were making fun of me, but later when I saw what they were cooking I realized none of them had a clue how to fry an egg. The kids I get but it was the adults too. I was the center of attention for all the meals on that trip apparently the only thing they knew how to make was smores and hotdogs.
Trivial af but not one of my 3 roommates knew how to multitask on their $2000 macbook pros. I was helping one of them with some advanced calculus and pulled up two windows side by side and he completely freaked out and called the other two and they just stared at me as if I was...Hackerman
Randomly assigned roommate in first year of university. Tried to cook raw chicken in the toaster
xubax · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much that she didn't know how, she didn't know she should. My wife served me cold corn from a can without heating it. Apparently her mother always did that too.
This is more funny than horrifying. I had my husband’s whole family watch me fold fitted sheets in awe. I explained that I used to help my mom at the laundromat growing up... more amazement ensued. I love white people .
I changed the oil in my own car. Roommate seems confused and interested. I ask, "When is the last time you changed your oil?" He says, "Every time I get gas. They check it for me at the station."
While not horrifying, still a, “what do you mean you don’t know this?” moment.
When I was an Resident Assistant (RA) in college, in order for our residents to connect their devices to the school’s WiFi they had to fill out this tedious online form that included their school credentials as well as the MAC address for the device they wanted to add. Yes, you guessed it, if they wanted to add multiple devices to the WiFi they had to fill out multiple forms. Getting the password from filling out the form wasn’t enough because the MAC address was registered. And even after they sent through the registration, it took a few days for the school’s IT to actually process it. Anyways, moving on.
During RA training, our Resident Director / Hall Director (RD) spent an entire afternoon explaining this form to us and how residents have to fill it out. Gave us advice on how to help them, where to find their MAC address, explain to them that there’s a waiting process while IT processes the form, etc.
Fast forward a few months and my RD bought a new smart TV during Black Friday. It arrived and they needed help setting it up so they called me and I agreed to help. Got the TV all hooked up and what not and I said, “all right, all that’s left is to hook it up to the network. So, I think you got it from here”
“Wait, how do I do that?”
“Oh, you just gotta fill out that online form”
“What online form?”
“...the one you went over with us during RA training?”
“How do I find it?”
facepalm(they told us how to find it during training) “here, what’s the MAC address?”
“I don’t have a MAC”
facepalm (they told us how to find it during training).
We eventually figure it out and I say, “alright, and in a couple of days you should be all set to go to stream Netflix”
“Wait, I can’t right away?”
“Nope, you have to wait for the TV to register with the network”
“Well that’s dumb...”
It only occurred to me that during training they were giving that pitch on auto pilot and weren’t actually drinking from their own hose. But still, you’d think if you spent an afternoon explaining to a group of people how to do something, you wouldn’t need to be taught how to do that very thing.
My college roommate had a cold, so she went to the store and bought cold medicine. She took a dose early one morning before classes. A little while later, she asked me why she feels so drowsy. She took the package out and showed it to me. It was Tylenol PM!
I said "Roomie, you took PM meds, that's why you're so drowsy! "
She said "Yeah, PM is for the daytime!"
"No dude, you see the little moon & star on it? It's nighttime medicine."
" But... Noon is PM... Right?? We're more awake during PM hours than we are AM hours, right?"
"Ok , I can't argue there, bud. But no sweetie, PM meds means sleepy time. "
We had a good laugh about it, and I'm pretty sure she slept through most classes that day!
My little brother, bless his heart. He went to make ramen in the microwave and almost started a fire. He screamed that the bowl was broken while the fire alarm went off and I ran into the kitchen expecting to see water everywhere, but there was only a pile of burnt noodles and a broken bowl in the microwave. I asked him where the water was and he said “I thought they just melted into soup”. I almost pissed myself from laughing so hard.
One time in grad school I had to teach the distance formula to one of my teammates. He became a friend of a friend and I've resented him ever since thwn
My grown ass dad, and half of the united states population, still thinks that if you make 70,000 a year your entire income will be taxed in the 70,000 tax bracket.
My BIL and SIL came to visit for a few days once and on the last night I kept hearing a ton of commotion out in the rest of the apartment. I was getting frustrated because it was keeping me up and eventually asked my husband to go ask them to please settle down bc they were keeping me up.
Turns out they were trying to be nice and do some cleaning for us before they left; however neither of them had ever run a dishwasher before and they put regular dish soap in instead of the detergent. (Which was on top of the counter above the dishwasher btw)
They flooded our apartment and all the noise I heard was them trying to clean all the water and soap up before we woke up. I got a good laugh out of it since there was no real damage.
I work in a very popular American retail surf shop, on the beach. We ask for each customer’s zip codes for advertising reasons. The amount of people (teens and under) that not only don’t know their zip code, but have no idea what a zip code is is absolutely terrifying. I’d say it’s a majority of kids eighteen and under that don’t know their zip code.
In college I shared a bathroom with two other girls. We took turns cleaning it - one of us per week. When it was my turn, I was getting ready to clean the tub and shower and my other roommate was shocked and asked/exclaimed, "You need to clean the shower!?" I really didn't know how to respond.
Ezzbe · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate didn't know the difference between fruits and vegetables.
This bish tried to tell me an apple was a veggie.
Made an ex gf breakfast once and heated some milk for the cereal, she hadn't had heated milk before and loved it, so the next morning i wake up to the smell of something burning.... she tried to heat the milk in a kettle instead of the pot.
Also met a guy in his 20s whilst out hiking who didn't know how to tie his shoe laces, he was a blistered limping mess on the side of the track 5km from the nearest road.
Girl in my dorm was rehearing some food in the microwave. I heard a commotion down the hallway and when I got there the microwave was basically on fire and she was just watching in awe.
She had never been told not to put metal in there.
The inability of people to write an email is staggering. It's like you put them in front of a keyboard and they suddenly have the grammar and vocabulary of a 6 year old.
My college roommate once spilled juice on the floor and then just Big Daddy'd it. This bitch just put newspaper over it and left it there, I shit you not. I left to to see how long it would take her to do something about it. It took almost a week.
A friend of mine wanted to make a cheese omelette one morning. He breaks the eggs into the bowl and then just slaps a slice of cheese right into the yolk. I was shocked and asked what he was planning on doing with that. He said “what? That’s how my family always does it.”
I will absolutely tell on myself here. College, maybe 20, and i bought a frozen pizza. When I threw it into the preheated oven, I totally forgot the cardboard support. For anybody wondering it just makes the crust soft and keeps it from cooking all the way through. Shitty, but not life altering
Doing laundry with my mom, she tells me to pour in the detergent just onto the clothes I’m like “uhhh no, you put it in this cup thing here in the middle” she argues with me that I’m wrong. Later on she had looked it up and told me I was right, Ive been doing laundry for 1 year of my life at that point, she’s been doing it for probably 30+ years now.
When I explained to my cousin that she couldn’t flush tampons down the toilet, we were 29 (now 31). She walked out of the bathroom at a restaurant we were at and looked super worried. Naturally I asked her what was wrong and she tells me “I clogged the toilet I’m so embarrassed!”. I’m like who cares it happens sometimes. She replies with “BUT MY TAMPON IS IN THERE!”. Now I’m sitting there thinking she must have pushed really hard and her tampon fell into the toilet. I ask her if that’s what happened and she responds with “no, I was just flushing it down like usual.” I was shocked. The day you learn how to use a tampon you also learn (or so I thought) never to flush them down the toilet. After I explain to her why she should never do that she sits quietly for a second then says “I guess I know why my toilet is always clogged”.
My mom has always done this. When I ask her if she had the air on because it feels hot she will say she got cold and turned the air up. Like, what? She cannot grasp that she turned the temp up and by default turned off the air conditioning. Just turn it off or on or turn the heater on. Sheesh.
I once had to show my friend how to pay for gas with cash at the gas station (I was a junior in college and she was a sophomore.)
That very same friend once slapped an envelope out of my hands while I was licking it, because “that’s how you get worms.” When questioned about it, she said that someone in 6th grade taught her that all envelope adhesives had worm eggs in them that will hatch in your stomach and she never questioned it since.
My bestfriend wanted to make instant noodles. Set the pot with water on the stove and after a few minutes of fiddling, he turns to me and say, "How do you boil water?"
Turns out, he was banned from their kitchen back at home when he almost burned it down because he didn't know how to cook, let alone operate a stove.
An adult woman in her forties explaining that she was taking care of a junkyard dog and its pups. It was too bad, she explained, the pups had a birth defect... they had been born with their eyes stuck shut. “Luckily,” she managed to unstick their eyelids and applied opthamalic ointment to their eyes.
(Hearing this made my stomach drop about four stories down)
When we first adopted my little brothers the first meal I gave them was pizza i walked out of the kitchen to do something and I walked back in and one was eating it upside down and the other was eating it backwards they looked so confused!! We’ve had them for 7 years now and they definitely know how to eat pizza now!
I once had a boss who didn’t know how a belt worked. Since she was above me in status, I just tried to keep a straight face while she babbled on about how she’s discovered recently that they really help hold up your pants.
My mother sincerely believes that the South succeeded due to states rights. It had nothing to do with slavery... in fact, she believes that the Confederate generals wanted to grant the slaves freedom... but only on their terms and not because the president told them to.
My roommate in college did not know how to use a toaster. The first time she pulled it out, audibly said “ok, let’s try to figure this out” and stared at it for about 5 minutes before giving up. I don’t know if she ever figured it out, but I don’t recall seeing anything she ate toasted
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone in their 30’s thought that Africa was made up of “states”. Like the United States of Africa.
Like 50% of people I see even wearing masks are wearing them under their noses. The fact that such a large portion of the adult population is failing in this regard, despite ostensibly seeing doctors and dentists regularly, is just baffling
My sister believed, into her 20’s, that hot water came to the house ready-heated, the same as the cold water supply but, well, hot.
This is in the UK, so no geothermal supply - we had the conversation whilst stood next to her boiler, which she had always wondered why it was there and what it did in her rented house.
The horrifying part? She’s an anaesthetist - the one in charge of you staying alive whilst you have major surgery.
Yes, she had a combi boiler - she didn’t know what it did and thought the water arrived at the house ready-heated, as if there were a nationwide network of hot water pipes alongside the cold ones. The idea that it arrived cold and was heated in your house caused her to stop and think really, really hard for about 30 seconds before asking a lot of questions.
This is getting buried, but during my EMT course, one of the paramedic students put a burrito wrapped in aluminum foil in the microwave. He was already working as a Firefighter.
docSH · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this way just alone with my damn self every time I try to use Saran wrap
Person who I once called a friend was in the workings of becoming a cop. He was a cadet, and was applying at departments around the area.
We go out shooting some guns, and come home to clean them. He privately owns a Glock. If you know how these guns work, you might see where this is going already.
We have all the guns cleaned and reassembled. This person asks me "Do you think I should lube my glock?" As he starts to put it away. I say yes, because this is his first time cleaning it (like, what the fuck) and he's obviously never lubed it.
He goes to remove the slide (top piece) of the firearm, which requires you to pull the trigger.
He had a round chambered, and it fired off into my dining room floor, about 7 inches from my other friends foot. To boot, he pisses himself as I'm scolding him. Literally pisses himself.
I hope you're not a fucking cop. If you are I hope you turn in your badge. I meant that just at him, but really at anyone.
The first friend who visited me at my first apartment, after I move out of my parents house, got hungry and wanted something to eat. I ordered him to the kitchen to cook a few eggs (It was Sunday and I had only eggs and bacon to offer).
I did not know that he has never cooked nor even watched his mom or dead when they did it.
So he cracked open an egg right onto the the hot top plate, no pan or anything.
When smelling the smoke and hearing him cough, I ran into the kitchen and stopped this madness.
When I was living with my ex, I knew he was sheltered, I just didn't realize how sheltered. When his parents went out of town for a month, they asked us to housesit for them, since they had a cat. I ended up doing the cooking most nights, and for whatever reason, he decided he wanted to help this time. Kept asking what he could do. I was making meatloaf and mixing up the ground beef, so I gave in and asked him to open the cans of vegetables.
He stood there for a second or two at first, like he wasn't sure what to do. I assumed at first he just didn't know where to find the can opener, so I pointed out the drawer for him. But even then, he just kinda stood there awkwardly. It was around that time I realized he didn't know how to use a manual can opener. I washed my hands and showed him how it worked (open it up, place blade on the edge and clamp down, etc), and he said he understood, so I got back to mixing up the ingredients.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see him pick the can opener up sideways, place it flat on top of the can opener (with the crank knob facing up), and just.. push down with all the force he could muster. Told him to go back to playing games, as gently as I could without laughing.
During quarantine I met up with a friend who explained to me that he'd only eaten microwave meals since the world shut down. He said he'd been eating a lot of cup ramen so I suggested adding an egg to it for some gourmet shit. Lol.
After I how to do that he asked if I knew how to make scrambled eggs. I was shocked and sure he was joking.
I then proceeded to explain to a 40 year old grown adult how to make scrambled eggs. He didn't know how make hard boiled eggs either.
I worked at a job where the uniform required a long-sleeved button-down shirt. We had a co-worker that everybody secretly referred to as "Buttons." On her first night on the job, she has the cuffs totally unbuttoned and somebody gestures at her cuffs to remind her, thinking she just forgot.
She responds, "I know, I just can't figure it out."
"Figure what out?"
"How to button the cuffs."
"You just...you button them. What do you mean?"
"Yeah, but my wrists can't bend like that."
Co-worker demonstrates how to button the cuffs by using your left hand to button the right, and use your right hand to button the left. "Use my other hand" never occurred to her.
Apparently I was this person to my boyfriend. He once caught me eating rice-a-roni out of one of his brand new copper pans with a sterling steel spoon. He yelled at me “did you grow up in a barn?”…
That was the day I learned silverware can destroy your Teflon or copper pan....I’m from New England where anything goes and my parents didn’t teach me proper etiquette with fancy cooking vessels.
She refused to go to the food court on campus, which we were required to pay a food plan for being freshmen, and instead would only heat up food in the microwave three times a day. Anytime she heated anything up though, she’d leave the room for some reason. The one time she put something in the microwave, left the room, and I hear a loud pop. I looked up at the same moment she opened the door and came in, and we both watched her can of soup, metal can of soup, jump up three inches in the air and then fall on its side, spilling soup everywhere.
The microwave was full of her hair and leftover food anyway, so it got her to clean the thing finally, I guess. I left the room to use the bathroom and escape that mess for a few minutes, but when I came back in, she was heating up a second can of soup in the microwave. She held onto the microwave handle the entire time as the thing was popping. Like if the thing jumped into the air again she’d be able to catch it or something.
Another story with her, she would never clean anything. Everything was always on the floor and all over her desk. When we moved in, she had a bag of a dozen bagels laying on the floor. Eventually they disappeared and I figured she threw them away, like any normal person would. Around the same time, she had a small pillow rip that was dropping pillow fluff everywhere for a week or so until she finally got fed up with eventually picking up the fluff. The pillow got thrown in the corner of the room.
The one weekend she went home, so I was showing all my friends her disgusting microwave (this was before the soup incident, where the thing was cleaned once in an entire semester). my one friend was looking in the microwave, and then asks me: “is she growing mold in here?”
I went over to the microwave, and sure enough, under the ripped pillow in the corner was the bag of bagels that had been in the room for at least two months by that point. The bagels as well as the inside of the bag was covered in a film of mold. Needless to say I threw them out after texting my RA a picture of them.
When my roommate came back she asked me if they had gotten moldy because the pillow was on top of them. I said no, that’s just what bread does, to which she responded, “Oh. I’ve never worked with bread before.”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Changing a tire. Still not sure how it works and have been driving for over 15 years. One day I'll learn, one day...
I've heard that one a lot but at least it's relatively harmless not to know since, well, if the animal is already pregnant it doesn't matter how many male animals got to them at that point 😂
Daily. I work in a hotel and are usually explaining how debit cards actually work to thirty & forty plus year olds. To go that long without any idea how money and banks work is frightening.
A Japanese exchange student at a college in the US who didn't even know how to make cup ramen until shown. He then lived off of that until other Japanese students took pity on him and would go over and cook for him and try to teach him. He never seemed to learn though.
His family was filthy rich and related to the royal family distantly. He'd always been chauffeured to his private schools (really rare even for rich kids there) and never had any kind of normal life without servants. He had some great photos of ancestors in full regalia and of family homes I enjoyed but he couldn't really speak English & my Japanese at the time was limited to a few words and phrases. I do think he was a bit dense and just sent overseas to avoid embarrassment to the family but it was very sad how stunted his development was by the way he'd been raised.
He also showed up at a party put on by international student's union in a coat and tails that very much would've fit in on the deck of the USS Missouri when the surrender was signed. White gloves and all. Though he did not wear a top hat he certainly wasn't going to venture onto the dance floor. Because yeah, it was that kind of normal college party. He also tried to pick up my (Japanese) gf at the time by telling her he had a brand new sports car and asking her to go for a ride. She declined politely of course. We laughed about it later but really the whole thing just made me feel so sad for him.
Now that this question made me remember all that I think I'm going to have to grab some cup noodles and hope he has been able to make some personal progress since then.
One of my friends wanted her baked potato reheated while some of the boys and I were over at a friends for a movie, so she had the great idea to wrap it in tin-foil before putting it in the microwave. She sets the timer on my friend's brand new microwave, and starts sprinting back into the living room so she didn't miss the movie.
The second she rounds the corner we hear a "Buzz..Buzz...BANG!" It honestly sounded like a bomb went off. We all jumped about seven feet in the air and turned around to see a flickering orange light coming from the kitchen.
Around 40 seconds of high-pitch screaming and one fire extinguisher later, We were down a brand new microwave and a baked potato.
My college roommate cleaned dishes without soap, yes even the greasy ones. He then would put them away wet. I later learned he was taking a cooking class...
Oh, he also didn't know how to change the toilet paper in the washroom.
One guy didn't have a clue time zones existed on one of my old jobs. It was an company with international clients and it blew his mind when we told him other nations had different time zones.
Even pulled out a flashlight and small globe to explain it to him. I still don't think he quite "got it".
In Uni my roommate would wipe his ass and then throw the soiled shit filled tissues into the trash next tot he toilet. He also had grown up with his mom always emptying the trash so it would pile up and over flow full of shit tissue. We lived in a small basement apartment with very little ventilation 😞
Coworker had never pumped her own gas until recently. Either a friend, relative, whatever always did it for her. This is well after full-serve stations became scarce.
JY369 · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my first job, I was 19 and this 18 year old asked me for help taking out the trash because they didn’t know how. Never done it before they said
My boyfriend and I were cooking dinner together at his house - my idea. I told him we would need measuring cups for some ingredient. He went to his cabinet, picked up two plastic drinking cups (different sizes, too) and held them out to me saying "One cup or two?"
I had a girlfriend once who would use a random $30 dollar vaccuum¹ to try to suck up water. When I tried to explain that her dad's $400 wet/dry shop vac was built for it but her $30 walmart P.OS. Dryvac wasn't, she looked at me like I was the one who was stupid.
girhen · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had two roommates. Let's call one "Good" and one "Drunk Asshole". I think both were 21 at the time.
"Good" asked to not buy toilet paper as often because he doesn't go through it as often as we are. He knows I worked at Moe's and assplode (Moesplode for Moe's) often. It must be me going through it. I told him that I know I go through a roll every week or two because I used to live alone, and haven't used much more since (Moesplosions or not). I don't get the issue. He said we were going through a roll every DAY. I thought back, and he seemed right. Still, I don't use much TP. He said he'd talked to Drunk Asshole.
Next time I saw Good, he was practically roaring with laughter as he told me what happened. He said, "So, Drunk Asshole, I was just curious... when you wipe your ass, how much toilet paper do you use." Drunk Asshole said "well, you just wad it up, pull a few tickets out, and ball it in your hand. Wipe, throw it away, and do it again a few more times." Good told him to just grab 2 or 3 tickets, wipe, fold, wipe, fold, wipe, and go on. Our TP usage went way down afterward.
TL;DR: My good roommate taught a 21-year-old drunk asshole how to wipe his own ass.
I dated a guy in college who genuinely had no idea how to address an envelope or do laundry!! I have no idea how he got that far without those basic human responsibilities.
Very early in the relationship with an ex asked her why her blankets and sweatshirts were still wet after coming out the dryer. She mentioned that her dryer must be broken because it wouldn't dry like it used to when she moved in.
I asked her if she checked the lint trap and made sure it wasn't clogged. To my surprise she mentioned her dryer doesn't have a lint trap....
There was a load currently in and I asked to take a look at the dryer. When I got there no trap was visible on the outside, so I opened it up and found the lint trap inside. FULL of lint and extremely hot. Thankfully caught it then because it could've ended much much worse.
My new boss didn't know chicken stock went bad and he's been serving chicken broth stuff and the broth is about a month old. I've been here a month and there a staff walk out about to happen.
He also stole half my fucking tips tonight. Fucking awesome.
P.S just to clarify I dumped the broth the moment I found out about it. I hadn't laid eyes on it and when I saw it I was SHOOK.
mozgw4 · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came home one day to the girlfriend trying to do some ironing and getting increasingly frustrated. "The creases won't come out, and I'm having to exert a lot of force pushing down. The iron's probably broken, it's only warm."
Me:"You know you can turn the temperature up, it's adjustable."
"I wondered what that knob was "
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my best friends didn't know to look both ways before crossing the street, I literally had to yank her back into the side walk a few times before she learnt to look
I had a roommate in university that refused to listen to me when I told him that vacuuming a carpet was a more effective way to clean it than sweeping.
I had never met anyone before or since who sweeps a carpet to clean it.
I had a friend who once boasted, "I'm so flexible, I can cut my own my toenails."
I was like "Why do you have to be flexible enough to cut your own toenails?"
She proceeds to put her foot on the wall without bending her knees, and stretches out to touch it and tells me, "Look, I can reach my toenails. It's a little difficult, but I finally learned to cut my own toenails."
I had to teach this grown ass adult that you could just sit down and cut your toenails by bending your knees.
Turns out she had always had her mom or a salon cut her toenails for her or done unnecessary acrobatics to cut them herself because she thought her knees would block the view or something. And that's how she thought everyone got them cut.
I found out a few weeks ago that my (20F) current boyfriend (21M) had no idea how to make pasta. His mom is a SAHM and always had dinner ready when he and his dad got home from work/school. One night after we started dating she knew I'd be over when he got off work, so she made pasta sauce and told him to make pasta for us for dinner. He literally had to wait for me to get there, sit through 20 minutes of me laughing at him, and then wait for me to teach him how to make pasta. I think she did it because she knew I would mildly ridicule him and it would force him to learn how to cook for himself a little. Like he can do laundry and make a mean sammich, but other than that he's helpless.
Luckily I have all sorts of fun recipes I can teach him to make once we get the basics outta the way (i.e., boiling water, browning meat, knife use/care, etc...)
When I was in college there were a few weeks when our city water had issues, so we had to boil the water before drinking it. One of my best friends from college told me she’d never boiled water before, so I went to her apartment to show her how—we put a pot of water on the stove and turned it on and waited and I kid you not she asked me, “how do you know when it’s done?”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 16 year old how to sweep. She’d seen a broom before but never used one. It wasn’t a joke. She was adorably ignorant and sheltered, but she was a hard worker and was excited to learn a new skill.
I had a friend during grad, 20ish, privileged and had all kinds of domestic help one could have
One day we're just discussing about bikes and scooters etc as both of us had one
And one day I noticed that air pressure was way down in her tyres, when I asked her that aren't you feeling it a bit difficult to ride, she said 'Yeah, I have to get water filled in the tyre'
No, I asked again, she actually thought there is water in tyres!!
I had to teach a 30 year old woman how to tie a trash bag to the trash can. She said she had never changed a trash bag in her whole life and someone else would always eventually do it for her.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A person I was working with literally did not understand the concept of an egg. As in, she thought scrambled eggs were made by cracking the egg and literally pureeing the baby chickens inside. The idea that eggs don't come out of the chicken with a fully formed chick inside was a revelation. I was too flabbergasted to judge whether or not she was taking a piss but she seemed clueless about a lot of other things too. I think she was genuinely, honestly just fucking stupid.
We worked in a restaurant. (She didn't last long.)
Had a roommate around 30 years old when we were heading out to dinner he was the first out the door and I followed with locking the door from the inside and i closed it shut. A few steps after he asked if I had keys to lock it. I said I locked it from the inside. He said "you could do that? "
A girl I was dating was in the passenger seat of the car I was driving when her seat belt began to make that clicking noise, you know, the noise it makes when you pull the belt too far. I thought that she would have fixed this on her own, like the way I tought myself at the ripe old age of 4. She proceeded to tell me that the seat belt was broken and that it was stuck. “Why won’t it go any farther?” she exclaimed.
Crossed my mind to just drive off a bridge instead of confronting the fact that she was a moron.
I chose the latter, but like seriously, how by the age of 22 have you not figured out on your own how to reset a seat belt!
At 30, my husband couldn’t fry and egg. Still can’t. Has no idea when it’s done or when to flip it or if he needs to put oil/butter in the pan first. Or what to set the burner at to heat up the pan actually. I should probably encourage him in the kitchen, but frankly I just get frustrated at all the questions and end up blaming his mother. I’m not perfect; patience is hard. It’s just easier if I cook and he does the dishes. Moral: let your spouse live alone before you get married and teach your sons how to do those pesky “women’s” chores.
Handing people a sharp pocket knife. If I have not opened it for them first, the struggle for them to open it is hard watch, watching them use it like they are some kind of pro, then watching then fail repeatedly to close the knife. Leeeeeeet me do that for you friend......
My sister used to put pots of water on the stove to boil and walk away to go play video games. Which is fine for things like mac and cheese, but one time she said she would cook a multi-step dinner (something like raviolis and salad, where you're in the kitchen for an hour doing the different steps) and walked away to go be on her computer. Then she got upset when dinner took 2+ hours (I can usually cook that meal in 1) and tasted like shit because all the parts finished at different times.
She's getting better at the "plan your steps out before cooking" part of cooking, but she still slips up sometimes.
Roommate in college went to run the dishwasher and realized we were out of dishwasher detergent. He opted for the regular dish soap instead. He left immediately after turning it on and I came home a bit later to a kitchen completely covered in soap suds about 6 inches deep.
You can do that. Just with messured cause and attention till you know the baseline.
Back in the day, my mom used liquid soap for detergent - just didn't have any. She didn't abandon the machine. She was there from the start to end, making sure the amount used was okay for the first run...
A) Got the job done; clothes look and smelled clean.
B) Making sure that the amount used was not overkill, creating the very thing you friend made.
She nailed it and did it for years. You can do that with measured diligence.
My best mate was convinced up until our junior year in college that dry cleaners just had fancy washer/dryer units, and not that it was quite literally a dry steaming process. Informed of this when he questioned why i’d dry clean a blazer.
Not mine, but a friend of mine worked as a janitor for his university and a number of the more affluent kids who lived in the dorm had no idea how to do laundry. So they’d pay other students to do it for them.
My car developed a quirk a year or two into owning it, where it idles very rough and sometimes just dies and needs to be restarted while driving. I took out to a mechanic who was stumped and suggested engine replacement.
Then I told my friend about it, and she asked when I'd last changed the oil... I hadn't. Ever.
I can't really explain my thought process there. I was vaguely aware changing oil was a thing, but no bell ever went off for "Do this now!", and it didn't occur to me that could be the problem.
I shall tell a story about myself which my family loves to remind me about....
My experience microwaving frozen things previous to this incident only consisted of defrosting/thawing frozen meat to cook in a frying pan or nuking premade frozen meals (my own premade meals in tubbaware).
Thus, I knew that it could take a long time to nuke most frozen things.
I wanted to have a bagel, but they were frozen in the freezer to keep them from molding. So, with my previous knowledge I nuked it like normal.
Now, I must have been really tired at this time because that's when I get really stupid. Instead of nuking the bagel for three or even six minutes... I nuked it for ten! I don't think I've ever nuked anything for ten minutes prior!
I stepped away and came back to a charcoal brick in the shape of a bagel. I don't think it caught on fire, it just slowly became a black hard lump. No issues with the microwave and there wasn't really smoke but my siblings will never let it go. I'm 25 now (Around 18 then) and now I know to microwave baked goods in 30 second intervals, or 1 minute if it's dense like a muffin.
I worked at a university as a cook, we often had students working in the kitchen with us, many were from foreign countries and away from home, doing any kind of work for the first time in their lives.
I was told to show a young man how to peel carrots for that days prep. I took him to a large sink with a case of carrots beside it, demonstrated how to peel a carrot and asked him if he was comfortable with the project, he confirmed that it was simple enough.
I came back to check on his progress after about 20 minutes to see a sink piled with peelings and asked him where the carrots were, he looked down and pointed at the peels and a pile of nubs.
He didn't understand that he only needed to remove the outside peel so that we could chop the remaining carrots. I had to excuse myself, go have a private laugh and headslap, and give him a new project with much more clear instructions.
During a summer internship in college I shared an apartment with another intern. Throughout the summer I got annoyed with some of her quirks, but the most frustrating was that she never cleaned the toilets. Turns out it wasn’t one of the chores that she did at home, so she didn’t know how to clean one. We were 21.
To her credit, though, she did teach me how to make a grilled cheese on the stove
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend a couple weeks ago went to make a grilled cheese. A few minutes into I hear her say oh I think I’ve used too much butter so I go look and instead of buttering the bread she just threw a huge dollop into the pan then threw the bread on top. I asked her if she’s never made a grilled cheese before and she said no. She’s 29.
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It didn’t in her case the butter collected at the edge of the pan burned and turned black then she dragged the bread through it.
I lived with a girl (30+) and her mother (60+) for a while. Every time they pulled out a screwdriver for some minor task, they recited the mantra 'righty-tighty, lefty-loosey'.
Not as shocking or horrifying, but in college I took an art class for elementary education. When we started the painting portion of the class, it turned out I was the only one who had any real background in painting. One of the first activities we had was to pick a paint card and mix paint until we match the two. I was asked how to make purple. My personal favorite was when we were working on our class project and I had multiple people ask me how to make grey. Let me repeat - we were in college
jle345 · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a few weeks ago, I was visiting a friend in his college dorm. His toilet was absolutely disgusting, and so I asked why he never cleaned it (there was a toilet brush right next to the bowl).
He had never learned how to use a toilet brush. His family had a house keeper his whole life, so he just was never taught how to clean the toilet.
Working directly with musicians for about a decade and a half, everyday was a new nightmare of "Jesus christ how are you alive?".
There was one hell week, where a dude nearly choked to death on his vomit drinking a smoothie.
- Laying down on your back will not prevent you from chucking. Dunno what his skill level of mastery with using a straw was, but he literally inhaled the straw, instead of sipping a smoothie.
a 15+ year experienced guitar player informed me he didn't know what a musical note was and that I'd need to scribe everything going forward.
- Some people are born so naturally talented with perfect pitch they can just copy what other people do, never learn a single technical thing about the instrument and end up being my boss. He thought the strings were NAMED E A D G B E.
we had to confiscate all amp head power cables, tag them and check them out to individuals
- Amplifier heads have to match to a speaker cabinet, because tl;dr heat is absorbed by speaker resistant. This keeps the amp from burning out. Someone turned on the studios amp heads on a friday without cabs connected and we came back to studio on monday with godforsaken smell and mild smoke permeating the recording booth.
a dude who never changed his strings got kicked out because of a nasty infection on his hand.
- He "played so hard his hands bled" and we think he had some metal related infection on his hands.
Dude with a raging chlamydia / burning while urinating infection found out he got 3 girls pregnant.
- He thought women couldn't get pregnant if it was their first time.
When I was a freshman in college my roommate would throw his wiped toilet paper into a bin. His reasons were that he didn’t want to clog the toilet. College freshman never flushed his TP.
My wife's parents both insisting that their is a different measurement cup for solids versus liquids.
When they asked when my measuring cup was, I handed them a set of measuring cups and they asked if I had one for liquids. Confused, I said yeah, these measures liquids too.
The next day they come back with one of those larger measuring cups that allow you to measure multiple cups at once because they insisted the other ones weren't for measuring liquids. Even after pouring into it from the smaller 8oz cup they still denied they were the same.
In navy boot camp, about 80of us live together in one big compartment and have our clothing washed together. When it's time to pass the "clean" laundry out, we march around the compartment and toss each other's uniforms, including tightie whities, onto each other's racks (beds). Let's just say we all learned quickly who didn't know how to wipe their ass quite quickly. And, because all our clothing was stenciled with our names, their was no denying. I still have flashbacks of everyone trying to avoid Anderson's skivvies. They were shit stained from the back all the way up to the fly! On every pair! I'm like, there's no way you didn't feel that
My brother the bachelor bought a house and I visited after a couple months... The toilet was the most disgusting thing I had ever seen! He had no toilet cleaner, no toilet brush, and I just had to tell him that I would be absolutely horrified to have anybody see it like that.
I could tell I had heard his feelings, but a week later he had bought a toilet brush XD
My partner and I coincidentally had the same housemate at different times before we met. I remarked that she didn’t know how to cook using the oven very well, and he said that when they lived together she was found putting sticks and newspaper in the oven and trying to light it as she assumed that’s how electric ovens worked...
I guess I'll submit my own. I'm the only member of my family that doesn't drink coffee, so I'm not really versed on how to make it. One time my sister had some important meeting and asked me to start a pot as she got ready. For how much grounds to add she told me "fill the cup up to about here", the problem was when she said cup she meant the scoop inside the can of grounds, whereas I filled the cup thing where the filter goes, basically making the coffee 5 times as strong as it should be. She knew something was off when she added cream and the color remained completely black
My friends brother decided to make bread one day to after watching a food network episode, (didnt care to look up the recipe) and he did, if the bread you like is flat, wet, dripping slop. Turns out that just 4 eggs, 3 cups of water and two table spoons of flour with a pinch of salt in a gaddamn microwave for 30 minuets is NOT the way to make a good bread. He is 23...still doesn't know how to make bread, he does have a new microwave.
I had a friend who threw a dishwasher tab straight into the dishwasher on top of all the dirty dishes. He had only ever used tide pods for laundry so he thought they worked the same...
One of my past girlfriends offered to cook the bacon for the burgers we were making for a party while I tended the grill. I said sure. I went into the kitchen for something and saw that she had taken a metal saucepan lid, put it upside down over the gas burner, and had put the entire pack of bacon on it without separating the slices.
I cooked the bacon.
amcrow · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom worked at a food prep cooking store where you’d go in and follow a recipe where all the ingredients were laid out for you. So this one 40ish year old lady called her over and asked very seriously “excuse me but the recipe says I need 2 tablespoons of garlic but there’s only a 1 tablespoon measurement here...” my mom nicely explained that she could use that one twice while she went and “looked” for the 2 tablespoon measuring spoon
My roommate thought there was only one kind of apple. He thought that the apple started off green, turned to yellow, and then finally red. He also thought the names such as "Honeycrisp" and "Red Delicious" were just different brand names based on the orchards they came from.
A college roommate of mine told our other roommate one day that we had a magic self-cleaning toilet in our shared bathroom that never, ever seemed to get dirty, and simply didn’t need to be cleaned. She had no idea I’d been cleaning it since we moved in.
My SIL on a cabin trip kept turning the heater up to 99 degrees so it would “get warmer faster.” Cooked us all.
Another time, my husband, her brother, cleared his throat and said, “Man, I can’t get this frog out of my throat!”
No lie, no sarcasm. She said aghast, “How did you get a FROG into your THROAT?!”
Hahaha, I get that. Just imagined that there was some way for an ember or something to go down the propane tank hose and ignite the tank. Might be important to note that the propane was hooked up but not turned on.
My girlfriend (23, who is overall a smart person, which made the moment even more mind blowing to me) was absolutely SHOCKED to learn that ponies were a real animal, not just a mythological creature like a unicorn.
How to properly say ”awry”. I thought it was pronounced awwwreeeee. I was 27. In my defense, I had only read that word in books. Never heard it out loud before lol
I taught two sons of firemen how to put out a grease fire, from pan cooked hamburgers, by smothering the flames with a lid. Neither of them had jobs in the food industry.
Went on a lads holiday, and before going out clubbing one of my friends asked me to iron his shirt because he didn't know how as he never done it before... He had a blank look on his face so I didn't laugh, just was kinda surprised
Just a background, I’m from a tropical country where our local fruits consist of durians, mangos, bananas, mangosteen and etc.
So one day I was eating a mangosteen and she stood up from her seat and asked me how I open a mangosteen. I asked her how she normally eats it, her response was “my mum opens it for me. I never did it myself”.
She’s 29 yo and her favourite fruit is mangosteen....
My old roommates did all sorts of shit. One would never actually wash pans or pots, just rinse them with water because he always made the same thing on them.
The other refused to put roach traps in his room when our building had a terrible roach problem saying it wouldn’t work thinking they only killed one at a time
To make matters worse the next door neighbors would always turn away pest control saying the cats took care of the roaches. Eventually because me and others kept calling for pest control, the apartment complex scheduled pest control to come every Friday and said anyone refusing service would be fined. The neighbors eventually got evicted and the maintenance have told me since then that their apartment was straight up disgusting.
Also same set of apartments different building someone put a chicken in the oven and then went to sleep. Needless to say the building burnt down. I was cat sitting for my parents at the time and when I came back I wasn’t even able to get to my apartment.
Okay, this is probably relatively harmless compared to a lot of them, but it’s haunted me for years.
I had a coworker who, in front of all of us, chowed down on a plain bagel. Sideways. And whole. Nothing on it. Just a plain, dry bagel out of the bag that he proceeded to turn sideways like a wheel and eat around the outside of until he’d slowly whittled it away to nothing.
When I asked him why, exactly, he hadn’t at least taken his bagel apart at the pre-cut slices like a goddamn normal human being, I made my second horrifying discovery.
“It’s bag-ul.” he says, with no hint of irony (or Community reference).
No one had ever taught this grown ass man how to eat a bagel - or pronounce it.
Here’s one for you. One of my high school friends brought his new girlfriend to cottage weekend one year. In the morning, she wanted to “help” me make breakfast for everyone (about 12 of us). I said “sure, you can start by making toast. The toaster is over there (pointing to it).” She grabbed the bread walked over to the toaster, and I turned and went back to frying the bacon. After a few minutes she responded, quite confused “how come it’s not getting darker?” Turning around, I saw the bread sitting in slots but not pressed down. I informed her you to have to press the button down to turn it on. I also decide to ask, “is it plugged in?” To which she replied “yes” and continued to stare at the toaster like it was the first time she had seen one in her life. When, again, a few minutes later she said “it’s still not getting darker!” I walked over and pointed out that the toasted was, in fact, unplugged and thus would not work. Her joyful reply was “but the cord is plugged into the back of the toaster!” I decided to let her help by pouring juice, coffee, and water. And yes, she spilled all three things!
One thing that is very important when you live in remote rural areas is being able to drive. There was this old lady at my church, she could drive but only locally and not at night since her husband did almost all the driving. After he died, it was hard for her to get around. The people at the church tried to help her, but she lived over 20 miles away from almost everyone and I feel like she felt kind of guilty and didn't want to be a burden on others. Eventually she developed memory issues and moved to the city to be closer to her daughter.
I get a call from my mom one day frantically asking me to come over and book her airline tickets to go see her mom whose health was declining quickly. Grown woman in her mid 50s was freaking out about buying tickets online because my dad who was away on a business trip always did it for her.
I worked customer service for a credit card company, it amazed me how many people didn't think they had to pay what they bought back.
Also a friend of a friend told his fiancee that he "knew how to make mashed potatoes," and so he tried to blend RAW potatoes.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate freshman year in college had never used a microwave before. He asked how long he had to heat up some leftover take-out food for. His guess was 15 minutes. “My mom always made me food”
I had a college dorm mate who was the most sheltered person I’ve ever met. The first time he did laundry, he thought you had to fill the machine with detergent until you could see it in the hole you put it in, as if it was like a milk bottle or something.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an exroommate, dumb, and he was the kind of moron that would think that just because he was from the country, he knew everything. He was the kind of moron that would play his upright bass all day and night and didn't care when I yelled at him and was upset when he was asleep and you made the tiniest amount of noise. Light sleeper.
So Mr. know it all and his dumbass gf, dumber, decide that the best way to make food in their cast iron is to never clean it. Like literally, never clean it. It was already bad enough that dumb and dumber over here never washed the dishes and always had me do it but they told me specifically to never wash the cast iron. I question them why, and they said that this is how you lock in the flavor, if you wash it you destroy it. So not a single drop of water is to ever touch the thing.
Needless to say, that thing was nasty, they would assume that the mold or whatever that was growing on it would die if you heat it up and they would always wonder why they would get sick every time they ate anything with it. He even tried to make a "Medium well" chicken on it and I told him, you need to cook it all the way but nope, I'm from the country, he would always say, and we know how to do things right unlike you city slickers. He ended up in the hospital with guess what, food poisoning.
He had no idea how to take care of the cast iron and assumed that you never clean the thing so when I actually tried my hand at cleaning it and reseasoning it to the best of my ability, he was furious. He started demanding that I buy him a new one and that I ruined it and yadda yadda yadda.
I take it to a friend of mine, he properly cleans it and reseasons it like a pro since he owned a successful restaurant and the thing looks like new from the store. I give that to dumb and dumber and they go on a rant about how they hoped I learned my lesson and whatever. Of course, they never clean it again and as it gets more use, they become more sick.....again.
He's so stupid, he told me not to mess with the A/C because I would break the chemical coil and cause the building to explode like wtf? He wanted me to turn off my mini fridge because he claimed that it made our bill go up about 300 a month despite him always turning down the main ac to as low as it could go.
Seriously, I could go on and on about this guy and his moronic gf, now wife and it pains me to think that these idiots had a child! Oh dear lord help us all. We were all in our early 20s during this time.
More horrifying in the “You’re how old and don’t know this?” sense but I had to teach my 18 year old niece how to cut food up with a knife while eating at a restaurant. She never had to cut her food, my Grandma always did it. I’ve also notice my 29 year old boyfriend also doesn’t really know how to hold his knife to cut food with either.
I went on a 3 month trip down to south america to volunteer and it was about 6 of us down there together in a group from all over the us, one girl didn’t know that she was suppose to drink water in order to stay hydrated, she couldn’t fold her sheet (like the top one), she couldn’t the her shoes, and a bunch of other irresponsible things. she lost her passport and both credit cards, had lice for over a month and gave it to two other girls in our group and had phone sex when we were all sharing a hotel room. i had to work with her while we were in the second country and she stressed me out so much i got an ulcer from it.
I once worked for an emissions testing station and I had a teenage girl with her dad come through in a nice Lexus and I hear out the window "dad, which is the brakes again?"...
I quickly move out of the way while still waving them in.... Anyway it was an uneventful test. Until a day the next week the same girl comes Again with her dad in a big truck and asks the same question AGAIN about the brakes. Again I move out of the way. I make small talk and apparently her dad owns a car dealership and she totalled the Lexus and he gave her a truck then figuring she won't total it.
And AGAIN another week goes by and she comes in a pos old Honda and her dad said he's done giving her new cars until she stops totalling them
My wife, and her mother, and her grandmother all cannot for love nor money operate any product that has resealable packaging. This is such a fucking random non issue but still and issue to have. I once offered to be her slave for an entire day if she could open a packet of cheese that was resealable. She was very careful and still fucked it up.
It's fucking glorious to be hold. All 3 of them loose the plot after 4 seconds of trying and just rip it apart like some wild cat. Her mother never even tries, she just claws that shit then wonders why her fridge stinks the next day.
Wife is a total perfectionist about so many things and is so on top of everything. I really get a lot of mileage out of this one fucking bizarre trait. She actually just asks me to open ham, cheese and other products now the same way ye might ask for help with a tight jam jar. I loose it every time.
Anyone who speaks English as a primary language and still doesn't know the difference between "you, you're", "too, two, to" "there, they're, their" should be lambasted and not defended. Reddit has a problem with protecting idiots.
Honestly they should have just not made so many versions of the same fucking word.
They teach you the difference in 3rd grade.
Like I fuckin cared about the difference back then
And I still don't fucking care.
Nobody does.
I work with animals and we have volunteers who come in to help out. One time a woman washed all the food and water bowls, several dozen of them, and laid them out neatly to dry, face up.
Another time I asked a high school girl to start dumping cans of wet food into a big bowl for dinner and walked out. I came back a few minutes later when I didn’t hear any can lids popping (they were pop-tops). She was just standing there still holding the can so I asked her what was up. She held out the can and said, “I don’t know how to open this.” I was dumbfounded. Add to that the fact that she didn’t just ask me makes me worried about how she’ll get through life.
Just bought a moped with my (ex)wife and was riding her around on the back. I told her she should drive because it was easy. I sit behind her and she asks what to do, I say “it’s easy just twist the throttle” and make the motion with my hand twisting my wrist. She twists the throttle all the way back and drives us right into some trees. Luckily the trees weren’t far away so we didn’t get hurt but it totaled the moped
I guess I figured given the ubiquity of motorcycles in film and knowing how bicycles work, she should know how a moped works.
A guy I was working with thought it was my job to teach him how to subtract.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For my first comic book convention, I roomed with someone with whom I went to college with. They had been to conventions for years, prior to this one.. We decided it would be better to take a taxi at least to the convention center. We get down to the lobby, and first thing he does when he goes downstairs is ask the receptionist what's the local number for a taxi. I literally looked at him like o_O ... There were three taxi's outside that were available, and I had to slowly nudge him away from the counter for a second, and turn him around. It was both horrifying and hilarious.
This person doesn't drive, to this day, and I still check up on them from time to time to make sure they get around okay.
Work at Walmart. Had a customer who was probably in her late 30s to early 40s ask me how to cook rice. I proceeded to pick up the box and read the instructions to her.
Tedius · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter's boyfriend had never seen a potato before.
My adorable and extremely sheltered asian friend believed leaving a fan on in a bedroom too long would eventually blow out all of the oxygen in the room. She was terrified for me when i told her i sleep with a fan in my face and have done so since i was a child.
I know this isn’t “how do you not know how to do this,” but more “how do you not know this.” My aunt always used to avoid using lotion labeled “for dry hands” because she thought it meant it would make her hands drier. Her brother, my uncle, would always mark the box asking if you need a chaperone in the hospital. His reason? He wants the cheaper one of whatever he’s getting at the doctors. Her daughter? Wondered which way the wind was blowing and stuck her hand out the car window. Me? Said it wouldn’t be so windy if the giant windmill fans weren’t blowing.
Brother-in-law was nearly 30 and had no idea why anyone would like shrimp. He had tried it at parties and found it disgusting. Crunchy and tasteless.
He had no idea you had to peel shrimp and had been eating it all his life unpeeled.
My friend once tried cooking Maggi noodles. He emptied the packed in a pan filled with water, covered it with lid and waited.
The gas wasn't turned on.
I grew up on well water. There was (and still is I guess) a pump in the front yard that sucks the water up and pumps it through a filter and into the house. This pump is run off of electricity, specifically, the regular grid (no generator back up), so if the power goes out, we have no water or power.
I was spending the weekend with my boyfriend at his dad's house and the power happened to go out. Now I didn't know the difference between city and well water, it honestly never occurred to me to ask what water they used. The power stayed out for about 2 hours, long enough that I had to go pee, but not long enough to get desperate.
The power flicks back on and I make the remark to the guys, 'Oh thank goodness the power's back, I really have to go.' His dad gives me this look as I head down the hall to the bathroom. About an hour later he asks me what I meant and I gave him a blank look,
"Well, the power went out. So no water. So no...bathroom..."
"That's not how it works here...we have city water."
Bless them, they had to explain to me the difference.
I only learnt this when I moved to a city. Even now I have remind myself I have access to water when the power goes out.
ssxb · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former roommate didn’t know how to do laundry well into his 20s. He’d go home every two or three months and take an enormous duffle bag of dirty clothes with him for his mom to clean. We lived on a populated island off the coast and his parents lived on the mainland, so he had to take a lengthy, expensive ferry there and back. Oh, and we had a brand new, free-to-use, washer and dryer in our basement.
Our other roommate and I went into his room while he was gone once and counted his t-shirts; he had about 200 of them in case he couldn’t make it home for like 6 months.
That's not unreasonable.
I have aleast two shirts and one pair of pants for everyday of the week.
I do laundry once a week.
ssxb · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, but I’m assuming you don’t have like 600-900 shirts in your closet in case you can’t get home for your mom to do your laundry. He’s not into fashion or has a job that requires frequent clothing changes or anything. We asked him why he had so many shirts and he said it’s so he can do his laundry at home.
One of my seniors back in my hostel had never used shampoo before. He used to oil his hair everyday tho. It was only when I and his batch mates told him that it was considered basic hygiene to shampoo your hair and almost everyone does it, he agreed to try it. Still he had to call his mom up to ask her permission. Mind you this guy was 19yo.
tkamka · 2 points · Posted at 05:15:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). We teach parents things like changing diapers, normal baby things. I was teaching a first time mom how to clean her baby girl, wiping from front to back. FRONT TO BACK. You wipe front to back to not get poop in your vagina.
I thought this was female common knowledge... Like the first thing our caregivers taught during potty training. "Always wipe front to back, and don't let anyone touch you down here".
I worked at a FAANG company in supply chain (hardware), so we received boxes of material and other assets that we ordered. My co-worker would struggle opening the deliveries. I gave him a box cutter and he just looked at it and asked me what it was. I had to show him how to slide the blade and lock it. He was still confused, so I had to demonstrate how to cut the tape with blade, to open the box. It was quite surreal.
Training a 20 y/o at work. Proceed to tell trainee to watch the clock because a specific task needs to be performed at 3:17 am. Trainee proceeds to tell me he does not know how to read old fashioned clocks... whaaaa... im 8 years older than trainee. Am i an antique?
Every clock in school is analog.
Aleast when I was in school we had nothing but analog clocks.
If you wanted to know when the classes let out you looked at the clock.
Even to this day I guarantee I could walk into all my old schools and I would see the same clocks I used during my school time.
In my 20s a guy in work admitted he couldn't name a single country on a map. He explained he'd no interest in geography and if he needed to go to any of these places he'd take a plane so why did he need to know where anything was. I was astounded although his logic was vaguely sound :-D
My roommate didn’t know you had to de-scale a fish before cooking it. He had cooked and eaten fish before but it was always frozen prepackaged fish. He got his hands on a fresh fish and just gutted it before preparing it to be cooked.
The taste and texture of a piece of fish covered in scales is a unique thing I wish you all never experience because it was horrifying.
A girl I know thought, and maybe still does, that the word “outfit” was pronounced, and spelled, “alfit.” I heard our other friend ask her how she got through high school and college thinking this. She just said she had no idea it was spelled and pronounced the way it actually is.
Went to the gas station to fill up a work truck with a coworker and when I parked realized that I had parked at a gas only pump and was getting back in to drive to a diesel pump and my coworker said “why bother moving the truck when you can just fill it up with premium gas”. I then asked why I would put premium gas in a diesel truck and he claimed that premium gas was just as good as diesel and would work just fine. I told him he was a fucking idiot and went to a diesel pump and began filling the truck up thinking that was the end of it only to see him making a call to our supervisor and asking him if you can put premium in a diesel truck. After like a 3 minute conversation he hung up the phone and said our supervisor said he isn’t allowed to take any diesel truck to the gas station to fill them up out of fear that he would put gas in them.
Boss bought a UV light to help sanitize against COVID. Didnt read the manual, and left it on at a shared workstation leading to multiple employees and customers getting sunburns on their faces and corneas.
I'm an installer for digital tv and internet. So I meet a lot of people.
It's 2020 and it shocks me that so many people know so little about phones, tv's or computers ... There are people in their 30's who do not know how to connect their iphone to the wifi ... And then there is the elderly ... There are so stubborn. So many cases where I have to go and change their source on the tv ... They then have to pay €85 for it. Then they get angry and say there are with us for 7 years! I then look at their tv and say: ma'am ... You have a 10year old tv, you had plenty of time to learn how to use the remote.
I was running a section of a hotel kitchen, the fine dining line with 4 stations, sautee, grill/fry, pantry/cold and what we called the badger. The badger was the newest person on the line and responsible for keeping the other 3 stations stocked, informed, and covering breaks. Generally a runner for the cooks so they could do their best work.
Guy gets a shot at cooking on the line, younger dude, married with a kid on the way. First 3 days in the kitchen he was the badger. He was a rockstar for a rookie. He ran his ass off for us on a busy weekend and I was happy to have someone with a work ethic. He really seemed to like the work too. I told him that attitude is what it takes to make a career in food and to keep it up and he could make more money. He was so excited.
A few weeks pass and the badger is still going strong. I decide to throw him on grill. Lunch time is easy, burgers and fries. I walk him through the basics and head off to a meeting for 30 mins.
I came back and he was almost in tears. He had to make 4 burgers on one ticket. They didn’t get done and the server was upset and wondering why there’s no food and the guests are hungry. I pull him aside.
Me: Badger why didn’t you make the burgers that came in?
Badger: I didn’t see what the ticket said
Me: is the ink too light? I just put another ribbon in, do you need more light?
Badger: I don’t know how to read
My heart sunk to my stomach. He sobbed. I felt horrible. Here I took it for granted he could read. I let him have the day off, and let him know it’s cool and we can work with him either way. I tried to get him into an adult literacy program, but he never came back, never answered his phone.
I know it’s not totally his fault he can’t read, but he graduated! How does that happen? Oh yeah. America.
This story really touched me. Someone with so much promise and a great work ethic who really wanted to achieve something in life held back by embarrassment over something so simple. That’s so heartbreaking.
It really is. Whoever brought him up got part of it right but did a huge disservice to him by allowing it. I’m sure his parents did his homework for him or something.
I was dating a 32-year-old full-fledge DOCTOR. 12 years of postgraduate studies, saving lives and all.
However, he was seriously sheltered his whole life (never made his bed a day in his life, had every meal served to him, parents made his luggage when he needed to travel, never even brought back the empty plate to the kitchen, ...).
One day we decided to cook and he would bake the 'ready-made' potatoes. It had instructions. So he tore the plastic at the top and put the plastic container straight in the oven, including the plastic spices packet on top. He thought it would just 'melt and mix'.
A person I interacted with (not a colleague, thank goodness) was in charge of entering timesheets of hundreds of people so they could get paid. This involved manually adding a couple of daily time totals and entering the final total.
This person was middle-aged and had worked in administration jobs for several years. She did not know there were sixty minutes in an hour. And yes, this meant she regularly fucked up people's timesheets and they didn't get paid properly.
Mine is pretty simple: my coworker demand a laptop to go with her desktop because she doesn't understand that you can minimize applications. Despite many attempts to try and show her, she eventually convinced the boss and got one. Now she has outlook open in her desktop, Excel open on her laptop, and asks others to use their machines to input information into a business proprietary app.
Why yes, she does earn a six figure salary, how surprising.
It was January in Alberta. It was -40 degrees Celsius outside. I called my partner from work at about 10 pm, and he casually told me the FURNACE WASN’T WORKING and hadn’t been working all day.
I freaked out, the house was a rental and pipes would burst at that temperature, and we had two cats. I asked him how he could possibly stand the temperature and what he had done to deal with it and he told me he had put on his winter coat.
I had a friend (19) stay with me when I was 19. I’d been living alone almost two years by then and had the adulting thing mostly figured out. So while she was there, I was getting ready for work and she decided to make ramen. This girl took out a saucepan, put the brick of ramen in with no water, and turned my stove on. I only figured it out when I smelled the burning noodle/powder mixture. I went and checked the kitchen and she was standing over it, thinking this must be how ramen smells when it’s cooking. I banned her from my stove after that since I still had to work and she was just visiting. She could’ve burned my apartment down, and since the complex was one giant building of 200+ units, it would’ve been catastrophic. Five years later and SOMEHOW she still hasn’t set anything on fire (at least that I know of). She moved away but I pray to God she figured out how to at least make ramen. I really don’t know if she knew had to feed herself anything but sandwiches and cereal at that point.
My partners little sister (who is in her 20's) was making a recipe she found online, it was in american measurements and used farenheit tempretures. We are Australian so we use celcius on our ovens when baking but she had NO IDEA and baked her dish at 350 degrees CELCIUS for over an hour (that is 662 farenheit). The thought did not even cross her mind that it was physically the hottest the oven counld possibly go, knob completley to max.
Not only that, she had put it in the oven and then went straight into the shower for over 30 mins, came out and the entire house was filled with dark black smoke and stank of burning for 2 weeks.
Went out with a mate to a chinese restaurant for dinner after an evening catchup. He and I are both half Chinese so we’re both accustomed to the food (or I thought he was). He ordered some good old pork steamed buns and said “I love these, I get them every time I eat chinese” which was fine until I saw him take a bite. He took a good bite out of it, but the problem was he didn’t take off the paper at the bottom of the bun. I was like “Oi u forgot to take the paper off...” and started laughing but he just looked at me with pure innocence. He said “what? Wdym I forgot to take the paper off, You’re meant to eat the paper.” I just started laughing and asked why he thought that, did his parents tell him that as a kid? He said “nah I just assumed that was the way to eat it. The paper tasted good so I thought it was normal” then I just lost my shit with laughter and had to explain that you’re not meant to eat the paper. The man had probably eaten hundreds of those steamed buns without realising you’re not meant to eat the paper. I was honestly more surprised that his family never roasted him for it too haha. Learn from my friends mistake please, take the paper off your steamed buns so you don’t ingest hundreds of pieces of the paper HAHA
tl;dr - friend who is half chinese didn’t know you had to take the paper off the bottom of a steamed bun because he thought it tasted good and that it was normal
Guy in my dorm caught the washing machine on fire twice before an RA had to step in and walk him through it. We still don’t know how it caught on fire.
Guys I'm 25 year old, I have been insanely sheltered my whole life, I feel like I could be any person who gets fucked up doing things it's kinda scary, anyone can give me some advice or educate me some basic things ?
I grew up in an abusive home and was intentionally not taught any life skills. Between Google and very caring friends, I'm now a mostly functional adult. Use any resources you can find; from friends, books, Instructables, Google, YouTube... Anything. Don't be embarrassed, either. There's a difference between ignorance and stupidity; and true ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of. It's not your fault you weren't taught.
My friend had a five year old, was 25 herself. She had probably hosted many birthday parties by then. That’s important for the next part. For Valentine’s Day, she was wanting to use balloons to surprise her husband...she said...”Those balloons sucked they didn’t even float” she blew them up with her mouth....so like....duh of course they don’t float? She thought the balloons malfunctioned. 😬
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread has made me lose the little amount of hope I had left.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Went to college with a lot of different kinds of people. Nothing I'd ever been exposed to until I got there. The wealthy international students I knew were on another planet. Nice people, but one guy's butler would drive up just to do his laundry every 2 weeks and he paid for 10 person dinners and drinks for friends with his gold card that his parents just paid off for him.
And my college roommate's family owned so many homes all over the world, I'd lost track. She couldn't understand why my parents didn't also buy her everything she needed for college when they came to visit, at the start of the school year. Yet she had her own goldcard for anything she wanted, she told me later. That one was from a very interesting country.
Not sure if they were used to taking care of much themselves, somehow...
gjln92 · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cooking mashed potatoes one day and my uncle noticed that I was rinsing the potatoes after I had peeled them. He asked me why I was washing them, since I had peeled them and we wouldn't be eating the peel anyways. I thought he was joking around, but he was being 100% serious. So I explained to him that I was rinsing the dirt off, before filling up the pot with water. He then said, "well shit that's why yours and memere's mashed potatoes have always tasted better than mine!" lol My grandma taught me alot in the kitchen, but guess my uncle missed that lesson.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If the peel is what has the dirt on it, and your not eating the peel, why wash it? Thats extra work
gjln92 · 2 points · Posted at 06:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you're peeling them some dirt gets on the potatoes from your hands and the peeler I guess. I know alot of dirt still comes off when I clean them after I've peeled them.
My husband, god bless him, did not know that you could change the filter on a vacuum. So every 6 months, he would throw it out and buy another $100 vacuum.
My experience happened a few years ago, and is more of a speculative "how do you not know that?". After a visit home for the holidays, whilst waiting in one of those long queues for airport security, my now-husband brought up my sister's new baby girl, whom we'd just met. He was pondering parenthood aloud and commented, "I get kids are a lot of work, but I don't understand why your sister and her husband are having trouble leaving the house to run errands, or to see a movie? Just put her down for a nap, and once she's asleep, leave. She can't walk yet so she'll still be there when they get back."
I thought he was kidding so I began laughing- until I was met with a blank stare and a "what's so funny?" This spiraled into a discussion with a well-educated, normally(?) rational 28yo male on why leaving infants unattended for extended periods is unsafe. I thought I was getting punk'd.
He had zero idea that most parents of 3-month-old babies did not skip off to the store or for a bite when their kids nod off in their cribs. More shocking was he began reasoning why it was an acceptable and normal parenting practice, and that I was the one out-of-the-loop, until we heard a snort from behind us (I believe it was the moment he exclaimed for a third time, "babies are like puppies, and you can leave puppies in crates while you go out"). We'd unknowingly had an audience in the family behind us, and the incredulous glances of the parents stunned him into silence.
He's since recanted all statements made that evening, but sometimes I'm still shocked by the realization we assume our peers (and spouses) move through life with the same innate "common sense" as each other.
I worked in an office that employed several therapists. I sent an email to one of the therapists with a few questions in it. She was probably about 45 years old. Homegirl printed the email, wrote her answers on it, and then faxed it back to me. Not exactly horrifying, but I was definitely perplexed.
I had a college roomate, a freshman, that did not know how to order a pizza. I had to help her fill out an online order because she did not want to call.
I understand some people have anxiety about talking on the phone, although I do not have that problem myself. But, she didn't know how to use the domino's pizza app smh
I worked at a summer camp that because of the way it was scheduled meant that a lot of people would live at the camp for the summer or they would only go home occasionally. Because of this the cabins had washing machines in the back that we would use to wash our clothes for the week. One of the first weeks I was in a cabin with a girl who was nice enough but obviously a little ditzy. On a Friday night she asked me if I could help her with the machine and I thought she meant it wasn't working so I went back and asked her what she had done and she explained that she put her clothes in the machine and added bleach and ran the machine. I asked her if she meant detergent and she reiterated bleach. Turned out she had never done her own laundry and just knew that sometimes bleach was used so she poured some on her clothes before washing. Most of her clothes didn't make it out some got lucky and only had some spots but I don't want to know how much she had to spend to replace a weeks worth of clothes.
When my husband and I first moved in together he found out that despite being raised to learn cooking skills and knife skill and just all around good basic kitchen skills.... I didn't learn things like don't use a metal utensil in a non stick pan. And don't cut directly on the counter, instead use a cutting board. And clean as you go so you don't have a huge mess at the end. I'm glad he didn't dump me. We've been married 5 years now and I don't do those things anymore. I'm teachable, yay! One thing I taught him is you can leave butter on the counter and it won't go bad and will be easier to spread.
I knew a girl who had her wisdom teeth removed and was upset because she couldn’t slurp her noodles and so couldn’t eat her food. I asked why she didn’t just cut the noodles up?? It had never occurred to her. This was WELL after the drugs had worn off, by the way.
This same person also took her car to the mechanics many times because her air conditioner wasn’t cooling her car. They told her nothing was wrong with it. I rode in her car on a sweltering day with the windows down while she told me the story. I pressed the a/c button on her dashboard and it was instantly icy in the car. She had no inkling of what that button did.
This same person also could not grocery shop. Had no idea how to tell if fruits were good. Couldn’t think of ingredients going together beyond “frozen prepared food goes in microwave.”
The aforementioned car was bought at full sticker price with an exorbitant interest rate because she didn’t know that buying a car isn’t like buying an item off a shelf.
To top all of this off, this girl was the top of her nuclear engineering class. Book-smart as hell, dumber than a box of rocks.
I was working at a dine in movie theater as a server and one day had to train a new server. We had gotten to the end of the shift with no major bumps and the last thing we had to do was clean up the theater. I handed them a broom and asked them to sweep and they stared at me and asked how. I didn't really know how to answer. Never thought I would have to train someone on sweeping.
My first time at a gun range, my ex and I went with a police officer.... we are way more knowledgeable now then we were then, but still ... he had a fail to fire “when you pull the trigger and the gun doesn’t go off” and we knew even then when it happened and he looked down the barrel that was scary
I was watching a tictok with a young girl struggling to figure out how to use a manual can opener. I laughed a bit. I showed it to my boyfriend who'd just moved in, and he just said cool. I later found out HE also didn't know how to use a manual can opener and I felt so bad
About 10 years ago my friend and I went to visit our other friend in the hospital who was having a baby. All of us were in our late twenties. Our mutual friend was explaining how the C-section was gonna go down if she couldn’t deliver vaginally. I asked a question about the baby’s lungs being fully developed and how that would affect its breathing. Our other friend, who had been completely silent through the entire convo looked me dead in my eyeball, and with absolute authority and seriousness said “don’t be ridiculous, everyone knows baby breathe through their skin”. ....You could have heard a pin drop. It took us 15 minutes and the nurse to convince her otherwise.
Old college roommate didn't know how to hand wash dishes. Like she couldn't put two and two together that you use soap and water and scrub til the foods gone.
t_dubb · 2 points · Posted at 06:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did that ever make you wonder if she washes her hands
Yesterday I was choking while having my lunch, and my mother started hitting me hard on the back of my neck. Imagine being unable to breathe and someone starts smashing the back of your neck repeatedly.
After I recollected myself I told her you’re not supposed to hit people on the back of their neck when they’re choking, you’re supposed to hit the back of their ribcage. To which she replied “don’t teach me, I’m your mother. And yes we’re supposed to hit people on the back of their neck when they’re choking, my brother told me so.”
I replied with “your brother is an idiot, you’ll get someone killed someday”
Now I’m stuck at home and she hasn’t cooked me breakfast today. Having to cook my own stuff separately.
And she still thinks you’re supposed to smash people’s necks if they’re choking.
Not the most shocking thing but I realized a few days ago that my friend has never seen instant ramen. 30 years old and literally had no idea what it was. I brought some for lunch and they couldn't understand what the seasoning packet was or how to cook it. In the end they loved it though.
t-rkr · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't see why this is a bad thing. Good for him/her only knowing 'real' food.
Gave a tutorial on changing a light bulb for someone who didn’t know how.
As in, an adult born and raised in a developed country. I went to this person’s apartment and noticed that a floor lamp in the living room was burnt out. There was also, in the bedroom, one of those ceiling fans that has the light sconce built into the bottom of it, and the bulb in there was burnt out too, so the only light source in the bedroom was a small nightstand lamp.
She didn’t know that you change lightbulbs. She was planning on buying a new lamp next time she was out and was waiting till her parents came to visit to report the ceiling fixture. For Pete’s sake, it wasn’t even a fixture where you have to take the glass cover off before you can get at the bulb. It was an exposed light bulb.
Um...do you...want me to change the lightbulb for you, I said. You can do that? was the reply.
Mmhm. You unscrew the old one, and screw in a new one. There were no spares in the apartment, so I just unscrewed both and explained to her to just take these to a Home Depot, have someone help you find new ones of this same kind, then bring them home and screw them in. Do what we just did, but in reverse. Then you won’t have to live in the fucking dark like a veal calf until the people who spawned you and didn’t see fit to teach you how to CHANGE A LIGHT BULB decide to come to town.
Wouldn’t it occur to you to check YouTube or something for instructional videos on changing a light bulb? Can you get much more helpless?!? This girl was in college. One of the larger ones.
when i first entered the military, after boot camp/ basic training where you finally get to sleep in a room or dorm and not in a squad bay. The amount of 18 year olds that do not know how to do laundry or operate a washer/dryer is very unexpected haha i can say out of 60 of us, maybe 20 knew how to do laundry
I'm a paramedic, so I have met a few, like "what do you mean no one ever told you to wash your privates, you are 30 years old?!"
One day I went on a chest pain call from a nursing home. My partner asked the patient's nurse if he had any "cardiac history". The nurse just looked at us like she was confused and went "what's that?". The same nurse told me his chest pain "definitely wasn't his heart" because the pain was "crushing" and went down his arm. She said he was just trying to get attention. Well, he got it: from me, the ER nurses and docs, the cath lab team, the ICU folks....
As a property manager, I had a 24 year old resident who would call complaining that her dryer was broken/not drying the clothes every couple weeks.
No matter how many times maintenance demonstrated to her how to empty the lint tray, she refused to believe that was her responsibility. We eventually gave up and ended up putting in a recurring work order to “empty the dryer lint tray in #106” every other Friday. She was convinced that we had supplied her with subpar appliances.
Not a specific adult, but the number of times I've gone to use the toilets at work, looked at the state they've been left in and thought how can you reach adulthood and have no clue how to use a toilet???
I was working in a movie theatre many years ago. We were closing the concession stand one evening and the manager told my co-worker to pour hot water over the ice. She was like, "Why?" He had to explain to her that hot water melted ice. I was shocked.
Another story involving her. A guy who worked there was taking to her. She was quite a pretty girl.
Her: "I want to be a sex ed teacher when I'm older."
Co-worker: "I can be a sex ed teacher. I'll be like 'Look! Gonorrhea.'"
Funniest thing I've ever overheard said to an attractive girl. I saw her bagging groceries in Safeway eventually.
dabenu · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my previous job, we were maintaining some servers for a customer in a server room that was way too hot. We mentioned this to the customer and he promised to take care of it. Few days later we got an update that the room now had air-conditioning, so it should be better.
Only it didn't get better, if anything the room became even hotter.
We went to check, and found he had literally just bought a mobile ac-unit, plugged it in and turn it on. It's hot air vent not even connected to a tube or whatever.
I mean what do you think a machine like that is doing? Turning energy into mass or something?
Freshman year of college, I came back to my dorm room one night to find the mini-fridge in my double suite left slightly ajar. I went to close it and saw there was a small puddle forming along the bottom edge. I looked inside, and there was our Brita, full to the top... with orange liquid.
I didn’t want to touch it because, I don’t know, my roommate was kind of a mystery to me and this situation didn’t make much more sense than she did. She was from the Czech Republic and spent most of her time with the rugby team, so basically the Venn diagram of our lives were like two circles that touched at the single point of our shared living space. She came home an hour later and I asked what was up with the water filter and the overflow and such.
“Oh right. Yes. I bought orange juice and it had the, I think you call it... pulp. I don’t care for pulp. So I’m filtering.”
That might have been the longest dialogue we ever exchanged. And no, the filter did not work on the OJ.
Many years ago, was staying at a hostel in Budapest. As is normal, and my favourite part of the hostel experience, in the evening time everyone sat around the common room and shared stories of their travels so far and highlights if their day.
Sharing my stories, I mentioned I am Irish. I noticed a young American woman (I guess between 20-25) near me had a big change of expression. Her face said she was annoyed and maybe sceptical. After a while more, she interrupted to say “you shouldn’t make fun of people like that”. Huh? “Ireland’s not a real place. Everyone knows that! I don’t like these kinds of jokes!” And it went on like this for a minute or so, kinda ruining the atmosphere around the table.
I had to go get my passport to prove that yes, Ireland was a real place and yes, I was from there and no, it’s not a fantasy place like Narnia.
soneine i know.... we went on a long road trip, moving cities, they were in their car and i was tsking my van, maybe a 400km drive.
my vehicle is a 99 so first thing was to check water and oil and top up my washer bottle, said yo, do the same. they were like, how does that work? im like, you have had this car for three years.... turns out, had never checked any of these things for three years.
A friend of mine who lives on his own solely eats microwaved and delivery food. When I mentioned red bell peppers in a conversation he was stunned that they come in any color other than green since he had only seen them on pizza. He also put food directly on the spinning microwave plate because he thought a paper towel or paper plate would catch fire..
I'll admit I've only done laundry once(I live with my mother, but she's disabled and on a fixed income so I help her pay bills with my job and such) but that's because my mom is a stickler for stuff being done HER way.
EG bed making. Every time I've made my bed she always un makes it because it's "wrong".
Im the dumbass here, was making cookies with girlfriend and I didnt know how to turn on the oven. i almost burnt the cookies but at least my gf taught me how to use it
My ex-gf was over at my parent's house where there's only an analog clock on the living room wall. We both left our phones and when I asked her what time it was from the dining room she told me she couldn't read a clock.
Had a roommate take her cat to the veteran's hospital, a classmate in uni was unable to name three countries in North America (we live in USA), sister who is eight years my senior knowingly microwaved a fork.
Have a friend that would BOLT to a boiling electric kettle before it naturally clicked off. She thought that you were supposed to shut the whole thing down before it did. Unplugged and all.
Same friend didn't know how up and down elevator buttons worked. For example, instead of clicking the up button because she wanted to go up, she'd click the up button assuming that the elevator was below her floor as if to summon it up. We'd get stuck going in the wrong direction pretty often.
I was inking a drawing I needed for school and needed an electric eraser to get rid of the pencil lines. So I went to the campus bookstore and asked the sales clerk if they carried any electric erasers. "No," she replied, "The only ones we have use batteries."
I was about to be all "Not everyone knows those exist!" but then I got to her response... bruh 😞
P.S. What kind of eraser do you use?! I've been dreaming of owning one (and pencil-tipped ones) but haven't had the resources 'til now and I have no clue what's worth it!
I had to teach a friend if mine in his early 20s how to use his thermostat. Not just how to program it but that the heat would kick on and turn off when it reached the set temp (he thought it was broken). This guy had already blown up his car engine because he didn't know you had to change your oil. He also had a 3 year old child.
Came home to find an old roommate had the fridge door open and a fan blowing into it to cool the house.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have a friend who is super smart. Like got into Rice University with scholarships kind of smart. She asked me which territory is Canada and which one is California.
This douchebag I used to know in college.
He was a 3rd year robotics engineering student and liked to style himself as this super genius type.
Once, at a mutual friend's birthday party, some people and I got stoned and started rubbing balloons in our hair/sweaters and sticking them to the wall and wherever else we could, you know, for the giggles; he then comes, his mind blown, asking us how we're doing that, I had to explain to him, pretty much using puppets, what static electricity was, and he wouldn't believe it was even a thing because "I know more than you about this bro, I make robots, there's no such thing as static electricity, electricity is always moving bro". He was only convinced when I had him take his phone and google it in front of me. Again, he was a robotics major, I was a graphic design student. He now "works" at some MLM scheme.
Not quite adulting yet, but my roommate in university thought that because the government gives you a student loan to pay your tuition fees that he didn't need to involve himself in the process at all. We go to enrol at the same time, I'm there maybe 10 minutes signing the paperwork, he's there for over an hour. He ended up having to go to the bank and open a student account with a huge overdraft that he immediately used all of on his first years tuition. I guess he just ignored all the paperwork the university send you about your loan application. This was before you could apply online so it was a 30 page book you had to fill out detailing all your families finances, kinda hard to miss.
Back when I worked in retail, there were these big buckets we’d have to put all the rotten/expired meat in. Every so often they need to be dumped out and subsequently cleaned, and as the senior employee there I’d normally just do it myself to avoid having the newer people vomit all over themselves (I cannot stress enough how absolutely and unbearably foul these things usually smelled.) However, one day we were especially short staffed and I was already busy running my department (produce) entirely by myself alongside some light work in the adjacent one. So, knowing the time had come for these barrels to be cleaned, I sent this one semi-new kid over to the meat department to do it for me. He comes back in about an hour and a half or so, asking if his hands should be as red and burning as they are because of the hand cleaner he used.
So for insight, the backrooms of most of the fresh departments all get their floors sprayed down and scrubbed with various cleaners and solvents before being hosed, depending on the particular department. All of said rooms have a decently sized drain in the center for all of the water to drain into, and this drain has to be cleaned with the heavy stuff because of all the buildup and grime that floats into it. The solution of choice was this thick and viscous industrial grade bleach and drain cleaner that I swear to god could eat through the floor if you let it sit too long.
Insight over; I look at him confusedly and tell him it’s probably an allergic reaction to the soap we have by our sinks. I go back to my task for a few seconds as he rinses his hands in the nearby sink before glimpsing at his hands again and seeing how absolutely horrible they look, pausing, and asking what he meant by “soap.” Turns out he thought regular soap wouldn’t cut it after having to handle the meat buckets, so he used some of the bleach in the meat department’s back room. The industrial bleach. That we use to clean concrete. My next 30 minutes were spent telling him why you can’t use bleach of any kind as an alternative to hand soap (let alone industrial-grade,) having to help him detox his hands and provide proper treatment, before sending him back to management to see what they wanted done about his hands.
TL;DR 18ish year old didn’t realize industrial bleach is not a hand cleaner
My younger brother tried to send a package with a stamp on it because he didn’t know he had to go to the post office to buy the postage for the size and weight of the package. The mail woman at the front laughed at him when he brought it in after it was sent back to our house with a note that a stamp did not cover the cost of it.
Edit: He put the stamp on the package and shoved it in a collection box.
My husband was in his mid 20s when i realized he didn't know how to fill out a credit card receipt for take out. He was going to give it back without the tip or total filled out.
Had a roommate in college. Had several tedious quirks like this. First, I had teacher her how to put gas in her car. To be fair, she was from Oregon, but had she never driven out of state? Second, she did not eat leftovers. Like at all. Just threw it away. Mind boggling for this financial aid kid right here.
Around that same time while I was working retail, I had a lady come through with a box of cake mix, a cupcake pan, and cupcake papers. She said that she had never made cupcakes before, and would she need to buy anything else to do so. I told her no, just some eggs and oil. Frosting if you want. But like, I had to show her where all this info was on the box, like oven temp/time etc. But the best part was that she asked me when to put the cupcake papers on. She was convinced that they would catch fire if they went in the oven, since they are paper.
Sehren · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I dated was looking for an apartment and saw billboards for houses that said "Starting in the $300's" and asked me why we didnt rent one of those nicer houses for less money than our shitty apartment. He thought the "for $300s" was the monthly rent instead of it being for sale for $300,000. He called the number on the billboard to show he was right.
Im not sure this fits here but this prompt reminded me of it.
I was in college and had met up with a girl in front of her dorm to borrow a book for one of my classes. It was her room mates book, but her room mate was not home to lend it to me so she had come down instead. the book was for an archeoastronomy class, so we got into a little conversation about stars and archeoastronomy and shit and I pointed at the moon and mentioned how interesting it was that it reflected the light from the sun in different ways. one thing lead to the next and she ended up telling me that she thought the moon was a star. she was at least 20yo and a nursing major.
Went abroad with two friends (3 guys). One of my friends went to pee with the bathroom door open, and suddenly the other friend yells at the peeing one, 'what are you doing??'
So he goes and puts the toilet seat down, and we ask him what is he doing.
Apparently he poops sitting directly on the toilet, and uses the seat to 'protect it' from pee!
Obviously we laugh at him to this very day, and I tell this story in every possibly related occasion.
I work at a University and we were reviewing student accommodation and I noticed they offered a lot of cooking classes. I asked why, and the asset manager said “these kids don’t know anything. Last week I had to throw out a resident’s chicken he’d left defrosting on the bench for 3 days. He had no idea that could have killed him.”
😮
Talking to people who don't understand that it's ok and often nessecary to change your position based on new evidence or proof that they are in the wrong.
My boyfriend (21/22 at the time) thought that you were supposed to use conditioner first and then shampoo. I was shocked. He had dandruff for years for this reason. And he somehow never figured out it was in the wrong order.
My husband had a friend call him for help because he couldn't get the pilot to light on his water heater. When my husband for there the guy said "I've had it on the vacuum (VAC) setting all day to suck the water out of the gas line." My husband was like " no dude, that's the vacation setting." Not how it works bud.
So I have a few... my ex didn’t think you had to clean the toilet because poo goes in there. He also thought you didn’t need to use soap to clean anything and that it was gay to clean his butt.
I could keep going but I’ll end up writing an essay.
Floormate of me when I lived in Japan was a 30-32 yo woman from tel'aviv. She was constantly talking about how she can't Cook. And she was allways madly impressed with my simple dutch hobo Cooking. (She had practically Cooking lvl. 0)
I showed her how to make chicken/veggie soup with broccoli and leftovers. She had her entire world completely flipped. "You just heat it until it boils?" Yes girl, that's how you make soup
Heard this one from a former coworker. He was an assistant manager for a Jimmy John's franchise. One of his employees somehow got to the age of 35 and had a couple kids without learning the difference between hot and cold water on faucets.
I got to work half an hour early and so I decided to play on my phone before my shift. I got carried away and my phone died before I could check the time, so I asked my coworker what time it was because I had to go to the bathroom but I didn’t want to miss our shift meeting that always started exactly at 5 pm. He squinted at his watch for about fifteen seconds, turned his wrist upside down, then straight out, then back towards himself and said, “ahhhh... 7:54!” and, assuming he got the last half right, I said, “You mean 4:54?” and he said, “Damn Alli if you already knew what time it was why did you make me go through all that trouble?” and walked away. I asked his best friend who also worked with us if he really couldn’t tell time. His friend said, “Yeah that’s real, he just likes the way expensive watches look.”
Now that I’m thinking about him, he actually once dropped two plates of food right in front of his table and fell to the ground. Another server and I rushed over to him and he was staring down at his legs and said, “Did you know your knees give out if you try to make them go backwards while walking?” Was carrying two plates of hot food really the time to test that out lmao
Not related anymore but he also once went up to my husband and I while I was counting my money in the back and said, “So how long have you guys been dating?” He was working the night I announced our engagement, and nearly every coworker bombarded me with congratulations for an entire month after we got married. I swear he wasn’t playing dumb, if you knew him you would understand.
The entire 6 floor uni campus hour evacuated and like 3 fire engines came because one girl left fucking pop corn in the microwave unattended for over like 5 minutes.
Noone was happy as we had to stand out in the rain for like 30 minutes because the entire building had to be cleared
At uni we were woken up by the fire alarm at 4am on our campus. Every person had to go outside in their PJs or bedding and it was cold af being England in the winter.
Turns out one of the students came back from a night out rather peckish, and though you could microwave a pork chop. They left it in / forgot about it and it just smoked out their halls.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ex flatmate who wore noise cancelling headphones constantly, ignored everything we said but came to "supervise" while we cleaned up his mess after weeks of trying to get him to....
He used to piss and shit with the bathroom door open.
How do you, a 38 year old man, not know that you ought to close the door when you pull your willy out?
Oh my GOD that would make me near-violently furious.
Do you have any more stories about this man? He sounds like a fatal car crash of a human being and I'm not ready to look away.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh so many.
He didn't believe in soap or deodorant and would go on hour long runs everyday and then just....marinate in his stench for 4 hours until one of us came home and made him shower.
I decided the day he moved in that I wanted him gone. He had to get stuff from three different places and I'm a camera assistant so van jenga is, like, my JOB. So I figured I'd be a nice new flatmate and offer to help and asked him when he wanted to start.
He said 10am. Cool cool, I'm all ready with my hair up and my boots on. He doesn't show. I call. No answer. I message and call and eventually give up only to get an answer at 12.30. APPARENTLY one of his friend's wanted to go visit a town an hours drive away and he decided it sounded like fun.
I reiterate, this man was 38. Not babys first flat. Thirty. Eight.
Anyway, he showed up at 4.30pm, just in time for it to hit rush hour traffic absolutely REEKING of BO because he just felt like going on a run after he got back from his 5 hour goddamn trip.
We had also agreed to empty the garage of some stuff left behind by a previous flatmate so he could store his bike in there and we had agreed in advance to use the van he'd hired for moving to take this stuff to the tip. Very important to note, and Mr. Door Open Shitter knew this, our other flatmate had to be at the airport at 2pm for a 5pm international flight. We had had a chat and all agreed to start clearing the garage at 11am for a 12pm dump run, leaving time for showers and getting flatmate to the airport.
BO-Bastard goes for a 2 hour run. At 11. By the time he got back it was after 1 and we didn't have time to load the van and get to the dump because, you know, INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. Ugh.
We handed him cash and told him to sort it out himself if he wanted a place for his bike and left because we had to.
He moaned about this for the rest of the time he lived with us and after weeks of putting up with his stank and complete disregard of anyone not him (he fancied himself an author, was writing a story about how the army of the catholic church was foiled by pagans who had sex. Yeah. It was hardcore porn disguised as all women are seductive whores who destroy ours lives wankery), I just....stopped interacting with him. There was no point. If he came into a room, I left it.
He tried to start a conversation with me by standing in front of the television while I was watching it and ranting at me about how he wanted to destroy his sister's cellphone because every time he tried to talk to her over christmas she started playing on it and ignoring him. By that point in the conversation I'd done the same and the irony flew over his head.
When he finally left he sent the other flatmate a 20 page email (no, seriously) saying that he was glad to leave because I "made him wilt". There was a lot of bullshit in it but he also signed it as "Gentlemen Adventurer" so I guess we got the last laugh,
Goddamn, he was the worst. I have SO MANY STORIES about this prick and his successor - Tree Sock Lady.
Man, there have been tons of such moments. The first one has always happened to me. As I’m using my pc a lot, everyone consider me kind of a programmer. As soon as they need to adjust pc, they always ask me for help. Me using my computer a lot doesn’t mean I can adjust it... They tune it out though
The second one is about learning languages. The first time when I started learning English, i have been always asked to translate something. Even though I didn’t know much at that time, my parents would be literally astonished when they found out I couldn’t translate something. That’s what takes it out of me.
I was cooking eggs one morning while my college roommate was in the kitchen, I flipped my eggs into an omelette and he turned around, spotted my expert maneuver, gasped, and asked “how did you do that.” Fast forward 7 years and now he is going to hire me to work for his company, and I’m a groomsman in his upcoming wedding. Jaldy if you’re out there on reddit somewhere, I love you dude.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to take math classes with my ex. We were in calculus 2 when she asked how many inches were in a foot.
Not horrifying, but definitely a face palm moment.
My college girlfriend’s roommate complained to her that she made really watery coffee. Turns out she apparently just poured whole beans from the bag into the coffee maker, without grinding them. She then admitted that she had never made coffee before.
not. really related to being adult but I was walking. with a few classmates when one of my friends wanted to stop so we sat down and one girl was standing and we asked her "why are you standing?" and apparently she doesn't know how to sit on grass....
Just remembered one from years ago, when I was in college. My then-gf's electric kettle broke down and she was complaining about not having been able to drink tea for the last couple of days. I asked her why she didn't just put boil some water in a pan. She just looked at me for a moment before burying her head in my chest and asking why she's such a moron.
Was doing laundry at my significant others apartment in college when I asked if I could borrow some laundry detergent, her roommate says yes and hands me fabric softener. In this moment we all realized that she had only been using fabric softener and had no idea there was a difference
I was preparing food at a dinner party, and someone who was cooking ground beef put the cooked meat back on the same bloody styrofoam container it came from when it was in raw form. I asked why, and she said because the meat was already cooked, so it’s safe... I didn’t have the heart to tell her she was going to potentially food poison the party, but I also didn’t have the inclination to be complicit. Needless to say, I spoke out privately, and the whole party shamed her as she tried to defend herself publicly. This someone never talked to me again. This someone was also my date. I’m sure she’s somewhere out there giving guys food poisoning
I don’t think it’s horrifying, but I did teach 2 people how to drive in college, and taught one of them how to pump gas. It made sense though, because she lived in NY and never needed a car. And the other never had a car.
My friends experienced me almost starting a fire because for some reason I thought the pizza was meant to go in the oven along with the box.
R97R · 2 points · Posted at 07:00:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m normally fairly understanding of this kind of thing- I was pretty sheltered myself, and had to learn a lot of things when I first moved out (had to teach myself how to cook, clean, makeup, etc), but I had an example a while back that even I though was a bit much.
I moved in with a guy I’d known for a good while (platonically), and it was the first time he’d lived away from his parents. It soon became apparent that his parents did everything for him. He:
Had no idea how to cook. Struggled with basic stuff like meals you just chuck in the Oven for 20 minutes. He ate nothing but takeaways for months.
Didn’t understand the concept of cleaning up. This was the example I was going to answer the question with initially, before deciding to add a bunch of context (possibly because I need to rant about this person). Whenever he finished eating, he’d just drop the box for his takeaway or whatever on the floor, and leave it. On the rare occasion he did eat other food (his parents would make him meals and he’d heat them up), he’d just put the plates and cutlery in the sink, fill it with water, and leave it for a week unless I cleaned it. When he or one of his friends threw up (which happened regularly, they drank a lot), they’d just move the couch over it. Not even to try and hide it, they just thought that was acceptable. When I had to shower, I’d usually have to spend a while cleaning up discarded beer cans, cleaning spilled alcohol out of the bath, that kind of thing.
No one had ever told him about drunk driving. He gave me a lift at one point, and I noticed he was driving pretty erratically and over the limit. Turned out he’d been drinking and slightly coked up. He genuinely didn’t get it when I explained to him you couldn’t drive while drunk. Was the most terrifying ride of my life. I’m genuinely horrified that he still does that, even though he’s said otherwise.
He thought you could just not pay bills if you didn’t feel like it. In all the time I lived with him, I was chasing him up for rent every month (I paid the bills, and he gave me his half of the money). He was 24 and had never had the concept of bills explained to him properly; he acted like (and indeed, told his friends) I was constantly bothering him for money and being greedy for insisting that he paid his bills.
He kept on setting off the fire alarm by smoking inside. Again, didn’t make the connection, and didn’t realise what the fire alarm was for.
He didn’t realise you had to lock doors. He’d previously lived in a fairly posh community (as had I), but the area we live in is fairly rough.
He didn’t know that you could end up being arrested for drug use. Admittedly this is surprisingly slightly more understandable because the police in this area tend to not give much of a shit (my ex-boyfriend bought his drugs from police officers, for instance), but still. He had to have it explained to him that having a bunch of cocaine on the table while making enough noise to have the police called was not the best idea (I wasn’t present for this one).
He didn’t know how to unclog a toilet. Now, fair enough, I didn’t know this one either when I moved out (but I had just turned 17 when I moved out; he was 24), but it kept on getting clogged because he kept flushing condoms down it. Apparently no one told him not to do that? In spite of this, he apparently had to be treated for STDs a couple of times in the years I lived there. Again, no one explained to him how STDs came about, and he didn’t realise until someone made him visit the doctors what caused them.
Didn’t understand financial management. Again, normally forgivable, maybe less so at that age, but still. But he tried to make a budget several times, and showed me. He had allocated money for stuff which he considered essentials (food, new clothes, drink, drugs, etc), but didn’t realise he also had to pay rent, bills, and the like. He also had to have it explained to him that toiletries had to be bought: he thought our landlord came by every week and restocked them for free.
He was confused when my parents didn’t come round to clean every week; had to have it explained to him people usually clean up after themselves. The idea never quite stuck with him.
Didn’t know how to make tea. WE LIVE IN BRITAIN.
Our Landlord had specific rules about having people stay over- only one person per tenant, only one night at a time. He had five or six people sleeping over at least twice a month, often for days at a time (he’d throw parties which started on Friday nights, and ended some time during the week when I was away. He’d usually leave his friends in the flat while he went to work).
He thought the thermostat was the electricity and gas meter. We got a hefty bill at one point Free I submitted a reading- it turned out he’d been sending them photos of the thermostat and not reading their emails saying they needed images of the actual meters. This one would be pretty funny if it didn’t cost me a lot of money.
I’ve had plenty of other experiences (lived with a pretty diverse bunch of people over the past few years), but the combination of all of the above was definitely just horrifying. Pro Tip of the day: if you’re overworked, fighting severe mental illness, and are likely going to be stuck living in one place for a long time as a result of that, vet your housemates first!
Also, some fun highlights from other people I’ve lived with:
Conservative Christian girl who’d never had contraception explained to her. She was on her eighth abortion last I heard from her. She thought that people just had abortions every few weeks or whatever.
A guy who’d just moved into the country, and didn’t know that gay people existed. Note that this was a student flat consisting of him, me (bi trans girl), two gay guys, and another bisexual lass (albeit a closeted one- this was the girl from the above point). I’ll never get over how confused he was when someone explained it to him.
Multiple people who didn’t know sticking metal in ovens is a bad idea
Also multiple people who didn’t know food goes off after a while.
And, finally, a lass who had no idea how to clean floors and thought you just poured water over them and left it to evaporate/dry this may have been me.
I may have ended up in crutches after slipping on said floor
(My apologies for the ranting, I may have just taken this question as an excuse to get that off my chest. Cheers for reading, hope you found this interesting and/or funny, and have a good day!)
Several years ago I went through the drive thru at a local burger place. It was a particularly hot summer day, so I decided to have the drink that came with my combo filled with just water and ice. Well I get to the window, pay, and then shortly after I'm handed my receipt accompanied by a tiny clear cup filled with water and ice.
I assume it's just a simple mistake and explain to the person that she has given me the wrong drink, that I have paid for a combo that included a large drink and would just like that cup filled with water and ice. She quickly explains to me that it is against managements rules to provide water in the regular sized beverage cups. I look at my receipt again to make sure that I paid full price for my meal and then explained to her that the intent of that rule was likely there to prevent someone from getting a free cup and refilling it with soda, and that this would not be a issue since 1) I paid for the beverage and 2) I was in a drive thru and had no plans to enter the building.
This reasoning seemed to have no effect on her and she just simply stated she couldn't fulfill my request. At this point I started to be really frustrated especially because I was really thirsty. I showed her my receipt, noticeably more agitated, explaining to her I just wanted what I paid for. She explained the rules to me again, I tried to reason with her again by asking, if I completed my order with a soda then decided to enter the premises and fill my drink at the fountain drink machine with water, would that be allowed? She paused and thought again then told me that I could do that if I wanted. At this point I asked if I could be helped by anyone else working at the time. She left and a short time after she came back with her solution to the problem which was to fill a larger clear cup they use for ice coffee with water and ice. At this point I felt beaten and accepted this compromise, I wished her a good day and drove off contemplating the amount of effort I wasted trying to get a cup of water with ice.
P.S. This interaction still haunts me to this day. I randomly think about it and feel the frustration again at the situation and also at how meaningless this interaction was.
Last week, my 22 year old, EMT brother learned that you’re supposed to rinse off face wash. He’s just been rubbing soap onto his face and going about his business for years. We could never figure out how he has such dry skin and such terrible acne as a teenager, that only marginally improved as an adult. It makes sense now. He is now doubting that he’s ready to move out of our parents house because he doesn’t know what else he’s been doing wrong his whole life.
I had opened a can of canned fruit and put the rest (in the can still) in the fridge. Thanks to my roommate’s mom, she threw it away. She told me about it when I came home and said her mom threw it away because of rusting.
This isn't exactly an adulting moment but it was one of those lightning from the sky moments. Kind of the same thing.
Worked for a small company, around 1999. The company owner had gotten a server built before I started working there but I took over admin on it. The thing used very expensive hard drives which weren't very big either. This was sort of OK until the owner decided we needed to store a lot more client data, forever. In case the clients wanted to reorder.
So we ran out of storage space and had to buy more which cost a lot. We spent a small fortune and eventually maxed out that server. It's not the way I would have gone but it was built before I got there, so we were stuck with in. And it was full. Management gave me ton of pushback about spending any more money on hard drives. Even if we needed the space, the answer was no.
One day, I was out seeing a client with the owner's son in tow. He was also a manager. The guy's cell phone rings, and this is 1999 and cell calls cost a lot per minute, so it must be important. The owner is in the line, overjoyed that he had solved our storage problems! We would not need new hard drives!
How, I asked. And he proceeded to tell me he'd looked at the files on the server and found almost all the space was being taken up by a particular file type he didn't recognize and he'd just deleted all of them and we had lots of space now.
The files he wiped out were the client files he was insisting we keep. The owner's son turned three shades of white and we raced back to the office.
No damage had been done because the owner didn't have admin rights. I did. And whatever he'd done didn't actually delete anything. I didn't immediately tell him everything was fine. He had also gone totally pale and sweaty once he was informed about his mistake.
I don't remember how I had it all sandboxed but nothing he did was going to execute on the server. We also had a backup but it wasn't needed.
Security got tightened more after that. And I got a new job somewhere else.
I am 19 and I still don’t know how to tie my shoes. It’s not like I haven’t tried, there’s a legitimate mental disconnect when I attempt it
icais · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend decided to go vegetarian for health reasons. Asked me where you would go to buy oranges.
I answered genuinely and (hopefully) didn't make her feel bad about not knowing but I had a real "WTF how did you not know!?" Moment once I got home.
My husband’s cousin, a beautiful blonde 20-something, is a bit of an entitled dumb dumb in many aspects of life. She lived with her parents until the day she got married. One of their wedding presents was a crock pot. Well didn’t this bitch put the crockpot ON THE STOVE, and tried to use the open flame element to cook a roast. Melted the entire crockpot. 🤣
My roommate descided to plant potatoes last year. So she got a bucket which would've been perfectly fine for a potato plant, maybe two. She bought 1kg of potatoes and threw them all in there with some soil. Sure, they grew but I'd say most of the potatoes she later got out of there were just the old ones sitting in the bucket for two months.
Mine is work related. The dumbass in question is a new guy that has been in the position for about 3 months when this particular event happened.
I work in a maintenance shop that keeps a wood processing facility running. In specific, I'm a mechanical millwright. We have a ton of air lifts that operators use to pile wood, it's basically a huge pneumatic cylinder that hangs from a steel trolley hung on the ceiling. The only thing keeping that 1/4 ton of steel from dropping on someone is the trolley hooks, and a chain. The chain is only for the event of hooks breaking, and is not exactly safe on its own.
The hooks often break from operating it, and we replace them with new ones. The carriage cannot be repaired or rebuilt for obvious safety reasons.
We get a call for a hook going out. New guy goes, takes him 2 hours (15min job for anyone else). We think nothing of it, I go home. The next day, my bosses are waiting in the shop to chew ass. They have pictures of the trolley DUCT TAPED together at the hook, and the operators used it until the next shift came in. I didn't even know that my boss could get so red in the face. Guy should have been fired right then and there. But instead he got a verbal coaching. Still works in the same position today.
entjlg · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I'm really late to this, but I had a friend that straight up couldn't make a lighter 'light up.' It must've taken nearly 40-50 tries for him to get it. We were 20 years old.
So not technically as an adult but as a junior in high school a friend of mine asked me what time it was while I was sitting next to the clock. I pointed to the clock and he asked again. Turns out he didnt know how to read a clock. I tried to explain it and he said, “I don’t want to learn, just tell me what time it is”
So I'll summarize a story from a book I read - though I still question some of the accuracy(Story written by an MD.)
Essential summary is that a nurse is trying to get a foley catheter in a patient who has a constant history of UTI treated by her primary with antibiotics, or by herself. Her being an older woman(80's, if I recall correctly), she was brought in to the hospital r/t her mental status or sepsis.
So the first nurse attempts to put a foley in - only to state that she cannot find the hole. Second nurse tries, third, finally it comes to the MD, who identifies that the large hole they thought was her vagina is her urethra(That has been stretched to 1-2 inches), and that the tiny flap underneath her urethra was her vagina.
Apparently the neither the husband nor wife hadn't really gotten a good sex ed, and he had been consummating their marriage with her urethra for years. They had wondered for some time why she was barren.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boyfriend didn’t know how to boil pasta, or cook anything, like at all. At 17 years old. He had no idea how to make Mac and cheese of even Ramen. His dad never bothered to teach him how to cook anything. I’m working on teaching him things. Happy to say he’s improving everyday
My roommate didn't realise her using metal forks to stir are the reason for scratch marks in the pan. After doing dishes, she leaves everything to dry with the opening upwards, which always leaves water inside. She makes a whole pot of rice, eats a little bit and throws the rest away. I could go on, so many little things...
But what bothers me the most: she uses one role of toilet paper a day!! How's that even possible...
This is quite a small one but when I stayed with an ex-boyfriend at his student house (where he had lived for two years at that point with 4 other guys), I did a load of his washing and when I went to move it to the dryer I was told it had stopped working a few months into moving in, so they just dried everything on a clothes horse in the hall.
I had a look, and the lint catcher part and the water tray were FULL. Overflowing. I emptied them, cleaned it out and it worked perfectly. They had never thought to check and were so mad they had gone nearly two years with a "broken" dryer.
My friend didnt know the months from memory. They asked me what was the month after may and I laughed but they were serious. We were seniors in highschool both 18.
My ex husband grew up with a refrigerator with the water and Ice dispenser in the door. One day at my parents he was pouring himself a drink and wanted some ice. I told him the trays were in the freezer. In the next moments I heard an awful banging sound coming from the kitchen. He was full on cave manning the tray banging it violently on the counter.
“What are you doing?!”. I exclaimed. He said, “Getting ice, how else are you supposed to do it?”
I took the tray and twisted. He said, “That seems like it would break the tray.”
He proceeded to go back to banging the tray on the counter to procure his ice.
My now boyfriend (24) helped me move in to my new place. He took one look at the blinds and said oh they’re broken. Concerned I went over and pulled the 2 cords and they were perfectly fine. Somehow he’d got through uni not knowing how blinds worked. I have now been to his parents house and they don’t have any blinds. So guess he never learnt at home.
Not my story but a close friends from when he went to Uni in the UK. One of his flat mates went to make hot chocolate and whilst boiling the kettle just threw a bunch of hot chocolate into the kettle. In their defense, they may have been super high
We just bought a car and it came back as stolen, we got pulled over in our driveway and officers approached us with guns drawn and told us to keep our hand where he can see them. They recognize us and calm down a little and holster their weapons.
The officer asked if we have been drinking and "whats that smell?" My fiance reached in his door to find some handheld febreeze and jerked it out the window fast as fuck. Me and the cop on the passenger side of the car shit our pants as we watched the reaction of the investigating officer as he reached for his now holstered gun almost at a full sprint backwards and almost fell. Everything ended up coming back fine, just had to change the license plate because it expired and registered to another vehicle or something... Still cant believe my fiance really almost fucking died
People should be taught how to talk to police, how to obey lawful orders, what to do if a cop points a gun at you.. Ya know, just normal everyday american adulting.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:32:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing surprises me anymore. We're all fucking moronic. Myself included.
Making tacos with the standard McCormick taco seasoning packet. My boyfriend commented how much better mine turned out than his always did, because his was always so dry. I guess he never bothered to read the instructions on the packet, so, at 35, he learned you were supposed to add water with the seasoning to the meat.
My friend and her sister lived with her mom who wouldn't let them use the stove. So they never ate actual food growing up. Just fast food and cheap microwave crap. They never had school lunch because thier mom wouldn't pay for it. She never sent them with anything either.
Her sister didn't know that top ramen was supposed go be a soup because her mom never cooked it for them. The mom would break up the noodles and pour the seasoning over them and call it good.
My friend came over for the first time and had food my mom made. She started crying because she didn't know food could actually be good.
She moved out and had to learn everything on her own pretty much.
She turned okay afterwards.
When I would go into my old roommates room I would get a horrible stench. He couldn't figure out what it was and I couldn't either. I was washing my sheets one day and he asked what I was doing. I said washing my sheets I do it like every other week. Turns out his parents would always wash it when he was gone and he never thought he needed to.
This one might not seem like much, but as a person who cooks a lot, it was.. horrifying.
I recently moved in with my best friend. I was cooking dinner and asked if she had a clove of garlic since I had run out. She went to her spice cabinet and pulled out a jar of ground cloves and went “is this it?”
This one is a bit fresh. Context is that I work at conferences, we bring presentation equipment, set it up and manage the technical side of the conference. As you'd assume you see a lot of people who aren't good with computers but this one blew my mind. We just about finished setting up everything when one of the organisers came to me and my colleague asking if she could add a presentation she made additionally. No problem, it happens more often than not. She gave us the usb and when we plugged it in a part of us died. She had made a 150 slide presentation, with every slide being an individual .jpg, named numerically for sorting. She wanted us to use this gallery of pictures as a presentation and she didn't really understand that there was a much, MUCH simpler way to make a presentation.
When I was in Uni I had this really lazy housemate, which as fine because I have high standards of cleaning. There were small things he didn't seem up on like common courtesy, buying toilet roll, leaving the bathroom floor wet wet, wiping shitty hands on my towel. But the kicker was when I came home one day to find our kitchen chair missing (the only chair we had) I look out into the garden and it's clearly been destroyed in a fire! We later cross paths and he told me that he decided to have a BBQ, he'd bought one of those little disposable ones, had it INDOORS and put it on our PLASTIC chair.
My wife was heating up soup two days ago for our 3 year old daughter. Saw her open the microwave and take out the soup in a metal bowl. I just stared at her dumbfounded for like 30 seconds, then said “Don’t ever so that again.”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not adulting, but still horrifying: A friend's son didn't know how to wipe his butt, because his mother always did it for him. The kid was 9.
(Very ugly divorce, dad wasn't allowed to see his kid more than few times a year and never for more than a few hours. So the problem didn't become apparent for a long time. Child protection wasn't interested in such "minor" problems. I still think something like this should count at least as a form of neglect.)
I have a friend who literally ate cup noodles for dinner and lost a lot of weight. She didn't have an eating disorder or anything, it's just that she's not the brightest bulb on practical matters. She was 185cm tall and weighed 47kg. After her family took her to a nutririonist and blood tests, she had multiple defiences and was very close to being admitted to a hospital. She started instantly gaining weight because she just literally did not know how to eat the right amounts and how to eat properly. After the dietician explained that to her and gave her a meal plan, she's doing so much better. She's almost normal weight now, she's gained 8kg since then. Frankly, I am quite shocked how dumb she can be sometimes, but she's still a precious friend.
My brother-in-law recently confessed that he only started washing his hands with soap a couple of years ago. Prior to this he just used water, he genuinely thought this was enough. He is 32.
I've known him for 15 years. It is safe to say that over this time I have ingested his poo at least once.
I love my boyfriend (26) dearly. He’s smarter than me in many ways, but at the beginning of our relationship he googled “how to make scrambled eggs” after spending the night. He apparently never cooked anything except ramen and box Mac and cheese.
He also didn’t know what basic vegetables looked like. I was making a grocery list that included cabbage, green onions, garlic, and others. He had to look these up. He’s getting his PhD in CS, but during the first few months I felt like I was dating an alien who wasn’t familiar with human cuisine.
We started cooking together almost every night and now he makes dishes from scratch like it’s nothing. I’m so proud of him.
fppxht · 2 points · Posted at 07:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend, 22 year old male, lived on his own. I stayed at his house over a weekend and took a shower. When I got out I asked him how long he had been out of soap. He said he wasn’t and that he just a new bottle of body wash. The next day the same thing happened because there was no soap. I asked him again and he said that it was the VO5 FULL BODY. He said it was shampoo that you just use all over.
A guy who was in my class was super sheltered by his parents his whole life.
We had a good friend in common, and this dude once went to his place like a month after class started. This was in college mind you, and we were all 21.
My good friend wanted them to make an onion and potatoes casserole or something, and sheltered guy was kind of hesitating with his knife at the kitchen counter, turning the onion around, picking it up and putting it back down, etc. Turns out he had never peeled or cut an onion in his whole life and didn’t know how to proceed. A freaking onion. Still blows my mind when I think about it
Working in a cafe and two of the 19 year old waiting staff didnt know how to wash up. I found one washing crockery in cold water with no washing up liquid. Turns out neither of them had had to do it at home, which actually did make sense seeing as basically everyone has dishwashers nowadays. Feel like some parents really arnt setting their kids up with basic life skills by not teaching this kinda stuff though.
One flat mate kept burning food on the gas stovetop. Eventually we discovered he didn’t know you could adjust the flame. He would put it to the highest flame only.
Know a guy, who is a diabetic. Get his roomate to get hungrymans for him to eat.
Apparently it's fine, cause he measures the right amount of insulin to counteract the meal (high salt, and indonbelieve their sugar content is not great either)
I know it to balance your sugar levels. But from what I was lead to believe it's kind of hard on the body. Not something to use constantly to avoid proper dieting
I bought my friend a basil plant because he had a growing interest in cooking, and he was grateful and excited about it! But like a week later he told me he had to throw it out because it was wilting so much. I asked him if it had been getting enough sunlight, and he goes, "it needed sunlight??" :(
My ex, at 19, didn't know how to put on bed sheets. I guess his mom always did it for him, which was really confusing to me. How do you end up NOT having to put on sheets for 19 years?
He also had his worldview blown up when I was eating an orange and started to peel it to eat it like you would eat a tangerine. He genuinely had NO IDEA that oranges had "slices" and were basically the same as the rest of the citrus fruits. He had ALWAYS eaten them by cutting them into pieces, without removing the peel, which works too, but how the hell do you not realize the similarity to other citrus fruits lmao
Me learning how to drive a motorcycle, not knowing there are two brakes, one by the foot and one on the handle bars, right?
My teacher didn’t tell me I had to use both to stop.
Had a roommate who couldn't cook so he bought an air fryer and used it every day to make frozen chicken patties or chicken nuggets, always something chicken with breading that is a fried food. You know, junk. I really don't care because why should I care until the whole house begins smelling horribly oily like a fucking fast food kitchen. It just smelled like dirty hot oil. Horrible smell. Drove me crazy for a while and then the smell changed to burning oil. He takes his food out as I'm in there opening windows and turning on the stove exhaust fan because there's SMOKE in the kitchen now and I peep the air fryer. Black. Covered in literally burnt on oil/crumbs. He owned the air fryer for around 6 months at this time and used it daily. I asked him to wash it so the house wouldn't smell like shit. He said "I didn't know I had to wash it." When he moved out he left the air fryer and I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed it and it's still full of caked on shit. I threw it in a cabinet and haven't touched it since.
My male 43 yr old best bud never learned how to ride a bike. That both shocks and saddens me. Tried to teach him when we were both drunk one night. Still can’t ride a bike.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who thought you didn't have to pay after using a credit card or check (she was 19).
Had a couple of friends from school that didn’t know how to make payments at the cashier. They had maids who did those things for them. The concept of getting change from the cashier is alien to them.
Girl I was dating said she couldn't get pregnant due to surgery while she was with hey previous partner. She she rang me in tears on day due to having a miscarriage! It turned out she couldn't get pregnant with that guy, due to his low sperm count.
Sister-in-law tries to remove bread from the toaster with a metal knife. My mother also had a heart attack when she saw this and had to explain to her why this was bad. Wooden tongs were purchased immediately.
I was sharing the story of the guy in Korea who went to 5 bars and partied with Corona and got a lot of people sick, creating a cluster of cases. My friend insisted that a person with corona could only infect one other person, it wasn't possible for them to infect more. She is otherwise a well read and intelligent person, I just.....what?
I knew a girl in college who had been homeschooled all her life and was completely clueless about common social norms because she had basically never interacted with other people her age growing up. So when she got to college, she just could not grasp "that's what she said" jokes, which we're all the rage. Part of it was that she was just sexually clueless and awkward, but even when people tried to spell it out for her, she just never got it. The funniest thing was when she would occasionally try to say "that's what she said" herself, and it would make absolutely no sense, and she would always ask if she was using it right. In 4 years, I never once heard her use it correctly.
My wife is from China where I honestly don't think vertical window blinds like the ones common in the USA are very prevalent. I've been there many times and don't ever recall seeing them in many buildings across many cities. So when she finally immigrated to the states, she broke the blinds in our studio apartment the very first day trying to get some light through the window. I showed her how to work the blinds, but she somehow managed to keep breaking more of them. Thankfully, we were not charged our security deposit after moving out, I think because we cleaned the place really well and were very stable long-term tenants. We eventually moved to a bigger 1-bedroom apartment, and remembering what had happened, I immediately told my wife the second we walked in, "Don't break the blinds. If you have trouble, let me know and I'll help you." About 10 minutes later, I heard a loud crack and blinds flopping all over the ground.
My grandparents are truly hopeless and lost when it comes to computers. They have a million account passwords they can't remember, so they write them all down on a piece of paper, but they misspell them and forget to write down which accounts they belong to. So every time I visit, they ask me to help them figure out how to access their cloud photo storage or set up the printer or whatever, and it always ends up with me just guessing variations of what they have written down on their piece of paper. When we finally guess correctly, my grandfather always says something like, "Well, gosh darn it, these things never used to be so dang complicated."
My aunt is the absolute worst with directions. I mean I literally challenge someone to find me somebody who is worse. It can't be done. She just has no clue where she is or where she's going, and has no sense of direction. That is fairly common, but what's somewhat unique about her is how overly confident she is in whatever navigation app she's using, despite the fact that she's completely tech illiterate and fails miserably to provide the correct inputs. For as long as I can remember, she's relied heavily on car navigation systems, and I don't think she's ever put the in the correct destination on the first try. Yet when anybody tried to point out her mistakes, she just insists on following the navigation system because it obviously knows best. She often just puts in a street name or misspells a town name and ends up going in the complete opposite direction towards another state or city, and doesn't realize her mistake until hours later when she's completely lost and doesn't recognize any of the signage. She passed this trait onto her husband and son too, so they all make the same dumb mistakes together. One time, they were visiting me in the SF Bay Area peninsula. Anybody familiar knows it's fairly straightforward North/South on 101 between San Jose and San Francisco. We were in San Jose where I live and heading toward San Francisco. As we approached the highway, she asked which lane to take, and I told her Northbound. However, she had put in a confusing destination on the car system, so of course it was telling us to get off the highway. Then her son who was using his phone navigation system at the same time insisted to stay in the lane we were in because it looked correct on his iPhone maps screen. Of course, it was obvious that his phone was slightly behind and inaccurate with its positioning, so it took us Southbound. She ended up listening to him and going Southbound, and then she got so frustrated because she had no idea how to get off and back on the highway in the correct direction. Like I'm sorry, but if you don't know that San Francisco is North of San Jose on 101, and you're so easily misguided by your inability to use GPS navigation correctly, you need to just not be driving.
Edit: I forgot this one because it happened just yesterday. I recently made some big purchases with a credit card, paid my balance, and then ended returning one of the purchases for a refund. This left my credit card with a negative balance, which is fairly normal with returns, but this was the first time I had such a large negative balance which would take me a while to spend back down to $0. Eventually, the credit card company just issued a check which they sent in the mail and posted the "refund" on my account, but I never received any notification or information about how I was receiving the payment. So after a few days of nothing, I called up customer service to ask what was happening with my money. The rep just said, "The refund posted to your account." I said, "Yes, I see the transaction, but what happened to the money?" "It's in your account." "No, I had a balance of -$123, but it's no longer there." "It posted to your account. You said so yourself." It took several minutes of me slowly explaining to the guy that I had overpayed and was owed money. It was clearly the first time this rep had ever heard of a negative credit card balance. He ended up having to call a manager, and after a long hold, he finally confirmed that a check was on its way in the mail.
J4amb0 · 2 points · Posted at 07:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a house mate in uni ask me if I could change the lightbulb in her lamp. She had removed the old one by pulling it straight out (the bulb was a screw one). I explained she needed to line up the screw thread on both lamp and bulb and screw it into place. She began looking for a piece of cotton.
An old friend of mine didn't know how to tie his shoes. Yup.
Always had to get someone to do it for him.
He's also scared of pigeons. I should probably check up on him...
Not exactly "how do you not know how to do this" moment, but here it goes.
At the time my ex and I were living in different cities. We saw each other on the weekends. So here comes Monday. I get off work and call her. After the "how's your day part", comes a huge complaint for none other than "My lightbulb in the bathroom stopped working". Three things are important here:
I am an engineer. So a person not knowing how to change their lightbulb is like a person basically not knowing how to pour water in a glass.
Her bathroom had no windows. Without the light, it is pitch black in there.
I had just returned from fixing her light switch to another room of her appartment. (Honestly the cable work of that appartment was something else) And she was helping the entire time while we were taking the fuses off. (I was explaining the whole thing like narrating a cooking show)
So me being the everloving and supporting boyfriend tell her to just unscrew it and replace it with a new one. This somehow got me the response, "I do not know if I have left it ON or OFF". I guess somewhat of stupid question from my part - "Why does that matter?". She responded with, "I am afraid I can get electrocuted if I try to take it off and put the new one". To which I say, "Fine. Then go take off the fuses, in which case you know there is no electricity anywhere, and then put the new one. You were helping and did it with me last weekend.", because I was not about to explain to her any safety regulations she should have when changing a light bulb, which save you the hassle of taking the fuses out and then putting them back in. Not that at this point, I expected her to remember and follow them. How has she not changed a light bulb before!? Anyway, priceless response, "I am too afraid. I might do it wrong. I will just wait for you to come next weekend and fix it for me."
- "You are kidding. How are you going to go to the toilet, or take a shower in that pitch black bathroom!?"
- "I will find some candles. It might even be romantic" (cudos to her finding the silver lining, I guess)
I was not about to argue and just said, "Fine do as you wish, but please at least buy a new light bulb beforehand. I do not want to have to go out specifically to buy you a new light bulb."
- "Oh, right! Will do.", was her response. I guess she had not figured it out so far ahead. Good thing I reminded her.
While fixing it, I teased her a bit that she should really step up her living alone game. To which she responded with, "Well these things are a man's job anyway."
But anyway, this was the story of my lovely ex, taking showers in her pitch dark bathroom for a week, just because it is a "man's job" to change the light bulb.
I was living in a a house share, and two guys from Saudi Arabia moved in. They were sent to the UK to study because they were fuckups in Saudi, and the plan was this would sort them out. Really cool superchill guys, but they knew nothing! Everything was done for them from an early age. Things we taught them.
How to cook, naturally. They started to take on a translucent tinge from all the instant noodles and MacDonalds. Cooking from ingredients blew minds! Like food Lego. They liked soup, you can't fuck up soup.
How to shop. They were given just enough money to survive, and not buy beer. We showed them how to get out of date bargains so they could buy buy beer too.
The deoderant aisle was a key element of the visit. For a week the running house joke was 'dont forget to wash your dicks guys' because they claimed they had dickwashers (I think they were joking, pretty hard to tell because they were always laughing)
How to wash clothes, they only arrived in those classic super white robes, and they did a mixed hot wash with coloured underpants and ruined them! They all ended up with weirdly dirty brown robes.
How to set up a TV, computer etc. How to be quiet in the evening. How to wash up. They were like blank canvases, quite adorable really and we did our best.
Saudi men are a special kind of helpless, they grow up with women doing everything for them at home and migrant workers do their jobs for them at work. I work with Saudi pilots and seeing one "land" at 4g and insist that it was an uneventful landing is just plain scary
Had a housemate didn't know you had to turn off the oven when you finished. He would cook fries and then just leave the thing running overnight because "the microwave turns itself off so the oven should too"
I once entered my kitchen to find a housemate in his 40s piercing holes in a can of tuna. I showed him how to use the can opener and could barely speak in my bewildered state.
Me, 21, just bought a old washing machine with roomates. Plug it in, put dirty clothes and soap in, launch the program. Cloths come out smelling of soap... but also old socks.
Weird
Other roomates do their laundry, same result.
I talk about this casualy to my dad, wondering if it's because the machine is old.
He asks me if we plugged the water in.
Never felt dumber.
Ah man... I went on a trip with some friends and shared a cabin/small house of sorts. We had everything there to cook and even had a dishwasher. By the third day i'm kind of sick of filling the dishwasher and ask a friend to fill it up.
Fast forward about two hours, dishwasher is finished and i see her picking up glasses, full of water from the dishwasher, then casually emptying them in the sink and drying them off.
She didnt put a single glass or pot upside down, she just thought the glasses were supposed to be filled with water by the end of it...
Aylers · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every one, cuz my parents didnt teach me shit about shit. I had to have all manner of people teach me how to cook, clean, iron clothes, etc
My uncles ex wanted to make caramelized onions and when she had them frying in the pan she literally took caramel topping for icecream out of the fridge and proceeded to douse the onions in the pan
My old house mate, who is a lawyer, thought you had to boil an egg in oil. Otherwise how would it boil? When I convinced him that was NOT, in fact, how his mother always did it, he then tried to run the boiling oil under a cold tap. He was only mildly burned thankfully.
elbapo · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend was staying at my place and revising for exams in the library putting in a long shift. Late night, he gets back, admittedly pretty tired and probably brain scrambled. But also very hungry. I had to get out of bed to let him in and he was asking if I had any food.
I was like yeah sure, there's frozen pizza, even put the oven on. But I was like sorry, dude I wanna sleep help yourself type thing.
Thought that was it and went upstairs. Few minutes later I had to come down again cos of the smell of burning.
My friend had put the pizza on the bottom of the oven, meaning the bottom was charcoal and the top still uncooked.
I was not in the most diplomatic of moods and was like, mate, your 23 years old and you don't know how to cook a frozen pizza!?
He was also pretty tired I guess and left in a huff after saying I was being a bitch about it and slamming the pizza on the floor. He lived like two hours away by public transport, and it was late. God knows when he got back lmao.
In basic training after weeks of practice and running through dry or with blanks how to conduct yourself at a range and how to use your weapon. When we finally went to a range with live rounds was about 6 feet away from someone on my left who fired a round off into the ground. Thank fuck it wasn’t pointed at anyone. Needless to say it shouldn’t have happened anyway!
Joined the army a little later than most at 25. Had a bunk mate, 18 years old, that literally couldn’t function on his own.
First morning he jumps down from the bunk and starts getting ready. Asks me to help put his belt on. I’m thinking run it through the back loops, uh ok, sure. He hands me the belt and lifts his top up for me to put it on for him. I told him no obviously. He struggled and put it on then asks me to tie his boots for him, hard fuck no.
My roommate in college came out with a nail clipper and asked if it was broken because “like how are you supposed to use this?” She didn’t know that you needed to twist the top part of the nail clipper to use it.
(She was a super rich girl from LA. Every single time her nails got too long, she would just use her dad’s card to get a manicure.)
I was working construction on a window washing type scaffold. I had arrived on the job site a few days after my coworkers had assembled the scaffold and proceeded to work about thirty stories in the air. After a few days of working we were done and started to disassemble the rig when I discovered that none of the bolts holding it together had been tightened. My coworker told me”yea I never tighten them because it makes it harder to take apart.”
I had a roommate in college who was just.... Not capable of functioning on her own. Our other roommate had a PlayStation that we would all use to watch Netflix, YouTube, etc.
I was working on homework in the living room and she walks in and turns the tv on. I assume she's going to watch Netflix so I go tunnel vision on my work because quantitative analysis is hard. A few minutes later I hear her ask, in almost a whisper, "Garth, how do you turn on the PlayStation?" I just tell her to press the button that says PS on the controller. She does this, and it doesn't work. I tell her to try holding it down instead of just pressing it for a second and re focus on what I was doing. Another several minutes pass and I realize that she's sitting there, crying because she's been holding down that button the whole time and it hasn't turned on yet. She just assumed that she had to keep doing it until it turned on... I patiently showed her that she was using a dead controller, plugged it in for her, and then turned on the PlayStation.
This same girl would also try to cook and then nearly every time would ruin a pan because she left the stove on with the empty pan still on it. I also had to teach her how to use her own blender (which consisted of a total of 3 buttons) and if she would walk into the room when someone was cooking or watching a show she would just freeze where she was and stand there watching you cook or watch the show.
She was definitely the sweetest person I've ever known, but she was clearly nerodivergent and didn't know how to take care of herself/was heavily babied by her parents. She now works at a museum and it's stellar at her job. She just has very very clear strengths and weaknesses.
Both these happened during my 2nd year - Computer Science Engineering.
My friend sees my huge collection of songs and asks me to give a copy. This was before affordable USB flash drives came in. I took an empty CD, filled up almost 500 MB of Mp3 songs and gave it to him. He returns the CD next day, and I tell him to keep it as I can't use much of the remaining 200MB anyways. He casually replied, "Dude, just delete them. Why do you want to waste a CD?". I replied "You know this is not a rewritable CD. right? ".
His reply was - " Don't you know you can delete the files? I was able to do that even in floppy disks".
This was with another guy. We have a code of ethics to always "give and take" when it comes to sharing movie or TV show through CDs/DVDs. One guy was just taking things but never bringing back anything new. When asked he said he doesn't have a CD writer. Ok excused.
I once went to his home and I noticed the DVD player in his computer had "read+write" label on it. I was furious and confronted him. His huge movie library enraged me and I shouted at him for being selfish.
He then explained the problem. He opened "Nero CD writing application" and then he reached the point where it says "Burn" the disk. He said , "I think there is some virus and Everytime I tried writing the CD it was going to Burn instead. If the computer burns, my parents will kill me. "
Both of them were second year in computer science engineering!!
Well not me, but my co worker had an interaction with another of our coworker holding a dish sponge saying "I don't know what this is, I'm throwing it away"
We didn't think she was serious, but idk. Maybe her parents only bought one kind of sponge but still..
Not quite a noth know how to do this moment but Was in the break room at work and a woman in her 30s was trying to get her toast out of a toaster with a knife while it was still plugged in. She was confused when another colleague and myself stopped her
I work on a plane (flight attendant), we don't have microwaves on board, but small ovens, and we take our food to work in metal or glass containers (as you should, if you're planning to heat up your food inside an oven).
Well, we used to have a colleague (a pretty silly girl, must be said) that not only once, not twice, but in SEVERAL occasions, placed a glass containers WITH the plastic lid on inside the oven and turned it on, or maybe saw a container with the plastic lid on (sometimes we can place the container in a cold, turned off oven, so that we remember to heat up captain's food once we take off, for example) and didn't remove the lid and turned the oven on, not saying anything. When she was asked about this last case, she just said that she saw the container but, as she wasn't the one that put it in the oven, she didn't touch it.
Obviously this is a fire hazard on board a flying plane, and fires on planes are quite dangerous (basically you could cause the whole plane to go on fire, if you don't manage it well). So yeah, we had to explain the danger that it meant many times, and still she continued to do similar stupid things. I really don't know how this person can function in her day to day life.
My friend didn’t know you can put letters into your mailbox and the mailman will pick them up. She thought you had to go to the post office and wait in line to send a (properly addressed and stamped) letter.
She is by no means stupid or sheltered or any of this things. She just didn’t know how to send a letter. We’re in our early 20s too. It was a good bonding experience.
My best mate, so many times I've had to show how to turn on the fryer or how to turn on the oven or how to load the dishwasher . She just don't know how to function kitchen appliances
So this happened to my friend. I (18) was ordered to make coffee for everyone at a gathering and they only had a brew coffee machine. I had never used one of these before so I went up to my friend and asked, he just looked at me like I'm an idiot and said "do you not know how to make coffee?"
Ha! I had to Google it bc I was working nights at a group home and the girls in the house LOVED coffee and I would fix it in the morning before I left and I do not drink coffee so I've never messed with it before. One of the other workers who cames in to relieve me had to tell me I was putting a little too much in and to use about a quarter less.
One year my office went all out for the football World Cup. We each had a team in the sweepstake and we decorated our desks etc. It even got in the local paper.
We decided to do a World Cup food day. The idea was that you cooked a dish from the country you had in the sweepstake.
The guy who had Spain wasn’t a confident cook so someone suggested gazpacho.
We should have realised he might have issues when he read through the ingredients and commented it was weird it needed plums. It didn’t it needed plum tomatoes. We corrected him on that and double checked the other ingredients.
What we didn’t realise is that he didn’t know the difference between a bulb and a clove of garlic. He put two bulbs of garlic into his soup. The smell was eye watering literally.
The bloke was mortified when we explained.
We turned it into a challenge. Could you down a glass full of it. I managed it but woh it burned.
My ex didn’t know the months of the year in order. It was March and I said I’d be leaving for grad school in August. He was very upset our relationship would be ending in just two months.
First week of uni, one of my flat mates tried to cook pasta in a frying pan. No water, just some fusilli in a frying pan with him giving it the odd poke now and then. 19 years old and he didn’t realise that pasta has to be boiled. Shocking
Lol reminds me of a dumb mistake I made. I once tried to boil these frozen stuffed shells that were meant to go in the oven. My parents had left my sister and I at home and told me to make them for my sister because she likes them. They ended up unfolding and dumping the ricotta cheese into the water. I scooped it all out with a strainer and served my sister a pile of watery ricotta and beat up shells.
In my defense, I think I was like 10 or something.
This one is actually about me. When I had my first baby, I was in hospital. My boyfriend said he was going home to grab the things we need to take the baby home and asked me to dress him. I was left on my own with my baby for the first time and I couldn’t get his little hands in his sleeves! I completely gave up and this lead to me developing post natal anxiety. So it was pretty horrifying for me :(
Balcil · 2 points · Posted at 09:33:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t expect anyone to function normally right after giving birth.
I think the same now, but at the time I thought I was supposed to have this big spark in my mind and know how to do everything. Everyone always says ‘when the baby is here you will know exactly what to do’ you don’t always, and sometimes need help. But you feel like it reflects badly on you as a mother
A colleague told me of a female friend who was flabbergasted that cars have high beams for driving in darkness. They were driving at night and as soon he turned the high beams on she was shocked. She never drove on streets without streetlights before because she never left the city by car in her whole life.
I worked at a grocery store in the produce department and one day a lady came up to me while I was stocking the oranges and needed help finding something. She asked where the limes were, and needed help because she had no clue what a lime looked like. We were standing directly in front of them. Keep in mind this wasn't in like 1950, it was in 2018... She was on her phone when she asked me... Like, are you kidding? You are a 25 year old adult who should probably know what a lime is, but also you have the internet IN YOUR HANDS. Like yeah it is my job to help you, but seriously... Take 2 seconds and Google limes.
My mother was turning off her laptop by just unplugging it and letting it die. I had to explain that laptops are computers and all computers hate when the power goes out (something she had explained to me when I was 7).
When I tried to fix it the thing it would take so long to open something that it would lock me out and she would have to unlock it. I couldn't open the start menu and I just gave up only for her to say I broke the damn thing.
My cousin and I were just in the living room when they went to cut a pomegranate so we could have some.
I came back and they hadn’t separated the skin, so I asked them what they were doing and they asked me what did they do wrong.
I’m extremely scarred to find out she ate them like an apple .
Ultrif · 2 points · Posted at 09:10:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend thought California was it's own country :'(
blewyn · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex-girlfriend was giving me a blowjob for the first time. I thought it felt a bit odd, so I look down and there she is, all red faced, cheeks puffed out like Louis Armstrong on the trumpet. Blowing.
Back in the day of video recorders I dated a girl that would record Eastenders and when watching it back she'd adjust the small tv aerial when the picture had static.
University dorm kitchen, I walk past and see it full of smoke. I dash in, turn off the buzzing microwave and open the windows. Plate of smouldering ash in the microwave. Owner turns up, had been microwaving rice for dinner, did not know he had to add water to dry rice.
Few years back, a cousin of mine and her idiot partner were over and I was cooking burgers and offered them one as they had more than out stayed their welcome at this point. Anyway, they looked at each other and in all seriousness said "I never knew you could cook burgers from home". I was baffled and as I tried to get them elaborate, they said "we never knew..we always just bought them from the take away". Thankfully they don't call anymore.
Advanced TLDR because this is long...
One of my best friends didn't know how to shit and/or wipe correctly. Story follows...
So around the ages of 19 my two best friends from high school moved in together as roomies post-high school. Shep and Art we shall call them for anonymity. Well one day I(19m) was over and playing video games with Art(19m) while Shep(19m) was in the shower in the only bathroom. Nature calls so I got up, knocked on the door announcing I had to piss. Shep calls out, "Ok but look out for the shit!". Art had a small dog that sometimes had accidents so I assumed this was what he meant. I open the door and the rug is folded over.
Me, "Did the dog shit on the rug?".
Shep in the shower, "Nah I got some shit on the rug."
Me, "Oh... ok.". I peed and went back to the living room to play more games. Still not really registering what he just said. I turned to Art before we resumed and said "Dude... I think Shep said he shit on the bathroom rug?".
Art, "Nah he probably said the dog shit on the rug."
Shep exits shower carrying folded bathroom rug headed toward the garage where the washer is.
Me, "Shep did you say the dog shit on the rug?"
Shep, "Nah dude I shit on the rug."
Me & Art, "WHAT?! WHY?!"
Shep returns from the garage without the rug...
Shep, "It's not like I did it on purpose. Sometimes that happens when I wipe. Don't worry I put it in the washer." Sits down on couch next to us to play games. Art and I sit there in shock and stare at him for a moment.
Me & Art, "WHAT? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU WIPE?!"
Shep, "Well when you wipe sometimes shit falls on the rug." Totally normal, no embarrassment, this is his way.
Art, "The fuck you say? Woah woah woah. I have never gotten shit on the rug when wiping!"
Me, "Seconded"
Art, "Explain to us how this shit gets on the rug when you wipe?"
Shep, "C'mon fuck you guys you're fucking with me."
Me, "No really, explain and expand please. Like demonstrate this process... cuz we don't understand."
Shep, "Ooook... So I shit... then when I stand up to wipe I face the toilet and wipe down. If any shit falls on the floor you pick it up with TP and flush it. If you get some on the rug or towels you wash them. How do you guys shit?"
Me & Art, shocked pikachu face
Shep, getting nervous, "What? Fucking say something! How do you guys shit?!"
Me, desperate to understand, "So... After you shit... you... stand up... about face... and then wipe down?"
Shep, panicky, "OF COURSE!"
Art, aghast, "The fuck do you mean 'of course'? You... face the toilet standing when you wipe?!"
Shep, panicky defensive, "YES! HOW ELSE DO YOU CLEAN YOURSELF!?"
Me to Art, "Dude..." Art to me, "Dude."
Shit is getting heated at this point... heh.
Shep, very upset, "HOW DO YOU GUYS WIPE?! FUCKING TELL ME! THE DOG SHITS ON THE CARPET ALL THE TIME!"
Art, "WHA... SHE'S A FUCKING DOG YOU'RE A PERSON! WE SHIT SITTING DOWN!"
Shep, "I SHIT SITTING DOWN!"
Art, "BUT THEN YOU STAND TO WIPE?! WITH AN ABOUT FACE?!"
Shep, "YES! WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?! DON'T YOU STAND WHEN YOU WIPE?"
Art, incredulous, "NO!"
Shep, "THEN HOW DO YOU GUYS WIPE?!"
Me, trying to calm them down...
"Uh ok Art let me try... well... uh... when we and the rest of humanity drop a deuce we... uh remain seated... and uh... shift to one side... wiping front to back..."
Art, "WHAT HE SAID!"
Shep, wide-eyed and pale, "What?! Why would you do it that way?!"
Art, "Because we're not fucking animals!"
Shep, "Fuck you!"
Me, "Have you always done it this way?!"
Shep, "YES! I didn't know you could wipe while sitting!"
Art, "Who taught you to shit?!"
Shep, "My mom! Why are you attacking me?!"
Me to Art, "Wow dude... Shep's mom taught him how to shit wrong."
Art, "Should we rub his nose in it?"
Me, "I think we already have... let's find a newspaper and hit him with it..."
Shep, "Explain to me one more time how you guys shit..."
I was working as a support worker with vulnerable adults with mental health, younger kids fresh out of uni would often get the role above mine - Project Worker, they sure can write a bunch of nonsense into a risk assessment quick enough for a manager to be happy, but they can't do the actual basic work they were hired for.
One of the many worst things I ever saw - Had a client who was moving into his own place, doing really well, keeping his nose clean, attending college every day, but he only ever lived in hospital or at his parents. A young PW colleague asked told me to help him with setting up the bills for his home. I egged her on to do it as the manager had a tirade about the PW's being the ones to do it.
Instead of saying "I'm helping my client to set up bills at his new home, moving in from the xx date" She said "I'm calling to help my client pay his bills at xx address". The previous occupant never paid the bills, and somehow ran up a debt of £600+ and because this previous person never followed through on payment agreements, that was a no-goer, in fact it was see you in court time. I guess the energy operator doesn't care whose name on the card is.
She somehow gave them all his details, got him on the line for these debts, and then wrote these debts into his risk assessment as a high risk he has (a case for not assigning independent living accommodation.) She came in and said "You'll never guess how much energy debt he has" Smugly, like a smug little smuggler.
Later I'd called the energy company and ask for a statement of his account to be mailed over. Got the dates for the energy used. He was at our address the whole time, before that hospital, before that, parents. She couldn't explain her rational for him living at the place he's about to move into (!?) and gobbling a bunch of electricity, but felt pretty certain this was his debt. I clarified and closed the debt with the energy company after a court summons was mailed to him.
How did the client feel? Obviously perpetually anxious, stressed, panicky, telling everyone that he's never lived there, having mental health relapses, missing college etc. feeling "like I'm trapped in a conspiracy against me!". Which he was. He went back to hospital after another MH relapse.
A year later a care coordinator comes along and asks "Whats this about energy debt?". I hope it's not following him still. Because someone put something into a risk assessment, those documents fly around all sorts of new placements and treatment teams, gaining weight and myth.
I thought my previous roommate was the dumbest person I’d ever met until I met her friend. Her friend was over one time complaining that she’d picked up an STD, and I asked her “why didn’t you use a condom?”
Her response was “condoms don’t prevent STDs though”
I said “they’re the ONLY thing that prevents STDs”
This bitch was in one of the science programs, on track to go to PT school. The idiocy was just so astounding.
My roommate doesn't police his bathroom usage. Shower, for instance, he just turns it off a steps out. The floor is soaked for the next 2-3 hours whenever he showers. He doesn't, y'know, stand for a minute to let the water drain a bit. Or, god forbid, dry his legs as he steps out.
Toilet is even worse. He never wipes the seat. When you use the toilet and don't hover, occasionally you're going to leave some asshairs and/or crack grease at the back of the seat. This is a fact of life. Or even a latent curly at the front. But he somehow never realized this. So my other roommate and I are left having to wipe down the seat before and after use.
Never puts the lid down, so there's no "poo particle" mitigation, yuck. Also when he has a particularly messy day, that means while the toilet is flushing, there's a chance that you get some brown splash-up. Not cool.
And here's the real fun one... you just know when a messy one is going to need a second flush. It's like a sixth sense that we all have. We've been doing this all our lives, so we should all have expert-level experience with this.
Not my friend tho. Once he hits that flush and sprays the air freshener, ain't his problem. That poop soup remnant is on someone else's turn, now.
I cringe now when I notice him walking out of the bathroom and just pray that my other roommate is the next one to go in there.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teaching 1 percenter’s children to dive during a 12week volunteer marine science program. Turns out I also had to teach them to do laundry, cook, some had never washed a dish!
I had an acquaintance who bought a new car. Had it for a while. And then he came to me saying it has an engine code. Pulled my scanner out and looked at it. It was a oil change code. I asked when the last time he had it changed. He said you have to change oil? Brand new car with odometer reading just under 10k miles. Still had the oil in it from the factory.
Coordination and foreshowing working. Instead of moving stuff 3 times you can do it in one move. If you organize the storage in a retail shop then you can find stuff easier and faster if a customer asks. Feels like everywhere I work people don't understand the concept of logical smart working. I'm like twice as fast while even doing the work slower just because I take 10 min of thinking before doing a big task
One of my colleagues was trying to convert from GBP to EUR, instead of multiplying by what is currently ~1.1 they had divided by 1.1 and were complaining how poor the exchange rate was and how it would impact their holiday spending money.
It wasn't a typing error either as I had to run through it with them!
I asked my roomate why he had never washed his clothes or sheets not one time the entire couple years he has been living here. Well, our apartment complex has communal washer/dryers. He said its gross to use public washing machines and thought it was cleaner to just not wash his clothes. I told him that was like shitting your pants because you didn't want to use a public toilet. He also has no idea how to cook anything that doesn't go in a microwave. He's 36.
My other roomate doesn't know how to cook anything other than microwave lasagna. So he literally only eats fast food or microwave lasagna. He also doesn't know how to wash his own ass and I have to spray the toilet down everytime he uses it because he leaves days old shit that got stuck in his buttcrack all over the seat. Also I'm pretty convinced he goes in his room in containers or something because rarely, very very rarely does he actually use the restroom. Like I'm talking maybe twice a week. Oh yeah and he only showers once a week or less. He is 35.
Moms, please please stop doing everything for your sons or they will turn into helpless disgusting men who have no concept of BASIC FUCKING HYGEINE.
I hate it here. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE THE ONLY WOMAN IN A HOUSE FULL OF MEN?!?!
I would if I could but I can't afford to live without roomates. But my god, my living situation is so bad. Aside from those two, I live with my little brother and my boyfriend. My little brother isn't helpless, but he chooses not to apply basic life skills because he is a lazy stoner who thinks beer is a meal. I don't think he's cooked anything but frozen pizza in years. Don't even get me started on him. And you guessed it, nobody cleans anything but me and my boyfriend and I have totally given up. And with just men, you bet your ass it gets nasty af fast. Beer cans everywhere. Cigarette butts all over the back porch. Cigarette butts in the sink. Weird smells. Cat piss. Moldy food in the fridge. Grime in the shower after one week.
The one dude who doesn't wash his clothes is pretty cool as a person. He's just kind of a dirty hippie with a literal pile of cigarette butts in his room. The other guy who doesn't wash his ass is the one who's name is on the lease and covers the majority of the bills. He is really really weird but he keeps to himself. I'll be moving out as soon as its feasible. My city has a rent crisis going on so I'm a bit stuck here for a while.
I used to work in a pharmacy. Gentleman came back in with his prescription saying it wasnt working, I asked how he was taking the said medication, he said he took one tablet daily. They were suppositories. First and only time ive had to tell a customer to stick it up their ass.
I wonder if anyone else has met someone like this …..
I have a friend who whenever I cook a meal for legit does not know how to dish up her own plate of prepared food. For instance I'll cook some rice, chicken, beans, and veggies and dish up my own plate by the stove where everything is in pots and pans ready to eat. I'll dish up my plate and sit down and every time without fail she stands there looking baffled and will usually say something like "so how do you do this?" And every time I'll tell her my detailed process which is something along the lines of "I like to start with the rice and scoop a little ball sized portion on the corner of the plate, then put some meat partly on the rice and partly off of it and place your beans on the other edge of the rice pile, make sure to leave a little room still because there's still veggies comin down on that plate!! etc. etc…."
Had a roommate from Taiwan who we suspected was very sheltered.
Amongst many things once asked her if she could let our dog out to pee while we were out.
She'd never owned a dog before. So she took him out. And when the dog finished pooping, she wiped his butt.
We also stopped her from putting a mug with a spoon in it into the microwave.
I had a male friend who assumed women could “hold” their period like pee. It took a lot of explaining that no, we don’t really have control over that flow.
My boyfriend mopped the floor while I was with him. He mopped in front of him and then proceeded to walk over the fresly cleaned bit with shoes on and carried on mopping in front of him.
Another one of his moments, he turned to me with a shocked face and asked me if sanitary pads really stuck to the underwear and not the vagina. He fully thought it was like a plaster.
One thing I thought until my early 20s was that you put deodorant on AFTER you were already sweaty. To de-odor you...
So my Indigenous Support teacher would always ask the senior indigenous kids to help cook for the stall for multicultural day. I was happy to oblige and was making some meatballs when I hear the microwave being turned on, we didn’t have anything that needed to be microwaved so I assumed it was for another stall. Nope, Miss had microwaved the Kangaroo sausages. They were cooked all weirdly, split and a funny colour in some spots. The other kid helping and I begged her not to serve them because they didn’t look cooked all the way through in some parts and frankly they looked like Frankenstein’s monster‘s fingers. She served them, no one actually ate them thank god
People don’t know how to pump their own gas in my state. .....We are one of two states where it’s against the law to pump your own gas. However, for a few weeks during shutdowns due to Covid 19, you had to pump your own gas. The poor gas attendants had to show most of the native Oregonians how to do it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:37:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am super late to this party but...
I used to manage a computer shop. A guy in his early 20’s comes into me one day and buys the most expensive laptop we had for college. Overkill for what he needed but the heart wants what the heart wants so off he goes on his merry way.
The very next day he comes in to me to say he thinks he needs to buy a new laptop because he’s broken the one he bought yesterday.
Well ok but how did you break it?
He proceeds to tell me that he was “streaming football at 3am” and then all these pop ups started all over the place to the extent that he could click absolutely nothing on the screen.
Through the jigs and reels he eventually tells me that it kept telling him he needed to download different plug-ins to watch his “football” and so, in the year of our lord 2016, every time the Internet had told this poor sheltered dope to do something he went right on ahead and did it. Every ad, every pop up, every Nigerian Prince got a click
I choose to believe it was his first day on the Internet
Did gay porn once. It was a handjob scene. I had to teach this rather attractive and very inshape guy in his late 20s what masturbation was. He had NO fucking idea what it was. I had to teach him HOW to beat my dick.
Basic cooking.. and by basic I mean really simple stuff like how to boil water.
Putting gas in their car. A friend of mine used to come pick me up and I'd fill her tank at the gas station because she had no idea how to do it. I have never owned a car nor do I have a license...
Traffic signs and rules. Another friend would ask me about them all the time while she was driving... again I don't have a license. How did she even pass the test?!
man, not to bring the thread down, but as a kid i was pretty severely neglected. my mother didn't teach me anything beyond how to make food for her and serve it to her, so when i called child services and left at 16. i didn't know SHIT. i still can't tie my shoes that well, write cursive, or read a clock quickly.
if you had a normal ass childhood and you can't do these things, i kind of hate you, tbh. or your parents, whoever's more responsible. there's no excuse.
i had to teach my 20 year old friend how to make instant coffee and how to frie an egg. i also had to show someone in their 20s how to use a washing machine.
Moved to Vietnam. My girlfriend there has no concept of how dangerous raw chicken is and touches everything in the house after handling it. Cue a few hours of me disinfecting every possible surface in the house and her literally shouting and arguing because I was trying to explain it for her. Also when she actually cooked the chicken (for herself) she cut into small pieces and fried for a very short time. It wasn't raw in the middle but DEFINITELY was too pink to be considered cooked. Again, she couldn't understand why i was freaking out.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one dude that I really disliked kept getting invited to our get togethers for some reason. He doesn't drink but would come to the bar with our group of friends (he's a creep but no one else saw this for some reason and kept inviting him ...ugh). He shows up late and the waitress asks if he wants anything. He says a coke. When the bill comes he's surprised and mad that he was charged for his drink. "She asked me what I wanted! I'm not paying for this!"... He made a fuss about it until one of us told him to shut up and covered his $3 coke... So embarrassing
I don't really need to explain what the rest of the kitchen looked like.
elx2 · 2 points · Posted at 11:07:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad I've gone through experiences of not knowing how to do things while still living with other people bc I really wouldn't have coped as an adult otherwise.
One time I tried to cook some potatoes without water bc I forgot to put it in, but another time I just totally forgot to cook them at all for a salad I was making bc I didn't realize they were inedible raw, so after serving everyone inedible food we then had to pick the potatoes out of the food and stick them in the microwave. at least now I know to cook them
My friend literally didn't know how to use a bus. Lives in London, red buses everywhere and using an Oyster card is super easy. But she's so rich she takes an Uber EVERYWHERE. So one time we went out and had to take a bus and she was so confused. It was really perplexing.
So I used to check people out of apartments. I would always do a pre inspection and say what they needed to clean/fix. I was always amazed how some people never cleaned out the lint trap in the dryer, especially since I had told them 2 weeks before to do so, 2 years of lint in that thing. Open it up and a sweater of lint in there.
One guy had his girlfriend with him and when I pulled out the lint trap with it completely full she hauls off and hits his arm. "You could have caused a fire!" Yep, he could have. A dryer uses a heating element like a stove or oven. You have a lint trap full of lint, well lets just say in scouting they teach you to bring it with you to start a camp fire.
Not necessarily a practical skill (or lack of) but I worked with someone that didn't know what the holocaust was; among many, many other things. I miss you Mon. (I dont).
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to date this girl who was the daughter of a rich family. Her dad was some big shot banker type and so they had a lot of money, the girl had properties in her name by the age 18, but she kept it kind of on the down low about her status.
However, she had no idea how to cook whatsoever. She had always had maids and servants to cook for her and so when she moved out for work she found cooking to be difficult. She would eat a lot of fried and boiled food but had no clue how to use a microwave or oven, and whenever I showed her whatever I was eating she would get food-horny and a little upset that she didn't know how to do that. Even something simple.
When at university we had an announcement about the coronavirus and that we would be doing studies from home starting tomorrow.
I deceived to go to the bathroom.
A girl in my tutor group, which actually told me she hated me once before, was crying in the bathroom.
I asked her what was wrong, and she told me because her family are stuck in their house in Switzerland she has to live in their mansion alone in London.
I did feel sorry for her and said it’s going to be okay until she said,
“the nanny isn’t going to be there, how on earth am I going to eat or wash anything!”
My sister once caught one daft girl in her uni halls frying an egg straight on the very unclean electric hob because none of the others had done any of their washing up (sister had but they used her stuff and left it dirty in the sink. And it was one of those solid black topped hobs that take forever to warm up then are always too hot). Sister moved to another flat in those halls not long after. I also heard at the end of the term the cleaning lady warned them to clean up the kitchen mess, which was nearly sentient by this point, or it would just be binned and them charged.
It was binned, they were charged and they had the audacity to contain too. Sister was glad she moved when she did, her new flatmates were much better.
We inflate balloons as party of our party store at my casual job
Typical comments and questions:
‘How do you make the balloon float?’
I had to explain that using your lungs inflate a balloon it does not make the it float
Hi-float is a form of liquid latex to coat and cover the inside of a balloon to cover microscopic holes and make it last longer
‘can you put in the special gas to make it last longer?’
‘Can I put them in the car?’
‘Yes’
‘No, on the roof of the car?’ (For a 2+ hour drive)
‘What if you put half air and half helium? Does it float lower?’
I did have this lovely young couple that had never inhaled helium before . They tried to buy a single balloon, which i gave to them for free. They took it a few feet away and started to inhale it and make each other giggle. Definitely one of my best experiences watching them be so happy together.
A dude over 30 years old used bleach to remove stains from a black shirt and was surprised to see that it got orange "stains" all over...
A girl almost 30years old telling me that she had no idea where was her vagina.
During lockdown (in the UK) my whole family are back home again, and my sister(18) is cooking pizza for lunch.
We go into the kitchen and see my sister has put the pizza in with the cardboard??? So we say "omg you put the pizza in with the cardboard base". She just calmly turns around and says "yeah i always, so that so its easier to get out"
I know you probably meant "wash" their hands, but with your first phrasing, "deal they're hands", it sounds like you're complaining about untrained card dealers in a casino.
My boyfriend at the time went shopping without me and that’s how I learned he had no clue you had to buy MEALS. This man genuinely didn’t know what meal planning was, he bought pasta but no sauce, hot dogs with no buns and things like that. I was shocked that this man had gone 22 years without knowing how to properly buy groceries
I used to have a coworker who, despite being 50 years old, had only JUST started learning to cook. Her explanation was that as the youngest child of 6, she didn't ever have to make anything growing up, except for like toast and cereal. In college, she ate out or her roommate would cook all the time. After s he got married, her husband and the 3 kids he came with would do the cooking. It was only within the last year or so t hat she decided to start ordering boxes from Blue Apron and learning how to cook.
I was seriously dumbfounded, because I learned to cook when I was just barely tall enough to reach the knobs on the stove.
I was in my flat cooking in the kitchen, a roommate walks in and asked me to put the microwave on for a minute, nothing in there. I asked why, “heat it up ready for my beans”.
The water flow valve next to toilets. I've met three college educated adults that have mentioned that they have flooded their bathroom (and in one case an entire apartment) as a result of a plugged and overflowing toilet. None had any idea that the little valve on the floor next to the toilet can be used to allow you to shut off the water flowing into the toilet in just such a situation.
In university i was once driving a guy out into the country side for a weekend away hiking. I didn't know him very well but about halfway through the trip I realised he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. I asked him to do it up and instead of pulling it across his chest he clipped it up behind him, then proceeded to slacken it off as much as possible so that he could lift the seatbelt over the top of his head and down over his front. He was otherwise a pretty normal guy, it was very strange...
When I was in my early 20's I had a beautiful hearted friend who was perplexed that when we wound the clocks back for the end of daylight savings that the sun wouldn't know when to get up.....she kept asking but how does the sun know when to get up.....it still amuses me to this day.
Was cat sitting for a neighbor, who has an advanced degree and works in health care. When I can't find the water bowl, I get a bowl out of the cupboard and fill it with water. When my friend gets back, I mention that I couldn't find the cats' water bowl. She said, "I never put out water for them because they drink out of the toilet."
Kid fresh out of college got a sales job where I worked. Lots of outbound cold calls and the guy wasn’t bad. I hear over the cube one day “Do I call his office or his facts a mile number?” We asked him to say it several times and turns out kid had no idea that fax machines were a technology at all.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 11:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember seeing a video of two teenagers being presented with an old wind-dial phone and them giving up on figuring how to use it after about 45 minutes.
My sister's idiot ex boyfriend asked why the radio doesn't work at the normal frequency when we took a road trip 16 hours away. He also didn't understand why people 'talk so funny'. He was 18. He didn't understand regional radio or ascents. Wtf
The amount of adult women who don't know they don't pee from their vagina is scary.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:48:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this kid, a spoiled brat btw, he didn't know how to change his covers, his mom does it for him, now i would excuse this if it was putting on his bedding, but nope, this kid doesn't know how to take his covers off. -_-
Had a 35yo co-worker ask me how to get to PowerPoint because she couldn't find it. She didn't have a desktop icon for it and apparently didn't know what the start menu is. This was like 6 months ago too.
A colleague asked me to come to their place and help them assemble some
IKEA stuff. Turned out they didn’t know the difference between a nail and a screw, which made the whole endeavor quite difficult for them. We managed together though.
Me, Friend A and Friend B were out shopping for ingredients to cook lunch for our picnic later on. Friend A and I really love cooking and we are somewhat proficient at it; we love to get together and cook/bake up a storm. Friend B has never cooked in her life. She eats only microwave dinners or takeout.
Me: What's the next ingredient?
A: Spring onions
B: I found the onions! *points to yellow onions*
Me: No not those kind, we need spring onions
A: I found them! Let's split the cost (spring onions are kinda pricey where I am)
B, staring at the spring onions in surprise: Those are onions...?? I thought onions are round and brown?
Also, later on, we were dividing up tasks to do. A and I each had our own dish to take care of, so B volunteered to steam the rice. I told B to measure out 1 (one) cup of rice and wash it. She asked me how to wash rice. A and I just stared at her.
Oh and the kicker is that A, B and I are all Asian. Spring onions and rice are VERY commonly found in Asian cooking; there is absolutely no way she would never have seen spring onions before. I'm so confused.
My roommate in uni didn't know the pipe/handle on the vacuum cleaner could be extended to suit a normal person (and shortened for ease of storing) so he just vacuumed the apartment hunched over as if he was using a children's toy vacuum cleaner.
I just happened to see him cleaning his room one time and asked him why he was doing it like that.
Him: What? It can be made longer?
Me: Yeah, just grab the plastic piece in the middle with one hand and the top end woth the other and pull your hands away from each other.
Him: confused look while trying to locate the plastic piece in the middle (It was literally the size of his hand, right next to it and the rest of the pipe was metal.) "How...how do you...huh????"
I went over and showed him how its extended and shortened and made him do it so he'd learn how to use it. Let gim have a go and it still took him several attempts to extend it despite it literally requiring zero force or technique.
Went somewhere while he was still vacuuming and came back home later. Saw the door of the closet where the vacuum was stored slightly open. Looked inside and the vacuum cleaner was just stuffed in there with the pipe extended despite it not really fiiting in there in the extended position.
We had another training session about it once he got home.
Saw him vacuuming several times with the shortened pipe even after that and gave up trying to teach him.
When I was in Air Force basic training one of the guys in my brother flight put his shoes on the wrong feet. He was around much longer.
On another incident, had an Airman get a DUI because the cop thought he was high. He was just really slow speaking normally and not the brightest. Later to fight the DUI in court he didn't want to pay for a public defender because "he knew in his heart he was innocent." By God's grace, he ended up winning the case still.
This thread has taught me parents are not preparing their kids to handle the basics in life or college kids are extremely dumb. Have to say at some point you know how Google works and should look things up instead of be complacent. So it is part the kids fault.
I am the one who didn't know how to do a thing. I moved on my own when I was 16 for school, and I had to learn a bunch of stuff on my own because nobody had ever taught them to me before.
Cleaning the dishes was a struggle, because we had a dishwasher at home, and although I had washed stuff by hand before, I was left with greasy and dirty feeling plates and mugs. I still don't know if I was just a bad washer or if it had something to do with the water there (the building was old and the pipes were the original ones so very disgusting, hot water came out almost as white as milk).
And the amount of cleaning it took to keep my apartment nice. I had always taken part in cleaning at home, but it had slipped my notice how much my mother cleaned weekly.
I'm moving back on my own in a few months, and this time I'll be responsible for all of the bills (although I'll be in a dorm-like situation so I'll be sharing the responsibilities of cleaning and such with my roommates) and honestly, I'm scared.
Why don't they teach you taxes and bill-paying at school?!
A girl I worked with told me that when she first moved out of her parents house, she and her boyfriend never washed their sheets. Instead, every time they got visibly dirty, they would just throw them away and buy new ones.
My brother had a leak in his radiator on his car and I had to explain to him how they work because he thought the radiator was supposed to spray coolant out onto the engine when it got too hot.
More of a ‘how do you not know this isn’t ok’ when I strolled into my kitchen one day to see my roommate forcing wads of paper towels into the garbage disposal. It took me getting another roommate to say that we probably shouldn’t be shoving paper towels down the drain for him to believe me
An important take away from these comments: Do not make someone feel bad for not knowing something. Instead try to teach them and help them learn. Not everyone was raised the same or experienced the same education so we shouldn't be so quick to judge.
I told my male 20-ish friend that his share house toilet was gross and he needed a toilet brush so people could clean up after themselves. He looked shocked and said “but toilets flush water, they’re self cleaning!”
I cannot stress enough how disgusting that toilet was. That he thought that was normal was horrifying.
“I never cook, this stove is broken and everything always burns, and the landlord won’t replace it!” (After 3 years of living in that apartment)
“What do you mean broken, I cook on this daily and it’s perfectly fine”
“Well, look, i put it on “Light” and it just burns...” [its a gas stove. The first turn of the knob is to light it and the flame is basically unregulated; the next turn will make the flame smaller, and then progressively larger as you keep turning it further]
“You mean, in 3 years, you never Moved the knob past “light”????”
Also, circumcised adult men who believe that water running down in the shower will magically wash their dicks, and that only uncut men should use soap to wash their privates.
I was teaching a new hire (college graduate) how to use a specific formula and instructed her to just enter 10% of the selling price as a down payment. She stared at me, lost, and said, "Is there a trick to that?" She didn't know how to figure 10%.
I had never used a deep fryer before because my parents preferred not to have one. I asked my partner if the amount of oil was good, he said yes. When I put the chips in, the oil overflowed and caught alight on the stove top. I called for him to help me as I turned the stove off and put the lid over the pot, he went to get water to throw over the oil fire. I reacted fast enough to stop him, move the deep fryer and smother the flames with a nearby tea towel. It happened so quickly the smoke alarm didn't even go off, the only casualty was the very burned tea towel.
A friend of mine was doing this young guy a favor and giving him a place to stay. Dude was 18 years old and moved out of a rough situation a few states over. He had some bad habits like staying up all night and playing the Xbox and pretending he was doing us a favor by advancing our stuff. So clearly a different perspective at the very least. One night at about 3am he decided he wanted ramen noodles but couldn't find a pan to cook with, (my friend had just moved here and left most of his stuff in his old city). He didn't see the electric tea kettle he could have used, so he found an old beer bottle out of the trash and cleaned it off then put water in it and put it directly on the stove burner to boil. He even took a picture and sent it to my friend showing off his innovation . Shockingly his beer bottle didn't explode and he was successful, but my friend said if he didn't have Do Not Disturb on and had received that message at 3am, he would have kicked him out on the spot. Within about a week, dude was gone.
Asked my partner (27m) to boil some broccoli and potatoes for dinner. Came into the kitchen and found 4 whole potatoes (skins included) and an entire head of broccoli (stalk and all) in a pot with an inch of water on the stove.
Knew he wasn’t a fan of cooking, never knew he actually didn’t know HOW to cook.
I worked in assisted living with a nurse who was convinced that the sudden uptick in residents with vomiting and diarrhea was no big deal, and seemed to think my telling her otherwise was me being flippant, and tut-tutted my concerns, saying I didn't know any better and that the situation didn't warrant a call to the state. Three days later half the residents and almost all of the staff had Norovirus.
Somehow, "I told you so," just didn't quite say it
A few years ago I literally tried to clean my computer keyboard with a bathroom spray. Needless to say it completley messed it up, and started this whole thing where my mum and I had to take it to the same repair shop three times.
One to fix the keyboard, one to fix the top left hinge which had broken, then one to fix the top right hinge which had broken
Probably too late, but had a roommate who was a really good guy, but lived with his parents his entire life due to health circumstances. I never really lost patience with him (externally) for that reason, but it was a mistake as a 30 year old moving in with someone with no prior experience living on their own.
1.) Dude loved takeout and having it as leftovers. He didn't like refrigerating it. As a misguided courteous gesture of not leaving it on the kitchen counter, he would just throw it in the oven.
I liked to cook, and I cannot tell you how many times I came back to the oven smoking and burnt Styrofoam. The worst part is his reaction was "Dont worry about it man, its cool" as I'm cleaning melted Styrofoam foam the oven.
2.) Our apartment was big enough that if im in my room, I usually couldn't hear the front door. It was about 12am and I was sleeping and had rain sounds on. Roommate drove home but left his house keys at his parents a couple miles away. He texted me saying he was locked outside. Does he drive back and get them? Call someone to bring them to him? No. This guy is pretty big, so he repeatedly rams his shoulder into the door until it busts open. When I left for work the next morning I could not believe my fucking eyes. Roommate is passed on the couch, with our door in shambles wide open. We live in an apartment complex of over 90 units, I cannot believe the police weren't called.
Had a roommate in college who argued until she was blue in the face that the side of the sink with the little grate over it was the garbage disposal, not the side that was open for food to pass through. Finally said she should stick her hand down the open side and turn it on if she was so sure.
Same girl that I had to teach how to wash her clothes, and who put sink dish soap in the dishwasher. She was super sweet, and pre-med. Her family must have just done everything for her. Careful folks, she's now a doctor.
My mother had a co worker who got a new car and was very excited about it. Two months later she had a new, new car. Turns out a mysterious light on her dash had been on the whole time she was driving her new car, and she thought it was a cute, if a bit odd, smiley face put there to amuse her. Turns out it was some sort of engine warning light and she ruined the engine beyond repair.
Very late to the party, so probably not going to be seen, but when my mom was 60 my dad had surgery, then cancer was found and he went straight into chemo/radiation. She was instantly the sole caretaker after years of being pampered. Some notable WTF's:
-Mom had never cooked a meal. She went from pampered only child to wife of a cook and never learned how.
-Mom did not know how to shop for groceries.
-Mom had not put gas in her car since the early 1990s and didn't understand pay at the pump.
-Mom, despite being the higher earner, has never paid bills or managed finances.
-Mom has a hard time buying clothes without someone else picking them for her.
And no, dad was not a controlling person He was just "old school" and thought he was being a gentleman by always taking care of everything for the woman he loved. Lesson to be learned, I think, is that sometimes loving someone also means making sure they could survive if they were suddenly on their own.
Fortunately, we had a tight community of friends who all came together and helped her reacclimate to self sufficiency.
My ex wife and I had just bought a house together, and a couple months later after the weather turned hot the lawn was looking brown and dried up so she asked me to water the lawn.
I said I would do it, I just needed to buy a sprinkler so I could. She kept arguing and asking why I wanted to go spend money, why couldn't I just turn on the water? I kept saying that I needed a sprinkler in order to water the lawn. Finally she said "I don't understand why you want to go buy a sprinkler. Why can't you just turn on the ones that are built into the grass?" I realized that she was talking about the fancy built-in sprinkler systems that you see on golf courses and sometimes houses have them. I said "because we don't have those!". She said "No, ALL houses have them!"
I had to explain to her that no, all houses do not have watering built into the lawn, those systems have to be installed and are usually very expensive. She still didn't believe me and said every place she'd ever lived had them, I probably just didn't know how to turn it on. She then called her mom and asked about it and finally believed me after her mom told her the same thing.
Mr-Pip · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Took my girlfriend out for breakfast at Uni. She had never had a fried egg before. She didn't even know it was a thing...............she was 21. How!?
1st day at uni and my new flatmate asked me how to wash dishes because he didn't know how... Up to that point I thought he had just been joking about how much of a spoilt rich kid he was. It was a rough year having to live with him
I was helping my aunt load the dishwasher when she mentioned that it was probably time to buy a new one soon since this one kept overflowing and smelled horrible. I asked her about the last time she cleaned it and she just gave me a funny look.
Apparently, my aunt buys a new dishwasher every few years because she did not know that she's supposed to clean them.
I had a 22 year old Filipina girl and in Boracay and i was kissing her private part until she had twice an orgasm. Totally euphoric she told me she never had a man kissing her there.
We continued and she moved down and asked me if j would like her to do the same with me and i said:"Yes, of course, if u like?"
She answered:"But please tell me before u come, I don't wanna get pregnant"
I laughed and said:"Gigi, you know how babies get made?"
She answered:"Yes of course i know but if u cum in my mouth and i swallow it also goes there...", pointing at her private part..
When I was in my mid/late 20s, me and my two best friends J & K were going out drinking and dancing one night.
While on the way, my friend K yelled "shit I only brought 1 tampon!" I said I had one too, so she should be fine for the night. Then she said, "I just wont drink that much so I dont have to pee a lot..."
It took me a minute but what she said really didn't make sense. I mean it was about 10:00pm and we'd only be out for about 4 hours.
I asked her what she meant by that....and she said every time she peed she'd change her tampon. I told her you don't have to do that but if that's what made her comfortable then we'd stop and get her more.
She was incredibly confused as to why I didn't change my tampon everytime I peed and said "how to you pee when your tampon blocks it from coming out?"
I then had to give my 29 year old best friend an anatomy lesson, because she was horrified to find out how many um..holes..we have and that urine and menstrual cycles don't come out of the same one and she's been wasting money on extra tampons.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was back staying with my parents with a while and my Dad was trying to put the dishwasher on. He had a dish washer tablet out and was messing with it, when he said to me:
"These tablets are fantastic, but they don't half making the packaging hard to get open."
I took one look and it was the skin-tight wrapper the tablets come in, that dissolves in the dishwasher. My Dad had for as long as they'd used these tablets been tediously opening the individual tablet cases. He was slightly bemused when I told him he could just chuck the whole thing in.
My best mate was round mine and spilt a drink down his top, told him he could borrow one of mine and said feel free to use the washing machine to wash the shirt. That’s when he said he’d never used a washing machine before, the dudes 23 years old, says his mum still does all that stuff so he doesn’t need to bother. He’s a plumber and is a very handy guy, so it shocked me even more that he didn’t know how.
Have a friend in his forties who is independently wealthy, but cannot change a lightbulb. Doesn't know how and thinks it's complicated.
His personal assistant, also a friend of mine, urged me NOT to teach him how...for the sake of his own job security. I could not make this up. It blew me away.
my roommate always says "a little bit of germs never killed anyone" whenever she drops food on the ground or just leaves it out in room temp for hours (not good, raw or cooked).
I run a cleaning business. We've only just reopened. I got a desperate call from a client begging us to come clean for her this week. She said she doesn't even know how to clean a toilet. This person makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in a medical field and doesn't know how to do basic chores.
Our garage is very small and sometimes I have to take my bike out of the garage so my father can take his car out. Every time he stands in the way of the door, giving me little to none maneuver range. Sometimes I just stare at him and wait if he realizes what's wrong. Most times he doesn't.
In my early 20’s a friend offered to give me a lift to an event we were both going to. It was about a 40 minute drive west of where we were. She started driving south. I asked why, and she said she only knew how to get to destination B from destination A, so she was driving to destination A from where she would drive to destination B, doubling our drive time.
Despite my begging her to let me give her directions straight to our event, she did indeed drive us an extra 40 minutes out of our way to destination A.
Once in college, we were making dinner and I told one of my roommates to put the corn on the grill. The corn was on two paper plates so he wouldn’t drop them. He came back and said he did and a few minutes later I turn around and see that our whole deck was smoke! Like it was so bad that you couldn’t even see outside! So I tried to go outside but the door handle was HOT!!!! We were just sitting, panicking. So then I told my roommate to put on a mitt or something and open up the door while I got the fire extinguisher and shot blindly. So he opened up the door and smoke came inside and it was HOT! But I was still standing at the doorway shooting the fire extinguisher blindly bc I couldn’t see with the hot smoke in my eye. Fast forward to a few minutes later when everything started to calm down. I walked out side to see what the hell happened and it turns out he actually put the paper plates on the grill with the corn with the grill lid wide open. Now, I don’t know how a couple paper plates caused that much smoke but I was MAD! We can look back at it now though and die laughing!
A neighbor was cleaning and mixed bleach with ammonia. She wound up in the ER. All of us- neighbors, friends, ER staff asked her the same question "didn't anyone ever tell you not to do that??"
LLonce · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m the other person in this scenario. Grew up in an abusive household that restricted my access to the outside world pretty hardcore, for explanation, so it’s taken me a few years to catch up. Ever seen Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? I’m not that bad, but let’s just say the show strikes too close to home for me to comfortably watch it.
Most recent basic thing was that I not only didn’t know how to cook bacon, but that I also didn’t know not to put bacon grease down the sink. Ended up with burnt bacon and my exasperated (and amused) partner stopping me when I tried to put the dish in the sink. One of our housemates in the kitchen laughed so hard he had to sit down when he saw my absolutely bewildered face while it all went down. He even straight up said to me “how did you not know this, dude?!?” afterwards.
Most memorable thing ever was learning how to order a pizza for the first time, by phone. My partner still teases me about it sometimes, since now I’m the one who always orders the pizza AND I’ve worked the phone line for a local pizza place in the years since. Not knowing how to order a pizza til I was 18 is definitely something I still feel embarrassed about, though.
Favorite basic thing that I’ve learned to do is definitely yard work. My in-laws laughed at me so hard when they taught me how to use a lawn mower and weed-whacker (and the differences between all those plant-cutting tools, which, I’m gonna be honest, I still have trouble remembering) a few years ago, when me and my partner were couchsurfing with them during a rough spot. His dad had always been big on dragging him outside to help with yard work and “projects” so my partner despises it and can’t imagine life without it in equal measures. Lucky for him, I find it SUPER satisfying, even though I still really suck at it.
The thing I still don’t know how to do that always gets this reaction is drive, though, since I’m 23. My parents never bothered to teach me before they kicked me out and because of a minor accident I got into as a teen I’ve got some anxiety over it to boot. But hiring a driving instructor for manual is mad expensive, and I’m not sure with my super bad ADHD and anxiety it’d be a good idea anyways. I worry I’d be a danger to others.
My manager didn't know about the shift key.... she was pressing caps lock on, typing a capital letter and then turning caps lock off to continue. I showed her the shift key and she was amazed but she still continues to use caps lock because "it's easier".
This is a super simple one. But one of my old roommates took a used pizza cutter, put it back in the sleeve and then put it in the dishwasher. And was confused as to why it didn’t get cleaned.
Had a new housemate. Three of us in the house and we did the chore wheel sort of thing to keep things clean. Came home to find the house almost flooded. Housemate didn't know how to mop a floor and had basically poured buckets of water out and swished it around with the mop and thought that was a job well done.
I asked a 21 year old trainee at work to change a light bulb in the ceiling for me. He stood up reached for the roof and just pulled the hot, still on light bulb out of the ceiling socket, wiring and all.
I had a friend in high school who was the sweetest girl you’ve ever met, and she was brilliant academically. But her stay-at-home mom was very... doting. The woman did everything for her children, and I mean EVERYTHING. I was at their house and it was just my friend and I. We were 17 at the time. She said she was hungry and I said then let’s make something in the microwave, super quick and easy. She said we can’t bc her mom wasn’t home. After some questioning I realized this girl didn’t know how to use a microwave. Couldn’t open the door or anything, and she assumed you had to be an adult to operate it??? I found out that summer that her mom shaved her legs for her, as well as ALL other places that require shaving. It was an odd household for sure.
wo0kie · 2 points · Posted at 13:41:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago when I was managing a restaurant I asked a hostess if she could please sweep the front entrance.
“Do what? How?”
“You know, (I forget her name, we’ll call her Princess bc that’s what she acted like) Princess, sweep? If you could grab that broom and small dust pan and just do a sweep of the foyer to clear away some of those leaves that blew inside?”
“I don’t understand.” I think she’s fucking with me, there’s no way she doesn’t understand. There is no language barrier so I know it’s not a matter of translation. I begin to demonstrate. “Oh! I don’t do that. We have people that do that for us in my home. I dunno how to do it.”
“Well just like this, see?” I show her again.
“That is so funny I’ve never seen that done before.” At that point I decided, I’m not paid enough to fix stupidity and I just asked the other hostess to please finish the rest of the foyer while I had Princess roll silverware.
For those of you who think Princess was playing me to get out of work, I promise you this is not the case. I found this girl crying at the soda station once because she “doesn’t understand club soda” and couldn’t figure out what a Shirley temple was and why someone would order a girl’s name.
My roommate in college was going to drive 5 hours back home because the button on her winter coat popped of and she had no idea how to sew it on. She even had a small sewing kit.
I looked at her dumbfounded and sewed it on for her. She acted like it was wizardry.
That's a possibility, but seems like duping me is a lot of work for something that takes less than 2 minutes to do.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:41:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Helping one of my bar staff with a qualification, they didn't understand decimal places. Bar staff. Worked in the bar for over a year handling money every day and couldn't figure out decimal places...
I loved that girl but this was quite the shock, another swing and a miss for the UK education system.
Also: new night porter was asked to microwave a can of soup for a customer. He opened the can and put the whole thing into it and turned it on, prompting a chef to launch himself across a table like some sort of tubby superman to switch it off.
The porter was a guy in his 50s.
I was in the 9th grade and I went over to my friends house to chill after school. She lived with her rich aunt because her parents were working abroad in another country. The aunt allowed her own kids to cook but her niece wasn’t allowed to step foot in the kitchen for reasons unknown. I said I was hungry and it was just the 2 of us and we couldn’t order in because we were broke. I suggested we go cook something for ourselves and she said she didn’t know how. I said I’d teach her (don’t do this in another persons home without permission first of all) so we settled on making a simple omelet. I went to go heat the pan while I told her to go crack some eggs into a mixing bowl.
She proceeds to just smash the entire egg into the bowl shell and all and had the AUDACITY to be confused. I just stood there stunned as I watched her try to pick out the eggshell pieces with a fork.
Going to somebody elses house and asking for a screwdriver and they dont have one, like what happens when you need to unscrew something like a battery hatch for a device? Do you just throw it away? Smh
I had a roommate in college that was trying to impress a girl by making, “egg on toast.” So, he put a piece of bread in a pan, cracked an egg on top of the bread, and promptly started a fire.
Later I walked in on him trying again because he couldn’t figure out why it didn’t work the first time.
Over here, that's an actual dish. No idea how you start a fire while making it though.
s1l1c1 · 2 points · Posted at 13:52:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have friends that are twins...they were having a small party for girl's night and bought helium balloons for decorations. They called me in a tizzy because the balloons were not floating! I asked where they got them and if they were full. They exclaimed YES, we just blew them up! They seemed super surprised when I explained that helium balloons needed to be filled with helium to float. Good times. Ha
When I was an engineering intern at an airline, a fellow intern was kind of a ditz. This was probably 18 years ago, but a couple things I remember is that he checked his car oil with the car running and had a note on his fridge that he needed to visit the "pong" shop.
While we were in some orientation/training class, they described different levels of aircraft maintenance including A-checks, B-checks, C-checks, and D-checks. I glance over to see that he had written "Sea Check" in his notes. I kinda get it if it was in a vacuum, but in the context of the other checks I just shook my head.
Roommate didn’t know how to clean a shower, how to mop. We had cleaning check and it was her turn to clean. My other roommates coddled her and I was like nope! Said “here is the spray here is the brush, spray brush rinse. I’ve got to go take a test. See ya” she did not like me much...
She also couldn’t figure out why she was cold yet hadn’t made her bed, and was just sleeping on the provided mattress, which is just gross in general because it’s a provided dorm mattress!
There are very few people I would call just plan stupid, she was one of them.
volfin · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a work associate's house and he offered to make me a sandwich. I was horrified when he reached into the kitchen cabinet and pulled out a jar of half-used mayonnaise...
It was rancid to the point it wasn't even white anymore, but a yellowish clear gel. I was just shocked and appalled that he didn't even know mayo should be refrigerated, it has raw eggs in it!
In college I went home for the weekend and when I returned on Sunday evening all of my roommates (9 of them who are mostly now doctors and lawyers) were complaining about not being able to get the internet to work for the past few days. I went upstairs and unplugged the modem / plugged it back in and was deemed a tech god.
I had to teach a fellow university student how to take the bin out. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to reuse the bin bag or not?! I had to explain that no you don't have to empty the rubbish out the bin bag, you tie the bin bag and throw in the big outside bin.
My junior year in college for mechanical engineering I had to take a technical writing course for engineering students only. Our final project for the class was to write a repair guide for an old laptop we were given. My partners and I sat down to start and the following transpired while I was getting a camera set up to document the process.
Me: Can you take the back off of the laptop for me?
Partner: OK... How though?
Me: Well, it looks like there are a few screw holes in the back. Once those are out the most we should have to deal with is a clip or two that we can pry open.
Partner: Right... But how do we do that?
Me: Well, we got a small pry bar as part of the tool kit and we were told as a worst case scenario it doesn't matter if we break anything.
Partner: But the pry bar doesn't fit in the screw holes?
I look back and see a screw driver sitting untouched in front of him. Apparently, he had somehow made it to his junior year in college having never learned what a screwdriver was or how to use one. I sat down and showed him how to use it and after seeing the look of awe on his face at the herculean feat I had just achieved we promptly agreed to switch roles for the project.
TL;DR Junior engineering student had no idea what a screwdriver was or how to use it.
I’ve had to teach a coworker what a screenshot was because he accidentally took one on his work iPad. This man is 36 years old. I’ve also had to explain which way paper goes into a printer to be able to make copies.
My partner (23M) didn’t know you could pee and poo at the same time and was super confused when I (22F) explained it and still a year 1/2 later does it all separately!
There are many valid reasons for not knowing or not being able to drive. As long as you're able to get around ok, who cares if you don't drive? I'm so sorry if anyone ever tried to make you feel bad because of that. 😕
Thank you for saying that....I appreciate it...and yea... that's the thing....I get everywhere I need to be...am on time to work etc...and yet...I hear that all the time lol
My bf taught physics at a top university. His students thought 1/2 + 1/2 = 2/4. When he wrote it out and drew it out, clarifying they said a half plus a half is a half, his students agreed.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to convince my roommate to not say the “n-word” while we’re both studying in the US.
My ex gf didn't know how a dish rag "worked." When she actually did the dishes, she used a sponge but never replaced it. So after months of her using the same dirty sponge (we used different cleaning tools for dishes) i threw it out and bought a bunch of rags. She had a tantrum and yelled "I dont even know how to use this." I'm hoping she was just pissed because I threw out her sponge, but I literally had to guide her hands into the water and soap and help her ring it out for the first few dishes.
She also got into a fender bender and didnt know she had to have her registration and insurance cards in the car.
a year or two ago my boyfriend at the time didn’t know how to put on a condom. Claimed that people he’d previously been with didn’t ask him to use one....
Went to dinner with a friend who told me she always tipped well and then she tried to tip 10% and acted super surprised when I left more cash on the table.
That was ok when we were kids but it's a solid 20% now and I usually add more because my mom waitressed to put herself through college and I have mad respect for waiters&waitresses.
Admittedly, I don't know how to tie a tie. I'm 42. I only ever wear ties to funerals or weddings (so maybe once every other year?) Inevitably, I always have to ask my father-in-law to tie my tie. And, yes, it is emasculating. But clearly not enough so for me to learn how to do it once and for all.
Jump on YouTube my guy. There are 5 minute clips that will show you. Trust me...the moment I finally was able to tie my own ties I felt like...free lol
When I explained to a 30-yr-old male that just bought a fixer-upper that you put a felt underlayment on the roof before you attach the shingles. He turned, very genuinely impressed and amazed at what a diy expert I was. No sarcasm. Turns out he knew literally nothing about repairs, house or yard work. He'd never lifted a screwdriver, paintbrush or used a lawnmower in his life.
And he wasn't some wealthy or privileged apartment dweller or anything. He was just a lazy idiot.
Surely you've touched a screwdriver in your life though? He hadn't.
My dad wasn't handy at all. I didn't learn these things from him. I learned some things like this from my mom and some from friend's dads and I think maybe a little from TV. This was in the 90s and early 2000s so Google existed but wasn't really an option.
In my job, we often refer people to local food banks. One day a young lad came in, about 19,20, for a food parcel. I said told him he couldn't have one as he'd had one the day before. He said he needed another one as he didn't know how to cook anything that he was given. Also, at one point he said "I mean, what the fuck are 'chick peas'?".
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a grocery store as a cashier and the amount of people that have no idea how to use a self checkout is amazing. The amount of people I see that walk away while the cash back option is still up amazes me. Anyone can walk up and easily take cash back out of your account. If you don't get a receipt something is wrong.
Not really horrifying but funny. My older sister is like 15 years older than me, and one time when I was maybe 10 or 11 she came home from school wanted to light a candle, and all we had at our house was matches. Little did I know she had NEVER used matches before. It was the funniest thing ever to watch cause it took her forever to strike the thing on the box and she wasted maybe 6 matches cause once it was lit she got scared and blew it out. but once it was lit and she could do it, she screamed the whole time until she was able to light the candle, blow out the match and throw it in the sink lmao. It baffles me cause we only ever have matches at our house to light stuff, first born children really are young parents guinea pigs lol
Worked at Wells Fargo and I had to teach a 40-year-old guy how multiplying and dividing fractions work. His daughter was going through primary school and needed help with homework but he didn’t know any of it...while we work with people’s income calculations, DTI, and other complicated ratios daily. Blew my mind.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I am always shocked when I meet people moving here from the east coast and they are taking driving lessons because they've never been behind the wheel. I am not mocking, just pointing out how marvelous it is to think there are people who are able to survive without their own vehicle just a few thousand miles away from where I live.
I legit Had to explain a coworker how to sweep a floor, we were closing up the shop and cleaning, i ask her to get a broom from the backroom and sweep a segment of the store.
she said “oh i dont know how to do that, ive never used a broom and i have never done it before”. I thought she was joking at first,but soon my laughter got thinner as her face got more serious and i realized she was not playing, she had no clue how to sweep a floor not even in concept.
My most recent ex. He was 34 when I met him, and he couldn't cook for himself at all. He literally could not boil water. But the real wtf moment was when it came to grocery shopping. His entire life his parents did everything for him, and when he moved out on his own, he survived on takeout. Every. Single. Day. So other than the cleaning and bathroom supply aisles, the grocery store was completely foreign to him.
One evening while I was making dinner, I had to send him out to go buy a carton of heavy cream. The store was a five minute walk from our flat, and to make things simpler for him, I had asked him to get just that one item. He was gone for nearly an hour, and when he finally came back, he triumphantly handed me a tub of cool whip. Good times.
When my friend was about 16 we were in the hospital visiting another friend with a bad kidney infection who was placed on the maternity floor. We were talking about babies and all of a sudden she said "you can actually feel the baby MOVE in your STOMACH!!???" We were kind of in shock that at 16 she never felt a baby move in someones stomach or even knew that happened? She was a big fan of the movie Alien too, wonder if that shock was related.... LOL!
The guy I was cleaning swimming pools with decided he'd have a cigarette whilst filling our five gallon gasoline can from the gas station pump.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:18:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate in an apartment. She'd never lived away from home before (she was 31). Nice girl, but I suspect she didn't do much around her house growing up. I kept finding scraps of food in the kitchen sink drain. She thought we had a disposal - we didn't. Wouldn't you think she'd notice there was no switch for it??? Another time she came to me all sad because she had to throw away her little flower salt & pepper shakers, which she loved, because they were empty. I turned them over, and she was so happy to see the holes in the bottom to refill!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're a good friend!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more mind boggling to me than people who can't use a dishwasher machine. Those were not common where I grew up. I still don't understand how to use a dishwasher because my parents never let us run it when we moved into an apartment that had one
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:50:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've lived in three apartments and one home and none of our dishwashers have ever worked so I just wash dishes by hand. It is honestly not hard at all. I am sure there are dishwashers that actually work but I have never owned one.
Housemate always used to ask me how my clothes smelt so nice. I told him about fabric conditioner, and he revealed that he didn't use anything in the washing machine, just threw the clothes in everytime, no product needed, and "let the water clean the clothes"
This is from my personal experience, not another person.. but I've rarely used a microwave in my life, like I've seen people use it obviously, but I don't use it. So when I went to uni everyone was making microwave meals at night and I thought "let's try one", I put the meal inside with the plastic cover on and my flatmates were shocked because you're supposed to either peel it off or poke it.
From then on I would just cook something up instead of going the easy way.
So many things:
-Load the dishwasher with the cups in the top rack and plates on the bottom
-put knives SHARP END DOWN in the silverware caddy in the Dishwasher
-put Paper towels on the holder (It's just a bar, not even with a top on it)
-put the fucking pots and pans back in a neat stack so they don't crash and fall on my foot EVERY FUCKING TIME I OPEN THE CABINET
Edit to add: I have to buy my own Tupperware now because some stupid bitch in the house just throws out the Tupperware when she throws out her old food. If you guessed it was a grown ass woman in her 50's doing this, you would be right.
mkhpa · 2 points · Posted at 16:51:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you not have any intellectual curiosity? I love research and dig up the best solution to a problem that brings the best value as opposed to "I have always done it this way". Horrifying :-(
Yeah, it sounds bad. It is a restaurant I love to go because the food is delicious, but she didn't know how, so I had to explain step by step how she was supposed to order... And she did it wrong, so I had to order for her
I was helping with a film school shoot, I was almost 30 and everyone else was 18/19.
I made a huge bowl of fake blood, and we had several bottles to fill. I asked the kid whose house we were at
“Can you get a funnel?”
He brought be one of those metal veggie steamers with holes in it that kind of folds like a flower. I said that’s not a funnel.
Another kid rolled his eyes and said “here.” Handing me a whisk.
I said “no, a funnel
And I kid you not, the next kid brought me a colander.
I was in awe.
Moving to Oregon and actually witnessing people not knowing how to pump their own fuel. It was actually mind boggling to see someone struggle with a machine thats pretty self explanatory... even has pictures 😆 and many people have managed to even mess up the card swipe part.
When a (past) co-worker who was hired as an Admin/Executive Assistant came to me and asked me how you address an envelope. She had a degree and everything but had zero idea how mailing and even formatting for addresses worked. I was shocked. It’s pretty basic standard knowledge for anyone doing Admin work....or so I thought....
My cousin in college thought brown meat comes from brown chickens and white meat comes from white chickens. He also thought hard (boil) eggs were a type of egg you bought at the store.
My father is 65 and he never learned how to not use his fingers when eating food. He perfectly knows how to use utensils, but when he eats he will have a utensil in one hand as he shovels food into that utensil with his finger.
There was a guy who's crashing at my sister's apartment for a while while he was looking for a place of his own. She asked him to clean up after himself, but he said that his family always had a maid or that his mom always cleaned up so he didn't really know how to wash the dishes properly. And he used it as an excuse to not clean up for himself because he said he would probably just do it wrong.
I have a couple experiences, not so much horrifying. In college I had a roommate that did the old dish soap in the dishwasher mistake, but left for class. When I came back from class I had a nice surprise. She had no idea you couldn't do that. She also didn't know how to drive a car, but was very academically gifted.
Also, I did not really know how to cook at all, and my boyfriend was probably horrified when I was trying to help him prep dinner one night and I didn't know how to cut up an onion. No idea how to even begin. I was 21. I lived off sandwiches, ramen, and takeout.
It was really just cooking. I had my own place, paid my own bills, graduated from college, etc. I was lucky to have had a mom that was a banker and taught me important aspects of being an adult, just not cooking I guess.
I had a friend who told about the first time she tried cooking herself after going away to college. She boiled an egg until all the water was gone because she wasn't sure how long it should cook for and wanted to be sure it wasn't raw or something.
For anyone on here in the same boat as my friend, usually a hard boiled egg cooks for max 10 minutes.
🤷♀️ Her mom was an amazing cook too which just made it even more painful to hear about.
One of my housemates back in the day thought it would be nice to make me a coffee in the morning after a particularly heavy night. He made it in the cafetierre i used but had never used it before himself. He plunged the shit out of that coffee so many times it was undrinkable. Got a good laugh out that.
The next time he made one for me there was used coffee in there from the day before. He was so proud that he did it correctly, i didnt have the heart to tell him.
I have many stories with my current 23 yr old roommate who had never had tried any food in his life besides the basic spaghetti and meat and potatoes his family fed him (they're wealthy but apparently controlled a lot of his day to day life). So he'd never eaten any fruit outside of apples and bananas (literally never heard of raspberries), boiled or scrambled eggs, ramen, tacos, just, everything (hes becoming more adventurous now but its slow going).
Anyway, he was shocked when I was able to clean the bathtub and demanded to know how I did it.
"Just with some vinegar and dish soap."
He was like, "I've had to sand that thing down everytime I've tried to clean it."
??? I mean the fact that he figured out how to sand it and refinish is actually pretty cool but he didnt even think to google it otherwise???
My brother in law said he'd make us ramen as a snack. Came in to smell smoke - didn't realize he had to add water. He's Asian, had ramen his whole life (though never made himself) and was almost 40 years old.
Told another Korean friend in college to make the rice (he had a small electric rice cooker). He said he know how much water to add etc, so I went to shower. Came out to smell rubber. He put the whole pot on the gas stove and the rubber feet and power cord were melting. He was embarrassed and even said we were such crazy guys that he thought we'd do it that way.
Once I found out one of our civil servants had so abominable hand writing, I never gave him any writing tasks, because I needed to redo all of them. His (~19-20yo?) handwriting was worse than mine at age 9. When it is hard even for yourself to decipher if the doodle you just wrote down is a P, B, O, I, R, F, H, S, 9, 5, 4, 8 or some lower case letter... it is a big problem.
Oh. My IT class had Windows 7 computers. I was "learning" Pascal.
I wanted to show my teacher some feature of the compiler that she didn't know about. But I had to set some special compilation options, which are only available from command line.
So I launched CMD, and...
"What are you doing! I don't allow you to mess in the DOS! You will break something! No I don't trust you! Close it now!"
I guess she was raised in the era of Windows 9x where command-line was an actual DOS and you could actually break something in it.
Still, she apparently feared me more than trusted the school's well-trained security team. It was an elite secondary school and only professors were allowed to work there...
Now the funny thing. I started to type "exit" in the command line. She shouted "No, close it! Don't type in it!" I said "Well, that's how you close DOS, though this is not DOS so I can close it just like this" - and clicked the X button.
I hate when you know more than your own fucking teacher. In high school I got in trouble with my marine biology teacher cuz I had to constantly correct him on basic, basic things.
Especially applies to college professors that are well-trained to evade such accusations. Usually they'll tell you "we'll clarify that after the lecture" but leave immediately so that you cannot reach them in time.
The two instances that stick out most in my mind was a final exam where a question asked whether red blood cells were diploid or haploid, aka whether they had a full set of chromosomes. Red blood cells don't have a nucleus. Like, even first year intro biology teaches that, and this was junior year AP Bio. I asked the teacher if it was a trick question and explained why, and she just gave me a blank stare and told me to answer it as if they DID have a nucleus. 🙄
The other one was just me being a little smartass I admit, but the teacher reacted way out of line. It was marine science, he was giving a lecture on bivalve anatomy and said the substance they secrete that creates pearls was called "maker". I raised my hand and said no, it was "nacre". He insisted he was right, but I kept challenging him and eventually opened my textbook glossary to prove it, and turned my book around for him to see. The guy lost his shit and began screaming at me for undermining his intelligence or something to that effect, asked if anyone else wanted to teach the class cuz he was done with our shit, threw our homework he had just collected into the garbage, and stomped out of the classroom, leaving us all bewildered. He was kind of a scary guy, real tall and had a baritone voice, and I was just a tiny, shy 16 yo nerdy girl, so I was a little shaken up by the whole thing.
After 20 minutes it was clear he wasn't coming back, so we all just left. For some reason I don't think he ever got in trouble for that. He certainly never apologized, he just began teaching the next class as if nothing had ever happened. Musta fished our homework out of the trash too, cuz we got it handed back fully graded, not a word about it. I was definitely a weird moment.
....I'm still a little smartass, though.
MD3005 · 2 points · Posted at 20:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in the Navy, when I joined up we had a load of classes on how to do basic life skills such as shower, iron, brush your teeth, shave etc... really basic stuff but had to be covered. One thing they never covered was how to wash clothes in a washing machine (we only got the privilege of machines at week 3 of basic, hand wash before then). Went in to the washing room to see one of the guys just staring at this machine trying to figure out where everything went and what buttons to push. I was amazed how many of the lads (all 18+) couldn't figure it out as they'd never used one before!
My best friend and I were making toast for breakfast after a sleepover. She apparently dropped a piece of bread into the toaster and picked up a knife to try to pry it out of there - while the toaster was still toasting bread.
The ones on the wall are analog clocks. They're still reading clocks, just digital clocks. Some people with learning disabilities have a hard time with analog and digital is easier/faster.
It’s not like they’re disabled or anything like that, they just never bothered to learn lmao. I’m sure we all knew the “ I’m too cool to go to school” kid when we were younger
Oh god that sounds horrible, I knew a person with a similar thing and they couldn’t read on paper that wasn’t yellow because the text looked all fucked.
I had a teacher show me that trick when I got to job Corp. He realized I was dyslexic (it's actually worse than that, but no one knows dyscalculia). When I was a learning the analog clocks (1st/2nd grade?) the teacher would scream at how stupid I must be not to understand it already, like the other kids. Lemme tell you that's such a motivator /s
All I can think of is, me mum has it worse :/
True, can’t imagine what it would have been growing up with those kinds of / any learning disabilities when our parents were like 8. Especially considering how far we’re come in diagnosing and working with disabilities. Even if it was the same level I doubt they would have gotten the same help we get today.
Someone that had just started renting didn't know what to do to get basic utilities going. I told her to call those companies (I didn't know she was renting). I believe she said her parents were taking care of it.
Good job mom and dad /s Now your daughter, who was probably in her mid 20s, still doesn't have a clue about how to do it. smh
Not completely adults but at 16 my friend admitted to me that she had no idea how to do anything with her hair because her mom always did her hair for her every day. This included basics like brushing and putting into a simple ponytail.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 20:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, 30, had literally never done his own grocery shopping - as in, never even set foot in the store. Even when he was in college, his parents did his shopping. He had lots of food allergies, and his parents decided this was the way to keep him from being exposed. First time he had to he kept calling me frantically because he had no idea what he was doing.
I also had to teach my brother how to iron a shirt at 28 because he had never done it before while I was saddled with any chores our mother could find.
My bf is a really intelligent guy, but there are a lot of basic things he doesn't know how to do. The one that freaked me the most was when I explained him how to clean our bathtub. I came back to him standing barefeet in the bathtub after he put the cleaning chemicals in and was wondering why his feet were burning 🤦♀️
I swear he's smart but sometimes he doesn't turn his brain on 😂
My college roommate collected over a month's worth of dirty clothes and took them downstairs to throw them in the washing machine. She went down to switch them to the dryer and came back upstairs, pissed because her clothes hadnt gotten cleaned. When I asked what happened, she said no one had told her she couldnt just put them all in the machine at once. She had stuffed the machine full and could barely get it closed, so it didnt even rotate, resulting in most of the clothes not even getting wet. Made me grateful my parents actually made me do my laundry so I know not to do that. Yikes.
Maia_E · 2 points · Posted at 21:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother had an employee who bought very often new bed sheets. He had very old parents and lived with them in his sixtees. When she asked him, he didn't know that it could be washed again. He bought new sheets every month and dumped the old ones.
I found out it when I was at visit to her and found bag of foreign sheets in her bathroom. She washed these for him and his old parents every month.
It was sad story and he was very unhappy man.
I lived in one of those houses that rents the rooms individually to college aged kids and one of the girls was the spoiled rich kid whose parents did everything for her. Surprisingly, she’s not the topic of the post. She got got mad at us all and moved out, but her parents had pre-paid for the year and the leading company wasn’t willing to refund it.
So, she finds a random 18 year old dude from Craigslist and sublets it to him. He has no job. He had taken dance lessons at Arthur Murray and decided he was a dance instructor, but had no students (and I’d later see, couldn’t really dance). He kept saying he was looking for work, but there was no evidence that he was, and he owed us all for utilities and food that he would take from the kitchen.
One day two of us find a restaurant that’s looking for servers. We talk to them and they say he can have the job. All he has to do is come in, fill out paperwork, and do a very basic interview. We drive him there, send him in, and are getting coffee in the same plaza. We see him walk out not 3 minutes later with the application in his hand, and he tells us it didn’t work out and he has no idea why. It doesn’t add up.
I go in and talk to the same manager from before to see what happened. He tells me that the guy couldn’t answer basic questions, and when he asked him about his experience, he talked about dancing and showed him a bad rumba step.
Same dude came into my room one day begging me to use my credit card because “this super hot girl wants to bang me, but she wants me to prove I’m 18 on this age verification site”. Yup.
He wound up stealing it out of my room at some point, and by the time I saw it on my statement we’d already kicked him out.
I saw him on another campus a few years later. He actually turned and ran when he saw me. Lol.
Gary, if you’re seeing this... You were a dipshit. I hope you grew up and pulled your head out of your ass.
My daughter in law managed to get to her mid 20's with absolutely zero life skills.
Her and my stepson (her husband) were living with us at the time. My Stepson got a job that paid about $1500 a month. She was looking for a place for them to live and I had to explain the concept that her husband earning $1500 a month did not mean they could afford to rent a place that cost $1500 a month.
First, she didn't understand the concept of taxes, that a $1500 a month gross salary did not equal $1500 take-home pay... and that they'd also need money for utilities, property tax, food, etc.
She was 24, thought utilities just 'came with the house' and thought food just magically appeared in the cupboards.
When I was 11, I needed to staple something to a tri-board and didn’t recognize that holding my hand behind it would cause the staple to reach through to my hand. I stapled my finger to the board and I lost feeling in my left forefinger.
Third comment but just remembered another one.
My moms ex boyfriend was complete shit. Absolutely awful.
He had lived in Connecticut, but had moved up with us because he lost his job. He never actually got another job, but that wasn't the worst of it.
My family travels a lot, and we had just gotten back from a trip to Canada. We had drove the hour and a half home from boston, it was late afternoon and we were all exhausted. My mother, my brother, my grandmother and my great aunt and I all arrived home.
TO FIND TWO AND A HALF FEET OF FUCKING WET SNOW TO SHOVEL.
None of it was done. We could there to the door of the house without getting soaked, theres was no where to park.
He hadn't even shoveled out my grandfather (76) who could have an emergency any time??? He was also pretty independent and did his own shopping but was handicapped???
My mother was L I V I D.
After that, I was told I needed to teach him how to snowblow. (I do the snow blowing my mom and brother clean off the cars and touch up with shovels.)
He was completly incompitent.
I said ok, this makes you go forward. It's self pulling. This one makes the snow blow out. Move it forward a few feet.
This fucking buffoon tries to push it and pulls the snow blowing handle. I correct him. He does the same thing again. I send him to go shovel.
He shovels some of the snow back into the path, then goes inside. The rule is you don't go inside until everything is cleared. Equal teamwork.
He proceeds to go upstairs, track snow through the whole damn house, and then go take a nap.
One of the most infuriating people I've ever met in my fucking life.
So glad he's gone. In the end he started drinking (again, he was an alcoholic for a long time) and stopped taking care of himself and raided all of our liquor.
We had to lock him out.
He smelled like shit, looked like shit, and was a shit person who refused to leave.
Glad we got him out before COVID hit.
Sorry for the rant lol.
TL;DR my moms ex boyfriend didn't know how to shovel snow, and didn't understand how to work two simple buttons.
When I was 12 or 13 years old, I didn't know I had to press BOTH the brake AND the clutch pedals on a riding lawn mower to engage the brake...and I drove it through the fence at bottom of hill in backyard.
Luckily, smack-dab through the center of a wooden panel and it just took it off the posts, because if I had hit a post, one of us (either me or the mower...or both) would have been seriously injured.
I know that's not an adult... but I found out that my friend (an adult) didn't know this, either... she was telling me how she was going to get a riding lawnmower and I told her that story... and she thanked me over and over because she said she had no idea and doesn't read manuals.
A friend of mine, 30 years old, who has 4 children, is married, and a SW, in all honesty did not know that she didnt pee from her vagina. She thought she had to take her tampon out to pee every time. It wasnt funny, it was sad. I had to educate her on many things during the span of our friendship
Holy shit, I was just about to make a comment about the exact same thing. My friend in high school was like that too. She said she would only use pads, because she thought it would be too much of a hassle to always have to remove her tampon every time she had to pee. Well, since your comment is here, I guess I won't post mine.
It's even sadder knowing that was likely by design. Conservative people refuse to teach their children about sex, or puberty, or consent, etc. I was one such child, and yeah, it messed be up big time.
Thank you!!
And shes a woman of color, and pretty much any woman I've known that wasnt educated on her own body, has been a woman of color. It goes to show a small piece of the systemic racism that some people "dont believe exists"
I am just glad that education is becoming more widespread, and hopefully that will help both people of color, and people in your predicament. Sex education shouldnt be a political issue and it sucks. Thank you for the conversation:)
Oh it absolutely exists, and it's frustrating that so many people refuse to believe that it does. There's definitely a religious motivation behind not teaching girls about their own bodies too, one that doesn't apply as strictly to boys, other than the whole "god hates you if you touch yourself" thing. But girls are almost treated like they're dirty for getting their period. It's super messed up.
At least I was just kept in the dark cuz my mom was too embarrassed to have that talk, but I know several women who were actively chastised for something that's totally natural and that they can't help but have every month. I hope your friends didn't have to experience that level of ostracization from their families. 😞
I didn't get any 'talks' growing up. My first period scared the hell out of me (no talk with that either), and it was a while before I actually learned anything.
My daughter (now 15) has been getting talks since she first asked me what pads were for. She knows about sex, periods, masturbation, hormones, consent, sexual harassment & assault, and anything else I think is relevant.
Her first period was a non event, because we had prepared for it thoroughly. She understands the reproductive system and the difference between that and the urinary tract.
I didn't want her to grow up as clueless as I did.
A 12-lead is also called an ECG. It’s to look at a person’s heart and can help tell if they’re having a heart attack and if so what type and the severity. Especially in rural areas like the one I work in it’s very important and is used to help determine you’re transport decision. I did report him but administration doesn’t care, it’s been an ongoing problem longer than I’ve worked there.
Ugh. I'm sorry. That's horrible, and even worse knowing that apathetic hospital administrations are so common. Human lives aren't a priority and the people at the bottom, aka first responders like you, often get treated like crap and are massively underpaid.
My friend stayed over at my house a few years ago. We woke up hungover and decided we wanted pancakes. I put the mix in the bowl, and said "okay Jenna, put in 2 eggs and stir." She said okay and I went to go to the bathroom. I come back and she literally just put 2 eggs (shells and all) in the bowl and was gently mixing. She didn't hear me behind her because music was playing but I stayed long enough to see that she was looking at the bowl with a genuinely confused look. I tapped her on the shoulder and said "...?... Jenna? What are you doing?" "I'm mixing the eggs, I think it needs more water though." And continued mixing. She's not very smart and I know she was being super serious. Her parents aren't the greatest and she doesn't know how to cook anything, including instant Mac and cheese. God help us all
The eldest turns 27 this week. He and I shared an apartment for less than a year when we were in our early 20s. My favorite question was "how do you get your pancakes so round?" Shock ensues as I show him that he has to pour the batter into the middle in a steady stream.
Bonus!
The bfs dad, up until he met his wife, didnt realize you needed to refrigerate meat. He would buy 5lbs of ground beef and leave it on the counter using only a chunk of it at a time! When it would inevitably go bad he would take it back to the store, complain, get a new one, and start the process all over. I just about crap myself when my bf told me!
My friend made a nsfw joke(he mentions blowjob). I was confused and was like, da fuck is dat. I didnt think this was dirty or someshit i legit thought it meant a leaf blowing job like you go to the park and blow some leaf or something. While he tried to explain that to me he mentions eating the pp so i was like, da fuck bitch thats cannibalism. While our other friends laugh at my naivity, he look so done and in his mind he was probobly like, how the fuck do you not know this?
Well... While working at a Dunkin donuts I had a girl ask me how to use a mop and a mop bucket🤦 she was just splashing water all around made a swimming pool out of the lobby... How do you not know how to use a mop and it's corresponding bucket...
I lived with this 25-year-old hippie chick in the Berkeley hills who was obsessed with composting. Cool, but there was a huge rat problem in the hills.
Even though we created a "composting bin" outside, she also insisted on keeping a small compost bin INSIDE the old house we rented. She refused to put it outside, left food out every night.
She was like the pied piper, wasn't bothered when rats started scurrying around our house every night. I legit killed about 5 or 6 per night with traps, for over a month. She made no attempt to remedy the situation, and my complaints fell on deaf ears. She would literally step over the dead rats as she left every morning, and let me clean all the carcasses up. Our landlord wouldn't pay for an exterminator.
I couldn't bring anyone over. For a while, half my incentive for meeting someone at a bar and getting laid was knowing that I could sleep somewhere else so I didn't have to throw away dead rats in the morning. She wouldn't clean them up and it was honestly hard for me to do, rats are gross, but it still sucks to kill so many animals.
Eventually hired an exterminator, it worked. But it was a bummer because we used to have deer and all kinds of cool creatures in the yard. After they sprayed poison, they never came back. She still left food out overnight.
When I was on vacation years ago I spent a few days at my uncles house. A true bachelor. I was around 22ish and he was about 31. Bedroom, couch, tv, computer. That’s it. Barely food in the house.
He told me there’s a deep fryer there but the thing doesn’t work. I asked him how? He said “I plugged it in, turned it on, and I waited for like twenty minutes and the thing wouldn’t heat up”. Five seconds of me looking at the thing, I fixed it. The outlet that it was plugged in was the GFCI anti surge sockets (the ones that have the button that say “test and reset” on them). The outlet must’ve spiked when he used it. I hit reset and wouldn’t you know, the thing starts heating up. I asked him how long has the fryer been like that. He said like three months. Also, the original oil and the single test French fry was still in the deep fryer. I did not use that thing.
I have a friend who went from working in a restaurant to working in care when she lost her job (No fault of her own, financial issues closed it) but going over basic things like having her hair up and short nails was painful. Those are things I assumed would be the same in health care and food service!
Same friend also did not know how to change a bulb or that her tap dripping was not a sign it was broken, she just needed to twist the knob a little more.
I also had to explain that an adult shop was not a shop that sold normal stuff that did not allow kids in to her and that you needed to clean your personal toys after use...
My room mate finished mowing the lawn, then came back into the house with a nearly empty two liter soda bottle. She poured the contents in the sink and the house rapidly filled up with the stench of gasoline. She apparently thought that gasoline should be 1.) Stored in a bottle. 2.) Disposed of after most was used, and 3.) The sink was an adequate place to do so. She was upset when I started screaming.
This was the same bitch who would leave boiling water on the stove until it boiled down to nothing and started smoking.
She'd also load the dishwasher by just shoving all the dishes in over top of one another. Like stack them how they would be if you just left them in the sink.
She had a job as a substitute teacher so I thought she'd be sane enough to live with us. Not even close.
She moved back in with her mom after I threw her out.
I used to work at a nonprofit where we had weekend respite stays for those with developmental disabilities. I had one lady that I worked with for two years and the last month she worked there she admitted to me that she didn't know how to change bed sheets. She had pawned the task off on someone else for the two years. She admitted she hadn't changed her own sheets at home during that period either. I think a family member helped when she had moved to her apartment? My initial bafflement changed to horror as I remembered her telling me she had dropped a pizza on her bed and let her dog eat it. I inquired and apparently she had febreezed it and that was it. Still makes me shudder after 5+ years.
I once had to show a friend of mine how to indent a line on word by hitting the tab key. For years he had just been pushing the space bar like 4 or 5 time until it looked right. He had no idea it was possible
Last year I was in school one of my friends saw me drink coffee. He yelled “THIS DUDE IS DRINKING COFFEE THATS ILLEGAL!” He told me there was a age limit for coffee. He thought it was like alcohol. I was literally dumbfounded.
I used to live with a gal who was a nurse. She was very smart and always thought about health and safety and everything. I got home from work one night and the apartment was so filled with gas I thought I was going to pass out. I quickly opened all the windows and relit the pilot light on the stove. She never smelled the gas at all, so glad I did. I mean, how could she not even notice?? We could have gotten so sick or the place could have blown up from only turning on a light.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:56 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s (otherwise seemingly intelligent) boyfriend doesn’t know the order of months of the year. The order of the months of the year.
They told me they only apply to one job a time and wait to hear back before applying to the next one because applying to more than one at a time is too much work. Truly horrifying
I was standing in a warehouse with a manager and a supervisor. The manager was suprised a giant cardboard box he was standing beside weighed quite allot, to wich the supervisor responded "it's probably because it's folded". I though it was funny and giggled a bit, but that giggle soon turned to mild shock and confusion when they together unfolded one of the boxes and decided to weigh it to see if it weighed less unfolded. I was at a loss for words, turned around, walked around a corner and proceeded to facepalm my nose trough the back of my skull.
jelljen · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:31 on October 17, 2020 · (Permalink)
Senior year of high school, sat next to one of the popular cheerleaders in first period. We were studying different religions and just happened to be talk g about Jesus. She said to me, “hey, did you know there’s more than one son?” And I asked, “do you mean more than one ‘son of God’?”
No. She meant “sun”. Like “the sun you go tanning under”. Like, stars.
People who show up to gun ranges not having half a clue as to what they're doing or not having a shred of discipline. I've been muzzled twice by yuppies and that's enough to keep me away from public ranges unless I know the staff.
Jesus Christ I went to a gun range for my 15th birthday (this was several years ago) and brought one of my friends that hadn’t ever seen a gun in real life before. Obviously we all explained to him basic gun safety before we even got to the range. The first thing he does when he picks up the 1911 we were shooting is turn around, pointing it directly at the rest of us with his finger on the trigger, and ask how to turn off the safety.
Suppose that’s on us for not explaining the safety on 1911s beforehand.
My boyfriend is a trust fund kid who really hasn’t had to do much for himself growing up. When he came to live with me he put everything in the dishwasher and then didn’t know how to work it haha
My best friend and I grew up on the same street/road. As we became adults, he showed no interest in learning, getting a job, or acting like an adult period. He's now more than a decade into adulthood and wants to blame the president for all his failures in life instead of looking at himself as an individual and realizing some very basic truths about his lack of self motivation to grow up.
I shared my cherries with a coworker (in his 40s) and he almost broke a tooth, because he didn't know that cherries have pits in them.
maramc · 4 points · Posted at 02:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, a friend missed class and asked to borrow my notes. I gave her my notes for the weekend. When I saw her next, she admitted to me that she couldn’t use my notes because she couldn’t read my handwriting. I was confused because I know my handwriting isn’t great, but I never thought it was illegible. She asked my roommate if she could read it, to which my roomie said “yeah....it’s just cursive.” She said “what’s that?”
Nothing against her, she’s very intelligent, I guess her school just never tortured her with cursive like mine did.
The concept of a fever seems to bewilder most people.
It will cause you to shiver. This is not a seizure, don’t call the ambulance.
It will cause you to feel cold. Don’t get under an electric blanket or heavy comforter. Don’t call the ambulance.
It will go away if you take tylonel. After 4-6 hours it will come back. Take more tylonel. Don’t call the ambulance.
If you are a healthy youngish person, it’s probably not going to be life threatening. You don’t need to go to the doctor unless your symptoms persist, or it moves into your chest. You don’t need to go to the hospital or call the ambulance unless you have life threatening symptoms like shortness of breath, or severe weakness/lethargy/dizziness after battling it for a couple days. But just because you have a fever is. It a reason to call the ambulance.
A friend of mine bought a motorcycle at 30. Went to change a part out and didn’t know how to loosen a bolt. Kept tightening it til it wouldn’t budge. How did you make it this far without knowing righty tighty lefty loosey??
BIPOne · 2 points · Posted at 01:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US, depending on what you do, left=tighten, right=loosen.
Also, on some moving parts like bicycle pedals, its also inverted like that, because of the forward motion you use to pedal with, if it had a standard "right tightening thread", you would loosen it because the left pedal rotates to the left, thus it would come loose on its own.
Some other types of threads are also inverted from what you might think is the 'standard threading' for the appliance in question.
We’re also in the US. I’ve noticed that on the bicycle and a couple other machinery parts from time to time on job sites. But the bolt he was trying to loosen was definitely standard left to loosen.
It has to be once a month that I see some poor middle-aged person on their bike trying to get started. They’re not in very good shape and that has nothing to do with it, they just have no idea that they need to shift to get started on their bike from a standstill. They usually also have their seat way too low and not enough air in their tires. I have a mini debate in my head: I want to start carrying a small kit in my car so I can stop and adjust everything for them and then I debate whether that would be too intrusive and/or insulting.
I sort of feel the same, she had an ‘incident’ where she lost all momentum on a hill climb and fell into a verge, which is when I asked her about her gearing because I’d never had trouble with that hill; to which her face fell blank.
She’s now too embarrassed to ride again, and I wish she’d just take some advice to learn about it.
Not someone I know, but me. I grew up with hoarders and my childhood home was filthy. My chores were less cleaning and more of "hide the trash" and "lie to the cops for me". I was kept inside too, so my social skills need work. Come to adulthood, running away from home...
My home is clean. It's been years, so I've learned a lot. I'm just very self conscious when I get something obvious wrong and would often cry because I felt dumb and worthless. Everyone knows everything and I crawled out of under a bridge.
"I'm trying," is something people don't care about.
Note: I know I'm a smart person. I just have an angry voice with a crass sense of humor about my failures.
My friend was following a dessert recipe which said “melt the chocolate over boiling water”. She proceeded to put the chocolate directly into the water and then was trying to figure out how to sieve the chocolate back out.
I was in culinary school (le cordón Bleu, in Pasadena), when the head chef was asked, while doing a demo on cooking chicken breast, at what doneness did the instruction want the chicken cooked to? Medium rare ? Well done? The chef answered surprise me ... and and that was probably the most wtf moment I had with a fellow adult 🙃
Clearly using a toilet. It's a widespread problem.
I cannot understand how many men are unable to aim in a 30cm bowl. Piss on the edge, piss on the ground. My cat is better domesticated than most human men...
I once had a very Christian friend in high school who, after a decade-and-a-half of fellowship and attending church, did not understand that Jesus Christ was immaculately conceived and was not, in fact, the biological child of (The Virgin) Mary and Joseph. I'm sure most people have an idea of this, but the entire point of the New Testament was to tell the story of God's only son, bestowed to a virgin to make the point that, through God, all things were possible.
For context, my friend was was going through a phase where he was getting into it, trying to uncover all the truths, sending me concerned FB messages about how Lady Gaga (whom he loved) was satanic, and trying to cure himself of his homosexuality. Here was this sixteen-year-old, trying to follow the gospel as best he could, but didn't have the most important piece of Bible lore to start with.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 03:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The immaculate conception refers to Mary, not Jesus. That she would be pure enough to carry the Lord's son one day.
Thanks for telling me, good to know; I'm not particularly religious and was going off of what I knew from a Christian background.
🎙️ arual_x · 9 points · Posted at 23:10:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bless his heart this is almost too pure. You know. Except for the curing homosexuality and evil lady Gaga stuff. You kinda can’t get angry at someone when they’re this misinformed.
That's the thing; whenever he was going on his tangents, it was never that he was condemning me, but rather trying to warn me about the evils lurking in our media, or whatever it was. I know that he was in a vulnerable state with his strict family on top of the fact that he, frankly, was not the sharpest tool in the shed, which made him all the more susceptible to suggestion. (He would even flip really easily if I gently talked him down from whatever he was talking about, and then go back to it a week later.) He was confused about how faith related to life and really needed better guidance, especially as someone who was so passionate.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 23:55:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's interesting, thanks for letting me know! I have a non-denominational Christian background where there wasn't a ton of focus on the Virgin Mary and her story.
It’s still a fact in the context of the bible. Whether you believe Jesus was real or not doesn’t take away from the fact that the bible does say he was immaculately conceived. It’s also a fact that Harry Potter has a lightning scar for example.
Do you have a source on that? I know the bible is far from the most consistent thing out there and can have completely different meanings based on how it’s translated, but Jesus being born to a virgin I thought was fairly well established. I’m no bible expert though.
it's been over a thousand years since any of it was written, plenty of room for thing to be twisted and still be well established
many languages including english never had a standalone word for people who haven't had sex. "virgin" used to mean something very different (and still does, if you're a bottle of olive oil)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adulting?
I fucking hate you all.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:52:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. Just calculated a weighted average for a report, mystifying a Finance Manager at work. A Finance Manager. (Facepalm)
FrMark · 2 points · Posted at 01:19:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Building a fire in the fireplace. One year it we had a particularly cold winter in my city. My colleague mentions to me in passing that his apartment had a wood burning fireplace and he was gonna build a fire for his family that night. He was under the impression that he could just put a log in there, toss a match on it, and he would have a cozy roaring fire. Spent like an hour explaining checking to make sure the flue was open/not sealed, what tinder and kindling are, how to build it up, etc. I assumed it was common knowledge. Apparently not.
No way is it common knowledge. Living in the south, you'll never need fire, unless you camp. A fireplace in the south is for show and very rarely to be used.
FrMark · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. We're in the North now (PA) but said coworker was originally from VA. Still, we used our wood burning fireplace so damned much growing up in northern OH that I was both shocked and greatly amused
Was measuring out marks on a camera lens with a friend to make sure the lens was accurate while making marks on the follow focus. The lens went from about 10" to 12" then 18" then 24" and then switched to 2'6", 3', 4', 5', etc.
The change from inches to feet really confused them because while I had a blank ring and could make marks however I wanted (in inches or feet/mixed), they had a premarked ring that read 10", 1', 1'6", 2', 2'6", etc. Theirs changed from inches to feet a lot earlier than what the lens itself said and they couldn't wrap their head around how something like 1'6" was equal to 18".
I was just like oh no you just add 6 inches to a foot and it gives you 18". They still weren't getting it and I was just like you know how many inches are in a foot right?... "No"... Wait really? ... "Yeah, I don't really know how to measure" (which idk how the fuck they've ever gotten work as a 1st AC/Focus puller, blew my mind). So I spent the next 10 minutes teaching measurements and how 12" is 1 foot, so 18" would be 1' plus 6" and 24" is 2 feet because it's twice as much as 12", etc. etc.
So I’ve never cooked a hotdog either in my life, I have an Asian family and we never made hotdogs or hamburgers or western food as my parents called it.
Not judging you cause, as I’ve learned living with an Asian roommate, there’s a lot of pretty basic Asian food that I had no idea how to cook until he showed me, but it’s really hard to mess up cooking hot dogs. You can cook them pretty much any way imaginable, even the microwave works.
I grew up with her, she definitely had one. She just didn’t know what it was for or how to use it. She kept clogging the sink in our group house and leaving black/brown opaque, rancid-smelling water in it because she didn’t know what a garbage disposal was.
Not really horrifying but not being able to count back change. I’ll go somewhere and they tell me the price and they punch what I give them in the register. In those several seconds I’ll think if I give them 13 cents they can give me a quarter. Completely messes them up every time. Occasionally I’ll ask if they know how to count back change. No one ever does.
I'm a vet tech. I had to scrub in to assist the doctor with holding some various parts here and there as needed. The girl who was supposed to take over anesthesia for me started panicking halfway through and I had to talk her through how to do her job while assisting the doctor intermittently. This is why clients need to start advocating that their pet is handled by trained nurses. You could have a 19 year old doing anesthesia and if the doctor is hands deep in your dog they can't stop to help because they have to be sterile so better hope that tech can follow verbal directions exactly.
My last roommate had never gone shopping by himself and didn’t know how a self-checkout worked. I jokingly said “rich boy Alex doesn’t know how a self check out works?” And he looked at me and then I said again “rich boy Alex doesn’t know how a self check out works.” Then showed him. He had a nanny shop for his family his whole life.
I was in a sporting goods store looking at handguns. I had just been explaining to the store guy that I was in the service and I was looking for a good pistol.
I asked him to take one out of the the case and let me handle it. I tried to disassemble it and... the slide wouldn’t come off. I tried a few times...
... before the store guy politely reminded me to drop the magazine before taking the slide off.
If you know the military, firearms, and weapon safety, you may quickly identify my many mistakes.
Okay, I'm only seventeen but my best friends dad sighed "mom's not here and I don't know how to do dishes, could you do them /u/Henrybowers666?" And I just stared at him blankley
My best friend growing up got a flat tire once (18 years old) and called her dad for help. On the phone he asked her how flat it was and she replied “Well not all the way flat, it’s at least only flat on the bottom”. So. That was a good one.
I worked in a cafe making English breakfasts. Think bacon, eggs, sausages, etc. One day my 45 year old coworker screamed. She’d cracked open an egg and found a partially developed chick inside. She was freaked out. She didn’t know chickens came from eggs. Really.
I always did the dishes by hand growing up and when I got my most recent job was the first time I'd been able to use a dishwasher and I got really confused and my manager on the day was a huge dick about it. I'm not dumb, I just really don't understand techy machines.
Cock and ball torture (CBT), penis torture or dick torture is a sexual activity involving application of pain or constriction to the penis or testicles. This may involve directly painful activities, such as genital piercing, wax play, genital spanking, squeezing, ball-busting, genital flogging, urethral play, tickle torture, erotic electrostimulation or even kicking. The recipient of such activities may receive direct physical pleasure via masochism, or emotional pleasure through erotic humiliation, or knowledge that the play is pleasing to a sadistic dominant. Many of these practices carry significant health risks.
If I had a nickel for every self-professed male "dom" who was utterly clueless about how BDSM actually works, who had never even heard of the word aftercare let alone understood what it meant, or even knew that there was more to bondage than just fuzzy handcuffs and spanking women, I could have retired before I could legally drink.
My partner hanging book shelves. I was like "Cool! I can't believe they didn't even need to adjust where the L-brackets were for the studs!". I am sure you see my mistake in assumptions. About 6 months later one comes crashing down, fortunately not on me as I had vacated the seat underneath just before. Four giant holes in the wall...drywall dust...books going everywhere and knocking everything else everywhere...it was a mess. Through some conversation it turns out they never bothered to find the studs and just put it right into the dry wall because "I thought it'd be strong enough" for a 15 volume hardback series. Given their knowledge of tools and construction usually, this was especially confusing and horrifying.
My former husband and I were having intimacy problems. I asked him if he had ever made his first wife climax. He looked at me with a straight face and said, of course she did we had 3 children! I was completely flummoxed due his lack of knowledge, I also wish this wasn't a true story.
My first roommate post-college was the absolute worst. She went to community college so she didn't have the growing up experiences in college that most of us. AKA, she didn't know how to do jack shit. She could cook, which made one of us, but that was about it.
I had to teach a 20 year old woman how to do her laundry.
I had to teach her to fetch said laundry from the dryer and put it away, not leave it in a to-do pile on the community couch. More than once.
I had to teach her how to do dishes and put the dishwasher away. She refused to clean a moldering Instant Pot for a MONTH, until I broke into her room and put it upside down on her bed. I have a mold allergy. I told her this multiple times, that I could smell the mold.
Her "excuse" was always, always "But I just got off of work,". Like cool. Welcome to Adulting 101. Never have kids.
I was also the only one who checked the communal mail box. Because when she remembered it existed, I never got my mail. Because she'd "forget".
I was always picking up her clothes and shoes because she'd strip after work and go snooze in her bed for 4 hours.
I had to FORCE a grown ass, now 21 year old to clean up after her party that she threw on her birthday. The first floor was absolutely trashed. There was vomit all over the bathroom. There was spilled alcohol all over the kitchen. She literally did the "But I don't wanna! It's my birthday! I shouldn't have to! You came to the party too! You do it!" (I came to the party because it was at our apartment. I didn't know and thus trust her friends NOT to go through my stuff)
I could go on, but I can feel my blood pressure spiking again. That life experience taught me a lot, but among many things I will be vetting any and all future roommates. No first time kids who've had Mommy & Daddy waiting on them hand and foot. Never again. I would sooner live in a rent by the week room at the shady motel than do that again.
She went to community college so she didn't have the growing up experiences in college that most of us.
Please could you explain this to a non american? It reads like they teach laundry at not-a-community college (whatever that is), but I know that can't be right.
Well, from my dorm experience, a lot of kids basically take a crash course in adulting. I mean, I remember spending a good portion of my first semester having to teach kids how to load detergent or watch them learn that you don't need to dump half a bottle of bleach into a load.
Dorms in America are very tiny and cramped. I was only blessed with one roommate, but in her first semester my sister had two. You learn how to keep your space tidy, lest you have a pissed off roomie. It's the little things. Hell, most of us take a crash course in what happens when you pile dishes in the communal sink without ever intending to clean them. Yeah, that was a fun day of being one of the few people who did everyone's dishes and was sick of it. We "threw them away" after multipile notes warning such a thing. IRL, we hid them in the condemned kitchen of the condemned floor below us, in case someone went crying to the RA, which they did.
Basically, you usually learn how to live with people who don't have to stand you because your both family. She had the same life experience of an incoming freshman who'd never had a chore their entire life and fully expected their roomie and/or SO to continue being their parent.
Oh and "Community college" is basically what remains of "junior colleges", if I understand it right. I can't explain it well, I'm sorry.
I'm a bit confused too, tbh. I didn't go to a school with dorms but my sister did, maybe he means that since you're around so many other young adults in the same boat, you kinda figure things out communally? Also there tends to be an older RA, or resident assistant, that lives with freshmen to watch over them and make sure nobody's breaking the rules. They probably teach the kids about stuff like laundry and the importance of cleaning.
That's not an ignorance thing, that's just a straight up being a bad person thing. You can't teach someone not to be lazy and inconsiderate. She'd be like that whether she had lived in a dorm or not.
We had some friends over for dinner and this girl asked if she could watch me cook the bacon because she’d never done it before. I explained that you have to time it just right because bacon keeps cooking after you remove it from heat (it’s covered in hot grease).
Years later, we are at this same girl’s house for dinner. I was chatting with her husband while he was cooking chicken. He takes the chicken off the pan without checking if it’s done! And I said, “oh you don’t check them? How do you know if they’re done?” And this man says, “they’re good! And besides, they keep cooking after you take them off the pan anyway.”
Well that's a bit extreme, I have a female friend who's like 5'2 and 100 lbs, she cant tighten the nuts safely so she cant change her own tyres. Do you think she shouldnt be allowed to own a vehicle?
I'm a 47 year old woman, and I've jumped more cars than I can rem (I'm no mechanic). There are even instructions for how to do it in the owner's manual.
I've met several adults who claim they have no idea how to change a tire. Sure tires have gotten much much better in the last few decades so you may have legitimately never gotten a flat but you still need to rotate them.
The most horrifying is seeing over 18 thousand redditors not understanding that people come from different places in life with different ways of doing things and need to be taught to understand the ways you are accustomed to and understand. Everyone has to learn some-time and if you're not willing to teach them and just balk instead on your 'holier than thou' power-trip that makes you feel superior, then you are the problem in the situation.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that. But in my particular instance, the “other place” the guy came from was down the road, and the “other time” was one year older than me, and the “different ways of cleaning a bathroom” were “properly” and “stupidly”.
I had a guy I was training at work who didn’t know how to use a socket wrench. Not only did he just not know how to tighten or loosen, but just didn’t know how to use it at all like replace the socket or apply it to the bolt head
I'm near middle aged and I still don't know how to use a socket wrench. I'm baffled by them. And I am actually somewhat of a DIY person and mostly rely on myself for nearly everything.
No one taught me these things.
When I see other people use socket wrenches, I just see them put it on and turn.
How does it know when I want to tighten or loosen? And now that I think about it, I have used a socket wrench before but I didn't exactly know how it worked and just fiddled with it until it did what I wanted.
It’s all about the little switch on the back. It changes the ratcheting to either allow you to loosen or tighten. So if you are turning the wrench and it’s making the clicky noise, it’s not doing anything but spinning. You’ll have to turn the wrench in the opposite direction to apply the force to either tighten or loosen. And no wrench is the same, the switch isn’t universal to where if it’s to the left it means loosen or vice versa. It is pretty much trial and error.
Ha ha. I'm a mechanical engineer. I've trained young (but degreed) MEs who didn't know what a hex wrench was or what a "thread cutting tap" was. I think the names alone kind of spell those things out.
Sometimes it’s mind boggling haha. I also had a guy who didn’t know the difference between a flathead or Phillips head screwdriver. I don’t know how they get thru haha
Rehela · 1 points · Posted at 22:41:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
More confusing than horrifying, but I had a roommate who asked me how to cook Sidekicks. You know, the noodles with pictorial instructions on the back. The girl was a Science major, who apparently couldn't follow instructions.
I work at a gym and I asked the new guy to run the vacuum while I mopped. He didn’t unwrap the cord before he started pushing the vacuum and then didn’t know how to flip the little holder down so the cord all unraveled at once. I’m pretty sure he’s an adult man who had never used a vacuum.
My brother once didn't change his for so long that, combined with his stale drool, his pillow grew black mold
ajoy97 · 1 points · Posted at 23:22:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to pack! Helped my friend move out and we got there and she hadnt packed anything up?
Then she proceeded to put every single dish in box which was so heavy the bottom started falling out!
A man who doesn’t know how much a gallon of milk costs. Among other common things, not just shopping things or traditional “women’s work”, but like how or when to use a screwdriver. How to wash a dish, how to hang a picture, etc.
M2704 · 0 points · Posted at 23:31:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I have no idea either. Mostly because gallons are stupid measures. I do know what a liter of milk costs though.
I pulled through Popeyes drive thru and ordered a dark meat combo and asked my ex ( boyfriend at the time) what he wanted. He said white meat. We got home and he opened the first box, when I saw a leg I said, oh that’s mine and he looked at me funny. I said, I ordered dark meat you ordered white, right? He said yeah....
At that moment I realized he didn’t know the difference. He told me he just always ordered white meat but likes legs and thighs. So I explained what pieces where dark meat and which where white meat.
Simple enough, but it made me wonder how he got through 34 years of not knowing that. He was an extremely momma boy who barely knew how to take care of himself when we got together, so I probably shouldn’t have been surprised.
I've heard of dark meat vs white meat, but I've never thought about it before. Whenever I order chicken, it's just listed by the body part and not the type of meat.
You’ve never ordered chicken before where they ask you if you want dark meat or white meat? Like if you are ordering a 2pc ... instead of the whole damn chicken??
Dark meat- legs & thighs
White meat- breast & wings
At some places. What I'm saying is that the "option" between dark and white isn't listed, it's only the body part. If they asked me if I wanted dark or white, I'd have no clue what they meant.
Yeah,I understand what you are saying. So you personally don’t have a preference. Chicken is chicken..... Can I ask you a favor? Next time you eat a leg then a breast, I want you to see if you can taste the difference. Which one you like better...
I can’t believe we are having a full on convo about chicken lol.. but anyway, to me, white meat is dry whereas dark meat isn’t and sucks in more flavor. White meat chicken reminds me of eating turkey. If that makes any sense.
Lmao now that you mention it....chicken is chicken! But I will see if I remember to really taste it next time. Funny enough, fried chicken is my all time favorite food, so this conversation has been hilarious for me.
Hahahaaaa!! Who doesn’t love fried chicken?? Mmmmmm All fried chicken is good! Screw it... let’s just stick with “ chicken is chicken, and all chicken is good!”
I met this girl in college that didn't know you had to change your oil filter in your car routinely. she was just adding oil to her car here and there. totally fucked up her car.
Caught one of my friends trying to clean chocolate off of a white shirt using milk because "milk is white and the shirt is white". Aside from the fact that putting milk on your white shirt will not in fact make your shirt clean, just make it smell like rancid milk and possibly stain it yellow, there was literally a sink 10 feet away and she also had other clothes she could have put on.
I worked at an f&b place. We have a dishwasher but if the shift was slow we’d hand wash. One time this girl, who was studying at a university, was the designated washer. Out of the corner of my eye i noticed she wasn’t using soap.
She just rinsed the cutlery, cups & plates with water and put them to dry on the dish rack. I asked her why, she said she thought if they weren’t greasy it means they don’t need soap.
Its kind of related, my first college roommate didnt own any silverware or dishes except for a red solo cup he used to hold his toothbrush.
He would literally just steal plates/silverware from the dining hall, use them, and leave them in the canteen in the dorm (they used the same plates/silverware but had worse food). He had a number of other bad habits, like hording food and never going to class. I hate to say it, but I was really glad when he dropped out.
Not the worst thing ever. But, when I was married, my wife would always try to account for "taxes," in our grocery budget. I think it had to tell her 2-3 times a month for a year that they do not tax food at the grocery store. She was the type to fo rough math in her head as we put things in the cart, and would always add extra money for non- existent taxes. You just kinda get tired of repeating yourself.
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🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is second hand from my brother, but he told me many years ago his first room mate in college had no idea how to make his own bed. Apparently he just stared at it with a pile of sheets on it not knowing what to do. My brother had to show him. When he asked why the reply he got was, "The maids always did it for me." Needless to say there was a ton of other shit he didn't know how to do and he treated my brother like his maid until he finally was able to get transferred to a different dorm with another room mate. Still kinda blows my mind a little bit.
I hear you. Your good question reminds me of a Dr John song!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
30 year old friend of mine was really proud they'd just learnt how to change a flat tyre. I was shocked. And the mate they were with at the time also didn't know how to do it, so they shared this hands on learning experience that took them about 45 minutes.
I had an old roommate who got a big boy job after finishing school. The first week of the job his bosses and co-workers took him out for a nice lunch. Someone at the table ordered an Arnold Palmer. My roommate did not know that an Arnold Palmer is just lemonade and tea. He thought it was an alcoholic drink. So he decided to order a jack & coke. Fortunately, for him the big boss decided that was a pretty good idea and ordered alcohol as well.
While working as a biologist for Badlands National Park some people were talking about the “lopes” (pronghorn) and you’d have to be done to think they were talking about “jackalopes.”
I was told as a kid jackalopes were real and it was confirmed cause my aunt and uncle had a rabbit with a small deer antler stuffed on the wall so i just always assumed they existed. I even got a degree in biology and worked In National Parks.
Google set me straight real quick. Don’t lie to your kids.
Admittedly, with the benefit of hindsight, this isn't as "Dude, how the fuck . . . " as a lot of these, but I was incredibly surprised to find that I was the only one of my friend group, a bunch of 17-19yr olds in love with all things automotive, that could drive a manual car.
I mean, some of these guys really knew what they were doing under the hoods of their cars, far more than I did at the time, but no one else could drive a stick!
To be fair, my friend was very sheltered growing up and his parents are very strict with drinking.
We traveled out of state for a university event and had a small party in our airbnb. He did not know his alcohol limit yet, so as expected, he drank way too much. A few hours later, I heard him barfing in the bathroom, so I decided to check if he's ok.
LO AND BEHOLD!! I saw him standing infront of the toilet and the entire wall and floor of the bathroom covered in his puke. Apparently, he did not know that he should be aiming closer to the toilet.
Me and my boyfriend hired his “handy man” uncle who has his own businesses remodeling homes to help us with our first home. He ran all of our electric at our new house and we had an electrician come out to check his work- it’s all wrong and has to be completely redone. He tried to convince us not to get an inspection done on our home.
So yea.
I am a researcher and a colleague of mine didn't know how to use the shift key. He would type caps lock, the letter he wanted to capitalize, then caps lock again.
Oddly enough he didnt know his iphone had the caps lock function.
Not that I don't know how to use the shift key, but I just don't. I use the method your colleague did. To me it was easier to do a quick tap of the caps lock rather than holding down the shift and hitting the other button.
I've got a good one. I was living with a roommate who is in his 30s, im coming up to them. The fire alarm went off while me and my kid were watching TV upstairs and I knew he was downstairs cooking so I went into the hallway and tried to silence it, but the button wouldn't shut off which meant it was the complex alarm. So I went downstairs, and hes just standing there completely frozen, not sure what to do.
So I said to my son "okay honey, we're going to grab our shoes and go wait outside, that's the safest place to be when there's a fire alarm going off." And we walked to the door and put our shoes on. I shot my roomie a meaningful glance and he suddenly snapped back into reality and followed suit. I am absolutely terrified about what might have happened if he'd been alone and the complex really was on fire.
It turned out a fan had broken in the underground which set off the carbon monoxide detectors so it was fine, but i still think about it sometimes
Well I've given the "try turning it off and on again before asking me for help" instructions to the older members of my family (50+) and yet they still frequently ask me how to do that or forget to turn it back on and then claim that whatever it is is broken
Worked for a charity in their Communications Department, taking care of social media, graphic design and overseeing the overhaul and redesign of their 3 websites (plus all their international sites) into one combined site. This included all of the international sites such as their US office.
This redesign took over 6 months and I was super proud of it considering I was self taught and everyone complimented me on the new design and the functionality.
The backend of the website had all images and media correctly filed as they should be. Over one weekend someone with access at the US office decided that the media should be refiled to their liking. This resulted in all images and media links being broken on the entire website. I had to reupload and relink the entire 90+ websites (3 charities x however many countries).
No-one would admit to the mistake and conveniently they had used my login details (we had a master log in details sheet in case of illness). I'd had enough bull shit after that and many other reasons so handed in my notice super fast.
But seriously, who the fuck does that without knowing what they're doing?
I know someone who did something similar but luckily at much lower stakes. Her parents paid for her to have 2 years of cosmetology school while also doing regular high school. Lots of long days due to hours of classes required. She failed her certification exam because her live model forgot to show up. She scheduled another one and failed because she wasn't holding her scissors right. Didn't end up getting her certificate after all that.
My partner didn't know how to use deodorant until he was like 30. He thought you used it after you already stank to cover up the smell. Like air freshener.
I couldn't figure out why he always stank and I'd ask if he used pit stick and he would say yes. I went through so many brands looking for something that would "work" for him before realizing he didn't actually know how to use it.
A friend of mine; college educated American male in his late 30s, did not know what fajitas are. No this was not a "potato what's that?" joke moment he literally did not know what they were and when shown and reminded all those times he'd been to restaurants and seen them said "I didn't know those had a name."
A girl I work with and used to take her to and from work, didn’t know how to pump gas. She’s 25 years old, has her license and didn’t have the first clue about it. I educated her and on other things she needs to know in order to take care of her future vehicle.
This guy I knew had the bulb in the headlight in his car go out. Took his car to one of those auto care centers and paid $250 to have a $30 bulb changed.
Pretty much every college kid who has never done laundry. Saw a guy load his clothes in the dryer and stopped him before he could put laundry detergent on his clothes...
My friend was over to stay the night and hangout. The next morning I was changing the pillow cases and stuff and I threw him a case to put on the pillow. He clearly did not know how to put on a case even though he was definitely old enough to know how. He really doesn’t know how to do any basic house work.
When my roommate saw me cleaning the bathroom and asked why I was using the “toilet sponge” on the bathroom counter....
We used a scrubby sponge to clean surfaces and toilet paper on the toilet. Or at least every roommate did but her. Her logic was you use the sponge on the toilet to protect your hand from gross stuff.
How about my last college class, a 5 person group project capstone where i was the only one who actually knew how to do anything other than copy paste code. i did 95% of the work, and tutored them through the other 5% and fucking failed the class because 1 guy was completely unresponsive and fucking sabotaged us, and none of the staff care.
fuck college.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 5 years ago one of my friends asked me how to spell "a".
My ex:
- put a can of soup in the microwave. The whole can. Yeah.
- didn’t know how to write a check.
- didn’t know how to navigate an airport. Which ok on this one if he didn’t travel a lot but he DID travel a lot. He just always followed his parents and had no idea how to use the scheduled flight board or find his terminal on his own.
Glad that relationship ended. No idea how he’s surviving the world.
I used to work at a sandwich shop and we hired this guy who genuinely did not understand the process of making a sandwich. He genuinely did not know how to put a fucking sandwich together. And I'm not talking about what the different types of sandwiches come with, I'm talking about the fact that he didnt know how to spread mustard on bread. Or wrap a sandwich after being shown a million different times each time he came in. He just genuinely did not know how to do anything we asked of him. It was actually incredible to witness.
lzytm · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was 27 before he knew the difference between a skirt and a dress. He also thought I could take a pregnancy test right after sex and get an accurate result. 😂
Once had a new temp at work who could not grasp using a packing tape gun, the kind with just a roll of tape and metal teeth to cut it off. He lasted two days.
My wife's cousin who never had to take care of himself (his parents and grandparents babied him his whole life to this point) was at our house for a couple months. He wanted to make tea one day on our gas range. He turned the control knob to high skipping the ignitor. Just left it on high with no flame. Thankfully my wife noticed after about 10 seconds and shut it off real fast. He had no idea that the gas had to be ignited. Thankfully wife was there or else my house might have exploded along with the cold, brown, water.
I'm assuming you are referring to an electric kettle? Even if we were to use a kettle, it would still have to go on the stove (range) or other heat source. Correct? I'm truly unaware of proper kettle operation. Haha
Well, no cause the electric kettle would boil the water via its built in heating element! It's just that Im Irish and you'd be hard pressed to find a house here that doesn't have an electric kettle!
In college, it's sad seeing some freshmen come in without knowing how to do laundry (where to put the detergent, what button to click, which clothes go on which cycle). Some sign up for a laundry service because they don't choose to learn.
My girlfriends sister didn’t know how to use a toaster. When she yelled at my girlfriend that should couldn’t toast the toast for breakfast because of it, my face was quite literally the blinking shocked reaction gif
The first time it happened was when I had to explain to a coworker how to dial a rotary phone...25 years ago. Most recent was this last year when a coworker admitted that they had no idea how to check tire pressure or how to jump start a car. She is in her 40s
Not horrifying but funny, my friend was complaining about how expensive the gas station closet to her was she said sometimes she’d be almost empty so she’s have to fill up there to go to work. I had to explain to her that you don’t need to fill up your entire tank. Me telling her she could buy like one gallon to get her to somewhere significantly cheaper was news to her
Not in the adult world, but in an advanced physics class I took in high school I came across a student who could not average a set of numbers. He had no idea how to do it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to someone that you get charged interest on a credit card. I legit said “just watch out for that interest” and they said “no I don’t think i get charged interest”.
We had a back and forth. I told them look at your damn statement. A week later they informed me that they do indeed, get charged interest.
I asked my cousin if she could cut up some limes for margaritas. When I noticed she didn’t want to do it and asked her why she said she didn’t know how to cut a lime, had never done it before. She was 28 at the time.
Once the guy in the cubical next to me asked me to show him how to “combine” three numbers. I was able to discern that he was asking how to take an average of three numbers.
One of my neighbors (35+M) came over to ask for help because he didn't know how to operate a foot pump to put air in his kid's bicycle tire. I honestly thought the guy was joking.
Two in my freshman year of college (1993-1994):
1) a friend who didn’t know how to work the old manual-style gas pump. I had to get out of her car to show her how to do it...and I didn’t even have a license at the time.
2) a guy friend who asked me to do his laundry for him because his baseball schedule that weekend made it impossible for his mom to come get it and do it for him 🙄 I told him I would show him how, but I wouldn’t do it...he found a way to get his laundry to his mom instead.
The laundry one...Freshman year...My roommate and a floor mate.. legit did not know how to use the washing machine...Found out they never even touched one as their clothes were clean and folded for them their whole lives...Some parents are just ....😐
Manager at a restaurant here, we get people all the time that say they don’t know how to sweep or mop I just feel kinda bad for them and show them how simple it is
Short of having a maid or something I don’t understand why the parents didn’t have them do it every now and then even if it was just for the fact of them not having to
jow97 · 1 points · Posted at 00:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Got a lift of a friend, they blew a tire... did t know they had a spare or how to put it on
When I was in freshman year college.. my roommate and another floor mate on our floor didn't know how to wash clothes using the clothes washing machine...They really had no idea..I was confused to say the least...It was literally one button to press...I later found out they both never did their own laundry in their whole 18 years of life....It was even folded for them..good grief wtf...whereas I was slaving away in my household with a tiger mom and dad. Funny thing was they were both Asian...
The next year..at sophomore year my housemates didn't know how to use a can opener..smh.that was just sad..Let's not even start with basic concepts of cleaning..My roommate was the worst but I would say a lot of people didn't clean during that age...
Thank you mom and dad.. I understood then what they were teaching me.....LIFE.
I made a delicious but simple dessert for my renter & I to enjoy after dinner one night. A chewy, fudgy brownie, topped with a scoop of vanilla custard ice cream, then topped with melted peanut butter and hot fudge.
He asked me how I turned the pb into "sauce". I melted it in the microwave. "Yeah but, how?" It's just pb, nothing added. "Yeah but, how?" I had to demonstrate: scoop some pb out of the jar, put it in the pyrex measuring cup, turn the microwave on for a minute, & stop to stir every 10 seconds so it doesn't get funky.
My friend hasn't really cleaned her flat for months. When I saw the entire room, up to her bathroom, it was full of trash and rubbish I did not even know exist. I helped her clean and taught her the things she has to use and how to clean.
My XH didn't know how to read a tape measure properly. I found out when we were neck-deep in a major renovation and we were measuring to cut new drywall. I asked him to measure and tell me the measurements so I could write them down (his handwriting was nearly illegible so if we wanted to remember the measurements I had to write them down). He said something like "35 and 3 lines." (Random numbers because I can't remember the exact ones) I was like "3 lines? What do you mean? 3/4? 3/8? 3/16? What is it?" He said "I don't know, three of the little line thingies." I went over and he showed me, he was talking about the 16th lines. He had no idea what the different sized lines meant or why they were different sizes, he only knew the big ones that were labeled with the whole inch number.
I don't think I've ever had a bigger "how do you not know how to do this" moment with another adult person. To his credit, once I explained it to him he picked it up quickly and was very accurate. But how did he get that far in life without knowing how to do that?
my best friend of 25 years (we are late 30s) recently revealed to me she has never pumped gas and doesn’t know how and doesn’t intend to learn, despite getting her drivers at precisely 16.
My neighbor was vacuuming and complained she needed to get the vacuum repaired again because it wasn’t picking up dirt.
I asked of the bag was full, and she said “ what bag”
She didn’t know about vacuum bags.
She just gave me a blank stare when I asked where she thought the dirt went.
Asked my flatmate to clean the kitchen floor. Didn't think much of it. Came back when he was in the middle of it. He had found the sponge-style mop, removed it from the bucket which also contained floor cleaner (which had instructions on it), and was spraying the floor with kitchen cleaner and trying to wipe it off with the dry mop head.
Took all I had to kindly explain what to do without being an asshole. Then I went to my room and had a lie-down.
Hmmm. When I was first learning to drive I forgot whether the breaks were on the right or left, then when trying to pull out of my driveway, I forgot to put the car in reverse, and then stepped on the gas, and almost ran into my dads bmw.
Moved in with a friend at uni only to discover he didn't know how to boil water, make pasta or, at a base level, use a hob. Turns out he'd only ever eaten frozen food or been cooked for
69mi · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, but I recently learned that when you get cold you have to pee. According to the 5 people in the house, this is just something you know. I’m 20, have a wife and kid, have a steady career but I didn’t know that when you get cold you’ve gotta pee
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends sister (who was halfway through dentistry school at the time) was blowing up balloons for a kids birthday party with her mouth. She seemed frustrated and when asked why, she said “I don’t understand why they won’t float”....
there are only so many times you can head in to find like, two dudes in gym shorts with haunted expressions staring helplessly at a massive heap of novelty t shirts and tube socks, halfheartedly arguing back and forth about what the purpose of laundry detergent even is and whether or not you need to add both powder And liquid to adequately clean.... i once saw a guy fully in tears once bc he put detergent in the fucking dryer and had also waited until the point where he was literally there in his last pair of sweats, shirtless. best was a girl who once frantically paid me twenty dollars to do three loads for her bc prior to that she had somehow been saving it and shipping it home for her parents to do?? i accepted, but specifically i told her i would only do it if she promised me she would let me show her how to do it herself. she seemed to not believe she could handle it, but like. obviously, she could. she flagged me down to gush to friends on campus about how cool and smart i was for weeks after that.... like, thank you, but, i mean i learned this when i seven and i guess good for you not being as ashamed as i’d be in your shoes? i got so mad about how lacking the parents of wealthy families tend to be lol
rich people are something else lmao it was. unreal. i also taught literal dozens of people how to wash dishes by hand, often got a small crowd gathering to watch me make food from scratch, and had to teach a girl down the hall from me how to address packages & use goddamn postage so she could send them? also i worked in IT, and i would say about 50% of the job was helping people connect to wifi, or to stop panicking over doing something unspeakably stupid to their laptop and/or something mundane and easily fixable (like, say, accidentally enlarging the font on the start bar?).
Now that you mention.. yes . Those who didn't know were rich.haha .
Haha the wifi thing.. literally me at work with older co-workers ...I wonder how they manage at home?...Well I guess.. I don't expect too much from them..It's usually the older females.
I was the teen that stole IP addresses haha at the very least...
My first days at boot camp 20+ yrs ago, I walked in the laundry room, and this other private was standing staring at the washing machine, he looks a me, and ask me if I know how to do laundry. We were 19 yrs old.
Wow.. I'm reading down the comments and it seems there are a lot of people that have did their own laundry.. how in the world are/did parents teach their kids?
My wife. We'd been married, living together in a house for YEARS: "where do we keep the vacuum cleaner?" That's when I realized I was the only person in the relationship who ever cleans anything!
Fast forward fifteen minutes and she's running the vacuum wand over the floor, all stooped over like an old woman. I'm like.. "what are you doing?" And she says, "this stupid thing is so short I have to bend over to use it!" And I'm like.. see how that thing telescopes? Just press the button and pull.
I had a friend who didn't know how to cook anything besides unseasoned chicken on high heat. He smoked up my apartment and I had to teach him a few things.
My boyfriend told me that the teaspoon and tablespoons in the silverware drawer aren’t the same measurements when something says “one teaspoon” in a recipe
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? He thought it was like a ... fictional unit measurement based on nothing?
Yes!!!! We’ve been together three years and I just found out when asking him to get three tablespoons of oatmeal for our baby and he was like ....?? What do you mean a tablespoon? 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ if my kid is as dumb as his dad I’m done for lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate bought a cat and didn’t know you had to clean the litter box every day/2 days.
Every week when Grub Hub, Amazon, and other drivers pull into the neighborhood and look at the map for a unit and can't figure out where to go despite making out where they are in relation to the map.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a dude who truly believed that you couldn’t get STDs from having sex with pregnant chicks. At the time I just thought, who is out cruising for pregnant chicks?
Using an old flip-style can opener isn't exactly common knowledge now, it was the completely pathetic and useless amount of pressure my friend used to try to operate it. He then acted like there was something wrong with it, after his gentle caress on the can.
I had a roommate in college that was asked to clean the toaster, and they washed it. In the sink. With soap and water. They were surprised when it didn’t work after that.
Another roommate put dish soap for hand washing in the dishwasher, made quite the foamy show.
They also would clean non-stick pans with steel wool and constantly burn rice. We also had a gas stove and if the fire goes out while it’s still on, it releases gas in the air, and some people just could not understand that you only had to relight it. Instead they would just leave and later the house would smell like gas.
To be fair, they were 19 so they’d probably never done chores in the kitchen growing up.
My last roommate didn’t know how to pump her own gas. Her father ALWAYS did it for her. She was 24 years old.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My room mate has ate fast food three times a day since quarantine started. Hasn’t used the stove, the microwave, the air fryer, etc.
He doesn’t know how to cook. Too lazy to learn. And is crazy overweight.
I feel really bad and I try to get him inspired to make his own meals but I think it intimidates him and makes him feel stupid, especially since I cook every meal.
Blows my mind because we are both 32. Worlds of difference of how we live.
Met him through work and moved in to save money and it’s just depressing to watch.
wufoo2 · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-wife, when I met her, would dump the fabric softener in with the laundry soap.
I introduced her to the Downy grenade.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Writing a check. The first time I needed to write one, I had to Google it, and my friends were shocked that I didn't know how to do it.
We have a lot of part-time employees and most of them are in college, so in their early 20s. We asked someone to call a customer about their account and he comes back a few minutes later with "the number you gave me doesn't work". The manager called, it was the right number, so it's taken care of and everyone just forgets about it.
A couple weeks later, same thing happens, and so the managers ask him to show us what he's doing, and he didn't dial 1 for long distance. We let him know what the problem is, and he's just super confused about why you have to dial 1 before an out-of-state number. He had literally never used a land-line before getting this job.
Several months later I found a mistake on a fax he had sent and asked him to fix it and re-fax. He says "but they said it was OK". I am confused at this point and ask him how anyone could have told him that it was okay. He hands me the fax response page with the result of "OK". He thought the other party was receiving the fax, checking to make sure it was correct, and responding to us in about a minute.
My buddy at work had no idea how to make tea. I bring a thermos of tea to work every day and I guess he hadn't slept much the night before. So he asked me if he could have some. Of course I had no problem with it so I poured some into his cup. Turns out he loves tea so I brought a big baggie full of teabags the next day to give him.
Then he asked me me how hes supposed to make tea. I was genuinely surprised. I assumed everyone knew how to make tea.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working at McDonald's while in highschool. A gentleman I worked with asked me to come to the back to help him with the laundry machine. I assumed it was broken or something, but it turned out that as a 23 year old man, he had never done a load of laundry for himself. His mom had for his entire life.....
Tried to make a grilled cheese with a small tabletop iron for a fraternity event once, with the professor standing in front of me waiting. I was shunned hardcore.
I’ve seen people who don’t know how to fill out job applications....like people who have had dozens of jobs in their lifetime. Not someone who’s never applied for a job. People who can’t accept that you can’t use metal utensils in most nonstick cookware, had to teach my bf that you don’t need to rinse your noodles after they’re cooked, or put oil in them while cooking. Also, I wasn’t around for this but my uncle was changing the oil in his van and it was taking forever. When he finally came in he said how hard it was to put the oil in that tiny hole...he was pouring it in the dipstick hole.
Not mine, but my brother moved into an apartment with some college friends about a year ago. They split up their chores but the dishes in the dishwasher often needed cleaning after they'd been washed. After a few months of this my brother wanted to figure out why it wasn't working so well. He asked the roommate who was in charge of the dishes if he was using the right soap, and his roommate's response was "You're supposed to use soap?"
Changing the mop head on an industrial mop. I always had shitty dollar store mops where you’d just screw the mop head off and replace it the next time you used it. Talk about embarrassing.
Not really horrifying, but At work, I was working on word with a colleague. When we were done, I saves the document, and closed word. Straight away my colleague asked me: "wait, how did you save the document?". I said I clicked on the floppy disk icon (as easy as that really). And he said: "oh, I didnt know you could do that, I usually just close the document, and then a window open asking if I want to save the document before closing."
Trying to keep a poker face after that was really hard
My friend was headed off to bootcamp at age 18 and we were harassing him that their would be no where in bootcamp to masturbate. We said buddy you are going to have a ton of wet dreams. He replied “Impossible I pee every night before I go to bed”. We couldn’t believe he didn’t know what a wet dream was.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a cousin who was born to my aunt and uncle via donor egg. My aunt carried her, but they aren’t actually biologically related. My cousin is now starting to go through puberty and she’s getting very tall, much taller than any of the women in our family. Keep in mind for this story that my aunt isn’t the brightest crayon in the box. Last month at a family function, she mentions to me how strange it is that her daughter is getting so tall despite the women in our family being short. I genuinely don’t think she comprehends that her daughter doesn’t share her genes.
bobot_ · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My in laws (both the parents and the adult children) all store leftover cooked meat (usually chicken) in the oven or microwave overnight to eat the next day. I pointed out that it should be stored in the fridge or they may get sick and they thought I was being ridiculous. They said it's easier to have it where it'll be heated up the next day.
Me personally I did not know that headphones needed to be cleaned. And I'd been using them since 12 or so.
My bf didn't have a microwave growing up. It was a huge reality check when I asked why he wouldn't use the microwave after we moved in together. Turned out he didn't know how it worked. I just stood there in disbelief for a minute and was like, you just press the number if you know how long to cook... or you choose a setting if it's a certain item like popcorn or a potato...
I went to college with this guy, he was from quite a wealthy family, but also very humble and genuinely nice. He actually reached to to me before first semester just to try and make friends with his future classmates. A few weeks into the semester, I asked him how he was liking the whole experience so far. He told me everything was great, although living on his own was challenging. He had to youtube how to wash dishes, and laundry, because he had NEVER done them before!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was making a dinner for the first time with my college roommate. I told him to start washing and prepping the vegetables. He began using hand soap and a dish brush to try to wash the carrots and potatoes.
Not really adulting, but in health class someone said that when you get knocked out or knocked unconscious you're no longer alive. (She saying that's how you die.) Everyone in the class was yelling at her "OMG, YOU DON'T DIE!" I told her the same. (Was foolish enough not to say that I had an experience of such.)
Not me, but a friend at work was telling me about a dude she used to live with who kept leaving the front door unlocked and denying it. Eventually she asked him to show her how he was locking it and it quickly became apparent he did not know how to lock the door. She had to give him lessons. And this was not a difficult lock, it was literally “turn the key, pull it out.”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally can’t make this up.
I had a roommate (21) in college that always was “aloof”. Fast forward into our first week in the apartment he ordered an IKEA dresser and was completely stumped at how to do it (yes even with the manual). After leaving it in his room for a few more weeks he finally called over his cousin (26, a banker from NYC) to help him install.
About an hour in I heard a loud noise, and I came to find out that he dropped our weed bowl...because he placed it on top of the halfbuilt dresser while he was installing the legs. I then proceed to see him grab the power drill, insert the tip into the screw AND MANUALLY TURN THE DRILL COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. Then his cousin told him that he was doing it wrong and DID THE SAME EXACT THING BUT CLOCKWISE. THEY DIDNT PUSH THE TRIGGER TO USE THE DRILL.
When I showed them how to us it they were so baffled.
My husband’s first time buying toilet paper on his own when he first moved in with me. I admit- I had a “oh shit...did I just fuck up?” Moment when he was shocked at how much toilet paper cost- like- how are you 25 and you don’t know how expensive toilet paper is?!
My roommate in college had been living in the apartment for a year before I moved in. He told me that the dryer in the unit takes 3+ hours to dry towels, and that was just how it worked. I assumed it was just an old machine. The first time I go and do laundry, I check the lint trap and it is PACKED FULL OF LINT. Like, the size of my head in lint. Not only is that a fire hazard, but it was screwing up the machine! It ran just fine after that and I had to show him where the trap is and to clean it after each load (yes, every single one).
One of my coworkers came to my cube to ask me to help her with a "valentine craft" for her son because I'm apparently crafty. She handed me a piece of paper and asked me to fold it in half. I laughed thinking she was joking but she just stood there. She seriously wanted me to fold it. In half. She somehow couldn't get the corners to line up. My cube neighbor was dying listening to me because I think I still thought she was joking the whole time.
Talking to the new girl at work and her saying how she keeps over withdrawing money. Didn’t know how to remotely have a budget. And by budget I mean leave enough money in her account for rent each month.
She was in her early 20s, and didn't know how to reheat a frozen pizza in the oven. Even with my additional instructions, she burnt it (she put the oven to 250C because 'she wanted it to cook faster') and then set fire to a tea towel getting it out the oven and stood over the flaming tea towel crying that 'I told you I couldn't cook'
You gotta cut the cheeks, then slice a criss cross pattern into each, then slice the remaining edge around the stone. Then invert the cheeks and you have individual cut pieces. Voilà!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Roommate fresh out of college was 26 and didn’t know how to do her laundry, file her taxes, clean the stove and was so unwilling to learn how to cook that she only ever ate out or ate those meal bar things. I was 23 at the time and am not the type to coddle people, so I would get so frustrated when I’d hear her and her mom on the phone all the time and she’d be like “idk how to do my laundry” and her mom would be like “sweetie, just ask [insert my name]. She can help you.”
My college roommate did not know how to operate... wait for it... a mop. It’s literally a stick with some cloth at the end, you just push it around with some water. She also refused to dump out the kitchen drain catcher because it was “gross” even though she notoriously dumped food in the sink instead of the trash can. Needless to say, she did not do any chores other than the required trash duty we took turns with. She needs to hire a cleaner if she’s going to do literally no chores. Adulting is going to hit her like a truck.
I worked at a fine dining restaurant with a girl who didn’t know what a vegetarian was. She also didn’t know what a salmon or a pea was. My 23 year old ex didn’t know how to do laundry, her mom always did it for her. The waitress not knowing what a vegetarian is really irked me, it still does. She is a nurse now somewhere probably killing people.
One more. I recently had to get a job at a grocery store because of covid. I am a picker, if you order online I will grab and organize all your items. My second week a new woman(mid 50s) got hired and was being trained by my new coworker. The training lasted into the second day before she was let go because it was too hard for her. She couldn’t pick an item off the shelf and scan it and then place it into a bag. It’s monumentally more embarrassing because we have these little devices that show you a pic of the item and will tell you if you are scanning the correct or incorrect item. How the fuck do you get to 55?!
Lollc · 0 points · Posted at 01:04:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like she may have, like most people past 40, needed reading glasses.
A male 60 year old family friend did not know where to put oil in the motor of his car. He thought it was poured into the dipstick tube. The oil cap was clearly marked, I'm not sure he knew how to read.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This ones actually about me, I was cooking with oil when I was younger (but too old not to know about this) and it hit burning point. A humongous flame took off from the pan and I shat myself. I quickly got a glass of water and poured it on to the pan.. what followed was a bit of a disaster, thankfully nothing burnt too badly apart from the pan. I learnt a lot from this lol.
In my freshman dorm at college, a group of wealthy international students used the communal kitchen, then dumped ALL their leftover food down the sink. I knew who the students were so I found them and was like "wtf why would you do that???" And one of them put on this patronizing tone and told me, "That's what the garbage disposal is for, duh!"
These dorms were built during WW1. No part of them have garbage disposals 🤦
My husband when we got married didn’t know that you need to turn off the tv when there is lightning and you should really disconnect the cable and unplug the TV. This was before surge protectors. The pole outside of our house got stuck by lightning while we weren’t home. I’d unplugged the tv before we left. Good thing I did, the lightning fried the VCR.
Roommate was 22, we'd lived together for a few weeks. He calls me over says "ok, don't make fun of me. but... how?" And gestures to the washing machine.
It took a few minutes but I soon found out he had no idea how clothes went into a washing machine or what to do to get it to clean them.
The washing machine might as well have been an ancient manuscript written in sanskrit for all he knew about it.
I used to work with this girl, she didn’t know what a bank account was. She had jobs previously that paid her with a refillable debit card. When she filled out the direct deposit information when she was hired, she assumed we would create her bank account for her.
A girl I went to school with thought you’d get pregnant for giving a hand job. I had to explain to her she didn’t need to go get a pregnancy test and how babies are made.
Our sales manager (probably late 40s) came to my desk asking for a paper clip or something to hold a small presentation together. As the office manager I’m in charge of all supplies, so no big deal. I said I do but I think I have small binder clip that will work better. When I handed her the binder clip closed and not flipped around she held it, looked at it, then at me, then binder clip. When I realized she had no clue what to do with it I took it flipped it around and clamped the paper. “Oh ok thank you!” And walked off. She was the nicest lady you could ever meet! But it was little things like that that always left me standing there like ‘Huh!?’
“I can disconnect my cell phone service and just use WiFi everywhere. I’m about to buy a new car that has WiFi. I’ll be covered everywhere I go and won’t have a bill anymore.” They were unaware of HOW the car got its service for the WiFi
A friend of ours was moving into a new house. Hubby and I were over helping them move things in. My husband hooked up their washer and dryer. Me and the wife were standing in the laundry room and I asked if she had a trash can to put in the room for the dryer lint. She looked at me like I was crazy and asked what dryer lint was. I pulled the lint trap out of the dryer and it was so full. She had never cleaned theblint trap in 5 years. She didn't know she needed too. She is so lucky her house never caught on fire.
Right after graduating college, I had 3 roommates and we would take turns cooking dinner. My roommate Mike cooked a whole head of broccoli without cutting it up first, and served it like that in the middle of the table. He also had a theory that you can't overcook spaghetti.
Worst of all, I once caught him cleaning the toilet with a dishtowel.
My mother had recently got a GPS. We met at a church for an event and I told her she could come to my house after. She said she did not know how to get to my house from the church. I told her just use her GPS. She said "It only works from home."
When I was 17 I went to student trooper academy for the state police so my college resume would look better. First dinner I'm the middle of the cafeteria and a drill instructer started screaming at my face asking me what I was doing wrong while I was just eating minding my own business. Looked around and eventually realized I've been holding a fork like a barbarian my whole life.
Don't know how I made it that far without knowing the proper way to hold a fork.
Literally just had one. This is someone in their junior year of university in a science major. They couldn't pour something from a graduated cylinder into a bottle. If you take a graduated cylinder full of product and hold it completely upside down about a foot above the opening to the bottle, you're gonna spill. A lot.
I didn’t get to experience it, but something I’ve been told my entire life. Back in the 70s, my apparently very sheltered mother moved out on her own. She didn’t know how to do a damn thing around the house, including laundry. Apparently never having heard of dryer fire, she would never clean the lint traps before or after doing laundry, and was also super trusting so she would leave her laundry unattended. By doing so, she caused a major fire in the laundry room and almost all of the equipment needed to be replaced.
She wasn’t evicted because her landlord chalked it up to her, accurately, being young and clueless. She apparently lived there for years after but had to deal with the shame of there being a giant “Susie is NOT ALLOWED to use these facilities” sign hung on the laundry room door, and everyone knowing she was Susie because she was the only one who had to cart her laundry blocks to a laundromat.
My mum comes by it honestly - back in the 50s, in her first apartment, my grandma apparently mixed a bunch of chemicals in a toilet and flushed (figuring “the more, the better it cleans”) and wrecked the plumbing for the building.
My friend didn’t know how to mop a floor. He called asking if it was normal for the floor to be wet hours after ‘mopping’. Apparently he just dumped water on the floor and pushed it around a bit. I gave him good hell. His excuse was his mom always did it and he was ‘never paying attention.
wa0tda · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a young couple we were visiting that a clothes dryer has a lint filter. As you can imagine, it was really packed full.
Got called over to take a look at some electronics that weren't working. Someone plugged the power strip into itself and I noticed it right away and muttered oh god under my breath. My manager started laughing and admitted it was her we both had a good laugh about it after.
I don't have my glasses on and first read this as "whilst adultering" and was like.. What a weirdly specific question
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a 12 year old trying to show my friend’s mom how to put fuel in her car. She said her husband has always done it. I’ve been adulting a very long time
Wasn't there at the time, but my cousin is 25. Usually, you'd have your license by this time but she didn't. Had never driven a day in her life. She got her permit about a year ago. I think she only had experience driving in a parking lot but I'm not sure. Anyway, the first time she drove on the road, she freaked out.
She didn't know that you have to turn the wheel a good bit when turning a corner. She hasn't driven since.
Edited to correct story.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago I was at the post office and an older lady was refusing to pack her own box, and wanted help from the clerks with everything. She clearly had never mailed a package at the post office before because it was just question after question. Of course, since it was USPS, they offered her only limited assistance, and rightfully so. When they asked her to move to one of the side tables and build the box, she flat out said "you mean put the box together? oh, well I can't do that!". The clerk had to then explain how to fold the box from it's flattened state, and of course she didn't want to pay for the tape they had to sell her either.
All I could think to myself was "how the hell did you get this far in life?"
My husband, who is 30 years old and lived on his own almost continuously since he was 18 did not know he need to use dryer sheets until last week. I noticed that every time he started the dryer the clothes would come out with so much static to actually hurt to fold. Over 10 years of doing this he’s lucky he didn’t set something on fire.
A coworker who had no idea how to use a mop. We had to explain how to fill the mop bucket and demonstrate how to actually mop. Apparently her family was very wealthy and she had never been expected to do any sort of cleaning at all.
My old housemate (21) didn’t know you could peel oranges. Like she literally only ever cut them. I showed her how and she just stood there amazed, asking how I did it. I asked her how she ate oranges when she didn’t have a knife and she just shrugged.
I was honestly so confused because I thought she was being sarcastic at first when I said “you know you can peel that right?”
Moved out for the first time with some friends. My roommate bought fresh ground beef and put it in the fridge. I figured she was planning on using it within the next day or so so I didn’t say anything. Fast forward a week and she’s pulling brown meat out of the fridge wondering why it went bad so fast. She didn’t realize you either had to use it or freeze it. Relatively minor but on top of the other things she didn’t know it was a little baffling.
My manager gave my coworker 2 of those soap bar lookin things that you’re supposed to put in the toilet tank and the water stays blue to clean the bowl. Well he thought the toilet tank was the bowl so he flushed one down each of our work toilets and clogged them both. At no point did he question if he should be flushing what’s essentially a bar of soap down the toilet.
One of my best friends at 18 years old after having 2 jobs still didn’t know that you could deposit cash into a bank account. She had about 2 years of tips from work shoved into a box and she hated paying in cash so it just sat there until i explained to her what a deposit slip was.
A teacher of mine told me a story once about his roommate. This guy didn’t know how to wash his clothes, but instead of learning how or asking my teacher for help, he would always stack the clothes up and then wait for a break to take his clothes to his mom to wash them. One time, though the smell of these clothes was so bad that my teacher decided to do something. He asked the roommate why he didn’t wash his clothes, the roommate admitted that he didn’t know how, so my teacher helped teach him to do it. After a while, they finally reached the bottom of the pile and saw the most disgusting thing. Mushrooms were growing under this dude’s pile of clothes. Yes, mushrooms were under there. My teacher was still disgusted decades later.
My friend moved into an apartment with her boyfriend at 21. I was over one night and she sent him to the store to buy ice. I asked what for, and she said it's because her fridge didnt have an ice maker. She and her boyfriend both had never seen ice trays and neither ever thought of making their own ice. I took them to the store to buy ice trays and showed them the magic of water in a freezer.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate of a friend legitimately did not know how to burn a candle. They would pour out the melted wax every time. My friend only noticed because, eventually, their roommate was going through an improbable number of candles....
We had a grease fire in a pan. I reached for a pot lid to extinguish it. Suddenly my ex reaches over my shoulder with a full pot of water which she throws into the pan. The fire roars up suddenly but most of the grease stays in the pan and I managed to extinguish it by smothering.
That's when I realised that my ex had no idea there were different kinds of fire (wood/oil/electrical)
I knew a guy who literally did not know coffee came in bean form. He came to my house and was confused when I started to pour beans into the grinder. He kept saying "I want coffee not beans".
He kept giving me a look like I was crazy.
I had to explain about the entire coffee growing process and he still didn't understand. He thought grounds were scraped off of soil and packaged.
I was giving a co-worker a phone number he needed. It was a number that had a word in it, like 1-800-REDDIT-1. When I gave it to him, he said “Oh, I don’t know how to do that.” “Do what?” I asked. “Dial letters.”
I had a roommate who did not know how to cook ramen, load the dishwasher or know where the clean dishes went. I found this out three months into living with him after wondering why the dishes were never clean or put away 🤦🏼♀️
on a job site talking to a helper
Me: What is wrong with you? Brush your teeth, take a shower every once in a while, wash your clothes every now and then bud.... You smell bad every way one can without shitting in your pantssmells shit.....did you just shit your pants while I was talking?
I'm not computer expert, but sometimes my parent and siblings don't know how to use a computer and I would have to go out of my way to help them understand. The biggest issue about this is not the computer but the fact my family don't trust me since I am the youngest, so they usually buy a new computer since they don't want to rely on me for help.
Edit: I forgot to add that they sometimes do ask for my help, and get angry when I can't solve some of them solidifying my lack of expertise and the mistrust of fixing it. I can fix some issue's but again I am no expert and even I would scratch my head and some problems.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
people walking through a busy supermarket as if they were the only person there - taking up the entire width of an aisle and not moving out of the way, or hovering at corners as if daring people to play chicken with them.
My boyfriend (26m) is obsessed with bacon. When we first started dating, he put butter in the pan while cooking his bacon. You’d think he would know that bacon creates its own grease since he loves it so much, but I guess it’s never too late to learn.
My husband's ex wife doesn't know how to pump gas. She'd rather drive 15 minutes to the next town where she knows the gas station owner who will pump the gas for her.
Nah man, 100% true. In this persons defense they came from a part of the world that didn’t have running water, electricity, etc. (which was information I did not have at the time of this incident)
But the story is that he moved into our dorm and the other students started noticing a funny smell. After a few days, the other residents notice that he is washing his clothes in the bathroom, which they assumed was the bathtub, and hang drying them. They asked me to talk to this student because of the smell.
When I went to talk to him, I asked how he was finding the laundry room in the basement and he looked at me as if I had two heads. I asked him what was wrong and he said, “the laundry room is right there” as he pointed to the bathroom. I asked him to show me where he washed his clothes.
Now if you were like this kid and you have never seen a modern bathroom before, there is only 1 place that has standing water without needing to pull/turn/press a knob/button/lever. So that is exactly what he used.
It was a very interesting conversation to have. 0/10 would not recommend
Roommate in college had never done laundry before in his life... He used fabric softener instead of detergent to wash his clothes for the entire freshman year.
Not me, and I’ll not as an adult. But my friend told me about this kid he knew growing up. When the kid stayed over at my friend’s house he was literally shocked that milk and flour and stuff went into pancakes. He’d only ever had boxed stuff at home. It was sad af.
When I didn't know how to properly utilize a standard adjustable wrench (the ones with teeth that lock onto the nut when you turn them) when I started my apprenticeship. So far I learn new things constantly and I think I have passed all the embarrassment of not knowing simple things
A coworker in her mid-40s had no idea cars had a parking/emergency brake. She drive or for miles with the brake on and wanted to send the car to the shop.
When I removed the brake, she acted like I had done it to trick her.
I worked with a guy that apparently couldn't do simple math. It was getting close to quitting time and he looked at his phone. It was 3:45 and he said "hey siri, how many minutes until 4?"
Not knowing how to sweep....not knowing how to mop...not understanding that you don't mop yourself into a corner...even after it's all been explained multiple times...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
customer called me and said her monitor screen (crt) was being skewed to one side. i asked if she had a magnet by it, she said yes. i told her to move magnet and bam fixed. winning
eep guess this doesn't really fall under the OP... fixed (well she was the IT manager of the company so it suprised me she did not know this)
I’ve told this story before but it still blows my mind. My college roommate loved hard boiled eggs, ate 2-4 a day, but didn’t realize boiling them was something you could do yourself. So she was buying the individually wrapped, pre hard boiled eggs to eat every week. Like easily $20 worth of just eggs a week. And when I tried to explain it to her, she went out and bought one of those egg cooker things, because “boiling eggs was too hard”.
I’m still flabbergasted. This girl was getting her masters degree, and literally couldn’t boil water.
My brother for the longest time thought inside jokes could only be told inside a building. Would grab friends and bring them inside to tell them something ....
Had a girl much older than me at the time who asked what she could do while on her period to be able to wear a thong. I told her to just use a tampon. She said even when she uses a tampon she still has to wear a pad. I asked if she had a heavy flow or if it came out prematurely or why she had to wear the pad with it. Turns out instead of inserting the tampon she would rest it between her vaginal lips. This girl was sexually educated,in her late 20s and of average intelligence. She absolutely refused to believe me until I showed her the pamphlet that literally comes with every box of tampons. I was blown away.
The brakes in my sister's car didn't work. I lifted the hood and the brake fluid reserve was empty. I told her she was out of brake fluid, and she said, "what's that?"
Okay I am the person... but the way my manager laughed, I knew then she was thinking it too.
At a food place we offered steak on something, but this customer kept asking for ‘beef’ and I tried to save face and asked my manager (who was the only person working with me) if beef was the same as steak discretely...... and yeah, you can imagine the laugh we both had. I don’t really eat meat and haven’t for 7+ years (just don’t like the taste) so I tried to justify my lack of knowledge with that but.... y’know...
Some exes that didnt know what north south east and west in relationship to moving in any direction on the earth. Yes the cardinal directions that we all abide by. They knew the words but if you said go west...drool.
None of my partners have known how to tie their shoelaces properly but then again there's loads of adulting things I can't do so that's probably a small issue
I work as an Engineer with other engineers. Our FNG will stop mid-tightening of a bolt with a ratcheting wrench, stare at it, air ratchet it a few times, turn it over, air ratchet more, and then start on the bolt again. Although now he’s loosening it. Rinse and repeat until it takes 3 minutes to screw one of 16 bolts in.
I didn’t know baby showers were kept a secret from the expecting mother. All the baby showers I attended to were well known by the mom until I was invited to one where the date was a surprise. I told the mother “See you next week at your shower!”. That’s when I learned. I felt awful. I was young and ignorant.
My roommate in college asked if we had a can opener for a can of fruit. I handed it to him and he just kinda paused, which peaked my curiosity. Then he just started tapping the cam with the can opener. I was dumbfounded
In college, a friend of mine asked me if I had a credit card. I said yes. Friend then proceeded to ask me what the difference is between a credit card and a debit card because "don't you just use a credit card and then money comes out of the bank?"
Only had my first year of college and I'm living in accommodation ( not a massively common practice where I'm from ) but a roommate of mine thought that bin men come into the accommodation to get the full bin bags from our kitchen and only realised that wasnt true when I asked him why he hadn't taken out the bins, 3 months into college, to be fair he is a pretty good cook so he usually did the cooking and washing up and me or another roommate would handle the bins and such. He also thought that cling film ( I think it's called plastic wrap or something in the US ) was only for sandwiches, he learned otherwise when we notice that a shit load of our food was gone off way faster then it should have been.
I wish i was lying but my friend from Bangladesh at uni had his shoes untied so i told him. He then tucked his laces into the side and when i asked him why he didn't tie them up he said "Oh i never bothered to learn, my maid would do it for me back home". He was 22 years old at the time.
God damn, I taught one of my roomates how to cook. Not like how the blend flavors well and make great meals, just like how to know if something is spoiled or rotten, how to get something cooked, how to use knives, everything. Then I taught him how to put it in the dishwasher.
Not sure this is the most appropriate story- but one Christmas a relative gave me a rather nice pocket knife as a gift. My adult sister asked to see it, but she couldn't figure out how to close it (it had a standard locking mechanism). Then we all saw the light bulb go off in her head as she shouts "Oh- it's one of those fake movie prop knives!" as she proceeds to stab the blade directly into her palm, full force.
Roommate covered the dishes in the dishwasher with Dawn dish soap. He was a young dude and kind of an annoying know-it-all and wouldn't listen to me with any life tips. So I kinda just let him figure that one out on his own. Unfortunately he wasnt humbled much by it.
A friend, who had been driving since her teens, had to have pointed out to her at like 26 that those white lights on the back of a car mean it’s in reverse.
My gf and I were shopping one day at Walmart and we had to get bread she mentions to make sure to check the date so as to not get one close to expiring, and this college age girl next to us exclaims in shock to her and I
"Bread expires?!"
And we just look at her and say yes, it does.
And all I could think of was the horrible Ripley's Believe or Not story about the guy who lost his eyes from a rare but serious bacterial infection from eating expired bread with unknown mold spores.
The worst one, at least most impressive one, was a lady my parents hired from a village to do cleaning didn't know how to flush a toilet, neither knew about the existence of a flushing mechanism
What I couldn’t understand was that there was a whole tumblr thread of girls and women who didn’t know you had to wash their bras....like they’re clothes!!! DO YOU NOT WASH YOUR UNDERWEAR!???
Going to the airport. Girlfriend at the time and her whole family couldn’t wrap their heads around arrivals or departures. For example, we are on our way to fly across the country for a trip, we are arriving at the airport. There for we should go to arrivals.
Had to tell a friend taking The Pill twice at once didn’t make the effect any stronger, nor was it necessary when having sex more often.
dmukai · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
using seat belts. i had to put a child seat in a car for my cousin's wife. she had no real idea how seat belts worked. they have a newish Honda Accord. i asked him how that was and he said that she had the seat belt chime removed the day they bought the car.
Cousin was very irresponsible with her money. I suggested we create a budget. She wanted to start with her eating out expense a month. I told her budgets should focus on necessary bills first and then we can examine what she has left over for dining out. She told me “but eating out is my biggest expense every month!” So she wanted to put that in front of her mortgage...... I almost walked out haha.
Nug000 · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I legit was in a house share at uni with someone who didn't know what a toilet brush was for. Like he said he'd noticed it but just didn't click on about what it's for...
I was cleaning the bathroom one day and remarked how we needed to buy a new toilet brush because this one was getting gross and my husband says “ yah that’s because you don’t wash it after you clean the toilet“
I said - what do you mean wash it off? He told me that you’re supposed to wash it off IN THE BATHTUB after you’re done scrubbing the toilet. 🤢I’m so glad he almost never cleans the toilet
Had a roommate in college who was rich/spoiled growing up. His mom always ran him a hot shower before he got in. Fast forward to him being 19 and having to ask me how to turn on a shower and change the temperature. Post shower he said that his shower at home was better because it drained while he was in it... he didn’t know he had to pull the drain
At a gas station my friend saw an elderly lady staring at the pump confused. He asked her if he could help and she said her husband had just passed away and she had never pumped her own gas before. She didn't know how to make the machine work. He showed her how to use her credit card and pumped her gas for her. Hit me right in the feels.
My friend was driving me around in college and she turned left at a red light. She was completely baffled when I screamed and said that she was told you can turn right OR left on red. We live in the US and she had been driving for 3 years already.
That a surname is a person's last name or family name. It isn't "sir name" and it doesn't refer to your title such as Mr, Mrs, Miss, etc.
I had to correct two different co-workers on this...a 36 year old and a 57 year old!
An engineering undergrad student put a fuck tonne of antibacterial hand soap in the dishwasher and proceeded to flood our kitchen moments before one of my friend/roommates had his family arrived for their first visit
My roommate freshman year of college didn’t know how to put sheets on his bed. His parents put them on the bed for him when he moved in, then he washed them one weekend and had to ask me how to put them back on and I couldn’t believe it.
My roommate freshman year of college was something else- I get it, it’s freshman year so asking how to use the washer/dryer I was like ‘okay cool I can teach her’ but one day she comes in the room looks at me and says “what’s a PIN number?”. I said “ the one for a debit card?” “ I don’t know I just keep putting my card in the machine trying to get cash and it keeps asking me for a PIN number.” I then explained to her what it was blah blah blah and she goes “so how do I get one?”. I was appalled. I understand that’s probably not her fault so I’m more in awe with the fact that her parents sent her to college with a debit card and didn’t tell her how to use it. They failed her miserably.
A family friend would buy new cars after 2-3 years because the cars would be too slippery on the roads. They never knew that you could just change the tires.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A truck driver friend of mine said there was an accident on the motorway one day and he had to turn around but this lady was infront of him and wasn’t moving so he got out and asked what she was doing and she said she didn’t know how to reverse and turn around so he literally had to take her keys and drive her car out of his way
Here I was embarrassed at 11 when my cousin's taught me how to make an egg...My parents would belittle me on how my females cousins knew everything at the time but never teach me..🤷
But yes.. my 19 year old housemates (two of them) did not understand the concept of oil on a pan at the time.
Personal embarrassing story. My wife and I are both in our mid 20s. We are from the US and we were driving to Niagara Falls. The fastest way was to loop up through Canada and come back down. Didn’t think about the fact that we would lose phone service when entering a different country so we lost our Spotify that we were playing through our phone. It was probably around 1 in the morning and we were both getting really tired. Without music I was really starting to nod off while driving. Since Spotify wasn’t working the only other solution we could think of was to sing at the top of our lungs to keep each other awake. WE FORGOT ABOUT THE INVENTION OF THE RADIO! Never even thought to turn it on. The worst part is it never even crossed our minds. We were talking to my parents a few weeks later and telling the story when they pointed out that we could have just turned on the radio. We’re definitely millennials on the cusp of Gen Z.
Mentioned to coworker i was getting teeth cleaned but needed to brush tongue before as a courtesy to the staff since i had tikka masala for lunch. He looked at me confused. Long story short, learned he had never brushed his tongue in his entire life (26 years) and he called his 55 yo dad to confirm if brushing your tongue was a thing... he was unaware as well.
I work on a construction site, during lunchtime, the boss’s son had a can of soup/chef boyardee. He needed a can opener, Someone gave him one....he had no clue how to use it, at first we thought he was bullshittin...he wasn’t. A guy went over to help him and I yelled at him, I said “hell no!, this boy is 21 years old and has no idea how to use a damn can opener!, NOBODY HELP HIM, let him figure this out on his own” he ended up figuring it out.
So a former roommate/friend I had in college didn’t really know certain things or at least understand airports. At least what I mean by that is like she thought baggage normally takes like at least an hour even domestic flights. Or like she didn’t know that if you could download an airline app and get notifications sent to your phone about your flight or that you could check your flight status.
Just like from knowing some of her background I’m pretty sure she didn’t really travel by plane much in her life. So really she didn’t know because it was just a lack of experience.
When my (now ex) boyfriend at 22 years old didn’t realize why you can’t use expired condoms and that doubling up on them actually decreases their effectiveness (thankfully after hearing that we never had sex bc that gave me so much anxiety knowing he actually thought that and I was just dumb founded he didn’t see a problem with either of those things) 🤦🏻♀️
During my freshman year of college I lived in the dorms. I had a friend who went to the same school but lived with his parents since he was a local. I was carrying a lot of groceries back to my dorm and gave him my key to open it for me.
This dude did not know how to use a key to unlock a door. I had to teach him and let him practice it a few times.
My freshman year in uni - this guy didn’t know how to do laundry. I remember sitting in the laundry waiting for my stuff to finish and he was frantically calling his mom because he didn’t know how to use a Tide Pod. He got so frustrated he cried and he couldn’t believe that you just put a pod in the washer and that’s it. He broke it open and was crying and yelling at his mom that he didn’t know how it worked.
My adult cousin, who got his engineering degree and works on areospace parts, has never changed a car battery. He needed to change his and i happened to be around so i join. When we went to buy it he didnt really know what to even get, understandable though i guess. But once changing it actually comes, he didnt even know where to start. I seriously never considered an adult not knowing how to change a car battery, its easier than a tire. Even worse is an engineer not knowing though.
I've seen pretty much everything, from not being able to make toasts to not being able to use a washing machine.
As an ER nurse though, if you count parenting as "adulting", I've had this end 20-something girl show up at the ER with a 5 year old in tow while she was in full blown 220/min AF after sniffing a whale load of coke and peanut.
Then, the father of the child, not a junkie himself but clearly an idiot thought it was appropriate to have his son stay in the ER and watch ACLS protocols being performed on the mom.
Tonight my brother and I were explaining deep cleaning to my son and told him that you have to vacuum the ceiling. He was like how does that work, how do you balance it?
Had a friend run out of gas. He walked to a gas station and used one of the containers to bring has back to his car.
He calls me freaking out sounding like he's having a panic attack saying his heart is racing, and he's having trouble breathing. [He had also done cocaine so he thought it was a bad reaction from the batch). Once he gets back I get the whole story.
Turns out, After he filled the container with gas.. he put the container in the back seat and kept all the windows up. He basically almost killed himself.
My girlfriend and I were building a lamp from target two days ago, I guess we’re both young adults, but it shocked me when she told me she didn’t know how to turn a screw the right way because she never had before
Doing the hangman play in grade 7 for our class. We had all the props we needed except the hangman's noose. Without saying a word our teacher got up and made a perfect noose in a matter of seconds and handed it to us
My roommate in college kept clogging our toilet. He didn’t seem to grasp the concept that flushing a bunch of used toilet paper might be what’s clogging it. He also refused to buy a toilet plunger after he broke the one we had before.
When I was an RA in college during my SOPHOMORE year, I had a kid in my class approach me while I was working the desk in my dorm and ask me if laundry detergent will clean his clothes. Like held up a bottle of detergent and asked “will this clean my clothes?”. OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR. I said yes, and he disappeared into the laundry room for two seconds before coming back and asking me to show him how to use the laundry machine. OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR!!! He somehow made it through about a year and a half of college multiple states away from home without ever figuring out how to do his laundry???
Roommate in her mid 20s had never washed a dish in her life before, so we would find dishes tidied away that had only been cleaned in the top surface but still had intact food bits and sauce on the bottom. She'd also never mopped a floor so I had to teach her, only to find her confused and "locked in" by the wet floor in a corner of the kitchen the next day.
I used to help inprocess new airmen into their first dorm out of basic training and into their technical school (where they learn how to do their job). We would get a new batch of 10-20 airmen every two weeks or so. In my initial dorm tour I would show them the laundry room and inform them that I will be back at 1900 to teach anyone who needs to know how to do laundry. No questions asked, no judgement. Everyone would laugh as if it was absurd that someone would join the military and not know how to wash their own clothes. However without fail I would get between 2-7 adults who didn't know ANYTHING about doing their own laundry. Usually these were 18-19 year olds, but occasionally I would get a 22-23 year old who had never washed their own clothes.
I was horrified at the consistent number of people who were literally not allowed to do their own laundry at their parent's house even if they wanted to. If someone wants to learn, why wouldn't you teach them???
I worked with an older lady who didn’t know how to open the hood of her car. Her battery died and she needed a jump start. She didn’t know how to use jumper cables either. I showed her how to do both.
Trying to help out my grandma in law after her grandpa died. I had to write out pages of ‘how to’ for everything from the clock radio, VCR (yes she had boxes and boxes of vhs tapes, and this was only 3 years ago.), TV, cell phone.... pretty much everything electronic. I did get her to move from a flip phone to an iPhone, but she still can’t surf the internet or do email. Not enough paper to write out all of those instructions.
My administrative assistant has no idea how to alphabetize.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At uni I was sat with my mate in their kitchen when their house mate comes in, she turns the grill on, puts her food on, closes the grill and then goes back to her room. Unsurprisingly the grill caught on fire and if me and my mate hadnt been in the kitchen the whole building might have burned down.
My husband is very smart about a lot of things, but when he was about 35 I had to teach him how to use an iron. His response once he got it was, “Cool, it’s like a video game!”
Once I was buying a box of boil-in-a-bag rice. The cashier was a girl in her early 20s. She commented to me how she stopped buying boil-in-a-bag rice because of how bad it hurt to reach her hand into the pot of boiling water to pull out the bag when it was done. I was speechless. How was that the only way she could think of to get the bag out of the pot?!
Firehouse, we cook lunch and dinner every day. Handed my probie a tomato and asked him to cut it up, he asked how. Not, how do you want it cut, no, how to cut a tomato. He's 23.
When I was 16 I worked at a nicer fast food restaurant, and at one point I was training a very pretty girl who you could tell came from wealth. I don't know if she was just having an awkward first day or what, but at the end of the night when we were closing, I told her to help me sweep the floor and this poor girl just could not do it. I don't even know how to explain it other than it looked like she'd never held a broom in her life. Regardless, I stayed patient and tried to teach by example. I hope she's doing better now!
saltyb · 2 points · Posted at 01:41:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, an adult woman in her 40s, told me she didn't know how to cook. I thought I knew what that meant. Then she stayed at my house for the weekend (long story) and asked me to make the box of macaroni and cheese she had bought, because she did not know how to use a measuring cup or boil water.
I thought when you used a credit card at the pump that you had to enter the zip code of the city you’re in. I also corrected someone when they called my car a sedan and said “uh no, it’s a Honda Civic” 😂😂😂
I work in IT and received a call from a guy ( thank God it was not me), que my coworker trying to help them run a program to allow us into their computer for 45 min. They ended up just being like is there anyone around you that I can talk to? Sure, connected in a min.
Their issue? Lost an email in their inbox. Was found using the fucking search bar built into outlook. 5 seconds later their issue was fixed.
I have a friend who I know never to have worked a day in his life. He came from the tail end of some money. After his parents died he told me that he no idea what any of it meant. The bills. The inheritance, and taxes. Stocks. None of it. He had no idea how to pay the utilities. The family has a money manager who takes care of everything. Its a scary proposition because it is just him and his schizophrenic older brother, who also has never worked a day in his life. They wouldn't know if they were being robbed blind.
I didn't know how to read analogue (idk if that's the right word) clocks until last year. For context I'm 15 but still I should have learned to do it earlier.
I had to teach an adult how to sign her name on a check. She had no clue how to write her name! She forgot how to form a capital "G" for her first name, and ruined three checks trying before asking me to just sign it for her.
Um, no. I'll show you how, but I'm not committing fraud on a payment instrument just because our local school system failed you.
I remember my freshmen year of college one of the guys in the dorm lamented about breaking up with his girlfriend because he literally did not know how to do laundry because he went from his mother doing it to his girlfriend doing it in college up until now.
Granted...I was not particularly adept at doing laundry properly myself and got wrinkles galore but at least I knew how to get my stuff clean.
Due to COVID-19 cuts at work, we took on an employee from another department to act as our secretary so she wouldn’t lose her job. It didn’t work out (they shifted her somewhere else), but before she was gone I learned she was 55+ and didn’t know how to make a long distance phone call.
Roommate I had in the dorms my first year in college had absolutely atrocious hygiene. Reeked, literally never showered. It was a tiny room, too. Finally I just asked him to shower. He said sure and grabbed his shower caddy. On the way out the door, he stops and WITH COMPLETE SINCERITY, asked “should I brush my teeth too?” I was dumbfounded. Anyone else and I’d assume they were joking. Not this guy. That semester was a nightmare.
My boyfriend was 29 when he learned that dryers make lint. And you need to remove that lint. Yes on every dryer. Yes even the ones in his old apartments. And even the one at his moms house.
Apparently other people just did it the whole time and that's how he didn't burn to death.
I jumped a guys (35-40 yrs old) car one time, as I was putting my jump box away and getting ready to drive off he said he wanted to see something and the car died. Some anti-theft device kicked in and it took another 10 minutes to correct it and get it running again. Turns out he shut it off and wanted to see if it would restart. To this day it boggles my mind how a grown man did not know to leave it running as long as possible to charge it back up.
Just people who can't manage their money as a student and end up broke. One person I knew would just buy loads of things on impulse and then ask for hand outs.
My roommate didn’t know how to use a can opener. I went out of town one weekend, and she made me open all of her cans before I left or she “wouldn’t have anything to eat.”
This guy was thought that vietnam happened before WW2 and his reasoning was that he was colored video of WW2 but black and white videos of Vietnam.
He was really sure of himself too. We had everybody tell him that wasn't true and he still was sure of himself until we googled it and showed him and then he got really silent.
I knew a woman in her mid-20s that thought you could use all of the cold water, then have to wait for it to be replenished. Tried to explain that cold is piped straight in, and hot is kept in the water heater. She actually asked "What's a water heater?"
Queue junior year in college, moved in with 3 randoms.
Washer/Dryer stopped working. I was in the kitchen and one of the roomates comes to me and tells me washer and dryer dont work. I ask the other two and they confirm. None of them knew what was wrong and wanted to fill out a maintenance form. I ask them if they checked the breaker first...
"the what?" They replied.
Also, as a male college student I would often only do laundry every week or two. Every time I went to dry my clothes the lint tray was as thick as a carpet.
Needless to say I moved into a different apartment two months into the semester.
New Yorkers that can’t drive. In the Air Force we had people who never learned. Since you need to have a state DL to get a DoD DL, when these people go straight overseas there’s no way for them to learn and get a license. And this was security forces, that’s right cops who literally can’t drive. This means we could only post them on gates.
If you’re going to be a hipster and not own a car, at least learn to drive one.
one of my rich friends literally did not know how to put a pillow case on. i can’t make this up. he literally could not get the pillow case on the pillow. he called the maid... i was shocked
I mean, okay. Some things you might be able to get by without reading. But I can't tell you how many times my husband and I will be putting together something we bought and he will just give up after a few minutes. I'll ask if he read the instructions, and he says he doesn't need them. WHAT? So you just know how to build this complicated item that you've never seen before!?
Then I'll read 1 star reviews for great products because people simply didn't know how to use them properly. SO frustrating.
(Also, I'm a teacher. No matter how clearly, or how many different places I put instructions, I will always get "so what I need to do?" Face palm I guess they don't grow out of it...)
I was once working in a pizzeria talking with my coworkers about credit cards. Coworker told me he opened an Express credit card and practically got a new wardrobe. He was bragging that it was the greatest thing to get new clothes and not have to pay for it. I asked him how long it had been and turns out many months had passed. When I told him that not paying would impact his credit score, he responded that it was okay because he didn’t have credit...
My roommate didn't know how to plunge a toilet. We'd just moved into a house together and they overflowed the toilet. I had to teach them how to turn off the toilet and use a plunger.
Another roommate didn't know that you don't deep fry French toast. They added too much oil to the pan and started a massive grease fire. I didn't have baking soda on hand but I did have a 5 lb bag of flour, so I smothered it with that. It was a mess but roomie was thankful there was no fire.
Ex girlfriend did not know how to pump her own gas. She always used full serve station. I said “ but what if you have to travel?” “ I get someone to do it for me. “ Me: .............”
Bfb38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who think you can wash a plate as well with their hand as with a sponge
And then are defensively like “I know how to wash a plate”
You don’t know how to wash a plate.
bex505 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college dorm had a common stove and oven. Certain kids from well off families from other countries never had to do anything for themselves. They put a pizza in the oven still in the cardboard box...
Popped the hood on my girlfriend’s car when it broke down. She saw the engine and said what the hell is that? I said what, the engine? She said that’s the engine? I’m like yeah what did you think was under the hood. Her response: a bunch of oil and gas.
Anytime my husband doesn't feel like doing and has suddenly forgotten how to do. So that I will do it while I show him how to do it... pb&j was a pretty good one.
Bfb38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first roommates. I had a roommate who was sweet but... ignorant about a lot of things. She was 23 and asked me what global warming was. She legitimately didn't know anything about it. I will never forget the look on her face as she was absolutely gobsmacked when I explained it to her (with the help of another roommate who was there).
I used to be a shift assistant at a bakery and I've had a few different teens working with me that didn't know how to do basic stuff like mopping or how to drain the sink after washing the dishes. Some didn't know how to wring the water out, we had the same type of mop buckets that janitors use, and some just didn't know how to mop period and would just swish the mop on the floor and not actually clean anything.
But I guess the most horrifying is how my two little brothers don't know how to cut their own nails and they're in their early 20's. We have the same dad but different mom's so they live with their mom and she still cuts their hand and toe nails because they don't know how and refuse to learn. Their mom claims she tried cutting them off to force them to learn themselves but they just let them grow and grow till she eventually caved and did it for them.
Had a girl at work not know how to refill an ice cube tray. She's 23 years old. She didn't realize you had to refill it with water and put it back in the freezer and wait. I'm not sure if she thought it just magically refilled itself by the condensation in the freezer and she just had to wait a long time? I'm assuming she's always had a fridge with an ice machine built in and therefore never dealt with it before. Funny thing is she's been with us over two years and I'm guessing just putting the empty tray in the freezer and someone else would come along and fill it making her think it filled itself.
Hi I’m 22 and last week I learned about the window defroster in my car. I’ve been driving for around 7 years. I’ve gotten in 2 small car accidents (ran over median. No other cars involved) for driving with my head out the window because I couldn’t figure out why my windshield was foggy when it rained.
At the supermarket, a lady who looks to be in her 50s approaches me with a multi-purpose cleaner in hand, asking if she can use that to do the dishes. I laughed bdcause I thought it was a prank, then she said "that's terrible that I don't know it!". I helped her out and moved on, to finally be after her in the cashier line. She then proceeds to laugh and tells the cashier what happened, and then she explained that she "lived in Miami for several years and every house she lived in had a dishwasher".
Here in Brazil not everybody have a dishwasher, actually only middle/high class may have a dishwasher at home. I do have one in my apartment but it is so big and old, I don't even know if it works. I don't use it. I'd rather wash my dishes in the sink.
From a tech shop. People walking around with Battery-about-to-explode-in-your-pocket phones. A lot of people dont think anything of it when some part of tech starts to puff up or expand and use it anway. When I see one I immediately go into a "woah, lets put that down and in a Bucket of sand as fast as we can"
My neighbor. She had one mouse in her place and instead of setting out a trap she called Orkin. We basically live in the woods so I'm surprised in the years I've lived here she's only had one. She also knocks on my door because she has trouble starting the lawn mower. Instead of Googling something she doesn't know she goes and makes it someone else's problem. I legitimately do not know how this woman functions. I have specifically asked her to stop knocking on my door unless someone is dying.
Sorta answers the question. My girlfriend pointed at a cell tower and asked what it was. I told her what it was and I soon found out she legit thought cell service came from POWER LINES
My friend's dad's ex girlfriend was constantly making our jaws drop. From randomly re inventing sleeveless raincoats (poncho) and thinking she was going to be rich to not understanding why everyone was upset about gas prices back in like the mid 2000s bc she always paid 87 cents wherever she went....
Oh, she also tried to manipulate me into giving her a paper weight, and I was so confused before realizing she thought I had a diamond the size of a softball.
A screen shot of texts from my brother that he received from my 20 year old sister because she knows I will make make the whole world know if she asked me. This girl pulled 4.0s throughout in high school and currently a sophomore in a top university.
S: What is 118 minutes in hours?
B: really?
S: Yeah, I’m not too sure. Lol
B: this is a joke, right? You realize there is 60mins in 1 hour
S: No, it’s not (answering to the question). Yes, I know that (responding to the 60mins / 1 hour statement).
B: if there is 60 mins to 1 hour, how many mins there is in 2 hours?
S: 120 min
B: so what would 2 min be shaved off?
S: 1 hour 45 min.
B: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
I WAS ROLLING IN LAUGHTER WHEN I READ THAT. I told my brother he should’ve said “1.96” and watch her whole world just spin.
Reading a tape measure... I was working with a new guy at our company cutting sheet metal, I've had issues with guys who come in not knowing how to read a tape measure. I asked this guy if he could read a tape measure and he says "yea" and nods his head. Great, I thought he knows how. When I asked him to show me 17" 5/8 on his tape measure he proceeded to point at the 12" mark on his tape measure... I know I said it loudly and clearly enough for him to have understood what i said. All I could do was look at him stunned! I finally regained my ability to speak but i was so shocked and frustrated by the situation all i said was, " go tell (floor managers name here) I dont need help today."
I'm sure this wasn't exclusive to my college, but it's amazing how often the freshman set the fire alarm off becauae they didn't know to put water in the cups of microwavable macaroni. The first week of school every freshman dorm had the fire alarms go off at least once. I think eventually the fire department sent out memos for RAs to read.
Bd_3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend, very smart guy, who didn't know what ice trays were.
He just moved into a new place and called one of my other friends asking "why there are there these plastic things with small bowls in my freezer." He then had to go over the whole process on how to use them.
My ex was making us Hamburger Helper. The first thing he did was put milk and raw beef together in the pan which looked like a disgusting bloody milkshake. I did not eat the finished product...
When in phlebotomy school this January, a woman was practicing a blood draw on me when she put the VaccuTainer needle in successfully, but was confused when the negative pressure tube wasn’t filling up. She kept fiddling with it and pressing the needle deeper into my arm.. the whole time the tube was backwards and she was jamming the round bottom (not the rubber lid part) into the receiving end of the needle, trying to get it to connect.
I get that it’s a nerve wrecking thing for all us students, and we were friends, but that was very uncomfortable watching someone that incompetent fiddle with a needle inside your arm.
It wasn’t really adulting but when I was probably 14 or 15 my buddy lived in a gated community and his family wasn’t filthy rich but they were living good. He was always out playing basketball or hanging out and so his dad frequently cleaned his room (that alone baffled me) but one day when I was over he accidentally knocked a bag of pretzel chips off his desk and they spilled everywhere. I told him to go grab a broom. He comes back and i tell him to sweep it up and watching this man try to use the broom was like giving a preschooler a pencil or a crayon for the first time. After I was done laughing my ass off at him I had to teach a kid that barely knew what broom was, how to use it.
Not really adulting but going to local climbing areas and watching people belay is some of the scariest shit I've seen. No hands on the brake rope which is literally a death fall for the climber if they fall.
This was in high school but I had a friend who didn’t know how to use a match when it came to lighting the Bunsen burner in one of our labs. Same person didn’t know how to use a safety pin when we had to pin on tags on our shirts for cross country.
It was cute but bae trying to use a can opener. We just moved on our own so we are figuring out cooking and such.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some chick I used to work with wanted to buy a Chevy Tahoe. She went to one dealership on her day off and they didn’t have any, but they had some other brand new not-so-great SUV of the same size. She didn’t even test drive it. She bought it in a hurry because she had to pick her kid up from daycare. She drove it to work the next day and told me she didn’t like it and wondered if they would let her take it back. It blew my mind.
When I moved in with my roommates, I got the chance to meet some really great friends that are a core part of my life right now.
... HOWEVER, there was this dude who ran out of clean clothes after two weeks, and one day he just went; "Okay. Gotta at least clean some underwear, brb".
I was baffled after seeing him fill a bucket with water, soap, mixing it up, throwing a pile of boxers inside, and after five minutes he took them out and hung them.
Had a friend who had never done laundry before at the age of 19. He was finally living on his own in a place with shared laundry, and threw all his clothes in one of the machines. He didn’t have any detergent or anything, but figured it would be fine.
When the machine was done, he took his clothes out and was surprised to find that they were all nice and warm and dry. Instead of putting two and two together, he wondered why his mother had complained about doing the laundry all those years. It was so easy!
This happened a few times before he ran across someone in the laundry room who corrected him when he referred to one of the dryers as a washing machine.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a kitchen manager at a restaurant that typically had college age servers, so I was a bit older. A girl that worked there asked us (while holding her phone) how far it was from here to (some town). We all looked at her told told her she was holding a GPS. May have just been a "whoops" moment, but it was funny as hell that she could have held down a button and asked the same exact question and gotten the exact answer.
I am 24 years old. I have a co-worker who is THIRTY and has two kids. She needed my help doing her taxes. She had never filed before. She said she thought it was a choice. She had no idea how they even worked. It was mind blowing to me. Another time the same co-worker was telling me how she cancelled her car insurance on her new car that she was making payments on. I was like, "oh are you switching companies?" She was like, "no I just don't want to keep it since I passed the application for credit now." I had to explain that not only is it illegal to not carry car insurance, but you have to keep full coverage if you're making payments. But I have to say she was so nice and funny lol.
My friend - then in her mid or late 20's - was finally planning on moving out of her parents' house to try living on her own. Her area has a high COL, though, so her plan was to rent with her younger sister. They were discussing plans, seeing apartments, etc., but hadn't decided on a place yet. My friend has never been great with money and I think her parents shelter her too much, but she assured me she had everything planned out and was prepared.
Then, when I was hanging out with her and her sister, we were discussing rentals and prices when my friend said, "Wait, does cable cost money?"
I had to break the news to her that yes, cable costs money and quite a lot of it, as with every other service in existence.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basic food safety skills. Example: don’t put out frozen food to defrost then re-freeze then defrost again Come on now🥴
luclme · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old college roommate wanted to leave the oven on all the time so it would always be warm whenever she wanted to cook something. I would pray every night that I would wake up the following morning.
Had people over at the house and I announced that the taco stuff was ready and to come make your tacos. This girl was in her late 20's and said, "I don't know how to make a taco." She was born and raised in Arizona (where this party was). I just blankly started at her for a second while my brain reset before stumbling through half assed instructions because I didn't know making a taco needed instructions.
My roommate sends me a text at 6:30am a few months ago telling me that she smells something dangerous in the apartment and I should probably leave.
I meet her in the lobby, a bit fuming since she only texted me this, potentially exposing me to dangerous chemicals.
I hear her out on the smell, and after some googling realize what she is describing is the smell of something rancid mixed with soap/cleaning chemicals stuck in a dishwasher.
I ask her if she's ever cleaned out the drain filter of the dishwasher. She says she did not know you need to do that.
A 20-something cousin wanted to learn how to make a recipe of my dad's, so we opened the family cookbook and I said, "Okay, what do I need to get out of the fridge?"
She said "4 C carrots, chopped.... What's "C" mean?"
It took me a moment to compose a response that wasn't really mean. Is it really her fault if no one taught her that?
This was a few years ago but a tenured college professor (so really smart guy) in his mid forties complained to me about his very high phone bills. I get suspicious because talk and text were free but data was not. I asked him why his billed data usage was so high. Turns out that for six years since he got the smartphone, dude hadn't set up WiFi on his to work on the college campus network. I was flabbergasted. Dude had two teenage sons and hundreds of college students that he dealt with on a daily basis who could've done it for him in 2 seconds.
t-naa · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but a friend’s story.
She told me that in her flat at uni, she went to the kitchen and out walked a girl with a pan. She ignored and continued on. When she went to go microwave something, she noticed a very odd smell so she asked her flatmate who was in the kitchen if he knew why it smelled so bad.
Apparently, the girl that had walked out with a METAL pan had thought to put it in the microwave (we assumed to heat it up or cook with it ???). This 18 year old placed a metal pan into a microwave and actually turned it on. And not for a joke.
A friend of a friend - went on a cruise and commented how surprisingly windy it was given how far out to sea they were. He thought trees MADE the wind, because they’re always moving when it’s windy.
After I got my bachelors degree in 2008 I started working at a RadioShack. I had an older lady come in asking if she could return a tv remote control because it was defective. She said, "The batteries have run out and we've been trying to open it to replace them. We've both tried a few times. Even tried with a screwdriver to pry it open but the little tab won't budge. I'm pretty sure we're doing it right too, I mean my husband's a literal rocket scientist. He's retired from NASA."
She showed me the remote and I could see from the screwdriver marks they'd just been pushing the tab the wrong way. I pushed it the correct way and it popped open. I showed her what I did and she looked a little shocked and embarrassed.
In a moment of social grace, I said, "It's alright, I'm a rocket scientist too."
My BS was in astronomy. Of course she didn't know that so she just looked very insulted and left.
(This isn't exactly horrifying because the people were old and probably just couldn't see well but it's my favourite story of this sort)
I don’t know if it was a case of not knowing how to do it, but the sister of one of my ex-girlfriends didn’t do laundry. Her mother would do all of their laundry when she would go over to take care of her son. Yes, she was married, and they had an infant child, and her mother did all of their laundry.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my father, and absolutely anything technology related, yet he used to work at a tech support service in the 90s
Not really adulting but... My wife just learned that the dandy Lions that have gone to seed (white ones that you blow on) was, in fact, a dandy Lion. She thought it was a different plant altogether.
I know a lot of young folks who think they need to turn on the "a/c" in their car when they run the heater in the winter. They think air conditioning means literally that, not just cooling as it really is...can't blame them in a way!
My college roommate not knowing how to make microwave popcorn. She kept burning her small bags because she thought you could leave any size bag of popcorn in the microwave for the whole length of the "popcorn" button.
Every single day in the phone store. IT'S A MESSAGE WITH ONE BUTTON UNDER IT! JUST PRESS THE GODDAMN BUTTON AND MOVE ON! THE REASON YOU HAD TO WAIT SO LONG IS BECAUSE YOU'RE STUPID!
my former babysitter first rode a bike without training wheels last year. she's 22.
fry925 · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny you should ask. Just today I learned my husband does not know how to operate a folding beach chair. I had to show him. Right there, on the beach, with witnesses..
Had a guy put vegetable oil in a w5-20 and thank god I caught him before he turned it on 3 full size jugs of proper oil later we flushed the system and his excuse was he was too broke......but his dad pays for everything
Not the worst thing but my 27M coworker did not know you could make payment arrangements and thought utilities and services were disconnected the day after the due date.
I live in an asian country, shocked to learn my 17 year old classmate doesn't know how to cook a rice, not by using rice cooker, her family doesn't own a rice cooker.
Then there's my classmate in junior high school, who doesn't know how hand wash their clothing. We had to clean our classroom, so we gave him a rag to clean since it's dirty, but fails since he is so flimsy. My guess his family owns a washing machine or he doesn't do laundry, at all
An employee of mine in her mid 20s couldn't read an analog clock. I thought she was joking at first.
yojay · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend in her mid-30s drove her Mustang until the engine locked up. Turns out she had never changed the oil. She actually went back to the dealer, the father of a friend of ours, and wanted a refund or a free repair because they didn't tell her she needed to change the oil when she bought it. It was almost five years after she had bought the car, if I remember correctly.
Convo with my ex ended up on showering and why it takes women longer than men to shower.
He confidently explained to me that he has never had to wash his lower body as washing his hair does the job for everything else. Could never convince him otherwise and he wouldn’t even really let me wash his legs when we showered together.
Friend #1 was talking to friend #2. Friends #2 sister was pregnant. Friend #1 was talking to friend #2 about how if you smoke during pregnancy, it can kill/harm the baby. The pregnant sister turned around and with a horrified face, said "What?"
I forgot how to count back change. During the rush in the Drive-Thru.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who didn’t know how to eat a taco. In all fairness, she is from the Philippines, but explaining to her that a fork was unnecessary was pretty funny
A friend had an Indonesian girlfriend that had just moved with him to Canada. In winter, he gets a panicked call from her that their house was on fire. Turns out that the was downstairs when the furnace kicked in and she saw the lovely blue flames.
Trogol · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving with a good friend of mine and she lamented that she never learned to parallel park, so I offered to teach her. While I was parking as a demo I explained the basics steps and she kept being confused asking why you couldn’t go in forwards. We went back and forth on this until it dawned on me to ask “You do know that the back wheels don’t turn, right?” and she had NO IDEA. It was hilarious but makes me wonder how anyone can go about life riding in and driving cars for years and not notice the basic mechanics.
Badjib · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Worked at a place where we had to do weekly cleaning, people who had been there for decades didn’t know how to get mop water + cleaner by pushing the dispense button, and so were instead filling the mop bucket with water and dumping a gallon of bleach in it, in a confined space, with little to no ventilation.....
So to list the things they didn’t know in order of importance....
They didn’t know inhaling bleach fumes could kill you
They thought cleaning a confined area, where other chemicals that could react with bleach and create a poor man’s mustard gas was a good idea
They couldn’t push the button that had a sign next to it that said “push to fill mop bucket”
More like "how do you know not to do this," but: a coworker of mine didn't know some foods just have to be refrigerated. Like sandwiches, cooked food, leftovers in general. They thought it could be left out on the counter for a days and be fine. Quote: "if it doesn't smell bad it's fine!"
I didn’t know you’re not supposed to microwave the styrofoam cup of noodles containers until I was 30. My whole life my mom would just fill them up to the fill line and throw them in the microwave for three minutes...fast forward to me doing this in my work break room and everyone screaming and yelling. Apparently it releases carcinogens and you’re never supposed to do that.
My adult and pregnant supervisor not knowing the urethra was a separate hole from the vagina. I pulled out my phone for a picture to show her lol. It's way too common for women not to know their own anatomy.
This is a really small example, but stuck with me. Friend and I were painting, and I got him to clean his paint plate. He held it under the tap at full blast, and was waiting for the water pressure to push the paint off. I had to demonstrate that you're actually had to "wipe" the paint off. I sarcastically asked him had he never scrubbed a plate before; but I learnt that he's never done any cleaning before.
It just felt jarring to me that any man could not know something so basic as how to "wipe" shit off a dinner plate. That this adult spent his entire life without having to clean a single thing (regular upbringing, siblings, parents, didn't have a butler or something).
Had to explain to an Army sergeant how to field strip an M16. He was an Air Force transfer and a mechanic... but still... how do you get to a leadership position in the military without knowing the very basics of weaponry?
I worked in retail a couple years ago and a couple coworkers a little younger than me, early 20s, asked what I majored in college. I told them animation and both of them deadass didn’t know what animation is.
Ex boyfriend had borrowed my car. I told him there’s a leak in the radiator so every time you stop and park somewhere you will need to put more water in it before you drive away again. He brings the car back two hours later and it’s massively overheating. He says, “ I don’t get it, it’s still overheating.” I ask him if he’s been putting water in it and he says, “yeah see” he pops the hood and takes out the jug of water from my back seat and proceeds to just pour water all over the engine. I shouted, “what the hell are you doing?!?! You’re just making steam!!!!” I was so pissed, he almost fried my engine. I then had to explain to him that you have to open the cap to the radiator and pour the water IN it. And explained not to open it while it was still hot. He did a lot of stupid shit. To this day we don’t speak of his name, he’s only known as dumbass.
Two days ago, my 33yo boyfriend put the wet cat food DIRECTLY on the kitchen floor (as opposed to in their bowls, which were RIGHT THERE), and then tried to defend this action. So, that was an interesting turn of events.
I don't know if this counts as "adulting" but I was making some ghostbuster backpacks for a rave and had one of my very, very smart friends who had never picked up a tool in his life help me.
I had a corded drill, my friend placed the cord below the piece of wood that he was drilling. He drilled right through the cord. There was smoke coming out of the motor and sparks flying, yet he didn't think to let go of the trigger. It was kind of amusing watching this really smart guy totally lose his mind and not know what to do and just keep drilling as the situation got worse and worse.
Yes, he totally destroyed my drill, and no, i didn't get angry, just sighed, got out another drill and showed him how to do it properly.
Me.
I grew up in a house where i didnt have to do anything. My room was cleaned everyday, my closets were made for me, laundry taken care of, 3 meals everyday prepared and served. For the first 18 years of my life i hadnt done any chores. And then boom i am half way across the world in USA for college. Man was it embarrassing. My roommates had to teach me how to vacuum, clean counter tops, do my laundry. Most embarrassing my boss taught me how to mop and clean toilets by demonstrating how to.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister called me asking how to create an email. Apparently she's only ever had one and it was created by our dad when she was like 12. Yes, she said she tried and nothing was working and was scared she might give out personal information to a "foreign" site. Whatever that means.
Had to teach my friend to use her turn signal and what it meant. I don't even wanna know how long she was driving like that. Does not help that she is a insane driver.
I moved into a share house at 19 with a bunch of friends who had no idea how to fend for themselves.
Josh was the worst. He was 20 and his mother had babied him his whole life. Because of this, he took his laundry to his mother’s house (he “doesn’t know how to use the machine” after I showed him 5 times) every week and she cooked for him. If he didn’t eat there, he just got takeaway for every meal.
One time his mother made him butter chicken and sent him home with instructions to microwave it.
This idiot was walking towards the microwave with a metal bowl covered in aluminium foil saying “So how long do I microwave this for?”. No one in his 20 years on this earth had told him metal doesn’t go in the microwave.
Not exactly horrifying but when I was 19 I moved into an apartment for the first time with a few friends from college. My best friend had never done laundry before and our first year of college she’d always bring her laundry home and her mom would do it for her. When we moved in together she sheepishly asked me if I could teach her how to do her laundry, so I taught her how to separate her clothes out etc. Fast forward about... a year I wanna say. We were chatting as she was throwing some of her clothes in the washing machine and she added a cup full of fabric softener and closed the lid. I thought she was distracted and forgot the soap so I teased her “Lol are you forgetting something?” She looks and me so concerned lol this girl had been doing her laundry with only fabric softener for an entire year lol I swear I taught her about the soap but I guess she thought they were the same product. It was golden and I still give her shit about it to this day.
eyeags · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss announces in a meeting that there was going to be a planned power outage later in the day for building maintenance- she wanted to make sure everyone charged their laptops ahead of time so they could continue working (which would require internet). She would not believe me when I pointed out that the WiFi would go out if the power went out because "it's wireless..."
My mom called me crying because she was hungry and couldn’t figure out how to use a can opener to open the can of soup.
Turns out it was an easy open can, the kind with the pull tap on top. That’s why the can opener wasn’t working. She didn’t know how to use the easy pull tap either.
ek695 · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m in the Navy and I’m an IT3 and one of the IT2s didn’t know how to make a folder in File Explorer.
I was talking to my partner’s dad (who is at least 50) about how I was happy to buy myself a queen bed + mattress for about $900 AUD. He was like “Oh, I had no idea how much a bed cost.”
Most of their beds were second hand and I guess for the new beds in their house, the mother handled it.
I just got the chills from reading this post. A 22 year old coworker admitted to me after I called her out on her untied laces, that she didn’t know how to tie her shoes. It was really heartbreaking and mind boggling. She’s the oldest in her family, contributes to her parents bills, and is also a ‘dreamer’ originally from Mexico. I immediately sent her every YouTube video I could find to help her learn how. Good news - she’s recently engaged to be married. Not only did he teach her how to tie her shoes, but she’s also going to become a US citizen.
I subbed in for someone to help clean a pool. The boss gave me a broom and told me to sweep the leaves and stuff off away from the edges. Turns out I've never actually been sweeping correctly. I always held it like a hockey stick and did a swept like a light pass. My only excuse is that I never sweep so I didn't know.
Laundry. My mom taught me how to do my own laundry when I was 12.
When I went to college, I did one of those summer programs before my first semester where you take a Freshman Orientation class along with one other class of your choice to get your feet wet, as it were. I was loving everything: my schedule, ultimate Frisbee, staying up late, making friends. It was amazing.
When our first weekend rolled around, our FO teacher asked who was planning on staying on campus. I was shocked that only I and a few other people raised our hands. She looked shocked, too, and encouraged my classmates to stay for their first weekend. It was important to learn how to make it on your own and deal with the homesickness, she said.
One of the quieter girls in the class answered, "But how else will my mom do my laundry for me?"
At 12 my son came to ask me how to do his laundry because he was fed up with not having clean clothes (I was asking him to put his clothes in the laundry basket if he wanted them washed but he was too lazy). At 20 he had a gf that didn’t know anything about taking care of a house and he had to do everything, even cooking.
I was working at a restaurant, a new hire came on 50+ year old man. Didn't know how to sweep a floor or what a broom was. I thought he was messing with me.
Im a country manager of a tech company not in my home country... before this job I was a film maker... I some how fell into this position.
I’m not University trained at all in business but I did run my own business for 10 years and did well out of it.
Anyway... now I’m dealing with very high profile business people. And business shit that any country manager should know... Some times I don’t know. Especially when they use acronyms and I got no idea what they mean in a meeting and I have to quickly google them or bullshit around the question.
Anyway my wife is a VP of a very big tech company... and she can see when I don’t know shit. And she constantly shakes her head and goes “how do you not know this”.
But... the company has grown under me to have pushed out billion dollar companies out of my region and we are the fastest growing type of this business in the country now... so I may not do things how normal business people would but I’m getting the results... 💁♂️
Had a really rich friend that lived alone in a 2 floor amazing downtown apartment. He was from SaudiArabia and his parent sent him to Canada for university. Paid all his bills. Kid had a cleaner come a couple times a week.
Anyways, he went to go heat us up some pizza one night while we were playing Xbox 360. 15min or so later fire alarm for the building is going off. Numb nuts put an entire leftover pizza, cardboard box and little plastic thingy and all, in the oven on 450 and forgot about it.
Im a country manager of a tech company not in my home country... before this job I was a film maker... I some how fell into this position.
I’m not University trained at all in business but I did run my own business for 10 years and did well out of it.
Anyway... now I’m dealing with very high profile business people. And business shit that any country manager should know... Some times I don’t know. Especially when they use acronyms and I got no idea what they mean in a meeting and I have to quickly google them or bullshit around the question.
Anyway my wife is a VP of a very big tech company... and she can see when I don’t know shit. And she constantly shakes her head and goes “how do you not know this”.
But... the company has grown under me to have pushed out billion dollar companies out of my region and we are the fastest growing type of this business in the country now... so I may not do things how normal business people would but I’m getting the results... 💁♂️
Someone I know was dog sitting. The dog pooped in the house, they called the owner not knowing what to do and proceeded to just put a paper towel over it and leave it for them to clean hours later.
it’s not while adulting but back in second grade i had my best friend over for a sleepover and i handed her a pillow and a pillowcase. she stood there completely dumfounded because apparently she had never had to do it. she was an only child.
We were 19 (so almost adulting) at the time but a buddy of mine picked me up in his new car. It was night time and every time a car would come the other way, he would reach down and turn the dial to turn the lights off. I then realized as it got really dark that he had been driving at night with his running lights. Turns out he didn't realize that running lights and low beams are different and that flicking the signal arm flicks on your high beams. He thought his lights were just garbage.
I was shoe shopping with one of my cousins and she said, “Why are there no Velcro ones?” And I was like, “Why Velcro?”, and she said, “Am I seriously supposed to figure out how to tie shoes?” I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to offend her but I was thinking, WTF you’re nearly 30 how do you not know how to tie your shoes
I had to explain to an A level student how to use a broom. She was pushing it around upsidedown so the wood was scraping along a fairly expensive tiled floor. I asked why and she said that the dirt goes through the bristles when she pushes the broom around. I had to show her the sweeping motion and explain why it's called sweeping, not pushing.
Same job, another 18 year old A* across the board student, I had to show him how flatpacked cardboard boxes could be returned to their box state with a strip of parcel tape. He had it in his head that once a box was flat packed it could never be used again. Very odd. I still don't quite understand.
Had to teach a housemate how to wash up. He'd wipe cutlery with a foam sponge, not rinse it, and pop it straight into the cutlery draw all foamy and damp.
Had to change a tyre for a store customer once as he had no idea how. He was mid 40s. I was early 20s. He paid me £20 though.
House mate's brother spent a lot of time at ours. I said he needed to contribute.cue to him cooking breakfast. I walked into the kitchen to find him with the bacon cooking straight on the hot plate. No pan. At all. He'd never even seen his mum cook, thats how much he never went in the kitchen. He was 19.
I've got something I've honestly never been sure about after 35 years. How do you use a dishwasher? I get that you put in the dishes, some detergent, turn the knob, and it does its thing. But what does it do? How dirty are the dishes supposed to be when you put it in?
Typically, I just hand wash everything and let it dry in the dish washer. I've tried it a few times but it just seems to push around the food left on it. So if I need to pre-wash, I might as well do it by hand and make sure it's done right than have to check everything when unloading and have to do half or more by hand anyways.
Depending on the model of the dishwasher, there is different washing programs. There is also some maintenance to be done like cleaning the filter (again might depend on model I’m no expert!)
Scrape the chunks off before you put the dishes in the washer. Maybe soak anything that’s burnt on.
If the dishwasher can’t cope with that, it’s a pretty poor dishwasher.
The water jets up at dishes from rotating arms, so make sure cups and pans are upended so the water can get into them.
Smaller and more fragile things go on the higher shelf. Pans on the lower one.
Make sure nothing is going to block the path of the spinning arms.
Put in some dishwasher detergent, it comes as tablets, loose powder or a liquid. The pack will tell you how much to use. Also make sure the appropriate reservoir has rinse-aid in.
In many areas you need to soften the water so there is a place to add dishwasher salt. In my area we don’t need that so I’m not sure to what degree the fancy ’4-in-1’ type of dishwasher tablets have taken over that function.
Choose an appropriate programme and turn on the machine.
I explained negative numbers to a stakeholder at work. They came to me very upset about "all the late deliveries" in my lane. When we looked at their report, I saw that every "late" delivery had a negative number in the days late column so the report really showed my deliveries arriving early.
Fuck you, Mike, you non-negative number knowing beneficiary of corporate nepotism.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
Living with my roommate who at the time was 28 years old, and is playing with his son, what's cooking for dinner catches fire somehow and I immediately say "WHERE is the fire extinguisher????" He goes and grabs it and just freezes and goes "how do you use this thing?" I quickly explain the p.a.s.s. method and use it to put out the fire. I was 20 at the time
Not necessarily “adulting” but would help friends with their homework in high school. One girl didn’t know what a verb, adjective or noun was and she was 16. She just never learned it in this weird private school her wealthy parents sent her to. Caused her to nearly fail English tests because she couldn’t use vocabulary words in a sentence. Thankfully, once I tutored her she was able to get it.
Another time a girl who was a mutual friend of mine reached out to me to tutor her in Algebra. She was in the course for the second time and was about to flunk out again. Upon helping her, I realized that she didn’t know how to add numbers at the age of 16. Literally, she could not tell me what 3+7 or 1+0 was. Obviously she couldn’t do simple multiplication like 1x3, either. This instance was particularly saddening because she had been evaluated for disabilities several times as a child and her mother refused to get her the help she needed since she didn’t believe her child had a disability and felt that she just wouldn’t pay attention in school and had to deal with the consequences of her actions. Her parents were rich as fuck too and had the means to give her the best tutors money could buy. One was a brain surgeon and the other was a lawyer. Helped her to convince our private school to have a tutor with a specialty in disabilities to come and give her secret lessons. As far as her mom knew, she was in yearbook club.
My older sister who's in her 30s not knowing how to do alot of adulty things like doing her own taxes, saving her own money, etc. Things you'd expect a person around my age and younger to be slowly learning only because they've spent the majority of their life as a kid. I'm 20 myself.
When my parents and I went to the UK, we lived with my dad's uncle while we were in London. My dad's uncle's wife died in 2012, so he had been living alone in their townhouse since then (we went to the UK in 2018). When we arrived, the place was in disarray.
Old newspapers lying around everywhere (newspapers dated to the early 2000s), kids' toys everywhere (his kids were grown and had no children of their own), three inches of dust on every surface, matted carpets with perpetually damp spots in certain places, a film of grease on the kitchen countertops, overgrown weeds in the garden, etc.
It was a mess.
Turns out my dad's uncle had no idea how to clean. His kids would come over every once in a while and tidy his place up a bit, but left to his own devices, he was a bit lost.
My dad found a Dyson vacuum cleaner, still in the box it came in, in the garage a couple of days into our stay. His uncle admitted that he'd never learned how to vacuum, and that his wife had bought it before she died.
I feel terrible for him, because he always relied on his wife to do all the cooking and cleaning, and had to do all that himself now. My parents and I actually spent our last day in London cleaning the townhouse from top to bottom. Scrubbed the bathrooms, gave the kitchen a once-over, bought him a laundry basket (he didn't have one), vacuumed, mopped the floors, etc.
My dad also taught him how to vacuum - hope he's still using it now :)
I love my fiancé more than anything in the world but I had to give him a whole crash course on adulting. Honestly, he’s so cute, it doesn’t matter when he messes up at all. The first week I moved in with him however I was amazed that he has survived this long.
The dryer’s lint trap looked like it had never been emptied. Dishwasher loaded wrong and bad. Breaks every dish. Only ate instant things. didn’t store food items properly. So many fire hazards... he’s doing amazing now btw.
edit: first week I moved in, he put apples in the freezer??
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
My boyfriend and I were seniors in high school when he started doing his own laundry. He had no idea that you couldn’t wash reds with lights. He put his light grey sweats in with a brand new red hoodie and started freaking out when the sweats turned pink. He just had no idea what went wrong
My ex used a bumper jack on the side panel , like you would a scissor jack, on our really very sweet early 1960s Olds Super 88. It made a dent. I showed him where the bumper jack should be used. A couple of weeks later, he did the same thing again, making another dent.
I have met a shocking amount of people who do not know how to tell if an email, text, or phone call is a scam / pyramid scheme. I’m not just talking senior citizens, I’m talking adults aged 18-45.
Not an adult, but while I was a teenager camping with other teenagers at a wilderness program we played fart baseball. Just because I know there will be questions if anybody reads this I will explain. The game is two team’s. The team on offense has four farts for a run. The one on defense three farts and we switch sides. They have to be audible.
One kid shit himself. He was given soap and two buckets of water to clean up. He came back and I jokingly asked if he cleaned his ass up. He responded with disgust and said, “EWW. Why would you touch that?” Turns out he never washed his ass and assumed nobody else did. Poor bastard.
I was baking bread and talking with my friend about cooking and caramel came up. He asked, “where does caramel come from? Is it from a special tree?” It made me chuckle and then I explained that it’s just sugar heated to a certain point. It’s from a plant so I suppose he’s not far off really.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
I myself actually committed this one, and it was horrifying. I was pet/apartment sitting for my friend. She was out of town, and when she was trying to pay her rent online, something went wrong with the electronic bill pay system, so she asked me to go pay it for her. She venmoed me the money. I had to get the money in the form of a money order for her complex to accept it. When I came into the office they told me the amount was like a few dollars off and that I’d have to get a new money order. As I left to go do so, I tore the money order to pieces and threw it in the trash because I thought money orders were the same as personal checks...you mess it up, you can just tear it up and get a new one.... I very soon learned that the money was already gone from my account (and my friend’s). I ended up having to fill out a bunch of forms and wait over 3 months to get that $700 something dollars back. I also had to borrow the $700 from family at the time, because I did not have another $700 to pay her rent with and I don’t think she did either, but I didn’t ask her anyway because I’m the one who fucked up. So I definitely learned from the experience. This was sometime last year when I was 24.
My exhusband tried to move my China cabinet down some married stairs. At the bottom there was a sharp turn. He was sure it would be okay since the glass would bend.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
Had a friend who complained to her dad that her car was acting funny. He checks it then shows her the black gunk that is her engine oil, asks her when was the last time you changed the oil? Umm never, what do you mean you have to change the oil? She was 18 and had owned car at least a year.
Friend of mine tried to cook chicken, put it in the oven like straight on the tray no oil or seasoning or anything and just left it. Went charcoal black and drier than a drought stricken farm and stuck to the tru like you wouldn’t believe. He has since been shown a thing or two haha
Edit: I know this isn’t like severely stupid or mind blowing but he had never cooked before and pushing 19 it was just funny to see as I have been cooking consistently since 14.
A buddy of mine was dating this girl. Let's call her C. She was a stay at home mom while he went off and worked all day. The only issue was that she couldn't cook, couldn't clean, and couldn't take care of her kid. This story is about her inability to cook.
She had me come over to help her fix her stove. She was trying to make Shake and Bake chicken, but she was using bone-in chicken thighs. And she wasn't baking it, she was cooking it on the stovetop. And she wasn't shaking either. I shit you not, she was going to pan fry the breading SEPARATE from the chicken, THEN sprinkle it on. The only reason she didn't try this and end up giving my friend food poisoning is because they had forgotten to turn the gas on and the stove wasn't working.
A few people I work with including supervisors, struggled to point out where England was on a world map...while living in England.
Athuny · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who lived with my wife and I for a short time. He had his girlfriend over and was going to make spaghetti. He couldn't for the life of him figure out why the noodles weren't boilng after an hour on low. They ended up dumping it out and going out to eat at burger king.
When I was 20 and home for the summer, I got a job at a daycare. They switched me around with different age groups, but the first time I was in the baby room, another of the workers asked me to change a diaper.
The look on her face when I told her I never changed a diaper was pure disgust for me.
I'm the youngest out of all but one cousin (that I used to see maybe 4 times a year when she was an infant). I'm not going to just pick up random babies to learn how to change a diaper like wtf?
I must have been 20 at the time, and I woke up to disgustingly dirty microwave. It looked like someone opened the door and projectile vomited into it. There was a cup too.
I realized my dad wanted to make a hard boiled egg. He just put an egg in water and stuck it in the microwave. The egg obviously exploded.
My dad was 52 at the time. 52.
He just left the mess for me to clean up.
Also, I’ve had to quickly remove forks and spoons from his plates multiple times when he’s tried to reheat his food.
Not a huge deal but when I lived in Hawaii, I had a trash man (rough looking white dude in like his 40s, I only include that because it's hawaii) come up to me in my drive way and ask if I had some tools because his truck was broke. If I remember correctly he needed a socket wrench. I give him my socket set and he takes off back to his truck. He then comes back and asks me how to use the socket wrench. It was bit of a shock, but I nicely showed him how to use it. Guess he was a trashman for a reason.
I work with a bunch of people 10+ years older than me. The fact that they don't know how to save files to their desktop!! to email hurts me deeply. I learned this in middle school. Almost 2 decades ago.
I once had to teach an employee how to sweep a broom. They literally had never swept so the physical motion was difficult enough to learn, let alone the technique to sweep a large space.
When I was about 12/13 I tried to re heat a cold slice of pizza in the microwave i put it in for 4 minutes and then went to the living room when I went back in the kitchen it was black with smoke my mam came home and went crazy saying it only needed 20 seconds. It was my first time using the microwave so I had no clue.
For a whole month I offered a room to my cousin until he finds a place of his own as he was not getting along with his family. We both used to live in same hometown and our parents worked in same place with same jobs (so he was mildly richer only due to his grandparents) so I assumed he'd me similar to er ... any other 20something year old I known.
Never have flatmates guys, especially family as that never ends well :D . Cousin had no idea how to cook things of course, making shopping lists and budgeting was a foreign concept to him as well and he took daily baths for an hour. Job searching was being on facebook all day and gossiping. However, that is not really shocking but the comment he made before we parted was ... er ... different.
I asked him how will he afford living in a city that is famous for high rent (not that I thought he could not but he planned only to have a part time job as he studies photography in a film school [he had no idea about cameras either] ). He looked at me as if I were silly and said "What do you mean? If I work at KFC I will be able to afford to buy clothes and go out." . I said KFC pays minimum wage in said city and it would be fine full time but not part time while he kept not seeing an issue until I straight out asked him how the hell he would pay rent. "What? Parents pay rent, I mean ... that is what parents do." was his answer.
Of course how to cook eggs, ramen, pasta, meats, boil water, toast, grill cheese, and make can soup. Oh how to turn on a stove top or oven, turn them off, clean up after themselves after they cook on the stove or when they pop something in the microwave and the stuff popped or spilled. How to clean a mirror, and windows, how to use mop soap, how to remove dirt from the vacuum. All this is from my roommate. We tried teaching him how to do the basics but he learns once and just goes back to his room and start streaming on Twitch or YouTube, or he goes and make TikToc videos. Btw he's 27 yrs old and he tells his subscribers that he's an adult and he knows how to take care of himself. Which is not true, he orders take out whenever me and my husband go out to eat, or when we're working late. Than whines that he has so little money in his account that he can't help us pay our rent/bills cause he's low. Oh also he worked when almost half the jobs closed down due to this pandemic, I got layed off, but he stilled work he would have well over 4k in his bank if he didn't splurge it on fast food. His fiance (?)( They said they are engaged but he doesn't have enough money to buy her a cheap ring) have to buy him thing cause he didn't want to spend his money on laundry detergent, new clothes (he lost weight), bed covers, a new pillow, new shoes (his had a huge hole underneath) toothbrush, toothpaste, body soap, new razors, shaving gel, ECT. He won't help pay for toilet paper or do halves for cat food and litter (he has a cat) we cough up the cash for everything in our small apartment. Can't do a simple thing even when we tried to teach him. He's a lost cause.
Sorry for the rant, it just bothers me so much he stresses me out.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never knew how to fill out my fafsa. Im a first gen student and my parents have neither attended a university. All my white priviliged friends knew the ins and outs and how to fill it out meanwhile I was so confused as to how to fill it out. I still hate filling out my fafsa and especially filling in something wrong could get me in huge trouble with the government. I have no idea how my friends can manage to do them but in general I hate how much of an obstacle it is and makes it harder to get money that I need.
One of my friend graduated from college with diploma in electrical engineering. That summer we had to change a light bulb in common area of our apartment building. Turned out he didn't know how to change the light bulb.
I had to walk a 42 year old woman through booking a hotel room. She had never booked her own travel before.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A co-worker of mine decided to mix an ammonia based window cleaner and bleach because he thought it would clean better. Not only does that produce poison gas, how the hell are you going to clean better than bleach on surfaces or ammonia on glass?
Worked with a guy who slept with a girl who had lymes disease and he asked me if he should go to the clinic and get tested for it, as if it was an std.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a 19 year old girl who worked with me at a Boston Market years ago. She didn’t know how to sweep. Like seriously didn’t know how to use a broom.
A few weeks ago I had a friend ask if Cinco de Mayo was on May 5 every year.
We have a certain set of tests we run on equipment at work every year. We refer to them as "annuals". One employee was whining about doing them... "but we just did these annuals last year!"
My ex girlfriend lit a charcoal grill inside the house on top of the kitchen table. When I came home to find it I was horrified. She said, I don’t understand why you’re so upset. My parents use their George Foreman Grill in the house all of the time.(they’re electric)
My old roommate poured hot oil directly into the trash can. She knew how to properly dispose of hot oil, too, she just stopped caring.
She also threw up in the bathroom and didn't clean up after herself. I had to ask her to wash the bath mats that she soiled. Which leads directly to...
...the concept of washing her own clothes in the coin-op laundry unit in the basement of our condo building made her cry. The basement was too scary, she didn't want to spend $6 to do laundry (it was $3, actually), and she didn't have any quarters.
I'm so glad she moved out. She's someone else's responsibility now.
When I was a grocery checker a girl was clearly using her parents debit card and didnt understand how it worked because when the pin pad asked if she wanted cashback she couldnt figure out what that meant. I tried explaining it would just add to the total and she just kept saying "but it's a card.." and finally her friend had to chip in and finish the payment process for her. She just didnt seem to grasp that your debit card is linked to your bank account lmao.
A roommate in college was so sheltered. Once she asked me one time "Where do you get car oil?". I worked at O'Reilly Auto Parts at the time. Another time she asked me what a light on her car's dashboard meant. It was low tire pressure. Once when she was doing laundry in our apartment I noticed the washer was making that 'ka-chunk' noise like it was really unbalanced. I mentioned that she needed to fix it. She asked why. Apparently she had never done laundry before college.
My ex-wife had never used a manual can opener. She had only used an electric one her 25 years of existence. She refused to learn to use a manual and insisted on buying an electric one when we moved in together. To date, I don’t think she has ever tried to use one.
FanTah · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in grad school that never cleaned stuff like kitchen appliances and tables and stuff because according to him he didn’t knew when they were dirty.
Like, what
During a conversation with my gay male friend, it was discovered that he didn't know where vaginas are. He thought it was in the front where the clitoris is rather than near the anus. He then realized how trans sex workers are able to have straight men to have sex with them for the first time in his life.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't learn to wipe front to back until I was 20. By then I developed a system where I wipe middle to front then back to middle so I just kept doing that.
Wash dishes. They didn’t even know you had to use hot water. Also I had to teach them that there is a top side to a cookie and a bottom side of a cookie. They were in there 20’s
Coworker who is 'allergic to shellfish' eats a bunch of ceviche for lunch and doesn't know a) Shrimp and scallops are shellfish, b) The big bottle of Kirkland brand diphenhydramine antihistamine (its even pink) on his desk is generic Benadryl. Proceeds to ask while clearly in pain if anyone has Benadryl As he stares at the bottle.
In the Navy a big thing is keeping a clean uniform, even if you're a grunt who does dirty work, you're expected to be clean and well kept while maintaining certain standards of uniform (at least, back when I was in, they're a bit more relaxed these days) We had this one kid who just no matter what could not show up in a clean uniform. He would put it on clean, walk fifty yards to our muster location and somehow get dirty in between.
Because of his inability to keep a clean uniform, he ended up being really disliked by our higher-ups despite being an excellent and motivated worker.
Yeah, primary combat personnel are very particular, to the point that there is a term called POG, or personnel other than grunt. Not that the life of a BT or EN or HT is easy. Or whatever your rate was.
My former roommate ruined the dishwasher. We had a moveable dishwasher that had to be hooked up the kitchen faucet and then plugged in. Well she didn't hook up the water at. Eventually our sink broke down and we had to dishes in the bathtub. She also couldn't figure out that you need to rinse out poppy clothes from your 3 y.o. before washing them and that the dryer shouldn't smell like hot shit all the time. I know she was a single mom but damn this girl was stupid and should never have breed.
My sis-in-law was about 20, we were hanging out me, her and her older sister one day. She gets up and goes to the bathroom and then comes back and says, “tampons are so uncomfortable. I don’t understand why they make them out of hard plastic and not something softer.”
Her sister and I just stare at her in disbelief. She had been using tampons for about SIX YEARS and didn’t know that the plastic part was the applicator and needed to be removed. She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed, but that one still boggles my mind. I could understand if she had grown up in a household of all boys or something, but her mom was a housewife and she had 2 older sisters who knew how to use tampons.
It's amazing how many university students can't do their own laundry. YOU CANNOT JUST WASH A SINGLE T-SHIRT IN THE WASHING MACHINE! I DON'T CARE IF YOU WANT TO WEAR IT TOMORROW!
My best friend had no idea that seashells were once animals, and was horrified. We kept asking him what the hell he thought they were and he couldn't come up with an answer that made any sense.
My 28m roommate apparently has NO idea how to load a dishwasher. But it goes beyond that, your average ten year old can understand that you should probably place all the plates the same direction, not one side ways, one long ways, and one diagonal. SMH
JorusC · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at a friend's house, and his wife had asked him to clean the bathroom really quickly. It had been a few minutes, and I headed in to see if I could help.
He was standing there, toilet bowl cleaner in hand, staring at the toilet like it was the Gordian knot. Apparently he had never crossed this challenge before, and it had him thoroughly puzzled.
A old roommate of mine in med school was doing laundry one day and became distracted. Came back to washed clothes many hours later and was disappointed as they had sat in the washer wet for a long time. He voiced a concern that there may be mold or something at this point, so I figured that he would re-wash them. Instead, he reaches under the kitchen sink, grabs a spray bottle of disinfectant, and sprays each individual article of clothing before putting it into the dryer. My other roommate and I could not say anything between an initial feeling of is that really happening and then stifling laughter.
Also had to teach the guy how to cook pasta. He didn’t do well in med school.
Friend didn't have a bank account. He got blackballed by his first bank over a petty balance and no other bank would take him. He'd been receiving paychecks through an online bank that limited his access to his money. He never bothered paying the debt off to have the black mark removed.
He was making six digits in an extremely tech-savvy field when I met him.
Very sweet young lady I knew in the Army used her signing bonus to buy her first car, a brand new Toyota pickup (this was round about ‘88). Drove the hell out of the thing for about eight months before all the smoke came out and that was how she learned about engine oil.
I discovered, to my horror a while ago that my grandmother had never turned her phone off before. She just waited for it to turn off by itself. She didn’t know that she could turn it off.
I got my license around one year ago, this January I was driving my moms car and she asked me to go to the car wash. I had never done this before with my car cause idc too much. Well I get there and accelerate my way in until I’m halfway thru and I recognize all the action is going on behind my car. I see the lady gesture for me to pull out and go around so I do. I get to the front again, panic and do the exact same thing.... I left after that.
Someone asked me about his engine light being on for several months because he hadn't changed his oil and didn't know where to get it done, he's almost 24
lmp784 · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up I didn’t have a toaster, we would make toast under a grill. So when I was about 17 (I know not an “adult” but still!) I slept over at a friends house and she gave me toast to put in the toaster and I was like “errr.. how?!”
Im a video editor and I worked for a very popular website about 8 years ago. On my first week, when i submitted a draft of an edit to the Video Production Manager for review she asked me “what are those numbers on screen?” I was confused and told her it was timecode. She then replies “oh. Are you able go get rid of it or will it be in the final video?” I thought she was playing a joke on me or something. She wasnt.
My ex didn’t know proper hygiene. Never washed her cooch, or ass. Didn’t use any body wash whatsoever. Just shampoo and conditioner, then she’s done.
bal14 · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine was VERY confused about how to pay for his gas at the pump. I had to finally scan his card for him after about 5 minutes of his failed attempts, which I guess was the worst part because it’s not like he had never swiped a card when paying before.
My roommate who just turned 25 doesn't know how to clean or properly load a dishwasher, every time she says shes gonna run the dishwasher cause it's full I rearrange the dishes and 2-3 times usually can fit after.
going to mom's house. wife, who's black, goes those are such pretty white flowers. i just looked at her and went you know what that is, right? she goes no, what? i go cotton.
I've experienced this when my bf asked me to write out a check for a utility bill we had to pay for. I've never written out a check and was used to paying via cash or credit/debit card. I wrote at least 5 checks that my bf said were done wrong so after he realized I had no clue how to properly do it he helped me out.
Not so much horrifying, but embarrassing I guess. When it comes to card payments, I use my credit card, and almost never use debit, though I have it in case something is wrong with my credit card
Well. When I was in my mid 20s, my credit card got declined, so I tried tapping my debit, but tap wouldn't work (probably wasn't even set up, I can't remember). So I had to manually choose which account and pin and I swear I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Somehow the same process I used at the atm to withdraw money was vastly different on interac. My friend was with me and bemusedly walked me through it, but I was sooo embarrassed. I didn't even look the cashier after that.
I'm still used to spending cash or using credit card. My bills have never been something I couldn't pay off in the same month to avoid interest, and coupled with cash back on my credit card, using debit for me never had an advantage.
This isn't horrifying but I did a week of old calling temp work for a toolshop with a few other ladies. This was late last year. One was only a couple of years younger than me, me being 25 and her being 23, and she did not know how to tally her stats.
As in she didn't know how to count and record any instance a customer said yes to her. I had to do that for her. She also didn't understand how it would look suss if she just put most of them down as yes when most people said no, maybe or didn't pick up.
My coworker doesn't know what basic car maintenance looks like. She asked me one day about the "maintenance required" light that appeared on her car. Apparently she was putting oil in the engine every time it started flashing. Her oil was not low. She wasn't looking at the dipstick correctly, because she "didn't see any oil sticking to it" and would put a quart in it. That poor engine...
My roommates parents were visiting and they were washing dished after eating. My roommate couldn't figure out why the sink wouldn't drain. Neither could her parents. She asked for my help and I pulled out the food catch strainer and emptied it. Three adults who had never hand washed dishes, at least not in a sink without a garbage disposal.
Added bonus, we had a chore wheel and she has ask how to complete each chore; from scrubbing the shower and toilet to vacuuming. I just assumed she grew up with a maid and at 28 was struggling to real-adult
I was homeschooled and all the local homeschooling parents would have get togethers so the kids could socialize.
My dad was talking in the "dad circle" with a guy who had 5 kids & he was showing off the new daughter. She had a dirty diaper so he walked over & handed her to his wife (she was busy helping my Mom with food prep) & said "here, she needs changed".
My Mom said, "Sorry, looks like it's your turn, this stuff has to go in the oven now & I need "wife's name's" help."
He walked back with the baby & one of the other Dads asked if he remembered where they set the diaper bag. The guy's face just sort of dropped and he explained that yes he knew where it was, but he didn't know how to change a diaper. The man had FIVE CHILDREN and had never changed a diaper!
Everyone was like "What do you mean you've never changed a diaper? You have kids!" & started giving him shit for making his wife do all the dirty work. My dad changed the baby & showed him how step by step. Word got around like fire in a matchstick forest that this man made his wife raise 5 kids more or less alone, he wasn't popular. He didn't start helping out afterward either, he was a macho christian jackass that would do "women's work".
I was on summer school with a bunch of friends in the campus dorms that had a kitchen. I woke up early one morning and was eating breakfast there, and watched one of my friends come in, fire up the stove, and throw a slice of bread in a pan to perhaps make toast. He then walks out of the kitchen for a bit. I stood up, saw he had nothing else in the pan (not even butter), and sat back down to munch on my cereal. That was the day I found out rye bread could look even darker than it already was.
yk78 · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gf nor any of her sisters know north east south west and they can't navigate a simple map. They're all highly educated too.
had a roommate in the dorms that never did laundry using the communal laundry machines, every Friday when her parents came to pick her up (iirc they lived 2 hours away) she would take all her dirty laundry home. I had a suspicion that her parents were the ones doing the laundry for her, hence why she never even did any of the laundry herself. My suspicions were confirmed when on move-out day, while my suitemates and I were busy cleaning and packing up our own stuff, my roommate did nothing. Just sat on her bed and watched us clean with a blank expression on her face. Her own mom was the one who packed up all her stuff and cleaned her side of the room when she came to pick up her daughter.
In the Navy, you meet people from all walks of life. We have had a few people who don’t shower, but one of them took the cake. After at least a month of him not showering, we had to sit him down and explain basic hygiene to him. Showering, brushing your teeth, wearing deodorant, washing clothes, he was doing none of it. He still stank after that and we had to remind him to wash his nasty ass uniform, even going so far as to take it off of his hook in berthing while he was sleeping and throwing the damn thing in the laundry bag. He then came up to the shop in his utilities (those ugly dark blue pants with light blue shirts) and told us that someone had taken his coveralls. We explained that we put them in the laundry and he said that was his only set! He had to wear the utilities until he got his coveralls back and then we made him order new coveralls.
Just went to a lab and had blood taken for the first time shrugged my shoulders at pretty much every question and she told me to go to the first chair which was to the right
I sat on a waiting chair that was justttt to the right of me and she asked "Youve never been to a lab before have you" and sighed I said cannot say that I have nope but when she took my blood after finally getting to the actual chair she was giddy about how good my veins were for her
I had to perform CPR on my Dad while on the ride to the hospital. I've always played around in the back of the class while the paramedics were teaching us. But I knew the basics well enough to know my Dad wasn't gonna make it.
I once sat behind an elderly man at a gas station who could not, for the life of him, get the pump into his gas tank. It wasn’t the kind with the springy thing to keep emissions low or anything either.
All I could think, watching him attempt to get that thing into the big hole in his car over and over and over, was: “his poor wife.”
I was dating a guy last year who had just bought a tesla. We were at the beach watching the sunset from inside the car because it was super windy out. At one point the front window got foggy, and he was like “darn now we can’t see the sunset!” I was like... uh well do you have a defroster? I turned that on and hit the window with some fluid as well and it cleared right up. It blew his fricking mind. He had no idea he could do that
An ex of mine had literally no idea what the numbers on the signs at gas stations meant... but this is the same person who thought you could brew a second pot of coffee without putting in fresh coffee grounds as if they were making a second cup of tea or something, so I can't say I'm too surprised. 🤷🏻♀️
Hmm I never took a cheque to the bank at all in my life, and I work in a finance department. It should be nothing hard, I just never done it, odd. Never received a cheque myself either.
My husband has learned weekly meal planning during quarantine and has started doing a Big Shop once a week. It’s something I’ve been trying to get us doing steadily for years. I was pregnant recently and had gestational diabetes which really changed how we planned meals/shopped. I’m happy that he’s discovered this new “hobby”.
I really wasn’t that horrified that he didn’t know how to do it but still, it’s nice he’s doing it now. Also I think I’m close to convincing him that we need a bigger/better fridge.
I already posted an answer, but I just remembered I once had a 32 year old roommate who didn't know how to use a broom. On God, he literally couldn't sweep a floor. I had to teach him how because instead of putting the dirt in a pile or using a dustpan he just pushed it around back & forth.
A friend of mine was helping to clean the table after having lunch, he asked what he was supposed to do with the bread crums that were all over some bamboo rugs, before we had time to answer he decided to drop all the bread crumbs to the floor and then proceed to clean it with a broom.
Not really horrifying, but surprising. A guy I worked with in college was pretty sheltered growing up; we were talking one day and he mentioned that he overheard some students taking about "putting marijuana in brownies". He was a senior in college at that point. He said to me "have you ever heard of that? Putting marijuana in brownies?" I was like "yeah... Pot brownies..." I was amazed he made it to that point in life without finding this out.
That was years ago, and I'm still friends with the guy. He's now super successful; he owns a bunch of food trucks. We were talking recently and he was telling me how he decides on what food to sell, based on the cost of ingredients vs. the price he can sell at as well as the speed at which he can turn product out. He also really understands the politics of getting space at local fairs (which apparently is actually pretty complicated, but he does it well). He's a good guy, and I'm glad to see him doing so well.
Went to academy sports to buy ammo, and saw a guy at the desk purchasing a ruger pistol, clerk had to show him multiple times how to handle and operate the pistol safely (after he flagged the staff with the gun).
If you’re buying a gun, panic purchase or not, do research and learn the basics. Get with a friend, go to a range and ask the range officer to help, or at the very least look up the fundamentals on YouTube before arming yourself and being a hazard.
zfanya · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was when my virginity was taken - i (m16) didnt tell to him (m28) that i was a virgin. But at that time i didnt know that what i have seen on porn - is something that people pratice when they hook up - i thought it would be a romantic scene - the start of love shit - turned out to be meaningless unintended deflowering. I wouldnt say i was raped because even if i was confused, i let that happened, though i did not respond back erotically. It was not exactly "how do you not now how to do this" moment, but i guess both of our empty looks after sex after i admitted i was virgin couldve been pretty closer.
I was living in a place in a state adjacent to New Jersey. I was walking through a gas station when a woman in her 40's put her window down and asked me if I could pump her gas for her as she didn't know how. In New Jersey you are not allowed to pump your own gas but what amazed me was that someone got to that late age never having left the state long enough to pump gas? NJ isn't that big... I laughed. Nope, you are going to have to climb out of that Escalade and learn to do it on your own.
Well, mine is sort of horrifying to myself. I have never sent any mail before from home. I've dropped a package or two off at the post office including when I was a teachers assistant but wouldn't have a clue how to even send a letter from my house.
Making a fucking sandwich.
I had a friend over and made myself a sandwich, he asked if he could have one I said sure, I left everything out in case I want another. He disappeared into the kitchen for a while before coming back and asking for help.
I thought he was kidding, he wasn't. I told him it was going to be a learning experience. It was the worst sandwich I'd ever seen.
Network guy I work with. He is THE network guy. He doesn’t know how to mount a switch in a rack.
Just had it hanging there by the ears. Yet, he complains about what our network looks like.
I grew up with a friend fantastic person but very Privileged she wanted to change the electrical socket from the normal two prong outlet to those cool usb and fast chargers. And instead of waiting for the electrician she thought she could do it and didn’t use a flat head screw driver but a butter knife when she called me she asked once the screw is out if she put the knife or fork in the socket to pull it out. So at this point I’m telling her to stop what she is doing and I drove to her house to find the lights were on in the whole house lol that’s when I told her to never anything again unless I teach her how too. Or she has a professional do it.
We ran out dishwasher detergent at college this year and I walked into the house to find the entire kitchen absolutely fucking covered in sudsy bubbles.
My roommate was just chilling in his bed, unaware that you cannot put dish soap in the detergent receptacle.
Lived with a 31-year-old friend who didn't know how leases work. He'd lived with his mom or in dorms up to that point and didn't understand that he couldn't just move out in the middle of March when we'd signed a year-long lease until August.
I had a friend who truly could not could determine how much he earned annually. He messaged me one day and said he was sick of his job and looking elsewhere because of how horrible the pay was.
To set the story we both work for the state. He told me the number, and it seemed easy lower than it should so I asked him what his hourly was. He was off by thousands. Can't recall what formula he was using, but he had no idea he should do wage x 40 hours x 52 weeks.
If he was applying for basically anything, companies would have likely turned him down because, by his report, he was making garbage money. I was amazed by how someone could fuck themselves so hard.
Edit: Sorry if you ever see this, Eric. But you did blow my mind that day.
Used to spend time with a girl in her mid 30s who did not know the difference between butter and margarine. Also could not order food without help. Dont know how she survived without a guy at her side.
After moving in with my boyfriend, I discovered that he literally did not understand how to wash dishes - and especially didn’t know how to use a drying rack.
He would place spoons, forks, and other silverware on the counter or just in the drying rack with the other dishes, which he also just placed lying down instead of stacking them into the rack like you’re supposed to.
He also didn’t realize that you’re actually supposed to clean the sink and fill it with hot water to sterilize the dishes... it drove (drives) me insane.
I had to teach many of my lab assistants (4th year university students) what "CTRL+S" does in general. I then proceeded to teach them "CTRL+C", "CTRL+V", and "CTRL+Z"...
Last summer my company hired some recent high school grads to help for the summer... one day an 18 year old boy asked us all if we actually wore condoms to which we all said yes and had to explain safe sex and basic health. Poor kid was homeschooled & truly didn’t know.
Fun fact he thought HPV stood for hydro pressure vagina.
I had an ex boyfriend of mine think you made toast by pouring melted butter onto a piece of bread... yeah. He also thought you could wash a pill off with water if you dropped it. Surprised he’s still living on his own and in one piece.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always thought I was bad with how often I eat out.
Moved in with a friend from high school. Been living together going on a year and a half and the dude hasn't once cooked anything. Not even a frozen pizza. I think he may have made a hot pocket or two in his life, but not once has he thought to use our rice cooker, oven, stove.
He also has never been legitimately grocery shopping. I have to hide snacks from him in my bedroom so he doesn't destroy entire boxes of them in a night.
Knows how to stop by a gas station after work and pick up a six pack though.
Blows my mind because minus this one fact he's a great dude, super polite and friendly and always has rent and bills ready.
One of my best friends’ fiancé was born to rich parents and essentially moved from his parents to my friend’s house as soon as he left high school (he was 18 and my friend was 23 at the time). He hadn’t done so much as clean after himself living with his folks and while he has made a ton of progress in recent years, he was absolutely clueless about simple things at the time.
The best example I have is when my friend told him he was going to be late coming home from work and that he would need to make dinner for himself and his friend (also completely ill-prepared for life) that he had over. When my friend got home, he came to the scene of them frantically trying to clean the floor and stove; they apparently got some thawed burgers out of the fridge, plopped them on the flat-top stove burner (no pan)...and left to go play whatever video games they were playing in the basement, expecting fully cooked burgers in a few minutes. Needless to say they had a pretty long talk after that about what things needed to be learned.
I lived in this college apartment complex owned by the university, so it had a kitchen and everything, but roommates were assigned.
One summer all my normal roommates were gone, and it was just me and this new guy. It was 2.5 months of “how the hell are you alive”, mostly due to his own self neglect. Here goes...
My first contact with him was a text that said “assuming proper labeling, why is there an open container of accelerant three feet from the oven?!!?”. Uhhh. What? First off, nice to meet you. Second, wtf are you talking about. He has to send me a picture for me to figure out what he’s talking about. Right before the previous roommates left, we had a party and played Kings Cup. We jokingly wrote “pure alcohol” on the cup, which had mostly contained low ABV beer, and threw it in the fridge because we never actually forced people to drink the cup. I told him all that, and he insisted that this was an extreme explosion risk. I was like trust me, it’s not even flammable. That went on for a while
When I moved out, and took my microwave with me, he screamed “but I need that!!!”. I mean... so I should just leave it? It says repeatedly in the lease that there’s no microwave included, and only one other person lives there...
He never left the apartment, and only got out of bed to get popcorn and yogurt, supposedly he was enrolled in classes for at least the first part of the summer
I was playing soft music at noon, when he yelled at me for “waking him up with my blaring music early in the morning”
If you haven’t guessed, it seems he had digestive issues. No problem, health problems are health problems. But he left his dirty diapers inside facing up, not closed or folded up, not covered, in the bathroom garbage can. I was already doing the rest of the cleaning, and taking out the rest of the garbage. I was not touching this guy’s literal shit. So they stacked up all summer. Once he asked “what day is garbage day?”, and I was hopeful, but he didn’t take it out, so I think it may have been a sort of “you missed a spot” remark in hindsight.
Up until then, I was happy to live in those apartments to save cash, but that summer was miserable, and it wasn’t worth the risk.
I was in my sisters apartment helping her move. We were just finishing up so I grab her vacuum to clean the carpet. The vacuum turns on but definitely does not pick up anything. I unclip the front filter/storage (Bagless)and empty it in the trash. She just stared at me saying, “You can empty those??”. Rough. The entire vacuum hose system ended up being entirely clogged with dirt which took me over an hour to fully remove.
My ex regaled me of a tale about how she cooked dinner for an old fling. He was violently ill shortly after eating, and their night was ruined. I asked her what she made, and she told me "some sort of chicken and vegetable dish." I thought that was pretty mundane of a meal, and asked her if she temped her meat. She said yes, but...
150°F.
For chicken. She'd been doing that for a while.
I asked her how in the hell did she not get sick, that all poultry should be at least 165/170. She was honest to goodness shocked, and quickly googled it. Basically witnessed a TIFU and watchpeopledieinside all in the space of 5 seconds.
My mother-in-law not realizing that vacuum cleaners had bags that occasionally needed to be changed/emptied. I guess she thought all the dirt they sucked up just went into the void.
My friend’s husband found out after her marriage that her husband had no clue how much food he needs. He stayed with his parents through school and work and moved out only when he got married. And, he always ate the food that his mom had set in front of him. They obviously didn’t live in before their marriage and this was a conservative country where folks are expected to stay with parents till they get married.
A roommate in our apartment doesn't know how to cook properly. He's burned mushrooms, steak, eggs, and bratwursts and has filled the apartment with smoke. In his defense, the pans we have are the non, non stick pans, but he also uses butter to prevent the sticking from happening but it never works out.
Also, in his defense, I'm him. Because apparently I've been spoiled with non-stick pans my entire life and going to metal ones is the most complex thing in the world.
Not exactly relating to the question, but still a wtf moment.
Was lazy one night and left the leftover chicken out on the stove. Went to work the next day, got home around 7pm. My ex girlfriend made soup. Chicken soup. With the chicken that was on the counter for 13 hours. How do you not know this isn’t ok?
My buddy is 18, one of my best friends but not the brightest. He does not know the months, their order, names etc. He doesn't pay mind to what month it is either. I have tried and failed to convince him of the relevance of this
I got an accounting internship. It was me and another 20-something yr old guy doing basic, low level accounting for an insurance-type corporation. Both of us were finance majors at different schools. We were at lunch one day with our coworker and she asked us what we wanted to do with our degree. He said he wanted to be a CFO (Chief Financial Officer). I said I wanted to be a CPA (Certified Public Accountant). He asked what a CPA was....
I could understand a lay person not knowing a CPA is a CPA (just thinking they’re accountants). But someone who is a senior finance major and claims to want to be a CFO???
My 19yo brother wanted a hot dog. The problem was that his microwave had broken, I dont remember why. And for whatever reason he decided that he didnt want to bother with the stove. So this motherfucker decides to wrap his hotdog in foil and put it outside, figuring the sun would do the job. 3 HOURS later its warm, and the only reason he didnt eat it is because he was on the phone with our mom. He was narrating what he was about to do and she stopped him, but part of me wishes she had let him eat it and learn the hard way.
A few weeks ago, I found out that my co-worker has never heard of copy and paste.
If she needed to transfer a phone number, email address, bank account number, etc from an email to our accounting system, she would write it down on a pad of paper and then type it back in from there.
I had to give my 22 year old friend step by step instructions on how to make a grilled cheese. Was so bad that I even had to explain the order of ingredients (bread then cheese then bread). She probably would've put cheese directly on the pan without supervision.
Recently I had sent a client a picture of their dryer vent basically exploding with lint on the outside of the house. Her response was “OMG what is that and is there a mouse living there?” I replied no lol it’s a dryer vent, you need to keep it clean.
Her response “I’ve never even seen a dryer vent, how do I clean it”
Mind you she is 60 lol..
also while filling up her pool she was told to just top it off once a week if the water gets low.. her response “well how do I add water to the pool”
Pool guys response.. walks over to hose, turns on hose and drops it in pool “like that”
I have another client how has never paid a bill. Every thing was handled by her dad or lawyer
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I train lifeguard and surf rescue personnel, not knowing proper CPR is too common a reoccurrence
Went to lunch with my boyfriend (now husband) a few years ago when we were both in our early 30s. I was excited to find a parking spot and clipped a curb while pulling into it and punctured my tire. Doh! But then my boyfriend goes “Damn, I guess we have to call AAA.”
“Uh... why don’t we just put the spare on?”
“You know how to change a tire??”
“...ok let me show you.”
Also I had to teach my college roommate when I was 20 literally how to boil water and heat sauce from a jar so she could make spaghetti for herself. She was so excited she ate spaghetti all semester!
A girl in my dorm was in the kitchen and was about to microwave an aluminum container and I stopped and asked her what she was doing and ended up giving her my paper plate.
Another girl didn’t know how to microwave Mac n cheese cups? Like? The instructions are on it??? It’s just water????
I had a friend from China who ran a private school here in Canada. She came over and shared a house with 3 others. All of these kids were single child from rich families. The house was a disaster when I visited and the shower bath was black. I dragged her to the dollar store and bought comet cleaner and heavy duty scrub pads...
They were late teens and she was 25 and had never cleaned anything before..fucking disgusting
I was at this guy's house we were both about 18 at the time and he starts getting really upset that he forgot to take out the trash. I asked him what the big deal is and he says it'll be filled with maggots. I told him it was the middle of winter and there were no flies so he didn't have to worry about it. He looked at me I was an idiot and said the maggots will turn into flies. After a brief exchange I realize that he believes the garbage itself turns into maggots. The worst part was when I explained it to him he still didn't believe me.
I tried to masterbait and was caught by Elliot, he looked at me confused and I said “what’s up dude, why looking?”, while slowly sipping my pants up. He actually, this idiot, told me what was I doing? I said jerking off, he said (no shit) “what’s that?”. This homie hasn’t even seen vagina his entire life and he’s 22. Fuck sake.
When I was 17, I lived with several room mates. One of which was my brothers best friend, who had never lives on his own. This became extremely apparent after a few instances.
-I asked him to grate cheese for tacos I was making, and went back to tending to the meat. I turned around a few minutes later and he was just...examining the grater and cheese because he had no idea how to use it. This was one of those graters you just rub the cheese against literally any of the four corners.
-He made Kraft Dinner, and proceeded to add milk, butter, and the sauce packet to the boiling water.
Two parter; one with me explaining and one with me being explained too.
I didn’t know signatures were in cursive. I pick of groceries for a local bar, and one store only takes checks or cash. So, they give me a signed check with no amount so I can fill it in. One time, they forget the check. So they send 400 dollars to my account (it could be anywhere in the 300s) and I’ll pay them back. I agree to that and dust off my checkbook. As another note: my school did have a class about this stuff, but I wasn’t allowed to take it. So I drive to the store and they tell me to sign, so I write my name. She then tells me to sign it. We have a short back and forth until she tells me to write my name and sign it under it. The signed version is just a cleaner print of my name. She then sighs and takes the check.
My dad also didn’t know periods were a thing, after he had a mom, 2 sisters, a wife, and 2 daughters.
About 10 years ago I was in my early 20s and worked as a manager at a Jimmy Johns. I was responsible for running the shifts and training new employees, among other things. My boss, the GM, had recently reluctantly hired his boss’s older brother, who was around 30. It was clear from the start that the guy was an idiot but we were basically told we had to give him a job.
On my first shift working with him, I asked him to sweep the kitchen. I saw him grab the broom and then I continued my other duties and left him to sweep behind my back. After a few minutes, there was a lull in customers and I turned back to find him standing in the same spot I’d left him. He was ambiguously brushing at the floor with the tips of the bristles of the broom, making no progress, nor attempting to even make it look like he knew what he was doing. I had to pinch myself to make sure that, yes, I was witnessing a 30 year old man that had no idea how to use a broom or sweep a floor. I had to train a man ten years my senior on how a broom works. To this day I can’t comprehend how anyone can survive three decades of life without picking up the ability to sweep a floor or being able to intuit how the process is supposed to work. Simply stunning.
I work as a line cook in a restaurant. We hired this young kid (I’m 23 I think he was about 18/19). We’re teaching him the ropes. The usual. He was learning how to use the frier and run the dish pit. When we asked him to sweep the floor he said he wasn’t sure how to sweep but he had seen it in movies. I was a little dumbfounded to say the least.
I had a former coworker that didnt know to not wear synthetic clothing while handling flame/heat.
I stopped him before anything happened, then the boss yelled for a bit.
I learned this one the hard way, I have a nice little burn scar on the back of my leg.
For those who dont know synthetic clothing will melt and stick to your skin when exposed to fire. Cotton will just burn off, it will still hurt but it won't stick.
Deployed with a guy who only brought one uniform with him. Almost eight months in Afghanistan and he brought ONE UNIFORM. Supply eventually took pity on him and found him another set, but who does this?!!
When I was 16, one of my friends told me she had never worn tampons. She told me she was scared to wear one because she didn’t want to have to take it out every time she peed, and so I asked her to explain.
“Well, the tampon will block the pee in,”
.....man, it wasn’t a too long explanation, but honestly I think the wildest thing is that some girls and guys don’t learn about the human body.
Like fuck, my ex REFUSED to believe that the clitoris was also the same spot peed came out of. Even with it being I, his sister and his mom all telling him he was wrong. As if we didn’t know our own genitalia
I had a discussion with a friend who was in the process of buying a house. She was, as most people do, getting a mortage and told me how they got a 4% mortgage. She swore up and down that this meant that she would only pay back 104% of what she borrowed over the life of the mortgage. She honestly had no idea what compound interest meant and how it worked.
It was then that I understood how the 2008 economic collapse happened.
Lsaii · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really an 'adult' but he still should have known.
One of my friends was asked to peel an onion at his first job in a cafe, and was caught with a potato peeler struggling.
Had a roommate that didn’t know you can take the burners off a stove and clean out the bottom part. She thought you just went out and bought new ones each time it go to dirty. Same person also didn’t know what a breaker box was. Very interesting time to say the least
How credit cards work. Had a coworker ask me what I was doing as I was paying my credit card bill. Granted, we are both just in our early 20s and she came from outside the city. She thought a credit card functioned like a debit card and has been swiping it left and right for shopping, thinking she had money to spend. At first, she couldn’t understand when I told her that each swipe you make is a bill you have to pay in the future, that essentially you’re borrowing money from the bank. Wahahah i was so surprised cause I thought it was general knowledge at that point.
So two, one of my very good friends from high school was driving us around town and we were at a red light and she tried to go left, because she thought that in addition to “right on red” there was also “left on red.”
My other, I was again in the car with my friend who was driving and there was a cop with his lights on behind her, not to pull her over, but to get to a scene. She apparently hadn’t encountered this situation in driving yet since we were younger at the time, and didn’t know to pull over so she determined she had to speed up to keep from slowing him down. She did pull over after I mentioned that’s what you’re supposed to do.
My garbage disposal stops spinning. Contact home warranty, pay $75. They send a plumber, dude pulls out a screwdriver and starts turning the bottom part, then presses the red reset button. Starts working.
I tell this story to my co-workers and they're like, "What? I could have told you that."
Next time, ask your friends first or at the very least ask other people.
Watching a 20-something year old roomate completely fail at making instant noodles. Didn't turn the jug on, failed to notice the water wasn't hot. 5 min later eventually twigged and tried to use the microwave instead. Couldn't figure it out. Had to get help.
He tried to retrieve a copper penny from a drain (garbage disposal) with a telescopic magnet.
I mean, I know that they made steel pennies for a while, but he legit didn't know that copper doesn't "stick" to magnets. He teaches mathematics at a local college and is generally a pretty bright guy. He later told me that "putting yogurt in the freezer doesn't make frozen yogurt." He did admit that it was frozen, but not in the form that he had expected.
I later blew his mind by putting vinegar in his tea kettle and removing about 1/2" of mineral deposits.
My experience with an "aunty-in-law":
Ah, well she happened to be royaly pissed off with me and was chewing me out(I forget what for) in the kitchen while preparing a chicken dinner. As she yelled at me she opened a bottle of extra spicy marinade and poured it on all the chicken pieces in the prep-bowl.
I gently reminded her that the kids and myself(yeah, I'm super wimpy with za spicy foods) could not handle the extra spicy marinade and would require a separate meat item.
"...(thinks about it)...fuck!" So, "auntie-in-law" proceeds to tip the bowl, blocking the chicken pieces mind you, and pours the marinade BACK INTO THE CONTAINER!!!!
WHAT? like frickin'Aaaaahhhhack!
Like for real, pouring the chicken-pieces-juices-plus-marinade BACK into the half used jar of "freshly opened" store bought jar of SHtuff... to what?!? put it back in the fridge to reuse?!?!
YIKES!
To wrap up the story, I made her toss the jar of spice+chickenjuice (after explaining food safe practices), and rinsed off half the pieces for myself and the wee toddlers, it was purehoney and garlic for us, but I had a lot of pan scrubbing to do after.
Long story short: saved some poor spicey-chicken-loving bitch from poisoning her whole family the next time she uses jar of spicy SHtuff.
I have two incidents with the same roommate back at university:
My roommate who went to Yale College and was attending Harvard Law School at the time didn't know that one shouldn't cook meat in a Tupperware container in the oven. Well, it is plastic and it will melt. The Cambridge Fire Department came to put out the fire alarm.
So one day he decided to take a shit. He clogged the toilet without telling anyone. I go to use the bathroom. All I see is a big long turd sticking out of the toilet drain / hole. I asked what the fuck was going on. He said it wouldn't flush so he left it like that so eventually time would work on the big piece of turd and make it go down. It didn't obviously and that is why plungers were invented. Oh, we had one bathroom, and I had to go shit. I had to walk to the Shaw's in the shopping center across the road to use the bathroom there.
Taught my freshman year roommate how to do laundry. The fact that she didn’t know how wasn’t what got me, but I thought the lint trap was common knowledge...?
She saw me clean it out one day and thought it was this super involved machine thing, and couldn’t wrap her head around the whole “don’t burn the house down” thing.
I haven't had one of those, but I was that person for someone once. Had just gotten my license (was an adult when I got it) and was at a gas station and had no idea how to pump gas or use the card thingy at the pump (I still pay inside most times). I had just never learned how because growing up my town has a service station where you just pull up and someone does it for you, and any time the cars were low on gas growing up my stepdad always just took them and filled them, so anytime I was out shopping or something with my mom the gas tank was usually filled. So I just never had been taught. Thankfully the person who witnessed this was nice about it and just showed me how to pump gas and didn't make fun of me for not knowing how.
I was a camp counselor on a teen tour (imagine a traveling camp over three weeks across the Western U.S. that has a combination of hotels and camping nights).
The majority of the campers were 18 years old. With this trip being over 3 weeks we had two chances to do laundry at a local laundromat. We hand all of the campers quarters for the machines and Tide pods and have them start washing their clothes.
After a few minutes of all the machines running, about 6 campers come up to me asking what they are supposed to do with the Tide pods... I told them they need to put the pod in with their clothes...
Well these machines locked after being started so we had to wait until the washer was done before being able to actually “clean” their clothes. Added an extra 2 hours to our laundry adventure.
P.S. happened again on the second trip to the laundromat a week later.
10ta2 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When some of the brothers go out when the lights are on. C'mon bröthers let's get it together
My college roommate who legitimately brought home a different almost guy every night (no judgments about that, props to her!) asked me how a condom worked after 6 months of living together.
jfire2 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work as a firefighter paramedic. Had a 19 year old male student doing ride outs for clinical hours. Our urinals kept being flooded throughout the day. Everyone was baffled and swore they were not at fault. Our rookie was cleaning the bathroom and stopped so the student could use the restroom. As our rookie continued cleaning when the student was done he noticed the urinal was now full of toilet paper. He told us and we felt the student was messing with us. So we asked him. He said he was just cleaning himself after using the urinal. We asked for more details. He said he always cleans the tip of his penis with toilet paper after peeing. Said he’s been doing this his whole life. Too wild.
Work at a casino and had a manager filling out a slip with the total of the chips on a table. He couldn't do simple addition that involved carrying a number. 380+380, he would carry a 6, instead of 1. I was watching him do the math on paper, and continue to do it after I corrected him. Luckily a boss came by and saw the trainwreck, quickly took the paperwork and filled it out himself. Blows my mind how these people keep their jobs.
My girlfriend didn’t know how to do her taxes. Her ex husbands had always done the taxes, and this was her first tax season unmarried.
The plus side is she had almost all of the required paperwork, but I still had to sit down with her and help her. She didn’t know you could get extensions from the IRS, that you could call them and talk to them for help.
She’s fantastically organized so it was a bit of a shock to me that she had NEVER filed herself before.
Just to give you some context, I graduated from a college known for having wealthy, and sheltered students, so this might not be too surprising given where I went to college.
Anyway, when I was attending this university, I knew a guy who was dating a 22 year old Senior at that college. He told me she was a virgin, and he wanted to engage in sex with her, but he told me she didn't want to. That's not the odd part.
According to him, one of the reasons why she didn't want to have sexual intercourse with him is because she literally didn't know how to have sex. No, I'm not talking about typical inexperience-like, she told him she didn't know how it worked. He actually had to tell her it involved sticking his pee-pee into her hoo-ha. I asked him if she was joking, or lying, but he told me she was being serious. Apparently, she grew up in an extremely sheltered household where they didn't even allow their teens to know about any form of violence, sex, or any of the "bad" stuff going on in the world. She was that sheltered.
Just in case you're wondering, this guy ended up being a good friend of mine, and I can tell he was being serious. I truly believe he came across a woman at this age who didn't know about the birds, and the bees.
My husband brushing his teeth. He always bends over the sink because he always keeps his mouth slightly open, so the result is there is a constant flow of toothpaste sudsy water flowing or dripping out of his mouth and running down his arm. I asked him why he brushes his teeth like that and he looked at me like I was crazy.
I had a friend that, I shit you not, didn't know mangoes had a seed. Like, HOW. The core of the mango is basically the whole fruit.
Turns out that he always had his mom chop it up for him, so he just assumed the mangoes were like bananas. He was 18 at the time.
Anyways, he got a boyfriend and introduced him to me. I was trying to be funny and continue the conversation so I said "heyy did you know your boyfriend was unaware that mangoes have a bigass seed?" And he said "mangoes have seeds??" looking super confused.
How to send a postcard, or just how the mailing system works in general.
I visited my friend recently, and I always love sending postcards back home. So, off we go to the post office with our postcards. She tells me I shouldn’t keep my hopes up, because none of her postcards ever make it to its destination.
I learned later on that it’s because she never puts a stamp on her postcards. And she does that because she thought that the government own the postal services, and so her taxes must pay for all the mail she wants to send.
A friend who was over 40 didn’t know what an orgy was. I told her it was sex party. She said so people go to a party and what pair up and go to room? No a bunch of people have sex together. So like during the party, a girl takes a guy in a room, they do they’re thing. And the she takes another guy in the room?
I sent a direct report to an email and asked them to update some of the info and then email the updated information to someone.
This person complained to me that they were unable to make updates to the email. They were absolutely stumped.
I explained that all they had to do was hit forward and they could make any edits to the email that they wanted.
I've only managed this person for a year, but they've been working in this office, at this desk job for over 15 years and didn't know how to make edits and forward an email.
Oh! how about the time i taught a 17 year old dude how to change a roll of toilet paper on a normal household toilet paper holder? He got hired at the restaurant I was manager at and had apparently never done it in his life. Idiot.
I dated a guy who thought that a women's orgasm killed sperm. Apparently he thought that her body emits "a chemical or something", that acts like natural spermicide, when in reality, it's basically the opposite. Why did he think that? Because that's what his friend told him. Ya.
I ended that, and shortly there after, his next g/f got pregnant. Dumb ass.
Do your research people. There's a computer in your pocket.
My boyfriend owns a small Japanese restaurant with his cousin, they are both almost 30 years old, and this week I had to teach the cousin how to grate carrot. It's just literally just passing on the grater and he didn't know!
I was working in retail talking with a 20ish year old co-worker. They said they weren't good at math. I pointed to a tag nearby and said that is 2 for 3 dollars. You know how much one of them is though. She looked me straight in the eyes and said I don't need to know that for the job I'm going to be doing.
Ooh I can answer this one! Me and one of my college buddies bought tickets for us and a couple ladies we had our eye on to go on a road trip to an NBA game. First time we had to stop for gas my buddy and I went in for whatever and came out to one of the girls allllmost about to put the gas nozzle in while the car was still running! We drove the rest of the way.
When I first moved in with my ex boyfriend (47) we would take turns washing dishes by hand ( which was fine) but I always wondered why we never used the dish washer. I tried it out and worked fine and he seemed surprised and said it made a big mess the first time he tried to use it when he first moved in. Apparently this man didnt know you're supposed to buy a specific type of detergent for the dishwasher and he used the regular dish soap instead.
The day my mom died, after a pretty intense stay In the ICU and a miserable death due to end stage colon cancer, my dad asked me to come over and teach him how to do laundry.
They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary while my mom was in the hospital.
I'm still not sure if he actually didn't know how to do laundry, or If he just didn't want to go home alone.
I was asking my mom recently about her retirement plans. Turns out she doesn't even know what a 401k is. I reckon I know what some of my future savings will go towards. 😒
I had an ex that literally did not know how to boil water. I was sick and he asked if I needed anything. I asked for some tea. He said he didnt know how to do that. I thought he meant that he didnt know how long to steep loose leaf tea or something. So i say, "Oh you can use one of the teabags" and he said, "No, I dont know how to get the water hot." He was 25.
I had to teach my ex’s younger brother how to use a can opener before he went away to college. The parents were divorced and in a war to see who could spoil the kids more, so he just never had to touch a kitchen tool of any kind.
Work and living with a 26yo couple who have just started to attempt cooking. Their method of rice includes dumping a mug of rice along with a full 1.5L kettle of water and boiling it on full heat until boiled down. Scraping a small layer of mush from the top to serve before spending about 20-30 minutes scraping rock solid rice grains off the bottom of the pot.
Pumping gas. My aunt lived in Oregon for her entire life and I, at 13 years old, had to teach a 55 year old woman how to pump her own gas we she moved to Washington.
I was in my 40’s the first time I used an ATM. I’d always just gotten cash from the bank before. I had to ask how to do it. Yes, the two people I asked were horrified and made fun of me.
39 year old friend using cruise control in snowy winterdriving and spring rain/downpour conditions. I put a halt to that once I started riding with her to work.
Im surprised she's never been in an accident tbh.
Oh my gosh. My old roommate. Moved to a new city and a mutual put us in contact. She was moving there too.
This girl was sheltered as hell. Didn't know how to read an analog clock? Okay, that's fine, that's probably happening everywhere.
Didn't know what pepper and salt was -- I blew. her. mind. when I made her some eggs.
Didn't know what a block was, like as in a city block. Weird.
Didn't know how to navigate a library. That was a little red flag.
Toaster oven? Nope.
A normal oven? Hell nah.
Fire alarm, you would think, but no.
When she cooked chicken she liked it completely bland and undercooked. Wtf.
In the time I lived with her, I figured out she was a massive introvert and would never leave her house if she could help it. Everything that could get delivered to her step, she would do it. I felt like such a parent living with her having to teach her stuff and keep the house in order.
I hope she's alive and growing in life experiences
I had a college roommate who thought toilets cleaned themselves.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss can't use Excel or Word. She's done courses on them and still doesn't get it. Her deputy constantly gets scammed and hacked. She (the deputy) had her bank card cloned twice this year before march. Her wife works for a prominent credit card company.
I once a friend who could not cook. I hung out with her occassionally and in a group setting, so it never seemed odd that all of us were eating out or delivery.
I helped her move and stayed over, she kept suggesting eating somewhere. Eventually I asked her straight out, and she said she never cooked for herself.
My school background is culinary arts and I volunteered to show her basics and she flat refused. To this day she eats every meal out.
I remember once reading a story here about a guy that didn’t know you could wait until the water in the shower heated up before you got in... it still haunts me to this day
I mean, I remember friends asking me how the post office works at like 26. I've had to teach people to be nice to wait staff. But even then, I try to remember that everyone hasn't done everything I have or had my experiences. Rather than shit on them for not knowing, I'd rather just show them what to do and explain why things are done that way. Guaranteed I don't know a bunch of shit. But I'd rather someone show me in those situations than remind me that I don't know.
Yftian · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother (mid 20s) till this date still does not know the months in a calendar, he just refers to them as the first month, second month etc... In his defence, he has no need to remember them since numerical formats are alot more common
My best friend and I were roommates a decade ago when we were around 20 years old. We split rent. She would always have me fill in her rent check with her info, save for her signature. I finally asked why she always wanted me to fill out her checks, and she said it was because I could write in cursive. Apparently she had shit cursive penmanship, and she thought that it was a requirement that written checks be filled out in cursive.
Nope.
We still friends tho 😂
I was friends with a girl in college. She came across as a bit dense and sheltered, but I didn’t think much of it since I wasn’t exactly a social butterfly myself lol. We ended up taking a few classes together and hung out at school. She invited me to come over to her area and vice versa, so we hung out a bit here and there.
I remember one time I was at her apartment - she lived with her mom when in college, but her mom wasn’t home at the time. We were gonna go hit up a wine bar, she said she needed to drop of some mail at the post office so I tagged along. She had like 2 regular letter size envelopes to drop off. As soon as we walked out of her building there was a mailbox to drop the letters in but she didn’t use it. I asked her “why don’t just use this mailbox? Post office is out of the way” she looked at me like I was crazy and said “you can use this to put mail in??”
I reassured her that yes, that’s exactly what it’s there for. She insisted that I was wrong and that those were for post office workers to get mail out. I was like “omg those are the green ones, and the blue ones are exactly the same as the ones outside of post office to drop mail in”. I am not sure if she believed me or not but we still walked to the post office. She told me her mom always told her to take it to the post office so that’s what she did. Btw, we were 21 at the time. Smh
My mom once caught her new roommate in college scrubbing the bathtub with a TOILET BRUSH! And she was completely baffled at why my mom was so upset with her for scrubbing the bathtub with a (dirty, used, unwashed) toilet brush. It turns out that the roommate didn't know what a toilet brush was. And even after my mom explained what a toilet brush was, the roommate still didn't really get why it was so gross to scrub a bathtub with one.
Here’s my personal one. Job interview at a bookstore. It was a cashier role. I dressed up, even wore a tie and went in to apply. Completed the application and then the store manager gave me a Math quiz. A fucking Math quiz. Probably an Elementary to Middle school level quiz. I was in college and having the worst time with Math already. It was kicking my ass and holding me back in school. So I gave it a shot. I failed miserably pretty much. I felt like I was in hell. The manager reviewed it right in front of me. He found it kind of humorous how much I sucked at it. I was use to doing that Math in my head and some of it I hadn’t done in ages. So I failed and had to take a long walk all the way through the store and out to my car to go back to my Loser Hole apartment and figure out what the fuck to do next while trying not to break down. Which I’m sure I did. Gee I sure miss those college days. (This was depressing to recall.)
So this isn't really THAT horrifying considering my brother's age but nonetheless i was still apalled.
So im 22 and i desperately missed using VHS tapes. They were probably one of my favorite things about my childhood. Idk what it is specifically but i just love the feel of them, the sound they make when you shake them, the lines across the screen, the actual TAPES inside...IDK. i just LOVE VHS tapes. So a couple months ago i went ahead and bought an old player at Goodwill and dug up some old tapes my mom kept in storage from when i was younger (mostly Disney).
So there i am watching Beethoven having the TIME of my life when my brother (17) walks up in my room (dont remember why he did initially) and proceeds to ask me if my TV is broken. I ask why and he says, "its all fuzzy and it keeps glitching". I laugh and tell him that nothing is broken. Thats just how VHS tapes are. He then asks, "What's a VHS tape?". I stare at him like, 'Please be joking', but after he doesn't say anything i just kinda genture over to my shelves which are holding about 50 VHS tapes. He looks over and goes, "WHOA WHAT THE HELL". He picks one up and opens the case with the most confused expression.
He spends the entire rest of the movie looking at all of my tapes just completely bewildered and then when the ending credits start to roll i get up and press the 'rewind' button on the player. I then go back to my bed, pick up my phone, and just start scrolling while the film rewinds on the screen.
Eventually i look up and my brother is staring at the screen again SUPER confused but not saying anything. So im like, "what are you staring at?", and he goes, "why are you rewinding it?", and im like, "well it isnt going to rewind itself", (which is actually partially untrue as the player WILL begin to rewind manually once it gets thru the end credits but whatever). And then my brother says, "well cant you just take it out and put it back in?". And i just???? I mean i know that the boy is 17 but honestly we are only 5 years apart for the love of HELL he MUST be joking, right??? WRONG.
So then i have to explain to him how tapes actually work and that NO you can NOT just take them out and put them back in and this idiot actually says, "Well thats stupid. Why would anyone want to buy these? Why wouldn't they just use a DVD?".
My ex, when I gave her a potato to peel along with a peeler. A few minutes later I come in the kitchen and she's struggling peeling the skin with her fingers. I asked her why did she think I gave her a peeler and she said she thought that was a fancy knife.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex assumed that credit cards were "free money". The final straw was when she took out a fourth credit card with a 10k limit. In total she had maxed out 4 credit cards to a total value of 50k. The worst part was she didnt understand that you have to pay them back and should do so monthly.
I left after we had lived together for 6 months.
The sad thing is she has just finished her accounting degree.
Both my husband and his parents had no idea that 3-way lightbulbs are an actual thing. I tried to explain it to them using their lamp that had a 3-way switch, but only a 60watt bulb. They still didn’t get it, so I bought a 3-way bulb at the store and tried the demo again. Finally they understood! 🤦♀️
Asked my then-girlfriend to clean the bathroom, which included the tub. Afterwards she’s boasting about how clean it all is. I come in and the tile wall with the tub is still disgusting. I ask her why she didn’t clean the wall... she just stares at me and says, “You clean the wall?” Omg.... come to find out her family never cleaned the shower wall. We didn’t last too long.
My old roommate was about 24 and never learned how to pump his own gas. I found out he was buying my other roommate dinner in exchange for pumping his gas whenever he needed it because there wasn't a full service gas station anywhere nearby.
Ryaven · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, It was my first time running a lab and processing blood. I could not figure out why the lavender tops would not separate (they don't clot because of what's inside the tubes and they do not have a buffer)
I went on a full rant explaining step by step on how my centrifuge did not work. Turns out you have to pluck them out the machine very carefully,
A friend of mine had a baby and was clueless about some pretty basic things. I'm not keen on babies, I don't really know what to do with them beyond just trying to keep them alive - but she called me freaking out and saying the baby wouldn't stop crying and eating, which sounded pretty damn strange. I got there and she was trying to feed her newborn son a bottle. Nothing weird...for a couple of minutes and then he ralphed and started crying. She goes "wait, he made room again" and proceeds to jam the bottle back to his mouth! Turned out she had been leaving everything to her husband (who had just gone back to work that day after a few days off to help at home), hadn't really bothered to learn basic baby skills. A couple of years later she came by our house with him on their way to the city pool. He came out of my bathroom holding our toilet brush and wanting to take it along like a toy. She couldn't fathom why I said they were not going to allow someone to bring in a toilet scrubber! Haven't seen her in a long time and I hear she's up to 4 kids now, so hopefully she got better.
So this became my go to story the year later as I became an RA and got placed during our opening week at the event for teaching how to do ones laundry.
The event occurred after we ran our frosh event called muddy O’s which is notorious for causing most of our washing machines to break every year from improper use. So effectively I’m stuck in a comfy chair, in the laundry room playing music and giving out free tide pods and dryer sheets for 5 hours... it’s an awkward ordeal and the students always ask, “do people actually not know how to do laundry?” To which (sorry for the long intro) I tell them the story of my roommate in second year 🙃
Now let’s call this roommate Jim. Jim was a pretty boy to the tee in that his wardrobe didn’t include wearing something twice without it being washed... the problem with this however was that his mother had always done his laundry. So for a month Jim went without washing laundry and began stealing pairs of socks from the roommates and promising to wash them. Eventually at the one month mark when the two other roomies and I had lost 2 pairs of socks each we demanded that he finally do his laundry. We gave him a whole bag of tide pods and sent him on his merry way with three filled to the brim laundry baskets worth of laundry and all left for our classes for the day....
What we came home to about 3 hours later was the whole room smelling profoundly from Jim’s laundry hanging in the room.
This kid put all three loads in dryers with 3 tide pods a piece and afterwards thought he just had to air them out for a bit and they’d smell good (because ya know, nuked tide pods from the dryer don’t exactly smell lemony fresh.
The same Guy also didn’t know where to take the garbage to until two months left in university
While training to be an apprentice working on the railway, in one of the classes we had there was a person from the year before us redoing the module as they'd failed it first time around. Words cannot describe how inept this person was. From being asked how long a meter was and them putting their hands up to indicate the size and that size being around 10cm, to them generally rewiring something completely wrong. Almost every person they met commented that they were likely to kill someone if they were allowed to continue. Suffice to say they did not pass the module and instead changed their discipine from tech based to working on the tracks.
For the end of this story we all heard a few months back that this person had crossed the tracks from where they were working to catch a train, which included walking in front of said train. (Please note when working on or near the tracks you can only work or go near tracks that you've been authorised too, it does not give you free reign to wander around any track, it especially doesn't give you the right to cross across multiple tracks to catch a train home.) Suffice to say they were suspended and they haven't been heard from since.
I had two random roommates from the interwebs my first year living “on my own” after college. I was away for the weekend, and I get a text from one: “How do I get spray paint off the dining table?”
I was confused, but tried to inquire about if the paint was water based or oil based. She didn’t understand. I asked, “What does the can say? And why didn’t you just use a can of spray paint outside like normal?”
This grown ass woman, working on her masters degree, says “The can says indoor use only!”
I was so thankful I wasn’t there for her to see my reaction.
I had a roommate (M, early to mid-20s) for a little while, and when I bought my current house he moved in with me. The new house has a gas stove. The first night when he went to make himself dinner, I specifically asked, “I don’t mean to sound condescending, but are you familiar with how a gas stove works?” He assured me he did and that he’s used one before. I said okay and went into another room. About tens minutes later I hear him from the kitchen grumbling about it taking forever to heat up. I start walking towards the kitchen and immediately smell the gas. I quickly turned it off and opened the kitchen windows. I was like, “Dude, if you blow up my new house the week I moved in, I’m gonna be pissed.”
Hold up. Never living alone is not a damn excuse! I never lived alone and I know damn well bills gotta get paid!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay guys. My husband's colleague, who at the time was 24, didn't know you have to toast crumpets. She had been eating them raw out of the packet for years. Still makes me gag thinking about it.
Was at a party once where a guy walked up to me with a bottle of beer and a bottle opener, and asked me if I could help him open his beer. I laughed, as I thought he was joking. Felt bad when I realized he absolutely was not.
If you don't have a reason to use them, then that's alright. Just like with any tool, you only learn how to use them when you need them, unless you enjoy learning about tools and other random shit like me.
The bigger question is, do you think you could figure it out if someone showed you?
My college roommate (aged 23 at the time) didn't know how to use the appliances...vaccum cleaner, iron, toaster, oven.
He loved drinking tea but couldn't make one.
But I am happy that by the time we completed our course he learned everything (even cooking).
As a sophomore in college I watched a girl complain to the workers at our campus store when her campus card got declined. Everyone had $500 for the semester...it was the second week of school, she thought she got $500 a week and had somehow spent it all in the first week. I laughed out loud in line behind her.
Coworker around 30 or so had never made microwave popcorn. It was a new item in our vending machine and he had to have some in the evening as he was going to be working late. Come in the next morning to the overwhelming smell of burnt popcorn. He had put it in the microwave for 6 minutes. He didn’t notice the popcorn button and just randomly thought it was a 6 minute item. Took a week for the smell to go away.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college not knowing how to write out a paper check. Not a big deal and actually kind of humorous. But our landlord of our off campus apartment was old school and required a paper check every month. We went through probably four before he finally figured got it right
My mom is an alcoholic and decided to go to rehab for 30 days starting yesterday. She talked to her therapist about it, and the therapist said “you can just go for ten days and then see how you feel.” And my dad said “No that’s a terrible idea! Remember in college when a professor would tell you you were getting out early, at 4:00? At 4:05 you were pissed off. But if you expected to be there until 5 and you got out at 4:30, then you were excited. You prepare for how long you’re gonna do something you don’t want to do, and you won’t do it longer than that. Planning for ten days won’t work because then she’ll leave after ten days.” And the therapist said “you’re right. That’s a good point.” !!!!! Shouldn’t you know??? Aren’t you a therapist??
College dorm, sharing a bathroom with three other girls. A couple weeks into the year I ask one of them how we should split up bathroom cleaning duties. She says we can split cleaning the sink and alternate on the toilet. I ask her what we should do about the shower. She looks me dead in the eyes and says “oh, I don’t think that’s something that needs to be done.”
My now ex husband was taking care of our daughter one morning while I went to a doctors appointment. I'd scheduled it early so I could get back home before he needed to leave for work. Our daughter had just started eating solids and loved scrambled eggs so I told him to make them for her as soon as she woke up. As I pull into the parking lot of the doctors I get a call from him and I'm immediately worried thinking something had gone wrong. Come to find out he had no idea how to make scrambled eggs and I spent the next ten minutes attempting to explain to him over the phone how to do so and asking why he didnt tell me this before I left 🤦♀️ he was 29 at the time
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to mop I tried at my gfs at the time but apparently you have to add more water to the juice than i realized
A couple years ago I came upon a friend in my graduate program putting what seemed to be a metal container in the microwave of the shared lounge. Since she was 40 something, I assumed it was something else designed to look like metal, because why else would she be putting it in the microwave?!?
It was indeed metal. She’d been microwaving it for weeks and miraculously hadn’t burned the place down. Apparently her dad was some kind of paranoid scientist and she’d never used a microwave before she started bringing her lunch to campus. I had to explain to her the basics...
I have a lot with my future sister-in-law. She’s 32, I’m 33. She can barely function as an adult, and she has no cognitive impairment or any such thing. She just mentally stopped progressing in growth at like 16, and she never really learned how to do anything. Too much babying and helicopter parenting, and she has literally never lived on her own or with strangers. (She will be starting this fall; Godspeed.)
ANYWAY, she is the worst cake cutter ever. She says she doesn’t understand how to cut wedges from a circular cake, so she just literally hacks at it, making cut lines wherever and scooping out the shapes onto plates. She’s not allowed to cut circular desserts anymore.
I was 'trying' to bond with my boss. Her and her husband are very very strange, can't really explain you just gotta know them. Anyways, she was asking me about my life, I should say, asking me why I requested a day off. I explained that my boyfriend deals with ibs and very bad anxiety which usually results in panic attacks so he has an important appointment that day and he wanted me there with him. She goes, "what do you mean panic attacks, what are those?" ...what. When I didn't respond quickk, she asked another, "What's the anxiety? What does that mean?" I never thought I'd actually have to explain any of this to any other human so I literally couldn't fucking explain it.
This one is kind of cute...my good friends birthday is on the 4th of July and she was a teenager before she realized the fireworks weren’t for her birthday like her parents had told her her whole life! 😂
My wife read somewhere (thanks reddit) that putting a small amount of bleach in with colors would brighten your laundry. Growing up her mother didn't allow her to help with chores so a lot of this stuff she hasn't learned. She put the clothes into the front facing washer, threw the bleach onto the dry clothes, and started the washer. She's the smartest person I know but just no common sense.
My roommate doesn’t know how to blow on his food to cool it down. He exhales on the spoon in his mouth the same way you fog up glasses before you clean them.
The hammer part is weird considering it is even shown in a bunch of different media, but metal broom, that's just a literal name for it. Still weird what things we somehow miss learning the names too.
My ex didn’t know how to spread butter on toast. Knife went perpendicular against the toast and just ended up aggressively scraping a hole into the bread.
Took over paying my boyfriend’s bills for him from his mother (with his own money, but that should’ve told me what was coming). His first payday after I take over: I get home from work and sit and make all his payments for that period. The very next morning:
Bf: “so that’s all out of my account, right?”
Me: “....uhh I have no idea but I doubt it. You need to check your account.”
B: “...well how do I do that?”
M: dumbfounded “you need to look at your account and see if those charges have come out.”
B: “...well what do I look for?”
M: possible head explosion
I then proceeded to explain the company names to look for and how long it may take for bills to come out. I realized he always just asked his mom and she would check for him. Btw we’re in our mid thirties. I have since taught him how to do these things but I still control the finances. Just to be safe.
I don't know about horrifying, but I went to my (now ex) bestie's apartment several years back after he moved into the apartment across the hall from me. He'd been moved in for a couple of months at this point, and I went into his bathroom to use the toilet. His bath tub was DISGUSTING. I came out and was like, "Dude, how do you shower in there? It's GROSS!" He was like I use Comet! There was no way that man used Comet on that tub. Then he says, "Yeah, I just sprinkle it on and then rinse it off." HE DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY CLEAN THE TUB WITH A SPONGE IN BETWEEN. He was in his 30s.
This actually was a mistake I made, but when I was with my ex I put these thin plastic sheet type cutting boards in the dishwasher. I didn’t realize however that the liquid in the dishwasher got so hot it warped the plastic and he berated me constantly for making such an idiotic mistake.
Luckily I’m with a guy now who doesn’t do this and it’s been a lot better for my mental health.
My dad never learned to read or write in Spanish or English (the two languages we speak) so when he has to fill stuff out or gets a letter or anything he comes to me with it or my mom. I asked him how he learned to speak English and he said by listening which I still don’t understand.
College roommate never did his own laundry. First couple weeks we live together he did his laundry with me. Had trouble working the two button machines.
Trained with an older woman at the last department store I worked at. She’d previously run her own insurance business, like life insurance sales?
She couldn’t remember shit. Like. Any shit. We had 5 digit codes, mine was like 58993, or something similar, she couldn’t remember hers ever. So she wrote it down. Couldn’t remember where she put the paper. So I taped it to her register (we were in different departments but they wanted me to help her). She couldn’t remember that the code, which was labeled with her name, was used to open the register and clock in. Every day for a year I got stuck behind her at the clock while she tried to find the paper.
I taught her nine times how to return an item. More than that how to exchange one.
She wore weird shit to work too. Like, one day she wore a neon purple sequined cocktail dress with floor length fringe and some bunny slippers. To work. That was the worst of them but she had a rotating wardrobe of old lady clothes and bizarre-o world costumes.
I actually asked one of her kids if she had dementia. Her daughter said no, apparently she’d been like that her whole life. Daughter said her memory had actually gotten better recently. Apparently she was a completely normal old lady unless she was working.
My friend asked me to help her pick up her recently repaired car. Ok fine, whatever, not a big deal. I drove her to the repair shop. While shes paying the guy and talking about the car, I overhear him trying to educate her on oil changes.
Repairman: "How often do you change the oil?"
Friend: "Every 10,000 miles".
I am surprised her car was even repairable. That just seems like neglect. For those who dont know much about cars, not changing the oil leads to engine failure. Its like stabbing someone and letting them bleed out. It wasn't a super nice car or anything, but damn dude.
She was 25 at the time, and shes been driving since she was 16.
A year or so before everyone’s debit cards had the chips, my friend didn’t understand the magnetic stripe is what needed to be read in order for the card to work. She would turn her card every which way every time we checked out. I was always very confused but didn’t want to embarrass her so I didn’t say anything. Eventually she said something along the lines of “ugh I never know which way its gonna work”. So I told her how cards worked and she swore it didn’t always work when she swiped that part. Cringe worthy, but still a good friend haha.
Keep up with medical bills, especially before they go into collection. I guess I thought these would magically disappear (I know, I’m stupid). Here I am four years later and didn’t realize I still needed to pay these. Im almost 30 and I haven’t the slightest clue how to pay this off.
Whats yours?
I cant make lessons in electrics stick, no matter how many times i look it up or get someone to explain it to me i just cant let the information guide my behavior.
Not exactly something that everyone knows how to do, but something everyone at my job has to know.
Each month we have a cashiers test, which even if you're not a cashier, if you're qualified to run the registers you have to take. I've been there for a little over nine months now, and I've got every question down. But this kid that works there, he's been there for over a year and runs a register almost daily. I was curious so I took a peek at his test nd found out he only got about 15 (out of 56) of the questions right. I was shocked, so I asked him if he just blew off the test, especially considering its literally open book. We can use the employee handbook for it.
He said he genuinely tried.
Kid is a party kid so I guess in the grand scheme of things it doesn't surprise me. But the fact that they continue to let him run a register baffles me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a friends house and we're about to cook. She opened the the stove five minutes in advance and i asked her why and she said "i was just heating the fire"
I can sort of understand this one, but sort of not.
21 year old is flooding the bathroom every time he showers. Some questions later we discover that he has not realized that the shower curtain needs to be inside the tub. Water was hitting the curtain then running onto the floor.
He had grown up with a glass sliding shower door, but he did occasionally encounter shower curtains.
I once tried baking a pizza by putting it on a wooden pizza holder. I thought it’d be fine cause I see pizza makers do that in their brick ovens. After some time in the oven it started burning and smoking up the entire apartment.
TBF I was high AF trying to bake that pizza, but still.
Backed up 5 freeway heading north through the Delmar stretch. Get over the hill to see what the hell happened. A car got stalled out in lane 2...no gas... downhill. I managed to pull over, crossed a couple lanes, and told them to pop it in Neutral. Took maybe 40 seconds...
I worked on a state house campaign. After some probing it turned out the friend that I worked on the campaign with thought it was a congressional candidate the whole time and was unclear abt the difference between state legislature and federal reps. 🤦♀️
rdldr1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve encountered many adults who have not peeled their own shrimp before.
As I've gotten older I've discovered most people don't have basic financial skills.
Went on a date with a girl and she was telling me how she just very impulsively went out and bought a brand new car she in no way could afford. I asked her what the interest rate was and she had no idea. I asked her what her credit is and she said she hasn't checked it in years. She was applying to second jobs because after buying it she couldn't afford her rent anymore. She got offended by my look of horror after her telling me all of these things, told me I was too judgemental and critical and suggested we don't go on a second date.
I had a coworker that continuously denied trying to learn her surroundings in a means of knowing where you are and how to get from A to B a little easier. She would state "I'm just directionally challenged."
Never tried to help herself in this aspect, like learning landmarks, or a few basic street names where we worked downtown.
I could ask her where the Civic Center was while we were at work, "I dunno." It was across the street!!! Our building took the entire block so all she had to do was look out ANY East window.
She would relentlessly rely on her iphone for directions going anywhere. And she didn't drive. It was always her husband driving her or friends or uber.
One day at work, we took our lunch break to head to a Food Festival nearby, but it was still 6 blocks away. I knew where it was, immediately down 1 street that ran parallel our office building. She pulled up her iPhone maps for a way there, which directed us into a different street and extra blocks of walking. She was then confused when I told her I was not going to follow it.
My friend and I were coming up to an intersection and the traffic lights were just blinking, clearly not working. So you're supposed to treat the intersection as if there was a stop sign, like a four-way stop. She was driving and didn't know what to do, so she kinda freaked me out by saying "I've never done this before what do I do if the lights are flashing like that" while I was in the passenger's seat.
My friend came out for a few weeks in the summer and had rarely ever cooked for himself. He asked how long to put hot dogs in for, we told him its 9 minutes for each hot dog, so he ceanked the microwave up to 18 minutes. After 3 minutes we couldnt stop laughing at him, he went to check on the burnt crusts and looked very disappointed
I had a friend in college who didn't know it was possible to dry your laundry without using dryer sheets... Like, though the dryer wouldn't work without them.
A coworker once told me they had never heard of a toilet brush before, and that he just used a scrubby and “just got in there” he was being 100% serious.
I joined the military at 18 so my life skills weren’t top tier but there were people at BMT who didn’t know how to do laundry or how to shave or brush their teeth properly. It was weird watching a grown ass man teach other grown ass men basic hygiene.
I was working with a program teaching nutrition in extremely low income areas and met this mom who didn't know apples had sugar. She literally didn't know that sugar = sweet taste.
My housemates wife put her WET laundry into the dryer, which had FINISHED my DRY Laundry.
When I pointed out what she had done, she first LIED and said she did not, of course, obviously it was her clothes, so after pointing that out she said needed her important work stuff dry.
So fuck you, you married mid 20's person who literally cannot do her laundry, her laundry was then left wet overnight and needed to be done again, you also made me literally have to do half my laundry again.
kcurtp · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a YouTube video a guy made about how he had been driving for 12 years and had no idea that you weren’t supposed to stay in the right lane except to pass on highways/interstates (US). He saw nothing wrong with driving miles and miles in the left lane making people pass him on the right. This was a 20 minute “discovery” documentary, very produced, “investigating” this idea. The crescendo was his finding out that passing on the right is illegal.
We had a guy live with my family for a bit and he didn’t know how to make a bed, so we told him to put the fitted sheet on the bed and then do the flat sheet, etc. but he made the ENTIRE BED with the quilt and everything and then put the fitted sheet on last.
Same guy asked how to steam carrots in the microwave and my mom told him to put carrots with water in the microwave and he put carrots on a plate with a small bowl of water next to it.
Being an RA in a freshman dorm you get a whole bunch of stupid things. Most are probably because the kids are drunk, but some could because they don’t know how to adult.
One I remember is ramen in the styrofoam cup in an oven without water...
A former roommate telling me that he could sell his BMW (that he couldn't afford to begin with) whenever he wanted because "it was worth a lot" and he "could put all that money away if he needed to".
He somehow didn't understand that just because you sell the car you don't get out of owing the bank all the money they lent you.
Was a line cook, front of house waiter asked for a can opener (we had some good maple syrup from cans that FOH portionned in smaller containers to have them at tables), give the can opener and the waiter counldn't figure out how to use it. She only "had the electric one that does it automatically at home".
I was at a toddlers bday party a year or so ago and someone said something like they needed clear the room by a certain time but there's wasn't a clock there (or something along those lines). I had seen one inna weird spot that was half blocked by a pillar and pointed it out. Of the roughly 6 30yo+ adults in the room I was the only one who could read the time on a "clock with the hands". It blew my fucking mind!
TNCN00 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught many random people in my college dorm laundry room how to do laundry...all from the east coast.
I was on a road trip with 4 buddies. We took turns driving. We pull over to get gas. We all run in to use the restroom and leave our buddy to fill up the tank. Like the scene out of Tommy Boy, we get in the car, and we ask him how much the gas was. “I don’t know, I didn’t pump any.” “Why not?” “I don’t know how.” Showed him how to do it. He fills it up, we pull out of the gas station and proceed down the on ramp. As the lane begins to end he swerves hard, like real hard, into the next lane at 50+mph. He’d also never driven on an interstate.
I'm a floor supervisor at a grocery store for cashiers and baggers. Out of the dozen or so highschool aged kids I supervise one of them can actually sign their name. All the other PRINT IT! They also do not believe that they need to learn and/or let me teach them bc they are going to get their identities stolen real quick doing dumb shit like that.
i work in a printing facility that makes labels for consumer products, and one of my coworkers was actively responsible for the destruction of more than four motorized mixing lids after submerging them in solvent, resulting in over $2000 worth of property damage after it caused them to rust and melt away all the essential grease and oil that made the motors run... this stupid bastard has been working in this company for over a decade, and he has less common sense than me, the newbie who's only recently surpassed six MONTHS
Last year I went to dinner with a friend our total was $25 each (with tip) she had a $50 I had change I said lay down your $50 and I’ll give you $25 she thought for a second and seriously said “How is that Fair? I Give $50 and you only Give $25” i had to explain to her 25+25=50 if she gave a $50 she would get $25 change
This was a University dorm sharing a floor of about 40 other first year engineering students. One tried heating his pizza up on the stove using the box as a pan, had a nice little fire and building evacuation. For about a month people complained about the microwave not working. I never used it so I didn’t care, one day I was in the kitchen and just decided to figure out the problem. Picked it up and moved it the next outlet and voila, it worked (not sure if it was a tripped breaker or burnt outlet but I just left it there and it stayed there for the rest of the semester). I’m sure not all of them are dumb and some just didn’t care like myself but so many of them were only book smart. People complained for a month and not one of them did a minute of troubleshooting or spent a few minutes submitting a work order. Oh and also a few minor floods from the laundry machine. People were putting the laundry detergent pods in the tray causing some blockages.
Telling on myself here. I was in the college dorms and needed to throw away some pickles. Not wanting to smell up the trash can, I flushed them down the toilet. I was shocked when it clogged and overflowed. I overheard maintenance saying, “It’s pickles! Why would someone put pickles down here?” I just assumed that if they fit down the hole, all would be well.
I was with my grandma and we were getting gas she told me to pump it while she went in to get something I did it and put the lever on the handle so It would automatically pump and I went on the car because it was hot and when my grandma came out she was con f used why I was in the car and not pumping I told her I put the handle up and she did not know what I was talking about so I showed her and she didn't know you could make the pump go automatically
My sister was struggling with plugging in something, so I took it, examined it, and then flipped it so that the plug was properly aligned with the socket
I regularly fuck up handshakes/high fives/fist bumps/palm slide + fist bumps and every failure reams wider an ever present fissure in my soul.
Tralan · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife slices bread with my chef's knife and chops things with a serrated steak knife...
Her and her grandmother think the stove only has two settings: High and Off.
e0814 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In 2018 I was entering first year of post-secondary and I have to take a commuter train to get to school. A girl I went to high school with goes to the same school and messaged me asking to take her downtown because she didn’t know how to get downtown and apparently couldn’t figure out google maps. Despite being commuting distance away she ended up moving into residence so she wouldn’t have to figure out commuting on a regular basis
Grew up around mechanics/cheap blue collar workers so idea of not knowing how to change oil just baffles me. My dad had me replacing oil flushing raditor and brakes as well as changing pads before i could legal drive a vehicle.
The first roommate I had in school had never lived away from home or done much of anything without instruction. She clearly was pretty sheltered and leaned on her parents/ housekeepers. Her family was very well off and clearly she hadn’t had to do much for herself. She didn’t know what a fitted sheet was, had never used a vacuum, but the take-the-cake was our dorm RA having to pull her aside and tell her feminine pads are not reusable and should not go in the washer or dryer.
She moved out of the dorms about 10 weeks into the semester.
Once I was at the salon to pick up a gift card for my mom at the front desk and the girl working for some reason had to mail something and didn’t know how to fill out the envelope (how to write an address and where to put it). She was probably only 5 or so years younger than me but it made me realize how things have changed in that small amount of time that kids don’t grow up mailing letters any more. The owner of the salon was very nice and patient and showed her how to do it.
When I was training a new cook at a restaurant I used to work at she told me that she had never cooked anything in her life and she kept calling lemons limes. This was a nice sit down restaurant too, not a casual place.
Found out my brother wipes his ass back to front. He was so dumbfounded when everyone else he asked said they go front to back from the backside. He'd been tucking his balls up with the left and pushing back. I couldn't believe he actually defended his position.
Girl in my lifeguarding course could not get a victim from the bottom of the pool or swim a 10 pound weight 20 yards
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some total bellends being talked of XD
Xarguz · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a people who work on a computer every and have for a decade what a browser is, or what the start menu is, or what email is, or an icon, etc etc.... Tech support is special
Deep fried some fries for my fiance and I, next day I come home and she'd done the dishes. Notice the oil jug was still empty, ask what she did with the oil and she says "I dumped it down the drain." I couldn't believe her, she didn't know that was a bad thing. Next day she texts me her best friend would have done the same thing. Two 25 year olds didn't know that grease couldn't be poured down the drain. Had to explain to her that pouring the grease down the drain would clog it just like you're arteries get clogged if you eat to much grease, deep fried foods.
Best part was a couple days later we were out and a plumbing, or Mr rooter van happens to pull up next to us, painted on the side was dirty grease filled pipes and an explanation of why not to pour grease down the drain.
One of those messages from the gods so I could bug her more. Lol
Not horrifying. My sister in law went to make cornbread for a weekly dinner we did some years ago with her and her husband. She added the mix and the egg and NO other liquid...
Baked a smoking brick. For a few moments, she couldn't understand why it didn't cook correctly. Then she realized the liquid that was missing.
A hair stylist asked me what my evening plans were. I told her I was going straight home to make some dinner. She asked what I was going to make, so like most people, I said chicken.
Her face kinda scrunched up: "Oh, like one of those roast chickens you can buy?"
"No, I'll probably cook something from scratch."
More confusion.
"What? Where do you get raw chicken from?"
"Ummm... In the meat section at the grocery store."
"There's a meat section?! Omg, I've never gone that far into a grocery store. I can't believe they sell raw meat. That's gross."
I had to explain to my fellow engineering student how coal power plants work. He thought that somehow electricity was extracted directly from the coal bricks.
My husband had a co-worker that was direction illiterate. She decided to go get a tattoo of a compass on her wrist because of her lack of knowing how the hell to get from Point A to Point B. My husband asked her how the tattoo was supposed to help with that and she said “Well duh! I have a compass with me all the time now, so I’ll always know which way is north!” My husband tried, unsuccessfully, to educate her on how a compass works. She was 25.
I was 23 years old and had been menstruating monthly for TEN YEARS before I learned that tampons are not flushable.
How did I find out? Oh, just flushed every tampon I changed for 3 days at my best friend’s parents house and caused a pipe blockage so bad that their sewage backed up and flooded their basement...
I’m fairly certain that this lack of knowledge also was the cause of several other issues with friends plumbing and septic tanks previously.
My high school science class toured a water treatment plant where a guy complained about having to go down in the machine and fish out a tampon once every other day, and tried to tell us ladies that we shouldn’t flush them. The response? We were chatting amongst ourselves and one of the other girls said “surely he must be confused between a tampon and the plastic applicator, because tampons are definitely flushable”.
Thank goodness I wasn’t the only one, but man is it embarrassing to not know until you nearly ruin someone’s house...
When I(at the time 18F) confronted my roommate (at the time 32M) about how disgusting his shower was when I first moved into the place, he told me showers are "self cleaning" because of the constant soap and water splashing everywhere.
He would also shave his balls and leave the pubes in the (only) bathroom sink.
He ate shake n bake chicken and garlic mashed potatoes almost every single night, and his dishes would be piled so high in the kitchen I couldn't even use the faucet.
The house iron (for clothing) was a hot cast iron pan (which actually worked pretty well)
He would always lose his personal lighter so he'd take the kitchen lighter we needed to light the gas stove and hoard it in his room. He instructed me that if I/we ever lost the lighter, I could use the toaster to set a wooden chopstick on fire. I actually did that a number of times.
I absolutely refused to clean up after him so I kept my own dishes in my room and spent most of my time behind my closed door or out. I would occasionally buy him a pack of sponges and leave it on the table.
I lived there for a year because my room was only $500 a month, even though his cat gave me fleas right before my first term of college, and had the nerve to call me out for buying cheap toilet paper. Come to think of it, we didn't even have internet, or heat (cooldest it ever got inside was 8 or 10c)...it was my first place in the city after moving away from the family farm and looking back I don't think I was getting such a great deal...
A guy friend of mine asked the one-night stand girl he was with at a frat party, “what about STD’s,though?” When she said, “it’s okay baby, my pill will cover that and me not getting pregnant too.” 3 weeks later he went to the doctor for blood work- got herpes - 9 months later he got a little girl too. Listen up younger generations NO GLOVE? NO LOVE!
Don’t know if this counts, but had a teacher who shared a story about his first roommate in college. He bought a carton of eggs and screams when he opened the shell to find the mess of the yolk pouring out. He had never seen an egg that wasn’t already hard boiled by his mother and believe they came like that.
I had a former friend claim to not know how to fold a blanket after being asked to put one away, and then folding it extremely strangely and poorly. I think they were just lazy and didn’t want to have to do it in the future but honestly I don’t know.
Not me, but a story passed around. I work at a fire department, so as you could imagine we get people from all walks of life. I'm a second generation firefighter so my dad made sure I wasn't a bird brain growing up and instilled some life skills. Anyways, I heard a story about a guy getting hired on and how he couldn't do dishes. I asked what they meant and the person telling the story said they would just kinda put soap on the sponge and slap the plates. I just couldn't comprehend how you can be trusted to put out a burning building or save someone's life, yet couldn't wash dishes. Don't know how something like that slips though the cracks
Early on in our relationship my boyfriend and I were cooking together, and I put him in charge of the mashed potatoes. He took a pot full of raw potatoes and said “I guess I’ll go mash these now” and asked if he should do it with a fork. He was 38.
A friend of mine didn’t know how to pump their own gas. We were in college at the time.
Jados3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not really that big of a deal but if my mum has a problem on her computer no matter how minor she will call for me to fix it. I'm no tech wiz but these are things she could fix in 30 seconds if she could be bothered to Google search it. Everytime I have no immediate solution I just google it and it's fixed. I explain that its really that simple but she never does and suggests I become some sort of computer technician for fixing a basic problem. It hurts my soul, easily frustrated by people who don't even attempt to learn.
Shes probably just looking for an excuse to interact with you. Its the same reason my Grandma kept getting new tech. Just a toy she can play with me with.
Jados3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm that could be true. I mean she does sit at a computer all day but it's just weird cause often I try to tell her about something exciting to me and she doesn't want to hear it, too much work to get done. We interact as of a night time playing pool. My nan also is terrible with technology but I'm fairly certain she just forgets what I taught her, she feels bad asking again.
A guy, early 40s, bought a TV. A large 75 inch TV. He pulled up in a full size Denali. We helped load the tv into the rear of the truck and he looked at us and asked how to keep it standing up while transporting it home. Upon telling him he needed to strap it down he simply asked how. Seriously how do you make it that far in life without the knowledge of how to transport objects in a truck.
Just everyone i meet who can't cook...like, im a foodie, i get that. But im am ADD and dont have the sense god gave me half the time. If I can teach myself to be a good cook, you sure as fuck can
It was the one who got this look from my older sister (20) while me (16) was talking with her. She has really nice skin and always smells nice and clean and I asked her how she was always so clean, while I often felt dirty and smelly all the time. I went through my shower routine with her. It was just: hair, pits, pussy, and rinse. She looked at me like I just told her our parents died. Turns out I had been showering so wrongly. When I listed those 3 washing places that's the ONLY places I washed because that was all I was taught to wash from my parents, and so I grew up with the bad bathing habits. I'm glad I'm not as ignorant, but confronted my parents who thought it was common knowledge. Apparently not for me.
I had to teach a 21 year old college student how to use a mop and bucket.....
Konrow · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I only learned due to a job I had at 15 (and I mean correctly, it is fairly easy to figure out the basic way to use one with basic thinking skills tbh).We never used mops around the house or anything, so if I had been in a position where I never needed to get a job til later in life or never got a job that required any cleaning, I might never have learned to use a mop correctly either. I've seen the mop one come up a few times on here, but it is the only one I've gone "yea, I can actually see that" to versus the more ridiculous ones on here.
I went to help this female friend of mine since her parent's where out and she had to care her 2 little brothers and sister (she was 20 and her silbinds went from 5 to 12 years old).
The first order was to make breackfast so i bought some groceries and i asked her to make some sunny eggs while i was cutting melon slices. I was surprised to discover that she didn't even knew how to do that. I mean, even if you don't wanna be a cooking mom/dad you should, at the very least, learn to cook simple things for your own sake, specially if you are thinking about moving out soon as she were. I learned how to make sunny eggs, fried rice and grill meat when i was 10.
When I lived with my (now ex) boyfriend, at 27 years old he did not know how to open a window, tie a trash bag closed, or use nail clippers. The nail clippers was the worst because he’d bite and pick his nails off both on his hands and feet.
Not technically but... Bro, I knew a kid. He was like 12. But he didn't know the days of the week....
dgard1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex and I were going somewhere in the winter and he went to the attached garage with our infant to get the baby settled while I grabbed a few things. About 30 secs after he went into the garage I go in there to find out that he had the car running with the garage door still closed. I screamed and lunged to the garage door opener. I asked him what the hell he was thinking and he said he was warming the car up. Thank God I didn't take much longer or my kid would have been dead
Not an adult but was going on a white water rafting trip with my Boyscout troop. You have to be cleared as able swim to be able to go on the trip. We were rafting and hir a riptide and got capsized. A younger scout was calling for help and was flailing around in the water. One scout helped him while me and a friend turned our raft over. Once we got back on we learned that the kid didn't know how to swim. His dad had falsified his forms so the kid could go.
Long story short, kid went on a white water rafting trip but couldn't swim.
Someone I went to high school with, and whom later became my SIL, moved out on her own for the first time, sharing an apartment with her cousin. The stovetop was electric and had the controls on top in the same pattern as the burners.
She couldn't figure out the relationship between the knobs and the burners, so she turned all four on, waited, then laid her hand flat on each burner till one of them burned her hand. She had burns that were just mild enough that she didn't need to go to have them looked at medically. We just put butter on them. JUST KIDDING. But seriously, I doubt she knew to put ice on her hands because I got the story from her the day after. This was about 40 years ago.
In my junior year of college, I taught one freshman how to make a cup of tea and how to heat up canned soup. He is now happily married and has a salary twice mine (probably more). His parents just didn’t prepare him to live on his own. Still love the guy.
dcnnjs · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend (27F) was driving me home one night, needed to turn at an intersection. Red light, and she starts to turn and i shout "what are you doing??" She replied "you can turn on red!"
"NOT LEFT!"
When my 70 something year old aunt was fighting terminal cancer, my mom had to teach her husband how to scramble an egg. The man made it over 70 years without ever cooking a single thing, had no idea where their bank accounts were...my aunt literally did everything for him his whole life. It's been about 5 years since she passed and he can somewhat function as an adult now (he's just eccentric, but can feed himself and pay his bills and all)
I was talking with a couple buddies and somehow the topic came up about changing underwear. Found out one of the guys didn’t change his underwear every day. In fact, he only owned 3 pair of underwear and would wear them multiple days in a row before changing them. We found this out when he started making fun of the guy who mentioned he changed them every day because he thought he was changing them too often.
My housemate didn’t know how to tell when water was boiling. He’s 24 and has lived independently for 3 years.
I asked him if he’d never made pasta before, and he said he had but it never turned out right. Wonder why.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All I’m reading here is that humanity is doomed. Too many idiots in the world....
Working at Tim Hortons and having adults come in who can't count change or money properly. Us Canadians have it so easy because they are all different colours and sizes so you can SEE them and know what they are. It made me sad to see they missed out on a good education.
My roommate wanted to make smashed potatoes. I told her if she cut the potatoes in small pieces it would be easier for them to boil. She literally started PEELING the potatoes like super thin. I had to tell her that it doesn’t work like that.
I don’t do that myself because my parents told me when I was a kid to let them cool off first but now I’m curious - why is it bad to rinse it while it’s still hot?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m from Oregon and still don’t know how to pump my own gas and might not for a very long time
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A buddy of mine is a 27 year old man, with a degree for finance. He makes excellent money and has a great little life coming on. His parents never taught him to cook. So he comes to me and asks me to teach him, to which I happily agree. We started off with basic stuff, chicken soup. I was dicing onion and cutting down celery, and I asked him to peel the carrots. I hadnt been paying much attention because I assumed he at least knew that. I was wrong. He announced that he had peeled them all, and showed me the remnants of carrots that had been completely peeled down to nothing. So, my fault for not explaining that, but goodness talk about a shocker.
gob384 · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fraternity had a cook out with comedically large turkey legs(think Ren faire size). We bought said turkey legs in a frozen box and left them to thaw overnight. One fraternity brother was concerned they would thaw too fast so he put it back in the fridge without telling anyone. Needless to say the legs turned out sub-optimal.
Same brother threw out reusable wash rags because they were dirty instead of just putting them in the laundry.
A few months ago, my 65 year old father told me that the blanket I had put in the dryer was done, so he had taken it out. I said thank you and asked if he minded putting in another blanket that I was planning to dry. He replied that he didn’t know how to work the dryer. This man is literally a doctor who saves people’s lives on a regular basis, but he couldn’t work a dryer. I also found out more recently that he doesn’t know how to make Kraft macaroni: the one from the box that has the instructions printed on the side.
My roommates girlfriend was using our stove to cook and I walked in the kitchen and smelled straight gas. Turns out she never used a gas stove in her 21 years of life. She didn’t know the flames had to be ignited. 🤷♂️
This story, unfortunately, is about me when I was in my early twenties. It was a couple nights before Thanksgiving and my brother and I decided to be nice this year and bake the pies. We spent nearly all night baking it up like Betty Crocker’s long lost step children, and everything was flawless up until the VERY LAST PIE. For some odd reason I can’t remember the exact pie to this day. After preparing it, my brother placed it in the oven and tasked me with keeping an eye on it while he went upstairs to lay down for a bit. I decided to kill time and play some video games. Fast forward a bit and I smelled something burning. I immediately hopped up and ran into the kitchen, only to see a small fire at the bottom of my oven. The filling had leaked from the pie onto the surface. Freaking out with my mind racing, I grabbed the only logical thing close to me, a bottle of water. I opened it and proceeded to squirt the water on the flame, praying it would go out. Instead the water ignited it, causing a massive fireball to hit me in the face. I eventually put it out by drenching a towel and throwing it over the flame. As I turned around, my brother was coming down the stairs and immediately started laughing while asking me, “what’s burning and what happened to your face?”. Confused, I headed to the bathroom to see what he was talking about. Mind you, I have dark brown hair, brown eyes, and I have a darker skin tone. My eyebrows, eyelashes, and a smidgeon of my hairline....COMPLETELY BLONDE. It looked damn near bleach blonde with a couple crispy orange tips here and there. I had no idea you couldn’t throw water on a grease fire, (although I’m still not sure if it was grease or oil considering it was a pie, but who knows?). I spent the next morning in the Ulta parking lot contemplating whether to get dye for my hair or not. I still crack up to this day thinking about this one detail. I was being dramatic for no reason. I eventually just went home, no dye. Decided to spend the next couple weeks dealing with it, hoping people wouldn’t notice. Yeah that backfired, my dumbass was in food/retail. Not only would people constantly ask how it happened, I had a large percentage make every Super Saiyan joke imaginable. Now I spend my days educating people on water and grease fires whenever I can, like some scholar in kitchen arts.
Wasnt me but when I was 23 I moved in with my buddies and the lawn was really overgrown. I told them I would cut the grass and brought over a lawnmower and one of my buddies came outside before I got going to ask if I could show him how to start up and operate a lawnmower. He was super embarrassed and didnt say it inside to avoid the ridicule from the rest of the guys so I showed him and we never spoke about it
I worked with a woman who had problems with tooth decay. We were talking one day, and she mentioned that she eats a Popsicle every night, and wondered if that might be the problem.
I asked her if she ate it before, or after brushing her teeth.
One of my closest friends still doesn’t know how to crack an egg. We tried to bake brownies, I asked him to crack two eggs, and he just stood there. I even showed him how. Still couldn’t do it.
In college, friend's dumb roommate filled up the Britta pitcher directly from the tap, then put the filter on top, then poured a glass, drank it and was like, "you can totally taste the difference"....
I was on the other end of one of these. My dad never used the dish washer in our apartment cause we didn't make too many dishes. Well he went outta town one weekend and I didn't wanna wash them by hand. So I put dish soap in thinking that'd be fine and let it run.
I came back to a 6 inch tall suds mound.
I was 20.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 5 years ago I endured freezing cold showers for over a month in an apartment that was new to me because I didn't know that I was supposed to turn on the hot water heater manually or even recognize that that particular heater was one.
In high school a friend was making Easy Mac but she didn’t add water, just dumped noodles in the bowl and microwaved them. They caught fire and we had to put it out with an extinguisher.
I had a room mate after college and we didn’t really cook together. She is cooking herself dinner one night and had no idea how to use my can opener. She grew up with an electric one and I had to teach a 22 year old how to use a hand held can opener.
Summer of 2015 I worked part time as a tutor at a math learning center while going back to college for a second degree. We split chores at the end of each day to keep the center clean: vacuuming, dusting, wiping down table/door handles/light switches, cleaning the water fountain, straightening book shelves, cleaning bathrooms, etc. We had an intern who was in high school and it was her turn to vacuum. She had no idea how to vacuum, didn’t know how to push/pull it or turn it on, nada. Turns out she grew up with a nanny that did all the cleaning in the house. She has been in college for a few years now, I sure hope she has figured out how to clean up after herself and do some laundry.
Not a “how do you not know how to do this” but more a “how did you not know this?”
We were sitting at lunch with a group of people and we were talking dog breeds and I hate tiny dogs with screeching voices. So I say “hard to believe this came out of a wolf essentially.”
Confused that one person looks at me and say something like “how did this come out of a wolf?”
First I thought my comment went over her head but as I explain that our modern day dog breeds come from the wolf, she admitted that she didn’t know that dogs and wolfs have common genes...
How do you go 24 years through life and not know that? Should I ask her where domestic house cats originally come from? That might be too much for her.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved in with my (now ex) boyfriend when I was 18, he was 20. He accidentally dropped a full gallon sized jug of juice on the kitchen floor. I heard the crash and him yell. I run down stairs and this man is standing there watching all the liquid pour out onto the floor. I ran over and picked it up and threw what was left of it in the sink. And then i was the one who had to mop it up because that fool didn't know how to use a mop and wanted to clean it with paper towels.
To this day it baffles me that this man stood there and watched as all the liquid poured out, just yelling. And didn't think to pick it up to avoid having it make a much bigger mess. Just goes to show that when he was living with his mom, all he had to do was yell and she'd rush to clean up his messes.
While I’m not an adult, my older brother who is 17 is about to be, and that scares me. He barely knows how to cook an oven pizza, he’s one of those people who when they’re making toaster waffles they repeatedly pop it up and down till it’s technically no longer frozen but it’s soggy and gross. He tried doing the same with a pizza and got mad when it was still cold in the middle, and threw the whole thing out.
Me (29) teaching my sister (48) how to make mashed potatoes. She didn't know you needed to boil them..... She tried mashing them just as they were, wild, dirty, unpeeled, and hard. She had no idea.
Grew up in the country and never used a ratchet strap, only watched my dad but never actually paid attention. Bought some shit on Craigslist and brought my straps, only to find out I didn’t know crap how to operate them once I had everything loaded. Turned in my country boy card that day. Thanks to YouTube we were able to figure it out, but I never want to revisit that moment I spent thirty minutes on my phone trying to figure out how to tie down something with the previous owner watching.
My best friend since middle school and I were roommates for 2 year's. There was a number of things that she didn't know how to do since she had only lived with her parents. The one that sticks out the most was the time she had to get an oil change. We were talking one day and she asked for a ride to work. I asked her what was wrong with her car. She said it was leaking oil and she kept having to put oil in it. A day or so later she gets the car back. I asked her what was wrong with it (being the daughter of a car buff I was genuinely curious). She was like oh it needed an oil change. I was like how long since the last one? She said I've never had one.... She had that car since 2011 it was now 2018. I have no idea how her engine didn't blow up. Upon further enquiry she had no idea that was a thing she was supposed to keep up on. She totalled it a few months later. RIP Cherry the Ford.
Managed a university cafe years ago. We sold Starbucks products and as per company policy in my province, all managers were required to take a government food safety course.
There was a lady who we'll call Linda (I don't remember her real name and this is the first name I could come up with.)
The instructor would ask questions like, "What internal temperature should chicken be cooked to?" People would answer. It's about 75C. She claimed she constantly ate her chicken and pork on the rare side. She was in her fifties and had no idea what salmonella was...
Linda also had a pretty firmly held belief that milk didn't need to be refrigerated.
Linda didn't understand the concept of cross-contamination. She didn't see a problem with using the same cutting board to cut lettuce as was used for raw meat beforehand and without being cleaned.
Linda also didn't know how long meat can be stored in the fridge for. She didn't understand the kill+X number of days idea.
She did not pass the test.
Before moving out of my hometown, I'd still see her around from time to time.
To this day, I have zero clue how she survived to be as old as she is.
An older acquaintance was pumping gas with the car turned on. I thought that she probably forgot to turn off the car. When I reminded her that the car was still on she looked at my really surprised and said “The car has to be off when you pump gas?” And I replied “Yes. Or else the car can explode.” She had no idea.
I witnessed a motorcycle accident happen and stopped to help and texted my girlfriend(29yo-now ex) that I was going to be late. In the accident the car was still on top of the guy and his bike and he was pinned down. She texted me "Well i hope that guy calls his insurance ASAP so they can get an ambulance there to help the guy"
What?
"yeah, you have to call your insurance to get an ambulance, right?"
Once the police showed up and I was no longer needed I went to her house and explained what to do in an accident.
One of my roommates had to be taught everything, from doing laundry to changing the bed sheet. But the one thing that I'll never forget is when I asked him to unload the dishwasher, & he didn't know what I was asking him.
Not exactly “not knowing how” but just not knowing. My best friend told me when we were in college that she was so happy eggs don’t go bad because she only needs one or two a month so it’s nice not to have to buy new ones all the time like milk. I almost had a heart attack and asked how long she’d had the same carton/when she had eaten one last. “Eh around 7 months and I had one last week”. I’m surprised she isn’t dead honestly.
My wife’s cousin did not ever fill up her own gas for her car for the first 2 years until she went to college. Claims it was just “too scary and complicated”. Always had one of her parents fill her gas tank as in would get home and tell her parents she needed gas and then they would go out to fill it up and bring her car back. Seemed like craziness to me
Knew a girl in college who had no idea she had to pay off her credit card. She kept picking up checks for our group of friends. Whenever we'd ask if she was sure she'd respond with something along the lines of "It's fine I've got plenty of credit," which we thought was a strange thing to say. She legitimately thought it was just free money.
Not an adult but my friend went to a beach in Australia she video chatted me and she was asking me about a thing that washed up on the shore (because I am studying to be a wildlife rehabilitator and I know a lot about animals) and she was 2 INCHES AWAY FROM STEPPING ON A MAN O' WAR This is what that is
Thanks for yet another thing to be irrationally scared of dying from.
yxg88 · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate (21 years old) asked how dust could get into the apartment when they don’t open the windows... after not cleaning the apartment floors the entire summer (3 months) and being shocked how dirty the floor and everything was... did not know how to pick up after herself either
Not me but my grandma doesn’t know how to put gas in the car. I found out when I went inside to pay and thought she was gassing up the car. Turns out she has never done this in her life because my grandpa always did it for her and she stopped driving when my mom started driving 25 years ago
vikio · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She didn't know how to eat home-grown food.
Story: I have had a lot of housemates and one was a bit...ditsy? She did some dumb blond type things but nothing too terrible. Had that vibe of a yoga girl vegetarian healthy life type. We lived in California so that was normal. The house we were renting had a real nice backyard, an orange tree in the front, lemon tree in the back. That orange tree had the most delicious huge juicy oranges I've ever tasted. Like nectar of the gods. And the best part was that the oranges were ripe for almost the whole year. I don't know how the tree managed it, but it's the truth. Anyway months into living there I spot a couple oranges in the kitchen with stickers on them. As I was making my own dinner, Blond Housemate walks over and I ask her what's up with the store bought oranges, did someone gift them to her? She answers that she just felt like eating some oranges so bought some. I make confused uncomprehending sounds and ask "What about the tree outside?" And she actually freaking says "I don't know if those are good to eat, I like to eat healthy." Then she clarified it with "I don't know if the oranges on the tree are safe but I know for sure the store bought ones are".
Anyway I ended up having the heavenly ambrosia oranges all to myself. Also all the lemons and tomatoes and everything I planted in the garden she did not take up my offer to share...
New cook I hired. Bartender goes to her and asks for a “fried egg sandwich.” I walk in to her cracking eggs straight into our deep fryer and wondering where they were going.
I was glad when she went back to the crazy wing place down the street.
A college roommate who grew up in a very conservative religious family (Utah Mormons) needed to borrow feminine hygiene products because her period started unexpectedly and all we had in the apartment were tampons. She was really nervous because she'd never used one. I explained the general process and showed her the little illustration that comes in most boxes. I could tell she wanted to ask more and was embarrassed, but I finally got her to open up and she said "What if I put it in the wrong hole?" and I tried not to laugh because I could tell she was serious. I realized how unfamiliar she was with her on body and that she had never explored herself enough to clearly know the difference between her own vagina and butthole.
On a college trip with some friends, we were making some sandwiches for lunch... I look over and one of my buddies seemed to be having some trouble making the sandwich - a PBJ. Dude made a hell of a mess. Turns out he told us it was the first time in his entire life he had made a sandwich. I was floored.
My college roommate was dumber than a box of rocks & an unkind person, so I slightly regret telling her that you need to open the garage door when your car is running. She honestly didn't know you could die.
No exaggeration: Was stuck 14 times by a nurse who kept saying “I thought for sure I had the vein this time...” before she finally called another nurse to help (who got the IV in the first try). How I kept my mouth shut and didn’t yell by attempt number 5 is beyond me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, but my brother. He was hiding a runaway in his closet and she'd come out every time my mom was out of the house to hang out with him. I didn't like her cause she was dumb as rocks. So, she comes out while I'm watching TV, and goes into the kitchen to fix something to eat (She ran out of the cereal boxes that she hoarded while in the closet). The kitchen and living room were right next to each other, so i hear her opening the cabinets and pulling out metal pans. I then hear her open and close the microwave and start pushing buttons. I sit for a second and think, "nah, she can't be that stupid." Before I jump up and run into the kitchen as fast as possible. Sure enough, she had put food on a metal pan in the microwave and was about to hit start. I yelled, "what are you doing?!" And she looked at me like I was nuts. My brother walked in, started getting onto me about yelling at her, and asked why I was being mean to her. I explained why, and he looked at her, then the microwave, then her again, then me. He shook his head, took the pan out of the microwave and told me not to yell at her. A couple of years after that she and her friends set fire to several cars and spent time locked up.
I had to stop a roommate, who was on his 3rd year in college, from putting a metal baking sheet straight out of the oven into the sink with cold water.
Also had a freshman given a claw hammer and told to remove nails from a piece of wood. Proceeded to try to hit them out backwards until I showed her how to use the claw part of the hammer.
Possibly my favorite, I had a freshman come to me for help on an essay. She didn't know how to make the minimum (5 pages) and also wanted help proofreading what she had. She hadn't hit the 'enter' key once on the whole document. By the time I helped her divide her paragraphs, which was apparently a new concept for her, she was well over the minimum.
-In the first year of university I was watching a movie with friends, when I noticed a friend’s pretty long (but not crazy long) toe nail breaking through his socks. I told him he may wanna trim that.
His response? “Do people trim those??”
Kid was 19, I have no idea how he didn’t have 10 inch claws on every toe.
Also, I moved in with my ex when he was around 35, he’d lived with another girlfriend and on his own before. He would do his own laundry but afterwards he would just throw the clothes bunched up in the drawers because “he didn’t know how to fold it”.
I tried teaching him a few times, but he was convinced he just couldn’t do it. His in his forties now and I bet he still doesn’t fold his laundry.
My friend was supposed to pick up their stuff from their house by end of March because they were moving home. They ended up not going and getting the stuff (about 98% of what they own) or contacing landlord until.... ONE week ago. I had asked about some stuff I left there. They drove over an hour and finds the locks have been changed and landlord wont answer. They were actually confused like that was all my stuff. Stated the landlord was a nice guy and figured he would of texted me. Its been THREE MONTHS and you never communicated? AND stopped paying rent in March? Honestly what the fuck. He didnt even shoot the guy a text.
housemate worked at a grocery store, so he got a lot of cheap meat. he would put it in the freezer immediately... then throw it out when it hit the expiry date a week later.
also, after he moved out, I found about 15 mugs in his room, all with a layer of green sludge at the bottom. and now he works for the Daily Mail...
Not a "how do you not know how to do this?" but a "how did you not know that would happen?"
Guy I dated had kids he didn't want with a woman he didn't even like enough to date. His defense is that he'd had unprotected sex for years and never had a pregnancy scare so he went to get tested and the doctor told him he had low fertility. Low fertility is still fertility, dummy.
One month later she was knocked up, supposedly immediately after she got off birth control. I bet he wishes he didn't assume low fertility = safe after 2 "accidents" and a horrible marriage with a chick he didn't want. They were separated for longer than the actual marriage and hate each other.
I walked over to see what my cousin was cooking in the kitchen. She said she was making some "steamed bread" recipe.
I asked "where's the water".
Her response: "You don't need water to steam the bread"
She literally had a small pan in a bigger pot on the stove. No water for STEAMED bread. Keep in mind she is an adult and in her last year of med school. Book smart but 0 common sense.
It’s wild to me that full grown adults don’t know how to put out a grease fire or that they shouldn’t put metal in the microwave. I’ve known this since I was around 10.
Now for my stupid story:
When I was younger, I didn’t know that swimming in really cold water was dangerous. Went to a friend’s house, and on a dare I jumped into a pool that was partially frozen over. I almost drowned... (I wasn’t adulting, but I was about 14 years old, so old enough to know it’s a bad idea).
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Girl in my university psychology class asked about how having “stomach fibroids” affects a developing fetus (when we were studying brain development). Prof basically said we’re focusing on conditions in the uterus. To which the student replied, “well the baby IS IN THE STOMACH”. To which the prof slowly turned around and said “the stomach and the uterus are two VERY different organs”. To which the student replied, “well..no...then how would the baby get food?”
So, a university age woman having ZERO knowledge about physical anatomy or reproduction, to the point where she argued about it with a prof at a fairly well known Canadian university.
When I was in a dorm my roommate had grown up with a maid. He didn't know how to make his own bed.
As expected, he was a slob, and I'm no clean freak myself!
Same guy also pointed to a guy on the TV with dreadlocks and asked his black friend if, "his people's hair naturally grew that way."
I'm so glad I never have to see him again.
BMKMB · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best-friend just turned 18 and got a cheap house. I came over one day and noticed all the lights, light bulbs intact were pulled out of the ceiling hanging by wire. I asked her why this was. She responded “I am trying to figure out how to fix the lights.” I asked “did you check the breakers.” She looked confused and responded “whats a breaker?” Long story short, she lived a week without electricity because no one ever explained breakers to her. I explained what breakers were, helped her find the box and explained how she can tell, if the breaker needs to be reset.
Read a clock that isn’t digital. Was in my basement, guy I grew up with asked what time it was. I pointed at the clock hanging on the wall. He said I can’t read that....
While i was recovering from surgery i asked my husband to feed our toddlers breakfast every morning... something easy like toast and a banana. Turns out he wasn’t giving them any bananas because he didn’t know how to open one.
At around 40ish, a close friend had purchased his first house. He called me because he needed some doorknobs tightened.
I went over with some tools, and brought in a couple of screwdrivers. He looked at me like I handed him a gun. He had no idea how to use it, and actually seemed to be a little intimidated.
After a lesson on how to use a screwdriver, I went out and bought him a toolbox full of tools. I told him if he’s gonna have a house, he’s gonna have to learn how to use these things.
I dated a guy who had lots of these moments. They drove me absolutely insane. The final straw came one day, we were running late for our friend’s graduation ceremony. We pulled into a parking garage and he’s passing tens of open parking spots. And I finally ask him, “wtf are you doing???” And he says “all those spots say ‘Compact Car’” ... he’s driving a Scion TC. So I ask him “do you not know what compact is?” And had to explain it to him, then he finally parked.
This dude was 29 at the time. He was born in the US, English is his only language. He was just dumb.
I was at friend's house and I offered to cook because his parents always bought take out for everyone and I wanted to give back. So I bought a couple of things and and started to prep. When I asked him were the spices were he looked at me puzzled (no surprise he was not even able to cook a frozen pizza) so he asked his mom.
She had to litteraly entered half her body in the pantry and fished out a spice rack she was given AS A WEDDING GIFT (she had been married 30+ yrs at that point).
Nothing fancy or rare: onion powder, thyme, parsley etc Very basic. Everything was brand new and just petrified. Litteraly like cement. She had never put any spice in any meal in her entire life.
Recently showed my 27 year old girlfriend how to lock the gas pump while pumping gas. For 11 years she's been standing holding down the lever of the handle until her tank was full.....
Oh god... As a kid (then F12) I once got sliced across my arm by a friends nail. She had done her own nails for the first time and shaped them into sharp points. Not on purpose, she thought this was how it was done. It hurt like hell!
Doing taxes. It's amazing how dehumanizing going to the government office in charge of it in our country is, just to be belittled by staff there because you filled out the wrong form, have incomplete attachments, etc.
So my ex of 20 years had never paid a bill in his life I managed the money all the time when we split up he didn’t even change the oil in the paid for car I left him !!! Needless to say blew out the motor
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former co-worker of mine was new to assembly and really all tools in general. I walked in on him tightening a bolt with a ratcheting socket wrench. But not like you'd expect someone with a socket wrench to do. He would turn the socket wrench to tighten the bolt, remove it from the bolt, turn the entire socket wrench in the air, and continuing wrenching in that fashion, completely negating the ratcheting feature.
In college, a guy was hungry late at night and went asking for food. He comes into my dorm and my roommate gives him a pack of ramen. He has no clue how to boil water. How fricking hard is it to boil water?
Ok iv got one for all you chefs out there, we just hired this space cadet Japanese guy, on a working holiday visa. He’s super nice, a bit off in clouds. Any way I’m doing a training shift with him, I find out that he’s very good at being precise and consistent, tho verrry slooow. And you also have to give him very precise instructions other wise he’ll just make up the weirdest solutions on his own, like dumping all the stock though a colander with no pot underneath and happily bring me the left over solids. Anyway I asked him to zest a lemon for me, you all know how to zest a lemon( take the first layer of skin off and leave the pith as it’s too bitter basic kitchen knowledge stuff ) so he zests this lemon, and I go over to see how he’s going and all I see is this naked as fuck lemon, like he had pealed it, and a pile of the pithyest zest you’ve ever seen, I had a good laugh and showed him how to do it properly. But still, dude said he had worked in kitchens before, he should’ve know this stuff.
Had a college flatmate, let me pretext this saying we were doing a masters course in engineering.
This lad was a good guy but very sheltered, not filthy rich, but up there. Did not know how to do the most basic of things.
Laundry story: this guy always did the pickup or drop off service, finally our apartment got washer dryers installed in the basement and was very cheap, so we all start using it.
This guy still did the pickup and drop off service. One winter we had a snow storm real bad, for a week the laundromat was closed, after that they stopped their pick up service till the snow cleared, he finally had to use the self service washer dryers in the basement .
First, this guy has no idea where the soap goes. Btw, these weren't some fancy ass washers where the soap goes in some smart slot, just top loaders and you pour your suds in.
Some how he washes his clothes, then has no idea, they have to be transferred to the dryer, thank fully he notices others put it in so he does too.... Now here is the kicker, he never turns on the dryer. Just drops the clothes, come back in 2 hrs, takes all the clothes out, finds them wet, then back in. This repeats 3 times. Finally he is Fed up, brings his wet clothes upstairs and drops them on his bed.
At first, we think the dryers are really broken, so we sympathize with him.
He just leaves his soaking wet clothes in a pile on his bed and puts on the fan, 4 hrs later he is still complaining how clothes just don't dry in this weather!
By this time, we're all having the laugh of our lives
A very dear friend (over 30), but sometimes i just wonder.... we were on a camping trip and these gems have never left my memory:
After watching her French braid hair down the crown: Could you braid this? I usually stop here and just make it a ponytail, i don't know how to braid.
Later that same day: could you help me put sunscreen on my face? I've never done it before. I explained to her how and I'm pretty sure she watched me spray sunscreen into my hands then wipe it on my face right before she asked. I told her she was an adult and i would not do it for her. She went and asked someone else.
Maybe not necessarily horrifying, my mind was still blown.
Working at Lowe’s I had a lady in her late 40’s ask me to tint 5 gallons of paint a specific color and went to continue shopping. So I did as instructed and made the paint to the color she asked for. When she came back ten minutes later to pick up her paint she had an oddly confused look on her face. I asked her “Is there anything wrong?”. She said “This is too much I asked for 5 gallons of paint” and pointed to the gallon sized paint pale. I stood there dumbfounded with nothing but silence to offer in response.
24 year old sister in law Did not understand how credit cards work whatsoever on multiple occasions.
Firstly, she didn’t understand that credit cards mean you need to pay the money back or pay interest and has wracked up 20k in credit card debt. She has been living on her own since 18...
Also with the same person, she kept telling me that my capital one credit card won’t go through because it only has a $50 per transaction limit when I was trying to pay for a vacation booking.. I know my card doesn’t have any limit like that and my spending limit was 5000. It turns out, her family asked her bank to put a $50/transaction limit on her own capital one card to help her control her spending and pay off her credit card debt. Somehow this translated to her believing that everyone with capital one now had a $50/transaction limit.
Oh, the same person also asked me once if business class in an airplane flies faster than economy....
My FIL was talking to me and my wife on Monday about what we're going to eat this week for dinner. I said we bought a rotisserie chicken to make quesadillas for lunch.
My FIL is a well educated former cpa from NJ who told us he'd never had a quesadilla. "What is that?"
I've personally seen him order a quesadilla and he eats them regularly.
He thought they were pronounced quay sa dill a . He claims he's never heard the word quesadilla. He couldn't pronounce quesadilla. At 68 or whatever age he is. Fucking amazing.
Worked with a guy who thought the taxes coming out of his checks every other week was how he was awarded a bonus at the end of the year and that it wasn’t going to the government. He was adamant that it was separate from his tax returns, claiming that those was the tax money back from shopping local. He was over 40 with three kids.
Once travelling with my cousin (M19) he ask me to make him some eggs when I was making my breakfast, so I told him he had two perfectly good hands, he then confess me that he doesn't know how to crack an egg
I had a fresh out of college roommate 19/20 years old. Who didn't know that you had to shake ketchup and mustard bottles that had been sitting for a while. He would wait for other people to server themselves first so he "wouldn't get the clear runny stuff" first.
I only found out the first time we had burgers together. Because he told me exactly why he was waiting for me to fill my plate first.
My roommate in college did not dilute bleach when bleaching a white tank top. She just soaked the top in pure bleach for like 8 hrs. When she pulled it out, it was just little strands of cloth. Said roommate also put a bunch paper towels in our toilet and my step-dad had to fix it. :(
My best friend moved in with me when he moved back to my city when he was 30, and proceeded to warp 3 of my pans by running ice cold water over them immediately after taking them off the stove top to cool them down.
I rented a tiller from a hardware store. Didn't work so I went back to switch it out. Dude gets a new one and I asked him to start it, so he pulls the cord as slowly as possible. Like how do you go your whole life without seeing someone starting a lawnmower or some shit??
No there isn’t anything wrong with me I just was in a private school and everyone else was talented and smart when o had just arrived after being homeschooled until 5th grade. They laughed because I struggled and they had muscle memory to make everything basically look professional.
I still struggle with hand writing people can read etc especially with anything that is show cased.
After my dad passed away, his girlfriend of 15 years asked me to put gas in her car. He had always done this for her and she legitimately didn’t know how.
This was during my 1st year of university where a guy in my hall literally asked my friend if you had to watch the washing machine the entire time it was running.
Freshmen year of college my roommate (18) had never made a PBJ sandwich and ruined 4-5 pieces of bread trying to smear/spread peanut butter on a slice of bread. He also didn’t want to “burn” the water when attempting to boil water for top ramen noodles. The kid was helpless and luckily his parents were wealthy enough that he could eat take out or pre packaged meals most of that year.
My coworker doesn’t understand how taxes and getting a tax refund works. He said “I thought the government just gives you free money based off what you made that year.” He’s 28. Lately he’s been trying to talk to me about how to invest in stocks on the Robinhood app.
I was teaching my old roommate in grad school how to drive. He had a huge wreck at 21 and totaled his car and developed PTSD from it, gave up driving for 5 years. Well I was worried about how it could affect his driving if he were to have an episode, but decided to let him drive my car around the university on a holiday weekend. Well it wasn't the PTSD that lead to my horrifying experience. He somehow forgot that a yellow left arrow means you need to yield to oncoming traffic and went barreling through a light while a huge truck was going through. The driver swerved just enough to avoid a tbone collison while my friend ran the car off the road into a field.
Tldr: Roommate with PTSD forgets that yellow arrow means yield, almost causes tbone crash with a huge truck.
I was working as the IT manager for a fairly large nonprofit organization which had retail shops for their badges and pins and such. She had worked there for decades.She oversaw 8 shops and managed 15 people. One day I'm trying to fix their printer, and I see her looking at an Excell sheet and then adding up the numbers on a calculator. Ummm what are you doing? I need the total sales for the month. Why don't you just use Excell to add them up? Huh? So I highlighted the column and hit the sum button.... She had been manually adding/calculating every sale, cost, tax etc for years without knowing Excell could do it automatically. She was so embarrassed she didn't talk to me again for a year.
I watched a dozen Chinese tourists jump into Jellyfish lake in Palau. All wore life jackets and snorkles. No fins. The last 2 had a boogieboard that they clung to but obviously didn't know how to swim or even how to kick properly to propell themselves. A friend swam back, took the board and showed them how to kick their feet.
FYI. The lake covers around 14 acres, is over 1500 feet long and to even see the jellyfish you need to get near the center of it because their numbers are drastically down.
Don’t judge me, my lodging was sound, the execution was perfect, just the end result that was the problem!
I could so play this off as something a mate did, but it was so ridiculously stupid I have to own it!
I used to have a quite big studio flat, and had a futon sofa bed so mates could crash over and have a half decent bed to sleep on. The vision was a really pale cream, mate stays over with freshly home dyed red hair and left dye all over it... hand scrubbing didn’t work and was to bulky to go in a washing machine even at laundromat so I had a bright idea!
Bath is the perfect size to fit it, filled with water and washing detergent, marks came out perfectly... What i didn’t factor in was the sheer weight of the water logged mattress 😂😂😂. Couldn’t lift it out of the bath alone, took 3 proper burly lads to lift it and take it outside to dry, it started stalling mouldy before it dried so I ended up buying a new one!... I rent that flat out now, but that futon has a new mattress with washable covers 😂
My oldest sister was 34 when our mother died. She lived in the house with our mother; she was unique. My other sister and I let her stay there while we all tried to navigate grief and the estate and life and everything else. (I was 26.)
A year and a half after Mama died, oldest sister called me -- I lived 40 minutes away -- and said there was an air duct in the hallway making strange whistling noises. I packed up my children in the car and made a mad dash down there, only to find that the air filter in the HVAC intake hadn't been changed since the funeral.
She didn't know that heat and air systems needed to have their filters changed once a month. At age 36-37.
My father, then in his 50’s, put a metal-rimmed cup in the microwave, then stood across the kitchen watching it while it nuked the microwave and yelled “the microwave is making weird noises, I think something’s wrong with it!” I was able to stop it before it completely burned out, but we had to get rid of that microwave. He did it again a few months later.
Not as dramatic as some, but my roommate (she was 31F at the time) was filthy so we made a rotating cleaning schedule. When it was her turn to clean the bathroom, she weren't straight for the bathtub, with paper towels. I was just stunned, and didn't say anything.
I don't think she used soap to wash dishes either, bc they were always greasy, and she'd put them away greasy as well! I eventually kept all my dishes in my room and only used those. I did have a couple talks with her about it, and she seemed to understand, but nothing ever changed
I had to explain to a friend whose car broke down after 200k miles that insurance does not pay for a new engine. "But what is the insurance for then?!" Well, you could consider reading the policy of something you shell out $150 a month for...
My husband is Turkish and always listed oatmeal as one of his least favorite breakfast foods. So when he was trying to diet, i made some for him to take to work. He called me later that day and was so impressed with how delicious it was saying he’d never had it like that before. Upon asking him how he typically ate it, he went on to tell me that he usually just poured it into a bowl and consumed it raw and he couldn’t understand why everyone seemed to liked oatmeal so much because it was so hard to chew and it always chocked him lol the man is an engineer, how he missed the part of cooking the oatmeal is beyond me.
My ex boyfriend didn’t know how to peel oranges / eat them in slices. I gave him an orange, he was struggling to peel it so I peeled it for him (I thought it was the issue of not having nails), and then he bit into it like an apple. I asked him if he had ever eaten an orange before and he laughed and brushed me off. I asked him again and he said he didn’t think he had one like that before, but I’m genuinely convinced he didn’t know how to eat oranges. He never really ate fruit I didn’t cut up for him, and he grew up homeschooled so maybe that had something to do with it? Absolutely blew my mind though.
I’m a plumber who specializes in drain cleaning, maintenance, inspection, and replacement.
There is a staggering number of people who do not understand where the poop goes after they flush the toilet.
Like, they have no clue that it flows through a pipe that runs outside of their house, underground, and enters either a septic system or a municipal drain system.
They just never thought about it until it backed up one day and then they have no clue how to deal with it or who to call or how it gets fixed because they simply never considered where the poop goes after they flush the toilet
21 year old college roommate. I went home for a three day weekend so I didn't know on Friday that there was no hot water (it stopped working after I showered). Monday I didn't get up in time to shower, told myself I would on Monday night. Monday night I was too tired, said I would shower Tuesday before class.
Tuesday I get up and go for a run. At this point I very much need a shower. I go turn on the shower and wait for it it heat up... and it never does. I wait a LONG time and realize it isn't going to heat up. I take very fast (I prefer "efficient") showers so there isn't time to go to the gym to shower before my 8am class.
During class I text my roommate and ask if she knows that there is a problem with the hot water. She tells me there wasn't any hot water since I left on FRIDAY. I ask why she didn't call the landlord and she tells me she "didn't know who to call."
I told her the number call our landlord is on the refrigerator, in the move-in packet we got, and can be found with a very quick google search.
Tldr: I skipped a few showers, found our my roommate doesn't know how to find a phone number for maintenance. By my math, she didn't shower for 5 days.
MrCrix · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not as crazy as some of you but we had a new guy at work and at the end of the first day I explained we had to sweep the whole store and mop the whole store (it was a big store). He honestly didn’t know how to use a broom. Like those flat big wide brooms.
He just couldn’t grasp the concept on how to push a broom. He kept getting caught on everything. He would lift it up non stop mid sweep. He was getting so mad because he thought it was dumb. So I had him hold the dust pan. You can’t screw that up, right? He kept lifting it up and dropping all the swept up stuff.
He was fired a few weeks later by sexually harassing a fellow employee and making some very inappropriate comments.
I asked my husband to wash the kitchen windows. He legit picked up our rubber broom and went to squeegee the window with it. No idea floor crap shouldn't be mixed with window crap and that we had a separate squeegee for the windows
Semi-related: My hairdresser didn't know who was president during WWII. I was explaining the premise of The Plot Against America, and she didn't know that Charles Lindbergh wasn't president and that Roosevelt was. She seems intelligent, otherwise, and I think she has a bachelor's degree, but somewhere along the line some certainly neglected her history teachings...
An old work friend of mine didn’t know that once you’ve opened a carton of milk you can’t just laid it back down again because it might leak. This would’ve been fine but she had worked with babies for 4 years prior to that where she had to prepare bottle of milk multiple times a day, every day. Apparently in 22 years no one had taught her that growing up because her mum never drank milk, but “it sure explains a lot”.
Later that day she did it again and milk went everywhere. Couple months later we were all wondering what the repulsive smell was coming from the fridge until we look underneath it to see rotten mouldy milk covering the entire underside that she just didn’t bother to clean up.
xDh20 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in my senior year, met a freshman or sophomore girl, we were talking about traveling places. It was me, my roommate, and her. We reached the topic of geography and I said maybe central America. She asked, "where's that?"
I went to a large state university in North America so I was caught off guard by her comment. Then I had to explain to her where it was.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college, I worked in a supermarket where part of the uniform for men was wearing a neck tie. I'm in the time clock room one day, and a co-worker of mine who had worked there for THREE YEARS comes in with his shirt collar up, holding a tie, and says, "Can you tie my tie for me?" I tied it for him, but I had to ask, "How have you managed to work here for three years without knowing how to tie a tie?" He said, "My dad ties them for me and I just leave the knot in them when I take them off. The knot came out of this one on my way here." I was speechless.
Late, but a 50-60ish year old woman asked me to teach her how to pump gas because her ex-husband always did it for her. I couldn't believe she got that far in life without pumping gas once.
W2ttsy · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My next door neighbours fit here.
For two 40 year olds you’d think they’d be able to get basic shit right.
One Thats super obvious is their clothes drier. They don’t know (or care) you’re supposed to empty the lint filter on a regular basis and so there is a stream of lint coming out of the filter and around the entry to the drier, in the doors, etc.
Add into the fact that they overload the shit out of it, it was no surprise when I overheard the mom complaining that nothing ever dried properly.
It was on again last night and I could smell burning rubber from the drive belt that is about to shit the bed. I look forward to seeing their third new drier arrive any week now.
I get that dishwashers are a luxury and not everyone knows how to use one but my roommate put normal dish liquid in my dishwasher and it EXPLODED with suds everwhere and stopped working. Just takes a little bit of thought... Why would they sell the expensive tablets if you could just use dish liquid?
Wife’s friend said she made the best grilled cheese sandwich’s. So she started to make the grilled cheese using butter to grease the pan. She heated the pan on high and preceded to burn the butter into the bread. So it was burned bread and cold cheese. Like how do you screw up a grilled cheese.
I worked with a 22 year old dude at domino's a couple years ago who had no idea how to mop. Come to find out he was ridiculously spoiled growing up, so I guess it makes sense.
My 30 year old gf still has to use her hands to remember which way is left and right.
jakedk · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
left-right confusion is a legit thing, I'm sure she knows the difference but for some reason in the moment her brains mix them up. I have the same "problem" but only if someone tell me verbally where to go, ie "turn left" then there is a 50/50 chance I'll mix it up. But if I'm looking at a map myself or reading directions I can easily find my way and never mix them up.
Eh that's not necessarily an indicator. I don't have aphantasia and I sometimes take a moment to remember which is which in the heat of the moment. I think it's actually pretty common.
bus214 · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a roommate how to 1. Wash a dish. 2. Make her bed. 3. Do her laundry. She ended up rarely washing dishes and sending all her laundry to the dry cleaners so she didn’t have to do it. I mean, ALL her laundry.
Roommate got an oil smudge on her shirt and started freaking out so I had to wash it with soap for her after she said "I don't know how to!" when I suggested she do it.
my sophomore year of college, a friend tried to make mac and cheese in my apartment. except she immediately poured the pasta into a pot of water she just poured loool
i was like “whoa whoa wait, you gotta let the water boil first...did you not know this?!” and she looked sheepish and said she’s nEVER MADE MAC AND CHEESE BEFORE. i told her to drain the pasta out and start over by boiling the water. mind you, she was a junior in college at the time. still makes me laugh to think about
I’m a chef. I’ve had to train many in my time on the line and usually that isn’t such a bad thing. No one wakes up just knowing how everything works.
But this one person in particular... I just don’t know how they have made it this far in their life being so frustratingly dumb and never managing to learn from any mistakes.
I can understand someone having questions about how to use a deep fryer, how to hold a knife, how to convert a recipe. I’m happy to help. But with this lady it was like every single day was her first day even months later. She approached me with a manual can opener and asked me to show her how to use it because the big electric one was too complicated for her. Lady is old enough to be my mom and has never once used or observed a can opener being used. There were more instances that were more frustrating but this one was just so....simple. Even a gorilla can figure it out eventually. What bothers me the most is that before she came to work for us she worked for homeland security.
I had five roommates my second year in college and none of them understood that we didn't have a garbage disposal in the sink. Could not put together that you should throw the food away in the trash before putting your plate in the sink. The wet food and the unwashed dishes would cause quite the smell throughout the house.
A friend of mine tried to pay her bill at a restaurant using her paycheck... like the check that was addressed to her by her employer. She didn’t understand why the waiter wouldn’t accept it and we had to cover her bill.
I was standing in line to get a burrito for lunch in my lunch hall at college. As I started to look down the line and see how the burrito's were turning out today I noticed something off. They were smaller than usual, but they were still using the large tortillas. Now it is my turn, after I get all my ingredients situated, the worker starts to roll my burrito then I see it. He had no idea what he was doing, he started the fold with the left and right half of the tortilla like normal, but it was on the final stretch that it turned disastrous. he started to roll the top half into itself! Not over the ingredients like a normal human but over and under itself making the tortilla a steamroller for the insides of the burrito. How do you not know how to do this?
I could fill up this thread of my own "I suck at adulting" stories from the past (thanks to being extremely naive and growing up sheltered); I've boiled pasta wrong, injured my finger on a sewing machine, burned steak, and forgot to change the lint filter on the dryer between loads. I've gotten better, but I still have bad days.
As for other people, the first one that came to mind was from one of my college roommates. She didn't know you were supposed to add sugar to Kool-Aid, so her Kool-Aid was always super sour. She thought the sugar was already in the packet.
Back in 2010 my husband and I went on a road trip in our 1998 honda civic. We drove from Dallas to Oklahoma City the first day and predictability the car broke down. After dropping the car off at the garage we thought we'd grab a bite to eat while the mechanic worked on it. So we asked the dude if there was a restaurant nearby.
Mechanic: yeah, there's an ihop.
Us: Great. Where is it?
Mechanic: Goes to the computer. Opens up MapQuest (even in 2010 MapQuest hadn't been a thing for several years). Spends maybe 15 minutes downloading and printing directions that would have only taken my elderly mother 5 minutes to get. And where is this mythical ihop? It's in the same strip mall as the garage, right across the parking lot.
Really? The mechanic could have escorted us there himself and it would have been faster. My husband and I still laugh about the poor guy using MapQuest. On the up side he fixed the radiator and we were still able to go on our road trip after that.
So my parents have a thing where me and my brothers do all of the “girl chores” (cooking cleaning ironing washing clothes) and we also do the “boy chores,” to the point where my sisters are incompetent. They don’t mow the lawn or shovel snow or help my dad fix stuff. About a day after I pointed this out to my mom, my sister (18) comes upstairs for help fixing her bedroom light, my dad got her the right light with the correct wattage, and then she goes back down, she comes back up and asks for help again, and my dad goes down. My moms like “it’s a one step process! What does she need help with screwing it in.” Long story short she was right my dad just unscrewed it and screwed it back in and it worked.
My friends brother was lazy and unemployed, about 25, dude would take advantage his parents and just laze around all day watching naruto on max volume in the living room. Also he was super douchey.
My 40+ yo neighbor was complaining about severe period cramps and I suggested she take an Advil. I was hesitant to even say anything because it seemed so obvious but she’d never tried it! She seemed amazed how it put an end to her suffering.
Chernobyl got brought up once in a conversation with my mom, who would have been a teen when it happened. I was shocked to realize that despite having lived through the time period herself, she was not familiar with what I thought was a rather important historical moment.
I work housekeeping at a nursing home, and the other day one of the women I work with said she was trying to get used to switching gloves between rooms since state was coming. We clean toilets, sinks, etc. I was disgusted to find out she wasn’t doing it already.
Kudaja · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure how we got on the conversation but a buddy looked at me and said lets hide in Walmart till they close. Just starred at him till he realized what he just said.
Boiling water in a pot. He didn't know when the water was boiling. Trying to make him learn anything about the kitchen was like pulling teeth. But trying to explain what boiling water looks like over the phone was eye opening. He didn't google it, and I don't know why. He phoned me instead.
I was working at a fast food restaurant during a summer break in college. A manager told me to go mop the floor. I don't remember exactly what I did, but it was wrong.
The manager was like "how the hell do you not know how to mop a floor?! Haven't you ever mopped before?"
I said No.
He said "Who mops the floors at your house?"
I thought for a minute and said "nobody, all our rooms have carpets."
He looked at me like I was out of my mind. (I thought my answer was perfectly reasonable.) :-D But honestly, our house was extremely over-carpeted and I made it halfway through college without knowing how to mop a floor.
Had a guy in my dorm ask how do you get Gas, like for a car. Apparently his parents would go and fill his car up, and we live in a State where an attendant has to do it for you. He also asked me if his car could make it to California, as he was concerned his New Honda civic could not make it up the hills ore something while going south.
I have several trays of ice in my freezer. My friend stayed with me for a few weeks recently and while he was visiting I noticed the ice seemed to disappear ridiculously fast. There was just never enough ice. Finally one day I caught him pulling out a tray. He looked at it funny and then proceeded to dump the entire tray in the sink.
I asked him wtf he was doing, and he said, "Something is wrong with the ice, there's still water in the middle so I thought it went bad."
He thought the ice in the process of freezing had gone bad because it was still... Water.
Its a tie between my boyfriend not knowing how to peel a potato (🤦🏻♀️) and my roommate using dawn dish soap instead of detergent in the dishwasher... the whole kitchen got a bubble bath that day.
An old roommate of my was super sheltered and one time when learning to cook at like 24 I found her with the pan flipped over covering the underside of the it in butter because the instructions said "butter the bottom of the pan"
When gas plummeted due to Covid-19, I was excited to tell my girlfriend of course of one of the few good things for us at least.
Bear in mind gas went from abt $2.75 a gallon to literally $1.05 for a while, and I told her that excitedly. She responded “Is that good?”
Another time recently, she told me she had no idea what to do with her bank account that her parents made for her that currently has thousands of dollars just sitting in it for her. She was frustrated because “I don’t even know how to withdraw money from my bank” I asked her “Don’t you know your number?” - I thought it was clear I was referring to her PIN, she was upset stating she did not know her ACCT# and Routing#... took me a minute to explain literally no one remembers that stuff for their bank account, and that all she would really need is her PIN especially for an ATM. Hahah, I love her but she grew up an only child in a high-middle class status. She’s at least self-aware and recognizes she was raised with a silver spoon in her mouth.
My friend tried to make a rice dish (paella)... without boiling the rice in water first. She nearly burned her house down. She just put rice in a skillet along with the rest of the ingredients. She said “the recipe didn’t say you had to cook the rice in water first.”
An acquaintance of mine had a new tenant who, within the first week of their tenancy, flooded the bathroom. They didn't know how to use a shower curtain (the bottom of the curtain was outside the tub instead of inside), and let the water flow onto the floor.
I use to run science camps for kids. I had a new teacher try to put out cooking oil that caught fire with a cup of water while the kids were crowded around him. Apparently I screamed "No" loud enough that our Zumba studio neighbour heard me during their class.
Boyfriend and I have been trying (and failing) to conceive, he asks me if I've been faking orgasms, genuinely believed the female has to cum to make a baby. Really got me thinking 🤔
My wife's cousin never baked a frozen pizza before. She put a plastic wrapped pizza with the cardboard bottom into the oven and started baking it. Mind boggling.
My dad asked me this year, (he's 60) why things in space would have solar panels on them. He truly thought the solar energy couldn't reach things in space.
One time in college a guy I knew asked me to brown the meat cause we were having tacos. I just asked “how do I do that?” And he went on a rant for 5-10 mins instead of just telling me what it meant. I had never done it before. “It’s hard to know what to do if you’ve never done it before” is what I told him. He just kept freaking out at me. Someone else mentioned what to do and I knew what they meant. I was just just confused by his terminology and he wouldn’t let it go.
My mother at 35 tried to microwave eggs in a bowl of water to make hard-boiled eggs. Eggs are porous to small amounts of gas but are relatively air tight and have strong shells and membranes. By microwaving a whole egg you basically have a pressure vessel that's slowing filling up with air pressure in the egg trying to expand outwards. They will get to a really high pressure before they simply can't contain it anymore and violently explode! It sounds like a flash bang going off! The microwave door flew open from the force of it, our kitchen was covered in half cooked eggs, and it shattered the ceramic bowl causing water to leak everywhere. It made a huge mess and scared the crap out of everyone. I laughed my ass off because even I knew not to do that and she felt real stupid.
Once upon a time I hired a guy to work for me. The job required a LOT of driving. Within 4 weeks he got in 4 crashes, one of which totaled the company vehicle. He never drank, or die drugs, so it wasn’t that. Dude just had no idea how to drive. Don’t know how he got his license. He was 22.
My ex (18 at the time) didn't know how to make boxed mac and cheese. He didn't know how to boil pasta or when to add the ingredients, nothing. His parents had done everything for him his whole life except they made him do his own laundry when he got older and take out the trash once in a while.
In first year my roommate who was 18, didn’t know how to cook rice... I was so irrationally angry because rice is literally the easiest and most basic thing to cook.
My college roommate got his grandparents' car when they got too old to drive it. About a week or two after he got it, he asks me to take a ride with him to run an errand. Having nothing better to do, I went along. During the trip, he stops off at the gas station. He then confesses to me that he has no idea how to pump gas. He grew up in New Jersey, and while he had driven a car there all throughout high school, as well as when he returned during college breaks, gas pumps in New Jersey are full service only. He literally had no idea how to do it, and was too embarrassed to ask, and his tank was getting lower every day.
I suppose it’s not the worst thing ever but when I was in the military, one of my troops asked for my help cooking spaghetti. They’d never cooked before. So after work I head over to the dorm kitchen and he brings all the ingredients downstairs. He brought 10lbs of ground beef, 5 boxes of spaghetti, and loads of sauce. I tried to tell him that was WAY too much for one person. He reassured me that he was carb-loading for his PT test... (side note: the PT test consists of a 1.5 mile run, 1 minute of sit-ups, 1 minute of pushups, and a BMI measurement, not exactly carb load material in my opinion).
I eventually just let him do what he wanted to do, and I proceeded to cook the most spaghetti I ever had in my life. Broke his $1 dollar tree spatula on the 10lbs of ground beef in the process. A wild day! I like to think he’s still out there to this day eating off that meal I cooked him.
So, about a week ago I commented on some post here on Reddit. I acknowledged (with significant and sincere shame) that I was in my 20s before I realized that one should wash their ass crack.
I had someone comment, non-ironically asking about HOW to do this. Asking if they should use different soap or a separate cloth or wash it last. I honestly felt bad. Like, I get it, my parents didn’t teach me either. But to need that lever of specificity was sad.
Experiencing a friend of mine attempting to parallel park while in the car. He literally just reversed and went forward at an angle without turning the wheel. I eventually had to get in the driver’s seat and park for him. I laughed heartily.
After driving my 5 speed for 2 hours, as we approached home and stopped traffic, my sister swerved the car and didn't stop. I was freaking out from the fact we almost crashed and she apologized saying she didn't know where the clutch was.
My roomate in second year making Kraft Dinner for the first time. I told him to strain the pasta once it was cooked and he strained the pasta over the floor. Literally. Boiling water poured through the strainer onto the floor. Couldn't believe my eyes.
I was visiting my gf at her college and needed to make a Walmart run while she was in class. I invited her roommate to come with me because he also needed things and didn't have a car. We picked up everything we needed and went through self check out and he couldn't figure out how to use the chip reader for a debit card. He was taking so long I ended up just paying for him.
I had a girlfriend who I was talking about emergency services with and I was like “and that’s when you really need to call 000” (our emergency services number) and she’s like “... 000? Why would I need to call that?” She believed the number to dial was 911 because of TV... she was 26
Not really horrifying, but a real "WTF?" for me every time it happened.
Other students at a Maritime Academy with me who couldn't tie a tie for the life of them. I am no expert, but I had my Windsor and Half Windsor down within our second full dress inspection.
Before every formal event or inspection I had a line of guys (never the ladies!) outside my dorm room waiting for me to pre-tie their ties for them. I eventually started demanding booze and food after each time that happened.
My dad used to make the best bacon in the world. It definitely took some trial and error, but he practically made it a science.
Science, however, takes experimentation, and it’ll blow up in your face now and then. I was a toddler, and I LOVED bacon. My dad had started to experiment with making it in the microwave, with paper towels underneath to soak up extra grease so it’d be floppy without being too fatty. I guess he used too much paper towel or he was unlucky enough to have it touch the coil, but the microwave went up in flames.
He was probably about 40 at this point, having more or less lived on his own from the age of 17 to when he moved in with my mom when he was in his early 30s. He was a very smart man (literal rocket scientist for the military at one point).
I had a friend tell me she didn’t know how to tell if a number was odd or even. She would just count up to it going “odd, even, odd, even” etc. You might ask if she was young. No. She was in college. I tried to explain it to her.
Her response? “No that’s too complicated my way works”.
My roommate asked for my help in picking out a good used car. No biggie. She said she’d only had a car once and it broke down after about a month, so she wasn’t familiar with them. All good. I give her some advice and she goes out and gets a little Honda that’s a bit older, then asks me to test drive it with her to make sure it’s okay. Probably something that should have been done before buying the car, but sure. I don’t mind helping out. As I’m driving I test things out and let her know what I think. I tell her she needs to replace the windshield wipers. “You mean those things that are moving?” (I had turned them on to test them.) ...Yes. She says the gas is low and asks me to take it to a nearby gas station, so I do. She then asks me to teach her how to put gas in her car BECAUSE SHE’D NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. I did, but as I was doing it I was like, “Wait, how long did your last car last, again?”
On our apartment complex we have 2 washers. They take an hour to wash your clothes. One day we asked why his timer was always set to 2 hours. He said it's 2 hours because there's 2 washing machines that take an hour each.
My gosh explaining how that's not how it works since they both wash simultaneously was hilarious!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as a barista for almost four years. The first time I saw my husband make drip coffee he just poured the coffee into the filter no measurements. It had to be enough for at least two full pots and the taste was super strong. I was like “no wonder he keeps sayin the coffee I make is weak.”
In the army we had those Turkish type toilets. One day, I walked in and saw two feet underneath the gap of the door. There was a man laying down on the hole of the toilet taking a shit. He had never see one before, he didnt know how he was supposed to shit.
Ex-husband. We were traveling to NY and I was counting change for the tolls (1997.) He asked how much change he had and I told him, it was only enough for two tolls. He then asked me how I counted the change. Excuse me? Ummm, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies? He then tells me to count it the other way in case there was more money. Yup. :/
My roommate really wanted us to use our dishwasher because she didn’t like washing dishes by hand. I mentioned we needed to buy some dish detergent then, and she looked at me confused and said we could just put dish soap in it. I’m so glad we discussed it before she flooded our apartment with bubbles.
Every customer that needs help with accessing our coupons will google the website. I tell them the url, the .com, say “just type it here, you don’t need to search” and every time, they google it the ask “is this the right one?” on the search results.
My wife doesn’t understand why things get stale, the concept of oxidization, or how ziplocks work. She sealed a baggie of apple slices full up with air and left in the sun. Im dead
My boss doesn't know how to reply to or forward an email. (Found this out while handling all applications for grants and loans during the COVID shut down...)
So one time I was babysitting my aunts son for a few days because she and her husband went on vacation so I was in the guest room watching TV until I hear a loud noise so I go check what happened and I see my nephew putting his toys in the oven repeatedly I asked him what he was doing he said that if his toys were half way melted he could fix them by banging them on wood the table had a piece that was about to fall of so I had to punish him I told my aunt and uncle what happened and let me tell you they were pissed I told my nephew that he couldn’t fix his toys by banging them on wood he said he can I tried to stop him but then he started a fight
I had a roommate who didn’t know how to load a dish washer. By which I mean he would lay dishes horizontally on the vertical rack. He got upset when I showed him how you were supposed to load the dishes.
My previous roomate having no housekeeping skills whatsoever because his mom coddled him. I had to teach him how to do his laundry. He couldn't even cook grits on the stove. He boiled them over and the stove caught on fire.
My friend freshman year of college had never done the dishes before. After loading up the dishwasher he put like dawn soap in the slot for dish soap. Not long after starting it the kitchen floods with bubbles coming from the dishwasher
My bitch ass friend who is a goddamn homeowner at 25 did👏🏽not👏🏽KNOW👏🏽 that he needed to buy his own air filters because he thought they were already built in...he got constantly sick and his HVAC broke costing him soooo much money 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
My first week of college, my friend and I were at the cafeteria, and she didn't know how to use the toaster. She wanted to only toast one slice of bread, but since there were two slots, she was freaking out, thinking she had to put two in, but even then, she didn't know HOW to use the toaster. Her mom had always done it for her 🤦🏽♀️
Roommate in college, I walk into the restroom and there he is with a bowl of dried oatmeal and a bottle of soap. He's scrubbing like crazy and pouring l kinds of soap on it. I told him to put some hot water in the bowl and let it sit for a minute. He obliged in order to prove me wrong. When it wiped right out he said
Didn’t know how to make Ramen. Straight up. Not as bad as the “didn’t know how to make pasta” reply but almost as egregious. To be fair he could cook other things that were more complex, but thats what makes the fact he didn’t know how to make Ramen so amazing.
I had a roommate(35m) that did questionable things all the time. Like the one time I found a fully cooked bag of popcorn in the fridge, or the time I found a half eaten melted carton of ice cream in front of the toilet in the bathroom with the spoon still in it. The most concerning one was when I got home and noticed he was cooking and using every burner on the stove. He had his phone out with some YouTube video instructing him. When I asked him what he was doing, he said he was learning how to cook eggs. Learning to cook eggs in every way possible via YouTube...
nkkelf · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once dated a young woman who didn't wash her butt, she was 18 and I was 28. I can't remember how this came to light, but when I politely inquired e.g. "Well, I mean, what do you do in the shower??" she seemed a bit dumbfounded and explained how she washed around that area butt not her butt.
My 32-year old at the time ex boyfriend who couldn’t cut up an onion or start a load of laundry when he stayed over at my apartment.
This gem lied to me for almost a year saying that he lived with a roommate in a two bedroom apartment across town. He actually lived with mom for more than ten years and she did all his laundry and cooked all his meals. Had I known, I probably wouldn’t have dated him.
Coworker was a Harvard Law grad. Saw her constantly ripping the mail open all crazy and I asked her if she knew how to work the letter opener. She didn’t. I had to show a Harvard Law graduate how to operate a letter opener.
Not horrifying but embarrassing. I grew up in a household with an automatic ice machine. I used ice trays for the first time when I had roommates and I didn't know how to get the ice out so I turned them upside down and banged on the bottom of them until the ice fell out. Then one day I saw my roommate twist the corners and pop-pop them out. The lightbulb that went off in my head was hilaroius.
I live in student accommodation on exchange and one of my roommates was completely clueless. He was 25 and one week when everyone else was away for various reasons he sent a message into the apartment chat asking when the bin man was coming. Confused we asked him if he meant for the large bins downstairs but no he meant the ones in the kitchen.
He thought that a man would come into the apartment every week or so and empty our bins.
Needless to say I was shocked
I once watched someone try to cook pasta without water. Just the hard pasta in a pan, and on the stove. He wasn’t drunk or anything, just completely clueless. I guess his mom prepared all his meal before he went to college.
I know a person who tried to get pregnant for five years and finally went somewhere to get checked.
She found out that birth control is used to get rid of babies. She went off birth control, and a week later she got pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby.
I once had a coworker ask me (seriously) how to fold towels that came out of the dryer at work. Took me a second or two to realize he wasn't kidding and demonstrate one for him. This was in high school and apparently that was something he had never been asked to do in 17 years.
In the last year, I have had to teach my father: how to use a trackpad on a laptop, how to copy-paste, how to use a tablet, how to send an email transfer, what Linux is.
My dad has been a computer programmer for the last 40 years. He also believes he is the smartest person on Earth and that I need his help to know when to breathe.
This isnt my story, but my math teacher told us about this. I dont remember exactly how it went but it was something similar to this.
He was a hall monitor or something at the time and everyone was super chill with him. So he was gonna bake cupcakes for the students(? Maybe the staff?)
HOWEVER while making cupcakes he read that it required two whole eggs and he was visibly confused whether that meant just the insides of the egg or shell and all. So he went to one of his friends, she would help with bake sales, all that shizz and he asked “Hey- Do you put the shell in too? It says it needs one whole egg?” And she simply said “Yes, you put the shell in” as a JOKE.
Afterwards of making the cupcakes he noticed they didnt look right. Same girl looks at them and realizes he took it seriously. They got a good laugh out of it. One of the best stories my teacher told us.
Toilet in the apartment above mine broke, they say they can't stop the water from flowing. Water streaming down into my bathroom/apartment, like raining-in-my-bathroom style. Landlord not answering my call or the other tenant's. After 20 minutes of calling I tell them I may as well check their bathroom to try to see if I can do something they didn't to stop the flow.
They hadn't turned the wall valve off, but it gets worse: They had somehow broken the upper porcelain reservoir but the guts were all 100% fine, just standing there gushing, trying desperately to fill a non-existent tank.
I literally used one finger to push the float-arm up and it stopped.
Had a roommate just after college who didn't understand cleaning. He once broke a bottle from the fridge and was very flustered - I assured him he could just throw the glass away and clean up the spilled, no big deal. Came back in the kitchen and his solution had been to pour dish soap on the floor followed by about a half inch of water and then sweep that until it was frothy and put a box fan in front of the door to dry it.
Water evaporates and we were just left with a thin film of dirt, dried soap, and the dried version of whatever he spilled.
I was helping clean the stage during bump out at an amateur theatre and another cast member decided to help by sweeping the floor. Her experience of sweeping must have been based entirely on Disney princesses because all she was doing was moving the broom head back and forth as she walked along the stage, singing. She said she was done when she reached the other side.
I felt bad for her because I was never taught by my parents either - I learned when I got my first casual job. I explained that the goal was to push the dirt into one place (or lots of smaller places) so you can pick it up with a dustpan, then showed her how. Blew her mind.
Really minor, I guess, but I had a high school friend call me our freshman year of college (we went to different colleges) because she was shopping for her dorm. She didn't know how to use a can opener. She'd had an electric can opener in her kitchen her whole life, and was going to blow $30 (huge at the time for her limited funds) on an electric opener because she didn't know how to use a handheld one. I convinced her to buy the normal kind, and talked her through it when she got back to the dorm. For context, we both grew up lower middle class, her mom just splurged on things like a Dyson vacuum and gadgets. Super weird to teach someone I thought was more mature than me at that point to use a damn can opener.
This one is embarrassing but this is actually about me.
As far as I remember, I've never been able to smell anything. Strong scents like rot/mold or skunks dont affect me because I literally cant smell it.
I couldn't smell anyone and I couldn't smell myself so I didn't do deoderant, toothpaste, mouthwash, or hell, daily baths because I wasn't aware I stunk!
And it wasn't until a boss of mine called me out on it that I became painfully aware of this. No one in my past, family, friends, coworkers, or anyone had gotten enough courage to tell me to my face that I was rank.
So I stick to a very strict hygiene regimen now because I can't stand to think how bad I must have smelled in high school and college. I almost practically beg friends once we get close enough that "if you smell something off about me, TELL ME"
My roommate (who I love a lot, don’t get me wrong) thought “softened butter” was a suggestion in a recipe and not a necessity. She took it directly from the fridge, then couldn’t figure out why she couldn’t mix the batter at all.
Shi08 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend came to visit me when I was living in London and when I asked her what she wanted to see while she was here, she said “I really want to see the glass pyramid museum” and I’m just sitting there like “....the louvre?”
A few days before my cousin got married, she confided in me and some friends that she had never budgeted finances with her new husband before....or by herself either.
Myself and the bachelorette party all devolved into slow horror as we realized her parents had paid for everything for her up to that point, but the agreement was once they tied the knot, the auto-pay would stop. They both had jobs it’s just that neither one had ever been taught how to manage money. Ever.
I am an asian guy studying engineering. I have a lot of funny stories about people stereotyping me and asking me for help with their math homework, but what never ceases to amaze me is how many people cannot think through basic algebra. I mean, it's pretty simple. Whatever you do to one side of "=" you do to the other side until you have isolated one variable. Substitute in that variable for whatever it's equal to and then repeat the process.
21 I was beginning to invest. I was talking to everyone of my co workers about it. They have no clue and they are all older than me. I asked them many times on retirement planning and they dont seem to care at all.
Teaching my recently widowed father how to run a household...He still refuses to use a dishwasher and can’t buy his own jeans without calling me to check what size he is. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.
alpo84 · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1 iron your clothes, 2 wash (if I have to clarify, that's probably it), don't go to work sick, save, care for fellow persons as you would yourself (also you may need them), but the worst adult thing. Don't show up to court high... especially for a traffic violation.
My colle roommate, freshman year did not know deodorant twisted up. She used the little rounded top part then threw them out. She complained about being out once and showed me. I grabbed it from her and twisted it up. God only knows what she thought the little wheel thing was for.
Working in a job that required a four year degree: coworker thought all black items (like a coffee cup or bowl) and styrofoam couldn’t go in the microwave. It would catch on fire.
I had a friend who’s car boot door closed on top of her head. She told me... “Jesus, of that hit my soft spot, I would have died!”
My 25 year old friend fully believed she had a soft spot on her head, like infants.
I had to teach my brother and sister so many basic things when they lived with me that I can't narrow down much. Teaching my brother at like 22 not know how to use a hammer was rough though. Also adults who can't use a simple drill to do things like hang shelves. I've had to help my friend so many times. I made her buy a cheap drill and she's finally kind of figured it out.
Not while adulting, but since I have something perfectly not horrifying yet related, I’ll do this. I’m not an adult, but about this time last year, my cousin and I were hanging out with a friend of ours in the neighbourhood. We go to my grandmas house to get some snacks, and she hands us a shit ton of sunflower seeds. I grab a few and start eating them and they look at me in awe. I ask them why they’re looking at me like that, they simply reply with “How the fuck do you eat these?” I asked if they were serious, and after their confirmation, I burst out in laughter. To this day I have no clue why.
A girl I worked with said "what's Holland"? I said "you might know it as the Netherlands" blank look I said "you know when you went to Amsterdam earlier this year...? That's Holland.." she said "I thought that was this country" (England)
My boyfriend and I were leaving to run some errands and he realized he had forgotten his wallet. We went back inside his apartment and dicked around for about twenty minutes. When we got back out to the garage, he had intentionally left his car running the whole time, with the garage door closed, as if were completely normal.
gjm615 · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While in college, my 2 friends were going to a concert in a nearby state that required tolls to be paid. At one of the booths the old school “basket” change catch was installed so they simply tossed the dollar bills in and kept driving.
The driver had to figure out when he received a ticket for unpaid tolls in the mail a couple of weeks later that these machines take change only
I (22 at the time) subleased my apartment to a younger (20 at the time) sorority sister the summer after I graduated. 2 things happened with this:
1-We agreed she would take over the water bill in her name so I didn’t have my name on a utility I wasn’t using. I told her how to do it online and the day I would take my name off of it to make sure there was no lapse in the bill. Imagine my surprise when her and my other (not so great) roommate racked up a $375 water bill over the course of 2 months and it came out of our deposit. (Not even sure how 2 people use that much water but ok). I asked her about it and she said “the water kept running so I figured it was fine” 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
2-she paid me the rent up front for the whole summer in a check form. I know checks are a thing of the past, but this girl is only 3 years younger than me and I definitely learned, in elementary and middle school, how to write a check. She made the check out to “rent”, didn’t write the price in words, and wrote my name in the memo..........we had to have a check writing lesson.
My old roommate (she was 24 at the time) didn’t know how to replace toilet paper using the little telescoping rod in the middle. She literally couldn’t understand how to get it off, I had to show her...
I joined a meetup of local woman to make friends. Most of the women were a lot older but hey, who knows. We would take a group walk together. After one walk I went for coffee with two other ladies. They were both widows. They both talked about how, after their husbands died they were surprised that they had to pay car insurance!!! They had been taken care of their whole lives. I was flabbergasted.
My ex didn't know that if the washer stopped randomly due to an unbalanced load, you had to continue the wash cycle or set the dial to manually rinse and spin the clothes to get the soap and excess water out. He literally scooped up sopping wet clothes and shoved them into our brand new dryer. I nearly had a heart attack and ran over to throw the clothes back into the washer and begin soaking up/ scooping out the 3 inches of soapy water sitting in the dryer drum. He figured since you put moist clothes into the dryer, soaking wet stuff would be just fine too. His mom babied him/ did his laundry like 90% of the time, but he definitely should have thought about it when he saw the small lake forming in the dryer.
Same dude almost never changed the oil in his brand new car when he was supposed to. I grew up broke with family junker cars and always knew the importance of consistent maintenance early on in a car's life. On a hunch, I went to pull the dip stick to see what condition his oil was in and (to my horror) found pure sludge. When I asked him why he wouldn't get regular oil changes on his brand new car, he said it was because the guy at Jiffy Lube told him that the synthetic oil he bought from them was good for like 15,000-20,000 miles. I had him call a real mechanic / do an oil change asap. The car survived another couple of years before being sold.
He also had no idea how to load a dish washer, properly clean/mop a floor, or paint a wall.
I taught him what I could, but it was very rough buying and owning a house together.
A few years ago, my mom was making dinner when the oil in the frying pan caught fire. I was telling her to get the lid (while also trying to find it), when she gets a cup of water and throws it on it. A fireball goes up, she screams(and drops the cup), I'm yelling about the lid. She grabs the handle of the flaming pan, goes out the back door, and chucks it into the backyard. It lands upside down, and goes out a minute later. She's damn lucky she didn't hurt her hand and that it had rained that day so the grass didn't catch fire. At the time, she was 45.
In college, go to hang out with a bunch of Brazilian students because I’m with a Brazilian girl. Go into this guys room and the window is open in the middle of winter in Chicago. Ask him why he has the window open and he says he’s never known what cold weather feels like and he loves how it feels so he keeps on open all the time. Tell him if he keeps doing it he’s going to get really sick, basically brushes it off like I was ridiculous. Dude had to go to the hospital 2 weeks later for pneumonia.
the viruses that cause colds spread more easily in lower temperatures, and in a university environment where germs and sicknesses spread rapidly it only accelerates the condition
At the age of 23, I learned that credit score is governed by whether you pay bills on time from a throwaway line in the movie Fantastic Mister Fox. I had just assumed there was no difference between paying my (for example) phone bill every month or paying it every other month when they threatened to disconnect.
Incidentally, credit reports record the last 7 years of your credit history. My credit score rose something like 150 points the year I turned 30.
These are relatively mild, which probably just goes to show I don't know that many insanely inept people
My partner didn't know how to prepare garlic AT ALL. I was giving him instructions for a meal we were cooking together, and told him "cut the bottom off the clove of garlic and take the skin off." He cut himself bc he didn't realize that a CLOVE of garlic is a smaller piece that you take off the head, and tried to cut through the entire bottom of the head of garlic which was... significantly more challenging.
Was driving with a friend, it started raining hard, she put her wipers on but not her headlights. She didn't know that you need to use your headlights any time visibility is impaired, not just at night.
I have these moments nearly every day. I can’t begin to name them. I just look at these adults and wonder who raised them, and then who raised those adults, and who raised those adults, and so on... it’s terrifying.
My BFF didn't realise that teaspoons/tablespoons come off of the ring they come on.
This was like, a month ago. We're both in our late 30s.
To her credit, she has dyspraxia, and a lot of basic things that involve manipulating objects are SUPER hard for her. I frequently take the approach I take with my students, and explain things step by step, because often in her life no one HAS ever explained to her how to every day tasks, like hang clothes so the seams on the shoulders align with the hanger.
My 34 for year friend once asked me if I could grav (yes with a V) a bottle of water for him from the fridge.... I asked him to repeat himself... He again said grav!! I asked him if he meant grab? With a b? And he said no, grav.... He went through life thinking it was grav, not grab... And just wow!
My 26 year old roommate wanted to cook a can of soup. He usually buys the pull tab cans but he accidentally bought the closed lid one. I told him he needed a can opener and that the can opener was in the drawer. He opens the drawer and he can’t find it. I walk over and grab the can opener (it’s sitting right in front of his eyes) to hand it to him. He looked at the can opener like it was an object from a distant planet.
My boyfriend is a wonderful human being, but somehow he doesn't understand the concept of sides. As in, sides to go with your dinner. As in, he'll cook a filet of salmon (rather well, actually!) and then just eat that. Alone. No rice, no vegetables, no sauces, nothing. He didn't understand why this was weird to me (I'm Italian, we have strong opinions about food).
It's not totally crazy, but my best friend's husband did something hilarious whilst they were staying over at our place for the weekend. He woke up and went to fry and egg for breakfast and turned the burner on and set the pan on top. I walk out and smell something super wonky, like ultra hot metal. I walk in the kitchen and this man didn't take the burner cover off before using the coil. I pushed him out of the way and grabbed the metal cover with some tongs and tossed it in the oven.
He was wondering why the pan was taking so long to heat up.
Myself, when I was twelve my nephew who is two years younger than me was showing me how to make ramen, basic ramen. I had never had it before and he failed to mention that we add water to it. I burnt ramen.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone who had been driving for a few years just seemed to forget how to drive when I was in the car, so much that they went onto the wrong side of the road and nearly drove straight into a bus
Ugh. Orienting a male nurse. He kept coming out saying he couldn’t straight cath this 96? Year old woman. So I go in to help and he’s trying to ram the tube in her clitoris. 🤦🏽♀️ uh. There’s no hole there. He was a newlywed too. His poor wife.
In grad school, I came home from a long day of my internship to find that my apartment reeked of gas and my two roommates who were already home didn’t even know what was happening. We called the fire department to come and check it out and while we were waiting I walked into my roommates room and saw her about to light some incense! I had to scream at her not to do this and she said she was “just trying to cover the smell.” To this day I still don’t understand how a 20 year didn’t know not to light fire when there is a potential gas leak!
I had a boss who would regularly send out mass emails using the word “sells” when she definitely meant “sales”. She is a horrible person and I found a small amount of joy watching her show the rest of the company how dumb she is.
I was at a friends place, girl he likes was coming over and i was there to be the middle man and keep things from getting too awkward. we were planning to eat lunch ,so he microwaved some rice and i was terrified that he was microwaving the rice while it was still in the metal pot of the rice cooker ,i shouted at him to unplug the microwave, cus let me just say sparks were flying and the microwave was throwing lightning. luckily he stopped it in time for it to not explode in our faces, from that day on im the one who manages the cooking if ever im at his place
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a tutor at tutoring club and one of the other tutors didn’t know how to do a basic subtraction word problem.
For my 20th birthday my girlfriends since middle school decided to do a cooking class together. We discovered that one of the girls did not know how to crack an egg. Because she’s never done it before.
Had a housemate when I was doing a masters degree not realise that defrosting meat in a plastic bag would lead to contaminated liquid going everywhere.
Before going back to university I'd worked in a microbiology lab where we did a lot of food safety stuff and the previous year I'd had serious food poisoning (when you have internal rules like "never eat chicken at a bbq or fried liver from a resteraunt" don't make exceptions, ever).
One day came home and found a lump of pork defrosting which had spilled contaminated juices over an entire countertop. It took over an hour to properly clean everything and I had to throw away someone's cheap wooden spatula set because it had soaked up so much of the fluid it had started to swell.
Hearing from my oldest brother that the "bitches" he has sex with are "clean" & don't have STDs or HIV while waiting for a Chlamydia test result. I looked at him like, "You can't be serious?"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was married for five years before I realized my wife didn’t know how to pump gas into a car. She grew up in Jersey. We were on vacation and she put the line into the car and assumed it was going to pump itself.
My ex: thought cleaning toilet meant just spraying toilet cleaner and that’s it. Never thought to scrub or anything. Was very very confused why the toilet never got any cleaner and kept buying different brands
first time walking my dog he picked up the poop by opening the bag, laying it on the ground, and using a stick to push it into the bag.... I showed him the picture of the person picking it up on the poop bag thing he grabbed it from.... and he grew up with a family dog? Oh jeez
My 35+ yo husband has never written a check. When did I discover this? After we bought our second house and he asked to takeover the household finances I was previously handling. I still write all the checks for the bills.
Too late for this one but my college roommate was a disgusting slob of a girl who was also a manipulative crazy bitch who had consistently convinced her parents to let her get what she wanted. She was given the smallest room in our apartment with the agreement that she didn’t have to share the bathroom, as long as it remained clean. I think the whole year it got cleaned 3 times, once by her mother, once when she was gone and my other roommate and I threw a party, and once when I realized she had no idea what she was doing. I was cleaning my bathroom with the only bottle of toilet cleaner in the apartment and she promised to clean her bathroom so when she slunk past me, I asked her how she cleaned the toilet without the cleaner. Her response? “Soap.” Naturally I inquired what soap and she got pissed and said, “the soap in the bathroom” and stormed out. I imagine she either cleaned the toilet with hand soap, shampoo, or body wash. I didn’t live with her the following year but here’s to hoping she learned how to clean a damn toilet.
Watching my old roommate try and clean up a spill in beer pong.
when I handed him a roll of paper towels, he literally threw the whole roll on the ground and stepped on it to soak it all up. And I lost my fucking mind.
I once trained a girl at my work who had NO CLUE how to use a washer and dryer. I was showing her the laundry room and said something along the line of "so just use it the way you normally would, just keep it set on perm press" and she dead ass looked at me and said "I dont know how to use one. I've never done it before." I swear, I shit a brick. I asked her what she does in order to get clean clothes, and she replies "my mom does all that for me." To which I then proceeded to ask how old she was and without missing a beat, the bitch tells me she's 32 years old.... I literally felt my brain switch off and the wheels stop spinning, and I turned and walked out to the room and told my manager that the new girl was her problem now. Needless to say, she didn't work there for more than a day, and is now the reason I ask EVERYONE I train if they know how a washer and dryer works, and I tell them this story.
My friend doesn’t know how to change a tire. Now his tires are bald that you can see he metel wire under the rubber. I’ve offered to change his tires but he says “no they aren’t meant to come off. The stay on your car forever”
Had a friend flip out at the fact that I bought new shoe laces when mine broke. I said “what do you do when your laces break?” Desdass looks me in the faces and goes “Buy new shoes.”
I had a reservation at the Stratosphere casino in Las Vegas, NV, USA. A friend of mine arrived earlier that day and I was going to ask if they could put me on the same floor as my friend. There was a long line at the check-in desk. When I finally got to the front of the line I ended up with the computer illiterate n00bie. First she cancels my reservation in their system, then she starts trying to book me in a room on the correct floor but the other employees around her are so much faster that they keep stealing rooms out from under her. After losing 5 or 6 rooms she asks the guy next to her to stop what he's doing and get me a room and I end up on the same floor as my friend, but a quarter mile walk from my room to his room.
My university friend comes from a very wealthy family, so they never needed to take public transit in their entire life. In our fourth year of university (we're 21 by this point), we decided to travel to my house to work on a project together. I knew that she hardly ever rode a bus, but nope, I was wrong. She had NEVER ridden the bus. She didn't know where to pay the fare (even though the coin slot was right by the doorway), and when I told her to pay there, she tried shoving a $20 bill into the coin slot while asking the bus driver if he had change.
My SO has always struggled with personal admin shit. Like getting around to activating a new card, signing up for splitwise, really simple shit like that. I thought he was just a lazy, at times inconsiderate ass (def still a factor) but he just had to do his half of signing up for a joint account - and holy fucking shit. He just... Everything was painful. Typing in the wrong address. Not recognising when something appeared in a drop down. Typing 'Australian' as a nationality and getting mad about why it wasn't offering him an option (it only accepted Australia) - I actually had to guide him through it. He's not the kind to pretend to be bad at something so he doesn't do it, it was a genuine mental struggle for him. I've never seen anything like it.
I recently discovered many people my age have no heckin clue how to cut an onion. I never even considered that some people didn’t know. Mind boggling lol. I handed a new girl at work an onion to cut up for me and she must have stared at it for a solid 5 minutes trying to figure out how to cut it before I offered to help. Then I explained it to her and she tried to peel it with like a normal vegetable peeler lol.. left the second layer of skin on and massacred it. Good times. My husband also apparently never cut an onion before he moved in with me about a year and a half ago
I also regularly have a guy come into work and ask me to peel his orange for him because he doesn’t know how. I went to school with him and he’s a couple years older than me.. maybe 26ish lol
At work I also caught a 19 year old girl microwaving a metal mixing bowl.. and I was like UHHHHHH let’s NOT. She was perplexed. Apparently she microwaves metal bowls all the time. Idk how she and the microwave haven’t exploded yet.
College roommate had never done dishes before in her life (or cleaned anything by herself). She rarely used dish soap or a sponge and would rinse her used utensils, cups, and plates with water and then put them back in the cabinets. We shared those things for months before I saw her "wash the dishes" for the first time. I'm still traumatized from the time I spent living with her.
Friend in college had never heard of an emergency brake on a car (we live in area where driving our main transportation and are licensed since age 16)
Friend in college didn’t know the water is supposed to go inside the coffee machine- she put it in the pitcher and wondered why it didn’t heat up (not horrifying though)
mjhnsn · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a breakfast for dinner “family dinner” in college with all our friends. One dude brought bacon to cook... he cut open the package and dumped the entire slab of bacon in the pan. Like 24 pieces of bacon in a 12” pan. He began to separate the pieces and stir them like he was mixing cake batter. I just stood, watched, then slowly realized I was standing in a room of 20 year olds who didn’t know how to cook bacon.... I cooked the bacon -_-
When I was learning how to drive and had actually been learning for almost 5 months and still couldn't have a proper judgment when driving close by another car. My sister had just begun to learn some days ago and she could drive better than me. Apart from arousing a sibling rivalry and a kinda jealousy, this thing made me face such questions and it was like asking the universe what's the purpose of my existence. This drove me hopeless about my driving and life in general and in fact that teenager still lives in me when I'm about to parallel park.
I know I'm late, but I still want to share. When my partner and I moved in together, I started cooking all meals for us. His kitchen skills are non existent, and I don't want to get food poisoning.
So I decided to make saffron rice, shrimp, and jalapenos. I felt all fancy and like a good cook.
Well he made an odd face, and asked if the jalapenos were bad. I was confused because I had just gotten them from the store. He said "well they're just so crunchy." It took me a second to realize that he had never had a fresh jalapeno before. He just thought they always came from cans.
So I went and showed him a whole jalapeno, and he was sorta amazed. Like he never knew they were a thing that wasn't just from a jar pickled.
Not necessarily how to DO something but how something is done. I had a girl in my college class who made it to the ripe old age of 27 without knowing what a landfill was. We were in a class about sustainability of building supplies, 4 weeks into the semester, and she asked “ what is this 'landfill' you keep mentioning?” to our professor. The prof. explained that it's the dump where garbage is stored, to which her reply was “uh, doesn't it just go into the trucks?”. This woman made it to nearly 30 and seriously thought garbage trucks were just endless pits for garbage to disappear into.
My friend thought that you could only get HIV if you were homosexual.
sojojo · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my girlfriends in college was not very experienced in the kitchen. I made a stir fry one night for us and she pointed at the chicken and asked why it was all pink. I had to explain that that was what uncooked chicken looked like.
My brother's friends years later remember her as my hot ex, but I can confidently now say that looks aren't everything.
Two of my coworkers have been working for almost 3 years longer than me, and have no idea how to do the majority of their job. While I have only been working for about a year and a half and know the entirety of my job and their job. Its annoying.
My aunt was in a car accident when I was 14 that killed my cousin. She was rushing to the bank on Saturday morning trying to get there before it closed. The reason was because she paid all her bills by cashier check. The reason she did that was because she did not know how to write a check. At 14 I taught her how to write a check and balance a checkbook since I had had my own checking account since I was 11.
My wife who has been driving since 1983 does not know how to parallel park. Has had more fender dings in parking lots than everyone else I know collectively. Will not accept that she needs lessons.
I had to tell my coworker that she should probably be getting the flu vaccine every year because she has asthma and is more vulnerable to respiratory infections. She told me she didn't know that could happen with the flu.
My girlfriend's friend was visiting from Mexico. Both my girlfriend and I awoke to her alerting us that something was wrong downstairs.
We went into the kitchen - she had put the electric kettle on the stove and it subsequently combusted into flames. I bloody hate the smell of melting plastic in the morning.
This is more of a how do you NOT know to not do this. My senior year of college our friend was talking about how she couldn’t stop coughing after cleaning her bathroom. She said she felt dizzy and half way through cleaning opened her window but it didn’t help. I asked her what she was using to clean her bathroom with. She said she mixed ammonia and bleach... I sat in shock for a few minutes before I explained to her she literally almost killed her self. She didn’t believe me. This was also before smart phones so I had to get out my laptop to google it for her. To this day I wonder if she has damaged lungs.
My college roommate who never cooked decided to make spaghetti out of the blue and put in 3 bulbs of un-husked garlic straight into the sauce because she thought they were the same thing as cloves
I had to explain to this guy that you don’t have to use the timer on the oven to make the food cook. If the oven is on, it is cooking whatever is in the oven. For some reason, he never learned that.
That you could haggle the price of a car at the dealership. I was riding around in my friends car (Mustang) and I had owned a similar model prior. At some point, we started talking about me buying another and I told a story on how I got a great deal at XYZ dealer on a used mustang for another friend of mine. They couldn't grasp the concept that the sticker price was negotiable. They looked at me like I had 12 arms or something. I had to explain dealer pricing, etc. They honestly thought you HAD to pay whatever the dealer asked.
Scurtt · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a girl who couldn’t plunge the toilet. Only plunged it for her once before she learned.
One of my regular customers, a middle aged guy who's at least 45 and pretty well put together, mentioned the stimulus checks that came out a while back. Now whether or not you agree with what was done in any way doesn't matter, but I pointed out that good or bad thing now, printing that much money will hurt real bad the next few years. He said he never understood why the government can't just print as much money as we need. When I tried to explain the value of money and inflation I just got a blank look
Turning on their own oven. They mainly ate toast and takeaway because they never turned on an oven in their life.
KaRue3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college a girl didn't know that you had to put water in instant ramen to microwave it. I went to a private college and this was a common occurrence.
I spray stain guard on furniture for a living. When I say the furniture will be 3 hours to dry(I'm spraying a liquid on it), in my 15 years of doing this, 85 percent of people ask me "So I can't sit on it?"
I have sprayed furniture in million dollar houses and have been asked this question. I have sprayed furniture in government co-ops and have been asked this question. From rich to poor, 85 percent of people are stupid AF. It's horrifying to me to know, for a fact, that 85 percent of people don't know the opposite of dry is wet. And no, you can't use it until it's dry. God help the 15 percent.
Lol, I do now. I tell them they can't use it for three hours. I just held on to the company line for a long time to see who would get it. It became an experiment. We're supposed to give them instructions at the end as well. Any spills just blot with a dry cloth. As soon as I say it, immediately after I get "just wipe with a damp cloth" and if the stain won't come out, just call company name company name repeated back to me completely incorrect. I've stopped saying the instructions to save my sanity, lol.
It really doesn’t matter what you do. People are stupid.
Today, I had to go to someone’s house because they were claiming I broke their light, left a bad review etc. Literally just needed to flip the switch to turn it on.
Their logic was ‘oh, that lights just always been on and never turned off’
My roommate (harvard grad & usc grad student) put powder in the liquid detergent tray, in the front loading washer. He was like “well it says detergent”
I said “The powder goes in the basin you dumbass.” But to be fair he has completely destroyed his brain with marijuana.
College, freshman year. I was hanging out with some friends and we ended up checking our mail (exciting, i know.) There was something in mg friends mailbox so he opened it up and it was garbage about class rings. We asked who it was for (we were freshman, it was clearly meant for an upper classman). He said he didn't know and after a few minutes we realized he had no idea how to read an envelope.
Another was my roommate having to ask what day Halloween was on
Working in a tool store, we recently had swapped to locking some tools on the shelf and you needed to use a ratchet to get them down for a customer. Manager sent someone to do that, ten mins later she goes over to find he didn’t know how to use a ratchet. There’s plenty of tools I don’t know how to use but that one seems pretty intuitive!
I was the one that didn't know how to do this, and my grandmother was the one horrified.
I was eleven and all the other girls in school had started shaving their legs, armpits and sometimes their privates.
I thought it was as simple as taking a razor in the shower with me and shaving off the hair in whatever direction worked... it was a difficult process, I couldn't understand why the razor didn't glide around and why I had to go over places a bunch of times for it to work.
When I came out of the shower, I told my nan (who was my legal guardian at this point) that I had shaved and how long and difficult it was.
I just remember her being shocked and laughing at me saying, "didn't your mother tell you, you have to use shaving cream!?"
I experienced this myself, and everyone asked me how I didnt know this.
I was in my second year of AD service and pulled through the security gate. They asked me if I knew my registration on my car was bad, so I said "wait, it goes bad?"
They pulled me over and threatened to detain my vehicle and not let me on base. Ended up giving me a ticket that I had to report to my command.
TL;DR: I didnt know you have to reregister your car and nearly couldnt go home.
I use to work in the rental car industry and I was shocked that easily 50% of people don't know the difference between a credit card and a debit card. LPT of it says VISA that does NOT make it a credit card. Just because you can "run it as credit" does NOT name it a credit card.
A college roommate literally asked me, "how do you boil water?"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many people that come into the gym where you need to scan the card to check in. I’ll be entering behind one and they somehow cannot fathom the idea of moving the scan card around the scanner until a beep happens. Some will put the card right up to the scan glass and some too far away and just sit there. Like it isn’t rocket science to reasonably space it and move it up and down on the light. Walmart self checkout is the same way.
An ex boyfriend and I were sitting on the couch and filing our taxes at the same time when he asks me, “How do I know what my social security number is?” We were 24 at the time.
2 separate incidents with this guy. I briefly dated a dude from a religious Texan family. He was 21. We were watching a movie about a guy who was HIV positive. At one point in the movie, the HIV positive male was sitting next to another guy. My bf asked me if they both had it. I was confused because the movie never implied that the other gentleman had it. I asked him why he thought that, and he said, “well they’re sitting next to each other so....” I told him no, you can’t get HIV by sitting next to someone with it. The second time was even worse. My best friend is gay and fairly promiscuous. (No judgment. I am too lol.) But this resulted in him getting tested regularly. One day we were all together and I brought him to the clinic to get tested. After my friend went in, my bf asked me what he was doing. I told him he was getting tested for STDS, HIV, etc. My bf became hysterical, and stated he had shared a drink with him weeks ago and he probably had it and all this other stuff. We weren’t together long
Oh I have one. Last summer I was living in a really nice skyline apartment. I was able to sublease it for a really cheap price. There were two floors to the apartment I was in, and two male roommates (I’m female). There was one bathroom on both floors, I lived on the bottom floor they lived on the top. The kitchen,living room, entrance and laundry area were on the bottom floor. They never cooked while I on the other hand loved cooking. I always offered food to them whenever I made extra but they always decline. One day, the day I was going to leave to go home for 4-5 days one of the guys had made pasta with Alfredo sauce. He offered some to me, it was just sitting in a pot on the stove. I declined since I was going to miss my train.
Cue when I return from visiting family, the pasta is on the same spot on the stove. Having been left out for 5 days. I asked the roommate why he didn’t refrigerate it. And all he said was “oh. You have to refrigerate it?”
This girl I dated put a frozen pizza in the oven WITH THE CARDBOARD
Grashk · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother in law boiled some water and was about to feed it to our 2 week old. It was steaming which gave it away. I knocked it away from her, and was the ahole for doing so. I should have tipped it on her... It was hot.
My friend said she was going to make tea. Her roommate looked at her and said "wait, you can MAKE tea? I thought you just had to buy it."
emlou7 · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bf was playing summer ball in another state and was staying with a host family. He had a roommate who was also playing ball that summer.
One day the roommate comes into their bedroom and said “dude. I fucked up” and my bf asked what happened. The roommate told him to follow. Bf followed roommate to the bathroom and saw a toilet with no water in it. And a curiously placed fork.
Apparently the guy clogged the toilet and had no idea what to do so he used a fork to pull out all the TP and used the host child’s toothbrush rinse cup to scoop out all of the water.
This was a 20 year old who did not know how to unclog a toilet.
My sister didn't want her 12 year-old son getting taught sex-ed in middle school, so she opted him out of it. I asked her who was supposed to teach him, and she said hopefully his dad (they're divorced). Then she said she can't teach her son and his brothers because she herself doesn't know what happens to boys during puberty.
senior year of college I lived with two girls who had close to ZERO experience cooking. they both had meal plans and parents with deep pockets. one of them bought breakfast and lunch at work every day (there was a big food court type area) and then lived off of microwave rice for dinner, and she would occasionally ask me to boil water for her when she wanted ramen or pasta because she was "scared of the stove."
the other roommate bought eggs and bacon to cook for breakfast one weekend (because she saw I had bought some the weekend before) & after cooking it, asked if she should pour the bacon grease down the sink. I told her no, to throw it away instead. I wrongly assumed she would understand that meant letting it cool and congeal it in the pan and then scraping it out into the trash because hot grease would obviously burn a hole in the trash bag. Instead, she went out on our balcony & poured scalding hot bacon grease off our 10th story balcony. it's a miracle nobody was walking by down below.
Keep in mind I lived with them at the same time. it was a wild year.
Alright, so this is from a conversation that i(20f)had with my cousin’s current gf Julie, shes is 26 and has a 5 year old child, I’m on the pill and not planning on having children any time soon thanks to my aunts i was well educated on the dangers of having unprotected sex and how to prevent pregnancies and how sometimes anticonceptives just stop working and this is something that she is well aware of but she somehow felt the need to lecture on the subject but it all fell apart when she told me that she was planning on coming off her IUD, so when i asked her how she was planning on protecting her self she told me it wasn’t necessary because my cousin would be protecting her by coming out early. I got very frustrated and told her that there was a thing named precum and that it was posible for her to get pregnant with it, and she said that she heard of that because her ex husband told her hat he got hes ex wife pregnant that way. ( this was 3 months ago and after a research on google she’s choosing not to talk to her gynecologist about this because aparently “thats just a myth”)
i had to help a grown ass man learn how to tie his shoes. i thought he wore those velcro waiter shoes as a choice. didn’t realize it was just bc he never learned.
that same week i taught him how to pump gas in his car. he was 20 years old.
One time was me. My parents moved to a new house a little out in the country just before I graduated college. I moved in with them to figure out my life. I had ordered something to be delivered USPS and kept my eye on the mailbox. One day my mom walks in with it surprised I hadn’t grabbed it earlier. I had lived in the city my whole life and never had a traditional mailbox. I thought they put the little flag up when you got mail.
My roommate in college put her used tea bars and dirty dishes in the fridge to be washed at the end of the night. It was a small dorm fridge that didn’t have room for dirty dishes. She said her brother told her it stops bacteria. It might slow it, but you’re going to wash the damn dishes anyway, keep your gross ass dishes away from my food.
A friend came back from being out at night and relayed a terrifying story that the lights went out on their car, cautiously driving through pitch black backroads, other drivers honking at them. They weren’t broken, they didn’t turn on the lights. This person was in their late 40s had no idea how to turn on the lights, or even where the control was to even test it.
Another friend got poison ivy. Instead of taking Benadryl or you know, any folk remedies, snake oil or placebo, she soaked towels in undiluted bleach and wrapped them around her skin. Please don’t use highly caustic chemical burns to alleviate an immune system flare up.
I was facetiming with my ex while he moved into his first solo home. He started complaining about how annoying it was that he had to cut all the holes at the top of his shower curtain bigger because the rod he got was too wide for them. Took me a second to understand, but then I got up and showed him my shower curtain set up, complete with shower curtain RINGS
This is more of a work thing, but: my coworker had to trace something digitally and asked if she should turn something else off so she could see the thing she needed to trace.
This chick, who is older than me and plans to get married in October, had to ask me if she should make sure she could see the thing she was supposed to trace before she traced it.
There's stupid and then there's "incapable of thought", and I'm concerned she's the latter.
Had a roommate who didn’t know that you are supposed to sleep BETWEEN the sheets, instead of on top of both of them. Same guy didn’t know how to use the post office, how to mail a letter, and he made me walk in with him because he had no clue what to do or say. He’s 26 years old by the way. I tried to help him get on his feet and start his adult life, but he ended up mooching off of me and playing online games all day for like 9 months before he finally got a job, then freaked out, didn’t show up for the first day, and moved out. Still haven’t gotten a thank you for everything I did for him. Ah well.
A friend of mine who is a gay man, and therefore no experience with women to speak of, thought the vagina was on the front. Like basically under the belly button somewhere but front facing. It took all my strength to gently explain it and not laugh in his face.
My friend didn’t know how to check her car’s oil. The oil light came on while we were driving, and I said “Hey, you’re low on oil, let’s pull over and check to see how bad it is.” She immediately pulled over, and proceeded to freak the fuck out. She said, “I have no idea what that light is, something must be seriously wrong, I need to call my dad.” I told her repeatedly that it was the oil light, and she ended up calling AAA for a tow truck, all the while I was like, “There’s a gas station right across the street! Just let me check your oil and we can go buy some!” The tow truck arrived, was extremely annoyed, and proceeded to tell her that she was low on oil and she could buy the kind she needed at the gas station across the street. I still get annoyed about this, but hey, everyone’s gotta learn somehow.
This is less a specific thing an more a collection of things involving a 27 year old adult (by law)...human. Younger brother of my best friend, we had known each other our whole lives. I broke up with someone and moved out of our shared place as he was looking for an apartment in a major, expensive city. Got a place in a luxury building that his dad had to co-sign for his portion on (whatever, he just told me he was in between jobs).
I agreed to pay a higher cost of the apartment (more than I should have) for the bigger room.
Once we moved in together it became clear that because of what he called a “crippling anxiety disorder” he spent 5-6 hours a day just cooking (not even the eating part)—much of this was through a grocery service his mom paid for
He was not aware that we have to take the trash out. I noticed this after 4 months when I realized I had never seen him take it out once and I was constantly emptying it. Apparently he had gotten by his entire life having whoever he lived with do this...the trash chute was outside our door and two doors to the left
He wasn’t able to purchase toilet paper or any other essentials. He apparently wasn’t aware of how to look for it. He also claimed it caused him too much anxiety.
He constantly complained about money even though his parents were clearly giving him whatever he needed and I was grinding it to barely eek through. This culminated in us looking for shared furniture for the common spaces and him telling me it was likely “(I) will just have to buy it all and take it with (me)”. He rationalized this because I was two years older than him.
He did not know how to use a vacuum cleaner and didn’t understand why I was doing it twice a week
He broke the dishwasher, let it flood the kitchen, and walked away without mentioning it or putting in a maintenance call.
He stopped showering because he believed that swimming in the building’s pool was just as good because it has “chlorine—it’s even stronger than soap.”
I could keep going but now it’s causing ME too much anxiety thinking back on it.
So many cooking ones!
I lived with a guy for a while who had no idea how to operate a washing machine. But the best was coming home to him eating a completely raw steak because he’d tried to ‘bluestone’ a piece of stewing beef and couldn’t understand why it was so chewy and rare.
He also discovered the crockpot, added in say chicken, veg, water and a packet mix. He left the crock pot on 24/7 just took a bowlful out and kept adding to. By the end of the week it was 3 different meats and 6 different packet flavours. Omg.
In college I had a roommate who threw a party in our suite. Afterwards we asked him to clean up, especially the floor. The next he said, "I cleaned the floor but it's still really sticky. I don't know what to do." When I asked him what he used to clean it with he responded, "body wash."
I wanted to slap him. He had clearly never cleaned up after himself a day in his life.
Temporary, young roommate (m18), after I come home from vacation:
"So the trash, right? Do we just put the in the trash cans downstairs?"
Me, looking at about half a cubic meter of fast food wrappers:
"Yes, yes you put the yeah in the trash cans"
Oh, and we were out of dry towels too, because after using them, he had just tossed them into a corner. A now pretty moldy and disgusting corner.
I went to the store to pick up a couple of drinks for a night in with my boyfriend. I texted him asking if he could preheat the oven so we could pop the pizza in when I got home. He called me and asked me how to turn on the oven.
Once my friend and I came home after a night out and were hungry so we made some toast. When it comes to spreading butter on the toast I notice she’s doing it very roughly and basically destroying the toast. Apparently her mother always did it for her so she didn’t know how. We were 23 at the time.
bwad40 · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I teach at a high school and once had a senior ask what time it was. I responded by pointing at the clock. He responded by saying “I don’t do time.” I asked him what he meant and he proceeded to tell me how he just never bothered to learn how to read a clock and how wasn’t going to bother with it now.
Three years into being friends, my college roommate and I visited the Mall of America. When we reached the escalator, he stopped, looked down, and kind of hovered his foot over the moving steps. I asked him, “Are you alright, buddy?” and he just said, “Don’t you know these make me nervous? I don’t do well on escalators.” We eventually boarded successfully. I guess we’d just never been together in a building with escalators until that moment.
I handed a bong to a friend once and she blew into it. So the water rose and ruined the weed.
I understand being intimidated by a smoking apparatus you don't understand, I've seen people try to fit the top of the bong IN their mouth, and that's whatever, but ultimately the smoke has to go in your lungs. I'm confused how blowing would get that done.
ENGeek · 2 points · Posted at 04:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Perhaps she was trying to save you from the devil’s lettuce
This is sort of irrelevant to the question but some of the other replies made me think: my ex girlfriend used to leave the hairdryer on. The way some people might leave a pair of straighteners on because they’re silent, she would forget that the hairdryer had been left on and go to work.
A guy who was one room over in my dorm didn’ realize that sheets needed to be washed. It was 3 months after the year started when we found out in casual conversation that he had never washed his sheets. He seemed truly shocked...
I had once walked in on my homie fishing his bagel out of the toaster with a butter knife (albeit successfully). I love him to death however he’s not always the brightest, so I calmly told him something along the lines of, “Dude you know you should never do that because you’ll electrocute yourself if the metal so even as scathes the inside of the toaster. Please don’t do that again bro.” To which he responded “Really? That’s crazy. Thanks for letting me know.” We were like 18 at the time.
Yesterday I learned that you're supposed to tip baristas like waitrons and bar tenders. I grew up in a family that doesnt drink coffee so no one ever taught me that I should and I guess I just never picked it up. I only learned cause a coworker asked if I tipped when I got something the other day and I said no
Explaining to a woman near her 30s how an invoice works.
Spending over 30 minutes talking through to someone who uses a computer daily on how to resize a window and ending up escalating the issue to second level support.
I came home to not one, but two of my roommates watching a YouTube video on how to use a can opener. I had one and they didn’t know how to use it. It was a normal ass can opener, not some electric bullshit. Both these men were just out of college...
In that same week I had to teach them how to make noodles... like... bruh. “I really don’t want to have to make this whole box of noodles...” “Then don’t...?” “But the box says 7 minutes!” .......sigh
My college boyfriend did not know how to turn on the vacuum cleaner. It made me mad, like, I admit I didn't act well when I was like, "Can't you look at this device for a minute or two and try to see how it functions?!"
Then once I showed him how to use the switch to turn it on, he proceeded to vacuum with the hose detached so the brush was just shooting dust and debris back at his legs and onto the floor.
He was a person who would only do things he knew he was already good at and wouldn't even try to do something outside of his comfort zone. Like math. Or learning a language. :( It was hard watching him deny himself the joys of learning and growing as a person.
In the mechanical world there are several different types of bolts and different units of measurement, SAE was identified with lines or dashes on the top and Metric with a number 8.8. The difference between the two types is the size of the bolt 3/8" or 13mm and the pitch of the thread -8 or 1.25, they can be close in size but not identical.
When an "experienced" new hire who knew it all was working on a project with me, he insisted that he knew how to do the job and so I let him handle the right side while I handled the left. As we were going back together with new parts I started hearing a flurry of cursing and tools being thrown.
I make my way over to him and say "You look like you're struggling a bit there, those bolts should be threading up pretty easily. What's going on?"
"They won't go in more than a little bit, then I have to use the big wrench to make them turn in further "
We look over the bolts for defects, we look at the holes for rust or crudd, when looking at the bolts in place I notice the numbers on his bolts don't match the dashes on my bolts.
He took the metric bolts from another project and forced them into an SAE bolt hole, about 18 times, causing the holes to be destroyed and severely weakened the machine, costing an extra $12,000 and adding 2 days of extra time to the project.
"If it isn't going smoothly, and you know it's not, stop and ask for help."
It took my roommate two times of flooding the kitchen before I got inquisitive and asked her how she did her dishes. She told me she’d load the dishwasher with Dawn.
Not anything I heard, but my friend is a doctor. She said a 22 year old came into the hospital with an “unexpected pregnancy” after already birthing 7 kids. When asked if she was taking the birth control prescribed to her, she answered yes. After digging into her execution of taking the birth control, they discovered that she thought the birth control pills were supposed to be taken once a month... 8 kids later she now knows they’re daily pills.
My 20y/o roommate in college went to reheat some food in the microwave and left her fork in there. I freaked out and told her to take it out before she blows up our dorm room...she asked why? She always reheated food with the silverware on her plate 🤯
She also didn’t know how to pump her own gas...her dad would drive from 2 hours away to fill up her tank.
Swim47 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
friend was 17 y.o and still did not know how to peel a banana
My guy roommate said "well you are the only one that uses the toilet seat." To me a female. My boyfriend and I looked at him horrified as he explained that men poop with the seat up. We then explained to him that no that is not at all how anyone poops!! It was one of the most bizarre moments in my 40 years of living.
I was at a summer camp for girls when I was about 14-15? We had horseback riding and swimming daily. One of the girls in my cabin got her period unexpectedly. Several of us offered her tampons. She insisted she could not use them because she did once and it “got lost inside” and she had to go to the doctor to have it removed.
The girl was already rather arrogant and annoying so I watched as all 6 of our remaining cabin mates momentarily consider arguing and educating but then deciding it wasn’t worth it. Someone got a counselor to get her some pads.
My auntie works at a school with one trans student. She calls the student by her original pronouns and original name. When she told me this I had to explain that's like me calling her by her name and not auntie. She wasn't laughing when I called her by her first name for the rest of the day
Oh god, the stories I have about one of my old college roommates.
She didn’t know that you could pull the coils off of a stovetop to clean them so the first time I did it she SCREECHED that I had broken the oven apart.
She once set the vacuum in the middle of the room, unplugged, and waited for it to “go” — apparently she thought it would just ... clean. By itself. Unplugged.
I worked with someone who had to give a poster presentation at an academic conference. All posters get attached with velcro to a fabric board at these conferences. Coworker had attended many of these. We packed her poster and included velcro dots--velcro on one side and self-adhesive on the other. She came back complaining that we packed defective velcro and her poster would not hang. She didn't know velcro comes in 2 "halves" and she tried to use the loop dots and didn't bother trying the hook dots. I hope she knows how to tie shoes.
Same person took her car to the mechanic because it wouldn't start. Mechanic gets it to start no problem, has the car for a few days trying to figure out what's wrong, because she insists it won't start. Turns out she'd given the mechanic her spare key, and when she held up her own well-used key to show him, it was worn down to the width of about a toothpick. When her mechanic saw it, he couldn't believe she thought that key would work. She defended herself, saying she couldn't know the whittled-down key would be an issue because no one ever told her how keys work.
I picked up my friend to drive to class (university). He said:
Friend: Sorry I was late, I had to finish getting my clothes out of the dryer. Our dryer has been taking like 2-3 cycles to dry clothes lately.
Me: And you’ve been cleaning the lint trap, yeah?
Friend: ...... I need to make a phone call.
He calls his housemate and tells him to check the lint trap. After laughing, he hangs up.
Friend: He said it was like a brick.
I honestly didn’t understand how all four 20+ year olds collectively forgot to empty a dryer lint trap for nearly a week (or more? I was just glad I asked before they all burned to death).
Probably not horrifying but.. boyfriend and I were doing our taxes and I said “let’s sell the return to get the money sooner” meaning go to HR Block and they buy your return and give u a smaller amount but you don’t wait for your money. This fool got all freaked out about how sketchy that was.. turns out he thought I was going to take an ad out on a Craigslist. 🤷♀️
Me. My family APPARENTLY had a custom-made, super heavy duty shredding annihilator of a garbage disposal. It was the only experience I had with a garbage disposal. We always put food scraps through with no problem. I assumed this was how all garbage disposals were. Moved in with my now husband, and our apartment had a garbage disposal in the sink. First or second day, I was throwing out some leftovers, and shoved a WHOLE chicken breast down the sink drain. Garbage disposal immediately broke and caused a horrible sink clog. The look on his face when he watched me shove that chicken breast down the sink...
Few things
-had a friend in uni, he ate only microwavable food or stuff you could put in an oven. We had to teach him how to cut vegetables (what parts had to go, which parts stayed and how to dice), how to bake stuff in a pan, how to deep fry stuff (it baffled is because all our other friends who only ate easy food ate deep fried meals like fries and nuggets 50% of the time).
-there's a cooking show on tv where 4 hobbychefs prepare meals for each other at home. Idk if this was staged, i kinda hope it was but i doubt she was that good an actress. She wanted to make coffee. And she put the water in the pot (instead of in the coffee maker so it can run over the filter) and wondered why the coffee wasn't ready yet. I think she also forgot to plug it in.
I met a grown man that couldent change his own flat tire (yes i changed it for them)
i knew a girl that didint kbow hotdogs had meat in them... (well, "meat" is a loose term)
I had to teach a manager at an old job how to do her taxes... woman was 40yo and likely never filed. LoL
I watched a lady pour brake fluid ALL OVER her mercedes for sone unknown reason... i dont even know what she was trying, but clearly didint know how to do... lol
I used to work on the railroad. One new guy who had been on the job a couple of months had 3 derailments, all his fault. We were talking one day when he asked, "how long have you worked on the railroad?" "6 years," I replied. He then asked me how many derailments I had I told him I've had derailments. He then asked me the dumbest and scariest question ever....
I had a friend that could not understand that if a disc is spinning the outside is moving faster than the inside because the ouside travels farther in the same amount of time as the smaller inside. We talked about it at break for 3 days and he still couldn't get it.
not me but my mother: she worked at a hospital type place, she was a nurse, there were patients that always came in statinf they were veterans for a discount on whatever and most of them were right, one day at work a lady (as my mother described her as, "the boulder", came to do something and when the lady who worked at the counter asked if she was a veteran (as they were now required to do) this lady, in her mid fourties, asked, what a veteran was. this full-grown women did not seem to know any history in my eyes as soon as i heard that (i heard it this third-hand as the clerk told it to my mom, and my mom told it to me) everyone who heard and *was* a vet from the navy, military, airforce,etc. ,all pretty much stared at her until she left. this was weird
My sister told my brother in law to Mac and cheese from the box. He called her and asked her “just put the whole box in?” To which she replied yes just dump it in the water....he boiled the box.
dteaml · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I explained what drier sheets are to my assistant manager the other day
Had a young coworker move in with me recently to give adulting a try. She's very nice but has been very sheltered.
The warning sign was when this 20 year old girl asked me if she could climb into bed with me if she woke up in the middle of the night and got scared.
I should have been tipped off when she told me she wasn't going to cook because she had never used a stove unsupervised.
The icing on the cake however was whenever we would watch a movie with an erotic scene and she'd giggle uncontrollably.
This girls life goal is to meet the one and have lots of babies and she talks about it constantly. Like I said, she's sweet, just out of touch with reality.
I pulled into a gas station to fill up my tank. There was a woman in her mid 30’s walking around her car super confused. I asked if she needed assistance. She said she needed gas but couldn’t figure out how to pop the hood. I was super confused and had to show her how to pump gas. This was in Texas and they’re all self service stations, not full service. She said she had lived in Texas her entire life so I have no idea why she didn’t know how to do this.
I have some distant relatives who ... Never really benefited from the education system and their lives totally suck because they just can't quite like, figure things out.
Well they had a lot of dogs and the dogs peed quite often in the house. They had wood floors (I can't imagine the smell) that were damaged from the urine.
Well, the one gal decided she ought to clean her house and started by spraying bleach on the urine-soaked wood floors. And then a gas started coming off and she stayed in and tried to keep cleaning. She burned her skin, hair, and lungs because she didn't realize that urine contains ammonia and you cannot mix it with bleach. And she also didn't realize that if a burning gas is coming off you need to leave the area immediately.
It is pretty sad. She is nearly 30 and has 4 children.
I had a ex girlfriend that I lived with who didnt know how to use a can opener, I didn’t know until one day I was at work and she began to text and ask me. She ended up having to YouTube it.
I later found out before living with me her mum used to care package her food in prepared meals... she had already been away at university three years!
When I was about 14 I had to teach my best friend (same age) how to blow her nose. She wasn't doing it wrong. She had zero idea how to do it. Her mother had never taught her.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had this friend, not very bright, make a salad. A chicken salad. Well, she began to cook the chicken in the pan, cut it to and put some oil in there to cook it. Then she threw the rest of the salad in there with it. Tomatoes, lettuce, and so on in the same pan along with the chicken. It came out soggy, warm, and disgusting.
Kind of meets the criteria here: but when I was in middle school this kid got something in his eye and asked me how to get it out. I told him to pull his top eyelid over his bottom eyelid (somebody told me that once and it stuck with me idk why). But what does this guy do? Grabs his top lip and pulls it over his bottom lip.
I have been a river guide for 8 years. I am amazed out how seemingly intelligent well traveled adults still need to learn how a river works. The river does not flow in a circle. We will not be ending the trip where we started. We are actually miles away from where we started our trip on the river. Please do not leave your keys at the top thinking that we’ll be coming back here.
I was training a guy who was a college educated engineer. He asked where he could get coffee. I showed him the break room with a coffee pot. He didn’t know how it worked. The only coffee he hadn’t bought from a coffee shop was from a k-cup.
Omg I’ve got one! I work at a bank. Some lady in her 40’s early 50’s driving a super nice car dressed nicely with LOTS of jewelry on, comes by our drive through. She asks, “if I give you this cash can I then use it off my card? Like will this load my card?” It was a joint checking account so I’m assuming she didn’t need to worry how cash got there. And quite honestly her measly little deposit wasn’t needed by what the balance was already. I help her and I’m super polite but I’m socked. How cushy does your life have to be to NOT know how a debit card works? I often wonder if it was her honest ignorance or just her way of flexing on me.
I had a girl in class reading aloud and couldn't pronounce mow, probably about 5 times saying it wrong before someone says it correctly, this was senior year. And this second one was from 8th grade, a girl didn't know sharks and pandas actually existed.
I used to work at a small school. A coworker walked into the little staff break room where a few of is were having lunch. She put a baked potato on the microwave, hit 'reheat' and walked put to get a soda. I thought it was weird she left the potato wrapped in a paper towel but ignored it until I smelled burning. I turned around and there was a small fireball in the microwave. We got the potato out and threw it in the sink. She had left it wrapped in tinfoil under the paper towel.
She had also apparently gotten wrapped up in a conversation, because she came back in 20 minutes later and asked where her potato was.
I was in the car with my friend, she was driving behind a particularly slow driver and comments that she is going around then. I tell her she can’t it’s not a passing lane, she had no idea the yellow Lines on the road marked where you could or couldn’t pass
I was in the laundry room when this girl came in, moved her laundry from the washing machine to the dryer, paid for the dryer and could not figure out how to start it. Even after I explained she just needed to push the start button.
An old job I had I was working with a newly graduated guy with his masters in engineering, he opened a small paint can with a can opener, he did a few other weird things but that's the only one I can remember right now
gbergm · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not at all most horrifying but im just concerned just the shear number of older adults that don’t know that you need to wipe front to back.. The shock on their faces when you tell them wiping poop into their urethra isn’t a good idea..
P.s. I am a nurse, not some creep watching people in the bathroom.
My dad was the facility manager of a church once, and one summer he hired a guy in his mid-20s who knew how to do literally nothing related to cleaning or grounds keeping. He had to show him how to clean toilets, mow the lawn, change the bags in the trash cans, the most basic chores that most kids would have down to a science at half his age. He wasn't a quick learner either. One day my dad finally lost his patience and sternly asked him how he was sheltered from doing all that stuff as a kid. Turns out his parents did everything for him. Even his laundry and meal prep. And it's not like he had issues. He was popular, personable, and married. It's just his parents couldn't care less about him learning basic life skills.
Girl I played DnD with didn't know you could take the top of your toilet tank off if the flusher got stuck open and would call maintenence to come fix it for her
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I season’d some food with salt & pepper once @ my ex’s mom’s place when making a burger & it blew her (ex’s) mind that you could change the flavor of food like that. Taught her how to make coffee, honestly, I couldn’t believe how much I taught her about some basic ass shxt... Pretty sure she still doesn’t know how to work a laundry machine lmao
I come from a small town in a small state and had never used any form of public transportation in my life.
I taught English in S. Korea, and on probably my second day I accidentally got on the wrong bus and missed my stop. No big deal, I think. I’ve got all day. Surely, I reason, since the buses all come to these spots regularly, they must just drive in really big circles all day. So I’ll just sit right here and wait for the bus to turn around and then I’ll get off on my stop.... won’t take more than an hour or two, I’m sure.
A friend of mine( F17) never learned how to tie her shoes... she was smart, so it baffled me that she didn’t know how to do it. To avoid shoe laces, she would just wear slip on shoes, shoes with Velcro straps, heels and sandals. It took 5 hours to teach her.
When I used to drive for Uber, I was filling my gas at around 2:00 a.m. in Oakland, CA and it was raining. A car limps in, the passenger side rear tire was messed up; I mean completely shredded and he had clearly been driving for some time like that because the wheel was also completely messed up. Apparently the kid (he looked to be early to mid 20s) had no idea how to change a tire. Thankfully I never drive without a kit which includes a jack and an impact wrench so I fixed it for him a few minutes. I am amazed that people can drive and not know how to do something as simple as changing a flat tire.
He thought that if he just didn’t want a piece of junk mail he could leave it in the mailbox and the mailman would take it away for him (plot twist: it was me).
A girl I worked with didn’t know how to change the trash...... I was 18 she was 16. I had to actually show her step by step how to take the trash out and put a new bag in...... when I tell you my jaw DROPPED when she said she didn’t know what to do....
Horrifying is probably a stretch, but... Had a college roommate (he was in grad school getting his master's in engineering at the time) who cleaned our bathroom with bar soap and a washcloth. (MY bar soap and washcloth, specifically.) I walked in to find the entire bathroom covered in a layer of soap scum and my washcloth back hanging in the shower and covered in black dust/hair/grime. As one who grew up having to clean the bathroom every week, I was flabbergasted that he had never learned how to clean a bathroom with the right products.
Less horrifying but more just sad: I didn't know until the age of 21 that you could store bread outside the fridge. I grew up in the tropics with no air conditioning and eating homemade (thus preservative free) bread that would mold in a day or two if not refrigerated. It was life-changing to discover that bread didn't have to be dry and crusty.
I knew a 19 year old man (boy?) who wanted to meal prep. He liked hard boiled eggs and thought he’d make one for his lunch each day of the week. I guess the ‘boiled’ part of the phrase ‘hard boiled’ wasn’t intuitive enough for him and he put 7 raw whole eggs in the microwave for 5 minutes. It didn’t end well.
I worked with this lady int the early 2000s who bought a brand new BMW. Came in and asked one of the guys to check the car out because the “dash lights up when I put the key in, and my daddy says that something is wrong.”
The dude goes and checks, nothing he can see is wrong and he explains that’s supposed to happen so you know they work and that the computer is checking stuff.
She calls dad from the shop, gets told that the guy (whose hobby was repairing cars for the elderly) was a lying p.o.s. and she should call the dealership to fix it.
Dealership checks car out, no problems, explains the concept of “dummy lights” (as my dad calls them, as in Hey dummy, you might want to pay attention to that noise”). She ignored them and goes out to buy a bottle of transmission fluid, 30w engine oil, brake fluid, and differential fluid, then goes out in the dark to start dumping it all into anywhere it would go.
Sad thing is, when the engine seized the dealership gave her a new one. I moved on to a new job after this, so don’t know how far this went.
Someone I worked with in a foreign country, who had never lifted a finger to do household chores in his life, mistook rat poison for laundry detergent and almost did his laundry with it. Granted he couldn't read the language, but damn, at least use Google Translate.
A few years ago when I was 30, I was asking my roommate (32F) for feedback on the credit cards she had because I was considering opening a new one. Her fiancé (32M) was in the room and chimed in about his Southwest credit card and how he liked it because of the buddy fare benefit. He then went on to say he was going to cancel it soon because he was almost at the limit.
He literally had been racking up debt on the card (it was his only one), paying the minimum and thought that you could just cancel it once you maxed it out.
ffwd · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends were convinced there was a second mantle below the crust, just a more solid chunk of earth some 900 miles that blends into the crust.
He (18) didn't know how to cook noodles, threw them in cold water and waited... a little retarded but I showed him and now he's capable of cooking noodles himself :-)
I'm late and this will get buried, but my roommates at university seemed to think the recycling bin was a second garbage can. I'm talking jars of peanut butter, mayonnaise, chip dip, etc. with the contents still slathered all over the inside, a greasy pizza box with HALF A PIZZA still inside it, all just thrown together in the bin in the middle of the kitchen stinking the place up. I know it's okay to leave a bit of residue on recyclables, but this was nauseating. Me being the total doormat I am I just washed them out myself before eventually deciding I didn't give a fuck anymore.
Idk man, it wasn't my pizza. We were roommates (as in, we shared a common space but had our own rooms) but we weren't close or anything, we didn't share food, I didn't even know about it until I saw it in the recycling.
My roommate (who’s from a rich family) was cleaning her side of the room. We finally had wooden floors in our dorm. Anyway, she comes into my room one afternoon and asks me “which are you supposed to do first? Sweep or mop? My maid used to clean for us so I don’t know.”
After a few moments of shock (seriously, how is this not common sense?), I told her which came first. She looked at her broom, then me, and asked me, “if I pay you, will you do it for me?” Lol no.
Maaaaaaaan, while yes it should be common sense you sweep the dust/large bits of stuff away THEN mop. To be fair, she never done it before or had to think about it lol.
Worked at a cinema and was team leader. Sent one of the new guys to go clean a spill and told him to take the mop. He looked me dead in the eyes and asked "Hey, how do you use a mop?". He was a super sheltered boy, who's mother did EVERYTHING for him.
I had a coworker that would ask me to open her .zip files and then send them to her. I did it the first time because I was stunned a 35 year old working in tech didn't know how to do that. The second time, I sent an article with steps. Mind blown.
This will probably get buried... But I used to work in a building control room and the number of people who don't get how elevators work is shocking. After hours you needed a card to access your floors, we gave them the card and a detailed explanation when their company hired them but I constantly got calls on the emergency phone.
The kicker was so many of them went like this.
Them: "Hi... I am trapped in the elevator."
Me: "Okay, is the door open?"
Them: "Yes it is."
Me: "Then step out, you aren't trapped in the elevator."
And THEN I needed to work out that they couldn't figure out that card we gave them to get into their office was also needed to make the elevator work. Then they would either figure it out or they would get mad and tell me it was stupid and to just make the god damn elevator work... Which I couldn't do because the elevator panel was 30 years old. So I would ground the elevator in the lobby and either go out to the lobby to show them how it worked or if they were being a dick I made security do it.
My roommate in college had never made a frozen pizza before. He assumed the cardboard kept the pizza from sticking to the wrack and the wrapping helped keep the cheese on. He never lived that one down.
My roommate, who was pretty independent and even knew how to drive a car, told me that he had never used a toaster before. His mom used to do it for him (My other roommate didn't either, but the guy had come from a small village so it's understandable). I had to actually explain how to use a toaster and how to make sure you don't burn anything. (They didn't burn anything but apparently none of them considered that putting a plastic wrapper on top of an active toaster is a bad idea)
Once I had a friend that didn’t know how to make ramen noodles. Not like not know how, but she did it in an insane way 😂
She would put the water in the pot, boil it, then put the ramen in, BUT THEN- ONE DAY, she decided she didn’t need to put the WATER in.
She continued not putting water in, and boiling JUICE- LIKE WHAT?! SHE LITERALLY PUT JUICE IN A POT TO BOIL, THEN PROCEEDS TO MAKE THE RAMEN- I never ate ramen at her place again.
Btw, she thought the ramen was perfect with juice, one time we were at a restaurant, and she asked for noodles, but instead of water to have juice. I swear to god she’s probably in an insane asylum now. I don’t know how this obsession started, but rumor has it, she still uses juice.
Not an adult but when I was in highschool, my friend (we were both about 17) told me she had never lit a match because her parents told her she wasn't allowed to play with fire. I was SHOOK as a girl who grew up learning how to chop firewood with an axe, build a roaring fire, and cook food over it all before the age of 9.
No joke though, I knew a little boy growing up who was OBSESSED with fire. Like, he would get... Excited... By fire. My mom had an in home daycare and he would stand infront of our wood burning stove for hours. His first word was fire. His parents got him counseling... I wonder how he is now. He's gotta be in his early 20s. Haha!
Freshman year of college 2006, in Florida mind you, my whole "pod" or dorm hall were gathered in the common room for a moment and greet. We were speaking about random stuff as the night wore on and one girl asks outloud to the table "do bo black guys have black cum?" There was a solid three or four seconds of silence before a dude named Anthony who was a rather large football playing black guy just says "why don't we go find out."
Well for me, I don't read a soften as I used to as in, "I don't read story books anymore"
Partly because I'd have to order them online due to lack of retailers here and I hate digital books
See I would exempt you from my statement because youre on reddit. I see people who tell me "I don't read" and cant read more than at a third grade level...were they never taught to sound it out?
Think their parents raised them on games/nature and never pushed them academically.
For example my ex's brother just put his kid in front of the TV and gave him a tablet. One day I'm like okay, let's see if he can count/add/substract.
I tried to teach him how to count to ten and then how to add/substract. He was 5.
My ex boyfriend, who was 37 at the time and had a PhD, texted me asking how to light a gas stove with a match. The pilot light went out on his stove in his childhood home, and he was terrified of setting the house on fire.
If im alone ill do the same, but ive definitely asked my mom stupid questions because she was in the vicinity and it was quicker than googling the answer
About 5 years ago, my then fiancé and I had to replace the air conditioning unit at our house. We lived in Florida. One day, about 3 months later, the AC broke. I don’t remember exactly what month of the year it was, I think it was November, the AC stopped working. Now, November in Florida is still hot, but I figure we can make it one night and I’ll have the company come out the next day to fix it since it is under warranty.
Fast forward to about 3 a.m., I’m fast asleep after struggling to doze off due to how warm the house was. Suddenly, I’m awoken by a large crashing sound and a scream like someone is in pain. Now, I’m not sure if anyone has ever been woken up like this, but it’s very disorienting. Was it a dream? Is there a burglar? What’s happening. I look over to check on my wife and she’s not there. I reach in my nightstand and grab my Batman knife (yes I’m a grown man with a Batman knife fuck you) and began searching the house, in my underwear, brandishing a Batman knife.
I creep into the kitchen and the door leading to the garage is wide open. I panic a little. I hear a moan. And all of a sudden I see it. Two little legs dangling from the ceiling in the garage.
Apparently, at 3 am, my wife decided to climb into the attic and try and fix the air conditioning because the air handler was up there. She didn’t realize that you had to walk on the beams in the attic, and that you couldn’t just walk along the floor. The bruising she had was quite impressive.
I think the “how do you not know this” part is the part about walking on the beams in an attic and not walking on the drywall and plaster that make up the floor. Unless you want to fall through it.
I once had to teach an adult how to use a screwdriver
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not another person, but me. I didn't know a lot about cars in my youth and along the way of learning to drive the part about making sure the oil is the correct level or paying for a servive was never covered (or I didn't pay attention, probably that).
Cue 2 years later, I spoke to my Dad about the car running a bit slow, he looked into and found there was almost no oil left, just enough residue that things didn't lock up. After a few cleans, strip downs and services, it was all good and I knew A LOT more about how cars run. And I get regular services.
The guy who served me yesterday (at least 35) at a grocery store checkout. Had to ask me what literally every vegetable was. Nothing exotic. Brocoli, cucumber those basics.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While he was driving down the highway, 100% seriously: “What does ‘Exit Only’ mean?”
I had to teach my 35-year-old wife how to insert a tampon. I was 33 at the time. Her religious cult mom and friends never brought it up with her when she was younger, and a trip with me to the water park while she was on her period necessitated a tampon. She had originally inserted it with half of the tampon still sticking out of her vag. I told her that the purpose of the string was to pull the tampon out from its position up inside. She was resistant to putting it in correctly and complained about how it felt like weird sex. That was the first time and last time for her to use a tampon. It was pads or panty liners before and since.
I had to teach my thirteen year old cousin how to shut a Pizza Hut pizza box. I also watched my aunt teach him how to put butter on his biscuits, he never knew how because his mom always did it for him.
Funny this question should come up now, I've seen the most horrifying fail at adulting only a few days ago here on reddit, on /r/legaladviceofftopic, where someone asked in this post if just taking something from someone else and placing (whatever they thought) dollar amount it was worth there instead was a legal sale. Despite pretty much everyone there telling them that no, that is simply theft, they kept defending their position, claiming it wasn't by using an increasingly growing set of made-up justifications each time someone refuted their previous set of justifications.
In my physics lab in college, a (pre-vet) student asked me to measure something because she "missed ruler day in elementary school" and didnt know how to use a ruler
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend did not know how to fry chicken breast. She didn't even know how much oil to put.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in the US for a year working at a ski resort. One of my room mates asked me where I got the white broccoli from I then had to explain that cauliflower exists.
Another one from the same trip showing people how to use a kettle/make tea. Can you guys stop microwaving your tea please?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss apparently wasn’t exaggerating when she said she’d never cooked. She decided to try it the night before and told me there was nothing on the frozen pizza box that said it had to be removed from the box. She put the whole thing, packaging and all, into the oven and smoked out her kitchen.
Started working as a waitress, I was like 18 and the girl training me had to be like 24. She got a bowl of Ceasar salad and she picked up one of the yellow pieces and was like "what is this?! This isn't supposed to be in a Ceasar salad." I had to explain to her that with romaine lettuce as you get closer to the stem the pieces are lighter green/yellow but it is still the right lettuce..
Back in college, a friend drove around with her high beams on until I pointed it out to her and showed her how to turn them on and off. She was genuinely surprised and had thought those were her regular lights.
I signed up for some neurofeedback sessions with a local chiropractor. You basically watch Netflix with electrodes hooked up to your head, and it trains your brain to be more "normal."
I had done neurofeedback before at a dedicated clinic and something about the setup at this place seemed wrong. I looked at the neurofeedback control panel on the other monitor and the process wasn't even running: in the several months that they had this technology, they had never pushed the button to turn it on.
For months, they had charged who knows how many clients thousands of dollars to watch Netflix.
One of my buddies that was a college freshman called ME (still in high school at the time) at 12:30 on a weeknight to ask how to do laundry. I had to walk him through sorting, washer settings, how much detergent to use, NOT drying his dress shirts and button downs in the dryer, the whole shabang! Also, mind you that it was the end of September at this point...poor guy had been rationing his clothes and ALL of them were dirty..
Director at the Mother's day out has her grandson there in a class I work in. He fell from the huge play equipment. Myself and the other lady I work with was busy cleaning up another 2 year old who was throwing up. We didn't see what happened with the directors grandson. What does my co worker do takes his arm he complains about and raises it up and down. Not good. Then today co worker says she found out he just fractured it in three places. I said oh my he broke it in three places hate that. No she says he just fractured it.
To which I said a fracture is a break. Oh Lord help me.
One of my students pointed to a blue square and asked me what color it was. I immediately gave this person the test to determine if they had color blindness, they did not. This person had perfect vision, which means they were a highschool student that did not know the color names. English was their only language and according to the parents and school they did not have any special needs or accommodations.
I witnessed a friend in college eat a crawfish. The head, the tail, legs and shell...all at once. I had not eaten them before but I’d eaten peel and eat shrimp...”I don’t think you’re doing that right”.
Boomer in my office in charge of million dollar budget with a complex cash flow structure. Excel is used heavily, after about 6 months I had to show her how to even see the formula bar. I have no clue wtf she thought she was doing, or what she has messed up. It will be fun to clean up
She got the job since she was far better at BSing and ass kissing than the rest. Sadly this is life, the most qualified don't get the job it's about who can make management happy by saying what they want to hear. And she knew she had underlings who will fix her messes.
Not so much horrifying as hilarious, but I was living with housemates some years back and one of them always seemed to leave a bathroom stench that defeated the mighty Poopourri (don't laugh, that stuff is magic). One day I noticed a very perfumey smell coming off of him, and I and asked what it was. He said "I dunno, maybe I got some of the air freshener on me when I sprayed it." We didn't have spray air freshener. It took me a second and then I asked, "You mean the spray in the bathroom?" He said "Yeah" and I started losing it laughing. I said "You never read the instructions on the bottle, did you?" Turns out he thought the directions to spray it INTO the toilet bowl, and also BEFORE going, were merely suggestions, and had been quietly mystified for well over a year as to why the rest of us swore by its efficacy.
Not something that I've done, but something I've been appalled at another adult for not knowing. Cardinal directions. I was trying to get an idea of where something was by asking what part of town it was in, and they were dumbfounded when I asked which general direction it was.
ILub · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Ex never knew he had to empty his lint trap in his dryer. It had inches upon inches of lint, he was lucky he didn't burn the place down.
Had a friend pull his toast out from the toaster with a metal fork. He didn’t understand why I was freaking out and didn’t believe me that you can hurt yourself from doing that because “he’s been doing it his whole life”.
Worked at a gas station. 20 something year old girl wants to know how much gas her car will hold. I tell her I don't know and she calls me ignorant. I try to be helpful. I explain that she can give me 20 dollars and I'll turn on the pump. If it doesn't hold it, she can come back and get the change. She comes back in and asks what kind of gas. Comes back AGAIN and asks me if it's full. When I tell her I have no idea she asks me if I can come look or Google it for her.
After my shift I went home and got my 8 and 10 year old and took them to fill up my car explaining every step.
A bit specific, but during a student rotation i was observing a c section together with a student one year ahead of me from another university.
Right after the baby was taken from the wound and being cleaned up, she was pointing at the womb and lent over to me to ask “so, this is the uterus?”
I looked at her, and then managed to say “a baby came out of it, it’s probably not a kidney”.
Like wtf she studying?
idma · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sigh. There are way too many people that have this reaction on other people that is not warranted because the very thing they are concerned about (the "how do not know how to do X") isn't as common sense as they would think it is.
For example, ridiculing someone because they don't know how to do their taxes. Ok that is a very good thing to learn how to do, but getting your head around finances, learning to come to grips with it, and accurately disclosing it is not easy to do, especially when barely have help. And some people just have that taken care of for them because it's financially better for them to do so, just like how people pay for finance managers to handle their 401k
Another example is people getting pissed that someone else doesn't know gun safety yet that someone else has never handled a gun. Ok yes gun safety is important, but getting angry about a practice that some people never think about (nor do they want to be in the situation to think about) is not going to help another learn about it.
TL DR: just because it's common sense to YOU, doesn't mean it's common sense to EVERYBODY. I'm talking to you, RYAN, you smug pretentiousness prick
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a task but a really basic knowledge that wasn't known.
My sister's new boyfriend (35) didn't know that the world was more than 2000 years old. He thought time started at year 0. When asked about dinosaurs and when they existed, he said "in the 100's".
My sister texted me that she didn't think they were going to work out because of this and that she didn't think she could get over it. I agreed, that I could not get over it either...ever. She said she couldn't ask him any more questions because she could see on his face that he wasn't fucking with her.
When enrolling into Basic Training, the doctor at MEPS (Onboarding physicals and whatnot) asked if anyone had any preexisting conditions. Without hesitation a hopeful Marine blurted our “I had SIDS when I was a baby.”
For me it is seeing a person not making food smaller for their baby. They would feed him full pieces of food. Pizza, bananas, full strawberries, a happy meal burger, a happy meal chicken nugget etc. One time they gave him one of those small deli sandwiches (giant for toddler, small for adult) and surprise! He choked! They were able to get food out but Jesus, they think their kid knows to chew even without teeth.
rhet17 · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came home to find just 2 frozen chicken fingers left in the box. Asked 16yo daughter why she didn't cook all of them she said "The box said 18--22 pieces. There were two extra." I raised this child.
I was a young (23) supervisor of a small warehouse of electronic packaging materials. I had a crew of three guys. Not exactly the brightest bunch, but at least they all finished high school.
One day we needed to move some storage racks. I handed one of the guys a tape measure and asked him to measure the distance between an existing rack and the wall. He didn’t know how to read the tape measure.
At first I thought he was giving me grief. After all, I was about 15 years younger than anybody else in the warehouse. They gave me grief all the time. What I didn’t know was he really didn’t know how to use a ruler or any measuring device except to read “the big numbers”. No idea of what a fraction of an inch was. I spent about 30 minutes teaching him.
A good friend I've known for most of my adult life did not know how to balance his check book. He kept telling me it was impossible due to the outstanding checks. When I showed him the back of his statement with the reconciliation table he was amazed. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
I watched this case presented by a professor at a medical school. A newlywed couple were having trouble with intercourse. Turns out they have been ramming the poor gals urethra to destruction for months.
sdwags · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents divorced last year. My dads 68 (my mom 62) and for the life of him... my dad did not know how to wash his one clothes.
I only noticed because every time I saw him, he had a new shirt! And he’s the type to wear the same thing for 20 years. When I asked him about it, he admitted it was easier because he did not know how to do laundry.
this wasnt necessarily horrifying, but I work a a library and of course we use stamps a lot. like ink stamps. i used to handle the newspapers in the morning and we have to stamp the date and library on them. they hired this girl, pretty young maybe 16, had absolutely no idea how to use a stamp. she was a student worker which is shelving but she used to just sit at the front desk eating snacks, was always like "let's have a taco party!" and shit like that, it was like she was a little kid. I feel bad for her. who the hell knows where she is now.
Not really horrifying but my husband is just not that handy or good at basic home maintenance. I'm talk like changing a light bulb, or dealing with a running toilet. He is the sweetest guy ever and really smart about most things. The poor guy was just never taught about this stuff.
One time the toilet was running and making noise. He came running out to the livingroom freaking out and said he would call is dad immediately so either he could come fix it or give him the name of a plumber. I just looked at him and said "what no come here." I went took off the tank lid untangled the chain so the flap closed and it stopped running. He look at me completely mystified as to what I had just done. He didn't even know what the inside of the tank looked like.
I have even handed him my drill to hold and he asked how you made it work. Another time a fuse blew and he didn't even know where the breaker box was much less what to with the blown fuse. Like I love him god he needs a keeper for basic stuff sometimes.
I had to teach an 18 year old how to wash dishes. His mom never taught him. He didnt know a lot of things (how to tell time, how to fold towels, how to sweep/mop, how to clean a toilet, etc.
I am in graduate school going for a PhD in immunology. Sometimes I mentor rotating students to show them basic lab techniques. Last year, I got word a new student wanted to rotate with us. I create some protocols for her to have and look forward to having the extra help. I found out she actually already has an MD so I am excited to get someone who will have experience and won’t have to be babysat the entire 8 weeks. I was FUCKING wrong.
The first offense was her putting aluminum wrapped glassware in the microwave to “kill off the germs”. She about damn near killed off herself, she definitely killed off the microwave.
I guess she was obsessed with germs because when she was doing cell culture in the hood, she thought she needed to do it with the UV light on to “kill germs”.
Finally, her worst offense, she worked with HSV with NO GLOVES, NO COAT, and CONSTANTLY touched her eyes and face. I get slipping up once, but I would get onto her for it one week than the next I would catch her doing the same damn thing. For someone so obsessed with germs she had no concern for her own safety when working with herpesvirus. My mentor asked if she would be a good fit for the lab, quickest hell no of my life.
I asked her one day where she got her MD (out of curiosity and me being petty). It was evidently a school overseas, I didn’t think anything of it (there are some fantastic med schools overseas!). However, I was discussing this shit show with one of my colleagues who was from the same country in which she got her “MD”. I told her the med school that she went to and it turns out that “med school” was a scam (pay 26K and live in a dorm for 6 years to get your MD) and she would never be able to practice in the US.
Last I heard some lab in the cancer bio department accepted her. Hope they don’t have a microwave.
My girlfriend’s family is pretty affluent. After someone cooked us dinner at her Dad’s she was helping me put dishes in the dish washer and wasn’t sure if a ceramic cup was able to be washed.
She’s actually very smart.. just never had to put dishes in the dishwasher before.
When I was in middle/high school, I wasn't allowed to watch any of the sex ed videos and had to leave the room when sex ed was taught. So that + my parents preventing me from using the computer at times/blocking websites they didn't like = me not knowing a whole lot of how any of that worked. Never got the birds and the bees talk either.
Because of that, I didn't know where my vaginal entrance was. So I never wore tampons (had a brief run-in there with swim meets in high school and another embarassing memory in which a friend yelled from outside the bathroom stall to "coach" me into putting it in properly, forgetting this was an open air outdoor bathroom and EVERYBODY heard us 😳).
As an adult, I only figured that out when my then serious boyfriend helped LOL. He was so confused that I had literally no idea how or what or was afraid to even touch that zone. I still just stick to pads for fear of messing something up.
This is a real simple one, but once upon a time my gf and I were making sushi. I left her to chop up an avocado and came back to a mangled mess. I think she was just stabbing inwards and slowly peeling off the skin as it got loose enough, taking like 10% of the avocado with it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know how to spell apple........ He is 11 years old.
My friend didn’t understand how she got pregnant letting him finish inside her because ‘everyone she knew did it too’ without getting knocked up. She just never realized people used birth control. Dumbass.
Chic was always trying to lose weight. Doctor put her on a high protein low carb diet. Shes in the cafeteria at breakfast. I overhear her say “bacon has like zero carb so just get al you can. Ill have 8 pieces of bacon please.”
Well her knowledge of nutrition is what shes ignorant of. She doesn’t understand what your body needs and what is conducive to losing weight. Her lunches are all starch and maybe a meat. She’s gotten somewhat better, but its still just shocking to me.
She doesn't understand what your body needs and what is conducive to losing weight.
You hope. She could just be willfully ignorant to keep on the same course, no change. Never underestimate the ways folks deceive themselves to remain unchanged and yet feel they are moving forward.
I have one. It’s not that crazy but I have one.
Ok so I had a little RHD Toyota Land Cruiser and it was a manual. I was driving Uber, and one time this lady maybe 30 got in and said “can you not play with the stick thing on your car it’s making me uncomfortable, and why are you and the wrong side.” Me: Oh sorry it’s a manual so I have to shift my own gears and I imported this form Japan. And she said well in my car I don’t have to do that. Smh some people.
My Aunt did everything for her sons. I think it’s sweet she wanted to help them, but she severely stunted them.
My cousin and I were roomies for a short while once, and he didn’t know how to turn on the oven, and didn’t know how to wash clothes. I had to show him how to defrost meat after he just left opened, bloody, raw meat sitting on the counter top.
I had to show him how to do so much more it’s honestly kind of sad. This dude had literally never used a vacuum cleaner.
He has a wife now who does everything for him, so we will see how that goes now that they have a baby.
Majority of the people I met in college didn’t understand how to make a budget for themselves mainly because their parents paid for everything and they never had a job. Spoiled beyond belief.
I met a 28 year old whose parents paid for their car, food,electronics, vacations and all school expenses until their master’s degree was done. I met a girl whose parents did the same but for medical school.
These people didn’t understand why I didn’t have new everything. It’s cause I’m on a budget man. I wish I had all my bills paid for.
The best example I can think of was I was in charge of organizing chores for a Christian Fraternity and we had a sister sorority house. They came to me looking for help saying their dryers weren’t working. I looked at it and at some point I asked them if they had been cleaning the lint trap. They looked dumbfounded and all said, “what’s that?” I then removed to lint trap which literally had like a couch cushion’s thickness of lint in it. It wasn’t easy to pull out. Apparently nobody had cleaned out the lint traps since they got all those dryers. So a house of 50+ college girls literally didn’t have one person in like five years that knew that was thing. It’s a freaking miracle the house didn’t burn down.
roskov · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom used to work in property management at a condo place. Some girl walked into her office holding an envelope.
She was infused on how to put the proper information (or what that information even was) onto it and was hoping my mother could show her.
I briefly worked with another teacher that simply did not understand the difference between the numbers (decimal places) .60 and .06
I tried for about 20 minutes to breakdown how they're very very different. I used every tool in my arsenal. I even related it to getting a percent discount at a store - something every adult encounters.
She got frustrated and said, "Math is just different where I'm from. " Then she left. Some of my colleagues overheard the interaction and we all just stared at each other in disbelief for a couple minutes.
19 year old friend had an apartment that I often stayed at. We were low on food. Only 3 eggs in the fridge when I left. She called me in a bit of a panic and told me that she tried to boil 2 eggs and they exploded. I was shocked. Thinking maybe something was wrong with the kitchen (it was a shitty apartment) I asked her "what happened?! How much water did you put?!" She paused in confusion and said ".....you have to put water?" I laughed so hard I was crying.
My 20 or so year old cousin (who has an engineering degree!) and my 50+ year old uncle (who is the king of DIY home / construction projects) had to call my aunt up while we were on a girls trip extended family vacation to ask how to do laundry. They didn’t know how to use a goddamn washing machine.
Same kid once had to call his Mom to come meet him at a gas station, because his tank was on E and he didn’t know how to fill up the car on his own.
I was holding a ladies baby and it went to shotting and throwing up as soon as she ,the baby started vomiting I put her in a clean trash can there was a liner bag in it relax and I kept her there til she finished I wasn't gonna change her cause that's just but yes it's probably a good thing I don't have kids
antivn · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl asked if molecules were the things in our blood. An ex gf I had tried to convince me our eyes weren’t hollow, so like the retina is right behind the cornea. To be fair that’s not common knowledge but idk why someone would be so adamant about something they don’t know about
It’s more horrified that I live in the same state as these people when u are working at a store at a self checkout and one is broken so they have like 3 Signs covering the scanners and the screens saying out of service in English and in Spanish and someone looks Directly at it then grabs the scan gun tries to scan on their product only for it to not work try it again then turned to me and asked me does this machine work. And the worst thing is this happens at least once a week
More of a how do you not know this. A few years ago My brothers gf at the time (now ex) was at our house and we were talking about a shark tracker, how they tag the sharks they catch and watch their migration patterns etc. well one of the trails of a shark had glitched and gone straight through Florida (or it had been picked up to be moved) and she was like “oh it just swam under Florida.” We were absolutely mind blown, and she still couldn’t grasp the concept even after we explained beaches.
We had an international student on our floor in undergrad who didn’t know how to use toilet paper. He figured out the wiping part but was not sure about the disposal so he started stashing the used wipes in a corner of his dorm room. Their discovery by a mutual friend lead to a pretty interesting discussion with him.
I worked with someone who's car totally failed so she was late to work from taking it to the shop. Asked her how she made out with it. Needed a new engine. Her car wasn't that old so I was surprised. She had no idea cars needed oil changes.
I'm amazed how few people understand money. Like at all. My cousin was lamenting how his credit score was so low even though he hadn't taken out any loans. It was shockingly low. Like I didn't know you could get that low. I probed a bit. He had a credit card and had no idea there was a minimum payment you had to make each month.
I’ll bite. What, exactly, did he think he was supposed to do with that bill that came every month telling him how much he owed? Or did the conversation not even get that far?
This has happened twice, I’ve been called into the managers office for being the “tech guy” and my manager didn’t know how to copy and paste an email. These were different companies and different managers.
How do you get a job that is constantly sending and receiving emails and not have basic computer skills?
One time I was checking out in a store, and i get to the point where I've gotta pay. The total comes out to something like 15.08 and I hand her a $20 bill. As she's counting change, I says "hey, I got 8 cents here, can you just give me a $5 bill please?" She looks at me confused and says "what do you mean?" I figure I just caught her off-guard so I explain she's about to give me $4.92 back and 8 cents makes the next dollar, which happens to be $5. She then says "I don't understand what you mean." She had to be pushing 40 years old, running a till, and literally didn't know how to make change; she just "did whatever the machine told her to". So I managed to convince her that 92 plus 8 equals 100, and that there's 100 cents in a dollar, and could I please just have my change? Her last words were "well, if you say so" and she gave me the $5 as I handed her the extra 8 cents. I could've told this lady a wooden nickel is worth $500 and she probably would've believed me.
TLDR: Always give your cashiers a practical exam. If they can't make change don't give them a job handling money.
my ex best friend who has her own place had a pregnancy scare. she started having mood swings and such before her period was supposed to come and i said perhaps it’s pms. she had no idea what pms was.
My sister was so pampered and spoiled growing up she could've been a Beverly Hills dog. I can somewhat understand not knowing how to do laundry by 18, even though my brother and I both did our own by the time we were 12. I also get how filling out taxes may confuse someone, even though she didn't have anything to fill in other than her W-2 (which has an autofill feature now, probably because of people like her). But! Her doctor told her to use fresh ground Himalayan salt instead of table salt. Something about her thyroid I think??? I don't know. Anyway she thought she had to go get it herself. Like, to the ocean to get it. We live in a landlocked state in the Midwest US!! There's like 6 states between us and the ocean. But she legit thought that the only salt at the store was bad salt, and that she would have to move to the coast for salt. She was absolutely floored when I took her to the store and told her to look up one shelf. Low and behold a grinder full of, you guessed it, Himalayan salt.
If a doctor told your mom that she needed himalayan pink salt, they definitely weren't a medical doctor... There is no nutritional difference between natural sea salt or rock salt, and regular table salt.
Spent time every so often with this guy who was lactose intolerant, yet always would eat dairy and then loudly complain how he felt afterwards. I would get quite annoyed and tell him straight up that he was an idiot and I had no sympathy if was going to willingly subject himself to that.
Well, one time we stop with a group of friends at a Moe's Burrito and as he hops out of the car he starts raving about how he loves their queso. I turned to him and said, "What's your problem?! I'm done with your complaining after every time you eat cheese!" He looked at me like I was stupid and said, "What?! Queso isn't CHEESE." My jaw dropped as I explained to him that queso is literally cheese in Spanish. To which he replied, "Oh man, maybe that's why I never feel so hot after I eat it." I then asked him what he thought queso actually was and he said he just thought it was Mexican sauce.
One more story. None of my good friends were available this one night, so I had a couple guys come over to watch some football with me, who generally spent way too much time living at their homes being catered to by their parents. I told them to bring some hot food to share and I would make cheesesteak egg rolls.
Guy number one shows up with a burger and fries and I asked him how that's supposed to work. He just shrugged and plopped down on my couch and started eating his burger. Guy number two text me asking me what he should bring, and I told him it's not complicated - bring a frozen pizza if he couldn't think of anything else. He then shows up with two large bottles of pop. I lost it - I laid into both dudes and tried to get them to help me understand what they were thinking when I said bring hot food to share. I then sent pop bottle guy out to buy a five dollar pizza to share with us. I never invited them to watch a game together again after that.
I had a client ask if we found any "bat eggs." They were dead serious.
I had another ask what age mice had to be before they became rats. She thought they were the same species and mice was just what you called baby rats--like kitten or puppy.
I know more about animals than most people but it was so hard to stay professional with those two clients.
Not exactly the same but I have a friend who up until last week genuinely didn't know who Hitler was, my girlfriend and I sat there explaining it to him for 10 minutes and the look of utter shock on his face definitely couldn't be faked. Now he sends me facts about Hitler.
my housemate at the time poured candle wax down our bathroom sink because she was "done with the candle". Came in to my room to ask me why the "candle oil" went hard and isn't flowing down the drain as she expected.
My boyfriend at the time came over to my friends house and we were making nachos. He proceeded to put a whole brick of cheese on a plate and tried to microwave it. Luckily my friend stopped him before it became a disaster.
Had to explain to a grown person who didn’t like lettuce or mayo that a chicken sandwich doesn’t have to have those things if they just put a patty between two slices of bread.
I go to school in NYC. The amount of times I make a new friend and want to go somewhere with them to discover they have no idea how the subway works is beyond me.
My mom uses spatulas that aren’t heat resistant and will leave them in heated pans. There are parts of these spatulas missing, that I guess have been melting into our food.
She also had no idea how to use a toaster oven properly. I’ve shown her multiple times and she still cannot remember.
Nothing super crazy, it was just surprising. These had been things I figured out growing up, for her to not know until she was 60 kind of blew my mind. She gets offended when I’ve mentioned I learned to cook watching Good Eats, like she didn’t teach me how to cook!.. She didn’t.
My friend loves cooking. Especially since he’s Italian, cooking is really big in his family. So I’m used to him having a very good knowledge of cooking and baking. One time I was over at his place and he was making an egg for himself. Sort of omelet style, more of just improv egg and he said “have to cook it to a crispy golden brown” and I mean, this man burn that egg before he took it out of the pot that he was cooking it in. He also tried to beat 8 eggs with a spoon.
I was living in an apartment with some friends for college. When it was time to move out of the apartment, I didn't need most of the bathroom supplies. So I asked one of my roommates if he wanted the shower curtain and the curtain hangers. He looked confused. I then asked if he was going to need them at the next apartment he was moving to. His response was I don't know how to use them. All he had to do was take them off the curtain rod.
As a fresh graduate that just joins a world of office worker, i found this somehow embarrassing. But using ms. Outlook email is different than just a Gmail. Not in my life someone or some institute ever teach me formally how to use email, quote someone's reply, continuing an email chain, get creative with just outlook app, and etc. As a college student before i was always using Gmail as "another form of chat" rarely bothered with subject, email chain, or even use ethics like "Dear reader,"....
As a fresh graduate the world of adults feels like, you are in a new city that you know nothing, you have no map, you don't know which store sells what, you don't know the currency, and somehow it is very hard to ask other inhabitants of that city because everyone thinks of you as one of them...
Housemate decided to cook. Puts the veggies into the pan without the oil. Then googles that you're supposed to pour oil, so guess she could do it now. There was water in the pan from the washed veggies, she pours a shitload of oil into the pan and somehow splatters over her hands and screams.
A couple of minutes later I walk into the kitchen, hob hasnt been turned on, windows all closed due to winter, and fuck lot of smoke from god knows what.
That day I learned that not all girls know how to cook.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, I was working as a camera sales person at Best Buy. . .and this elderly man approached me, enraged. He exclaimed the camera was broken, it was my fault, how could I! I asked him to please tell me what's wrong with the camera, and he said that it would "not stay on the picture." So I asked him to show me what he meant. He turned on the camera, and he went to his saved pictures. Then he goes, "Look, it won't stay on the picture," and he pressed the next button.
That day, I spent 45 minutes trying to explain to an old man that if you want to view a photo, you just have to look at it.
Me and my roommate, both 27 or so at the time, were talking about our favorite/ most essential kitchen appliances. I made the case for the disposal in the sink. He preceded to tell me how it had been sort of "messed up" for a while before I moved in. He told me how it had a fork in it and every time he or one of the other roomies turned it on it made awful grinding noises. I asked why he didn't just take the fork out if he knew that was the problem. He said eventually they did.
Friend is a horrible driver, he picked me up from home to go to some place 15 minutes away if we took the highway. He gets on the on-ramp, and just as he is merging into traffic tells me that he has never driven on the highway before and has never even used 5th gear and doesnt know where it is.
We are also in a big 4wd and while he was trying to find 5th gear he was looking down at the gear stick and we started to drift into a different lane. He realises this and jerks the wheel to get back in the lane and since we are in a top heavy 4wd we get speed wobbles and almost roll. I had to grab the wheel to stop it
My ex flatmate would leave the apartment door open while leaving for college, when I confronted him (multiple times) he would just say "I forgot".
Dumb fucking piece of shit.
J_See · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend cooked me dinner one night. She took a spoonful of minced garlic and spread the garlic on raw chicken with the same spoon. Then immediately stuck the spoon back into the jar and thought nothing of it.
How do you not know how raw chicken works when you’re 20 years old? 🤦🏻♂️
My friend (28F) was helping me with landscaping rocks last weekend. My next step is to plant grass. She asked, how will we do that, poke a bunch of little holes in the ground?
Driving it was a manual the had only ever driven automatics I made them pull over the second they said why are we not going faster than 20 mph(they told me they knew how to drive a manual)
My 22 year old friend continues to amaze me. He asked me how to tie a knot once. He told me I had a comfy couch when he sat on my bed. He told me he's never had a cherry! There's so many more that I have chosen to block out, but he genuinely amazes me.
90% of what I've read in the comments section supports my thoughts that people should have to live on their own before living with others. Unfortunately, it almost always happens in the opposite.
I'm 30 and barely know how to do it but that's cause I grew up vegetarian and our family didn't eat eggs. I just started making them months ago and still don't know how to crack those dumb things. Please explain if you can lol.
One of my former roommates decided to bake meat with way too little oil in the pan. I found out about this because I had to come down for the smoke alarm she set off.
She just stood there panicking in the kitchen with ruined food (thank god she did turn the stove off) but she "didn't know what to do about the beeping smoke detector".
I opened the kitchen window, grabbed a towel to wave around and dissipate the smoke, problem solved. She praised me for "being so inventive all the time".
bovtse · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shortly after graduating college my sister demanded that my mom let her borrow her car to drive across country from the east coast to visit friends in San diego for a few weeks over the summer. My mom unfortunately caved in and agreed, so long as my sister got an oil change before she left town and started driving because the car was overdue for one.
Being the entitled princess that she was at the time, and still is, she didnt follow through on her promise and figured she would just get an oil change later, or just not at all.
Halfway across the country, somehow the engine overheats and seizes up. Being relatively broke and alone, she calls home and explains the sob story to my mom. After a $4000 loan (from my mom) for a new engine, and my sister makes it to san diego and eventually back home.
That was 5 years ago. My sister has a full time job as a dental hygienist now and still hasn't paid back my mom. On an unrelated note, I loaned her $9000 as she was going through college and fully expect to be repaid in approximately never.
It wasnt even adulting. It was the classic first job at McDonald's.
So I'm closing up drive thru and I tell the counter girl that I'll do the counter if you clean the lobby because I hated doing the lobby and bathrooms. Also, I knew that itd be faster to have 1 person stock everything and one person cleaning. I was stocking some lids and chatting with the manager when we look into the lobby to see the girl sweeping. Shes holding the broom like a hockey stick and sweeping in semi circles. Not like small circles, either. Like, if someone was trying to shoot a puck without their stick leaving the ice. The manager ended up showing her how to do it.
I just wanted to ask; how? How did you get you get to your late teens not knowing how to sweep. I wasnt a master sweeper growing up, but I knew how to. I'd seen my parents do it, people on tv, people in stores. It's a pretty basic concept. Was she so sheltered that she'd never witnessed or watched someone with a broom? What was the plan once youd semi circled the lobby and dirt was still fucking everywhere?
My suite mate was not used to cooking before college, even the easy foods. Somewhat offered a carton of eggs in the floor groupchat and she took them bc she was hungry. She cooked them and left shells all over the counter and the remaining egg whites from the shell spilled all over the counter. When I walked out of my room that morning, I returned back to my room because the site was so atrocious and messy. Our kitchen is already super small. I had to let her know that you can’t just leave egg shells on the counter bc it has bacteria. The inner microbiologist in me just jumped out.
Another time, she just burnt pasta and the fire alarm went off. She then, didn’t touch the pot with the slightly burnt pasta for a week and it molded.
I just can’t believe that she didn’t learn to clean up after herself, when she makes a mess. She only does it when someone acknowledges the mess.
I had a roommate who would cook things in a crock pot and then eat out of the crock pot all week (sometimes leaving a spoon under the lid allowing bacteria in all week).
This happened to my ex but I was there when it happened. My ex's brother who was 28 at the time went to business school for 4 years. He worked with their dad at the airport as a manager for a shuttle company. He was so flipping smart it was insane. Like too smart. He came home one day and asked his brother if he could help him type up his resume because he literally had no idea how to or what to put on it. I was in shock.
I was having sex with a girl which involved doing anal because she was on her period. While doing anal I came inside her and a week later she calls me super worried that’s she was scared that she might be pregnant. She thought you could get pregnant from cumming into someone’s butt.
( of course I get that something could’ve slipped and gone into her but I was sure)
I got one when my brain kinda died. I usually cook for myself, and for a couple of week about two years ago, i made different things with eggs. One day, my brian decided to turn off, but i wanted a fried egg, so, i put the egg on the frypan and after a bit started mixing it. At some point i realized that it was not going to be a fried egg but an omelet. Was not really proud about it and had to ask sb how to fry and egg.
In college I worked with the mail delivery center on campus. We had a little room in the back of one of the dorms that held all the packages for dorm residents (at least until new dorms were built later in my college career). The one hard and fast requirement was that you had to bring an ID with you to pick up your packages. We had to make sure we weren't sending off packages with the wrong person. Sometimes students forgot their ID and ran back to their dorms to get it.
Then one guy came in and offered me his social security number as his ID. I gaped at him before telling him off. He didn't understand why the hell you shouldn't give our your social so easily. I explained it to him very carefully and did my best to impart him with the notion that it was very important.
So of course he came back a second time many months later and tried to give me his social security number as a form of identification again. I think my exact words were "Did your mother not raise you right????"
My friend was dating a new guy and went to his place for lunch. After eating, he proceeded to start washing the dishes WITH BLEACH. My friend had to stop the poor guy cause he clearly didn't know what he was doing. He was 26 at the time. Mind you, who was the man of the household (mum and sister, no dad) so he was more of the provider and managed the family expenses. But still....
One of my friends was complaining that she isn't going to get the Covid stimulus. I asked her why and assured her that whatever account she had used to file her taxes would get the stimulus. And I shit you not, this girl hasn't filed her taxes or opened a bank account in her entire 5 years working at the same job. She's well into her 20s and cashes her checks at Walmart every week. Her excuse was that she's to anxious, which I can relate to an extent, but STILL
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People that don't understand the basics of eggs like:
- if an egg is cracked it won't "be fine" if the yolk seals the crack,
- freezing raw eggs will cause them to crack open, and
- frying eggs requires butter or oil
I was training a CNA in a nursing home. I handed her a brief (diaper) and told her to change the resident. She proceeded to open the brief and just ripped off the tabs that secure the brief. She was also having falls, so asked her to demonstrate how she was getting people out of bed. She was pulling our of bed by their arms. She was gone quickly after that. I don't know how she even managed to pass the class. Especially when you have to do all this in front of a registered nurse to pass the class and be certified.
Also had an ex who was 33, and asked me how to make hard boiled eggs.
Who the fuck wants a hard boiled egg?
It's fucking NASTY.
And if you put mustard on an egg all slap you in your face.
Some people are fucking sick.
Eggs should always be scrambled.
I don't even really eat eggs. To each their own. Kind of aggressive over something so small. I never even heard of anyone who puts mustard on their eggs, only ketchup or hot sauce.
My friend lived in a shoddy flat and his plaster fell off in his room. He bought poly filla and slathered the whole wall in it. I wouldn't be too shocked if it wasn't the son of a plasterer who did this.
Most of my friends are men in their 30's who have zero basic DIY knowledge and don't even own a hammer. If your going to be a home owner please go on YouTube and learn some basic DIY. It'll save you a fortune in the long run if you can look after a few basics in your home.
My best friend from growing up was spending time with me in my NY apartment. She’s a super healthy, health positive LA girl. We didn’t know what to eat for dinner so I suggest pasta, and she gets super excited because she never eats pasta and idk, it’s like a fun new experience to her? ANYWAY she says she will start it, so she gets a pot and looks at me like “What next?” And I’m like “uhhh you gonna fill that pot with water and boil it?” And she was like “oh yeah!” But also she was tripping at how cool it was. She had no idea what she was doing. I couldn’t believe it.
Earlier this year when we got our W-2s, a friend of mine was talking about how she never filed her taxes. We all told her that she really needed to do it, and she says “what’re they gonna do? arrest me?”
My old roommate lived in the master bedroom. She was 3 years older than me at the time I was 21 and she was 24. She didn’t know how to clean a bathtub, it was literally black after 2 months of living together. Also one weekend I was out of town and so was our other roommate and when I got back I found an indent in our microwave plate with a black scorch mark. A few days later it cracked in half. I asked her about it she said It just sort of happened. She didn’t know how to clean or cook properly or really even drive
I once knew a guy who was a real asshole, like a real asshole. He was constantly making racist remarks, passing blame to others, and didn’t give a shit about anyone else but himself. He was decently old, and was clearly starting to lose it both mentally and physically. Anyways, he had to use 2 hands to lift a glass of water to his mouth.
My dear, not-so-dear,father. He doesn't know how to pay bills and since he is married he just says that his wife is doing it so what's the point on learning? Then I asked what happens if she gets out in the hospital or something like that, and then he just says that the kids can do it. And I did it - when they asked me if i could take a loan for them so they could finish paying their debts. A few months they didnt even pay because their car broke when I was in a car accident and almost died. My mum also told me that the two of them almost got thrown out of their apartment when she was 7 months pregnant with me because my dad just put the bills in the car. I'm so done with him
21 year old ex(ish) friend. I am 18. I had to explain how a credit card works, how a down and monthly payment works, the very BASICS of driving, how to apply for jobs and how to dress and act during interviews, explain that the job does not call you to tell you your schedule(got fired for not showing up at all the first week) and then complaining the job was too hard anyway after a single training shift at Chipotle.....
but I think my all time favourite was I had to teach them how to make packaged ramen. How do you NOT know.... there's instructions... on the back....
Me finding out my wife never learned how to parallel park. She's been driving for 20 years. Only found this out recently as I'm the driver most of the time.
If your town requires parrel parking you should just move. It's fucking stupid.
It's not needed.
And any town that still uses parrel needs to get with the times.
Park I'm fucking rows like normal people.
So both my parents obviously started working from home when the rona hit. As a result of this, my mom stopped making bacon in the mornings cause she didn't have to be anywhere in a time constraint. My dad would usually just take a few pieces of this bacon, then maybe grab some McDonalds breakfast on the way to work, which he also stopped doing cause he no longer had a commute.
So where this is going, is that about a week after my dad, who is 60 years old, starting working from home I walked into my mom teaching him how to make bacon and eggs. Theres literally a "bacon" button on our microwave and my dads egg order is literally just fried eggs over easy. I genuinely dont know how my father has gone 60 years not knowing how to cook an egg
In the army a guy left one in the chamber while he started a functions check. I didn’t even take pleasure in smoking the shit out of the platoon I was just terrified someone was gonna die.
I went to visit my friend (not anymore lol) in her city, she wanted to have dinner but we couldn’t agree on a place to eat. We went grocery shopping for ingredients instead and decided to just cook at her place. She was so on board with the idea that I thought we wouldn’t have any problems but then when we get there, the only people doing any actual cooking were me and her household helper. She was scrolling through Instagram the whole time. Couldn’t even chop an onion or garlic.
She was 22 and employed at this time (well, at her parents’ company). Eldest of three children. When I asked her about it she said “I’ve never needed to learn how to cook, which is why I don’t know how to”. Funny thing is, she NEVER shut up about wanting to be independent.
My Ex husband, he made mashed potato to go with dinner, it looked gross but I tried it, spat it out & refused to eat it.He got really offended because he was doing something nice for me.
He 1. had not peeled the potato’s, just rinsed them so they still had dirt on when he cut them up & boiled them. 2. Mashed the potato in the water he cooked them in.
He had spent years watching his mum then me making mashed potato , damn he had peeled the potatoes for me hundreds of times, seen me put in butter & milk but was totally clueless about how it was actually done.
My roommate (22M) informed me that he cleaned our bathroom. His idea of cleaning the bathroom? Cleaning ONLY the toilet bowl. Not the seat. Not the rest of the toilet. Not the sink. Not the shower. He cleaned the only part of the bathroom that we do not touch and considered the bathroom to be clean.
A couple weeks later, he offered to help me clean, and I reluctantly agreed. He mopped the floor without sweeping it beforehand and pushed the mop around like a vacuum. He informed me later that he grew up with a cleaning lady. Ya, no sh*t, dude.
I had a housemate when I was 22-ish, he was closer to 25. He asked another housemate to go shopping with him because he didn't understand clothing sizes. Turns out he only thought there was S/M/L and his mom had bought all of his pants for him up until that point. This same housemate asked for help again about six months months later because he didn't know how to go to the doctor.
When I worked at Wendy's I had to teach a 20 year old dude how to sweep. I told him the instructions to clean the dining room (sweep, mop, wipe down tables, trash) and looked out to see him dragging the broom like a dog on a leash behind him.
I thought he might just be doing it to get out of it but he did the same with the mop and tried in vain to scrub a pile of ketchup with a dry towel. Also didn't know you needed to add soap to the dishes. Idk what his parents did but I hope he grasped it at some point
I attended college in my mid 30's, and went on a few Study Abroad's. The first one was in Ireland, and one of my roommates didn't know how to cook, do her laundry, or wash dishes properly.
She would do weird shit, like butter the bread before putting it in the toaster. Try to make coffee by mixing the coffee grinds in water like it's kool-aid, and didn't even know how to peel a banana.
She would leave her dirty laundry outside of her room (she's 21, and wears what typical 21 year olds would) and her panties, bras, nighties, you name it... all just lying there. A few days go by, and I finally ask her why I need to step over her thong pile to use the bathroom, and she's genuinely perplexed as too why the maid hasn't come by to pick them up and clean.
She would just leave her dirty dishes in her room, in the living room, in the kitchen, etc. Again, expecting the maid to come clean up after her. We finally got her to realize there is no maid, and that she needs to wash them herself. She would just squirt a bit of soap, then immediately rinse it off. No scrubbing, no washing, nothing.
I helped her through it all, and tried teaching her as much as I could, but it was hard. Trying to teach someone the difference between whites and colored (clothing!!), delicates, water temp, dry cycles... it was intense.
She was a nice kid, but her Dad was someone Ambassador or something, and they always had servants/staff/etc growing up, and she had zero life skills.
Whoa. Chill out dude. I was taught to do laundry like 20+ years ago, and sorting takes all of about 5 minutes of my time. If you want to talk about time wastes, we should go over how much time I play on video games.
My one friend is a very...sheltered girl (college aged). Let’s just say that no one gave her “the talk,” so she was left to her imagination even I this world of googling everything. In middle school, she thought babies were made from friction from the M/F parts. In high school, her sex theory evolved to what is now jokingly called, the “Magnet Theory”—she literally thought when M/F parts were in proximity, they just were attracted to each other like a magnet...it’s a good thing she did not have a sex partner during those years, because she would have be gravely mistaken...
My former co-worker had the fire department come to my work due to smoke and a bad smell across the store. He made some Mac n Cheese without putting water in it. The thing caught fire. He said his mom always made it.
We had at least two people in our dorm building my Freshmen year to whom I had to teach how to use a washing machine. Where to put the soap, how much to put, how long it might take, etc.
They at least sort of knew to separate the lights from the darks.
I don't know, my jeans and my lighter color t-shirts don't really place nice together.
I also tend to separate based on material weight too. Jeans, hoodie, heavy clothes together and lighter cloths together haha.
You gunna separate when you need to use a public laundry mat?
Million's of people use the laundry mat everyday and they don't bleed 😂
Throw it all together and whatever happens happens.
Ain't nobody got no time for doing separate loads.
Yeah, I've used public laundry mats before, and yes, do separate loads, as do 90% of the other people I've seen there.
RedXon · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girlfriend who was spoiled by her mother and didn't know anything really. Well to be fair her mother tried to show her things but gave up when she didn't want to learn because "it was too complicated" (still she should have tried but that's another story...)
Well for one she didn't watch the news or anything because it was boring. You couldn't discuss any recent stuff or politics with her because she didn't knew anything. Not who our council was, what our parties were etc. She didn't even knew what the whole deal with bin laden was for example, she just knew he was some sort of bad guy. Also she didn't know what her insurance was so when we went to the doctor and he asked her for her insurance card (we have compulsory health insurance) and he asked her for her insurance card she claimed she didn't have one...
There were so many more things and I tried to teach her at least the basics but I gave up because there were many other issues. Needless to say we are not together anymore. The worst part was that she was in training to be a teacher. I mean how do you teach if you didn't know anything? Well gladly for the kids she dropped out because of failed exams but the fact that she made it as far as she did tells you something about our training of teachers...
A former coworker of mine legitimately could not list the months of the year in order. If it was January and she needed to schedule something 6 months out, she had to pull out a calendar and count month by month. She claimed it was because she was homeschooled and her mom had never taught her about months, but she was in her 20s and somehow still hadn't learned.
Went for a mountain bike ride with an acquaintance. He got a flat. The sun was setting and the bears were about. He suggested walking out of the woods. He didn't know how to change a flat.
Honestly bone in chicken is terrible.
And your talking to a guy who used to cook bone in chicken for a living.
It always tastes weird.
And then the bone is their and it's fuckin weird.
I have no idea why people like it.
Remember I used to work at churches chicken and have made thousands upon thousands of pieces of bone in chicken.
Receptionist at my salon had to change the clocks forward. We had no idea she didn’t know how to properly read a clock. She cane out of the back room saying “hey is this right? I don’t know how to tell clock time.” We just gazed at her with a look like “how do you not know this?”
A handful of times in my life where I’ve sat there and just felt so bad for that person wondering, “how the fuck have you survived this long?”.
Not talking dumb teenagers but people clearly in their 20s, perhaps 30s and they seem so lost. The best part is that every single one of them just drove off. Which is hilarious for multiple reasons.
First, just the quitting and admitting defeat is worth a chuckle. Also, not staying and figuring it out or even asking the person inside for help is hilarious. But what makes me laugh most is thinking, “now what, dumbass? You still have to fill up and now you even have less gas”!
Recently...had to have this conversation with an almost 40 yr old after they got a DUI, granted it's more of a how do you not know this:
Them: I blew a 1.37 but it's my first DUI...the cop acted like I wasn't going to get anything major though..
Me: ok...if you had blown a 1.37 you'd be dead...was it .137 or maybe .37? Because first offender or not, (in our state) there are 3 punishment tiers based on BAC... Above .16 is the highest....so...
Them: I'm not sure, but really it doesn't matter because my tolerance is so high it's not like a person that barely drinks blowing the same...
Me: your tolerance has no bearing on your BAC level...it doesn't change just because you aren't feeling it
Them: really? Because I know I've been drunker than that before...
Me: you probably shouldn't say that in court
Them: well...I can't lose my license so I'll just explain I gotta get my kids to the doctor's out of town and stuff...
Me: ok...they might give you a special license to get to and from work but that's a might...and saying that could backfire. You could have a judge that sympathizes, gives you community service, a fine, etc. OR you could get a judge that tells you if you cared that much about your kids you wouldn't have been drinking and driving
Them: ohhhh...I didn't think of that.
I've never had a DUI, I was looking up our laws as the convo went on
A girl in my freshman bio class asked the professor if the Sun had bones.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my brother when it was his sophomore year at college. He was in with a junior who was for some reason still in the dorms which was weird because junior year they let you live off campus. Well it turns out that he was so dysfunctional on how to do laundry that he bought quote "the little pod things" and just used those in his laundry. Well it turns out, he used cascade pods for a dishwasher. He also never cleaned or cooked his own food and on several occasions left his dorm key and cried outside the door because he thought my brother was locking him out. My brother was at work one time and came back to him sobbing at the door calling his name to let him in. Kinda feel sorry for the guy.
Was mentioning something about Germany and my coworker asked if Germany was in Australia... I later learned she didn't even know her continents or any basic geography.
Ok not super horrifying but has anyone ever met people that don’t know that male animals (cats, dogs, etc) have nipples? It’s more common than you think.
Not really horrifying but still shocking and dumbfounding. I work at a bar and instead of sports on the TVs, we have on these aerial shots of nature or cityscapes and that sort of stuff as like mood setter.
One night, this woman is sitting at the bar and points at the TV and asks me "where do you think that is?" I looked up and said "Oh, that's London: on the left is the London Eye and in the foreground is London bridge. Plus they're all driving on the wrong side of the road."
She not and goes "ohh okay. I bet you know all these places, don't you?"
I give her my standard response: "Yea, haha, I see them everyday, I had better know them by now."
Few minutes go by as well as a few scenes. I'm heading back to the kitchen to grab something and she suddenly says to me "where do you think that is? Ireland or Germany?" I look up expecting to see some castle or something, but instead on the TV screen I see what is very clearly the Great Wall of China. I kind of chuckle, guessing that this woman is joking with me, but she keeps on looking at me waiting for me to answer.
"... uhh that's the Great Wall of China..." I said to her, to which she casually responded "oh is it now? Huh."
I've been in food service for about 7 years now and that is damn near the top of dumbest things I have ever heard a customer say to me
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’ll throw myself under the bus: living on my own my 2nd year of college. 1st year I lived in the dorms and didn’t cook much, and if I did, just hand washed the dishes. As a kid I was pretty spoiled in terms of not having to do chores, so
I had never run a dishwasher in my life. So, here comes the day when I decide to use the dishwasher in my new apartment and can’t understand why there is soapy water ALL over the floor. I even go so far as to call the maintenance guy over thinking the dish washer is broken. Turns out I’m an idiot and used some Dawn dish soap (like I always used to hand wash dishes) inside the dishwasher instead of the little dishwasher pods actually meant for the machine. Super embarrassed when I realized what the maintenance guy must have thought of me.
Senior year of high school, a fellow classmate was complaining about how hot he was. I noticed he was wearing a black shirt with a white undershirt, so I suggested he take one of the shirts off.
He goes, "No no no - the black shirt absorbs the heat and the white shirt reflects it."
So close.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the stupid one.
This morning I was making pancakes and apparently you need to butter the pan first.
I had a reverse story for this. A couple summers ago, I worked at my dentist office as a summer job as an assistant to the hygienist. That meant being in charge of suction, prepping, and basically being the guy who helps out around the office. Near the end of the work day, there would usually be few appointments and the staff would hang out in the prep room and chit chat. One of the jobs that the other hygienists had was loading up the sanitizing machine which locked while it was running and was finished when there was a ‘ding’ sound. Well, for one reason or another there was no one in the prep room and there were no patients in the stations, so I was alone. I heard the machine ding that it was done and, trying to help out, opened the sanitizer by turning the handles which lock it closed. I noticed it was rather stuck, but didn’t think anything of it. Unbeknownst to me, there is a step that I didn’t know about which is that the machine had to first depressurize and when I opened the door, there was a loud BANG and the door flew open and a cloud of stem shot into my face. Luckily, there was no damage done but everyone rushed over to me and asked if I was alright, which I was although I was kind of in shock for a few minutes. At the end, I was sent home early and assigned to filing patient files for the rest of that summer and wasn’t let near the prep room again.
TL,DR: I worked in a dentist office over a summer and touched some equipment that literally exploded in my face. Thankfully, no one was injured, but I felt like an idiot for trying to help out when I shouldn’t have.
I once had a roommate who clearly came to college not knowing any actual life skills. One day everyone in our house had agreed to clean some part of the house. His job was simple vacuum the one rug we had in the living room. I watched him "vacuum" by stamping the vacuum upright across the rug. I watched what should have been a 30 second job turn into a 5 min struggle. Can't ever unsee that.
Friend Didn't Know Anything Except To Play Games No Genral Knowlegde Like Doesn't know How To Cook , Do Laundry , Do His Own Things He Didnt Even Know Basic
Maths And Science Like Whats 149 X 56 aand He Didnt Know How Long A Full Day And Night Lasted.
One of my friend's dad thought women peed out of their nipples. He thought this until he was about 30. How?! Her parents were irish catholic, they were set up by their Church (pretty much just met and got married so they could start making babies). Her dad had never had a girlfriend I guess.
My daughter's classmate from high school (they graduated 6 years ago) has put MULTIPLE vids on his snapchat story of the dishwasher spewing out foam... I've commented, every time, & explained the difference between handwashing dish soap, & dishwasher detergent... February of this year? Lo and behold, ANOTHER bubble video with the caption "why does this KEEP HAPPENING to me?! I only put a LITTLE BIT in!"
Eyerolls for dayyyyys! (Oh, & he still lives at home w his parents... how the actual FUCK has he never ASKED THEM? Or read my freaking comments. Or have parents who actually took the time to teach their children how to do basic household chores?
Not gonna lie, i still giggle at the "keeps happening" bit 🤣🤭💀 oh, Cameron, how are you still alive?
I work in produce, a few days ago a middle aged lady came in asking for blackberries so I pointed her to them. She came back and very sincerely asked me if blueberries and blackberries are the same thing.
my 'beloved' sister. a year older, has a job at an accounting firm. doesn't know what to do when the internet is down. 99.9% you just turn it off and on again. she won't even fiddle with it, as soon as no signal, just straight to me
Honestly, I didnt know how to boil eggs at 18. My friend facetimed me and gave me step by step instructions on how to get a soft boiled egg. I know they had the "how do you not know how to do this" moment with me but I still appreciated the help.
My girlfriend came insanely close to sticking a fork into a plugged-in toaster to pick out a something that had fell in. Thankfully I saw and I yelled at her to stop... she had no idea sticking a fork in toaster is incredibly stupid.
Saw a lot of microwave madness here - thought I'll offer my microwave story too.
SIL doesn't know how to use her microwave. She is in her forties and have lived in the house with MIL for at least 20years (the microwave oven is definitely not a new oven). I (a visitor in the house) had to teach her how to use her own microwave.
So many stories about SIL....
Freshman year in college, my roomate wanted me to help her with some of her math. She did not know < or > had to teach an 18 year old the alligator eats the bigger number trick.
My 8 year old taught our 24 year old babysitter how to make scrambled eggs. The sitter got all defensive about it too. But in her defense my 8 year old can be very judgey.
Basic household chores, my cousin came over and I asked her to help me clean up a bit. I asked her to sweep the floors and the way she did it just shocked me. The broom was barely on the floor and I thought she would go back and get the stuff she missed. I went and did the dishes then when to check up on her and there she was not her phone saying she is done when she clearly was not. I ended up doing everything while she just sat there on her arse ;-;
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to close a zip lock bag at 35 years of age.
Not the most glorious story on here by far but I work as a delivery truck driver and was walking around the warehouse when I heard my boss and regional warehouse manager talking about how they would take the lock boxes off the thermostats that the previous manager had put on. The previous manager pretty much disappeared so he had the only key to them with him. I said I could open them up to which they emphasized that they were locked. I grabbed my alan keys and a paper clip from my tool box and 2 minutes later handed both covers to them. They looked stunned and asked how I got them off. I told them I picked the lock. They asked how I knew how to do that to which I declined to reply but told them I could do it with most locks.
Anyways they think I'm a thief and that scares them. But honestly what semi sketchy kid nowadays doesn't know how to.
It's not hard.
Most locks can be defeated by simple raking the pins and turning and hoping for the best.
If it's a combination lock or a padlock get two 13mm wrenches and pop the locks.
If it's master lock threatening it with a hammer will scare it enough to open.
I put together a bbq for some coworkers and everyone confirmed what they were going to bring to share. This girl, let’s call her Caitlynn says she’s bringing salad.
She shows up the day of with a bag of spinach, and that’s it. I asked her where the other vegetables and dressing were and she said, “this is how my mom always made salad.” Okayyyy...
So, I then asked her to shuck the corn on the cob and handed them over. She repeats after me, “shuck the corn?” But it sounds like schuckkk? Turns out she didn’t know what that meant, or how to do it... because when she buys them at the grocery store they’re already peeled.
My ex from high school couldn't tie her shoes at 15 years old. I taught her how
My ex from my freshman year of college (his sophomore, he was 19) made me a cup of those microwave mashed potatoes where you just add water. I wasnt feeling well so he did it for me. He gave it to me super soupy and way more full than normal. Come to find out: he thought the fill line was not the marked line with arrows, but the lip to keep the stuff from boiling over. I did not finish those potatoes lmao
I had a 25yo roommate that kept throwing frozen meat away because "it was past the use by date on the package." I had to explain to him how freezing food makes it last longer. Dude moved back in with his parents shortly after.
A year after I graduated college and moved out of state to start my career, a friend of mine from high school came up to visit me during a short break during his first year of law school. We went to the grocery store to get stuff for the weekend and the cashier asked him “paper or plastic?” He replied “I’m paying by credit card.” The cashier looked at him like he was crazy. So he repeated himself. I had to explain to him that she meant what type of bag did he want his groceries in and not if he was paying with cash or a credit card. Since he went to a local universities, he always lived at home and had never done his own grocery shopping before. He genuinely had no idea what she was talking about.
I lived in a dorm for masters students (so >20yo) for a few years. I distinctly remember walking into the kitchen one day at 9 in the morning to find three guys wondering how to cook chicken. They ended up dropping the whole bird in a pot of boiling water and adding a little salt.
I had an intern at an art gallery where I worked. I needed intern to “shake out the rug (which was a big door mat just inside the front door) and sweep the floor”. My office was on a mezzanine level so I could see intern from upstairs. I watched them pick up the 5x7 mat and begin to shake it out inside the gallery. I ran down and told them to shake the rug outside the building, literally just outside the doors that are right next to the rug. I was so surprised that someone would think to shake off a 5x7 dusty doormat inside and then sweep up that dust.
Another intern was told to wrap up a painting in large clear plastic sheeting and staple it to the raw wood of the frame. Intern laid down the sheeting, walked across the sheeting and sealed his dusty, forensically identifiable footprints between the sheeting and the painting.
I learned a lot about what people don’t know how to do that seemed like common sense. I made a training manual and learned that I need to be clearer with instructions and understand that not everything is obvious to everyone.
I’d say my friends not knowing how to tell if chicken was cooked or not. Which was weird, since one of them took culinary in high school. I ended up frying all the chicken they made at our cook-in.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach my roommate how to send mail. She didn’t even know you could put it in your own mailbox.
My ex. We would have been 27/28 at the time. We were watching junk on TV and out of nowhere she asks;
"... Did we win World War 2?"
I thought she was joking, but no, it turns out that she genuinely didn't know who won. It's not like she was dumb either, she was quite intelligent with a master's degree.
I know everyone has gaps in their knowledge but, jeez!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my sister's(23f) boyfriend(24? 25? idk) didn't know how to use a washing machine when they first met. whose parents still do the laundry for them when they're adults? still don't know if he knows how to use it
My manager didn’t know how to save a word doc as a pdf or take a screenshot with her iphone. She’s 15 years further into her career than me, and makes 2x as much
logo28 · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the mom of my friend group in college & a guy friend of mine FaceTimed me and showed me a packet of chicken from the store that was opened. He asked me if it was still good. I asked why it was open and he said he took one out three days ago and put the others back in the fridge in the open packet. He didn’t know how to store chicken after opening the package he was 21 at the time.
One of my college roommates had his parents do everything for him. No exaggeration- EVERYTHING. His parents lived ~30 minutes away from the school so they’d come up and take care of his every need.
Some of the things I found out that he didn’t know how to do during Junior year of college: laundry, plunging a toilet, closing blinds, using an ATM, driving on the highway, pumping gas.
I wish I was kidding, but his mom and dad did every single thing for him. He ended up graduating and getting a super basic warehouse job. Worthless considering they dropped over $200k on a private school degree.
At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak when our company CEO showed everyone how to wash their hands properly as he had just learned from his housemate.
Was training a guy at Quiznos. He was fine up until I asked him to change the garbages. He asked me “how” and I’ve never been so dumbfounded in my life.
On our first date, my now-partner and I made cookies at my house. I asked him to spray a little Pam on the tray, for the first batch, let him put some cookie dough down, and I left him to it while I took care of my dogs.
Didn't think to check his work until I pulled that first batch out. He had sprayed so much Pam on the tray that there was a few INCHES of liquid. The dough never cooked and sort of melted with the oil??
He didn't understand what went wrong. Apparently his mom never baked with him as a kid and he just assumed he'd keep spraying until the can ran out!
Asked a volunteer to sweep the floor with a broom. Found him with broom in one hand, pushing the dirt around. He said he had only ever used vacuum cleaners.
Not be but my mom. This girl and her BF came in wanting a pregnancy test. She asked about protection and stuff like that. Turns out to women would only have the big use a condom during oral, but not vaginal. Thinking she got pregnant from swallowing the cum. Both were in shock when she explained to them. Also she was pregnant.
A neighbor knocked on my door. He was a graduate student at the most respected university in the area, I'd say he was around 30. He was trying to figure out what the tax on something was. Being new to the state, I said sorry, I was unsure what the tax rate was.
No, he said, I know what the tax rate is, I just don't know how to calculate it.
I have locked myself in more than one bathroom over the course of traveling the country/sleeping on friends' floors. The moment of realization is the most embarrassing shit.
I used to be a retinal photographer who went out into the community to screen people for a common eye condition.
The department needed a new person to do the really advanced type of assessment which involved assessing a person's eye in the clinic using something called a slit lamp rather than taking a photo and sending it to a team like I did.
This person had to be an opthalmologist in order to do that job so they hired one who had moved to the country recently. He had been a doctor for years and an opthalmologist for years on top, he was very highly qualified for the job.
The guy was told to come out with some photographers just to get a feel for the communities before starting the job proper. I got talking to him and he was a lovely guy but his English wasn't brilliant and he was very brisk with patients. Not a big deal because he would of been working in an area where alot of people spoke his native language and his English wasn't so bad that you couldn't understand him.
My problem came when he started the process. He was really blasé doing the visual acuity check and did a sort of half job where I had to step in and say "no we need to do it like this" and he made out he knew what he was doing but as the results were on my account I wanted to make sure it was done properly.
The worrying part came to the photography. He really couldn't use the fundus camera at all and really struggled. I put that down to him being a consultant for years so he wouldnt of touched a camera or that ours were a different make to the ones he used but the final straw came after the images were taken.
The images are focussed on 2 areas of the back of the eye, a part called the macula and where the optic nerve comes into the eye. The optic nerve is beyond identifiable on these images, it's a massive bright circle in a big red retina and the most basic of medicine courses teach you to recognise it in fundoscopy. We were basic camera technicians and we knew the optic disc, it's the most clearly identifiable part of the image.
When I was going through the angles we image I didn't go into much detail on the features because this man is an opthalmologist. But then he asked me what the big bright circle was, I told him it was the optic nerve and he asked me what that was.
I didn't use any medical terminology, the optic nerve is the optic nerve. As I explained what it was and he said "oh yes yes yes, that's right" he started asked about the other features in the eye like the macula, the fovea and why some patients had white spots over their macula, really really basic things that photographers are taught but this consultant opthalmologist didn't know.
I reported it to my lead and the guy was sacked not long after. I never found out the full story behind him but he emailed me and my partner (same job) asking us to put a good word in for him after having sessions with us. As a bonus I left the job to train as a physician associate (similar to a physician assistant in the US) and he emailed me asking if that was something he could do which is strange because he had a medical degree and was a consultant. Some very fishy shenanigans going on there.
My bf at the time, when he came over for a couple days and I asked him to “cut the chicken” and he didn’t know how to. And thought that you needed a bucket to do laundry because “that’s the way my mom does it”. Truly had no life skills
New roommate wasn’t taking out the trash, so I asked him to please do it. He apologized profusely, leapt up from the table, opened the kitchen bin, grabbed the bag, and (without tying it closed) opened the front door and threw it into the street. It landed on the sidewalk.
I was shocked. And no, even though in writing it comes across as maybe him just being a melodramatic ass, he really was genuinely trying to do what I had asked.
I was 25. He was 28. He’d lived on his own for years. What. The. Fuck.
Tried to teach my Grandpa how to use a smartphone. On the 50th time of teaching how to listen to songs on 'Youtoob', he asks me where to tap when he wants to search for a song.
Beth3g · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin couldn’t wash her hair during her period. Not sure why because she didn’t know only said her dad wouldn’t let her.
I think it would be me that is of no experience. It isn't exactly adulting. In my freshman year of highschool I still didn't know how to tie my shoes. I kinda forgot so I guess I can say I still dont ow how.
I work in a private home setting and have 5 coworkers. Onday the toilet wouldn't flush. I had to show one co worker how to fill up the mop bucket with water and pour it in the toilet to flush it. As long as it's not plugged it works every time. I just thought it was something everyone knew how to do.
Freshman year. My college had an overflow housing campus and still over-admitted. Doubles were turned into triples....and I was ‘lucky’ enough to be in a triple that was turned into a quad.
Point being, we were all on top of each other - and not in a good way.
Anywho, one of my roommates was your typical never left home, never left the state, always had his parents around. Nice enough guy, just newly exposed to the outside world.
First weekend of school he drinks for the first time and throws up. Standard fare for a lot of kids tho, right? Well - he had brought two sets of sheets to college. Threw up on the first, AND THEN BALLED THEM UP, PUT THEM IN A PLASTIC BAG, AND LEFT THEM IN HIS CLOSET ALL GODDAMNED YEAR. We only found out about it when we were cleaning out at the end of the year and once we saw what it was, we collectively had that “holy shit” moment.
Additionally, he used that other set of sheets exclusively for the rest of the year. I don’t remember him washing them once (tho he may have). He was clean otherwise, I just never saw his sheets leave the bed. His blue pillowcase was legitimately yellow by mid-year.
Why he didn’t have the sense to do something more hygienic, like toss the original sheets, wash the other ones more regularly, or just go buy another set? No idea.
PS - no, the dorm room never smelled bad. Somehow. Tho to be honest (and this makes the story even more baffling), we lived across from the refuse room.
Not exactly horrifying, but amusing. My partner bought a house with a friend and we all lived there. I found some mail in our mailbox addressed to the friend and when he saw it he got confused and asked why it hadn't gone to where he meant to send it. That was the day I found out an adult who purchased a home and had a 200k+ mortgage didn't know how to properly address a letter, and had inadvertently sent mail to himself.
Dunno what everyone calls it but here in the uk it’s either ‘diluting juice’ or ‘squash’. Anyway, It’s the stuff you just add water to. A friend of mine has a sister who is about 20 years old, with a child I might add! After asking me if I wanted a drink and me replying with ‘diluting juice’ (which she had offered me) her reply was ‘how do I do that?’ No idea how she has made it to 20, I was flabbergasted. I mean the clue is in the answer!
Last year, I arrived at summer camp with my friends. We were making our beds and settling into our room and so. I had just finished making my bed when one of my friends ask: “Can you put the blanket in the duvet for me? Because I don’t know how to do it myself.”
This girl was 17 years old and didn’t know how to put a blanket in a duvet. How is this even possible? I learned how to do that when I was 8.
I have an ex-girlfriend who was extremely sheltered while growing up. At 23 years old, she had never withdrew money from an ATM or been through a drive-thru at all. There is more but that's the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
My wife (gf @ the time) bought a used car when she moced to texas with me. Fast forward 2 years, the car is having issues and i asked when the last time she had the oil changed. She had the nerve to tell me that I was the idiot for thinking it had to be changed. Boy was she incorrect.
He made her sign a waiver because she never had the oil changed, and i never thought to ask, becase i thought that was a known thing...
I'd have to go with this scary and twilight zone moment I experienced with a new employee at my office....
A New Engineer is hired by the design group I work for (Federal Government/Army). We do design work for the military. He is in his 50s and apparently came with great references. First project I get to work with him on, this happens.....
He asks me to draw up some plans, elevations, details of this light pole he chose for a site plan. I'm happy to help, so I make him a plan sheet along with a couple elevation views and some details. When I'm finished, I go to his desk and show him the views. What happens next is one of the weirdest and unreal experiences I have ever had professionally (especially with someone that's considered a superior on paper)....
He proceeds to not understand what he is looking at in any way shape or form. Absolutely no concept of what a plan is or why elevations or sections show the light pole in a different perspective. He cannot grasp why the light pole looks one way in a plan and another in an elevation. He is a "high level" Engineer mind you with over 25 years in the field. Or so he says. This guy is responsible for inspecting bridges and such and has zero clue how to correctly interpret a simple perspective drawing that any designer learns about in the first day of engineering school (not to mention just basic common sense, most people can understand this even outside the field of engineering). Scary. I proceed to spend a good hour trying to explain this to him in every conceivable way with nothing sinking in. Crazy. I even go as far as to act out where the eyes are on a certain view using a pencil as an example moving all around it trying to express perspective. Nothing sunk in. And we wonder why most civilian folks have a negative opinion about government employees. He is still employed to this day and every week there is a new example of his non awareness. Incredibly disheartening and quite unsettling.
My first year on campus there was a girl who was trying to do her laundry evidently for the first time. She shoved a whole overflowing basket of mixed laundry into the washer then she dumped an entire one of the 10ish oz jugs of Tide into the washer with it.
I had a roommate who was 37 who had no idea how to mail a letter. I asked them to mail our rent check one month, and they tried to post the check with our return address on the bottom right, and with no stamp.
When I asked them how they could have possibly gone through life without learning how to send mail, they said that “they don’t teach you how to do that in X American city.”
I was making a fire in a fireplace while I had some friends over during the winter. They looked and to usher that I knew how to build a fire.
I tell ya, I weep for my generation and the next.
Watching my own father pour water on a grease fire. His own kitchen when he was a kid caught fire because of that exact thing. Some men just act first and leave the consequences to other people...
This literally just happened at work the other day. A coworker of mine put pop tarts in the microwave without removing them from the tin foil packaging. It started exploding so I stopped the microwave and had to explain to her why she shouldn’t put things like that in the microwave.
I was at my girlfriends house. I was about to put some chicken in the freezer and her roomate asks if it’s safe to freeze chicken. She also didn’t know how to use the washing machine.
My best friend in high school was grossly sheltered, we’re talking life experience of a toddler, was asking her parents permission to use the microwave at age 15, all that stupid shit.
Well she got her car, yadayada and one day calls from the side of the road in hysterics because her car ‘just quit’. Gas. She didn’t know she had to put gas in a car. Yes she’s been in gas stations. Yes she’s watched people put gas in their cars. No she didn’t know that applied to her car. I love her so much but God she’s got the common sense of a sunfish
I work in admin and I was training a new colleague on some work. I literally had to explain to them how to use a scroll wheel on the mouse to select things. I had to explain how to save documents, and then also to save as different file types. I had to explain the best wording to use for writing emails.
It took 2 hours to send out a mere handful of prenatal reports and ugh I wanted to scream.
I’m not a manager and I have no say in who we employ but I just want to scream at them, “WHY DID YOU GIVE THIS PERSON THE JOB??? At least check that they know how to use very basic computer functions first!!!” It gave me a wretched headache it was so stressful.
One of my rich buds and I (both 21 yo males) had a weekend a snowboarding weekend at big bear because his family owns a lot of property up there. When we were coming back home I was getting tired while driving and he offered to take over and I happily said for sure. I pull over to switch seats with him and when he gets in the drivers seat he looks confused. He then proceeded to ask me how to turn the car on and how to turn the blinker on. He doesn’t know how to drive. His whole family are chauffeured around...
I think the worst one, but the one I feel like I’ve seen the most is friends not realizing you need to clean your shower. With all that mold growth it just ain’t healthy.
Have a stepbrother that straight up doesn’t know how to even reheat a hot dog. Had to put the water in the pan, and teach him how to tell when the water is boiling and everything. I actually wanted to slam my head into the hot pan.
I had a friend that learned his senior year of high school that you could capitalize with the shift key instead of with hitting caps lock before and after. He had a laptop all throughout high school and used a computer in grade school...
I was studying in England and two of the other students I was sharing the house with first off didn't know how to clean the stove, and let grease everywhere. Second, because I'd been travelling for a week, no one had cleaned any of the grease away, and they started a grease-fire the evening I got home. The grease had run over the edge of the stove and down into the oven. But instead of closing the oven, closing the fire-door to the kitchen and calling the fire department, THEY THREW WATER ON IT, PROPPED OPEN THE FIRE DOOR AND OPENED ALL THE WINDOWS! Of course the flames were up to the ceiling! I had to run into the kitchen to try to shut everything, while calling the fire department as well as getting everyone out of the house.
I'm still baffled that NONE OF THEM knew anything about how to clean or deal with kitchen fires at 19 and 20 y.o. They'd also covered the fire alarm because it went off all the time, so they could've burned the entire house down!
We were 28 at the time. I asked my friend to pump my gas while I ran in to grab something from the gas station. I find her squeezing the gas pump in short regular intervals because she thought you literally had to “pump” it. She’s otherwise the most competent person I’ve ever met so this really blew my mind.
A friend in college had a boyfriend who could not read analog clocks. We were once chilling in the kitchen and before we went to see a movie and because I was looking in the oposite direction of the clock I ask him is he can tell me what time is it. He answer after looking at his phone and the his girlfriend said to me that he can not read analog clocks at all, that all his life he was thought to look to digital clocks and never learned the other way.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
2 guys I knew were filling their taxes as dependents. Both 25 at the time and definitely not living with their parents.
When I joined a software development team my boss kept praising the intern (who he was a bit buddy-buddy with) for being "the poster child for how quickly someone can pick up programming". My second day the intern asks me why his code change isn't working. He had tried something very similar to this:
VerifyIsValidPartNumber(PartNum1 & PartNum2)
This wasn't a one time thing, and my boss never caught on. To be clear, it's my oblivious boss who horrified me - though the intern's hilarious attempts to code eventually amassed a body of work that was impressive in its own right.
I have an older friend of mine, who has worked at the same two fast food restaurants that i have in the last 2 years. They got me my second job because they moved to the new job first. The other day I found out this person didn't understand what a hysterectomy was. They talked about it like it was a spa day for their uterus, 'Oh, they just remove the inner lining with a brush' Uh, no fam, the inner lining comes out during your period. It took me 4 different convos to tell them how a Hysterectomy is basically the removal of the uterus, egg sacks, and egg tubes. Then they thought that it meant removing their uretures. Uh, no fam. They remove the baby maker. And that's how I told my friend that they didn't have a hysterectomy 3 years ago, it was just a pap smear. And she's like 30 years my senior.
I worked at this place for a really short time with my friend, and we'd always stay and clean up together after closing. One day I asked her if she could vacuum, and she straight up didn't know how. She's had maids do the cleaning her entire life, so I showed an 18 year old how to vacuum. Love her though ❤️
My roommate my freshman year of college is probably the smartest girl I’ve ever met. 4.0+ nursing major, extremely studious. Anyway, the first week of college, I heard her on the phone with her mom asking how to use the microwave.
Our neighbor didnt know the most basic algebra. Like x + 5 = 10. She just didnt grasp the concept of a variable. She also didnt have a bank account and was seemingly afraid to go to the bank because she always had an excuse not to go and made either my girlfriend or myself go for her. Also her narcissist husband told her he was the king of Thailand and had diplomatic immunity and she believed him completely
When I was in 11th grade there was a classmate of mine who could not point out Europe on a map. They had no clue where the WHOLE continent of EUROPE was located.
My cousin didn’t know which edge of the knife to cut a banana with. I mean one edge is sharp and the other isn’t soooooo you’d think it would be obvious. She was like 19.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seeing a grown woman get evicted and have to constantly pester my mom for money, even though she had crazy spending habits. Also have serious mental health issues she never really addressed but the spending one was craziest to me.
I fled the nest right at 17, and although I may have crash landed a few times, I still managed to get my shit together with little to no help (just a few mental breakdowns). In addition to getting my ass into some serious therapy. I could not understand how a grown adult woman didint understand the concept of budgeting. The worst part imo was that she genuinely didn’t seem to underfund it.
I was never taught how to change a tire.. My friend looked at me in utter horror as he witnessed me take off my entire wheel, and throw it into a nearby dumpster. Good thing my parents taught me how to pray about things instead of how to fix them yourself.
I have lost track of the number of times I've had my sister call me to come help her because her god damn truck ran out of gas.
The woman is 48 years old and she's not stupid by any stretch. Just...somehow or another she's developed a laser focused blind spot regarding her gas tank.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Gonna do it from the other perspective to admit my idiocy. I didn’t know shit about cars since even as a young dude I didn’t care much for them. Car started to heat up and I call my grandad, he doesn’t pick up; then my best friend at the time, he doesn’t pick up either. I decided, since it was heating up, to pour water into the motor. 5 minutes later my grandad called and I became a laughingstock for a couple of weeks. However I started to learn about cars and other shit I didn’t know because my self esteem and ego wanted to yeet themselves out of a bridge.
I had a classmate. He was sitting in front of me , he turned around to ask me what was the time. I noticed that he had a watch and asked him if it's broken or something. He told me "No it's 5min behind the actual time". My friend who was sitting beside me heard hume say that and he literally had to spend the next 20min trying to explain him how he can read the time in his watch when he knew how much the lag was.
First day in my new apartment, I lit my kettle on fire. I grabbed the fire extinguisher from under the sink, pulled out the pin, and turned to my roommate to say, "I have no idea how to use this!" She pointed the hose at the fire and told me to squeeze. The apartment was saved, my kettle was not, and now I know how to use a fire extinguisher.
College roommate filled up the detergent compartment in the dishwasher with dawn dish soap...because that’s what you wash dishes with right? Bubble mayhem soon after.
My college roommate asked me to show him how to mate his socks
oddpal · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made dinner with a friend of mine and we were waiting for the pasta water to start boiling. I'm pretty sure every human being knows what boiling water looks like, but not him. The water wasn't bubbling at all and he just said: "yeah it's ready you can throw the pasta in there" and the I had to explain to him that it doesn't work that way.
I have a bit if a mane (butt length) and so people talk to me about it somethimes. About 2 years ago a girl approached me at a party and joked "gotta use a ton of shampoo on that". I laughed, but said no, just as much as anyone, I use a ton of conditioner though. She was baffled, she "hated" consitioner, because it "made her scalp icky, so she never used it" but her hair was "really bad, so she was trying all the expensive shampoos".
I kinda dug deeper and realised shed been putting conditioner on her scalp and not rinsing it out! Moreover, she would lather the whole length of her hair in a fistful of shampoo. When I explained, she just took a strand of her hair in her hand, it was horribly dry and frizzed, and said "oh... i wondered why my hair breaks so damn much..." and walked off as if in a trance.
I like to imagine she's now happy with a mane of healthy hair and a ferrari she bought from the saved shampoo money.
Oh gosh. I know I’m way late to the party and this will get buried but I digress.
I had a roommate in college call me to ask if I was coming home soon. I said no, why? She needed to use a can opener and couldn’t figure it out. Even watched YouTube videos on it and was still confused. It was one of the nice plastic handled ones too.
I started a new job and was told that I had to take a turn making coffee. I had to admit I had no idea how to do that. Mine was so bad and I didn't drink it anyway, so I got out of coffee duty.
One time, when I was around 22, I met my friend at a Burger King, and his 16yo cousin came by to join us, as we were about to go shopping for computer parts.
We decided to grab a bite right there, when the cousin what's good there.
My friend explained that this was probably one of the first few times his cousin hasn't been within earshot of his mother. He had never hung out with any of his friends before.
He'd never been to BK in his life. Nor a McDonald's, a Wendy's, a Subway, or a KFC either. He had never eaten fast food in his entire life.
His family only dined at restaurants when eating out. No diners. The only burgers he'd had were home made or from artisanal burger joints. He didn't know what normal French fries or onion rings were.
The explanation? His family was filthy rich. When we bought stuff later that day, he bought over $2000 of stuff with no hesitation.
It was quite horrifying how sheltered and cut off from society he had been up to that age.
When I was in Air Force Basic Training(22 at the time) we were told to shave our faces, since we were getting our uniforms the next day. So I made quick work of it, and was cleaning up my sink when the guy to my right looks to HIS right, turns ghost-pale, and sprints to the stalls behind us to vomit in the bowl. I(naturally) turn to see what the hell that was all about and see a kid with a red sink, a half-red shirt, and a very glisten-y neck region.
The kid turns to me and says "hey man, I don't mean to bother you, but I don't think I'm doing this right..." No shit dude... I grabbed a few wetted paper towels and helped him stop oh-so-much bleeding, the cuts were long but shallow, but he had literally fileted his jawline and neck. I asked him if his dad had never taught him how to shave and he informed me that his father had no facial hair at all, and neither did he but our MTI didn't give a shot, he was going to stand there and watch us all shave. Luckily we managed to clean the blood up enough to where he didn't notice while he tended to the queasy kid.
I helped him with the rest of his face, showed him how to hold and pull the razor, which he had basically tried to drag diagonally while applying very firm pressure for the few first strokes he had gotten in initially. The scabs were haunting, but he had good skin and an unnoticeable amount of hair so they were healed up inside of a few days, during which time I showed him every morning how I shaved my own face, demonstrated a few different techniques and answered questions he had. He didn't cut himself the rest of the time, definitely a quick study.
There was another kid that didn't know how to wipe his own ass though, which was downright offensive to us on laundry crew. We knew he wasn't doing it because the fucking animal shit with the door open, he'd wipe once then call 'er good; leaving a literal tire-width skid mark in his briefs every day. We just made that motherfucker wash his own underwear every time he took a shower. I'll help a man learn to shave but I draw the line at the neck.
I’m late. But my cousin could NOT figure out how people sliced avocados so neatly.
She was peeling them like an orange.
Zegox · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to my 20 year old roommates that you’re not supposed to clean up cat puke/piss/shit with my fucking dish towels. Then they got upset that I said something about it.
These are the same people who couldn’t figure out how to flush a toilet (walked in on one at least twice a day), never cleaned or picked up, skipped all their classes (and failed or had to drop them), would routinely jack my stuff, especially my fuzzy blankets. One time that I took my blanket back, I threw it onto my bed, and a corner fell down and slapped my $250 bong into my desk and shattered the stem.
My friends still rip me that I’m 22 years old and can’t tie my shoes. Never learned in Kindergarten, so it’s a lot harder to learn as an adult.
My extended family would shame me by buying shoes with laces and insist that I try to lace up in front of them. Imagine seeing a 15 year old struggling with his laces.
I know the steps, it’s just since I didn’t practice at an early age, I don’t have the muscle memory to do the nimble steps required. My bunny ears fall apart when I wrap them around each other.
Now I can sorta do it, but it takes me about 5 minutes to tie my shoes whenever I go bowling.
A bunch of people I worked with at the time were discussing the current prime minister. A girl (who was 19) asked "What's a prime minister?".
She was old enough to vote.
My own dad and brother. Sometimes, when they ask me to help do something because they don't know how to, I would be surprised, because I just showed and explained the same thing last month, for like the fifth time. And every time they are completely clueless, don't even know how to start, continue or finish, just stand there, so I have to do the whole thing as a demonstration. And it's the easiest things, like putting on new bedsheets or putting a new garbage bag in the bin.
One time I got pissed, said "fuck it, do it yourself", and left them to it. Lo and behold, the task was completed perfectly well. Turns out, they just act stupid to get out of doing the chore. I would never repeatedly humiliate myself by acting stupid just to not do a 2 minute task, so I simply can't understand them.
Not my story, but my mom's of my dad's brother. Before I was born my parents went on a road trip with my uncle's then wife, and my grandparents (dad and his brother's parents). My mom ended up talking with her then sister in law who told her that my grandma had made sure all of my uncle's laundry was done before leaving, and made him a week's worth of meals while they were gone because he couldn't himself and she (his wife) didn't feel responsible for her grown ass husband's food in that time.
My mom also told me of visiting her in-laws to see my dad's brother with a garbage bag pulling up "hi what's with the bag?" "Oh it's my laundry day". Man in his 30s. For the record his younger brother, my dad, can and does do all of these things himself and is I daresay a workaholic. I learned to cook and clean and do basic home and car maintenance from both my parents and my mom's parents, my dad's parents just coddled.
When I was 18 I thought Y front underpants were a bra for guys balls. So when they ran they didn’t ‘ clang’ together.
Of course by this point the class had gone quiet. I said well it has pockets, don’t you put each ball into a pocket?
My bf at the time then looked at me and told me balls were not separate.
And that’s how I learned.
Not exactly adults. I was 14 at the time, he was 16 & he couldn’t read at basic levels. Like 10 year olds could read better than him. I asked him why & his reason was “reading is boring” so he just barely knew how to read
1cg127 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working as a CNA (certified nursing assistant) in a nursing home you find a lot of surprisingly uneducated Nurses (RN). This one nurse in particular asked me to assist her to turn a patient on their side so she could take a rectal temperature. After turning the patient for her she looks at the patients bottom and asks me where the patient’s butt hole is. 💀
My previous place of work had a kitchen that was shared between the various departments, one day im in there making tea for my office when a friend from another department walks in with a tray of cups. We're chatting as shes cleans the cups and puts sugar tea and coffee in them, i then watch in horror as she turns the hot tap on and uses it to fill each cup. When i ask her wtf shes doing she told me she always makes them like that, doesnt understand why people boil kettles when theres hot water from the tap. I made her tip them out, start again and promise me never to do that again
Went to Walmart during freshman year of college and my (then) roommate came with me. When we walked in, she revealed to me that she had never gone shopping without her parents before. (She was 18 and was a licensed driver.) Then, we went to check out and I went to the self-checkout (naturally) and she was hanging behind a little bit even though there was an open one right next to mine. Turns out she had never been through self-checkout before. It is amazing to think about normal, everyday experiences being foreign to some people.
I had a very wealthy boss once upon a time, and she was always wearing this really nice watch. I asked her the time once and she looks at it and says "huh. Look at that. The darned thing stopped. " a week or so later, same scenario, "ooph client will be here soon, what time is it?" Aaaaand casually she looks at her watch and says "huh. Would you look at that. Darned thing stopped. " the use of the exact same wording prompted me to ask if she could read a clock. 35 years old. Never learned to tell time...
One of my then gf‘s friends in high school was home alone without her parents over night for the first time in her life at 18 years old. She called us up to ask at how many degrees she’ll have to cook her pasta.
Another friend of mine had never cooked himself at age 35, he couldn’t even make fried eggs.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to pronounce “Jesuit” I used to pronounce is “Jee-suit” not “jeh-soo-it”. I read the word aloud and was laughed out in a class of 40+ people...
I tell this story whenever someone has a 'bad roommate' story.
I had recently gotten a job in a city almost an hour away, and the commute was rough so I was looking for an apartment closer to work. But the job wasnt all that well paying and the city was expensive.
Well this young girl (early 20s) got hired along side me, and after either of us having no luck finding an apartment on our own we decided to look for spots together. I knew it would be rough the first few months, as this girl had never lived anywhere but with her parents, but I figured she would catch on quick.
About a month in, I had an early morning flight and I asked her to take out the trash in the morning so I didnt have to as I got ready for my flight. Up until this point, I had done most of the chores/cleaning so it was time for her to contribute anyway. She said sure, she would take out the trash, and I said thanks and went to bed.
The next morning I woke up, she had already gone to work, and I walk downstairs to find the trash cans in the kitchen still full. Frustrated, I text her. I will never forget the conversation that followed...
Me: "I thought you said you would take the trash out?"
Her: "I did, I put the bins on the curb"
Admittedly, I did not know there were crumb drawers on toasters until 3 days ago. My girlfriend then assumed I had never cleaned a toaster before. I then revealed that I would turn it upside down and give it a little tap. Her horrified face told me that I am still learning to adult at 31.
Some of the cooking stories reminded me of this. My college roommate's younger brother lived a sheltered life due to older siblings and being treated as the baby by his mom. He was 20 when visiting us, and got hungry. We told him he could make a frozen pizza. Runs off to the kitchen, comes back flustered. Flustered was his usual state, so we stupidly ignore it. 7 minutes later something smells like burning. He left the pizza on the cardboard. Pretty dumb, but I've heard of others doing it. He also had cranked the oven dial. We asked why he set the oven at 625? He says the instructions said 400, but he couldn't get it to go that high. He misidentified which end of the knob pointed to the temp setting, but figured it'd eventually cook at 275.
He wasn't allowed to prepare hot food at our place any more.
gdhm92 · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know how to turn on a lighter... first of all I don’t smoke, nor do I need to use a lighter for anything. I was on vacation at Berlin and we were at this bar, we ordered a drink that you were supposed to light on fire and then drink it... my friends (about 5-6 people) hand me the lighter and then I felt this pressure to do it right... turns out I couldn’t get it to work...
It was so embarrassing, but some of my friends said something like don’t worry we know you don’t smoke or drink often 😅😭.
A complete inability to budget. I used to work with a guy who just spent his entire wage every week regardless of anything. He would frequently buy stuff and then sell it a couple of weeks later for half of what he paid because he had no money.
We got paid weekly on Thursdays, any overtime was paid on the Thursday the week after the work. One week he'd done a lot of extra hours. On the Monday after, he came to me and said that he hoped they forgot to pay him for his overtime this week because he had a big bill next week and needed the extra money more then. When I suggested he just leave the extra money in the bank until next week he looked at me like I was a moron.
He also once asked me what time my wages went into the bank. I dunno, Thursdays... Turns out he withdrew all of his wages from the ATM early every Thursday morning and was frustrated that he had to sometimes wait until 7am for it to become available.
Not really a life skill, but I worked with people at a U.S. governmental contract job that lacked basic geographical knowledge. I was asked if it was Mexico or New Mexico that was the state. Also wanted clarification on if Paris is actually a country.
My roommate managed to move into the wrong apartment on move in day... I'm not sure how he managed it
mjoso · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl in chemistry lab was asked to see if the water was already boiling for the experiment. The water was clearly bubbling, but instead of thinking “oh this is boiling”, she was going to PUT HER FINGER IN the beaker. Her teammate noticed and quickly took her hand out of there before she could touch it. The funny part: that girl wants to be a neurosurgeon. Let that sink in
I have a friend who can't swim. I know it's hard to learn how to swim. I myself was afraid to do so when I started. But I always thought it's something everyone learns at some point in their lives
I dunno, if this qualifies, but whatever. My dad told me this one.
It was around 2000 and he started his job as a graphic designer for the town. He's pretty skilled with PCs, so sometimes he would get asked for help if there were any tech problems. One lady who was doing indexing of employees (or smth) complained, that everytime she was loading the file, her computer slowed down and she could barely work with it. My dad took a look at it.
Turns out over the five years she worked there, she only used ONE Word document for all of it. She made a new page for every person instead of making a new document. The file had around 500 pages. No wonders it took so long to load! (Mind that PCs back then didn't have 16GB of RAM.)
She said she never even thought of making a new document, that's the way they taught her to do it and she never questioned it.
My friend’s college boyfriend didn’t know you had to turn off your car when getting gas. He said he just wanted to listen to music while he waited. She was rightfully HORRIFIED when she realized how many times he must’ve almost died.
My roommate in college didn't know how to use ANY of the kitchen appliances. She would always ask me how to use the dishwasher or the coffee machine or washer machine....despite all the buttons being labeled (its not like i read the manuals or anything... they were just intuitive).
She also asked me how to tell if a cake was completely cooked in the center. I had to explain the idea that if the fork or toothpick came out dry then the center was cooked.
I have lived in a dormitory and away from my parents since I was 14. My mom did everything in the house and never really tought us but I still knew stuff. Back then I had to teach my classmate how to make tea. Which is okay, we were young.
Fast forward to yesterday and my 26 years old flatmate did the following:
Prepared a mug with a tea bag in it. Started boiling water and waited for it. When the water boiled she poured it in the mug and right away took the tea bag out of the mug into the trash. The water and the tea bag met for like 2 seconds. I was horrified.
Or when she asked why we fry a lot (we nearly never fry anything but at that point I wanted french fries in oil bc I usually make them in the oven) because in her country they cut the potatoes into cubes and just stear it in a pan with some oil (which she calles french fries) and she never seen people fry french fries.
Her cooking skill in general are horror for me...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nurse here- sometimes when a med is ordered, it will be PRN, which means as needed. One of my classmates in nursing school thought that PRN stood for “per rectum”. Relieved that came up BEFORE she tried to put a nebulizer mouthpiece into someone’s bum.
It did result in looking up exactly what PRN stands for (it’s Latin: pro re nata)
I used to live in a duplex. I was upstairs and a 45-ish year old lady was downstairs. One day my smoke alarm goes off so I look around for a fire. Nothing in my place. So then I hear her alarm go off, and I go downstairs and she has a pan with greasy sausages on fire in her oven. Bright orange flames. And she’s just sort of standing there not knowing what to do. “I know what to do” I thought, and went back upstairs, grabbed my fire extinguisher, and put out the fire. She got mad at me because there was extinguisher powder all over her kitchen. You’re welcome, bitch. Next time put a quarter cup more oil in there.
In college some kid thought it would be genius to use the washing machine as a dish washer. The plate was thick, eco-friendly paper product. Needless to say, uneaten beans and rice were left in the machine. This happened a couple of times that semester. Not sure why they didn’t just toss the plate.
I didn't know we were supposed to wash our towels I thought they cleaned themselves. The moment I told this to my friend she whom I've known to be most careless of them all told me it's disgusting. That moment the young naive girl knew she messed up.
Living in the fraternity house during the summer (which was cool because there were only a few of us and no parties) and one day I came downstairs to see Joe standing in front of the stove staring at a box of Hamburger Helper like it was the directions to assembling an Ikea bookshelf.
I was working as a line cook at the time. I asked what was wrong.
"Um, what does it mean when says to 'brown ground beef?'"
A little late but when I(24) was dating my ex girlfriend(26) I asked her if she wanted to shower with me. She said she hated taking showers because it was cold. I turned to her and said that's why we use hot water but she insisted that she didnt like standing under the water waiting for it to get warm. It never occurred to her that you could wait for it to get warm before you get in. When I told her that you just wait for it to get warm before you get inside she said "oooooohhhhhhh" and we both laughed. Other than that she was a pretty smart person I guess, she just never put that one together.
Now this is probably not going to sound that bad to anyone not from the UK but I have a mate, who drinks tea regularly, who couldn't make a cup of tea. When we asked him to make us tea he started by putting the tea bags in the cold kettle then turning it on. Absolute madness
Lemme teach you about American sweet tea. If you think ur mates tactics were mad... southern sweet tea will blow your mind and leave you rushing for a dentist
My little sister, at 22, would wake me or my mom up to put her hair up for her new Starbucks job at 4AM sometimes. She had a job a couple years ago and mom did her hair then, too. Both my sister and my mom got mad at me for insisting she do it herself, that she was too old for that. This triggered my fallout with my family, where they continue to shelter her and pin me as the bad guy because I claimed I had outgrown her.
In a Shared house at university we had some new people move in, they were great got on well. After a while we noticed one of the girls always took a huge pile of clothes with her to the bathroom... after a while we asked her and she explained she washes her clothes in the bath as she didn’t know which setting on the machine she was meant to use. She also explained she felt like we would laugh if “a woman didn’t know how to clean and use a machine”
Anyway we did laugh, showed her and she still opted for the bath. Turns out she’s always done it that way since she left home
College roommate couldn't plunge a toilet. Insisted I do it, because "maintenance can't make it for another two days". Happened on multiple occasions. He would leave dumpster shits and everything would block up. Surprised he never asked me to wipe his ass too
I was a Mormon missionary and learned that most of those kids are sent out into the world with no survival skills. One of my companions started an apartment fire. He was unaware that you can't microwave metal and put a pork chop in a ball of tin foil into the microwave oven for ten minutes.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Training a prospective captain at an airline who can't fly the airplane without the autopilot.
zbitSt · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got one... I was instructing a guy 4 years older than me in some simple computer science class. Like hello world style simple. I proceeded to tell him how some stuff works and came to a conclusion that he doesn't even know what a variable means. I asked him what does he think it means and he started: "So a variable is a person in a group", I was like what m8 you're 20yo and don't know what a fucking variable is?
He completed the class due to me explaining some things to him lmao
This isn't the most horrifying but definitely the funniest. Me and my friends were coming back by train at the end of our university field trip. Not ready to sleep, I was skimming through all the bogeys where my friends were, looking for entertainment when I saw two of them playing chess. Three of my other friends were watching the game, their faces already faintly pink. I'd realised they'd been laughing. Trusting my gut I sat down to watch. The player on white was coming down from a weed high. He moved his white horse to a nice offensive position surprising us all. I was a bit dejected because I was expecting stupidity not intelligence. The other player started thinking hard. 10 minutes passed. Nothing. So I got up to leave, disappointed with my gut instinct. As I turn my back, all the three spectators started laughing hysterically. I turn to see why and they point me to the board, unable to breathe. I look confused for a second. Then realise that the sober dude had moved the same white horse instead of his own black piece. I joined the other three in one of the best laughs I've ever had.
A friend of mine told me he was lactose intolerant. I was like oh makes sense, dairy doesn’t affect a lot of people correctly. He proceeded to say that eggs make him need to poop really fast. I couldn’t figure out the correlation until he said “eggs are the worst dairy product”. Idk how, but I someone had the patience to explain to a College Junior that eggs come from chickens and dairy products do not include eggs 🤦🏽♀️
Current roommate. She was fine in the dorms. Then we moved to a house. Poor thing didn't know how to work a thermostat, use a can opener, run a dishwasher, use a blender,
or boil pasta....
Set a pot of water on low heat, it wouldn't boil. I told her turn it up all the way. She did, and as soon as she saw little bubbles on the bottom of the pot, dumped the pasta in. Left it in that pot for 20 minutes, still on high. It basically turned to mush.
Poor thing, I honestly don't blame her. I blame her mom for babying her so badly.
In my early twenties I lived with a few roommates for a time, one of which was a very sweet albeit shy guy. He had a really shitty childhood and his family hasn’t taught him how to do almost anything. Laundry, cooking, any basic domestic chores, etc. I told him early on if he didn’t know how to do something because no one taught him he could ask me and I would show him, no judgement. He was very receptive so it’s not like he didn’t try.
But I will never forget the day that he knocked on my door and asked me how to boil a pot of water. I got up and showed him how, adhering to not passing any judgment. At least outwardly. But the whole time I kept thinking to myself: “Have you never been in a kitchen before? Have you never seen anyone put a pot of water on a stove?” He graduated high school, he took science classes, just....how?
Before I met my wife, she and a girlfriend had borrowed the friend’s boyfriend’s car. He warned them to check the oil the next time they filled up. They did - it was a quart low. They bought a quart, then struggled for about 15 minutes trying to pour it in, and were making a complete mess. Finally a stranger that noticed them helped by showing them the oil fill cap - they had been trying to pour it down the dipstick hole.
One of my staff admitted that she was cleaning the sink grinder with her bare hands without turning it off. Like she didn’t understand its principle so she just shoved her hands into it. Nothing ever happened but I was mortified.
This happened to me recently. My friend whose also my coworker who is around my age (mid-20s) always when to the HR desk when he wanted to take off, of as of late HR hasn’t been at the desk when they are scheduled to be. And every time I told him why not just email them they usually answer within 24 hours of your message, but he never took my advice. I was always curious to why he just didn’t email them to begin with since he is introverted like I am, till the other day where he told me that he doesn’t know how to send an email.
Someone from my old college dorm made the worst breakfast ever because..he burned cereal.
First mistake was pouring cold milk in his bowl first before the cereal afterward. Then decides he actually wants warm milk so he pops it in the microwave. For 5 MINUTES. The mound of dry cereal that hadn’t sunk into the milk caught fire but he walked away from the common kitchen to play ping pong or something. Everyone including myself found out when we had to evacuate the building and won’t let him live it down
Late, but will add on behalf of my hubby - we still shake our heads at this one
So his coworker got stuck on the highway with a flat tire, he was close so headed out to help her, and upon inspecting the flat tire, noticed the inner rim had punctured the tire, which he pointed out
Coworker rolled her eyes and in the most condescending voice explained how stupid he was bc that was surely not the issue bc the tire was flat at the bottom
This is more of a cultural thing but a French girl I knew never heard of a lime. I said, you are always ordering Margaritas, what did you think was that little green fruit? She said she thought they were lemons, and every single one she ever ordered happened to be unripe.
On the flip side of that, when I went to Wahoo's and distinctly asked for lemons for my fish, the mostly Mexican American staff routinely brought me limes.
When I worked at starbucks, this one girl who worked with me that was quite overweight and always acting like a pompous, snooty bitch walked up to me and said loudly "Oh, you arent THAT hot, I could do better than you" totally unpromted. Idk if it was a jealousy thing or what. I had to laugh at the irony that she was not at all the kind of person id even consider dating. Way too entitled of herself.
Not knowing when, how or where to register for classes at community college. It was his 4th year there. Baseball coach took care of it before so he had no idea he even needed to 🤦🏻♀️
She didn't know to keep the shower curtain hanging on the inside of the tub.
My friend and I were in our early twenties, and we decided to go on a road trip and share a hotel room. Both nights she took a shower first. When I went in to take my shower after her, the shower curtain was hanging down on the outside of the tub, which of course leads to water spilling down the curtain onto the bathroom floor. To fix this problem, she bunched one of large bath towels up against the side of the tub. Initially, I thought perhaps she had just not paid attention and didn't realize she had the curtain wrong when showering and had used the towel to mop up the water. But sure enough, the next night when I went in, even though I had fixed the curtain when I had used the shower the night before, the curtain out again and there was another sopping wet towel bunched up against the tub.
A coworker couldn't figure out how to create a table in Microsoft Word. Part of her duties were admin, and she had worked in the field for years. How she got by without knowing that really baffled me.
My freshman year in college I was assigned to a random roommate in the dorms. I met him in the first day and seemed like a nice enough guy. Found out he is from a very privileged family and never had done his laundry before. After he re-wore the same 4 outfits for about a month he finally caved and did his laundry for the first time. He brought back his basket full of clean clothes to our dorm and proceeded to put them away. I noticed he was struggling with something and I looked at him kinda funny. He turns to me and asks how do you put 2 socks together. He could not figure it out. He was just shoving one sock into the other. I never thought I would have to teach another man how to roll a pair of socks in my life. I still laugh about it to this day, the icing to the cake is he was an engineering major. I also have a video of him trying to figure it out if this gets any attention.
Girl I was seeing in college didn't know the difference between the Constitution and the declaration of independence. She thought they were the same thing. Got a bunch of her sorority sister's to agree with her. Ok, fine... I mean, this was in the deep south, but I thought our civics were a little better than that. this should have been a red flag, but the sex was good, so eh... I'll let it slide.
A couple days later - her car needs a jump. Battery is dead. I help her out, and go shoot the rest of my week. Hey battery died AGAIN, a few days later. I want available so she called AAA. afterwards, I ask her, how many miles she had on her car, thinking the battery needed to be replaced. Shit you not: "No idea."
"What do you mean, you have no idea? You've had the car for 5 years?"
"Yeah I just don't even know where I would go to find that out."
It wasn't anything big or serious but when I did an exchange programme in the UK, I had a flatmate who did not know that garlic needed to be peeled. She just throw the whole clove in the pan with oil until I told her that she should peel the garlic and probably slice/mince them before cooking.
I recently had a friend who didn’t know you had to actually close out of tabs on Safari on the iPhone. He thought they just closed when you closed the app. Our other friend realized this and showed him before closing out over 200 tabs of porn.
My fiance texted me at work asking what sign is “go” for crossing the street.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was doing laundry at my 33 year old coworkers house. That sounds weird, but it’s normal because we are also friends.
Anyway, he told me his dryer hadn’t been working very well and he didn’t know why. I asked him when the last time he changed his lint trap was and he said “I don’t think it has one.” I was like... of course it has one... are you telling me in the three years you’ve lived here you have never changed the lint trap? I walked over to the machine and pulled open the lint trap to reveal a pad of lint about the size of a Stephen King book.
I’m surprised the guy didn’t start a house fire. Apparently he thought it was just normal that his laundry took 3 hours to dry....
It feels like I'm kinda late to this, but this just came to my mind instantly.
When I was in school still, I had a friend that couldn't view a map and tell ANY country. This shouldn't be any bash on him now, he was quite a smart guy in every other way, atleast it appeared to me that way. But he just was completely lost when given a map and naming a single country, same for capital cities, continents, oceans etc.
It bothered me so much that you could get to a higher economy school without any idea of geography.
Dated a girl who got a brand new car and blew up the engine because she didn't know about oil changes. This was back when the only notifications you got on your vehicle were a couple random lights on the dashboard that wouldn't specifically tell you what was wrong and she just was ignoring them apparently. The worst part was it never casually came up in conversation and I could have saved her an entire vehicle.
At work a new policy was started saying we had to sanitize the whole unit every shift because covid sucks.
My coworkers got a bucket of water and they were like "how many cups of bleach do we need" and I had to explain to multiple people that bleach solution is 9/10 parts water, 1/10 parts bleach. They would have stained everything.
My ex brother in law.. brilliant guy who became a dr and was great with computers, but had 0 practical skills. When left to go to pre-med, his parents set him up in an apt. After spending a day getting him settled in with things he'd need, they went back home.
He calls the next day to let his mom know there was no ice in the new ice trays.
She was like " what, is it still just water?".. reasonably thinking maybey there was something wrong with the freezer.
He replies..no, there is no ice, no water, nothing.
The guy didn't know you had to add water to ice trays to make ice.
And no, they never had a fridge with an ice maker.
He also had to call her once to ask how to make soup.. from a can. > open can, dump in pot, turn on stove, stir occasionally. ... but how do I know when it's hot?....ffs.. stick your finger in it 🤣
I work in a gas station. Since we sell open food, like hotdogs and donuts, we have to abide by a lot of the same food safety rules that restaurants do. One of those rules states that we have to have wash, rinse, and sanitize sinks in the back. I was training a new girl in her early 30s on the fact that the water has to drained and made fresh pretty regularly. I didn't spend a lot of time on the physical aspect of filling the sink, put a drain plug in and turn the water on, and instead focused on the importance of changing the water.
The next day I asked her to change the water. She came back to me 10 minutes later and to say she looked perplexed would be an understatement. Her exact words, and I quote, "You went too fast for me yesterday. Can you show me how to change the water again."
I am a patient man, so I took her to the back and asked her what she was confused about. "I've never filled a sink before and I don't remember how you did it yesterday." I asked if she had ever washed dishes at home, no. I asked if she had ever filled a bathtub at home, no. So, without a word, I lifted the plug, drained the water, reinserted the plug and turned the water on. I made jazz hands and said, "Ta-Da" and walked away. She reported me to the manager for being rude and honestly, she was right. I was kind of dick near the end.
A kid in my freshman dorm in college thought that microwaves were like reverse refrigerators. Stick the food in, close the door, and just wait for it to heat up, no button presses or anything.
Same kid didn’t know that you could wash bath towels to reuse them, so a few weeks into the school year he started complaining that he didn’t know what to do with the growing pile of dirty towels in the corner of his room.
Roommate tasted bleach to check if it was expired. All nighters back to back change people...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad has been a trial-by-fire asshole and he put me in the driver’s seat of a standard gear beast of a truck, and he made me drive it through mid/high-level traffic without any experience driving. I nearly hit someone because he didn’t tell me how to stop without killing the engine (there were other terrible problems but that was the worst). He also gave me his credit card without explaining how to use it, so I had to look like an idiot at a gas station.
That’s only somewhat related to the question though, guess I’m on the other end of it.
I asked a coworker to water the office orchid. He watered only the flower part of the plant and not the soil and put it back. He legit thought watering the plant was actually just watering the plant. 😳
When my son was born, I had to make the decision whether to have him circumcised or not. I told my husband’s sister that I had read that if the father (my husband) was circumcised, then you should circumcise his son. My sister-in-law asked me, “How do you know that my brother was circumcised?”
My ex boyfriend in college thought wiping a cotton ball with alcohol over his face was cleaning it. He didn’t rinse off all the suds from his dishes because they’d “drip off”. He threw up in his own car while super high once and got mad at me for not taking it to the car wash for him....he was a mistake, for sure.
A second-hand story, and not necessarily as an adult, but when I was 15 taking driver’s ed classes, our teacher told us about a girl she picked up for a driving lesson after school. The teacher asked her to drive home and the girl had no idea how to get there despite being driven to school and back by her parents every single day. Apparently, she read in the car every day and never paid attention.
Our driving instructor had been doing her job for so long she knows every street in our town. She said it was crazy to give someone directions to their own house.
Moved alone to anlther country with 17yo. First flat too, with bills and all that shit.
Boss haven't paid my salary at the right time, so my rent was overdue. The time I got my salary, my bank locked my online banking account, technical issues. I have discussed what I should do about it with my landlord. Soon he stared at me in disbelief, and explained that I can just walk into the bank, and send money manually.
I felt so fucking dumb.
Still, nobody ever fucking taught me how to fucking be adult. Which makes me mad. Still, that could have been known, simply by logic. Fuck me, I am still mad at me.
Middle school. This kid was constantly being beaten to a pulp. Why? He still thought the funniest thing in the world was to walk up to a guy a kick them in the balls.
You actually are right!. I have many friends my age who don’t know excel. I worked in Silicon Valley for a computer company in the 80’s right when Apple took off and it BECAME Silicon Vally. It was an interesting wild time then. No rules. Not like that anymore. I remember hanging with the IT guys till midnight at work playing Quake when it first came out. (I was 40, IT guys were 20... maybe I am just young at heart)!! gotta run! Need to buy baking soda to replace my flour!! :-)
I work for an extremely high end art moving and installation company (think big Museum type art etc) well my boss has a way of not testing new employees basic skills and just throwing them on these jobs to see if they do good or not which is just crazy considering the value and delicate nature of the work we do. Well I am opening up this crate in front of the museum reps and the courier on this job one day with the new guy when I hear him struggling with the drill trying to remove the bolts so I go over and I can see by the twist of his wrist he's going in the wrong direction so I tell him "dude you gotta go the other way righty tightly lefty loosey " so he pulls the drill back and hit the trigger sees it spin and says "oh yeah I have the righty drill so when your done with the lefty drill can I use it?" It was at that moment I realized a 40 y/o man who claimed to come from construction had no idea how to use a drill and toggle the switch to change direction . It was really embarrassing trying to stand up for this dude to the clients
TLDR: worked with 40 year old man who thought you needed 2 drills one to put screws in and one to take them out
Also I had another co-worker overhear me talking about Elon Musk and ask me who that was which was a bit weird too since his name is all over TV internet radio etc
Explaining to a grown ass man that the menu price will not be all he is expected to pay at the counter. Having a middle aged man surprised about tax being added to the bill, in america, where he most certainly lived his entire life, that left me flabbergasted.
Buddy of mine (one of my roommates in grad school) was on “fire duty” for cooking. He and my other roommate didn’t know how to cook anything other than hot dogs in a microwave, so I was the designated cook for the house. I had decided to grill up some pork chops, and asked him to light the grill, which was a cheap charcoal portable thing. He proceeded to spend 10-15 minutes and a box of matches trying to light the charcoal, before finally resorting to some help. Since he could not find any lighter fluid, he proceeded to light the fire using a bottle of tequila, and making the flames bigger and bigger until the grill looked like a charcoal margarita/pool. Needless to say, no fire and no porkchops that night.
Roommate was home schooled and Jehovah witness didn't know one thing about how government works at all. Could have come from mars would have known more.
In an attempt to make cookies, an ex-boyfriend of mine once tried to spray Pam into a measuring cup instead of getting 1/4 cup of vegetable oil. I just sat back there and watched him spray into a cup for a few minutes speechless.
Cooking - like at all. Not even knowing how to warm up a dish was one a friend of mine just never learnt.
And the other was a hong-kongese exchange student who came to our school andd could not not even put her finger neither on HK nor her destination on a world map. Just no clue about anything the poor girl (18yrs)...
I work for a university, every fall semester we register student’s cars and issue parking permits. In order to register their vehicle, we need to see their vehicle registration from DMV. Most of the students have no idea what a vehicle registration is. They come up to the counter and dump everything they found in their glove compartment in front of us including lease contracts, manuals, oil change records....Some even bring in their TITLE and I have to educate them on why they shouldn’t keep the title in the vehicle.
My second year of university I lived with someone who thought that the most effective way to vacuum was to dab at random dirty patches with the nozzle. Apparently this is how she did it at home. Not horrifying as a single incident, but looking back it was the start of so many "...what?" Moments that I should have immediately been worried
Not exactly the topic, but I (20F) had just learned how to use the stove over corona. Family never taught me, so while stuck at my bf's place, his family helped me get over my fear of fire. It was really helpful.
Nursing teacher here: had a student keep taking home used syringes and plastic waste after simulation classes (not dirty just out of wrapping, can’t be simulated again etc). I asked her why she was taking them as they are not good for anything now they aren’t sterile, and she deadpan stared me in the eyes and asked why you can’t just wash syringes after use. She intended on washing these. I had to drill into her the importance of sterility at this point. Genuinely terrified me.
I had to eat subway during college times and and my buddy who was eating with me got drinks for us and he had a ton of ice so I asked him why and he said the ice absorbs the liquid doubling the amount of drink he gets in his cup and he had Pepsi
I was roommates with a girl who had never used a microwave in her life. She wanted to heat a piece of brownie, so she put it in, turned the power to max and set the timer for 15 minutes. When we eventually all rushed to the kitchen because black smoke was filling the apartment, the brownie had essentially fused with the plate. We had to throw the plate out and have a talk with her about the difference between microwaves and regular ovens.
First semester of college I was using my old family laptop and it was getting a LOT of virus.
So I tried and tried and the virus was still there. Once a friend asked me to take a look...
Turns out I didn't know antivirus cancelled each other and I had like three different ones.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to live with a group of people in this little beach town and we all used to take turns cooking dinner etc. One of the guys that lived with me (he was 23yo) would never cook dinner and would normally just contribute to groceries and more to cleaning the house. One day we asked him why he never wanted to cook and he just mentioned that he doesn't know how to. We just thought that meant he wasn't very good at cooking or only knew simple things. Anyways, we told him that we were fine with whatever he wanted to make cause we were sure it wasn't that bad. He got a little bit excited that we trusted him to cook for us and told us that he would cook breakfast. So the day comes for him to cook breakfast, he pulls out all these packet pancakes and then some eggs and bacon. He then proceeds to microwave the bacon and ask us how to boil eggs. We never let him cook again.
While I’m not an adult, the person who was driving the car was an adult. Long story short I noticed they weren’t using their blinker, asked why and they LEGIT said, “The what?”
I know uni kids who are so bad at budgeting they’re 2000ish dollars in debt thanks to partying at shitty bars every day. I also know some who are so bad at basic nutrition they have vitamin deficiencies, and can barely climb a flight of stairs without getting exhausted. I also know guys who only eat takeout and start drinking booze at 5 pm, which is coincidentally when they wake up. I seriously have no idea how that one is even gonna pass collage, since he never goes to any classes. I also know people who can’t handle even basic jobs because they see any entry level job as beneath them, so they’re unemployed, steadily getting into debt, and will probably drink themselves to death before they hit 30.
I managed 18 rooms. A guy kept complaining about his shower being broken. He kept forgetting to leave the door unlocked for me to check. When I finally got in, the 4' long hose leading to the shower head had been twisted 20 or so times. I held it up and let it spin to untwist. Shower worked.
sirk23 · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister who’s 19 didn’t know how to turn on the washing machine until I recently showed her how to. I have been washing our clothes since I was like 12 because the needed program is already set so you literally have to turn it on and press start, ofc after you have added detergant and softener. I told her to do all that and then turn on the washing machine and press start. She deadass made me stand by her side and tell her like 6 times what to do cuz “she wasn’t sure she’s doing the right thing” while also not listening to me. IT’S TWO BUTTONS JUST PRESS THEM
A colleague who is a close friend of mine asked me how to open a blank MS Word document. This person's job is to edit legal documents and has more than 10 years of experience.
My friend put food in a plastic mc Donald’s tray and put it in the oven on Friendsgiving one year. I don’t even know why the tray was in the kitchen in the first place.
I had a small gathering with friends when one of them, whose usually always hungry, took a gander in my refrigerator and saw that I had some Italian seasoned sausages. He asked if he could have some, to which I proudly insisted his indulgence (they were quite delicious). He proceeded to take two out, placed them on a paper plate, placed it in the microwave, and tried nuking it for all of perhaps 00:45. He removed the item from the microwave, placed the, rather limp, sausages on two buns, took a bite out of one, looked at me and, in the most honestly concerned and defeated tone, cried with a heaping mouthful,
"I don't know why this tastes so bad; I normally love these."
I looked at his sausage, looked at his disgusted face, pointed at the trashcan and told him to "spit it out, now."
I took his sausages from him and proceeded to cook them properly in a skillet. After I reconstructed the delectables, he bit into one and began moaning. I learned so much about him in those 3 minutes.
My college classmate who had no trouble using a straw to drink out of juicebox but couldn't for the life of him pipette the solution in chem lab. (Instead he'd blow into the solution through the pipette).
Oof! Mouth pipetting. That's a big no-no in every single lab I've ever worked in.
College inorganic chem prof told us about his former colleague who still used that archaic method, and accidentally sucked acid into his mouth and dissolved all his teeth. (I don't recall what type or molarity of acid was discussed in this cautionary tale).
My husband, who had long hair when I met him, decided to grow his hair long again but didn’t know how to tie it up in a ponytail. I had to do it for him for ages.
I once had to explain to a 19 year old college student that yes you did indeed need to clean under your foreskin and then answered his question of "How?" to the best of my ability, not having had one since I was an infant. I blame his upbringing.
I’m probably too late for this but putting petrol in the car. Growing up where I lived I always had someone do it for me so I got really nervous when I was visiting the states and had rented a top line Camaro.
At my work's weekly Zoom team meeting, a manager thought it would be fun to play rock paper scissors via webcam. One of my colleagues (late 40s/early 50s) asked if someone could explain it to her, because she'd never played it.
Omg. I'm not an adult, but my little brother. Boy oh boy. I'm my family, we do chores every day. Part of the routine. Once, he asked me to help fold a sheet. It wasn't fitted. It was only queen size. I said no, and he proceeded to get very angry at me for not helping him fold a queen size sheet because he can't do it without help. He can't pick up our garage without help. It's insane. He knows some things. He can do his own laundry, try he never picks up his room. The last time his room was really clean, was when I did it. Same thing about the room with my older brother. Never clean. My little brother, however, Durant rinse his dishes. Ever. He leaves crumbs to be scratched of by the person loading the dishwasher. Ugh. He thinks that if you left food out for a few days and a plate, it would come if easily with a little water. I don't think he's ever successfully loaded a dishwasher by himself.
I posted on a subreddit the other day asking why houses were so expensive in Ireland, I am from Ireland but left for traveling when I was 18 and only returned recently at 25, and I had to delete my post because of how dumb people made me feel for not knowing about the housing crash, I know about the recession in 08 and stuff, just didn't know that it still had an effect on the Irish housing market, it takes more effort to be mean than nice...
Basically my entire experience at an International Airport for the first time at the age of 24 was an embarrassment. I flew as a kid but have no recollection of the process. My shining moment however was on the flight. I asked the flight attendant “how much?” while she was going around offering drinks. She laughed at me and said “it’s free”. However, the look she gave me is forever burned into my brain.
Don’t get me started on trains, subways, and buses either. Let’s just say I learned a lot about mass transportation last year and wish my city implemented more of it.
One day, mom got a call from dear brother in law, who wanted to surprise my sister by making fresh soup. The recipe called for flour and he wanted to know if he should put in daisies or dandilions. (In my language the word for flower and flour is written the same)
We were invited to eat spaghetti at my sisters, and HE was cooking. I watch as he pours water in the pot, puts in the pasta, and then puts it on the stove. He then waits for it to boil, and when it does, turns on the 6 minute timer. I couldn't bring myself to swallow a second bite, it was so bad.
If you can't see what's wrong with the spaghetti story: You're supposed to boil the water WITHOUT the pasta, then put the pasta in for the alotted time. Else you will get overcooked to hell and back crap, and it will have a texture closer to paste than pasta.
Man so many good ones from my college roommate but this ones my favorite: For her 21st birthday she went out and bought a bunch of fancy alcohol (fancy for broke college kids) like Rum Chata and what have you for the party weekend we were having. I come home from class and I’m like what happened to all the alcohol? She had baked probably $75+ worth of alcohol into cupcakes that she thought we could get drunk from eating.
I was sharing a house with a friend, the daughter of a fireman no less.
I came home one day to find she'd bought a new electric fire, a new wind up extension lead and had plugged one into the other fully wound.
Not only was I amazed that she ignored the instructions, I was amazed her dad had never mentioned the issue. It gets worse when I yelled at her and her response was
Just thought of another one... My best friend didn't change his oil or do any maintenance on his car for years. It overheated and started smoking in a parking lot and everyone around him was moving their cars away.
Didn't learn his lesson. Years later he blew up the engine of his new car by not changing the oil.
I live in Oregon where it is illegal to pump your own gas. In the earlier months of the pandemic, the governor made a statement saying that we were permitted to pump gas ourselves.
You wouldn’t believe the number of people I saw struggling to figure it out. Many workers were standing by guiding people through pumping gas.
Worked Loss Prevention for a large furniture company. I get a call about a lady at the front of the store FREAKING out. I go up there and through sobbing tears she says “I can’t find my car!”
Apparently she has been walking around for god known how long and she is certain she has walked the whole parking lot.
Ok. Does your car have an alarm. Yes. Can I see the key fob. Yes. Press panic button and here car starts honking. It’s only a few cars away. She just grabs her keys and walks away.
In highschool I sometimes got to use my dad’s computer and one day he was accusing me of deleting all his files and threatening to beat me. I went and checked and he had set his explorer to only show one kind of file. This man was a businessman who used computers every day.
Old friend of mine was stunned when she saw me doing my own laundry. She asked me “how do you know how to do that?” as if I was performing magic. I guess her mom always did her laundry and never bothered to show her how it’s done.
Not horrifying exactly, but I had a roomate once, who asked a friends mother how to cook spaghetti.
I mean, he could've asked me; but beyond that, there was instructions on the pack. Further beyond that, it's pasta dude, you put it in boiling water, end.
Really great guy, but he grew up with his mother refusing to let the kids do anything. Cook, clean, laundry; everything.
My most horrifying moment was being asked to come and dismantle an IKEA bed because they didn't know how to do it.
There were approx 6 hex screws and it took 10 minutes.
Years ago I went with some friends to a cabin for a few days. The girls offered to cool some pasta. At one point my ex asked how does boiling water look like.
She actually didn't know.
hm8g10 · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lived with someone at uni who couldn’t use an ATM. She paid for everything with cash. Her parents gave her a big wad of cash at the start of each semester and she would use that for everything. This was fewer than ten years ago.
My dad's girlfriend (early 50s) after living in our family home for 2 years and asking us how to turn on the grill.
Was one of the things that showed us she had never done a thing around the house. Pretty sure she's a gold digger. My siblings and I have a strong dislike for her.
One day, when mom was going out with friends, I came home and my dad said "go ahead and put your stuff upstairs. Mom bought lasagna, I'll but it in the oven".
I went upstairs, dropped my jacket and schoolbag and thought "wait....he never uses the oven, only the microwave function". So I ran downstairs and sure enough he put it in the microwave for 30 minutes. Luckily it was only in for 30 seconds. After that my mom would only buy microwave meals when she would not cook for us....
When my town’s power goes out, all traffic lights become blinking red 4 way stops. The chaos that ensues is incredible. Seemingly no one knows what to do, who goes first, turning rules, anything.
I had an old roommate that let a bunch of oil sit on high heat for about 30 minutes. She told me she was waiting for it to boil when i asked her wtf she was doing
My friend told me her partner at Home Econs class was so clueless about cooking, when the teacher said rinse the chicken before cooking, she washed the chicken with detergent.
My buddy in college did not cook ever, but he came home with one of those frozen meals that you cook in oil in a pan. He stood near the stove for like 30 minutes just zoning out and everyone once in a while looking at the burner for some reason. I finally went over to ask him what was up and he said “I think the burner is broken the oil isn’t boiling yet”. I said holy shit dude, wet my hands and flung some water in, making a loud popping noise. That oil was hot as fuck and he thought oil worked the same as water for pasta, it needed to be boiling.
While overseas somebody got their bread stuck in a toaster that wouldn’t pop up. Some local guy working the kitchen ran over with a butterknife and was about to stick it in the toaster to try and get the burning toast out because it was smoking. Everybody screamed at him, he didn’t even think to unplug the fucking thing. Unbelievable to watch a grown man do that.
I wasn't an adult but what this whole family's kids couldn't do even though they were all a good amount older than me was incredible I was maybe 8 or 9 when I first met them all in a church group my family tried to be a part of and I could tie my shoelaces since a few years ago this family's oldest son was 14 or 15 and even he couldn't tie his shoelaces these kids parents just bought them all velcro shoes!!!....it was pretty sad and pitiful such irresponsible parents I wouldn't be surprised if after all these years they still couldn't tie their shoelaces
My roommate almost made the mistake of pouring a liter of water on to a grease fire he started while cooking. Thankfully I was able to knock it out of his hands before he caught the apartment on fire.
I'm from the UK and lived in a shared house with other international students in a foreign country. All of us were over 21 so definitely in to our adulting life.
I woke up one morning to the smoke detector going nuts and my American housemate just shrieking "I was just trying to make tea like you guys do!!!!". Our plastic kettle was now looking like a Dalí piece on the top of the hob with black smoke pouring out of the bottom of it.
Many years ago my wife (we were dating at the time, must have been late teens) was a camp counselor for a weekend over the summer and was making herself some breakfast when my mother (so glad she was there) yelled across the cafeteria at her to stop because she was about to stick a metal knife into the toaster to acquire her toast. She had no idea why that might have been a bad idea, but let me tell you my mother was dying laughing when she called to tell me about it.
Sorta adulting, my roommate in college doesn’t know how to blow his nose. Also relevant but not really adulting is that he physically doesn’t know how to kiss.
My wife told me a few stories about her brother when they had an apartment together.
He thought a credit card was “free money”. Like a gift card. When you hit the limit and it was declined, you ran out.
He didn’t know how to address mail and you needed stamps.
He grew up before GPS and was terrible at remembering directions. He couldn’t navigate anywhere.
He would get anxiety over going to the bank because he didn’t know how to withdraw or deposit. I guess he basically handed over his license and relied on the teller to do it for him? That last one baffles me.
I lived with someone who told me the microwave wasn't heating her milk. Turns out a) she was using defrost mode and b) she was using a steel glass. Turns out 2 wrongs prevented an accident.
I once had to teach a 20 year old how to use a broom. Apparently the chore list growing up, for him, was vacuum carpets...his sister's was always sweep floors...it was just something he'd never had a chance to learn.
My housemate (28) refuses to wash pots properly (ie. In hot soapy water). He'll rinse them with hot water over the course of a day or two, then use them again when he needs to.
He admitted to never having the need to wash up because his parents owned a dishwasher, and there's "no written rules or laws on how to wash pots properly".
Despite explaining the hygienic benefits, he just doesn't care and sees it as more effort being required to wash them "properly".
I used to work as a healthcare assistant in a nursing home. We'd usually have an agency care assistant on every shift; some were regulars, others we'd only see once and then never again. This is about one of our regulars.
I asked her to make some cheese on toast for one of our residents. Having only a little kitchenette on the unit, we'd have to make the toast, add cheese and put it in the microwave for ~20 seconds so the cheese was just melty. I ask her to do that while I'm helping a co-worker with another resident.
Co-worker and I come back out about ten minutes later and all we can smell is smoke. We go down to the kitchen and the door has been wedged shut by the nurse, he and our agency lady are trying to air out the kitchen and get rid of the smoke.
Turns out she'd just put cheese between two untoasted slices of bread like a sandwich and put that in the microwave. I have no idea how she did this, but she set the microwave to cook for 85 minutes. I don't know what she pressed bc it was literally one of those 'press to add 30 secs' microwaves.
She was actually a lovely woman and really good with our residents, but just couldn't make cheese on toast
My mother worked in a hospital in New York during 9/11. She was there when it happened and wasn’t allowed to leave the hospital, as it was staying open with as many staff as they could keep in case a mass amount of patients got sent in.
A few years ago, I was driving with her, my father, and my s/o into the city. She turned to my father and said,
“I wonder if we can see the twin towers from here.”
My father, bewildered turned to her and said,
“Think about what you just said.”
My mother just kinda blinked and stared at him in confusion.
We were all too shocked to say anything, so no one corrected her and she later asked again to see the twin towers.
I knew someone that didn’t understand that when making a grilled cheese you don’t put the cheese on the pan first, then the bread, but rather the other way around. She complained about the sandwich always sticking and burning which confused us all, and I only found out what was happening one day when I woke up to the smell of burning cheese and my mother going “what the fuck” and running into the kitchen. We had to teach her how to cook basic things because she had never had to. She was 20 years old and had never had to cook for herself, the kitchen staff at her parents restaurant always did it for her.
I don’t know if this technically counts, but forewarning, it’s dark.
A high school PE teacher’s college aged daughter was hanging out with her boyfriend and her cousin. The girl bought a pistol to protect herself, as her college town is extremely seedy. She had never taken firearms training classes.
Her boyfriend asked to see the gun. He was fiddling around with it, and asked if it was loaded. She said no. He checked the clip, and it was indeed empty. He handed it back. She stared down the sights, and fired. The bullet in the chamber ricocheted off a wall and struck her cousin. He bled out.
My Dad doesn't know how to use a smartphone to make phone calls.
He had a Pixel, couldn't figure it out, and always asked for help (while blaming me for breaking his phone, of course.)
I told him that he basically wasn't smart enough to use an Android phone, and relegated him to an iPhone.
(That solved about half of his issues, but I still get him yelling at me to "fix" his phone so he can actually call someone.)
Then I look at his toolbar, and he's always turning off data somehow, and turning on shit that he can't use anyway, like Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, etc.
He'd fuck up two cans and a string, and find some reason to blame it on me somehow.
This guy I worked with a few years ago at a bakery/cafe was supposed to clean the dirty and greasy walls/bannisters instead he found some paint and just painted over the dirty walls. He didn’t use primer, a paintbrush, gloves, nothing. He didn’t even put up a “wet paint sign”.
Lots of customers were covered in dirty wet paint by the end of the day.
In the first month at uni my housemate asked me to teach him how to fry an egg. He decided it looked too complicated so went back to making them scrambled in the microwave. Months later I made a crumble and he asked where you buy the crumble bit from... I really hope he learnt to cook at some point.
Once a guy told me he's on a diet called "if my wife don't cook I don't eat". I thought he was joking but he said some seriously sad stuff. First he said he was going to find the manual to the microwave to see if he could figure it out. Then later he said he was just going to eat some bread and think about chicken. He said it with such a serious tone that I finally asked if he was serious. Apparently this guy has never fed hi,self once in his entire life. Someone has always cooked for him or prepared his meal.
The oldest one in the book here. Recently took in a friend for a roommate to help them out. 1 day my wife asks why he never cooks and anyways orders out. I shit you not when he claimed he didn't even know how to properly make mac n cheese. And that he refuses to learn to cook because he doesn't like the way raw meat feels. It blew my mind. This 28 year old refuses to buy groceries in any form because he doesn't care too learn to cook.
I had a classmate in college geology that asked our professor “Why don’t we just crash a meteor into Earth for more land?” I’ll never forget the blank stares and silence that followed.
Idk if this counts but I havn´t had "real" sex yet. I only had dry sex and I am super scared to do something wrong or mess something up when the time comes.
Balcil · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It sounds like you had bad sex education so watch some videos on this YouTube channel. This is a channel dedicated to sex educationl
I mean the only thing we were thought is that sex is bad and a sinn! Thank you for that link
Balcil · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please use protection like condoms. She has videos and how to use them. Condoms are important to prevent pregnancy and disease. When I say disease I mean STI‘s.
Women have three holes down there. Asshole vagina urethra.
Foreplay is important. So everyone can get excited and enjoy the experience. And if you don’t feel like doing sex that is OK. This is an intimate experience. If you don’t trust someone, you shouldn’t have sex with them.
Lube is important. The vagina should produce a lubricant when aroused. And if it’s not enough you need to get lube. Otherwise it can be painful for the woman at least
Consent is the most important thing. This can change at any time so watch body language not just listening for words.
Thanks for your advice. I never thought I'd be taught about sex better on reddit than I am in school.
Balcil · 2 points · Posted at 10:40:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sadly that is true in the south.
Teens can think very stupid things are true if they’re not taught the basics. Reminds me of a case in China where a Married couple was trying to get pregnant. It turns out that they were accidentally doing anal sex instead of normal sex because they were never taught the basics
Somebody I know had a new expensive car (it was about 2008 and it wasn't common like today with new cars that you could press a button to fold in the mirrors). I occasionally drove the car and as a guy who loves cars, i like to find out what the buttons are for (i actually read the manual). So when i found the button to fold in the mirrors, i noticed it did not work on the drivers site. Long story short: The person always folded the mirrors manually by hand and broke it...
Not horrifying but worth mentioning: I was on the road by car with my friend (her car) when we stopped for petrol. She asked me If i can do it, because she has never done it before. She told me her dad always did it for her. She had her driving license for more than a year by then. I showed it to her that day.
Refilling oil on a car, she did not even know you have to do that. So car almost broke down. She asked me what the red light was on the dashboard. It was on for a while she said.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A chick I worked with was supposed to get an orange prepared for a patient. I watched her grab an apple corer/slicer. I asked her what she was doing and she said, "I don't do it this way? I've never done this before."
One time in college my buddies took mushrooms and halfway through their trip the toaster oven caught on fire and they luckily just happened to notice. Turns out another housemate of ours had put pizza rolls in on a paper plate and went back upstairs to his room. Here’s the kicker, pizza rolls boy wasn’t even on anything.
Before it got out of hand, the only other sober person there used the fire extinguisher to put it out while they watched in amazement, but come on!
I was supervising a group of people. One had to teach another, in explicit detail, how to use a hammer.
ivakoo · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My experience is mostly related to animal families. My brother was around 13 when he realized that sparrow is not pigeon's son. Also, my friend asked me whether the HUSBAND of the sheep is a ram or a buck... She was around 20 at that time...
When my ex wanted to clean the bathroom, he took some bathroom cleaner, sprayed it all over the shower and then after a while he would just go over it with water, without even scrubbing it with anything! He also bought the really expensive one, because in the promotion they were always showing how they sprayed something and then the dirt was gone with one swipe. Needless to say, the bathroom always stayed dirty.
He was also unable to manage his money. He earned around 350€ while his parents payed his rent every month and also bought him every piece of clothing and still he would somehow never have any money left. Then he would complain about how the money was never enought. I wanted to help him and went through all of his expenses once...
He bought extremely expensive food EVERY day, like a whole steak. He would pay 100€ for his phone contract every month, saying it was something that he got it when he was 16. He was super materialistic and bought some gem stones because he liked them, like wtf you don't do that when you're a student! Once when he had less than 100€ left he bought a ring from Ebay for 30€ to see whether it was made from gold or not, he wanted to sell it for profit. We went to a jeweler to check it and shocker: it wasn't gold. He literally yeeted that ring in the trash around the next corner, cause it was worthless now. His parents were on the wealthier side so he was super materialistic, needed to buy something for himself at least every two weeks.
He had like 250€ every month to spend on food luxuries and he spend it all, while I spent 120€ every month for myself including food. It's really freaky comparing him to my current boyfriend who is super responsible when it comes to money and life choices.
My friends roommate. She was this rich indian girl who we assumed never had to do anything by herself. She didn't know you have to put ice-cream in the freezer, she out it in the fridge and was sad because it melted.
After a long day out fishing with two of my friends we set up camp and prepared to make a fire. My one friend takes a log and swings our axe with full force splitting the log but there's a sharp metal clang to it and sparks fly all around. Turns out he had placed the log on a rock intentionally to have the log stand upright.
I was making lemonade with a friend at my college dorm. Went to put sugar in water and he genuinely asks "would the sugar dissolve in this water? Don't you have to heat it up?" I lost it. Didn't know how to react.
Had a roommate for about six months. Two weeks in he finally had to do his laundry. After he had finished I went to set my dirty clothes in the washer to discover that the stupid bastard put tide pods in the liquid detergent slot.
Here come the down votes... But swimming.
We went camping once, and 1 friend was "unsure" about the water. Then he kept bobbing up and down when we went deeper into the water. Sometimes head under. Nobody really notice they just thought he was being weird until he stepped off some ledge under the water. He went down several feet, shot back up just enough to scream and went back down.
I swam over thinking he was stuck or something bit him, he was shooting back up again and hit me, then grabbed hold and I pulled him up. He let out a blood curdling scream.. I taught him to float by just keeping a lot of air in your lungs, and I taught him how to doggy paddle, that same weekend.
I don't talk to many people, but I'd say 1/8th of them can't swim. Wtf lol sorry.
This is pretty minor all things considered, but I live in a pretty conservative country, and I had a friend who didn't know how gay sex worked, she thought that one guy would insert his dick in the other guy's dick lmao. Don't know how she came up with that imagery.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:13:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, bit frustrating nonetheless. My girlfriend didn't know what I meant when I asked her to dice the onions.
Jhiri · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girl (~19 — 20 years old) training as a receptionist that didn't know how to work out how much 50% was. She was shown how to work it out by at least 6 different people and still didn't get it. Needless to say she didn't stay for long. Skip forward a few year, similar story different girl.
Almost broke up with a girl that wanted me to believe that in her 23 years of life she had never heard of chewing hotwings with her mouth closed
lez3ro · 1 points · Posted at 07:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 25 and I regularly watch my parents think that everyone that is nice to them is their best friend. Even store clerks etc. Then proceed to lose any faith in humanity when they realise that in fact the store clerk wasn't in love with then as a person. At the same time they would ask a store owner if a specific product they want is "good". Of course they say yes, and then if the product wasn't as good they think the store owner is a liar and a thief
My sister (25) told us recently that she just found out why she was failing every time she tried to cook something. She cooks everything in the oven for some reason and always thought it was just because her oven sucked that all of her cakes and dishes ended up burned on the surface and not cooked inside.
Well, you guessed it by the description she was ALWAYS using the grill function of her oven.
Oh and she doesn't know how to read a clock too.
To be fair I'm 21 and I still struggle with laces.
32 yo guy I lived with had to ask how to use the washing machine. I gave him detailed instructions.
Yet he couldnt retain them, I had to keep teaching him.
Also would have to teach him how to clean, what product to use, where we keep them etc. All the time. Even though he had lived in the house for 6months or so. Weirdest thing.
Wanted to play some dnd so I found a dm who supposedly knew what they where doing.
They didn't know squat shit about the game, be it rolling skill checks or how the wisdom stat worked. They also asked us what to do when helped a character.
They ended up trying to TPK us with a blue ancient dragon to play with "more competent players"
My current housemate doesn't know how to do anything. I'm pretty sure he was babied or something because he doesn't know how to do the laundry, he doesn't know how to turn on the dishwasher, he rarely vacuums and when he does half the floor is still dirty. He rarely showers and I have to ask him to shut the fuck up every night because he games with his friends till 2 and I can't sleep when he yells. Aka an actual nightmare.
So I'm in a metal shop and this dude walks up to me and asks "what pressure should the ranks be at" and and another time " how do I turn on the ark welding machine" it terrified me because this was after a year of seeing him in the shop. He could've killed us all and j have no clue what he was doing the whole if he didn't know how to turn the machine one
My friend kept complaining about smoke coming from his sink lol. He didn’t know the water has to be running while the sink disposal was on and went threw two of them and never realized it. The only reason he found out was because his girlfriend was over and pointed out what he was doing wrong poor guy lmao.
Dude tried to boil an egg..... No water... This was in the service and in Sweden were school is free and everyone had home ed. I dont think we have that anymore in schools but way back when i went everyone learned basic cooking and general workings around the home. We even learned to budget, clean and how to wash dishes.
I have a colleague at work who brings remainders to work in a plastic bag. I've seen him heat it in the microwave several times, and always get surprised why some of the plastic melted into his food... He'd still eat all the food afterwards though - doesn't seem to bother him that much.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was having a conversation with someone from work about my new car and how excited I was that I no longer had to worry about my engine light being on. She then told me that her check oil light had been on for a week or so. I asked her if she had actually checked the oil and she said she didn’t know how. I showed her how to check the oil and it was completely empty. She seemed surprised when I told her that her engine could blow if it stayed like this. I was completely amazed that this grown woman could get through life without checking her oil even once.
College Roommate ate nothing but kraft macaroni and cheese for a month. He ended up going to the hospital bc he didn't shit for 9 days. They had to dilate his rectum and dig the shit out by hand.
This is a legitimately brilliant dude, like he's quite wealthy doing artificial intelligence stuff now but he did not put it together that he was sick from the macaroni and cheese only diet.
When I was complaining how the public women's bathroom kept getting clogged and how a customer was probably flushing tampons or pads down the toilet. My coworker dead ass asked me if I was joking about how you should NOT do that. I just had to stare at her and ask if she was joking about me thinking I was joking. Then had to explain why there's a small trashcan next to the toilet and she mumbled back "Maybe that's why we have plumbing issues abs has to call a plumber to her house every few months."
I had a spoiled roomie, who loved takeaway duck in peanut sauce. To reheat it, she would put the duck breasts, dripping with peanut sauce, on the oven rack. The burnt bits of sauce got left behind, cause they’ll magically disappear...
She also mentioned how great it is, that our flat would never get dusty. My clean roomie regularly dusted off all our furniture (bless her).
We once had a small secret birthday party on our dumb roomies balcony (she was at her boyfriends) and some green candle wax dripped on the floor. She got home, saw the wax and turned somewhat white: She genuinely thought it came from aliens.
Also, her mom believes in angels and supposedly will visit some angel convention (?!) every year in LA (we‘re Europeans).
Her father is a renowned University professor and she‘s able to travel, that makes it so great!
My manager told the new girl one day to stock the shelves with boxes of tea bags. Not only did she open the delivery box, she opened the actual packaging. Imagine our faces when we were met with a shelf featuring stacks upon stacks of teabags!
Old roommate fell asleep with lit candles sitting on a wooden computer desk. Only found out after he moved out and I was cleaning his empty room and found the huge blackened char marks on the table where the candle had burned down to it's base and miraculously gone out.
EmsH91 · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my 36yo bf that cling film is used to cover things and heat them in the microwave.
He thought it would melt because its technically plastic.
I was cooking with my boyfriend at the time and asked him to chop up an onion. He works in a restaurant and he didn’t peel it. Just chopped everything together and put it in the pan
Our entire household got into a debate with a single roommate about how you can’t microwave foil.
She was adamant that you can and that you’re not supposed to microwave plastic wrap. We all told her that she had it wrong but she was insisting she was right and that she had always microwaved food with foil. After like 10 minutes of explaining to her that it’s never ok she googled it to prove to us that we were wrong.
I don’t understand how a 24 year old can be so confident that foil doesn’t produce aurora borealis, at this time of year.
Was squeezing fruit in a fruit bowl to tell which was the ripest to eat, my friend (who is several years older than me) starts making fun of me for 'playing' with the fruit... I had to teach him how to check for ripe fruit
When I was living in the dorms during college I walked past this girl in the common room that was staring at the microwave that was sparking, I run over and turn it off. She had put in a plate of pizza covered with foil. She was totally confused and after I explained the fire risk to her, she said “oh well I didn’t know you can’t use foil/metal in the microwave, my mom has always done it for me”.
I had to finally get myself to overcome the phobia of flipping the egg with the pan. I did it by telling myself “fxck it, if the egg falls off, then it is what is”
My buddy booked a holiday for a few of us to Spain, said we would land back into London Gatwick around 11.30pm, we live about 2 hours away from London so I asked how we were getting back home that night, he said ‘we’ll take the train, you (speaking to me) work in transport you should know this’
He wasn’t aware regular train services don’t run all night in the UK, despite using them his whole life... he now works with me in transport
r_l_d · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was at a highschool camp but we were 17 at the time. It was my group's turn to do the cooking and this guy in my group didn't know how to grate cheese. He was sliding the cheese in the opposite direction and it just resulted in a mush. I asked him what he was doing and he admitted that he had never cooked in any way before. Some people live very sheltered lives. I wonder how he is going now, I imagine he eats a lot of takeaway
I had a friend in college who asked to use my microwave to heat up her pizza rolls because she didn’t have one in her room. I didn’t see a problem, and happily let her use it. She popped them in and we went next door to talk to another friend for a bit while they cooked. When she remembered her pizza rolls, we went back to my room real quick to get them. She opened the microwave and smoke came out along with the worst smell of burnt pizza. Every single pizza roll was so burnt they looked like nuggets of charcoal. I asked her how long she had put them in. She said 10 minutes......TEN. For about a handful of pizza rolls! I asked her what made her think 10 minutes was the appropriate time and she said that’s what the cook time was on the box. I pulled the box out of the trashcan to show her that was the time to cook them in an oven. Apparently, she didn’t have much experience with microwaves and she thought it was the same as an oven. It took days to get that smell out of my room
My co-worker did not know how to make tea.
It was time for our lunch break, and because I know she likes tea I boiled some water while setting the table. I told her I already boiled the water so she could make tea, but then she asked what to do with the water. Apparently her mom always made her tea and she had never done it before. She even asked if she was supposed to put the teabag directly into the water or if she should 'rip it open and mix it in'..
Jeder Weg den Mann einschlägt weißt auf ein ganz neues Leben hin. Somit ist jede Entscheidung gravierend und es fällt mir gerade wenn es um die Liebe geht schwer mich zu entscheiden, aber wenn dann der Funken springt bin ich dem ausgeliefert..! Diese Menschen haben dann so einen Macht über mich, die Zerstörend wirken kann, ehr liegt meine Liebe sehr nah bei Traurigkeit überspielt von Hass. Jedes verletzende wirkt auch nur verletzend, weil ich mich darauf eingelassen habe oder einlassen wollte. Die gewisse Dame von der gerade die Rede ist verhält sich in den Sozialenmedien wie die Hure von Babylon... es kreisen die ganze Zeit Kerle um sie herum schlabbern sie ab und das scheint ihr zugefallen. Wenn sie meint sich damit schmücken zu können, ich weiß ja nicht was diese Personen sich einbilden zusein scheinen, aber das sind wohl ganz tolle Gockel... naja ich dachte sie wäre eine Vernünftige wohl erzogene Lady die sich so etwas nicht gefallen lässt, aber nein sie postet das ja sogar noch. Was sie sich selbst damit antun ist, dass sie irgendwann als billig da steht und dann keiner mehr etwas von ihr wissen will. Da bringen die Gockel auch nicht mehr, die sind dann zudem weg. Vielleicht sehe ich das auch verdreht, aber wäre sie meine Frau gewesen und jemand anderes küsst sie auch wenn’s nur auf die Wange ist mit dem Gesichtsausdruck.... Jeses Maria... lass mich nicht zugegen sein! Ich bin jetzt erstmal raus aus den sozialen und weiß auch nicht wohin mit mir, meine Gefühlswelt..? Keine Ahnung... was ich noch denken glauben fühlen soll. Will eigentlich nur noch schlafen, aber wollte Mum heute beim Umzug helfen. Erreiche sie aber auch nicht, also werde ich jetzt erstmal wieder schlafen. Ich weiß nicht ob noch etwas aus ihr und mir wird, es trifft mich alles sehr und somit, sind meine Gefühle da, nur ob sie mir gut tun ist eine andere Frage und ob sie sich um tut die andere... evtl. ist auch wieder alles Absicht um meine Fokus auf irgendwas zu lenken, aber das sind so würde jeder sagen Paranoia, genau wie so manch andere Dinge die ich niemanden erzählen kann... konnte... und vieles bewegt habe. Peace out
reelru · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God okay so my second year of college i moved out of the dorms with my previous roommate and two friends. I chose the two friends because they were very vocal about how dirty everything was in the common room and how OF COURSE cleaning was a part of cooking and everyone should pitch in to tasks!
Turns out they thought “cleaning is a part of cooking” meant you just had to put your dishes in the sink and throw trash away. No wiping anything down, no rinsing pots, no soaking dishes. We set up a chore list where one roommate did the dishes and refused to do anything else and the other just complained about my “apathy” when it came to cleaning. They just didn’t understand that you were supposed to clean up after yourself and I didn’t want to constantly clean the stove because they refused to wipe it down.
I tried to talk to them about it but they just said that I was raised in a “hyper-anal” household and I was being unfair. (I refused to sweep/mop because they walked through the house with shoes and the kitchen had food splatters all over the floors)
I have never met people so out of touch with reality before.
Loads when I joined the military. Guys in their early 20’s who had NEVER cooked a basic meal, washed or ironed clothes, sewn a button, polished shoes, and in one tragic case, dried himself after a shower - “cos mommy always does that”. Jesus H. Christ.. I could do all of that before I got into double digit years. Thank fuck for practical parenting.
My ex-flatmate got a scammed by phone-scammers. He got a call from so called “Microsoft Engineer” telling him they are trying to catch a hacker and they need his laptop access. He gives his teamviever credentials, stays on a phone with the “engineer” for hours. Then they asked him to send them money and it will be refunded when hacker is caught. 24 hour later he ends up sending them over 2 thousand euros to a columbian western union post.
When I asked my flatmate what is wrong with hid he said they had local phone number so he thought they are legit. Also that he couldn’t send them more since the bank didn’t let his withdraw more than 2k euros a day. This sounds surreal and most of my friends still can’t believe he did it.
TLTR; my friend sent fake microsoft scammers over 2k euros to catch a hacker. I hope he learned a valuable lesson.
I worked as stage hand (basically setting up music stages for concerts or festivals) for an holiday Job when I was sixteen and and when I had to screw two big floor elements of a stage together I screwed and screwed and it kept being lose, a co worker looked at me and told me I had to screw into the other direction, which was already pretty embarrassing to work in such an Workfield and not noing how to srew, so I started screwing the other way around and I kept going and going.. pop the screw broke ...
The look of disappointment in my co workers eyes ...
My best friend, of 20 years, microwaved a metal bowl in our first place living in together. I heard the zapping ran in and made him stop it. He didn't know he couldn't microwave the bowl because he assumed if it was dishwasher safe it'd surely be microwave safe.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker straight up told me she didn’t know how to boil and egg. I sat there explaining to her all you do is put the egg in boiling water for a few minutes then pull it out and peel it. She was adamant that she could not do it. It still shocks me to this day.
I have one that’s more just a weird family tradition. My sister’s friend entire family poops by taking their pants and underwear off, an then spreading their legs as far and wide as possible while sitting on the toilet and taking a sh*t.
My colleague (mid 20s) did not know how to use the bus - she didn't understand the concept of bus stops at all. Amazing.
NB I live in the UK, so public transport is not the great unknown as it is in large parts of the US.
Had a new guy at my fast food job who complained to me that the managers hadn’t taught him how to open our paper bags to put the food in. There was nothing special, they were just standard paper bags.
I’m 18 so I know I barely qualify as an adult, but I was dogsitting for the neighbors a few months ago. The dogs were on a strict diet and required can food, but the cans didn’t have snap tops so I actually had to take out my phone and look up how to use a can opener...
Luckily I was there by myself to save me from embarrassment, but it felt like I wasn’t when I read the youtube comments! There were so many other adults who didn’t know how to use one, which made me relieved that I wasn’t alone, but also the people shaming everyone watching the video for not knowing how to use a can opener (we had it coming). I learned a lot that day
RyeSto · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not how to do this but how do you not know.
A 30-something I was dating (to use the American term) was from Liverpool. We were watching telly and the weather came on. We lived near to the city at that point. I commented that it’s going to rain tomorrow and she said no it’s not. So I flicked back 30 secs to show her and I pointed to the rain over Liverpool and she said that’s not where Liverpool is. Where do you think Liverpool is then?
She thought Liverpool was towards Anglesey. I honestly could not think of anything to say.
She had the brains but she obviously missed her geography lessons and never watched the “local” weather.
I still struggle to understand that.
I was working in an amusement park in The Netherlands 10 years back or so as a holiday job. I had been working there for a few years so I was 2nd manager of the hamburger place.
So there was this kid, who wasn't the brightest of them all, very friendly, but very stupid. He cleaned tables while people where still eating, ran the dishwashing machine with only one plate, gave free cola to children because he liked them.
There were two incidents:
- TL Bar: The TL bar broke down in the middle of the shift, and instead of waiting till after the shift he decided during rush-hour to leave his hamburger post, get a ladder and 'fix' the TL-bar by Pulling it down. Not turning the bar first to remove it, no... pulling it down... Leading to it breaking and spilling all kinds of glass and stuff on the hamburgers... That was his 1st warning
- He was fired when one of the machinal Frying pans of 20L caught fire. He didn't inform anyone, he just grabbed a bucket, filled it with 10L water and proceeded to walk towards the Frying pan. Luckily he encountered me, and asked: "Watcha doin' with that Bucket during the middle of a working day, cleaning is after 18.00."
He frantically responded that I had to get out of his way NOW, since the Frying pans were burning and ran past me, me standing dumbfounded for a few seconds. I ran after him and got in a bit of a struggle when I tried to take the bucket from him....
THIS GUY WANTED TO THROW 10L of water on a 20L Frying pan...
I hired a couple real nice lads to host in my ski chalet one winter a few years ago. They were amazing and the guests all loved them.
However, during the first week I was noticing things that were like ‘how do you not know this?’
Examples:
Cups and glasses in the dishwasher sitting upright. Looking at me confused when I asked how clean they would be if they stayed like that?
Using the microwave as an egg timer all morning. It was empty. The glass plate exploded.
Using the vacuum cleaner to clean out hot fire ashes. It caught on fire.
Those two were ace. I’m still in contact with them.
ions82 · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There once was a graduate student who owned a car that was low on windshield fluid. She asked the professor she worked with how to fill it. He told her, "Just go buy some and dump it in!". She did, and the next day her car quit running. She assumed all fluids for the car go in through the same place.
I once had a friend who thought she was pregnant, so she took a test and it was negative. But she didn't feel reassured by me saying it was negative and she wasn't pregnant. Why?
"Well people always say 'we're expecting, so doesn't my boyfriend need to take one aswell??'
I was working as supervisor for large cleaning crew, and i have so many stories about these things i don’t know where to start and stop.
But one of the best ones is that I had a girl who, during her interview said she had been cleaning for years and years and how clean a room was when she left it.
Then on her first day, i had to show her how to turn on and use a vacuumcleaner cus she never knew how.
I'm a student consultant helping people with their statistics an research design for their theses. This one girl came in and asked me tips on possible ways to analyze her questionnaire. I told her she really had to rethink her questionnaire in order for it to be useful.
Turned out she had already gone to the other side of the world to gather her data.... Before forming a research question or checking with someone more knowledgeable.
My friends mom (mid 60s) had never used her oven before. Bridesmaids were all at her childhood home for frozen pizza and she asked me how to make it. Then asked me how to preheat an oven and if there is a special pan for pizza. Thing is, I remember eating them as a kid at her house and her Dad definitely wasn’t making them but I guess it could’ve been her brother.
A guy I used to work with (40 year old man at the time, lived on his own for years) decided to put his iron in the sink because he thought it was smoke coming out and was genuinely mystified as to why it tripped his electricity.
He and I to this day have no idea why he thought that was the thing to do
This is going to get lost i know but a 55 year old manager i work with couldnt not work out why his sound bar was not working. He plugged it in to HDMI and was confused when I showed him the power cable. He asked what that was...I showed him the power cord and he looked at me like a deer in the headlights....how does a grown ass man not know electrical devices need to be plugged in...WTF
My cousin doesn’t know how to do her hair. Not just straightening and styling, but actually washing her hair She’s been getting it done at a hair salon ever since she moved out and she’s 29. She asked me once at a gathering of literally “how do you wash your hair?”
She now claims she doesn’t have time to do so, to which I understand to an extent. We both have long, thick African American hair it is time consuming, tedious and an overall hassle (but most don’t see it that way)
But damn that’s a lot of money.
I couldn’t live on my own, complain that I’m broke all the time and not maintain my own hair. She does work every day and goes to school. But it’s a luxury to have someone else do your hair for you that often
I think the cost breakdown goes like this:
Moved out at 18; getting her hair done 2x a month for 11 years and on average it would be around $60 ( I don’t know how much bc I haven’t been to one in years)
$60 * 2 * 12 * 11 = $15,840
I’m not even counting how many times she went while she was living at home.
I once told my bosses that probably the reason an African American client of ours (mentally disabled) at a group home probably had problems with her scalp bc they insisted she washed it every day. They (all Caucasian females) looked at me like I was stupid and asked why I thought that. I told them because I worked at another group home with many African-American females as coworkers, and when I had an African-American client I had to take care of they made sure to teach me (another Caucasian female) how to look after her hair and not to wash it but once a week. Twice if it was bad but to ask them first. They literally had no idea this was a thing and dismissed me completely telling me they knew better. I heavily encourage them to talk to their African American female employees about this at another location (company had many branches in 2 counties) and they ignored me. Poor girls hair was literally falling out bc they didn't think I knew what I was talking about and all the dry-ness on her scalp had the white male doctor saying it was some scalp condition that needed special shampoo everyday. It just made it so so much worse.
I mean it’s crazy for one to assume and even correct others how a different race of people wash their own completely unique from everyone else’s hair. And even within our race different routines work for different people for most it’s twice a month while some opt for once a month.
In college, one of my white roommates looked at me like I grew horns when I told her I wash my hair twice a month. Like you asked me a black girl how often do I wash my own hair. obviously it’s going to be different than yours. It’s good that you stood up for her to them!
Everyday of hair wash is bad for our Black people’s scalps. Our hair needs moisture but not from water that frequently.
Exactly! The original client I had was once a week bc she was on medication that made her sweat a lot. So that was my gage on what was average. Once a week for the one I was trying to help would have been a vast improvement over the one to two times a day washing. I lost that battle. Sadly.
am66b · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not horrifying and i think it’s not that weird..
But often people notice that my way of holding pen/pencils is , let’s just say different than most people..
I hold pens in a way that it is comfortable to my hand whilst writing or drawing but many would comment that it’s the “wrong way”
I have several stories of my 55ish year old roommate. He was recently divorced with 2 kids, and I'm guessing the wife did everything for him because he doesn't know how to cook at all. He just eats microwave dinners every day and occasionally bakes some premade fries. He constantly uses the oven for like, less than 20 fries. So I asked him why he doesn't use the toaster oven because it's way faster. He said he doesn't know how to use it. It literally only has THREE knobs and they're labeled. 1 for mode (baking/roasting etc), temperature, and time.
And I had to help him log into his online bank because he had never used it before. He always just sent in a check to pay off his credit card bills.
Another time I told him he could have the curry in the fridge (clear container), and he seemed excited and grateful. A couple days later I asked him why he didn't have some, he said it was because he didn't know how curry looks like. ...I can almost understand not ever having eaten curry, but not even knowing how it looks like??
I taught my step-dad how to make popcorn when I was like 17.
Xikura · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For all my childhood, my parents didn't know how to cook pasta, or rather, they didn't know you where supposed to pour out excessive water afterwards, leaving us with extremely soggy pasta! Almost the same with rice because they used way to much water and didn't pour that out either.
I never liked pasta very much growing up, not until I got a taste of it from friends and at grandma.
I didn't connect the dots until high-school, subtly trying to teach it to my parents.
I was trying to explain theoretical science relating to interstellar travel with my dad as it is a topic I’m interested in, my mum was listening in, she was confused about a lot of the topics we were discussing, which I don’t blame her for, astronomy can be hard to grasp from a physics perspective sometimes, but what completely caught me off guard was the first and only statement she made during the discussion, “what do you mean the sun is a star??” I thought this was common knowledge. I know this is probably more mild than some other posts in here, but coming from a relatively intellectual family this concerned me a bit.
I once knew a guy who kept on complaining about how we got a ticket every time he walked his dog, you complained for weeks about this and was saying it was because he was black. I asked him if he picked up his dogs shit.
His response was "no that's gross. why, do I have to do that?"
a week later he complained about having to carry the dogs s*** in his bare hand. Honestly the dude was an a******, and I like to think he is still picking up his dog's poop with his bare hand.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law, wife keeps leaving on trips leaving the man alone for 2-3 weeks at a time, the man does not know how to cook, doesnt know even know how to go into a shop and make basic grocerys, doesn´t even know how to order food, keeps relying on my gf to do all this basic tasks for him.
At my school one of the electives you can pick is cooking, I did it as a class up until grade 9because it was easy and it gave me good marks on my final report (also its fun to make desserts). Anyway, in grade 9 when everyone in the class was either 14 or 15, someone put a plastic tray in the oven. Now, some of you may be thinking, “oh its just a kid who doesn’t use the oven much and they didn’t think before they put the tray in”, I thought that too at first, BUT, this happened 5 times through the year. The teacher said at the start of every lesson, “don’t put the plastic trays in he oven” (keep in mind that was before the first incident) oh I forgot to mention, all 5 times that it happened, it was the same person, I later found out she was a rich kid who just had a parent or cleaner cook anything she wanted. So yeah, I was really suprimes by that.
There's a distillery here off the coast of Australia that was run for about 6 months by an illiterate grandfather. He started off as one of the builders and nobody along the course of his employement and promotions had discovered he couldn't read.
I work in an charitable org of VNmese student in France, I meet alot of new student from VN every year and for most of them its their first time living without their parents. So when they have question they ask me even for the smallest probleme. Once asked me " I just take this appartment but the bed is unstable on 1 foot, What do I do?" Or "The electricity just went down, can you help me throu video call?" Or worst, we pick new student up at the train station and bring them to their appartment, this girl just met me and ask "So where are you taking me now?"....
Not a “how to do”, but a “how do you not know this?”
A friend of mine, back when we were about 18 or 19, messaged me because she was super concerned that she might be pregnant after having unprotected sex with some dude. I asked what happened and why they didn’t use a condom, to which she said something along the lines of “well he didn’t use his penis, he fingered me.”
She really believed she could get pregnant from a finger. Had to send her a few articles to convince her that she’d be fine.
My coworker tried to put her metal Yeti in the microwave to heat it up. After I died a little, she goes “omg is that why my microwave sparks at home?!”
Let me tell you a little story about someone that my friends lovingly referred to as Dr Money when I told them about this man’s existence. Dr Money came to university in my country to study medicine. He was the sort of young man who had no idea how to look after himself because he was raised by servants, and when he inevitably messed up badly, he tended to attempt to throw money at the situation and become very offended when money wasn’t the answer.
During his time at university, Dr Money had moments of stupidity that will forever stick in my mind. He would tell girls that he had a girlfriend back at home (true) and then promptly ask them out. He would brag about the brand new Mercedes Benz that he’d been given for his birthday at the age of 15, and then promptly say that he hated it and preferred his servants to drive him. Never good things to say. He flooded the only room of washing machines that we had access to because he didn’t know how much detergent to put in the machine. He had a tendency to leave food alone, allow it to explode up the wall, and then decide to leave it there. Needless to say, he was not well-liked. The lad couldn’t even recognise an omelet until I told him that it was what he’d made (albeit a very small one).
None of this, however, could compare to the chicken incident. The chicken incident in which Dr Money attempted to cook breaded chicken in the oven for the first time. Dr Money read the back of the packaging, placed the chicken directly on the wire rack instead of placing it on a tray (the instructions apparently weren’t clear enough), and then promptly forgot all about the dinner he had cooking. A few hours later, my friend walks in and opens the oven to make his dinner because the oven is off. Surprise, surprise. Dr Money has struck again. He came in for his food, realised that it was burnt to the wire rack, and instead of attempting to clean it while it was warm, he turned off the oven, decided that it wasn’t his responsibility, and left it to harden like a rock. An entire oven, of which there are only 2, is out of commission for most of a week in a 10 person flat because we don’t have the cleaning supplies needed to tackle something like this and we only get housekeeping in on Fridays. Dr Money ended up having to ask my other friend to come and supervise him while he used the ovens because she offered and we all demanded that it be so.
Work in a doctors surgery and a guy had a heart attack, then went into cardiac arrest. Another member of staff senior to me FORGOT CPR. After that forgot where the defibrillator was. The man is okay and the member if staff had a disciplinary and a lot of training in first aid.
In second year of uni and moved into our first flat as a big group. Everyone happy, getting set up, cooking dinner. My flatmate walks up to me holding a tin of tuna and a can opener, looks me straight in the eye, half shrugs and says "My mum always did it for me." That set the tone for the next year.
Back in '89/'90, I was fifteen. Mom's Chevy S-10 Mini Blazer (I loved that car) would not start without a jump--no matter what--for about 6 days. One afternoon, I walked home from school, and she was home from work, but had left the Blazer running. I asked her if she was going somewhere in the near future, and she replied that she just leaves it running when she stops so she doesn't have to get a jump--for hours at times. Facepalm at 15. I went and turned it off and popped the hood. I don't really know why given that I am not a mechanic, but I could at least look. After checking the few things I knew (coolant level, oil, everything was connected), my untrained eye saw nothing wrong. I was about to give up when at the last minute I decided to check the battery. The cells were dusty they were so dry. The battery would not hold a charge. After filling the cells up with water, I mentioned to mom that her battery wouldn't hold a charge because the water had died up. Without missing a beat, she says to me a bit baffled, "It's not a plant?!?"
I spent 3 years living in France when I was younger. About 2 years into living there my bf and I were at a dinner party and the topic turned to tax returns. Every single person in the room was moaning about tax returns being due that month. I was confused and asked why they all needed to file tax returns. That’s when I learned that I hadn’t paid tax in over two years. Everyone there was incredulous and couldn’t understand why I thought I didn’t have to pay tax.
Before France I had worked in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand where tax is deducted from your salary before you get it. My payslips in France showed deductions of about 650 euros a month which I assumed was tax, turns out it was social security only. It was a very expensive mistake 🤦🏻♀️
I got back home from work and to my horror, the dishes in the dishwasher had water in them at the end of the cycle. Turns out my housemate didn’t know you’re supposed to put them face down.
Housemate has been loading dishes upright in the dishwasher for years.
You know when you take a class theres always that one person that raises their hand just to make a statement for imaginary points rather than ask a question?
Well When I was going to antenatal classes they were talking about bathing your baby and what methods to use etc
A woman raises her hand and suggests "if your baby seems particularly dirty you can always use some of "names popular kitchen antibacterial surface cleanser" The whole group was like "NO!"
Girl at uni put a jacket potato in the microwave for 45 minutes. I came into the kitchen with black smoke, the microwave was pouring smoke out of it. There wasn't much left tbh.
She thought microwaves and ovens did the same thing. We had a fucking oven in the kitchen, why did she use the microwave!?
I let a friend who was an Ex of mine from when I was 16 move in with me for a few months until he could things out with his wife (also friends with her). He just didn't know how to life much. His wife took care of almost everything. He was handy but having him fill out an form for his Medical stuff or going anywhere alone was foreign to him. He always had his granny and wife do all that stuff, I'm pretty sure she even filled out all his employment stuff and take the online tests they give sometimes. After he figured things out with his wife and they got back together and he left my house I just looked at my husband (whose super independent) and was like "I love you so much and I'm glad I married you."
My current household had a girl living with us for a short while (she didn't last long) who often didn't turn off the gas stove after cooking. I came home from work one day to the stove being on, asked her when she last cooked and it had been about 4 hours. Or another time I woke up in the morning to the stove on, that time it had been about 6/7 hours the stove was on. I guess it's not that she didn't know not to do it, she just somehow, continuously forgot.
Another time, she couldn't get hot water in the shower. The hot and cold taps were originally reversed but we had to get them fixed and the plumber put them back correctly. Which got me at first, but then I saw the hot and cold stickers and had a merry shower. Consequently, she thought something was wrong with our shower, decided to try the one downstairs and saw something another housemate had done she didn't like, kicked up a HUGE stink about it and decided to move out. Fine by us, we couldn't stand her.
True story, out late on a date in a downtown area, too drunk to drive I suggest we hop on city bus. Five minutes later we are where we need to be and I pull the stop wire. The bus stops and we get off. My date, a NAVAL OFFICER who has survival training, says “How did you know to do that?” I explained and he said (so confused) “How did you know the first time?” I mean, if you don’t know something you watch what other people do and figure it out, right? Smh.
One time I was staying at a friends house and had to do laundry. He told me to run the dryer a few times because it didn't work very well. I decided to look into the problem being that it was a fairly new unit. I asked him how often he changes the lint trap. He responded "What the fuck is a lint trap" Looked like he had jammed a blue fuzzy pillow inside the lint trap. He also used fabric softener instead of laundry detergent for 3 years before someone corrected him.
With the trend towards more compact cars, even within larger classes, many new cars come with a patch kit instead of a spare now. Not that changing a tire isn't important, but it's arguably less so when the expectation from the manufacturer is to patch it and get to a shop. If someone buys new vehicles, they may never carry a spare going forward.
I went into the break room to find my fully adult, with 3 kids co-worker using a metal knife to get her bagel out of the still plugged in toaster. I rushed over and unplugged it and she looked at me like I was the asshole
In our university apartment we had three bin collections: general waste, recycling and food. One of my housemates really struggled understanding how they worked and just put everything in general waste. My other housemates and I asked her to separate her waste as we get charged for the weight of our black bin, while the recycling and food bins are free. One morning I found a tub of butter and a Nutella jar in the food bin, apparently she thought that's where they belong since they previously had food in them....
A few years back the taxi driver who took me from Instanbul airport to my hotel had clearly invented both warp drive and possessed sight beyond time. Luckily for him, he was too drunk to register the numerous close calls whilst I literally prayed in the backseat after years of agnosticism.
In college I befriended a rich Indian international student. His shoe laces came untied and asked me to teach him how to tie them. Turns out he’s always had his servants tie them for him back at home. Another instance was when he used a plate and needed to wash it. I handed him a mostly full bottle of soap and told him to use it with the sponge on the plate. He came back after using 1/2 the bottle on 1 plate
He quickly picked up these “regular” life skills but boy was it interesting to see him struggle with what would normally be such a mundane task
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure if this counts cause I’m sure he was faking it. Worked in a falafel and shawarma shop, we made your base bowl or sandwich and then we had an open bar where you could add whatever you wanted. (Ah pre Corona memories.)
It’s lunch, we are slammed guy comes in with a suit and gets a bowl. Then proceeded to ask EVERYONE how it worked. He was stoping people from the kitchen and asking, even the manager who told him AGAIN. He insisted he had no idea how a buffet works. He was holding the tongs like they were gonna bite, saying ‘Can’t you just do this? I don’t even know how these work!’ and bemoaning the ENTIRE time how this was so scary and he needed help! No. We are busy and that’s not how this works. There are sample spoons, try stuff. You have spoken to 2 mangers by this point It’s a 6 ft bar, you are 40. It’s not hard! When he realized we were not gonna wipe his ass he made and absolutely mess. The bar was awful. I still don’t know what all it was about. I figure he’s too entitled to do something like that or too spoiled by his wife and mommy to take care of himself.
I hooked up with a girl on tinder and she came over to my house for the date. We were gonna watch a movie so I put on district 9. So I was sitting there and just for the laugh said, "I still can't get over the fact that this is a true story!", She was convinced. I even played along with it to see if she was trolling me, she wasn't... She just kept saying how its mad she didn't hear of it before on the news or something.
I went out of town for a month or so and paid a friend to check in on my house and 2nd car (97 Rav4). She didn’t have a car, but I told her she could run a few errands in mine once a week or so.
I come back a month later and pull into my neighborhood to see my car is missing. It was 2am, but you bet your booty I called her.
“Where is my car?”
“In a parking lot”
“I like you too much to get angry right now, but we are going to talk about this tomorrow. Good night.”
She told me that it started blowing black smoke, so she pulled over and parked it. When prompted as to when this happened, she sheepishly said, “two weeks ago”.
I go to the car and pull the oil dipstick, expecting there to be water on it, or no oil at all. Imagine my surprise when I see that the oil was literally at the top of the dipstick.
I was so mad, I closed the hood and walked away for another 3 days.
“WHY is there so much oil in my car?!!”
“Well, the oil light flickered so I added oil.”
“HOW MUCH OIL DID YOU ADD”
“Just the big one..... I kept pouring but it never seemed like it was full.”
“KAREN! The dipstick! You know the joke about the dipstick? You use the fucking dipstick!”
So basically, she added 5 extra quarts of oil and instantly saw black smoke, so she just dumped the car AND DIDNT TELL ME.
Surprisingly, we are still friends and I never made her pay me for anything, but still think about it frequently. I ended up giving the car away because I was so nervous something might go wrong with it. New owners have had it 2 years with no problems.
It could have been her car for free if she hadn’t made such a mistake.... not even the oil part... but the fact that she didn’t fess up.
On the other hand, I once tried to dilute an empty gas tank with water. We can guess how that ended.... not well.
In university I used to stay in a block of uni accommodation that was basically comprised of self-contained flats. Our flat was for 7 people, and we had a group of 6 and ended up being assigned a random. What a wild ride that turned out to be.
We had a fridge freezer that was pretty big by conventional standards, but it had to hold food for 7 people, and in terms of the ratio I'd say it was 60/40 fridge/freezer. One day one of my flatmates and I are going to the supermarket, random asks to come along, so we agree. At the supermarket she starts to load up with mountains of frozen food, at this point my flatmate and I start looking at each other and realising this is not going to fit in the freezer. We get a taxi back to halls and my colleague and I bolt upstairs to make sure that we can fit our meagre frozen portions in our allotted freezer spots. Random comes in, and the reality of spatial awareness starts to kick in. We suggest that she takes the packaging off some items in order to save space, and she does that with a frozen pizza - and then proceeds to roll the pizza up like a newspaper to fit it in to the freezer, before turning to us and asking "do you think it'll be ok like that?". Narrator: it was not.
She was gold though, at the same supermarket trip my flatmate said he wanted to buy artichoke hearts, to which she replied "artichokes? what are those? Baby fish?" - which is excellent on a number of levels. I also caught her trying to microwave a pan once, but thankfully the pan handle prevented her from closing the microwave door. She tried to pan fry a block of frozen mince meat once, it just sat there in the pan like a cold block of grey misery. I hope she's doing ok now though.
Some guy I knew when I was into the bmx racing scene wanted to be the commentator/ DJ for the races but he didn’t know how to use Bluetooth to connect his phone to the speaker, so he kept wondering why the music was so quiet.
He was also kind of a dickhead and so was one of his sons, his son kept telling me constantly I was bad at racing, despite the fact that I beat him when the male and female races got mixed from time to time.
His second, older son had Down syndrome and he was a sweetheart, everyone loved him and we set up a race especially for him and people alike, we would all cheer him on try our best to make sure he felt normal and accepted, but apparently is dad also struggled with being a decent person and fell out with my family, only to tell his son that he couldn’t talk to us.
I can understand not liking my family, but you can’t tell your son not to talk to us if he doesn’t understand why.
I'm probably a bit late to the party but I dated a girl once whose whole family would moan that the heating was expensive so wouldn't turn it on. So to compensate they had electric heaters in every room. They were running most of the time, especially throughout the night
It might sound odd but cooking. I was taught to cook from a very early age, my mum and dad were very insitant on it. Im not chef level but i can follow a recipe and know how to cook my favs without. But When I first moved out I lived with two people who were in awe of the fact that i didnt need to but pasta saurce in a jar. One of them would live off frozen food. The other, would etheir live off take aways, or microwave ready meals. And a little bonus... Once an ex partner of mine offered to cook dinner, I was like yeah sure, because I would always cook, I left to do other things and came back to find them on the phone to thier mum talking them thorugh how to cook our meal.
I don't know how he didn't know and I don't know how I did it, we had indulged quite a bit that night. The next day he woke up, went to put his shoes on and had an epiphany. He ran to his partner and she stood there in disbelief, she then went on to tell him about the 2 hours he and I spent giggling our asses off teaching him. His girlfriend couldn't believe he retained the info, considering how lit we were at the time.
suggll · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate is 23 has a bachelor's degree, didn't know the longest night and longest day. I just found out by mentioning that it was the longest night a few days ago, and he didn't know what I was saying. Not only did he not know which days they are, he had never even heard of this concept before.
Neither have I, I feel like this isn't an adult thing. More of you either learn it or read it.
suggll · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uou're right, it's not an adult thing cause it's just common knowledge. Yeah sure I didn't I learn it or read it I was born with this piece of information.
I had a roommate in college phone his mother about how much water to boil for a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese. The water you discard after the pasta is done...
Knew a friend who grew up with pretty wealthy parents so they never painted nor seen their parents paint a house before. I didn’t know this, asked the guy to paint a small bathroom downstairs in my house as I go to Home Depot to buy more paint supplies.
Lo and behold as I returned from my journey to find several stab dents on the paint can lid and a bathroom with half the wall glossy white and the other half opaque white. Turns out he didn’t know you can pry off a paint can lid, so he used a butcher knife to try and pierce the paint can. He then proceeded to dump some of the paint out into a bowl without stirring or shaking it so the first half of the pour was all the glossy material for the paint while the actual paint was still resting at the bottom of the can. He finished what I can only describe as a bathroom whose walls gave up on life half way through.
Me and a couple of friends moved into private halls for 3rd year of uni. We had two empty rooms, one of which was filled a few weeks in by a random Ghanaian/brummie, who we ended up good friends with. About half way through the year we had this guy turn up and move into the remaining room. He was one of those upper middle class health goth types, studying graphic design I believe. He was somewhat quiet and reserved, but we got on fine for the most part.
Now, none of us were perfect. One of my mates had no idea how to mop or clean properly (I mean who tf just wets the floor and leaves it without mopping it back up?) brummie guy always made a mess when using the rice cooker, we all put off changing the bin for longer than we should have, but I guess that's student stoner laziness for ya.
This new guy tho. Used to leave his dirty bike in the kitchen, never washed up, never changed the bin, never cleaned. All of which I had previously dealt with in previous accommodation so no real biggie. But how he made a cup of tea was spectacular.
He'd fill a mug with milk, chuck a few spoons of sugar in, dump a teabag in and microwave for 5 minutes whilst doing something else, leaving the milk to froth up and coat the microwave interior. As a brit I was flabbergasted. He also seemed to have no regard for others property, on more than one occasion using my record sleeves as coasters and leaving nasty ring stains on them. Him and brum guy had a nasty argument involving the n word on a couple occasions (tea guy was mixed race and very well spoken but suddenly tried to turn all gangsta when in the heat of it).
Man, that reminds me of one of the college roommates I had. He was a Middle Eastern dude who ate lots of pita and hummus. I had brought a mini fridge from home and agreed to let him use it. I ended up eating out pretty much all the time so I never used it. He ended up moving out mid semester, and after he moved out, I decided to open the fridge to make sure he hadn't left anything since I hadn't used it in months. My goodness, that was a nasty surprise. He had apparently left the hummus tub open in the door compartment so he could just pop the door open and dip his pita whenever he wanted, and he just left countless spills all over the inside of the door and bottom of the fridge. There was black mold deep in all the cracks and crevices, and I had to wash the fridge out myself. It literally took me years before I could stomach the thought of eating hummus, and it took several more years to acquire the taste for it, because it always reminded me of that mess he left.
I rented a room in a friend's house for about 8 years, almost all of my 30s. And there were two other rooms in the house, one of which went to the friend's boyfriend's 20 yr old daughter, who we will call Wanda. It was weird living with someone with such an age discrepancy, but we got along well enough. Until her boyfriend, who we will call Shawn, moved in. Mind you, she moved him in against the will of me and the other roommate. We fucking hated him.
Shawn was the worst basement dwelling neckbeard cliche you've ever seen, complete with fedora. He had no clue how to function in the world. And on top of it, he was dumb. Just a complete lack of common sense and intelligence. He'd lived his whole life with his mommy who did everything for him, he had no life skills whatsoever. Wanda, who barely had any life skills of her own, but was at least an intelligent person, had to teach him everything. She had to teach him how to do his own laundry, how to correctly wash
I was a chef. I went to culinary school. But I try not to be judgy toward people who struggle with cooking. But the best night was the night they cooked dinner. Wanda was a fucking awful cook when it came to cooking from scratch, but she could at least make shit out of a box. He looked upon their box of Velveeta Cheesy Skillet like the chimps beating at the obelisk in the intro to 2001 A Space Odyssey. She had to guide him and hold his hand literally every step of the way. She had to teach him to measure water and milk. He stirred the beef in the pan, furtively looking at her like, "Mommy am I doing it right?" This is a dummy-proof meal, and apparently he still fucked it up, and it was barely edible, even with her helping.
The worst part of all of this...I told you Wanda was 20. We assumed because of his lack of life skills and maturity, that he was roughly the same age. NOPE! This dude was 28. He was almost 30, and had to be taught how to adult by a 20 yr old girl.
This was back in my university years. There was this guy, fresh in the big city from the southern part of my country suddenly finding himself in a situation where he had to tend for himself. Couple of weeks in the first semester he nonchalantly asks the weirdest questions I have ever heard: "How do you make an omelette?".
Skipping ahead a few years, the same guy mistook an artifical plant to be a real one. We were having lunch at that moment and he said "How come this plant looks so lush always? I never see anybody water it". Needless to say we were speechless for a good minute.
Twice while I was living in student accommodation with two different flatmates. Both years the microwave broke and would start sparking. One of the flatmates blamed it on one of my other flatmates melting butter with it.
Caught both of them microwaving stuff and leaving tinfoil on/metal forks in their food. Tried explaining that you can't put METAL IN A FUCKING MICROWAVE and they both tried to deny it and said it was a myth. The utter stupidity.
I send the apprentice, 23M, to go pick up my order from the electrical supplier. They are 15 min away. An hour later I text him and ask where he was, I need the stuff. He told me that he had a flat tire. I told him to hurry up. 30min later I called again and ask him what’s going on. So he told me again that he had a flat tire. I told him to change the tire at which point he responded with “how?”
Not knowing how to tie down my fwb to the bed lol she laughed at how long it took me to get her strapped down. 32 isn’t too late to get into bondage is it?
One time while working at a popular marijuana themed restaurant, someone was making a sandwich & I see them spill a bunch of sauce on it. Almost instinctively, as if she's done this before, she grabs a sanitizer tower and begins wiping sauce off of the pickles. I literally grabbed her hands, looked her in the eyes & said "that will never, ever be a good idea. Start the sandwich over. Don't ever wipe someone's food off with a towel, especially if it's been in the sani-water". She looked at me like all of a sudden a light bulb switched on in her stoner brain & she was like "I didn't know we couldn't do that haha".
At 24 years old, my 19 year old sister informed me that eggs do in fact have an expiration date printed on the box. Until then I used the "egg in water" trick to see if my eggs were good or bad. I'm not sure how I always missed it, but I did. We still like to laugh about it.
My ex thought we hadn’t received any mail because the red flag in the mail box wasn’t up because that’s what happened on the game Sims.
I went out and checked, it was entirely full. 😑
I was only maybe 12 at the time, but my family was running a camp for our scouts and their families during the summer. This was the first year we were doing it and we were packing up on a sunday morning. We have a gas powered mini fridge that was dedicated for our family for drinks and other such important food. I was helping take down a mess tent while my parents were packing the van we had hired. I heard a violent hissing noise behind me and turned to see that an "alpha dad" had taken it upon himself to unplug our fridge. Nevermind that it was OUR fridge and that we didnt expect anyone to do anything with it, but this fully grown male stands there with a gas tube pouring out propane with a stupid look on his face. My parents thankfully also heard his stupidity and sprinted (and my parents are definitely not very fit, so seeing them move faster than a fast walk was mind blowing) to turn the gas off. No one was hurt and nothing actually happened but it taught us to make sure only those who knew what they were doing did important tasks.
Tl;dr Chad dad took it upon himself to disconnect a live gas bottle and I witnessed my parents going sanic mode to stop him.
In an office of computer science PhD candidates one girl turned to the other and said "what does 'rm -rf do?" It took the rest of us a couple seconds to realize she wasn't kidding. I have no clue how that girl was teaching other people. No clue if she finished her PhD, I certainly hope not.
E: For the non-nerds, that will force wipe a hard drive. If you have admin privileges on a unix based system, you don't have any reason to type those letters unless you're repurposing a computer.
I had to teach my roommate in uni how to wash dishes, vacuum, do laundry, and how to use the stove. She also once tried to put aluminum foil in the microwave before our other roommate stopped her in time to save the microwave. She had grown up in a really wealthy home with a housekeeper and a cook, so she had no idea how to do anything for herself. It would've been okay if she had ever once thanked me for helping her, but she never did. Needless to say, when she asked to stay roommates for the following year, I said no.
A face mask is mandatory in public transportation due to corona. The amount of people I see walking in the train without one, only putting one on after sitting down and even then not cover the nose with it. It's not that hard, really. Are people really that oblivious? Even with so many correct examples next to you?
I knew a guy that didn’t know how to cook, like at all. He called me one day and asked if hamburger helper came with meat in it. I told him no you have to brown beef and add everything in the box according to instructions. He then asked me how to brown beef. We were 20 at the time. I’m so thankful my mom taught my brothers and I how to cook and that my husband is self sufficient as well.
I worked at Pizza Hut and I worked in a research laboratory with scientists. The only commonality is that none of the men I worked with in either job knew how to mop a floor.
Guys. The object is NOT to get the floor as wet as possible. The wetter the floor gets, the longer it takes to dry and the dirtier it will be when it dries. Wring out your mop!
As I was 17yo I had a boyfriend who was 25yo. The first time he wanted to cook some meat, it came out completely black on the outside and still raw on the inside. He wasn't aware that there is indeed a reason why the stove has different heat levels...
There was a sale and a clothing store. 10% discount on all tshirts. I grab 5 tshirts, the store assistant rings them up and puts in a discount of 50%. I explain that the discount is 10%, and she goes “yes, and on 5 items that is 5x10 equals 50%”. I just gave up and went with it. I Still wonder that if i went back and bought 20 shirts, she would have given me money instead...
When I was 22 I spent a year at a diffrent uni to study and was living in halls with 18-19 year olds. I had to teach them how to recycle, to hoover, and to wipe down surfaces. Only two of us in the flat ever emptied the bins. One girl actually asked me where the bins store was 3 quarters of the way through the year. Barely any of them could cook so whenever I did they'd come in and say "That smells amazing what are you cooking?" And I'm like "I'm just trying onions and garlic"
Until a year a go my cousin couldn't tie his shoe laces. Finally had enough after two years of doing it for him(we live together) and told him he had to learn. We're 26. He was the most useless person when I moved in, didn't know how to cook or do a load of washing.
Okay, for me it wasn't as bad as being 26 but I didn't learn to tie shoelaces for a long time. I'm left-handed but both my parents and all my other family are right-handed. They could just never teach me. I was around 12/13 when I finally got it.
I had a colleague who didn't know you could wash disposable razors. At work, they did a charity beard shaving for Movember and put out a few packs of disposable razors. This guy threw each razor away once it was full of hair, rather than rinsing it under the tap. I have no clue how many he went through to shave the beard, but he ended up so badly cut (from struggling with clogged razors) that they had to call for First Aid.
One of my friends who was kind of rich and had to never catch a bus. So when i made him took it, his face showed such a disgust.
Then there was this girl in college who was her parents favourite. So when she car pooled once she couldn’t bear sitting with other people and she ended up crying and ranting about living such a life.
Then there’s a 20 year old in my college who doesn’t know how to ride a bike.
I'll admit that this isn't truly horrifying but definitely a wtf moment.
My sister and I work in the same office and about a year ago she swings by my desk to ask if I want anything from the vending machine. The way she said it seemed a little strange, enough for me to ask to say "the what machine?"
Turns out my sister (who was 28 at the time) had been saying "vendom machine" her whole life. She thought that's how it was spelled and everything. When I told her it was 'vending', she was genuinely clueless as to what 'vend' actually meant.
My mum would say me. I stood in the kitchen shaking pancake mix for about 10min. She walked in and I asked how long does it take to mix up. She was a lil dumbfounded and said it should happen almost straight away. I explained it had been 10min or so already so she asked me to give it too her. I did and she erupted into laughter, as I hadn't even put any water into the mix. So safe to say she hasn't ever let me live that one down.
My ex- and I decided to make a proper Christmas dinner one year, cooking a spiral cut honey glazed ham from the grocery store. The hubby will cook the meat and I'll do all the sides.
Turns out he put the ham in the oven while still sealed in plastic. He didn't realize that the meat had its own packaging! Everything came together from the store in a mesh bag, including a separate package of glaze (brown sugar and spices) and a tag on the end of the bag with cooking instructions that said to "remove packaging before cooking" which he thought was only that mesh bag.
Yup, he thought that the (not raw, but still flesh) outsides of the ham were just bouncing around inside the mesh bag, sitting on grocery store shelves, exposed to air, etc.
But he also frequently got paperwork wrong because he never flipped it over to see if it was double-sided...
Friends of mine, a very successful professional couple with children who are 10+ years older than me. We stayed over after a party and the next morning I asked where the vacuum cleaner was so I could help out, was told where it was but that it wasn't working properly. Friend wasn't happy because she had only bought it recently and it was the second one she'd bought, was going to return it or have someone fix it.
I switched it on and realised, within moments, what the problem was.
They'd never emptied it.
And guess why they'd got rid of the old one?
Fortunately we saw the funny side and had a good laugh about it 😆
I trained a 26-yr-old while I was leaving my last job. I said to open File Explorer and she said, “what’s that?...” and suddenly I understood my boss’ frustrations with this girl’s “lack of computer skills”. Yeesh.
My (26M) older brother (27M) was finally pressured to use the washing machine to wash his own clothes, like... earlier this year? He didn't know what dials to use on this very-well labelled machine, had to ask my triplet sister (then 25F) how to use it, and then just naturally expected that either my sister or my grandmother (82F!) would unload and hang up his laundry for him. This is just one example from his ineptitude -- yes, he has chosen not to move out as yet, that is all well and good for him and I don't knock his choice, but he creates more work for my aging grandparents than he takes care of (save for basic gardening). He was just shielded so extensively from any kind of housework (because it's women's work, don't you know) that the idea that this is the man who will take over the house from my grandparents one day hasn't yet struck said grandparents as a bad choice on their part. I'll give it six months before my childhood home becomes uninhabitable, but at least the garden will be mowed.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Washing your damn clothes
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, but when dad was in the army, he offered one of his mates a cup of tea (standard army issue fuel fluid) and said, "how'd ya like it?"
"Eerm, i don't know, my mum makes it for me"
"Well, when your mum makes it, is it black or white?"
"Oh, white"
"Do tou have sugar?"
"Eerm, i dont know"
"Here, try that (no sugar)"
"No, i think mum puts sugar in"
"(puts 2 lumps in) here ya go"
"Cheers Ben"
(i'm paraphrasing, but that's the jist of it. 19 year old lad didn't know how to make tea...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an editor and I was asked by this girl to edit her photos . So as usual I asked her to email me her photos so they won't lose quality . She didn't know how to Write an Email , so I asled her to send using Google Drive. She said alright . About 30 mins later she messages me that she has uploaded all her pictures in the Google Drive and then she gave me her account Id and Password and asked me to download by logging in using that and re upload it . WHO GIVES AWAY THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION LIKE THAT ?!!
I got one! My roommate is absolutely unable to clean up! When he tries to clean up a mess, he basically whips it with a wet cloth but without any structure. He just spreads the mess until anything is wet - that's it. No drying or somethin else. In the 1.5 years we live in that flat I have never witnessed that he changes or cleans that cloth. Any attempt to explain or change this failed so far. It's like he don't want to learn.
He even has issues with his stomach from time to time but is unable to make the link to his lack of basic hygiene.
Had my manager in the café i was working in try to change a full co2 tank right beside me without closing the valve, didn't even stop to think why this thing was hissing like crazy at her as she unscrewed the line, luckily i stopped her before that thing went balistic...... Also quit the next day, not the straw that broke the camels back, the gigantic fecking boulder that shattered it
My father's parents were ... somewhat detached from practical life. Their world was books, language, music. When they were freshly married my grandma's aunt had to come over and teach her how to cook.
My father interstingly turned out very practical in anything technical but cooking always remained my mom's domain as she was a cooking instructor for "high school". This went well until she started looking for a job again after having us kids. In our country there are no school lunches. Kids all go home for lunch and with her away working several days a week our father had to jump in. He dutifully did his best to follow every recipe. Including the one for scrambled eggs that began with "scrub the pan with lots of salt" but skipped the part where you're supposed to remove the salt before starting to cook...
My friend in college literally thought that Mexicans had strictly Spanish ancestry because they speak Spanish. Found this out after I was talking with him and his Mexican gf about cultural/other similarities between Mexicans and different types of Native Americans. He literally thought they had absolutely nothing to do with each other nor had no history together. Perhaps he figured people didn’t show up in what is now the country of Mexico until the Spanish arrived. We had to explain to him the imperialism. Thought all the Mayans died out or something. Blew my mind.
My sister-in-law uses a water scent diffuser, smells like urine! Every time she turned it on I would ask aloud where the smell of pee was coming from until I realized it was the diffuser. When she was out it accidently got knocked over and cleaned. So much better! My brother, her husband, also thinks that his air conditioning in his car is supposed to smell like pee when initially turned on. Not that there's mildew and gunk in there, it's 100% normal 🤢 Don't know how it doesn't bother them...
My sister in law didn’t know how to peel a boiled eggs. It was funny for me because she’s actually a really good cook and it was the first time I had to teach her something.
On the other hand my brother is the type to over stuff the washing machine so much nothing gets clean, and then forget about it for two days and have to wash it again.
My roommate use to boil his chicken breast in the kettle. His excuse was he didn’t want to wash an extra pot to boil his chicken. yeah, right mate. Ok.
Former coworker mentioned that he would be late to work in the morning because he was taking his car in for an oil change. I mentioned that while it's convenient to do have a shop do it, he could do it himself at home. He said he'd never changed his own oil and never worked on a car. He was born in 1970. I didn't think men like this existed.
I had a coworker tell me that if I put ice in the water jugs that they would overflow when the ice melted, and another who sent out a chicken sandwich without any chicken on it because the she hadn't sliced the chicken that morning
I was making burgers with my friend at age 23 and I asked him if he would slice the tomatoes. He said sure and began to slice while I finished the rest. It took him forever and so I started to wonder what was going on. Turns out he was removing all the tomatoseeds one after the other...
Calling myself out here.
Admittedly this was during a very low point in my life, but YOU CANNOT DRINK LEMSIP STRAIGHT AFTER HAVING HAD A LEMSIP!
I was drinking them like cups of tea and not like the liquid drugs they are.
I used to always be sick (mostly from not eating - again, extremely stupid). My partner was looking after me when we first started dating. I made one Lemsip. Went to go get another and they just stopped me like
"What the Hell do you think you're doing?"
I just looked at him weirdly and said
"Um...getting another one. I'm sick."
"That's fucking paracetamol! You have to wait!"
I look at the box.
"Huh, oh yeah!"
When I was at uni I lived with a guy who didn’t know how to take the bins out. He was 18. Couldn’t work out how to get the bag out the bin or which bin the put it in outside. How did this guy end up in higher education?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger we had a family friend that we were close with and he told us that his wife destroyed her car because she would drive with the E-brakes up and we never understood how dumb someone can be lmao
When my brother graduated from university we went to his graduation ceremony. He's the smartest person in our family and is a maths wizz, but he didn't know how to do up a tie. I had to show him how.
Not in a face to face way, but Joey Essex from the only way is Essex, he once said he didn't know how to blow his nose and I think if was tell the time (he must have been early 20s) due to losing his mum at a young age?
My friend from school is my neighbour (we're in our 30's now). He fell up his stairs and broke his foot.
He called me and said "I'm getting back from the hospital and I've just got off the bus but can you come help me...The crutches they gave me are rubbish".
I went down to meet him in the high street and he was using the simple crutches that we all know BACKWARDS. Arm through the hoop, grab the handle, back of the forearm rested comfortably on the bar between them... NOPE.
He was holding them like a gun yet trying to walk with them.
He looked like Lee Evans from 'There's something about Mary'.
I thought he was joking.
This man is more successful than me.
Lots of posts on budgeting, I have one more. We need to have some work done to the outside of my house and my brother in law is out on his own as a sorta carpenter/handyman. He is getting hosed due to COVID and jobs are drying up so we were thinking of throwing him a bone and give him some work. He is behind on rent by a few months and his car is about to get repoed. When we started to discuss the cost of our project he asked us if we could buy him a $1200 kayak instead of giving him cash. I couldn’t believe it.
I work at a pet store and we had a temp colleague step in while another was furloughed, my god he is thick as pig sht. We were on delivery together and he had a bag of cat food in his hand, the brand is called GoCat and in bold bright letters it says at the top of the bag GOCAT. Nonetheless he was stood in the dog food section for over an hour. An *hour** ! Stood there like a fricking zombie on ket until I walked up to him and said it’s called GOCAT. “Oh yeah I can’t see it”. God that man.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate, age 38, who was one day complaining that her room was too hot. We checked out the thermostat, it was working, and said so. She was annoyed and demanded further investigation, so we told her we would call maintenance to send someone out to check if the HVAC was low on freon, but that after testing the thermostat and verifying cold air coming out of the vents that everything appeared to be fine. She blasted us all with “My room is fucking furnace!” and a few hours later walking by her room outside we noticed her bedroom window was still open (it had been cool one evening like a week prior to this, but was now 90 degrees out). I guess she thought — well, I’m not sure what she thought — but, kids, if you leave your window open and it’s 90 out, your room is going to get hot
But at my theatre used to think that there was a North and South in space, like if you take a compass in space it would point to north, and always that direction. He was 13
One of my friends apparently thinks that drinking lemon soda and only sweetened lemonade is enough to keep the body hydrated.
He really often has headaches and wonders why he is depressed when there is none left.
He dislikes the taste of water. LoL.
Another was a girl which invited us to a bbq.
I saw a hair spray can near the Grill and jokingly mentioned that we could light up the fire with the spray.
35 years ago I hired an employees wife to assist with some marketing for me.
I had written a generic letter (eons before mail merge) provided the envelopes and stamps, all she had to do was fill the envelope with one letter, seal it, stamp it and, write the name and address of the firm on the envelope and then stack them in a box.
The only database that we had was the Yellow Pages, which I had dutifully spent the previous 2 weekends using a highlighter and marked all the headings I wanted us to send letters to. All she had to do was write the address provided in those pages on to the envelope.
My instructions: "Write the name and address on the envelopes as shown in these pages".
So, instead of coming back and finding 1,000 envelopes written thusly:
ABC Business Company
1234 South Side St SE
Big Town, Ca. (we didn't have zip codes then)
I came back to find 1,000 envelopes written thusly:
ABC Business Company 1234 South Side St SE Big Town, Ca.
She had written them on the envelopes "as shown in these pages".
This is a guy I went to college with.
He thought socks were disposable and would throw them out after wearing them once. This guy was haemorrhaging money buying new cotton socks every couple of weeks.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend not knowing how to cook eggs on stove so he just microwaves them on a plate. He said he always burns his eggs when he try to do stove and they stick to the pan.
Had a trainee that lied on his resume and said he worked on transformers. Turns out he only painted them. We had confidence that he was able to wire properly [ 2 weeks into training he was doing good] and then we left him alone to wire a 580v 50hz system and he "crossed the streams" shoved frayed ends into the lug block with pretty much all 3 legs touching eachother. Flipped the breaker and went to turn the facility generator on. Which is the opposite of what he was taught for 2 weeks straight. Well he blew the cabinet right off the chiller and yeah he wasn't a trainee anymore he moved onto janitorial for a couple weeks before trying to be a fire fighter.
This is a story from my husband, about his ex girlfriend.
Before she moved away to uni, she explained to him that she would like a fax machine as a parting gift. My husband looked at her, confused.
"Well yeah ! That way my mum can just send me money whenever I need it, she just sticks a fiver in it and I can go to the shop!"
Aside from laughing so hard he nearly pissed himself, he then had to gently break it to her that a fax machine was not some kind of Star Trek kind of gizmo that deconstructs and then reconstructs items sent through it, and that if her mum sent her a fiver, all she would get was a picture of the original fiver...
Roommate in med school wanted to do something nice for his girlfriend. I saw him tearing salmon into pieces and stir-frying it like ground meat. Same guy a month prior asked me how to cook with garlic as he peeled the skin off and tossed the skin into the pan. He's now out in the real world saving lives.
Some years ago a friend in his late 20s complained to me about how cutting his steak was difficult. I suggested switching sides for knife/fork when cutting as most right handed people do. His mind was blown!
A few years ago I was the GM of a large pizza chain and was training a new employee. We made a pizza together to familiarize them with makeline procedures and then I casually asked them to "put it in the oven." To which they responded, "how?" "Whhhhaaaaat?" I say, in a dumbfounded tone as I begin to wonder how many braincells are firing in their tiny bean of a brain. Our pizza's are made on metal screens, surely they could have figured that out. My face turning to sheer horror and disbelief as I show how to 'pick up and pizza' and literally put it on the oven rack to be cooked. Slight pause as my co-workers look on in disbelief.
Fast forward 20 minutes.
Casually ask said new person to sweep the front and then they can go home. To which they respond, "can you show me how to broom? I've never broomed before."
I had a friend who was making plain hotdogs and asked how to cook the sausages.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate worked in a restaurant as a server and took home a plastic container full of food leftover from his staff meal. He comes home and starts heating the food. I smell something strange going on and open the oven. He legit put the plastic takeaway container sitting in the oven, completely melted away.
I worked with a 19 year old who could not read a clock. She loved watches though and always had one on her wrist, if you asked her the time she'd just show your her watch. Many people in the office tried to teach her how to tell the time, no one succeeded. It boggled my mind.
Reading through all the comments, most of them is about young adults' lack of kitchen/cooking awareness. Perhaps this is because it's one of the most important life traits and yet the least formally taught in schools.
I was 16, our mom left me with my big brother (big bro 28) alone for a week because she had a Congress in Italy, she left lots of cash behind even tho my brother was employed at the time, long story short, I learned that my bro, at 28, not only didn’t know how use a gas stove, had no idea how to boil an egg or melt cheese either.
He was turning the gas with no fire and just waiting for it to flame up somehow.
He heated up the water before adding the eggs for 3 minutes and then added the eggs for another 3 minutes, expecting that it would work somehow
He put full white low fat cheese on a stove on maximum heat, ending up burning instead of melting the thing and tried to fix it with butter.
When I went to uni, one of my new roommates put rock salt in a salt shaker and shook it over all their food, somehow not seeing that nothing was coming out.
Really late to this, but I used to teach hairdressing to an adult education environment. They needed to keep on top of washing the dirty towels and capes throughout the day. I came in one day to the back room filled with bubbles. I shit you not, from the floor to the ceiling it was like a foam party. Someone had put dishwashing liquid into the washing machine because they thought that’s what you use in it.
I had to spend the rest of the afternoon educating adults how to use a washing machine.
My ex roommate tried to talk me into throwing away tampons/pads into the organic bin because "blood is organic". Same thing happened with used tissues: "they're paper, they go in the paper bin". Worst thing of all is that we had a guide for recycling (is it mandatory in my country) on the kitchen wall, where everything was clearly explained.
Her boyfriend, who, by the way, lived with us for 0$, because he was just a "guest" 7 nights a week, vacuum water just to see what would've happened. The vacuum cleaner obviously broke.
He didn't tried to vacuum water that was on the floor, he went right inside the toilet, because living for free was not enough, he also had to break things.
A buddy of mine would always cook in the microwave. By always I mean always he never used the stove top or the oven. In high school he would thaw out a frozen pizza then microwave it. Okay, not too weird right? Well a few years later he got into body building which requires a certain diet of beef, chicken,eggs, fish and veggies throughout the day. He would microwave raw beef and broccoli together for about 10mins stopping every so often to stir it. I asked him wouldn't it be easier just to boil it or stir fried it? He said no and still to this use his method of microwaving everything.
I have a friend that was recently diagnosed with a lactose intolerance and prescribed pills to take after consuming any dairy- to help with digestion. We went on a trip and I noticed her buttering her bread EVERY morning. On the last day, as she's enjoying her buttery breakfast, she mentions having a bad stomach ache this WHOLE trip. I ask "have you been taking your pills after breakfast?" She says "no, I've been avoiding lactose this whole time". Turns out, she had NO idea that butter = dairy. In fact, when I asked "what do you think butter is made of?" She responded, "I thought it was just like made of butter!"
This wasn't while I was and adult but a girl in sex ed asked if u had cum in your vagina couldnt u just squirt shampoo in and kill the sperm. She had a baby ( with her brother... no joke) when she was 14.. 2 years later....
My girlfriend(F23) thought that babies could breath underwater for "about six months" after they are born. She argued this by debating how else could they survive inside the womb. Yeah.... Let's just say I'm really happy I haven't knocked her up
Tune50 · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Metal on metal is the way 2 go no teflon or plastic. You'll live longer, it may not matter to you at your age but when you have a mere 2 decades or so left, it might matter a lot.
One of my classmates doesn't know how to open plastic bottles. We were out skateboarding and he bought energy drink in plastic bottle and he couldn't open it. I was fucking with him for a while before opening the bottle for him haha. BTW he's 14....
My roomate almost killed us once becausehe wanted to use the gas oven.
And had no idea that you've for toi ignite or with a match.
We're still alive because I went to the kitchen and smelled the gas.
A close friend(28M) of mine(27F) and a colleague moved into an apartment next to me. we had the same model of washer and he asked me to come and show him how it works. i tough it just has different buttons then his old one, but i quickly realized he had no idea how to wash clothes. He was a 27yo guy, doing high paying management job, we both made way above average salary, he lived alone for 4 years at that point and didn't know how to wash clothes. I asked how he got by for this long and he said he has enough shirts and suits to last him two weeks an then he brings it home to his MOM to was or gets dry-cleaning done if he needs it asap.
So, my roommate is 30 years old and he recently discovered that you can also hand in beer bottles in a bottle dispenser. He always thought that you could only hand in filled beer crates.
But to be fair, even though his parents are amazing and feel like my second parents, they never taught him how to cook, or clean something up or many more basic things.
My boyfriend's brother is 18 and cannot make a meal for himself. Ever. Still needa a babysitter when his mom goes on vacation (my boyfriend and I). He recently learned how to fry an egg though wooooo!
He legit hasn't learned how to do anything in the kitchen (recently learned how to vacuum though), so his mother forbids him from cooking anything when possible. His mom stocks up on premade food in case she's out late or something and if she goes on vacation she asks us to keep an eye on him and cook his portion too when possible. I don't know how my boyfriend knows how to cook his mother's recipes but his brother doesnt...
In Iraq, we had some grunts attached to us last minute. Like 3 weeks before deploying. We get to iraq, 2 months pass and I get one of the grunts as extra body, I go to throw him in the turret with the 50.
We get outside the wire and go to test fire our weapons, we call down the line and every turret gets off a small talking guns burst, except one truck, with the 50, that is firing 1 bullet at a time. Now if you ever fucked with a 50 cal, you know what's coming.
I asked him what's up, he says I have no idea I put the barrel on and it won't fire. I NEVER thought to question head space and timing, he is a grunt, so I fucking pull the bolt carrier group out, I thought maybe the tray thing got flipped ,I dunno I was winging it. Then i hear....
What's this? I turn around and he is holding the head space and timing spacers, i said , what do you MEAN what is this? That's the head space and timing gauges. He goes, what does that do...
It all made sense, he cranked the barrel in, I do head space and timing and it works, so now I'm getting my ass chewed, outside the wire because this grunt didn't know what headspace and timing was, I then ask him why he doesn't know head space and timing, his answer? He wasn't a machine gunner, he was a rifleman. I turtle fucked him, and asked him if there is anything else he would like to know in case he got shot at today? I turtle fucked him again and I will never forget how I almost fucked up by giving someone the benefit of the doubt.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in a dorm and had a friend from another class over, we made toast in the kitchen and it got stuck in the toaster. He then proceeded to put a metal knife in it to get it out, luckily I was able to stop him before anything happened.
I asked him if noone ever told him that it's dangerous to put metal things in toasters and he had no idea.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:09:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same dorm: I was basically the only one who had lived on my own before moving in to that dorm.
Needless to say the other 20-somethings were annoyed by me for wanting them to do their dishes, rinsing their plates before putting them in the dishwasher and so on.
I used to be the manager at a small restaurant. One night I asked the new girl to sweep the dining room before we closed. She legitimately had never used a broom and dust pan in her life. She was probably 19
I am in an unfortunate point in my life.... I pump gas for a living right now..... Have had MULTIPLE instances when a person pulls up to the pump with the gas tank on the wrong side.... Tell them they need to turn around and not once, not twice, not three times they drive round and round...... Im not talking new 16 year 6 6 h[555
My soon-to-be-ex-husband is Korean. At the last family get together, his cousin asked him to turn on the rice cooker. He had no idea even about how much rice, how much water, what button to push.
For almost 20 years of marriage, I was always the one to do it. His cousins, especially the men, gave him so much shit!
L3tum · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy thought the defrosting setting on the microwave would actually cool the stuff down.
I was with a friend at high school, when her older pal phoned asking her how to do laundry. He'd been at uni about 4 months... And had just been buying new underwear and t shirts for 4 months but had then run out of money.
When I was in the village where my grandparents live. One night my grandpa told me to catch the goat in the property they had. And that goat was beyond wild and fast and aggressive. I never grew up with animal, I came from a city we don’t do that here. And when I try to catch that god dame goat I nearly died sometimes and my grandpa was just sitting there like ,,how do you not know to catch a simple goat, Shame on the young generation“ grandpa just wtf man.
My sister once asked how to make boxed macaroni and cheese.
To her defence we never got a lot of domestic lessons growing up, but really? The directions are right on the box!
Around the same time she tried to learn how to make rice. She asked me to check in it to see if it was done, so I did and it wasn’t so I said no.
She proceeded to yell at me because she thought it was done because the box said “20 minutes or until all the water was absorbed” and it had been 20 minutes. I tried to explain that yes 20 minutes had passed but there was still water in the pot so the rice clearly wasn’t done. She argued and called me stupid because she thought the “water was absorbed” stipulation was optional. I asked her if she had ever eaten rice with this much water in it, and what she expects to do with the excess water and she said you need to strain it 😩
I get how it could be a misunderstanding. But fuck me, don’t yell at me and call me stupid when you ask for help! I’m not telling you you’re wrong to be a prick, I’m trying to help you!
She tried making rice again a few weeks later, and asked me once again if it was done. It was not. Queue same fight we just had again. At this point I think she just wanted to pick a fight with me 🤷🏻♀️
One summer in college I was painting the inside of a super wealthy guys home he was working for General Electric making 6 figures. Said he was a top Epidemiologist designing a new hiking water filter for a GE brand. I had just bought the same product so I new all the things to look for. I was making conversation with him as I worked and I'm regurgitating stuff I had just read.
"At 0.004 to 0.1 microns, viruses are the smallest of the waterborne disease-causing microbes." I'm going on and this guy is intently looking at me.
"They’re also the toughest to filter out because of their small size Poliovirus is one of the smallest." I swear he is taking notes now
One time in high school I tried to be nice and make breakfast for my family and I fried up some bacon. In a pan of oil...because it’s called frying bacon. It did not turn out well at all.
Back at one of my old restaurant jobs, we had a new girl join us. It was her first day, her first job as she was very young, like 16 or 17, she was ready to make that money! Though she didn't realize most of our work was taking orders and cleaning. I'm pretty serious when it comes to cleanliness of these kinds of jobs, always hated going to a dirty half assed restaurant, so I always made a point to instill the idea and teach the new ones the same.
The task as simple, and the very first one other than to clocking in... I handed her a broom and asked her to sweep...
She was relatively funny person on first impression, so when she said "I don't know how" I thought she was joking, and immediately laughed a bit. Poor thing genuinely didn't know how to sweep...so sure enough I showed her, and ideas of where to sweep. She was strangely lazy but she did try for a while.
A few days later I also had to show her how to pour contents of a can into a squeezy bottle. She never figured this one out. Always completely missed the bottle, pouring the stuff all over the counter. I wonder what the world looked like through her eyes.
I think of her on occasion because of this. Also she didn't have a belly button. Never figured out why she felt such a need for me to know.
Asked a girl at work to open some cans of stuff for prep, she stared at the cans and can opener for a minute before finally asking for help because she had never opened a can before or even knew how to use a can opener.
Microwaves have timers of their own, it's both how they work and also a safety feature. When the cycle is over, it stops. There is no heating element, which is why the only thing that should be getting hot is the food (if your dish gets hot, even on parts where the food isn't touching, it isn't microwave safe, even if the label says it is. Unsafe dishes are not only too hot to handle, but can also explode randomly). Your roommates were probably setting timers on their phones so they didn't have to babysit a (usually safe) kitchen appliance. Some foods take a very long time in the micro, such as using the "thaw" function, so I too would have gone into another room and done something better. If they can't hear the microwave beep from their rooms, the phone timer reminds them. Please tell me you didn't stop their food and pick a fight over this?
Popcorn is entirely different, though. You can easily start a fire if you let it run too long.
Yh I know how microwaves work... I would expect most people to given that it's in the name.
And while microwaves shouldn't directly heat ceramic, it's still perfectly normal for ceramic dishes to get hot in a microwave. It's literally how heat works. It's only an issue if they're as hot or hotter than the food you're cooking.
It's actually pretty common to preheat serving plates in a microwave with a cup of water. The microwave heats the water to a boil, and then as that heat dissipates, it heats the plates.
That is exactly why they did it. Maybe I should have been more clear about the timer. What I meant was exactly what you said. She put a timer on her phone for the same time as on the microwave so she'd know when it was done as she wouldn't hear it go bing from her room.
That said, you should really never leave cooking food unattended. If your next door and you can hear/smell everything, then fine. But that's not how our halls of residence tend to be. After this incident we actually had annual kitchen and fire safety talks which specifically said to not leave the kitchen when cooking something.
Imagine something like a hotel layout but way less fancy. Each person has their own small room on a corridor, and each corridor also has a kitchen and a public style bathroom with 4 toilets and 4 showers. The kitchen locks automatically to prevent fires spreading (everyone's room key opens the kitchen on their corridor), so yh, it's not quite like watching TV at home while your food is in the oven.
One of my highschool classmate was making rice and burnt it, the whole bottom of it was black because she didn't know you had to stir it sometimes so you don't burn it.
Her friend also had an interesting way to sweep the floor, she stood in the middle and she was just swinging the broom left and right while moving.
When I moved out with a few buddies at age 20 I had to teach my friend Kyle how to use the washing machine. His mom always did his laundry up until that point.
Explaining to my ex that the stove on high won’t burn or destroy the pans
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former housemate of mine who had a computer science degree was boggled by basic electricity. He could not grasp why he kept tripping circuit breakers by daisy-chaining power strips.
One time in high school my classmates and I had to pull up a world map to convince our teacher that greenland existed. Like she had just never heard of it
During the practical portion of my training as an aircraft mechanic we had a classmate who didnt know how to use a ratchet.
This individual had been spotted working on a task with two ratchets, both with the same configuration. One had been marked to tell it apart from the other.
When challenged by the instructor the response was "one is to tighten, the other is to loosen." It was made very clear that this individual had never figured out or been shown what the on/off switch was for.
Everyone on this course had at least a few years of mechanical experience. It was by no means day 1.
It wasn't long after this incident that I never saw this person again.
I lived with a guy while we were both going through some fairly intense training for a little over a year and he always kinda smelled bad. Like he had just worked out and hadn’t showered yet. His entire room reeked and when the smell would start drifting into the hall I’d mention it to him, he’d say he would clean up, nothing would happen, so I’d bomb his room with air freshener.
I found out about a week ago that he didn’t know that there was a difference between fabric softer and laundry detergent. He had been washing his clothes, towels, and bed sheets with only fabric softener for years. Since then he has stopped smelling like old sweat and is more bearable to be around.
I went to work at a government Coronavirus site in February in the UK, before it went proper big. At the time we were still thinking we could contain it.
The company sent this along this absolutely terrible, useless mug who paradoxically thinks he is smarter than everyone else, to help me. A real pain in the arse. I still work with him.
Anyway, during a night shift we get a call to the office. He answers it, as I am not in the room.
When I get back, he says: "Oh, we got an urgent phone call. We have to call them back."
I say: "Who from?"
He says: "The Home Office." (This is the office of the British Government).
So I say: "Which department?"
"I don't know."
"Well, what did they want?"
"I don't know."
"Did you get a phone number?"
"No."
"Well, what was his name?"
"I don't know." (long pause) "... I think his name was Dave."
So there I am, in the middle of the night, phoning the fucking Home Office, on every extension I can find, asking for 'Dave."
We never did find him.
Afterwards, through gritted teeth, trying to stay calm, I explain to him that, in future, if someone calls, you get a full name, a department, a description of what they want, and a fucking phone number.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS AN URGENT CALL FROM THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT.
The next morning, I had to explain to our managers that the Home Office called, but we couldn't call them back as we didn't get a name or number or department.
We then all got treated to a patronising speech and daily briefing that, when someone phones, you have to take down all their details so someone can contact them back.
I was a TA at a culinary school for several years. I once saw a young adult (early 20s) attempt to crack an egg by holding it in his hand and just slamming it into the counter and flattening his palm. After he cleaned up the ensuing mess I had to show him how to tap the egg to crack the shell just enough so that you can open the egg over a bowl. How do you decide to go to culinary school having literally never even cracked an egg?
A nurse acquaintance of mine was ranting about gas prices. I mentioned how oils prices were going up in the last few weeks but how she should expect prices to go down soon as oil prices that high generally don’t last too long. She then provided to ask me dead serious why on earth would oil prices affect gas prices? She didn’t know that gasoline (petrol) was made of crude oil.
Some buddies were renting and they invited me to rent with them. The toilet bowl was brown near the water. The streaky brown from a well used but poorly cleaned toilet.
They said it was like that when they moved in. I decided not to rent with them. I get the "hahaha young men need mommy to clean" but that was ridiculous.
My friend didn’t know you can mix hot and cold water using two-handle shower faucet. She came back from taking a shower and said it sucks that you can have either freezing or burning water.
Went to Buffalo Wild Wings with some friends. One of them ordered a $7 appetizer then was upset after he got charged for it (price was on the menu). He thought it was free “like the bread”.
When I was studying for my diploma, and still living at home, my parents went away for about a week so I had a couple of friends from college over to stay to keep me company.
One of them didn’t know that you needed to use hot water to wash dishes (she thought cold water would do the job) and the other thought she could put foil over a dish in the microwave.
I had a work colleague that always had a company car till a few years ago. He then decided to save money and buy his own. When I saw it last year it had two totally bald tires. When I asked him why he hadn't gone and got them changed he told me that he thought they automatically get done when the car went in for it's service and it wasn't due a service for a few months, so thought he didn't need to bother.
Up until recently I worked in the entertainment tourism industry and came into contact with a lot of lovely, fun and well meaning but slightly dim singers and dancers. One girl aged 22 asked me to go with her to Zara to try on dresses. Once she tried them all on, she handed me the bundle of clothes she had tried and a pile of hangers, and then waited expectantly for me to do something about it.
She had no idea how to put the clothes back on the hangers, stating that she 'never had to do that before'. I worry what her dressing room backstage looked like. (And her living quarters!)
I was on the bus to classes (University of Michigan) and this female student says:
I just don’t understand how the gpa works, like 3.0 4.0, how do you end up with a decimal like 3.827?
He responds,”well you divide them.”
She cuts him off, “Right! You divide them by whole numbers...”
We got lost while trying to find the highway. After a few minutes, he perks up and says he's found it while pointing to a metal sign with an H on it (Hospital sign). I thought everyone knew what that sign meant, but apparently not.
I had a roommate in college that had no idea how to use a dishwasher, even though he grew up with one. After a month of me cleaning up his dirty dishes, I confronted him about it. I was like, "No judgement. If you don't know how to use it, I'll show you, but please use the dishwasher." Turns out his parents just never showed him how it worked.
Edit: clarified
Cook.
I was in Boy Scouts before many of the latest headlines, and some people thought I had leadership potential. (Turns put those people are not complete fools)
So I got sent to a special program called "FoxFire"
To develop leading and what not.
My first ACTUAL leading happened at the cooking fire.
We were given noodles, cheese, and milk from the chow hall, all with the intent of making Mac-and cheese.
My patrol stuck the cheese and noodles together, and started trying to cook it.
So, we had to separate all of the noodles from cheese by hand before doing anything.
Then again, this patrol also left fruit in the mess box so we would not lose it to the chow hall. And one guy would snort any packet of powder.
Lemonade mix? Snorts great!
Fruit punch mix? SNORTS BETTER!
Ramen flavor pack? IT BUURRRRRRNS!
aliddl · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's been three times that I found toilet paper either on the floor in front of the toilet or on the seat of the toilet. One of my housemates does not know how to throw paper in the toilet! And she does not even notice. I don't understand how she doesn't see this when flushing!!
A friend of mine in uni thought butter never went off and left the same tub of butter in her fridge for about 6 months straight until I pointed out to her that butter does have a sell by date, when she got it out it was covered in green mould and stank like shit. In fact she thought most food just didn’t go off as she left milk and other perishable goods in her cupboards and fridge for weeks in end at a time. This same person would also microwave bacon even though she had a frying pan
A female friend of mine didnt know that her pee is not just gushing out of her vagina, but the little hole of the urethra in there. She was beyond mindblown and ashamed when i showed her pictures. Technically not a "doesnt know how to do this" but she kinda didnt know how she peed.
This happened to me often in college because my mother and father taught me to cook, clean up after myself, run laundry and dishes, and how to use microwaves and ovens.
So, when I got to college I watched in horror as you fine folks tried to burn the building down.
My dad teaches Family and Consumer Sciences (home ec) at a junior high. I asked him for his pizza dough recipe, and he sent me the one he uses in class. The recipe included instructions to not throw the pizza dough at the wall. Apparently that’s happened enough times that he had to add that part in.
He’s taught these kids to clean a stovetop, do laundry, all kinds of basic life skills. It does give me hope that there’s a group of kids out there who will at least know how to do a few basic tasks.
I can’t open tins and I’m 21 and have lived away from my parents for a few years. I always butcher the can and I just can’t seem to cleanly open it. I’m definitely going to buy an electric one as soon as finances permit lol
In junior high I taught a doctor how to use a saw. I was at my best friends house working on a project for class. My best friend's parents are pretty over protective and part of our project required sawing a wooden dowel with a tiny craft saw. His parents did not want us doing that (despite my dad being an active craftsman who taught me how to safely use actual tools, let alone a 3 inch saw). So friends dad came to help. This man is an anesthesiologist, so in my mind he's intelligent.
The man takes the dowel, sets the blade on top of it as if to prepare to cut, and just stays still. No movement. He looks up and says "it's not cutting." I thought he's joking so I laugh but my friend said "dad, you have to move it back and forth." His dad's reaction was to roll the dowel underneath the saw blade, just back and forth. I'm in tears at this point and my friend says "you have to hold the dowel so it doesn't roll." His dad holds the dowel and then moves the blade AND the dowel back and forth so it's all just sliding.
About then I realized the dad was totally serious and us 12 year olds were teaching this man how to use a saw. In the end, his dad angrily walked away and said "just do it yourself, don't tell your mom." I'm still not sure if he knows how to use a steak knife, now that I think of the implications.
My partner very seriously told me when we first got together that you can't pee in the shower. He tries to explain to me that he lived in a house with guys and they "all peed in the shower and the bathtub got a terrible ring around it and stunk."
I'm like, did anyone ever clean this bathtub? Like all showers get gross if no one ever cleans them. Pee has nothing to do with it. Well, no. No one ever did clean that shower.
Turns out his mom did a great job of teaching him little daily tasks like laundry and dishes, but he had no idea about actually cleaning anything. He'd get so mad cause he thought rooms stayed clean if you were tidy and did your laundry and dishes. Well no, floors and counters and corners still need to be scrubbed down regardless of how well you pick up your socks.
Had a fair sized family dinner with some 16 people over. We decided on buffet style Tex-Mex. I'm normally the primary chef in the house while my mom plays sous chef. Things are a bit hectic with how many people we're serving, but for the most part we're doing alright... until one of my cousins asks if there is anything she can do to help.
Any time someone asks that, I feel like I should give them something to do, but can't assume their level of culinary skills, so I give them basic grunt work that anybody over 10 years old can probably handle. In her case, I told her she could shred some cheese. I'd already had the bowl, cheese, and grater out, so it was easy enough to point her over to it. I'd gotten my favorite cheese grater, which is somewhere between a micro planer and a traditional size hand grater (instead of the fairly safe rounded holes, it had a bunch of death-razors which aren't far off from a mandoline in terms of how easily it can remove skin from a hand if not careful). This cousin is 23 years old, so I'm not too worried... that is... not until I see her pick up the cheese grater and proceed to hold the cheese with one hand while doing a motion with the cheese grater than I can only describe as, "combing the cheese". Just imagine a young girl combing the hair of a doll, only the doll was a large block of cheddar and the comb was a professional hand deglover made of a few hundred tiny razors.
I quickly, but strategically suggest that another cheese grater would be more efficient. I grab out our box grater for her. No way you can mess up with a box grater! She proceeded to use the box grater in the same way! Just combing away at the block of cheese! At this point I was mentally questioning whether she'd ever seen non-pre-shredded cheese before.
45 minutes later we had a whopping 1 cup of shredded cheese for all 16 guests to share. Mom brought the block of cheese and grater over to the table as well, and all of our guests including a 9 year old ended up demonstrating how to shred cheese. I'm kind of curious if any light bulbs went off in her head as she watched how people were doing it. I imagine I'd be a bit embarrassed if a 9 year old showed me up on such a mundane task.
A guy kept leaving milk cartons out of the fridge at work and they would go bad. When we confronted him he confessed he didn't know the milk had to go in the fridge because "the service handles that at home". He came from money, obviously.
University roommate asked me to put on her fitted bedsheets for her because she didn’t know how to 🙄 then proceeded to ask me to wash her clothes for her for the semester since “we would most likely do ours at the same time“. And she wasn’t joking. Apparently she’s always had a maid 🤷🏻♀️
This was a few years ago but I remember when my neighbor bought her first car and drove it around a ton before coming and knocking on my door a few weeks later asking me if I give her car a look over as it was making a weird noise. She didnt know you had to change the motor oil with fresh motor oil and had poured anti freeze in instead cause it was cheaper ruining her brand new Mustang. Then got offended when I told her that noise was a rod knock and the engine was problably done for cause like being a trained mechanic means I dont know anything about cars somehow.
A couple years ago I was at the gas station and the girl at the pump next to me (about 30 or so) said she had no clue how to pump gas into her vehicle because her "husband always did it for her." I was flabbergasted. I showed her what to do, but was like OMG this can't be happening.
College roommate all of a sudden was throwing out a full bag of trash more often than usual. It turns out he thought the wicker paper plate holders were single-use only. Same house, same time, different roommate, when it was his turn to do the dishes, he would turn on the water as hot as it would go, and just stare at the plate while the water ('eventually'?) cleaned the dish. He was frustrated as to why dishes took so long to do, but never scrubbed a single one.
Once I was walking to the supermarket with my friend and we heard a pigeon "hoo-ing" in the bushes. My friend was delighted and said :'' Oh! An owl! " (in the city where we live, there are no owls). Anyway, for the next half hour I tried to convince her that it was actually a pigeon. She didn't believe me until we actually saw it sitting above us. She was like :" What!? They sound like that too!? "
Just made me think of how many times she thought she had been surrounded by owls instead of just normal chonky pigeons....
I taught old roommate how to write checks. Not a huge thing, but it made me wonder how she paid her rent before we met. I've been writing checks since I was thirteen, when my bank let me get a checking account.
My roommate in college decided to do the dishes one day after my other roommate and I had been hounding him for about 2 months over it. Well, because he would leave everything in the sink, he washed what he needed by hand with dawn soap. Came back from class with water and soap all over the ground and spilling out of the washing machine. This guy has never used the washing machine at home and filled the soap tray up with dawn.
My 34 year old friend has Aspergers so I understand he doesn’t have a lot of common sense type knowledge, but it floored me when he burned his hand and wrapped it in a towel to try and keep his hand still. I told him to put it under cold water and he argued with me about how that wouldn’t help. When he finally put it under the water he was shocked how much better he felt. I am legit worried about him now since he lives alone.
julers · 1 points · Posted at 12:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying but the most face palm-y. An ex boyfriend tried to break the spaghetti noodles while they were still in the box. He tried to break the whole box in half, with the little plastic window and everything. Wow. I broke up with him the next day.
Had to stop a roommate in college from pouring marinara into the pot of pasta and boiling water. Telling them what to do wasn’t going to work out so I just had him wait at the table
I worked alongside a young twenty-something-young kid in the early 2000's who thought he knew EVERYTHING and would voice his disapproval often on my apparent lack of intelligence but was actually quite ignorant about living away from mommy and daddy. One day his car got a flat tire. He had no idea how to either change it himself or call a service to do it. I put the "donut" spare tire on for him and told him to bring the tire to a repair shop to fix it. He came in the next day screaming at me about ruining his alignment, not knowing that those temporary spare tires make one's car pull off-center because they're smaller than normal size. Another time he went off on a rant about how stupid I was for leaving the water in my cup when making Raman. Apparently in college he would cook the noodles, drain out all of the water and then stir the flavor packet onto the moist noodles. My kidneys scream in horror to this day at the recollection.
This has happened multiple times in the last two or three years: Watching a younger co-worker (typically in their first office job) make a phone call and leave a message to the effect of "Hi, call me back!", without leaving their phone number or extension or (seriously) their name and the company they work for or why they're calling in the first place.
I mean, it's one thing if you need help learning how a traditional office phone works, switching lines, how to setup your voicemail -- that I get. They just seem to have no inkling that the person listening to their message might need to know what phone number to use when they return the call, or why they were called in the first place.
A guy who I worked with also lived in the same house as I did. He was in his early 20s. We had the second floor and he and his girlfriend lived in the basement apartment which we used to have before taking the bigger upstairs apartment. He was extremely frugal with money. We started talking about our oil delivery. Our landlady made us get oil from the most expensive distributor because she was friends with him. He said well it's getting to be summer so we don't need oil. I asked him if he was planning to take cold showers all summer. And he looked at me all confused and said no, why? Like the two things were unrelated. I said well you need oil for hot water. And he got call smug and said, no the hot water comes from the hot water heater not from the oil tank. So I said and what do you think FUELS the hot water heater? Magic? And he's just staring at me blankly. It has to have a fuel source it's got to be either oil or electricity. Ours is oil. He had no idea you needed fuel to hear the water.
Fiern · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this actually happened to a close friend of mine, but her fiancé didn't know how to open a tube of biscuits. Like, the tubes with biscuit dough inside that have the "Peel Here" and "Press Spoon Here" phrases inked onto the packaging.
We've come to blame his mother for babying and overprotecting him because she still tries to cling onto and cuddle him anytime he's around despite him being an adult. I mean like, his mother wants my friend (his fiancé) to move so she can cling to him like you would expect a girlfriend to. She once climbed over the back of the couch like something straight out of a horror movie just to sit next to him.
Went to college with a guy who didn't know what laundry detergent was. He just put the clothes in the washing machine and turned it on. I told him what it was and it blew his mind.
Had to show an 18yr old woman how to use a microwave. Discovered in the process she didn't know how to make tea, use a toaster etc. She was used to the servants doing it.
Long version:
Years ago I worked in the on-campus corner shop at a student halls of a residence. It was a massive university with accommodation all across the city, but the halls of residence were for first year students, and were the most expensive - the classic British student experience, rather than the self-catering options.
This meant it was where the richest students tended to live in their first year at uni. Russel group uni in an attractive city. If you're British you probably get the picture.
So I'm working in the shop during freshers' week. Lots of excited 18yr olds, newly away from home. We sell various snack foods, and had a microwave so they could heat them up there and then.
Cue the 18yr old. Blond. Absolute classic "rah" (I don't know if they're still called that). Buys a snack. Obviously struggling with microwave. Friends standing around also looking lost. I go over, help her heat up her snack, and she tells me she's never used a microwave before.
The expression on my face must have been a picture, because she felt the need to continue to explain about other things she couldn't use, and how the servants did it all.
I assume she either learned swiftly or relied entirely on restaurants for the rest of her uni career. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall the first time she used the laundrette.
GGP11 · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was with a group of people from a work course. The subject of WW2 came up in conversation. One girl in the group then asked what we were talking about. She made it to her mid 20s without knowing WW2 ever happened
In college I was living with a super messy housemate who didn't drink coffee. He got upset when I chewed him out for boiling instant noodles IN the kettle. He would pour it out and leave pieces to stick against the heating element inside and just not give a rat's ass about who needs to use it next.
I spent about 20 minutes on the phone with my sister in law trying to help her see the rest of the google chrome page. What she wanted was lower on the page and the scroll bar wasn’t appearing. I went through updating chrome with here, zooming in and out, restarting the computer... she didn’t know to two finger scroll on the trackpad.
I was working in a bar in the UK and had a Canadian co worker. The chefs had asked him for another round of blackcurrant squash. He looked at me and said 'err can you help me out here? How do I make it?' This guy had never made squash / cordial before in his life. Thought it was odd.
I was reading reviews for a study guide to the air force officers qualifying exam and one user complained that the guide didn't explain how to get the product of two multi digit numbers multiplied together without a calculator. This person was incidentally admitting that they didn't know how to multiply, basically.
You have to have earned a college degree to be an officer in the air force.
Years ago I worked for Karen ( real name maybe the original Karen lol)
The well at our office went dry so we had no running water to flush toilets. We were told it would be a week or so before we could get running water back. She wanted us to hold it and walk 3 blocks to the nearest store on our breaks. I suggested using buckets of waste water to flush. She had no clue you could empty a toilet with a couple gallons of water in a bucket. I had to demonstrate it before she would believe me.
I guess I better explain that our office was attached to a warehouse that had multiple salt water tanks that we could source for flushing the toilet.
Me and my friends were livid when another friend of us talked about hiring someone to change the shower's resistance, because even after we made him watch a video of it, he kept saying "it's too difficult"
Should note that he's studying physics, and went well in numerous lab classes
elxhl8 · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During lockdown period, my mum realized that my brother didn't know how to make a cup of instant coffee. He handed her a sachet of coffee but my mum was busy doing something else so she told him to go make it himself.. He walked into the kitchen clueless and walk back to my mum still holding that coffee sachet. He is 34 this year.
I told my mum...'But surely he ate instant noodles before??'
When I look back, I began to realize why. He was never a fan of instant noodles, even if he wanted to eat some.. Either my grandma or mum or even I will cook it for him. He has never stayed out.. Even in college and university except one year.. Where he stayed with a super capable roommate who made extra portions of meals for him every single time. And at work, there is a tea lady who made drinks for him.
I on the other hand, stayed out right after high school and my work takes me to different places every 1 to 2 years..so I have never stayed at home since high school. And now I am thankful for that.
My two bestfriends can't cook, which is like "Okay I guess it happens, whatever", but the one time I cooked a full on meal for them, one and/or both of them did not know how to do the following things: spice meat, cut onions, peel onions, peel potatoes, prep a pan, mash potatoes, and more. One of them knew how to use a peeler only because she helps her mother make salad, she said. She did not know how to mash potatoes. The other bestfriend knew how to mash potatoes because she's helped her mom make them before, but did not know how to use a peeler and seriously struggled until I took over.
It just.... it still blows my mind that people in their mid to late 20s do not know how to cook even basic things. You don't know how to boil potatoes and then mash them up with milk and butter? Seriously??
Admittedly, salad-loving friend has a legitimate reason: she's thermophobic/pyrophobic. I mostly just had her cutting/peeling things, but even then she was like, really upset that she was bad at it and afraid she'd cut herself.
I had to help a 21 year old man iron a shirt for a job interview. He'd arrived in London from Johannesburg and was staying with a mutual friend until he found his own place; travelled 10,000km to a different continent with no issue, but he'd never ever had to iron a shirt before.
My mother had me at 40 and kept me very sheltered. Mom always threw all the laundry in together (towels, colors, blacks, socks.) I learned to wash when I was a teenager by reading the new washing machine 🤦♀️ My clothes were always linty and bleached before this
I lived with 3 guys from my fraternity my sophomore and junior years and there was one guy who made me think "how are you in your 20s and oblivious to this??" Like one time he and the others had people over on a Friday night and Saturday morning our house was just destroyed, beer cans and spit cups sitting everywhere, spills and garbage all over, etc. I'd harped about not leaving this house a mess that I have to cleanup and I'd finally had it. So when my roomies finally got up I declared martial law and gave everyone an area to clean up and figured that would be that, I wasn't trying to be a stick in the mud I just can't function in a mess of that magnitude. But anyhow, I give roomie #3 the kitchen and ask him politely to wash the stack of festering dishes in the sink and take the garbage out. He immediately protests saying "I use paper plates and bowls and throw them away when I'm done, I don't use dishes."
I paused for a sec then went "Well, that's a very ecologically unsound strategy but ok.....would you just take one for the team, we're all cleaning up messes we didn't make ourselves?"
I figured that would be the end of it. Nah, he waits a few seconds and then mutters something and gets up and starts walking towards his room (to go back to sleep) and now I'm fucking pissed, I go to tear him a new asshole for being a persistent prick but I was beaten to the punch by heavily hungover roomie #2, who is also fed up with him, and he begins to tear #3 a new asshole and, pretty much just started dressing him down for acting like a constant child despite him being the oldest brother and our chapter president. So #2 is giving him the business and he wheels him into the kitchen and just says "Clean the fucking dishes, take out the trash and shut the fuck up!" So roomie #3 appears to finally accept his job and the rest of us got to work on our area of the house. 5 mins later I come in the kitchen and #2 isn't really doing anything. FINALLY, he mutters/stammers, I don't know how to do the dishes, that's why I have paper shit and plastic utensils....
That left me flabbergasted and silent for an uncomfortable pause while I tried to figure out if he was fucking with me or if he really had never done dishes before. So I ascertain that he's actually being serious and, at the time, that simply didn't compute for me. But it did start to make other weird mannerisms of roomie #3 more sense. Like I did some gentle probing of the waters and turns out he legit didn't know how to use a vacuum cleaner, sweep up a mess, clean and mop floors, etc. I finally eased up a bit and said "Ok, can I show you how to do some of these things?" And that was pretty much how that particular engagement ended but that was just the start, more shenanigans and tomfoolery were always abounding whenever roomie #3 was involved.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:03:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have anything really horrifying to add here, but I was kind of horrified when a young woman on a train station platform asked her friend the time. The friend pointed to the clock hanging above them (which said "20:53"). The first one replied, "I don't understand those types of clocks."
Went on vacation with group of friends. Somehow it happened that it was bunch of girls with one guy. One evening, after drinking, we (girls) were complaining that we are too tired and drunk to go shower but we had to at lest wash and clean our faces. He was surprised and asked why, because we didn’t have any visible make up on. Following conversation involved explaining that we usually clean our faces 2 times a day with several products.
He was flabbergasted when we explained what ‘washing’ your face means and entails. The worst part? He used just water and had normal, clear skin. If I did it my face would look terrible (not to mention acne).
When Pictionary (drawing game) was a thing, a college friend drew the amorphous blob that represents the United States. Then, put a circle in the lower left, and just kept pointing to it. We were like: Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, Pacific Ocean, Australia, etc.
Times up: "Alaska"
What?!
Alaska, because if you've ever seen a puzzle of the United States, they tuck illustrations of Hawaii and Alaska in the lower left corner. *This WAS pre-Internet (but not pre-maps or pre-globes)
Xenyme · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A sixty-something year old woman did not know that brown and wholemeal bread were the same thing.
My husband not knowing how to share something on Facebook or to someone in messenger from Facebook. This all happened within the last year or 2 probably!! He only gets on Facebook to browse and never shared anything but like c'mon, how do you not know how to do that?!
Or there was the time my husband's unit commander and his wife who is younger than me I think, tried telling me I shared something in a group and I must certainly did not. These dipshidiots just don't know the difference between being on the group page and the posts there and the normal timeline! Like they just make me want to staple things to their forehead!
I once brought some herbal fruit tea bags into work with me one day and left them in my desk drawer. When I next used one to make myself a cup of tea, my co worker watched me very carefully and seemed surprised. Turns out she had used one while I’d been out because she’d run out of her own tea bags and had added milk at the end of brewing...and had been disgusted with the result......she’d obviously never heard of herbal teabags before.
When my sister was pregnant with her first child, she told me she was listening to children’s nursery rhymes through her ear buds.....so that her baby could hear them too. This same sister had once left a half eaten yoghurt in the fridge because she was convinced it would grow back into a full pot of yoghurt.....I’m not like her at all.
How to google and figure out things on their own. I'm still shocked at how many people are literally so dumb they couldn't take 5 seconds to search what it is they are confused about instead of complaining about it constantly.
Cut an apple. I was in a kid's troop meeting and a mom was asked to cut apples. She had a deer in headlights look and said she didn't know what was meant by "cut the apples" I thought that maybe she was trying to get out of doing anything but she happily helped once someone showed her how a few times. It looked like she'd never held a knife.
She held a management position in a large hospital and had one kid graduating and a second who was about 10, so she had plenty of time to learn to adult
I was helping a friend with some printing and I asked her for dimensions. She sent close up photos of the measuring tape because she doesn't know how to read it, and she couldn't tell me which measurement was which. I tried asking which measurement was horizontal and which was vertical and she didn't know the difference.
Ended up having to go to her house and measure it myself.
I don't have a microwave at home and never have, (toaster over squad for life). I was at my boyfriend's mom's place trying to make one of the betty crocker's mug cupcake and managed to burn it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
I had to teach my best friend at the age of 22 how to check, not change, CHECK his cars oil level. He had been driving sonce he got his permit at 16....
Then i had to teach my wife the difference between a weather warning and watch. She had them backwards and refuses to accept that she's wrong about it and gets mad when corrected because "it makes me feel stupid when someone corrects me."
When my friend bought a house, and 1 year later we were out in his garage and I noticed he kept a remote garage door opener next to the wall button. He would use the remote because he thought the wall button was a panic button for the alarm... He was quite stupefied when I pressed the wall button and the door worked. His response, well I guess the wife can have a remote in her car now.
My girlfriend couldn't hold her breath with plugging her nose...
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 15:01:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually realised, having not been swimming for ages, that I also cannot do this any more. I mean, obviously I can. But it’s like standing at the edge of a very high place - much like I feel like I might accidentally just fall off, I feel like I might just accidentally suck in a nose full of water.
I know someone who has an absolute shitter of a car. I've been given lifts in that car and sworn never again. Turns out he spend £900 on it (both my bicycles are worth more than that) and passed his test...
*pauses to process what I'm about to say*
on his 6th attempt with 13 minors (in the UK you fail if you get 14).....
My friend and I became roomates a few years into college. She spent the entire year convinced the oven under the stove was a dishwasher. She was generally a little lost on her basic life skills because of how her parents raised her. She still doesn't have a license because her parents didn't want to focus on anything but the SATs around that time in life. She can't use google maps/ read directions to save her life- which is seriously concerning cuz she lives near Chicago and goes on lots of adventures by herself. She's made it home safe so far lol so it's ok I guess. Lotsa little stuff like that. She's gotten the hang of a lot of stuff since moving out though, but every once in a while we still have that moment where all our friends go "WTF how do you not know_??!?1"
Thank bacon for GPS devices. Pretty sure that without them, she'd have driven her car straight into lake Michigan by now.
Parents, I beg you, don't do this to your children. I myself was extremely sheltered by mine, but for me it was mostly personal/physical growth they did their put their effort into shielding me from. I got made fun of in junior high, because I was the only person in the entire school who had no idea how sex or pregnancy worked. I was the only child whose parents wouldn't sign the permission slips to let me sit through sex ed as a child. When I got my first period at age 14, I panicked and thought I was dying. I'm now 37, and I am incredibly awkward, and I have a difficult time making friends and keeping relationships. Thanks, mom and dad.
to your children. I myself was extremely sheltered by mine, but for me it was mostly personal/physical growth they did their put their effort into shielding me from. I got made fun of in junior high, because I was the only person in the entire school who had no idea how sex or pregnancy worked. I was the only child whose parents wouldn't sign the permission slips to let me sit
the good thing is it's never too late to learn. it will take extra effort and energy from your, but if you want to live "normal" i'm betting you're willing to
I used to manage a restaurant in a very wealthy area for a few years and mostly had high school aged employees. I asked a girl who just started if she could sweep the dining room and she looks me dead in the eye and said “I’ve never done that and don’t know how”. I chuckled because I assumed she was ribbing me... She was not. At the same restaurant, I asked another employee to clean off the dining room tables. Said employee proceeds to take a broom and began sweeping crumbs off of the table with the broom.
Person I know had zero knowledge about how an engine in a car worked - to the point of, "wait, what is a piston?"
She's a program manager with an automotive company, but she deals with trim and final (with things like the fabric), so it's not something that impacts her function. But, still, I thought this was rudimentary common knowledge.
I'm the one responsible for the "how do you not know how to do this?" moment. I don't know how to leave my fiancee alone when she is depressed. I have my own mental health issues, but for the sake of our relationship, I need to pay more attention to this simple, most important thing.
I worked at a movie theater and this girl I worked with didn't know how to make popcorn for at least the first 3 months she worked there. Hell, she didnt even know where we kept the seed.
I had a roommate who left a yeti or some kind of steel tumblr out with a smoothie in it for A WEEK. I had gone out of town for the weekend and when I came back Sunday evening, there was a tumbler sitting on the counter with what looked like it had a smoothie in it. I was like whatever, she’ll take care of it. She didn’t. About a day or 2 later, mold started growing in it. She moved it to the sink where she added water to it but didn’t wash it. Finally about a week after I first saw it, I saw her washing her nasty moldy cup WITH THE NEW SPONGE I HAD JUST BOUGHT LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE. I threw it out when I got home because not only did she use it on her nasty moldy cup, I’m also allergic to mold and didn’t wanna deal with it.
Also it’s not something specifically that people {don’t} know how to do it’s just something they don’t and that’s washing your hands after using the bathroom.
JUST DO IT. IT TAKES 30 SECONDS AND YOU’RE PREVENTING YOU AND OTHERS FROM DISEASES.
I absolutely cannot stand when I see people do that. Pandemic or not, there’s NO excuse for not washing your hands after going to the bathroom.
So the company the instructor was a part of worked with many private schools and he was sent to be in charge of a group of boys for a week. The boys all came from rather wealthy families and were not that used to roughing it. They had to cook their own food, set up their own tents, carry the supplies, etc. There was also no plumbing, so they had to take care of their needs behind trees or bushes.
One of these boys refused to eat the food that was meant to last them the week. He essentially lived off of the snacks he had packed into his bag. Even when the others called him out on his behaviour he still refused to eat the prepared food.
Here’s the real kicker, however. The same boy did not know how to clean himself after defecating. He had always used a bidet spray or something similar, and thus didn’t know how to clean himself up (note that he was in high school at the time). He had to ask the instructor on how to clean himself.
TL;DR: Camp instructor had to deal with a high school boy that didn’t know how to wipe his own behind.
I had to show my best friend how a parking break works, I love her a lot but omg that bitch cannot drive
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine put a metal pot with Mac and cheese in it in the microwave. 3 minutes later .. the smell which I can only describe as burning metal filled the air and it was just not a big deal to her. Because she had no idea you couldn't put metal in a microwave... Her words when asked about the metal in the microwave rule.... She said "it never came up" she was 30 years old BTW
yurxzi · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a security manager, the number of grown ass adults in a major city I was forced to try and teach what they clearly couldn't learn, who do/didn't not know how to use a computer, can't read/write simple annotations, or who are unable follow simple instructions written in giant bold print or get confused if given more than 1 singular thoroughly explained task, like turning a key a set direction in an escalator to turn it on(many keys were broken)...is disappointing.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
17 years old at soccer camp. Roommate and I needed to do some laundry. I’m starting my load and turn around and he’s got 12 units with the doors all open and an individual piece of clothing in each one with quarters loaded into the slots and tossing packets of detergent in each one. “Dude you can’t put all that in one load, won’t it break”....”it’s 5 days of clothes in a LAUNDRY machine...why would it break? do you have any idea how much water you’re about to use?” What’s funny was I was the more “privileged” of the two of us, and he came from more humble beginnings. Don’t know how he had made it that far.
A friend, we were 30, owned her own vehicle and didn't know how to put gas in it. I was shocked because the state we lived in didn't have that many full- service gas stations. It still puzzles me how she got by so many years without pumping her own gas until one night when I showed her how to do it.
I moved in with my uncle and his wife so I could decide if I wanted to move out that way. About a week later, he determined that the dryer was taking too long and hired a repairman. Maybe 5-10 minutes after arriving I heard him tell my uncle that he has to clean out the lint filter after running the dryer. I fell down laughing.
This made me think more about that doctor I dated/lived with.
I keep left over pasta in plastic bags in the fridge. To put with sauce and take to lunch. I know it's weird but...
He boiled water and stuck the plastic bags right in the water to reheat the pasta. Like one of those old frozen dinners. I was like WTF when he got melted plastic water and noodles. He literally did not understand 1) how to reheat food and 2) science if it wasn't related to medicine. He only scienced what he needed to get through school. He passed exams but didn't understand at all.
Same guy tried to call 911 for a water leak we had on a Sunday night when he couldn't get a hold of a plumber. He didn't know there was a water main or how I was aware to shut it off. His defense? "I'm from the city and we call landlords for these things!"
My dyslexia has convinced me that the history marker sign says history maker and that the arrow is pointing towards an important persons house. Just yesterday I was driving and I said, “look! An important person lives there!” And My friend in the passenger seat will never let me hear the end of it. (It’s not necessarily doing something but it is me not understanding road signs as an adult)
When I was in college my 22 year old friend asked me how do you know when the water is boiling. I told her to make pasta because it's easy... She also doesn't eat burgers only hot dogs. My special friend
Not an adult yet, but I went camping with some good ol adults for Girl Scouts... one of the parents who came with us said she’s been camping all the time. We had rented 2 spots and split off. I was with the parent who claimed to have been camping many times, and one other one. She starts trying to set up the tent, then goes over to the other adult and says “do you know how to set up the tent?” Now we all kinda just look at her like “you’re supposed to know that.” I’ve gone camping every year and always watched how to set up the tents, so I was able to figure it out after finding the instructions with one other girl. In the mean time they were trying to make a fire... and she didn’t know you couldn’t actually make a fire with small wet twigs you find in the ground. So we had to walk back to the other site, while the sun was setting, to get a box of matches. Me, a high schooler, know what to do, and an adult, who claimed to know what they were doing, had a better idea of how to not die. That lady ended up going home early because she couldn’t handle it. I don’t know what type of camping she’s done, but I’m pretty sure it was just going in vacation in one of the fancy trailers that’s basically like your house but smaller.
I guess mine is when I was in College I would watch all the freshman try to figure out how to do laundry when I lived in a dorm. Man, what I'm getting from the replies to this post is that our generation was extremely coddled. I'm glad I had a father who forced me to work at 14 (legal with a permit) and taught me how to be an actual person lmao.
RmeMSG · 1 points · Posted at 17:49:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a soldier while I was stationed in Hawaii that had to be taught how to basically live as a woman.
This person had no life skills whatsoever. I inspected her room with one of my female NCOs and it smelled like death.
Forced her to open her wall locker. There was a months worth of laundry in there. Asked her why she didn't wash her clothes, said she didn't know how. I said but your uniforms are always clean. Her response. I just buy new ones.
Pulled back the blanket on her bed, her sheets were covered in dried menstrual blood. I asked her if she knew what the hell a tampon or pad was. Got a deer in headlight look.
My poor female NCO had to show her how to shower properly.
I don't know if she had a mental illness or if she was some kind of savant. The Army gave her a 40k bonus when she joined because she scored so damn high on the ASVAB. She scored 98.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see people everyday on the way to work that shouldn't be allowed to drive, because they don't know how to drive. They can't stay in their lane, they can't keep looking at the road, and they get scared and start swerving right to left when entering and leaving a roundabout. Too many Americans can't drive for shit.
Many of these are serious issues (like life or death) but in 2013 I had a student (16f) who didn’t know how to use a manual pencil sharpener. We spent several minutes practicing. I feel like that might be the only thing she learned all year.
Two quick examples. I used to work for a heating and cooling company as a dispatcher sending technicians on repair calls and answering phones. A lot of the homes we serviced were multimillion dollar seasonal homes. One man made a call saying his housekeeper told him that the new system that was installed six months earlier wasn't heating. So he was making special trip up from Ft. Lauderdale to the house in the mountains of western North Carolina to meet the technican. We get to the home and he is there waiting and being very rude and come to find out it was still set to cool not heat. He angrily get back into his car and left after he was charged $100 for the service call.
Second was a woman called very upset saying her ac wasn't working in her home and it was almost 90 degrees outside with high humidity. I asked her a few questions and then asked what the thermostat display was reading she said it was blank. The power had been off for a couple of hours due to a line repair. After explaining the significance of that to her I was able to sell her a $3k generator setup
Just because you have money doesn't make you any smarter lol
Pharmacist here. During fourth year (final year) rotations at a community chain (i.e., Rite Aid/Walgreens) I had a classmate on rotation with me. I was in the middle of ringing up a patient at the register and overheard her tell the precepting pharmacist she wasn't comfortable counseling a patient on a medication. He turns to me and asks if I wouldn't mind. I said, "sure what does she need?" He said she wanted to know where to find the Tylenol and how it compares to Motrin.
Keep in mind, fourth year is when you are really preparing for your national boards. When I asked my classmate why she had issues with counseling on Tylenol, she said she's never heard of it.
There has to be a term for when "welp, I missed the window to learn that and now everyone assumes I did learn it!" Can't read at age 10 -- Can't cook at age 30 -- Can't drive at age 20 -- Can't ride a bike at age 10.
My friend got into an apartment/renters contract with some of their friends and bailed 3 days later because of “anxiety.” They’re over 20. No idea how they’re managing funds
[United States] I dated a guy who didn’t know April 15th was Tax Day, the day all taxes need to be filed by in order to avoid a late fee.
I met him in the fall, and He mentioned had filed for an extension, but didn’t realize that extension was only 6 months and his new deadline was October 15th.
He didn’t understand how I knew 1) when taxes were due or 2) that his extension deadline was due precisely 6 months later. His dad has been doing his taxes. I get it, having a parent do taxes is great, but... you can at least gather the paperwork to prepare them!
My first proper job in IT, I was told at the interview that I'd be working with an experienced guy I could learn from. It was one of the reasons I took the job. A couple of weeks in, he asked me whether you can have odd numbers in binary.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:12:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Training a guy and he asked me what a hush puppy was and how to fry it. So fucking glad he doesn’t work in my kitchen anymore.
Two of our friends were roommates and one of them asked the other “how do you crack an egg?” Seriously. He had never cracked an egg, ever, in his life (he was in his early 30’s at the time). Apparently his mom and dad had just did everything for him and his siblings while growing up and had never taught them how to be people.
This same friend asked if he could come over to watch and help my husband make dinner since he had never really cooked for himself but wanted to make a nice dinner by himself for his first ever, serious girlfriend. We were cooking something pretty simple (fettuccine alfredo (sauce from the jar) with grilled chicken and broccoli) asked him to cut up the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Once he was holding the chef’s knife, it was obvious he had never cut meat, ever, in his life. It was actually frightening the way he was trying to cut the chicken. I took the knife back and showed him the correct/pretty simple way to cut chicken. He just watched us cook the rest of the dinner, I was too worried to have him do anything else.
He did go on and cook a nice meal for his girlfriend and himself, I don’t remember what he made, but they have since moved in together, so obviously he is doing well. I think his girlfriend has been guiding him through doing the correct things in order to, you know, live as a functioning adult. She’s really a super sweet, patient person and he’s very sweet but clueless.
Zanki · 1 points · Posted at 22:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a new place and all the new staff got tasked with cleaning the staff area. I got the staff room with another person, one girl got the girls toilets and one guy got the mens. They came into the room saying they had no idea how to clean a toilet, so I took them all into the girls and explained how to clean a toilet. I was pretty stunned. I don't know how they'd gotten that far in life without ever cleaning a toilet.
I worked an IT job when the boss hired her freshly graduated from University of Phoenix friend. That person did not know how to shut down a windows PC and despite the best of my efforts, she never fully learned how either.
This isn’t nearly as troubling as some of the others listed here but freshman year in my dorm’s dining hall there was a little waffle station with a pot of batter and a ladle to use to scoop batter into a waffle iron. I was in line to make a waffle and watched the guy in front of me use the ladle to scoop some batter. And of course when you did it some would drip from the bottom of the ladle, but instead of just doing that little wipe on the inside of the pot’s rim to keep the ladle from dripping as he moved it, he just held his hand palm up underneath it, getting it all gooey and sticky with batter. It wasn’t a big ladle either so you had to do like three scoops for a full waffle and he just got his hand absolutely covered in the stuff.
Not exactly adulting, but he was 17 at the time, and very close to graduating high school.
He had no clue how anal sex worked. He thought he could just stick it in with no prep. For some reason he also thought it didn't count as sex??? Because I didn't want to have sex.
He didn't know how to start a dishwasher, had no interest in getting a license, (his family was loaded) didn't want a job, wasn't aloud to go to college out of state (not his fault ofc) but like, laundry, cleaning, cleaning a cat box??
He was also sexually abusive and thought that the moment you started dating someone you would start having sex with them.
He was NOT a good dude.
I was driving my roommate to San Francisco International Airport. This was way back in the days when airlines first started doing e-tickets. He kept stressing about making it to the airport in time. I kept telling him we had *plenty* of time, and that he wouldn't be late. Finally, he said, "But I'm flying on an e-ticket. I won't have a paper ticket with the gate number written on it. I won't know where to go." I had to explain that those monitors in all the terminals that say 'Departures' and 'Arrivals' would have his flight number and corresponding gate.
A 20-something summer research assistant didn't know how to use sandpaper
Also told me that women spread HIV, not men. (And this kid was a pre-med student, mind you...had recently graduated undergrad...)
And he told me that to get rich, I should just buy rental properties... like his dad did... who came here with nothing (and they were super rich at this point in history when he was giving me this life advice haha...)... and I asked "how did he buy the rental properties with nothing??"
"he came with only (whatever huge sum) of money"
"ok, so, he came to the US with money? That's a lot of money for 1970, man... (pulls up inflation calculator on google)"
"..."
"yeah, it's a lot easier to get that american dream when you come to america already rich... but ok... not exactly the bootstrapping immigration story, man...but ok, thanks for the unsolicited advice."
He also ran his face into a stop sign while running away from cops and concussed himself.
He had someone create fake letters to get him into medical school, this person actually impersonated a family-friend who was a physician, and yes, he did get in to a DO school even with shitty MCAT scores. I regret not reporting him to the AAMC for forging his application materials. (I must admit though, that to find this out, I looked through his email that was open on a workplace computer, because I was initially just looking at the history to see what he actually did all day, but saw this.)
He cheated in college and told me about it -- upperclassmen on the soccer team would TA courses to steal copies of exams and most profs never changed the exams, and they would give these stolen exams to the younger students.... so that's why many people on teams try to get into certain prof's courses and such...it's not because of schedules.
Yeah. You should have reported him. Now there's nothing stopping this monster from practicing medicine on actual people, and someone is absolutely going to get hurt.
My roommate did not know how to use fabric softeners
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so late but one time I had to explain to my former best friend that the flashlight didn’t “burn” out, the battery in it is just dead. And then I had to explain to her how you needed to replace the batteries in it with new ones so you can keep using it.
Had a 70 year old owner of a restaurant that he opened 40 years prior tell an employee to go ahead and use the big container of sour cream that had mold all over the top of it—apparently due to an error in the packaging process. The employee, who brought it to the owners attention, looked dumbfounded. “But it’s bad” he said. The owner snapped back at him “it’s sour cream. It’s already sour, it can’t go bad.” Our manager promptly escorted the astonished employee back into the kitchen and told him to dump it.
In the Netherlands clouds move very fast. One day I expressed this observation to my girlfriend (28), which she genuinely wondered how is it possible for such differences to exist depending where you are on Earth. I had to explain her that its the clouds moving, not the Earth...
Not really when it comes to adulting but this situation really made me go, "how did you not know?!". It was last year when I was in the ninth grade, and during my global history class, we were put into groups of three and of course I was paired with that "popular girl" type of person, and I didn't really talk to her cuz of that attitude, so I got to learn about her from this very situation. We were working on this project which involved looking at documents, and one showed a map of China and Nepal and Mongolia and such, and she was pointing at China, looking VERY closely at the map, and looks confused. Then she asks, "where's Asia?" With a dumb smile on her face. My other friend and I in the group gave her the look (with a smile) that basically said "how TF do you not know?"
Ex-boyfriend spent God knowns how long with no ac in his car because he, "Couldn't afford to have the AC system replaced it was too expensive. "
It just needed recharged. I out Freon in it and it ran ice cold 🤦🏻♀️ he was absolutely swindled going to mechanics and the dealership for stuff he could have done on his own ( Changing bulbs, Freon, windshield wipers, ect)
He also had ZERO clue about doing his taxes, coming, and budgeting. I literally have no idea how he would have made it that far if his family hadn't babied him.
I had a boss who didn’t know how to do her expense reports. Her assistant had to tape print outs of receipts (that were on letter sized paper) to another sheet of letter sized paper because she was told she needed to tape her receipts to letter sized paper.
My former flatmate decided to heat up milk by attempting to boil it in the kettle. When she nearly set the place on fire and I asked her why the fuck would she put milk in a kettle which is clearly intended for water (in our native language kettle translates into sth like "water boiler"), she was just like: "Milk and water are both liquids so they're basically the same thing" and then I, who had barely managed to pass chemistry in high school and am genuinely lacking A LOT of basic chemistry knowledge, had to explain to this idiot that water and milk cannot be the same since they have completely different ingredients and thus boil and different temperatures (I could have easily explained this wrong bc as I said, my chem knowledge is awful, but I clearly have more common sense than her).
P.S. just realized that a lot of countries don't use kettles so there might be a lot of people on reddit who didn't know this, but since we both live in a country where kettles are relatively common, whenever I tell the story to someone, they facepalm SO hard.
When I was around 4 years old my 48 year old father and I were in the car at a stop light. He started revving the engine, which I'd noticed him doing before, so I asked him why he was doing that thinking that maybe there was something wrong with the car (like it would stall out if he didn't). His reply?
"Because idling the car wastes gas."
And as a 4 year old I'm thinking, "Um... What? Uhhhh..."
And keep in mind that my father was an ex-Navy electronics specialist who worked as a radio and TV repairman for many years.
And before anybody starts pointing fingers and saying "accident baby", my parents married later in life (it was my father's second marriage) and I was his last shot at a son because my mother was done with being pregnant after 2 daughters and 3 miscarriages.
Once when I was 16 me and my buddy went to another friend of ours house. When we got there the doors were locked and we later found out our friend was also passed out on the couch. So when we realized we couldn’t get in I took my friends Bobby pins he had on him and picked the lock. He was very suspicious of me for some reason. I had to explain to him how easy it was to learn and he demanded I teach him so a pretty funny experience overall.
I had a roommate who didn’t know you’re supposed to measure out your laundry detergent. She would always just fill the cap of the bottle all the way up no matter the size of the her load.
I taught a grown supposedly college educated older woman how to round decimals to the tenth place at work. I was shocked when she asked me if “I was sure 5 rounded up”.
A close friend of mine (male, in his 20's) used to wipe his ass front to back, when i explained to him that that is the way girls do it, he thought i was fucking with him, and he started to tell everybody "he thinks i'm stupid" lol.
After watching me jump start a college student's car in a restaurant parking lot, a friend of mine said that she did not know how to jump start a car -- that she had never lifted the hood of an automobile!
I was trying to digest how this was possible for a woman in her 40s with teenage children. She said it was always her husband's job to do that. That's fine, but her husband is an over-the-road trucker who was frequently away from home for weeks at a time!
You can tell one of my roommates never did anything for himself before he moved in with us. Didn't know how to properly load the dishwasher, Didn't know about liquid detergent or that you had to clean the lint out of the dryer. Left his clothes on the bathroom floor. Eats everyones food. Was loud late at night. The list goes on and on. The worst part is he's a crybaby who doesn't take criticism well and when you try and correct him he takes offense.
Working at McDonald's, had a girl my age ask me to "make the water warmer" for her while she was doing dishes. I look at the water, see steam clearly rising off the hot water. Hot water tap is on all the way, cold water is off. I ask her if she means she wants me to make it colder since it is already hot. She says, "no, make it warmer so I don't burn my hands!" or something like that. I just turned on the cold water and walked away without a word. Kicker is that not only was she the same age as me, but she'd been working there 6 months longer than I had...
My college roommate was terribly dumb. Didn’t know how to do laundry and in the entire semester she was there she never ONCE washed her white sheets. They were ORANGE by the end of the semester. Several times she tried to put metal in MY microwave. She never once cleaned out her fridge which made me so thankful she was insistent on both of us getting one. She dropped out second semester but had her parents still pay room and board so she could “move out at her pace” ya university said um no that’s not how this works and called her a ton of times to come get her stuff. Never did so they dumped it all.
My boyfriend thought cash back when using a debit card was free cash rewards Hahahaha that was like 5 years ago and now he’s going to be a dr so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
You think you’re an adult, but actual adults don’t claim to be “adulting”. When you become an actual adult, you’ll find you don’t need to make that claims anymore.
My intention was not to cheer you up. Just star g the truth. Unfortunately to you it sounds more negative because you’re the one who is just now finding out you aren’t an adult. You’ll get over it.
Yeah, because you don’t like being told you’re not an adult if you use the term adulting, I’m a troll.
The word “adulting” is for young people who aren’t fully adults to say when they do something responsible on their own. If that word comes out of your mouth to describe any of your actions, you aren’t an adult.
Pay for groceries without writing a check. Like, seriously. Get with the century. Stop holding up the line and using 18th-century monetary instruments.
ftp1992 · -13 points · Posted at 01:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
can we not turn nouns into verbs? thats not very adulting
My ex argued that lemonade was sugar free, because it’s just like orange juice. I finally convinced him that there is sugar in regular lemonade, but could not convince him that orange juice was also not sugar free
I was partners with a girl at university taking a first year course. We had to write a report at the end of the project on our observations, and were in the library at the computers. I was typing on the computer and she was sitting beside me as we shared the one computer, and at some point I had to copy and paste a paragraph to a new location.
I hit Control+c and then Control+v to do it and she was amazed, exclaiming quite loudly for a library "How did you do that??"
I just stared blankly for two seconds until it clicked and showed her how, and the Control+x to cut and the Control+s to save, etc.
I had no idea how she made it to university without learning those short cuts.
Work in fast food and had this man who would of easily been 30ish, for the drink he asked me for fizzy orange juice, I was slightly confused, pointed to the orange juice and said "this one", he said no and redirected my finger over the orange fanta.. I said "this one" he confirmed, "yeah that one the fizzy orange juice", was indeed fanta...
I was unable to tie a specific type of knot for wall climbing. I'd never rock climbed before, outside a 2 day course I took 9 years ago (indoor, baby wall..) and this guy I was seeing wanted us to go to this huge wall climbing place.
I couldn't tie the fancy knot, and had no memory of ever doing that. He told me how disappointed he was in me and that I wasn't living up to his expectations. I tried to make a joke out of it and he told me it was far too soon to expect him to be over it, but he would be over it eventually and THEN I could make a joke out of it. Then I received the silent treatment for saying lets not go.
We were long distance. .I'd travelled 300 miles to see him, had been up at 6am and caught 4 trains. Night before been to the mall to buy all new clothes for seeing him and to look my best. I was so upset
Not quite the same but I dont understand how the fuck people take so long at ATMs. Apparently there's some way to play tetris or something on them that I haven't figured out yet because nothing else makes sense...
How the fuck do you go to an ATM and have no idea what you want? You dont know much money you have, you dont know how much you need, you dont know your PIN, for some reason you have to put your card in 3 times, what in the FUCK are you here for!?
Drives me up a wall...
l-o-la · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have any horrific ones. Though, adults not driving, not knowing how to change a tire or check any of the cars fluids is pretty irritating.
When I was 18 the gorgeous woman who lived next door offered me $500 a week to come over and clean her pool. And she'd always be out sun bathing, asking me things like, how do you get such big muscles. Uh, I lift, duh.
Then she'd take her top off and ask me to rub tanning lotion on her, and I'm like, lady, I'm scooping dead leaves here, you got hands. Jeez.
My dumbass older coworker kept complaining about a headache and kept popping pills while chasing it down with pop. Not sure if her being a mother made me wonder wtf is wrong with her but she also would ask me how to spell common words.
they filled a frying pan with water and put pasta in it and then like 2 minutes later, (without it even boiling) asked me how to use a colander, and then spilled the water everywhere
Bruh. I’m so embarrassed. Yesterday.... When I went to get a cart at Superstore and had my loonie ready. And then realized I had no idea how to unlock cart with said loonie. I 10000% panicked, even though I grew up doing this. You know, being 9 years old and strutting up to the carts like you were really gonna get a round of applause for unlocking and pulling the cart out so smooth. Anyways.. I fucking had to walk back to my car and YOUTUBE HOW TO DO IT. I wanted to walk into traffic. The end. I hate myself.
Went on a date that didn't know about artificial flavoring. Honestly. They thought flavors of candy was the same as the flavors they were actually supposed to taste like
Ah yes. This one might not be as crazy as some of these, but my college roommate didn't know how to clean a bathroom (or any room really). I asked him to clean the bathroom once after I did it maybe three times in a row and he didn't know what to do. He said he would do it and he started to use the Swiffer to "clean" the tile floor. But he didn't know you had to put one of those pads on that's either wet or dry. He'd only seen people use a Swiffer and didn't know that was a thing you had to do before it's any good. I couldn't believe it.
This is clearly not as bad as most of the comments on here, but the roommate of my friend once got VERY worried when my friend's cat was playing in a paper shopping bag, and anxiously suggested that they should poke holes in the bag to make sure the cat could breathe in there. Makes me laugh every time I think about it.
16 year old me. My buddy had no idea how to make a grilled cheese sandwhich. He even said I didn't know either and proceeded to butter both sides of his bread while I was teaching him how.
I am a dude, and had to explain to my 19yr old gf how to insert a tampon. She said she hated the cardboard ones but that's all she had left. Uh... WHAT?! I not so calmly explained to her that it's just the applicator and then proceeded to mock her. She replied, "Well my mom never taught me how to use these" to which I yelled, "NEITHER DID MINE! "
I’m way too late to the party here, but I dated a girl who didn’t know you had to put helium in balloons for them to float. She brought balloons to tie on the birthday guy’s chair and cried when they didn’t float after she blew them up with her mouth. It was a sweet thought though.
It’s hard to explain but I worked with a guy who did not know the order of the months, ie didn’t know January was the first month or February was the second, etc literally would ask “what’s month 7?”
Exchanged lots of weird looks with customers.
Didn’t know how to read an analog clock either but I guess that is a little more forgiving.
Kind of a weird one, but I was listening to my girlfriend drinking the other day, and I heard like gulpy air noises. She gets kind of a rumble tummy when she drinks water, so I asked her if she swallowed air with her water. She said that there’s two holes that you swallow down, an air hole and a food hole. You eat your food down the food hole, but you drink water through the air hole(?) she gulps down and swallows a bunch of air into her stomach whenever she takes a sip of water, then wonders why she gets burpy. I’m not sure if I explained it very well, but she still stands by it. She’s 20 btw
Buckle up ladies and gents, this is the story of my worst college roommate, Harry (not his real name). Now Harry was a nice enough guy, but I’m amazed he survived so long on his own.
Two weeks into living with him, I had to explain to him that you had to put your bedsheets through the laundry so that they would produce such an almighty stench. I was amazed they smelled as bad as they did, but then I noticed that he would go to the gym at night, come back to the room, and go to sleep in his gym clothes (and shoes!). The best story, however, developed over the course of a week during midterms.
One Monday, I come back to the room and smell something a bit off. This alarms me, as my sense of smell is very weak. I don’t mention it, but I open the windows and crack the door open to ventilate. Tuesday, the smell is still there but I can’t tell where it’s coming from. Just to be sure it’s not me, I launder all my clothes and sheets. Wednesday: it’s worse, and our third roommate, Carson, can smell it too. Thursday: Carson cleans all his stuff, and I deep-clean the bathroom and kitchenette. No dice. Friday: I return in the afternoon. Carson swivels around in his chair to greet me like Bond villain and says, with barley restrained rage, “I found the source of the smell, and I am fucking livid.”
Turns out Harry had bought a whole-ass head of broccoli and left it in the mini fridge a week before it even started smelling, and just didn’t realize it would go bad. By the time Carson found it, it had already died, rotted, and developed a whole new ecosystem and civilizations.
We had a talk with Harry the next day to explain that fresh vegetables don’t stay fresh forever.
I told a friend that when you fly on a plane they actually just knock you out with gas, implant memories of flying then move you to a different “dome” which is the destination you were going to. I explained how we all live in seperate domes like the Truman show.
I had to tell them I was lying because they flat out believed it and they were 25 at the time.
cpr121 · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister in law thought Black Lives Matter stole the name from Blue Lives Matter...
I spent a whole night trying to impress one girl who I thought was amazing. SHE decided after I bought a very expensive drink, listen to her boring friend talk about her digestive system and then drove her vehicle home one hour, we were gonna become intimate. A few mins in she went low and stuck a finger somewhere it was not welcome. Then made me feel like the asshole for not knowing how to take that. Like that’s just something you hang around practicing to take by surprise. Oh and then she declined to go any further. So I stood there naked while she walked out. Did I mention she was my neighbor so I had to see her all the time till I moved. It was like the moment that never ended.
Not horrifying but I have to share. I'm sorry Mikey. I still love you.
I was playing games or something and my roommate was making some cambles canned soup. He walked out and said 'hey it says to add one can of milk but how am I supposed to know how much one can is'. I laughed. He wasn't joking.
Had to teach my friends dad how to properly cook a steak. He had been cooking dinner for his family for far longer than I had been alive and I was told they had steak at least once a week.
The man would just throw it in a pan without oil or butter or anything, not even a non stick pan, crank up the heat to maximum and sear the everloving crap out of it untill it was almost/mostly burnt on the outside and well-done/overcooked on the inside. Then cut and serve it immediately, ensuring that whatever little juice remained would be left on the cutting board. Then they ate it with ketchup, which while usually a cardinal sin for steak, was basically mandatory because of how dry it was.
I was very popular in that household after they got to eat medium rare steak for the first time ever outside a restaurant. Without ketchup.
I’m Jewish, shared an office with a co-worker who was also Jewish and kind of a dick.
Passover came round, not very religious but I was observing at the time and he told me he was too. For Passover you are supposed to refrain from eating any kind of what, bread, etc. anything that rises, for about a week.
That Friday we had pizza, pasta, and chicken wings bought for us from our boss for as a reward.
We came back to the office with our food and he had a plate piled high with pasta. I jokingly said to him, “So much for Passover, eh?” He looked at me confused, and replied no he was still keeping Passover.
I indicated to his huge plate of pasta he had broken Passover, he had already taken a few bites. “Pasta’s not kosher for Passover?” I laughed and went back to work. He kept asking me “Pasta’s not kosher for Passover?”
I thought he was kidding and it was really getting under my skin, I figured he was trying to annoy me because I made him feel bad for breaking Passover, none of my fucking business anyway.
He kept asking, and I told him “no, pasta’s made of wheat, it’s just like bread.” He couldn’t believe it. I could not tell if he was serious until he slowly poured the pasta into the trash.
The dude had no idea pasta was made of wheat.
This was six or seven years ago. It still blows my mind.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of stupid in these comments is astonishing.
TXR22 · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably whenever I encounter someone who uses words like "adulting"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I witnessed a former friend I was living with take the garbage out one time and I was horrified to learn he didn’t realize you have to tie the bag closed. He didn’t even know here were drawstrings. He would just throw wide open bags into the garbage can. Easy enough to correct, but still mind boggling that a person can get that far without at some point having that cause a huge mess.
My favorite cousin who is 18yrs old didn't know that caffeine overdose was a thing until she overdosed herself.
She had to stay in the hospital overnight. I was so worried when I heard about it, but it did surprise me that she didn't know as she's a regular matcha drinker.
Like, how much tea did she drink to do that? Only time I've heard of a caffeine od was kids getting their hands on powdered caffeine. Was she awake for 2 weeks straight just chugging matcha?
Yeah, I've only heard of kids overdosing but she is really naturally thin skinny and weighs around 98lb, so I guess her body would be weaker and more prone to stuff like that.
She told me her family got her a grande matcha drink from Starbucks that day. Usually she only gets a tall but she drank all of it bc she didn't want to be wasteful.
She's sworn of matcha for a while now.
How to change a tire
How to patch a home in drywall
How to unclog a toilet
How to actually wash dishes and not use the dish washer
How to wash laundry
How to cook even a simple over hard egg
My point is, there are a lot of parents out there not teaching their kids basic life survival skills for our day and age, as well as sprinkling some of the old "hardworking ways".
Was tutoring math, SAT prep, and the student didnt know the distribution property. I was dumbfounded lol. Ended up tutoring him ok, got a 700 on the SAT math portion. Just needed someone to explain it to him. Skol.
I had an old friend who literally told me that she didn’t wash her privates. Ever. She thought that soap wasn’t supposed to go anywhere near your bits... talk about yikes.
I had a flatmate at Uni who was an only child of a rich family so had never used an oven before and I had to stop her from eating basically raw chicken nuggets, because she thought they’ve been in there ‘long enough’
She had also never washed and put on her bedclothes before so someone had to teach her that, it got to the point where she slept in the same sheets a few days after having a male visitor.
That doesn’t sound like a particularly disastrous point to be at. Am I, at 55, about to discover that it is the mark of a slattern to not wash the male cooties out of your sheets instanter?
Pretty much every adult bloke i have ever interacted with would still think that doing exercise that targeted their abs would get rid of their beer gut!
An ex bf of mine didn’t know he had to clean the lint trap out from his clothes dryer, he kept complaining that his clothes never dried, it took him two or three cycles.
Pulling out all the lint was oddly satisfying, I love lint traps lol
My grandmother was raising her three daughters at home while her husband was deployed. He would send checks home to support the family. One day, she calls my great aunt crying, saying there is no money in the bank, and that’s not possible because her husband has been sending the checks so there should be x amount in the account. My great aunt comes over and my grandmother says “See! I kept all the checks!” She had been putting the checks in a desk drawer. She thought they were receipts of money put in the account. This was before direct deposit was heard of. My great aunt worked at a bank at the time and showed her how to cash all of the checks.
My aunt is known in my family for not knowing a lot of things, but I have never seen in in Person. Well last month we went together to visit some family in Berlin, and I noticed some things... While cooking she does the pasta only with oil in it, no salt nothing. She prepared a chicken sauce and insted of making the chicken first she startet with the cream. You send her to buy groceries and she comes home with bread and salami. She thinks dry sparkling wine is dry because it contains less water.
A lot of basic stuff, but that woman is 62 years old...
A colleague of mine recently couldn't get logged on to an app that needed a specific code. She asked me to help after getting really frustrated. It turns out that the iPad was auto-capitalising the first letter! In her defence, her ex husband told her that he would slit her throat if she ever messed with his computer so she is justifiably nervous of tech
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was me just tonight. I wanted to heat up some queso for my chips. I didn’t know that you couldn’t put styrofoam in the microwave. That would also be why that happened a month ago when I last tried heating my queso.
Me and partner were making soup. Afterwards he said he wouldn't want to eat again it before it goes off, so he was going to throw the rest away. I suggest we freeze it instead. His response "...you can do that?".
He didn't know you could FREEZE FOOD. He assumed pizzas/ice creams etc. had to be treated it a certain way to allow you to freeze them. He was 26.
So maybe not horrifying but... My husband, who is 6'2", once couldn't reach some high so he grabbed something to stand on... a pillow. Guess it's something he hasn't had to do in a while but geesh!
Me and room mate at the time were about 25 and watching something. The guy on the show said something like "a pickle can never become a cucumber again"
My room mate pointed at the screen, laughed a d called the guy a fucking retard for saying pickles come from cucumbers. He was 100% serious and I was stunned.
This will get lost, but I lived with a guy that didn’t know how to wash his clothes or dishes.
He could use the washing machine fine, but didn’t know to put detergent in it. So his clothes were constantly washed with dirty water. Every time he did a cycle it would stink out the whole flat. His clothes smelt worse AFTER each wash.
He also said he didn’t know how to turn the dishwasher on. But rather than not use it, he kept piling more and more dirty dishes in there. When I moved in I found a packed dishwasher full of mouldy dishes. And what’s worse, all cups and pots were facing UPWARDS. So he didn’t even know that it would fill up with water if he could turn it on.
That guy was a piece of work. He was so messy that me and the other housemate ended up getting him evicted.
He moved to student halls for his third year probably because it was cheap but more likely because he wanted to get an ego trip impressing the new students.
I visit him one day and get chatting to some of the people he lives near and they hold him up as some kind of cooking god.
I lived with him with two years and the only thing i saw him ‘cook’ was a pie and chips he threw in the oven.
My friend burnt down her boyfriends mothers house deepfry cooking fries. Got on the phone and came back to a fat fire in the kitchen, the boyfriend and his mates were engrossed watching the rugby and never noticed the kitchen on fire at the other end of the house.
I remember when i was 18, i was really really stoned and i put a burrito in the microwave and 20 minutes later my roommate asks why there's smoke coming from the kitchen and i realized that yeah, i put a burrito in the microwave for 20 minutes lol.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 11:01:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I did this with a Camembert whilst drunk once. It literally turned rock solid and make the whole place smell like socks.
I'm not an adult I'm 15 but I was walking down stairs with a classmate last year and they were slowly getting behind me I then turned around to see them putting one foot at a time on a step and i asked "do you wanna take the elevator" they said "why?" Thought they had a limp...they just didnt know hoe to walk down stairs like everybody else I showed them how they said "that's scary it feels like I'm about to fall" im guessing it like when I first started walking down stair 2 at a time if you've ever done that you know what I mean
One time when in a flat share I had to have a conversation with a housemate about not leaving gone off half empty cartons of milk in the bin. They used to just leave them in there to rot over time with a shitload of stinky curdled milk in the bottom of a bin bag and they didn't realise that was what was making the kitchen fucking stink every day and they were just like
"Oh right I never realised that".
Like put it down the fucking drain then throw away your old milk cartons, god damn.
That cows do not produce milk without first being pregnant, just like every other mammal.
Anytime you drink milk, you drink the milk intended for a baby calf. So what happens to the calf? If she’s female, she will be force impregnated like her mom and if it’s a boy, he’s killed.
In her defense, there are some plastic spatulas that are very difficult to melt. We’ve had the Pampered Chef ones for pretty much my whole life, and the most damage they have are a few cuts/scratches
Not saying that was her situation, but still some useful info for ya
On a hard day, where I’ve not been able to do any of my mental health chores to keep me buoyant and smoked cigs and drank coffee instead, this thread has been a bit of a life safer, I salute you all!
When my brother was 18, he got is first job. being the cashier was the main thing but he did other stuff. He didnt know how to give people their change. I actually had to roleplay it with him, pretend that I was a costumer and paying for something so he could practice. Like "pretend my total is 18,50€ and I give you 20€. How much should you give back to me?". We spent a lot of HOURS doing this so he could learn.
I totally blame my parents for it. He was never given any tasks like going to the Supermarket, run to the bakery... You know? The kind of thing you do to kids so they have money on their hands, make a simple money transaction.
This is the same person who, at 15, thought you could just go to a bank and take money with you. He didnt know you have to have money on that account. He thought the bank just gave it to you 🤦🏻♀️
The bulk of my last relationship.. Probably shoulda been a pretty big warning of what was to come lol. If someone csnt take responsibility.. Is perfect, and lies a lot. They are not an adult lol.
Over priced brand names aside, they are actually super convenient, not going out today? Don't waste time with socks! Just need to nip into the garden or put something in the dustbin? Slip on some generic unbranded crocs! Feeling like a lazy pos? Don't give a shit about your appearance? Nip to the shops in them! XD I love me some generic unbranded crocs! If you're feeling fancy, get some with a soft lining!
To be fair, those all seem like pretty normal things to not know about unless you grew up working in woodshops and car garages. I have no idea what wrench sizes are, and I've never changed a tire in my life. I'm a 37 year old woman who works in STEM.
We all grew up in a small town, to me these are things everyone there should know.
With that being said, these are all subjective to where someone grew up.
For instance, I've never needed public transit and have no idea how to use it because I've had my licence since I was 16 but someone that grew up it a large city would find it second nature but might not know how to drive.
England. I'm from Seattle though, so I've experienced both sides of the transportation coin. Seattle is AWFUL when it comes to public transit, whereas here in London it's amazing.
My mom allowed an elderly homeless lady to live with us for a while. After a few weeks of her living with us we all noticed that our heads were itching badly. We thought maybe it was lice, but no, it was dandruff. We all suddenly had dandruff which we had never had before and we were so confused until one day we caught her in the act of using my mom's hairbrush. She didn't know that you aren't supposed to share hairbrushes so she would just pick up whichever one she found and use it. In her house when she was growing up she said everybody used one hairbrush and she thought that the itchiness was normal because (surprise, surprise) everybody in her family had that, too! It took us years to get rid of our dandruff infections, because it was the fungal type that burrows into the hair follicles. We also suspect she was using our toothbrushes because she never had one that we saw, so unless she just never brushed her teeth.... either possibility is just as likely, I guess. In any case, we threw away our toothbrushes and hairbrushes and got new ones which we kept hidden and we helped her move out as quickly as possible.
When I was like 8, my cousin moved in with us. He was probably 15-16 at the time and he didn't know basic hygiene. I had a can of Axe that he used as deodorant. He very seldomly showered. My parents were always very good about how they handled it and they sat him, my brother, and I down and told us that they couldn't tell who, but one of us wasn't using deodorant so they got three sticks of deodorant from the store and my dad showed all of us how to use it. My parents started teaching my brother and I about deodorant early on so they knew it wasn't us, but didn't want to embarrass him about something he was never taught. That started getting better at that point. They'd also have to be on top of him about making sure he showered and brushed his teeth, but that didn't take too long to fix. He lived with us for a couple of months and moved in with another cousin. Her and her husband at the time were doing drugs with him present and it made him very uncomfortable so he moved back in with us. He was a junior in high school and nobody ever pushed him to do homework or even try in school. At the rate he was going, he was going to have to repeat junior year and he wasn't likely to graduate. I remember him calling himself stupid and stuff like that. My parents pushed him to try in school. They helped him with his homework, talked to his teachers about his struggles and they all worked with him very diligently. Turns out, he's very smart, but because he was always in situations in which he wasn't pushed to try or was allowed to do whatever he wanted, he never gave any effort. In the matter of one semester, with the help of my parents, he got back on track and was able to graduate the following year. He got in a fight with my parents shortly before graduation and moved back in with the cousin who was doing drugs around him and now she claims all the success for herself. There's no longer any bad blood, but it always irritates me when she claims she did the hard work when she didn't. He never visits us, but we see him visiting them all the time. Really upsets me, but I think it upsets my parents more because he pretty much became their child.
Many of the stories I am reading are likely the result of long-term child abuse. Not knowing how to do basic things on a job or understanding how to do something correctly is often taught by abusive parents as a form of banked child abuse where the child learns incorrectly and is encouraged to do wrong for the purpose of causing a life of grief. It is a very cowardly form of child abuse. My twin brother was taught by his father that owning a home required all other household members to either pay rent or be viciously bullied until the police are called to have the house member removed. His mother taught him that all women enjoy working and visiting her previous family as universal fact. My abusive father accused me of being homosexual for understanding fluid dynamics so he screams what he imagines that I am thinking and orders me to believe that I am "afraid of getting my dainty hands dirty" and that I need to lay down under a kitchen sink that he filled with Drano and commit suicide by drowning myself in Drano while supine and my mouth open on a big pipe. He insisted that taking a large volume of nasty Drano from a big pipe into the open mouth and down the throat was the ultimate in being the negation of homosexual to the point of being a hetero sapien from homo sapien. He claimed to have a bachelor of arts in Economics and that his education somehow worked to make him a genie ass. He emptied eight cans of crystal Drano and two one-gallon jugs of liquid Drano into a kitchen sink to clog it with a solid chunk of Drano rock. He claims that he is a prophet because he dreamed that the kitchen sink was clogged and now he is going to prove that I need to commit suicide for having dainty hands and also he will prove that I am homosexual by taking a Drano facial that destroyed his glasses, burned his tongue, and left a greenish outline of an idiot torso on the floor of the cabinet space. He called a plumber and told him that "nobody" told him that soaking is face would happen even though the bottle states to not do it and to not get it in the eyes or mouth which he did and with great volume and pressure. My hands remain small but I can bend 60-penny nails and I never felt gay or have the need to identify as a hetero sapien or even feel bad for being Homo in my genus. I am not gay but my genus is Homo.
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 23:07:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hired a millennial to be a digital producer. Looked over my shoulder one day and saw her manually (with the edit tool in the taskbar) copy and paste things. I was VERY worried about her ability to quickly do the job at that point.
Edit: I am also a millennial. That was to give context to the fact that she should know how copy and paste works. Obviously I trained her on how to do it right.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend and I were staying at a hotel in the American southwest. He is out at his car and calls me asking what all these stupid little dogs are around his car. It eventually occurred to me he somehow had no idea what a javelina was. I told him "DO NOT GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE!" He did get out of his vehicle. Within moments I heard the screams. I threw down my phone and ran down the stairs and out the hotel emergency exit. I just went absolutely beyblade on them. I single handedly kicked and battered to death about 8 javelinas before the herd got the idea and ran off. He laid vivisected on the floor but I was able to resuscitate him and get him the medical care he needed. I just dont understand how you can't know what a Javelina is.
Edit: it has become obvious that the scourge of the southwest is not commonly known. Maybe I felt as if they were because I am in a skirmish with them almost weekly and have a large influence over our way of life out here.
Considering they're the US version of the boars the UK invented a spear with a cross-bar below the head to hunt (because if you successfully impale one, it will keep running down the length of the spear to kill you out of spite unless you put something in its way)? No, they'll probably fuck you up. We don't have a lot of boars, relatively speaking, but the forest rangers who keep their population in check are some of the few people here actually required to have a firearms license as part of the job, and I gather the pigs regularly win fights with cars. I don't want to see what a swarm of them would do to a human.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 21:44:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay I’m looking at my Party’s Druid’s ability to turn into a Boar slightly differently now.
Never underestimate the damage potential of up to 200kg of speeding pork with knives attached to its face and no concept of mercy. The speeding thing is not a joke, apparently they can get up to about 30MPH at full tilt.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 21:49:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this dude is on some BS. IF there was a fight (I highly doubt) with 8 Javalinas he did not win. With harmful intent I don't think The Rock could take 8 Javelinas, and he is going to be our next president!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:38:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Large groups of them have been reported to really hurt or even kill people. I think any wild animals can be dangerous in large enough numbers...
...Plus, I figure, wild boars aren't something you'd wanna fuck around with, may as well treat wild pig... things the same way.
dedzz · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's only for feral hogs, which are considered an invasive species. You are able hunt javelina, but only with a proper hunting license and species tag.
A peccary (also javelina or skunk pig) is a medium-sized pig-like hoofed mammal of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). They are found throughout Central and South America and in the southwestern area of North America. They usually measure between 90 and 130 cm (2 ft 11 in and 4 ft 3 in) in length, and a full-grown adult usually weighs about 20 to 40 kg (44 to 88 lb). They are often confused[3] with the pig family that originated in Afro-Eurasia, since some domestic pigs brought by European settlers escaped and their descendants are now feral "razorback" hogs in many parts of the US.[4]
All of yall are out of ur freaking minds then. They are the bane of my existence. I'm in a skirmish with em like once a week and have been for years now.
Not exactly “in person, while adulting” but there was a thread on a sub a few weeks ago where we all sort of realized that a surprisingly large percentage of people stand up after pooping but before they wipe their ass.
If you read that and thought, “That’s gross you’d get poop all over your butt crack,” that’s what we all said as well.
We we're at a friend's house BBQuing, and there was a friend with a wife and a little kid, a couple of months old. Turned out, the wife was just getting her master's in psychology, and I'm one as well. We got in a bit of talking about the kid and based on the kids age I asked if the she tried the kids palmar reflex. To that she asked what that is, I explained and It was obvious she never heard of that. Makes you wonder what does she know
To put it in context, it's one of the most basic things from first year developmental psychology. You also learn that in high school here. And this woman now has a masters degree and is influencing people's lives without any actual knowledge.
My guess is I'm being downvoted by psychologists who don't know why that upset me, and upvoted by those who do, which keeps me at a steady minus one or two for the last couple of days, so that pretty much paints the picture as intended.
I’m not an adult but there is this one kid who always sexually harasses my friends group and he always talks about sex and always talks about different sex positions.
15 year old niece never used a gas stove. She was asking why it smelled when she turned it on. Had to show her how to turn on and off, adjust the temperature. She does know how to cook and bake, just only used an electric stove.
Yeah I’m 29 and used a gas stove and oven for the first time about a month ago. Where I grew up, gas was super uncommon. Now I’m interstate where it’s the norm. Not knowing that stuff as a kid/teen isn’t so strange imo.
A friend of mine moved into a house with an electricity meter. Went to the shop with the key and topped it up. Rang me 30 mins later as the money hadn't appeared on the meter. After about 5 mins I realised she hadn't actually put the key in the meter. Just thought adding money to it was enough.
My ex (21m at the time, I would have been 22 f) noticed some oil in his parents driveway after an oil change. I told him to go check his oil. He came back in and said it was fine.
Next day his oil light comes on with me in the car and I say “didn’t you just check it?” And he said he had, So I went and checked and he goes...”wait....that’s how you check the oil?”
And I was like, “um, yeah, how do you?”
Him:”I just looked under the car to see if I could see any coming out”
My husband literally cannot fold clothes to save his life. Literally. I’ve tried teaching him step by step, but then he immediately forgets and I have to re-teach step by step. He’s 30. Before we were married, all his clothes were either hung up or wadded up in baskets. 🤦🏼♀️
My husband was the same. We’ve been together a long time. He never did laundry until college. I told him he needed to practice until he could do it with confidence. I walked him through it so many times over the years. SO MANY TIMES. I’m recently pregnant and in order to give me some extra downtime he’s been doing a ton of extra chores and doing not only his own laundry, but all of our laundry for the past month and a half and he’s folding really well now! I’m so proud!
Aw, what a sweetheart for taking on so many chores though! With any luck, my guy will learn to fold when we get pregnant 😂 huge congratulations on your pregnancy, and to your hubby too!
When i left college i realised that semester meant 6 months and trimester meant three months. I always thought they meant 'half of year' and 'third of year' respectively.
Recently my boyfriend texted me while I was at work, “hey babe, you know you can’t wash towels with delicates and regular clothes, right?”
As a kid, my parents always taught my sister and I to sort our laundry, but they didn’t monitor us and I was lazy. Then, in college, I was too broke to afford sorting my clothes, I literally didn’t have the quarters for spare loads, so not sorting became kinda... engrained, I guess?
Anyways it probably explains why my clothes get raggedy so fast. I’m lucky he thought it was adorably dumb instead of just plain dumb lol.
I am on the other side. I am in my 30s and have no idea how to do them. My dad or uncle took care of them, then my (then) husband, after the divorce my dad and uncle took back over.
I had to teach a seven year old the alphabet, how to count from 1-10, how to tie his shoes, and how to wash his hands. He did not come from a very good household.
My kindergarden teacher said I have to read the rules for 10 minutes. I neigher knew how to read nor what 10 minutes are. I waited there for 10 seconds and than went to my friends. My teacher was mad at me and I tried to explain it but than I had to wait there until my teacher said I could go.
Does this count as horrifying? I was really horeifyed my teacher whoul hurt me.
In college I had a roommate who didn't know how to use the washing machine in the dorms, apparently she had never done her laundry before (her mother did it for her). I had to explain and I told her she had to separate her laundry, she was mind blown.
devoc7 · 0 points · Posted at 07:07:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad is a bit of a redneck guy. Likes hunting, fishing. So when the internet came to our house (good ol dial-up), he asked me how to get onto a few websites to looking at trophy pictures for great hunts/fish caught. I wrote down explicit instructions on how to turn on the computer, wait for it to load, put in the family password, double click the internet browser where I've pre-loaded some of his websites onto the favorites bar. I come home and he tells my something went wrong, my instructions didn't work. I run him through the steps. He gets to the part where he puts in the password. "See, now I don't know what to do!" There's literally nothing else on the screen except for a simple box that says "Okay" and "Cancel." I had apparently left that step out. I instruct him to hit the top button. "Well you didn't tell me to do that part!" He's gotten much better, and while he had next to zero computer experience at the time, I really thought he could have figured that part out on his own. But then again, there wouldn't be so many posts if that were the case
I had to really convince my very smart, sweet SO that when using the can opener you have to cut the lid from the top and not from the side, with the entire top of the can itself. I guess he was embarassed and didn't want to back down and accept he was doing it wrong for years, instead claiming his way is easier and more logical.
As a joke for a buddies bday I bought a pack of sanitary napkins and people could write stuff on them and stick them all over his apartment.
Turns out they stick really good and on some spots the paint came of with them.
Then my Sherlock Holmes inticts kicked in and I asked a ladyfriend if they hurt coming off her vjayjay.
She informed me whilst laughing her tits off, that you put the sticky side towards your panties. That's one way of doing it
Went with co-worker to heat our lunch in office microwave, and this guy show me this plastic container with pasta or w/e and ask: you think this is microwave safe? I looked at him for few seconds, thinking he's joking, and said: of course, its plastic.
He put it on 3min and I start giggling. Then he open the door and the pasta is trapped in a tiny ball of plastic, and I burst in laughter.
You see, there are these type of thin plastic containers, like the 'cheap' type you get when you order salad, and they shrink in the microwave.
Guy asked me: so you're laughing, you knew that would happen you @#$!, and I said: well duh, its called shrink-wrap, you know that type of plastic that used for shrink-wrap. and he ask: then why did you tell me its microwave safe? and I answered:
My roommate (23 F) at university didnt know how to use a hub.
She would always eat bread or ready meals out of the microwave.
She was (just as I am) from germany but her mum and grandma always cook for her so she never learned how to do it. She can't even heat up water.
My favorite moment was 4 years ago when I hung out with my friend who had just bought an old blazer that he upgraded, lifted and got new tires for. We went for a weekend offroading and right when we got to the valley, he tried to lock the differential but got confused on how to do it. It was on the description but there was no clear button when he wanted to engage it besides the second stick which he put into gear. I let him sit and look online for every little video he could on the terrible internet in the valley and finally I gave in after 30 minutes. I got out, went to each wheel, twisted the locks on the hub for the front and got back in. He was upset over it for a while but got over it when I told him what his truck could do and how to turn off stuff for offroad. Still amazes me that he had it for two years and never thought to find out how to do it.
Once during an environmental science class we were discussing about the ice caps melting and the sea water level rising. So in the middle of the discussion my friend turns to me and she says "if melting of the ice is such a problem why to they allow the ice to accumulate there?". Btw this is a college level class and this is a college student!
My ex-wife who was 31 at the time poured boiling water into my frozen glass beer mug to cool the water down... It didn’t end well. It exploded like a grenade. I didn’t actually understand what the fuck had just happened. Shortly after realizing there were tiny shards of glass everywhere and a kettle still steaming, I instantly knew what she had done. Honestly I was dumbfounded, I didn’t even know what to say.
Damn I miss that beer mug.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 08:16:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a girl working for me who couldn't find the UK on a map, despite the fact that she had lived there her entire life. She ended up guessing but pointed to Madagascar instead.
I can only assume she'd never watched a weather forecast.
Several years ago, spent a weekend at my friend's house up in the mountains. Asked the guy to rinse some lettuce for the salad, who promptly grabbed the lettuce and went outside to lay said vegetable on the ground and soak it with the waterhose.
Not super horrifying, but:
Early on when I was dating my (now) husband he came over for dinner and a movie night-in.
He presents a bag of duck jerky treats for dogs.
Me: You brought Waffle some treats!
him: oh, these are for you. I thought I could eat them but they broke a bracket on my braces...
Me: um... those are for dogs. There’s a picture of a dog in the package. And it says “not for human consumption” on the back...
Him: oh...uh... I found them at Costco near the snacks. I thought they were for humans...
I’m so late. But letting stuff go. A lot of my friends are so quick to fight instead of the high school punk who drove by and yelled “fuck you”. Like he’s showing off for his friends. We all did stupid shit. Just let it go.
kaolsi · 0 points · Posted at 08:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my bf how to melt butter to make a cake. He put it 1 whole minute in the microwave and it exploded. I had to teach him that you have to heat it in 10s intervals.
My comment probably won't be seen but right when I turned 18 I started dating a guy that I met at work. This guy came from a very rich family in California and his parents took care of everything for him. My manager had to teach him how to cut an onion and he told her that he had no idea that "the myth was true" that onions really do make you cry. He was 20.
01rafa · 0 points · Posted at 08:26:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roomate who wouldnt make ice because he'd "spill the water". He would use all but two or three rocks of ice, so thanks dude. I stopped making ice
Little late to the posting but I had a roommate who was blown away when I changed the lint trap in the dryer. To this day I don’t know how he didn’t burn the house down
I'm currently living with a roommate to save money. One day we were talking in the kitchen while she happened to be cooking. She was making something that included hamburger meat. As we were talking shes mixing the meat with her hands and then started looking for something lettuce I believe it was. But she was touching everything I tried to politely say um... are you going to wash your hands? She looked at me with a confused look like what are you talking about my hands are clean. I said what about cross contamination? Still confused I had to explain to her that shes spreading bacteria to everything shes touching and that could make us sick by not washing your hands after touching raw meat. She just looked at me and said oh I didn't know that.
Once had to explain to a PhD student the concept of ‘up’. I was working phone tech support on an instrument, and wanted to check the on board camera was working, so asked him to unscrew it and point it up (my intention was to flood it with light so we could establish if it was working). English was his first language, but it still took about 15 minutes for him to understand and end up pointing the camera upwards. Closest I ever got to being written up in that job was asking “Is your PhD self funded?” and when he replied it was saying “Good, at least it’s just your money going to waste here”
My roommate in college had a party at our place, his friend puked all over the toilet. I got up in the morning and when I've seen the toilet I woke my roommate to go and clean it up after his buddy. He went into bathroom, looked at the disaster and said he can't do it because he never cleaned a toilet before.
Invited out to a party with a different race. Topic got into sex and AIDS. They all believed that as long as the woman didn’t cum, you couldn’t get AIDS.
I’m going to disclose the race, because it doesn’t matter. What matters is a group of adults having zero idea how Viruses work and how they are spread.
To answer the topic...how do you not know to use protection and take precautions.
Was living with a girl at the time, lets call her Sarah. You see Sarah wasnt really the brightest. Whenever she cooked something in a pot, she left it sitting directly on the counter. Cooked pasta in the microwave without ANY water (Quickly yelled at her about that and stopped before she can start it)
. . . .
She tried baking a cake once, a pineapple upside down cake, not to hard eh?
She forgot to butter/spray the pan and forgot the water. There was even directions and kept asking me "why is the batter so rough?" I kept my peace and melt silent because back then it was really funny to watch.
Meme culture, a participation trophy generation, a godless generation, a consumerist generation, an instant gratification generation, a shallow generation, a 'quirky' generation, all equals a generation without any real substance.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 12:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn’t auditing, but i kind of ruined a song for someone. Now this may seem strange, but I broke the news to a 30 something year old man that Pumped Up Kicks was about a school shooting. He never knew, and seemed so conflicted afterwards.
Aska09 · 0 points · Posted at 12:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin was working for my dad for a while and lived with us. Turned out he doesn't know how to make scrambled eggs and expected my mom to cook it for him
Oh Jesus...... So much! My bestie is so smart when it comes to law or medical but common sense stuff escapes her and it's so painful for me :( I'll update when I can narrow down to just 1 😂
So.. this wasn't me but my father. He had hired someone to work for him. She wasn't that smart though. He needed to teach her the table of 3. She was around the age of 20.
As a teenager, so maybe it doesn't count, but I was co-babysitting like 10 kids at someone's family reunion, and the other girl who was babysitting with me didn't know how to make boxed mac and cheese. 🤦♀️ She was pretty much useless that day as she didn't really help with the kids either. At one point she was sitting on the couch eating chips straight from the family-sized bag.
One of my exes sometimes wouldn't wipe here arse properly. This was after showering before bed. Then hop Into bed. It was disgusting. Many times was she kicked out of bed again to go have another shower. She never learned.
She was a scruncher too not a folder. This is now an Important question when talking to a potential date.
Thank you. I check a basic rhythm for indications of right-sided involvement. Just seeing if anything jumps out. It would definitely be more prudent to actually run the 12-lead first though. You’re correct there. Anything hovering around 100 doesn’t get it. Sorry.
Two weeks ago I had to show someone with a master’s degree how to attach a document in MS Outlook. She is 42 and has worked at my place of business for years. “See the little paperclip? Click on THAT!”
ETA: The other day she asked me help her set up her email signature. I was glad to help, but WTF??
Welcome to the internet, where there's nothing wrong with using 'whilst' outside the US and not everyone lives there. "Did Nebraska Shakespeare (whoever that's supposed to be) teach you how to speak" is one of the 'douchiest' ways to phrase "I don't use the same dialect of English as you and refuse to acknowledge yours as valid". Hope the rest of your day goes better than whatever put you in that mood, though.
Jeez dude calm down. I don't love the term either but OP didn't invent it. Are you like this all the time?
🎙️ arual_x · 46 points · Posted at 21:38:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No, actual Shakespeare. I’m English. ‘Whilst’ is pretty common over this side of the pond. But thanks, internet stranger, for this kind response. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
Also: Merriam Webster (you know, the dictionary folk?) disagrees with you about verb usage. So whilst I appreciate your input, kindly sit down.
That link says its not a word, but a twitter trending use.
I say that whilst sitting
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:55 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
People realise that at some point, all words were invented and that language progressed through continued change/addition/subtraction/improvement etc right? People don’t think that cavemen woke up speaking queens English and there is only one universally accepted version of how to talk and it’ll never change, right? Right? Because from some of the repeated comments I’ve had on this post about using a simultaneously “archaic” sounding word and then a “new, not-even-a-real-word-word”, you’d think that what I’d written was incomprehensible or offensive. The point and purpose of language is to communicate. As long as you understand what I am saying, I am doing it just fine. Just because you don’t like my word choice doesn’t mean I’m not doing it “properly”. There is no “properly” and “that’s not a word” is one of the most pointless phrases ever uttered when you consider that at some point, every word in that very phrase was, at some point, also not a word.
[deleted] · -21 points · Posted at 22:49:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in the US Midwest and I use whilst all the time. I don’t know why you’re assuming the whole world operates around the lingual preferences of midwesterners anyway
I've never been on a rollercoaster. 6 flags isn't too far I just never had the desire to do the whole thing. Idk maybe your friend doesn't care about/like IKEA furniture? Just a thought.
Unusual I know in this “must buy stuff” consumerism world but I’ve never been to an Ikea, or a lot of stores for that matter. I go to stores for specific things and have never needed anything Ikea.
Had a roommate that was 26 years old and had a job interview and wanted to dress nice for it. He didn't know how to tie a tie. After struggling for 30 minutes, he asked me to tie it for him. I tried showing him but he didn't want to pay attention
Easy. How do you know not to get your cars tank filled up at a station where the main tanks in the ground are actively getting filled up?
My cousin didn’t know that all of the shit at the bottom of the tanks gets mixed together with the new fuel and it’s not safe to fill up with it until about a half hour later when everything settles.
My 59 yo gf, a professional, worldly woman did not know who Elon Musk is. This is one month ago! In her defense she doesn't read the news but come on, Elon Musk.
So I was about 5 minutes away from falling asleep no longer than a minute ago, and them my phone made a loud ass buzz, leading me to assume I got texted. Instead, it was reddit notifying me that this cool post I wouldve loved to have seen another time is trending. I felt like asking myself in place of reddit "How do you not know how to notify me during the day instead of right before I fall asleep and experience a nice ass dream?" Anyway, after that I promptly fell asleep(or so I hope).
Haha. Yeah. It's appearing very sexist but hey, it's OK to have some fun and laugh during these times.
I'm not singling a specific person out. It's like my wife saying "men are clueless in the kitchen or with babies or with understanding female feelings ". That's appearing sexist too but let them also joke about the opposite sex.
These terms like sexist are too extreme imo for a little jest.
My husband's coworker is 27 (male) and last week it came to light that he didn't know what Pledge was or what it was for (furniture polish). He lives with his dad, so I'm really worried about who is cleaning that house.
*I'm certain those who downvoted this post are in the same boat.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 23:20:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to work at a shitty bar and pizza place with no Point of Sale Station. So all the bills were added up and calculated by hand, including tax.
I was adding up some bills on a busy Friday night with my coworker in a private corner. She was multiplying each individual item by the tax rate and then adding them as we went. She didn’t know you’d get the same number adding it all up and multiplying it by 1.07 (tax rate was 7%). Girl was 32
Had a couple roommates in my early twenties and one day we’re having the classic “do you wipe from front to back or back to front?” conversation. One of my roommates asked “How would the other way even work?” and stood up to demonstrate why his method makes more sense. The rest of us all immediately look around at each other puzzled. Our confused expressions caught him off guard and a wave of concern immediately washes over his face and he asks “What?” To which I reply, “Bud are you trying to tell us that you stand up to wipe your ass?”
Since then I make a point of introducing myself to his friends as the guy who taught him how to wipe his ass immediately followed by how long we’ve known eachother. Watching them do the math is fun.
My mother is a very smart, confident women who helps run our family company. I met her for lunch one day and she wanted to pay but asked me to sign the bill and give the tip. She had no idea how to tip. Her and my dad have been married for 47 years and when the bill came he has always paid. She was fairly certain that you should tip a certain percentage but didn’t know how much. I just told her for future reference no less than 20% but that usually tip more. I can’t help but tip well, even for subpar service because I know how much waiters/waitresses depend on tips and that we could have just caught them on a bad day or they could be overwhelmed. I also had to shame my sister and cousin for being bad tippers. They used to tip $2 no matter how much their bill was. Not to sound like a misogynists, but maybe it’s a female thing? A female thing in my family? Can someone enlighten me?
If your parents have been married 47yrs that means your mother is at least 60yo and as stated by you, your father has always paid. She has no experience, which seems to have been passed on to your sister as well.
So to answer your question: yes, you’re a misogynist for making it a sex-based issue when it’s an obvious family issue.
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Not mine, but a story my best friend told me about a mutual friend who's in his mid 20's. He told me the story like this:
A couple of years ago I had a friend over gaming and he crashed in my basement for the night. In the morning I went to make breakfast for us. When he came upstairs I asked him if he could give me a hand unwrapping the Kraft Singles slices (the ones that come individually wrapped in a big package). So he grabs the package out of the fridge and I continue working on what I was doing. I look over at him after a couple minutes and he looks defeated. I go "Bro, what's happening with the cheese slices?". He says to me "Bro... I don't know how to open these things..." I couldn't believe it.
Not really adulting but here we go. I’m gonna be a third generation fire fighter and the fifth one in my family. There’s this thing called the fire triangle and talks about what is needed for a fire to start(space, air, and fuel). My brother, who was sixteen at the time, and had NEVER, I repeat, NEVER heard of the fire triangle. I knew that shit in 3rd grade. My dad looked like Steve Harvey after he hears about a man’s eggplant on family feud. That mf can tie knots, cook a damn good meal, and bowl really well, but never learned something so simple yet so important, especially as a firefighter.
a girl in my 8th grade class asked me how to undo on a chrome book. like its just control-z, and we had chrome books for years and it was in the middle of the school year. but im pretty sure she just wanted attention or something she was kinda “quirky”
Unnecessary info, but as my father is a giant bellend, even with an imaginary stranger on an app on my phone; it was my good friends dad as a teenager, and my best friends dad now (I call best friends parent mum and dad, mine are nothing polite 😂😂)
I'm 34 and he's 53 with children whom I'm close too--on their way to high school. We don't live together. We've been together for 8 INCREDIBLE and very happening years---love, school, work, vacation, more love, pets, weddings, funerals, social distancing, did I mention love--you name it and I was ready for more. Yes he said he loves me and I have said it back. We never really spoke about marriage or the future but did joke about it. There is a pandemic happening. He broke things off with me because he doesn't know how to move forward or "knows what he wants." I'm so hurt honestly. I even mentioned marriage out of nowhere. I'm even confused if he will be back in my life as my significant other--and I still want it as that. This man is also my bestfriend, lover, and boyfriend. He also suffers from anxiety and depression. This is NO CONTACT day 4. I feel like I'm losing my mind. Please be gentle with your responses. Thank you.
I made a pot of spaghetti for me to last the entire week. I make my spaghetti all in one pot. I dont separate noodles and meat sauce. My buddy had a chick over to kick it. Mind you, shes a culinary student. She saw the finished product and decided to try it out without asking. So she took a fork and began eating out of the pot.
I had to explain to her how that was rude and disgusting. I threw the pot away and she was perplexed as to why I did that. She couldnt get the fact that she should have simply asked me for some. And got a plate. This ain't your house nor are you my girl
I mispronounced Joralemon (the street in Brooklyn). I had lived near there and never actually ever heard anyone say it.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 04:24:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I share one about myself instead? I finally convinced my grandparents to let me move out on good terms at age 26, and one thing that surprised me, my grandparents, AND my room mates, was that I was supposed to apply for the Alabama apartment my roommates invited me to, while still living in Arizona, despite me physically having no way to get an application. I was technically squatting there until I found a local job and reapplied.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 04:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I just dated a psychopath who abused me for money while I thought I could improve their condition and make them a better person. I paid them for months, because I pitied them, as they abused welfare, worked under the table, ended up escorting while also taking money from me, and I just kept trying to make them realize there was real love in the world and real passion for people. But they stayed the same. I let them do so much to tell me the only way to prove love was to pay for them to make rent, I gave them passion and effort to make their house nice while they were "depressed" so they can take my money and the other scams they ran to go out to "friends" to live normally. I kind of did this as a social experiment for myself, to prove that some people really are just not right, or adjusted, or are just psychopaths. Well I won that battle. Some people just want to take advantage of you, and I proved to myself by trying to be virtuous and good to someone to show them the "light" that, at the end of the day, some people just suck and want to abuse shit. Well I now have pages of evidence of fraud, tax evasion, welfare claims while they emailed me about making money from people and working under the table. Considering making a claim to the government, but I feel guilty for trying to see if you can change this type of person and gaining evidence for being a loving being who wants to see the best in people.
I’m not sure this counts as adulting because I was 17 and my boyfriend was 18, but we were stuck in traffic and quizzing each other. Simple geography questions and history questions.
I asked him where the queen of England lives. He couldn’t answer. I told him it’s the Buckingham Palace. He says with complete honesty, he’s never heard of that. Yes, we’re both born and raised in America.
My friend has had her drivers license for 6 years now, I just got my permit recently. We're both 19.
We usually make a 2 hour long drive to the cities, where we deliver food together. She does the driving, I do the food pick up and delivery.
We live in a small rural town, the roads are pretty simple and easy to memorize.
Obviously, the cites roads are complicated but easy to understand if you're being extra attentive. I mean, driving is really easy if you just follow the signs.
The first time we went down there, she didn't understand that a ONE WAY sign that was facing us meant it was okay for us to drive that way, so she went around entire blocks just to get to the spot we could have easily gone if we had gone down the street the correct way, but no, that's just too logical.
When in doubt, ignore the sign and go around the block to drive up the street the wrong way.
We've almost collided with oncoming cars several times because of this. The worst is when we're on a one way interchange ramp, where there's no way to get past the other car without backing up. Its embarrassing and dangerous, since the speed limits for the ramps are usually 50-60 mph.
The best part is that she got huffy for me criticizing her driving, saying "well you wouldn't know, you're a new driver!" and it's like okay whatever, I'm sorry you can't understand basic road signs.
Btw, the reason I took so long to start driving was because 2 years ago, we were in the car and she was driving and she lost control of the wheel. We hit a pole, ripped out a fire hydrant, swerved to the other side of the road, flew over the curb and stopped in the ditch. I hit my face on something, idk what, but it broke my glasses and my left eye hemorrhaged and was bleeding out. Had an MRI scan done, nothing there and it healed in a few weeks.
but yeah, couldn't stand being in a car after that, but thankfully I'm starting to panic a little less and I'm happy I'm learning to drive in such a small town. Car crashes change you man, you'll never catch me relaxing in a car ever again. especially with my friend
I'm anti social and my generation are crazy (y'all know what I'm talking bout ) and one day at party that my mom obliged me to go everyone was hyped and stuff and there was that dude who came to said and was talking bout dildo and sex ..so i was like da fuw is that ..then the whole party stopped and they was like how dafuq don't you know this ,this is impossible ,you should know everything ,then I left and never came back
This story is worthy enough to be a 50 paragraph essay on people
But long story short, I had a psychotic teacher that was just mean to people overall. (For no reason, too.) He would disrupt people just to insult them or createuiq their work.
Getting to my point, he didnt know how to (this sounds fake af) properly greet people. I know it doesnt sound horrifying but he would do really weird things to greet people.
By that I mean touching minors in the incorrect places.
Had a roommate a couple years back. Guy was in his 30s and lived independently since he was a teenager. I'm in my mid 20s. I was home once and was just relaxing in my room upstairs when I heard him get the mail. A few minutes later he comes upstairs and shies around my doorway for a second until I ask him what's up.
He steps in and says "I've got a question, and don't judge " so I lean forward and tell him of course not.
"Is it bad to open someone else's mail?" He asks and hands me an envelope that was torn right open. It had the name of what turned out to be the previous tenant displayed right on the front, as well as the name of the bank this statement had come from...
This guy had 5 years of living experience on me and twice that amount in living independently.
So many average Aussie think we're not much bigger than Texas, then are shocked to see an image of Australia layered over an image of the USA.
"America has so many states it must be so BIG"
"Everything is bigger in Texas"
Stupid brainwashing thanks to decades of propaganda with a big part of the blame going to the American entertainment industry (tv, books, movies, they all play a part.)
A bit late to the party but I’ll add my story anyway
So me and my family were watching a movie upstairs and normally my dad is the one who has the remote but my dog needed to go out to pee so my dad brought him out but didn’t pause the movie. Since my mom was close to the remote I asked her to pause the movie
In which my mom replies “How do I do that?” Then incomes my face swelling up with disappointment as I ask how do you not know how to pause. My mom then says “I don’t know how to use technology”. Keep in mind this was pretty recent and my parents have been watching a lot of movies together so I can’t wonder how she doesn’t know how to pause.
Some time later the movie ends and I decide to do something else and ask my mom to turn the volume down and then she asks “How do I turn the volume down”.
Don't know if it's like that on other countries, but in Brazil you have to press a little button on the bus to let the driver know you'll be getting down on the next stop
Well...when a friend of mine got into the university we went to the campus together for the first time because she was afraid of going alone. Told her to press the button so we could get down and she was like do you have to press a button??????
My friend didn't know how to cut the arms off the body rookie mistake he tried a knife i laughed my ass off I told him that wasn't going to work so I I had to help him I gave him a saw and I put my arms around him holding his hands and I showed him how. I looked at him and he sensed it he looked back at me and 1 thing led to another we kissed with blood on our shirt and hands.....Im not gay is just a joke
It seems like all the dick heads who won't wear a mask are also the same dimwits that can't get a self checkout kiosk to work for a 3 item transaction 🤷♂️
I told my boyfriend i got into insert university initials and he asked me what that was. The name of the university was “University of (state that we live in)”. Ugh
A friend, mid 30 year old female, moved into my house and didn’t know that you needed to wring out the dish sponge in the kitchen sink. Just left it soaking wet in the sink. Wtf
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Taking my friend to a gym and her talking loudly all the time about how (whatever) goes wrong with her she will vomit and her sister knows when she will vomit and call for a bucket. Fuck, we were just doing those skijoring things.
Volkae · -1 points · Posted at 07:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was younger, I worked at a hardware store as a sales floor associate. I actually enjoyed it a lot of despite my employer being literal Satan. At this job, I did a lot of the training, teaching employees how to appropriately handle customers, measure product and cut it to length (as such named cut and measure)
There was a new guy that was a giant dick, incredibly arrogant, talked down to you, thought he was the best thing to walk this earth. He got along with the upper management, he was, of course, a suck up by nature. Honestly? Whatever, you do you. But my God did it make me happy with what happened next...
We were in the middle of a rush, and quickly trying to help customers as needed. I had voluntold him to help out with some glass cutting. I was reading him the orders as I wrote out the checkout slip - trying to get people in and out. I read him the measurement for a slab of glass. 6 and ¹/⁸ inches. It needed to be precise to fit in the frame for the customer. He cut it out and handed to me, the goddamn glass didn't fit. I measured it, this thing was almost half a fricken inch too big. I quickly turned around, what was needed and got the customer out.
I turned to him and said, "why did you cut this at 6 and a half, man?" He just kinda shrugged. I handed him a tape measure and asked him to cut one at an eighth. He stood there, and barely muttered, 'i... don't know how"
This man could not read a tape measure... he was in his late 30's. Needless to say, I spent the next 30 minutes trying to teach him without judgment (at least vocal) but christ on a mountain...
I'm a private stripper. I went to a show about 3 years ago. It was a biker club and near the end of the show one of the bikers wanted to take me for a quick ride but I ended up getting a last minute show and told him next time! Well that biker crashed and died less then 5 minutes after I told him next time! It was a tragedy and I still think about him 😔
I was doing basic maths and my father decided to teach me the way he did it as his school. Keep in mind my father was 42 or something at the time, and he’s teaching an 8 year old his way of maths.
My best friend told me that he would take paracetamol and ibuprofen before drinking if he had a hedache and sometimes take some at the end of the night to combat the hangover.
I told him exactly why thats retarded and super fucking dangerous.
To be sure he also asked his mother who told him. "Are you actually retarded/you fucking dumbass".
Had to explain to a male friend of mine that women in fact have 3 holes down there; not just 2 like men. I had to show him a diagram of the female urinary tract and reproductive system in order to convince him that babies and pee do not come out of the same hole. I then had to explain to him that the reason it’s like this is because we were all actually women to begin with in utero but at late stage development gender is determined and assigned to the fetus with the proper reproductive organs and systems, it actually took almost 3 hours to finally convince him that yes ur penis used to be a clitoris and that’s why we both pee out of our “pleasure” organs.
I actually did later have to have a talk with him about “the g spot”.
He came to me very meekly one day and admitted he had absolutely no clue where or what it was. So I googled a diagram of the full clitoris and explain that a majority of it is actually internal and the g spot is the part of the clitoris that is close to the surface of the vagina about an inch in. He just had this blank shocked look on his face the whole tine
Sypwer · -1 points · Posted at 12:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay here me out, a friend of mine, straight up didnt even know how to even breathe. He called it a stupid name like "asthma" or something
More like “how do you not know this?” My mother in law was dating a man who straight up didn’t know what an epi pen was! He also couldn’t wrap his head around what an open mic was either. He was a special kind of clueless
Dhsu04 · -1 points · Posted at 12:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... If Darwinism is a thing, these people ought to be extinct by now
Practice every day. Go to a French speaking country and live it. After the pandemic,of course. Watch favorite movies or tv shows with the French language turned on instead of English. Check YouTube for French podcasts.
N33chy · -2 points · Posted at 01:28:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Friends not knowing how to change car tires. How do you own a car, hold up a job, and do all the other things without knowing how to change a damn tire? Yeesh
Edit: should have specified wheel + tire, as in a spare. Can't say I know how to replace a tire on a wheel, myself.
I'm an ESL teacher and one of my in-class sample questions reads "how often does February have an extra day?"
At least 50% of my students couldn't get it right not because they don't know how to answer "how often" questions, but because they didn't know there are leap years, and that sometimes there's a 29th in February
I was at a supermarket buying fruit and as my cantaloupe rolled towards the cashier who happened to be about 30 y.o. the cashier picks it up and rolls it around looking at it strange like. I asked her if there was a problem and she smiles at me and says, I don't know what this is? What is this.?
I turned to look at the person behind me and they rolled their eyes at her and I looked at the cashier and said, "You've got to be kidding me right?!" And the cashier looks at me and says "No, seriously I've never seen one of these before. I don't know what it is."
I stared at her like she was from outer space and said, OMG, it's a CANTALOUPE. Have you never eaten cantaloupe before? Its orange colored. She goes yes, I've eaten cantaloupe before but I didn't know it came in these.
I said what did you think it came in? And she goes, I thought they came in those little plastic trays. I threw my hands up and grabbed my cantaloupe from her and said, "I'm SO done here. Give me my total." And shaking my head I paid and walked out. I was so discombobulated at the fact that she actually thought cantaloupe grew in little plastic trays, that I walked right past my own car. 🤯🤪
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 03:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife has never paid a lot of things and she’s fine. Doing what God\nature intended; being a wife and mother. I know, I know, a lot of people would say that’s not women’s roles. Well a lot of people are stupid, that’s not a coincidence
[deleted] · -12 points · Posted at 23:31:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a "how do you not know how to speak English?" moment whenever someone uses the word "whilst."
🎙️ arual_x · 8 points · Posted at 23:41:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, it’s funny because it’s a fucking English word. But okay buddy.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 22:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's an English word that immediately makes you sound like a pretentious idiot. It's never correct to use it and people will judge you for it. Don't shoot the messenger.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should pick better hills to die on. Whilst is fine.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 22:27:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not in America. People will judge you severely for sounding pretentious. It's never correct.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 23:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's very backward of you. Have you considered not resenting others for being smarter than you?
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 01:56:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
There's no need to be an asshole and try to insult me. I learned to write at a school that's top five for writing in the disciplines.
"While" is always preferred over "whilst" in American English. This is not backward. It's not even up for debate.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 02:21:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're the one being an asshole about your personal preference, Mr. Arbiter of the English language. The very fact that you keep being a dick to people about it, meaning it's in common use, shows that it is up for debate.
Now, whilst I enjoy a good debate, you clearly insist upon being a dick so I'm done with this one.
My niece used to put conditioner STRAIGHT ON HER HEAD. It used to always make her hair look so greasy. You're suppose to put conditioner on the tips only. It shocked me no one had told her this.
As a curly haired person I can assure you that conditioner goes on all my hair, rubbed in to the scalp and everything. Sometimes I put the conditioner in my hair while its fully dry and really work it in, saturating every bit of every strand before getting in the shower and rinsing it out. Never greasy.
My aunt thinks the conditioner only goes the on the tips of her hair. My hair used to be greasy because I didn't wash + rinse + condition + rinse thoroughly, and she tried to tell me it was because I'm only meant to put it in one part of my hair.
We have naturally greasy hair. I have always been told to NOT put conditioner Directly on the scalp. I thought she knew this but she didn't ! And it helped improved her hair. Different things work for different people !
Working With The Rich Young And Spoiled No Job Training Skills Or Customer Service Knowledge But Want To Get Mad At You For Telling Them Their Job #Welcometotherealworld If You Don't Like It Stay Home Keep Living Off Mommy & Daddy Get Some Kind Of Life Skills Because If Everyone Got Paid To Stand In One Spot And Do A Job The World Would Be A Fair Job Market Place Meaning There's More Than One Job To Do Than Stand There Looking Stupid 😡😂
My family poops big. Maybe it's genetic, maybe it's our diet, but everyone births giant logs of crap. If anyone has laid a mega-poop, you know that sometimes it won't flush. It lays across the hole in the bottom of the bowl and the vortex of draining water merely gives it a spin as it mocks you.
Growing up, this was a common enough occurrence that our family had a poop knife. It was an old rusty kitchen knife that hung on a nail in the laundry room, only to be used for that purpose. It was normal to walk through the hallway and have someone call out "hey, can you get me the poop knife"?
I thought it was standard kit. You have your plunger, your toilet brush, and your poop knife.
Fast forward to 22. It's been a day or two between poops and I'm over at my friend's house. My friend was the local dealer and always had 'guests' over, because you can't buy weed without sitting on your ass and sampling it for an hour. I excuse myself and lay a gigantic turd. I look down and see that it's a sideways one, so I crack the door and call out for my friend. He arrives and I ask him for his poop knife.
"My what?"
Your poop knife, I say. I need to use it. Please.
"Wtf is a poop knife?"
Obviously he has one, but maybe he calls it by a more delicate name. A fecal cleaver? A Dung divider? A guano glaive? I explain what it is I want and why I want it.
He starts giggling. Then laughing. Then lots of people start laughing. It turns out, the music stopped and everyone heard my pleas through the door. It also turns out that none of them had poop knives, it was just my fucked up family with their fucked up bowels. FML.
I told this to my wife last night, who was amused and horrified at the same time. It turns out that she did not know what a poop knife was and had been using the old rusty knife hanging in the utility closet as a basic utility knife. Thankfully she didn't cook with it, but used it to open Amazon boxes.
She will be getting her own utility knife now.
[Edit: Common question - Why was this not in the bathroom instead of the laundry room? Answer. We only had one poop knife, and the laundry room was central to all three bathrooms. I have no idea why we didn't have three poop knives. All I know is that we didn't. We had the one. Possibly because my father was notoriously cheap about the weirdest things. So yes, we shared our poop knife.]
nrdxn · 8 points · Posted at 10:17:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great, you know how to copy and paste a legendary post.
Well done.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes. Originality.
[deleted] · -7 points · Posted at 03:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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snowman818 · 994 points · Posted at 01:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got two. A girl I knew in college. Her dad called once to remind her that every so often she needed to put oil in her truck. She did. Then her truck started smelling like french fries and then died. Even after trying to explain it, she couldn't understand that this was directly related to the quart of vegetable oil she put in the motor.
Another time, another party back in college, a guy demonstrated how to shotgun a beer by shoving a steak knife into it and twisting it. Also some of his hand. He panicked like crazy. Made all kinds of noises and waved his hand around freaking out and getting blood all over. He was a bit drunk, though, and these things happen.
He got a bandage on it a minute later and he was fine.
GlockAF · 29 points · Posted at 19:12:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine dated a gal who worked at a gas station / convenience store. She had never once changed or checked the oil in her car, didn’t even understand how to open the hood. At this point she had owned the car for five years. When we checked it for her it was about a quart low, black as tar. Good thing it was a Toyota.
snowman818 · 20 points · Posted at 19:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Got to love that Toyota engineering.
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 01:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thanks for the knife story. made me laugh. i see him just running and wildly flailing his arms around with random noises.
snowman818 · 22 points · Posted at 01:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! Anytime! I love telling my old college stories. It was a tossup between the knife and the beer bong.
These guys had made a beer bong in the traditional fashion; a hardware store funnel and some clear tubing. They also added a valve for some reason. The valve got gunked up on day two, to great shock and surprise, and wouldn't turn. I walked in just as the brain trust agreed to spray wd40 up the hose to loosen up the valve. At first they didn't get why I insisted they hand me the can so I could go swap it out for cooking spray.
JiroOfLamia · 7 points · Posted at 23:53:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the fuck does the engine one even happen? Car person or not. Do you see an engine on the side of that Crisco bottle?
PrincessSalty · 8 points · Posted at 09:03:24 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think what amazes me more is she knew how to change the oil, but not what product to use.
Borcarbid · 4 points · Posted at 14:58:46 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesn't sound like she changed it. It sounds like she just continued to add it.
theantpantsdance · 6853 points · Posted at 01:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my friend bought a house a month into home ownership she asked me, very pissed off, when the city was coming to cut her lawn because it’s starting to look like weeds .
It was awkward when I had to explain that she needs to cut her own lawn or hire someone.
williams1753 · 1985 points · Posted at 04:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If she waited the long enough the city may have come and cut it for her.
Also a citation and a bill
flooffypanda · 133 points · Posted at 10:09:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't cut it. They cite you and give you two weeks and then fine you if you don't do it. At least in my state/county. Unless you live in a gate community, no one is doing shit for you without you paying for it.
Psych2Law · 63 points · Posted at 13:32:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My city will send the city crew to do it. But you get a bill for $500. I hire a kid to cut it for $30. It’s not a very big yard, so I would highly suggest not waiting for the city to cut it.
MarthLikinte1 · 23 points · Posted at 15:56:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid I would go to a street filled with people who were so rich they had no idea what anything was worth and then I’d offer to mow the lawn or jet wash their patio for an obscene amount of money
disgruntledsquids · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:34 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://giphy.com/gifs/lucille-bluth-banana-oblivious-yJu2jIQZgPubm
deevilvol1 · 14 points · Posted at 14:30:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It makes sense for the city to charge a fine, and not just the labor cost. I would imagine that there would be some truly lazy people who would just wait for the city to do it if all they had to pay was cost.
FlyByPC · 1 points · Posted at 21:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Charge double the going rate, and let them. Win-win.
CuntCrusherCaleb · 14 points · Posted at 11:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think my area will cut it if you ignore the notice, but you're also going to pay out the ass for it. I guess I could be misremembering though.
And if you live in a gate community the HOA is definitely gonna make you pay. One way or another, they'll bend you over for some stupid shit. Maybe it will be for grass, maybe it will be for someone having a slightly less enjoyable day than they had hoped. But ohhh boy will they make you pay. (At least if what literally everyone says is true, I don't own shit so I can't confirm)
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 19:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where I live the city will take care of something that's a safety hazard (like a dead tree that's about to fall on the road) and put a lien on your house if you don't pay the fine. They'll also do that for noxious weeds but nobody cares if you just don't mow the grass.
flooffypanda · 2 points · Posted at 15:57:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my town, if the trees are close enough to potentially fall in the road, they belong to the city and it's the cities responsibility. They got really mad one year when my dad helped me trim some low hanging branches on the tree in our front yard, because "it belongs to the city." Well, they weren't doing it and the branches we're leaning low over the sidewalk. They didn't do anything about it, just told me it was there's and I needed permission next time.
2M3TAL4U · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but condo fees pay for them to mow, and where I live, clear the snow once a year. Convenient considering it snows for 3/4 of the year
ajeansco0 · -4 points · Posted at 12:37:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a gated community your HOA fees go towards landscaping, property maintenance, etc.
Psych2Law · 2 points · Posted at 13:39:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never known an HOA that paid for individual yard maintenance. Usually HOA fees cover communal property. The difference being that typically lawn requirements are in the HOA bylaws and you will get fined by your HOA before getting fined by the city. Both can put liens against your property for not paying. HOA will likely be *less expensive and will mow the property faster, however.
*unless it’s a really expensive HOA, but I don’t see too many people paying to live in a really nice neighborhood and not paying to have someone mow their lawn.
NINFAN300 · 2 points · Posted at 14:56:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are plenty around here. Old people love it.
ajeansco0 · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My HOA does, anything outside of the house they take care of
Silver_ · 84 points · Posted at 09:22:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
America is so fucked.
[deleted] · 58 points · Posted at 10:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine lives in Canada. He recently got a warning letter from the city. One of his neighbors had reported him for not cutting his grass.
His lawnmower had only been broken for six days.
yunivor · 25 points · Posted at 11:05:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Should thank that neighbor by fertilizing his lawn with a ton of manure.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 11:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The city wouldn't identify who filed the report. So now he has no idea which neighbor is the asshole.
aRealGoose · 14 points · Posted at 11:59:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He should systematically ask each neighbor if he can borrow their lawn mower in turns and gauge which one is an asshole about lending it out.
bullfrog_jem · 10 points · Posted at 12:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have the same first name as me.
TomatoFettuccini · 28 points · Posted at 10:37:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, that's everywhere man.
It's called "Property Standards" and it's a set of laws that prevent people from strewing car parts on their front lawn.
Basically "keep your dam property tidy" laws.
Source: am in Canada and have worked in bylaw.
MYTITSARECALMNOWWHAT · 15 points · Posted at 11:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked for a local council in Melbourne for a while, where one of my jobs was to go through the inbox of their general email address and forward emails to the responsible officers. There was one lady who would email in multiple times a day, dobbing in any property with lawn longer than the allowed 15cm, with a measurement to the cm of how long it actually was. Like she spent all day walking around with a ruler, measuring people's lawn. She would end every email with "Keeping [local government name] Beautiful!"
TomatoFettuccini · 12 points · Posted at 12:17:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Christ what a busybody. No one really cares if your lawn is a little long, but if your place looks like a hostel and the rest in the neighborhood are gingerbread houses, a little peer pressure to pick up the slack isn't a big deal and is expected; you bring everyone else's property values down.
It's a different story if everyone has car parts on their lawn, but if it's just you....
Karens man.
justhisguy-youknow · 23 points · Posted at 10:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Na .
I have never seen or heard of such a thing in England.
Maybe something of a HOA but that's all and not crazy. Never the town/city .
Annie_Yong · 12 points · Posted at 11:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have similar laws in England too. There was a huge court battle over some woman who painted her house with delibartely ugly stripes in spite because her neighbours objected to her trying to get a basement extension done. End result was she was ordered to have her house painted in normal colours.
Stuff you do on the ouside of your property can and does affect the value of not only your house but the values of the houses of those around you. Considering that, for most people, their house is the most valuable thing they'll own it's understandable why there are rules in place to stop people doing something with their own house that might cause the value of other peoples' houses to go down.
justhisguy-youknow · 6 points · Posted at 11:24:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not what happened
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/08/fallen-out-with-the-neighbours-time-to-build-a-spite-house
But that's what planning laws are for
states_obvioustruths · 3 points · Posted at 12:36:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, jolly old "council permission to repaint my house" England doesn't have laws about what people can do with their property?
justhisguy-youknow · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends where you are and what colour. . Planning rules are very dependant on location.
states_obvioustruths · 3 points · Posted at 13:05:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Congratulations, you've got local property laws just like the rest of us!
Aside from a few HOA horror stories you'll see online from time to time most local property laws are pretty reasonable and are rarely enforced except in extreme cases. My town has a law on the books saying that your lawn cannot exceed 4" in length. The police are not walking around the neighborhood with a ruler checking grass height and citing people for grass that's a quarter of an inch too long.
These local property laws are used for serious cases, like hoarders who have filled up their yards with junk. In those cases laws that are strictly safety based (like fire codes) might not address a situation that is reducing the property value and quality of life for everyone in the area.
The aforementioned HOAs (Home Owner's Associations) are not government bodies. HOAs are organizations set up when a large block of houses is built by a developer. They have elected positions that are usually filled by busybodies that love swinging around any modicum of power they can get their hands on, which leads to extreme nit-picking. Unless you live in a newer home that's part of a subdivision you usually don't have to deal with an HOA, and the presence of an HOA is mentioned up front in the home buying process so they're far from ubiquitous (at least in the US).
the_one_with_the_ass · -1 points · Posted at 12:48:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah England is sooooo great. Those squatting laws tho lmao
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 10:46:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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twilliamson101 · 10 points · Posted at 11:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rodents start gathering in tall grass, so some neighbours get pissed.
Toxicological_Gem · 0 points · Posted at 11:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? It should be. It keeps areas from looking trashy. My friend had a non running car parked on her lawn for a year, the city sent a letter that she needed to move it or cover it because it wasn't registered, hadn't moved in months.
Another house down the road from me had their porch collapse 6 years ago! And had been paying fines the whole time because they couldn't be bothered to clean it up or fix it.
What IS a stretch though is if you roll your garbage bins to the curb and don't roll them back you'll get a $20 ticket after a week.
FeIIsky · 2 points · Posted at 23:34:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats interesting, here in Mexico most people dont care and have cars without weels in front of their houses, and overgrown grass, and the neighbors wont care moat of the time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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TomatoFettuccini · 1 points · Posted at 18:26:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much here, but a number of people do convert their front yards into flower gardens. It's quite gratifying to see honestly.
feloniousChump · 8 points · Posted at 11:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just imagine trying to sell your house when your neighbors house looks like shit. It depreciates the value of the surrounding homes. Yes some HOA’s are fucked, but the ones that aren’t run by power tripping Karens help in keeping the value of your house.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 19:29:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We just moved into a house rental where the previous tenants did nothing. We're trying but there is literally no sod left, just weeds and common mallow. Landlord says if we want a lawn we have to pay for it. Ok then.
theantpantsdance · 2 points · Posted at 20:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We just sold our house and our neighbors are 90 somthing and don’t take care of thief lawn , and the entire time on the market we would mow their lawn when we did ours and plus some brush and leave clean up. They were on a fixed income and couldn’t afford, we never really cared until we were trying to move 😂
BradleytheRage · -6 points · Posted at 11:45:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All HOAs are fucked. If you're buying a house with neighbors you've lost the plot already mate.
saspysoda · 2 points · Posted at 13:20:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because people need to cut their own grass?
dave1314 · 6 points · Posted at 11:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh? I don’t think there’s any country where local government would cut your grass lmao. And if they were forced to you’re damn right they would bill you for it.
guybrush3pwood83 · 5 points · Posted at 12:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
America is so fucked because some dumb chick didn’t know she had to cut her own grass? Really?
midsizedopossum · 6 points · Posted at 16:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, he's saying it's fucked because they'll come and fine you for your lawn.
axxonn13 · 1 points · Posted at 12:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
shes probably live her life in an HOA area, in which she didnt own it, so she was oblivious to it. So as far as she was concerned, the gardeners she would see were sent from the city, not the HOA. Thats the only rationale i can place on it.
My family grew up on the poorer (but still very middle class) side, and from day one of moving into our new dilapidated home we had to mow the lawn while my dad worked on other stuff (like installing the new roof and painting the house).
majinspy · 2 points · Posted at 11:02:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
?? I mean...cut your grass.
dtji · 4 points · Posted at 11:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or don't. I mean, it's your grass. You're free to do whatever you want with it
Airmanoops · 1 points · Posted at 11:48:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depending on where you live they find a person and bill you a certain amount. For a while in my town it was cheaper than hiring the guy they hired anyway 😂
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 10:07:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How so
bibyts · -2 points · Posted at 10:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
+1
Myrmele · 3 points · Posted at 14:50:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right now my city is encouraging people to let their lawns grow for the bees. Radio ads and everything. I have an especially meadow-like yard with lots of dandelions etc. I'm right on a corner at the bottom of a hill right near a real meadow so I think all the seeding blows down into my yard.
My neighbour recently asked if we plan on cutting it so i'm about to paint a sign saying "This meadow is for the bees."
I don't care what he thinks. Why are people so obsessed with manicured lawns? Who is it hurting? I don't get it.
KnotPhit · 2 points · Posted at 12:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm this. In an area where I worked a homeowner has a notice posted on the front door that the condition of the lawn is in violation of city law. They are given a time period to mow the lawn and if it is not, the city sends a crew to do it and sends the homeowner a bill.
sexualassaultllama · 2 points · Posted at 13:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that a US thing or does that happen in other countries too? Around here you can let your grass grow 10ft high, if it doesn't interfere with the neighbors' gardens...not really city business
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 19:32:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where I live they'll cite you for noxious weeds or leaving bags of yard clippings around but I think that's it on a governmental level.
ENGINE_YT · 2 points · Posted at 20:24:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That just sound like hiring with extra steps
KnockMeYourLobes · 1 points · Posted at 11:33:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or the HOA.
JustAnotherLazyPrick · 1 points · Posted at 07:45:46 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
So she was right then?
The_Starfighter · 0 points · Posted at 15:31:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, yes, the city deciding to override a person's preferences on what they want their lawn to look like. If the person wants to have overgrown weeds outside, freedom of expression should give them the right to have overgrown weeds outside.
J_Paul_000 · 1 points · Posted at 18:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But your long grass is negatively affecting your neighbors by bringing down their property values, so its not like you aren't hurting anyone else.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 19:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some weeds that grow in lawns are toxic. That's a community safety hazard. Where I live I don't think anyone cares about tall grass itself as far as government regulation. An HOA might get you for it though.
VelcroSirRaptor · 174 points · Posted at 05:01:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The joys of homeownership. Should we tell her about all the other fun things like fixing appliances and other general upkeep?
Deesing82 · 32 points · Posted at 08:01:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
she will learn
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nahhhh
[deleted] · 51 points · Posted at 10:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Always_An_Antelope · 5 points · Posted at 11:14:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm currently looking at many leasehold properties as a buyer than contain existing tenants.
It's possible she was there to buy it?
Idk. Seems like a weird thing to say if not
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 11:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Always_An_Antelope · 3 points · Posted at 11:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean she can be 18 rich and buying an apartment. I know one such girl who could probably buy my life (rich father).
The fact she wants to buy it is indicative from her questions and tone.
Why a tenant is meeting with this person would be the question though. Poor landlord management maybe, or someone told her it was for sale. I always find people aren't as retarded as one would think when you dig in.
Assumptions are never good, they always come back to bite.
However on the other end, the landlord should have told you he was selling too. If he was. But he might not have.
jittery_raccoon · 2 points · Posted at 13:24:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I ask a lot of questions when I rent. Things I think ate normal, like who lives above/below me, how are utility bills done, is there a carpet fee, is there a formal lease, etc. Apparently I look dumb because people keep asking if it's my first time renting. I'm not dumb, I've just rented enough that I know not to assume anything and ask about everything before you sign a legal contract. Meanwhile the guy that walks through real quick and doesnt ask a single question is seen as the mature, experienced renter. I wonder if that girl may have been pressing him for real answers she wouldn't get from a landlord. Presxistinf damage is a pretty big thing to consider when renting. Let's you know about management's upkeep and you dont want to be on the hook for it yourself
Always_An_Antelope · 1 points · Posted at 20:47:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been informed by the estate agency that mortgage lenders will always run a site survey before lending the money, as they want to factor the costs into whether the recipient can pay back the loan.
It's not an extensive survey, but it should ease concerns. It made me happy enough to hear anyhow.
Kristeninmyskin · 9 points · Posted at 08:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clearly she doesn’t have an HOA!
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 21:48:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never buy into a HOA. If I knew how to even start I'd start making a campaign that stigmatizes HOA to make it detrimental to property value.
Witness_me_Karsa · 28 points · Posted at 11:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So funny story. One summer I, and a couple of guys I lived with, started to mow our lawn. It was the 1st time of the year, and our mower broke. Just stopped working. We kept putting off getting it fixed and basically, we didn't fix it all summer. Just before fall, as the growth started to stop, we got a letter from the "county weed commisioner." It said we had to mow it or we'd be charged for them to do it. I was mad, but there was no way we were gonna be able to mow it, now. It was way too long.
...so they came out. And mowed the whole lawn, and even edged the thing (roughly, but at that point who cares)....for 25 dollars. You mean to tell me that I don't have to low my lawn for a whole year and the only cost was 25 bucks? Deal. We lived on a dead end and nobody cared except one neighbor. To hell with it. We moved, but id have done that shit every year, bet.
seanjrm47 · 4 points · Posted at 12:52:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Certain apartments offer lawn service as a part of the rental fee. She could have potentially grown up all her life experiencing only this and when she moved to a differant area, figured the standards would continue, however foolish it may be.
run4cake · 3 points · Posted at 18:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also assume she always lived somewhere it was a service most people would pay for or receive via their landlord. My current area is like that. Few people mow their own lawn and it’s not rare that the whole neighborhood has negotiated a good deal with a service or even that the HOA includes service as an amenity. I’m glad to pay for it, myself. $25 is a low price to buy yourself out of an hour in a steam sauna with mosquitoes and fire ants.
xxWraythexx · 6 points · Posted at 10:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uggh my neighbors father mows her lawn for her. Probably he same attitude. I hate it.
HeadhunterKev · 4 points · Posted at 10:33:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this real?
majorchamp · 2 points · Posted at 13:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes me sad because there are so many people who genuinely don't make the efforts to learn about life themselves, but at the same time lack the proper parental guidance for some of these things.
Not knowing some stuff as a first time home owner is normal, and some HOAs (if you pay them enough) do cut lawns automatically for you.
Just bums me out when someone young in their life struggles to even do what most consider basic stuff...because they haven't had someone in their life to assist them....hell it could be understanding money, basic saving, how to repair basic home stuff, etc.
gazebo-fan · 2 points · Posted at 14:25:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lawns are bad for the local environment. I would recommend a native lawn (several native ground covers (grasses low hanging vines ect) it helps biodiversity in your area and has less long term yard work
Sandwich_Band1t · 3 points · Posted at 05:11:07 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
does it count if I just mow over the weeds and clovers?
gazebo-fan · 1 points · Posted at 12:59:01 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ya. A lot of weeds and clovers are invasive. You do have to know your plants to do it though.
brooklynndaqueen · 2 points · Posted at 21:16:03 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Samuelcool19 · 1 points · Posted at 11:17:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine she grew up in a townhouse with a HOA.
shicole3 · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t understand what she was thinking?? I’ve never owned a house I’ve only rented and you still have to take care of your own lawn when you’re renting so of course if you own the house you do too like wtf???
jittery_raccoon · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has she never seen neighbors doing yardwork? Or was she wealthy and thought everyone's landscapers was a nice present from the city?
MarthLikinte1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait so her parents never asked her to mow the lawn or anything?
theantpantsdance · 1 points · Posted at 20:49:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess not? Haha. I thought she was joking, and it only came up because I bought a house right before her, and she was wondering when mine got cut, and since I pay someone I told her last week. Then she went on a rant about the city slacking and how she is paying taxes and needs it done ASAP. She even told me she called the city 311 number to ask, but that’s basically a message service that opens tickets and if they don’t have an answer , don’t call back.
life_shouldbe_easier · 1 points · Posted at 17:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm curious how they grew up to come to that conclusion. Usually people assume these kinds of things when they grow up with a unique set of circumstances that they just accepted as the norm.
Because if your friend just came up with that on their own then, I'm sorry, but they dumb lol
MossyMemory · 2 points · Posted at 01:20:19 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe they grew up in an apartment, where groundskeepers mow the grass. The thought might never occur to someone whose parents never had to cut grass.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 15:31:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only a she would ask that
bibyts · 0 points · Posted at 10:43:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol!
syreetagamble · -1 points · Posted at 11:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol lol lol lol!
whotiesyourshoes · 1677 points · Posted at 00:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a relative try to put her son on the school bus his first day if kindergarten and got upset when the driver refused to let him on because he wasnt on the list.
She never registered him for school and just thought she could put him on the bus and send him.
UniqueCommentNo243 · 86 points · Posted at 12:27:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somehow, of all the absurd things I have read hear till now, this is the one that gets me! This is being oblivious of the real world at another level.
pinano · 206 points · Posted at 05:11:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes sense to me. Where are you supposed to learn about school registration? They don’t teach that one in school! The elementary school near me has little signs out front every year, but what if you never drive past it?
[deleted] · 277 points · Posted at 05:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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forwardprogresss · 77 points · Posted at 20:30:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's crazy, I know, but people like that don't realize that they need to go looking for information because they don't know that registration even exists. They don't know that they don't know and they have no inkling whatsoever that there is even a thing that needs done. Hence, no trigger.
[deleted] · 81 points · Posted at 06:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kindergarten is age 5. You have 5 years to learn.
DanciaKS · 17 points · Posted at 13:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In what country is kindergarten age 5??? I was 2 turning 3 when I went to preschool and 3 turning 4 when I went to kindergarten. (Canada) Indonesia starts a year earlier and so does the UK (or some parts of the UK)
[deleted] · 42 points · Posted at 13:22:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s age 5 in America, but the child can be 4 and be enrolled if they’re going to turn 5 before the cutoff date. And preschool isn’t obligatory in America, so I used Kindergarten.
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you graduate at 19? 2 years kindergarten, 8 years primary, 4 years secondary?
welshcake82 · 33 points · Posted at 14:55:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not American (from UK) but my understanding is that in the US Kindergarten starts at age 5, them there is Elementary grades 1-5 (age 11), then Middle School grades 6-8 and then High school grades 9-12 graduating at age 18. This is based on US friends though so may be wrong. In the UK Reception is age 4, then Primary age 5-11, them Secondary 11-16 then sixth form at same school or sixth form/ further education college 16-18. How does Canada work?
DanciaKS · 8 points · Posted at 14:59:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Starting at age 3 (or 2 if you have a late birthday). 1 year preschool, 2 years kindergarten, 8 years primary (can be split into 5 years elementary and 3 years middle), 4 years secondary. This is assuming you’re not in Quebec province.
welshcake82 · 5 points · Posted at 15:05:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah interesting, I work in a school so I’m interested in how other countries education systems work! We have pre-school as well, same set up as yours, every child qualifies for at least 15 hours of free childcare (more if both parents working over 16 hours). I like the fact that secondary education ends here at 16, sixth form college treats students in a more adult way and prepared well for uni.
had-to-doit-to-em · 5 points · Posted at 21:56:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Umm I'm Canadian and this is horribly wrong
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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had-to-doit-to-em · 2 points · Posted at 22:07:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm I'm in BC there is only two types of primary schools. Elementary and secondary school and you start elementary when you are 5
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 22:12:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
5 turning 6? It depends on bday month
justalilsquirrelly · 2 points · Posted at 08:59:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m also from BC; we actually have a couple middle schools around the lower mainland.
had-to-doit-to-em · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh damn, last I heard they lost all funding
justalilsquirrelly · 2 points · Posted at 01:02:14 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, at least not in larger areas (Vancouver, Coquitlam, Langley, Abbotsford). The funding is divided between the three institutions.
had-to-doit-to-em · 2 points · Posted at 01:07:44 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah I see, that makes alot more sense considering I was always in small towns that are fairly poor compared to those cities.
justalilsquirrelly · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in one of the direct suburbs and didn’t realize it was a thing in BC until I was in high school. It’s also very common place in Alberta and further eastern provinces.
cianne_marie · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Preschool is absolutely not required. And I think you can hold your child back if they have a late birthday, which lots of people do.
scienceraccoon · 12 points · Posted at 14:53:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One year kindergarten.
5 years elementary school.
3 years middle school. (or 6 years elementary, 2 years junior high).
4 years high school.
J_Paul_000 · 4 points · Posted at 22:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s only one year Kindergarden. Anything before that is pre-K
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 22:10:08 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, we graduate at 18-19.
jamiedgordon · 6 points · Posted at 01:46:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
17-18, unless you repeat a grade
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:56:26 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister has a birthday after the cutoff date, so she graduated at 19. The average age is 18, but I will admit that it slipped my mind that some graduates are 17.
IamProbablyARobot · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:05 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is 1:45am here, so this may be a dumb question, but why is it that some are 19 but some are 17 where you're living? I was 18, born in January, the oldest in my graduating class.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:18:51 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It’s the dumbass cutoff date. People like my sister who were born after it have to wait a year to start school and so they turn 6 before starting or early in kindergarten. It may help to know that I’m speaking from a Californian perspective; school districts work differently in different states.
jamiedgordon · 1 points · Posted at 19:30:40 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not right. The cutoff date is for starting when you are 4. You start kindergarten at 5, but if you are going to turn five before (cutoff date, usu. somewhere between first day of school and dec 31) then you start while you are still 4. Unless your school district is extremely strange, your sister started late or got held back a grade.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:55:26 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry for the long copy-paste, but here’s the answer from https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/em/kindergartenfaq.asp: “No. Pursuant to EC 48000(a), a child is eligible for kindergarten if the child will have his or her fifth birthday by September 1.
However, pursuant to EC 48000(b), local education agencies (LEAs) may enroll children in TK or kindergarten on or after their 5th birthday, on a case-by-case basis, if the governing board determines that the admittance is in the best interests of the child, and the parent or guardian is given information regarding the advantages and disadvantages, and any other explanatory information about the effect of this early admittance. Therefore, age-ineligible students (e.g., a child whose 5th birthday is on January 5) cannot attend school at the beginning of the school year, and cannot be admitted or attend school until they have attained the age of 5. Average Daily Attendance (ADA) can be claimed for these "late start" students on the day of their admittance.”
jamiedgordon · 1 points · Posted at 21:11:04 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your link doesn't work, but what you've posted proves my point.
IamProbablyARobot · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:26 on July 4, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/gs/em/kindergartenfaq.asp
There was a " : " screwing up the link in the other comment. The OP is correct, a child in California rarely starts school before the age of 5.
ETA: Mobile formatting
jamiedgordon · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:09 on July 4, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right. And a five year old is never too young. There is no cut off date where a 5 year old has to wait until they are 6, as OP keeps claiming.
(Also, I started Kindergarten at 4 in California, as did everyone else in my district with birthdays before December 1. And my dad years before in a different district in California. )
Kylynara · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:50 on October 15, 2021 · (Permalink)
Here Pre-K is generally 3&4yo some places take 2 yo and this is generally not paid for by the state not is it mandatory. Kindergarten is 1 year usually 5 yo at the start and turning 6 by the end and is part of primary school. It is mandatory and paid by the state. Elementary school is 6-7 years long (some places the last year of elementary is grade 5 some places grade 6). Middle school (also called Jr. High) comes after primary and starts with either 6th or 7th grade and goes usually to 8th, but some places to 9th grade. High School (secondary) is usually 9th-12th, but some places 10th-12th. Generally 12th graders are 17 turning 18 if they got red shirted in kindergarten or ever got held back they might be 18 turning 19.
Pre-K optional 3-4years old maybe 2
Elementary school (mandatory)
Kindergarten 5 year olds
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th (might be Elementary might be Middle school depending on district)
Middle school
7th 8th
High School
9th Freshman (rarely this is in the middle school)
10th Sophomore
11th Junior
12th Senior
College/University (optional) (the terms are completely interchangeable when used to denote a level of schooling)
Freshman (13-16th grade is occasionally used in jest or putting things in perspective for young kids but never is earnest)
Sophomore
Junior
Senior (once complete you receive a Bachelor's degree)
Master's Degree Doctorate Degree (there aren't clear grade levels between these two).
dumbandconcerned · 17 points · Posted at 15:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Age 5 is the only year it’s called “kindergarten” in the US, but we have school before that. It’s just called pre-K and before that, nursery school.
Quick google search told me compulsory education in the USA depends on state, but starts in kindergarten or first grade (age 5 or 6). Canada is first grade (age 6). 5 years old in most of the UK, 4 in Northern Ireland. According to Wikipedia, school in Indonesia is not “compulsory” until age six, but earlier education is very common.
cianne_marie · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh, it was in Canada for many years. I think the whole JK thing started around 2000? Before that it was kindergarden at 5.
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InBlue0 · 22 points · Posted at 07:41:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look, I'm young and have no kids, and I've gotta say, it never really occurred to me to ask any of those questions, because things like school administration are not a part of my daily life. When you're a kid the adults take care of all that stuff, and you just get put on a bus and magically transported to a school where it all works out. I can kinda see if someone has kids young and it hasn't occurred to them that it's actually more complicated than it is from the kids perspective, they might think it works the same way as they remember it from childhood.
They'd still have to be pretty clueless to assume that though.
JimboJones058 · 0 points · Posted at 13:24:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have an excuse though. You're young and have no kids. You've never thought about it. Most people would have a younger sibling or a cousin or at some point someone would mention; like has happened with you now, now you know.
But imagine having a four and a half year old child who didn't go to pre-school because you didn't sign them up for one. Imagine this and it's January or April. You'd know you need to find out information about sending your kid to school.
I believe this whole story is fake or the reletive of OP is a lier and did know but was too lazy and missed the date.
For one, how would the woman know what time the bus arrived? How would she know it was the proper bus and not one set to arrive at the high school?
How can she expect her child to get on the bus if they don't know where they're going? Who is their teacher? How in the world is her child going to get back home if nobody at the school knows who they are or where they live?
Anyone whoes never considered any of this; especially in the first four and a half years of their child's life; has serious mental or substance abuse issues.
ClassicMood · -16 points · Posted at 09:19:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay you're a pretty good troll but on the off chance someone thinks like this...
...you weren't curious at all how school as an institution works..? How do you make responsible voting decisions?
immibis · 9 points · Posted at 18:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you know about the long term economic impacts of agricultural water rights decisions?
... No? How do you make responsible voting decisions?
GlibTurret · -1 points · Posted at 20:03:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...Yes? Because I've lived in an area where that shit matters and I vote, so I read up on it.
K_Pie · 7 points · Posted at 02:48:40 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s common sense tbh. Why would you assume that you can just throw a kid into any school at any given time like lol
ThePinkTeenager · 3 points · Posted at 22:16:44 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because as a kid, new kids show up on a seemingly random basis.
Bid-Programmatically · 27 points · Posted at 09:55:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... when you went to school at the start of a year, was it chaos with an unknown number of random kids turning up and everyone figuring out what to do? Or did the staff already seem to have clipboards with the names of the students and which classes they were assigned to, and conveniently precisely the right number of desks, chairs, rooms, teachers etc? It should be obvious from your own memories (or just imagining for a moment how chaotic this would be) that you were expected ahead of time and thus your parents must have enrolled you in advance.
VarBorg357 · 10 points · Posted at 19:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait you can remember that well from kindergarten? I feel like I only have a few flashes from being that young I definitely have no idea whether it was chaotic or not but I just imagine 30 5 years olds all in a new environment would be chaotic regardless
arkklsy1787 · 5 points · Posted at 20:04:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 33 and distinctly remember my 'skills testing' that my kindergarten teacher did between enrollment and school starting.
tarabithia22 · 23 points · Posted at 05:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. This does not make sense. At all.
arkaydee · 11 points · Posted at 12:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This would not have made sense to me. At all.
In my country, the government just ships out information about what school your child will start in, and the school calendar. Also invites you to various meetings before the school starts.
There's of course a bunch of work to enroll to a *different* school if you move, so that they're prepared that you'll move - but that's corner cases.
edgeofblade2 · 24 points · Posted at 13:28:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's also like doing taxes. Lots of countries know exactly what you need to pay and just send you the bill. But in the US, we have to go through this song and dance of forms every year.
This message brought to you by TurboTax, where our motto is "We Lobby Congress to Keep Tax Filing Hard Because You Wouldn't Want It To Be Boring".
newnimprovedaccount · 9 points · Posted at 13:44:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the motto of the dutch tax service is "We can't make it funner, just easier". That sounds so much more sensible.
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newnimprovedaccount · 4 points · Posted at 23:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOw do you mean? do you find it aesthetically pleasing? Or are you being sarcastic?
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ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 22:15:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
“How much money do you make per year? Divide that by x and pay the resulting amount to us.”
That is the ultimate tax form.
TheDiplocrap · 3 points · Posted at 17:45:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
At Kindergarten Roundup.
They use birth registrations (I think?) to send out notices to parents informing them of the upcoming informational nights for parents and kids.
I'm sure the process has lots of gaps, and that this person fell through them.
aslightlyusedtissue · 3 points · Posted at 22:27:51 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the fuck is this comment upvoted?
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:29:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol what.
TheDevilsAdvokaat · 5 points · Posted at 19:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"It's your problem now, I've done my bit!"
rebekah555 · 2 points · Posted at 09:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooooof!
foundinthewild1 · 2946 points · Posted at 02:00:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to jump a friends car that wouldn’t start. It had a hard time but I finally got it running. She immediately turns off the car and says, “thanks so much I’ll call you later!”
reelru · 922 points · Posted at 08:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I had a friend who was really upset because his car kept dying and he kept having to jump it. We talked for a bit and I offered to jump it so at least he could go to the mechanic. We go to his car and I help him jump it and he turns it off and says “thanks, I’m just gonna go eat real quick and then I’ll go”. I then have to explain to the poor boy that we’d have to jump his car again but at least he probably doesn’t need to go to a mechanic lol.
Muliciber · 212 points · Posted at 13:31:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had this happen to me once. I was at the store and my work can wouldn't start. One of the guys at the supply house came out and jumped it, it started up and I moved it to the loading dock where I parked it and muscle memory kicked in as I got out.
The guy said he could see me sigh in the driver's seat as soon as it happened.
Siilan · 123 points · Posted at 13:42:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you knew where you fucked up. Muscle memory can really suck sometimes.
FlyByPC · 36 points · Posted at 21:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In high school shortly after getting my driver's license, I was driving on a four-lane divided highway when the car stalled out. (Carb problems -- whole other story.)
Muscle memory kicked in: "Restart the car. Okay, put it in Park..."
A loud, very rapid ticking sound came from under the car, and about half a second later I realized that I goofed and quickly put it into Neutral before I had to buy a new transmission.
Somewhere, years ago, a Ford engineer made the decision to not let the transmission go into Park while the car is moving at highway speeds. Whoever you are, thank you.
misssoci · 6 points · Posted at 02:52:47 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I took a trip a few years ago and as soon as we hit the highway for reasons I still can’t explain, I went to put the car in park but immediately realized what I did and put it back in Drive. Thank God nothing happened but I had a real “wtf brain” moment. I was going 75 mph.
FlyByPC · 3 points · Posted at 02:57:43 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, those interlocks have probably saved quite a few lives.
YSleepyHead · 3 points · Posted at 02:51:45 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always wondered what would happen if someone did that while driving at highway speeds. I just came so close to finding out. Maybe one day.
misssoci · 2 points · Posted at 00:44:13 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
My car was a 2016 kia so at least on that car you won’t die lol.
LS-CRX · 17 points · Posted at 20:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this once with a broken toilet... thinking about not flushing it the whole time I was peeing only to reach down and flush it immediately after I finish :-/
HiccupTheBrave · 12 points · Posted at 14:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So he was live r/watchpeopledieinside
mathgod496 · 30 points · Posted at 20:18:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember my abusive father screaming at a bunch of soldiers at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, to jump start his station wagon without jumper cables. One of the guys organized five or six others to hold metal objects to complete the current loop and it worked without any noticeable injuries. On the way home he has to pass a guarded gate but had instructions from the guy who helped to not stop or apply brakes or do anything requiring electricity. He screams out the driver's side window that he cannot stop and the soldiers take position to forcefully stop his station wagon because both sides are idiots and cannot communicate ideas. He screams why he cannot stop and that his screaming of not stopping was not a request to stop the vehicle or a challenge to put the soldiers in danger. Getting past the gate was not the issue for danger. The gate exited to on-coming traffic that had right of way at a high rate of speed because it was a highway and not a city street. He never bought jumper cables because he preferred cussing at people and putting them in danger. No one was allowed to wear a seat belt when he drove. He insisted on being as reckless as possible without drinking first.
SlowSeas · 12 points · Posted at 20:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like it's straight out of a victims backstory in a horror novel.
mathgod496 · 4 points · Posted at 04:25:24 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will write a book sometime but I have been lazy about it. The book will be free and online. I want no profit from it.
2M3TAL4U · 2 points · Posted at 05:05:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you drive around this city long enough you'll see people with blown alternators because they leave the cables connected to their battery and close the hood -_- I'm no where near a mechanic but I've diagnosed so many people with broken alternators... Me- "when did you last change the battery?" Them- "within the week" me- "this is the problem every time?" Them-"yes." Me- "well... Take it in, it's your alternator." People (me included) sometimes dont get why if there's a new battery, what could possibly else power the car?? Sunshine and a prayer?? Lol
RepublicOfLizard · 112 points · Posted at 12:34:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I accidentally did this once. AAA came out to jump me so I could run to an auto store and have a new battery put in, after the guy jumped me I went to remove my house key so I could run up and lock the door and accidentally ripped my keys from the ignition from a muscle spasm. Very embarrassing explaining to the dude that I’ve had tremors in my arms my whole life and that I was dumb enough not to get my key off the ring first.
GeekTrained · 23 points · Posted at 13:46:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
AAA will install a battery right on the spot for you. My mom's done it a few times now. I always thought it was extravangant, but the replacement batteries in the auto parts stores aren't significantly different in price.
lizwhittech · 5 points · Posted at 14:03:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's worth it just to have it installed for you.
TheAllyCrime · 2 points · Posted at 15:06:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is more convenient, but I say this as someone who doesn't know shit about cars, it's often very easy to change out a battery yourself if you have a wrenches.
MEatRHIT · 3 points · Posted at 15:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's insanely easy on most cars. And incredibly difficult on a few cars. Most of the time all you need is a kentucky socket set and about 10 minutes.
TheAllyCrime · 1 points · Posted at 16:17:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense, I've only changed the batteries out on like four cars in my life, not much of a sample size.
MEatRHIT · 3 points · Posted at 16:58:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm mostly in the same boat, but I've heard a few horror stories. A few older dodges made you access them through the wheel well after removing the air filter box... sometimes there under the rear passenger seat, the trunk, etc.
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:48:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BMW?
TheAllyCrime · 1 points · Posted at 19:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a Saturn Ion with a battery in the trunk and it was actually pretty accessible
MEatRHIT · 2 points · Posted at 19:37:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah the ones in the trunk aren't too bad at all if you know where to look. Otherwise you pop the hood and go "where tf is the battery?!"
Sandwich_Band1t · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
let's not talk about my mom's second gen lumina...shudder
you need to remove the passenger front wheel to get at it
RepublicOfLizard · 0 points · Posted at 14:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my boyfriend is a mechanic and I was taking it to his place so I would’ve gotten a great discount and installment free
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RepublicOfLizard · 5 points · Posted at 14:56:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes they’re very light and my steering wheel is in no way sensitive enough to react to them. The muscle spasm was because I was going way too fast trying to get the key off and my muscles freaked
Jdawn82 · 2 points · Posted at 13:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Why wouldn’t they be able to?
ETA: Y’all realize that there are vehicle modifications to help with things like that, right? There’s foot steering, steering spinners, etc.
will348v · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would think that it might be problematic if you have a muscle spasm while holding the wheel
ssegota · -4 points · Posted at 14:04:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, it obviously depends on the level of tremors. But if they were hard enough to cause a swerve, it could be a cause for unfitness to drive.
Peak-Altitude · 6 points · Posted at 15:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this as a kid when my dad had asked a stranger to jump our car. Idk exactly how old i was, i would guess around 12 and i had never jumped a car before. My dad had me in the drivers seat while he was by the hood with them. They were putting their jumper cables away and my dad had to explain what id done and ask for them again
NocturnalSpaces · 9 points · Posted at 14:11:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait someone explain what’s wrong with it?
shrk352 · 47 points · Posted at 14:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The battery is usually dead if you need a jump start. The point of a jump is to get the car running so then the alternator can charge the battery back up, which will take a while. If it starts then you immediately shut it back off the battery has not had time to charge up enough to restart the car. So you will need another jump to start the car again until you give it enough time to charge.
Edit: This also assumes your battery isn't dead because your alternator failed. If that's the case then you wont get very far.
UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE · 17 points · Posted at 15:25:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why you need to run a car 30 minutes to an hour every month.
JoeMamaAndThePapas · 4 points · Posted at 17:44:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This where if your work commute is too short. It kinda backfires as being too short. Such a first world problem.
evenstevens280 · 8 points · Posted at 00:24:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
If your commute is that short you should probably be walking or cycling
UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE · 2 points · Posted at 00:53:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Textured Steel heelies work too
HyzerFlipDG · 5 points · Posted at 15:21:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have to alloe the car to run so the alternator can start charging the battery. The jump gives the car enough juice to start, but that's about it.
ananonh · 3 points · Posted at 13:36:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol this sounds like something I’d do.
mcobsidian101 · 7 points · Posted at 13:40:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It surprises me how people, who driven even more than me, don't know even the basics of how their cars work.
For me learning to drive included learning how to fix and maintain my car/cars.
I got called old fashioned for doing general maintenance and checking my brakes myself...
UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE · 4 points · Posted at 15:27:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old fashioned people clean their cars without wax. Me? I just wax on. I don't need my car to look pretty until the day I sell it... If that day ever comes.
tocilog · 5 points · Posted at 15:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really want to but there's no space (street parked, basement apartment). There are some things I can do like jump start a car but I want to learn more. Stuff like oil change. I guess garage space rental isn't a thing, at least not around here.
On a different note, I remember cars getting started by getting the car pushed (for example, by 10 year old me). I don't know how that works.
mcobsidian101 · 2 points · Posted at 15:40:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Space wasn't something I thought about actually!
Depends where you live...not sure if/how it would work with an automatic.
But with a manual you keep the clutch engaged, so when you push the car, it turns the engine over. If the battery is dead/dying, it means the starter motor needs less power, so the plugs have more power available and a better chance of ignition
tocilog · 2 points · Posted at 15:44:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So for automatic, do you shift to drive? I remember having to push my dad's car and that was an automatic. Big bench seat at front, shift lever behind the steering wheel.
mcobsidian101 · 1 points · Posted at 15:49:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I admit, I don't know, I've never driven an automatic.
But I imagine if the engine is engaged with the transmission- so turning the wheels turns the engine, it would work exactly the same way
SweetAnnSour · 2 points · Posted at 18:27:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. You can not push start an automatic these days. The last time you could was in 1969. Even modern manuals have trouble because of fuel injection. You need an old fashioned carburator.
mcobsidian101 · 2 points · Posted at 18:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess that shows I've only had issues with older cars hahaha
faceeatingleopard · 4 points · Posted at 13:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On batteries and cars, here's something I learned the hard way: Yes you can catch a car in gear to start it. No, you can not do that if the battery is completely dead. It's an alternator, not a generator. If you have basically any battery left it works but if it's stone cold dead nope. So after a long walk back up the hill, lesson learned.
Hotdogosborn · 2 points · Posted at 18:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alternators and generators are the same thing.
SteerJock · 2 points · Posted at 19:00:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are not the same thing, you cannot use an alternator to charge a completely dead battery. Also, alternators have a rotating magnetic field while a generator has a stationary magnetic field. They are similar, but they are not the same.
faceeatingleopard · 2 points · Posted at 19:24:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that's what I figured at the time, turns out not so much.
Hotdogosborn · 1 points · Posted at 19:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How so?
faceeatingleopard · 2 points · Posted at 19:30:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well a generator would have used my wheel's power in first gear to charge my very dead battery. An alternator failed to do so. I'm not an electrician but after I got a jump it fired right up and had no problems with the alternator. I don't know the nuts and bolts of it but I know it sure as hell didn't start despite going down a pretty steep hill.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol when I still had my motorcycle my battery had died one day so I put it on the tender and get barely enough juice to start her over. She doesn’t crank so I have to bump start her down the hill and she gets going right away. I get situated and leave for a ride to charge the battery (there’s a 75 mile loop I like to do). Well, today’s hot AF and I’m sitting in a line of traffic when a bright idea comes into my head. If I turn off the bike then my legs won’t cook anymore, so I did and immediately realized my mistake. Had to call out AAA to get a jump. That sucked.
AichSmize · 2 points · Posted at 19:44:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's when you drive away and reject all her calls for the next 24 hours.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a post on another forum, the poster didn’t realise that running the air con/heater and radio without the engine running would drain the battery. She’d had the battery replaced a couple of times before asking for opinions on her car and realising her mistake!
thebioplanet · 3 points · Posted at 14:48:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
air con / heater wont work with the car not running it powered by the serpentine belt. fans can though
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 14:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The blower will still work though.
thebioplanet · 4 points · Posted at 15:08:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yes thats why i wrote the "fans can though" a blower contains a fan
Britishbeeper · 1 points · Posted at 15:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That would twist my balls
Jdawn82 · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw a couple of guys trying to jump start a car and they left the running vehicle on. Sparks were flying everywhere.
UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE · 3 points · Posted at 15:30:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well yeah that's what you're supposed to do. Positive to positive, negative to chassey, and make sure the good car is running... Otherwise you could end up with 2 dead batteries. Wait 5 minutes before attempting to start the 2nd car. Remove the positive lead first.
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yerpies · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah I think he got it.
UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE · 1 points · Posted at 00:49:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Autocorrect seems to think that chassey is correct, with the only other option being chasseur
Jdawn82 · 0 points · Posted at 04:45:21 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Generally you turn off the working vehicle first, then connect the jumper cables, then turn on the working vehicle, then try to turn on the other vehicle.
UPGRADED_BUTTHOLE · 1 points · Posted at 14:42:50 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That might not be a good idea. Some cars have a really hard time starting in the cold or if there's already a load on the battery. Cold cranking amps are a thing. I just wouldn't risk it.
bumblebee5683 · 0 points · Posted at 09:45:14 on July 11, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually did this once. I was like 16 and didnt really know anything about cars. I accidentally left the lights on and it died, so called someone. Guy came, jumped it, and then I turned it off. He didnt know i turned it off the first time, he thought it just died again, so he jumped it again. I again turned the car off, and then he saw what I did, and looked at me like I was the biggest idiot and said, "what exactly are you trying to do" in really mean tone. Like he was a complete and total asshole about it. I'm sorry that you have had to do this three times, but instead of making me feel like a dumbass, you could politely explain to me what I'm doing wrong. I should've stood up for myself, but I didnt.
foundinthewild1 · 2 points · Posted at 13:26:25 on July 11, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s such common knowledge that he probably thought you were messing with him or doing it on purpose.
GotGhostsInMyBlood · 4630 points · Posted at 01:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to ask my roommate to please wash his hands after touching raw chicken. He was cool to just...go about his day before I asked. He thought I was being a wacko neat freak.
Same guy also thought his sheets wouldn’t fit in the washing machine so he just...never washed them.
When I asked him please not drop silverware down the garbage disposal and leave it he said I had too many house rules.
R97R · 1479 points · Posted at 07:14:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m forever disturbed by the amount of people who don’t seem to have a problem with touching raw chicken and not washing their hands afterwards.
GotGhostsInMyBlood · 196 points · Posted at 07:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t think anyone still did that until I moved in with my old roommate. Watched him rub his chicken and then touch e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g with his greasy fingers.
I think he thought I made up hygiene as I went just to piss him off.
R97R · 123 points · Posted at 07:45:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I genuinely think you must’ve lived with one of my siblings at one point.
His response to a warning about salmonella after licking his raw-chicken-juices-covered fingers was “aye, but you only get that in, like Africa.”
GotGhostsInMyBlood · 45 points · Posted at 07:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man have I heard some stories about you! Mainly that you’re an uber neat freak that doesn’t appreciate a little crust on their clothes.
(Also, I laughed at that quote, thank you so much for sharing that gem).
R97R · 16 points · Posted at 07:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Slander!
Glad someone got a laugh from it :)
MartyMcEastwood · 21 points · Posted at 12:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea I gagged at that. The same way I gag every morning when I brush too far on the back of my tongue. Like a full, eye watering gag.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 12:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Tiptoe7 · 6 points · Posted at 14:56:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you can also get it from raw flour. I also don’t eat meat and recently learned it’s not just in meat
thatcreepswill0w0 · 6 points · Posted at 17:34:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And pork
RedCaio · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:51 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder if he was thinking of malnutrition instead of salmonella.
coaxialgamer · 57 points · Posted at 10:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just raw meat in general, and how they're totally fine using ustensiles that have been in contact with it.
Still eating that cookie dough though.
isayimnothere · 28 points · Posted at 13:22:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will die of salmonella before I stop cookie dough eating.
realcooltime · 14 points · Posted at 14:25:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More likely to get ecoli from the flour than salmonella from the eggs
hadidotj · 35 points · Posted at 11:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And think, these people probably don't wash their hands after using the bathroom (i.e. never) and are walking around touching everything now! ...
Jack_is_a_Potato · 28 points · Posted at 12:28:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same people that are spreading COVID now...
RowBoatCop36 · 9 points · Posted at 14:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They out there putting their booty fingers on everything.
amandakp1 · 10 points · Posted at 16:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s how Typhoid Mary spread Typhoid Fever. Seriously, look it up.
PrincessSalty · 2 points · Posted at 09:13:54 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Oh, how fun! She was the first person in the US identified with an asymptomatic case.. how history repeats itself.
edit: Actually a pretty interesting read. Apparently, she spent three decades in quarantine at Riverside Hospital - where she eventually died.
So please, just stay home. And wear your fucking masks.
amandakp1 · 3 points · Posted at 16:10:08 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right! I had a baby two weeks ago (one month early) and was on bed rest for the last month of my pregnancy due to some issues that made me high risk, I never really went out much in that time period, but before then when I did have to go out I was not afraid of being rude to people and saying back off if they were too close. Now, my little girl (perfectly healthy— just very small) don’t go anywhere, and if we do it’s with daddy and we stay in the car with the a/c.
I don’t trust these morons around me enough to know to just stay home, or even how to social distance properly.
YouSaidWhatSheSaid · 23 points · Posted at 15:08:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It gets worse.
I had a knife with a sheath i used for meal prep. I let my roommate's friend use it one time because he was preparing food for all of us and every single knife in the house (but mine) were dull af.
He cut up the chicken and then just put the bloody chicken knife back into the sheath.
GotGhostsInMyBlood · 12 points · Posted at 16:33:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta throw out the whole roommate’s friend at that point.
YouSaidWhatSheSaid · 10 points · Posted at 16:46:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just stared in disbelief. I honestly didn't know what to say. He just... handed it back to me.
The worst part about this is he like...sheathed it like it was some kind of samurai sword and he had just defeated someone in combat.
Pure wtf moment.
frickettyfracketty · 9 points · Posted at 12:51:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love the scent of salmonella around my house
LibraryLadye · 8 points · Posted at 13:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's far more prevalent than one can imagine. I've witnessed it with raw meat, such as when people are grilling hamburgers. Frightening stuff! There is no point in asking if they were raised by wolves because wolves would have done a better job.
Seicair · 7 points · Posted at 16:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex would only wash her hands after cleaning the litterbox like 2/3rds of the time.
kringel8 · 11 points · Posted at 12:04:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who never touched raw chicken... why? I guess it's some bacteria thing?
extremesalmon · 28 points · Posted at 12:13:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, raw chicken is often contaminated with campylobacter or salmonella bacteria. If you have handled raw chicken and then touch other foods, or use the same utensils you cut it up with you're likely to contaminate that too, which might be food that doesn't get cooked (salad etc) so is best to wash your hands after and use different utensils.
Nomulite · 21 points · Posted at 13:54:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's also super duper gross and feels awful on your hands. Even if it was fine to have on your hands, who's just cool with gross chicken juice fingers?
sunforrest · 9 points · Posted at 13:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Campylobacter is the best of you want to have diarrhea for days to the point you start shitting clear jelly. Never saw someone being sick like that. Took 2 trips to the ER, at least 3 bags of saline, strong antibiotics and she was weak for 3 weeks after.
Xzxzxz70 · 35 points · Posted at 12:15:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It leaves you smelling like dead chicken, and if other chickens smell that on you they'll fly into an aggressive rage and attack you.
portalscience · 7 points · Posted at 13:34:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Beyond the health reasons mentioned by /u/extremesalmon , raw meat is almost always a little slimy anyway. I don't know how people are comfortable not washing off afterwards, just from a physical perspective.
Dickinmymouth1 · 4 points · Posted at 12:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salmonella
throwawayohyesitis · 5 points · Posted at 19:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At a cookout my dad saw his cousin put the grilled chicken back on the same plate that the raw chicken had been on, and then called my dad paranoid when he was told that wasn't safe.
My siblings and I weren't allowed to eat the chicken.
DJH70 · 4 points · Posted at 19:44:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once spent the day at a friend’s house and they asked me if I want to stay for dinner. Sure, thank you. Then they started preparing, cutting meat and veggies and none of them washed their hands first. They’ve been outside all day, doing yard work, playing with the dogs and collecting dog shit. Wasn’t so hungry anymore then...
wwaxwork · 5 points · Posted at 14:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I almost freaking died of food poisoning because someone didn't wash the chopping board after cutting up raw chicken on it. I buttered my toast on it the next morning and was in hospital that night as my body tried to shit & vomit out every orifice at once.
JulieDM223 · 4 points · Posted at 16:02:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s horrifying actually!! I’m such a germaphobe that I wash my hands once MINIMUM after dealing with raw meat and raw eggs! I usually end up throwing the towel I dried my hands with in the washer in case there was any remnants and then wash my hands again and dry with a new towel!
niida · 5 points · Posted at 16:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I admit I never really thought about that. (I assume it's about salmonella?)
But then again I'm a vegetarian since 10 years old and if I would for whatever reason touch a dead bird I would wash my hands either way because it's gross.
R97R · 6 points · Posted at 16:42:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, salmonella.
Abahu · 4 points · Posted at 19:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate would just wipe his hands on my clean towels and then not wash them. My towels I used to dry my hands.
ShadowReaperT · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even without the hygeine and germs shit, it just feels disgusting on your fingers.
RaeSor · 3 points · Posted at 15:50:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't ever watch old Justin Wilson videos.
Axle13 · 3 points · Posted at 21:53:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not to mention all other sorts of discusting unsanitary behaviour, zit popping being one of those. Or, popping other peoples zits. That one really threw me for a what the ever loving fuck are you doing? And just shooting the contents wherever it may land and not giving it a second thought.
-blah_blah_blah- · 3 points · Posted at 21:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate that would wear latex gloves when preparing raw chicken, but then proceed to touch things in the kitchen like the faucet and fridge door with those used gloves
seize_the_future · 3 points · Posted at 09:09:03 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
If there is anything the COVID19 has taught us - the hygiene standards of a disturbingly large number of people are lacking.
_KillTheImposter7 · 5 points · Posted at 13:42:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly it should be illegal. Like I’m not trying to pick up salmonella just because Trent doesn’t believe in hygiene and touched a door handle after handling chicken
Toxicological_Gem · 6 points · Posted at 11:18:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Personally I don't like to touch raw meat. It makes me incredibly uncomfortable. If I cook I wear gloves. Even touching a hot dog kinda grosses me out.
a_gentlebot · 4 points · Posted at 13:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is a corpse after all.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 12:03:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No offense but I'm glad I don't have this.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How it’s so slimy
goldenarchie888 · 2 points · Posted at 15:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love chicken shashimi
Sir_Spaghetti · 2 points · Posted at 16:42:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Invisible threats and pampered lives.
UIUGrad · 2 points · Posted at 15:58:02 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wear gloves when I handle raw chicken and still wash my hands and wrists after I take them off...then sanitize the counter I had the cutting board on even if the chicken never touched it. I’m not risking cross contamination from raw chicken even if the measures I take are a bit much to some. I don’t know how someone touches raw chicken and doesn’t feel the need to wash their hands immediately.
ShitJadeSays · 2 points · Posted at 17:33:23 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right?? I wash my hands like 5x while preparing chicken. I wash them before, a few times during (when I have to touch other things or move something), and scrub them after.
Salmonella aside, chicken slime (idk what it's called it's that liquid protein stuff that seeps out of it) feels disgusting on your hands so why the fuck would you ever leave it there?
a_monkey666 · 1 points · Posted at 22:16:17 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
yeesh yeah, I use my bare hands with raw beef but I draw the line there
myRubberPenguin · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, I'm not one of those (I hate having my hands dirty). But what's wrong with touching the chicken? Is it something dangerous? I mean, more dangerous than the others type of meat? If so, why?
sunforrest · 6 points · Posted at 13:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The bacteria in red meat can be neutralize by cooking. The meat will be bad but if you cook it good, you probably won't be sick. Salmonella on the other hand : what makes you sick is the waste the bacteria is producing (toxin). So if you splash your countertop with raw chicken juice, the bacteria will continue to produce waste. Other things touch it and no amount of cooking will get rid of the toxin. Bad chicken meat will stay bad and dangerous even cooked. I think the campylobacter and salmonella are also way worse than e coli.
myRubberPenguin · 3 points · Posted at 14:34:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you very much. I'll be careful next time
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am disturbed by the phrase "Adulting", who started that nonsense anyway?
meminio · -1 points · Posted at 17:46:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that's an American problem. Raw chicken is safe in most of the countries because they vaccinate chickens against salmonella and all those things. In the US (AKA antivax heaven) then you need to wash the chicken with bleach and treat it as if it was a medical specimen from a hospital. Same thing with eggs. They only need to be kept in the fridge if the hens are not vacinated (US). I've been to many supermarkets and stores in countries where they vaccinate the hens, and the eggs are at room temperature and will not spoil.
jamiedgordon · 4 points · Posted at 06:32:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not why US eggs need to be refrigerated. It's because they are sterilized to kill bacteria (esp. salmonella) on the shell. Which can break down the protective coating that keeps bacteria from penetrating the shell, so afterwards it needs to be refrigerated to prevent contamination from bacteria coming along later.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/should-you-refrigerate-eggs
[deleted] · 66 points · Posted at 11:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my family was always convinced I was the neat freak, when in reality they were all just disgusting.
For example. My mom never liked to waste money on paper napkins. But my dad always needed something to wipe his mouth on while eating dinner. So each night she'd hand him the hand towel we kept hanging on the oven door, for drying your hands.
And then she'd just hang it back on the oven door afterward.
I was like 15 before I noticed this. Washed my hands one day and went to dry them and I'm like "Hey why is there spaghetti sauce all over this towel?"
I started hiding my own towel around the kitchen after that, so I knew I'd always have a clean one to dry my hands on.
Oh, and my mom would have no problem wiping down the counter with dirty dish rags that had been sitting in the sink collecting bacteria for days.
lipstickdestroyer · 14 points · Posted at 19:35:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugghh. The fucking sink rag.
I used to get so mad at my parents for this once I was old enough to understand how gross it was. Like yeah, that fucking smell? It means the rag is dirty! Don't wipe the counters with it aaauuuggghhh
I still vividly remember the moment of horror I experienced when I realized I'd been using a kitchen that was "cleaned" with a wet, dirty sink rag for my entire life up until that point. I'm in my 30s now; might not be over it. Still put their dish rag in the laundry when I visit my parents.
Respect4All_512 · 3 points · Posted at 03:23:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rinse the sink rag in hot water and then microwave it. Will kill any grossness living in it.
BagelMatt · 8 points · Posted at 14:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow this exact thing happened to me. Thought that was normal for too long. It was the hand drying, mouth wiping, dishes drying hand towel. Fucking gross
ishitar · 23 points · Posted at 09:33:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The real reason they chlorinate chicken in America...
Dickinmymouth1 · 5 points · Posted at 12:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They what?!
superkp · 11 points · Posted at 13:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
chicken processing plants use a chlorine bath on chicken cuts so that the surface is not only clean, it's like...sterile.
I'm sure that it's just the 'quick and easy' way to avoid being cleaner in other parts of the plant.
And yes, the material does get rinsed off, and none of it makes it to the grocery store with the chicken.
mschuster91 · 6 points · Posted at 16:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly this. And the reason why EU banned imports of this meat (and why we're laughing at the Brits) is that we protect our poultry industry from getting steamrolled by dumping prices.
stanfan114 · 37 points · Posted at 11:50:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People are so weird about washing their hands, like they are offended you even suggest it and turn it on you like you have some kind of problem. Hopefully Covid will teach people how to do it. My ex's family were constantly getting food poisoning from the mom's cooking. It was a running joke that she was trying to kill them. But she considered herself a "gourmet chef" and was not open to suggestions. When I stayed with the family for Thanksgiving I saw first hand what was going. No hand washing after handling meat. Food constantly under-cooked. Food way past due in the freezer and fridge, sometimes years past the due date. The dad hurt his shoulder and took out a bag of frozen beans and used it as an ice pack, completely defrosting the beans then putting it back in the freezer the next day.
Audiovore · 12 points · Posted at 13:29:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They seem like they have a lot of problems, and would never use the proper visual inspection, let alone smell then taste. But exp dates are arbitrary, fyi. I've eaten yogurt 6mo past, and homemade frozen burritos 2yrs after they were frozen. No prob.
I've gotten food poisoning from restaurants mostly, and at home either a less than month bought frozen pizza or some spinach that had a few bits that were ever so slightly starting to goop.
I also washed my hands regularly pre- covid. And wipe down my store items with a disinfectant wipe when I get home nowadays.
stanfan114 · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I gave myself food poisoning just yesterday. I started food prep last week and put a frozen breakfast burrito on the counter to defrost for an hour, I guess I should not have done that. Still a lot to learn about it. Had much better luck with freezer chili. They did have a lot of problems. The dad was gay and mom knew he had boyfriends but stayed with him for the kids. She was neurotic as hell too, maybe on some level trying to poison her family was the only power she had left in the situation. She only divorced him after he tried to move his boyfriend into the family house. The whole extended family was nuts.
GiveMeOneGoodReason · 3 points · Posted at 14:16:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also usually the date on meat is labelled "cook or freeze by." It shouldn't really decompose in the freezer. Quality may suffer but it should still be safe.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate was like this. Leaving chicken on the counter to defrost. Hubby got sick 3x in a month when we moved in. Fortunately she likes him and cut that shit out and he's not getting sick from improperly thawed meat anymore.
MarchKick · 1 points · Posted at 19:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend doesn’t really wash her hands after going number 1 because, in her words: “It’s not like I wipe myself with just my hands!”
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 22:05:39 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh God.
Brugink · 7 points · Posted at 13:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seen as no other comments addressed this: Dropping silverware down the garbage disposal? What?
GotGhostsInMyBlood · 3 points · Posted at 16:42:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I had to constantly check the disposal for silverware before using it. He’d just toss his dirty plates and utensils in the sink and not care where they went. The forks and spoons were short enough to be completely hidden when they fell down.
BlueAurus · 1 points · Posted at 17:09:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have been terrified every day of my life that i will accidentally do this.
casuallystone · 5 points · Posted at 13:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like my boyfriend! Lived on his own two years before I moved in with him. He asked why I washed the bed sheets and if that’s a normal thing to do. Turned out that the sheets, pillow cases, and blankets had never been washed in those two years. He doesn’t notice the difference in smell before/after wash so he still doesn’t understand why it’s necessary smh. Same guy also cleaned up cat vomit with dry paper towels and considered the floor clean. He’s fairly intelligent but unfortunately wasn’t taught these things as a kid. Love him to bits tho
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 12:01:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some parents just trust kids will pick it up as they go
I_Can_Haz_Brainz · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dead or alive, you should wash your hands after handling a chicken.
fillumcricket · 4 points · Posted at 14:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who put dirty utensils, plates, pots and pans into the fridge and random kitchen drawers. Because he'd literally never had to wash a dish before and had no idea what to do. They were his own, so eventually he'd just... reuse them. He also kept a pot of food on the stove that he'd just put more food into to cook when he was hungry. I don't know how he lived through the year.
andromedae · 3 points · Posted at 13:29:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago my sugar went low while cooking. I touched raw chicken but I got emotional and went to cry in my bed (Yes that's apparently how your brain works with no sugar), afterwards I realized I hadn't washed my hands, and have eaten sugar with my hands and touched my bed. I never washed my hands so thoroughly and put the bedsheets in the washing machine as soon as I could. I've been mortified by myself. Luckily it seems that either the chicken I wasn't infected or my body reacted properly, but I've never been so disgusted with myself.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 22:07:24 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you mean, your “sugar went low”? Also, good job on the handwashing!
andromedae · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:55 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I'm a type one diabetic, so I had eaten to little, or given myself too much insulin. It's a fine line to balance.
eeeeeeeethan · 2 points · Posted at 12:42:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry if Ur friends with that person... But what a fucking idiot
Sigyn99 · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yuck. I can’t touch raw anything, or anything that leaves a residue, for that matter, without washing my hands. I just don’t like how it feels.
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 2 points · Posted at 16:39:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nonononononononononononononononono
gly4h · 2 points · Posted at 17:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow.. even if he wasn't worried about germs weren't his hands sticky? Mine always are after handling chicken and that would drive me nuts in itself without washing.
backtolurk · 1 points · Posted at 12:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well to be frank three rules is already a bit too much for me
KindaRelevantName · 1 points · Posted at 12:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did we live with the same person? Mine gave me salmonella poisoning...
kdh8463hdd · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a lack of aldulting skills passed down a generation, i.e. parenting.
NeoGenMike · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister refused to wash her hands after touching raw turkey because “only chicken has salmonella “
ghastly-cat · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not actually an adult. He’s a toddler in man-disguise.
koolaidistheshit · 1 points · Posted at 13:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why I don't do roommates anymore. I end up being a full time maid.
penguinpolitician · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you ever explain to him that he was a @$$& idiot?
NeutralGeneric · 1 points · Posted at 15:48:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how ye olde people who ate chicken managed to live long enough to figure it out. The first few must have thought the chicken was haunting them to death.
velveeta_blue · 1 points · Posted at 08:37:10 on July 14, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently the contamination has more to do with factory farm conditions... if you just have a few chickens living outside with a clean chicken coop the risk is really low
CrazyJohnW · 1 points · Posted at 16:26:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes you wonder what little things that are the byproduct of people like that go unnoticed in your day to day life.
garibaldi1861 · 1 points · Posted at 17:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear god. I would have moved out.....
GotGhostsInMyBlood · 1 points · Posted at 17:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did.
secondsithter · 1 points · Posted at 17:50:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol they sound like a complete buffoon. You have a lot of patience!
AtomSizedBeing · 1 points · Posted at 18:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I hope he learns how to properly keep a house clean otherwise when he gets a family and kids...its not gonna be a good situation.
mymember1 · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A relative of mine decided to help out with dinner one night. I noticed he hasn't washed his hands before preparing the food. I asked him about it and he said he washed his hands on the morning and he was good to go. Egad.
VernySanders · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just made an audible disapproving groan.
PantheraLupus · 1 points · Posted at 10:17:30 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a similar discussion with my bf about washing his hands after taking a piss. He was like "but I don't touch my piss so what's the point"
Dude you literally touch my vagina with those hands, and I can get infections, wash them.
I've trained him now lol
rl94565 · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:23 on July 12, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex boyfriend thought it was ok to touch raw beef and then everything else without washing his hands. He said that you only got sick from raw chicken. Even after I explained it to him he didn’t believe me.
ben_jamin_h · 1 points · Posted at 17:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
when i moved in with my new housemate he suggested i cut raw chicken with a fork to hold it in place, and whilst wearing rubber gloves. then i needed to clean the chopping board and utensils with a sink full of boiling water afterwards, so... there are two extremes.
[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 12:05:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nem616 · 2 points · Posted at 12:35:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salmonella is everywhere! Chicken is just as diseased here as anywhere.
gummygoob · 2005 points · Posted at 01:58:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work graveyard shift and I had to explain to a coworker that at midnight, 12:00 am/0000 hours, it is the start of a new day. She then had an anxiety attack because I was telling her that “today is not Monday anymore, today is Tuesday now”
AnonFortheTimeBeing · 80 points · Posted at 13:02:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had a drawn out conversation with my supervisor about this in the opposite direction. Schedule said 12-4am on Tuesday, I show up Tuesday morning and no one is fucking there. Turns out he meant show up at midnight "Tuesday night" to actually work 12-4am Wednesday. He did not get the difference, even when I focused in on the 4am part only.
Turns out the two other ladies hanging tags were old hat and just knew he did it wrong and to come on Wednesday (no I did not question ad change day, I worked in the pharmacy previously and getting suckered into hanging tags at all was a long story).
The worst part is the schedule was not hand written or anything. He had to use the software that would have easily shown the 6am starts ON TUESDAY being right after our 4am end quote-unquote "on Wednesday".
cagofbans · 32 points · Posted at 14:21:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like the most frustrating situation to be in.
AnonFortheTimeBeing · 14 points · Posted at 18:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was quite pregnant on top of all of it. If it were able to be shown what contributed I would bet money that that whole job experience factored heavily in my premature delivery. I liked my pharmacists and the staff in that area quite a bit and they were all wonderfully accommodating, but the rest of the store was a shitshow and the manager was especially so to me considering I was not not doing him a favor by being there (hiring me willingly temporarily in a tech shortage vs having to deal with understaffing, expensive locum tenens, or unemployment).
It was worth some stories at least
cagofbans · 2 points · Posted at 18:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus Christ that just sounds like an absolute nightmare, even more so considering you were pregnant. I hope the delivery went okay after the stress of dealing with that disaster of a shop. You sound very patient which is more than I'd be able to say for myself in that situation!
tarabithia22 · 153 points · Posted at 06:09:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What (at her). What time did she think the next day started?
peterscandle · 197 points · Posted at 06:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you wake up. /s
enderflight · 75 points · Posted at 08:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obviously. But fr though, I’ve never pulled an all-nighter, there’s always a period of sleep, so I don’t consider it tomorrow until I wake up. I routinely stay up til 12-2, so I don’t feel like dealing with that mind trip.
AnonFortheTimeBeing · 29 points · Posted at 13:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I call it "today was" (as in it's 1am Saturday, but 'today was' Friday right?). Usually comes up with my medication only, but that pandemic timescale distortion has made it a little more common :>
gummygoob · 123 points · Posted at 09:19:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I don’t know myself. Whenever I asked her if she was going to come in tomorrow, (I am talking about coming in at midnight 12 am to 8 am the next day) she would say “ I am coming in tonight.” Whenever she said that, I would say, “oh are you going to come in tonight during swing shift and working through to tomorrow for grave shift?” And she would go “No, I am coming in TONIGHT, TODAY, MIDNIGHT” I would again explain that midnight is a different day with different dates, so technically midnight for today had already passed. That is why when we talk about shifts at work, we do military time. Explaining why 12 am is 0000 because it’s a new day stressed her out, and she yelled at me when I explained it to her.
She actually had a break down for 40 minutes on the second day where I tried to explain it again. She was pulling her hair, saying I am giving her a migraine and I had to explain to my supervisor why her 15 min break took so long and why she was panicking in the bathroom. My supervisors tried to explain it to her later, but she still had a problem of wrapping her head around it and they all gave up.
Edit: I know for a fact that to this day, she still doesn’t get it and I have not brought it up since, in order to avoid that fiasco...
[deleted] · 68 points · Posted at 09:26:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does she have a mental issue or something because that is a pretty basic concept
gummygoob · 52 points · Posted at 10:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that can be seen or picked up on. She might. A coworker just chalked it up to her just being a “ratchet white girl from Oakland”
FaxCelestis · 28 points · Posted at 15:26:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, that seems like a fair explanation for a whole lot of things.
Respect4All_512 · 13 points · Posted at 19:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having the new day start in the middle of the night makes no sense logically it's just how we do it. Most earlier cultures would have laughed at us for this.
FlyByPC · 15 points · Posted at 21:12:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem with starting it at sunrise is that sunrise is anything but consistent.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 22:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true. Middle Ages Europe had longer and shorter hours to account for the amount of daylight during the changing seasons.
FlyByPC · 4 points · Posted at 21:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...and she's probably too clueless to know she was being insulted.
disaia · 17 points · Posted at 16:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
But I mean in common speech if you see someone in the daytime it would be perfectly acceptable and generally understood to say "See you tonight at midnight", right? Or even see you tonight at 01:00. Because tonight in common terms is used to mean "the upcoming night".
Edit: spelling
pmgoldenretrievers · 6 points · Posted at 22:06:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, OP is being obtus. If you're meeting your friend at 12:01 AM to go throw rocks in the quarry, you tell them you're meeting them tonight, not tomorrow.
gummygoob · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s in casual conversation with a friend, not for our work environment with a supposedly trained coworker. At work, we are trained to go by definition: if anyone says tonight, all of us are going to assume you mean anytime between now until 2359 or else you are talking about tomorrow. We all follow this method at work: if we have to write a report, we aren’t going to write “it happened on Wednesday night before the sun came up” with Wednesdays date, when in reality it was “Thursday at 0400 hours.” Anyone at work and people who follow this method of time keeping will all know what we are talking about when described in the latter form. Same when talking to supervisors: speaking with that level of ambiguity of “morning,” “afternoon,” or “tonight” is frustrating for them because they have to ask follow up questions for some unnecessary clarification. Just say the damn hour.
Besides, even if she did say tonight, most of us kind of let it go. We were more concerned that she didn’t know midnight is technically another day. She was new, so we were going easy on her with how she described the hours in a day (even though knowing military/24 hour time was preferred for the job, we didn’t make it a requirement because it’s so easy anyone could learn it), but it’s been a while since she was hired and still doesn’t understand time keeping methods and continues to be vague. Seriously, when in Rome...
I guess I am also pretty obtuse because I saw you missed the ‘e’ on the end of obtuse. I thought you knew French and wanted to be fancy with the spelling.
r0ck0 · 8 points · Posted at 14:54:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did anyone ever try using some diagrams or something to point to while explaining? Or was it always just verbal explanations?
Sometimes that can help a lot. Including also giving them something to point to when they ask questions.
gummygoob · 8 points · Posted at 16:13:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did, I drew a clock on the back of her schedule and used my break time to teach her it. Unfortunately, it didn’t stick and I think she may have had trouble learning when she was in school. (I was a math tutor for a bit) During the explanation, I would look back at her and she wasn’t really processing it (because she truly didn’t get it or didn’t care) and all she did was say “ugh you’re confusing the fuck outta me.” and turned to her phone to text somebody. After her meltdown on the second day I tried to explain it, I wanted to try to explain it again, but she soon had a flippant attitude. My supervisor came by and pulled me aside to stop wasting my time, because me trying to explain it to her was cutting into my work time. I waited until after work to catch up with her. We both clocked out and I brought it up again, but this time, she didn’t care and instead started talking about things with zero context. I asked what she was talking about, and then she turned to me to say: “I am not talking to you.” Turns out she was on the phone via AirPod. So I kind of said goodbye and walked away. I eventually let it go.
r0ck0 · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha.
Oh well, good on you for trying.
RepublicOfLizard · 12 points · Posted at 12:31:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does... does she come to work on time?
gummygoob · 41 points · Posted at 13:27:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, most of the time she does. But whenever she is holding over from the previous shift, she thinks she can go home and wait until “tomorrow” to come back, when it isn’t the case at all. Everyone else was just saying, “no you don’t leave, you stay here, it will be tomorrow in literally a minute” and she would complain that this schedule is “confusing as fuck.”
FivebyFive · 14 points · Posted at 16:56:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes me irrationally angry. How does she tie her own shoes!? This is not an adult.
PM_ME_PICS_OF_HANDS · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:29 on July 5, 2020 · (Permalink)
She might be one of those people who can function normally in life but has difficulties understanding some abstract concepts. Might even have some learning difficulties. I know a few people like that. One of them was a really smart and charming girl but couldn’t understand the mathematical symbols of “greater than” and “less than” (> and <) and fractions. Couldn’t read a clock or tell right from left either. She literally couldn’t comprehend those things and would get frustrated and cry, and our math teacher spent lots of extra time working with her patiently. She did not have problems with most math concepts and had pretty good grades, no social issues whatsoever. Some adults can be very “normal” but struggle with very specific, bizarre issues.
CordeliaGrace · 2 points · Posted at 23:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess ignore my precious comment then, lol.
And hey, as long as she was showing up for her midnight shifts, that’s all that matters, lol!
up-and-cumming · 2 points · Posted at 22:08:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, almost every professor I had in curve would say "assignment due at midnight on X day" when they meant 11:59pm
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 13:09:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um, Oriental Orthodox Church has the day starting at 6.00 PM, for the case of prayer. A new Church Day starts with the twilight prayers at 6.00 PM, apparently because that is how days are designated in the Bible. Gets a bit confusing when you are a kid and saying the Good Friday prayers on Thursday evening. Maybe this lady never got the difference between Church day and Normal day?
pmgoldenretrievers · 2 points · Posted at 22:07:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any normal reasonable person would call that tonight, not tomorrow morning.
gummygoob · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes it would, but we work in security, which means knowledge of military time, not using vague terms like “tonight” (which is not really vague, but people’s use for it is different. Ex: you using tonight when referring to midnight and another coworkers preference of using tonight for 1700 because in his country, that was common), and knowing what terminology we use when referring days and shifts. We have military time ingrained in the workplace; when we say the hour, we know what time of day you are talking about and vice-versa:
A-“Hello, all done with work this morning?”
B-“Yes just got out 0800, going to rest before returning tonight”
A-“Coming back later today? Are you going to stick around through to tomorrow morning?”
B-“Yeah, usually I would come in tomorrow at 0000, but I am going to come in at 2000 for today, tonight because why not? Also, saying 2000 for today, tonight is redundant because just with me just saying the hour, you know that I meant the 2000 for today, which is tonight, because that means 8 pm.”
Dica92 · 16 points · Posted at 10:05:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister used to think the day began at sunrise, which sort of makes sense because daytime involves sunlight.
dabenu · 3 points · Posted at 16:55:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
According to the Dutch railways, it starts at 4 am.
mcobsidian101 · 20 points · Posted at 15:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The sheer number of people I've had to convince that there are 60 minutes in an hour, not 59, boggles my mind.
'You only ever see x:59 on the clock, then it switches to the next hour' '...why does everyone say an hour has 60 minutes, if you count, it only has 59'
Dear god my faith in humanity is tested
severley_confused · 23 points · Posted at 11:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate refuses to call it the next day until after he's gone to sleep and then woken up "the next day". It could be 3am but he vehemently refuses to say it's a new day.
Guarnerian · 12 points · Posted at 17:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I do the same thing. I know technically its the next day but if I was talking about a party or a game night that stretched past midnight I would just say remember when you threw up Monday night and not remember when you threw up Tuesday morning.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 20:17:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a difference between the technical calendar day, and a practical human day. If it’s 2am on a Saturday, that’s still Friday night to people who are awake.
Our day ends when we go to sleep, and begins when we wake up. Society is based around the day starting at sunrise. Businesses don’t open at midnight. People don’t exist as calendars with 24 hour days. It’s weird how people don’t see that distinction.
shadowgattler · 8 points · Posted at 13:25:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
someone asked when an update was supposed to come out yesterday. We told him it would come out at 12:00 pm and he tried correcting us and told is we're stupid because 12:00 pm doesn't exist. It's either noon or midnight.
EntropyZer0 · 6 points · Posted at 10:29:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I kinda get that one: As someone from a country where the 24-hour clock is standard, I always have to think whether 12am/ pm means midnight or noon.
It just doesn't make sense if you think about the 12's being the separators between the two halves! Is 12 before 12 or after 12? It's neither!
(Yes, I know it's am -> in the night, pm -> in the day, but I still have to think about it every time I read it somewhere.)
t184256 · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:46 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
12pm makes about as much sense as counting distance in body parts. It's like, what's the water freezing point in degrees Randomkind? How many bushels are there in a barrel? What is 12pm? IDK, and I can't blame people for not knowing stuff that's so messed up for no good reason.
Narf-a-licious · 6 points · Posted at 15:20:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit this concept is so hard for people who work graveyard. People would constantly complain when the manager would lay out the weeks plans and read it off as "Tuesday" through "Saturday." We started work 12am Tuesday (ending 8-10am) but at least half of the employee's would complain about people talking about the "wrong days." Then they use this basic misunderstanding as a reason not to do their jobs properly (or even show up) and instead of fixing their part in it just leveraged their anger towards management until they started referring to our schedule as Mon-Fri, which is confusing as fuck for people who actually understand time when we are coming into work literally at the last ten minutes of Monday.
kowai_hanako-chan · 10 points · Posted at 08:13:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually treat my days as starting at 8am. Makes me feel less bad about staying up til 4 every day.
palordrolap · 9 points · Posted at 13:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are some places that a) use the 24-hour clock and b) extend past 24 for certain purposes like shifts or late nighters.
If you work 6pm to 4am, for example, your shift could be marked as 18:00-28:00 of the day you started.
As for me, I did nights for a while (a long time ago now) and part of my personal coping system was naming my shift with both days that it occurred on run together as one word. If I was to be working tonight, it'd be the Friday/Saturday shift, for example, but I wouldn't pronounce the "/" in any way.
The hardest part is learning to deal with the fact that time doesn't stop overnight, for which sleep automatically gives the impression. It keeps on ticking right until sunrise and on and on and on.
Being confronted by time as an unbroken dimension off into the future is a little bit suffocating tbh.
perpetualsleep · 3 points · Posted at 22:47:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder how she deals with New Years Eve.
gummygoob · 6 points · Posted at 02:39:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s funny is that I used that as an example. The explanation went with me describing the count down. We count down to midnight because at midnight, that’s when it’s January first. It is no longer December 31st, it is now a new day, but at the same time a new year, which is why we count down and celebrate. Her answer was “yeah, but we only do that on New Years, we don’t count down everyday.”
Edit: I forgot to add that I stopped using that as an example because it would have made things worse.
CordeliaGrace · 3 points · Posted at 23:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work midnights as well, and I’m a night owl anyway...but before all this, it was an eerie feeling (to me) to be awake when it started being a new day, and to still be awake when the sun came up...I kind of see where this chick was coming from...if her case was more of a “I’m alone in the world, and watched a new day come on”, existential crisis kind of thing.
__biscuits · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:03 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Graveyard shift at the airport, people arriving around 11pm for flights that departed 23 hours ago. So much fun trying to explain how to read clocks and calendars at the same time.
EnthiumZ · 3 points · Posted at 15:28:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I admit I had problems understanding this concept too...When I was 10.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 19:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact: if you're trying to find a hotel room and it's after midnight, call the hotel. ObiPricePedia will roll over the room night to the next day, and you'll show up at 1am and be told they're full and check in for the date you actually booked isn't until 3pm.
spiderbutt_ · 2 points · Posted at 23:23:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After reading all your follow up comments, did she eventually get moved to a shift where that wouldn't matter? 'Cause that seems like it'd be the easiest course of action for everyone involved.
gummygoob · 3 points · Posted at 02:56:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, she said her schedule worked best when working grave. However, that lead to a misunderstanding because she asked for Tuesdays off. What she meant was she cannot work Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. When she requested it, she just said “no tuesday.” To the scheduler, this meant that she would not work at any point on Tuesdays, but when it became Wednesday, she was available. This turned into a small yelling match over the phone.
spiderbutt_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine having to deal with that.
Skyraider96 · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok. But graveyard people (me included) are weirdly more aware of dates and times. Because no one understands how days work for night people.
My boss: The schedule so this way so everyone gets one day off the weekend. You work Saturday and the other night person start Sunday."
Me: Silently look as at the fact I start Saturday for 2 hour but my other 10 hours is Sunday
Me: Ok.
lollipop_catshark · 1 points · Posted at 18:05:36 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked overnights for many years (PCA work for my brother / safety coordinator for a trucking company) and I’ve always worked off the schedule “it’s not tomorrow til I wake up or the sun comes up”
I know technically if I worked Monday night into Tuesday morning my time changed at midnight but for my own peace of mind to schedule appointments I had to think the way I did
Kcups · 405 points · Posted at 00:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my boss how to "go down to the next line" by hitting Enter on his computer keyboard.
kurdggseek · 34 points · Posted at 01:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have taught high schoolers to hit tab to indent instead of hitting space 15 times.
DanciaKS · 34 points · Posted at 13:57:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, if they go to a school with older teachers or low budget,they don’t teach this. We were also taught a paragraph is every5-7 sentences without any reference to content. A librarian flipped out on an entire class about us not knowing how to write a paragraph. “It’s like you guys just start a new paragraph every 5-7 sentences!” We collectively stared at her blankly before telling her that’s exactly what we were told to do. If it weren’t for that librarian, all graduates from my elementary school probably wouldn’t know how to write proper paragraphs.
kurdggseek · 9 points · Posted at 14:06:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My students use Chromebooks starting their freshman year and I had to tell this to a senior. I understand your point, but given the context that I work with them, it was kind of sad because they've been writing papers on computers for nearly four years at this point.
tishdeelish · 5 points · Posted at 01:10:00 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Except that older teachers started typing on a typewriter, so that is the one key they should absolutely know how to use. (51 y.o. here)
shzza · 3 points · Posted at 14:20:41 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
the time before computers? everyone had a quill and an ink well. nothing in between, clearly.
RunnerMomLady · 8 points · Posted at 19:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG i had a manager (of a software testing team) trying to read a word doc in a tiny like 3x3 little window in the center of her screen. She didn't know how to make the window bigger.
RadzWasTakenRE · 5 points · Posted at 16:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well neither did I know... when I was 8
e_lizz · 3 points · Posted at 02:46:01 on July 10, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I used to tutor college students there were multiple older people who would automatically hit enter once the typing got to the right side of the Word doc. Every line. Like a typewriter. Then their format was a mess and it would take me forever to correct
SpankySugar05 · 1384 points · Posted at 00:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grown ass woman telling me it's easier to wipe do one big wipe (from ass to vag) instead of wiping vag first then ass last....... Well guess we finally found out why she suffers from multiple UTIs a month
Violent-Profane-Brit · 587 points · Posted at 02:11:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not even a woman and that is abhorrent, Holy fuck
AliveAndKickingAss · 50 points · Posted at 09:50:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And that, dear children, is where the expression "tainted love" came from
schizoidparanoid · 17 points · Posted at 12:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
:’(
faux_maux_ · 8 points · Posted at 20:33:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know if I’ll ever get “one big wipe” out of my mind...
MurderyPikachu · 76 points · Posted at 02:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally recoiled in horror, oh my god
DanielDelights · 88 points · Posted at 02:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an aunt like her.
Mom had to teach her how to wash and wipe, Because the bible didn't teach her that.
Before that, the aunt had UTI's for months, and a doctor's bill for miles.(Not to worry thought, she has more money than sense anyways)
AllegraO · 3 points · Posted at 13:58:17 on July 6, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hello fellow American (no one else would equate doctor visits with expensive bills)
DanielDelights · 3 points · Posted at 07:48:36 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not american.
[deleted] · 32 points · Posted at 04:02:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didnt learn to wipe front to back until i was 20 but I came up with my own weird system of middle to front and then back to middle.
LazuliArtz · 61 points · Posted at 02:25:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest, I only learned recently that this was the wrong way to wipe (I lived with only my dad for a pretty long time).
I also only learned this year that I had to wash down there. I’m 15 for the record... we all have our faults I suppose.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 115 points · Posted at 02:28:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't put soap inside your vagina. Use only a mile soap or just got water while cleaning your vulva. The vagina is self cleaning and soap will throw off your PH.
Just in case you didn't know.
I understand how sometimes knowledge just skips you. I didn't brush my teeth regurlarly until like 10. Everyone in my family brushes daily but I guess no one decided to make sure I was.
LazuliArtz · 58 points · Posted at 02:30:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thankfully, google taught me not actually put soap into my vagina lol.
I’m also pretty bad about brushing my teeth. I have increased it to once a day though. Not the best, but much better than me avoiding brushing my teeth for a week or more. I don’t know how I’ve escaped cavities all my life.
welluuasked · 53 points · Posted at 03:14:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
girl, brush your teeth and floss everyday, no joke. you do not want to go through the extreme pain of dental procedures and pay thousands for fillings, root canals, crowns, extractions and implants 10-20 years down the road.
SouthSilly · 27 points · Posted at 03:55:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone I know had to spend 2-4k when they turned 30, because we all stopped going to the dentist when we moved out of our parents' house. And that's brushing regularly. Step up that teeth game! (Plus, it's really gross when your partner has halitosis, no matter how much you love them, haha)
tarabithia22 · 25 points · Posted at 05:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A trick to try in order to understand is to floss very well, then smell the white stuff on the floss. It smells like something died. That is what one's breath smells like if teeth aren't brushed/flossed at least once a day.
dariaXmorgendorffer · 10 points · Posted at 11:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially after flossing between molars! It's truly horrific. I'm an inconsistent flosser and trying to get better (I use floss picks when I'm driving, I know, gross) and my dentist told me that smelling the floss will help me step up my game and it sure has.
murpalim · 14 points · Posted at 06:53:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear to god please brush your teeth twice a day. You do not directly see the consequences right now but in 30 years this bs is going to haunt you via thousands of dollars of dental work and unnecessary pain
pizzelle · 13 points · Posted at 04:12:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your comment reminded me that I learned most basic hygiene not from persons or family but the World Encyclopedia!
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 12 points · Posted at 04:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly it's sad the little things kids miss because their parents cant help, are ignorant, or don't realize that children don't just know stuff.
I'm thankful i figured all my hygiene stuff out before highschool.
pizzelle · 12 points · Posted at 04:49:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think parents were never taught in a wholesome way, so they don't know how to teach in a wholesome way (usually it's in the form of ridicule), so the cycle continues.
I feel like I was Cinderella bullied into knowing how to do a lot of chores, chores I can appreciate and actually do enjoy now but only when I'm by myself. There was never a "here's how you do this! Wanna learn?" but literally starting out with "Why don't you know? I could do this when I was 5!" Then the parent would just take over... I mean my parent.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 10 points · Posted at 04:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see this a lot and have been guilty of it myself. I had to take a moment after finding out my 12 year old cousin couldn't make a sandwich. I didn't want to ridicule him because it wasn't his fault and wouldn't have been productive but at the same time...a sandwich?
He knows now though.
I think a lot of people just don't remember being a kid and do a mix of under and over estimating the abilities of children. You see it a lot on Reddit. People will joke about 6 year olds eating play doh as if it's a regular occurrence but most kids by that age are beyond that. They just know when they were little they ate play doh and six is fairly little. And in the opposite way they'll be shocked a 14 year old can't find their way home, while forgetting they never had to find their way home alone until they got their liscence.
pizzelle · 6 points · Posted at 05:05:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! Me as well, I gotta remember to have grace, to both young and old.
I actually find myself often asking why adults don't remember being a child and I fear I will too in about 3 years. It scares me. 34 is apparently the cut off to be molded by the military to do what they want. After that, you're unmoldable lol I have 3 more years to learn how to be a decent person before it becomes Incredibly hard!
captkronni · 23 points · Posted at 03:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with only my dad as a teen. I remember when he got pissed at me for flushing tampons, then didn’t believe me when I said I didn’t know better. Like, who was going to tell me? I didn’t have a mom or sisters around. I could have sworn that the instructions in the box said they were flushable, and that was the only thing I had to go off of.
jhobweeks · 13 points · Posted at 03:52:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, they ARE flushable, it’s just not great for the plumbing or the environment.
disgruntledsquids · 2 points · Posted at 00:47:27 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m like 95% sure they’re not flushable if you have a septic tank
jhobweeks · 2 points · Posted at 00:47:59 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair, I’ve never had one so I wouldn’t know.
Succumbingsurvivor · 20 points · Posted at 03:23:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey there (: just checking in as another girl (now adult) who didn’t learn a whole lot about all of that because of my family situation. I’m always here to talk or answer any questions you may have but aren’t sure who to ask/are embarrassed to ask ❤️
coffeehoarder9000 · 9 points · Posted at 11:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Also I know you've probs learned a lot but any of that "vaginal" soap shit like femfresh is fucking awful for you. I ended up at a gyno with fucked up PH because of those soaps like 6 years ago. I was like 17 using the wipes, the vag deodorant and those damn soaps. Thank god my mum was open to taking me and having them explain she'd tried but I didn't take it in properly
You can wash the outer bits with soap it's just the inner bits you have have to careful about and making sure nothing ever goes inside.
If you ever have any weird questions I know I'm a stranger but having so knowledge that's not pulled of a website helps so I'm always open to random questions even over DM 💖
sililil · 4 points · Posted at 13:40:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No judgment, it sucks your dad never taught you that. But I’m confused. Were you just... wiping shit into your vagina constantly? Did that not feel horribly wrong?
LazuliArtz · 3 points · Posted at 13:42:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, no. I was a kid after all.
It did mean I probably used much more toilet paper than I needed to to get that area clean though.
dumbandconcerned · 10 points · Posted at 14:48:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why wouldn’t she just do one big wipe, but in the opposite direction? Like if doing two wipes is what’s throwing her off, can she not just switch direction?
Seniri · 41 points · Posted at 03:46:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When she was younger my girlfriend was prone to UTIs, and couldn't figure out why. One day we were chatting and her ex came up (he was abusive, we chatted about it sometimes) and we're both open and not very jealous people, talk about sex and past partners etc. I don't remember the context but she mentions that he would go from anal to vaginal penetration (and back) without changing the condom/cleaning off - I tried to explain to her that this is exactly why she had so many UTIs when she was with him. She didn't seem to believe me, still probably doesn't believe me, but she hasn't had one in the 2+ years we've been together.
We're moving to different cities soon and a) we're poly, b) not sure what the future holds, but I imagine she may get some UTIs in the future if she dates somebody as stupid (not abusive, just stupid) as her ex again.
Silver2324 · 7 points · Posted at 06:02:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me cringe and clench my thighs. Just. No.
microchipgirl · 6 points · Posted at 18:11:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Folks, it's not even (or just) UTIs that result from this, which affect the "hole" *further* from the anus, but the Bacterial Vaginosis that generally *more easily* occurs in the vagina, which is in between the anus and urethra. BV is SUPER easy to develop even when you're not adding "wiping wrong" to the list of Bad Choices You Might Make In Regards To Your Vagina. I am 38 and I think I've only had one UTI in my life, but I have had BV at LEAST 50 times in the last 25 years.
(I also in the last year have learned about pH balance and that semen throws off the vagina's balance and some women are more sensitive to this than others, hence the recurrent yeast infections for the last 25 years also. So in case some of you don't know why you keep having them, try abstaining for a bit and see if that clears up. I take 2 different Fem probiotics now and it helps immensely)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 14:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in India and had legit never used toilet paper to wipe in my life before (bidets), and I study in UK for my undergrad, so I googled it up to make sure I knew how to do it right because like it felt disgusting doing it. Still feels disgusting (there is nothing like just using water to wash), but hey at least I’m doing it right haha.
ermoon · 3 points · Posted at 18:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can get temporary or even portable bidets for pretty cheap! I recommend looking them up on Amazon bc just for the detailed reviews for every situation
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:19:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just bought a huge mug and fill it with water whenever I have to poop haha
ermoon · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Much simpler, lol
cagofbans · 3 points · Posted at 15:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me fucking recoil lmao
Erikakakaka · 2 points · Posted at 11:53:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NO ✋🏽
shineevee · 2 points · Posted at 20:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in the AOL days, I was on a message board where we had a very heated argument with one of the girls because she said back-to-front was fine and the rest of us were like, "NO, IT IS NOT."
SecretPotatoChip · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and my asshole shivered.
up-and-cumming · 2 points · Posted at 22:54:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
... You... You can do one big wipe from the front to the back too.
kwinnerz · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like I need to have a preventative glass of cranberry juice from just reading this
satori0320 · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ಠ_ಠ
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was surprised when I read this online. Like how do so many people have to be told about this? It should be common sense.
SeriousPomegranate · 1 points · Posted at 22:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair to her. She's not wrong. It probably is easier. In the short term.
PretzelFriend · 1 points · Posted at 23:13:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
ewwwwww
Compodulator · 1 points · Posted at 16:04:47 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh Jesus! Even as a man, that shit makes me shiver in horror!
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:43 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m pretty sure I knew better... at age six.
Hunnilisa · 1 points · Posted at 15:04:30 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oooh eeeew. Oh god. I remember being a kid and my mom repeatedly telling me to never wipe back to front. That is so gross!!!
PM_ME_YOUR_WEIRD_PET · 1 points · Posted at 18:08:30 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like I got a UTI just reading that
expiriment1288 · 1 points · Posted at 04:23:35 on July 20, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I was never careful with this until I heard it from either friends or tv. I didn’t know about PH or toxic soaps or washing ONLY the litter vagina. I have so many issues with my underwear ending up dirty from my terrible PH balance. I got these horrid tasting pills from the GYNO and it cleared up. I don’t know how to get that shit straight but I’m so glad I learned to wipe...
pizzelle · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was very young my mother first ridiculed me for my pain, degraded, and Then taught how to properly wipe.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not even a female and that had me recoil
LeluWater · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
ronitrocket · 1 points · Posted at 07:26:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the equivalent of rubbing my ass then drying my dick with the same tissue. Makes much less sense then.
aamiamm · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean when she drops the kids off to school, she just smears it all over?
bacaw1192 · 1 points · Posted at 15:38:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welp, this is embarrassing, but I still don't feel like I know how to wipe correctly as a woman. I try different ways all the time and never know which one's right. I have an 8 year old daughter too that I've explained the front to back to and she seems like she's gotten it, but I don't think I even have...
ermoon · 3 points · Posted at 18:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Reddit has taught me that on the whole, people are wiping each area in every which direction and it works out. If you're not getting UTIs, smell and feel clean, I wouldn't worry too much. Many threads on this topic have come up on /r/AskReddit or /r/AskWomen, if you want reassurance!
duracell___bunny · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's called vulva, not "vag"
Slug_Overdose · -4 points · Posted at 08:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not a woman, but I feel like it should be fairly instinctual not to wipe shit everywhere on one's body. I mean, you wouldn't wipe your shit on your arm or face. I certainly wouldn't do it on my balls. I'm not sure how she didn't understand that. Like, did she just think that entire region was all one big ass hole?
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 16:39:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's obvious. Like wiping shit on your arm or face? Get real.
Since you don't know, the anus is very close to the vagina. When you wipe the anus from front to back you slightly move fecal bacteria toward the back. If you wipe the anus from back to front you slightly move fecal bacteria toward the front.
Because the vagina is fairly close to the anus, any slightly moved fecal bacteria toward the vagina will have a higher chance of developing into an infection.
No one is smearing shit willy nilly all over random body parts. Stop trying to start more shit in a thread about shit.
Winterlight8044 · 5962 points · Posted at 00:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex best friend had told me that she had needed to buy another new vacuum cleaner, the 3rd that month. I asked her what was wrong with it and she said "It's not picking things up anymore!" So I asked if she had dumped out the container... she didn't know that was a thing.
hpnut326 · 3471 points · Posted at 02:58:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t have the new dyson wormhole model?
TheGoldL · 128 points · Posted at 03:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brought to you by Aperture Science.
CoraxtheRavenLord · 13 points · Posted at 06:18:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better than the Mantis Vac.
FluentPenguin · 3 points · Posted at 19:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was the pitch that later became Installer
scemscem · -1 points · Posted at 11:25:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought it was brought by vsause 2
RestOfThe · 58 points · Posted at 05:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have the old blackhole model. Works better than the wormhole model but not quite as safe.
coaxialgamer · 27 points · Posted at 10:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quantum Singularity™ could be a nice brand name
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 12:23:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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cockalorum-smith · 10 points · Posted at 15:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Keep spaghettifying my furniture. Would not recommend
monsantobreath · 17 points · Posted at 07:18:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer my Hoover Max Extract® 60 Pressure Pro™ with the patented Bag of Holding feature.
ohaimike · 2 points · Posted at 14:27:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Suck the dirt right into the void.
NishiGT · 2 points · Posted at 14:52:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why have a wormhole when you can have a dyson black hole edition? (Warning might be slightly hazardous to life)
zen5050 · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No wonder why they are so overpriced!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about the dyson toilet, do you have that?
CastinEndac · 1 points · Posted at 15:47:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I’ll have to switch Miller over to R&D I guess.
jas417 · 1 points · Posted at 20:54:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Central vacuums with a big hopper in the garage that needs emptied like once a year are a thing. There's sockets in the wall where you plug a hose in. She probs had that growing up and her dad or mom or whoever just took care of the hopper when it needed emptied and it just never occurred to her.
Still tho... You really don't understand that if you're just plugging a vacuum into the electrical outlet instead of the magic hole in the wall that the shit you pick up must be going inside the vacuum somewhere, not just being whisked away through the electrical outlet.
willbeagain · 626 points · Posted at 04:42:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of perfectly good vacuum cleaners with full bags at the thrift store when college gets out is staggering. This problem is seriously common.
intashu · 29 points · Posted at 14:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My current vacuum was found on the curb. Hose clogged with dog hair.
I've had this thing for like 8 years now. Still works great!
Edit: dumb typo.
sirclesam · 2 points · Posted at 16:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah finally someone who also spells vaccume wrong
(Which Google keyboard knows is wrong but not how to fix)
intashu · 5 points · Posted at 16:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What sucks is, I know it's wrong.. But if I don't proofread my typing on mobile I still get it wrong 100% of the time.
Also I seem really good at teaching my keyboard the wrong spelling of a word is okay.. Instead of it just correcting said word.
danny_ish · 72 points · Posted at 05:43:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am guilty of dropping off perfectly good vacuums at thrift stores at the end of the school year. But to be fair, I would always buy them secondhand for the school year, replace the filter, use them all year and just didn’t want to load them in my car for the long drive home
ThePinkTeenager · 3 points · Posted at 22:19:37 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s different. He’s referring to people who think a vacuum is broken when really it just needs a bag change.
danny_ish · 1 points · Posted at 22:27:32 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but if you are buying it from a thrift store, who knows why it ended up there. But college town thrift stores at the end of semester are a gold mind
Flying__Fox · 9 points · Posted at 16:39:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once during an internship, I needed a vacuum for my apartment. And just my luck, I found one at the complex's trash compactor. It looked perfectly fine. I took it home and saw that the brush was clogged up with hair and dirt, and that was keeping it from running. After like 10 minutes of cleaning it, I had a free vaccuum. It's a shame that some things get thrown out because others don't want to troubleshoot them. :(
Zanki · 3 points · Posted at 21:49:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could have just bought a new one and didn't clean the old one out. I just put one out front for someone to take with a full bag. I just don't need it anymore. I have a Dyson that doesn't need disposable bags that you can only buy at one store on the other side of the city.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 15:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None I know where to go before buying a new vacuum
Cloaked42m · 3 points · Posted at 18:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. There's a life pro tip.
JayCDee · 2 points · Posted at 07:45:46 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dumpster diving at the end of the school year is apparently a very lucrative business.
Zanki · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put one out front like that the other day for someone to take. Someone took it. It works fine, but I have a nice Dyson now that doesn't need bags that are only at a store the other side of thr city. Someone else will get good use out of it.
cronedog · 2 points · Posted at 22:49:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How are people so dumb? They think the dirt magically disappears?
BreakingX · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe some people don't empty the bag because they sucked up a cockroach or something equally gross and was too afraid the face the mangled remains. I'm not afraid... I just close my eyes and empty it as far away from me as possible.
SAT_Throwaway_1519 · 1 points · Posted at 19:30:02 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates and I keep having this problem but I swear we clean it :( idk what we’re doing wrong lol
EndlessDespair · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:02 on July 16, 2020 · (Permalink)
if it has a "brush" try cleaning that! my vacuum has a brush and it gets clogged with hair, etc after enough use :)
SAT_Throwaway_1519 · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:16 on July 16, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks! We’ll try that!
adamrjac99 · 104 points · Posted at 02:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Vacuum cleaner because it disposes of everything into the vacuum of space it would seem.
Dyolf_Knip · 3 points · Posted at 13:57:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hah, there was a Star Trek novel along these lines. They come across a planet which is surrounded by a dust cloud apparently appearing out of nowhere. Turns out a parallel version centuries ago invented a device which made stuff just disappear, and without worrying too hard about where it went, started dumping all their trash into it (something they realized only in retrospect had included a lot of dilithium crystals). It also tended so suck up a fair amount of air, so their atmosphere was getting pretty depleted, too.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 22:22:37 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
So where did all the stuff go?
Dyolf_Knip · 1 points · Posted at 22:51:17 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, sorry, didn't make that clear. It went into this reality, and was causing the dust cloud.
CherryCool000 · 46 points · Posted at 07:40:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh I had a roommate that did that. We were chatting with a group of friends once and one friend was explaining that her hoover was quite old and a bit broken, so the hoover bag never really goes in properly and she always has to make sure the contents of it don’t spill.
My roommate jumps in and says “why don’t you get one like me and CherryCool have? It’s so great, it never needs emptied!”
We’d been living together for over a year at that point. I never realised I was the only one who dumped out the container.
MageVicky · 8 points · Posted at 13:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
omg, i love this story, ok, what did they say when you informed them that you're the one who empties it??
CherryCool000 · 10 points · Posted at 17:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked where they thought the dirt and dust went after it was vacuumed up.
“Huh. I guess I never really thought about it?”
NotYourOnlyFriend · 3 points · Posted at 15:47:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god that reminds me of the YouTube video of the guy with the magic basket.
Funny to think people like that really exist.
ksbsnowowl · 20 points · Posted at 06:33:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's like all the middle eastern princes during their first oil boom that had so much money, and no experience with things like automobiles, that they would buy a car, drive it until it ran out of gas, then buy a new car, because the first one didn't work anymore.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 22:24:41 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s a whole new level of rich and dumb.
[deleted] · 41 points · Posted at 06:07:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Targettio · 12 points · Posted at 07:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surely that is covered in the manual?
Iamsobored888 · 8 points · Posted at 07:10:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just bought a dryer and didn't know this. Thank you.
TeemuKai · 26 points · Posted at 09:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm quessing you didn't read the user manual? You should try reading it. It only takes a few minutes and you'll get so much more out of your purchase and learn to maintain it properly, which will make it last longer.
One should read the manual for pretty much everything they buy, they're included for a reason. If you buy something second hand and don't get a manual, find it with google.
Iamsobored888 · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks dude/dudette
etzel1200 · 1 points · Posted at 23:09:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you a technical writer?
TeemuKai · 2 points · Posted at 23:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. Just an avid user manual reader.
KT_mama · 7 points · Posted at 08:50:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it's still very fuzzy in there after you pull the filter out, you can use a vaccumn hose to suck extra lint out. :)
Also, you may also be able to Google "how to clean brand model dryer" and see something pop up on YouTube.
AnonFortheTimeBeing · 2 points · Posted at 12:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you don't want to get the vacuum out or buy the little dryer vent hoses (if your vacuum's built in wand is too fat or the suction isn't good enough without actually inserting it) they make hand held brushes specifically for this task. I've seen them in grocery stores occasionally but walmart/Amazon/hardware store/etc should definitely be able to help you out.
Also just fyi you have to clean (or replace) the long collapsible vent that goes between the back of the dryer and the wall (and the vent through the wall ideally, if at all possible - it should be short/straight) at least occasionally. Some say annually is good enough, others encourage more frequently. I usually see how bad it gets how fast but I am no kind of professional/authority. It's detachable, scrunch it up and it should be relatively easy to clean out. Major potential for house fires.
RosiePugmire · 30 points · Posted at 04:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you fill up an entire vacuum in less than a month, to the point where it won't pick anything up? Did she have like eighteen cats or something?
Evsuave · 28 points · Posted at 05:32:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My vacuum container fills up after I vacuum my room!! And I only have one dog. Red heeler
danny_ish · 15 points · Posted at 05:44:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My vacuum fills up doing my house, which I do once a week. I have one short hair dog.
RosiePugmire · 9 points · Posted at 05:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess I've always had a big vac and a small apartment. I'm not going to claim I vacuum every week but I feel like I go a lot longer than that without emptying the bag...
MageVicky · 0 points · Posted at 13:20:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
in my two floor house it's three cats and two adults, i can vacuum like three times, at least, before i notice it's not vacuuming right anymore and have to empty it, and it's not even a huge vacuum, either. so i don't really get it. here i thought my house was dirty, i always vacuum a loooot of cat hair. what are these people vacuuming? lol
thuggathuggaslatt · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
she said her friend bought 3 in one month and didn’t know they can empty them. they’re either making it up or over exaggerating
Bunny36 · 4 points · Posted at 10:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having worked in electronics retail and seen how many people have no idea how to maintain a vacuum I genuinely believe this story.
loopsydoopsy · 1 points · Posted at 11:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The unbelievable part of this story is not that she didn't know how to clean out the vacuum, it's that she somehow filled up three entire vacuums in one month to the point of not being able to use them anymore. Either she's vacuuming a huge mansion every single day, or their floors are seriously dirty.
Bunny36 · 4 points · Posted at 11:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends, if she's buying small cheap ones (which I suspect is true of she's willing to buy multiple rather than try to claim warranty) they may have small canisters which can fill up pretty fast if you have pet fur and stuff.
thuggathuggaslatt · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
if she’s dumb enough to buy 3 vacuums, then she sure as hell doesn’t know shit about warranties lol
TheAmishPhysicist · 2 points · Posted at 13:40:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, this seems exaggerated. I can't imagine any home getting so dirty that someone would fill 3 vacuums in a month. And if they're vacuuming that much it couldn't be that dirty.
PepperPhoenix · 8 points · Posted at 11:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my housemates at uni was going nuts over her Hoover "breaking". She had emptied the dust compartment but it hadn't helped.
I showed her where the filters were. The main one was practically black with grime, we gave it a good wash and popped it back in.
She switched the Hoover on again and bitched that it hadn't helped. I noticed the weird, strangled noise the machine was making and asked if she had hovered up anything particularly chunky that might have gotten stuck.
Blank look. Sigh, ok. We disassemble the pipes and examine inside. She had vacuumed up half a chocolate bar and a pair of underpants (wtf?) And they were thoroughly jammed in a turn, blocking the hose.
We ruined a crochet hook and a toothbrush cleaning out that crap and tried the machine again. Worked perfectly.
I introduced her to the concept of routine maintenance and not hoovering up items that were too big. Turns out the pants were a surprise but she had deliberately sucked up the chocolate bar because she couldn't be bothered to pick it up by hand, but never registered that it hadn't appeared in the dust cup.
nextepisodeplease · 6 points · Posted at 07:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ho boy. They generally come with a manual. Why dont people read instructions?
Sandwich_Band1t · 5 points · Posted at 05:20:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
two much big word
nextepisodeplease · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many word, much hurt
migato86 · 5 points · Posted at 05:54:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex best friend? What happened?
colebeat · 3 points · Posted at 06:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also want to know
dirtpespi · 3 points · Posted at 07:05:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe she’s used to having one of those vacuum systems where your house has spots in the wall for a hose and all the dust and stuff goes to one big tank somewhere in the house?
TeemuKai · 3 points · Posted at 09:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was thinking the same thing. Someone else in the family just periodically emptied the tank and she never knew about it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bojack horseman procrastination style lol
SweetAnnSour · 2 points · Posted at 18:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I have a sister in law who did the same. She literally destroyed vacuums, burning up the motors like that, couldn't figure it out. My husband finally saw one of the dead vacuums before it made it to the curb and opened it up to find the bag packed like concrete. He said, "Hey stupid..." LOL! She also didn't know how to clean the lint filter in the clothes dryer, and the first time she had a house with a dishwasher, she filled the dispenser with Dawn dish soap, because, "They want too much money for stuff for the dishwasher. It's so stupid, it's all the same, they're just trying to make money off people who think they're too good to wash dishes by hand." 4 hours later she was still trying to get all the soap out of the nooks and crannies of the kitchen. Truly one of the dumbest people I've ever known. She passed high school only because she showed up every day and the teachers felt bad for her. She literally failed everything, they passed her with D- in all classes except PE, which she got an A in.
InvisibleShadow2U · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tangential, but how on earth did she find someone to marry? Did her husband really have no idea what she was like, before they wed? How?
SweetAnnSour · 2 points · Posted at 12:23:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL! Right? You would think she would just have a string of wildly trashy, dysfunctional relationships, especially since she's a heavy smoker and drinker, and back in the late '80s and early '90s, there wasn't a drug she didn't find objectionable. Well, she did have those kind of relationships, but a guy she knew since high school who is controlling and abusive and a sex addict, and super wealthy zeroed in on her. She became like his toy and property, but it all looked very respectable. No intelligent woman would put up with him though. My husband said his sisters and mom were so dumb, he thought that's how women were. He was amazed at how smart I was.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 22:34:07 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You somehow ended up with a smart guy from a family of idiots. Good job!
SweetAnnSour · 2 points · Posted at 22:53:57 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
So true! He and his brother are smart, but he's the only one who's a good person too. I am certain the problem with the sisters is that they are twins and are sharing a brain!! LOL! But seriously, the dingy mom thought she was too fat when she was pregnant with the girls, so she ate literally nothing but lettuce salad and water. So there you go. Malnutrition during brain development.
plmcalli · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn
sandieeeee · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean there isn’t a black hole in the Hoover when all the garbage disappears into?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THIS. I have encountered this way too many times. People don’t realize that vacuums... need to be cleaned out....!!!
-empty vacuum bag/container -clean or replace filters -check the wheel on the bottom, it gets clogged with hair and stuff
I know at least 4 people that will just buy a new vacuum instead of doing these 3 things.
ZoukDragneel · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah if I had a best friend that dumb I would've dropped them too... :p
crimson_dancer · 1 points · Posted at 19:29:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like plain stupidity
Mershy99 · 1 points · Posted at 21:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have to empty out ours multiple times if vacuuming our whole house (husky owner). I cant imagine someone not knowing this
katartsis · 2216 points · Posted at 01:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Okay this is not quite a whilst adulting but...
For as long as I can remember, my father had red eyes after showering. I didn't even think about it. One day as a teenager a friend slept over and in the morning she saw my dad dressed and ready for work, freshly showered, red-eyed. She asked him why his eyes were red and he simply said "shampoo." She then very carefully and as respectfully as she could muster asked him why he didn't close his eyes, and he laughed and said "what do you think, I'm an idiot? Closing my eyes in the shower! Sheesh!"
My dad did a lot of things that embarrassed me... But that one was prettttty high up there.
Edit: to everyone saying he was getting high, you have no idea how badly I wish that was the case.
thenameislegs · 112 points · Posted at 03:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand his logic there, why wouldn't he close his eyes?
TheTrollys · 46 points · Posted at 05:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Perhaps he was worried he would lose his balance, slip and fall?
ArborElf · 61 points · Posted at 06:39:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually this sounds very plausible. I did a quick search on getting dizzy in the shower and its actually a thing. It has multiple possible causes like sensitivity to chlorine/fluoride, low blood sugar, thyroid problems, or possibly even issues with the inner ear which handles balance.
Its entirely possible that some minor issue thats not strong enough to notice at any other time is exacerbated by the semi-sensory deprivation that would happen when youre being drenched by hot water with loud rushing sound in a tiny space and closing your eyes is the straw that breaks the balance camels back.
And knowing how guys are its %100 believable that hes not admitting to a minor medical issue and is just living with the painful shampoo eyes.
katartsis · 38 points · Posted at 17:41:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, yeah. Coupled with my dad's boundless machismo and apparent ability to ignore medical issues (according to a doctor he must have broken his foot at some point and never had it set) this is very plausible.
PM_ME_PICS_OF_HANDS · 4 points · Posted at 03:06:25 on July 5, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad loses his balance every time he closes his eyes. Like he couldn’t just stand there normally. If he closes his eyes he’d get all weird and starting to lose balance after a short while. He thought it was completely normal. Maybe your dad has something like that.
DowntownMajor · 3 points · Posted at 18:47:34 on July 20, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't the easiest solution in that case be to simply crouch while washing your hair so you can close your eyes and not fall? That would be the first thing j would try anyways.
VelcroSirRaptor · 92 points · Posted at 04:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because of the implications.
RenaldoBalkman32 · 29 points · Posted at 04:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh ok...that sounds really dark though?
tarabithia22 · 12 points · Posted at 05:34:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What.
M1RR0R · 11 points · Posted at 05:56:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/iasip
tarabithia22 · 4 points · Posted at 07:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did I woosh this! Ty
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 20:37:18 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
But.... It sounds like these women don't want to have sex with you.
teh_drewski · 51 points · Posted at 05:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how the serial killer with a knife gets you
HerbGrinder · 12 points · Posted at 05:42:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The creepy hand will come out of the back of your head.
zangor · 3 points · Posted at 16:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just bear the pain.
Keep those eyes open.
kerill333 · 9 points · Posted at 08:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Still not over Psycho.
thegiantpaperclip · 621 points · Posted at 04:00:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think your dad might've been smoking doobies in the bathroom...
redko2 · 322 points · Posted at 04:08:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Got so high he forgot to close his eyes while shampooing
Roboticpanda27 · 32 points · Posted at 08:27:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And if he keeps rolling doobies in there. He’ll end up living in a van down by the river.
drunkonacid · 26 points · Posted at 10:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Straight up thought dad is in there getting blazed every morning before work. Nah turns out dad is just a dumbass
stanfan114 · 11 points · Posted at 12:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Smokin doobies with his brothers?
scemscem · 8 points · Posted at 11:55:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hehe.......doobie.......
jawni · 5 points · Posted at 14:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're smoking doobies in the bathroom then I'm sure you'd also have some visine in there.
thegiantpaperclip · 6 points · Posted at 14:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If the doobie you smoke in the bathroom is good enough, I daresay you might forget about the visine and closing your eyes in the shower. Probably some other things too.
CrabbyBabby · 31 points · Posted at 23:23:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, maybe I'm the fucking idiot here but how on earth do you get shampoo in your eyes while showering?
Am I the idiot because I stand on the edge of the stream so that the water is hitting just my hair and cascading down the back of my head onto my body, right? It doesn't get into your face. Your face is never in the stream. You're rinsing your hair, why would you want all the shampoo to get into your face? That's horrible.
Does everyone else just like, step right into the middle of the shower stream and just stand there being pelted by water senselessly? What? Am I the weird one!?
Heroic_Raspberry · 4 points · Posted at 11:18:13 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably don't lean their heads upwards, so it runs down into their faces.
doubleenginefailure · 3 points · Posted at 22:43:06 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your method works in most cases. However,it can happen sometimes that some shampoo splashes on your face.
a_theist_guy · 30 points · Posted at 05:40:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indeed.
randomthrowaway1124 · 15 points · Posted at 05:46:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my go to excuse to get blitzed in the bathroom lol
kirbyfan64sos · 15 points · Posted at 08:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm imagining that scene from Home Alone where Kevin puts the aftershave and screams, except it's a grown man in the shower rinsing shampoo with his eyes open.
Antitheistic10 · 10 points · Posted at 06:24:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But if I close my eyes, the killer will jump out and get me
steelgate601 · 9 points · Posted at 08:18:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well...half right, anyways.
OddBob212 · 9 points · Posted at 16:37:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your dad's tolerance for pain is impressive. I got just a little shampoo in my eyes last night (even though they were squeezed shut the whole time) and I could barely stand it. I couldn't even imagine keeping them open like that.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 06:38:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm almost positive your dad was getting high and was deflecting. This seems like a dad joke.
NanoChainedChromium · 5 points · Posted at 20:19:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SO makes fun of me because i close my eyes the entire time while showering.
nryporter25 · 3 points · Posted at 23:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So is he afraid to close his eyes in the shower? Why does he think that would be stupid
investinOutHere · 2 points · Posted at 10:50:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Be a simple man..Do the best you can.
hewhosleepsnot · 1 points · Posted at 19:25:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dad get scarred by JAWs?
loki_einstein · 1 points · Posted at 23:32:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was jerking it in the the shower. Next time you crank one out, go look in the mirror.
Reila_2 · 1 points · Posted at 20:51:44 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
After I read the first couple sentences I was afraid you were going to say he was washing his eyes is the shower, which now that I think about it you basically are if you're not closing your eyes while you shower.
GiantPinkPanda · 719 points · Posted at 00:35:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
not really the same but kinda fits. had a friend complain the movie they were watching didn’t tell you who won the war. it was a WWI movie...
edit: in her defence i’m not sure she knew it was a WWI movie but i still found it pretty funny
obsequious_cuck · 68 points · Posted at 06:15:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's because no one won.
CallousCarolean · 24 points · Posted at 11:44:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I was explaining WW1 to a friend once and she asked ”But who lost the war?”, and I just kinda stopped for a moment in disbelief and said ”Uuuuh, the Germans?”, to which she replied ”Oh good, that’s what I was hoping for”.
When I asked why, she said ”Oh because they were the bad guys in WW2, you know?”. Not even the same war. It made by inner history buff scream. But then again, WW1 is kinda forgotten because of being overshadowed by WW2, so I can’t blame her really.
AtheosArouet · 10 points · Posted at 19:21:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like Terminator movies. Everybody knows there's a first one, but all everyone talks about is the second one.
arcosapphire · 5 points · Posted at 18:00:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, people finally got tired of WWII and now WWI is the hot topic. The real question is whether or not people will ever give a shit about the Korean war.
Candymanga · 25 points · Posted at 04:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ignorance on this level is genuinely horrific.
Nogardust · -13 points · Posted at 12:51:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why exactly? You may roast me as much as you want, but I genuinely don't see any problem in not knowing the history, like, at all
Candymanga · 17 points · Posted at 13:26:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing or understanding history leads to the repetition of mistakes that have happened before.
Now it’s a stretch to assume that because some dummy didn’t know about wwi another world war will break out, but if enough people are fucking stupid then problems start to arise.
Nobody thought that when Hitler walked onto the board he was going to start wwii and a Holocaust. He was able to do what he did because the German people were willing to listen to someone they thought would be able to help them. Hitler was able to rise in power and stay in power because the German people failed to see what Hitler was really doing. And what Hitler was doing wasn’t anything new. In ancient times people have been able to seize power in n similar ways as Hitler.
The politics of the world are not nearly as stable as you might like to think, and it only takes a few mistakes to end decades of world peace and start another war.
Now politicians have been able to maintain relative peace with the worlds largest powers, but if we forget about our history then dumb dumbs could elect someone who will undo all of our hard work.
Agisek · 9 points · Posted at 14:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trump became president with the exact same campaign as Hitler.
"[Insert minority] are taking your jobs and money, let's get rid of them!"
The reason this happened is literally the fact Americans don't give a shit about history or education at all. Everyone just goes to school, gets a degree, gets a job, without actually learning anything.
First learning opportunity is training on the job.
papsylon · 3 points · Posted at 13:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why could elect? It’s already happening around the world.
dariaXmorgendorffer · 28 points · Posted at 11:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend's sister (in her mid-20s at the time) didn't know who won WWII (we are in the U.S.) My bf and his brother (her twin) just stared at her and one of them said "I'll give you a hint - are we speaking fucking German right now?"
arcosapphire · 14 points · Posted at 17:58:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of silly reasoning since Germans (for the most part) don't speak English, or Russian, or French...
Kristeninmyskin · 5 points · Posted at 08:30:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, Comrade...
scemscem · 5 points · Posted at 11:39:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well don’t leave us hanging!
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 00:53:34 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll give you a hint- the Germans hated the outcome.
SkyeRibbon · 1 points · Posted at 18:35:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I...actually dont know who won now that I'm thinking about it
Unless it was just everyone vs Germany cuz idk
sigma_15 · 3 points · Posted at 19:08:03 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
WWI was basically the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire ("Turkey") and Germany vs everyone else. But we only remember Germany as a loser because the two others lost for badly they basically collapsed and ceased to exist.
GiantPinkPanda · 2 points · Posted at 18:29:40 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
well it depends on who you ask. there wasn’t necessarily a clear winner like WWII however i’d say germany definitely got it the worst and ig “lost” and i’d say the allies “won” or had the best outcome.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:37 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, thank you for the spoilers! I was planning on watching that movie, but now you've ruined it.
Well, at least I can go watch Titanic without knowing the outcome.
(/s)
maekae_ · 1205 points · Posted at 02:06:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl I went to HS with: “why do people say a quarter of an hour? Like what does that even mean?”
Me: “it’s 15 minutes. Because 15 is a fourth of 60, so that’s a quarter of an hour”
Her: looking at me like I’m a fucking idiot “But a quarter is 25...”
Me: ...
undercovercommenter · 165 points · Posted at 06:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was reading off measurements to a guy at work. Checked his notes when finished. Came upon 3/25. Three quarters. Ugh.
tienna · 114 points · Posted at 09:04:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry my brain just crashed. What the actual fuck. Somehow this is the worst thing in the thread to me.
r0ck0 · 33 points · Posted at 14:57:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What sort of equipment does he work on? Not planes I hope.
pmgoldenretrievers · 19 points · Posted at 22:12:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pilot for Pakistan Airlines.
thatsnotfunnyatall_ · 6 points · Posted at 00:51:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well played sir
OverlordCatBug · 34 points · Posted at 17:47:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok so I’m going to piggyback mine here because it’s the same core misunderstanding:
I made a very simple spreadsheet for a fellow manager at work, that allowed her to calculate her staff’s individual production rates and track what percent of their day was spent on each task.
The right column totaled their hours for the day, and I told her it should always add up to 8hrs of work. After three weeks she comes back and is confused as to why she could never get the hours to add up to 8 for anyone.
After making sure the equation was correct, I asked her to show me how she was entering the data. She proceeds to enter “6hrs 30min” as “6.3” — I might just be a math nazi but how do people do basic life things without understanding fractions?
maekae_ · 17 points · Posted at 18:20:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude I have no idea. Like we all have our blonde moments from time to time but to just keep making the same mistakes like that over and over again? We learned that shit in like 3rd grade or younger! Lmao
bongokapiguana · 2 points · Posted at 13:13:29 on July 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late reply, but my agency's official electronic timesheet will only accept .00, .15, .30, and .45 for the segments of an hour. It makes me crazy.
Traegs_ · 69 points · Posted at 06:33:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a mom and pop pizza place for a while and our time sheets were hand written. Work a 6 hour and 45 minute shift? Write down 6.75 hours. This girl would write 6.45 and didn't understand why that was wrong.
[deleted] · 64 points · Posted at 15:56:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 23:30:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
6:45 means a point in time - the colon makes it equivalent to a clock face. It is not used to designate a time difference - you would not say "I was at work for 6:45" but "I was at work for 6 hours and 45 minutes".
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 23:54:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 19:16:44 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
It ain't wisdom, just colloquial usage. If you want to make yourself clear, don't use notation that isn't used by others. Airplanes have crashed (literally) bc of stuff like this.
Razzorsharp · 25 points · Posted at 14:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least it's easy to see where she went wrong.
HyzerFlipDG · 11 points · Posted at 17:16:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True. She was only off by a dot.
J_Paul_000 · 5 points · Posted at 22:29:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It would have been right if she had put a second dot over the first one
Accomplished_Switch7 · 7 points · Posted at 12:30:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's some Ramona Quimby shit right there.
I-am-eggshell-fine · 6 points · Posted at 19:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao I came across a guy who said something similar. Realized 5 seconds later why the whole table was was staring at him in shock. It was kinda hilarious
Skyraider96 · 6 points · Posted at 03:37:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the age of 10, I have to explain this exact thing to my 15 year old sister. She did not believe me, so we got parents involved. She found out she was wrong and I found it hilarious.
Marowak · 7 points · Posted at 19:59:03 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was she related to this gentleman who complained on live television about 4 quarters of an hour not adding up to 60 minutes?
He handled it well, mind. Fair play to him. Some people would have doubled down. At least he could laugh it off.
Throwawayuser626 · 10 points · Posted at 23:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I....had no idea quarter to/till meant 15 minutes. I always thought it meant 25 minutes, because like that girl, a quarter is 25 cents.
I never actually gave that any thought.
Zee_SJ · 3 points · Posted at 21:35:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is way too common..sigh
thirty3times · 2 points · Posted at 11:10:08 on July 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was this girl you went to high school with me by any chance.
maekae_ · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:39 on July 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I replied to the wrong comment and deleted it lmao I’m so sorry
thirty3times · 2 points · Posted at 23:13:37 on July 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It took me until i was about 27 to be able to comprehend this, as well as be able to accurately tell time on a real clock. I get how it works, but I second guess myself about which hand is which, and where exactly they're pointing. I don't even bother. I have the worst concept of time, I have to time block most my life & set alarms and timers to make sure I don't spend 5 hours in a shower or only do 1 minutes of cleaning because time just means nothing to me. It is really problematic and you can always count on me to be late. Trying to count time, as in "what time is it going to be in 27 minutes" is like a horror for me. We have 31 minute breaks at my job and I'm so grateful because we have a chart that says what time you come back depending on when you left, and that saves me on a daily basis. How the hell am I supposed to just know that time itll be 31 minutes after 2:27? Those numbers don't even make sense, that's not how time and numbers work in my head. Not a thing. I also had to learn to count how much time i need & what time itll be when time is up for my time blocking and it's such a huge challenge for me. Especially figuring out what time i need to go to bed and wake up in order to have 2.5 about hours before I leave for my train to get to work on time. Shit boggles my brain.
Dr_Jackson · 1 points · Posted at 19:58:04 on July 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's probably the same kind of person to go to mexico and say "What are all these minorities doing here?"
maekae_ · 1 points · Posted at 19:59:56 on July 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol she was actually a mixed girl with Mexican heritage
AnotherLizLemon · 13602 points · Posted at 00:57:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had a friend who I noticed took Mucinex A LOT. I’ve used it occasionally, when I’ve been congested, but it seemed abnormal how often I saw him taking it. I finally asked him why he was taking it one time, because he didn’t seem sick at all, and he looked puzzled and said “well, I think I’m getting sick”. I pressed further and he said “because it’s an expectorant”. It turns out he thought “you take an expectorant when you are EXPECTING to get sick”.
jpegstohelenkeller · 6313 points · Posted at 05:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“That’s actually pronounced ‘analgesic’, not ‘anal-gesic’. Sir, the pills go in your mouth.”
kurtist04 · 812 points · Posted at 05:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks Dr Turk Turkleton
AnnieHud · 279 points · Posted at 06:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Always killed me when he called Carla Mrs. Turkleton.
AN_Ohio_State · 22 points · Posted at 14:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Sir do you think my name is Turk Turkleton?”
Jdawn82 · 11 points · Posted at 13:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or Nurse Turkleton
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 14:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Turkletons!
RichestMangInBabylon · 4 points · Posted at 04:34:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
He should have known a feisty Puerto Rican woman like her would never take her husband's name.
AnnieHud · 8 points · Posted at 05:32:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's not Puerto Rican sheeeee's Dominican.
She sings a lovely song about it. ;)
HyzerFlipDG · 1 points · Posted at 15:24:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a ranger at thr golf course I frequent whose name is Santo Santos. Crazy.
tisaconundrum · 1 points · Posted at 14:19:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice profile picture
FactAutocorrect · 0 points · Posted at 17:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bröther, after 20 years I finally found you
jpegstohelenkeller · 124 points · Posted at 06:13:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You think my name is Turk... Turkleton?
Lanilo · 57 points · Posted at 07:38:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And Mrs Turkleton... THE TURKELTONS
Boss_Boggs · 23 points · Posted at 08:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Give Bob-o a break. He drank a bucket of Scotch.
HeyBudHessel · 13 points · Posted at 13:15:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another Bahama Mama, please!
dhruchainzz · 61 points · Posted at 06:24:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is there silverware in the pancake drawer?
HandsomeJack36 · 30 points · Posted at 06:42:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huhwuah!
BackdraftRed · 15 points · Posted at 08:08:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You got brinner!? Daaayyym Turkledawwg.
Vocondus · 2 points · Posted at 14:33:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I miss that show
dhruchainzz · 2 points · Posted at 17:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The podcast is really good!
Vocondus · 1 points · Posted at 17:47:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a podcast?
dhruchainzz · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes they just started it when covid hit. It’s called a Fake Doctors, Real Friends
yaelfe7 · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um, it's actualy Dr Turk Turkleton's monster
nowateronlycoffee · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You think my name is Turk Turkleton?
ryos555 · 25 points · Posted at 06:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a suppository of information.
Kaka-doo-run-run · 2 points · Posted at 06:28:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A wealth of anal-ized information, deposited in one place, keeps everything tidy and more easily swept away when you’re done studying the pile of data left behind.
confictura_22 · 27 points · Posted at 07:53:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work for a pharmacy. One customer didn't understand why his medicine tasted so gross. He didn't speak English very well - not a problem! But every time the pharmacist started a sentence, he'd immediately loudly interrupt with variations of, "but why so bad!? So bad, not good in mouth! Bleh!", while pulling dramatic faces of disgust. This culminated in the pharmacist yelling "UP YOUR BUM, MATE" while vigorously miming shoving something up her butt. He had suppositories.
MageVicky · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i can picture his face when he realized he'd been eating stuff that's meant to go up his butt. great story!
passengerload1wurm · 52 points · Posted at 05:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/unexpectedscrubs
Coneman_bongbarian · 46 points · Posted at 06:05:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I miss scrubs.
jpegstohelenkeller · 29 points · Posted at 06:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check the podcast Real Friends Fake Doctors. It’s amazing.
Jdawn82 · 5 points · Posted at 14:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just listened for the first time yesterday because Brendan Fraser was on. I’m now going to pause my binge of Burn Notice to catch up on the podcast.
Kaatje04IJ · 2 points · Posted at 17:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wish I could upvote this more than once
Kaka-doo-run-run · 15 points · Posted at 06:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Theres an old joke about a gentleman complaining to his doctor about how difficult it was to take his suppositories, and the doctor asked if the man was sure that he’d been “taking them correctly”.
The gentleman looked puzzled, then replied to the doctor, “Well, what do you think I’ve been doing - shoving them up my ass?”
ITSBLOODYGORDON · 20 points · Posted at 06:14:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I'm after a deodorant"
"Ball or aerosol?"
"Armpits"
macyjayjk · 9 points · Posted at 06:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God I miss that show
nagemi · 7 points · Posted at 06:12:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's on hulu. I recently restarted it. Still gold.
jpegstohelenkeller · 11 points · Posted at 06:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With the wrong music
rowenas_diadem · 9 points · Posted at 06:20:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I own the dvd's. They can never take the real music from me muahahaha
nagemi · 3 points · Posted at 06:20:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, my roommate and I hoped it was an episode 1 blunder. At least the show is there.
Pentar77 · 6 points · Posted at 06:10:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG ... I JUST watched that episode like 2 nights ago. HA!!
imstandingstill · 3 points · Posted at 06:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aah Turk!
Robowarrior · 3 points · Posted at 07:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha oh Dr. Turkleberry how I miss you
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 08:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Hey, Mort... do these suppositories come in any other flavours?”
“Peter, are you EATING those?”
“No, I'm shoving them up my butt... Of course I'm eating them!”
left-handshake · 2 points · Posted at 06:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless you’re in France...
yarikhitmansnpr · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks doc
ThrowawayIfForgotten · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Of course I'm taking them right. What am I supposed to do, shove them up my ass?"
subredditsweater · 2 points · Posted at 08:01:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What life advice.
jimmers892 · 2 points · Posted at 08:30:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What analyze?
PsilocybinEnthusiast · 2 points · Posted at 08:36:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Directions unclear just ate my own ass
LeviAEthan512 · 2 points · Posted at 08:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somehow no one in my high school class watched Scrubs (including me, I watched it later). Our first encounter with the word was when this one girl had it in eyedrops or something. Within two days, we only referred to it as anal jizz
lunettarose · 2 points · Posted at 08:46:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on the phone at work with a colleague who pronounced it "anal-gesic". More than once. He was head of Quality Control, so I was desperately trying not to laugh, but oh god it was tough.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:17:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sir, this is a Wendys
LollipollyDopoli · 2 points · Posted at 09:37:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry, what?
Jdawn82 · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read that in his voice
Vetty81 · 2 points · Posted at 14:39:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love how that line just came out of left field. Guts me every time.
lego5112 · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:20 on July 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yay Turk!
iamonlyoneman · 242 points · Posted at 03:35:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
just don't bother even looking at the rest of the words on the box I guess r/whatcouldgowrong
j0324ch · 66 points · Posted at 05:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kinda feel this way about my mom drinking alka seltzer plus cold several times daily for like 40 years now.
[deleted] · 63 points · Posted at 05:19:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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imbackagainbitches2 · 18 points · Posted at 05:47:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How much alcoholics are in your family my dude?
Pezonito · 11 points · Posted at 07:03:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes
iamonlyoneman · 3 points · Posted at 13:29:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
(sad sober family member noises)
Winter_Addition · 1 points · Posted at 17:17:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like 4. 6 if you count the functional alcoholics.
j0324ch · 3 points · Posted at 17:12:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha. If you knew her you'd know how ridiculous that is. She's super conservative. I wonder if she is fighting the rebound headaches now.
pops_secret · 9 points · Posted at 05:56:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dextromethorphan is a synthetic opiate/dissociative and can be addictive to people who want to escape reality as we know it.
frankie_teardrop · 7 points · Posted at 08:12:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Besides the fact that DXM isn't one (it used to be classified as such but not anymore), there are no "synthetic opiates", those are called opioids. Opiates are made from alkaloids of the poppy plant.
caboosetp · 4 points · Posted at 06:48:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always feel weird calling it an opiate because it has almost no opioid receptor activity.
EMPoisonPharmD · 9 points · Posted at 05:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
to be fair, this is one of the more benign drugs to take excessive amounts of, not that bad things cant happen, but fortunately it was not something with a well known high morbidity rate like acetaminophen or aspirin,
phoenix4208 · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
325 mg of aspirin per dose... https://www.alkaseltzerplus.com/cold-flu/products/original-formula-effervescent-tablets/
EMPoisonPharmD · 5 points · Posted at 14:36:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
in alkaseltzer yes. In mucinex, which is what this comment directly references, there is no salicylate
willydillydoo · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It won’t kill you but it’s not good. It decongests by dehydrating you, no?
iamonlyoneman · 1 points · Posted at 13:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mucinex (guaifenesin) causes increased secondary mucosal secretions, which helps to rinse out the primary secretions. These are expected to be expectorated, which is why it's called an expectorant ;) If you don't drink a giant thing of water when you drink your mucinex, you aren't doing yourself any favors.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 05:27:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't expect any better from you given, you know, the way you are.
the_federation · 3 points · Posted at 05:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Give him a break, he is only one man
cryptidhunter101 · 39 points · Posted at 05:13:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have to take that shit and Benadryl twice a day, my allergies are so horrible that if I don't I can't do anything strenuous. Worst shit is that I got something for every occasion, winter outdoors; evergreens, winter indoors; dust and popular firewoods, summer; flowers, molds, grasses you name it I can't touch it.
Respect4All_512 · 13 points · Posted at 06:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See an allergist they can really help
kittenchrissy001 · 6 points · Posted at 06:29:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My allergist sucked. I am pretty sure she altered some of the results of my allergy test. Getting a new one soon!
Respect4All_512 · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hope the new one can help. My hay fever is bad this year and it sucks ass, but is nowhere close to what you are describing.
starlessnight89 · 4 points · Posted at 06:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This summer has been horrendous for my allergies and asthma. My blood is probably made up of Benadryl, Mucinex and Albuterol.
NaanInvasiveArt · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You may have the rona?
starlessnight89 · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Already had it.
real-live-adult · 3 points · Posted at 06:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Xyzal and Singulair for life, my man
mujinzou · 5 points · Posted at 05:33:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel you. Zyrtec and mucinex daily.
kogan_usan · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i have chronic urticaria that wont go away wih antihistamines, now im getting a shot thats just straight IgE antibodies. cant remember the brand name but maybe look into that
MinivanButNoKids · 56 points · Posted at 05:38:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact, women with hostile cervical mucus take mucinex before during and after their fertile period to help thin it so the sperm can move along easier. Maybe he was trying to get pregnant
coldbloodedjelydonut · 51 points · Posted at 05:58:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOSTILE CERVICAL MUCUS
Man, that just rolls off the tongue. Figuratively, not literally. Yikes.
jpog07 · 12 points · Posted at 06:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a punk band.
Dont_Waver · -1 points · Posted at 07:09:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But that mucus feels so good on your junk, just slowly sliding in. Oh god, I threw up typing that
AllMyHandlesAreTaken · 21 points · Posted at 05:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's a context I wasn't expecting the word "hostile" to be used
MinivanButNoKids · 8 points · Posted at 06:38:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My thoughts exactly. I was a little offended when I first heard a doctor describe a part of my body as hostile
ulul · 3 points · Posted at 09:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It goes together with incompetent cervix and few others gems like this.
Psih_So · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pffftt, what does that mean?
kristen_hewa · 8 points · Posted at 05:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this an actual thing or am I being gullible
MinivanButNoKids · 11 points · Posted at 06:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Hostile cm and mucinex? Yes. Cis Male pregnancy? Only if you are Arnold Schwarzenegger
yesthatnagia · 9 points · Posted at 06:18:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, it's a real thing, and it's not limited to "hostile cervical mucus." Taking mucinex to "thin your cervix" is advice given to a lot of cis women who are trying to get pregnant.
katiek1114 · 19 points · Posted at 05:11:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I take Mucinex twice a day, everyday...but I have a medical condition where my body doesn’t produce enough surfactant and I can’t clear phlegm easily without it. Also, I hope it was the one that’s straight expectorant and not the ones with cough suppressant or nasal decongestant...can you imagine how high he’d be all the time?!?
pax-uk · 9 points · Posted at 06:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've a friend who uses the lift buttons wrong. He presses the buttons according to the lift's position, I.e, if the lift is at a higher floor than he is, he uses the down arrow button and vice versa, no matter where he has to go, up or down. We tried to explain him but he's adamant that that's the CORRECT way.
Reptillian97 · 1 points · Posted at 18:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Show him to an elevator that doesn't have a down button on the ground floor and see what he does.
pax-uk · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried and tested. Says this is wrong. Things can only be taught to people who want to learn. But nevertheless, we have a good laugh about it, my other friends. In a good way of course :)
ladylee233 · 17 points · Posted at 05:02:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cannot handle this one. What an unbelievable moron.
MakeMineMarvel_ · 5 points · Posted at 05:24:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing hardcore damage to your internal organs yay (/•o•)/
runs-with-scissors · 6 points · Posted at 05:46:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily Mucinex is not too dangerous.
MakeMineMarvel_ · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that’s true lol
Soy_Bun · 5 points · Posted at 05:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Out of all the dumb shit, this one is understandable. Dumb, but not idiotic.
stigmatadiacory · 4 points · Posted at 06:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That reminds me of the poor girl at my work who thought that giving someone your cold meant that you could heal yourself by literally transferring your sickness over to them instead.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahahahaha oh man that’s a pun for me for later
maloorodriguez · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like Mucinex can capitalize on that misdirection
pimpmastahanhduece · 3 points · Posted at 07:05:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prophylactic? I could see someone just happens to have a problem with making too much mucous even when otherwise healthy or for other reasons. Maybe a habit formed from relief forming a positive association when used a lot when once sick? And those are just the rational reasons I could assume.
Pikassassin · 9 points · Posted at 04:36:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/alot
AnotherLizLemon · 18 points · Posted at 04:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I could blame typing on my phone. Nope, I’m just a dumdum. Thanks!
Dont_Waver · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t worry. Nobody cares except random spelling nazis
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:12:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve thought about this word a few times when I was reading the side of the bottle, but even I never used it like that
racingforpinks · 2 points · Posted at 08:54:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of the time I caught my sister rubbing concentrated spot-treatment acne gel over her entire face, because “it’s a preventative.” I don’t know how her entire face didn’t flake off.
Coryperkin15 · 3 points · Posted at 05:33:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eli5 Mucinex?
Dont_Waver · 3 points · Posted at 09:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s a drug that helps you cough and get rid of all your mucus.
Coryperkin15 · 2 points · Posted at 11:43:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My hero.<3 All these other tyrants wanted me to google it to support their machine
friendagony · 7 points · Posted at 05:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have the same Google as the rest of us.
Coryperkin15 · 20 points · Posted at 05:52:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But I'm five bro
Dont_Waver · 7 points · Posted at 07:13:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you tell your friends to talk to someone else if they ask you a question they could have looked up? Why are you so against social interaction, even online? What does your post accomplish except to discourage social interaction? I just don’t understand you and there are so many people online with the same attitude.
friendagony · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apples and oranges. He's on the Internet. It would've taken less time to type "mucinex" into Chrome and get an instant description than it would have to type "Eli5 Mucinex?" and wait for someone to respond. It would have been decidedly MORE convenient for him, whereas me telling a friend to ask someone else when I was right there would have been LESS convenient for them. This is a lesson for /u/Coryperkin15 to learn, that things like this he can look up himself.
However, I understand the concern. A better response would have been to share this link: https://lmgtfy.com/?q=mucinex Then he would have had his answer despite his misguided method, and he would've learned the lesson.
Dont_Waver · 4 points · Posted at 09:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s the lesson that you’re trying to teach? That people on the internet are assholes? Why do you assume s/he values convenience over social interaction?
friendagony · -1 points · Posted at 09:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lesson in how to self-research.
Dont_Waver · 5 points · Posted at 09:21:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Relevant username I guess
StrathfieldGap · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plus 1 for interaction!
DreNoob · -10 points · Posted at 07:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice comparison, I interact through an online message board IRL when I talk to my friends too!! And you still haven't answered the question either so how much "better" are you than him? Get off your stupid fucking high horse, the guy's on the internet, he should know how to use Google. Retards shouldn't be pandered to.
Dont_Waver · 2 points · Posted at 09:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You missed the point. If I was hanging out with friends at a bar, and I wanted to know who that actor was who played Dolores in Westworld, I could either ask my friends, or take the more efficient route and just google it on my phone. But asking people around me has a much higher chance of leading to an interesting social interaction; maybe we’ll even get distracted enough to have a conversation about the show. Often in social interactions, we ask questions so that we can interact with other people, not merely as a means of learning information.
ExistenceUnconfirmed · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting, and annoying, how Reddit seems to be an exception to the "why don't you fucking Google it yourself" rule. This needs to change.
AllMyHandlesAreTaken · 0 points · Posted at 05:54:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here is a pretty decent breakdown
LateRain1970 · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG I just laughed so loudly that I’m sure I woke up all the neighbors...
Nyxara · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife does this. She takes piritin (an antihistamine) every single day of her life. She's only got hay fever.
shadowsong42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only have hay fever... But I also have a chinchilla who eats hay. So much for grass allergies being seasonal!
Nyxara · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha! I do feel that having a rabbit that eats hay but I get hayfever too but only during spring/summer
xo_leeza · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow.
kaenneth · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gaston can feel a cold coming on 3 days in advance.
throwaway77993344 · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Imagine he was a she and she took it expecting a baby
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was definitely getting buzzed.
Knever · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never even heard this word before but you can bet your bottom dollar I wouldn't just assume what it means based on what it sounds like. Maybe for mundane stuff like "vomitorium" but not with medicine.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a mild chest infection last year and went to the pharmacy for some expectorant. The employee (maybe 25 yo) filling the shelf offered me some help, and I asked which was best out of two brands. He replied: ‘Honestly, you already sound pretty sick so an expectorant probably isn’t right for you. Try this!’ And handed me something for a dry cough... I politely declined and just went to a different pharmacy (otherwise I would have ended up accidentally laughing at him), but called up his store afterward to let them know they have severely untrained staff giving terrible advice!!
derKonigsten · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can also crush it up and down to get a real shitty buzz. Not recommended
CheesecakeRising · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you think anyone's told him about suppositories yet?
BurpYoshi · 1 points · Posted at 08:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never even heard of an expectorant
Fortherealtalk · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahahaha
Lord-Smalldemort · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My nasal cavities just cried a little for how dry that guy must be feeling in his sinuses.
truebluespirit · 1 points · Posted at 11:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First year of med school?
UnconsciousTank · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are they expecting us to have a dictionary? They should just call it mucus expeller instead of using fancy words lol
imgoodygoody · 1 points · Posted at 15:35:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The good news is that as long as he was taking straight mucinex with nothing else added it really wasn’t harming him.
Ravenrose4656 · 1 points · Posted at 18:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I almost died laughing!
Waffle_Maestro · 1 points · Posted at 18:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren't those also kinda of addictive if you take them for a long enough time?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to take Mucinex every day for a condition I had but I can’t believe someone would take that stuff “just in case”. It wasn’t the most pleasant of medications.
pennycenturie · 1 points · Posted at 19:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In all seriousness there are things we can take if we start to feel that germ tickle in the back of the throat. Micoferon is a mushroom extract GPs take to fend off the colds and flus they come into contact with every day, and Oscillo and Airborne work in a similar way but to less effect. Micoferon is kind of sort of not available anymore, but anyone who still sees it being sold should buy as much as they can. It's amazing. Goes under the tongue and burns and tastes like shit but it works.
hollygoodz · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should of told him all he has to do to not get sick then is stop taking the 'expectorant!' Then he could simply stop expecting to get sick!
Camelllama666 · 3325 points · Posted at 23:21:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my friend how to tie his shoes, he either wore velcro or tucked the laces into the shoe up until that point.
🎙️ arual_x · 179 points · Posted at 23:24:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Age plz
Camelllama666 · 202 points · Posted at 01:10:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was 18
isorithm666 · 106 points · Posted at 02:08:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh boy
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 130 points · Posted at 02:31:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am 22 and a grad student and can not reliably tie my shoes. They come untied within 15-30 min. I've had friends who were willing to do it for me from elementary through college. I've pretty much resigned myself to have to tie my shoes all the time.
cheesepuff311 · 98 points · Posted at 05:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an extremely hard time learning to tie my shoes growing up. It’s one of the reasons they had me tested for learning disabilities.
Turns out I have dysgraphia. Do you have other problems with fine motor things like writing?
For me, going to occupational therapy really helped.
Anyways, don’t feel ashamed. If you’ve tried and tried, by this age, it’s not because you’re lazy, there’s something else wrong and it isn’t your fault.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 58 points · Posted at 05:33:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No issues with writing. My only known "issue" is aphantasia. I can't see things in my head which makes me shit at directions and (I suspect) makes it harder for me to learn by watching.
cheesepuff311 · 15 points · Posted at 05:48:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting! That makes some sense. Glad you have cool friends who are willing to help so you aren’t stuck in Velcro lol.
moneymonkey17 · 7 points · Posted at 08:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, I want to know how it feels no being able to see things in my head.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 10 points · Posted at 08:27:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not excitong. It's just 24/7 darkness.
moneymonkey17 · 7 points · Posted at 08:31:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So the word “imagine” doesn’t apply to you and can you still dream?
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 3 points · Posted at 08:32:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do dream. I can't create sensory information, but I have an imagination.
moneymonkey17 · 3 points · Posted at 08:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn that’s kinda trippy not being able to recall senses
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 4 points · Posted at 08:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being able to recall them sounds much trippier.
moneymonkey17 · 4 points · Posted at 14:34:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People without an eye say they don’t see anything and we don’t know what nothing really looks like, so to both of us that sounds even trippier.
mandyhtarget1985 · 8 points · Posted at 08:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My BIL is dyslexic and one of his issues attributed to the dyslexia is lack of spacial awareness and directions. He cant understand how someone can plan out a route between two places in their head and visualise a map. He has to drive somewhere many times with someone in the passenger seat showing him the route before he will attempt it on his own. You have to give him extra time to get places as he will take frequent wrong turns. His sense of direction is crazy that he cant understand that if the town he is going to is south of his current location, then he shouldnt be on a motorway that goes to the west.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 9 points · Posted at 08:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's wild.
My spacial issues aren't that extreme. After using a GPS to go a route 3 or 4 times I'll recognize where I should turn. But if I turn the wrong way I'll get turned around and be fucked until I pull the GPS out or find a landmark.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 19:50:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try naming the landmarks. I have the same issue and it works for me. There was a building on one of my routes to and from work that I called "Rose Corp" because of its color and then I had no trouble remembering where I was supposed to turn.
Critical_3rr0r · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Wow. I literally just have to have visited a place and then I can visualize the direction I need to head in to get back there from any location. Wierd that some people cant even get a solid route down quickly because of how their brain functions.
mandyhtarget1985 · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im the same. I have a great sense of direction, even if it’s somewhere ive never been, i can judge the general direction i need to be heading in and work out the finer detail as i go. I get frustrated with constantly giving others directions but i suppose i should be a little more patient with them if their brain doesn’t work the same as mine. Even when i visited new york with my friend, she was amazed at how we could set off walking to visit somewhere and end up there first time without a map. Im like “its NYC all the streets are numbers! You just gotta know what street and intersection the building is on and there you are”
disaia · 1 points · Posted at 16:09:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think me and my dad have this, while my mom and sister are the ones with dyslexia! I wonder if it's linked, like just different symptoms of some related issue?
Well my parents are obviously not related to each other but still weird that both things exist in different family members.
spartacusfox · 11 points · Posted at 08:17:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bro after 11 years of school I finally got tested and found out I have dysgraphia and honestly I thought I was just fucking stupid up until that point
xDriftingDreams · 13 points · Posted at 05:31:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can relate to this. I can in fact tie my shoes but when they eventually untie I usually just wait till I can sit down somewhere to retie them. Well.. I was waiting in line for food at our dining hall when some random girl just walks up, bends down, and starts tying my shoes?? I didn’t know how to react so I just stood there awkwardly and said thank you. Yeah I tie my shoes MUCH more tight now.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 5 points · Posted at 05:35:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm actually the exact opposite of that girl. I got so much shit for having untied shoes coming up that I got in the habit of untying other people's shoes. I then tell them I don't know how to tie shoes when they tell me to retie them.
Jollyester · -1 points · Posted at 11:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a lawsuit and a half ...
hpnut326 · 11 points · Posted at 02:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you make two bunny ears and tie them together, or make one loop and pull the other one through?
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 10 points · Posted at 03:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bunny ears though I've tried a number of different ways. Bunny ears is the only one I can get a decent knot out of.
cubepoetry · 12 points · Posted at 07:38:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Behold!
MaliciousDog · 4 points · Posted at 13:39:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love the Ian's knot. Not only it's fast and foolproof (it's pretty hard to get it wrong once you learn it), it'll give you a chance to occasionally amaze someone. Like a magic trick, but also useful.
Red-Freckle · 2 points · Posted at 08:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A reef knot bunny ears combo will hold even better. It's like if you normally do a right over left (that crossover ya do before making bunny ears) then right over left again with the bunny ears if you'd do left over right with one or the other it'd be a reef knot.
JonPC2020 · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried to reply this before but something weren't etherwire...
Try this
https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes/up-next?language=en#t-60204
DidSomeoneSayBlood · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can only do the 2 bunny ears, super slow and not very secure unless I double tie. I'm 25...
notsostandardtoaster · 13 points · Posted at 04:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You might have shitty shoelaces tbh. Round laces or anything that's too wide will come untied a lot faster than thinner, flatter laces. Double knotting the bunny ears helps too.
JonPC2020 · 4 points · Posted at 10:29:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try this
https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes/up-next?language=en#t-60204
Snapdragon_fish · 3 points · Posted at 04:16:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some types of shoe laces just come undone all the time no matter what you do. I'd suggest double knots.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wear a wide variety of shoes and do indeed attempt to double knot. There's a very high chance I'm doing it incorrectly though.
Skmot · 3 points · Posted at 11:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There might be a couple of options if that's something you want to work on. There would be ways to find a method that works for you and then practise until its essentially in your muscle memory. Or get some of the no-tie lace stoppers. They used to just be specialist, but have been used for sports so much that they're pretty common and cheap now. No reason your life needs to stay just that little bit more difficult.
isorithm666 · 6 points · Posted at 02:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
😬
SusanCalvinsRBF · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're left handed, make sure you're learning from someone left handed. I have a big problem with mirroring things when I think about them and it took me a long time to figure out I was doing some steps backwards or upside-down.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 3 points · Posted at 05:31:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm right handed. I don't know why I can't do it. My mom says I could do it just fine from 3-8 and then suddenly my shoes were untied all the time.
SusanCalvinsRBF · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In that case, I think you might have a poltergeist 😁.
katropine · 2 points · Posted at 07:26:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are most likely doing an "old wives' knot" or "thieves' knot". Those look almost identical to the real thing (a reef knot) but hold together much worse or not at all.
mylittleplaceholder · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make sure you're tying it as a (slipped) square knot instead of a granny knot. The bows should lie across the shoe, not the length. If it's not laying correctly, try tying the first part in the opposite direction.
JonPC2020 · 2 points · Posted at 10:28:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's actually a specific way to tie laces so they won't come undone...I was over 50 when I saw this and i was amazed!
I have been tying my shoes in one of the 'rabbit goes around' kinda ways, but my shoes wouldn't stay tied. My rabbit was going around in the wrong direction and it makes a difference!
https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes/up-next?language=en#t-60204
JustAthought2think · 1 points · Posted at 08:18:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/_aAeI7p-Tkc
Maybe this could help if you don't already have a technique. I changed my way to this, now I always have to wait for everybody else to tie their shoes.
glitterwitch18 · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look into whether you have dyspraxia/DCD. It's difficulties with motor coordination and is actually very common. I have it and I often trip over things, and struggle to keep my shoes tied. You also mentioned having issues with directions which is a very common dyspraxic trait. I can barely follow Google maps, let alone a person's directions. There are also organisational issues that come with it, as well as issues with timekeeping etc. Please look into it, everything you said reminds me of my dyspraxia!
Poniesnllamas · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Google Double Slip Knot - it’s the best knot for shoes ever!
sexualassaultllama · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you single-knot and just leave the loops as they are? I always make another knot with the loops...haven't had a loose lace since I was started doing that as a kid
Lessening_Loss · 1 points · Posted at 14:05:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get the speed laces/ runner’s shoelaces. No tying necessary! I switched my daughter’s shoes to these types of laces, they are so great.
nutless93 · 1 points · Posted at 20:00:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time you tie your shoes try doing it this way: right over left, make two bunny ears, left over right. This looks like the regular knot for tying shoes but its actually a double quick release square knot.
FlyByPC · 1 points · Posted at 21:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 47 and wear Velcro shoes just so I don't have to mess with shoelaces. Because maybe there's some secret to not having them come undone ten times a day, but I'm over it.
beck511 · 1 points · Posted at 23:16:55 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tie the loops together when your done doing the normal tie and boom laces that wont come undone!
elblanco · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:48 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait until you learn about the double knot.
Dr_Jackson · 1 points · Posted at 20:02:05 on July 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've noticed that round laces tend to come undone. Try using flat ones.
ebee500 · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who struggled with this til i was 14, what it took me to finally learn it proper was to sit down with someone who was able to actually explain what the lace was doing each step of the way and why the knot actually worked.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh girl
astrielx · 6 points · Posted at 08:07:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I won't lie. I legitimately forgot how to tie my shoes because I wore slip ons, or sandals, for all of intermediate (middle school) and high school. So like 9 years of never wearing laced shoes.
An 18-year old asking his mum how to tie shoes, was a bit embarrassing. Fortunately I relearned in about 30 seconds and we all casually forgot I was a grown-ass teenager that couldn't tie shoes.
Gieljermo · 2 points · Posted at 16:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im 18 now also. Still dont know how to properly tie my shoes.
Man_Bear_Beaver · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was gonna say Steve is that you and were we 5 but nope definitely not my dumb 5yo ass
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 20:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh hey that's the age I learned how to do it too. It's when I got my first pair of sneakers. Which I hardly wear because without socks it rubs and starts to hurt after a while.
Lari0L · 4 points · Posted at 14:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught it to myself (thanks Google) when I was 13.
Mr_ToDo · 2 points · Posted at 18:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Good on you.
I taught myself a better way in my 30's that doesn't come undone so darn much. I even had a coworker ask me to teach him once.
There's really no reason something basic can't be learnt later, and I don't know why someone should need to feel bad for having not known something. It's like, how the hell was I supposed to know what I didn't know if nobody told me?
Lari0L · 2 points · Posted at 18:30:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, exactly. It's not my fault if my parents didn't teach me to do it. I shouldn't have to feel bad about it if I'm willing to learn it (I did feel embarrassed though).
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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imgoodygoody · 0 points · Posted at 15:34:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems to be more that their parents don’t care to teach them. My 6 year old can tie his shoes (granted he’s not the best at it) because my husband took the time to reach him.
Sebaren · 14 points · Posted at 08:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s actually more common than you think. It tends to happen when parents choose to ignore the problem rather than teach. When I was a child, my first pair of school shoes had laces. My parents realised very quickly that I couldn’t tie them as I’d never been taught, and instead of doing the normal thing and teaching me, their response was to buy velcro shoes, instead. In my case, My sister had to learn from her PE teacher in high school. I learned by sitting down to watch a YouTube video. It’s not really something shameful. It’s just a sign that parents didn’t care enough to teach something simple, and that can be due to anything from lazy parenting to straight up neglect. Thanks for helping your friend out. You don’t know what situation he grew up in.
OrphanDevour · 10 points · Posted at 03:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually get this one because it's almost entirely dependent on a parent or teacher or schoolmate if the parent's/teacher's are negligent garbage.
I was 11
MaievSekashi · 3 points · Posted at 12:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same, I never got taught how to do it by my parents. Learned it myself when I started working in a job that required safety boots, honestly wasn't that hard and I got pretty shocked my parents just never bothered to teach me.
arcosapphire · 11 points · Posted at 15:27:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While not knowing how to tie laces is definitely an issue, I think it's a bit weird that people are insistent on laces being "adult" and Velcro being "for kids". Laces are honestly kind of dumb. They become loose throughout the day, need to be re-tied, they can get caught on stuff, etc.
I have a pair of high-quality boots with three Velcro straps each instead of laces. They're reliable, very comfortable, and quicker to put on or take off. I would like to see Velcro be a lot more widespread. If it's good enough for astronauts, it's good enough for me.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 08:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He might have Dyspraxia. It makes tying shoes a bitch. To paraphrase Daniel Radcliffe, I wish the world was made of velcro.
Source: both Daniel and I have Dyspraxia. It's also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Not gonna lie, seeing something like this as an answer makes me feel like an alien. More people need to know about things like this because there's no way of knowing if someone is neurodiverse unless they tell you.
About Dyspraxia.
BlitzChick · 7 points · Posted at 17:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your comment should be higher because I want more people to be aware of this disorder and it in no way means the person is not intelligent.
I had a roommate with this and I would make lists for her around the house (at her request) to help her remember certain things with zero judgement. I would help her tie her shoes in the morning and I made damn sure no one picked on her for it. She also helped me with my organic chemistry because she was wicked smart, she just needed a hand with certain things like we all do.
Its not any different than my anxiety disorder and PTSD; We can't help it, it doesnt make us less of a person and we all have our own individual struggles.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 20:09:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg bless your kind heart. You made that girl's world and she will carry your love in her heart I promise you that. We need more people like you. I have anxiety/OCD, so I'm here on both sides of the coin!
rodinj · 1 points · Posted at 19:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dyspraxic (is that the term for someone with Dyspraxia?) here too. I am able to tie my shoes just fine but learning any other knot is a huge nightmare. I can only tie my shoes the regular way and make some basic loops but that's it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 20:07:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aaaaaaaaaaaaye Dyspraxic squad!
Silver2324 · 3 points · Posted at 05:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Crazy to me, I remember proudly showing adults that I could tie my shoes because they taught us in preschool (or my parents taught me in preschool).
TwoTerabyte · 3 points · Posted at 14:33:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I wear Captain Autism combat boots. I tie them really well once every six months and just use the zipper.
Comedyfish_reddit · 2 points · Posted at 08:18:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m actually amazed that there are two ways of tying shoelaces - like the normal (to me) way and like some sort of cheat way
TheLateMrBones · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 22 and I can barely tie my shoes. I’m just so bad at tying anything in general.
Steffidovah · 2 points · Posted at 08:33:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he was dyspraxic? I know someone who can't get the hang of tying stuff, it's because of a neurological disorder that basically just makes her clumsy.
ExecutiveElf · 2 points · Posted at 09:14:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of one time in middle school before a band concert the band teacher, speaking in a metaphor, said to us,
"You guys know what to do, so I'm not gonna tie your shoes for you." straitens his tie "Now a tie on the other hand..."
Snoo58991 · 2 points · Posted at 09:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a kid like this growing up. Dude ended up getting arrested multiple times for multiple bomb threats on our school. I've never trusted someone who can't tie their shoes since.
KnockMeYourLobes · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We've tried for 13 years to teach my son (who is autistic) to tie shoes and neither I, nor my husband nor his PT or his OT have been able to do it.
We finally said "Fuck it." and got him these elastic things that let him wear tie shoes without having to actually tie them.
Dyolf_Knip · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom wouldn't buy me velcro shoes until I demonstrated that I could tie laces if needed.
Wowsuchusername44 · 2 points · Posted at 19:42:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh I don’t understand how people can tuck their shoelaces into their shoes. I always step on the aglets (thanks phineas and ferb) and it hurts like heck
Ivyleaf3 · 2 points · Posted at 19:34:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex trained new recruits to the army (UK). Told me a few stories about 18-20 year olds who couldn't lace boots, had never really been taught how to clean their teeth properly, couldn't use cutlery (would hold a fork like a dagger in their right hand and lift entire potatoes or chicken parts to their mouths to take bites from), and in one case didn't know he had to wash between the buttocks when showering.
Joshhh61 · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex (aged 20) didn't know either. Tried showing him multiple times and he just couldn't grasp it.
RodnyrUwU · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a good friend
votekick · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember when I was like 5 and being shown how to tie my shoes. The usual method didn't click initially so my dad showed me. Make 2 loops then tie a knot.
Same outcome different method.
OnlyhereforAC · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bunny ears for life! I remember being 4 or 5 and my mon patiently trying to teach me. Then the very nice lady at the shoe store showed me how to do the bunnemy ears and I have refused to learn how to tie my shoes like a grown up ever since lol
ApathyToTheMax · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TBH I would have felt zero sympathy for them until like 2 months ago when I got a dress that ties in the back. Not that it's any excuse in their case, but like... holy shit, it's like being a dumb child all over again and I was humbled.
darlingdynamite · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until sixth grade! My parents just never thought to teach me I guess, and most of the time in school they assume kids already know.
PM_ME_ZOE_THIGHS · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im 16 and i cant do it correctly
Kalle_79 · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine in HS couldn't even tie a sweater around his waist, neverming his shoes.
JDPhipps · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your friend left handed? It took me years to learn because I found it so difficult to mirror what my parents did as I wanted to lead with my left. They had attempted to teach me for four years by the time my grandfather heard about this.
He was also left-handed. He taught me in 20 minutes.
tnlws72 · 1 points · Posted at 20:20:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m crying.
roadoutsidemyhouse · 1 points · Posted at 13:31:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i couldn’t tie my shoes until i was 10. i remember all the other kids learning how to do it in kindergarten. but. i. just. could. not. do. it.
Nirvanagirl79 · 1 points · Posted at 14:18:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn't learn how to tie his shoes till he was 24 and someone who worked with him had to show him. When I asked him about it (because we worked together and the assistant manager told me about it) he got pissed at me and accused me of making fun of him...I wasn't I honestly was curious because where we worked people made up bullshit about others all the time including the management.
I broke up with him 13 years ago. I told my now husband about it and he thought I was joking and now it's a personal joke between us.
Cilviper · 1 points · Posted at 15:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You did your friend a huge service in teaching him though.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 19:48:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had SO much trouble with this as a child. I still can't do the loop-around thing, I have to use the bunny ears.
jjaymia · 1 points · Posted at 17:52:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 24 when a coworker taught how to tie my laces without using the bunny ear method.
pidgeononachair · 1 points · Posted at 22:27:30 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was dyspraxic but had the fortune of patient parents. This isn’t a knowledge failure but a role model failure and is actually really sad. The ones above are super dumb.
CatsWithAlmdudler · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:03 on August 13, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am still too stupid to tie my shoes.
Greaterbird · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Abusive/neglectful childhood?
Camelllama666 · 5 points · Posted at 13:19:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, his parents were really caring, he just couldn't grasp the concept for some reason
Thejustinset · 23478 points · Posted at 00:31:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had a roommate at university who’s “cooking” method was put baked beans in a Tupperware, seal the lid, turn on microwave, when lid pops and explodes beans everywhere they’re cooked.
Edit Well this kinda blew up way more than I expected. So in light of that, I’ll share another story of his cooking methods.
One time I came home to find the oven on and smoking a bit. Opened the door to find what was an entire lasagne bubbling on the bottom of the oven. He bought himself a frozen lasagna, step 1 “remove outer packaging” step 2 “place on middle tray of preheated oven” He literally thought that outer packaging was anything outside of the lasagne, so he tore away that shell that the lasagne cooks in and placed it straight on the rack, so as it defrosted it just fell through the rack and all over the oven
adamrjac99 · 8852 points · Posted at 02:13:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you can guarantee he'd refuse to clean the microwave too
hilfigertout · 4751 points · Posted at 02:52:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You kidding? How else would he eat them.
S4ssyGir4ffe · 2561 points · Posted at 03:01:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also enjoy the “top of the microwave” beans
Qcws · 86 points · Posted at 03:22:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/outofcontext
mokiboki · 47 points · Posted at 04:19:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you got me, I was excited for that sub
AssistantManagerMan · 22 points · Posted at 04:21:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/nocontext
Forgive_My_Cowardice · 10 points · Posted at 04:21:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/nocontext
ReallyTwan · 6 points · Posted at 04:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m scared to check if it’s real now
ReallyTwan · 4 points · Posted at 04:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nvm
Qcws · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hahaha sorry, would be amazing though
CanadaPlus101 · 2 points · Posted at 05:46:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/nocontext
JustBlameJosh · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/subsyoufellfor
ReallyTwan · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn got me I kinda got excited too
CanadaPlus101 · 2 points · Posted at 05:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/nocontext
Bad_wolf42 · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/EvenWithContext
wittyNameAlreadyTook · 23 points · Posted at 05:16:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like to turn the microwave on it’s back and just use the whole thing as a giant bowl of beans
JCtheWanderingCrow · 20 points · Posted at 05:57:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TOP O THE MICROWAVE TO YE LAD
NoCashVal-U · 7 points · Posted at 06:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
AYE LADDY AN AINT SHE A BEAN
Natey719 · 14 points · Posted at 05:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Top of the mornin beans
Waylander · 7 points · Posted at 05:14:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pfft... Everyone knows that side beans are best beans.
Wrkncacnter112 · 3 points · Posted at 16:43:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None pizza with left beans, please
Its-my-dick-in-a-box · 5 points · Posted at 05:16:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
they are the best ones tho
Automobills · 3 points · Posted at 05:21:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, that's where the expression "upper crust" originated
aleanderc · 3 points · Posted at 06:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm more of a "side of the microwave" beans person
tattedb0b · 2 points · Posted at 12:02:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This person bachelors
StMU_Rattler · 2 points · Posted at 13:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"ceiling beans"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ye, I dont like it when the children explode in there tho, they're too burned
fozziwoo · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today's
BrigadierNasty · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The contact with the walls makes them crispy
SkidOrange · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m more of a “side of the microwave” beans kind of person myself.
pimpmastahanhduece · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A week old, dry as a bone, has endured more microwave radiation exposure during it than a burst from Goldeneye. Falls occasionally into your food. Don't ever know in soup until end because they sink.
sethmahan3 · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Top o' teh microwave to ye as well!
RoyBeer · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're certainly better than the bottom shelf beans.
robisodd · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Goes good with Toaster Shakin's
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 17:27:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is an Irish recipe, right?
S4ssyGir4ffe · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s actually an old Welsh secret
Tears_In_The_Rain66 · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Top of the microwave to ya laddies!
Killmeplz.
Braemenator · 3 points · Posted at 05:38:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You use the microwqve as a bowl, how convenient
devicemodder2 · 3 points · Posted at 09:28:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grab a spoon, Put the microwave in your lap, door facing up and enjoy. Use the microwave as a bowl.
NaanInvasiveArt · 3 points · Posted at 10:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Leave plugged in while are at it and put something in the safety mechanism. It will keep your food warm while eat.* *may cause sudden human combustion.
devicemodder2 · 2 points · Posted at 19:32:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just jump the safety switches out of circuit... then you get a wifi jammer as well.
SquidgeSquadge · 2 points · Posted at 05:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A straw
ANT2WSP · 75 points · Posted at 04:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked half a decade as a janitor in a union shop. I covered lunch rooms, bathrooms and showers.
People refused to cover the stuff they were microwaving and almost always splattered shit all over the place.
None of them would try to clean out the microwaves either and then would bitch about how messy they were on the inside, which lead to my boss bitching at me about them being dirty, which lead me to telling him to go pound sand because I wasn't gonna clean the microwaves for them to destroy them all over again.
The lunchrooms were stocked by a company called "Canteen" who also stocked all the vending machines. And I basically told the union since it was their fucking microwaves that they should have to clean them and they agreed. Well Canteen got so sick and tired of it they pulled all the microwaves.
That really pissed people off, so the company started buying their own and were including those plastic vented covers for warming up food. They also started writing people up if they caught folks not using them.
It only took a total of like two years to train those fucking animals to cover their food while using the microwave.
BRBean · 17 points · Posted at 04:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a great story, thanks for sharing.
ANT2WSP · 44 points · Posted at 05:02:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most frustrating thing for me was, I talked to the union about it and they included it in some monthly tool box talks, asking people to cover their food. And people basically refused to do it.
I don't pretend to be the most reasonable person on the planet, but if someone came up to me and said something like, "If you did this [simple thing], it would make my life and everyone else's life easier, please do it." I would, no questions asked.
But most of the people there just didn't give a shit and wouldn't do anything unless threatened somehow, it made me really start to dislike people.
Like another time, after a new wave of employees came in, I started finding really awful messes. 100X worse than a high school. I'd find fucking half rotisserie chickens under tables, sandwiches stuck to the walls, even vomit sometimes. Well I found out one shift started to get in to the habit of having food fights, keep in mind that 90% of the employees are old enough to be my dad (and I'm in my mid thirties).
So I go to my boss, who just doesn't give a shit. So then I go to the union and they don't give a shit, so I go to safety and they don't give a shit. So then I started taking pictures of the messes and contacted OSHA about it and made some excuses of stuff like foodborne illnesses, attracting rodents, slipping and tripping hazards.
I am still surprised, but it worked. I guess at some point a employee from OSHA stopped by and happened to wander in to a lunchroom after a food fight and basically ripped everyone a new asshole who I talked to.
As a result for almost six months the company was forcing bosses to have lunch at the same time, with their crew, in assigned lunchrooms.
It ended up pissing everyone off so much (besides me) that they all just fell in line and stopped.
It just blows my mind there are adults like that.
BRBean · 8 points · Posted at 05:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another fucking crazy story, thanks again. People are weird and annoying, office workers suck especially.
ANT2WSP · 12 points · Posted at 05:06:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It surprised me that the cleanest places I've ever worked at were schools. Didn't matter the grade either, the kids were just cool. They didn't get up to the shit you'd expect them to.
BRBean · 3 points · Posted at 05:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? Wow, did not expect that
chiree · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had so much fun reading that story. It's such a perfect example about how the smallest thing can spiral out of control.
DefinitelyNotABogan · 1 points · Posted at 11:54:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow they are feral pigs! Sometimes it's fun to have a blow out food fight when you're old. But decent people will clean it up. Those folks though, dog act.
Five-Figure-Debt · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you not heard about people bringing guns to their capitol building demanding to get haircuts?
M_J_44_iq · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
These stories deserve a separate post each. Not sure which sub they would fit in though
SoloBird99 · 0 points · Posted at 15:22:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you said you covered, "lunch rooms, bathrooms and showers" then said, "People refused to cover the stuff they were microwaving and almost always splattered shit all over the place." I was horrified when I pictured literal shit being in the microwave 😆
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 04:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the point if youre just gonna blow up more beans in there tomorrow
Fahrenheight · 28 points · Posted at 04:07:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The microwave IS the bowl.
whatrutalkinbout · 9 points · Posted at 03:30:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Why would he? You gotta eat the beans before they get cold
Lightfire228 · 5 points · Posted at 05:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speaking of which, mine's due for a cleaning.
Pro tip, microwave a cup of water for like 5 minutes, and let it sit for a couple more. The steam will soften all the gunk in there, especially if it's been a while since it was cleaned
Be careful not to superheat the water; it can get explosive
Foxtrotalpha2412 · 1 points · Posted at 09:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t have a microwave but probably will at some point so thanks!
siempreslytherin · 1 points · Posted at 22:14:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have heard that you can put a chopstick in the water to stop yourself from superheating water. You could also use another microwavable thing that would sit in the cup of water similarly to a chopstick.
isaATX · 3 points · Posted at 05:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cannot stand to see a microwave dirty like that. I always end up cleaning it only for it to get filthy again. People doing this make me wanna chuck the microwave out the window as I'd rather not have one at all than have one constantly filthy.
spelunk_in_ya_badonk · 2 points · Posted at 09:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or worse yet. Lick it clean.
strumpster · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It makes the next meal beanie 😁
thrownawaylike- · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those are refríed beans for later. Stop being wasteful
throwlog · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Naturally.
bluebird173 · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who says it's a he?
[deleted] · 1295 points · Posted at 03:17:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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SlapNuts007 · 74 points · Posted at 04:43:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big brain thyme
Antitheistic10 · 30 points · Posted at 05:50:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tuppception
Budderman18 · 25 points · Posted at 06:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This dude is living in 2021
ElPapo131 · 8 points · Posted at 08:12:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what if the big one explodes as well?
ibigfire · 20 points · Posted at 08:23:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Add another Tupperware.
SkradTheInhaler · 15 points · Posted at 09:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's Tupperware all the way down.
GuyanaFlavorAid · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laughed my ass off at this!
Lookitsmyvideo · 14 points · Posted at 05:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unironically a good idea
freeformcouchpotato · 3 points · Posted at 07:27:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put a smaller Tupperware in with the beans so I can see how far they can launch that puppy
Super_Evil_Ostrich · 3 points · Posted at 10:03:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao this comment is great and the replies are hilarious too. Thanks for the laugh!
King_Pecca · 2 points · Posted at 07:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that you, Danny?
rSpinxr · 2 points · Posted at 07:53:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big PP brain
poop-machines · 2 points · Posted at 10:36:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this!
But I like my beans well done, so I wait for the second one to pop.
To avoid it making a mess, I put the second tupperware container into a third even larger one.
TheRealPitabred · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Non-joking trick: microwaves have power settings. Cook beans at about 30% power with the lid light covering, and it never explodes. Same with reheating other food. Use a lower power setting for longer and things get much better.
PrincessSalty · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
his mom forgot to show him that step
RoburexButBetter · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big brain move honestly
gozba · 1 points · Posted at 10:06:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stop making sense, please
Jhg178 · 1 points · Posted at 13:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brilliant.
antipho · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ooooh someone went to college.
almighty_ballest · 1 points · Posted at 16:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was hyped to give you your thousandth upvote
[deleted] · 81 points · Posted at 03:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Must have sucked to live with. I just picture somebody popping by, shooting the breeze with y'all, and suddenly you hear a loud, wet sounding plop. Your roommate visibly peeks up, saying "Beans are done!" As he scurries off.
Tokoolfurskool · 32 points · Posted at 03:27:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, I can see that microwave, just plastered with layers of old bean juice.
cerareece · 12 points · Posted at 05:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had a bad depression week...its been a lot of soups and beans. Facing that bean layer to clean was rock bottom this morning lol
AliensTookMyCat · 2 points · Posted at 09:39:32 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always put a papertowel over anything I put in the microwave. Really helps keep down the explosions!
-Caesar · 28 points · Posted at 03:32:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The simplicity of the stupidity in this one made me laugh a lot haha
heidasaurus · 30 points · Posted at 03:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That reminds me of my college roommate. She would cook raw chicken in the microwave by "defrosting" it for like 20 minutes. One time, she even took a shower while it was cooking! It smelled and looked disgusting.
Correct_Ant · 7 points · Posted at 12:26:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How does that make any sense whatsoever? Why defrost something not frozen, and why cook chicken in a microwave?? (Yack)
Respect4All_512 · 4 points · Posted at 22:23:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chicken can be very nicely steamed in a microwave. Lived in hotels for a while and did that a lot.
PM_ME_UR_QUESTIONS__ · 107 points · Posted at 02:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
while not the best method for cooking baked beans, i do have to hand it to them for actually finding a method that at least works vs just putting the beans in for somehting like 20 min or some other ridiculously large number
Edit: I can't spell
log_sin · 52 points · Posted at 03:22:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ridiculously close, but no cigar
mkensington · 7 points · Posted at 04:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cat no banana?
Complete_Gene · 7 points · Posted at 04:05:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t work out if they were going for ‘ridiculously’ or ‘radically’
PM_ME_UR_QUESTIONS__ · 1 points · Posted at 16:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I fixed my spelling
cptjeff · 10 points · Posted at 05:13:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As somebody who makes bean stews as a diet staple, 3.5 minutes for a pint is usually plenty. I don't think there's anything on the planet that requires 20 minutes other than slow defrosting.
Apoc2K · 10 points · Posted at 08:37:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
20 minutes is undoubtedly great for making charcoal.
PM_ME_UR_QUESTIONS__ · 1 points · Posted at 16:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or, depending on microwave, a baked potato
mattBJM · 5 points · Posted at 05:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
???? It tells you the cooking time on the tin, I don’t see your point here
Dickinmymouth1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would anyone put beans in the microwave for 20 minutes? In fact I can’t really think of anything I’d put in the microwave for 20 minutes!
dorkglockchordrock · 11 points · Posted at 03:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pop goes the beans fam
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 04:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one actually made me laugh out loud. Probably because I’m not the one who has to clean up after a bean debacle.
RentonBrax · 7 points · Posted at 04:32:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Debeancle
Row199 · 12 points · Posted at 04:57:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen on Reddit. I just showed my fiancé and we literally couldn’t stop laughing hysterically for over four minutes straight. Then we started acting out your roommate and it got us rolling on the floor. Oh man. Oh jeez. Thank you so much for sharing this. You literally just made my day.
corb0 · 9 points · Posted at 03:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know what is so funny to me about beans.
redorkulator · 8 points · Posted at 03:37:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the most "ah, fuck it whatever" way of cooking I've ever heard of.
djjohnoneill · 8 points · Posted at 04:04:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m pretty sure that’s how the best chefs do it
_chasingrainbows · 7 points · Posted at 08:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate at university who put a frozen pizza in a lukewarm oven for 5 minutes and then was like 'yep this is done.'
Edit: Also remembered, she once asked me how I manage to cook so much pasta in one pot. She (for some reason) would only ever put an inch of water in a pot and just put as much pasta in as she could. I was like, just put more water in.....
Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n · 4 points · Posted at 09:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brain hurts just thinking about that.
athousandlivesago · 13 points · Posted at 04:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend puts whole ass jars of pasta sauce in an oven to warm it up. Not like she pours the sauce into cookware first, but she puts the entire jar into the oven, paper label and all. Not sure why she doesn’t pour it into a pot and warm it on the stove...
caboosetp · 7 points · Posted at 06:50:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And need to clean another pot? Blasphemy.
athousandlivesago · 3 points · Posted at 21:57:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn you’re right
lifeisreallyunfair · 12 points · Posted at 05:18:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a general follow-up: the majority of my friends, male and female left their homes clueless about cooking and food.
It would turnout for me that my roommate's girlfriend was a traditional Greek. She taught me way more in 2 years than my parents ever did. Going grocery shopping with her was actually fun times, we'd pick out jar sauces, frozen meals and other things just to have her flip out in the grocery store about what a grevious sin it was because it was so easy to make things from scratch.
In response, I have made sure my sons know how to cook, ferment food, bake bread, ... All the stuff I wasn't taught as a kid. And they've participated in the kitchen since before they could even reach the counter.
Ellaina was so good that future girlfriends of mine would be so impressed with me and so dissapointed and shocked when they ate at my parents where the food was always just a bland slab of meat with boiled vegetables. Girlfriends would always ask where I learned to make so many things and I'd always credit Ellaina, to this day, I tell my sons Ellaina taught me how to do this or that. And they are always surprised she taught me how to exist in kitchen while only being my roommates girlfriend. Ellaina is a saint.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 00:47:14 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, St. Ellaina of the College Kitchen.
If all Greek women are like that, I’m putting Greece on my future travel list.
sunpopsicle · 12 points · Posted at 03:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see nothing wrong with this
BlueBeanie42 · 5 points · Posted at 03:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The imagery in this really got me
midwest-ginger · 5 points · Posted at 05:01:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate that you had to air out the oven. So in the middle of 90 degree weather she’d not only heat up the place for a personal pan pizza but then leave the oven door open after she took it out!
Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n · 2 points · Posted at 09:50:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, as in they left the oven door open when something is cooking?
midwest-ginger · 3 points · Posted at 10:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, after it was it was done. She thought you had to cool the oven off.
Cyb3rd31ic_Citiz3n · 5 points · Posted at 13:18:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good Lord.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 22:26:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you burn popcorn this isn't a bad idea.
midwest-ginger · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you make popcorn in an oven?
Respect4All_512 · 0 points · Posted at 00:53:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a pan on the stovetop. We do have a microwave but I don't like microwave popcorn much.
TheRealTP2016 · 4 points · Posted at 05:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Straight up cancer food. Heating plastic is HORRIBLEEEE.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 13:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:44 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHAT?!
hollyberryness · 3 points · Posted at 07:08:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old co-worker who became my best friend for a while tried to microwave a Tupperware of food with the fork in it. Thank g I was there and stopped him! I was like BILLIE WTF HOW AM I JUST TEACHING YOU ABOUT THIS 25 YEARS INTO LIFE
lol he was from Germany but I don't think that had anything to do with it. He is gay and obsessed with black men, I think of him often these days and hope he's out there with the love of his life protesting for equality.
twentybinders · 3 points · Posted at 03:38:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is too funny. pop BEANS DONE!
Sharadnar · 3 points · Posted at 05:03:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love how everyone immediately knows it was a guy. We all know that guy.
Video_G_JRPG · 3 points · Posted at 10:47:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely priceless can't stop laughing.
Reminds me of Homer Simpson cooking cans of beans of the BBQ with the can fully closed, obviously their done when the top of the can explodes 😂
masonjar87 · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the fuck, dude...
2M3TAL4U · 2 points · Posted at 03:47:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like the kinda person that would syringe water into a noodles cup and use the same method
Nicknamedreddit · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the funniest comment I’ve read yet.
Harrythehobbit · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw this exact comment with the exact same reply further up the thread.
This is another bot karma farming thread isn't it?
Procrastinator78 · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kind of did that with stove top noodles because I didnt like cup ramen, but I didnt put the lid on fully I left it loose enough air could get out. I just was convinced the trapped steam made the noodles softer.
gruffnuff · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He must have read that technique on the back of a microwave popcorn bag.
TommyTar · 2 points · Posted at 05:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ve heard of popcorn, how about pop beans!
angery-nugget-man · 2 points · Posted at 06:00:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me cackle. Thank you good sir, and may you never have to deal with another bean-blasting lunatic
Mr_Feces · 3 points · Posted at 03:55:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Super Asshole Thing I used to do in college: put an egg in a friend's microwave and turn it on. I would always at wait until I heard it pop so I could turn it off right away, but the egg would cook just enough before it popped to firmly adhere to all six sides of the microwave.
It was extra dumb in hindsight because I'd usually clean it up later myself but I still thought it was funny to do because I am a moron.
FortunateSonofLibrty · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for my first real laugh today
Kristeninmyskin · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol! 😂
blankblank · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, this one got me.
VelcroSirRaptor · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is equal parts hilarious and sad.
aj_ramone · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's actually dumb smart. It's how you survive college.
siel04 · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's unfortunate but also hilarious.
I mean, it's hilarious from my perspective because I don't have to deal with the smell, mess, or beans-and-Tupperware shrapnel.
KennyHatesYou · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely no way this is true.
Gitmfap · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahahaha I f’n love this!!
RentonBrax · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is fantastic. Do you know the logic that got him to this method?
Aleks789 · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my buddies did that! Except he left it in there for too long and as a result we got a new microwave.
half_kneegrow · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn. What a laugh. Literally LOL
LikeAMan_NotAGod · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And now I have a new favorite method of cooking beans! We could make a whole cooking show of bad ideas like this!
WhiteHawktriple7 · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can't get food poisoning if you nuke it.
SCHWAMPY_Gaming_YT · 1 points · Posted at 04:45:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is beans in the microwave
dunayevskaya · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hey well it does WORK
ErianTomor · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... he’s not wrong.
CloudGrape · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
POP-BEANS
squirrels827 · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how you know!
Yunchansamakun · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This legitimately sounds like something my housemate would do.
zeledonia · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One kid in my freshman dorm put a plastic electric hot pot on a stove burner and turned on the stove. Caused a fire, emptied the building. His explanation was that the plug was too short to reach the outlet.
SatoshiUSA · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean he was probably right...
FTL_Laser · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BOOM!
Yay the beans are done!
macesta11 · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Real LOL there!
softtNshort · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really makes you wounded where tf people learn this or who taught( or didn’t..?) these weord habits
Redd1tored1tor · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*whose
helpmeaghhh · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know this would be horrific in practice but this just made my day
qervem · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell him he can avoid washing the tupperware if he yeets the can into the microwave instead
_AlreadyTaken_ · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dinner isn't ready until the fire alarm goes off
jezebel4prez · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So university means you’re from Europe? Sorry lol I call it college
TheJimiBones · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, that’s not how you cook beans?
Fumiken · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LMAO!!
eagle85672 · 1 points · Posted at 06:43:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the hardest I've laughed in weeks. Take my upvote
CoastGoodbye · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god I haven't laughed so hard at a comment in ages
Peemster99 · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes perfect sense-- it's just like the thing in the turkey that pops up when it's done!
diegoldenenjude · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one made me lol
daveb1014 · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who used to scramble eggs the same way.
Nishlash · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yum
throwaway12222018 · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this but not on purpose. And I only ever use a microwave if I'm feeling really lazy.
Wwwweeeeeeee · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never use plastic in the microwave, that shit alters your DNA when ingested.
Use a ceramic bowl, nuke for exactly 1 minute uncovered. That's the 'recipe'.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 22:31:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stir halfway through
Wwwweeeeeeee · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, don't even need to. Can't be bovvered.
gannimaduma · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's beans, this is food!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine was like this but it was me. I had ordered pizza one night in sophomore year of college, and didn’t eat it all so decided to reheat it. I did it just the way we always did - and that familiar smell wafted the kitchen. And, apparently the rest of the house.
My roommate came out and started yelling that something was on fire. I told him I was just reheating pizza! He opened the oven and saw that the pizza was still in the box. He screamed, I didn’t get it, but y’all probably will.
Called my parents the next day and they told me that, yeah, it wasn’t the right way to do it but you probably shouldn’t.
The best part is, cut to a few years later, I had my parents over and we ordered pizza (new apartment, new state). Bc I never really agreed that putting cardboard in the oven was wrong, I did it to keep the non-eaten pizza warm.
Welp, considering that apt was the size of a shoebox, the oven was the size of an Easy Bake Oven. Hence why it caught on fire - the cardboard was touching the sides of the oven and poof! Fire. It wasn’t bad; we got it put out right away, but no one in the family puts pizza boxes in the oven anymore.
WailingOctopus · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like how Calvin and Hobbes would make baked beans
killedBySasquatch · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol
Fabbs7 · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whose "cooking" method?
Fantastic_Relief · 9275 points · Posted at 00:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
One of roommates in college would go though plastic spatulas like crazy. She'd melt them and wouldn't say anything about it. She'd only tell me when I'd go to use it and wonder why it was messed up. She'd always say it was due to the spatula being made of cheap plastic. No. I finally caught her one day. She'd be cooking something and would walk away LEAVING THE PLASTIC SPATULA IN THE PAN WHILE IT WAS STILL ON!
Edit: Fixed some spelling. Also I really did not expect this to blow up. Funny that so many people can relate. For those asking: yes I know there are heat resistent, wooden, and metal spatulas. Remember this was in college though, so I went to Walmart and just bought the cheapest non-stick pan and utensil sets I could find. Honestly I liked them well enough and they fit my purposes. I never melted a spatula because I don't leave my utensils sitting in a hot pan. I also wouldn't allow my roommate to buy a metal spatula since that would mess up the Teflon.
[deleted] · 2881 points · Posted at 01:44:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Jack11257 · 240 points · Posted at 04:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To her credit it's only like a 2305°F difference.
Just_One_Umami · 108 points · Posted at 05:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only use gallium spatulas
Jack11257 · 43 points · Posted at 05:32:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta step up those numbers, I only used NaK alloy spatulas.
Just_One_Umami · 16 points · Posted at 06:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is that, sodium and potassium? I feel like that would make a mess of the kitchen...
Jack11257 · 29 points · Posted at 06:19:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if you don't cook water free foods in an atmosphere of dry nitrogen. Oh and it dissolves through Teflon so there's that.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 05:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, TIL.
woodruff42 · 3 points · Posted at 08:10:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't that stuff liquid at room temperature?
theplaugegremlin · 5 points · Posted at 10:04:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a bit above it, it'll melt in your hands.
woodruff42 · 4 points · Posted at 10:21:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just looked it up. The eutectic mixture of 77% K and 23% Na melts at - 12.6 °C
So depending on the potassium content it may very well be liquid at room temperature
Eternity_Incarnate · 2 points · Posted at 16:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use mercury spatulas.
xSTSxZerglingOne · 2 points · Posted at 09:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just go for the lead ones. Stop kidding around.
The_Punniest · 31 points · Posted at 05:51:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Burner tops can't melt steel spatulas
Jack11257 · 23 points · Posted at 05:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Must've been an inside job
FamousButNotReally · 3 points · Posted at 09:33:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When will you learn?!
Zhurg · 23 points · Posted at 08:52:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't leave metal ones in either because metal hot
FuujinSama · 5 points · Posted at 10:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I can leave my plastic shit in the pan and it won't melt. WTF shit plastic are y'all using?
I mean, if I left them on top of the grill or in an empty pan? That'd probably melt it, eventually, but just leaving a plastic utensil inside boiling water or stew doesn't melt it at all. It stops me from closing the lid, so I don't know why you'd do that, but it won't randomly melt.
I'm kinda confused now. Was she just grilling the spatula besides the meat or something? Meat with a side of spatula? That would be a terrible idea with a metal spatula too... how would you pick it up afterwards?
scemscem · 2 points · Posted at 11:24:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pffffftt. I only use redstone spatulas
TEDDYKnighty · 2 points · Posted at 09:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve done that by accident before. Melted plastic everywhere. Not a mistake I’ll make twice let me tell you what.
DatomasSigma · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never leave their side, they will always need you.
Ravenclaw74656 · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the flip side, my SO worries when I leave the silicone ones in. Like, this is food grade silicone... Literally make cake/bread tins out of it, it's not going to melt in some simmering sauce.
Dyolf_Knip · 1 points · Posted at 14:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We made a little marshmallow-roasting fire last night (starting with flint & tinder!), and at one point I had to stop my daughter before she started shoveling hot ashes into a plastic tub.
noppenjuhh · 1 points · Posted at 10:25:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you use anything but wooden spatulas?
FlappyBoobs · 15 points · Posted at 11:12:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a rubber one because it forms to the pan better and you can more easily scrape the last lovely bits of sauce out the pan. The rubber one doesn't melt, the wooden handle would set on fire before that happened.
Also wood can splinter and scrape my nice pans, plus wood is one of the hardest materials to sanitize in the kitchen, especially when it gets old.
Fury_Fury_Fury · 4 points · Posted at 12:32:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SO hates my rubber spatula for some reason, and loves wood or metal ones. I will never get, why would you buy a new pan every half a year rather than use a rubber spatula, but everyone gets to have some quirks.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:30:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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tia_avende_alantin33 · 5 points · Posted at 10:53:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doesn't melt so can be let in the hot pan if you want, and doesn't scratch the tefflon. Wooden is the best spatula option by far.
Fraggyreddit · 2 points · Posted at 17:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't wooden harder to clean? Mine are stained as fuck
tia_avende_alantin33 · 1 points · Posted at 19:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really. Mine generally go to the dishwasher and never stained if I clean it soon enough after use
jmyr90 · -3 points · Posted at 08:16:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am happy to be your 666th upvote
CarelessYouth69 · 153 points · Posted at 05:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
one of my roommates does the exact same thing, all of our spatulas are melted at the bottom. we also have a hand towel in the kitchen for drying hands off, and i once saw her wipe up a bunch of queso with it and put it right back on the hook. i said “why did you do that, now it’s covered in cheese” and she said “is that not what these are used for”
LittleSadRufus · 51 points · Posted at 05:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every kitchen had a cheese cloth, right?
Pure_Tower · 26 points · Posted at 05:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cheese cloths, poop knives, what else are you brutes lacking?
Simp-L-Ton · 11 points · Posted at 08:39:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Smh these guys don’t even have a pee drawer
ButterflyAttack · 7 points · Posted at 10:05:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or a cumbox.
ToofyTwo · 5 points · Posted at 13:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope you don't call them that to their face.
rogi3044 · -1 points · Posted at 05:51:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
😂😂😂🤦🏼♀️😂🙌🏼
AnimeDeamon · 10 points · Posted at 11:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a personal pet peeve, tea towels are for drying your hands and dishes. We literally have cloths for cleaning the side that get cleaned all the time but people still use the tea towels so that we never have a clean one to use for drying.
unAffectedFiddle · 8 points · Posted at 12:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How some people cook/clean is terrifying.
AnalogDigit2 · 6 points · Posted at 08:14:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In fairness, my kitchen towels get pretty grungy before they are finally laundered. I'd use like 3 per day otherwise.
vanillamoon_94 · 2 points · Posted at 12:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha my bf used to do the same at our house. I almost freaked out. Seems like MIL and FIL didn't teach him a thing.
Jbales901 · 290 points · Posted at 04:23:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Purchase an all metal spatula... will learn a real hard lesson.
RebarBaby · 79 points · Posted at 05:49:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
distant sounds of crying Teflon
Aegeus · 7 points · Posted at 10:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They make silicone-coated metal spatulas. Best of both worlds.
AnimeDeamon · 1 points · Posted at 11:27:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Loads of people have steel or cast iron pots and pans, out of our 6 saucepans only 2 are coated.
Dyolf_Knip · 0 points · Posted at 14:06:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I only use cast iron or stainless cookware.
JustDiscoveredSex · 35 points · Posted at 06:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was once spanked with an all-metal spatula fresh out of the frying pan. That was memorable. (I have daddy issues for a reason.)
TheLuckySpades · 14 points · Posted at 10:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like daddy also had issues.
JustDiscoveredSex · 2 points · Posted at 15:16:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair statement.
Therewasab34m · 10 points · Posted at 08:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hears scream Huh, why does it smell like bacon in here?
Imasniffachair · 17 points · Posted at 05:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You MONSTER
bschlueter · 7 points · Posted at 05:36:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not if it's aluminium!
spen8tor · 5 points · Posted at 05:51:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It would still get hot though and even if it doesn't stay hot for as long, you would feel it the second you pick it up and would get burned.
bschlueter · 7 points · Posted at 06:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one and it's never burned me. Admittedly I'm good at not leaving my spatula in the pan, but my decades of cooking things in the oven on aluminium foil and never burning myself are a better testament to aluminium's awesome heat dissipation.
spen8tor · 6 points · Posted at 07:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aluminum foil and aluminum cooking utensils aren't really comparable. I have no doubt that you haven't burnt your hand using an aluminum spatula, but that's because anyone who has even a little common sense and had used a kitchen before knows not to leave a metal thing inside a pot/pan that's currently cooking because it will get hot just like the pan. I'm assuming you don't normally leave your metal utensils in the hot pan for long enough to get hot enough to burn you, but as someone who has a terrible cook of a sister, I can assure you that if you leave an aluminum spatula in a used cooking pot for long enough, it will get hot enough to burn you and leave blisters. It cools down quickly and doesn't hold the heat for long, but it only takes a second to badly burn yourself in the time between removing the hot spatula and it cooling down.
bschlueter · 3 points · Posted at 07:24:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good warning. Like I said, I'm not one to leave my spatula in a pan.
spen8tor · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my sister eventually learned not to as well, unfortunately the one time wasn't enough though and she did it two more times before the lesson really set in. (Luckily her kids take after their father/her husband more)
I-bummed-a-parrot · 3 points · Posted at 06:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aluminium is a good conductor of heat though
bschlueter · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:05 on July 11, 2020 · (Permalink)
So good that it dissipates the heat in the time it takes to reach into the oven and pull it out. If it were thicker than foil, there might be an issue.
MildlyAnnoyedMother · 3 points · Posted at 13:44:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man. I threw away the one metal cooking spoon we had because my husband scratched two different pans with it. He then began ignoring the bouquet of cooking tools in the vase on the oven and using metal forks until we had a come to jesus talk about not ruining the goddamn pans.
Jbales901 · 2 points · Posted at 18:21:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel that! Slapping metal.... anything ... on the side of a teflon pan. Like nails on a chalk board to me. 6th full set of pans in 15 years of marriage. (And due up again this year) Tried come to jesus early on. Now I wait for Christmas clearance at Macys or JCPenny. She is awesome, and not worth fighting, because honestly I have soooooo many more things she let's go.
LawnGnomeFlamingo · 42 points · Posted at 05:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My nephew is NOT dumb, but he is a bit touched. He and his friend wanted some ramen or spaghetti or something. He brought the water to a boil. He put the noodles in a strainer with a plastic handle and dropped the whole thing in. Then he was surprised when the handle started to melt and smoke.
He also brought me a can of soup and a can opener. He asked me how to use it. The can had a pull tab. Like, what?
[deleted] · 21 points · Posted at 05:51:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait... people put the strainer in the pot to cook pasta?!
rivershimmer · 8 points · Posted at 08:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are metal strainers that cook right in the pot. Then you can lift them up out of the pot rather then dump the pot over the sink. Little messy though.
The key word is metal. Not plastic.
SouthernBelleInACage · 5 points · Posted at 07:39:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a new one on me, too
LawnGnomeFlamingo · 2 points · Posted at 08:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His logic was that when the noodles were cooked, he could just lift out the strainer with the noodles in it.
alexanderpas · 1 points · Posted at 08:59:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you think about it... It's actually a safer method of straining the pasta, and you can reuse the pasta water.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:17:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Safer? You have to grab a piece of metal that’s been heating in boiling water.
alexanderpas · 1 points · Posted at 16:45:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same temperature as the pan you would need to grab otherwise, except now there is no hot water you need to get out of the pan.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes you do have to get rid of it. Who in their right mind would reuse pasta water?!
alexanderpas · -1 points · Posted at 17:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can reuse it as ingredient for the sauce.
Which is much safer after you have let it cool down for a bit before you get rid of it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:44:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, pouring water out of a pot and through a strainer is not a difficult task. I’ve been doing it since I was a child and haven’t had a single issue ever.
alexanderpas · 1 points · Posted at 18:39:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many people have burned themselves because they poured the boiling water wrong.
MildlyAnnoyedMother · 1 points · Posted at 13:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You shouldn't reuse the pasta water. The starch in it will make the next round gummy and gross.
alexanderpas · 3 points · Posted at 14:38:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You don't reuse the pasta water for a new batch of pasta, no.
You reuse the pasta water as ingredient for the sauce.
https://www.thekitchn.com/quick-tip-thicken-sauces-with-122982
MildlyAnnoyedMother · 2 points · Posted at 14:41:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
O.o Never done that. If I'm making a tomato sauce I prefer chicken stock for the liquid, and with alfredo it's not neccessary.
alexanderpas · 2 points · Posted at 14:47:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Instead of making seperate chicken stock, boil the pasta in the chicken stock.
MildlyAnnoyedMother · 1 points · Posted at 15:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely not. That's for chicken noodle soup only. It overwhelms other flavors instead of neatly* blending in with the tomato and bringing out more complex flavor.
I also keep stock frozen on hand, it's what I do with the chicken fat and trimmings- so it's not a separate thing as much as using what's on hand already.
throwawayaccountess · 53 points · Posted at 04:57:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
MY MOTHER DOES THIS. It pisses me off to no end. She’s 50 years old.. I’ve caught her doing it a few times and I’ve had to scold my own mother on why she can’t leave plastic cooking utensils in a hot pan on the stove.
soup2nuts · 2 points · Posted at 11:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm more amazed by the fact that everyone is using plastic spatulas. For all the ones you melt and through away you could just have a metal one.
GepardenK · 2 points · Posted at 15:04:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's better for the pan. Always use plastic or wood.
soup2nuts · 2 points · Posted at 17:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use wood for stainless steel or ceramic coated pans. I use steel for iron pans and skillets. I don't use plastic for cooking at all. But it's possible to burn a wooden spoon if you leave it on a hot pan.
GepardenK · 2 points · Posted at 17:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes wood is more durable than plastic but not by much. In any case if one just uses common sense (and a product that isn't of terrible quality) one shouldn't have any issues with either wood or plastic really.
soup2nuts · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Common sense doesn't work. Everyone needs to be taught at some point.
GepardenK · 3 points · Posted at 19:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No common sense is what you can teach yourself by watching what happens during an error and adjusting accordingly. Which definitely goes for melting/burning spatulas. Kids don't get taught, 98% of what they learn is self-taught through playing, trying and failing.
soup2nuts · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless we live in a society where parents never let their children play or make mistakes. And then they grow up and go to college and do stupid shit like repeatedly melting plastic spatulas. Hmmmm... I wonder if we've accidentally come upon something.
GepardenK · 2 points · Posted at 02:21:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indeed!
DoctorBearDaEngineer · 19 points · Posted at 05:33:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmm tastes like fucking cancer
Ldfzm · 23 points · Posted at 05:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean there are heat-resistant rubber spatulas; maybe she didn't realize that there were non-heat-resistant rubber spatulas? You'd think she'd figure it out after the first one though :(
LittleSadRufus · 17 points · Posted at 05:50:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't even know you could get straight plastic these days, all mine seem to be silicone, metal or wood.
fullanalpanic · 3 points · Posted at 09:22:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They design the cheap stuff deceptively well. I bought one thinking it was heat-resistant rubber because it was hanging next to the good stuff. One day as I was cleaning it, I managed to snag on a stray plastic thing, which peelled off in one long thin strip. Threw it out and "splurged" on a $15 one. Those things should be banned.
LittleSadRufus · 4 points · Posted at 09:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A cheap wooden spoon is honestly probably best anyway.
Aegeus · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They make nylon ones which are billed as "heat-resistant," but I learned the hard way that there's a difference between "heat-resistant" and "can survive sustained contact with a pan on high."
perfecttoastedcheese · 5 points · Posted at 08:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I have a nice silicone spatula. It apparently will withstand 600°C. My domestic oven and stove will never get that hot lol. It cost me like $20-25AUD but it's amazing not to have to worry about it melting and it's so easy to clean
walter_the_guitarist · 3 points · Posted at 08:04:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? I was confused for a second, because I leave all my spatulas in the pan and never ever did one burn... I left one directly on the stove and this burnt for sure, but never in the pan.
chemknife · 10 points · Posted at 05:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom still does this and refuses to listen to me about why she shouldn't.
Marawal · 6 points · Posted at 05:37:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That one happened to me once.
Granted, I was still a teen, maybe 16. So I could understand not thinking ahead if her parents didn't let her cook at a home. But I thought that was a mistake you only did once.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes it should've only happened once.
theobromus · 5 points · Posted at 05:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've got to buy a silicone spatula: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-spatula/
imgae22 · 4 points · Posted at 05:32:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So she ate plastic?
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
jordanjay29 · 4 points · Posted at 06:32:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear I had this roommate in college, too.
Anything in the kitchen was unimportant to her. She'd get a phone call, walk away. She'd hear the TV change to a commercial, walk away. She'd get bored or the clock would strike 3, walk away.
We were both renting rooms in someone else's house, the kitchen utensils were largely not ours. So...uhh....yeah.
Rynewulf · 3 points · Posted at 05:42:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That one's common actually. If not for my mum teaching me otherwise when I was little, I'd have assumed it was just a fact of life. I've met plenty of people who do it but were taught not to.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I could forgive and forget if this happened one time. Everyone makes mistakes and everyone needs a chance to learn. But multiple times??? At that point you either don't care or you're just refusing to think.
AceWither · 3 points · Posted at 05:45:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmm. I love the taste of melted plastic in my food. Can't live without it.
RetroHacker · 3 points · Posted at 06:05:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bah, it's not a problem. Just head on over to Spatula City for their giant liquidation sale. Buy nine spatulas, and get the tenth for just one penny!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like got used to silicone spatulas and doesn't understand that plastic spatulas are different.
To be fair: Don't use plastic spatulas.
tekzenmusic · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you say windy for wondering or was that a typo? Because I’m now going to adopt that regardless
Fantastic_Relief · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol definitely a typo. I typed this on mobile while laying on the floor upside down so the whole thing was a shit show and I though I'd caught all the mistakes.
tekzenmusic · 1 points · Posted at 20:47:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh! You typed this one upside-down too it seems 😜
autofill34 · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair it's not that stupid of a thing to do. Just a stupid thing to do more than once!
PivotPsycho · 2 points · Posted at 09:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's mind-blowing is that she never figured out what caused it haha
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 09:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you were still living with her, I’d suggest a gift of a spoon rest for her birthday! If you don’t leave anything in the pan when it’s hot, you don’t have to worry about differentiating between metal or plastic, because everything goes on the spoon rest! 😊
chickpeas3 · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate always melted our plastic serving/cooking spoons, and was constantly pissed at the spoons for being shitty. I figured she was doing something dumb, but I didn't learn what until one day I came home to her and her b/f deep frying something, and stiring and scooping the food out with a fucking plastic spoon. Her mind blew when I explained that plastic and hot oil are not friends. . . despite having already destroyed like 15 spoons this way.
Antiochus_Sidetes · 2 points · Posted at 10:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...was she eating melted plastic?
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:57:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably. I certainly didn't eat anything she made.
OathOfFeanor · 2 points · Posted at 11:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually she is right, you can get silicone spatulas that are good up to 500° F
You cheapskate /s
bardicly-inclined · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did she eventually get a metal spatula that wouldn’t melt?
Fantastic_Relief · 2 points · Posted at 12:46:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. She stopped melting them when I pointed out to her exactly why they were melting i.e. stop being a dumbass
bardicly-inclined · 2 points · Posted at 12:46:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, at least she stopped melting spatulas!
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
True but she also did some other shit that made me very glad to be rid of her when the school year was over. Trust me the kitchen was not the only place she was fucking up shit.
bardicly-inclined · 1 points · Posted at 13:19:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, do share.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok well since we were in apartment style dorms, we had 1 bathroom to share just between the 2 of us. The floor was always soaking wet. I thought there was a leak somewhere until I noticed it was always after she showered. Honestly most of the next few weeks were spent with me wondering how to politely ask her how the fuck one manages to get that much water on the floor. I talked to her and found out no one had ever taught her that the shower curtain goes INSIDE the tub.
You'd think that was the end of that. You'd be wrong.
There was still water on the floor every time she showered. Turns out she wasn't using the bath mat. She was stepping out straight onto the bare tile. So we had to have a conversation about that.
If you thought that was the end of it you'd still be wrong.
At this point I should mention that since the bathroom was so tiny, the front of the shower was right next to the toilet. There was barely enough to stick a trashcan there so any reasonable person would enter/exit from the back of the shower/tub.
Or at least that's what I thought.
I finally figured out that yes, she was exiting out of the front of the shower, dripping water everywhere, and then stepped over onto the bath mat. I actually had to bring my boyfriend in at this point because I couldn't believe that someone could be that oblivious. Even he didn't believe me at first. We waited until she showered while he was over one day. As soon as she went to her room, I sent him in the bathroom to check. (Yeah that may have been weird but I really thought I was losing it at that point. He confirmed that yes, she wasn't using the bath mat properly, and no, that much water on the floor wasn't common and wasn't reasonable).
I actually had to tell her, a 20yr old woman, to step out of the back end of the shower and to wait a few moments before stepping onto the tile so that she wasn't dripping water every. For some reason that had never crossed her mind.
bardicly-inclined · 1 points · Posted at 14:45:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear it take effort to be that oblivious...
sarahhopefully · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I have a bajillion wood/bamboo cooking utensils of various sizes and shapes. I don't trust myself not to leave a plastic one in by accident.
VikingSlayer · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've done that for years and none of mine have melted.
VouMatarVoce · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this ones when I was like 11 I was cooking something in the pan and then I left the spatula on the still hot pan and it melted all over the pan. I was petrified when I finished eating and saw it.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sure you never did that again though
kilotangoalpha · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this with wooden spoons sometimes. That’s okay, right? We never had them growing up.
jodiparks · 2 points · Posted at 12:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, that is okay to do. I really like using wooden spoons when cooking, I think it may be because my mother used them a lot in the kitchen when I was growing up!
believe666 · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother does this ffs! She claims they are made with special plastic that doesn’t melt yet plenty of hers are melted 🤢
thelastoftheassholes · 1 points · Posted at 07:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my God didn't think I would find myself in this thread
MagnoliaJoness · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a flat mate using the lid of one of my plastic containers as a lid for a pot where she was boiling water. Melted the lid, didn’t even apologise.
RoxyBuckets · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg my boyfriend ruined two spatulas doing that. He'd had them for longer than he had me, and yet for some reason he did that twice within a couple of months this year.
MatttheBruinsfan · 1 points · Posted at 08:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my former roommates used our spatula as an ice-scraper for his car windshield.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
...da fuq??
MatttheBruinsfan · 1 points · Posted at 17:25:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was not happy, but at least he told me about doing it.
Camera_Eye · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No worries, got you covered: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BUDwj_mXKE
slymiinc · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who would scrape the shit out of the nonstick pan with a metal spatula. He couldn’t figure out why his scrambled eggs always had that black stuff in it.
twalingputsjes · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have plastic spatulas that can be left in the pan, so you probably do have cheap plastic
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:36:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well yeah it was cheap since I was in college at the time. However she should've learned after the first time NOT to leave it in the pan. Growing up we never left any utensils jn the pan, no matter what they were made of. Also I managed to never melt the spatula so it's completely user error on this one.
theOTHERdimension · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad did this with every plastic spatula we had and then denied that it was him. Annoying af. Just leave the spatula on the stove, no need to leave it in the pan smh.
HomieeJo · 1 points · Posted at 09:04:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate of mine did this too. I never left my plastic spatula unsupervised after he ruined it.
kogan_usan · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
silicone spatulas for life
pedro6695 · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend in uni who set fire to MICROWAVE RICE! Whole building of about 200 students evacuated.
Meg0993 · 1 points · Posted at 09:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once my mum made a cottage pie and left the spatula in it when she put it back in the oven to stay warm and it melted into it. I'll never forget the smell of molten plastic and burnt potatoes.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's sad these people have a right to vote.
HeuristicValise · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've somehow never had this issue. The plastic gods must love me.
_bex94 · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that once to my spatula. I was making a grilled cheese. Came to eat to and I was like "ew that cheese got melted bad..." came to wash up and saw all the plastic on the pan and the misshapen spatula 😂 lesson learnt.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cook here... they should be able to withstand that heat.
game_criminal · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this also and never melt my spatula, high quality plastic wont melt if you don’t send flames around the pan.
Anthadvl · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Replace it with stainless steel spatula. If she leaves it and come back and try to pick it up she'll burn her hand.
squirrelnutflippers · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are silicone spatulas that are heat resistant to 450+degrees. I leave them laying on the edge of the pan and occasionally briefly sitting on the food in the pan (who rests a spatula in a hot empty pan?). No problems. However, you can tell the difference between a cheap rubber one and a silicone one pretty easily. And she is (was) a royal asshole for not replacing your stuff when she ruined it.
TheRethak · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I leave my plastic spatula in the pan as well and it doesn't melt. Been using that thing for almost 3 years now.
EdwardLait · 1 points · Posted at 10:26:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The roommate of my friend didn't know how to open the door with the keys. Almost broke the keys the first month. Her parents never gave her. Dunno how they let her live alone and far away
Frogmouth_Fresh · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope she didn't cook for you, her cooking would have plastic in it.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never. Tbh her cooking scared me before I even found out about the spatula thing.
MalHeartsNutmeg · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can leave them in there... they're meant to be nylon or some polymer I forget that don't melt, but a lot of cheap shit ones are crappy rubber.
mary024jo · 1 points · Posted at 10:47:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I almost set my house on fire last night by leaving the plastic spoon in the pan. That burner was off but the one next to it was on. I picked up a flaming spoon and threw it in the sink. I also have a gas stove. I really can’t believe I did that. I’m not normally that forgetful.
polarbearik · 1 points · Posted at 10:50:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe I’m too paranoid of starting fires but that would stress me out! I always make sure I’m not leaving it in the pan
kicker7955 · 1 points · Posted at 11:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How can you buy a plastic spatula? You mean silicone right?
Plastic spatula would be virtually unusable
yam_the_turtle · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is she not poisoned yet?
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your guess is as good as mine.
thesh0e92 · 1 points · Posted at 11:40:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You had a spatula in college dorms?
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in an apartment style dorm for 1 year. So we had a kitchen just for the 2 of us.
Ethancordn · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could get them a silicone spatula, they're a bit softer than plastic but have a much higher melting point (and won't scratch your pans)
oldnperverted · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife used to leave them leaning on the edge of the pan, melting a groove across the surface. Basically rendering them useless.
thisshortenough · 1 points · Posted at 11:53:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All the spatulas I've ever owned have little notches out of them in the handle cause I'm notorious for resting them on the side of the pan while cooking. But even I don't just walk away from it
xelanti_ · 1 points · Posted at 12:06:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone with ADHD, I used to do shit like this all the time before I was properly diagnosed and medicated. I just didn’t even think twice.
AffordableTimeTravel · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:10 on September 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
But would you also deflect the blame from yourself? Im in close proximity with some adhd people on a daily basis, and they do this 99% of the time. It’s like its painful for them to acknowledge they made a mistake.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:15:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow that blood must have a touch of plastic
The_Law_of_Pizza · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her parents may have had high heat-resistant plastic/rubber spatulas growing up, and she never realized that they were expensive specialty products.
I gave a set of these that are resistant up to 600 degrees. They don't melt.
hehimharrison · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, what do you do instead? Do you leave the dirty spatula on the counter?
Fantastic_Relief · 2 points · Posted at 18:12:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I use a little dish or napkin on the side and I just sit the spatula on that.
MintIceCreamPlease · 1 points · Posted at 14:51:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just imagine all the melted plastic she must have ingested through her food. Natural selection people
Plainbench · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I flat shared and bought a set of lovely cooking utensils - theres a little ledge at the back of the handle to allow the utensils to be placed on the counter without touching. In two weeks, my flatmates got to it (because they didn't bother washing up their own and mine - I had another set that j shared) and burned\melted the back of it all (the handle is softer rubber because of the design)... I still have the set but man, I shed a year whenever I use it
Donnersebliksem · 1 points · Posted at 16:23:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She loved going to Spatula CitySpatulacitySpatulacity and was looking for an excuse.
BikerMurse · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old housemate did something similar. He decided to deep-fry some chips instead of oven bake them and had the bright idea to use the plastic spaghetti server. It melted into his chips.
El_shawnzo · 1 points · Posted at 17:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've done this before, but on complete accident. But they wouldn't completely melt. Really just more of a dent in the handle of it from leaving it leaned on the pan. I've actually got a couple "wooden" spoons (they're actually plastic but they work just the same) with the dents. Mostly from boiling mac and cheese and stepping away for a second to use the bathroom or something like that. I can't even begin to imagine what it takes to completely melt one.
ObjectiveAnalysis0 · 1 points · Posted at 18:29:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bought a wooden bamboo spatula at dollar general that was $2 on a whim. I thought it would suck.
That thing is the best damn spatula I’ve ever had. It’s not quite as thin as a plastic one, but I don’t have to worry about it melting over time or becoming cruddy. Highly recommend getting one, good and cheap, and will last gig forever.
mathgod496 · 1 points · Posted at 20:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-mother-in-law would do that very thing to my spatulas and scold me for having "cheap plastic" as opposed to metal tools that don't melt when left in an iron skillet. A lot of people have no concept of thermal gradients beyond hot and cold. These are the same idiots who wonder why their engine gets destroyed from fuel that burns too hot for the metal in the engine. My ex-wife would encourage divorce by giggling and insist that I did not love her. Love has nothing to do with being disrespected in my own home by the mother-in-law.
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 21:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never use metal tools unless it's not going to be near the pan, like I'm just picking a piece of chicken up. I've been informed we have pans it's ok to use the metal on but I can't tell them apart from the ones that we can't so I just don't use metal.
The only one I can tell apart is the cast iron and I have no interest in using it so doesn't help me any.
Sandwich_Band1t · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
you can leave them in the pan, just on top of the food, or tilting up leaning on the edge, I'm just lazy don't @me, worst case scenario it melts through the handle a 1/4in
Cat_Vonnegut · 4026 points · Posted at 00:47:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wonderful, selfless, beautiful younger brother asked me how to make ice last year. He's 24.
🎙️ arual_x · 220 points · Posted at 00:47:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my days this one was the first one in a while that made me nearly spit out my drink.
pimpmastahanhduece · 39 points · Posted at 07:18:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then you'll like this, try milk while reading please.
I'm 31 now, but in this I'm 16 and my sister is 19 we are going into the subway and we check a map to plot our stops and switches on which lines. She reads out loud for some reason and says "Metro?… Polis?… What the hell is that!?"
"Me(h)-trop-olis?"
Yellowredstone · 159 points · Posted at 03:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little brother is still trying to grasp the fact that you don't have to leave the house at 18.
TH3_V3GAS · 29 points · Posted at 07:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, then when will you leave?
JuiceFarmer · 45 points · Posted at 07:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You never leave, you wait for your parents to pass away and get the house
Red-Freckle · 13 points · Posted at 07:51:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It would be a never ending cycle... except we'll never procreate
lillithfair4 · 4 points · Posted at 15:42:14 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how you win the house!
yshavit · 73 points · Posted at 05:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope you told him in the form of a recipe on medium that started with a 3000-word missive on how much you've loved ice ever since you were a kid.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 13:04:11 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
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lillithfair4 · 2 points · Posted at 15:43:01 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn this was so spot on.
HardRockDani · 41 points · Posted at 02:56:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh bless his heart!
OrangeFarmHorse · 41 points · Posted at 05:51:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, that makes sense.. in German.
"Eis" is both frozen water and ice cream.
RatFaceOcon · 12 points · Posted at 07:46:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i thought i was going crazy for not getting it
PivotPsycho · 5 points · Posted at 09:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From Belgium here. Was confused for a sec too lol
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 05:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't make the ice you gotta call Santa Claus and get it imported from the North Pole
Nomulite · 3 points · Posted at 14:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That buff guy from Frozen cuts some of it out for you and gets it delivered
undercovercatlover · 26 points · Posted at 04:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll have what he’s smoking
misuez · 9 points · Posted at 07:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I laughed so so hard bc it’s clear you love your brother but yea, ice...
when my brother was in his early 20s, I caught him just shoving leftover food scraps down my parents sink. apparently, he’s been doing it for years - it never occurred to him the sink didn’t have garbage disposal 🤦♀️
aJennyAnn · 8 points · Posted at 10:34:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother went to the Air Force Academy, where you're required to live in the dorms all four years. When he graduated, they offered a cookbook that graduates and family could buy. One of the very first recipes is for ice.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 00:56:29 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t you literally just freeze water? I thought military guys were supposed to be smart...
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Mint Green Wedge Day! :D 🎂
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
lastSKPirate · 5 points · Posted at 08:21:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, at least he's pretty.
wickedstud · 3 points · Posted at 06:22:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did you get all that ice into that water bottle?
LBthecoasterguy · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar to my aunt asking how to boil water.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well she simply may have not known how to boil a kettle
gotosleeep · 3 points · Posted at 07:02:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason, to me, this is the most shocking comment in the entire thread. How is that even possible? What did he make of bodies of water changing from liquid to solid depending on the season? Even if you guys don't live somewhere where that happens, he must have heard of this phenomenon at some point in his 24 years
Cool_Rainbow001 · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 2 points · Posted at 11:30:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks! Have a great day!
Mushroomdumpling · 2 points · Posted at 06:56:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 2 points · Posted at 11:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
saltyer14 · 2 points · Posted at 06:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Dayyyy
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:29:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks so much
VisaSpettacolare · 2 points · Posted at 06:57:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 2 points · Posted at 11:29:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ty!
KyapeNoch · 2 points · Posted at 06:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day bb
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ty ly
stinkykitty71 · 2 points · Posted at 07:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former employer asked me how to turn a vacuum on. He was mid forties.
arbitrary_text_field · 2 points · Posted at 07:00:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you sure he wasn't asking how to make Ice-nine?
WhySoIncandescent · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
warpedspockclone · 2 points · Posted at 07:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So it goes
Bot---- · 2 points · Posted at 07:08:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:27:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
hollyberryness · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a love
Natnar10 · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 2 points · Posted at 11:26:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much! I hope you have a great weekend.
Natnar10 · 1 points · Posted at 16:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! Have a great weekend as well!
katropine · 2 points · Posted at 07:20:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope you didnt show him how to make Ice-9.
dercommander323 · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks so much!
PooB76 · 2 points · Posted at 14:47:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! Take care.
Glimmu · 2 points · Posted at 07:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most age 24 year olds aren't adults lol. I barely feel one at 33, my life hasn't demanded much growing up from me.
roopingonem · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You forgot 'special'
monsantobreath · 1 points · Posted at 07:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You send a team of men to the north pole to carve out blocks of it who will return it to you so you can sell it for a dollar a bag.
myimmortalstan · 1 points · Posted at 11:29:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're literally taught in school that ice is frozen water. How can you not know how to make it?
whereswalda · 1 points · Posted at 13:07:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother once called me to ask if he could still (cook and) eat (raw) chicken that he'd left on the counter overnight. He was 25. He's brilliant - incredibly smart and talented. But his everyday household skills are...not intuitive to him.
Seicair · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you by chance live in a warm climate, or does water freeze outside in winter where you live?
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 1 points · Posted at 16:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is sad and sweet
Iskiallday · 1 points · Posted at 16:50:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mom never told you the secret family recipe?
grantous · 1 points · Posted at 23:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend knew how to make ice but didn't know how to get it out of the tray. He would bang it upside down on the counter top until it went all over the floor. Will never forget his reaction when I told him to simply twist the tray to loosen the cubes
peterparkerLA · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is he single and gay?
PristineBuy8 · 1 points · Posted at 22:59:00 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe there's a joke about a certain Eastern European ethnic group who "lost the recipe".
dershlognlama · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
happy cake day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:31:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks so much, have a good weekend.
hrishav_xd · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's some next level shit... btw Happy Cake Day!
Cat_Vonnegut · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's a peep. Thank you!
oceanxblue · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day
Cat_Vonnegut · 1 points · Posted at 11:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks oxb
oh_no_aliens · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he want to make Ice 9?
Fattybobo · 0 points · Posted at 07:02:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh the future is in safe hands with this generation.
ladybasecamp · 1011 points · Posted at 23:42:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didn't know how to wipe his ass, so he always had dingleberries.
Safe to say it was a turn-off. I am now happily married to someone with better butt hygiene.
TheBrightman · 696 points · Posted at 02:44:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not a turn-off that's a massive deal breaker, christ.
trev2234 · 30 points · Posted at 09:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deal breaker and not want to talk about with friends for years after.
jojokangaroo1969 · 3 points · Posted at 21:15:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
100%
Terpomo11 · 66 points · Posted at 03:15:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What like he just didn't know to do it at all? Didn't know to keep going 'til the paper came up clean?
ladybasecamp · 55 points · Posted at 03:22:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was too horrified to ask or bring it up. We did not date for very long.
[deleted] · 54 points · Posted at 05:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the hell do people like that get girlfriends at all.
ladybasecamp · 96 points · Posted at 05:15:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hard to notice when you first meet and they are wearing pants and stuff
steelgate601 · 20 points · Posted at 08:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it's not the same since Craigslist dropped the Personals...
AnselmDecker · -8 points · Posted at 09:29:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did you even find out about his poor butt hygiene in the first place?
sodamnsleepy · 11 points · Posted at 13:20:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well Sex
Walking around naked after sex
Taking a shower together dropping the soap and picking it up
EBannion · 37 points · Posted at 09:55:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are, no lie, some men who actually refuse to wipe thoroughly or wash because anything touching the asshole or even going between the butt cheeks is “gay”.
Icapica · 25 points · Posted at 11:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And a ton of guys who maybe wipe, but absolutely never wash the area for that same reason.
AptCasaNova · 17 points · Posted at 14:09:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Know a friend of a friend who is terrified of his hand making any skin to skin contact with his own butthole.
He uses more toilet paper than 3 women as a result.
d3mandred · 12 points · Posted at 00:36:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like someone that's super into butt stuff but will never admit it to himself because that's, of course, gay.
cummy_balloon · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:47 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t like touching my bare hand to my asshole cuz I just find it gross so I just use toilet paper till it’s clean then use a wet wipe then switch back to toilet paper to really make sure it’s clean. I wanna buy a bidet when I move out.
Paso1129 · 13 points · Posted at 14:26:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people don't even check to make sure the paper is clean. Like the act of wiping doesn't have a goal and is just a motion to go through once finished shitting. Wipe once and off you go...
skullturf · 12 points · Posted at 18:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've just reminded me of something. When I was a young kid, I remember my parents once saying I should "wipe twice", and since I had the mind of a child I somehow thought 2 times was the "magic number" that was guaranteed to make everything clean. So it kind of was like "going through the motions" for me. "I wiped twice just like I was supposed to!"
However, once it was pointed out to me that this didn't always get rid of everything, it dawned on me: Twice is not a guarantee. You should wipe as many times as you *need*, as opposed to just going through the motions out of habit.
A little embarrassing, maybe, but I was probably about seven years old and not a grown adult.
tamtheotter · 53 points · Posted at 05:49:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an ex refuse to believe you actually should wash your privates & ass & not just assume the water running down your body is enough to clean it. He also was a little thick, so his thighs touched, and he never dried between his legs after showers. It always looked red and I couldn't imagine how he stood it.
Fredredphooey · 30 points · Posted at 05:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first college boyfriend had fudge stripes. College!
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 05:58:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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jcamden29 · 27 points · Posted at 06:10:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Skidmarks i imagine
Fredredphooey · 3 points · Posted at 22:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes!
sodamnsleepy · 7 points · Posted at 13:25:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hershey mark, skid mark,
zangor · 4 points · Posted at 16:16:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better than not having the confidence to talk to a girl I guess..
Sigh...
I’ve wasted my life...
Fredredphooey · 5 points · Posted at 22:05:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We didn't last very long because ew. And he wanted a very different life than I did. But he married someone almost exactly like me and well long story.
AnselmDecker · 22 points · Posted at 09:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am on the opposite end of the issue. As a part Korean, I have to teach my American friends how to use the bidet attachment in my Apartments restroom.
Look up bidet attachment on Amazon, and buy one for your toilet. You will heavily appreciate the Epic upgrade in hygiene.
sililil · 8 points · Posted at 13:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just got one and I hate having to use public washrooms without them now. It’s a game changer.
Polyhymnian · 16 points · Posted at 14:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And as an added bonus, your toilet paper lasts forever! I happened to purchase a full pack right before The Great Toilet Paper Wars of March, and I wasn't even worried. Pack is still mostly full.
sililil · 7 points · Posted at 14:44:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that’s good to know. I used to go through so much because I’d wet some of it too... always needed to clean with water to actually feel clean, the bidet definitely expedites the process lol
Agisek · 8 points · Posted at 14:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, all men with body hair who think toilet paper is enough, do not know how to wipe their ass.
Put Nutella in your beard and wipe it with a napkin, if you then lick the beard and it doesn't taste sweet, I will happily lick your ass (or you probably don't have a sense of taste, in which case I'm not going to lick your anything). Wiping with toilet paper gets rid of the chunks, shower gets rid of the rest. Or get a bidet.
y-2-gay · 6 points · Posted at 09:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whooaaa did he have a perpetual diaper rash?
Jollyester · 5 points · Posted at 13:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'll never get a clean ass with paper...
disaia · 4 points · Posted at 17:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, first time in my life I have understood what that word means! Thanks for the enlightenment. Unfortunately I hate it, but that's not your fault.
El_shawnzo · 5 points · Posted at 18:09:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god I worked with a girl who's mom had a similar story. She said that her mom was engaged to a guy and they were going at it on night and her mom reached around to put a finger in the guys but and felt some dingleberries. Completely grossed her out. She stopped the sex immediately, got dressed, took off her engagement ring and left him. She then met the father of her children and they've been married ever since.
ladybasecamp · 6 points · Posted at 20:04:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I'm glad we never made it to the engagement stage.
El_shawnzo · 3 points · Posted at 20:06:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it's def not a situation I'd ever want to be in. I'm too nice in uncomfortable in situations like that that I don't know what I'd do
PretzelFriend · 1 points · Posted at 23:24:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
gnarly. There's nothing like a clean butthole, he was missin out!
irunfarther · 4454 points · Posted at 01:03:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a drill sergeant in the US Army. The first time you have to show an adult man how to shave is a little shocking. The worst one was the 24 year old male that didn't know how to tie his boots. He had gotten through reception and pick up day by tightly lacing his boots and tucking the laces in. As they would loosen up throughout the day, he would just pull them tight again. The first Sunday I noticed his boots were barely staying on as he was marching back from dinner. I asked him what was wrong with them as it's common for privates to have the wrong size boots when they get to us. He didn't know how to tie them. At all. Not a single knot. I spent an hour showing him how I tie my boots and different techniques if he gets hot spots or blisters. Then I assigned his bunkmate the task of making sure they were tied correctly when he left the bay.
I kind of understood it. He came from a super poor neighborhood, single mom that worked all the time, he didn't have a lot of positive influences before joining the Army. I was a little worried about his comprehension skills since basic rifle marksmanship is kind of intense and takes some focus, but he did well. I was very happy that on family day he had his low quarters tied and was proud that he had learned so much.
HardRockDani · 2338 points · Posted at 03:10:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kudos to you for taking the time to help him grow up. I have three sons who were active in a lot of team sports and band, etc. They brought home a lot of kids, some of whom ended up staying with us for extended periods. Not surprisingly, those who came from difficult circumstances often had no exposure to things we considered commonplace: using and washing “real” dishes, brushing teeth, bandaging a cut, one sweet kiddo had never had sleeping clothes/pjs. More than one left us with a new toiletry kit and full duffel bag. Broke my heart, but so glad we had the opportunity to share with (and learn from) them all, and it definitely helped my kids grow up to be kinder guys.
Succumbingsurvivor · 181 points · Posted at 03:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for being so kind to them ❤️ I was one of those kids and families like yours really helped provide me some stability during some rough times growing up
4E4ME · 176 points · Posted at 05:23:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, my kids are still little but we already know two neighorhood families where the parents are active alcoholics. Whenever those kids come to our house (not frequent) I make a point of saying to the kids "I'm so glad you came over to our house today! You are welcome here anytime!". I want them to internalize it now in case they really do need a place to go when they get a little older. I hope they will remember. They are sweet kids in bad circumstances.
HardRockDani · 29 points · Posted at 05:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
💛
WgXcQ · 6 points · Posted at 13:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love this. You are truly kind and considerate.
HardRockDani · 3 points · Posted at 17:08:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤍
HardRockDani · 34 points · Posted at 05:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Xoxo It was definitely my honor and pleasure (and frankly my duty as a human, imo). I hope all is well with you now.
Broken-Butterfly · 96 points · Posted at 06:25:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm just imagining a drill sergeant shouting out shoe tying instruction. "CROSS THE LACES. NOW MAKE A BUNNY EAR. DOES THAT LOOK LIKE A BUNNY EAR TO YOU? WHO TOLD YOU TO MAKE A KOALA EAR?"
zangor · 25 points · Posted at 16:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MY HELP WITH ANYTHING MAGGOT. IM HERE FOR YOU.”
HardRockDani · 10 points · Posted at 06:34:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
realavocado · 26 points · Posted at 10:41:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for this. I grew up with neglectful parents. Roommates, significant others and closely intertwined people in my life have taught me a number of things I’m sure they were perplexed I didn’t understand myself. I was very bright, and still didn’t learn how to tie my shoes until high school - no one had taught me. A lot of hygiene was lost on me. A lot of social norms are still lost on me. Learned how to clean a home and wash dishes in college. truthfully I could sell myself out for a lot in a thread like this, just really glad to see there’s someone who understands why these situations can come about.
HardRockDani · 5 points · Posted at 17:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m impressed that you know it’s not YOU, it was your environment - you know you are bright and you are consciously being a good self advocate. It’s so easy to get caught up in self-blame, but harder to be one’s own champion. I hope you are happy and secure now. 🤍
ladybasecamp · 10 points · Posted at 06:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a good person, hope your sons have learned from you!
HardRockDani · 7 points · Posted at 06:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hugs. They are awesome young men, kind and resilient. 🤍
Digzalot · 5 points · Posted at 17:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My aunt is just like you, she used to joke that her kids brought home stray people instead of stray pets. Thank you for helping to make a difference in those kids' lives.
HardRockDani · 6 points · Posted at 17:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my grandma! We never had a Thanksgiving at her house without an extra “lonely soul” at the table. She always had someone there who’d fallen on hard times and could use a hot meal & some family time. Many became friends that she’d put up for a while or pay to do little jobs around the property. When she died we found so many trinkets (and, not gonna lie- a few alarming things) with little receipts indicating she’d taken them as collateral for little loans from her cadre of “good ol’ fellers/gals” as she called most of her hard up friends.
Give your aunt an extra hug from me. :)
neasaos · 2 points · Posted at 16:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a wonderful human being.
HardRockDani · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
💛
KeanuWithCats · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:31 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You sound like my mum. Your a really good parent, I hope you know that.
HardRockDani · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:46 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aww, that’s sweet - thank you. Call your mom! 🥰
KeanuWithCats · 3 points · Posted at 11:07:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I gave her a lift to the airport today so not gonna lie, big thank you for the reminder to call and make sure all is well! But seriously, she had 3 boys too. We lived in housing commission area and us kids would be bringing in any and all of our friends and mum would do exactly like you guys except more wog style, so alot of loud food orientated love. We didnt have much but I still have so many friends who still to this day would call my mum mum. I am 1000% sure you are mum to some of these kids, and I wholeheartedly thank you and your family for that. Your good peoples.
HardRockDani · 1 points · Posted at 15:23:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤍
dragonfiren · 1 points · Posted at 15:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have those either hahaha
HardRockDani · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hopefully by choice!
freud_sigmund · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:43 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your guys' conversation is the reason I support the choice of abortion. Some people should not be parents.
ThiefofNobility · 549 points · Posted at 03:07:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good on you Sarge for actually helping that poor soul and not just verbally destroying him for not having ever been taught something so simple.
irunfarther · 920 points · Posted at 03:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I was always careful to teach when it was a lack of experience and scold when it was a lack of caring. “Drill sergeant, I don’t know how to clear my rifle” was never acceptable since it was a class we gave when they got rifles. “Drill sergeant, I don’t know how to address an envelope” made sense because most of them had never written a real letter.
ThiefofNobility · 111 points · Posted at 03:20:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My BIL went through basic at Sill, and he's a sharp kid. Went into AIT when he got out. I remember talking with him that it amazed him how much common knowledge some of the other guys and girls he got in with didn't have.
I just smirked and told him "welcome to actual adulthood man." He grew up with good parents in a good school. He had never met people who with either poorly educated or just plain dumb for the most part.
irunfarther · 49 points · Posted at 03:29:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at Sill as a drill sergeant. It doesn’t matter where you go, basic is the same as far as people. Even in drill sergeant school I found people that didn’t know some stuff I thought was pretty basic as an adult.
RainDownMyBlues · 5 points · Posted at 19:14:46 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
The military is made up largely from lower income and disadvantaged as it's a way to get away from that situation and have a stable income and place to belong. Thus you run in to a lot that were not raised in a healthy way and missed a lot of milestones on the way.
irunfarther · 4 points · Posted at 19:17:12 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand that. The point of my comment is this was drill sergeant school. You have to be a SGT or above to attend, putting you around 4 years in the Army at the very earliest. I totally understood why my privates didn't know things. When you've been on your own and in the military for at least 4 years, it's more surprising that basic adult skills are lacking.
sadicarnot · 38 points · Posted at 03:55:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like that. I’m in industrial training. Worst thing is people that don’t care. Will go to the end of the earth if someone is trying and wants to learn.
mathgod496 · 3 points · Posted at 22:21:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was always afraid to ask because I would always get blamed for "knowing better". I would just struggle to figure it out and this was decades before Google. One Senior chief corpsman (E-8) told me to take better control of my stutter. She was a corpsman and was especially ugly and vicious in her bullying of me for no good reason but just straight up hate. I stuttered severely because of people like her who live to bully vulnerable people. They are pure coward. I stuttered because I had a mental illness caused from being rape-married to violent homosexual who was writing hate mail to my commanding officers insisting that what he wrote is what I told him is happening to me at OCS. He was believed and I was attacked just like before in public school. For several weeks during the processing to be kicked out, I met with investigators who asked me to sort out which parts were true and which were made up. About 90% was made up lies meant to cause me grief and only 10% was factual. I escaped slavery AFTER I was sent back to my slave owner. My twin brother was assisting and encouraging his father in writing hate mail and causing me grief at OCS. I was kicked out because of their bad behavior even though I had nothing to do with any of their hate campaign. The officers wanted someone to be punished for writing hate mail to them. I was the only family member available for attack so the officers decided to bully me for months on end and kick me out in retaliation for a slave owner writing daily hate mail and making phone calls to the school to cuss out any person who answers. I no longer stutter because I am away from abusers and those trying to kill me.
Downvotes_dumbasses · 32 points · Posted at 03:54:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Wait, there's different ways to tie laces for fit and pain?!?
ErrandlessUnheralded · 27 points · Posted at 05:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If your boots are riding up at the heel or the ankle is too loose, unlace the first pair of holes. Your laces should be sticking out of the second pair. Keeping each lace on the same side, have it come out of the second hole and into the top hole, leaving a little loop. Cross the laces and run them through the loops on the opposite side. This creates a nice tight band around your ankle.
rcas_ · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's also called a runners knot. Keeps your shoe secure while walking/running ling distances. Really does help.
imostlydisagree · 23 points · Posted at 05:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you’re a visual learner, there’s also videos on YouTube that show different lacing techniques. Sometimes I can read and translate to figuring it out, but watching it done step by step can also be super helpful.
java-worth · 14 points · Posted at 04:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd love to learn more about these, too.
512165381 · 5 points · Posted at 08:05:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
62.
https://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/lacingmethods.htm
Cloaked42m · 1 points · Posted at 18:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Tie it this way is a lie.
My son wasn't getting the normal method, so I just showed him the double loop method. That worked just fine.
cliu1222 · 10 points · Posted at 05:18:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still to this day don't know how to shave with a manual razor. My father died when I was 12 and all my male relatives lived almost 3,000 miles away. I am sure I can learn, I just feel like it is more trouble than it is worth when an electric shaver does the job just fine.
irunfarther · 8 points · Posted at 13:55:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The issue with electric razors and the military is they don't have a close enough shave. My facial hair doesn't grow quickly and it's light. When I use an electric razor it looks like I didn't bother shaving by 2 in the afternoon. When your day starts around 5, your not-so-close shave is very noticeable as the day goes on.
I taught a number of privates how to shave with a razor in basic training. It's one of those times as a drill sergeant that you know you can't embarrass them but they have to learn the skill to succeed. By Saturday of week 0, I would have the ones that had trouble shaving up 30 minutes early and in the latrine. I'd give them a quick class on shaving and that was usually the end of it.
cliu1222 · 2 points · Posted at 15:03:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was true many years ago, but the one I have now does a great job. I can't imagine how much closer it can get.
whatdouknowaboutX · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I just assumed using a manual razor would lead to a bloodbath, and have stuck with an electric shaver ever since
hiphipbuttbutt_efy · 11 points · Posted at 06:19:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My teen can’t tie his shoes. He can rebuild a car engine, help design and build a sound system, play instruments by ear - but no matter how much he’s tried and we’ve worked with him, he cannot tie his shoes. He does have dysgraphia and dyslexia. Anyhow, thank you for teaching someone when they were in need.
irunfarther · 5 points · Posted at 14:07:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
By the time we got them in an actual training unit, we expected they were screened for anything that would disqualify them from service. I can't say for sure he didn't have something like dyslexia, but I feel it was more his pre-Army life rather than a cognitive barrier.
totally-kafkaesque · 10 points · Posted at 05:48:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh my god. oh my god we send these kids to die
Cloaked42m · 3 points · Posted at 18:51:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And tell them they can't have a beer.
And Reddit mocks them for wanting to serve, insults them when they do, and laughs at them when they die.
Dontyouclimbtrees · 3 points · Posted at 04:13:28 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please show me where people on Reddit laugh when soldiers die.
Cloaked42m · -1 points · Posted at 05:40:31 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any article where a soldier dies you can find plenty of comments saying they deserved it.
AgentSavantX22 · 4 points · Posted at 06:12:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man you weren't a drill sergeant. You were a drill brother. Good man
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 10:27:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, he may not have had shoes growing up. I know kids growing up today whose parents dont think shoes are a priority. Like school ended because of covid, so they kids basically had like 5 or 6 months of summer vacation, with no where to go but the front yard. The parents figure since they dont wear shoes around the house, they dont need to replace the shoes that have been outgrown, which i almost understand because kids grow out of shoes quickly, but you can get kids shoes at donation stores for like $3.
(My wife are i are buying these kids shoes. Itll cost like $50 to shoe all 5 kids and they shouldnt have to suffer because their parents are shit)
But before our modern era of endless new stuff, shoes were always expensive.
Geobits · 6 points · Posted at 13:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was always a shock to me when people came out of boot/tech school with such a lack of knowledge. I did a lot of training in the Air Force, and the cross-section of people you meet is astounding. Some of it is just odd (new mechanic not knowing what pliers were), and some made you stop and realize that there are lots of types of people out there (like a couple guys I met that had never seen any non-white person before MEPS).
It's a big world, and people grow up in all kinds of places and situations. It was one of my favorite things about the military, and one of the best ways to broaden your horizons.
throwlog · 5 points · Posted at 06:24:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. Sounds like your regular boot.
dd113456 · 3 points · Posted at 05:46:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck that hit home! 19D/11B/11H 😒
irunfarther · 2 points · Posted at 13:56:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn gramps. 11H was going away as I was joining.
Cloaked42m · 2 points · Posted at 18:50:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That hit me right in the old.
TallSharkandHandsome · 3 points · Posted at 14:10:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught myself to shave at age 21.
My dad never taught me to shave. He was a smart man, tried to teach me many things, but for some reason shaving wasn't one of them. I just went to Walmart and got an electric one and it was fine for a while.
I was working at a restaurant, and they required you to have no facial hair, though they usually let it go if you had a little stubble. I kept my electric razor in my car for trimming before work if I had gotten too shaggy. One day my boss tells me to get back there and shave. My electric razor had died. He showed me the disposable razors they kept there for this reason. He was completely baffled when I said I didn't know how. "Well you can either go home or figure it out."
crumbmodifiedbinder · 2 points · Posted at 05:35:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is too wholesome. Thank you so much for being kind
11twofour · 2 points · Posted at 06:02:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one hurt my heart. That kid fell through the cracks until he landed with you.
AgingLolita · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How much of drill sergeant work seems to be parenting and social work!!
irunfarther · 11 points · Posted at 14:15:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're a good drill sergeant, you end up playing every part you can think of. You're getting 60 kids in your platoon from every background imaginable. You can't prejudge any of them because of the life they had before the Army. You just need to get them through 9 and a half weeks of training successfully. There were times that I had to be cold and distant, and times I had to treat some of them the same way I treated my daughter when she was 4.
Everyone that joins has their own idea of what basic will be like. Some are scared, some excited, some of them have no idea what to think. That means one minute you may be screaming at your whole platoon to move faster and follow instructions and the next minute calmly talking a kid down because he's spiraling into a panic attack. I had privates experience the death of a parent, the birth of a child, and everything in between. Being the first real interaction they have with an NCO means you can show them that the Army is about people and how you care for the people under you. You have to be ready to take your hat off and actually care about your trainees.
antialb · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Army drill instructors are simply the best. I know a DI is a DI. But for a lot of people you're the first father they ever had.
irunfarther · 7 points · Posted at 14:27:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Without fail, every cycle I had a group of soldiers that didn't have family attend graduation. I would get the "hey drill sergeant, we're going to insert random restaurant for lunch. Do you want to go?" Of course I wasn't allowed to and had other stuff to do, but it would always feel like they were asking their dad to go hang out and grab lunch.
Gone_For_Lunch · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You see stuff like that a lot in the military, young kids who don't have much life experience, they usually learn it quite quick though.
Budget management is one you always see with the younger lads. First time they've ever had a job, that first pay cheque looks like a fortune to the them, especially when they have very few bills to pay. Doesn't help that you get salesmen out to make a bit of cash off them, lost count of the amount of new guys I've seen suddenly turn up with a fancy new car they can just barely afford and then have to spend the rest of the month living off of noodles.
irunfarther · 5 points · Posted at 14:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The US Army doesn't do a great job teaching financial responsibility. Around week 4, I would take an hour on Sunday after religious services and give my platoon some stories about soldiers from my past that had gone broke doing dumb things. I always included saving, spending within their means, and only purchasing things after careful consideration and not on a whim. Still, I would see a few of them spend hundreds of dollars on clothes on family day. It's hard to tell an 18 year old that has never had a job to not spend money.
Gone_For_Lunch · 2 points · Posted at 14:43:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British Army is the same, though they do try to get financial advisors in every now and again and try to get them to at least open a savings account.
But yea, kind of difficult to talk financial sense into an 18 year old.
irunfarther · 7 points · Posted at 14:54:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have resources for financial stuff on post. Military Family Life Counselors, the Education Center, the Tax Center, they all offer finance classes. Hell even post Finance offers some classes. But we also get tasked with so much crap that it's hard to cut your guys loose for a day to attend classes like that.
The best thing my old platoon leader did was schedule 2 hours every week in our company conference room to give classes on being an adult to the platoon. I run ultramarathons and have been a shooter my entire career, so he would have me teach nutrition and recovery classes or advanced shooting techniques. He was a bit of a finance wiz so he would teach stuff like investing or saving for your future. That same PL also started a book club in the platoon. Normally an Infantry platoon would scoff at a book club. My guys loved it because the PL made it interesting and didn't solely focus on the Army. He was all about personal growth. By the time we both left that platoon, we had a high retention rate and some very happy soldiers. I wish more PLs would take that kind of interest in their guys.
tommymonsternz · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i feel bad for the kid, i hope you guys taught him some of these life skills
Suddzrus · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This felt good reading
HellBell666 · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See this one is sweet. It's really cool of you to take so much time helping him, and then not sound condescending when telling the story here. You sound like a really cool dude! (:
Ryraah · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this. Being 26 and in the infantry im usualy one of the oldest enlisted around. I've helped many through the years on basic stuff. How to tie boots, shave, buy a affortable car, taxes, how to buy a house, insurance, what to bring on deployment etc. It got me the nickname grandpa haha
Vixeric · 1 points · Posted at 09:49:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One bad thing is people who are incompetent of their own making and have a lack of will to understand. However when people who are products of their environment and don't know how to do certain things, it is understandeable. Good on you for showing the ropes, literally.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy cow. Not knowing how to tie your shoes is such a cliche for incompetence that I never would have imagined you'd run into it in real life.
_Potato_Cat_ · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hol up,there's techniques for if you get blisters?
irunfarther · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are. Someone else in the thread linked some resources. Lacing can apply pressure in different spots. If you get blisters and hot spots, you can lace in a way that alleviates the pressure from those spots and applies it elsewhere.
PM_ME_WHT_PHOSPHORUS · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having been in the military...I have the feeling some of these conversations had a much different.......tone...... In the actual moment lol
irunfarther · 7 points · Posted at 14:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a drill sergeant, there is a time and place for yelling and being a crazy person and a time and place for being a human being. I made it a point to never embarrass a soldier for something that couldn't control. This dude had never learned something most of us take for granted. Calling him out in front of the platoon would have done nothing positive. Yelling at him would have made him resent the training process. A calm conversation was the right method. Yelling was reserved for stupidity and laziness.
PM_ME_WHT_PHOSPHORUS · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's very responsible and professional of you. You're very right about the resentment part and I'm certain that it paid major dividends once he was out with his unit. Made him more adaptable and less apt to buck authority.
Octabubble · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just came to thank you on behalf of all those you taught something basic. You did good
Mizuxe621 · 1 points · Posted at 18:51:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol your username is so fitting. I bet you do run farther than him, with his boots not being tied and whatnot.
Ryugi · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for showing him how to do it, since it was a skill he missed obtaining at home.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:20 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
And I thought learning in third grade was bad.
pizzelle · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't horrifying! It's awesome!
mathgod496 · 0 points · Posted at 22:03:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are awesome! When I was at Navy OCS, I was viciously bullied by all instructors except the Marine drill sergeants that treated everyone fair. All the other cadets feared the Marine chiefs for no good reason but all of them were cool with me. None taught me anything because I had no Marine DIs for the battalion I was assigned -- just no-talent no-brain bullies who called me "crazy". I passed a psyche eval to command a nuclear submarine but was eventually processed out due to excessive bullying. I have a mental illness and brain damage from all the torture I survived prior to being at OCS. After my injury was discovered, I was processed out without any help or guidance.
loki_odinsotherson · 749 points · Posted at 00:58:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was making dinner with my ex and her mom. They were talking about how they forgot to put on a can of corn to go with the meal, but that's ok, they can just microwave it right? First it took two of them to use the can opener, as in they took turns because "the cans are so strong". Look over and they have the can cut almost all the way around...but not around the lid, its this weird, wavy, up and down the side of the can way, basically took the last fifth of the can right off. I stare at them, but dont say anything because, hey, not my house, they've gotten this far why point it out now and go back to what I'm doing. Moments later they congratulate themselves and move on to the next step...which apparently to BOTH of them was just sticking the can straight in the microwave. Seconds later lots of bright flashes, both of them leap away the microwave so I have to come around the table and do the oh so heroic task of hitting the open button and stop the potential meltdown. The rest of the dinner was them so shocked that metal reacts like that in a microwave, yes, even forks or spoons would do that and how amazed they were its never happened before. Flash forward a year and they're buying a new microwave. Turns out they've bought ALL their microwaves from this one store and the owner was surprised it's been so long. Turns out, hes a great guy, always helps them find the best deals and even jokes about how the extended warranty is for suckers.
YellowSteel · 46 points · Posted at 07:45:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like that king of the hill episode where Hank buys all his car from the one dealership and just pays the price on the sticker of the car!
LukeSniper · 22 points · Posted at 11:33:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you also tell them how to properly use a can opener?
loki_odinsotherson · 61 points · Posted at 16:29:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha, yeah I think my ex saw me do it once and was shocked at how smooth the cut was. I think the excuse there was they had an electric can opener before and then just chalked their jagged mess up to using a manual one. They weren't the smartest people, plus the moms husband used to be the one that handled basically everything for them before he died. Like everything. Like they didnt change the toilet paper roll because they didnt know how to get the old one off. Actually I change my original answer, the toilet paper was the most head shaking moment. Not as funny, I changed it one day instead of stacking the new roll on top. The ex noticed later and rushed me in to show her how. I did. She walked away a little embarrassed and it was never mentioned again.
immibis · 19 points · Posted at 18:04:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uh how many microwaves had they been buying?
Aardvark_Man · 14 points · Posted at 01:06:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, how can you just go frequently buying microwaves?
It's not like they're $20, why would you not question how quickly you're going through something like that?
monopticon · 9 points · Posted at 05:11:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
To be fair I managed to make it to 14 years old without putting metal in a microwave. I was a "latchkey kid" (a child who went unsupervised due to working parents). I would get home from school at 7 or 8 years old and fend for myself until bedtime mostly.
When I was 14 I moved in with my dad and suddenly had all the food groups at my exposal. Like all the food. Like not just bread and tuna and cereal. I had real options. My step-mother was morbidly obese so sweets were firguratively and literally on the table. They literally had marshmallows in the pantry. Just...because? It was crazy.
So one day, I thought, fuck it I am going to make a smores! Maybe I just rewatched sandlot the night before. I don't recall. I thought I would be smart and took a marshmallow and put it on a spoon to microwave it. Made sense to me. Until the sparks started to fly in a non romantic way.
Next time I made that mistake was when I learned about metallic paint. I just wanted to heat water in a fancy looking tea cup I got at goodwill when I was 20. Now I know better.
It terrifies me to think about all the shit I don't know.
Unpopular_But_Right · 3 points · Posted at 04:19:09 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
is it weird to have marshmallows in the pantry? Kind of a staple aren't they?
People come over, you build a fire in the yard and have s'mores. At least once a month around here
monopticon · 5 points · Posted at 04:32:39 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, apartment complexes don't really like it when you start lighting random fires. Over all our only kitchen staples were tuna, bread, pasta, peanut butter, sometimes jelly, chips, and cereal. Marshmallows were like...not a food that you eat for a meal so we never had any. My mom worked in a restaurant and my step-dad lived on tuna and whiskey so the idea of just having marshmallows was really foreign to me. Still is really. Like it's something you buy for a special occasion or when you go camping. Not something that you keep on your kitchen grocery list.
Unpopular_But_Right · 2 points · Posted at 05:17:13 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean it's a pantry, the goal is to store food for a relatively long-term time. A family of four could survive for at least a couple months on what's in our pantry.
CharlesDSP · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:30 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only way marshmallows go bad is if they melt to each other or the bag. We have a bag of small ones for hot chocolate, and a bag of big ones for smores. One bag will last us months, if not years. And you don't need fire to make smores. Just put a marshmallow on a graham cracker on a plate and microwave it for a few seconds. Marshmallows get hot really fast, so keep an eye on it. Once it's two or three times its original size, it's done.
monopticon · 5 points · Posted at 12:08:47 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don't make hot chocolate or smores at home. I didn't as a child and I don't as an adult. Just not around campfires enough and don't drink hot beverages at home really. No kids running around yet, but I imagine once there are that will change. But marshmallows are just something that has literally never been a thing in my life other than the short time I live with my dad and step mom. They also had everything which was my initial point.
I went from a household that was sparse to a household that had everything. To me marshmallows were an item that was reserved for special occasions like camping.
Koshatul · 3 points · Posted at 21:45:32 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well in his defence, they didn't seem to need the extended warranty, they were buying new ones well within the original warranty period.
border_collie21 · -28 points · Posted at 06:34:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*Spoons don't do that
Sardond · 11 points · Posted at 08:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My spoons would..... they like to find the garbage disposal.... because my roommate for whatever unknown reason, puts all of the dirty dishes in the sink side with a garbage disposal and never installs the little strainer to stop things like forks, knives, spoons, and of course, plastic measuring spoons from falling into it.... it also has the wonderful side effect of reverting the disposal unusable after breakfast because there’s a small stack of dishes covering it... I’ve lost a great many of my measuring spoons, and twirled god knows how many utensils in that fucking disposal because I missed one.
Almost as good as my roommate not knowing you can replace the drip pans on the stove when the old ones get burnt food bits on them that just straight up will not come off. Or that the stove top lifts up to clean all the food crumbs out...
He’s in his 30s.... he’s lived in the same apartment for about 10 years before I moved in... I enjoy a clean space, his definition of clean differs from mine.
KimLizLaw · 5 points · Posted at 17:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know the tops lifted. In fairness, I grew up with gas stoves so food didn’t fall inside it. I spent years (6-ish?) pulling the coils off my electric stove and sticking my hand inside to clean it. I hated it. Literally learned it opened when the guy came to haul it off when it died and he accidentally lifted it up. Now I have a glass top so again it’s a non-issue, but I still spent 6 years scraping grease and funk out of the wholes.
ReduxAssassin · 3 points · Posted at 21:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What???? The stovetop lifts up? We always had gas / electric stoves (not glasstop for the electric ones) when I was growing up, and I never knew this. Strange that I didn't though as my mom was always a meticulous cleaner. Thanks for the tip.
Seicair · 8 points · Posted at 15:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re mostly right. If it’s a solid, smooth spoon with no bits sticking out, it’s fine. If it has dings or fancy designs on it, that might be less fine.
I’m sorry you’re getting downvoted. You’re not crazy.
Fallenovergirl · 6 points · Posted at 07:43:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
pardon?
YellowPepper6 · 8 points · Posted at 08:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Might be this new type of microwave. My grandparents had one maybe ... 15 years ago (maybe not so new?) where spoons were meant to go in there. It was frightening. Needless to say, I was always suspicious of using their microwave because I just didn't trust that it wasn't going to blow up.
ConneryFTW · 13188 points · Posted at 20:55:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This is going to sound weird, but manage a budget. Or just in general being money smart.
One of my old roommates was really bright academically, but he was terrible with money. Each semester he would start off with a pile of cash from his parents and proceed to blow through it in about two months.
I first noticed it with his dining dollars on campus. Every day it seemed like he would buy the most expensive sushi option on campus everyday. We're talking maybe $18.00 which isn't terrible if it's once in a while, but this was every day. It's also college dining hall sushi, so the quality was also just okay without even considering the money spent. Of course around midterms when his dining dollars would run out and he'd sort of panic and whine that he couldn't afford anything. But what was so strange, is that when he would start to run low, he's sort of laugh about not knowing anyway we could avoid going broke while continuing to buy only the most expensive option. But he'd also get really defensive when people wanted to talk to him about this.
Eventually when he moved off campus it was the same thing. For the first two months he'd feast. He'd get delivery constantly, ordering just way too much food, and of course he'd never share it. But then once he'd nearly run out of cash, he'd buy like an emergency 50 pack of hot dogs and only eat that for the rest of the semester, while telling everyone else that they were lucky they had money to spend, and how not everyone had it so easy when it comes to money. He'd never directly say it, but there were always a lot of implied insults.
[deleted] · 3245 points · Posted at 21:45:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you know if he had ever had a job?
ConneryFTW · 2927 points · Posted at 21:48:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He had never had a job at that point. Though after graduating he eventually got one.
Dharmsara · 87 points · Posted at 22:46:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
How was it after for him?
ConneryFTW · 277 points · Posted at 23:53:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
We fell out of contact, so it's not first hand anymore. But from what I understand, he's pretty hit and miss.
On the upside, he has a good job, that he's very good at, and pays him well.
On the downside, he's never really changed. And sees to be living a relatively empty life. He's still really quick to blame other people for anything that goes wrong, and it's caused a lot of people to keep him at a bit of an arm's length.
Trivvy · 114 points · Posted at 02:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone needs to slap him straight or he's going to have a very lonely life.
Totalherenow · 70 points · Posted at 02:25:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably too late at this point.
adudeguyman · 48 points · Posted at 04:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Slap him anyways
Totalherenow · 16 points · Posted at 05:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On it!
PM-me-you-Phub-prem- · 22 points · Posted at 05:55:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Harder
Totalherenow · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ON IT!!!
JNBirdy · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kinky
penguinpolitician · 3 points · Posted at 05:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does he do?
As long as he's good at his job, I suppose he can't be too much of a pita to work with.
gooftroops · 6 points · Posted at 06:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he's a software developer?
diasfordays · 14 points · Posted at 14:06:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was my knee-jerk reaction as well. I went to Cal and knew too many of these types. Some of them grew the fuck up and others calmly collected their 6-figure job post graduation and are basically still living the same dormitory style life, just in an apartment.
RaceHard · 6 points · Posted at 15:25:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know someone that all he has on his apt is an ikea bed, afoldable table and a cpmputer chair from office depot. Plus some plastic drawers for his clothes. Thats it, thats all the furniture in his apt. He's been living like that for 5 years now. The guy has never even kissed a girl and i jonestly think he is always depressed about it. But like he is afraid of human interaction, he even is terrified of talking on the phone.
snugghash · 6 points · Posted at 16:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fml but I call myself a minimalist to justify my lifestyle to visitors. I have suitcases for clothes (I can plane travel with most of what I have) a foldable lapdesk, and sit on the floor. That's it.
Tbh it has only been a year of this, I'll probably give in and be part of society again... it honestly feels weird though, like why is a bed, an SO, a desk, a top of the line PC even necessary? It's just stuff I want cuz I've just always had them or society wants them, just strange and alien to me
p1-o2 · 2 points · Posted at 18:22:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh... Power to you. I honestly have no clue what to say. You've achieved what some people spend their entire life meditating to achieve. Your needs are met.
diasfordays · 5 points · Posted at 15:32:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sucks. Hopefully one of his close friends can help kinda "shake him loose" and get him out there in the world, so to speak.
snugghash · 1 points · Posted at 16:14:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think he has close friends, probably all online interactions where they don't see the living situation
Dyolf_Knip · 2 points · Posted at 14:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, I'm a software developer!
...Carry on.
[deleted] · -40 points · Posted at 23:01:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 02:29:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bruh
LogicalOrchid28 · 2 points · Posted at 12:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why on earth did you get downvoted for saying i dont know ?
HPGal3 · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're not the person who told the story. Obviously FrankAssessments wouldn't know because the question was for ConneryFTW. He's just being dumb.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 15:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably because I wasn't the one that the other guy was talking to about this topic. And then all the other sheep see that my comment has a downvote, so they do the same thing. And here I was just being silly. 🤷
LogicalOrchid28 · -1 points · Posted at 18:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just stupid . . . Baaaaaa
Happy-Seesaw · 83 points · Posted at 02:22:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex who inherited a bunch of money and didn't work was the same way. I'd beg him if we could go somewhere NOT Trader Joe's because I could only afford ramen and kool aid and he'd get mad at me... and then not share his fucking ground ostrich meat.
adudeguyman · 19 points · Posted at 04:45:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does Trader Joe's have ground ostrich meat?
Fabulous_Honeydew · 8 points · Posted at 07:25:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trader Joe’s is like known for being cheap though...
AKAlicious · 41 points · Posted at 08:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's cheap for fancy stuff, it's not cheap for regular stuff comparitively speaking, especially when there are sales. If you've never been to an Aldi, I highly recommend; your mind will be blown. :)
Fabulous_Honeydew · 3 points · Posted at 18:28:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough! I'm addicted to the Trader Joe's Frozen Food aisle though, it'll be hard abandoning that.
AKAlicious · 2 points · Posted at 23:02:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, right?! I'm a sucker for their frozen stuff so I try to limit how frequently I shop there...it is just way too tempting!!!
loobylibby · 4 points · Posted at 17:04:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Random fact: Trader Joe’s is owned by Aldi’s
AKAlicious · 3 points · Posted at 23:00:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Close, but not exactly: there's familial ownership of the companies! The parent-subsidiary relationship is actually a myth! (Clearly, I am a bit obsessed with both of these stores!).
Rarvyn · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:18 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also not exactly right.
There's two Aldi's. Two brothers founded the original German chain. It later split into Aldi North and Aldi South, with each brother heading one company. When they expanded to the US, Aldi North half of the family bought the then-nascent Trader Joes (and still owns it) and Aldi South just spread as Aldi's.
kahlzun · 17 points · Posted at 07:22:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He now is in charge of fiscal policy for the government.
__whisky__ · 5 points · Posted at 07:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's probably a financial advisor
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 02:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How old was he at this point?
CriticalEscapeBike · 2 points · Posted at 09:39:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine that was the intended result of going to college.
Lerch98 · 84 points · Posted at 22:35:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably a management job.
Dharmsara · 25 points · Posted at 22:46:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, management. The bigger the company, the shittier it is
eastbayted · 7 points · Posted at 00:58:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or politics
supbros302 · 5 points · Posted at 01:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, probably my biggest responsibility is managing the budget and making sure we hit those numbers.
Mangonesailor · 6 points · Posted at 02:32:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OOf....
My wife is a manager. We were both about 26 when we married. She had a couple pieces of furniture, clothes, a junk elantra she was still making payments on, and about $500 to her name when me married.
I had a net worth of around $150k including 2 vehicles, various other things, 401K, and about $30k cash to use to buy a house.
Granted, I mad a lot more money (I spent it too) than she did, but I get hounded if I even think about a project around the house. I paid off her car while we were on our honeymoon, and then scheduled some routine (timing belt) maintenance for it... she did not like that.
BrunozzzOnTheButton · 4 points · Posted at 02:43:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like she runs a pretty tight ship, as she's seasoned to it.
Mangonesailor · -8 points · Posted at 03:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, she spent her money on dumb shit she didn't need and made poor financial decisions. She thinks she has it figured out but is just getting started really.
Next.
sockowl · 3 points · Posted at 10:50:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, thats harsh
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 02:50:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Mangonesailor · -12 points · Posted at 03:21:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not bragging. Making a comparison about the subject we're talking about (managers, if you haven't noticed) and us "dirty workers."
But hey, if you want to take it as bragging then I guess "Sorry? Sucks to be you?" is applicable. I'm glad I was financially capable to manage my finances and worked my ass off to get there. So so sorry you didn't apply yourself in the direction and career I did.
You want me to cry you a river now or what?
ECEXCURSION · 6 points · Posted at 03:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OOf....
Arinupa · -2 points · Posted at 04:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me, I see that story and get inspired that I'll do the same by 26
Someone, they see the story and say Sounds like garbage..
Ah well, what will you have?
Do stealth wealth, works better. (Financial samurai).
Mangonesailor · -2 points · Posted at 04:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've found that talking to your friends about your wealth shows you who you're real friends are. I've had a few be ghosts until they're tight for money. Then there are SOME that ask for advice.
I basically forced myself to live off of what I gave myself via auto transfers and bank accounts that took days to transfer between, and ran a strict budget. I found I was able to buy what I wanted if I was patient, and I was able to save if I kept myself humble enough.
Some job choices come with plenty of money to save and be happy with, those folks that don't make much of it just suck at dealing with their own vices.
havereddit · 10 points · Posted at 03:30:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a prime candidate for the Pentagon spending program!
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 09:34:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you dont learn by thay point, a job might not help.
I know s guy in his 30s, who works a tow truck 80 hours a week, makes 4 to 5k a month depending on volume, and his wife still used to beg us for grocery money at the end of each week. The couple of times we did it, while we were at her house shed show us their brand new tv and the 6 month old one they replaced, both their new cars, all their kids new toys and the massive "to be donated" piles (which were also practically new toys) after we just got done putting $50 of food in her fridge because she said she couldnt feed her kids dinner.
We eventually cut off contact and the girls sister told us she was also getting groceries from her. So $4,000 EVERY month, minus only a small mortgage payment and utilities, and they managed to blow through every cent without stocking the kitchen. And he was at work or asleep ALL the time, its not like they were spending it on family outings, just stuff. And then had the audacity to take advantage of the kindness of the only people close to them.
Makes me furious thinking about it.
Unrelated but the guy is also a pedophile. He met his wife when he was 21 and she was... 8.. when he was dating her big sister (15 att). He started sleeping with his current wife when she was 12, and they started having kids when she was 17 (he waited so she would deliver the first baby after graduating highschool, but had her walk across the graduation stage 6 or 7 months pregnant). They got married at 18, and shes now 21 with two kids.
Everything about them... just yuck... the girl is really friendly though, and her and my wife got on okay for a while, thus why we knew them.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My question, though, is who was in charge of the spending in the household. It seems to me that, since the husband was working 80 hours a week, it had to be the wife in charge of the budget, or lack thereof, and given the couple's history together, it makes sense she might be sheltered and not have developed any life skills.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 12:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Supposedly she doesnt buy these things, he does (according to my wife who only heared her side of it, so who knows). He gives her a certain amount to spend on the kids, of which she spends every cent, then he blows most of it, and whatever is left over can be for food. I think they both grew up without any guidance and have the mind set of "spend the money while you can enjoy it because its going to be gone soon anyway", because if they were actually feeding everyone comfortably, it would be several hundred dollars a month up front, compared to $20 in fast food every night while theres money in the wallet
80 hours is a lot, but it leaves room enough for spending. Plus, because of the nature of his work, while hes working, when he occaisionally doesnt have a tow right that second, he can park and get out at a store or restaurant.
Im not totally sure how it all gets done, for all i know she couod have been lying so we would buy groceries for her instead of having to spend her own money, idk.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:03:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense. It's also quite unrealistic that one party would buy a new car without the other being involved.
JAproofrok · 18 points · Posted at 01:56:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why it is sooooo important to have teenagers get a job before college (and during, if possible). I worked from 15 til college. Then, every single break, back to the pizza shop to make as much as I could so I didn’t have to work on campus.
If you don’t understand what it takes to earn that money, early, you never will understand how to spend it.
Rynewulf · 3 points · Posted at 05:32:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've known people like this, jobs doesn't usually effect things. Sometimes they barely extend the time they have comfortable money for
Thatcsibloke · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Merchant bank I expect. Seems qualified
ygdduz · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope somebody didn't hire him for a finance department or cost control.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 16:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Government I assume.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2183 points · Posted at 21:48:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds unbearable. I have friends who sell weed and think they're rich, it's exhausting to deal with.
GuardiaNIsBae · 2451 points · Posted at 22:25:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girlfriend's little brother was like this when he was in junior high- highschool. Sold weed to all of his friends, made $500-600 a month off of it and blew all the money buying weed for himself and buying stupid expensive clothing. Thought he could coast the rest of his life off selling weed until it became legal here and now hes early twenties with a grade 9 education, working for his girlfriend's dad's construction company with no money because he constantly wastes every cent he gets paid on weed or garbage.
blacceye · 2340 points · Posted at 22:44:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Step 1. Sell weed and get money.
Step 2. Use all the money to buy weed.
Step 3. Smoke all the weed you bought with all the money you made selling weed.
Stonks.
GuardiaNIsBae · 59 points · Posted at 23:57:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was more like, big dealer gives him $500 worth of weed for "free", he sells the weed for whatever he wanted to and gave the big dealer the $500 and got to keep whatever else he made. I know a lot of people who do that now just to smoke weed, they have their own fulltime jobs and pay rent/mortgage and live a regular life, they just sell weed on the side to pay for their weed.
WeAreBatmen · 15 points · Posted at 00:37:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Almost. You get it on tick, divide up into grams and then pinch a tiny bit from each one to make an extra few magical grams that don't exist. Sell almost $500 worth. Smoke the rest.
Then lie to the dealer about how there wasn't enough weed to break even.
GuardiaNIsBae · 21 points · Posted at 00:40:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah the people I know do exactly what I said. They definitely overcharge whoever they sell to, but it's still cheaper than going to a dispensary.
Fly__Eagles__Fly · 42 points · Posted at 00:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody likes the guy that gives a little bit less than advertised tho
Fabreeze63 · 35 points · Posted at 01:47:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, wtf, and I'm pretty sure the dealer knows how much they sold. How exactly do you lie to your dealer about how much they sold you....
CthulhuShoes · 6 points · Posted at 09:47:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't unless you're an idiot lol that guy has no clue.
Omegul · 3 points · Posted at 10:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None of them seem to have a clue
Omegul · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Either buying it or getting it on tick. Usually people who do this will get an Oz for day £180. Break it down into smaller bags either gram or 2 gram selling for £10 or £20. Selling 18 grams and then they’re left with 10 grams of weed for free.
CthulhuShoes · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Umm no...
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:51 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or grow it in the basement.
veerani · 1 points · Posted at 15:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup I know people that do the same thing with acid
mrcharlesboyle · 11 points · Posted at 01:41:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Step 4. ? Step 5. Profit
blacceye · 11 points · Posted at 01:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy gets it.
whenyesterdaywemet · 40 points · Posted at 01:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Step 1: Grow weed.
Step 2: Sell some weed for petty cash.
Step 3: Smoke the weed you grew for free.
Stonks.
FTFY
blacceye · 18 points · Posted at 01:35:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OC said he spent his money buying weed so the process would be more like
1. Grow weed 2. Sell weed for petty cash 3. Use petty cash to buy weed 4. Smoke weed you bought.
That my friend, is stonks.
whenyesterdaywemet · -2 points · Posted at 01:39:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you buy weed if you already have it grown?
blacceye · 16 points · Posted at 01:42:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the whole point, guy in OCs story sold weed only to use the money he made to buy weed.
His mind operates in higher dimensions than ours.
ApesOnHorsesWithGuns · 4 points · Posted at 04:13:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never get high on your own supply
BreakingForce · 8 points · Posted at 05:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤔 am I the only person who has to physically say "stonks!" whenever I see it written?
powerLien · 7 points · Posted at 06:40:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do coke...
So I can work longer...
So I can earn more...
So I can do more coke.
FoxtrotSierraTango · 6 points · Posted at 06:55:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Homer: Okay, boy. This is where all the hard work, sacrifice, and painful scaldings pay off.
Employee: Four pounds of grease... that comes to... sixty-three cents.
Homer: Woo-hoo!
Bart: Dad, all that bacon cost twenty-seven dollars.
Homer: Yeah, but your mom paid for that!
Bart: But doesn't she get her money from you?
Homer: And I get my money from grease! What's the problem?
Rooftopred · 3 points · Posted at 02:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You joke but this is exactly what was happening to my friends who smoked a lot of weed. Thankfully they grew out of it cause it made me sad and I could tell hey weren’t happy.
ceezygreazy719 · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its called biznus lmfao
VOTE_TRUMP2020 · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*Stonks only go up.
ksavage68 · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big Worm ain’t gonna like that.
ppchar · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I sold weed, I sold weed to not have to pay for it. Ended up making a thousand bucks in one semester off my initial $250 or so investment for my first two ounces.
Was also smoking about at least an ounce a week 🤣 There’s always a better way to do things
Luciditi89 · 2 points · Posted at 09:31:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just want to say that before I gave you the award I had 420 coins
blacceye · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Respect.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:41:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a common user method of selling relatively small amounts of drugs so that you make just enough money to buy for yourself, so basically buying your drugs with labor instead of money. Its how a lot of poor people keep their fix, though many real dealers wont let users push product because theres a high risk of them using it instead and not being able to pay
JuneBuggington · 2 points · Posted at 10:31:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
woah woah woah, listen, when you do illegal shit, you have to spend all your money. You cant put it in the bank, the cops will take all of it if they catch you. I feel like im having a "how do you not know this moment" you sweet summer children
BDR2017 · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Step 4. Offer deals for cash up front to cover your margins again.
Step 5. Never do the math on step 4.
CRolandson · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My life as a teenager in a nutshell
monsantobreath · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this the Ricky life trajectory?
Mordvark · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The business cycle.
Mossy-Soda · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stoneks
UpTheIron · 1 points · Posted at 20:24:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends just cut out the middle man and smoked all the weed they were tryna sell.
redpony6 · 1 points · Posted at 18:18:08 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
use wrench to break glass to get rock to break glass to get wrench
danisauruswrecksall · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I sold for a bit, in addition to having a real job. I only sold enough to pay for my own anxiety/depression/insomnia medication. Which happens to be weed, lol. STONKS!
Dharmsara · 15 points · Posted at 22:46:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, the dealer that gets high on his own product, a classic
v1z10 · 12 points · Posted at 01:51:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know very few weed dealers who dont smoke.
kmj420 · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Facts!
veerani · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t trust the ones that don’t tbh
FastidiousFire · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I think most aren't trying to be drug kingpins. They're just stoners that couldn't afford as much as they want on their own, so they just buy it in bulk and sell enough to pay for their own supply, help their friends out, and maybe profit a little extra on the side. They may not have even really wanted to be a dealer, they just have a bunch of stoner friends and they were the one that knew the guy that could buy it in bulk from. They wanted the drugs the most so they went for it. I think most of the dealers I knew only sold to friends. They didn't really want to take chances by selling to strangers for extra profit, they mostly just wanted to get high all the time, so they sold in relatively low risk situations to people they knew.
If you're trying to be a drug kingpin, yeah, don't get high on your own supply.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 8 points · Posted at 22:45:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like this is a scary common life tradgectory for a lot of people. Crazy
GuardiaNIsBae · 10 points · Posted at 22:46:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember telling him a lot that he cant sell weed forever and if he finished highschool itd be a lot easier to fix your life later, but that clearly didnt work.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 23:45:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
ECKO sweaters, amirite?
GuardiaNIsBae · 10 points · Posted at 23:54:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes actually, ECKO crooks and castles, rhino, stupidest thing he ever bought was a pair of those GUCCI flip flops
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 23:57:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amazing.
Some people say you can't profile but... You can definitely profile
GuardiaNIsBae · 5 points · Posted at 00:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in sales in Walmart in my town now as "the ghetto walmart" and profiling is definitely real. I've been there just over 7 years and not once has someone wearing any brands mentioned above passed a credit check for a cellphone or for device financing (tvs laptops bigger appliances like washer/dryers)
MysticAviator · 5 points · Posted at 00:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he even try to launder it? Weren't his parent suspicious when he just comes home one day with hundred-dollar clothing?
GuardiaNIsBae · 5 points · Posted at 00:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He always told them his friends gave it to him, and his parents really didnt know how much any of the stuff he bought cost, so he might've come home one week with a $200 sweater, but to his parents it could've been a $15 hoodie from Walmart. We also told his parents multiple times what he was doing but they for some reason never believed us until about a year ago when he sold some weed to his uncle while his dad was present.
AtomicTanAndBlack · 8 points · Posted at 04:11:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The things is, those $200 clothes are made by the same laborers that make the $15 Walmart clothes. I’ve had this discussion with my younger brothers a bunch of times. He buys clothes with insane price tags, like literally insane. I go online and show him that it’s the same thing as the sweatshirt at Marshall’s discounted for $7 and he doesn’t care because his identical sweatshirt has a different tag inside the collar. It’s insane to me. Luxury clothing is one of the biggest scams I’ve ever dealt with.
WolfTitan99 · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will NEVER understand people that pay over 100 bucks for a luxury tshirt/pants/dress or accessories. A few 80 dollar good pants or good jackets are all i need. I didn't even buy a formal dress :/
Yeah no one really complimented me but at least I didn't spend 200 dollars on one, not to mention the price of makeup products and beauty items... nope
nightwing2000 · 3 points · Posted at 02:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a girl I knew from college. She was late 20's like me, and was a teacher - pays not bad in Canada. She lived in a rent-controlled apartment back then, so remarkably cheap living - but she had no savings. One day we're talking about it (I'm on one-third pay going back to college and living off savings from summer work). She wonders why she has no money. Well, let's look at what you spent. Visa bill is biggest expense - mainly clothes. "What's this charge on my Visa bill? 98 dollars??" (would be like $300 today) I looked at her "That's the neat sweater you bought at the craft show downtown and are wearing right now." She had a 2-bedroom apartment and both closets and the spare bed were full of clothes to bursting.
She wondered if she should buy a house, which at the time would probably be an almost $1000/month cost. I told her "Pretend you bought a house, keep living in this apartment, and put the extra $700 a month or so into savings. In 2 or 3 years, you'll have a tidy amount to put down on a house if you want."
She had sibling jealously when her brother got a colour TV as a marriage shower gift from her parents, and I had to remind her - "do your brothers and sister know daddy paid half the down payment on your new Corolla?"
Her dad was a financial whiz who worked on Bay Street (Canada's Wall St.) and did well until he and his political connection got in big trouble. Obviously financial acumen was not hereditary.
I suspect a lot of people are like this, get by based on income and never think about the big picture.
fullcupofbitter · 3 points · Posted at 05:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, I dated a guy who tried to do this but couldn't. He thought he was so clever, he was like " I bought all this weed for $75 if I sell it for $10 a g I'll be making a killing!" I did the math and he would really only be making like $30... IF he actually sold the weed... Half the time he ended up just smoking it all with his buddies and wouldn't charge them because they're his friends.... I was like, listen betch if you want to do this do it right or don't bother. In the end he wound up crying about how he was such a burn out that he couldn't even sell drugs to make money.
That relationship was the most toxic mistake I've made in my whole life.
Galuluta · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eat ass, suck a dick and sell drugs.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You said he works for his girlfriend’s daddy... so not only did he find some poor girl to date him, but her kind father is keeping him afloat, too! Things could be far worse for the moron, really! 😏
JuicyJay · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You in Canada?
GuardiaNIsBae · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes
You-Not-My-Woadie · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your girlfriend's brother named Ricky?
UsuallyInappropriate · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait... was he... buying weed from... himself?
Schwifftee · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only $500 - $600 a month? If you sell it throughout high school you'll inevitably be making that much in at least a week.
GuardiaNIsBae · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He mainly only sold to friends or friends of friends, he wasnt the school dealer or anything on a big scale
Schwifftee · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh same here pal. My friends smoked a lot of weed.
briktop420 · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
5~600 bucks a month selling weed in HS? I was making that like every 2 or 3 days sellin weed back in my day. Of course though it always went to more weed. It's really hard to follow rule #1.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. Yeah thats not just normal "bad with money", hes a drug addict.
Galuluta · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eat ass, suck a dick and sell drugs.
ThoughtCondom · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hes got a girlfriend and a construction job? Man that guy is set.
emdoubt · 1 points · Posted at 11:56:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex was the same, didn't sell weed but just didn't understand money. He'd get his student allowance or allowance from me and then blow through it buying we're, alcohol and cigarettes and then just go, can I have some more?! So frustrating and wasted a lot of money
FloobLord · 1 points · Posted at 13:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This did work for some people I knew, but the difference is that they grew weed - in other words, developed a skill.
PapaBless902 · 1 points · Posted at 19:48:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like 50% of my graduating class. Now that weed is legal they all pour concrete it seems.
GuardiaNIsBae · 1 points · Posted at 19:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Atleast they graduated
RichestMangInBabylon · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao when I was in high school I had a summer job that paid about $1000/month and everyone was blown away. Simpler times...
moostertea · 0 points · Posted at 02:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is he Canadian, named Ricky, and live in a trailer park? Because I think there is a show about him.
MaveInfinite · 0 points · Posted at 02:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I buy dumb stuff here and there, but I save 80% of my check. I also return a good amount because of buyers remorse. I’m trying to cut back on shopping. I have an iPhone 7 and tell myself I don’t need a new iPhone. I recently bought a used Apple watch but gonna sell it since I don’t really need it.
Greenfairy222 · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No American would ever be able to save 80%.
MaveInfinite · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, let’s just say I’m currently very lucking and privileged and I know it.
Britney_Spearzz · 18 points · Posted at 02:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most hilarious thing to me were the weed dealers in college who bought "wholesale" at $500 a qp, then selling $20 8ths.
They thought they were making good money, but that's $140 profit. With the amount of hours they had to spend having people come over, chat, and finish the sale; they were making around minimum wage.
Never do anything illegal for anything less than 100% markup, I mean come on!
Tar_alcaran · 11 points · Posted at 04:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're going to do crime, make sure it's the kind of crime that'll support you for a lifetime in a warm country without an extradition treaty.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's sound illegal advice lol.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Britney_Spearzz · 1 points · Posted at 20:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At that point it's not a job, it's a hobby with very real threat of jail time.
Or, at least, it was at the time.
Happy to be in Canada, haha
agkemp97 · 9 points · Posted at 04:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God this is the most frustrating thing. I dated a guy once who did actually make good money selling weed, bought himself a house and a car with it. But right now my high school brother thinks his friends that sell are the height of cool and that’s the best way to make money. This kid is super smart, yet still convinced that selling an ounce out in gram bags is going to be a better investment option than going to college.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Remind him of the lawyer fees alone. Nevermind kids won't listen, I didn't.
agkemp97 · 3 points · Posted at 05:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No kidding. I got a possession charge from some stems an officer found on my floorboard. I actually got pulled over and searched illegally so the charges got dropped, but damn it was a pretty penny even without going to court.
prelude-toadream · 3 points · Posted at 10:00:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know of someone like this. He’s a physical therapist too. Sells weed on the side and bragged about supposedly making 6 figures, which is very rare for a PT unless you’re working some type of manager/director role and he’s not either one. He eats out all the time and buys his girlfriend a bunch of expensive purses and goes on plenty of vacations. On Instagram he looks like he’s doing well. But those who know him know he’s swimming in debt. It’s sad what someone people are willing to do to portray a certain image.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 3 points · Posted at 13:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Minus the weed sales this is my father and he ruined our family's finances by "keeping up appearances".
Russian_seadick · 2 points · Posted at 09:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve got a friend who thinks that he can afford everything because he’s got a job (most of us are still studying)
He’s always,like seriously always in debt because he spends all of his money on weed,but no he’s rich because he can afford to live in a tiny apartment in a backwater town. He also believes he can buy a BMW x series just like that
MinimumBuffalo4 · 2 points · Posted at 10:22:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they have more money than you they kinda are rich among their peers...
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 13:23:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would bet it all that my savings/investment/retirement fund is bigger than the cash they have in their pockets but it's just not as sexy.
xm202OAndA · 4 points · Posted at 22:15:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe they are, compared to others.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 9 points · Posted at 22:43:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holding cash money and having legitimate money are two different things. Also they would be broke if they actually paid for adult things like health care instead of having no plan whatsoever. A handful of cash looks cooler than my retirement plan but it isn't any sort of viable saftey net.
amirchukart · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, how much are they making? (I don't know much about the weed trade)
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh I'm not sure they know.
sodamnsleepy · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exhausting to deal with weed
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:02:05 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, if you have an IT job and sell weed, you could be rich.
meow-meoww · 1 points · Posted at 00:04:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hood rich
LaUNCHandSmASH · 0 points · Posted at 03:40:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bling bling!!
Lankience · 120 points · Posted at 00:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My mom is doing this now. As a 57 year old woman.
Her alimony ran out, and after 10 years receiving a rough total of $750,000 she had nothing left to show for it. Her alimony was initially supplemented by her teaching salary, but she had chronic pain, went on disability, got hooked on painkillers, lost disability and is now on social security.
Her alimony ran out last january, and a couple months later she moved out of her nice apartment after realizing way too late she couldnt afford it anymore, so I moved her states away to live with a friend who offered to out her up for a few months. A few months later she moves in with my sister, who is insane. 3 weeks later my brother and I move her states away again to live with a different friend. Throughout this whole period shes borrowing money from friends to pay her bills because I guess she’s still spending way too much money!
In march she finally moved into a place where she’s paying rent. She has asked my brother and I for money about 5 times since then, and every time theres another reason why it isn’t her fault, we won’t give her a dime. My sister has paid her some but thats different because she owes my mom $40,000 (a story for another time).
This past month she told my brother and I she needed $200 or her cell phone plan would shut down.
“Okay well you got your social security check two weeks ago right? Then you paid x amount in rent... where’d the other $600 go?”
“Well groceries, and I had no summer clothes so I bought some.” I didn’t see a receipt but from her description it had to be at least $300 worth.
“Well theres your answer. You chose clothes over a cell phone bill. This is a consequence mom, you need to learn how to budget.”
“This is so humiliating, I can’t believe you’re talking down to me like this.”
“Well we can’t believe you still can’t budget for some reason and feel like you’re entitled to your sons money, when we’re both still in grad school.”
So yeah we’ve had that conversation like 5 times now, its a lot of fun. Ok thanks for letting me vent, sorry this really got away from me.
Update: Had a really nice conversation with my mom today. Last week she really lashed out at me when my brother and I turned her down again. I sat on the texts she sent for awhile and responded with an email basically saying "what you said was fucked up, we have our reasons for not giving you money. Respect that, stop asking, and we can move on". She called me today and gave me a really good and well thought out apology for the things she said. She said she understands why we are resistant to sending her money and she's going to try not to ask again. Then we talked normally and actually caught up for the first time in awhile. So she's still got a lot to learn, but she's doing better and I have hope for our relationship. Thanks for letting me vent and for the supportive responses!
Brawndo91 · 50 points · Posted at 01:56:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I can't believe my children that I'm begging for money are trying to teach me to budget."
That's a big bowl of irony.
Lankience · 33 points · Posted at 02:16:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it sure is. She’s gotten accustomed to a high standard of living that she’s never had to work for. She grew up poor and paid her way through college, but when she married my dad she had still already racked up a bunch of debt. They fought about money all the time, so it seems like she just never learned to manage adult-levels of money.
She’s somehow ashamed of not living the high life but not at all ashamed of begging her kids for money.
Meanwhile my girlfriend is a first generation college student and went to a top 14 law school. She did not come from money so my moms situation is just bonkers to her. Honestly I didn’t “come from money” either- my dad made good enough money that I came put of college without debt, but I’m not trust fund wealthy and learned the value of money early on- my mom has just never learned to live within her means.
takatori · 8 points · Posted at 11:27:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just say, "the #14 law school"
Lankience · 5 points · Posted at 11:59:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Top 14 is actually kind of a category in terms of law schools so I’m just going to leave it.
takatori · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve only ever heard of “Top 14” in regard to Rugby, so TIL!
Lankience · 3 points · Posted at 12:02:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I’m not sure how it became a thing with law schools but its something I got used to hearing when her friends would talk about it!
kinglallak · 2 points · Posted at 05:58:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am one of today’s 10,000. I had no idea T14 was a thing for law schools.
MrKrinkl3 · 16 points · Posted at 03:30:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is now a good time for the $40,000 story?
Lankience · 24 points · Posted at 04:05:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh boy it sure is:
My sister has some stuff going on. She seems to have some entitlement issues, and is in general a pretty mean person. It seems to have gotten worse as shes gotten older, and its been bad enough in the last few years that I really haven’t had a relationship with her. Despite all this, shes always been successful, she did well in school, got her CPA, and is a working accountant, a couple years out of school at this point.
My mom has always spoiled her, lots of expensive cosmetics, high end clothes, etc. My sister had been dating this guy for awhile, who didn’t have job yet and was finishing up his degree. He gets a lead on a job in real estate through a friend of his, like literally halfway across the country. So seemingly on a whim, they move across the country for this. She leaves her accounting job, cuz like hes going to work and I guess shes got some weird stomach thing going on (its always something with her), and instead of just going on short-term disability (which her firm offered her) she just fully leaves. No income. Moving across the country to a new city for a job her boyfriend supposedly has.
So turns out he doesn’t have it. He makes a bunch of excuses as to why, but we’ve since learned he’s a borderline pathological liar. He also never reenrolled in school to finish his degree apparently. So now they’re in a new city, they need some money, cuz neither of them are working. My mom got her backpay sum from her social security that just came in... my sister asks cuz I guess they need another car or something? So my mom gives them $20,000, but don’t worry “we’ll pay you back as soon as his first commission check comes in” (here they still thought he had this job). They didn’t get insurance on the car quickly enough and it somehow got wrecked, so yeah, like a shit-ton of money down the drain. They said cops hit it or something and then just drove away- again it can never be her fault. So they come back to my mom and she gives julia more money, eventually enough that totals roughly $40k.
My sister and her boyfriend eventually get evicted from their new apartment for reasons I’m not clear on (they have a large dog that is not trained). So they pretty much spend 3 months bouncing around at hotels and eating out for every meal. In addition to the $40k my mom sent her, she racks up like $60k in credit card debt before they finally come back.
Pretty sure they stayed with his parents for awhile or something. Its been a couple years since their big move and since then they’ve lived in like 4 different places, gone through even more roommates. Pretty sure he’s snorted a ton of coke and shes smokes a lot of weed (don’t worry it’s for insomnia lol) and takes a large amount of xanax. She’s thin as a rail, and talking to her is stressful, partly because I’m worried she could go off at any minute, and partly because she’s just frantic all the time and she’s all over the place.
She went back to work last year and has been making good money and doing well, but I still feel like she’s just an episode away from another downward spiral. Every time I think shes doing better I remember when my mom tried to live with her last fall- within those three weeks they had the cops called on them because of how loudly my sister was yelling and slamming doors over some innocuous thing my mom did. A city cop called my phone when I was at my girlfriends parents house for thanksgiving being like “I can’t arrest anyone technically, but wtf do I do about your sister?”
She was recently kicked out of this last apartment (same one the cops were called on), and she’s going to live with my dad for a trial period if about a month. Her boyfriend stole from her and noped tf out of there, so now shes “done with him”, but it’s not the first time either of those things have happened.
My dad is wonderful, and his relationship with her is similar to mine, so he’s terrified of having her live there, but he wants to try to help. Because of her debt her credit is terrible, and he doesn’t want to take on the risk of being her guarantor to get her a decent apartment. Hopefully she does okay there and can get back on her feet again, but time will tell.
MrKrinkl3 · 11 points · Posted at 04:40:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. I really hope this turns out ok for your dad because he sounds like a saint for doing this after all your sisters shit. Good luck to all of you and thanks for the detailed response!
Lankience · 2 points · Posted at 19:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my dad is pretty cool. Like I said I was fortunate growing up. We never had to worry about money, grew up in a great school district, and it was implied that we’d all go to college. He paid for me, my brother, and my sister to go to college (and we’re 2 years apart), paid my mom alimony and child support, and somehow got by. He made good money, but I for sure noticed him scrimping and saving to make all that happen.
He got married about 5 years ago and my stepmom is really great too. They’re both very awkward people but very caring and they always try to do the right thing.
zachm26 · 2 points · Posted at 22:06:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is pretty tertiary to the story, but how does someone like that get a $60K line of credit? I have a near spotless credit history over about 10 years and my limit (which I never get close to anyway) is like a quarter of that. I can't imagine even being allowed to dig myself that deep.
Lankience · 2 points · Posted at 22:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well she wasn’t in credit trouble before that, and she had a CPA and made really good money. I’m not sure of the specifics but somehow it happened. Maybe she had multiple credit cards out, or maybe her graduate student loan was factored into that when considering her debt obligations.
FastidiousFire · 2 points · Posted at 04:02:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you tried opening more cards? Usually when you're stable you get near endless amounts of credit.
appleavocado · 6 points · Posted at 05:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, please vent. My brother’s and my mom is like that. Pushing 70, moved to Las Vegas with my stepdad about 5 years ago (guess where her money goes), and still working after “retirement” just to pay for rent in a not great part of the city near Downtown Vegas. You’ve given us some reasonable, polite but firm, choice words for how y’all have said “no” to her. If I may say - be prepared for it (the asking, at least) to continue past grad school. I have to admit, I don’t have the strength anymore to be polite with my mom. I’m just either blunt, distant, or silent.
At one time, my mom, knowing that I’ve married, own a house, and am relatively better off, would annually ask for a thousand dollars just to help her and I fucking hate her for it. I’ve never given her money. She begs with the empty promise of paying interest and it fucking breaks my heart. To think that all this time in my youth, it was my biological dad (whom she painted very well to be evil) who was shit with money - turns out, she was too.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Lankience · 3 points · Posted at 04:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its getting there with my mom. Its a mix of “I’m not helpless” and “well I’m not thinking straight from the painkillers, thats why I make bad money decisions”. She can’t have it both ways. My brother and I really don’t want to have to take over her finances, that sounds like it would put a huge strain on our relationship.
It’s hard too because I know she does experience pain, but so much of her fogginess, depression, and general sedentary lifestyle comes from her opioid dependence. Over the last few years her muscles have atrophied which is worse for her pain because she does every day things really awkwardly. What she really needs is physical therapy. It’s hard because I know she has pain, but so much of her situation seems to be rooted in her lack if effort.
perhapsn0t · 2 points · Posted at 08:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow...you’d think the prospect of a fixed income would be a wake up call to most functioning people, if they don’t want to end up homeless
Nasty_Old_Trout · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She got three quarters of a million?
Lankience · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't even imagine spending $75k+ a year. yeesh.
After mortgage, car payment, bills, food and everything else, my wife and I spend ~$40k for the two of us.
jarksmile · 2 points · Posted at 05:03:15 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey bud, safe space an all that... I hope you're in a good spot with all this these days. That's a lot for anybody to have to process. Personality disorders are a thing, and the fuckery that goes along with them is very real.
Take a look at r/raisedbyborderline ? may be some things there that resonate with you
Jungleman6 · 31 points · Posted at 01:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work with a guy who told me a story about a guy that he used to work with.
They got paid monthly, and for the first two weeks this guy would bring in fancy steak, caviar and stuff like that. Then he’d start bringing in normal food, then the last week would be a giant bag of trail mix because he’d be broke. He did that every month and never learned.
whompmywillow · 17 points · Posted at 01:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's impulse control. Have the same problem.
Dharmsara · 30 points · Posted at 22:48:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a student and the amount of people who will spend $15 everyday for nasty campus food and $30 at night for takeout is astonishing. Why they don’t learn a few basic recipes and cut $800 a month from food is beyond me
Much_Difference · 19 points · Posted at 23:43:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't worry, that continues into adulthood. I've worked in many workplaces where many people bought a $15ish lunch every single day. Fucking mind blowing.
meatdome34 · 4 points · Posted at 03:39:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I just graduated college and started office work, went out the firdt couple weeks and then realized most of my money was going to that, have since started bringing lunch to work
SaraKmado · 4 points · Posted at 01:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is campus food so expensive? My uni offers meals for 2.75€, including soup, main course, juice, bread and fruit or Desert. That includes vegetarian options too
chubbymudkip · 24 points · Posted at 02:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why
meatdome34 · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My campus wasn't too bad, we had pizza hut and a subway clone that were both like 7-8$ for a pizza or sandwich and a drink
DudeGuyBor · 11 points · Posted at 23:42:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good lord. Once I moved off campus and off the meal plan, I had about $80/month for groceries. That wouldnt have lasted that dude a week of lunches
koalaburr · 10 points · Posted at 01:48:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boyfriend like that. Blew through everything his (wealthy) parents gave him each month and lived on ramen for the last two weeks. He got super defensive too if I ever pointed it out.
MsMandyBmBm · 9 points · Posted at 02:44:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately this is me. I’ve always struggled with a budget, I also got defensive (used to before i sucked it up and got ready for the big dick up the ass of humiliation I had to take when finally admitting the issue), and finally I too blamed my parents, boss, boyfriend, car, etc.
Truth was that I have never understood it. It was like learning a foreign language to me. I was told how academically smart I was, but reminded of how I lacked the common sense of life logistics.
I’ve had amazing jobs that paid me well, but lived paycheck to paycheck while my friends had amazing credit scores and we’re buying their own cars/homes... amongst other life achieving goals. More so, I too made comments which were received with side stares, eye rolls, and the often someone reminding me of how I spent my money.
I broke down and admitted that I was embarrassed that others got it and I didn’t. It made me feel stupid like I couldn’t keep up. I’m not even close to fixing the amount of debt and surmounting amounts I owe, but I’m finally buckling down and trying to get it right.
There are some that excel books-smart wise, but common simple shit seems insurmountable. It’s a shame when they refuse to admit their weakness and refuse to make a change for fear of looking stupid.
jay_jay203 · 9 points · Posted at 04:08:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my sister is like this, she's got decent income but wasted it like its going out of style.
my favorite was when she got some cash for her birthday, she asked me if she could borrow some money to cover her debt repayments that month while the cash she had just gotten was enough to cover the minimum payment. her response was 'eh? this is money for me to spend'
i couldn't breathe for laughing when it clicked what she meant, it didnt seem to click that once we started earning and spending our own money anything we get it part of the same pool whether its a present or money you found on the street. sure it might be nice to treat yourself but when she's in debt, adding more debt so she can treat herself whenever then expects me to help her out because she wants to treat herself again. fuck no.
especially when she's making more than enough to pay off everything if she showed alittle more restraint
patterson489 · 7 points · Posted at 00:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People don't learn to budget because they don't need to. As you said, his parents are just giving him money, he's not at any risk whatsoever of starving and the worse he might ever experience is being ashamed to ask his parents for more money.
earthlings_all · 4 points · Posted at 02:30:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing a total disservice to him. Cut him off already.
rosenwaiver · 7 points · Posted at 01:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was me my first two years. But I wouldn’t complain about not having money, since there was always the dining hall.
At the start of my third year, I got my shit together and budgeted. I was careful with how much I spent and on what to the point that I was able to actually splurge near the end of the semester.
So there’s hope for your friend.
templemount · 2 points · Posted at 12:00:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, this whole "dining hall" system, like everything else in college, is inherently infantilizing by its very nature.
Not by design, to be clear-- the design is to hoover up as much money as humanly possible. The infantilization is just a side effect.
InTooDeepButICanSwim · 5 points · Posted at 02:20:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a guy like this. Gets a check every week, orders out for ever meal, 4-5 days later he's broke and lives off of whatever he can get (goes to dinner at his family's house etc.) and complaining that he's broke. Then same thing starts again next Tuesday.
poppin_pomegranate · 7 points · Posted at 03:24:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. Reminds me of one of my friends who just can't wrap her head around the concept of living below her means. Constantly whines that she has no money while going for coffee and takeout daily. That shit adds up fast if you're not careful.
She also lives in a 2 bedroom with just her pet. She literally cannot afford to live there but refuses to downsize. Just...wtf??
Hell, she had no idea how to pay off her debts before I sat her down and explained the avalanche and snowball methods. She also likes saying that her shitty upbringing didn't teach her financial stuff, but the thing is, YOU CAN FUCKING GOOGLE IT ALL NOW. She refuses or claims she's shit at searching, and I'm honestly just fucking done.
perhapsn0t · 4 points · Posted at 09:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t entirely understand the whole “shitty upbringing = shitty adult spending habits” explanation.
I never thought about cost of living growing up because my parents never discussed that with me. They always paid for things they thought I needed/really wanted. But it’s just matter of course that I track and limit my monthly spending now that I’m the one paying for what I need/want.
poppin_pomegranate · 3 points · Posted at 09:45:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? It's a nonsensical cop out she loves to use. I didn't have the best upbringing either, but I took the initiative to teach myself how to manage a budget unlike her.
That's good! That's just being logical with your spending now that you're on your own.
Lashwynn · 5 points · Posted at 05:06:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My biggest weakness in life is money. I was never taught any financial literacy, never taught about saving. I am the worst possible person with money and I hate it. I have tried countless times to rectify this and failed. I have purposefully not allowed myself a credit card for the past ten years because I can't be trusted with it. Absolute worst.
imjustkillingtime · 5 points · Posted at 02:07:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a stupid roommate when I was in college. He worked at a gas station, and would then buy groceries/beer at work. Like he didn't realize that $4.99 for a gallon of milk was insane.
milleribsen · 5 points · Posted at 02:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will say that budgeting was much harder in college, a quarterly lump sum to budget for three to four months, plus my meager pay from my two jobs. Couldn't save anything with money flow like that. Once I got to the workforce with regular pay checks it became much easier to budget and save some.
I doubt your old roommate doesn't do better with more frequent income, those tough years really helped to get me to where I am, not as good as I'd like but with some savings
perhapsn0t · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it that much harder to divide the lump sum into monthly allowances and prevent yourself from spending beyond that? Since the roommate was regularly receiving lump sums every semester, it’s not difficult to know how much he can spend every month. The roommate could have “paid” himself on the day bills were due, paid off the bills, and then used the remainder as he liked. Whether he eked it out carefully or ended up eating hotdogs for the last week of the month, he still gets a fresh start the next month.
jittery_raccoon · 2 points · Posted at 12:23:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's an issue of it being a small lump sum. When you get biweekly paychecks, it's easier to spend a little extra when you shouldnt and be deprived for 3 days and then you have more to cover your needs again. Even if you can never truly cover your needs, it's a juggling act. When a lump sum its not enough money to begin with, you end up deprived for 2 months straight
JayDude132 · 6 points · Posted at 02:26:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At first i was going to say i dont think its that weird, because sadly a lot of people cant budget. But then i kept reading, and wow. I mean its basically simple math. “I have $100. If i spend $20/day, that should last me a month, right?” Geez
oriaven · 5 points · Posted at 03:22:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Emergency 50 pack of hot dogs. Damn. I eat hot dogs, but you have to eat them pretty fast before they get wonky.
the_messiah_waluigi · 5 points · Posted at 03:26:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm always afraid I'm bad with managing money but then I read stories like this and I realize I'm fine
HeWhomLaughsLast · 4 points · Posted at 03:43:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At first I thought your story would share parallels with my life. The moment you said $18 sushi everyday I felt better about myself.
scarf_prank_hikers · 6 points · Posted at 03:53:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I envision him knowingly shaking a hotdog as he give the speech, then takes a bite.
Leaf_Rotator · 4 points · Posted at 22:58:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
So lucky I figured that shit out early on. If I don't have money there is only one person I have to blame.
vykeengene · 5 points · Posted at 01:48:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This man is now a politician I’m sure
hjonsey · 4 points · Posted at 02:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate is 45 and still refuses to do a budget. He makes twice as much money as I do for me and my daughter. He doesn’t have kids, just a GF who doesn’t work. It’s a struggle sometimes to get him to pay his half of bill money, he doesn’t like it when I get upset for him not chipping in his part each week. Always turns it around to be someone else’s fault. It’s very very difficult to deal with to say the least. I did convince him to try a budget, he agreed to terms but got mad that he wasn’t the one deciding what bills to pay or ignore so he just went back to spending the money how wants, not how he needs.
LawSchoolQuestions_ · 6 points · Posted at 04:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is exactly why I stopped helping people with budgets.
I was a big budgeter from a young age. I cannot tell you how many times over the years I’ve been approached by friends, family, and colleagues for help with budgeting. Not one single person has ever followed through. Not one. They all want some magic fucking bullet to solve their problems, and they don’t want to put any effort into it. A budget is worthless if it’s not adhered to.
I just don’t bother anymore.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:29:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are also people who understand budgeting and how to be smart with money, but due to depression or whatever else simply don't care and spend recklessly. I imagine it's actually more common than people who have literally no idea about money.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:54 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think depression causes reckless spending, but whatever.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:11 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
It absolutely causes a lack of interest in the future, however, and that can cause reckless spending.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:10 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
We might literally just have different ideas about what reckless spending is. I was thinking extreme, buy-a-truck-cuz-you-feel-like-it reckless spending, but what do I know?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:30 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn't thinking anything quite to that scale (probably because I've never made any large purchases myself), more along the lines of someone who spends 100% of their pay every month and uses credit cards like free money.
Cryptix001 · 3 points · Posted at 04:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 27 and just recently started learning how to budget. I started working for my dad during my early teens, so I know the value of a dollar, but I was never taught about saving or budgeting.
My old man would always say, "You earned that money. Do with it what you want. It doesn't concern me." That was great when I was a teenager and could spend it on drugs and other stupid things without ever having to worry about my dad asking me where all of it was going.
Not being financially savvy has definitely been a huge hurdle as I got older though. I still find myself wanting to spend my paycheck on things the same day I get it. I make sure to put enough away to pay upcoming bills, but everything else, burns a hole in my pocket.
I took an interest in cryptocurency and stocks last year though, so instead of buying random shit on Amazon, I stack coins and buy stocks to satiate that itch to spend, all the while still maintaining funds that I can access if need be.
It's definitely a process learning financial skills. If/when I have kids, that's one thing I want to make sure I teach them well so they don't end up starting to learn it way too late.
TheYellowBalloon · 4 points · Posted at 04:46:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this ucsd bistro?
HubbleCap · 4 points · Posted at 05:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend like this. She had always been weird with money but as we got into adulthood I saw how bad she was at the actual concept of budgets and money as a whole. It's not an easy thing, no doubt, but she would make the weirdest decisions. She bought a brand new 4Runner at one point that she couldn't afford payments on (it was her and her husband's 3rd car payment and they'd just bought a house, too, while being on one income.). She spent so much energy every month trading around credit balances, paying off this payment with that card, this money with that loan, etc while spending their actual paycheck on ridiculously frivolous things. They were a young married couple who on the outside looked like they had a brand new house, 2 brand new cars, and fancy clothes but they really teetered on the edge of bankruptcy if he ever lost his job.
Then she traded her brand new suv for a brand new truck. Took a huge loss on it but because they added it to the loan she seemed fine with it. I stopped being friends with her but through the grapevine I know they've since had to sell the house and are still upside down on the truck and the other vehicle they had previously.
OfSpock · 5 points · Posted at 05:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother's neighbour used to be like this. Had three kids and lived on Sole Parents pension. The day he was paid and for about four days afterwards, it was fast food for every meal. By the second week, the kids were going around to the neighbours to beg for bread.
IzarkKiaTarj · 4 points · Posted at 06:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like that one Twitter post:
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:07:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like an ex. After our relationship ended he complained that he was always broke. Had a look at the expenses, ya, he was spending 1500USD a month on food.
Mukatsukuz · 3 points · Posted at 09:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who didn't know how to make a sandwich, so he'd buy them from a posh supermarket (M&S for people in the UK/Europe) every single day while living as a student. He didn't believe buying a loaf of bread and putting the filling in yourself would work out cheaper or be something he could manage. Took him about 6 months of being skint before he finally plucked up the courage to try it.
jagerben47 · 5 points · Posted at 10:47:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend is like this. Not this bad, but she'll buy useless stuff then berate me for being rich. I have money because I've saved, duh.
Kristeninmyskin · 3 points · Posted at 01:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank goodness my college dining hall had meal credits! Order what you want and don’t worry about it!
zombiedix · 3 points · Posted at 02:24:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew too many people like that in college. A lot, actually.
TheRumpletiltskin · 3 points · Posted at 02:35:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is me with weed.
Ivor79 · 3 points · Posted at 03:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What kind of school has sushi in the cafeteria???
cidiusgix · 3 points · Posted at 05:11:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never taught budgets an finance. My parents didn’t teach me anything, I dropped out and smoked a lot of weed. Lived with my dad and he paid for everything. He worked and partied all of the time, he drove cab and was always flush with cash, so I could just cash when I needed. I worked shit jobs but the money was pretty much disposable, so I didn’t learn anything there. It’s twenty years later and I still just blow my checks and am broke all the time, it’s a hard thing to change.
Eric1491625 · 3 points · Posted at 05:13:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, plenty of famous, smart people mismanaged their money spectacularly, including Newton and Churchill. 200IQ in physics but maybe not in finance.
DynamicHunter · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it’s not as extreme, but I know LOTS of people who just blow hundreds a month on food delivery apps. And they have cars. Or they do it cause they’re drunk/high and didn’t have the foresight of picking it up beforehand
prof0ak · 3 points · Posted at 12:39:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the fool in "a fool and his money are soon parted".
mihir_lavande · 2 points · Posted at 02:24:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey bud it's me your old roommate.
obersttseu · 2 points · Posted at 02:33:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people play a game and immediately use potions to keep health full. Some others would rather KO than risk running out at "the next boss fight". Eventually both get killed at the final boss, one still holding 99 potions and the other from having none.
Cosmic_Quasar · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would deliberately do stuff like this in high school. For an extra $1 you could get an extra burger/chicken patty with your lunch. My parents would write checks of specific amounts to budget for a quarter at a time. Naturally I'd go through my quarterly allotment quicker than intended, so when I didn't have enough I'd just go to the library during my lunch period, instead, and listen to music on my iPod and take a 30 minute nap lol.
But I always understood it was my own doing, and I was fine with how it worked out in the end.
DeScepter · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are cheaper ways to get diarrhea than spending $18 on dining hall sushi.
koi-kafir · 2 points · Posted at 06:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a college roomate who was the same way.
Cneslein · 2 points · Posted at 06:46:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I worked in college and did pretty much this but on a week by week basis. Spend all my money on the weekend, eat eggs, ramen, hot dogs, chicken and rice for the week. Save up my money to get a bag some booze some weed and have a blast thurs-sun, then back to the rough life.
Narcan_Shakes · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not that big of a douche but I’m pretty bad with money.
It took me getting a decent job in my field and a significant other who’s financially literate and intelligent to get me in shape.
I’m not great but I’m better than I used to be.
FecusTPeekusberg · 2 points · Posted at 07:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hol' up... your college cafeteria had sushi?!
c4553y · 2 points · Posted at 08:01:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you go to UB too? I loved their sushi on campus! I miss the lobster rolls. Would have one with some Jamba every time I went to the SU lol
JackNuner · 2 points · Posted at 08:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife worked with a woman who had a checking account but didn't really know how it worked. Not only did she never balance the account she didn't keep track of how much money was in the account. If she needed to write a check she would call the bank and ask how much money was in the account then assumed she could write a check for the entire current balance. When a check would bounce she didn't understand how that could have happened since there was enough to cover it when she wrote it.
mylittleplaceholder · 2 points · Posted at 09:01:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker finally paid off their car loan and immediately traded it in for a new car because they couldn't possibly afford a car without the tax deduction, which apparently makes the car practically free. Wouldn't believe having no car payment is cheaper.
AkkiYuki · 2 points · Posted at 10:16:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least he's young... I had to teach my parents how to budget. My mother whined about how annoying it was to have money in different accounts because she couldn't spend it when she was out (that's the point!) and also thought it was too much of a hassle to put money over before leaving the house.
In the end I gave up, she's the banks problem now (they bailed her out)
ariamar · 2 points · Posted at 10:55:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of people don't know how to deal with money. Lived in a flat with other 4 student and 3 of them, not only didnt know how to manage money, they didn't know how to clean, cook. Or even doing the dishes. After they missed a couple of months utilities and rent, I called their parents and they start giving me the money directly for their kids rent and utilities(we had rent together). My normal roommate and I would cook every night until his girl started to get jealous of us doing this together and though I was making a move on him. Also bc she could not understand most of the topics we discussed, for her was a prove that I wanted the guy. I stopped cooking for everyone bc they didn't knew how to do it and the others in the house started to say she was right bc, in their minds, me and him cooking together was a start of an affair.(we cooked for everyone in the house and their bfs) This guy was the only person in the flat I could have a conversation that didn't revolved about clothes and make up. Like talking about school and classes we had in comun. They got mad at me bc I refused to continue cooking for them. I only keep doing all of the payments bc their parents would call me once a month to ask what was needed for the house and sent me the money for their kids part. This people continued their studies with masters degrees bc (in their words) their were to young to start working and didn't feel prepared to work. WE WERE ALL THE SAME AGE. Lived more than a year with this people, wouldn't not give them a cactus bc they would kill it.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:43 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, you and the guy couldn’t teach them how to cook or clean?
ariamar · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:28 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
We tryed and in somethings we were sussefull, like cleaning and dishwashing but the cooking... Let's say... Not having food poisoning was more importante to me. I actually was able to teach one of them basic things, but she did wanted to learn, the other two were lost causes. To learn something you have to want to learn.
piscohof · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, this for sure. My work friend is REALLY bright and thoughtful, but cannot manage a budget to save her life.
She recommended a couple of more expensive haircare products for me to try. I bought the cheaper one (will try the more expensive later on but right now it's not a priority for me) and she a) threw a mini tantrum about how I could afford nice stuff, then b) bought BOTH the more reasonably-priced bottle and the really expensive one. Somehow she's still upset that I can afford nice stuff and she can't, while HAVING THE NICE STUFF THAT I DON'T.
She's a lovely person and very intelligent, so this is absolutely not her being a brat or being too dumb to see it. She just has a complete blind spot when it comes to money: she can't distinguish wants from needs and can't understand prioritising her wants. It freaks me out a little because she's in her mid-30s and in bad shape financially, but I sense she doesn't really want to change.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this was me
neasaos · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a culprit of this. I am 30. Shocking with Money. I am working full time and I know why I'm broke (serious online habit and coffee habit) it's crazy when people don't know why they have no money.
Aldous_Lee · 2 points · Posted at 17:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would just say it all out on his face, fuck it. Onto burn trhough ur money bur when he started talking ahit about other that would be when I would just put the real out there for him
InvisibleShadow2U · 2 points · Posted at 06:42:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like autism or other issues with executive function.
up-and-cumming · 2 points · Posted at 00:01:55 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who worked, but would buy random shit because they "had extra loan money" and they "were going to be in debt for the rest of their life anyway." They told me they handled money better than their siblings too, which I believe. It wasn't that they handled money badly - I sure was struggling more in college - I just couldn't believe why someone would ever want to spend extra loan money on stuff rather than putting it back to the loans.
Drunk_Penguin17 · 2 points · Posted at 02:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a great example as to why High Schools should teach a money management course that includes how to do taxes and things like that.
sexy_bethany · 7 points · Posted at 03:54:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
even when they do teach it, the vast majority of kids don't care
Drunk_Penguin17 · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No i get that completely but any positive they take away from it is worth it.
pressurecookedgay · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
GROSS
Viking_from_Asgard · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least now he uses entire month's salary over 2 months, so he always saves the other month's salary. He's very good at saving now.
SomePlebian · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, as a person who has grown up with a way older brother who took a masters in echonomics, I'm often baffled by how little people know about echonomics.
And I'm not only talking about crazy mismanagement of money, like a friend who got an extra loan as he had blown his initial loan on various stuff, only to blow the remainder of his extra loan on more stuff ignoring that he wouldn't have any way to make the next payment for school.
But also things like people not understanding inflation and purchasing power. So I've had a few friends who refused to accept that they could afford less than when they started in their job, despite getting an annual payraise each year. Worst case I've heard of was a friend's father, who after 15 years in the same workplace, 35 in the workforce, earned less than their new hires without prior experience that he had to train. Something he only discovered after his daughters boyfriend landed a job there, and he offhandedly said that this was a pretty chill job for 25$ and hour.
LadyWaldfee · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend in university who was like that. She worked and got money from her father, so she had actually more than me every month. But she was always broke two weeks after getting money.
She "had to have" her own (one room) appartment and refused to share one or live at a dorm. And it had to be in the part of town she liked (which wasn't the most expensive, but she could have rented an appartment for far less a little further away from uni). She "had to spoil herself" with make up every month and insisted on shopping at the expensive supermarkets, because they had "the good stuff".
She now has her dream job, which pays very little, but has to have a big 3-room appartment and is complaining how she's struggeling to pay back student debt and how little she gets paid, even though she always knew that her dream job is infamously badly paid.
Toodyfish · 1 points · Posted at 21:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read this same exact story on another sub a week or two ago
peterparkerLA · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand why you think this is unusual.
TheDiplocrap · 1 points · Posted at 17:53:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a non-zero chance you lived with my brother.
AdamAllenthePerson · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ummmmm I’ve lived like this my whole agile life.
Just_One_Umami · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, I hate dumb rich kids.
BamboozledBigTIme · 19510 points · Posted at 22:52:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Ooohhh I got one. I work as an EMT for a private company, so we mostly deal with nursing homes and the elderly. One day when I was about 6-8 months in, I got assigned a partner who was in my orientation class. He was a little older than me at the time, like mid 20's, but he seemed a little childish. "Maybe he's just sheltered, I think to myself."
Anyways, we got a patient I've had a few times before. She was a sweet, little old lady with COPD and CHF living at an assisted living. Call was for pneumonia. She's prone to this stuff so it wasnt a huge deal, slap her on oxygen and keep her sitting up til we get to the hospital. The first red flag though, was this kid didn't know anything. He didnt know how to take a blood pressure. He couldn't find the medical history or medication on the paperwork (which is clearly labeled). He didn't even push the stretcher, just walked next to it with a hand on it. When I asked him about all that, he said "My partners usually do that for me."
So, I put her on an oxygen mask and sit her all the way up, mildly agitated. I tell myself it's just one shift with this kid. He's in the back with her and I tell him to just switch the oxygen from the bag (which is a small tank) to the main tank (which is huge) because with the amount of oxygen we're giving her, the bag will run out not even halfway before the hospital. It's about 25 minutes, which normally wouldn't be a huge deal. But when we pull up to the hospital and I open the back doors, I'm fucking shook. The oxygen mask isnt inflated (meaning she isnt getting oxygen), shes pale as shit, I can literally see her accessory muscles moving, struggling to breathe. And this kid was sitting behind her, with a clueless half smile on his face, looks at me and says "The main tank is broken, so I left her on the bag." This women, who needs oxygen without pneumonia, was barely breathing for at LEAST 15 minutes. And this fucking idiot didnt even check. We take her into the hospital. I ask him to find an oxygen tank while explain to this women's daughter what happened. He says he doesn't know where to look. I fucking find it and told him to talk to the daughter.
When it's all said and done, I check to see what's broken. He didn't turn on the tank.
TL;DR EMT partner nearly kills a patient because he didn't know he had to open the oxygen tank to get oxygen to come out.
glorytopie · 10085 points · Posted at 23:42:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me he's not an EMT anymore. This is terrifying.
BamboozledBigTIme · 8919 points · Posted at 00:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never saw him again after that shift, which is rare because we have a small base. I'm hoping he got one too many reports. He's the only partner I've ever had that I lost my patience with.
DominionGhost · 4879 points · Posted at 01:30:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did he even get that far?! As far as I understand it EMT isn't just an entry level job you have to pass some schooling for that shit.
lonelyystarss · 167 points · Posted at 03:27:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who is an EMT and in school to be a paramedic, and some of the people in her class that she tells me about... I just really, really hope they’re not the ones showing up if I ever need an ambulance.
Officer_Hotpants · 291 points · Posted at 06:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tutored this one girl in my class through EMT school, and she had a pretty significant learning disability. I was worried if I was doing the right thing helping her pass the class. I mean, she was BAD at the class.
But then I made sure to schedule a couple of of my clinicals with her and holy fuck she was a different person. It was wild seeing her barely able to stumble through a patient interview in class, and then nail it with an actual patient. I was so pleasantly surprised with that whole situation. She's doing pretty well for herself in the field now.
Edit: I realize this is the opposite of what you were referring to, but that was just a situation I was happy to be wrong about.
SteakGunsandBeers · 62 points · Posted at 13:50:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think with some people, learning disabilities are just mental blocks specific to academic settings. The idea of having a test scares them. However, when they’re asked to perform a job, they just see it as a task that needs to get done, so that mental block disappears.
laihaluikku · 17 points · Posted at 19:02:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As emt student, i struggle very much with the acting thing in school where you are in front of everybody and learning how to do things. Maybe it is because i’m too shy and i don’t trust myself enough. But in the field training i’ve gotten good reports.
CordeliaGrace · 4 points · Posted at 08:48:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get like this...I’m a nervous and stumbling mess in interviews, but throw me into the fire, and I’m doing just fine. I don’t know what it is, but I’m thankful for everyone who didn’t write me off and gave me the chance to thrive...and I’m betting your girl felt the same way.
[deleted] · 33 points · Posted at 06:28:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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NightGod · 14 points · Posted at 08:12:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
C's get degrees!
yukon-flower · 6 points · Posted at 20:04:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a joke among lawyers: what's the difference between med school and law school? No one drops out of med school.
(I'm sure some people do, and maybe times have changed? But law school they make sure you KNOW the stuff, or you're failed out.)
SteakGunsandBeers · 10 points · Posted at 13:55:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thing with first responder jobs is that, because the credentials to get them are often very basic, you get some very dumb, uneducated people who slip through the cracks. I say this as a former police officer and correctional officer: some of the biggest idiots I’ve ever met were former coworkers. Of course, some of the most resourceful, observant, and intelligent people I’ve met were also coworkers.
jollygoodwotwot · 6 points · Posted at 13:37:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend's a paramedic so I read a few paramedic memoirs, and I remember one guy described paramedic school as a bunch of misfits looking for a respectable job.
I mean, my boyfriend's one of them, I think the reason he loves the job is because he doesn't have to deal much with "normal" people, so I don't judge, but he describes some real weirdos that were in his class. And some of them made it through.
yukon-flower · 5 points · Posted at 20:05:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
EMTs make next to no money, which is scandalous, and it also means you don't always get the cream of the crop performing those jobs.
Dvl_Brd · 20 points · Posted at 03:45:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
That's my mom with the RNs getting churned out these days. She and her compatriots don't want ti be under their care, ever.
levity90 · 20 points · Posted at 08:47:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a "fad" degree now. People become nurses because it pays well. Not because they are at all interested in nursing and what it entails.
Dvl_Brd · 2 points · Posted at 23:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean I have to touch poopy?!? I might get punched by a dude on PCP?
Stingerbrg · 12 points · Posted at 12:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean they're not supposed to peddle essential oils on the job?
Dvl_Brd · 3 points · Posted at 23:44:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HA!
iamcatmeow · -11 points · Posted at 04:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unsure what’s so terrible about the new grad RNs “these days.” Your mom sounds like one of those infamous veteran nurses who eats their young
NothingWillBeLost · 6 points · Posted at 04:58:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No it’s true. When I was in Respiratory school there were nurses who didn’t even know how to take the regulator off the oxygen tank to switch them out for patients.
iamcatmeow · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For all you know it was their first day and they’ve never done it before.
I’ve seen respiratory therapists who couldn’t figure out a home cpap machine after troubleshooting for a while, and eventually the confused pt had to explain it
Does that mean all RTs are incompetent and useless these days?
NothingWillBeLost · 4 points · Posted at 05:07:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had seen her many times before. Was definitely not her first day.
Did I say anything about “all” RN’s? No I agreed that a lot of new ones are idiots. I have a friend who graduated nursing school and got a job in a hospital, then didn’t know how to stabilize a patient with a broken foot. That’s literally basic first aid and after 4 years in nursing school, didn’t know this.
iamcatmeow · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You didn’t say “all” RNs, but you’re agreeing with a post that states all new grad RNs are trash.
I’m never going to say all new grads are bright (I know there are duds, obviously), but this guy’s mom is creating a toxic work environment fueled by her skewed perception of new grad RNs
All I’m saying is that there are duds in every field, and instead of making them feel like trash, teach them so they can learn
NothingWillBeLost · 0 points · Posted at 05:21:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean that’s a great idea and all but isn’t that why they were in school for 2-4 years beforehand? Isn’t that what clinicals are for? Obviously no one is perfect but the number of duds seems to be growing and it’s scary. You should at least know basic things when you have already graduated and taken the NCLEX. I can understand them needing help with more complicated things but the amount of new nurses I have seen without basic knowledge of simple procedures was really disheartening.
iamcatmeow · 3 points · Posted at 05:27:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m politely disagreeing.
First of all, you do not learn that much at clinicals, it’s mostly following around a nurse and they’re too busy to teach you or let you practice. You barely get any opportunities for hands-on skills at clinicals. Also, at clinicals there are many banned skills that students are not allowed to do (such as touching a central line in any way, shape, or form). The reason new grads may not know a simple procedure may be simply due to the fact that they didn’t have the opportunity to practice that at clinicals. Nursing students’ clinical experiences vary widely based on hospital/floor culture.
Bookwork is absolutely nothing like working the floor. Yes you can read about drawing blood and maybe practice it once in clinicals (if you’re lucky), but you have no muscle memory and need help once getting a job on the floor.
NothingWillBeLost · 2 points · Posted at 05:39:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That might be true of your experience with the school you went to and the hospitals where you had your clinical rotations at but where I went to school we had nursing students that would be on rotation with us and we all got a ton of hands on experience in school. Which I am so thankful for because some of the people in my RT program had 0 medical knowledge before deciding to go to school to be an RT, and I’m sure the same could be said for the nursing program. But I digress, we got plenty of hands on experience from my school.
Since writing my last response tho I have realized... I would always ask what school the newbies came from just out of curiosity and now that I think about it a lot of the duds came from the same community college. So maybe you’re right in that they aren’t actually duds just weren’t taught the basic things in their school. Which is even scarier to think about considering they usually churn out about 30 new nurses a semester depending on when the cohort started.
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NothingWillBeLost · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First, I don’t work in a hospital environment anymore. Haven’t since early 2017. I work in sales now. Was laid off due to COVID. Womp womp.
Second my friend is not a friend I worked with. I knew her already, never thought she was the brightest. Was actually kind of shocked she made it through nursing school as she is like one of the people I mentioned with 0 medical experience before going to nursing school. Anyway, she graduated nursing school December 2016. It took her 3 tries to pass the NCLEX so I want to say she maybe started working in July 2017. The incident happened in Sept 2017 I remember the exact month because it was during the hurricane we had here in Houston, Harvey. And I remember the incident with her not knowing what to properly do because she called me the next day and told me what happened with the patient and I was shocked. I don’t know where she would be in her nursing career after 2ish months but I would think she would have been at that point able to care for a fractured foot.
As for my generalization if you read my responses you would see I realized it was mostly one school where I saw the dozens of ill prepared new nurses come from. So my opinion has now changed from “most new nurses” to “those from this particular school” likely being the ones who are not the best new nurses.
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iamcatmeow · 9 points · Posted at 04:49:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a new grad at all, but thanks for the assumption 😉 And I’m definitely far from useless, but I couldn’t care less what you think of me.
All of the “problems” with the new RNs you described are typical/normal challenges for new graduate nurses. They’re scared and need to learn.... I would like to see you try to do simple math when your patient is actively coding (you’ve never seen a code before), doctor is staring at you expecting you to do medication math in your head and pull up the medications, and the bully nurses are standing in the doorway waiting for you to fail. How does that sound?
Hint: a long long long time ago, your mom was one of “them” too, whether she will admit it or not. Maybe it’s just been too long for her to remember what it felt like to be a terrified new grad with toxic coworkers who bully/eat their young.
Your mom is “one of those” nurses who bullies for absolutely no reason— making new grads hate coming to work, giving them anxiety, and causing all kinds of unneeded emotional trauma.
I am an experienced nurse and I am good at what I do. Unlike your mom, I educate and nurture the new grads so they know they have someone they trust and aren’t afraid to ask questions to.
Your mom is the problem, the disease, the bully. 💯
charmanmeowa · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like it depends on the amounts of schooling and where you live. They could be those two year associate degree nurses. They could be four year undergrad nurses. Or like in my state, you have to already have a bachelors and then go onto more years of dedicated nursing school for your RN.
iamcatmeow · 3 points · Posted at 04:58:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please read my comment below— the complaining mom nurse is bitching about scared brand new grad nurses who are out of their element. Nursing school doesn’t teach you anything about floor nursing. It’s important to have experienced nurses who understand the new grad RN struggle and nurture them, instead of complain and gossip (aka dvl_bird’s mom)
charmanmeowa · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I understand. I’m in lab now, but I’ve been on the floor. School is very different from practice. My response was geared toward the first few things she mentioned.
iamcatmeow · 3 points · Posted at 05:08:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh, gotcha
Sorry, I get fired up when I see others justifying toxic behavior
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charmanmeowa · 3 points · Posted at 05:15:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm. If she’s at a teaching hospital then she can’t fault them. I work at a teaching hospital and even our residents have those moments. The whole point is for them to get clinical experience and be more comfortable and confident later on.
iamcatmeow · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes thank you !!!
iamcatmeow · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your mom was a kid once, too. Where is her empathy?
nibs1 · 4 points · Posted at 04:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this sounds like a bunch of silly cliches
Dvl_Brd · -1 points · Posted at 05:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it happens pretty regularly
ParamedicSnooki · 579 points · Posted at 01:46:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A patch and a pulse is all that’s required in A LOT of places.
KingBubzVI · 625 points · Posted at 02:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did he even pass his licensing exam though? I'm studying for mine right now, this is just a jarring level of incompetence
Yellowredstone · 168 points · Posted at 02:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prob one those shits from school who are in class that do absolutely nothing then ask everyone around them for answers.
MOTHERLOVR · 41 points · Posted at 08:31:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not gonna help you in either exam.
Twirrim · 44 points · Posted at 09:14:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can't speak to EMT work, in the tech industry hiring managers have learned to watch for one week bootcamp people. The brain is pretty good at cramming in information and regurgitating it within a short period of time, and not actually retaining it, unless further deliberate action is taken. Some people are particularly adept at it
barracudabones · 6 points · Posted at 14:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that skill is the main one that the education system (at least in the US) teaches/fosters so can't say I'm surprised.
Memorize it. Repeat back. Cool, here's your fancy piece of paper.
ParamedicSnooki · 293 points · Posted at 02:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Booksmart does not always equal street smart. Had a medic who was teaching the local fire departments that we give aspirin for the headache that nitro would cause. Nationally registered paramedic.
dougall7042 · 124 points · Posted at 02:41:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a nonmedical person, what's the problem here?
LegiticusMaximus · 137 points · Posted at 04:07:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
If the patient is having a heart attack, nearly all of them should all be receiving aspirin and most of them should be receiving nitro (unless they have a right-sided heart attack, in which case nitro can be dangerous).
Nitro is given to reduce chest pain during a heart attack because it increases the diameter veins leading back to the right side of the heart, so the heart hurts less because it doesn’t have to pump as hard. Aspirin is given to prevent platelets from sticking together as easily, in hopes that it will prevent the clot causing the heart attack from persisting or getting bigger. It is NOT used to prevent the headaches from nitro, though they are a common side effect.
InadmissibleHug · 47 points · Posted at 04:35:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And what’s painful is all the non medical types answering this.
I always tell people- getting a medical story from one non medical person is difficult, after it’s been through more than one it’s gibberish.
But hey, they know their bodies.
LegiticusMaximus · 8 points · Posted at 04:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dogg it’s like I’ve walked into an episode of the Twilight Zone where drugs don’t work the way they’re expected to work and the patient in bed 12 is going to telepathically send me to the corn field if I don’t give them their Dilaudid.
Nozmelley0 · 4 points · Posted at 13:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Walk-up rang the doorbell at the station last week. Told me he was having a cardiac arrest.
ParamedicSnooki · 1 points · Posted at 14:50:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Impressive!
GeekTrained · 2 points · Posted at 14:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I better get an armband made. I'm not even allowed a baby-aspirin because of my extreme acid reflux. Not allowed ibuprofen either.
InadmissibleHug · 41 points · Posted at 04:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We give aspirin as a first line of defence against the clotting of a heart attack. Not for a fucking headache.
SpudOfDoom · 14 points · Posted at 05:10:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only problem is the person not correctly understanding the purpose of the medications. Aspirin is not used for headache in this context, it's to slow the development of thrombosis inside the coronary arteries.
Bcadren · 70 points · Posted at 02:48:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a non-medical person, same issue as Aspirin + Alcohol, you're stacking blood thinners; makes you a risk for an internal hemorrhage.
asveas · 33 points · Posted at 06:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
MD here. This is very incorrect. Nitroglycerin is not at all a blood thinner!
As I mentioned elsewhere, I think the original issue of why it was bad to teach that fact was because aspirin isn't really given for the headache that nitroglycerin causes (which is a known side effect), but rather it is given for its antiplatelet function which is the issue in a heart attack.
Edit: To others who may be reading: please please please do not trust what random people say on reddit, especially for a relatively specialized field of knowledge like medicine (or any other field, really).
InadmissibleHug · 30 points · Posted at 04:33:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s not it.
We give aspirin as a first line anticoagulant in a heart attack scenario.
rnickwill · 14 points · Posted at 04:38:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aspirin is an Antiplatelet not an anticoagulant.
Aspirin decreases the ability for platelets to aggregate/adhere.
Anticoagulants directly effect the cascade.
Kono-weebo-da · 56 points · Posted at 03:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a non-medical person too: ohh
LegiticusMaximus · 20 points · Posted at 04:08:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nitro is not a blood thinner.
thecolorpink621 · 4 points · Posted at 04:30:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s a vasodilator, however you would give nitro with aspirin for a heart attack..
rnickwill · 3 points · Posted at 04:43:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nitro decreases the preload on the heart which decreases the workload, decreasing O2 demand.
Aspirin helps decrease the clot/stop it from getting bigger.
LegiticusMaximus · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would give nitro for certain regions of heart attack but not for others.
HDWendell · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a vasodilator. It opens up the veins and having thinner blood makes blood pressure drop hard. Not technically stacking blood thinners but similar effect.
thernkpad · 7 points · Posted at 05:01:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Complete bs. Aspirin does not have acute effects on blood pressure, you made that up. They will frequently be given together. Aspirin is given for MI. In many instances the patient will have already taken nitro. Aspirin and nitro have no major interactions in the acute setting.
LegiticusMaximus · 2 points · Posted at 05:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose it could have an effect on your blood pressure if you had a hemodynamically unstable GI bleed.
rnickwill · 4 points · Posted at 04:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Vasodilation does nothing to thin the blood
HDWendell · -1 points · Posted at 05:08:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right but aspirin does. The original post was about stacking nitro and aspirin.
rnickwill · 5 points · Posted at 05:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aspirin still has nowhere near the effects of blood thinners.
It only decreases the ability of platelets to adhere/aggregate.
Anticoagulants directly effect the coagulation cascade.
Also you said having thinner blood makes the BP drop, no it doesn’t.
Narcan_Shakes · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most AMI protocols typically have you stacking nitro and aspirin on both the ALS and BLS level. Some agencies have medication administration metrics that make providers give first line meds within the first five minutes of patient contact.
So yes some folks do stack nitro and aspirin. Some don’t. To say that doing so can cause your BP to drop because it’s a “thinner” (it isn’t a thinner) isn’t true.
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Narcan_Shakes · 3 points · Posted at 16:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get where you’re coming from and your policy is pretty sound. It’s never a bad idea to get a 12 before vasodilator administration in a suspected AMI but I’m more worried about the patient’s pressure than I am about EKG presentation.
Some data and my own personal experience have indicated that the closer a suspected AMI/STEMI patient with chest pain is to a systolic of a 100, the higher the risk of them bottoming out.
Nonetheless your policy is pretty spot on.
Thanks for your reply and I hope all is well by you.
Have a good one and be safe.
ParamedicSnooki · 2 points · Posted at 16:48:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oops! Deleted my original comment. It would definitely be more prudent to run the 12 first. You are absolutely correct there. If I can physically see this is cardiac, I’m withholding until I run the full 12. And no, no nitro if you’re hovering around 100.
Thank you! I am well, and I hope you are too!
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 04:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asa and nitro are first line treatment combo for cardiac chest pain in the field.
tagor99 · 6 points · Posted at 07:04:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not correct, source: EMT
BlackWalrusYeets · -34 points · Posted at 02:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the most basic terms, if you use one medicine to counteract another medicine then you've effectively done two things to accomplish nothing.
WitchNextDoor · 20 points · Posted at 02:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not the problem here. Plus that didn't even make sense. Doctors prescribe medicines to deal with the side effects of another medication all the time. For example, if a medicine you need really badly gives you insane nausea, they may prescribe an anti nausea medication on top of that. It doesn't stop the first one from working, it just makes it more bearable so long as they don't both have the same downsides. In this case, nitro is a blood thinner, but so is aspirin. The effects stack up making for a dangerous situation
Nsjsjajsndndnsks · 10 points · Posted at 03:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No, nitro is a vasodilator, it widens the path your blood flows through to help reduce the effect of a clot in your vascular system, it does not thin blood in the medical sense. Aspirin is a blood thinner. Medics here use both for chest pain with suspected cardiac origin.
Edited: Nitro helps blood flow around the clot by widening pathways, not by unsticking the clot
Ootsdogg · 6 points · Posted at 03:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Finally. I was going to lose it soon. Thank you for clearing that up.
rnickwill · 4 points · Posted at 04:59:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s the exact opposite thing you want to happen. Nitro isn’t given to unstick the clot. It’s given to decrease the workload/O2 demand on the heart. You DONT want to unstick the clot because then it can travel and become a stroke.
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nitroglycerin, through venodilation, also reduces the blood coming back into the heart by pooling it in the veins, reducing cardiac work and thus reducing additional oxygen demand by the heart!
Nsjsjajsndndnsks · 103 points · Posted at 03:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
At least where I'm at, medics push 325mg aspirin and nitro for chest pain. Nitro is a vasodilator, not a blood thinner. Aspirin is an anticoagulant.
Edit: Aspirin is an anti-platelet, not anticoagulant (both reduce clotting, but different mechanisms)
Banditnova · 44 points · Posted at 04:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nitro is a vasodilator
but Aspirin is an anti-platelet (not anti-coagulant.
Warfarin would be an anti-coagulant.
Very_Good_Indeed · 6 points · Posted at 06:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Warfarin is warfaring on the clots...
Haha funny joke.
bixxby · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Paging Dr Rorschach
UsuallyInappropriate · 0 points · Posted at 06:23:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is “blood thinner” the same as “anti-coagulant”? 🤨
ladyvixenx · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Blood thinner is a slang term to help patients understand when they’re already struggling
Banditnova · 1 points · Posted at 15:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'blood thinner' is the layman term for either anti-coagulant or anti-platelet mechanisms.
MOTHERLOVR · 0 points · Posted at 08:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, Coumadin would be an anti-coagulant.
Kidding 😊
ParamedicSnooki · 16 points · Posted at 03:08:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the reason. Two different mechanisms of action.
roguetrick · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
MONA also includes morphine at the hospital. The morphine is because of its vasodilator effects but it doesn't hurt that it reduces pain. Won't do anything for a nitro headache.
S1lentBob · 3 points · Posted at 05:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also helps with dyspnea!
Wardogs96 · 3 points · Posted at 10:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Past medic a year ago and they stated MONA can be replaced with FONA for fentanyl. Up to provider discression but study's find whatever minor vasodilation was found with morphine proved insignificant or false.
ParamedicSnooki · 2 points · Posted at 14:56:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve used morphine, dilaudid, and fentanyl. Depending on where I was working and what they carried.
qroosra · 3 points · Posted at 04:31:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
ONAM. (O2 nitro ASA and morphine) And doesn't morphine reduce preload as well as O2 demand on the ❤️?
roguetrick · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
One guy disagreed on the magnitude of the effect and I haven't read the research. You won't run into that on NCLEX anyway, lol.
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ParamedicSnooki · 8 points · Posted at 03:13:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorta. Depends on where you work. When you’re in school, you have to have so many hours on the truck and so many hours in the hospital (ER and various units) to sit for the test. Some companies require long field training rides as a third person on the truck, some only require a few, and some the length depends on your experience and competence.
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ParamedicSnooki · 1 points · Posted at 14:41:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of places expect you to know your shit when you get done with school and clinicals and believe you should only be learning how that company/system works. I don’t disagree completely, but being on the street isn’t the “perfect patient that fits into only one box” that you get in school. IDK. Healthcare is broken in America.
StellaKween · 5 points · Posted at 05:10:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s so true. We forget that even the smartest of people can also be dumb as fuck too
Officer_Hotpants · 5 points · Posted at 06:35:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"When they pass out, you know it's working." I mean yeah, you give them together, but not knowing WHY you give them together is a quick way to fuck it up in a pretty awful way.
Haxtin · 4 points · Posted at 08:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus, Im not one to say someone deserves to be bullied but I mean he certainly doesnt not deserve it lmao. The amount of dumbshits i ran into in my AEMT course is fucking astounding. You'd think at a certain point some of these dudes would think hey, I could potentially have someones life in my hands but i digress
Wardogs96 · 3 points · Posted at 10:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. Also like with all jobs there will always be idiots that some how managed to successfully finish the training or schooling. I am normally super chill when it comes to listening to doctors from urgent cares or clinical institutions calling for emergency transport, but my God. As a medic for a year and a basic for multiple you can quickly tell when the doctors a idiot.
SpudOfDoom · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In saying that... These are both examples of poor book-smarts.
Just_One_Umami · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you explain why aspirin and nitro(us oxide?) are bad when administered together?
DarlingLife · 2 points · Posted at 05:19:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nitro as in nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin is a vasodilator commonly given for heart attacks, while aspirin is an anti-platelet, which thins the blood. Thinner blood in a dilated vessel runs a risk of lowering blood pressure but this risk is small as aspirin and nitroglycerin are frequently given together for suspected heart attacks.
Just_One_Umami · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, that makes much more sense than nitrous oxide lol. I wouldn’t think that would be too common in an ambulance, anyway.
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 06:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Newly minted MD here. Although I'm no pharmacist I've used these drugs often. After rotations in the ED, internal medicine, and cardiology as well as looking at several pharmacology and medicine textbooks, I've never come across this and to my knowledge, there is no additional hypotensive (blood pressure lowering) effect of aspirin when administered together with nitroglycerin.
Aspirin inhibits platelet function, and while we colloquially call aspirin and other drugs "blood-thinning" the consistency of blood is not actually thinned; it just refers to the fact that instead of clotting to a gel it stays more or less liquid.
I think the original issue of why it was bad to teach that fact was because aspirin isn't really given for the headache that nitroglycerin causes (which is a known side effect), but rather it is given to interfere with the blood clot and future clotting process.
ParamedicSnooki · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what I’ve been taught (and seen) the nitro alone can drop the BP precipitously. I was taught to use it cautiously in someone with a BP hovering around 100 and to not use it in a right-sided MI. Is this no longer the case?
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 15:28:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, if patients are especially preload-dependent nitro can tank the blood pressure. Other situations would be if they were also taking sildenafil, etc. You are also correct about nitro being contraindicated in right sided MI!
ParamedicSnooki · 2 points · Posted at 15:42:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of these posts had me second guessing myself. Thank you!
asveas · 2 points · Posted at 17:57:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No worries! Haha, who knew that people would just post random things as fact on reddit?
Captain-Red-Beard · 31 points · Posted at 03:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prepare to be shocked and disappointed when you get into the field. You’ll run into a depressing amount of people who suck at their job, but manage to fly just barely under the radar and not get called on it.
FloobLord · 4 points · Posted at 13:30:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people can pass tests with flying colors and be completely useless on the ground, and vice versa.
OrigamiPhoenix · 4 points · Posted at 06:45:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was orientation for a private company. I bet that it was a nepotism hire and he fucked up so hard that he was too much of a liability to sweep under the rug.
ParamedicSnooki · 4 points · Posted at 14:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was actually a county service.
OrigamiPhoenix · 2 points · Posted at 16:15:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
For clarification, was this municipality-operated, or just something with "county" in its name?
ParamedicSnooki · 2 points · Posted at 16:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was “owned” by the county, so a county system. It wasn’t privately owned.
OrigamiPhoenix · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Er. You're not the OP u/BamboozledBigTIme, though, so how do you know >.>
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 04:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t get a license to be an Emt. Paramedics hold a license not Emts
KingBubzVI · 4 points · Posted at 05:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes you do. You have to be state licensed.
NOFEEZ · 4 points · Posted at 05:59:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely correct, most states follow the nationally certified // state licensed model for all EMS providers.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re wrong, it’s a state issued certification. It’s not a license. Paramedics hold a license, not emts, it’s just a cert. Literally a firefighter paramedic in California for the past 15 years.
KingBubzVI · 1 points · Posted at 17:29:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I’m not. You’re just splitting hairs. You need to be licensed to be an EMT, and you get certified through NREMT to attain that license. I’m literally studying for that at the moment, and finished a class through the National EMS Institute which helped prepare me for it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:37:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The state of California certifies emts, they don’t call it a license here. Whatever the call it in your state is whatever. Best of luck with your Emt bud
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 02:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not true. You have to take a class and pass a licensing test.
ParamedicSnooki · 31 points · Posted at 02:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s cool. Doesn’t mean you can operate on a truck. What the book says and what happens in real life are two COMPLETELY different beasts.
PuroPincheGains · -13 points · Posted at 04:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet your coworkers hate you lol
Iteiorddr · 7 points · Posted at 02:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Passing tests doesn't mean as much as it should because it is simply a test of memory.
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 03:00:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not for EMTs. They have a practical exam where they have to physically show what they'd do in various scenarios. Only half the exam is pen & paper.
Wardogs96 · 3 points · Posted at 10:18:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hate to break it to you but a lot of those physical tests can prove useless. There are multiple different traction devices that at times won't be covered in that tests and what ultimately matters is you know where and how to use the equipment provided to you by the service you work at. Just looking at auto-cpr devices I can think of 4 off the top of my head that I've used working at different places. Some people only know of the Lucas though.
ParamedicSnooki · 0 points · Posted at 15:01:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And for the skills portion, all that you have to do is memorize those checklists. There’s no checklist in the field, and the patients with multiple problems at once that fit several of those checklists don’t care that you memorized them.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 17:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
EMTs work with paramedics. EMTs aren't hired for their critical thinking. They have some need-to-knows: how to administer oxygen, how to set c-spine, how to do CPR, how to push a stretcher, how to stop a gushing wound, how to drive a speeding ambulance. The rest they follow directions for. Good EMTs learn more on the job (usually by following paramedics instructions), but that's beyond the exam.
The guy in the story was only asked to follow directions and administer oxygen and that is well within the scope of his EMT exam.
ParamedicSnooki · 0 points · Posted at 17:35:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ve heard of basic trucks, right? EMTs better damn well have some critical thinking. There’s not always going to be a medic to save their ass. And even if I’m working with a basic, they better be able to run a basic call without taking instructions from me.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 17:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't come out of EMT-basic training with those skills. It's just not what the exam is designed for. That takes experience. And they're not paid enough to think critically.
ParamedicSnooki · 0 points · Posted at 18:03:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither are medics for that matter. EMTs have skill set and need to be able to use them appropriately without instruction, just as an advanced or paramedic should.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think we think differently. In one of my last comments I was mentioning some of those skills sets EMT-Bs use independently, like oxygen administration, c-spine, and CPR.
My initial comment was to someone saying they hire any EMT with a pulse. I was saying that's not the case, they have a practical skills exam. That is, I believe, where you came in, to say the exam doesn't teach them anything. We've come back full circle now where you are saying what I was saying: there are basic skills they're expected to know (and that the exam tests for).
MOTHERLOVR · 5 points · Posted at 08:35:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So clearly you haven't taken the NREMT exams.
PuroPincheGains · 0 points · Posted at 04:57:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe the tests you've taken.
SatoshiUSA · 2 points · Posted at 05:42:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Username checks out?
MustardIsFood · 2 points · Posted at 09:38:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not true. The nremt requires physical and written exams
zyanakak · 2 points · Posted at 11:13:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe it. I'm not sure if it's the same in every state but at least in some states it is possible to practice as an EMT without haven taken the NREMT, all you need is that initial certification.
So it definitely is possible that there are people out there doing EMT work who just floated through an easy pass course. Scary.
ParamedicSnooki · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem will the skills test is, all you have to do is memorize those checklists. The patients you encounter in real life don’t work like a checklist.
zyanakak · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This amazes me. When I did my EMT training it was intense and the instructors were tough and did not hold any punches. I had multiple classmates who failed out throughout our training as well as many who managed to pass all the written tests but couldn't make it through the practicals. They definitely held us to a high standard and it made me even more motivated to work hard and prove myself.
Really disturbing to hear that some places don't take this as seriously, it's literally putting people's lives on the line.
ParamedicSnooki · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My paramedic school was a joke. I was fortunate enough that I had already been on a truck for years. There were people in my class that hadn’t passed the basic test. I was a working intermediate (advanced now), and all the medics I worked with them and through school made sure I knew most of the paramedic part by the time I started medic school. There was a girl in my class that failed every test, every practical, and managed to eke out a passing score on the state test her last chance. She’s a crew chief somewhere now.
SpecificHat · 2 points · Posted at 12:31:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously? In Australia a degree in Paramedicine is required.
i-like-mr-skippy · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:16 on July 15, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm late to this, but the necessary training for an EMT in America varies wildly depending on the level of EMT they are.
EMT-Basic: 120 hour course in advanced first aid. Basic assessments and interventions (can splint broken bones, do CPR, manage head injuries, etc)
AEMT: an additional semester of schooling. More advanced assessments, IV access, more invasive airway management, can give limited medications (Albuterol, D50, epinephrine, etc)
EMT-Paramedic: another year of schooling, plus hundreds of clinical hours. Nursing level prehospital care. Lots of meds, intubation, advanced assessments.
The difference between a Paramedic and an EMT basic is honestly staggering. Some places only accept AEMTs for this reason.
ParamedicSnooki · 0 points · Posted at 14:49:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem in America is we don’t fit in. Healthcare doesn’t want us, and the emergency world could care less. There’s currently no incentive to make it a degree because the pay is so low and having a degree doesn’t change the pay. A person wouldn’t make enough to take on student loans for a degree.
SpecificHat · 1 points · Posted at 20:31:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does a paramedic in the US typically earn? Graduate salary in Queensland (where I live) is $63,466, however that can increase with shift allowances, weekend work, overtime and public holiday rates. Senior paramedics start at $88k and team leaders have a base rate of over $97k.
I'm guessing US paramedics earn a lot less?
ParamedicSnooki · 1 points · Posted at 20:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anywhere from $13-16/hour base? Obviously there are areas where they make more or less. I haven’t looked up the average in a while.
ParamedicSnooki · 1 points · Posted at 20:46:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m seeing averages ranging from $34,000-47,000/year.
nmotsch789 · 37 points · Posted at 03:04:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
EMT =/= paramedic
There's a certain level of training, but it doesn't necessarily require schooling. And there are various levels of EMT, as well, some requiring far more training than others.
JcpuddlesF3 · 22 points · Posted at 03:51:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
EMTs are required to pass the NREMT exam after passing their certified college's/career center's written and practical final exam. There is some schooling involved for every level. The issue with this specific EMT is a lack of training, not schooling.
For those curious, EMT levels are basic, advanced/intermediate, and paramedic.
nmotsch789 · 5 points · Posted at 03:59:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that something that needs to be done through a college or career center, though? (Unless you're counting something like a fire department or a volunteer ambulance corps as "career centers", in which case, never mind)
And I was under the impression that being a basic EMT (and perhaps also intermediate and advanced?) doesn't require regular college courses, which is what I meant by "schooling" (although perhaps I should have worded it differently). Is that not correct?
SteerJock · 5 points · Posted at 04:21:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I took an EMT class through my local ambulance company, it was 250 hours in a classroom and then you spent 48 hour on an ambulance and in a hospital. It’s really an easy job to get into. You do have to take a national license exam too
Wardogs96 · 2 points · Posted at 10:23:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It takes one semester or less typically and to put things into perspective. Can you think of a college course you took passed and retained absolutely nothing because you weren't instrested or the actual class was managed so poorly? That's one of the issues the other is the kid is a airhead. He should of spoken up and asked the senior partner what to do not stay silent the entire ride.
MaxWannequin · 13 points · Posted at 04:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would be surprised how much a shitty doctor can get away with before their license is taken away. It seems like once you're accepted into medical school, you're invincible.
Twist3dsoul22 · 27 points · Posted at 03:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, this is really bizarre, my partner is studying to become an EMT and in Australia, it's a 3-year high intensive training degree with a HUGE drop off rate because of difficulty and the high grades you must obtain to continue semesters.
InadmissibleHug · 21 points · Posted at 04:39:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not EMT here in Aus, though. It’s a degree in paramedicine. Two very different beasts.
Wardogs96 · 4 points · Posted at 10:26:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've also heard global paramedics, literally medics from other countries take a few years of classes to become licensed compared to the 9 month program here in the states and the resulting difference in knowledge and pay is very evident to the point that US paramedic license holds no merit to be considered paramedic overseas.
Texangonenorth · 2 points · Posted at 11:18:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Programs are three full semesters for paramedic (where I live). Critical care courses are like two weeks.
Twist3dsoul22 · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, but the US' only comparison is an EMT, they're both the responding mobile medics in crisis, I guess I just find it incredibly strange that Australia and a large portion of the world's countries take the training of their basic emergency care responders far more seriously.
DominionGhost · 11 points · Posted at 03:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Props to your partner. Difficult to get into, difficult to do and will likely be emotionally draining the entire time, but they might literally save lives every day. Everyone in the medical profession do not get enough respect at all.
moffitt_15 · 6 points · Posted at 04:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to Private EMS across the USA, as long as you're breathing and passed a 3 month long class then you're allowed to be responsible for people's lives. Some companies are better than others but most are terrible and I wouldn't trust most of them if I had to call 911 myself.
mh985 · 4 points · Posted at 04:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The qualifications and training to be an EMT are minimal in a lot of places. A few of my friends were EMTs in college and these guys were lunatics. I wouldn't want them anywhere near me if my life was in danger.
A paramedic on the other hand actually requires a significant amount of training and examination.
Swall3273 · 5 points · Posted at 04:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The saying we have, especially with EMTs in private companies, is "a card and a pulse". I'm an EMT and I've worked with great EMTs and God awful ones. Its bad the great vastly out number the god awful ones but you remember the God awful ones.
H010CR0N · 5 points · Posted at 05:04:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nepotism?
Officer_Hotpants · 5 points · Posted at 06:35:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found EMT school to be a breeze. Medic school is another story, but if you can memorize a few lists you're good to go. I got lucky in that my instructors went heavy in the anatomy and physiology end, and made sure we were pretty damn good at laying out a field diagnosis. I got into the medical field with some solid knowledge.
But I also recognize that not everyone gets instruction that is nearly as detailed.
TheHancock · 3 points · Posted at 03:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His parents did that for him.
NoncreativeScrub · 3 points · Posted at 06:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not as difficult as you think it is, or as it should be. It's absolutely a minimum wage entry level job.
bring_back_pangea · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's very entry level.
Narcan_Shakes · 3 points · Posted at 07:21:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not in the US.
I love my BLS brethren to death but to call what they do in class schooling is being generous.
Their job isn’t the easiest to say the least but it doesn’t require much to get through the class which is why people like the individual mentioned above was able to get that close to killing someone......as an EMT.
Crolto · 2 points · Posted at 08:35:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's BLS? (serious question, sorry if it's a stupid one)
Narcan_Shakes · 7 points · Posted at 08:53:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend, no question is stupid if you’re trying to learn something. I hope I provide enough info without being A). Condescending or B ). Vague.
I’m an EMS provider in the US so this info may change based upon your country of origin or if you’re in the US it can vary by state.
In the US, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers usually come in one of two flavors.
There’s Basic Life Support providers (BLS) who are typically emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and are trained in basic CPR, first aid, some hazardous materials training, patient assessment, and other basic level medical procedures (vital signs assessment, some medication administration). Their program varies from state to state but usually lasts about 6 months.
Then there’s Advanced Life Support providers (ALS) who are typically paramedics who are also trained at the BLS level and then are trained in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and go to school for longer (about a year if not more) to learn more about pharmacology, pathophysiology, and cardiology. They also have an increased amount of required rotation time (this is time spent either in a hospital or an ambulance learning from other paramedics, nurses, doctors, and other allied health staff).
Once trained, these folks can interpret EKG’s, perform rather invasive medical procedures, provide higher order medication administration, mechanical ventilator management, and provide other aspects of advanced medical care (Point of Care Ultrasound, Community Paramedicine, Critical Care transport).
Due to the extremely fractured nature of EMS in the US, every town, city, county, and/or state has different rules, regulations, and protocols for their EMS provider. Some area put two EMT’s in a firehouse or EMS station and they will be the first ones to come to your house should you call 911. Other areas have two paramedics sitting on a street corner in an ambulance waiting for a call and they might be the ones to show up.
Sorry for the word vomit but I’ve been in this business for some time and I like talking about it to anyone and everyone who’s got a question.
Have a good one!
Crolto · 5 points · Posted at 09:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow! Thank you for such an excellent explanation! It's always fascinating to learn new things from experienced people no matter the subject. I'm not from the US so thank you for providing some insight into the US health care system.
Take care!
Narcan_Shakes · 2 points · Posted at 09:02:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re very welcome. Thanks for asking.
Have a good one!
dispense05 · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Much less than you probably think
JustToddIGuess · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, it's the most standard thing we learn in class
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:19:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If its school, you can cheat. Maybe he barely scaped by in practical stuff and aced the writen knowledge by cheating
Ryzel0o0o · 2 points · Posted at 09:28:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shhh, don’t let them hear you, or they may get paid more than an entry level job.
Wardogs96 · 2 points · Posted at 10:05:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The schooling can be kinda a joke at times. Plus a lot of the time fresh blood isn't really shown how certain equipment is used or where it is and it's expected you ask questions on the job so others show it to you. This kid just sounded lazy and too stupid to realize that you need to communicate when you fuck up or don't know how to do stuff to your partner.
Adekvatish · 1 points · Posted at 17:57:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not EMT but I work in homecare and first day working in a new group I saw a newly examinated assistant nurse (2 years education) give medication without gloves. This was during the current covid-19 crisis in Sweden (many cases). EMT should be much harder to get in than assistant nurse, but life always finds a way.
RunnerMomLady · 1 points · Posted at 18:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
RIGHT? Isn't there a test or something?
red_killer_jac · 0 points · Posted at 08:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think u just have to take like a week or two week long course then past the test to get certified. A paramedic is a whole different ball park college for at least 2 years.
DBCOOPER888 · 61 points · Posted at 01:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you report him to someone at least to help hasten his departure?
SpiritualCoconut_8 · 88 points · Posted at 01:32:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you only lost your patience and not your patient!
LostInSpinach · 22 points · Posted at 04:39:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I never saw him again" but you still reported him right? Right? Dont you dare say no.
bros402 · 16 points · Posted at 03:42:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope you reported him.
CatastropheWife · 10 points · Posted at 01:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d be nervous about the FTO that cleared this guy, yeesh
MechBliss · 8 points · Posted at 05:17:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me you reported this guy somehow. That sounds way too serious to just blow it off as "at least he's not on my shift anymore".
Jtex44 · 8 points · Posted at 04:39:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you report him though?!
losark · 7 points · Posted at 05:05:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you report him?
RubberFroggie · 8 points · Posted at 05:27:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why didn't you report him?? As a CNA, at 18, I reported another CNA (this was not her first issue) to the DON for not checking in on a immobile, non verbal, resident for 6 hours because the lady sat in her own piss and infected her bed sore. The other CNA was fired, people like that shouldn't continue to work in environments where others lives are at stake.
chewyyy1987 · 5 points · Posted at 06:29:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
U have failed society and Reddit by not reporting him and getting him fired.
Guerr0 · 4 points · Posted at 08:05:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you file a report?
dianagama · 4 points · Posted at 01:36:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
least you didnt lose a patient.
Agisek · 3 points · Posted at 12:38:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait what?
You've never seen him again and that's it? If my coworker screwed up a setting on laser etching machine, I'd tell him how to do it right and next time I'd be talking to my boss about him.
But this guy ALMOST KILLED A PATIENT and your response is "oh well I guess somebody else will complain about him"? You're kidding, right?
That's the kind of moment where you're storming the manager's office and demanding that person is fired immediately.
seashelltattoo · 4 points · Posted at 04:01:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you did not report him, you definitely were negligent in other people safety.
ItalianDragon · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly anyone would have lost his/her cool with a guy like that. Hell I'm s translator and I'm sure that if I were to ask him to bring me a dictionary he'd bring me Pictionary instead....
Mikey_Hawke · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know people coast through some jobs, but EMT absolutely shouldn’t be one of them.
danceyreagan · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it was just one shift, but please tell me you reported him.
ThatHairyGingerGuy · 2 points · Posted at 09:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please say you reported him for the above...
DolorDomi · 2 points · Posted at 09:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you report him?
ironocy · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad you just lost your patience and not patients. That kid hopefully was fired.
detective_bookman · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You might be the only partner he didn't lose his patients with
shawnaj89 · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You almost lost both your patience AND your patients.
wannabezen2 · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And almost lost your patient with.
DirtyMikeGina · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lost your patient(s) with*
DBoaty · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better to lose your patience than lose your patients I always say
whatthefooook · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A bit longer, and you'd have lost your patient too
Tabuhli · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
knowncoffeespoons · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well I hope you never lose your patience again - it’s your job to bring them to the hospital!
pickles_in_a_nickle · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And the only one you almost lost hour “patient” with.. egh??
PeaceHoesAnCamelToes · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a good thing you didn't lose patients with him, too, I hope.
BohrWasTheBrainlet · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he lost his patients too.
Edit: Nvm I’m not original.
Smidvard_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lost your patience, but luckily not your patient.
II_Confused · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see what you did there
theREDchannel · 1 points · Posted at 06:04:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's the only partner I've ever had that I lost my patients with.
aLameGuyandhisCat · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy was actually a mass cat burgler.
Mentos13371 · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only losing your patience with the guy seems rather mild tbh. I would've honestly lost my shit and yelled at the guy. Though i guess that wouldn't be a very good idea to do in front of the patient and their family.
flamingoarmy · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That made me furious. Especially cuz he’s so fucking smug about it
TheSufferingBooth · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a pretty justifiable reason to lose one's patience. We forgive you!
Just do us a favour and keep losing your patience on EMTs like that, will ya?
dayfullofmoments · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t figure out how you trusted someone who didn’t even know how to take a blood pressure with CHANGING THE OXYGEN TANK of a woman who needs it to breathe and nit even think you check his work? Like I’m gobsmacked and flabbergasted.
Boxfullabatz · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And almost lost a patient as well.....
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notpotatoes · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better than losing your patients.
King-Treedede · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bruh I thought you said patient there for a sec
sautepotato · 1 points · Posted at 09:13:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Patients*
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive been totally inept and worked with the totally inept at a job before. If they are important skills for dangerous scenarios like that, then someone did a breif knowledge test after the first report and sent him to be retrained which he probably failed if he didnt come back.
I havent worked with emts, but in trades with dangerous shit like electricity. For example when an "electrician" was hired to help me do hvac (which was weird to begin with) he had shocked himself in the first 10 minutes and didnt know the breaker could shut all the power off at once and was flipping every switch all the way down. I told my boss who tested him the next morning and fired him (because it wasnt an entry level position, he was supposed to be experienced)
I imagine they aould keep it quiet if he passed training without learning any skills.
DaDirewolf · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think well there might be patients as well not just patience that's been lost
looshi99 · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes but at least you didn't lose any patients with him.
Melonski-Chan · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better loose your patience with them than loosing your patient because of them.
CourageousKratos · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a partner once, lost my patients with him. Still don't know where they went, to this day.
TrenchcoatDucks · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you also almost lost your patients too.....
Too soon.?
Torp1d · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you don’t lose a patient often? That’s good.
Thompithompa · 1 points · Posted at 11:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That almost was 'partner that I lost my patients with'
BTRunner · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I missed read that and got very angry for a moment....
FarseedTheRed · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad you didn't lose your patients with him.
willhp02 · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy probably faked his way on that job for a day
Shazey89 · 1 points · Posted at 14:05:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody can blame you for losing your patience with him. I’d go absolutely apesh*t. Especially his such carefree attitude about it all too. Idk how the f he even got to the stage of being able to work at that level or even sort of qualify for the job.
NotMrRogers · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good thing you only lost your patience and not any of your patients
riptaway · 1 points · Posted at 14:59:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He almost killed a patient you were responsible and you didn't even try and report it and follow up on him?
StayTheHand · 1 points · Posted at 18:43:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just the one patience?
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:06 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily for him, you never lost your patients with him.
BorGGeZ · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
at least u didnt lose a patient, just your patience
-LAWpug- · 0 points · Posted at 02:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Patience or patient? Please say the later.
Repelwest · 0 points · Posted at 02:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well at least you didn't lose your patients.
BoilingHotCumshot · 0 points · Posted at 02:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better to lose patience than a patient, eh?
cakatoo · 0 points · Posted at 04:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you actually report this guy, because it sound ma like you did nothing.
Jesus_Was_A_Fungi · 0 points · Posted at 05:22:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Almost lost your patient with, too.
jaysan0330 · 0 points · Posted at 05:35:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good thing you didn’t lose your patients.
nrlfan1888 · 0 points · Posted at 05:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily you only lost your patience with him and didn't lose your patients with him
SeretoninDeficiency · 0 points · Posted at 06:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you almost lost a patient with him too
NighthawkUnicorn · 0 points · Posted at 06:14:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad you only lost your patience and didn't lose your patients with him.
PresentlyFan · 0 points · Posted at 06:41:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And almost a patient too..
marvis84 · 0 points · Posted at 06:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read patient instead of patience. 30 seconds of sadness.
Sageous · 0 points · Posted at 07:08:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could also have lost your patients, too.
Petrichorest · 0 points · Posted at 07:09:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And, almost lost your patient with.
DontYouHaveAnEssay · 0 points · Posted at 07:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better to lose your patience than lose your patients
PickleRicktaculer · 0 points · Posted at 07:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least it was just your patience and not your patient
BenedictD0nald · 0 points · Posted at 07:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least it was only that patience and not the others.
rude_spinach · 0 points · Posted at 08:04:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, you almost lost your patient, alright.
4na1 · 0 points · Posted at 20:41:13 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as you didnt lose your patients
drmcnast · 15 points · Posted at 05:12:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are plenty of examples like this from nurses that I see in the hospital on a near daily basis.
You try to teach them and they get offended and defensive and never learn. It's maddening.
IGrowMarijuanaNow · 8 points · Posted at 06:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With the amount of EMTs I’ve seen sedating people that have already been choked out by cops recently, I wouldn’t doubt he’s been promoted to head big bossman EMT. Shitweasles always find a way to sneak by.
Narcan_Shakes · 2 points · Posted at 07:32:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you only knew the kind of mouth breathing degens that can come knocking when you call 911 with a medical emergency.
(Yours truly is one of those said degens)
theatxrunner · 2 points · Posted at 12:13:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During EMTB class my classmate confided in me that he couldn’t check pulses. I’m a little surprised since checking a pulse is possibly the easiest skill required, but we’re all learning here so I offer to help without judgement. I tell him to take my pulse and I’ll help with his technique. He takes my wrist and presses correctly with his fingers. He confirms he can feel my pulse clearly. He then just stares at his watch for over a minute. I finally ask what he’s doing and he explains he can’t count the heart beats AND the seconds at the same time... dum dum didn’t know to watch the second hand travel half way around the watch face for 30sec or all the way around for a minute, and was trying to count each second. This guy was married, had kids, and had been a volunteer firefighter for awhile.
jnb1092 · 2 points · Posted at 08:47:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a paramedic, I can say most emts don’t have the understanding they should, particularly in private ambulance. Some are really good but most are awful. The good ones never stay though because they either go on to paramedic or something much more like PA or med school and just need the experience and patient contact hours. Some of the things I’ve seen people do in the field is pretty horrifying. Patch and a pulse is a real thing.
rauchpotato · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah you can just die to an inexperienced person, no problem.
TomatoFettuccini · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. He's a police officer now.
Korlat_Eleint · 3661 points · Posted at 23:38:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me he got fired before he killed someone by his stupidity.
AdamAllenthePerson · 1106 points · Posted at 03:19:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bro I would’ve worked to get that guy fire. He’s going to kill someone.
Capable_Examination · 44 points · Posted at 09:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know how police have the thin blue line bullshit that protects the bad apples? Nurses have it too.
My sister is a nurse and has thirty five stories about people like this. Thirty-three of them are still working as nurses.
The most recent less than two weeks ago involved a nurse who wanted to be more ”efficient” so she sped up the delivery rate of chemotherapy drugs through a drip and sent a patient into toxic shock. The woman isn't expected to survive and she hasn't even been written up.
It's just like ”whoops, well that’s how we learn.” ”Better not embaress the hospital.”
[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 10:30:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I guess this explains the horrible reputation my local hospital has.
Surgeons here have killed two of my grandfathers from botched colectomy surgeries. A third nearly died from a serious infection and only improved when we got him into a different hospital (a year later, he went back into the shitty local hospital and died there). A fourth died there when they failed to treat his pneumonia (my dad says they killed him too, but I have no evidence of that).
(Yes, I had four grandfathers -- one grandma remarried multiple times.)
I've heard of multiple people here who have died from routine colonoscopies.
And here's the kicker.
Few weeks ago, I was looking at my state's Department of Public Health website, specifically their COVID-19 statistics. I got curious about the ratio of hospitalizations to deaths. For nearly every county in the state, about 20-30% of those who were hospitalized ended up dying.
My county? 80% death rate.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:31:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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petulent_sweatpotato · 2 points · Posted at 13:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
no it doesn’t work, it seems
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:50 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
«sped up the delivery rate of chemotherapy drugs»
I’m definitely not an expert, but isn’t there a very good reason that the dose is what it is? Also, this is a cancer patient being treated with stuff that could be used to kill people. Is none of this sufficiently explained in nursing school?
Capable_Examination · 3 points · Posted at 12:55:02 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, the rate of delivery is prescribed by the treateding doctor along with the dosage and type of drugs. It's common sense that none of those things can be changed, and nurses are expected to know this with the same level of competency that they aren't allowed to perform unauthorised surgeries on patients to see if it helps.
Some people are just dangerous idiots, and sometime these people become nurses. None of that is surprising, there is no way to avoid it. What is shocking is how badly the system of oversights and controls to weed them out works, and how willing all nurses are to betray the safety of their patients by keeping their silence about their reckless and incompetent peers.
Peacetoall01 · 6 points · Posted at 05:05:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess he already kill someone Hence the firing
problematicfox · 1260 points · Posted at 00:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the heck did he get the job in the first place???
bethegor · 1284 points · Posted at 02:29:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not OP, but I once completed EMT training in a super relaxed class followed by 24 hr of ride time with EMTs who were uninterested in letting me practice. I remember thinking, damn, I bet some total idiots make it through this and actually get jobs.
audiojunkie05 · 42 points · Posted at 04:50:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't it kinda of their fault a little for not letting you practice? They should have been guiding you through the learning process. What if the guy in the ops story wasn't taught well enough or allowed to practice and learn from the mistakes he will make as people usually do just starting out doing anything?
marruman · 20 points · Posted at 08:41:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean if the pool of EMTs is limited or if the time they spend riding is hectic, the EMTs might not be especially motivated in letting the newbie practice skills since they're going to be slower and more likely to fuck up than the trained EMT. If you've got someone dying in the truck your first priority is probably not going to be fostering a good learning environment
dunk_omatic · 5 points · Posted at 12:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the end of the day we're each responsible for what we learn. Especially for a job with life-or-death consequences, I think the framing should be more "Why wasn't this guy doing everything he could to understand his responsibilities better" and less "Why was this guy not coddled more effectively." If this dude in the story was not being taught, it was his responsibility to demand that he be taught so he doesn't get someone killed.
bananafishu · 7 points · Posted at 15:03:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, there's nothing wrong with a system that would let a dangerously uninformed guy like this get into a position of power over people at their most vulnerable. He should have known what he didn't know! /s
dunk_omatic · 6 points · Posted at 15:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not usually a "Personal Responsibility" type of guy. But if someone is going to willfully pursue a career in a field where they hold a person's life in their hands, they better be ready for a whole lot of personal responsibility. Regardless of the system's failures, saying "Nobody ever told me how to do this" doesn't cut it if it kills someone. You've gotta seek that shit out if you want to be in that kind of field.
CorgiDad · 4 points · Posted at 15:10:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is no infallible system that ensures zero bad apples can fall through the cracks. As such, one HAS to place some of the responsibility upon the individual going through the system. 100% blame/reliance on the system to act perfectly is nonsensical.
bananafishu · 1 points · Posted at 15:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty disingenuous to claim that wanting to make a system check for its failures means giving people no responsibility. If a system is letting through bad apples, the system can be improved. Your complacency helps no-one.
CorgiDad · 1 points · Posted at 16:03:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're misreading my words. Improving any system is a noble goal, and I did not accuse you personally of placing 100% blame on the system. My point is merely that no system can be pushed all the way to perfection. At some point, personal responsibility has to come into play.
Dudes like the incompetent EMT will find their way through any system, no matter the design. It's not being complacent in the slightest to desire the focus of the "what can be done" conversation to narrow in on the individual rather than the system he slipped through the cracks of.
bananafishu · 2 points · Posted at 09:50:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Focusing the conversation on the individual is completely unhelpful and solves no problems. I’m really struggling to understand your take: that we shouldn’t expect checks in the systems that educate our medical staff to be capable of weeding out people who can’t do the job? That incompetents should know they’re incompetent? The world doesn’t work that way.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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dunk_omatic · 0 points · Posted at 19:48:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true in a very broad sense. But we're talking specifically about an EMT who did not know how to operate their equipment or check to make sure an emergency patient was still breathing.
It's like a bus driver revealing a week into their job: "Oh, I'm supposed to know how to drive this thing?" There's plenty of fault to go around, but I'm going to start with the guy who didn't think he needed to know how to operate his equipment
FlyByPC · 2 points · Posted at 21:27:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would think that if your patient is struggling to breathe and you don't know how to help, you'd ask the guy teaching you.
I don't know how medical oxygen works, but if it wasn't idiotproof-obvious, I'd suggest the guy either show me how to do it, or stay with the patient while I drove. It's basically a big Prius, right?
Lack of training is one thing, but this is lack of common sense.
bertagee · 38 points · Posted at 05:22:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a paramedic and was once an EMT. They will test you on all of your practical skills before they even offer you a job. They have to make sure you’re competent. At least everywhere I have worked.
Rynewulf · 26 points · Posted at 05:29:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The red flag for me is care home. They're not exactly known for much that is good
Narcan_Shakes · 5 points · Posted at 07:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Meh not everywhere.
I work for a pretty reputable department and they shortened their Indoc course from six weeks to two weeks with a huge online component and this was before COVID was a thing. Yeah you have to do ride alongs with FTOs but people still fall through the cracks.
Edit-fixed a typo
Haxtin · 3 points · Posted at 08:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, to even get to start doing aemt duties i had to do a whole laundry list of tests for things they'd tested me on when I was hired just as an emt-b. Just sounds like a shitty company tbh. There's a lot of IFT places like however or so I've learned. Bad mix of not enough of us to do the job and other people just hitting burnout
bertagee · 1 points · Posted at 14:52:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Burnout is a very real thing in this field.
moubliepas · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... What country is this? In England you need a degree to be giving medical care, in an ambulance or in a hospital
lemineftali · 14 points · Posted at 05:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What?! Where I grew up in the 90’s EMT training was a 6 month program. You had to at least commit to a semester and learn some basics before they let you tag along and play with human lives.
SatoshiUSA · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
STONKS
NoMomo · 14 points · Posted at 07:05:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not trying to criticize or anything, but in my country being and EMT needs a 4 year uni degree. Third of that is practice.
searchforstix · 5 points · Posted at 08:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Australia? So many don’t make it and go into nursing in order to try at it again.
Danger_Dancer · 8 points · Posted at 08:53:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoa holy shit really? In the US being an EMT is a much easier job to get than nursing
searchforstix · 2 points · Posted at 23:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like the other commenter said, I’m fairly sure we don’t actually have emt’s just paramedics. 3 years of university and 1 practical year, which is about the same as nursing (but nursing also has practical placements every semester). I guess why have an emt and paramedic when you can have 2 paramedics?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:17:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the word for EMT there is a paramedic here.
MatttheBruinsfan · 3 points · Posted at 08:45:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend is a paramedic and apparently there are some EMTs around who should be riding in a different kind of bus—the short variety.
bertagee · 2 points · Posted at 14:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can confirm this lol. As a medic I just try to teach them the best that I can so that they can improve their skills.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:37 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why the short bus?
PapaBless902 · 2 points · Posted at 19:42:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So like most things in America, there is very little training and oversight.
raevnos · 29 points · Posted at 02:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
EMT card and a pulse.
Anokant · 21 points · Posted at 02:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how you get the job, but it's on the service to teach them how to operate their equipment. Sounds the preceptors didn't really give a shit and just passed the kid on.
problematicfox · 2 points · Posted at 11:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's even more terrifying...
Urgash54 · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
might depends on the school, for instance my girlfriend went at a school where, if you failed your exams you had to take make up exams (dont know the us equivalent). In her school those make up exam where q guaranteed pass. As long as you showed, you'd be given the minimum to pass the class, at the very least.
Completely devalues the diploma.
Snoo38972 · -2 points · Posted at 13:54:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Diversity hire?
MinimumBuffalo4 · -4 points · Posted at 10:21:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Diversity?
TitanicMan · 88 points · Posted at 01:31:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm no doctor but...don't you just...turn a knob?
BamboozledBigTIme · 45 points · Posted at 02:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, yes you do!
pennydogsmum · 7 points · Posted at 06:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It depends on the cylinder, some just have one. It's two knobs where I work now, one to open the cylinder and one to set the litres per minute of oxygen.
That doesn't excuse him leaving a struggling lady without oxygen though, its terrifying that he either didn't realise or didn't care as it would have been obvious her condition was worsening.
stella_fantasia · 7 points · Posted at 07:22:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has anyone considered the possibility that he was simply a psychopath?
pennydogsmum · 4 points · Posted at 08:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hadn't... but there has to be something very wrong if you are watching your patient suffer without taking any action to alleviate it.
remicx · 3 points · Posted at 08:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I highly doubt he would've been pathologically antisocial- just stupid, wilfully ignorant and entitled, which unfortunately for us is much much more common!
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:15 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think maybe the OP’s patient would be better off with me(an untrained 15-year-old) in Mr. Clueless’ place. At least I would ask where the oxygen tank is and how to turn it on, then mess around until it seems to be working. It would still be a terrible idea, but...
cptjeff · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Righty tighty lefty loosey.
hpnut326 · 47 points · Posted at 01:30:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t you need to be able to pass some kind of test before you can be on call like this? How was he allowed in the field?
nightwing2000 · 17 points · Posted at 02:43:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew some kid (son of a friend) who could not read. He was a whiz in the volunteer First Aid group because he was friends with the leader and his wife, and they would coach him through the written tests - read him the questions, cue him to the answers, then write them down for him. He wanted to fly helicopters (YIKES!) and be a paramedic. I can't imagine he got very far.
iamonlyoneman · 8 points · Posted at 03:05:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now I want to test a guy I know. He couldn't get past his fear of flying so he couldn't finish all his solo hours in the helicopter training, and he's on to paramedic training. I'm pretty sure he can read. I mean, how often do you test someone whether they can read? Does your guy have blonde hair and a red-headed sister?
nightwing2000 · 3 points · Posted at 12:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This would have been 15 years ago, and I think she's blonde too. And in Canada.
iamonlyoneman · 2 points · Posted at 13:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh okay LOL definitely not the same guy, thanks
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:41 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
He couldn’t READ and he was a paramedic? I wish you were making this up.
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 17:26:36 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Usually people who can fake it when they can't read are somewhat smart. He wasn't. The problem was compounded because when he was learning to read whole word was all the rage.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 17:41:09 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s whole word?
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:49 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
A really stupid way of teaching reading that was popular (and I hope died out) decades ago. Instead of teaching kids how to sound out a word syllable by syllable, show the whole word and teach them to recognize it. I remember this kid's dad told him "if you want to know what anthropology is, look it up in the dictionary". The kid managed to find it, and found it was the "study of the organs of human kind." Why? Because he couldn't tell the difference between "organs' and "origins", they looked similar.
unrulycokebottle · 23 points · Posted at 01:25:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hope he got fired for everyones sake
Pulchritudinous_rex · 18 points · Posted at 02:55:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of these replies made me realize ya’ll have no idea how fucking stupid some people in the medical community are. It’s a job like anything else. There are a lot of smart, professional, capable people...and there are an unsettling number of complete fucking morons. Engage in your (or your family’s) treatment, ask questions, and be an outspoken advocate for your care.
BamboozledBigTIme · 9 points · Posted at 03:07:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree wholeheartedly. The patients treated the worst are the one's without families active in their lives.
luv2shart · 11 points · Posted at 02:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a partner like this, also private company, but I was very vocal about him and asked several times to not be partnered with him if they weren’t going to do anything about it. One day walked in for a shift and sure enough, he was my partner. Walked out, because by this time I was seriously afraid of getting in trouble and losing my cert. Ended up getting fired for it. Best thing that ever happened to me.
meow-meoww · 60 points · Posted at 00:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Bro the amount of nurses I worked with that didn’t know how to check vitals was way too much. They’re either stupid as fuck or lazy as fuck and pretend not to know how to do shit so they don’t have to do it.
But this dude was just dumb
IWantALargeFarva · 12 points · Posted at 05:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nursing home nurses are the worst. I was a 911 dispatcher, but I was also an EMT. Took a 911 call from a nursing home. The nurse detailed all the symptoms and it was obvious that the patient was having a stroke. I told her to put the patient on oxygen and I'd send an ambulance. She said, "oh no, they're breathing fine. They don't need oxygen." I told her to humor me and just get the O2 anyway.
stirwise · 4 points · Posted at 05:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a physician doing a research rotation who didn’t understand ratios. When she was having a hard time with making buffers from concentrate I suggested the dilution factor could be thought of like dosage, I.e. mgs per kg, she said “oh I just have the nurses do that.”
DanciaKS · 4 points · Posted at 01:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bruh. I’m not a nurse and I know how to check vitals. I literally make a record of HR, RR, and BP (assuming I have a sphygmomanometer around) when someone around me is dizzy and needs to sit down.
FortunateSonofLibrty · 21 points · Posted at 03:15:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just call it a blood pressure cuff (or even better, a BP cuff) like the rest of the healthcare world.
orngckn42 · 7 points · Posted at 04:47:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But sphygmomanometer is more fun
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one has ever used those terms with me but okay 🙄 Also bold of you to assume English is my first or only language.
FortunateSonofLibrty · 0 points · Posted at 15:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hOw dO yOu KnOw EnGliSh iS mY fIrSt oR oNlY LaNgUaGe
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 15:16:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t read a children’s story in German but I can read their textbooks. Technical terms are more likely to be the same or similar across languages. But I don’t know why I even bother with morons.
FortunateSonofLibrty · 0 points · Posted at 15:34:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
👌🏻
adriskoah · 0 points · Posted at 06:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But he needs to feel really smart
yettiman7500 · -1 points · Posted at 09:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a cringe human being
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yet I’ve probably saved more lives than you.
Princess_Honey_Bunny · 9 points · Posted at 02:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar incident. My partner had called out and they threw me on a truck with a rando, I gave the bus a once over but didn't check the bags(that have the O2) because they were giving us a call. Pt in respiratory distress not doing great, her o2 sat was in the trash I tell my partner to get me a nonrebreather mask and put it all the way up he says "yeah okay I'm just gonna run down the the ambulance". ????!!! The bus was 5stories and a maze of hallways away I asked "why she needs o2" he said the tank was empty. Mind you this is our first call, it should've been full. Fuck it forget it well just get her down to the truck and put her on there. We do and I tell him to change the tank and make our way over to the closest hospital because she's in bad shape.
When we arrive and I open the doors and the tank isn't changed. He wants to go in without o2, I say hell no cause that just looks bad for starters. He then says "hold on" and starts changing the tank taking a good 3min to do so when he had plenty of time during the ride, patient still breathing badly the whole time.
We drop her off(to the waiting drs) and we get back to the bus and despite my annoyance, I politely explained that it's incredibly important to leave base fully stocked and to always check the o2. This exchange follows
"oh I did check it"
So why was it empty?
"Well there was enough for someone on a nasal cannula"
How did you know that would be our first call, and not perhaps the one we just had?
"...."
Yeah just check your tanks man.
ParamedicSnooki · 10 points · Posted at 01:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude! I have a similar story from a nursing home.
BamboozledBigTIme · 9 points · Posted at 02:26:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd love to hear it!
ParamedicSnooki · 40 points · Posted at 02:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They call us for a patient with low O2 “stats.” Get there and the patient is on a nonrebreather mask at 0 liter per minute. “His ‘stats’ keep dropping so we gave him some oxygen but it’s not coming up.” Rolled my eyes, took the mask off. The patient took a couple of deep breaths and said he feels SO much better now. The LPN screamed at me, asking what I was doing, he needs oxygen. I said, “maybe you should’ve have actually turned it on because you were suffocating him.” Got a complaint. Zero given.
Edit:spelling. As usual.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:43 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he even need oxygen or was the issue something else entirely?
ParamedicSnooki · 3 points · Posted at 02:28:02 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. He was fine. No complaints. Straight chillin. Apparently they were “short staffed that day” and he asked for lunch an hour after he was supposed to get it. I got the “whatever. He has to go out.”
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:49 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was hungry and they thought his O2 was dropping and nearly suffocated him? Please say this place doesn’t exist anymore.
ParamedicSnooki · 2 points · Posted at 15:09:24 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately. They don’t go away. They just change names.
leetfists · 9 points · Posted at 01:46:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you not have to have some sort of training to become an EMT? How is it possible to even get that job without knowing... how to do it at all?
TheeRuger · 6 points · Posted at 02:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a national test that is fairly hard in the scheme of things and even includes questions with no right answers that you are expected to answer with the least wrong answer.
Additionally at least in Ohio you are tested for your regional protocols to be able to work in that specific area.
He either cheated on the test, was on drugs or was some how mentally debilitated while in the back of the medic.
Nsjsjajsndndnsks · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some emts are just good with the book but not irl
raevnos · 7 points · Posted at 02:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a partner once who, while driving, turned a 1 mile trip to the hospital into a 15 mile loop around the city. I thought that was bad...
Violent-Profane-Brit · 14 points · Posted at 01:23:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you punch the fuckwit? I doubt anyone would blame you if you did
Cole444Train · 6 points · Posted at 02:39:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck, I know nothing about medical science or equipment AT ALL and I guarantee I could open the fucking oxygen tank.
PM_ME_UR_NIPS_GURL · 6 points · Posted at 02:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your boy could have done time for involuntary manslaughter.
JackPushButton · 5 points · Posted at 02:48:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This person wasn't from Philly by any chance was he?
BamboozledBigTIme · 7 points · Posted at 02:50:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Long Island, but I'm sure these kinds of EMT's exist everywhere
IsThisNameGood · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seniorcare? EAS?
Esnardoo · 4 points · Posted at 03:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. Stupid people are funny, but when you're endangering the lives of other people and too stupid to even notice... holy fuck
Texangonenorth · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve worked for a private service for the past 5 years in the hr dept and I can vouch to say I’ve heard/seen some sketch shit that makes me concerned about calling for an ambulance if I ever needed to.
In the metro area I’m in, unfortunately the “if you’re breathing and have a patch you can start” kind of mentality is also true. But there just aren’t enough EMTs and Medics out there.
Sorry you had to work with that guy. I do hope he is no longer with your service.
geon · 1 points · Posted at 10:25:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a patch?
Texangonenorth · 2 points · Posted at 11:08:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An EMT (or higher) iron-on patch. They get sewn on to the uniforms.
AngelzLove · 3 points · Posted at 04:49:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me you reported his sorry ass?
natsugrayerza · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He’s gonna get the company sued
BexW858 · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to do respite care night shifts, generally speaking was just adding some cream if they were scratching, catheter bag changes and very very rarely a call to the night nurse if they were a bed pan patient that had an accident and I couldn’t roll on my own so needed an extra person for a bedsheet change and clean up
I’m not ‘legally’ allowed to do anything now, but even without the most basic training you know you need to do something if someone isn’t breathing easily!...
digital_bacon · 2 points · Posted at 04:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a former EMT: HOW TF DID HE PASS FIELD ORIENTATION?!
Jay911 · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dispatch, 99 Yankee is out of service after this job, I need to call my supervisor and his/her supervisor probably too. And maybe the state/board.
caduceushugs · 2 points · Posted at 05:06:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I hear you. I’ve had some shocking partners over the years! Had one try and stand a lovely old lady with a nof # to sit her (sitting up) on the stretcher! I literally stepped in between them (nicely) and anatomically splinted her while I sent him to the truck for the board and straps (just to keep her flat for the slide to stretcher bit; she was on the floor post fall). He couldn’t understand why she couldn’t just stand on the good leg and I just ended up failing him (I’m a clinical instructor).
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:55 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s an nof #?
caduceushugs · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:13 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fractured neck of femur, sorry for the jargon.
thunderchunks · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where the fuck is this possible?
TechniChara · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know when a top ten comment is gilded, it's gonna be good. Or in this case, bad, real bad like, WTF man, was he high?
oriocookie13 · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just started working at a private company (following two years of being a basic at a first response-fly car agency) and I’ve been dealing with a lot of anxiety and imposter syndrome regarding doing my job properly.
I somehow magically feel a whole lot better about my abilities.
m_jl_c · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wondering why, if he was incompetent as described, you let it slide. This isn’t like the finance dude who doesn’t know anything messing up a model. He is going to kill someone.
lphartley · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So nobody really checked if he was capable? That's inexcusable.
theoreticaldickjokes · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, did the old lady make it???
kittenwolfmage · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy fucking hell! If it had been me, then immediately after getting her inside and stable, I would have punched the guy in the face repeatedly while asking him "So what's broken?"
SeanzysThaMan · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spent many of years as an FTO for a private ambulance company, and unfortunately, I have a lot of similar stories. I worked really hard to prevent these kind of situations. Hope this tech got the remedial training he needed, or just moved on. Oh, and never sit behind a critical patient. Can't imagine what those sats looked like...
RickDalton1986 · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey man, just curious but how is one prone to pneumonia? I’m a relatively young guy and I had/have it recently.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
RT here. This is my "that's enough reddit today" moment.
NothingCanHurtMe · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, sounds like you was bamboozled... Big time!
funky555 · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was like "i dont know how to do that either" because i misread that he was a EMT. The fuck how do you pass your course without knowing anything
likesevenchickens · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve had nightmares where I’m that kid. I’m an English major, but for some reason there’s a medical emergency and everyone is depending on me and I don’t know WTF I’m doing
sneakyplanner · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the sort of thing that makes me not question how he didn't know what to do, but moreso how he was able to get into that situation without knowing what to do.
cheekymusician · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus fuck. This is the worst one in here.
bamboozled96 · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This story bamboozled me big time.
CthulhuWizard · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a student enrolled nurse and even I knew how to turn on an oxygen tank when I was just an assistant nurse. I can't tell you how mad reading this made me oh my lord.
spooks112 · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does your states protocol require testing practical skills?? There was no way he would pass in my county, we have a specific station on giving someone oxygen lmaoo
MonkeysInFlannels · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like he’s an EMT in Arizona. That’s the only state where they would let in someone so unqualified
troubledhoney · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an emt, this hurt to read
Hoax13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working ER one night and it was busy everywhere. We had a few patients in Overflow overflow ER which was an area not really set up for patients. We needed oxygen tanks for each patiant there. A couple were low and I asked a coworker to bring me a couple. He showed up with 2 empty tanks. When I pointed it out he said "I thought red meant they were full". He didn't work with us long.
adriskoah · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like you got bamboozled big time
masterofnone015 · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably a police officer now...
grimearchive · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just so you know, it’s always a good idea to write out full names of things. As someone who has no idea what EMT is I also have no idea what COPT or CHF is so I can’t enjoy your story without Googling
Officer_Hotpants · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit that's terrifying. Making sure a patient gets oxygen is such a basic skill.
I kind of have a similar story, but not quite as dramatic. I'm an ER medic, and at night we don't have transporters so I push some beds. I was taking a patient up, got to the room, and suddenly she started having trouble breathing and her O2 sat dropped.
The nurse came in and I told her what was going on. She just went blank. Totally froze up. So I went ahead and told the floor tech to grab a simple mask since she was mouth breathing and the cannula wasn't doing anything. I had to go find the mask and ended up calling rapid response in.
This kind of shit has happened when I've assisted with falls on the floors too. I've had to step in and perform a trauma assessment when jaded med/surg nurses want to just yank the patient up off the floor right away. There are a few nurses at my hospital that scare me with how little they either know or care. Luckily my direct coworkers are all pretty good, but damn.
nhove · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In med school, literally our very last theoretical class before preparations for the final exams began was an emergency medicine class in a small group. As a sort of ice breaker the prof started the day by asking "what do you know about shock", and when no one volunteered, he directly addressed some giggling girl, "what is shock?" and she looked at him like he's an imbecile and answered "well you know, when you're shocked. Like, something scared you" and to this day I AM SO AFRAID FOR HUMANITY
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, did his parents own the company or something?
What a shit pump
Darrowday · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have something a little similar to this. I’m a nurse on a PCU floor, there was a new hire training, she was an experienced nurse from Canada, which meant it was only like location and policy training. She said she moved because the techs would disrespect her and tell her what to do. We had to walk her threw everything. I mean everything. The line for me was she didn’t start fluids on a new admit because she didn’t know how to prime the line. She waited for someone to come show her. She did not make it out of training.
baneofthesmurf · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I wrecked my bike a couple years ago I tore up my left hand pretty well, last digit on my ring finger was hanging by the flexor tendon and most of the flesh was hanging off my pinky, this plus some broken bones, but I was keeping it together pretty well. When they put me in the ambulance the emt/medic goes to take BP and puts the cuff on my left fucking arm. I was not happy.
hbimytk · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came here to laugh about the stories, but now im pissed about this guy.
Unknown-Person-909 · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can someone train him better ~_~... instead of mocking him on his stupidity
Knever · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guessing you filed a report against him, also. I'm curious as to how that went. If I were in your shoes, I would have been so emotional and I would find out how exactly he was able to land that job because whosoever okayed it must have been out of their minds.
DickPunch89 · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read this and it makes me sad I didn't do anything with my EMT cert but then I remember I'd fucking die if I had a baby or little kid pass on me. I know I couldn't handle that moment.
spookymagicians · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an EMT, I’m fucking horrified
Narcan_Shakes · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You either work for a slow department or are really new to the job if you don’t have at least one or two stories about a partner or two that make you say“Jesus Christ they let you touch people!?”
Have a safe tour friend.
Portal2TheMoon · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a ff/emt stories like this always make my blood boil. Ive ran into my fair share of hopeless trainees. And some hopeless veterans too... theyre even worse...
hammedhaaret · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't you feel responsible to report him? You as the closest witness with most knowledge of what went wrong?
Jewggerz · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you tear him a new one?
herculynnAME · 1 points · Posted at 08:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Username checks out
-Petricwhore · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sound like you were really... Bamboozled big time
Dovahbearr · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't want to be condescending or anything and you probably know this but "slapping" oxygen on COPD patients is not a good idea. Just get them to around 90%
davet2517 · 1 points · Posted at 08:37:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel cops used this excuse a few times when talking to the family...
sasquatsch- · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a surgeon this is hard to watch
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks like you got “takes glasses off” bamboozled big time yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Voyager221141 · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the actual f u c k. How did he even qualify?!
wagwagtail · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Undercover boss USA?
tinpangoldnugget · 1 points · Posted at 09:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the most unethical shit I have ever heard. What the actual fuck.
CriticalEscapeBike · 1 points · Posted at 09:35:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So then, it's not just my new hires.
forcedtraveler · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was state was this? Sounds like something my dumbass would’ve done when I was in a BLS truck lmao
BeneficialTax6 · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you didn't report this you, and others like you, are part of the reason he made it so far.
sams2056246 · 1 points · Posted at 10:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did he even pass the test? My friend didn't pass it on the first try and he wasn't this slow.
pointless10 · 1 points · Posted at 10:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why did you not report that shit?! The lady almost died!
almostdidbutdidnt · 1564 points · Posted at 01:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is like 10 years ago. I was dating a 32 year old and he asked me if I wanted to get together to watch a TV show. I said sure, what time is it on. He looks it up and says to me "8 Pacific 9 Central...?"
I asked what was confusing him and he told me he wasn't sure if the show was on at 8 or 9. My man did not know what timezone we lived in.
So I was like "Ok, well you know what ocean we're near, right?" cuz I was trying to get him to think about the Pacific timezone in terms of the giant body of water for which it was named and he immediately got defensive and for real said "Why would I know that? I'm from Texas."
He'd been living in San Francisco for 5 years and could see the Pacific Ocean out his window.
lunarlandscapes · 41 points · Posted at 05:13:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. Gonna be honest, I get confused when they do shit like that purely cause I suck at remembering the difference and they never announce mountain time, but even when I was a kid I was able to figure out when shows were on in my timezone since I lived in central at the time. Even if he just learned that it was the first one. For awhile as a kid I didnt know what "central" meant but I knew that if a show was coming on at "8/7 central" that it was the second one
hockeyandquidditch · 6 points · Posted at 17:24:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mountain time it's the same as Central for network, an hour before Central for cable. Network it's Eastern and Pacific at the same local time and Central and Mountain at the same local time. Cable it airs at the same exact time wherever you are, so Eastern/Central is the same as network but Mountain and Pacific it's earlier.
J_Paul_000 · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m confused by Network: why would you air Pacific before Central?
hockeyandquidditch · 4 points · Posted at 00:49:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Networks do this thing where 10/9c means 10 Eastern, 10 Pacific (aka 1 am Eastern), 9 Central, 9 Mountain (aka 10 Central or 11 Eastern) so Pacific and Mountain never get it truly live on network TV only on cable.
thisismybraintalking · 76 points · Posted at 04:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Arizonan here, timezones be crazy
pM-me_your_Triggers · 35 points · Posted at 06:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That must be weird to be pacific for half the year and mountain for the other half. I was in Durango CO last summer and went to the Grand Canyon for a week, one of the lodges there has a sign next to the clock reminding people of what time zone they are in.
ContingenciesMatter · 24 points · Posted at 05:19:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was about to comment and ask what happened to Mountain Time, and then I read the rest of your post. You do not deserve a little friendly picking on. You deserve a medal for not sending him off INTO the Pacific Ocean!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:17:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But I heard becoming a navy seal has its benefits though.
J_Paul_000 · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same, but someone somewhere else in the comments explained that they just air mountain at the same time as central, and then pacific an hour later
ContingenciesMatter · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Woah. Seriously? r/todayilearned
WaitingToExhaleToo · 21 points · Posted at 07:05:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao this reminds me of a guy I met who was flabbergasted to find out that LA has a metro...when he literally lived in an apartment above a major stop.
InvisibleShadow2U · 5 points · Posted at 06:46:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew someone who lived across the street from a subway stop, and their (public housing) home was directly on top of the line itself, so you could hear/feel a train every couple of minutes. I once asked if they had gotten so used to that that they didn’t notice it (I sure did!) and they replied, “That noise is from the subway? It goes underneath here?”
AXXII_wreckless · 11 points · Posted at 10:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I used to work for my university’s blackboard support desk and our school is one of the top schools in the country for online degrees. So it’s in Texas and I got a call once from a student in New York asking why their test isn’t showing up. I go into the course and see the test closed at 11:59pm and realized why they assumed since they were there the test would be open until 11:59pm their time. It should be common sense but this guy didn’t get it at all. I told him we can’t reopen the test for you because of time zone differences and they needed to contact their professor. I spent 20 mins explaining how it’s not the same time throughout the us. I also got an email where they explained that they are going out of the country while in the class and wanted to know “does it keep up with them/their location?” Implying will time zones matter. We had to put the time zone is based around central standards in the guidelines online for students and faculty because not many would think about that. It would be based on wherever the college is located not you!
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 09:45:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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J_Paul_000 · -5 points · Posted at 00:49:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Downvoted for shitting on a country that you went 0 for 2 with in war. /s
Edit: Geez yall, is the internet really that bad at telling sarcasm? Well, ive fixed it now, so now you have no excuse
d3mandred · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:09 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus man, stop creating division.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 20 points · Posted at 04:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. It really does pay to pay attention in school...
dispatch134711 · 27 points · Posted at 05:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
dude could afford a place overlooking the ocean in SF, maybe it pays to not pay attention.
Gunslinging_Gamer · 5 points · Posted at 09:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which specific ocean could he see?
mathgod496 · 6 points · Posted at 22:37:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A narcissistic girlfriend accused me of cheating on her because she had no clue that El Paso, Texas, is in Mountain Time and not Central. She had a timezone map on her refrigerator but she insisted that I cheated on her for the one hour that she cannot figure out. I even tried to use physics by stating that the plane is traveling an average speed of 550 mph. And she insists that I cheated on her and that El Paso is on Central Time. I am much better now and don't date at all because of such abuse from stupid people who want to fight while stupid.
penguinpolitician · 4 points · Posted at 14:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What did you do with his body?
PicklesAreMyFriends · 4 points · Posted at 02:33:40 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Why would I know that? I'm from Texas" - that's a valid defense
wuthering_height · 2 points · Posted at 08:45:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly as someone born and raised in San Francisco ... time zones still trip me. But, yes, I do know we’re PDT (or PST whatever it is now).
Gonzo565 · 3 points · Posted at 09:32:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lesson learnt: Do not date people from Texas.
stays_in_vegas · 3 points · Posted at 23:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks like he couldn't even read properly, because when it's 8 Pacific it's actually 10 Central.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:23:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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AliveAndKickingAss · 4 points · Posted at 09:42:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
are you talking about developing countries? Americans are not particularly known for their knowledge of the world here out in the world.
laivakoira · 4 points · Posted at 15:50:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, americans sucking in geography is a meme elsewhere in the world. Its just mindblowing how US citizens have a hard time trying to find Irak on a world map. "Is it this one?" Points at Australia...
J_Paul_000 · 3 points · Posted at 00:51:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
misspells Iraq
All of those stupid Americans are really bad at Geography, unlike me, because r/Iamverysmart
laivakoira · 5 points · Posted at 04:36:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oops, used the spelling of Iraq in my language.
ScoutCommander · 0 points · Posted at 02:38:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, how many (according to your example) Iraqis could identify each individual US state? Would they be able to randomly identify say, Arkansas? Our country is as big as 22 Iraqs and most people in the US don't really worry about countries that are rather insignificant to our daily lives.
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know where the Pacific Ocean is either. Though in my defense I'm not sure I could accurately remember even if I wanted to. Brain is pretty fickle about what sticks and I'm not sure why.
Used to have a really good memory, now it's a toss up what I can remember no matter how hard I try to learn it.
[deleted] · 11997 points · Posted at 23:06:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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glorytopie · 5270 points · Posted at 23:39:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats... wow.
How was she using excel but didn't know what the recycle bin was? Excel isn't exactly basic knowledge.
FalconEye36 · 3728 points · Posted at 00:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd be amazed. A lot of older people (at least where I live) took dedicated spreadsheet/word processing courses when the programs first started to hit the scene in schools etc. Great for doing their books, but they're still absolutely clueless on anything outside of the program.
[deleted] · 1008 points · Posted at 01:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first thing we learned way back in middle school was how to convert ranges to Tables in Excel. Didn't think much about it until I started working in an office surrounded by engineers and not a single person knew about it. People who have used Excel every day for 30 years and I become the office Excel guru in two weeks.
Gonzobot · 740 points · Posted at 02:00:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At this point I have barely used it at all in years, but it's still been entirely workable for me to simply presume that some math-related function is available in Excel somewhere, Google the hell out of that skanker, and make people think I'm a wizard.
pbr_is_life · 89 points · Posted at 03:21:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s exactly how I got so comfortable using excel. At my last job any monotonous task in excel I encountered I always said there has to be a function for this. Then I’d YouTube it. Show your coworkers that you know vlookup and blow their minds. Show them index match and you’re a god. My last job was almost entirely using excel in ways my coworkers could not. I only taught them a few tricks right before I left and now they can’t believe how easy some of it is. I had them thinking pivot tables were this magical beast, but one of my old coworkers contacted me and gave me shit for how easy they are.
soragirlfriend · 25 points · Posted at 04:54:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I’m about to make my boss think I’m a wizard after I pull out a spreadsheet I’ve set up with all our vendor names and email addresses and an index Match to pull all of that into the tab I need and show her how to use rules and mail merge to send mass emails.
carbondioxide_trimer · 37 points · Posted at 05:07:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college I had a part time data entry job that I ended up using Excel to automate inputting the data into a webpage. Eventually this got me to learn python and selenium web driver and now I'm a chemE/software engineer.
The folks at that job though were amazed when I'd come back like an hour later done with what should have taken a week. What was really great was I could set up the code to run and then I'd essentially get paid to study, only occasionally checking on the script or swapping out data inputs.
WaltzingGlaceon · 7 points · Posted at 12:06:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, learning how to code in Excel is a HUGE skill - I intern at this company in the summer, and they brought me on to do some grunt work for this project (essentially copy and pasting a whole lot of data from one document to another and formatting it, but 250+ times) and managed to use the built in coding language VBA for Excel to automate.... the entire thing. So now, whenever people slightly change their mind about something, I can have a new draft ready in an hour tops instead of spending a week changing the formatting of each individual document lmaoo. It can take months of work off a project with some basic programming knowledge, the "record macro" button, and determined googling
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 15:07:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never got a chance to use "record macro" for what it's worth. I just focused on custom code to learn scripting. Any situations you encountered where record macro was superior to writing your own?
WaltzingGlaceon · 2 points · Posted at 15:22:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I almost never would use "record macro" by itself - pretty much everything I write is custom by me. VBA has an advantage of being able to work directly with Office software more than other languages I've used, which gives it an edge for the particular projects I'm on - except when I have absolutely no idea the commands for what I WANT to do. It'll be something that I know can be done, but I don't always know all the commands in code for what I do in the regular app. Hitting "record macro" and then just doing it records everything as code. That gives me most of the syntax I need, which I can then adapt for mass-production.
It's not perfect, because it tends to give methods in terms of the "selection" that you choose with the cursor rather than the object itself, but it gives me a direction to head in for when I do documentation research and experimentation lol.
Also to be honest, I started messing with VBA at this job before I had taken courses in object-oriented programming, and now that I have that knowledge "record macro" is less necessary, but it's still convenient for when I'm trying to do a new thing and I don't know where to start.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Protip: if you're willing to learn C# the Visual Studio installer has a "VSTO" package that is basically adds the libraries and templates to create custom office addins so you can easily create your own buttons and tabs in the ribbon for your own code. I think the code will look very similar as you still do the same kinds of loops and stuff as you would in VBA. So instead of creating macros and "enable blah blah" stuff, your coworkers can instead properly install your addin and have the code available as a set of buttons and dialogs integrated in Excel.
You also get way better discoverability than VBA has.
WaltzingGlaceon · 2 points · Posted at 15:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know you could do that with C#, that's pretty cool! I actually do have my own custom tabs with my code and stuff, just with VBA programs instead of C# 😂😂
I've done a lot of work in C++ for engineering coursework, but I haven't ever actually used C# before. I'm never adverse to learning something new though - can you use C# to interact directly with cell values/formulas/formatting in Excel? I also use VBA to import pictures and paste specially formatted cell ranges and stuff
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure you can do anything you want with C#, it's a very flexible language.
But I haven't used Office interop extensively, I've done the bare bones kinda stuff, but from what I could tell whatever API is available in VBA is accessible in C#, as it's the same codebase.
C# is like imagine C++ just easier where you never have to worry about pointers ever again and everything is still super-fast. Also memory? Don't worry about it. Just like you don't worry about it in VBA, just chill. It's fine.
WaltzingGlaceon · 2 points · Posted at 16:05:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it would be nice if they could use uhhh anything I write, because I'm the only person in the office that uses Windows and not Mac, so I have to train this girl how to set up this dusty old PC they have in the office so they can continue using it once I leave for an internship in a few weeks. If C# makes things easier for Mac, I might have found my project for the next two weeks lmaoo - Mac does NOT like VBA accessing files other than the currently open one
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:12:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god I have no idea about C# and Mac. .NET Core advertises itself as cross-platform, but when it comes to Office interop I think all bets are off.
For more general consumption stuff there is DocumentFormat.OpenXml nuget package, which is the official OpenXml library. It's an open-source compression standard which is what .xlsx and .docx denotes (those files are just compressed xml, if you change the extension to .zip you can extract the underlying xml data.)
It's all essentially just writing bytes to memory and then saving that memory to disk, so it's way faster than using a running Excel application in the background. Downside is that it doesn't do the calculations an office program would do, so if someone tries to open a file in a free "viewer" application they'd just see a mess in programs like Visio, as the formulas aren't being calculated, unless they were already calculated and saved.
While the library is rather granular and a bit difficult to use at first, it allows you to generate office files without having office programs installed. Or more useful: it allows you to read office file data without having office programs installed.
WaltzingGlaceon · 2 points · Posted at 16:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well you've convinced me to download Visual Studio 😂😂 I'm just gonna mess around and see how it goes cuz I have some time today. There is no way I could convince the rest of my office to try using something like this instead of just the standard Excel app because they aren't NEARLY techy enough, I'm already pushing the boundaries using VBA which comes standard with office lmaoo (I also have to leave them something usable in a format they understand, and they've been doing what I'm doing for them now by hand for literal decades, so if I leave them with an 85% finished project and they just have to fill in the rest themselves, they'll be thrilled)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's at least worth a look. I wouldn't expect any epiphany or massive utility boost out of the gate, but it's nice knowing the tech exists.
p1-o2 · 3 points · Posted at 18:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, this is how I became a software engineer as well. Never thought I'd be good at it. I just got sick of manual data entry.
... Now I work on simulating quantum processors.
carbondioxide_trimer · 2 points · Posted at 18:47:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! My entire introduction to programming in general was b/c I didn't want to do the shit by hand.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 10:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mail merge is also a very nifty trick to know about if you ever have to print out a ton of labels.
WaltzingGlaceon · 4 points · Posted at 12:07:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mail merge is actually pretty powerful even for things beyond labels - I've done some neat things with pulling in data with Mail merge to make handouts for a project (same principle tho)
soragirlfriend · 2 points · Posted at 13:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that’s how I started my journey with it.
illarionds · 2 points · Posted at 14:26:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Christ, imagine how much one could impress all these people who need a very basic database by... using a very basic database!
(I jest, we've all implemented a basic DB in excel at some point).
Dyolf_Knip · 2 points · Posted at 14:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of the users I used to work with was like that, but he was willing to learn the stuff I was doing. Turned into quite the Excel wizard himself.
nightwing2000 · 37 points · Posted at 03:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a process where each month the process used some of 1 batch item until it was used up, then went to use some of the next batch. Whatever was left over out of the sequence was first to be used up the next month. Each cell is an batch for a given month. Batch down the side, months and targets two rows across the top.
I explained to the guy - "use IF statements. Each cell is - If the sum of the use above me is not equal to target, then use that number as target. If the sum of batch used previous months does not equal batch total size, use some of that batch. Cell value contains whatever is larger, target or amount left. You can copy this formula to every cell in the sheet.
This guy was an engineer. He said "that's too complicated". His solution was to write a macro (this was back in the Lotus 123 days) that duplicated the batch line and divided the quantity in half. over and over again, until it was within 1 of the target. Needless to say, the number of lines blew up. he had to take the spreadsheet to a PC that had a hard disk instead of floppies (those were the days) and it ran for several hours to give a 5-year plan. Then - oops - it wouldn't fit on a floppy to take it back to his PC.
Engineers.
grendus · 2 points · Posted at 19:52:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're used to more powerful tools than that.
nissen1502 · 18 points · Posted at 06:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's 4 levels of computer competancy. Level 1 is the "I know excel therefore I understand". Level 2 is "I've learnt how to use google effectively and realize I do not understand". Level 3 is "I've googled about my problem but it seems unique to my case, therefore I have to learn coding and how the hardware works on a deeper level to fix my problem". Level 4 is "I'm so fucking lazy in the weekends only hitting 10k lines of code :(".
Kellosian · 10 points · Posted at 07:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly the most tech-savvy people are just the ones who know how to most efficiently Google a problem.
Karl_Rover · 4 points · Posted at 07:49:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive recently taught my 72 yr old parents to google their phone issues before asking me...i need to show them this quote!
amberdowny · 5 points · Posted at 13:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how I became the Excel expert of my town. I somehow got elected as a town official, the only 20something in a group of senior citizens.
I barely used excel outside of simple graphs in school. But I knew what sort of cool stuff you could do if you knew how.
I fixed broken formulas. I linked documents together. I inserted excel tables into word documents and set them to update if you changed the original. The older ladies loved me and thought I was a genius.
I googled all of it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:09:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like how they let you and appreciated it. Many of the wizard spells I would cast were met with suspicion and they didn't like that I was sometimes messing with their workflow.
PAXICHEN · 3 points · Posted at 06:39:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Life Pro Tip: don’t google skanker with safe search off.
Smooth_Fee · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:11 on August 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there anything worse than ska dancers?
PAXICHEN · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:42 on August 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better late than never. I’m trying hard but can’t think of anything worse.
milhojas · 2 points · Posted at 12:03:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT Support, I became my team's excel wizard because I'm a black belt in Google fu
grendus · 2 points · Posted at 19:49:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that a Futurama quote I see?
Smyrfinator · 1 points · Posted at 10:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ssshhhh! Don't give away the secret, you'll put me out of a job.
rerhc · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Congratulations, you're a software engineer
Wonderman09 · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I feel like Excel has gotten so complex from what I remembered back in the day that the first truly human AI will be built in Excel.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 04:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can do that with matlab or Pyton easy.
Excel i can colour squares pink sometimes
quickthrowaway6 · 10 points · Posted at 05:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup! I'll take Python's pandas/numpy or R's data.table over Excel any day of the week. I'm the sort of person to spend 90 minutes automating a 45 minute task though, so...hopefully I get to use a script at least twice.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, surprises me how bad people are with Excel when it can do so much, no programming or scripting required.
stmCanuck · 15 points · Posted at 06:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former colleague (not "an older person" and definitely someone who should have known better) didn't know, after years of daily use, that Excel is a calculator. They did the math manually with an old school calculator side piece and typed the results into their spreadsheets.
They regularly complained about working every night til 2am, and on some weekends, managing thousands of rows of data that, it turns out, was a check-the-checkbox to automate in the system.
They got "busted" when management asked them to leave the formulas in their spreadsheet reports, "it's tough to understand the logic when we can't see the math."
I found out when they asked me on the DL "stmCanuck, what's a formula?"
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:15:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dad had a similar story of a guy working diligently for months. Sitting at his computer, typing, typing, typing. No one questioned it. But he was so stressed and it started taking a visible toll on the guy, there was simply so much work to do, so eventually someone took a peek at his screen.
He was tasked with adding lots of signal data into the computer, from paper printouts, and he had been typing all that stuff in, except most of it was duplicate data. He had been writing every single cell manually in Excel.
Someone showed him Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V and he just slumped back in his chair.
vemundveien · 4 points · Posted at 07:30:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always found it strange that people feel like they need to have a physical calculator on their desk when they work with a computer in the first place, but your guy is on another level entirely.
PAXICHEN · 5 points · Posted at 06:38:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ummmmm...that is a title you DON’T WANT. It’s up there with being “the computer guy” in the family. I work in IT for a LARGE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY. Excel is our most deployed database and watching people interact with it is painful. I just keep my pivot tables and slicers and arrays to myself.
There are new functions in O365 that will make my life easier, but I’m not sharing.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had something to prove. I went from being the company handyman to getting my own office and basically becoming tech support for the engineers, teaching myself Excel on the job. Then I found vba, found it clunky, discovered powershell, made a few commands, coworkers were scared of the terminal so I taught myself C# to make GUIs for the tools I made. Pretty sweet progression for someone who started out carrying out the trash.
flotsamisaword · 3 points · Posted at 13:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's pretty funny, but nice to hear, too. It sounds like someone was able and willing to recognize that you were intelligent and competent. I had something like that happen to me- coworkers who were better at the job than I was, but told me I had potential to go on to bigger things. It sounds like you got this too, and have been able to act on it! Good for you!
zzaannsebar · 3 points · Posted at 14:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hay man, that's awesome! I always love hearing people's stories about moving their way up and learning these things. I feel like I took the easy route as far as learning goes because I have a CS degree. But what you did is very impressive and you should be so proud of yourself.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:51:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still feel very much like a newbie despite a few years experience now. I never really got a chance to be part of a proper project before I went back to university. I did make a few neat internal tools I guess, but I wouldn't call myself a software developer.
bool_idiot_is_true · 6 points · Posted at 10:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excel is not a database. Using it as a database is obviously a fucking nightmare. That said I do think it works better than Access. Which is just excel pretending to be a database. If you want a real database there are a bajillion options if you know SQL
PAXICHEN · 3 points · Posted at 13:03:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was making a joke.
zzaannsebar · 2 points · Posted at 14:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I have absolutely no idea how to do anything beyond very basic things with excel (I can do sums and averages and change cell colors..) but I am becoming quite good at SQL. I am a programmer so for the most part, excel is not terribly relevant to my job but SQL absolutely is. It seems like 30% of my job is planning and designing, 40% is coding, and the last 30% is SQL.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can treat Excel files as SQL databases with OLEDB. Microsoft generically calls everything "data sources" where the idea is that you shouldn't really care where the data comes from, you can query them all the same using ADO.NET
Write this in powershell:
[System.Data.OleDb.OleDbEnumerator]::new().GetElements()And you get available database providers. List might be different depending on if you're running 32 bit or 64 bit.
I wouldn't look too much into it if it's not relevant, but it's nice to know the tech exists. OLEDB is constrained to 255 columns by the way, so don't even bother if you have crazy colleagues like I do.
zzaannsebar · 1 points · Posted at 15:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I've had to import excel files into SQL plenty of times, but I'm not doing actual calculations in excel at all. Basically just using it as a vessel to get data from point A to point B. But yeah I've had to do a lot of importing, both manually and programmatically so I'm quite familiar haha
BlennBlenn · 4 points · Posted at 07:29:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in research for a big property company and I can't use pivot tables for my data because my boss "Doesn't Trust them" everything must be done via SUMIFS
PivotPsycho · 5 points · Posted at 09:46:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Engineers?? Holy shit how
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:19:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Engineers with 30 years experience on how things were done 30 years ago.
stanfan114 · 4 points · Posted at 11:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Beware being the guru on anything LOL. That means you get to do their work for them. We have a very specific tool at work for importing data from Excel into management tool. I've given more than a few training session on how to install and use this tool in Excel, and a simple Excel template. But no, I'm the only one who knows how to use it, they can't even bother to put the data in the correct template first. Again I don't mind helping at all, just it's not that hard!
corywyn · 1 points · Posted at 21:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I love being one of two people in our department who actually understands our VMS and how the use it for reports. The rest can use it, but as soon as anything more complex than basic user functionality is required or something breaks ...
It's hilarious when the one colleague and I go on vacation at the same time and everyone loses their mind. Just happened earlier this month for two weeks, my counterpart from another country that k work with closely got a few calls while I was off
MagosBiologis · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how to process data in Excel either... rather use MATLAB or Python. Excel is just too clunky, and is restricted to inbuilt functions.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not. I don't know if many people have heard of Power BI, but that program is based on an addin Excel had a while back and the technology has been integrated in the Data tab since Excel 2016. Excel can handle millions of rows without breaking a sweat, and you can transform the data without a lot of churning because it virtualizes, only showing you the first 1000 rows. You can build steppable queries where you can move back and forth between each step, save those queries and repeat them on other data sets, so that the Excel file only represents the query itself rather than all the data.
arkystat · 3 points · Posted at 12:54:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve just learned power BI and I like it. I’ve been the Excel person at my large company for awhile and let me tell you I’ve seen some shit. I sent a file to someone and they called me and asked me, “who is this Marco?” Huh? Turns out he was getting the “enable macro” button and was afraid to push it. No slight on him at all but it was funny. You do get people that come over to your desk and usually they are desperate so they will literally pull you off task and camp at your desk until you fix their problem. Often it is people several grades above me as we like to tell everyone to go into STEM subjects but only want to pay sales and marketing the big bucks.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never had a proper use for Power BI myself but I very much enjoy the Power tools within Excel itself. Power Pivot lets you use multiple tables in a Pivot table and treat the tables as relational data.
arkystat · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for this I haven’t played with it yet but now I will!
PyroDesu · 3 points · Posted at 13:40:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless you're trying to actually load it all into a single file. I found out that it chokes after the first million or so rows if you do that. (Access, by comparison, calls it quits once its file size exceeds 2 GB.)
Turned out the 1.85 GB ASCII file I was trying to wrangle contained over 56.8 million rows (with 4 columns). How being an ASCII file compressed that into only 1.85 GB, I'm not sure I want to know.
Multibeam bathymetry: worse than fucking LIDAR.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course. My point is you can filter and massage the data without loading it, reducing the results to just a few thousand lines before you execute it. That wasn't possible before.
Trying to load all the data before actually doing something with it is the most typical programming mistake, you're not supposed to. Reason 1 to 100 as to why people complain about why Entity Framework is so slow: they write shitty LINQ queries that loads the data first, before filtering, rather than letting the database filter and return the relevant data.
Also use Excel 64 bit edition. Goes beyond 2 GB memory.
PyroDesu · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm just glad someone was able to point me to a tool that was apparently purpose-built for handling that kind of data. There's google-fu, and there's also knowing when to ask people on a subreddit dedicated to the field (or stackexchange or whatever, I suppose).
I'm also glad that I built a decently powerful personal machine (that still took quite some time to process it), because the worstations provided by the university did not like trying to process and display all that data (each row coded for an XYZ point on a map - which also lead to some issues in that the file had nothing to indicate what projection it was supposed to be in!). Hell, they didn't even like trying to display it once I translated the 56.8+ million points into a (lower resolution, if you can say a field of vector points has a "resolution") raster.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:14:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While Excel sure isn't suitable for that kinda stuff (I'd just use SQL localdb), a million points of something doesn't really tell me much.
When I spin up a C# console application I'm able to generate 100 million 4-dimensional vectors (last dimension is projection) and sum them all up in 4 seconds. Most of that time is spent using the Random.Next() function for x,y,z,w. If I just created 100 million Vectors with default 0 value it takes 0.7 seconds.
My point is that the amount of items in itself doesn't really tell me the amount of work that must be done. I used Excel for way different purposes than what you're describing - but what is amazing about modern Excel is that it will allow you to massage and filter data sources that contain those 100 million rows, without having to actually load all that data. That's a pretty nifty office tool for people who don't know a programming language.
PyroDesu · 3 points · Posted at 14:32:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tool would have been built with Python, I'm pretty certain. Building a dBASE file, if I recall the filetypes right, along with another pair of files, one that holds the actual geometry and an index file for the geometry.
Not really arguing with you - really I agree. Kind of trying to reinforce your point, I think (after all, the tool I used was probably doing the same thing - continuous read/write so it doesn't have to hold the whole file in memory). And maybe vent a bit (I'm still dealing with this absurd file on occasion).
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
LOL yes dbase! Hah, this is the first time I've seen someone say that word here on reddit in the wild. That's amazing. Struggled with the same damn system at my workplace. Company tool to configure our product uses it and it takes like 20 minutes to export a project into xml.
Made my own program that can read xbase in general.
Unfortunately I only managed to do this with the raw data and I was unable to replicate the ridiculous relational indexing features this tool was using, and the hacks the programmers of the tool had implemented; their code turned off all error handling when reading and writing to .dbf files so that they could basically ignore any dbase constraints, this meant you could not use Microsoft OLEDB technology to read from their dbase database. I had to write my own reader which basically read at the byte level. Sigh.
While researching how dbase works I came across old forum posts where people said they learned how to program back in the day when they were phasing out dbase... in the 90s.
playballer · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know about tables but I prefer to leave it as a range if possible. What was the benefit of converting that blew their minds?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasn't just the tables, that was just the starting point for me knowing about neat little tricks. They still don't use tables and don't understand their purpose. Having a table in Excel is like having an SQL database and defining a table. Not having a table is like saying to SQL "I have a blob of data, I dunno what, you deal with it." It's the difference between defining your data and just having data.
It automatically adds the filters on top. It adds boundaries. It automatically adds new rows to that boundary when you tab into a new row or add data under the last. You can use Ctrl+Arrow, Ctrl+Home, Ctrl+End to navigate the boundaries, you can use Ctrl+Space and Shift+Space to select rows or columns, selecting the data and not the headers. The benefit of tables is that you get a defined, named area within the worksheet. If you reference a table with a pivottable, you can just click Refresh and it'll find the new rows you've added, while if it's a range you must manually update the pivot-table boundaries.
It lets you use table-enabled references, like "=[@Price]*0.5" to mean "This row, price column" when you have a repeating formula, instead of using ugly ABC references. When you do have repeating formulas like that and treat Excel like a boring 2D list it's easier to make changes to those formulas, you can pick any cell in a column and it'll propagate the change throughout the entire column. This is a good thing, unless you're doing strange, twisty pivot-table-like stuff by hand in which case you're crazy.
All of those things combined makes it very easy to use INDEX MATCH, two formulas that become a powered-up VLOOKUP - it basically turns Excel into a poor man's relational database.
Albatraous · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try converting data into pivot tables. That'll blow their minds
cofeeholik75 · 27 points · Posted at 03:04:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
64 here. Excel is our friend!! Love doing formulas to add stuff/calculate percentages yadda yadda... better then a calculator! Guess growing up with it since it’s release in ‘87 helped. Not all old folks are dumb! ...well except I just learned on this thread that you can’t throw flour on a grease fire.. flunked home ec in ‘73.. downhill ever since in the kitchen... BUT I CAN FREAKING DO FORMULAS LIKE A BAD ASS!!!!
FalconEye36 · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good on you! Didn't mean to imply that old people are incapable of operating technology, it's just many don't make the effort to learn about it in my observation. And that's not just an old-person thing lol, if I had a dollar for every time I've told someone my age about keyboard shortcuts...
I too learnt about the grease fire. The more you know
lesserweevils · 21 points · Posted at 02:32:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to take one of these courses. It was only a few years ago. As one of the youngest there, I was dead bored but a surprising number of people needed help.
The first lesson was about the desktop, folders, start menu and recycling bin, as well as how to right-click, make desktop shortcuts, find the network drive, etc.
It's not the 1990s anymore but there are still many people who need basic computer skills.
cptjeff · 10 points · Posted at 05:43:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a high school where we were dual enrolled in college for our junior and senior years. Smart kids. Selective admission school, consistently one of the best high schools in the nation. A friend of mine built a 3D rendering program for his calculator just for fun. That kind of school.
A couple classmates of mine accidentally signed up for an intro to computers course instead of intro to programming. And because of how the rules worked with how the county paid the college for our courses, they were locked into that class for the full semester, sitting bored out of their minds with grandparents learning what the start menu was.
They got a lot of shit for that.
lesserweevils · 2 points · Posted at 07:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The people in that class were mostly 30 to 50-year olds. Some had the skills but needed certification. Others learned a lot. The instructor was a lovely lady who could've been someone's grandmother. She was very competent and amazingly patient.
On the other hand, I've run into some younger people who are astoundingly bad with computers. The local schools are nothing special but even they taught this stuff in the 1990s. I assume it's still part of the curriculum. Things like copying/moving/renaming/deleting files, saving/retrieving files in different locations, and identifying file types.
zzaannsebar · 2 points · Posted at 14:47:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 24 and I seem to know either people who have little to no idea how to use a computer or are massively into them and know many of the inner workings most people will never need to worry about. It's always a strange dichotomy when going back and forth, especially when they're peers my own age.
cptjeff · 1 points · Posted at 17:29:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think a lot of it is that a lot of you young'uns grew up with mobile devices rather than desktops. But for us folks who are just a little older, we grew up when you still routinely had to use text commands for a lot of systems. You would go to the library to do research for school projects and the catalog would be running on DOS. You learned a lot more about the software side. Programs and OSes moved quickly. You'd have a major new version of Windows nearly every year. And hardware was also advancing much more quickly too- you didn't have to know how it worked, but the specs really made a huge performance difference, so you had to keep up with it. I'm still running a laptop that's more than a decade old, that used to be completely unthinkable.
lesserweevils · 1 points · Posted at 23:33:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is strange. We've gone from "everyone needs basic skills" to "kids teach themselves." Maybe that's a problem. A minority will always be massively into computers. Everyone else still needs the basics.
The average person doesn't need thorough knowledge of the inner workings. I think they need a mental model of computer concepts. You can deal with an unfamiliar app. You have a general idea how to approach simple tasks. You know what computers (and apps) can and can't do. You can use a mouse, keyboard or touchscreen. You're familiar with keyboard shortcuts, right-clicking, long-pressing, etc. You know the difference between closing a window and closing an app. You can navigate menus and file systems. Stuff like that.
17684Throwaway · 6 points · Posted at 06:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm starting to see it come full circle with young kids who've never used a traditional computer but went smartphone > tablet > gaming console and are suddenly lost outside of that kind of UI.
Might be a nice way to connect to the grandkids at some point...
lesserweevils · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If that's true, it sounds like an upcoming problem. I don't think workplaces will get rid of desktops/laptops anytime soon.
17684Throwaway · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:48 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, not really...
The overlap between the two groups is smaller than my joke above may suggest:
Basically my aunt in her fifties and my little sister in her twenties could both use the same Excel + traditional desktop course. But outside of that my sister uses a plethora of technology on the daily (WhatsApp, Facebook, Camera & image editing apps etc.) whereas my aunt is practically a luddite who we're considering getting a first smartphone. I'd expect the younger folks to have a much more learn ready attitude towards technology in general and even "traditional" or otherwise unfamiliar UIs. Given that people were never really expected to start into the workforce with that kind of knowledge (or at least not in-depth) and I don't think we've got a problem.
Add to that traditional UI is very much on the way out as far as many consumer focused applications are concerned, instead focusing on the ease-of-use kind many are already growing up with. Sure we still have expert tools and whatnot but the barrier of entry into technology is steadily lowering - heck I see kids these days navigating websites before they're able to read...
lesserweevils · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:05 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I dunno, I've heard shocking things about some teenagers' abilities. This stuff is so basic, maybe some schools don't teach it anymore. They should. Not everyone learns it on their own.
The COVID-19 lockdown exposed a lot of tech problems. I know someone that made many phone calls on behalf of teachers. Their students weren't participating in online discussions, submitting homework, responding to emails, etc. Even when provided with step-by-step instructions, some had trouble with the simplest tasks. Their experience with WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, etc. did not prepare them to install or use unfamiliar apps. When given a web link, a username and a password, some could not log in. None of this required a traditional computer.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 03:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother has had a PC at home since 1991 and is great with Excel, Quickbooks, Word and one or two other programs.
When I was a kid I had to ask her to install games etc. because she didn't trust me to "do it properly." To this day she still doesn't trust me to touch her computer even though I routinely build and maintain my own machines (she has never opened or dusted her current PC, which has somehow not caught fire or died in the 13 years she's had it).
I'm the kind of person who doesn't need an antivirus program because I know how to use the Internet properly. She's the kind of person who can't grasp that Google provides answers to questions, even after a dozen patient explanations with examples.
Still doesn't want me near her machine because I'll "break it." A few years back I decided to do something about her complaints that the PC was slow and plodding, so I installed CCleaner and ran it. The machine needed it and ran a bit better after.
Naturally, as soon as the next thing went wrong with her computer she decided it was because I'd run CCleaner and "messed something up." I've since decided to just not bother. If the machine catches fire and burns the house down or if it stops working and she loses all the data she refuses to back up on another machine then it's a lesson learned.
jimicus · 7 points · Posted at 07:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Best description I've ever heard for this is "magic" vs. "model" people.
"Model" people understand what the software is trying to achieve. So if they find themselves lost, they can generally figure out what each option does and how to get where they want to. The challenge for them comes in understanding the model - but once they understand it, they're laughing.
"Magic" people don't. As far as they're concerned, the whole computer is a magic box and you make the magic happen by using the incantations (=pressing buttons) in the right order. The challenge for them comes in memorising the exact sequence of buttons to press.
Obvious problem here: If a button is in a different place, or the magic box does something they weren't expecting, the "magic" person is completely lost.
FalconEye36 · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a fantastic way of putting it. Saving that one, thanks!
PleasantSalad · 6 points · Posted at 04:23:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is really true. My mom knows exactly how to do everything she needs to do for her job (teaching programs, zoom, powerpoint) but only EXACTLY in the steps she's memorized. She wanted me to fix the computer because it was being glitchy, slow and some of her files weren't working on other computers, etc. Turns out she hadn't updated the OS or any of the programs in 7 years AND every file she had ever made was on the desktop. For months afterward she would drop low-key accusations that I had messed up "her system" because the update had reset some of her settings on the programs she used and she really HAD NO IDEA how to do some of the work without the exact steps she had memorized. Plus she insisted I had deleted a bunch of her files because I put them in a folder in alphabetical order. She had literally memorized the physical location of the files she used a lot on her desktop and couldn't cope without them in that spot. Maddening. I refuse to help her now.
37285 · 4 points · Posted at 04:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was a computer scientist and worked for some major universities and the US government as well as a security consultant for credit card companies. My grandfather who was in his 90s was convinced my dad broke his computer when he asked him to fix it. It was so long ago I can’t remember what he said my dad did but it was something absurd.
Spongiie · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mum has a friend who's also like that. Its like they don't look at the screen and don't ever think. I also can't help with them anymore its so so frustrating
37285 · 4 points · Posted at 05:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It goes both ways though. I joined a law enforcement agency and they had a legacy system that was from 1990. You know the screen was green and it had stupid menu navigation. Each thing you could go to had a number but if you wanted to go to 7 you could not just hit seven. You had to do 4 plus 3 because each column only had four selections.
After about ten minutes I noped the fuck out and would just call a clerk who had worked there for decades to look up the info I needed. It’s 2020 and I’m sure there is some poor sucker who is still yelling about why he has to do 4 plus 3!
FalconEye36 · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea definitely. It's a case of, is learning this a valuable use of my time? And if it works for you, why change how you're doing it.
I can completely understand why you noped out of a console interface though lol. To the uninitiated those things are a beast.
37285 · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hardly ever needed to use it. It had all the records from before 2011. They switched to a new system at that time. I didn’t really need to access the old system very often. I think I needed to use it four times for the whole time I worked there. It was not worth sinking ten hours or so into mastering it when the person who did it for me probably spent a total of 15 minutes for the four times I needed it.
Tomb_Brader · 3 points · Posted at 07:07:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm - I work in a busy hospital and you would be totally surprised at how some of the smarted old school doctors you could ever hope to meet can do anything you need yet when it comes to “just click the link I send you in this email” suddenly becomes a job they need to have someone show them how to do.
threecolorable · 3 points · Posted at 04:19:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And god help them if the user interface changes at all when an update comes out.
viziroth · 3 points · Posted at 04:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT, I have a coworker on my team that's been on the project for decades. I taught her what ctrl-c and ctrl-v do last year. in IT. and it's not that she's just used to older systems. she can't use a command line to save her life and that was like 10% of the job until a resent restructure. she would just always have someone else do that part for her. she worked there when the system was first installed and never learned it.
zzaannsebar · 2 points · Posted at 14:53:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Related story: my old boss at my current job is very particular about how he does things and really doesn't like changing his ways. When I first started my job (fresh out of school by the way), he really put an emphasis on being efficient while coding or doing sql queries. He showed several keyboard shortcuts to make life easier and really put an emphasis on how picking up the mouse slows you down.
But, despite using all these more specific shortcuts and all, the dude would still right click his mouse to copy and paste stuff. He had somehow never heard of ctrl+c and ctrl+v despite knowing how to make it look like coding magic in an IDE. It kind of blew my mind and when I told him, he was kind of bashful about trying it and then went right back to right clicking while still talking about being efficient.
tonnellier · 3 points · Posted at 07:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my first job there was a lady who did the word processing. One day she took it upon herself to spring clean the network of ‘all those untidy empty folders’. Turns out she was using the word processing software to browse the network and couldn’t see any other type of file. Deleted pretty much everything.
She retired not long after.
SardonicNihilist · 3 points · Posted at 09:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So many people know of Excel as the program you use when you want to make a table. I've had a co-worker in her 60s amazed that you can make a table in MS Word.
MooseInNoose · 3 points · Posted at 10:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, both my parents took COBOL programming courses in the mid 90's and now they open emails from Nigerian princes.
ezkailez · 2 points · Posted at 09:35:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm. My aunt do the income/expense report of their small shop on excel. She's so good at excel, that's what she use for everything.
I saw her using excel to print a letter once
stanfan114 · 2 points · Posted at 11:39:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT with some very smart people, who have a lot of knowledge in a specific extremely complicated system, and most of them had only worked with this software their whole careers. My background in computers is much broader than most of them, having been a vendor for ten years who worked on everything from testing new operating systems to hardware QA.
I've had to help many of these people with things like how to set up a multiple monitor desktops, how to install certificates, how to set up printers, lots of troubleshooting software and hardware issues, basically any time their machines had an issue I get to play support desk guy for them. And to me anyway this isn't complicated stuff. But I get to be the hero and when I run into an issue with a complicated interface not working right they're happy to troubleshoot with me. Many also have a weird attitude towards Googling for answers too, like they'll put the bare minimum effort into their search query and I'll be like, "Really? You can do better than that" and turns out they can on the second try.
NateBearArt · 2 points · Posted at 02:12:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had asupervisor that would manually add up a the columns on their excels using a calculator and paper. Like this was 10 minute ordeal every day where I couldn't interrupt or I'd break concentration. I thought she was doing a much more complicated operation because of the calculator.
I only discovered that they were doing addition when I was helping em with some other aspect and actually glanced at what they was working on. Who knows how much they could have saved if I just looked over their shoulder like 2 years earlier...
-Ahab- · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen a number of my colleagues basically use it as a word processor. If only office came with some other program intended for Word s ...
Darnitol1 · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother has been using Microsoft Word for 20 years, and she still thinks her documents are stored inside the program itself.
Caro63 · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is my mom right here
Microcoyote · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. I literally showed a coworker where the delete key was. They’d been in a job requiring daily computer use for several years.
BlackHoleBoss · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would think they'd learn the basics of how to use a computer.
DeezRodenutz · 1 points · Posted at 08:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, had a teacher in school who was basically the "office" teacher, meaning Word, Excel, etc. Total idiot with basic computer stuff outside of her specific field. Luckily she was right across the hall from the IT classes, who frequently had to come fix things for her.
Bonerstein · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s me a lot of things have changed in the 20 years since I took the damn class. I have the new stuff that I can teach myself one day. But I feel like a jackass at work some days.
wwaxwork · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She wasn't hired to know excel she was hired to do the thing she did with excel, there is a difference. It's like saying hey the builder can't build a table saw, idiot or the chef can't build a kitchen. It's a tool to make/do something else to those people.
Pridetoss · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
does learning from your experiences stop being a thing as you age ? Surely, being proficient with excel would cause you to, idk, just get used to computers, you know? It always feels like really old people can only learn one thing at a time in one specific way, and then they can't apply it to literally anything else.
shittingpantsscared · 1 points · Posted at 21:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I second, third, and fourth this.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:51 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first thing they should be taught is how to turn on auto-save.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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FalconEye36 · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your totally right. I didn't mean to blame, sorry if it came across that way. Was just pointing out a general observation of mine
axw3555 · 39 points · Posted at 02:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've known a few people who use the recycle bin as a folder.
Had a very similar situation to the above come up at one point. Lost a really important file. I ended up having to go round to every salesman in the company individually, have them pull up their laptops, point to the recycle bin and go "DO NOT USE THAT FOR ANYTHING YOU WANT!", get them to sign a thing saying I'd done it, then leave them with a sheet of paper which was basically the recycle bin icon with a big X through it saying "don't use the recycle bin for files".
glorytopie · 12 points · Posted at 02:47:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I could say I didn't believe you. But I do believe you. I'm not tech, but I've had to do the equivalent in my career line.
SanityInAnarchy · 23 points · Posted at 02:28:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is an extremely common story on r/talesfromtechsupport.
Kind of makes you appreciate the thing Google Docs does, where if you move a doc to the trash, it won't let you do anything with it until you take it out of the trash.
glorytopie · 6 points · Posted at 02:46:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks like I have a new subreddit to follow. Thanks!
SteampunkBorg · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how it happens on Windows as well, for years.
SanityInAnarchy · 2 points · Posted at 06:34:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, now I'm even more astounded that people work this way -- they take the thing out, modify it, then delete it again?!
...never mind, I don't think I want to know...
hereforthepron69 · 3 points · Posted at 05:17:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Office workers are programmed, not educated. They left off that line.
Tenocticatl · 3 points · Posted at 06:18:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know how a Golem will only do exactly what you tell them to do? It's a bit like that. For most people, computers are impossibly complex machines. Not only can they not figure out how they work, they can't figure out how they might go about figuring out how they work. They will usually air this incomprehension as a personal shortcoming "I'm not that technical" or disinterest "I have better things to do than learn all that", but my experience is that the underlying reason is often fear of breaking something or appearing dumb. So they don't figure it out, and just learn the interactions they need by rote memorization. They don't know what a program or a browser is, they just know that if they click on the thing in the lower left corner of the screen that looks like a blue "e", google opens. Any interaction they haven't specifically been trained for will go like this, and when that's how you learn to interact with computers, skills don't transfer: learning how to use Excel teaches you nothing about file management, if the course always started with "double click the teal X".
archiminos · 5 points · Posted at 02:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are numerous stories of people using the Recycle Bin as their main storage. It's utterly bizarre
NonConformistFlmingo · 6 points · Posted at 05:01:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cannot wrap my head around that. I mean, I was a wee little toddler when computers were first starting to become a common appliance in family homes, so I started learning young, but even then my little brain saw the recycle symbol and automatically thought "trash can, that's where trash goes."
Like it's not rocket science, people.
flyopie · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boss once who was an absolute genius in Excel, like literally expertly knew every function you can do in Excel but was completely stupid when it came to the rest of the computer. He still used the arrow keys and the enter button instead of a mouse. Didn't even have one on his desk.
glorytopie · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine. I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts. But I still need my mouse.
WiFiForeheadWrinkles · 2 points · Posted at 05:18:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet she did calculations manually in Excel
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom did my dad's accounting in excel. Had like 4 pages with a simple autosum at the bottom of each page. You can bet your ass she redid every page with a calculator to double check.
DeceptiveEmpathy · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it arguably is though, it’s all point and click with visual feedback, no forethought required to produce some output.
glorytopie · 1 points · Posted at 13:01:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair. I was thinking of creating formulas and VLOOKUP type things. Still not the hardest thing Excel can do, but involved enough that I would expect someone who can do them to know what a recycle bin is. If only from the name.
basylica · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also did IT in the 90s. This happened to me atleast half a dozen times. They would assure me they copied off all the stuff they needed before reimage - where are all my files? They were in recycle bin!
Or clear the 80% of drive sitting in recycle, now they lost all their work for last 10yrs...
And so on.
ky0nshi · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have met quite a lot of people while working in IT support that are a wiz in a single program and cannot be trusted to open the start menu on their own. They start their computer, click on that icon for their program on the desktop, and work from there.
Once an app update changed the file path and made the desktop icon useless, and for a week we were swamped with people who didn't know you could use the start menu to start it. These people literally did not know how to navigate it. But in the application they could do stuff that was just crazy.
enderpac07 · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My high school mad me take a Microsoft office course that had a lot of stuff that definitely wasn’t common knowledge, but that was only 2 years ago for me so fairly recent.
waldosan_of_the_deep · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Extreme over specialization.
remuliini · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a colleague who used the ERP system and office software just fine and he had lots of knowledge and experience. Then one day he was sending a fax and came asking me if it was really sent because the paper came out on the other side.
Later on I heard that he had had cerebral hemorrhage about a year or two prior and he wasn’t quite the same as before.
I_love_pillows · 1 points · Posted at 07:15:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same people who sends many jpg images as a word doc instead of a zipped folder.
ReallyHadToFixThat · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can make it worse. I've heard a dozen variations on this story. This is apparently incredibly common.
roofied_elephant · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have several older coworkers who treat the “Deleted” folder in outlook as storage. They get email and they immediately delete to then go and look at it.
glorytopie · 1 points · Posted at 12:59:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The stupidity of that action takes my breath away.
shewy92 · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was the late 90's. The recycling bin was probably a new thing.
HauntedJackInTheBox · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this a language thing? In the UK a bin is a trash can. I assume in the US that sounded a bit on the nose, therefore "recycling bin" was chosen.
Nobody in their right mind in the UK would consider "recycling bin" as anything other than a place to put rubbish in.
Of course, I am sure some dumb twats still used it like OP's story, but at least with the knowledge that it was a trash can.
Snota · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like in the 90s excel was one of the basic things people used computers for. Computers weren't the glorified internet browsers that they are today.
sometimes_interested · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbf, I think the big wtf is why would windows allow you to modify and save files already in the recycle bin. You'd think they'd be read-only at that stage.
dpc_22 · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excel can be considered pretty basic at least for the most usecases
Xanduxer · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would be surprised how untechsavvy a lot of people are who work with computers daily. They know how to turn it on and run the programs but that is it. I know many people who know one specific thing and then nothing else.
Like graphical designers know Illustrator and Photoshop but dont know how to access the C drive. Some People with powerful gaming machines dont know where the game files are or how to do simple troubleshooting.
Not to mention the beta zoomers born in late 00's. They know phones but a computer? Wow that is something way new... Like even 15 yos now dont know how to use a PC or even mac but their phone is an extension of them.
HauntedJackInTheBox · 2 points · Posted at 12:24:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was research showing that millenials are by far the most computer-savvy generation. Gen Z struggles with computers more because they use apps instead. They don't require to understand the internal structure of their devices.
pmgoldenretrievers · 1 points · Posted at 22:21:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah having to find and install drivers to make shit work really did help. None of this plug and play that so coddles the kids these days.
AngelPixel · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
CFO at my company was amazed when I showed her the recycle bin... She asked me if everyone else knew about it. Then while downloading something she said she didn't know where it went and I said it's probably just in your download folder if you didn't select anywhere else.... She was shocked there were so many files in there and proceeded to ask me if everyone knew about that either. Then told me at some point I need to show everyone at work just in case no one else knows about it......
She also couldn't figure out how to shut down her new windows 10 laptop I had to actually remote in and show her where to go because just saying "click the icon in the bottom left corner and go to the power icon on the bottom of the menu" describing it as a circle with small line on top and the fact that when you hover over it the menu expands and says Power, that was not enough....
But she knows how to use Excel somehow... Couldn't figure out Gmail though, told me to make it "look like outlook"... 🙄
These are the kinds of people in charge... Send help. 😅
Bid-Programmatically · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is actually a thing for some reason. A lot of older people use the recycle bin as "the" folder for some reason, and they will not change no matter what anyone tells them. When I joined the IT department at my first job they explained to me that the automated backup system would not work for eight specific employees because they only ever stored files in their recycle bins, and that it was my job to restore, back up, then re-delete their files on a regular basis. They had been sent emails about it in the past, they had been given a specially-made guidebook explaining how to use folders normally, there had been at least one meeting about it, but they would not budge.
This became a real problem when we started using OneDrive and they kept deleting shared files.
HauntedJackInTheBox · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is unmistakably the sign of a moron. I feel sorry for anyone involved
mzalewski · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She probably learned spreadsheeting on Lotus 1-2-3, or even on VisiCalc. There was no "Recycle Bin" back then. When she switched to Windows 95, it never dawned on her that "Recycle Bin" is any way special and different from all the other folders on her machine.
Turbojelly · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IT rules:
1) Users lie.
2) Users are stupid.
3) Users keep lying.
4) Users use Recycling/Deleted Items/Trash to store important files.
5) Users still lie.
Dr_Allcome · 1 points · Posted at 12:13:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former boss (Managing Director of his own company with ~30 employees) used Excel with his desktop calculator. No formulas, just fixed values. At the time i thought he never had any training, but later found out that the educator for our trainees did the exact same thing. The guy was state-certified, no idea how he managed that.
SmallTownSaturday · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd venture to say she probably had written instructions of the exact steps to follow to do what she needed to do in Excel with no understanding of what was actually happening. Source: seen it too many times to count.
SeizureAugustus · 1 points · Posted at 12:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are a lot of people who are extremely proficient at a specific task but completely clueless about pretty much anything else, because they stick to what they know.
riptaway · 1 points · Posted at 15:04:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lots of people learn a specific program but don't actually spend any time learning anything else. So you end up with an Excel whiz who can't set up a network or whatever. When I was a teenager and computer classes were a fairly new thing, we literally spent all semester just learning Excel. That's the only program we ever used in that class. And it wasn't an Excel class, specifically. It was supposed to be a general computer class.
crazyike · 0 points · Posted at 04:03:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The story reeks. Even in the late '90s Excel would autosave. There was no way to lose the spreadsheet like that.
wonderlandfairy · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was kept in the recycle bin instead of literally anywhere but there, recycle bin got emptied and bye bye spreadsheet
crazyike · 0 points · Posted at 05:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The autosave would need to be manually moved to the recycle bin from its default folder which she clearly wouldn't know how to do. It doesn't just overwrite the old file. You simply can't lose a spreadsheet like that. It's believable that someone would save things to the recycle bin. Everything after that is horseshit, another poster practicing his creative writing skills.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:05:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They would autorecover, but not autosave. The difference is that the autorecover version is only available next time you start word after the word document you were working in crashed. If you were working in a Word document for an hour and closed it without saving, it would also delete the .asd recovery file.
There are also temp files created while you work in Word, but normally these are also deleted when you close Word so you definitely can't rely on them.
Maybe you had an separate program that created backups of certain files, but what you describe definitely is not Office behavior. You can read more on it here: https://wordmvp.com/FAQs/General/AutomaticSave.htm
I also believe the story is wrong though. What I remember from windows 98 and every windows OS after is that you can't open files in the trash bin. But perhaps OP is remembering wrong and the files weren't in the recycle bin, but in a temp folder. But maybe I'm wrong, since a lot of people have similar stories.
xahnel · 0 points · Posted at 03:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most effective way to teach someone who doesn't understand the recycle bin: spend ten bucks buying them a nice fast food meal, tell them you bought them lunch, then open everything and throw it into the garbage. When they show up, direct them to the trash. When they bitch, say "if you're okay storing your files in the trash, you should have no problem eating from the trash."
glorytopie · 1 points · Posted at 13:04:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha
muigleb · 139 points · Posted at 01:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Employees storing (important) documents in the recycle bin (or deleted items folder) is not unknown to IT staff.
Panaka · 70 points · Posted at 02:29:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The office I work in just upgraded to Windows 10 and I’ve had the pleasure of working with the senior shift during this transition. “Where is the shared drive,” “I can’t find my phone numbers,” and much more was said when literally nothing changed. Many of these guys were working with documents that they’d dragged to their local desktop and were years out of date.
Fuckers had the audacity to reply to IT’s email sarcastically thanking them for the help, when they couldn’t even find their way to Chrome or to IT’s number without help.
quietlyre · 14 points · Posted at 07:50:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t even get me started on the people whose computers we had to replace for Win10 that couldn’t find any of their files because they weren’t in the “recently used” sections. Ugh.
zzaannsebar · 8 points · Posted at 14:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My company did computer upgrades this last year and there were so many people that were freaking out about it. They just didn't want change so badly that they wanted to keep their crappy, old, computers.
The help desk supervisor told us about how there was one guy who was still using Access 97 and was adamantly refusing to upgrade even though the help desk guy was told by his boss in no uncertain terms that he had to get that dude to upgrade the program. The guy with the outdated program literally threatened to quit if they made him upgrade.
Bless those poor help desk guys. They have to be so patient. There are so many people at my company who have been there 25+ years so they don't really deal with change and are incredibly stuck in their ways.
innocuous_username · 36 points · Posted at 03:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eugh, a couple of years back I worked somewhere where Outlook was setup to ask ‘Do you want to delete everything in the deleted file?’ every time you closed it. This was never a problem for me because obviously yes, that’s where I put stuff I don’t want anymore.
One day my manager was all in a huff though because she’d used someone else’s computer (or they’d used hers, I can’t remember) and she’d left her email open so that person had closed it and clicked ‘yes’ to deletion out of habit (and logic) and she was so salty at them because she ‘needed those emails!’
FartHeadTony · 15 points · Posted at 05:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. My instinct from years of dealing with weird shit people do™ would be to copy out the recycling to a flash drive or something. Deleting anything without knowing if it might be in use is a good way to find out that it was, in fact, in use.
filemeaway · 3 points · Posted at 06:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I feel like I've heard this before, and not only on /r/talesfromtechsupport
Thistlefizz · 55 points · Posted at 02:29:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The number of people who use the recycle bin to stores their files is absolutely terrifying. Whenever I help someone out at work now I always ask them where they save their files, just in case. I also don’t bother to ask if they have backups; I just assume they don’t, so I make them upload their files to OneDrive before I do anything.
symbiosa · 65 points · Posted at 03:37:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know if it's because I've been using computers for 20-something years, but having a folder/area called Recycle Bin is a clear sign that it should never be used to store things.
I wonder if Windows calling theirs Trash Can would give people the hint that it's not permanent...but I doubt it.
vemundveien · 17 points · Posted at 08:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's less of an issue these days since Windows doesn't allow you to open files directly from recycle bin and doesn't even show the folder in the "Open files" dialogue.
CWRules · 8 points · Posted at 15:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably. I've always thought 'Recycle Bin' was a silly name, because recycling something means using it again. I'm willing to bet this problem is significantly less common among Apple users, because they call it 'Trash'.
AdelaidetheFierce · 6 points · Posted at 07:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe "delete canister".
toomanymils · 26 points · Posted at 05:50:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god, this is giving me flashbacks to when I learned how my Dad “saves” Word files.
He goes to the menu, scrolls right past “Save”, and selects “Export to Email”. Honestly until this I didn’t even know that existed. He emails the file to himself, then opens his email and downloads it.
He has several thousand documents named “untitled” on his computer. This man had an executive level job. Chew on that.
APiousCultist · 34 points · Posted at 03:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the hell did she even open it? Did recycle bin used to let you open files in it?
Or is foolishness like this why you have to remove the file from it first now?
Elfalpha · 29 points · Posted at 04:38:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bingo!
Fire_The_Torpedo2011 · 7 points · Posted at 12:00:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally do not help people with their computer any more because, even if it was two years after you showed them how to rename a file, they still blame you for ruining their computer every time they do something daft.
Thameus · 6 points · Posted at 02:07:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/talesfromtechsupport all the time.
Yellowredstone · 6 points · Posted at 02:19:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recycle = storage
vainamo- · 6 points · Posted at 05:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"would you store important papers in your trash can instead of in your desk, and get mad at the custodian for emptying the trash?"
ohhowcanthatbe · 44 points · Posted at 00:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can't open files INSIDE of the Recycle Bin. It is a safeguard against just this situation. It might have been in her Temp folder (anything in there will open if you can find it).
creepig · 126 points · Posted at 01:33:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now you can't, no. In the 90s you definitely could.
jinxie395 · 3 points · Posted at 07:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I feel like it changed in xp or later tho, right?
edit: Disregard. OP said the 90s.
nightwing2000 · 12 points · Posted at 03:19:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd be amazed how many people I ran into who used Outlook email "deleted items" as a handy temporary storage.
soup2nuts · 5 points · Posted at 04:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have to say, why do they call it a recycle bin? Trash can tells you everything you need to know. Recycle bin?
desacralize · 6 points · Posted at 08:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I may be wrong because I've never owned a Mac, but I've heard from others that Apple legally laid claim to the term "Trash/Trash Bin" ages ago so Windows couldn't use it for their delete storage function.
thrownawaylike- · 3 points · Posted at 06:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the 90s could you open files that were in recycle bin?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 12:29:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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thrownawaylike- · 1 points · Posted at 12:33:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You got me all nostalgic, I was a kid when it came out. I had a windows 95 (compaq) and my fave thing was the Hover game! I dedicated hours of my life in that game but was awful. Lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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thrownawaylike- · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOLY SHIT!!! Ty!! I will throw on some weezer and play that all weekend!
someguy7710 · 4 points · Posted at 12:48:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd be surprised at how many stories of people who do this or file emails away in the deleted items folder in Outlook. Then they get pissed off when you empty it. It's mind blowing. I've even heard a story where someone literally filed physical papers documents in the trashcan next to their desk and was mad when the cleaning people emptied it.
zangor · 1 points · Posted at 15:45:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright ...
This one is pretty extreme though. They must have some sort of mental complex.
Rithan94 · 3 points · Posted at 02:15:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/talesfromtechsupport have many similar stories. What seems to be an effective way of explaining why their work is gone is to ask them if they keep important bills etc. in their own trashcan.
Comp_Lady · 3 points · Posted at 04:06:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for reminding me to empty my recycle bin
hfshzhr · 3 points · Posted at 04:47:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
she only ever ‘restore’ stuff that she’s currently using?? Omg
Braveshado · 3 points · Posted at 16:46:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of this: https://www.windows93.net/
I'm not sure how accurate a representation of windows 93 this is, but it's fun and goofy. If you have a minute, give it a whirl. You won't be disappointed.
helladamnleet · 9 points · Posted at 01:48:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
..... Can you even open files from the recycle bin?
adeon · 40 points · Posted at 02:19:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not on modern versions of windows, but on older versions you could. I think Vista was the first one where you couldn't but it's been long enough that I'm not certain, it might have been XP.
helladamnleet · -28 points · Posted at 02:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Downvoted for answering the question that I got downvoted for asking.
I'm sick of Reddit and all the jack asses fr fr.
me3zzyy · 10 points · Posted at 05:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you sick of reddit though? You've been here 9 years making reddit a worse place. Why'd you delete that reply asking me if I'm black? I'm not btw but I'm not white either so do with that info what you will you racist fuck. Btw I bet all 3 of your kids will grow up to be ashamed of you. Enjoy the rest of your miserable existence. With the amount you smoke, it'll probably be cut short thanks to lung cancer.
me3zzyy · 21 points · Posted at 02:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If downvotes make you cry, reddit is not the place for you. Where were you planning on spending your upvotes? They mean literally nothing. Are you a child?
Funk-E-Buttlovin · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like this
adeon · 8 points · Posted at 02:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? I'd have though that would make you feel at home.
helladamnleet · -21 points · Posted at 02:23:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I asked a fucking question?
adeon · 19 points · Posted at 02:26:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, because you're apparently a jackass.
42DaisyPusher · 6 points · Posted at 02:40:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Feel free to hang somewhere else if you’re sick of Reddit. No one is asking you to be here. Unless someone on some other sub is saying, “Oh, please, helladamnleet! What will Reddit ever do without your racism and fragility?! Please don’t go.” I don’t see anyone here going that direction, tho.
GalbrushThreepwood · 2 points · Posted at 05:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a slightly but not at all similar story with a friend's personal PC. He had just discovered Steam and went on a game buying binge. Complained to me that he couldn't download any more games. I take a look at his system and he had his entire Steam library downloaded and installed on his computer. Most of the games he hadn't even played. He thought once you purchased a game on Steam if you didn't save the game files on your computer you would lose it. Cleared up about 400gb of disk space by uninstalling all the games he wasn't currently playing and his system was running fine after that.
NothingCanHurtMe · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The scary thing is this is NOT the first time I've heard a similar story about using the recycle bin for file storage
Fredredphooey · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had the exact same thing happen!!! I was IT and the recycle bin was insane so I emptied it. I couldn't get a reason for why she did that.
Edit: She kept all of her files there.
CommanderChakotay · 2 points · Posted at 05:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, that takes a special kind.
AleksanderSteelhart · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s like when we changed our Mail retention policy and a bunch of people lamented that their DELETED ITEMS were all gone.
Yep! We only keep 30 days of it now! Why would you use that folder for storage? Do you keep the garbage at your desk for 180 days? Never mind, don’t answer that. Here’s a copy of the new retention guidelines, good day.
Anna__V · 2 points · Posted at 06:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to r/talesfromtechsupport, a support group for the likes of you and me.
(For people wondering how this person was so dumb: She NOT the only one. That's frighteningly common occurrence. I don't know why or how, but people keep their important documents in Recycle Bins and Trashbins in various programs and desktops. And they don't understand when told it's not for that. The closest I've managed to get an understanding was to ask one person "So.. do you keep your physical copy of <important document> in your home in your RECYCLE BIN?" That seemed to make some understanding happen somewhere deep inside the brain cell, but still the answer was "well, no, but this is computer."
BAMspek · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Semi-relevant but I just found out today. My MIL thought her phone was broken because her browser stopped working. It’s because she had like 500 tabs open on it.
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This would explain why later versions of Windows wouldn't let you open files in the Recycle Bin, instead telling you to move it somewhere else to open it.
(Side note: Back then, there were actually ways to recover very recently deleted files fairly easily. Only people in the tech industry would have known though.)
darlo0161 · 2 points · Posted at 06:45:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As unpaid tech support in my office, this story does not surprise me one bit.
Bonus points for manager laughing though.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. I've learned to always leave well enough alone. No unsolicited advise to coworkers. It's too dangerous.
jinxie395 · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Doesn't that mean she had to delete it again each time? The recycle bin has to restore the file to it's original place before it opens it right.
edit: NVM I reread and OP said the 90s. Oops. I was thinking at least xp or later had this feature and trying to remember. I had 95, 98, and even millennium edition but it's been a looong time.
DanceswithTacos_ · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So in the 90's you could open files in the recycle bin without restoring them first?
smegnose · 3 points · Posted at 14:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mate, when computers were new to office work, you could seriously fuck shit up just by pressing the wrong key at the wrong time. They've come a looooooooonnngggg way.
karateninjazombie · 2 points · Posted at 12:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally the type of reasons I got out of IT sorta 2010 ish. Thankless job tending to utter morons
PM_ME_WHT_PHOSPHORUS · 2 points · Posted at 12:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, that cnet video was such a blast from the past. It's crazy how everything that we just take as is... Like the taskbar, start menu, and dragging things to the desktop was the new hotness then....
january_stars · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:37 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That video is awesome. Microsoft's pushing of the Start feature was so successful that they can't get rid of it now even when they want to.
Also, plug and play was revolutionary and it still amazes me that I can just plug in any mouse, keyboard, or nearly any other device I just bought off a shelf and it just...works!
heimdahl81 · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know from reading /r/talesfromtechsupport that this is depressingly common.
Blackdiamond180 · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like people using their deleted items folder to save emails in Outlook. I've had so many clients do that. The ones that stick out the most were the medical malpractice defense attorneys. Idiots.
themooncard · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL. I never want to forget this story.
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like coworker. 6p yr old woman
Halo_Chief117 · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve read this story or a VERY similar one before.
desacralize · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a constant problem in the /r/talesfromtechsupport sub.
_AlreadyTaken_ · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought there was a size limit on the amount that could be stored in the recycle bin?
dead_PROcrastinator · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did she open it from the recycle bin? If you click on a file there, it doesn't open, it asks you if you want to restore it. You have to restore it before you can open it. Was it different way back then?
SuchCoolBrandon · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It never occurred to me that you could save to files in the Recycle Bin.
PercySmith · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT and the amount of people, I'm talking about compliance directors, senior management, finance agents who store critical emails in Outlook's deleted items folder is staggering.
op3l · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks suspiciously like some thing I read on Computer Stupidities site...
VernonP007 · 1 points · Posted at 06:43:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand this. You cannot open files from the Recycle Bin. The PC gives you the option of restoring them or deleting them for good.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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VernonP007 · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotcha. No using the recycle bin as a folder since then.
Nosfermarki · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man. That reminds me of a manager I had at a previous job. The guy was "make you regret trying hard academically just to end up working for this guy" dumb. He once argued with me for 20 minutes because he was adamant "hover" wasn't a real word. He also didn't know how to create or place files into a desktop folder. He had 150 icons on his desktop. In no particular order. It still makes me irrationally angry thinking about it.
aleksandri_reddit · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker that was so paranoid that kept all he important files in the recycle bin. What I asked why she said so hackers won’t find them.
LisaW481 · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This tale gets told a lot in r/talesfromtechsupport. So many people will give recommendations on how to hide the recycling bins so people can't use them for storing important documents.
Crossheart963 · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hm. I read this story somewhere before
RodnyrUwU · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F
laplongejr · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The real question is why the OS would allow a file to be edited while in the Recycle Bin... that defeats the whole point.
Forman420 · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no idea if this was possible in the late 90's, but there's recovery software you can scan the hard drive with and recover deleted files. You have the most success when running it immediately after deletion. If you wait too long the recoverable data gets overwritten.
100thusername · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A school administrator was printing out excel sheets and then using a calculator and then adding handwritten totals at the bottom!
ElitistPopulist · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She seems a bit dumb, though to be completely fair, if you didn’t ask before emptying the bin, that’s also kind of on you.
jimicus · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is surprisingly common. I've seen people use "Deleted items" in Outlook for the same purpose - I'm sure it's because they can put things in there with one press of a button on the keyboard. So it becomes more a sort of "pending" folder for "things I need to get around to later".
1hatethis · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How? You have to restore the file before editing. Probably before reading too. Or was she restoring, editing and then deleting?
mojojojo31 · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally facepalmed while reading this
HBB360 · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, never knew Windows in the '90s didn't automatically empty the Recycle Bin every few weeks like nowadays.
Actually now I'm not even sure modern Windows does that? Maybe I was thinking of macOS?
Goukaruma · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same thing. Some co-worker used the bin as container. She knew if she deletes something it shows up on this "desktop folder". People wouldn't use a real recycle bin as a document container but for some reason the do on a computer.
ResponsibleGarlic · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to do tech support as a side gig for an older woman. One time she was having issues with her email and as I was fixing everything she told me that her “trash folder disappeared and she needs it back because that’s where she organizes her files” I tried for weeks to convince her to break the habit but she refused.
Hizzle_bizzle · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The folder named 'bin'...
Tertiaritus · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
20 years later there are still people like that and I relate to this post on so many levels
mylittleplaceholder · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been there. I got it the habit of asking if I could empty it, just in case their "backup" was in there.
JGH75 · 1 points · Posted at 09:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a co-worker complaining about a slow computer also. I just said it adapted itself to the user
cluelessavocado · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me to empty my Recycle Bin!
8parktoollover · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like how my mom doesn't know how to close the tabs on her phone
uxi3888 · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. My SO works in IT and tvis exact thing happemed to him too (except they always have back ups thamk God). Im honestly surprised to hear about Another adult who stores important documents IN THE TRASH
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:26:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read a similar story on notalwaysright.com... idiot kept all his ‘important’ emails in the trash folder in his email account. Tech support had to run an update or something, and confirmed (more than once even) that he had saved everything he needed. He said he had. But he stored everything in the trash. The trash! Why in God’s name would you ever? 🤦♀️
keytherz · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend who works for a rather large competitor to MS. Did pretty much the same thing. Last year.
Turbojelly · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to r/talesftomtechsupport we share your pain.
meatbag2010 · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, I've had clients use recycle bin for storage, a lot of my older clients I always ask before emptying as they think it's a great place to store files. My usual response when clients tell me that is, do you use your recycle bin in the house in the same way?
Grechoir · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ‘no backup’ part is the most stupid part to me
Eknoom · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
r/quityourbullshit
Even windows 95 allowed for a maximum of 10% of the drive for storage as a default.
More than that, you can't edit a file in the recycle bin, it must be restored to it's original location.
No option to open
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What version are you testing on? Is that the original release or one with a service pack applied/built into the ISO? It may be bullshit, but seems equally probable that it was a bug that got fixed.
krysnyte · 1 points · Posted at 13:03:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My question is why she was deleting the document every time?
el_muerte17 · 1 points · Posted at 14:01:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a guy bring in his laptop complaining of it being slow. He was smart enough to figure out the hard drive was full, asked us to do a clean-up on it and figure out why how it managed to fill up when all he used it for was work documents.
I found a folder with tens of gigabytes worth of video files. Asked the guy if I was okay to delete those, and that's the story of how he learned his son was gay.
Titus_Favonius · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen people do this with the deleted items folded in Outlook. Apparently back when mailboxes were limited to like 250mb it was discovered that the deleted items folder didn't count against your quota. People were still doing it for several years after 1. mailbox limits were greatly increased and 2. The loophole was removed
[deleted] · 7368 points · Posted at 22:02:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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guerre-eclair · 3581 points · Posted at 01:04:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's exactly why! Mom always did everything and never realized her little baby would need life skills someday. Infantilizing. That or Mom never wanted to relinquish control of any household tasks because kids tend to be bad at stuff while they're learning.
oxalis_rex1 · 289 points · Posted at 01:46:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker who was clearly doing this to all of her children. If she worked late her kids AND HUSBAND would complain because none of them could make so much as a sandwich.
brainartisan · 188 points · Posted at 03:54:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time my mom was in the hospital after having a (thankfully minor) heart attack. My dad went to see her, and asked whether or not she thought that she would be home to make dinner.
Needless to say, they've since separated.
ThatTattooedChick · 139 points · Posted at 04:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The night my mom came home from the hospital after having my brother, my dad asked her what was for dinner. I remember because I was 10 at the time, and even I cringed when he asked her that. This was 24 years ago. They're still married. He still does shit like that. Drives me absolutely insane.
Tar_alcaran · 96 points · Posted at 04:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your mother is either a saint, or needs help
ThatTattooedChick · 71 points · Posted at 05:02:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's a saint who curses a lot.
xm202OAndA · 0 points · Posted at 05:36:15 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why didn't you step up and make dinner?
halloween-is-erryday · 4 points · Posted at 02:20:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was TEN. Honestly ordering a pizza for dinner would solve the problem.
jesbiil · 74 points · Posted at 03:55:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aw this is bringing back childhood memories of me trying to make a 'grilled cheese' because my family was more of the, "Hey we aren't home so if you want to eat you better make something for yourself."
I knew it was bread and melted cheese but I didn't really understand the 'grilling' part so I'd just take some bread/cheese and microwave it....It was this horrible hot/soggy cheesy bread thing but I was like 10-12 so it felt close enough at the time. Was either that or I didn't eat some nights, always weird to me to hear of people that'd just sit and wait for someone else to make something.
xrihon · 23 points · Posted at 05:11:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel bad, that was one of my childhood treats and honestly, I still make it and like it. Nothing close to a toasty grilled cheese, but it's still cheese, warm bread, and yummy midnight snackage with some milk.
Norwegian__Blue · 13 points · Posted at 04:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this multiple times. :/
Neberdine · 7 points · Posted at 09:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that for a few years. Another fave of mine was to make 'garlic bread' by spreading a slice of white bread on both sides with margarine and putting it in the toaster for a minute.
foinikass · 3 points · Posted at 05:12:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow she needs to give herself a break-- it'd do both her and her family some good
i_am_peculiar_child · 52 points · Posted at 02:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom is like this. It's why I'm saving for my own place. But i fear She'll just yell at me and tell me I'll never survive on my own.
guerre-eclair · 77 points · Posted at 02:54:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'll be ok. None of this stuff is exclusively taught by parents- your can learn everything yourself if you're motivated to do it. The internet is incredible for teaching life skills.
i_am_peculiar_child · 19 points · Posted at 03:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hopefully. I'm already 25 though. I was planning to already have enough for my own place at this age but, well, I didn't really have a good plan.
Dashiepants · 24 points · Posted at 03:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not telling you it’ll be easy, it won’t, but living on your own will be so worth it.
i_am_peculiar_child · 15 points · Posted at 04:10:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. I figured. But it would be great to be able to make my own decisions without my mom judging me all the time.
Norwegian__Blue · 16 points · Posted at 04:57:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It will be great. And no matter how they belittle, don't you believe it. I been there. I know it's easier said than done, so I want you to know ahead of time. You're gonna be OK. And if not, you'll figure that out, too.
i_am_peculiar_child · 10 points · Posted at 05:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks man. That means a lot. Fingers crossed.
ilovebabygroot · 4 points · Posted at 10:00:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 42 and moving into my own place soon, 2nd time I've lived on my own....dont be so hard on yourself.....take that money and go travelling, you'll learn so much
i_am_peculiar_child · 1 points · Posted at 10:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish i could but I can't really afford it. 😅 Thanks though
sodamnsleepy · 13 points · Posted at 05:20:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey bud, I'm in the same boat as you. YouTube is a good place when you search for tutorials.
Hope we can make it. Wish you the best :)
i_am_peculiar_child · 6 points · Posted at 05:28:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good luck to both of us then man. Cheers!
sodamnsleepy · 6 points · Posted at 05:58:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a woman but thanks ^
Good that we can look up that stuff on the internet. Otherwise I think I would be fucked
i_am_peculiar_child · 6 points · Posted at 05:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a woman too. Hahaha sorry. I just use man on everyone. Thanks gurl. :D
sodamnsleepy · 7 points · Posted at 06:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh HAHAHA XD mostly me too like "aw man"
Np ^
TheLastUBender · 3 points · Posted at 12:53:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
don't worry about it. My Mom taught me how to cook and clean, but I seriously had no idea how to use either the washing machine or the dryer before I moved out. I'd seen her do it, but reading the laundry labels seemed like magic and I found it intimidating. Sorted itself out (along with many other things) less than 6 months after I moved out and made some mistakes along the way. You'll be just fine.
i_am_peculiar_child · 3 points · Posted at 14:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fingers crossed. Hopefully someday soon.
DevilsArms · 14 points · Posted at 05:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im in the same boat. But my fiancee and i just got an apartment together. I grew up with my parents doing everything. When i met my fiancee. She started showing me how to do things and it clicked that im not gonnaive with my parents forever. So i started to push me to do things on my own. From cooking, to cleaning, to car maintenance.
Leaving the house once your financially ready is a huge step. Its something you’ll just have to do. It’ll be tough and difficult, but it will be good for character growth. And a solid piece of advice i learned is to ask for help or google it lol. Gotta learn at some point.
Btw, i saw a comment that youre 25. And so am i! (Well 26 soon). We all do things at our own pace. Its just taking that step to take control is the hard part.
i_am_peculiar_child · 5 points · Posted at 06:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. That means a lot. I was kinda scared cause a lot of my friends already have families and kids. 😅
DevilsArms · 6 points · Posted at 13:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea no worries. And same lol. Everyone is moving at a pace that always makes me seem like im behind. But like i said, everyone is at their own pace :). Youll be fine.
Bleed_Peroxide · 4 points · Posted at 18:54:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Take it from someone that knows what that's like - internet! My spouse is extremely independent and understands a lot of my knowledge gaps are because of this, NOT because I refuse and/or am unwilling to learn.
There's no shame in googling stuff - that right there is a sign that others have had the same questions. I'm a visual learner so I've definitely used YouTube quite a lot for how to do certain things.
moonglowrabbit · 2 points · Posted at 09:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in this exact position when I was younger. YouTube has tutorials for EVERYTHING. Basic life skills are nowhere near as hard as your mom is making them out to be. She probably will do that but she can't stop you.
i_am_peculiar_child · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. Everyone has told me that but i guess problem right now is that i don't know what to look for until i experience that problem myself. Hahaha 😅
the0thermother · 1 points · Posted at 15:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/raisedbynarcissists
Imakefishdrown · 31 points · Posted at 04:00:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, I can't wait to teach my daughter to cook. She turns two next month and she helps me make monkey bread (rolling the dough pieces in the cinnamon sugar) and stirs. She also has a pretend Swiffer to help me mop and she helps load/empty the dishwasher (cutlery and non-breakable items). She stands by the dryer and I hand her the wet clothes and she throws them in. This is all stuff she wants to do because she sees us doing it - the laundry and dishes she started doing without us asking, just ran up and started. The extra help will be great when she's older.
chickenwickenpicken · 21 points · Posted at 05:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think kids tend be helpful when they're small. Then at some point they'll get tired of it/realize theres a bunch of other stuff that are more interesting, or laziness kicks in. Lol
Imakefishdrown · 5 points · Posted at 13:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There have been some studies that basically if you just treat it like something they do and don't reward them for it then they're more likely to keep doing it. In countries where it's treated like just something you do as part of the family kids were more likely to keep doing chores. In countries where kids were given treats or allowance for it, kids were less likely to keep doing chores.
stayhomemore · 2 points · Posted at 08:43:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what we're experiencing I have great kids and they are smart, now that my son has realised housework is for life he doesn't want to do it and of course this realisation would happen during lock down! My husband and I started having conversations in front of the kids where we say we want to go do something eg gaming, art, Wii what ever. Then we'll look at the kitchen/mess and go "right we need to get this sorted so we can enjoy <insert activity> more. We then ask for help and say that the more people that help the faster it gets done the more time we have for <activity>. The kids don't always help but most times they do. If they start emptying the dishwasher at least once a week without being asked I'll consider that progress we can build on! We're hoping by leading by example that we will teach them the right attitude.
AcceptablePass2 · 34 points · Posted at 04:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ‘relinquishing control’ thing was definitely the issue in my house. I was never allowed to cook or clean anything because I would “do it wrong”. And at the same time, any time an external party was present, there would be no hesitation for my mom to make statements that “I never lifted a finger”, was lazy, did nothing for myself or around the house, etc. While that was technically true, she neglected to mention the things like grabbing dishes out of my hands when I went to wash them so she could do it instead, or screaming at me if I even attempted to touch the vacuum.
I’ve been living on my own for over 15 years and I generally only go home once a year. I’m in my 30’s and to this day, I’m not allowed to cook anything in their kitchen.
I’m lucky that I’m self-sufficient, though I do feel like my cooking skills aren’t up to par.
CustardCreamFiend · 6 points · Posted at 14:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out a youtube channel called "Basics with Babish" He goes over everything in really good detail and I believe has a website with solid instructions on how to do certain things.
I've always felt like an inadequate chef since I live with my professional chef brother, and these videos really helped me get way closer to his level.
Nomulite · 6 points · Posted at 14:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This shit always boils my blood. My parents never did it, or at least not enough to get on my nerves, but I have a distinct memory of staying over at a friend's house the night before a party so I could help set up. I walked round the house whilst everyone was setting up, asking if there's anything I could do to help, and every time, "nah, I'm good here mate". Sure, no worries, I'll go see if I can help elsewhere.
Party starts that afternoon, the parents are talking to mine, and I walk up "ah, there he is! So did he help much?"
"Nah, barely lifted a finger!"
Fucking. Bullshit. I'm a lazy bastard usually as well, so my parents didn't question it for a second. Nearly ten years later and it still grinds my gears.
eddyathome · 25 points · Posted at 04:31:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's also narcissism. Mom doesn't want to be made useless when the kids can make things on their own so she won't teach them. It's also possibly a cultural thing where men are expected to have a wife to do things for them around the house.
Nezdude · 6 points · Posted at 10:38:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno if it counts as narcissism. I imagine it's a really strange feeling when you realise that the little turnip you've been providing for for its entire life no longer needs you. There's also Lawn Mower parenting, where the parents care so much that they remove any obstacle in the child's path, creating a child that doesn't know how to overcome any obstacles. It comes from the best intentions but you know what they say.
trebeju · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:27 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lawn mower parenting! Love that term lol
natsugrayerza · 17 points · Posted at 02:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will definitely make my kids do chores when I have them, but I really understand the second reason. Idk how I’m gonna bear asking my kids to clean something and then having it be shitty
scotus_canadensis · 4 points · Posted at 08:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's my hangup, too. Balancing the need for the little guy to learn this stuff with my need for it to be done right in a somewhat timely manner with minimum breakage.
IndustryKiller · 13 points · Posted at 03:47:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I cannot wait to pass on household chores to my eventual child! For....learning, of course.
haleandheartless · 7 points · Posted at 04:36:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's my mom. Disapproves of everything I do almost out of principle at this point. Won't let me help with anything even though she's getting on in years and can't run the household.
Mangonesailor · 13 points · Posted at 03:38:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 2.5yo has a play kitchen in our kitchen. He sees me make coffee every afternoon. He knows that water goes in, coffee goes in, and you press buttons. On his play kitchen he will fully act out getting water, pouring it, putting a coffee pack in (we drink drip coffee but his has some K-cup thing in it), and pushes the... his words... "auto" button.
He even knows the steps to make scrambled eggs, because he's watched me 500x doing it. OP sounds like a couch potato.
akon-man · 6 points · Posted at 05:35:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mom is the latter and is the reason why i’m 19 years old and can’t cook or do things like laundry. i’ve asked her to teach me for years and she’ll start showing me how to do something then tell me to do it, but if i’m not doing it EXACTLY how she likes it she’ll stop me and take over and I never learn.
Muesli_nom · 6 points · Posted at 07:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was like that. Told me to do a task without even a one-sentence explanation as to how, then watch me start it, only to stop me as soon as I didn't do it like he would have done (often even literally grabbing my wrists to stop me), berating me for doing it wrong, and proceeding to do it himself, while muttering under his breath as how dumb and useless I was.
Parents are fun!
gunbladerq · 9 points · Posted at 09:39:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Mom complains that I never help her.
My Mom complains that I am doing it wrong when I help her.
My Mom complains that I am giving her more work.
My Mom complains that she's already old and her children are always giving her stress.
My Mom complains that she has to spend hours in the kitchen because she has no one to help her.
cheers96 · 3 points · Posted at 03:38:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or she gets so much pride out of being “mama hen” that she doesn’t want them to have to do it.
Bodod_Begag · 3 points · Posted at 05:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The second is very true. I'm 19 and there's only one pan I'm allowed to use because my mom doesn't want me to burn all her good pans. I think mother's wanting control of household tasks is a universal thing.
ThePinkTeenager · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:03 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least she lets you use the one pan.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or like me on the other hand, my mom was lazy and our house was always a wreck. She never taught me how to properly clean either. When I moved out on my own I knew nothing! Thanks google and YouTube, for always having my back!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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guerre-eclair · 0 points · Posted at 06:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you know that you can do "all household tasks" if your mom does everything? Have you previously done them for yourself? I find that some people discount the skill and effort it takes to run a household because the person currently doing those tasks (usually Mom) makes it look easy. If you've never had to do chores, you might be surprised by the gaps in your knowledge.
toastedtoperfection · 3 points · Posted at 07:12:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm this is usually the case. I didnt learn how to cook anything until I left home and I still follow recipes mostly as I'm not great at knowing when something is cooked or how to properly season things. It astounds me that my boyfriend can make full meals from scratch and just...know how? We spoke about it and realised his step mum heavily involved him in household tasks from a young age, my mum never taught me to cook or clean or let me help as "kids make too much mess, you dont need to know these things".
bboycire · 3 points · Posted at 14:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
being a parent myself, that mentality comes from the fear of them making mess and you have more shit to clean up compare to just doing it yourself. But, as soon as they can start following commands and get better hand eye coordinates, you should start teaching them. It may still be a tiny bit late than letting them figure out through trial and error, but you get to keep your sanity
cliu1222 · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my former roommates' mother. Now one of them subsists on ramen while the other one can just barely cook and they are both in their mid to late 30s.
Karpricious · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had some friends whose mother didn't want them able to do stuff on their own because she felt like she wouldn't be needed anymore.
sodamnsleepy · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom's kinda like this. When I tried to cook something she would get mad because I didn't do it right or fast enough. Got screamed at and she continued the cooking.
Needless to say I hate cooking now and only make really simple dishes. But I watch YouTube to learn more about cooking
Genocide_Fan · 2 points · Posted at 06:29:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't think of a single chore that I didn't have to help my parents with when I was a kid. Some of them I actually liked, for example cooking dinner was quality time with my parents.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Or the kid complains when they have to do chores so mom just rolls her eyes and does it herself
There are many ways to be a bad parent lol
savasanaom · 2 points · Posted at 10:16:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, my mom did that to me. When I was getting ready to leave for college I asked her how to do laundry and she made fun of me for now knowing how. Well I was never allowed to use the washing machine because “you’ll break it” or “you’ll just do it wrong” so I never used it. How was I supposed to know? My now roommate taught me how to actually iron my clothes, which surprise, I was also not allowed to do when I lived at home. (Didn’t iron in college because it’s college). Also now learning how to use basic household tools. Moving out is like life skills 101.
jerk_my_turkey · 2 points · Posted at 11:07:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was my mom. Whenever I did some chore she wanted to watch me to make sure I did it right, would then complain I was doing it wrong and ended up doing it herself.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Mum rarely made me do anything, or taught me how to cook besides showing me how to follow a baking recipe and turn on the oven. Dad made me do dishes at least once a week, but mum would sneak in and excuse me from it, so I was maybe doing one chore every three or four weeks; this did not help me realistically understand how to maintain myself, and it was a difficult transition getting to that point on my own, as an adult. She was an enabler, with this mentality that she's ~the mother~ and thinks it's helpful.
I feel like there's something in her mentality that doesn't have any sense of purpose if she's not the main caregiver and provider of all things, but I also feel she can't stand not being in control.
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whymypersonality · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom was the opposite, and actually got a live in anny to teach us how to do the work. I still speak to my nanny to this day, amd she hasn't been my nanny in 7 years. She was more of a mom to me that mine ever was though. And if I could I'd make her my sons god parent. Or nanny. But shes currently having to take care of her parents.
Rosa-Asterwolf · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Not OP but you know my mum so well
FantasticCombination · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner's mom didn't teach her to cook because she didn't want to teach my partner that a woman's place was in the kitchen. She did something similar with cleaning. My partner called me at work one day to ask how to do laundry....
simsy_18 · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or mum did everything so the daughter relied on her so heavily she'd never want to leave. Parents can be weird creatures
antialb · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But can't you just see how these things were done and then emulate what you saw?
EniRy · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never thought of it this way but I'm eternally grateful for my mom for involving me in household chores even if I hated it at the time! I had to vacuum and help with dishes from age 7, she taught me how to make crepes at 8, and I had to entirely clean my own room from age 11. I started helping out with laundry and ironing around the same time. now I'm a perfectly functional adult. I guess this was her plan all along. wow.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe dad should have stepped up then
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:35:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No man that’s just a lazy kid. My mom or the maid did all the cooking, cleaning and anything else. I still turned out absolutely fine, I cook fancy dinners, my apartments always spotless, etc. She just didn’t take the time to learn.
-Sky_is_Blue- · 1 points · Posted at 11:55:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because of this, I've struggled to brush my own hair and to this day cannot braid it to a decent standard. Being sheltered isn't always good.
unAffectedFiddle · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mum did a lot when I was young but I also had bloody eyes. Its supposed to be a core skill of a child to be able to observe and learn.
vanillamoon_94 · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly. My bf went through the same. Before I came to live with him, even at 26, his mom would still come over to clean once a week because "he didn't know how to do it" -- but she never bothered to teach him.
Five-Figure-Debt · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Mom to a T
cb1183 · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom wouldn't teach me how to do laundry because she didn't want me doing it all the time. Then refused to admit this later on.
Sn00dlerr · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Orrrrrrrr the mom didn't want to relinquish control because she simply wanted to have that power forever. If your kids can't do a single thing for themselves and you can keep it that way then they will need you forever
Bleed_Peroxide · 1 points · Posted at 18:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's been 99% of my issue with certain tasks as an adult. I can do shit like laundry, cleaning, and whatnot, but I'm still extremely nervous cooking because I just sense her waiting for me to ruin something and berate me for not being immediately good at it.
I should note: I'm almost 30 and I'm married. I still feel acute anxiety that I'm going to irreparably destroy something if my "inept" hands touch it. My wife, thank god, is extremely self-sufficient and far more patient with me learning skills I couldn't develop as a teenager. I think the key thing is that we divide-and-conquer chores, and they help ease me into the others in the way that only someone else with anxiety knows how.
rekabis · 1 points · Posted at 00:11:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of control freaks fall into this category.
beeahug · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate’s boyfriend is driving me nuts with this. He won’t even help her make scrambled eggs because he “doesn’t know how.” He couldn’t flip a tiny pancake the other day. So she does 100% of the cooking and he won’t help! It’s obviously not my place and they’re happy, which that’s amazing. But also like what if she goes out of town for a few days, will he starve because he doesn’t know how to crack an egg and refuses to learn?
Spicy_Guaca_mole · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:45 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
If my identity is wrapped up in taking care of you.. why would I teach you to not need me anymore? Very shortsighted and missing the point of parenting. Big picture, your goals for your kids should change at some point when they are capable of more.
trebeju · 1 points · Posted at 16:01:54 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom is also the type who does everything, yet doesn't really teach me how to adult much either. I learned cooking mainly from my dad and brother because everytime I try to learn a new household skill, my mom discourages me because I'm not good enough at it, although I just started. I don't feel encouraged because no matter what I try she'll never be satisfied with it and she'll expect me to know how to do everything. But then she says stuff like "how will you do when you'll live on your own? You won't be able to do anything, your appartment will be dirty like a pigsty". I feel like she's given up because she assumes I'll never be good at housekeeping. If she wasn't so condescending about it maybe I'd try more...
welluuasked · 75 points · Posted at 00:56:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my limited experience, the parents who do 100% of the housework produce clueless kids. Kids definitely need to take part in chores.
cptjeff · 15 points · Posted at 05:28:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And it's really frigging cute, too. My sister's daughter is 3 and starting to help out, and her 1yo brother tries to help her when she's helping her mom. They don't get much done, but it's adorable.
shrubs311 · 19 points · Posted at 02:21:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, you'd be surprised. I'm from a family where my parents definitely did (and still do) baby me with chores. but i was able to do everything when i moved out for college, know how to do bills, yard work, car maintenance, etc. only thing i still need to learn is more details about banking/insurance. but i did learn financial responsibility.
Neoixan · 4 points · Posted at 09:22:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. I get sick whenever i live on my own. I dont know how to make balanced meals and i have a delicate stomach and colon u.u
mylox · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, what boggles my mind is how adults can't just Google things. Chores aren't that hard. Bills are automatic now. Cooking can be tricky, but you'll learn quick unless you want to spend $$$ on eating out. My parents never let me do chores growing up and once I moved out, I just Googled everything that I needed to do or called my parents about it and was fully self sustaining from day 1.
ragingveela · 62 points · Posted at 01:23:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, personally, i didn't learn skills from my parents because when they tried to teach me something, I wouldn't get it right on my first try and they'd berate me so much I gave up trying to learn. Then they'd tell me how useless I was and I'd believe it because I kept getting stuff wrong? Partly perfectionism, I think, partly just... Not realizing kids are not adults trying to antagonize you.
gVb654 · 11 points · Posted at 12:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have a single mother with whom i have lived with my first 17 years of my life. She was litteraly the angriest and most misreable person i have ever known. I remember her screaming at me for making her feel like a slave (i was 6 years old btw) and im 80% certain that she was sober. She never asked me to do anything, cuz in her mind, you need to be already aware that chores need to be done, forgeting the fact that i havent touched a dish or mop at any point before that. Eventualy i learned how to do chores as a consiquense of her doing nothing. Prime example would be when i was hungry and it was dinner time and she refused to make anything and there werent any easy to make meal options (like sandwiches, cup noodles, cereal...) and she kept refusing to make anything until i maned the fuck up and went online to learn how to make omletes(they were hot garbage). Trash is piling up like crazy? Grab the bag and take it outside. Clothes need washing? The manual for the washing machine is in the cupboard somewhere. Clothes need ironing? Manual. Clothes need to be folded neatly? Online. Want something specific for lunch but your bitter bitch of a mom isnt willing to make it? Online. Out of cash for food? Bike ride to grandmas house. And so on. Now im a better housewife than my girlfriend. Im not here to brag and say i was a super child or some shit like that, but stuff had to be done or else i wouldnt of had a normal life growing up. The only thing that mom tought me was how to handle finances and be responsible with money... which my grandma tought me 2 years prior but eh, it was a bittersweet moment anyway.
holyflurkingsnit · 3 points · Posted at 23:27:31 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm so sorry. That is really sad. I'm glad you feel like you built your own skill set and walked away with a feeling of pride in your abilities, but I'm sorry you had to learn so many of them the hard way!
xm202OAndA · 2 points · Posted at 05:37:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are correct. My father tried to teach me how to golf. Bought me my own clubs and everything. Then we played. I walked off the course in the middle of our round and waited by the car for him to finish. I literally never played again.
Snapdragon_fish · 31 points · Posted at 01:47:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel for her with the raw meat thing. I was semi-vegetarian my first semester of college because I wasn't confident that I wouldn't poison myself. However, I knew how to cook tofu and beans and plenty of other things, so I did just fine and eventually learned to cook meat.
thrashette · 23 points · Posted at 03:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have the same issue. I hate the way raw meat looks and feels. I hate cutting into it and feeling the "feedback." Even though I use a thermometer and have never poisoned myself, I never feel 100% confident that my chicken is cooked all the way. I'm planning on going Vegan as soon as I get my finances in order after being furloughed.
Tar_alcaran · 13 points · Posted at 04:55:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being vegan is a bit complicated, but I've found being vegetarian is cheaper than eating meat.
BlueAurus · 2 points · Posted at 17:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, learning vegetarian meals also tends to get you really good at spicing things just right.
Also really good at improvised lazy meals xD
itsbeelee · 3 points · Posted at 07:41:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I respectfully disagree with veganism being complicated. You can absolutely be vegan without knowing how to cook tofu or seitan or any other meat substitutes. You wouldn’t even need any fancy food substitutes. There’s plenty of nutritiously dense vegetables, grains, legumes etc. Don’t let that scare you out of trying out veganism, if that’s what you want to do of course.
Edit: grammar
Tar_alcaran · 7 points · Posted at 08:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well yes, it's absolutely possible, but you do have to plan and think a bit. Its not rocket science, but you do have to put some effort and thought in.
itsbeelee · 3 points · Posted at 09:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh for sure. I agree with that.
firstmatedavy · 6 points · Posted at 12:09:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know how to cook raw meat and was doing it for years, but now I'm semi-vegetarian because cooking beans is way less stressful. Also I feel magical when the tiny little bean-rocks turn into big food.
ZisDed · 4 points · Posted at 06:41:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am colour blind - I am shit at knowing when meat is cooked.
Khaylain · 3 points · Posted at 07:43:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are tests to determine how well done a steak is at least with only touch.
Compare the meat firmness to the fleshy part at the base of your thumb when you press (not hard) the thumb and one of the other fingers on the same hand together. The closer to thumb-pinky you're going the closer to "well done" you'll be.
I don't know for chicken. I usually just make sure chicken is cooked at least long enough. Mostly in stews or the like.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 23:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use a thermometer. More reliable anyway.
ShiraCheshire · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, learning to cook meat right can be really stressful. Too many people will tell you the meat is done when it's "golden brown" or when it "looks done."
But if you were never taught, you have no frame of reference for what that's supposed to look like.
legend18 · 17 points · Posted at 01:49:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sadly I kinda suffer from not cooking meat outta fear it’s not cooked enough. Although I should get that little stick that tells you the temperature. Forget what’s it’s called
nmotsch789 · 16 points · Posted at 03:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...uhh...are you thinking of a thermometer?
legend18 · 5 points · Posted at 03:36:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes :( brain fart
nmotsch789 · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have brain farts pretty often; I know how it is
legend18 · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day friend!!!
tom_0334 · 2 points · Posted at 08:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you check the color on the inside you don't really need one. Just slice it in half on the thickest part and check.
For chicken: If it's all white you are good. Put it back if you see any hint of pink. If its is dry and grainy, you could have removed it earlier and it would have been juicier.
For pork, it can be very slightly pinkish, but I wouldn't risk it if you're not confident.
Flamouricios · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A thermometer?
forwardprogresss · 1 points · Posted at 21:41:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesn't have to be scary, tons of people are crap cold and manage not to make everyone sick.
The key is to minimize juices getting everywhere, get it into a pan, put the knife or scissors used to open the package in our by the sink. You're good.
Then you've got choices on cooking it on the stove, in the oven, etc.
The standard methods depend on your cut of meat. The most common are either high heat and a fast cook, such as for a steak or thin small pieces. Or low heat and a long cook, like for a roast or larger cuts of meat. Budget friendly meats tend to be tougher. So for roast or pork shoulder, you can put those in a pan, cover them so they don't dry out, then cook on low for 7-12 hours. Recipes will have you add a few things for flavor and that's always nice. Water and a seasoning packet would be okay too.
You might also be interested in a slow cooker, which can be super cheap and is just a plug in container and you can set it to low and let it cook all day. Tons of simple recipes online for chicken, rice, beans, taco meat, stews, or often I'll do an internet search for "slow cooker recipes that use turkey" and the internet provides.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 02:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I can kind of understand the whole not wanting to cook meat thing. It's kind of daunting when you think about all the sicknesses that can potentially come from doing it wrong.
odenb5 · 9 points · Posted at 04:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG I worked with this girl who one time was supposed to bring cookies to a work party and didn’t because she didn’t have Pam!! She was complaining about how now she has all this raw cookie dough in her kitchen and it ruined her day. I asked her if she had butter or any type of oil. She listed multiple oils she had and she had butter. I told her that’s the same thing... and she started arguing with me! This woman (my guess around 30) truly believed Pam was the ONLY thing on the world that stopped food from sticking to anything. Lots of other people politely chimed in and told her I was telling the truth and she just refused to believe it. I left that job shortly after that (for other reasons) and she wouldn’t speak to me after that day. I think about half way through her meltdown she knew she was wrong and couldn’t admit it after she made an idiot of herself yelling at a company party about how Pam is the only thing in the world that works on any food. I chuckle every time I see a can of Pam anywhere lol.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:50:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy her a decent meat thermometer for her birthday/Xmas/Unbirthday and that should cure her meat issue. When parents "do everything," they often won't let their kids (or their spouse, friends, and other family) do it because it won't be "right." It is almost always a control issue.
lyrasorial · 3 points · Posted at 03:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I highly suggest the thermopop!
littlekittybear · 9 points · Posted at 02:13:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a similar friend with regard to cooking. Straight up said "well, I don't cook because I can't tell when the chicken is done." ...baffled the hell out of me. I'm not a great cook, but I can watch youtube videos and read recipes...the internet exists??
She takes a weird pride in not knowing how to cook, then complains about being broke. And also gaining weight as she eats pizzas every other day.
She has also told me that she hates reading because long chapters are overwhelming. I think the reality is that it takes longer than a scroll...
Cipher1414 · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a girl who would just straight up boils rice and get mad when it didn’t cook like noodles. So I taught her how to cook rice, do laundry, cook an egg, etc.
Chocolate-Chai · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of people who can otherwise cook reasonably okay, can’t cook rice. When people boil & sieve the water like they’re making pasta/potatoes..!
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 23:36:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rice hates me. I can only do it right in a rice cooker.
Chocolate-Chai · 1 points · Posted at 23:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can’t go wrong with rice with a few simple points to followed exactly.
You can then use that base recipe for any other fancier rice - add onions, cumin, spices, veg, chicken etc before starting the above steps.
zhentarim_agent · 3 points · Posted at 02:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ever thought about getting her a meat thermometer to help with this? I recommend it to all my friends who aren't good at cooking so they don't poison the shit out of themselves. lol
LstKingofLust · 3 points · Posted at 02:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always google when I get a new food from the store and how to prepare it. Dragon fruit looked cool and tasted great. Internet saved my life that day. Also, I'm always concerned about under cooking food. I'm like hey it looks done give it another 5 minutes.
imostlydisagree · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll definitely always follow this with chicken, pork, ground meats, but a bad idea for steak. A steak cooked well done is a crime.
oxomiyawhatever · 3 points · Posted at 04:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up, I was always told to concentrate on my studies and extra-curriculars. I literally BEGGED my mother for cooking lessons before going off to college. She was like "you'll be FINE!". I wasn't. Fire Brigade got called my first week there coz I didn't put enough water in and had gone off to pee.. On the flip side, I realized that I actually like cooking and now cook huge, elaborate meals for friends and family.. Guess she was right.. I was fine..
simononandon · 3 points · Posted at 04:30:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never "afraid" to cook meat. But I understand cooking it well much better now. When I started, definitely tended to overcook. Ironically, with good quality fresh fish & beef, it's nice that you really just need to heat it up. Pork & chicken though, it's a dance.
Still, Americans get pretty scared of meat. You can leave it out for far longer & cook it quite a bit less than many people do without worrying too much.
BeautyNTheGreek · 5 points · Posted at 01:46:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those types of parents like their kids to be a little bit broken so they're always needed & the kids afr always coming back to them for "help".
SBO_Reddo · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup... add on to that not being allowed to use things like dishwasher or laundry because "you'll break it" and being so mean that you avoid the kitchen where they usually are. I can relate to most the things on this list.
mappersdelight · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Job security through obscurity.
Mrminecrafthimself · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a girl like this in college. Fucking incompetent. Her mom woke her up every morning, helped her with homework, made her appointments, did all her cooking/laundry. She was 20.
She complained about not having clean clothes and I asked her why she didn’t just do some laundry. She said “I don’t know how to turn on the machine.”
114619 · 2 points · Posted at 05:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When it comes to cooking meat just tell them to stretch their fingers and pres on the palm of their hand, if the meat feels like the palm of your hand its probably ready, if its softer its probably not done yet. And if they want to be sure just cut it in half.
IwantAnIguana · 2 points · Posted at 05:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid--about 12/13, I babysat the little kids next door. One was a toddler, the other an infant. Their mom felt comfortable with me babysitting because it was right next door and my Grandma was home if I ran into any trouble. But, the thing is, I only babysat while the mom was away about 1% of the time. 99% of the time she was home. She'd have me come over because she couldn't do household chores AND watch the kids. She struggled to get things done. So, I'd keep the kids entertained while she did things around the house. She even had me help her shop. She once told me she realized she should be better about these things, but that her mom had never let her help around the house. She said, "My mom said children should have a childhood and have fun. It's an adult's job to take care of responsibility. But now I am the adult and I don't know how to be responsible."
FartHeadTony · 2 points · Posted at 05:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe she did try, but the daughter is a recalcitrant little shit.
JustDiscoveredSex · 2 points · Posted at 05:54:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom could cook like mad and I was a stubborn moron and refused to learn from her. Because teenager. DO NOT BE ME!!
I eventually learned to cook via Cooks illustrated and can throw down Thanksgiving dinner with the best of them.
One kid is totally into learning how to cook. The other could not care less.
sharp_as_a_marble · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In her defense, I also can't tell when meat is done cooking. But then again in my defense I'm colorblind and pink is one of the hardest colors to pick out. I basically google what temperature things should be and then constantly stab whatever I'm cooking with a meat thermometer.
schreiberkat · 2 points · Posted at 11:49:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sad that parents don't prepare children for going out into the world with some common sense and basic survival skills.
UndeniablyPink · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Sometimes it’s because some parents have certain ways they do things and don’t want kids to mess it up. Or don’t want to take the time to show them. My daughters dad took a sweet photo of me showing my toddler how to cook. His mom saw it and was taken aback that I’d let her do that (LO likes to help and was only stirring eggs. Kinda hard to mess up or hurt herself). She continued to tell me how her mom wouldn’t let the kids in the kitchen because she was afraid they’d fuck it up. Made a whole lot of sense why my mil got seemingly annoyed when I was using her kitchen to cook veggies one time as if she’s projecting her late mother’s quirks. I’m a grown ass woman in my 30s and being made to feel as though I’m in unwanted territory in her kitchen.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is exactly how my mom was. She was a clean/neat freak and knew how to cook (sort of) but she never TAUGHT me how to do anything, really. I had to slowly learn everything on my own or from other people. It's embarrassing. Someday, when I have a child, I am going to teach them how to do everything, how to cook, how to clean, how to do... everything!
CatherineConstance · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah see this is so confusing to me. My mom was stay at home mom almost until I was in middle school and she and my dad have always been the very traditional “man brings home the money, woman cooks/cleans/raises kids”, and I’ve known how to do all of this stuff as long as I can remember!
Cooking, cleaning, sewing, home/car maintenance, you name it. And we’ve always been pretty well off, too, so I’m definitely the spoiled only child, but STILL!!
grammy1972 · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This whole thread has me so grateful I taught my kid's life skills!!
monstermayhem436 · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel that cooking meat one as I can't tell either and on the few occasions my dad makes me watch over meat he's cooking it's often overcooked
Fredredphooey · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what I used to learn all of that except cooking. Http://www.flylady.net
harleyqueenzel · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandmother and mother were both house cleaners. I would often have to go with them if I didn't have school that day for whatever reason. My mother was overbearing and refuses to show us how to do anything because she was ridiculously meticulous. My grandmother, however, showed us how to do everything. I really enjoy doing chores and have taught all of my kids as much as is age appropriate as well. Turns out we all hate putting away laundry though lol
toooldtostayuplate · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandma raised me and didn’t teach me shit because she was a control freak and would not let anybody do house chores
kickit08 · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I.l can kind of understand the meat thing of not knowing how long to cook it for and if it is done enough
AnorexicKoala · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some moms expect you to want to learn from them yourself. Some kids get anxious learning from their mom because they don’t want to get yelled at. Some kids don’t really think that far.
JasmijnClaudia · 1 points · Posted at 06:46:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry, but you had to learn her how to make tea?? I really don't get how people can be so incompetent. I also had parents that did almost everything for me, but I still learned how to clean and cook. How can you send your kid into the world when it knows nothing
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why just put it on the mom? Dad was equally responsible
somefool · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Take it from my mom: "You will spend long enough as an adult being forced to do all that, I just wanted you to enjoy your childhood".
Now, my mom can't cook for shit, so I did not miss out on a lot, but I made a few costly mistakes on the cleaning front when I moved out.
crystalclearbuffon · 1 points · Posted at 07:36:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Type a mom perhaps. My sis never learnt anything because my mom didn't like the way it turned out. She did the same with me, but my late night anxiety meals taught me cooking, cleaning and laundry, in secrecy.
wnstnsmth84 · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the type of shit they used to teach in school and college. I think we need to bring adulting back to the curriculum.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yep. Make everybody take Home Ec.
Khwadj · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This equally shows how she never got interested in what her mother did or what a household needs done, or the basic curiosity of wondering how cooking works
trev2234 · 1 points · Posted at 08:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m English. You had to teach her how to make tea?! I need to lie down and calm down. Maybe with a cuppa.
Buzaroo · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a 25 year old roommate like this. Couldn't cook something as simple as eggs, couldn't dry her own hair, didn't know how to do laundry, wash dishes, or sweep/mop the floor. Didn't even know how to turn the kettle on. She blamed it on her mum doing everything for her.
roman4883 · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tend to think the kid should also be curious in these situations, if the kid is not interested in learning the basics then it's partly their fault too.
Golddustofawoman · 1 points · Posted at 09:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Theres moms like this, and then there's my mom who had me cooking all my dinners (I'm talking some advanced shit like like chicken and whatnot) and doing all the chores and my own laundry from the time I was 10 or 11. She also thought 6 years old was the perfect time for me to learn how to sew and crochet as well. Thanks mom.
gtg930r · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach both my wife and sister-in-law all this kind of stuff. My mother-in-law refused to let them do anything like that when they were growing up because she said they wouldn't do it right. First night in her dorm apartment in college my wife set a kitchen towel on fire using it as an oven mitt. She tried to make a frozen pizza once and didn't know the difference between bake and broil on the oven and burnt the top while the bottom was still frozen. Her sister was making pasta salad from a box and thought the 3 tablespoons of water for the sauce was how much you needed to cook the pasta. Luckily they learned quickly, but I'm surprised neither of them burned any buildings down in the process.
marcas_r · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean in my personal experience i just refuse to cook chicken cause i undercooked it once and had a terrible evening, so i don’t trust myself with raw chicken anymore
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 23:42:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get an instant read thermometer. It will solve this problem. 160 for light meat, 170 for dark.
Emilyx33x · 1 points · Posted at 09:35:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am exactly like your friend. I had a very sheltered childhood where I never had to do chores. I thought it was great at the time but I really struggled coming to uni and not knowing how to use a microwave. Parenting tip 101: don’t do everything for your child - they need to learn
Willowpuff · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, so you also lived with my ex housemate.
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am happy to read that you were able to pass on some knowledge to her. It’s not your job, true, but it’s nice that you took the time, and good that she wanted to learn from you. She’d have been grateful post college if she moved in by herself! 😛
TrenchcoatDucks · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait hold up... that's all fine but you taught her how to make tea??
As in...place tea bag in hot water and maybe add sweetener of your choice..?
ImBrotherCain · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Control issues.
whatisabaggins55 · 1 points · Posted at 12:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always tend to overcook my meat because of this.
EmperorFishcakes · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good God I've been living with someone like that for months. Girl doesn't make anything resembling food for meal times (tortilla w/ peanut butter and beans anyone?), never puts away dishes, tried to pierce her ear in the communal kitchen and has routinely bragged about keeping things in her room so long they grow mould. I love nature, but mould?? Fucking seriously?!? Met her mum when she moved out and the lady was so impressed I knew how to wipe down counters. We chatted for a bit, but I didn't have the heart to tell her how miserable her daughter's basic home skills are.
Agisek · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why do you people think a degree in education is a thing? Just because you know how to do something doesn't automatically make you good at teaching it. 90% of people shouldn't be parents because they don't have the skills to teach their kids anything. We complain about educational system a lot, but it's still infinitely better than what most parents can do.
LabRatPerson · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Urgh, my kid is 9 and knows how to make scrambled eggs. My children have become self sufficient during the pandemic and make their own lunches while mom and dad work from home. I’m so happy to impart some life skills!
sewxcute · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mom doesn't know how to cook. my grandma cant cook. I cant really cook well but when i first moved out I knew I had to figure shit out. thank goodness for the internet.
and some book I got i wish i could remember but it was an adulting how to before "adulting" was a thing and had info on how to do laundry, bills, open bank account, taxes, etc. just quick run through but it was like bible thick. I'm glad I had it because my family didnt teach me anything since they knew if i left they wouldnt have control over me.
btcraig · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to be taught how to mop when I moved out of my parents place. Not particularly hard but I've only ever owned a dry mop and never had any experience with the "real" thing. Same for doing laundry but you can pretty much guess and get that right if your machine doesn't have any bells/whistles. I could spend an hour poking buttons on my parents washer and dryer though if I didn't know how to start them.
Dyolf_Knip · 1 points · Posted at 14:42:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a parent who does all that stuff, but I'm also desperately trying to foist it off onto my kids as much as possible. My 10 year old daughter is shortly going to be responsible for cooking dinner for everyone at least once a week, but she's been handling her own (admittedly simple) food prep for quite some time.
Lol, I got an electric weed whacker a month ago, and the fact that this girl can hoist it and use it just makes me gloriously happy.
Severe_Report · 1 points · Posted at 18:22:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t cook red meat at home because I’m colorblind. I can never tell when it’s done. I mean, I know when it’s REALLY done but I like it medium. 😊
musical_throat_punch · 1 points · Posted at 19:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To keep her dependent on mom. Because you should never leave your mother, Norman.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 21:52:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter put a styrofoam ramen bowl in the microwave and ran it for 5 minutes. Bowl caught fire after 2 min - flames shooting out of the vents, really horrible smelling smoke very efficiently pushed out by the exhaust fan, set off the smoke detectors. Cleaning it was a bear, still smelled a month later.
She was maybe 6 at the time, asked later if I was mad at her. I told her no, it was called a 'learning experience'.
jaanun · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know how to make scrambled eggs, but making them taste good like my mom's is a whole other story.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:55 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandmother’s usual method of greasing a pan is with a butter wrapper.
4KbShort · 1 points · Posted at 18:37:12 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a good friend. :)
rocknin · 0 points · Posted at 04:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
fixed that for you.
OrganicDroid · 0 points · Posted at 04:45:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cook with onions almost everyday and I only sort of know what you’re talking about. Like... they don’t neeeeed to be peeled. Just cut.
walkingknight · 16323 points · Posted at 21:46:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My ex and I were cooking together and one of the pans got too hot, and we had a minor grease fire.
She grabbed a bag of flour.
As tempted as I was to slap it out of her hands, I didn't want to aerate a bunch of flour next to a grease fire, so I grabbed it with both hands and forced it (and her, because she wouldn't let go) over to the countertop, and then dropped the lid on the pan.
I asked her what her logic was, and she said "well, you're supposed to put baking soda on a grease fire and not water, right?".
"Yes. Why did you try to use flour?"
"What's the difference? They're both white powder."
EDIT: https://scribol.com/science/chemistry/the-tremendously-explosive-power-of-flour/
Also wow, THIS blew up. :-)
boiyougongetcho · 8693 points · Posted at 23:29:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus that's even worse than water, she almost made a bomb.
Mjarf88 · 5010 points · Posted at 00:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, those are the two most flammable things you'll find in a typical kitchen. Damn, that would basically have turned into a sort of home made fuel-air bomb.
el_chorizo · 6728 points · Posted at 00:25:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey I had no idea, thanks for that. I knew about the water, but not the flour. Who knows, you might have saved me from a disaster in the future
Mjarf88 · 3181 points · Posted at 00:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There have been cases where flour mills have literally exploded, that's how flammable it is...
Teledildonic · 2007 points · Posted at 00:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sugar, too. Imperial Sugar had one of the more spectacular cases in recent years.
Mjarf88 · 242 points · Posted at 00:38:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes sense considering how energy dense it is. I think you can make actual rocket fuel with sugar?
[deleted] · 112 points · Posted at 00:42:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and mostly about surface area
because stuff is crushed into fine powder oxydation happens faster
roguereversal · 54 points · Posted at 03:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Combustible dust is the industrial term. Fine powders develop loads of static electricity and there's the ignition source
teebob21 · 26 points · Posted at 04:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust explosions are the bomb
AliveAndKickingAss · 3 points · Posted at 09:05:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ahcthually I think the term is condustible
Werwolf12 · 41 points · Posted at 00:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
ChuckBosworth · 27 points · Posted at 02:40:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a plot point in The Martian. Toward the end an astronaut on the ship improvises a bomb with sugar.
Swampfox85 · 15 points · Posted at 03:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just finished rereading it for probably the third time this morning. So good.
HamWatcher · 5 points · Posted at 14:26:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
3 times in one morning - I really have to step up my speed reading practice.
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 03:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not 100% sure, but I BELIEVE in this case it's less about energy density and more about super fine powders being dispersed in the air. The same thing happens with sawdust and grain dust.
CubistHamster · 24 points · Posted at 03:48:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This is correct. Most finally divided solids are flammable when dispersed properly in the air.
(I spent 8 years as a military bomb technician, and have some very fond memories of playing with improvised fuel-air devices.)
ShadowRH · 9 points · Posted at 04:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sugar is a bit more burny than the others from all the energy density, but most of the explosive is from aerated powders, yeah.
Halotab117 · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also with powdered coffee creamer, which is basically just powered sugar.
deadcell · 6 points · Posted at 03:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s called rocket candy. Basically nitrated sugar.
anieds9050 · 4 points · Posted at 03:34:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey! I also read Rocket Boys!
BoundaryStompingMIL · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prodigious!
banannixx · 7 points · Posted at 03:13:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mythbusters had an episode on it where they turned gummy bears into solid fuel for scale rockets.
PyroDesu · 5 points · Posted at 03:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, mixed with potassium nitrate to act as an oxidizer. Called rocket candy.
myflesh · 4 points · Posted at 03:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt peter and sugar... and it smells pretty good.
And different ration makes smoke bombs.
woody5600 · 5 points · Posted at 04:32:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The lowest grade of Napalm is made of Veggie Oil and Powdered Sugar. That is it. It's super sticky and once you get it lit it stays lit until there is no more fuel!
cptjeff · 3 points · Posted at 04:45:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, just melt it together with the oxidizer very fucking carefully and pour into the casing. That was one of the fuels Homer Hickam and his crew used in Rocket Boys/October Sky.
Stargate525 · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With the aeration it's mostly surface area and the speed it can oxidize. You can do it with sawdust too. Basically anything flammable and able to be made into a powder
throwaway48159 · 3 points · Posted at 03:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean it sucks, but yes it works well enough to launch model rockets.
fixITman1911 · 3 points · Posted at 03:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very common in model rockets at least
Felixfelicis_placebo · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! I've done it! They didn't work very well (my fault for making them badly. They can work well). The smoke bombs worked great though.
meson537 · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yes, along with an oxidizer
nihilmelior · 2 points · Posted at 05:05:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's called rocket candy, you mix sugar with an amount of an oxidizer, usually potassium nitrate or saltpeter (which happens to be the oxidizer in black powder). Mix the two dry, wet or however you want really, and it will burn quite nicely letting of a scary amount of smoke relative to the solid amount. Best part is that the more you constrain it the faster it burns.
thisischemistry · 2 points · Posted at 09:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's called rocket candy. The sugar is the fuel, potassium nitrate is often the oxidizer.
superkp · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In The Martian (well known for it's adherence to real science), they literally make a bomb to blow off the spaceship doors out of a sealed container, white sugar, and pure oxygen.
No gravity means that the sugar and O2 mixed very well, so all you need is the right ratio and a spark.
panzer2011 · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah one of Grant Thompson's (King of Random) videos was about him making rocket fuel out of sugar. Rest In Peace our king
ashortfallofgravitas · 2 points · Posted at 10:27:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely do not try to build a rocket motor like he does in that video
Arinupa · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well they do use alcohol as fuel.. And it's from sugars.
God_Damnit_Nappa · 42 points · Posted at 01:51:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grain elevators too. Anything that can turn into a fine powder can go boom
Mangonesailor · 24 points · Posted at 02:26:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even metal dust. Iron dust in the air is even flammable.
Steam_whale · 6 points · Posted at 02:38:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to decide if it's a good thing or a bad thing I knew the link was going to be to a USCSB video before I clicked...
Mangonesailor · 10 points · Posted at 03:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear those vids have given me a really eye-opening respect for some of the shit I work around (wood processing). I've got thermal oil, hydraulics, natural gas, wood dust... all that.
I thought I was careful, now I'm nearly paranoid.
AdvocatingforEvil · 11 points · Posted at 02:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And powdered coffee creamer. Man, I loved that Mythbusters episode.
MaggieMay1519 · 9 points · Posted at 03:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad I read this thread. Apparently I’ve been taught nothing in my life and have been potentially on the verge of exploding my house my entire 39 years on this planet.
amirchukart · 5 points · Posted at 02:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sugar fires are the worst. Sugar will stick to you like napalm.
tackle_bones · 4 points · Posted at 02:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren’t the sugar mill fires usually from the left over piles of sugar cane cellulose? That is, they extract the sugar and the piles of shredded plant material is what’s most flammable? I know they continuously wet the giant mountains of the stuff in my state.
tossmeawayagain · 10 points · Posted at 03:01:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The heat from decomposition in those piles starts it, the perfect fuel dust in the air and in the machinery is what turns it into a firestorm.
ReginaGeorgian · 4 points · Posted at 02:54:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine the caramel
byronnnn · 3 points · Posted at 02:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coffee creamer powder too. Mythbusters did an episode of flammable powders.
tired_king98 · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and the gang in Guarma 1901
sugarfrostedfreak · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Powdered coffee creamer will too. Thanks Mythbusters.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sugar is flammable?
Teledildonic · 1 points · Posted at 15:16:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Extrememly. Starches as well (flours, corn starch, baking powder, etc.)
It won't go off like gunpowder if you just stick a match into a pile of it but if you aerate it enough it will go bang.
It's actually not that different than gasoline. The pure liquid doesnt burn easily but as it vaporizes by evaporation or deliberate means (like automotive fuel injection) it become very flammable.
Comfortable_Text · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So has Perfetti Van Mell at the Air head factory near me. That sugar dust is very explosive.
snakpakkid · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now I feel.less dumb that I'm the prson who never has flour or sugar. We never buy them. I know.at least sugar but we dont use sugar. I use honey for most things to sweeten it up.
Eveleyn · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good thing for me that i only buy rebel sugar.
ValhallaVacation · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, this is why I always go with Rebellion Sugar
disgruntled-spider · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Almost anything powdery enough and aerated enough can ignite and explode.
subscribedToDefaults · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coal dust is just as dangerous
SouthernBelleInACage · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that the one down near Savannah?
finnacrytonightboys · 1 points · Posted at 19:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you can use salt.
A911owner · 19 points · Posted at 01:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coffee creamer is no joke either: https://youtu.be/yRw4ZRqmxOc
slowmode1 · 6 points · Posted at 02:22:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is really fun to put in a camp fire
EvieMoon · 17 points · Posted at 02:11:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Custard factories go boom too. Anywhere working with a fine powder in a confined space is basically a bomb in waiting.
doom32x · 5 points · Posted at 05:18:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fine organic powders, inorganic shit like mineral powders generally don't burn.
Mercurys_Soldier · 2 points · Posted at 09:49:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been there. Just after leaving school, I got a job at 'the jam factory' which made loads of things including custard powder. A hose broke, filling the corn-flour silo room with a thick haze. Got selected to help clear up, using hand brushes etc.as a spark (from a vacuum cleaner for example,) could have levelled the building
trevorwobbles · 13 points · Posted at 02:53:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but they have flour dust everywhere, and getting the mixture right is hard to do on a small scale.
Water would be worse, because it explodes a grease fire onto the walls ceiling, and you.
The flour would mostly just add a partial flour fire to the pan fire. Heck you might have a fighting chance with it, if you don't dust it on. That's really something to test in an empty concrete lot, at the end of a very long stick though.
Source: background in pyrotechnic and special effects. Have burned a lot of things deliberately, and extinguished many things too.
MarzipanMarzipan · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I successfully smothered a grease fire in a frying pan with flour once.
Once.
LavastormSW · 10 points · Posted at 02:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Google "Minneapolis Mill City Museum." It's a flour mill that exploded a while ago - super interesting. I grew up near there and loved going to the museum and the ruins that are still there.
FriendlyMrBean · 7 points · Posted at 02:51:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah! I loved that place when I was younger! They have a mini theater production about the mill's history, including the explosion, and the loud bang always scared the crap out of little me.
LavastormSW · 3 points · Posted at 13:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! I did love the elevator theater though.
BoilingHotCumshot · 5 points · Posted at 02:34:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grain silos as well. My dad was a firefighter, got put in the hospital for a piece of exploding silo embedding in his helmet and concussing him.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:36:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour mills and silos explode due to friction and static electricity. Then, because it is a fuel source (albeit not a super great one when packed), it will start burning. The wind from the fire will pick up the particles, and because it's such fine particles, you'll end up with a rapid expansion of air, as the flour is being thrown everywhere. I swore I heard something about this on a Smarter Every Day episode, but the grain silo episode I just watched didn't say anything about that.
Iximaz · 3 points · Posted at 02:26:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put that to good use in a D&D game once. Pyro wizard I played set a bandit hideout on fire.
The hideout was an appropriated flour mill.
No more bandits. DM was pissed. XD
elegant_pun · 3 points · Posted at 02:29:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine working somewhere where, not only can you lose whole limbs if they get caught in the mechanism, but the air in the place seems to catch fire and then explode!
What the fuck would you do with tonnes of grinding wheels flying about the place?!
thaistro · 3 points · Posted at 03:12:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, most of the midwestern states in the US have had at least one mill explosion. It's unreal how a five story quartzite building can vanish in seconds after some dumbass knocks over a lantern in a mill
shainajoy · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had noooo idea. Not that I would ever think to use flour to put a grease fire out. But still..definitely learned something new today
DeepakThroatya · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You do need some pretty precise stoichiometry though.
Barrayaran · 1 points · Posted at 22:38:40 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I am an idiot, my brain first read that as"starchiometry", which I assume is a subtype specifically related to starches in a reaction and -- never mind, I can't: my brain is an idiot brain...
DeepakThroatya · 1 points · Posted at 22:39:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, I'm something of an idiot myself.
Roses88 · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think I knew that either
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One in my city was especially terrible and led to some major reform. Flour ain't nothing to fuck with. Just look at this building.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mill_City_Museum
crappy-mods · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea my dad worked at a grain farm and it got so hot one day the grain flower just burnt. It wasn’t exposed to flame just the sun
pregnantbaby · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also did not know this about flour
littleyellowbike · 2 points · Posted at 10:21:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's an entire section of the electrical code book covering special provisions for hazardous locations. Flour mills fall in that category.
sobrique · 2 points · Posted at 10:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can reproduce this with a party popper and a candle. Party popper will get the fuel-air dispersion of flammable powders :).
The fun part is flour mills often explode twice - the first one shakes loose all the flour that's settled, and it ignites again.
unclejoel · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There were rice elevators near my house when I was a kid. They us s to go “boom” in the night.
Joliet_Jake_Blues · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meh, in 7th grade science class we could barely get it to burn.
Coffee creamer burned great though.
Prickly-Flower · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is, however, an excellent way to get rid of the plague. And any old buildings being an eyesore.
markuspoop · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Inflammable means flammable? What a country.
djcleansweep · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s an entire park in Minneapolis MN called Mill Ruins Park because the Gold Medal Flour Mill blew up so many times that they stopped cleaning it up and let it become part of the scenery
Gotta_Ketcham_All · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mythbusters did it with coffee creamer. Scary stuff.
only_gay_on_tuesdays · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive been urban exploring in an abandon grain silo/ flour factory. The place has been closed for years and part of the reason its not operating anymore and they haven't been able to selm it off is because it cought fire like 4 times and theres still flour and grain mixed in with all the dirt amd stuff so it actually posses some danger if they wanna tear it down. Oh and its cought on fire a few times since its been closed because of people being inside it and smoking or something to start a fire.
shitposterguru · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I learned that every year more Americans die from corn mill accidents (equipment failure, grain spills, explosions, etc) than from shark attacks, I felt that I learned the most hillbilly fact of all time.
This is a great example. Standing maybe 20m from a structure failure and what do they do? Get confused when the spill gets engulfed in flames
mercurialemons · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any particulate matter in a high enough concentration in the air is combustible. Flour mills blow up because of bad housekeeping practices, not because of anything special about flour dust. (Source - I was a technician on milling equipment)
noriender · 1 points · Posted at 08:55:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandpa was an engineer specialised on mills (when he first started, before retiring he constructed robots). Flour mills exploding and/or burning down were a big problem back then and so finding work wasn't very hard.
Gdkshksb755756ghjn · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only when it's finely mixed with the pair. It's almost impossible to unintentionally create a dust explosion at home.
Mjarf88 · 1 points · Posted at 10:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I am kinda accident prone, so I don't I should risk it. I did manage to cut my arm badly once, on a curtain rod of all things.
kerrangutan · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother in law live right next to a flour mill, I keep trying to work out how much damage would be caused if it exploded
unluckyshallot123 · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no idea... wow.
RepChar · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That has been a constant problem throughout history. One of the most dangerous jobs was always a mil worker. Can lose limbs very easily as well.
katiesaysthings · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for sharing. Truly. This is one fact that somehow completely missed me.
steveb4219 · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just finished a construction project at a flour mill. We spent a ton of time installing explosion suppression equipment anywhere there's flour dust.
The_Dark_Kniggit · 1 points · Posted at 13:46:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And sawdust and sugar and any flammable powder of it's fine enough to aerosolise. If it's in the right ratio of fuel to air it'll go bang.
monkeyship · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The big grain silos have fires and explosions from the dust off the grain too.
Shimmerstorm · 64 points · Posted at 00:54:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Me too. 30, and I honestly didn’t know flour was combustible. I would never have thought to put it on a grease fire though thankfully. Lol
SaltineFiend · 6 points · Posted at 03:14:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s pure calories stored in a very easily broken hydrocarbon chain. It’s essentially gasoline for people. Except, unlike cars, we can keep making a bigger fuel tank until our lungs give out if all we do is fuel up and sit on the couch and watch reality TV.
teawreckshero · 6 points · Posted at 06:28:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It works with a ton of combustible particles. Many of them are not flammable when in a pile on the counter, but as soon as it's kicked up in the air, it might as well be a flammable gas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rJfDVVgGgI
shrk352 · 2 points · Posted at 15:22:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
flour is basically just dried crushed up grass. So if you can imagine how quick dry grass will burn, now imagine it smashed into a powder and blown up into the air with a lot of oxygen.
Shimmerstorm · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know in my head what flour is, but it’s hard to imagine it as crushed up grass once it’s bleached I think. Lol. It doesn’t seem like it could be grass. Lol. It doesn’t seem flammable. Seems fluffy and friendly like a cake lol.
Volkar · 53 points · Posted at 01:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're curious, this is very dangerous not solely because it's flammable but because suspended flour in the air causes very violent chain reactions when it burns (aka an explosion basically): one flour particule sets all the ones around it on fire and so on and so forth and boom. Same thing with sugar, hay dust etc which is why sugar mills and hay storage buildings have a tendency to blow up.
Funilly enough though, it's actually humidity due to poor storage conditions that cause straw storage hangers to blow up as the bacteria found in hay bales and straw bales produce large amounts of heat that can actually reach Flashpoint heat, set hay dust in the air on fire and boom goes the hangar.
JoaoEB · 6 points · Posted at 02:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad had to investigate a dust explosion on a grain silo once. Due to a series of errors it blew up when it was almost empty, so the entire thing was a humongous fuel-air bomb.
Luckily it was Sunday and only three workers were there at the time. The two guys working in the silos and the security guard who was on the gatehouse half a mile away.
The explosion was so violent that the gatehouse disappeared. Not a single building in that plant survived. Had it happened on a Monday, the death toll would be on the triple digits.
Fuel-air explains are no joke.
TurnoftheCentKid · 7 points · Posted at 02:59:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did the workers that were there survive?
JoaoEB · 3 points · Posted at 08:42:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, they got torn into pieces.
Volkar · 2 points · Posted at 15:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah those explosions get real nasty real quick. When I used to visit farms, the one thing that always came up was "God fucking dammit get some proper air flow going in here, do you actually want to die" :)
JoaoEB · 2 points · Posted at 15:39:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know shit is bad when they have to bring the dogs to locate MOST of the body parts.
Volkar · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah imagine with cattle thrown in the mix :P
PCCP82 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
was this in Texas?
JoaoEB · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, southern Brazil.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember the Mythbusters flour inferno. Looked like the monster dying at the end of the movie.
SpiritualCoconut_8 · 17 points · Posted at 01:20:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no idea about the flour either! Good to know! I've never really thought about it before, but I would have just assumed it would put it out by soaking up the oil or something.
Jungleman6 · 13 points · Posted at 01:00:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kinda want to light a candle in the backyard and throw a handful of flour at it now.
Alexsrobin · 3 points · Posted at 02:41:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let me know how it goes! Although a BBQ grill might have better results
compacho · 7 points · Posted at 00:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn't aware of this factoid either. Thanks.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:06:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no idea about the flour too. When I read it, I was like "she didn't really do anything wrong, did she?"
MrRePeter · 3 points · Posted at 01:17:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust explosions are no joke.
JiN88reddit · 3 points · Posted at 01:58:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour is flammable but you usually won't notice it because it's clumped together even when dried. Now, take that flour and sprinkle it in the air and you have flour that have a whole lot of surface area that can catch the flame. Boom.
VorpalFish · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour explosion in a bakery is how the Great Fire of London started
Funk-E-Buttlovin · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m getting smarter and smarter with each comment i read in this chain. Thank you
ZedZerker · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grain silos have been known to explode from the dust igniting. Not small explosions either, giant ones, that destroy the many stories tall silo and everything near it
Yes its a youtube link, it goes to a grain silo explosion video, the explosion is near the end
Just-Call-Me-J · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour is literally dried plant matter, so of course it's going to go up in flames.
elegant_pun · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, do not -- for any reason -- put flour near flame. Ever.
GrumpyMammoth · 2 points · Posted at 02:36:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just for demonstration purposes, this is the extreme example of why you never use anything like flour (or creamer) to put out a fire
And for fun, why you don't use water on burning oil, in case anyone had any doubt still
Funk-E-Buttlovin · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn. I was like “hey not that ba.... hoooolllyy shit!”
Jblade912 · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I second this. Thank you! This great news should be shouted from the rooftops
Skrrattaa · 2 points · Posted at 02:51:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, it’s future you. I forgot my old password so I made another account. You almost fucking died lol
el_chorizo · 2 points · Posted at 08:34:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey since I used time travel to tell me this instead of how to become disgustingly rich I guess there is no need for it. Nice
DrumBxyThing · 2 points · Posted at 03:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You and me both.
disneyme · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad I’m not the only one! I knew you were supposed to suffocate the fire and not use water but didn’t know flour was flammable. I’m a little embarrassed 😳
SrGrimey · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
iirc almost any fine powder can be dangerous
zehamberglar · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You might like this. Two idiots experimenting with flour bombs.
Right around 2 minutes in, they show exactly what his ex was about to do.
CatherineConstance · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I didn’t know that either! I definitely knew about water, but I had never heard of putting baking soda on a grease fire, nor did I initially understand why the flour was such a bad idea.
alanram · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anything else i shouldn’t throw on a grease fire? Asking for 👆🏼 guy
Steffidovah · 2 points · Posted at 08:44:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same, I was totally clueless to this.
djSanta1 · 2 points · Posted at 09:00:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coffee creamer is even more dangerous. Myth busters did coffee creamer cannon
joe-h2o · 2 points · Posted at 09:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any substance with high energy density is going to burn like crazy (ie, pretty much all foods that we eat that contain complex sugars or fats), it just depends on whether you can make it into an aerosol that determines if it will explode like a fuel/air bomb.
Grease (spread into tiny droplets by water>steam expansion): check.
Flour dust: check
Sugar dust: check
Peanuts: nope, unless you powder them in a coffee grinder first.
Rising_Swell · 2 points · Posted at 09:13:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It entirely matters the form of the flour. You have a pile of flour on the counter and try to light it, it won't. You get that shit airborne and it'll make a fireball.
Dinomiteblast · 2 points · Posted at 09:26:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its like sawdust, if a sawdust mill catches fire and something blows the sawdust away, its an instant massive explosion.
keyboardstatic · 2 points · Posted at 09:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make sure you have a fire blanket in your kitchen. It mght save your life one day or your kids
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:47:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had witnessed my first grease fire when mum put soysauce in hot oil to season the fried eggs. I was so shocked and scared..I have very consciously avoided putting soysauce in hot oil for fear of getting burnt :/
chicagobama1 · 2 points · Posted at 10:01:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Google Bisquick bomb or maybe not.
increasingvalency · 2 points · Posted at 10:02:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! Glad I know this now.
venarez · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You think flour is bad you should check out that coffee creamer powder! That was an excellent episode of Mythbusters
Smyrfinator · 2 points · Posted at 10:43:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great fire of London started in a bakery I think, flour go boom, city burns.
Draigdwi · 2 points · Posted at 11:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But would you think of pouring flour in fire on your own if there were no constant warnings not to? I only know about the practice because of the warnings.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look up flour explosions. Done in a controlled way, they're super cool. When it happens accidentally and in the wrong place... less cool.
jackary_the_cat · 2 points · Posted at 13:51:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Throw a handful of flour onto a camp fire sometime
gordonfreemn · 2 points · Posted at 13:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I don't think this one is about "bad adulting". I don't think it's common knowledge that flour is flammable (I guarantee it's not in my country) and there is a logic to the person's action in OP's story - suffocate the fire, like with sand.
Good to know, though..
AlbusLumen · 2 points · Posted at 14:39:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here dude! I'm definitely always aware to avoid grease fires, but didn't know that flour was this flammable.
MarcusAurelius0 · 2 points · Posted at 15:23:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its not so much flour itself as when you put it in the air, those tiny particles are just flammable enough that you can create a chain reaction of one particle catching on fire that leads to all of the particles in the air catching on fire.
Same principal with most aerosols, liquid gasoline is hard to light on fire, you can put a match out in it, but gaseous gasoline all readily burn.
gary_H25 · 2 points · Posted at 16:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It tends to happen with very finely ground things: wood, flour, sugar. Stuff like that
EmotionalOven4 · 3 points · Posted at 00:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve also never been told not to use flour. I’ve always been told to smother it with the lid or use salt.
CR123CR · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look up grain dust explosions. It's the same thing
surfacing_husky · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me either!
l2protoss · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think about what flour is made of and it’s not too shocking.
giantgladiator · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust explosions
Justhavingag00dtyme · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I had no clue about flour
bstabens · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then please notice it's not about the material, but about the size of the particles: the dust. Any small, dustlike material could explode easily when exposed to heat; due to a (comparably) big surface. Even metal dust!
So please don't wave your dustcloth over a grease fire either.
OozeNAahz · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People aren’t explaining that it isn’t like a bag of flour is C4. It is only when flour is dispersed in air that it gets dangerous. And this is true of most any fine particle. Essentially it comes down to how much surface area on the particle can oxidize quickly. When it is packed together it doesn’t have the same ability to oxidize quickly.
louiswins · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually learned this from the book The Golden Compass. The main character uses flour to set off an explosion at one point.
I_want_Cyberpunk2077 · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have personally just learned about both, so, I'm glad to be here.
brownidegurl · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, I even knew that flour was flammable, but I may not have put 2 and 2 together in an emergency. Thanks for the reminder.
This is the kind of stuff I worry about with my husband. He's a lovely human but lacks practical knowledge. Once he asked me for a plate to put grilled food on and I gave him a plastic platter I happened to have handy. He said no, that it would melt, and asked if we had anything wood.
bubbles_says · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I did not know that.
RockyMountainRain · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
33 yo wife and mother of 3. I didn't know the flour thing until now. Thank you!
moogiemcfly · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt is a good thing to use if you start a grease fire or fire in the kitchen
Xaiden95 · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. I’ve actually used flour on an electrical fire but I guess it was low heat cuz it smothered it...scary
Funk-E-Buttlovin · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. Never knew flour was flammable. I also never would have thought to grab flour in the first place anyway so i guess that’s a win and a loss... and then a win again?
Cover it. Smother it.
WibbleSnips · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any extremely fine powder is highly explosive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion
Fun Fact: This principle is used in thermobaric weapons.
One_Percent_Kid · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Powdered coffee creamer too. We used to blow up coffeemate bombs in the backyard for fun when I was like 11. We never did one as big as the Mythbusters one, but they were still a lot of fun.
AndaleTheGreat · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I'll be honest, I'm almost 40 and I've spent a lot of my life cooking for myself and I know that aerated flour can burn but I thought.... You know, I'm not real sure what I thought. I want to say that I thought you were supposed to pour flour into a grease fire from the side so that it would clump the grease and make it non flammable.
My method would always be to just cover it anyways because the problem with the powder method, no matter what you use, is that there is a chance for splashing grease.
Worthyness · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watch the Mythbusters episode about the coffee creamer bomb! They test a bunch of different common food powders and see if they can get a fiery explosion out of it. That's where I learned about this from.
jonnielaw · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt works in a pinch, pun intended
KJBenson · 1 points · Posted at 07:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some campfire fun try sprinkling some flour on the fire.
Or pack it in a tube and blow it onto the flames.
Great learning moment for all around.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun starts at 1min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z366WmYXyGE
It's not as impressive as it could be, but that explosion can spread burning oil-flour clumps all over the kitchen.
Ultrif · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust bomb
myworst · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact, you can switch out spirits for cornflower in ‘fire breathing’ stunts
mini6ulrich66 · 1 points · Posted at 16:24:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, on a similar note. If you ever spill toner (like for your printer) DO NOT USE A NORMAL VACUUM TO CLEAN IT.
There's a solid chance it'll explode.
el_chorizo · 1 points · Posted at 22:48:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What?
mini6ulrich66 · 2 points · Posted at 02:54:42 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
What what? What do you not understand
el_chorizo · 1 points · Posted at 15:53:27 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry I didnt mean to be rude, i just wanted to put emphasis on my surprise by giving a short answer, but im spanish so maybe it doesnt work in english the same way. Thanks for the info, I would have never thought that could happen
traffickin · 21 points · Posted at 01:26:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A restaurant I used to work at had those nice big dome earthstone italian ovens, and one of our oven cooks would spray a half can of bake release into the top and then throw a handful of semolina into the oven to make huge fireballs and thought it was the most entertaining thing ever. He would always say "ha, Chef will never find out anyways all the proof explodes!"
Yet he never understood where the black soot and scorch marks all over the walls and ceiling by the oven came from and why Chef always made him clean it.
HeirToTheShwa · 9 points · Posted at 01:14:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shoot I knew about not mixing oil and water, but I had never heard that flour would make it explosive.. would never have thought to add that though lol. Time to do some experiments lol
Tokimer · 10 points · Posted at 01:53:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not that mixing flour with oil makes it explosive. Any dispersed powdered flammable material (even if not particularly flammable)and the right mix of oxygen and particles can end in a ball of flames (or explosion when enclosed) with an ignition source available.
Anarasil · 3 points · Posted at 02:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun "do not try this at home" trick: take a mouthful of flour or powdered sugar a lighter and breath fire! Just dont breath back in immediately and the fire will probably not hurt you.
wideasleep · 3 points · Posted at 03:44:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, it's fine, eyebrows grow back. Usually.
moonshiness · 2 points · Posted at 04:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you know when sims are cooking when they have low cooking skill points and suddenly the kitchen is on fire? She is that sim and this is why the kitchen is on fire!
TheBrentals · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Equalizer 2 had a very nice flour explosion.
axw3555 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We used to use Angel Delight powder for a big showy fireball at school open evenings in the science department. A bit of tubing and a funnel with a pair of bunsens over the top of it. Blow into tube, big flashy fireball (and a nice singe on the head of science's roof because the teacher put a bit too much in on one of them).
Adding grease to that equation is terrifying.
KMFDM781 · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Powdered coffee creamer too. That shit will explode
DJSpekt · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not know that! Good to know
Coyltonian · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Custard powder makes pretty impressive explosions.
Wiltbradley · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Need some fun in quarantine? Have a gas or propane stove lit up, then, from a distance, toss a dusting of flour in the flame. Small whoosh!
MaggieMay1519 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not proud of this but... TIL
queefer_sutherland92 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex and I tried lighting flour on fire and were sorely disappointed. Is there a trick to it?
CursedNobleman · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The flour needs to be in a puff, like grabbing a handful and throwing it into a fire. Taking a flame and trying to light a pile of flour on fire wont work the same way.
queefer_sutherland92 · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't remember what we did exactly, but we tried the throwing method. I think maybe our fire was too small. I guess this means I have to try it again... What a shame.
Trenchft · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laughs in coffee creamer.
pluspoint · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow I had no idea that flour was so flammable
sophia_where_are_you · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just learned so much reading this specific comment thread...
tylerchu · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not sure if I hallucinated this memory or not, but I can distinctly bring up a vision of me sitting around a campfire with my pals sometime during high school age. We each had a bag of flour for some reason and were throwing handfuls if it into the fire and we discovered we could create little (or big) poofs of flame. I managed to get the perfect size handful and toss it just right and the concussion actually staggered me. Never was able to replicate that.
But I can’t actually remember when or where that happened. But it’s such a distinct vision.
FoucaultsPudendum · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in high school I was playing a D&D campaign where I learned how few people know this. The party was split in half: four (including me) in/around a flour silo on a farm, and the other three in the farmhouse. Two of us peered into the top of the silo and saw an enemy inside- the dumbass mage who was up top with me started saying “Can I get a sneak attack with this fireball?” And I went “WOAH WOAH WOAH. Dude, fireball into a flour silo? Do you want to blow up this entire fucking farm?” Nobody, including the DM, has any idea what I was talking about. Had to show them a YouTube compilation of flour silo explosions to make them understand that that was a thing that could happen.
narrad246 · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were taught if you have a pan fire soak a tea towel in water and place it over the pan covering the top, I once had a pan fire and remembered this and probably saved me from burning my house down
kerrangutan · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact ™️ Fuel-Air Explosions (or FAE's) are second only to nuclear weapons in destructive force.
Mjarf88 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just shows how dangerous the kitchen really is.
mltain · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sugar is right there with them.
i_sigh_less · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anything that's flamible can be explosively flammable if turned into powder, due to the fact that oxygen can more easily get to every tiny piece of it. Sawdust is another good example.
riptaway · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TFW your girlfriend accidentally makes a thermobaric device.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:43 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/todayilearned what NOT to do with a grease fire.
OhYouSillyBean · 54 points · Posted at 02:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy fuck I didn't know this. I had a friend in 4th grade tell me to use flour. I HAVE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE TO USE FLOUR ON A GREASE FIRE. Thank you all for making this knowledge available to me
jfieoekdnfdbth · 27 points · Posted at 00:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour can work to smother a fire... Ask me how I know.
Don't do it though. The bomb to extinguishing ratio is not a risk you want to take.
boiyougongetcho · 5 points · Posted at 02:05:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright I'll bite, how'd you end up putting out a fire with flower?
McLovin804 · 10 points · Posted at 03:29:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He took some dandelions and daffodils and smacked the shit out of them over the grease fire.
smartguy05 · 10 points · Posted at 00:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL flour on a grease fire is very bad
God_Damnit_Nappa · 8 points · Posted at 01:51:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For those who want to see what burning flour can do. Ya this guy used a rocket and a bag of flour but same shit.
GunsAndCoffee1911 · 7 points · Posted at 03:16:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. I had no idea flour was so flammable. Good thing I used baking soda when I had a grease fire trying to make bacon on my grill a couple weeks ago...
I also appreciate the YouTube video from 2007. No stupid intros, just straight to the action! I miss old YouTube.
EpicLegendX · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour is basically fine particles of dried wheat. What could be better fuel source for a fire than dried carbon matter?
TreyLastname · 6 points · Posted at 00:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The NSA is watching you, good fuckin job
tnb641 · 5 points · Posted at 00:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, I just watched Bloodshot last night. There's a big scene where Vin Diesel crashes a semi into a car in a tunnel. The dudes get out, light up a bunch of flares, then proceed to have a long drawn out firefight.
At some point early on one of them licks some of the white powder that came from the truck and says "flour". The whole time afterwards I'm expecting a spectacular explosion, "oh he's gonna get them to blow themselves up with the flares! Mm... Maybe the gunshots?... Hmm... Maybe the burning semi and cars full of fuel?"
Nope. The whole scene looks like an aerosolized cocaine wonderland, but no boom.
moggywarbucks · 4 points · Posted at 00:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you an explain to a dummy such as myself what happens if you put flour on a grease fire? Is this for every fire?
RRFroste · 9 points · Posted at 01:30:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Piles of flour are very flammable. Clouds of flour will explode. Entire flour mills being demolished by dust explosions is a surprisingly common occurrence.
moggywarbucks · 5 points · Posted at 01:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh shit
boiyougongetcho · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, any grain is explosive in large quantities, that's why farmers never smoke near silos or grain elevators
moggywarbucks · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow I didn't know that!! That explains how those things catch on fire. Thank you for the knowledge :)
Inori-Yu · 3 points · Posted at 03:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour particles on any fire combusts and the heat expands to other particles causing them to combust which causes a chain reaction to make an explosion. This is called a dust explosion.
godblesstheCCP · 3 points · Posted at 00:49:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell me more
AnArgonianSpellsword · 6 points · Posted at 02:48:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour partial catches fire, heat ignites other flour partials close by and pushes it away as the heated air expands, repeat incredibly quickly till you have a rapidly expanding ball of flaming flour partials near instantly
boiyougongetcho · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're better off using fertilizer
2M3TAL4U · 3 points · Posted at 04:00:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well.... RL story, same but slightly different.... My now wife and I were almost 19 living together and she was about to make gravy from drippings. (Ingredients- flour, grease, water....) So she was making corn on the burner, it was done and put an empty pot on said burner. Some time passes and she pours the drippings (grease) into the now very hot pot(POOF SIZZLE) as I'm turning around she dumps a 2 Lb bag of flour on top of a flaming pot..... My heart stopped as I saw my life flash before my eyes.,.. nothing happened. I'm pretty sure the saving grace is that the WHOLE bag went into the pot all at once. Holy hell was that terrifying. Still had to clean raw ground flour that was soldered to the cooktop, but no death bombas . . Well since I've kept you this long, this was dual effort. Same house. 3 boxes of cold pizza in the oven. (We had a dog that could reach anything edible) turn the oven on and proceed to do what teenagers do and ,...... What's that smell... Burning... SHIT THE PIZZA BOXES IN THE OVEN.... I had to throw three flaming cheese covered cardboard boxes out the patio door from the kitchen all in one foul swoop .... Mostly naked. Good thing it was a basement suite and the door was 6' from the oven, I'm still surprised I didn't even damage the carpet
jon62ski · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least water will work. You just need a lot of it.
elder_george · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my home city a mill got destroyed by a flour explosion, so yeah…
Sweetune · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ud think that if flour also worked then ppl would just say use flour instead of baking soda.
thePiscis · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Water almost certainly would be worst. Water will rapidly expand as it boils when it comes in contact with the oil, sending flaming oil everywhere. The flour will just make a fireball that will quickly die out once the aerosolized flour has been consumed.
addysmum2018 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Y'all I honestly didn't know that. Now I'm glad I do.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know that, but then I've never started a grease fire in my kitchen either.
twocentcoins · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use to work in a fast food restaurant and we used flour all the time to put our deep fryers out when they caught? I’m really confused
I_Ate_Pizza_The_Hutt · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be. Flour is flammable when it's aerated. Dumping flour on a grease fire is fine. I've had to do it a couple of times. You just have to use a good amount to suffocate the fire. Tossing little handfuls will probably flame up because it becomes aerated as opposed to just dumping a bag.
kembervon · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not know this. This seems like an important thing to know.
AMultitudeofPandas · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL.....and here I thought I was pretty good in a kitchen! Of course removing heat and air supply is always the first reaction but I never knew flour was flammable
Supersnazz · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably not. If she dumped the whole lot on there it would most likely just smother it. It would only catch fire if she did it too slowly or of there was a big cloud of it near the fire.
KurlyKayla · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly didn’t know this. So...color me dumb, but safer now.
ThePolarBurr935 · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put flour on a grease fire....
loopdeloopanpull · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
....TIL
katropine · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A bomb that would have spattered buring oil everywhere!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:11:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just imagine if it was talcum powder instead of flour. It'd probably be just as bad if not worse.
wwaxwork · 1 points · Posted at 14:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one I can understand a little though as not a lot of people bake from scratch now a days (well before covid). Side note get a fire blanket.
ImpedeNot · 2269 points · Posted at 23:31:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Putting out fires should be a seminar done in every school every year.
HotSauceHigh · 88 points · Posted at 01:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We only learned about stop drop and roll, staying low, and feeling the door, not the handle.
SouledSoul · 7 points · Posted at 12:45:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They drilled that shit into us, like being on fire was a near constant threat in life.
aslatts · 31 points · Posted at 01:08:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We actually did that in my elementary school! They had a little talking remote control fire truck and everything.
420incognito · 19 points · Posted at 04:57:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When they came to the preschool I work in they played a game with the kids called "Fireman Dave" he started out in just pants and shirt and would add a layer of gear each time, pants/jacket/helmet/mask and tank was last and turned on. After each article he added he would say "And who am I?" And the kids would reply "Fireman Dave" And once he was geared up and had the mask and beeping tank on he asked again. The moral was "firemen aren't scary even though we may look scary in all this gear coming to find you in a fire, don't be scared and hide from us, it's just people under this gear and we are there to help you." because some kiddos are freaked out by the mask and gear and such.
tlalocstuningfork · 8 points · Posted at 11:34:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's really cool, I never thought of kids being scared of firefighters but it makes complete sense.
420incognito · 2 points · Posted at 22:17:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of like a fear of clowns, or how very small children might react to a parent that once had a beard and then shaves it off, it's unfamiliar to them and hard to relate that it's just people under all that stuff, especially in a fire situation where they are already scared, to see a big thing coming at you in the dark and in a fire that sounds like Darth Vader and a loud beeping tank and such might cause some kids to be scared of them. They have always been good about educating kiddos to not fear them and that they are helpers in all that stuff! It's great!
bros402 · 17 points · Posted at 03:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my elementary school, we had to go into the trailer the firefighters had set up and crawl through the "smoke" (It was a fog machine) to the exit.
420incognito · 5 points · Posted at 04:59:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds awesome
ThomasTheBadWriter · 5 points · Posted at 02:23:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same!
Atrixious · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here too! Except they just had firemen give the presentation usually outside by the truck, we had it every 1-2 years though. Usually around the time we did the bus safety & gas depot leak training.
fixITman1911 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gas Depot leak training? The hell is that?
Atrixious · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its more a chemical depot, its where they used to dispose of the mustard gas n shit like that. My schools all had different shelter in place plan’s should it leak chemicals, the plant was recently shut down tho
Atrixious · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its more a chemical depot, its where they used to dispose of the mustard gas n shit like that. My schools all had different shelter in place plan’s should it leak chemicals, the plant was recently shut down tho
fixITman1911 · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I have some "Gas Depot Leak Training" for your school:
Lesson one: If mustard gas leaking and killing students is a concern; DON'T FUCKING BUILD A SCHOOL THERE
Lesson two: There is no lesson two; just like if mustard gas were to leak and KILL YOUR STUDENTS
Atrixious · 3 points · Posted at 04:53:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its not “here” it’s about 40 miles away. But its gotta go somwhere, lmao. It was a scary thought tho. We have a Warning system set up through town of loud speakers that used to do bi weekly drills. One of the poles is near my house and would wake us up, we also had an emergency supply kit meant to be used in an emergency leak if we were home. Go into the room of your house with as little cracks as possible (ie no windows and stuff) and put plastic wrap and towels against any cracks and hope for the best, given theres no time to evacuate that is
FlowJock · 26 points · Posted at 02:58:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my son was about 10, I taught him about kitchen fires using a cast iron skillet, oil, baking soda, salt, flour, sugar, and basically everything he could think of. It wasn't just a free-for-all though. At the end of every (very small) fire, we talked about what changes we saw and why.
It was really fun!
Anon___1991 · 2 points · Posted at 12:26:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's really great that you taught him that, but personally I don't think I would have remembered that even if it would have killed me lol
MaveInfinite · 23 points · Posted at 02:33:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every house should have a small extinguisher, it’s crazy how it’s not advertised or said. I don’t even have one.
Tedrivs · 4 points · Posted at 09:58:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you going to get one?
MaveInfinite · 2 points · Posted at 15:20:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear I been meaning to get a small one for the past decade or so. They should have them in home depot right?
QuinceDaPence · 1 points · Posted at 17:59:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes.
jim_deneke · 11 points · Posted at 03:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd put my hand up for an adult class.
beesipea · 6 points · Posted at 03:18:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had an impromptu seminar in my 8th grade home ec class...when a girl tried to put out a wok fire with a full glass of water. No one was badly injured, but fuck, she nearly destroyed herself and her cooking partner for the rest of their lives.
SinnexT-T · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is in my school but it’s not yearly.
lsp372 · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grateful they teach firefighting in the Navy. It should absolutely be taught in schools
Daiwon · 2 points · Posted at 05:27:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how common it is in the UK overall, but we had a visit to a local fire station where they demonstrated the danger of pouring a cup of water on a grease fire. I had known about the danger before, but feeling the heat from a good 20m away on a rainy day really drives the point home.
ex_nihila · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You may be pleased to know it is a regular training module for public school employees in Ohio!
silverblaze92 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On some schools, it is. My middle school had fire safety day every year.
doomgiver98 · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was in mine.
chLORYform · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could've used it! I set a gas stove on fire in one of my first apartments and I panicked when I realized what was going on. Luckily my at the time boyfriend was home because I straight up forgot how to use the fire extinguisher in my state.
omnipotent-butler · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... or your parents can easily tell you that (don’t have parents? Try a trusted neighbor/adult... or google before cooking )
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We did one for high school science, for knowing how to deal with fires in the lab and stuff like that. Problem is that a lot of people don't have buckets of sand or fire extinguishers at home (and rarely the multiple flavours thereof to deal with all possible domestic occurrences), so the standard advice doesn't work so well.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did have a thing like this in elementary school. The firemen brought an old stove out in the parking lot, started a grease fire on it, and showed us how to put it out with both a fire extinguisher and a pot lid.
fujauroste · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would have just stopped, dropped, and rolled.
MartisBeans · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorms had required sessions for fire safety, but I think it was more a mix of liability and how pissed people get when a dorm fire or even alarm happens
theravenchilde · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I keep on asking to do a how to put out stove fire demonstration for my special ed kids and keep getting told nooo the fire department will be mad at us. I just want my kids to not die damn it.
somebody_28919 · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a class in the first year of university where we were taught what to do in case of several emergencies, how to use a fire extinguisher, what extinguisher to use when and how to put out stuff like grease fires. I forgot most of it, but I think it's really important, especially because we had quite a few lab courses where we worked with (potentially) flammable chemicals.
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am eternally grateful to my chemistry teacher for showing us why you never put water on a grease fire. It was ostensibly to show us how much energy is stored in hydrocarbons, but really it was a cool experiment that I'll always remember and may save my life.
When I worked in a kitchen I was always trying to get people to not keep drinks near the fryer, apparently they hadn't seen this one.
Q-burt · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I bought class c fire extinguishers. They covered all of the fire types in a home and then familiarized my wife and I with their operation.
ICantTellStudents · 1 points · Posted at 11:06:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Normally I try to defend the amount of work schools are already doing and draw attention to the fact that some skills should be learned at home... but you are correct. Safety should be taught regularly to everyone!
Also, I see students now who can't spell their own last name in Middle School, so if the reading and writing system isn't working, they might as well be safe!
stanfan114 · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FYI with a grease fire in a pan, instead of slapping the lid on, slide it on from the edge. Puts out the fire faster.
-Maris- · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a lot of different emergency trainings growing up. But It wasn’t until college when I was a lab work study student, that I had any REAL fire safety training.
Our lab manager decided to take his work studies out for practice with all of the labs near-expired fire extinguishers. It was enlightening and really fun!
Honestly - even in our low stress training setting, it was way to easy to fumble with opening the extinguisher and using it effectively. They are small, so you don’t want to waste it’s contents spreading the shit around aimlessly while your small fire grows out of control.
Direct it straight at the base of the fire and make sweeping motions and the small fire goes out fast. Best lesson of the day.
El_shawnzo · 1 points · Posted at 17:35:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my high it was because the home ec teacher always managed to start one. I never took her class, but I heard a lot of stories about how she'd be teaching the class how to make chicken and she'd get so distracted discussing how to check when it's done or the ways you can cook it and the potential dangers of not cooking it to completion that she would briefly forget about the chicken and it would start a fire. It wasn't just chicken though, that's just an example. She was getting pretty old and forgetful though. Like she saw me in the hallway once and accused me of skipping her class. I never took her class, nor did I ever want to take her class, but she would argue with you about anything. She sent me to the principal's office and I actually caught him walking down the hall and stopped him and explained it to him and all he could do was laugh and say he'd handle it. She really could be a sweat woman tho, but she was just getting too old.
jfractal · -1 points · Posted at 03:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that sounds political. Trump supporters don't BELIEVE in fire; it's offensive to teach how to put it out.
[deleted] · 1726 points · Posted at 23:28:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sooo... you can also use cocaine?
DDodgeSilver · 2526 points · Posted at 00:06:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, you can't.
VelvetHorse · 38 points · Posted at 00:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let me hoover a lil' bit
RyFromTheChi · 30 points · Posted at 01:45:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You ever hoovered barnyard schneef?
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 02:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hovered barnyard schneef of a hookers ass.
brocheese1 · 9 points · Posted at 03:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should call it schniff
nryporter25 · 2 points · Posted at 15:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if you cook it right
kburden120 · 17 points · Posted at 00:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well jeez if you're that rich go ahead no ones stopping you
saurel4 · 12 points · Posted at 00:27:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s a crack comment
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 01:10:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's white powder, just snort baking soda.
buckj005 · 6 points · Posted at 00:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hurry dump the 5 lb bag on cocaine on the grease fire so we can save the house that is worth less than the cocaine!
PlayMp1 · 7 points · Posted at 02:22:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two kilos of coke would go for, what, $30,000?
buckj005 · 5 points · Posted at 02:26:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends of where you live. West coast or Texas USA and 5 lbs is about $50k. Can be double that in certain NE markets.
PlayMp1 · 3 points · Posted at 02:35:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No idea, I've never bought coke, I just googled it and found a news story saying it starts around $10k per kilo in places it's cheap and goes up to $20k in expensive places, then up to $30k in NYC.
buckj005 · 5 points · Posted at 02:36:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never have either. Google knows all though. Look at us. Cocaine experts after five minutes. How bout that. Cheers.
PlayMp1 · 3 points · Posted at 02:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
o7 Google-fu master
ThaPenguinFace · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, around here its 300-350/g depending on supplier. Bloody Australia...
PlayMp1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The article I saw was $150 per gram on the street, it's probably a bulk purchase discount
ThaPenguinFace · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on location, USA has plenty of distributors close by especially in south America, whereas here in AUS its far harder to get in the country. It's not made here and our borders are tough
lessthan12parsecs · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes I would like two cocaines please.
ThaPenguinFace · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha i sounded like that first time i bought some. Please sir may i have two cocaines??
ZackMorris_OsBro · 5 points · Posted at 02:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely not, I hate the stuff and what it does to people, but Goddamn do I love the smell of it.
wine_n_mrbean · 3 points · Posted at 01:13:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it would be considered smoking crack with extra steps.
thebenetar · 3 points · Posted at 03:11:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh... so that's why that guy got mad when I sold him a gram of laundry detergent for $80.
Dinah_Mo_Hum · 2 points · Posted at 00:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a helluva drug
reddittwotimes · 2 points · Posted at 01:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that's how crack is made.
NaNoBoT900 · 2 points · Posted at 01:18:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mix the baking soda with the cocaine in water first. Then you can light it.
Klaudiapotter · 2 points · Posted at 02:24:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mr.Moneybags over here putting out fires with cocaine
AndySipherBull · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're thinking small bru save money snort flour
CrumzAus · 2 points · Posted at 06:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, but you should probably tend to the fire before racking lines.
vipros42 · 2 points · Posted at 08:44:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if you have enough cocaine laying around to smother a fire, then feel free to give it a try and report back.
sodeanki · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the good cocaine
SakuraFerretTrainer · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you've got half a million dollars in cocaine you don't mind wasting, go ahead!
cjr71244 · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is cocaine flammable?
sonichighwaist · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
C-c-c-c-c-c n-no!
NightStalkerXIV · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
By her logic, yes.
slow-motion-disaster · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That will also explode.
wawan_ · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ever heard of cocaine lab explosion
Bonerstein · 1 points · Posted at 11:55:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if it’s crack
ThereIsBearCum · 1 points · Posted at 15:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not made of fucking money.
Malbranch · 1 points · Posted at 17:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't that how you make crack?
ICWoods · 1 points · Posted at 17:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No Pam ate it all
earnedmystripes · 1 points · Posted at 18:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it may not put out the fire but if you do enough of it you'll be REALLY STOKED to watch it all burn!
mumsheila · 1 points · Posted at 19:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well if you mix it with the baking soda and a tad bit of water first heck yeah
ajmstorm · 1 points · Posted at 22:12:40 on July 5, 2020 · (Permalink)
Real talk, cocaine is VERY flammable as it almost always has traces of the acetone and gasoline in it used in the “purification” process
strippersandcocaine · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a waste
jfieoekdnfdbth · 94 points · Posted at 00:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom did this! I was about to pour water on it and she stopped me and then tossed flour on it. With incredible luck, the sheer volume smothered the fire.
Afterwards while googling we discovered how incredibly dangerous both of our reactions were.
We bought a fire extinguisher.
Bartweiss · 118 points · Posted at 01:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To excuse your ex a tiny bit, I've been taught to use flour on grease fires. Some teacher giving us the "don't throw water on a grease fire" speech told us to smother them with dry things. "Like sand if you're outside, or baking soda or flour if you're in a kitchen."
Of course, I assume that teacher must have had the same train of thought as your ex, and just never put it to the test.
Stabbykathy17 · 84 points · Posted at 02:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. Honestly of all the dumb things I’ve read of adults doing here this is the least commonly known. Sure it’s a terrible outcome if you do it but it’s hardly such a well known thing she should be terribly shamed.
I have firefighters in the family so of course I know this shit, but I can tell you that fire safety is not nearly as well taught or known as it should be. I’ve seen some really intelligent adults do some really bad things when it comes to fire safety. It’s just not as well taught as it should be.
LateInAsking · 16 points · Posted at 04:13:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. I didn’t know flour would be a problem until I read this. It might not be my first choice, and I would certainly google or ask someone if I had the time. But it In the heat of the moment with limited options at your disposal I can see someone grabbing the big bag of flour, especially if you know not to use water on a grease fire.
It’s certainly important to know, but understanding the difference between using baking soda on a fire and using flour on a fire is not exactly common knowledge—as much as it should be.
rythmicjea · 5 points · Posted at 09:04:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! I was taught to use flour too! I had a fire in my oven once, not sure if it was a grease fire but I know my electric coil broke and I threw flour on it and it put it out. I don't know if it was the weight or volume I used but it put it out.
Bartweiss · 2 points · Posted at 13:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks! I hadn't heard from anyone who actually tested flour, very interesting to hear it worked. Maybe some of the people teaching this have actually tried it and succeeded.
I suppose it's probably better than putting water on a grease (splashes everywhere) or electrical (shocky shocky) fire. AFAIK the concern is that diffuse flour in the air is super flammable, and you might just create an explosion. So maybe dumping a bunch at once worked alright? Not sure I'd want to recreate it, though.
bumpynavel · 2 points · Posted at 13:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used it on an actual grease fire and it worked. Just dumped the whole thing on it. There was a bunch of burned flower but it worked.
Baileyjrob · 132 points · Posted at 01:03:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, yeah, can you imagine? Not knowing that flour reacts with a grease fire?
That... that would be silly...
Yeah...
TomekM · 42 points · Posted at 03:25:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah! What kind of dummy doesn’t know the reason(s) why you shouldn’t use flour to put out a grease fire am I right?!
Someone should list the reason(s) why you shouldn’t do that just to educate all those less fortunate people...
Serventdraco · 33 points · Posted at 03:30:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flour and any other combustible fine powder that can disperse in air creates what's called a dust explosion when ignited. They're very dangerous.
Zekumi · 17 points · Posted at 03:46:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not know that baking soda is non-combustible and flour is not.
LateInAsking · 18 points · Posted at 04:15:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really don’t think it’s common knowledge, as much as it should be. I didn’t know either.
Saying this is an example of someone being horrifyingly ignorant feels like a stretch to me.
Reptillian97 · 1 points · Posted at 19:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Personally I think it qualifies as a horrifying "how do you not know how to do this?" moment when someone is about to potentially cause an explosion, in the same room as you, by not knowing what they are about to do is dangerous.
TheNoxx · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those conditions have to be very specific. Throwing flour on a grease fire in a pan won't make it explode.
cptjeff · 5 points · Posted at 04:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You definitely should not take a ziploc full of flour and try tossing handfuls above the next campfire you're at far away from your house. Definitely do not try play around with fuel-air explosions. They're absolutely not really fun to see if they're not inside your house. And we definitely did not ever do that in scout camp.
templemount · 2 points · Posted at 12:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I disagree. I think you should do this.
jakobbj27 · 2 points · Posted at 12:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not the grease more the fine dispersed flour in the air with the grease fire ignition source makes a bomb.
Jcan_Princess · 489 points · Posted at 23:37:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell her the next time she bakes a cake, she should use baking soda instead of flour. Because what's the difference, right?
welluuasked · 87 points · Posted at 00:42:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ever accidentally use powdered sugar instead of flour? You get this: https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyfoodporn/comments/8nxfoq/first_attempt_at_gluten_free_dairy_free_cupcakes/
Jcan_Princess · 21 points · Posted at 01:26:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Almost actually! So now as a habit I taste the flour before I use it lol
Wallace_II · 5 points · Posted at 03:43:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would have noticed during the mixing anyway.
conandy · 14 points · Posted at 01:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I attempted to make pizza dough with powdered sugar once... It was not great.
Seicair · 6 points · Posted at 02:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The comments in that thread are hilarious, I cracked up at the top one!
welluuasked · 3 points · Posted at 02:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that was me. lmao
-SageCat- · 6 points · Posted at 05:00:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used flour instead of sugar for lemonade once. It was... interesting.
welluuasked · 5 points · Posted at 05:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
just add an egg and butter and baby you got a cake going
gemzra · 3 points · Posted at 02:45:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Howwwwwwwww does this happen??? They look nothing alike and the texture is completely different!
Jcan_Princess · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes ya just tired lol, sometimes you open the fridge and just grab the first white bag you see
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fridge?! But okay, the tired thing I suppose I can understand.
Jcan_Princess · 2 points · Posted at 13:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, here in Jamaica ants and weevils are a fact of life. No matter how clean your house is, you will have ants and weevils moving in and out. So my family keeps all that dry stuff in containers in the fridge, where no creatures can reach them.
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is really interesting, TIL.
Jcan_Princess · 2 points · Posted at 13:34:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sure, not everyone does it tho lol, some people keep them in cupboards and pray that the weevils don't notice, or buy in small quantities. My family shops in bulk tho, so we can't risk that. So definitely there are Jamaicans who have your same reaction about flour kept in the fridge.
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:39:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Australia, people always argue about whether chocolate goes in the fridge or the cupboard, hahaha. So I reckon every country has its thing!
Jcan_Princess · 2 points · Posted at 13:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's too hot not to put chocolate in the fridge! I don't want watery chocolate lol
But yeah I get what you mean lol
gemzra · 2 points · Posted at 13:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It largely depends on what state you live in in Australia (also what season it is, to some degree). In the south it's cool enough to keep chocolate in the cupboard, but you definitely cannot do that if you live in the north.
Jcan_Princess · 2 points · Posted at 14:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I didn't know that. You taught me something too.
I wonder if there's anywhere in Jamaica you can leave chocolate out and it won't melt? Probably somewhere in the Blue Mountains if you go high enough...
Salohacin · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next up, cocaïne brownies!
theoreticaldickjokes · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guarantee that will not work the way you think it will. She'll just agree and wonder why her cake tastes funny.
Jcan_Princess · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could be right, but from experience she won't have a cake. It won't rise at all and will come out a bit like the powdered sugar comment, and it will just be bitter/salty. I mean, I have enough faith in humans that something would click to her shrugs
danipaknight · 30 points · Posted at 01:18:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am so glad I read this. I had no idea.
ThisIsAlreadyTake-n · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wanna try it now
Pepperspray24 · 22 points · Posted at 01:21:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll admit, I knew about the water with a grease fire but not flour.
Laser_Lens_4 · 20 points · Posted at 01:17:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know that until 8th grade. My science teacher asked us how to get out of a sealed room with only a match and a burlap bag of flour. After a bit of guessing, he packed a straw with flour and blew a fireball through one of the bunsen burners.
The answer to his question was to shake the bag out to distribute the flour as much as possible through the room and then simply light the match. Unfortunately we would die in the process, but hey we would definitely get out of the room.
SoulEaterTey · 12 points · Posted at 01:18:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, as long as I can remember (I’m 24) I thought you were supposed to use flour to put out a grease fire.
SlippyIsDead · 11 points · Posted at 00:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Easy mistake if you don't know why the white powder puts out a fire.
Store I work in had a grease fire and they used dough mix to put it out.
Its almost all flour. It worked.... thankfully.
jakobbj27 · 2 points · Posted at 12:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dough mix isn’t going to cause an explosion though.
aimlesswander · 11 points · Posted at 02:54:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL don’t put flour on a grease fire.
SockPoop · 10 points · Posted at 00:26:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mill city Ruins in Minneapolis look it up. Kaboom! More than once no less. Flour can explode
KittyCatTroll · 7 points · Posted at 02:15:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was a pretty fun middle school field trip. The grain elevator movie dealio was neat. But I'm also a nerd, so most of my classmates didn't find it as interesting...
cIumsythumbs · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Minneapolis resident this was my first thought. Flour is explosive yo.
drit76 · 9 points · Posted at 00:55:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm...I mean....it never would have occurred to me to do this. But at the same time, it never occurred to me that flour was super flammable. Hmm.
cofeeholik75 · 8 points · Posted at 02:24:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. I’m a blonde. (..well silver now, I’m 64) I have had a jar of flour by the stove all my life!! HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS??? Yet another Reddit gem that may save my life!!!
BLESSED BE REDDIT!!!
HeavyAndExpensive · 6 points · Posted at 02:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not common knowledge.
HappinessHitHim · 4 points · Posted at 01:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On her side - I actually was raised to believe that flour puts out grease fires! And have only found out it didn’t by googling myself.
aladdyn2 · 4 points · Posted at 01:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Before I heard that you shouldn't put out a grease fire with flour I successfully did it. Guess I was lucky.
frusciante231 · 5 points · Posted at 01:47:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s unfortunate to say, but I’m learning a lot from this thread. Thanks, you may have saved my life!
FoxxyPantz · 12 points · Posted at 00:15:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Paint thinner and water are both clear, so why can't I drink paint thinner?
Hellknightx · 6 points · Posted at 04:00:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can! Once.
MechanicalFlesh · 4 points · Posted at 02:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay as a pro cook for years no one ever told me that flour was flammable. I came damn close to burning down the kitchen doing the same thing
Vladimir_Putting · 4 points · Posted at 18:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex wife wanted the house to be cleaned with "all natural" products with "no chemicals".
Fine, whatever. Baking soda and vinegar made an ideal combo for lots of uses so I bought a bunch.
While I'm minding my own business she has a brilliant idea to portion these out and start storing them together... in glass bottles (cause we don't use plastic)... that have an airtight seal...
So yes, she mixed baking soda and vinegar together and sealed it in glass bottles.
The bottles exploded with one of the loudest concussions I've ever heard shattering the glass all throughout the kitchen and into the living room. Thankfully no one was seriously injured.
We were finding shards of glass for weeks.
Her logic was we could just open the bottles later and pour out what we wanted to use when we actually wanted to clean something.
walkingknight · 3 points · Posted at 18:33:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. Just. Wow.
Vladimir_Putting · 5 points · Posted at 18:39:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bombs. She made bombs.
vailrider29 · 5 points · Posted at 01:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I 100% put out a grease fire by dumping an entire bag of flour on it! Worked great, smothered it and soaked up all the grease. I thought you were my friend posting this (who was reaching for water to put it out). We were broke interns and didn’t have a lid, and for some reason she tried cooking bacon on a flat pan. Smelled pretty bad for a few days but could’ve been a lot worse.
ohsnowy · 3 points · Posted at 01:41:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you have enough flour, it actually works. But you really do need a whole bag.
WillowWispWhipped · 3 points · Posted at 02:19:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. Didn’t know that about flour...so thank you. I’m 42.
mnricha927 · 3 points · Posted at 02:40:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had NO IDEA flour would cause a reaction like that!
I am not much of a baker, but I feel like I should have learned this at some point.
Justanotherdichterin · 2 points · Posted at 00:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that same thing, made the fire much worse...
Pugulishus · 2 points · Posted at 00:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time, try cocaine
kin841839 · 2 points · Posted at 00:52:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know baking soda can put out fire. I thought I should not put any powder on fire. A upvote to you.
c_tine · 2 points · Posted at 01:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always put the right size pan lid on the counter right next to the stove when I fry, and I tell the teenagers in my life (and I guess I should add the 20 and 30 somethings) to do the same.
HashtagH · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
be right back, gotta see if i can extinguish my burning frying pan with coke.
Yellowredstone · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Should've explained it as, flour comes from wheat. Wheat is a grass. Grass burns.
Kees_T · 2 points · Posted at 02:15:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well... my nose starts bleeding when I snort flour, just like cocaine.
TimTheEnchanter623 · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s the difference? Watch a grain silo go up sometime!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:25:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a skit from b99
“What is in these mashed potatoes!”
“Butter, potato, oh and I used baking soda because I didn’t have any salt”
“Why wouldn’t you. They’re both white powders!“
“Uhh...
Yeah.”
slatetastic · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. Thank you. I have the most basic fire skills from the military, but I didn't know this. And sugar guy down there, thank you too!
ulul · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread made me realize my cooking must be lame because I never had a grease fire and I don't think I met anyone who did.
tiny_cat_bishop · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good thing you're not a drug dealer. Or are you?
rimian · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex put beef stock in a napoletana sauce once. I spat it out and asked her why. She said because it was a liquid. I also asked her how much salt she put in the water for pasta another time. It was inedible. She said “I don’t know. A handful maybe?”
MBTHVSK · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's some caveman chemistry.
KnowanUKnow · 2 points · Posted at 11:01:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother always used salt to extinguish stovetop flames.
We ate a lot of salty, burnt meals.
enguyen820 · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes me think of goblin slayer.
UnihornWhale · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So is cocaine and nobody is excited to snort baking soda
Villageidiot1984 · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jeez might as well try to put it out with magnesium.
Call_Me_Katie · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The salt mine I worked at said you can just throw salt on a fire never tried it. My house is about 1000 sq ft, and I have 4 fire extinguishers. That should cover it. I should go and tip them over and check the gauge.
zpeed · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out The Equalizer 2 - Denzel Washington uses flour in this exact way. The clip says "Sugar Bomb" but its most definitely flour.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, so my first instinct in this situation would have been to smother the fire with a blanket or something, or more preferably use my kitchen fire extinguisher. I know not to use water because all it would do is throw grease everywhere, but what would flour do?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
cocaine would suffice too?
disgruntledsquids · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was your ex Amy Santiago?
apflamous · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amy Santiago?
shaidyn · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother tried to put out a grease fire with flour. He just panicked and chucked the bag at the stove. Aerated the flour and literally flash fried the kitchen.
well_known_bastard · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So is cocaine Sniffany!
KingEscherich · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good thing you don't have any ammonium perchlorate or potassium nitrate hanging about. Those too are white powders
TahoeLT · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know what else is white powder? COCAAAAIIINNNE!
passion4film · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, I would have done the exact same thing. I assumed that white powder was what mattered and not the substance itself. TIL. Thanks!
Kataphractoi · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was angling for a new kitchen by causing a fireball that would necessitate a complete rebuild.
Tommy_C · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"What's the difference? They're both white powder."
YOU IDIOT! YOU KNOW IM GLUTEN-SENSITIVE!
jotazepp · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh God, I would do the same thing... 29yo.
samijol · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
holy shit thank you for the info! i thought you were supposed to use flour on grease fires. i think i might be a moron
Floor9 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago my partner and I were laying in bed with some candles lit. A little fire started in one of the candles. it was just a tea light so we were just looking at it thinking about how to put it out.. no panic
In the moment my girlfriend decides to pick up the juice box on her dresser. As soon as I saw her go to pour it I shouted "NO DONT DO THA.." instantly the flames burst all the way to the ceiling in a flash. I couldn't believe how quickly it took off. It was terrifying! and my girlfriend was so close I was worried it could have got to her.
Thankfully we got out of the way and we had nothing catch fire in the blast. Just left with char marks up the wall. Could have been so much worse! My God I couldn't believe how quick a small flame turned into a massive fire.
WynterWulf · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s an Amy moment
Msbakerbutt69 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhh, TIL flour is flammable.
ihaveapupwish · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Woah, I mean, I'm apparently a dumbass too. I obviously know that one white powder is not the same as another, but I had no idea that flour would be that bad on a grease fire! Thanks for saving me from my potential future kitchen bomb making!
PoorEdgarDerby · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol ok I know not to use water. Didn’t know flour was bad too
FatPam007 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder what would've happened with cocaine
aherdofpenguins · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, what kind of dumb person wouldn't know THAT? Certainly not...not me....I definitely knew about the flour/grease/explosion thing....
Totally....
Zahille7 · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck...
Like just, fuck...
johnbrownmarchingon · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...Holy shit.
I'm feeling sick to my stomach just thinking about what could have happened there.
Batmansuarusrex69 · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does flour do to a grease fire? I’ve never heard of this before
Itz_VonVon · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's the difference? They're both white powder
Could say the same about coke
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"What's the difference? They're both white powder."
Only a matter of time before she puts cocaine in the cake.
Or starts snorting flour.
AdamAllenthePerson · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 35, her logic made perfect sense to me until I read the comments.
trashy10_00 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess it's a good thing I read this comment, because I thought it was flour that you were supposed to do.
Although, now that I think about it, wouldn't make much sense. Dunce cap equipped
Mitchs_Frog_Smacky · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL...
SouthernAmericanLove · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is she high on another "white powder" or something?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sugar high!
ultravioletu · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would salt work? It's not powdery dust like flour...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh so all white powder should put out a fire, why didn’t she just use cocaïne, sounded like she was high on it
HistoricalCricket · 5007 points · Posted at 00:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m reading this to make sure I don’t end up on it
Echospite · 872 points · Posted at 02:46:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never got taught how to do shit as a kid and this thread has convinced me that somehow I picked it all up via osmosis anyway. What a relief.
motoko_urashima · 106 points · Posted at 03:47:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, there's always stuff you don't know how to do, you just don't know what it is yet.
I can operate a million dollar precision metal cutting machine with repeatable accuracy, but I don't know how to use a corporate phone system and I've never found a good time to ask.
Like... At my old job I would press 9 to exit the menu, then dial, yes... But if I was calling from outside the company, how would I reach extension 7832?
At the current job, I need to make a call from the stored bank, so do I pick up the phone and type? No. Apparently I have to press 'dial' and '051'.
I've made very few phone calls over my career so it doesn't tend to come up often enough that I remember what worked last time I tried it.
In contrast though, I was the best person to write machine maintenance requests and NonConformance Reports because I could describe what happened in precise but amusing detail.
We all have our strengths.
HistoricalCricket · 22 points · Posted at 02:48:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Partially common sense I guess. I was relieved too.
JustALullabii · 20 points · Posted at 06:05:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to follow my mom around a lot when I was a kid, even into my teenage years. I'd just sit down and have a chat about my day, school, her day, whatever. And that while she was cooking, doing laundry, cleaning. So I just picked it up by watching her do it. In my late teens I just started helping her out while chatting, and my knowledge grew from there
Pheighthe · 3 points · Posted at 16:36:37 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have no idea how lucky you are to have a mom who wasn’t a huge bitch. I’m straight up jealous. People wanting to talk to their mom. Feel like I found out unicorns exist, only I never got one.
JustALullabii · 3 points · Posted at 23:21:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry you have to go through that. It's no fun when you're not getting along with your parent(s).
I am very lucky with my parents. It hasn't always been all fine and dandy. But I love them
MyPhilosophersStoned · 18 points · Posted at 12:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn't gonna share this story but since you said osmosis...
I was in college and took a water bottle out of a freezer. There was some ice that collected on the outside of the bottle and I said "how does the water get on the outside of the bottle". Another guy looked at me and said "do you not know about condensation?". I said I thought the water traveled through the plastic by osmosis.
I can still hear his voice when he laugh-yelled "osmosis!"
I would like to think I was just tired and if I thought about it for a second I would have realized how it actually happened but....
Science isn't for everyone.
Rising_Swell · 15 points · Posted at 09:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned how to make scrambled eggs by failing to make an omelette, so not quite osmosis but I got scrambled eggs down pat.
Atriarchem · 4 points · Posted at 15:49:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never directly taught most of these things either. I think I just realized on my own that these were things I needed to know and so I paid attention when my parents did them and learned from watching.
OMGWTFSTAHP · 5 points · Posted at 16:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It just means you have common sense and you are likely not an idiot.
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 23:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno about that...
Shishi432234 · 3 points · Posted at 18:45:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. My parents alternated between "You're smart, so figure it out!" and "Just let me do it! You're taking too long!" when I was a kid, but I somehow still turned into a functioning adult.
spids69 · 5 points · Posted at 20:59:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s what always blows my mind with these. Most things like I’m seeing in here, you can just kind of see it and figure it out without too much effort. It’s crazy how oblivious people can be.
laihaluikku · 3 points · Posted at 19:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. There was and still is so many things i do not know how to do but i think the difference is that instead of doing things horribly wrong or not doing it at all we find out how the fuck it is done. It is ok if you don’t know how to do something. Just find out how it is done or ask for help.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:38:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looking through this thread is fucking weird for me, my parents were abusive and neglectful but I'm still thankful that my mom at least taught us the basics of cooking, cleaning, laundry and the like. Stopped clocks and all that I guess.
ShimmerRih · 3 points · Posted at 06:21:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
These things just make sense but not everyone has sense my friend
mathgod496 · 2 points · Posted at 21:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I was always being scolded and not allowed to try what I wanted. I got excessive instructions with too many steps that always ended with "and don't make love to it!" instead of just saying "go!" like a sane person. I was always taught how to do something wrong or copy how others do it wrong. I was never taught anything in a positive manner of how to do it correctly. Everything I learned was by my own motivation to do so. I had apparently acquired some skills that brought the attention of the FBI in the early 2000's.
nachobrat · 34 points · Posted at 03:18:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm reading this to make sure my kids don't end up on it.
[deleted] · 34 points · Posted at 03:42:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are probably tens of thousands of people reading this thread and going, "Oh shit" with a cold feeling spreading down the backs of their necks as they realize they don't know something basic.
InBlue0 · 15 points · Posted at 06:58:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lots of people learning about grease fires today
onenoobyboi · 8 points · Posted at 05:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
uh, hi...
LumbermanDan · 26 points · Posted at 03:33:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my Dad told me when I was 12: always learn the lesson when your friends make a mistake. You'll never have time to make all the mistakes there are to make on your own.
HistoricalCricket · 9 points · Posted at 03:34:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excellent advice
LumbermanDan · 5 points · Posted at 03:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
dude makes Rick Sanchez look like a dumbass
Miffy92 · 37 points · Posted at 02:22:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure I've rocked up at least once.
-LAWpug- · 64 points · Posted at 03:02:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only learnt about grease fires a few minutes ago
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 03:50:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who knew that was a thing?! I am someone who used to cook really hot all the time (many fire alarms from the smoke) and I am so grateful that I never had a grease fire, I definitely would have blown myself up from pouring water over it.
jr101623 · 6 points · Posted at 05:15:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not water but flour. Flour will make it blow up. Lol
thegreatpotatogod · 1 points · Posted at 18:11:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both will make it blow up, don't put water on a grease fire either!
gardengnome1219 · 13 points · Posted at 04:02:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, same
Just_AnotherBro · 8 points · Posted at 04:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here
foozeld · 8 points · Posted at 06:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, I knew about grease fires, my brother got really bad burns from one trying to cook shrimp, but I genuinely thought flour put them out, I think just due to years of not thinking about it and getting it confused. I can TOTALLY see a slightly different world where I turned my kitchen into a bomb instead of reading this thread.
sorescale_1 · 17 points · Posted at 04:49:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too. So far i’ve learned: 1) you can use baking powder on grease fires 2) using the dishwasher uses less water than washing by hand
andrewsad1 · 20 points · Posted at 02:49:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I definitely belong on this thread. 25, never bought a car, don't have the first idea how. I know that there's something between "give person cash" and "drive car home," but I have no idea what it is...
motoko_urashima · 14 points · Posted at 03:34:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Assuming you're paying cash to an individual person, not a dealership...
Generally, the seller and buyer just sign the title/vessel registry (also known as a 'pink slip' although mine is green) and put your information in the blanks on that document, take that with you.. Then you go to the DMV within a week, say you're doing a transfer, hold it up the title and they'll tell you what to do.
Couple extra things: verify that the title VIN number matches the VIN on the driver's door frame (and also that that doorframe tag hasn't been removed). The VIN is sometimes also stamped on a metal plate under the windshield and the firewall (between the engine and the passenger compartment, under the hood). This is to verify that you have the right paperwork, and that the car isn't obviously stolen. Missing or ground-off VIN plates is a serious hassle that involves state troopers.
You will also need insurance as quickly as possible, but I'm not very good at that part. I basically walked into an office, said I needed insurance, told them what kind of car it was and went with whatever they said. I'm entirely aware that I could genuinely save hundreds of dollars by switching to a cheap liability-only option, but you should only do that if your car is worth less than $4k.
Ayertsatz · 8 points · Posted at 03:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah me too. I did a lot of housework as a kid but was never taught to cook or look after a car. I'm still shit at both of them but at least I've never done anything on the same level as many people here (if only because I abuse Google with idiotic questions before attempting to cook anything)
Honey_Senpai · 5 points · Posted at 04:29:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same, I'm basically an idiot and could easily do some of these things.
themooncard · 4 points · Posted at 04:36:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reddit home ec
Fredredphooey · 3 points · Posted at 05:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get a dryer cleaning kit to clean out the lint trap/vent behind the dryer. Leading cause of house fires because no one ever cleans them.
TheHardCL · 2 points · Posted at 21:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Ha! me too, I'm reading the comments and comparting experiences with every stupid thing I've donde, and making a list because I'm not done being supid yet, that much do I know
Just to name one, once I put a pre-cooked piza in my new oven, on my new appartment, and forgot about it... later, a awul burn-plastic odor made me remember about it, and when I went to check, discovered one of the oven accesories (plastic, of course), completely melted over my pizza... didn't use ever again after that, the smell never left the oven.
ConsciousScolopendra · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Smort
ThatOtherRedditMann · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren’t we all?
zomembire · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heat shit in the microwave with metal utensils all the time and never had a problem with it.
dobiewan_nz · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL that you shouldn't put water on a grease fire
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks man for a second I thought I was alone. Hell today I learned not to put water on a greasy fire. I did not know that.
SkyScamall · 1 points · Posted at 12:59:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew there'd be at least one metal in the microwave story. In my defense, I was twelve.
DarthMummSkeletor · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm reading this to figure out what to teach my kids this weekend.
ilikeyourswatch · 3895 points · Posted at 01:08:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I have a really funny one, I hope it doesn't get buried!
Years ago, I bought a friend an electric kettle as a gift. Her boyfriend (who I'm still friends with and who passed along this story) came home one night to find her running out the front door of their apartment with the flaming kettle, and she threw it into the street.
She was screaming about how it was a piece of junk because when she put it on the stove, over a flame, it caught fire and started to melt.
He was laughing uncontrollably when he asked, "what did you think the cord was for?"
They broke up soon after.
Yeah_Nah_Straya · 1082 points · Posted at 03:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone from a country where kettles are basically default household items this is painful.
ilikeyourswatch · 224 points · Posted at 03:08:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We live in the US so they aren't as common, but... I mean... It had a cord.
twinnedcalcite · 115 points · Posted at 04:38:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Canadian, this confuses me greatly.
kettle is essential.
Lethean_Waves · 20 points · Posted at 05:37:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From Texas, the only reason we have a kettle is because my wife thought a Kate Spade kettle was cute. We don't even use it, it just sits there.Who drinks hot tea anyways?
Nimmyzed · 79 points · Posted at 06:28:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use an electric kettle every day and I don't drink tea lol.
I use it to boil water for stock, to boil water for cooking because it's way faster than waiting for a pot of cold water to boil, for making coffee, to pour into a cooking tray to get rid/soften the dried in food before putting it in dishwasher.
I honestly don't know how people live without an electric kettle!
hybridHelix · 15 points · Posted at 09:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it's easy to live without an electric kettle!
...you just need a non -electric kettle. And also a stovetop.
Nimmyzed · 35 points · Posted at 09:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From reading through some of the other replies I can see that American power outlets give only half of what the power outlets in my country provide (240V) - Ireland.
So I can understand that an electric kettle would not be useful there as it would take a long time for water to boil. A full kettle of 1.5 litres would boil here in about 2 minutes. Boiling water in a pot would take 3 times longer.
hybridHelix · 10 points · Posted at 09:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I've used them in the US and they're still somewhat faster, I've just been using an old fashioned one for so long I'm used to it and like it. I'm also not a huge fan of anything that combines water and electricity, even though rationally I know they're as safe as any other appliance I use.
GimcrackCacoethes · 2 points · Posted at 18:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, the brief period I lived in the US was a nightmare for many reasons, but in there was the tea. It got to a point where I made do because I needed my tea, but it was always made with slightly too-cool water and the strength of the available teabags (in NYC, so not some remote backwater) left much to be desired.
Nimmyzed · 3 points · Posted at 19:25:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Irish person I feel your pain.
Luckily for me, I fecking HATE tea. It's bland and dries my mouth. But of course I hide this heretic opinion from my fellow countrymen
FivebyFive · 2 points · Posted at 18:06:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And a microwave
CaptainParkingspace · 2 points · Posted at 22:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife always boils water for pasta etc from cold in an open saucepan with the lid off. I've tried discreetly putting a lid on but for the sake of my marriage, it's not with it.
nether_wallop · 27 points · Posted at 10:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First of all, how dare you ...
Lethean_Waves · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my defense, we had some Iranian tea leaves that I decided to boil up this morning and ran the liquid through a strainer. Hot tea isn't too bad. Not my thing but not too bad.
JamesKSK13 · 24 points · Posted at 06:10:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ME, boy, I’m a good southerner. I drink hot tea. What’s it to ya, Texan?
rasputinrasputin · 7 points · Posted at 06:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeehaw brudder
JamesKSK13 · 22 points · Posted at 06:23:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More like Teahaw, brudda
rasputinrasputin · 3 points · Posted at 07:41:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excuse me, my bad- Teahaw
Periachi · 14 points · Posted at 06:31:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most people? Hot tea is great especially yorkshire brand tea
tonyabbottismyhero2 · 1 points · Posted at 23:14:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yorkie is my favourite brand by far. My boss likes Lipton, I make a point of never getting close to running out of Yorkshire.
Periachi · 2 points · Posted at 23:28:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. Yorkshire orange pekoe gold will always be my favorite tea
Jerico_Hill · 3 points · Posted at 12:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brit here. I go through about 10 cups of tea a day at least. My Dad had to start cutting down once he realised he was drinking more than 25 cups a day.
civodar · 2 points · Posted at 12:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use my kettle for making instant noodles more often than I use it for tea.
Seicair · 2 points · Posted at 16:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use it for coffee too. I have a little plastic thing that you put a small filter in and enough coffee for one person. Put it on top of a mug, pour hot water over it. I also use it for ramen, tea, or heating water to defrost things like frozen packets of dipping sauce, or to get hot water to soften a honeybear in.
Lethean_Waves · 2 points · Posted at 16:56:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's a honeybear?
Seicair · 2 points · Posted at 18:02:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a squeeze bottle of honey in the shape of a bear. Most small honey containers around here are shaped similarly, you can refill them from larger jugs of honey. But they tend to crystallize when old or if it’s too cold in your house, so putting them in hot water liquifies it again.
Lethean_Waves · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! I have 5 of those in my pantry. Have never heard it called honeybear
GimcrackCacoethes · 2 points · Posted at 18:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Winnie the Pooh. He'll tell you everything once you've poured boiling water over him.
RaedwaldRex · 1 points · Posted at 21:49:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You drink it cold? You fucking monster.
Nice hot cup of Yorkshire Tea and a custard cream. Lovely.
Lethean_Waves · 1 points · Posted at 22:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How else do you drink sweet tea?
RaedwaldRex · 1 points · Posted at 15:12:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put an extra sugar in but only really have one.
imgoodygoody · 3 points · Posted at 15:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m from the US and I don’t know anyone that doesn’t have a kettle. We use ours daily to heat water for tea and/or coffee. It’s a stovetop model but my goal is to get one of those fancy electric ones where you can set the temperature of the water for optimal coffee and tea flavor. I can dream.
twinnedcalcite · 3 points · Posted at 16:15:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooo that does sound like a good upgrade. I just have a regular electric kettle. I'm used to how it boils so I know my points for each type of tea I have.
I have a kettle for traveling, has been a savoir for many conventions. Joining room so ~8 people total, nothing works as well as 'guys, kettles boiled, come get coffee' on the Sunday morning.
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 21:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does temperature matter that much?
imgoodygoody · 3 points · Posted at 00:53:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my opinion, yes. If your water is too hot you extract too much from tea leaves or coffee grounds which often makes for a bitter beverage. If it’s not hot enough you don’t extract enough flavor. Gotta got it right in the sweet spot.
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hot drinks are complicated.
EPICFLYINGFALC14 · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Oh a kettle.!" -Ethan: Markiplier makes: Crème brûlée
crazyashley1 · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband thinks I'm a barbarian because I nuke a mug of water with a teabag in it. I'm just impatient, and never want a whole kettle full of tea unless there's a bug going around. At least the kettle he came with is a sensible stovetop one.
merreborn · 19 points · Posted at 06:48:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also... don't put plastic on the stove.
PM_ME_YOUR_AIRFOIL · 15 points · Posted at 06:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My electric kettle has a metal outer body, and you set it on a base that's plugged in (so you don't have to unplug the thing every time you fill it). Still doesn't look like a stove-kettle, but it would be easier to confuse.
ilikeyourswatch · 2 points · Posted at 14:17:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one like that too! This one was all one piece, though.
RhubarbFriand · 12 points · Posted at 08:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is fascinating. I’m in Aus and I don’t think I’ve ever ben in someone’s kitchen where they didn’t have a kettle. Or hotel room. TIL.
I’d be lost without a cuppa.
Sagittar0n · 7 points · Posted at 10:54:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what I understand it's all to do with the home electrical system. In aus we have 240v, which is good for high wattage appliances like kettles and dryers. In the US the outlets are 120v, and kettles would take too long to heat water. Americans who want dryers need an electrician to install a specific 240v outlet.
CaptainParkingspace · 2 points · Posted at 22:37:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an electrician, but I'm wondering what the max current is, because power (watts) = volts * amps.
DeliciousJaffa · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:45 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure about AUS, but it's 13A in the UK (~3KW), most kettles here seem to be around the 2.2KW mark though
CaptainParkingspace · 1 points · Posted at 11:31:30 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well this is the part I don’t understand. From school physics, surely 240V * 13A gives a theoretical maximum power of 3120W, call it 3KW. Do those slow-kettle-boiling areas also have a 13A limit? Otherwise you’d get the same power from 120V * 26A.
DeliciousJaffa · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:45 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
For Europe and including the UK it's not actually 240V, the harmonised voltage range is 230V -10% +6%. In my experience of my area in the UK, it tends to be ~232V.
tonyabbottismyhero2 · 2 points · Posted at 23:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No tea and shit coffee, makes you wonder how they function as a society.
poopoojerryterry · 24 points · Posted at 03:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk man, I think they're pretty common here
motoko_urashima · 19 points · Posted at 03:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh... Maybe 30% of people I know own one?
AdolescentCudi · 14 points · Posted at 04:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have seen maybe, maybe a handful of electric kettles in my life. I'm 20 and live in the US
FolkSong · 13 points · Posted at 05:26:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do people just use stovetop ones, or not have hot drinks at all, or what?
Lethean_Waves · 42 points · Posted at 05:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you are in the south, hot drinks don't exist. If you want a hot drink, walk outside and take a big gulp of air. The humidity will do the job.
PantheraLupus · 2 points · Posted at 11:09:31 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone from Far North Queensland where it's humid as fuck and hot as balls, this confuses me. Hot tea and coffee is a basic. If anything I've always found hot tea to cool me down in the middle of a farm work day.
AdolescentCudi · 6 points · Posted at 05:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh, boil water in a saucepan or small pot? Sometimes the microwave but that depends on the person. I've probably seen a few more stove top kettles but again that's a handful in 20 years of life. Coffee makers are really common and I guess you could make tea in one but unless it was cleaned recently it's gonna have a stale coffee flavor to it so I would not recommend. The only hot drinks besides tea I can think of offhand would be hot chocolate/cocoa (stove or microwave) and warm cider (stove)
Edit: the other guy is correct as well. From the south, can confirm
Nimmyzed · 9 points · Posted at 06:30:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiling water in a pot takes bloody ages! What do you use when making a stock or a sauce? When a recipe says add 700mls of booking water for example? Do you use a pot? Wow
FolkSong · 11 points · Posted at 06:38:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm assuming you're in the UK. In North America, electric kettles take ages too, because our outlets supply 120V versus 240V for you. Both use about the same current, so the UK kettle gets twice as much heating power as the NA one.
Nimmyzed · 4 points · Posted at 07:05:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes so much sense, thank you! I'm in Ireland and our voltage is 240.
FolkSong · 4 points · Posted at 07:23:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah sorry about the UK assumption. Sláinte from Canada!
Nimmyzed · 3 points · Posted at 07:28:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No problem at all. A logical assumption!
Go raibh maith agat!
scojo415 · 3 points · Posted at 06:19:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I'm either lazy or late (which is most times) I use my roommate's keurig, but if I'm feeling fancy I make myself a pour-over with freshly ground beans and I use a kettle for that. Gotta control that pour -- using a pot would end... poorly
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 21:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll put the water/milk in the microwave and heat it directly in the cup. Sometimes put a small pot on the stove and boil it. Since not doing a huge amount it boiled within a few minutes.
CaptainParkingspace · 1 points · Posted at 22:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coffee machines have steam wands, though. (Brit here and I like my tea, but have a small kitchen.)
eastside_tilly · 13 points · Posted at 05:32:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The US uses much lower residential voltage than other countries, which means electric kettles are much slower. Given they're often the first item people with 220-240V power buy for their kitchen when moving out, finding out they're not a thing in the states is baffling.
Nimmyzed · 4 points · Posted at 06:31:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes a lot of sense now. My kettle boils a litre in about 2 minutes. If it takes as long to use a pot to boil as it does a kettle to boil then I can now see why people in the US don't bother with one
scclooney · 6 points · Posted at 06:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Voltage and power are two different things mate.
motoko_urashima · 5 points · Posted at 11:42:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes... But the average US 100v home circuit is 15amps, or about 1500 watts continuous load. My house is a little unusual because we have thicker wiring and 20 amp circuits.
To run a 120v welder or air compressor, I need a dedicated breaker. Even a worklight on the same circuit will prevent the compressor from getting the initial starting amperage.
So how many amps does a 240v electric kettle draw?
scclooney · 2 points · Posted at 13:33:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
.....So thickness of cable means it has a higher current capacity. Further, the circuit breaker would have to have a higher rating to allow 20 amp devices to operate.
Hope this explains why you need a dedicated circuit breaker for your high powered devices.
Lastly, a kettle rated 1kW, would draw twice the current on 120v circuit but the final output will same be 1kW (given the power source is capable of delivering 1kW)
motoko_urashima · 2 points · Posted at 17:14:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes and no, the reason I need a dedicated circuit has to do with surge load starting a motor (or electric arc), bit running load.
A 20 amp circuit in Europe with the same wire thickness could deal twice the wattage because voltage*amps=watts, so it's more that the US could have 1KW kettles, but Europe could have 2KW kettles, heating your water twice as fast.
Trainguyrom · 3 points · Posted at 11:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Volts * Amps = Watts. Lower the volts, leave the Amps the same and you get lower Watts
While yes, you are technically correct, your implication that the voltage used in the household doesn't affect the total power delivered is false. There's a reason why American homes have both 120v for general household electrical and 240v for appliances.
scclooney · 1 points · Posted at 12:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well not American so don't know domestic and commercial distribution n/w, but as a thumb rule the voltage is kept constant (that is why there's a standard operating voltage and frequency 220/50 where I am) and based on rated load machine draws current.
To normal domestic user voltage has really no impact (devices are designed to operate at standard).
To distribution company, voltage matters because of limit on conductor size/spacing restrictions etc.
Trainguyrom · 1 points · Posted at 16:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It appears my initial understanding was incorrect. Through some quick googling the average home in the US has a 100 or 200 watt connection, while the average UK home has 40-100 watt connection. Both are connected to the electrical grid at about 240V, with the US using a dual phase system to get 120V at most wall outlets while still allowing 240V for large appliances.
It appears that the big difference is how the individual circuits are rated. In the US a standard 120V/15A plug is rated for 1100W and any product that plugs in will be rated for a maximum of draw of no more than 1100W (allowing headroom for any unexpected extra power draw, degraded/outside of code wiring, etc. on the circuit to prevent fires) while UK circuits are rated for over 2000W
The business insider article I read listed for the maximum possible load on a UK circuit of 2800W and the maximum possible load on a US circuit of 1500W, but does not specify what the maximum load a given individual product or plug can be rated for. Googling this information is pulling up numbers over 3000W, so I honestly don't know what the upper limit is under UK electrical codes for a standard plug, but it's clearly far higher than what US codes allow for.
Electricity and electric codes are really neat, so you may also be interested to learn that the US also has standards for 20Amp circuits as well, with a dedicated socket and plug standard that both allows 15 and 20 amp devices to be plugged into a 20 amp socket but 20 amp devices can't be plugged into a 15 amp circuit.
US 240V plugs are really weird because of the phases, and some allow for the appliance to both use 120V and 240V at the same time, so the plugs and sockets get really funky looking and confusing really quickly depending on the phases, grounding, etc.
Oh and US Apartments and businesses are often 3 phase with 220V instead of 240V becuase splitting and combining phases doesn't allow for both 120V and 240V easily and the 240V appliances generally aren't that sensitive. The rabbit hole goes on...
Trainguyrom · 2 points · Posted at 11:58:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Technically the US uses the exact same voltage as the rest of the world, but only our outlets supply 120V compared to the 240V service.
It's actually quite ingenious, since by splitting the power phases you get the best of both worlds. Lower voltage for the household outlets that you're most likely to accidentally electrocute yourself on, but plenty of power for your appliances. The only drawback comes when you want to pull more than ~1100 watts from the wall, which only really happens with electric kettles and certain niche usecases.
poopoojerryterry · 3 points · Posted at 04:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Weird, over where I live its like 80%
wombatcombat123 · 20 points · Posted at 04:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m in the UK, literally everyone has a kettle, it’s as common as a microwave.
poopoojerryterry · 7 points · Posted at 04:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in Arizona in the US. Its not like people love hot drinks in the desert, but maybe just my friends and family love tea and hot coco? Idk
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 05:41:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here in Australia - but part of the reason they're less common in America is because their electricity is only 110V instead of 240V, so they take ages to boil over there so it's often easier to use a stovetop kettle instead.
dustbinflowers · 4 points · Posted at 07:51:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, the kettle gets used more than anything else. To the point where you flick it on if you walk past, because someone will be wanting to make a hot drink in the next five minutes.
LeluWater · 5 points · Posted at 06:52:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had literally never seen an electric kettle until I was maybe 22 years old. I was amazed you didn’t have to put it on a stove. Also learning the difference between tea pots and tea kettles was a bit jarring. I’d never drank/made tea or coffee until I was like 20 and even then I only used the microwave. Kettles were never used in my household so I didn’t know anything about them
Edit: my parents never drank tea so we didn’t possess a kettle and only made very bad/cheap pre-ground coffee with a 1980s coffee maker and when I tasted their coffee it was awful so I had no interest in making it.
JamesKSK13 · 3 points · Posted at 06:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American here. Kettle is essential.
InkOnMySock · 16 points · Posted at 06:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone has them over in the UK! Here in the US barely anyone had one. Everyone just uses a stove kettle
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 08:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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SecretBattleship · 5 points · Posted at 17:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancé insists on making tea this way. Drives me nuts cuz we have a perfectly good stovetop kettle but he would rather pour from a straight sided saucepan and get water everywhere.
InkOnMySock · 4 points · Posted at 18:44:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He probably has no patience. The surface area of a sauce pan probably saves him like 30 seconds.
XxEpid3m1cxX · 6 points · Posted at 10:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have the kettle on 3 or 4 times a day to make a cuppa
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 05:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Americans dont usually buy them because we tend to drink coffee and tea drinkers just use the microwave to heat the water. First time I used one was in grad school because my labmates are predominantly Chinese and drink tea.
gucciguppy · 3 points · Posted at 12:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Other American tea drinkers use the microwave?! What barbarians. You use the kettle, damnit. We actually had a lovely Revere Ware kettle for the stovetop (thing is older than me and still in amazing shape) and now I own an electric kettle. I would never dare use the microwave for my precious tea.
But, I grew up with the coffee drinkers also being tea drinkers. I don't know what I'd do without my kettles and teapots.
Trainguyrom · 4 points · Posted at 11:48:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric kettles are actually uncommon in the states because the 110V electrical in American kitchens isn't enough to boil the water as quickly as on the stovetop. Countries with 240V electrical have significantly faster electric kettles which is part of why they're popular
I've never encountered a tea drinker who does this. Everyone I know uses a stove top kettle (it makes a wonderful whistling sound when the water is done) I'm not saying tea drinkers who microwave their water don't exist, but I personally don't know any and I suspect it's a minority
EPICFLYINGFALC14 · 3 points · Posted at 06:58:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Keureg
-dolce-zucchero- · 3 points · Posted at 09:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I make tea with an electric almost everyday. I’m not even certain I could use a stovetop one tbh. (My mum is an avid read drinker, I will occasionally have a cup.)
kingdude139 · 3 points · Posted at 13:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. It was only a few years ago I had even seen an electric kettle. My roommate's girlfriend moved in, and she had lived in the UK for years. It wasn't hard to figure out what it was though. It went sort of like "Huh, that's weird, it looks like a kettle, but it has a cord on it, like its electric... OOOOH."
I boiled so much water that year.
proudtrumpdeplorable · 3 points · Posted at 14:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know I’m late to this post but it reminded me of an incident with my ex husband shortly after we married. We received a lovely whistling water kettle, not electric, as a gift and it had an adorable cozy on top. I’m sure you are way ahead of me. He put water on to boil and put the cozy on the kettle on the stove. The felt lining of the cozy caught fire and the whole thing was ruined. I was so upset and he didn’t have a clue what he did wrong. I’ve never had a replacement. 😢well, I got a replacement husband anyway. 😁
Floruslorus · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are there countrys where it is not?
penguinpolitician · 2 points · Posted at 12:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember being a little shocked to discover kettles aren't basic kitchen items in all countries.
magikchikin · 2 points · Posted at 14:35:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A week or so ago my roommate got an electric kettle and for whatever reason it confused the hell out of me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Yeah_Nah_Straya · 5 points · Posted at 18:13:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Straya
cratersarecool · 45 points · Posted at 04:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg, one of my clueless roommates did this to my electric kettle too. The plastic part melted into the stove and I was so pissed, because my mom had bought me that in one of the few trips she took to visit me during college.
SeparateTea · 24 points · Posted at 04:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LMAO this kills me because my electric kettle is my best friend in the kitchen, I think I use that thing more than any other appliance so I can't imagine not knowing how they work
cuttydiamond · 6 points · Posted at 11:06:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my grandmothers nursing home there were some rooms with stoves and in those rooms electric kettles were banned because it was extremely common for people who were losing their faculties to get confused and put them on the burner.
bridgeneem · 5 points · Posted at 14:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So we had a hob kettle for YEARS and recently switched to an electric because my mum decided she’d had enough of hob kettles. It took me probably 5 or 6 weeks to train myself out of putting the kettle onto the hob, and I still sometimes catch myself doing it
thegreatpotatogod · 4 points · Posted at 20:23:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's a hob? A fancy word for a stove? Or some other fancy kettle-based technology most Americans have never heard of?
bridgeneem · 5 points · Posted at 15:10:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah like a stovetop, I didn’t realise hob was a UK-ism haha
momspaguettitwitch · 4 points · Posted at 07:07:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate also ended up ruining the kettle by filling it up with milk... Did not end well.
Caedem · 3 points · Posted at 10:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am I the only one who thinks buying a friend an electric kettle is a weird gift?
ilikeyourswatch · 13 points · Posted at 14:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was a housewarming gift.
imgoodygoody · 3 points · Posted at 15:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would be so happy if someone bought me one!
Eeveelover14 · 2 points · Posted at 21:33:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be, but anything could be a weird gift if given the right context. She could have expressed interest or talked about it at some point, or if someone has and likes theirs they would think "Oh this is a wonderful thing to own" and gift a friend one so they can enjoy it too.
Caedem · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose you're right. I think for some reason my brain assumed it was like a birthday gift or something lol.
Eeveelover14 · 2 points · Posted at 21:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An electric kettle seems so weird to me. I've only ever seen it once and that was in a video. From my understanding it keeps water hot? Which if you like hot drinks I can see the use for, but past that... I don't constantly need hot water?
Unless I don't understand what it does it seems like another appliance that just takes up more space than it's worth.
ilikeyourswatch · 6 points · Posted at 21:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, it boils water quicker than on a stove. If you drink a lot of tea (or make a lot of cup noodles!) owning one will change your life.
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 23:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what I've read it doesn't because outlets don't have the same power in America?
Don't make hot drinks, and don't buy cup noodles either. So still just sounds like a pot or even the microwave is a better option. Guess I'm just not the right person for an electric kettle.
randomblinkinglight · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first couple of times I saw a kettle was in hotel rooms when I'd visit UK. We don't have them in my country, I had zero clue what it was or how to use it. I didn't even know they had a name. I assumed you'd have to fill a mug with water and put the whole mug inside the kettle or something 🤣
I just end up never using them in hotels, since I just didn't know how, and I didn't want a tea that much.
Fun fact: years later, in my early 30s, I moved to UK. I think a flatmate explained to me what they were and how to use them.
EvanHitmen11 · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom did this about once a year while growing up. We must’ve had 10 electric kettles. She’s not a dumb woman but I guess old habits die hard and every so often she’d just throw the damn thing on the stove and walk away.
samseksemulino · 3 points · Posted at 16:15:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you are old enough to be gifted a kettle, you are old enough to deduce that an electric kettle, which is at least partly made of plastic and comes with a stand and a cord, is not the same thing as a stovetop kettle. Good grief.
quinalou · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:06 on September 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reviving an older comment here, but makes me think of a story. I once put a moka pot on the stove at my aunt's place. I wanted coffee, I have a moka pot at home myself. A few minutes later, instead of the beautiful smell of fresh coffee, I smell a stinking, chemical odor and get nervous. It's not my house, right, so what if something happened? I look in the top of the pot, nothing. I look in the oven, nothing. I go looking for a cable fire but find nothing.
Finally, I lift the moka pot. Half of the bottom comes off, molten to the stovetop and pulling strings like good mozzarella. Turns out they have a modern electric version that works with a base and cable...
SaltyJerm · 9648 points · Posted at 22:12:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure if this counts but when I took a food-safe course someone asked if they could wash a turkey with dish soap.
He failed the course.
HilariousSpill · 4923 points · Posted at 04:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But you can wash a turkey with dish soap, just be careful not to get it in their eyes because it really stings.
MusicLover675 · 107 points · Posted at 05:10:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, it shouldn’t be a problem if you’re using the gentle stuff. You know, the “tear free” one?
FalseWorkshop · 51 points · Posted at 05:39:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make sure to get tear free too, otherwise it might damage the feathers.
f1del1us · 13 points · Posted at 06:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No more tears, Jules
KaeptnKaese · 6 points · Posted at 07:06:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tear free dish soap? NGL I would believe it, if someone told me that this is actually a thing in the US.
MusicLover675 · 7 points · Posted at 16:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is a thing in the US, especially with baby shampoo, but it’s actually referring to the fact that it won’t give your hair split ends, not how it won’t make the baby cry if it gets in their eyes. That is false. It will still sting.
CanadaPlus101 · 28 points · Posted at 05:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, haven't you people seen those Dawn commercials with the duckling?
awhoogaa · 15 points · Posted at 06:29:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clarification regarding live or dead and plucked needed from OP...
RetroHacker · 22 points · Posted at 05:50:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah - and when that happens, they tend to fly away.
As god as my witness.... I thought turkeys could fly.
itsallalittleblurry · 7 points · Posted at 06:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“They were falling from the sky and exploding everywhere! We were running for our lives! It was chaos!”
RetroHacker · 8 points · Posted at 06:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"They're hitting the ground like sacks of wet cement!" "Oh, the humanity!"
itsallalittleblurry · 3 points · Posted at 07:01:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the correction. That was my favorite episode.
bg48111 · 2 points · Posted at 13:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Best WKRP episode ever!
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 06:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They can kinda fly but not for very long
RetroHacker · 9 points · Posted at 06:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah - and only downward too, like from a helicopter to through the windshield of a parked car.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 06:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that’s oddly specific
SpaceZenMaster · 10 points · Posted at 06:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I gobbled this comment up. Take an upvote.
Viking_from_Asgard · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you can even wash a slav this way
message_bot · 3 points · Posted at 06:33:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for that
WheelNSnipeNCelly · 3 points · Posted at 06:40:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you get a turkey in your eyes?
Knever · 2 points · Posted at 07:20:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm; got a turkey in my eye once.
12134sunsetblvd · 2 points · Posted at 09:03:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha! It’s fowl but it’s funny
ButterflyAttack · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't mind getting fisted with garlic and thyme though.
prahSmadA · 2 points · Posted at 10:14:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And the turkey might bite you
beansmom91 · 2 points · Posted at 14:14:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that was funny
Sharrakor · 2 points · Posted at 22:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why doesn't the turkey just close its eyes?
fudgelover2019 · -2 points · Posted at 08:22:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...you must pay careful attention around the 'Parson's nose'........
🎙️ arual_x · 216 points · Posted at 22:13:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend cook a Christmas turkey with the plastic bag of giblets still inside it. He didn’t realise until he took it out right at the end and there was a godawful smell.
Le_Mews · 74 points · Posted at 02:44:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That happens from time to time. I roasted a chicken with the bag of giblets inside once. Only difference is I actually checked for it but managed to not feel it. Assumed there wasn’t one and roasted away.
RockyMountainRain · 44 points · Posted at 04:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this, too. I checked and pulled the neck out but didn't feel the giblets. Of course my aunt found the bag when she helped me carve it. We laughed about it
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 09:46:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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GreatBayTemple · 3 points · Posted at 09:49:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It finally is starting to creep me out, the tasty part is the skin...we are such terrifying creatures.
xSTSxZerglingOne · 5 points · Posted at 09:52:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a science article the other day that mentioned "skin hunger" never realized how literal it was.
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GreatBayTemple · 0 points · Posted at 10:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok hannibal.
pyrodice · 18 points · Posted at 06:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The existence of giblets implies the existence of one much larger "Gible."
Seicair · 3 points · Posted at 16:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s a dragon/ground type.
pyrodice · 4 points · Posted at 17:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just leaves me with DIFFERENT questions
Rynewulf · 13 points · Posted at 05:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's literally old sitcom material right there.
cementsnowflake · 7 points · Posted at 06:37:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brought the fam to the in-laws for Thanksgiving dinner one year. MIL wasn't feeling great so step-FIL cooked.
As we started in, SFIL so proud of the meal laid before us, my husband says 'wheres the stuffing?'
Handing him a serving spoon, SFIL replied 'its still in the turkey, just scoop it out'.
MIL was so mad she stood, picked it up & threw it out, yelling the entire time about ruining dinner & poisoning her grandbabies.
Not entirely sure if that would be the case, but I know I definitely couldn't eat it (or allow my kids to) knowing it's innards were still in, so I was in the same page as her as far as not eating it goes lol.
relativeidiot31 · 4 points · Posted at 08:07:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wait...so did he just put the stuffing in without taking out the innards?
cementsnowflake · 6 points · Posted at 08:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He thought the turkey came pre stuffed, & had no idea anything that is naturally found in a turkey is placed back in the turkey. The neck was inside as well. Yuck.
Seicair · 5 points · Posted at 16:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not seeing the problem. A lack of stuffing is hardly going to destroy dinner. Are you saying she was worried because the plastic bag was still inside?
cementsnowflake · 2 points · Posted at 16:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He cooked the giblits & neck in the turkey, thinking it was stuffing.
Seicair · 3 points · Posted at 18:00:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So? You realize those are edible, right? Lots of people cook them and eat them separately, or use them in the gravy, or in the stuffing. I’m still not sure what the problem was? Aside from the lack of actual stuffing, that’s sad.
cementsnowflake · 1 points · Posted at 20:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm aware they're edible, and I'm sure the people that cook & eat them do so properly. These were absolutely not cooked correctly.
Trust me, this wasn't a waste of a good turkey.
anothercairn · 5 points · Posted at 00:01:48 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess what I don’t understand is why the giblets being in there makes the entire turkey unsafe to eat.
Seicair · 3 points · Posted at 00:51:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also remain confused. As long as the turkey reached the required temperature they should be fine. Just a little sadder because of the lack of stuffing.
Mr_ToDo · 3 points · Posted at 22:05:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would have thought that would be fine. The turkeys I get usually have the giblets in a papery/waxy bag, and if that's burning in the cavity it's probably over done anyway.
I'd watch out for the plastic hooks I've seen every now and then that are holding parts together. I would hope they wouldn't melt at that temperature but I'm not betting on quality at 99 cents a pound.
williams1753 · 55 points · Posted at 04:07:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You certainly can wash a turkey that way.
Should you do it is another question entirely
CorruptionOfTheMind · 20 points · Posted at 04:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He probably just saw all those dawn commercials about washing the birds that got caught in oil spills!
Czazen · 18 points · Posted at 04:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, can you???
Ilovesparky13 · 8 points · Posted at 06:18:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you wash ANY food with soap???
yournanna · 9 points · Posted at 06:22:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you wash meat at all
Very_Good_Indeed · 6 points · Posted at 06:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because there's BLOOD on it!
Geez, you should know that.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 12:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're American you're eating chicken which has been washed with chlorine.
yournanna · 5 points · Posted at 06:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can but you shouldn't
incomparability · 6 points · Posted at 06:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
why not
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 07:09:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Caribbeans have a method of rinsing poultry and pork in a lemon juice, salt, vinegar concoction, then rinsing that all out with boiling water. Helps with taste when you marinate/season but some people will try to deny it. You don’t have to but to each is their own.
Mrdeesel · 10 points · Posted at 07:11:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ala Adrianne Maloof?
ennaile · 4 points · Posted at 07:28:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who is Adrienne Maloof in dis world?
Tree_Wizard2000 · 3 points · Posted at 09:50:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's a woman from the real housewives from Beverley Hills and there was an episode where she went to the British ladys house (vanderpump?) to learn how to cook because british lady owns restaurants and is an experienced cook apparently. Anyways, they're cooking a roast chicken or turkey and the maloof lady in order to prep the turkey or whatever she proceeded to wash it with dish soap. Vanderpump laughs at her because it is ridiculous but maloof takes it personally and she think she's being condescending. Maloof insists that you can wash your food with soap and in another episode she gifts vaderpump a present which turns out to be food soap and her defense was that she assumed the dish soap was food soap.
This is my recollection of this episode from the time my mum got me hooked on the series like 6 of 5 years ago.
throwlog · 9 points · Posted at 06:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually did this the first time I made chicken. I did wash it off pretty well so it didn't taste like soap. It still tasted bad but for other reasons.
SlippingStar · 15 points · Posted at 05:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve tried to convince so many people that the CDC isn’t trying to poison you, you’re really NOT supposed to wash your meat.
Nezdude · 4 points · Posted at 10:32:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never understand people that wash meat, especially under running water. You're literally just splashing all that bacteria all over your sink and whatever stray droplets get elsewhere. Ew.
SlippingStar · 1 points · Posted at 13:36:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The idea is better in the sink and not your food... even though you cool them off....
Vulant · 5 points · Posted at 05:13:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually laughed at this. Thanks for the laugh
Fafnirgrimoire · 4 points · Posted at 06:20:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being from a family where home cooked meals was my childhood that scares me
King_Pecca · 4 points · Posted at 07:08:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've known a girl who washed the salad with dish washer... (no, she's not my wife now)
SlaterSpace · 4 points · Posted at 09:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But somehow chlorinated chicken is A-okay!
CorporateStef · 3 points · Posted at 05:39:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, you can't?
RetroHacker · 3 points · Posted at 05:50:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well duh, you have to use turkey soap.
Stoneheart7 · 3 points · Posted at 06:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, the food safe course I had to take was so simple I was appalled by the number of people I worked with who didn't get perfect scores.
monsantobreath · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you fail food safe?
believe666 · 3 points · Posted at 07:29:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did the teacher respond with heavy laughter?
SaltyJerm · 2 points · Posted at 09:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nervous laughter, we'd be cooking turkeys for a Thanksgiving event a week later.
Tasihasi · 3 points · Posted at 08:30:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kinda sad that he failed it, when it seems he needed that course the most
jokerandtheking · 3 points · Posted at 08:56:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
😂😂😂 wtf
Thatcsibloke · 3 points · Posted at 11:40:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laughs in European. We don’t was poultry over here because it splashes bacteria around the kitchen.
HappyYoshi2015 · 3 points · Posted at 12:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom always rinsed raw chicken... gross and a great way to splash bacteria everywhere.
MotorBread3 · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gold
likesevenchickens · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d say that counts 😂
ON-Q · 2 points · Posted at 07:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ve never tried their Palmolive potatoes.
friendsreference
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely not dish soap but Caribbeans use a salt, lemon, vinegar concoction on poultry and pork for about a 30 seconds then completely rinse it with boiling water. Helps with seasoning/ marinating taste. Some will disagree with this but do what you want in the kitchen.
ketacobell · 2 points · Posted at 07:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you can wash ducks with Dawn dish soap, why can’t you wash turkeys?
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:57 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
LIVE ducks. This is a dead, butchered turkey we’re talking about. Big difference.
FuckThe1PercentRich · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aww Shucks
mountaindrew101 · 2 points · Posted at 08:40:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can just wash the dish soap with turkey
shiguywhy · 2 points · Posted at 14:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sibling worked in a restaurant where they defrosted chicken in the sanitizing section of the three part sink and used undiluted sanitizing solution to wash dishes to "save time." He quit on his first day because he wasn't gonna take part in poisoning hundreds of people. So uh, guess your guy opened a restaurant anyway?
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:17 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m pretty sure that’s illegal or something.
shiguywhy · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:29 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's against health codes and could result in the place being shut down, but not illegal as in an arrestable offense.
tocilog · 2 points · Posted at 16:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey man, Dawn had that whole ad campaign of washing ducks with dish soap. No reason you can't wash a turkey too.
RianJohnsonIsAFool · 2 points · Posted at 20:56:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Not with soap!"
"You obviously haven't tasted my Palmolive potatoes."
KnotPhit · 2 points · Posted at 12:12:55 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many years ago I managed a pizza restaurant where we would get large boxes of fresh mushrooms from our produce supplier. Before use we would have to dump the box into a large colander and rinse them thoroughly or “wash” them as we called it. On a busy night I asked a newer employee to “wash” a box of them. I came over to the sink area a few minutes later and asked him where the mushrooms were. He opened up our industrial dishwasher and there they were in a flat rack with steam billowing off of them. Had to toss them. He felt bad after I kindly explained the correct procedure. Made it a point to instruct new hires to rinse them in the sink when someone asked to “wash” them.
pyrodice · 4 points · Posted at 06:29:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, you can wash a turkey with dish soap.
No, it's not ok to eat after that.
KnockMeYourLobes · 2 points · Posted at 11:37:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ROTFLMAO
Oh dear lord.
thestraightCDer · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's good wash certain meat...in water.
2wentysix · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm going to refuse thats real for my mental wellbeing
Noughmad · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you know about chlorinated chicken? Dish soap can't be worse than that.
RoseMcDollFace · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In high school cooking class my friend and I washed our chicken breast because we thought that's what you did
bibyts · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol!
RS702 · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today I learned something knew.
fjhus16 · 1 points · Posted at 11:23:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminded me of this.
RHCP4Life · 1 points · Posted at 11:26:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/pZRUWyK50iI
GenevievetheThird · 1 points · Posted at 08:07:22 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
My extended family do this with chicken, and looked at me in horror when I didn't do that!!
PM_ME_YOUR_WEIRD_PET · 1 points · Posted at 18:47:34 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Either you went to culinary school with me, or this is a more common form of stupidity than I thought...
LillianVJ · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait wait wait, you're not supposed to do that?? That literally is what my mother does to every turkey we've ever eaten and it doesn't do anything bad seeing as I've never gotten sick from it
DANIELG360 · 0 points · Posted at 09:15:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well there a people who think you need to wash chicken with lemon and vinegar so that doesn’t surprise me.
dmatscheko · 0 points · Posted at 02:38:51 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually don't think it would be dangerous if you rinse it well enough afterwards. You wash your dishes with dish soap and put your food on it.
Still, it would probably taste a bit funny with scented or hand moisturising dish soap...
MeesterPepper · 37049 points · Posted at 21:04:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every few weeks I catch my roommate trying to put his metal tea strainer in the microwave.
This is inspite of the fact that our first week living in this apartment, he destroyed the microwave and had to pay for a new one because he put a metal tea strainer in the microwave.
theteenyemperor · 15931 points · Posted at 21:45:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You could have left it at him making tea in the microwave.
P.S. This blew up! I am proud that my first silver is on a comment about respecting British culture!
🎙️ arual_x · 7684 points · Posted at 22:03:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Englishperson, this.
Mlmmt · 3291 points · Posted at 22:18:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hell, as an American, this.
Professor_Oswin · 865 points · Posted at 01:15:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American I just put it in the microwave and nuke it for 7 minutes. Then I throw it in the harbor
Velenah · 158 points · Posted at 03:22:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Southern I just make a gallon at a time.
X_DarthTroller_X · 101 points · Posted at 03:28:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who works at a restaurant in the south. Do y’all want some tea with that sugar? Lol
Velenah · 31 points · Posted at 03:28:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
2 lemons
X_DarthTroller_X · 20 points · Posted at 03:29:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lemon and tea is a good mix tho! But I also love a nice hot cup of peppermint tea.
DontCallMeInTheAM · 4 points · Posted at 03:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How about those Peach Tea flavored, Crystal Light packets?? Only 5 calories per half packet!
RubberFroggie · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Disgusting!
Sidhlairiel · 13 points · Posted at 03:49:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Might as well stab a straw in the hummingbird feeder.
Velenah · 6 points · Posted at 04:09:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t touch red kool aid man
Professor_Oswin · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too late. I’m joining the cult
murano84 · 9 points · Posted at 05:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I went to a restaurant in the south, I get asked if I want tea. I say yes, then the waitress walks away, leaving me confused and thinking "but I haven't told you whether I want English breakfast or chamomile.." Is Lipton the only one you guys serve as well?
VonCarzs · 2 points · Posted at 13:06:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Got to specify hot tea if you want anything that isn't Lipton
murano84 · 1 points · Posted at 16:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had. :( It's ok because Lipton is still decent.
VonCarzs · 1 points · Posted at 17:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry for whoever hurt you to settle for lipton
murano84 · 1 points · Posted at 19:15:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had waaaay worse Earl Grey (ashy Bigelow), green tea (burnt), and a cinnamon atrocity at a boutique. Also, Coffee Bean's holiday selection (how do you mess up lemongrass?! The cherry blossom I expected to taste like soap, but how do you make lemongrass taste muddy?).
brutalethyl · 1 points · Posted at 15:16:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there another brand of tea besides Lipton?
grendus · 2 points · Posted at 18:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, just bring a gallon of sweet tea and a few packets of splenda. Doc said I need to cut down on my sugar intake.
QuinceDaPence · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I should really start making it 5 gallons at a time.
-also southern
Zaniak88 · 126 points · Posted at 03:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tonight we're gonna party like its 1773
SinisterKid · 5 points · Posted at 06:18:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*hawrbah
Basedrum777 · 3 points · Posted at 03:17:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understood this.
Professor_Oswin · 2 points · Posted at 04:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s chalk full of references 😂 would you believe me if I told you it was accidental at first?
lucid_scheming · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today you learned that the saying is “chock full!”
Professor_Oswin · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could say autocorrect, but I actually didn’t know that. r/boneappletea
lucid_scheming · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, you’re one of today’s 10,000! That’s always fun.
Professor_Oswin · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oddly wholesome
oddbitch · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Russian, you're a monster.
HypnoticMemeMixer · 2 points · Posted at 06:16:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Russian workmate Dmitry puts a metal spoon in his tea/coffee/soup when warming it up in the microwave. When I first saw him do it I said "woa Jesus that's mental" to which he replied "Noa! Zats Science!" ✊😂
la_bibliothecaire · 2 points · Posted at 14:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A Belarusian guy I used to work with would make incredibly strong black tea with loose leaves, then purposely filter it poorly so a lot of the leaves would stay in the cup, because he liked to eat them as he drank his tea. I don't know if this is some sort of standard Belarusian habit, or if he was just nuts.
oddbitch · 1 points · Posted at 20:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus christ, that's horrifying. I've never heard of anyone eating the leaves!
Third_Chelonaut · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you also do it while in 'red face'
Raffles7683 · 1 points · Posted at 10:12:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It did always strike me as odd that the way the Americans at the time decided to protest against British rule was, ironically, dumping tea into Boston harbour and unintentionally creating the worlds' largest cup of tea.
MrMastodon · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, the Japanese tea ceremony.
Plebiain · 1 points · Posted at 14:23:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This brightened my day, thank you <3
Acidwits · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"But enough about childcare"
WombatInferno · 639 points · Posted at 23:16:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American I second this. I can't make a good pot of tea to save my life but I mean common sense really is so rare it may count as a super power.
JoshtheMann · 10 points · Posted at 00:25:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Australian I third this. WTF?!
DominionGhost · 10 points · Posted at 01:19:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Canadian here. Fouth'd. This is just unnatural.
[deleted] · 37 points · Posted at 23:24:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American I third this. Why do you put ANY metal in a microwave??
TreyLastname · 50 points · Posted at 00:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little brother (forgot the age. But he was in the teens) put an entire can of spaghetti os and meatballs in the microwave. Can and all.
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 00:29:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me what happened after PLEASE
TreyLastname · 52 points · Posted at 00:34:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We heard a loud pop, looked over, and if my memory is correct, the inside of the microwave flashed, so we opened it and roasted him. Hes done....a lot of dumb things. Hes tried smoking tea grounds with notebook paper (ya know, tea grounds. The stuff inside a tea bag used for making sweet/iced tea). He thought a vagina had only 1 hole rather than 2 (he thought they pissed and had sex through the same hole, the proceeded to mock me thinking I was wrong), got a tattoo of his exes name on his arm (they broke up the day after I learned about it). Lets just say hes not the brightest
tonsofun08 · 38 points · Posted at 00:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair about the vagina part. Large parts of the US have little to no sex ed. Sadly I grew up in one of those places...
Professor_Oswin · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had sex Ed but I spent the class pining after the girl across the room.
TreyLastname · 2 points · Posted at 00:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hes been to sex ed, pretends to know it all, and mocked me for knowing there are 2 holes, I'd be more understanding if he didnt go to sex ed or pretended to be an expert on female anatomy, but neither is true in this case
tonsofun08 · 2 points · Posted at 00:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah sorry. My bad on that.
KuraiTheBaka · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean my sex Ed didn't bother to teach us that as they didn't think it was an important detail. I didn't learn that until I was like 18.
imnotagirl12 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learnd it from YouTube when I was 14
nfcxreps15 · 0 points · Posted at 03:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh... right... "YouTube" wink wink
imnotagirl12 · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:01 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I leaned other things from different websites when I was 348 year old. Or at least thats the said websites tgink
ItAintSoSweet · 38 points · Posted at 01:38:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A vagina does only have one hole. There is one opening to the vaginal canal. The other hole isn't part of the vagina...
TreyLastname · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone mentioned I had terminology wrong, but y'all knew what I meant, and I'm not expert, self proclaimed or otherwise. He pretended to be and said "pussy", meaning all of it
ItAintSoSweet · 3 points · Posted at 02:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah ok, gotcha. Not quite as scary as a female not knowing they have 2 holes!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I had gold I would give it but take the fake one because I’m poor🏅
TreyLastname · 2 points · Posted at 00:41:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All good, the real gold is getting to give him shit everytime I see him
SeattCat · 6 points · Posted at 01:31:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Not to get technical but the vagina is one of the holes. The vulva is the overall thing.
RearEchelon · 3 points · Posted at 02:26:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, the vulva is just the outer parts
SeattCat · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s what I was trying to say.
RearEchelon · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, "overall thing" made it sound like you were talking about internals and externals.
TreyLastname · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, well, I'm not expert lol
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do not mind the ones making mistakes. God knows I made plenty. But it is the lack of learning from them that gets me. It took all of one time for my Mom to figure out her finer dinner plates were lined with metal when the micro began to spark pretty. It took me 1x to forget the metal from the chinese take out back when they had metal handles. Your bro was creative in his mistakes and maybe heart struck naive... And my Mom was English, I cannot fathom what your roommate was thinking. Hoping for a stronger cup of tea?? I sometimes nuke a cuppa with a tea bag in the cup....
takatori · 1 points · Posted at 10:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Opened, or as-is, sealed?
TreyLastname · 1 points · Posted at 10:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cant recall, maybe opened?
TheLegionnaire · 19 points · Posted at 02:21:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not what they mean. English people think microwaving water is bizarre.
jaded43 · 7 points · Posted at 03:16:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why? Kettles just take up counter space.
BrotherChe · 13 points · Posted at 04:51:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's complicated -- but basically the fluid is not heated throughout by into a roiling boil but randomly and inconsistently, often mistaking the water vapor as signs of boiling. Thus, when it "cooks" the tea, it does so improperly, thus not releasing the target flavors resulting from the chemical process initiated by the boiling water.
https://slate.com/culture/2013/06/microwaving-water-for-tea-why-are-the-results-so-lousy.html
nomnommish · 4 points · Posted at 06:31:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just a load of bollocks. All that gets sorted out when you take the near boiling water out of the microwave and dip your tea bags in it or your metal tea strainer in it.
It is not like you shove your tea bags in the electric water kettle either. You pour it into a cup and then dunk your teabags. Do the same with microwaved hot water.
rhionite · 0 points · Posted at 09:44:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You put the tea bag in first, then pour the water on top. Otherwise you get weak gross tea.
SirLostit · 0 points · Posted at 10:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Correct, and my aunt refuses to believe that electrical kettles get properly hot enough! She uses the more traditional kettle that is boiled on the hob. Also, if you are making a pot of tea, then you should warm the pot first
rhionite · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure how a kettle wouldn't get hot enough, it brings the water to a rolling boil the same as a stove top kettle. I do like stove tops, but my oven has an induction hob so I'd have to find a magnetic kettle and I'm happy with my electric one that matches my toaster. It's not often I make a pot of tea but I do have some fancy ass mugs that I'm not sure about putting boiling water straight in and I don't want to test it, so I'll use the pot for that, and I warm the pot first too.
SirLostit · 0 points · Posted at 11:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t say that she made any sense. Everyone has a crazy aunt in their family somewhere! An electric kettle works just fine. The main thing is you can’t make a proper cup of tea in the microwave!
rhionite · 2 points · Posted at 11:51:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm definitely with you on everything you just said. To quote Zazu, "There's one in every family, sire. Two in mine."
imundead · 2 points · Posted at 06:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because you own pots and pans and there is a hob. Why don't you use that? I've tried microwaving water once the mug was boiling and the water was warm, please just use a pot!
a_quiet_thing · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not just English people who think that...
TheLegionnaire · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
¡ɐʎ ʇǝƃɹoɟ oʇ uɐǝɯ ʇ,upıp 'ǝʇɐɯ ʎɹɹoS
313043no · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's because it is.
skeletorlaugh · 14 points · Posted at 02:58:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
making tea at all in a microwave is the real sin here
No-BrowEntertainment · 3 points · Posted at 01:33:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one time I microwaved a Subway sandwich, only to discover that the sandwich was wrapped in a secret layer of aluminum foil under the paper. I managed to save it before too much damage was done, but there were holes burnt though the paper and metal and there was aluminum embedded in the bread somehow
ISpyStrangers · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Assuming you still have a standard incandescent light bulb around, put it base down in a cup of water (so the metal base is underwater), put that in the microwave, and turn it on for 5 seconds or so. Ooh, ahh, the bulb lights and those around you freak out.
That's the only worthwhile time to put any kind of metal in a microwave.
nfcxreps15 · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seems easy enough, however, I am DESTINED to screw this up somehow.
Tarkcanis · 2 points · Posted at 09:47:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
FYI pretty much any microwave "baking" devices are at least partly metal. Those boxes you cook hotpockets in? Aluminum(?) Infused. Not to mention some microwaves have metal cooking racks. It really depends on the shape and composition of the metal. I regularly leave spoons in the microwave, but not forks or serrated knives.
Edit: Grammar, qualifier.
imnotagirl12 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As another American I fourth this
nfcxreps15 · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American, wtf is "tea?" Is that the stuff they make sweet tea outta??? A-hurr hurr hurr.
imnotagirl12 · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:18 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tea can be many things. 1. Gossip- you would use this like"I got some tea for you to hear". 2. A beverage- you take the leaves of a certain plant and you soak them in hot water to expell there juices. sometimes it has natural caffeine so it works like coffee. There's even flavord, like peppermint and some fruits. That's what tea is
TheBananaKing · 6 points · Posted at 03:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good tea is simple if you understand one thing:
The proper flavour (for black tea) is only released at very close to boiling point. If the water isn't hot enough, or goes cold too quickly, your tea will be grey and taste like sadness and death.
That means you swish out the cup or pot with the water as the kettle comes close to the boil, then put in the tea, then pour over the water when it's absolutely at a rolling boil - then if possible keep the tea warm with a cloth wrapped round it for a couple of minutes. (this doesn't work so well for cups, obvs)
Pour the tea (or remove teabag), then add milk, if you take it.
You're aiming for this colour if possible.
Do not boil the tea, however. It sounds like a good solution, but that's a whole different kind of terrible.
Yorkshire Tea and PG Tips are excellent brands; anything that says Ceylon is probably going to be fine.
Obviously different kinds of tea take different treatment - try to make a yellow-liquoring tea like Darjeeling or Prince of Wales that strong, and it'll be bitter as hell.
And for green tea, the water mustn't be quite boiling. I just slosh a little cold water in to start with, top up with boiling, then add the tea.
JJSmitley · 3 points · Posted at 01:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Common sense is (IS, not should be) a disease. Those who have it suffer at the hands of those who don't have it.
TheRedMaiden · 3 points · Posted at 01:26:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As another American I'm going to just continue sitting here drinking my coffee.
Squishy-Cthulhu · 3 points · Posted at 01:38:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's easy, the only thing that really matters is that the water is boiling when you pour it over the bag. One bag in the cup, boiling water, splash of milk (I like soy). Done.
monkeyeighty8 · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's nothing common about common sense!
jaded43 · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me snicker. Thanks.
madeit-thisfardown · 2 points · Posted at 01:12:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First step: DONT MICROWAVE THE WATER FIRST.
MischiefofRats · 7 points · Posted at 03:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why?
madeit-thisfardown · 0 points · Posted at 03:58:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because that’s not how you do it
MischiefofRats · 0 points · Posted at 04:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Counterpoint: it is how I've done it many times.
Boiling water is boiling water.
_i_am_a_dragon_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alternatively, idiocy can be a villainous power in the right hands
ItsATerribleLife · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
just put the tea bags in the coffee maker to make a tea concentrate.
Then pour that in a jug, add water and sugar to finish.
ozark45 · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody has common sense! -everybody
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 01:55:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just scream TEA, EARL GRAY, HOT! at the microwave, right?
kdevari · 6 points · Posted at 02:43:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Busterlimes · 45 points · Posted at 01:21:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if you microwave the water then steep the tea?
Dason37 · 28 points · Posted at 01:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how I do it... The 4 or 5 times a year I make a cup of tea.
nomnommish · 8 points · Posted at 06:33:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny thing is, it is not like anyone is throwing in tea bags into the electric water kettle either
jimicus · 3 points · Posted at 07:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The water needs to be absolutely boiling, not merely "very hot".
This is usually where people go wrong.
Dabrush · 3 points · Posted at 10:05:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow are you serious? Boiling water is a big no-no when making tea.
jimicus · 3 points · Posted at 10:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe if you're in the US; pretty well all UK tea is sold on the assumption that's how it's going to be made.
iceandlime · 3 points · Posted at 10:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For most tea, this won't get the water hot enough. For most black teas, you need boiling water. Microwaved water won't cut it.
lastorderstime · 0 points · Posted at 07:46:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy a kettle, please!
MyOpinionsAndStories · 8 points · Posted at 08:46:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
why should i when i have a microwave
[deleted] · -7 points · Posted at 03:08:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nasa258e · 25 points · Posted at 03:20:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get out of here with your "correct" way to do it. Hot water is hot water. You are just being snooty for the sake of it
Icalasari · 9 points · Posted at 04:58:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, microwaved water can make tea bad, it's not (all) snobbery
The iasue is it doesn't boil as evenly, that microwaves work on time and kettles heat (so slight variance), and that it can get superheated and destroy some flavours
nasa258e · 2 points · Posted at 05:49:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
of the water? Do you even hear yourself? when water boils it creates a convection current which essentially mixes it all up. What the fuck are you on about? boiling water is 100 degrees no matter how you boil it. Then you let it cool down a bit to around 85 and steep.
We should be having a much more important debate about how teabags suck
Icalasari · 6 points · Posted at 06:03:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Except if pockets get more energy. And clearly convection currents aren't working well when there are videos of mugs, cups, etc. literally exploding once a spoon is put in because now there's a surface that lets it instantly boil
Point is, shit isn't boiling right and it can not just burn the tea, but also be very dangerous
Zkenny13 · 24 points · Posted at 01:35:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric kettle is the way to go.
Mlmmt · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, nice and fast too, mine isn't much slower for the amount of water needed for a cup of tea than the microwave, and has multiple temp settings for various types of tea (because those are useful when you have a family full of people that drink coffee in the morning, and tea the rest of the day).
Ashandarei830 · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem with kettles in the US is that they aren't powerful enough to boil water properly at a decent speed. They can only draw about 1400w, where's a kettle in the UK can draw 3000w.
QuinceDaPence · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you've got an outlet that looks different in your kitchen it's very likely 240V and then you could probably take a UK one and just swap the plug.
It would be intended for a 240V window A/C but would work for other things.
Zkenny13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That may be true. But it is much faster than using a stove.
SailorStarLight · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, I prefer the wildly inefficient yet more romantic stove top kettle on a gas range. It just tastes better to me. I’m in the US, though, so our kettles are so slow that it makes little difference.
quell__speller · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely the most important gadget in the home.
There's a reason why, when you move house, it is the last thing to be packed and first thing unpacked.
Tport17 · 29 points · Posted at 01:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As another American, why is it bad to put tea in the microwave? Hot water is hot water isn’t it?
actuallyanengineer · 51 points · Posted at 01:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. The British just like to be pretentious about it, as is their birthright.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 05:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. Microwaving destroys the flavour.
I think someone else has already posted this, but it's worth remembering: https://slate.com/culture/2013/06/microwaving-water-for-tea-why-are-the-results-so-lousy.html
Swie · 14 points · Posted at 02:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From my experience microwave is literally the worst way to heat liquids, the water won't fully boil (which makes the tea taste shit) and the mug becomes hot af, it's the worst.
If you don't have an electric or stovetop kettle, use a pan on the stove it'll at least heat properly.
Fmeson · 6 points · Posted at 03:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like you don't have mugs made for the microwave. Lots of ceramics, even ones that say microwave safe, absorb the microwaves and get hot, causing the water to heat up much slower as well.
Swie · 1 points · Posted at 13:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess I don't have any dishes made for the microwave then because it's always a problem. First time I'm hearing about special microwave mugs tbh...
Fmeson · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It has to do with metals and other impurities in ceramics. For some reason, most manufacturers don't give a shit about making actual microwave safe mugs, they just write it on the bottom and call it a day.
TheFatMistake · 6 points · Posted at 03:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It definitely fully boils... Just microwave it until you see bubbles??? It takes l like 3 minutes.
LillianVJ · 6 points · Posted at 02:40:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait so somehow the water being not boiling makes the tea taste bad? I honestly don't understand how that can be a thing, it's just water no?
Swie · 22 points · Posted at 02:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean tea gets its taste because you're activating the chemicals in the tea leaf. Different temperatures activate them to different degrees. It's like being surprised that rice tastes different if you burn it to a crisp at a super high heat vs heating it gently vs undercooking it.
To me tea tastes noticeably different depending on how hot the water was when I put it in. At work we have those keurig machines that also just "heat" not "boil" water, makes tea taste like shit (even if you just use them for water and not use the cups).
Unsounded · 11 points · Posted at 04:17:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Different teas have ‘best’ temperatures for taste. You can normally look them up, you actually don’t want to use boiling water most of the time, just under boiling is better.
chelswint · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The keurig in my break room has an "extra hot" option. I just use that and can't tell a difference. I have a very unrefined palate, though.
jimicus · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No it's not.
You're not trying to cook the tea leaves, you're trying to extract the flavour that's locked up in them. If the water isn't hot enough, the extraction process doesn't work properly.
ShittyExchangeAdmin · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm way too impatient to deal with that
Swie · 5 points · Posted at 02:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why you get an electric kettle, fastest way to get water truly boiling. Also great for instant coffee, speeding up shit that requires water to boil (like rice or noodles), stocks from cubes, etc.
Bad_wolf42 · 0 points · Posted at 12:46:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My electric kettle boils water faster than any other thing I could use for that same function
JustASmallTownGeek · 6 points · Posted at 01:51:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American College Student here. I bought an electric tea kettle before freshman year. Not only do I make tea using it, I've also used it for ramen noodles, hot choca, apple cider, and the occasional coffee
Stony_Logica1 · 2 points · Posted at 04:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric kettles are great. I'm from the US and hadn't ever seen one until a trip to NZ about a decade ago to visit my wife's family. They were completely flabbergasted that we made tea back home with an "old fashioned" stovetop kettle. These days electric kettles seem to be catching on.
JustASmallTownGeek · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only problems with me using a stove top at college is that we aren't allowed to have any form of open heating element, like a stove top, in our dorm rooms and that the whole building had one kitchen on the second floor and I lived on the first
JustASmallTownGeek · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only problems with me using a stove top at college is that we aren't allowed to have any form of open heating element, like a stove top, in our dorm rooms and that the whole building had one kitchen on the second floor and I lived on the first
ubdedman · 6 points · Posted at 23:48:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who knows what tea is, this. All you have to do is dump leaves in a pot on the stove!
L_Rayquaza · 3 points · Posted at 02:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"This tea is nothing but hot leaf juice!"
DasBirdies · 4 points · Posted at 03:21:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American if I am to ruin perfectly good tea I'll throw it in the harb- and someone else made that joke already. USA USA USA
IronKilledTheStar93 · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't even like tea but would never desecrate tea via microwave!
Clayman8 · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Blyat, as a Russian, i can hear my Samovar groaning in the kitchen from the abuse of hot leaf liquid.
nomnommish · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the heck do you make tea then?
Mlmmt · 1 points · Posted at 13:48:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With an electric kettle to heat the water, they *do* make those for US voltages.
nomnommish · 2 points · Posted at 16:00:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can also heat a mug of water in the microwave for 2 minutes and then dunk your teabag and make your tea. Not sure why people are obsessing on a kettle.
Mlmmt · 1 points · Posted at 16:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basically, people who would obsess over using a kettle likely do so because they probably paid a fair bit more for higher quality tea, and thus would rather spend a *bit* more time getting the water temp right for that specific tea, rather than microwaving the water and going "good enough" (most electric kettles used for making tea have multiple temp settings).
Sorry for the mini wall of text, but I figured I would try to explain why some people care so much about using a kettle, microwaving water for basic cheap tea (the kind that's in most teabags) is perfectly fine, once you start going with more expensive teas, you tend to care more about how you make it.
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 17:15:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You make a great point but hat's not even right for most people though! This seems to be more of a cultural taboo than anything. The comments on this thread proves it - and this is not the first time I have seen people over-react when it comes to microwaving water for tea.
And to your point, people here are over-reacting even when they are making bog-standard Ahmad or Tetley teabag tea.
One thing worth pointing out:
Most people are under the impression that microwaving tea means dumping water, milk, and a teabag into a mug and microwaving it. That's going to be a disaster for sure. But if you just boil water in a microwave in a mug, it is going to go to 100C just like it would in a kettle or in a pot on the stovetop. Once the water has boiled in the microwave, you can proceed just as you would do with a electric kettle or stovetop pot.
This entire brouhaha is illogical.
On a side note, I find it much more beneficial to heat the milk and get it to boil as well. Adding cold milk to hot brewed tea is a travesty. It really affects the flavor of tea in a bad way. But I can also see this being a personal preference - i grew up drinking milk tea where the milk was always boiled and heated before adding it to the tea.
crookedparadigm · 2 points · Posted at 02:30:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a tea drinker, why does it matter how the water gets hot?
Mlmmt · 10 points · Posted at 02:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a tea drinker, the actual temp of the water matters when making tea, to change what ends up in the final tea and left in the leaves, black tea is typically steeped in boiling water (though don't boil the actual tea), while green tea wants a bit below boiling.
So I guess the answer to your question is: no, it does not *really* matter how the water gets hot, but a microwave has next to no control over how hot the water ends up being, and thus is not *ideal*.
crookedparadigm · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for explanation!
Mezmorizor · 5 points · Posted at 03:04:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesn't. Microwave is less convenient than a kettle, especially if it's electric, but anyone who tries to tell you that there's a difference between boiling water made in a microwave and one made on a stove is wrong.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a difference. The gentle, even rolling boil of a kettle is very different to the uneven and uncontrolled heating of a microwave. Tea is very heat-dependent, and it makes a very noticeable difference to the taste.
bluejacketsbabe · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s just people from the UK being pretentious.
Emergency_Statement · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a strange taste difference, in my opinion. Microwaved tea tastes... Muted? Kind of stale, kind of flat, just a really dead taste.
alien-observer-37491 · 2 points · Posted at 00:26:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a human being, this
Anlai1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a person, this
ChesterBBrook · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe there’s no good harbour nearby.
EL_CHIDO · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Darn, as a tea maker, this.
Bangs42 · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American, I can tell you that the best tea is made in a harbor.
Al-Shnoppi · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife is Mexican and she makes tea and coffee in the microwave, it’s mind boggling to me. Especially given the fact that I have an electric teapot, with temperature control. But no she warms up the water in microwave and throws in the coffee / tea.
If you’re wondering about the coffee, Mexicans love instant coffee for some reason which is how she makes it. Me personally I love Americanos - did I mention we have espresso machine too?
jaded43 · 3 points · Posted at 03:24:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s one thing I can’t stand with Europeans. Powdered coffee????! Please no. If y’all British are tea snobs, then Americans are the coffee snobs.
Al-Shnoppi · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m actually American, and judging from your use of the word “y’all”, I am a fellow southerner. I got the electric teapot when I visited the UK and had one in my hotel room and thought “that’s genius.” I ordered one on amazon as soon as I got back.
And yes, I love my coffee. If you’re ever in Texas go to H-E-B grocery store and get the Houston blend, it’s heavenly (for a normal coffee - I tend to like strong bitter espressos).
Fraccles · 2 points · Posted at 05:56:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric teapot? A kettle? As a British man in my mid thirties I've never come across an electric teapot...but as an engineer I suppose you could put some kind of heating element inside a teapot? Would be a bitch to clean.
Al-Shnoppi · 1 points · Posted at 18:57:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? My best friend is English and he said he has one.
The element is under the floor of the pot, it’s no different than any other teapot except that it’s electric and it’s got temperature control, which is nice because I like Yerba mate and boiling is too hot.
Fraccles · 1 points · Posted at 23:24:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never come across it. I did get a kettle that lets me control what temperature I can heat the water to though for greens and such.
jaded43 · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you use instant coffee? Or is it French press?
Al-Shnoppi · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an espresso machine, one of those stove top espresso teapot looking things (not sure what they’re called), and a regular coffee machine. I do not have a French press.
soberRUSSIAN42O · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heck, as a Martian, this
kalimoo · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously. You can get a kettle for like $15
imsorrybutnotsorry · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im sad to say my wife makes hot water in the microwave then makes tea
ahumanrobot · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to use a stovetop kettle, but we dont have it anymore so i just nuke the water
mattlucente · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im confused... why does the method of heating the water matter? You put the tea in after anyway
orngckn42 · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? Our tea is purchased in gallon tubs and put in the refrigerator.
000ttafvgvah · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. My parents are coffee drinkers and have no kettle. When I visited them last week I had to make my tea by microwaving the water ::shudder::
pappappaatur · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit just got real
Unnamedwookie · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Aussie, this.
deeesskay · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a person with a microwave, this
somecow · 54 points · Posted at 01:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an american, why the fuck don’t people have kettles? Tea, instant noodles, not waiting ages for water to boil for cooking (the kettles aren’t that shitty, but our electric stoves sure as hell are), scalding the germs in the sink to death because you’re feeling spiteful, etc.
ThisIsGoobly · 5 points · Posted at 04:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the voltage your country uses or something makes kettles takes forever to boil? So they're more of a pain in the arse over there.
googlemcfoogle · 3 points · Posted at 05:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know what "forever" is then because I'm Canadian, we use the same voltage as the US, and electric kettles are fairly common and only take a couple of minutes to boil.
xSTSxZerglingOne · 3 points · Posted at 10:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It takes like 45 seconds in the UK.
damattmissile · 2 points · Posted at 12:00:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dang! That's less time than what the other guy said.
googlemcfoogle · 1 points · Posted at 16:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiling water in a pot on the stove takes longer than using an electric kettle anywhere. I'd choose 45 seconds over 3 minutes for water, but I'd even take 3 minutes over 5-8 minutes.
ThisIsGoobly · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to live in Canada myself for quite a long time and didn't honestly see that many kettles at all. I guess maybe I'm just skewed due to essentially every house in the UK having one. We had one while we were there for tea but honestly I don't even drink tea so I don't remember very well how long the kettle took. It's just something I've heard mentioned. I'd be curious to compare.
spoRADicalme · 19 points · Posted at 02:46:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because it takes like a minute to boil a cup of water in the microwave.
John_Keating_ · 11 points · Posted at 03:01:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then your mug gets hot as lava.
xSTSxZerglingOne · 2 points · Posted at 10:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on the mug. I have been boiling water in mugs in the microwave for close to 20 years now. And while some mugs have burnt the absolute motherfuck out of me (and immediately been tossed in the trash), some just don't interact with the microwaves at all. The only thing heating them is the water in the mug itself, which doesn't heat them much.
somecow · 4 points · Posted at 02:48:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwave the shit out of it, drop a tea bag in the mug, and report back. We have very good (and expensive) burn hospitals.
spoRADicalme · 8 points · Posted at 03:26:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or you can microwave some water in a Pyrex glass like a normal person.
the_snook · 4 points · Posted at 03:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not about the container. It's very easy to superheat water in a microwave. If that happens, when drop the tea in all the steam breaks out in a rush of bubbles that spill scalding hot water everywhere.
Friendlyfishface · 9 points · Posted at 04:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've microwaved thousands of cups of water and never had this happen. From what I've read, it only works with distilled, pure water in a container with perfectly smooth walls. Most people just microwave tap water in ceramic cups. Maybe microwaving it in Pyrex would do it though
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What you've read is wrong. The water needs nucleation sites to boil without superheating. Some minerals will provide that, but not all tap water has those. I also suspect chlorine and fluoride (common additives in U.S. city water, but not in all cities) provide nucleation sites (possibly by precipitating out of the water as it heats, creating bubbles that act as nucleation sites). If you have mostly lived in big cities, odds are your tap water would boil normally. If you've lived places with very hard water, it would probably also boil normally. I have lived in places where we had filtered well water, and microwaved water exploded almost every time, if we didn't let it cool for a couple of minutes first. (The city water where I live now doesn't explode though.)
Ceramic and glass cups won't help. They are smooth and provide few or no nucleation sites. I don't think I have ever had water explode in a plastic cup, but I also avoid microwaving water in plastic cups. A terracotta cup would probably be fine, as it is rough and has tons of nucleation sites. I've never heard of a terracotta cup though. (I'll bet someone makes them, even if only for a joke.)
AlbertaTheBeautiful · 3 points · Posted at 05:39:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cool. Well, if I ever move somewhere with filtered well water now I know.
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not sure if it was the filtering or the lack of chemicals you find in city water. (Most well water is filtered in some degree, so the filtering wasn't really anything special aside from the fact that it might have reduced the amount of some minerals.)
I would be more concerned about water that has gone through a water softener. That definitely removes a lot of minerals. In general though, I am just really careful with microwaved water that isn't boiling.
somecow · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:59 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
All this science makes my head hurt. I use my microwave way more than I should. Not for tea though. Easy to just saunter in to wally world and buy a damn kettle for like ten bucks.
spoRADicalme · 3 points · Posted at 05:34:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you pay attention and watch it when it starts to boil and stop it cools quickly after 30 seconds
simtonet · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never had that happen in 20 years of microwaving shit but I'm curious, have a ideo of it?
the_snook · 1 points · Posted at 09:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
MythBusters did it. Seems it would be very unlikely but not impossible with tap water.
https://youtu.be/1_OXM4mr_i0
Having superheated water several times in the chem lab, it's not a chance I personally like to take.
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 05:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, superheating is a real thing, and it doesn't only happen with distilled water. I've never been burned by it, but as a kid we had filtered well water (which was delicious), and we very quickly learned to be very careful with microwaved water.
HundredthIdiotThe · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've done that plenty of times?
arbalete · 12 points · Posted at 02:12:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because we have microwaves.
wiseprecautions · 6 points · Posted at 07:08:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because your puny 110 volt electrical supply can't push enough watts to drive a real kettle. 13 amp fuse * 110 volts = 1400 watts.
On this side of the pond our mighty 230 volts allows for 3000 watt kettles that can boil a cup of water much faster than the several minutes it takes in the USA.
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 05:07:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American who likes herbal teas, cup-of-noodles, and a handful of other things that require hot water, I agree. We have a slow stove kettle, and I don't mind waiting. Despite the time difference, it's way more convenient than the microwave, where I would have to get out a cup, wait for the water to boil, and then pour it into something else. It might seem like a little thing, but with a kettle on the stove, I just turn the stove on and go back to what I was doing. It whistles when it is ready. If I want tea and a cup of noodles, I can pour both immediately, wait a few minutes, and they are done at about the same time. I only have to refill the kettle every four uses or so. That said, an electric kettle would be nice. We only have the stove top one, because the people we bought our house from left it, but an electric kettle is definitely on my list of things to get in the future! Just having a kettle has been really good though. (Also, instant noodles do turn out better when you pour boiling water in than when you put the water in and microwave it. There is a reason the instructions say what they do.)
And that's not even mentioning the common problem of superheated water in microwaves that can cause serious injuries. Contrary to what the video says, not all tap water will boil before becoming superheated. It depends on water quality. If you have a water softener, it is more likely to superheat and potentially explode on you. City water will depend on how much filtering they do and likely on how much chemicals (chlorine and flouride) they add. I've have also personally experienced superheating with filtered well water, on many occasions, when I was a kid.
Lw1997 · 13 points · Posted at 00:17:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next they’ll say he also puts the milk in first.
Mirewen15 · 10 points · Posted at 03:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't watch that video of the woman who put up a "British Tea Tutorial". (Microwave the water, put in milk, add tea bag, sugar and stir.) As a Welsh person it made me want to shriek at my monitor.
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny, it just seemed like common sense to me not to put sugar or anything else in, until it was done steeping. I've never been able to come up with a logical explanation for why this is correct, but it just seems wrong to steep the tea in anything but pure water.
rhionite · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I typically put the teabag and sugar in the mug, then add boiling water. That's just because I'm paranoid about the steam on the spoon causing the sugar to clump together.
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, it's possible the sugar could affect how the tea leaves steep. Adding other substances to the water could prevent effective steeping (by closing up the plant cells or making the water less able to dissolve the chemicals in the leaves), or it could release chemicals in the leaves that are undesirable. It might not do anything though, and I could just be paranoid. If it tastes fine to you, then I wouldn't worry. (At least your paranoia is something you know can happen.)
Recently, I have gotten lazy and just pour sugar straight from the box. (We don't have room to keep a decent sugar bowl, though we do have one somewhere.) This is terrible practice, because it is very inconsistent, but I guess I am not that cultured. (Also, it's only herbal tea...) But yeah, sugar clumping on the spoon could be an issue. This might help: Maybe if you used a plastic spoon, which water don't condense on as well? I've had steam condense on metal spoons when adding sugar to tea, but I've never had that happen with a plastic spoon.
I guess there is a reason serious tea drinkers often prefer cubes.
(On a side note: If you want an interesting experience, try a tea with licorice root in it, without sugar. Licorice root has a sweet aftertaste but no initial sweetness. If you don't wait too long between sips, only the initial sip will taste like there is no sweetness.)
rhionite · 1 points · Posted at 20:53:55 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've made tea both by adding sugar before and adding it after and while some people swear there's a difference, I don't notice one.
I've never liked herbal or fruity teas much, I'm a very working class Welsh valley girl who drinks probably about 5 cups of Yorkshire tea (2 sugars and a drop of lactose free milk) a day, but I do appreciate the suggestion
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 23:19:59 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like I said, if it tastes fine to you, it probably doesn't matter. As an American who drinks neither black tea nor coffee, I am not sure I even have any business having an opinion on this!
Spartan_Manitee · 31 points · Posted at 02:05:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hello, American here. I genuinely want to understand this.
Sometimes heat the water for my tea in the microwave and sometimes in an electric kettle. Either way I end up with a mug of hot water and then add a bag of tea. (Then milk with one sugar.) Exact same time from start to finish.
There is only one type of heat- water molecules moving faster. The only difference I can think of is that the mug also goes in the microwave and might get too hot if it’s not microwave-safe. Or maybe that the nicer electric kettles here can heat to specific temperatures for green tea.
Or is the whole thing a cliched misunderstanding like how Brits don’t know “peanut butter and jelly” means jam or marmalade and they’re acting all repulsed by this flavor combination while holding a Cadbury Fruit+Nut?
KaiG1987 · 23 points · Posted at 02:39:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's weird for us that you guys would try to use a microwave for this, when in the UK electric kettles are ubiquitous. I don't think it's widely known here that the US mostly doesn't have electric kettles.
Aleriya · 4 points · Posted at 04:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've used an electric kettle once before, and it was wonderful, but I haven't bought one for myself because I only make tea once a month. It seems wasteful to have an entire appliance that gets used for 3 minutes so rarely when a microwave or a pot on the stove does fine (I don't own a teapot either).
I do have three different appliances for making coffee, though.
Fraccles · 3 points · Posted at 06:03:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We tend to heat water for cooking veg and pasta and things with our kettles too. It's more efficient (and faster) than boiling it on the stove (although electricity tends to be more expensive per unit than gas here).
Aleriya · 2 points · Posted at 08:07:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. I debating buying one for pasta water or other cooking purposes until I realized that heating via my gas stove was more efficient. It came down to, "Is it worth the expense, storage space, and saving one minute when making pasta?"
It is arguably worth it, but not so clear cut that it was a priority.
jimicus · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's where you're going wrong.
You're supposed to drink it at least 4-6 times a day.
Severan500 · 1 points · Posted at 15:21:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm Aussie and I'm just learning this in this thread and I've had a "Wait. Fuckin what?" moment.
magicturtle12 · 9 points · Posted at 03:20:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seconded. Boiling water is boiling water
BrotherChe · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's one of the keys -- you have to make sure the water gets to actual boiling THROUGHOUT. Not just the appearance of boiling, and not inconsistently. But also not overboiled losing oxygen. And careful the container you use so as not to gain odd flavors.
https://slate.com/culture/2013/06/microwaving-water-for-tea-why-are-the-results-so-lousy.html
AlbertaTheBeautiful · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really think the reason it tastes different for people is the same reason marking a wine up $40 makes it taste better.
Sure, not all the water is 210 degrees. Stir it or wait 20 seconds and now it is.
Dickinmymouth1 · 2 points · Posted at 12:38:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never heard of anyone here thinking peanut butter and jelly is anything other than peanut butter and jam. We don’t think you’re spreading full on jelly on bread. For me personally it’s just that I’m not a big fan of sweet/savoury combos, I don’t like pineapple on pizza, don’t like Nutella on toast etc
NineteenthJester · 2 points · Posted at 03:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer the electric kettle since microwaves can make your water explode from being superheated.
MischiefofRats · 8 points · Posted at 03:48:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a person who microwaves a lot of water, you have to try pretty damn hard to get that to happen. I've never seen it happen in person.
reddits_aight · 7 points · Posted at 04:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure you need an unlikely combination of things:
1. Distilled water
2. A perfectly clean vessel
3. A vessel that has a smooth surface with no scratches
MischiefofRats · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Precisely.
reddits_aight · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also curious and a recent earl grey liker. Usually get hot water from my espresso machine then finish heating it in the microwave, then check the temp if I'm feeling fancy (but EG needs 208° so I basically let it boil and it cools by the time I take it out and get the tea bag anyway).
Maybe it's more about nuking cold water + tea that's a no-no? But I haven't done a side by side taste test, plus I'm not an avid tea drinker so I don't really know. Still don't see why it would change the taste that much.
emberfiend · 1 points · Posted at 08:10:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a British person who has in good faith tried the American method and found it inferior, I genuinely want to help.
To clarify, you say "heat" and "hot water". Can you be more specific? How hot do you microwave the water to? Not measured temperature, just, is it a rolling boil, or even visibly boiling at all? And then, how much delay is there between that and you getting the teabag in?
Spartan_Manitee · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tend to heat it to just short of boiling, 1.5 minutes in my microwave, since I know 100(C) or 212(F) is too hot and overbrews black tea. It’s the same temperature I use for pour-over coffee.
My kettle boils the water before it shuts off so I pour it into a mug and wait a second.
I’m not using really fancy tea, though, and can’t handle tasks before my morning caffeine, so that’s as careful as I can be.
emberfiend · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Wild, I just went on a broad internet dive and I see what all the comments about "too hot" and "correct temperature" are referring to. Having spent almost three decades pouring boiling water directly onto black teabags, I can't relate to them. I don't think they have much bearing on the average British tea-drinker's habits. I buy the cooler water thing for green and herbal teas, I just don't drink them very often.
So yeah, I think it's a temperature thing - as in, more is preferable. It's the same reason milk-first is horrifying. If you put milk in first, your peak water temperature is going to be feeble. If you put merely-hot water in the cup before the bag, you miss out on a lot of heat.
Try putting a teabag in a mug, boiling the kettle, and as soon as the water is at a rolling boil, immediately pick up the kettle and pour it directly on the teabag (filling the cup). Then get in there quite vigorously with a spoon. Alternate between smushing the bag hard against the side and stirring it around (to circulate water among the leaves again) a few times.
I mean, there is absolutely some aspect of ritual and habit here that informs my bias, but I honestly think that the above produces superior tea, and that I could differentiate in a blind test. And by superior I mean stronger, since like all tea addicts I'm just chasing the dragon.
Let me know your thoughts if you try it.
Edit: don't smush and steep the teabag, though, that'll overbrew and be quite bitter. You can take the bag right out after smushing, or do a sensible 2-4 minute steep if not.
Xaldyn · 5 points · Posted at 01:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have any idea how hard it is to find an electric kettle with actual temperature settings over here? Or any decent-quality electric kettle in general, for that matter? We're practically savages.
jimicus · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody in the UK has an electric kettle with temperature settings. We just slosh boiling water over the tea.
Xaldyn · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's because English tea uses boiling water. All the different Asian-style teas use different temperatures, so kettles with temperature settings is super common in Asian countries. (Or at least in Japan, anyway. I've never been to any other Asian countries, so I'm just assuming.)
But we don't have temperature settings on stoves/ranges, either. I've literally never seen one in my life that did. It makes no goddamned sense!
Lemonova · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know one person who does. Definitely rare though.
Severan500 · 1 points · Posted at 15:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am Aussie. I just go to the department store and buy the cheapest kettle they have. They generally last a handful of years before they need to or should be replaced. Nothing fancy needed. The water in it is either not boiled, or it's boiled.
Xaldyn · 1 points · Posted at 22:22:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can't adjust the temperature of the water, then. The vast majority of teas use water that is below boiling.
Severan500 · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:37 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but tea drinkers are an inferior race.
Xaldyn · 2 points · Posted at 09:58:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
The I don't want to be superior.
Severan500 · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I respect that.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that hard? I bought one online a few months ago.
Xaldyn · 1 points · Posted at 22:18:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did u know Bed Bath and Beyond ships to all 50 states
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 05:24:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, here in America we think we are so technologically advanced. It's the Japanese that have electric toilets with built in bidets (so much more sanitary; also, they are laughing at all of the Americans who rushed off to Walmart to fight over toilet paper as soon as news of Coronavirus hit) and video intercoms on their front doors. It's the UK that has electric kettles, so they don't have to guess water temperature and worry about exploding water. Here we are, "Oh my crap! This new phone has a screen that's a half inch bigger than the last one," while the rest of the developed world has technology that actually makes their lives better. I mean really, does that extra half inch really help that much, when all you are really doing with your phone is 4+ hours of Facebook a day?
Severan500 · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found it so weird when I found out Japan is really not into using debit cards etc yet. Most places, cash or no deal.
KaiG1987 · 1 points · Posted at 17:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can't they pay for everything with their phones? Or is that South Korea?
Severan500 · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:31 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure. I just know friends have found it funny that cards just aren't really a thing there, and cash seems the most accessible. Could be that it's just easiest for visitors to cash instead of having accounts set up etc. But it was just odd considering Japan's got this high tech reputation.
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 20:25:59 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, Japanese people prefer cash. Honestly, cash is a more reliable medium. It won't get rejected. It won't overdraft your account. It is marginally less sanitary than cards. (There is this idea in some countries that cards are more sanitary, because only the user touches the card, but when I discussed this with a friend, he pointed out that with debit cards every still touches the pin pad, and even with credit cards, people constantly touch the surfaces used to sign on. What really brought it home for me though, was when fast food drive through employees started wearing gloves and passing cards on trays, to combat spread of COVID-19. Cards really aren't significantly more sanitary than cash.)
That said, this is a little odd, given how high tech Japan is practically everywhere else. I suspect it may have to do with Japan's strong culture of personal rights and personal privacy. When Japan had police accountability issues in the early 2000s, similar to what the U.S. is currently going though, the main problem wasn't oppression of the people they are supposed to be protecting. The main problems were tolerance of organized crime and not responding to crimes without being asked to by the victim. This might seem unjustified, but it turns out a lot of the motivation for this behavior was that they didn't want to violate the rights of the victims. (There was also some legitimate corruption, but there wasn't much exploitation or abuse of power. It was mostly things like local police chiefs being on too friendly of terms with inspection officials who were supposed to be maintaining accountability. There was more public fear of accountability issues than actual abuse of power.) Their reform included a law requiring police to respond to certain types of crime even when the victim had not asked for help, and there are still plenty of crimes that law doesn't apply to that police won't respond to without being asked to by the victim, again, because Japanese people believe very strongly in the protection of their rights. (Interestingly, despite this, crime in Japan is still extremely low.)
Anyhow, that's my assessment. It could be totally wrong. I've been studying Japanese culture for almost two decades, but I only recently started looking at Japanese law enforcement. I knew Japanese culture put a lot of emphasis on privacy and minding your own business, but I didn't realize exactly how strongly Japanese people cared about freedom, liberty, and personal rights. I suppose it should have been obvious (for many different reasons), but it just didn't click. I am pretty sure this is a major part of why Japanese people prefer cash over cards. (That said, Japan also has a pretty strong small business culture, and small businesses even in the U.S. struggle to afford the contracts with credit card companies that are required to accept even debit card transactions.)
murderhelen · 10 points · Posted at 23:29:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a person with dignity, this
KaraokeWraith · 9 points · Posted at 01:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's the same shit
xX_DankMaster420_Xx · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You gotta do what you gotta do when you don’t have any money 😔
mh985 · 3 points · Posted at 04:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what happens when you get lazy and let all your colonies gain independence.
tomtate97 · 5 points · Posted at 01:27:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Scottish person your response to this makes so much sense
🎙️ arual_x · 10 points · Posted at 01:29:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an English person responding to a Scottish person... cannot tell if sarcastic...
tomtate97 · 5 points · Posted at 01:32:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah man am being serious, this being unsurprising down south of the border is almost unsurprising to me given the difference in views of the Scottish and English public. Yous are fucked down there, my condolences
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re appreciated my friend. Hell in a handbasket.
francey_pants · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh my American SO constantly makes me tea by putting a cup of hot water in the microwave. When we have perfectly good electric kettle next to the microwave that he sees me use every morning.
elegant_pun · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Aussie, this.
Do they not have an electric kettle? Isn't that how EVERYONE in the western world makes tea??
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, you guys don't have garbage disposals or dishwashers so we're kinda even
Dickinmymouth1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t know about Aussies but in the UK, dishwashers are very common. And what do garbage disposals actually do? I’ve never really thought that much about it until now, from what I’ve seen from films I guess it’s for leftover food? But we have specific bins for food waste here
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 15:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Garbage disposal chews up and grinds all your food so you can dump all the soft bits into the sink, wash up, and then just run it for a few seconds. It is a really nifty tool and avoids the hassle of remembering to scoop out ALL the food bits into the bin and also have the food bin start smelling after a day because it has rotting meat and what-not.
And it is installed under your sink so is completely out of sight as well and doesn't take up any countertop space. All you have to do is wash off your plates in the sink, put the plates in the dishwasher, and then run the garbage disposal for a few seconds to crush the food accumulated in the bottom of the sink hole.
elegant_pun · 1 points · Posted at 04:45:25 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a dishwasher...
MarmosetSwag · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a person, this.
AlexG2490 · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm going to stick my neck out a bit here... there is a method for doing this that isn't entirely without merit.
*Dodges a thrown scone*
Wait wait wait, hear me out! I may be American but I'm a proper tea drinker. I am a single man living in an apartment by myself with not one but four teapots, and one of those with some loose tea is my preferred method. Most tea bags (at least in America, not sure how it is where tea is the beverage of choice) take advantage of the fine mesh of the bag to put in dust and fannings, lower quality byproducts of processing the leaves that make the tea much more bitter. Like Douglas Adams before me, I firmly believe that part of the reason many Americans dislike tea is because they haven't ever had a good cup.
Alton Brown suggested this method and it's the best flavor I ever got from a bag, but I still prefer loose tea. 1 Qt of water with 5 tea bags go into a microwave safe vessel with a loose fitting lid (saucer will do), and the whole thing is then microwaved for about 8 minutes. If it shows signs of simmering, it's done, take it out. Target temperature range is between 180-190 degrees F (82.2-87.8 C). Once it comes out of the microwave, let it steep 2 more minutes for mild flavor, up to 5 more minutes for a stronger, bitter flavor. The long, slow heating allows for a nice flavor to develop.
Estellus · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American tea devotee, this.
awesomefutureperfect · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I spent all day jumping queues and boy is my soccer ball tired.
Started the day off taking my neighbors bin in before the binman came through.
There was a boring old football match on the telly. Some Shearer bloke was about to try for a goal before I switched the channel.
Then I had a Terry's Choco Ball
Hypersapien · 2 points · Posted at 03:19:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'll be happy to know that this American has an electric kettle.
Granted, I probably never would have gotten one if my girlfriend (also American) hadn't wanted one.
kleeinny · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of this , one of the worst things I've ever watched. I kid. Kind of.
psychotic_neko · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not even English but this just really grinds my gears.
new-socks · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a this, this.
HomemadeHamburger · 2 points · Posted at 05:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Living in a country that was once a colony: we are also very snobby about the correct way to make tea.
dannyrawk · 2 points · Posted at 05:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Canadian, I'm sorry.
7Goat6 · 3 points · Posted at 02:06:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admittedly I don’t drink much hot tea but I always wonder why it’s so looked down upon to heat up a cup of water in the microwave and then add the tea. The cup stays even warmer this way. I know that’s an abomination but I genuinely don’t know why. Is it because it takes away the process/experience of making tea?-or is it something else?
Stoond · 2 points · Posted at 02:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what about just boiling the mug of water in there for the tea. Then putting in the bag after. Thats ok right? I dont see why it wouldnt be...
Dickinmymouth1 · 2 points · Posted at 12:46:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand that logically it doesn’t really make a difference how the water is boiled, but it just seems so fucking weird to microwave it
Stoond · 1 points · Posted at 18:01:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok haha idk i feel like boiling water for one cup of tea takes a lot longer on the stove. Otherwise id use a pot.
Dickinmymouth1 · 1 points · Posted at 18:02:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh if you’ve only got a kettle that goes on the stove then maybe yeah, I was thinking more an electric kettle
Stoond · 1 points · Posted at 18:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yeah I dont think those are much of a thing over here in america but the stove top kettle is still worth using with all my beloved loose leaf teas.
beegeemeegee · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (as an American) actually just had a conversation with my husband about the proper way to make a cup of tea....
🎙️ arual_x · 7 points · Posted at 01:23:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Come let back to us in 7.8 years when he’s finished his thesis.
Mekiya · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American tea drinker I second that.
alienintheUS · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also an English person, this.
drindustry · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can i heat the water in the microwave. Most of the time I use a kettle but sometimes I'm at work.
jawjuhgirl · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I heat up my water in the microwave for my tea. Is this just blasphemy or what? I used to have a kettle but I'm the only tea drinker so I just need one mug of hot water...
smol_catto_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck I’m asian and I’m offended
dm4hp4eva · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As an Aussie, this....
Also worked with a woman from America. Came into work one day to find a teacup with tea, and english breakfast teabag, just sitting in the fridge. Turns out she was feeling homesick so was trying to make Iced Tea
inconsequentialrant · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Indian person, this.
SakuraFerretTrainer · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Australian, I fully agree. We are just rejected British convicts though, so some of your culture had to seep through.
Myfourcats1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m upset. I’m Virginian. Maybe someone should buy him an electric kettle. They aren’t expensive. They’re much cheaper than microwaves and he could put his strainer in it. Or he could buy bagged tea.
reduxde · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ll probably be very cross to hear that I use a Mr Coffee.
equinecm · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American, I hate tea, ngl.
Redcole111 · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American who loves tea, also this.
Danbradford7 · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently here across the pond we have distant voltages and it makes electric kettles less effective because they take longer (I don’t know the specifics, that’s just why I was told they aren’t as popular here). I’ve used microwaves to heat the water before putting the leaves in, but microwaving while it’s in is nasty.
Also, Keurig machines are great for tea. Don’t put a k cup in and the water is perfect for green tea (the water has to be juuuuust below boiling)
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like a cop out excuse.Britain has, if I recall 240v mains, while we have ~120v mains. For a 3,000w kettle (someone here said that was a common one in the UK), at 240v, that's 12.5 amps. (Uh oh, that's not looking good...) Well dang, at 120v that comes out to 25 amps. I don't know what UK wiring is rated for, but in the U.S., most residential outlets are only 15 amps, and modern homes often have a few 20 amps outlets. The best we could get is 1,800 watts on a standard outlet and 2,400 watts on a 20 amp outlet.Well, someone informed you correctly then. That said, 1,800 watts wouldn't be a bad tea kettle (it would probably take almost twice as long), and 2,400 watts would still be pretty decent (only about 20% longer). But yeah, you aren't going to find a 3,000 watt kettle that works on U.S. mains power.
Danbradford7 · 1 points · Posted at 16:01:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, I wasn’t sure of the math, but it does add up.
Still though, I just use my Keurig, it works pretty well
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 20:27:46 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a stove top kettle on an electric stove. I'll bet even a low wattage American model would be faster than that!
Ieatoutjelloshots · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also as an American, on the other side of things, I'm really curious what British people have against making tea in the microwave???
Fossil-boy07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
mehrabrym · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't like it either but sometimes it's so convenient, I just have to make it this way. Tastes weird but gets the job done.
soup2nuts · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So many British outing themselves tonight. I thought Americans were dumb!
ImperfectRegulator · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why? Tea, coffee, Hot chocolate it’s all the same pop it in the microwave and call it a day
jimmpony · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hot water is hot water, how can it matter
Davcb94 · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a human being, this
Adnubb · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually make my tea in the fridge over a period of 8 hours.
... Why did I just receive a mail banning me from entry into the UK?
xSTSxZerglingOne · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you only want 1 cup and you aren't sharing, heating the water in the microwave isn't a bad choice. Mostly because when you heat in a hot water pot, then pour into a cup, the cup cools the water too much for a proper steep. This isn't such an issue of course when you pour into a large insulated teapot that has a lid.
FuckedupUnicorn · 96 points · Posted at 22:14:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This deeply offends me as a Brit.
Nakotadinzeo · 8 points · Posted at 01:01:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if it was an emergentea?
monsantobreath · 5 points · Posted at 06:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This deeply offends me as a tea strainer.
Kingsdaughter613 · 2 points · Posted at 07:09:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And me, as an American!
Bcadren · 11 points · Posted at 01:52:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiling water in the microwave, then using that to make tea would be reasonable, but microwaving the tea just sounds weird.
LordRybec · 6 points · Posted at 06:02:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, half of the tea bags I use have strings attached using metal staples.
[deleted] · 97 points · Posted at 23:31:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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PretendMaybe · 18 points · Posted at 01:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I saw someone on reddit argue that they wouldn't microwave water for tea just like they wouldn't microwave a steak. :b
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure what's wrong with that logic.
🎙️ arual_x · 53 points · Posted at 23:39:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don’t care about how you boil your water at all. What we care deeply about, entirely needlessly, is the general order in which tea is often made. If you think this is mad, look up the Devon vs Cornwall Scone Debate.
In the UK, you boil water. Add a teabag. Steep tea. Then add milk (and maybe sugar).
If you have a teapot, it’s allowable for the milk to be added to the cup before the tea from the pot if you’re expert level at milk dispensing and can eyeball milk to within 1/2 a millilitre for optimum milk:tea ratio.
2a0c40 · 41 points · Posted at 23:57:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Debate? Who do you think you are calling Devonian vs Cornish a debate?
Clearly the cream-over-jam Cornish method is correct. The cretinous Devonian method will just allow the jam to slop off and the creamy deliciousness will be overwhelmed by the crass sweetness of the jam.
The Queen herself deems the Cornish method to be correct. There is no debate, you treasonous scum!
🎙️ arual_x · 25 points · Posted at 00:04:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear fellow, I am firmly in your camp. I am unfortunately just married to treasonous scum.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:02:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 10:20:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
gasps englishly
Dominicus1165 · 3 points · Posted at 07:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sir, I never hat that in my entire life since I‘m German. But you’re doing it wrong. The cream fulfills the task of butter and butter is always between the jam and bread. (Triggered?)
But I will go the England this year just to try both :)
It‘s the same as these insane no butter Nutella lovers compared to the one and only butter and Nutella method of doom and happiness. Nutella needs butter
sctprog · 1 points · Posted at 08:02:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are almost correct. Grilled cheese sandwich is best sandwich and it is made by buttering the outside of the bread before grilling it. Buttering the inside would be nasty.
Dominicus1165 · 1 points · Posted at 11:11:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you know that I never ever encountered a grilled cheese sandwich in Europe? Like ever
Seems like a very US thing like PBnJ or Mac n Cheese
jimicus · 2 points · Posted at 08:02:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having tried both, this is entirely correct. It's a hundred times easier to pile up cream on top of jam than the other way around.
bobot_ · 3 points · Posted at 00:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, jam then cream, and a generous amount of both
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🎙️ arual_x · 16 points · Posted at 00:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is always sacrilege. I’ve heard tell of folk making a whole cup with cold water and then microwaving the results.
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Oenonaut · 6 points · Posted at 03:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s like throwing your dirty laundry into the dryer with soap flakes and a gallon of water and hoping for the best.
TMI-nternets · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a good analogue to the tea strainer in microwave thing
JoeDeluxe · -5 points · Posted at 02:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if your tea goes cold? In order to prevent waste, surely microwaving tea to reheat it is acceptable?
So it stands to reason that microwaving tea isn't bad in and of itself, it's just the process by which the water's initially heated that matters?
To this I say... Britain... get fucked!!!!!!!
This is one of those things that people needlessly take seriously and get their rocks off to arguing about, like sauce vs. gravy for Italian food or Taylor Ham vs. Pork Roll in NJ or Republican vs. Democrat in American politics.
If you believe "your way" is right and the "other way" is wrong, you're a fucking tea extremist and deserve a swift kick in your knickers. Glad we pwned your ass in 76 ya bloody anal stiffs.
Wacks_on_Wacks_off · 5 points · Posted at 04:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m American but as a tea extremist I am declaring a tea jihad against you and your microwaving ways.
1pornstarmartini · 1 points · Posted at 11:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tea has already been steeped in hot water though. Reheating it in a microwave is absolutely not the same as making it in the microwave. That’s like saying because you can heat up your lasagne in the microwave you might as well just make the lasagne in the microwave.
GloriousHypnotart · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you mean what if it goes cold. You drink it fresh and hot you heathen
pottymouthgrl · 4 points · Posted at 02:26:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh okay I was concerned because I use the microwave but i heat the water and then add the tea and I couldn’t see how using a microwave would be any different than a kettle.
himit · 1 points · Posted at 20:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, hot water is hot water. You can also boil water on the stove.
Microwaving it seems iffy cause you're adding tea to water instead of vice versa but the result's the same.
otterhouse5 · 11 points · Posted at 00:15:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The best way to make tea is to put a ton of teabags in a large container of water, put it in your fridge for 24 hours, and then drink it cold as is.
🎙️ arual_x · 7 points · Posted at 00:19:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I mean... you’re just incorrect. In every possible way. But cool.
otterhouse5 · 6 points · Posted at 00:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The best way to make tea is to put a teabag and sugar into hot milk.
🎙️ arual_x · 9 points · Posted at 00:29:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
screaming into a void
otterhouse5 · 16 points · Posted at 00:39:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The best way to make tea is to whisper sweet nothings into the ear of a sparrow, loosely fill its beak with loose leaf, and dip it gently in a puddle.
🎙️ arual_x · 10 points · Posted at 00:41:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wait
Don’t Harrod’s sell that?
otterhouse5 · 4 points · Posted at 01:12:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, but they make you whisper your own sweet nothings, so you might as well prepare it at home.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But sparrows are so wily. Do you have an effective non-lethal capture method? I feel like I need to experience this tea.
otterhouse5 · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's all in the whistle my friend!
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aha. My kazoo technique is relegated once again. When will this instrument become viable?!
DontTreadOnBigfoot · 4 points · Posted at 04:00:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The best way to make tea is to just make coffee instead
AlexG2490 · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you trying to start an international incident with the Brits as well? Is that what you are attempting to do at this exact moment?
otterhouse5 · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes
PJSeeds · 2 points · Posted at 02:06:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, that's just iced tea, which is a different drink entirely than what you're describing.
Maybeillremembert · 3 points · Posted at 03:09:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No to make iced tea you:
PJSeeds · 5 points · Posted at 03:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's one way to do it. Steeping it cold for a long time just makes it strong and very caffeinated.
Maybeillremembert · 3 points · Posted at 03:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh fair enough, so long as we can both agree that that powdered mix they sell was invented by hitler and satan's love child and should never be considered tea I'm fine with that.
PJSeeds · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brisk and Nestea are of the devil
OobaDooba72 · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Powered tea mix? What the devil???
Who drinks this? It can't be cheaper or easier than just making some basic, bottom-shelf, one-dollar-a-box, real tea.
Maybeillremembert · 2 points · Posted at 05:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh it's real and it tastes of diarrhea dripping from a dead tyrannosaur's scrotum, it's the same thing they make lipton brisk canned and bottled "tea" out of.
telmquist · -2 points · Posted at 02:24:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. I'm American, so cold tea doesn't offend me, but tea is a horrible vector for gems, it is never good for more than 3 hours, and also just no.
Also boiling water is one of the 7 deadly sins I'm sure if it. Just a smidgen before boiling is good.
Kalelssleeping · 4 points · Posted at 02:42:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interested... what kind of gems? i am guessing pearl-grey... (that hurt my soul)
telmquist · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not being sarcastic, really, I'm not, that was freaking hilarious. - but only because it hurt your soul, as all puns should do.
Tea contains coliform bacteria, and sometimes, though rarely, e. Coli.
otterhouse5 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like the flavor of enterobacter.
nomnommish · 3 points · Posted at 06:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough. But these exact steps can happen when you heat water in a microwave as well. So why is everyone getting their knickers in a twist because a kettle wasn't used to heat the water and instead, a microwave was?
Mankankosappo · -2 points · Posted at 06:46:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With a microwave you cant control the temperature. Much easier to burn the tea
nomnommish · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I meant that you can boil water in the microwave, take it out, then dunk your tea bag and add milk/sugar.
I would imagine you would do this with water from a kettle too
Mankankosappo · -1 points · Posted at 10:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. But with an electric kettle it stops once the water hot 100°C. A microwave has no such stopping mechanisn. Ergo using a microwave means much less control over the temperature which leads to a sub par brew
nomnommish · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. But with an electric kettle it stops once the water hot 100°C. A microwave has no such stopping mechanisn. Ergo using a microwave means much less control over the temperature which leads to a sub par brew
You do realize that when the temperature of water exceeds 100C, the water just... evaporates and becomes steam.
This is like saying that boiling water for 10 minutes on a stovetop and then making tea with it gives you sub-par tea compared to boiling water for 5 minutes. no matter how much you boil water, it will stay at 100c.
And there is nothing magical about 100c to make perfect tea either.
StabbyPants · 1 points · Posted at 00:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
never boil water. take it to 70 or 90 depending on what tea. add loose tea to strainer in pot. add water. steep for 90-120s, remove tea leaves. add milk to teacup if you like sort of thing, then tea
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For Amercians, that's 70-90 Celsius, which is 158-194 Fahrenheit.
StabbyPants · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i'm an american, and my electric kettle is in metric. probably because it's convenient
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's fine, but many Americans will see 70 or 90 and think Fahrenheit, because you didn't specify. (To be honest, I would really rather get better at using Celsius, but living in the U.S. makes that hard.)
StabbyPants · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well okay, but do they really think that brewing tea in barely warm water is a thing?
LordRybec · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out the title of this thread, and read some of the things people have posted. I guarantee someone somewhere...
rhionite · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pour the boiling water over the teabag. Every time I've forgotten to put the teabag in the mug and added it later I've had weaker tea
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. This is important also. I even have a specific water entry angle for maximum teabag aeration.
PJSeeds · 19 points · Posted at 02:05:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't try to have a logical argument with the Brits about this. I've seen it many times on Reddit, for some reason using a kettle is the only option to them.
himit · 1 points · Posted at 20:31:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We all had proper tea-making hammered into us by our parents. Clinging to The Way is almost a trauma response.
jimicus · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not our fault you try to make tea with sea water.
PJSeeds · 1 points · Posted at 16:02:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait what? Sea water?
jimicus · 1 points · Posted at 16:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, throwing it in a harbour's never going to result in a decent cuppa.
Dickinmymouth1 · 0 points · Posted at 13:05:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Brit, I think we’re all aware that how the water is heated doesn’t make a difference (other than having less control over the temperature in the microwave), but I still just find the idea of microwaving it really weird. If I broke my kettle, the thought of microwaving the water still probably wouldn’t even cross my mind, I’d just heat a saucepan of water. I’m aware it makes no sense, it just seems weird to me.
winwinwinning · 6 points · Posted at 06:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, it absolutely doesn't affect the quality of the tea, but I prefer to use a kettle because the microwave heats up the mug handle too much.
Never-On-Reddit · 6 points · Posted at 08:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need different mugs, that happens when your mugs were made with heavy metals in the glazes. They're not suitable for microwaving. Most mugs' handles don't heat up.
winwinwinning · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or I could just use a kettle to make hot water and not replace all my mugs...
Never-On-Reddit · 2 points · Posted at 16:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US that's not a convenient option because our 110 volt outlets make those kettles really slow. If I'm going to lose 5 minutes of my life for every cup of tea I make, at least twice a day every year, I'd rather just buy a new cheap mug. My time is a lot more valuable than that.
winwinwinning · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in the US as well. I think I'm just going to keep using my kettle and you are going to keep using your microwave, and we are both going to have to live with that.
Never-On-Reddit · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:51 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trust me, I would love to use a kettle. I lived in England for years and used it all the time, and I'm an avid tea drinker. It's just too slow in America. Tho perhaps it would be possible to buy a higher powered one somehow, that heated faster?
IntentCoin · 16 points · Posted at 04:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesnt, these fucking tea snobs are insane
willyj_3 · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British people love rituals and tradition, I guess.
astrofox64 · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
One thing with microwaved water is it can become superheated. Basically you can heat water past it's boiling point while keeping it as a liquid when using microwaves. While this might have some effects on the tea you're steeping or other materials like the teabags, for the most part it's only more dangerous.
Another thing with tea is that it's generally pretty ritualistic in it's preparation and serving so people definitely favor the traditional methods of preparation.
rhionite · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It takes about 2 minutes for me to boil 2 litres in the kettle, less time with less amounts. It would take 3 minutes to boil 1 mug of water in the microwave. It's just faster and easier to do it with the kettle.
finnw · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not what you heat the water with. It's the fact that the water is cooling while it steeps.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does that regardless unless you steep the tea in the kettle... Which means you need to either boil only enough water for one cup at a time or get everyone to drink the same thing if you have more than just yourself.
Mankankosappo · 0 points · Posted at 06:45:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is an optimal tempeeature for making tea and it just below boiling point. It wont burn the tea, but its hit enough to infuse properly. When you use a microwave, you have no control over the temperature and can very easily burn the tea or make a weak brew
SparksWatch51 · 6 points · Posted at 01:29:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You gotta start somewhere when kettles aren’t ubiquitous in the States. 🤷🏻♀️
LordRybec · 4 points · Posted at 05:57:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How about buying a kettle? That sounds like a good place to start, and they aren't even expensive.
SparksWatch51 · 1 points · Posted at 16:30:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, they are not expensive. But if counter and/or cabinet space is at a premium, it’s not worth it. My parents aren’t going to buy a kettle just for the the occasional herbal tea when the microwave can boil water just as easily. And I’m certainly not going to make them get one just for when I visit.
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 20:31:10 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a good point. And yeah, for herbal tea it matters less. I am not a black tea drinker, but I'll take the word of others here that flavor is affected by water temperature. If it's just herbal tea though, in my experience water temperature doesn't make a ton of difference. Just be careful with microwaved water! (It's actually not too hard to tell if it is superheated. If it has been going for long enough that it should be boiling but it isn't, it's probably superheated, and you should be very careful with it.)
SparksWatch51 · 1 points · Posted at 21:56:36 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Throwing a chopstick in with the water helps with the superheating; gives it a place for the bubbles to form when it boils. :) I love my kettle and use it all the time for all different teas. I’ve heated my water both ways for black tea and I don’t notice a difference, but maybe that’s my uncultured American pallet ;P
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 23:17:31 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, pretty much anything with a rough surface will do. A chopstick sounds like a good idea! (Not all Americans will have one around, but they are really easy to get, and they don't take up much room in the kitchen.)
captainsassy69 · 15 points · Posted at 23:23:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's wrong with that?
Von_Moistus · 22 points · Posted at 23:35:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As a non-tea drinker, the kettle vs microwave rants confuse me as well. The goal is to get the water hot, I assume. What's the difference?
otterhouse5 · 19 points · Posted at 23:44:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely nothing, boiling temperature water is boiling temperature water, but lots of people get super elitist or traditionalist about tea preparation techniques for some reason. The only problem with microwaving water is you can superheat it (get it above boiling point), but you can get it down to boiling temperature almost instantly by stirring it with a spoon before you put the teabag or strainer in.
aslatts · 11 points · Posted at 00:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I think for people from cultures who drink a lot of tea it's surprising in a "Why not just use the kettle" way. The problem is the idea that microwaving water to get it hot means you don't have any sort of kettle, I guess. Plus getting water hot enough in the microwave is a bit of a pain.
otterhouse5 · 3 points · Posted at 01:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That, plus if you boil water in the microwave and then freeze it it turns into ice-9.
5YOChemist · 3 points · Posted at 01:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So it goes.
Oenonaut · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if you use the microwave freezer.
jimicus · 2 points · Posted at 08:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
99 times out of 100, when someone microwaves water, the end result is hot water.
But you don't want water that's just hot when making tea. You want it boiling. 212ºF, 100ºC. Or near as dammit.
If you do not do this, then you don't extract the flavour from the tea correctly and it tastes like ball sweat.
An electric kettle is triggered to switch off when the water is boiling so hard it's generating clouds of steam. It's really hard to screw up.
PJSeeds · 3 points · Posted at 02:07:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most brits literally cannot comprehend that Americans don't own electric kettles.
JehuLove · 11 points · Posted at 02:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an American who bought an electric kettle three years ago and cannot comprehend that I survived 35 years without one.
twinnedcalcite · 7 points · Posted at 03:35:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Canadian, how the hell did that happen.
Kettles in every home. Also good for making ramen, hot cocolate, coffee and other things.
AlbertaTheBeautiful · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Regional. Here in Alberta maybe 20% of homes have one? At least one out and about.
danglez38 · 3 points · Posted at 04:57:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Australian who thought kettles were a staple in every kitchen in the world im having a hard time believing this whole damn site isnt having me on
PJSeeds · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American power outlets have the wrong wattages to work efficiently with kettles, and Americans barely drink tea. They're an unnecessary kitchen gadget if you're not drinking tea, and for any other situation where boiling water is needed a pot on the stove or a microwave takes just as long with US power outlets.
superlethalman · 1 points · Posted at 12:57:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you guys make coffee without a kettle?
PJSeeds · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With a drip coffee maker, which nearly every house has. I use a French press with water that I boil on the stove but I think that's fairly uncommon and would be considered pretentious and unnecessary to a lot of people.
superlethalman · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... how do you get boiling water, then? Do you always just use a microwave? Even for making coffee? That just seems so inefficient and impractical!
PJSeeds · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't need to boil water separately for coffee like you do with tea. Everyone has a coffee maker that does the whole process.
superlethalman · 1 points · Posted at 15:05:01 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. Coffee makers absolutely aren't standard here, they'd be considered more of a luxury -especially ones that heat the water themselves. Most of us just boil water in the kettle for instant coffee or to pour into a cafetiere
PJSeeds · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never heard of a cafetiere, but drip coffee makers cost about $15 on the low end here. Even some college kids have cheap plastic ones that only make a couple of cups at a time.
Dickinmymouth1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm, I genuinely don’t think I’ve ever been to a house in my entire life that didn’t have a kettle
nomnommish · 0 points · Posted at 06:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A kettle doesn't heat a cup of water in 2 minutes though. And it needlessly heats up way more water than you need.
HatlyHats · 2 points · Posted at 08:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can put exactly how much water I need in my kettle, and it takes 1min10 seconds to boil 12 oz.
Dickinmymouth1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:16:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My kettle holds around 2 litres I think, and when I fill it up completely it takes around 2-3 minutes to boil. It also has measurements on the side showing the number of cups that amount is for, so you can boil enough for just one cup of tea, and that takes maybe a minute or so.
Patrickc909 · 0 points · Posted at 09:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The water in a kettle is boiled from the bottom. Hot water rises and cold water sinks. It bubbles, releasing oxegen and water in the form of steam.
The water that is boiled in a microwave doesn't do any of these things. The water is all heated simultaneously, meaning no hot water rising, or cold water sinking. I don't boil water in a microwave but I assume it'd be more difficult for the water to reach boiling point and begin to actually bubble, releasing evaporated water as steam.
As for how this affects taste? Probably doesn't, I wouldn't know. You asked what the difference was in the heating methods and I'm by no means an expert, but I believe what I've said to be fairly accurate. If not, hopefully someone else will come along and explain it better
mjzim9022 · 8 points · Posted at 01:19:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would it be strange to use a microwave to heat up a mug of water and then make tea with it? I used to to that because I didn't drink much tea
Oenonaut · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
drops monocle
FlyByPC · 8 points · Posted at 00:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why?
As I understand it, you make a cup of tea by starting with nearly boiling water, then steep the tea leaves (strainer or tea bag) in it.
Why does it matter how you heat the water (as long as you aren't putting metal in a microwave)?
Asheyguru · 5 points · Posted at 02:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's just not cricket.
kyup0 · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it literally doesn't, people just jump on any opportunity to feel smug and superior over inane shit.
Fundsom · 6 points · Posted at 01:26:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey man it's quick
HospiceTime · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are we allowed to microwave a cup of water really hot and then add the teabag afterwards?
Asking for a friend
NikkieNico · 2 points · Posted at 03:06:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Sri Lankan, the English originally got their tea from, this.
Oberic · 2 points · Posted at 03:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be absolutely fair, I had to make tea in the microwave for my first 20 years on Earth.
But I wasn't an idiot like that. I microwaved a mug of water and put my tea in afterwards.
MurderGoblin · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Australian, this.
PlaceOfPowerGottaBe · 3 points · Posted at 00:35:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've done this in a hurry, 2.5 minutes vs 10 minutes. And that's assuming u have a clean pot/kettle to go :/
Asheyguru · 2 points · Posted at 02:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
10 minutes? The hell kind of kettle do you have?
PlaceOfPowerGottaBe · 1 points · Posted at 20:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Normally I use a pot and dont put the lid on.
And I stir a lot so it takes a while for it to fully boil. Maybe it's more like 7ish minutes
Nakotadinzeo · 3 points · Posted at 01:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I drive a Semi, the inverter can't handle the resistive load of an electric kettle and the 12V heated cup takes a long time.
Sticking a disposable coffee cup full of water in the microwave for a couple minutes and putting the tea in seems to make excellent tea...
Makes awful coffee though, wait... Yeah, I know you're reading this not knowing time has passed but I just went on an Amazon journey and found that... they do make Coffee in teabags....
PlaceOfPowerGottaBe · 2 points · Posted at 01:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mix all water, milk, and the tea bag and pop it in the microwave. It may be blasphemous but tis what it is :)
Gotta get me some coffee bags!
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:11:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just made me gag
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I personally like instant coffee to be honest. Super convenient too
Primexes · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think these guys are American. Not many Americans have kettles,they microwave water. Those that do, it is usually stove kettles, something to do with their power grid.
Also surprised me when I learnt this, because it is dangerous as hell. Superheating
AlbertaTheBeautiful · 3 points · Posted at 05:45:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's dangerous as hell if you use distilled water with a smooth glass.
Almost any tap water is not nutrient-deficient enough to worry about superheating.
Primexes · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, just did a bit more digging - saw the mythbusters clip about it.
Interesting.
LordRybec · 2 points · Posted at 06:00:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never realized what a big difference our lower voltage grid makes, until I did the math and discovered that normal U.S. outlets can't even supply the 3,000 watts needed for a good kettle.
nomnommish · 2 points · Posted at 06:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just an urban myth. I have heated and boiled water in microwaved for years and never seen this. At any rate, once you stir the hot water or dunk your teabag in it, any vanishingly small risk of "superheated water exploding" becomes zero.
You run as much or more risk of scalding yourself when pouring hot water from a kettle and accidentally splashing yourself while wielding a heavy kettle full of boiling water.
Primexes · 0 points · Posted at 08:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Errrghhh... I hate that I have to reference Mythbuster's about this. But it was proven to a degree. Primarily, tap water or water from the faucet has impurities in it, and usually boils because of that - however using distilled water - it can easily super heat and explode (please don't try it tho, very dangerous).
Their conclusion is, that with it happening probably millions of times a year.. it is possibly that there are a small set of instances where there was a super heated event.
So not a myth, but statistically a very small probability due to the scientific nature of super heating.
If you require a more solid source of information than just mythbusters... then sure, I'll go searching for one.
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 15:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem with this kind of stuff is that the perspective is almost always lost. There are a thousand things that can kill you or maim you in a kitchen. But you reduce the probability of that happening by using common sense and by being careful.
The important question is: Is the chance of you getting scalded by super-heated microwaved water significantly higher than the chance of you getting scalded by a pouring accident when you're pouring that boiling water into your cup with your fingers just inches away? Especially when you're lifting and wielding a fairly heavy kettle?
Xepphy · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh... What is wrong with that?
Asheyguru · 5 points · Posted at 02:56:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not The Way.
_alabaster · 3 points · Posted at 01:19:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
was blown away to find out many americans microwave their water to boil it! speaking as Canadian, I don't know a single soul who doesn't own a kettle!
PJSeeds · 8 points · Posted at 02:07:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It serves the exact same function and is one less piece of kitchen gear
dont__question_it · 1 points · Posted at 23:14:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf though, a lot of college/uni dorms don't allow tea kettles because they can be a safety hazard.
meow-meoww · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put him in the microwave
that_magical_kitten · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree, making tea in the microwave is meh but I can't convince my mother to get a proper kettle to save either of our lives
dr_t_123 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiled water is boiled water you prudes!! ;)
ZippyVonBoom · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heat a mug of water in the microwave sometimes to make tea. Is that obscene as well?
gecko-chan · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Educate me, what's different about doing it in the microwave? If I heat the water in the microwave and then add the tea bag, how is that different than if I had boiled it in a kettle or pot?
semirectangular · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uncle Iroh would be upset
uglypenguin5 · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fucking uneducated non-tea-enthusiast here: why is making tea in a microwave bad? It the boiled water from a microwave inherently worse than a kettle? How so?
Spudzzy03 · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone knows you just use the water from the hot water tap to make it /s
RearEchelon · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does it matter how the water gets heated?
Queasy_Worldliness96 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's nothing wrong with using a microwave to heat water.
Tokishi7 · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing wrong with that if you don’t have a pot present
PolarTheBear · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hot water is hot water dawg
lbruss95 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just warm up the water, I'm supposed to have a kettle to make one cup?
pm_me_ur_demotape · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand why it's so wrong to use it to heat water. It quickly makes hot water which you can pour over tea. Why not?
RandomVideoMachine · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you Always Put up a Pot of Water on the stove for 1 Cup of Tea?
Theblackholeinbflat · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I just pull my tea out of the fridge and add some icecubes.
Electroman2012 · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know people made it any other way until I was like 12.
FreshestCereal2 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s so wrong with this? I get that it’s not the best way to make tea but I throw a mug in for 1 min 30 sec, let the tea bag steep for 5 min and then voila, didn’t have to boil water on the stove
AbeRego · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It's probably herbal tea, aka not tea by the technical definition. In the US, we drink a lot of that stuff, and call it tea. It comes in single-serving bags, and the simplest way to heat your cup is in the microwave.
Edited missing word
woogeroo · 1602 points · Posted at 22:45:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also British, also upset, but also confused: So, what would he be using a teastrainer for, given you’re making tea in a microwave?
Teastrainers are only used when pouring loose leaf tea from a teapot into a teacup.
MikeyRidesABikey · 1215 points · Posted at 22:55:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guessing he's talking about a tea-ball of the type that you fill with loose tea and put in your cup and then pour the hot water in.
shaggy99 · 119 points · Posted at 00:28:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's still wrong. You pour boiling water over it. Heating the water with the tea in it will not give the same result.
MikeyRidesABikey · 121 points · Posted at 00:41:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Correct. I was only explaining what kind of "tea strainer" would be inside the cup. Putting it in the microwave with the tea-ball in it isn't just poor tea etiquette, it's likely to damage the microwave and potentially dangerous.
Notice that I described its proper use pretty much exactly the way you did.
diggadiggadigga · 44 points · Posted at 01:49:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive plopped it into an already heated cup of water (as in I’ll occasionally pour water from the kettle and then put the ball in). Is that acceptable or is it another tea crime?
Aprils-Fool · 100 points · Posted at 02:22:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Drink your tea however you like and don't worry about the tea police.
Bookslap · 24 points · Posted at 02:31:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Almost as annoying as the steak police.
Aprils-Fool · 23 points · Posted at 02:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha, yesssssss, you get it! See also: people who complain about other people eating ketchup on hot dogs. Why the fuck do they care!?
missroseblood · 19 points · Posted at 02:48:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait... what’s wrong with ketchup on hotdogs?
Aprils-Fool · 10 points · Posted at 02:55:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck if I know. But there are multiple people out there who actually care that other people put ketchup on their hotdogs. Why do they care!?
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dogs are regional in the US. As is BBQ. There is a simple solution. Eat whatever you want however you want at home. Put up and shut up when you are off somewhere else. I do not like ham. That does not mean I am going to put it aside if you serve it to me at your dinner table. I am going to eat it and just not ask for seconds....a
Aprils-Fool · 2 points · Posted at 11:50:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, this is hilarious. If I'm visiting Chicago and I put ketchup on my hotdog, how does that honestly affect anyone? Are you saying that's culturally insensitive? 😂
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not at all! I just like to experience what the Natives do and eat!
Aprils-Fool · 1 points · Posted at 14:57:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right, but this was about people who get worked up about how OTHERS eat their hotdogs.
Murgatroyd314 · 6 points · Posted at 04:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently some people think that anyone over the age of twelve should have more sophisticated taste in hot dog condiments.
Marsupiallad · -5 points · Posted at 04:58:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean they’re right.
Aprils-Fool · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why on earth do you care about how someone else enjoys eating their hotdogs? How does it affect you?
Marsupiallad · -1 points · Posted at 12:48:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You eat a hot dog because you want to taste the sausage. So you pair it with condiments that compliment and enhance that taste, not red sugar goop that overpowers any and all nuance.
Aprils-Fool · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're really not getting it.
Marsupiallad · -2 points · Posted at 12:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because it’s a damn shame to see someone spend good money on something then ruin it, meaning they enjoy it less and have wasted their money.
Aprils-Fool · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is absolutely no way for you to know that. Once again, taste is subjective. It is really weird for you to be concerned with how a complete stranger enjoys their food. Worry about yourself and let other people enjoy the things they like.
Marsupiallad · 0 points · Posted at 13:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re not putting ketchup on their hot dog because they’ve tried all the options and figured out that is what they like. They’re doing it because their baby palate is too scared to try anything that actually tastes of anything besides sugar. If you regularly consume ketchup you need to fucking grow up.
Aprils-Fool · 2 points · Posted at 13:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a silly, baseless assumption! You legitimately think anyone who puts ketchup on a hotdog has never eaten one any other way? At first I thought you were super self-absorbed and incapable of comprehending how someone could have different tastes from you. But now I'm wondering if you're actually avoiding focusing on yourself for some reason, so instead you focus on other people to an unhealthy level.
Marsupiallad · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s some spicy projection there. Almost as spicy as mustard or any of the many other valid condiments you could put on a hot dog if you were an adult.
Aprils-Fool · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What an absolute dildo.
Marsupiallad · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Compelling argument.
Knotais_Dice · 2 points · Posted at 15:26:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not ruined if they enjoy it. And people are allowed to like different things even if you don't think it's ideal or whatever.
Marsupiallad · 1 points · Posted at 15:46:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not if they’re wrong.
Murgatroyd314 · 1 points · Posted at 20:39:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
De gustibus non disputandum est.
If you argue that someone else’s tastes are wrong, you are wrong.
Murgatroyd314 · 0 points · Posted at 20:40:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
As if the words “sophisticated” and “hot dog” even belong in the same sentence.
Odin16596 · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hot dogs in Chicago.
gemini86 · 43 points · Posted at 02:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or the coffee police. "Wow, that's a lot of cream...I drink my coffee black". Well fucking good for you, I drink it however I want because I'm an adult.
Aprils-Fool · 4 points · Posted at 02:54:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, yessssss.
DullInitial · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I add hot cocoa mix instead of cream and sugar. Fauxcha.
gemini86 · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's actually how many places make mochas...lol I mean, with espresso and steamed milk, but they use hot cocoa mix
midnight_sparrow · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmm Swiss Miss 🤤
midnight_sparrow · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which is like a child, because this is how I've wanted to drink it since I was 10, AND NOW I'M OLD ENOUGH TO DO WHAT I WANT, SO I WILL PUT AS MUCH GOD DAMN CREAM AND SUGAR INTO THIS CUP AS I CAN STAND, GOT THAT TODD?!
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer my coffee black if it is of quality. My STOMACH cannot handle the coffee acids(?), so I take half n half.
midnight_sparrow · 5 points · Posted at 04:57:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why the fuck is it wrong to eat ketchup on a hot dog? Where the fuck do people get this shit?
Aprils-Fool · 2 points · Posted at 11:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, I'm loving all the people who get riled up about this with me. It absolutely baffles me that some people don't seem to understand that taste is subjective and it's okay if someone likes something that you don't. I can't imagine the drive behind trying to police other adults' eating and drinking habits.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:44:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Aprils-Fool · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...to you. Other people like ketchup, so why should your preference matter when someone else is the one eating the hotdog?
PheIix · 11 points · Posted at 03:41:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a steak police? How is their stakeout?
Must be exciting though, I bet the stakes are high all the time...
midnight_sparrow · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get out.
Sat-AM · 5 points · Posted at 04:05:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IMO, way more annoying than steak police. At least there's a noticeable difference in texture/flavor with steak at different levels of doneness. The tea most people drink? Nah, it's not gonna make a lick of difference as long as you have leaves soaking in hot water somehow (so long as you don't let it go so long it gets too bitter for you). If you're using tea where you'd actually notice a difference in the flavor based on how you brewed it, you're likely already someone who knows that, and you don't need the tea police down your neck.
Mordvark · 2 points · Posted at 07:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tea Police! FREEZE! PUT THE MILK DOWN SLOWLY!
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just waiting for the Agrument of WHAT BRAND of tea bag to buy.. I am half English. My English Grandma would be horrified over my American tea bags. But, loose tea leaves are very expensive and hard to find. Whenever she visited, or had we had guests, we got real properly seeped tea leaf in a teapot with cozy. Sigh, I do not remember the last time I had real tea.
Marsupiallad · 6 points · Posted at 04:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next to no English people use loose leaf. They’re just religious about whatever shitty brand of the same stuff they’re incidentally loyal to.
5thvoice · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're not looking in the right places. I can get a 4 ounce tin of good quality tea shipped to my door for <$10.
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 06:58:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
4 ounces would not last me a werk in my household.
midnight_sparrow · 10 points · Posted at 05:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched and English woman dip a pre-packaged LIPTON black tea bag into her hot water 3 times! Three! Then threw it in the trash. So what was she going for there? The "Hint of Tea" flavor? Anyway, everybody drinks their tea fucking weird, man. Drink it and make it however you want, just don't blow up the damn microwave lol.
about-that76 · 3 points · Posted at 04:33:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know but every night I boil 2 liters of water, throw in 2 metal tea ball full of earl gray after water stops boiling. Wait 5 min then take out balls and pour into a 2 liter vacuum thermos. Bam, hot tea for hours on end.
Cyberfreshman · 7 points · Posted at 02:14:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have to put the ball in before the water. Water velocity activates things within the tea leaves. True or not, thats what i believe.
Zmanwise · 9 points · Posted at 02:17:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the water pouring helps stir the tea leaves in the satchel/strainer so that they all steep evenly. Similar to stirring the coffee grinds in a press pots before letting them steep.
gemini86 · 7 points · Posted at 02:52:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heaven forbid you need to...like...stir it.
Cyberfreshman · 2 points · Posted at 08:32:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But you wouldnt need to if you just followed our simple instructions. Unless you were introducing new flavors to your tea... but even then i would suggest doing the same as far as the brewing; then mixing in whatever it is youre into, into it.
Cyberfreshman · 2 points · Posted at 06:03:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! thats what i meant by activation.
MikeyRidesABikey · 1 points · Posted at 11:17:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is acceptable as long as you are not heating the water and the tea together (it will steep too long and you will have bitter tea) and especially if you are not putting metal in the microwave.
ETA: Apparently it was not obvious to a lot of others who replied to you that my tongue was firmly in cheek when I mentioned "tea ettiquite" in the same sentence as "don't put metal in the microwave."
shaggy99 · 11 points · Posted at 01:04:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doh! Didn't read properly.
MaritereSquishy · 15 points · Posted at 01:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's 3am, im in pain and also worried about a stupid mistake i made. I'm reading to distract myself, couldn't sleep. That little exchange about the tea strainer and the right way to use it, and the "doh!" was brilliant, made me giggle. Thank you. Im going to sleep now :)
princessjemmy · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now I'm picturing opening a microwave to be met by shrapnel. 😖
MikeyRidesABikey · 1 points · Posted at 11:37:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably no shrapnel, but if you don't meet some specific requirements when putting metal in the microwave it can arc and can potentially start a fire, so safer to just not put it in at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt9Bah0rXjQ
Also, grapes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQQpas2JzY
The-True-Kehlder · 42 points · Posted at 01:18:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bruh, you're talking about a guy who puts a metal object in a microwave repeatedly.
georgianarannoch · 6 points · Posted at 04:04:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he doesn’t take the tea ball out after it steeps and wants to reheat it and still forgets to take it out? That’s the only explanation I can come up with.
WilhelmWinter · 8 points · Posted at 02:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I personally microwave water in a cup then put it in after a lot, as it's much more convenient than using a kettle and has the exact same results. Kind of pedantic though as heating them together is obviously different. Maybe if you were making mate cocido but that doesn't justify microwaving metal.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If he’s putting metal in a microwave, do you think he’s really concerned with right and wrong or even capable of figuring it out? My god
nabrok · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, that's what make the whole thing stupid, even aside from the whole metal aspect.
Aprils-Fool · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's down to personal preference, though. He may like it better that way.
pfftYeahRight · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I do it the correct way but my mind has wandered as to why the microwave is so wrong.
95percentconfident · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US construction workers microwave their coffee in the job site office trailer when it gets cold. I picked that habit up from my Dad and my coworkers (not in construction) look at me sideways when I do. Perhaps it’s the same with tea across the pond?
Murgatroyd314 · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s the difference between people who drink it for the taste and people who drink it for the caffeine.
95percentconfident · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, so true. But also frugality I think? I love to savor my coffee but then it get's cold and I'm not going to throw it out because that would be a waste but I also want a hot drink, so microwave it is!
BannedAgain6969 · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well yeah kindof sortof. You need to preheat the cup if you pour boiling water in otherwise the temp will drop too much. If you pour boiling water into a cold cup you need to bump it in the microwave for about 15 seconds.
filemeaway · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People fuck up tea and worse here in the states, don't worry about it. Also, I hope your sitting down, but we also use powder to make orange pasta.
Alaira314 · 0 points · Posted at 03:55:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a common thing people try to do. No, I don't know why. I used to laugh at the warning on the tea bags saying not to microwave them because who would be so stupid, but then I was in my mom's kitchen and I saw her taking a container with a tea bag inside out of the microwave. I'm astounded the metal staples in the tea bag didn't break the microwave.
elven_treachery · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That small bit of metal wouldn’t do anything to a microwave.
Alaira314 · 0 points · Posted at 15:09:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not the quantity(twist ties and even steel wool shavings can set it off), but the shape of the metal. You can have a huge-ass metal spoon in there and it won't cause a problem, because the metal is rounded and smooth. There needs to be a jagged/pointy part(like, oh, the point of a staple) for the problem to jump off of. The problem is such jagged points can be caused by scratches/abrasions, so there's nothing that's really guaranteed safe, which brings us back around to the usual advice to never stick anything metal in the microwave.
TryinaD · 0 points · Posted at 05:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put the water ONLY in the microwave then get a second fucking cup to pour into! Omg why does this exist?
DullInitial · -1 points · Posted at 04:17:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The way I make tea is I boil water on the stove, place a tea ball in a cup, pour hot water over and let it steep. Once it has a deep, rich color, I pour it down the drain and make a pot of coffee, because I'm not a girl.
geekpeeps · 4 points · Posted at 04:31:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somebody get Americans a kettle, ok? (Aussie here)
timberliner · 5 points · Posted at 05:01:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric kettle's are shit in America though, because the voltage is way lower. It takes ages to boil water. :(
geekpeeps · 0 points · Posted at 05:19:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, of course. Can’t go past 240V
IvorBigz · 5 points · Posted at 01:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm assuming this ball strainer is metal and therefore acts as a Faraday cage blocking the microwaves from the tea stew within? So it's just cold tea leaves anyway. But the metal to other metal joints like hinges will react great to microwaves and cause lovely bright arcing and even cause a fire. Meanwhile the tea in the ball will be totally cold.
cortanakya · 4 points · Posted at 02:02:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But if the strainer is underwater it won't do anything in the microwave. Go put a spoon in a glass of water and put it in the microwave - nothing happens, it just warms the water normally.
cyunns · 4 points · Posted at 02:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think I'll just trust you on that one
terminaljive · 2 points · Posted at 03:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A spoon also doesn't have any points for the electricity to arc from. I own several tea balls and they all have a chain with a hook on the end (to hold the edge of the mug and serves as an easy means of removing the ball) that's a great place for the electricity to jump all over the microwave.
jennlovesyarn · 2 points · Posted at 03:19:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You heat the water in the microwave, THEN put in the tea strainer or the tea bag. Why is that so hard? (I don't have a tea kettle anymore.)
mnvoronin · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean reusable teabag?
MikeyRidesABikey · 1 points · Posted at 11:38:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, exactly that
Vessig · 17 points · Posted at 00:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a thread about morons...
haylmoll13 · 3 points · Posted at 01:01:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait wait, asking as an American who’s trying to get into loose leaf tea: you steep the tea in the pot & then pour over the strainer into the cup??
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 01:19:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can, actually, if thats your set up.
For single cups with loose leaf, you'd use a defuser. This basically replaces a teabag.
For making a pot, the pot can either have a basket in it or you stick the tea defuser in the pot. Both should be removed and set aside after steeping, you can put it back in for a second steeping if you want more.
haylmoll13 · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks! I’ve tried a few different strainer balls like I think the roomie used in this, but there’s always copious amounts of leaves at the bottom, so I knew there had to be a better way
Xaldyn · 4 points · Posted at 01:54:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you tried some of the Asian-style loose teas before? They're much less of a hassle. Oolong especially is like the perfect lazy tea--it's really forgiving with the temperature and steep time, isn't bitter so doesn't need sugar or milk, and the leaves are large and sink to the bottom so you don't even have to bother straining it. Just scoop some into a cup, pour hot water, and sip; and when it gets low, just add more hot water to the cup as many times as you want until you've used up all the flavor.
haylmoll13 · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven’t! I’d been using Twinings earl grey & breakfast tea bags for years, so I stuck with earl grey when I moved over to loose leaf. And I have been finding it a bit bitter, so I’ll have to try oolong next. The chai/earl grey blend I have is my favorite thus far, which I would think might be closer in taste to those varieties.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats probably more about the quality of the loose leaf you're buying than the strainer ball. There will always be a little bit in the bottom of the cup but whole leaves shouldn't be leaving the diffuser.
Problem119V-0800 · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that it matters but I think the thingy is called a "diffuser".
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I keep getting it wrong. Keep wanting to call it a tea ball lol
kamomil · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds complicated
I put the tea ball in the cup, pour hot water over it, let it steep, pull it out of the cup.
JunahCg · 6 points · Posted at 00:02:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He has filled the tea strainer with tea, put that in a empty mug, filled the mug with sink water, and put the whole affair into the microwave to boil. (For reference, microwaving a mug of water and dropping tea in after is extremely lazy but not unheard of in the States.)
IvorBigz · 7 points · Posted at 01:58:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you can't use a proper kettle to boil water in the USA (because of your puny 15A 120V mains) then there is no reason why you can't use a microwave to boil a cup of water instead. You only steep the tea in the cup AFTER the water has boiled. You DO NOT boil the tea!!!
Lisette4ver · 4 points · Posted at 06:00:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, except for American sun tea you do! Water and tea bags in glass jar/ container and let the sun cook it. Then you drink over ice. But my native grandmother just drank it straight out of the glass jar. So again make your tea the way you want it. 😀
Easy-A · 4 points · Posted at 03:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some folks are like, “He ruined the microwave!”
Brits are like, “He ruined the tea!”
MamaBear182 · 2 points · Posted at 03:06:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What they trying to describe is a steeper, not a strainer.
MeesterPepper · 5 points · Posted at 22:54:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's one of those that's like a ball you can put loose leaf tea inside and seal, then you put it into the mug to steep. Useful for making single servings.
That being said, with my heathen American tea tastes, even I know that microwaving the water is the wrong way to do it and I do not endorse his cruel and unusual methods.
discountErasmus · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you not know how to make British tea?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cup with a strainer in, put the leaves in the strainer and then pour boiled water over it to steep.
Dont put in the microwave though like OPs room mate. Even if it's a silicone one that would just be gross...
MagicCuboid · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, it's the microwave that makes the tea, not the hot water. That's a common misconception.
ethanparab · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indian person here, most of the tea we drink is loose leaf. We use a strainer daily.
Still, I agree there is no reason to make tea with the strainer, whether it be made in a pan or a pot.
MrTubbyTubby · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He’s talking about a tea infuser, you put your tea in it , it’s a mesh ball & you use it like a tea bag.
47milliondollars · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m actually most confused by why any Brit would use a microwave for tea over an electric kettle...
kamomil · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They probably don't have a kettle
But as a Canadian person with Irish parents who drink tea, I don't understand how the microwave gets it hot enough. If I use a kettle, I am guaranteed that the water is hot enough. We have a hot water dispenser at work. Maybe we are spoiled? IDK
47milliondollars · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A Brit without a kettle? I just can’t imagine it haha
kamomil · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG microwave tea reminds me of this https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VRLXVrg0byI
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm American and also upset. Wtf...a tea strainer in a microwave? Tea and microwave? We're not all that stupid. Most. Not all.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 23:05:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex put a chocolate orange wrapped in TIN FOIL in the microwave. (To melt it.. obviously🙄) I was in the house at the time but not in the room and he just sorta came upstairs like ‘uh.. I think I might need to get my parents a new microwave, theirs is on fire’ 😭
MeesterPepper · 18 points · Posted at 23:22:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dear lord. I hope he wasn't as blasé about an actively burning fire as you make it sound.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 23:24:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He told me this in the present tense as of it was still on fire but he’d actually taken the microwave outside and put the fire out thank god. I was shocked that I didn’t hear anything going on down stairs which is pretty concerning, but the level of chill was real 😂
MeesterPepper · 6 points · Posted at 23:28:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good he took care of it, but that's still pretty yikes that his best plan was to pick up the thing that was on fire!
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 23:29:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That boy did a lot of questionable things lol, but agreed, least he was able to stop what he started 😂
monsantobreath · 3 points · Posted at 06:39:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen someone carrying a giant pot of flaming oil out of their back door, down a steep set of stairs and put it in the back yard, very very slowly. Surprised they still had eyebrows in the end.
SpamOJavelin · 16 points · Posted at 00:27:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Devils advocate - you can do this provided the strainer is completely submerged. So a metal tea strainer without a handle/chain or with a plastic chain will microwave just fine.
ANGRYANDCANTREADWELL · 10 points · Posted at 01:30:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is correct. Its not so much metal as it is sharp bits that can arc electricity off of.
TrentSteel1 · 5 points · Posted at 05:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was looking for this post. Most people don’t know you can put metal in the microwave. Like a spoon in a bowl of soup. As long as there is something that can absorb the energy. I like screwing with people doing it.
qwik_facx · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I remember a microwave oven I had which had instructions that you should put a spoon in if you are heating a liquid. I guess it's in order to spread the energy better. All this is based on the stickers on the microwave oven, so I might be way wrong, but I do know a spoon in a glass of water wont destroy your microwave.
FerraStar · 20 points · Posted at 00:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Genuine question... you guys have heard of kettles over there haven’t you?
Kanexan · 18 points · Posted at 01:16:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funnily enough, the answer to this is by and large no. American domestic electric outlets run at a much lower voltage than European ones, so the electric kettle isn't really a thing over here. We're also much bigger coffee drinkers than we are tea drinkers (certainly compared to Britain), so teapots and stove kettles are also somewhat of a rarity.
How I (American) make my tea is microwaving a mug of water until it boils and then putting in the teabag and letting it steep. I've been informed this is savagery, but I don't really have another good way of making it.
hanneeplanee · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But still.. how do you make coffee without a jug to boil the water?
Kanexan · 2 points · Posted at 05:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a few different ways, actually! The classic percolator, usually heated by a stove or campfire, forces water through the grinds repeatedly through a boiling-condensing cycle; it's its own jug. The most common domestic method nowadays is the drip coffee machine, which is a standalone thing where you pour coffee grounds into a filter, which then boils water in an attached reservoir and forces it through the filter and into a coffeepot that comes with the machine. There's also K-cups/coffee pods, which is mechanically the same as the previous but with fancier flavors (read: any flavor besides coffee) and often more wasteful.
Or we buy it from Starbucks.
hanneeplanee · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ngl, coffee machines are a bit of a luxury here. We have instant powder which we make with boiled water from the jug. Pod machines are becoming more prevalent but not super common yet.
WNGames · 5 points · Posted at 01:29:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boil the water on the stove. edit: at low heat.
Kanexan · 7 points · Posted at 01:33:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, serious question: why? I am deeply unfamiliar with tea; I've only recently started drinking it to get off of coffee, so I don't know the best practices. How does boiling the water slowly on a stove change things compared to boiling it quickly on the stove, or in the microwave?
I really do not mean this disrespectfully, I'm just completely uninformed.
FerraStar · 6 points · Posted at 01:54:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For tea it’s more about temperature control, you want the water at the right temperature to be able to steep and draw out the flavours but not to scale or damage the leaves.. black tea is a lot more forgiving than green tea for this.. it using a kettle (electric or stove) you can better control it
Kanexan · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good to know, thanks! I don't have a kettle, but I do have a stove and a thermometer. What temperature range would you recommend?
FerraStar · 3 points · Posted at 04:41:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rough rules of thumb:
Black Tea - 100 deg C (212 F) steep for 3-5 minutes.
Green Tea - 70-80 deg C (158-176 F) steep for 2 minutes testing about every 30 seconds for flavour (can re-brew leaves)
White - 80-85 dec C (176-185 F) steep for no more than 3 minutes
Oolong - 82-88 deg C (180-190 F) steep for 1-5 minutes
Pu-er - 100 deg C (212 F) steep 30 seconds and discard water, re-steep 100 deg C (212 F) for 45-50 seconds (can re-brew leaves)
Tisanes- 100 deg C (212F) steep 3-5 minutes
freedom_or_bust · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For nicer teas it will often say it on the box. For black tea around 190, green tea maybe 170
sarahmorgan420 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... Stuff can cool off if you let it sit?
FerraStar · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, that is why typically for a brewed tea you would use a cast iron/ceramic teapot to do the steeping in. They retain heat exceptionally well so help keep the leaves at the optimal temperature.
WNGames · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
im not saying it does lol, all it really will do is make less water evaporate. that and make sure the water is hotter so it stays warm longer.
WilhelmWinter · 3 points · Posted at 02:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It'll definitely stay warm longer but microwaving it actually heats it up much quicker and hotter. Temperature control is obviously a thing but even without a thermometer you figure out how long to wait for different teas from when it first starts to boil, just takes a little trial and error.
WNGames · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i only responded because you asked how else you could do it
Kanexan · 0 points · Posted at 01:45:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, okay. Whoops, sorry about all that.
WNGames · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No youre perfectly fine 😊
wingedcoyote · 4 points · Posted at 02:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American here, everyone I know has a tea kettle. They're not industrial milling machines, they don't need massive power to run. I think you could probably even power one off a USB power bank.
Ashandarei830 · 4 points · Posted at 03:22:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A kettle draws a lot of power by design. It's literally a jug with a powerful heating element in it. A normal kettle in the UK is 2-3kw, which can't even be run off a US mains outlet.
ChipChipington · 6 points · Posted at 02:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where do you live, Little Britain? I’ve never even seen a tea kettle in real life
wingedcoyote · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Few different cities on the east coast... and the west coast. Maybe it's a somewhat bougie thing? But like, I guarantee Walmart has them.
ChipChipington · 3 points · Posted at 14:15:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I’m sure region matters. I’m in the SE and I’ve always been poor and lived in rural areas
Kanexan · 4 points · Posted at 02:34:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, really? An electric one? I've met two Americans my entire life who owned a tea kettle, and both were stovetop. What region do you live in, if you don't mind my asking?
wingedcoyote · 2 points · Posted at 12:45:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Few different regions. Might be relevant that I'm a coffee nerd so I use my kettle every day for pourovers or French press, and I probably gravitate toward other foodies/hipsters/needs who tend to take either coffee or tea pretty seriously.
Gator_pepper_sauce · 1 points · Posted at 11:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in Texas and the last five households I’ve been to have had one. I’ll admit it wasn’t until the past few years the people seemed to realize They’re cheap and incredibly easy to use.
sarahmorgan420 · 2 points · Posted at 05:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah lots of Canadians have electric kettles too.
sadowsentry · 4 points · Posted at 03:35:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm not sure what that guy is talking about. They even sell like a dozen different tea kettles at Walmart. People are definitely buying them.
BumblebeeCurdlesnoot · 3 points · Posted at 02:56:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am American and my $25 electric kettle boils water pretty quickly. I use it at least 3 times a day every day. I even use it to boil water for cooking before putting it in a pot on the stove because the kettle is way quicker than my electric stove.
Shas_Erra · 0 points · Posted at 09:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your ancestors didn't leave England due to "religious persecution". We just wanted to get rid of those who couldn't make a decent cuppa.
Kanexan · 2 points · Posted at 17:56:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ancestors left Ireland because they were being starved in arguable genocide. They probably could make tea just fine.
Caramellatteistasty · 3 points · Posted at 02:33:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a kettle, both for the stove and an electric one. But I'm half Japanese and I like my tea.
lllllllllilllllllll · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
their electricity is too weak
distorto_realitatem · 5 points · Posted at 00:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How could this destroy the microwave? Most I've seen metal do is create sparks and that's under specific conditions, most of the time the microwaves are just reflected off the surface
LemonPepper · 6 points · Posted at 02:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The metal isn’t necessarily going to destroy the microwave by itself, but whatever food you put in with the metal could catch fire.
Frost_blade · 5 points · Posted at 02:27:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m more concerned with the fact that psycho is microwaving tea.
n00dlemania · 4 points · Posted at 00:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put a sliced grape in the microwave to assert your dominance.
rickypen5 · 3 points · Posted at 23:34:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol this is amazing
fallowmoor · 3 points · Posted at 00:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a coworker who brings soup in mason(canning) jars to work and heats them up WITH the metal lid on. When we asked if she’d even ruined a microwave she said “Oh, the new microwaves don’t do that. It’s microwaves from like the 70’s that will blow up.”
WNGames · 3 points · Posted at 01:31:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually believe it or not, this isnt as dangerous as it sounds.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I always heard it sparks when you have sharp bits like the tangs from a fork.
I gotta try microwaving a spoon sometime...
WNGames · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its also highly dependent on the metal used.
eurtoast · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your coworker is correct if the metal he's using is aluminum
USDA recommendation:
General Rules for Safe Use of Aluminum Foil:
Heypen · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy him a silicone one.
bluerose1197 · 2 points · Posted at 01:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy him a silicone strainer.
brandnewdayinfinity · 2 points · Posted at 01:29:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put a plug in water heater upper thing on the stove.
I had just escaped my abusive ex husband and my friends were soooo gracious about it. They got a new one and I straight up almost did it again.
SpaceIsTooFarAway · 2 points · Posted at 01:47:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf microwaving metal is fine as long as it doesn’t touch the sides. https://mythresults.com/episode4
kee80 · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
DON'T PUT METAL IN THE SCIENCE OVEN
johokie · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why are so many people believing this? It's clearly a lie
ANGRYANDCANTREADWELL · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because people falsely assume metal in a microwave equals extremely bad things.
imdeloresnoimdelores · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as there is something to absorb energy in the microwave, metal is fine.
SPP_TheChoiceForMe · 1 points · Posted at 23:48:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gob?
THJahar · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British slang for mouth.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha,😂 I saw someone put foil in the microwave in 8th during science class.. the whole class got detention but we were 13.. as an adult.. I don't know how you don't know that...
Ring-arla · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just ran my hand over my face in an attempt to defuse the feeling of rage reading this made me feel.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy him some tea bags.
22cthulu · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On this note, NEVER microwave a cup of water with the tea bag in!
I don't understand the science but this can cause the water to super heat and when disturbed(like when dunking/removing the tea bag) it can cause the super heated water to shoot upwards several feet all at once.
Suolojavri · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, the tea bag prevents the water from overheating, creating nucleation sites with its rough surface. For the same reason microwave manufacturers often recommend putting a teaspoon in a cup.
kenclayton91 · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how you make small lightning. Very cool.
musicalrssnroulette · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“It was just a bad microwave”
My_Name_Wuz_Taken · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was actually surprised when I found out it was safe to microwave spoons. Its just metal objects that have close distance folds that aren't microwave safe. Blew my mind
Winter3377 · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it might be time to get a non-metal tea strainer for him next time there’s a gift-giving occasion
sweetheart92115 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people are really hard learners.
JiN88reddit · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate: I blame the microwave.
helloxlol · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no baby, what is you doing?
shaniballickedher · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry but your roommate is a Kevin r/storiesaboutkevin
Fishman23 · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric kettle. Saves the microwave blowing up and is faster.
paxtonious · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Room mate in uni would boil water in the microwave and just hit 33:33, start, and walk away. Anyways did you know that when water reaches its boiling point in a microwave it explodes.
HomeGrownCoffee · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate make a fire while making coffee.
Well, reheating coffee. He decided that the best way to reheat the pot was to put it on the stove burner. There are warnings against doing this, which I always chuckled at, but he's the reason they exist I guess. English wasn't his first language, so maybe some leniency?
Anyways, I looked over towards the kitchen in time to see a boiling coffee carafe, with a plastic handle get goopy and drop into the heating element. Fortunately I was there, because I was able to turn the stove off and open all the windows before he sauntered back downstairs 10 minutes later.
KakarotMaag · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"In spite," is two words.
Frehnteck · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker who is almost 30 microwaved a thick aluminum container in the office last week. When I told her she shouldn’t do that she said “oh, this isn’t microwave safe??”. We had to have a long talk about how to use the microwave safely.
DrElyk · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God this one hurts
gmwrnr · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy your roommate an electric kettle
ZaneAura · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you sure that's not intentionally?
KGB_cutony · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heard a soft boom one day while calling my mom. Rightly concerned she asked me to check
Turns out my roommate was microwaving butter, at high power, for 3 minutes, in a steel bowl, with a steel spoon in it
All she needs to do is to put a whole egg in there and we'd have an explosion bingo
owo_satan_owo · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwave tea is a nono- boil some water and get some wet leafs
Glamsabrina · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as it’s not a cheesy pita...
GowtherOfSelflessnes · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once put a cheeseburger wrapped in tin foil in a microwave at school. I was like “wait, why is it flashing?” luckily one of my friends walked by and saw it and asked why I put tin foil in the microwave. I facepalmed so hard and my friend got it out. The kicker is, it was in a small glass bowl and the bowl shattered lol. Your roommate is probably very absent minded and that’s ok.
ambibot · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For the love, please gift him a set of silicone tea strainers. Seriously.
padmalove · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The “science oven”.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend went to go put a huge metal bowl in the microwave.
Sometimes catch her trying to use a fork to get her stuff in the toaster.....
notreallylucy · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gaaa! Heat the water in the microwave if you must, but the tea doesn't go into the microwave!
dragonbreath707 · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate was trying to cook dinner this one time and he put everything in a saucepan then decided that it's a good idea to use the microwave. So he proceeds to put the saucepan in the microwave and was about to turn it on. Luckily my other roommate and I stopped him before it could happen.
I wasn't even that surprised because he did this sort of thing a lot.
francey_pants · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a premed roommate in college put a metal thermos in the microwave and I freaked out before she turned it on. After I explained, she said “oh that’s why it makes noises when I put metal in there!”. She’s a doctor now.
dildosaurusrex_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first ever internship as an idiot undergrad, I did not know this and I fried the work microwave after putting in a metal tea mug 🙈
Winjin · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interestingly, you can put metal in the microwave, as long as it's touching a liquid. You can actually boil water that way - and if you're boiling water, it's heavily preferred to actually put something inside. Or you can get overheated water, which will violently spontaneously start to boil and evaporate when you move the cup, and you can get serious burns from boiling water all over your hands. Link to Mythbusters on that.
I tried finding these microwave instructions, that start on with how to boil water for tea - and then they continue on with the like of "now that you have boiling water, add some tea and read on with a cup of tea in hand - we know how boring it is to read the instructions"
KillerOkie · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A metal tea strainer shouldn't have destroyed the microwave unless they left it in there for an extended period. Like "oh gee all that arcing, that can't be bad can it?"
Unless you are very unlucky.
minimK · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Slow learner.
dhdnsja-KB-hsk · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy him a kettle
SimplyStuart · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't even be surprised or disappointed in someone that stupid
01-__-10 · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this part of some sort of 'cold-extraction' process I'm not hipster enough to know about?
DeepakThroatya · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did it destroy your microwave?
ArkySpark13110 · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the definition of insanity
zaphod_beeble_bro · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one just made me angry
cultured_banana_slug · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me he's not microwaving water for tea.
naughtysaurus · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does he have ADHD? Maybe just get him a cool silicone tea strainer so nobody has to stress over it again.
gHHqdm5a4UySnUFM · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At a certain point he should have just admitted defeat and switched to tea bags
The_dog_says · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you know what to get him for Kwanzaa. A tea kettle
HUEnsokyo · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lesson learned: I did it the wrong way, now I'm totally going to get it right :)
LemonPepper · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this once when I was 20, there was tin foil lining the bottom a to-go box of leftovers. I learned from that, but I was also pretty impressed that I had never put metal in the microwave for 2 decades, because it was never something I consciously decided not to do.
I had been to college for engineering, always good in math, science, physics and the like. Just had never done that before or seen it done in science class or whatnot. My best friend responded with “...dude, do you not remember? Free radicals, electricity arcs?” Me: “yeah, lots of like charges group together an- oh.”
Also, hello, fellow Pepper.
Carrion_Luggage · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex put his shirt in the microwave to dry it
ultravioletu · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please buy him a kettle for his birthday.
hadleybox · 32578 points · Posted at 20:45:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's entire family not grasping that you need to put water in a steam iron
clayRA23 · 2323 points · Posted at 23:31:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a seamstress, but I purposefully don’t put water in a domestic iron because they all eventually leak, I just use a separate spray bottle. Industrial/gravity irons are way better anyways, wish I had one at home!
OutlyingPlasma · 1497 points · Posted at 01:03:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not only will it leak, but the mineral deposits are a nightmare. Separate spray bottle is the only way to do it.
ralkey · 85 points · Posted at 01:26:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like an idiot for never thinking of that before. Use a spray bottle instead of the internal crud filled reservoir, its genius!
Abraneb · 39 points · Posted at 08:00:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guys, you're supposed to be putting demineralized water in the iron. Just saying. That's why you're dealing with all that crud.
pomiferous_parsley · 17 points · Posted at 10:17:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is my "how do you not know how to do this" moment. Even if the manual says "you can use untreated tap water, only use demineralized water if your tap water is very hard" they are lying.
It's probably been a decade since the last time I've used an iron but I know that.
RandomGuy2x2 · 4 points · Posted at 19:19:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, my iron says DON'T.
(in the manual)
MrTraveljuice · 5 points · Posted at 12:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, how do people even get all the demineralized water that is recommended for these things. I mean I know you can buy it, but I also need demineralized water for my plants, especially to spray them, apparently? That is a lot of water if you have many plants and spray regularly.
Now I just boil my water first since that should get some of the chalk out they say. Still, plant care websites going "use demineralized water"...
Sorry, I dunno why this upsets me so much.
cb1183 · 5 points · Posted at 16:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an air plant die most likely from the water I was using. It was so sad because it was such a cute plant on a twig.
monkeyship · 2 points · Posted at 14:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even demineralized water has some solids. Eventually that stuff will build up.
Blue387 · 25 points · Posted at 01:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how my grandfather taught me to iron, with water in a small spray bottle
citriclem0n · 31 points · Posted at 01:37:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably because they used to use literal hunks of iron they heated on the stove, so had to use a separate water source.
hittingpoppers · 12 points · Posted at 01:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And the humidifier was the kettle too.
R0b0tJesus · 129 points · Posted at 01:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never had an iron leak before. Also, distilled water is best for ironing. No minerals to deposit.
clayRA23 · 45 points · Posted at 01:23:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Distilled water definitely prevents the leaking, at least for a lot longer, but there’s some stubborn part of me that refuses to buy “special” water when I can get it from the tap, lol. If I got an industrial iron I definitely would though! We use half distilled half tap in them at work.
Swie · 21 points · Posted at 02:21:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I say this because I also despise the idea of buying special water (the plastic waste alone... plus most bottled water companies are trash):
There's reverse osmosis filters (although they are expensive, about 300$ to install plus you have to change them about every year or so although I let it run longer) that will give you the same effect.
I have one and not only does the water taste amazing (seriously no brita filter will compare, I prefer it to bottled water also), I don't get any deposits. I barely ever wash my kettle anymore because there's no buildup anywhere in it.
Cobra800089 · 14 points · Posted at 03:01:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn do you drink mostly reverse osmosis water? How do you get your fluoride? It's kinda like drinking distilled water, there's stuff that's missing.
Swie · 6 points · Posted at 03:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno I've done it for many years now and am still fine. I obviously don't always drink that, I drink outside the home as well. Also I eat well and take vitamins, I don't think you're supposed to rely on water for too much as every water source is different anyway.
Azraelalpha · 5 points · Posted at 03:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get your point about water sources, but you literally need to drink water to stay alive.
Swie · 2 points · Posted at 13:42:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need water to stay alive obviously lol.
I meant more like I'm not sure it's a good bet to think you're getting X mineral because it's in the water supply. Fluoride ok I see because it's mandated to a certain level. But for example calcium or magnesium? there's SOME in the water usually so if you filter it you're missing out but how much varies very widely as far as I understood. So to me it seems fine to filter it out and just eat healthy and take supplements if necessary.
EightBitEstep · 3 points · Posted at 03:36:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s maybe enough minerals left in the water to make it a drinkable solution. I don’t know much about RO filtration.
clayRA23 · 3 points · Posted at 04:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh wow! I've never heard of that, does it taste like softened water at all? Such a first world problem but the town my parents live in has to soften their water and I can't stand the taste! If it does, a filter on say a laundry room tap might still be useful...I'll look into it, thanks!
Swie · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbh I don't know what softened water tastes like. This water tastes almost sweet, it's really nice. I suspect if you go to like costco or some place where they sell these filters they'll give you a taste to try.
JukesMasonLynch · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a medical laboratory, so have access to medical grade deionised water. Never considered using it for ironing!
OutlyingPlasma · 67 points · Posted at 01:15:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude. I'm not wasting money and time and storage space buying and keeping distilled water around to iron my clothes when I can just use a separate spray bottle.
[deleted] · 40 points · Posted at 01:45:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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imakevoicesformycats · 19 points · Posted at 02:36:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or refill a CPAP
sonorguy · 3 points · Posted at 03:42:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use my water distiller on a weekly basis. I mix it with tap water for coffee because my water is too hard, in my steam mop, and humidifiers. Distilled water is great
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Under rated comment right here.
GuliblGuy · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And for your Keurig
Rhebala · 16 points · Posted at 01:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just save it from a dehumidifier if you have that. (A lot of people where I live run them in their basements.) But yeah I also use a spray bottle sometimes too.
run__rabbit_run · 11 points · Posted at 03:01:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, for real? I have to use distilled water for my plants (I know, it's ridiculous, but the tap here turns the leaves brown) and I always hate buying it because of all the extra plastic and needing to lug two-gallon jugs home from the store. I could just use the water that accumulates in the tank of my dehumidifier?
Imsakidd · 12 points · Posted at 03:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely- I think the process to create distilled water is basically a dehumidifier on a much larger scale.
verylobsterlike · 15 points · Posted at 03:43:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's more or less correct. They'd be boiling water then cooling the vapour instead of using natural humidity in large scales. It's worth pointing out though, a dehumidifier might collect dust and other airborne particulates in the water. This is no doubt fine for plants, but I wouldn't use it anywhere else distilled water is called for.
In things like irons, any contamination in the water is going to stay on the heating element, eventually building up.
Oenonaut · 3 points · Posted at 03:50:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s all priorities. I waste no space or money on water, an ironing board, a spray bottle, or an iron, because most of my clothes don’t need ironing and the few a year that do I can send to the cleaners.
uhohlisa · 4 points · Posted at 01:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why so belligerent?
[deleted] · -7 points · Posted at 01:46:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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subhuman85 · 5 points · Posted at 02:10:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Money, time and storage space, honey! NEXT!
R0b0tJesus · 6 points · Posted at 01:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Were you hurt by distilled water as a child, or something? You can tell us. This is a safe space.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 02:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Just get a closet that's bigger in the inside
Super disappointed in Reddit missing my obvious Doctor Who reference
AlexG2490 · -2 points · Posted at 02:05:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or as a civilized human being would say it, "There are better uses of all those resources."
Nala666 · -1 points · Posted at 06:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it’s like 70¢ for a jug of it at walmart....
verylobsterlike · 4 points · Posted at 03:49:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think I've used an iron since home ec class, something like 20 years ago, but I thought there was like a sticker (likely an engraved brass plate in my day) saying you must use only distilled water. Any contamination whatsoever will build up in the nozzles and valves.
I thought this was common knowledge. It's basically the only use I know for distilled water.
clayRA23 · 4 points · Posted at 04:55:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Distilled is better for irons for sure, but you don't have to use it. You just have to clean it when there is build up, same as a kettle. There are specific cleaners you can buy, but I just use white vinegar. Just make sure you fill it back up with water and hold the steam button down for a while, otherwise the next time you iron your clothes will smell like vinegar!
ljseminarist · -1 points · Posted at 04:23:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every iron manual I read specifically says NOT to use distilled water.
JukesMasonLynch · 3 points · Posted at 09:32:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just big iron trying to make you buy more irons.
P.S. Blah blah blah something something on his hip
mallegally-blonde · 16 points · Posted at 01:29:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stained a fair few of my dad’s work shirts as a kid before I realised why my mum used a separate spray bottle
cultured_banana_slug · 7 points · Posted at 02:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh gods yes. I'm too lazy to buy distilled water just for an iron and it's not worth the spots.
The water where I live is hard as a felon with knuckle tattoos.
Nu11u5 · 6 points · Posted at 02:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My problem is the iron lets out water a little faster than it can boil it, so it just dribbles all over the clothes - if that is what is meant by “leaking”.
I really should just get a spray bottle...
clayRA23 · 4 points · Posted at 05:11:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Usually when an iron leaks I'd describe it as random bigger splotches of water, and by the time the iron is on the spot long enough for it to dry, you move the iron again and it makes more random spots! If it's more just over all soaking the material too much for your liking, most irons have some sort of switch or scrolling wheel that changes how much steam comes out. You could also possibly be pressing the spray function instead of the steam? It would spray water in front of the iron instead of coming out the holes of the metal plate. But yes, I prefer the spray bottle, and you can turn the nozzle of it to change the stream from a jet of water to more of a fine mist.
jerisad · 6 points · Posted at 05:29:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And RUST! I'm a professional seamstress too, I know my way around an iron. I decided to pop some water into my iron for the first time in forever and it immediately barfed rust all over a very expensive silk scarf. Never again.
Rrraou · 5 points · Posted at 01:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember my mother having a plastic bottle that was supposed to remove all the minerals from the water before putting it in the iron. haven't seen that anywhere since.
CEOs4taxNlabor · 6 points · Posted at 04:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She probably just used distilled water in it. I go through a gallon of it ($0.99) every couple of months.
edit to add: Your iron will last a whole lot longer. I cheap out on a lot of shit but irons aren't one of them.
Terrawhiskey · 3 points · Posted at 05:00:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to my husband, he didn’t clean it out and the iron sharted all over his white shirt before an interview.
lukecordova · 3 points · Posted at 04:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes it easier to spray in my opinion too. I would much rather pull a trigger a couple of times then keep on pushing a button, over and over
account_not_valid · 3 points · Posted at 05:19:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And the mineral deposits always decide the best time to leap out of the iron is just when you are doing a last minute press before you dash out the door.
CaptainLollygag · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Noooooo. I sew at home A LOT and have a good steam iron that I just use tap water in.
SG_Dave · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bingo. I do the same, dry iron and if I need some water I have a little bottle next to me that I'll spritz over the clothes. I've had 2 iron's total myself. Both the same model, the first got me 5 years with using the water before it was too clogged and left deposits, the other is going strong 10 years later with no issues.
KFelts910 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a handheld travel garment steamer, it’s got mineral deposits in it from our hard water (after one use). Any idea how I can get it out? Vinegar didn’t work.
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you turn it on and let the vinegar come through as steam? There are specific products made for cleaning minerals out of kettles and irons, either as powder you mix with water or a cleaning solution. Something like this. Search for an iron descaler.
babamum · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or don't iron!
_Aj_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why you use deionized water in them.
My mum was always a stickler for using a spray bottle, but using the actual steam function has made it 10x easier for me since I moved out and didn't get blasted for putting water in the iron. Lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can use distilled water from drugstore.
Madmaxneo · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why not just use distilled water?
CEOs4taxNlabor · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why they recommend distilled water, I've never had a problem with constantly maxing out steam though I use a separate spray bottle because it's more efficient than that god damn small button that hurts your thumb after awhile.
Kristylane · 0 points · Posted at 03:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or, and I’m just spitballing here, you could use distilled water
BannedAgain6969 · 0 points · Posted at 04:21:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
??? Just use distilled water dude. Why would you keep using hard water in an iron after noticing the mineral deposit issue??
Spritzing the clothes takes longer than using the internal steam function because you're relying on heat conduction through the wet clothes to boil the water instead of boiling the water inside the iron. Yes the spritzer on the iron will wear out after a period of time, you are welcome to use a spray bottle to avoid that issue or you can just say fuck it, I'll pay $50 every 5 years for a new iron.
Ofwa · 0 points · Posted at 04:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use distilled water. No deposits. 99c a gallon
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:18:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hmm well seems like the vast majority of people just put water in a spray iron without issue so cool your jets there
Psychonaut_funtime · 0 points · Posted at 15:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or just use distilled water. They will last for years and when I need to replace them, they are $5-10 at the second hand store
ragingtarrasque · 0 points · Posted at 18:36:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Distilled.
throwafuckingway1979 · 14 points · Posted at 01:26:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had to replace our Sapporo gravity feed at work and waited forever because I thought they were so expensive. They’re *only $75 new!
I should edit that’s about $600 less than I was thinking. So we got two and only one was immediately broken by someone we still haven’t identified, NAOMI.
SimLC · 29 points · Posted at 01:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact! I once caramelized my iron.
I was ironing and I ran out of water. One of my kids water bottles was in reaching distance so I thought "I'll just use that". So I filled the iron up and carried on.
I became aware of a sweet smell. I thought "that's weird", but I carried on. It was only when my iron started leaking brown goo that I realized something was wrong.
Turns out it wasn't water but juice. And the juice basically caramelized in the iron and leaked brown goo all over the shirt I was ironing.
brooklynferry · 12 points · Posted at 02:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You had me from the first line of this comment
clayRA23 · 3 points · Posted at 05:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's amazing, thank you for sharing 😂
hitmewithyourbest · 5 points · Posted at 01:39:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I have that problem as well,but it never occurred to me to use a spray bottle...but I'm having a hard time figuring out how spraying water has the same effect as hot steam? I'm not very science-savy, sorry!
king_bumi_the_cat · 13 points · Posted at 01:44:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The way I was taught was to soak a piece of white cotton (usually use scraps of muslin or chesscloth), wring it out put it on top of the item and then iron the cotton. It steams immediately and it protects your clothes. For whatever reason my grandmother taught me the iron should never actually touch your nice clothes
amandareadsalot · 5 points · Posted at 02:25:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a piece of muslin as a pressing cloth when I'm not sure if my iron will leave marks, but I never thought to dampen it first. Great idea!
hitmewithyourbest · 3 points · Posted at 03:52:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, that's a great trick, I have some fancy ironing sheets or whatever their name is, that are supposed to protect nice clothing, but the dampening part never crossed my mind.
maggncheese · 9 points · Posted at 01:44:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Water + heat = steam So when water is in the iron, it squirts out and hits the hot plate and turns into steam, on your clothes. If you spray water on your clothes and then press with a hot iron, that water still turns into steam.
hitmewithyourbest · 3 points · Posted at 03:50:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I think I need to inspect my iron a bit closer
BreadPuddding · 4 points · Posted at 02:42:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even with a domestic steam iron I use a spray bottle on cotton and linen - there’s not enough steam to really relax the fibers enough.
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! If there are particularly stubborn wrinkles, I'll pretty much soak it with the spray bottle, smooth the wrinkles out with my hands, and iron until the fabric is dry again. An industrial iron usually has enough steam though, you can't even have your hands touching the board near it when you use the steam or you'll be burned!
BreadPuddding · 2 points · Posted at 15:50:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For clothes I mostly use a standing garment steamer rather than an iron, anyway - it’s rare that I need to get something crisp or sharply creased, and more likely that I’ll have ruffles or something else difficult to iron. (I worked clothing retail, specifically in-store visual marketing, while I was in college and got introduced to steamers there.) The iron is now brought out for scarves, napkins, the rare sharply pleated item, and the limited occasions that I sew or help my mother sew.
brmmbrmm · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not a seamstress and I do the same! Not so much because of leakage but because the water in the tank or the holes gets crappy and spreads dusty stuff on my shirts. Spray bottle for the win!
liefelijk · 2 points · Posted at 01:26:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s a great idea! Thanks. :)
GladPen · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh good, I dont use one, but I was feeling so stupid for thinking this is what you do and not put water in the iron.
re_nonsequiturs · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Turns out you can get a decent one for about $100. I think I might get an extension cord and IV stand for my domestic iron now and get a gravity iron the next time I need a new iron.
f19833 · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Life Pro Tip! Thank you!
Jiffs81 · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm just learning how to sew and this is a good LPT! Thanks!
laughingmeeses · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any opinions on rolling irons? I’ve been eyeing a few as a household gift.
clayRA23 · 3 points · Posted at 04:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They really only make sense if you need to iron lots of long lengths of flat squared off fabric, like bedsheets, curtains, napkins and fabric. We had one in school for ironing fabric before we rolled it up/put it on bolts and it was GREAT. If the person you're gifting it to sews or has a lot of linens, totally recommend! But in terms of ironing clothes, it technically can iron them, and it does press them quite well, but from what I've seen it's quite finicky with things that aren't flat and have rounded seams. We never used it to iron clothes in the wardrobe room even though we had quite a lot to iron. So unless you need like an assembly line because you're ironing 50 of the same shirt and you've had a lot of practice, a regular iron would be faster anyways.
laughingmeeses · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the input! We do wash a fair amount of sheets.
west-of-the-moon · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for this tip!
bromacho99 · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea that’s what my mom did. I don’t think her iron even had a reservoir
EvangelineTheodora · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how I learned in school! And I can better control what parts of the fabric get wet!
jchamberlin78 · 2 points · Posted at 04:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This my iron is crap. I have a spray bottle
unequivocallyvegan · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how I was taught. My mum used to put water in, but after 2 irons eventually leaking, she gave up and sprays the clothes instead.
I also hate ironing though so I usually bribe my husband to do it with home baked treats.
fathovercats · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do quilting and same. I have a spray bottle of DIY starch I use.
foinikass · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why i love reddit-- cool tips from cool people
hereforthepron69 · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about wild irons? Can they be broken and made domestic?
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, but only if you take them from their mother irons when they're just little portable travel irons.
Laurielpl3 · 2 points · Posted at 05:39:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quilter. Same. Use my iron to press fabric. Steam can stretch the material and screw up my blocks.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 12:27:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s so cool, I’ll look into it, thanks!
TheLastUBender · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You made my life with this comment. I thought I was doing it wrong because I always have issues with leaks. Or maybe the trick is not to have a crappy steam iron.
NABDad · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My iron was given to me by my mom because it was old. I needed an iron and she decided she wanted a new one. That was about 30 years ago. Still no leaks.
I'm not saying you're not correct. I'm just bragging that I won the iron lottery.
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 13:34:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha you did! Older irons are definitely sturdier. Is it all metal or does it have any plastic components?
NABDad · 2 points · Posted at 14:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Metal and plastic. I think most of the body is metal, with handle, water reservoir, and controls made out of plastic.
The thing is a beast.
monkeyship · 2 points · Posted at 14:32:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember the sprinkler lid that mom used with a soda bottle. She had a huge roller iron that you controlled with your knees. (sat down in front of it and there were levers you moved with your knees) Apparently it kept both hands free to manipulate the item you were ironing. It didn't have a steam option so you had to sprinkle everything first.
telliks_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for this tip
ube1kenobi · 2 points · Posted at 00:02:20 on July 6, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a seamstress, but my mom taught me this (not sure where she learned it from because she was never a seamstress)
Megalocerus · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which country? I've had the switches break on cheap Chinese irons, but none of them leaked. They just stop working. My college American iron in the 70s lasted 20 years.
The hot steam on push button is much more effective than spray.
rivershimmer · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for saying this. I do this, but I always thought I've ended up with a series of defective irons.
Someoneisstalkingme1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
link?
Hawkgirl8420 · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like this should be a LPT!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only iron needlework so I just do it right after its washed and it's still damp. I feel you lol
Sartorical · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here! And then then tend to get rust. So spray bottle. Totally.
fruntside · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This post is actually worthy of an r/LifeProTips post compared with the garbage that gets posted there now.
I unsubbed the day "LPT: If you're feeling down, put on some new socks. You'll feel better." hit my front page.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was around 25, my grandmother gave me an Oreck iron that was a gift with purchase of her vacuum. I always used (very hard) tap water to fill it, never emptied it and never cleaned it. It always worked perfectly. I'm now 47 and it just finally stopped turning on. Buying a new iron was a very new experience and I kept reading reviews about leaking and mineral deposits and all kinds of problems I didn't know existed. Did I just have two decades with a magical iron and not even appreciate it?
SofosDiprosopus · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How will they leak? I know an iron probably a decade old having been knocked over by cats into the ground several times over the years and it still functions perfect. Mineral deposits isn't an issue with the water quality here. Are we talking about different things? I'm genuinely curious and a bit surprised.
clayRA23 · 2 points · Posted at 06:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you don’t have a lot of minerals in your tap water that’s probably why! Or you just have a great iron. A leaking iron to me is one that randomly spurts out big blotches of water that soak the fabric completely in that area, which you can put the iron over to dry, but then you move the iron and more big drops come out so the fabric is never really without patches of water. The drops are usually only about an inch wide but it’s so much water it takes about 30 seconds of direct heat for them to evaporate, which really slows down the ironing.
SofosDiprosopus · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yeah, those. I thought it was usually related to the iron not having heated up sufficiently? So instead of steam it comes out as water? The tap water is a blessing though
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 12:21:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t believe so, I don’t fully know the mechanics of an iron but water isn’t ever supposed to come out unless you press a button or have it on a setting to do so in a certain way.
lorduhr · 1 points · Posted at 09:05:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
omg, just made the connection between the words "seamstress" and "seam"...
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Extra fun fact, the male version of the term is seamster!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So can i put it in the iron until it starts to leak then start using a spray bottle? If i never use it again, does the leak matter?
clayRA23 · 2 points · Posted at 12:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, you can do whatever you want! You don’t have to do it my way, I just prefer it. That’s a good point, if a leaky iron doesn’t have water in it, it can’t leak. It might still leak a bit until all the water is truly dissolved though. But you’ll probably eventually have to clean it if you do put water in it, depending on how much minerals are in your tap water if that’s what you use, limescale will build up and eventually it could get clogged.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great info, thanks! Now to get an iron....
laz0rtears · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm interested, do you spray the clothes directly?
clayRA23 · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do! If it has some particularly stubborn wrinkles, I’ll pretty much completely soak the area, smooth them out with my hands, and iron until all the water is evaporated. Normally I’ll just lightly mist it though.
🎙️ arual_x · 15721 points · Posted at 20:55:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is amazing. The fact that it is an inherited trait makes it even more glorious.
Genghis_Chong · 9411 points · Posted at 22:53:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Came up with a game idea.
"Inherited Stupidity, the game where you attempt to survive through multiple generations whilst piling more and more "misinformation stat cards" on each subsequent generation of your players family. The player to have their family tree go on the longest before being evolutionarily cut from existence wins."
Edit: thank you all for the support and input on this idea! It went from a throwaway comment to now I really want to make some version of this game because of all the positivity here. Y'all really picked me up today.
🎙️ arual_x · 5156 points · Posted at 22:56:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn’t this just... “planet earth: the game”?
Genghis_Chong · 937 points · Posted at 22:59:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I guess. I was thinking like an advanced version of the Game of Life. Then you could do a political edition where predetermined political bias throws an extra spin on the game.
morkengork · 324 points · Posted at 23:59:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should make it so that you have to add stupidity to other player's trees in an attempt to eliminate them. Random events would check various flavors of evolutionary disadvantage to see who makes it and who doesn't. Players could have cards that add traits to various characters, etc.
Genghis_Chong · 59 points · Posted at 00:18:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It would almost become like a mix of Oregon trail and D&D with the status effects and the random events. Dope
FristenT · 39 points · Posted at 00:37:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then there are also cards that you can add to your own family tree to help try to survive
Genghis_Chong · 26 points · Posted at 00:41:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, a nice twist to extend the game and add another layer to the gameplay
Warfy · 16 points · Posted at 01:38:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is reminiscent of a card game called Gloom. It's one of my favorites.
IrishMedicNJ · 11 points · Posted at 02:25:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came here to make sure someone mentioned Gloom. Was not disappointed.
teflon42 · 5 points · Posted at 04:45:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds fun! Link for the lazy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloom_%28card_game%29?wprov=sfla1
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looking up Gloom.
FilthyRedditses · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Googled Gloom and got a pokemon. Gonna add words.
my_main_click · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same
Lerossa · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dummies and Dysentery?
Ddowns5454 · 9 points · Posted at 02:36:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Send the dumbest, genetically messed up people from your family' to marry into theirs to lower their gene pool.
Psih_So · 1 points · Posted at 11:18:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just what I was thinking
Joegeneric · 11 points · Posted at 01:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roll to save vs fake news.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 01:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dayummm this is getting serious. I love it!
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 02:03:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anyone good at making games? We could make this a thing!
BoaHancock01 · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd love that as well!
Icalasari · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've dabbled with game making before, I could easily whip something up with a team. Would need to brainstorm the mechanics more before cards could be made - need enough to be able to make a few base cards to get an idea before making anything in depth
spookygyllenhaal · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just Spore now
RoseWolfie · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saving this for a fun game to play with friends. This is a great nerdy game lol.
protobacco · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The meaner uglier characters would have too be sneakier and more cunning to survive, perhaps amassing money to offset poor character traits.
RedIsDead45 · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if you could add your own family members with the worst traits to an opponent's tree as like a relationship type thing.
kevtino · 10 points · Posted at 02:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck, I drew anti-vax again.
peterlikes · 7 points · Posted at 01:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you want to make a game about America? Alabama could be the bonus round
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 02:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Genghis_Chong · 9 points · Posted at 02:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I'm definitely gonna work on something now. All these comments got me excited! I have creativity that I've been looking for a way to use. Your idea is very cool by the way.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:58:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Genghis_Chong · 3 points · Posted at 04:50:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought about fallout-esque predisposition skills too, whether by random dice roll or a set number of player allocated points (the latter would probably require a very balanced game to get away with)
Then the events cards would require you to pick from a handful of solutions. Each solution aligns with a different skill, each choice having different results good and bad if passed or failed. You need to get the number of that skill + the die roll to pass the event. This would create many different situations for players to make choices based on how good or bad a make or miss is for that choice and how high their skill is in it.
AdjustedTitan1 · 3 points · Posted at 01:07:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting point about “political bias” I know this is anecdotal, but my grandfather was a conservative guy, and so was his wife. He had 4 sons, of which two became pretty liberal and two are conservatives, including my dad. The liberal-er ones both live in Cali whole the conservativer ones live in TX
mothermerciful21 · 2 points · Posted at 01:38:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
100% would buy
MadmanMaddox · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sell that idea to the Exploding Kittens folks, sounds right up their alley.
2M3TAL4U · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmfao the game of Christmas Dinner when the whole family is right wing and Judy brings AuStInN - her new CoLleDgE grad LEFT WING BF
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s another reddit thread discussing inherited rape ideas in families where the men are like “just wait till she’s asleep” if she says no, or “wait till she’s passed out drunk.” No, not the Cosby family...
StardustNarwhal · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you seen the satire version, The Game of Real Life? It doesn't quite get it to politics, but considering if you roll a 1 on your first turn you get aborted, it does weed out those that get easily offended.
CountOmar · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brilliant. It could show everyone where the end road of their political biases lies. Conservative routs could end in industrial hell, liberal routes could end in communist hell, and libertarian routes could end in anarchy. With the main goal of the game to remain as "middle" as possible, to last as long as possible
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk if I want it to be more of a societal game or a personal character building experience, but I appreciate your thoughts. Well reasoned and balanced thinking is something I've always respected.
LSDerek · -2 points · Posted at 00:31:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No.
s00perguy · 13 points · Posted at 01:36:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Oof, probably regretting that colorblindness debuff now that your descendant tried to eat a bunch of holly berries."
OR
"Damn it, I managed to get through the hunter-gatherer phase with hyper-aggression, but now that we're in the tribal phase my descendant got booted from the tribe."
OR
"Wow, this antisocial personality disorder was a bit rough in the early game, but now that there's systems to manipulate without ever seeing a human face, my descendant is incredibly rich. shame about the orange skin and tiny hands."
spaceman_spiff1969 · 9 points · Posted at 00:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Outside 2.0
(new patch for the COVID-19 bug)
squidtorturer · 2 points · Posted at 01:44:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/outside
PopoMcdoo · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/outside
PrivilegeCheckmate · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
― Robert Heinlein
creepyswaps · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't that be nice?
So-Cal-Mountain-Man · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IS it this? https://www.amazon.com/Planet-Earth-DVD-Board-Game/dp/B000WHMA8G
Zarathustra772 · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Humans have stopped evolution on themselves.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right up until the "winner" part.
xahnel · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/outside
r/teirzoo
SariSama · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, one of them became the president of US. How hard it can be?
Fossil-boy07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
celbruk · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/outside
stryker006 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/outside
OldschoolSysadmin · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something something monkeys, a ladder with bananas at the top, and a fire hose.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's pretty much the complete opposite.
awhoogaa · 1 points · Posted at 07:14:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Trump" The game of "that's not outlet but let me lick it" our first contender is...
XxEpid3m1cxX · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe we call it "genocide"
josheekawa · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/outside but modded
framejunkie · 35 points · Posted at 00:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, that has real potential
Genghis_Chong · 15 points · Posted at 00:27:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I come up with some good ideas, but have no programming skills. I originally thought board game, but this has complex calculations/RNG written all over it. Would probably have to be a video game.
waltjrimmer · 13 points · Posted at 02:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't see any need for complex calculations. And a computer's random number generator has very little advantage against a properly weighted die or properly shuffled deck of cards.
So you're talking about the evolution of stupidity. So the assumption is that generation 1 is well educated, let's say with 1 "Family Tradition" card and five "Factoid" cards and an intelligence (IQ) score of 150.
A family tradition card doesn't have anything on it. It's a placeholder. Whenever you have a family tradition, you put down a factoid to fill it. That factoid is now part of your misinformation score which subtracts from your IQ score. When your IQ reaches zero, your line dies out.
So, what about gameplay? Every few generation, everyone will start a new family tradition. But there are ways to get rid of a family tradition or spread one of yours to another family's through marriages. If you draw a marriage card, you can use it in the exchange round to marry part of your family into part of another player's family. From here, you have two options.
Either you are able to discard one factoid from your family traditions that the other player does not have as part of their family traditions or, if you have a copy of a factoid card already in your family traditions, you can make that player add a Family Tradition card to their hand and take up that factoid.
This will get more complex with certain traditions having a combo effect. Maybe something like... "Beer Battered Beer: A traditional Thanksgiving just isn't traditional until Aunt Helen throws up on the lawn. -5" and "Holiday Gunshow: Who needs fireworks when you've got a 12-gauge! -8" could have text saying what cards they combo with on the corner/back of the card and they could make a combo card (each combo card is unique, first player to get a certain one keeps it unless the combo is broken through marriage) "Sorry Grandpa, I thought you were a reindeer. -20"
bbbadastl · 23 points · Posted at 01:06:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No way. This has 'from the creators of Cards Against Humanity' written all over it.
Genghis_Chong · 13 points · Posted at 01:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're right. A lot of the comments I see are pointing towards tabletop game
Meteorite12 · 4 points · Posted at 06:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m thinking a D100 table for the misinformation (maybe even having the potential for if you roll the same one twice, somehow two mistakes manage to cancel each other out?).
m33pn8r · 5 points · Posted at 05:06:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As interesting as this could be as a computer based game, I feel like a lot of the "misinformation stat cards" are too subjective to put into absolute terms, and would be easier and a lot more fun to leave to the table of players to precisely interpret.
Genghis_Chong · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the more I go through comments and think about it myself, this screams tabletop game. My original thought was too complicated and into depth and I realized it doesnt need to be a society simulator, just a series of events with some mechanism of dealing with them and the results of.
m33pn8r · 3 points · Posted at 05:54:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like your original idea might've been something like a generation expanding version of a game like this https://www.playalterego.com/. And that would be amazing, but it would be far too complicated to write without a ton of time investment, and far too many polarizing game design decisions along the way.
If you ever end up doing anything with the idea, best of luck. Seems like a really interesting concept that I can see a ton of potential with.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 06:16:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm definitely gonna start writing, I already have some thoughts. My brain goes right to RPG elements, but shortened to a reasonable 1 session game (monopoly length?). A combo of character building, multiple choice situations with varying results and die rolls. (Gotta involve luck somewhere right?) The individualism will come from the writing and implementation of the mechanics, but I don't think I'll be creating anything groundbreaking. I don't want to just copy an rpg and put a new skin on it of I can help that though.
I gotta figure out exactly how I want players to win or lose and that will come with writing I think. I've always loved strategy, but I want there to be moments where you're basically choosing the lesser of two evils, along with triumphant moments too. This is gonna be fun
grendus · 2 points · Posted at 18:58:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd go with something along the spectrum of card games, like Munchkin. Players draw a mix of misinformation, resources, and action cards and try to keep their family alive. Each round they draw a calamity, which they either thwart with a resource (I.E. blocking a measles outbreak with medicine... unless they have the antivaxx misinformation) or lose some of their family. They can also use actions to either try to remove some of their misinformation or inflict misinformation on other players. Last family standing wins.
Kind of mean spirited, but done with enough satire it could be fun.
TofuMess · 16 points · Posted at 00:32:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make sure to post the Kickstarter link once you’ve got the rule book and card graphics ready! I’m sure we will all support it 😉
Genghis_Chong · 16 points · Posted at 00:34:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Y'all are actually making me want to design something now lol.
mothermerciful21 · 4 points · Posted at 01:42:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously. Do it. Please lol
Zauqui · 3 points · Posted at 03:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously do it !!!
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I get through the many messages this has created, I'm gonna start writing and researching tabletop games. I'm not terribly hip on the new generation of tabletop games but I know there's a lot of creative room in this realm and I'm excited.
Zauqui · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll follow you so I'll know if you make it! Even as a Mobile/pc game it could work :D Good luck with your research!
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cool, I'm excited to start. My mind is spinning with the possibilities haha.
Tobias_Atwood · 6 points · Posted at 01:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Darwin's Reward, coming to a game shop near you!
Seriously, this sounds amazing. Lemme know if you do a kickstarter or something.
Genghis_Chong · 7 points · Posted at 01:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just watched a video on table top game design, I might give it a go soon. Seems interesting
m33pn8r · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm getting so many ideas for this, but if you're actually interested, I'd look up a game called Nomic for how to handle the idea of freeform game modifiers, or something in the family of Superfight-esque table discussion games for something a bit less abstract.
Zauqui · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love that name!
JellyBoi_Baby · 5 points · Posted at 23:48:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Evolution: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Expansion pack called Devolution.
robisodd · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's already the name of a very popular board game:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155703/evolution
JellyBoi_Baby · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:33 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow thanks
Eloni · 6 points · Posted at 01:41:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Crusader Kings Stupidly Hard Mode? Try to conquer everything while make the rulers more and more inept and weak every generation?
Swie · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Crusader kings but you're so genetically disadvantaged your only realistic goal is to reproduce before you die, nevermind ruling anything.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Swie · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The horse gene is what keeps your line alive. Everyone's thirsty for that 24inch cock of death
Lialda_dayfire · 5 points · Posted at 02:11:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I supervised a kid at her first job who refused to drink water even though we were working outdoors in the AZ summer. Had to have gatorade instead, because she was "allergic to water"
As she was a minor we told her mother about it, and what did we hear back? "Oh, we're all allergic, it runs in the family"
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just reminded me that reddit is a limitless supply of these de-evolutionary tales... I have so much to work with!
iMakeTacos · 3 points · Posted at 01:20:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please provide the link to your gofundme.
HistoricalCricket · 2 points · Posted at 00:03:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hilarious
THEM_44 · 2 points · Posted at 00:22:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in
blewws · 2 points · Posted at 00:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love it. It's a little like chicken where each player piles up as many stupidly cards as they can per generation, but there's a chance a stupidly card can kill you and end your bloodline. Stupidest person per generation gets a point and whoever has the most points when climate change kills everyone wins.
Alis451 · 2 points · Posted at 01:12:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have this board game from the 70s called Smoker's Out. It is the same thing except you pick up different brands of cigarettes and with each brand you drop downwards a level into the spiral game board. The center is death. The last player remaining wins.
Genghis_Chong · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, ahead of it's time. Smoking was so popular back then too
ShortWoman · 2 points · Posted at 01:20:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm playing this "watermelon seed will grow in your stomach if you swallow it" card
Loggerdon · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Gods play it every day. Every day.
AlfaKenneyOne · 2 points · Posted at 01:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Finally, something us poor people can finally fucking win.
JorusC · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't wait to see the card for the Poop Knife!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Genghis_Chong · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could start with a customizable family. Instead of fallouts special system, have one that swaps out stuff like strength and agility for stats like earnings and education or healthiness. Your stats effect what die you need to roll to survive or succeed in a situations off of cards.
Kinda sounds too D&D initially, but who knows. I'll probably design a few halfass games trying to make one lol
SupercoachWhore · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't that just religion
myne · 2 points · Posted at 02:55:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried that.
They eventually diverge into sects and you can never really notice when one's failed.
reduxde · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s actually a really good idea, it could be a variant of a shedding game (like uno or mao, where your goal is to force other people to draw and get rid of your own.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 04:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg you're right, I could go so many ways with this...
reduxde · 2 points · Posted at 06:42:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you actually want to pursue it I’d see if you can get a chat with the cards against humanity guys, I’ve heard they’re pretty accessible and general honest/upright fellas.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 06:49:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think I have a base idea I'm gonna try writing out alone at the moment, but I appreciate the thought. A few people contacted me tonight, the outreach has been phenomenal, really great art community on here!
Zauqui · 2 points · Posted at 03:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Id love that. I imagine the game is played in a high risk high reward way. "Life" like game, were you go from uni to retirement, but throughout the whole game you gain stupidity cards that slightly boost some stats but make you, well, dumber. Like a "gullible" card, that makes you more prone to the "stupidity action" cards that your opponents can give you (think of 1000 miles) if you are under "gullible" you might fall into the "flat-earther association" or a "totally not a pyramid scheme". You can try (maybe roll a dice?) To get out of these, but if you are under these influences your opponents can give you a "Darwin award" card, like "fatal accident while trying to prove the earth is flat with a rocket" card or a "bankrupt" card, that means game over!
The objective of this game is to last the longest, with the most "stupidity cards". 10/10 friendship destroyer kind of game.
Omg I love this idea someone please make this game
cowzroc · 2 points · Posted at 04:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ngl I would play that
LongPorkJones · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good lord...
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
I want this game, the card expansion pack, and the special "Hapsburg" edition which features royal bloodlines and inbreeding.
Zoethewinged · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds fantastic but I think you should put misinformation onto your opponents for maximum pain, whilst trying to handle the damage done to your own.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 05:07:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Smart, like the way social media enables us to misinform each other!
Zoethewinged · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Myth Card: Anti Vax
The opponent's children are more likely to die of preventable disease when young
FiteMeMage · 2 points · Posted at 04:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay not even gonna lie but as a person who has game night every Sunday and absolutely loves games, this could potentially be a great game.
HiHi2364238663 · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My god man - Contact me and let us do business. Cards Against Humanity will be forgotten in the wake of this brilliance.
I sound like I'm joking but I'm not. This is a great, fantastic idea.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey! I love reading my winning strategy being interpreted and parroted by other people!
invertebrate11 · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And the best (worst) endgame card is Trump.
Genghis_Chong · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His trademark gaslighting might be explored somewhere in an event lol
ThrowawaySelf_1 · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, that is actually a really awesome idea. If done well I could see that game becoming pretty profitable, especially with a heavy emphasis on dry comedy. I'd play the fuck out of that and I don't even play board games.
Genghis_Chong · 3 points · Posted at 00:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess it would have to be a board or card game, all the comments seem to be leaning that way. I love that people seem to like my idea!
Flamin_Jesus · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds a bit like Gloom, except in Gloom you try to kill off your family as quickly as possible.
undercovercatlover · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brb, stealing this
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aliens speaking with each other
-So, how did humans managed to go extinct?
-They couldn't survive an attack from enraged hamsters and they called their own shit delicacy.
GL_of_Sector_420 · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's something a bit like that, Guantlet of Fools, a push your luck game where everyone is drafting different heroes with various abilities and stats. You can always take a hero someone else has already chosen, but you need to make that hero worse by adding a negative modifier to it.
Great idea, love the auction/draft, but man it just falls flat after that.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 01:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a combo of D&D character creation and a fantasy football draft at the beginning, that's a neat idea.
courierblue · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please send me the Kickstarter link if this becomes a thing. I would love to play this with my family.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I might just try to design something, this idea is getting some very cool support here! I just kinda came up with it on the spot but I think I'm gonna start brainstorming and researching game mechanics...
courierblue · 2 points · Posted at 01:50:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t be afraid to assemble a team. Game mechanics are at the heart of most great games and, by god, is this a great concept.
robophile-ta · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a great idea. Let us know if you have a Kickstarter up
Back_To_Grampas · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do I save comments.
DoYouStillUseGoogle · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
expansion pack: the hapsburgs
BoilingHotCumshot · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Cards Against Humanity guys would eat that up, honestly. Might have something there.
Ddowns5454 · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need to develop this. I would definitely buy it.
pygame · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds awesome.
Abyteparanoid · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d play it
iatetacos · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how religion happened.
upgradewife · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want this game!
FAiLeD-AsIaN · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd play it.
Vertigofrost · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would buy this in a heartbeat
Aohlanis · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And call it Darwinism!
Conchobar8 · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The card game Gloom is similar. You keep adding misfortune after misfortune until they finally die
prison-schism · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just call it "The Game of Kevin"
cousinokri · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds good. When can we expect this on Kickstarter?
Stormy_AnalHole · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're thinking of Gloom!
UsuallyInappropriate · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This game exists. It’s called “The American South”.
flyingwolf · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tabletop Simulator is on sale on steam for 10 bucks right now, go grab it, then you can make this game in the game and everyone can play it, they can even buy the game from you.
Genghis_Chong · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a bad idea, I may explore it in the future. As for now its gonna be writing pages of notes, ideas, formulas and all kinds of fun stuff. I honestly think I have a decent if slightly unoriginal combination of mechanics and writing style that might work with some refinement. I just have to gather it all and begin the work on paper for now.
DrWishy · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would play this game
Noname_Smurf · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if you dont mind, I might give that one a shot, sounds interesting :D
Kaitmonster619 · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/boardgames
Jacksonteague · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Need someone to help write it, let me know!
Genghis_Chong · 1 points · Posted at 15:33:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I get a solid game document I'll likely be reaching back out to some redditors to help!
SpeeDy_GjiZa · 1 points · Posted at 10:17:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like "What Remains of Edith Finch" , at least the part about the whole family seeming to have a trait for getting themselves killed.
MakeRoomForTheTuna · 1 points · Posted at 10:52:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pleeeeeease make this
myimmortalstan · 1 points · Posted at 11:12:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Patent that shit
RepublicOfLizard · 1 points · Posted at 11:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think u just invented spore
jaxsyl · 1 points · Posted at 11:34:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a sad theory. See, back in the days of yore, life was more dangerous. If you were stupid, you got eaten by a bear. Now, however, we’ve evolved so much as a society we have “herd safety” meaning there aren’t nearly as many opportunities to be eaten by bears/fall off a cliff/etc. Smart people have made things much safer, and stupid people benefit. Thus, the stupid people continue to breed and continue their line of diminishing intelligence in safety.
Genghis_Chong · 2 points · Posted at 15:40:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could start with problems that require certain skills. As the game passes, the problems become more modern and are best solved using different skills than the ones that were important in the beginning. Maybe failures result in a slightly lowered stats by way of stupidity cards, which you can also remove by passing events successfully.
Shatter_ · 7 points · Posted at 00:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What most people think is 'common sense' is really learned behaviour. So it stands to reason that some of these bad ideas are inherited / passed down since we do a lot of our learning from family.
whatproblems · 5 points · Posted at 02:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohh it’s a like a reverse family secret passed down the generations
DanialE · 2 points · Posted at 02:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine someday when we to to such high tech level that its impossible for users to understand the technology theyre using. We just know it works without knowing how. And due to the advanced technology, only a handful of people would understand something at any given moment. A small catastrophe could reset civilisation and we all have to start all over again
awesomefutureperfect · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's where we are now. There is no way more than 1% of people know how their phones work at all. 1/3 % probably understand the hardware, 1/3% probably understand most of the software and 1/3% understand most of the infrastructure needed to network it. (edit, probably more people know how to code than the finer details of how a chip is made and works.)
I don't know anything about the Warhammer 40k lore, but I think what essentially happened was the technology was so advanced that no single person alive was smart enough to know how it works.
Genocide_Fan · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a theory that laundry detergent is often an inherited trait.
Many people I know use the same type of laundry detergent that their parents used and they used growing up, meaning that it is passed down from generation to generation.
sobrique · 2 points · Posted at 10:23:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a lot of people who trust their parents entirely more than they should.
My partner's got a lot of things she does, because her mum had some rather... odd ideas about things. Like drying everything 3 times - it has to go in the drier, then on the line because of sunshine, and then hang up on the airer before going away.
Or being fixated on herbal remedies for things (I know, some aren't bullshit, but ...)
TercerImpacto · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poop knife energy
Fossil-boy07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
toorkild · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol inherited “trait”
Mijzero · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha!
CriticalEscapeBike · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not what was inherited.
Pentacostal-Haircut · 1 points · Posted at 21:22:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s just downright dumb
PikpikTurnip · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not related to the OP, but my mother and two of my brothers seem to have inherited her bad timing. Like, I just don't understand how they can have such conveniently shitty timing, and it's not just me that's lamented this, but others in our family, including my father. Need to take a poop? Oops they got to the toilet just before you. Need to take a shower? Just before you. Jerking off? They're gonna get in the shower right before you finish. Have work? Shower right before you were gonna get in yourself. Wanted to eat the last of something in the fridge? Oops, they got it just before you. You need to use the restroom and brush your teeth before bed? They just went in! We're you planning to go somewhere? Turns out they didn't communicate to you that they made perfectly conflicting plans!
I could go on, but it's awful.
Loricolus · 1248 points · Posted at 22:42:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine thought that it was only for the "internal mechanism" of the iron and he used to periodically release all the steam away from the clothes.
snappysister · 49 points · Posted at 02:10:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why don't people just read the damn user's manual? It explains everything you need to know about how it functions and how to use it.
MadHatter69 · 8 points · Posted at 08:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TL;DR
peregrination_ · 84 points · Posted at 01:14:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol we moved on from steam engines about a century ago.
zebediah49 · 31 points · Posted at 03:53:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly. They just got a bit bigger, a LOT more powerful, and centralized to electric generation stations.
An interesting aside:
This is a four-and-a-half story tall steam powered pump. It produced about 430kW, at a 20% efficiency. For comparison, This is a modern 500kW electric pump. And this is a 300kW modernish steam turbine. It's actually pretty hard to find pictures of systems that small -- all you can find is gas turbines. Modern steam is generally stuff like this guy... which, despite being of vaguely similar size to the Leavitt engine above, is a 75MW turbine.
peregrination_ · 15 points · Posted at 04:25:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cool, thanks! This is why I love reddit.
I had a picture of old-timey steam trains in my head. Yeah, I should have realized how dumb my original comment was. I've even taken thermodynamics classes...
teflon42 · 8 points · Posted at 04:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite. The liberty ships in WW II were still equipped with steam engines (not turbines).
As mentioned above, turbines are still a thing and will continue to be.
awfsbs · 31 points · Posted at 01:22:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw that in front of me very vividly and had a good laugh. Thank you.
tahitianhashish · 12 points · Posted at 01:26:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does that even mean?
candybrie · 49 points · Posted at 01:34:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He thought that the iron needed water to work (maybe as like a heat sink or something?) instead of the steam being useful for ironing the clothes.
songyiyuan · 8 points · Posted at 02:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I like to iron my clothes when they're still wet. Probably more because I'm afraid of burning the fabric. Still use water/steam though.
Matti_Matti_Matti · 5 points · Posted at 03:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Steam irons sometimes have a self steam clean function.
LogicallyCross · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Steam powered iron lol.
2M3TAL4U · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Still not 100% on how to use an iron guys
penguinpolitician · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Steampunk iron?
it-bones-for-thee · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is precious.
a_stargazing_dreamer · 0 points · Posted at 03:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whaat?!!!! lol XD
robbietreehorn · 60 points · Posted at 00:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t “need” to if you’re not gonna use the steam
Picker-Rick · 81 points · Posted at 00:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You certainly don't have to. Dry ironing works and is often the better way to use cheap irons.
You can also use a separate spray bottle to mist clothing or just don't dry them all the way. You can also lay a damp towel over your item and use it as a press.
HotF22InUrArea · 7 points · Posted at 01:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I learned now that you are supposed to put water in, and it’s not just like a thing for certain fabrics.
I almost never use water when ironing.
The_Last_Leviathan · 3 points · Posted at 09:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most clothes dryers I have seen actually have a setting that (in my country) is called "Bügelfeucht", which translates as "Ironing damp" and leaves the clothes just slightly damp so that you can basically dry and iron them at the same time without having to keep refilling the clothes iron (I like using this method for big things like bedding covers, sheets, etc.) multiple times.
sugarangelcake · 1 points · Posted at 22:31:15 on July 8, 2020 · (Permalink)
you iron your bedding covers?????
The_Last_Leviathan · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:22 on July 9, 2020 · (Permalink)
Occasionally, if I'm feeling really fancy, haha. It's only two pillow covers and two blanket covers though, the fitted sheets obviously don't need it at all.
nukemama · 20 points · Posted at 23:50:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
this reminds me of a time I was at my friend's house and her mom poured some water from a half drinken water bottle into the iron. Turns out, it was vodka that my friend and I had put in there to smuggle into a football game. We blamed it on her brother lol
Sissy_Miss · 3 points · Posted at 01:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this! I had poured Bacardi into a water bottle to pre game (without having to take an entire bottle) before a concert and forgot it wasn’t water. Used it to iron for a week before I noticed.
nonresponsive · 18 points · Posted at 00:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I wonder how many people have actually used a steam iron in recent years. I feel like ironing isn't really as big a thing as it was in the past.
rivershimmer · 9 points · Posted at 02:03:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really, I only need to iron when I sew.
tourmaline82 · 3 points · Posted at 07:44:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sewing and cross stitch are the only reasons I learned to iron. I never wear anything that needs to be pressed.
monty845 · 6 points · Posted at 01:15:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never used any type of Iron myself. Wrinkle Free Shirts, and not being a perfectionist about my appearance has worked well enough for me...
stockbroker · 4 points · Posted at 01:36:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not many. Daily dress shirts where I work and most people buy non-iron.
A lot of people think I’m weird for owning (and using) an iron. A few ex-girlfriends were completely mind blown anyone would do anything beyond steaming something.
takatori · 3 points · Posted at 10:53:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I basically only iron dress shirts and ties these days, and sometimes suits and slacks.
Have had sooo many people be surprised that I (a) have one, (b) think I need one, and (c) know how to use one.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Caleb-Rentpayer · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just... stop caring? Like the rest of us?
Loud-Mans-Lover · 6 points · Posted at 01:20:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, to be honest, that's only if you want to steam the clothes. You can dry iron with it.
NonfatNoWaterChai · 11 points · Posted at 00:02:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom refuses to put water in her steam iron and instead uses a separate spray bottle of water because putting water in the iron will make it rust and spit rusty water on your clothes. Similarly, my MIL has been through more irons than I can count in the 25 years I’ve known her because she leaves water in the iron which actually does cause rust.
Meanwhile, I have the same iron that we received as a wedding present 24 years ago. Yes I put water in it, and no it doesn’t spit water. The difference is that we make sure to empty the water immediately and then let the residual heat help dry the tank.
mr_ji · 5 points · Posted at 02:35:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For most irons, you don't really need it unless you want steam. In fact, it can leak and straight ruin a nicely starched piece of clothing. Everyone in the military learns this very quickly.
stefanica · 1 points · Posted at 15:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, you learn that, and to make sure you wipe down the iron before you put it away, or you'll end up with gross scorched starch on your new dress whites next week. 😖
iqaruce · 3 points · Posted at 02:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mates iron keeps leaving these horrible stains on his shirts and he can't figure out why. It's full of calcium deposit. When I mentioned that maybe he should use distilled water like it clearly states on the box of his damn iron he said that's just marketing to get more money (does Bosch sell distilled water?) and that it CLEARLY works fine with tap water. His tone suggested that I'm the stupid one.
waner21 · 3 points · Posted at 04:36:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t put water in my steam iron. Just spray the clothing with water. Just a light mist is needed. I’ve had too many instances where the steam iron spits out a darkish rust like color and my clothes get stained.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is because you are not using distilled water in your iron. Tap water has minerals that will eventually cause brown water.
DarthSamus64 · 9 points · Posted at 23:33:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fuck is a steam iron
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00Laser · 24 points · Posted at 00:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it should be noted tho that ironing still works well enough for most things without steam so it's not really a "omg how can you do it like that" situation like OP makes it out to be... unless the family expects the iron to produce steam without pouring water in first lol.
DarthSamus64 · 2 points · Posted at 00:18:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OHHHHH! One of those! Yea nevermind I knew that.
You're right, it's so common that the word steam actually threw me off.
TreyLastname · 2 points · Posted at 00:15:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well. I've never ironed or seen anyone iron clothes, but I get the basics and the word steam makes me think water
wufoo2 · 2 points · Posted at 00:40:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents put tap water in ours. Then bitched about mineral stains on shirts.
CaedustheBaedus · 2 points · Posted at 00:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about someone who has never ironed something, never been taught how to iron, and at this point is too afraid to ask how/what would be needed for ironing and so just keeps clothes unwrinkled by leaving it hanging on a hanger and hoping.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Distilled water* in a steam iron
Gernia · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In many cases you shouldn't put water in a steam iron. Some fabrics fray when exposed to steam. If they had a lot of clothes based on this fabric i could see this happening.
Lovtel · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't put water in the iron, I just use a spray bottle. Because I'm lazy.
stefanica · 2 points · Posted at 15:16:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I do that too. Better control and you don't have to worry about leaving water in the iron to rust or get mildewy. Lots of irons drip or spit water on the steam function, so I either iron still-damp fabric from the washing or use a spray bottle.
shotputprince · 5 points · Posted at 23:51:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
well,only if you want to steam. you can iron without steam, it's just fucking pointless
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:59:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody ever bothered to actually read the directions, I guess.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You actually don't. My mother hasn't done it since she learned the hard way how difficult it is to clean mold out of an iron. It works almost as well if you just moisten the wrinkled part of the garment.
introusers1979 · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
what do they think steam is
QueerGardens · 1 points · Posted at 00:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m just too lazy to
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
LegendaryHusky23 · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never used a steam iron before, so that’s some useful information. I guess it’s in the name... steam
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The vast majority of irons are steam irons. Hell, you would be hard pressed to find a nonsteam iron at Walmart.
knotatwist · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Until my mid twenties I thought water was optional. Like if you wanted to do normal creases then just plug it in and away you go, and only adding water if you're ironing something really tough.
Aprils-Fool · 4 points · Posted at 02:20:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Water IS optional.
knotatwist · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But the comment with all the upvotes says otherwise... I'm confused
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:50:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The comment is stupid. If you WANT to steam iron your clothes then you put water in your iron. Many fabrics actually press better with a dry ironing.
Some people avoid water all together because they are scared of the brown mineral water that can stain clothes, but those people didn't read the instructions and used tap water (has minerals it) instead of using distilled water (No minerals in it).
Shadrach451 · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just reminded me of my time working as a carpet cleaner. I was setting up at this lady's house and she casually was like, "Can you look at my vacuum for a second and let me know if you think it's working right?" I'm not a vacuum repair guy. I was just a kid with a truck-mounted carpet cleaner, but I knew some things, so I told her to pull it out and show me.
I ran it and it wasn't picking anything up. So, I opened it up and found that the bag inside was stuffed solid with dirt.
"When was the last time you changed the bag?" I asked.
She just stares at me. "The what?"
She seriously had never considered where the dirt went. It just disappeared. It wasn't a vacuum. It was a black hole device. I don't even know. Something.
I had to explain where she could buy more bags and how to install them. I tried to be nice. It felt strange.
GL_of_Sector_420 · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no idea. I feel like that's something you'd figure out pretty quickly, though...
noquarter53 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you're a dry guy?
gatorslim · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just wait until you have kids. You won't believe the random shit that is genetic.
Reddevil313 · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a similar experience.
I couldn't figure out why my slow cooker always made such shitty food.
I finally realized it uses liquid and steam for the cooking.
siddharthsingh_7 · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Steam Iron reminds me this prank I always play. I grab an iron. Quickly taking it close to someone's face while screaming IT'S FUCKIN HOT!!! on top of my lungs. Their instincts play in and they block with their hands to cover their face. When the iron makes contact they scream like a pussy and the next moment they realise that all this time the iron was icy cool.
neoslith · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an old steam iron but no matter what I do, the water just spills out. I have no clue how to get it into the system.
It's an old Black & Decker if that helps. Just been spritzing the clothes in the meantime.
Templenuts · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's Crazy.
I use grape jello.
dahComrad · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Dont put water in that, youll ruin my iron!"
bkauf2 · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just used one for the first time a few days ago, but at least i knew that
Dakkadence · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, it's kinda a bad idea to fill up steam irons because they leak and then rust inside.
I prefer to use a spray bottle with distilled water instead.
gsabo · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So concise. So specific. I’m sure you didn’t even have to finish the OP’s question before you had this answer written down.
CourtneyChyrl · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone in the family offered to make coffee, got upset the “coffee pot wasn’t working” and come to find out she didn’t add water.. didn’t turn it off to add water and coffee grounds exploded all over the kitchen..
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
they secretly knew how to iron, they just wanted you to do it
pgm123 · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother was like this for a long time. Just figured he didn't need to learn to iron. He's a lawyer who is frequently in court.
coco-channel24 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You do? For hankerchiefs?
Vereador · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"This is how we do it in this house!"
JumpedUpSparky · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah somehow my parents made it to 40 still thinking this was optional.
dhdnsja-KB-hsk · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some irons don’t require water though
HawkeyeP1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, do they know what steam is?
GorllaDetective · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Steam irons seem to attract the incompetent (no offense to your wife’s family) for some reason...My wife used to work in retail and had to frequently warn and remind other employees not to use the steamer on clothes they were wearing...
Msbakerbutt69 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I,as a woman in her 30s has never used an iron. I dont think? I dont own clothing that needs to be ironed. I def. Know that it needs water to work though.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm picturing a family with wrinkled clothes and a really high premium for their fire insurance.
archa1c0236 · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can actually use it without water, it was something taught in a home ec class in the sewing unit, though only for short periods. Any longer than a couple seconds is bad, and for some fabrics other than cotton, it's also bad to not have the steam
Madmordigan · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's entire family not knowing something or doing something weird has caused me concussions from facepalming. The latest was my father-in-law had a fever so his wife put a cold towel on his feet. They weren't worried about his brain.
thenotoriousFIG · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope you definitely do not need to. It still functions perfectly fine as an iron without steam.
LazySushi · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of the night before my grandfather’s funeral last year. There was an issue with my dad’s jacket still having the security thing, and overall it was just a stressful night. It was 11 pm and we were getting ready for bed. I asked my brother and dad if they had ironed the new dress shirts they had bought earlier. They told me no, they just hung them and the wrinkles will be gone by morning. I face palmed hard and ended told them they had to iron them. Well, turns out my 60 year old father, 26 year old brother, and 21 year old sister had no idea how to use an iron. I gathered them around while I showed them how to use the iron and best practices for getting wrinkles out. When I took the sleeve and put it up the narrow side, all three went “ooohhhh” and were amazed. It was a good memory during a hard time.
spacious_cs · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am pretty sure you put steam into it
slayer_of_idiots · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t use the steamer on irons.
They eventually get dirty and are impossible to clean, so you’re just spraying your clothes with dirty, stinky water all the time. I have a dedicated steamer if I need to steam something.
squishyslipper · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, how did you come to this realization?
disinformationtheory · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Duh, you need to put steam in it.
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wots a steam iron? LOL Kidding.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I too am just learning this.
Atheist_Simon_Haddad · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally can't remember a time when I didn't know that.
nullpassword · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well.. it does get hot either way.. and depending on what your ironing maybe you dont want steam? but.. yeah, if you do you need water..
Preesi · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put cherry kool aid in it, that'll teach em. And they might post about it on Reddit
NicoleKidmansNewChin · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The whole family?
Milkslinger · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hopefully you brought the smarts to the family
googleypoodle · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not if you're waxing skis, brooooo
Richard7666 · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose you could constantly keep the garment soaking wet and then iron it (actually, is this how old irons used to work?), but yeah I imagine that may still burn out an element or something.
ugly_lemons · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in high school some girls almost burned down our costume room in the drama department because they didn't understand that you need water to iron the cloths, and they also just fucking left the hot iron face down on a shirt and thought that that would work
Chato_Pantalones · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet they had a bunch of poop knives though.
Eric1491625 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you miss that??
MondayToFriday · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually don't bother with spraying, as dry ironing works well enough. Often, though, I'll iron clothes while they are still damp, then hang-dry them. If you have a high-efficiency washer with a strong spin cycle, ironing clothes when they come out of the wash is perfect. The dampness turns to steam while ironing, and the clothes dry faster afterwards, so it's a win for energy efficiency and for time efficiency. (Be careful when doing it with rayon, though — the fibers are weaker when wet.)
untakentakenusername · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are they the 1%? Because they'd get it done for them. For real though, explain how did they not know? Like none of them?
ThatOtherRedditMann · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmfao that’s so good, mate. Best comment here.
Timedoutsob · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you put steam in it you idiot not water.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe they do, but, y'know, they're all in on the joke.
beautifulsouth00 · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-boyfriend of mine also did not know this.
He was an Internal Medicine Physician.
He kept getting pissed off at me for putting water in the steam iron. Because he "couldn't get it out!"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
not really
dry irons exist
besides, not putting water in a steam iron will make it last longer
NeatNefariousness1 · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These are people who never understand how the temperature settings on an iron work. They invariably have the temperature too low and the one or two times they put water in, it leaked on their clothes. So, they've been avoiding putting water into their steam iron ever since.
miriena · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see you also married my husband.
This is a person with a PhD in physics we're talking about (to be fair, he didn't have the degree yet at that point). He was so used to steam coming out of the iron that he never thought about it beyond that. My poor iron, he kept banging on it to try and get the steam :(
Well, I still don't know how to use our charcoal grill, minus 20 DKP
Fred-mite-B-Amonster · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m going to be completely honest I’m 26 and I’m just now learning WHY I need to put water in the steam iron. In my defense: 1.I don’t iron very often (I work in production) 2. I’ve always done it I’ve just never questioned it.
braingle987 · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least from the sounds of it they know how to otherwise use an iron. I went on a networking trip with a bunch of other university students and some were so shocked to see me ironing my dress shirts. Some only had wrinkle free shirts so I guess I can understand that if that's all they own but others brought cotton dress shirts that got super wrinkled being stored in their luggage. I had to show them how to iron their shirts.
DerpsterJ · 1 points · Posted at 11:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You add "steam", not water. It's in the name, duh!
Unknownredtreelog · 1 points · Posted at 11:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How? Have they never ironed before?
no33limit · 1 points · Posted at 11:56:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
America is the country that requires the warning on irons,"do not iron on body".
pziopzio · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my brother insists that his wife will not put water in the steam iron because the water will cause the iron to break down.... so she has to use it without steam!
BraCha89 · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this battle. Every time I go to iron...every...single...time...there is no water in the iron. My girlfriend just doesn't care if it has water or not. Her argument is it works either way. But she is taking a 30 second ironing job and turning it in to 10 minutes by going over the same spot over and over. Why?! It also peeves me she gets the benefit of me filling up the water when I use it.
hadleybox · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is also the nightmare I live with
cynicalkerfuffle · 20454 points · Posted at 21:41:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
19yo dude: "How do you cook a fried egg?"
Gave him instructions and left him to it. Came back a while later to ask how it went.
"Fine in the end but it took a few attempts because the yolk kept breaking." "What do you mean kept breaking?" "Well I kept throwing them away because I thought breaking the yolk made it poisonous."
Once again, he was 19 years old.
Rawr_Boo · 10577 points · Posted at 00:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of when I was dating a 19yo dude. I explained that eating raw nuts is healthy so he bought a bag of peanuts. He complained two days later that he was going to stop eating them because they upset his stomach so I got a free bag of peanuts, yay! He was stunned when he saw me shelling them and eating the nut. Because he was eating them shell and all. For two days. Surprisingly did not end well, but i got a lot of terrible sex and dumbass stories out of it.
Robo-boogie · 2812 points · Posted at 02:06:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well dont hold out on us.
FairFolk · 344 points · Posted at 04:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you really want re-enacted terrible sex?
Robo-boogie · 329 points · Posted at 04:16:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i was looking forward to the dumbass stories.
FairFolk · 182 points · Posted at 04:17:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let's hope it's not a package deal.
Robo-boogie · 145 points · Posted at 04:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i'll fire up the popcorn
Dason37 · 207 points · Posted at 04:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll grab the peanuts
JustBlameJosh · 263 points · Posted at 04:31:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...I guess I’ll bring the terrible sex
Dason37 · 100 points · Posted at 04:40:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
u/Rawr_Boo was supposed to be bringing that, unless you're her formerly 19 year old peanut shell eating poor performance lover
JustBlameJosh · 13 points · Posted at 04:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oddly enough, I do occasionally eat peanuts with the shell on, but I’m not the person u/Rawr_Boo was dating
Dason37 · 10 points · Posted at 04:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiled peanuts aren't horrible with the shell on. Man. I want boiled peanuts now. This thread is gonna end up as a whole shopping list for me
MusicLover675 · 8 points · Posted at 04:56:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, boiled peanuts are a thing? I’ve only ever had them raw!
Dason37 · 10 points · Posted at 05:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's a very southern thing, that's where I grew up. Sometimes you can find canned ones (I don't remember the brand right now) and if you warm them up they're pretty good. Growing up there was a guy that set up on the side of the road and sold them in paper bags, if we drove past him my dad would literally turn around to go get some peanuts.
They are indeed tasty.
MusicLover675 · 3 points · Posted at 05:23:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I live in northern Wyoming, just outside the east entrance to Yellowstone. There are several dishes that I want to try. I’ll add this to the list.
Dason37 · 4 points · Posted at 05:41:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brand is Margaret Holmes, and a super quick search shows they're on Amazon if you can't find them in stores. I get mine at Walmart. The brand has a lot of "southern " recipes, like succotash, okra, peppered green beans, etc that are really good. Unfortunately they use MSG as a shortcut but it tastes pretty similar to what I was used to growing up. If you find them or decide to get some off Amazon you might want to check the other offerings as well. The squash with Vidalia onions would probably be my top recommendation.
Edit: also the collard greens and cabbage
Morsemouse · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
COLLARDS!! Ohmigosh!! The bestest green things on earth! (Can you tell I’m southern?) The two best plates of food on this earth are, in no specific order: *BIG plate of collards with slices of tomato just out of the garden and still sun warm, with slices of onion (raw, of course) or fresh scallions, and cornbread made in a cast iron skillet. Collards seasoned a bit with bacon grease or salt pork (not a lot, just a little in the pot for flavor) Drink is iced tea or whole milk. The collards occupy almost all of the plate: they’re a huge serving...and keep the cornbread (egg bread, of course, coming!).... And the other, not necessarily second place is. *Big plate of black eyed peas or purple hull peas, seasoned the same, with the aforementioned tomatoes, onions, cornbread, and other goodies. ... I have truly eaten so much of these dishes that I was uncomfortable from the pure bulk of food. And if you follow with blackberry cobbler or peach cobbler (fresh, never refrigerated) you could die happy!
iiCammie · 2 points · Posted at 05:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yessss, boiled peanuts are so good you have to try
GlockAF · 1 points · Posted at 18:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only eat the shell with boiled peanuts if they are the little tiny baby ones, the big ones get shelled then eaten. If you try the canned ones and don’t like them (probably because of the odd semi-slimy-semi-jelly texture) don’t give up, the fresh ones are better. If you ever get down south (especially Alabama or Mississippi) track down a roadside stand that sells them in paper bags. They are a uniquely regional snack, with a taste and texture different from anything else you’ll ever try
developerzero · 3 points · Posted at 05:05:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's some r/brandnewsentence material if I've ever heard it.
GlockAF · 1 points · Posted at 18:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are a unique and common snack in the deep South, much better fresh then canned. The peanuts they use are just a little bit on the green side, and boiled in very salty water. They have a text and texture that is unlike anything else
FS_NeZ · 42 points · Posted at 05:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll put on my robe and my wizard hat
iSpccn · 35 points · Posted at 04:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey guys, I just got here. Have room for milk duds?
Dason37 · 16 points · Posted at 04:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't had milk duds in forever. I now want some milk duds.
jojokangaroo1969 · 2 points · Posted at 21:00:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're oftentimes forgotten and that's probably why they're in the dollar bin at Walmart.
RentonBrax · 15 points · Posted at 04:44:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll warm up the lube.
monsantobreath · 14 points · Posted at 06:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew there was another microwave story coming.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 06:25:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shelled please!
Mezatino · 27 points · Posted at 04:19:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No no. Terrible sex is still sex...
JustBlameJosh · 22 points · Posted at 04:33:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You must be a fan of The Lonely Island
EyeDee10Tee · 10 points · Posted at 04:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doesn't matter
appleavocado · 13 points · Posted at 05:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But I cried the whole time
Mezatino · 5 points · Posted at 05:09:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like a Boss
1stLtObvious · 3 points · Posted at 07:08:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ba-dum tss
noydbshield · 3 points · Posted at 14:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two words: saran wrap
rhet17 · 16 points · Posted at 04:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...thought i wanted to know if it was directly related to the ingestion of so many peanuts but on second thought, no.
Just_One_Umami · 8 points · Posted at 05:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I just want some kind of sex.
SatoshiUSA · 11 points · Posted at 05:39:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not like I'll be getting sex in general any time soon
KJBenson · 6 points · Posted at 07:11:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He said don’t hold out on us.
steelgate601 · 4 points · Posted at 07:48:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes.
sexualassaultllama · 6 points · Posted at 07:19:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not to pat my own back too hard but I'm something of an expert in that field
PastyMcBasicFace · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if it’s also hilarious
GiveMeMoneyYouHo · 2 points · Posted at 07:03:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
bang
bang
UUUHHuuuhhhHHHUHHuhh
Arrioso · 1 points · Posted at 19:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as it doesnt include me, im all in
SuchCoolBrandon · 24 points · Posted at 06:36:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried putting the condom on without taking it out of the wrapper?
Robo-boogie · 11 points · Posted at 07:06:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s worrying
Rawr_Boo · 25 points · Posted at 01:29:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was a jackhammer who would give me the silent treatment for days if I wasn’t in the mood for being jackhammered. He could only do things in excess and would regularly show up to my workplace dressed in bad costumes and would remain in character for hours. He could never pick if he was a Viking or a pirate. He would drag me to random parties with people he hardly knew the name of so he could get shitfaced. One time he got stuck in a shopping basket. He was surprised that I broke up with him after he decided I was never allowed to tell him about my day or anything in my life because it killed his artistic inspiration, for a comic he’d been working on for about 5 years and never made it past chapter one. I moved on 6 months after the breakup and that was somehow me cheating on him which he and his friends made sure to tell everyone. He was more upset that he lost my mates as drinking buddies than me as a gf. There’s just so much this is a handful of random parts.
Robo-boogie · 16 points · Posted at 02:39:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
and you broke up with him?! he definitely sounds like a winner
Ginger-F · 18 points · Posted at 10:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude just couldn't nut.
ReallyTwan · 7 points · Posted at 04:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right we need answers
gunbladerq · 14 points · Posted at 06:16:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She yada-yada over the best part.
W1D0WM4K3R · 12 points · Posted at 04:25:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I too, would like to meet this boyfriend for terrible sex and dumbass stories.
Hold the dumbass.
AcidRose27 · 20 points · Posted at 04:14:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well once they explained that eating raw nuts is healthy so he bought a bag of peanuts. He complained two days later that he was going to stop eating them because they upset his stomach so they got a free bag of peanuts, yay! He was stunned when he saw them shelling them and eating the nut. Because he was eating them shell and all. For two days.
stroobco · 2 points · Posted at 15:05:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even terrible sex is still sex... sigh
Robo-boogie · 3 points · Posted at 00:44:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
could terrible sex be classified as a waste of time if it doesnt scratch your itch?
jfVigor · 84 points · Posted at 01:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol well he's dumb so
1d3333 · 292 points · Posted at 01:33:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
....I actually prefer to eat them shell and all..
JAproofrok · 263 points · Posted at 02:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You and I both. And our elephant brethren.
We stand united. We are strong.
1d3333 · 120 points · Posted at 02:22:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never received so much support on this site before lmao
feloreenas · 41 points · Posted at 02:39:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And yet, I feel like you need more. The saltiness and texture is the best part of the snack!
JAproofrok · 13 points · Posted at 03:29:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Preach!!
Burning-Buck · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t eat the shell but I will suck on the outside and then crack it open.
oregent7 · 1 points · Posted at 17:26:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hello, brothers.
Mangonesailor · 43 points · Posted at 02:35:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are dozens of us! DOZENS!!!
But really, if you get fried peanuts those are the bomb.
My wife eats the skins of baked potatoes though.
whatsit578 · 119 points · Posted at 02:41:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...The skins of baked potatoes are the best part. Especially if you cover the potatoes in a little olive oil, salt & pepper before you bake them.
stonedsour · 67 points · Posted at 03:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah there’s a big difference between the skins of a potato and the shell of a peanut lol. Potato skins are delicious
JAproofrok · 29 points · Posted at 03:30:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re looking for the other support group. This is Peanut Shell Lovers Anonymous.
k-squid · 14 points · Posted at 03:13:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do exactly that and will fully enjoy the skins of my potatoes forever.
bros402 · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
so good
wombatavenger · 36 points · Posted at 02:41:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Baked potato skin is pretty normal, as a lot of nutrients are in it. Just like kiwi skins, which I eat and get a lot of flak for.
livesinacabin · 15 points · Posted at 03:12:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad says kiwi skins are perfectly fine as long as you shave them with a razor first.
wombatavenger · 11 points · Posted at 03:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer the extra fiber tickling my throat on the way down.
Pandemicorn · 3 points · Posted at 05:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine it’s what licking a cat’s tongue would feel like.
familydrivesme · 1 points · Posted at 13:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you have time and patience to shave individual kiwis with a razor you should probably get a job or significant other. Haha
livesinacabin · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know you're joking but I mean why would it take longer than peeling a potato or an apple for example? A lot of people do that. Also my dad has both a job and an SO.
1d3333 · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kiwi skins are perfectly fine, i eat them with no prep lol
stellaluna92 · 3 points · Posted at 04:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like kiwi skin! I also like to watch people's faces when I eat kiwi skin.
Lozzif · 3 points · Posted at 06:06:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first started eating Kiwis I didn’t know you weren’t meant to eat the skin. It’s delicious.
DB_Coooper · 6 points · Posted at 03:35:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, there are people that don't eat the skin?!
Mangonesailor · 0 points · Posted at 04:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually don't. I'd never seen anyone do it until my wife an I got married. I never knew cooked potato skin was safe to eat. I can't get over the texture so I just don't eat it still.
drunkenangryredditor · 1 points · Posted at 11:33:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you deep fry potato peels you get excellent chips.
Vaelhart · 5 points · Posted at 03:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did I find my people?
JAproofrok · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome home
Buckeyebornandbred · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've eaten the shell. I also eat the entire shrimp. Tail and all
Mangonesailor · 3 points · Posted at 04:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OK, who let the human/seal hybrid on the internet?
Joraby · 3 points · Posted at 07:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have gone too far, ManSeal!
Buckeyebornandbred · 3 points · Posted at 10:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Since work from home, I've evolved into the more powerful ManWhale! Lol
poweredbyford87 · 19 points · Posted at 02:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. And sunflower seeds. Demolishing a bag of dill pickle sunflower seeds now lol
tjames709 · 4 points · Posted at 02:56:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dill Pickle Spitz are awesome. When I was working outside in the summer I always had a bag on me.
rennbrig · 4 points · Posted at 02:44:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Legume League : The brave. The nutty.
Finassar · 4 points · Posted at 04:05:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My asshole hates it, but my stomach loves it!
Ninhydrinal · 16 points · Posted at 02:16:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me also. My wife continuously pokes fun at me for it and it eventually gets brought up with any new friends we make. It's just normal to me man :(
amirchukart · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never forget.
OrangeFarmHorse · 2 points · Posted at 05:04:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And I thought I stood alone..
What a day!
Xaldyn · 63 points · Posted at 02:04:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh good, I'm not the only weirdo. I mean, what's even the point of them being salted if you eat the only part that isn't?
Snowstar837 · 33 points · Posted at 02:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You gotta put the whole peanut in your mouth for the salt, then you pop it open with your teeth and eat the nut!
Sage2050 · 11 points · Posted at 03:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This man peanuts
butterfliies05 · 5 points · Posted at 04:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s exactly how you do it! Same with sunflower seeds and pistachios!
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 02:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right?!!
JAproofrok · 4 points · Posted at 03:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! My fiancée doesn’t even give the pistachio shell a good once over before discarding .... it’s a disgrace.
Exodus2791 · 3 points · Posted at 03:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... your peanuts are sold still in shells? wtf.
Xaldyn · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never seen a grocery store that doesn't sell both. They're cheaper in-shell, though.
AlonsoQ · 11 points · Posted at 04:03:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for adding a bit of wonder to my day. Sitting here genuinely unsure whether this is one of those "help my reddit turned spanish" jokes where everyone runs with the bit.
According to Google, eating peanuts in the shell really is A Thing. Respect to all the shell-eaters living life by your own rules.
Lord_Rapunzel · 2 points · Posted at 06:29:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Extra salty, extra fiber.
1d3333 · 2 points · Posted at 14:11:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice cronch
LstKingofLust · 11 points · Posted at 02:23:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why they salt the outside of them!
Dantehellebore · 12 points · Posted at 02:42:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. Friend and I went to five guys one day and I saw him doing it. I was absolutely horrified until he convinced me to try it.
Way better with the shells on. Bananas on the other hand...
ButterCreamGangsta · 7 points · Posted at 02:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, you know what they say: stupid is as stupid does.
mmmerrilliii · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only eat the shells when they’re boiled. That’s good stuff that my brother just throws away.
TimIsMyUncle · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! I also eat the shells of sunflower seeds....
1d3333 · 2 points · Posted at 14:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did that for awhile, then one stabbed my throat and i got to scared to keep doing it
TimIsMyUncle · 1 points · Posted at 21:39:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. That sounds uncomfortable.
Barbed_Dildo · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I interest you in some terrible sex?
Blacksheepboy4 · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've found my family. Why do people think they salt the outsides of the shells?
finnaginna · 2 points · Posted at 05:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They taste better and the crunch is more robust. Plus you dont make a mess. Love the shell.
Mr_ToDo · 2 points · Posted at 20:16:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried that with sunflower seeds for a short while.
It ended when the shards started passing undigested.
....
....
murphalicious55 · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have found my people.
196212007f · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here.
radenthefridge · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll take a billion shell eaters over a single despicable cretin who just leave those shells everywhere! Borrowed a car from someone and literally had to dig out mounds of peanut shells from the DRIVER'S side of the car. I honestly don't know how they operated the pedals to drop it off!
k-squid · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, same! It's actually entertaining to me to see how many people I can gross out by eating the shell.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
....I eat them with the shell too...
glahtiguy · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:29 on July 9, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've simply learned to chew them more thoroughly. Poorly chewed peanut shells are up there with bad Mexican food too pass. But full shell for lyfe.
JustSnilloc · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too, more satisfying that way.
Elitenova45 · 17 points · Posted at 02:50:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That reminds me of my mom's coworkers' dumbass kid; he ate sunflower seeds, shell and all. He got constipated, and I can only assume his turds we're like chunks of drywall jagged pebbles embedded in it. He got two new assholes torn into him, one by his mom and one by his turds. He was at least 16-18 years old.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 03:02:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Give him pistachios lol
SailorET · 20 points · Posted at 03:43:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So a few years back I was overseas and decided to grab a can of mixed nuts on the way to work for idle snacking. A few hours later, without looking, I open it up, scoop out a fistful and pop them in my mouth... And nearly crack a tooth. Mixed in with the cashews, almonds and peanuts were pistachios STILL IN THE SHELL. What kind of psychopath does that?
PastyMcBasicFace · 6 points · Posted at 05:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m going to call myself out for to trying to eat edamame along with the shell. I was so confused as to why my friend was raving about how good it was when I could hardly chew it. I refused to eat it for about a year until I saw a different friend popping the beans from the pod.
Egween · 4 points · Posted at 03:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! You had me cackling and evil laughing at this!!! Yes!
HandsOnGeek · 112 points · Posted at 01:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Peanuts aren't nuts.
Raw nuts are not more healthy than dry roasted nuts.
You can give yourself Selenium poisoning by eating too many Brasil Nuts.
Any food is unhealthy if you eat too much of it.
italiansocc3r10 · 28 points · Posted at 02:51:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But isn't all food bad for you? I've been eating lasagna and muffins every day of my life for 40 years and I feel terrible.
[deleted] · 35 points · Posted at 02:02:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My understanding is that raw nuts are healthier because the fats in them are more likely to become denatured when exposed to heat.
HandsOnGeek · 20 points · Posted at 02:19:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Perhaps a little.
Like most things, there is a trade off in cooking to ease digestibility and altering the profile of the composition of the oils in the nuts.
Totalherenow · 10 points · Posted at 02:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would denatured fats be unhealthy? I mean, if you cooked and cooked them until they became transfats, then yes, but maybe I'm ignorant of something you know.
Otherwise, most nuts require some kind of processing before you can eat them. Like cashews - they're encased in a blistering liquid. You can't eat them without drying them out and leaving them in the sun for hours and hours. Natural almonds contain cyanide, we can't eat more than 8 without dying. The ones we do eat have a mutation that prevents cyanide from building up in them (and so they require us to protect them from insects).
Last, cooking plants involves trade-offs between detoxifying your food and losing some nutrients in the process but freeing up others as you uncouple them from the toxins.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:57:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My understanding is the longer and higher heat they are exposed to, the more likely the fats are to become oxidized.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25766804/
Totalherenow · 3 points · Posted at 05:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
That article suggests roasting nuts is healthy.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree that lightly roasted nuts won't kill you. The question though was: are raw nuts healthier? You can't read the full article there, but it shows any amount of heat resulting in some oxidation, though it's probably not a big deal at low levels. Considering I also like the taste of raw nuts, I stick with them.
Totalherenow · 1 points · Posted at 14:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, it specifically says that roasting nuts is healthy at low to medium temperatures:
"Therefore, desired sensory quality along with a favourable healthy nut composition may be achieved by roasting over a low to medium temperature range."
But, yeah, the data they present suggests raw nuts are even better, in terms of the chemicals they're measuring, so enjoy!
btw, there's a tribe in Africa who largely subsist on a local nut. It makes up some crazy high percentage of their caloric intake, like 60% if I remember correctly. Anyways, that's the tribe who only spend 3-4 hours a day foraging. If they can live off nuts, you can too!
PyroDesu · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really. The nutshell has what is essentially urushiol, like you get from poison ivy - they're in the same family (along with mangoes). So you can get contact dermatitis from it, and maybe blistering if you're particularly sensitive (like urushiol, it's a skin allergen).
You can still eat the nut inside raw. You can also eat the fruit it grows under.
Totalherenow · 2 points · Posted at 05:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks.
I went on a primatology field trip and one of the profs saw the cashews growing under the fruit, got all happy and immediately bit into one. Her mouth blistered up and she actually feinted for a few seconds.
Anyways, the locals dried them in the sun for 2 days before eating them.
AggravatingCupcake0 · 3 points · Posted at 03:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, nuts are calorie dense.
Yellowredstone · 5 points · Posted at 01:58:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is the minimum you can cook a nut.... or legumes.... without it poisoning you? I thought you shouldn't eat raw nuts but now I'm curious.
SusanCalvinsRBF · 23 points · Posted at 02:08:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can absolutely eat fresh peanuts and they're delicious. You can sometimes find them in Hispanic/ethnic groceries. Probably labeled as "green peanuts". The shell will be soft and easy to open, like a fibrous pea.
Cashews have to be at least steamed due to an irritant/allergen, but they're the only but I know of that has to be cooked. Also they're technically not a nut.
Pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, Brasil nuts, chestnuts and coconuts can all be eaten right out of the shell. (unless you have a tree nut allergy, obviously.)
The exception is bitter almonds, but they taste nasty anyway as the name suggests. The ones you buy in store are sweet almonds.
Yellowredstone · 3 points · Posted at 02:10:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TL;DR
You can if you're ultra careful with the exception of bitter almonds and cashews.
PyroDesu · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't actually have to cook cashews, technically. It's the shell that has the allergen (similar to urushiol from poison ivy), not the nut itself.
HandsOnGeek · 6 points · Posted at 02:06:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can eat raw nuts, as long as they haven't been contaminated with any food-bourne illness causing bacteria.
Cooking them a little should just make them a little easier to digest.
HandsOnGeek · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is raw beans that you shouldn't eat. In particular, red beans. Kidney bean lectin is a toxin that needs to be boiled, not simmered, for a full ten minutes in order to destroy the toxin.
https://www.medic8.com/healthguide/food-poisoning/red-kidney-bean-toxins.html
I-Will-Smell-You · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about boils peanuts? Those are my favorite
JAproofrok · 5 points · Posted at 01:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s actually nothing wrong with that. I do it. But, I always have. I know better but ... the salty goodness!!
Actually just got back on a peanut kick. I had to give up sunflower seeds years back b/c .. well .. that doesn’t end well.
coldbloodedjelydonut · 3 points · Posted at 06:11:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha I had an ex that was complaining about how the hotdogs I bought tasted like shit, but he kept eating them. Turns out they were wrapped in plastic and HE DIDN'T PEEL IT OFF. Like, yeah, no wonder they were bad and why did you keep eating them?
Another ex, we went for sushi and he exclaimed, "ooh, ham!" and reached for the [pink] ginger. I thought he was joking until he stuffed a stack in his mouth. Sooooo funny. It was not his first time having sushi, either. Next time we had sushi, he exclaimed, "ooh, ham!" and I figured he was making fun of what he did before, but, no. Stuffed the whole stack in his mouth.
Sigh. No wonder my friends revoked my dating license back in the day.
Rawr_Boo · 3 points · Posted at 00:34:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s ok, mine was revoked too after this idiot. So glad I didn’t end up knocked up and trapped.
welluuasked · 6 points · Posted at 01:54:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. He must have been really good looking.
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 01:02:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was a solid 7 with full access to his parents money. But unfortunately mental maturity of a 7 year old too.
landmine3009 · 7 points · Posted at 02:02:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shell is the best part
OctopusShmoctopus · 3 points · Posted at 04:25:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I once ate ONE peanut shell and all, immediately realized I'd made a horrible mistake and then gave up on peanuts entirely for 20+ years. I can't imagine shoveling them in my mouth for days, thinking that's what peanuts were.
jmtoes · 3 points · Posted at 08:36:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i had a friend that did this! i had in-shell peanuts sitting on my porch for squirrels and she saw them and just popped it right into her mouth. i was so stunned i asked her why she did that and she said that’s how she’s always eaten them. i told her even the squirrels cracks the shell but she refused to believe me lol
Rawr_Boo · 3 points · Posted at 00:27:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
And she just ate food off the ground where wild animals frequent, I feel like I need a rabies shot just thinking about it! She sounds perfect for my ex though.
Pacpav · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that is hilarious, and a little bit troubling.
flabslabrymr · 2 points · Posted at 02:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the same with sunflower seeds the first time I had them.
ItsATerribleLife · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I..guess thats a fair trade?
TheMineKing · 2 points · Posted at 02:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I did that when I was really young at a circus. Parents gave me one. I bit down and started making the nasty child face and they cracked up.
Nameless_Bunny · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm deadass laughing! That's fucking gold.
Kataphractoi · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he also eat bananas still in the peel?
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe, we broke up before I got to any fruit eating lessons.
PoorEdgarDerby · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chewing shells has to be hell on the teeth
DatArdilla · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LMAO WHAT
BeardsuptheWazoo · 2 points · Posted at 03:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good Lord I'm so tired of hearing you brag about all the terrible sex you've had.
clever_screename · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Terrible Sex and Dumbass Stories sounds like my life story.
MondoDookin · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at work one day and my female coworker who sat across from me opened a bag of unshelled peanuts to snack on. I nearly spat out my coffee when I saw her pop one in her mouth, chew, and swallow the entire thing without batting an eye. I confronted her about it and apparently that’s just the way she learned to eat them and that’s how she prefers them. I was equally as impressed as I was appalled.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiled peanuts are a thing.
MondoDookin · 1 points · Posted at 15:34:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These were not boiled. They were straight up raw.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never said they weren't.
Just saying that eating the shell raw isn't such a stretch for people who eat boiled peanuts.
DynamicHunter · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would expect someone who eats fully-shelled peanuts to give bad sex. But who am I to judge
ripwanwinkle24 · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Best one on this thread. DID NOT SEE THAT COMING
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, I knew I didn’t waste all those years with him =P they’re finally good for something.
IPeedOnTrumpAMA · 2 points · Posted at 05:44:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While I don't ALWAYS eat them whole, I've spent a fair bit of my life eating peanuts shell and all and never experienced a problem. Even two days doesn't sound weird unless that was the entirety of his diet!
The terrible sex was all him. Had nothing to do with the peanut shells. I know this because I say the same thing to my partner all the time. Wait. What?
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair the sex was terrible before he tried peanuts.
alwayshungry7624 · 2 points · Posted at 08:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a similar experience! I had a bag of pistachios and my friend told me she had never seen those before so I told her to try some. Before I could stop her, she threw the entire thing, shell and all into her mouth. I thought it was pretty hilarious.
mercurialemons · 2 points · Posted at 08:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, peanuts are not actually nuts since they are legumes.
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:25:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then who tf put nuts in the name? Someone else needs to write a strongly worded tweet at whoever named them and demand... something.
mercurialemons · 2 points · Posted at 13:36:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are also not peas, so the whole name is a farce.
saharasirocco · 2 points · Posted at 08:45:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me ugly laugh.
Rawr_Boo · 2 points · Posted at 00:23:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My work here is done.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:29:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:09 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This would explain the amount of time he spent in the hospital getting parts of his intestines removed... did I almost kill him with peanuts? I’m gunna dwell on this now.
TrenchcoatDucks · 2 points · Posted at 10:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do parents just spawn 17-20 year old children and send them out into the world nowadays?
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:17:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
His mother mainly babied him something terrible. I would not be surprised if he were still living at home 10 years later because he’d never been taught to do any adulting. In fact I have vivid memories of his only adult idol, his weird uncle, who changed his fathers desktop background to a picture of his asshole. Such a proud moment.
TrenchcoatDucks · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big oof
legal_throwaway45 · 2 points · Posted at 12:06:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
reminds me of the first time I had fried shrimp. I ate the tails before my parents noticed. I was seven at the time.
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:01 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve only ever eaten shell fish shelled because the face and legs freak me out, except I’m not seven and still cannot look at their creepy little ocean cockroach legs and eyes.
lthealey135 · 2 points · Posted at 16:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why'd you keep on keepin on when the sex was terrible? Lol
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 00:03:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was equally as young and probably just as terrible. To be fair he was... well equipped and more of a marathon. Hopefully he’s making some equally weird lady very happy currently.
Meleagerr · 2 points · Posted at 20:01:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Listen, no one explains HOW to eat peanuts. I was 25 before someone pointed out you're supposed to shell them.
I still like em shell and all.
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 23:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People don’t explain so many things, I’m 30 and planning to ask my dentist to explain like I’m 5 how to properly brush and take care of my teeth, I have a sinking feeling that my non dentist parents whos teeth are falling out may have given me bad guidance.
Just wash the shell and chew throughly I guess? Do you eat pistachio shells? Where is the line?
Meleagerr · 1 points · Posted at 00:00:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wash the shell? Thats where all the salt is!
Nah, tried it once, shell is basically hard as a rock. However, sunflower seeds are a go for eating shell and all.
izamezz · 2 points · Posted at 22:04:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, does eating raw peanut shells make people sick?? I've been eating them raw and whole for years, I always figured others just didn't like the taste or texture?
Rawr_Boo · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, now I’m doubting myself, maybe you can eat the outer shell? But my ex definitely could not.
1day1pancake · 1096 points · Posted at 00:04:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it's like he's never even eaten a fried egg
ferret_80 · 56 points · Posted at 02:45:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I mean, I like my yolks runny and avoid breaking them when I fry eggs. maybe their parents were just really good at flipping cleanly
Edit. I dont want sunny side up, I want a fried egg with runny yolk. I want the crispy browned bits on both sides. Stop explaining how to make sunny side up.
1day1pancake · 19 points · Posted at 02:48:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I fry the top part of the egg pouring the hot oil over it with a spoon. So I really don't flip them. Anyways, if the yolk breaks doesn't mean you can't eat that egg, that's a waste.
TheHasegawaEffect · 22 points · Posted at 04:27:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOW MUCH OIL ARE YOU FRYING YOUR EGG WITH?!?
wisely_and_slow · 25 points · Posted at 04:42:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's called oil basting and it's a common (and good) way to fry an egg. You pour a fair bit of oil in, yes, but most of it stays in the pan at the end.
cr2810 · 9 points · Posted at 05:12:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so confused. I have only ever oil basted fried eggs. Is this not the way it is done???? How else do you fry an egg over easy?!!
little_brown_bat · 9 points · Posted at 05:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The oil basting method is how my mother-in-law does hers. Another method is to wait until it is almost cooked, turn the heat off (works best with a cast iron pan), flip and let sit for a few seconds, then take out of the pan. It takes a bit of practice as sometimes you end up with the bottom of the yolk cooked and breakage can also occur pretty easily.
Automobills · 9 points · Posted at 05:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You flip it over.
Then there's over medium, slightly more cooked than over-easy
Over-well, well, I'm sure you can imagine what that is. They typically don't go over well.
You can baste with steam too, for a good ol basted egg
rawberryfields · 9 points · Posted at 05:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This thread amazes me, so many ways to fry an egg and I never heard about any of them, I just fry an egg, no flipping, no extra oil, no anything
TheHasegawaEffect · 3 points · Posted at 05:43:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Over here we pour in a teaspoon of water and cover the pan. It steams the surface.
PM_ME_YOUR_AIRFOIL · 3 points · Posted at 06:06:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHO DOESN'T USE BUTTER TO FRY EGGS IN?!
drunkenangryredditor · 2 points · Posted at 11:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer bacon fat, but butter is a good second...
TheHasegawaEffect · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of people. I dislike those people.
skiddie2 · 4 points · Posted at 04:35:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved in with a colleague once and one of the first things we cooked together was fried eggs. He did this. I was horrified.
I'm now on my second person-I'm-sharing-with who cooks eggs like that, I still think it's gross. But... I use a shit-ton of oil and butter for other things, so [shruggy]
beka13 · 6 points · Posted at 05:07:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is it gross? It's frying.
TurntWaffle · 3 points · Posted at 05:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve only ever fried eggs without oil, just spray the pan (solely to keep the egg from sticking) and let the egg cook on one side. Once the bottom is solidified flip that mug and let it cook for maybe 30 seconds then boom. Fried egg.
BananApocalypse · 2 points · Posted at 12:07:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you think you're spraying the pan with?
beka13 · 1 points · Posted at 07:14:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try frying the egg in bacon grease.
You're welcome.
1day1pancake · 2 points · Posted at 05:08:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you just have to drain the egg a little putting it on its side in the pan before taking it out. It's not like I am "drinking the oil" XD
prodoosh · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man I don’t get how y’all struggle so much with this. It’s just flipping an egg. It ain’t science.
1day1pancake · 1 points · Posted at 14:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I flip an egg I might have oil splashing in everywhere, that is dangerous
prodoosh · 1 points · Posted at 14:50:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like I said: idk how y’all struggle so much.
Every weekend I fry eggs in just my boxers and break maybe 1/50 yolks, and never hurt myself.
1day1pancake · 1 points · Posted at 15:08:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We learnt it in different ways, that's all
prodoosh · 1 points · Posted at 16:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too much grease and not a thin enough spatula most likely.
1day1pancake · 1 points · Posted at 16:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably 😂
AfroSLAMurai · 9 points · Posted at 05:16:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A good way to make them without flipping is to pour a bit of water in the pan beside the egg(s). Then put a lid on top of the pan. The water will quickly evaporate and the hot steam trapped by the lid will cook the top of the egg so you don't have to flip it. Works perfectly.
Eurynom0s · 4 points · Posted at 05:18:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I used to have the egg flip motion down to a science, like I'd literally wake up, get the eggs going, go put my contact lenses in and brush my teeth, and then flip the eggs onto my toast before I'd even had any coffee. But honestly, by far the easiest way to get it right is to just cover the pan toward the end so that it heats from both sides.
[edit] Teflon is amazing, until it gets nicked, then it becomes cancer. I'd rather deal with something like slightly-less-than-100%-non-stick cast iron, than having to worry about babying my Teflon hoping I'm not giving myself cancer because I accidentally pushed slightly too hard on it, or used the wrong sponge on cleanup.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never flip my eggs over, its better when the white is kinda rubbery and the yoke runny and warm
rawberryfields · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why do you need to flip fried eggs? First time I ever hear that. You just fry it and that’s it, maybe close the lid if you want to go extra mile for it
nabrok · 28 points · Posted at 01:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe his parents separated the yolks out for some reason?
max_adam · 42 points · Posted at 02:45:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Colesterol it's bad Little Timmy, it's like poison for your heart. "
the_drama_llama · 14 points · Posted at 03:07:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder if he’d seen the health warning that there is a possibility of food poisoning with undercooked eggs and decided yolks=poison? Who knows. Poor kid.
nykdel · 9 points · Posted at 03:45:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently he's never eaten a scrambled one, either.
jerisad · 5 points · Posted at 05:36:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin called her parents when she went away to college all the eggs were wrong. She was a farm girl who only ever had big orange yolks from pasture raised hens, she kept cracking store bought eggs and seeing yellow yolks and freaked out.
ClitorisLiquorice · 13 points · Posted at 01:39:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never eaten a fried egg, what is a fried egg?
betoelectrico · 25 points · Posted at 01:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS3uOtm6XbuQArubVx3zT0Vdc3FGPeMZWm8kQ&usqp=CAU
i-am-red-w · 9 points · Posted at 01:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Risky click of the day
betoelectrico · 10 points · Posted at 01:56:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Borning click of the day, save your risk for something better
Yellowredstone · 4 points · Posted at 01:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dat yolk tho...
Eurynom0s · 6 points · Posted at 05:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sure you have and just don't realize it's called a fried egg.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:06:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An egg that has been fried
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah he didn't know how to cook one!
Khanstant · 2 points · Posted at 05:41:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love a good fried egg, but why put the poison part in such a precarious place right in the center??
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:49:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is something an alien would struggle with. As if they'd only seen a picture of a fried egg in an Earth-for-Dummies training manual
54yroldHOTMOM · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A fried egg cooked once more.
ForgettableUsername · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, you can eat them?
_Js_Kc_ · 54 points · Posted at 00:38:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has he ever had scrambled eggs?
osiris911 · 66 points · Posted at 01:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't always eat scrambled eggs, but when I do it's because I broke a yolk trying to fry eggs
_Js_Kc_ · 22 points · Posted at 01:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Precisely. Fried eggs is the holy grail, but you might end up with scrambled eggs trying to get it. Shoot for the moon, you might land among the stars.
trustthepudding · 20 points · Posted at 02:35:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yall wildin'. Just because the yolk broke doesn't mean you have to scramble it.
[deleted] · 86 points · Posted at 01:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gordon Ramsay be like, "the name is the recipe!"
cam2586 · 13 points · Posted at 02:43:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, do I need a deep fryer or will an air fryer be okay?
Knyfe-Wrench · 12 points · Posted at 03:11:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An idiot finds a way. You know this motherfucker is gonna be putting a whole egg shell-on in the frying pan.
Raising_The_Dead · 2 points · Posted at 16:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whole egg, shell and all, straight into the deep fryer
takatori · 2 points · Posted at 11:21:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, boiling oil in a pot, and drop in the egg?
Shelled, or cracked? Use breading? Boil how many minutes?
pokingoking · 53 points · Posted at 00:07:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At first I thought you were going to say it was horrifying that someone didn't know how to cook a fried egg. I was like, dude there are way worse things to not know.
Stealthyfisch · 14 points · Posted at 02:00:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbf as far as cooking anything goes, a fried egg is probably in the top 10 easiest things to cook.
KillermooseD · 13 points · Posted at 02:13:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had the hardest time getting it down! And I worked in a restaurant as a cook for like 5 years lol
Stealthyfisch · 16 points · Posted at 02:30:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh it’s decently difficult to cook them properly, IE to whatever doneness you want and without breaking the yolk, they’re just easy to cook as in “make not raw”
PCCP82 · 3 points · Posted at 02:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
set stove to low
drop egg from 5" above stove and remove shell
go away for 4 mins
return, giving it that little half flip; turn off stove
go away for 45 seconds
come back and remove
mmmountaingoat · 3 points · Posted at 06:02:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Easy to learn, hard to master
merakiorenda · 47 points · Posted at 00:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a friend who thought a fried egg meant dropping an egg, shell and all, into a pot of oil.
Individual_Lies · 26 points · Posted at 01:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean...technically?
SyntheticGod8 · 21 points · Posted at 02:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you mean that, yes, technically you can do that and create a little time bomb that will spray everything around you with boiling oil?
Because it's not technically how you make a fried egg.
Individual_Lies · 5 points · Posted at 02:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean technically you can do that, but it's not going to end well.
bafoon90 · 5 points · Posted at 04:33:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just make sure to use a lid. Deep fried egg.
Now I wonder how poaching an egg in boiling oil would turn out.
potential_island · 14 points · Posted at 01:06:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if he thought the yolk is poisonous did he then only eat the white bits around the unbroken yolk once it was cooked?
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, i didn't start cooking til about that age either, not even an egg...sometimes if your parents don't teach you, you have to make up for it belatedly. But the poisonous part is hilarious
TheRedMaiden · 11 points · Posted at 01:41:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay but in his defense the best part about a fried egg is breaking the yolk yourself. Soak that shit up with some toast and spend the morning in Flavortown.
FoxInKneeSocks · 6 points · Posted at 01:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the hell do you eat an egg without eventually breaking the yolk?
rawberryfields · 3 points · Posted at 05:47:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 10 my dad used to make breakfast for me so I picked up his way of eating fried egg. You cut the white parts and eat them till there’s only yolk left intact and then you pick it up carefully and shove it in your mouth whole. I was absolutely sure that’s how you eat an egg and when you break it it’s no good. Not poisonous but like a fail in eating an egg. I only started eating yolks breaking them when I started cooking myself at 16 or so.
betoelectrico · 2 points · Posted at 01:50:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiled egg?
kazosk · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You swallow.
macphile · 6 points · Posted at 01:49:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hol' up, breaking it while it's cooking makes it poisonous? Or when eating? I mean, neither is true, but... "This thing I'm about to eat is full of poison!" is a strange mental process.
Ninjafan5031 · 13 points · Posted at 00:00:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't even fry eggs and I know that he's a moron. I only boil or scramble them.
redbluegreenyellow · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hello, me
Pepperspray24 · 6 points · Posted at 01:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 26 and I learned how to cook fried eggs a few weeks ago. I googled it. But in my defense I have never once though that breaking an egg yolk made it poisonous.
Tanjelynnb · 2 points · Posted at 15:10:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom was a fanatic about cooking all foods all the way through, sometimes to inedibility. So I was in my mid-twenties before figuring out that it's 100% ok to eat eggs with a runny yolk or, say, to not cook/order your beef well-done.
Pepperspray24 · 1 points · Posted at 16:10:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha! Same!!
FakeOrcaRape · 3 points · Posted at 01:43:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at lunch w some peeps, and one of the girls there looked around and i guess got the courage to ask if we had built up immunities to mayonnaise. She had read that when mayo is heated it becomes poisonous, and she was confused as to how we could eat mayo on toasted bread that was warm.
leetfists · 3 points · Posted at 01:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has he never heard of scrambled eggs?
Scorpionwins23 · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a girl that heard a news story that Teflon frying pans could cause cancer, the story went on to say that carcinogens were created at 1000 degrees which was an impossible temperature to reach using a domestic stovetop..
I got home the next day to see all of the eggs were used up for one omelette, it was still in the pan except the middle had been scooped out. She was actively trying to avoid getting cancer by not eating the food that was touching the Teflon coating.
pgm123 · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a guy who used to think bay leaves were poisonous. He thought they were ok to flavor food, no poisonous to eat. He used to joke restaurants were trying to kill him if they forgot to remove it from the final dish.
No dude. The worst case is you will choke on it. They should remove the bay leaf, but it won't kill you.
torchesXXtogether · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno. This doesn’t surprise me. There’s a lot of bad info about food out there. I was in my twenties before I tried an egg with runny yolk because my parents told me that it was unhealthy/dangerous.
aleqqqs · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No need to cook it if it's already fried.
MyNameMightBePhil · 6 points · Posted at 00:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"How do you cook a fried egg?"
You don't, of it's fried then it's already cooked.
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 00:53:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guessing his parents only made fried eggs for him and were good at it.
el_DOOM · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dudes obviously an alien in disguise.
meridianmaps · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just tell him to smoke some cigarettes. The smoke will smother the bacteria in his stomach.
gatorslim · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's cousin once made a group of us eggs for breakfast using only the microwave.
sugarwind · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“What up. I’m Jared, I’m 19 and i never fucking learned how to cook an egg.”
pressurecookedgay · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like with that being true how nervous did he get when served a fried egg over easy?
Wiltbradley · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eat eggs often. Read this, then hung my head down in shock, shame and disbelief
teargasjohnny · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our 65 year old friend didn't know how to open up a package of Pillsbury biscuits.
Erudon_Ronan · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
besides that i have never fried a perfect egg. like it will break or get stuck to the pan. i tend to lean towards scrambled eggs. still the bomb though.
Gogopelirrojo · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly didn't know how to cook eggs for the longest, but that's just moronic
SilvermistInc · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, my Mom seems to think that freezing thawed chicken makes it toxic.
mr_ji · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not poisonous, but certainly ruined
EnhancementShaman · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I throw them out if I break the yolk too.
Because I want my eggs to be perfect and im not worried about the cost.
TheGrimGriefer3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look, I'm 18 and I can't even fry an egg for shit, but I know most of what I need to know, at least that which you can learn without firsthand experience
jetsqueak · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I used to know had never cracked an egg before. When my friend had her over for a sleepover, they were making breakfast. My friend makes her eggs while she was making toast. When she finished, it was the girl’s turn and my friend hands her an egg. The girl stands there, frozen and confused. My friend sees this and patiently explains that she has to crack the egg. The girl presses the middle of the egg with both thumbs. The egg shell obviously lands into the pan along with the white and yolk.
cricktor · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was guilty of not know how to fry an egg at 21. I had scrambled eggs for my daughter but I never ate eggs myself so when my boyfriend asked me to fry an egg for him I asked him how he meant before starting. He told me to “just fry it in a pan with oil.” So I decide he means deep fry. I fill a pan with a few inches of canola oil, heat it to frying temp, and cracked the egg into it. He was so confused when I served it and we had a good laugh. I have since learned how to properly prepare eggs.
tearohaceleste · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a 19 yr old roommate in college who was so confused how I would have white bits in my scrambled eggs. I guess cause I just throw a couple eggs in the pan and swish em around? Apparently her mother always whisked them first. She didn't cook for the house much lol
FireFox2239 · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was like 14 I tried to make scrambled eggs by myself in the microwave, “quick and easy” but kept throwing them away when they came out of the microwave cold because I was scared of salmonella. Instead of just heating it up more. Went through a bunch of eggs that day.
Mitchs_Frog_Smacky · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagined he was trying to fry it whole, in the shell.
Qcws · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
????????????????????????
I_want_Cyberpunk2077 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbf i can't cook an egg without breaking the yolk either, but I'm aware it's still edible.
kutsen39 · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just gotta ask him if he ever had scrambled eggs. Then scramble one for him
Loxodon_Monk · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair I don’t know how to fry an egg(dad made them once didn’t like them, haven’t bothered to learn) 15 yrs old if that matters.
Plug_5 · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went off to college at 17. The first time I tried to make pasta I had to call my sister because I didn't know how to boil water. Really.
sophakorn · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an 18 year old come and work in my kitchen, I asked him to put an egg on the grill and then proceeded to watch him try to PULL an egg apart. Had never been told that he needed to crack the egg. Beggars belief
-Nathan02- · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What thefuck did I just read?
hails29 · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and this is why no matter how much my 9 year old complains I am making him learn to cook and clean. Parents stop raising helpless kids! You doing everything for them is not helping them.
Merikurkkupurkki · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a tiny grain of logic there. When an egg gets older, its yolk usually becomes more fragile, so he could have just thought that if the yolk breaks so easily the egg might be too old to consume.
zandengoff · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, if you free up around a professional house chef or a parent with standards, they might toss a fried egg that breaks. I usually screw up one out of four and give my wife the good ones.
WalesIsForTheWhales · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like some weird ass trick you tell a small child so they stop fucking with your eggs.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHAT?
chickenfoot4less · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the fuck lmao
urbanlulu · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when I was 12-13 and I was walking in a park with my boyfriend at the time and his best friend. We ran into a black cat, not sure if it was a stray or not, but anyways it had bright green eyes and it’s pupils were in a sliver. My dumbass friend freaked out when I went to pet it because apparently it’s sliver eyes meant it was poisonous.
I legit had to explain to him that cats are not poisonous, and their pupils change with the phases of the moon. He just could not grasp that concept and was still convinced this black cat was poisonous and I was gonna die from petting it.
i-love-coco · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He must be Jared, 19, who never learned how to fucking read
The_Celtic_Chemist · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do the same thing, although that's because I only like over easy eggs or sunnyside up.
Doebino · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's an egg not a damn blowfish.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me remember going to McDonald’s and being completely confused when they asked me if I wanted my egg one of 3 ways; round, folded or scrambled. I can see how if this is the normal egg experience for someone that cooking one could be troublesome haha.
monstermayhem436 · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At first I thought the "how do you not know how to do this" was just cooking a fried egg, and I got slightly offended as I'm 18 and don't know how to cook a fried egg.
the-girlhas-noname · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up my mom was nice but didn’t tell us a lot of things when we were younger, she’d use a lot of kiddie words for items without ever explaining the info. She called over easy eggs “dunkin”‘eggs, so as a older teen going without her I’d order dunkin eggs at a restaurant and they’d have no idea what I meant. She also always called Parmesan cheese “shaky” cheese, since we’d shake it onto spaghetti, I always thought they were two different kinds of cheeses. 😳🤷🏻♀️
NightCreeper4 · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OOF!
mrchairman123 · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well at least he got a lot of practice at making a fried egg
butterandvegemite4 · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 3.5 year old son knows how to cook a fried egg (with supervision of course), and he loves breaking the yolk. How on earth does a 19 year old get to 19 without not knowing any basics about eggs?
TwoIdleHands · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 5 year old helps cook his fried eggs. He’ll eat it if the yolk is popped but is sad that it’s not runny. But he’s 5 so he gets a pass. Friggin’ 19?
Xiao8818 · 1 points · Posted at 05:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, it's still better. My brother is 36 years old and don't know how to turn on the stove.
apathetic-taco · 1 points · Posted at 05:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad there was more to that story. Had me feeling really stupid for a minute
nickaubain · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is going to get buried but I think I've figured why he thought that. He must have confused the fact that yolks of eggs that are not fresh break really easily.
Hashborne · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he's got his eggs and potatoes mixed up
NYslice · 1 points · Posted at 06:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to make eggs for someone. They wanted egg whites but sunny side up. After, they asked for two more. I thought, Wow! Those must’ve been the best sunny side up egg whites they ever had.
SooFabulous · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That might be from baking certain things. When baking brownies, I was taught by my mother not to eat too much of the leftover batter because it had raw egg in it that might have salmonella.
That could be what he was thinking about. He was just missing the part where cooking the egg also kills any salmonella.
ReallyHadToFixThat · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"HOW MUCH IS IN THE BIN!?"
Not_A_Wendigo · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the fuck?
suckmyflower · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd say 80% of men and women under 20 don't know how to fry an egg
I_have_a_big_D · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get mentally hurt when I see food thrown away.
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He’s thinking of shellfish, and how you shouldn’t eat them if they don’t open when you’re cooking them... they give you food poisoning. You’ll be fine in a day or two, but it’s very unpleasant! 😏
RepublicOfLizard · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait wait wait wait, so he was gonna eat the yoke? But he thought breaking it open somehow made it poisonous? Why in the hell would they sell anything “poisonous” at a grocery store? U literally have to have a license just to serve pufferfish in America
DukesOfTatooine · 1 points · Posted at 14:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok but let's be real, a fried egg with a broken yolk is basically not worth eating.
notonmywatch807 · 1 points · Posted at 15:08:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
.....
mayonetta · 1 points · Posted at 15:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, a broken yolk is a travesty, it might as well be poisonous
Hans_Brix_III · 3075 points · Posted at 23:19:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Three months into our freshman year of college a friend of mine developed a rash. I suggested he look into hypoallergenic sheets and swap out his others. His response: "I've used the same sheets since we moved in, it's not the sheets." Mind you, not the same <type> of sheets, but the same exact sheets unchanged and slept/eaten upon/etc. for three months.
HunnieDu · 1277 points · Posted at 02:14:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend also had this problem. No one told her that she needed to wash her blankets like you wash your clothes and for many years. I was the only one to explain this to her.
She would just layer new blankets over the older blankets. And didn’t understand why her acne was so bad growing up. Once she started regularly washing her blankets her skin cleared up but she’ll still swear it was all because of a face scrub she got at rite aid.
Bloke_Named_Bob · 108 points · Posted at 06:05:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy in my dorm at university didn't use sheets because, and I quote, "Why bother? They just result in more laundry". He had been sleeping on a bare mattress with a single blanket for about 6 months straight. The stank in his room had soul to it.
HatesBeingThatGuy · 69 points · Posted at 06:41:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
laying on a mattress straight is just ugh. All your sweat and oil is just going to go straight into the mattress. A good mattress cover and sheets is a must people
[deleted] · 41 points · Posted at 08:38:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend's flatmate hasn't changed his sheet since they moved in.
They moved in in 2013.
I was actually about 2 days away from driving down there and helping my friend get rid of the bed and everything on it and replace while he was away visiting family.
Then, uh, Covid hit.
Ladies_Pls_DM_nudes · 17 points · Posted at 10:55:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit those sheets must be caked in filth
Rising_Swell · 11 points · Posted at 09:29:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me, should probably wash my sheets.
mnguyen318 · 3 points · Posted at 02:20:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell her to stop washing her blankets and let her see for herself 😂
Morsemouse · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy for a short time long ago; he was living in the house that they had lived in when he was married. I saw some piece of slime fluff or something on the floor once, and pointed it put to him, asking who’d done the last vacuuming. He said he did not vacuum the floor; had never done it. At this point, I started paying closer attention to lots of things around his house. I noticed that the sheets on his bed (covers were always pulled completely back, sheets totally exposed) were a little dingy, and felt them...they were ...?slimy? Just didn’t feel right. I determined at that point NEVER to (ummm.. ) do anything on those sheets. (I was in my late 30’s at the time) I truly never did anything other than visit his house for short times. Dust was on every surface not used, no trash around, just no routine light cleaning.
bringtwizzlers · 42 points · Posted at 04:03:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first college roommate didn't do laundry or wash her sheets or wash her FUCKING BATH TOWEL the entire semester. Not once. August to January. Her towel had black marks on it.
She was filthy. Our apartment was filthy. I couldn't even use our living room because her stuff was everywhere. She'd have her mom come clean up for her at the end of the semester. I am still traumatized from having to share an apartment with her. Longest year of my life.
dustbinflowers · 7 points · Posted at 07:36:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I currently have a flatmate like this. He seems to have a bath about once every two or three weeks, washes his clothes maybe once a month. In the year he has been here I have never seen his bedsheets washed and out on the line. Never any housework. He eats and stays in his room pretty much constantly when he isn't at work. I just gave him two weeks notice and am terrified he won't get his shit together to leave. I am also pretty sure I am going to have to replace the carpet and repaint his room when he does leave.
pinkbuggy · 3 points · Posted at 10:19:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like we had the same roommate 🥴
sweetmangopops · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our roommate 3rd year of college, we realized we had never seen her wash her bath towel. We realized it near the end of the year when there was a smell coming off it that was stinking up our bathroom. 😐 And she'd always keep her wet hair wrapped up in the towel for a weirdly long time, like an hour. So I'm sure her hair smelled funky too....
FortunateSonofLibrty · 30 points · Posted at 03:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lasereth · 2 points · Posted at 23:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was me in college 😂😂😂
imgoodygoody · 58 points · Posted at 03:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shortly after one of my best friends got married she asked my mom and I how often we changed our sheets. When we replied once a week or every two weeks at the MOST she got this funny look on her face. Of course we pressed her for an answer as to why she’s asking this. Turns out her new husband said when he lived at home his mom would only change the sheets 3 or 4 times a year. Barf.
motorsportnut · 27 points · Posted at 04:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a study out a few years ago of single men in the U.K., and that’s about the frequency at which the majority of them said they changed their sheets.
NoninflammatoryFun · 27 points · Posted at 05:35:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uh yeah... until recently that was me. For years. A decade at least. I’m a woman. Is this why I have back acne?
soopermen6 · 10 points · Posted at 06:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my God i think you just told me why I have bacne too!
NoninflammatoryFun · 3 points · Posted at 05:08:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really think so. We should both wash regularly and see. I guess that means I have to have more than one set of sheets.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 06:05:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is just terrible. I feel like I have bugs crawling on me if they aren't changed Sunday night.
hattienelluel · 4 points · Posted at 07:09:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sunday's my clean sheet day too :) Start the week fresh.
ardvarkk · 10 points · Posted at 08:42:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
3 or 4 times a year is still a bit low, but I think shower habits definitely make a huge difference here. Back when I always showered at night right before bed, every single night, I could very easily go more than a week with sheets that still felt fresh. Showering more in the mornings nowadays though, clean sheets each week is a good thing.
11twofour · 2 points · Posted at 06:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think this depends on the climate and if you shower before bed.
Bexickle · 81 points · Posted at 03:13:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I assume this is how 80% of college guys behave
tarabithia22 · 29 points · Posted at 05:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Male roomate in a house of 5 girls. He made it 3/4 of the way through the year through sheer pity/charm, then by the last quarter he was on his own for chores.
He didn't wash his clothes/dishes/anything in that entire time. We found the dirty missing dishes fron the beginning of the year in his dresser drawer after he moved out. Stacks of them.
He didn't wash his bedding or his socks, wore the same two pairs for months, it reeked if he walked into a room. He lost weight a lot at the end because he wouldn't shop or cook. His parents were wealthy, he had money for booze/whatever.
InadmissibleHug · 48 points · Posted at 04:25:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I stayed over at a very good friend’s place after her mother had gone into a nursing home.
She said I could use her mum.’s bed, and that sounded fine.
Until exhausted me collapsed into the hairy, granny smelling bed.
I was too tired and it was too late to address it, but YUK.
The same friend came to visit and brought her boyfriend along. We provide clean beds.
She did not leave a clean bed. Not even a little cum stain- that’s understandable.
They left a massive cum stain like she hadn’t even tried to clean up at the very private and accessible bathroom next to her room.
We threw away the mattress protector and gave away the sheets. A decade later my husband still shudders.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 11:01:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sister was at her mother-in-law's house recently and had her service dog with her. The dog is very well trained and only pees/poops either outside or on those disposable puppy pads.
The MIL's bed was so filthy that the dog mistook it for a bathroom. She jumped up onto the bed and took a shit right in the middle of it.
brahmankaran · 4 points · Posted at 07:29:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep they do, My roommate does the exact same thing. And he thinks he is the most hygeinic person.
dicaprihoe · 17 points · Posted at 03:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (f, 20) have a roommate (m, 25) who moved in last August, and did not wash his bedding until February of this year. I couldn’t believe it. He had like 3 or 4 girls over in that span of time, they all did the nasty in his bed. Needless to say he’s not a clean person whatsoever.
LaDewsWin · 94 points · Posted at 01:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m assuming you mean he didn’t wash them for three months? Otherwise it sounds like you think you have to buy new sheets every time they get dirty. You... you don’t think that, right..?
resting_O_face · 108 points · Posted at 02:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that’s what they meant when they said “unchanged”. To me, “changing the sheets” is throwing em in the laundry and putting em right back on the bed since I only have one set lol
LaDewsWin · 16 points · Posted at 02:56:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense. I’m big dumb.
resting_O_face · 29 points · Posted at 03:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You clean your sheets so I think you’re doing just fine
dicaprihoe · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? No no, he didn’t wash them for 6 months.
Edit: sorry, lack of sleep has made me dumb. Thought you were replying to my comment.
timesuck897 · 13 points · Posted at 03:52:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have to wash your bed sheets? I thought you bought them white and threw out grey. /s
space_intestine · 8 points · Posted at 04:41:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy in the dorms who didn’t wash his sheets all year. He spilled a chocolate ice cream near his pillow at one point. His solution? Take off the sheet and put it back on so the stain was at his feet.
Hans_Brix_III · 3 points · Posted at 18:25:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a fool! He should've just rotated the whole mattress, much faster
welluuasked · 8 points · Posted at 05:18:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My freshman roommate didn’t wash or change her sheets the entire year. Yes, from September until June, I never saw her wash them once. Those sheets hosted random hookups, drunk friends who slept there with their shoes still on, and countless late night snack crumbs. When the year was finally over, she just threw those toxic sheets out in the hallway garbage. I never saw her again thank the lord.
Hans_Brix_III · 3 points · Posted at 18:22:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's foul.
welluuasked · 1 points · Posted at 19:05:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
She also left a half eaten bowl of Kraft Mac and cheese on top of her tv for 2 MONTHS. She would also leave her bloody underwear laying around on the floor. Hands down the grossest person I’ve had the misfortune of coming across.
AkatherineGu · 11 points · Posted at 03:34:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sisters partner has used the same pillow from his early teens, he is 31..... he refuses to get a new one.
Tar_alcaran · 13 points · Posted at 04:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh. As long as you swap the cover and use two of those, that's really not too bad.
You can wash a pillow too
AkatherineGu · 2 points · Posted at 14:24:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately it’s literally no longer white and more of a dark tan.
Sutaru · 5 points · Posted at 03:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eewwwwwww
Ireysword · 4 points · Posted at 09:54:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate would complain that her mattress sheets would shrink after the first wash and that she couldn't use them anymore.
I was like "they might have shrunken a little but certainly not that much."
"no, I have to buy new ones again!"
"okay please show me the sheets first."
So we go to her room, I pick up the sheets and start to drape them over the mattress. They fit.
"See! They are too small!"
The corners of the mattress were standing up a little and the sheet was tenting. As it happens occasionally.
I looked at her dumbfounded.
"are you serious?"
"am I serious? I can't sleep on this!"
"please just watch me for a second."
I stretched out my arms and just belly flopped on the bed as to push the sheets down. Rolled around a little and voila! Sheets were fitting nicely.
My roommate stared at me like I was a witch.
Turns out she had thrown away the sheets every time and had bought new ones. We don't live together anymore but I still tease her about that one.
sar-tay · 9 points · Posted at 05:09:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I'm a 30 yr old married Mom and as I'm reading these I'm thinking " that dumbass doesn't know how to use a microwave, make a budget, run a vacuum, put gas in a car, schedule a doctor appointment, etc" then I get to this bed sheet thing and now I'm the HUGE dumbass that washes the bed sheets like "maybe" 2-3 times a year.... damn I need to get my life together.
Hans_Brix_III · 1 points · Posted at 18:25:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol! We've all got our blind spots and nothing wrong with learning something new. I remember my friend's dad's horror when he found out we hadn't changed the A/C filter in 6 months. He showed it to me and it was revolting
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it really depends on the climate and if you shower before bed.
For people who shower before bed, that's perfectly fine.
Now if you don't shower before bed, then I can see why you would need to change it once a week.
sar-tay · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's uplifting news. We both shower before bed and keep it a pretty fridged temperature in the beadroom.
CaptainLollygag · 3 points · Posted at 04:10:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.
swayzaur · 3 points · Posted at 08:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once worked with a guy, who was in his late 20's, that admitted to me he had never changed or washed his sheets since he had bought them, almost 2 years prior. He had no idea they were supposed to be washed regularly. I can't imagine how horrible his apartment must have smelled.
Cosmic_Quasar · 3 points · Posted at 10:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I'm not sure it was the sheets, themselves, but generally poor hygiene. In some of my more extreme depressive times I've gone 2-3 months without changing my bedding, and days without showering. The only times I ever got sores were the times I didn't shower. As long as I showered and washed myself I didn't get rashes or anything.
Hans_Brix_III · 1 points · Posted at 18:19:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, without a doubt. There were food crumbs all over it, he'd sleep in it after a gym session without showering, etc.
Drew_P_Nuts · 18 points · Posted at 02:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Curious are you a girl? I only ask because as a guy me and many of my guy friends usually only wash the sheets 1x every 3 months.
And in college? Maybe never, new ones each year. Those things were gross! We knew we should... just lazy college guys
Wrapandnap · 43 points · Posted at 02:59:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the fuck you didn't wash your sheets for a YEAR?!?!?!?!
HeWhomLaughsLast · 10 points · Posted at 03:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those are rookie numbers
Drew_P_Nuts · 19 points · Posted at 03:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The semester.. so probably 5 months. And I know many kids that did this. This wasn’t the norm as sometimes we did, especially if you spilled or stained the sheets but it certainly wasn’t abnormal.
smiley6536 · 7 points · Posted at 04:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit. I almost thought I was alone on this. I mean it doesn’t LOOK like it’s actively getting dirty like clothes. I shower everyday before going to bed so how dirty could the sheet really be?
corncrisp · 6 points · Posted at 05:53:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i sometimes use fake tan which chemically changes the colour of your dead skin cells from transparent to brown. it only takes a week or two for sheets to get noticeable browner and foul from the massive amounts of dead skin cells that slough off in the night. in contrast, i could wear a white t shirt for that same week and have it still looking clean. so, so dirty.
c2c4a · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha I mean you're clean when you use a towel but they get rank fast
smiley6536 · 4 points · Posted at 05:18:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because it’s wet after you use it?
Lasereth · 1 points · Posted at 00:00:18 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Add me to the list; didn’t change mine for the whole year. They never really smelled bad, but I slept clothed so that probably helped.
bringtwizzlers · 8 points · Posted at 04:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wtf is wrong with you. Being a "young college guy" is not an excuse to be disgusting.
Leaves_Swype_Typos · 7 points · Posted at 04:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're not really doing anything to soil your sheets (as unfortunate as that sounds to some), I don't see the problem.
ljseminarist · 17 points · Posted at 04:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are doing plenty to soil your sheets. Shedding dead skin cells, secreting skin oil, sweating (do you know your body produces at least a pint of sweat every hour)? And there are little creatures living on your skin and in your bed that feed on all these things, from bacteria to mites - and they shit their microscopic shits there, and they die and decompose there...
slinkysuki · 1 points · Posted at 15:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What are you talking about, a pint every hour. During exercise? Yes. In sleep? No, unless you're having freaking night terrors.
ljseminarist · 3 points · Posted at 16:22:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, you sweat more during exercise - 2-3 pt. But you still sweat some even when sleeping, you just don’t feel it because it gets evaporated or absorbed by your bed clothes.
slinkysuki · 2 points · Posted at 16:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're telling me you lose a gallon of fluid overnight? Incorrect.
Maybe 1pt over 8hrs, but not every hour. Thats what i was taking issue with.
ljseminarist · 1 points · Posted at 21:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, what you say makes complete sense. I am probably grossly mistaken about the volume of sweat. The rest still stands, though.
SteerJock · 5 points · Posted at 04:29:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, wtf I washed my sheets at least every week in college. More often if I had company over. That’s gross.
DB_Coooper · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a lot more common than you think. I'm also guilty of this.
No_Name_Ideas · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only 3 months?
savwatson13 · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know hypoallergenic sheets were a thing! I’m looking into this.
Hans_Brix_III · 1 points · Posted at 18:21:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
And pillows! If you're allergic to dust or pollen, a good pillow is life changing
Fairybuttmunch · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is such a guy thing, my bf doesn’t understand the concept of washing sheets and doesn’t know what I mean when I talk about the “dirty laundry smell.”
AdamAllenthePerson · 2 points · Posted at 08:15:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude I must have slept in the same sheets my whole teenage life and never got a rash. My parents were not clean people. I learned a lot about house keeping when I got married.
roastytoastykitty · 2 points · Posted at 08:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents never told me I was supposed to change my sheets...growing up I'd do it maybe once or twice a year. :( There's a lot more, but I'll just say that it feels great to not live in filth anymore now that I'm an adult!
Jotarow · 2 points · Posted at 12:14:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the same thing and used them without washing them for probably like 4 months, nothing bad happened to me though
genericusername_5 · 2 points · Posted at 12:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once read that the average young man changes his sheets 4x a year. I think I vomited in my mouth.
kiwi-critic · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just dropping in to say I have lived with my flatmate for almost two years and he has NEVER washed his sheets.. or clothes. K thanks
coolturnipjuice · 2 points · Posted at 15:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A survey found that the average person in the UK washes their sheets every 6 months.
Lasereth · 2 points · Posted at 23:52:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t change my sheets at all in college until I went home for the summer. Yes that’s 9-10 months. No rash lol
Hans_Brix_III · 1 points · Posted at 18:16:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend would eat on the bed too, so there things like Oreo crumbs all over
margretnix · 2 points · Posted at 00:20:13 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine had a college roommate who asked her where the laundry room was when they were moving out. Five months after moving in.
Moveitalong123 · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Immediately made me think of this horrifying article on how often people really change their sheets. My skin was crawling after.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ew. This article made me feel really good about my linen changing habits. I’m so paranoid about bed bugs (experienced an infestation at a hotel once, it was so gross!) that we change sheets all the time AND I vacuum everyone’s mattresses. I’m so afraid of finding those awful critters but so far so good!
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:28:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg that article! No way! I’m a once a week/sometimes 2 weeks pillow case and sheet washer and I’ve never considered myself a clean freak whatsoever.
BikerMurse · 1 points · Posted at 17:13:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally never saw my first housemate change his sheets in the three years we lived together.
NecessaryPen7 · 1 points · Posted at 23:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guilty. Towel as well.
That said I shower before sleeping, don't smell and don't have skin conditions.
......and wash things much more frequently now.
underwriter · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
uh I wash my sheets like twice a year at most
simononandon · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, if you wash & dry them the same day, you can get by with one set for a while.
rhythmr0gue · 17486 points · Posted at 21:02:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked at an on campus store that sold a lot of essentials for students living at dorms. I had one girl ask me what laundry detergent was because she never did laundry. She asked if I could help her do her laundry but I declined as I couldn't leave the register, which of course she was mad about. Sorry I have to actually do my job lady.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 7699 points · Posted at 21:59:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a weird way I am jealous of those people. I've done crap like that since I was physically able to and I can honestly say they haven't missed much. I appreciate how (hopefully) it's shaped me into a better person but c'mon it's boring af.
rhythmr0gue · 2420 points · Posted at 22:12:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can understand. I was definitely envious of them because it was obvious they came from money, whereas I was working two part time jobs while going to college. But sadly they were also the type of girls who only went to college because everyone else did and more than likely would just try and find someone who'd marry them only to be further pampered.
I recall having a lab partner who was in a sorority who didn't know how to do laundry or cook. They paid people to do that for them. I asked her if she was interested in at least learning how to do it for the future. She replied back saying "That's silly, I'm going to marry someone with money where I'd just hire someone to do it for me." I had no response to that since I clearly could not relate.
[deleted] · 1461 points · Posted at 00:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked my butt off at my crappy grocery store jobs but I still didn’t really know how to do laundry. My mom always wanted it all done a certain way so she did it herself. I just kind of trial and error picked up how to do laundry when I was finally on my own. I never cooked much either because my parents did it and whenever I tried teased me about it. So I trial and error-ed that, too. I learned about better cooking from my BF only about 7 years ago. But I still don’t have cooking intuition and need to follow directions
Just saying that you can be clueless about something and still be the working type.
numberonepear · 1043 points · Posted at 00:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta love the parenting style of criticizing you for not doing enough around the house, then when you attempt to do it they criticize and belittle you for doing it the wrong way and say "I'll do it next time" and the cycle repeats.
IDreamofLoki · 91 points · Posted at 01:39:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister did this to her kids when they were little. They'd try to help her fold towels or something simple and she'd re-do it behind them because the towels weren't folded perfectly even. The two oldest boys eventually learned to cook once they got fast food jobs, but the youngest still won't. They all managed to hit 20 without knowing how to run the washing machine so now (according to my Dad, I haven't been to their house in over ten years, he travels more), you walk in and there are mountains of unfolded clothes on all the furniture, including the dining room table. Sis has been too sick, and probably clinically depressed to do it and her three grown ass sons and grown ass husband won't do it themselves.
ClockworkAnd · 62 points · Posted at 02:10:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. I guess you reap what you sow...
That really sucks, for everyone involved.
IDreamofLoki · 2 points · Posted at 12:27:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really is, and her husband is an ass. She still lays out his damn clothes for him every morning because he claims he can't match things correctly. He keeps getting laid off from his jobs, which we think has a lot to do with his charming, holier than thou attitude. He went from being a well paid computer expert, to a fast food manager and so on. He recently got a job at Walmart and barely lasted a month because he had to deal with people and wear a mask.
We've tried talking them into moving to Florida but my sister 'loves her house too much'. She also won't get mental help because they're against taking medication that isn't holistic if they can help it. It's a shit show and I'm glad that her oldest son has at least managed to move out and get a really decent job. He managed a burger place for years to put himself through college and recently got his Master's and moved up north.
sexyusername762 · 9 points · Posted at 12:57:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the exact opposite of what I want from my four boys. My 14 yo knows how to do his own laundry and is expected to, knows some basic cooking, and how to clean a bathroom. We're still working on consistent personal hygiene though.
numberonepear · 9 points · Posted at 03:21:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dang, that's pretty tragic.
AlmostAPeach · 27 points · Posted at 03:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's my Mom, she never taught us how to cook, clean, manners. But she constantly yells/cruses at us, you need to learn how to do this and that, never teaches us how. Gets angry when anyone does something wrong but doesn't teach how to do things right. She yells at us to get jobs as teens but is offended and refuses to help fill out paperwork and gets upset when rides are needed for interviews. Refuses to give rides to work, gets upset that we are paying someone gas money for rides, offers to give rides, gets upset when we need a ride for work, yells at us all the way to work and home after a 10hr shift, yells that we need to learn drive, refuses to teach to drive, gets angry that someone else is teaching us, refuses to share car to get license, gets passive aggressive when we have license, refuses to share cars, gets upset that you bought car, it's a never ending cycle we have all learned to deal with.
Sorez · 5 points · Posted at 08:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah just like my mother. My dad noped the fuck out of that trainwreck when I was 14 after he finally got sick of tje way she acted. I sadly had too much anxiety to leave with him.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both my parents did this. And multiple exes. One story I feel perfectly illustrates the "logic" these people run on: according to one ex, when I filled the car up with gas I'm supposed to reset the odometer? He yelled at me for not knowing, saying I should have asked.
"But how am I supposed to ask when I don't know what to ask about?"
"You should just know."
I wish I were kidding.
Pheighthe · 1 points · Posted at 16:51:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey Sister!
gr8ful123 · 19 points · Posted at 02:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wow you described my life. Eventually learned how to do it, but the criticizing/ belittling thing didn't help.
Booknerdbassdrum · 27 points · Posted at 02:28:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that's my parents, which is why I didn't learn any of that stuff until I moved in with my now partner. They had the patience to answer my phone calls of "what do I season this chicken with???" and other stuff I never felt comfortable enough to ask anyone else
quazax · 21 points · Posted at 03:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank god for the internet. My parents never taught me to cook. And i had to figure it out myself.
PM_Me_Clavicle_Pics · 22 points · Posted at 03:14:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents criticized everything I did to the point where I had to google how to tie a necktie because it just wasn't worth asking them.
quazax · 12 points · Posted at 03:24:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I went out and bought my own cell phone & up for my own contract because I didn't want to have to deal with all the rules that I knew they were going to try to put on me. I was 19 at the time, and what cell phones were still relatively simple. But I knew they were going to try and hold it over my head.
numberonepear · 5 points · Posted at 03:58:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
www.tie-a-tie.net baby!
PM_Me_Clavicle_Pics · 23 points · Posted at 03:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how I was raised. When I finally went away to college, I had no idea how to cook, clean, do laundry, or literally anything else. I was also too proud to ask anyone for help (and I probably would have been ridiculed anyway). So there were a few months of genuine struggling with everyday household tasks. Laundry comes pretty quickly (unless you're one of those guys who doesn't mind smelling, but it ain't me), but I think the biggest blow was to my confidence.
BenvolioLeSmelly · 8 points · Posted at 05:07:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m still riding this same boat. And there’s not like a master list of websites or wikihows that teach you how to be an adult, I just have to figure it out as it comes up. Roommate got mad once because my sink was dirty and I was like “how does a sink get dirty if water runs through it.” Still have a long way to go in the cooking and money areas, but I’ve figured out a lot so far. Always too proud to ask for help though which is probably a huge downfall, it doesn’t help that there’s a whole heap of shame that I feel about it and the feeling that I’ll be made fun of about it despite the fact that it wasn’t in my control until now.
numberonepear · 12 points · Posted at 03:20:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel ya, I dealt with pretty much the same thing when I went off to college. I swear I could write a book entitled "How to Ensure Your Child Enters Adulthood Meek and Helpless 101" based on my experiences growing up.
desieslonewolf · 7 points · Posted at 02:53:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see you know my mother.
kamomil · 7 points · Posted at 05:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that would be my parents. No chores schedule whatsoever.
Once a month, my dad: kind of rants, says "what are you doing, help your mother out, how come nobody helps her"
My mom: "oh, don't worry about it, it's quicker if I do it myself"
Repeat every 1-2 months or so.
hfshzhr · 5 points · Posted at 04:39:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thanked my mom everyday for a childhood where she did criticized us but not at the expense of doing something ‘her’ way. She would bitch about it sometimes but we get the lesson that you need to what you need to do to get the house running regardless in what specific method that you do it
worm_bagged · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just wait until you get married! Then your spouse does it to you!
Piddly_Penguin_Army · 3 points · Posted at 05:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahhh I see you’ve met my mother.
My mother nitpicked every little thing I did. Mostly because it wasn’t done exactly how she does it. She made everything seem so difficult because she was such a martyr about everything. When I got my own place I realized that my mom can’t manage her time and she put me down so she would feel better.
VixenRoss · 3 points · Posted at 05:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was me to an extent as well. We didn’t have a washing machine so everything was hand washed. I wasn’t allowed to wash my clothes because I would get in the way/spend 2 hours in the kitchen. I wasn’t allowed to touch the spinner, cooker, etc. I was also lazy and didn’t do anything.
loonygecko · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha that was my ex boyfriend, no surprise we broke up!
ANT2WSP · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Mom has OCD (or at least that's what I tell her), she has to have towels folded in a very specific way or she'll unfold them and then do it the "right way" (her way).
I'm a man of basic means, I do the old fold down the middle and then three more folds the other way. She hates it so much she's asked me to just stop folding laundry for her.
The ironic part is, as far as clothes is concerned she gives zero shits and lives out of a laundry basket, just like me. Lmfao.
catrotica · 2 points · Posted at 07:52:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that's not what ocd is.
TechniChara · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, hi sis!
GameOfThrownaws · 2 points · Posted at 07:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents always did this, never understood it. I wasn’t allowed to cook or do laundry or vacuum or just about anything because they thought I’d mess up their stuff. Then they’d occasionally joke about how I don’t know how to do anything and it’s gonna be rough when I get out on my own.
What made even less sense was that while I was still living there, in my mid-late 20s, I was pretty clearly demonstrating a decent level of general competence. I was building up a decent career and getting promoted all the time, getting in good shape at the gym, flipping shit on eBay, investing, etc. Its not like I was working at subway and sitting in my room all night playing call of duty and yelling out for more meatloaf. But still they would never let me touch most major tools/appliances around the house, then make fun of me for not doing it. Very strange.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:43:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my mom after we got a dishwashing machine. It was supposed to be less hassle but she would work herself up into a frenzy if we didn't load the dishwasher the way she thought it should be loaded, then would bitch about being stressed. It was crazy seeing how much she would stress herself out over the placement of bowls and shit. I'm not talking "oh, the plastics should go on top", I'm talking "YOU DIDN'T LINE UP THE PLATES EXACTLY RIGHT I HAVE TO DO IT ALL MYSELF WAH WAH WAH".
Haven't talked to her in years.
Hes9023 · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol this was the opposite in my house. I hated the way my mom did laundry and she would dry things you’re not suppose to, she never folded in a way that made sense to me, it was a struggle. I started doing it on my own at 14 I think lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’d honestly be surprised how often this happens.
noriender · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god, you just described my teenage years.
Fromanderson · 1 points · Posted at 12:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a bit off topic but my wife does this. I love her to pieces but this really annoys me.
She absolutely hates housework and by her own admission leaves most of it for me. Then she gripes about how I do laundry, how I load the dishwasher, how I put away the clothes etc. She hates the Roomba and doesn't want it making noise when she's home etc.
I never ruined any of her clothes but I finally stopped washing any of her clothes. She always complained that something was wrong with the way I did it.
rhythmr0gue · 15 points · Posted at 00:53:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I agree. There were a lot of things I had to figure it out on my own through trial and error but luckily the internet has been a great reference source. But for this instance it was just a really spoiled kid who was low key just trying to get me to do their laundry for them.
zitsky · 10 points · Posted at 01:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel bad. A lot of people follow directions.
finkiusmaximus · 7 points · Posted at 00:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or my dad, who married at 23 and divorced at 48. A lot of ruined laundry and plenty of bland spaghetti when I started spending time with him. He's married again, and his wife is every bit as domestic as my mother.
bex505 · 5 points · Posted at 01:29:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! My mom never liked the way I did things so she wouldn't let me do them so I could, yah know learn and do better.
EvieMoon · 5 points · Posted at 02:01:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother is extremely particular about everything from how clothes are folded to how shiny the taps are. Did that mean that she did things herself? Hell no! She just abused the shit out of us until we did things up to her standards.
I envy the people who somehow made it past childhood without knowing how to run a household.
Echospite · 5 points · Posted at 01:56:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sort of the opposite? My mother did all the chores, hated when they were done "wrong" so never let my brother or I touch them.
Stayed at a beach house for a week with college students as a holiday and I was one of the only ones that knew how to do shit around the house.
I have no idea how I managed to pick that stuff up without lifting a finger during childhood, but there you go.
theycallmecliff · 5 points · Posted at 01:39:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Relatable, glad I'm not alone.
curiouscreator · 4 points · Posted at 02:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This! I’m not from money but in a house of 5 all the laundry was done together and my parents didn’t let us touch it cause they wanted it done their way.
GolfCartMafia · 3 points · Posted at 02:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the same as you. Had a retail job since the day I turned 16 but my parents sent me off to college without knowing how to use a dishwasher (we didn’t have a working one), or a washing machine. Growing up, we all put our laundry in the laundry closet and then my mom would wash/dry it and separate it into each person’s bin for them to put away. So it never occurred to me (or her) that I needed to know how to use the machine. And I went to college only an hour and a half away so I would just bring my laundry home for it to be washed. It wasn’t till most of the way through my freshman year that my boyfriend realized I had no idea how to use a washing machine and didn’t even own laundry detergent. Fast forward a few decades, that bf is now my husband and I’m very picky about how I do the laundry for the both of us 😂
Sylentskye · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This pisses me off to no end and I am regularly telling off both older people complaining that their adult kids can’t do anything and my parent peers when they complain about their own kids. 9/10 times it’s because parents are too controlling/“want it done ‘right’” without giving the kids time to learn and become proficient/or don’t want to take the time to teach them. I try not to blame the kids/young adults as much off the bat because most people don’t really question the reality they grow up in until they get some real world experience (for better or worse). I mean, yeah, if parents wait until the kid is a teenager to say “hey you need to help around the house!” they’re going to have an uphill battle. Best to start kids young with age-appropriate tasks (even partial ones) so they are used to it as they get older.
Parents: take the time, show your kids how to do common household tasks, give them a chance to get better over time and reinforce what they do well. Yes, this may mean you have strips of long grass on your freshly mowed lawn because they’re not good at slightly overlapping the passes, you may have to have some redos when something was done incorrectly (like overloading the dishwasher or forgetting to put the cap in after draining the old car oil). Don’t be surprised that your kid doesn’t know how to do this stuff if you’re not willing to show them and explain why they need to know. And this doesn’t just go for household chores but other life skills like money management/budgeting, grocery shopping, meal planning, etc.
CutterJohn · 2 points · Posted at 02:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everything I own is just denim or cotton/poly blend so its literally just mush it all in the washing machine and hit start.
obvom · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is much easier as a parent to just take over and do it yourself in the beginning, where the child does not know how to do things and makes a mess or ruins it. But you end up not only stunting the child's autonomy, but making extra work for yourself as the parent over time. It is more work to be patient and teach a child in the beginning, but much less work in the long run as they are more independent than if you just tie their shoes for them until they're 8 years old.
jackieiscool12 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also never did laundry growing up because my mom didn’t want us to ruin anything, because clothes cost money. I did lots of other chores and yard work though. She also made sure I knew how to do laundry before I went off to college.
ButtScientist69 · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get a subscription to blue apron. It's expensive, but it'll teach you how to cook. Every recipe is six steps, they make it so you literally can't fuck it up, and they ship you exactly what you need in the quantity you need.
It takes a lot of the stress out of following recipes, because half of my frustration was that I didn't know what some ingredients were or where to find them, and I would spend all day wandering around the supermarket looking for one item. By the time I was done shopping I just wanted to order takeout.
Once I got comfortable with cooking I just bought the ingredients at the supermarket, but services like Blue Apron are a great intermediate step so you can focus on cooking instead of buying. There are other services out there (like home chef) but I haven't used them so I can't comment on their recipe guides and if they're designed for idiots like me.
nightingale07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, I see you've met my parents.
WalesIsForTheWhales · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ma and I violently disagreed on how to do laundry. So I’d do all of my normal clothes and she did all of my school clothes. Somewhere along the line that broke down and I just started doing everything on my own.
I learned to cook because by high school my da was home at erratic hours, my ma was 9-5 and I’d get home at like 8 and be starving. Then I started working at a restaurant and got trained.
Silver2324 · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for that because I definitely had the stereotype from lived experience that people who did not know this stuff were pampered/didn't need to work/always had their parents or someone else do it.
Febril · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It show how important it is for parents to be good educators. Not every parent is good at helping their children become independent functioning adults. Your example shows it’s possible to learn by putting in the effort. Congratulations.
WA_State_Buckeye · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It will come, trust me! The more you do, the more you learn. I went from "if it fits in the microwave I'll cook it!" to actually cooking on a stove and in an oven. I'll make a recipe by following it exactly, then after we've tasted or eaten it, tweak it so it better fits our taste if we actually liked it but felt something was missing. I went from Campbell's chicken noodle soup to making my own, and learned that a touch of cinnamon was key. My chicken soup is asked for by my neighbors!
You have to following the directions to learn the basics. Then you start experimenting. It will come.
beam_me_up_buttercup · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, this is the life I'm living. It's starting to make me increasingly eager to move out because I want to start figuring this shit out sooner rather than later, and you really just can do that around these types, lol.
Worthyness · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did it the good ol' fashioned dad way- throw everything in at the same time, cold water, throw in detergent. Done.
Then tide invented cold water detergent and it was amazing
HighTreason25 · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm just terrified of being any kind of a burden by disrupting my parents already established system.
TeenyTinyTink · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That happened in my fam too and I am an adult. Thank God I never hesitate to ask my friends if idk about something. And i was fortunate enough to have friends who taught me this and that. Of course i google the heck out for everything. Parents should stop belittling and then mock ppl for being incompetent 🤦♀️
notonmywatch807 · 1 points · Posted at 15:03:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what happened to me! When I was younger I tried to do laundry and grabbed soaking wet clothes and threw it in the drier because I thought that’s what you’re supposed to do and my mom got mad at me.. this is when I was like 12.. Anyways I finally learned by watching. Then with cooking I’m thankful my dad taught me how to make eggs and that’s pretty much all I really knew how to cook, but luckily my bf is a wonderful cook so he taught me almost everything I know about cooking good food 👏🏽
Pridetoss · 1 points · Posted at 15:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a massive problem with cleaning. My mood goes to shit instantly, I feel overwhelmed immidiately and I feel like it's never good enough, and that it's just going to get dirty again anyway and I just couldn't figure out why until I was vacuuming my room and both my parents very loudly made fun of me. Then I didn't clean again for a while. Now I'm just trying to time it to when they're out of the house but fuck sake it shouldn't be this difficult
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:49:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. I literally used to make sure no one saw me clean or cook. I don’t want to hear the comments and feel judged. And I prefer that my house is messy whenever my parents are around because I know I’m gonna get shit from them either way. Like, if I do keep it clean and they come by then it’s comments about how my BF must have done it or just general bullshit about how I could never actually do it or that I’m starting to grow up OR that it’s not clean enough anyway.
I know I’m acting crazy when it comes to this but after years and years of being told all these things I just can’t feel any other way.
I’m back to living with my parents right now and it’s hard as hell to keep my sanity. We’re in the guest house so we’re not sharing space exactly but it all still weighs on me. Two more years and we’re moving out again. Just both have to graduate and restart our careers.
grendus · 1 points · Posted at 19:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always did my own laundry, but I still managed to fuck it up when I moved out. Washed my new red sheets with my general laundry. They didn't bleed much, but all of my white undershirts were pink.
mathgod496 · 1 points · Posted at 21:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Word. I was clueless on how to do many things. I was the opposite of having any wealth or even a family member who was not a jerk. I figured out a lot of stuff just by reading the instructions several times over. Most stuff is engineered to be operated by idiots and reading the instructions helps a lot for making up for negative parenting.
smoldragonenergy · 0 points · Posted at 06:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh I'm sorry to hear this. Parents need to set their kids up for success not failure. My dad had this policy, "if you can reach it, you can do it" so I was doing my own laundry, cleaning my room, vacuuming, etc pretty young and he is a great cook so he would have me hang out with him as he cooked to show me the process. Why parents don't want to teach their kids these sort of skills baffles me. I'm glad you acquired them on your own.
chevymonza · 79 points · Posted at 00:15:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, as if they could rely on that. I can't imagine a mindset like, "I'm only in college to meet a husband, who shouldn't expect me to know how to boil water, because he'll have SOOOO much money, we can hire people who know basic life skills......"
Even wealthy guys prefer a spouse with SOME common sense. Although maybe at the insanely-wealthy level, like Saudi oil money level, they don't care. But then you'd have to have some insane level of beauty to pull THAT off, in which case you'd already be working for an escort agency.
A911owner · 22 points · Posted at 01:25:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl in college like that; to her credit, she did have a job (that's how I knew her, we were coworkers); but once her boyfriend proposed at the end of her junior year, she dropped out of school because "he was going to take care of her". They were divorced within 5 years.
EventualPlatypus · 25 points · Posted at 01:03:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the South we call that "Graduating with your Mrs."
smom · 17 points · Posted at 01:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get the ring by spring!
chevymonza · 8 points · Posted at 01:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Again, can't imagine this mindset. I wasn't in a rush for the suburban lifestyle though.
thundergonian · 6 points · Posted at 05:00:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The good, ol’ Masters in Residential Science
rhythmr0gue · 9 points · Posted at 00:55:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought the same as well, but surprisingly it was kind of common to have these types of people at my University.
chevymonza · 15 points · Posted at 00:58:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't get over how many average-looking girls are going to flunk out of college with no higher learning, common sense, life skills, OR an insanely wealthy husband.....
rhythmr0gue · 12 points · Posted at 01:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well at my University many of them were in a particular major that was known for being easy. I remember on graduation day some of them proudly decorating their cap saying they got an "MRS" degree.
chevymonza · 7 points · Posted at 01:34:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got married later in life, and while my husband does okay, I still worry about taking care of myself if need be. I make 1/4 of what he does, mainly b/c I didn't know what I wanted to major in, so I have an unimpressive BA.
Took a class and did an internship last year in hopes of improving my earning ability, but it's no guarantee.
Aries_cz · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most jobs you can do just fine with high school.
chevymonza · 1 points · Posted at 23:40:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely, just train people and that's all that's really needed.
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rhythmr0gue · 13 points · Posted at 01:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what I was thinking! I would say she was normal in attractiveness and I don't think she was super rich but I recall her mentioning her dad being a doctor. She was an interesting person to work with because it honestly was one of the few times I've ever encountered someone so spoiled. She was overall nice but man she was super spoiled. She bragged about how her "Daddy" gave her everything she wants.
Maki_Thenaee · 9 points · Posted at 03:28:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wall of text incoming, tldr at the end
I get where the thought is coming from (and that girl clearly lives in a different world), but as a person who can't cook, hardly knows how to do laundry, or even hold a broom, I can say there's more than one story behind not knowing these essentials.
First, I do come from money (not at the point of having people cooking for me, but upper middle class, no point in denying it) so that's true ; as far as I can recall, we had a maid who would come once a week to clean up and iron. But I did do chores during my child/teenagehood.
I have a minor disability where I have trouble with coordination. My theory is that my parents didn't really take the time to adapt my learning around it ; when they had people over, or just wanted the family to clean, they gave me an age-appropriate chore (sweeping, doing dishes etc) and went to do their own thing ; they'd wait until I told them I was done to check it.
Let me tell you : I am so slow at sweeping. I didn't realize until this year when a friend pointed it out. I've known for years there was something wrong with my way but I didn't know what. He showed me then let me exercise. It was the first time someone was actively there to show me the proper way.
I said that I knew something was wrong because in middle to high school we had to clean up our classrooms at the end of the day. Ofc, everyone wants to go home asap, and watching me struggle with the broom made my classmates take it away from me ; my eternal task was to empty the bin and return the room's key. Every time someone asked me to do something else than sweeping without explaining what was wrong, I felt confused but mainly ashamed.
I know they thought I was just a rich kid who had no struggles and didn't care about learning chores
The truth is, I do want to learn. But in my family, it is far from encouraged. I learnt to boil an egg with a friend using Skype, and I felt so glad I only ate that for a couple weeks every time my parents were away (they often are). When I have a couple friends over, I sheepily ask them to show me how to cook or bake for them
Once, my parents were home. I was 18. We hadn't done anything for lunch yet so I decided to cook pasta carbonara, except I wasn't planning on putting eggs in it because I'm still learning basics (so it would be pasta + cream + pork bits + onion bits). I told my parents I was doing pasta carbonara for us 3, then got on with my cooking. My mother enters the room and says, fully knowing I never add it:
"Just for your information, real pasta carbonara must have an egg yolk."
We got into a fight. She told me :
"You know, I understand, I was not interested in cooking either when I was your age"
I was baffled. She left the room.
TL;DR: I can't really cook, do laundry nor sweep because my parents didn't teach me ; I am still currently learning from friends but my mother belittles me when it's not perfect and claims I don't do it well because I have " no interest in it"
ArcaneSync · 6 points · Posted at 01:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While i would be inclined to think it was because of good money too, thats not necessarily the case. I didnt know how to cook for a long time, simply because there was no food in the house to cook. I didnt know how to do my laundry. My mom never did it, but she insisted it was her job. She wouldnt let me do it either, so i just never had clean clothes. Dad wouldnt want it done anyway, because running the washer cost too much money. Sometimes it just neglect.
Although in your case, it was clearly money. Just not all cases are like that.
icky-chu · 5 points · Posted at 01:41:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No need to be jealous of these types: I had a coworker, classically pretty white suburban girl. She lived at home with mom and dad till she got married when she was around 30. Many coworkers, including me got married around that time, but i had been out of my parents house for a decade at that point. One day "the honeymoon is over" conversation comes up. And someone says to this woman "you've been married for 6 months, hownisnit going"? She stops what she is doing looks vacantly into space, sounds like she is about to cry and says "its,... its hard". I have to admit I almost laughed, butbit was really just too sad.
ameddin73 · 3 points · Posted at 02:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the other hand I was raised in a pretty rich family and while I have certainly have my flaws I'm not quite so bad as that.
My only point is that our upbringing does not abdicate us from our behavior. Growing up rich is not an excuse for being an entitled adult.
iamstaph · 3 points · Posted at 02:23:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can understand this and I feel it. Before moving to a foreign country for my studies, I was exactly the same. People used to my clothes and food and stuff. They still do back at home but then when it was all me, I had to learn. Long hours with my mom in skype. But eventually I learned. It's not people are arrogant but sometimes they never face things and probably never will so they will never think about it.
I met someone suffering from clinical depression. She said that she met a guy from Libya and when she told him that she suffers from depression (she being a western european), the Libyan guy couldn't believe that she could suffer from depression because well for the outside world the western European lifestyle is the best. Considering what he is going through in Libya is far more worst that.
snpods · 4 points · Posted at 02:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Getting the MRS degree, I see ... great life plan. /s
hpnut326 · 2 points · Posted at 00:32:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope she watched You’re the Worst and took a hint from Lindsay’s storyline
jhobweeks · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a lab partner in Chemistry in high school, and we were an exclusive school for “gifted” kids. This 16 year old guy had no idea what boiling meant or looked like, and would ask me every 5 second if it was boiling.
Also he put a styrofoam cup on a Bunsen burner and made the teacher so mad he complained about our group to every other class.
thisdodobird · 2 points · Posted at 07:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had household staff growing up. But mom was old-school, she'd fuck us up if she learned that the housekeepers did our chores. The housekeepers were basically overseers hired by mom to make sure us boys were in line lol
And thanks to her, those life skills came in handy when we had to fend for ourselves during a war and later for college then into adulthood. We ended up losing that privileged lifestyle, but came out alright. We're happy. Thanks mom ❤
rattlesnake501 · 2 points · Posted at 02:51:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We call people like that "folks that are studying for an MRS degree" at the campus I study on.
rhythmr0gue · 3 points · Posted at 02:56:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup mine too! On my graduation day there were a few ladies with decorated caps saying they got their degree in MRS.
Crunchy_Biscuit · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All that dependancy would paralyze me. What if they die? Get a divorce? This is what leads to men abusing their wives, threatening to keep all of the money and throw them out.
TheYeetmaster231 · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not gonna lie, I’m 17 and I mean... I know HOW a washing machine works, what detergent is, etc. but I’ve never done my own laundry either. My mom makes me let her because we have to go outside and around our house to another room to do laundry and my neighbor (we live above him in a duplex) keeps his dog outside all the time and he’s super aggressive, she doesn’t want us getting mauled just trying to wash shirts.
Unfortunately not knowing how to wash clothes isnt always a money thing lol
FriedeOfAriandel · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't comprehend wanting to marry someone with zero life experience that has no intention of ever learning basic shit like how to do laundry and someone that will do 1 semester of college and withdraw or fail all of those classes then go on to maybe work part time in retail and never actually try to progress in a career. That sounds like a special kind of torture that some poor bastard actually chose to inflict upon him/herself
sewliss · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We used to say, “She’s not here for her BFA she’s here for her MRS.” although idk why anyone would go to art school to find a rich husband. Guess they never heard the phrase “starving artist” where they were from.
therapistfunder · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well my parents also had enough money, but they still taught me basic stuff like doing laundry, vacuuming, cooking and shit
Mo0man · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If only I had the confidence to ask a rando stranger to help me ask for chores.
PractisingPoet · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They could also simply come from controlling parents. I certainly didn't come from money, but I was a lot like this my first semester (in terms of not knowing how to do basic things). I was so glad when I went off to college for that reason. My mother would insist that she do all the housework, to the point that she would actually yell if we decided to wash our own dishes for simple want of agency. Then should would constantly complain that "no one does any work around here".
I imagine the only difference between me and the people you're imagining is that I knew how to use google, even if that was all I knew.
Maxpowr9 · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those women are getting a "Mrs." degree: women who go to college to find a husband. Sadly, my mom taught me that term so it's not a new concept.
RandomExactitude · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girls going to college to find a husband without having to study is called getting an MRS degree. Education majors are notorious for that.
carlinone · 2 points · Posted at 03:57:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Just like my aunt! Met her husband at Iowa State and never had to work a day in her life. My uncle owned his own company and was pretty wealthy. And yep, she was in a sorority lol. Also she was born in the 40's and graduated in the 60's--I just thought it was a generational thing, I am surprised it's still a thing. But they did help me pay for my college, so I made sure to pay them back every penny once I graduated and started working.
RandomExactitude · 2 points · Posted at 07:51:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been going on for decades. I wouldn't be caught dead hanging out with girls that vacuous. My thing was smart guys who were science/math techie types. This was when computers took up entire rooms. Mid 70s. Before nerds were cool. Nice, quiet boys who had a lot to talk about once you got to know them. They seemed to be honestly shocked that a girl would hang with them. Guys who referred to famous physicists by their first names. "Vicki" was Victor Weisskopf. The holy scriptures were the Feynman Lectures. Don't ask me what's in them. I only know they were very important. I love engineers because they can fix things.
carlinone · 2 points · Posted at 09:12:46 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, this is my type--before it got popular. My current husband was a total nerd when I met him. But even when he was with his rowdier friends in the evening, he would discuss books and music. It was the intelligence that I was attracted to...he can discuss anything at length and is great with computers. Very well-read, he still is all of these things, was always nice and quiet as well. My girlfriends didn't get then, I was just never into the muscled, jock-y types (hoping not to offend anyone here, we all have our "types"). 14 years together this August
djcleansweep · 0 points · Posted at 03:14:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eat the rich
Stainless_Heart · 0 points · Posted at 04:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just going to uni for their M.R.S. degree. Knew a few like that. Absolutely no reason why they couldn’t do well, they were smart and studious enough to keep decent grades... just no interest in anything other than finding a husband. That sounds terribly sexist but is really not when they tell you that outright. It was specifically such a young woman that explained the “M.R.S. degree” concept to me.
rhythmr0gue · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I didn't know MRS was such a thing until after I went back to college again after serving in the military. It was mind boggling that their life goal was to find a husband. But if it's what makes them happy I shouldn't judge.
ArcaneSync · 8 points · Posted at 00:59:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While i would be inclined to think that too, thats not necessarily the case. I didnt know how to cook for a long time, simply because there was no food in the house to cook as a kid. I didnt know how to do my laundry. My mom never did it, but she insisted it was her job. She wouldnt let me do it either, so i just never had clean clothes. Sometimes its just neglect.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 03:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sucks. It sounds like you broke the cycle tho.
ArcaneSync · 3 points · Posted at 03:50:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why thank you. Made me smile. Have a good day.
D34thbySnooSnoo · 17 points · Posted at 00:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's shaped you into a more capable and independent person who has enough common sense to take care of yourself rather than bitch about it when someone else doesn't come to your rescue. So, yeah, there is value there when you aren't spoiled. It's more attractive to people too, so there is a bonus there when it comes to relationships.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just puffed my chest out a bit! Love your username btw.
tryintofly · 5 points · Posted at 01:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing laundry is fine for me. What I hate is folding. Hate hate hate it. If they invented a machine that folds your clothes for you, I'd buy it.
twinsocks · 3 points · Posted at 01:10:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But when you're first learning it feels like a big complicated task every day. For us it's just something to keep your hands busy while you watch youtube, I barely even notice I'm doing laundry these days.
axw3555 · 3 points · Posted at 01:22:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live with my parents still. My mum and I work full time, my dad's retired, so he tends to do all the washing and stuff (not that we ask him, in fact quite often our response to "I did the washing" is "what washing? It's like 72 hours since you did the last lot. There's no way we generated enough for a light, dark and coloured wash in that time").
But when my parents go on holiday, I do the washing, the cat stuff, shopping, etc. The only thing I don't do is the dishwasher, but that's more because alone I don't generate enough for it to be worth it, so I just wash the dishes by hand.
It's boring, but it baffles me that they've reached adulthood and never thought "I might need to do that one day, better learn how...", when I had that thought when I was like 9.
thespacegoatscoat · 3 points · Posted at 01:24:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the flip side, I wonder how much stuff I’m NOT doing because I think I’m a decently adjusted adult....
its_whot_it_is · 3 points · Posted at 01:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im not sure if it was on purpose but I was separating my whites for as long as I know and my mom was the laundry lady. Well one day all my whites came out pink and that was the last time I let her do my laundry. I was 14 when she was fired.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's funny, I'm hoping you actually told your mom she was fired.
par337 · 3 points · Posted at 01:33:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean.... It shapes who you are as a person. Doesn't matter if it's boring. "Boring" and tough things mold you into being much stronger and determined, and repetitively doing things like that will allow you to be a much harder worker/more successful.
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I gotta say, kind of from the other side of this- I grew up doing those chores but was never actually shown how to do it, just had to figure it out on my own- it’s a huge source of anxiety for me now that I have my own house and don’t know how to actually take care of it (despite growing up taking care of a hovel).
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
YouTube is your friend. Specifically watch This Old House Videos if you haven't already heard of that show. There isn't a home repair they haven't covered in detail. Good luck on your home! Mine was neglected and seemed impossible to start but a little at a time and that anxiety will be controlled.
chmilz · 3 points · Posted at 02:43:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never be jealous of people who haven't learned basic life skills. People like that are functionally stunted and need their hand held through life. They're dead weight.
Mekare13 · 3 points · Posted at 02:47:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the flip side, I didn’t know how to do it because my parents refused to teach me any life skills, because it was “easier to do it themselves”, aka they were too lazy to teach us. It was humiliating having to ask my mother in law how to do laundry. I was so helpless with everything...it just sucked.
I think the best way is somewhere in the middle. I’m trying to teach my kid how to do things, but I make sure he has plenty of time to be a kid.
moonglowrabbit · 2 points · Posted at 09:05:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basically my situation. I was expressly forbidden from doing laundry and a lot of other basic life skills. I taught myself basically everything off the internet.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Balance is the key to life but can take two lifetimes to master.
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LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's scary how low the bar can be set. You can crawl over it sometimes.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only had to learn because when I was in 5/6 grade my mom broke her leg and tore her ACL and couldn’t walk, let alone go up and down stairs. I still do my own laundry at home
isherflaflippeflanye · 5 points · Posted at 00:08:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol same. I was made to do my own laundry as soon as I was tall enough to reach the washer lid.
Rajareth · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad stood my older sisters and me on chairs to teach us how to do laundry and make macaroni and cheese when I was definitely too young to be doing either. He really wasn’t interested in being a dad lol.
isherflaflippeflanye · 1 points · Posted at 15:11:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can see how that could have gone so horribly wrong
StopThePresses · 2 points · Posted at 01:19:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see why you might think that, but I'm definitely jealous of everyone who didn't have to learn how to do basic functioning for the first time in their 20s. My ex and I were both like that and goddamn did it make things difficult.
meowmixmix-purr · 2 points · Posted at 01:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jealous of people with 0 concept of any basic life skill? No man, you should feel sorry for them.
txpvca · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knowing how to do something is almost always a good thing, no matter how boring the thing.
iamnazgul · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend call me to ask about how to fill a dryer. She though she had to sort out all her clothes by color and use different dryers. She was 25 at the time.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope she is pretty or interesting. Lol.
myawwaccount01 · 2 points · Posted at 02:06:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was one of those people, and as an adult I still occasionally run across some household thing that I have no idea how to do.
I sometimes feel a significant amount of irritation toward my parents (although I do love them very much) for never showing me how to do these things.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It sounds like you have grown as a person though and I commend you for that. Bravo
Burnaman · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t be. I was one of those people and lost like two years of college learning to do basic life skills. My kids are learning how to do things and help out while they are young so they aren’t stressed out by laundry and cooking when they are on their own for the first time. It was crippling for me and I’m so glad my wife is still patient with me when I get into a lazy mode.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's honestly great to hear you broke the cycle. I'm sure your wife is more that happy to teach you more chores to do lol.
prometheus199 · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup lol
If you can reach the controls of the washing machine, you can do your own laundry
amirchukart · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly wanted to learn but my dad always insisted on doing all the laundry himself.
I learned how to do laundry from a poster in the dorm laundry room.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad never taught me how to shave and I still have a scar on my lip from "learning" lol. At least some lessons don't come with such a high price tag.
steveofthejungle · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? My mom had me doing my own laundry since I was 10 years old. It's not hard at all.
60TP · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing the laundry shaped you into a better person?
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LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are literally eating tide pods instead of figuring where they should actually go. Amazing.
procrastimaster · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its boring but having definitive proof you can be self sufficient in modern society is worth a lot. Also you can tease your friends, which is endlessly entertaining
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You make a good point, I do love teasing my friends.
loonygecko · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd rather know how to do it than suddenly look and feel like a moron and have to beg strangers to show me once I was an adult. I actually learned to do laundry by reading the instructions on the lid of the machine when I was a kid though, parents weren't really keeping up and I wanted clean clothes and there were the instructions and I'd seen others do it so I just followed what it said. Luckily there were no probs, I put it on cold to be on the safe side. I had seen enough tv to be aware of some of the dangers.
hungrydruid · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's boring, but I would much rather have known and been familiar with how to do all of this. It sucks to have to have taught myself most of the life skills that I have, and then have to master the self-discipline to do them when I know there are people who just... do it, because they grew up w those habits instilled.
Stereotype_Apostate · 2 points · Posted at 03:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
single dad broke his leg and couldn't get down the stairs, and that's how I learned how to do laundry at age 6
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're the 3rd person that replied with that exact response. I just thought you should know that, also that I like your username.
CaptainLollygag · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude/dudette. Never ever view being capable as being boring. I'll say it again: Never ever view being capable as being boring.
Here's why I look at it that way:
I was in elementary school when I learned how to cook basic stuff. Why? Mom was a bad cook, and as I'd had better food, I figured I could make it. I was wrong (at that wee age), but I've also never had a fear of making any kind of food.
I was in middle school when I was sick of my mom bleaching my clothes. Like, my jeans had bleach streaks. So I started doing all of my own laundry around the age of 12.
My mother is still alive, and is still the loveliest person you'll ever meet. I aspire to be as kind as her. But it's in rebellion of her that I learned how to do absolutely everything.
And now with YouTube and the like, there's zero excuse of not knowing how to do things unless you just don't want to, which is valid. I absolutely want to, so I cook, bake, clean, sew, do handicrafts, do woodwork, and work on our car.
In my opinion, nothing is more socially valuable than skills and kindness. Work at both and you'll be golden.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:23:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree with you on all points but let's be honest if in a perfect world you had the option, we are both not doing that dumb stuff. I like all the stuff you mentioned too, I'd just do more of that instead. That's all I meant. I'm happy I've decided to be a life long learner, it blows me away to see people around me never aspire for anything more. You seem like good people.
CaptainLollygag · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, you do, too. I've just never understood people being stubborn about learning how to do thing. Especially basic things! I grew up in an era before the internet and still figured I needed to know shit, so I learned how. Unfortunately because of that I have a short temper with those who just WON'T learn or those who don't even try to learn practical life skills. I just... I dunno... why can't they just look it up? It's so easy.
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LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 04:26:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've dated people that never clean the lint trap, I think they were trying to kill us both.
LPT: I counted how long a full cap took to fill with liquid detergent and I just use that to measure instead of using the cap that gets gross.
EvangelineTheodora · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never used the washer while living with my parents, but I folded all the laundry. But it turns out that older washers have instructions on the inside of the lid, as well as clothes having instructions on the tag. Blows my mind that people don't notice them.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wear lucky brandy jeans and the fabric lining of the crotch zipper says "lucky you" a bunch of times. I've had more than one sexual partner giggle when they have noticed it. The devil is in the details my friend ;)
CapriciousSalmon · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me I kind of enjoyed it. My first year at college, I would just hang out in the laundry room because I had nothing better to do. I got a lot of essays done because the machines were like white noise.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too. Favorite place to study. I pulled an anthropology essay out of my ass the night before while doing laundry and got a B+ somehow.
IsaacOfBindingThe · 2 points · Posted at 04:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
as someone who’s relatively recently learned the wonderful world of chores in its entirety, yes it definitely shapes you into a better person.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:29:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t do that many chores growing up.
I’m not lazy by any stretch of the imagination but now I just can’t really bring myself to do something unless its urgent or I’m getting paid. I kind of wish I learned this discipline as a kid because now I have to teach it to myself as an adult.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pick a day that works for you and do it all at once. Sunday is my cleaning day, if I miss it because something comes up I don't beat myself up about it because I have consistently kept it up and one week isn't a big deal. A month on the other hand... you just gotta find your groove, you got this
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I usually clean on the weekend when I feel its necessary.
I do got to be better at organizing my stuff and regularly maintaining my house than just waiting until its really messy then just popping a ritalin and cleaning it in the middle of the night.
buttjudge69 · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my first house meeting in my first year at university we were trying to decide how to divvy up chores. One of my housemates said she didn’t know how to work a dishwasher and she didn’t know how to clean the bathroom. I just stared at her with my jaw on the floor like how tf do you make it this far not knowing basic shit like that??
Other fun stuff from my housemates: they put food uncovered in the fridge. They tear bags of cereal open like a wild bear and then act shocked and amazed when I tell them there’s a perforated line and zipper so it’s resealable (which is printed very large and the whole area is a different color). They eat chips and just leave the bag sitting out and open. They leave milk sitting out for hours. They leave the fire pit burning unattended. I don’t think any of them knows how a dishwasher works because of how they load it. Even washing pans by hand there’s always oil/grease left all over them. They all claim to care about climate change yet push back forcefully when I beg them to turn the fucking lights off when they leave a goddamn room.
The list goes on and on. These people range from 19 to like 30. I’m going to have a stroke one day because of this shit.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 05:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a terrible roommate once (his place origionally) and I just kept my room clean and didn't try and impact the house. It sucked and admittedly I drank more because it helped me not give a shit. Oh well on to bigger and better things, I hope your situation turns around for the better.
buttjudge69 · 2 points · Posted at 17:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks man. My lease is up at the end of July and I’m moving to a different house where I’ll have my own room. On day 1 at our first house meeting I’m going to be sure to go over all these things adults should know but apparently don’t.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's ok you're 13 you don't need to know everthing... yet. Do yourself a favor and scroll through some of these responses, so many people (adults) have responded about how hard their life was because they didn't learn when they should have. Learn from your parents while it's safe and comfortable in your own house instead of panicking alone later. Plus your parents will 100% be impressed with you and you might be able to cash that in later for something you REALLY want to do. Good luck and have fun!
appleavocado · 2 points · Posted at 05:12:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I realized this once I went to university and met some sheltered, rich (albeit, smart) students. Clearly, they’ve never had the working life I’ve had. I mean, good on them for getting to our prestigious school, too. But, I said to myself, ohh, some motherfuckers probably privileged their way in.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 05:21:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My aunt is crazy rich and her kids have problems, like ridiculous wealthy problems but it reminds me that nobody is immune from becoming a drain on the people around them.
hereforthepron69 · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you imagine being so woefully unprepared for life? So pathetically codependant and useless that you are bound to your parents? Puke. That's fucking child abuse man. Limiting the developmental growth of your kids is criminal.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I say it all the time: Cooking is a life skill and not enough kids aren't being taught that.
penguinpolitician · 2 points · Posted at 05:20:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd be embarrassed at not knowing how to do these things. There still are plenty of things I don't know how to do, and I am embarrassed. The idea of being mad at other people for my own shortcomings would never occur to me.
MarzBeMarz · 2 points · Posted at 05:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was picky about how clean my clothes were and didn't want them to be washed with anyone else's or anything else, so as soon as I could reach all the way into the topload washer and stacked dryer, I started washing my own stuff. But I did develop a weird thing about other people touching my clothes- I don't like it and I don't let them. Oops.
queenofcabinfever777 · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love doing my laundry- I live in a touristy town where we have a central laundry facility, and I LOVE seeing who is visiting this time of year, or running into friends at the coffee gallery in the same building. It’s practically a social event to have my clothes cleaned
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will. Sorry to hear that
i_sigh_less · 2 points · Posted at 06:12:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As soon as I started making a decent wage, I found a laundromat that will wash/dry/fold my clothes for me. $15-$20 is not a big deal to save me an hour or two of my life, especially since it means I don't need to own a washer and dryer.
Genocide_Fan · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid I loved pushing the buttons on the machine. Many years later, laundry is one of the chores that I don't mind doing. If I am ever a parent, chores with little kids will be more about doing things together in which they will learn how rather than forcing them to do something they end up hating.
Vonnybon · 2 points · Posted at 08:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents basically raised us to study and not much else. They grew up poor (ish) and wanted us to have a better life. Along the way they forgot to teach me how to cook, how to drive, how to clean, how to do laundry. I moved out when I was 18 to go to university. I learnt all those life skills because I had to. Had some stupid moments along the way but I cook well (seriously, just google it) and my house is looked after. I still have random gaps in my knowledge and it took me until I was 20 to get my drivers license...
theOTHERdimension · 2 points · Posted at 09:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here, I basically raised myself so I’ve been cooking, doing laundry, etc. since I was a kid. It blows my mind when people don’t know how to cook basic things.
evildaddy911 · 2 points · Posted at 09:15:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom works from home and always does everything for us, just because she wants to and never really gives us the chance to do it ourselves. Like my brother still lives at home, mom still gets up every morning at 4:30 to make his breakfast for when he gets up at 4:45. Then goes back to bed and gets up to do the same thing for dad. But. She does make sure we know how to do it for ourselves, she just loves to do it
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 13:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She sounds like a really sweet woman
TrenchcoatDucks · 2 points · Posted at 10:26:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few friends and I had a party once. The next morning I helped with the cleaning up of course and casually sweeped everything in a few minutes. Even the rug looked much cleaner.
My friend told me I sweep really well and all i could think of was the times in boarding school, having to sweep the hostels at like 4AM, then mopping and shining the floors, sometimes repeating the processes of the hostel captain wasn't satisfied
NefariousHarp · 2 points · Posted at 10:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be. I had to do very little in our house growing up, despite not coming from money. But as an adult living on my own the first time I realized I would have like it if doing chores was normal and "easy" for me. Took some getting used to it.
I will raise my children with the attitude of: we are all making it dirty, so we are all cleaning it.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good for you. It's astonishing how many people have replied with a similar story to yours.
RepublicOfLizard · 2 points · Posted at 11:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m always so surprised when one of my friends has to ask me a question about laundry. I’ve been doing laundry since I was 10, and my mom literally still has the stool stuck between the washer and drier that she had to buy me because I physically could not reach into the machine to get my clothes out (I’m in my 20’s and I’m 5’2”)
bunnyrut · 3 points · Posted at 00:45:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As soon as we were tall enough to reach into the machine my mom decided we were old enough to do our own laundry. and i am so grateful for that. i was always confused when other kids in my class complained that they didn't have their favorite outfit because it was still dirty, and i'm wondering why they couldn't just wash it themselves.
i imagine it made my mom's life easier when she no longer had to worry about all the kid's clothes and sorting out who they belonged to. she also taught us how to use the oven so we could bake cookies and shit whenever we wanted.
also wanted to add that she assigned laundry days to us so we didn't fight over using the machine. my day was always sunday and to this day i am still compelled to do laundry on sundays.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 03:47:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You got the best day IMO. Sunday is my "all things clean" day, well whatever needs it. I had garbage collection on Mondays (sunday night put out) for YEARS and I just bought a house that has Tuesday collection (monday night put out) and it's really messing with me tbh.
April_Xo · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never made to do laundry before college, but I knew the general process from just existing and seeing my mom do it. How can you make it through highschool and not realize that your clothes need some kind of soap to get clean?!
TylerWhitehouse · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who don’t know how to do super common, normal human things remind me of people like Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson. 🤮
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude it's laundry, it will take 5 minutes to learn it. Shaping into better person and all is bullshit just to rationalize the hard work we put in to do that.
ExpellYourMomis · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am I the only person who doesn’t mind laundry?
we_are_15 · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*since I physically had to, or else that crap wouldn’t get done.
Rosehawka · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
In no way am i jealous of people with zero life skillsIt shocked me to hear mums talking about all the chores they do for their kids, and how their control freak nature would prevent them from teaching their kids to do the most basic life skills for themselves. Anything from laundry to making a bed, I thank my mum for taking the time to teach me to do these things for myself and expecting me to be competent enough to do it for myself.
It's not that boring though... no more boring than any other thing you have to do in your life...
EDIT: and thanks to Dad too for teaching me how to use a fusebox, how to light a pilot light, how to use some basic shed tools to do basic fixing things, that you can do just about all your own household fixings, but it's ok to pay someone to do it too, how to pay bills, and excellent household expenses spreadsheet examples.
Teach your kids how to do things when things so they can do it themselves. They don't have to do it perfectly the first time or the twentieth time, but having even the most basic of an idea of how is invaluable knowledge.
1stLtObvious · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't do any laundry before college. It was pretty easy to follow directions on a tag and a machine. After that I did all my own laundry at home because doing it was less work than sorting out what was mine and what was my brothers. (And I was tired of feeling kind of insulted when mom would confuse things that were clearly the property of the other party like references to drinking don't go to me, and nerd shit doesn't go to my brother. Lady, did you even take a little time to get to know your own children?)
red_killer_jac · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing laundry has shaped you into a better person? Or are you saying you did have parents that did everything for you.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't have anyone to do it.
red_killer_jac · 1 points · Posted at 15:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel ya. Some of us have to hit the ground running.
Vessig · 149 points · Posted at 00:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ya happens to me all the time a decade later I realize someone was flirting with me and I totally missed the cue.
AltimaNEO · 59 points · Posted at 01:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey can you come over and fix my computer?
Comes over and fixes computer
2 years later: Hold up...
ThePowerOfAura · 8 points · Posted at 02:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
uhh.. Grandmom?
Dyolf_Knip · 3 points · Posted at 15:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl once asked me over to unclog her sink. Yada yada yada, we've been married for 11 years.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:18:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait... no way! Dammit!
yaosio · 24 points · Posted at 04:50:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Thank you for helping me with my laundry, how can I repay you?"
"Let's have dinner!"
"Oh that sounds great, when my boyfriend gets back in town he can cook something real nice for us."
5 years later
"I flirted with you all the time but you never got the hint."
"You said you had a boyfriend."
"Yeah, a friend that's a boy."
"You were going to make him cook dinner for us?"
"Yes, he and his husband own a restaurant and he loves cooking."
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:22:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"And?"
rocknin · 57 points · Posted at 00:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You sure she wasn't hitting on you?
Pasque_Flower · 23 points · Posted at 02:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, this happens every fall around here when the college students arrive. My husband comes home and announces that some kids in the cleaning aisle ask him what soap to use for laundry, and then ask him how to use a washing machine. He apparently looks approachable. He's nice enough to be patient and always explain it to them.
When he kept doing our kids' laundry after I had declared they had to do their own I reminded him of these encounters and asked if he wanted our kids to have to ask some random stranger on the other side of the country how to do their laundry. He finally stays out of it enough for them to do at least 50% of their own. Still working on teaching kitchen cleaning though.
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Pasque_Flower · 4 points · Posted at 04:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I doubt it. He's a nice guy, but no one would label him a DILF. He's had groups of 1, 2, 3 and 4 approach him, both guys and girls.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:22:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College kids these days could be a lot more experimental.
Pvt_Lee_Fapping · 4 points · Posted at 01:46:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Paycheck > Getting laid
Priorities = straight
erdrickdw · 9 points · Posted at 02:08:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In this scenario(even if it is not flirting) you tell them when you will be off and if they want help then.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:21:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You and I are different people
Aromir19 · -6 points · Posted at 02:16:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College minimum wage job.
Only an incel would prioritize work.
MrKrinkl3 · 4 points · Posted at 03:37:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then it really wouldn't be quite involuntary
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let's be real, it never was involuntary.
[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 00:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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dorvann · 3 points · Posted at 02:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know at least two families in my lifetime that had their houses burn down from dryer fires. So they definitely were lucky.
TheGreatandMightyMe · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had this same thing happen with my wife. Shortly after she moved in, she complained that the dryer didn't work very well. Thing was pretty new and I'd been using it for a year and it was fine. Pulled the lint trap out and you could have made a whole spare cat out of the thing.
nasstia · 1 points · Posted at 15:35:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was that person, I had no idea that lint trap needs to be cleaned out. In my defense, dryers are super rare in my home county, so I never had one at home and didn’t know anyone who does before I moved to the US. It looked simple enough that I didn’t bother to google instructions or ask anyone for help.
warboy3 · 12 points · Posted at 23:23:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my roommate moved in 2 1/2 years ago, I had to teach him how to do laundry. He was 29 at the time and had literally never done his own laundry before
rhythmr0gue · 13 points · Posted at 23:25:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate that would just constantly buy underwear and socks in bulk instead of just washing them because he said it was easier and cheaper for him to do.
theDutchFlamingo · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo wtf, how could anyone think that's cheaper
rhythmr0gue · 2 points · Posted at 13:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he just convinced himself that. He was legit the laziest person I've ever met. He would buy fast food all the time whereas I'd cook and if I had any leftover I'd leave for him. He would never touch it because it was too much effort to reheat the food but easier to just get a burger at a drive thru. So glad he's no longer my roommate.
Dyolf_Knip · 1 points · Posted at 15:17:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would help out from time to time when I was a kid, but my last summer at home before college, mom told me I was entirely on my own for meals, laundry, etc.
Sicily1922 · 11 points · Posted at 00:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year I would do rich kids laundry for the same price as the off campus laundry service. It was a sweet deal, do my studying at the same time in the laundry room. By end of year everyone had figured it out on their own, but made some good cash that first semester.
RayInTheKangolHat · 12 points · Posted at 01:18:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dont know anything about doing laundry, my mum constantly uses phrases like "you're a boy, you'll break it" and "boys dont know how to do that". There are a lot of things she publicly laughs at me for not knowing, despite the fact that I dont know because she never taught me
rhythmr0gue · 6 points · Posted at 01:21:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that's not good. I had a former coworker who raised his sons that way, saying that there was no need for them to learn how to cook, clean, etc. because that was women's work.
RayInTheKangolHat · 6 points · Posted at 01:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily I know how to cook, I learned at school and am now studying catering at college. I'm just hoping I have a friend who can help me with other things, or maybe even google if I'm really desperate
pricklyasaporcupine · 4 points · Posted at 01:24:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This hit home. In my first year of college, I had to teach a guy how to pair socks. He didn’t understand how people got them to stay together.
HonoraryTurtle · 6 points · Posted at 01:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a guy come to my laundromat and get wicked mad at the machine he was trying to use for not accepting his quarters. That’s probably because he was trying to shoot them up the coin return slot and when he came to get me thinking he found a broken machine and I showed him he was trying to use the coin return, he got even more mad and blamed the machine again lol like “it’s not my fault I didn’t read the big sign that says coin return”. Or that he didn’t notice that he was legitimately trying to fling a quarter up a inclined slot with a lock on it. He even complained about the coin return catch bar that stops quarters from falling out when they’re being returned and he thinks it’s stopping him from putting them in lol .
That place was madhouse though. It’s honestly the most fucked up and weird job I’ve ever had and I spent 20 years in kitchens. I never thought the shit I saw would be topped by a laundromat but it was and daily.
floatingwithobrien · 5 points · Posted at 01:53:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I work for an airport shuttle company, and per airport regulations we can only pickup/dropoff in a specific zone, and the driver cannot leave the vehicle unattended. We will be fined by the airport for violating these rules, because it's an airport so everything is a security issue that you don't want to mess with.
All the time we will have customers ask "can't you pick me up [50 feet away from our pickup location]?" No we cannot. After walking half a mile through the airport, don't you think you can walk another 50 feet? Also "can the driver carry my bags for me to the gate?" .....aside from the fact that 20 people just got off this bus but clearly you're special, and the driver can't get past security without a boarding pass, no, the driver can't leave the vehicle.
You'd be surprised how many people argue with me about airport regulations.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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rhythmr0gue · 3 points · Posted at 00:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? I would never have thought given she was the standard rich pretty California blonde and I was a frumpy nerdy Asian girl. Plus I would not be interested anyways.
hblond3 · 4 points · Posted at 01:42:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was ahead of me! I was a bit spoiled growing up, and I uni in NYC so the wash & fold was $8/lb and they picked it up & dropped it off vs $6/load to haul it to the laundromat and do it myself... no brainer, I figured. My now-husband was horrified by that and started doing my laundry for me in uni, picking it up and dropping it off at my apt (he’s a saint, for many reasons besides this). He couldn’t (and still can’t) fold, so I did my own folding. We moved in together a few years later and subsequently got married. When I was 31 I started working from home and he said to me “now that you work from home you can start doing the laundry”. He wasn’t wrong, so now I do the laundry... we have it in the building so I honestly don’t mind it at all and I fold quite well due to working at Brooks Brothers in high school/uni for 4 years. Also can tie a necktie 4 different ways!
chloenargles · 4 points · Posted at 02:37:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went back home after my first year away at college and met up with some friends who were still in high school or had just graduated. A boy I only kind of knew was at the gathering and I knew he had been accepted to the school I went to, so I started talking to him about it. He wasn't really into the conversation, so I dropped it. Later, when people were leaving, his mother came up to me. (I guess he didn't drive even though he was 18 and the driving age here is 16? To each their own, I suppose.) She said that he had told her I was at the same school he was going to attend and I confirmed it. She then asked me about the cafeterias and cleanliness and security. Nothing about, like, campus life or classes or anything like that. She eventually got to her point: would I be willing to be paid to do her son's laundry and make sure he was eating well when he was at school? She always did all of his laundry and made all of his meals. Uh. No. And also, yikes.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Twist: she knew how to do laundry. She wanted to bang you
rhythmr0gue · 8 points · Posted at 01:11:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well I guess if that were the case I'd be flattered? At the time I was an awkward frumpy nerdy Asian girl and she was standard rich California blonde chick so I would never have thought such a thing.
hushawahka · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working towards her BS in Karenology.
hendry13579 · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of girls I had to teach in college how to wash clothes, how to boil pasta, how to make mac and cheese, how to fix shit, how to take care of their belongings, how to use a train, etc..
Like gurlll where did you come from!?
One time my best friend (also at this school) at the time's roomate called her urgently in the middle of class. Asked her what the strange occasional beeb was in their room... It was the smoke detector with a dead battery 🙄 Let's not even get into what it was like explaining to her how to change the battery...
To be fair a lot of the really aloof ones were really rich, so probably just never had to do any of these things before. But it would nausiate me...
They also woyld leave their expensive clothes, computers, phones, and SLR cameras laying around in public places and go to the bathroom. Like wuttt 🤯
dhdnsja-KB-hsk · 2 points · Posted at 02:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laundry detergent is surprisingly confusing though, there’s all sorts of fabric things and brands just don’t use the term detergent
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to do laundry until I was almost 20. My mom didn't want 8 people doing however many separate loads of laundry, and she's probably the only person in the world that actually likes laundry. I think she finds it relaxing...but I digress. I joined the military and in the before times pods didn't exist so you had to measure the amount in a cup. Well shit, how much goes in the cup and where in the machine does it go? And then there's all these settings, what's considered a "large load", hot or cold water? My roommate taught me though and it was no big deal after that.
sidesleeperzzz · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember doing laundry at the dorms at the start of my freshman year of college and I had a guy ask me how to run a load. It was one of those moments I had seen in movies, but never actually thought it would happen to me. I understand that there are moms out there who take care of that until their kids move out, but at least teach your kids some basic life skills before they leave.
pinktini · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl on our freshman dorm floor had never done laundry before. She went out and bought a book on how to do it and studied it. It was wholesome to see her better herself
CatherineConstance · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends whose parents are super rich (thus my friend is very spoiled) went out of state for college. Her mom flew down with her and stayed with her for like two weeks beforehand to get her moved into her dorm. The week after her mom left, my friend called me upset and embarrassed because she had no idea how to do laundry, so I walked her through it over the phone.
I honestly don’t get how people let their kids go through life like this. I’m a spoiled only child (and a girl) who is my parents’ pride and joy, but I still have known how to do things like laundry, cooking, basic house/car maintenance, sewing, etc. for as long as I can remember. You’re doing your kids a disservice if you let them go out into the world not knowing how to do ANYTHING.
shoopshoop87 · 2 points · Posted at 06:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminded me that I once had to explain the concept of ironing to an Italian couple who came to the UK to study. They were utterly baffled , but then really excited when they made it work, they told me later they had servants at home and she was a contessa. They were clueless bit lovely and honestly so proud of making the iron work.
hannibalstarship · 2 points · Posted at 12:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I deadass has to teach 4 lost ass looking fellow freshman how to do laundry my first year of college. Only 1 of them even had laundry detergent.
greenday568 · 1 points · Posted at 00:19:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh thanks for reminding me laundry day is tomorrow.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha, poor thing
gringottsteller · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my freshman year roommate how to do laundry. What really baffled me was that it hadn't occurred to her parents that she'd need to know that.
emilicia · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first went to uni I accidentally used fabric softener instead of detergent for months. My mum pointed out to me when she came to visit
CaptainPeru · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have students who don't know how a key ring works
SnakeShow · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend, 20 years old, figured out about 3 months ago that you need laundry detergent to do laundry. He thought that the detergent came into the machine from a pipe similar to how the water went into the machine. I asked him what he thought Tide Pods were for and he said “dishwasher?”
UnihornWhale · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, I had a roommate who had no idea how to wash a dish. Even after explaining it multiple times, she just squirted soap on it and spread it around with her fingers before rinsing.
Nobodyville · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived and later worked in a college dorm... so so so so many people do not know how to do laundry. It's ridiculous.
natafishh · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work in student life and helped with housing occasionally. I was yelled at by a parent because we don’t offer housekeeping. I remember her saying “what is he supposed to do, clean?!”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My freshmen year of college I was blessed to live with one of these people. After his parents got him moved in and everything his mom told me I need to help him do his laundry. My guy thought you put the pods in the dispenser of the washing machine.
Freefalafelin · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And to think I started doing my own laundry as a teen because I didn’t want my mom to see my thongs.
rhythmr0gue · 2 points · Posted at 01:42:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup pretty much the reason why I learned to do laundry! Did not want her to find my thongs and other scandalous clothing haha.
Freefalafelin · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup! Also got weird looks when my dad found my bra in the laundry. For some reason I have huge gazongas but no other women in my family do. It’s strange.
bg-j38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll admit I only had vague ideas about how to do laundry when I got to college. I had to ask a friend how the very basic washers and dryers worked in the dorms when I tried to do laundry the first time. I went home to my parents enough that my mom would do my laundry for me. When I stopped doing that as much I was like uhhh now what.
MaizeNBlueWaffle · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It shocked me in college how many kids paid for a laundry service. Like there's no way you're that busy. You're just lazy
rhythmr0gue · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a laundry mat across from campus that pretty much made a shit ton of money for offering a cleaning and folding service for a cheap price.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know I am too tired to read when I thought you wrote "octopus campus". Wouldn't that be fun?
AlbinoWino11 · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Buddy in college saved his laundry for a couple months and did one massive load. But he didn’t know what laundry detergent was so he used bleach.
Fuck_tha_Bunk · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had you actually shown her how to do her laundry, I would bet a year's salary that she wouldn't even thank you.
rhythmr0gue · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably. A lot of those students treated working class students like trash. It boggled my mind how much of their parents money they wasted. Depending on the type of meal plan they had they needed to use it all up either by end of day or end of month or semester or else it was wasted. I recall one student having at least 500 dollars left in her meal plan and she had a week to use it. She just shrugged it off and was whatever about it not being used.
gatorslim · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was trying to mack bro
rhythmr0gue · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah I'd be flattered if that were the case but too bad I'm straight.
E_M_E_T · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heres why i think people like that are just dumb: if a smart person doesnt know how to use something, they read the directions or just Google it.
RTFM
MaybeImTheNanny · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I lived in dorms in college I taught 4 different football players (one who is now a professional football player) how to do their damn laundry. I was washing my clothes and one guy asked for help, I helped and he wandered off and kept bringing back other dudes who had no clue how to work a washer. It was one of the more bizarre college experiences.
HomeGrownCoffee · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I genuinely wonder if YouTube has spoiled moments like this. If I want to know how to replace a cast iron drain pipe with PVC - I fire up the Tubes and watch some dude go through it step by step.
If I didn't know how to do laundry, sharpen lawnmower blades or unplug a sink - I will bet every dollar I own there's multiple videos of each.
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OH fuck...
I had a roomie in the Navy that ended up smelling so bad I had to talk to him. He had a stain wasn't coming out of his clothes and I asked him about it so I could lead into my real question, and he said he washed it 3-4x trying to get it out. I asked what detergent he used, he said "normal stuff." I said "whatever you're using gives you a odd scent, and it's not deodorant or soap... so what, exactly, are you using", and he handed me a bottle of Downy fabric softener...
20 years old. Cooked food safe to eat on a weapons platform that could destroy small countries. Had gone through boot camp, A-school, and sub school, before arriving on the boat and lasting 4mo on board. He was my roomie for like 3 days before I thought "Yo, we need to have a talk."
rhythmr0gue · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man that brings up my memories when I was in the Navy as well.
I don't get how they could have survived basic if they couldn't practice basic hygiene. We had one female who did not clean her uniforms and never showered. Her room smelled so bad and the complaints piled up. There was a watch put on her to make sure she cleaned her room and did laundry. Our floor smelled like bleach for three days because she used that much.
Mangonesailor · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had another guy on the boat, from alaska, that I think had a pretty severe mental issue. We had some pet names for him... but alas:
He had a hygiene watch the entire time he was on board. 4 fucking years of a division having to babysit a fucking adult. Heard he even made E-4. Watching him get... ahem... "shell-backed" in the bildge was probably one of the happiest moment's of the crew's time. Someone even took a picture of it.
Also had a guy in bootcamp, black guy (this is important), that constantly had "browning" in his skivvies when we did laundry and had to pass folk's stuff out. He said "It ain't poo man, it's like my skin or some shit." Yeah, definitely some shit alright.
Had a guy in A-school play sad panda to get out. Gave me his CNTs and working whites cause we were the same size. They were "I'm super dehydrated so I'm pissing orange crayon" yellow around the neck... and there was a tinge of yellow in the rest of the uniform. Literally burned them in a buddy's back yard.
rhythmr0gue · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus that's gross.
In bootcamp all females had to get two boxes of pads and tampons. We complied it all together and had a community pile of it for use. Towards the end all that was left was tampons because there was quite a few who never used it.
But there was one girl who refused to use tampons because she was afraid she'd lose her virginity. I don't know what she was trying to use in place but someone realized her uniform and bunk was covered in period blood. Cleaning it was fucking awful.
Mangonesailor · 2 points · Posted at 03:15:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Remember having to stamp your socks for the first time? We probably had ours on for 3-4 days straight. Everyone took their boots off and everyone started to vomit?
I remember the RDCs asking "WHY HAVEN"T YOU SHOWERED!?!?!?!" I remember saying "Isn't this the military!? No one has told us to shower yet!!!"
Everyone's shit got washed and we were in PT gear and shower shoes for a good 24hrs while everything got washed. AH, those were the days.
The period blood thing is disgusting. We did have 1 female refuse to shower (for whatever reason) for a full on week. ASMO'd.
Ashcircle · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm. Step one in doing laundry is we shit this door. Step two in doing laundry is you take your clothes off that you’re wearing because duh we want to be clean. Step three we hang out here naked for an hour while the laundry goes through the cycle.
TheOneWhosCensored · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s incredible how many kids go to college not understanding how to do laundry. What’s even more incredible is how many think they do but have no idea, or are too lazy to do it right. Worst case I remember as a student was that our building kept having issues with washers because someone kept putting laundry pods in the slot where you put liquid detergent instead of in the machine like you’re supposed to. There was even a sign for it, because machines kept breaking and clothes were getting ruined. We’re at a meeting of the rooms on our floor and it’s brought up, some girl causally goes “oh that’s me doing it” and we all are shocked. She goes “yeah I just don’t care, it’s where soap goes and I’m not putting the work in to throw one in the machine”. She got screamed at by everyone in the floor for all the issues, and I think it finally stopped after that.
terragthegreat · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are questions in life I'm prepared to answer. 'What is laundry detergent' is not one of them. How are these people still alive.
nakano13 · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was so shocked by the amount of freshmen at my dorm who did not know how to do laundry that first week! My parents taught me how to do my laundry when I was 10, and I was forced to do it all by myself not long after. It's not like the dorm's machines were complex either, they were quite crappy (only had like 2 sets of buttons for color/cycle type) and there were pretty detailed instructions on how to use the system all over the laundry room. Then again, it didn't surprise me that these students didn't know how to do their own laundry because every so often I'd find their parents doing it for them when they'd visit!
4starters · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With the age of the internet. If you don’t know how to do something simple it’s also easy to just... google instructions.. I made hard boiled eggs today. I don’t make them often so when I was a bit unsure and couldn’t remember I googled it and made great eggs
blusterberry · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my aunts made bank in college doing laundry for dorm-mates who'd never washed their own clothes before and didn't know how.
JMS1991 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm embarrassed to say my college roommate had to teach me how to work a washing machine.
rhythmr0gue · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's honestly nothing to be embarrassed about. I think for my case she just expected random student to maybe do it for her.
tarbearjean · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe she was hitting on you?
zaphod_beeble_bro · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New college students are something else. I work management in a condo where some units get rented by individual owners to students. I've gotten calls such as "my toilet is clogged, can you send someone up to fix it? I don't wanna do it it's gross" Or "how come my dryer takes like 2 hours to dry?... WHAT'S A LINT TRAP??"
bisexualleftist97 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly pity people like that. My mom had me doing my own laundry as soon as I was tall enough to reach the buttons on the machine
KiMa14 · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve heard a lot of kids go off to college and don’t have basic skills. Like washing or ironing cloths
offermychester · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was amazed at the number of kids at basic training who didn't know how to do laundry. Also i was one of them
CapriciousSalmon · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly it’s way more common than you think. When my mom was younger, my grandmother basically made her the house slave so because of that (and the fact we didn’t do things her way and were admittedly kind of lazy) she never taught us how to do stuff like laundry. At most, she’d just ask us to get the clothes for her. The first time I ever did my own laundry was at college and it took her showing me how to do it over the phone. It was so simple I was kind of like “why didn’t you teach me this?!”
caryncaryn · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had never done a load of laundry until I went to college. But I asked my mom how to do it (and took notes lol), so I would know what to do.
Obviously we practiced a couple of loads before I left for school, but still!
I also had never pumped my own gas until moving to college out of state (lived in NJ). It was terrifying the first time!!
rhythmr0gue · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah you guys don't pump your own gas in New Jersey correct? That's so weird!
caryncaryn · 2 points · Posted at 04:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was quite nice being able to stay in your car during the snowy winter months.
I don't live in NJ anymore and thankfully have gained a lot more confidence pumping my own gas.
WhatAnEpicTurtle · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was flirting with you dude.
ElderCunningham · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents taught me how to do laundry when I was 14. I didn't always do it, but they wanted to make sure I knew how.
I still remember first weekend at college, a woman who ended up becoming one of my best friends was on the phone with her mom, who was giving her instructions on how to do laundry. The fact that there are kids like that who leave for college never having been taught how to do laundry blows my mind.
bubbagump101 · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol she tried to enslave you to do her laundry bidding. What an absolute asshole.
CaptainCaptain17 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I fall into this category. My mom always did my laundry growing up so I had to learn once I went to college. Still knew the basics and what detergent was though
mattcruise · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karen: the college years
BroffaloSoldier · 26630 points · Posted at 23:39:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend in college once lamented, “ugh. I have to pee and I just put a tampon in like five minutes ago. I hate having to pull them out dry. Also it’s such a waste.”
Her mother taught her that there is only one hole down there and peeing with a tampon in is not possible. It will fuck up your bladder. Took a lot of me showing articles and diagrams and answering questions to convince her there are, indeed, two holes. She peed while the tampon was still in and called her mother in utter shock to share the good news.
🎙️ arual_x · 10974 points · Posted at 23:50:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dear god.
TheQuinnBee · 5371 points · Posted at 05:03:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always wonder about the people who don't know this. Do they think when we get pregnant we don't pee? Or do they think we pee on the baby?
"Time for your golden shower Timmy!"
_blemp_ · 117 points · Posted at 06:12:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Before I knew better (like late middle school) I thought it worked like how our lungs and stomach work. Two different tracks sharing the same exit.
Bluepompf · 74 points · Posted at 07:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like a penis?
SiorrDarkdawn · 8 points · Posted at 10:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If u look closely at the urethra of a penis, u might realise, that there are indeed two separate tubes.
OnlineHelpSeeker · 18 points · Posted at 11:08:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but single exit, only one urethra, which they were talking about
AnonFortheTimeBeing · 19 points · Posted at 12:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Urethral duplication or double meatus are possible but they are rare congenital malformations. If you're talking about the vas deferens or ejaculatory ducts none of those are in the external penis.
MattcVI · 14 points · Posted at 16:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Double meatus" sounds like it could be a burger from Wendy's or something. Possibly one made from babies.
"The all new Double Meatus™ — always made with fresh, never frozen fetus"
hktb40 · 4 points · Posted at 20:42:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wtf dude
RainDownMyBlues · 2 points · Posted at 15:44:34 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is amazing. Also, now I'm hungry.
SiorrDarkdawn · 3 points · Posted at 14:38:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL i have a rare malformation .-.
AwkwardLeacim · 3 points · Posted at 10:30:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's still 2
its_the_ton · 17 points · Posted at 07:32:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm now picturing someone trying to exhale through their butt
Dotard007 · 48 points · Posted at 08:14:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean fart?
LogicalOrchid28 · 3 points · Posted at 12:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought the exact same thing and shamefully believed it until my mid twenties . . . My mother wasnt the type of mother you asked about your body . . .
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 18:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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_blemp_ · 6 points · Posted at 21:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your mouth. You can sigh air from your lungs or vomit from your stomach.
whatdoesshesay · 66 points · Posted at 07:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes you wonder.
Had a similar situation with my mother, when after ages of disallowing me from using tampons (because young girls don't stick things up their holy hole) I pushed my way through and used em anyway, few cycles after which managed to turn her onto them as well.
Cue a week later she comes up to me, a 15f at that point, and says "huh, it's awfully wasteful and so much effort to change your tampon every time you pee", which obviously led to me asking WHY IN GOD'S NAME was she doing that?!?!
" How can I pee with the tampon up my vagina? "
I was left questioning a lot about life, when my birthgiver revealed that she believed I came out of the same hole she takes a leak out of.
RainDownMyBlues · 2 points · Posted at 15:46:46 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
"holy hole"
😂 I can't stop laughing.
[deleted] · 109 points · Posted at 05:15:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well you know what? Where's my golden shower, Phyllis?!!
iffQED · 37 points · Posted at 05:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quotes from this show always make my day
bat_cow_disease · 2 points · Posted at 09:46:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/unexpectedoffice
shewy92 · 33 points · Posted at 07:19:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a r/facepalm thread about how pregnant women control their BO since they can't take a bath or else they'd drown their baby. They asked if they could put plastic wrap over their vagina to keep it dry. I guess oxygen travels through plastic wrap under water...
mess_of_limbs · 17 points · Posted at 06:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is babby formed?
PokeSuFan · 8 points · Posted at 09:42:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Will getting haircut hurt baby?
[deleted] · 34 points · Posted at 05:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too...like, do they think pee is stored where the baby is...or if you’re not pregnant...where the egg is? Like our bladder and uterus are one? And the uterus just knows not to accidentally pee out the egg when we go? I also understand if these people think that then they already have no concept of chemistry or biology, but they don’t ask like, “Hey, isn’t all that pee harmful to the egg/fetus?”
I’m just so baffled. That, and very sad. It’s a shame how many men and women have no idea how their body works because the adults in their lives didn’t think it was okay to teach about it. Then those kids go on to perpetuate that taboo and their misconceptions to their kids. And that’s how we ended up with this story.
UsuallyInappropriate · 55 points · Posted at 06:09:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pee is stored in the lady-balls, obviously.
Nomulite · 8 points · Posted at 14:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why mothers end up with bigger breasts; all that saved up pregnancy pee.
Asterite100 · 2 points · Posted at 18:05:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
lmfao
MyNamesNotRobert · 33 points · Posted at 06:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy here. Before finding out on reddit that women don't pee from the same hole as the one they do their fucking with, here's what I thought. I thought the fucking hole and the peeing hole were the same hole. I figured that the pee sort of infuses or secretes itself out of the walls of the vaginal hole (like sweat or something) and just runs out but if you were to stick a camera in the opposite direction or something, you'd get to the baby womb. No need for 2 holes if the 1 hole is a multi purpose whole. That way, it's possible to have a baby without drowning it in bladder piss or something.
Disclaimer I'm am idiot but that's what I thought.
Yesm3can · 8 points · Posted at 07:01:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually want this to be our next million of years evolution.
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 06:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not gonna lie Not-Robert, reading this sent me into a bruh moment lasting several long seconds, but I respect you for both admitting your mistake and giving me a laugh!
That being said, if you have any questions about how things work down there (guy or girl) or any questions you’re too nervous to ask about regarding sex or babies or anything else, feel free to DM me. No judgment at all, good sex education isn’t something everyone is provided growing up and I don’t know your story. Even if you did have access to it, it’s excellent you’re making a change and learning now. I’d be happy to talk with you if you think you might have more of these (honestly quite riveting) misconceptions, or if there’s anything you’ve been itching to know that you can’t just up and ask people IRL.
If it makes you feel better, I’m an idiot too, just in different departments :)
goingwalking2 · 4 points · Posted at 13:05:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
"I was going to die, if not sooner then later, whether or not I had ever spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those truths for which I am still seeking, I had made contact with other women while we examined the words to fit a world in which we all believed, bridging our differences. And it was the concern and caring of all those women which gave me strength and enabled me to scrutinize the essentials of my living."
Audre Lorde
ItsAlwaysMonday · 3 points · Posted at 14:10:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I'm sure you're not the only one who thought that, so don't feel bad.
Stellanboll · 10 points · Posted at 07:22:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honest question: Wasn’t there some sort of biology lessons in school teaching you about the genital biology? In Sweden this is part of sex ed and both boys and girls are educated in the anatomy of the body.
invisibledragonfly · 21 points · Posted at 07:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US, it really depends on where you are going to school and what type of school. A lot of states don’t require sex ed in schools. A lot of states don’t even require that sex ed, if taught, is medically accurate. sighs in American
Stellanboll · 5 points · Posted at 07:41:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s sad!
Cow_Toolz · 3 points · Posted at 14:12:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m Australian and my mother wouldn’t allow us to do sex ed, but I still figured out all the general information, somehow- it’s so strange to me that people can go so long without finding things out, especially at a time when most people have the internet.
KnotOod90 · 7 points · Posted at 13:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to think there was this tiny hole like a pin prick in my clitorus that I urinated from. My mother & I talked about it & she didn't correct me, she just said "maybe" & left it as that. (Idk if she even knew the truth or not.) I guess the crura of the clitorus would vibrate from the pressure of me urinating which I would feel in my glans clitorus so I thought that's where the urethra was. Also urine covers most of my labia minora every time I urinate so I couldn't tell where it came from. It wasn't until later in life when I did scientific exploration (not even sexual) & research that I found out the urethra was just barely inside the same spot as the vagina. I blame school & my mother. Sex education was a video that might have been from the 60's or 80's & they said to the girls that we would bleed from our vaginas monthly h had to wear pads for roughly a week. I was also stuck on the boys having wet dreams. I think girls have one at the start of puberty too. Because randomly my mother, sister & I "peed the bed" way after stopping & not long before having our first period. Maybe it's just our biology because tmi but I am a squirter during sex & Idk about my mother & sister but I also heard some women don't so maybe they don't have the wet dream thing? I HAD TO TEACH MYSELF ABOUT MY BODY.
EmeraldGlimmer · 3 points · Posted at 12:47:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually the amniotic fluid the baby is in is mostly made out of pee made by the fetus. So, no pee isn't harmful to the baby.
Alpha7214 · 11 points · Posted at 07:08:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gives baby showers a whole new meaning.
GimmeChocolate8 · 7 points · Posted at 07:40:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate from college (she is one of my smartest friends ever, and last year she got her PhD in some microbiology thing) literally thought this. In sophomore year, one of her relatives got pregnant and she made a comment saying she felt bad that the lady had to hold her pee in for so long...
Long story short, she literally thought that the hole you pee from and the hole you give birth with were one and the same. And that pregnant ladies had to hold in their pees when in labor in case they drown the baby.
filemeaway · 7 points · Posted at 06:57:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We all know pee is stored in the balls.
UsuallyInappropriate · 7 points · Posted at 06:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ಠ_ಠ
dickworty · 6 points · Posted at 07:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well often women poo on the baby during childbirth
RainDownMyBlues · 3 points · Posted at 15:50:10 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Baby deserved it too!
ellihunden · 6 points · Posted at 08:31:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let me tell you. I just didn’t pay all that much attention on the anatomy when I was young, dumb, and horny. It all condensed down into this: dick goes here, rap it before you tap, STDs bad, she bleeds periodically rippin an egg, be nice, and jokes. I learned a whole hellofa lot about woman’s anatomy when my wife was pregnant.
yolkydoodle · 5 points · Posted at 08:07:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didnt know till I was like 15. But I also had no one to teach me these things and sex ed seriously failed us so when my friend explained it to me i was in shock but she understood how I wouldnt have known. I just assumed period and pee all came out of the same place
Mackowatosc · 4 points · Posted at 08:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend at work that literally thinks that this is why the belly gets so big.
SHE is 34 now.
RaceHard · 6 points · Posted at 15:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About the golden shower. A friend from highschool recently had a baby and though you had to pee on the baby the first week so they would get "antibacterials"
TheQuinnBee · 3 points · Posted at 15:57:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What.
RaceHard · 3 points · Posted at 16:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You heard me, that poor thing has had more golden showers than any of us. For a whole week, two to three times a day she peed on the baby. The baby is now 7 weeks old.
TheQuinnBee · 2 points · Posted at 16:08:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I...i don't have words. Please tell me she's not one of those anti vax holistic weirdos.
RaceHard · 1 points · Posted at 21:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She is a weirdo, but her husband is doing the vaccinations behind her back.
Pudacat · 12 points · Posted at 05:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where do you think kinks start? Pre-birth!
/s
Overunderscore · 3 points · Posted at 07:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think of it like breathing, drinking and eating. All goes through the mouth but ends up in different places.
Manwhoupvotes · 3 points · Posted at 16:55:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact. Fetuses pee while in the womb. During this time. The lungs are mostly functional, and the fetus is breathing in and out. They are however not breathing air. They are breathing the fluid inside the womb.
TheQuinnBee · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I was literally just commenting this
xANoellex · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:49 on July 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta get that LCL somehow.
Nevadajack87 · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everybody knows pee is stored in the balls. That’s why girls don’t pee
klbm9999 · 2 points · Posted at 08:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It totally didn't help me when I confused between uterus and ureters in science classes. I just thought it was a spelling mistake and both referred to the same thing, and girls had only one hole down there.. I was a teenager back then.
OfGodlikeProwess · 2 points · Posted at 09:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, people generally is a bit of an expectation, being a man and also a confirmed bachelor means that not in a million years would I have known or encountered this, girls not knowing this is just sad for them to not be educated properly
Bazzlie · 2 points · Posted at 11:43:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people take no-no part seriously I guess. Haven’t even looked at it yet
Mistah_Blue · 2 points · Posted at 13:23:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and that's why timmy has fairy godparents
ajahanonymous · 2 points · Posted at 13:39:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember a Darwin Awards story about a doctor who sees and old woman with a uti. Turned out her husband had been inserting himself into her urethra for decades.
TheQuinnBee · 3 points · Posted at 14:04:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excuse me while I scream.
VanAchteren · 2 points · Posted at 13:39:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"And that's why they thought I'd need fairy godparents"
Aldous_Lee · 2 points · Posted at 17:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine if i just 2 min you could pull a device from your pocket that has access to all the information in the world for free? Too bad it also takes selfies so most ppl use it just for this lol
RodnyrUwU · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This comment only deserves gold
FuckThe1PercentRich · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Timmy the Golden boy
TeemuKai · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem is that you think that they think.
jojomayer91 · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That assumes that they are able to follow through a line of reasoning to its logical end...
IAmSomnabula · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So that's how Timmy from South Park got disabled.
TIL pee is bad for unborn children.
bat_cow_disease · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somebody call them cursed comments guy right this instant.
Bonerstein · 1 points · Posted at 11:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boyfriend he was in his 20s, that had a child mind you, that had no clue that there was a female urethra and thought that ladies peed through the clitoris somehow? I don’t know how you see childbirth and not understand the female reproductive system.
TwitchyLeftEye · 1 points · Posted at 12:36:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Title of a questionable sextape?
Sedentary · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TheQuinnPee
Wisdomlost · 1 points · Posted at 14:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Baby's float in the pee thats why ultra sounds look all blurry.
TheQuinnBee · 1 points · Posted at 15:56:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this isn't 100% wrong. They do live in amniotic fluid which is made up of their pee.
Wisdomlost · 3 points · Posted at 16:37:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I said the pee floating thing as a joke. Read your reply and disbelievingly went to Google. The amniotic fluid starts as almost all water but by the end of the pregnancy it is indeed almost entirely made up of the baby's own urine. How have humans evolved so well and so poorly at the same time? We have organs the do little to nothing but still can kill us for no reason. Immune systems that can just randomly start attacking its own body. A spot on the elbow that makes you feel like dying would be better if you slighlty tap it on something. Today however i learned that not only do we come into the world though and with our mothers blood, shit, piss, and tears but we marinate in our own piss for months first.
I love women but the more I learn about their biology the more I realize 5 year old me was right. Girls are gross.
TheQuinnBee · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dude, you don't know the half of the horrifying shit you go through when you're conceived to birth. This just hits on a small portion of it.
Also this.
Wisdomlost · 2 points · Posted at 16:48:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh God. I'm one of the rare babies that pooped in their mother. Im a poop eater.
Kile147 · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean from what I have heard you either pee all the time or not at all, because that child is sitting right on top of the bladder.
TheQuinnBee · 2 points · Posted at 16:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who doesn't pee at all during pregnancy?
It depends how big your baby is and whether he's moving to the heads down position. A baby the size of a grape doesn't make you have to pee. Sometimes a baby chills in breech. Kind of depends.
But I've never heard of a baby stopping someone from peeing.
Kile147 · 2 points · Posted at 16:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looking into it a little more, the peeing more is due to hormonal changes and the weight directly on top of the bladder. Conversely, difficulty urinating is more commonly caused by the more common bladder infections and medicines you would take during the pregnancy. Taken to an extreme this could cause complete inability to urinate, but given that would obviously cause issues it usually is addressed before that point.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poor Timmy 😔
Morsemouse · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Long, long ago, I heard about a doctor friend of my mom’s who said that a couple came to him when the wife didn’t get pregnant after they had been married for years. They didn’t know about the process: one couple thought the umbilicus (belly button) was where the “vital fluid,” of the male was supposed to be deposited. All I could think about was what a terrible mess that would have been! Not to think about how painful it would be for the woman!
Quailpower · 1 points · Posted at 23:02:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend explained this to me once, generally they think the vagina is a hole with two connections. One to the bladder and the other to the womb. Not unlike the mouth and how it connects to the lungs and also the digestive tract.
Cptn_Obvius · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That gives “baby shower” a whole different meaning
justgiveausernamepls · 1 points · Posted at 11:02:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're wrong of course, but what you're asking here doesn't really work as an argument, unless they also think the baby is in your vagina.
ThatHairyGingerGuy · 21 points · Posted at 09:33:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a story on reddit a while back from a doctor who treated a patient in her seventies. The poor lady found it incredibly uncomfortable to have sex, and always had done. Her husband (and only previous sexual partner) had passed away recently and her new partner had flagged that the discomfort was not normal. She went to the doctor who noticed an unusually enlarged urethral opening and an unbroken hymen. You can guess the rest.
🎙️ arual_x · 17 points · Posted at 09:36:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No no no no no no no no nooooooooo
bettyblueeyes · 15 points · Posted at 10:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh my god i think my vagina closed up reading this.
Reese_misee · 6 points · Posted at 09:56:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, when I pee with a tampon in, sometimes it sucks up the pee and I have to change it. But in this case she didn't even know what was going on down there. Yikes.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 10:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think maybe you need to put it further in..? Because I don’t think that has ever happened to me to my knowledge.
Reese_misee · 2 points · Posted at 11:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It travels up my string :( I usually try to tuck it up but it still happens. If I'm in public I have to use toilet paper to dry the string before leaving the stall. The joys of being a woman! /s
StanFitch · 7 points · Posted at 06:53:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“TIL”
Fossil-boy07 · 11 points · Posted at 04:09:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
Stay_Silent_or_Else · -36 points · Posted at 04:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I join the karma trail?
Vertimyst · -19 points · Posted at 04:33:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want to be part of the karma human centipede!
Oh wait
EatTheBodies69 · -10 points · Posted at 04:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same
MyNames_AlreadyTaken · 5 points · Posted at 05:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's this?
SatoshiUSA · 11 points · Posted at 05:34:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People losing karma apparently
EatTheBodies69 · 2 points · Posted at 15:07:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was fun
SatoshiUSA · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lmao
MyNames_AlreadyTaken · -7 points · Posted at 05:34:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do i do this
Mythic-Insanity · 5 points · Posted at 05:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like this!
SatoshiUSA · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
SatoshiUSA · 3 points · Posted at 05:35:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get downvotes
leastlikelyllama · -7 points · Posted at 04:46:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok... But only if you take your tampon out.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:38:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dammit I lost karma roulette
[deleted] · -30 points · Posted at 04:45:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let me In on the karma pls
queenermagard · 3628 points · Posted at 02:16:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I... what?
To be fair if I have to go #2 I sometimes just take out the tampon, I usually just shove the string up my vajayjay and out of the way but am sometimes still worried the string will get dirty. To each their own but I am appalled she didnt know there is a separate pee hole. A new tampon every time you pee would be so unnecessary.
Invisibones · 1111 points · Posted at 03:57:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an IUD now so no periods anymore, but I just held the string forward to pee Fat pussy power, my labia just kept it dry and out of the way. Poopin' sometimes means you risk launching your tampon out like a nerf gun if you're not patient, so there's that, but peeing was never an issue.
TheGirlPrayer · 352 points · Posted at 04:23:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s late at night, and I was not prepared to read “launching your tampon out like a nerf gun” so now I’m in tears of laughter
Invisibones · 191 points · Posted at 04:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not expect this to be the relatable content it's turned out to be but shit someone's gotta say it. We know the feeling. You're on your lunch break, in the washroom, maybe trying to beat the clock or drop your supplies before the person using the hand dryer stops, and you accidentally near shoot that mf right out like it was exorcised out your snatch. If the universe was giving a damn about you that day you had the opportunity to take a square of TP and poke it back in the loading bay, say a little "not today Satan, this bitch only 20 mins inserted and I have another 2 hours on cash" and get about your business unscathed.
DaddysCyborg · 25 points · Posted at 06:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is cracking me the fuck up lol. When I was first reading the parent threads here I was thinking "I wonder if anyone else ever had a tampon just shove its way out while trying to shit. Oh man maybe something is wrong with me." But no, y'all have made me feel better lmao
DidSomeoneSayBlood · 2 points · Posted at 08:34:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you all might be straining too hard when you poop. This has never happened to me, if anything I have to really pull for it to come out (no, I'm not taking it out dry or using wrong size)
DaddysCyborg · 4 points · Posted at 08:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was only a thing when there was a mixture of a full tampon and constipation. Still pretty funny
Invisibones · 6 points · Posted at 10:29:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I made the distinction, "if you're not patient". A lotta folks have been in scenarios where we're rushing or don't have an extra tampon handy and you gotta make it work, but it's not like an every day occurrence.
relationshipsbyebye · 22 points · Posted at 06:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or it's your home toilet so you can't leave it there because the clog will be your problem, a you have to fish it out from the poopy water to throw away like a normal person
Not my best day
Invisibones · 3 points · Posted at 10:14:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're the same level of unashamed as I am, you find a way to retrieve it the rare time it happens. Tampons are bad for the environment. If I hate dealing with them, some poor fish in the ocean doesn't deserve to deal with it either.
relationshipsbyebye · 4 points · Posted at 11:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I did, it was just a sad moment lol. Wrapped my hand in multiple plastic bags and took a shower after 😂
kristen_hewa · 25 points · Posted at 06:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is lame but I love how you wrote that. Like almost poetic
Kingsdaughter613 · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All of this is why I use pads. Still annoying, but I’d find the tampon worse.
Cats_tongue · 3 points · Posted at 06:59:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late night giggles are so euphoric. I don't know why is it so much funnier late at night... but it is!
girlikecupcake · 218 points · Posted at 04:01:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my IUD taken out at the end of last year, almost ten years without periods, relearned what it was like sneezing out a tampon while trying to pee. Such fun lol
Invisibones · 228 points · Posted at 04:04:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had my IUD for two years now but the trauma of a dry, slightly askew tampon insertion remains. I can feel it still. I'm lookin' at you, shitty Tampax cardboard applicators.
crumbly-toast · 96 points · Posted at 04:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, those ones with the cardboard paper are the fucking worst
No one should have to be subjected to that
frenchmeister · 14 points · Posted at 05:32:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason my mom got me those as my first box of tampons. I think she must have blocked out her traumatic memories of using them because she somehow thought they'd be easier on me??
SydneyCrawford · 20 points · Posted at 05:55:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao my first tampons was the O.B. Tampons with no applicator. And no instructions. My mom just handed one to me while we were about to leave on our Girl Scout outing to the water park. I think she assumed I knew how to use one.
(Spoiler: I did not. I also never asked (sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know). And it took me a LONG time to figure out on my own and that only the string should stick out and that I shouldn’t be able to feel it if it’s in correctly)
frenchmeister · 5 points · Posted at 06:06:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god. How were you even keeping it in if it was sticking out??
SydneyCrawford · 13 points · Posted at 06:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idek. I was like 14 afraid to ask if it was SUPPOSED to be uncomfortable. I was getting It most of the way in... but I would only put it so far in that the very bottom was basically flush with where my vagina canal ended so I could still touch the end but it wasn’t quite.. sticking out..
frenchmeister · 4 points · Posted at 06:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Blehh I can imagine the feeling exactly. The first few times I used tampons I didn't get them in deep enough and they eventually shifted down more and more and it was soooo uncomfortable. The instructions say to just push in the applicator until your fingers reach your body but I've since learned that I actually have to put my fingers slightly inside in order to get it deep enough :/
Devilsgospel1 · 11 points · Posted at 06:14:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had cardboard for years since they’re cheaper and my mom never used Tampons before so it was a whole new experience for both of us. It took a couple of years for my mom to start bringing home plastic ones. Now I’m a bougie bitch and get plastic, compact ones on my own dime whilst crying about it. One of these days I’ll drop $30 on a cup and give it a try. I’m just not stoked about sacrificing a pot to become the cup boiling pot.
arbutist · 15 points · Posted at 07:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you need to sacrifice a pot? Do you throw your shower away after you wash your bits, or do you just wash it now and then? It’s just tissue, not a sampling of Plum Island’s finest pathogens.
Plus, seriously, a cup is so much more convenient. Hours and hours of not having to worry about changing a tampon - glorious. I used a cup for over a decade and only stopped because my uterus got tossed like the trash it was.
Devilsgospel1 · 16 points · Posted at 07:13:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s a mental thing. If I boil the cup and then properly clean the pot, what was in it will forever be burned in my head the next time I want tea or a small batch of noodles. In theory, the pot is clean but in my head, bloody tea.
Toniospizza · 5 points · Posted at 05:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What... I never had a problem with those. I didn't even know people hated them so much
a_happy_axolotl · 4 points · Posted at 12:04:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! They're actually my tampon of choice, no need to waste plastic on applicators imo
jojokangaroo1969 · 11 points · Posted at 04:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know you're supposed to remove the cardboard applicator AFTER you push the tampon in, right?
crumbly-toast · 18 points · Posted at 04:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
YES, and it's completely awful
pandemonious · 11 points · Posted at 05:25:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I accidentally got my girl those instead of the plastic ones... she was not pleased when I rushed home and handed her that box
rogi3044 · 5 points · Posted at 05:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can’t be doin that!!
ademedi · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously though.
stumbling_thru_sci · 84 points · Posted at 04:08:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Menstrual cup, so much better.
the_awkward_turtle9 · 52 points · Posted at 04:12:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cups changed my menstruating life. The best thing ever invented.
angelbug0 · 23 points · Posted at 04:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve always wanted to try one because they seem cheaper and better for the environment. I’m just so nervous I won’t insert it right and I’ll leak. Also scared it could tip over inside of me and I’ll have a bloody mess. Maybe these are irrational fears but they have been enough to stop me from trying. Don’t they come in different sizes too?
BigLittleSEC · 22 points · Posted at 04:43:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some do come in different sizes (normally only 2 if they do and one is smaller than the other, I think the deciding factor on the size from The websites at least is if you’ve delivered a baby vaginally). Your first fear is definitely not irrational and was the reason I tried it for the first time when I was home all day and still was worried a bit about the seal. I’ve only had it leak just a little once and I was in a rush and honestly knew I should have reinserted it as it felt a little off. Your second fear has me conjuring up some comical images of it tipping over inside though. I personally can’t imagine it actually happening even if you don’t get the seal right as I think it would be difficult (probably impossible) for it to actually tip over even a little bit. Now when you’re removing it the first few times, that’s a whole different story of a bloody mess. I would suggest taking it out in the shower the first few times just so you don’t drop it in the toilet or have to clean up the floors. Honestly best decision I’ve ever made though and I’m never looking back.
angelbug0 · 16 points · Posted at 04:49:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! This makes me feel better so I definitely will be trying. I can only Imagine the images you are thinking of lmao. After thinking about it, I guess it is physically impossible for it to fall over unless you have the worlds largest vagina
the_awkward_turtle9 · 3 points · Posted at 06:04:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just to add (sorry I disappeared there for a bit), the sizes are dependent on your body. I knew I had a high cervix and therefore needed a taller, narrower cup, so I guess it could be trial and error to get the right one. The cup has several tiny holes at the top which helps it suction when inserted properly. I looked at tutorials on YouTube to help me with getting insertion right and definitely practicing in the shower when you’re not menstruating helps a lot too. It takes a little while to get used to it, but it is seriously a game-changer. I am stupidly heavy in the first couple of days, and only need to empty morning and night. I have only ever leaked when not inserted properly, perhaps wear a pad until you’re confident. The key to insertion is to be relaxed. And I mean, zen. Or it just won’t work. Feel free to dm me any questions.
Wild-Kitchen · 2 points · Posted at 08:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you zen when you're trying to insert a Tupperware container up the wahoo tunnel?
the_awkward_turtle9 · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, I just spat my drink
Krohlia · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also try wearing a panty liner at least until you get used to inserting it properly. That way you don’t have to worry too much about leaks.
BigLittleSEC · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean if you just birthed a child and tried to put one in there, I could see it happening, but that’s about the only time. I also don’t think you’re supposed to insert anything for like weeks after giving birth though so sadly it’s pads for what will feel like forever (probably). If someone who has experienced giving birth has insight here, let me know cause I have not. The images were great though, they were on the weird anatomy textbooks from the 1950s level.
buttonsf · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing internally for 5-6 weeks. I was bleeding so much the 1st week I DGAF about wearing pads. Witch hazel and giant pads for the win then!
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 06:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh wow really? Is that much bleeding normal?
sammynyx · 3 points · Posted at 06:55:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the first week after doesn't get talked about enough. Honestly my least favourite part of the whole process, and i felt so unprepared and uninformed.
World's biggest period while healing half of my body? I feel like that should have been advertised better
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I had no idea that was a thing. I’ve heard a lot of things so I don’t really know what’s accurate lol
buttonsf · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I assume it was normal for me :) I didn’t die.
arbutist · 1 points · Posted at 07:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can actually get gnarly suction. Those suckers are usually quite secure. I never had a leak and I’m a total goober.
sookielikecookie · 16 points · Posted at 04:43:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cups are great! The first couple periods were kind of weird for me because you kinda really gotta get up in there to make sure the cup is covering the entire cervix. Also, while I was learning there was some serious leakage. Not because it tipped over but more because I didn't have a good seal on it.
But all in all, I freaking love the cup. It's so comfortable and I only have to empty out like three times a day on my heavy days instead of 800 tampons. I would say give it a couple tries. You got nothing to lose. Just wear a liner or a light pad at first until you get the hang of it. Good luck!
angelbug0 · 5 points · Posted at 04:52:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t even think of using a liner. I will definitely be trying it. I didn’t realize you didn’t have to remove it as much as a tampon, that sounds like a dream! Thank you I really appreciate the feedback
sookielikecookie · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey no problem! I love my cup. It's so much easier on my body than tampons. I think there's even an online quiz to help match you with a cup if you're not sure what kind or what size to get.
Here it is! putacupinit.com/quiz
Honestly, if it wasn't so weird, I would go around preaching the benefits of the cup. Like to everyone. Male and female.
cancion_luna · 10 points · Posted at 04:38:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, they have several different sizes. I'm a small person, so I used a short Meluna cup. I had a little trouble with leaks at first, but once I got the hang of it, I was fine. There is no way it will tip over. You can look up menstrual cup videos to see how they fit in your vagina. Basically, it suctions around your cervix and sits comfortably squeezed by your vaginal wall muscles. The only way it comes out is if you remove it.
angelbug0 · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
cancion_luna · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're welcome!
Crema123 · 1 points · Posted at 16:13:27 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a tilted cervix-I swear by the little meluna cups! The Diva absolutely didn't work for me.
cancion_luna · 1 points · Posted at 18:36:32 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I tried diva first, but even the smaller one was too big
Castianna · 4 points · Posted at 05:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly now is the time to try it if you are in a quarentined lockdown. Best to try it at home the first few times and not have to worry about being at work or such.
-SuzieQue- · 3 points · Posted at 05:10:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should check in to the Flex discs. They take a little figuring out - I totally recommend playing around with it and checking out the Q & A on the website BEFORE your period starts. But they made my seriously horrible periods so much less miserable!! I could almost forget it was that dreaded week. So much more comfortable than pads or tampons, less cramps, you only have to change it every 12 hrs, and mess free sex!!! (If that's in your comfy zone.) And if you're really worried about leaks, you can always wear a pad or pantyliner til you're more comfortable with it. I've converted nearly every woman I know to them!
the_awkward_turtle9 · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a cup girl, but now you have me intrigued!
JustDiscoveredSex · 3 points · Posted at 05:13:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two sizes. Wear a pad as a backup as you learn! Took me a few tries. Also, impossible to flip over, I guarantee it. I love mine...had it for years...at least 10, possibly more.
Echolocation13 · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They scare me too so I got reusable pads instead and they've been amazing, so much more comfortable than single use pads or tampons.
stumbling_thru_sci · 18 points · Posted at 04:15:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. Can't imagine going back.
ademedi · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which one do you use?
the_awkward_turtle9 · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Juju cup
Krohlia · 29 points · Posted at 04:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Except they can suck out the iud if you aren’t careful enough to break the seal before pulling. Ouch!
tozimac · 29 points · Posted at 04:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Look into a menstrual disc (Flex/Softcup or Lumma) if you have an IUD. They don't create suction and sit differently in the vaginal canal. Total game changer.
Edit: spelling
brittanybeth · 8 points · Posted at 04:55:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My IUD actually stopped me from bleeding entirely thank GOD, but I will look this up in case I ever need it in the future!
stumbling_thru_sci · 22 points · Posted at 04:12:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting and terrifying. I did not know that, but this is what I do anyway. Will be extra careful, thank you.
ITS-A-JACKAL · 1 points · Posted at 21:49:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you need a period cup if you have an iud?
Krohlia · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not everyone stops having a period when they have an iud. Also, there are two main types of iud. One is the hormonal one, which most women get because it’s smaller and reduces or stops periods. The second one has copper filament wrapped around it. It’s just as effective as the hormonal one, but about 33% bigger and also causes heavier bleeding and worse cramps. You might wonder, why on earth would anyone get the copper one? Well, some women’s bodies react badly to the synthetic hormones used in other birth controls and copper is the natural alternative. Small price to pay, IMO, given the side effects the synthetic hormones can have. :)
kodaa43 · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been trying one for almost 2 months and can’t get it to work 😭 I’m so sick of tampons they cause me so much pain
stumbling_thru_sci · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's rough, I'm sorry. The first month was a little awkward for me, the second was better. Maybe you need to try another type? I know there are lots out there.
kodaa43 · 1 points · Posted at 13:42:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m scared to try another kind other than flex since it has a thing to break the tension. A smaller one would be nice though.
stumbling_thru_sci · 1 points · Posted at 14:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a Diva Cup. There's a little tab at the bottom, but sometimes you need to reach in a little farther. Pinching it to break the seal rather than pulling. Im not worried about losing it though, it's right there. And you can bear down to push it out a little.
kodaa43 · 2 points · Posted at 17:41:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I have a fear of touching that far in there to break the seal but for now I’m just focusing on trying to get it in. Maybe once I get past it I’ll try another brand.
stumbling_thru_sci · 1 points · Posted at 17:50:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good luck, I hope you find something that works for you!
Rit_Zien · 36 points · Posted at 04:13:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Y'all are just confirming my decision to continue using pads instead of tampons like an adult. I hit the one too many dry removals point somewhere in my early twenties.
Invisibones · 90 points · Posted at 04:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No amount of dry little cotton rocket removals could make me a pad girl, personally. Them shits stuck to everything but my underwear. And God forbid you have to or need to use an overnight one, it made an audible noise when I walked sometimes. Like wearing windbreaker pants or something, feels like a diaper, just unpleasant. If you had consistently dry tampons, you probably had a lighter flow than the tampon you were using was made for, I'd venture to say. You every try the "Light" ones? They look like those little thin cigarettes, used for spotting days.
iconoclastic_magpie · 36 points · Posted at 04:45:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or the worst when it twists up and next thing you know it’s stuck to you or the inside of your leg. Fucking terrible. Just terrible.
Invisibones · 29 points · Posted at 04:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah man, and you can feel it sticking and unsticking to your thigh or rolled all up in between your lips and there's nothing you can do about it until you find a washroom. And then your trying to either salvage it or hope you brought a spare. And then sometimes you've bled onto the sticky part, or missed entirely and you have a nice spot just above there the pad is.
I've lost many a pair of underwear to these problems. There are no "period panties" when they're all period panties.
iconoclastic_magpie · 4 points · Posted at 05:11:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This truly depends on grooming preference. Not to be all TMI (though I’m not sure why on this thread), but I was in class and had the twisted pad happen. It stuck to my leg but also to my vagina. Now I’ve got everything neatly groomed but stuck is stuck. I went to shift in my chair and almost yelped. Nothing like waiting for class’s break or thinking about when you will be given the chance to get up to go to the bathroom without looking like you’re up to something because of the pad-wax-shamble you’ll have to take across the room before fixing the situation.
Man, life can be a real bitch sometimes.
ponderwander · 5 points · Posted at 05:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never have anywhere near this level of issues with pads 🤷♀️ the tampon string wicks blood and even if you hold the string while you pee it still gets a little pee on it. So now you have a bloody, partly urine covered, cold wet string hanging in your underwear staining it with blood. I still wear a pantry liner for these reasons and tend to change almost every time I pee, because, eww. I’ll just wear a slightly bigger ultra thin pad and get rid of that skeezy string. Not to mention trying to pull a dry tampon out or put it in.
erikaa21 · 4 points · Posted at 05:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never have had that many issues with pads either haha. I’ve had issues where I place it a little too low or too high but it’s never actually unsticked or gone to my thighs or anything like that! Maybe it was a bad brand? Not sure
This thread has pushed my to seriously consider a cup tho! I have always been curious but I’m pretty sold now
ponderwander · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like the cup! To each their own. We all find what works for us.
Rit_Zien · 3 points · Posted at 06:04:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For reals. My inbox is full of people giving me tampon advice to counteract my bad experience, but I feel like I could easily do the same with these pad horror stories 😳 I've never had anything like this happen. The worst that I've ever had to deal with is using an old generic style in an emergency (from a vending machine, or an office stash or whatever) and those things are pretty thick, but it's not that uncomfortable and better than toilet paper in an emergency until I can get home or to a grocery store or whatever 🤷♀️
ponderwander · 2 points · Posted at 06:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m getting downvoted for pointing out tampons are shitty in their own way. I guess we aren’t supposed to choose what works for us or something. Agreed. Pads are fine.
Carlulua · 3 points · Posted at 06:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This tickled me, please never edit it
ponderwander · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bahaha I didn’t even notice. Damn autocorrect 🤣
vonMishka · 13 points · Posted at 05:18:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know how old you are but would you like to be best friends with a 49 year old woman who feels 13 while reading this???
Invisibones · 3 points · Posted at 10:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a raggedy 26 (but will be a very fun and fresh 27). My first unpleasant experience with tampons was at 13 years of age so we can rewrite those traumatic experiences together babe bffs forever goonies never say die, and all that
grayslippers · 14 points · Posted at 04:37:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm with you here. I dont care how many convenient alternatives there are like cups or whatever, if theres something in my vagina I'm incapable of ignoring it. but my flow is light enough I dont really have a damp pad like some people complain of 🤷♀️
Rit_Zien · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would totally be willing to try a cup of they weren't so expensive. I know they're cheaper in the long run, but it's easier to keep spending ten bucks every two or three months on a product I know works perfectly well (the brand I use is as thin as my wedding ring and is dry on the surface for more than 8 hours unless it's like, the first day), vs $30-50 to try something that might be a one time purchase, or might not fit right, or I might hate 🤷♀️
grayslippers · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my experience the small size cup I got was very uncomfortable and I didnt produce enough blood to justify the discomfort. I also didnt find it very intuitive to insert. People love menstrual cups so I was excited to try one but quite frankly it was a huge disappointment and a waste of $30.
Blood0fAnAngel · 9 points · Posted at 04:38:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom never explained to me or showed me how to use a tampon so I’ve always just used pads, I feel like it’s just easier that way lol. I’m dreading post-pregnancy bleeding/period because it’s so nice not having to worry about everyone’s favorite shitty aunt visiting .-.
Moxie_Rose · 3 points · Posted at 06:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get depends for after giving birth. With all the stress of a new baby you will leak outta the monster pads they give you and they are not comfortable. Depends are super comfy and don't leak.
Blood0fAnAngel · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The pads they gave me after my first pregnancy were great, no leaks and they fit pretty well
kristen_hewa · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you pregnant now?
Blood0fAnAngel · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! This is my second baby, due later this year!
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How far along are you?
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 04:33:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a menstrual disk Instead is what it's called. I can't feel it when it's in and it doesn't hurt to put in or take out no matter how long it's been in. I hate tampons one because I can always feel it and half the time it's too dry to pull out. But I also have anxiety and new a girl that died from Toxic shock syndrome from a tampon, that's not a risk with the disk. If I am not using the disk I wear cloth pads because I ha e extremely sensitive skin and am poor.
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 16:01:47 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wtf, that is so exceedingly rare and likely due to poor hygiene, aka leaving it in for wayyyy too long. :/
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:55:14 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
No actually it's not. Thanks for victim blaming asshole.
buttonsf · 6 points · Posted at 04:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use a smaller size. Some brands have a lite/junior/slim size that made tampons a game changer for me.
Tampons are definitely not “one size fits all” so start small and as the flow increases, go up a size if needed
Tampax are the best IMO
Wray-O-sunshine · 3 points · Posted at 04:38:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Switch to a cup!!
january_stars · 3 points · Posted at 03:13:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My thoughts exactly. Pads have always worked great for me. I tried tampons, but I just could not "set and forget," I was constantly thinking about it. And honestly it just kind of grossed me out to be sticking something up myself. With pads, I hardly notice they're there.
chronicallyill_dr · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, call me old fashioned but I don’t feel like shoving and pulling things out of my vagina several times a day.
habibiyousaid · 6 points · Posted at 04:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should see the tampax they sell in developing countries, no rounded tip just a blunt cylinder with the tampon sticking out the end. And still expensive.
SquidgeSquadge · 15 points · Posted at 05:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate period sneezes. Have you ever shot out a speculum during a smear test? Nurse was commenting how she may need a bigger tool (apparently my cervix is/ was super far back) and l laughed so hard it shot out.
DaddysCyborg · 4 points · Posted at 07:10:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine never shot out, but I do remember the doctor turned her back on me for a second and I could feel it slowly easing its way out, while I'm thinking "please don't fall out, turn back around and get this thing lady! Oh God do I clench? Will that make it worse?!" Lol I eventually went to a gyn that used plastic speculums and they weren't all super heavy like the metal ones, much more comfortable.
SquidgeSquadge · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that what started to happen and the nurse made a joke and it just shot out
DaddysCyborg · 3 points · Posted at 08:12:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao our reproductive systems can give us so so much trouble, I like it when I can find some humor in the whole thing
girlikecupcake · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, no I have not but that's a wonderful, awful, hilarious mental image and I thank you for that lmao
47kastbortbruker · 8 points · Posted at 04:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That very short moment between first feeling like sneezing and then actually sneezing is the worst. Suddenly my whole body stiffens simultaneously inwards and outwards as my sneeze explodes and every muscle in my groin area tightens.
red_coats_are_coming · 5 points · Posted at 04:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About to get my first IUD out next week. Does the removal hurt?!
girlikecupcake · 5 points · Posted at 05:07:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was a little bit sore, but nowhere near like having it inserted. Call your doc and see if they advise taking any painkillers beforehand. I didn't take any but had been told by my doc it was fine to do so.
It does vary person to person though. Like, a pap gives me cramps all day but doesn't bother my sister in law any.
red_coats_are_coming · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for the reply! I’ve been dreading it the past couple days, but this makes me feel better. I’ll call ahead to ask about painkillers. Thanks again for your help!
kristen_hewa · 3 points · Posted at 06:08:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m actually getting my IUD removed tomorrow. PM me and I’ll try to remember to tell you how it went! Mirena is what I’m using.
girlikecupcake · 2 points · Posted at 05:24:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No problem! Best of luck, I hope it's as easy for you as it was for me :D
DaddysCyborg · 3 points · Posted at 07:05:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when I was first getting used to having a period, and wasn't so good at detecting when a tampon was full. I was 14 and at my first boyfriend's house. I was getting up to leave, keep in mind he was much taller than me. He lifted me up and gave me a tight hug, and suddenly I felt blood practically splash into my underwear. I quickly made my exit and at home realized I was WAY late changing that tampon. Honestly I didn't even know that could happen but I'm laughing my ass off now remembering that "oh fuck no I've gotta get OUT OF HERE" feeling lol
awhoogaa · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And my IUD just flicked itself out last week so that's awesome. Definitely launched the tampon rocket once or thrice!
livamenjaro · 21 points · Posted at 04:05:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that’s quite the visual
sjb352 · 16 points · Posted at 04:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worst Nerf gun ever!
muzzflower · 13 points · Posted at 04:19:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the greatest comparison I’ve ever read, thank you very much
FUCKYOUINYOURFACE · 17 points · Posted at 04:24:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread has been so insightful. So this is how women talk to each other about these things lol
HoseNeighbor · 6 points · Posted at 05:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah... I'm just bouncing around reading about The Vaguery Down Under. It's honestly cool that THIS post triggered THIS conversation.
cancion_luna · 5 points · Posted at 04:33:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also an IUD user. I switched to a menstrual cup before it was inserted, but let me tell you, a cup is a game changer. I still sometimes removed it to poo, but overall it was WAY better than having dry tampons and string problems.
adorationn01 · 10 points · Posted at 04:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which IUD doesn’t give you periods?? I want to switch to an IUD but I can’t have my period due to medical reasons and someone else told me IUDs make them heavier
Invisibones · 15 points · Posted at 04:09:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not an expert, but I do know that it depends on the type of IUD, and that results vary from person to person. I am personally on Mirena, it's a 5-year IUD. I have a friend who had a different IUD, and she had some spotting but a lighter period. I was told by my OB/GYN that some lighten, some stop, and some just make your periods less frequent. I have PCOS and was only have periods every few months to begin with, so perhaps people who have other conditions or heavier flows may respond with a heavier period? Not sure. Worth discussing with your Gyno! I'm very very very happy with mine. 5 minutes of discomfort for insertion was worth it for me.
iconoclastic_magpie · 4 points · Posted at 04:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Side bar: I’m on Mirena right now and it’s my 5th year so I’m getting it removed soon. Did your skin freak out when you were out on it? I’m 34 and I have had some of the worst acne of my entire life on my face and my neck. I’m asking to get out back on the pill - periods or no periods. Nerf guns be damned.
Invisibones · 3 points · Posted at 04:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, I want to say yes. But I also cannot be sure that the IUD is what did it, because my PCOS was largely the cause of skin woes for me.
I was on the pill for a few years, and it did nothing for me. Stopped for three when I was in college, no major issues, skin adjusted but the downdsides were unexpected periods of varying intensities. Then I went back on it for a year and had to stop due to mental health problems I connected with the pill. So I got the IUD, warned it was going to basically only affect my ovaries and not affect symptoms of PCOS like skin issues, so when I broke out I couldn't be sure it was he IUD or just not being on the pill.
Either way, I got a prescription for Accutane shortly thereafter and now my skin and my ovaries are living in harmony. Happily every after.
iconoclastic_magpie · 2 points · Posted at 05:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the info! I think I’m probably going to hope for the best and stay tuned into my mental health. My skin hurts at this point and it’s just the weirdest texture. I think Mirena and I need to break up.
Dvl_Wmn · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had Mirena for 2 years but it gave me HORRIBLE migraines with aura and made me VERY emotional and had acne like my teen years. I pulled that shit out on. Y own one night and said fuck THAT!
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What was pulling it out like?
Dvl_Wmn · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I talked to my dr and told her I was going to do it because I was on the verge of a damn breakdown if I didn’t get it out right then and there. I relaxed my muscles, was in a semi squat and made sure my hands were super clean. I felt the strings, used my thumb and two fingers and gently pulled breathing out as I pulled. It stung a little like when it’s first inserted and Voila! No more nightmare IUD.
iconoclastic_magpie · 1 points · Posted at 10:06:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry you had that experience but really, I just need to say this:
You.are.a.badass. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 13:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s awesome. My strings are way too high up or I’d probably have tried myself
n3rfthis · 14 points · Posted at 04:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hormonal IUDs will often (but not always) stop periods - Skyla, Mirena, Kyleena, and a few others.
Copper IUDs will often make them heavier - Paragard
gabbygabbyabby · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Copper IUD made my period sooo heavy. Especially noticeable after being on Mirena for so long
I love not being on a hormonal contraceptive but damn I fill my diva cup in a few hours sometimes
Eerawai · 13 points · Posted at 04:12:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Copper IUD can make periods heavier. I had one, because I wanted to try non-hormonal contraception. I went from a reasonable period that lasted 3-4 days, where I could wear a light tampon all day, to basically haemorrhaging every month, I felt like my period lasted two weeks and I would go through a super tampon every HOUR and still be leaking. It was awful. I was tired all the time ... no wonder.
Switched to a hormonal Mirena IUD, now have virtually no period.
As with any contraception though, people experience things differently. Some people don’t take well to a Mirena for other reasons. But in general they will stop your periods or dramatically lessen them.
adorationn01 · 10 points · Posted at 04:18:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So that’s basically why I can’t have my periods anymore! I never stopped bleeding, not even for a day. I would go through an ultra tampon in 15 minutes. It got to the point where I would end up in the emergency room for losing so much blood and became extremely anemic. Life is amazing now that I’m on a hormonal pill and no period!!
BUT I have been listening to all these stories of women who stopped hormonal birth control and were just immensely happier overall. Like a whole different person, they had no idea that their hormonal birth control was bringing them down so much mentally. Which is why I wanted to try to non-hormonal IUD, but it sounds like that wouldn’t be a good method for me. Did you feel different when you weren’t on hormones?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a rare form of PCOS that causes me to ovulate twice a month, my period comes every 14 days exactly with out birth control. These periods were heavy and put me in the hospital a lot due to me being naturally anemic, so a little blood loss can be bad, heavy periods were life threatening.
I used the Nuva ring for years and loved it. I decided I wanted to try no hormones and did the copper IUD (Paraguard) while still using the Nuva ring (plan was to wean me off since I'd been on it so long) I got pregnant (sexual assault) 2 months later. IUD migrated behind my uterus was retrieved during my c-section.
I'll never have another IUD but I am on the Nexplanon arm implant. I didn't have a period for nearly 2 years, now that I'm finally (slowly) losing weight I have a 1 day super light (only need a panty liner) period every 60 days exactly since January. I do have to say that the bleeding lightened after having a baby, so hopefully that will change for you.
iceomint365 · 3 points · Posted at 04:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm on mirena, switched from implanon. In the 2 months that I spent off of birth control I felt the happiest and most energetic i have felt in a long time. I wouldn't have wanted to go back on birth control if I wasn't paranoid of getting pregnant and if my period over those two months weren't the most painful ive ever experienced. I will probably be on the mirena for the foreseeable future as it has stopped my period but for me it has made me more lethargic, I have some memory issues and im generally just not as positive as I usually am. At the end of the day you gotta try out what will be right for you.
adorationn01 · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for this! That’s what scares me, maybe I’m a happier and more energetic person under all of this and it’s weighing me down. I feel like I wouldn’t even know, since I had to start it at 14. I am constantly tired, and don’t feel as bubbly or energetic as I used to. I kinda want to try and go off but I’m scared! I guess I was scared because I felt like it would take my body a while to regulate, like 6 months. But if you felt such a difference in two months maybe I’ll just try it for a few months and see if I feel a difference and I can always switch back.
Eerawai · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on the Pill years ago, when I came off it my libido skyrocketed. So I think for me it’s mostly libido that’s affected, but that’s also combined with antidepressants and that’s a significant factor. As for mood, it’s hard to say for the same reason. I have good days and bad days, good weeks and bad weeks, but I had that before contraception anyway lol. I have heard for some people that hormonal contraception affects them badly, but for others it doesn’t. For some people it might be better for them in terms of regulating PMS.
Whenever I wonder if I’d be better off without contraception though, I realise another pregnancy would be a much worse side-effect of being off it than anything I could have on it 😆 And I adore my kids, but another kid would send me down into depression and anxiety I think, not to mention it would be more high-risk and caesarean.
I’ve had people who are very into health and natural ways of living tell me I should go off hormonal contraception, but honestly I don’t think it feels very natural to nearly die each time I’m in childbirth, so ... 🤷♀️
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has your partner considered a vasectomy?
Scout_Serra · 7 points · Posted at 04:47:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm. I had a very very regular cycle and it was like clockwork. I used an app to track my days. I always started 2 days before the app said I would, and it always lasted 4 days exactly. The first was heaviest and the crampiest, then it got lighter each day after with normally no cramps after the first day.
Since getting the copper IUD, my stuff is super all out of wack and never is the same twice, and never has the same time span between them. The weirdest thing though, I would start bleeding after dark, but in the morning when I’d wake up it would be completely stopped and wouldn’t even spot again until about 8pm-9pm. I’d get cramps about 30min to an hour before starting each night. But then sometimes I just bleed heavy for 3 days straight. Sometimes it’s a month and a half before I have my next one, sometimes I’m like “didn’t I JUST start like 2 weeks ago!?” Then sometimes it’s so light I can’t tell if I’m starting or spotting.
I’m happy with it though. It works and I don’t have to remember anything daily.
The ridiculous thing though? Doctor suggested I order it from outside of the country. If I had gotten it from a USA pharmacy it would have cost me $700-$900 (I have no insurance), but I was able to order it from a Canadian pharmacy online for $50, plus $5 shipping. Saved a ridiculous amount of money because the USA healthcare system is seriously corrupt.
Eerawai · 2 points · Posted at 05:47:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m in Aus, and the hormonal IUD costs almost nothing, compared to the copper one, but even the copper one was I think around $90Aud ... holy crap how can they justify $700-900US!!
For the rest though, my understanding is that the copper irritates the uterus, and that’s part of what makes it work (the sperm’s tails are blasted apart by the copper, but also it’s hard for them to swim through the irritated lining), but the heavy bleeding is basically your body trying to flush it out, unsuccessfully, because the copper IS such an irritant. (Disclaimer: I’m not medical and could have some of that wrong, but that was my understanding.)
ooollieollieoxenfree · 4 points · Posted at 04:37:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mirena IUD for the last three years now!! I’ve only had a couple periods where I had to actually wear a panty liner, and that was during weight loss (fat soluble hormone release??) it has been great. They were HORRIBLE before.
saltinthesea · 4 points · Posted at 04:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no period on the skyla although my doctor told me that it is different for every person.
halfdoublepurl · 3 points · Posted at 05:09:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve got a Skyla in, which is good for 7 years. So far I get 1-2 days of super light spotting, and can get away with a just-above-pantyliner absorbency pad for all day. I did bleed unpredictability for three months post insertion and experienced some gnarly cramping during that time, but since then it’s been great. I got mine put in 6 weeks postpartum, which also could contribute to the terrible adjustment period. Best decision I ever made - I hardly remember it’s there, until one of the strings curls up and I have to fish around and straighten it out.
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How long have you had yours? Skyla is only good for 3 years.
halfdoublepurl · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I checked and I actually have Liletta, which is 6 years. It’s the same type of IUD as Skyla
kristen_hewa · 1 points · Posted at 22:34:32 on July 4, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that’s cool I’ve never heard of that one. Are you in the US?
goatofglee · 3 points · Posted at 06:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really depends on the person. Though it's not uncommon to get lighter or even no periods.
I'm using Mirena and I have PCOS. I also use to have irregular periods before my implant. My periods now are just really light brownish discharge. I sometimes don't even notice it. If it weren't for my PMDD, then I'd probably miss it.
kristen_hewa · 2 points · Posted at 06:09:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have Mirena. I’m on my second one and I stopped having periods 7 years ago it’s awesome.
DaddysCyborg · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me copper IUD made my period so heavy and painful I had trouble walking and changed tampons constantly. I switched to a mirena plastic one and haven't had a period in years, it's awesome.
CurioustheCat15 · 2 points · Posted at 19:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s different for everyone. I did 3 years of Skyla and I’m on year 2 of Kyleena and I still have one every 26 days or so, but they are light! I wish I was so lucky as the others who stop lol
jibberish13 · 5 points · Posted at 04:16:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. Thats hilarious.
angrylittlemouse · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same situation but with a cup. Every time I pooped I had to hold the cup in otherwise it might get pushed out. So gross. God am I glad I got an IUD.
dragoness_leclerq · 3 points · Posted at 06:15:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmaoooooo same girl, same!
iuppi · 3 points · Posted at 08:36:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whole new world for a guy to read this paragraph.
Invisibones · 3 points · Posted at 10:09:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really underestimated the scandalized reaction from some -- There's a whole lot of muscles down there and not a lot of ability to distinguish which ones you're using to expel something from your body, what can I say.
poodlenoodle0 · 2 points · Posted at 05:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This comment absolutely killed me. We were all thinking it. She said it.
chrazychrysanthemum · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love the women of reddit
v_as_in_victor · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha this comment sincerely killed me. I find this relatable but also can never reach this level of power. I fear and respect you queen
a_foxinsocks · 2 points · Posted at 17:35:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
#justgirlythings
elkhorn · 2 points · Posted at 04:02:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I must have tiny labia.
iconoclastic_magpie · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A fucking nerd gun. I’m cackling. So true!
thriftwisepoundshy · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welp, time to start finding videos. Are there contests to see who can launch the farthest?
PM_ME_UR_BEST_DOGE · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes officer this comment right here
MathAndBake · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only time I tried pooping with a tampon in, I had the opposite problem. I needed medical help to get the turd out out. It was the size and shape of a tennis ball. It was not a pleasant experience.
To be fair, it might have just been a coincidence. But, at the same time, I know from experience my bowels tend to squash my vagina when I'm constipated. So I do worry if the tampon might have cut off my rectum's usual expansion potential. In any event, I am not pooping with a tampon in ever again.
Invisibones · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not surprised. Thin wall. Nature didn't give too much of a shit she said "make those holes a few cms apart and call it a day <3"
SoLongSidekick · 1 points · Posted at 09:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This comment just reeks of 'this should gross me out' but all I can do is laugh. Maybe I've matured, but only a little bit.
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 15:54:05 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
"launching your tampon out like a nerf gun" 😂 holy shit this is amazing. I can't stop laughing.
ManiacalShen · 0 points · Posted at 06:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speaking woman to woman: What the fuck?
poopoojerryterry · 88 points · Posted at 03:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, you just hide it between the labia so it doesn't get gross. But its so sad rhat so many women don't know this. My best friend in high school wasn't allowed to use tampons "very catholic family". When we got to college she used tampins, and didn't know there were two holes
anamichellee · 38 points · Posted at 04:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
im catholic and so is my family but i don’t understand how tampons relate to the catholic religion that’s so weird. it’s not like it’s contraceptive or anything it’s literally something that women use for a natural purpose. i don’t know what was up with her families beliefs but as far as i’m concerned, catholics don’t have beliefs against tampons /:
edit: i should add that ive been attending catholic schools for 7 years of my life AND have been involved in church and other things so i find that they think using tampons is not okay and against religion so weird.
poopoojerryterry · 31 points · Posted at 04:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only know 4 catholic girls from school, 3 of them weren't allowed to use tampons, have sex, and birth control was a big no no.
One girls parents were SO strict she couldn't use social media
anamichellee · 7 points · Posted at 04:30:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh dear, poor girl 😐
poopoojerryterry · 20 points · Posted at 04:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because they were so strict she ended up getting really rebellious looots of unprotected sex, cociane, lots of weed. She deleted the apps when she was at her dads house, then redownload them at school. Sell nudes. But she was really sweet though, she always bought me coffee and we always chatted in economics and physics.
Edit: oop and got nipple rings, and tattoos in other hidden places
anamichellee · 4 points · Posted at 04:34:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wow, that was a hell of a plot twist. did not see that one coming.
poopoojerryterry · 16 points · Posted at 04:37:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems to happen with kids with super strict parents! They learn how to hide things, feel adrenaline from doing things they aren't supposed to, and don't have the security and trust to fall back on their parents when they do scary things.
My brother went to a party, got high and so so drunk. He called mom to pick him up, she was worried about him and so happy he was safe. Definitely pissed, but they had trust between eachother
anamichellee · 7 points · Posted at 04:45:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yeah, the lack of freedom and feeling restricted from having fun or doing certain things can make a person become rebellious.
kristen_hewa · 3 points · Posted at 06:17:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a girl I went to high school with. She’s literally a satanist now
namestom · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ditto. Every catholic person I know comes from a big family.
supreme_trash_panda_ · 18 points · Posted at 04:32:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend from hs was told that insurting the tampon might be too pleasurable and she would basically be masturbating and would no longer be a virgin....
JustDiscoveredSex · 32 points · Posted at 05:22:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoever says this has never once understood female anatomy. The boys in jr high/middle school also thought tampons were basically dildos. Uh... are you admitting your dick is the size of a finger, then? Tampons aren’t pleasurable in the least, have fuckall to do with virginity, and are generally inserted during a time when you feel like you have low-grade intestinal flu.
Fuck these Puritan asshats.
laredelle · 10 points · Posted at 04:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good lord.
anamichellee · 6 points · Posted at 04:41:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that’s so weird. i mean it’s a tampon ffs. i mean seriously you give a woman a period and expect us to only be able to wear pads to stop the bleeding? pads can be extremely uncomfy during certain situations (i used to wear ONLY pads until i started using tampons and they made my life easier).
AV01000001 · 17 points · Posted at 04:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up loosely Protestant and a lot of girls i knew (of different Protestant branches) were also not allowed to wear tampons. There was a stigma that using tampons was equivalent to losing your virginity or that it would make you become a slut somehow.
I remember that once I started playing sports, my family ok’ed tampon use (white team uniforms). At the same time i remember nearly every issue of Seventeen magazine and every Tampax box would have a little informative page/insert stating that tampons are safe and do not cause loss of virginity.
I hope that it still isn’t a stigma in religious communities.
anamichellee · 2 points · Posted at 04:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i hope it isn’t too because it honestly makes me sad to think that a lot of girls can’t wear them due to religion and all. i know i’m religious but i wear tampons bc they genuinely help me so much. it just varies on the religion and the family i suppose.
TheGirlPrayer · 10 points · Posted at 04:27:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My family didn’t let me us tampons, and we are Baptist. Mine was just because anything sexual was very taboo. My cousins used tampons and they were catholic.
LeenaNOLA · 7 points · Posted at 04:46:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeeaaaahhh, I went to an all girls' Catholic School for all of elementary and high school. We didn't all use tampons, but the cheap ones were available for free at the front desk. This may be a personal family thing.
anamichellee · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it definitely depends on the family and their views towards catholicism or even interpretations of beliefs as well as devotion to the religion too such as traditional vs modern.
chronicallyill_dr · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also went to catholic schools and while my family wasn’t particularly religious, my mom would still forbid me from using tampons. According to her you would lose your virginity by the mere fact of inserting anything in your vagina.
UnknownReader · 8 points · Posted at 04:04:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does being Catholic normally translate to no tampons for girls? I grew up Catholic but I hadn’t heard this. I’m a guy though...
Girls4super · 12 points · Posted at 04:26:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it’s just certain Christian families in general. Tampons mean sticking something up your vagina which equals sexy times in their eyes.
JustDiscoveredSex · 8 points · Posted at 05:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. Like that sexy, sexy childbirth. Nothing like feeling an 8-pound baby in there. 🙄
anamichellee · 5 points · Posted at 04:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
as far as im concerned, girls can use tampons. if i’m mistaken, then ive clearly been living under a rock for the past 18 years of my life. as far as i know, it’s contraceptives & sex that don’t align with the catholic beliefs not anything used for periods.
LabRatPerson · 18 points · Posted at 04:13:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are some antiquated and misogynistic beliefs that tampons will break the hymen and this render the girl no longer a virgin.
anamichellee · 5 points · Posted at 04:15:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thats so interesting. i have never heard about that! thanks for the insight. i learned something new. i don’t think tampons should be seen as wrong by the church either way simply because it’s for a natural purpose. women don’t necessarily choose to have periods and sure, pads are an alternative but tampons make life so much easier in certain situations.
pokitgiraffe · 4 points · Posted at 05:19:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, it doesn’t translate to that. I’ve been Catholic my whole life and I have a Master’s in Theology, and there is zero teaching that would lead to that conclusion. I use tampons all the time.
What’s more likely is that these kinds of “trad Catholics” (like SUPER conservative old school almost-evangelical-in-their-conservativism) incorrectly equate the use of a tampon with the possibility of breaking the hymen, which is a really old sexist myth about “proving” virginity. The kinds of “Catholic” people who are like this are the same ones who think that if you read Harry Potter, you’re going to Hell. It’s a very tiny minority of ultra-conservatives.
UnknownReader · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get it. Thank you.
poopoojerryterry · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only know 4 catholic girls from school, 3 of them weren't allowed to use tampons, have sex, and birth control was a big no no
anamichellee · 6 points · Posted at 04:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe their families were more traditional old school catholic families? i’m not trying to assume anything of course. i just don’t think that the modern day catholic church places much emphasis/concerns on tampons it’s moreso contraceptives that they place emphasis on suggesting against that.
poopoojerryterry · 6 points · Posted at 04:15:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well I noticed from the major religions in the area I live, is that they're all taught a bit differently and some families are pretty extreme, especially when it comes to girls and their bodies. And others are very relaxed.
I'm not sure why. My bestfriend now, her mom and while family are catholic and very supportive of safe sex and rampins of course. But two girls from my high school were told that tampons will take their virginity and that no man would want to marry them. They didn't teach them sex ed (I sort of did). Also that contraceptives of all types will lead to the infertility of the man and woman.
I'm finishing up college and live near where I went to high school. So the actual churches shouldn't be that different? Mayb in the next town over. I have no idea though!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Catholic tends to translate to the poophole loophole because of this
InadmissibleHug · 15 points · Posted at 04:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No 2 sometimes just pushes it out on the way though, to be fair.
As far as peeing goes, I just tuck the string into the gap between my leg and my crotch. It served me well for 30 years (now I don’t HAVE a uterus)
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 04:18:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have always switched to a new one each time I pee (not because I am unaware of the separate holes) but because I am an idiot who never thought to hide the string away somewhere so the string would get wet and then eventually the tampon would soak it upward and balloon at the bottom and be useless and uncomfortable.
TIL that you don’t need to choose using a new tampon every time you pee
queenermagard · 6 points · Posted at 04:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Congrats on your new and improved peeing experience
Jalfieboo · 2 points · Posted at 09:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was looking for this comment, there was no way I could be the only one sitting here like...but the string gets wet anyway lol
Skydove01 · 7 points · Posted at 04:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My technique is to pull the string to the side
superjesstacles · 16 points · Posted at 04:10:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look into a menstrual cup! There's definitely a learning curve but holy crap, I'm never going back to disposable products. I love the lack of waste and also, it is so comfortable I almost forget it's in.
SubstantialGiraffe7 · 11 points · Posted at 04:17:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Diva cup is life changing and time saving (and less wasteful/cheaper) so much easier and way more comfy
queenermagard · 3 points · Posted at 04:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have been considering one but am just going to go back on birth control so I don’t have to deal with periods
DieSchadenfreude · 5 points · Posted at 04:37:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have had iud's or been pregnant for so long I haven't used a tampon in quite awhile. However, I almost always took a tampon out to go #2 as well, but for a different reason. The muscle movement would upset the placement of the tampon half the time and then it would leak or be uncomfortable. Fuck that, just start fresh.
AssMaster6000 · 7 points · Posted at 04:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just tuck the string up around my clit and my labia kind of hold it in place for me so I don't get pee or poop on it.
queenermagard · 7 points · Posted at 04:25:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kind of still get pee on it half the time that way
AssMaster6000 · 3 points · Posted at 07:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol oh nooo! Ps I just feel obligated to ask - have you ever tried menstrual cups? No string, no waste!
Good luck with your strings!
r1chard3 · 5 points · Posted at 04:07:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your friend a chicken?
colabear_ · 4 points · Posted at 04:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to change to applicatorless tampons because i could never get the tampax ones deep enough that they wouldn't get piss on.
I use ones like half as long now but i still change them every time because I dont piss much.
j2ck10465 · 5 points · Posted at 04:21:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WAIT, how do you pee with the same tampon in?
queenermagard · 6 points · Posted at 04:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hold the string out of the way or temporarily put it up in your vagina, wipe, take the string back out?
j2ck10465 · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I won't get a UTI if I pee with the string in?
queenermagard · 2 points · Posted at 15:27:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I am prone to them and have never gotten one this way. Plus if you think about the different pathways down there it doesn't make sense. Just tuck the string in the back
foinikass · 3 points · Posted at 04:41:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the bright side, she probably never has to worry about toxic shock syndrome!
BroffaloSoldier · 7 points · Posted at 04:06:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I take mine out when I poop, too. It’s just more comfortable for me that way.
fuyuhiko413 · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I wear the extra large ones for the first few days and it puts pressure which can making pooping uncomfortable. It's just easier to take it out
Mrs_Messere · 3 points · Posted at 04:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, #2 means new tampon....I have a friend that insists upon needing a new tampon every pee...but she never brings any tampons with her...
pickles_in_a_nickle · 3 points · Posted at 04:50:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be feeeeaaaaaauuuuhhh
cheaperwormguy · 3 points · Posted at 04:52:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pull it to the side and stick it in my thigh roll. Works like a charm!
YanDan · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where does the dirt come from exactly?🤷♂️
MordoNRiggs · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesn't really get pee on it just from being there while going?
queenermagard · 3 points · Posted at 05:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not if it’s tucked up in there
_qualmless_ · 2 points · Posted at 04:56:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started wearing cups because I was using a new ramp every time I peed, not because I thought they were the same hole, but because I could never keep it from getting wet. I tried tucking back and don’t, the base of the string was always wet and would inevitably make me smell like pee soon after, so for hygienic reasons I started changing em. Having to use a whole box every couple days made me say to hell with the whole affair.
untakentakenusername · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The movement is usually annoying and it comes out during or it interferes with push power so i just take it out
throwlog · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In her defense, chickens have only one hole.
HapaDis · 2 points · Posted at 06:28:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is precisely the reason why I switched to a menstrual cup. Even if you think it’s gross, it can’t be grosser than gambling on urine/feces not getting on your tampon string.
Smeekle91 · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should always put the string up your anus for safe keeping.
Cats_tongue · 2 points · Posted at 06:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my menstrual cup, I highly recommend you try it and you'll never have this string problem again. There's a learning curve, but its so worth it.
OfficialMicheleObama · 2 points · Posted at 09:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, I understand a man not knowing, but has this lady like never looked down there.
unneuf · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t use tampons even when i get my period (which I don’t, anymore) but holy crap I have to pee so often that the idea of a new tampon every time I pee? What a waste!
RoseMcDollFace · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pull the string to the side and close my legs a little and my thigh keeps it there and out of the way
Braden22 · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know you’re lying. Because girls don’t poop so..... stop lying.
smoguy · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hurk
ElectricPotato911 · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one time I accidentally started humping my girlfriends peehole and she told me to stop.
sewercult · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So painful too
Fartbox_Virtuoso · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just tuck it right in there next to your car keys.
Trep_xp · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hence why she was so annoyed about it, she actually spoke about her problem out loud to a college friend.
thrownawaylike- · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe I’m a messy pee-er(?) but the strong always gets wet even when I’m holding it. I don’t wanna smell like pee so I change it.... am I the only one?
creaturesweets · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s very few states that require accurate sex ed, lots of abstinence only. I’m sure many countries are the same.
Kaita13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and I totally understand. I would do the same if I was a lady.
ReginaldDankfield · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And at some point you’d think she’d just decide to use pads.
12134sunsetblvd · 1 points · Posted at 09:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially since her Mom was probably the one paying for them
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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queenermagard · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was definitely put in the least horrifying language possible with all gross details removed lol
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:29 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
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queenermagard · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:09 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure... guessing you are a man lol
KPrinny · 0 points · Posted at 05:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You guys are gross! How often are you peeing? You cant "waste" a tampon while peeing? Yuck you!
LynnisaMystery · 83 points · Posted at 03:56:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gf switches her tampon every time she uses the bathroom but it’s more of a “I can’t guarantee things are still hygienic and if I don’t switch it my anxiety will not let me concentrate on anything else” kind of situation.
DenverCoderIX · 12 points · Posted at 06:08:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. Plus my urinary tract and vaginal canal both being pretty narrow, and my body requiring at least 2-3 daily litres of water when I'm on my period (also tampons' insane prices in my country) make tampon insertion and wc visits a serious planning chore for me.
PrudentVegetable · 7 points · Posted at 06:29:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All these problems were solved for me when I got a cup! It might be worth considering!
DenverCoderIX · 3 points · Posted at 06:48:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh, thanks for the advice! I actually recommend the cup to my lucky low-flow friends, but in my case I tried it several for months a few years ago (with different brands and sizes) because I really wanted it work on me, but my flow is way too heavy (I ended up having to replace it every 20-30 minutes in order to prevent it from overflowing), and my work situation at the time (8~12 hour shifts with a couple hours commute, and no access to either a toilet or a sink, or toilet/eating breaks at all for that matter) crushed my hopes and dreams :(
Nowadays, I keep drenching through a Super Evax Pearl tampon or a Super Plus Evax Liberty pad every couple hours (sometimes even less for the tampon) on the first 2-3 days of my period. Toiletries are really expensive here, and my douchebag uterus overstimates how much money the rest of my body makes :/
And yeah, taking on account that my periods usually last from 6 to 10 days, I've been battling serious anemia since entering puberty a couple decades ago; I've been referred to every possible medical specialist, and they all agreed on my reproductive system being healthy, just sort of a drama queen. I'm pretty sure there must be something actually wrong with me, but they just wouldn't bother opening me up to take a peek, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Good thing I fucking love lentils, spinach, and everything iron-y.
PrudentVegetable · 3 points · Posted at 06:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough, in all my research and experience I've never found a tampon lasts longer than a cup but glad you figured out what works for you!
yournanna · 2 points · Posted at 06:09:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. Also I'd rather not risk peeing on my hand, which is what happened last time lol
cyanidelemonade · 64 points · Posted at 01:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one just hurts
BigFuturology · 2 points · Posted at 07:09:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? Like forget about wasting the tampon, pulling dry cotton out of your vagina is NOT a good feeling
bounce-bounce-jump · 71 points · Posted at 03:16:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pee so slowly and can't seem to get fully "empty" with a tampon in. Don't know *shrug*.
jhobweeks · 37 points · Posted at 03:34:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get this too. I wonder if it’s because some kegel muscles are engaged to keep the tampon in? Because they’re often described as what you would flex to stop midstream.
shymermaid11 · 30 points · Posted at 04:18:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's because there is a thin wall between your vagina and your urethra. The tampon puts pressure on the urethra and blocks the flow like stepping on a garden hose.
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jhobweeks · 17 points · Posted at 04:01:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I’m not saying that’s necessarily why, but I do tend to accidentally expel the tampon when straining. Thanks for the advice, now that I think about it I should mention that.
AgentMeatbal · 6 points · Posted at 05:15:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you straining while peeing?
mrs_shrew · 3 points · Posted at 05:55:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that too, can't drain properly. There's nothing wrong other than a comfort thing. I don't use them anymore for various reasons this being one.
the_awkward_turtle9 · 9 points · Posted at 04:15:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it presses against the urinary tract. Same for me with a cup. I just need to push harder to pee, but make sure you release it all to avoid infection.
CatPatronus · 57 points · Posted at 03:50:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair I thought the same until I was 15? Not because my mother told me, but simply because I was never educated on my own anatomy. Friend of mine said something about why I didnt wear tampons, I asked how did she pee with one and she informed me of how wrong I was. Of course my mother did accuse me of shoving both her "money and trust" up my vagina when she found out I was using tampons, but that's a whole other thing
snap_crapple_pop · 15 points · Posted at 05:03:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend wanted to go swimming and I said I couldn't because I was wearing a pad. We were 14. She told me to use a tampon. I told her I'd never used one. I tried like a Dickens to get that tampon in my pee hole. I told her it wouldn't go in, she was confused, as was I.
CatPatronus · 5 points · Posted at 14:39:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I'm sorry that sounds awful, but still pretty funny. I remember in middle school a girl I knew said she'd never use tampons because she didnf want to fuck a piece of cotton. I still dont know why she thought that that's what would've happened???
jarvis125 · 10 points · Posted at 05:21:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
why would you try to put it in the obviously smaller hole?
snap_crapple_pop · 11 points · Posted at 09:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I grew up neglected without anyone to explain anything about life to me? Even human anatomy
FitzyII · 122 points · Posted at 03:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh, this is why i use a cup now, because i have a smol bladder and pee often, but dislike how the string stays a little wet.
beka13 · 5 points · Posted at 05:00:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can hold the string out of the way when you pee. I still prefer a cup but the string doesn't have to get wet.
poopoojerryterry · 20 points · Posted at 03:41:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just tuck the string up between the labia
girlikecupcake · 12 points · Posted at 04:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or just put the string up there with the tampon. It's what I do. I'll have to wash my hands anyway so it's no biggie if the string gets a little blood on it.
poopoojerryterry · 22 points · Posted at 04:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god. That reminds me of a tmi, NSFW story. So, yeah. Gross warning.
My second serious boyfriend I had was wanting to have sex, but I was on my period. He didn't want it on his sheets so I kept my tampon in. Well it jammed the string up there, so it was difficult to remove. Poor guy didn't reach the tampon though
Dason37 · 25 points · Posted at 04:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it NSFW because of how you just burned this guy to ashes, killed him, and then burned him again?
poopoojerryterry · 17 points · Posted at 04:24:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I could have gone into detail. I was trying to burn him gently. But god damn dude hahaha
But no screw that guy and his wee penis. He sexually assaulted me and 2 of his exs
Dason37 · 15 points · Posted at 04:38:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am sorry to hear of him doing that to the 3 of you and will not make a joke about this one.
poopoojerryterry · 14 points · Posted at 04:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is a rare, surprisingly wholesome and sweet comment on reddit. Especially in a thread like this. Thank you.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmfao poor guy
beannnpole · 7 points · Posted at 04:21:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just switched to a cup and generally feel like there's always a little left in my bladder after I go. I pee often becuase I drink a lot of water and the sensation can feel pretty annoying. Have you experienced anything like that?
FitzyII · 3 points · Posted at 04:31:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally get what you mean, but tbh for me, the urge doesnt stick around. Like, ill go, still feel like theres a little left, but just get up and go about my day, and really dont noticr the sensations stick around.
I do pee more often when using a cup, but i prefer that to the wet string, and the waste, of tampons
fnord_happy · 3 points · Posted at 05:07:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The cup has changed my life in so many ways
mrs_shrew · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How? I don't know whether to try one. I don't care for tampons as i find them messy. My flow is light and I can usually manage it through regular toilet breaks so even a pad is only for accidental leaks.
malachitebitch · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m about to get my period any day now and it will be my first time using my cup. I hateeee peeing with tampons in for that exact reason. I’m so pumped lol
HelmSpicy · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will always prefer a somewhat wet string to digging knuckle deep into myself to fetch a blood/mucus filled cup, but that's just me.
sinnysinsins · 17 points · Posted at 03:47:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend in college had to teach me how to put a tampon in...my mom had never allowed them as she thought they did something to your virginity or something? At least I knew there were two holes though.
cowzroc · 15 points · Posted at 03:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok this beats my story because she was a vagina-carrying woman. My husband thought I peed out of my vagina after 5 years of marriage and 2 children that he watched me give birth to. We also met in an anatomy class.
MrCuckooBananas · 7 points · Posted at 05:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He abaloutly did not pay attention in class.
tacosdepapa · 15 points · Posted at 04:16:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least her mom showed her how to use a tampon. My mom threw one pad at me and didn’t mention it would be a monthly occurrence or that it would last for days. I only knew bits and pieces because of health class.
bedsheetsforsale · 41 points · Posted at 03:58:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I HAAAAAATE peeing with tampons in and I know I have not 1 but 2 holes!
It’s wasteful but wet, peeful tampons are nasty as hell. I switched to a menstrual cup and my period and my vagina are much better off now.
sallyslingsthebooze · 19 points · Posted at 04:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never ever gotten pee on a tampon or tampon string. I had no idea this was a challenge for other women.
You_Pulled_My_String · 11 points · Posted at 04:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know that either. Maybe WE'RE the ones doing it wrong?!
Dason37 · 16 points · Posted at 04:24:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Username checks out
Fairybuttmunch · 9 points · Posted at 06:32:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It could just be an anatomy issue, like we’re all angled slightly different or something? I can’t pee with a tampon in and I stick it way up there so idk lol
Jaci98 · 4 points · Posted at 08:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same people in the comments are acting like we're using tampons wrong if that happens. When I was using tampons I put them as far in as possible but they would still soak up some pee. I hated it. I'm using a cup now so much more comfortable.
BurblingCreature · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
SAME! I even use the tampax click ones and they’re shorter than others, even then it still soaks some up T_T I can’t handle the diaper feeling of pads, but the constant changing is killing me. I need to try a cup, but am nervous to spend the $50 and end up hating it.
Jaci98 · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh well with cups I wouldn't buy an expensive one right away. I bought mine for less than 20 Euros. It took me some time to figure it out but there are some great tips online or ask me if you want to. The only thing thats important for me is that I have a cup with a more firm material because the softer ones aren't secure overnight for me. There are many people tho who have great experiences with the softer ones. Try one out if it doesn't work try something different but honestly it's the best thing I decided to do. Don't forget that the cups have a suction and should never just pulled out but instead you have to fold them first to let some air in. If that's something you will struggle with there is the flex cup with a mechanism to loose the suction. English isn't my native language but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say :p Edit spelling
BurblingCreature · 2 points · Posted at 10:01:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Perfectly clear, thank you! IDK why I never thought “I can try a cheaper one first”, in my mind it’s just diva cups LOL. Thanks for the great tips 💕🖤
Jaci98 · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't get discouraged if it doesn't really work at first :) the placement is really important
LaScorpionita · 10 points · Posted at 04:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOW is this entry going to be topped?!?!
Scrolling skeptically
Blacksm1th · 8 points · Posted at 03:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're a good friend
BroffaloSoldier · 9 points · Posted at 04:11:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. It absolutely blew my mind, but I didn’t laugh at her or make her feel shitty for not knowing that.
She has a daughter now, so hopefully she will pass along the correct information when that time comes.
stinkystickup · 48 points · Posted at 03:42:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk I don't feel clean if I pee with a tampon in. It does soak up some of the pee. I have to take it out.
BroffaloSoldier · 14 points · Posted at 04:08:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try to reach behind and hold it up along your asscrack when you pee. I do it and it works perfectly for me!
n0thing_tra_la_la · 6 points · Posted at 04:35:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not the only one!! XD
shit_in_2020 · 30 points · Posted at 03:59:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The string might get a little wet, but you can try to move it. If the actual tampon itself is getting wet, you're not putting the tampon in far enough when you insert it.
eeyorex · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree. And your username is so appropriate for this conversation
Janezo · 16 points · Posted at 04:00:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why sex/health ed can’t be left up to parents.
shit_in_2020 · 15 points · Posted at 04:03:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a behavioral health hospital with kids and teens. I was once taking 2 girls back to the dorms to use the restroom. One girl, about 15yo, asked me if I could get her a tampon, and basically said the same thing about having just put one in but now had to pee.
So I explained the anatomy and pulled up a (very strictly educational) diagram on my phone to show her the location of the bladder and uterus in relation to urethra and vagina.
She did not entirely believe me. So I told her to try it if she wanted.
She came out of the bathroom and was shook. She started going on and on about how she had never been taught that and couldn't believe no one told her. To be fair, I didn't learn it until about her age either.
Sex ed in the US, particularly the south, is a fucking joke.
BroffaloSoldier · 7 points · Posted at 04:15:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really is. Same for the Midwest. I learned everything I needed to know from my mom fortunately. Some are not so lucky.
School sex Ed is basically filling out workbook pages about abstinence.
MidorBird · 3 points · Posted at 05:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Midwest? I'm from Iowa. We sure as hell were taught more than that! I remember a very clinical, but informative, section on this in class every year. Coverage included STD signs, information on period care (including diagrams), pregnancy prevention, and pregnancy basics.
MrCuckooBananas · 2 points · Posted at 06:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are places like mine where we don't have anything related to sex ed. The closest thing is biology but even the chapters about our genital anatomy are glossed over.
That's the most we learn about our coochie, the rest is upto our common sense and googling. Gosh! Reading this section makes me wonder
"How the fuck have we survived this long being this stupid about our own bodies?!"
MidorBird · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of people are born because they are that stupid about their own bodies, unfortunately...
throeavery · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder how broken they were, when it comes to body feeling and wholesomeness.
I kinda have trouble imagining this or the other comment, I never had this issue, never had to have it explained to me, I explored my body.
No idea how my friends experienced it, but I know that there's a bunch who clearly, with absolutely no issue, can discern between liquid coming from the urinary tract or from the vagina.
I'm gonna annoy a few people with questions, this kinda made me curious.
I know there's a lot of people who don't even dare touch themselves or never had a look and are actively ignoring themselves.
But beside Sex Ed, shouldn't this be part of biology curriculum?
What baffles me even more is the amount of people with that experience in this thread, I know perception is hard to discuss, borderline indiscussable, but hmm.
What I find even more confusing is a girl telling a guy randomly about this.
I don't want to hear about random dudes dicks, assholes or other body parts I can't see and would never want anything shared, nor would I ever with someone who can't share my experience anyway.
notsostandardtoaster · 26 points · Posted at 03:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have people like this never looked at their own genitals? I thought we all had that curious stage growing up where we looked at everything in close detail, and it's pretty easy to see pee comes out of a separate hole.
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Syng42o · 10 points · Posted at 04:31:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one said anything about looking at them while peeing?
If you tuck some pillows under your head and hips, then use a mirror between your legs, you can easily see your genitals in detail.
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Syng42o · 6 points · Posted at 04:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because the urethra is visible and once you see a third hole there, you either instinctively know what it is or you ask someone/Google that shit because wtf, there's a third hole I never knew about.
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Syng42o · 9 points · Posted at 05:10:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't examined a lot of other vaginas but when I examined mine, I really went Ham on it and was pulling things, stretching others. I wanted to see everything and I found mine fairly easily. When I saw my urethra, I was like "oh, so that's why I can pee with a tampon in".
mrs_shrew · 2 points · Posted at 06:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't easily see mine, and if I like around too much I can get cystitis so no thanks
CupcakeGoat · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can feel where it's coming out of when you're peeing. I'm not saying by sticking a hand in your stream, I'm saying you can feel where the sensation of peeing is coming from during the act. It is entirely different from the sensation of where menstrual blood comes out of. This whole thread has me confused as I didn't know that there were this many people mentally detached from their bodies. To me it's dead easy to tell that they are separate.
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BurblingCreature · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s so weird to me... I’ve always been able to tell, since I was like 9 and pre sex-ed.
Out of curiosity do you have an internal monologue? Like do you think in words and have a mental voice?
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BurblingCreature · 1 points · Posted at 11:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
¯\(ツ)/¯ I did say it was out of curiosity lol. Something the person you originally replied to said made me wonder, is all.
IWantALargeFarva · 5 points · Posted at 05:02:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen a few other people say this before. I'm 39. I've never used a mirror to look at my genitals. I've had 3 children, so I'm pretty familiar with how they work. But I never got the urge to inspect my labia or anything.
sneakyplanner · 3 points · Posted at 05:07:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's in a bit of an awkward place to look at unless you have a mirror. I found out about it by being told in sex Ed, I had just never thought about it before that. I still learned about it before having to worry about tampons and periods though.
LateRain1970 · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of the saddest scenes to me in OITNB was a conversation among the inmates in which it was painfully clear that most of them knew absolutely nothing about their bodies.
I had the mirror and a library copy of “Changing Bodies, Changing Lives”. As with everything else, I learned it from books.
noot-noot-boot · 0 points · Posted at 05:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you have a conservative, traditional religious upbringing, genitals = dirty and bad, you keep your fingers away from them or god will be mad
I’m honestly not surprised someone made it to adulthood not knowing their own female genitals, they’re especially neglected in sex ed.
quixoticopal · 7 points · Posted at 03:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is totally not surprising. The sex Ed out there that perpetuates down through generations is abysmal
LumbermanDan · 4 points · Posted at 03:40:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, you got a two for one on the lesson, so at least there's that
adeer_butsmaller · 3 points · Posted at 03:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a coworker who was taught the same thing. I told her that there are in fact two holes. She was 29 and had birthed 2 daughters...
clockpsyduckcocaine · 3 points · Posted at 04:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s so sad to see girls out there that are not educated about their bodies at all.
Nangbaby · 21 points · Posted at 03:30:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Strange, maybe I've been doing it wrong, but anytime I pee with a tampon inserted the lower edge of the tampon would be urine soaked. Not just the string from excess pee, but a good quarter-inch to half-inch of yellow-liquid into the material.
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Nangbaby · 1 points · Posted at 15:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, it goes all the way, and I don't feel it. Given that the contact point of the blood, mucus, and other lovely waste bits is at the upper third of the tampon, but never at the upper edge of the tampon, I think I slid it in good enough.
I have had them not all the way in at times and that does hurt and suck., but this happens no matter how far up it goes.
t3h_PaNgOl1n_oF_d00m · 20 points · Posted at 03:58:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That seems really odd to me...like the pee travels all the way up the string and onto the tampon? Because obviously the tampon should be really far up there, far enough that the actual pee stream shouldn't make direct contact.
Nangbaby · 1 points · Posted at 15:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what I can tell -- I never took any pictures -- it seems like some of pee dribbles down and backward, especially at the end of the stream when no it longer shoots forward. Given that urinating with a medium to large tampon inserted both weakens the stream and is somewhat difficult for me to do (I can do it with a lighter one just fine...but still gets the urine edge I describe) I just remove it like the college friend.
I mean, maybe I'm sitting wrong when I pee.
junee-bugg · 14 points · Posted at 04:03:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend told me she had this same issue in high school. After some further questioning, we realized she wasn’t putting it in all the way, and it sounds like that might be happening to you. The tampon should be completely inside so that none of the cotton is visible; you should only be able to see the string hanging down. You also shouldn’t be able to really feel it once it’s up there
Nangbaby · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tampon is completely inside, though, and I don't feel it. In fact, at times it's only when I go to pee and nothing comes out instantly, do I realize my tampon is still in. If I force the urine through with it in, though, by the time I'm done there's more urine on the end of the tampon than the string itself (which has a nasty habit of wriggling its way into my folds, so on some occasions it doesn't get pee on it, but it usually takes part of the golden shower.)
Zekumi · 5 points · Posted at 04:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This always happens to me too and based on these comments now I’m thinking I haven’t been inserting the tampon all the way in most of the time.
kidcool97 · 5 points · Posted at 04:00:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some peoples urethra are farther down. You could have really strong pelvic floor muscles and push it more to the surface.
Nangbaby · 2 points · Posted at 15:17:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have also considered I may be pushing the tampon every so slightly out when I pee Obviously not all the way out (that's impossible), but enough for the edge to catch. I don't know, though.
kidcool97 · 2 points · Posted at 15:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I don't know" sums up having a vagina pretty well.
gingerb123 · 6 points · Posted at 03:55:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was taught to always remove the tampon while using the bathroom, just because if you accidentally pee on the string or something and shove it back up there you could get an infection (?)
aj_ramone · 3 points · Posted at 03:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's so fucked up. That poor girl.
chronoventer · 3 points · Posted at 03:59:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is so, so sad. Sex ed has a long way to go.
SbqXD · 3 points · Posted at 04:01:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And this is why sex Ed is important
Eggs7205 · 3 points · Posted at 04:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain this to a friends too.
Nisas · 3 points · Posted at 04:11:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a man, when I was young I could never quite understand how girls peed. I had seen porn by this point so I knew what a vagina looked like, but I couldn't figure out where the urethra was supposed to be. The idea of there being one hole sort of inside the other but not really just eluded me until I saw medical diagrams.
The idea that a girl could make it all the way to college and not understand it herself makes me feel better about my childhood ignorance.
andriodgerms · 3 points · Posted at 04:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
USA health education (?)
demonarchist · 3 points · Posted at 07:54:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and I winced
BroffaloSoldier · 2 points · Posted at 11:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude it truly is awful
martian_pedophile · 6 points · Posted at 03:58:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im a guy and i still don't understand, pls explain
BroffaloSoldier · 10 points · Posted at 04:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tampon does not get inserted into the urethra. Menstrual blood does not come from the urethra either. Two holes. Tampon goes in one, pee comes out the other.
martian_pedophile · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah now i see
Ferniff · 2 points · Posted at 04:29:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is it called a Karma bomb?
BroffaloSoldier · 1 points · Posted at 11:10:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that phrase before?
Darkblade48 · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came here as a guy, was also confused, so you're not the only one!
martian_pedophile · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thx bruh, i thought i was the only one who didn't pay attention to sex ed.
mercedes_laura · 4 points · Posted at 03:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That ones believable because I didn’t know that either
Qcws · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
:/
chevalier-96 · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imaging recieving this phone call...
Shabblezam · 2 points · Posted at 04:07:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her mom is not big brain
kayl6 · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was twenty six before I knew I had two holes. Twenty six. My coworker looked at me like what the fuck!!! But I lived a sheltered life.
SrImmanoob · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously. What....?
She didn't know there are... 2 holes, even when she was in college? How is it possible?
idevilledeggs · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who doesn't use tampons, ngl, I thought you can't pee with it on.
DanIsSwell · 2 points · Posted at 04:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OH. MY. GOD. On a similar note, I once heard some women at work talking about tampons, as if they thought the “light, regular, and heavy” variations were according to the size of the hole. One of them said that women who buy the heavy ones must be embarrassed, because then everyone would know they’re stretched out. I had to point out and explain to them that it just means the heaviness of your menstrual flow, not the size of the opening. It seemed like they felt dumb. I’m a guy, and I know this just from having girlfriends.
BroffaloSoldier · 2 points · Posted at 00:04:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus Christ dude. That’s crazy.
ILikeKnives · 2 points · Posted at 06:57:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not to put my mom's shit out there and everything but...
My mom casually mentioned she took a tampon from me because her allergies had her sneezing like crazy and she didn't have anymore liners.
I was confused as hell at first, then realized what she was saying. And I was shook!!
After shaking off my disbelief, I let her know that wasn't going to work and also had to show her diagrams and pictures.
She still refuses to believe me. So sometimes I'll randomly yell out "3 holes!" And she'll yell back "2!"
It's crazy.
BroffaloSoldier · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man that sucks that you really couldn’t convince her. But I do love that it’s kind of a playful inside joke with you guys now.
OnionyDoomage · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
29 male here.
TIL. Thank you.
BroffaloSoldier · 1 points · Posted at 11:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re welcome. The more you know!
05028107 · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain this to my 26 year old supervisor. Also, where belly buttons come from.
BroffaloSoldier · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“When a man navel and a woman navel love each other very much...”
05028107 · 2 points · Posted at 19:35:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god, that's so much better than my response!
randomlygeneratedman · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up going to a private Christian school until grade 10 that didn’t teach sex ed. I thought babies came out of belly buttons until I was nearly 17.
BroffaloSoldier · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god. What a disturbing concept. I’m picturing it and I hate it.
WhoIsGarth · 2 points · Posted at 08:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in highschool, I convinced my guy friends that girls peed out their butts, and that's why it's harder for us to hold it in. Imagine trying to hold liquid back with your butthole! That would be difficult! They totally believed me and then got really mad when we took health class.
BroffaloSoldier · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha!!! I love this anecdote.
jokerandtheking · 2 points · Posted at 08:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh hell no 😂 when i first tried to use a tampon, the package had instructions that showed how the vagina looks like so i knew from there that there are two holes. Some mothers be like not explaining anatomy to you, but i mean you do learn about it in school someday anyways, so i am surprised it took someone so long to understand that
bratlygirl · 2 points · Posted at 09:07:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t imagine how much extra she spent on tampons. I hate paying for what I need.
JustAnotherConMan · 1764 points · Posted at 22:20:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker: "My laptop dies every weekend and has no charge on monday morning even though it is always plugged in. I shut it down every friday night and then turn off the power strip. It has to be broken!! Give me a new one!"
Me: *checking system info* "this computer hasn't been rebooted in 36 hrs. You left it on all weekend with the powerstrip off, so that is why the battery died."
My coworker: "i don't think that's right"
Me: *facedesk*
leetfists · 92 points · Posted at 01:55:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What did he think turning off the power strip actually did?
rookhelm · 79 points · Posted at 02:33:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably they shut the lid, thinking that was turning the computer off (maybe it was still on or just asleep, but I don't think sleep uses that much battery)
savwatson13 · 26 points · Posted at 06:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Still, a full 2 days running on only battery is probably long enough to run it all the way down
Andrew129260 · 23 points · Posted at 02:48:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also laptops arnt designed to be plugged in all the time. It's bad for the battery and causes it to die faster.
ConcernedKitty · 50 points · Posted at 04:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That used to be bad for NiCad batteries. Lipos don’t give a shit. It’s better to keep them at a voltage at least near nominal, but higher is also fine.
InfernoDMC · 17 points · Posted at 04:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The li-ion batteries are fine when charged in laptops, but they last the longest when stored at 3.8v pet cell. The closer you get to 4.2v ( or even 4.35 for hv cells), over time the performance degrades faster.
thecuppasoup · 19 points · Posted at 04:25:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lipos absolutely do give a shit
Storing them either fully charged or flat is pretty much a death sentence
A half charge is a safe bet for most applications, unless you can balance the Lipo cells
ConcernedKitty · 3 points · Posted at 13:52:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For long term storage, absolutely leave the pack at nominal, but we’re looking at a daily use situation. The question now is does discharging the pack every day cause more wear on the battery than keeping it at maximum voltage. Most lipos are rated for 300-500 discharge cycles. Plugging in and unplugging your laptop to constantly keep the battery at 50% is just not feasible. Depending on the discharge curve that would probably be between 40-70 percent, but at the end of the day I wouldn’t call it a death sentence to have it at a higher voltage.
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 2 points · Posted at 17:18:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Drone pilot?
thecuppasoup · 2 points · Posted at 17:20:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, RC stuff is a hobby of mine
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 2 points · Posted at 17:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right on. What do you store your packs in?
thecuppasoup · 2 points · Posted at 17:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A BATSAFE lipo box
One of the best options for not alot of money
Lipo bags are complete garbage and dont work well
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 1 points · Posted at 17:27:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been keeping mine in a steel ammo can with the leads taped.
Will my house catch on fire?
thecuppasoup · 2 points · Posted at 17:28:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha nah
That's the next best option, as long as there is some ventilation for pressure to escape, otherwise you've created a bomb
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 2 points · Posted at 17:30:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
grabs drill
thecuppasoup · 2 points · Posted at 17:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as you haven't taped it shut, the box should have some holes on the edge of the lid
You'll be alright
ConcernedKitty · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:08 on July 5, 2020 · (Permalink)
The rubber seal makes them airtight. Unfortunate in this case, but nice otherwise.
Mr-Mister · 7 points · Posted at 09:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lenovo laptops come with a battery management app wi5h a feature that only starts charging the battery if it is below 50%, and then it only charges it up to 60%, claiming it extends its life if your laptoto is mostly plugged in.
Do you know if that’s true or if it is just buzzspeak?
PivotPsycho · 2 points · Posted at 10:06:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you let me know if he responds? I have one too and I'm kinda curious
AnonFortheTimeBeing · 1 points · Posted at 14:01:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Oh hey look the comment I was just trying to type but worded better. I'd love to see any answer so I'm putting this here to check back.
Mine's Asus but has similar parameters.
Edit: to be clear I was saying this comment was worded better than my failed attempt
PivotPsycho · 5 points · Posted at 10:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't laptops these days just bypass the battery when plugged in?
Andrew129260 · 3 points · Posted at 13:25:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are supposed too. But I found that eventually the stopper or whatever it's called that prevents the battery from charging eventually gives up and then the battery takes a hit and only lasts for like 1 hour then when before it lasted for 5 or 6. Mind you this is like after several months or so with it almost constantly being plugged in.
MoranthMunitions · 3 points · Posted at 09:51:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally every computer in my office is a laptop and all most of the 500 or so never leave their work station. But they all have battery management and only charge to like 95% and stay there, as is appropriate for their battery type.
So no, modern laptops are designed to be plugged in all the time if possible and it won't wreck the battery.
AnselmDecker · 3 points · Posted at 08:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think when he just Taps the power button instead of long presses it, it only puts the laptop to sleep instead of fully shut it down.
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🎙️ arual_x · 8331 points · Posted at 20:58:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, I know it’s technically the parents fault in these instances, but at a certain age surely the ability to google literally anything places the blame squarely on the individuals shoulders.
[deleted] · 3944 points · Posted at 21:12:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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🎙️ arual_x · 1732 points · Posted at 21:13:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, these people I sympathise with massively. If you’re at least trying that’s fine. Like, I wasn’t mad at this guy. I was just so bemused that his brain looked at this bathroom afterwards and thought... “yep. A job well done”.
kissmybubble · 1050 points · Posted at 00:56:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It took me 26 years to learn anything about cooking because my dad is a professional chef, I grew up in an abusive household and got yelled at and punished for getting things wrong at any point. As time went on, I did youtube and google, but got so nervous in the kitchen that I would set things on fire, or become so confused by trying to do so many things at once (rice + salad + beans + whatever...you know, a meal) that my food would either cause a disaster or be inedible. Which led to my being so embarassed about being so old and not knowing that I couldn't ask for help to learn. Same thing with laundry. It took me so long to work through my shit enough to realize the root of the problem and work on my nervousness. I was finally able to ask my SO for help and now I can cook and launder fairly well. Now I get to work on being mortified of being proud of myself for learning laundry at 26. s/Psychology is fun/s
Edit to thank the super sweet person who gave me my first ever award! You made me smile -^
mollycranium · 93 points · Posted at 01:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a somewhat similar experience. I was making mac and cheese when I was 12 or 13 and I turned the gas on but did not light the flame. I have a terrible sense of smell so I didn't smell the gas. My mom walks up a few minutes later and sees what I did. Instead of teaching me what I did wrong, I was ridiculed mercilessly and never allowed to use the stove again. My family still brings it up sometimes.
Now, at 29, I hate cooking. I don't really know how to cook. I was never allowed to experiment, and I never wanted to make an attempt when I left home because I was convinced I could never learn. I have some basics down now, but I learned only because of my SO.
SilverDarner · 68 points · Posted at 01:36:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Basics with Babish" and " Good Eats" are true friends for the cooking newbie. They break down what they're doing and why and the recipes are quite doable.
Sunlit5 · 24 points · Posted at 02:50:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Second for Good Eats, Alton Brown breaks down the science of why you're doing what you're doing.
BlackBetty504 · 20 points · Posted at 03:34:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nat's What I Reckon over on YouTube is slaying it with easy to make recipes right now.
I'm a professional, and I can't endorse that dude enough. Good on him for showing anyone just how easy it can be.
buzzybnz · 4 points · Posted at 06:28:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love Alton Brown
zealouswatermelon · 2 points · Posted at 18:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kenji Lopez Alt is really good as well for relaxed cooking
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 17:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Handy! I'm gonna check these out, thanks!
Morsemouse · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know where to put this; probably should go back to the top and insert it: Back in the 80’s, I think it was, a book came out that may still be available. It’s called, “Where’s Mom Now that I Need Her?” It starts with how to boil water, and how to boil an egg, how to make scrambled eggs, then on to how to do laundry... all that sort of things. It used to come out just before school started, and was a common gift to grads heading off to college, responsible for daily life solo. I haven’t looked for it, but someone might want to check and see if it, or the equivalent, is still out there.
pressurecookedgay · 22 points · Posted at 01:53:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you want to branch out Maangchi has some good easy Korean recipes. Some are complicated and even I'm not at that point, but the side dishes are the simple ones that can be a fun side to just pop in a meal. The only overwhelming part of that is if you don't have the ingredients and haven't been to an Asian grocery store.
Maanchi also has a video where she goes with 4 people who are trying to learn about Korean cuisine through the grocery store and answers their questions about what to look for and which brand she prefers the whole way. I know Korean is probably not your forte if I had to guess, but it's really doable.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 18:02:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the tip! I'll look into it...I'm learning that cooking is actually less stressful and more fun if I get to make something interesting. I do have to make whatever the interesting thing is by itself the first time though lol. My major issue with that is where I live...there aren't a lot of shopping options and culture and variety are massively lacking here.
pressurecookedgay · 2 points · Posted at 00:21:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in a town like this. Just try your best and don't be afraid to google "substitute for X" because sometimes you don't need the fancy stuff to pull the dish off. Also my gateway drug into Asian cuisine was dressing up instant ramen. You can start small.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for the tips! I love the ramen thing lol ^
pressurecookedgay · 2 points · Posted at 13:21:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No problem. Also don't be afraid of buying a rice cooker. I can cook but I still can't make rice without a rice cooker. Sure I could learn, but I'm busy learning other things.
I bring this up because rice goes with literally anything and you can try experimenting with sauces and seasons with it. It's like blank canvas. Same with eggs. They're really good to play around with different flavors. Anyway I'll stop giving tips and let you at it. Good luck :)
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 13:25:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, your tips are very welcome! ^ My SO is in love with rice, so it's one of the things I end up making the most. Aaand we both love eggs! Thanks again!
NightGod · 4 points · Posted at 08:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"The 4-Hour Chef" is a good book for building a solid foundation of cooking with. You'll end up cooking food by the end that you would have never imagined.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 18:35:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Awesome, I'll def check this out!
twinnedcalcite · 8 points · Posted at 03:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shame your mom didn't explain and then supervise you cooking until you understood better.
cptjeff · 10 points · Posted at 04:36:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If just for her own benefit. My siblings and I all grew up learning to cook in part because my mother loved the free labor to help get dinner ready. You start with having your kids snap the stems off of green beans and you build from there. As we built up skills, she could just have us prep entire meals on a regular basis, and we all got confident enough to try new recipes and experiment ourselves.
MischaBurns · 4 points · Posted at 10:46:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooking a few meals a week was one of our chores growing up.
SisterSparechange · 3 points · Posted at 10:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother grew up in a home with maids and kitchen staff so she never learned to cook or do any house chores and she solved that by hiring staff in her own home. I was always in trouble for bothering the help but fortunately I was able to learn from them, especially to cook. My mother now thinks I'm magic because I can cook. But I got to learn from professionals, I couldn't have had better cooking instruction. I do hire a housekeeper to clean but that's because I'm lazy, not because I can't do it.
jissebug · 22 points · Posted at 01:49:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be embarrassed to be proud of yourself! I only really got into cooking in my 30's and I'm really proud of how far I've come. Like, I was able to make really basic stuff before and follow a recipe, but now I've gained the confidence to improvise.
I know it's tough to undo years of negative conditioning. Good on you for being willing to keep trying!
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 18:36:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for your kind reply, I needed to hear this today! Congrats to us!
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 02:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh wow, someone who understands me! My mother was an executive chef and extremely abusive. She used to lock me in one of the supply closets at her restaurant for entire shifts, if that gives you any context. Needless to say, even now, at 23, I despise cooking and can't bring myself to do it.
UhhZodiac · 3 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At her job?
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 18:37:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm so sorry you have to deal with that! This kind of shit absolutely sucks. I really hope that it gets easier and that eventually the kitchen becomes less of a horrible place. Virtual hugs to you!
Sybirhin · 10 points · Posted at 02:28:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm proud of you. You've come a long way and overcome a ton of mental hurdles to get to where you are. It can be far too easy to look at what other people have accomplished and compare it to your own, but you don't know what they've been through, and they don't know what you've been through. If you feel pride in yourself, whether it's learning rocket surgery or learning laundry, let it fill you. It will only help you keep down this path of independence and strength. It will lead you to more moments of self-pride, which will help you accomplish more. A cycle of positivity instead of negativity.
I realize all of this is so much easier said than done and you probably know most or all of this already. But I hope it helps even a little to know that this stranger believes in you and wishes you the absolute best.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 18:47:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for saying that...I needed this today, truly. Grateful hugs from an internet stranger
brandnewdayinfinity · 7 points · Posted at 01:31:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So much of it is this. Me too.
theycallmecliff · 6 points · Posted at 01:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah! The good thing is, I can still use the "my dad was a chef / restrateur" as a credential, and now I have the skills to back it up, even though the two aren't related.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 18:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love this reply! ^-^
pizzelle · 7 points · Posted at 03:24:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I love watching pepin cook! He's messy but makes homey foods. I cant have anyone watching me cook because I want to experiment w/o criticism or eyes! or needing to Shaaare. Fk off!
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg, that's one reason asking for help has always been so hard, whenever someone is watching I fuck up 10x worse lol
CEOs4taxNlabor · 7 points · Posted at 04:55:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got yelled at by ex-wife for teaching our kids to cook at a young age (5-6 years old). We created a 'restaurant' and had family come over to buy grilled cheese sandwiches and mac'n'cheese.
Also got yelled at for teaching them how to use a ladder. How to hammer nails. Taking them camping. Impossibly abusive ex-wife.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 18:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm so glad to read "ex", and so glad you taught your kids life skills. I only realized how crippled I was in life when I started falling on my face...and it takes 10x the work to learn this shit as an adult. Continue to spare your kids the physchological shit show, teach them everything you can. Congrats, good for you! Your kids will eventually be very thankful.
drinking_child_blood · 7 points · Posted at 05:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks to my oppressive as hell parents I have terribly anxiety with doing anything that I havent specifically been instructed to do. Fun times
twinnedcalcite · 3 points · Posted at 03:48:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Dad was in his 60s before he started to get my laundry right.
No you can't throw all the dark's in 1 load and expect it to come out right. They need to be separated. Especially in winter... Fuzzy stuff is done separately.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 18:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Learned the fuzzy thing the hard way...lol
hereforthepron69 · 3 points · Posted at 05:11:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boy did they give you a proper upbringing... let me guess, alcoholic? Most cooks are, especially breakfast cooks for some reason, oddly enough.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 18:59:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually my dad was mostly just super stressed out and had multiple mental disorders (Bipolar, OCD, Depression) he needed help with, that were massively agravated by my narcissistic alcoholic mother. At the time though he was always made out to be the monster and my mom the victim...the power of narcissistic manipulation. She didn't know how to cook and made it out to be a big "feminist" thing. My dad was never home and when he was he would explode at us for using the kitchen stuff wrong. Basically we survived 90% of the time off frozen food and oatmeal. He has since separated from her and come a VERY long way as a person (although he's still a crummy teacher). She spiraled into dementia, and now my SO and I and my 15yr old sister (who is learning with me) cook for her.
hereforthepron69 · 3 points · Posted at 21:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rough hand. Surprised you still have contact with such a toxic woman.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 22:10:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I try to see it as balance for all the good things I have in my life...and a way to learn what NOT to be, ever. Not to say that I don't get massively resentful an angry sometimes, but my mother's worst quality is her self-pity, so I try not to go there. She literally led herself to a delusional disorder, so half the time she doesn't know where she is, and needs to be watched. I'm working on making enough money to hire professional care for her so I can be free. I couldn't live with myself if I just dumped her on my 15yr old sister. My other siblings have already done their stints.
hereforthepron69 · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not going to lie, I'm just vindictive enough to get custody of my sibling and let her wander into the streets, but I understand how it must feel, regardless of the horrible treatment.
Good on you, you are going to be way stronger than most of us.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 22:24:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you ^ Sometimes I hate her guts, but I guess my love of who I thought she was when I was a kid is enough to keep me from just dumping her. It's definitely an emotional rollercoaster of a situation.
ampereJR · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm legit proud of you for learning to do that too.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 18:59:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! I needed this today.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m proud of you, too! You came through a horrible childhood, and it took a lot of courage to admit to your husband you needed help that usually 26 year olds don’t. At least you did that, so you should feel proud of yourself for asking for help, learning, and doing a good job picking a great husband (who helped you learn instead of just mocking you because women belong in the kitchen and blah blah blah). You’re doing well! 😊💐
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 19:01:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for your super kind reply! I really needed to hear this! And yeah, he's pretty great. I also feel much more in balance with him now that I do some of the cooking and laundry (we still split chores before, bu I always felt he got the burned end of the cookie anyway, even though he insisted it was fine). Grateful hug from an internet stranger ^-^
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 19:54:03 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Internet hugs back! I meant what I said. I know what it’s like to struggle with some so-called ‘simple’ things in life, too. We just have to get on with things. 😊
chicagobama1 · 2 points · Posted at 14:48:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chef Ramsay's your dad
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 19:02:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, I wish my dad had the sass, at least then it would have been funny as well as terrifying
El_shawnzo · 2 points · Posted at 17:58:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better, I've got a friend who's aunt and uncle never cooked until about 5 years ago when she taught them. She said they'd always just order takeout or buy tv dinners. I'm not sure how old they are, but I think they were probably at least well into their 40s. She said that now that she's taught them, they still only eat takeout and tv dinners, but when they do cook, they'll make an entire thing of pasta just for the two of them and leave the rest to waste because they refuse to eat leftovers. I guess when you spend your entire life doing it one way, it's hard to learn how to not do it that way.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 19:32:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Daamn. I get the proportion difficulties, I still struggle with that...but at least I try to eat or reuse the leftovers, so that's a step in the right direction I guess!
El_shawnzo · 2 points · Posted at 19:58:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the best thing for that is if you buy like chicken or pork chops or something like that and there's usually leftovers of them when you make it, you could get ziplock bags and take what's you expect to be leftover in them before you freeze them after getting back from the grocery store. We do that a lot with ground beef. We'll buy the big roles and decide them into two pound sections, wrap them on foil or something and put them in the ziplock bags and freeze them. Also, if you meal plan ahead, defrost the meat in the refrigerator. Whatever you have left after preparing what you're making can be refrozen. This is only completely safe if it was "defrosted properly." As long as it's sitting in a refrigerated area when it thaws you can refreeze it. In fact, that's what happens at grocery stores. They come in frozen, are stored in a freezer until stocked, and are defrosted in the little coolers you buy them from and are almost always immediately refrozen after purchase.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 20:10:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for the tips! I'm a vegetarian, but I do sometimes try to prepare meat for other people, and I'm always scared it's dangerous. This is good to know!
El_shawnzo · 2 points · Posted at 20:16:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh, I can't help with that vegetarian stuff except maybe don't be vegetarian lmao. I have to give a lot of credit to people who can go without meat. Definitely blows me away. My grandpa was vegetarian when my dad was a kid so as a result, so was my dad, his siblings and my grandma. My grandma recently told me about how they went to a vegetarian restaurant in the Dallas area and it was so disgusting that she stopped forcing their children to be vegetarian. She also said that my grandpa just wasn't as healthy without meat as he was with it. She said he lost a lot of body mass and he never really got a lot of it back. But this was the '80s so I hope they've fixed a lot of those issues. For me though, when I was given a vegetarian pizza that I wasn't told was vegetarian, I was really grossed out when I found some lettuce in it. I didn't eat pizza for a year after that. Now I can't even bring my mind to the thought of eating fake meat.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 20:29:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can totally understand your issues, most vegetarians I know are insane, they make up completely unnecessary adaptations to food, when (mostly) all you really need is to just eat a wide variety. Also I hate vegetarian in-your-face culture...it isn't helping anyone or anything, it's just like being accosted by someone trying to convert you to a fanatical religion. For me it's really about my personal emotions about animal suffering, not really for health reasons. I just got to a point where every bite made me feel so bad I just couldn't anymore. My goal is to go vegan, but I gotta get into a more independant situation first. I do however love almost all foods, which is something I consider myself absurdly lucky on. I can't imagine trying to cut meat only to survive on foods I hate.
I think everyone makes a difference in the way that is ideal for them... vegetarian is easy for me, so I do it. I can't imagine giving up toilet paper, for example (have a friend who uses a hose bc environment...that shit is COLD).
El_shawnzo · 2 points · Posted at 21:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had some friends who are vegan and will tell you that you're a terrible person because you're not vegan. They think them being vegan changes the fact that animals are abused in slaughter houses, yet don't take the stand against that abuse. It's really obnoxious.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 22:19:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg, I know exactly the type, it is so friggin irritating. Do your best where you can and mind your own friggety frackkin business dudes. You aren't Jesus or Budha for being vegan. I usually try not to talk about being a vegetarian unless someone specifically asks or tries to give me meat (better to explain "vegetarian" than to let them think I hate their food). Saves me hours of time on useless debates. I also hate that these guys think I agree, just bc of my dietary choices, and then get pissy when I tell them they aren't helping the cause. I actually stayed away from vegetarianism for years BECAUSE of these ppl.
El_shawnzo · 1 points · Posted at 22:43:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I've gotten to the point in which I am blocking people on Facebook for being vegan because of how harsh they are about it. How can you act like you're all about equality but aren't when it comes to people's diets? It really pisses me off. And they act like it tastes the same.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 22:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can dig it. And while I think a lot of the stuff tastes good if it's made right, it DEFINITELY doesn't taste the same. I promise there are rational vegans/vegetarians out there though! Not all of us are judgy fanatical maniacs
El_shawnzo · 2 points · Posted at 23:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank goodness, I was starting to lose hope on y'all lol
forwardprogresss · 2 points · Posted at 19:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not that you didn't learn about cooking because your dad is a chef, you didn't learn about cooking because you're dad is an ass.
kissmybubble · 1 points · Posted at 20:36:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao very true! This actually did make me lol. I have mostly forgiven his assholery in recent years though, after figuring out it was mostly mental illness and my mother's insanity that drove him to it. It was still his responsibility to do better than he did, but at least he knows it and owns it.
Frogmarsh · 9 points · Posted at 03:05:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Googling “why is my bathroom floor wet” doesn’t lead you to finding out you need to put up a shower curtain.
Fossil-boy07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
noydbshield · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People end up with these bizarre gaps too. The shower curtain thing reminded me of my sister in law. An engineer, married to an engineer, who's shower curtains ket getting moldy because she never left them spread out to dry.
balderz337 · -1 points · Posted at 05:27:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why do you start all your text with "like,"? Do you start all your speech with that also?
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 08:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yah sorry, that’s another deeply mocked British trait, and I type stream of consciousness in scenarios like this. My mother would be ashamed of me.
balderz337 · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British you say? Are you sure that's a British trait?
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 08:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exclusively I’m sure but over here it would be considered a “chavvy” way of talking that I should be ashamed slipped out.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. Aussies do that, too... although that’s because most of we non natives (Aboriginals) are descended from the Brits originally! 😛
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:44:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's pretty common in the UK to type the way you talk. x
Respect4All_512 · 18 points · Posted at 23:43:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Parents doing everything for a kid does this to said kid. If they have never been allowed to do anything, they have zero confidence that they are *able* to do anything.
Probablyprofanity · 5 points · Posted at 03:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have the same problem, but it's not always because of not being allowed to do anything. My mom would tell me to do things for the first time and refuse to explain them or help me at all because they are "common sense" aka, she learned them as a kid and has decades of practice. Then when I inevitably made a mistake she would scream at me for it.
I'm not having kids, but when I babysit and stuff I always make sure to be aware that they don't have the same life experiences that I have and might need help with things I think are extremely easy.
Echospite · 9 points · Posted at 01:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Self fulfilling prophecy. They're anxious because they know they're incompetent, but also incompetent because they're too anxious to fix it.
eddyathome · 11 points · Posted at 00:06:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anxiety really sucks for situations like this.
kidikur · 5 points · Posted at 02:27:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this a lot. My parents never actually took the time to parent me and give me the skills I needed to function on my own. I also have really bad anxiety. Thank God there are chill and patient people in the world who don't judge super harshly. I had a friend who helped me learn a lot of basic kitchen skills last summer.
I'm finally moving out on my own and I'm really trying to push past anxiety and teach myself the remaining life skills my parents never taught me. This thread is actually kind of helpful because some of this stuff I legit didn't know
Przedrzag · 5 points · Posted at 03:10:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they have no idea how to do something, then they may have no idea what “correct” even looks like, and crippling anxiety will make that even worse
Charosas · 4 points · Posted at 04:44:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also people google things that they have a problem with. The main issue is that they are so ignorant they fail to see the issue. So they don’t see a googleable issue in front of them.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 23:59:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
22 is too old to have to google shower curtains. With cooking, ok sure. But shower curtains? They must have seen them before in their lives, and their brain should be able to piece together why they exist, and why it's weird that they are the only ones without one, on their own.
FoozleFizzle · 7 points · Posted at 00:25:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe they didn't have shower curtains growing up and they never got to go to other people's houses?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:04:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah maybe, seems unlikely, but if so, poor lad
gljivicad · 3 points · Posted at 00:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I responded above on your parent comment but I have to do it here.
This is so me and so right, thank you for having patience for them
shawnaeatscats · 3 points · Posted at 01:16:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who used to have crippling anxiety and now have just regular anxiety, if someone tells me to do something I have never done, I will ask questions the whole time. Just today, my mom had me use the salad spinner. "Why is it wobbly? It isn't spinning very much. Did I over fill it? takes some letuce out okay that seems better its spinning now. Whats this switxh for? Does it need to be in or out? Whats this button do?"
By fucking with every piece of it I figured out what everything did on my own, which is not to say you should do this with just anything. Like... a grill. Or... a stove. But the point still stands.
ConsecutiveNormalPun · 2 points · Posted at 00:31:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know I definitely googled myself by the time I was 22. Sometimes several times a day.
Busterlimes · 2 points · Posted at 01:23:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you google when everything is working for you?
1992Chemist · 2 points · Posted at 01:34:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anxiety of being unathletic hindered me from every getting into interested type sports.
ICEWO1F · 2 points · Posted at 01:47:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Except for the shower part, this whole thing is exactly me. Oh no :(
Boomer8450 · 2 points · Posted at 04:48:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Their anxiety is likely the result of they never were taught/learned to be curious, and how to solve problems.
If someone is never taught the how and why, and many steps of even seemingly simple things, they may never learn cause and effect, and how to break a complex task into a series of simple steps.
As they get older, actually learning that becomes more and more difficult. :-(
Donnersebliksem · 2 points · Posted at 16:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel seen
flyaninnocentlife · 2 points · Posted at 20:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You seem like a really nice person. They were really lucky to have you as their roomate, their life is probably legimately better from the experience of living with you and having your support. Great job!!
Edit: Reading that back it sounds sarcastic...please knoew it was sincere and meant with kindness
_i_am_a_dragon_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With s history of fucking things up, I relate to asking multiple times.
Bananapopcicle · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aww that’s kinda sad but good on them and their personal growth! Sounds like they turned into okay people!!
trevbot · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm, you don't know what you don't know. If your task serves the function, you may be ignorant of the 'right' way to do it. And if you don't know, that you don't know...why would you ask?
drewjsph02 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 36 and I think this all the time when young 20 something’s prove themselves inept at doing mundane tasks. Then I remember the millions of times I accidentally text a google search to someone because I apparently can’t figure out the difference between Safari and Messages on my phone.
rchartzell · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think in this kind of situation, the anxiety is literally caused by the fact that they don't know how to do anything. Think about how incredibly stressful that would be!
Mo0man · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a lot of stuff that isn't really googlable, to be fair. I don't think "bathroom too wet" would give the recommendation to get a shower curtain, for example.
drekia · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I know how this feels. I was lacking in a lot of life experience too due to some issues growing up, and I never learned many things. Even if I did do things the way Google told me to do it, I was afraid it wouldn’t be the way the people around me wanted me to do it. Growing up, my dad’s ex used to tell me I did everything wrong basically, so it became hard to trust myself even if I did look it up.
It got a bit more difficult when I moved from the Philippines to the US. I didn’t have access to dishwashers or laundry/drying machines or other devices of convenience for a very long time, so I had to relearn them all. The shower curtain was a thing I didn’t completely realize either, because I had no curtains before—bathrooms were always just a single room with the toilet, sink and shower and a drain in the middle, so getting everything wet was expected. I did use the curtains but I had placed them all hanging outside of the tub so the water just dripped down... had to be kindly informed about it.
I’m glad the people around me have been patient with me as I learned to do things and build up my confidence in doing them. I still make some dumb mistakes with contraptions I’m not familiar with but I’m getting better!
Dinomiteblast · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And here i am, learned myself welding, cooking, mechanics, renovating my house, using the dishwasher, fold laundry etc...
Some people just dont want to learn...
XxEpid3m1cxX · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This kind of thing isn't entirely their fault then. A really close friend of mine has anxiety and we always help him push through his doubt and be a bit more confident. Well, most of us anyway. His parents have him do a lot of things on his own, and he's actually a pretty good cook. We're 15 by the way. He's also taken hospitality and catering for GCSE. He's learning to cook so he can work on the navy as a chef. People like them need support, but not too much. Support them too little, and they end up scared of doing anything without some consequences, support them too much and they end up incapable of doing anything for themselves. Ans this goes for everyone as well. Up until a few years ago, I used to rely on my mum for everything, but then she told me I need to start learning some life skills for when I live alone. I can cook to a degree, I can iron clothes, use a washing machine, hang out washing to dry and use a tumble dryer among other things. Those who think you can just coast through school and life while having everything done for you, you're dead wrong. Take my word for it.
slayurrr · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Lacked so much confidence in their competence” really resonates with me. I know that I know how things work, but I have to double check every time :|
TheSeriousSamson · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man that was so me but I got better over time. 24m, finally with my own flat and getting shit done.
Still getting a little anxious buying clothes though. Don't know why I hate it so much
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do u think that because they never learned these things and such that it’s made there anxiety worse and decreased confidence.
BLMdidHarambe · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But how do you not realize there’s no shower curtain when you’ve showered your entire life at your parents house with a curtain?
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 01:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too many people are way too okay with living with their problems instead of trying to solve them.
psychicsword · 34 points · Posted at 00:58:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just Googled "why is my bathroom floor always covered in water after shower" for the hell of it and the first result mentioned a clogged drain, the second poor tiling, and the bunch more mentioned leaks.
Sometimes a question is too stupid and obvious to answer through a Google search.
The-True-Kehlder · 17 points · Posted at 01:12:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's four states of knowledge: that which you know you know, that which you think you know but don't, that which you know you don't know, and that which you don't know you don't know. Some things fall squarely in the last one, I'd argue most things. Can't Google what you don't know you need to know.
JollyAioli · 7 points · Posted at 00:30:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In their defense in regards to the shower curtain: I grew up in a home where we only had a shower stall and it was enclosed with glass. I had the same "leak" issue when I moved out on my own. I thought shower curtains were just decorative and was a poor college student that couldn't afford such "frivolous" things. I mean, why would I need a curtain? A bathtubs job is to catch the shower water, duh!
...Though I'm not sure if I'm really defending the roommate, or just proving myself to be equally clueless at that age. Hmm.
Pentacostal-Haircut · 12 points · Posted at 21:23:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, The shower curtain for God’s sake??!!
littlegirlghostship · 18 points · Posted at 22:13:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only way this is even mildly excusable is if all the other showers in their life had doors, and maybe they needed to buy their own curtain rod AND curtain, so it looked like they just "didn't have a curtain on this shower."
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Pentacostal-Haircut · 1 points · Posted at 22:16:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much!
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NovelTAcct · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey I was last month years old when I learned that there's a second shower curtain that goes like in front of the plastic one and hangs outside the bath. Till then I'd been going around with just the one plastic shower curtain like some kind of fucking animal
SimplyQuid · 3 points · Posted at 01:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meh, does the decorative one actually do anything or is it just to look nice?
NovelTAcct · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I DON'T KNOW
But IT WAS STRONGLY impressed upon me that it simply was not acceptable to only have the plastic one.
SimplyQuid · 3 points · Posted at 01:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well nuts to them. I stand in solidarity with you, single-shower-curtain-ally. I don't need two, no one else lives here.
NovelTAcct · 2 points · Posted at 01:56:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THANK you.
FuelOk · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You only need the plastic one on the inside of the bathtub. The other one is only for decoration and totally optional.
Whoever told you otherwise was wrong.
Pentacostal-Haircut · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that’s not bad - there are curtains that are water-proof you can use for both so you’re excused!
Autocthon · 6 points · Posted at 00:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can't google a ting if you don't knowbit exists.
tomjoad2020ad · 3 points · Posted at 00:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Forget googling, these are like things you can just, like....observe
GobertIsMyDaddy · 3 points · Posted at 01:05:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem is that at some point you're so embarrassed you don't know, or you don't know that you don't know. Like the shower curtain, is he just supposed to Google "my bathroom gets wet when I shower"? When you don't know something is weird, you assume it's normal.
I was told by my partner in my early twenties that I wasn't showering correctly. Since no one had shared a shower with me in 20+ years no one had ever corrected me and I never thought it was weird. Even now, it's entirely possible they're the weird ones and now I'll probably never know.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... how do you shower weird? If you don’t mind me asking?
GobertIsMyDaddy · 2 points · Posted at 05:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most obvious thing is that I didn't know shampoo and conditioner were two different things. I had Shampoo+Conditioner as a kid but when I started shopping on my own I just bought cheap shit and so I went without conditioner for like 3 years.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Conditioner isn’t mandatory... it’s just to help prevent tangles! I don’t like the idea of your partner telling you that you’re ‘showering wrong’... I mean, I definitely wouldn’t word it that way. But ask him what he means exactly, then tell reddit... we’ll tell you which things need improvement and which things are totally fine. As I said, not using conditioner is not an example of ‘doing it wrong.’ It’s no big deal. 😊
stropharia · 2 points · Posted at 05:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell us how you were showering "incorrectly," we'll tell you who's the weird one!
TheBeardedQuack · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, not entirely.
There's a thing known as learned helplessness. If people have never needed to do anything in life, they don't even think to go and learn how to do something.
It's honestly not there fault but it takes a lot to break a 20 year learned behaviour of which is why some people just seem so useless.
gnaptick · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What would you Google? In these cases they have no idea what they're doing is wrong in the first place.
Shishi432234 · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Except for those where google did not exist yet. The fledgling internet was the property of the US Department of Defense and only universities were allowed onto it, until I was about 12 or so. And even then, most people didn't hop on right away. I didn't get a computer in my house until I was 16 and didn't start really using one until my early 20's.
For everyone else though, yeaaaah.
dragonmom1 · 1 points · Posted at 23:41:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOWEVER, the person needs to realize it's something to google! Maybe this is one of those fancy showers without anything to block the water when it splashes! The trash can is plastic and the liner is plastic so it must be a part of it, not something which is to be replaced after it gets full. Or they were raised by parents who just did stovetop cooking or maybe never even had an oven. There might be an interesting story behind all of these incidences.
hpnut326 · 1 points · Posted at 00:26:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t comprehend googling how to operate a trash bag
SlyFrog · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Google? Are we really to believe she lived her entire childhood taking showers with no barriers to keep water in? Come on.
locks_are_paranoid · 1 points · Posted at 00:50:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I had a roommate in college who didn't know how to tie a trash bag. We were using shopping bags for the trash can since it was small and was judt used for things like tissues and paper, and he couldn't figure out how to tie them.
MassivePollution · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but this happened to me with sex. Mom refuses to tell me anything even when I asked what “The Talk” was (“you can just figure it out on ur wedding night”). Ended up googling and developing a minor addiction to porn at age 10💀
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 01:09:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fucking good for you. This shit shouldn’t be overlooked. Fucking good for you.
tsukuyogintoki · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another thing too is you don't even have to Google it you should just know it by living your life.there are other influences than googling parents. There's going to your friend's house no one learned that way? watching TV and watching people on there? I don't get how they live their whole life and not learn these things even if it's just through TV or something.
BigBadBolshevik · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe common sense? Like the shower curtain thing amazes me but also really scares me at the same time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And some things shouldn’t have to be taught or Googled. Like that water will get out of the shower if there isn’t something blocking it like a glass door or a shower curtain. Common sense!
irrational_design · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just imagine how hard it was for all of us that grew up in the days before the WWW. If someone didn't show you or you didn't read it in a book, you didn't know it.
brandnewdayinfinity · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t know what you don’t know is the problem.
TaliTheButt · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How would you even know to Google it? It doesn't sound like they questioned anything they did? How would you Google shower curtain if you've never heard of a shower curtain?
AlfaKenneyOne · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In their defense, if you google “wet floor after shower” it’s probably going to tell you that you have a plumbing leak of some sort
zykstar · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That depends. I had a friend who didn't know how to work the oven when he moved it, and it was before Google, so that wasn't an option for him. He ruined his chicken nuggets and had to call him mom for help.
SodiumLightFixture · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit, I knew how to use the stove, microwave and the washer and dryer since I was 8/9. I begged my mom to show me how to use the washer/dryer. She was mentally unstable and I was perpetually afraid she was going to die so I wanted to know how to take care of myself.
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes and no. It's amazing what little details escape notice. I grew up decades before google. I rented a basement room from a friend when I left college after staying in a shared apartment for a year.
Him: "It's been almost month and you still haven't paid the rent."
Me: "It's due at the end of the month, isn't it?"
Him: "No, the beginning. Didn't you have to pay your apartment rent at the beginning of the month?"
Me: "Huh! I thought that was because the landlord was a slimy businessman."
I gave him the rent right away, lesson learned.
I also went a month without an oven before I found that they had the old screw-type fuses in the stove itself back then. To be fair, that fuse strip was not on the top back of the stove like people told me.
But even then, I marvelled at people who had no idea how to write a cheque or balance a chequebook. Not to mention the 40-year-old I was helping learn to drive who almost got me killed twice because "you don't stop at an intersection when they have the stop sign and you don't..." How do you even ride all over for decades and not notice the basics of road signs and traffic?
ReduxAssassin · 2 points · Posted at 20:46:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, what? If you're at an intersection where you don't have a stop sign but the intersecting traffic does, why would you stop? Maybe I'm misunderstanding. I get defensive driving, being cautious of some numnut pulling out when they shouldn't, but if you stop when you have no stop sign yourself, that in itself is causing a hazard because the people behind you aren't expecting you to stop.
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:24 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would he stop? Because he's a moron who never learned to drive, and he's trying to be polite; the streets are almost equal, this isn't a case of a side street and a major thoroughfare. The other car doesn't understand, so after a while suddenly both start to go at once. He did this several times. Yikes!
ReduxAssassin · 2 points · Posted at 19:00:30 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh, my bad. I read that as you saying that he should stop even when there's no stop sign.
Snackrattus · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Problem with using google as a teaching aide is that you have to be aware your knowledge is lacking the first place. Most people like this aren't merely ignorant, but ignorant of their own ignorance, too.
It's the same thing in medicine: a whole lot of "she'll be right" about things that should be genuinely alarming, because you just lack the knowledge to know you should be alarmed.
AliMcGraw · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could bake like a mofo when I went to college but I had never made a meal. And then I lived in the dorms for four years with a meal plan, so basically I went to grad school struggling to make plain spaghetti.
GAF78 · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a parent of two boys who I sometimes wonder about... I just... no shower curtain? COME ON! I am not a great parent but even my kids know how to take the garbage out. And if they did forget to put up a shower curtain they wouldn’t shower multiple times and wonder aloud where all the water’s coming from before they clued in! Pretty sure these people are literally retarded.
Some_Drummer_Guy · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. We live in an age of information and have a world's worth of knowledge at our fingertips, yet there's people out there who fail to even educate themselves and choose to remain willfully ignorant or willfully helpless. At some point, you gotta figure out to do shit yourself and if you don't know anything about it, it's up to you to learn.
I'm not saying that everybody needs to know how to disassemble their car and put it back together by the time they're 20 or anything like that. But if you don't know how to do simple shit like start the washer for a load of laundry, or operate a stove, then that's on you to figure that out through whatever means available.
card_guy · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the thing is that using a shower curtain is such an obvious thing that if you google "why is my bathroom so wet when i take a shower" there won't be any answer with "do you have a curtain?"
BJntheRV · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The problem is you don't know you need to Google something until you realize it's not normal.
sylbug · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How are people supposed to know what to Google? They don't know what they don't know.
JayDude132 · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not only google but youd think by 22 they would have picked up at least some critical thinking skills and realize if theres nothing there to block the water, it will get out. I cant even call that critical thinking, honestly.
LstKingofLust · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Google history with the phrase "how to" is more voluminous than my "delete this when I die" Google history.
shellontheseashore · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The trick is knowing what you don't know
Like as Reddit has taught me, if you didn't know you're meant to clean your belly button (gag) you'll go 20+ years without doing it because why on earth would that combination of words occur to you to google with no prompting?
Rarokillo · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes you don't Google something because that you don't know even know that it exists. If I don't know that I'm doing something wrong why should I search how to do it properly?
And yes, I've been living on my own since I was 18, currently I'm a widower at 34y/o and many time I wonder myself if I'm doing the home chores properly.
sonofaresiii · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm normally the guy saying "People need to take responsibility and figure stuff out, it's super simple to learn how to do something"
but in fairness to that guy some of that sounds like there was no way for him to even know he needed to figure something out. Like, not knowing how to remove a trashbag from a trashcan is so insanely bizarre, it's not about just lack of know-how but just a complete misunderstanding of the mechanics involved
and I'm not really sure googling "how does a trashbag work" will yield effective results there.
allToast · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. Having had very absent parents that didnt prepare me for shit I feel bad all the time not knowing basic stuff like how to cook things or shave, but I can and do just google it every time. Im 18 now, and full self-sufficient and living on my own.
haw35ome · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol I'm 22 and I'm just casually browsing this thread trying to learn from others. But also, I'm not that stupid....... right? At least I know how to do all those things (no shame)
oriaven · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These parents wouldn't even show them the Google masheen either.
fagoaga01 · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THIS! I grew up in a pretty full house so there was always someone who would do things for me, usually one of my sisters or my dad. My parents ended up separating and by the time my sisters moved out it was pretty much just my mom and me left. Since my mom works all the time I had to learn how to do a lot of things on my own, what I struggled with the most was definitely the cooking. But yeah, you can pretty much learn ANYTHING on YouTube and a little bit of googling.
MadKitKat · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just fell in this comment, but what I wanna say applies to most the stuff here
Up to the age of 22, I never did much myself (hate cooking, hate ironing, hate the dishes, hate cleaning... you get the idea, and people mostly would do it for me). However, I’d seen most of these things being done
I’ve seen people doing dishes and knew what a clean dish looked like; I’ve seen people handling the oven and the stove (although the oven is a pain in the butt because we still use gas); I’ve seen clothes being ironed; some TV trope taught me about the microwave and the metal spoon thing; I can read the instructions for a washing machine and I can read the instructions for clothes cleaning stuff (even when brands are really different from each other)
Like, if I didn’t know how to do X, I’d read the instructions; if they weren’t enough, I’d look up other instructions written by other people; if those weren’t enough because my brain wasn’t computing, I’d look up a video... a worst, I’d ask someone, but it never got to me making a mess (some minor clumsiness and injury, but that was it)
Some of the things here are basically “this grown up child has never even watched TV”... I just don’t get it
PleasantSalad · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For real. I never cooked until I moved out at 18, but I feel like it takes almost no common sense to figure out how to make a basic meal. Even without anyone explicitly teaching you. Have some of these people never even been in the same room as a person, cooking, cleaning or doing basic tasks?
Eoganachta · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in my late 20s and I regularly Google how to do things, some domestic and some automechanical.
TacosFixEverything · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or just like, picking it up from fucking context, acquired by living in the world.
weary_dreamer · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. They don’t even know to ask
SeymourZ · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plus he must’ve grown up with a shower curtain or at least seen one on TV.
Bovanov93 · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I find those people are more likely to ask questions through a Facebook status rather than opening Google and asking the same thing, i'm flabbergasted everytime
r1chard3 · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And find the there shower at home have some method for containing the water?
TwoIdleHands · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that maybe their parents didn’t teach them how to cook but did they grow up taking showers without a shower curtain? I feel like even a half wit would think something wasn’t right after that first shower.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine trying to google “why is my bathroom floor wet after a shower?” haha when the answer is a shower curtain
Neomeow4114 · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree, but sadly not everyone has access to internet yet. I reckon things would have been easier if parents taught them "how to learn things". I mean when I learnt that I could go to this place called a library and learn various stuffs by reading books from there, I felt like I discovered great. I learnt about first aid from there. Super helpful
ShakerGER · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some problems are just to complex. I just can't google "How to just valuable stuff from worthless stuff the easiest way".
lookieausername · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can actually sort of explain why they might not want to Google something like that. It's not necessarily the case for everyone, but in my case it's from shame or feeling way too dumb not being able to do something simple like not fuck up making spaghetti or other basic things like that.
Krismastree · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm laughing at the image of someone googling, "bathroom wet after shower SOLVED."
Rosehawka · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To a point, bhut yhou have to know what information you're missing before you can start to find the answers.
Robotlolz · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is literally no explanation for not understanding why your bathroom is wet after showering with no shower curtain. There is no parent on earth or Google machine that can help that.
Flaydowsk · 1 points · Posted at 07:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, you're right but there are things so stupid and/or obvious that even google can't help you.
Like googling "why is my bathroom so wet all the time" will hardly give an answer of "do you have a curtain?"
KJBenson · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most things are idiot proof and tell you how they work.
You can just go into your laundry room and read all that shit in there. It’ll tell you how it works.
skooched · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive found that Google is great if you know what the problem is. But just googling "why is my bathroom always wet when I shower" is going to give you so many irrelevant results that you won't know what to do with them. Also, if Google says part of cleaning the kitchen is to sweep the floor, what qualifies as sweeping the floor? Does that little speck of dust caught in the grout which you would need a magnifying glass to be able to see need to be swept up? What about leaving stuff under the fridge? What about that line of dust under the dust pan that you just can't for the life of you get all swept up?
When you don't have a clear concept of what a clean kitchen is, all of these decisions can be anxiety inducing and make you feel useless. Plus, if you get them wrong or ask someone too many of them then you will be seen as incompetent. Google can sort of help a little with these questions, but it would be excessively time consuming to wade through all the info on each question trying to decide exactly where there line on clean vs not clean is for each of those questions. And that's just questions off the top of my head about sweeping the kitchen floor.
thegigglepickler · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
”In the age of information, ignorance is a choice”
keyboardstatic · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many adults do not have the skill sets they should. Let alone have the skill set to effectively teach the ones they do have to their children.
IfSoPowerfulYouAre · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes you don’t even know what you don’t know
roboninja · 1 points · Posted at 11:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A shower curtain is literally common sense. This dude was dumber than a box of hammers.
immibis · 1 points · Posted at 12:03:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes you don't know what to google. Like, you could be missing something really dumb right now and you wouldn't even know you were missing it, so why would you google it?
I knew someone.who put their recycling bin right outside their window so they didn't need an indoor one as well - they could throw recycling directly out the window. Would you ever think to google that?
Daemonbane1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The issue with this thinking is that you've made an assumption that they had any knowledge that anything was wrong at all in the first place.
Think about it like this: you've been raised, every day of your life, without a shower curtain, your parents never owned one,, their parents never owned one, and you were probably sheltered enough that you've never needed to shower at a friends place. it pretty safe to think that, if you were to see one in media, you'd ignore it, pass it off as an outlier and not question it's purpose.
Now think about the last time you had a casual conversation about shower curtains, do you even remember one outside of this thread\post or directly related conversations? Its not something that's likely to ever come up until you find yourself in the position like the one in which you found out.
Basically my point is that circumstances can mean that someone who's had no past experience with a thing and it benefits, may not even know that there is any problem(or solution) in the first place, let alone something they need to google, so really its still entirely on the parents (or their parents, or theirs) that failed to teach a child about basic life skills and common practices.
Incredible_Mandible · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But not the shower curtain one. They would have grown up with that. If you had a shower curtain your whole life but were too dumb to get one on your own you just fucking deserve it.
RarelyThere99 · 1 points · Posted at 15:15:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was terribly infantilised by my parents. It’s so embarrassing that I’m to ashamed give examples. You would have thought by 16-17 I would be breaking free, but that was the world I knew, I didn’t know any better (my parents also isolated me). I wish I’d had google and reddit back then, but being independent was an alien concept to me.
Centuries ago there was a practice where an adult would bind a babies feet together with rope. As the child grew their feet became twisted and deformed and they were then forced to beg on the street. Imagine a parent instead of binding their child's feet binding their brain as they grow. That child won’t mature at the same rate as other children. That’s what extreme infantilisation does to a person, it emotionally stunts and cripples them. Luckily some have an epiphany and see that they need to change. I consider extreme infantilisation a form of abuse.
BlueAurus · 1 points · Posted at 17:36:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Googling is a skill, it's what my company pays me thousands of dollars to do most of the time xD
jojokangaroo1969 · 1 points · Posted at 21:14:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember coming home from School in 1st grade and reheating leftovers for myself to eat before my parents got home. This was in 1975, so no microwave. Then probably 3rd grade, my dad would call on the phone, hanging on the wall, and talk me through how to brown ground beef for dinner because he was getting ready to leave work to come home. He made me rip apart the lb of ground beef by hand into little pieces and put it into the pan. It was years later when I realized that I could just put the whole lb of ground beef in the pan and just chop it up with my spatula. Before anyone tries to question my time line, I am spot on because I remember exactly what house we were living in when this happened and that my parents were still together and that was up until 1976.
thx1138a · 1 points · Posted at 22:18:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Search history, day 1: 'how water move?'
Fossil-boy07 · 0 points · Posted at 04:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
Just_One_Umami · 0 points · Posted at 06:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is in no way the parents’ fault that their child is incompetent with this stuff. Bills? Sure. Driving? Probably.
But, come on. Not knowing how to remove a trash bag? Not realizing that water splashes? That’s just plain stupidity right there. That has nothing to do with parents.
ZardozSama · 51 points · Posted at 22:54:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably not a factor to your story, but bathrooms in Japanese homes are simply rooms you step into and shower with no separated shower stall or curtain. Just drains into the floor (or under the tub). Generally, you would step inside the shower room, shower while standing outside the bath. If you want to use the bathtub, you shower BEFORE entering the tub.
END COMMUNICATION
karma11235 · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what's that end part do?
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve always lived in homes with glass walls around the shower, too. Most of the other people’s whose homes I visit (family) also had glass shower walls, so shower curtains were not needed. So this 22 year old may have never seen a shower curtain before! 😏
Nick_J_at_Nite · 39 points · Posted at 23:00:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a close friend move from his family's basement to a house off campus. His mother was always very nice but you could tell she lived to baby her children. Even when they were 21+.
First instance. I came over because he was trying to find the phone number for the maintenance guy because the dishwasher was broken. It overflowed and bubbled everytime he used it. I identified the problem. He was putting Dawn sink soap into the dishwasher. Kinda don't but I could see how he was confused. It's actually called Dishwashing Soap.
Second Instance. Asked me if he needed to take Hot Pockets out of the box before microwaving them. In high school, his mother always made us food and brought it to the basement. Sure.
Instance three. Sending a utility bill. I coached him thru how to write a check, address an envelope, and use a stamp. When we arrived at the big blue mailbox, he walked up and didn't know what up do. He was really funny and quite the jokester so I assumed he was being funny.
Only when he tried to open the mailbox from the very bottom did I understand he was legitimately befuddled.
locks_are_paranoid · 13 points · Posted at 00:53:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The check one made me laugh. I know how to write a check, but I've never written a check in my life.
Geeko22 · 15 points · Posted at 01:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents never taught me how to write a check so the first time it came up I looked like such an idiot. I just stood there at the front of the line kind of frozen, clueless but too ashamed to ask for help. The nice lady behind the counter, moved by my deer-in-the-headlights look, took pity on me and, like my mom should have done, showed me how to fill it out so I could pay my bill. I still cringe when I think of that.
locks_are_paranoid · 7 points · Posted at 02:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you knew that you had to pay a bill, why didn't you try write the check in advance?
Geeko22 · 12 points · Posted at 02:16:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I was an 18-year old horny idiot standing in line thinking about girls instead of what I was in line for. Until I got to the front of the line, then reality came crashing in on my daydreams.
DaniMW · 3 points · Posted at 10:21:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope you don’t mind if I laugh at that VERY honest and detailed answer! 😉😂😂
Geeko22 · 1 points · Posted at 15:09:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looking back, I feel like I walked around in a testosterone-driven fog all those years. I was probably around 25 before my head cleared and I could think two constructive thoughts in a row. Probably an exaggeration but that's what it looks like in retrospect.
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 19:57:29 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not a man, so I can’t quite relate. But based on what other men describe, I really think what you describe is quite standard. I don’t think you should feel ashamed of anything.
The main thing is that you men learn to ask what girls want or think, even in your ‘horny fog.’ As long as you men do that, then you’re fine. Normal, hormonal men who aren’t a threat to women because they know the difference between feeling things and acting on said feelings without consent. 😊
DaniMW · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think that you (or anyone else) are a total moron for not knowing how to write a cheque at 18. If it hadn’t come up before. And bank employees literally get paid to help with that kind of thing, so you’re not an idiot.
Kalernor · 18 points · Posted at 00:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you really need someone to teach you some of these things though? My parents never "taught" me how to remove a trash bag, but first time I lived alone I just picked up the trash bag and tied its top as I would tie a balloon. Didn't even need to think about it lol
locks_are_paranoid · 15 points · Posted at 00:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shower curtain thing happened to me. The shower in the house where I grew up had a sliding door to get in and out, so I had never used a shower curtain. One time I was staying in a hotel, and decided to take a shower. It had a shower curtain, so I closed the curtain, but when I got out of the shower, the bathroom floor was sopping wet. It turned out that I put the shower curtain on the outside of the tub instead of the inside. This allowed water to get on the floor.
perfect_little_booty · 21 points · Posted at 21:11:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my exes had never heard of a hand towel, but at least he knew about shower curtains. Yikes!
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 00:13:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he dry himself with the shower curtains?
wheresx · 7 points · Posted at 00:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you dry yourself with a hand towel?
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 00:27:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dry my hands with a hand towel.
FlickinIt · 17 points · Posted at 00:25:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, but my 3 year old understands that if the shower curtain isn't closed then there will be water all over the floor. I mean, she doesn't care, but she gets the concept. How tf did a 22 year old not make that connection?!
MalachiteDragoness · 4 points · Posted at 03:54:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glass door on the shower growing up, most likely.
FlickinIt · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good point, but buddy is still a fucking idiot for not understanding that you need something to block water from bouncing off your body and making a huge mess on the floor
zammouri2001 · 1 points · Posted at 19:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not everyone has shower curtains, actually where I live no one uses them to my knowledge
mrkenish · 10 points · Posted at 00:38:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved out at 19 to the opposite side of the world from my family, had always had showers with sliding glass doors. New apartment was one of those showers over a bath type situations that required a curtain but I'm not joking, I had no idea.
This was in a block of apartments and it took water leaking from my constantly drenched bathroom floor to the apartment below for me to realise there was an issue.
Still feel so bad for my downstairs neighbours, shower curtains are REAL AND NECESSARY.
amirchukart · 5 points · Posted at 02:28:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had you not seen one at like a friend or relatives house, or on tv?
mrkenish · 4 points · Posted at 02:35:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that I recall at anyone else's house where I grew up, and I guess I would've seen one in Psycho etc. but did not put 2 and 2 together.
I think it was more that I knew what they were but assumed if it needed one then it would be there already, but I'd never been exposed to the idea of when you move somewhere new you might need to buy a shower curtain. It really just didn't cross my mind at all.
And since I've moved back to my home country I can only think of one house I've been to that had this sort of shower. Very strange.
amirchukart · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's fair. I've always had a shower curtain growing up and in dorms, but when i moved into my apartment i didnt realize that I forgot to buy one and had to kind of shower with it angled towards the wall and hope for the best.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 21:35:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
these stories are giving me a headache 🤦🏼♂️
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here I am teaching my 5yo how to do laundry (obviously with help) and how to bake simple things.
My adult spouse still doesn’t flush the toilet every time he goes pee. Well we have 2 separate bathrooms in our apartment, one in the hallway, and another in our bedroom. We don’t use the one in our bedroom (unless someone is using the main one).
One day I noticed a smell coming from our bedroom. Like it wasn’t in our bedroom but it was wafting around our bedroom. It took me a while to find because like I said, we don’t use the other bathroom so it wouldn’t have occurred to me to check it. I traced the smell to the bathroom and saw a toilet full of stagnant pee that was murky, meaning it was sitting there for a LONG time (maybe a few days/weeks or so). Apparently our child learned from him that he doesn’t have to flush the toilet everytime he pees so they were both peeing and not flushing our second toilet. 🤮
I give them crap every time they don’t flush and make sure they DO. Also spouse had to clean the toilet A LOT to remove the stains. They did it out of laziness though which is still disgusting.
vrananomous · 5 points · Posted at 01:19:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I guess the yellow was very mellow.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And Mello Yello is my favorite drink... thanks for that image. 🤢
raindead · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it’s yellow, let it mellow... if it’s brown, flush it down.
kathatter75 · 3 points · Posted at 00:27:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in a house with 7 roommates until March this year. A few of them moved to the US from India. One was in her 40s. I got to show them things like how to tell which breaker had tripped (otherwise, they would trip all of them to fix the one that tripped), how to use the oven...how to make pasta...
bluesorcerie · 3 points · Posted at 02:00:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither my dad nor my brother can take out the garbage by themselves. Together they can do it, but not alone. My brother can't tie the bag shut unless it has drawstrings or flaps. So my dad takes it out. My dad can never find the open end of the new bag. He just tries to peel the layers apart. No matter how many times we tell him to rub it between his fingers he can't figure it out. So my brother puts the new bag in.
oasisbuiltthemoon · 5 points · Posted at 00:37:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno, man, after reading AITA and r/relationships I've learned a lot of men don't know how to wipe their butts, so I'm ready to believe anything now.
akiramari · 2 points · Posted at 23:41:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never understood people who flood their bathrooms even with a curtain or door. Just dry off a bit before exiting, and maybe turn off the shower beforehand if you're not???
Shywoodrose · 2 points · Posted at 00:26:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did their parents not have a shower curtain? I don't get it...
AMerrickanGirl · 4 points · Posted at 00:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glass shower doors?
Shywoodrose · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And they'd still have to know there was something there to prevent water from getting everywhere! 🤣😂😭
KakarotMaag · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have they never seen a movie or television show?
gljivicad · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach myself to live alone when I moved abroad when I was 23 years old.
Trust me, I didn't know how to wash clothes, how to properly use the oven, how to cook certain really dumb things. I seriously didn't know how to cook rice for example.
But eh, all of it changed in less than a few months, and I've been rocking it for years now
dhillonaire · 2 points · Posted at 01:07:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All those things except maybe working the oven, don’t even need to be taught. It’s like they never lived in a house.
VLC31 · 2 points · Posted at 01:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a certain lack of brain activity here. I never had to do anything when I lived at home so when I went out on my own there was a learning curve, but I do have eyes on my head and even if I hadn’t had to do a lot of things I head seen them being done. You pick up a lot of stuff without even realising it, unless you are totally clueless.
Snapdragon_fish · 2 points · Posted at 01:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That reminds me of a roommate I had.
When I moved in she told me “we can't use a shower curtain because it create a wet patch on the floor and hurts the ceiling below us. So, you just have to be really careful not to get water on the floor when you shower."
A few months later I realized that she just didn't know to tuck the curtain inside the tub.
Trash5000 · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a post I saw on here way back. Chick had a roommate that took FOREVER to do laundry. They eventually found out she was using every setting, one after the other, all around the dial. For EACH LOAD
bg-j38 · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shared a house with a couple people for a brief period of time and one of the guys would always leave the bathroom soaked. We had a shower curtain even but I guess he just left it open? To make matters worse, he would leave black nasty dirt on the bathroom floor and track it into his room which was thankfully just a few feet away. We finally had to sit him down and explain both how to shower and how to wash your feet. Was glad to move out of there after a few months!
Stargazer1919 · 2 points · Posted at 01:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy who showered with no soap and no shower curtain. When I asked him why, he said he wasn't going to spend the money on it. We got in trouble for water leaking through the floor in our apartment to the ceiling below. Finally I went to Target and bought a damn shower curtain and body wash. I told him if he didn't shower properly, I would go in their and scrub him myself. Finally he learned his lesson.
Itsyamatey · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, their teachers never did anything to support them! /s
InannasPocket · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate like that. It took several reminders and increasingly detailed explanations about which side of the tub the curtain needed to be on to stop the water from just flowing on the floor.
She was 30. We were both PhD students.
cultured_banana_slug · 2 points · Posted at 03:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine had a shower with a shower curtain. I'd never used one with a curtain, only a set of doors, so had no clue that the curtain had to go INSIDE the tub.
I stepped out to a huge mess.
I dried myself off, put my clothes on, and told my friend I was mopping her bathroom for her because I'm an idiot.
djcleansweep · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was astounded when I moved into a place with a kitchen how few of my roommates knew to COLLAPSE boxes before recycling them. Like guys, we don’t have to take the recycling out every day if you collapse your boxes? It became a major pet peeve of mine
PreferredSelection · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up feeling like I was a pretty useful kid. Shoveled the snow in the driveway. Raked leaves. Mowed the lawn every week since I was 13.
It gave me a decent enough work ethic, but do you notice a pattern in those chores? They're all outside, and things that rarely matter as a broke millennial living in an apartment.
I did know how to sweep and mop and stuff, but since those were never my usual jobs, they were never habits. And I was terrible at them. Parents never showed me how to cook, either. Thank god I took home ec.
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am an older woman living in a roommate situation because rent is so high. My roomies (3M, 1F) and I keep to ourselves. No one but me actually cooks real food. About 4 weeks ago, 3 of us decide to have a BBQ despite COVID19. Now I suspected "L" (20s) could not cook because I had to show him how to reconnect our electric burners. (I had cleaned the stovetop earlier not reconnected them). This was confirmed when we had to tell him the baked beans were bubbling therefore DONE. Yet "T" put him in charge of watching the corn and the cob boil while "T" dealt with a phone emergency back in his room. I was with the coals and meat. "L" literally let the water boil dry and allowed the corn to continue to cook. Burning the corn and ruining the pan. He was absolutely oblivious. I mean not even an oops man sorry....
CommunistRonPaul · 2 points · Posted at 01:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've used my oven once in 8 years 🤷♂️
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn how did he/she ever manage to make it all the way to college?lol
ParoxysmAttack · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You taught them well. Bravo. That would be a test of my sanity, and a test of how well Xanax actually works.
firerexUK77 · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good for him learning on his own
grayum_ian · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate that just threw the garbage in the back of his closet to "do it later" but then never did. Ugh.
disagreedTech · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dont get why people get mad about ignorance like this. Dude just never got told the right way of never figured it out, and as soon as he did, he did it the right way. He would only be stupid if he continued to do it the wrong way to spite is friend, but hes just like every other person going through life and improving themselves
MaizeNBlueWaffle · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless his parents didn't use trash bags, use the oven, or have a shower curtain, then your roommate had zero excuse to be doing those things. Those are things you can learn from observation and don't need to be explicitly told
areplymeansuarewrong · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
20 here, trash one is pretty fucking crazy, same with the shower thing, but I’ve never turned on an over either. Parents just never taught me :/
DKP86 · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you not know what a shower curtain is? Nobody should ever have to teach you what it's for.
jininberry · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey you met my bf's mom. And then she wants me to wheel the big bins right to the front door so she can feel like she's doing something by putting her trash inside. No, that takes more effort. Just give the bags to me and I'll take care of it. Same goes with dishes and cleaning in general.
DBCOOPER888 · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shower curtain makes no sense. Did they not take a shower growing up?
andyman171 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wtf, how do you not know how to close the shower curtain? Thats common sense. It also might mean that their parents were doing it for them up until they left home.
chazak710 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I had a roommate in college who didn't know how to use a mop. Or plunge a toilet. When I unclogged it after what seemed like an entire roll of paper had been flushed, the reaction was like I had performed actual magic. I found this hilarious because I have absolutely zero handyman skills. If it involves anything more than a screwdriver, I need help. But I can plunge a toilet.
Drunk_hooker · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude that shower one what the fuck.
enataca · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can understand not learning some things, but if I had only ever taken baths and discovered a shower with no curtain, after about 48 hours I would have invented the shower curtain
rippedasf · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hell when immigrants can make sense of it themselves so should adults who grew up with most of this!
LookingforDay · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They never had a shower curtain before? Doors? Stall showers? They thought they came with the apartment? This is the most shocking thing to me.
that-one_girl · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shower experience happened to me when I was sharing a hotel room with a high school friend as a junior in college! ...She also didn't know how to fry an egg (different time/conversation, but still!?)
Best part is, she period-stained her hotel bed and did nothing to fix it but literally cover it up with the duvet
tmccrn · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I promise that I am trying to teach my young adults to do these things. Some have been doing it for years. Some won’t press the button on the washer even when it is all set up
gabehcuod37 · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people are too dumb to save.
amirchukart · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can understand the others but the shower curtain baffles me. How do you not know about that? Even if they had doors previously, you'd think they'd notice the lack of door.
InspiredBlue · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry but what? How can that possibly be?
EmiliusReturns · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wanna know where the hell this person lived that they’d never heard of shower curtain before.
burnoutandfadeaway · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gonna be honest- this makes me feel super relieved that I've taught my 11 year old enough life skills that she regularly makes and serves me breakfast and coffee in bed (and obvs I'm always happy that she's nice enough to want to). And cleans up the bathroom floor without being asked. Still working on personal hygiene tho.
heimdahl81 · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is just a fundamental lack of problem solving ability.
kembervon · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm seeing a lot of college roommates in this thread.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That shower curtain roommate was me. I grew up with sliding shower doors. I didn't do the whole shower curtain outside and liner inside the tub correctly.
I made so many enemies because of that stupid door.
Not-A-Throwaway5399 · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought I was bad for having trouble doing laundry and being bad at cooking, but I can at least take out the damn trash
IICVX · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similarly, I had a college roommate ask me if driers ever stop.
(to be fair they didn't have a visible timer, but still...)
killysmurf · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i had this same problem with shower curtains til i was about 14 years old. the house i grew up in had one of those shower doors that slides open so i didn't have much experience with a shower curtain. i always wondered why there was always water on the floor when i showered at a hotel. then it happened when i was staying at my dad's house and he was incredulous that i didn't know how a shower curtain worked lol
Foutaises- · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, at some point that’s just called being a complete idiot
elizacandle · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
seriously parents coddle their children then their children are woefully unprepared and parents wonder why
Sartorical · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All three of these are so basic no one ever had to show me, tell me, or talk to me about any of them. No one ever showed me how to pump gas into my car either, but I feel like if you’re too stupid to figure certain things out, for the love of god, please don’t procreate. Chimps are shitting out smarter babies than that. (Now THAT’S belligerent)
ReadingFrenzy · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um....wow. Not knowing how to change a trashbag? I.... don't even know what to say to that. I can actually kind of understand the shower curtain one though, because we had those sliding doors on our tub when I was growing up. Went on vacation at the end middle school, and the rental we stayed at had a tub with a shower curtain. I didn't realize the liner went in the tub, so the floor got soaked and I was super embarrassed. But at least I realized you pulled the curtain across the tub (and that you needed one)!
Sierra419 · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has to be made up. How tf do you go your entire life and not know about a shower curtain or door?
sadowsentry · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember experiencing the shower one at my aunt's house when I was about 8 because I was used to sliding glass doors.
berserkergandhi · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol stop blaming the parents for every little piece of stupidity. My parents never taught me all this but I still learned. You can't be taught every single thing in existence.
Humans are curious by default and if you don't learn this simple shit by yourself it's on you.
ampereJR · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never assume anyone has basic skills when they go to college. I planned a dorm meal and legitimately taught neighbors how to boil water, drain pasta, make garlic bread (with garlic powder, butter, and sliced bread). I taught people how to peel carrots and chop potatoes and then that they had to take the scraps out of the sink and not just wash them down. I taught them how to do laundry, use a dust pan, and operate a vacuum. I know some were rich or were told to study and they didn't have chores, but I seriously wonder how they picked up nothing from watching other people or movies, ever.
idma · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College (or age 18-25) is the time for people to get kicked in the butt. Because the working world won't do that, they would just boot you out of the building
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But taking the trash bag out of the trash can requires no knowledge beyond what those two things are. You just pick it up and that's it.
TheQuil · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it possible his family was very poor? Homeless? You don’t need to be the one buying/installing a shower curtain to know what one is? I’m sure everyone who showers knows unless you have one without a curtain lol
LadyAzure17 · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time my mom frets about failing me as a mother, I'll show her this entire thread.
crumbmodifiedbinder · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fact that the roommate learned in the end is good character growth. That’s why I really think everyone should be given the opportunity to live alone in their early adult life and it should be compulsory for them to work (retail, sales etc) to understand the value of work and money
UsuallyInappropriate · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m siiiiingin’ in the rain!
Tarsha8nz · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
u/buzzybnz and I have a sister-in-law (SIL) a little like that. We all travelled out of town for a family wedding. I need an accessible shower, so she asked if she could use it because she's tall and the shower in their room was more for shorter people (brother didn't care and he's taller than her). Anyway, she came out of the complaining that the floor was all wet, the water had made it out into the lounge area and that luckily her clothes were dry. It turns out the shower head was a little older and drooped in a way that pointed towards the door. This is fine...if you SHUT the shower curtain and move the showerhead away.
ForgettableUsername · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, Lord.
So they were all, "My goodness this is a terrible design for a bathroom! Why did they leave this whole side of the shower open?"
dredd-garcia · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shower curtain thing is just... I don’t understand?
... ..?!
Violetta311 · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So he never watched anyone take a trash bag out? Or noticed shower curtains and their purpose? Whaaaaat?
karliah- · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didnt he had a shower curtain in his parents house? Didnt he realise something was missing?
gradstudent1234 · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i related to the oven thing, never had one til i was 18 in college
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boy, not everyone has parents...
ezkailez · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived a very sheltered childhood. Always had a maid (labor is very cheap here) cleaning the house, cooking, and taking care whenever mom was gone (which is rare, she's not working). Never once did i have to take out the trash until i moved out.
I didn't know how, but in my apartment out of the 3 other people i am the cleanest. I cleaned my room at least once a week. And guess who takes out the shared trash can every few days? That's me.
Everyone around me are able to take out the trash. But their sense of cleanliness is screwed up that they will still try to stack the trash on the bin even when it's overflowing already
NobodyActual · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm oyp
Pookie103 · 2687 points · Posted at 21:54:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh gosh, I have a few from when I first went to university, living in halls and realising some people literally did not know how to cook a THING.
There was one girl who bought chicken and kept it in the cupboard, despite being told by pretty much everyone else in the flat that it was meant to go in the fridge or freezer. Flat out refused to listen, kept putting it in the cupboard. Don't know how she didn't get sick.
Another flatmate who didn't eat potato for almost a year because he didn't know how to peel them and didn't want to try (I tried to teach him 🤷🏻♀️). Then he realised he could buy pre-prepared.
One guy who decided to take a nap whilst cooking sausages for dinner, just left them in the grill and only woke up when the fire alarms were going off and the whole building was being evacuated.
Finally two girls who again almost caused a fire if I hadn't found them... These two were actually my friends and I was looking for them, found them in one of the kitchens about to "cook" a stir fry. They had a wok with about an inch depth of oil in the bottom, SHIMMERING because it was so hot, and they weren't sure if it was hot enough to cook with yet. They were really glad I found them because they couldn't tell that it was boiling oil and were worried the food wouldn't cook. I was really glad I found them because if they had thrown their stir fry veg in there it would have probably caused a fire, or at least spat boiling oil all over them. I turned it off and tossed one piece of veg in there - turned black almost instantly.
Honestly I was just shocked and appalled that so many 18 year olds had never cooked for themselves before, and even worse that their parents had sent them off to fend for themselves not having taught them. It's actually scary thinking back!
VinnyVinnieVee · 1134 points · Posted at 22:19:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god an old roommate (this was after college, mind you!) used to keep his chicken in the toaster oven. He had already cooked it but didn't realize you can't just leave an entire cooked chicken in the toaster oven for 2 days and still eat it. Yelled at me when I threw it out. Also yelled at me for just reheating the water in my teapot from earlier in the day instead of putting in new water every time because I would be "concentrating the chemicals" and it was unhealthy. I walked in on him masturbating in our living room once. The image will never leave me. What a roommate
Pookie103 · 147 points · Posted at 22:28:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh some people are unreal!! Just makes you wonder how they manage to keep themselves alive, hold down jobs etc when they are that clueless! Living with other people really is eye opening (probably not a good thing in your case with the living room... Situation).
I actually forgot to add that chicken girl was keeping RAW chicken in the cupboard - she'd buy a pack of raw drumsticks out of the shop fridge and put them in the cupboard at home. Mental.
VinnyVinnieVee · 91 points · Posted at 22:31:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god. How did that not immediately start to smell? And the chicken juices...ugh. Just thinking about having to clean that up later makes me shudder.
Pookie103 · 26 points · Posted at 07:50:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah no idea, once she didn't open the packet and it started like... expanding? When something goes off and you know it's releasing some kind of gas as it decomposes. I just chucked it into one of the outside bins - wouldn't normally touch anyone else's food in the kitchen but I wasn't waiting for that to explode!
Wowsuchusername44 · 14 points · Posted at 05:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I absolutely HATE washing pans that had chicken on it
ZBLongladder · 56 points · Posted at 02:23:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tea snobs (like myself) will tell you not to reboil water because it'll make the tea taste flat, but if that's not a problem you're having then certainly there's nothing dangerous about it.
achen5265041 · 16 points · Posted at 03:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I’d just drink all the tea first, then refill it with boiling water.
savwatson13 · 8 points · Posted at 06:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why will reboiling water make it taste flat? I’ve never thought it’d be a problem
hybridHelix · 16 points · Posted at 08:56:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oxygen etc. bubbles out when you boil it. The theory is that if you don't have enough air in your water, you won't get the full flavor out of the tea/coffee. It's debatable if it's true, since you're already boiling the water once to brew it anyway, but it's a harmless practice so I consider it worth it just in case, personally.
MMECormier · 8 points · Posted at 09:45:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother used to tell me reboiling the water makes it lose oxygen as well. This makes no sense to me at all. If you lose oxygen from water, you end up with hydrogen or something like it. Water can’t exist without the oxygen molecule. Sure, water evaporates but how on Earth does water exist without oxygen? I can’t even begin to wrap my head around that being in the least bit true.
hybridHelix · 11 points · Posted at 10:04:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not the oxygen that's part of the water molecules that's being released, it's the oxygen (and other gases like nitrogen) hanging out in between them. Depending on how warm or cold it is, pressure, etc. the amount of oxygen dissolved into water can change. It's how fish breathe! Also why fancy bartenders will sometimes tell you to make ice cubes with boiled water if you want them really clear and perfect.
But the fact that that last one works is what makes me think it probably won't really affect your tea all that much. The water is already boiled by the time it hits the leaves either way.
BigMoneySylveon · 6 points · Posted at 10:09:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine being a tea snob and letting your water reach the boiling point in the first place lmao
hybridHelix · 3 points · Posted at 17:15:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm more of a coffee guy, actually.
BigMoneySylveon · 3 points · Posted at 17:18:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest as long as it's both caffeine, and in my mouth I'm satisfied.
Successful_Stomach · 5 points · Posted at 10:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hah! I was just thinking this!
Basically there are two chemical bonds found in water: between each water molecule (hydrogen bond—weak) and between the atoms of one molecule (covalent, very strong and tough to break). Boiling water will break the surface tension and the hydrogen bonds, so H2O gas will rise as steam, BUT boiling will NOT break a covalent bond, therefore will not separate the H2 from the O. So there is no decrease in oxygen by boiling alone; There is only a (slight) decrease in liquid water.
Source: stem major, intro classes
Edit: a few words
rabid_briefcase · 6 points · Posted at 21:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People have looked into it. Here's one of many pages describing it. While it is true that cold water can hold more dissolved gas than hot water, that's not the big factor. The dissolved gasses get removed to the same level on the first boil as the second or third, so assuming you boiled it normally,
Other contaminants (like scale buildup) can cause a flavor difference. Each time you boil it some of the scale dissolves, and you notice it. Clean your pots, pans, or boilers, and it should be resolved.
Successful_Stomach · 1 points · Posted at 21:37:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh thank you for the link! I did not factor in contaminants but I do see now how it could affect taste
edit: a word
blueberrycoco · 37 points · Posted at 02:06:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh I think my immune system may be above average because my mum would always (and still does 😬) leave out cooked chicken, bolognese, you name it, on the kitchen counter for 24+ hours.
Maybe due to laziness. Maybe due to having a super old, small sink. Maybe to prevent dad from eating good food, who knows
tarabithia22 · 13 points · Posted at 05:06:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait wait wait. How does the sink play into this?
blueberrycoco · 3 points · Posted at 06:17:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like she doesn't want to pack away the food into tupperware into the fridge so maybe it's easier for them to leave the fry pan on the stove. That's what I assume anyway
Pookie103 · 13 points · Posted at 07:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandma did this with cooked food, I think just from not knowing any better (she grew up in a Greek village with no such thing as a fridge) and tbh nothing ever made us sick... Things do last outside of the fridge, just not for long.
My parents on the other hand owned restaurants for 20+ years so food hygiene is a big thing for us!
transparentdadam · 2 points · Posted at 09:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t get why leaving cooked chicken out would make you sick. My mom does the same thing and always has and so do I. To be fair, we have pretty good immune systems too. The cutoff point is about 36 hours. It starts to go bad after that and if it hasn’t been eaten by then it won’t be.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 09:40:09 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's because although the food is cooked, after 2 hours at room temp, food poisoning bacteria begins to multiply. Not everyone will get ill from it that quickly, I don't, but the bacteria count is growing for sure.
blueberrycoco · 3 points · Posted at 10:48:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably because my parents live in melbourne where it's always humid and flies are everywhere 😷
transparentdadam · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’ll do it.
Respect4All_512 · 27 points · Posted at 02:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is an urban legend about not reboiling water. It's been debunked but it's been around since kettles became a common thing. As far as the chicken, if it was cooked all the way through and with enough salt it might -- MIGHT -- be ok to eat 2 days later. But not something I'd risk.
CreationBlues · 13 points · Posted at 03:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"with enough salt" I doubt it bro, I'm pretty sure at that point it'd be unpleasantly oversalted
Respect4All_512 · 8 points · Posted at 04:25:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends. Brined poultry does last longer cooked but I still wouldn't be eating that. I'm just speculating on how the person left meat out for two days didn't end up in the hospital.
PvtDeth · 10 points · Posted at 04:14:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, you are concentrating "the chemicals", but you'd have to do that many times for it to make a difference.
To be clear, most chemicals would boil off along with the water, but metals like lead and arsenic would be left behind.
savwatson13 · 7 points · Posted at 06:26:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chicken in the toaster oven for 2 days is fine but reheating water is toxic? Some people...
Khaylain · 3 points · Posted at 07:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just to brighten your day: Water is a chemical by definition. Just think of all the people who doesn't want any chemicals in their food or drink, and laugh.
Successful_Stomach · 8 points · Posted at 10:35:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Beware! Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a chemical that is found in our city’s water pipes, dangerous if inhaled, and the main component of acid rain! Prolonged exposure to solid DHMO can cause severe tissue damage, and contributes to soil erosion! This dangerous chemical needs to be banned!
/s
And just for funsies for nerds like me: DHMO.org will give you a good chuckle hehe
J_Paul_000 · 5 points · Posted at 00:43:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
While that is all true, banning Dihydrogen Monoxide would be overkill. It has several benign uses, including: - Dihydrogen Monoxide consumption has been linked to increased athletic performance, but unlike other steroids you are unlikely to overdose on it. - Dihydrogen Monoxide is a critical component of many green energy projects - Dihydrogen Monoxide, while not FDA approved, has been found to produce medically promising results in patients suffering from heat stroke.
While more regulation certainly is necessary, with wise management we can use Dihydrogen Monozide to improve life as we know it
seedpig · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that escalated quickly
EwoksAreGae · 1 points · Posted at 09:15:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit went from 0 to 100 real fuckin quick
mattoisacatto · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk if it's a sort of myth but I think in some places your not supposed to reboil water without replacing it.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:01 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Concentrating which chemicals, exactly?
vikio · 26 points · Posted at 03:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 36 now and sometimes people same age as me seem surprised by my descriptions of what I cooked for dinner. Like they'll say "wow you like to cook huh? I don't do anything that fancy" and I'm like... I put rice in the rice cooker and pushed a button... Or microwaved a "baked" potato. Then added store bought sides. Maybe a vegetable. What do these people eat?
Pookie103 · 6 points · Posted at 08:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I often wonder this too! I think a lot of people rely on takeout and store bought everything. I don't know what they eat otherwise???
Kannaberry · 17 points · Posted at 03:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't get why so many parents just end up not teaching their kids to cook. My mom taught me and my sisters to cook when we were about 7 or 8. Whenever she wasn't around to make lunch, we would cook for everyone (our dad would help, but we rarely needed it). The fact that so many adult humans have no idea how to cook things properly is actually sad. You only have to make a few meals to learn enough valuable information about how to properly prepare food that you could at least live off of.
It's honestly a good thing you helped them. I appreciate you friend.
ImALittleCrackpot · 16 points · Posted at 03:44:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my case, it's because I'm the youngest of five. My parents had the older four in the span of five years, and I came along four years later.
When my mom was teaching my older siblings to cook, they always chased me out of the kitchen for being in the way. When I got a little older and my mom expected me to help with cooking, she got pissed off that I didn't know how. I reminded her that she and my sibs had always chased me out of the kitchen. Instead of teaching me to cook, she simply gave up and did it all herself. I wouldn't be surprised if other people who never learned to cook were in similar circumstances.
I'm now an adult and living on my own and I've taught myself how to cook. Thanks, Mom.
Pookie103 · 3 points · Posted at 08:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Awh this makes me really sad! I think it's one thing if someone has no interest in cooking despite parents trying to teach them, or if the parents don't know either, but wanting to learn and not being taught :(
I'm glad you managed it in the end!
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 07:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah thank you, I felt the same and it just made me sad that so many kids didn't know how to feed themselves so I just helped where I could. I was always into food and cooking so naturally spent a lot of time in the kitchen with my parents growing up. My sister was the opposite but when it was time for her to go to uni my mum still made sure she knew the basics!
ginger_SF · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd say it's not even always the parents' fault. I surpassed by parent's cooking abilities by my 2nd year of college. Now, I'm *light years* ahead of anything they ever made (i'm in my late 30's now).
Even if your parents never taught you, it just takes a bit of determination and common sense/intelligence.
TryUsingScience · 12 points · Posted at 04:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was me! I had a meal plan in college, so I didn't end up learning to cook anything more complicated than mac'n'cheese until I was an adult living on my own.
My parents were odd. Didn't teach me how do any kind of physical skills whatsoever, but were absolutely insistent that 15-year-old me call our bank myself to get the overdraft charges on my account reversed, because it was an important life skill that I would need in the future. They weren't wrong, but, interesting priorities.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 08:00:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha yes some different priorities there! Probably the two areas most kids leave home not knowing how to deal with - feeding themselves and basic finance skills. It's mad when you think about it.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 10 points · Posted at 03:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents never taught me to cook. But I know how to use YouTube.
Pookie103 · 3 points · Posted at 07:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my sister - not because my parents didn't teach her but because she had no interest in cooking until she left home. My mum still made sure she knew the basics but she got bored of grilled chicken/fish and plain sides after a while.
She came back from uni a very accomplished cook thanks to YouTube! It's funny how people use the internet to learn all kinds of things, but cooking doesn't occur to some as a skill you can learn online.
punaltered · 6 points · Posted at 05:27:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't cook but neither can my parents. I use a microwave pretty well and there's a lot of pre-cooked items you can always get.
I want to learn to cook but don't know where to start
soopermen6 · 4 points · Posted at 06:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I didn't know how to cook until pretty much this year. I got sick of not knowing what to eat for dinner and started watching a LOT of cooking videos on YouTube (like, to the point where its now more entertainment than just for recipes).
Highly recommend the YouTube channels for: Bon Appetit, Binging with Babish, Sam the Cooking Guy, Joshua Weissman, and some of Food Wishes.
Go through any of those channels, see if any of the dishes interest you (also try new things!) and see if you follow along.
Pookie103 · 3 points · Posted at 08:01:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I second this! My sister was never interested in cooking, she knew the basics before going to uni but quickly got bored of basic meals. She came back a very good cook thanks to YouTube!
Pookie103 · 3 points · Posted at 08:08:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally get how learning to cook seems daunting - I would try by looking up 5-ingredient recipes online (or grab a cookbook with these kinds of recipes) so it's not overwhelming and you won't have to buy a million ingredients for your first meals.
Also I find visual aids really help, so cooking videos online as some others have mentioned or recipe books with pics of the various stages of cooking - this helps you to know if you're doing the right thing. Eventually instinct will take over and you'll know if your cooking is going well :)
Feel free to send me a message if you want any tips, I love cooking and I'm happy to help!
ParsnipPizza2 · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Easiest way is probably to pick a food you want to learn how to make and look up the recipe. They have specific instructions for you to follow, and there really aren't many fancy techniques you're going to run into while learning to cook normal stuff (granted, I'm vegetarian, so I don't know if meat dishes are harder to make. They don't look like they are.)
Even if you pick something more complex like risotto, the recipe will tell you all the steps - you may need to practice a little to do them properly, but you shouldn't run into any rocket surgery while cooking normal dishes.
nextepisodeplease · 5 points · Posted at 07:20:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok the stir fry oil.... I've done this. I was so confused why it didnt do anything. Finally I turned it down because I figured if it wasnt doing anything at a temp that everything else did ok probably missing something. I sneakily asked my mum about it without revealing I had no idea oil didnt boil. Fail or win?
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 08:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd say a win, at least you had the common sense to ask haha!
__biscuits · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To experience this, go to a backpackers accommodation kitchen. I can't recall many specifics, just that it was all insanely low budget and low knowledge/skill.
kraziekid0807 · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is...potato?
EarlyMud03 · 2 points · Posted at 07:41:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Listening to the potato story, I now understand who are those peeled oranges kept in plastic containers marketed towards.
rythmicjea · 2 points · Posted at 09:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... You don't need to peel a potato to eat it. The skin is tasty and holds most of the potassium.
I'm really annoyed that he thought he needed to peel a potato to eat it. I NEVER peel potatoes.
Pookie103 · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed, I like to eat the skin personally (unless I'm making mash) but he wasn't having that either 🤷🏻♀️ I think he actively didn't want to learn how to cook them for some reason!
rythmicjea · 2 points · Posted at 09:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I leave them on when mashing them. If boiled properly they just mix right in nicely.
Eggs and potatoes are like the 1.) Easiest things to cook and 2.) The most useful to know how to cook.
Your ex roommate irrationally irritates me. Lol
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 09:39:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm I might have to try that!
Haha living with him was... An experience. He also used to leave all his dishes in and around the sink until they got mouldy - occasionally someone else would just wash them up because of the smell but he got SUPER pissed when I once dumped them all in a box and put them on the floor in a corner (he didn't know it was me). I think he had everything done for him at home and had no desire to learn to fend for himself.
rythmicjea · 1 points · Posted at 09:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he come from a wealthy home? That sounds like "affluenza" to me.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 09:46:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah definitely middle class! Overly coddled by mum/equally lazy at home would be my guess.
I like "affluenza" though haha, I'm stealing that one!
rythmicjea · 1 points · Posted at 09:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah probably.
You've never heard the term "affluenza"? Oh man... It's not a pretty story. Here in the States, basically some rich teenage douche got really drunk, got into a car accident and killed several people. The judge basically let him off with a warning citing that his family's wealth hindered his decision making ability and said he had "affluenza".
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Couch
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 09:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh jeez, I had no idea! That is awful.
rythmicjea · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. The public was enraged. So, by all means, use the term. It now has the definition of "the inability for an individual to understand the consequences of their actions because of their social status and/or financial privilege." I just wanted you to know where it came from and why, first.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 10:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I appreciate it! Context is important.
Cosmic_Quasar · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair the oil thing hasn't been all that important in my life. I'm 28. Since learning to cook with oil I've definitely done more, though, but at least I googled it before trying, because I always like to really make sure I know what I'm doing. A tip I learned is that you can test the temp with a wooden handle on something like a knife or spoon if you don't have an actual thermometer. If it starts to bubble around the wood then it's probably hot enough. But this is also just ballparking. Some thing need really specific temps. But for frying something battered or just to make it lightly golden, that works.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 10:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah cooking with oil, especially deep frying is a whole skill in itself with knowing different temperatures and how long to cook for etc.
I think most people can get by just knowing that when the food sizzles, it's a good temp for cooking (I usually put one piece of food in, like a bit of onion I'm cooking or whatever to see if it's hot enough).
I think it can be dangerous though, when people don't know how to test the oil and almost start fires like my old flatmates did!
fourleafclover13 · 2 points · Posted at 05:43:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US a huge part of the problem is parents working low paying jobs. Constant double shits and or multiple jobs. Which means not much time to teach skills.
land8844 · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm reading this and feeling very proud that my 9 year old knows how to cook ramen noodles from start to finish. She reads the directions.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex asked me how to cook a hot dog...and boil a perogie...and fry an egg. I think being coddled by parents is an issue. Or insane parents who want their kids to rely on them for everything in order to feel valid. Idk. He was also in the army, had no idea how to wash dishes or do laundry.
savwatson13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know oil shimmered when it got super hot, but then again, I never let it get that hot...
Pookie103 · 3 points · Posted at 08:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's quite subtle but you can definitely see the surface of the oil change when it gets super hot. It's happened to me when I've put a pan on to heat and got distracted chopping or prepping something else, you can tell from the look that it's overheated and needs some time to cool before you can start cooking.
iififlifly · 1 points · Posted at 06:43:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up I was taught a trick to see if the oil was hot enough to fry things by flicking water onto it. This was a combination lesson on how water and hot oil react and to never pour water into a grease fire.
But also, an inch of oil in a stir fry? Every stir fry I've ever seen was not literally fried, it's more like a saute.
Pookie103 · 3 points · Posted at 08:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, my friends were sort of putting their hands over the oil to see if they could "feel" that it was hot. I was taught to drop a small bit of whatever you're cooking into the oil - if it's too cold nothing will happen, if it's good it will sizzle, if it's too hot it will burn quickly.
The inch of oil confused me too, they had never cooked a stir fry (or anything else?) before and didn't know how much to use. It's weird because we had YouTube and cooking videos etc. then, they just never thought to look it up or ask anyone!
hewellneverfindmenow · 1 points · Posted at 07:15:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my so almost everything. His mom did all the chores and never toughted them anything Because she "didn't want to ruin their childhood". He is now a great cook and seems to enjoy it.
Weylyn_Ausiroth · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My siblings dont cook much or haven't tried learning aside from one. But compared to others at least they know how to fry an egg
rycbarm1234 · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf, where I'm at, it's so much cheaper and easier to eat out that some people don't learn to cook.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 08:21:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can understand it to a degree but there is something so satisfying about putting a meal together from scratch. It makes me sad to think some people don't experience that!
rycbarm1234 · 3 points · Posted at 08:23:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I absolutely agree, not to mention that you get better quality stuff, but it is pretty troublesome to cook for one.
Pookie103 · 1 points · Posted at 08:30:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true, I don't think I'm able to cook for one - I always end up with too much (not to mention recipes aren't really geared towards it). I had a phase where I couldn't really be bothered with it but then I thought, well I might as well take the time and make myself nice dinners! Not always easy to do when you're tired after work though.
succ_egg · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the fuck cant you peel a potato, you just DO
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 08:19:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was hilarious, I was literally stood in the kitchen with this guy after he told me he missed eating potato, with a peeler and a spud ready to show him and he just... I don't know, refused to learn? I don't know how he did it. Acted like it just didn't compute and then said he'd have potato when he next went home and his mum cooked for him.
SolarEnigma · 1 points · Posted at 08:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never had any dangerous encounters at uni cos most people that couldn't cook would just order food. My housemate however, was making a curry, and when I say making, he was cooking some chicken and a pepper and putting sauce on it and serving with microwave rice. I had my back to him washing some dishes and he turns to me "If I was gonna cut a pepper how would I do that" This guy was holding the pepper in his hand and had just stuck the knife in at the top, no chopping board. Then his mum rang so I offered to cut his pepper for him.
Pookie103 · 1 points · Posted at 10:22:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... at least he tried! The knife in the pepper could have been an injury waiting to happen though. I hope you taught him about chopping boards at some point haha!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just realized I’ve never peeled a potato, but I do cook with them quite a bit. I just like keeping the skin on .
Matt872000 · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here in Korea I keep hearing expats moan about "how expensive groceries are" and "how hard it is to cook for yourself in Korea" or even "how hard it is to eat healthy food in Korea."
God damn, go down to the local market, grab some vegetables and put them on the counter. Most of the local market workers will either know a little bit of English to tell you the price or have a calculator nearby. Then you take those vegetables home, put them in a pot and boil them with some spices. You now have a delicious, healthy, and super cheap (like 2USD for a large pot) soup. Either that or you could buy local chicken breast for super cheap, rice, bread, just about anything is available here.
The problem is that most of the expats I know that complain only eat out and only go to the greasy fast food spots or purely eat Korean BBQ. Either that or they buy frozen meals and whine about how expensive they are.
iWishForMoreTea · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Left home (and country) at 17. Never cooked or cleaned before, never taught how to as in my culture it's not something most male's do. I was able to make scrambled eggs and heat up pre cooked food and instant noofles. Aside from that, I'd only order in.
My very first "real" meal I tried to cook was Pasta. Coming from instant noodles, I was able to boil them alright. For sauce, I had this exact train of thought.
Movies and TV shows have red pasta. -> Ketchup is red -> It's got to be just ketchup.
I then had completely plain pasta, with ketchup. It was better than just plain pasta, but lacking flavor, so I did the obvious and added more ketchup.
It was disgusting, I threw it out and never cooked anything above scrammed eggs for 3 years.
People back home still get surprised and laugh when I imply that I cook. I hate it.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 10:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It honestly makes me sad when parents send their kids out into the world so unprepared :( it's hard to fight against the prevailing culture though, but it makes life hard as you unfortunately had to learn.
I've heard the ketchup thing before though, I can see the logic! I hope you learnt how to make pasta sauce eventually?
It's so strange how people from your culture laugh at you for cooking now though, if you don't mind me asking - where are you from? There's nothing wrong with men being able to cook, it's a life skill!
iWishForMoreTea · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah definitely. As much as it sucks, I really want more people from the community to go out like this though. At least then they'll learn. There's a lot of gender roles for us, when you combine that with arranged marriages (not necessarily forced), it does not go too well for those involved.
I'm glad. I've told this story multiple times, and always thought it's something super rare and weird.
Pasta Sauce? Yeah, I think I'm alright now, but not even close to the one's seen on TV though. Haha.
It might have not been clear earlier. The laughing thing isn't always a negative one, but I sure don't receive it in a positive way. I'm from Sri Lanka. I think I'm the only male in my family that cooks. Some of the older generation males can cook, but just don't.
Definitely! I like cooking. it's much more convenient that ordering food or going out to eat. Although, I don't publicly say that, irl.
gozba · 1 points · Posted at 10:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I went to live on my own, I could warm up a can and bake an egg. More I wasn’t told. It was my brother and GF who taught me some cooking skills. My kid of 14 can make an extensive and tasty meal, they do not need to find out once they leave the house.
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 11:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started teaching my step son when I moved in with him and his dad at 14. When I noticed he had no idea how to cook anything, no clue how to do laundry, iron, properly clean a bathroom, wash the oil out of his hair, style his hair, or work a blow dryer (I was a hairstylist at the time.) and a few other things. I started making him help me do all of this immediately. I was so shocked bc I had been doing chores since a very young age, and cooking with my mom. His dad meant well and was being easy on him bc his ex wife had left them both and disappeared for 5 years on him when he was 10 (drugs) and it changed his whole personality, so his dad went "easy" on him thinking it would help. I knew he had the best intentions, but I told him "he is no longer a boy and is going to become a man sooner than you see, do you want him to be a man that can't do anything for himself? He can at least take care of himself and is now 24 living on his own fine. His house is dirty, but that's bc he's lazy not bc he doesn't know how at least.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 13:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your step son is lucky to have you! I'm sure it was nice and 'easy' for him not having to do anything for himself, but wouldn't have been easy in the long run!
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 14:46:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. He has told me this a lot as he's grown. His dad had good intentions, he really did. The whole spilt between his parents is a fucking mess. That and the poor kid was old enough to realize his mom didn't care and up and left him for 5 years. Then when she did come back she gave up all custody to my husband if he didn't sue her for the child support she never paid. He was old enough to realize his own mother and no problem giving him up, married the man she cheated on his dad with and had another son. He sill sees her and has something of a relationship, but nothing close.
My husband was just trying to be mom and dad, he did teach him many great skills in life, and that kid is so smart it's rediculous how hard he doesn't even have to try. I can't say it didn't hurt him mentally, and in his heart, to know his mom just gave him up like it was nothing. He went from being extremely outgoing and happy , to quite and an introvert who didn't laugh or smile as much.
I cried so hard the day he finally said "I live you" to me, and again on his prom, and again the first mothers day he gave me a rose and just simply said happy mothers day mom. 😭
fuckyourcanoes · 1 points · Posted at 12:31:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My last boyfriend ruined one of my anodized aluminum skillets trying for the first time to fry a hamburger. He turned it up to high, put the patty in the pan (no oil), put the lid on, and set a timer for 10 minutes. He didn't think to turn it off when it started to smoke. By the time he took the lid off there were only cinders permanently bonded to the pan.
He also didn't understand that you need to rinse mops while you're using them. He insisted they "just push dirt around", so he would clean the floors on his hands and knees with a bottle of spray cleaner and invididual paper towels. He was AMAZED when I showed him the mop bucket.
Pookie103 · 2 points · Posted at 13:55:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ouch, that pains me - I've just bought a new set of anodized pans and I love them!
It's crazy but I guess if you've never been taught how to do these things... I just wonder how people make it through life like this.
fuckyourcanoes · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, right? By the time we split up he was still unable to do his own laundry, prepare any food more complicated than a sandwich, or remember how he liked his own coffee. When I ran into his next girlfriend at a party a couple of years later and someone introduced me as his ex, she said, "I'm so sorry!"
He's now married to a woman who describes herself as an "intellectual housewife". I hope she's competent at traditional guy stuff too because he also had no clue about any of that.
raznov1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:11:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you bother peeling your potatoes?
HyzerFlipDG · 1 points · Posted at 16:44:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Potato? Interesting. Never heard of it before.
smitcanthelp · 1 points · Posted at 20:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re a good story teller
SpaceQueenJupiter · 1 points · Posted at 21:19:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had evacuations multiple times a week for popcorn burned so badly that it set off the fire alarms. Thank God only 4 or 5 of us in the entire dorm ever used the real kitchen and we all knew how not to burn the place down.
_Donkey__Kong_ · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imo learn 1 recipe to a tee and at least 3 basic recipes. My "expert" recipe is spaghetti and i have learned almost everything about spicing it up to what kinds of sauces to use to cook times for the pasta, you name it. The "minor" recipes are things like a honey dijon mustard sandwich, oatmeal, chili, basically anything that doesn't use many complicated ingredients.
throwaway007676 · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think at this point in time the parents probably don't know how to cook either. Everything is just freezer to microwave.
dabenu · 1 points · Posted at 11:48:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These products were invented for lazy people... But we're now raising a generation that would starve to death sitting on a pile of raw potatoes, not knowing what to do with them...
Pookie103 · 1 points · Posted at 12:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, not gonna lie they come in handy from time to time but it's sad that so many people rely on them entirely. My cousin only recently chopped an onion for the first time because she couldn't get hold of them pre-chopped during lockdown. She had to get her brother who is a chef to talk her through it on a video call. It's crazy.
ReddishWedding2018 · 42023 points · Posted at 22:05:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A friend who was pushing 40 had never paid a bill before. She had gone from living with her parents to living in a dorm to living with her parents again until she got married, then she got divorced and was living on her own for the first time. Got a text from her asking if my power was out too, then she realized it was just her. Her excuse was she never paid attention to the bills because she thought they were "receipts" and that the cost was included in her rent.
Her water was cut off a couple weeks later and we had to talk about that, too.
chengsao · 12053 points · Posted at 00:59:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’m afraid this is about to happen to my brother in law’s (BIL’s) soon to be wife. Not that they’ll get divorced, but she’s 33 and has never lived on her own—she’s just lived with her parents her entire life, including the short time she was in college.
She and my BIL are planning to marry and move her into his place next year; they got engaged earlier this year. For their engagement, she picked out a $15,000 ring and couldn’t wrap her head around why BIL freaked out about it. She genuinely had no concept of how much money that is, nor any concept of what an insurance policy for jewelry looks like or why it would be necessary for such a purchase. Her current plans for the wedding include ~450 guests, and she can’t understand why that’s not affordable.
Blows me away.
EDIT: a bunch of people keep asking if she’s my sister lol. No, she’s not. I’ve only met her a handful of times because she and my BIL (brother in law) live about 8 hours away. My BIL is my husband’s brother.
Edit #2: I was informed that I should’ve explained what BIL meant from the beginning. My apologies to anyone who was confused.
welluuasked · 5605 points · Posted at 01:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know living together before marriage has only become the norm over the last few decades, but how tf do you decide to marry someone who you have no living together experience with.
chengsao · 2834 points · Posted at 01:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I completely agree. Had I not lived with my ex, I probably would’ve married him and then gone through a nasty divorce. Living with my ex really paved the way for the relationship I have with now with my SO.
Further than that, though, I don’t understand how people can live with their parents into their 30s and still have no concept of finances. I moved out on my own at 21, so I got the knowledge and experience firsthand, but if I had stayed at home then my parents would’ve had me helping with bills because they wouldn’t have wanted me to be blindsided by the way finances work. I just can’t wrap my mind around grown ass adults who have a complete lack of financial literacy.
auntjomomma · 1022 points · Posted at 01:30:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Also, abuse. My siblings and I grew up in an abusive home. My dad is a narc and was extremely controlling. His physical abuse stopped eventually but verbal, emotional, mental, and financial abuse is still there. I got lucky and moved out at 18. My older brother was kicked out when he was 17. My younger bro is the golden child and my sister is unfortunately the scape goat. But my dad has financially abused her to the point she has no real concept of life skills. I've been helping her for years (shes 25 now) and she's barely able to start getting it together to leave (which has to be in secret). She has her own car, and when she finally got her own car insurance, he hit the roof. There is reasons for people having no life skills. Most times it's because of coddling, but sometimes it's due to abuse. :(
*Edited to add: this is my second most highest voted comment I've made. It kinda breaks my heart that on some level people understand this whether by personal experience or just a basic understanding. Fuck shitty parents who screw their kids up. They aint the ones dealing with the mess.
Also, if you are in an abusive situation, please reach out and ask for help. There are so many resources out there. Please don't stay in it. Doesnt matter if the abuse is from a partner or a parent, it is never ok and you deserve better no matter what they tell you. <3
Its_Lemons_22 · 84 points · Posted at 03:21:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And sometimes parents end up just doing things for their kids because it’s “easier” than explaining it to them and helping them figure it out.
sart0s · 81 points · Posted at 03:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I had to ask someone in my dorm my freshman year of college how to do laundry. My mom never taught me, and it wasn’t from lack of trying on my part. She refused to teach me because she “could do it faster and better” if she just “did it herself”.
Mabel-Sparks · 37 points · Posted at 04:31:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With my parents it's more like they just tell me "everything is on the internet" and I'm over here wondering if the rest of my life will be looking up videos on basic meals and stuff and hope to remember how to do them later.
missfelonymayhem · 64 points · Posted at 04:39:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a YouTube channel dedicated to this exact thing. I believe it's called "Dad, how do I...?"
He made it for people who either didn't have parents, or couldn't ask the ones they had. It's stuff like changing fuses, tying a tie, etc.
Mabel-Sparks · 13 points · Posted at 04:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 07:08:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently had my son use that channel to learn how to shave his face. I'm a single mother, and it's the only thing I haven't been able to teach them myself, as I have no experience with shaving men's faces other than watching my dad lather up his face really well with his brush, and go with the grain, as a child. I (correctly) felt like he needed to know more than that to do a good job of it.
My son said that guy was great btw, and he (son) did a flawless shave from the information he was given.
phoenixchimera · 5 points · Posted at 15:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
aww this warmed my cold dead hart a bit
risingsun70 · 19 points · Posted at 05:16:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally one of a parents main jobs is teaching their kids stuff
Jilliejill · 5 points · Posted at 05:43:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same, but I joined the army and was called Private Benjamin because I had no clue how to operate a washing machine or how to sweep a floor. I learned how to clean tile with a toothbrush really quick:(
ManiacalShen · 5 points · Posted at 06:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is me and cooking. Because I taught myself, my mother's cooking and mine are totally dissimilar. I certainly wasn't abused, but the woman does not want help in the kitchen.
auntjomomma · 17 points · Posted at 05:01:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That to me, is a form of abuse. What I mean by that is that if a parent feels that it's "easier" than explaining, by some standard, they must feel the kid is an idiot. And that's not fair.
J_Paul_000 · 3 points · Posted at 21:57:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, being a shitty parent ≠ being an abuser. You can’t put “my mom was bad at teaching me stuff, so I had to google how to make pasta” on the same level as “i was Repeatedly beaten as a child“
auntjomomma · 4 points · Posted at 13:04:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one is saying that. However, not teaching your kids fundamental life skills IS abuse. If you were bad at it but still tried to teach something, your kids would recognize that. Just straight up not teaching IS abuse, though. I don't care how you try to spin it. Abuse doesn't just come in the form of a physical beating. When I came out as bi to my dad, it was in the middle of a fight (one sided fight as I was the one getting hit), and he said "of course you are you fucking whore". honestly...that was way worse than the beating I was getting. I was 16. I still hold scars with that one. Getting beaten isn't the only form of abuse and dont try to kid yourself and say it is.
njb328 · 37 points · Posted at 02:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope that she's able to get out and be safe, healthy, and financially stable on her own! That's wonderful that you're helping her!
auntjomomma · 11 points · Posted at 05:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It took a lot of healing (and I'm still struggling because I was still enmeshed without realizing it), but I also saw the struggle that I had to go through and didn't want her to have to continue with that.
MyPumpkinBeSpicy · 41 points · Posted at 04:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grew up in a similar situation with my own mom. Extremely controlling and purposefully kept me ignorant about basic adult stuff in order to have power, reasoning all the while that I was "just not old enough to understand/you just wouldnt get it" while simultaneously admonishing me for being ignorant and unaware. What a cycle.
I was lucky enough that I had mentor-like high school teachers. My math teacher was the one who took the hour after school to walk me through FASFA (no one in my family had ever heard of it, let alone gone to college) and other teachers took time to talk to us as a class about bills and insurance whenever we asked at the end of class. Without them I'd have been totally hopeless when I forcefully moved out at 18 against her wishes.
If your sister can, she NEEDS to find a mentor outside of you. For anyone who suffers from Narc parents, a good older mentor WILL help you more than anything else those first few years. You'd be surprised how much a healthy perspective can both encourage and steer you on the right path.
Plus, someone around your own parent's age is just..man, I don't have the words. It's a wonderful combination of bridging that gap in the parenting you don't have as well as the wisdom of someone who isn't a family member and will not be afraid to be honest with you while simultaneously always making the active choice to have your best interest at heart. That choice is powerful dude. Hope it works for your siblings too, and Godspeed to you.
auntjomomma · 12 points · Posted at 05:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's had some mentors, and honestly, she's wise beyond her years when it comes to certain things. I put that on her having to witness all the shit us older siblings went through (she's the baby of the family). She learned a lot faster and I'm so genuinely proud how far she's come. I was a mess at her age. I don't see anything happening for my other two siblings (brothers) and that is only because they are just stuck in their mindset. It's sad that neither of them are willing to change but they basically turned into my dad.
MotleyFig · 18 points · Posted at 04:00:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (34) am in the process of helping my sister (18) escape our narc mom and move cross country to stay with me and build her life skills in a safe place. It's so wild to deal with someone who constantly undermines reality. Solidarity and best of luck to you both.
auntjomomma · 5 points · Posted at 05:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. Same to you and your sister. Shes come a long way on her own and I'm super proud of her, but now that she's understanding she needs more help, I'm 100% on board with helping her.
MotleyFig · 2 points · Posted at 02:36:04 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, that's exactly how i feel, too. I'm experiencing such relief right now.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 03:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm. I only know how to do things because my parents demanded I do everything for them - and they refused to teach me how to do anything...
princessgandalf · 12 points · Posted at 04:59:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. People at work compliment me on being good at figuring out how to solve problems with zilch for resources. I'm like, haha, just my particular lucky talent I guess. In some respects I've practically built a career on the foundation of a childhood spent living in rural isolation with fundamentalist religious narcissists who barely took care of us.
auntjomomma · 3 points · Posted at 05:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, I'm so sorry man. Sometimes parents are absolute shit.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:49:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That wouldn't be so bad if everyone else didn't also reject me arbitrarily.
auntjomomma · 1 points · Posted at 12:50:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
fuck them. They don't deserve you. It's mind blowing how many parents have kids and just use them for their own personal slaves. I refuse to do to my kids what my parents did to me and I make the effort to avoid doing it. When I find myself doing something that my dad or mom did, I correct and rectify the situation as fast as possible.
oceanbreze · 9 points · Posted at 04:38:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work with SPED kids and adults. In the years I have been doing it, I realized their Disability is usually not the problem. The constant enabling is more disabling. I had multiple adult clients perfectly capable of going to school/training, work. And they just dont. Not can't. Won't. The children are not taught to do for themselves. I lost count how many 1st and 2nd graders we taught how to dress themselves, put shoes on, jackets on, eat properly with a fork (or spork) and even toilet themselves.
phoenixchimera · 2 points · Posted at 15:50:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know offices like CPS are underfunded, but how is a kid not knowing how to use the bathroom by the time they reach school age not considered absolute neglect
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I DO work Severe/Mod SPED. But a about 4 years ago, we had 2 1st graders with ASD in diapers Their disability did NOT prevent them from being independant. One of the Moms confessed she just did not want to "fight" or put her foot down. We promptly asked for panties, no diapers and we upheld a stressful, strict routine. They both fought it. But by Mid summer school, both were 80% continent. By the next school year, they wore them to bed only. ( it is quite common for SPED kiddos to still wet the bed because of their sleep patterns).
EarnestQuestion · 6 points · Posted at 04:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So your dad has basically prevented her from learning to be financially independent?
I’m in my low 30s and have gone through something similar. My mom refused to allow me to have chores or an allowance as a kid, then a job as a teen, then my own bank account all the way through college, doing my own taxes, etc. She hit the roof the day I went and got my own bank account - sounds like your dad with the insurance.
To this day I’ve never even seen my own social security card. Every time I’ve asked for it she makes an excuse. In secret she took out over $12k in loans in my name and then failed to repay them for years on end, crippling my credit score and leaving me in massive debt.
If I read your post right I definitely feel for your sister and know the pain she’s going through. It’s a long road ahead so I’m glad she has a sibling like yourself who’s there for her and trying to help.
auntjomomma · 8 points · Posted at 05:15:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the one who forced my parents to hand over her passport and ss card. I let her stay on my couch after that one. She was able to go back but I was the one blamed for all that mess. She told me one night that she felt bad that I was the bad guy, I said idgaf. Ive always and will always be the bad guy (I'm the only one who pushes back and moved out voluntarily) and I'm cool with that. My mom is a hardcore enabler and my dad used (and still uses) our belief system against us in the only way a narc can insert eye roll. He's a dick. I still love him, but I want nothing to do with him.
And yes, it is a long road ahead. I'm still dealing with ups and downs (I'm 30 now) to this day. I have my moments of clarity and it sucks. I know she's going to deal with it and it will still be fresh for her, but I'm glad that she trusts me enough to have me be the one to help her.
Basedrum777 · 12 points · Posted at 03:26:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I ask the context of narc here? Is that the police who arrest drug dealers or is this the idea that he is an informant for those police?
brigittefires · 23 points · Posted at 03:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Narcissist
Basedrum777 · 15 points · Posted at 03:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apologies. Makes much more sense.
auntjomomma · 3 points · Posted at 04:54:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Narcissist
lol but I like that thought given that he used to work in probation/parole when I was a kid.
Basedrum777 · 2 points · Posted at 05:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think 60% of law enforcement are abusers.
auntjomomma · 2 points · Posted at 06:00:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I will eventually have to work with law enforcement (my career choice will have me working alongside them) and I debate daily why I even want to be in this field. I agree with you. It's a shit field and attracts abusers because of the "power shift" that it brings.
rhynowaq · 3 points · Posted at 04:15:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha same. I'm with you.
Basedrum777 · 3 points · Posted at 04:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too many 1980s video games
DaFunkJunkie · 4 points · Posted at 05:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m confused, what would you classify as “financial abuse”?
auntjomomma · 7 points · Posted at 05:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Controlling their finances; not allowing them their own accounts (bank, credit, etc); requiring more money than is necessary for "bills", therefore crippling them by not allowing them to save money in any way; not allowing for them to have an income by emotionally abusing them and making them think they won't be able to work because they are insert negative whatever, therefore forcing them to be financially dependent. The list goes on, but it is a recognized form of abuse.
DaFunkJunkie · 6 points · Posted at 05:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No that absolutely makes sense but I guess not having been exposed to it that’s not what automatically occurred to me. Thanks for taking the time to explain
auntjomomma · 10 points · Posted at 05:43:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No problem. I look at this way, you never know unless you ask, and you'll never learn unless someone is willing to explain. Hopefully with you knowing this, if you ever come across this situation be it in your own life or because of a friend/family member, you will better recognize the signs and be able to help them. <3
DaFunkJunkie · 3 points · Posted at 05:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks again!
auntjomomma · 3 points · Posted at 05:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You're absolutely welcome, and thank you so much for the gold. I know the gold doesn't really mean crap, but I've been having a shit day (new family drama from that side) so it means the absolute world right now that my comment meant so much. <3 <3 <3
*edit: and now my husband wants to know what it does, so I have to investigate what it does. XD
UhhZodiac · 3 points · Posted at 03:37:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry you guys had to go through that
auntjomomma · 3 points · Posted at 05:03:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've taken it and have started schooling (working on my BS right now) to become a psychologist to help people. If I can help people heal even a fraction of my healing, I will have done good. Basically, all the bad that happened in my life, I want to negate it by helping someone. I hope that makes sense. I've learned I don't explain things very well. lol
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:30:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did you manage to escape at 18?
auntjomomma · 5 points · Posted at 05:35:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I packed my shit and left. My mom shocked me and helped me, but he sat there dead silent and stared at me the entire time. I think it shocked him more than I shocked myself because he had always threatened me with kicking me out. I was running on adrenaline and my (now ex husband) boyfriend had bought a ticket for me to fly to him (different states), I just needed to get to my friend's house and wait till the day of the flight. It...that was a journey all on it's own. Short story, the friend's mother refused to let her help once she found out what was happening and my mom actually pulled through (for fucking once) and drove me to the airport. To put in context how fucked in the head my dad is, he called me about a week later and told me VERBATIM AND I FUCKING QUOTE "you almost caused me and your mom to divorce. You need to remember that actions have consequences". I forget all the other shit he said because I was absolutely in shock that he even said that to me. Now that I'm a bit more healed than I was then, I realize that me leaving was not the problem. Him losing control of me was the problem. Also...his marriage isn't my problem either.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked because I managed to escape at 17 (backward honour culture and I refused to be a submissive girl). And was just like you verbally, physically and financially abused. I got lucky though I had a white social worker who placed me in a grouphome.
auntjomomma · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in a home and culture that pushed family no matter what, and secrecy. When I threatened to call cps one time, my dad used it to threaten and manipulate me that they would take us all away and we'd get separated. He then proceeded to guilt me so badly for that. I realize now as an adult, that cps does there best to not actually separate siblings, but as a 14 year old, wtf do you know? :( I honestly wish someone would have seen and stepped in but that didn't happen, and when someone finally did for my younger siblings (after I left), my dad played the worker. :(
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:13:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first ranaway from the egg- and spermdonor, my eggdonor also played the social worker. Luckily for me I was 13 and I refused to go back.
auntjomomma · 1 points · Posted at 13:05:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother and sister were too scared to be honest and so they refused to talk. They still got beat for it and I got blamed for calling. I wasn't even in the same country by the time that happened.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My goodness :( I hope your sister makes it out.
BrooklynNewsie · 3 points · Posted at 05:53:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
That’s a great point. An old family friend in my life, could not function as a 30 year old outside her abusive father’s home, because he used money as a means to control her. She had zero life skills and zero confidence or agency. She tried moving out several times, living with friends and family, renting a room briefly but she would always run out of cash and need to be bailed out by her father again.
Unfortunately it eventually ended her relationship with my family because they stepped up to help her out found her new housing, helped with job hunting, and then she tried to reduce her rent to basically nothing, and went back to living with her dad. After that my family washed their hands of the whole situation. Compassion could only go so far.
auntjomomma · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand your family for doing that. Sometimes, helping a person can only go so far. They need to be willing to put in the effort too. Unfortunately, when it comes to abuse, it's difficult. I'm so sorry that she couldn't pull out of it and away from him, but I'm sorry your family had to go through that as well. Sounds like they really cared about her and her well-being. Some people just can't be helped. Learned that the hard and expensive way with my little brother.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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auntjomomma · 2 points · Posted at 12:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fact that you recognize that is a huge step. It took me a long time to realize that and it was actually when I did our (mine and my husband's) taxes one time. He kept insisting he do it, but I realized I had no real experience with it because someone was always doing it for me. I was always dependent on someone. I made him shut up and I did it and then had him look over it. I knew how to budget, pay bills and all that, but I was still new to a lot of things that he had been doing for years before we were even together. I would say, just take the help for now. When you start getting stronger mentally, find one thing and just do it. Insist that you do it without help but with guidance if necessary (like I did with the taxes). There is no shame in not understanding, more so if it was because of abuse. You are free to heal and that is and should be your main responsibility. I wish you luck. It's been 4 years since my attempt and I surprise myself sometimes with how far I've come. When you can start seeing the positives, you will surprise yourself. <3 Just heal, love. You are doing fine. <3
Mahitable7 · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your sister could probably get support from domestic violence networks. Cops are top of the list for DV perps. Her having to leave secretly is suspicious
auntjomomma · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She knows this and when the time comes, if she needs to do it that way, she will. But right now, she wants to do this her way, and so I'm going to oblige with that. She has a support system right now (I'm in a different state and can't physically help) that will help her move when the time comes.
Man_with_lions_head · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's called the karma train. The person above you got more upvotes, the person above them even more. The person above them even more. People are not really voting "for you" per se, but that you are following a highly popular comments.
Just letting you know how reddit works, not putting down what you said.
auntjomomma · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer your explanation. I hate to think that people have personal experience with this. :( It hurts my heart when I see people going through or having gone through what I did.
Man_with_lions_head · 3 points · Posted at 06:20:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, when they are upvoting you, it is not to signify that they have the same personal experience, it is to signify that they like what you have to say, or appreciate what you say, or sympathy. But not because they have had the same thing happen to them, necessarily.
Jon_o_Hollow · 37 points · Posted at 01:36:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with my mom till i was 30. But by the time I moved out I was paying the mortgage and internet bills. Only learned how to set up an account with the power company this year. Took me....... an afternoon to figure it out, which is to say I just called the power company and asked to set up an account and got some ID and paperwork to fill out.
Its not hard to figure out basic bills and utilities though I suspect some people suffer crippling anxiety about cold calling and making inquiries.
Bartweiss · 12 points · Posted at 03:31:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that you point it out, I'm not sure why this is something people need prior experience with. Don't most people go into it blind no matter what age they move out at?
I certainly don't remember my parents telling me how to set up those accounts, I think I just poked around online a bit and then called the companies. Good point on the phonecalls, too - if those aren't a problem, you can literally just call and ask "how do I pay you?"
brandnewdayinfinity · 16 points · Posted at 01:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom was like this and our electricity and other things were often cut off despite her getting plenty of money from my dad and then eventually her job. My twin sister and I are super neurotic and responsible because of it. Fuck that.
girl012687 · 10 points · Posted at 02:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are a not-insignificant number of cultures where it's expected for kids to live at home til they marry and contribute in other ways. A lot of immigrant parents grew up in poverty, there was no "financial literacy" beyond "there's no money." My husband's family was this, and he was a fucking mess when we got together. Thankfully he had the good sense to listen to me and the good luck that we've both been lucky enough to land good jobs and progress, but he just didn't know, because there was no one to teach him. His parents' finances are a headache I'm constantly untangling, and it's brutal.
Edit: typos
hollysand1 · 77 points · Posted at 01:23:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because these basic skills are not taught in schools as part of standard curriculum.(US) source: am retired teacher
hrobinhood97 · 65 points · Posted at 01:29:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's considered the parent's responsibility. But where did the parent's learn it? There are financial literacy classes at most community colleges, that's their purpose, but unfortunately even community college is out of many people's reach due to costs.
Hunterofshadows · 54 points · Posted at 01:43:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The parents learned it from their parents in an age when a parent staying at home and helping with this shit was the norm.
Also it may very well have been taught in schools back then. School used to be far more practical
delnoob · 13 points · Posted at 02:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i remember being in high school and helping my dad budget bills (can we pay this, or can we do a partial that). his generation was never taught the struggles that they unfortunately helped create for us. through his unteaching, i learned at a very young age, what a few dollars would mean (and i say this living in one of the most expensive counties in the nation)
HotShitBurrito · 18 points · Posted at 02:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a side effect of the digital age and has a wife range of impact depending on your generation. I'm 30, my parents are in their late 50s and my grandparents are deceased but would be in their 80s if still alive. My school had very poorly taught home economics that were split into four different elective courses and none of them taught bill paying, budgeting, credit, how to grocery shop within your means, how to buy a car (used or new), how mortgages or loans work, what an APR is, what a $401k is, how to find a general practitioner, when to go to the ER versus an urgent care, what health insurance is and how it works, and so much more.
To answer the question where did my parents learn it, well there are two answers. Some of these things simply weren't issues when they were teenagers and young adults so they never had to learn it. The other answer is school taught some of what they would need to know. For example my dad took a course his senior year in 1979 that taught how to sew patches and buttons onto cloths and how to make a simple breakfast for one, how to write checks, balance a check book...he said they even had a portion dedicated to haggling with used car dealers.
In my case, I learned most of this stuff in courses offered while in the military, which is ridiculous for so many reasons. For some people, you just kind of figure it out I guess, often at an enormous disadvantage because you've probably just made a huge financial misstep leading to the lesson you're now learning.
frygod · 30 points · Posted at 01:34:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my district we had a mandatory class on it. Only one, unfortunately. It included how to budget for a household, how to do your taxes, how to vote, how insurance works, how loans work, and so on. It was the one class that didn't have separate tracks for high achievers and low achievers. When I was getting my teaching license it blew my mind to find out that class was just something my district did, not part of state curriculum.
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:36 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a same type of Home Ec. class freshman year in high school that covered all this too. I didn't know it wasn't a thing for all school districts; we even learned simple sewing to mend clothes in that class.
MaybeImTheNanny · 16 points · Posted at 01:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The majority of states have a financial literacy portion of their state standards, generally as a part of either math or social studies. It is in fact taught most places. It is however taught to 15 year olds who have no current use for that information and most of them won’t need it for 6 or so years. This means all of that “how to make a budget and write checks” information gets forgotten after it is tested. Source: teacher.
thatbossguy · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How many is most?
MaybeImTheNanny · 7 points · Posted at 02:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
47 as far as I know. Iowa officially doesn’t have state standards and last I checked it wasn’t required in Maine or Florida.
thatbossguy · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, that's interesting. I was not expecting Maine to be missing that.
MaybeImTheNanny · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think that it’s actually missing. I think it’s probably just included in other ways and the data I pulled didn’t search for those terms.
WhyKyja · 15 points · Posted at 02:05:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People always claim that if basic life skills were taught at school it would solve everything, but think about the things that actually get taught at school that everyone just data dumps and promptly forgets.
Teaching a how to pay a bill is so non relevant to the vast majority of kids at that age, they would just glaze over it.
MorkSal · 32 points · Posted at 01:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I mean, that wasn't taught in school for me either but parents do have a part to play in education. Not to mention how to do laundry etc...
[deleted] · 29 points · Posted at 01:39:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people don't have a strong caretaker or parental figure that worries about their future. Some have negligent or abusive parents. Others, like in my case, don't want you to ever grow up and go away. They do all they can to keep you sheltered so that you don't have the capability to adult and leave them.
1_5_5_ · 7 points · Posted at 02:21:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This! I (21) live with my BF (22) for almost two years now. We've always shared the cost of every bill but for the first year or so we would also share the responsibility of them, he had to pay some and I others. My mother taught me, since I was 12, in the end of the year I'm supposed to sit, organize and check every bill receipt (in fact, I would do this for her every year since she taught me). She also taught me everything I know about finances. A year went by, we living together, and I sit, organize and check. We had multiple bills under his responsibility not paid for, tough I gave him my share of the money to. Some he had a explanation, some he had just forgot. Since then I'm responsible for every bill and for pointing what're his full price share.
When I look back I know his mother wasn't considered fit to raise him and he was adopted by his uncle. He had everything needed to survive but not a solid parental figure. And I just like having electricity and internet so I really don't care being responsible for all the bills even being bipolar and sometimes not in touch with reality. I take this matter serious, as part of my treatment.
Now I'm trying convincing him to call and negociate him own credit card debt. He doesn't believe he can 'cause no one taught him banks will aways give you some deal if you ask for it. But the debt is there escalating every month due taxes!! Family background matters, this is why we should have it taught in schools.
cultured_banana_slug · 11 points · Posted at 02:45:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew one guy whose mother never taught him how to do any basic self-care stuff because she wanted him to NEED her.
I taught him how to make scrambled eggs! Noting fancy, nothing five star or anything, but eggs, a splash of cream, and stir some cheese in there as you're folding it into the bowl... bam. Breakfast.
Also showed him how to mop a floor. He was totally willing to learn, and was such a sweetheart about it, I felt so bad for him.
TEACH HIM ALL THE THINGS!
Even showed him how to fold a fitted sheet, a flat sheet, and then put both in a matching pillowcase so they can be stored together.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:49:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's very kind of you. My mom wanted us to need her too, as a result of her own depression and other mental problems. Thankfully it sounds like that guy got out of that situation.
vonbibant · 3 points · Posted at 03:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I don’t know how to fold broken cheese like that!”
Evamione · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL to put the sheets in a pillowcase.
MorkSal · 1 points · Posted at 12:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, of course. I'm not opposed to having some of that stuff in school, but when you have parental figures, they are failing you if they don't give you some life lessons. This is of course a generalisation, the are always cases where it's not their fault etc...
LegoCamel6 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IDK, my parents didn't teach me anything about basic life skills. Things like getting an apartment and paying bills are pretty self explanatory and you dont need to be a genius to figure them out.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree, but the lack of confidence can keep someone from learning until it's considered "late". You can figure stuff out yourself, but it'll take longer and you may not do everything correctly or have the same advantages. Some things are also more self explanatory than others.
audigex · 16 points · Posted at 01:41:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like teaching your kid how to cook/clean/do laundry is firmly on parents, but the school should help (at least with cooking)
Formal education is primarily on the school, but the parents should help.
And life skills/knowledge like finances, taxes, should be both. Because they're so important.
MorkSal · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm not opposed to that stuff being in school, it just amazes me that some people didn't pick it up anywhere else.
fantompwer · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree. It's not the school's responsibility. There are other institutions, church, neighbors, extended family that are part of a child's life that are not working.
cultured_banana_slug · 5 points · Posted at 02:43:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They need financial and emotional literacy classes in school. FUCKING HELL people have no clue what they're doing. If your parents were idiots, who is going to teach you not to be an idiot?
How to foster healthy relationships, how to set boundaries, how to nurture mental health...
How to budget, how to save for the future, how to hustle used shit for fun and profit.
jn29 · 8 points · Posted at 01:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is such a bullshit reason. I've lived on my own since I was 18. By the time I was 13ish I had a pretty good grip on personal finances. Partly because my mother is useless and never "learned it" herself. I learned by listening to my parents fight and my dad trying to explain basic math (balancing a checkbook). Seriously. As a young teen I grasped the fact that you shouldn't spend more than what you (or in my mother's case what my father) makes.
I just cannot roll my eyes hard enough. It's not difficult.
gaffman666 · 7 points · Posted at 02:13:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These skills don’t need to be taught in a school setting. We have the internet, any question can be answered and any skill can be learned through a simple typing of a few words or phrases. People choose to remain ignorant because they’re comfortable being taken care of and not having to take charge.
Tools4toys · 5 points · Posted at 01:42:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In our state there is a requirement for nine weeks of consumer education.
High School kids can take an Advanced Placement Physics or Math course for college credit, and still not know how a checking account works!
JakeSmithsPhone · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's no excuse. Schools owe students what's in the curriculum. You're talking about life skills. That's on the individual. At some point an adult is responsible for their own failures.
Geminii27 · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it a school's responsibility to teach such basic life skills, though?
I mean, I'm not saying yes or no on the topic, just that traditionally schools have been places you learned things which wouldn't be covered at home.
I dunno... maybe some kind of life skills assessment and extracurricular/catchup classes for students who aren't up to speed in various areas?
Man_with_lions_head · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why not? Source: I am not a teacher or retired teacher.
It's not like the administration is unaware of it. Like, every single post and thread I've ever read has had this complaint, so it is not like it is completely alien to principles of middle school/high schools. So what is the reason they are not taught?
I mean, it is not that difficult to teach them. Fuck, I learned to balance a checkbook in 15 minutes by the bank employees when I opened my first checking account - it's just addition and subraction ffs. I would think one semester would be way more than enough to teach basic life skills.
hollysand1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will probably get downvoted for this, but I believe the reason kids aren’t taught life skills is because schools are over legislated. In Texas a good part of the funding for districts is based on statewide mandatory testing. This ties the hands of teachers who are forced to teach the test. If legislators left the job of educating students to the teachers there would be more opportunity for curriculum to be varied and adjusted to meet the needs of students.
Man_with_lions_head · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone knows, even the legislators know, that basic life skills are important - how to balance a checkbook, read a contract to rent an apartment the first time, etc. I doubt if we on reddit are that much smarter than legislators. Yeah, maybe some of the dumber ones, but not all of them.
Why wouldn't legislators, or the state board that decides what to study, choose not to include basic life skills. And, by the way, as I said, it is not even that difficult. It took me all of 15 minutes to learn how to balance a checkbook, so 2 - 3 classes would be more than enough to cover it for 80% of the students. So you could have just one semester that I think would teach students all these life skills, just the basic as shit life skills.
I don't understand why any of our 50 states - the educational boards, would possibly vote against it for mandatory testing. I mean, the kids would still take English classes and math classes.
I am just not understanding, honestly. It seems that there has to be something else at play, other than mandatory testing, but I don't know what it is. Again, all we're talking about is one single semester should cover everything.
iimuffinsaur · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently turned 18 and this is what I'm struggling with a lot. My parents are helping me but I really feel like school should have given us more guidance with it.
Sweetness27 · 0 points · Posted at 02:13:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would they be.
Take an hour out of your day to figure it out at 18. Anything beyond that is the parents fault
LegoCamel6 · -5 points · Posted at 03:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Should we add to the curriculum ass wiping 101 as well?
SexySexSexMan · 22 points · Posted at 01:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother is an evangelist Christian. He was dating his wife for four years before their wedding. Never spent a night in bed together until wedding night. They're still married but he told me years later that the first months of their marriage were hell. Gee, I wonder why.
By contrast my fiancee and I had sex on our second date and will have been living together for two years once we're married. Nothing is going to change once we are married because we've already gone through the process of learning each other's quirks and living patterns and we've grown and adapted to each other.
nosuchthingasa_ · 5 points · Posted at 02:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not bagging on you at all, and hope my question doesn’t sound that way. If nothing will be changing in your life, why are you and your fiancée getting married? I also grew up in a religious and conservative community, so I know my expectations about why people get married are very much skewed that way. I like to learn about other perspectives. Do you mind sharing?
SexySexSexMan · 15 points · Posted at 02:59:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For sure. We want to get married to be a legally bound couple. We want to have kids, build a family, and build a life together. Of course that can be done outside a marriage as marriage is a construct, but we want to be together. I want to call her my wife. She wants to call me her husband. It's a sign that we're committed for the long haul.
nosuchthingasa_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s a beautiful answer. Thank you for taking the time!
cookiesndwichmonster · 6 points · Posted at 03:08:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not who you originally asked, but thought I’d share my perspective. My husband and I had lived together for two years by the time we married, and we have been married nearly 15 years. Nothing particularly changed after we were married, except my last name. Why marry at all then? Because we were/are in love! We wanted to commit ourselves to each other and share the joy of it with family and friends. We wanted a teammate for life. We aren’t religious at all, so our promises were to each other, not to God. There are also financial and legal reasons to marry, but we did it for love. He’s my best friend.
nosuchthingasa_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m glad you answered! Thank you!
Jack_Varus · 6 points · Posted at 03:21:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a legal construct it's pretty handy in case of disaster. My parents got married when they were expecting me (and as it turned out my brother) because if Mum died and her parents decided to be dicks Dad wouldn't have much of a shot at custody.
nosuchthingasa_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes total sense. I’ve heard of legal cases like that, especially before any gay marriage was legal, where lifelong partners were completely screwed in medical situations because they weren’t legally married. Sad that some people’s families would exploit that and hurt everyone involved.
Raven_Skyhawk · 6 points · Posted at 01:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I am currently in my 30s at home but I have a full time job and pay rent and bills for myself and the house.
etssuckshard · 5 points · Posted at 02:22:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, do people not pay cell bills etc? There's smaller bills like Netflix and whatnot that you will often be paying from a younger age. And even if their parents did everything, you can still absorb that information from exposure to culture and media. Is it possible to be so insulated?!
usametalsoft · 4 points · Posted at 02:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree but not every country's the same. In my country it is absolutely normal to live with your parents as long as you are single. It doesn't matter how old you are, that's the norm for us. And i am one of those people who hasn't lived a day on their own. On the bright side i know how to pay the bills though 😁
TransientPride · 2 points · Posted at 01:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my parents taught me nothing.
Sawses · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew more about finances as a 16 year old than many adults do.
But now I'm behind the curve and need to learn to pay taxes, invest for retirement, etc.
But I can budget how much to spend on stupid shit, so that's good.
whisperskeep · 2 points · Posted at 01:58:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Moved out on my own, parents didn't teach me bills, I just figured it out myself. Idk how tbh
Ice_carrot · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even if you live with your parents, won't one understand the need to save or habe basic financial literacy? Even most children and teenagers know to spend money wisely. Should be more about teh upbringing rather than whether you live with parents or not.
TunaOnDryLand · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents made me file my taxes as a preteen/teen using the paper IRS forms. I literally can't understand why people would not want to know how to function by the time they're 18.
iqaruce · 2 points · Posted at 02:30:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved out at 16 and wasn't blindsided for goodness sake! Not even because my parents taught me that much about how to pay bills and how much things cost, but because they made it clear it wasn't God or some other mystical power that provided us with water, internet, electricity and gas. I'm 23 now and my friend (same age) told me the other day her brother wants to buy a Tesla as his next car (he still lives at home). She said the maths was simple, a Tesla is ~50k€ and her brother made ~30k€ a year, so it shouldn't take too long to pay off. Ridiculous already, but after looking it up it turns out he makes 20k€ maximum before tax. He lives rent and bill free at his parent's house, whose mortgage isn't even paid off, while their parents drive an old Camry, and he thinks a Tesla is affordable. She agrees, and doesn't even find it an audacious thought to buy a 50k toy while leeching of your parent's back! And then people treat me like I'm somehow privileged because I have savings and I can't even defend myself because their concept of money is warped beyond repair.
plasticwrapshorts · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm.
Didn't live with my ex before getting married.
Currently going through a nasty divorce.
10/10 would not recommend.
squishyslipper · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It boggles my mind that there are people that don't realize they have to pay for things. I graduated high school 2 months before my 18th birthday and you can bet that I had an apartment of my own the month I could legally sign a lease. I started working at 15 and saved every penny I could. I grew up poor so maybe that has something to do with it. People that live in constant fear of not having necessities usually learn early how to keep those necessities. Parents that give their children zero responsibility or knowledge of finances may think they are giving their kids a worry/stress free life, but in reality they are screwing them in the long run by withholding that knowledge. It's easy to say these kids could seek that knowledge on their own but how would they even know they need to if they aren't taught anything about it?
ChrysW · 4 points · Posted at 02:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep I'm 28 and still live at home. I pay for my own insurance, I've had to service my car since I started driving it (even when it wasn't mine), etc. I now pay rent too, though we do make other arrangements sometimes. They want me to learn things, plus they've had issues a few times that I stepped up for. Like I paid our property tax the last two years after their savings got wiped close to the due date.
You have to do a lot of these things, but it amazes me how many people don't teach their older children. Hell I was tutoring an older student who gave me The Look when I told her I pay rent. Um I eat their food and use their utilities, why shouldn't I pay rent? I'm glad we make arrangements when I'm paying the property tax or helping with medical bills, but I'm glad they push me too. One day they won't be here, and now I know a lot of the big things.
Override9636 · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No parental guidance mixed with no education = Pure ignorance. Someone who is so unaware of something they don't realize that it's something that they have to search on their own to figure out.
lawpoop · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's probably exactly the reason why.
Kingsley7zissou · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you mention saving for the future and they say what like a savings account? oh my.
DuckfordMr · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially those who REFUSE to save for the future. Like, how are you 45 with zero life savings?
kale__chips · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely when the parents babies the kids no matter what, and if the kids don't work (so no concept of getting paid money). If you, as the child no matter how old you are, has never been in a situation where you have to worry about finances, then you just won't have any concept of it. Going out for dinner? Well parents paid for you, so the cost is irrelevant. At home watching Netflix? Well you wouldn't even know you have to pay for the service. Heater always on during cold days? Your parents can afford booming electricity bill no problem. Need to actually buy yourself something? It's on credit card under your parents account. And so on.
twinnedcalcite · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Parents forget they need to raise their children to be responsible adults or in this day an age a decent roommate.
Pick up after yourself, do your dishes and other chores, don't party on a week night till 3 am when your roommate has exams, and don't blast the music to hide having sex if your going to put it right against the shared wall.
So many kids are raised to be bad roommates.
AggravatingCupcake0 · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people have parents like mine - they don't want to teach you anything because it's too much work. They'd rather just do it and complain about how you don't know how to do it. And there are certain things that you don't even know you're supposed to ask about. You can't fix ignorance when you don't even know what you're ignorant about.
It wasn't till I moved in with my now-husband that I had any idea how to adult at all.
doomalgae · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college whose mom would come by regularly to pay his bills. Not with her money - he had a job to pay for everything - he just didn't actually play a part in paying the bills besides handing her his checkbook and then signing where she told him. Then she'd do his laundry.
Same guy routinely asked the other two roommates and I to explain things like how to use the oven or can opener or thermostat. Not just once, either - I had to walk him through each of those tasks multiple times. He was going to school to be an X-ray technician, and I sincerely hope someone put a stop to that..
Mimojello · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But you have people who moved out and dont know how to manage their credit card and their bills. I think u need parent to teavh you and you yourself to ask the q.
Depends on the fam tho, my friend in her 30s she lives with her parents but she know the financial side if things and her parent taught her. Also my friend have to ask other things that she curious about. It goes both ways.
cidiusgix · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents literally taught me nothing and I smoked a lot of pot.
kittykatmeowow · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yeah I moved out at 19. I spent maybe an hour with my dad going over bills, my monthly budget, and important things about the apartment (how to shut off the water, change a fuse, light the furnace, etc). Then he left and I figured everything else out on my own. There were a couple hiccups at first, but nothing an adult shouldn't be able to figure out how to deal with.
TomasNavarro · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apart from a couple of years, I lived with my parents until I was 35, not had any problems with bills!
OneTiptoRuleThemAll · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents babied me so hard I didn’t become a full independent til my mid 20s. My partner on the other hand has been earning and feeding himself since he was 13. I envy his early maturity, he envies my (overly) loving parents.
Both sides have their pros and cons. But trust me, the average ‘adult’ would 1000% prefer to learn the ropes as early as possible and many regret not having the opportunity earlier on in their lives. It’s the same for many other things, not just finance management.
Straight up insulting ‘grown ass adults’ just because they didn’t have your upbringing or background doesn’t make them lesser than you. I can’t wrap my mind around THAT. Sorry for the rant. It’s not just aimed at you.
JaBe68 · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gave my daughter a book for Christmas last year. "How to manage your money like a @&$&% grownup" She now has more in cash savings than i do and she has given the book to all her friends for their birthdays. It is specific for our country's finance products but the principles are amazing.
carlsbl · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 65, married 35-40 years, long time😃, and I still suck at finances. If it’d been up to me we’d been poor and broke. I lived at home until my mid 20s then I got married. My parents never ever spoke of money other than to criticize anything I purchased as a waste of money. Never discussed budgeting. Nothing. I had a Degree, made insane money but was always broke. My wife’s dad was a barber. In other words they were working poor. But she knew budgeting. We fight over my spending. She managed the money and still does. One day in a fight I asked her well how much fucking money to we have in savings anyway?!?! I was going to use it against her. She replied that she thought we had about 30. Thirty fucking dollars?!?! OMG! “No, 30 thousand. We’re saving for a house.” When it came to finances that was the moment I STFU over her money management skills. Smart people can still be idiots over money. I am. But my wife has helped us quietly turn my earning skills into a nice life. What’s my point? If your partner is better at managing money, even if you make more than this person does, don’t let pride stop you allowing this person from employing their financial skills to your money. I know they say partners should work together on finances but maybe in some cases like mine, the best thing you can do is stay out of the money and let this person exercise their skills even if they make less than you, or nothing at all. I make the money, she manages it. Thank God.
Unknownredtreelog · 1 points · Posted at 11:31:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly, like they nerves learned about taxes in school?
mountainmonkey2 · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a junior in high school and already was paying for car, car insurance, and my phone. Really helped me understand money at a early point in life. Now I’m about to leave the military with thousands in savings and investments. And going to college for free, thanks to the VA!
scratchy_mcballsy · 1 points · Posted at 15:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know who to blame more in these scenarios: the parents for babying their “kids”, or the “kids” for avoiding learning about these typical ways of life.
Marawal · 1 points · Posted at 15:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes, I wonder if familes talk together.
When I moved out, I knew what bills to look out for, if only because I heard parents talked about it. Not necessarely how much, but ranting about it "We pay more in taxes than water", was a huge hit with my grandfather. Or just a passing mentions of paying the electricity bill today. Things like that.
meowmixmix-purr · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s almost a sense of child abuse that the parents don’t even like...
Actually ya I don’t know.
ItAintSoSweet · -1 points · Posted at 01:34:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand how people can live with their parents in their 30s, period.
Evamione · 3 points · Posted at 04:02:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some parents and kids actually enjoy each other enough that they are able to make decent housemates. Sometimes the kids are helping with bills and sometimes parents see it as a way to help their kids financially. If you are a single parent living with your own parents can help tremendously. There are many practical reasons for a multigenerational home, assuming every adult in it can be respectful of the other people there as adults.
DargyBear · -1 points · Posted at 01:36:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t get how (besides cultural reasons) people live with their parents into their 30s PERIOD. Like, when I was 18 I was practically clawing at the door to get out on my own, and my parents weren’t even all that strict compared to some.
Happy-Seesaw · 4 points · Posted at 02:11:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I finally got my own place at age 31. Lived with my mom and at times my grandmother and father in law during my 20s.
A HUGE part of it is money. I grew up lower middle class, so there wasn't any to spare for me to go to college. There wasn't any to spare to help me get a car after college. Therefore I could only work part-time while simultaneously trying to save money for a car, pay back student loans, and help my parents with the bills.
I couldn't do it. My loans were overdue, I could barely put gas in the car (this was during 2010s when gas in my area was over $5/gal), I couldn't save money and I didn't have the time and transportation to work more. No public transit. Needed my own car.
I only got out when my dad died. His inheritance and wrongful death money paid my loans off. He wasn't in his own vehicle when he was killed so I was able to keep his truck and get a full time job.
It's pathetic.
I hate that I got my independence because my dad died and that is the only reason why.
And if you had to pay debts for a dead person? If some of his medical/investigator/funeral money hadn't been taken care of by our lawyer, maybe I wouldn't have gotten anything and I'd still be at home with my mom.
This country is fucked if you are not born rich.
chengsao · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with my parents until I moved in with my ex. Once I left him, I moved back in with my parents. I couldn’t afford to live on my own and, luckily, the rent they charged me was half of what I was paying originally. The only reason I was able to go back to college and move out on my own was because my grandfather passed away and he’d spent my entire life saving up ever penny he could for me.
I was able to move out on my own and get my degree, but I’d take my grandpa over it any day. I’m sorry for your loss and I hope you’re doing okay ❤️
deeedeeedeee · 4 points · Posted at 02:23:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
simple, money. if you're in a high cost of living area and not at least upper middle class, you're either living at home or with roommates into your 30's.
jn29 · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally agree! I just wanted to go live my own life.
TheArcticFox44 · 0 points · Posted at 01:33:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How can kids in a capitalistic society graduate high school without knowing how to balance a checkbook?
Hunterofshadows · 6 points · Posted at 01:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because balancing a checkbook isn’t a thing anymore.
Literally the only time I write a check is when paying my electric bill or when transferring money between my account and my joint with the wife’s account at a different bank because it’s the easiest way to do it.
TheArcticFox44 · -6 points · Posted at 01:56:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. It's a world where kids physically grow up without maturing in other ways. They don't understand things like limits and consequences.
Hunterofshadows · 7 points · Posted at 02:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not at all but sure, let’s go with that non-Sequitur
ElonMaersk · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because it's more profitable for the banks if they become tangled up in credit card debt.
People in a capitalist society aren't citizens, they're prey for companies.
TheArcticFox44 · -1 points · Posted at 02:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This must be a recent occurrence. I grew up in a capitalistic system but I learned how to plan a budget. pay bills, balance a checkbook, and save from my parents.
Why do you think companies should get all the blame?
ElonMaersk · 0 points · Posted at 03:41:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Companies preying on people is not a recent occurence.
Want to know why a system is set up the way it is? Look who benefits. aka follow the money.
Who benefits from you not being financially literate? Banks which lend money for profit. Companies which advertise luxury goods and lifestyles to you then sell you "buy now, pay later" finance deals.
Who else? Your parents and family don't benefit from you being financially illiterate, they get less capable children. Religions don't as you have less to tithe to them. Non-profits don't as you have less to donate to them.
TheArcticFox44 · 2 points · Posted at 16:59:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you're jumping on the wrong person. I'm not claiming to be, as you put it, financially illiterate. Quite the opposite. I credit my parents and, now that I think about it, even my gradeschool, for teaching me about money and about responsibility.
ElonMaersk · 0 points · Posted at 01:23:48 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know you're bloody not, look at the comment history:
YOU: "How can kids in a capitalistic society graduate high school without knowing how to balance a checkbook?"
ME: "There's no incentive for the system to teach it, and lots of incentive to not teach it"
YOU: "WELL I LEARNED IT FROM MY PARENTS"
That you learned it, is not the point, the point is you didn't learn it from highschool!
TheArcticFox44 · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:06 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose I should have made it clearer...by the time kids... graduated...I wasn't trying to imply that high school teaches this just that this was learned by the time of hs graduation. (Most kids had pt jobs after school or weekends by this time, as well.)
But, in grade school we had "savings account books" and made "deposits." And this wasn't some fancy zip-code school either. ('Course we also had duck-and-cover and discussions on how we'd find the quickest way home in case the worst happened.)
TranqilizantesBuho · 0 points · Posted at 03:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are negligent of their own future, but let's not forget that the parents of these types of people are the real monsters. They have a responsibility to prepare their child for adulthood and they just clearly didn't try.
Jethro_Tell · 0 points · Posted at 04:14:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuckin a, my under 10 kids have to pay for their Nintendo online accounts and check their bank statements every month.
gingerly_said · 33 points · Posted at 01:31:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think it’s essential, but you should be able to see how they live on their own, and even that isn’t present here.
welluuasked · 9 points · Posted at 01:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, this more accurately expresses what I wanted to say.
DominionGhost · 33 points · Posted at 01:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You never know if you REALLY hate how they do something until you have lived with them for a while.
SoldMySoulForHairDye · 6 points · Posted at 02:41:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing will cement or destroy a relationship quite like getting intimately acquainted with your partner's bathroom habits and discarded socks.
cultured_banana_slug · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend learned that her boyfriend liked to pick his nose and flick his boogers onto the floor and hear them "click".
He didn't even realize he was doing it.
HEAR THE BOOGERS HIT THE FLOOR HEAR THE BOOGERS HIT THE FLOOR....
welluuasked · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
how the hell are your boogers so dry and crusty that they're hard enough to make a click fresh out of your nose
cultured_banana_slug · 3 points · Posted at 03:17:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't want to know.
_no_one234 · 5 points · Posted at 01:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yes, this!
This is why my wife and I keep separate checking accounts.
I dont understand how she can write checks/transactions for a week before she enters anything in the checkbook.
DominionGhost · 20 points · Posted at 01:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
....I just write the cheques. My bank records when they are deposited.
purdu · 5 points · Posted at 12:31:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People still write checks frequently enough that this would be a problem? Or don't have their bank balance constantly on their phone?
_no_one234 · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
mainly its debit card transactions. although yes, some bills are still paid by mailing a check. This is why I stated "checks/transactions"
Demonwytch · 15 points · Posted at 01:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Grandmother was the reason why my husband and I got married so quickly and without a big wedding. We got an apartment with a friend and she was very upset about the fact I would be living with my fiancé before we were married.
She insisted I needed to be safe and said "What if he leaves you? What if he up and leaves and you are on your own!"
I didnt have the energy to explain that if he wanted to leave, he would do it weather we were married or not. So we got married legit, the day before we moved into our new apartment.
It was Halloween btw. Lol
brynmyrddin · 29 points · Posted at 01:30:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read somewhere that more millennials are getting and STAYING married whereas the previous generations caused that wild stat of a 50% divorce rate. I’d wager that living together before marriage has A LOT to do with that.
Kordiana · 8 points · Posted at 04:15:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And not using marriage as a way to lose your virginity.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:22:40 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its more that millennials are marrying less and marrying much older.
man_b0jangl3ss · 10 points · Posted at 01:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife and I didnt live together until marriage. We are approaching 8 years in December. We also live apart quite a bit since we are dual Military.
TaylorDoosey · 26 points · Posted at 01:19:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you should definitely live together before marriage. But with the price of rent, I feel most people aren't going to be able to affors living completely alone anymore. Whether its family, housemates or a partner living completely alone just isn't an option for most.
notreallylucy · 5 points · Posted at 02:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't live with my first husband before marriage. I deeply wish I had. I would have known to dump him. Never again! Lived with my current husband for four years before marriage. Never been so happy.
Living together before marriage isn't just a liberated thing to do, it's necessary.
FuelOk · 4 points · Posted at 03:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Decades ago divorce was taboo and nearly unheard of.
Think how many people must have realized like a year into their marriage that they absolutely hate living with their spouse or the sex was awful and they were just stuck there for life. That's fucking terrifying.
notreallylucy · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, it's awful. And 8n many places around the world this is still the norm.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:26:07 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
And yet people aren't reporting higher levels of happiness than 60 years ago. Expectations play a role. People may be content in a situation because they think they just have to make it work, but unhappy if they start comparing to alternatives.
Like someone in Africa might be genuinely happy even though they don't have AC or indoor toilets, but I would be miserable because I know about them. Or someone might be happy with their job, but then they see a new better job and start thinking their current one sucks.
theduckspants · 13 points · Posted at 01:26:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't live with my wife before we got married 6 years ago. We stayed at each other's places a lot, but each had our own house. And I had roommates. I didn't notice much of a difference when we moved in together after getting married. More stuff laying around. About it.
vamos20 · 17 points · Posted at 01:28:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In most cultures it is inappropriate to have sex or live together if you are not married
Geeko22 · 5 points · Posted at 02:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought most cultures had gotten over that, except for a few conservative religious cultures.
1_5_5_ · 3 points · Posted at 02:26:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try India.
Geeko22 · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it frowned upon in religious subcultures only, or is it that way all over India regardless of religious practice?
Also, I would imagine rural areas would be more conservative and the cities less so. Do you see a loosening of those social norms in large cities?
1_5_5_ · 3 points · Posted at 05:06:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, I'm sorry about the misunderstood! Indeed, I amn't from India but this documentary might clarify some of your questions.
It traces Indian's arranged marriage tradition, the docummentary dates from 2018 and shows how this practice takes place all over India, more than we ever imagine.
Geeko22 · 2 points · Posted at 05:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you, I'll give it a listen.
vamos20 · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is not just about religion. Many atheists do that also. In many secular countries it is normal.
deeedeeedeee · 0 points · Posted at 02:25:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
which is why 50 percent divorce rate is standard and the other 35 percent suffer silently
Aaron_tu · 4 points · Posted at 04:23:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The 50 percent divorce statistic is wrong. It was never that high and has been dropping over time.
vamos20 · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the hell which country has 50% divorce rate?
aliferousyt · 9 points · Posted at 01:34:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t, and so far it’s been pretty sweet 🤷♀️
Myotherdumbname · 8 points · Posted at 02:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
15 years years here dated for 5, it’s like people think they’re marrying a stranger. Get to know the person, hang out with them, it’s obvious how they live.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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deeedeeedeee · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. and everyone thinks they know what living together will be like until they actually live together.
FuelOk · -1 points · Posted at 03:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is delusional.
If you're happily married, you got really fucking lucky.
juggett · 3 points · Posted at 02:22:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife and I did it just fine and we’ve been married for 8 years. Lots of discussion, communication, and premarital counseling. We often comment on the things we know now about each other, having kids, and interacting with others, how we would not have ever known this or really observed this in the dating process.
FuelOk · 0 points · Posted at 03:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay cool but you got lucky.
I wouldn't consider for a moment marrying someone without living together, or at least staying with each other enough to know how each other lives and being aware of each other's finances.
juggett · 3 points · Posted at 03:58:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough, but I wouldn’t count the steps we actively took as lucky. They were deliberate, specific, planned and agreed upon. I had roommates who would not have made good spouses, but even with my wife and I we have had to talk, listen and adjust our behaviors. I’d argue the pre-marital preparation gave us tools for meeting challenges and working through them instead of just deciding that we both enjoyed similar Netflix shows and enjoyed sleeping together. Also, many people may remain in a toxic relationship for the economic benefits of living together much longer than if they were not reliant in such a way.
Nadeeah · 2 points · Posted at 01:38:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did just that. I'll admit it was risky and I was fully aware of it, but we're almost 3 years married now and thankfully we get along well. I definitely dont regret it
superflippy · 2 points · Posted at 02:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And if you haven’t lived together, it might be a good idea to do some pre-marital counseling. My husband & I were long distance until about a month before we got married. Spending weekends together isn’t the same as real life, so I’m glad we had a counselor who made us talk about finances, work expectations & kids.
choochoo19 · 2 points · Posted at 02:21:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger my aunt told me that people who lived together before marriage had higher rates of divorce. I’m not married (or divorced lol) but my bf and I have been living together for 2 years now and I don’t see “putting a ring on it” really changing much. I’m the bills-payer in the relationship.
deeedeeedeee · 5 points · Posted at 02:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
everyone who thinks marriage doesn't change things is in denial. it absolutely does. you can no longer just walk away tomorrow if things don't work out.
abqkat · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plus the professional, legal, emotional, social, cultural aspects of marriage. Public perception matters, and while it's reasonable to opt out of marriage, I find that couples who are "practically married" are often not okay with opting out of the many benefits of marriage
choochoo19 · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, it’s not like I’m planning on leaving or clinging to the notion that I can. I’m well invested in our future.
FuelOk · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is why marriage kinda cheapens relationships imo. (I know that sounds crazy but hear me out.)
If you're married to someone, you're there because you have to be. You might not even want to be with them anymore but you're just stuck.
My cousin hates his wife. I think he's just there because of his kid at this point, and because of a religious aversion to divorce. It's like damn, that sucks so hard. Being stuck with someone you should've broken up with years ago but you did a religious ceremony and signed some legal papers and now it's way harder to break up.
utahman16 · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met, dated, got engaged to my wife in the span of 2 months. We were married 3 months after that. We did not live together before getting married. We have been married for 10 years and are stronger than ever. No matter how you do it, marriage is hard work. It's been a wonderful ride for us and I wouldn't have done it any other way.
amigocesar · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife and I didn't have sex let alone live together until we were married. A good point of reference for what home life would be was how she kept her room and how she behaved around her family at home. She treated her home with kindness and helped her parents significantly, so now that I'm her family me and my kids have gotten basically the same kindness she had with her parents and siblings.
youngnotpowerless · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chiming in as a woman who didn’t live with (or have sex with) my husband before we got married due to my crazy strict parents and our religious convictions. I think we both generally knew what we were getting into - we’d occasionally sleepover each other’s apartment and I knew he was much messier than I was. It was definitely a transition regardless—I remember crying all throughout our first year of marriage and saying, “if THIS is the honeymoon stage what hell awaits us?!” Thankfully we were both all in and committed to working through all the BS. A counselor helped us navigate that transition and we probably would’ve been a lost cause without his help. 10 years later and he still makes me insane when he tosses his dirty clothes NEXT to the hamper, but at the end of the day I’ve learned to let some stuff go and he’s learned to step up in other housework areas.
TransientPride · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In some religions couples aren't allowed to live together before marriage. In my religion they must leave the door open if in the same room and always be accompanied by a chaperone. Jehovah's Witnesses.
FuelOk · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats dumb.
HeathenHumanist · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exmormon here. It was the same for a lot of my Mormon family/friends. Not quite so strict, but it was definitely frowned upon to have any inkling of "breaking the law of chastity" before marriage.
utahman16 · 3 points · Posted at 02:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, as far as actual church standards go, basically just don't have sex/cohabitate before marriage. Don't get too hot and heavy in the make-out sessions and you're all good. I know plenty of couples that have gone on vacation together, camping together, been in the same room with a closed door together (gasp!), and then gotten married in the temple, no problem. Chaperones are certainly not required by the church. Now, whatever guidelines over-zelous practitioners place upon themselves and their families are their own businesses.
HeathenHumanist · 2 points · Posted at 18:18:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Overzealous" certainly describes most of my LDS family lol
utahman16 · 3 points · Posted at 18:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And that's fair. There certainly is a large, LARGE, amount of members who seem to take everything to the extreme. Like some crazy contest to see who can be more holy, more strict. And sometimes it's hard to differentiate the standards that the church sets with the extra standards that some members have set for them selves. My favorite example is caffeine. The Church says no Coffee or Tea. Some member (a lot) decided they needed a reason as to WHY no Coffee or Tea. They decided it was because of Caffeine. So, now they shun everything with caffeine, including caffeinated soda. Despite that, you could always get a Temple Reccomend whilst drinking Pepsi.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha seriously. How the fuck do you not live together to decide if it’s going to work! Sometimes two people are totally compatible with their separate spaces but then freak out when put together!!
QuantumPolagnus · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife and I get strange looks when we tell them we dated for seven years before getting married (we lived together for six of those years).
natsugrayerza · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did it and it worked out great. The thing is, when you’re actually ready to marry someone you know what they’re like without living with them. I had a really good idea of what it was gonna be like to live with my husband just from going on vacations and being in his room and stuff. And it’s ended up being pretty much exactly like I expected. Besides, if you really love and know someone then you know if you can trust them with that kind of stuff. I knew I could.
cultured_banana_slug · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People didn't expect marriage to make them happy. It was a way to join resources and have kids to pass the resources on to, and to perform free labor.
We've only recently had the luxury of expecting our relationships to bring us joy and closeness, rather than just, ya know, being lucky if it happened but not expecting it to.
Duty, obedience, service to the family, and then you died.
FuelOk · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What was even the point of that?
Everyone lives a miserable life so they can have kids that they pressure into living miserable lives...
cultured_banana_slug · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. Welcome to a world without antibiotics or flush toilets.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:31:00 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well they didn't think it was miserable. When you have to make things work with your wife, its just life and these responsibilities can be a great source of joy.
Nowadays, we have the opposite problem. People often feel unneeded and paralyzed with indecision because we have limitless options but no clear roles.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People used to do it all the time. My question is how did someone raise a daughter in this modern age without teaching her a damn thing about financial responsibility?
AnCircle · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell me about it, you don't truly know someone until you live with them
splendidgoon · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very carefully. But hopefully you've spent enough time together by the time you get engaged you have a general idea of how it will be to live together. My wife and I didn't live together before we got married. We're still married 6 years later so it's worked out for us.
blobofblobs · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just want to know WHAT ARE PARENTS EVEN DOING?! I'm 37 with a 20 year old child who understands these things and knows more than this! She pays bills. She understands credit and car loans, how interest works... insurance and grocery money. Saving. WTF PARENTS?!?!
DaveyDPad322 · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While I agree, I'm engaged and would not have asked had we not lived together for at least a year before hand, my Brother and SIL never lived together. They dated a year and half in HS. He joined the Army and she went to College the year after HS, and were long distance for 4 years. Got married literally the morning of her graduation and moved in together the following week.
That was 8 years ago and at least outwardly they're the happiest two people I know.
I had the one year block in the pool on their divorce also...
InsaneChihuahua · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or even a simple fucking budget discussion. My wife and I split shit very fairly. I do most of the bills, but she in Healthcare so she does the medical and insurance stuff. We talk about large purchases before either does anything further.
seleaner015 · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. My Husband and I lived together for a year while we were engaged. We ironed out the kinks and confirmed “yes we can do this and we will be successful”. We went through all the stresses to see if we could handle it basically: finding an apartment, moving, setting up the place, cleaning and grocery norms, etc. it helped so much
PeacefulConfidence · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not live with my husband prior to marriage, did not have sex, was quite young, and long-distanced most of our relationship. Happily married 15 years.
It's pretty simple on how you know prior, but something that doesn't happen these days: communication. We talked opinions, views, history on all the hot topics people usually avoid: finances, sex, birth control, religion, parenting, holidays - you name it. When you're not living with eachother AND long distancing you end up talking a lot. Beauty fades. Seasons of sexual intensity shift. Kids happen.
We work because we talked and know how to communicate through all kinds of seasons of marriage. Was still hard, but we knew our cores lined up.
Oh, and our wedding from dress to venue to food was under 5,000 and paid for by ourselves.
Sorroto · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I super agree here, it's why I have a sort of "Spend at least one year living together" clause and if we can't manage that, well it's not in the cards baby. That move has saved me more than I like to admit, might have ended up married by now.
zehamberglar · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you ever wondered how it's possible that 50% of all marriages end in divorce? It's because people are really stupid and do shit like this. Then they get divorced and do it again, ad nauseum.
TheRealIosefka · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did it. We started dating and got married within six months, then moved in after. It'll be 11 years next December.
It's not ideal, but if your willing to let go of your expectations and recognize your lack of control on the people in your life, it can work.
ParanoidPinkGear · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s easy(ish). You communicate in an open and loving manner, and keep an open mind. Example: when I moved in with my freshly minted wife, we had a serious talk about a month in. In my zeal to be an awesome husband, I cooked and served most of the meals, and portioned them in a manner I thought appropriate. She sat me down, and told me that I needed to cut down on her portion size, or I was going to have a fat wife. We discussed what portions should look like, and I made sure to note what she served herself for a while. But overall, if you communicate openly and honestly, the make-or-break sort of things will become evident long before marriage crosses your mind.
isaacfisher · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It still the norm in many places. Especially if you are marrying young.
I'm married for 10y, my wife is amazing, but when we got married and than moved in together it was hard and we both needed time to adapt.
LegitimateCrepe · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be crass, that was when it was okay for a family to have a single male income while she stayed at home completely uninvolved in jobs or bills. Boomers fucked that up the ass.
sar-tay · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met my ex at the beginning of college. I was in college, he was 6 years older and already had a good life. We married the week after I graduated and I move in. He was a wonderful man but we obviously couldn't cohabitate well together. We divorced a year later. I fully truly DEEPLY recommend all potential spouses live together 1st. I am now happily married to the guy I shared a house (roommate) with right after my divorce.
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well for me, the military didn't give us much of a choice! But then, I got married to my high school sweetheart when we were 21 and he was in the military, and we're still together ten years later, so I'm definitely an outlier as far as that sort of stuff goes. (Everybody else I know who was married while in the military is now divorced.)
cousinokri · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People in my country have been doing that for ages now. I don't think I could ever do that.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You decide that because living together before marriage is correlated with an increased likelihood of divorce.
greenthumbgirl · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a different mindset. My husband and I (married 4 years and married in our 20s) didn't live together before getting married. We did both live on our own though before getting married. When we first started dating, her lived with his parents. I made it clear very early that I believed everyone should live on their own before moving in with a partner. Roommates are fine, but nobody who is going to make sure you do all the adult responsibilities.
But as far as not living together, we wanted our marriage up be clearly distinct from our dating and engagement phases. We didn't it l want to go get married and say, well we have a piece of paper but nothing is really different
subtleglow87 · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this. I don't even know what to say about it other than after 10 years things are still challenging sometimes.
I don't regret it but I will say we would not still be together if we hadn't gotten married as quickly as we did. Getting divorced certainly seemed harder than working our shit out.
We did wait several years to have kids though and they turned out awesome.
RadiantSriracha · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew my husband for 4 years before we got married. That helped a lot.
If I were ever to consider marriage again (freak accident would be required, my husband is amazing), my requirements would be to see each other around family, around friends, at work, and in the middle of an emotional break down. Also directly discuss financial, family, and lifestyle status/goals. It’s very revealing.
BootyBec · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never lived with my husband before marriage and we’ve been married for 8 years, 10 years dating. It is possible!
Eurynom0s · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was a major breakdown point in my recent breakup.
I could have dealt with navigating the cultural difference by being quick to get engaged, and then living together for a year before marriage. This is not really at all how I'd expect a relationship to proceed but I got the cultural difference and being out at most the ring would not be that big a deal. But I simply could not deal with the expectation of getting railroaded directly from engagement to marriage to kids.
Febril · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flip the observation around, it’s been a fact of life in most cultures that men and women do not live together before marriage. Us moderns are the outliers here.
JustDiscoveredSex · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this. Strict religious upbringing and feeling taken advantage of if you DO live together.
Do not recommend. It’s been a very lonesome 22 years, and I don’t think I’d have done it if I had known.
moonglowrabbit · 1 points · Posted at 09:20:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did it. We were together 7 years before getting married and I spent every weekend at his place. No surprises.
madame-de-merteuil · 1 points · Posted at 09:58:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve lived with my now-fiancé for four years at this point. We have shared finances, we have a cat, we pay taxes together... basically, we’re married without the document, which means I have zero fears about being actually married. It also means that we’ve ironed out the kinks (and added a few more kinks, wink wink) so we aren’t going to run into a whack of new domestic issues when we get married.
I honestly can’t imagine moving in with someone for the first time and figuring out money and chores and personal space and snoring and, for some people, sex all after being legally bound to someone. What if you get married and then find out you don’t like living together because you have different ideas of tidiness or personal space?? Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
boomja22 · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think divorce rates are actually higher in people who live together prior to marriage. I’ll see if I can find a reference.
Edit: not as clear cut as I thought!
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/premarital-cohabitation-divorce/573817/
Bleed_Peroxide · 1 points · Posted at 19:24:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no clue. My wife and I would have probably divorced within months if we hadn't had the year and a half that we did of "living in sin", as my mom once put it. (Nevermind that we were a "gay couple" and thus double-damned.)
Living together made us learn more about who we were when living with a significant other (something neither of us had done), and helped us unravel and fix a LOT of things that we had gotten away with living on our own (wife) or with just a sister and best friend (me). I cannot imagine having gone through that stage while being a newlywed.
saya1450 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did not live with my now husband before marriage. That was something that was very important to us. We did a bunch of premarital counseling before, though, and honestly, that is a LOT more prep than most people get before they start living together. We worked through a ton of stuff before marriage and still continue to, like most couples. Honestly, it's a heck of a lot more to do with knowing yourself and your partner, making a commitment, and being prepared to work through issues than about living together to see if you're compatible before marriage.
badfeelingabout_this · 0 points · Posted at 02:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s possible. I’m a bit more old-fashioned and did not live with my wife before we got married. We have been married for 6 years now.
That said, however, I did live on my own for a number of years before we got married and got the experience of dealing with roommates and all that.
She did not and I think that at the bare minimum, having lived on her own for a year or two at least would have helped, but it still worked out.
llDurbinll · 70 points · Posted at 01:35:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you even know 450 people?
chengsao · 28 points · Posted at 01:39:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THAT’S WHAT I SAID
Unpopular_But_Right · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:25 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
once did this marketing thing with a friend, we were supposed to write down the names/numbers/addresses of everyone we knew (I was young, it was definitely an MLM/pyramid type thing).
Took me the weekend to come up with 25 people. She'd written down 3,000.
She eventually went into real estate, which was obviously the perfect career for someone that knows everyone.
Alexsrobin · 10 points · Posted at 02:26:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indian/Pakistani weddings can get that large, although that's still on the bigger side imo
welluuasked · 6 points · Posted at 02:33:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think I've even met 450 people
bros402 · 3 points · Posted at 03:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yeah seriously
My family tree on Ancestry has 590 people....but that tree goes back to the 1820s
Man_with_lions_head · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. That is my comment I wrote. They would have 450 people on their side of the aisle, I would have 5 on mine. I would not marry that person because I would be so embarrased. "Honey, I have 450 people I want to invite." Me: "Uh....wedding's off."
uselessartist · 39 points · Posted at 01:26:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I mean it’s one banana, Michael. How much could it cost, $10?
CorneliusJack · 24 points · Posted at 01:50:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“You’ve never stepped foot in the supermarket before, have you?”
redditsdeadcanary · 24 points · Posted at 01:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She is not ready for marriage
CorneliusJack · 15 points · Posted at 01:50:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or life
theantpantsdance · 19 points · Posted at 01:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our college Roomate thought the bill was a receipt and it was magically coming out of his account, even collecting our portion of the bills . Then our power went out and he owed a 750 power bills.
chengsao · 14 points · Posted at 01:30:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus FUCK. I think I would literally shit myself if I had a 750 power bill. That’s insane! I can’t believe he was collecting your money and not paying it, too
theantpantsdance · 7 points · Posted at 02:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right! So he had to pay it all him self . (Well his parents probably ) He was super nice about it after I sat him down and thought him how bills work.
THEN she sent the check via mail without a stamp. HE DIDN’T KNOW STAMPS EXISTED ANYMORE!
😂😂
Nooby1990 · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was he maybe from a different country, because that is exactly how it works where I live. Everything I have to pay each month just gets paid out of my account automatically.
theantpantsdance · 5 points · Posted at 02:22:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No , he was a spoiled kid from Long Island that didn’t know what a stamp was 😂. He’s honestly a really nice guy, he just needed to learn some things
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Nooby1990 · -1 points · Posted at 05:25:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does here. I didn't have to set it up the companies did that for me. My landlords, water, power and internet provider did that for me. All my insurances did that as well. Every online service as well.
My gym did it.
I signed up for the gym and they set up payment for themselves. I didn't have to do anything.
As you said: Magically.
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Nooby1990 · -2 points · Posted at 06:33:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did when signing up, but the point is that I did not have to set up payment.
Yes, it is not literally magic.
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Nooby1990 · -2 points · Posted at 06:39:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. They set up the payment with the bank.
I did not have to do anything payment related, but if you would like to ignore the meaning of words then you could call "signing up at the gym" as "setting up direct debit".
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Nooby1990 · -1 points · Posted at 07:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am aware how it works, but the fact remains that I did not have to do anything specifically to set up direct debit as that was all handled by the company.
I am aware that THOSE PEOPLE would have to set up payment, but did not do so.
I am in fact just getting receipts and no bills.
My initial comment, to which you replied, pointed out that this person might have been used to this method of payment where NO EXTRA PAYMENT SETUP IS NECESSARY. To which you replied that "You still have to set up direct debits", which is FALSE, I do not have to as that is automatically done for me.
I am not getting "aggressive", but you do start to piss me off because all 3 comments from you to me are PURE NITPICKING.
To which I say that if you are nitpicking then you should do it correctly. NO, signing up to gym does not mean that "I set up direct debit". First off because the gym did that for me with the supplied information, and second off I do not think that this is technically a "direct debit".
TLDR: Fuck your nitpicking.
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Nooby1990 · 0 points · Posted at 07:23:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... but you did. What exactly about that comment needed your urgent clarification? Thank god that you clarified that it is not magic. So important that you needed to do it 3 times.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Nooby1990 · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You didn't request clarification. You stated a wrong clarification that muddled the my initial point about differences between business practices in different countries.
While we are nitpicking: I did not say that it is magic. I specifically said that the companies are setting up payment for me and that it is "magically". "Magically" is not magic.
You also proceeded to nitpick with two more comments after I stated for you that I had give them my bank details so that they can set up the payment.
How is this not an incredible pedantic semantic argument? Pedantic, but not even correct.
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Nooby1990 · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fucking Hell. After all that you still don't understand what my initial comment meant. Let me explain it for you:
If I where to go to the US I would be hit by cultural differences. One of which would be that I am used to the way that these things get set up in my country which is significantly different then it is done in the US. I would not be immediately aware on how these things are supposed to work in the US.
One of which would probably that I have to setup direct deposit myself for all kinds of things that I would expect to be automatic.
I was suggesting that maybe this person might have been come from a different country and had to learn what the cultural differences are to the US.
How the fuck did you get "mental capacity" out of that?
Also: The person I wrote that comment to did perfectly understand what I meant. Your pedantic clarifications really where not necessary.
Jon_Ham_Cock · 10 points · Posted at 01:45:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He needs to drop everything and RUN.
Like Walter White saying run.
Megalocerus · 10 points · Posted at 01:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's got to be more than just not having lived on her own. I went from my parent's house to marriage, and I knew very well that money was limited.
CommunistRonPaul · 41 points · Posted at 01:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you've lived with your parents for your entire adult life that means you're not paying rent, and there is literally 0 excuse for not having a giant stack of money.
To her 15k and 450 guests isn't unaffordable, she's either sitting on a TON of money, or she's dumb as rocks. Either way.
chengsao · 49 points · Posted at 01:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think she has any money. I think she’s just worked her retail job and has never really saved anything because she’s spent it all on whatever she’s wanted to have in that particular moment. I honestly don’t think she’s dumb, either. I think she knows exactly what she wants, which is someone to take care of her the way that her parents did. Which is absolutely a fine goal to have—if that’s your dream, then I won’t judge—but you can’t expect to actualize that dream if you’re planning on marrying someone who also works a low-end management job.
She and BIL are currently fighting about whether or not she’ll go back to work once the wedding is over.
“You have to go back to work because we have to be able to afford our home.”
“But I thought we could just start trying to get pregnant, and I want to stay at home until the kids are in school.”
“But, honey, we literally can’t afford for you not to work.”
And somehow it still just doesn’t process for her
[deleted] · 54 points · Posted at 01:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, this sounds like a recipe for disaster. He is destined for an extremely painful divorce, she sounds like a literal child.
mrRabblerouser · 29 points · Posted at 01:34:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, there’s zero doubt she’s dumb, but maybe not about everything. It’s not possible to make it to your 30’s and have no concept about how money works. Tell your brother to make sure he knows how much credit card debt she has before he says “I do” cause she definitely has some, and she definitely doesn’t understand paying the minimum payment doesn’t do anything.
chengsao · 16 points · Posted at 01:38:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s something my SO is working on with BIL right now. It’s just a really difficult situation because BIL doesn’t want to hear it. It doesn’t help that BIL is in his 30s and this is his first relationship—I personally kind of think he’s just afraid that he won’t be able to find anyone else—but my SO has been trying to breach the subject as respectfully as possible.
EnergyTakerLad · 24 points · Posted at 01:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah im sorry but she sounds dumb. It could be an ignorant kind of dumb, but she still dumb. It sounds like her parents never explained anything whatsoever and she just got handed whatever she wanted all the time with no lessons or explanations.
ArgyleBarglePlaid · 23 points · Posted at 01:33:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. All these red flags and he's still going to marry her? What is he, a bull?
J_Paul_000 · 2 points · Posted at 22:07:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. She’s got enough red flags to stage another Communist revolution
AltSpRkBunny · 9 points · Posted at 01:43:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really sounds like they haven’t actually discussed marriage or future plans at all. Some serious red flags going on there.
I can’t even wrap my head around wanting to marry someone that out of touch.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 01:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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chengsao · 6 points · Posted at 01:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No no no, I meant after the honeymoon lol. She’s not working right now because of COVID, but when her store opens back up then she was planning to go back to work until her honeymoon. The whole “back to work” argument was about her wanting to have kids right away and BIL trying to explain to her that they can’t afford for her to be a SAHM
Alexsrobin · 7 points · Posted at 02:28:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No offense to your BIL, he sounds like a reasonable guy, but I don't think he's the right guy for her. It sounds like she wants/needs a wealthy guy.
Man_with_lions_head · 5 points · Posted at 06:11:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. It's all a test to see if they guy will be compliant to her and do her bidding.
I judge hard. This is the 21st century, women are equal to men. Get your ass out there and work, and know how the world works. What do you think this is, the deep south in the 1830's and she's the southern belle? Fuck that. Lazy ass person.
Yep. Confirmed. Then she will want another kid 5 years after that, and one 5 years after that....all so that she doesn't have to work. She's not ignorant, she has it all planned out on how not to work and be equal to a man.
Damn, if I were the man, I'd tell her that I want to be the stay-at-home dad and she has to go out and earn the money. And, if there happens to be a divorce - not like you'd want one or plan one - but if there is, she is the one that has to move out, and pay alimony, and child support. And can only see the kid every other weekend. Yeah, what do you think the odds of that ever happening is. I swear, I don't know how men can get trapped into marrying psychic vampires like her. The fake helpless woman syndrome. Toxic femininity at its finest.
Oh yes it does. Oh, yes it does. She knows exactly what she's doing. Would never admit it, but she does.
ohheckyeah · 3 points · Posted at 03:23:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She works a retail job for shit pay and doesn’t understand that $15k is a lot of money? Why are you making excuses for her... living with your parents your entire life doesn’t even come close to excusing this level of ‘ignorance’
chengsao · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, she works a retail job, but I think the $15k ring is less about flaunting the price and more about “I designed this online and I want this exact thing bc it’s beautiful and my best friend has one a lot like it.” I mentioned in a previous comment that they ended up getting a $7k ring after BIL explained exactly why $15k wasn’t feasible.
And I completely agree with you; it doesn’t excuse her level of ignorance. But I’m not making excuses for her. I’m just explaining what I’ve been told by my SO.
mousicle · 1 points · Posted at 19:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
could be she understands a retail job doesn't pay well but thinks a low end management job pays way more then it does. I know people that worked minimum wage while their parents were loaded because the parents insisted they have a job. We actually had some great workers when I managed a movie theater who's parents were really wealthy. Girl showing up to a $6.85 an hour job in a new BMW and buying drinks after work with a credit card I highly doubt she paid the bill for.
CommunistRonPaul · 10 points · Posted at 01:29:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Retail job or not, the only reason to live with your parents as an adult is to stack money or some major disability. So if you live with your parents as an adult and aren't stacking money then you are dumb.
If you don't pay rent, you pay yourself rent and stack money.
cloudcats · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or if you are their caretaker.
CommunistRonPaul · 0 points · Posted at 03:58:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's them living with you not you living with them.
cloudcats · 0 points · Posted at 04:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends who has the money...
CommunistRonPaul · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're their caretaker then you have the money.
Inky_Madness · 8 points · Posted at 01:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not true. I’ve lived with family my entire adult life - worked minimum wage jobs and am now working my way through college in my early 30’s - and I have absolutely paid rent that entire time. Not a small amount either, currently I pay decently over 1k.
It sounds like her parents both have been paying for everything for her and she has never held a job. Maybe that her parents even have a lot of money so a wedding like that very well could be affordable to them.
But her future husband needs to have a serious sit down with her and explain what their finances are and spell out with real numbers exactly why she is out of bounds. If he can’t be bothered to do that other than to say “no”, how is she supposed to learn and understand? She might not be stupid.... just ignorant.
CommunistRonPaul · 3 points · Posted at 01:35:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
If you're paying rent they're functioning as your landlord not your parents. You have autonomy and rights that someone who is living with their parents does not have.
For example, "my house my rules" does not apply to you once you start paying rent. They also can't just throw you out on a whim, there's now a process to evict you. Things of that nature.
I have a friend who is 33 and his parents claim him as a dependent on their taxes, it's kind of sad, but he's subject to the will of his parents in ways that you aren't.
Inky_Madness · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yet nothing you’ve said is necessarily true either - I may pay rent but the family I’ve lived with have very much made clear that it’s “their house their rules” and insist on saying I don’t pay rent, I contribute to household expenses. There is no legal rental agreement between us so I don’t believe I legally have a leg to stand on if I were to be thrown out (thankfully my relatives are highly unlikely to do that).
So while in theory what you’ve said might be true, in practice there is a very fuzzy line between family and renters.
CommunistRonPaul · 5 points · Posted at 02:53:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yeah if you've been paying them money to live there for many years you don't need a piece of paper to have an agreement. You most certainly have rights as a tenant.
If you break my house my rules they really have no power to impose any of that as long as they take your money.
ohheckyeah · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine paying over $1k a month to cohabitate with relatives lmao
cultured_banana_slug · 4 points · Posted at 02:50:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Still living with my dad at 38. Honestly, it's not all that bad. The house is huge, plenty of space for everyone to do their own thing, I pay for his car, watch my bro, do whatever stuff needs doing.
And yeah. Saving up a TOOOON of money. No way would I be sitting on $100k any other way.
I joked that once my bro hit puberty I'd move out. "OK! He's stomping around and being angsty, I'm out."
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All the people I know who lived at home that long or longer hand their paychecks over to their parents.
CommunistRonPaul · 2 points · Posted at 09:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So dumb as rocks then.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 2 points · Posted at 19:30:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just Asian.
CommunistRonPaul · 2 points · Posted at 19:41:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't care what your ethnicity is, if you are an adult with a full time job and your parents are in charge of your finances you are dumb. All of my coworkers are Asian, all of them control their own wallet.
What are they gonna do if you set up direct deposit and cut them out of the process? Nothing.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 2 points · Posted at 20:50:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just make them feel bad, but for the ones I know that was enough. It was their way of contributing to the household. I'm betting the people you know have been here an extra generation.
CommunistRonPaul · 1 points · Posted at 20:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No they're either immigrants themselves or children of immigrants.
Not only would they not give their parents access like that, but their parents want what's best for them not what's best for themselves so they would never even ask.
If selfish parents make you feel bad for not giving them control of your finances as an adult, those are bad parents not Asian parents.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 2 points · Posted at 23:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, you misunderstand me. They never gave them any control, they just handed over the actual money every pay period. Your original post was that they should have a pile of money saved up, and that's not always possible.
And in one case, when she moved out, the parents gave her the account they had been putting all that money into, so it wasn't really exploitative, and she did end up with a surprise pile of money, at least in that case. In two other cases they just never moved out and went from being extra earners to de facto caretakers for their parents.
1982000 · 12 points · Posted at 01:42:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's headed for trouble. She's an idiot or a spoiled brat. Why couldn't he say, No,we're getting a $7000 ring, no more. The marriage is doomed to fail. The wedding will be a farce. Tell you friend to run. She won't like sex,either. Does she live in NJ?
chengsao · 11 points · Posted at 01:46:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He did tell her that they were getting a $7,000 ring, and that’s what they got. She pitched a fit about it for a while, but that’s what they did. Honestly imo I don’t think they should’ve even gotten a ring that expensive, but that’s my own bias lol. I’m assuming the same thing will happen with the wedding; BIL wants 100 people at the maximum, so I’m hoping they’ll reach some sort of compromise. She’s just been incredibly sheltered for her entire life and it’s led to her being financially illiterate. I’m hoping that she’s willing to compromise and learn, because if not then you’re right about the marriage being doomed. But no, she’s not from NJ haha
1982000 · 9 points · Posted at 01:50:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So she's spoiled. A fucking princess. Keep what I wrote. This marriage will fail, sooner, not later. She will drive him nuts.
UnihornWhale · 4 points · Posted at 01:27:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought I didn’t understand money but JFC. Turns out I’m not that far behind
Evangelynn · 3 points · Posted at 01:37:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone should gift them a Marriage Money Bootcamp gift certificate...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:44:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Soon to be ex-wife
NoTalentAssClown34 · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your BIL has made a bad decision
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk why, but your comment made me laugh harder than I have in a while—I think it’s probably my favorite comment on this thread lmao. I completely agree with you, but to put it so succinctly is just fucking great haha
giantgladiator · 3 points · Posted at 02:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhm... that's not just living off your parents. I'm living off my parents and that sound terrifying. Unless your Bill is some sort of billionaire this is impossible.
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I definitely agree. My SO has been trying to explain how it looks from an outside perspective, but he’s just not very receptive to it.
Also, happy cake day!
spderweb · 6 points · Posted at 01:22:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
460 guests isn't even legal at this point in time. At least not where I am. Ten people max still here.
chengsao · 5 points · Posted at 01:27:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. Their wedding is slated for early winter of 2021, so I’m assuming that they’re thinking this whole thing will be over by then. I guess we’ll see :/
spderweb · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they're in the US? I'm guessing they'll be on wave six by then.
Badjib · 4 points · Posted at 01:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell your BiL to run....as fast as he absolutely can.....
dockingjabroni · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean it's one wedding. What could it cost, $10?
Itshighnoon777 · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why it's so important to move out of your parents house early on. No better way to learn to be an adult than moving out of your Mama's house
PM_ME_CRYPTO_KEYSS · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This lack of financial awareness baffles me.
narnarnartiger · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was wondering what bil stood for, until I figured out it was brother in law, proud of myself
monalisasnipples · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
RUN
Otto_Mcwrect · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. Tell BIL to run. Discreetly of course.
tunamelts2 · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
red flags everywhere.
jesschechi · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has she never had a job though? I’ve never lived on my own but I still very much understand the value of money.
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, she has a job (out of work right now bc COVID), but she’s a cashier at a retail chain and makes about $12/hour. She’s been there for a couple of years, but this is her first job.
cloudcats · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She didn't work until she was 31? What the fuck has she been doing for 15 years?
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 04:23:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess I shouldn’t have said “couple,” I’m sorry. Where I’m from, “couple” can range from 2 years or more. She’s been there probably around 5 years or so. I’m not 100% sure on that number though. But before that? I’m not sure. I know she volunteered with her church a lot.
mrmeeseeks8 · 2 points · Posted at 02:57:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now I’ve never lived on my own, that just happened to be how my life ended up, but my parents also taught me money sense. Not as much as I now wish they had, but enough that I know to pay bills and budget and shit. And my partner isn’t one of those to hide the costs of stuff from me, we are a team. I think your BIL and her are going to have some very hard talks if she doesn’t even know the basics.
tiny_cat_bishop · 2 points · Posted at 03:00:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So which Christian denomination does she belong to? I'm going to put my money on catholic.
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nondenominational actually, but, having once attended a Catholic wedding, I can definitely see where you’re coming from lmao
bobbianrs880 · 2 points · Posted at 03:57:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 23 and haven’t lived on my own yet and probably won’t as my boyfriend and I are moving to college in a couple months. That being said, how do you NOT know what bills are or how much money $15k is?? My high school required a business management class for us to graduate, so maybe that did more than I gave it credit for (lol jk it was a joke) but really I feel like there’s just gotta be some level of common sense these people are missing.
I wasn’t necessarily broke growing up, but I was at least taught to respect the value of money to the point that my mom is actually upset with how little money I want spent on my engagement ring. And that I don’t want a diamond (the HORROR!!)
Tbh I probably would’ve passed out if I were in your BIL’s shoes lmao
chadsexytime · 4 points · Posted at 01:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My original wedding plans were in my backyard with rented chairs, a few dozen cases of beer, and a couple of cases of chicken breasts that I’d debone the night before and bbq for everyone during the reception.
I had about that amount of money, so that seemed reasonable.
As a side note, as I got my wife a ring I told her that, since I might be losing my job soon, this purchase would make us homeless two months quicker. She didn’t seem to care at all about that.
xrp_reddit_guy · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How hot is she though?
Lapidariest · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Not that they’ll get divorced, but..."
If you are truly a friend you would stop this soon to be disaster. Those situations and lack of concepts usually come with entitlement attitude and no matter how good the sex, will not end well. Of course of she's accustomed to a certain lifestyle he better be able to afford the alimony later. This is also what prenuptials are made for if he still decides to marry her.
Ever hear the term "high maintenance"?
madguins · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean that’s just stupidity. I live at home at 25 and I pay all my bills aside from rent and utilities and I have 5 figures saved. Some people are just dumb.
roselia4812 · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meanwhile me at 18 can't even spend a dime on myself for the life of me. My leggings ripped in college. Didn't replace it yet. My Amazon cart has $300 worth of stuff I want (no absolute needs but stuff that would be useful) but I still didn't pay for it. Can't imagine someone wanting to flush down $15,000.
Floatingduckss · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is the most surprising part of this, to me, that she knows 450 people?
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was also blindsided by the number. After my SO asked my BIL why she wanted that number, he explained that she goes to a pretty large church and wants to be able to invite everyone so no one “feels left out”
boyyouguysaredumb · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
jewelry insurance is typically an annual fee of 1-2% of the cost. So between $150-300/year for a ring that price. not outrageous
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I definitely agree with you, it’s not outrageous. I think the weird part for me was that she didn’t seem to have a clue as to why she would need insurance for it
JayDude132 · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I find it amazing that people can get that far into life and not realize that. Its like they skipped right on over the tutorial and expect to just know how to play the game.
ItsATerribleLife · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your BIL would be smart to not marry her until she has lived at least a year on her own.
Her ignorance is going to be a major problem in that marriage if she doesn't.
Ohio4455 · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
sad
Alexsrobin · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are her parents rich?! I'm trying to understand how someone can go through life not understanding money, despite living with their parents.
Dimii_N · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a banana Michael. What could it cost? 10 dollars?
Katnipz · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like relationships of much more than 5 years apart is kind of abuse for the younger person. If it ever goes wrong that person is forever going to be gimped.
I usually get shit on if I ever bring this up though.
Straight_Ace · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does she come from a super rich family or something? I don’t understand why she would have no concept of cost
chengsao · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I have no idea. I’ve only met her a couple of times; BIL moved a couple states away and met her there, so our family and the in-laws have only met her at the past couple Christmases and Thanksgivings (my in-laws also flew out to meet her family last year for the engagement, but I haven’t met them and all my in-laws have said is that her parents seem nice).
Turtle_Jedi · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I was him I would run. Far away and fast. Disagreements about money are the biggest stressor in relationships and causes of divorce. And she’s gonna expect to take all his money if they split up, and have done nothing to earn it. If she’s 33 and has no concept of the value of $15,000... she’s not going to be rushing to learn it.
radenthefridge · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta kill 2 birds with one stone and love with your SO AND your parents at the same time before getting married! It's almost an accidental tradition in my family now with extenuating circumstances every time it happens, but everyone who has its still happily together!
tokyogettopussy · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like a trophy wife, good luck with that
BreadPuddding · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, I lived with my parents until I moved in with the man I am now married to. I have never lived alone and I have never been responsible for more than a small percentage of household income. And yet...I was familiar with the concept of bills! I had never paid them other than my own credit card bills (I did pay my parents some rent but it wasn’t formalized), but, like, I knew how they worked. How do you not know how they work?
mkamvo22 · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um, red flag. RED. FLAG. BIL about to ruin his life and doesn’t even know it. Being 33 and having zero understanding of money is sad and will cause many, many problems.
obiwanjablowme · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He should dump her
ibbyKay · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That marriage ain’t gonna last if they don’t talk
meat_toboggan69 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I'm 15 and I haven't had a real job yet, but even I know that 15,000 is way too much to spend on a ring unless you're super rich.
Swizzle_sticks503 · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤦🏽♀️ sooooo how is their marriage going?
Joliet_Jake_Blues · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most homeowners insurance can include things like jewelry for not that much more.
space_pirate420 · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally don't even like 100 people and cannot fathom anyone wanting around 500 people at such an intimate moment
Massive-Risk · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I were your BIL I'd be running for the hills. No offense, just that's crazy that she doesn't know what is seen as cheap vs expensive.
Goth_Penguin · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A wealthy, but frugal family friend of mine learned about insurance for jewelry when his wife bought a $500,000 ring. That's not a typo, a half a million dollar ring...
jest28000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He needs to run away now
kutsen39 · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone's gotta sit down with her and explain the value of a dollar in relation to wages. Should at least help.
Inori-Yu · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She really needs to learn how to apply math to her everyday life. If she can't grasp the concept of money and cost, your BIL will have a very hard marriage.
PadyEos · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Red flags. So may red flags.
bubblesculptor · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know probably nothing you say could convince him otherwise but I highly recommend against this marriage. Reminds me very highly of my ex-wife. Sounds like they are completely financially incompatible. When dating finances may not be too important and they may genuinely love each other, but once they're managing a household, lifestyle and future together things like this become problematic with usually no solution. Highly likely they'll end up with debts and lots of stress from bills etc or have constantly conflict on spending priorities. The damage from my experience from this may possibly be impossible to ever recover from. I warn anyone else who appears to be making the same mistake. It's hard to change the mind of someone in love though. People warned me, which I ignored unfortunately.
jbucky1092 · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother and cousin both got into similar situations. Unless you hate him, warn him not to get her pregnant, because that shit will. not. last.
ProjectDirectory · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, they are totally getting a divorce.
SaxonShieldwall · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh? No concept of 14 thousand dollars? How is that possible... she must be very rich.
_Js_Kc_ · 1877 points · Posted at 00:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This receipt is PAST DUE!
Shendare · 93 points · Posted at 01:56:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FINAL NOTICE
"Oh good. I was getting tired of those tbh."
[deleted] · 114 points · Posted at 01:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"AND WE'RE sorry for sending it to you so late"
winterbird · 12 points · Posted at 01:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that means they owe you money.
BruceJi · 21 points · Posted at 01:34:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooo, this receipt is red. Maybe I got bonus points or something.
Psych0matt · 9 points · Posted at 01:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is my shutoff notice past due as well?
LeNoolands · 4 points · Posted at 03:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of receipts is TOO DAMN HIGH
RatTeeth · 6 points · Posted at 01:51:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet she thought the pink ones were cute.
ScaryBananaMan · 7 points · Posted at 03:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn the landlord really needs to get their shit together smh 🤦♂️
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh red is a nice color for this receipt. Why don’t they put them in more pretty colors like blue or purple?
NewVoice2040 · 2 points · Posted at 14:44:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just throw it away then you don't have to worry about it.
noNoParts · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NEXT!
Wisdomlost · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They sent me a receipt for last month. Pfft they are so dumb.
fireworkslass · 50 points · Posted at 01:19:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Embarrassingly, the gas to my place got cut off a month after we first moved in. We remembered to get the electricity connected and the water and internet too, but both assumed we didn’t have gas because our stove is induction. About a month later it turned out we’d just been mooching off the previous tenant’s gas connection and they finally cut it off - and that was when we figured out you needed gas for things like heating hot water for the shower. Oops.
bobbianrs880 · 6 points · Posted at 04:01:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like I only know that at my age because my parents’ water heater is awful. If anyone has showered, done dishes, or laundry within the last 5 hours, you get a whole 12 minutes of warm water maybe.
Well, I guess the giant gas tank in my yard helps serve as a good reminder too lol
Whitn3y · 40 points · Posted at 01:06:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In her defense, utilities are sometimes included in rent
EnergyTakerLad · 14 points · Posted at 01:29:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rarely all. Usually electric and sometimes water are not included. Here atleast, if you find electric included you hit a goldmine or junkpile.
Whitn3y · 9 points · Posted at 01:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here my water is, but not electric. I lived above a pet store once and everything was included though, even internet.
EnergyTakerLad · 8 points · Posted at 01:42:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that was a goldmine, unless it smelled..
Whitn3y · 8 points · Posted at 01:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It did but I also started working there too so it wasn't that noticeable.
The whole situation was a clusterfuck, but basically it was a trash dump of a building with a trash dump of an owner - he had a tattoo of the Tazmanian Devil holding the severed head of bugs bunny on his arm, I think that will paint the necessary picture.
EnergyTakerLad · 6 points · Posted at 01:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol okay well like i said, goldmine or junkpile
Whitn3y · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha
SarcasticDevil · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends where you live, in the UK it's common in some rentals for all bills to be included, meaning water, gas and electric. Sometimes even WiFi, in houseshares in particular. I know people into their thirties that are in shares and could still be for years, I wouldn't be too surprised if they've never paid a bill before
JMS1991 · 3 points · Posted at 02:21:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just moved. In my old apartment, the water was included in the rent (or really a separate charge, but a very small amount that was paid with my rent every month). Now I have a separate water bill, and I'm afraid of forgetting it.
welluuasked · 73 points · Posted at 00:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Soooo she never paid a single bill while married? I can't say I'm shocked she's divorced then lol
EmberHands · 49 points · Posted at 01:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno, I don't think my husband has paid many bills in his life, either. I was a couple years ahead of him in high school and went to a trade school so I was working before he graduated and all through his college years. By the time we had shared expenses I just sort of took over paying them mostly because I'm a control freak and I'm pretty good with a budget. He's aware OF bills, that the cost comes out of our account, but it isn't on his mental load. He constantly asks me what we pay for X or Y. I've at least shared the budget spreadsheet with him so if I die he knows all the passwords.
welluuasked · 21 points · Posted at 01:35:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well your husband at least knows what bills are, that you have them, and that they need to be paid. Homegirl was on a whole other level of basic life skill fails
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 03:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Khaylain · 2 points · Posted at 07:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your example isn't good, because those substitutions are included in cracking software. It's just a dictionary attack with substitutions.
You've got it right on with getting LastPass or another secure password manager to keep your passwords though.
For making a good password I've usually gone the route of taking a sentence or two, use only the first letter of each word and using the number when one is there. That makes it easy to remember, but a lot more difficult to attack.
EmberHands · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks.
Swie · 16 points · Posted at 02:11:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not that weird as far as being a division of labour imo... afaik my mom doesn't pay bills (although she works and they make about same $), my dad does it. Similarly he basically never cooks. He cleans, she does laundry. He does the trash, she does the garden.
For myself if I get married and my husband doesn't mind I'd also happily never pay a bill again. I have a good job and I pay bills now I live alone, but it's just my least favourite chore, by far.
I can see someone who never lived alone never paying bills.
BreadPuddding · 6 points · Posted at 02:35:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, I’ve never paid anything but my personal credit card bills (and, like, medical copays online). But like...I know how bills work. I don’t know how much our electric bill is but I know it exists and gets paid.
tiny_cat_bishop · 3 points · Posted at 03:06:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All of my bills are on autopay linked to my bank account, so I just have to make sure I keep my account flush with cash.
BreadPuddding · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that too. My husband doesn’t sit down and pay our recurring bills every month, they’re on autopay. So really neither one of us does that chore. (He does deal with all the health insurance crap, though.)
UsernameNotFound7 · 7 points · Posted at 01:56:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you might be surprised how many "traditional" households are still out there.
monkeyhog · 17 points · Posted at 02:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, "traditionally" women paid the bills while the husband made the money, and the women ran the household. That's why women took Home Economics classes in high school while the boys were in shop class.
tiny_cat_bishop · -2 points · Posted at 03:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But with the new conservative traditional household, women literally shouldn't have to do anything! It's wonderful, for women!
ReddishWedding2018 · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She married young to a really controlling man 20 years her senior who was so terrified she’d leave him that he kept her helpless so she’d rely on him. It happens.
irokatcod4 · 0 points · Posted at 03:20:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife doesn't pay any bills. I make enough money to support her, the baby and living expenses.
Alaira314 · 0 points · Posted at 03:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depending on where they lived, rent can sometimes include utilities just like she'd been expecting. My first apartment was like that. Water, electric, internet, landline(lol dating this anecdote), and basic cable came bundled with the unit, so I only had to pay one bill each month to the landlord. Any extra subscriptions I wanted beyond the basic level provided were on me, like if I wanted premium cable(again, dating this story) or to subscribe to get dvds sent to me in the mail in those big red envelopes(going all in on this one) I'd need to purchase those services on my own.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 01:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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ObscureCulturalMeme · 5 points · Posted at 02:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For that matter, when they finally send someone out to turn off the utility -- there's a water valve, an electric meter switch, etc, on the premises even when it's an apartment -- that employee will usually knock on your door first.
Back in the lean and desperate and forgetful years, on multiple occasions I was minutes away from losing a utility, until the guy knocked on the door. (Yes, he had a copy of my most recent bill, yes I did verify it was an actual employee.) Wrote a check, then the next day verified that the bill had been paid pending the check... and got to work finding enough money to cover the check.
Sounds like this person was really, really not paying attention. To anything.
RatTeeth · 7 points · Posted at 01:49:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom works for a high-end divorce attorney and has to explain things like this to newly divorced people all the time.
BeenThruIt · 6 points · Posted at 01:32:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being poor cures you of this very early in life. Power shut off, eviction, food bank lines; you pick up the concept of the value of a dollar and the need to pay things on time.
jerdub1993 · 5 points · Posted at 01:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine relying on someone else to support you your entire life.
orokami11 · 11 points · Posted at 01:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's really... weird? Like alright, even if she didn't know, who am I to judge. I'm 22 and I still don't know a lot of adulting stuff. But didn't she get any email or mail about the bills saying it has to be paid by whatever date?? O_o
Dariolosso · 3 points · Posted at 04:19:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also I don’t know where this is, but at least in the US they would have to send you some sort of notice before any utilities are cut off. And I think they’re not even aloud to shut off certain utilities if they’re still inhabiting a place. But I could be talking out of my ass.
killedBySasquatch · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is email
dreamrock · 5 points · Posted at 02:12:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more of a "Teach me, Master Yoda" moment, but here it goes.
I had an employee who has never, to my knowledge, paid rent. In his life.
He went to a state university with a scholarship that paid for his first year in the dormitory. He then went on to be a Resident Advisor for the next 3 years, with the benefit of free lodging. After graduation, he managed to get himself hired as an appartment superintendent while fucking around playing in several bands. As a super, he was again given free lodging.
Then he moved to NYC which is when I hired him. He had moved into some grubby place in Brooklyn that had severe electrical issues that his landlords would not address. He and his roommates refused to pay rent until shit was resolved. It went to court whereupon he and his roommates won. Not only were they not liable for the back rent, they were each awarded $3,000. He then, while searching for new digs, was hired as a broker by the company he sought to rent from. They offered him an appartment as part of his terms of hire.
Dude is a fucking glitch, I swear to god.
olde_greg · 4 points · Posted at 01:20:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just don’t get it. Even if you’ve never had to do that before it’s just kind of something you figure out.I mean she never heard her parents or husband talking about bills, never picked up on it in tv and movies?
candidpose · 4 points · Posted at 02:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surprisingly paying the bills is the easiest thing for an adult, now earning the money for the bills that's the hard part
GL_of_Sector_420 · 3 points · Posted at 01:36:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 35, never paid for water or gas in my life.
Water's always been included everywhere I've lived, and never had a place that used gas.
CommunistRonPaul · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just bad reading though not anything else.
The bills are in fact all included in my rent.
gameofthrones_addict · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I fear that a friend of mine is going to run into this one day. He’s in his 30’s and still lived with his parents. Which is fine. Many adults these days don’t live on their own. Though I’ve talked to him about it on multiple occasions and asked if he ever thought about getting his own place and he really doesn’t want to. At least last time I checked he is completely ok living with his parents indefinitely. I am concerned what will happen to him once they pass and he’s finally left on his own.
shadowsOfMyPantomime · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds exactly like my former coworker! She would actually talk about it all the time how she didn't know how to do taxes or keep track of any of the money going in or out of her bank account. The weird thing is she made more money than her husband so you'd think she would take a lot active role with that. But she never had to
nabrok · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, some places do include utilities with rent.
Still, it's hard to imagine not understanding what a bill is.
TogarSucks · 2 points · Posted at 01:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 32 and have lived in 4 different apartments since I turned 18.
First one, my roommate handled the bills and I paid him.
Next two everything was included except for internet.
Current apartment even internet is included.
If I actually had to live in a more “traditional” space I’m guessing that is probably forget some in the first few months as well.
ShiraCheshire · 2 points · Posted at 02:01:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe a bit of a tangent, but that exact sort of thing is a big problem when some people try to leave abusive relationships.
The abuser will prey on them early and marry them before the victim has a chance to be out on their own for any real period of time. After that the abuser will control all the technical details of life like bank accounts, bills, paperwork, etc.
The victim may want to leave, but then end up staying because the abuser has made sure they lack vital skills and information for living independently.
ReddishWedding2018 · 2 points · Posted at 08:17:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, that’s exactly what happened. She grew up in a rural conservative community, married a much older man who controlled every part of her life to keep her helpless because he was pathologically afraid she’d leave him. She left him because he refused to let her go to graduate school or do anything but cashier in his elderly aunt’s store. She ended up marrying another guy who isn’t as bad as her first husband, but who insists she gives him 100% of her paycheck, from which she receives a monthly allowance of 300 dollars, and no matter how much our friends and I explain that this isn’t ok, she says it is because “he’s better at finances” and because she can spend her 300 dollars as she pleases.
imjustkillingtime · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I've met some married couples, where the mom is a stay at home mom and has never had a job in her life. I tried giving her a bill and she gave me the most confused look and said, "I don't deal with finances, you'll have to talk to my husband." This was dinner, not a new car. Yes there are people out there with that simplistic of lives.
ScrewEA · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry her water was cut off? Is this legal in America? I work for a water company in England and we can only disconnect commercial supplies that do not supply/impact domestic properties...
ReddishWedding2018 · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! It’s disgusting.
Tesla_UI · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel bad for her. Hopefully she’s doing okay now.
ReddishWedding2018 · 2 points · Posted at 08:09:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She’s better, though I still spend a lot of time trying to push her on issues regarding her independence. Her first husband was a lot older and really invested in keeping her helpless. She married again a few years ago to a guy who at 40 had never been in a relationship before and is ocd/has Aspergers— she lets him control all finances including handing him 100% of her paycheck so he can give her a monthly allowance of 300 dollars because “it’s easier this way.” 😬
Tesla_UI · 1 points · Posted at 15:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah gotcha. You’re a good friend!!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandma told me about a 90-year-old gentleman in her condo community. When his wife passed away the tellers at the bank had to teach him how to WRITE A CHECK. His wife had paid all of the bills for their entire marriage! Unreal.
AptCasaNova · 2 points · Posted at 13:58:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This blows my mind. I’m sure her husbands and partners are essentially second parents to her.
As a woman, I can’t tolerate that in a man, yet it seems to be ok the other way around.
KimLizLaw · 2 points · Posted at 14:18:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as part of a 2 person team cleaning for a moderately wealthy woman. When her husband divorced her we had to teach her how to do pretty much everything. Her upper-middle class elderly parents were very lovely people and they were coming over to teach her some things, but she was mid-40’s completing a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and I was a 18 year old idiot freshman working on an Art degree and I had to teach her how to plunge a toilet, start her dishwasher, and do her laundry. Still to this day, over a decade later, and I cannot figure out how she managed all those years doing nothing for herself. She had 2 kids. Did they never have accidents that she immediately put in the washer? Did she never think to load the empty dishwasher rather than pile her dirty dishes in the sink? She wouldn’t even spray her massive shower out when she was menstruating and we only came twice a week. It would be dried to the shower floor.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be completely fair, some places do include bills with rent.
You don't know somethings until you learn it. Luckily most of us learn these life skills early on but it's usually from being thrown in the deep end
aham42 · 3 points · Posted at 01:34:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 40.. met my wife when I was 18. She's handled all of that shit my entire adult life. I really hope I die first.
MyAviato666 · 1 points · Posted at 10:22:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or you could learn it? You're not dead yet.
aham42 · 2 points · Posted at 16:52:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah.
MyAviato666 · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too typical lol
not_thatkindofdoctor · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha. tbf I nearly had my electricity turned off in my early 30s because I thought it was part of my rent like the rest of my utilities. Finally saw a notice and was like "oh shit..."
I feel like I get most "adulting" (sorry zoomers, I know that word makes you cry ;) ) stuff fine, but utilities are weird. At that place I got redundant bills sent in the mail (hence my habit of ignoring them), but at my next place the utility company tried to claim they'd been paying our electric and double bill us. It's a little confusing and made worse by the fact that a lot of utility billing companies are shady af.
supermav27 · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a 20 year old college student who still lives with his parents over break. I have no clue how to pay my taxes. Thanks to the public school system for teaching us fucking cell biology and art but not taxes and personal finance.
DMala · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can kind of relate. I was only 19 at the time, and I understood the concept of bills, but I assumed the power company would send a bill to “current resident” and from there I’d set up my account and pay the bill. When nothing showed up, I assumed electricity was included in the rent and didn’t worry about it. Figured it out a year later when I came home to a dark apartment.
phunbagz · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your friend a human
pressurecookedgay · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
daaaamn
AnAquaticOwl · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Iused to work with this woman in her 50s or 60s who'd never paid a bill, owned a car, used the postal service, or rented an apartment. My boss had to teach her how to do all of it
Cosmocision · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I blame her parents and a lacking education system for that. There are a lot of things people are just supposed to know when they are independent, yet, if no one remembers to tell you, how the fuck are you supposed to know? Power and water being part of the rent makes perfect sense, why would you even question it?
JustOurThings · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went from my parents houze to my husbands house. And I know that bills are a thing that need to be paid. In fact, I’m handling most of the finances. I just don’t understand how people can’t comprehend that.
TheLikeGuys3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, you can't just spank a 40-year-old twice.
linandlee · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a bank, and I see shit like this all day long. My favorite example is this:
Lady in their mid to late 30's comes up to the drive through driving a $50k+ SUV, wearing designer sunglasses. Says "um, I need to put money in the bank, how do I do that?" I literally had to tell her to put her debit card and cash in the tube and push go. I have conversations like this with young adults all the time, but this person was at least 35. Turns out, she was actually trying to tell me she needed to make a car payment, she just didn't understand the difference, so that took a minute to figure out.
I wish I was privileged enough to not need to know how to do normal tasks.
roquea04 · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not going to lie. I've moved out for the first time this month and Im not sure about my water bill. At this point I'm too afraid to ask.
linkforest · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my boyfriend how to pay bills with your phone. He was 23, living alone for a year, and I was 25.
FuckRandyMoss · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im scared of this. I live with my parents and am 21. Work full time but i don't want my parents to lose the house. Had i moved out last year like i wanted to theyd be in deep shit and now the foundation is cracking. Its nice to help even though people call me a basement dweller but i let my mom handle the bills. Ever since I stated working at 16 i did and now im kinda stuck. I also when I set my account up allowed her to control it past 18 im kinda here till my dad gets back on his feet. I wanna go but life just works in weird ways
SBcitizen · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude that’s ducking funny XD
Obscureallure86 · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have little doubt that this has happened to several of my college students after they graduated and moved out. I had one cry to me panicked because he was graduating the next month (24 years old) and his parents were making him move out. He didn’t even have the basic understanding of “adulting” because his parents did everything for him. He hadn’t tried to find a job or a place to live and was just hoping they’d feel bad and let him stay. (Which is I believe exactly what happened.) I’ve also had students that honestly didn’t understand that you can only spend the amount of money you have in your bank account and get angry when their cards were declined. They assumed it would switch to “credit” or something similar when the funds ran out. I could tell you so many more stories like this. We honestly need an “adulting” class for freshman college students!
littleonebigone · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. Oh my goodness.
Feyranna · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad is 57 and same thing. My mom just passed away unexpectedly and now I guess Im the next person in line to have to pay bills and shop for a grown man because he has never learned how to adult at all.
EvlSteveDave · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god.... the general expectations of you are stacked so fucking high at that age too.
Scruffiella · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother in law is 77 years old and has never paid a bill. Never been to a bank. Never used an ATM. Dad just gets the cash out and gives it to her and he takes care of paying the bills in cash at the post office. I don’t know what’s going to happen if dad goes first.
fancy_llama312 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sadly this is my SO. He’s never paid any of his bills. He gives his mom the money every month who then pays it for him.
Triangle_Graph · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg this is my sister. Mom had been paying her rent, utilities, and giving her spending money, unbeknownst to Dad. Well, when Mom died, he found out and was furious (in that stoic dad sort of way). So the money fountain dried up. She insisted she could take care of herself. Where we live it’s illegal to turn off someone’s electric heat during the winter months. She took this to mean that the heat was free, and cranked it all winter long. That spring, overhearing her arguing with the power company on the phone was priceless. Oh, and she also thought that if she lost her cell phone and couldn’t afford to replace it, she could just stop paying the bill since she wasn’t using it. Then she’d buy a phone with a new contract from a new provider. This happened about 4 or 5 times.
PM_Me_PolydactylCats · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happened to my mother in law at 55. Married at 18, husband died 4 years ago. My fiance has been trying to teach her to be independent but she is so resistant.
viking162 · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s why my parents teach my sister and I to learn how to be independent even if we do get married someday because you never know what’s gonna happen and they don’t want us to ever depend on anyone
4starters · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wth. I still live with my parents and I can understand and figure out how bills work 😬
Roberto410 · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And these are the people that are allowed to vote
Miqotegirl · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was like my aunt, except she got married at 15 (shotgun style) and had three kids by the time she was 18.
She only had a 9th grade education.
EveJaguar · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned how to pay a bill when I was 11, my dad is like “I make the money, you do the transaction”
Windmillskillbirds · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my biggest fear of moving into my own home at 25. I would fuck up paying the bill and get my stuff turned off with no warning. I still have no clue if there is a warning or not
ulsterfifer · 2 points · Posted at 18:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Companies make it very easy to pay bills so they get their money. They usually give you repeated letters phone calls and visits before shutting anything off.
Incogniggo · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t blame her. There should be a mandatory class like Health/PE in highschool, but just financial advice.
BexW858 · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend as always had rent & bill included arrangement, she’s 38, I had to sit down with her and get meter readings and set up DDs etc!...
kimprobable · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, my ex mother in law went grocery shopping for the first time in her life at 52, after they got divorced. She got married at 16 and divorced and lived with her parents for a year and remarried at 22 and everyone had always done it for her. Absolutely ridiculous.
jjjlak · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend in grad school didn’t even know how much rent was (lived in a very nice apartment) and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t just go shopping (I was stressed about paying rent that week). She also “wasn’t sure” if she had any student loans. Parents paid and did everything for.
Ordinator-9000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's times like these I really blame the parents for not allowing enough autonomy on their parts.
fitzpsfrequency · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Self admitted I had never wrote a check until I was 35. I honestly didn't know how to do it and had to ask for help. I always gave cash to my mom to pay my bills and now my wife and I share a account and she pays them.
BexW858 · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so glad someone else has owned up to something they’ve done, i now feel confident to share my ‘what we’re you thinking’ moment
Not_Just_Any_Lurker · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m worried my best friend from middle school is going to end up that way. His parents are pretty much higher end middle class. They’ve pay for just about everything for him and he’s 29 now. The only thing that stops him from being a NEET is that he’s employed as a truck driver. But the farm he works for only calls him out like once a month.
I genuinely worry that once his parents pass away or they eventually kick him out or whatever he’s just not going to have the life skills to adult. He’s never had to pay rent or a phone bill. And for his vehicles he’s always just paid his dad.
belly_goat · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This boggles my mind cause , like, she’s me almost. I’m only thirty but I just moved out of my family home to live with my partner but like... I know what bills are. I’ve paid bills. I’ve paid taxes. Like.. you.. what... how do you... man. I am sort of jealous of her ignorance. What a blissful life she must lead.
derivativeguitarriff · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How does this even happen? My parents showed us bills when we were very young so we understood the concept of pay the bills on time. They didn’t make us pay them, just aware they existed.
Truffleshuffle03 · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well now I will say this there are apartments with utilities included and you just pay extra in rent. I know that this is not that situation but there are apartments that do that.
offermychester · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah man I'm 37 and I just bought a house and I'm realizing how much shit I just let roommates and girlfriends do, I got auto pay set up and my friends mom hooked me up with some furniture but really I'm just guessing.
persephonenyc · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Christ this is like my brother. Always having women take care of him, my mother, girlfriends, his ex wife. This year at 41 is his first year of being on his own. He was evicted from his apartment in December because he thought he could pay his rent anytime in December. He didn’t realize it had to be on the first.
WimbletonButt · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something like this happened with my uncle. He's in his 60s and his wife died, my mom had to teach him how to do the bills. They had a hell of a time figuring out what the info was for the mortgage and taxes.
alexjacobii1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, as someone in a water rich region the idea of PAYING for water was absolutely baffling to me at first. I knew how to pay the bill but I didn't quite get why I couldn't just have a well lol
bananaoohnanahey · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate in college forgot to pay rent because her parents literally paid for everything. When we got the “past due” notice one night, I asked if she paid her half and got a total deer in the headlights look.
She told me she’d write a check. Impressed with her efforts to solve the problem, i watched her write everything on the wrong line of the check (and make it payable to the wrong rental company). Then she put it in the mailbox of the apartment office instead of the clearly marked “rent payments only” box.
The next day her mom paid the entire rest of the year for her.
xX_DankMaster420_Xx · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So uhhh... how do you pay bills exactly? And how do taxes work?
I’m scared to become an adult
RogueOneWasOkay · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No wonder she got divorced.
ReddishWedding2018 · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She actually left her first husband because he was controlling to the point that he wouldn’t “let” her have a job where she might interact with other men or further her education, so she was relegated to cashiering at his elderly aunt’s fabric shop for 11 years, left him to pursue grad school.
cliu1222 · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my friend's mom. His dad took care of all of that, so after he died my friend's mom was completely unprepared. I found it funny that he was teaching his mom all about paying bills.
MamaDaddy · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg get the fuck out of here. Are you kidding?
coquish98 · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait what do you mean they'll cut the water off, can they do it if there are unpaid bills? Isn't it a human right to have access to water?
starrysky0070 · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHAT
biggy2302 · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A woman that I worked with is similar. She went to college, then moved back in with her parents for a few years, before getting married and moving in with her husband. She said she’s paid some bills- loans, credit cards, things like that, but never paid or even set up electricity or water at a house/apartment. Her husband is an accountant “so he is in charge of the money.” Plus, they just had a kid. 😬
earthwormjimwow · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is actually really sad. Imagine how many other aspects of her life are just a sea of endless confusion and ignorance...
TopRamenisha · 33128 points · Posted at 00:07:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have many great stories about my former college roommate. Two of my favorites are:
she wanted to make pasta. She put a pot on the stove and poured the noodles in (no water in the pot), turned on the stove. After a while she asked me “how come these aren’t getting soft like when my mom makes them?”
she made brownies from a box. The box instructions say “grease the bottom of an 8x8 pan before pouring in the brownie batter.” You bet your ass this bitch picked up the 8x8 pan, flipped it over, greased the BOTTOM of it, and then flipped it back over and poured in the brownie batter
quinalou · 4766 points · Posted at 01:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brownie pan one made me laugh out loud in the bathroom. The CONSEQUENCE about it, A+ material
caroldemon · 50 points · Posted at 02:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude me to just cackled in bed
akatherder · 19 points · Posted at 06:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brownies were my last kitchen fuck up. The recipe called for 1/2 cup of oil. From top to bottom, my measuring cup shows the measurements like:
3/4
1/2
1/4
1 cup
3/4
1/2
1/4
I filled it to the top 1/2 (which is actually 1 1/2).
SkiDude · 57 points · Posted at 03:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I blurted out laughing just as someone in the show were watching said "so and so was killed in the line of duty a few days ago". My wife just looked at me like what the fuck?
Los_93 · 29 points · Posted at 04:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a knee slapper death is!
SatoshiUSA · 9 points · Posted at 05:47:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know right?! That's the best part of war!
obiwanjablowme · 19 points · Posted at 02:51:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It would be good sitcom material
Aitrus233 · 36 points · Posted at 03:02:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can imagine people criticizing it for being too unrealistic. Thinking no one would ever do that.
obiwanjablowme · 4 points · Posted at 13:15:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Idk, take a good look at all the lack of common sense today and you’re bound to find someone who would do that
HeyMrBusiness · 10 points · Posted at 05:07:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's an old sitcom about a family who gets a robot daughter and she makes mistakes like this! Small Wonder
wine-o-saur · 3 points · Posted at 17:47:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to love that show.
Now I feel old.
stevie_g_macd · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hell yeah brutha
verifiedshitlord · -2 points · Posted at 02:56:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can **see** penny (bbt) doing it!
spitfire451 · 5 points · Posted at 17:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's some Amelia Bedelia nonsense.
Nawamsayn · 2 points · Posted at 04:02:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same!
fadjee · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes two of us!
pbat574 · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
you ever asked a toddler to put on their shoes and socks?
Wawgawaidith · 4 points · Posted at 12:53:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A blonde walks into a pharmacy and asks the pharmacist for some rectum deodorant. The pharmacist explains to the woman they don't sell rectum deodorant…. and that in fact he has never heard of it before.
The blonde assures the pharmacist that she has been buying the stuff from this store for years and needs some more.
"I'm sorry," says the pharmacist, "we don't have any.
"But I always get it here," says the blonde.
"Do you have the container it comes in?" asks the pharmacist.
"Yes!" said the blonde. "I'll go home and get it."
She returns with the container and hands it to the pharmacist who looks at it and says to her, "This is just a normal stick of underarm deodorant."
Annoyed, the blonde snatches the container back and reads out loud from the container: "To apply, push up bottom."
Croc_Top · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On your phone in the bathroom.......
Darling_Cobra · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean OP really must be good in writing. It a rare quality to have.
bajabruhmoment · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally learned how to make pasta before I even remember how fucking stupid can you get
[deleted] · 20888 points · Posted at 02:19:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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rainbowunibutterfly · 1766 points · Posted at 02:50:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Loved those books!!
jojokangaroo1969 · 1897 points · Posted at 02:52:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Dress the turkey and draw the drapes.
Edit: OMG!! My 1st award ever!! Thank you anonymous gifter ❤❤❤
[deleted] · 915 points · Posted at 02:56:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ‘draw the drapes’ is one that has stuck with me for years. She did her best!
jojokangaroo1969 · 92 points · Posted at 03:00:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She sure did lol. I remember that for a couple of reasons: first was that my family always said "close the curtains" and secondly she was drawing the DRAPES!! LOL
EmbarrassedThing · 30 points · Posted at 04:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My favorite was when she tried to make a jelly roll
-la-la- · 37 points · Posted at 04:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I memba when she wanted to go into politics. When she was questioned about if she'd fill potholes, she said to the brim and to plant something nice..the world needs more purity like that woman.
EmbarrassedThing · 53 points · Posted at 04:09:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that I think about it. She was just a a high functioning autistic woman right
Respect4All_512 · 14 points · Posted at 06:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. Someone who takes things that literally wouldn't be high functioning. Source: married to a high functioning autistic.
ughweirdo · 30 points · Posted at 04:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine was when a recipe called for dates so she cut up a calendar
SassenachWitch · 3 points · Posted at 14:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I liked when she had to prune the hedges so she tied prunes to the leaves.
HappyDopamine · 9 points · Posted at 05:41:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always remember that one and separating the eggs. Thanks for the smile, I needed that today.
islandofinstability · 8 points · Posted at 05:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust the furniture
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 03:09:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You better believe she drew some damn good drapes
HotdogFarmer · 33 points · Posted at 03:11:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always wanted to try that spongecake...
getmecrossfaded · 36 points · Posted at 03:14:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sponge cake? Did she make sponge cake? I know she baked amazing lemon meringue pie.
WingedLady · 16 points · Posted at 04:40:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She attempted a sponge cake with actual pieces of sponge in it. Like kitchen sponge. She made a pie after that.
marshland264 · 12 points · Posted at 03:14:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasn't it a pie? Lemon meringue maybe?
catatonicbeanz · 14 points · Posted at 03:16:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! I thought about her when they brought out the chocolate covered Lays. Chocolate chip cookies!
sayuriaiona · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or the date cake with the cut up calendar in it!!
drnkpnkprincess · 21 points · Posted at 03:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m starting to think these books might have encouraged my interests in language and etymology.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:57:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re perfect book for the classroom. Kids learn multiple meanings of various words and common phrases that they otherwise wouldn’t know the meaning of. I myself learned some new words and phrases just from those books since there were many I had never heard of (we read them in elementary school)
showmeyouraspics · 16 points · Posted at 04:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo. These were SO good for my mom when she was learning English. She loved them.
ZachAttack10300 · 15 points · Posted at 04:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about that time when she was playing baseball and they told her to run home, and she hit the ball over the fence, physically stole the bases, and ran all the way home, and then made cookies. Like holy cow.
a-carpenter · 9 points · Posted at 04:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust the furniture!
Nga_pik · 6 points · Posted at 04:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Goodthing she wasn't fired
polarbearstina · 5 points · Posted at 05:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those books made me want to be her friend haha
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 05:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m ready for a live action Amelia film for kids, it’s long overdue. Maybe she’s new in the big city and is kinda goofy and clutzy. She has a big heart though. Maybe she helps solve a mystery.
She gets called out for not knowing things, but her message is that it’s ok to learn and try new things, and that it’s wrong to underestimate someone or make fun of them for learning. She turns out to be an open an adventurous person, showing the other protagonist (friend? love interest?) that there are things they can learn from HER.
polarbearstina · 4 points · Posted at 06:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am so in for this
KingPellinore · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Roll call" was my favorite from the one where she's a substitute teacher.
McBurger · 17 points · Posted at 03:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you draw a bath for me
NintendoLasagna · 13 points · Posted at 03:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, not an artist but here you are:
https://www.reddit.com/user/NintendoLasagna/comments/hg0j6c/for_the_comment_draw_me_a_bath_from_umcburger/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
sadacori · 6 points · Posted at 04:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol and dust the furniture. Those books were the best.
slothbarns7 · 5 points · Posted at 04:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The one that stuck with me was her being asked to dust the shelves or something like that, and she proceeds to throw dust on all of them
justaddtheslashS · 5 points · Posted at 04:49:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Run over the tablecloth with an iron.
weako4luckychrmz · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust the furniture
DukeGordon · 2 points · Posted at 06:12:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Steak (stake) the plants in the garden
catchtheworldthecage · 2 points · Posted at 07:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Making a date cake. Those were such good books
nakebdnsns · 2 points · Posted at 08:54:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a good comment ruined by a perfectly cliche edit. You were almost cool.
clockradio · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Playing baseball with the neighborhood kids, she steals home plate by actually picking it up & running off with it.
It was all good, because she brought it back with a pile of cookies on it. It is a plate after all!
Johnlsullivan2 · 22 points · Posted at 02:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They were always my favorite to read to my daughter. So delightfully absurd.
rainbowunibutterfly · 2 points · Posted at 23:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I remember laughing so hard.
[deleted] · 84 points · Posted at 02:53:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was there ever a human soul as profoundly asinine and wilfully ignorant than Amelia Bedelia? God I hate her glassy eyed face so fucking much. I just wanna MASH it into a running waffle maker and be like "huh isn't that I R O N I C"
welluuasked · 48 points · Posted at 03:07:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
she made a mean lemon meringue pie though which was supposedly enough to absolve her of all her wrongdoings
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:34:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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welluuasked · 5 points · Posted at 05:40:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She makes lemon meringue pie in the original book, cream puffs in one of the sequels. Bitch could bake
jmoonj · 14 points · Posted at 02:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I admire your enthusiasm.
Ericanes · 7 points · Posted at 02:56:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/unexpextedsamonella
intlstudent728 · 4 points · Posted at 03:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/SubsIFellFor
HoneyFriedChickenHam · 7 points · Posted at 03:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/fuckameliabedelia
hottNpopular69 · -1 points · Posted at 03:14:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/subsifellfor
gr8bacon · 4 points · Posted at 03:35:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Calm down, Satan.
xray_anonymous · 7 points · Posted at 03:15:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make a date cake
JustMeWatchingPrince · 6 points · Posted at 03:15:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dust the furniture.
rainbowunibutterfly · 1 points · Posted at 23:42:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol.
Los_93 · 9 points · Posted at 04:13:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always thought it would be great to do a porn parody.
Like, “Yo, Amelia Bedelia, give me some head,” and she gets him a head of lettuce.
“Toss my salad,” and she takes vegetables out of the fridge and throws them out the window.
You get the idea.
hedibet · 2 points · Posted at 05:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They upset me. I always make my kids “read them” to me by making up a new story where Amelia does exactly what she is asked. It’s both boring and hilarious.
AuroraSkye333 · 79 points · Posted at 03:09:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I haven't heard that name in years... Now that takes me back lol!!! I loved those books
frameworkautoco · 31 points · Posted at 03:16:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't thought about that dizzy bitch in years, now I'm mad all over again
StardustNarwhal · 55 points · Posted at 03:09:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there a sub for people acting like Amelia Bedelia in real life? I feel like there should be.
Aaron_tu · 10 points · Posted at 04:08:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/maliciouscompliance ?
[deleted] · -11 points · Posted at 03:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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HEXC_PNG · 3 points · Posted at 04:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/technicallythetruth
Arlitto · 17 points · Posted at 02:58:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I miss these book series, I forgot they existed
ElvisIsATimeLord · 18 points · Posted at 03:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/RareInsults
LikeCurry · 33 points · Posted at 02:54:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I needed this
jojobutter · 33 points · Posted at 03:08:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I HAVE MENTIONED AMELIA BEDELIA SO MANY TIMES AND NO ONE KNOWS WHO I AM REFERRING TO.
P_M_ME_YO_TITS · 8 points · Posted at 04:17:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who?
jojobutter · 9 points · Posted at 05:34:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate you 💜
x_alexithymia · 6 points · Posted at 04:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dog's full name is Ava Bodava and I feel like no one gets the reference.
cup_1337 · 12 points · Posted at 17:16:05 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/awardspeechedits
CautiousArrival · 21 points · Posted at 02:55:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This comment made me laugh out loud that is so true. The author should come to this thread for inspiration
new-socks · 7 points · Posted at 04:38:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, sadly the author died in a dusting incident. She was asked to dust a friend's apartment as a favor and instead of cleaning the dust in the apartment as expected, she started pouring heaps of dust on the place and ended up inhaling so much dust she died.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 04:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's what Amelia's up to now. Her powers have grown https://imgur.com/gallery/DU9B3
industry86 · 9 points · Posted at 03:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Genuinely made me laugh. Thank you.
cyberphlash · 7 points · Posted at 03:09:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the best reference I've seen all day!!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally forgot this character existed.
Gone_knittin · 6 points · Posted at 03:35:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or Mister Noodle and his brother, Mister Noodle
cheezburgerfrenchfry · 5 points · Posted at 02:56:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LMFAO!
Wildmoon97 · 4 points · Posted at 03:03:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THIS
TrafficConesUpMyAnus · 4 points · Posted at 03:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol when she was told to “change the curtains” and so she changed them up by cutting them apart with scissors and like painting them purple and polka dots and shit ahahaha
OneOwenYT · 3 points · Posted at 03:00:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omfg you fricking edited it you crazy beach.
CalebisLOST · 3 points · Posted at 04:46:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I loved the book when she played baseball or something and she hit the ball so hard that her team were telling her to “run home.” She indeed ran all the way home. To her house. Lol
vikingcock · 4 points · Posted at 03:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read one of these to my kids the other day and immediately thought "oh, this lady has autism. Oh..."
BrerChicken · 5 points · Posted at 03:16:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amelia Bedelia is definitely on the spectrum.
karenstolemyreddit · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A whole wave of nostalgia just hit me after reading that
oriaven · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This comment wins the the whole post.
Paw_Print_Heart · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I loved those books!
lechatondhiver · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am laughing so hard at this. I used to love those books.
succubamf · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh I loved that bitch when I was little
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:03:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently there are Amelia Bedelias everywhere...
HEXC_PNG · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/unexpectedsamonella is calling me!
petyrlabenov · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“God I hate her glassy eyed face so fucking much. I just want to mash it into a running waffle maker and be like, ‘Ha, isn’t that ironic?’ Grab her by her vacant fucking head, throw outta 747 and say, “Hey, why didn’t you shoot yourself when you had the chance?
GET IT?!’”
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 06:20:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Except Amelia Bedelia could actually cook. Or at least make amazing pies. I'm not sure how since she's incapable of learning anything else that isn't strictly literal and would have pulled exactly this greasing the bottom of the baking dish shit if she existed in real life. Yeah I may not have like those books much.
adj16 · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/AwardSpeechEdits
_7q4 · 4 points · Posted at 09:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/awardspeechedits cunt
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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_7q4 · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
????
justicewhit · 2 points · Posted at 02:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understood that reference
selfobcesspool · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i read that as azelia banks
Zombikittie · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for nostalgia!!
bros402 · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that's what I was going to say!
Holothrasher · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just sent me back so far I got whiplash
xray_anonymous · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg those books!! What a throwback
ItsPlainOleSteve · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I forgot about those books!
NarcolepticKnitter · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amazing reference. Thank you
Bonzai_Bananas · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let's just hope this person doesnt make"sponge cake"
erenee121 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wowww I forgot about Amelia Bedelia.
Press_START360 · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plot twist: the brownies baked to perfection
A-ZMysteries444 · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OH MY GOD IVE BEEN THINKING OF THOSE BOOKS BUT COULDNT REMEMBER THE NAME
Thank you omg
jkwolly · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I forgot about those books haha.
OfficialSpycrab · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prune the bushes.
puts prunes on the bushes
rhynowaq · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry I need to bring this into my vocabulary.
Shortdonut · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i met the author, herman parish, in first grade! cool man
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 15:41:50 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Second author.
haleandheartless · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm crying from a mix of nostalgia and laughter
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me literally laugh loudly in my chair. Thank you.
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A million years ago, my Mom used those books in her Adult Intermediate ESL classes. It seems that American Idioms are a pain in the a++.. She added Holidays when a student of hers revealed she hid under the bed during Halloween.
TheMobHunter · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bringing back my childhood right there
MamaDaddy · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literal LOL
Nabeela97 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't thought about those books in SO LONG. Just graduated uni this year and have been reminiscing alot but wow!
mulletprooftiger · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And here's my favorite Reddit comment ever.
1CEninja · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I love threatening to Amelia Bedelia people's instructions. I either get a blank stare or a laugh, never anything in between.
itmeko · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put out the lights
lkjhgfxs · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/outofcontext
Indio_2456 · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Forgot these existed bro, lmao it’s exactly like that
calidelphia1228 · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I laughed so hard at this. Made my night
TheType95 · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The girl who drew a picture of the curtains but made an awesome lemon pie??
epicweaselftw · 1 points · Posted at 06:03:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
those books taught me to be very specific when instructing someone unless i know for a fact they have done it before
thriftwisepoundshy · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that character autistic?
WaterWarrior36 · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good God I wish I could give gold
MikeFT65 · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dress the turkey
Kuroni-x · 1 points · Posted at 06:52:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Hit the road "
sothisiscomplicated · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit very few things make me audibly laugh out loud but THIS comment did!!
KarateStereo · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the first time I’ve actually liked a “Thanks for the Gold kind stranger” edit.
kitkatpaddywat · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would have spit liquid through my nose had I been drinking any 🤣
AnnieRAndersen · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom named us all after books. My sister got her name from Amelia Bedelia and 1000% lives up to it. She had a phase where she ate “microwave omelettes” for breakfast almost daily (scrambled egg with nothing in it, nuked on a plate until it was a rubber puck)
There was also an instance where my mom had Amelia make cornbread for family dinner and she put three tablespoons instead of teaspoons of baking SODA instead of baking powder in the mix. My mom made us eat it anyway because my sister had gone to all that work. It tasted.. carbonated. 11/10 would not recommend.
Fishanz · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody has mentioned it yet: google ‘Amelia bedelia Wikipedia hoax’ for a good story, heard a great npr story about this
DesireeDominique · 1 points · Posted at 09:01:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what exactly popped into my mind!!!
nairobidsrvdbetter · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How on earth do you have 18k likes on this comment but only 7k karma?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:17:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nairobidsrvdbetter · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't it supposed to be how many upvotes you got or something? Did you get downvoted a bunch on another comment?
SunWarri0r · 1 points · Posted at 09:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love Amelia!
She's the whole reason I can't take Gillian Anderson"s character seriously in Hannibal haha.
melancholalia · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
omg that was my first thought too! i loved those books so much!
AptCasaNova · 1 points · Posted at 13:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amelia was charming af, but if you had to live with her, she’d probably get shot.
the0thermother · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But she could cook.
disqo_lemonade · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I forgot about her!!! 😂😂😂 love it
FeatherShard · 176 points · Posted at 02:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No common sense, but great at following directions.
IntentCoin · 41 points · Posted at 04:05:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shed make a good genie
abaggins · 8 points · Posted at 09:41:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and a good programmer. thinks like a computer.
I_hate_traveling · 27 points · Posted at 05:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An NBA player was telling a story once about when he played as a kid.
It was a close game and his team was up by a couple of points and had possession, so their best bet was to stall until the clock expired.
So, the coach goes "Guys, we're gonna inbound the ball to Kenny, he's gonna sit on the ball and run out the clock."
'Sitting on the ball' is a basketball idiom that simply means don't try to score and instead focus on recycling possession.
Naturally, Kenny grabbed the ball, put it on the floor between his legs and parked his ass on it.
Coach facepalms, but then after the game, he goes to Kenny and says "Son, I'll say one thing about you: you're coachable."
Karetta35 · 5 points · Posted at 06:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Credit to where it's due - this is Kenny Smith of the 90's Houston Rockets.
Open Court: Embarrasing Moments
nobody_important0000 · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was this Kenny playing for Lawndale High?
(I just remembered that character's name is Kevin. Still though...)
watermelonparadise · 525 points · Posted at 01:15:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
incredible
TheRane · 19 points · Posted at 02:55:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Astonishing
YUFORlA · 19 points · Posted at 02:55:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Outstanding move
WindowsOverOS · 3 points · Posted at 03:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flabbergasted
whateverbutalsoducks · 70 points · Posted at 02:50:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear to fucking god, my uncles college roommate has almost the exact same spaghetti story. He lived with 3 other guys in his apartment.
Uncle: What do you guys want for dinner tonight?
Guys in unison: Spaghetti!
Uncle: Awesome. Steve, get water on the stove.
Steve: .... for what?
22 fucking years old and didn’t know spaghetti required water. I have never laughed harder than when I first heard this story almost 10 years ago.
Never-On-Reddit · 2 points · Posted at 08:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus how many of us are out there with the same story. Happened with my roommate (female) as well.
sodeanki · 30 points · Posted at 01:55:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lord have mercy
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 02:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
how this person is still alive
TopRamenisha · 27 points · Posted at 02:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly have no idea. She almost burnt our apartment down multiple times, I am lucky I survived the year we lived together.
sneakyzebra92 · 28 points · Posted at 02:50:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please give us more stories! Your old roommate sounds like free entertainment.
TopRamenisha · 57 points · Posted at 03:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was free entertainment like you would not believe. She liked to “write songs” and she would come out to the living room and write these god awful poems and then sing them to us. Some other fun stories:
she liked to smoke pot. One day she wanted to go to the store to buy a new bong, so we all went with her. She tried to pay with her debit card and it got declined. She was super pissed that her card got declined. When she got back in the car we were talking about it and she was like, “it’s ok, I’ll just go to the bank and withdraw cash from the ATM.” I tried to explain to her that isn’t how it works and if her card got declined she wouldn’t be able to withdraw cash. Off to the bank we go. Shocker: she can’t withdraw any cash because she doesn’t have any money. She goes inside and bitches out the bank teller girl who is also trying to explain to her she doesn’t have any money. This goes on for a while before I finally drag her out of the bank
I came home one day and she was laying on the floor in the living room crying hysterically. I asked her what was wrong and she told me she had herpes. I talked to her about it for a little bit and asked her if she went to the doctor to get tested. She told me she didn’t need to, she KNEW she had herpes, here is the proof..... a new mole on her arm.
_George_Costanza_ · 25 points · Posted at 03:58:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, the bar for college admission has really gone through the floor. Where’s James Cameron when you need him.
Aries_cz · 12 points · Posted at 04:33:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And then you realize these people vote...
monsantobreath · 7 points · Posted at 06:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a plot twist.
LapsusMentale · 24 points · Posted at 02:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amelia Bedelia
Echospite · 74 points · Posted at 02:27:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm totally the kind of person who'd do the second one. I have trouble following directions because my brain thinks of like seven different ways to interpret one sentence, which somehow everyone else understands but me, and I end up choosing the Wrong One and everyone thinks I'm an idiot (I am an idiot). I'd read that and think "which bottom? Underneath-bottom or inside-bottom? Better do underneath-bottom just to be safe."
surbell · 26 points · Posted at 02:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats hilarious sorry
sgw97 · 48 points · Posted at 02:57:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But in this brownie situation if you give it even a little thought--why would there be any reason AT ALL to grease the outside bottom of the pan where no brownie batter will touch? To prevent the bottom of the pain from sticking to the oven rack??
Pandaburn · 30 points · Posted at 03:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’d only think to do it if you’re the kind of person who doesn’t know pasta is cooked in water.
Echospite · 40 points · Posted at 03:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, that's what I mean when I say my brain thinks of ten million different possibilities instead of the most obvious one, because I'd totally think "well the directions wouldn't tell me to do that unless there was good reason to, so therefore it MUST be to prevent the pan from sticking to the oven rack!"
Philias2 · 22 points · Posted at 03:32:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your brain must be an interesting place to live in.
Echospite · 5 points · Posted at 05:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's "interesting" much like the phrase "may you live in interesting times." :(
idma · 3 points · Posted at 04:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of artists have hard to understand brains
Scoth42 · 9 points · Posted at 04:09:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel your pain. I've always been a very literal person, and sometimes it comes across as smartass when I don't intend it as such. I remember awhile back my ex-wife had given my number to one of those window replacement scammer sorts and the saleslady was talking to me about me current windows and said "I see here your current windows are aluminum?" and my dumb ass replied "no, they're glass." There was this pregnant pause before she replied"... I mean the frames." I didn't mean it smartassilly, it's just my brain connected her mentioning the windows with them obviously being glass, not aluminum.
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 05:56:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, I'd have said the same, because... well, not all windows are made of glass, some are made of plastic polymers, so I would see it as perfectly reasonable to say "yes, these windows are made of glass" whereas everyone else is like "WELL DURR THEY'RE MADE OF GLASS."
KaiG1987 · 1 points · Posted at 17:14:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it wouldn't make sense to say in response to someone saying your current windows are aluminium, unless you think that windows exist with panes made of aluminium. Contextually, she must have been talking about the frames.
Echospite · 1 points · Posted at 22:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd just think it was made out of some kind of alloy I was ignorant about. There's a lot I don't know, if someone who knows windows is talking about something that windows are made of, then that person knows more about windows than me and I'm going to assume they know something I don't.
idma · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can barely take a joke sometimes. Being forced to work around construction guys has helped me a lot, but when the situation is really serious and I'm also serious, the joke just doesn't get to me and I become a buzzkill.
_mike_hunt · 4 points · Posted at 04:14:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! I’m the same way. Cooking directions are the worst. Even in the above example, the directions said to grease the bottom of the pan, so the girl greased the bottom of the pan.
I need to watch YouTube for even the most basic cooking instructions.
Boomer8450 · 4 points · Posted at 04:31:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're the source off all the "instructions unclear, dick stuck in ceiling fan" posts, aren't you?
Echospite · 5 points · Posted at 05:55:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I had one I'd be pretty certain I was.
idma · 3 points · Posted at 04:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the same to. For a long time it would get me into trouble because of the mistakes I make. But I'd have to say that loooking back, I leaned a lot from those mistakes and am far smarter for it. I'm still more stubborn than a rock refusing to flatten. I'm 35
missliketrains · 1 points · Posted at 21:08:40 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You may be authistic. Have ever talked to a doctor about that?
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 21:24:54 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Docs can't agree on whether or not I'm autistic. Apparently what trips them up is I make eye contact, but if not for that they'd all think I was. So I just assume I am and that my eyes are weird about it.
missliketrains · 2 points · Posted at 07:54:34 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Intresting! The "maybe" can still help you understand yourself. Especially in girls and women it is underdiagnosed.
prpapillon · 14 points · Posted at 03:02:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate got flowers as a gift from her boyfriend. I noticed they looked like they were growing a white substance on them a couple days later and mentioned she might need to throw them out. Turns out the white stuff was flower food. She had sprinkled it on the petals instead of mixing it into the water.
TopRamenisha · 9 points · Posted at 03:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The flowers mouths are the spot in the middle of the petals, obviously. A flower wouldn’t eat out of its butt (the bottom of the stem)
kale__chips · 14 points · Posted at 03:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You forgot to put the salt, mate.
obritaylor · 13 points · Posted at 02:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That second one sounds like something Amelia Bedelia would do
cyanidelemonade · 37 points · Posted at 01:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The brownies.......oh no......
poorbred · 36 points · Posted at 02:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was honestly expecting her to grab motor oil or something, flipping the is over was not in my list of expectations.
Mangonesailor · 4 points · Posted at 03:52:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought "She then called her BF so he'd bring some grease he used on cars AGAIN so she could cook."
Granted, my wife had no idea what crisco was or why it was in my pantry when we were dating...
italiansocc3r10 · 11 points · Posted at 03:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's the reason the first step for packaged foods, like frozen pizza, is to take it out of the box and remove plastic film. She'd probably put the pizza in the oven cardboard and all.
Your pasta story reminds me of the time one of my roommates in college forgot he started making ramen noodles while we were all playing video games. None of us knew until the smoke alarms for the entire apartment building went off. The water evaporated and the noodles burnt so badly it destroyed the pot.
TopRamenisha · 13 points · Posted at 03:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She did put the pizza in the oven cardboard and all multiple times
italiansocc3r10 · 3 points · Posted at 03:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well... I meant people LIKE her but she may actually be the very individual that caused that to be required. What a legend!
emms25 · 9 points · Posted at 02:32:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like my ex coworker. She kept walking around the building one day at the end of her shift, then complained she couldn't leave cause she was locked in. The doors had dealt locks that you just turned the lock from the inside. It never occurred to her to turn the lock to unlock the door and leave.
TeysaKarlov421 · 10 points · Posted at 02:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your roommate my old roommate? She put frozen chicken in the oven, turned the oven on. It beeped to signal that it had pre-heated. She then asked my why the chicken was still cold.
Madderchemistfrei · 9 points · Posted at 03:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait did you live with my college roommate? Mine also:
xahsz · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The microwaved potato is totally a real thing. Granted, you need to stab it with a fork a few times first to prevent the exploding part, but definitely a real thing.
cattyjohnson · 33 points · Posted at 01:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just peed my pants
s_xmuw · 9 points · Posted at 01:42:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sameeee
_madlibs_ · 5 points · Posted at 02:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think she was just a little dumb... those are common knowledge things, not skills that you pick up in life
Cat-from-Space · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More like her parents failed her for not teaching basic life/cooking skills.
AlastarYaboy · 8 points · Posted at 02:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I thought my grease the bottom of the pan story was unbeatable. Y'all be the judge.
I greased the correct side. But with crisco. Like enough crisco that all you could taste was crisco.
I was also 10. Or thereabouts.
Aries_cz · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At 10, acceptable mistake. At college age, not really
just_add_cholula · 8 points · Posted at 02:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brownie one reminds me of something my ex boyfriend did while attempting baking. His roommate told me this story of when my ex was making cupcakes - you know how you stick a toothpick into the cupcakes, and if it's clean when you pull it out, you know they're done? He stuck toothpicks in each little tin of cupcake batter, and thought the toothpicks just "popped out" when the cupcakes were done.
Hilarious, to be honest.
bros402 · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hahahahahaha
at least that one isn't super dumb
me3zzyy · 17 points · Posted at 02:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read the first one, upvoted.
Read the second one, upvoted again.
Had to upvote 3 times to fix my mistake.
mildlyEducational · 5 points · Posted at 03:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've gotta give it to her on the brownies: she followed the directions exactly. If you have no idea what the grease does then putting it on either side makes the same amount of sense.
MyFigurativeYacht · 5 points · Posted at 03:07:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first one is literally something I did when I was 8 years old and had the genius idea that I wanted to make lunch for my mom. I VIVIDLY remember putting dry pasta in a bowl in the microwave, throwing some lettuce in, and serving it to my mom as “pasta salad”. To her immense credit, she started eating it and put on a brilliant performance of enjoying it, complete with an exclamation of “mmmm, crunchy!”
TopRamenisha · 4 points · Posted at 03:09:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate was 19 at the time lol
DerthOFdata · 5 points · Posted at 03:23:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew a guy who threw an unopened package of ramen in the Microwave set it on high for 15 minutes and walked away expecting to come back to a piping hot bowl of cooked ramen. Instead the foil pack sparked until the noodles caught fire which then melted the inside of the microwave. He had no answers to any question we asked on what exactly he was thinking.
Same guy burned out a second microwave by putting an unopened can of soup in it. Luckily it died before the can exploded.
Ldfzm · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKL4q_NeDK4
102IsMyNumber · 4 points · Posted at 02:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That brownie one sounds like one of those old blonde jokes.
Koh-the-Face-Stealer · 3 points · Posted at 02:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh please share more lol
PatMarMar · 5 points · Posted at 02:52:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How can someone like that be in college??? I mean... It's not cooking skills that are missing, it's IQ!
Rowan1980 · 4 points · Posted at 03:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Confession: My autistic brain results in my taking things pretty literally. Had I not learned to cook and bake as a kid AND habituated myself to pause and make damn sure what the instructions actually meant, I would have probably gone full-blown Amelia Bedelia with that shit.
That said, it’s pretty funny, assuming no actual harm occurred.
TheHancock · 5 points · Posted at 03:13:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why packages say “remove from package before cooking”...
MeaningfulThoughts · 8 points · Posted at 02:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guys we just discovered negative IQ.
tpizz12 · 10 points · Posted at 02:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Stepbrother, I can’t find the waater...”
SchlubbyPotato · 5 points · Posted at 04:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"You boil water and then put it in there Sarah, that's all you need to do!"
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 02:43:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At what point does it go from "how do you not know this" to "do you have lead poisoning?"
nosuchthingasa_ · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was showing a friend how I make no-bake cookies. Recipe calls for rolled oats. He busted out a rolling pin and was ready to go to town! We had a fun conversation about what “rolled oats” are!
SketchyWombat · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made brownies a few weeks ago and forgot to grease it even though I read the instructions. I did not like where this was going and was about to say "hey now we all make mistakes". This took a delightful turn and I am both flabbergasted and bewildered to their choice of actions concerning the given directive.
Tedbaxtercomments · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was she Kevin’s sister?
tacoman1287 · 3 points · Posted at 03:03:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommates are the worst! When my wife (then girlfriend) and I were freshmen, her college roommates were twins who did not understand how a thermostat works. They would constantly emerge from their shared bedroom and tiptoe across the common space to the thermostat, which was on the far side of my wife's bedroom door. They were anything but quiet, and you could see their shadows under the door. As soon as they slammed their bedroom door, you could open the door to the common space and see that the thermostat was now set to 90°. In Florida. All because they were cold. This was especially annoying because there was a question on the dorm housing application that said "Do you prefer a cold room", and they shouldn't have been paired with my wife if they hadn't answered "Yes" to that question.
I was lucky. My roommate would just come home smashed drunk at 3am on a Tuesday, go to sleep, and then wake up an hour later, make a couple laps around the room, and then pee in a random spot in the room. Fun times.
The_dog_says · 3 points · Posted at 03:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, i kinda understand the second one. I never cooked as a kid and still come across terms i don't understand in recipes.
Like one a few year ago, "use egg whites." Easy enough, but i still don't know what to do with the yolks
Ldfzm · 3 points · Posted at 05:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
save them for breakfast
W2ttsy · 3 points · Posted at 03:14:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How many times have the fire department showed up for her!!!
Both of those are guaranteed to end in flames. Having soft pasta should be the last of her concerns.
TopRamenisha · 7 points · Posted at 03:15:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily for all of us in the apartment, my bedroom was right next to the kitchen. I am certain that I stopped enough blazes in that one year that I should’ve gotten a salary from the fire department
W2ttsy · 5 points · Posted at 03:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Time to update your username to SmokeyTheBear
Inori-Yu · 3 points · Posted at 03:20:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the first one but in my defense, I was 4 and it was cup noodles.
kibtiskhub · 6 points · Posted at 02:26:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks to the brownie story I discovered a new type of sigh... Thanks
lokigoeswoof · 5 points · Posted at 02:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats some Amelia Bedelia shit right there
SqueakyLycan · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hoooooooly shit.
-LAWpug- · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the brownie one almost made me piss myself with laughter.
hellothere808 · 2 points · Posted at 02:49:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She should have taken some tips from you, u/TopRamenisha
FatPam007 · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my goodness lmao the bottom one hahahahaa
JohnnySpoons82 · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LMAO GODDAMN
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:55:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d say she was just dumb.
gemmadonati · 2 points · Posted at 02:57:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate tried to make fried rice with uncooked rice. It was a bit crunchy.
JohlTheMaker · 2 points · Posted at 03:06:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brownie one just hurts my soul.
slippinghalo13 · 2 points · Posted at 03:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol omg.
TheFreakingPrincess · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brownie one made me cry laughing. Thank you.
Redoux99 · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I laughed way too hard at that brownie one. I bet the bottom of that pan was really easy to clean.
imtoocutecusimcute · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I some how get in contact with this roommate?
TopRamenisha · 4 points · Posted at 03:16:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah she works at Google now. I wish I was kidding.
imtoocutecusimcute · 3 points · Posted at 03:16:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m at a loss for words
Farknart · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Technically correct. They should say grease the inside.
MightyMalte · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can see the improvement though. After a year she was probably able to make a frozen pizza without burning the kitchen down.
TopRamenisha · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. Definitely fell asleep while a pizza was in the oven on our last day living together
straightdolphin1 · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NO Way! LOL I need more stories of this Amazing Human Being please.
TopRamenisha · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I posted a bunch more in some of the comments. My other former roommates and I are still friends, we still make jokes about this girl 11 years later
kaylalovescats · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want more great stories
wellblessmystars · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
almost similar: my roommate asked me if the water for her pasta was boiling yet. She had never boiled water. Until sophomore year of college.
Pandaburn · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How... what?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s not adulting skills. That’s common sense.
IntegrityDenied · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh Sweet Baby Buddha! And what were her grades like?
TopRamenisha · 5 points · Posted at 03:23:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She failed out of college after our sophomore year and went to the local community college for 3 years and then transferred back to our school for 2 more years and graduated. She now works at Google.
She was a psychology major and would try to analyze people and tell them she could solve their problems and a bunch of BS. If you tried to ask her to stop she would scream I’M A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR!!!!! at you in a very high pitched screech
IntegrityDenied · 1 points · Posted at 11:03:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, working at Google. Talk about someone who failed up.
Aries_cz · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, Google has been going more and more crazy in past 4 years...
LiGangwei · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly after the first one you should be impressed she poured in brownie batter instead of unmixed powder.
immoraltoast · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This would definitely be moment where Jim looks into the camera with bewildered look
elissa77 · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really needed the good laugh this gave me. Thank you for posting this.
think_up · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha my roommate made Kraft Mac and cheese once. Poured the pasta and some water in a pot, then put it on the stove. The noodles never got bigger. Then he did actually strain it, but only added the cheese powder- no butter or milk.
ecredeem · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bitch what?
kitchen_clinton · 2 points · Posted at 03:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG, we take so much for granted. If we never saw it before and we were reading the instructions this is all too realistic. Taking instructions literally. She did as the instructions said and it should have been to grease the inside bottom of the pan.
brownidegurl · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brownie thing reminds me of when my roomie made enough batter for a 9 x 11 cake but put it in my 9 x 9 pan because she didn't know that cakes rise?
The edges rose, spilled over, and lit on fire on the oven and the center was liquid raw. This cake was her responsibility to make for a sorority sister's birthday so she ended up scooping our the center, putting a piece of paper towel on it like patching drywall, and camouflaging it with frosting.
Torvaun · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a counterpoint to your brownie story, in Scouts, on a camping trip, before cooking with a Dutch oven over a campfire, we told one of the kids to soap the bottom of the Dutch oven to make it easier to get the soot off afterwards. You better believe that he soaped it on the inside.
Willzyx_on_the_moon · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a buddy who decided to cook a pizza in the oven by putting it on a wooden cutting board and then placing it in the oven. I have no idea why he thought that was how it was done.
meminio · 2561 points · Posted at 23:35:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe I'm late into this but my GF's grandfather had started to be, let's say "less accurate when peeing" standing and leaving a mess in the washroom. I suggested that there's nothing wrong with sitting down for peeing and that would make life easier for everybody. All her family stared at me like in shock. True my GF and her family didn't know that males can pee while sitting. Everybody in that family thought that as a male, the only physical way to pee is standing. I was almost asked to demonstrate in front of them that it's possible.
Edit: spelling
darthmaul4114 · 353 points · Posted at 03:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do they stand up to pee when they take a shit?
FlyLikeALemming · 113 points · Posted at 04:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This! Dont they ever pee while taking a dump? Would they stand up mid poo to pee?
anzaeh · 46 points · Posted at 04:47:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thry might stand and pee first, then sit down to do #2.
HtheExtraterrestrial · 64 points · Posted at 04:52:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what about that bit of pee that comes after? Do dudes get that? They must right??
TheBasementIsDark · 33 points · Posted at 05:01:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course yes, sometimes I feel like it's a "preparation pee" for the big poop to come
YanDan · 5 points · Posted at 05:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Therfore we've called this as bullshit?
FolkSong · 14 points · Posted at 05:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OP explained somewhere, Grandpa was the only male in the family. So Gramps obviously knew, but didn't mention it (and maybe helped the rumor along, I would speculate).
YanDan · 4 points · Posted at 07:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds about right tbf
katropine · 4 points · Posted at 06:01:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A case of Pavlovian conditioning most likely, I have noticed the same.
disaia · 2 points · Posted at 17:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually the poop when still inside the body is close enough to the bladder to press on it, so pushing can make pee come out before the poop, so it's not just a psychological effect. I have learnt that for kids who have problems holding their pee it can be caused by constipation.
(Reservations for not knowing exactly the workings of this since I'm not medically educated)
mikaelaaaaaaa · 5 points · Posted at 08:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I call that the clearance pee! Let’s me know that I’m all done with my business
FolkSong · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, it's like there's a reserve compartment!
FartHeadTony · 8 points · Posted at 09:37:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You fold the penis backwards and insert the end into the arse. You urinate into your bowel, and then when you sit to poo, the pee comes out your bumhole, too. Also helps soften any challenging stools.
skullturf · 3 points · Posted at 19:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...The Aristocrats!
I_Has_A_Hat · 2 points · Posted at 08:32:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I think this one is BS. There's just no way.
AlbusLumen · 1 points · Posted at 15:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a very quick process really. You have to close one tightly before you swap to the next. They say they're developing a process where we can do both if we squat, but tests are proving unsuccessful.
sunforrest · 678 points · Posted at 02:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My dad has been at war his entire life with the "real man pee standing up". His dad was a plumber and he got hired to maintain schools bathrooms, so he put his sons (my dad and his brothers) to the job of daily cleaning when they were kids.
It disgusts him so much he even had signs put up in our home bathroom. He still sits to pee 50 yrs later.
FuzzelFox · 108 points · Posted at 05:05:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've always sat to pee. I don't understand the point of peeing standing up either because no matter how well you aim it WILL splash everywhere and it's really not anymore convenient to me.
ATreeInKiwiLand · 40 points · Posted at 09:03:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OK, I'm not going to get into a discussion of sit vs stand, as I'm a woman and literally have no idea about how men do this...
I DID want to say, my toddler seems to prefer to pee standing up. Also, preferably on the carpet or into someone else's shoes. But I have not seen him sitting to pee. (he likes his bathwater pristine).
sunforrest · 22 points · Posted at 13:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a teen I dated a guy with 4 little brothers and their bathroom was absolutely rancid. His mother refused to clean it and they were not very efficient to do it themselves. The grout inbetween the tiles was litteraly soaked with pee and the smell impossible to get rid of.
They had to redo the whole bathroom when the boys got older.
richardsuckler69 · 27 points · Posted at 13:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude HOW do people just live like that
sunforrest · 11 points · Posted at 14:07:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know, my mother was a neat freak and seeing that it could be an acceptable situation for someone surprised me a lot. I think the whole idea of "boys being messy" was just taken as a fact in their household.
WthTX90 · 6 points · Posted at 15:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand this. My son has never peed on the floor(except for some times he didn't make it in time while potty training) and has always peed standing up. He slept walked and peed in a corner, but never the bathroom floor. And my husband doesn't miss either... There is never pee anywhere but the toilet....
ATreeInKiwiLand · 3 points · Posted at 04:33:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahaha that reminds me of the time my kid was sleepwalking and turned right instead of left, and widdled all over his dad's computer chair LOLOL
bongokapiguana · 2 points · Posted at 23:11:25 on July 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother (7, maybe?) once sleepwalked down two flights of stairs and into the basement. His whimpers woke up Mom (super-Mom hearing, I guess) and she went down to find him stuck in a corner.
A 90-degree angle corner.
He was apparently bumping into and off of it, letting out a whimper, and then trying again.
She guided him up the stairs and to the bathroom door, and told him to do his business. He did, and went right back to sleep - remembered NONE of it.
The best part? His room is next door to the bathroom.
sunforrest · 12 points · Posted at 14:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some men like to think their peepee is a magic wand with military precision... I didn't expect such reaction to my post, but my dad will be glad to know there is strong support from the sitting community ah !
[deleted] · 46 points · Posted at 05:07:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s literally more natural because humans are supposed to squat to go to the bathroom. Just because we can do something doesn’t mean we are supposed to do it.
ronitrocket · 18 points · Posted at 07:14:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In fact even sitting isn’t the most efficient. I’m pretty sure bringing your knees closer to your body helps too.
[deleted] · 22 points · Posted at 07:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is correct. Sitting pinches your colon in a way that can make it difficult to shit. Putting a stool in front of your toilet to put your legs on so you are more in a squatting position can help majorly.
ronitrocket · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
alright thanks for confirming
N0ahface · -18 points · Posted at 05:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Men are just supposed to squat to poop. Do you seriously think that cavemen used to squat to pee?
chalkchick0 · 20 points · Posted at 06:19:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. Lower silhouette, less chance of being spotted by a predator. Old military men and survivalists do this.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 05:38:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I seriously believe that both were almost always done at the same time. Literally every mammal squats or spreads their legs to piss, male or female because it empties your bladder better. Like I said just because it’s possible and convenient to do something doesn’t mean that it is the natural way to do it. Humans can fully shit standing up too but people don’t do it.
LittleSadRufus · 4 points · Posted at 06:36:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Both were almost always done at the same time"
Either you poop very often or are very dehydrated. The two timetables operate on very different frequencies.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Now yes because we’re not chasing deer and shit all day. When you run for 70% of your waking hours you’re going to do both at the same time. I was answering a comment about cave men not modern humans who have all the time in the world to use the bathroom when we please.
LittleSadRufus · 10 points · Posted at 07:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I studied anthropology and don't recognise this claim at all. Not least, palaeolithic humans did not run for 70% of their waking hours, it takes about 15 hours of work a week to gather food in a hunter gatherer society and a lot of that is stuff like collecting berries and roots to eat, at a leisurely pace. When you factor in food preparation it's only about 4 hours out of your day.
Evidence suggests early humans generally ate opportunistically scavenged meat more than actively hunting animals, with significantly less time spent on hunting. Meat was not necessarily eaten every day. Little of the community's collective energy was expended on accessing meat.
Also while studies suggest some ancient peoples may have used persistence hunting to exhaust prey, it does not take 8 hours to exhaust an animal in the midday sun. And it would only be the younger, healthier members of the community doing this work so it would not affect normal pee and poop schedules in the wider community (6-8 times a day for pee, twice a day to three times a week for poop).
ooglyEyes · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/do-animals-other-than-dogs-cock-their-legs-to-wee/amp/ so not all mammals do not squat to pee
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 06:45:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
“Or spread their legs” they’re not squatting but they are still maneuvering their legs in a way that makes it easier to empty their bladder. And yes even male dogs will squat to piss when they don’t lift their legs to mark territory. I’ve had quite a few male dogs and they all either lift their leg or squat. I’ve never seen one just stand and piss.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Dinomiteblast · 4 points · Posted at 10:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dog is male, if he doesnt lift his leg, he pees like a female dog. Hind quarters low to the ground.
IaniteThePirate · 2 points · Posted at 14:27:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My two male dogs do that as well
Jollyester · 4 points · Posted at 12:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
some dicks don't fit when you sit down ...
antialb · 3 points · Posted at 10:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because your penis dips into the water.
TeemuKai · 15 points · Posted at 10:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only in 'Murica and those shitty ass waterbowls you guys call toilets.
antialb · 3 points · Posted at 11:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been to a dozen countries and pooped in all of them. What magical toilette are you taking about my strange foreign friend?
NostraDavid · 12 points · Posted at 11:54:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American toilet vs European toilet
Then there's also this European model, with the hole at the front. It can leave poop streaks (which you can remove with the shit-stick), but no water splashing!
Bonus: The first and second rage comics were about toilet splashback!
TeemuKai · 3 points · Posted at 11:47:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it's more about the water level in american toilets that's weird.
https://www.buzzfeed.co³m/amphtml/robinedds/america-why-is-there-so-much-water-in-your-toilets
FuzzelFox · 2 points · Posted at 10:36:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (un)fortunately don't have that problem!
tomjoad2020ad · 19 points · Posted at 07:28:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The idea of peeing standing up in my own home is so gross...it’s a water-filled toilet, not a urinal
Jeheh · 4 points · Posted at 22:31:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a man that worked on his feet all day In a garage. I’ll take that opportunity to sit down take a wiz in a usually air conditioned or heated bathroom any day.
disavowed1979 · 7 points · Posted at 12:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends mother never taught her sons to pee standing up, so she wouldn’t have to clean up any messes. To this day as an adult, he still pees sitting down.
bacaw1192 · 2 points · Posted at 15:20:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's great! My dad was always a sit down to pee person and I never had brothers, but now I have three teenaged stepsons who stand to pee and we all share a bathroom and I feel like I'm going to lose my mind with how okay they thing it is to just pee wherever. It's like they don't even try to aim!
disavowed1979 · 2 points · Posted at 18:58:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have 2 young sons, and I think they just let it go where ever.... pee everywhere!
GlockAF · 3 points · Posted at 18:50:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The invention of the smart phone has advanced the cause of the “sit down to P“ contingent faster and more effectively than any public relations campaign could ever have done
Barrayaran · 1 points · Posted at 23:25:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your dad single? Asking for a friend.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would sit down to pee myself but my balls are too big and prevent me from doing it...
GlockAF · 4 points · Posted at 18:53:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having your Dangly Bits get an unexpected cold-water dip is not one of your daily highlights
Mangonesailor · -24 points · Posted at 05:07:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're THAT uncoordinated that you splatter piss everywhere then you deserve to piss while sitting.
I'm the one that cleans the toilet between my wife and I. We hardly ever need to.
sunforrest · 5 points · Posted at 14:04:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ever work on a cleaning crew ? I have, my SO have and my Dad have, one point that we all agree on is that every man think his aim is of olympic level when in fact it's not...
My SO totally refused to have my daughter in men's public bathroom when she needed to be accompanied because the seats are always covered in piss.
" deserve to piss while sitting" What is that? Do you think your balls risk falling off? Is women having to sit some kind of punishment ? Is there somewhere a scale I haven't heard of that rate man standing up to pee as superior to others?
Mangonesailor · -3 points · Posted at 16:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, you chose to clean up people's pee that they make in public.
I clean, my own, toilet. I know how dirty it gets. I know how my penis works. I'm not going to sit to pee because some random janitor on the internet thinks I spray piss everywhere because I have a set of nads.
But that's nice that you have this piss complex now.
Yes, men's bathrooms in shithole places are usually disgusting because people are losing any shame that they once had. I fully agree that, yes, young girls should be able to use a nice clean restroom.
Good luck with the pee patrol parade you've got going on.
Sits_On_A_Hill · 2 points · Posted at 11:48:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband has always sat to pee and I never realised how well it keeps the toilet clean than after his dad stayed with us for a few weeks and for the first time we had those yellow rings on the underside of the toilet seat from splash back
🎙️ arual_x · 38 points · Posted at 23:43:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just wow.
perryquitecontrary · 22 points · Posted at 05:03:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been peeing sitting down since high school. It’s super lazy and there’s no mess. Win-win. If you wanna know how fragile masculinity is, tell another man to sit down when they pee.
notsostandardtoaster · 12 points · Posted at 04:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did they potty train their kids? Boys don't immediately go from diapers to aiming at cheerios.
meminio · 10 points · Posted at 04:11:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The grandfather was the only guy in that family. At least the closest family. I think that explains. Still fully grown women that had been married ignored that from males.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 04:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only found out how men do if they need to pee while pooping when I was around 15 and had a boyfriend. Basically everything I know about how men do certain stuff came from asking him. I grew up in a house of only women and have only had relationships with women besides him.
Confusedsahm · 7 points · Posted at 01:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dont know why but this stuck with me. Wow.
Dinomiteblast · 5 points · Posted at 10:08:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always pee sitting down at home, dont want to have to clean my own splatter, dont like the smell of stale urine in my bathroom, i like to read on the toilet. Lots of advantages.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 5 points · Posted at 05:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always sit to pee, it’s just easier, lol
SrGrimey · 4 points · Posted at 04:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is one of the best comments here.
PvtDeth · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So if they have to poop, they pee standing up first, then sit down?
tsunx4 · 3 points · Posted at 10:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait until they find out you can use toilet paper to wipe your penis after you're done peeing. It was bit of the shock for my girlfriend when she saw me wiping but I don't blame her - in our society real men gotta stand when peeing and then shake it until dry.
NostraDavid · 3 points · Posted at 11:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spoiler: You can still make a mess when sitting down (as a man).
I've had a few times where I peed between the toilet and the toilet seat (not on purpose mind you), because my penis wasn't aiming far enough down. Mostly because its hard to aim down with morning wood, which is different than a boner mind you. Can't pee with a boner, yet I can with morning wood.
meminio · 2 points · Posted at 17:35:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel your pain man. I've been there.
Boomer8450 · 4 points · Posted at 05:50:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually can't pee well when I'm sitting. I think something in my personal anatomy pinches the urethra while sitting. I have to get to a very specific position for it to go well.
I usually just stand up to pee after pooping.
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 05:03:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My late husband sat and peed. Only time he stood was with the gross porta pottys. I ( F) was facinated because It did not occur to me adults Men did this.
XxEpid3m1cxX · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I share a bathroom with my two younger brothers. My parents have their own en suite. I have to clean that thing like twice a week because neither of them can aim into the toilet. They're 13 and 8 and can't piss into the toilet, and then I'm the one who cleans it because neither of them know how to. Bearing in mind, I'm 15. One of them is 13 and rarely even showers. He's told every day to shower because, as a teenager, he sweats more as he's going through puberty and all that. But he won't listen. It's disgusting really.
Araneomorphae · 2 points · Posted at 16:28:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad sits when he pees. He explained it to me to tell a story of how he found a way to fix an habit. He kept forgetting to put the seat down and one day, child me that was starting to use the toilet like a big person went to sit down and fell into the bowl, expecting the seat to be down. I was really distracted as a child... Happened twice. Since then, my dad sits to pee.
SirSqueakington · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:33 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bet most of them don't know you can pee standing up WITHOUT a penis, too. It just takes practice and the right technique.
meminio · 1 points · Posted at 16:47:14 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well. I'm aware some females do in the shower, but aiming seems not to be taught that frequent in girls. Not that males are that good at aiming TBH.
I agree with most of the comments here that overall standing while peeing (except in urinals) is overrated.
funky555 · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
another case of inherited stupidity
jr101623 · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But how are you gonna aim while sitting down when putting out grease fire?
Honest_Scratch · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If he ain't cut he might've got bad phimosis as my doc said a lot of old guys don't pull back the foreskin to wash. If you ain't really using your dick you don't really think about it
sehnem20 · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What?? How did they think babies and toddlers were able to pee? Or children peeing the bed? Had they never had diarrhea and ended up peeing at the same time?!?
I don’t understand
votekick · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heard a story on the radio about a guy up until his teens thought that you put the lid down for girls, so he'd hold himself up when he took a shit all through his childhood until he was like 15 and I don't even remember how he came to this realization.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wondered about that when I was about nine.
papsylon · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But don‘t they ever take a dump sitting down and also peeing while at it? Or did they then get up and peed standing? I just don’t get it.
Octabubble · 1 points · Posted at 13:34:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unzips...
byjimini · 1 points · Posted at 15:13:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve sat down to pee ever since I had to go in the middle of the night and collapsed in front of the loo as my blood pressure dropped.
Turns out it’s a regular thing, so now I sit down.
HyzerFlipDG · 1 points · Posted at 16:47:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So if they have to pee and shit they stand to pee and then sit to shit? WTF?
LadyofTwigs · 1 points · Posted at 21:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh I wish my father in law would sit to pee. Nothing like going to the bathroom and stepping in a puddle. But also lately he's been leaving bits of turds on the seat too so there's no winning.
ManaMagestic · 0 points · Posted at 05:05:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You ever get cramps in your balls when you pee sitting down?
Peacetoall01 · 0 points · Posted at 05:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only problem for peeing sit down is your dong will touch the toilet bowl
Jollyester · 0 points · Posted at 12:49:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like any one over 7 inches or even just 5 and fat some times cannot fit their dick in the toilet sitting down without it rubbing all up against the cold cold porcelain. Nasty and uncomfortable.
Low key just exposed the small dick brigade on here :P
Brewski26 · 12779 points · Posted at 20:49:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend (now wife) put a pan of oil on too high of heat and it hit the flash point and caught fire. She freaked out and went to get a large thing of water and I stopped her and tossed the pan lid on top until the flames went out. Then she asked me why i stopped her. I was very thankful that I was there the first time she had a grease fire... not only could she have hurt herself but it was in a college dorm and the whole friggen place could have gone up!
Wildlife_King · 6763 points · Posted at 21:35:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a grease fire not long ago. I was cooking away and the pan went alight. I was holding the pan handle. I didn’t know where the lid was. I casually called in my Wife. No response. Called again. She replied she was just finishing something. I was still holding a pan of fire before casually walking past her, through the front door and placed it on the drive. In my head it felt like minutes had passed but it was probably only a few seconds and my wife mocks me for how calm I was carrying a pan of fire casually through the house.
dunquito · 4498 points · Posted at 22:11:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine Frozone's voice: "Honeyyyy? Where's the lid to this paaan?"
SteevyT · 2319 points · Posted at 22:32:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whhyyyyy do you need to know?!
Shmily318 · 958 points · Posted at 22:59:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My evening is in danger!
Stranger_Z · 110 points · Posted at 01:59:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
MY KITCHEN IS IN DANGER!
GrumpyMammoth · 100 points · Posted at 02:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You tell me where my lid is woman, we are talking about the greater food!
Shmily318 · 58 points · Posted at 02:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am the greatest good you are ever going to have
GrumpyMammoth · 56 points · Posted at 02:42:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am the greatest *food you are ever going to have
Swazimoto · 18 points · Posted at 04:04:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kinky
AssCork · 5 points · Posted at 07:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dear God! Is this the end of that thread??
I've been gone for days!
Turn around! Don't go in there!
awhoogaa · 3 points · Posted at 07:18:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was spot on y'all
SakuraFerretTrainer · 16 points · Posted at 03:02:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Screw the evening, my DINNER is in danger!
coaxialgamer · 3 points · Posted at 10:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OUR evening is in danger!
[deleted] · 1044 points · Posted at 22:50:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Just_One_Umami · 2 points · Posted at 06:11:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You messed up the sequence, but sure, I guess that’s how the quote would go.
1100320873 · 4 points · Posted at 04:59:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put pan on wife 2 birds one stone
Stargazer1919 · 31 points · Posted at 01:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
YOU TELL ME WHERE THAT PAN IS WOMAN!
Grandmaster_S · 15 points · Posted at 02:13:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I NEED it!
KnowsAboutMath · 8 points · Posted at 04:53:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm still holding out hope of seeing the Obamas act out that scene.
ChocoJesus · 0 points · Posted at 02:31:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Umph
I've noticed the people who give me that response to a question tend to be the people that panic in an emergency and make things worse
phoney_user · 15 points · Posted at 23:32:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s in you super-suit closet!
ChintanP04 · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*Super-Sweet Closet
ARgirlinaFLworld · 3 points · Posted at 03:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You made that story even better
Brycetherunner · 2 points · Posted at 07:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was imagining the guy from the LEGO movie: Honey, where are my paaaaaaaaants?
labramador · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can only hear the Lego movie voice."Honey where are my paaaants?"
ladylee233 · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Where is his hat?"
obscureferences · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's in your the shoes of your super suit.
And I uh, put that away.
bobloblawsboss · 1 points · Posted at 11:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"3rd degree burns never bothered me anyway!"
Apple_Empanada · 868 points · Posted at 22:32:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I tried to do this when we had a grease fire, but a combination of a stupid dog and a dishwasher being open caused me to trip and pour it all over myself. Fun times.
Edit: 2nd & 3rd degree burns on my right arm and chest! But, didn't take any grafts and it healed up decently! This happened in 2006 and I forget most of the time they're there.
Lucky__Enough · 437 points · Posted at 23:47:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hoping the "it" that got poured on you was the baking soda and not the flaming grease!
NonreciprocatingCrow · 39 points · Posted at 00:48:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big if false.
ajfowie · 79 points · Posted at 02:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Their lack of reply leads me to believe it was the latter and they have finally succumbed to their injuries.
BlueThumbtack08 · 48 points · Posted at 02:13:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. F in chat, boys. We lost a good one today.
LazerHawkStu · 19 points · Posted at 03:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F
never_since · 5 points · Posted at 03:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huge if incorrect.
NonreciprocatingCrow · 3 points · Posted at 15:18:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Colossal if counterfactual.
Nixxuz · 11 points · Posted at 02:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poured the dog all over themselves.
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 03:29:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Slush puppy.
notbluenotpurple · 12 points · Posted at 00:55:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hope you are ok. Burns are nothing to laugh at.
lilithpingu · 3 points · Posted at 01:22:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eeeeeeessssh
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus... how are your skin grafts coming along?
automongoose · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
....were you making empanadas?
Olds78 · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister did this but was on 2nd floor in apartment and for some reason tried to throw it off balcony(probably the wine she was drinking lol) lesson learned when flaming oil covered her hand. No grafts either but she still has a wicked scar
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stop, drop, and roll.
generalineptitude · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You okay?
OzzieBloke777 · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was the dog ok?
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 01:20:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Awe fuck, and what do you mean stupid dog?
Just-Call-Me-J · 7 points · Posted at 02:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A dog probably got in their way or went full r/dogberg on them.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dogberg and yes as a long time wrestling fan i know what you mean. And my brothers little dog does the same thing lol
munkymu · 1045 points · Posted at 22:28:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Baking soda will work if you can't find the pan lid (but know where the baking soda is).
Make sure it's baking soda though, flour and flour-like substances are flammable.
Good thinking on taking the fire out to the driveway though!
Srynaive · 65 points · Posted at 23:30:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt works too, if you have enough on hand
h3lme7 · 42 points · Posted at 00:31:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the second reason I keep a mostly-full quart container of salt (with a lid) on the counter next to my stove.
perro2verde · 15 points · Posted at 02:07:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s the first reason?
ConstipatedNinja · 58 points · Posted at 02:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Snails
k-selectride · 12 points · Posted at 04:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s the decoy snail though.
Aries_cz · 4 points · Posted at 05:07:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure salt doesn't work on the actual snail
Spekingur · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's obviously used for the incantation to drive it away.
h3lme7 · 37 points · Posted at 02:26:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt.
Swazimoto · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Truer words have never been spoken
italiansocc3r10 · 7 points · Posted at 03:05:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For when cousin Gail visits.
uberfission · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Demons
cdixonjr · 30 points · Posted at 01:18:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually that is very dangerous. If it spills younow have a huge fire. It is better to find something to smother it.
munkymu · 8 points · Posted at 01:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose that's true.
BDEallOverYouMomm · 13 points · Posted at 01:34:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cake flour does NOT extinguish cooking fires.
munkymu · 25 points · Posted at 01:52:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, no it doesn't. Fun fact -- flour can (and has) caused explosions. Never use flour to try and smother a fire.
ceezygreazy719 · 16 points · Posted at 02:02:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck. Im 31 and always thought if i ever have a grease fire throwing flour on it would extinguish it.
Good to know thats shit advice.
Klaudiapotter · 13 points · Posted at 02:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't use flour, sugar, or water to put out a grease fire
WelfareBear · 5 points · Posted at 04:43:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just dont use ANY fine particulate matter, to be safe. Cover it, smother it, or, worst case - get it the fuck outside
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 03:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another tip, when you have a grease fire, slide the cover over it to put it out. If you make a mistake from putting it on from above the oil can splash out and burn you. If you can't find the cover, a large plate or cookie sheet can help smother it in the same way.
This_Daydreamer_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use the pan lid, salt, or baking soda.
WalesIsForTheWhales · 2 points · Posted at 04:09:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most granulated things can cause explosions due to the particles catching fire in a crazy way. We used to use coffee creamer at Scout Camp for fireballs.
doom32x · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if they're organic, coffee creamer is soybean oil, so therefore flammable.
BDEallOverYouMomm · 9 points · Posted at 01:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm explosion. Like fireball.
nican2020 · 3 points · Posted at 08:56:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fuck? I had no idea!
So I cook a lot but I’ve never had a grease fire. Or any other sort of kitchen fire. What are so many people doing that causes fires? I’ve gotten inattentive and burned food but it’s the overcooked kind of burn, not the kitchen is about to go up in flames kind.
Successful_Stomach · 2 points · Posted at 09:37:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same actually, been cooking since I was 14 and never had a grease fire. I’m thinking it can occur if the pan is way too hot and the oil reaches above its smoke point but I’m not sure if I’m on the right track.
I’ve definitely reached smoke points and I learned a lot from this thread, so it may have saved me from myself in the future lol
nican2020 · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is there so much oil though? Sometimes I don’t chop onions as fast as I think I will so the oil burns off before I get them in. But then I just get an onion glue layer on the pan.
munkymu · 2 points · Posted at 14:13:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've only had it happen a couple times in 20+ years. The one I remember well, my SO & I were new to cooking and we were making a stir fry. We put some oil in a wok, cranked the heat up, and at some point the oil got too hot and went up. It didn't set anything else on fire and was pretty easily dealt with, considering.
Ghost17088 · 27 points · Posted at 02:03:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s actually a terrible plan, as it can spill flaming liquid and spread the fire faster. Remove it from heat and let it burn out. If it is going to spread from the pan, put it in the oven and close the door. But carrying flaming grease through your house is a quick way to burn it down.
GamerLeFay · 18 points · Posted at 23:27:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also salt
MimInHamilton · 12 points · Posted at 01:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bad idea - the flames could have spread to his arms or clothes; he should have used a towel to smother it or a chopping board or anything bigger than the pan to block oxygen to the fire.
Nixxuz · 5 points · Posted at 02:18:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually learned that from The Fat Albert Show when I was just a little kid...I think. It was a cartoon anyway. Not a month later I actually had to use that knowledge when one of my parents started a grease fire.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:20:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone should have baking soda in the freezer
Izzysocool · 3 points · Posted at 01:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excuse me what
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Or the fridge sorry and because it helps eliminate odors.
animaloversammy · 5 points · Posted at 02:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fridge (though I suppose you could in the freezer as well but idk), it helps with smells. You're supposed to have a box in and change it every month(?) To fight bad smells
Izzysocool · 3 points · Posted at 02:48:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I had to look this up I had no idea people used it for this. Huh. I just use mine for baking so it sits in the cupboard
animaloversammy · 2 points · Posted at 04:18:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know they make boxes specifically for the fridge. Like the side opens up and everything, showing a heavyish cloth-like material that will "let odors in and block them in"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, exactly
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Arm and Hammer as one like this,
https://www.armandhammer.com/baking-soda/baking-soda-products/house-deodorizers/fridge-fresh-refrigerator-air-filter
animaloversammy · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's definitely not the one I had but huh. That might have been easier lol, though I'm assuming more expensive. Also, I never actually saw those back in my old state
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey we learn something new every day
Mini_Snuggle · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have spearmint gum in the cupboards to keep away moths.
h4mx0r · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Arm and Hammer baking soda even has a special freezer version of it too! (It's the same thing except it lets you expose the baking soda to the air without tearing open the box)
I didn't realize how much it helps until we removed it once without replacing it. Fish and meat (I think) stunk up the freezer and replacing the baking soda did the trick.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah and you're supposed to change the box out every 3 months or so.
millerlite95 · 5 points · Posted at 03:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a grease fire the other day and I put baking soda on it and it made it worse
munkymu · 6 points · Posted at 03:45:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. It worked pretty well the one time I tried it but apparently if the fire is too big you need more baking soda than you're likely to have. I looked into it a bit further and apparently salt works better. Assuming you don't have a lid or, as someone pointed out, a baking sheet which would work even better.
balazer · 3 points · Posted at 03:59:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should never try to move a pan of flaming oil because you could easily spill the oil and burn yourself or cause the fire to spread. Leave the pan where it is. Cover it or use a fire extinguisher.
denardosbae · 3 points · Posted at 04:36:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just an FYI if this happens to ypu, open oven door and toss firey item into oven. Close oven door and ensure oven is off. The fire will die fairly quickly.
awkwardlypanda5 · 6 points · Posted at 01:09:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What happens if you add baking powder instead? I just remember it’s baking something but can’t remember which one.
mrbibs350 · 21 points · Posted at 01:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Baking powder is 25% baking soda 50% cream of tar tar and 25% cornstarch. It will burn quite readily and won't put out a fire.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 3 points · Posted at 01:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's better to get the fire extinguisher or a bucket of sand
-Tesserex- · 12 points · Posted at 02:01:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How many people have a bucket of sand in the kitchen?
IAmBoredAF6321 · 3 points · Posted at 02:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe a bucket of dirt? I would be
surprisedto know that people doesn't have sand or dirtMaybe it's just because my family likes plants
Mini_Snuggle · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sacrifice your least favorite house plant to save your house.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My family has some spare dirt lying around.
SchwiftySquanchC137 · 6 points · Posted at 02:50:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it has to be the right kind of fire extinguisher, or again you will burn your house down.
phathomthis · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meta
Nu11u5 · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really almost anything in the kitchen will work. Grab another pan or baking sheet. If nothing else smother it with a large dish towel.
VulfSki · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or salt
anonymous_identifier · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I truly wonder if anyone has ever had baking soda more readily on hand during a grease fire vs a pot lid.
munkymu · 2 points · Posted at 13:57:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably not most people but it was handy when we set our wok on fire and didn't have a lid handy.
OperantJellyfish · 2 points · Posted at 05:07:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My work keeps baking soda near our pizza oven for emergencies. One day we accidentally got some water on it and I was heading off shift, so I asked someone else to grab a replacement as I was on my way out. I come in the next day, and they had grabbed a box of freaking corn starch. And that's how we had a mini-seminar on why powder explosions are bad in the middle of dinner rush!
Triairius · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was always told to throw salt on a grease fire.
freeLightbulbs · 2 points · Posted at 05:55:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
also salt.
kz393 · 2 points · Posted at 07:03:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not good thinking. He was lucky he hasn't spilled fire oil on the floor, or worse, his legs.
Don't move stuff that's on fire, especially if it's liquid.
munkymu · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good point!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:14:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was always told to throw a (real/pure) wool blanket over a grease fire, as the natural fibres won't burn easily, but will cut off the oxygen supply.
Is this good information, if I have this idea in my mind like the blanket needs to be somewhat hefty so as not to just add fuel to the fire?
munkymu · 1 points · Posted at 14:16:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know. I expect it's something you could ask your local fire department! I do know that wool doesn't burn as readily as plant fibers so it's plausible. I also don't have a wool blanket in the kitchen, though, and I expect finding a baking sheet or lid or a box of salt would be a lot easier.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, thanks for your response.
Now that I think about it, emergency fire blankets are also a thing.
RebarBaby · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or grab a dish towel, LIGHTLY dampen it, and place it over the pan like a lid. The small amount of water in the towel keeps the towel from catching, and serves as a relatively air-tight seal to smother the fire.
This also means that you don't lose your food and have to clean of a mess of baking soda.
JRBigglesworthIII · 1 points · Posted at 16:39:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just had to ask my Wife, "you know how to put out a grease fire right? because apparently there's a lot of people who knew people who did not"
manthepost · 1 points · Posted at 11:34:20 on November 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just got a apartment guess I should buy some baking soda now just in case
fourleggedostrich · -6 points · Posted at 01:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A wet towel is probably the easiest thing to obtain in a kitchen.
Edit: not dripping wet! Wet the towel, wring it out, place over the pan.
munkymu · 6 points · Posted at 01:55:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does it work though? I've successfully used the baking soda method and the put-a-lid-on-it method, but water + grease is a bad idea and fabric is often flammable. I'm not sure whether a wet towel would put the fire out or make it worse.
kitolz · 6 points · Posted at 02:04:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any drops of water going into the oil would cause it to violently splash, aerating oil droets that also catch fire.
It would injure anyone handling the pan from hot oil at least.
shirvani28 · 4 points · Posted at 02:24:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok example 101 why not to listen to a random comment.
munkymu · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what I suspected but obviously am not going to start a grease fire to find out.
fourleggedostrich · 2 points · Posted at 06:20:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's the standard advice in the UK. Wet the towel, wring it out, place it over the pan.
This_Daydreamer_ · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nonono!! Water will make a grease fire explode.
fourleggedostrich · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not dripping wet! Wet it, wring it out, place it over the pan.
Coldricepudding · 41 points · Posted at 00:26:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex came into the garage from the kitchen one day and casually asked where the fire extinguisher was. Thinking this was a cautionary measure, I replied just as casually that it was hanging on the inside of the pantry. He grabs it a mosies back into the garage.
A couple of years later, he brings up the time he caught his project car on fire and how grateful he was that he thought to roll the front end out of the garage before he started tinkering with it. Which was, of course, the day in nonchalantly came looking for the fire extinguisher to put it out.
rockthatissmooth · 2 points · Posted at 18:33:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My neighbor politely knocked on the door and asked if he could borrow my fire extinguisher, because his had run out.
His lawn mower had caught fire. I sprinted over with him to make sure it went out. I can't believe how calm and polite he was asking me about it.
Ryguythescienceguy · 31 points · Posted at 00:48:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago I was sitting at the kitchen table and watched my sister check how her Mac and Cheese noodles were coming along when the dish towel she was using to guard her hand from the lid lit on the gas burner below. She just looked at me and went "Uuuuummmmm..." while the flames slowly crept up the towel.
I told her, calmly, to throw the towel in the sink which about 2 feet to her left. She just stared at me wide eyes and totally frozen. I had time to sigh, roll my eyes, walk over and snatch the towel from her hands just as the flames really kicked in to throw it in the sink. That broke the spell and she was like "Oh...Thanks! :)".
I often wonder what would have happened if I weren't around.
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 22:25:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My nan did this once, opened the front door and nearly. Lost her eyebrows when a woft of wind took the flames and made them 6ft and not 6 inches.
macphile · 15 points · Posted at 01:37:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I'll just put this over here with the other fire."
_George_Costanza_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Such a great show.
DBX12 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thought exactly that. This guy had a Maurice Moss level of chill.
xXazorXx · 12 points · Posted at 23:15:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend did that but fell on the way out the door. Hot flaming grease spilled all over her legs.
Fatbob2020 · 30 points · Posted at 00:43:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
firefighter here, seen so many of these. Please teach everyone you know to have an extinguisher in their kitchen. also not just a lid you don’t or can’t find. if you’re quick thinking- use a large baking sheet, thick cutting board (non plastic) or metal bowl that covers the surface area to smother the flames will work. Walking the pan outdoors is so dangerous. burns are terrible injuries. cabinets and small kitchen items are replaceable
PyroDesu · 3 points · Posted at 03:22:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And then there's my brother, who on lifting the lid on a pot of oil he'd heated way too much (catching it on fire), picked it up, ran to the door, and threw it out onto the wooden deck.
We were fortunate the wood was still damp from recent rain, and the throwing spread the oil out enough that it went out instead of explosively evaporating the moisture.
grendus · 1 points · Posted at 19:47:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've often said I have two fire extinguishers. One in the kitchen, where a fire is most likely to start, and one in the bedroom where I'm most likely to be if I'm not in the kitchen.
It's a small apartment, both are within about six strides of me at any given time.
Dr_Element · 8 points · Posted at 01:34:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, this hits home. My instinct is also to be calm - too calm for people to realize the severity of a situation.
I once made ice cream and, for some reason, picked the -40 °C bucket out of the machine with wet hands, which meant that both my hands instantly got stuck on the bucket. I called for help, but my soft voice was met with the response "just a sec". Had to yell out angrily that i needed help right now before someone came, at which point my hands were frostbitten.
Lav_Da_Mermaid · 4 points · Posted at 02:18:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. What were your hands like after?
Dr_Element · 3 points · Posted at 10:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was pretty superficial. My hands healed in a few days.
spacembracers · 5 points · Posted at 23:59:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t imagine the epic soundtrack that was playing your head while you pulled that off
eesabet · 3 points · Posted at 00:55:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar story, but I was in high school and didn’t know yet how to put out a grease fire. Had my little brother open the back door and I tossed the pan on the patio and swore him to secrecy. My mom didn’t find out for at least a decade and a half why that one pan was slightly dented.
awkwardlypanda5 · 3 points · Posted at 01:07:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn you I laughed at this and woke up my daughter that I just about had to sleep
Sunsoul10 · 3 points · Posted at 02:00:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In university my two roomies and I cooked a huge turkey dinner for all our friends, we got to the gravy making part, and we were more tired than stupid (I think) and added the water quickly to the grease without mixing in flour for thickening. Instantly boiled over, hit the element and blew a fireball that dissipated as it hit the ceiling. One friend was standing sideways in the kitchen doorway and everyone in the living room saw this massive fireball reflected in her glasses. We are reallllllyyyyyy lucky that the ceiling or cabinets did not catch fire, and that we, who were standing there did not catch fire. Supper was delicious, and we didn’t burn the place down.
smom · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cookie sheet/pizza pan will work if you have one handy. Anything to smother the flames
Smileynameface · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago my mom decided to wash our pillows. This was fine. But then she put them in the dryer. Smoke billowed out, she opened the dryer and freaked out because the pillows were on fire. Not thinking, she pulled them out of the metal dryer and threw them on the flammable carpet. Luckily they were quickly extinguished and the only damage was a few pillows and a burned carpet.
ThatSquareChick · 2 points · Posted at 01:35:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God damn it. My husband fries stuff in our Dutch oven and before that, just a cast iron skillet. A couple of times it was filled just a little too high and we have a gas stove and I’d get scared that one day I would either hear a “mother FUCKER” from the kitchen and the clang of the lid to put out a fire or see him walking out of the apartment with a pan of fire like this. It never happened and now that he uses the big Dutch oven to fry, I don’t worry as much but damn, I could see him doing this.
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 02:01:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents keep candles on the table when they're eating. One time a tissue fell into a tealight and caught fire.
My parents still make fun of me to this day for casually pointing out, "Mum, Dad, the tissue box is on fire."
I just don't see the point in panicking. I know that panic is a response that people can't control, but if my brain is awesome enough to not panic by default, why would I choose to?
Germanofthebored · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obligatory IT crowd reference "I'll put it other there with the other fires"
Respect4All_512 · 5 points · Posted at 23:39:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
So...instead of sliding a lid on to suffocate the flames you went to "let the wife handle this"?
Tornadic_Vortex · 3 points · Posted at 02:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m assuming you missed the entire sentence where he said he “didn’t know where the lid was”?
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes I did actually miss that. However I still find it odd to stand there with something on fire and yell for another person instead of dealing it with it by yourself. There are other ways to put out a grease fire. Kudos for staying calm though.
ask-me-about-my-cats · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of goes against instinct to turn your back on a raging fire to hunt for something to put it out.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why you keep the lid readily accessible. Or a fire extinguisher within easy reach. I have been through a house fire I don't fuck around with flames.
Wildlife_King · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, my main reason of calling the wife wasn’t to find the lid or to help deal. I had pretty much decided I wanted to take it outside as I could only think that fire outside the house is better than inside. I was calling my wife to get her to open the door as I didn’t want to spill fire on our new rug.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you gotten a kitchen fire extinguisher since? They can be really useful and you don't have to risk spilling the fire. Though again I admire your calm.
Jerico_Hill · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my thought. Couldn't find a another lid or a damp towel? Why stand there uselessly calling for the wife to sort. Wtf.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because some guys are basically 4 year olds who need mommy to do everything
cameronmu · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no money but thank you. 🥇
QuickguiltyQuilty · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband and I did that once. Grease fire. And neither of us could decide what to put on it (IS IT BAKING SODA?! WE DONT HAVE A LID FOR THIS PAN!!). So we just set it on the back patio while we googled it (cookie sheet as a lid worked great thanks google).
contrary_wise · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad you were ok but I hope anyone reading this doesn’t go for that option. A local woman died attempting to carry a flaming pan of oil out of the house. The flaming oil ended up all over her.
Bcadren · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In High School I broke my arm (well playing dodge-ball a ball hit me wrong and I fell over backwards so I slightly blame the person who threw it at me, but that REALLY doesn't matter)...
Anyways, in High School I broke my arm and one of my teachers later commented that he thought there was no way it was broken because I was too calm to be in that much pain. Honestly it didn't hurt that much, when it was still I just couldn't move it and I was somewhat pissed that I couldn't move it.
faern · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why dont you email her instead.
kayaut · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time use salt! For real. It smothers the fire and it goes out :)
chenglish · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago my dad wound up in the hospital (he's fine now), so all the siblings had shown up at the house to be there for my mom. We had worked out dinner and I started the charcoal chimney for the grill. Right as I was dumping the lit charcoals into the grill, I noticed my dad's ash catch was absolutely full. I quickly pulled it out, didn't notice anything smoking, and dumped it in their compost bin.
2 ish hours later I'm finishing up eating dinner and walk into the kitchen to get some water, when I notice the compost bin is on fire. I put my shoes on and start to head out the door to take care of it and my mom asks, "where are you going?" "To go put out a fire." I responded, super casually. They were rolling. I was an idiot for dumping the ashes, and after an emotionally exhausting day, I was just thinking, meh. No point in freaking out.
My dad was pretty confused when he went in, so much so that they had to get my mom to sign off on everything and he wasn't really able to have a conversation with us. The next day we got a call late in the afternoon and it's him. First thing they tell him is how I set his compost bin on fire and casually went to put it out.
supergeeky_1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have younger siblings, so when I was growing up my mom would put the pan of grease in the oven when she was done frying things. The problem was that she wouldn’t check the oven before she would turn it on to bake something. A couple times I had to carry a flaming frying pan that had been preheated to 400° through the house and throw it into the yard. Even 30+ years later I check the oven several times before I turn it on.
SchwiftySquanchC137 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In general they recommend not to do that. If you leave it on the stove there could be some smoke damage (there are ways other commenters said would help put it out though) but if you move it and fuck it up you've now burned down the building. Not to mention if you get it on you you could be severely burned.
Mazziemom · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when, about ten years ago, I had put garlic bread in the oven under the broiler and moved on to putting food on the table. My (bonus) son walked in the kitchen, opened the oven, closed the oven and said in a deadpan voice “The bread is on fire”.
Every time I make garlic bread under a broiler I remember that moment and crack up. His deadpan face, the fact he just closed the oven, it was slapstick gold.
knightopusdei · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the same one winter afternoon. Pan fire? No lid? No problem! I picked up the pan, carefully walked it to the back door and threw it into the snow .... While my neighbor watched me throw a fireball out my back door
TheSwagMa5ter · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"lol, look at how calm you are in a tense situation, what a failure of character, you clearly aren't ready to handle series situations like this"
-this guy's wife
trevorwobbles · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good reaction.
I found my mum fanning a cloth at a smoke detector once, complaining about it going off. I pointed out it was probably because of that -> halogen wall lamp with now burning rag over it during renovations
Fortunately it was mostly cotton, so very easy to extinguish by foot. Calm around fire is really step one to solving the problem, even if the solution is evacuation.
Rodents210 · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In high school I was making chili and somehow the oil caught fire. Just hurled it out the back door into a snowbank. Hit the porch railing on the way out and that pot had a dent in it forever after.
APiousCultist · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then you are the exact opposite of this woman: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/gmfxne/how_not_to_put_off_a_grease_fire/
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason, water once worked when my pan caused sky-high fire...
instrun3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You literally put it out lmao
TheoreticalFunk · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have to be calm in those situations so you can focus on not causing a deathtrap.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well done. That calm attitude could save your ass some day.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a scene in a Discworld novel. An investigator asks people the question " What would be the first thing you would take out of a house in the event of a fire?" and when he asks a young man who is a bit soft in the head the young man answers that obviously he would take out the fire.
But yeah, I've done that before. If something's on fire and you can move it easier than putting it out, leave that sumbitch on some concrete. Years ago I was showing my girlfriend some basic metalwork, and I was so wrapped up in teaching I left a discarded shop towel soaked in cleaner below where we were working. Hoods down, weld, hoods stay shaded after the bead, I realize that I have done fucked up. And then we got to have a lesson in "No wait don't grab the fire this whole place is non flammable, just kick it over a bit."
poindexterg · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried the carrying out the flaming pan thing, and I got about 90% of the way to the end of the porch. Flames got to my hands, involuntarily dropped the pan, burned my hand and my feet. Do not recommend.
WayneH_nz · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll just put this over here, with the rest of the fire.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1EBfxjSFAxQ
kutsen39 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would've done this when my girlfriend did something similar, but it's really hard to be calm with two women freaking out right next to you.
Abadatha · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl that worked under me at Starbucks once started a small fire in the oven. He reaction was to calmly walk back to me and our boss and calmly said, "so. There's a fire in the oven," then turned around and walked away. Like, there are so many times she freaked out over nothing, and when there's legitimately something to freak out about she's cool as a cucumber.
mtgmorphis · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should have just written an email.
Atheist_Simon_Haddad · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I'll just put it here, with the rest of the fire."
themage1028 · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll just put this over here with the rest of the fire.
CRolandson · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had one on fire and couldn’t find a lid so I grabbed pot holders ( no handle on the pan) and by the time I had it outside the potholders were on fire and my hands were about to be messed up. Luckily I got it on the grill and put the lid down and only got very minor burns.
Sochitelya · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad permanently bent one of my mom’s pans years ago because he set it on fire and apparently his first instinct was to just... wing it out the back door. It hit one of the deck support posts on its flight. Put the fire out though.
Rahnzan · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mocks you for being an absolute fucking unit. Remember that.
MrFunsocks1 · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the right response though. A small pan fire with a bit of cooking grease isn't that dangerous if you don't throw water on it, spill it, or walk under something highly flammable. I am calm too when I have it happen.
unequivocallyvegan · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time, douse it in baking soda. Suffocates the flames. It's a bitch to clean up sort of...but better than burning your house down.
fartsack69 · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time open the oven, place the pan inside and close it, then just let the fire burn out there, it’s designed for high heat and you don’t have to risk carrying a burning pan through your whole house and spreading it
zombiedix · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god it’s like I posted this comment, except no one else was home. No lid, walked through the house and put the pan of flames onto the front step and just stared at it until the fire went out. Glad to know I’m not the only one in history to have this reaction.
kamikazipenguin · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did similar at an ex's house. I didn't have much experience with gas stoves and got a little messy with sauteing. The pan errupted, so I grabbed the handle and started yelling, "backdoor!" over and over because her roommate was in the living room and once she saw the fireball, she started yelling,
"what the fuck!" over and over, but ran to open the backdoor while doing so, and I exited to place the pan on the concrete slab back porch. My ex then came in from the garage to see what tje commotion was. Dinner still ended up ok.
FolkSong · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Much safer to just get the fire extinguisher.
Fredredphooey · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll be the 18,394th person to tell you to never do that. It's a great way to burn down your house. Baking soda or a lid.
PrismosPickleJar · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wet tea towel
yaosio · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never walk with a grease fire, if any pours out you'll have a grease fire on the floor. Turn the heat off and let it sit if you have nothing to cover over it.
TheGreenCheezus · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why didn't you just put it over there with the rest of the fire?
cobin31 · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that except I tripped spilled the grease on my hand threw the pan out the door and it went into a plastic trash catching that on fire. I eneded up with second and third degree burns. But its a hell of a story
hellojenni20 · 1 points · Posted at 06:30:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a teenager my mom was cooking and the whole pan went up in flames. She freaked out and did NOTHING..just stood there saying "oh my god!" so I had to move past her and cover it really quick. Thank God I was there!
jmv29 · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh this is embarrassing to admit.... When I got out of rehab and moved in with my now-husband, and got my son back, I was trying to learn to cook, as I had always been notoriously incompetent in the kitchen. Tried making fried chicken one night. Oil caught on fire and i panicked, just worried about not hurting my son or burning down our apartment. I carried the pan outside, put it on the pavement and dumped water on it. A HUGE fireball shot up from it, thankfully did not set the tree near it on fire, and then it went out. My neighbors were terrified of me for a while. I went to culinary classes after that and now I’m a damn good cook and baker, but I don’t fuck with fried chicken, and I own fire extinguishers.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I accidentally touched the heating coil of the oven with the corner of a sheet of baking paper and watched in curiosity as it slowly smouldered its way around the cookies. Then the cookies burst into flames. Cue me running through the kitchen with a baking sheet burning brightly, to get it to the backyard. Luckily I have one, I don't want the whole neighborhood laughing about my intermittent idiocy.
passwordthanks · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is honestly shocking me how many people have experienced grease fires here! I have never seen one or heard of anyone I know causing one.
ratsta · 1 points · Posted at 08:32:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mock? Carrying a pan of fire is something done by people with giant balls of steel, and/or named Prometheus. Tell her to get knotted!
SouthernBelleInACage · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I set fire to a couple of pieces of garlic bread in my oven once. Left them under the broiler just a hair too long, turned back around and had flaming bread. Instead of just turning the oven off and letting the flames die out, like I should have done since the oven is a contained environment, I opened the door and took the baking sheet out.
Then stood in front of my sink for a good minute, just holding a baking sheet with two flaming, charred pieces of what would've been garlic bread for a good minute before my sister wandered in and asked what the hell I was doing. I blew the flames out like they were the world's saddest damn birthday candles then dumped the charcoal briquettes into the sink to cool off before I could drop them in the trash can, told her I was making dinner, dropped the baking sheet in the other side of the sink, then walked out back to have a cigarette and contemplate all of my life choices.
Ublot · 1 points · Posted at 09:19:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll just put this over here with the other fire
Dinomiteblast · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saw my dad panicking due to my mom when he lit a small oil flame for a pan heater. (to keep the pan warm) he had spilled some oil on the side and it caught fire. My mom was freaking out and kind of grabbing my dad saying: “the house will burn down, what did you do?” She wouldnt let him go grab something to put it out so he started panicking it would run out of his control fast. I went to grab a towel, soaked it in water (made sure it was not dripping) and put it over the top, smothering the flame.
My dad wasnt all to happy with my mom’s reaction. The whole thing took like 1 minute.
piper1871 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid my Grandma accidentally had a pan go up in flames. My Dad picked it up and was taking it out when 6 year old me freaked out and ran under the pan and outside. Kids are idiots.
Kevinvl123 · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, we had a family BBQ at our house once and my 7 year old brother and cousin were playing their gameboys in the living room. I was 17 at the time and went inside to get something. When I passed my brother and cousin, I noticed the large standing lamp they were sitting under, was on fire and they didn't even notice it! I stil don't know how I stayed so calm, but I just pulled the lamp away from the corner of the room, quickly clapped out the curtains, which were starting to catch flame, picked up the lamp again and walked outside. My whole family looked at me in shock and confusion as I passed them with a burning lamp as if I was going to lit up the beacons of gondor. I turned the lamp upside down and put the fire out in a large bassin to catch rain water.
The lamp was one of those 2 meter tall standing lamps with one fexible rod with a light at the end and one halogenic light on top that was pointed to the ceiling. Somehow, a small plastic toy ball ended up on the halogenic lamp and caught fire.
MischaBurns · 1 points · Posted at 10:49:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mocks you? That's a pretty good panic response.
dariaXmorgendorffer · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this and tried to move it to the sink to pour the oil down the drain (yes, also a terrible idea) and I'm clumsy af so I dumped some of the flaming oil down the front of my jeans. It gets worse. I kept the jeans on while I was putting out the fire and cleaning up the kitchen because there were black marks everywhere and smoke everywhere. So when I finally took the jeans off I had about 8 inches of 2nd degree, verging on 3rs degree burns on my thigh. Thankfully didn't need a skin graft, it was a close call. So... Yay?
stanfan114 · 1 points · Posted at 11:56:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Help. Fire. OK I'll just put this fire over here with the other fire.
KerberusIV · 1 points · Posted at 18:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You must be like me. One of those people that get weirdly calm during an emergency.
Sylphass · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:05 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god, I've done this. I knew it was a grease fire and I knew what NOT to do, but for the life of me I could not remember what you're supposed to do. It was an oddly practical decision, like "welp, idk how to stop the fire in my kitchen so... guess I'll put it not in my kitchen."
rubberseatbelt · 0 points · Posted at 04:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She mocked you for being calm during an emergency? I bet you will be calm during your divorce, too, and that will upset her as well.
andanotherone89 · 951 points · Posted at 21:09:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im really glad you were there. My sis in law did the same thing and she did throw water on it. She severely burnt her hands and most of her parent's kitchen down
SacredRose · 649 points · Posted at 21:51:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really hope they still do i in schools but they school i went to when i was around 13-14 you would start taking chemistry and they would always have this class that is just them showing off a bunch of safety stuff. Part of this is a demo on what happens if you throw water on an oil fire or try and use water on gasoline.
But the oil fire is just this very small pan and they squirt water into it using those typical squirt bottles they use in chemistry. But when they nail the pan straight on with a good squirt the flames would easily go up to the ceiling and leave burn marks in a 2 metre wide circle. Yeah nobody is going to throw water on it after seeing that.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 16 points · Posted at 22:32:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spreading the puddle if the water is not under pressure, spreading the puddle and making it flare up if it is?
Leaf_Rotator · 35 points · Posted at 22:45:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heat from the flames causes the water to boil. This violent boiling and expanding steam spreads apart the oil/gas. With the fuel being spread around by the expanding water it has MUCH greater surface area with which to react with oxygen.
Before throw in the water the oil in your pan or puddle of gas will be burning at a steady rate. Even if it's scary, it's mostly steady. When you throw the water on you are basically creating a situation where way to much of the fuel is burning all at once The fireball is expanding both from the steam and now as a growing fireball that is burning at a rate 10x to 100x of what it was before the water was added.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 3 points · Posted at 23:03:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know this happens with oil because the water vaporizes after it hits the oil, because the oil is well above 100 degrees C hot. The liquid gasoline shouldn't get that hot (due to a lower boiling point), should it?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p_0_zH6LTrY shows no violent reaction whatsoever.
ic33 · 2 points · Posted at 04:49:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gasoline is a lower risk, but you can still get a steam explosion and you can still splash/spread/increase the surface area of the gasoline.
You can definitely put out a gasoline fire with water, but it takes a slow deluge; any "splash" or a small amount of water makes it worse.
SacredRose · 7 points · Posted at 22:34:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mostly spreading it if its not under pressure trying to wash it out off something like a burning rag it spreads like a wildfire and can flare up quite a bit.
Chocolate-Chai · 9 points · Posted at 02:06:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We used to have lots of safety ads about “chip pan fires” on UK tv in the 90s, not anymore as I guess people don’t use them as much, but plenty still do including us. Proper chips fried in oil are a treat.
Fikar-not · 2 points · Posted at 07:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had 999 with Michael Burke! That covered the wet towel on the chip fryer and stopping bleeding with credit cards 🤣
Chocolate-Chai · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes I remember the wet towel trick, but not the credit card one! Just makes me think we need a show of that kind nowadays, where you can learn life saving tips.
2_lazy · 4 points · Posted at 04:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey they did that the year I was taking chemistry!
Except it wasn’t my school it was another one in my county.
And it wasn’t an oil fire it was something called the “rainbow experiment”.
And the teacher poured alcohol directly onto the flames.
And several students had to be airlifted out of the school from life threatening injuries from the burnes.
And the county response to it was to ban experiments in chemistry class for only that year while all the chem teachers got safety training.
So that’s the story of how in 2015 my chem class experience became trash.
Here is an article on it: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/patient-to-be-airlifted-after-fire-at-woodson-high-school-in-fairfax-county/127468/
Pikhj8 · 6 points · Posted at 01:54:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They would never teach those kind of stuff in school. Simply because students would get hurt for doing something stupid in the lab, then the parents would sue the school. The school would no longer be allowed to do these demonstrations.
SteerJock · 3 points · Posted at 04:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I graduated in 16 and they did that for us in Jr High, I don’t know why it would change. Granted there’s a bunch of dumbass kids that don’t pay attention. I see Facebook posts all the time of people saying they didn’t learn things that were definitely covered.
SacredRose · 3 points · Posted at 08:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its a demonstartion you don’t actually get to do it yourself as a student. So its just as safe as anything else they show.
loonygecko · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep seeing it really drives the point home! Probably better to do those demos outside in a safe nonflammable area though!
thefirstnightatbed · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a tech school, so the closest thing we got to that was "throw all greasy rags in these metal bins when not in use in case something in the shop catches fire."
whereswalda · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Starting in elementary school we learned fire safety! There was a series of videos we had to watch, which showed standard fire safety practices - don't put a fork in the toaster/outlets, don't put butter on burns, don't put water on oil fires. Pretty sure that they even covered how to use a fire extinguisher.
heckin_chill_4_a_sec · 1 points · Posted at 13:48:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have an annual firefighter festival in my town, and literally the only cool part about it is when they show what happens when you put water on a grease fire. It's only a cup of water on a loooooooooong stick, they pour it into the burning pot and WOOOSH, I love it. Plus you see all the little kids go from "yaaay a smol fire" to "HOLYMOTHEROFSHIT" in a second.
SacredRose · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn how can they mess up a firefighter festival that bad.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 01:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG, and aside from burning her hands i hope she was ok.
andanotherone89 · 3 points · Posted at 01:25:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She is now but she still won't deep fry anything anymore and this is 6 years later. She spent a couple days in the hospital and a really long time dressing the burns but the scars are hardly noticeable anymore
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yeah I'm sure the poor thing is traumatized and i don't blame her for not wanting to fry anything. But I'm just glad she's ok.
DaniMW · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ouch! I’m sorry about her injuries. 😏
very_humble · 2573 points · Posted at 21:00:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
And this is example 1000 of why most dorms won't allow you to have any heat sources
Brewski26 · 790 points · Posted at 21:02:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hers actually had a full kitchen with a range... it was an older dorm though.
very_humble · 189 points · Posted at 21:06:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a few like that, meant for families though
cdmurray88 · 14 points · Posted at 00:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most of our dorms had 1 shared kitchen per floor, no families.
No one used them, though, because they were gross, no one knew how to cook, and you were required to buy a cafeteria meal plan if you lived on campus.
only_gay_on_tuesdays · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorms had a super nice shared kitchen on each floor. The building i was in had 10 floors im pretty sure my floor and like one other were the only ones that actually used the kitchens. But my floor was really close and we were always having little dinner parts that those of us who knew how to cook would cook for every. It was nice.
leetfists · 15 points · Posted at 23:57:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Families in a college dorm? Is that a common thing?
very_humble · 17 points · Posted at 00:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think continuing education, or plenty of people from overseas
leetfists · 25 points · Posted at 00:19:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand that people with families go to college. That seems totally normal. It just seems weird that the whole family would live on campus.
darium4 · 18 points · Posted at 00:34:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents had me young (between leaving high school and starting college) and we lived in family housing on campus for the first few years of my life. This was in the early 90s but I assume things like that are still around.
very_humble · 2 points · Posted at 00:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Usually more likely for foreigners who got married in college, maybe had a kid, and at least one was going for their masters. Usually fairly well subsidized, so cheaper than renting an apartment
sideways8 · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only people I knew who did it were a Christian couple who got married straight out of high school. The man was on track to become a doctor like his dad, and the woman went along for the ride. She was a student at the same university until she started popping out kids (quite early on).
thicketcosplay · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to be. Older dorms still have that sort of thing in mind.
Jiffs81 · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had apartment style dorms for anyone. 4 individual rooms, common kitchen and living area.
gljivicad · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in Europe, I have a kitchen in my dorm room. New building
Nixie9 · 8 points · Posted at 00:19:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m deeply concerned that dorms there don’t have kitchens. At 18 you should absolutely learn how to cook. There’s people getting married and having kids at that age.
Ekkosangen · 11 points · Posted at 02:27:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the takeaway from the story should be that people should be taught how to cook and kitchen safety before 18 or you run into adults who put water in grease fires and burn the dorm down. Because that's how you get a new dorm with no kitchen and heat sources banned.
Nixie9 · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh absolutely. We do the basics at school. Like how to boil an egg, what to do if things are on fire. Probably about 10 lessons a year from 11-14 sorts you out.
Question080 · 1 points · Posted at 00:26:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On campus apartments.
DMala · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in a dorm with a full kitchen. Being 18 and not a cook, I don’t think I used it once the entire year, except to microwave stuff.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend whose family business burned down because their building included an apartment, whose tenant tried to make french fries while drunk. Started a grease fire and ran from the building instead of trying to put it out. Where I live, all apartments are required to have a fire extinguisher, so even if she didn't know about putting a lid on the pan or throwing baking soda on it, she could have used the extinguisher.
RagingCataholic9 · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're talking about prison-style dorms, not apartment-style ones
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 23:09:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably made sense in the time when home ec classes were common requirements for girls, Real Men™ didn't cook, and everything was made of asbestos.
cyril0 · 0 points · Posted at 00:37:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's an older dorm sir but it checks out. I was about to clear them.
arberlour · 202 points · Posted at 22:22:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, is this a thing in (presumably) America? If that's the case how do you eat? Just cold food?
strum_and_dang · 188 points · Posted at 22:33:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
College dorms usually have dining halls that serve meals. Students are limited on what kind of appliances they can have in their rooms due to fire risk and electrical issues.
mountrich · 23 points · Posted at 00:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plus the fact that a lot of those dorms are 'vintage' and the electrical system isn't up to the task of multiple heating devices. Tripped circuit breakers in locked electrical boxes can be a challenge.
A911owner · 15 points · Posted at 01:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorm only allowed a microwave; I had a contraband Crock-Pot hidden in there though. When I had the prep time, I'd chop some vegetables, toss some meat in, and brother, I had a stew going!
AustinWickens · 10 points · Posted at 01:36:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one college I toured had to specify that hot tubs were not allowed in the dorms. Apparently some students had done this and caused the rule to be made.
Domdaisy · 8 points · Posted at 01:55:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school had this rule too! It was in the student handbook. Someone had to have tried it for them to put it in writing
cptjeff · 3 points · Posted at 05:07:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college had a rule prohibiting ziplines. Always wanted to hear the story behind that one.
nightwing2000 · 6 points · Posted at 02:11:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BUilding built in the 1920's. Two heat sources - kettle, toaster - on the same floor meant the breaker popped. So old, it never considered that there are devices you don't want to power off - it had an on-off switch to kill all the power in the building so the dorm supervisor (from back in the 1950's) could warn everyone it was lights-out bedtime. By the 70's the only significant rule was "no women in the dorm after 9PM". Oh, and the rule "the possession or use of pets, explosives, or hallucinogens is strictly prohibited." ??
bros402 · 3 points · Posted at 03:30:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean making stuff explode on hallucinogens could be fun
and pets and hallucinogens could be cool too - looking at them while you are high
let's not combine pets and explosives
homura1650 · 477 points · Posted at 22:34:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pay for the overpriced dining hall plan.
[deleted] · 286 points · Posted at 23:08:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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theathenian11 · 16 points · Posted at 01:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just posted this above but i'll share it here too because it's slightly more relevant:
I remember in my freshman dorm a girl ruined the microwave and some cabinets above it because she put DRY cup noodles in it for FIVE MINUTES and walked away
Nobodyville · 6 points · Posted at 01:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a fire alarm at 3 am in the middle of winter b/c some drunk kid put a cup of microwave easy mac in the micro without water.
OmgSignUpAlready · 4 points · Posted at 02:10:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my family, we call that "pulling a niece's name" because she did that when she was 10. My parents had to buy a new microwave because the smell of burning plastic wouldn't go away.
MaybeImTheNanny · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a fire alarm because my sweet neighbor in the dorms (still love her 20 years later) put a brownie in the microwave to warm it up for 5 full minutes. She’d never used a microwave before.
LunDeus · 8 points · Posted at 01:01:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwave? We used the coffee pot 🤣
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yournewowner · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's worse when you use the teapot.
Cerres · 15 points · Posted at 23:46:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cheap too. Full meal for $0.20
Integer_Domain · 39 points · Posted at 23:58:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn’t call noodles and salt a full meal.
Twenty3charactersor · 39 points · Posted at 00:01:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whatever makes the hunger pangs go away works. Nutrition can be gained in the vacations or after I'm done with uni.
Cerres · 13 points · Posted at 23:59:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is at 4am when you’re chipping away at a project.
GatlingTurtle · 3 points · Posted at 02:39:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
meow-meoww · 2 points · Posted at 00:02:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would slurrrrp
sexy_bethany · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that's why you boil an egg and then eat that with the noodles
No-Ear_Spider-Man · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It gets you the calories (But so do potatoes and those are cheaper)
ThoseRMyMonkeys · 3 points · Posted at 02:03:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And coffee pot. I've heard of kids cooking bixed Mac n cheese in a coffee pot too. Get creative with it!
blix797 · 2 points · Posted at 01:37:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell that to my former roommate who ruined the microwave by forgetting to add water.
https://imgur.com/a/OZxzp
MyLittlePonyfucker · 2 points · Posted at 01:56:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And people still manage to fuck up and burn something at like 11pm, causing the whole dorm to get evacuated in the middle of winter
Straight_Ace · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or if you have a coffee machine you can just use the hot water from that to cook the noodles. My cousins and I used to crush up the noodles in the package and dump them into the bowl then pour the hot water from the kettle (this was before Keurig coffee makers) onto the noodles and then throw in the seasoning packet.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it's pretty hard to fuck up ramen dude lol
Alaira314 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You weren't allowed to have a microwave either at my school. There were two(I think) communal microwaves just off the dining hall that you could use when the dining hall building was open(so like 7am-12am) and then lounges around campus associated with different departments had various small appliances. I wonder how many people's choice of major was driven in part by the coffee machine in that department's lounge area being better...
But yeah, if you had to microwave something in the middle of the night(or the line was too long) you were out of luck. You either had to eat it cold(you can totally just eat a brick of ramen, ask me how I know) or know someone who had an illicit microwave under their bed.
moo4mtn · 3 points · Posted at 00:31:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can usually have a microwave and an electric kettle. You get creative.
bvanplays · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like for most colleges the dining plan is significantly cheaper than eating out. Though to be fair, its still more expensive than if you bought groceries and cooked yourself.
squirrely2005 · 2 points · Posted at 00:37:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a university and the “dining hall” they have is buffet style. If you used the money you preloaded in your account and got there before 11 AM you paid like 5 bucks.
Food wasn’t the best but sometimes there was some good stuff.
shrubs311 · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that's how it was for us. each plan had meals (buffet access) and then extra (money you used for snacks basically). at any meal you could eat to your heart's content, the extra money was basically cash.
squirrely2005 · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I don’t know all the details but it doesn’t seem like a terrible deal. The whole college experience is just so freaking expensive though.
shrubs311 · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
out of all the expensive crap, the food was decently priced. more expensive than buying yourself probably, but there was large variety, large quantity, it was close, and no effort. compared to eating out every day it's easily cheaper.
oasisbuiltthemoon · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also depending on your school, many of the students don't live in campus housing. Then they just do the normal apartment thing.
galaxygirl978 · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
as if college wasn't already fucking expensive enough goddamn
radenthefridge · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college had amazing food that I still pine for over a decade later.
very_humble · 79 points · Posted at 22:26:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can have a microwave, but that's usually about it. Maybe a tea kettle if you're British enough
HadHerses · 4 points · Posted at 23:17:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm British enough to just call it a kettle.
If you want to make a distinction between a kettle and the one my great great great grandmother would've used, you can electric kettle.
The whistly ones are from the history books.
flotsamisaword · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made my coffee this morning with a whistley one. I boil the water and pour it through a cone filter.
finnw · 1 points · Posted at 18:03:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are also in studio apartments where you literally don't have enough space on the worktop for an electric kettle
Not-a-stalinist · 6 points · Posted at 22:28:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why add the word “tea” to kettle when all kettles are the same?
granadesnhorseshoes · 13 points · Posted at 22:44:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indeed they are not. See Kettle grills, cast iron kettles and industrial/food service kettles.
Not-a-stalinist · 5 points · Posted at 22:45:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I doubt many people would have those in their home though.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:59:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tea must flow mate
Not-a-stalinist · 1 points · Posted at 23:52:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tea must flow.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 22:58:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
And kettlebells.
Nixie9 · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So it appears that a kettle grill is a BBQ, but the other ones are for heating water which could potentially be used for tea. If you live in a time where kettles are regularly heated on the job then you can use ‘electric kettle’ for clarity. But tea kettle makes no sense.
other_usernames_gone · 7 points · Posted at 22:55:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because a kettle refers to a closed metal container with a spout but without its own method of generating heat, you're meant to put it on a stovetop or on a fire(they were the original kettles before electricity).
A teakettle refers specifically to a kettle that uses a electric heating element to generate its own heat, normally in a kettle dock pair.
It's to differentiate an electric (tea) kettle from a whistling kettle or just a normal old kettle.
Note: most people won't care and will still refer to a teakettle as a kettle, and won't notice if you do the same.
Not-a-stalinist · 5 points · Posted at 23:52:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t hear about the other types much in good ol’ Blighty.
Nixie9 · -1 points · Posted at 00:24:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody is debating electric kettles, that differentiates it from the other types, but all types are for tea, so calling one a tea kettle is nonsense
flotsamisaword · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just used a kettle this morning to make my coffee. -->Pour through.
twinsocks · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A slow cooker? Between a kettle and a slow cooker I feel like you could get a lot of nutrition out of that for minimal expense and effort. If you're allowed a jaffle maker too you'd be set.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about a hot plate?
HadHerses · 16 points · Posted at 23:15:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll never understand US College dorms.
Sharing a bedroom and not allowed to have your own cooking stuff? Having to go to a canteen? It's madness. Hardly adulting!
matthoback · 11 points · Posted at 23:37:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The dorms are not meant to be "adulting", more like a halfway house to adulthood. If you want to be an adult, you get off campus housing.
jimmy_three_shoes · 4 points · Posted at 01:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of dormitories also have a communal kitchen on each floor. They're usually pretty grody though.
sexy_bethany · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it's pretty insane. Here in Australia (at least at my uni anyway), the vast majority of rooms for on-campus accomodation are single rooms, though they are smaller (my room is about 9m2), with only some of them being shared apartments.
Some of our halls are catered like American ones, and some (like mine) are self-catered, which is way better since they cost about half as much and you can cook yourself for way less. Most of the people in my block just live off their rice cookers.
pk-starstorm · 6 points · Posted at 23:08:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most of the residence halls at my school had communal kitchens you could use whenever you wanted, but I don't know how common is
oasisbuiltthemoon · 3 points · Posted at 00:44:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine had that option, but there isn't enough kitchen space for everyone to use it regularly; the assumption was that you'd have a university meal plan (maybe one of the cheaper ones that was only for one meal a day) and supplement with your own cooking.
pk-starstorm · 1 points · Posted at 00:51:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. I rarely saw anybody make consistent use of them. We did one year make a huge Thanksgiving feast which was fun
hombrent · 2 points · Posted at 22:42:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You buy a meal plan from the university cafeteria for $8000 per semester.
arberlour · 3 points · Posted at 22:45:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guessing $8k a semester is hyperbole, but with US universities it can be hard to tell looking in from the outside...
CaptainsLincolnLog · 4 points · Posted at 23:08:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just checked, at our flagship “public” university, the meal plans start at about $3000 per semester.
hombrent · 3 points · Posted at 23:07:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest, I pulled the number out of my ass. And I have no idea if it’s high or low.
HadHerses · 1 points · Posted at 23:18:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get out of here with your honesty!
This it Reddit - stick to those made up facts like your life depends on it sunshine.
KP_Wrath · 1 points · Posted at 23:07:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s around $2000 per semester for the higher end (read:provide every meal) plans at my old school. That school isn’t cheap, but it’s not record breaking either.
bros402 · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quick google search, college I went to was 6k a semester, dorms at the cheapest are $5200 a semester - and a meal plan is minimum $1400 a semester (96 meals - or less than one meal a day for a semester). $2000 if you want unlimited meals.
Cheflikesteph · 1 points · Posted at 23:12:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We could have microwaves so it was ramen and easy Mac all day
mydogisacloud · 1 points · Posted at 23:34:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can have a microwave. I knew a few people with hot plates. Most dorm buildings have one shared kitchen. Lugging ingredients and equipment from my room down three stories, cooking, cleaning, then lugging it all back was too much for me most of the time.
Kitchen hours (When the kitchen was available/unlocked) were also a thing in some of the dorms, and were at times very inconvenient. One dorm has half hour windows for each meal time and seemed to be used exclusively by the RAs which was absolute nonsense.
shellybearcat · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my dorm in the US, and many others I know of, we could have a microwave and a toaster in our room but we have anything with exposed hot surfaces like a hot plate or a sandwich press. We had a small shared kitchen in the building but most kids didn’t have their own vehicle and the nearest grocery store was a bit of a walk with lots of bags so almost everybody just used their meal plan to live off on-campus pizza and such, and the food shops on campus mostly sold cereal, protein bars, pizza rolls, etc that needed no heat or a microwave only.
Maleficent_West · 1 points · Posted at 00:26:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in Canada but usually there are 2 different types of dorms and they are priced differently. The cheapest kind is one big room and it basically has space for a bed and a desk. Usually it is shared between two people but can be private. In those rooms, you are sometimes allowed to have a mini fridge, microwave, and small appliance like a crockpot (but things like hot plates or mini grills are almost always banned). Usually it is mandatory to purchase a meal plan so you can access the cafeteria and other food places on campus, but some buildings do have communal kitchens on each floor or one in a building you can go to use a stove/oven, etc. Then there are buildings where they actually have units like little apartments shared between 2-4 people depending on size. In those they usually have a very tiny kitchen. But they are more expensive.
D34thbySnooSnoo · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sneak in an electric hot top. If you have a roomie, to keep them quiet, offer some of your hot food or for them to use it when they need it.
QuickSilverII · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IDK about this - graduated college in 16 and had a full kitchen by Jr/Sr in our apartments - on campus and school owned. I think its more the actual dorm rooms that don't have kitchenettes in them.
enjollras · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who lived off soylent for a year so that's sure an option.
sib2972 · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my canadian dorm we weren’t allowed anything to cook in our rooms (even coffee makers but we all had those). Every floor had a common area with a kitchen that included an oven, a small stove, and a microwave. We were also forced into taking out the meal plan so we mostly lived off the cafeteria and other campus food sources that were connected to the meal plan. Also lots of Kraft mac & cheese, ramen, and frozen stuff that could go in the oven. Almost no one actually cooked
bg-j38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorms all had a single small kitchen that could be used for baking and other cooking. I can count on one had the number of times I saw them used by the literally hundreds of residents. My friend once baked a cake down there and everyone was amazed that a) the appliances worked, b) were clean, and c) she knew how to bake a cake.
OutlyingPlasma · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know others have answered you, but to be a bit more specific. A lot of college dorms are just giant human warehouses. Small rooms, big enough for 2 small beds, or one bunkbed and 2 desks. The university I went to even prohibited microwaves and small refrigerators, however we still had one.
The students in the dorms would usually be subscribed to a meal plan. This is more or less a company store kind of thing. It's an internal university account you pay x amount into and then you spend that at the dinning hall. If you don't spend it, sometimes it rolls over to the next term, sometimes you get the money back, or sometimes they just keep any unspent money.
The dinning hall is just a large cafeteria, usually not part of the dorm buildings, but located in a central location. Some universities may have more than one, some may have small ones located on the ground floor of the larger dorm buildings. This is usually a 24/7 or 20/7 hour operation to some extent, however hot food may only be served 3 times a day and only during some hours. Usually drinks, fruit, and prepackaged things are available outside of meal times.
Again, every university is different but that how a lot of them work. It kinda sucks because you always have to get dressed and walk, sometimes a long way to get food three+ times a day.
Of course there are other systems, like the Greek houses that usually have their own kitchen and chef and have about a 50 student capacity, or the co-ops that are like the Greek houses but for non-douche people. Then of course there are people that don't live on campus.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college my dorms always had a kitchen in a common area on each floor. You'd be surprised at how easy it'd be to go in there and cook your own meal almost whenever you want. College kids tend to avoid actual kitchens like the plague.
imbreaststroke · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some on-campus housing includes an actual kitchen, either in the apartment/dorm or as a shared kitchen for the building or floor
Plasticglassbother · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most dorms I've seen will have a small kitchenette on the floor for students or a kitchen in the basement.
Kristeninmyskin · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorm allowed us a microwave and a toaster. But not a toaster oven.
aobizzy · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In earlier years in college, we had a common area with a range, big fridge, etc, just not in your individual rooms. Regardless, most used the dining hall for almost every meal.
GreenBeans23920 · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many dorms do have shared kitchens where you can cook. It depends on your school I think.
Cinderheart · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Enjoy overpaying at bars and restaurants.
DharmaCub · 0 points · Posted at 01:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had electric stoves in my dorm
harujusko · 2 points · Posted at 00:43:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dorm had a range per suite so everyone are able to cook for themselves. And almost every night we have some smoke alarm beeping.
Bagulosis · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of those with heat sources, are the same that burn the dorm down.
theathenian11 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember in my freshman dorm a girl ruined the microwave and some cabinets above it because she put DRY cup noodles in it for FIVE MINUTES and walked away
plexnewbie · 1 points · Posted at 05:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, same. We had to stand outside at like 3am waiting for the fire department to come. After a few more times, me and my roommate would just stay in the room and not evacuate in the event of a fire alarm.
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our dorm's rule was "no light housekeeping". Which explains why my room was so messy.
SakuraFerretTrainer · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My younger sister in law stayed at dorms in college and administration had removed the pointy tip and rounded off all the knives. You know, in case the kids decide to have knife, stabbing party or something.
Gray_side_Jedi · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Marine Corps trusted me with explosives, anti-tank weapons, and leading Marines in combat. But God-fucking-forbid I have a George Foreman in my barracks...
xmonpetitchoux · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of them have a communal kitchen on each floor though.
Toastburger · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, that reminds me about when I was in the dorms a kid upstairs almost burned the place down. Their toaster was broken--it would heat, but wouldn't lock in the down position so you had to hold the lever while it toasted. So one of them got the bright idea to lean something heavy on the lever to hold it while he went in the other room...then promptly forgot about the incendiary bomb in the making he'd left in the kitchen. The fire alarm tipped them off in time to prevent full blown disaster but the whole building resented him for having to evacuate when his roommate told everybody what happened.
GitEmSteveDave · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my college, between the solid concrete walls and thick doors on our rooms, any fire would be contained pretty well in the single units.
plexnewbie · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone has a Pizzazz rotating pizza oven in their room anyways though.
endlessrays · 772 points · Posted at 22:10:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god. Today I learned about grease fires as a home-owning mid-20s adult female. Damn.
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Deathsworn_VOA · 39 points · Posted at 23:47:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Regular salt works too.
Markham5 · 26 points · Posted at 00:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Finally, someone mentions salt, the thing most people probably have in the kitchen.
Deathsworn_VOA · 3 points · Posted at 03:10:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, if you bake just about anything you probably have baking soda. But people who bake probably know about salt too I guess. Salt I keep a lot closer to the stove. :P
UndeadVinDiesel · 6 points · Posted at 03:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what if the assailant isn't a slug/snail though?
Deathsworn_VOA · 4 points · Posted at 03:41:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt doesn't just suck the water out of slugs, it sucks the heat out of stuff on fire. Chemistry is cool.
UndeadVinDiesel · 4 points · Posted at 03:49:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what if your assailant isn't on fire?
I didn't expect a genuine answer to a tongue in cheek comment, but thank you regardless.
Deathsworn_VOA · 9 points · Posted at 03:55:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well if you're throwing table salt at a person, make sure you grab the AAs too so you can make it a-salt and battery.
sharksnack3264 · 3 points · Posted at 02:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! Keep a large salt cellar by the stove. It's convenient for seasoning and it's easier to just grab it and dump it over the fire in case the fire extinguisher isn't super close to the stove.
Deathsworn_VOA · 5 points · Posted at 02:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I have a big ol jar with coarse salt so I can pretend I'm salt bae.
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GrumpyMammoth · 18 points · Posted at 02:32:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think fire blankets are pretty underrated. Small, cheap and never needs to be serviced, unlike an extinguisher
Leaf_Rotator · 5 points · Posted at 01:20:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very true, those things can pack a punch.
Beltempest · 18 points · Posted at 00:30:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
or worse. Me and some friends did a bit of an experiment that basically involved standing in a field and pulling a rope the tipped a baking bowl about 1/2 full of flour on a partly shielded fire. The result would have blown the windows out if done in a confined room, I'll never forget the almighty Who--whomph as the shockwave re suspended all the flour that had been too tightly packed to burn the first time.
oh and powdered sugar is worse. If people want to experiment go small scale use a big office pop lid coffee tin or similar. Punch a hole in the base and use narrow gauge fish tank tubing so you can blow into the base (make this nice and long 1m or more) and put a little powder in the bottom of the tin and put a little metal spirit burner in the middle. Seal the pop lid and blow into the tube, the powder suspends in the air, combusts, and the top of the can blows off. Great fun and fairly safe.
Leaf_Rotator · 13 points · Posted at 01:18:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And for our second day of playing with fire, a calcium carbide cannon!
Beltempest · 6 points · Posted at 02:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh hell no. I do not -ing mess with acetylene.
Leaf_Rotator · 5 points · Posted at 02:26:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely a wise stance to have!
supergeeky_1 · 4 points · Posted at 02:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Powdered coffee creamer also makes a pretty impressive dust explosion.
PyroDesu · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doesn't even have to be powdered sugar. Powdered is even worse, but granulated will cause pretty bad dust explosions too.
Such as this deadly one at Imperial Sugar.
It makes sense, when you think about it. Sugar is a pretty energy-dense substance. It's why we eat it.
teebob21 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well now I know what I'm going to be doing on July 4
BeriAlpha · 18 points · Posted at 01:27:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After reading a thread on Reddit a while back about the importance of a quick response to fire, I now have extinguishers in the bedroom, kitchen, living room, garage, and hallway. As you say, I'm not gonna die because the only extinguisher is in a box on the other side of the house. Multi-packs of extinguishers are relatively cheap, they come with quick-release mounts to attach to walls, just do it already.
Leaf_Rotator · 12 points · Posted at 01:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good on you mate! I live in a VERY old house, and I saw a similar house in my neighborhood go up in flames once years ago. It was so terrifyingly fast. It went from "Hey I think I can hear a smoke alarm going off in that house" to "massive raging inferno" in just a few minutes.
It really put the fear of God in me, got several extinguishers the next day, and I've even practiced with them a few times just to be sure I'll be well prepared if the time comes. Not to mention I live in a dense neighborhood so if there's ever a small fire nearby I'll come running.
Alluvial_Fan_ · 10 points · Posted at 02:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't forget to replace them (about every decade) and periodically look at the gauge to make sure it's green. I do mine when daylight saving changes.
chevymonza · 14 points · Posted at 00:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is our thinking as well!
Leaf_Rotator · 10 points · Posted at 01:21:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know I sure as hell wouldn't be able to put up much of a fight if I got sprayed in the face with one.
-yermom- · 10 points · Posted at 00:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
pppsssssshhhhhh........... BONK
Leaf_Rotator · 6 points · Posted at 01:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You came to the wrooong house!
GrumpyMammoth · 7 points · Posted at 02:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just for demonstration purposes, this is the extreme example of why you never use anything like flour (or creamer) to put out a fire
And for fun, why you don't use water on burning oil, in case anyone had any doubt still
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Leaf_Rotator · 5 points · Posted at 01:58:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Easily one of the best life insurance type investments you can make, right after wearing a seatbelt and looking both ways.
mithi26 · 7 points · Posted at 02:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandmom forgets to turn out the heat after frying something and had a grease fire once. luckily I was around to snap on a lid. Since then I've kept a bag of sand accessible from the stove area.
dragonace11 · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pocket Sand also doubles as a self defense weapon even if they wear glasses.
scapegoatyoga · 3 points · Posted at 01:47:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No cocaine, either?
Leaf_Rotator · 6 points · Posted at 01:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the very least it would be a very financially inefficient way to put out a fire even if it did work.
DonnyBomeneddy · 3 points · Posted at 02:26:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do not douse your grease fire in cocaine!
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Leaf_Rotator · 3 points · Posted at 02:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wash your bedsheets, Goddamn.
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Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hah!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually use baking soda because I always have a box in my baking supplies and those are usually right next to the stove any way. My salt is abandoned to wherever I left it last and I never remember to have a lid handy.
poindexterg · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From personal experience, stand back aways when you hit a grease fire with an extinguisher. Otherwise it just sprays flaming grease everywhere.
Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh definitely. Ideally you should always just smother it with a lid, or baking sheet or something. Only pulling out the dry chemical if shit gets out of hand.
WildlingPine · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kept a fire extinguisher in the kitchen too. Read the label and everything, but when it came to actually using it, I got stuck. I thought it would be like a counter cleaning spray bottle, but it's not. Only took me 5 sec to figure it out but 5 sec is a long time when your living room is on fire.
Also don't forget fire extinguishers have use-by dates!
Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. When I got mine I got three, and did some practice with one before getting it refilled again, and I check them all pretty often, since I do some blacksmithing and home foundry work.
Egween · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like you
Leaf_Rotator · 2 points · Posted at 04:21:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like to be ready for stuff. Dropped your keys down the heating vent? Well guess what, I carry a telescoping magnet in my backpack!
Egween · 2 points · Posted at 05:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the same. Went on a camping trip with a bunch of people recently.
I had extra pillows, blankets, first aid kit (duh), contact solution, too much food, and over-prepped for the dogs, too.
But we didn't forget anything!
ladyof-theBoom · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fire inspector told me to have the kitchen fire extinguisher near the door, not the stove. His reasoning is that if there is a stove fire, you are going to be moving away from the fire, not towards it.
Leaf_Rotator · 2 points · Posted at 04:19:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely. It's "back up" distance away from the stove. I do the same thing when aluminum casting. If there is a problem I'm likely going to want to get away from it before I start worrying about spraying it. The bedroom one is within arms reach though.
ladyof-theBoom · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, back up is distance from the stove.
I used to carry a fire extinguishers in my car. I saved 2 cars from going up in flames. One pulled into my shop parking lot with a smoking engine. Guy was about to open the hood when I stopped him and explained that the engine would go up in flames from the sudden rush of air coming up through the engine when he opened the hood (bonnet) . Grabbed the extinguisher, opened the hood, and whooshed that fire out quick. Second time, I was driving down the highway and saw car smoking in front of me and they pulled over. I pulled over behind them and I pulled out my fire extinguisher and told them the thing about opening the hood (bonnet) feeding the fire.
These people had never heard that you should NEVER open the hood on a smoking engine without something to smother the fire with.
MangoesDeep · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only thing I learned is how to cast Minor Fireball.
comfy_socks · 2 points · Posted at 05:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I survived a house fire when I was 11. I have 5 fire extinguishers. One in my bedroom, one in my kitchen, one by the back door, one by the front door, and one in my car. I don’t play when it comes to fire safety.
Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit. Some of these comments make me want to get a respirator that will protect against smoke inhalation as well to keep near the bed. If I'm awake when the fire starts I can at least just run. What scares me is waking up to a fire that is already so bad I'm trapped.
comfy_socks · 2 points · Posted at 05:34:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I admit, I am probably a little over zealous. I have PTSD from it. It’s been almost 22 years ago, and I can’t handle hearing about houses burning down or god forbid I drive by somewhere that’s had a fire. I struggle a lot during the cooler months because people have their fire pits and fireplaces burning. I’ve seen a therapist about it but there’s not much that they can do for me other than give me coping skills to handle the panic attacks.
Leaf_Rotator · 2 points · Posted at 05:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's pretty understandable. I've been hit bad by several cars while walking, half of whom just drove away after. Some days just crossing the street or walking near traffic is not possible for me, and I may never be able to drive a car. PTSD is some stupid shit.
zachc94 · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Real life pro tips are always in the comments
Leaf_Rotator · 2 points · Posted at 05:15:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, buy more than one, and practice with one of them. You don't want the first time you ever do a thing, to be while you are also panicking and in danger of getting hurt and/or losing your property. Fire extinguishers don't have that much juice. You want to do it right, and practice makes perfect.
-CamilaSM · 2 points · Posted at 06:06:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brilliant. Looking forward to buy a fire extinguisher.
Leaf_Rotator · 2 points · Posted at 06:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hell yeah! Consider getting two so you can practice with one. The circumstances you have to use them under can be very panic inducing, and it's good to already know how to fire one before that day comes.
-CamilaSM · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes sense! With my nerves I would probably end up extinguishing myself and somehow feeding the fire. Thanks for da tip.
NightGod · 2 points · Posted at 08:21:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make sure your fire extinguisher is in a good location-ideally near the door out of the room. You don't want to have to run back towards a fire to get the extinguisher.
Leaf_Rotator · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got three. Kitchen, bedroom, and workshop/basement. The bedroom one is for if I get woken up so it's near the bed, but the others are at doorways/exits.
lotheva · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve heard the same for active shooter in schools. I laughed and laughed like we have fire extinguishers.
dararie · 1 points · Posted at 00:21:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely should have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen...
PM__ME_YOUR_PUPPIES · 7 points · Posted at 00:45:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
fire blanket is better for most potential kitchen fires.
Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a good point. I'll look into getting one of those.
JTanCan · 7 points · Posted at 01:06:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's a little video of just how easy it is to put out a grease fire.
iupuiclubs · 7 points · Posted at 00:02:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 22 yr old friend melted the skin on both of his hands to where he needed physical therapy to and grafts to receive any function in his hands back.
chevymonza · 4 points · Posted at 00:05:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Keep an open box of baking soda in the cabinet near the stove (I have a small box, just the side part is open, but it can be ripped open wider if needed.)
Last time I had a kitchen fire, I dumped some potatoes into hot oil in a pot. Oil caught fire, I just put the lid on and moved it to the sink to be away from the wall.
Remember: Oil and water don't mix, so an oil/grease fire will just spread around if you throw water on it. Grease needs to be smothered with a towel, lid, baking soda, or extinguisher.
I wouldn't use an extinguisher except as a last resort, though- the chemicals can be nasty, and even when the fire's out, the toxic foam contaminates the room. THAT I'm not sure what to do about!
OH and a couple of years ago while on vacation, I started toasting a bagel in a toaster oven at the rental, and there was a burnt English muffin under the rack that I didn't see, which caught fire. I just unplugged the toaster and hurried it through the kitchen out to the deck and plunked it down, the closed toaster over door smothered the fire enough IIRC. Don't remember if I plunked the whole thing down into the snow, but I don't think so. But the snow was ready nearby if I had to put out a bigger fire!
PyroDesu · 5 points · Posted at 03:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, if it doesn't outright explode from the rapid vaporization of the water.
LordPadre · 5 points · Posted at 03:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today you learned there are at least five different classes of fire
Refer to a fire extinguisher chart if you're ever picking an extinguisher out for a particular use. The classification varies by country so don't take the following chart as gospel.
https://i.imgur.com/ST4YPsT.png
Extinguishers will be coded according to the type of fire they're suited for, using the wrong one for the wrong fire can have reduced effect at best, and be disastrous at worst. Worth taking the time to review.
EpicLegendX · 2 points · Posted at 05:33:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Metal can catch ON FIRE?
LordPadre · 3 points · Posted at 06:14:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, heard of thermite? It's just two metals (aluminum, rust), ignited by another metal (magnesium, notice how the water just makes it angrier). Lava wishes it was hot like thermite.
Lithium, sodium, and potassium ignite through chemical reaction.. with water
More notably, lithium based batteries go boom
Titanium will find its way inside your cranium
Hold on to your kidney stones..
Plutonium, in case I wasn't on a watch list already
Uranium too, but for some reason it's a bit harder to find someone intentionally burning that 🤔
Morthra · 2 points · Posted at 08:46:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact, a chemistry channel on youtube made a video describing how to refine uranium metal from its raw ore (pitchblende) and he got a letter from the Feds "asking" him to take it down.
driftingfornow · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Keep a lid nearby when cooking in oil. Slide the lid on from the side of you get a flameup. Fire marshall told me and my coworkers that's the best and safest way to deal with a grease fire. Go look at youtube vids of "water on grease fire" if you want to see why not to throw water on it.
ShockRampage · 2 points · Posted at 01:40:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't teach this stuff to kids where you're from?
Obscureallure86 · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watch the myth busters episode on grease fires. Literally saved my life.
nedal8 · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS9vuA3ljus this is what happens.
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They make special fire extinguishers for kitchen fires! But also, keep in mind that the oven is designed to hold really hot things. If something in your oven starts burning (like on fire, not overcooked), you're usually best off turning it off and not opening the door.
iheartbags · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can also put the fire out with salt
hereforthepron69 · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That could have killed everybody in your house, lucky you!
MeAnIntellectual1 · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned about greasefires in 7th grade chemistry. People should learn about it in school because that shit can kill
Morthra · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, a word of advice in case it ever comes up. If you find yourself wanting to deep fry a turkey, make sure the turkey is not frozen before you put it in the oil. Or this will happen.
It's one of the most common reasons why people burn their houses down on Thanksgiving.
-LAWpug- · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol I just learned of grease fire a minute ago.
missmcp90 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was too ashamed to say it but... me too. I'm in my late twenties, been cooking on my own for over a decade, had never even heard of a grease fire before his thread. Eep. I'm reading all these replies and learning how to avoid it and put it out if it happens.
fkanz · 0 points · Posted at 01:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally same. I even had to google it.
WTFwhatthehell · 0 points · Posted at 08:11:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Personally I'm kinda shocked at some of the replies from people implying they regularly have grease fires.
I've cooked in frying pans regularly for a couple decades and have never had one.
Though I did my learning about grease fires the "safer" way as a kid: with a bunch of tiny little nightlight candles on a concrete surface.
Vandechoz · 15 points · Posted at 23:01:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is a weird example to be at the top of this thread, because it's a fairly uncommon thing that you likely won't have seen as a child (I've personally never experienced a grease fire), and the solution is unintuitive - you have to be taught the correct way to handle the problem ahead of time
threeminutethrowaway · 6 points · Posted at 23:56:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you'd need the presence of mind to remember to do it, if it happens. I know what to do, but would probably panic.
Vandechoz · 3 points · Posted at 00:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bought some crappy fire extinguisher cans on amazon a while back, I'd probably let half the house burn down while reading the label to make sure it's the right kind for kitchen fires, haha.
big-b20000 · 16 points · Posted at 21:02:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why dorms have rules against cookware :(
XxsquirrelxX · 47 points · Posted at 21:36:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Parents need to start teaching their kids some basic life skills but that ain’t happening soon. I’ve literally had friends tell me they want the internet to be censored because they don’t wanna monitor what their kids do online. And the amount of people older than us who have kids and let YouTube do all the parenting is just extremely dangerous. You think people now are entitled? Just wait till everyone is a Jake Paul clone because nobody could be bothered to step up and be the mom and dad.
Leaf_Rotator · 7 points · Posted at 22:47:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not "anti-screen" at all for adults, I think there's nothing wrong with spending your day on a smartphone. But jesus we need to rethink what we are letting our kids and teens do with them.
XxsquirrelxX · 9 points · Posted at 23:00:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it genuinely upsets me when I see a 5 year old with an iPad watching some mindless, mass produced nursery rhyme video from one of those channels that pumps out 10 videos a day. It’s even worse to see 12 year olds watching YouTube douchebags or instagram influencers, because you know they’re gonna try to imitate that. Children have spongey brains that absorb everything, if they see a guy making “prank” videos where he sexually harasses women at the mall and he’s become a successful, rich young adult from doing it, they’ll think that they should do the same. Next thing you know, there’s an entire generation of 15 year olds who thinks that saying “hey girl I’m gonna destroy your pussy” to a 25 year old college graduate student is funny. And I thought today’s frat bros are horrible people.
Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 23:07:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Couldn't agree more. Sooo many problems we are facing as a society seem to just come down to lazy parenting, and the fact that the world is shoving more shit at kids than ever before.
Genghis_Chong · 4 points · Posted at 22:47:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meanwhile school says
"Well, little Ayden has zero empathy, zero reading/writing comprehension, no social skills and no concept of history or math... but his gaming skills and meme game are on point. We'll just pass him on to the next grade."
Parents are like
"Don't worry scro, education is just a bunch of liberal bullshit anyway."
DanYHKim · 2 points · Posted at 22:43:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
For that matter, I recall learning this in the third grade at school. We had a visit from the local fire station, and saw a film on fire safety. There was a quiz the next day, or something like that.
xelle24 · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not even that recent a phenomenon. I went to college in the early 90s and had to teach quite a few people how to boil water (as a precursor to teaching them how to make Kraft Mac'n'Cheese) and how to make cookies (fucking refrigerated slice and bake cookies, not even from scratch). I sewed on a LOT of buttons and torn hems because I (a) had needle and thread, and (b) knew the absolute basics of how to sew.
PatsyHighsmith · 3 points · Posted at 22:45:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to college for nine years. There is still a gorgeous burn mark on my current kitchen ceiling from when I threw water on a tiny pan of melting butter when it caught on fire. I was 38 when I did that.
Potatowhocrochets · 3 points · Posted at 01:07:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, I didn't know this. Please explain?
2059FF · 3 points · Posted at 02:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watch and learn.
yoonssoo · 2 points · Posted at 23:45:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact: mayo will put it out (if the fire is till small and you have a ton of mayo)
BeerNcheesePlz · 2 points · Posted at 00:03:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait till you tell her about the different fire extinguishers, it’ll blow her mind.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should show her this. You don't need subtitles for this, the visuals are enough. They will demonstrate the bad after doing it right. Literally might burn the house down.
vengefulbeavergod · 2 points · Posted at 01:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone should have a small fire extinguisher in their kitchen and know how to use it. Both of my neighbors on either side of me had grease fires recently. One destroyed the kitchen and one burned her hands so badly she needed skin grafts. Fire extinguishers make decent gifts for housewarming and everyone moving out on their own for the first time should have one. Don't get me started on carbon monoxide and smoke and heat detectors.
Grintor · 2 points · Posted at 01:35:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have always heard about water and grease fires, but hearing and seeing are very different.
https://gfycat.com/deliciousunlawfulirukandjijellyfish
I was not expecting that
SiakamIsOverrated · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL
smoking_imagination · 2 points · Posted at 01:46:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened when I was living with a few roommates right out of college, but none of us knew about not putting water on a grease fire.
Well...one small explosion later and now we all know. We're just lucky the house didn't burn down.
Kimo808 · 2 points · Posted at 18:31:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was at uni I was deep frying and it caught fire. I turned to my flatmate and calmly said 'never chuck water on an oil fire' then promptly chucked water on it. Totally worked and it went out...I was very lucky. It was halls as well so there was a fire blanket- so no idea what was going through my mind!
perfect_little_booty · 4 points · Posted at 21:11:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's terrifying.
TheNastyKnee · 1 points · Posted at 00:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an experience kind of like this. I was washing dishes when my roommate thrust his grease fire under the running tap. Luckily for us both I was washing a cast iron pan at that moment, with which I quickly smothered the fire.
alawfuldog · 1 points · Posted at 00:07:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This same exact thing happened to me and my wife. Only instead of her grabbing water to throw on it she stood there in fear while I scrambled to find a lid.
dailysunshineKO · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, my ex caught a pan of oil on fire. He totally froze and asked, “what do I do?” I covered it with a lid and began the fire safety lecture.
At the time, he worked in the kitchen of a chain restaurant....
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve heard this can be a common response even when people have heard you shouldn’t use water. Panic can take over your higher functioning and make you do some stupid things. Or maybe that’s just me.
gullyfoyle777 · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude! We had some upstairs neighbors, lovely college kids. They were really nice and I liked them. One night we heard this BOOM! And then a THUD. Wtf? We went out to the back hall and I'm like.... Husband, I smell smoke, can you check on the girls? So he does and apartment is filled with smoke, there is oil and water everywhere in the kitchen (the kitchen was the first room you entered from the back door). Apparently the girl was going to fry some fish sticks. She filled a Teflon pan full of oil, with a plastic handle, left it ON on the stove, then fell asleep in a another room. She woke up to the smoke and tried to put the fire out in a panic. She picked the pot up and put it in the sink and ran cold water on it. That was the boom. She got splashed on her hand, thankfully not badly. She melted part of the stove. She went with the fire dept. to the hospital, nice guys have her a ride. We stayed and cleaned up the smoke and oil etc. I felt bad for her because it was a very dumb thing to do, she is obviously very young, maybe inexperienced and panicked.
FlyByPC · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She needs to see this, to make sure she understands. She might not believe you if you tell her. https://youtu.be/PbgdRR4yj8Y?t=86
Darkfish0127 · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I'll never live in an apartment complex. Even if you take all the safety precautions to protect yourself, Someone else's dumbass can cause a grease fire next door and burn down everyone's apartments.
RIPBrexit · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Geez at age 11 I knew never put water on a grease fire we had a small fire in the oven and I chucked water in it. Luckily it didn’t do anything as I chucked from a long way away and it just got the floor wet
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow that's some scary shit, and it was a good thing you were there with her dude
augustscott · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you tell her why not to add water to the grease fire?
ImGCS3fromETOH · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where were you the next time she had a grease fire?
Zkenny13 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is no could have there. She would have burned most of her body.
v1cg · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish you were around when 10 year old me did what she was about to. I (luckily) didn't burn the house down or get hurt but I sure learned a lesson that day.
aerben · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago my sister started a grease father and my dad decided to use it as a teaching moment when my sister suggested we put water on it. He put a lid on the pot and brought it outside (wearing oven gloves) and then he took the lid off, made us stand back and he poured water on it. The massive fireball certainly made an impression and I know I'll definitely never do that.
JackSpadesSI · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why were you doing that level of cooking in a dorm room?!
Ouija-Luigi · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of the apartment-style dorms at my former university burned to the point that everyone living in the apartment had to be relocated from exactly this.
llDurbinll · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former upstairs neighbor did that once. She tried throwing water on it and got 2nd degree burns all of the right side of her body from the flashback. Luckily the fire department is two min away and got there in time before the whole building went up.
Tornadic_Vortex · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hah, when I was younger, maybe 10-12yo range, my mom left the kitchen for something, and a pot of oil caught fire. I noticed first, and yelled at her about it, while walking into the kitchen. Just grabbed the sink nozzle and shot some water at it, and watched a glorious fireball encompass my vision. I was far enough away to not get burned, and just went “oh! what the heck.” Put a lid on it as my mom came back nearly screaming about not putting water on it lol
TimTheEnchanter623 · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grease fires suck. I got one in my outdoor grill and had to Pull out the pan and run get a bunch of dirt to throw on it!
DeadWolffiey · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a grease fire when I was a teenager. I was home alone and decided I would cook some dinner for my grandmother before she came home. I turned on the stove top, let it heat up then put the oil in. I realized I messed up when it flamed up towards the grate for the fan above our stove, scorching the plastic grate. I freaked out and took it over to the sink but remembered that you don't use water with grease. Instead, I turned the pan upside down into the sink and snuffed the fire. I was freaking out but laughed about it when my grandmother came home.
cjr71244 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Should have thrown some flour on it
JayDude132 · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when i was very little and my oldest brother was moving into a college dorm. We got there to check it out (it was a brand new building, first semester used by students) and someone left the directions on how to use the oven INSIDE the oven, with the oven turned on...
mustang__1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Autoignition temperature. Flash point is when it will ignite if given a spark (and the vapors are properly dilute in oxygen etc). Gasoline has a flashpoint that is way less than 0f, for instance.
lawn_mower_dog · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A couple years ago one of my beat friends was in town and staying with me. We drank a bunch and the next morning I was pretty hung over so I stayed in bed until he came into my room and said he made breakfast. He made a hugeeee breakfast, pancakes bacon, sausage, eggs the whole nine yards. So a few days later he’s gone and I’m alone and I go to cook something in my oven. I’m waiting on the oven to preheat when I smell smoke so I go to my kitchen and see the oven smoking.
I open it up and see a tiny fire in the foil at the bottom of the oven. I figure it’s just time to replace that foil or maybe a piece of food fell there and lit on fire so I did the smartest thing I could think of, pour a little water on it. What I didn’t realize was that my friend cooked bacon in the oven and that little fire was from bacon grease. Well the whole thing blew up and I had a big fire in my oven. I started hitting it with a towel (panicking) and right when I went to grab my kitchen fire extinguisher it died down and I was able to get it under control and put out.
Knyfe-Wrench · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had always heard never to put water on a grease fire, but I just thought it was because it wouldn't work. I thought since oil floats on water you'd just have a layer of burning oil on top. I was very shocked when I saw my first video of what actually happens.
she-was-always-down · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These grease fire stories are making me kind of glad my college filled with entitled kids doesn’t have any common kitchens, no matter how badly I want to bake cookies on campus.
PAdogooder · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents are both 70 years old. My father basically refuses to cook because man born in the 40’s and mom hates to cook because woman who came into adulthood in the 60’s.
I am pretty skilled in the kitchen.
I was making something that was pan fried and had a fire start up in the cast iron pan. Dad pushed me out of the way to grab it. I blocked him like Shaq. Mom was yelling “TAKE IT OUTSIDE!!!” and screaming.
It was not a large fire.
I had to push dad away from the oven so I could reach the lid to the pan and put it on before he tried to shove me and pick up the pan and carry it outside.
A cast iron skillet, filled with grease, on fire, with his fake knees that makes him limp.
They spent the next week complaining about how the kitchen smelled like smoke (it didn’t) because I didn’t take the fire outside.
indicody · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is literally the same story as the one with the flour but you changed it ever so slightly. wow
Elliephant13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 13 I was babysitting my brother and he kept moaning at me that he wanted chips (fries) for lunch. So I chopped some potatoes, whacked them in the hot oil, sent my brother away with his chips then decided to hide the evidence by washing up cause my parents didn't like us cooking without them at home. See I had made chips before, but I never washed up straight away after. This time I put cold water in still boiling hot oil and pretty much deep fried my hand. Honestly I'm lucky it was just my hand.
loonygecko · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The funny thing is most who are on reddit know better since we have seen it. I for one did not realize just how very dangerous certain things are until I saw the monster explosions on reddit. So many things are called 'dangerous' but some are way more dangerous than others!!
kipobaker · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom tried making a blooming onion one Thanksgiving when I was in high school. We all knew how to handle a grease fire, but my mom froze up, it was a huge flame, so I panicked and ran upstairs to get my sister, who was a volunteer firefighter. By the time we got downstairs, my mom had put a lid on it and put it out, but my family still makes fun of me for yelling "get the firefighter!!" while bolting upstairs.
djjohnoneill · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry but ur wives parents aren’t the brightest I mean I knew how to take care of a grease fire when I was 5
Caveman108 · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a cook and had a coworker almost do this with a pretty sizable grease fire he had started. I saw the fire and then saw him filling up a pitcher of water. I just grabbed a wet towel and put it out, then told him off. Dumbass would’ve burned the whole restaurant down if I hadn’t walked in right then.
The_Celtic_Chemist · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad you, and the comment above you, reminded me that you out out a grease fire with a lid. I only remembered that you don't use water and 100% would have gone for the fire extinguisher.
Rit_Zien · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally know about grease fires. I am well aware that you can't put water in them. And I also know that if it ever happens to me, I will probably immediately drop the pan into the sink, and I just pray I will remember before I also turn on the tap in my "FIRE BAD. WATER ON FIRE NOW" panic.
DaniKat9 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 23 and thankfully have never had a grease fire. However one of my old coworkers was heating oil on the stove and had a glass of water in her hand, she tripped. Half the kitchen was burnt before they got it put out.
lord_oogway · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly had no idea abt grease fire till today. Had to google abt it. Thanks for the info!
Fudgms · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me. My girlfriend simultaneously caught the kitchen on fire and flooded it.
She burned a bag of popcorn and the dishwasher flooded.
ThePolarBurr935 · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See... no one ever told me not to put water on a grease fire.
I had a crispy right hand for a bit after that. And a newly blacked out kitchen
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was in the kitchen when a pot of oil caught on fire. His first instinct was to grab the pot and carry it over to the sink, to turn on the water and put out the fire. Fortunately, my first instinct was to scream "No! Stop! You'll kill yourself!"
I wasn't sure exactly what the correct method was, but I was 1000% sure that it wasn't running a faucet of water on the very large, scary grease fire.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a grease fire today cooking some fish, tossed a lid on it fast the the fish was still edible and pretty decent by the end, a bit undercooked if anything
Ghost3657 · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, I'm stupid. What would have happened if she threw the water and why?
Fredredphooey · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She would have had her entire face melt off. That large amount of water was probably much more than enough to do that.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew that water on grease fires was a bad idea, but the first time it happened to me I almost used water out of panic. Fortunately, someone else was there and calmer heads prevailed.
SnoeLeppard · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, you saved a life! O-O
SlippingStar · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn’t a wet towel another option?
Worlds_Okayist_Wife · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned how to put out a grease fire because of reddit. Actually had a grease fire start last year, was very grateful I knew what to do right away.
HeliantheaeAndHoney · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m embarrassed but my husband had to teach me a bunch of stuff like this. I was never allowed to use the stove in my house because when I was 2 I burnt my hand on a stove and my mother was so freaked out after this that she forbid me from ever cooking and then I was 18 and moved out. I cook now and bake well though.
FlawlessRuby · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. Your comment made me realise I should buy a fire extinguisher for my new house! Was used to having one in the hall of my appartement.
Duneluder · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So...is this safe if the pan lid is glass or does it have to be metal? Asking for a friend.
EPICFLYINGFALC14 · 1 points · Posted at 06:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a fire in a pan about a year ago (I'm 14 btw) and I didn't even think about using water, I just real quick brought it outside. Luckily, I got my brother who is a few years older than me, and we got a bigger pot cause we didn't have the lid, so nothing went too wrong. My parents still have no idea.
nextepisodeplease · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel a bit like an idiot. Cause deep down I know certain things put out certain types of fire, like dont put an electrical fire out with water, doy. But I think I would have panicked in this situation.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guilty of this when I was 20. I went to the bathroom while oil was heating for hashbrowns and came back a little too late to it smoking. So I "oh shit smoke" put the entire pan under full blast water from the faucet while holding the pan in my hands. Started to wonder why the pan was vibrating before I learned a horrible lesson about cooking and first degree burns on my arms and forehead. Also the entire kitchen was coated in oil and water stains for the rest of the time we lived there.
selxaras · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was twelve, I was melting wax on the stove top, stirring occasionally and going into the lounge room to watch television. Stir. Watch. Stir. Watch. Distracted. Fuck.
I came back into the kitchen and the wax had caught fire. I had no idea what to do, so I grabbed the pot and put it into the sink, hit the tap and WOOOOOOOOSH! A massive burst of flames flew upwards. Thankfully nothing caught fire and I walked away only with the knowledge that burning wax and water does not mix.
Watermellondrea · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least she didn’t try to use flour!
NightGod · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old martial arts teacher once had a grease fire and right above the stove was a window, so he just tossed the whole pan out the window. Splashed some back and burned his arm pretty good, but nothing else was damaged except some grass.
Jessewjm · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a chef I've seen many grease fires, usually I just let them burn or place the first thing I see on top of it, eg another pan or a towel.
CC-5576 · 1 points · Posted at 10:37:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats how you burn down you home. Ive seen live demonstrations of pouring half a cup of water on a buring pan and man it blow up like crazy, youd be glad to only get away with third degree burns and a house thsts lot aflame
coaxialgamer · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm going to be honest, I'm moving to uni in a couple months and I've yet to tackle a grease fire. I mean I know they can happen, but they're so far removed from my mind that I could easily have panic-thrown water on such a fire if it were to happen to me. This subreddit's multiple mentions of the phenomenon brought it back up and I don't think that's a bad thing.
Dr_SnM · 1 points · Posted at 11:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you tell her to use flour instead?
That_Guy_KC · 1 points · Posted at 11:09:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol when I was 12, I set my Mom’s kitchen on fire this way. I was at home alone trying to cook for myself. When the grease fire started, I panicked, filled up a jug of water and threw it on the pan... in a flash, the liquid exploded, splattering flaming oil everywhere. Being a dumb kid, I grabbed more water, and dumped it on the fire, which carried more flames in a little wave over the counter tops.
I don’t know how the hell I got the fire out. I think I just got really lucky that the counter tops weren’t more flammable, and the fire didn’t stay on the cabinets long enough to keep spreading upward.
Bonobo791 · 1 points · Posted at 12:31:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stop making stupid people your wives...
El_shawnzo · 1 points · Posted at 18:18:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of stories about grease fires makes me thankful that fried foods make me sick. Just the smell of oil makes me sick, so cooking with oil will always be a no-go at my house. Occasionally my brother will fry some chicken nuggets or something (our parents taught us how to handle grease fires so we're good) and I can be in a room on the other side of the house and instantly know someone is cooking with oil and instantly get the urge to vomit.
ThePinkTeenager · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:05 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, you’re not supposed to out water on a grease fire? I thought water was for all non-electrical fires.
xm202OAndA · 1 points · Posted at 22:13:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you still married her?
MysticAviator · 0 points · Posted at 00:38:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How stupid can one person be? Honestly they should have a common sense test before they let you stay at a dorm.
xaero101 · 3271 points · Posted at 00:10:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in '06 or '07, was working selling a software licensing product to software vendors.
I was working with a 50-something Californian lady (I'm from the UK) who was handling some of the incoming enquiries through our website.
One day she asks, "Hey we had a lead today from a company in Egypt. What should I do with it?"
I said, "Err, well follow it up of course. Why would you ask?"
She goes, "Because they're Arabs, and we're at war with the Arabs aren't we."
.... ....
FML.
I then had to give her an education on the middle east.
wnstnsmth84 · 74 points · Posted at 07:33:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If only the Middle East and Central Asian situation was that easy.
[deleted] · 40 points · Posted at 09:36:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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mintyboy · 3 points · Posted at 12:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just of out interest, which comedian said that?
BlaggedImho · 1 points · Posted at 14:19:28 on July 18, 2020 · (Permalink)
Al Murray, The Pub Landlord! He basically plays a character which satirizes the xenophobic working class in England.
I believe the line mentioned is from this bit here!
He’s a pretty brilliant comic. Lots of good stuff worth checking out on youtube.
Dica92 · 123 points · Posted at 07:58:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Yes sweetie, we, as country are at war with an entire race of people"
Seabuscuit · 77 points · Posted at 08:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... you kinda are though aren’t you?
TheWiseManFears · 61 points · Posted at 08:26:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno let me bust out my calipers to see if they have valid skull shapes
[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 09:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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JonathanTheOddHuman · 14 points · Posted at 09:56:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think they're making a joke about the UK's problem with racism against anyone from the middle East
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 09:58:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Seabuscuit · 5 points · Posted at 12:19:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s my bad, I was talking about the US not the UK, but I was more so talking about your problems between the government and minorities rather than the middle eastern wars.
Seabuscuit · 4 points · Posted at 12:17:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Sorry, I was actually missed the UK connotation there and was referring to the US but not about their war in the Middle East, I was referring to what seems to be a race war in their own country.
Trainguyrom · 5 points · Posted at 11:29:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And the middle east has been a complete mess since a collection of colonial powers subdevided their middle eastern colonies based on potential value at the end of the first World War placing people of wildly different cultures and values together to try to run their newly founded countries.
I find it hilarious when people say "well the middle east has always been this way" because it hasn't. It's only been this way since those foreign powers set terrible borders
Gryphon0468 · 1 points · Posted at 18:22:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The borders didn't help, but it's not like it hasn't always been a site of major conflicts and skirmishes throughout all human civilised history. The first wars were fought there, the first walled cities were built there, the first metal weapons. I could go on.
Trainguyrom · 0 points · Posted at 19:52:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At that point we're looking at a period of time where every neighboring country, people and city state was periodically at war with eachother, because that was the only way at the time for a leader to grow their people's wealth was by annexing neighboring lands.
In modern times where countries aren't generally experiencing civil wars every couple of generations or so, or warring to annex lands not previously theirs, the Middle East (much like a good portion of Africa and South America) can directly tie their current political instability to imperialism, whether that's from hastily formed and poorly protected systems of government, bad/outdated infrastructure limiting economic potential, or bad boarders lumping cultures together and excluding cultures altogether
It also doesn't help that after the invention of the nuclear bomb, most nuclear powers refuse to directly go to war with each other for fear of escalating into nuclear war (as well as a fear of experiencing a battle on home soil) and instead fight proxy wars in these fledgling nations as nuclear powers prop up interests that wouldn't otherwise have a chance, or worse install puppet leaders and protect them from being naturally ousted, often overlooking gross crimes against humanity, further lengthening the period of poor economic growth.
seamustheseagull · 10 points · Posted at 08:38:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Arabs" aren't a race. It's a really vague reference to someone who comes from a part of the world. It would be like saying "Europeans" are a race.
MaievSekashi · 4 points · Posted at 12:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not really correct. There are multiple Arabic ethnicities, all descended from a 9th-century tribal people found in the northern Arabian Peninsula and Syria. Most "Arab" countries have plenty of non-arabic people living in them native to the area too, such as Kurds or Copts, and histories of non-Arabic people within them.
xdeskfuckit · 6 points · Posted at 09:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not so sure about this metaphor -- Arabic is a language, European is not.
Also, European is roughly a race to Americans. It means White.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 09:51:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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xdeskfuckit · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, yes of course that it accurate.
The US seems to passively affirm the construct of race by including it on the census and other official forms. They also have a checkbox for ethnicity, but that's only for designating a Hispanic ethnicity.
We're a pretty racially/ethnically confused country.
arcosapphire · -1 points · Posted at 16:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FYI your "three main races" bit is extremely outdated to the point of being offensive.
It is well understood now that race is a social construct, and what races people are grouped into depends on the society you're looking at, and there is no basis for making an arbitrary three-way distinction.
SlowWing · 2 points · Posted at 10:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes and?
xdeskfuckit · 3 points · Posted at 10:13:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Americans say, "Yes and?"
GingerMcGinginII · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
"The Arabs? The Howitat, Ajili, Rala, Beni Saha; these I know, I have even heard of the Harith, but the Arabs? What tribe is that?"
Vyzantinist · 15 points · Posted at 08:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me she also pronounced it "Ay-rabs".
deliciouschickenwing · 17 points · Posted at 08:39:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Arabs, the Jews, the Blacks, those blue tree hugging q**ers from Avatar, y'all Ay-rabs to me!
Cow_Toolz · 3 points · Posted at 14:27:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This hurt me trying to remember which movie this quote was from!! Just watched it a fortnight ago too lol
bussdownshawty · 4 points · Posted at 16:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just know she said "Ay-rabs"
tarabithia22 · 56 points · Posted at 05:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh sweet summer child.
[deleted] · 41 points · Posted at 07:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She sounds like every American but with more insults and death threats
wedontlikeanime · -13 points · Posted at 07:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you mean by "every American"
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 07:39:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Majority of Americans duh
wedontlikeanime · -6 points · Posted at 07:40:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you saying most Americans act like this?
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 07:41:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
wedontlikeanime · -30 points · Posted at 07:41:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? Prove it.
[deleted] · 19 points · Posted at 07:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t really know what’s your point here first you’re questioning why I said every American and suddenly you change the conversation as if you’re (trash) in a argument? Lol I’m confused
wedontlikeanime · -8 points · Posted at 07:43:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Says the guy who's changing the argument
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 07:44:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What argument though
wedontlikeanime · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
bruh
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 07:45:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright this is becoming real stupid now lol can we just forget about it
wedontlikeanime · 2 points · Posted at 07:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok sure
Ryraah · 20 points · Posted at 07:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/shitamericanssay
wedontlikeanime · -2 points · Posted at 07:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow ok
Dotard007 · 8 points · Posted at 08:19:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine thinking every american isn't a blood hungry psychopath /s
wedontlikeanime · 3 points · Posted at 08:21:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine thinking non-Americans didn't think that the U.S. is the worst country to exist /s
Dotard007 · 3 points · Posted at 09:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously tho, imagine thinking America and americans are a psychopathic 3rd world nation-esque, how much shielded an existence do you have to live in to think that. That country has faults but it's not about to collapse ffs
wedontlikeanime · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People think that? jeez
Dotard007 · 2 points · Posted at 09:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That guy above sure did
wedontlikeanime · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people are so ignorant
bussdownshawty · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not?
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 16:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No
Dotard007 · -13 points · Posted at 08:19:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/shiteuropeanssay
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:28:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t get it
FlayTheWay · 0 points · Posted at 08:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's saying you're being ignorant.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 08:35:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what’s that to do with Europe
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried to match the level of delusion and shielded-off-existence your comment showed, obviously I failed bad.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but what does that have to do with Europe???
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely nothing, but that is the amount of stupidity you sounded like, I did that as an example.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does it do with Europe though are you saying I’m stupid and you’re using the word stupid as Europe or?
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was saying you were stupid for thinking that all Americans are blood thirsty psychopaths
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:14:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I said most Americans are racist against the Middle East lol
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In any case, the comment about racism is wrong too
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about it tho I mean Americans are racist against the Middle East a lot of the time though if you’re talking about the death threats that one is less common insults are very very common
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You said "like every American"
Dotard007 · 0 points · Posted at 09:56:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried to match your level of bubble wrap
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What bubble wrap
Dotard007 · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A bubble, walled off existence, whatever
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How tho
my_4_cents · 3 points · Posted at 09:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Jared Kushner is almost done fixing it"
duracell___bunny · 3 points · Posted at 11:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
St least she knew Egypt was a country, and roughly where it lies.
PoodleTheDoodle · 9 points · Posted at 07:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So what you're saying is you're more than 114 years old?
WideTracked · 0 points · Posted at 09:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe, just maybe, he meant 2007
jackoirl · 2 points · Posted at 08:27:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus Christ 😂
101ByDesign · 2 points · Posted at 08:41:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have any recommendations for getting into a business to business sales job?
Zhurg · 2 points · Posted at 08:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Close enough
jrob206 · 2 points · Posted at 11:56:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can just imagine her pronouncing it as A-Rabs
AptCasaNova · 1 points · Posted at 13:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lemme guess - Eh-rabs?
ContinuingResolution · 0 points · Posted at 08:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You failed to realize how racist Americans are
bsharpcheddar · 3 points · Posted at 08:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not all Americans are racist. Some but not all.
kay37892 · 21281 points · Posted at 22:42:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember when I first started dating my now husband, I was hanging out at his apartment waiting for him to get out of work. His place was a bit messy so I decided I’d tidy up for him a bit.
Fast forward to the next morning and he comes in a little shocked.
“Why would you load the dishwasher like...that”
I had never had a dishwasher before in my life lmao. We’re talking cups facing up, big ass pans shoved in, the whole nine yards. Thank god he stuck with me lol
BlithelyEffervescent · 2018 points · Posted at 00:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never had a dishwasher until I moved in with my husband. He’s had one his whole life but his mom loaded it most of the time. Wanting to do it right I read the manual. Consequently he’s terrible at loading the dishwasher and it’s become my job while he’s in charge of unloading it. I take a weird sort of pleasure in getting the most efficient placement possible.
PyrocumulusLightning · 1551 points · Posted at 01:30:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing wrong with loving Dishwasher Tetris
timeinvariant · 50 points · Posted at 01:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aha! Yes I will take this joke ;)
I love Tetris, and I take a lot of pleasure from optimally loading a dishwasher - somehow I never equated the two!
contrary_wise · 25 points · Posted at 02:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Likewise!
I didn’t have a dishwasher until I was 20 & renting with roommates. Sometimes I still marvel at how glorious it is not to hand wash everything.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 02:24:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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account_not_valid · 8 points · Posted at 06:42:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing better than stepping in when someone has tried and failed to fit everything in.
Stand still for a minute, staring at the packages/suitcases/boxes - visualise how to fit everything.
Then go to work. This goes here. Turn that over and slide that in there. This part nests into that. Finished. And with room to spare. Chuffed!
timeinvariant · 7 points · Posted at 06:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! My wife got a camera as a gift one year and took out all the random little boxes - afterwards she was like huh none of these fit back in the big box
Stand aside, this is where 30 odd years of Tetris practice will finally be useful.
Shuffle turn slot and boom it’s all in place.
account_not_valid · 3 points · Posted at 07:09:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now I'm going to have this tune in my head all day. There is a pathway burnt into my neurons just for this soundtrack.
wodemaohenkeai · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. 100% agree.
masterxc · 7 points · Posted at 02:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's all fun and games until something doesn't get cleaned all the way and the heat dry bakes it on for you. Gag.
Or that one time I put in really cheap spatula and the darn thing melted. I could smell plastic everywhere!
timeinvariant · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really really felt the benefit since we have had kids - imagine all that time I’d have to Washington dishes that instead goes on my kids?!
RainDownMyBlues · 3 points · Posted at 18:45:09 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
😂
timeinvariant · 2 points · Posted at 19:31:46 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’ll teach me to check before I post
Now I’ve gone down the internet rabbit hole of looking at dishes from Washington
WarRobotSalt · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mom always just does both for some reason, zero idea why but I won't question it
Adventurous_Coat · 7 points · Posted at 04:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you good at packing a car too? high five
timeinvariant · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha! Indeed - road trip with baby random shit and two adults stuff in a tiny car? Let me at it :)
Before covid I would typically do our groceries by walking with a large (think hiking-style) bag on my back and then putting everything in there. Had a shopping attendant say last time “Um mate that won’t ever fit”, and then after it was packed he said “I stand corrected”. It’s these silly things that bring such a weird amount of pleasure
OrgyMcBloodyFace · 19 points · Posted at 02:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still can't believe how my wife can put plates in backwards in the rack, despite me showing her several times.
And the worst part is she'll always start it half full right before dinner, and I basically have to wait til morning to load that nights stuff. Ugh
cindyscrazy · 16 points · Posted at 03:06:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whenever I brought my daughter to the grocery store, it was her job to put the groceries on the checkout belt.
She got enormous pleasure out of Grocery Tetris. Now that she's grown up and moved away, I miss it.
julidu · 8 points · Posted at 02:44:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol... I tease/ remind my husband about the loading the dishes by telling him it's time to go play Tetris - The DISHWASHER edition !
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 02:55:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dishwasher tetris is my jam. I love when I find slots in between the cups for all six of our shot glasses!!
(We dont do shots constantly, my fiance drinks scotch and I drink gin so it's for measurements lmfao)
cultured_banana_slug · 9 points · Posted at 02:57:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I too love dishwasher Tetris. Done right, it's like a lovely flower.
Skellingtoon · 5 points · Posted at 03:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dishwasher Tetris should be an Olympic sport.
funky555 · 4 points · Posted at 05:16:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thank you. this is my phrase now
CrystalW187 · 4 points · Posted at 08:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh hahaha this is exactly what I call it! Glad it’s not just me!
I’m pretty OCD about my Dishwasher Tetris game. When my husband and our friends put their dishes in, I pretty much have to take them all out every single time and reorganize them for maximum efficiency. It seems less wasteful that way, since it means I have to run the dishwasher less often.
Meanwhile, if I’m gone on a visit to my family for a couple days, I’ll often come home to find that my husband has run the dishwasher when it’s LESS THAN HALF FULL. It sends me into a quiet rage every time. Just... why?
HandicapperGeneral · 3 points · Posted at 06:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dishwasher tetris prepared me for living in a shared apartment with no dishwasher and one small drying rack. My roommates will leave dishes soaking because "there's no room on the rack". But they put a pan face down and left like three spaces between each plate. Honestly I worry for them sometimes, I don't understand how your brain can be weak enough to not understand how to make more space on the rack.
Cow_Toolz · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless they very much understood how to correctly dry the dishes, but knew someone would come along to finish up for them if they played dumb.
HandicapperGeneral · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha no. I don't do that. I just rearrange it enough to put mine on. Fuck washing their dishes. Only if I need to use one
SolarEnigma · 3 points · Posted at 08:20:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as a Kitchen Porter for 3 summers when at uni. I was getting paid to stack dishes in a dishwasher.
AnotherPint · 3 points · Posted at 12:05:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The owner's guides that come with a new dishwasher are unbelievable. Page after page of loading strategies for all kinds of kitchen / cooking items. Makes you realize there's a whole research lab or institute or something where people devote their lives to advancing the dishwasher loading state of the art.
JonPC2020 · 2 points · Posted at 10:49:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love that term for it!
starr_stitches · 2 points · Posted at 19:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I HATE loading the dishwasher but I always get a feeling of accomplishment when I get everything to fit in nice.
coffeeshopAU · 44 points · Posted at 01:31:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with a dishwasher and I never cared that much about placement..... until I became a serial barista and got to experience the joys of using industrial dishwashers in a cafe setting, where maximizing dish placement efficiency meant running fewer loads overall and thus getting end of day cleanup done faster. Getting everything arranged properly without wasting any space is just *chef’s kiss*
SilverVixen23 · 6 points · Posted at 02:02:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my job at the local grocery store. We have a cardboard baler and playing Tetris as you load it with boxes could mean the different between crushing everything in 1-3 loads or crushing everything in 5+ because the empty space between boxes adds up. It also depends on whether the baler is almost full.
Similarly, properly stacking the cardboard on U-boats (our big metal cart-things) so we can bring everything to the baler makes the difference between fitting everything on 1-2 boats or on 4. It’s also a pain when things are just haphazardly stacked on each other and they fall over halfway to the baler.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teach me your ways!!
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 01:47:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t load the dishwasher at my in-laws because , no matter how well I think I do it, my FIL will ALWAYS reload it to be more efficient. It’s his thing and we all just leave him to it.
dbence18 · 6 points · Posted at 02:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife feels the same way... About me. So loading the dishwasher is my domain. The only time she does it on her own, is if she knows she can run it before I come home from work. Otherwise, she just leaves it. We're both honestly happier this way.
However, as the person who relates to your FIL, I'm sorry for us. We literally can't help ourselves.
bonsainovice · 2 points · Posted at 12:43:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife is very patient with me when I insist on re-loading the dishwasher after her. It's not that she's doing anything particularly wrong (although she refuses to put spoons and forks handle down, but anyway), it's that she's not doing anything particularly right -- she doesn't seem to know how to take advantage of the way the rack is designed to maximise space.
dbence18 · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's totally what it comes down to hey? Like, "who in their right mind would put plates there? Its clearly designed for glasses!"
bonsainovice · 1 points · Posted at 13:44:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know right? And don't even get me started on things like putting super-tall things in the rack for short things, thus blocking the detergent tray from opening. Like, great, we just used all that water and electricity to wash dishes without soap.
MADDENING!
dbence18 · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! And while I would never yell at my wife about it (because it doesn't really matter), I will find myself grumbling these thoughts while re-loading and re-running the dishwasher... Because IT REALLY FREAKING MATTERS!
Ugh.
Don't even get me started on when my father-in-law "helps" load the dishwasher. I've seen glasses and mugs open end up, and plates lay flat on the top shelf. It's like he opens the dishwasher, grabs an armful of dishes, throws them in the general direction of the dishwasher and says, "that'll do."
... No it won't.
bonsainovice · 2 points · Posted at 14:18:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I blame the dishwasher manufacturers. All the dishwasher commercials make it seem like you can just throw dirty shit in there and it'll come out perfectly clean.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both my mom and ex gf love loading the dish washer haha
Deuce232 · 3 points · Posted at 02:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are enraptured by the platonic ideal of the load.
mahbrainsbroke · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I call this dishwasher Tetris
whit_knit · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is one of those engineer folks. However, watching him load the dishwasher makes me about have an aneurysm.... because where is that fabled spacial awareness and logic as he haphazardly stacks bowls and plates and mugs any which way?!
The things we accept on behalf of love.
ALasagnaForOne · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend is also terrible at dishwasher tetris despite having lived in apartments with them in the past. His excuse is he's just lazy and it's faster to just toss stuff in there wherever instead of neatly packing it together in a way that uses all available space. I've explained to him so many times that it's actually faster to do it right the first time so he or I don't have to inevitably go through and rearrange them later but he just doesn't care.
MightyMedicineWoman · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was not allowed to load the dishwasher growing up, because he'd do it wrong. When we were first married he would put one large pan in the middle of the bottom rack and declare the dishwasher full. I could always fit more dishes after his attempts. One day he made it his mission to get better at it. We literally celebrated the day he loaded the dishwasher and I couldn't find room for another dish. He was so proud of himself. He's been in charge of the dishwasher ever since.
ButtScientist69 · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading the manual is an underappreciated art. I've learned that a lot of "here's how you do it" advice from your friends and family members can be found in the "DO NOT DO THIS" section of the manual.
sarcasmdetectorbroke · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here! I never had one growing up either but you better believe I read the manual and learned how to put the dishes in correctly.
FireLucid · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I'll do it then let my wife fix it. If she wants to get one extra thing in, so be it.
SchreiberBike · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I repress it, but I really want to teach the rest of my family the right way of loading the dishwasher.
SirRogers · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! I hate doing dishes, but when I have to you bet your ass it's going to be as efficient as possible.
creepyeyes · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one in my apartment right now that I've literally never used, I always just handwash the dishes.
PositivePh · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is normally quite supportive, except when he finds me loading the dishwasher!
Boomer8450 · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid, my sister and I would actually unload the dirty dished our mother loaded to get a more efficient loading.
Olds78 · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a group home and will reload the entire dishwasher before I start it all the time. Geez people are really bad at loading dishwashers
DukesOfTatooine · 1 points · Posted at 14:39:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is in charge of loading the dishwasher and I swear he thinks packing it in most efficiently is a sport. I'm not complaining though, at least it's not my chore.
Taylor_tot · 5465 points · Posted at 00:38:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s actually hilarious and kind of wholesome. If you never had one you would never know! I had a college roommate who would just throw stuff in but she DID have one growing up. She was just lazy.
Fenrir101 · 1893 points · Posted at 01:11:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
we had a dishwasher growing up, but it was pristine. My parents just made me do the dishes instead of "wasting water" on the machine.
Edit: so seeing as this has picked up, I am mixed carribean/english and this was london in the 70's. As a mixed family living in a predominantly white neighbourhood we had the kitchen done up so that when we had guests over we looked nice.
Professor_Oswin · 1083 points · Posted at 01:14:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t you spend more water doing it by hand though?
Fenrir101 · 150 points · Posted at 01:18:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you do it American style then definitely. but British style is probably about the same.
Professor_Oswin · 165 points · Posted at 01:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is British style where you plug both sinks and fill them In water?
ClitorisLiquorice · 165 points · Posted at 01:31:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I go mid Atlantic ridge style
Morningxafter · 303 points · Posted at 02:35:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I go bayou style, where you just throw them all out in the yard and hose em down with the garden hose. Doesn’t matter, they’re all made of plastic anyway. Except my lucky commemorative Dale Earnhardt big gulp cup. That doesn’t get washed so as not to ruin it.
obvom · 16 points · Posted at 03:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hose, purple plastic tub...that's it
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:20:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i laughed too hard
cajun_maven · 8 points · Posted at 03:39:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pristine.
DirtyJdirty · 7 points · Posted at 03:33:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Beautiful
Firework_Fox · 4 points · Posted at 04:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ayy a fellow racing fan.
UndeadVinDiesel · 6 points · Posted at 03:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So how do the dishes get cleaned after you get hosed down?
Morningxafter · 4 points · Posted at 04:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just use your body like a sponge. All that back hair makes for a good pan scrubby that won’t damage the non-stick.
Damn autocorrect.
PAXICHEN · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think we know each other...
tfm19 · 15 points · Posted at 02:00:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just find this comment so funny I love it
WayneH_nz · 5 points · Posted at 03:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I go kiwi style, where you put them on the floor and the dogs lick them clean...
Or, how to stop bludgers coming over for every meal, eating all your food, drinking all your beer.
Fenrir101 · 74 points · Posted at 01:33:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
most older british houses only have one sink (in the kitchen) and usually a small rubber or plastic basin in that sink so you don't have to fill it as much. But basically yes.
ElleGel · 23 points · Posted at 02:18:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Irish do it too. My in-laws do it and whenever I'm there and it's my turn to do the dishes, I take out the basin 😅
NightGod · 2 points · Posted at 07:56:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day!
ElleGel · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you 😊
BlutundEhre · 6 points · Posted at 03:26:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m American and that’s how I always did dishes lol or at least variant of that.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
as an American my Grandparents do this
Odin16596 · 0 points · Posted at 04:20:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you wash your hands after you got to the bathroom then? You have to walk all the way to the kitchen?
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Odin16596 · 3 points · Posted at 04:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know I'm just joshing!
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Odin16596 · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
R/woosh
CoolioMcCool · 12 points · Posted at 04:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both sinks? Who this fancy 2 sink mofo?
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 01:49:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my dad does that style, but my mom does the other style. honestly i dont even know which way to do them because one gets annoyed when im doing the other one haha
vercetti87 · 6 points · Posted at 04:11:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aussie here. If your hot water goes out (does not usually happen) then you fill the kettle with water, boil it and use that as your hot water. I've done this before.
Bette21 · 2 points · Posted at 07:51:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don’t usually have two sinks, we usually use a washing up bowl filled with warm soapy water, clean the dishes then dry them off with a tea towel.
Poisonjack110 · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both sinks? We only have 1 kitchen sink in my house lol
Mahitable7 · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve found washing by hand helps me re covid19. I wash about 5 dishes at a time, many times a day. I often have one pan of soapy water I use most of the day. Just washing my hands got so boring.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Both sinks" was not really a thing in the UK in the seventies. Even now it's not a given.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 15:10:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d imagine that’s probably American style. British myself I’d never fill the sink like that, right waste of water
trevorwobbles · 63 points · Posted at 02:32:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a good international study. No-one beat the machines if I recall correctly.
In water, or energy use from heating water. They're pretty thrifty things with their usage...
Bookslap · 84 points · Posted at 02:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People really overestimate how much water a dishwasher uses and forget that it’s circulating one pool of water for most of a cycle.
westernpygmychild · 21 points · Posted at 05:33:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw a commercial recently (granted, it’s a commercial so maybe can’t be trusted) and the claim was that 8 dishes was the tipping point for saving water. If you’re going to wash 8 dishes by hand, use the dish washer and it’ll be worth it.
Photon-from-The-Sun · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm really curious. Do they include the water used in pre-rinsing dishes in the "water usage by dishwasher"?
I always feel like after dishes have been pre-rinsed it's pretty much most of the way washed and pretty easy to finish washing by hand.
I didn't grow up with a dishwasher but will be moving somewhere where dishwashers are the norm.
9arzival · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All the dishwashers I've owned recommend against pre-rinsing before loading because the type of detergent works better when there's crap on the plates and stuff to stick to. So nope.
E: Here's evidence to back myself up
Larethian · 1 points · Posted at 18:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is the link dead already, or is my DNS just f'ed up?
Anyway, my father insists to rinse everything almost to clean so it doesn't plug the sieve of the machine up... I've had enough of that fight, so rinsing it is when he is near. If that is the hill he wants to die on, I'll let him.
9arzival · 1 points · Posted at 18:44:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks like it's already dead, which is surprising given its a commercial website. Finish is a dishwasher soap brand, so I trust their judgement on these sorts of issues if I'm honest. I know what it's like to have family who won't be persuaded on some stuff. I'd agree some battles aren't worth fighting.
ladyof-theBoom · 9 points · Posted at 04:23:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I wash Mexican style and I can beat the washing machine as far as water usage. If you only have one thank you have to take all the dishes out of the sink. Put soap and some water in a cup (little bit concentrated .) dip the sponge in the cup to wash the dishes. I try to wash every so it nests in the sink. Plug the sink. I start rinsing with a pretty low stream of water and the rinse water cascades down the nest of dishes. Every dish needs less rinsing than the previous dish. It really takes little water to rinse a sink full of dishes in running water this way. You do the whole pile with only a sink full of water.
Project_XXVIII · 77 points · Posted at 01:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British style, or so I deduced from a google search about 20 years ago,.. means the suds left on.
Watched my wife’s family do dishes one night after supper,.. no rinsing. Had to google it, it came up “British”.
Inquisivert · 46 points · Posted at 01:45:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought my British ex was just insane on his own for doing the same thing. I had no idea it was an actual British thing. Wow.
Taylor_tot · 97 points · Posted at 01:41:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... doesn’t everything taste soapy next time??
ErroneousFunk · 42 points · Posted at 01:43:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It keeps you regular!
Kwantuum · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesn't.
furexfurex · -41 points · Posted at 01:49:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No? You put it on a draining board, the hot water evapourates off with any remaining soap or runs down off of it. Plus there isn't enough washing up liquid to taste like soap, mostly just smells like warm water
PeriodicallyATable · 105 points · Posted at 01:55:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's unlikely
furexfurex · -45 points · Posted at 01:57:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
How is unlikely unless you wash in warm water instead of hot. The hot water literally does evaporate mostly off, I've seen it happen whilst cooking. And the dishes don't taste like soap, so even so, whatever the fuck happens clearly works
Edit: glad I'm getting downvoted for washing dishes the same way most of my entire country does
LordTwinkie · 11 points · Posted at 02:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How are you an adult and not know how evaporation works!
furexfurex · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, didn't realise that I missed the adult exam
LordTwinkie · 3 points · Posted at 03:02:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Irony
brydondirty · 34 points · Posted at 02:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your dishwashing method is bad and you should feel bad
Tascanis · 20 points · Posted at 02:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's unlikely because soap (probably) doesn't evaporate. The same way that, if you heat a cup of salt water, the water evaporates and the salt is left behind.
Anyways, yeah it obviously works. Am I not understanding or are people saying you leave the dishes literally full of soap in the dish rack. If that's the case what are you people doing with you life? If you are rinsing the plates before placing in the dish rack it obviously won't taste like soap what the hell. If there is any soap left it will just drain
furexfurex · -6 points · Posted at 02:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just don't understand why I'm being downvoted. I misunderstood how something works but it still ends up with the result I want, I don't like let them sit in soapy water and then use them straight from the soap. It's literally washing dishes, it's not like I'm killing myself because I wash the dishes the same way everyone here does. Thank you for being polite about it, reddit can be weird
ablondedude · 6 points · Posted at 02:16:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a tip, when a random comment gets downvoted by people, don't acknowledge it, it just makes them downvote more. Happens to the best of us.
furexfurex · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, I know. It just confused me. Reddit is a strange place
Tascanis · -4 points · Posted at 02:14:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, I'm not downvoting, just a simple misunderstanding. But reddit doesn't fully understand that concept
furexfurex · 6 points · Posted at 02:15:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you
Doctor-Amazing · -4 points · Posted at 02:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't usually go through a special rinse cycle either. Soapy water is still 90% water. You just sort of submerge the clean plate then pull it out so that the suds floating on the water doesn't really have a chance to stick. Then stick it on the drying rack and let it all drip off or immediately dry it with a cloth.
I've never noticed a weird soapy taste
TylerWhitehouse · 3 points · Posted at 03:46:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that’s because there’s just a film of soap residue, and given the amount, it wouldn’t ever compete with the flavor in food. Either way, I’m actually kinda shocked Brits don’t rise the soap (completely) off. I don’t feel like a plate or utensil is clean unless it “squeaks.”
Kwantuum · 4 points · Posted at 06:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey just a friendly comment to let you know this is ok. The soap doesn't evaporate, but unless you're a maniac you have like 2 tablespoons of soap in an whole sink, the amount that's left on stuff after the water has dripped off and the tiny film that was left has evaporated is pretty much nothing. People just love to get outraged about hypotheticals that they've never tried. I've done both, usually I would still rinse stuff with a lot of nooks and crannies like cutlery which might catch some foam, but that's mostly out of habit, I've never noticed any off taste from the dishes.
MagpieMoon · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm wondering if maybe the dish soap is different in the states than here in the UK? I've never noticed a soapy taste and I don't rinse either!
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furexfurex · 1 points · Posted at 23:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also don't get why that's happening, it's not a crime to be dumb
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furexfurex · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but isn't the downvote button is supposed to be for things that are "irrelevant" or like troll comments, not just people that are wrong. And clearly it did spark some sort of discussion or I wouldn't have over a dozen replies lol even if they are all either correcting me or calling me an asshole
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furexfurex · 1 points · Posted at 13:58:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh i don't think there would have been nearly as much of a discussion if I worded it better, people love to correct people and we love even more to correct people that look like pricks, so we look better or more civilised than them. I know this because I do it, my friends do it, I've seen strangers do it. It's kinda human nature I guess? There's subs dedicated to the damn thing
Stoond · 54 points · Posted at 01:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Lol thats not how evaporation works. Youre eating soap, however small of an amount.
furexfurex · -30 points · Posted at 02:02:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explain how evapouration works then, other than water being so hot it becomes a gas and leaves. It's the same idea as sweating. Plus, it's dishsoap, it's designed to be harmless in any small amount that would stay on a plate
Nixxuz · 31 points · Posted at 02:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well the water evaporates, but the soap doesn't, because it's not water. That's how it works. And there is a difference between "harmless" and "tastes like soap". Nobody said it was harmful.
furexfurex · -11 points · Posted at 02:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And I said it doesnt taste like soap, so clearly the soapy water either runs off or evapourates, whichever it is i don't care because it works
bonjiman · 13 points · Posted at 02:06:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're right; the water evaporates. The soap does not, and so it remains after the water is gone. I agree it's probably not an issue, so whatevs dawg
rethumme · 21 points · Posted at 02:13:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think people are commenting about the evaporation because you kind of said that the evaporation takes away the soap. The thing is, evaporation is pretty well known for leaving behind nearly all impurities, which is why some devices use evaporation to get drinkable water from unsafe water. Evaporation is also how alcohol is concentrated within stills.
So the suds probably fade down and dry up, but the soap isn't going anywhere, just leaving a film that will become soapy again when it gets wet.
Whether you (or anyone) can taste the soap residue is a different question.
furexfurex · 0 points · Posted at 02:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get people commenting about evapouration, I'm just confused about the downvotes. I just misunderstood something because that's how I was told it works, I don't get what I did wrong other than being an idiot. I know the soap leaves the plates because they're completely clean and not weird and soapy if I get them wet again, and dishsoap is safe for humans for that reason anyway, so whatever it is clearly works
HeWhoBringsDust · 3 points · Posted at 02:08:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The water evaporates, but whatever was left in the water is left behind. It’s how crystals are formed, and why areas with “heavy” (mineral filled) water tend to have minerals and stuff collecting around their water supply.
Truth be told, since you’re putting it on a draining board the majority of the water will drain off along with the soap. The rest of the water will evaporate off and whatever soap is left is insignificant (If there’s any left at all).
(Also, it sucks that other people are calling you dumb/wrong instead of explaining to you why you’re wrong. It’s an easy mistake to make, especially since a draining board is involved)
UmDeTrois · 3 points · Posted at 02:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look up distillation. When the water evaporates it leaves behind any contaminants, such as soap. To use your example of sweat, it’s why your skin is salty after the sweat has dried
furexfurex · 3 points · Posted at 02:17:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, plenty people explained it now thanks
JulioCesarSalad · 3 points · Posted at 03:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just rinse your dishes dude
Fenrir101 · 44 points · Posted at 01:48:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British style is to scrape the food off of the dishes, then wash them all in the same water (soap keeps the dirt/grease in the water) then rinse them off on a seperate bowl of water.
Americans seem to be confused that we put the clean but soapy dishes on the side and then go back to clean the soap off later. And British people are confused by the need to have garbage disposal machines in the sink and use a hundred gallons of water each time.
jdoe36 · 17 points · Posted at 01:51:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL I'm British by way of America
Bookslap · 36 points · Posted at 02:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A garbage disposal when used only for food is actually ecologically friendly as it keeps biodegradable material out of garbage bags where it simply goes to waste.
Mankankosappo · 3 points · Posted at 07:25:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have specific food waste bins in the UK. Have their own special bags and everything
dreadcain · 9 points · Posted at 03:15:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And sends it to a waste water plant where it goes to waste?
Bookslap · 25 points · Posted at 03:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Waste water plants have various methods of treating and filtering water where solid particles are allowed to degrade, so it essentially returns to nature at some point in the process. But my point was that it doesn’t take up valuable space in landfills.
dreadcain · 6 points · Posted at 04:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This might depend where you live but space in landfills isn't valuable by any measure
Also the solids from wastewater treatment plants are mostly just tossed in a landfill anyway or worse dumped in the ocean
Getting a compost bin would be a far better use of bio waste if you have space for it, if not just skip a few steps and put it in the garbage
Bierdopje · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We just incinerate our waste and get some electricity out of it. But getting it through water treatment and then to nature is probably a shorter carbon cycle.
WTF_SilverChair · 8 points · Posted at 03:29:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worse. It feeds algal blooms!
jmc1996 · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Proper treatment eliminates that possibility. Solid waste (which is present in wastewater with or without garbage disposals) is treated and removed from the water supply - it shouldn't enter natural bodies of water.
The problem isn't with garbage disposals. The problem is that many wastewater treatment systems have low capacity and can overflow in heavy rain, which will dump everything and cause those algal blooms. There are also some systems that don't adequately treat the water and will release nutrient-rich water. But both of those problems are wastewater treatment problems - they may be made worse by food waste but they won't be eliminated by its absence and if those systems were built correctly, food waste wouldn't be a problem at all.
WTF_SilverChair · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the explanation!
coat_hanger_dias · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Note that approximately 20% of American households are not connected to a sewer system and use septic tanks to dispose of wastewater.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 03:35:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you put them to the side and rinse them later? You’re already holding the plate so it’s less work to just do it straight away and then put it on the drying rack.
jmc1996 · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the idea is to have a container of soapy water in the sink, and you wash the dishes in there. To conserve water, you won't rinse using the tap, but there's no room to put a second container in the sink, so you set the dishes aside, then replace the soapy/dirty water container with the clean water container and dunk the soapy dishes in there.
I'm not 100% sure because it seems like that would still leave them covered in soapy water except for the first dish.
homebrew_ken_ · 26 points · Posted at 03:06:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sickens me.
My rule for rinsing anything: Rinse until a sane person would stop, then rinse two more times.
Stony_Logica1 · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahhhhhh... now I understand why my wife's Kiwi grandfather always did this. It kinda turned my stomach a bit.
fastestrunningshoes · 29 points · Posted at 03:14:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither American handwashing or British can compete with new dishwashers. They use less than 4 gallons of water. If you have a full size dishwasher and it's full, there's no way you're coming close to using that little water hand washing. Oh, for the folks in England, 3 to 4 gallons of water is equivalent to 11 to 14 Kilo stones or whatever. Sorry, I'm not well versed in the metre system. /jk
omegapisquared · 1 points · Posted at 14:19:47 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
we use gallons in Britain, we just have different gallons to America
furexfurex · 5 points · Posted at 01:51:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you wash dishes the american way?
Knyfe-Wrench · 46 points · Posted at 02:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
British style = bath American style = shower
furexfurex · 10 points · Posted at 02:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh. Thanks that actually makes a lot of sense
homebrew_ken_ · 4 points · Posted at 03:30:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (American) fill the left side of sink with soapy water; actually I don’t usually fill it full, but that depends on the number of dishes. Often it’s not more than a couple inches of water. After scrubbing each dish, I put it in the right side of the sink as it is filling with hot water. I dunk cups or bowls so they sink. When I’m done, or the right side is getting full, I drain the right side and rinse each dish under the faucet with painfully hot water, allowing water to flow completely over each side at least twice. For glasses, I swill them (meaning to move them in a circular pattern to create a whirlpool in the glass) until the edge of the whirlpool flows over the top of the glass and out. That’s faster than completely filling the glass. I then dump out what’s left and swill at least one more time. For anything glass or ceramic, I put in a drying rack. For plastic, I flick them (like throwing them hard into the sink but not letting go) a couple times to shake off most the water since the thermal properties of plastic do not allow proper air drying, then I put them in the drying rack. After that, I remove all traces of remaining water with a clean towel before putting away.
NightGod · 2 points · Posted at 07:59:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That feels....excessive.
homebrew_ken_ · 3 points · Posted at 12:26:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s what she said!
Literally, my wife says that about my dish washing.
2059FF · 17 points · Posted at 01:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It mostly involves running hot water the whole time you're doing the dishes, and using half a bottle of detergent.
furexfurex · 13 points · Posted at 02:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the hell. That seems so wasteful.
Otto_Mcwrect · 35 points · Posted at 02:08:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. He's exaggerating.
lil_huskies · 19 points · Posted at 02:20:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speak for yourself. Sometimes I use two bottles of detergent and 300 gallons of water just for the utensils
crokexcore · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use the swimming pool next time for better results
SconiGrower · 2 points · Posted at 04:23:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just make sure you have the city's permission to refill your pool from the fire hydrant. Otherwise you won't have enough water to do the dishes at breakfast the next morning.
arthurvandl · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been made!
scarf_prank_hikers · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is American style?
ErroneousFunk · 67 points · Posted at 01:47:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Modern dishwashers only use 5 gallons of water (That's like, one of those orange Home Depot buckets of water) -- some high efficiency ones use 3 gallons of water.
Also, a dishwasher is going to use far less soap than you do!
Heck, most people even pre-wash their dishes way too much. I always get annoyed at my husband because he'll sit there in the sink with the hot water on, just blasting the food off. Like, you know we heat that water with electricity, right!?
Seriously, if you want to be environmentally friendly: get a reliable and efficient dishwasher that will last you 10 years, don't use any of the fancy drying settings, and don't pre-wash your dishes unless it's absolutely necessary.
DEFINITELY don't hand wash.
compubomb · 46 points · Posted at 01:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The pre-washing I guarantee you you would think that it would be a stupid thing. I used to have a really nice dishwasher and I learned that it was pointless to watch things off because it would get everything. Then I lived with my girlfriend at her place and her dishwasher is an absolute piece of shit and gets nothing off the dishes unless you scrubbed the shit out of all of them. My old dishwasher was a stainless steel tub, the one that she has is plastic on the inside and it barely dries It takes a freaking forever to wash. so I can understand why people will pre-wash before they put into the dishwasher which is wasteful as fuck. a $600 budget is really going to only get you a $400 washer delivered and installed. it's going to run you at least a grand to get a really nice dishwasher that you don't have to pre-wash anything in.
NightGod · 4 points · Posted at 08:02:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ones that take forever to wash are exactly because they use so little water and electricity-they don't blast the food off with high-powered jets, they basically soak the dish over and over until it rinses off.
ErroneousFunk · 11 points · Posted at 02:29:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I said if you "want to be environmentally friendly," not if you "want to spend as little money and do as little work as possible" ;) If you don't have a car, you can rent a truck at most hardware stores for $20. Installing a dishwasher is a piece of cake! It's not like a gas oven where you might need to hire a licensed person to hook up the lines.
I got a Whirlpool uh... *pokes head inside dishwasher to find the product tag* WDF520PADB (catchy name!) 4 years ago and it was only $500. Never have to pre-wash unless there's something really cooked on a pan, in which case I just pre-soak but don't use soap or anything.
Also, hopefully this would go without saying, but maintain it well and clean the filter and drain and all that (common cause of "dishwashers not cleaning").
Przedrzag · 8 points · Posted at 02:59:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Australia, if your new dishwasher doesn’t slot in neatly where your old one did, it could actually be illegal for you to do it yourself
https://hipages.com.au/article/how_much_does_it_cost_to_install_a_dishwasher
Send_me_snoot_pics · 15 points · Posted at 02:14:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dishwasher doesn’t have a heated dry setting. It turns a fan on and the door will pop open at the end of the cycle to let the dishes air dry with the fan turning off after a while
ErroneousFunk · 6 points · Posted at 02:34:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I really like that! I'll admit, I did once leave dishes wet in the dishwasher over the weekend and then... they developed a kind of funk and I was compelled to run a quick cycle again :-\
The heated dry is so wasteful though!
rethumme · 12 points · Posted at 02:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great advice! Something to watch out for though is debris buildup in the dish washer filter. Most dish washers don't include a garbage disposal, so any large chucks that don't dissolve in water will remain in your dish washer filter and eventually leave a stench unless you clean out your filter regularly.
Boomer8450 · 9 points · Posted at 05:19:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't put your kitchen knives in the dishwasher! It ruins the edges!
I've heard it's from cavitation, I won't 100% claim that, but it dulls the shit out of knives, and if they're wood handled, it's horrible for the wood as well.
Redditbot42168 · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kinda tired rn and thought you told people not to wash their hands. Tbh I wouldn’t be surprised considering what I’m seeing in the comments :/
ShadowDonut · 3 points · Posted at 02:23:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The dishwasher in our apartment just redistributes any food from one item to the next. Half the time I have to leave the bowls and cups from the previous load in because they still have crud on them.
ErroneousFunk · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How often do you clean your filters and your drain?
Loxodon_Monk · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only hand wash pans, I’m guessing that’s ok, especially since my dishwasher is small
NightGod · 3 points · Posted at 08:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's good, you shouldn't put non-stick in dishwashers, anyway.
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay I'm confused about how Americans wash dishes now. I fill a sink (or a tub in the sink) which is definitely less than a bucket's worth, and use a squirt of dish soap. Maybe a little more of both if I have a big pan to wash separately. Takes 15 minutes tops. A dishwasher is nice and all, but how on earth is it saving anyone water, soap, or time compared to hand-washing?
(all this said, I don't live with a big family - I could see how it would be more efficient as well as needed then!)
ErroneousFunk · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you rinse the dishes?
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah good point, a little more water used there - quick run under the tap or I sometimes fill my small side sink and dunk things in. I still feel I'd be hard pressed to use more than a 5 gallon bucket's worth, but perhaps I'm wrong 🤔
ErroneousFunk · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, Americans generally run under the tap for scrubbing and rinsing. 5 gallons is really not that much.
Washing/rinsing every dish in the same water definitely a more efficient way to wash dishes, but there’s a hygiene trade-off. Dishwashers also reuse the same water in a similar way, but the combination of strong jets, higher heats, and better detergents (and no dirty sponges/towels involved) get them “cleaner” which some people like. But I’ve never heard of anyone dying from hand washed dish biofilm, so... :p
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 12:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I get the impression Americans are much more hygiene conscious generally, not in any one major way but just a bunch of differences in standards like this. I'm a bit of a germaphobe (I probably use more water washing my hands in a day than I do for dishes) but can handle a bit of soapy water that's had a few smears of food diluted in it.
Another thing that might make it different is garbage disposals... as far as I can tell, the done thing in America is to scrape/rinse even larger food waste into the sink? None of that is going into mine!
(also, no wonder Americans love dishwashers - scrubbing dishes under the tap one by one! I did this for a while out of the aforementioned gernaphobia, but here that would be considered neurotic... not to mention it's a fucking pain)
ErroneousFunk · 1 points · Posted at 12:37:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know about Americans in general, but I’ve only ever seen people scrape plates into the garbage and the garbage disposal gets any specks that you missed.
Some stuff (like very greasy foods) you wouldn’t want in your sink pipes. And meat bones and things can’t be garbage disposed, so there’s always a garbage scraping step.
And FWIW, our dishwasher holds 2-3 days worth of dishes for our 2 person household — breakfast bowls, cooking things, mugs and glasses — everything. I usually put dishes in as I go, but can load it in about 10 min if I’ve been lazy and just left them on the counter/sink. So it does save time!
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The time saving I was thinking of is in having the things clean, domestic dishwashers have taken ages whenever I've used them. But I think we're just living a bit differently anyway - I don't have 2 days' worth of dishes or cookware for myself! Running a dishwasher every few days would be more efficient than hand washing every day, that's certain. I was imagining it as a sinkful of water vs. a dishwasher load every day but of course dishwashers hold more than a day's worth (if you have it!)
ErroneousFunk · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, yeah. One thing’s for sure about Americans: We have a lot of stuff!
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 13:04:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have much bigger houses to put it in! My kitchen is about the size of a walk-in wardrobe 😅
ErroneousFunk · 1 points · Posted at 13:16:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a hundred year old house in Massachusetts near Boston, so it’s a full detached 3 bedroom single family home with a tiny yard and all that. But still, only 1400 sq ft./130m2 (with ceilings you can reach on tiptoe) So, on the larger side but not super crazy even by British standards, I think.
But, yes, we do have a magnificent collection of 8 dinner plates and 8 salad plates and 7 assorted cereal bowls and some serving dishes and tupperwares and many mugs and glasses! You know, just in case the president... okay, not this one he’s not welcome, but maybe the next president stops by!
breadcreature · 2 points · Posted at 13:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's probably just shy of double the floorspace of mine, but yeah not totally mad as I live in a terrace house (not considered small per se, but very... compact). That's the sorta space our older detached houses have too, they're a bit fancy but not extravagant or uncommon.
I do have lots of mugs, but of course only use one or two because they're my favourites. I should really be prepared for the queen though I suppose. I at least have two of everything so as long as she doesn't bring any entourage...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I heard that too! Never looked it up. Now is the time to do that!
Edit: Dishwasher Vs. Hand Washing Yes dishwashers save more water. It definitely makes sense logically. But as in I don’t have a dishwasher anyways, whatever!
Professor_Oswin · 5 points · Posted at 01:57:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would do that too but I’m in a different rabbit hole spawned from searching up Mesopotamian afterlife.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:58:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohhh that sounds way more interesting!! Lol maybe I’ll look that up too.
thetechnocraticmum · 3 points · Posted at 02:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god this comment just triggered years of arguments with my parents.
AaronRedwoods · 2 points · Posted at 02:13:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless you reuse water the whole time (which is gross), yes.
awawe · 2 points · Posted at 12:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Modern dishwashers use incredibly little water; I doubt anyone can effectively handwash dishes using less. The dishwashers of the 70s are probably a different story though.
homebrew_ken_ · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes
oriaven · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How much are you paying for water that you would spend time to calculate that?
reddits_aight · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not just paying for the water, it's paying for the energy to heat the water too, which is the expensive part.
But you don't have to calculate anything, just look it up.
rhynowaq · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nowadays, yes. The tech is better. I think back then a lot of families (especially immigrant families) thought it was a luxury to use the dishwasher for actual washing. It just became a drying rack.
A lot of habits die hard.
Murgatroyd314 · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you really try, hand washing can be incredibly efficient. I’ve seen someone wash and rinse everything used to make and serve dinner for four, using well under one gallon.
Catherineb84 · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in the UK there is is dishwasher in my flat I don't use it. I keep my pots and pans in it for storage. I have a basin in my sink and usually wash up once a day, far less water used than my dishwasher would and also I think dishwasher tablets are ridiculously expensive not to mention the extra electricity on running a dishwasher.
Draconuuse · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. But you also actually clean them. I hat people who just toss crummy plates and pans into the dish washer and complain there is still stuff on them. Dish washing was one of my designated chores growing up. My step mom was the only other person who did it more than once a week. And that was due to me spending every other weekend at my moms. The number of times she drilled it into my and my brothers heads that we needed to rinse our dishes each night was really annoying. Especially since her and my dad were the two worst about leaving stuff caked on their plates without giving them at least a basic rinse.
To;dr Washing machines(at least most home models) still require you to get most of the gunk off the plates and such before you run it. Don’t complain if it’s not clean afterwards.
juice_box19 · 12 points · Posted at 01:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes I know that one.
Dad: Why would we use the machine? You are a perfectly functional dishwasher.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 01:41:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my parents didn't believe in dishwashers either. We had one in two of the 4 houses we lived in. Weren't aloud to use them because it was "lazy" apparently.
feeltheslipstream · -10 points · Posted at 02:49:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread is about people who didn't learn how to do things because it was always done for them lol.
Congratulations, you know how to wash dishes and won't end up as a story here as "my SO moved in and didn't know he could wash dishes by hand".
hungrydruid · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to use a dishwasher til I was 25 ish. It was embarrassing a bit at friends' houses, since when we cleaned up I had no idea how to place things in the dishwasher.
ShadoowtheSecond · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But now i have a dishwasher, whats the point of knowing
feeltheslipstream · 1 points · Posted at 13:06:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One day you might move in with a SO without a dishwasher?
Syl27 · 4 points · Posted at 01:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So they'll waste money on a dishwasher but not on the water to run it?
Fenrir101 · 5 points · Posted at 01:50:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it's a status thing, dish washers were not very common back in the 70's in the UK. Visitors would see the dish washer but not know if it was ever used or not.
Syl27 · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that is so insane
Kikospeaking · 5 points · Posted at 01:51:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That metal box is a drying rack, thank you very much
__ew__gross__ · 5 points · Posted at 01:59:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah same here. My mom only uses it when she makes a big dinner like Thanksgiving or Christmas and she doesnt even make big dinners anymore so now it gets run like once just so it doesnt get messed up from no use.
shk2152 · 5 points · Posted at 03:36:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you Asian because that’s such an Asian mom thing to say along with “the dishwasher doesn’t clean as well”
Source: an Asian
JaeminLim · 5 points · Posted at 02:57:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you must be asian
One-Inch-Punch · 3 points · Posted at 03:16:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dishwashers are usually more water- and power-efficient than hand washing. I'm serious.
are_you_seriously · 3 points · Posted at 04:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This entirely depends on how you wash dishes.
If you soap everything up and stack it so the water runs off the rinsed dish on to the stacked dishes, and you use low amounts of water, hand washing saves more.
If you’re the type to wash every dish under running water with the faucet turned high, then yes, dishwashers save water.
One-Inch-Punch · 0 points · Posted at 07:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's incredibly unlikely that any hand washing technique uses less water than a dishwasher, but I'm open to seeing evidence to the contrary.
xrihon · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Barely used a dishwasher until I moved into my first college apartment. My mom always used the dishwasher as a drying rack, said using it daily for actual dishes was a waste of water. So I simply grew up handwashing everything, and putting the clean dishes in the dishwasher to dry. If we needed something to use, it wasn't from the cupboard, it was straight from the dishwasher.
Then one day, my boyfriend is over and I try to offer him something to drink, and I pull out a glass from the dishwasher. He's staring at me like I grew another head, and I quickly blathered out "sorry we use our dishwasher to air-dry our stuff, I swear these glasses are clean."
And he comes from a family where the dishwasher is always dirty loaded and ready to wash, 24/7. There's not one dish rack in sight at their house. It was an embarrassing moment for me.
For some reason I can't shake the habit of daily handwashing thanks to my parents' stubborness. We still wash every single dish, utensil, pot, and pan by hand. Is it REALLY a waste on the water bill to use the dishwasher though? Once I get my own house, I will be making good use of the dishwasher. Saved so much effort in college once I knew better.
ferroramen · 3 points · Posted at 06:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Generally dishwashers save water, though it's possible to use less washing by hand if you're careful about it.
But the convenience is so great that I don't wash anything by hand. Pots, frying pans, wooden spatulas, everything goes in. If a dish can't take a machine washing, it has no right to be in my kitchen.
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 1 points · Posted at 19:59:45 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just make sure to NEVER put knives in the dishwasher! It can ruin the handle and make the blades slip out.
ferroramen · 2 points · Posted at 21:51:26 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the contrary, all of my knives go in. Butter knives, bread knives, steak knives. I'm getting other knives if they can't take the beating.
Though not a single one has broken yet.
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 1 points · Posted at 19:06:03 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder if it's only for cheap knives? The glue became loose after washing and drying in the washer a few times.
ferroramen · 1 points · Posted at 21:29:07 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes that sounds like very poor quality! Some of my knives have been going to the dishwasher for over 10 years now, and all of them over a year anyway.
carrieannepaul · 2 points · Posted at 02:34:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had one growing up but it was broken my whole life until lo and behold when I moved out, fixing it suddenly became a priority
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol that’s rough homie
Knife_Troll · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same had one never used it had to wash dishes by hand we also just used it to store other plates
rocket333d · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god my parents did the exact same thing WHY. They didn't even use the "wasting water" excuse. We just weren't allowed to use the dishwasher.
chundercity · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every asian household ever (personally didnt even know my home had one until i was alot older)
ohdearsweetlord · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, was your mom Jessica Huang?
simononandon · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You Asian? My parents used it as storage for the 50 lb sack of rice. Dishwasher was clearly a waste of water.
Kristylane · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, my parents wouldn’t allow the dishwasher to be used either.
That was nothing compared to the evils of a disposal though.
-Nathan02- · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What was the point of the dishwasher then? 😂
quickgetoptimus · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-wife's family is from Barbados and they all say dishwashers are for lazy people.
TikomiAkoko · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Team we-have-a-dishwasher-we-just-do-it-by-hand !
We have a dishwasher, came in with the kitchen when we bought the appartement, it was from the previous owner. The Pictograms are erased, so my mom just decided that instead of figuring out what button do what, we would do the dishwashing by hand. When my dad and I pointed out how we’re using more water doing it like this, her answer was that it’s okay because we’re using cold water (because hot water from the sink bad).
shigataganai13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:51:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same for me but my mother's excuse was everytime we used it it was going to wear it out... they sold their house a few years after I moved out with a 10 yr old practically brand new washing machine
melarusesays · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Putting my head down as we're going on year 3 of never running the brand new dishwasher. Also known as the extra dish cabinet.
RustedCorpse · 1 points · Posted at 14:36:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God this my family scrubs dishes before they put them in the dishwasher. They're convinced it's just for sterilization.
bangersnmash13 · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wifes family is like this too. They only really use the dishwasher for when they have big holiday dinners.
pets1st_peoplelater · 9 points · Posted at 01:47:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a dishwasher growing up and when my brother lived on his own for the first time, he complained to my parents about it leaking water and bubbles every time they ran it. Turns out he used dish soap like dawn in the dishwasher cuz his roommate told him that's how he always did it... my brother knew of dishwasher detergent and just went with it cuz the roommate lived there longer
vercetti87 · 9 points · Posted at 01:53:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 32, I've lived my entire life without a dishwasher (except for the two years I lived in a certain house). Yet I know how to use a dishwasher.
My current place (that I own) just doesn't have the space for one, however when I decide to renovate the kitchen (it sort of needs it) I'll try and include one.
ohheckyeah · 4 points · Posted at 03:37:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh I have one and literally never use it. Washing dishes is meditative, doesn’t take long, and everything ends up 100% clean
vercetti87 · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it's something I've been doing all my life, however I think the dishwashing detergent dries my skin out (yes I know I can always wear gloves).
I may decide not to include a dishwasher. I'd like one, however my kitchen just doesn't seem to have been built with dishwashers in mind. It's difficult to decide where the best space would be to put one.
Astan92 · 5 points · Posted at 02:49:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But if you think about it a little bit you would know.....
darlin-clementine · 7 points · Posted at 01:31:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancé loads the front of the dishwasher before the back. Then doesn’t realize it’s only half full and runs it. JUST PULL OUT THE DRAWER.
Taylor_tot · 3 points · Posted at 01:48:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh gosh, my husband does the same. He’s good about checking but you load the BACK first. My biggest gripe with him
awkwardlypanda5 · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My current roommate is like this and it bugs the crap out of me!
UnfairBalance5 · 3 points · Posted at 02:12:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh come on. The very first time I saw a dishwasher I loaded it up reasonable. It requires a complete sand for brains to load up cups upside down ( I was about 18, and I just moved from a country where nobody has them)
Glass_Birds · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a room mate shove a raw potato down the dish the dish disposal and DESTRYOED it. The dishwasher barely worked afterwards, and dirty chunky food-soap-water would fill the sink when we ran it - she rarely cleaned the dishes off before loading them (when she didn't just leave them in the sink for days). The soaked food scum coated the sinks. She also threw out a perfectly good clock in the bathroom (didn't fit in the trashcan to boot) because it stopped working.
It was out of battery. A single AA. I asked if I could fix it, and I realized while typing this that it's been an entire decade and that damn clock is hanging on my kitchen wall. I had 6 different train-wreck room mates when I was in college, but she's one of my favs. Super nice, just a natural disaster in a lot of ways.
Garuda475 · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh boy, I actually just learned how to use a dishwasher. We just recently moved to a new house, and we always washed our dishes by hand the last 19 years. (our old House's dishwasher never worked, didn't bother to replace. It was used as storage. We're Asian) It took us 30 min to figure out how to work it. In the end my mom goes "Why did that take 1 hour to finish?!"
We only use it for huge amounts of washing now. We stick to hand washing still.
slick8086 · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would know after the first wash and all the cups had nasty water in them... that is if you aren't completely stupid.
grendus · 2 points · Posted at 19:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I loaded a dishwasher, I had to Google how to do it.
To be fair, it took me a while to learn some of the finer points. My parents bought the most powerful one they could find because they didn't like to presoak, they would let the dishes sit in the sink until we ran out of clean stuff then toss the crusty dishes into the washer and pack it until it was almost overflowing. Which is also probably why I HATED doing dishes as a kid. The super cheap ones in prefurnished apartments can't get petrified cheese out of a pan (for that matter, neither can I).
These days I load it as I finish my dishes, and presoak anything caked on so the dishwasher is just a second pass and disinfection cycle.
Velocirarrptor · 2 points · Posted at 20:56:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!!
humangeigercounter · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, same
loonygecko · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha yeah, I know peeps that have some weird loading styles even if experienced LOL!
WhoreMoanTherapy · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you actually being serious right now?
Taylor_tot · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know people who have used them and just shove full pans in there. Or put cups sideways or don’t clean off the food chuncks first.
WhoreMoanTherapy · 1 points · Posted at 20:55:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's because they're thick, not because that's what you'd normally do if you've never used a dishwasher before.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 09:15:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been thinking about this whilst reading and I'm not sure. I didn't have a dishwasher until I was... I dunno, well into my thirties. But I'd loaded and unloaded them for years at work and nobody ever showed me how. I just took it for read that if you put in a container facing up it'd fill up with water.
krcook510 · 1 points · Posted at 16:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We've had dishwashers most of my life. I am 30 years old and have my own now and my mom still tells me I'm doing it wrong.
Yellowredstone · -1 points · Posted at 01:52:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To me being lazy is better than not knowing it at all.
ThereIsNorWay · 405 points · Posted at 00:46:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well damn I can’t knock the gumption you had! voluntarily cleaning up your new boyfriend’s place even though you didn’t know what you were doing!
RatTeeth · 43 points · Posted at 01:58:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that I'm in my mid 30's I'm starting to see that people who think/behave that way actually get further in life easier. While I'm sitting over here doing nothing out of fear of doing it wrong or overstepping, they're the ones showing initiative. I still can't get over that feeling of not wanting to act when I am not sure of my abilities, though.
qa-doopl · 2 points · Posted at 13:00:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This applies to computer programming too. The people with "initiative" go ahead and get something done instead of thinking it out and stalling for fear of screwing up. So they appear more prolific.. only trouble is that their code usually sucks and it's why theres so many spaghetti balls in production software. (A lot of time this is forced by unrealistic management deadlines)
raptorrage · 15 points · Posted at 01:46:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? If someone has to be harassed to clean and has no idea how, keep it moving. If they clean of their own volition but poorly, they're probably reachable
ObscureCulturalMeme · 12 points · Posted at 02:52:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my favorite scenes from Babylon 5:
"Why are you over here cleaning my place when your place is just as dirty?"
"Because when I'm sweeping my floor, I'm just sweeping my floor. But when I'm cleaning your place, then I'm. helping. you."
kay37892 · 6 points · Posted at 03:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is hilarious because my apartment was just as messy if not even more messy than his lol
rocknin · 15 points · Posted at 01:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
cups facing up is a new one, but i'm pretty sure everyone learns the dishwashing vs dishwasher soap thing the hard way, that happen to you?
shrubs311 · 7 points · Posted at 01:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this almost happened to me despite hearing multiple warnings. i read the label, it looked right. put a small amount into a compartment for...some kind of liquid. i heard horror stories so i double checked and it was the wrong kind. i spent about 10 minutes and like 4 paper towels trying to get it all out
Rocky87109 · 4 points · Posted at 01:55:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, but I'm almost 32 years old and every time I do laundry I think of that scene in home alone when he puts too much detergent in the washer.
Aenigmatrix · 3 points · Posted at 01:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well thanks to you, I won't be learning it the hard way when I finally get to use a dishwasher
I hope.
rocknin · 2 points · Posted at 04:49:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dishwasher soap goes in, btw.
dishwashing soap is for hand-washing or whatever.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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rocknin · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They actually both come in liquid form (at least here)
always fun to come down and see about 4 cubic feet of bubbles coming out of the dishwasher when someone makes that mistake.
reddits_aight · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that lesson, but I learned that drain cleaner will suds like a motherfucker.
Tried cleaning out all the pieces and filters, still kinda clogged. So smart brain says, "Hey you have Drano, try that. Dishwashers have drains. Bottle says no toilets, doesn't say no dishwashers."
5 minutes later toxic acid bubbles are oozing all around the door. It did work though IIRC. Tried once more with much less and it was fine.
Later learned it's not great for the drain pump though. Sorry, previous landlord.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 01:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So we always had dishwashers growing up but my mom had some weird personal thing against them. So I never learned how to load or use a dishwasher. But I can wash dishes by hand really well
perfectdrug659 · 13 points · Posted at 01:37:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm almost 30 and I've still never had a dishwasher. I defended a similar comment to yours on here before because if you've never loaded a dishwasher... How would you know?? Anyway some Redditor took the time to explain to me the proper way to load a dishwasher and although I haven't used that knowledge yet, I now feel confident that I'd be able to. Before that? Not a clue.
LabbitsNLego · 2 points · Posted at 03:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heck, I'm in my mid-40s and never had one in any of the places I've lived. Still haven't a clue about them.
Muggaraffin · 2 points · Posted at 15:05:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
31 and never used one.
So what’s the big deal with this post? Like what’s wrong with cups facing upwards and pans being in there??
Sandwich_Band1t · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
may you teach me the way... of loading a dishwasher
IAMColonelFlaggAMA · 9 points · Posted at 01:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The dorm I lived in didn't have a dishwasher and all of us had grown up in houses that had one. I distinctly remember the four of us staring at the mountain of dishes in the sink talking about how much we had hated having to load and run the dishwasher at home but how much we would kill for one now.
A few years later I was renting a townhome with two roommates. After maybe two months I noticed that they pretty much only used paper plates, plastic cutlery, and disposable cups. I asked about it one time and mentioned that they were welcome to use the dishes/glasses/silverware that I had, thinking that maybe they weren't comfortable using my stuff without explicit permission. One of them looks at me and says,
"Dude, we just don't wanna have to do dishes all the time."
"Mike, we've got a dishwasher. Just put them in and run it when it's full."
I was able to see the switch flip on for them as they realized "Oh shit! We do have a dishwasher!"
DKP86 · 17 points · Posted at 01:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're excused, not everyone uses a dishwasher.
bebesee · 9 points · Posted at 01:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This might be an Asian thing, but my parents basically just use the dishwasher for drying and storing the plates and cutlery.
Galaxy_Convoy · -1 points · Posted at 02:46:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My god, the dogmatic denialism among Asian American parents is staggering for people who make it a trope to brag about earning university degrees.
short_stevan · 5 points · Posted at 01:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i grew up in a hispanic household. my parents house came with a very fancy brand new dishwasher. we have never used the dishwasher a single time in our life. we do it by hand. I to this day as a 21 year have no idea how to use a dishwasher. we instead use it to store more dishes lol
violetmandarin · 3 points · Posted at 01:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never had a dishwasher before and I wouldn’t have the first idea how to operate one. Same.
JMS1991 · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never had one growing up, but I've had one since I moved out 3 years ago. No one ever taught me how to load one, but I'm assuming I'm doing it at least mostly right, since my dishes come out clean.
muigleb · 3 points · Posted at 01:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair to you, I work with an office full of people like yourself. Most have/had never used a dishwasher before, so we developed detailed instructions with images for those on kitchen duty.
Sometimes people just have never been exposed to something and have no idea but they try their best. It's for the most part a simple thing to be understanding and teach them.
Rithan94 · 3 points · Posted at 01:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sisters ex put her well-used cast-iron pan in the dishwasher. She was absolutley livid.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 06:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's quite annoying, but it isn't a huge problem to re-season the pan.
Whiskeylung · 3 points · Posted at 01:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That reminds me - my now wife, girlfriend at the time, thought you put dish soap on the dishwasher. She sent me pictures while I was at work of my kitchen full of bubbles - dishwasher was fucked.
Didn’t bother me we thought it was funny. Told the landlord it had been acting up, got it replaced no questions asked with a brand new dishwasher that was fancy.
reddits_aight · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did it break though? Suds in the electronics somehow?
Whiskeylung · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah - more like every time we started it no matter how well we cleaned it, it would foam up again and wouldn’t clean the dishes properly. It also leaked.
bulletproofreader · 3 points · Posted at 02:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first moved into an apartment in college, I also had no previous experience with a dishwasher. Did you know you’re not supposed to put regular dish soap in it to clean? And did you know that if you do, your entire kitchen will be soaked and covered in bubbles?
I didn’t know that either. Now I do.
ImAdoptedHelpMe · 3 points · Posted at 02:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who did that too I didn’t notice until after she ran it and I opened it to cups full of hot water. I asked her what she was doing and then showed her to flip them upside down she was shocked and thought I was a genius lol
PassionatelyWhatever · 3 points · Posted at 02:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol my wife is horrible at loading the dishwasher. The cups are not facing up but she somehow manages to take as much space as she can with just a few items and is always amazed when I rearrange things and can fit twice as many dishes and pans.
iamstaph · 3 points · Posted at 02:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well to be fair I can understand. Where I'm from, we don't have dishwashers like literally. Now, where I am, everyone has a dishwasher. I spent three years in a dorm where we didn't had it. So when I moved to an apartment, I learned how to use it. I accidentally told my landlady that I was washing all the dishes on my own and wasn't using the washer. She said that I should at least and now I do.
brandnewdayinfinity · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You tried 💕
Mitosis42 · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This must be the explanation for the state of the company dishwashers!
CyanHakeChill · 2 points · Posted at 01:29:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At work there is someone who puts the cutlery facing down in the cutlery basket. So the cutlery is not washed properly. Their reasoning is that someone might cut themselves if the knives are facing up.
zombiiern · 4 points · Posted at 02:40:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhm... i never knew there was a right direction for them to go! 😆
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a work environment, knives should face downwards. The risk of injury, even death, is not zero and facing knives downwards reduces that risk significantly. If a workplace doesn't have this as policy, then they are not taking reasonable, practicable steps to reduce a foreseeable workplace injury risk. If there were any incidents as a result, they could have large headaches as a result.
The most common reasons that dishes don't get clean in dishwashers is overcrowding and putting in things that are too heavily soiled.
tripsinhighheels · 2 points · Posted at 01:42:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband still loads the dishwasher like he’s never done it before. And my mom still rearranges hers if someone besides her loads it.
Xeibra · 2 points · Posted at 01:43:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everything is forgivable unless you put my cast iron skillet in the dishwasher.
kay37892 · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I at least had the common sense not to do that! Lol
TrustMeImaInjaneer · 2 points · Posted at 01:43:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife and I call loading the dishwasher adult Tetris because there's definitely some skill involved in doing it "right" lol
FartHeadTony · 2 points · Posted at 06:09:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So many opportunities for IRL tetris. Like packing away groceries into a slightly too full fridge or freezer or cupboard. Or packing to travel. Or trying to figure out how to hang washing on a too short washing line to optimise everything.
eighthchakra · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I loaded a dishwasher I put in liquid dish soap. Bubbles all over the floor.
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a "what the FUCK are you DOING" moment when living with a bunch of other college students for a week on a holiday. I had to commandeer the dishwasher because nobody had a clue how to stack it. WTF.
I mean, I hear there's different quirks when it comes to stacking dishwashers, but like these kids were putting glasses on the bottom, heavy stuff on top, cutlery upside down, things like that.
ProtestantLarry · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that poor man😭
BlurryfacedNico · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once stopped a woman from pouring dishwashing liquid in the machine at the last second.
ginns32 · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I used a dishwasher I used regular dish soap. It was a mess. I never had one growing up and just assumed you could use regular dish soap.
Gay_Diesel_Mechanic · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother loaded my dishwasher with the plates laying face down on the top rack, overlapping each other
zombiedix · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s pretty funny. I had a roommate in college who only knew how to use a dishwasher so when she used dishes and didn’t have the option for a dishwasher, she would grab some paper towels and “clean” her dishes and pots/pans...I caught her doing this once...so glad I never used her stuff.
nkdeck07 · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother essentially spent the whole time me and my brother were in high school running a remedial dishwasher loading seminar for our friends. If she fed you your butt was at minimum putting the dishes in the dish washer, turns out this was an absolutely novel concept and she had multiple teenagers come through her house that had never loaded a dishwasher before.
haw35ome · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for sharing. I'm about to move to a place with a dishwasher, and I've never had one before either. Didn't know there was a wrong way to load it
reddits_aight · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely read the manual. Many have little tricks up their sleeve that aren't immediately obvious even if you've used one your while life. If nothing else, it shows you which parts fit certain kind of dishes.
Like mine in my new apartment, you can adjust the top rack up or down to fit taller things. Or little slots in the top rack that are for holding wine glass stems. Wouldn't have known that by just looking at it.
goonts_tv · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife taught me how to load a dishwasher as I never had one before. The spot for the cups make perfect sense now.
fireworkslass · 6 points · Posted at 01:15:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spots for cups and mugs seems to change for every dishwasher I ever use. Why are they sometimes flat and sometimes slanted? What do I do if my mug is balancing precariously? I feel like dishwasher loading is a gap for me, like OP, lol.
OutlyingPlasma · 2 points · Posted at 01:26:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every dishwasher is different, and your individual preferences and more importantly your kitchenware are all different. Everyone has their own way of loading it. It's not some magic science, just whatever works for you. Just don't cram it full every load so no water can flow around leaving things dirty.
reddits_aight · 2 points · Posted at 05:39:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Slanted stops water from pooling in the bases of cups.
CyanHakeChill · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you find the place to put wineglasses so they don't fall over?
reddits_aight · 2 points · Posted at 05:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check for slots on the top rack's "upper deck". If you have them, put the stems in those. Mine fits them at about a 45° angle.
Death-Coffee · 1 points · Posted at 01:02:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Upvote for being about your own ignorance, vry wholesome.
Azrolicious · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is my favorite. How wholesome.
Arnumor · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live with a few people, and I can always tell when one particular person loaded the dishwasher, or opened a bag of chips, or even used the shower last.
How can I tell, you might ask? I can tell by the fact that everything they touched in the given scenario looks like it was picked up by a hurricane filled with razor blades and deposited in random places; Dishes never have any system of order, just thrown in wherever they fit(or don't fit), bags appear to have been mauled by a wild animal, and everything will be out of its proper place.
It's infuriating.
LostTheGame42 · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me when I first moved into a college dorm and put regular dish soap into the dishwasher. My family never owned a dishwasher, and I ended up with suds all over the kitchen floor.
imnotagirl12 · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my family. I'm the only one who can load the dishwasher successfully
dcviper · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It could be worse... I had a roommate that not only didn't know how to load the dishwasher, he thought the towels I had hanging all over the kitchen were for decoration. The plain white ones.
FakeOrcaRape · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol this one isnt that bad and it seems like an easy mistake that someone with no diswasher experience might make while at the same being something you can laugh at later.
nabrok · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in my 40's, but never owned a dishwasher, so I probably wouldn't have a better idea than you did.
Actor412 · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not information you're born with. If someone doesn't show you how, you'd never know.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or trial an error it and apply some kind of logic "the spinny things need to spin. The water comes out from here and there, and needs to get on the dirty surfaces. If I leave concave surfaces, they will collect dirty dish water"
triscuitty · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when my bf did the same thing, trying to be helpful by cleaning up while I was at work. But he put regular dishwashing liquid in the dishwasher instead of dishwasher soap. I came home to a huge mess of soap suds all over the kitchen floor, and him in absolute panic. It was too funny to be mad at.
sashanici · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol hilarious but what you may lack in housekeeping knowledge you make up for in being proactive and trying! More power to you
matchakuromitsu · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've grown up with a dishwasher in the house, but as I come from an Asian family, we all just wash our dishes by hand and use the dishwasher as a drying rack, so I don't really know the proper way to load a dishwasher either. Like I've seen my mom sometimes putting tupperware on the bottom rack and I'm not sure that's correct but again, since the dishwasher is basically just one big drying rack I'm not sure if that really matters.
VectorVictorious · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And there's a sock in the silverware basket!
deejaysmithsonian · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you Asian by chance? Not to stereotype, of course. Ok maybe a little.
kay37892 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha no, funny thing is he’s Asian and I’m the white one lol
Shittingmytrewes · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I had a roommate who didn’t know how to load a dishwasher NOR HOW TO WASH DISHES. She just like, gently rubbed the dish or pan with a slightly wet sponge and used the dishwasher as a drying rack. We shared dishes, it was disgusting.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asking people on Instagram what was wrong with her sink. She turned on the garbage disposal and didn't realize or something. She's from NYC where a lot of buildings don't have garbage disposals and when she got her place in DC she was full on confused.
Bananapopcicle · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aww that’s so sweet! You were just helping! I’m sure he saw the gesture ❤️
TheFuzzLlama2 · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've lived with people who don't even rinse off their dishes before. Just when you're about to pour cereal into a bowl - oh look! spaghetti!!
barksatgoats · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had been living with my roommate for about 6 months before she finally couldn't take it anymore and taught me how to load the dishwasher.
otterom · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, even if you didn't know it was a dishwasher, why would you store cups right-side up? That would invite dirt and dust to collect inside when not in use.
Just curious.
Wuznotme · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't take yourself too seriously. You posted this, and I know why he loves you.
yellowpowerranger87 · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend put dish soap in the dishwasher when we were staying at a condo/hotel. Soap suds everywhere. We were 21/22 and she just assumed that dishwasher powder and dish soap are pretty much the same thing.
Spoon_Elemental · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of how when a guest tries to help me load my dishwasher they never organize the dishes. Motherfucker you are not going to fit all the dishes in that way.
emilymaryjane22 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Took me until 28 to stack one properly... I am 28. My husband had to officially teach me because I never used one growing up either. I was putting items in okay-ish but forgetting to leave room for the rotating piece that shoots out water. Dishwashers are hard
twomz · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my wife how to use the washing machine/dryer in college. Her mom and grandma refused to teach her how to use theirs because "you'll break it!"... no shit she will if you don't show her how it works.
Trust_No_Won · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol had to check that you weren’t my wife
Gray_side_Jedi · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You and my wife. She at least faces everything downward...but Jesus. She’ll pack the damn thing to bursting, knives and forks pointed upwards, pots on the bottom rack (facing down, and thus preventing water from coming up and actually, you know, cleaning things)...she is a remarkable woman and I love her dearly and honestly would probably be half-feral without her. But she is not allowed to load the dishwasher, or put away the Tupperware....
supermarketsweeps25 · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be worse. At least you were taught. My boyfriend loads the dishwasher differently than I do and LET ME TELL YOU HOW FRUSTRATING it is, especially when I’m usually the one who empties it. And he’s so ingrained to doing it that way, and I’m ingrained in my way, and neither way is wrong.....it’s just frustration all around.
NotYourAverageTomBoy · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno, I’ve never owned a dishwasher, therefore I don’t know how to use one. Doesn’t make me stupid or immature...
Shotgun_Washington · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First time I moved out on my own with my high school friend, we got an apartment with a dishwasher in it. I never had a dishwasher growing up.
I put the dirty dishes in the dishwasher, put in the dish soap, turn it on, and leave to go to the movies. I come back and entire kitchen is covered in soapy water! Not learning my lesson, I cleaned it up and did it again. Of course, entire kitchen is covered in soapy water. I figured out that there are dedicated dishwasher packets for dishwashers. I was just using standard dish washing liquid.
Bigby11 · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had the same talk with my SO a couple of months ago when she tried loading up the dishwasher for the first time.
n0vapine · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! But I was working for an elderly woman and her schizophrenic husband who weren't capable of caring for themselves. I'd never loaded a dishwasher and I did try to turn the pans sideways but the higgest one managed to get upright enough to collect the water. The lady was pretty angry about everything so I got a massive earful. She couldnt use the pans herself since she couldnt cook and neither used the dishwasher but she ranted for 10 minutes how incompetent I was. The best bit is she never tried to actually show me anything or explain it at all before or after. I was so grateful when her daughter decided to come mooch off her and I was let go.
PM_Me_PolydactylCats · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm moving in with my fiancé on Saturday and he's never lived with a dishwasher. He's had some experience with my dishwasher but it will be interesting teaching him full time.
Feistybritches · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol that’s awesome! My husband actually still goes along behind me and “fixes” my dishwasher loading. He likes it organized and I just usually cram things wherever. I do the same thing when I bag my groceries if I self checkout—no organization whatsoever. He usually bags for me if we go together. Haha. :)
FalloutRip · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel better I had to have that talk with an old roommate of mine. Incredibly smart guy, but had never used a dishwasher before in his life. First time he tried he did the same thing - cups facing up, stuff just randomly assorted everywhere. I had to teach him at the age of 30 how to best load a dishwasher.
homebrew_ken_ · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you use the correct type of detergent? Did you even know there was a difference?
matti-niall · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My GF use to do this in when we were in college student housing, she went from a farm house with a big farmers sink to a new student house with a dishwasher that she’d never learned how to use, I remember finding pans, blender tops, cutlery not in the little washing rack .. after a few weeks she decided hand washing the dishes was her forte
crappy-mods · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of when I was ten and wanted to surprise my mom for Mother’s Day, I proceeded to place the plastics in the wrong tray and the ceramics in the other...I woke her up to show her what I did, that’s when the god awful scent drifted to my nose her eyes grew wide and she turned it off fast. Only minor melted plastics. She showed me how to do it right and gave me a “A for effort F for results”. But hey I got an ice cream because she was glad I tried
Undeadicated · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Atleast you didn't use regular dish soap. I may or may not have done that before...
zaphod_beeble_bro · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 36. Married. I'm not allowed to use the dishwasher, so says my wife. I do the hand wash dishes but she won't let me near the dishwasher. It's ok though, I don't let her near the pans and cookware since the time she put my cast iron pans in the dishwasher.
GazVanDE · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex used to just put as much stuff in as possible. Nothing got cleaned properly, I used to be able to fit twice as much stuff in there as she did and have it clean.
She had a dishwasher growing up. We both worked hospitality.
OozeNAahz · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you used dishwasher detergent. Had a cousin who used regular dish soap the first time she tried. Covered he her kitchen floor in suds.
meriluv · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When cleaning up our first apartment, I loaded the dishwasher and didn't have any detergent around so I just used liquid Dish Soap.
(I never had a dishwasher before)
When he came home from the hardware store, bubbles had filled the kitchen-- up to the coutertop, and had worked their way out into the living room. Suds met him at the door!
We had a good laugh about it.
Ecnassianer · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love that your most horrifying story is about yourself! XD
Stiicksuru · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My family only ever used it to store plates and never washed them in there
CatPatronus · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I remember the first time I loaded a dishwasher. My parents had been saying I needed to learn. Gave it shot, they yelled at me for doing wrong and now nothing would be properly cleaned. Didnt teach me how to do it right so I just didn't do it again until I moved in with my now husband and he showed me. Roughly a 12 year gap or so of me knowing nothing of the magical box that cleans my dishes
TehNubcheeks · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never had a dishwasher that cleans the dishes well enough to be worth it. There is always something left behind whether it’s soap stains or sticky substances. I’ve come to terms with just hand washing everything since that’s what I grew up doing anyway.
My roommate uses ours all the time and if I pull something out, I typically just end up washing and drying it before using it.
so-much-for-driving · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates did this.
Decided they wanted to use the dishwasher after 3 years living together, and man, did some of their habits bother me. They've definitely improved though.
Biggest issue for me was that it wasn't getting quickly unloaded, since my stuff starts smelling like wet dog and my utensils have started to rust. So I told them not to start it overnight if possible and to ensure it gets unloaded right away. Still working on this one.
TheAmazingTurtleKid · 5273 points · Posted at 20:53:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I guess we were still in high school, but we were 18. Me and my buddy Ferris were just getting into going to the gym. We went with Ferris’s friend Tom. After working out, in the changing room during some small talk I saw Tom putting on a shirt. Tom put the shirt over his head, but didn’t put his arms through the sleeves. He managed to pull the shirt over his torso so that it was adequately on before wiggling all about and bending his arms in odd ways to get them into the sleeves. I didn’t take much notice to it the first few times. But after a few months it was apparent he did this every single time. Tom didn’t know how to put on a shirt. At least efficiently. Eventually we asked Tom why he put his shirt on like that, and he said something along the lines of “Wait what, don’t I do it the same way you guys do?” I guess he had never really thought about it before then.
Edit: grammar
🎙️ arual_x · 1649 points · Posted at 21:00:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a lot of guys that do this. I think it’s more of a societal split than you realise.
Wondertwig9 · 1941 points · Posted at 23:25:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is also a gender split in taking off a shirt, too. Guys pull up from the shoulder. Girls invert it from the waist. I never noticed it until I started letting people try on my chainmail shirt. It weighs 15 lbs and girls, like myself, don't have any trouble getting it off by themselves. I've had to help every guy out of it though.
cyanidelemonade · 507 points · Posted at 00:51:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I actually take my shirt off from under the arms first. Put left hand under my shirt and push the inner sleeve until I can pull my arm right arm out, repeat for other side. Now the whole shirt is above my shoulders, so I gather the shirt and pull out at the front of the neck and over my head towards the back. I think I started doing this for two reasons: 1. So I could wear my glasses while taking my shirt off (otherwise the other methods just yank the glasses right off my head) and 2. To protect all the hard work that goes into my hair (because the other methods would ruin my hair).
Edit: I also put shirts on the same exact way, but reverse. Yes I have accidently ripped seams on smaller-necked shirts
StopThePresses · 50 points · Posted at 01:37:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hair I get but I'm very confused about the glasses thing. I've worn glasses and taken off shirts from the waist my whole life and I've never once had a problem with my glasses.
I know my experiences aren't universal and all I just can't wrap my head around how this was such a major problem for you. Are your glasses like really big or something?
cyanidelemonade · 43 points · Posted at 01:39:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think they were ever unusually big, but they always got caught in the shirt 🤔 maybe I wore shirts with smaller necklines than you?
StopThePresses · 14 points · Posted at 01:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, yeah that's probably it lol. I have always trended towards scoop necklines and whatnot.
cyanidelemonade · 18 points · Posted at 02:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I have very specific memories of trying to get my school gym shirt off without throwing my glasses halfway across the locker room 😂 those shirts had the highest necklines ever!
mostonionperson · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I smack my glasses off my face regularly somehow. 😆
lazeman · 12 points · Posted at 05:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was actually a post about this somewhere! (I believe it was tumblr) basically it's about the cut/style of the shirts. The arms are designed differently which makes it easier to take off specific ways. If you put on a girls tee and try to take it off the men's way it's way harder. Same the other way around.
ReasonableBeep · 0 points · Posted at 13:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah it’s cause of the boobage. Shirt gets caught if you just try pulling it from shoulders.
momoshika91 · 5 points · Posted at 03:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this, mostly so I don't get makeup all over my clothes.
SaraKmado · 4 points · Posted at 02:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pull my shirts from the collar. Right arm grabs the left-front side of the collar, left arm the right-front side
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alternative but functionally similar!
SaraKmado · 4 points · Posted at 02:29:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose so. Now that I think of it, I also started doing this when I got glasses, cause I can pull the collar away from my face. Before I think I did both the versions that the original comment mentions, depending on what shirt I was wearing
ch3lray · 5 points · Posted at 03:16:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy cow I do the same, I think subconsciously it's because of my glasses and because it doesn't flip the shirt inside out like doing it at the waist does
Emmett__ · 3 points · Posted at 04:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this exact thing my whole life. I didn’t realize this was weird until I noticed people taking off their shirts differently in gym.
loopdeloopanpull · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes!! I do this too!! I didn’t even realize it was “abnormal” until people kept mentioning how girls pull it over their head (andI rarely do that)
foinikass · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is so methodical, I'm impressed
PurpleMurex · 1 points · Posted at 09:00:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do that for jumpers, but not shirts.
Jdawn82 · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do the same
Bartweiss · 75 points · Posted at 00:57:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder when/why this split starts? When there are physical differences, presumably, but it's not like removing shirts from the waist is difficult for men.
And yet I took my shirts off from the shoulder for most of my life without ever thinking about it. I only noticed because wet shirts have the same problem as your chainmail - trivial from the waist, but they take tons of effort to get off (and tend to stretch) from the shoulder because they cling the whole way up. Somebody asked me why I was having a hard time with my shirt after swimming, and I finally worked out what was happening.
Dudebro2020 · 114 points · Posted at 02:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was some sort of thread a while back that had this question and an exact answer. As far as I can recall, it's because tighter and more form-fitting shirts come off easier if they are pulled up from the bottom and looser shirts "fall off" easier when pulled from the top. Women are more likely to wear tighter shirts, and vice-versa.
Billalone · 15 points · Posted at 03:06:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. I’m a dude who wears tighter clothing, and I casually use both methods usually determined by how stretched/worn the shirt is.
DirtyJdirty · 6 points · Posted at 04:02:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes sense. Most of the time I pull my shirt off from the shoulder, but if it’s wet or sweaty, I’ll start from the waist.
runs_in_circles · 6 points · Posted at 04:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bra straps may also be a factor. Vague locker room memories of folks doing one thing when changing pre-practice (regular bra) and another thing after (sports bra).
actually-potato · 5 points · Posted at 05:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also I save 3/10ths of a second not having to invert it again to get it back to normal
LittleBirdy42 · 2 points · Posted at 10:41:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a Tumblr thread from forever ago that basically breaks this down
Here's the Link
Dudebro2020 · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's the one!
ReasonableBeep · 2 points · Posted at 13:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also cause boobs are basically hooks and the fabric gets stuck.
46--2 · 6 points · Posted at 04:13:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you have big lats, pulling up from the waist doesn't work as well for a tight(er) fitting shirt.
Przedrzag · 3 points · Posted at 03:50:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Men likely have reduced shoulder flexibility compared to women. Some men can’t pull their arms above their heads at all when using the waist up method, while others end up with shoulder injuries when using that method for prolonged periods of time.
familiar_face · 3 points · Posted at 12:13:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always just thought it was because girls are more likely to have long hair that gets in the way when you pull it off from the top, much easier to go from the bottom.
LostLethaea · 5 points · Posted at 03:51:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been wondering for years now when/how/why that split develops. I’m a girl, and yet I’ve always used the ‘grab the back of the neck’ method. I can do the waist thing, but it feels so... unnatural, and I didn’t realize it was an option until I was like 15.
Wayrin · 2 points · Posted at 15:24:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's because of the fabric and delicacy of women's clothing. Many of those fancy shirts should be washed inside out so taking the shirt off and reversing its outward facing side at the same time makes sense. Also I (as a man) pull my shirts up from the shoulders or the back of the neck, and have ripped many a worn down thin t-shirt doing it. Women's clothing generally being more delicate makes it more likely you will damage the shirt taking it off the way a lot of guys do.
Nickonator22 · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its the easiest method for each, taking it off from the shoulder is better cause it doesn't get the shirt all folded up but if you are a girl you can't do that as easily.
UGoBoy · 3 points · Posted at 05:20:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Better is debatable. I'm a guy who takes off shirts from the waist. I wear a lot of printed tees and wash them inside out, so the waist method turning them inside out is a plus.
WelcomeRoboOverlords · 1 points · Posted at 13:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boobs. I started lifting from the waist when I got boobs because otherwise I'd have to lift it up at the shoulder, get it half up then separately uncatch it from under the boobs most of the time. I wear a lot of men's tshirts (better designs I found in-store) and the problem is still there. It was a conscious decision for me though - I had to train myself to do it differently as I'd always do it the "men's way" as a kid.
Bartweiss · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very interesting - I think you're the first person commenting who actually knows when they adopted their method!
The boobs part makes a lot of sense, but I'd been wondering why guys are so consistent about using 'shoulders' when both methods work fine for them. If that's the default until something interferes, it makes a lot more sense.
Aletheia-Nyx · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember reading somewhere that it’s because of design differences. Clothes made for men are usually looser, and so come off easier when pulled from the top. Women’s tops are often tailored to curves, so the material won’t be a straight line most of the time. That makes it easier for it to be taken off by pulling up from the waist than it is to do it from the shoulder.
PtolemyShadow · 67 points · Posted at 01:45:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's easier to get a shirt off pulling from the waist when the shirt has to go over the boobs. If you pull from the top you'll just get your shirt stuck on your tits.
SinkTube · 6 points · Posted at 09:26:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
especially if your nipples are barbed
CosmicStorms555 · 57 points · Posted at 00:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a guy I’ve tried taking my shirt off from the waist but it just doesn’t feel natural
weber898 · 11 points · Posted at 02:13:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never attempted from the waist. Just had to have my wife show me. I feel like an idiot. Was not easy.
Bartweiss · 27 points · Posted at 01:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I fit this distinction too, but I have no idea why it happens.
Torso:arm ratio, maybe, so guys with shorter arms don't get the shirt all the way off their head? Smaller neck holes on men's t-shirts, so they drag over our faces if we don't bunch them up at the neck first?
Invisible_Friend1 · 128 points · Posted at 01:12:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s because women’s clothing is tight and doesn’t come off easily when pulled at the shoulder like a men’s tee does. I discovered this divide when a friend could not take off his tight shirt after scuba diving and I got it off in one simple motion approaching from the hip. Boobs may sometimes impede disrobing too.
britrochtay · 75 points · Posted at 01:31:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm very surprised no one has realized it's because of the extremely obvious difference between male and female torsos
Gonzobot · 29 points · Posted at 01:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...You know this is Reddit, right?
shrubs311 · 16 points · Posted at 01:55:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
as a guy, it doesn't seem intuitive that boobs would impede the guy method. to me it seems like if you pull straight up, the shirt would glide over the front of the boobs.
obviously that's not how it works. as a guy i do it by the shoulder, but i could easily do it from the waist. can females do it from the shoulder easily, or is it a struggle?
karry9001 · 21 points · Posted at 02:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of women's tops are tighter around the torso. If you try to pull up with one arm the other will "catch" on its sleeve before you can get your head through the neck hole.
shrubs311 · 2 points · Posted at 05:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
are they tighter around the torso to look better or to accommodate the boobs in some way? or both?
karry9001 · 3 points · Posted at 14:26:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not smart enough to say anything about the latter, but they are supposed to look better.
britrochtay · 2 points · Posted at 16:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can be both
soayherder · 13 points · Posted at 02:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless the shirt hangs wide below the boobs, it's narrower there, so pulling it up that way guarantees catching on them. Can hurt too.
shrubs311 · 2 points · Posted at 05:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thanks, that makes sense. as you can imagine as a male i don't know exactly the differences in female shirts
cindyscrazy · 6 points · Posted at 03:26:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boobs move. A lot. Pull the shirt up, and they are gonna start pulling up too. That would might hurt if they are big.
shrubs311 · 3 points · Posted at 05:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that makes sense, thanks
Taleya · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah fam. Breasts protrude, and women's tees are darted (inward) at the waist. So a shoulder or collar pull that goes straight up tugs the narrowest part of the tee up against the underside of your breasts. The double arm crossover from the waist pulls out as your arms become level / slightly higher than the breasts, which gets the material out and over.
Bartweiss · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That only explains women's approach, though.
It seems like a large majority of guys take shirts off by the shoulders even though the waist works fine also. How do we all end up with the shoulder approach?
Seicair · 8 points · Posted at 03:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do it that way so the shirt stays right side out for the next time I wear it, whether that’s next day or after being washed.
dytonyx · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly this. When I wear sports fit or slim fit tees, I would need to grab it from the waist. Any regular tee would be from shoulders.
Bartweiss · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, I should have been more specific. I get why women don't use the shoulder method, but why don't men use the waist method?
If men just adopt a habit at random because both usually work, I get that. But my experience is that way more than half of men do the shoulder approach even though the waist works just fine too.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a woman who mainly uses the shoulder method, although I mostly wear loose t-shirts so it's not an issue. I like it because the shirt stays right side out. But I'm pretty sure I did it even when my parents were doing my laundry and I don't think I was really thinking about it back then. My boyfriend actually does the waist method though.
wasit-worthit · 4 points · Posted at 01:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Feels like I’m gonna stretch my shirt doing that.
grendus · 2 points · Posted at 20:10:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I stopped taking shirts off from the waist when I popped the hem on a few of them. To be fair, it was a cheap shirt with a weak hem, but still.
Now I pull my arms inside the shirt, then roll it up from the bottom.
TeemuKai · 1 points · Posted at 10:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a guy, it's the easiest thing ever and does not feel weird at all.
Spongbaaaaaab · -2 points · Posted at 03:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are y'all talking about shirts or t-shirts? Can't you just unbutton the shirts to remove them like a jacket?
CosmicStorms555 · 1 points · Posted at 15:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
T- shirts
ResponsibleAnarchist · 45 points · Posted at 01:55:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo wtf
I went and transitioned mtf, changed how I took off shirts, and still never noticed this difference
marmosetohmarmoset · 30 points · Posted at 04:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok my wife is a butch lesbian and I just asked her how she takes off her shirt and it’s from the top. What IS this??
I’m gonna have to poll some NBs.
cloudcats · 26 points · Posted at 05:00:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's more about the shape of the shirt than the person's gender. Shirts designed for women tend to be more fitted with smaller arm/neck holes, so pulling from the neck doesn't work as well.
thefirstnightatbed · 10 points · Posted at 06:20:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think they're also stretchier (because of the form-fittingness), so pulling from the neck just stretches the neck out and doesn't move the shirt up at all.
marmosetohmarmoset · 1 points · Posted at 12:46:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But my wife and I pretty much only wear loose unisex T-shirts.
MyPigWaddles · 5 points · Posted at 05:15:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NB here, I always thought taking them off from the waist was Hollywood BS. But then, I always wear baggy, form-hiding clothes...
thefirstnightatbed · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wear mostly button ups. I think with t-shirts I usually pull my right sleeve off my arm and then over my head, which I guess is like a variation of the shoulder method. It's a similar motion to taking a bra off without taking your shirt off.
toxikant · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
as an nb: I usually take shirts off the guys' way, unless it's tight, in which case I usually try to do it the guys' way, realize that's dumb, and pull it off instead.
however if I'm specifically really hot, I take it off from the waist because I want to expose more skin to cooler air.
_Abecedarius · 10 points · Posted at 06:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm MtF and have a heck of a time with some of my shirts cuz I always do it the shoulder, I feel like I've just learned a cheat code!
FitzyII · 31 points · Posted at 02:46:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Crazy how you just drop "letting people try on my chainmail shirt" in there like nothing.
Why do you have a chainmail shirt?
How often do people ask to try it on?
How many had to ask before you started letting them?
Wondertwig9 · 9 points · Posted at 05:08:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made it myself in about 100 hours. My friend group a decade ago when I made it was into RenFair, D&D, LARPing, etc. It wasn't a big stretch for me to copy my friend who was making chainmail of his own, considering how I already enjoyed costuming with exotic materials like Duct Tape.
Only one person had to initially ask before I handed it over. About 90% of the time I wear it someone else ends up trying it on. I'm very open to sharing the experience. I feels like a cozy hug. It's also fun not telling people how much it weighs and then their arms fall down under the weight they weren't expecting.
My sample size for my 'study' of gender differences while taking it off is up to several dozen. No actual records have been written down, as there is a giant spoiler effect and conversation about shirt removal when I tell the guys to bend over so I can peel it off of them.
Freelance_Sockpuppet · 2 points · Posted at 09:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Duct tape is certainly an unusual costuming material but when I read exotic I was not expecting it to go to duct tape.
Is it accurate weight or just costume (I dont know the terms for what in asking)?
Wondertwig9 · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Different metals have different weights. I had someone else buy my rings, and the weight was not what I was expecting. It you want it done right, do it yourself. I wanted aluminum, as it is light and easily malleable for costumes. I got something sturdy and heavy.
Squishiimuffin · 14 points · Posted at 01:52:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I figured out how to take off tops the opposite way— I’m a woman and I pull from the shoulder. Same with bras. I pull them up and off, never fiddling with the clasps. I tried pulling up from the waist, and man, it just feels wrong. Plus, when you pull up from the waist, your clothes end up inside out. That means you have to waste time reinverting them. Pull from the shoulder gang all the way.
Neee-wom · 21 points · Posted at 00:25:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just mimed taking off a shirt and never realized that I take it off from the waist, validating your theory.
Akires · 9 points · Posted at 01:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and for some reason I do it both ways. Usually from the waste if I'm putting it in the laundry so that any logo is on the inside. If I'm going to be changing back into it, from the shoulder.
FeatherShard · 8 points · Posted at 01:57:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL I take my shirt off like a girl.
...I'm not changing it.
adeon · 8 points · Posted at 02:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy and I almost always take shirts off by inverting from the waist, until your comment (and the responses) I had not realized that this is apparently unusual. Honestly, it just feels easier and more natural to me, plus it doesn't stretch the arms as much.
helladamnleet · 15 points · Posted at 01:33:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It upsets me that you aren't wrong.
Wondertwig9 · 2 points · Posted at 04:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, ty?
Seicair · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why does that upset you?
helladamnleet · 3 points · Posted at 03:12:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How you remove your shirt isn't something that you consider. It's like breathing. You don't notice how you do it until it's brought to your attention, then you can't un-notice it for a while.
Seicair · 4 points · Posted at 03:14:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh. I always pay attention to how I remove clothes so they stay right side out, so I don’t have to fix them later.
helladamnleet · 3 points · Posted at 03:17:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I intentionally flip mine inside out so the part that came in contact with my body actually comes clean, and the logos on the outside don't get damaged, but either way don't have to think about it while removing my clothes. I just do it since I've done it about 10,000 times at this point.
Arinupa · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mimed it and can't invert from waist.
cb1183 · 1 points · Posted at 19:27:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But isn't it in movies guys pull from the waist up? You know, chiseled abs and whatnot?
Also I take off my shirts both ways, depending on the shirt. Female.
helladamnleet · 2 points · Posted at 10:16:40 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk because if you do a Google search for "Guy removing shirt" they're all pulling from the waist up almost exclusively.
Either way, I didn't make the claim, I just commented on it.
boogiefoot · 6 points · Posted at 04:57:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. I had no idea this was split like that. I moved to Vietnam recently and was consistently having trouble taking my shirt off because it's often sticky with sweat. My girlfriend looked at me pitifully doing this and told me to do it that way. I thought the Vietnamese were just wise.
DanciaKS · 4 points · Posted at 01:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHAT?! So I grew up always around guys and had a male mentality. I totally did the guy way you just mentioned until one female friend I FINALLY got asked me why I did it that way. Then she said it’s just not sexy and told me to put clothes on/off the other way. I wanted to be more like a girl so I just kept my mouth shut and did.
Wolfare2 · 4 points · Posted at 03:03:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's nothing more manly and barbaric than just violently ripping your shirt off from the top. I love it.
h3lme7 · 10 points · Posted at 00:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That probably has to do with guys (generally) having wider shoulders, right?
Wondertwig9 · 4 points · Posted at 01:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had pear, straight, and broad shouldered men try my shirt on, and there was no noticed effect from shoulder to gut ratio. The shirt is loose fitting too.
h3lme7 · 3 points · Posted at 01:21:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about shoulder flexibility?
MatthewPerkinsDM · 3 points · Posted at 02:42:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has got me all messed up thinking about how I wear clothes and I just don't know anymore.
PM_ME_UR_NIPS_GURL · 3 points · Posted at 02:46:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Til i take my shirt off like a girl
loegare · 3 points · Posted at 03:03:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I sometimes take my shirt off from the waist, but only around my fiancée, I feel like it’s more aesthetic
clararockmore · 3 points · Posted at 03:08:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I noticed this recently when I was doing a bag of laundry with a mix of my clothes and my partner’s clothes after traveling together.
Normally when I do my own laundry, I have to stand at the washing machine and turn all my clothes right-side-out because they’re all inside out from the way I take them off.
I was amazed to see that all of his clothes were right-side-out while mine were inside out. I was very impressed and told him what I’d noticed which led to us comparing the way we take our clothes off (no one was upset about this).
heimdahl81 · 3 points · Posted at 03:19:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've noticed this when doing mine and my girlfriend's laundry. All my shirts are right side out, all hers are inside out.
poppin_pomegranate · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do a weird merge of both so I don't knock off my glasses. Pre-glasses I was the same as other girls.
StrangeSequitur · 3 points · Posted at 04:40:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This apparent gender split went viral a few years ago, and I made a point to pay attention to how I take off shirts, having not given it any thought before.
Turns out, I always grab the end of my right sleeve with my left hand, pull my right arm in and then pull the shirt sideways over my head. Then I pull the shirt off my left arm, where it has gathered. Or just fling it into the hamper as the follow-through of the peel-off motion.
I have no idea what this says about me as a person.
TwoHands · 3 points · Posted at 04:45:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a guy, after witnessing the girl-style shirt inversion, I use the shit out of that. I used to wear nice loose T-shirts & it was easy to pull from the shoulders. Wearing tighter athletic shirts for hiking made this tough, especially when sweaty. The girl-style shirt pull solved all my problems, and I gotta say I use it far more often now. My t-shirts also have longer-lasting collar elastic now.
mh985 · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a competitive powerlifter and after having gained ~50lbs in the last few years, I've had to change the way I take my shirt off. I cross my arms and pull up from underneath like women do.
TheRedMaiden · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't even get that far down. I pull it off starting at the right sleeve...
anmaja · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I find it's best to get out of a chainmail shirt by just hanging your upper body down while you stand and let gravity do it's thing, that's the easiest way to keep your hair out of the way, too.
nkdeck07 · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I noticed this with my husband. We figured out the disparity as when I tried the shoulder pull my shirt got stuck on my boobs.
blargman327 · 2 points · Posted at 02:36:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a dude, I do it by the waist. It's just faster and easier
CavalierVibrance · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasn't there a tumblr thread about this?
Wondertwig9 · 2 points · Posted at 04:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't seen it. Can you link me?
CavalierVibrance · 1 points · Posted at 12:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it should be here
ronin1066 · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is a very interesting story. I wonder if I would have been trapped in that shirt...
clutzyninja · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also nicer shirts you should take off from the waist do you don't stretch the collar
MBTHVSK · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just took off my shirt waist first, I feel like a turbo drag queen.
WeldNchick89 · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cheerleading uniform tops are what made me start pulling my shirts off from the bottom, before that I would pull one arm in my shirt and pull it over my head from the side.
I never realized how awkward I was talking my shirt off until I typed it out just now.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Men's shirts have significantly wider armpit ussets, if I try to do the ladies-style roll up my elbows get trapped in the shirt as it goes over my face
TotallyImportant · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where can one buy a chainmail shirt and why does one buy a chainmail shirt?
Wondertwig9 · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made it myself. All you need is a pair of a pair of pliers, 10,000 little rings, and about 100 hours of patience. I like costuming.
TotallyImportant · 2 points · Posted at 05:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's actually really cool. I don't have that much patience, or that many little rings.
NightStalkerXIV · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What weave did you use?
Wondertwig9 · 2 points · Posted at 05:19:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It has been a while... I think it was: European 4-in-1
throwawaytrumper · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m trying to picture how it’s different from a military press, aside from having your hands inverted to grasp the shirt. I fear this will end in me attaching weights to a shirt if I think about it while high.
sexyshingle · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
do a lot of sword fighting do ya?
Wondertwig9 · 1 points · Posted at 05:25:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, I did some LARPing with foam where you could really rumble without hurting anyone. I did get in game stat bonuses for wearing my armor.
sexyshingle · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
uh TIL... I guess. Thanks for the reply!
shehadthesea · 2 points · Posted at 04:42:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently it’s because of the difference in how gendered clothing is made! I think female shirts have tighter necks and sleeves, so inverting it is easier to get out of, while male shirts are looser.
HeyMrBusiness · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's part macho nonsense and part women's clothing is fitted differently and can't be efficiently removed the same way
AlexisTF · 2 points · Posted at 05:26:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a trans woman and I recently switched from taking my shirt off from the shoulders to taking it off from the bottom, and it's way easier! Although now I have to deal with inside out shirts more lol
Wondertwig9 · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's interesting that you made a switch like that. Would you mind sharing any other changes you've made?
AlexisTF · 2 points · Posted at 23:34:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't think of any other changes that aren't physical, unless you'd like to hear about that.
Wondertwig9 · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:37 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm curious to learn whatever you're willing to share. I would be interested in learning about your physical transformation and how that has impacted you.
When I was young the term Tomboy was popular for girls like myself that were not statistically similar to other girls, but flavored more male dominated interests and traits. I would like to understand how being trans is similar and different to that, or it's just so completely different than even wondering about that is rude (and if it is rude I'd like to apologise in advance.)
yung-mayne · 2 points · Posted at 05:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
coif gang rise up
AV01000001 · 2 points · Posted at 05:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly thought guys pulling the shirt up from the shoulder was just something from the movies and tv. My husband will always comment about how those shirt collars are going to be all stretched out. So I just naturally assumed nobody actually takes off shorts like that.
SinOfGreedGR · 2 points · Posted at 05:45:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would I attempt to take off a shirt by pulling from the shoulder? It may harm the shirt! I'm a guy myself and most people I know just take shirts off from the waist and upwards.
Cohacq · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy here. The "girl" method is a thousand times easier as soon as the shirt is in any way tight. I barely ever take off shirts the other way now.
H-005 · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never seen anybody pulling it from the shoulder (as a guy myself). However I fully believe you that people like that exists
er11eekk · 2 points · Posted at 08:18:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve always taken chain mail off by bending over forwards and shimmying it off my shoulders. But then again, the shirt I wore was steel, 30-40 pounds.
theonetruemoo · 2 points · Posted at 08:36:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the "ladies" way is also the best way for wet clothing
Isburough · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i've had to start taking shirts off the "girly" way after workouts in the summer because the sweat makes them stick to my body. the struggle is real.
HBB360 · 2 points · Posted at 08:43:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, never realised it was a guy/girl thing. I pull from the shoulders purely because I'm lazy and don't want to bother to invert it back after I take it off. Only time I do it like that is if the shirt is fully soaked because then it sticks to you an you physically can't take it off from the shoulders.
timotheosis · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I, a man, invert my shirt from the waist and am now insecure. (joking)
thisischemistry · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
T-shirts made for men and women are fitted differently:
SpeeDy_GjiZa · 2 points · Posted at 10:53:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's the long hairs. As a guy with long hair I have switched from pulling from the neck or shoulder to pulling from the waist and inverting because I kept grabbing a handful of hair and pulling hard without realising it until it started hurting.
Wondertwig9 · 1 points · Posted at 14:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your the first to bring that up as an option. I was curious if someone was going to bring that into the conversation. I started cutting my hair short, because long hair is a painful hassle.
ohtochooseaname · 2 points · Posted at 11:36:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shoulder pull generally has to overcome the friction of the shirt to the body for the whole way off, whereas the waist pull peels it off and avoids the friction by slightly stretching the waist of the shirt, but it also inverts the shirt. For loose men's shirts, there isn't much friction to overcome, so no reason to pull from the waist. For women's tops, they might not even have much to grab at the shoulders, and they are usually much tighter, making it nearly impossible to do the shoulder pull. As a guy, I do the waist one when I have a particularly frictiony shirt (aka a very wet shirt) because it is easier and won't stretch the shirt out.
jackoirl · 2 points · Posted at 12:17:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wear wide neck t-shirts and step into them like a dress
Kazlanne · 2 points · Posted at 14:35:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally just went through this with my fiance (M24), and learnt that you are correct. Never noticed it before!!!
Taleya · 2 points · Posted at 15:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun thing to try: do the opposite gender removal. The shoulder pull isn't too hard for women, but gets trickier the larger your breasts. The waist crossover baffles and infuriates men until they grasp the motion.
Wondertwig9 · 1 points · Posted at 17:17:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried the opposite motion earlier today, just to see what it was like. It was harder on my shirt, and my hair. I got it off, but don't plan on using it again.
Taleya · 2 points · Posted at 01:07:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, likewise i can do the shoulder pull, but it is not kind to most of my tees.
ratpac_m · 2 points · Posted at 18:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy here. I used to pull from the back of the neck when I had short hair, but now that I grow it long I pull from the waist.
octopus5650 · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a guy, but I pull from the waist. I think it's cause when I broke my collarbone I had to stop pulling from the shoulder, and ended up getting real good at the one-armed shimmy, which somehow morphed into the inverted-waist fling
stairswarning · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a girl and taking it off from the shoulders is so much easier. with tighter shirts, though, you can ONLY take it off from the waist
ulul · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Will the shoulder method not overstreach the collar / fabric around the neck?
Nycolla · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pull from the bottom oh no
cdmurray88 · 17 points · Posted at 01:09:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As a man, I still don't get why most men take their shirt off by grabbing the back by the collar and pulling.
And those off us that take a shirt of by grabbing both sides of the bottom do it 'the girl way'.
Like dudes, aren't all your shirts stretched out because of the way you take them off?
eta: this isn't where I learned about it first, but here's a video that illustrates what mean https://www.today.com/style/here-s-why-men-women-take-their-shirts-differently-t101069
shrubs311 · 9 points · Posted at 01:57:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well personally i think it's more of a grab near the front and the sides. and also no, none of my shirts get stretched out this way.
Arnas_Z · 3 points · Posted at 05:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same, I didn't even realize this was a thing, I would just start at the bottom and pull it off. Thus, wet shirts have never been a problem for me.
SinkTube · 2 points · Posted at 09:27:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what kind of high-gravity environment do you live in that lifting a shirt would stretch it out?
cdmurray88 · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe it's because I tend to wear fitted shirts, here's a video; https://www.today.com/style/here-s-why-men-women-take-their-shirts-differently-t101069
WatchootooAreBiters · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Weird, I don't take it off like either of those methods. I hold my left sleeve in place, slide the arm down to torso, and remove it over my head and right shoulder.
bonsainovice · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think that most men take their shirts off that way. I have a friend who does that with button-downs, and it's because he thinks it's faster than undoing all the buttons and pulling from the bottom it snags on his chin.
I sometimes take shirts off that way if I'm going to reuse them and don't want to have to turn them back rightside out before I put them on a hanger (like when going to the gym, for example).
raznov1 · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, no, not really
Pentacostal-Haircut · 37 points · Posted at 21:25:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uh didn’t his parents show him how to dress himself? Where do these people come from?
LaUNCHandSmASH · 12 points · Posted at 21:54:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. I wouldn't say he didn't know how, he got the shirt on right? The criticism seems a bit harsh tbh.
ingrowncashew · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I actually do this because I have a serious joint issue in my right shoulder and that arm won't go above my head without serious pain. It give me more issues taking the shirt off though.
It's actually a little faster because you can get to where you put your head through then both arms at once. Instead of arm, arm, head... It's head, arms.
mh985 · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how most people do it but I kind of roll the shirt into a ring so I can stick my head through without messing up my hair, then I put my arms in and pull down from the torso.
Angel_Hunter_D · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You want to see a split? Ask guys whether they piss by pulling out over the waistband or through the fly.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boxers - over the waistband.
Jeans - through the fly.
But you want to see a real split? Ask people whether they wipe sitting down or standing up.
AdamAllenthePerson · 1 points · Posted at 08:06:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. My dad would roll his shirt up, put his head through the hole, unroll a little yo put his hands through, and then unroll the rest onto his body. The only reason I didn’t copy him was because it seemed so complicated.
bonsainovice · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You think that's a societal split? Google whether men wipe sitting or standing.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 13:29:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wipe... standing?
bonsainovice · 1 points · Posted at 13:42:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Enjoy, you're about to go on a wild ride, my friend.
jagerben47 · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never, ever seen a guy not put his shirt on correctly.
perfect_little_booty · 34 points · Posted at 21:12:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy crap, that is hilarious to imagine!
AlicornsandImps · 54 points · Posted at 21:39:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
For a second I thought you were talking about Ferris Bueller, who doesn’t have much experience with the real world either.
Thrifticted · 4 points · Posted at 04:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Ferris seemed to have plenty of experience with the real world, he was living life to the fullest throughout the entire movie. Cameron was the one not living in the real world. Edit: grammar
AlicornsandImps · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, based on the way Ferris acts, I have to disagree.
Not-a-stalinist · 17 points · Posted at 22:36:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
People actually have the name Ferris?
captainsassy69 · 8 points · Posted at 23:30:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, if the shirt goes on, the shirt goes on
ABewilderedPickle · 5 points · Posted at 01:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to do this. At some point I noticed how other people took their shirts off and put them on and decided to do it that way instead.
Eiim · 7 points · Posted at 03:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After attempting many ways of putting on and taking off shirts from this thread, I no longer remember how to take off a shirt. L
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 01:48:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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OigoAlgo · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aw haha poor guy
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I actually do not know how I put on my shirts now that you're making me try to do it consciously. I've spent like a minute trying and retrying but nothing feels right
struhall · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not that different from what I used to do. I would pull it over my head then worm my arms up through the sleeves. I didn't pull them down over my torso though.
NOW I have to do it differently, I busted up my shoulder and couldn't physically do that after surgery so now it's my left arm first, all the way in then my head then my right arm. That way 7 years ago.
Dharmsara · 2 points · Posted at 22:49:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you go through life like this
BitterExChristian · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was expecting a Ferris Bueller’s Day Off joke for a second there
baconandpreggs · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband, when taking a shirt off of someone else (our baby or dog) will try to put their bodies through the neck hole. Like at least a third of the time.
UndeniablyPink · 2 points · Posted at 04:08:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how kids dress themselves. I wonder if he just never grew out of it
TheDuskTamer · 2 points · Posted at 05:57:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think i know that guy! I remember he was always changing T-shirts and other clothes. Our principal hated him. Probably cause he skipped school so much. One time me, him, and his girlfriend all cut class and drove around town. I had a mini panic attack cause we borrowed my dad's car without him knowing and couldn't get the mile counter to go back. So I accidentally killed my dad's car. A 250 GT California Spyder.
;)
BeefGriller · 3 points · Posted at 01:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You misnamed the second fellow - they should have been “Ferris” and “Cameron.” 🤣
r_kap · 1 points · Posted at 00:17:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s how my husband puts his shirts on.... I don’t get it but whatever. Otherwise he’s a pretty normal guy.
N0CakeForYou · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do that sometimes just for fun
thrashette · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally just took my shirt off and put it back on to make sure I was doing it correctly. I put it over my head and then stick my arms through the sleeves, then pull everything down. So at least I'm half-right?
ChaiKitteaLatte · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I laughed out loud at this. It’s so sad but also like...Tom seems like he might not be so bright.
ButtScientist69 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If a t-shirt is inside-out, I will put it on in a way so that it ends up being correct, without me inverting it first. My ex's head almost exploded the first time I did this.
Here's a video of some creepy old dude showing off his technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cq9mREdlC4
Theamazingjuan · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for making me take my shirt off five times for no reason. Apparently I pull from the back of my neck.
fathovercats · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my husband does this
foinikass · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to take off my shirt and put it back on to make sure I don't do it like this
Nikolito · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this lmao
thelordmuck · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just realized I have a very specific way of taking off a shirt that I do from muscle memory the same way every time. My left hand lifts up the bottom right side of my shirt and I then hook my right elbow into the pocket formed in the front by lifting it. I then raise my right arm(arm crooked, elbow up) while grabbing the left side at the hem(with the thumb and forefinger on my right hand), while raising my left arm straight up. I then pull my right arm in an arch to the right and the shirt pops off my left arm and head then slides down my right arm.
plee999 · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think I do what you’re describing but I don’t pull it over my torso before the arms. It’s because my shirts are often inside out since I take them off from the waist, as other people have described on this thread. I usually fold my clean t shirts inside out because it’s normal for me to put them on that way
kerill333 · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A t-shirt? Or a shirt with buttons down the front?
Knever · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, this is just plain insanity.
I literally tried doing this just now because I couldn't imagine someone not knowing how to actually don a freaking shirt.
I literally almost pulled a muscle. I feel for Tom.
Ladies_Pls_DM_nudes · 1 points · Posted at 10:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god I'm pulling a Tom. Time to look at tutorials
Tornado_Of_Benjamins · 1 points · Posted at 13:20:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pretty much do this. I have scrawny arms so shirtsleeves and always very loose. I put the shirt over my head, get my head through the neck, and then put my arm (which is inside the shirt) into T-Rex position and then pop it out through the sleeve. To take it off I do the reverse, I just tuck my arm back in through the sleeve.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been doing that all my life, until a friend in highschool asked me why I put on my shirt like that. Ended up in her giving me a tutorial. Funniest part is I like my way better.
QGunners22 · 1 points · Posted at 23:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that’s how I put my shirt on but I do it rather quickly and without any trouble so I see no reason to change.
copperfrog42 · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG, I thought I was the only one naming a kid Ferris!
BigApricots · 413 points · Posted at 23:38:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
60 year old woman was shocked that I bought 12 cans at once.
Then she was shocked again to find out buying in bulk is cheaper.
She has always been a stay-at-home mom and aggressively identifies as frugal.
Kristeninmyskin · 58 points · Posted at 08:46:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
12 cans of soda? Tomatoes? Paint? Inquiring minds need to know!!
rumade · 55 points · Posted at 10:28:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoopass
cfrutiger · 3 points · Posted at 18:17:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
GIMME A HELL YEAH
rumade · 4 points · Posted at 18:30:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, we're all out. Someone must have been buying in bulk.
BigApricots · 22 points · Posted at 13:32:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dog food. She'd asked me to buy some for her when I went out for my own groceries.
InvisibleShadow2U · 9 points · Posted at 06:31:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even with only one dog, that would be less than two full weeks worth of food — there are people that find that odd to buy all at once??
BigApricots · 8 points · Posted at 17:17:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's what /u/StrawberryVanillaJam said about
One can costs a dollar something so she was being frugal by buying only one can at a time. She was ready to brag about how frugal she was compared to me. I was not impressed.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 13:00:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, the "I buy groceries daily and I never spend more than $10" type of frugal.
BigApricots · 39 points · Posted at 13:36:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah and the leggings she picked up while buying groceries don't count and she never ever buys clothes new anyway. Also she saved so much money because this stereo system was $200 off. Just all the existing cliches.
Literal quote: "I have to buy this now because I have money now but I won't have money later."
She bought flowers with her stimulus check.
Psychpsyo · 7 points · Posted at 13:33:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
$10 a day is considered frugal?
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 13:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a smaller number than someone else's $50 groceries for the week. That's kinda the joke here.
TheJennn · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd be surprised if someone bought 12 cans of sperm too
cbelt3 · 411 points · Posted at 01:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate did not know how to wash his body.
Yes. The SMELL.
After a week we threatened him. He took a “shower”.
We sent him back again. With soap.
Three days later he stank again. We told him to shower every day.
Then we taught him how to do laundry. And bought him a coat because he did not own one. In cleveland. In the winter.
Full genius dude, invented a WiFi security standard later on. But no idea how to care for himself.
arkaydee · 55 points · Posted at 11:54:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, that's almost a complete match to a story I have.
Had a friend from IRC live at my place for 14 days until his student housing was available. I had to teach him that you shower every day. That you use soap. Had to explain that it's important to change your clothes. To do laundry.
Had to teach him how the mechanics of washing dishes (didn't have a dishwasher at the time) after I realised he had spent 10 minutes on ONE plate.
Also a full genius dude. He's a major contributor to many open source projects.
Remember when another friend of mine (a woman) was visiting and she's a hugger. She forced a hug on the poor sap. He sat trembling in the corner of the sofa for half an hour due to a hug.
Sheltered life up until doesn't even begin to describe things.
cbelt3 · 33 points · Posted at 14:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. Worse was we met his mother at Thanksgiving break. She smelled worse.
Apparently the following year he had a girlfriend. I did a little Facebook stalking last year. He married a gorgeous woman, he is stupidly wealthy and living in the Bay Area. I think he retired.
Edupop · 9 points · Posted at 11:54:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So that's where we got WEP
rationalparsimony · 5 points · Posted at 01:53:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
WEP = "Wash Every Part" of your body?
cbelt3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
oneofmyletters · 3 points · Posted at 17:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one's just sad
laihaluikku · 3 points · Posted at 20:34:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This actually pretty common when you go to army (it’s mandatory to all males in my country). There where very smelly guys who you had to order them to take a fucking shower.
tishdeelish · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:46 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like someone was on the spectrum.
cbelt3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:25 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mom , probably. He just did what she taught him. Keep in mind that this was the late 1970’s and we didn’t understand it at all. But he became social and clean with proper education by his roomates, so I suspect just incomplete upbringing.
PaintedLady5519 · 3 points · Posted at 15:16:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like mom had some mental issues and dude learned from emulation.
Rageagainstmisogyny · 1081 points · Posted at 22:48:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I first met my Ex he didn't know how to cook. 40 something year old at the time I met him. He only knew how to use a microwave and the best thing he thought of cooking was chicken thighs.
Chicken thighs cooked in the microwave, everything was cooked in the microwave. Wet, soggy, colorless flesh with no flavoring, that's not how it works, that not how any cooking should be done.
Edit: Let me add that the microwave sometimes doesn't cook things evenly so some of the thighs were raw on the inside.
🎙️ arual_x · 94 points · Posted at 22:51:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bless him, my uncle would cook an entire English fried breakfast in the microwave. It was sacrilegious to us, but he was so proud of his time saving and washing-up reduction that it became adorable.
Rageagainstmisogyny · 26 points · Posted at 23:04:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love stories like this, sometimes good intentions makes up for bad execution. I had to learn from my ex to be appreciative even if I was disgusted by some of the things he did.
🎙️ arual_x · 54 points · Posted at 23:08:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was really sick and dying and we were visiting. It’s now a beautiful family memory. We will sit around occasionally and reminisce about him and people will say “omg do you remember when he did a while English breakfast in the microwave? He was so proud” and just miss him awfully. He also made the WORST soup we’d ever eaten, and gave my mum USED plain white table candles for her birthday once. He was a university professor. Bless his heart he was one of the best of us.
Rageagainstmisogyny · 17 points · Posted at 23:15:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry for your loss. I'm glad you have so many good memories of him, he sounds like a lovely man. Thank you for sharing, in the end all we have is our memories and they become our greatest treasures.
FartHeadTony · 4 points · Posted at 10:19:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's right there in the FUCKING name!
elegant_pun · 24 points · Posted at 03:07:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I gagged.
The only the microwaves are for, really, is reheating pizza. You don't actually "cook" in a microwave....Oh, god, the smell! I just imagined the smell of the chicken! Ugh. No.
tb2186 · 23 points · Posted at 04:39:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should try reheating pizza in a frying pan with a lid on medium heat. Add a tiny splash of water for steam to heat the top. That was a game changer for me. Crispy and evenly heated vs rubberized in the microwave.
Adventurous_Coat · 5 points · Posted at 05:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Cast iron pan, lid, on the stovetop. Miles better than microwave reheating. Now I want pizza.
mferg02 · 4 points · Posted at 15:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No way...if you have an air fryer that works like a charm. Learned that on reddit lol. Re heated pizza tastes the same as new in there.
ThrottleMunky · 4 points · Posted at 16:18:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was going to say the same thing. That comment of reheating pizza in the microwave made me gag a bit. Got an air fryer and all of my leftovers get heated in that thing. I would never go back. My microwave can die a horrible death in comparison to that thing. Especially reheating large burritos. Hot on the inside and crispy shell like it's been toasted. Nearly better the second time around. Microwaves are fucking awful.
mferg02 · 2 points · Posted at 16:28:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea, we had the air fryer for awhile before I realized (from reddit like I said) that you can heat up leftovers in it. What a game changer.
Master_Foe · 2 points · Posted at 16:39:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No lie I buy more pizza than I can eat so I can have it reheated.
elegant_pun · 1 points · Posted at 04:45:42 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh, I like the sound of that!!
Rageagainstmisogyny · 5 points · Posted at 03:10:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg the worst was one time he tried to cook fish and shrimp, and I had to throw the microwave outside just to get rid of the smell.
acrylicmole · 3 points · Posted at 08:02:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nooo! I had a coworker that would reheat fish in the microwave. I still hate her. (Not just for the fish but it didn't help...)
Seicair · 3 points · Posted at 16:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, I’d never reheat pizza in the microwave. Oven, toaster oven, frying pan, or eat it cold.
Angel_Hunter_D · 1 points · Posted at 14:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are microwaves you can cook in, but you gotta know the settings and stuff real good and it still tastes awful.
elegant_pun · 1 points · Posted at 04:45:05 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I've got a convection oven/microwave. Still getting the hang of it...I appreciate all the settings but I really only want to put it on for a minute to make my pizza hot again. It really shouldn't be such an ordeal!!
Mangonesailor · 9 points · Posted at 04:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife won't marinade any meat except this 1 particular beef recipe.
I have no idea why she won't do it. I ask her to and she just refuses and says "Tastes fine to me." No, you're almost eating mush... we're humans... we like more than just salt and pepper.
Make a stew? It's great. Chili? Fantastic! Chicken in a salad? Meat is bland and makes salad dull. Pork chops? "just put salt and pepper on before it's cooked" .... how's about season it the morning you cook it so the flavor soaks in?!"
"Tastes fine to me."
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 05:07:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Mangonesailor · 4 points · Posted at 05:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When she makes hamburgers I don't really like the onion soup mix she puts in.
Damn sure better than just a low-fat meat patty she'd give me though so I bite my tongue.
I marinated everything I cooked before I got married.
PanaceaStark · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why did you stop marinating everything you cook after you got married?
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 10:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I'm not the the one preparing meals, because my job is WAY more demanding than hers, and my work schedule doesn't help either.
She's been buying this pre-seasoned frozen chicken from Tyson lately, which is really good, so I'm fine.
Violet624 · 2 points · Posted at 09:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. I haven’t owned a microwave in years. I even like stove top popcorn better than microwaveable. I like food way too much to nuke it (though it would be nice to have one for reheating left overs more quickly)
Harvenger-11B · 8 points · Posted at 03:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah medium rare chicken. So good it'll send you to the hospital.
friendlygaywalrus · 6 points · Posted at 08:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother had a buddy he would hang out with all the time. His parents just made everything in the microwave. Chicken strips? What a convenient meal! Pizza bites? Why, all the flavor and sustenance of pizza in a convenient microwaveable package? Steak? Hell yeah, nuke that fucker! A whole goddamn chicken? Yes. They did that too.
My brother apparently went to hang out at his buddy’s place and they microwaved a whole chicken for them. My brother has a weak stomach and it apparently took every scrap of will he had not to gag at the very sight of it. Grey, gelatinous, and eerily cold and wet. Needless to say they didn’t even season the bird. When my mom picked him up poor guy gagged and hacked the whole way home. Still does if you bring it up to him.
Echospite · 7 points · Posted at 02:50:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm amazed he made it far enough to become your partner after that massive red flag.
Rageagainstmisogyny · 9 points · Posted at 02:54:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm mexican, it's common for men not to be able to cook and be full into 'machismo' so only women cook. I was more shocked that he thought his food was edible and never asked for help and decided the microwave was the best thing.
4E4ME · 6 points · Posted at 05:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, new screening question - "so when is the last time you had food poisoning?"
EnhancementShaman · 4 points · Posted at 06:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwaves are great at cooking many things, meat is not one of them.
re_nonsequiturs · 3 points · Posted at 03:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That edit made it extra special awful
Rageagainstmisogyny · 4 points · Posted at 03:43:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The blood makes the chicken extra moist.
Abrahms_4 · 3 points · Posted at 13:50:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. early 80's we got our first microwave and my mom is a superb cook but she wanted to try a meatloaf in it. Yeah she looked at it and said fuck this, were going out tonight. Now when she makes meatloaf i ask her if it was oven or micro, she just busts out laughing
NaomiKatyr · 3 points · Posted at 13:59:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex also microwaved everything. Granted he was only 24 at the time, but he microwaved KD instead of cooking it in the stove. KD is the easiest thing to make imo.
ReduxAssassin · 1 points · Posted at 23:44:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's KD?
NaomiKatyr · 1 points · Posted at 16:38:05 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kraft Dinner, boxed macaroni and cheese.
ILackACleverPun · 3 points · Posted at 14:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually get this one. Luckily I knew how to cook before my mom kicked me out and I lived with my dad. At my dad's place I had no access to a stove. My stepmother wouldn't let me use the stove or oven because my food "smelled." (By smell she means I used seasoning other than salt and pepper. Her favorite meal was a can of cream of mushroom, white rice, and chicken breasts.)
Since I couldn't use the oven I got fairly adept at cooking food in the microwave I was allowed in my room. Never tried chicken thighs in it though.
Respect4All_512 · 5 points · Posted at 02:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can cook a good meal in the microwave but it has to be something you could also cook by steaming. Like skinless chicken breast (or even better, shrimp) with a nice sauce and frozen veg. I have done this often in hotel microwaves (using a microwavable steamer container).
SecretlyFBI · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thought of those chicken thighs is making me physically ill.
tenBusch · 2 points · Posted at 09:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus
procrastinator6001 · 2 points · Posted at 09:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got salmonella from reading this comment *shudder*
Dica92 · 2 points · Posted at 09:25:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like he loves salmonella
theOTHERdimension · 2 points · Posted at 09:52:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I remember one year on Christmas our oven broke before we could make the main course. We ended up cooking a pork loin in the microwave over several hours. I’m not sure how the microwave didn’t keel over and die but it managed to cook the pork loin. It was dry.
Edited to correct misspelling
ReduxAssassin · 2 points · Posted at 23:46:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh, I hate to be "that" person, but it's "keel over and die". Though the sentiment is the same.
theOTHERdimension · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much, I actually didn’t know that was the correct expression!
ThrowRA_369963 · 2 points · Posted at 18:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 33 year old bf owns no spices other than salt or pepper and almost always uses a microwave. Owns only one pot, doesn't even own a skillet. I'm planning to teach him some simple stuff to make.
WeeOrda · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I gagged reading that.
Morsemouse · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:09 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use the microwave a lot (pain and difficulty standing) but seldom use 100%. I don’t cook everything on the stove at high heat, why should I overcook in the micro? Some people have looked at me in astonishment: they don’t realize that there are power levels! They also frequently don’t understand how things cook from the outside edge, so have to be moved or turned over, even at 30% or 50%.
jmb1203 · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:18 on July 18, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My MIL cooked chicken drumsticks in the microwave in front of me shortly after I started dating my husband. I was HORRIFIED. I didn’t even know what to say. I just left the kitchen and avoided the chicken when we sat down to eat. (It was a cookout or something so lots of things were available.) Everyone who ate the chicken was sick after - surprise!
Needless to say, my husband thought I was an excellent cook when we started dating even though I was truthfully pretty subpar at the time. (I could make spaghetti sauce but that was about it.)
ChubbyTrain · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what's wrong with cooking in the microwave? i have a lot of spices that makes it taste great and it really saves time.
Rageagainstmisogyny · 11 points · Posted at 02:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have texture issues so it might just be me, but everything that's cooked in the microwave seems so soggy and mushy. Ugh I can't handle it, I much rather roast everything in the oven. Sheet pan meals save so much time and less cleanup with a ton of flavor and some crispiness.
phantom_97 · 9 points · Posted at 03:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gordon Ramsay wants to know your location (Run for your life)
ShionForgetMeNot · 5 points · Posted at 04:20:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooking in the microwave doesn't really give it any crispness or texture the way cooking in an oven or toaster does. At least in my experience.
whatnameisnttaken098 · 915 points · Posted at 00:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl my cousin and his GF set me up with, thing's were actually alright, we connected via similar hobbies and intrest, then about 3ish weeks after we met I ran over to her place for reasons, and made a joke about how her laundry basket looked like it was about to explode, to which she responds "oh my mom comes by on Tuesdays and does my laundry " fast forward a bit and I learned that she at 25 didn't know how to do laundry, cook, clean (beyond moving stuff) take out trash, how the dishwasher in her apartment worked, or actually pay her own Bill's, it was all taken care of by her parents, they would come by every couple of days and do some laundry, dishes, etc and she would just occupy space in the area I guess. I did try and teach her some basic things but it was a constant battle of "but my parents will do it for me" or "that's what's uber eats is for" or various replies like that I eventually had enough of it, and told her I'm done unless she can learn to do well everything her parents do for herself.
Cousin and his GF had no idea the girl was like that (work friend of his GF btw), and didn't believe me for awhile till the GF went to this girls place to drop something off and there was the girl's mom doing laundry and making breakfast.
And I did have a few run in with her parents, seemingly glad I was there to help look after and take care of her.
DanielDelights · 121 points · Posted at 02:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, you were a new babysitter, not a partner?
Glad you left.
whatnameisnttaken098 · 76 points · Posted at 02:54:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here.
Will say I do kinda miss her moms cooking, legitimately probably the best chicken parmesan I ever had.
But yeah, not worth being a babysitter for a fully functioning adult.
ClearCasket · 42 points · Posted at 04:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Your parents aren't gonna be around forever. Who will do these things for you after they die?" I would have asked that.
Burning-Buck · 31 points · Posted at 05:52:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her response, “You”.
spids69 · 7 points · Posted at 21:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve had that conversation with more than one person. The answer is usually a boastfully confident “I’ll pay someone to do it” or “I’ll have a spouse to do it for me.”
I-bummed-a-parrot · -15 points · Posted at 06:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh would you really?? You're mental
Laurielpl3 · 10 points · Posted at 08:08:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very generous use of the phrase "fully functional".
MoranthMunitions · 5 points · Posted at 12:14:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can probably ask for the recipe. At worst they'll say no.
TheLastUBender · 5 points · Posted at 16:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is such a turnoff. Also what are those parents thinking. Obviously you are going to be less than great at taking care of your house / washing clothes and cooking your own food for a while, but that's what moving out is *for*. I'd never clean up after a kid after they move out.
nobodynose · 24 points · Posted at 05:43:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine was like that! And she's a doctor. She was clueless about so many things like cooking, doing laundry, taking out the trash, and paying bills. Her parents handled everything for her. Her parents were also overbearing and fucked up one of her relationships bad.
I remember telling her she needs to become more independent and she was like "I know, but I'm so busy all the time already so it's nice to not have to worry about all these incidental things."
She eventually wound up getting a job quite a bit further away from her parents and had to learn how to do all that stuff herself. She learned pretty quickly. Me and some friends went to visit her a few years after she moved and we were massively impressed.
She took care of everything herself. She cooked intricate meals. Cleaned her own place. All that jazz.
Big_Babadook · 17 points · Posted at 11:05:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had totally forgotten about this faux pas. While in the Navy, I was stationed in Iceland. One week my roommate and I took an R&R trip to Germany. When we got to our hotel it was an older one with the communal bathroom down the hall. It was unisex and there was a sign on the door Herren (men) and Damen( women) to let others know who was using it.
When we went in, there was a sink, toilet, bathtub, and this other porcelain object. We didn't know what it was so my roomie went over and stepped on the pedal at the front. When the jet of water shot up, he said " oh, a water fountain" and leaned over to take a drink.
In fairness, this farm boy from the midwest (me) had never seen nor heard of a bidet. But I didn't think "water fountain"was the correct usage. Turns out, I was right.
sk8terd8ter · 26 points · Posted at 03:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now we know why the parents of college kids move to that college town, so they can keep doing everything for them. My god, does she wipe her ass after she goes potty??
everythingpurple · 21 points · Posted at 04:03:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Terrible parenting
Polyhymnian · 3 points · Posted at 14:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? It always blows my mind when these types of parents fail to see how much of a disservice it is to their kid's life and future.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:43:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jokes on her by the time her parents are dead. jfc
Fredredphooey · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably expected you to bathe and dress her.
behindthesmiles- · 14971 points · Posted at 21:20:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our kitchen sink has one tap, two things (don't know what they're actually called) for hot and cold. I walked into the kitchen and my partner kept switching between hot and cold. Asked him why.... " Well the hot gets too hot so I run the cold instead for a bit" HE DIDNT KNOW YOU COULD RUN THE HOT AND COLD WATER AT THE SAME TIME!?!?
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 13797 points · Posted at 23:06:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knobs
behindthesmiles- · 4007 points · Posted at 23:52:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you
Cal-Ani · 3060 points · Posted at 00:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The knobs are also the taps. The bit the water comes out is the faucet.
titianwasp · 1947 points · Posted at 00:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could go hardcore and call them spigots.
Zediac · 1307 points · Posted at 00:31:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm more of a softcore, story driven, spigot guy.
Rymesayer · 26 points · Posted at 01:22:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girthy spigot
Cryoarchitect · 11 points · Posted at 01:51:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you moved by the holy spigot?
Baron-Greenback · 9 points · Posted at 01:46:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need to try to live a little more outside your comfort zone. Embrace spigotism in all it wonder and glory
JonTomorrow · 21 points · Posted at 02:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, my mom raised me a little better thanfor me to be a spigot.
Drew707 · 7 points · Posted at 03:35:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great comment, just too far down stream to get the up votes you deserve.
account_not_valid · 3 points · Posted at 06:23:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I was raised to embrace all forms of water delivery devices as being equal, and to not be narrow-minded and spigotted.
ninjaguy0322 · 2 points · Posted at 07:43:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Atleast it's not loli spigot
i-am-red-w · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You deserve an award.
1100320873 · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m more of a hardcore hydrovalve kinda guy
mark8992 · 2 points · Posted at 10:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here in the Deep South of the US they call em spickets.
we_are_15 · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m no spigot! Half my water faucets have two taps!
GetYourMotherPlease · 31 points · Posted at 00:39:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fuck did you call me?
Nixxuz · 3 points · Posted at 02:09:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I asked if you are wearing a thong...
Edit for the autocorrect...
macaeryk · 23 points · Posted at 01:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don’t tolerate spigotry here, friend.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:23:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I love Reddit. You fuggin weirdos.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 00:47:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmm yeah daddy don't stop, call me your little spigot
CRolandson · 5 points · Posted at 04:12:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The spigot is what the water comes out of
Leaf_Rotator · 9 points · Posted at 01:08:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fluid flow rate adjustment valves.
Hypersapien · 4 points · Posted at 03:28:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought the faucet was the spigot.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like that’s one of the little things that makes you seem old
titianwasp · 4 points · Posted at 03:02:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Family of engineers. We’re born old.
LegitCummer · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You really shouldn't use that word..
flyopie · 2 points · Posted at 02:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was just talking to my cousin and kept calling it a spigot and he had no clue what I was talking about. Couldn't figure out how to describe it to him properly so just go show him. He says, "oh the water hole." Wut.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mostly unrelated, but the many names given to any device that produces water is a constant source for frustration for me. I do residential remodel, and my boss is constantly correcting customers about the "right way". Sir we are standing in a garden bed and this gentleman is pointing at a device what you would hook a hose up to, we all know what he means. That and insisting clients call it a range instead of a stove.
MoranthMunitions · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't. Cause a spigot is a plain end of pipe, and not specifically a fitting like a faucet is, so calling it that increases ambiguity.
account_not_valid · 2 points · Posted at 06:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the ultra-hardcore term is "cock". In an emergency, you need to know where your stop-cock is located.
GlockAF · 2 points · Posted at 18:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The spigot is the pipe that the water comes out. The knobs are attached to the valves. Not the same thing
MrMittins25 · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Screw valves
bronx_clearbag · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i go old school and call them cocks.
Spoon_Elemental · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I call them whirly water knobs.
Gotelc · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And for some reason if they are outside and threaded they are bibbs.
meriluv · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not the politically correct term.
pterrorgrine · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could go extra hardcore and call them "spickets" even though it's got a fucking G in it.
Dica92 · 1 points · Posted at 08:24:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spigots are the ones you find outside and have threads to attach a hose.
illTwinkleYourStar · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A spigot is the faucet.
XylophoneSkellington · 1 points · Posted at 10:38:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spickets
madeanotheraccount · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's no need for that kind of language.
KeanuWithCats · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you dig it like a spigot?
LumbermanDan · -1 points · Posted at 03:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spigot is where the water comes out. You turn the faucets
bean-cat · 0 points · Posted at 01:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you mean to tell me it’s not pronounced “spicket”
CrypticSniper · 17 points · Posted at 01:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Go back to Yankee Land you Yank /s
Cal-Ani · 6 points · Posted at 01:31:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're... darn tooting... I will. Y'all. Burger. 5th amendment. (I'm not actually American. Am I doing okay?)
QuinceDaPence · 1 points · Posted at 18:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, they mentioned Yankeeland and you went Dixieland so...
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 01:57:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a Midwesterner, we call the faucet the tap here.
archiminos · 7 points · Posted at 02:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not in England
Cal-Ani · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do either of 'spigot' or 'spout' work for you?
Satokech · 6 points · Posted at 03:25:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s all a tap.
vercetti87 · 11 points · Posted at 02:01:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Australian, I find it interesting that Americans call taps faucets. Because tap is too simple.
Cal-Ani · 6 points · Posted at 02:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, 'tap' can refer to the whole assembly, right? But when you're getting granular, the tap is the bit that controls the water flow (unless I am much mistaken), which is controlled by the knobs. The water then comes out the faucet/spigot/spout.
vercetti87 · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You might be right about that. It's just that I never hear anyone here call it anything other than a tap.
bmxbikeco · 3 points · Posted at 01:25:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me when I was growing up I always thought the monitor was the computer.
nikkuhlee · 2 points · Posted at 01:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was little (okay, until I was nearly an adult) I thought it was “flaucet”... I know it’s wrong now but I mispronounce it anyway because it’s just... that’s just what I call it. It sounds wrong otherwise.
Cal-Ani · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My kid is full of those. "Doonta" is probably my favourite, especially since she cracks it at you if you try to correct her. My wife and I have just adopted most of them.
Hi-There5 · 2 points · Posted at 08:16:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In england faucets are called taps
ozdrew · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spout
matt7259 · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoa whoa whoa. I don't have a PhD. Someone ELI5?
JoeyJoJo_the_first · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also tap handles, and faucets can also be called tap-heads or spouts, and probably many other things!
Yay international english!
bolpo33 · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*Unless you speak British English where I believe the entire thing is a tap
Pythonixx · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Australia we call the whole thing a tap. Knobs and faucet are just a tap
roffvald · 14 points · Posted at 01:23:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, he's calling you and your partner knobs.
Toaster97 · 11 points · Posted at 01:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I was reading this reddit post, and a user didn’t know what a “knob” was
naeskivvies · 5 points · Posted at 02:06:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What did you do today, dear?
Oh not much, thanked a guy for taking knobs off the tip of my tongue...
adudeguyman · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me that English is not your native language.
behindthesmiles- · 3 points · Posted at 06:12:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhmmm......
soup2nuts · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet he knew they are called knobs.
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes he probably does.
cyril0 · -8 points · Posted at 00:42:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The knobs are the taps, the thing you call tap is actually called the faucet. The sink is the basin the water falls in to. How are you an adult and not know this?
Hey guys this one time I was on reddit and /u/behindthesmiles didn't know what a faucet or tap were called. I for one blame their parents and genetics and the republican party! ;-)
TheVentiLebowski · 68 points · Posted at 00:33:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No need to insult OP and his roommate.
somecatgirl · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha I was about to make this same joke!
wayoverpaid · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too. No one is original here
somecatgirl · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe the 3 of us just have REALLY good humor haha
TreyLastname · 19 points · Posted at 00:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Listen, you dont gotta just go and call him a knob, das rood
ThomasTheBadWriter · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice pfp my guy
TreyLastname · 2 points · Posted at 02:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks! Recently got it, new
ThomasTheBadWriter · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/cockroachgang
barb_ster · 9 points · Posted at 00:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This response might be better than the original comment.
jayd16 · 3 points · Posted at 07:55:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So there I was reading reddit this one time and a commenter was acting all high and mighty about how to use a sink but didn't even know the name for "faucet handle." How do they not know this?
accomplicated · 5 points · Posted at 00:57:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There were three knobs in this story.
NoGiNoProblem · 10 points · Posted at 00:15:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be rude!
shit_cat_jesus · 4 points · Posted at 00:37:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a lot of Europe it's common to have completely seperate taps and knobs for hot and cold water. If heard it really throws people off the first time they see two taps next to each other.
AFrankExchangOfViews · 5 points · Posted at 02:10:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OP is British. Over there they're called the twisty-turney-freezy-burnies.
ISureDoLikePickles · 1 points · Posted at 20:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Twistey-turney-freezy-burney-splishy-splashy-wet-dispenser
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:45:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know he’s an idiot, but don’t call him names..
Sicariodayof · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Looks like they are perfect for each other
jpainphx · 3 points · Posted at 02:49:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/wildbeef
zehamberglar · 3 points · Posted at 04:03:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's no need to call them names.
Mr_MacGrubber · 3 points · Posted at 04:10:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I stayed at a place in London once. The bathroom had towel warming racks connected to the radiator. Mine wasn’t working and I told the girl at the desk “my knob isn’t working on the towel warmer”...I immediately realized my mistake. She started laughing and said “what are you doing puttin your knob on the towel warmer?!” It was quite hilarious.
Jake1611 · 2 points · Posted at 00:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heh Knobs
saint7412369 · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taps
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 1 points · Posted at 00:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I'm no good with trumpet
WizendOldMan · 2 points · Posted at 01:06:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
valves, controls, faucets, thing-a-ma-bobs, dealies, whats-iss.
nicespicypizza · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s no need to be like that mate.
inanepyro · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every knob deserves a good turn
mrpsychon · 2 points · Posted at 01:35:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ikr, such a knoob
2059FF · 2 points · Posted at 02:01:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A wizard's sink has two knobs on the side.
Nixxuz · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those are the handles for the things called valves.
Elthrowawayed · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Faucet boobs.
yawnknown · 2 points · Posted at 02:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a pair of knobs
amitymachine · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/IfrrmJNgR4g
ItsATerribleLife · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are more than two knobs in that kitchen, me thinks
ScrapieShark · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or handles, depending on the setup
lolsal · 2 points · Posted at 03:04:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck this is better than op
Sonja_Blu · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taps. The things you turn are the taps, the thing the water comes out of is a faucet.
LiquidDreamtime · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If these two have kids....their roommates will have done stories to contribute to this thread in 22 yrs.
doug4130 · 2 points · Posted at 04:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
three of those things including op
Odin16596 · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What'd you call us?!
JustBlameJosh · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey now, don’t insult them with British slang! They didn’t know!
mh985 · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey you don't have to insult him...
Leakyradio · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Handles?
DeusExMangaka · 2 points · Posted at 06:20:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t have to insult OP and their wife
SubtleMockery · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're called Dealies
G_DuBs · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was funnier than the actually comment. Thank you for this.
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm surprised too. I just typed three words 8 hours ago and I get lambasted and flooded
Ganja_Gorilla · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have to specify the partner sounds like a knob as well.
Octabubble · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This caught my attention too (that he didn't know the name I mean)
pennycenturie · 2 points · Posted at 19:39:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I would say they could be called "taps" but the part where the water comes out can also be a "tap," however the part where the water comes out is the "faucet" while the two knobs are less so "faucets."
BassBeerNBabes · 2 points · Posted at 00:25:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey be nice, he didn't know.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:43:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
balanaise · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somehow this tiny exchange perfectly represents how everything is held together with duct tape and the internet right now
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 2 points · Posted at 05:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, and somehow my inbox got lamblasted
reelfishy · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I prefer "turny things"
Gamer_Jack_Gameson · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The clear stuff that comes out is water. It's safe to drink.
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's "drink"?
sagbon98 · 1 points · Posted at 10:06:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You got gold for it too. This is too good hahahaha
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't even know what I said.
kitskill · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who are you calling knobs?!
LaUNCHandSmASH · 329 points · Posted at 22:18:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't that a British thing? I swear I saw Tom Scott do a video about it. I don't remember why though.
[deleted] · 304 points · Posted at 23:36:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Dynamoboo · 32 points · Posted at 01:31:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I (British) took my Canadian bf to England for the first time to meet the family I had to show him how you could still wash your face with those double taps without filling the sink. Turn taps on, cup hands and move between both to collect the appropriate amount of each water to create the optimum face splashing temperature. He still doesn't get it. That and doors between each and every room.
timeinvariant · 12 points · Posted at 01:53:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m intrigued what the doors thing is about
Wotmaaate · 21 points · Posted at 02:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a feeling it has to do with the climate. An open plan house would be absolutely freezing and expensive to heat compared to one where you can close doors and contain heat in certain rooms.
We have both layouts in Aus. Generally you'll find more open plan homes up north were it's warmer. The older houses down south are generally full of doors to close off areas of the house during winter.
Pandaburn · 9 points · Posted at 04:41:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense, but I live in Massachusetts, and our winters get colder than England. Still, most houses only have doors on the bathrooms and bedrooms.
superlethalman · 4 points · Posted at 13:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoa, that's weird. I never thought doors between every room wasn't a universal thing. Open plan is definitely in the minority here in Ireland.
Wotmaaate · 1 points · Posted at 11:06:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got no idea man. I was just guesstimating. It was the only logical explanation that stood out. Obviously individual style and wants of the builder come into play.
timeinvariant · 9 points · Posted at 07:00:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so stuck in my own world (I’m Irish and live in Britain) I never even considered that there wouldn’t be a door in a doorway
Mind blown
Angel_Omachi · 6 points · Posted at 02:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fire regulations mainly.
timeinvariant · 4 points · Posted at 06:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was literally only when you said this that I understood that other people’s houses don’t have doors (like doors you close as opposed to doorways) between each room
I’m Irish and living in U.K. so it never occurred to me that there was anything odd about it as it’s the same between those countries
TIL!
Dynamoboo · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And perhaps smaller houses and a need to block noise/have some semblance of solitude without resorting to your bedroom. I know in both my houses growing up we were basically on top of each other and I didn't consider our house to be unusually small.
prettygin · 9 points · Posted at 04:14:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The hand cupping thing is awful though, you just go between scalding and freezing your hands. I just use the hot water tap and try to wash my face quickly before it warms up too much. And how are you supposed to do the dishes with two taps? God I wish I had mixer taps.
jarofartichokehearts · 1 points · Posted at 19:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surely if you're doing the dishes then you'll be filling the basin anyway, so you just turn both taps on and fill with the proportion of each you need for your desired temperature
prettygin · 2 points · Posted at 21:00:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I don't fill the basin, I use running water. Filling the basin means the water just gets dirtier as you go along doesn't it? Same with the washing up bowl thing?
jarofartichokehearts · 1 points · Posted at 21:32:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When washing up by hand you should start with the cleanest plates and progress to the dirtiest dishes, and if you have a lot to wash up then you might need to empty the basin halfway through. If you are so inclined, you can use running water to rinse the soap off or fill another basin with non-soapy water. In general filling the basin will save a lot of water unless you only need to wash up a few pieces of cutlery (although if you have a dishwasher installed this will save more water still)
ginns32 · 3 points · Posted at 02:31:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol it's like this in older houses and buildings in Massachusetts too. I have absolutely done the hand cupping thing. Pretty much every school or church has the sinks like this I think because they are just old and haven't been updated. And the doors to each room is helpful in Boston apartments because some people will use the living room as another bedroom to save money. Works out fine since there's a door to it. You'll see apartment listings for one bedroom with extra room with door for living room or extra bedroom.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 03:09:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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ginns32 · 1 points · Posted at 18:33:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a skill ha ha
SaintofMysteryCat · 14 points · Posted at 01:24:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bathroom sink in California has separate faucets for hot and cold. It's infuriatingly useless
shoulderknees · 8 points · Posted at 01:22:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you also have the weird technology in between: single tap, but not actual mixer. One side of the stream is cold, the other side a boiling hot. Got that once, that was dreadful.
JP193 · 4 points · Posted at 01:29:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, the old "school scorcher".
dieinafirenazi · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old American houses can have hot and cold coming from different spigots as well. My bathroom did when I was young, and I looked an apartment that actually had that in the kitchen too.
cr0n1c · 0 points · Posted at 03:55:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The mixer is called a "dual cam" and was invented by Moen. Which is likely why a faucet manufacturer uses his name. I heard this on a radio show like 15 years ago and it stuck... I'm too lazy too fact check myself.
DejoMasters · 130 points · Posted at 23:48:41 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're thinking of having two seperate taps for hot and cold water (which Tom Scott did do a video on and it is a British thing). The roommate had a mixer tap (one tap for both hot and cold water) and thought you could only run one at a time, which is a level of daft outrageous even for the UK.
Liapocalypse1 · 6 points · Posted at 01:48:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's also an American thing. You can find them here in older buildings that haven't gotten a lot of updating, like churches and schools.
WannieTheSane · 6 points · Posted at 01:40:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen that very rarely in Canada in old homes.
finnw · 1 points · Posted at 17:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Outrageous but not unknown. The house I grew up in had mixers where it shouldn't have, because the hot water came through a reservoir in the loft but the cold water did not so the pressure was vastly different. If you tried to turn both on at once it would force cold water back through the hot pipe in the wrong direction. Harmless, as long as the overflow pipe on the reservoir is in good working order, but the plumber really should not have installed those mixers.
Zsigio · 173 points · Posted at 23:08:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yes he did. It was because the
hotwarm water was stored in large reservoirs, and sometimes the water stayed in those for quite a while, and they didn't want to contaminate the cold "safe" water with it.https://youtu.be/HfHgUu_8KgA
Upnorth4 · 8 points · Posted at 00:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had those everywhere when I lived in Michigan. It was super cold there so many buildings had a boiler room that was used as a heater and furnace.
Squishy-Cthulhu · 8 points · Posted at 01:47:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. We found bloated rat corpses in ours. Never brush your teeth with hot water.
GrumpyMammoth · 4 points · Posted at 01:39:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. A quarter century of existence, with time spent in mainland Europe, UK and Australia, and about 7 years on reddit, and I STILL had absolutely no fucking idea this was the reason for the separate taps! Thank you!
Kered13 · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was about having two faucets though, not two knobs with one faucet.
adudeguyman · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL
dabman · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta wash your hands and clean the plates with the undrinkable water, obviously!
ksavage68 · 0 points · Posted at 02:36:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But the hot water is so hot it kills any bad things in it. It’s usually over 165.
Zsigio · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Warm water, sorry.
behindthesmiles- · 5 points · Posted at 23:51:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
No idea who Tom Scott is sorry, but yes I'm in UK.
The-True-Kehlder · 10 points · Posted at 01:16:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tom Scott is a knowledge Youtuber. His videos are on interesting things you might not know. He just did a video on the link between what version of "Jingle bells, Batman smells" you sing based on cultural knowledge of the Simpsons and where you grew up.
Kered13 · 4 points · Posted at 02:14:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tl;dr: Robin has always laid an egg in the US, but in the UK he flew away unless you grew up with the Simpsons.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found that video fascinating, because I apparently had the ‘British’ version, despite being American.
The funny thing is that from ages 6-7 I went to an international school with plenty of British children. It made me question what other little things stuck with me from those times.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am American and just found out about him. It's quite the rabbit hole on youtube.
JakeGrey · 5 points · Posted at 02:10:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Short-ish version for why: British houses built before the mid 1990s usually have a small boiler that stores water and heats it over time rather than an on-demand water heater. The insides of these boilers tend to accumulate limescale and other gunk over time, and what comes out is safe to wash with but you wouldn't want to drink or brush your teeth with it unless you're an ardent worshipper of Nurgle.
In order to install a mixer tap in the kitchen or bathroom sinks, you'd have to rip out the old boiler and fit a new water heater system to be compliant with UK building codes. (And you can get in a hell of a lot of trouble for ignoring this rule, because it can potentially backwash into the mains water supply, and did I mention you really don't want to drink what comes out of a decades-old boiler that's never been cleaned?) Most people will hold off on that until the boiler needs replacing anyway.
yaosio · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US we use hot water heater tanks that hold the hot water in a tank. They are set to a temperature high enough to kill any bacteria in the tank. The scale does not come out as it's stuck at the bottom or stuck on the sides, but you can still clean it by emptying out the tank from an outlet at the bottom of the tank.
Here's a video about hot water heaters. https://youtu.be/PvpnBWbyy94
furexfurex · 3 points · Posted at 01:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No what tom scott was talking about it two completely separate taps, two streams of water with an input each. This is one stream with two inputs
Dabozs · 3 points · Posted at 02:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many british houses have separate faucet for hot and cold. Mostly in the bathroom though but still an oddity. I think it's just something really old that just never got changed. Just like the carpet flooring. All but one house i have been to here had carpet floors in every room except kitchen and bathroom, but i have heard of bathrooms with carpet :S
In Scandinavia, (don't know about the rest of europe) Carpet floor went out of style in the 80's partially because it's fucking disgusting but i mean.. Look at it...
futurespice · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same story. Carpet floor is something you find only in hotel rooms.
bronx_clearbag · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
older US homes have this as well.
laughingmeeses · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here in Brazil we don’t even have running hot water in a lot of homes. Just moved into a new and notably expensive house without hot water, immediately went out and bought an electric heater to install on the kitchen sink.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any idea why?
laughingmeeses · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly couldn’t tell you. I think part of it is construction related. Every house I’ve lived in here is almost always a cement/cinderblock structure as opposed to the wood homes I grew up with in PA. It’s harder to mess with plumbing and electrical in a home here. I also think there’s a fair amount of people just not seeing it as being necessary.
I don’t think I’ve even seen a hot water heater with reservoir in my time here.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow that's really interesting. Sounds like the making of a great Tom Scott video! Lol.
Atheist_Simon_Haddad · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's because before plumbing, people used to wash their hands in a basin (a big bowl of water). You were meant to fill the bathroom basin from both taps.
MeltingDog · 9 points · Posted at 00:25:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of reminds me of the redditor whose wife hated showering because she didn't like standing in the cold water waiting for the hot to come on. She never thought to run the shower first then get in when it was warm.
succulent_headcrab · 39 points · Posted at 22:33:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tap is usually called a faucet in North America.
The things are usually referred to as handles or knobs depending on how they're shaped. Technically they are just called valves or faucet valves.
Squishy-Cthulhu · 7 points · Posted at 01:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In England we usually have separate taps, it's stupid. You have to do what your partner was doing and the water comes out on opposite sides of the sink.
bluetigeraliass · 6 points · Posted at 00:55:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I ACTUALLY DID NOT KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO THIS WHAT THE FUCK
shrubs311 · 12 points · Posted at 01:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you're one of today's lucky 10,000. at least this one has some logic behind it compared to other stuff in the thread
etchatech · 3 points · Posted at 02:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of a redditor who commented about how they never thought that they could wait for the shower to get warm before jumping in. They always jumped in while it was cold and endured the cold until it heated up to warm shower temperature. Said commenter said his new girlfriend told him to run the water first until it was warm before jumping in and he admits to not realizing he could do this until then.
Status-Complaint · 2 points · Posted at 23:47:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn’t even try to lift the knob midway? My my.., some don’t like living dangerously
Nickonator22 · 3 points · Posted at 02:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it was one of those old ones where you have 2 seperate knobs and you have to kinda combine them to get the right temperature rather than just a single twisty lever.
Status-Complaint · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes A bit more sense
behindthesmiles- · 2 points · Posted at 23:53:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, we'd been living there for almost a year by this point too.
_mikeySB · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a plumber that made me giggle like Dr Hibbert
HomeGrownCoffee · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in the UK for a few years. Their plumbing code is archaic and parts of it date back to before sealed hot water tanks. For this reason, the hot and cold water lines are not allowed to mix. If you want to drink some cold, sterile water, that's great. If it mixes with some tepid swampy water on the way, you have a health hazard.
Which makes sense historically, but like all things British, they don't let common sense get in the way of their history.
I was taking my first lazy man's shower (washing hair under the tub spout without getting in the shower) when this point was drilled into me. Even the the tub faucet doesn't mix. Half the faucet froze my scalp, the other half scalded it.
NymeriaBites · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a knob
pennycenturie · 2 points · Posted at 19:37:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate had some coworkers come over and one girl went to get water from the kitchen sink. From the kitchen, she called out to us "which one is cold?"
Kind of tame compared to a lot of these but he wanted to sleep with her and ended up not doing it, I never let him forget that she didn't know which one was cold.
I mean, I grew up in an apartment where by accident the two got switched, but because of that, I knew with absolute certainty that cold will always, always be on the right everywhere else.
Also just fyi I'm not some toxic bro dissuading a friend from being with a cute girl for some weird reason. I'm a semi-toxic girl and my friend/roommate needed that perspective, that this girl was maybe not a wise move.
UNstuck_UNstoppable · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The tap had 2 handles
LoadedGull · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Britain we call it a mixer tap. Hot and cold water from 2 taps coming out of one nozzle.
Dspsblyuth · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His vote counts as much as yours and mine and that is frightening
Fanimusmaximus · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok in all fairness I’ve seen that as a thing in Europe, some houses don’t have that option to mix running water so they just mix it in the pool and use that.
LegitimateFarmer5 · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
in a lot of old houses you can’t run hot and cold at the same time
Leeiteee · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a lot of houses there isn't even an option
TYTcortez · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't experienced hot and cold in my entire life basically I need to rely on climate.
v_a_ibhav · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well tbf, in my house when you switch both cold and hot knobs, only the one turned later comes out of the tap.
jtdoublep · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That guy bathes.
Nickonator22 · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair the double knob taps are very annoying to get the temperature right with.
SqueakyLycan · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It reminds me of some Redditor's post I read a while ago where he realized that he hated that the water was always so freezing cold when he'd step into the shower, instead of just realizing that you can get the water to the temperature you desire before you step into the stream. Head explode moment right there.
sonofaresiii · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly though if that guy decided to run the water in what must have seemed like the worst sink of all time, that couldn't even keep a steady temperature for ten seconds without having to be "restarted"
and he didn't complain about it?
Then he's a definite keeper. He'll put up with any of life's hardships for you.
behindthesmiles- · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh he's definitely a keeper.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well honestly when i tried to run both when i was little the faucet exploded
DammitDan · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're called taps. Your "tap" is called the faucet. I think I just discovered my contribution.
ClearCasket · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he do the same with the shower?!
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No electric, shower so it's just a button. A bit simpler for him.
ewewhatisthat · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read something that in certain countries, you could only run the tap one temperature at a time. I don't remember the exact reason though.
cooldude3456 · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i think this is a thing outside of america where they have a different tap for each temp and so he may have just assumed it was the same.
photog_sgt_fzr1000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hold up. Is that how he took a shower as well? That’s insane.
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No we've got an electric shower so it's just a button, bit simpler for him.
YanDan · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, not as daft as not googling to find out the word 'handle'🤣👍🏻
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey! They're knobs actually!
Coach_Bolton · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a full 24 years old when I found out there was a standard side for hot and cold even when not marked. I’m left handed and so always reach for the left knob. In my bathroom growing up the hot water was on the right bc my dad messed it up somehow. Plus it took several minutes to actually become hot. So in public I would always reach for the left knob, wash my hands relatively quickly bc I hate public bathrooms and only notice it was the hot knob if it heated up really fast. Again, this was for bathrooms that did not mark their hot/cold.
ThatOtherRedditMann · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, knobs
Belmish · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Faucets
duowolf · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
have to say i didn't know that either
katropine · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WTF?!? One of the most amazing things so far.
ForgettableUsername · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He must be British. All the sinks over there are screwed up.
blacksmoke010 · 1 points · Posted at 06:42:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive heard in England you have two faucets one hot one cold.
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some sinks do, some don't.
eructus_ · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She read the cat in the hat didn't she. The one where the cat in question is taking an expensive and irresponsible bath by running both hot and cold water at the same time.
MartisBeans · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he lived in an older house before? Sometimes they have separate spouts for the hot and cold. If you're used to that, I can see where you might not make the connection.
XGamerdude1X · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mixer tap
cant_dyno · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had this exact conversation with my gf two weeks ago.
massivesquid · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's called a Thermostatic Mixing Valve (TMV)
wildeep_MacSound · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was your partner from the UK by chance?
They've got double water taps - one hot, one cold. The first time I showed my UK friend the mixer single water tap concept, it was like I was performing a miracle.
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 09:49:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We live in UK
wildeep_MacSound · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then no I'm not surprised, its an old wives tale. Its persisted into modernity, that you should only run one tap at a time.
I've heard a lot of origin stories, that it came from plumbing and how boilers are like a huge deal and running them together is a waste, to things like the cold water versus the hot water tank somehow contaminate each other, or some such.
It very prevalent in Northern England, or at least it was up to like 10 years ago, maybe its changed.
behindthesmiles- · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest I haven't a clue. I've always ran them both at the same time. Wether separate taps or a mixer. Never heard anything about not being able to or that you shouldn't run them at the same time.
slohomo · 27289 points · Posted at 20:35:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My best friend was sleeping with a new guy. She said she wasn’t sure of his sexual history but she was on the pill to prevent STD’s. I was like umm...
Edit: okay my inbox is blowing up. She’s a smart girl, from a very traditional Chinese family. They never discussed sex or anything and if I recall she actually didn’t attend health class with us due to her parents opting out. I taught her everything she knows! I even had to teach her about lube and blow jobs, so hey. She’s happily married now and no, she doesn’t have crazy STD’s.
SillyGayBoy · 10291 points · Posted at 21:04:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gay guy friend once got an std from oral “Did you know you can get an std from oral?!”
“Yeah they teach us that every time we get tested for hiv. Haven’t you been tested?”
Dumbass was 29.
XxsquirrelxX · 3857 points · Posted at 21:28:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you tell him that the most common STD can be present on your mouth and genitals?
swanfirefly · 5321 points · Posted at 00:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my classmates in high school when we learned about stds left the room crying because the teacher implied you could only get herpes on the mouth from things like sucking dick.
She had cold sores since childhood because her parents used to kiss her goodnight...
[deleted] · 2272 points · Posted at 01:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. That’s unfortunate
DominionGhost · 1712 points · Posted at 01:20:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poor girl probably thought some very dark things about her family.
tahitianhashish · 162 points · Posted at 01:35:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or remembered dark things that actually happened and became upset.
DominionGhost · 269 points · Posted at 01:40:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am gonna go with the lighter and softer scenario here.
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 05:09:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dad was sucking dicks behind the bleachers
Laterbot · 51 points · Posted at 01:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That said, if her parents had herpes before she was born they didn't need to kiss her. That shit be hereditary
lawspud · 200 points · Posted at 01:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well...no. But it can be passed from the mother to the child at birth (or in utero). Not being pedantic, it’s just important to understand how these things can (and can’t) be passed on.
variablecapacitor · 36 points · Posted at 01:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No it's not.... But they could have easily spread it to her.
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variablecapacitor · 4 points · Posted at 02:12:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeeeepppppp
snakpakkid · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I am actually paranoid and tell my husbands relative when when my kids stay over not to share utensil with them or cups. The kids get their names written on disposable one so that they know which is whose. I do kiss my kids but I need to stop. Even if I've only been with their father and he's my only sex partner since I became sexually active.
tahitianhashish · 3 points · Posted at 12:38:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That seems really excessive and neurotic.
snakpakkid · 1 points · Posted at 19:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, I just dont like stuff like that. I'm no helicopter parent, but I just ask that when my kids stay with any relatives no sharing utensils or kissing them other than the forehead.
tahitianhashish · 1 points · Posted at 22:43:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... why?
snakpakkid · 1 points · Posted at 23:04:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm just trying to be careful. I have actually never felt comfortable with sharing things like that. We also do the name putting in the cups to minimize waste as well. I guess it's just the kissing on the lips I'm concerned about. If I wasn't the kind of kid that didn't like kissing in the mouth growing up my mom would probably have given them to me. And she did have cold sores and they were very noticeable. I know it sounds alot but that's how I am. I take care if myself and get tested regularly and so does my husband. I can't say the same for our relatives. Well my husband side since mine all live states away. But yeah I just do want them catching something so common like herpes. The sharing stuff might be extreme since that's not really how they can be contracted, it's mostly me being germaphobe. I didn't kiss my husband or do much when we both first started dating. Now that I have kids I'm getting more exposure and it helps be deal with stuff head on.
variablecapacitor · 6 points · Posted at 04:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just don't kiss them on the lips
snakpakkid · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I know. I use to do that when they were a little smaller but I stopped because I thought about stuff like this. Sometimes they want to kiss me in the lips and I kindly tell them that I can kiss them on the cheeks or forehead or they can to me.
MantisShrimpOfDoom · -5 points · Posted at 01:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
whooooooosh
SplurgyA · 7 points · Posted at 10:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really depends on if it's genital herpes or coldsores. You can get genital herpes in your mouth, but it's significantly worse than coldsores.
z500 · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolute madlad
AbsentGlare · 58 points · Posted at 03:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most Americans have herpes, many have no idea because they experience no symptoms or extremely mild symptoms.
Perhaps as many as 90% of Americans are exposed to HSV-1 (commonly oral herpes) by age 50. Probably between 1/4 and 1/6 of Americans have HSV-2 (commonly genital herpes).
cyon_me · 13 points · Posted at 04:38:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily, it is hardly harmful.
BleuBrink · 26 points · Posted at 05:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's extremely common. HSV 1 and 2 should not be considered STDs. Combined over 80% of the population has one or the other. Something like 20% of the population get it before they have sex. It became a taboo in the 80's after heavy marketing by a pharm company.
It is not unfortunate to have cold sores. It's not only normal but not having either HSV puts you in the minority of the population.
PennywiseTheLilly · 64 points · Posted at 01:02:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m confused, did the parents give her herpes?
thing13623 · 325 points · Posted at 01:07:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most everyone has herpes, that teacher is full of shit. Something like 80% of all people have it.
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Skybo007 · 60 points · Posted at 01:13:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
💯%
xXNoMomXx · 13 points · Posted at 01:22:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
90? didn't the who say 67 a few years ago?
Dason37 · 40 points · Posted at 01:45:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't remember that song
OlafShvenski · 7 points · Posted at 02:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mama’s got a squeezebox and daddy never sleeps at night
LordPadre · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought it was 50% about 5 years ago
but I don't know why I thought that
rutabaga5 · 5 points · Posted at 03:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last I heard, it was 80% of people WILL contract herpes at some point over the course of their lives. If that figure is correct then the percentage of people who actually have it at any given point in time would be lower than 80% (so 50% might make sense).
xXNoMomXx · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
which is likely part of why they settled on 2/3rds, or 67%
ChipChipington · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah you’re right it says that when You google it
kittykatmeowow · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Around 67% have been exposed to oral herpes (hsv-1), 11% for genital herpes (hsv-2). When you consider both forms of the the virus that's approximately 88% of the world's population.
xXNoMomXx · 5 points · Posted at 05:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well that's not exactly accurate as it doesn't take into account the overlap of poor schmucks who have both but probably don't know it, so it could be closer down to the upper mid 70s
kittykatmeowow · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, that's a good point.
Tru-Queer · 6 points · Posted at 01:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But not over 9000?
JakeHassle · 89 points · Posted at 01:13:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s HSV1. HSV2 is primarily genital herpes which is not common
thing13623 · 100 points · Posted at 01:14:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Still HSV1 is what usually causes cold sores, what with it being much more common.
Alwaystheblacksheep · 70 points · Posted at 01:53:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HSV1 can infect both the mouth and genitals. It can also infect your eyes. Wash your damn hands for everything.
Source: taught sex-ed
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Alwaystheblacksheep · 1 points · Posted at 11:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some sources. 1. https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes-detailed.htm#:~:text=Transmission%20commonly%20occurs%20from%20contact,he%20or%20she%20is%20infected.&text=In%20persons%20with%20asymptomatic%20HSV,among%20those%20with%20symptomatic%20infections.
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/herpes-simplex-virus
https://www.healthline.com/health/eye-herpes#causes
Edit. Spacing
ideoillogical · 13 points · Posted at 02:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heard a second-hand story of an ophthalmology conference where someone described ocular herpes as "looking for love in the wrong places."
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_okcody · 4 points · Posted at 03:56:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah if you have a really robust immune system you can potentially never show symptoms or only show symptoms once and never again after that.
There are also people who are straight up just immune to certain viruses.
Alwaystheblacksheep · 2 points · Posted at 11:37:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You can be asymptomatic. So you can have HSV and not get sores. Also some people's symptoms can be so mild they might think it's nothing.
Edit: https://www.cdc.gov/std/herpes/stdfact-herpes-detailed.htm#:~:text=Transmission%20commonly%20occurs%20from%20contact,he%20or%20she%20is%20infected.&text=In%20persons%20with%20asymptomatic%20HSV,among%20those%20with%20symptomatic%20infections.
frameworkautoco · 5 points · Posted at 03:22:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wish more sex ed teachers were like you. My school had what our state refers to as "liberal" (as in, not abstinence-only) sex ed. It consisted of "sure, birth control and condoms exist, but sex before marriage will still turn you into an infectious, unlovable mutant. Look at these graphic cases of unchecked syphilis!"
Alwaystheblacksheep · 1 points · Posted at 11:48:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that's not great. I taught in Ontario so up until a few years ago we had a pretty good sex-ed curriculum. How are our students supposed to navigate life properly without the proper tools.
returnofheracleum · 27 points · Posted at 01:30:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Even type 2 is very common, something like 1/8 people, but the stats are all over the place depending on which populations you measure. Either way, it's high. The chance of showing symptoms is a much different story.
HotSauceHigh · 13 points · Posted at 01:27:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1 in 4 has HSV2
SanDanders1 · 12 points · Posted at 01:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think HSV2 is around 20% still
tahitianhashish · 6 points · Posted at 01:37:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 12% of the adult us population has hsv2 iirc. I believe it's higher in parts of Europe (I want to say Italy?) Edit- other comments are saying it's higher but my phone is being a turd and I don't wanna fight it to look it up
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JakeHassle · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew that which is why I qualified my comment.
garlicdeath · -1 points · Posted at 02:25:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Conspiracy theory: people throw that 70-80% stat around to try and make other people less concerned about getting HSV2.
HotSauceHigh · -13 points · Posted at 01:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're thinking of HPV
[deleted] · 97 points · Posted at 01:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why people say not to kiss babies nowadays: it is very easy to give herpes to a child by kissing them on the face. That's besides the fact that herpes can sometimes kill babies, which is way more horrifying than a STD that 80% of the population has.
thebeautifulstruggle · 53 points · Posted at 01:33:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just made 2020 even more dystopian for me.
Nickonator22 · 20 points · Posted at 02:04:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It gets more dystopian every day, it will likely get more dystopian again in like an hour.
PM_ME_UR_NIPS_GURL · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's only getting started :)
morado_mujer · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know every time the “don’t kiss babies” topic comes up there is always someone who is like “what do you mean we can’t kiss babies?!?!” And I’m like... is that really the hill you want to die on? Forcing your herpes ridden kisses on nonconsenting babies? Just don’t kiss the babies, ffs, a hug is plenty fine for showing affection
thebeautifulstruggle · 3 points · Posted at 14:37:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You make it seem like people are going around french kissing random babies; and I’m here thinking about how my mom and grandma would hug, kiss, and cuddle me.
morado_mujer · 1 points · Posted at 21:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember being forced to kiss old people when I was a child (older edge of millennial). It was the most awful thing. It was hard to know which was worse, the dry papery kisses or the spittle-y kisses. But no matter what, they always had yellow teeth and coffee breath from the black coffee they’d all suck down 24/7. I’m so glad that we now teach our children bodily autonomy and they don’t have to deal with that.
Being kissed on the top of the head by mom was nice, but again, that doesn’t involve potential fluid exchange between my mouth and my mom’s mouth
thebeautifulstruggle · 1 points · Posted at 21:19:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that sounds horrible. My culture and family are pretty conservative and don’t really encourage physical contact between strangers or between the sexes. We have very different contexts.
Krohlia · 3 points · Posted at 05:54:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There may even more people infected than that. Some people who have the virus don’t know it because they’ve never had symptoms. Plus, there are two types. (There are actually over 100 different types, including one that causes chickenpox/shingles, but we’ll focus on the two most people commonly think of as herpes.)
Herpes Simplex 1 is most common. It prefers the oral region. Herpes Simplex 2, the more aggressive type, prefers the genital region. But they are not exclusive to those regions. It is very possible to get Type 2 orally or catch Type 1 genitally.
Because the viruses love the areas in and around mucous membranes, you can also catch them in your eyes. The skin is thinner in those areas so it is easier to shed and infect more hosts.
Thankfully, infections aren’t as bad if you catch them in their non-preferred regions. If you get HSV-2 on the mouth, the sores will probably still be somewhat common but not nearly as large or deep or painful as they would be on your genital/anal region. And if you get HSV-1 on your genitals, you might have a second flare up a year after contracting it and never see it again. There are exceptions to these rules and every person is different. Some people may have a flare up over the smallest amount of stress and some people may go their whole lives without knowing they have it. And getting either virus in your eye usually amounts to no more than pain, swelling, and sensitivity to light, but they can cause permanent vision loss for a few unlucky folks.
They are currently incurable because they write themselves into your DNA (more accurately, your mRNA) and are replicated every time one of your cells divides.
A small blessing: if you catch one of them, your chances of catching the other are greatly diminished though it’s not impossible. This statement is still somewhat debated, but the majority of experts seem to agree with it. There are also medicines you can take to reduce your chances of shedding. Regardless, don’t kiss on babies/kids faces!!!
Edit: spelling
PennywiseTheLilly · 8 points · Posted at 01:50:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
80% have herpes??????? Fuck that I’m going celibate
peachpal95 · 22 points · Posted at 01:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
80% have HSV1 which is commonly the one that causes cold sores. Like 1/6 people have HSV2 which is more commonly genital herpes, although both kinds can either infect the mouth or genitals. It’s rare for HSV1 to cause outbreaks on the genitals, but it does happen, and it’s much more rare to contract HSV2 in your mouth.
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 01:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are different types of herpes. The most common one is the one that usually pops as cold sores, so on a level of STDs, it's the "light" one.
It can be dangerous to babies, and people with deficient immune systems. Also, you probably have it already. A lot of carriers are asymptomatics. Basically 4 out 5 chances that you have it already.
KittyCatTroll · 21 points · Posted at 02:04:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's actually not a big deal, mostly just a lot of stigma and misinformation/exaggeration :)
noppenjuhh · 0 points · Posted at 10:56:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wtf. I am NOT going to stop kissing my kids' cheeks unless I have an actual active sore.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This does not apply to parents, as you're in constant contact with them. This applies to grandparents though, and any extended family or friends. Forget about transmitting it, just the fact that it can kill a baby is reason enough not to endanger them.
If you want, google the cases. It is tragic and horrible.
swanfirefly · 36 points · Posted at 01:24:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, her parents had oral herpes and accidentally transferred them to their young daughter, because their daughter would've been a kid in the 90s when they didn't really talk about how cold sores were herpes.
PennywiseTheLilly · 13 points · Posted at 01:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god that’s awful, poor kid
Z0rya · 14 points · Posted at 03:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean Most people have it. What's awful is the weird stigma. I get a coldsore like once a year and I always feel like some kind of leper yet it's only cosmetic.
ellenitha · 6 points · Posted at 06:40:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where I live this is actually pretty common knowledge. I was always prone to coldsores and you normally get pretty sympathetic comments. Even people at work whom I don't know very well would comment things like "Oh that sucks, I also get them frequently."
RowawayAmount · 5 points · Posted at 03:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its not that big a deal
throwaway88873 · 4 points · Posted at 04:20:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it’s HERPES man not ME I’m so super clean.
RowawayAmount · 3 points · Posted at 04:49:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh k
driftingfornow · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
(Psssst it’s satire)
ChipChipington · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s how I got it. Correct decade too
altrarose · 4 points · Posted at 05:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, teachers in the US need to be educated on cold sores vs. genital herpes and some sensitivity.
I’ve had cold sores since I was a little kid (like, barely old enough it wouldn’t kill me), after some horrid old lady with a mouth full of them kissed me on the lips at my uncles wedding. First time I discovered that they were a strain of herpes was in health class, surrounded by people who had known me since I was 5 and consequently were aware I had them. Really great to be told I had an incurable STD right after discussing how herpes was practically up there with HIV.
I know a lot more about it, but finding out at 14 you’ve got an “incurable STD” with no context about the fact that it’s really fucking common.... my school was big only abstinence-only, if we tell them anything useful they might start having wild monkey sex on the lockers! I’m still trying to fill in the gaps, years later. John Oliver was more useful than my health teacher.
Sorry for the rant, it still makes me mad to this day.
UsedOnlyTwice · 22 points · Posted at 01:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very likely as it can be quite catchy. Growing up my sisters and I would share soda cans with each other and friends. My mom was a lip kisser, too. Add to that otter pops and we all had the mouth herp before middle school.
Gotta break the cycle though. I've never kissed my son's face, and avoid touching it and don't let him touch mine at all. We never share eaten food, utensils, or beverages. He's almost 9 and zero cold sores so far.
redhamjack · 53 points · Posted at 01:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’m so saddened to read this, and I don’t know your situation but I couldn’t imagine never kissing or touching my toddler’s face. When I have an outbreak, no kissing, sharing utensils, or touching but during times without symptoms the doctor said risk is low.
snowbit · 12 points · Posted at 03:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is really sad, you’re right. Touch is so important to kids.
Tsukikoi · 4 points · Posted at 03:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom has been careful to only kiss my cheeks (practically next to my ear and very rarely), not share food, wash her hands often during an outbreak etc and because of that I still haven’t gotten a cold sore in 21 years. I think the only side effect of that really was I was shocked to find out in school that some parents did kiss their children on their lips, simply because it wasn’t something I was used to. Much more of a hugging family!
UsedOnlyTwice · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very cool of your mom to be all over that, and you for getting why. Nothing wrong with hugs and cheek kisses.
Tsukikoi · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! I guess some people aren’t quite understanding of how while everyone has different affection needs, not having kisses isn’t actually that big of a deal! So much more goes into being a good parent and developing a positive attachment than one specific type of physical affection! Literally never comes up. Super close and good friends anyhow? Yep.
Sorry you’re getting some backlash on here for taking these precautions.
weliveintheshade · -1 points · Posted at 02:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her parents had to have been sucking dick !
HaHaSoRandom · 44 points · Posted at 01:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's also incredibly incorrect. Most HSV1 (typical oral herpes) are acquired in childhood/adolescent from something like this.
Tr33_Frawg · 16 points · Posted at 01:40:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had cold sores since I was a kid. I thought everyone got them since they're so common but my ex of 11 years never had one, so at least I didn't pass it to her.
savtaytex · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never had one. Didn’t realize they were this common.
AntiDECA · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I've only seen a handful of people with them. It likely just doesn't show symptoms in many people.
SplurgyA · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also generally even if it does show symptoms, it's once in a blue moon. I used to get flareups about once a year as a kid but I don't think I've had a coldsore in about half a decade. My trick always was that as soon as my lip felt itchy I'd just put some aciclovir cream on it and it'd never pop up.
savtaytex · 1 points · Posted at 15:42:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today I learned. Just never thought about it.
rubyandgray · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! It was truly a miracle my ex of 4 years never got it with my CONSTANT outbreaks. He may have had it but just never had outbreaks. Who knows.
Tr33_Frawg · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to get them frequently when I was younger. It seems the older I get the rarer it has become. I can always tell when one is gonna pop up soon, it's a hard feeling to describe but you can tell a day or two before it really shows, so I try to start tackling it with abreva before it even really shows.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That teacher was an asshole.
coconut-greek-yogurt · 6 points · Posted at 02:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I, too, have gotten cold sores thanks to my dad kissing me good night as a child. I have a little bit of a fucked up sense of humor, so when my husband and I started dating, I told him very nonchalantly that I had herpes and I got it from my dad. His face tho....
Roman_____Holiday · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the kind of "It only happens to bad people" that shouldn't be taught in schools. Some people truly believe that if they are good people they simply will not contract "one of those" diseases. Unfortunately there is an institution that is dedicated to this line of thinking and it gets a lot of support and protection when the real need is truthful fact based information as early as those kids can understand it. The kids are fine with it, it's the adults who find it uncomfortable and they use the kids as a shield.
cultured_banana_slug · 4 points · Posted at 02:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bro got it that way. His mom did the mouth-kiss thing and he wound up with blisters all over his lips and tongue.
He hasn't had a breakout since, but poor little dude has it for life now.
Unreasonableberry · 13 points · Posted at 01:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once got a giant cold sore because I caught a horrible cold just after a tooth surgery so long that one of the corners of my mouth cracked. That teacher was an ignorant asshole
Beetin · 5 points · Posted at 04:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait till you hear about space herpes.
Because most of us have some form of herpes. and it is usually symptom-less until your immune system gets beaten up, astronauts are particularly susceptible to a herpes flare up during and shortly after going to space.
bakarac · 3 points · Posted at 01:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's strange, several of my friends got cold sores in high school. We just knew there were 2 types of herpes and no one ever worried about it. One guy in particular would have to avoid his GF when he got them because, ya know, can't be kissing.
IndustryKiller · 3 points · Posted at 03:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom had oral herpes as a child and was told by her doctor that there was no way they could become genital herpes. That turns out to be wrong. She had genital herpes as a young virgin teenager.
Apod1991 · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got teased relentlessly when I was a kid as I got cold sores all the time, and kids would make fun of me “APOD1991 HAS HERPES!!!”
Many times I left the classroom crying and the teacher going “I’ll explain this again! After I call each of your parents!”
chinaacatt · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1 out of 3 Americans have herpes. Most people’s immune system is strong enough they never have an outbreak. You can get herpes without someone having an outbreak through viral shedding. And type 1 and 2 can be on your mouth or genitalia
I_Feel_So_Optimistic · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, some people are so uneducated. A very good percentage of infected HSV1 carriers obtained the virus from family and other children at young ages not from sexual contact. Even worse, though, there’s a percent of children that were infected by family via sexual abuse. HSV1 and 2 are so common. Dumbasses in my family didn’t know that cold sores, fever blisters, and herpes were all the same thing. I know people that think canker sores are herpes. They’re not.
McFluff_TheCrimeCat · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most people have that type of herpes tho. General herpes is rarer but a lot of people have that to.
GimmeSummaDattMamon · 2 points · Posted at 04:29:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cmon herpes type 1 is so common. Like 60% of people have it. Odds are you do and you just don't show symptoms. The moral policing in this comment is so fucking annoying because it's the very thing that creates stigma and subsequent sexism/willful ignorance.
ipostalotforalurker · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had cold sores since I was an infant because my babysitter was goofing around and drank some formula from my bottle. Herpes is no big deal.
sourunclecharlie · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s how I got them, I have no memories of ever not getting cold sores. Fuckin sucks man.
-kalaxiancrystals- · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve had cold sores since the age of 3 as well. Unfortunately I was in a play group at a high school and picked it up there. Nobody else in my immediate or extended family had the virus. So gross and unfortunate. Luckily I only get cold sores when I’m super stressed or sunburnt now. Usually can stop it dead in its tracks with some salt to dry it up and meditation to relax myself. Still unfortunate. All my school photos when I was a kid have it because starting school would always trigger it. Thankfully I only get maybe 1 or 2 a year
Seniri · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeaaaaah, wish sex ed was important when my dad was a kid. Asshole would kiss me to bed with cold sores, sure enough, passed it on. I haven't had one in like 15 years but that was the most awkward thing. I used to pick them open then just tell my friends I got in a fight and split my lip, I wasn't a smart kid.
minaj_a_twat · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very similar experience, I had them before I ever even had my first kiss. HS was not fun
mtns77 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate this misinformation in sex ed. 80% of the population has herpes simplex A, it’s not related to sex at all.
Broomke22 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She could have also gotten them from birth.
Bleda412 · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many children have cold sores. If I'm not mistaken, getting kissed as a child is how most people get oral herpes simplex. It's been years since I looked at the articles in-depth, but that's what I remember.
DearestVelvet · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo, what the fuck
account_not_valid · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not just kissing. Sharing cutlery or drinking from the same glass. All the stuff you do when you have a little kid without even thinking about it.
BetterBagelBabe · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's so sad! Our teachers from the get go made it clear it was not really a sex specific problem and I'm thankful for that lack of stigma.
GlockAF · 1 points · Posted at 18:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally 2/3 of the human race carries some variety of the herpes virus.
hushawahka · -1 points · Posted at 01:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren’t cold sores hepatitis?
swanfirefly · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No? Cold sores are herpes! Here's a little source with some different types.
Other than cold sores and genital herpes (and you can get oral herpes on your genitals and vice versa if you're unlucky), the herpes umbrella also covers some things like chicken pox!
robophile-ta · 2 points · Posted at 01:56:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No?
CrossroadsOfAfrica · 0 points · Posted at 02:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god. I’ve had this bump on my lip since I was like 10-11. I feel like I just solved that mystery. Jesus Christ.
DeeJay-LJ · 0 points · Posted at 03:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F
GeoHacker1715 · 0 points · Posted at 04:21:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So her parents were sucking dicks?
bleachfoamspray · 43 points · Posted at 00:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work for a STD clinic. There's more gonorrhoea of the throat out there than you'd think.
Tru-Queer · 27 points · Posted at 01:24:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gonorrhea? In my throat?!
It’s more likely than you think.
SillyGayBoy · 7 points · Posted at 22:25:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
If we talked in the last 14 years I would tell him.
Flowchart83 · 7 points · Posted at 00:35:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HPV is the most common, but are you referring to herpes?
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 00:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Flowchart83 · 10 points · Posted at 01:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1) can actually be spread through non sexual contact with the sores, but primarily is spread through sex. Herpes simplex 2 (HSV-2) is pretty much only spread through sexual intercourse. Neither of these are the most common, the human papilloma virus (HPV) infects approximately 75% of sexually active people in their life. (Canadian statistic, might be different in other countries)
hold_my_lacroix · 4 points · Posted at 03:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I had a partner test positive for gonorrhea. I went to my doctor and asked for a test, and while there I asked if I could also get an oral swab. He looked at me like I was crazy and asked why, and I asked well isn't it true it could be in my throat? I don't want to pass that on to anyone. He said huh. Never heard that before. But you're right. That kind of shocked me
G8kpr · 3 points · Posted at 02:41:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or that a cold sore is herpes, and a cold sore can spread herpes to your junk
Jeff_Epsteins_Ghost · -1 points · Posted at 04:13:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, oral herpes and genital herpes are two different things. Heck, there is ocular herpes too. There is way more herpes out there than anyone would care to think about.
G8kpr · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there a link between genital herpes and oral herpes?
Oral herpes caused by HSV-1 can be spread from the mouth to the genitals through oral sex. This is why some cases of genital herpes are caused by HSV-1.
From the CDC Website on STD Facts - Herpes
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Herpes is not the most common STI. That honor belongs to HPV.
SeaCalMaster · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if you're really flexible
Pandaburn · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not just can be. It probably is!
YanDan · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
STD? Genitals? I always thought they resided on my scalp.
ardenthusiast · 64 points · Posted at 01:24:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, I once worked in a microbiology lab, and we got a sample testing for chlamydia from someone’s eye. And the sweetest girl in the lab called the doctor to get a new sample because ‘this just can’t be right? I mean why are you testing for chlamydia there?’ And we had to get her to understand that sometimes people put their faces near other people’s not-faces, and she blushed so hard. I still cry from laughing thinking about it. 😂😂😂
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 01:32:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Mustbhacks · 8 points · Posted at 03:13:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you sleep around, otherwise not really.
kittykatmeowow · 6 points · Posted at 05:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get annual STD screenings at my yearly visit to gynecologist, including HIV. They just do them automatically, even if you're asymptomatic. My previous doctor encouraged annual STD testing as well. I believe it's standard procedure for young-ish women who are sexually active. Asymptomatic STD infections can still cause major damage to your reproductive system.
thefirstnightatbed · 3 points · Posted at 06:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just want to add that HIV is not always an automatic test as part of a yearly gyno visit. I've always had to ask for anything other than chlamydia and gonorrhea. Even then I don't think they've always tested as part of my annual. I get tested every 4-6 months, so it's hard to remember.
Always ask your doctor exactly what they're testing for, and ask if they have any other tests they'd recommend!
kittykatmeowow · 2 points · Posted at 06:16:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that you bring that up, I don't think my previous doctor was testing for HIV. My current doctor does reccomend it as part of a full STD panel though. But that's a great point, you might have to specifically request that one.
SillyGayBoy · 4 points · Posted at 01:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes and all people. It’s not a gay disease.
Slayziken · 11 points · Posted at 01:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My one sex ed class (not one semester’s worth of classes, literally one class period) told me the exact opposite, that you can’t get STDs from oral. Someone who gets paid to teach actually told us that, and since I was 14 and figured an adult knew more than me I didn’t even question it for years
RuleBrifranzia · 7 points · Posted at 01:34:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know so many people in the LGBTQ community that still think PreP puts them in the clear for all STIs.
BotCanPassTuring · 14 points · Posted at 00:51:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so fun fact, because of this common misconception and the increasing prevalence of HPV, throat cancer rates are skyrocketing.
learn_to_london · 5 points · Posted at 00:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"nah nah can't get an STD I'm on PrEP" /s
AgileCzar · 5 points · Posted at 03:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't that surprising.
In the US many sex ed classes are abstinence only and may only talk about penis in vagina hetero sex. Gay men tend to learn about gay sex from other men who may be just as misinformed as they are.
There was a lot about gay sexual health (such as the need for receptive partners for anal sex to get anal pap smears) that I didn't know until I went to a gay doctor in my late twenties. When I go for sexual health screenings I routinely have to ask for specific tests because the provider isn't informed about gay sexual health (aka, I probably suck dick and therefore need a throat swab) or they don't ask questions about my sexual behavior so that they can run the appropriate tests.
SillyGayBoy · 2 points · Posted at 04:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So what should I say? Give me the breakdown please. I do gay stuff but I’m married but would still like to test correctly.
AgileCzar · 3 points · Posted at 06:05:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you give head you need a throat culture. If you bottom you need an anal paps smear every few years to check for HPV.
Additionally want to get checked for other STIs via urine samples.
If you are having unprotected sex, you should look into PrEP which is a daily pill that protects against HIV.
Feel free to ask me for more details. Def don't mind helping out.
TheSeansei · 3 points · Posted at 01:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uh how often should somebody be tested?
SillyGayBoy · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
6-12 months if sexually active I would think.
Giving blood is supposed to work but they discourage that just for testing. You can do that every 3 months. They would know hiv not sure what else.
SillyGayBoy · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And blood work at the doctor once per year.
bob_is_best · 3 points · Posted at 02:07:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something tells me i would have found out about this the hard way if not for your comment, sex ed is BAD
SillyGayBoy · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad I could teach.
snicknicky · 3 points · Posted at 03:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it normal to get tested for HIV?
ask-me-about-my-cats · 6 points · Posted at 04:47:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you have unsafe sex with multiple partners, yes, absolutely.
SillyGayBoy · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. Everyone should.
snicknicky · 3 points · Posted at 05:11:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if I've been married married for 3 years and my husband and I were both virgins before? Asking for a friend...
SillyGayBoy · -1 points · Posted at 05:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do it anyway.
SalltyJuicy · 3 points · Posted at 03:42:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure where y'all from but here in Arizona? Basically our sex education comes exclusively from whatever porn you stumble onto. Granted with the internet it's probably easier on your own but there's still almost no guidance or assistance with it here.
Honest_Scratch · 3 points · Posted at 05:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
did you know you a person can get a yeast infection in their mouth if they perform oral on a woman with a yeast infection? True story, crusty tongue
-redacted--- · 3 points · Posted at 05:55:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Username is very relevant here.
SillyGayBoy · 2 points · Posted at 06:00:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thilly goose.
-redacted--- · 2 points · Posted at 06:00:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FTFY
SillyGayBoy · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I almost wrote it gooth too.
Tsevyn · 6 points · Posted at 02:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do regular people ACTUALLY get routine checks for HIV?
goodiegumdropsforme · 6 points · Posted at 03:35:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you sleep around then you should get regularly tested for all STIs, of course
Tsevyn · 5 points · Posted at 03:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely a foreign concept to me, but that explains my ignorance to it. Thanks
goodiegumdropsforme · 5 points · Posted at 04:08:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha no worries. But even if you've slept with a few people, I'd still get tested! Admittedly it's easy and free here in Sydney - not sure what it's like for you.
ElVegetariano · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven’t gotten tested for an STI my whole life
goodiegumdropsforme · 3 points · Posted at 04:07:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's... worrying! Have you slept with a few people? Unless you're a virgin then I'd definitely get tested if I were you. I had chlamydia once and I had no idea but it can make you infertile.
ElVegetariano · 5 points · Posted at 04:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a virgin lmao
goodiegumdropsforme · 2 points · Posted at 04:09:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha well you're all good then. I'm coming from the other end of the spectrum as a former sex worker :P
pottymouthgrl · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope he only started being sexually active at 28.5
SillyGayBoy · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No he went to sex bathhouses and lied and said he was a virgin. He was stupid.
mmkkmmkkmm · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t forget about STDs where the sun don’t shine
Legofan970 · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's true that you're extremely unlikely to get HIV that way, which is probably why this misconception exists. But yeah, there are other STDs besides HIV, though none are as feared or recently deadly.
Arinupa · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmaoo
Ry715 · 2 points · Posted at 11:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't forget about Anal STD's.
Unknownredtreelog · 2 points · Posted at 11:37:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can get an STD from oral???
SillyGayBoy · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes.
Unknownredtreelog · 2 points · Posted at 16:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How though? I thought it had be blood
Pentacostal-Haircut · 4 points · Posted at 21:15:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is he dead by now???
SillyGayBoy · 13 points · Posted at 22:24:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know but he did get hiv and told some people like it was a big interesting secret. Not too surprising from the guy who said he went to bathhouses and lied and said he was a virgin. Guy was a mess. He was fired from every job. Glad he’s not my friend now and wasn’t my friend long.
Zkenny13 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly if this was in the US they do not teach about STDs very thoroughly. They only push absence. So they basically say the only way to not catch an STD is to save yourself from marriage. Because you know highschoolers always wait until they get married to start bumping uglies.
Acoustic_Noob · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex was a sex worker and didn’t know this
thetomahawk42 · 1750 points · Posted at 21:29:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Overheard in a gay sauna: "don't worry, a condom isn't necessary, if I don't cum inside you I can't give you HIV!"
WeAreBatmen · 614 points · Posted at 00:25:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And that's the origin of that
rattstaad · 110 points · Posted at 01:45:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If there's anything more needed in public schools than sex ed for straight kids, it's sex ed for gay kids
WhoopOnDaPoop · 29 points · Posted at 03:02:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree. I’m glad I have a father who’s willing to learn and teach these things to me rather than act like it doesn’t happen.
rickrollups · 25 points · Posted at 04:28:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I just say that your Dad is a goddamned superhero among mortals? Not only does he accept you, which is rare, but he ACTIVELY wants/wanted to make sure you're safe through his own research and exploration.
Maybe it's just because I'm from the south but, to me, that is rare as fuck. I want to be the level of dad your dad is. I've told my girls, "If you're gay, GREAT! I love you no matter what. I just want you to be happy and find someone who makes you happy."
Growing up in a STRICT Christian household, the thought that my parents would love me even if I was "other than 100% straight (I'm bi)" was never expressed to me; and, at times, discouraged. As a matter of fact, if my Dad knew I was nothing more than straight, I don't think he'd see me the same way (would probably see me as possessed by the Devil).
Your dad is the shit, though.
WhoopOnDaPoop · 12 points · Posted at 04:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always thank my father. After years of hatred I moved to my dads house. Best. Move. Ever. I have a say in the house we live in, the cars we drove and all. I’m an active part in my life there. They always knock and we always shove around. Life living there is amazing.
Also, I asked him what he would say if someone was in our home and said anything homophobic and he goes, “I’d tell them to get the fuck out.”
rickrollups · 9 points · Posted at 04:43:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Without punching them in the teeth? He has more restraint than I do.
WhoopOnDaPoop · 3 points · Posted at 04:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your awesome. He’s not a violent guy but don’t fuck with the guy haha, he has long hair but could whoop someone’s ass.
rickrollups · 6 points · Posted at 04:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not awesome but homophobia and racism get my blood boiling so hard.
It's so stupid and dangerous.
But thank you.
WhoopOnDaPoop · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They get my blood boiling too
rickrollups · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want you to know, internet stranger, you're loved and cared about.
WhoopOnDaPoop · 2 points · Posted at 04:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you, I really needed that. stay safe friend <3
rickrollups · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You stay safe, too. If you want to chat, my DMs are open. I'll only be up for (MAYBE) another hour but I'm here for ya.
tylerchu · 3 points · Posted at 03:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gays or sex?
WhoopOnDaPoop · 5 points · Posted at 04:05:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me being gay kid, he taught me about safety of sex.
leetfists · 88 points · Posted at 00:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there really a designated public space where men get together to get sweaty and have sex with each other? That seems gross and unsanitary. And not because it's gay. I mean... aren't you stepping in other dudes' loads the whole time? Is there a guy that comes in to wipe down the loads? How often? Do you go there with a partner or do you just meet a dude there? Is this an unusual number of questions about the gay sauna?
Squishy-Cthulhu · 67 points · Posted at 01:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my city there was a old gay bar that had a notorious "dark room" that was literally a room so dark they had no idea who they were shagging. I think these more extreme places are a relic of a time when being gay was kept secret and were probably frequented by closeted people, I suppose that's why it was dark.
leetfists · 46 points · Posted at 01:53:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did they even know if there was anyone else in there at all? Did they just grope around in the dark looking for something that felt like a dick?
Bookslap · 32 points · Posted at 02:38:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re not far off. Decades ago, gay men used to jam into the back of trucks on loading docks in New York for anonymous sex. People’s personal anecdotes from the time usually include having no idea who people were as they were packed full and pitch black. Fortunately, ears and hands still work in the dark.
leetfists · 26 points · Posted at 02:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds super gross. And not because it's gay. Because it's an orgy in the back of a dark truck. How did they even know which truck was full of gay dudes?
Bookslap · 17 points · Posted at 02:51:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it’s definitely something that only drew a certain type of person. As for finding it, I assume word of mouth, people came in groups, or maybe watching to see where people were going?
leetfists · 21 points · Posted at 02:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That would certainly be awkward if it turned out the other people were going into the truck for any reason besides a gay orgy.
Forest-G-Nome · 15 points · Posted at 03:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They came in groups all right.
bakgwailo · 7 points · Posted at 04:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine going into the truck filled with trafficed migrants or the truck that the hobos hang out in by accident. Talk about awkward.
Fenpunx · 3 points · Posted at 07:18:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'Welcome to america!!' Still, slightly better than livestock.
Cow_Toolz · 1 points · Posted at 15:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dirty Mike and the boys aren’t in there by accident.
quentin_taranturtle · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol people can't tell you're trolling.
zadeon9 · 5 points · Posted at 06:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, ears and hands, that's all you need for great aural sex.
Squishy-Cthulhu · 17 points · Posted at 03:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no idea. I thought it was a bit of a homophobic urban legend but one day I plucked up the courage to ask a older gay friend if it was real. He just said that the rumours were all true and left it at that.
Hey_im_miles · 6 points · Posted at 04:25:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Echo blowcation
colourmedisturbed · 4 points · Posted at 03:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t forget balls
SpareStrawberry · 16 points · Posted at 03:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, a surprising number of them. The city I live in has 3.
It’s not just like a big room with everyone having sex (although there may be rooms like that within the establishment). Usually you will “meet” someone in a public area (which may be a sauna, hot tub, the showers, a room playing porn, or a “maze” which is just corridors) and then go into a private room for the actual sex which will have a rubber mattress, condoms, lube, paper towels and a trash can. Some rooms may also have a sling or something. People tend to not cum on the floor and wipe up their own mess from the rubber mattress but also yes, someone will come and clean the rooms very regularly. In busier places they’ll have staff patrolling and cleaning constantly.
Either but usually alone. It’s also not uncommon to go with other gay friends, especially after going to bars or clubs. Often they have nights where is cheaper if you come with someone else.
Usually people have more 😂
Flowchart83 · 32 points · Posted at 00:38:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm willing to bet everything being super heated in a room that can be hosed down is part of why gay guys would meet up at a sauna.
leetfists · 46 points · Posted at 00:41:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine a sauna used either entirely or primarily for sex could ever be hosed down often enough to not be gross. One anonymous load stepped in is too many.
HotSauceHigh · 41 points · Posted at 01:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems like the whole point of going is anonymous loads.
Forest-G-Nome · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you all ever even been in a steam room before?
leetfists · 7 points · Posted at 01:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I guess... but mostly the giving and receiving of anonymous loads into various orifices I would imagine. Right? Not stepping in or laying in or being surrounded by loads. I'm not gay so I don't know, but I can definitely say I would be grossed out if I were in a place where I would likely be stepping in any sort of bodily fluids secreted from the genitals of random strangers.
EgotisticJesster · 25 points · Posted at 02:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gays, not savages, geez. Not hard to clean up after yourself.
Plus they usually do have someone who's job it is to just wipe stuff down every now and then.
leetfists · 21 points · Posted at 02:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It isn't hard to clean up after yourself in the gym either, but 90% of people don't wipe their sweat off the equipment when they're done. Now imagine that, but the sweat is loads. And also sweat, I guess. It is a sauna.
aceparan · 12 points · Posted at 03:10:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You love the word loads lmao
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do find it amusing. And honestly, what better word is there to describe it?
Geeko22 · 0 points · Posted at 05:41:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Splooges?
EgotisticJesster · 4 points · Posted at 02:33:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not all sauna. Usually a dark room/floor and theatre rooms.
Most people get it on themselves or whoever they're with. People do generally clean up after themselves and like I said; for the very few who don't, they're cleaned up after by staff.
Forest-G-Nome · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe you need to go to a better gym. My gym will cancel your membership if you don't clean up.
leetfists · 0 points · Posted at 03:24:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do employees just stand around watching to see if people clean up after themselves? My gym is pretty small and usually only has one employee either at the desk or cleaning up around the gym.
LordPadre · 6 points · Posted at 02:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea but like 3 comments ago we were talking about the room needing to be hosed down
EgotisticJesster · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The wet rooms (shower, spa, wet sauna) can be hosed. Other rooms (lounges, dry sauna, theatre, dark room) need wiping.
gnflannigan · 5 points · Posted at 03:23:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one in their right mind lets a load fall on the floor.
ReedytheElf · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/brandnewsentence
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which sentence?
ReedytheElf · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I'm not gay so I don't know, but I can definitely say I would be grossed out if I were in a place where I would likely be stepping in any sort of bodily fluids secreted from the genitals of random strangers.”
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I figured it was
clintj1975 · 11 points · Posted at 02:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fill humidifier with bleach
Turn on humidifier
Wait one hour
Burn down building
gnaptick · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The swimming pool has a lot of dirty men, women and children. Water goes all over their bodies and onto yours. Maybe you've even swallowed some of it.
People have pissed in that pool.
People have shit in that pool.
That pool is clean because chemicals are used to clean it.
I assume it's the same here.
leetfists · 8 points · Posted at 02:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All true, but if the primary use of the pool was for people to fuck in, I would definitely stay out of it, as the load to pool water ratio would certainly be far higher than your average pool.
gnaptick · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ever been to an orgy?
leetfists · 8 points · Posted at 03:03:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. The whole concept seems gross to me. No judgement for anyone who is into that sort of thing, I'm just a vanilla one penis one vagina in the privacy of my own home kind of guy.
gnaptick · 3 points · Posted at 03:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to one once. Female only. Not for me but I'll try anything once.
Only bring it up because everyone cleaned up after themselves just fine after. If you get a rep for being inconsiderate in those situations you're probably not getting invited to the next one. If they didn't clean up after themselves maybe they wouldn't be allowed back.
leetfists · 0 points · Posted at 03:13:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine there is much less... fluid to clean up after an all female orgy than there is for a mixed gender or all male orgy.
Forest-G-Nome · 7 points · Posted at 03:20:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's becoming painfully obvious you've never gotten out much.
leetfists · 0 points · Posted at 03:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I don't fuck groups of random strangers?
gnaptick · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More cum maybe, but it's easier to miss female fluids in the cleanup.
Point being, I reckon they clean up fine.
I don't know of course. I just think it's unlikely to be less hygienic than anywhere else you expose your body.
sk8rgrrl69 · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, the pool is not clean. Public pools are rife with bacteria. Source, CDC.
the_tip · 21 points · Posted at 01:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Under appreciated reference right here.
Knock knock "oh sorry, I didn't know you were in here - I'm the guy who wipes down the loads"
https://youtu.be/uw58LU591fA
leetfists · 9 points · Posted at 01:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly couldn't remember where I heard the phrase "wipe down the loads". But now it makes perfect sense.
the_tip · 3 points · Posted at 01:46:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha same here - I was guessing it had to be always sunny, but had to Google it to be sure.
leetfists · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was thinking either Always Sunny of Rick and Morty. Either one seems plausible.
workyaccount · 3 points · Posted at 03:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The bathhouse I’ve been to has drains on the floor and a hose that attaches to a soap/disinfectant sprayer. Every hour or so staff comes by and sprays down the entire room. You also wear flip flops so if you did step in a load it didn’t touch your foot.
that_magical_kitten · 8 points · Posted at 01:25:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought y'all meant shit and not semen and I was so confused and very, very intensely concerned
leetfists · 22 points · Posted at 01:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean when I say loads you thought that meant shits? I guess loads is a little ambiguous, but what did you think gay dudes were doing in the gay sauna? Just... shitting on each other?
that_magical_kitten · 6 points · Posted at 01:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I was concerned, I forgot it had a double meaning
leetfists · 5 points · Posted at 01:40:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Context is important. When talking about a gay sauna, there is definitely one meaning that is going to be much more common. I guess some dudes might be shitting on each other, but hopefully if that's your thing you at least keep it to the privacy of your own home.
that_magical_kitten · 4 points · Posted at 01:46:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes definitely. Don't you love when words have double meanings and either could technically apply based on the situation? Lmao
leetfists · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clearly I don't know much about the gay sauna, but I sincerely hope only one meaning of load is common there. lol
that_magical_kitten · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too!
Diovobirius · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The load of firewood for the fire heated sauna.
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are wood fire heated saunas common? I've actually never even been to a sauna, gay or otherwise.
Diovobirius · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe they are fairly common in Finland, but otherwise no. I live in Sweden and have only encountered one so far.
stuffedpizzaman95 · 2 points · Posted at 01:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yea they have gay bathhouses with beds porn playing on large TVs gloryholes etc.
One in Seattle is called "ssteamworks Seattle" google it. They have twink night, djs playing and music
gnflannigan · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one in their right mind lets a load fall on the floor.
no-email-please · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just because they’re gay dudes doesn’t mean they aren’t dudes. I bet you do a lot of gross and unsanitary stuff when your dick is hard too.
leetfists · 2 points · Posted at 04:26:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do all that stuff in the comfort of my own home. And I clean up afterwards so I know there are no random loads lying around my house. Do you honestly not understand the difference?
Forest-G-Nome · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what?
Arinupa · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, it's called US Prison.
Also the showers make your feet pregnant.
rickrollups · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine it's a sauna that caters to gay guys. Not, like, a gay orgy sauna that you can pay to get into.
stygyan · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A dude, or a bunch of dudes. Back when I still lived as a gay man I used to have LOTS of sex with anonymous people in saunas like that.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 00:20:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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leetfists · 7 points · Posted at 00:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Semen doesn't really evaporate. Not entirely. It isn't all liquid. And even if it did, that would be way fucking worse! You'd literally be walking through a jizz mist the whole time you were there.
jissebug · 4 points · Posted at 01:46:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh honey, no...
BassBeerNBabes · 11 points · Posted at 00:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Assuming he's not bleeding from the dick that's actually fairly accurate.
Why anyone would have unprotected sex with somebody who potentially has HIV though, that's pretty nuts.
coranos2 · 17 points · Posted at 01:28:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've always been told that you can pass STDs through tears that are small enough they don't visibly bleed. So you wrap it up always.
BassBeerNBabes · 9 points · Posted at 03:09:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean for the big 3 (syphilis, gonorrhea, HPV) they transfer by any amount of fluid or physical contact. Surprisingly, and rarely spoken about, your body actually can fight them off before they take hold.
HIV however is a different story. It takes a very large viral load to take hold, most of what was taught about it until the last 5-10 years was thoroughly bunk. It can't transfer via saliva, and rarely transfers F to M, but transfers regularly M-F and M-M. And, of course IV drug use. But, unless you're exposed to a lot of blood or semen, in the case of sexual contact, to a mucus membrane or open wound, or directly inject it into your blood (heroine use requires retroactive injection with blood in the syringe) you aren't particularly likely to get it.
thejensenfeel · 3 points · Posted at 03:36:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is it "required"? I always thought they just pulled the blood in to make sure the needle was actually in a vein instead of muscle or fat.
Also, this might have just been autocorrect, but "heroine" is a female hero. Heroin (no "e" at the end) is the drug.
DaddysCyborg · 2 points · Posted at 07:34:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're absolutely right. It's called "registering" and it's to confirm you don't miss the shot, which would mess up the high and leave you at risk for abscess.
Source: heroin addict
BassBeerNBabes · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh I thought it had to do with preventing shock to the vein.
Also I blame autocorrect.
DaddysCyborg · 2 points · Posted at 07:35:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not why you have blood in the syringe. You pull back on the plunger to confirm you're in a vein, which you can tell by the rush of blood in the syringe. If you inject outside a vein, you just lose a good bit of the rush, and it's super painful and can cause an abscess.
Source: IV heroin addict
BassBeerNBabes · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno it's something a former user told me.
Airosokoto · 4 points · Posted at 01:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For HIV there are drugs that drasticaly lower the chance of both catching or passing it on. But there purpose it to be used with condom and is usualy purscribed for those with an HIV + partner.
pressurecookedgay · 24 points · Posted at 01:47:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hi, I'm gay and on one of those drugs. You're right in that they used to be mostly prescribed for partners with an HIV+ member, but there has been an effort to extend that medication to the public. Basically if you are a man who has sex with a man you can get it for free. They're really trying to end the virus and it's become widespread for gays.
The pill does not stop any of the other STIs from transmitting though. So you still have a chance to catch them. People go condomless more because of this because the other infections can be treated. It's just begging the pathogens to develop more and more resistance. That's the far off concern now.
EgotisticJesster · 7 points · Posted at 02:13:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Super-gonorrhoea basically exists. Good times.
pressurecookedgay · 4 points · Posted at 02:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah :(
Stereotype_Apostate · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This gonorrhoea just. won't. quit.
DaddysCyborg · 2 points · Posted at 07:39:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've heard gay friends of mine talk about how condomless porn, plus young gay men not living through the HIV deaths of all their friends, have made them pretty brazen about using a barrier. Obviously not all of them, but yeah. They would also just see it as "not that scary" since treatment exists now. But they only hear about the successful treatment, not the person who dies from a small infection or lives shortened because of unpredicted side effects. Anyway I just hope education is spreading about this.
stygyan · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the general climate has got to do something with it too. What matters if I get infected, if anyway COVID or WW3 or climate change is going to get me first.
pressurecookedgay · 1 points · Posted at 19:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, honestly due to any response on my comment, I'd say it is. Probably not mainstream, but I do think it is spreading.
BeyondthePenumbra · -1 points · Posted at 02:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude. Microtears.
mageta621 · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh honey...
asst3rblasster · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hold up
psilvyy19 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man that’s horrible. I hate those moments I have when I’m like “well shit, people really are stupid”.
Gear_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While technically true still stupid (stomach acid actually kills HIV before it can infect you but still very stupid)
stygyan · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While I heavily doubt that stomach acid kills the virus, I'll have to remind you our mouths can have lots of micro tears where the virus might slip. Just munch down on a handful of chips and your mouth will be full of it.
sunnyjum · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you correct them?
unusuallyObservant · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And that’s how I met you father...
Mercurys_Soldier · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And in the future, Trumpers explaining that if you don't get tested, you won't get the disease...
🎙️ arual_x · 12181 points · Posted at 20:52:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex. Ed. In. Schools. Should. Be. Mandatory. And. Better.
stupidlyugly · 4433 points · Posted at 21:11:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meanwhile, when my daughter took sex Ed in Texas, they told her that if she had sex with some guy and then he went and had sex with two other girls later and those girls went and had sex with two other guys later, that it was as if my daughter had had sex with all of them, so she was certain to get an STD
Purrpetrator · 2664 points · Posted at 21:20:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obviously. That's just basic time travel; are you saying this is news to you or ...?
Unclebigfoote · 1478 points · Posted at 22:34:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone wasn't paying attention in inter-dimensional time traveling sex ed....
TheInstitute4 · 682 points · Posted at 23:01:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was my favorite subject, along with quantum physics gym class.
[deleted] · 563 points · Posted at 00:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that where you're at the top and the bottom of the rope at the same time?
UnkindPotato · 33 points · Posted at 01:20:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Technically you're only theoretically at both points, until observed
Then you're forced into one position
Stereotype_Apostate · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We all know which position that is fatty
tripperfunster · 22 points · Posted at 01:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Schrodingers PE?
AustinWickens · 19 points · Posted at 01:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God this suddenly sounds like my robotics team. We can take a perfectly normal conversation and some how insert quantum physics into it and now we are off topic for an hour.
FatPam007 · 7 points · Posted at 02:50:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want to be part of your team lmao
The-Cosmic-Ghost · 13 points · Posted at 01:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Until you're being watched, then you're flat on the ground with a broken arm
Ultimategopnik · 24 points · Posted at 00:28:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure that's called dismemberment
loves_spain · 11 points · Posted at 01:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love a good game of schrodinger's rope. Dont forget there's a cat in there somewhere
redsyrinx2112 · 9 points · Posted at 02:02:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're also INSIDE the rope.
Morningxafter · 8 points · Posted at 02:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And in some parallel universe somewhere you ARE the rope.
Elijah_writes · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, thats getting hanged
Cobra800089 · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only until they observe it.
tiny_cat_bishop · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Through God, all things are possible!
earthwindfirerain · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. That's Schroedinger's Cat Physics.
Stereotype_Apostate · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you don't look at the dodgeballs, you won't collapse their wave functions and there's a good chance they won't hit you.
jj_rad · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is no rope
NaiveMastermind · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what kind of slashed budget quantum physics gym class were you taking? Our ropes were like Mobius strips, no beginning, no end.
Kylynara · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends whether you know your climbing speed.
Qwenwhyfar · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FYI I love you.
geon · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you quantum tunnel through the opposing team.
GlobalWarminIsComing · 1 points · Posted at 12:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes but only when nobody is looking
Neurofiend · 8 points · Posted at 00:19:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quantum dodgeball was the worst. You never knew if the ball would hit you or spontaneously pass through you.
evilgwyn · 6 points · Posted at 00:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quantum physics athletics was tricky. The judges could tell you how fast you ran or the time it took but never both
mikeyisfire12 · 3 points · Posted at 00:27:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I LOVE CHEM JOKES!!! Well from my perspective bc i guess it could be Physics
Dirmanavich · 4 points · Posted at 00:48:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Say what you will about 4 square but that shit's just better in a frictionless vacuum
Dason37 · 3 points · Posted at 01:48:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you missed an opportunity here with "Quantum Physical Education"
TheInstitute4 · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was already hard for my 3.2 functional brain cells to come up with quantum physics gym
tobetossedout · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quantum Phys Ed
cptjeff · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't lose weight regardless of whether or not I exercise.
EyeDee10Tee · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had the best time on the möbius lap until someone measured it
whompmywillow · 10 points · Posted at 00:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"And that, kids, is why you never put your dick in a wormhole."
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha
ShortWoman · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damnit Rick!
unclear_warfare · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I never paid attention in that class either and now I have Dalek syphilis
positron360 · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a Dr. Who joke in there somewhere
NaiveMastermind · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We didn't all grow up on the Citadel of Ricks.
Barney_Brallaghan · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the fuck Jon were you in here working the whole time we've been in bed?
funkme1ster · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine mainly just focused on how to avoid becoming your own grandpa. Very conservative-minded stuff. We need a more robust time sex curriculum!
Pm-ur-butt · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So that means George Mcfly had sex with Biff because they both fucked Lorraine?
Mind blown.
Genius-Smart · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Inter-Dimensional time traveling Sex Ed" is my new band name, Called it!!!
WTFwhatthehell · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recursive time travel STDs are the worst.
https://youtu.be/juE3RTJ4f1A
loki_odinsotherson · 10 points · Posted at 00:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What did he even think the "t" stood for in STDs?
finkiusmaximus · 10 points · Posted at 00:51:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine.
-Douglas Adams
Klokwurk · 5 points · Posted at 01:34:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ooh, time traveling virus. propagates from host to anyone they've been in contact with in the past.
Dason37 · 8 points · Posted at 01:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please don't give 2020 any more ideas
BigUptokes · 5 points · Posted at 00:36:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did do the nasty in the past-y...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:44:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You didn’t put /s after your statement so I can’t tell if you’re serious or not.
/s
ManaMagestic · 2 points · Posted at 05:08:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And that (nose boop) is the secret power of the orgy!
stereochrome · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sexual
Time-travelling
Disease
No-Ear_Spider-Man · 2 points · Posted at 12:23:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Marty, you're not thinking fourth-dimensionally!
Yecal03 · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wibbly wobbly timey wimey
animal-mother · 34 points · Posted at 23:27:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine in Utah literally compared using condoms to playing Russian Roulette, complete with an 80s video showing loading & closing a revolver and a skull symbol appearing across the screen.
blargman327 · 18 points · Posted at 02:11:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My high school sex ed was just some nurse who came in. Told a bunch of stories of kids she met who had sex and got aids. Then she showed us a bunch of graphic images of very diseased genitals. She concluded by saying if you have sex, even once, before your 20s then you will die of a horrible STD
Joe_The_Eskimo1337 · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Abstinence-only bullshit needs to be banned immediately.
[deleted] · 21 points · Posted at 23:28:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
STD's made from tachyons work like that.
threeofbirds121 · 37 points · Posted at 00:52:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Honestly I wonder if you’re daughter mixed up what the teacher said because it is true that if a guy sleeps with people before sleeping with her that it’s like she had sex with all of those people.
hey_denise · 10 points · Posted at 03:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My health teacher in high school had the exact same explanation. My whole class called him out on it, but he doubled down and pointed to something in the textbook that he clearly misunderstood. After several minutes of back and forth he still couldn’t wrap his head around it and gave up on the lesson. I was 14 and that was the moment I realized how stupid adults could be.
whatwhatwhat82 · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You didn't realize adults could be stupid til you were 14?
Aldreath · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, there's knowing people can be a fair bit daft, this is realizing that some people are legit dumb af.
whatwhatwhat82 · 1 points · Posted at 10:44:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meh I feel like I knew this from a young age! But I came from a really really cynical family lol, and I had clinical depression from the age of seven so probably not a good example hahah
1BruteSquad1 · 3 points · Posted at 03:48:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I was taught this same thing except the correct way. That if someone has had sex with two people who each had sex with two who each... Etc. then I'm effectively exposing myself to potential STDs from all of them. It was used to highlight the importance of condoms and also the potential benefits of waiting till marriage/waiting until you're more serious in a relationship
threeofbirds121 · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right, that’s what I was taught too.
stupidlyugly · 10 points · Posted at 00:56:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. She didn't. They did. I know the intended message is in reverse, but they delivered it wrong.
Hypersapien · 3 points · Posted at 03:22:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The question is if they delivered it wrong on purpose or if they actually believed it themselves.
Leaf_Rotator · 10 points · Posted at 22:54:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
:eye twitches:
sSommy · 9 points · Posted at 00:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in Texas, we had one week in our half-semester of "Health" class where we asked a few questions about STDs. Or we were supposed to, I don't even remember anyone actually asking or sny conversation about it. Shit we talked more about sex one night when my church youth group had a sleepover.
The_Mighty_Hood · 2 points · Posted at 09:23:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Australia the term “half-semester” is so weird. Our school year is measured in 4 half-semesters called “terms”.
kyrsteng · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A half semester is not how we usually refer to it in Texas lol. A semester is half of the year, and Health is a semester long, or half credit, course. Half of a semester is called a quarter. Some districts use smaller increments and “terms”
galaxygirl978 · 7 points · Posted at 00:55:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
fuck Texas lol
source: I live here
BLMdidHarambe · 8 points · Posted at 01:06:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that specific teacher just got the curriculum incorrect. Uno reverse that shit and it at least makes sense.
mysticalfruit · 7 points · Posted at 01:14:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could have just stopped with "sex ed in texas"
I have cousins in the south who became parents very early in life because the entire sex curriculum was "just don't".
Clearly the deters horny teenagers.
BarnacleManDanny · 3 points · Posted at 02:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s the same in Florida. Now that i think about it maybe there was a reason for all of those pregnant girls/parents in my graduating class. Who would have thought
Hypersapien · 3 points · Posted at 03:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Abstinence-only sex-ed causes teen pregnancy rates to skyrocket. This is a documented fact.
mysticalfruit · 1 points · Posted at 18:39:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When have Republicans ever let facts get in the way of their bad ideas?
SillyGayBoy · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How old? What grade? Are they okay now?
mysticalfruit · 3 points · Posted at 03:17:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now in their 20's with tweens to teenagers, one was 16, one was 17. Junior and senior in high school.
They're okayish now. For them it's everything insecurity. When all you've got is a HS diploma and no trade, you never get ahead. It's just menial jobs living paycheck to paycheck.
mlc885 · 7 points · Posted at 01:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well you shouldn't have figuratively had sex with thousands of people!
I don't understand why people who lie to kids "for the greater good" don't feel like they're doing a disservice to those kids, considering the kids will almost inevitably learn that it was all bullshit sooner rather than later.
bleachfoamspray · 7 points · Posted at 00:03:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh what the fuck
kellydean1 · 6 points · Posted at 00:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
pyramid scheme? (upside down I guess)
babykoalalalala · 5 points · Posted at 00:57:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember my science teacher telling me that in middle school. Your daughter and I might've had the same teacher...
nightwing2000 · 5 points · Posted at 01:37:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha ha - my friend said his kids - when they were about 8 or 10, after some sex ed class - told him he and his wife should stop having sex with each other because otherwise they'd get AIDS.
DanOfAllTrades80 · 4 points · Posted at 00:14:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't this the basis of Rant by Chuck Palahniuk?
radiorentals · 4 points · Posted at 01:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was going to post some kind of semi-witty (in my head) retort. But this is actually truly horrifying. The more I think about it, the more I think that we shouldn't just laugh and shake our heads about this kind of nonsense, but we should take genuine action to shut this kind of shit down when we see it.
I'm not saying you should do anything in this moment, but your comment has reinforced that it's up to us as mature and intelligent adults to ensure that young people get decent and honest information about sex and reproductive health - both young men and women.
Kwualli · 5 points · Posted at 02:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a lot of family in the medicine field. My parents taught me from early on about sex and reproduction.
When I was taught sex ed in a classroom, my very elderly teacher said "if you have sex with a person, you'll have had sex with all of their previous sexual partners". I laughed and, although I understand that that's kind of an oversimplified way to say check sexual history before jumping into bed with someone, I hated it.
It's such an icky and pseudo-moral way to say it. It feels like it has religious undertones to me, too. Still hate it.
Wtf-is-going-onbitch · 3 points · Posted at 00:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe if she studied harder sex education it could have been avoided. Give them some time and two choices
Spider939 · 3 points · Posted at 01:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow your daughter in Texas sounds like me at 17 in Oklahoma.
katartsis · 3 points · Posted at 01:38:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was taught the same thing in NJ.
madeofstarlight · 3 points · Posted at 01:38:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, they did.
They briefly taught what birth control and abortion was, and explained in detail about abstinence. They also included a slideshow of what various diseases looked like, after explaining what was posted above.
Source: attended schools is Texas.
gatorslim · 3 points · Posted at 01:50:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were taught that and that 1 in ever 3 college students had an std so don't sleep around.
__ew__gross__ · 3 points · Posted at 02:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes I was taught this too. I'm in florida and it was freshman year. We were told basically if you have sex with a person who has had sex with others you've technically had sex with that one person, their partners and the partners of the partners and so on. And they also said the fluids last on the body for 10 years. I understood this part as vaginal fluids on the penis.
kobyjiujitsu · 2 points · Posted at 00:03:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey I got this too bingo!!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You guys got sex ed?
DelCidKidv · 2 points · Posted at 01:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What was even their reasoning? Did they have any?
stupidlyugly · 3 points · Posted at 01:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Abstinence born of fear
DelCidKidv · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obviously, but a lot of the time they’ll have a bullshit explanation to go with it
quantum-mechanic · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well by the rule of transitive sexing, eventually she's going to be at the end of that lineage
mjknlr · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what's known as sexual entanglement.
broccolirob0217 · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sex-ed in Texas was just ya signing a pledge that we wouldn’t have sex until we got married.
SmokeGSU · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, so this isn't how an orgy works?
KingEscherich · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the logic I use to explain how I keep racking up the number of partners I have. Start the chain and let others do the work. Pretty sure I'm in the 10s of thousands of people by now.
ANAXA-XXVII · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So emphasis on the "should be better" part of sex ed.
NSA_Chatbot · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was an accident with a time machine and a contraceptive.
tattoedblues · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely was told that in 6th grade sex ed at Hardin Elementary school in Burkburnett, TX.
saltesc · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's like saying I'll wipe a bunch of assholes and hold a lot of dicks because I touched the lock on a restroom door.
rattlesnake501 · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got the old Exponential GonhoHerpeSyphilAIDSaTitis talk in a Catholic school in Kentucky, too.
Concheria · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you just need to sleep with one person to actually sleep with 8? Nice.
Kalelssleeping · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Texas here... sex ed teacher proudly told us that masturbation was dirty and against god and real men sperm their pants in their sleep once every few weeks (nocturnal emissions) because they can control themselves. apparently if you don't sleep cum yourself every now and then god hates you. that is everything I got out of sex ed. oh... and the whole abstinence thing. so transdimensional herpes seems totally in the realm of possibility.
YoditoPotato · 2 points · Posted at 03:06:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, this is what I learned in “sex ed” in the Deep South. They also made us chew up a piece of candy and all spit it into the same container because “this is you if you have sex before marriage.” Never learned about STDs, condoms, HIV, or birth control. The only sex education I ever had was from a course on human sexuality in undergrad. Had never heard of an IUD until I was 22, and I was shocked to learn in college that you could get an STD from non-vaginal sex.
Wentthruurhistory · 2 points · Posted at 15:51:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you sure that’s what they said and not just her misunderstanding the material?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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stupidlyugly · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know the lesson, and her class screwed it up. She didn't misunderstand.
enataca · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean that is kind of how diseases spread
IrishRepoMan · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Makes perfect sense.
tilobot · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean that kinda sorta almost holds up if you put her at the end of the line of sexual encounters. I'm baffled at the concept of retroactive STDs though. Maybe y'all just got more potent shit down there in Texas
Netlawyer · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reverse Lamarckian STD transmission is apparently a thing in Texas.
Myfourcats1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think I get where they were going but they did it backwards. If the guy has sex with two girls who’ve had sex with two guys each and no one wore protection then it’s like you had sex with all those people that cake before you.
Msbakerbutt69 · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But, if he had sex with her first it doesnt work like that. Reverse STD??
FatPam007 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only If the last guys had sex again with her.
MaximumDeathShock · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like a Vulcan mind meld.
Roman_____Holiday · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think they were explaining how viruses spread and how her chances of contracting them was actually significant and somehow they get the timeline reversed or your daughter got that part backwards. If Johnny had previously had sex with these 2 girls, and those two girls had previously had sex with a total of 4 men before Johnny then if your daughter had sex with Johnny it would be like having sex with each of those people, and since the chances of 1 or more of those people having 1 or more stds is X% then having sex with Johnny = a big risk. That's roughly how I remember it being taught.
NikoAngelo · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What part of Texas, sir?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was also taught this my senior year of high school by the Red Cross, who then on preached abstinence. Luckily, the internet had already bleached these stupid concepts from my head, so I knew the lesson was BS. Now I’m curious about how many idiots fell for it. Probably nearly as many teen pregnancies as we had that same year.
soulessgingerlol · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, they told us that too in 7th grade sex ed. I was 12 or 13 at the time. I'm so lucky that I had an older cousin who ACTUALLY educated me about sex and sti's.
My oldest son is turning 11 next month, and my husband and I already have a plan to talk to him about his body changing and sex. I dont feel ready for it exactly, but we feel he needs to know the facts now. Otherwise, he will hear, and believe a bunch of misinformation. It's out job as parents to have uncomfortable conversations if it will benefit the kids.
End rant
Cats_got_my_butt · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to school in Texas too and they told us that as well!
Edit: it’s something that always stuck with me. I still think about it till this day.
TheTrollisStrong · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh she may have been not paying attention correctly. Lol. I remember that lesson, it was to show pre-sex partners and your risk of stds, not the sex activity afterwards.
CatPatronus · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didnt even have sex ed here and honestly if that's what they were gonna teach me I think I was better off without it
rutilly2617 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I took sex ed in Texas and they told us if a girl had sex with 2 guys and then that girl had sex with the guy you have sex with THEN its like sleeping with all of them because you at that time are last in the timeline and would probably get an STDs if one of those people was infected
nathanatkins15t · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This better not be spoilers for TENET
smallbookmark · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had managed to forget that part of sex Ed in high school. Now I can see the diagram used and everything. What a failure of a system.
RedneckRafter · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
from WV my sex ed consisted of telling me hair would grow on my crotch and arm pits and that if I didn't shower I would be stinky
CaptainLollygag · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's someone who only kind of but not really grasped the concept. I'm sorry. I had sex-ed in Texas in the 70s, which wasn't quite that bad. Probably because it was years before HIV when the worst STD a lady could get was pregnancy.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds backwards of what they actually teach.
Which is, that the last girl that had sex with the guy basically had sex with ur daughter and the other girls, which isn't that bad of an example.
linsthegreat · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m from Texas and was in high school in the early 2000s. We didn’t have sex ed but we did have health class. Our teacher was a very likable baseball coach. He was not the brightest crayon in the box, however, as he told our entire all-female health class that peeing after having sex was a foolproof way to keep from getting pregnant. Yep. That happened.
vivalosfunhogs · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m from Texas and I learned that too!!
Greenfairy222 · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, you have that backwards... if she has sex with a guy that HAD sex with other girls first, it’s like she’s sleeping with all of them. DUH
Bepper02 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in Texas and this is exactly what we were told in sex ed.
house_on_fire_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom still believes that oof
rickanmorty2019 · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a stroke reading this
OpinionatedBat · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahahhaa can confirm this 100% went to school in texas. They had a massive poster about it in my nurses office.
Girls who got pregnant also often got "released" to attend to motherly duties. This was a public school. Infact supposedly one of the best districts, its only because they remove anyone that doesnt fit the bill.
SirRogers · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate it when I get retroactive STDs.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think they meant if he had previously had sex with those people.
HiHi2364238663 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no hon! She just got it backwards was all :) God knows we all do sometimes. I'm sure the teacher meant to communicate that when you sleep with one irresponsible person, you sleep with all of that person's partner's too, hence the danger. I hope your discussion with her turned into a valuable and teachable moment!
my_main_click · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so glad I’m educating my kids in New York.
AnishaJetPat · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From Texas and can confirm this is 100% true.
ImperfectRegulator · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look thay only works with the monster for it follows
kellied1993 · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was taught something very similar in middle school. That if a guy had slept with someone else before you, and that girl slept with 2 guys before him, and those guys slept with girls, and so on and so forth. And then it's like you already had sex with a dozen-hundred people.
heyjohnnypark23 · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember being taught the same thing. The woman teaching the class was also a pastor's wife and the mother of one of my classmates. I genuinely don't think she had any malintent, but it wasn't helpful. She kind of just ended up shaming people for having any sort of sexual contact outside of marriage and said being married was the only way to ensure you don't catch an. STD.
hereforthepron69 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Texas is bad about education in general, but I think she might have misunderstood that STDs cant violate causality.
Alpha_Packs_Are_Dumb · 1 points · Posted at 05:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine (Illinois) said "half the people in this room will get a STD when they're a teen" but like um half the people in that room wont even be having sex
Also all they did was show dicks with puss and warts and stuff like that. Honestly learned nothing
picklesandmustard · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All I remember about sex Ed classes in Texas is the slideshow. So many diseased penises.
UsuallyInappropriate · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Texas: where STDs can time-travel.
andanotherone89 · 579 points · Posted at 21:00:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in high school 10+ years ago and we took sex ed in health class every year and all of the important stuff was taught to us. Idk where some of these people went to school but it should definitely be mandatory
chasing_open_skies · 700 points · Posted at 21:22:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to public high school in the Midwest 2013-2017. We didn't have any sex ed at all before high school, and the only health class we ever took was one trimester long in 9th grade. So in the span of 3 months we covered alcohol, drugs, mental health, and sex ed. All we learned was, "don't have sex because you could get pregnant and/or get an STD". Never learned about birth control pills, condoms, etc.
XxsquirrelxX · 466 points · Posted at 21:27:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school never gave us the ol’ condom on a banana lesson. Nor did they really talk about birth control pills or IUDs. I think the only reason none of us got pregnant was because the school gave us near unlimited access to the internet. Not even a filter, we were able to access social media and in one case I had to google “cleavage” for class, the rock kind not the titty kind, but apparently we don’t have a filter for adult content cause my eyes were immediately bombarded with huge knockers.
I literally learned that the hymen was a big myth from an Adam Ruins Everything episode.
chevymonza · 28 points · Posted at 23:59:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The hymen is a myth??
hpnut326 · 77 points · Posted at 00:24:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It exists, but it can be ruptured by doing things other than the horizontal tango, and you can have an intact hymen even after having sex. Basically it’s a very unreliable way to determine virginity
chevymonza · 51 points · Posted at 00:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, that much I know. The hymen/virginity connection is a myth, not the hymen itself.
XxsquirrelxX · 41 points · Posted at 01:16:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the hymen itself, but all the things people say about it. No, it’s not a good indicator. Not all hymen break during sex. A woman could have sex with all sorts of men and not break it. For some women, exercise can break it. Also apparently some people think it’s like a membrane over your vagina which is just.... really stupid when you consider periods.
sweetalkersweetalker · 30 points · Posted at 02:32:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a male family member call CPS when I first got my period because he truly thought you could only get a period when your hymen broke and that hymens only break during sex. I was 12.
senorcoach · 17 points · Posted at 03:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the bright side, at least he was trying to look out for your safety?
katherinefitzAlan · 10 points · Posted at 03:33:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope he got a birds and the bees talk about what really happens with the female body- so freaking frustrating that an “adult” male would think such a stupid thing.
SirRogers · 5 points · Posted at 04:33:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it normal for family members to learn when you get your period? Other than parents or whatever.
sweetalkersweetalker · 4 points · Posted at 04:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I happened to get it for the very first time when staying with my cousins - his kids.
DearMrsLeading · 2 points · Posted at 08:10:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s decently common for moms to casually mention it to friends/family. I knew when my sisters got theirs. It wasn’t a huge deal, just a “oh, this happened today.” type of thing.
moogle-maz · 24 points · Posted at 03:15:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They think we got a freshness seal
420incognito · 12 points · Posted at 03:53:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an ex that was mildly upset when I lost my virginity to him and I didn't bleed and thought maybe I was lying about being a virgin. It's sad how poorly sex ed is taught in rural areas.
Krohlia · 3 points · Posted at 06:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Believe it or not, it’s entirely possible for a hymen to completely close off the vagina. It’s called an imperforate hymen. It can happen when the hymen doesn’t completely or properly develop in the fetus. It can cause urine retention in babies and menstrual retention in girls getting their first period. Women can also have hymens which completely cover the vagina but have lots of little holes, or hymens that cover half the vaginal opening. All easily remedied with a simple surgery though.
Edit: I should also add that, if it’s not obvious, this sort of thing is relatively rare.
UsuallyInappropriate · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope.
qpgmr · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM79UBTwfsg&list=LLMaTrmaoesIfdO3vPkD2Fcw
chevymonza · 7 points · Posted at 01:42:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll just take your word for it thanks!!
minicpst · 30 points · Posted at 02:12:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter did the condominium on her hand. This taught them two things besides the obvious.
Condoms are strong. Even fingernails won’t tear them (if they’re good).
No, your dick isn’t too big for one, don’t use that as an excuse.
Diovobirius · 19 points · Posted at 02:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my experience, while you certainly can use a condom that is too small for you, it is about as pleasurable as wearing any kind of clothes that you can put on, but is one or two sizes too small. It's tight, uncomfortable, desensitizing. Kind of removes much of the motivation for sexy time. I think this is a reason why many guys think they don't like wearing condoms at all. I find that a condom with a nice fit is not a problem, and heartily recommend people to find one that fits them properly.
minicpst · 28 points · Posted at 02:54:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree.
But “no condom fits me” is BS. Which is a nice thing to show high schoolers. Unless your dick is bigger than a splayed hand, there are some that will fit (and you can at least write down that brand and size).
And if your dick is that big, you’ve got other problems. Like finding a gal that adventurous. Sorry. Most of us have about six inch tunnels. Any more than that and it HURTS.
Diovobirius · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Width is the limiting condom factor though. If you have one that would be too wide after a proper 'warm up' with your partner I believe the biggest challenge will be not fainting. Lots of blood needed for an xxxxxxxxxl sized one, lol
Holybartender83 · 13 points · Posted at 04:07:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wearing a condom that’s the right size for you makes an absolute world of difference. People don’t realize condoms are really not one size fits all, and you don’t need to have a massive horse dick to need larger condoms. I feel like a lot of guys are scared to buy bigger ones because they’re afraid they’ll look douchey, or embarrassed to buy smaller ones. You need the right fit, and you need to buy good quality condoms. I used to hate condoms too, then I started buying ones that fit me properly and weren’t the cheap ones college kids buy in bulk, and it made such a massive difference.
A good site I use is luckybloke.com. They carry a ton of different types of condoms, all sizes, all materials, and they have sampler packs so if you don’t know what size to buy, you can buy a variety pack and just try different ones until you find ones you like. Plus, they donate a portion of their profits to charities, so that’s kinda cool.
So yeah, the “condoms don’t fit me” excuse is bullshit. They’re just selfish dicks who want to go bare because it feels better and don’t give a fuck about the consequences.
my_main_click · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lord make me rich so I can buy Reddit awards 🙏
darezzi · -5 points · Posted at 02:47:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But your dick can literally be too big for one, but then you just need to find more form-fitting ones
bros402 · 12 points · Posted at 03:08:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My HS didn't mention condoms until near the end of senior year health class. The health teacher bent the rules, because she was about to go on maternity leave, and she had tenure - so she got someone at the local planned parenthood to come to her class and talk to us.
She whipped out a giant dildo and showed us how to put a condom on it.
nightingale07 · 7 points · Posted at 03:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well.. the hymen itself isn't a myth.
That it's fully intact until we have sex is a myth.
Source: guess who's hymen was still partially in tact when she got married? And later found out her cervix is backwards during a physical?
Great body. Thanks. /s
tersegirl · 4 points · Posted at 01:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for the geology joke:)
FrigidLollipop · 4 points · Posted at 03:26:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mind just immediately pictured giant boobs punching your eyeballs, thank you for this imagery.
beerdude26 · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doyoyoyoyoyoinnnng
XxsquirrelxX · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God I wish that’s what happened
picklesandmustard · 5 points · Posted at 05:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hymen is a real thing. Not always an indicator of virginity but it is real. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymen?wprov=sfti1
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:34:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, the hymen is not a myth. It totally exists. The myth is everything commonly said about it.
Krohlia · 3 points · Posted at 06:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most schools just try to scare kids while giving them as little information as possible.
Teaching. Celibacy. Does. Not. Work.
Kids will be kids and teens will be teens. Curiosity and/or hormones WILL get the best of them and then all they’ve learned is that sex and exploration is something shameful and they’ll hide it from the world all while developing hangups or immoral fetishes.
I fully believe that if there was more education around sex and sexuality the world would be a healthier place, there would be far fewer abortions, and LGBTQ-phobia and disgusting fetishes like pedophilia would be rare.
Scratch that. More and deeper education of ALL kinds would probably solve most of the world’s problems. But the elites want us to stay dumb and blame each other and minorities for all our problems. Education works wonders!
danstokes100 · 7 points · Posted at 00:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school wasn’t allowed to do it because we had a student that was allergic to latex lmao
XxsquirrelxX · 18 points · Posted at 01:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But not all condoms are latex...
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 01:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Latex allergies are serious and nothing to laugh at. The school could easily have used or given out non latex condoms but they are twice the price of latex condoms.
Diovobirius · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I had a classmate with that. Was walking around with adrenalin shots and half a ton of pills for emergencies.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I learned about mine the hard way. Now I have to be careful about rubberbands and lots of other stuff.
boomroasted93 · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hymen isn't a myth
Bshaw95 · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We got to see our school nurse stick her whole arm in one and spread her hand out in it. It didn’t rip either.
FlyingMamMothMan · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I too learned that the hymen was a myth from. Adam Ruins Everything. Very embarrassing.
miss_dit · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We did the banana condom lesson in grade 5..
syfyguy64 · -5 points · Posted at 23:21:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adam Ruins Everything is a hack actually. Whatever he covers is surface level on par with Top 10 videos. Not saying he's wrong, but his videos are so simple to a situation, he may as well be wrong.
XxsquirrelxX · 8 points · Posted at 01:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... not everything needs to be super explained. His thing was more about disproving common beliefs with simple, uncomplicated facts. I never expect him to really go into detail as to, say, what the Pilgrims were really like.
syfyguy64 · 4 points · Posted at 01:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He does resort to almost ignorance in some videos. His Columbus video is accurate in that he did bring the end to natives in America, but that he did it solely out of prejudice is a modern concept based entirely on personal conviction.
Tycoda81 · 5 points · Posted at 02:50:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
80 to 90 percent of the native population had already died out by the time Columbus had come along, not to defend Columbus, but Europeans had been fishing on the coast of america and camping along the beach well before he came along. Even minor contact between the two during this time was enough to cause the afore mentioned wipeout.
XxsquirrelxX · 3 points · Posted at 05:03:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What I got out of the video is that it wasn’t prejudice, it was greed. He wanted things the natives didn’t have, and essentially killed them because he felt slighted by their refusal to give him things they didn’t even know existed.
CaptainsLincolnLog · 12 points · Posted at 23:16:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Federal abstinence-only funding had no effect on adolescent birthrates overall but displayed a perverse effect, increasing adolescent birthrates in conservative states.”
Source
tl;dr: Abstinence-only sex ed is correlated with higher adolescent birth rates. The shit don’t work.
3141592653yum · 7 points · Posted at 22:08:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got even less in school.
?5th? grade we got a basic anatomy lesson and a religious group that made us sign purity pledges.
In high school was a single afternoon of slide shows of STDs from our freshman health teacher, and how if you have sex outside of marriage at all you should be ready for the consequences. I think junior year we also got a motivational speaker on how to respect ourselves and therefore not have sex even after prom.
Public school in the midwest.
BassBeerNBabes · 4 points · Posted at 00:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, in 7th grade health we got to watch a graphic step-by-step of a natural childbirth.
asst3rblasster · 4 points · Posted at 01:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it's amazing that they broke up your yearly schedule into trimesters but they couldn't be fucked to teach you what could prevent the other kind of trimester
chasing_open_skies · 3 points · Posted at 02:08:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is the best description of my high school I've ever heard
_Green_Kyanite_ · 4 points · Posted at 02:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes me so glad I went to the high school I attended. It was awful about my learning disability but at least we had an actual decent health curriculum.
I mean, some of it's outdated now because the effectiveness of birth control has improved since 2008, LGBTQ+ terminology shifted, and the DSM got updated. But we did a lot.
Mental health? Yup, reasonable comprehensive unit on mental illness with emphasis that it's not your fault.
Birth control? Yup, every option on the market was reviewed in detail. And they brought in somebody from Planned Parenthood to talk to us about where to go for affordable help in a crisis.
STDs? God, yes. We did std prevention. All-school assemblies on aids awareness. They brought in a doctor to show us pictures of what every STD does to your genitals at various stages of disease progression. One guy's dick fell off. Everybody from my high school remembers that powerpoint.
Abusive relationships? Yup. Had a whole unit on that, covering romantic and family centered abuse. (Which actually was the first clue to me that my dad's emotional abuse was emotional abuse, and not a sign my parents cared more about me & my siblings than other parents care about their kids.) The school even brought in parents of people who were killed by their partners to talk to us. It was a little corny and hamfisted, but I don't know anybody else my age that had a unit on that in high school.
LGBTQ+ stuff? Yup. Also a little corny & hamfisted (they brought in gay men to show that gay people are normal.) And they totally glossed over trans stuff and didn't mention asexuals. But they did at least tell us what being lgbtq+ meant, that it's not wrong, what the school support groups are, and where you could go for help if you got discriminated against.
Diet & exercise? Yeah, this is probably the most outdated thing now but we did at least get told to eat vegetables regularly.
Socio-economic issues? Kinda, actually. There was a short unit on how being poor makes your life unbelievable hard.
So in that sense, I was lucky.
Klondike3 · 3 points · Posted at 02:46:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Midwestern Sex Ed: Here are some diseases. Time for lunch.
bex505 · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I never learned how to use a condom. Ironically we did learn the biological processes. My bf learned about condoms in his but he had no idea women didnt pee from their vagina and other basic facts...
hollysand1 · 2 points · Posted at 01:26:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Butters wore his condom all the time.
ItalianDragon · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And then people marvel that there's so many teen moms I presume ?
Totalherenow · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, the ignorance purposefully spread by Christian lawmakers.
Iximaz · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Midwest here as well. Catholic school until sixth grade, then public middle/high school.
We got the abstinence only talk in both schools, though at least when I got my high school sex ed at the age of sixteen (!?) they also said "but use a condom if you can't control yourself".
chasing_open_skies · 3 points · Posted at 03:41:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, Catholic school. I went to Sunday school until 8th grade and I remember the local pregnancy center coming in and teaching us that abortion was always wrong and that you could get pregnant as soon as you had your period. They didn't even mention sex. As a result, I spent two years of middle school believing that spontaneous pregnancy was possible and I would have to have the baby if I got pregnant. Very scarring for a twelve year old.
Kinsella_Finn · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was the same lesson I had my freshman year 94-95 (also Midwest) and this was when HIV/AIDS was being talked about constantly.
chasing_open_skies · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of disheartening to hear that nothing changed in the 19 years between your freshman year and mine.
Kinsella_Finn · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good ole public schools!
senorcoach · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Woah, woah, woah. Your sex ed class was during the first trimester? Sounds a bit late to me.
LetitiaMae · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... so Americans take sex ed in high school?
Where I'm at in Canada, we take sex ed in middle school. (Age 11-14)
BarnacleManDanny · 3 points · Posted at 02:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the us I did it in middle school too but it was literally like 3 40 minutes classes that all the eighth grade girls went to instead of gym a few times. Bonus it was some religious group that didn’t really tech anything useful. I didn’t take any classes what so ever in high school
LetitiaMae · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about the boys?
BarnacleManDanny · 3 points · Posted at 03:11:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They had a similar lesson else where but I heard theres was mostly STDs with some abstinence only thrown in the mix
picklethepuckle · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bröther
LetitiaMae · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
bŕöțhêř
picklethepuckle · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you in r/rgbroachgang?
LetitiaMae · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just yesterday.
I've had the roach for a while before someone told me about it.
picklethepuckle · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, always good to see another rgbroachgang member in other subs. Good day
LetitiaMae · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't understand the origins because the person who gave it to me isn't even a member so idek what's happening.
I feel like I was seduced by the lights and the dancing and woke up a member of rgbroachgang.
picklethepuckle · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as you're a member, you're good.
chasing_open_skies · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on where you are, I think. Curriculum varies state to state. We had "puberty day" in 5th grade where they split up the class by gender and told us what was about to happen to our bodies. But no sex ed until 9th grade. Middle school health class only talked about cigarettes and alcohol.
LetitiaMae · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We got drugs, alcohol and cigarettes in elementary.
The 5th Grade Day for us was splitting the girls with the female principal and the boys with the male teacher to tell us that it wasn't okay for the boys to slap girls' bums. Which had become a problem.
In middle school, we learned about puberty, safe sex and how to label a diagram of both genitals. We didn't get split up.
It was kinda of a wild ride at points, you had most everyone just being awkward and pubescent, then you had the like 5 popular kids who literally smoked at school, had friends in high school and had "serious" boyfriends or girlfriends so they had "real" sex stories about themselves or friends to tell at age 14.
High school health was about physical fitness/gym. I didn't take gym so I got 0 health classes in high school.
agolec · 1 points · Posted at 00:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Strange. I went to middle school in 2001-2004 in Michigan and they covered sex ed for us in 8th grade. Later on in the school year when we're in 8th grade in my district I was in.
Weird thing is even within the same year, you might not get the same demonstrations of this and that. I heard stories from a girl in my same grade with a different science teacher that had them going over models of breast for say, how to check for cancer, and visually demonstrating with models what a tumor would look like, etc. stuff that, my class didnt do. But others did.
I think we touched back up on it in high school again, but I remember less of that, funny enough. Probably because I had already learned it by then.
80_firebird · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to public high school in Oklahoma and graduated in 2005. Our sex ed was in depth and covered all of the important stuff.
KarenWalkerwannabe · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sucks. My oldest is your age and went to public school in Michigan. They had the first sex ed/health class in 5th grade. They had one semester of it every year through the 9th grade.
LunchBox92 · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I graduated in 2010 and they taught us sex Ed from 6th grade all the way to my senior year. Of course they were big on abstinence, but did teach us about birth control and condoms. They did show us those old ass movies about STDs an such, I loved how they made out sex being so bad and shit.
Tulip_Lung6381 · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went through high school in the Midwest during the bush years and my high school sex ed was abstinence only education. Did that change for your class with the Obama administration in charge?
chasing_open_skies · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, we got abstinence-only too. Maybe it was that I lived in a wealthy, conservative town. I can imagine a lot of parents would have freaked if it wasn't abstinence-only, and the school district always seemed interested in keeping parents happy.
cvicich · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. Midwest public high school and we were taught abstinence and watched a birth clip sophomore year health class.
FlyByPC · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd think anti-abortion folks would be handing out condoms.
Stereotype_Apostate · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a rural middle school in Kansas and we were taught about condoms in 7th grade. Also made to watch a bunch of abstinence videos but I think our teacher was a closet progressive and made sure to tell us what was up.
SailorJupiterLeo · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine what wasn't taught in the midwest in the early 1970's. It was a real horrorshow. I thought it would get better.
Girls4super · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a similar experience, east coast public school 09-12. We had school wide assemblies on drugs and stds with graphic images. But sex Ed was boiled down to this is male genitalia and exactly how it works. This is a crude hand drawing that is badly photocopied of what might be a uterus and we will never discuss the details cause girls you know what’s up, ask never have sex cause stds!!!! That was all in half a year. The other year and a half of required health was gym.
Also the health teacher told me I couldn’t be an identical twin bc we were the same gender. So... yeah that’s the quality of education we were working with. My friends mom was a nurse though and he was super helpful in correcting all the weird lessons in class and also teaching me about things like toxic shock syndrome, pcos, hpv etc
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait did you go to school in Missouri because I go there and there is a certain district that does this shit
chasing_open_skies · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I'm from Ohio.
CaptainLollygag · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you seen "Mean Girls?"
Bshaw95 · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surprisingly , Kentucky teaches a pretty comprehensive sex Ed course. We learned about all of this. Starting with basics in like the 5th grade.
Zeev89 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Semester is the word you want.
chasing_open_skies · 1 points · Posted at 10:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, I did mean "trimester". The school year was split up into three trimesters rather than two semesters.
Zeev89 · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, weird. I’ve never heard the word trimester used for anything other than a pregnancy timeline.
I_Feel_So_Optimistic · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too only early 00s. In 8th grade home living class we had to watch The Miracle of Life. We didn’t get sex Ed/health class which was covered in about a week of the semester long class until 9th grade. The nurse came in with this weird secret and announced to everyone on the last day she had been molested as a child..... school was terrible. No wonder teen pregnancy was so high. Why on earth would you make young teens watch a woman give birth and then not educate them on how they get pregnant until a year later?
BusterDidIt · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, you got the same info I received in the 90s? Jack shit.
ANT2WSP · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in the far north west in a sleepy little town with less than 10,000 people.
They started sex ed by 3rd grade and also allowed the boys and girls to view each others educational videos to get a better understanding of the other sex.
We still had dumdums, but mostly either because they just didn't give a shit or their parents made them go to the library during sex ed.
In high school, we have a mandatory independent living class that covers stuff like banking, taxes, applications, checks, eating healthy and sex education.
We had sex ed every single year once a semester starting at 3rd grade, they really wanted to hammer it in.
SlytherEEn · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not to mention that Sex Ed is entirely geared towards "don't get pregnant" and "don't get an STI". There should be quite a bit in there about consent; what is consent and what isn't consent. Is it consensual if you find a girl at a house party who's black out drunk, and doesn't resist or say no when you start undressing her? Those are tough questions with far reaching consequences, but we expect young men to judge correctly in the moment with no prior education.
In addition, there should be some education on LGBTQ+ sex, instead of being purely limited to penis in vagina.
And finally, there should be some focus on a key aspect of sex: pleasure. Specifically, women's pleasure; what foreplay is, what the clitoris is, the difference between a "tight" vagina (hint: she isn't aroused yet) and a relaxed, lubricated vagina. The fact that vaginas don't "get loose" from having sex with five different people, verses one person five times.
srroberts07 · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jeez that is crazy. Basic sex ed starts in first grade here in Canada.
NightGod · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. I went to a Catholic high school in the late 80s and even we had the full on sex-ed class. Even though there was an emphasis on abstinence and "natural family planning", they also did the "but if you're going to go against the teachings of the Church, here's the rest of the info you need".
Jugrnot · 1 points · Posted at 13:33:39 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's interesting. I grew up in a conservative midwest state and sex-ed started in 5th grade and ended in 10th. Every year the same material was covered. It obviously started out pretty high level anatomy, but later went into STDs, birth control, prevention, etc.
Puddnhead_Wilson · 0 points · Posted at 22:20:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to public school in the South and the extent of my sex ed was "AIDS is caused by homosexuals. That's it!"
kingbankai · 41 points · Posted at 21:05:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A student, to their own fault, can easily not learn something in class.
hpnut326 · 6 points · Posted at 00:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? I feel like I got pretty comprehensive sex ex in both 8th and 10th grade. A while ago, I had to explain to a girl why the pull out method isn’t reliable...
andanotherone89 · 2 points · Posted at 00:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just absurd, it should be taught better. I have a son going into 7th grade and I can only hope this hasn't been taken out of schools. Of course, parents can teach these things to kids too but I feel like they blow off most of what we say & it would be taken more serious when it's taught in school and they get graded on it.
hpnut326 · 3 points · Posted at 00:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And I would much rather learn about sex from a health teacher than my parents...
ChiiChui · 5 points · Posted at 00:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
High school senior here. I've had two? "Lessons" in my whole school time. One was in 5th grade telling the girls about periods and what not (got a little goodie bag of liners), the boys got their own lesson. The last one was in the second half of freshman year and our teacher tried to tell us but being in a class of freshman boys does not help so it never happened. I completely agree because I should not have to learn about those things from the internet
andanotherone89 · 1 points · Posted at 00:30:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a program called "Why kNOw" that came every year and kinda took over our regular health class and educated us on nocotine, alcohol, pregnancy, STDs, risks of multiple sexual partners, etc. I can still remember them showing us terrible pictures of people with various diseases, cancers, etc. I don't much remember learning about menstruation though. Im not sure if I forgot or what but I think they should really start educating all students in elementary school on that.
Marillenbaum · 5 points · Posted at 23:42:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I skipped sex ed in high school because if you didn’t turn in the permission slip from your parents, they sent you to the library to do boring worksheets. I could finish those in 15 minutes and then have a free hour to chill or study for other classes. I didn’t want to have to do real work for a class I didn’t care about, so I just never turned it in.
fuck_thatshit · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fucking lol
SnowWhiteCampCat · 2 points · Posted at 00:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My female sex ed teacher told the girls "you're going to have sex, youre going to stupidly forget your pills. Have anal, you wont get pregnant."
andanotherone89 · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NO WAY!!!!
Zorrya · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Publicly funded Catholic school in Canada.
Sex was between a man and a woman for the purpose of procreation within the bounds of marriage. So like, the mechanics and biology for missionary and babies is what I got. I didn't know what gay was until mid highschool. Didn't know trans people existed until college. Consent wasn't a thing. I don't know what the boys learnt about periods. The girls learned that it happens when you don't have a baby in you, it's god's way of keeping your body ready for a baby, and talking about it in public was sinful.
RedPanda5150 · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
+1 to public school in NJ for proper sex ed. By the end of high school we had all written reports on different stds and forms of birth control, watched videos put out by pro choice and pro life groups, watched a video of a birth, and had to spend a couple days carting around one of those fake babies that cries in the middle of the night and keeps track if you've shaken it and stuff. Knowledge is always better than ignorance.
FauxPoesFoes228 · 2 points · Posted at 01:33:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to school in Australia in the 2000s (2000-2012), and I think the biggest mistake the teachers made was splitting the kids up by gender when discussing puberty/periods in primary school.
Made a lot of guys totally oblivious about periods/childbirth/puberty for girls, and vice versa. I think the class should've been split up for the first half hour where the basics were explained (e.g. "this is what a period is, this is what happens when you start puberty, etc"), then all the kids should've had a joint lesson, so they could learn about how puberty affects both genders.
That way, there may not be such a stigma around periods/PMS, if everyone learned about it at a young age and it was normalised.
MissLauralot · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also Australian. The sad thing is I can't remember exactly how bad it was as hearing about biological stuff like that gives me dizzy spells and I can't concentrate (just about fell on the floor a couple of times). If it was every year, like the user you replied to, I would've had to drop out.
Anyway, ours wasn't split up but I think it was at least kinda bad because I can't remember any mention of masturbation or relationships & sex.
Randomfandom4 · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It varies wildly by where you are. Some places have laws that only allow abstinence only education, which can be basically summarized as "Sex is bad and leads to babies and STDs. Don't do it." Even where I was, liberal Los Angeles, we weren't allowed to be shown the condom on the banana demonstration.
g-a-r-n-e-t · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex Ed in Texas (when I was in school at least) was basically just this. (SFW)
We had a lot of girls pregnant very young in that school.
weloush · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my mind when I read "High school 10+ years ago" I always imagine someone far older than me but newp I'm 29 meaning I've been out of high school for 11 years.
andanotherone89 · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha yep! I was born in 89
weloush · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'91!
firewifenicole · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read this as you were in high school FOR 10+ years and I was VERY confused. Time for me to go to bed lol
hisamsmith · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to public high school from 1997-2002 (I took an extra year due to severe illness) in the midwest. We had the good touch/bad touch talk and the puberty talk during elementary school. Then in middle school we had sex ed but it was all abstinence only education. In high school it was supposed to be abstinence only (by state guidelines) but our teacher found a loophole. They could have guest speakers come in and if they said something well oops? My mom was invited to come give a presentation every semester for 10th grade health (where sex ed was taught) about what it was like to be a teenage mother. My mom covered how not to end up a teenage parent every time and it wasn't just don't have sex. Now that I am an adult I am proud of my mom for doing that but at the time I was just super embarrassed that my mom was at school talking about sex.
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andanotherone89 · 1 points · Posted at 13:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh geez is Florida really that bad? Im moving from North Ga to Fl next month and Ive heard very mixed things from Fl residents. I've visited Fl for weeks at a time in a couple different spots and it seems okay as far as I could tell. Of course, that's only the public places and beaches. Do you know anything about the Cape Coral/Sanibel area bc thats where we've decided to go.
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andanotherone89 · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the info! Im definitely getting on that sub now. We have two kids that are middle school aged. We decided to make the move bc we visited Sanibel a few years ago and loved it! Since then we've been going back multiple times a year and just thought we'd be happier moving to the area instead of visiting. We're both real big into marine animals and love the "feel" of everything in Fl. I didn't realize Fl offered the Bright Futures Scholarship so that's exciting! And yes, we're used to the blistering heat, at least now we'll have a beach to go to instead of a dirty river
allrattedup · 2 points · Posted at 07:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had sex ed 20+ years ago and my friends and I have very different memories of what those classes entailed. We were in the same schools and same grades. They swear they learned nothing. We had sex ed in 4th grade, 6th grade, 7th grade, and a 9th grade health class for a full semester. I have vivid memories of slides of genitals with different stds at different levels of outbreaks, video of live birth looking down the barrel, all the types of birth control and filling out blank anatomy drawings, and I even remember someone asking the teacher about shaving pubes when we were in 4th grade. I even remember who asked it... I still know her, she doesn't remember asking it but she was the one who got knocked up in college using the pill and condoms.. They genuinely believe I'm making it up when I'm like "yeah we learned that in sex ed".
Loxodon_Monk · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So far my school hasn’t done sex Ed, and There’s a lot I don’t know, any websites you know of that could teach me proper safety and all(other than use a condom, I know that much)
that_magical_kitten · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It depends on the school. I have a really good high school that teaches acceptance, LGBT identities, birth control, why not to do drugs, as well as things about mental health and even women's reproductive systems that people don't usually hear. I was lucky, most people aren't
Accomplished_Hat_576 · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mississippi, we had an opt in sex ed class that lasted 30 minutes and basically boiled down to "look at these nasty diseased genitals, don't have sex or you'll look like this!"
andanotherone89 · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And unfortunately, that class became some of your classmate's future
Accomplished_Hat_576 · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a gf that no, having sex with me will not give you STDs. Because I don't have STDs.
I would have to have an STD to give it to you. No you should probably not just trust that I don't have one either.
Yes condoms help, no they aren't entirely effective.
Poor girl. We never had sex but I hope she figured it out.
PM_ME_UR_TRUMPMEMES · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents moved so often that, since there's no regular age for it to be learned and each school taught it at different ages, I ended up missing it entirely and had to learn the worst way at 15. It happens.
eternalchild16 · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Abstinence is the only 100% effective way to prevent pregnancy or STDs."
-my sex ed class anytime a student tried to bring up condoms (graduated in 2010)
tbonemcmotherfuck · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your school district sucked I guess.
andanotherone89 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bc they educated us on sex, drugs and STDs?
tbonemcmotherfuck · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh fuck I responded to the wrong comment, sorry
zsaneib · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex Ed was a joke for me. It preached abstinence, made any form of birth control or condoms seem like they didn't work. This is not a class that teachers should teach. A medical professional should teach it.
MBTHVSK · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Sex ed, necessary but frustrating.
"here's everything you need to know about STDs, since you're so likely to get one, btw you will lose your virginity so far in the future you will literally be nostalgic for learning about AIDS by the time anyone touches your dick, we should have taught you how to attempt to be attractive to girls who might sincerely interested in your penis"
science_vs_romance · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I grew up in Long Island and sex ed was part of Health class which we had a quarter of every year. The HS health teacher was kind of a creepy dude and apparently had something against guys finishing in women’s mouths... In hindsight, this is ALARM BELL RINGINGLY INAPPROPRIATE, but I remember him ranting about how, “It’s the same as letting a guy hock a loogie into your mouth.” I kind of wish that memory had stayed buried. He also showed a slide show of STD pictures, which was pretty effective.
WimbletonButt · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had health class for half a semester of gym one year in 6th grade. All we did was learn the names and descriptions of all the STDs for the week long sex ed portion of it.
2M3TAL4U · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wherever I went to school in Canada we ended up having sex Ed in Gym class after grade 9 or so AND there was some program held 4X a year and it was mandatory every student attend once between 10-12 year in order to pass. One kid never graduated because his mom refused to let him go, or so the story goes . Anyhow, I never had a problem with contraceptives, I've got 2 kids XD
SalltyJuicy · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Arizona. Too conservative and horrible education system. None of us had a choice as students so it's not like it's our fault.
IAmHappyPants · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I originally read this as "I was in high school for 10+ years..."
ModernDayWeeaboo · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Before I moved onto high school, we had a mandatory class in primary school with sex ed. It taught the boys how to open a tampon and girls how to open and correctly use a condom. No one saw how this was odd. No one. I told them they had it backwards, but they did not listen.
I attended an all-boys Christian school for high school, but that was less helpful and all it taught was that sex is bad until you are married.
LotLizardFromFLA · 0 points · Posted at 02:55:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The quality of American sex ed is the biggest crapshoot.
[deleted] · 131 points · Posted at 21:02:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk, my sex ed class was mandatory, it was mainly them telling us not to have sex, but they basically told us everything we needed to know, birth control, what prevents what, et cetera
Zediac · 21 points · Posted at 00:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because you had sex education and not sex fear mongering.
TuckerMouse · 12 points · Posted at 00:10:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is unfortunately not universal. There are many states where abstinence only education is the rule. “Don’t teach them birth control because it encourages them to have sex.”
telmquist · 3 points · Posted at 02:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Abstinence only sex Ed: the idea that teenagers will make the best possible decision with the least amount of information.
dorvann · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And in almost all states kids can be exempt from going if their parents have religious objections.
epicdanceman · 2 points · Posted at 00:45:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All we did in my sex ed class was we watched osmosis Jones every day for the entire semester
100_Donuts · 198 points · Posted at 21:10:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey whoa, let's not just blame the schools here! Just because it's taught, doesn't mean it's learned. People can still be dumber than a sack of unused dildos even after presented with some sweet and savory facts.
🎙️ arual_x · 131 points · Posted at 21:12:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
One question for clarity.
Is the implication here that dildos are somehow sentient enough to learn? Or that they’re quiet until they’re used? I’m confused.
100_Donuts · 86 points · Posted at 21:16:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
These naive dildos are all huddled together in the darkness of that sack completely unaware of their true purpose. Maybe they're scared. Maybe they're confused, or angry, or panicked. Maybe they're blissfully content in their existence such as it is, but one thing's for sure, they're stupid.
Ya know, plus they're dildos and ain't go no brains.
Atlhou · 3 points · Posted at 23:42:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Until used, then...
Shevacai · 3 points · Posted at 00:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Schrodingers dildo. No one knows the state of the well being of the inside of the sack till they're removed.
ohdearsweetlord · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great, now you've got me thinking deep philosophical thoughts about Adult Toy Story.
Bribase · 7 points · Posted at 22:35:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, dildos have a rudimentary form of sentience and quite sophisticated memories.
Why you ask? Because God is cruel.
🎙️ arual_x · 4 points · Posted at 22:37:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so glad I named mine and treated him with respect. Last thing I want is that MF going terminator on me.
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🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 00:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pregnant by him yes. Pregnant generally, years later, no. So technically, mines Jules level at this point.
LentilLenny · 2 points · Posted at 23:32:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
you can break them in and theyll hold a certain posture after a while depending on the material
skaliton · 5 points · Posted at 22:42:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
...some schools have a REALLY bad sexual education if they have it at all. Mine was quite literally the gym teacher (who looked exactly like you are thinking) basically say penis for half an hour then vagina before showing us a video that may as well have been "if you have sex your penis falls off and you die". And yes this was a public school in America
tsukuyogintoki · 3 points · Posted at 01:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually I don't necessarily blame the schools themselves. I blame the school board and the religious freaks that want to lie and indoctrinate kids regarding sex. The school board is really in control of the school and what's taught there.
ampereJR · 3 points · Posted at 04:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! Pay attention to school board races. They are important. Districts can shift from abstinence-only to comprehensive sex education with a few key changes to school boards. I helped someone campaign for school board because she wanted the school clinic to be able to distribute contraceptives. She won and they now do.
Ninjafan5031 · 2 points · Posted at 23:44:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quick question. Are the didlos' intelligence based on how many times they were used?
KlopeksWithCoppers · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're not blaming the schools, we're blaming the religious idiots that don't want comprehensive sex-ed taught in schools.
thecatatemyh0mework · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let’s blame the schools. My schools “sex Ed” didn’t teach us shit. They just gave us a speech about abstinence
ampereJR · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on the school. My school had sex ed that, decades later, would be criticized for being heteronormative, but it was accurate and comprehensive for heterosexual sex. I've taught sex ed and reviewed sex ed curriculum. There's some good curricula and teachers out there. And, honestly, there wasn't really ever and issue in the sex ed unit with getting kids to pay attention.
Potatowhocrochets · 5 points · Posted at 01:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school didn't have sex ed, I tried asking my parents and they told me to " google it" then later on made fun of me for not knowing about STD's ( not that I have done anything, I asked a question about something they said). If I ask a question they act like I am the dumbest person in the world for not knowing and shout to the others " (my name) JUST ASKED IF-" laughing their ass off. :(
I.E. My mom forbade me from touching the iron. Ever. I got into quilting when I was 17 and asked her how to iron because she never showed me. They started mocking me and laughing that I didn't know how to use a iron and this generation can't do shit etc etc.
🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 01:11:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh wow. Okay this sucks. I’m not en expert on anything but I swear to god PM me for literally any life question and I will do my fucking best because that’s a a bunch of bullshit.
Jojajones · 3 points · Posted at 21:39:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It is, but because of freedom of religion the parents have the right to opt out of it for religious reasons. What we should be doing instead is teaching it in high school, making the student decide (not the parents) whether they want to use religious exemption and then tell the parents they took some other bullshit class if they don’t opt out but don’t want their parents to know
sumandark8600 · 3 points · Posted at 23:32:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school kept cancelling it due to "timetabling clashes". Pretty sure I was 16 when they finally got around to it, and even then it was just "Sex is bad, don't have it, but if you do wear a condom, and only after marriage. Pregnancies are bad, don't have babies. Condoms are the only contraceptive, all STDs will kill you immediately, but only after you suffer unbearable pain and all your family and friends disown you"
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex Ed is mandatory where I'm from and everywhere around me. I've found that it's less about students not having sex ed and more about students not giving a shit or not paying attention.
Or just being fucking clueless without an ounce of common sense.
sib2972 · 3 points · Posted at 01:21:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Say it louder for the bible thumpers in the back
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
clears throat
leetfists · 2 points · Posted at 00:06:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a fairly comprehensive sex-ed class in middle school. They didn't teach us that the pill wouldn't prevent STD's. They also didn't teach us that a penis wouldn't shoot laser beams. Because why the hell would would you ever think it would? At a certain point, especially in the age of the internet, people's astonishing ignorance is their own fault.
jtioannou · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex. 👏Ed.👏 In. 👏Schools. 👏Should. 👏Be. 👏Mandatory. 👏And. 👏Better. 👏
(Fixe that for you)
patb2015 · 2 points · Posted at 03:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not with the puritanical whack jobs we have
dropdeadbonehead · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You will have to prevent parents from having a say in school curriculum then. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it, but we will never have quality sex ed until religious conservative parents stop controlling the thing.
TheOldRuggedBrass · 2 points · Posted at 11:11:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or let parents teach it.
XxsquirrelxX · 5 points · Posted at 21:23:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most schools in my state just show you gross pictures of STDs and say “sex before marriage makes Jesus cry”. Some grown men here don’t even know that there are two holes in the vagina, some don’t even know what a fucking period is.
nursebeast · 4 points · Posted at 22:44:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two holes in the vulva, one of which is the vagina.
invisible_23 · 1 points · Posted at 21:32:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Afuckingmen
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:16:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hold on.. what?? Do they not teach you this stuff in school???
We had mandatory sex ed classes every year from grade 5 up until grade 12
rainingtacos31 · 1 points · Posted at 22:42:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I go to a private school just finished 7th grade still haven't gotten any sex ed
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:43:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's likely called something else at the younger grades.. ours was just called health
rainingtacos31 · 1 points · Posted at 23:41:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I literally at this moment only know that you put the dick in the vagina which I learned from the internet
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex Ed is mandatory in Oregon, and it can go into a bit too much detail for fifth graders. But, better educate earlier than later. In Oregon it is definitely NOT an abstinence based education. They do educate you not only on using condoms, birth control, consent, etc, but also about when you enter puberty and when you might become sexually active. They always made sure to tell us about the bowls of free condoms at planned parenthood too.
Kenivider · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school taught us “sex ed” and it was basically just what happens during puberty cause it was a private school and they couldn’t teach us anything without getting fired. I learned everything from friends who told me about how it works
ubdedman · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You forgot the clap emoticons.
Dern1232 · 1 points · Posted at 00:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My high school didnt even teach sex ed
LiquidMotion · 1 points · Posted at 00:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol my schools sex ed was just a sideshow of genital warts accompanied by a lecture on how bad of a sin sex is.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even if you haven’t had sex ed. Simple common sense...
TransBrandi · 1 points · Posted at 00:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did she get on the pill without the doctor disabusing her of that idea?
TheCatofLovecrafts · 1 points · Posted at 00:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The government should not being teaching kids about sex. If the far left marxists have their way, they would cut off the penises of all the boys in their class
JuanPRamirez · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never took sex ed! Learned everything from reddit.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 00:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHICH SUBREDDIT - This is IMPORTANT.
JuanPRamirez · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
AskReddit and AskMen. Been a wild ride
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dear GOD
teven_with_an_S · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in school the woman teaching sex ed said you can’t pee with an erection. I can confirm that you in fact can
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:00:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ANGLESSSSS
Who said trigonometry would never be useful?!
anniewashere · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where I live we have abstinence only. We didn’t learn what sex is, or about safe sex or contraception. We only learned that sex is only okay after marriage and that you WILL get pregnant. And if you have sex before marriage you WILL get an STD and die.
I remember sarcastically asking “what if someone waits to get married and then their partner has an STD anyway?” and the teacher was absolutely shocked and didn’t answer me.
Pepperspray24 · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FUCKING THANK YOU!!!
BlueSunCorporation · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talk to your congressmen that love to suppress the information and push for abstinence only education.
FauxPoesFoes228 · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And it should be taught consistently, throughout school, as kids/teens enter new stages of development.
Bloody hell, the most we got was a brief conversation about periods when we were in primary school (aged 12-13), then a short discussion about abstinence, STDs and consent in high school (aged 16-18). That's it.
For the longest time, 16-year-old me was absolutely baffled about the mechanics of sex. I'd read enough romance novels to have a vague idea of what happened, but I had no idea how condoms worked (we never had that lesson with the bananas), or that there were so many different types of contraception for women (beyond just the pill, which doesn't work/has awful side effects for so many women).
Like if you're old enough to be having sex with someone, you should be old enough to know how to prevent pregnancy/STDs! I wish someone had taught me about IUDs/diaphragms/the patch/the implant/hysterectomies when I was a teen.
Our sex ed kind of made pregnancy seem inevitable at some stage. It was basically just "make sure the guy wears a condom, go on the pill (which isn't a 100% guarantee that you won't get pregnant), and hope for the best."
Freaked teenage me right out.
asst3rblasster · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We need to quit letting religious morons dictate what is allowed to be taught in our schools and textbooks. Abstinence only education has done much more harm than good.
Minnow_Minnow_Pea · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Much better. I didn't know the urethra and vagina were different holes until I was 19. I am a woman.
brando444 · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if you have sex, you will die.
slohomo · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey man we took the same sex Ed class. Some people just don’t listen.
Also I sent her a screenshot of this and she is laughing and saying I was her Sex Ed.
Secret4gentMan · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's still a concerning level of stupidity to think that the pill would prevent STDs. There's clearly nothing prophylactic about the pill.
alienintheUS · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So here's a story on that. My 13 year old daughter came home from school dying laughing. They had a sub for sex ed. The sub said she would text their questions to her husband (a teacher who does teach sex ed). The problem was, she did not inform her husband of this plan so he gets a random text asking the question "can masturbating help you prevent getting coronavirus". He then answered "yes! Of course" I'm not sure if she wasn't paying attention or is just dumb but this was told to all the kids and lot of uproar ensued. Some parents were mad and the real sex ed teacher had to come and explain to the kids that this was in fact not true (most of which knew that and thought it was hilarious). I was one of the parents that just about died laughing.
whisperskeep · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree. No one taught me anything sexual, still my husband. Before that it was all mind games, and what I thought was normal was actual sexual abuse, and other really bad views. So I'm thankful for my husband saving me
MTVChallengeFan · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, but it's up to the students to learn instead of just cramming in for a test, and forgetting everything.
I mean, we technically teach U.S. History, Science, Match, etc. in school, but how many adults truly remember, or learned any of it?
CandidPrize · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a pizza place during high school. One of the girls working there had a pregnancy scare. She told me she had a fool proof plan of taking an entire box of laxatives because she thought it would make her have an abortion. ಠ_ಠ
She didn’t return after that weekend. I saw her a year later and there she was pushing her kid in a stroller. Guess her plan wasn’t so fool proof after all.
TheOneEyedPussy · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am so glad I got my sex ed in an international school outside the U.S.
Col_Butternubs · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In 5th grade they told me that it was impossible to pee with an erection, as a horny 5th grader I knew that wasn't true
thepollenthatfell · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My state is legally only allowed to teach celibacy.
val-en-tin · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my school it was the ultimate edition of sex ed aka. "the family education". All I recall was a class on how men and women are different and have different roles in families. We were put into groups and made to do posters with whom does what. As you might have guessed, we all failed - our group stuck to what was opposite of what we had thought the teacher wanted while some others made up tasks like "bury the bodies". Those who done it as requested? Also failed as confusingly written out all chores under both men and women.
ndnsoulja · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And started sooner. I never had the sex talk with my parents. I was still under the impression if you sleep with someone in the same bed a girl can get pregnant. At the end of one of the classes they had an anonymous card that you could ask questions on without being embarrassed asking out loud. Bless the teacher but he pulled me aside after class and explained to me the penis goes inside the vagina. Hahaha I laugh about it now but good looking out teacher.
ItsATerribleLife · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good luck with that in America, the moral panic from fake christian handwringers is already at hysterical levels from the inadequate misinformation campaign they teach as is.
roseyangel67 · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Totally agree on better as in more info. Mine was mandatory my freshman year & it was basically guys one room girls the other. “This is a condom use this or you’ll get AIDS & die. Say no if you’re uncomfortable. If they won’t listen bite them. Hard. & elbow them in the crotch, stomach, or throat. Then run. Take birth control (never said what birth control there was). If he has bumps down there or any weird color stay away.” That’s it.
SantaIsADoucheFag · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“And better” is really key. Sure, I was taught that condoms would prevent STD’s, but I was also taught that they won’t “protect a woman’s heart from getting broken” by a lady who came into our class and cut ip a latex glove (?). Keep in mind this was only like five years ago.
Idontwanttohearit · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Vote. Democrat.
OhAces · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*in America, the rest of us have it covered
Ballohcaust · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can tell how passionate you are because of the periods after each word.
philsubby · 1 points · Posted at 02:39:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s like 2 days. How many years did you take math? How much of math do you remember?
Dantehellebore · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but if we did that then we wouldn’t have people having lots of kids to join our military! And if the poor doesn’t provide the troops when we need oil in other countries, who will?
lavasca · 1 points · Posted at 02:40:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to all private parochial schools.
In 7th grade there was sex ed. In 8th grade there was more detailed sex ed. In 9th grade they made you learn every possible STI and how not to get it. They made you learn to identify all contraceptives. They graded us on it and there were exams.
They basically were like “none of the little engels here is going to catch anything or conceive out of wedlock! Not one of you! Nobody! People won’t pay this insane tuition if they think their kids will bang. No evidence, y’all!”
thebestofjamz · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Make the watch Pose. It’s better sex Ed then public schools.
G8kpr · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Ontario, the past Liberal government started a new sex ed curriculum, basically the same as before, but some updated concepts, and some stuff being taught a year earlier. Religious fanatics and immigrants freaked out, caused a raucous. There was chinese propaganda flyers going to house holds saying that the teachers would teach group sex to kindergarteners. What they were going to teach was who can touch your body and who can’t. You know, to keep kids safe.
Conservatives won the next election, doug “i am a colossal asshole” Ford not only ditched the curriculum, he went back to a 1995 curriculum. Because reasons
captkronni · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband grew up in Arkansas. Sex Ed was a two hour lecture once in 8th grade. He was sick that day.
His mind was blown when I told him, a 33 year old man, that testicles hang lower to regulate temperature.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well the American school system is failing in, yet another area.
Margmalade · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't have sex, because you will get pregnant and die! Don't have sex in the missionary position, don't have sex standing up, just don't do it, OK, promise? OK, now everybody take some rubbers.
kitchen_clinton · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Ontario parents forced the new modern curriculum to revert to the old one because they didn't want their kids to learn about sex.
imcarljamesbitch · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In catholic school we didn't have sex ed. It was "Family Planning".
swansung · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And NO religious exemptions.
nvtiv · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think it should because I’m 100% FOR America and if you’re not you can kiss my a$& 😤
Pirate_the_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some parents won’t allow their children to take sex ed because they think it will make kids more likely to have sex at an early age.
DocSaysItsDainBramuj · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children’s children, because I don’t think children should be having having sex” -Philosopher Jack Handey
jonny066 · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my district makes you take half a year of health instead of PE, and i consider myself lucky. Now I know how to prevent STDs and the the names of both the tubes in your dick... We also talked a lot about Alcohol tobacco and other drugs and it was super awkward cause one of the kids i my class was a drug dealer and had gone to jail 3 or 4 times by the end of 8th grade. I feel like sex ed was probably the most important thing they teach us in high school
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My high school just had us fill out abstinence booklets and had us watch Pam Stenzel videos.
Not having good sex education is terrible on its own. Being taught sex is sinful can really mess with your sexual experiences and the guilt it instills can fuck with you mentally.
Thank God that's behind me now.
PvtDeth · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had sex ed in like five different schools. It was mostly very well-done. Is it shocking that some of the kids in these schools had idiotic ideas about sex? I mean, they could sit through an entire history or science lesson and not even remember what topic was covered a week later.
Airysprite · 38 points · Posted at 00:13:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh! My cousin was on the pill and I asked her how it was going. She said it was fine and she was done. Done? She thought you did the one pack and that’s it....
KaraokeWraith · 27 points · Posted at 01:08:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn that's cool, it's like a software update.
Eurynom0s · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as the update has no bugs...
pnwplantlady · 24 points · Posted at 01:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
omg. Sounds like a girl I knew in college. She was sleeping with a new guy that had herpes and her response was "its ok, he doesn't have it anymore, he got it cured." This is the same girl that (TMI) also took her tampon out every time she had to pee because she thought it all came out of the same place...
Stormersh · 7 points · Posted at 01:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, people don't even know how their bodies work?
spellsprite · 5 points · Posted at 03:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
imagine being sexually active but not realizing your urine and period blood don’t come from the same place. has she never LOOKED down there??
apiroscsizmak · 3 points · Posted at 08:13:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In fairness, the urethra isn't particularly visible, and I know I personally haven't looked to see what hole my piss comes out of. It's a scarily common misconception, but I can see how it happens when people aren't given the proper education.
Sparktank1 · 6 points · Posted at 01:01:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good thing she's on the pill. That's one way to flatten the curve on stupidty.
ProbablyNotADuck · 5 points · Posted at 01:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So many of my friends are highly educated and yet total idiots about sex, STDs and pregnancy. Like.. I am beyond shocked at how many of them have unprotected sex (while not using any additional form of birth control) with complete strangers within hours of meeting them. Their rationale: "he said that he doesn't sleep around and never ever has unprotected sex." Don't get me wrong, the sex part is not at all the issue in these scenarios. It is the lack of protection and the naivety of believing a total stranger has their best interest at heart and is being 100% honest with them.
And then, they are shocked when they find out a few months later that they caught something.
darkLordSantaClaus · 2 points · Posted at 23:35:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I first thought this said, "My girlfriend was sleeping with my new best friend." And I was like... Hold up.
jfoust2 · 2 points · Posted at 01:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair... children are a sexually transmitted condition.
Pepperspray24 · 2 points · Posted at 01:16:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to what happens when you don’t have proper sexual education for kids. It literally irritates me.
richloz93 · 3 points · Posted at 01:14:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My baby identifies as an STD.
BBB041672 · 2 points · Posted at 23:19:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Children the worse sexually transmitted disease.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And that's your best friend huh?lol
slohomo · 3 points · Posted at 00:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ride or die man, going on 20 years!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:03:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know i was just joking and that's cool. Heres to 20 more🍻
KaraokeWraith · 2 points · Posted at 01:09:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I have her number? She sounds ... lenient.
LloydIII · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus
jfVigor · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If the pill worked like that. I'd be a slut
Squishiimuffin · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some people pregnancy IS like an STD. She’s got that one covered at least.
Onomatopotamus · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Babies: the worst of the sexually transmitted diseases
kunell · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was taking antibiotics regularly?
And antivirals?
icky-chu · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It works for those who consider a fetus an std.
silva_wings · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl who only took the pill the morning of when she thought she would have sex. No idea how she didn't end up pregnant by 18
elmonoenano · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know if Cheryl is trolling, but if not....
https://twitter.com/Jenwifonen/status/1276158656313163777?s=20
Uno_of_Ohio · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, the most common form of std is pregnancy, so she wasn’t far off.
vercetti87 · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a scene in Becker where some teenager brags about having unprotected sex and he says "you've just reached a level of stupidity usually only seen in Republicans and other lower primates".
SantaIsADoucheFag · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of the dumbest assholes I knew in college got in an argument with me claiming that condoms don’t prevent STD’s. When I asked him what did, he said if the girl is on the pill then you can’t get an std.
thefaehost · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this is why there’s such a huge outbreak of various STDs among the elderly. They don’t need birth control so they don’t use condoms either.
wierddude88 · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a similar situation to this when I went to college. During orientation got to be friends with a group of other students and the topic came up. One of the girls said that she’d occasionally forget to take her birth control pills for a few days, but when she remembered she’d just take all of the ones she’d missed to make up for it. There was stunned silence as we had to process that and then tell her that wasn’t how it worked.
mr_ji · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That pill: Flintstones Vitamins
Abyteparanoid · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Life is a sexually transmitted disease
ghettosupermom · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm amazed I never caught anything
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
In a similar light, I also love when people are like “I used protection, so I’m safe. I can sleep with anyone I want as long as I (or they) wear a condom” without them realizing some of the worst STDs (Syphilis, Herpes, HPV, Crabs, etc) aren’t prevented from wearing condoms. Condoms also regularly break, maybe just learn who you’re sleeping with and where they have been before you do so is all I am saying. Things like HPV can literally cause Cancer.
johnbrownmarchingon · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depending on her view of pregnancy, it's preventing one STD... But yeah, holy shit that's worrying.
showsmewhatyouhas · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, depending on your view of children, that's an STD that sticks around for at least 18 years. 30 if they turn out to be a POS
lolzsupbrah · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seems like that's all shes good for
SaladFingerzzz · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She just doesn't want a baby with AIDS.
Connor_Kenway198 · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pregnancy is a kind of STD, I guess
NotYourAcquaintance · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend tell me about how he had just had sex with this new guy without a condom but it was okay because he pulled out before he finished. I asked him what he thought that would do? He thought it would prevent any STDs.
NicoleKidmansNewChin · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you tell her? How many stds does she have?
DLVVLD · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, depending on how you look at it, kids are an STD.
Let me explain before I’m ripped a new one! After a female recovers form herpes, the body remembers, and when the female would request to be artificially impregnated (an zygote is implanted), her immune system will attack and kill the zygote because it recognizes it as that STD (I think it was herpes, I learned this 2-3 years ago)
LegiticusMaximus · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Likely just ignorance on her part but he may have been on pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV. Doesn’t do shit for the other STDs and I wouldn’t refer to it as “the pill”, but there you go.
VoltageHero · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, PrEP can help avoid problems with getting STDs I’m pretty sure.
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
PrEP only works on reducing your chance of getting HIV, nothing else. You still want to wear a condom if you're having random one night stands to prevent every other STD.
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just proves to doctors that patients do not read the pamphlets sent with the meds nor do they listen to that first consult you get with the pharmacist. They TELL YOU the pill does not prevent STDs.q
georgianarannoch · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It says it in the pill packet! And in all the commercials for birth control!
siel04 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I just started birth control in an attempt to control cramps. I was reading the pamphlet that came with the meds and found the disclaimer about them not preventing STDs. I snapped it to my best friend so we could laugh at it. I was like...I feel like the people who don't know this are not the people reading the insert.
nocyberBS · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there an online resource anywhere for proper sexual education and health?
slohomo · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. Me. Ask me anything....I’m just fucking around.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a man and even I know that they try to emphasize that point a lot. They say it in every birth control commercial so I'd imagine they find it important and say it on the packaging or that paper they give you with a prescription where it lists the warnings and side effects.
mrajoiner · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lube + blow jobs = safe happy marriage. *ding
slohomo · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you need lube for a blow job you’re doing it wrong
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
The flavored ones could be used for changing it up, once in awhile
1BadAssMotherFucker · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She doesn't have crazy STDs just minor ones like crabs and chlamydia, nbd
funky555 · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbf a baby is a std
circadiankruger · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don't have any of those classes or anything related to sex and I still know what an STD was and what the pill is for. There really is no excuse lmao
blondechcky · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It literally says on the package its not to prevent STDs. What smart girl cant read?
book-mark · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you just teach her, or did she practice with you then?
edit: and how did she react to blow jobs? Was she at least aware, or did it make sense to her?
nryporter25 · 1 points · Posted at 21:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good, just regular STD's. Dodged a bullet there.
[deleted] · 404 points · Posted at 00:51:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
If you write a check, you actually have to have that amount of money in your account.
EDIT: Another gem I remembered from working at a bank: No, the bank doesn’t keep record of your cash transactions. We have no way of knowing if you paid $6.97 in cash at the dollar store.
FoucaultsPudendum · 39 points · Posted at 05:54:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or at least know that you will have that much money on your account when that check hits. I know you’re not supposed to float checks but sometimes you’re poor and don’t have a ton of options.
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 09:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a bank for a while, and it never failed to amaze me when people would call in pissed off because a check bounced and they got a fee. Some of my favorite responses were:
“Well, I have that money in another account, I just didn’t have it in THAT account!”
“Why didn’t you call and tell me they were going to deposit/cash that check?!”
“Well I didn’t want to pay them, but I had to, but they shouldn’t have cashed/deposited it because I didn’t really want to pay in the first place...”
hayhay1232 · 14 points · Posted at 11:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a bank, and the sheer number of people that don’t understand overdraft privilege astounds me. Like no, it just allows you to go negative, we’ll still charge you out the ass for it tho 🤷🏼♀️
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 11:25:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly!! When people would be like, “bUt I hAvE oVeRdRaFt!!!” Yep. Just means we will let it go through and it won’t be returned/rejected. Each. Fucking. Item. Will. Get. A. Fee.
If you know you’re about to be broke, don’t go on a shopping spree.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 17 points · Posted at 06:32:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The origins of “making ends meet”
steelgate601 · 5 points · Posted at 08:20:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I used to do it as a challenge. Not gonna give the bank my money to play with one moment more than I had to!
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 10:01:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do people even write checks anymore? I haven’t seen one in at least 15 years. Haven’t even used cash in a long time. It’s all contactless payments and bank transfers now.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It shocked me as well, but our last landlord only accepted checks- it was wild.
KnottaBiggins · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:29 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
"But George, I can't be overdrawn. I still have checks left."
"Say goodnight, Gracie."
"Goodnight Gracie."
Yeah, this is basic knowledge that goes back to the Burns and Allen show - which was even before MY time!
CertainFurball · 1977 points · Posted at 21:25:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is kinda gross. One of my ex’s roommate at uni started complaining his penis hurt. So they asked if the underneath was sore and he said ‘no, it’s just like round the end’. So they asked if he’d peeled back his foreskin to look. He looked at them blankly. So they said ‘you know? Like when you wash under it?’ Blank look. ‘You..you do wash under your foreskin right?’
He did not. Because ‘no one had ever told him to’.
He was 21.
AngryDratini · 304 points · Posted at 02:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As a nurse aide, I can tell you that I have seen men in their 80s who have NEVER cleaned under their foreskin.
In a related story, I had a patient with an “inverted penis”, which is somewhat common in morbidly obese men. The root of the penis stays in place no matter how big you are, so you can have your abdominal fat extend some distance beyond the tip, so that your “outtie” becomes and “innie”.
This poor man was absolutely unable to clean himself, so I had to reach in the “innie” and with a (gloved) hand remove all of the gunk from the head of his penis.
It felt like dry paper mache.
He said he felt a lot better after, though!
Edit: HOLY SHIT YOU GUYS, MY FIRST AWARD! THANK YOU!
denryudreamer · 81 points · Posted at 04:24:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a nurse aide and your story has me extra convinced that we don't get paid enough.
AngryDratini · 20 points · Posted at 10:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don’t!
TheColor0fMoney · 95 points · Posted at 03:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
brb gauging out eyes
iamonlyoneman · 29 points · Posted at 03:26:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that is nasty. sorry you had to do that.
AngryDratini · 12 points · Posted at 19:52:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s just part of the job. He was a little tender and sore for a few days afterward, but he stayed pretty clean! His main problem was that his belly was too big to reach the equipment for an inspection. Having staff come and clean him frequently really helped.
SoHelpfulGuy · 17 points · Posted at 10:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the first time I've gagged reading a Reddit post since blowfly girl. I do not envy you.
AngryDratini · 9 points · Posted at 11:04:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh don’t worry, there was a lot of other gross medical stuff I did! 😝 That’s not even my worst story by far!
Ololapwik · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it bad if I kinda want to know?
AngryDratini · 10 points · Posted at 19:21:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t! Lol! In our friends group I got banned from telling work stories. Another friend is a veterinarian, and we had a gross-out competition. It was a tie, she won for parasites and I won for bodily fluids.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:05:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oooo, make it a subreddit!!!
Cayvin · 2 points · Posted at 16:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Blowfly girl?
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 17:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl turned on by putting rotting shit covered in maggots up her hole
Cayvin · 4 points · Posted at 17:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright, I’m done with the internet for the week.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 05:53:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think death would be more merciful at that point
AngryDratini · 20 points · Posted at 10:58:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me or for him?
reiija · 23 points · Posted at 12:14:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yes
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:10:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not you.
SirSqueakington · 3 points · Posted at 20:23:22 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
...I would argue that morbidly obese people have a right to live the same as anybody else??
ProfBlossom · 2 points · Posted at 11:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gee, thanks for making me gag... *shudder*
littleyellowbike · 2 points · Posted at 16:14:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read this while eating my lunch, goddammit. 😭
AngryDratini · 2 points · Posted at 19:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoops, sorry! (But maybe don’t read a thread of “horrifying” stories while eating?)
littleyellowbike · 3 points · Posted at 20:12:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Touche. But to be fair, most of the horror stories are like people not knowing how to do basic chores. This one's kind of an outlier. 😆
WeeOrda · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Second time I have gagged reading these comments.
TheTrueDal · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:23 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wanna go back 2 minutes before i read this
[deleted] · -4 points · Posted at 11:23:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I take it that you're pro-circumcision?
AngryDratini · 8 points · Posted at 19:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m actually anti-circumcision! They cut babies and don’t give them anesthesia, plus it serves no medical purpose!
I am pro-soap, though.
purveyx · 13 points · Posted at 12:04:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We should also rip off the fingernails and toenails of babies in case they later forget to clip them.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 509 points · Posted at 22:14:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
What are the medical ramifications of this? Do I even wanna know?
a57782 · 562 points · Posted at 22:42:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Balantitis (Inflamation.) Yeast infections, etc.
Weylyn_Ausiroth · 37 points · Posted at 07:32:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dont forget smegma
Thetippon · 38 points · Posted at 09:41:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me that's pronounced 'ball and titties' 😁
Kevin_Dreyar · 13 points · Posted at 12:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The word is 'balanitis'. Typo.
a57782 · 5 points · Posted at 23:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish it was just a typo. I always seem to add in that extra t, even when saying it. Unwashed inflamed penises aren't a regular topic of conversation for me, so I don't get much practice with that word.
jmf__ · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d say keep it the way it is. You’re doing just fine.
dariaXmorgendorffer · 5 points · Posted at 11:43:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Underrated comment
Squee1396 · 248 points · Posted at 23:53:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend's dad penis fell off from a nasty infection. Was uncircumcised and had very poor hygiene. Not a joke, not a troll, it absolutely happened. I guess he's just got a stub now. I am a woman but i always wonder, how the hell do you let an infection get so bad that it literally falls off?
LaUNCHandSmASH · 102 points · Posted at 23:58:41 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG that's terrifying! My peepee hurt after reading that. Fell off or had to be removed?
Squee1396 · 138 points · Posted at 00:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what i was told, it fell off while he was going pee. He started screaming then they brought him to the hospital.
Akagiyama · 78 points · Posted at 01:49:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just doubled over at my computer desk.
DominionGhost · 60 points · Posted at 01:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh good another Irrational fear to have even though A. I am circumcised and B. I clean it every time I shower.
rocketman0739 · 50 points · Posted at 02:32:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guarantee that anyone with a speck of perspicacity would notice the raging infection before it reached that point. So you're probably fine.
Mangonesailor · 8 points · Posted at 03:42:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Oh yeah? Did you know there's two glands near the head that should be purged every once in a while.
Well, If you have them. They're usually leftovers from when you were "normal." You don't pop them like a zit, you rub your fingernail across them towards the centerline of the shaft to push out the junk inside to clear them out.
Helps you if you have "odor issues." Do it every other day to make sure what's in there is getting out in a timely manner...
Edit: if imgur had a workaround I'd post a pic.
ipostalotforalurker · 37 points · Posted at 03:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and my perfectly healthy circumcised dick are gonna need a source on that one. Wtf are you taking about?
Mangonesailor · 4 points · Posted at 04:31:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OK, whip it out and look at the bottom of it. Starting at the head, travel down until you're where the foreskin "ends" and kinda wads up and the shaft begins. You should notice two little lumps smaller than grains of rice on it if you stretch it flat. Those are glands. The holes in them are pointing towards the centerline of your dick.
ipostalotforalurker · 5 points · Posted at 04:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, there's possibly something called Tyson glands, which sounds like what you're describing, but there's debate over whether they're a real thing or not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preputial_gland
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what I was seeing when looking at the tyson glands they seem to be more on the base of the head than where I'm referrring and have them.
But you could be right. just looked, they're still there.
ipostalotforalurker · 6 points · Posted at 06:11:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like this is the point where I should reassess my life and stop discussing your penis.
Go on...
grandmapirate · 23 points · Posted at 08:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a female reading this conversation like O.O
dariaXmorgendorffer · 3 points · Posted at 11:47:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! BF is a nurse, definitely discussing this with him.
rythmicjea · 4 points · Posted at 09:57:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too! My ex was cut but still had a bit of foreskin and sometimes his dick didn't smell good. (It smelled like fish.) I wonder if this was the cause!
ulul · 2 points · Posted at 16:49:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fishy smell could mean infection, same as it is for women.
Snail-on-adderall · 7 points · Posted at 03:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do not have a penis and I'm very confused about this. Is this the same thing as the glans?? Is the glans full of junk unless you do this?? How have i never heard of this
Mangonesailor · 3 points · Posted at 04:26:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Goddamn google and their algorithm...
So I'm trying to find a pic for you, but if you start at the head on the bottom side you go just about 5-10mm from the head into the foreskin and you should be able to find two little lumps ( smaller than a grain of rice) that are on either side of the centerline of the penis. They're not sebaceous glands, they're something else. But, they're a source of smegma and a good idea to clean out every once in a while.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ive literally never heard of this and ive owned a circumcised penis for 27 years
quarantinytown · 3 points · Posted at 04:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, please hurry up and post a link to a picture/diagram of this, because 1) I’m DYING to understand what you’re referring to, and 2) I refuse to Google this for obvious reasons
Mangonesailor · 3 points · Posted at 04:42:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use a VPN.
But seriously. They're there. I looked this up like 15yrs ago when I thought "WTF is that?!!?!?" on my junk. I've just been doing it ever since. Now when I'm trying to look it up for everyone I just get STD pics and BS.
pixeldust6 · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have SafeSearch on? Might be that, though I agree sometimes all the search results are on about something adjacent to the thing you actually wanted.
Mangonesailor · 0 points · Posted at 10:53:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, what I think is going on is now that everyone and their brother is now some sort of web star the search results of Google are askew to what they used to be.
I could google something about a car issue, and my search results would always point me to forums or some technical bulletin on it.
Now, the first two pages are fucking Auto zone/parts place ads for whatever part associated or bots on sights claiming to be selling the best of whatever problem I'm having.
Here, with this penis thing, the results are all on the extreme end of the scale as far as "what are these normal glands on my junk"
"ah, he's searching for penis glands... these pictures have a high amount a views, this MUST be it." No, I'm looking for a result that contains "two glands", not 5000....
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No penis here, asking for a friend.
Would you need to purge said glands if you're uncircumcised, or is it related to that situation only?
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've explored every inch of my penis and I haven't the foggiest clue what he is talking about. I just checked back to see and the thread continued with no results but it's kinda got me terrified.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I might just put this to the back of my mind then, for now.
I wouldn't worry about it, just maybe ask a GP next time you're in contact with one for whatever reason.
DominionGhost · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I... Uh have heard no complaints or noticed anything off myself.
Mangonesailor · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
:virtual Hi-five:
FolkSong · 6 points · Posted at 05:43:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess I know what dream I'll be having tonight.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 09:41:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know you say it's not a joke, but I can't help but laugh.
MairusuPawa · 1 points · Posted at 16:10:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You were lied to.
friendlygaywalrus · 27 points · Posted at 08:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some guys literally do not clean themselves there or their buttholes because they think it’s gay. I’ve met several men that will full stop refuse to clean their own stinking bits because taking the effort to not be caked in shit and cock cheese is effeminate to them. It’s revolting
Illanah · 15 points · Posted at 12:13:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've heard this before! I was invited to a dinner at a neighbor's house and she invited the rest of the people on our block. All the wives started talking about how lazy their husbands were(in a lighthearted joking manner). One woman who just seemed strange in general (really twitchy and chewed food without closing her mouth) told us that she was tired of cleaning skid marks out of her husband's underwear and their bedsheets... My husband took his cue and was like "I'm gonna go grab a beer". Everyone got so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.💀 That poor woman didn't realize how nasty and weird that was. Her husband was talking with another group at the dinner party so he didn't hear his dirty little secret revealed. We all fucking stared at him in unison. We couldn't look at them the same after that.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially since your tongue can fit right in there.
friendlygaywalrus · 5 points · Posted at 09:50:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stealing my own joke, huh?
FartHeadTony · 3 points · Posted at 09:56:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes.
dieinafirenazi · 8 points · Posted at 12:45:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy who accidentally stabbed himself in the foot with a pitchfork that had just been being used to move manure. He didn't clean the wound and only sought medical aid when the smell of his rotting foot made his brothers refuse to ride in the truck with him. They had to take off the whole leg at that point.
Some people take refusal to acknowledge a problem to a surreal level.
KimLizLaw · 4 points · Posted at 17:41:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father-in-law is a diabetic and knows better than to work on his own feet. He did though. He tried to remove a callus on the bottom of his foot. When he cut into his foot he cleaned it up and put some gauze over it and put his shoes on so his wife wouldn’t know. He hid his foot for weeks, during which time infection set in and spread. Eventually sepsis was enough to send him to the hospital. By that point, gangrene was bad enough that they cut everything off from in-front of his heel.
To this day, a decade later, and not a single one of us can believe someone would be that dense and prideful to let their foot rot off rather than admit they messed up.
elegant_pun · 13 points · Posted at 02:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They could've rebuilt one for him.
I know one of my uncles got circumcised at 12 because he had so many problems with not cleaning under his foreskin.
friendlygaywalrus · 13 points · Posted at 08:41:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly can’t believe some men have such a problem cleaning under their foreskin. Like, your tongue can fit right in there
theOTHERdimension · 9 points · Posted at 09:55:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I could go back in time to before I read this comment.
elegant_pun · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:13 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clearly they've never had the experience of sticking their tongue under a cheesy foreskin.
friendlygaywalrus · 2 points · Posted at 04:51:41 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s like trying to hollow out a cold mozzarella stick with your tongue
edit: and it’s way better with marinara
Pohtate · 5 points · Posted at 07:33:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I beg your fucking pardon. I cannot.
fappyday · 9 points · Posted at 03:22:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I'm going to get in the shower and stay there for a week or two now...
Dica92 · 2 points · Posted at 09:14:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I imagine he gave his wife a yeast infection every time they had sex.
YanDan · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not having the end of your knob cut off has nothing to do with being a grotty bastard.
MairusuPawa · -16 points · Posted at 02:21:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
That's not a thing.
Edit: some sources below. It is, indeed, not a thing.
Yellowredstone · 10 points · Posted at 02:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/bweew8/can_my_penis_fall_off_naturally_your_worst_fears/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
ConstipatedNinja · 8 points · Posted at 03:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not cleaning leads to infections. Infections lead to swelling. Swelling in that area can lead to loss of blood flow, which leads to necrosis.
GamerKey · 4 points · Posted at 14:12:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you get to that point without being basically incapacitated by the sheer pain from your groin?
I'm talking walking, coughing, sitting, basically any kind of movement.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and the dark side.
graciewindkloppel · 53 points · Posted at 23:25:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a handful of post in r/tifu that go in-depth on the subject, if you can handle the adjectives and aromas.
rythmicjea · 2 points · Posted at 10:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Link?
imalumberjack14 · 5 points · Posted at 05:38:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I knew had to have a circumcision as a teenager cause of this
CrassKal · 10 points · Posted at 04:59:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister was an ER nurse and they had to do an emergency circumcision on a little kid. He lived with just his grandmother and either she didn't know or refused to teach him about that part of biology. Sad part is when he woke up from surgery and started crying about how 'it isn't mine'.
ulul · 3 points · Posted at 16:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is sad but also sounds so strange because apparently the foreskin is sort of glued and cannot be (or at least shouldn't be forced to be) retracted until you start puberty.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 05:18:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god. Some kids just get a terrible roll of the dice. That made me really sad for a boy I've never met.
PM_PICS_OF_ME_NAKED · 3 points · Posted at 06:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phimosis
A hardening of the foreskin so that it can no longer retract. Also that wiki page is NSFW.
Ninillionaire · 5 points · Posted at 03:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear bonitus can be a pretty serious side effect.
timotheosis · 2 points · Posted at 08:58:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In extreme cases, can lead to infection and even loss of the penis. No joke.
spids69 · 2 points · Posted at 21:38:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they never pull it back, the foreskin can also begin to fuse to the head, starting at the base of the head.
the_leprechauns_anus · 3 points · Posted at 05:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Super Stinky Dick.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you Doctor! Lol
the_leprechauns_anus · 2 points · Posted at 05:27:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did you know?
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The medical terminology. It was way over my head so I just chose to believe you are a licensed human fixer.
Shishi432234 · 1 points · Posted at 18:58:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know of one poor bastard that had to have his penis amputated because of this. He got a fungal infection from his shitty hygiene, didn't have it treated, and later wound up on an OR table. The observer said the smell was sickening, and they had to cut the poor guy down to a one inch stump before they hit blood.
Ryugi · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:31 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stinky dick cheese, utis, yeast infections, etc.
PvtDeth · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Potentially, cancer.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 5 points · Posted at 04:33:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you look it up on WebMd it's All potentially cancer.
[deleted] · 179 points · Posted at 23:57:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same shit happened to me when I was 9. My penis hurted like hell so my dad had to pick me at school because I couldn't stand it anymore. We went home and he asked me what was wrong, after some father son talk he asked me to peel my foreskim back. The horror on his face said it all, I'm glad i learned this at younger age.
TheWildTofuHunter · 69 points · Posted at 04:37:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’ll preface this by saying I’m a female, but isn’t this a talk that a father has with a son, same as “always shower, wear deodorant, clean under your foreskin”? Totally not being an ass in asking this.
My husband is uncircumcised and never had a problem due to good hygiene, and he talks to our son during bath time about how to take care of himself even though he’s not yet two.
sirophiuchus · 56 points · Posted at 05:18:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, great question. No. A lot of time guys aren't taught this at all.
There are two complicating factors.
The first is that when you're born and up to the age of about six in some cases the foreskin is actually fused and can't be pulled back. It loosens up naturally later, but you can see how a lot of guys who learned their basic hygiene and how their body works as young boys might not notice this.
The second is that a tight foreskin (phimosis) is quite common, and guys with that condition either can't retract their foreskin or find it too painful to do.
I remember being taught how to do this by a female babysitter at the age of like four or five. And I couldn't properly retract my foreskin until like ... ten? Even if you don't have phimosis it can hurt the first few times, because you're stretching the skin in a way it's never done before, so it takes some time and practice.
TheWildTofuHunter · 22 points · Posted at 05:25:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aha, thank you for the serious and detailed response. I know that it can’t be retracted for quite a while, but it makes sense that at that age it finally could be the discussion can be uncomfortable for a kid. Guess it seems that a doctor would also see buildup during an annual exam and ask the kid.
Thanks!
Pangolins_or_bust · 5 points · Posted at 13:36:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, sometimes boys aren't circumcised while their fathers were, so Dad doesn't know that they need to clean under their foreskin.
space_keeper · 16 points · Posted at 09:09:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only if your dad is trying. My dad is a very old-fashioned man in some respects (though not all), and wouldn't ever talk about anything like that because it would make him uncomfortable.
He did a very physical job for most of his life, and my mum had asked him to wear deodorant at various points, but he refused because "it's gay". He's not a homophobe as such, he just doesn't like the idea of that kind of self-improvement. It's so hard to explain.
He doesn't really own any nice clothes (the sort you'd wear in a smart workplace, ties, nice shoes, trousers that aren't jeans), so it was my mum that had to explain all of that stuff, like how to fold trousers, how to iron shirts, etc.
He could have taught me all sorts of useful stuff, he's a very handy person, but he never bothered.
Pridetoss · 5 points · Posted at 18:13:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandparents still won't accept that my father has psoriasis arthritis (which he has had since his early 30's, in his mid 50's now) even though we literally speak about it around them, so he wasn't the kind to bring stuff up when I was a kid. He still taught me anything I asked about, but there are a lot of things young people don't want to bring up with their parents, you know.
jojokangaroo1969 · 1 points · Posted at 21:35:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have psoriatic arthritis too and usually it is genetic so your dad might have had it passed down from a family member. I'm 51 and have had PsA for about 8 years or so, had psoriasis for longer. MY dad was the one who passed it down to me. He always felt guilty but it wasn't his fault, it is just genetic usually.
Pridetoss · 2 points · Posted at 23:27:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man I should probably get checked. Mums side of the family has a lot of history with heart disease too
jojokangaroo1969 · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:58 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just keep it in the back of your mind.
VarBorg357 · 4 points · Posted at 20:05:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What I dont understand is I dont remember being taught how to clean myself (I'm uncircumcised) but it was obvious/intuitive? I've read stories on reddit about dudes not washing their asses because its gay?? And the argument that people use for circumcision about guys not cleaning themselves, I think it's because they're not comfortable with their bodies
tea_n_cake · 2 points · Posted at 15:58:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently it can be fairly common that men don't know about it. My other half was taught this basic hygiene by his dad quite young but he knows of instances where it was never taught to others. I don't know if it's embarrassment or whatever, but it should be treated along the same lines as the period talk.
mexicanpenguin-II · 1 points · Posted at 19:33:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think yourself lucky
My dad died when I was 4, so I never had the person to help with that sorta knowledge - I was around 15 when I figured it out, it hurt like hell to pull back. No joke, porn was the reason I thought about it.
The smell....
jojokangaroo1969 · 1 points · Posted at 21:39:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a single mom of a son and a daughter. I've been the only parent in my son's life since he was 2 years old so I was the one who gave him baths until he was old enough to bathe himself and pulling the foreskin back and cleaning underneath is something we talked about and what I did when he wasn't old enough to do at each bath. He's 26 now and I'm sure cleans himself thoroughly.
klsprinkle · 38 points · Posted at 22:18:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just made me puke a little.
Felixfelicis_placebo · 8 points · Posted at 03:58:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My favorite card to get in Cards Against Humanity is smegma. Usually gets a good reaction or it's super funny when they don't know what it is and I get to explain it 😂.
unrulycokebottle · 62 points · Posted at 01:44:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
this is probably common lots of parents dont talk to kids about sex i should know i figured it out later on when i was like 16 anf curious about what was under the skin. i did not like what i found so a couple painfull scrubs later i was normal.
Yecal03 · 26 points · Posted at 02:45:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its also uncommon to be uncircumcised here. The doctors here where shocked when I said that I was not retracting and cleaning my 3 year old. If a damn doctor doesn't know better ...
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unrulycokebottle · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:49 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean just you know pull the skin back and clean it you dont have to cut your dick so you dont have to worry. thats like scalping yourself so you dont have to get a haircut.
land8844 · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:34 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no, I still clean it. Just no foreskin. I personally don't care.
mathiosimaging · 135 points · Posted at 00:35:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And this is why women are turned off giving BJs, because they hooked up with guys like this at uni.
Does he carry water crackers with him to go with his dick cheese? 🤢🤮
Lady_Scruffington · 26 points · Posted at 02:26:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I somehow have never seen an uncut penis in the flesh.
katerfruehstueck · 36 points · Posted at 02:37:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (American) had never seen one until I started dating my current partner, who is from another country. I was so nervous when we had sex for the first time because I was afraid I wouldn’t know what to do with it. At least we still laugh about that night!
jahlove24 · 6 points · Posted at 03:43:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rare, especially with Caucasian Americans. The first time I interacted with one I was a little nervous but I was open with my then boyfriend and he was very understanding and kind of coached me through it. LOL
ParadoxInABox · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen two, out of around 25 partners. Also American.
rockmodenick · 14 points · Posted at 04:04:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depending on your past, you might have and not know. It's usually pretty difficult to tell the difference with a good quality erection, so if you had any encounters where you didn't get a good look at it flaccid, you might never know.
If all your sex was during relationships, it's pretty freaking unlikely though.
SerChonk · 5 points · Posted at 10:42:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If the penis looks like it has a farmer tan, it's a cut one.
AngryDratini · 1 points · Posted at 19:55:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pffft, that’s the best description I’ve ever heard!
Alcation · 17 points · Posted at 02:38:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dear, you shouldn’t have said that. RIP inbox!
Lady_Scruffington · 16 points · Posted at 02:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That still wouldn't be in the flesh. But it's a good thing I ignore my inbox.
StormStrikePhoenix · 2 points · Posted at 11:12:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I always wrote that I was circumcised on my nametags.
shaggy99 · 12 points · Posted at 00:52:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think anyone ever told me that either, but I figured it out around 11 or so.
adequateatlife · 11 points · Posted at 01:16:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a 1yo boy (whose dad is circumcised). He's a bit young to learn this yet but we asked when we have to start cleaning under the foreskin before we even left hospital. Even as a nurse I have never had to do this! (Male catheters usually inserted by Doctors where I work).
imgoodygoody · 11 points · Posted at 03:23:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I always laughed at my mom because pretty much every time my younger brothers would take a shower she would call, “rinse your penis!” After them as they went into the bathroom. I guess I should stop making fun of my mom for teaching them good hygiene.
Omega9927 · 10 points · Posted at 06:26:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was never in the picture when I was a kid and my mom wasn't exactly well versed in the cleaning methods of the male genitalia. I'm uncircumcised (something I only learned from watching porn) and genuinely didn't know the foreskin could be pulled back until I was about 17 and got my first handjob.
I don't know how to explain it but I guess I kept clean enough that it didn't matter I didn't ever do a tug and scrub
Also as a consequence of not knowing you could pull the skin back, I didn't know how to get it back in place. So I had a very sensitive tip that had never been exposed to so much as water, let alone the lining of my underwear for a good hour. My girlfriend was a dear and helped me fix it all back up though, once I got over the embarrassment...
ViolentThespian · 11 points · Posted at 07:09:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I genuinely don't understand this one as a man.
If you jack off in the shower, you completely negate this problem while simultaneously addressing the fact that you were gonna jack off anyway.
CertainFurball · 5 points · Posted at 07:10:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah they asked him that like ‘haven’t you ever been bored, curious or horny in the shower?’ He just shrugged.
LazuliArtz · 28 points · Posted at 01:58:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl here. I didn’t learn until this year that the, ahem, downstairs area had to be cleaned at all. I lived with my dad (split parents) so I was just never taught that.
For the record, I’m almost 15 years old... yikes. I’m not really sure why the idea that that area needed to be clean never crossed my mind.
razorbladecherry · 49 points · Posted at 03:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey. I'm a mom to a little girl (she's almost 6) and if you ever have any "mom" questions, you are more than welcome to PM me and I will gladly answer them, no judgement, no awkwardness. My mom was a single mom, but she sucked in the explanation department, so I've had to learn a lot since then.
randarrow · 19 points · Posted at 03:58:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For same reason a bunch of people don't wash their feet, they assume soap and water running down from top takes care of it.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 02:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
By clean you mean lots of water right? No soap please.
violettheory · 18 points · Posted at 05:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A gentle soap should absolutely be used on the vulva, and care should be taken that the area is washed thoroughly. Vulvas can get their own version of "dick cheese" too. Around the labia minora and under the clitoral hood are places that should be cleaned with at least water and probably a gentle soap.
You should never put soap inside your vagina. But so many people call the whole area a vagina that lots of girls grow up thinking they should touch nothing down there with soap ever.
LazuliArtz · 25 points · Posted at 02:51:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You actually can use very mild soap on the outside of the vagina (the vulva). Never inside though, as that can disrupt it’s pH balance.
https://youngwomenshealth.org/2017/04/19/vulvar-and-vaginal-care-and-cleaning/
robot-pp · 5 points · Posted at 01:32:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a free country. Let a man make some cheese for dinner smh😤
Editor-In-Queef · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I didn't even know it was supposed to go back until I was 15. The only sex ed my parents gave me was my Mom asking a drug addict who lived upstairs to talk to me and all he spoke about was wet dreams.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 5 points · Posted at 06:03:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not convinced that wet dreams are a thing
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:39:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had he never jerked off in his life?
CertainFurball · 7 points · Posted at 07:01:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They asked him this! Like ‘have you never been curious or bored on the bath?’ He just shrugged & said no.
Kataphractoi · 3 points · Posted at 03:00:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More common than you'd think. Some parents of uncircumcised boys don't tell/teach their kids to properly wash down there, whether because it never occurs to them or because they're fundys who think they'd be teaching their kid to masturbate if they did it.
Pokelover685 · 3 points · Posted at 03:18:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay but why does someone have to tell him to?? Is this not common sense? Just think, he was likely having sex with an unwashed penis yuckkk
BrianSukzie · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, I'm supposed to peel back my foreskin and clean under it?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to be operated in my penis when I was 11 because I physically could not pull my foreskin back. I hadn't ever before. I only realized after the operation that the reason other guys didn't make a mess when they peed was because they could pull it back
Adept_Defenestration · 3 points · Posted at 07:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This actually happens way more than you might think, especially in environments where sex stuff is considered taboo, and sex education is inaccurate or nonexistent. If you don't know about it, and aren't allowed to watch porn or pleasure yourself, it really isn't that logical to assume the foreskin can peel back.
This is especially bad in places where circumcision is less prevalent, and issues like phimosis are more common. If it's really painful, or even just straight up impossible, to pull back the foreskin, and no one ever tells you to, why would you do it?
Source: Dumbass from the Dutch bible belt who's first boyfriend had to teach him this after the most disastrous attempt at frisky business in the history of humanity XD
Gross added detail (read at own risk): When I shared the news with friends many of them told me they did know cleaning the penis was a thing, but they thought you did it by pinching the top of the foreskin shut, then peeing into it until it bloated, then releasing the urine as (again) they didn't know it was possible to peel back.
ulul · 3 points · Posted at 17:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, why did I read the last bit when you warned us! Good thing is you at least educated your friends.
Sneaky1000 · 3 points · Posted at 07:54:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of guys struggle to pull it back or it just won't at all. It's just one of those things nobody really tells you.
Snookerwither2 · 3 points · Posted at 08:00:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am now quite worried because I'm 16 and as far as I can recall, I have never been told that you had to do this
meow-meoww · 5 points · Posted at 00:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
CHEESY WEENIE!!!!
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SHiNOXXLE · 5 points · Posted at 16:57:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You most definitely don't wanna use soap in there if you can't pull it back to thoroughly rinse. Trapped soap residue on the most sensitive area of your body is very much not fun.
AngryDratini · 5 points · Posted at 19:46:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, no. Don’t do that. Use your finger or a washcloth instead! If you’re super tight, wet the end of a cotton swab and swirl it around, and make sure to keep clear of the urethral opening!
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AngryDratini · 3 points · Posted at 22:21:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The urinary slit (which is called the urinary meatus, pronounced me-ate-us) is very delicate and can be prone to tear, especially if you’re uncircumcised and your foreskin is tight. I’ve known dudes who have torn their meatus from excessive or rough masturbation (and once from rough intercourse!) And if you can’t clean under the foreskin well, you’re gonna be a bit tender.
Good luck!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my 27 year old ex boyfriend how to pull his foreskin down all the way. I blame his mother.
jagerben47 · 2 points · Posted at 17:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Benefits to not having foreskin 👍
andrepoiy · 2 points · Posted at 22:13:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually never really pulled back my foreskin until age 16 because when I was little and when I did it, it was oversensitive and it hurt, so I thought you were not supposed to touch underneath.
At age 16, I was wondering why people's phalluses in pornography looked different and so I discovered that you were supposed to pull it back.
Morsemouse · 2 points · Posted at 07:44:46 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
A nurse I worked with had previously worked in a pediatrician’s office. She said one of the “Don’t circumcise my son, it’s mutilation!” Moms had come in with her baby who had a serious UTI (Urinary tract infection) The baby was just a couple of months old. She didn’t want her baby “mutilated,” by circumcision, but had NEVER cleaned under his foreskin since she had come home from the hospital with him. Since the infection was so bad, the infant needed to have radiology studies done with dye to insure there was no permanent damage to kidneys or his whole apparatus. Evidently this happened more than once. Fanatics occasionally (not nice to say frequently- don’t look at the full ramifications of their statements. IMHO)
jhobweeks · 3 points · Posted at 03:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s my biggest problem with not circumcising. As a woman, I have no skin in the name (until I have a male son, I guess), but if you’re not gonna circumcise, make sure they know to wash under the foreskin!
elegant_pun · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gross gross gross
xX69AESTHETIC69Xx · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A little ecosystem in your foreskin.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck I haven't washed it in fucking weeks
Isburough · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
still glad my mom told me to do this when i was about 5 years old.
Dica92 · 1 points · Posted at 09:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And from that day on he was known as Mr. Dick cheese
TheCleaner75 · 1 points · Posted at 10:36:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is more common than it should be.
chikkns · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
guys, please wash your pps before shit like this happens :(
NudelXIII · 1 points · Posted at 15:23:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank God mine is gone.
BikerMurse · 1 points · Posted at 17:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I assume he actually HAD a foreskin, otherwise it makes total sense that he didn't know how to pull it back.
mjgonza91 · 1 points · Posted at 20:13:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good ol' dick cheese
rileyg98 · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:24 on December 5, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, if your dad was circumcised and you weren't, it can take a bit to learn. Also: phimosis
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did they know he was uncircumcised?
PM_ME_GOOD_DOGE_PICS · 31 points · Posted at 02:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Circumcision isn't common outside the US.
leetfists · 7 points · Posted at 02:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not common anywhere outside the US? I guess I've never really given much thought as to what foreign dicks look like. Just assumed they were mostly similar to the domestic variety.
kilo_5 · 42 points · Posted at 02:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m pretty sure America is the only western country in which circumcising is a common and expected process. Here in the UK for example, you’d only be circumcised for medical or religious reasons and I’m pretty sure parents trying to do that to their kids for any other reason would be refused or heavily looked down upon! Maybe even tutted at, which is a serious offence here ;) 😂
TheWildTofuHunter · 7 points · Posted at 04:43:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s getting better in the US in terms of being an automatic process, which is nice. I was so worried that my son would be circumcised that I had it written in 2” sharpie marker over all of our paperwork “do not circumcise!!” Thankfully Kaiser does not do that surgical procedure onsite, but if you want it done they’ll set you up with someone to take your baby to offsite after you’re discharged.
kilo_5 · 5 points · Posted at 04:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it that much of an automatic thing that unless you specify, they will take your baby at birth and circumcise the child?! Unless you specify not to?
TheWildTofuHunter · 6 points · Posted at 04:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it used to be several decades ago, at least into the 90’s, but he is my first so I didn’t know what to expect in 2018. Rather be super cautious than have a nurse and a legal representative slip into my room with a stack of paperwork.
thenysizzler · 4 points · Posted at 02:46:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it depends on the country. If you're in the Middle East, for example, it's like the U.S. in that respect.
franticmoose · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Canadian here. In undergrad (early to mid 2000s), my friend and I decided to do a survey of the men we knew after another gf had her first experience with an uncircumcised penis. It was about 50/50 from the men we knew. Definitely a higher rate of circumcision among Caucasian Canadians.
Now, at parenting age, I will say it’s losing popularity, though still not uncommon.
MLG50 · -3 points · Posted at 02:48:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Circumsized gang rise up!
xm202OAndA · -49 points · Posted at 22:42:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why circumcision is awesome
darkest_hour1428 · 57 points · Posted at 23:23:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
.....I really hope you still wash your penis... it’s needed whether your are cut or not.... ew dude
iamonlyoneman · -3 points · Posted at 03:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo but there's no special steps involved. There's no secret flap to open, it's just skin you wash when you shower
kilo_5 · 23 points · Posted at 02:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmmm I would really love to have so many pleasurable nerve endings in my sexual organ cut off just so I could save a couple of mins in the shower! Really seems like enjoying sex and masturbation less is a totally worthwhile price.
It’s genital mutilation and it needs to be stopped for any reason other than medical or consenting choice by the owner.
xm202OAndA · -12 points · Posted at 02:56:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The parents consented.
Pennyem · 18 points · Posted at 03:13:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you think you own your childrens' genitalia, you've got much bigger problems.
xm202OAndA · -7 points · Posted at 03:16:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Were those goalposts heavy?
Pennyem · 9 points · Posted at 03:18:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kilo said that the medical procedure should be consented to only by (the body part's) owner. You said the parents did, thereby implying that the parents own the childrens' body parts. Where did I lose you?
xm202OAndA · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, you are missing your non sequitur.
kilo_5 · 8 points · Posted at 03:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Parents are and should be, responsible for many things. Providing for the child, it’s health and shaping the person it will be. Deciding to mutilate it’s genitals based on religious beliefs or the outdated beliefs the US holds about it ‘being cleaner’ and therefore condemning that child to living a life with a mutilation and honestly the inability to experience the full pleasure of sex is not one of those things that they should be responsible for.
Unless it’s medically pertinent, no child should go through that unless they want to.
animal-mother · 47 points · Posted at 00:26:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why don't you cut off your ears so you don't have to wash behind them?
xm202OAndA · -10 points · Posted at 02:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I need them to hear.
animal-mother · 8 points · Posted at 03:50:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You could still hear without your external ears, you might lose some sensitivity
thoughand leave your inner ear unnecessarily exposed though.Are you going to refute my point?
Edit: removed redundancy.
xm202OAndA · -6 points · Posted at 05:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not after the ridiculousness of your first paragraph.
animal-mother · 5 points · Posted at 07:49:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't give up if I were you. I'm trying to get down to what's influenced you to hold that belief.
It seems to me like you may be under the impression that foreskins are vestigial. It's interesting how the most commonly cited vestigial structure in the human body is the appendix, while we now know that it acts as a reservoir for one's gut microbiome in cases of significant disturbance (especially important today with modern diets and oral antibiotics). Meanwhile, foreskins act as a dry bearing during sex and protective cover at all other times, in addition to the sexual pleasure value of its innervation. What you described as ridiculousness was me listing the functional purposes that outer ears and foreskins share.
As is, you're advocating for an unnecessary and violent practice. It has a non-negligible risk of complications like disfiguring penile injuries and infections e.g. from herpes when performed in the traditional way. It's most typically performed on infants, obviously without any concern for informed consent from them.
Are you against female circumcision? You might argue that it's different because it removes the clitoris, but that is only the most invasive case, it being far more common to only remove the clitoral hood, a direct counterpart to the foreskin. A significant portion of the immigrant Muslim population in the UK has had female circumcision on them, and this continuing, barbaric practice is largely ignored for reasons of political correctness. Maybe you have a bias against traditionally Muslim cultures and for Jewish ones and those influenced by the insane anti-masturbation hysteria largely propagated by Harvey Kellogg, believer that flavorful food causes sexual deviancy, and thus prescribing bland cereals, graham crackers, application of carbolic acid to the clitoris, and male circumcision (also yogurt enemas) to unwilling psych ward inmates. There is a tribe that bisects the underside of the penis, opening up the urethra at the base of the penis. Is that ridiculous? Another tribe, this one in Papua New Guinea, insists that young boys must orally consume the semen of the elders hundreds of times to reach manhood. A neighboring tribe dismisses that as ridiculous, as according to them, clearly it needs to be up the kid's asshole. Examine your cultural biases here.
Finally, if you're of the opinion that you turned out alright, so you're going to visit the same trauma on your children, you didn't turn out alright at all. If you don't know how you'd explain how your peepee is different from their peepee, then you're too immature to have children.
You may or may not believe any of these things. You refused to refute me in any meaningful way, so I can only speculate. False, but still VERY functional dichotomy incoming: so are you going to respond to me, or are you an intellectual coward?
xm202OAndA · 0 points · Posted at 07:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
tldr
animal-mother · 2 points · Posted at 07:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just the highlighted bits.
iamonlyoneman · -7 points · Posted at 03:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also it prevents cervical cancer but we aren't supposed to mention that
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rockmodenick · 11 points · Posted at 03:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in the dark ages before the HPV vaccine and before STD risk made people start bothering with condoms and before easy testing, intact penises, because they have an actual mucous membrane present, are slightly more likely to catch HPV, and therefore more likely to pass it on, and it's associated with increased risk of cervical cancer. So, sort of, but unless you live before 1940 or in a part of the world where none of those things is actually available, cutting up dicks isn't where I'd pick as the point of intervention.
Nowadays, it's usually just mentioned as an excuse by people who support mutilation.
iamonlyoneman · -4 points · Posted at 03:53:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Circumcision prevents cervical cancer.
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iamonlyoneman · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It goes against the politically correct narrative that circumcision is only-bad. Even the CDC said the benefits outweigh the potential drawbacks.
IDK who downvoted you for being skeptical but it weren't me
pM-me_your_Triggers · 4 points · Posted at 06:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How does circumcision (on a male) prevent cervical cancer? (Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix, which is a female organ)
iamonlyoneman · 2 points · Posted at 13:26:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because a clean penis doesn't spread STIs as readily. STIs are responsible for most cervical cancers.
WhoDatKrit · 4374 points · Posted at 21:37:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Mom and I moved in with my Grandparents when I was 10 years old. You know, old enough to have learned how to do some basic chores, and certainly old enough to be taught more. Unfortunately my Grandmother, God bless her, was not only terrified of fire (her Mother had a problem with accidentally setting things on fire) but she was also a neat freak that insisted on doing everything herself so it was done right.
My Mom married my (step)Dad when I was 14 years old, and we moved in to a house together as a family. He was horrified to learn that, at nearly 15 years old, I did not know how to wash and dry my own clothes, iron, load a dishwasher, or even use the stove. I could use the oven because I baked with my other Grandmother when I visited, but I had never used the stove top. There are many more things he had to teach me, but those were the things that really had him worried about my ability to care for myself as an adult. It wasn't that my Grandmother didn't want me to be able to care for myself. Her fears were just so intense that she didn't think about how not knowing these basic skills would effect me later in life. I am forever grateful to my Dad for being the Dad I needed because God knows the biological one couldn't be bothered. Mom couldn't overrule her own Mother when we lived with her and by the time she married Dad she was sleeping at the hospital five nights a week because her schedule was so insane. I dont even want to think about who I would be if I hadn't had him to teach me, but I'm pretty sure I would have had to live off of chocolate chip cookies, brownies, and take out through my 20s if it weren't for him. I probably would've smelled pretty bad from the lack of clean clothes too.
🎙️ arual_x · 420 points · Posted at 21:46:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hero stepdad is a hero.
imperfectchicken · 111 points · Posted at 00:38:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a guy like this. Full adult, but lives with his mom still (a series of unfortunate whammies). She's terrified of fire, so his cooking repertoire is limited to whatever only needs a microwave. Which means a LOT of frozen (and expensive) meals.
Fortunately he has a more self-sufficient girlfriend living nearby, he's at her place more often and she helps him meal prep.
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zarex95 · 14 points · Posted at 07:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fear is not rational. This person's mom is afraid of fire, and the microwave does not have any visible fire...
Galaxy_Convoy · 26 points · Posted at 02:51:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wholesomely helpful SO.
kathatter75 · 37 points · Posted at 00:51:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 45 and still learning a lot about cooking and some about housekeeping because I was never taught...and in college we had housekeepers, my husband did it when I was married, and there was a maid when I had roommates. I’m actually on my own with no roommates for the first time in my life and finally nailing down some things I never really had to do before. We all get there...it’s just a matter of at least having the wherewithal to at least Google it if you’re not sure how to do it.
McFluff_TheCrimeCat · 14 points · Posted at 04:45:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Housekeepers? A maid/cook? Are you super loaded or something?
kathatter75 · 11 points · Posted at 05:29:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, God no. I did go to a small (1,200 students) liberal arts university, but I had loads of financial aid. I did go to school with some loaded people, though. My car, in 1996, was a 1980 Ford Granada - a big, ugly beast that got me where I needed to go - and was a far cry from what the other kids on campus had.
The others were in CA in houses with roommates, and the landlords paid someone to come in once a month or so, so heavy cleaning was left for them.
DrOctopusMD · 33 points · Posted at 02:47:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know if it’s that crazy for a 14 year old not to know how to work a laundry machine though? Many kids have laundry done for them until they move out, because it’s easier to pool the family laundry.
iOnlyDo69 · 15 points · Posted at 09:41:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you want your kids to be capable adults? Then give them years of experience doing mundane household tasks
Let them do the family laundry. Let them wash up after dinner. Let them cook. Let them balance the check book or pay a credit card bill and show them your mortgage statement so they know how interest works. Gotta teach em young because when they're on their own they'll have other stuff to worry about.
That's my philosophy anyway. My 10 year old can make a few dishes, do his laundry, tune his bike, make change, wash dishes. Once he's big enough to reach the pedals ill teach him how to back a trailer
Pegacornian · 6 points · Posted at 03:59:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing
Dragonfucka · 4 points · Posted at 08:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. I didn't learn how to cook or clean or anything until I moved out at 18, and I bet the majority of my peers were in the same boat.
DrOctopusMD · 2 points · Posted at 13:14:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had some basics, but the summer before I moved out my parents gave me a crash course in a bunch of stuff. I actually taught several guys in my dorm how to do laundry as a result.
mol- · 17 points · Posted at 01:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of reminds me of Aunt Josephine from A Series of Unfortunate Events, just because she was super tidy and fearful of fire also- she never used her appliances or electricity
Taylor_tot · 14 points · Posted at 00:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is very sweet and sounds like you have an amazing (step)dad!
nightwing2000 · 5 points · Posted at 03:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Learned to cook (bacon and eggs) over an open fire camping with my dad before he got too busy to go camping. Unfortunately, he was from England, so what I learned was cooking bacon until there were several spoonfulls of bacon grease, then using that to baste the eggs. I hope I don't need a stent in my 80's like my dad did.
Cheefnuggs · 4 points · Posted at 02:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want to hug your step-dad right now
HopefulLesbian · 4 points · Posted at 03:35:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like your grandma has a bad case of OCD.....(before anyone asks, yes I have it. I know how it is)
The_RedJacket · 3 points · Posted at 13:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, now I’m glad I was the one cooking for my mom and sister these last 5 years (moms divorced and working full time, and I was fresh out of high school and only working part time) because while my menu is still limited I know how to cook and can easily expand on that.
natsugrayerza · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s okay, you would’ve figured it out. I was never taught how to do stuff around the house but I just learned when I got married. I watched a YouTube video on how to clean a toilet.
passion4film · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have struggled a bit with this with my fiancé. Not to this extent, but there is SO MUCH that was done for him that he never learned or had to think about. I’ve had to teach him much.
iqaruce · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wholesome dad stories make me cry
JustDiscoveredSex · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That should go into a Father’s Day card next year, OP. He should hear that. :-)
dlouisbaker · 2 points · Posted at 09:20:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Step Dad here. I didn't have to teach my daughter anything basic because her Mom is awesome but I taught her to drive and I'm so proud of that.
Please show your Dad the lovely post you wrote. He may cry. I would.
poggs1717 · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not deathly afraid of fire/other accidents happening if somebody else does chores, but I unfortunately see myself in this post...definitely telling my husband right now not to let me be such a perfectionist about stuff like this, ugh. I’m very much an “If you want it done right, do it yourself” kind of person, which is also why I never get around to teaching my husband how to cook real food (it’s also daunting because I almost compulsively modify recipes or just throw things in a pan that taste good, so it’s hard for me to return to the level of exact measurements for macaroni and cheese) and I’m just generally pretty terrible at delegating tasks
H0lyThr0wawayBatman · 2 points · Posted at 15:34:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how my mom was. She didn't start teaching me how to cook until I was in my teens because she was worried I'd burn myself on the stove. She also rarely made me do any chores because she was a control freak. I'm the oldest, so she made all the mistakes on me. My siblings both regularly cook and clean because they did these things when they were younger. I didn't develop those habits early, and now I'm in my 30s struggling to find the motivation to take care of everything because it was never a part of my daily routine, so it doesn't come naturally to me.
GearheadGarrett · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kinda want to hear more about your great-grandmother’s exploits with fire. I mean, if you can say “she had a problem with accidentally setting things on fire” about someone, there must be some great stories there.
Smingowashisnameo · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You hear so many terrible step dad stories, this is heartwarming.
JHushen12 · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know how to tie a tie or iron clothes, it’s probably because the fanciest thing I have ever worn was a pair of khakis
cakatoo · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, but you can teach all that in a week.
LisaW481 · 1 points · Posted at 06:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your dad sounds amazing.
Mon0liz · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I also have no idea how to load a dishwasher. In fact, I have only seen them in movies
iOnlyDo69 · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put the dishes in, put the soap in, hit start
Make sure you use the right kind of soap or you'll be having a foam party in your kitchen
JaxGal17 · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m going through this right now teaching my step-daughter to cook. Her mom never took the time or was always too busy.
Vervara · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm crying, that's beautiful
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 18:35:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad you seem to have an awesome step dad. :)
Galaxy_Convoy · -2 points · Posted at 02:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, at that point it is not (grand)parenting, it is abuse to project experiences with now-dead people onto a new generation.
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Zairii · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The poster never gave their age, only said when I was 15 and later when I was in my 20s I would have. To be this implies at least 30s. Internet tutorials may not have been an option for them.
zzaannsebar · 2586 points · Posted at 22:09:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This is in part due to being rich enough to be out of touch and in part a general lack of general adult skills.
In college, I had a friend named Mally, She was a couple years younger than the rest of the people in our group and still lived at home with her parents due to their very strict culture and beliefs about how an unmarried woman should not live away from home. But her dad was a doctor and also had family money so they were quite wealthy for our area. The sort of wealthy where for her 16th birthday, they bought her a porsche and when they didn't think she thanked them adequately for it, they returned it.
Anyway, I remember when the group of us were at some of the guys' on-campus apartment, their toilet clogged. Mally, without really blinking, said we should call our plumber to get it fixed. Of course the guys were like "Uh, no? It's just clogged. Why would we call a plumber?" to which Mally, who was very confused replied, "Because that's what plumbers do? Why would you do it yourself?"
So we then explained first, how expensive plumbers are, and second, how the average person does not call a plumber for a slightly clogged toilet.
Mally was confused and then asked, "Well, what do you do when a light bulb burns out? Change it yourself?" and obviously, we were all nodding and saying "Yeah, absolutely."
So that was when we discovered just how sheltered and out of touch Mally was with how normal people do things. We specifically learned that she didn't know how to do laundry, change a light bulb, plunge a toilet, cook literally anything, put gas in her car all because either their maids did it for her (also worth noting: having maids is extremely rare in our area) or her dad did. It blew her mind when we explained that those are very normal things to know how to do and ended up showing her how to do all those things. She really hated it but it did a lot to make her a more self-reliant adult. Her parents really sheltered her so much so it wasn't totally her fault.
Edit: Also just to be clear, my friend is a very sweet, intelligent, and lovely woman. At her core, she is amazing but just the way her parents raised her and kept her sheltered is where these issues came from. She is doing very well for herself right now and has learned and a lot and has generally been very open to it. At the time of these stories, it was still very near the beginning of her having any semblance of freedom so these examples come from literal first opportunities to show her what skills many adults have. I hope I haven't painted her in too bad of a light because she really is a sweet girl and has worked hard to open her horizons now that she even knows what horizons are out there.
OddScentedDoorknob · 297 points · Posted at 02:01:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have toilets with very powerful flushes and they have literally never clogged in the nearly 10 years since we bought the house. My children probably have no idea how to plunge a toilet. Thank you for bringing this to my attention, I will put this on my list.
nobodynose · 42 points · Posted at 05:32:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As some advice, don't get a normal plunger. Get a bellows style plunger. I clogged my toilet often enough and the normal plunger splashed water everywhere. Luckily every time I did clog it, the shit went down, but the water didn't so it wasn't super gross. But eventually I would still do this thing where I would put the plunger in, saran wrap it, then plunge so stop clogged toilet water from splashing everywhere.
But I eventually switched to a bellows style one and it made SUCH A DIFFERENCE. It was so much easier to plunge and much cleaner.
minh-nimalism · 21 points · Posted at 11:19:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One thing worth noting is that the normal plunger aren't made for toilets, they are for sinks and drains, things that has a flat surface.
JayXCR · 5 points · Posted at 06:53:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seconding this. It's like night and day.
runs-with-scissors · 3 points · Posted at 17:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the topic of tips that you learn later in life, I learned that flushing a few times during a good poop cuts way down on the number of clogging incidents, if this happens to be something that is happening for you.
Noneverdid · 2 points · Posted at 11:12:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
And don’t forget the poop knife.
poggs1717 · 2 points · Posted at 16:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of a dalek
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zangor · 1 points · Posted at 16:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or...
Invite me over. I take some specific medications that make me have dense compacted logs.
r0ck0 · 6 points · Posted at 11:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's weird that regularly-clogging toilets are still normal in America. I always found it strange how many plungers I'd see sitting next to toilets there.
Plunger ownership is pretty rare in Australia and UK etc because toilets rarely clog, unless some idiot puts an entire roll of paper in at once. Most of us have never used or owned a plunger either.
Can you even buy modern toilets there yet? i.e. like we have with a lower waterline.
I wonder why they haven't taken off there?
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OddScentedDoorknob · 4 points · Posted at 06:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think they're Flushmate. Good luck!
Motherofvampires · 3 points · Posted at 15:39:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 49. I have no idea how to plunge a toilet and ive lived on my own for years. Ive never experienced a blocked toilet in any house I've lived in. I live in the UK. Are our toilets of superior flushability?
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 15:46:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m also curious, because here in the US, every one of my toilets has a plunger stationed next to it.
Motherofvampires · 2 points · Posted at 15:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't own a plunger and I don't think anyone I know does either
WPI94 · 2 points · Posted at 17:55:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Weird. What if you have a backup incident?!
Motherofvampires · 2 points · Posted at 18:49:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's never occurred to me that it might happen. In 49 years I've never had it happen. That's probably cursed it now 😂
OddScentedDoorknob · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with toilets installed in the early 80s and clogging was an occasional issue. I haven't seen it happen in quite a while but I tend to avoid sitting on toilets other than my own, so I'm not exactly a "toilet connoisseur."
Razzorsharp · 2 points · Posted at 14:35:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the opposite end of the spectrum, my parents toilet was utter shit (uhuhuh). When you went number, it clogued a bit over 50% of the time (90% for me because you know, size). At this point I'm pretty much able to plunge any toilet and I'm used to having to keep plunging even when my feet are sitting in dirty toilet water. I'm pretty proud of that. Although, if your plunger if of bad quality, there's a chance that I might break by plunging too hard.
RarelyThere99 · 2 points · Posted at 15:35:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWHeXSxHlo
Works like witchcraft.
ratchet41 · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:41 on July 14, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m nearly 27 and have never used a plunger in my life. I’ve YouTubed how to, but I’m terrified that when the time eventually comes, I’m gonna fuck it up somehow.
RunnerMomLady · 1 points · Posted at 19:10:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
haha we bought a super powerful toilet BECAUSE of our son. It was STILL clogging - i had to teach him that when he feels like he needs to go, to go, not to wait like several days to go (he didn't want to waste time pooping is the best I could get out of him)
hpnut326 · 56 points · Posted at 01:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you have a maid on call to fill up your gas? Did they have a private gas station on their property, or does the maid drive it to the closest one and back?
Icecl · 37 points · Posted at 02:20:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be a state where you're not allowed to self serve like in our state you can't normally there was a time when people have to do it themselves because of the Corona and they were absolutely completely lost on how to do it without help
land8844 · 25 points · Posted at 06:15:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only two states are like that, Oregon and New Jersey. I think it's the stupidest fucking thing.
Anecdotal: The one time we passed through New Jersey, I stopped to get gas (had a half tank) and the guy would not run my card correctly at the pump. It got to the PIN prompt, but he just stared at it dumbfounded until it timed out, then handed my card back and asked if I had a credit card. The whole time I was trying to tell him how to run it as credit, but he just waved me off. I left and didn't fill up until we got to Massachusetts.
Moral of the story: fuck those states and their backasswards dumbshit laws that pander to the lazy bEcAuSe jObS.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 04:07:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
same in my town. not allowed to pump your own gas even before Corona
Kempeth · 3 points · Posted at 07:41:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the fuck are there places where you're not allowed to have self service gas stations?
Icecl · 3 points · Posted at 09:02:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
its called state law or somthing only gas station employees are allowed to pump gas
zzaannsebar · 12 points · Posted at 02:49:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No that was the one her dad would do for her haha
Artistic-Progress · 5 points · Posted at 05:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They probably had a driver
Taylor_tot · 157 points · Posted at 00:42:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’m thankful my dad always had me come watch him fix things. Now I’m the one fixing the ac drain pipe in our house while my husband doesn’t know how to do it
Klaudiapotter · 36 points · Posted at 02:45:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hooray for self sufficiency. I grew up poor with a single mom and we had to learn to fix most things ourselves. I'm not much of a plumber, but I'm pretty good at fixing shit
coldbloodedjelydonut · 15 points · Posted at 06:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One good thing about being DIY poor, for sure. I can re-roof a house (including calculating and ordering materials), dig and backfill a trench for weeping tile, drive pretty much any piece of equipment with minimal instruction if I haven't done it before, I'm decent at mudding & taping (dad sucked at it and I got tired of sanding buckets of mud off the walls), I can run wire and install new outlets / replace old ones. I'm not afraid to try anything. People always think it's funny to get a girl to drive the forklift or back up a trailer or whatever, but I was taught to be capable and as a result I'm generally successful at what I try.
Pohtate · 10 points · Posted at 07:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's odd to me. Those are intense DIY projects in my opinion.
TryUsingScience · 9 points · Posted at 04:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I knew how to fix pipes! Plumbers are so expensive. I can do simple stuff like replace a showerhead or clean the filters in a faucet, but that's my limit.
PenisAmbivalent · 7 points · Posted at 09:48:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was raised by a single mom, who didn't have any money. So if she needed to put up a lamp, or unclog something, or repair something, she did. I've always been the handy one in all my relationships, most of the guys I've dated didn't even own any tools. My husband jokes that I am "exactly as handy as he is not." But really, if you don't have the money for a professional, and don't know anyone who can help, you learn how to figure these things out.
I was visiting my sister in law and their toilet was running. They told me it was broken. I removed the top, messed around with the floating thing in the tank to break off some limescale, and all was fine. Told them to pour some vinegar or something in to remove the rest. They were totally stunned, like I'd just revealed some sort of mystical plumbing powers, because they had no idea the top of their toilet was even removable. It was just something I googled how to do the last time my own toilet was running. It's so simple, people! There WILL be a youtube video on how to do practically anything!
Lyssa545 · 7 points · Posted at 05:56:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
If I may..
"I’m thankful my dad always had me come watch him fix things. Now I’m the one fixing the ac drain pipe in our house" because it needs to be fixed.
Your husband isn't born knowing how to do it, but sounds like he would benefit from watching you do it and learning, just like you did. :)
Taylor_tot · 6 points · Posted at 08:25:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
He watches and tries to learn, but that type of stuff doesn’t come to him quickly. He’s not very handy whereas I am so it’s usually me doing the fixer-upper type stuff. Doesn’t hurt that i also worked for a tool company for a while.
But he’s very intelligent, handles all the budgets and finances, loves doing yard work, so it balances out :)
angio7787 · 3 points · Posted at 17:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was just thinking that. It balances out. My girl and I seem like, when working together, like we are all knowing witches when in reality we just know each others weaknesses specifically when it comes to DIY. She's better at building and making things and Im better at electrical/mechanical things. Also knowing when to pick up a manual or turn on YouTube helps ALOT.
Taylor_tot · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed! I youtube stuff a TON. I also usually have the patience to try and work stuff out while he tries something and wants to move to the next project. We think very differently and I’m the more creative type while he is the more methodical type. It’s a nice balance and I’m glad you two have found that as well!
angio7787 · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really think it makes the relationship more interesting. Just knowing each others strengths and playing of that gives us a huge sense of accomplishment when we finish project and then gives us motivation to do another one together. We joke around about having a TV show on HGTV all the time. Haha.
onenoobyboi · 5 points · Posted at 05:41:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck, I gotta ask my dad to do that more.
Korlat_Eleint · 123 points · Posted at 23:42:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her parents sound like r/raisedbynarcissists material.
Especially the "you didn't thank us enough, were returning your gift" line, but also the extreme sheltering.
Even-Understanding · 9 points · Posted at 02:26:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably a baited question, but here we are
nightwing2000 · 12 points · Posted at 03:41:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair - sometimes it's just mom gets too exasperated to watch kids learn how to do things. My wife used to manage a McD's. She literally had to teach kids how to use a broom. These were 15 and 16-year-olds and their first job. Mama always did everything for them and probably always used a vacuum cleaner. No, you don't just swing it - then the crud flies everywhere, Stroke it, don't miss a spot...
To be fair, she said the worst teenagers to deal with for catty behaviour were the 40-year-old ones.
[deleted] · 27 points · Posted at 02:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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zzaannsebar · 25 points · Posted at 02:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends and I thought it stemmed both from that but also just cultural differences. Both her parents were born outside the US and most things about being a woman in their culture means they don't get much choice or freedom. She was also supposed to get an arranged marriage after finishing med school but I believe her parents approved of a guy she started dating who was of the same background as far as family heritage and religion.
twilight_sparkle7511 · 9 points · Posted at 03:15:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
last you heard from her how was she did she ever become semi self reliant also what was she studying?
zzaannsebar · 26 points · Posted at 03:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So we all graduated from undergrad at the same time, so may 2018. She didn't get into any med schools because she was too young (literally told to her cause she was 19 while applying) so she's been doing research at another university in a different state.
I haven't kept in super great touch with her because we were never the closest, but from what I heard, she was doing really well being away from her parents and learning to establish herself as a person on her own. That girl is incredibly smart and driven so I really didn't expect anything else.
I know I didn't exactly paint her in the best light in my original comment, but she really is a wonderful person. I don't think it was really her fault at all how little she knew about the real world. That one is on her parents. But she's been doing very well for herself. Although she might ways be a little naive, I think she's going to have a very successful and prosperous life.
NoninflammatoryFun · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit. Are you serious? Cause I always felt very sheltered and didn’t know how to do anything when I went to college. I still don’t know some important things. I was very abused.
AnselmDecker · 1 points · Posted at 09:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's next? Pills to suppress the physical effects of puberty, so that boys never deepen their voices, grow facial hair, so that girls never start their periods, Etc?
rumpleme · 7 points · Posted at 01:49:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds exactly like an electrical engineer I worked with, same name and all. She was the worst.
princess_o_darkness · 7 points · Posted at 08:55:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college was an upper-class/caste Indian. She was the “rebel” at home and insisted on going to the US for college. Her family gave in but smartly said she’d have to learn to do things the “American way” and basically dumped her straight off from the airport.
End of first day of moving in together, her bags are still unpacked. I ask her if she needs help, she says she’ll “wait until the the maid comes to do it.”
A few weeks of reality checks later and we were watching a late night movie eating popcorn and she popped a filling off her tooth. I stepped out of the room for a minute and came back to her on the phone with a bewildered 911 operator demanding that they “send a dentist right away”.
While her adjustments to American culture were a source of amusement to me, I also felt privileged to watch her consciousness evolve right before my eyes. By the end of the semester she had an apron and full cleaning supplies and kept our room spotless.
But the biggest change was when she went back to India for the summer. Before she left, even as she was adjusting, she would always make comments about lower caste Indians on campus, and just in general talk with some disdain about certain things. When she came back the next semester she seemed totally humbled and much more open-minded. I don’t think the full extent of her absorption of American culture had hit her until she went back home and saw how obviously stark the differences were between her family and other castes of Indians were and how debilitating a life of that level of privilege can sometimes be.
zzaannsebar · 2 points · Posted at 14:24:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this sounds like the same sort of situation, except that my friend's parents very actively tried to keep her sheltered. But the sort of taught disdain for the lower class was there too. Not so much in her attitude, but what she told us her parents would say. So like when they would have a plumber come to their house or something, her parents would make her and her siblings stay in their room because they "shouldn't associate with those type of people" but my friend herself never really had this attitude.
It was really nice to see her grow up and mature a lot over those couple years.
chromelogan · 5 points · Posted at 03:33:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know in Asia maids and plumbers are not that expensive so there are quite a few people in Asia who are just middle class who don't do these themselves
CrouchingToaster · 7 points · Posted at 04:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to be an electrician's apprentice for a skeevy company that primarily worked with rich bitch people
80 percent of the service calls I went out on were lightbulb changes
mh985 · 8 points · Posted at 04:59:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to college with someone like this. Her father was a major executive at a particular Korean electronics company that we've all heard of.
This girl was completely out of touch with living like a normal person. She didn't understand why my parents didn't give me spending money or a credit card in their name. She didn't understand having to save money for vacations. She didn't understand not being able to afford literally any luxury or convenience.
She was also just a very unpleasant person. Constantly lied and spoke bad about even her closest friends. One of only a handful of people I've known in my life that I genuinely dislike.
zzaannsebar · 2 points · Posted at 05:05:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The credit card thing was like the same. Her parent have her a card that they would pay off each month. But they so never examined exactly what a credit card was or how it worked specifics. So like the rest of us were decently poor college students, as you'd expect. And I remember one time we were talking about how we wanted to go out to eat but couldn't afford it and she suggested we just put it on a credit card. It took a while to explain that a credit card isn't free money and that you have to pay it back with interest if you don't pay it back immediately. Her parents have given her a card with basically no limit and never explained what a credit card actually was so she had no real concept of using money that wasn't actually yours. She does have a better grasp on that now but it was a shock for her.
SpaceCat6969 · 6 points · Posted at 03:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess this answers the question, “how many rich girls does it take to change a lightbulb”
Spice_it_up · 5 points · Posted at 04:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. I used to have a friend who would call apartment maintenance any time her toilet got clogged, her hair clogged the tub, or any of her lightbulbs burnt out. I asked her why, and she said “because I pay rent! I shouldn’t have to do any kind of maintenance!” I have a feeling they would have just laughed at her if she wasn’t hot.
Mangonesailor · 6 points · Posted at 03:34:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was in Germany I dated a girl that live in Hamburg. She was beyond nice, very smart, but very comfortable with living in the city. She was adamant that German drivers were SOOO much better than us Americans, so I showed her how to shift a manual transmission without using the clutch. Blew her and her dad away.
Anyways, she calls me once about how she had to help her friend move and they'd rented a van. She had to drive because she was the only one with a license. She pulled up to the pump, grabbed the nozzle, and just froze with "Well WTF do I do with this??? Ugh... isn't there a door? I've never actually filled a car up before."
Poor thing. I'm a car nut, and sometimes can be an ass, but I heard her say that on the phone and didn't laugh at all and was fully supportive... but I was thinking "WTF... did I really just hear that? Nah... no way."
Roshmosh · 12 points · Posted at 05:47:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you shift without using the clutch? A new clutch is much less expensive than a new transmission.
Mangonesailor · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, she was on a rant about "German driving schools are FAR better than the education you got in the states." So I contested that, and to prove it I told her that was something that was possible. And thus showed her.
Further, your transmission gears have synchronizers, and if you have the finesse you can feather the gas and rpm match and shift without a clutch.
Imagine though, if you will, you ended up SOL because your clutch cable or hydraulics had failed, but you had an emergency. I guess I'd be able to get around this while others would be fucked.
slinkysuki · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Likes to live dangerously i guess.
pa79 · 0 points · Posted at 11:54:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First, why would you do that? And second, how would that work? Cars don't let you change the gear without the clutch pedal being pressed.
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 16:44:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please see the other reply I gave to the other guy.
Yes, cars will let you change gears without the clutch pressed if the synchros are A. In good shape B. You rpm match what the engine speed should be when you'd go to the next gear. The synchros (like little mini clutches) are fitted so they "rub" both the layshaft and the gear you're wanting to transfer power through so that the speed of each will be the same as you move the gearstick to move the shift fork which slides the coupler to mate the gear and layshaft together. Synchros are usually brass rings, and there can be between 1-3 brass rings to help this process. Look up a explaination on YouTube of how a transmission works so you can see what I mean.
You're welcome to take your car/truck on a back road and, while it's in like 3rd, 4th, or 5th gear just put some slight pressure on the stick towards neutral and then let off the accelerator. It'll pop right out of gear.
You use the clutch for starting out, of course. The process goes: Accelerate in 1st, ease off throttle while pushing toward N, as it pops out of gear release the accelerator pedal while GENTLY pushing the shifter to next highest gear. Once you're in gear repeat the process until cruising speed.
Downshifting is possible but can be tricky. You have to be able to match the rpm that the next gear would have you in AND then give it more gas once it engages as the input shaft will be decelerating. So you'll have to match rpm then lower the revs some as you catch the gear.
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 23:23:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's how it works. Also, not me.
HomeGrownCoffee · 3 points · Posted at 03:57:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sister's friend is a Vietnamese Boat person. He married a girl who grew up in luxury. Every story she tells me about this couple sounds like this.
She had no idea about laundry, or bikes. He grew up with nothing but the clothes on his back.
cheribom · 3 points · Posted at 09:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d watch that show.
Jack_Varus · 4 points · Posted at 04:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm thinking I might be in for a shock at some point. I've never had to plunge a toilet because they don't get blocked by anything a toilet brush won't fix.
Did used to have a sink at work we'd have to do all the time though because the moron who designed the plumbing thought "sure, twenty feet of narrow horizontal pipe is fine" and lo, it gets clogged with grit.
JayXCR · 3 points · Posted at 06:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fucking genius! Bravo to that guy.
OrganicEquivalent5 · 3 points · Posted at 07:57:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are clogged toilets common in any other part of the world than the US? I've literally never heard of it here in Sweden, it's just not something that happens with any regularity. Only seen it on American media.
Only time I know of (on topic as well) is when the wife put baby wipes in the toilet.
Quarterwit_85 · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
35 year old living in Australia and I’ve never had a clogged toilet.
It’s either all the shit Americans stuff their faces with or poor plumbing. Or both.
pdredditor · 2 points · Posted at 04:49:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not rich people, but I had to teach 2 roommates how to plunge the toilet. If I remember correctly, by the time we moved out, they still could never do it and always asked me to. It’s easily google-able, which is how I learned...
SoloBird99 · 2 points · Posted at 18:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a brother in his late 50s that still doesn't know how to use a plunger and he clogs the toilet constantly. When he's at our mom's house he asks her to do it. I think she should smack him in the face with the plunger. I mean, we have the same parents and they were adamant about teaching us things. One of his kids (who is 21) always clogs the toilet now as well. When he tries to use the plunger he usually gets shit on the seat or front of the toilet. How do adults don't know this stuff? I mean, throw some Baby Ruths in the toilet and practice!
Winter_Addition · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is Mal actually Rachel Green?
zzaannsebar · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, not at all
Met4lFace · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is having maids not rare in any area?
SevenBlade · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This screams Middle East. Or Texas.
zzaannsebar · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope and nope. Farther east and farther north but I don't want to be any more specific.
Ultravioletgray · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does she think the maids are, robots or slaves or something? How could she know other humans are capable of simple actions and think those same actions are unachievable herself?
zzaannsebar · 1 points · Posted at 14:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it was more that she never really thought about those things as something most people know how to do themselves because from her and her family's perspective, it just wasn't because they paid someone to do it for them. She really is a sweet girl but just very naive. I don't think any of those thoughts or misconceptions came from malice. Just lack of exposure to the real world.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Light bulb's out, better call the plumber.
SirSqueakington · 1 points · Posted at 20:15:16 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohh I know a girl from Dubai who's very similar; lovely person, sweet and hospitable, but also very sheltered.
Matren2 · 0 points · Posted at 01:32:48 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty sure that's everywhere.
shadownights23x · 27233 points · Posted at 21:48:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a guy constantly asking what time jt is...by the 6th time I said "bro,there is a clock right there" he said " I don't know how to read it...grown ass man..
Couple weeks later on facebook someone shared a picture of cursive writing he made fun of the people who couldn't read it...I posted a picture of a clock and said what time does this say...he blocked me
etreoupasetre · 5421 points · Posted at 23:56:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I taught students how to tell time in French, I found out many didn’t know how to tell time at all.
different_drum · 4758 points · Posted at 00:25:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My german teacher found she had to teach us english grammar so she could teach how german was different
Pippin1505 · 2323 points · Posted at 00:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Lol when I was tutoring some kids in France , one had an atrocious grammar in his English essay.
After having tried without success to make him understand what was wrong , I finally asked him how he would write it in French, so we could translate it...
Le sigh
He’s grammar in French was worse
Edit: I left the error, because the irony is too good, even if it's painful to read...
oakteaphone · 2560 points · Posted at 00:49:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
L'oups
Pippin1505 · 111 points · Posted at 00:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Autocorrect ? Let’s blame autocorrect ... Also it’s too hot here
GabuEx · 42 points · Posted at 01:41:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Muphry's Law strikes again!
RatTeeth · 27 points · Posted at 02:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about "had an atrocious grammar?"
Clockwork_Kitsune · 13 points · Posted at 06:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can we mention the spaces before commas on the list of grammar errors? You can't even do that by mistake. That shit intentional.
MiskonceptioN · 2 points · Posted at 09:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That shit *is* intentional.
SpicymeLLoN · 2 points · Posted at 05:15:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you have the right too!
Eurynom0s · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So take off all your clothes?
jhobweeks · 43 points · Posted at 01:22:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
frëre may i have some L’ŒÜPS
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 02:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Pandaburn · 7 points · Posted at 03:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mais non
jayellkay84 · 2 points · Posted at 02:49:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brother wolf?
bex505 · 18 points · Posted at 01:31:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I learned better grammar in my German class than my native English.
HilariousSpill · 4 points · Posted at 02:26:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aahhhhh! Wolves!!
Pandaburn · 3 points · Posted at 03:27:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lööps?
UsuallyInappropriate · 3 points · Posted at 06:06:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
le lulz
Belckan · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cannot make this shit up
richernate · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
L’euof
PAXICHEN · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, that’s house you pronounce it. 😀
KakarotMaag · 30 points · Posted at 02:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huehuehuehuehue
cheesepage · 13 points · Posted at 03:06:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair grammar in any language makes more sense if you have something against which to measure it.
I memorized a boat load of meaningless terms and facts about the pseudo latin way that English supposedly works to pass the tests in junior high.
When I took a few years of French in high school a lot of it started to make some sense. I learned some French grammar, but it is possible I learned more about English grammar.
Fast forward to College and I'm enrolled in a seminar where we, rule by rule, create a software system that generates grammatical sentences in the manner of Chomsky.
Only forty years of practice later and I'm the one in my department asked to do most of the writing.
vegemitebikkie · 13 points · Posted at 04:22:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the news a while back in Australia they were debating wether or not to remove clocks and only have digital displays in schools because none of the kids knew how to read a real clock. But it’s school ffs why aren’t they teaching them?!
QuinceDaPence · 2 points · Posted at 13:52:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that was like 1st grade for me where they taught clocks.
oceanbreze · 3 points · Posted at 05:23:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Mom taught Adult ESL. She had one woman who was really struggling. She could not understand why the student was struggling with even the absolute basic writing. You know, like match the word with the picture. It turned out she was 100% illiterate in her Native Language. 1
katherinefitzAlan · 2 points · Posted at 03:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was, as the French say, les incompetents.
TikomiAkoko · 2 points · Posted at 06:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wesh il a écrit quoi
Verdahn · 4 points · Posted at 02:38:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason I read this as: "Lol when I was torturing some kids in France"
Boxish_ · 1 points · Posted at 06:36:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can relate hard. A lot of the time I had to answer questions written or orally and a lot of the time, I just wouldn’t know the answers to questions, even though I knew what the question meant and the translations of every possible answer.
bb4r55 · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read that as torturing not tutoring
Pippin1505 · 2 points · Posted at 09:58:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol It was almost the other way around...
We were helping kids from the "bad part of town" studying and doing their homework, and it was hell.
They could never concentrate, started a fight at the slightest provocation, one even slapped the buff of the 24 y.o. blonde educator working with us (he was 13...)
And I felt for those kids, because they were trying and they were smart ...
The baseline level of anger and explosive violence at every interaction was symptomatic of real problems at home that I had no hope to solve.
TheLuckySpades · 1 points · Posted at 11:19:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A joke a lot of my French teachers in Luxembourg told us was that while the French speak the language better than we will, we at least understand there is grammar to the language.
Jokes on them I couldn't even do that.
Kered13 · 30 points · Posted at 01:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not unusual. You learn the grammar of your native language when you're very young, it's an intuitive thing and you never have to learn it formally.
vorschact · 19 points · Posted at 02:58:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean...theres a whole order to adjectives?! Fucking really? I just know what sounds wrong. Not why.
Kered13 · 14 points · Posted at 03:10:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's a really good example. Even when they teach grammar in schools they never teach stuff like that, but every native English speaker just knows it intuitively.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjective#Order
Larethian · 1 points · Posted at 18:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean a "rocking wooden extraterrestrial white swollen ancient tiny beautiful chair" is not acceptable?
popmysickle · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My French teacher in 7th grade taught us a rap about the order “beauty badness age newness goodness size”. THANK YOU MR BLANKENSHIP.
IaniteThePirate · 3 points · Posted at 14:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah honestly taking a few years of Spanish taught me way more about grammar in English than I expected it to.
Rusasod · 19 points · Posted at 00:44:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same thing with my French teacher. I think we learnt more English grammar from him than from our actual English teacher.
etreoupasetre · 8 points · Posted at 00:39:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, I found that true too
Alis451 · 9 points · Posted at 01:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh I learned more English in German class. English is a Germanic language(sentence structure) with some french words in it.
vorschact · 2 points · Posted at 02:57:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
English is french people trying to speak German, or at least that's what my teacher taught me
chinmakes5 · 10 points · Posted at 00:45:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First time I heard about the pluperfect tense was in Spanish class. None of us knew the term never mind what it meant.
Kered13 · 19 points · Posted at 02:02:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
English doesn't actually have a pluperfect. It has expressions that might be translated into Spanish (and other languages) in the pluperfect, but when someone says that English has a pluperfect they are applying other languages' grammar to English. This used to be very common, in particular people tried to apply Latin grammar (which has a pluperfect) to English. This is where rules like "don't split an infinitive" come from (in Latin an infinitive is a single word and therefore cannot be split, but the rule makes no sense in English).
English has two tenses, present and past; two voices, active and passive; and two aspects, perfect and progressive. A verb has one of the tenses, one of the voices, and zero, one, or both aspects.
Example: To run (active voice only).
Simple present: He runs.
Simple past: He ran.
Present progressive: He is running.
Past progressive: He was running.
Present perfect: He has run.
Past perfect: He had run.
Present perfect progressive: He has been running.
Past perfect progressive: He had been running.
When people talk about pluperfect in English they usually mean the past perfect.
There is no future tense, but future meaning can be created by using words like "will" or "shall" with any of the present tense forms, or "going to" with the infinitive form. Future meaning can also be created just by adding a future time reference to the sentence, for example "I leave tomorrow" (simple present tense).
PM_ME_UR_MATH_JOKES · 11 points · Posted at 04:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could analyze the English verbal morphology arising from a single verb stem ("be", "have", "do", "go", etc...) more systematically like so (but you should include the present tense and simple aspect either way):
INFINITIVES
PARTICIPLES
GERUNDS
ADJECTIVAL FORMS
FINITE VERB FORMS (Each finite verb inflects relative to a combination of person, number, voice, polarity, tense, aspect, and mood)
Essentially everything else involving inflecting verbs is done with inflected auxiliaries combined with non-finite forms as below; the highlighted verb is the one that gets inflected:
EssEllEyeSeaKay · 2 points · Posted at 03:26:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only thing here I was ever taught is the tenses.
girlikecupcake · 3 points · Posted at 03:56:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. Didn't get an English degree, but had to take English and literature courses in college and never learned active/passive. Only learned perfect/progressive when taking Spanish in high school. (US)
Forlorn_Cyborg · 2 points · Posted at 01:03:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL what a pluperfect tense is. I've literally never heard the word so my education must've been shit. And I went to and returned to college last year.
different_drum · 1 points · Posted at 23:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's one of the words I remember: pluperfect. It sounds cool, but I still can't be bothered to look up what it means. I've got a life to live here.
Thewalrus515 · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf you hardly use it in English, and no individual words I can think of in English actually have a pluperfect meaning.
droppedforgiveness · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhh what? We're talking about the past perfect, right? "I had eaten"? It's not one of the most common, but it's still pretty standard.
Thewalrus515 · 2 points · Posted at 03:06:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes and that took two words to do, I said single words.
droppedforgiveness · 0 points · Posted at 03:46:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't quite understand why that's significant.
Thewalrus515 · 3 points · Posted at 05:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because I specifically said individual words? For all your grammar Nazi arrogance you sure do lack reading comprehension.
droppedforgiveness · 0 points · Posted at 17:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, sorry, I'm just genuinely confused by your comment. I couldn't understand what you meant about single words because it seems like an absurd statement. I for real just don't understand why whether a grammar construction is one word or two words makes any difference. What is your point in bringing that up?
Thewalrus515 · 1 points · Posted at 19:36:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because English has to use multiple word constructions to do certain things that other languages can do in one word. It’s a cumbersome way of doing things and English itself is incredibly limited because of it. English doesn’t even have an accepted way for expressing 2nd person plural ideas and has to rely on context, the closest thing is ya’ll and most people scoff at that. It makes it difficult for ESL individuals to learn English because it’s so backwards. Pluperfect in many languages has its own case, but in English it has to be constructed of two or more different words to express the same idea. I don’t blame people for not understanding how those things work because they’re seemingly bolted on to English instead of being purpose built. There isn’t a separate case or conjugation or anything like that, it’s just a bunch of disparate words strung together that require context and experience to understand.
droppedforgiveness · 1 points · Posted at 22:37:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay. I think calling it "backwards" is a stretch, but okay. It just depends what language you're coming from, I guess.
In French, the plus-que-parfait (equivalent) is also composed of two words (j'avais mangé = I had eaten). Even their basic past tense (passé composé) is the same way (j'ai mangé = I ate, even though it word-for-word looks like "I have eaten").
In my experience learning languages, you tend to just learn tenses as a single unit, even if they're broken down into separate "words", but I understand that other people might learn languages differently.
Thewalrus515 · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
cara non lingua francae mihi est. lingua Latinae est linguam imperatorum et legum.
pressurecookedgay · 3 points · Posted at 02:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My german teacher found out she had to teach one of the students how to tell time on analog. We were all grown too, she just came from a farm in a very remote town and was finally out in the big world learning things. She was really honest and sincere about things though. She seemed really curious to figure stuff out.
cortesoft · 3 points · Posted at 03:22:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, learning a foreign language is a great way to better understand your native grammar. So much of what you do with your native language is unconscious, so having to think about it for a foreign language makes you more aware of what is going on in your own.
judicorn99 · 6 points · Posted at 00:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm french and I've always been surprised by how little grammar native English speakers learn. I guess your grammar is just too simple
Forlorn_Cyborg · 8 points · Posted at 01:07:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I discovered this to be true after taking italian and arabic. And english really is simple. We have no gendered language, no personal pronoun verb conjugations. Except when using time i.e past/present/future.
Spinnis · 1 points · Posted at 13:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But verb tenses are really irregular, and the orthography is insanely complicated.
Forlorn_Cyborg · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s only three verb tenses and there based
I will (for future things) I have ( I am/ I did
I will run I am running I ran.
Italian has irregular verbs too and they have six different personal pronoun forms. I’m not sure how many Arabic has but I’m sure it’s a lot. Combine gender into those forms really throws a wrench into your speech
Edit typo
theydonism · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So simple, yet infinitely powerful language. This is why I love English so much
Spinnis · 0 points · Posted at 13:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really. It has very irregular verb tenses and orthography. All natural languages are ”infinitely powerful”.
theydonism · 1 points · Posted at 18:27:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All natural languages includes English
Spinnis · 1 points · Posted at 00:00:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saying "This is why I love English so much" makes it seem unique to English.
theydonism · 1 points · Posted at 00:10:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I love English so much in relation to languages that are more complex or convoluted
Spinnis · 1 points · Posted at 11:07:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but English is not that simple. It’s far from the simplest language.
NovelTAcct · -2 points · Posted at 01:33:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You've always been surprise of it huh
Edit: They edited the ironic mistake out of their comment.
Metza · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it took me learning ancient greek to understand english grammar...
KiniShakenBake · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is how I learned the deeper bits of English grammar - by studying Spanish for four years.
different_drum · 1 points · Posted at 23:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And I guess you learn Spanish grammar from English - it's the things that differ that make you question how it works
dogtarget · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had the same experience!
TunaOnDryLand · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually learned a few grammar concepts in German class first before I learned them in English.
oriaven · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We did book reports in middle school. It was all about literary elements for years. I took Spanish and then learned about been conjugation and pronouns.
Ouhzling · 2 points · Posted at 06:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha oh my God I'm so glad I'm not the only one... It's a little different as I teach English to German students, but more often than I should I end up explaining German grammar first so I can show similarities or differences in English. Or just plainly give them an idea of their native language. Jeez.
Thanks for the laugh :)
cdmurray88 · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was way back in high school, but I learned more English grammar from my mandatory Latin and Spanish classes than from my English classes.
floomigen · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, I get that! I learned English grammar through taking foreign language classes.
velvetfrogpancakes · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here when I teach English as a second Language to people that speak Spanish.
redsyrinx2112 · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Spanish teacher had to do that in high school. I've learned a couple languages since and noticed that people who understand their own grammar are always much better at learning the grammar of another language.
different_drum · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a strange thing, teachers just seem to assume you automatically know grammar in your native languages, so they don't teach it.
redsyrinx2112 · 1 points · Posted at 23:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish teachers taught more grammar after elementary school. I don't remember learning much about it (or even being graded on it in essays) after that. I only know grammar well because I have just read so many books and did my own research before taking the SAT. It's amazing at my full-time job the number of people who don't know basic grammar things. I don't blame them. I know it's just the education system.
different_drum · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, maybe not blame them, but I don't respect them: it is possible to learn outside of school, if you want to.
redsyrinx2112 · 1 points · Posted at 00:03:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think our education system encourages that, though. People aren't taught how to learn. They are made to memorize and cram.
ImitationFox · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest, I learned a lot more about English grammar and phonetics in my French classes than I did in my English classes.
I read a lot as a kid, so I guess I just had a good idea of how to write fairly well. As a result, my teachers would continue teaching new things of writing to me, but we never actually went over the basics of sentence structure or anything until I was in French classes.
Nuclear_rabbit · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're learning grammar that deductively instead of inductively, the teacher is teaching foreign language wrong.
androgenoide · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not odd at all. Every foreign language class I ever took started out with a review of English grammar so that all the students would have some idea what was being described.
ChrysW · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I intentionally took German as my foreign language to help with English grammar. It paid off when I took my required graduate-level English course and could apply what I learned in my German lessons to what my grammar teacher couldn't explain well but required me to know. I majored in English, but that class was so hard for my peers to figure out because grammar is tricky and rarely taught well. In fact, many students failed that course because it was so hard, which hurt a lot of people because it was one of the last classes we were required to take before graduation.
different_drum · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So how did you know doing German would help with English?
ChrysW · 1 points · Posted at 00:04:58 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know for sure if it would help, but German is one of the parent languages of English, so I figured some of our odder rules might be explained. The biggest explanation were those compound words English has. Why are these words together but not those? I didn't look deep into these connections, but I figure some are German.
The biggest help came with passive voice, which isn't even a thing in German. In German, you can switch around your subject and object for emphasis, which we don't do in English. But they tell you not to use passive voice all the time in writing classes, and I didn't understand what that meant until I learned the German emphasis rule. I mean, the professor might've explained the English rules too but I can't remember (my German prof had a day job so this class started at 730 at night and ran until after 9 most of the time. It made for a long day, like I used to skip sometimes for safety because I commuted an hour on ruralish highways and would start to see shit if I was too tired). It was a good connection to make, but I still can't find passive voice in English easily. At least I understand it deep down thanks to that guy. He mostly told stories and didn't get super deep into things, but I still learned a few things so it was worth it. I just wish he didn't have that day job the semester I had an 8 a.m. class, shit was brutal.
eternalchild16 · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned more about English grammar in my high school Latin class than I ever did in English. Sentence diagramming is actually pretty cool and I plan to include it in my children's educational experiences.
Murgatroyd314 · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun exercise: diagram the preamble to the US Constitution.
different_drum · 1 points · Posted at 23:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't do Latin, but I remember kids who did saying just this.
KipBoyle · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sure learning English grammar the primary purpose of high school foreign language in the US.
Burqa_b · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like we have the same teachers ( like what is nominative and accusative case???)
Dahvood · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I studied Japanese at uni. I learned more about English grammar during those courses than in my entire school career
ebalander09 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That also happened to me! I didn't know what a preposition was until junior year of high school when we had to learn them in German class. Frau was not pleased. But thats public schools for you!
get_in_the_tent · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exact same experience, I learnt more grammar in German than in my English classes
isalfredo · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coming from another country English grammar is a problem that I found in America
pinkkittenfur · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
English grammar isn't taught as frequently or as well as it should be. I teach high school German and I find that I also have to give basic English grammar lessons for students to understand what a definite or indefinite article is, or what a modal verb is.
ohdearsweetlord · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which makes sense. I'd picked up the basics of grammar by high school because it personally interested me and I liked to write, and it was definitely an advantage for me. So many kids didn't know what nouns and verbs were, or even that English and other languages had order and rules that made them work, so being suddenly told to memorize a list of irregular verbs was meaningless to them. English classes were heavily skewed toward the study of literature, and not the language itself and its history and mechanics.
katherinefitzAlan · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ich habe keine anhnug. - The only acceptable response in German class when you didn’t know the answer.
ThinkEggplant8 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its more common than you think. Sometimes we need to teach students Spanish before we teach them English, as they lack sufficient knowledge in Spanish to use it as a frame of reference.
Girls4super · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same lol
theoreticaldickjokes · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have to do that as a Spanish teacher. I'm researching methods of skipping that step.
siberian-12 · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned more english grammar in german than I did in english.
Ugbrog · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was asked for an infinitive form of a verb in English class and only knew it because I had been taking German. Infinitive itself was a word that was never really mentioned.
CatherineConstance · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened in my Japanese classes too! I was in a K-12 immersion program so by high school we were pretty much fluent. I learned what a gerund was in Japanese before ever even hearing that word used in English.
ptrst · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grammar has always been pretty good, but I never formally learned most of it until I was taking Spanish classes in high school. Learned the proper names for the tenses in English so I could figure out what the Spanish equivalent was supposed to be.
MisYann · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My nineth grade teacher had to teach us multiplication.
Fredredphooey · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't teach grammar much anymore in the US.
Corinne_College · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! They didn't teach us english grammar in high school, but our french teacher taught us french grammer.
HappyDopamine · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same with my Spanish teacher friend.
lavicenrose · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught German at a university for a while. Can confirm.
HRH_2765 · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
English grammar is pretty basic and is learned very early. European languages have more complex grammar and is taught well into high school. When English speaking people want to learn a European language those basic grammar concepts are a big help but we have mostly forgotten them.
foozeld · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only learned what nouns/pronouns/proper nouns, adjectives, and verbs were from my Latin teacher in 9th grade.
Caro63 · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this. I learned French grammar all right. But english? My first language? I definitely pause and have to strongly think about what an adjective, adverb, etc is
chiree · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm learning Spanish as a native English speaker and I have to learn English grammar as a part of that.
It's not as absurd as it sounds. They only taught us English grammar in primary school, and it's something I hadn't "studied" in 30 years. I just speak and things sound right or wrong, kind of like I know how to walk, but couldn't tell you name of the muscles in my leg.
But with Spanish, it's taught meticulously. The average Spaniard knows the names of things grammatical concepts. That's just not true for (American) English speakers.
I've found learning how English grammar works has massively improved my understanding of Spanish.
TL:DR- English isn't taught to native speakers the same way other countries teach their languages.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For a few decades in the UK English grammar wasn't taught in schools. For lots of us our first real brush with formal grammar was learning a second or additional language.
zuppaiaia · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, German gets complicated when it comes to telling the time. I need to stop and think very carefully.
Jollyester · 1 points · Posted at 10:59:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
totally the school system at fault here. I remember I forgot even the fucking alphabet at one point ... meanwhile here I am speaking several languages as an adult. They really tried to do everything to make us dumb in there... glad I started teaching myself by 13...
evilwoman747 · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read a very interesting study a few years ago. Basically it talked about how students (in this case students learning English as a second language) needed to know the basic grammar and spelling of their native tongue before they could learn another. It was incredibly interesting to read about, and not one that schools necessarily consider a lot of the time.
ReddJudicata · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Native speakers really don’t need to know systematic grammar at all as long as they’ve had good exposure to “proper” speech and writing. Even then, that’s more of a register thing.
Fishydeals · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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QuinceDaPence · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every English teacher says everything the last one taught you was wrong and says they have to reteach everything. I'm thinking that's to an extent what's going on here, or is at least the reason the kids weren't using it the way she wanted.
dumbandconcerned · 1 points · Posted at 14:23:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I often have to teach Japanese kids Japanese grammar so I can teach them how English is different. I think people just don’t think about the grammar of their native language much.
MemeFarmer314 · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao this actually helped me on my SATs. There was a multiple choice question asking which sentence was grammatically correct. I didn’t know the answer, so I translated the sentence to French and only one was correct.
cactus_legs · 1 points · Posted at 16:44:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Halb funf. Yep, not 5 30
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:56 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
In all fairness, although I had been doing well in English classes, I learned a lot about English grammar by taking high school German. (As it happened, Herr Schilling taught both - two of his periods were German, the rest were English classes.)
pikabuddy11 · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I couldn't have told you what the perfect tense was before I took Spanish 4.
different_drum · 2 points · Posted at 23:48:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly
nightwing2000 · 0 points · Posted at 02:06:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I went to a private elementary school where they drilled the hell out of us about grammar. I spent a year in public school in Grade 6 and found I corrected the teacher's grammar lessons about 2 or 3 times. We already knew object, preposition, adjectives, adverbs, tense and person in grade 5, but grade 6 public school was just getting to subject-predicate.
When I got into the private high school associated with the private grade school, the Spanish teacher complained he had to stop teaching Spanish for 5 to 6 months to teach the public elementary school graduates basic grammar, since Spanish is a very rules-based language and each word has a different form depending on gender, singular-plural, verbs endings depend on tense and singular-plural, etc.
Spinnis · 2 points · Posted at 13:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally all languages are ”very rules-based”
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 17:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes and no. English is very random, minimal word dependencies,and many wordings (like adjective endings) don't change dependent on the gender or plural. red shoes red coat; I jump you jump they jump. I will jump. Maybe I will jump. Verb tense is moderately ambiguous.
Spanish, by contrast has very definite word suffixes which determine the details to the point where, for example, you can drop the "yo" because the verb indicate you mean yourself. Also verb tenses are complex and dependent on the exact situation.
Many native speakers, especially English, don't pay a great deal of attention to verb tenses; they just know what "sounds right".
Spinnis · 2 points · Posted at 17:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ofc, like every language. But what "sounds right" is based on a set of very specific rules.
different_drum · 2 points · Posted at 23:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what country you in?
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 17:19:04 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Canada, eh?
55 years ago, I can still name the 8 types of words in grammar, including gerunds. Trivia that "If I were you..." is a vestigial remnant of the subjunctive in English, etc. etc.
YakumoYoukai · 0 points · Posted at 02:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, does anyone receive the kind of detailed, precise description of their native language that they do in a foreign language class? I've never had an English teacher talk about future pluperfect tense or subjunctive mood, but you sure have to learn it in your first couple years of a 2nd language.
elegant_pun · 0 points · Posted at 02:31:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's really, really upsetting.
BassBeerNBabes · 15 points · Posted at 00:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's an age thing. I sadly couldn't read an analog clock until I was almost 18. Digital clocks have screwed people up.
etreoupasetre · 18 points · Posted at 00:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, we always laughed about it and said they were the digital generation. They asked me if I could read a sundial.
Kered13 · 10 points · Posted at 02:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sundials basically read like the hour hand of an analog clock. The dial should be labeled with hour marks to make it easy to read.
OnlySeesLastSentence · 3 points · Posted at 02:48:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well yeah. I imagine it's like having just an hour hand. You see far it is between two locations. If it's closer to the 4 than the 3, it's like 3:50.
fishsupreme · 9 points · Posted at 01:30:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's definitely generational, but this still kind of amazes me, though. I mean, I'm teaching my son to read an analog clock and he's five. You'd also think it would come up in school at some point.
Tar_alcaran · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned that in school. I also thought it was stupid at the time, because digital clocks are obviously easier and more accurate.
But i did learn it in school
Aenigmatrix · 4 points · Posted at 01:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's surprising to me because reading analog clocks was included in my English and Mathematics textbooks back when I was elementary, even though we already have digital clocks to an extent.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 3 points · Posted at 00:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Christ. Just... fucking how?
etreoupasetre · 9 points · Posted at 00:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The shop teacher complained he had to teach students to read a ruler correctly.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. This is seriously stuff we learned in elementary school...
JayDude132 · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im pretty sure that (at least where i live) they dont teach kids how to read analog clocks anymore in school. I remember learning that in 2nd grade. It was one of the more fun things we did because we all got little paper clocks to play with and move the hands around. That was... 22 years ago though.
some-canadian-kid · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a French/English town and went to a French school but outside of I only really spoke English. Anyway nobody really explained to me that French use military time and the rest of Ontario uses standard time .so kid me was confused when the teacher would say the bus leaves to school at 15:15 but my mom told me it was 3:15 and such. I never figured it out till I was like 12.
ITS-A-JACKAL · 2 points · Posted at 21:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In grade four my teacher asked me what time is it on the analog clock. I said 2:35pm. Everyone laughed at me because it was 2:34pm. Fuck that whole class
Stupidshemale · 7 points · Posted at 00:08:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We just pretend cus we hate french
loonygecko · 4 points · Posted at 03:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well a lot of younger peeps do not know how to read a watch dial (instead of digital numbers), write a check, or send snail mail. Also funny is give them an old dial phone and suggest they make a phone call. ;-P To be fair, the old phones go against how people currently use push buttons so I doubt I'd figure it out if I had not seen it either. ;-P
Tar_alcaran · 6 points · Posted at 04:46:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We don't all live in a place that uses checks. Im in my 30s and have never written one, because they're an archaic and fraud prone form of transferring money. Nobody in the Netherlands has written or deposited a check in a decade, unless it was mailed from abroad.
That would get you nowhere in a lot of places, since network support for pulse dialing is hardly universal anymore.
loonygecko · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the USA, sometimes you do still have to send checks, some govt agencies do not take cash for instance. For property taxes, I think you have to do checks. Sometimes you do also have to send snail mail as an adult. Not knowing is an issue but the more funny part to me is that young kids often do not think to just google how to do it. Yeah old dial phones are not needed anymore, it's just kind of a fun way for old farts to tease young kids a tad. ;-P
Tar_alcaran · 2 points · Posted at 05:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Well... no, of course not. You pay by bank transfer, or, if you're from the pre-internet or pre-phone-banking days, you pay per (pre filled) Giro
Also, as an adult, I honestly can't recall the last time I sent snail mail that wasn't a birthday card or something like that. Its quite possible I've never done that in a private setting.
loonygecko · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is America, people rarely pay by bank transfer, my bank charges $40 per transfer, I only do it for big international transfers. And I never heard of Giro, it's not uncommon to pay by check here. Kids don't know how to write one because as kids, they get most of their money from their parents and don't have to pay govt fees, etc.
numberonepear · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago my sister was visiting and I was putting my tax return in an envelope to mail it (back when they still had form 1040EZ, R.I.P.) and she said "They allow you do that?" as if everybody was required to e-file or something and snail mail was forbidden.
Zjackrum · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t they say Seven minus fifteen instead of Six forty-five in French?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something like that, yea. But that's almost the same as we do in English, we say stuff like "15 minutes past 5" and "15 minutes til 5". It's essentially the same system, just using slightly different words.
a_trane13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not exactly the same. Those are optional phrases in English, but in some other languages that’s that main common way you say the time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear after and til all the time where I'm from. Maybe it's just me. I have also seen times in French just done like "six heures et vingt minutes" or "six heures vingt." I guess it just depends.
a_trane13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, I mean it is not just a phrase or slang but actually the formal way to say the time. I’m not super familiar with French, though.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen both, the one without the minuses or pluses was like train times or something.
michiness · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a 9th grader in my class who legit did not know the months. Like he straight up could not tell you half of the months, and they wouldn’t be in order.
blargman327 · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember in elementary school we had a whole unit dedicated to reading a clock.... by the end of it most of the class still couldn't read a clock
gocool12345 · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, I remember my old French teacher telling us how confused she was when her students couldn’t read the clock.
siddharthsingh_7 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had this driver once who had no idea what's the difference between am and pm maybe he had no concept of time. We told him that we need to go out somewhere tomorrow night so come pick us up at 6pm. That guy showed up at early morning 6am. I was a kid back then so I don't remember much but eventually we taught him how to tell what time is it properly.
SewerRanger · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother got a TBI and one of the cognitive test they give you is showing you an analog clock and asking you what time it says. I had to explain to the therapist that the test (he completely failed) was useless because he couldn't tell time on an analog clock before the brain injury.
Gray_side_Jedi · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same with military time (also on a 24-hour scale). I had to teach a lot of my junior Marines how to read a clock first, then how to convert that to military time. Also how to reprogram their phones and digital watches to spare them from the painful mental math...
num2005 · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
how do you tell time in french? whats the difference?
time is time, no?
vorschact · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's actually why a few of my friends took German, and why my English grade got better. German's strict language structure forced you to be able to dissect an English sentence
krnshadow65 · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thought this was a joke about French people, but realized it’s just an anecdote about actual kids
ChilledClarity · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only learned how to read analogue when I was 17. Digital was just more common growing up.
ladycatacorn · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t judge, I was living in Kuwait when I was supposed to be at school in America learning to tell time. I can read it but VERY slowly, like it takes me about 30-60 seconds. Oops.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe it. My sister couldn’t tell time until she was in like 7th grade
Sweetune · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf numbers in French make no sense
Keikasey3019 · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had students that mix up a hundred and a thousand in their own native language when I was teaching English. Also, minutes and seconds.
VioletStainOnYourBed · 1 points · Posted at 06:27:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I "learned" in kindergarten how to read a clock. But it never really made sense to me? I grew up around digital clocks in military time. I'm 21 now and I'm just kinda getting the hang of it but struggle with anything that isn't exactly 15, 30, 45. So I estimate a lot or just use my phone. When I tell people they're kinda surprised and probably immediately think I'm dumb lol
triivium · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, French time is a worded a bit differently than English time. But also to be fair, French in general is worded differently when translated. Even so, I was never taught to think of 10:55 as onze heures moins cinq (until I was forced to think of it that way).
Mikey_B_CO · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have any tips on how to learn French?
Aloonatron · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They use metric time still, right?
PivotPsycho · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Normally that is taught when you are like 5-6 yo in school though, no?
CommunismOnceMore · 1 points · Posted at 15:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's fair, time in french is hard- you have to do quick maths if it's past half an heure.
EDIT: lol wait I'm dumb- misread.
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 1 points · Posted at 17:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've also run into this several times every school year.
Also kids not knowing how to use normal rounding.
Paytron12qw · 0 points · Posted at 04:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally the classmates in my Spanish class.
And they had the audacity to blame their teachers for it.
wejustwanttofeelgood · -1 points · Posted at 04:11:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this thread is making me lose a whole lotta hope for humanity, jfc
etreoupasetre · 2 points · Posted at 05:05:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We are all dumb about something. When I got married at twenty five, I didn’t know how to boil an egg. My husband was amazed.
TannedCroissant · 10748 points · Posted at 00:04:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should teach him, I’ve recently started, so far I can only tell 6:30 on an analogue clock but I’ve got that position hands down.
FlyByPC · 2129 points · Posted at 00:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Midnight and noon are easy, too. They're on the up and up.
02Alien · 58 points · Posted at 02:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm really good at reading 9:45. Still can't figure out 3:15 tho
RiceBapis · 88 points · Posted at 02:23:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's all right
supahphly · 22 points · Posted at 02:32:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty straightforward in my opinion.
knightopusdei · 10 points · Posted at 02:56:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
11:05 is as easy as raising your hands
grendus · 1 points · Posted at 19:03:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you know the difference between 11:05 and 1:55?
I'm struggling with the same problem telling 12:30 from 6:00. They look the same from the top down.
3:45 and 9:15 have the same problem across the board.
Shamrock5 · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess you can't be left to your own devices
spicy_jose · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just went from six to midnight.
FlyByPC · 5 points · Posted at 03:02:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heh. Did it take you thirty seconds, thirty minutes, or six hours?
Inquiring minds want to know.
zingw · 3 points · Posted at 06:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Midnight AND noon? Well you got one more than I know
totomorrowweflew · 2 points · Posted at 08:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a very timely comment string.
datantiboii · 1 points · Posted at 13:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like a joke is flying over my head.
FlyByPC · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"On the up and up" means "honest or sincere," at least in the US. And at noon and midnight, both of the hands of the clock are pointing up.
I didn't say it was a great joke.
datantiboii · 2 points · Posted at 16:49:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol thanks
Retro-Sexual · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Straight up
Optidalfprime · 0 points · Posted at 07:34:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You missed his hands down joke
elflorence · 0 points · Posted at 06:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or hands up
[deleted] · 184 points · Posted at 00:10:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BOOO!
:updoot:
pancakesiguess · -4 points · Posted at 02:35:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/angryupvote
N33chy · 41 points · Posted at 01:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm going to be that pedantic guy:
At no time will both hands on the couch be pointed directly downward. At 6:30, the hour hand will be halfway between 6 and 7.
Iguessimonredditnow · 15 points · Posted at 01:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Stony_Logica1 · 6 points · Posted at 04:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did couches enter this conversation?
N33chy · 5 points · Posted at 04:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My phone apparently wanted to direct the conversation that way.
otheraccountisabmw · 3 points · Posted at 03:40:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was my first thought too.
antivn · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s still down though isn’t it
N33chy · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends how you define "down." I'm just making the argument for argument's sake, not cause it really matters. But to be sure, "down" is generally defined as 90 deg / perpendicular to the surface you're standing on. If the clock is level and a hand is pointed at anything other than 6, then that hand is not pointing directly downward.
TXR22 · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody said "directly down" though, the joke simply used the phrase "hands down" :)
N33chy · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, and that's why I pointed out that I'm being excessively pedantic. I'm an engineer, this is how my brain works, and I thought some other people would find it amusing.
TXR22 · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm so sorry :(
N33chy · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why? Making stuff is neat.
qa-doopl · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hurr durr
pi = e = sqrt(g) = 3
Now laugh
McBurger · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if it’s 12:00 and you stand on your head
Alaira314 · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on if you have a traditional clock that rotates the hands smoothly, or a newer one that has a processor inside it that snaps the hands to each position. It's sort of like the clocks where the seconds hand "ticks" around rather than moving smoothly, except sometimes the minute and (more rarely, but I've seen it) hour hands do it too. It's essentially just a digital clock, but dressed up to look analogue. They often lack the seconds hand, too.
BiAsALongHorse · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen ones where the minute hand is on a stepper that can only drive the minute hand down to the minute with the hour hand geared to the minute hand. I've never seen one where both are driven independently. Not sure if I've just never noticed the ones with it, but it'd be a lot more expensive to produce ones like that at any real volume.
Deazus · 0 points · Posted at 02:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would it be like, 6:36 or something?
iliketumblrmore · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Going too ahead. More like ~6;33
Deazus · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah. Yep, yep. I see that now that I have a clock in front of me.
JayKayne · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not understanding lol. What's going to be 6:33
iliketumblrmore · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hour hand overlaps minute hand, facing downward.
JayKayne · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh. Lol thanks
doyouevenlemon · 49 points · Posted at 00:13:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Take my damn upvote
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 01:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You win.
buckeyenut13 · 6 points · Posted at 01:33:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How long have you waited to use that one? Haha. Caught me off gaurd though. Well done
radiorentals · 8 points · Posted at 01:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not many people in the US use the 24hr (military) clock, but it is fantastic - avoids any kind of confusion if you know how to use it properly. None of that 03.30PM/03.30AM shit.
It's all done on a 12+ basis after midnight and is super simple
Once you get it you'll never want to go back to the tedious and easily screwed up AM/PM stuff.
Dunan · 9 points · Posted at 02:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am I misunderstanding something, or shouldn't it be "12+ basis after noon"?
radiorentals · 10 points · Posted at 02:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're right! 00:00 to 12:00 and then 12:00 +1
I take my mistake on the chin and thanks for correcting it!
Dunan · 3 points · Posted at 02:21:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was with trepidation that I posted that comment because I thought for sure I was being whooshed somehow.
radiorentals · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha! I know what it's like to arch an eyebrow and take a second look! Thank you for correcting me. Best wishes :)
emsok_dewe · 8 points · Posted at 04:06:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Small point, but on the chart they list 2400. There is no 2400. It would go 23:59:59 to 00:00:00. At no point is there ever a 2400.
radiorentals · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're entirely right!
sadicarnot · 5 points · Posted at 01:55:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in the navy and still do this. Amazing how many people have trouble with this
radiorentals · 4 points · Posted at 02:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's insane, right?! I can't even remember when I started using the 24hr clock for things - it must be at least 25 years ago. It's just so easy and gets rid of any confusion!
It's also like the NATO phonetic alphabet. We use it all the time in the UK so I know it off by heart - then I come to N America and people I talk to are "A as in Alfred", "B as in Border"...FFS! What?!? There's an entire protocol for this shit! And what is the 'as in...' nonsense?!
I spell out a booking code: Alpha, Zulu, Charlie, Foxtrot, Juliet, 869.........interminable silence.
A as in Apple, Z as in Zebra, C as in Comic (no shit!), F as in....whatever the fuck you want it to mean because you don't know what the fuck I'm talking about and you're scratching around for words to spell out the rest of the booking number. AARGH.
ObscureCulturalMeme · 9 points · Posted at 02:47:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love the "phonetic alphabet by assholes". I don't remember all of them, but things like
A: Aardvark
P: Pneumatic
G: Gnocchi
I: One
M: Mnemonic
V: Five
X: either Ten or Xerces
Y: Ypres
Holundero · 2 points · Posted at 14:20:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
M: Mancy
ObscureCulturalMeme · 1 points · Posted at 15:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doesn't Mancy start with an M sound, though? (I don't know the word.)
Holundero · 2 points · Posted at 15:57:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's from the TV show Archer https://youtu.be/dNYMQpcqscA
sadicarnot · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I have to spell something I will say to the person on the phone I will use the phonetic alphabet. I have not had an issue to be honest.
radiorentals · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, but people in call-centres don't have that knowledge, and aren't told to learn it :( It would save SO much time!
reneelikeshugs · 1 points · Posted at 14:59:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a former person in a call center, I can say that our team had the US (not sure if there’s a variance between English speaking militaries or not so I’m specifying) military’s phonetic alphabet taped to each of our desks right next to the phone. When I got transferred to a different team, I printed it out and taped it down. (Yes, I had memorized most of it, but sometimes you forget letters/words.)
sadicarnot · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet?wprov=sfti1
reneelikeshugs · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! Thank you!!
LastWildAngel · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I couldn’t agree more. I changed my phone over several years back to learn military time and I’m so glad I stuck it out and learned it. It’s such a better system.
radiorentals · 3 points · Posted at 05:12:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once you know it you never want to go back! It's so ridiculously easy! And has no opportunity for misunderstanding. Which is why the military use it obvs!
brigittefires · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked midnights and woke up from a nap thinking I’d slept 13 hours straight through work, because 7am and 7pm are both dark in the winter here. Immediately switched to military time and 15 years later, still use it.
radiorentals · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! It's so simple and is so easy to get to know. There's no confusing 0700 and 1900!
SakuraFerretTrainer · 2 points · Posted at 02:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've left me speechless. Good work.
IrishRepoMan · 2 points · Posted at 02:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...
Nmeyer1134 · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow that took me way too long
Alexsrobin · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do they not teach this in school anymore? I distinctly remember a colorful clock in first grade that our teacher used to teach is off of every day.
Edit: the joke just whooshed past my head the first time
endorrawitch · 2 points · Posted at 15:42:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got a "game" that used cartridges that looked like 8 track tapes to learn to tell time. One cartridge taught hours, one taught minutes.
Not_Just_Any_Lurker · 2 points · Posted at 03:15:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
6:30 isn’t hands both down though. At 30 minute mark the hour hand would be halfway between 6 and 7. Obviously you’re not great at clocks either.
Pm-ur-butt · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hang in there, by 9:15 you'll have it straightened out.
IfHeFitzHeSits · 3 points · Posted at 00:56:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God damn it take your upvote
shadownights23x · 1 points · Posted at 00:11:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, but he mentioned that people have tried and he don't get it..which is fine I get that Im
Ghost17088 · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How long have you been waiting for that setup?
qa-doopl · 1 points · Posted at 12:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'll never get a reply from him because his earthly journey is now complete and his soul has ascended to Valhalla.
TOASTER_JESUS · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta start someplace mind as well be the bottom.
ThiefofNobility · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The big hand is minutes of the hour no matter what, in 5 minute increments. 1 is five minutes past the hour. 2 is 10 minutes past the hour. So on and so forth.
The little hand is the hour and will creep slowly during the entire hour it is, from the number of the hour it is to the next.
So 4:45 PM for example would have the big hand at 9, and the little hand almost to the 5. But until it touches the 5 it's still 4th hour of the 12 hour clock.
I hope that made sense.
marly- · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it's a joke, but if you're serious you can try to get an analogue and digital clock in the same vicinity so when you check them together you can see what that specific time looks like. Your computer might do this and your phone's clock widget/app may do this on the icon or somewhere while you can check the top.
Good luck!
Ipotatou · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In case you don’t know the shorter one is for hour and longer one is for minutes. Just multiply 5 with de number the long needle point at to have the minutes. Just a small trick my parents taught me when I learn how to read clock.
fatalflu · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister is graduated with honors from William and mary one of the smartest people I know. But cant read an Analog clock.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The little hand points to the hour while the big hand points to the minutes. For the long hand, each number on the clock represents five minutes. So I'm looking at my clock right now, and the little hand is on the ten. The big hand is past the one, but has almost reached the two, but not quite. That makes it 10:09.
DiezDedos · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
FUCK YOU
sea_battle · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BRAVO, that was a good one. I really need to know that I'm not the only one who got it.... please.....
alfredhelix · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should learn 1:58, 1:59, 2:00, 2:01, and 2:02 next.
Two to two to two two.
dominoe29 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me think about how I learnt it. It seems no one taught me! I just picked it up by figuring it out whenever my parents would tell me the time when I was younger and mapping that with the clock on the wall.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol my parents didn’t let me and my little sister get a digital watch until I was in 5th grade. Said they were afraid we would forget this potentially crucial skill.
stevenette · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That joke screams Mitch, but I know it's not. Rip
BEKFETS · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've gotten much farther than me my good sir. I applaud you.
soupyfrood · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ve spent years waiting for this opportunity, haven’t you.
FlamingoPants42 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't taught in kindergarten?
PAXICHEN · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not going to laugh. But I will give you an upvote.
Silly__Rabbit · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had real trouble with analog clocks until I bought myself an analog watch (this was before cell phones), but it forced me to learn.
nomnommish · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't worry. Even a broken clock tells the correct time twice a day
bluedomeocean · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m more about that 6:45, naaa’ mean.
anrii · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can get watches & clocks with a red side and a blue side that tells you if it’s past the hour or to the hour
BroffaloSoldier · 1 points · Posted at 11:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How are people this clever? I could have never thought up something like this.
endorrawitch · 1 points · Posted at 15:30:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saw what you did there...
Madrigal_King · 1 points · Posted at 15:52:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Little hand is on the hour. Big hand is on the minutes. Multiply the number it's on by 5.
Ribeartoe · 1 points · Posted at 15:59:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Take your upvote and get the fuck out of here.
19791983 · 1 points · Posted at 17:51:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh youuuu
Nate_The_Scot · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BOOOOOOO
GloriousReign · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bravo!
Kilren · 0 points · Posted at 00:23:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is noon an American black man? Because their hands are always up.
(Hope things change around here and how LEO interact with people that are not white)
razielmz · 0 points · Posted at 01:04:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is this so wholesome omggg
poppcorrn · 0 points · Posted at 01:04:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate you for this. Take my upvote and leave
SHOCK_VALUE_USERNAME · 0 points · Posted at 01:08:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An analogue clock is just a clock.
Obscureallure86 · 0 points · Posted at 02:23:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see what you did there
innerpeice · 0 points · Posted at 06:18:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
take your damn to vote and get out of here
laurh123 · -3 points · Posted at 00:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But like, how do you know that's not 3 pm?
miguel_is_a_pokemon · 7 points · Posted at 00:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"hands down"
IiASHLEYiI · 61 points · Posted at 00:00:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is something I kind of worry about. Are children even taught to read analog clocks anymore? I learned how to read a clock/watch in elementary school (same with writing in cursive), but I get the feeling that's no longer the case...
Drunken_Foks · 47 points · Posted at 00:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 22 and from Europe and we definitely learned how to read analog. I had to relearn it three times and I still always forget how to read it, so eventually I gave up. Dunno why my brain works like this. But I'd guess there are people out there who are just like me, so I'm not judging. As long as they can read at least digital...
SpaceNigiri · 11 points · Posted at 02:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know how to read them but my brain is really slow doing it, I have to pay a lot of attention to the clock to really understand it.
This doesn't happen anymore thanks to smartphones, but in the past I used to ask for the time to people, they used to show me their analog wrist clocks too quickly and most of the times I didn't understand the hour, but I was too ashamed to ask again.
AggressiveExcitement · 5 points · Posted at 03:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought I was the only one. I don't know how people read them so quickly. I have to really focus to process what it says and then double check it in my head. I'm generally a pretty quick person, I just have a hard time thinking in math and I guess that extends to analog clocks.
cptjeff · 3 points · Posted at 04:58:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're somebody who wears a watch every day, a quick glance is all it takes. But even as somebody who does wear a watch constantly I will admit that I will occasionally have to look multiple times and think hard before I actually process what time it is when the time is pre-coffee.
Sunny--1983 · 12 points · Posted at 00:23:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 14 and from Germany and we also were thought reading analoge clocks and writing cursive but after the start of 5th grade almost everyone stops bothering to use cursive
Nooby1990 · 14 points · Posted at 02:18:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...but cursive is so much faster to write.
stryker101 · 6 points · Posted at 04:43:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being marginally faster to write has never mattered to me. I could write fast enough in print to keep up with my professors without any difficulty, so writing faster wouldn't have been an advantage. On the flip side, print is generally much easier and faster to read, which I'd say is far more beneficial when studying.
I've barely written anything by hand in the 8 years I've been out of college. The occasional card, sticky note, and shopping list is about it. Writing something that short any faster might save me a second or two? Not exactly a big loss.
Nooby1990 · 3 points · Posted at 04:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cursive is so much faster for me and I have no problems reading it either. Every time I have to write (occasional machine readable forms) in print it just feels so tedious.
I am still writing a lot by hand. I keep meeting notes and organisational notes by hand in cursive because every other method I tried is just inferior.
Officer_Hotpants · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was forced to write in cursive for a couple years in elementary school and it was awful. Being left-handed, my fingers were moving away from my hand and my teachers would get PISSED if I lifted my hand at all to continue writing. Fuck cursive.
axw3555 · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember here in the UK, we were always taught that "joined up writing" (I don't think I heard the word cursive until my late teens) would be essential when we grew up, went to university and work. Always worried me because I never had great writing (I'm a leftie and my year 1 teacher was so oblivious that she didn't even notice that when I wrote independently, I was left handed, but because I'm mildly ambidextrous, when she came to "help" me write, and because she was right handed, I'd write with my right hand, and they always forced us to write with these horrible pens that didn't dry quick enough so every day for 6 years of primary school, I'd come home with my left hand covered in ink and smudged work).
Got to university. Everything's digital. Got to work. Everything's digital. I literally can't remember the last time I had to do something other than quick notes for myself with a pen and paper.
These days, even my quick notes for myself are block caps.
sleepy_totoro · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I'm 19 and learned several times throughout my life, but my education was always really online so I nearly always had a digital clock closer to me.
I used to try and force myself to relearn when I forgot but its just so rare for me to need it that I always forget soon after
SaftigMo · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm from Germany and nobody ever taught me. I just looked at the numbers and saw the direction the hands were rotating in. The only thing one of my parents taught me that there's 12 hours in the morning and afternoon, and that an hour has 60 minutes and 60 seconds. Rest is easy enough for a toddler to understand on their own.
fayryover · 24 points · Posted at 00:44:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why are you worried, you probably can’t read a sundial or even know how to place one. And cursive is rarely used now too.
SaraKmado · 10 points · Posted at 01:47:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ikr. I was taught to read analog clocks. It's useful when I'm sitting at the train station next to the analog clock and don't feel like moving the 10m it takes to read one of the digital clocks (let's ignore my phone and digital watch I have on me in those situations for my point)
TheMadPyro · 0 points · Posted at 09:19:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But that is the point - digital clocks are now as ubiquitous as analog clocks were when we stopped using the sun to estimate the time. There is literally never a situation where I don’t have my phone or watch on me and I desperately need to know the time and couldn’t just ask somebody. Imagine what it’ll be like in 5-10 years when all of the non-cursive digital clock people make up a good portion of the workforce.
SaraKmado · 1 points · Posted at 12:27:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, my point was more that even in the situation that I have one anaolg clock, I can take a few steps to get to a digital one. Sorry if that wasn't cleae
Kered13 · 9 points · Posted at 02:10:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sundials read like the hour hand of an analog clock, it's not complicated. Placing them is a bit more work (you have to know your latitude), but that's completely different.
greyman700 · 3 points · Posted at 06:35:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not like analog clocks are rare though. They are all over. I am not allowed to use phones at my work and we have analog clocks, so your only option would be a watch.
fayryover · 1 points · Posted at 10:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s like when adults said to us that we won’t have a calculator in our pocket. Kids today aren’t going to need the same same skills you currently need.
VonCarzs · 2 points · Posted at 13:13:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit I'm concerned that this guy's work treats phones like they did in middle school.
greyman700 · 1 points · Posted at 07:40:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not referring to office jobs. Yes, it’s dumb to ban a phone in a office job. Truckers, pilots, plant operators, less dumb.
equinecm · 4 points · Posted at 03:22:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 14, I was taught cursive in elementary school, but we were only given about 2 classes on the basics of reading a clock (from what I can remember). The rest I learned from my family. And I’m still really terrible at it. I don’t understand how people can take one glance and know the time. I have to stare at it for a good 15 seconds before I understand.
shelf_satisfied · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think being able to read analog clocks at a glance simply comes with repetition. It’s very common nowadays to have a digital time display as your most often used clock (like your smartphone or computer), so you’re probably not looking at analog nearly as much. When I was young (the 70s!) it was the reverse. Digital clocks were much less common, so I was always looking at an analog clock or watch to tell time. Do this all day for years and you’ll have the positions of the hands memorized to the point where it’s practically like reading words. My sister is only four years younger than me and she actually had a difficult time learning to tell analog time at first because digital clocks and watches suddenly became so popular. I’ll bet if you switched your smartphone and computer displays to analog time you’d quickly improve your reading speed.
Bela_Ivy · 3 points · Posted at 01:40:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 30 and we were taught how to read analog clocks. I'm not sure if they teach it anymore. I substitute teach for high school and whenever the room has an analog clock, the kids will ask me the time because they can't read it.
Seicair · 3 points · Posted at 02:53:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was taught in school, but it still takes me a bit of effort. “Lessee, it’s 6:90. Wait...”
chokolatekookie2017 · 3 points · Posted at 05:09:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is an analog clock a circle clock?
dcnairb · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
Blubari · 2 points · Posted at 00:53:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Born in 96 here and I was never taught how to read an analog clock since it was supposed to be taught at home
Wixmas · 7 points · Posted at 02:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do people just not have analog clocks in their houses any more? How are kids supposed to know what 'five more minutes' is?
Seicair · 13 points · Posted at 02:52:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Take the current last digit and add 5?
TheMadPyro · 2 points · Posted at 09:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s an awful lot of people here that think losing analog clocks will be the end of the world...
Zekumi · 3 points · Posted at 03:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest I have never actually seen a child check a clock when someone told them “five more minutes”.
Blubari · 2 points · Posted at 03:31:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never saw one in my life besides wrist clocks and when I cooked lunchs/dinners in kitches for the homeless
stryker101 · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most people don't seem to anymore, at least not people in their 30s or younger. I know a few people with artsy ones, but that's it.
Everyone has two clocks in their kitchen on their oven and microwave, some have digital alarm clocks in their bedroom, and everyone else just uses the smartphone that is literally always on hand/within reach, or a smartwatch.
Wixmas · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a large-ish one in the living room, a small one in the bathroom that you can see from in the shower, and a small one in the kitchen that I don't remember buying, but its there now.
I just like seeing the actual arms, I guess.
bryanisbored · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
probably not but big digital wall clocks are expensive i wanted one.
chokolatekookie2017 · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IKR, I keep one on my wall that I can see from the couch.
Usual-Finding · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a 13yo Indian, this was required to not fall third grade
spiritcrusher77 · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 18 and learned both of those things in elementary school.
bros402 · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are - it is required in 2nd grade Math per the Common Core Standards - http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/2/MD/
"CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.C.7
Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m. and p.m."
MadKitKat · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned and during my childhood I was surrounded by analog clocks (my first wrist watches were analog because digital ones were too expensive and frail), but my mind has always done this abandoning me thing when I need to read them for something important
Like, if I take a minute I usually don’t have, I can do it, otherwise, I can only tell how much time has passed since I read it last (usually for cooking) but that’s it
Last time I tried an analog-looking watch on my Apple Watch, it was easier for me to do the math with the foreign time zone I had at the bottom of the screen (I was living abroad, so I wanted to know the time at home) than to read Mickey Mouse’s hands (and any other clock’s for that matter)
grumpykittyfish · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good question. I worked in education, middle school ages 11-14, and I always had students asking for the time even with an analog clock in every room. It blew my mind when the first student told me they did not know how to read it. I worked to teach each student who asked how to read it because of that first student.
lexihra · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We learned and I know how but by the time I figure it out it’s probably a different time now so i just dont bother.
antivn · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
18 and know how to read clocks
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We learned but i did not really figure it out till 3th grade when it just made sense, the same week i learned to tie my shoes so that was something.
The new math ciric in my province is doing away with it
sirgawain2 · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a whole first grade math unit on how to tell time on an analog clock (and also how to make change, illustrated by pictures of quarters and dimes lol). This was in 1998 though.
bsmith84 · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I currently teach in Oklahoma and we teach it still!
Burning-Buck · 1 points · Posted at 05:24:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned how to read analog clocks but I am really slow at reading them and there was a single half assed attempt to teach cursive at school. It is sometimes readable but often looks like gibberish. My dad also put some efforts make me learn analog clocks but I don’t know how much that helped.
xXxXx_Edgelord_xXxXx · 1 points · Posted at 05:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a 21 european, I can read analog but it's a lot slower than just a quick glance at a digital one.
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are taught but a lot don't take it in, if the ones I've worked with are anything to go by. I teach maths so analogue clocks seemed like a great way to build familiarity with factors, fractions, angles, etc. but it's not much use when loads of kids aren't fluent in reading a clock face.
Makes sense though really, when do they ever use analogue clocks now? They get the time off their phones. Clocks are still commonplace in classrooms (here at least) but it's far more ingrained to look at numbers in your hand or on your wrist to get the time for them than it is to look at the wall and make spatial calculations to figure it out.
Interestingly, lots of kids who had a weak ability/reluctance to read analogue clocks also didn't know or couldn't grasp that an hour was 60 minutes. I guess because if you're looking at a digital display count up and you understand decimal numbers (at least they had that down!) you'd assume the hour rolls over after 100 minutes. I don't know if they'd missed that people say it's half past at xx:30 or the minutes go 59 to 00 but it might explain their horrendous timekeeping.
recyclethatusername · 1 points · Posted at 12:39:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a third grader and kindergartener, third grader was taught in first grade, kindergartener is starting to learn now (they touch upon it at the end of the year and he’s fascinated with it so we are working on it this summer)
Rit_Zien · 0 points · Posted at 04:20:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're taught it, but if you don't use it ever again, you forget. And they never see one regularly in real life. All the clocks they use are digital. Even the clocks in schools are often digital, and if they're not, they just use their phones.
Arbsbuhpuh · 51 points · Posted at 00:24:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So...he clock-blocked you?
shadownights23x · 8 points · Posted at 00:25:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bruh
safetydance · 0 points · Posted at 04:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh just take my upvote. I hate you
Treecreaturefrommars · 39 points · Posted at 00:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach myself how to read a clock as an adult. We covered it extremely briefly in class when I was like 7, and then I never had much need for it. When I reached an age where I started to care about the time, the clock in my parents home was digital, and they were wore watches so I could just ask them. In school I didn't really need to know what time it was, as I could just keep track of it by the subjects, the bell or just by what everyone else was doing. Later watches where replaced by cellphones, so I started to have even less of a need to learn it.
Finally sat down one day and learned how to read a clock. It took me about 5 minutes, most of which was spend on googling it.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 00:11:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I take you never got in trouble for constantly watching the clock in school🙄
lexihra · 6 points · Posted at 04:17:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You guys had working clocks?
Treecreaturefrommars · 2 points · Posted at 00:17:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Seeing that my desk was facing a wall, for some reason, no. No I did not.
Edit: Actually now that I think back I did actually get in trouble for it once in a while. Sometimes the lessons were so boring that it was more interesting to stare at something I could not understand and try to make sense of it.
bryanisbored · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you got in trouble for that? i was always looking at the clock and breaking it into smaller units i thought were manageable like it changed anything.
Rit_Zien · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In both high schools I worked in, the hallway clocks were digital, and they all had cell phones and school issued laptops that we used on a daily basis.
little_brown_bat · 2 points · Posted at 05:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 36. Learned how to read an analog clock in school and all that jazz. As with you, I've never really had a need know exactly how to read an analog clock down to the minute and just sort of shuffled the knowledge aside in my mind. If I did need to read an analog one, I could if I looked at it for a moment but not at a glance. Then I bought a wrist watch that had an analog face with a small digital readout below. I used it to train myself to know the time at just a glance. Now, I have my grandparents' grandfather clock in my living room and would rather look at it than a digital clock.
SaraKmado · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are there many uses for your new found skill? I feel like I read analog clocks so little, last time I used that skill frequently was in elementary school when I had an analog watch
Treecreaturefrommars · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really. In most cases where I need to know the time I just check my phone. I have used it a couple of time in the years since I learned it, a good part of which was for riddles and other non time keeping purposes.
nfshaw51 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like there's analog clocks in rooms occasionally in a school or work setting. In my state of maximal laziness I'd rather glance up at the clock to tell the time than get my phone out of my pocket, it's marginally quicker.
SaraKmado · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I think that's the only situation I've really seen analog clocks, but even those I sometimes see getting replaced with digital ones, particularly when they start breaking
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 00:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has always been strange to me. I was never directly taught by my parents how to read a clock, I just kinda figured it out myself. By the time I got to school, I was literally the only kid in my class that could actually read a clock. Even up into Middle School, the majority of the class didn't know how to read one.
I'm not even talking like Roman Numeral clocks that some teachers have, I mean straight up, 1 through 12 clocks.
Brugink · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 20, I can tell the time from a analogue clock but is does take an embarrassingly long time.
I feel like the main problem is the prevalence of digtal clocks, one quick glance and you know the time till the minute precise. digtal clocks are everywhere, easy to read in an instant; whilst analogue clocks are far less common, arguably harder to read at a minute precise, and therefore simply not looked at enough to be familiar enough with the clock to tell the time quickly.
MayhapsMeethinks · 9 points · Posted at 01:36:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can he not read the gauges in a dashboard either? How does an adult go through life this uncurious?
shadownights23x · 2 points · Posted at 01:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He dont drive
MayhapsMeethinks · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh ... But still!?
KieshaK · 8 points · Posted at 00:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to have a special tutor teach me how to read an analog clock in the fourth grade because I just wasn’t getting it. I kept switching the big hand and little hand. I finally just went along with the tutor even though I thought it was stupid.
It wasn’t until about 10 years ago that I realized the reason I was doing that was because I felt the hour was more important than the minute, so the hour should have the bigger (more important) hand. I guess I didn’t realize that was reasoning at the time to verbalize it. If someone would have explained that the minutes get the longer hand because the tick marks are smaller, I would have said, “Ohhhh! That makes sense!”
YouveBeanReported · 6 points · Posted at 01:42:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you just solved my clock reading issue.
KieshaK · 2 points · Posted at 01:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m glad my middle of the night realization may have helped you
Tanjelynnb · 1 points · Posted at 16:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a hard time learning about open vs closed equipment in electric distribution because of that sort of mentality. Open like a door, or open for business, so the electricity should flow, right? And closed means stopped or blocked.
No. An open device has some kind of physical gap that stops the flow of electricity, and a closed device doesn't have the gap. I had to deliberately think about the physical properties of the device setup for a long time before the concept was cemented in my head.
synicalx1 · 7 points · Posted at 01:42:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another grown ass man here - I have no idea why but it always takes me ages to read an analogue clock. Everyone else seems to be able to just instinctively tell what the time is but I have to stop and work it out.
I even wore an analogue watch for two years, and that didn't seem to help at all. I've come to the conclusion that this, in conjunction with a lot of other evidence proves that I am in fact, an idiot.
RufioXIII · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you left handed?
synicalx1 · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm right handed for writing, but I tend to do more with my left hand than most other right handed people do (if that makes sense).
RufioXIII · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does make sense. The reason I ask is I remember reading that left handed people have a harder time reading analog clocks because of how their mind works. I'm left handed and I have the same issue you do. Reading takes forever, even with regularly wearing an analog watch. I'm guessing that it's not wholly a left handed phenomenon, just more common in that group.
Twinbowser · 2 points · Posted at 11:38:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could be mildly dyslexic. That's one of the symptoms they use to help diagnose it. I struggle as well, and it wasn't until my sister was helping a dyslexic friend redo his paperwork for a new job and spotted it as a symptom that either of us had any idea I had mild dyslexia (that isn't my only symptom, but I had always attributed my organisational issues to ADD/ADHD and thought that as I am ok at reading I couldn't possibly have it).
I am a little frustrated by some of the other answers on this thread that imply that there's an issue with someone not being able to tell the time in adulthood. As someone who has struggled with it my whole life despite constant practice and teaching, I find it a bit insulting that people seem to be assuming that if you can't tell the time you either are too lazy to learn or an idiot.
[deleted] · 26 points · Posted at 00:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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kitten1006 · 23 points · Posted at 02:04:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But in 2020, it’s no longer a basic thing. Everyone has a phone or a digital clock. There’s no need to know how to read an analog clock. I was never taught how to use a rotary phone or a floppy disk- this is the same concept. It’s antiquated technology.
SpaceNigiri · 15 points · Posted at 02:07:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Analog clocks are still used as a decoration or for wrist clocks, It's not an essential thing anymore, but it's an easy thing to learn that it still has a minimum day to day use.
It's like knowing roman numbers, or stuff like this.
kitten1006 · 9 points · Posted at 02:08:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I know Roman numerals because I found it an interesting thing to know and taught myself, but I can’t remember the last time I actually used that knowledge. It’s just not something important in 2020.
It’s cool to know but definitely not a “basic” or “essential” life skill
SpaceNigiri · 4 points · Posted at 02:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thing that it's still an important thing to know in the XXI century.
kitten1006 · 0 points · Posted at 02:13:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agree to disagree. I haven’t needed to read an analog clock in probably a decade so I don’t think it’s important
SpaceNigiri · 3 points · Posted at 02:18:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I was talking about roman numeral there.
kitten1006 · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven’t had to use Roman numerals...ever, actually. I don’t think it’s a basic skill at all
Ohhhh it’s a joke. Sorry I’m slow
SpaceNigiri · 3 points · Posted at 02:21:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaha yes
But yeah I think that only knowing I, V and X and that after 3 equal symbols you put the previous one in front, you have all you need.
At the end they are only used for centuries and Star Wars movies, so that's it.
nfshaw51 · 1 points · Posted at 04:43:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to learn roman numerals for anatomy stuff (like the cranial nerves). I think it's just preferred because it looks better, but also then you can use subscript in a less confusing ways, like for nerve branches (ex: CN V1, V2, and V3, or the 3 branches of cranial nerve 5)
elfarmy · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flavor Flav would disagree.
MooseFlyer · 13 points · Posted at 02:05:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It kinda blows my mind that people don't know it, but idk, "I wasn't taught and it isn't all that important of a skill since I always have a non-analog device that tells time with me, plus wall clocks aren't particularly common outside of grade school classrooms" is a pretty good excuse.
I don't know when the last time I saw a an analog time device other than my watch was.
MysticAviator · -2 points · Posted at 03:23:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watches are a perfect example though since they require far less battery to run.
MooseFlyer · 3 points · Posted at 03:54:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean sure, watched are fun. Most people don't have one.
MysticAviator · -1 points · Posted at 04:02:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then more people should get them.
VonCarzs · 1 points · Posted at 13:15:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why?
MysticAviator · 1 points · Posted at 19:29:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why not? Don't you want to always know what time it is?
VonCarzs · 1 points · Posted at 20:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bethesda said it best: "Don't you guys have phones?"
MysticAviator · 0 points · Posted at 20:35:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't. Never have. Honestly they're way too expensive for what they are; I could either get a new iPhone or an epic gaming PC (like i5-9600k with RTX 2070) for $1000; I'd rather have the latter.
VonCarzs · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
you are aware that there are more options on phones besides the literal most expensive option
MysticAviator · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even cheap phones are far more expensive than a normal watch
chokolatekookie2017 · 2 points · Posted at 05:20:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. I was camping and sharing a tent with another couple. We were squeezed in pretty tight and all our phones were in the top hammock pocket of the tent.
In the morning we started rustling around and someone said “I wonder what time it is?”
I looked at my watch and pressed this little glow button and told them the time. The guy who asked shot up and said “How the fuck do you know what time it is?”
MysticAviator · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol
clockworkmongoose · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean there is an excuse and that’s because it’s an old and antiquated way to tell time?
The amount of times I’ve had to tell the time without some sort of device onhand that could just tell me is probably in the single digits. I know how to calculate it because I can multiply by 5, but I don’t recognize any of the positions by memory or anything.
I guess it might be a shock that people don’t, but I’m really confused as to why it would baffle you? I feel like it’s pretty reasonably expected.
nfshaw51 · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think for some people it's a shock because they don't recall ever learning it in the first place. I'm young, but there were analog clocks in the house so I don't remember learning it at all. I don't need to go through any process in my head to know that time, I see it and I know it in a split-second. I don't know what else to compare it too but it's a more basic process than tying my shoes. So, the first time I realized people don't know how to read those clocks I thought it was a weird thing because it's second nature from my perspective.
I get it though if you haven't grown up with it. I mean, when I look at a 24hr time I need to think about it for a second if it is too far past 12 because it's a system I rarely use.
AggressiveExcitement · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think there's a shame component that can set in with people who were not taught, even though it's not their fault, and it's possible to get by without it now so they do. I had to teach myself as a young adult because no one taught me at the right age, and by the time I realized what an outlier I was, I was too embarrassed to ask for an explanation or look it up.
MysticAviator · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why would you be embarrassed to look something up? Is Google gonna make fun of you?
el_muerte17 · 1 points · Posted at 13:48:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was literally taught this in kindergarten. And then again in first grade at a different school.
MysticAviator · 1 points · Posted at 19:28:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! And yet there are still kids at my high school who can't read an analog clock. Like, I have an analog watch and someone asked me if it was a compass or thermometer because he didn't recognize an analog watch face. What is wrong with people?
ceezygreazy719 · 5 points · Posted at 01:54:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats honestly fucking hilarious "What time is it?" Blocked o' clock Lmfao
agolec · 4 points · Posted at 00:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not gonna lie, analog clock worksheets messed with my head in 1st grade, and I struggled with it when asked on paper what time it was. But one day while we were in the middle of learning it still, I finally put 2 and 2 together when I saw both hands pointing straight up meant it was 12:00. Then I saw that every number on the face had 5 notches between it.....60 notches on the whole face. Long hand is the minutes, and bam.
Like all that dawned on me all in that instant and I felt like I learned the entire universe's worth of information in a single instant. But it was just my eureka moment with analog clocks at 6 years old.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk
isorithm666 · 4 points · Posted at 01:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am sad to say that I also can't read a clock 😔
Legin_666 · 6 points · Posted at 00:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the programmer in me is upset that you never wrote a closing quote
shadownights23x · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol he can't tell time on an analog quote and I can't grammar worth a damn lol
emillemorris · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was homeschooled, so reading an analog clock wasn’t necessary because well, we had the microwave clock and the oven clock. I still have a hard time reading them and I kick myself because of it.
WanderingBison · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s this test for dementia/Alzheimer’s that involves clocks where they ask you to draw one at a certain time and the level of inability to do so is a cheap way to quickly see if there’s an issue worth investigating further. It’s used a lot because it’s cheap and easy... not to say it’s a good measure of mental capacity for everyone but I just thought it was interesting that there are folks who couldn’t ever do that test as is
nachobitxh · 5 points · Posted at 00:22:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please don't get me started on analog clocks and cursive. Apparently my 20-something nephew doesn't possess the fine motor control necessary to write in cursive. I'm afraid to ask about clocks.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cursive is a vestigial skill nowadays anyhow.
nachobitxh · 0 points · Posted at 01:27:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sis? Is that you?
kytis13 · 5 points · Posted at 00:56:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gosh, so many stories of people not being able to read an analogue clock in this thread!
I remember learning this when I was 4 or 5. Like it was an important part of kindergarten!
mordeci00 · 2 points · Posted at 00:35:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plot twist: it was a digital clock
shadownights23x · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol na thats some m.night Shyamalan shit
millsim · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason I was never taught this as a kid and ended up teaching myself when I realized everyone else but me knew. So I went all through elementary school and maybe even somewhat into high school before I knew how to read a clock. I dont know if I should thank digital clocks for helping me or hindering me through this process.
Ghostiie18 · 2 points · Posted at 01:04:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21 years old here, still dont know how to read a clock. The school I went to the year we were taught had no analog clocks, all digital. Everywhere I went had digital. You can try and teach me something on a peice of paper all you want but if I cant apply it I probably wont hold it
meow-meoww · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Savage
xGREENxEYEx · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hilarious
insane__knight · 1 points · Posted at 00:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently taught someone how to do this. They were 23 years old.
GarrusBrutus · 1 points · Posted at 00:11:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh this even feels good reading it.
lulu-bell · 1 points · Posted at 00:13:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter went from regular math in 3rd grade to advanced math in 4th grade so they did 5th grade math. Some sections were gone over very quickly in order to set the pace for the bigger lessons. She got sick and out Of all the units to skip she missed the day with how to tell time. Currently, 3 years later she still uses this as her excuse when she claims to not know what “a quarter past” means or how a clock works
purpletiger18 · 1 points · Posted at 00:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely savage and I love it
Pyanfars · 1 points · Posted at 00:21:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friends younger kid was teasing his older brother because he couldn't read an analogue clock.
framejunkie · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They got rid of cursive in school we deal years ago, I heard.
Crimbly_B · 1 points · Posted at 00:32:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember being around 7 or 8 years old in primary school learning how to tell the time. Try as I might, I just didn't get it.
I calmly and quietly resolved that I would just go through life unable to read the time.
Oyska_G · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the best comment
buckj005 · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excellent trolling. Well done.
Experiunce · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you are doing god's work
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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shadownights23x · 0 points · Posted at 01:05:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol your taking it the wrong way...we work together, he is a dick, im a dick besides he litterly almost said what you said about the cursive.. grow just a little bit thicker skin
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oooohh. That some cold shit..Haha🤣
I learned when my Grandma found out I didn't know how to read the analog clock as a kid...She would randomly ask me for weeks 'what time is it?' and correct me if I was wrong... She also taught me the art of gambling..😂😂😂 she loved playing cards.. we played a lot..She play ma jong (Chinese tile game) and Gamble's in small amount to this day... She in her 80s.....Learned chess from the two gramps RIP to one of them...chess taught me to be more calculated when needed. They taught me a lot...
Too say the least.. I was losing (since 6 or 7) all the time in card games and chess until 13...haha..That day..They knew I was ready.
SpiritualCoconut_8 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teacher here....when I first started, I was horrified to discover just how many middle schoolers have no idea how to tell time. Made sense though why they were constantly asking me what time it was.
Pepperspray24 · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would give you a medal if I could! Bravo!!
DaLurker87 · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a good chance we're soul mates
lilithpingu · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't read the clocks with hands. It's such a weird mental block.
CheetahDog · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A+ clapback
timeexterminator · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude...you got clock blocked
Xan-the-Woman · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ouch. It took me a while to figure out clocks, i was always so embarrassed I’d pretend I knew what the time was. So many times I’d ask people “hey you know what time it is?” And if they pointed out a clock I’d pretend I didn’t see it because I didn’t want them to make fun of me. Eventually I figured it out but I always second-guess myself.
Nobodyville · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guilty...i grew up with digital clocks everywhere, and a digital watch. I can read an analog clock just fine, but it takes me a second.
bluesky747 · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amazing
reneelikeshugs · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a teacher, I have an analogue clock hanging in my room over our smart board. And I have all of our digital clocks in the classroom set to military time.
I might need to change the above to past tense. We shall see...
tomysshadow · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This to me is crazy because I learned how to tell the time from an analog clock not once, not twice, but three times in school. In grade four, five and six, in great detail each time. I'm not old, I'm 22, and it isn't a hard concept, so how people older than me don't know how to read the time is beyond me.
Syl27 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bravo for that brutal response lmao.
Aenigmatrix · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I credit my ability to read cursive to the jolly experience of reading my classmates' shitty handwriting as I copied- no, transcribe their notes. Hard to believe that they could read those scribbles. Occasionally, they really couldn't read what they wrote.
JiN88reddit · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, I hate cursive. I get it if you use it as a shorthand style to quicken your writing but doing it just so you can be fancy is annoying.
Spider-Ian · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily my infant seems mesmerized by my analog watch. My dad has the same Seiko divers watch for 30 years, and when I was old enough to be responsible he got me the same one. I'm got to do the same for my son and teach him how to read it (long before buying the watch for him)
john12453 · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he had encephalitis
gatorslim · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister, a grown ass woman, wears one of those big clunky ass watches. If you ask her time it is she doesn't say 8:55 but 55 after 8. Never 5 til 9 either. Its always "___ after ____". Its not necessarily wrong but its amusing.
TheLivingKnightmare · 392 points · Posted at 00:17:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend getting ready to microwave leftover fish with tin foil covering the top. He was about to press start when I managed to get to him.
dreamtofalligators · 46 points · Posted at 01:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus, that's horrifying. Who the fuck microwaves fish?
blueberrycoco · 19 points · Posted at 02:21:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworkers apparently
nopejake101 · 8 points · Posted at 09:45:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can smell this comment. Open plan office, whole fucking floor reeked of microwaved fish. Jfc, I was gagging for the entire afternoon
IWasSadSometimeAgo · 4 points · Posted at 07:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
May your food be blessed with the eternal smell of fish, rest in peace.
ksbsnowowl · 11 points · Posted at 07:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Assholes
EverythingIsFlotsam · 4 points · Posted at 05:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, I've seen a microwave manual that said it's okay to microwave foil, but not pointy utensils. I still wouldn't do it, though.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 8 points · Posted at 06:27:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true. The reason you shouldn’t microwave forks is because an electric potential can form between the tines, which can spark if the potential is too high.
I still wouldn’t recommend microwaving anything metal, since there is still a risk of sparking, it’s just lower for sheets of metal
unlimitedshredsticks · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah theres a cheap Mexican takeout place near me that microwaves their nachos in the foil takeout container.
FartHeadTony · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn straight. What kind of inconsiderate arsehole would microwave fish?
tofuandmushrooms · 5061 points · Posted at 22:00:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure if I'd call it "horrifying," but pretty ridiculous, nonetheless. It's about me. I just moved into my first home in February of this year. I live alone and am single. Earlier this month I mowed my lawn for the first time. I have never mowed a lawn before, but I'm thinking, how hard can it be? (The answer: not hard at all). Prior to that, I had roped my brother into coming over and doing it for me, but this time I figured I need to actually learn. The lawnmower is an old push mower of my dad's that he had brought over about a month ago, and he quickly gave me the rundown on how to use it, but I was half paying attention, plus..it's a lawnmower.
So anyway, I go to start it up, takes me at least 10 tries of pulling the cord as hard as I can with no luck until finally it fires up. I then proceed to begin mowing, and I KNOW this thing is self-propelling - it says so right on it, but I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why it's so hard to push. The wheels aren't locked or anything, so I just figure it's a combination of me not having much upper body strength and my lawn having a lot of uneven spots/divots that prevented the mower from moving smoothly. I finally finish, sweating my ass off like I had just finished seriously working out (my yard is very small...even I finished the front and back in about a half hour-40 mins). Upon reflection, I'm still not convinced that the mower was self-propelling. I mean I know I'm not strong and am somewhat petite, but STILL. So I'm sharing this story with friends and co-workers like wtf did I do wrong and they're all asking me about this lever, and I'm like yeah, obviously I had to hold the lever down or the motor kills. Well, turns out there's a SECOND lever that you have to squeeze in order to propel the lawnmower.
I manually pushed that MFer around my whole yard, divots, hills and all, ended up with a blister on my thumb, and sweating profusely through my shirt. Not to mention the few times I stopped it and had to re-start it, I pulled the cord literally at least 20 times to get it to start again; I was waiting for one of my neighbors to come over and ask me if I needed help, the struggle was THAT obvious (I also learned about the little button that you push a few times to make starting easier).
So yeah, mowed today, and let's just say that things went SIGNIFICANTLY better than last time. Growing up, my dad or brother would mow, and in college up until now, I have always lived in apartments or duplexes, nothing that requires residents to do any lawn care. So, at the age of 32, I have finally learned to use a lawnmower.
Mlmmt · 1786 points · Posted at 22:29:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds to me like you have never had to deal with a small gasoline engine before, which is ok, since they seem to be on the way out nowadays.
The little button you pressed to make starting easier is called a priming bulb and it basically pumps gas into the system so its ready to go, you are lucky you didn't have to mess with the choke (though who knows, you might have, which would explain why it kept dying).
littlejugs · 141 points · Posted at 00:03:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Look I ain’t gonna lie. I’ve been using small gas engines my whole life. And use them a lot at work and all I know is that the choke helps start it when it’s cold. No idea what it does I just know I need to choke it
Mlmmt · 79 points · Posted at 00:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's... honestly good enough, you don't need to understand what it does (It adjusts the fuel:air ratio), to know how to use it.
littlejugs · 59 points · Posted at 00:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never had any problems I just realized it after reading your comment that I actually had no idea what it was doing. It’s just been the magic little lever or dial that makes things start my entire life
kutsen39 · 13 points · Posted at 03:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great explanation of everything you need to know, clean and simple.
Alis451 · 76 points · Posted at 01:26:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does exactly what it is called, chokes the engine of air, like physically as if you wrap your hands around its neck and it calls you "Daddy". The richer gas mixture helps a cold engine start easier. After it starts you "ease up" on the choke(aka open it back up) and let air in again.
arkklsy1787 · 32 points · Posted at 01:44:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The real question is why the little shit isnt labeled open/close or start/run and instead has nonsense symbols like ÷ - okay so which of those is open again?!
Gonzobot · 37 points · Posted at 01:51:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"small engine mechanic" used to be an entire career path, once upon a time. That's why.
Gray_side_Jedi · 10 points · Posted at 02:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know of a couple, still, but only a couple. Those dudes make damn good money and have like a two-month backlog of work.
Billalone · 15 points · Posted at 02:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I had that exact same question for 25 of my 26 years. I realized recently while looking at air gauges at work that when you see the ÷ symbol, the two dots are actually the inside walls of whatever channel you’re opening and closing. - is the lever that swivels to block the channel, as shown in the l symbol.
thatothersir225 · 5 points · Posted at 02:17:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a rule of thumb, the lines that intersect at a perpendicular angle represents the chokes position. If it’s parallel to the flow, that indicates that it’s not choked. If it’s somewhere in the middle, it’s a half choke option.
WBooz · 6 points · Posted at 03:21:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It isn't labeled in English so that it can be used in many countries. The symbols are showing the physical position of the butterfly valve in the choke. It isn't your fault for not knowing this, I blame either your shop teacher, or your school district for not having shop.
1fg · 5 points · Posted at 01:57:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen mowers and weedwhackers that do. But most just have some strange hieroglyphics instead.
WBooz · 10 points · Posted at 03:22:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The hieroglyphics are the position of the butterfly valve in the choke.
Tkj5 · 11 points · Posted at 04:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo bruh, why are there bugs in the engine now?
WBooz · 6 points · Posted at 04:43:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you think that buzzing sound is when it runs?
Tkj5 · 5 points · Posted at 04:43:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... Bees? Bees!
EssEllEyeSeaKay · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine has a rabbit and a tortoise.
emuthreat · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The rabbit and tortoise are for the throttle position. Rabbit=more gas=go fast. Tortoise=less go juice.
UsuallyInappropriate · 5 points · Posted at 06:28:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Vroom-vroom machine go zippy-zip.
Seicair · 9 points · Posted at 03:04:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks. Now I need to go clean beer off my shirt.
MarkNutt25 · 13 points · Posted at 02:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Turn the lever all the way one way. Try to start it. Doesn't work? Turn the lever all the way the other way. Start it up. Wiggle the lever around until the engine sounds like it's running well. Choke accomplished!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The wiggle method is key. All the way open gives it the weird pulsing sound, can't have that.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 03:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously, half of running old fuel powered equipment is just knowing how it's fucked up and compensating. My grandpa had a string trimmer that was older than me, and to get it to start you practically had to sacrifice a virgin. Then you had to fuck with it to get it to stay running. Fucking thing pumped smoke like it was it's job.
spicybuttholenachos · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And if all else fails ether starts everything. Couple blasts in the air intake and good to go.
flotsamisaword · 8 points · Posted at 02:32:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I fall down and black out if I try to blast ether more than once into my air intake.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how often you are starting shit, or what kind of shit, but you should always confirm this.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not sure why but the last sentence of that really made me crack up thank you
Sparkybear · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Choke affects the fuel/air mixture, allowing less air in, to allow combustion to start at lower temperatures.
Cheefnuggs · 7 points · Posted at 02:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just wait until the bracket that controls the idle gets bent, or the cable for the idle gets stretched out, and you can’t figure out why your mower keeps dying even tho the carb is cleaned and you changed the spark plugs lol.
I spent a whole month trying to figure this out only to find out that when I moved something bent the bracket and all I had to do was bend it 1/8 of an inch to get the idle back at a high enough speed to keep the motor running and start properly lol.
I was so mad. I spent a month and like $60 trying to fix this damn mower.
Mlmmt · 10 points · Posted at 02:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And shit like this is why I have moved to mostly battery powered tools now, even my lawnmower is a 40V battery powered one, and I have never had any issues with it not having enough power or running out of charge.
Billalone · 6 points · Posted at 02:41:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as a landscaper for a few years and could never use electric tools. I’ve used a few, and they just never seem to generate enough torque or power. Maybe I’ve only used shitty ones, whereas I’ve used professional grade gas tools, but I’ve only seen one work well.
Mlmmt · 7 points · Posted at 03:06:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, professional grade gas tools are well above the standard homeowner grade stuff, as for the power, it wasn't really that viable till recently with the higher voltage stuff.
OhWhatsHisName · 8 points · Posted at 03:07:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm on all 80V stuff and they're about 75 to 90% of the way there for consumer grade stuff, but they aren't replacing gas just yet. Only stuff that have bogged down my mower would probably bog down a gas mower too.
That being said, I don't think it could handle commercial level use. Biggest factor being recharge time, but power wise I'd say it's about on par with an average consumer mower, definitely not high power ones.
That being said, we've been using gas outdoor power equipment for about 70 or 80 years now, and in only 10ish years battery powered equipment have become a serious contender. I'd imagine at this rate by 2030, the only gas powered equipment would be heavy machinery.
Billalone · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree with most everything except this. Honda HRCs are absolute tanks and will mow through almost anything. In two years on vancouver island (aka rain central), I saw exactly one day that our mowers couldn’t do. And it’s not that they failed, you’d just have to upend it and remove the clumps stuck to the deck because it was wet enough that the mowers pretty much reduced the grass to paste.
Aside from that, yeah. I saw extremely promising things in the store when my parents bought a kombi tool recently, things like hedge trimmers that (allegedly) will compete with stihl hs45s. If the engines have scaled up that far, it’s only a matter of time until they take over completely.
Scrogger19 · 4 points · Posted at 03:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think this used to be true and probably still is to an extent, but they’re getting better and better.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a Milwaukee blower and string trimmer. I'd say that IF you already have enough batteries, they're 90% as good, while being almost zero maintenance.
Cheefnuggs · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electric tools don’t have the power and they don’t last as long (yet).
We’re at a point where they very well could (and should) overtake gas powered tools but they haven’t yet and when efficiency is kind of key with big projects then gas wins. Hopefully that changes in my lifetime.
judith_escaped · 5 points · Posted at 02:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yes, that little button. I'm familiar. And where is it located? On your lawnmower, I mean, just, you know, for curiosity's sake...
teheswiss · 6 points · Posted at 03:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably different depending on the lawn mower, but tends to be on top or side of the engine. Looks like one of those poppers that you’d flip inside out put on a flat surface and it’d jump in the air
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's every chance you don't have one. Many new units don't. Look for a soft squishy half sphere, usually transparent, although as they age they get opaque.
dunaja · 4 points · Posted at 03:56:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
gas engine mowers are on the way out? What's the replacement?
Mlmmt · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For most homeowners I would say the newer battery-powered ones have sufficient power, and lack the maintenance needed by the gasoline-powered ones, you just have to make sure you charge the battery (charges like any other tool battery) between mowings, though I am pretty sure mine could handle a couple mowings on a single charge.
Silound · 3 points · Posted at 04:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait till it needs a carb kit. I've rescued and donated so many functional lawn tools from trash piles, 90% of them just needed basic small engine maintenance (an hour of time and $5-15 in parts).
Pretty sure I could disassemble my Toro in my sleep right now, it's been apart so many times.
Trainguyxx · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, I kind of thought the primer was the choke. adding in fuel prior to force the fuel air ratio to be more rich. Like, more fuel = less air = choke. So in actuality it's just putting fuel in the carb bowl? havn't messed with too many lawnmower engines, so I haven't really thought about it this way I guess!
TheBros35 · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Priming is just manually forcing fuel into the engine because small engines don’t have an electronic fuel pump or injectors. The choke just sits in the air intake of the carb and is a flap that often looks like a quarter that will rotate around in there to block air. All the way choked usually means the quarter is blocking the whole air intake and very little air is coming through, and visa versa.
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Mlmmt · 1 points · Posted at 02:41:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thankfully, unless you have like a model T, all of this stuff is handled by more advanced systems in your car that are not really practical for most lawn-mowers (at least not at an affordable price point while also being able to handle the conditions many mowers get left out in).
Coal-and-Ivory · 2 points · Posted at 06:21:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, all things considered it's not that shameful. I literally have a degree in making machines run and I still have to fight my leaf blower like it's the fucking Balrog every few days in the fall.
Excelius · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been a home owner for like 15 years now but I've always owned electric mowers.
I only occasionally used my family's gas mowers growing up. I remember hating trying to do the pull cord start.
I'd probably struggle a bit too if I had to use a gas mower again.
Mlmmt · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Corded is nice, but my current battery powered one has more power than my last corded one did, which is nice.
UsuallyInappropriate · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy small engines.
SomeFreshMemes · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been learning to ride a moterbike recently that has a choke. I thought I knew roughly how to get it going before hand but jesus that thing is such a pain in the dick
slinkysuki · 4 points · Posted at 06:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just be glad you dont have to kick start an old honda xr650.
I find most bikes need very little choke to start in regular weather, assuming the carbs are in decent shape. If you have the time and inclination, its actually pretty easy to learn how to clean and adjust carbs.
gamingchicken · 2 points · Posted at 10:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s pretty easy to learn everything about small engines really they aren’t complicated at all
slinkysuki · 1 points · Posted at 16:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed. I recently had to start a 60cc chainsaw, not having messed with tiny 2 strokes for years.
Switch to run, fuel on, prime, pull choke, attempt to start. When it almost catches or you smell fuel, easy off the choke a bit and keep going.
Meanwhile my "super tough woodsman" buddy has no idea what a choke is, or how he might go about using it.
We all got to learn someday.
twcochran · 39 points · Posted at 00:37:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It might help you to know that you can find the owners manual for nearly anything on google by just typing in the brand and model # with the word “manual”. Even for people who understand how lots of things work the owner’s manual is a valuable resource, no shame in doing a little research.
TrickyDickTheWise · 15 points · Posted at 00:26:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know you but I'm proud of you.
tofuandmushrooms · 6 points · Posted at 00:31:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol thanks!
1982booklover · 29 points · Posted at 01:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One summer while I was in high school, I wanted to buy this mountain bike. My dad told me he would loan me the money and I could pay him back by mowing the grass that summer ( I am a female and was 17 at the time). He showed me how to start the lawn mower and which direction to start pushing in and continue in so that all the cut grass ends up one spot ( at least I think that’s why he wanted it cut that way). This is the summer I fell in love with mowing grass. I paid off that bike that summer and continued to mow the grass for him until he bought a fancy riding mower. When I moved into my own place, I mowed my own grass. My boyfriend would mow it when I wasn’t home and it would piss me off. 20 years later, I’m the one that still mows the grass. My husband thinks that this makes him look lazy to the neighbors, but for me it’s a meditation and in some ways a reminder that I can always take care of myself.
tofuandmushrooms · 6 points · Posted at 02:58:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that's awesome! clearly, I'm just happy to get the lawnmower started!
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MyAviato666 · 2 points · Posted at 10:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually could imagine a man writing this story about doing laundry. And good on him!
1982booklover · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t clean gutters and I would LOVE for my husband to do the laundry. I was raised only by my father so he taught me how to do more ‘manly’ things. I had to learn how to do the girly things on my own. While it may be a basic chore, I know a lot of my female friends that don’t even know how to start a mower. A lot of girls are not taught this basic household chores.
munkymu · 12 points · Posted at 23:02:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it's got a primer button, use that before trying to start it and it'll start a lot easier.
I also had to learn to use a lawnmower in my late 20s but it's pretty basic so the only thing I had to figure out is how to start it without having to yank the cord 20 times.
thumpngroove · 5 points · Posted at 00:46:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got another trick to try: tip it on its side for a few seconds. Gas will trickle into the carb, and she hopefully will fire right up. I've had this work for multiple mowers and rototillers.
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tofuandmushrooms · 3 points · Posted at 03:03:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL! yeah I won't be attempting any other more "advanced" form of lawn mowing for awhile. although, my neighbor has offered twice I try his electric mower. When I do, I'll be sure to share the story
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AnonFortheTimeBeing · 0 points · Posted at 13:31:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't call it a Dead Man's Switch for nothing. It's a safety feature. Casually recommending people circumvent it without even mentioning that is kinda irresponsible.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/lawn-mower-injury-alert/story?id=32059032
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AnonFortheTimeBeing · 1 points · Posted at 17:39:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just because you're ok with the risk and think you're responsible enough doesn't mean everyone reading is. "Maybe at least mention it's a safety feature" is a pretty low level of confrontation.
If you're still able to stand then yeah, you're probably safe given that's how the mower is operated normally. It's when you fall, or run over your foot, or have a child involved, etc that you want the blades stopped ASAP.
Riding mowers are more dangerous but push mowers aren't immune. And people defeat riding mower dead man's and back over safety features all the time too.
Believe it or not that these accidents happen all the time (literally 2 in one day in one small news service) but they do https://www.capecod.com/cape-wide-news/man-injured-in-lawn-mower-accident-in-hyannis/ https://www.capecod.com/cape-wide-news/man-injured-in-lawn-mower-accident-in-orleans/
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AnonFortheTimeBeing · 1 points · Posted at 18:10:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno, are you going to suggest folks can shove them up there just fine if they only use a little bubble wrap?
"Accidents happen. People are stupid" is the argument against making said accidents more likely/dangerous and encouraging them to turn off built in safety features but OK.
We can agree to disagree.
ACoolerUsername · 18 points · Posted at 01:22:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I mowed for the first time I discovered I had adult onset asthma and ended up in the ER 🤷♀️
tofuandmushrooms · 5 points · Posted at 02:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
so you're saying it could've been worse!
glad you're ok!
StellaLuna16 · 6 points · Posted at 01:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having never mowed a lawn either for similar reasons I loved this story haha! I feel like this could have easily happened to me too but I'm still mid twenties and apartment living. Thanks for the heads up!
princessawesomepants · 5 points · Posted at 01:38:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel any better, I am a 34 year old homeowner who does not know how to use a push mower. I only ever used the riding mower when my dad made me mow the yard growing up. And now my tiny yard is all rock because it's stupid to have a lawn in Phoenix.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
don't blame you! I live in the midwest, so it was bound to come up sooner or later
TheBros35 · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know it’s summer when you get woken up by the mowers.
astrocanyounaut · 5 points · Posted at 01:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a similar struggle with a mower when my dad asked me ‘as a Father’s Day gift’ to mow the lawn - I did not live with my parents, nor had I for several years but it was hot outside and close to Father’s Day so figured it was a fair ask for him. He watched me mow the entire back yard with the same struggle you did, then when I came inside for some water, told me about the propelling lever. I almost killed him. He laughed really hard.
tofuandmushrooms · 5 points · Posted at 03:07:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that is 100% something my dad would do...don't stop me and try to help. wait til I'm done, and inform me there could've been an easier way, then laugh..haha
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tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
good to know! I'm sure I would've had a story next spring
Tanjelynnb · 1 points · Posted at 17:48:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just bought my first self-propelled gas lawnmower after fucking hating my reel motor for four years and frequently paying neighborhood folks to mow for me if it got an inch too tall for the reel mower. My lawn does not have easy grass to mow, and it grows up tough as nails at odd angles. After debating with hubs for many of those years, I finally just bought one. If I'm the only one doing the work, I'll buy the tool I want, and it was SO MUCH EASIER. Anyway, that's my backstory.
As someone who seems to know their mowers, if you don't mind my asking, what do you do with the oil that's left in the mower at the end of the year?
QuickguiltyQuilty · 6 points · Posted at 02:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up we had chores, but there were additional chores you could make money doing. Mowing the lawns (back and front) netted you 20$ which was hands down the best chore for effort/time/payout.
My sister ALWAYS mowed the lawn. Now my husband does it because he likes it as far as chores go (and our kids aren't old enough). I mowed it on father's day for my husband while he was on a hike with the kids and my God. I forgot what a dumb chore it is. I hate mowing the lawn!
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol no kidding! if you live w/ someone who's willing to do it, by all means!
WorkReddit0 · 5 points · Posted at 02:49:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sad secret? I did the same thing for 3 years except I WAS holding down the second lever. The wheels on my used lawnmower had the internal gears all ground down. I spent $20 on Amazon and 15 mins swapping the new wheels on and it's like Jesus himself came down to push my mower for me now.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:28:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL game changer
Minima221 · 3 points · Posted at 01:01:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another tip I picked up from using my grandparents' ancient lawnmower is that if you push it forward while pulling the cord it helps start it
octoquake · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this only because it helps you get a better pull on the starter.
helladamnleet · 3 points · Posted at 01:26:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only thing I find silly is that you never thought to try the second lever.
tofuandmushrooms · 6 points · Posted at 03:05:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what's even sillier is that I didn't even KNOW there was a second lever
coffeeshopAU · 3 points · Posted at 01:51:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been working in landscaping for about a year and a bit now and I had mowed lawns before at home but never with a self-driving mower. The first time I had to use one my coworker did explain how it worked but the drive mechanism went faster than I was expecting and it yanked me off my feet lmao.
Those things are soooooo heavy tho. If the drive on some of the older mowers crapped out, the mower would get put away for the day until it could get repaired because fuck even trying to push those things haha. Kudos for powering through and getting it done, and thank you for the laugh :)
Billalone · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you use the honda HRCs? That’s what we had when I did landscaping and damn. We had a couple of complexes with tiny terraced lawns, and you’d finish one, look at the next one literally four feet to your left, and seriously consider just lifting the ~150 pound thing down the stairs rather than walking it all the way around the house and back to the front of the next.
coffeeshopAU · 2 points · Posted at 04:03:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha yeah those Hondas were something else. We had trailers with ramps but one time we had to load a couple into the back of a pickup... that was definitely a two person job haha
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
literally almost fell backwards going up a hill wondering wtf my problem is..haha
coffeeshopAU · 2 points · Posted at 04:08:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of our mowers would only engage one wheel for some reason and it took all my effort to push it up a slight rise even with that one wheel turning... I cannot imagine doing it with absolutely no drive
But hey if you want a good summer workout without having to go to the gym pushing a heavy ass lawnmower up hills is probably a good way to do it hahaha
kittycat_ · 3 points · Posted at 02:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been in this exact scenario before. First time I tried to mow a lawn and could not understand why I was struggling so much! My husband came home from work to see the lawn half mowed and me sprawled out on the ground struggling to not pass out from overworking. I felt like such a dummy when he showed me the second lever 😂
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:22:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
SUCH a dummy. I'm like, omg..it's just going. THIS is self-propelling
Respect4All_512 · 3 points · Posted at 02:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have one of those old ones with no motor at all. For small lawns it works great.
ErrandlessUnheralded · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I grew up using one of those. Just a cylinder of torqued blades. Light and functional and all you have to do is sharpen the blades every few years, no biggie. I don't even know how to use one with a motor, at all, because I did all my mowing like that.
Pity they can be so hard to find!
LoboRoo · 3 points · Posted at 02:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife did the same thing! We were borrowing my dad's mower, and she came in for some water. Made the comment that when we could buy our own, it should be self propelled.
I went and showed her the second lever. We have a big yard, front and back... and apparently the first time she mowed she pushed it the whole time. I felt so bad.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
seeing a lot of this...glad I'm not the only one! haha
BBT-DRK-AEE · 3 points · Posted at 02:39:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the same thing a couple of years ago! I had never used a push mower before, my parents had a tractor that I would use once in a while growing up. My husband had been working extra hours and I didn’t want him to spend his only day off mowing, so I went out there. The thing was, I was 32 weeks pregnant at the time, and stubborn, and no one was going to tell me I shouldn’t have been out there in July not using the self propelling lever I didn’t know existed. I made it through about half an acre before the lawn mower shut off and I gave up.
Bartweiss · 3 points · Posted at 02:40:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will say - you weren't crazy to just assume "this is how it works". Some mowers are just old and terrible and do work that badly.
I've used enough different ones to know the controls and everything, and still got this one damn mower that I could only start if I ran with it while I pulled the cord, and it would die as soon as I slowed down below a powerwalk.
tofuandmushrooms · 3 points · Posted at 03:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thank you! that's totally what I assumed...my dad just passed me his old one that he doesn't use, and was sure it was just that, old. turns out even old shitty lawnmowers can still self propel without killing the user
iqaruce · 3 points · Posted at 02:56:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel bad. I basically ride a motorbike for work, regularly use petrol pumps, can drive a tractor (I guess that's a diesel so maybe it doesn't count) and am generally a fairly handy person. But lawnmowers absolutely mystify me. If I ever have a yard I'll just have to get a goat.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no idea why I didn't think of the goat solution sooner
shaggy99 · 2 points · Posted at 00:42:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel too bad. I'm pretty knowledgeable about engines and mechanical stuff generally, owned all sorts of motorcycles etc. First time I had to use a gas lawnmower, I had to go look things up to figure out the controls. Didn't help that it really needed a service.
Nate_The_Scot · 2 points · Posted at 00:51:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh it's okay. At least you learned. My brother and i learned this at a very young age, along with how to change the oil and refill the fuel, because my parents loved getting us to mow the lawn/field (still do!).
liloreokid · 2 points · Posted at 01:03:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had no idea about any of this stuff as well until now.
Thanks, I now know how to more or less mow a lawn.
haylmoll13 · 2 points · Posted at 01:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m starting to seriously look into buying a home soon and, as a single woman who’s never mowed a lawn in her 30 years of life, have been focusing my search on townhomes/condos to avoid this exact scenario. You are not alone!
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
good luck - you can do it!
axw3555 · 2 points · Posted at 01:44:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We ended up getting a mower with a key start rather than a cord, because my dad's in his 70's and doesn't have the strength for pull cords anymore, and I had a road accident a few years ago so anything which requires that kind of motion or which puts a lot of strain on my shoulder joint (i.e. bowling) puts me in pain for 3-4 weeks.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
didn't even know that was a thing (shocker)...I'm sure it's helpful to have!
axw3555 · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t until a couple of years ago. I thought it was petrol with a cord or electric. It was only when dad started to struggle that my mum found out that key start existed.
ItAintSoSweet · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 34 and have never used a lawn mower before. Growing up my dad always did it, and then when my sister and I got old enough my mom never let us because she was worried we would get hurt :/.
After I moved out I lived in apartments for over 10 years until just last year when my husband and I bought a townhouse. Don't have to mow our (tiny) yard here because the HOA hires landscapers to do it.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hey nothing wrong with that. why would you know how to do something you've never had to do?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Word of advice. Make sure to learn how to properly store your mower for winter, and in general how to maintain it. Otherwise, you re going to learn another hard lesson about mowers when you try to start it again next season.
sadicarnot · 2 points · Posted at 02:06:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You learn more through mistakes than when things go well
_JustMyRealName_ · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What happened is you came across all the reasons that self propelled lawnmowers as well as priming bulbs on small engines were engineered
shankliest · 2 points · Posted at 02:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the exact same thing. And had the same reaction...
Robo-boogie · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and now youre growing up, congratulations!
PrimerFender · 2 points · Posted at 02:34:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You powered through.
HomeGrownCoffee · 2 points · Posted at 02:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancee is in essentially the same boat. She has mowed a lawn before. Once. I partially paid for university by mowing lawns for seniors in the community plus at least once a week at home. Fortunately, she didn't object when I wanted to spend $500 to buy a Honda.
tomatocucumber · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was me. When I was growing up, my dad mowed the lawn and I bagged. Then I moved to a city and just had apartments. My now ex and I moved from the city to the South. We got a house with a good sized yard, and he insisted on doing all the yardwork for some reason that’s still opaque to me.
Now I’m a recent divorcée living alone in a townhouse with a tiny front yard and slightly longer back yard. I had to buy a mower, but I’m on a budget, so I got one of those old-fashioned reel mowers. I gotta tell you: the first time I tried to mow the grass, I struggled and briefly considered trying to find a cheap gas mower. Then, through trial and error, I learned that you have to hold the handles by your hips, not your waist.
It would have been good for someone to teach me about yardwork, but I don’t know if it would have been better. Those old reel mowers can be a pain when it’s really hot out, but the results look so nice and I’m proud of myself for figuring it out.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that's great! I've been randomly replacing things around my house, and it feels good to accomplish things and learn while doing it, and if you're lucky, you have a good story to tell
whatsit578 · 2 points · Posted at 03:04:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel ya. Growing up my parents made my brothers mow the lawn, but never me (f) even though I was the oldest. It’s funny because they would never call themselves sexist and yet apparently mowing the lawn is a guy thing. To this day I’ve never used a gas mower. Not really a problem because I plan on living in apartments for the foreseeable future but I guess I’ll have to learn someday.
S4ssyGir4ffe · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I mowed a lawn was seriously two weeks ago, my brother loved doing it so my parents assumed I learned by observation (I didn’t). But my excuse was I have a heart condition and doing the side yard and three lines in the front almost killed me so I think I got off easy
Checkmate, yard work!
Callmeang21 · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a similar story. It was about the third or fourth time I mowed my yard to figure out the second bar self propelled. I felt so dumb.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:19:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah..def burned some calories that day haha
jahlove24 · 2 points · Posted at 03:21:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
33 year old woman, I've never mowed a lawn and I seriously am fine with never doing it. I'm far from prissy, I just am not a fan of the Florida summers and I have a thyroid disease so my body is awful at regulating it's temperature. I pay a guy in my neighborhood like $30 every month to do it. One of those services I'm fine paying for indefinitely.
tofuandmushrooms · 3 points · Posted at 03:33:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would 1000% pay someone $30 to mow for me. Don't blame you!
lol_admins_are_dumb · 2 points · Posted at 03:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't let the grass get too tall, when it's really tall the mower will keep dying as you try to mow. The rule of thumb is that you should be cutting off no more than 1/3 of the visible height of the grass at a time.
SoundHound · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've used the same mower for 32 years. I know it's moods.
nanner1018 · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First time I mowed the lawn, I was 12 my dad just put me on the riding mower in the big field and left to mow another area. Should be easy right? I just mowed in circles and tried to break up the clumps of already mowed grass until my dad saw smoke pouring out of it because I kept on running over the clumps of old grass...
GuineusPigus · 2 points · Posted at 04:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know what? I’m damn proud of you for not only finishing the job but not letting it discourage you. Plus you figured out the errors in the first round and mowing will be much easier in the future. Enjoy the hell out of your hard work because I’m pretty sure it looks awesome. Good job :)
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, that is so nice! Haha thank you!
carlinone · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you me? Don't feel too bad, I went through something very similar last summer.
allisonnaut · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mowed half our yard when my mom came out and showed me the lever, so don't feel too bad buddy, it's a hard one
Catbarf1409 · 2 points · Posted at 05:34:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love it. I did this exact same thing, with the same style second lever that I didn't know about. Pulled my back doing the ditch, was in pain for almost a week. Glad I'm not the only one! <3
LazerKrypt · 2 points · Posted at 07:30:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not going to lie for one second: You, in posting this, taught me about that lever as well. I have been mowing my lawn for YEARS. Never had that taught to me and was confused so I looked it up.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 14:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hope life becomes a bit easier!
XGamerdude1X · 2 points · Posted at 08:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My lawnmower genuinely isn’t self-propelling and I feel your pain
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. Even after the knowing about the self-propelling option, I still talked myself out of mowing for a couple days
oranga-tan · 2 points · Posted at 09:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel you. Bought our home when I was about 32 as well. Mowers seemed intimidating: gas, oil, big scary blades. I found a weedeater that sits in a base to turn into the tiniest mower in the world. Runs on rechargeable batteries so I got to skip all of that nonsense. Only problem is it takes an eternity to mow our standard-size lot and multiple days since I needed about 4 batteries worth of use. After 3 years my spouse talked me into a robot mower and we're now the envy of the neighborhood.
rythmicjea · 2 points · Posted at 09:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I LOVE mowing the yard! I had a friend who was doing yard work and a bunch of us came to help. I was like "I'll help as long as I can mow the lawn!" Like it was some kind of deal breaker. All of my friends looked at me like I had a second head and was like "yeah... Fine..." I put in headphones and jammed. All my friends said they had never seen me happier.
For context: I live in an apartment and don't have a lawn. I used to mow when I was younger and living in my mom's house.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 14:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Come over anytime! Haha
ao911 · 2 points · Posted at 11:41:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will be 33 this year and my husband is finally teaching me to mow! My dad was anal about the yard and would only let my brother do it. Said it's not a ladies job?! I mean I know he's being nice but the man made me change all 4 of my tires before I could drive, made ma know all the street names or routes I was taking and made me tell him where I was going when I let the house that way. He taught me so much stuff....... Except how to mow! I have been with my husband for 10 years now and have begged him to teach me. He always said no I got it. Then I tryed to spin it when I wasn't working for a while, saying I want to spend time with him when he gets home, so teach me to mow so I can tan and mow before you got home. So he gives in a tiny bit and teaches me how to weed eat.? (I'm not sure if that's correct lol) I hate doing that crap! Not bc it sucks but bc the thing is so heavy it makes my arms go numb. He said he would buy me a cheap battery operated on so it would be lighter. (I'm 5'2 small frame) That never happened. Flash forward to about a month ago. He had hurt himself and couldn't move well and he needed the mower moved (riding, with the two handles) so he finally taught me at least how to start the thing and try to just drive it. I looked silly. Still don't know how to do anything but drive it. Kills me.
DukesOfTatooine · 2 points · Posted at 14:45:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband had to teach me to mow the lawn after we bought our first house. Turns out I kind of enjoy it, and he hates it, so that worked out well for both of us.
Ribeartoe · 2 points · Posted at 16:05:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't feel too bad. My dad had me mow the lawn as a kid and didn't teach me about that lever on purpose so it took me longer to mow. That way he got more peace and quiet in the house. I love that clever bastard.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:48 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol that's amazing
ThrowRA_369963 · 2 points · Posted at 18:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for sharing. This would probably be me if I were in your shoes- my mom always had lawn care people at her house, and I've only ever lived in dorms or apartments after that. I even told my bf if we ever move in together to a house with a yard that we're getting someone else to cut the grass if he doesn't want to, because I'm not doing it.
laihaluikku · 2 points · Posted at 20:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes i think how stupid it is that dads don’t teach enough their daughters. At age 25 i learned how to change a tire when my boyfriends dad showed me how to do it. It is not my car so i rarely need to change the winter tires and back to summer tires. But every time i drive alone there is a chance i blow my tire and i would need to change the spare tire. At least twice a year my dad could have taught me that but he always changed with my brother. And as a kid you don’t realise that maybe i should learn that shit too.
Ryugi · 2 points · Posted at 01:45:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm proud of you for trying again and learning. It's ok to learn something like this for the first time.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
yellowbird_87 · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 33 and it just occurred to me I have never used a lawnmower in my life. I also never learned to cook anything except eggs until I left home at 24. I still don’t know how to drive stick.
tofuandmushrooms · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't drive a stick either!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 25. Have never used a lawnmower because I grew up in a traditional household where it was deemed "men's work".
drindustry · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think I have the same mower and the whole time I knew the problem.
AFrankExchangOfViews · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, my wife did exactly this when I was out of town for the first time a few years ago. She pushed that damn thing all over, like to killed herself. She finally gave up in the back yard and was too tired to push it back to the garage, she just hid the mower under a bush and waited for me to come home.
Paddy_O_Numbers · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Wait til you learn how to use the strimmer!
Edit to add - my brother got my a Stihl strimmer for Christmas a couple of years ago. My dad did a poor job of showing me how to use it (he didn't tell me how to get the wire to come out automatically and YouTube wasn't helping me figure it out) so my brother flew over to London from Dublin to give me a weekend of gardening lessons and tips - including how to use the strimmer correctly. Best Christmas present in years.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no idea what a strimmer is. When I find out, I'll be sure to share, because I imagine it'll be similar to my first time using a lawnmower story.
redorangeblue · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it makes you feel any better this was me a few weeks ago at 35. I mean I knew about the ignitor as I was shown, and it seems that ours doesn't have an extra lever, but it was my first time mowing the lawn. My husband always does it and complains about it.
immachode · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 27 years old and I’ve never mowed a lawn in my life. Growing up, my mom actually loved to mow, so I was never allowed to. And now I live in a place with Astro turf, and never plan on mowing a lawn for as long as I live
neoslith · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mowed the lawn growing up.
Did you prime the engine? Small rubber button in the side of the mower (not near the handle) that you need to press a few times before you pull the ripcord.
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh yeah totally. just not that time
ragdoll-cat · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to the world of non fancy mowers that you have to push yourself. Just about killed me last time I used one, I live on a hill so was literally pushing the shit uphill........
tofuandmushrooms · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the UPHILL got me. literally almost fell backwards onto the sidewalk. I eventually had to result to pulling it up the hill and walking backwards.
ragdoll-cat · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally did the pull it up the hill backwards walk too. Much easier !!!
TheHomieMed · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one better... an EMT at my company put oxygen on a patient after we already called the patient deceased and had a time of death. It was a DOA.
TwistinFoolGames · 1269 points · Posted at 22:15:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone told me that their husband would put shampoo in their hair and not rinse after applying. The husband for his entire life wondered why his hair was always greasy.
blvckcvtmvgic · 53 points · Posted at 03:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine not rinsing the shampoo out, I can't stand when my hair feels greasy. I bet he felt magical when he finally learned this and (hopefully) had actually clean hair.
gVb654 · 6 points · Posted at 18:31:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dont get this guy. Before i get my hair cut, the barber washes my hair with both shampoo and water, unless he is fucking tarzan he should have noticed the cleaning properties of fucking water. A person can ask for no wash just haircut but those are more of "I want a quick shave off the sides and leave" or "Its the end of the month and need to save every penny i can" kind of situations. Atleast in my neighborhood.
MrToddWilkins · 29 points · Posted at 04:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Snape,Snape,Severus Snape
rainbow_unicorn_barf · 10 points · Posted at 05:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
DUMBLEDORE!
Arty_Fladelbort · 6 points · Posted at 08:26:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HerrrrrrrMiione!
MrToddWilkins · 2 points · Posted at 15:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ron,Ron,Ron Weasley
sparrow_lately · 25 points · Posted at 06:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently the first time my mother visited my father’s apartment when they were first dating, she spotted some Ajax dish soap in the shower. She asked him about it and he said he’d been using it to wash his hair. He was a lawyer. A lawyer.
lalalava31 · 13 points · Posted at 07:48:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know this is unlikely to be received well but my hair is absolutely fried from bleaching it and every once in a while I mix a dime sized amount of dish soap in with my shampoo in my hand and it makes my hair incredibly soft for some reason. I discovered this entirely by accident from a recipe for getting bright colors out of your hair. I thought my hair would be completely dead after but it felt GREAT
dumbandconcerned · 8 points · Posted at 14:58:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It works by removing product build-up in your hair. That build-up can make your hair feel gritty over time. If you’re only doing it every once in a while, that’s probably fine, but might be drying in the long run. If you want to use something a little gentler, I’d recommend a clarifying shampoo (Treseme has a very affordable one). But if the dish soap is working for you, you do you!
lalalava31 · 3 points · Posted at 23:10:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it sounds crazy! I don't put any product in it besides using quality shampoo and a light conditioner every other day. I have tried tons of different clarifying shampoos in the past but never experienced it making my hair softer... it usually makes it feel sorta squeaky clean feeling, not silky and smooth. Basically one day when I was trying to remove some purple color I mixed Ajax dish soap and shampoo and left it on my head for 5 mins. I didn't even use conditioner because I was going to move on to the next step of the color process. My hair was super silky and easier to brush out. I was in utter disbelief
dumbandconcerned · 3 points · Posted at 01:17:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well then it sounds like it works for your hair! You keep doing you. I also have a friend who swears by it. She has super think hair. Dried mine right out though and irritated my scalp. It really just depends on your hair and what works for you.
lalalava31 · 3 points · Posted at 23:19:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re so supportive 😆 if only the internet was made up of more people like you!
I’m glad to get some more feedback and hear that other people have tried it. Even if the results weren’t the same that’s good to know so I don’t universally recommend it to my friends. For context I have very fine, limp, wavy blonde hair. I don’t use heat on it ever, but it’s extremely damaged from bleaching and toning it super light. I have tons of frizz and flyaways and that’s what I noticed an improvement in. Maybe this is something that works better for curly hair types
dumbandconcerned · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol thanks, I try! That’s really interesting though because I also have fine, curly hair. And this friend of mine has thick but bleached/color treated hair. Maybe it has to do with the bleach? I have no idea.
lalalava31 · 2 points · Posted at 23:34:51 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think maybe it has to do with the shampoo you mix it with? Because it makes my shampoo foam up like crazy. I use one with Argan oil in it. It’s called dessage oleo miracle, it’s good for curly hair and frizz :)
Actually the more I think about it, it could be related to the bleach! It feels similar to when I do a cuticle sealing treatment. So it’s possible that the dish soap does a decent job of sealing the cuticle. You wouldn’t have an issue with that unless you bleach your hair or it’s really heat damaged
dararie · 74 points · Posted at 00:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an uncle who never used shampoo in his hair, just hot water...he also never wore socks, and he lived in the northeast
jhobweeks · 68 points · Posted at 03:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, just as LL Bean intended it.
willyoumassagemykale · 23 points · Posted at 04:43:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/nopoo has entered the chat
NiceBeaver2018 · 6 points · Posted at 04:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an uncle who hasn't bathed in years.
dararie · 7 points · Posted at 04:34:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow
phantomhatsyndrome · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit. I might end up a time traveler.
Leaves_Swype_Typos · 12 points · Posted at 04:41:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a young lad, I wouldn't really rinse the shampoo out of my hair so much as slick it back under the water. While I was still quite young, a barber figured out what I'd been doing from the residue or something and set me straight, and it pops into my head almost every time I rinse about how this is the right way to do it.
pengetal · 11 points · Posted at 05:18:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner is convinced its conditioner first, then shampoo. We've had many a debate about the order, including me showing the instructions on the bottle. Nope. Nothing
Sofieka · 6 points · Posted at 07:04:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex partner?
_qualmless_ · 4 points · Posted at 13:37:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s actually a technique for curly or dry haired people. The conditioner prepares the hair to not be stripped by the shampoo. Some people condition after too, but not always.
Cosmic_Quasar · 8 points · Posted at 06:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a similar thing. Until middle school my dad had always bought a 2 in 1 shampoo/conditioner and we shared it. Then when I started middle school there were two things in the shower. I figured he got one for each of us. But that year I started getting teased about my extremely greasy hair. After months of this I realized that he had not bought one for each of us, but instead had bought separate shampoo and conditioner and I had only been using conditioner for all that time.
Dyvion · 5 points · Posted at 05:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shampoo daily, but my hair is almost always greasy. My mom's too, so I know where it comes from. Daily face scrub or the acne is vicious. I'm over 40 and look like I'm in my early thirties, so there are some benefits.
lalalava31 · 4 points · Posted at 07:52:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have this issue when I forget to take my vitamin d supplement for a few weeks, it helps regulate sebum production
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 20:12:37 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You might be washing it too often. I figured out around 18 or 20(somewhere around there) if I shampooed daily my hair would end up greasy. This is apparently fairly common. I've never had acne though, I got pretty lucky on that. Occasional zit in my teens, but nothing compared to most.
tb2186 · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lather. Rinse. Repeat. It’s written right on the bottle.
TruIsou · 2 points · Posted at 16:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stuck in an endless loop...
jackofallcards · 2 points · Posted at 09:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin would do this with conditioner! He thought you wash it with shampoo, and leave the conditioner in as you get out. He just uses like, a 2 in 1 now
Sexcellence · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably smelled fantastic, though.
11twofour · 1 points · Posted at 06:42:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that reminds me of one. My husband used to wash his hair on some days and condition on others. Result wasn't too bad, just very dry hair. The odd thing is that he lived with a girlfriend for like 3 years before we ever met. Did they just never shower together? Did she not care about his hair dryness?
ao911 · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My step son was the same way. His dad had no idea he wasn't rinsing out his har enough and couldn't figure out why his hair was so nice after I washed it for him when giving him haircuts.
trialbytrailer · 1 points · Posted at 13:22:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have accidentally not rinsed shampoo a couple times. Dried-in shampoo is really difficult to get out, and it takes days for my hair to feel normal again.
Get great volume, tho.
Draigdwi · 1 points · Posted at 16:50:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew somebody who thought you can use dry shampoo (the spray) all your life and never ever wash the hair with water. Luckily she had a sensible grandma who caught it fast enough.
TrueEnthusiasm6 · 1 points · Posted at 19:50:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When me and my brother were younger, I walked in on him showering, and he was washing his hair with soap. Just regular soap from a bottle. I was disgusted. And yet his hair looked better
ginger_SF · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
not much of an instructions guy, i guess...since it's literally printed on the back of the bottle.
williams1753 · 0 points · Posted at 04:05:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never knew I had to lather rinse and repeat.
I’d only lather and rinse, I’ve since learned about the repeat and my hair is glorious.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 10 points · Posted at 05:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t need to repeat, you just need to lather better. I only wash my hair every two days (I condition every day, though)
[deleted] · 15 points · Posted at 05:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The repeat isn't necessary it's for people who don't know how to wash their hair.
Has a barber ever washed your hair twice? Nope. Just shampoo and condition.
FolkSong · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm about to change your life: do it 4 more times
potatoslasher · 3428 points · Posted at 21:08:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had to explain and show to my older brother that you can and should clean your Philips beard trimmer from inside the little bits as well.
We both got the same exact model as a gift on christmas I think, and ye turns out he hadnt opened up and cleaned the little rotary bits the entire time he had it (years, literally years, at least 5), and was complaining how it's very slow and probably needs to be replaced with a new one. I thought ''thats weird, mine is around the same age and is still perfectly fine'', so I turn it on and it makes this very gritty sound like the machine is so slow as if its dying and stuff even though it's fully charged. I open it up and goddam the little rotary blades were so clogged up with years old dust and hairs it was a miracle the thing was still working at all. Turns out he didnt even know you can open them. I cleaned it all nice and clean and the thing started working good again (as much as it can) afterwards.
Read instructions please before you disregard something as broken, like goddam.
Edit : Turns out its not a ''beard trimmer'', but ''dry shaver'' instead. If that matters to anyone
Pentacostal-Haircut · 389 points · Posted at 21:27:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh brother. Guess we know which one got the brains!
LaUNCHandSmASH · 4 points · Posted at 22:11:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I hope he is good looking! Haha
TreyLastname · 17 points · Posted at 00:44:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With a broken razor like that?
TwmSais · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obviously the one who got his brother to clean it for him /s
Von_Moistus · 75 points · Posted at 00:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Student apartments are goldmines for this. Got a nice upright vacuum from one because they apparently didn't know that the hoses needed to be cleaned out on occasion. Pulled a 5-foot solid plug of dust and lint from the attachment hose. Worked fine after that.
[deleted] · 38 points · Posted at 01:10:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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axw3555 · 10 points · Posted at 01:40:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a student, I had a small upright and a handheld.
Though none of the others in my houses/halls did, so it was like 12:1 against.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:38:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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axw3555 · 2 points · Posted at 11:56:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used mine all the time. Particularly after the time our shower had a leak and they had to cut a hole in the downstairs ceiling to get to it. Plaster dust everywhere.
It's been 8 years and I kid you not, sometimes I still open an old box and find a book or something with a thin coating of gritty dust from it.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:21:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our dorms had communal ones. Problem was trying to get one before room inspections or occasionally when someone would try to hoover up sick.
Von_Moistus · 3 points · Posted at 01:17:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These guys didn’t, eventually.
helladamnleet · 8 points · Posted at 01:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got a nice Shark ball vacuum this way once.
Actually, I've saved a few vacuums from the dump this way.
forget_the_hearse · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's the best way to do that? I've been feeling like mine is clogged up near the intake into the main body of the vacuum. I tried rattling around in there with a long stick but it didn't seem particularly productive.
barb_ster · 31 points · Posted at 01:23:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You cleaned so many of his pubes
DJ63010 · 28 points · Posted at 01:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bought a used front load washing machine off Craigslist. The owner claimed it wouldn't drain properly so I gave him $20 to scrap it out. Turns out he just never cleaned the filter. There was the added bonus of pocket change in the filter lol. A thousand dollar washer I bought for 20 bucks
FortunateSonofLibrty · 6 points · Posted at 03:25:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I need to learn this skill. Where is the filter on most washers?
Quegak · 8 points · Posted at 10:13:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On front loaders near the floor behind the face plate on the right should be a circle whit a handle
iamonlyoneman · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
nice
bg-j38 · 14 points · Posted at 01:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of the time I was at a friend's house as a teenager and he had just gotten an electric razor. My dad used safety razors and so did I, so I'd never used an electric one. He was showing me it and I said "what does it do with the hair once it's inside?" To which my friend said "It burns it." Which I just said "Ah yeah that makes sense I guess." Had to nearly pick him up off the floor he was laughing so hard.
starcraftre · 10 points · Posted at 00:48:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine opens if you look at it wrong and gets hairs all over the counter...
animal-mother · 10 points · Posted at 23:48:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know you could open them either, but the TSA always reminded me.
Clown_corder · 10 points · Posted at 02:24:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brb was wondering why mine wasn't working well
iamonlyoneman · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So how'd it go?
Sa551l · 10 points · Posted at 05:50:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, this is such a huge thing. Read the god damned instructions! People always assume they know how to use stuff, and sure - they do. Most appliances we use are pretty straightforward, but then the instructions tell you how to care for your object and many other things.
I've had people laugh at me for reading them.
For a bit of context/story: I used to share an apartment with 2 friends. One of them would never cook, and always eat out, the other would on occasion, but would never use the oven. I, on the other hand, wanted to use the whole god damned thing, but could not get the oven's burner to light up. Talking about a gas stove. No fancy buttons, as basic as they come.
Now, I've been taught to use stoves when I was 8, and have been using them ever since, but this mofo would not work. So I looked up its model, and read the instructions. Turns out this very basic model had a child-proof safety for the oven (and not for the top also), and all you had to do was to keep pushing then knob while rotated to supply gas. Simple. Elegant. However that was my first time ever using one, so there you go. Read the instructions. No shame.
WormLivesMatter · 7 points · Posted at 01:54:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I uh didn’t know this.
FortunateSonofLibrty · 6 points · Posted at 03:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This exact scenario happened with me and my brother.
The blade guard was bowing outwards from the pressure of the amount of hair inside.
I wanted to puke.
axw3555 · 3 points · Posted at 01:41:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Geez, I've been known to open mine to knock it out part way through if my beard's gotten a bit long.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, you'd be surprised how many people are not aware that you have to clean the thing pretty often. I used to work at this place that sold all sorts of home appliances, including razors and shavers. Part of my job was to repair and clean them for clients, for like 10$. I'm talking senior gentlemen who had not ONCE opened that thing in 10 years. The amount of crass was just unbelievable... Let's say I'm glad I don't work there anymore.
LumbermanDan · 5 points · Posted at 03:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not gonna lie. I have always blade shaved. I would have no idea how to clean one of those
potatoslasher · 5 points · Posted at 06:25:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it pops out very easily actually, you just brush it over with a the little brush thingy that comes with it and rinse the little rotary blades in water and that's it. It takes like 5 minutes.
Thing was made for idiots in mind pretty much
LumbermanDan · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL
Joshhh61 · 5 points · Posted at 05:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work in retail - have processed a few 'damaged' returns for razor blades only to open them up and find them clogged with dust and hair and shit to the shock of the customer not knowing it was a thing. Had another customer who returned a steamer who claimed wouldn't turn on - turns out he was pressing the button to release the water container thinking it was the on button. The on button was on the handle 🤦♂️
aussiegirlabroad · 3 points · Posted at 03:20:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband literally never reads the instructions for anything. It’s so annoying.
skyppie · 2 points · Posted at 01:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guess I have to clean mine...
dogsledonice · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I was at my brother's and started to vacuum and ... I don't think anyone in his family ever emptied the vacuum. Like, really?
tryintofly · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...And how do you open it?
iamonlyoneman · 3 points · Posted at 03:18:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine just pops open when you tug on the end. There's a line between the motor part and the removable blades part, with a little tab you can pry against, it's pretty obviously 2 pieces
potatoslasher · 3 points · Posted at 06:29:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well mine looks like this more or less : https://ponnomela.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Philips-Electric-Shaver-AT610-14-at-Ponnomela.com-1000x1000-1.jpg
you can push a little button near the top that will like pop the top 3 blade part off, and then you can just sort of lift the little plastic band that holds the rotary parts in and they come out. I found out that myself just experimenting with it carefully
Pasque_Flower · 2 points · Posted at 02:51:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm betting my husband never cleans his. Going to check it tonight.
Lily_Kunai · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know you could do that either. Then again, I’ve never had a brand new one just the ones my mom already had
AtlantisSky · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not a guy and don't use electric razors for anything. I know you're supposed to clean the inside of them.
heroicwhiskey · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a woman, 99% sure my husband isn't aware of this.
aubreysux · 1 points · Posted at 17:13:05 on July 24, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am now!
malalaswhores · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do I express my gratitude to you. You just saved my freaking life.
BuzzBuilds · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, exact same story except he replaced it after 3 yrs since he couldn't get it to work. Ha!
Mtlyoum · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So he had 5 years old blades? I also have a philip and you should change the blades every years.
potatoslasher · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
mine is also that age and still cuts fine, I have no problems with it at all
salami350 · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhm... I'll be right back, just gonna check up on something...
breadcreature · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate almost did an inverse of this, he got a trimmer and had seen me pop the razor head off to brush out the inside of mine before (and been reminded this is what you do because he ran the entire thing under the tap when he borrowed mine). So after using his once he popped the head off. Unscrewed the top plate thing from the head. Popped the spring part out that holds the cutting blade in. Basically tore the fucking thing apart and coated everything (including the motor bit) in oil because he'd asked me what the little bottle was for and I said "to oil the blades". Surprisingly enough it didn't work after that, but it took him an entire day to figure out why they were no longer cutting (I didn't even think to suggest it might be because everything is slippery and misaligned because why would you do this???).
At one point in this fiasco he had even come to me to ask how to do something and I told him to read the manual because that's all I'd be able to do to answer the question. Apparently the pictures were confusing and didn't look right... yeah, because you're doing stuff the instructions aren't telling you to do!
🎙️ arual_x · 7225 points · Posted at 19:42:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a couple.
I once had my exes parents coming over, and needed some help cleaning the house up to get ready for their arrival. I asked my ex to clean the bathroom for me whilst I cleaned the kitchen, and left him to it. I went in about a half an hour later and the bathroom was somehow dirtier, but the ex was sitting on the couch chilling. When I asked him why he hadn’t cleaned the bathroom, he looked at me all confused and said he had. I asked him to come in and pointed out all the soap scum everywhere and how it was clearly not clean. He reiterated that he’d cleaned it. I asked him to show me how.
He proceeded to pick up a bar of soap, lather up his hands real good, and just... rub everything. He didn’t even rinse it after. Just rubbed everything with soapy hands. And couldn’t understand why I was staring at him open mouthed.
Same guy, a few months later. I asked him to mash some potatoes I’d boiled whilst I plated up dinner. He very literally did so, without draining out the water. Again, he didn’t think what he’d done was in any way wrong, despite the weird texture and look of the potatoes.
[deleted] · 6098 points · Posted at 21:12:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Why yes I am also a fellow human being, like yourself, and native to your planet.”
🎙️ arual_x · 1663 points · Posted at 21:16:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This explains everything.
KnowsAboutMath · 26 points · Posted at 04:58:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admit it. You were dating Ted Cruz, Human Candidate.
grebetrees · 3 points · Posted at 19:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, that's just nasty
Hopefulkitty · 73 points · Posted at 00:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband has done similar stuff, and I'm like 80% sure he's an alien. It used it be a joke, but the longer we are together the higher that percentage goes.
rocktopus8 · 48 points · Posted at 02:20:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know the conspiracy theory that the the ruling class is comprised of a reptilian race in human suits? It doesn’t make sense because reptiles would make really weird humans. But you know how sometimes you meet someone and it’s like they just don’t know how to human? Like they’re just weird? My theory is those are the real reptilians.
Hopefulkitty · 15 points · Posted at 02:21:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm on board.
TotallyImportant · 7 points · Posted at 03:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, if the non-diagnosed abnormal people are aliens, then what about someone who's diagnosed with high-functioning autism. For many people (such as myself) it's just a fast track to anxiety, ADHD, not understanding figures of speech such as metaphors or idioms, putting random objects in their mouths, and so on. Not to mention, the intelligence that they can baffle or overwhelm people with (I am fantastic at English, but I absolutely hate it, and science is fantastic, along with math, but my choice of career has something to do with computer science. I thankfully don't need to know the full details of my preferred profession yet because I just finished my freshman year of high school, so I have little while to figure out all the details).
Granted, this is just me and like two other people I know with autism. There are so many at my school it's weird. You could actually argue that half of them are aliens because the cornfields around my school offer plenty of landing space for UFOs (if you believe that sort of thing of course).
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're still aliens, but we learn how to live here.
grebetrees · 2 points · Posted at 20:08:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those of us on the spectrum might be the best 'first contact' persons when it comes to extraterrestrial aliens, because we think in more concrete terms and don't bring in as much cultural or political baggage. We see and speak the truth more cleanly.
I wish the Vulcans or whatever would make contact already, but given the state of the world and the asinine behavior of it's leaders, I'm pretty sure we don't qualify for admission into any galactic federation right now
TotallyImportant · 1 points · Posted at 23:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I can imagine what they'd say.
Well, I could if I watched Star Trek.
antialb · 1 points · Posted at 10:25:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whats with the anxiety? How does that work?
TotallyImportant · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was just mentioning that it's a thing that isn't uncommon with high-functioning autistic individuals. It's really easy to get anxious about missing social queues and other things about being autistic.
antialb · 2 points · Posted at 23:53:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is there anything that helps?
TotallyImportant · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:07 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least in my case I can just avoid places that have a lot of stimuli. My biggest troubles are with casinos. Large gatherings can get pretty bad. Mine isn't very bad, but as more starts happening around me I eventually get to the point where I practically melt. It takes a lot, but it does happen.
antialb · 1 points · Posted at 00:50:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend tends to sort of melt down when things don't go his way and then he'll go on and on about how bad he is about the thing. Like tennis or drawing, it really upsets me he's upset.
BEKFETS · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm thinking it's more like this. https://youtu.be/_pEtur9zU1U
knightopusdei · 8 points · Posted at 03:06:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Excuse me but what is that motion you are doing? That motion you perform regularly where you increase and decrease the size of your thorax?" ..... followed by immediately passing out from lack of oxygen.
Datboi4156 · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Alan, are you a cow?"
firstmatedavy · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://66.media.tumblr.com/3631b4fdb876b34e001aeaf92609f7b2/tumblr_podrhm862B1qef0zro1_250.gifv
perfect_little_booty · 2228 points · Posted at 20:22:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god! I think the bathroom cleaning thing would be a deal breaker for me. Ruining mashed potatoes is just a crime, but he would have been gone before that.
🎙️ arual_x · 1036 points · Posted at 20:47:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it was only a few months more of living together after that before all this stuff sorta compiled to make things fairly unlivable.
honeyimsorry · 81 points · Posted at 02:02:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell more stories!
At first with the soap thing I thought you meant he was rubbing the lathered soap bar on everything which would be bad enough, but the visual of a grown man rubbing his hands all over the bathroom surfaces thinking he was cleaning them is just spectacular.
dustbinflowers · 24 points · Posted at 07:43:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once asked my fiancee if he had ever cleaned a toilet in his life. He looked at me like I was crazy. He literally thought that he was too good to have to clean up his own skidmarks. I left him not long after. For lots of reasons, but that may have been the final straw.
AliveAndKickingAss · 13 points · Posted at 09:25:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ahh yes, the "I'm too good for my own shit guy" is the WORST!
I don't know how anyone puts up with their shit but apparently this gets them far in life, even to the White House.
SinkTube · 6 points · Posted at 08:58:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what do you mean, clean skidmarks? just pee on them extra hard until they're gone
Nevadajack87 · 8 points · Posted at 08:31:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an ex who would park outside my building in the same spot, despite the fact that there’s a gated parking garage just 50 feet from where she would park.
Her car got broken into and she panicked because she couldn’t find her case notes...she was a social worker. Luckily she found them.
Cue a few months later. Her car is in the same spot and it’s broken into again, this time her notes were stolen and she had to own up to her mistake.
I tried to empathize but she should have learned.
demonkiller2123 · 28 points · Posted at 01:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No fucking up mashed potatoes is a fucking felony sentencable by death. You fuck up mashed potatoes in my house your living on the street
DontTreadOnBigfoot · 11 points · Posted at 04:06:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sentence of the day, right there...
demonkiller2123 · 3 points · Posted at 04:07:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I meant no fucking up mashed potatoes
katherinefitzAlan · 5 points · Posted at 04:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The potatoes thing is the final red flag- we Irish love our potatoes and that would not stand for me. Lol
Xepphy · 6 points · Posted at 01:25:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most boring way to eat potatoes and you mess that up. That guy must be an alien or something.
GlockAF · 2 points · Posted at 19:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Add leeks, potato soup
[deleted] · 989 points · Posted at 21:04:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes. Was he really that stupid or just passive aggressively trying to get out of domestic tasks by fucking everything up?
🎙️ arual_x · 1206 points · Posted at 21:07:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
100% genuinely that stupid.
ShowStoppa718 · 869 points · Posted at 21:18:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He must've been extremely good looking.
GrumpyMammoth · 64 points · Posted at 02:38:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hung like a horse, with a brain to match
CheeseQueen86 · 86 points · Posted at 01:37:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And hung.
tahitianhashish · 117 points · Posted at 02:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having dated a guy who was equally stupid, I can confirm both of these things. I really wish that dude hadn't been so fucking dumb (and at times immature) because he was otherwise perfect.
cindyscrazy · 105 points · Posted at 03:14:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a crush on a friend of my husband's. He was Adonis, I swear.
But, then he tried to talk. I could never be with a guy who had that many rocks in his head.
bluesky557 · 43 points · Posted at 04:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, the last guy I dated before my husband was so fucking gorgeous, but really kind of dumb. It was such a terrible waste of hotness.
wonderwife · 58 points · Posted at 05:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, the beloved sex idiot...
JustDiscoveredSex · 28 points · Posted at 06:11:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for bringing this phrase into my life.
schizoidparanoid · 16 points · Posted at 11:27:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Username checks out.
Rusiano · 9 points · Posted at 03:36:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not because of stupidity, some people are just not good at practical things. My whole family is kinda like that, we are really bad with our hands
jininberry · 16 points · Posted at 01:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably hanging dong.
KMFDM781 · 8 points · Posted at 02:02:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Durfy the Donkey Cock Dumbass
winosanonymous · 1 points · Posted at 14:55:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope the sex was good, at least 😂
j3utton · -64 points · Posted at 21:19:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That might say more about you than it does him? Also says quite a bit about his parents. Was he at least good looking?
🎙️ arual_x · 196 points · Posted at 21:30:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. He started out as a rebound from a baaaaad relationship, and I was just suckered in by how unendingly kindhearted and innocent he was (plus... good looking). Took a while to realise that someone being nice to you isn’t justification on its own for them to be sub-par as a partner in other ways. In the end I didn’t even leave because of this. I left because he’d been secretly using my credit card without my permission because it had the same pin as all our joint “house stuff” account cards.
Edit: in retrospect, obviously, not as kindhearted and innocent as I thought.
jininberry · 30 points · Posted at 01:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally everyone has at least one person that will make them go "what the hell was I thinking? And why did it last so long?" It's part of learning and growing. Not all our partners will be relatively flawless, some will just be straight up messes and regrets.
CorneliusJack · 10 points · Posted at 02:07:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That how we learn which the good ones are. Gotta wade through a sea of bad ones to find a good one.
SinkTube · 5 points · Posted at 09:04:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
let me stop you right there
peregrination_ · 14 points · Posted at 01:39:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
lol, what kind of logic is this? It says loads about him, and the only thing we know about OP is that she chose not to stay with him (thankfully).
Anthadvl · -1 points · Posted at 10:17:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your name by any chance Ann Perkins?
imgoodygoody · 12 points · Posted at 03:09:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m fairly certain that if I would ask my 6 year old to clean the bathroom he would start with Clorox wipes. He might not do an amazing job but he would at least know what to use.
DondeT · 903 points · Posted at 21:43:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That cleaning story reminds me of my housemate my second year of uni.
She cleaned the bathroom and an hour later complained that everyone else has left it dirty.
We had literally just moved in so I asked her what cleaning product she had cleaned it with, she responded with “what do you mean product?!” So I asked her if she had use only hot water.
Her response: “Hot water?!
She had damped down all surfaces in the bathroom with cool water and was then unhappy with the water marks from a hard water area that appeared afterwards.
Weeniebuttcorgo · 50 points · Posted at 03:56:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommates in college had her own bathroom in her room while the other 2 of us shared the second bathroom. When we had to move out, I found out she had literally never cleaned her bathroom in the entire year we lived there and she had her mom come help her clean it.
She also got mad when I asked her and my other roommate to be better about throwing away leftovers after I had just cleaned out 6+ months of their rotten science experiment food from the fridge.
Life_outside_PoE · 24 points · Posted at 07:12:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god this reminds me of a time my housemate did the dishes. In our share house of 6, we'd run out of dish soap so we just had to wait until the next person went to the store (later that day or the next day). We also had a dish roster so one guy had to do the dishes that day. Yes, dish rosters are stupid and I can't for the life of me remember why we had one.
Anyway this guy did his dishes and when I went to thr kitchen I saw they were done. I was obviously a bit perplexed at this because 1. We didn't have any soap and 2. I knew this guy used barely Luke warm water for dishes. As you might imagine everything was super greasy and not clean. He complained when we told him he had to do the dishes again.
realsies11 · 467 points · Posted at 21:11:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate is always “cleaning” things by spraying them with cleaner and leaving it. He doesn’t even wipe it off.
theskyhurts · 75 points · Posted at 22:58:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy like this. He thought cleaner just magically made things clean, instead of being a facilitator of dirt removal. I once watched him mop up a puddle of dog shit and then proceed to mop the rest of the floor with the shitty water. When questioned, he stated indignantly that the water had Pine Sol in it so it was cleaning the floor just fine.
Same guy also thought you had to take cold medicines to "get well faster" and didn't understand they were just to relieve symptoms.
realsies11 · 40 points · Posted at 23:00:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well to be fair, if you take enough cold medicine you’ll be so high that it will seem like the colds gone.
NonConformistFlmingo · 27 points · Posted at 04:45:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is that guy with cold medicine. He also believes in taking it the moment you start to feel ill in order to "prevent it." Always tells me to take some whenever I mention feeling a little cruddy. Like he thinks cold medicine is some kind of video game potion that will instantly repel illness and make you better.
Newsflash for anyone who thinks this way: Not how it works. Once you feel sick, YOU ARE SICK. The medicine won't make it go away, it'll just help you feel marginally less crappy by suppressing the symptoms while your body does its thing to actually fight it off.
I love my husband dearly, but on this matter... Dude be DUMB.
sinepuller · 8 points · Posted at 07:14:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In fact, the cold medicine (if we're talking about paracetamol-based medicine, of course, not rare stuff like Zanamivir) makes the whole getting well process even longer because it knocks your fever off, and the high body temperature is there to actually help fight the virus. A lot of people do not know this. If you are feeling sick and can call in sick to work, don't take paracetamol (if your fever/headache is bearable), just lie down for a few days and make sure to stay hydrated. I wish they would print this in big friendly letters and hang around everywhere during the cold seasons.
twinsocks · 20 points · Posted at 01:22:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how it used to work on a tamagotchi
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 10 points · Posted at 02:56:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. My roommate never scrubs his dishes down. He'll just put them in the dish washer dripping with tomato sauce or soup or whatever. I've tried a couple of times to explain that the dishwasher is for sanitization and you're supposed to do a pre-scrub to get rid of nasty food gunk. In one ear and out the other.
He also keeps this nasty bong that he never rinses out. Shit gets as scummy as the aquarium in Finding Nemo. I seriously don't think he knows about microbes...
TotallyImportant · 12 points · Posted at 03:32:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, I think it's fine if someone smokes weed (or whatever else you can smoke in a bong) because that's their choice, but the bong should at least be cleaned for two reasons.
A) That shit's nasty.
B) Here's the plan, save the rinsing water from his dishes and pour it into the bong. Then he'll get both lessons at once.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 8 points · Posted at 05:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why, I do believe you're an evil genius.
brigittefires · 7 points · Posted at 04:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most dishwashers don’t sanitize and need some “dirt” to work. All you should need to do is scrape off.
SuperDoofusParade · 5 points · Posted at 03:56:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hope that when it inevitably spills bong water everywhere, you’re living somewhere else. Had a nasty roommate years ago who did the same thing, spilled it and the stench was disgusting.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 5 points · Posted at 05:24:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, man. Fingers crossed. Just five more months...
whxtetoesprettyhoes · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg my husband thought that cold medicine was made to cure you as well.
ChristophColombo · 4 points · Posted at 02:58:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, they do help you get better faster, albeit in a roundabout way. Coughing, sneezing, and producing mucus takes energy that your body could otherwise be using to fight whatever infection you've got, so relieving those symptoms (and helping you get a better night's sleep to recharge) will help you heal faster.
However, cold medicine does not kill the cold virus, which is probably what your friend thought.
tonfx · 35 points · Posted at 01:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my flatmates used to be like that. He'd do dishes and let them dry with soap and bubbles still on them, like wouldn't rinse it. Then he'd wonder why water in a 'clean' glass always tasted funny.
NonConformistFlmingo · 10 points · Posted at 04:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus fuck, how did he not just have RELENTLESS diarrhea from basically eating and drinking SOAP?
dustbinflowers · 3 points · Posted at 07:47:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the NZ way of doing the dishes- many of us pre-rinse, but don't post rinse. Strangely enough.
tonfx · 3 points · Posted at 08:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, this was in NZ lol. My mum didn’t raise me as a weirdo so I always post rinse.
pinkbuggy · 3 points · Posted at 10:07:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband and I stayed with our friend during a trip, his mom was visiting at the same time too and she did the same thing. She washed the dishes by putting maybe 2 inches of cold water into the sink, adding enough soap to look like a bubble bath, scrubbing, then putting them into the drying rack with out rinsing. Dishes for 5 people and the pots and pans for cooking all in that same water. I took over doing dishes for the rest of the visit after seeing that on the first day.
pcpjvjc · 1 points · Posted at 18:16:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
They do that in the UK too - wash dishes but don't rinse them. Omg. I was horrified to learn this! Gross! My ex is English, I'm American. We lived in England, & his mom came to visit. I made him swear to rinse the dishes when they offered to clean up one night! Why do people think it's ok to leave soap and dirty water on dishes to dry?! Is America the only place that rinses things off?
wolferwins · 21 points · Posted at 01:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A housemate did this to her bathroom with unfiltered apple cider vinegar, it went rancid.
acorngirl · 7 points · Posted at 02:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god
NonConformistFlmingo · 7 points · Posted at 04:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, like she used the ACV to wipe things down with? As a cleanser?
I wanna barf just thinking about that smell. I use unfiltered ACV on my hair and rinse it out and still kinda gag at the dirty feet smell it gives off.
wolferwins · 3 points · Posted at 05:54:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, cleansing was her goal. She had read that vinegar was a natural alternative to bleach, which it is when a small amount of regular vinegar is diluted in water... She did not dilute it, she thought the apple would smell nice. It did not. So sticky.
tangerinelibrarian · 4 points · Posted at 04:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My current SO used to wash dishes but piling everything in the sink, filling it with hot water, dumping bleach into it, and letting it sit for an hour. He didn’t even measure the bleach. I was shocked, but he’s since learned how to use soap and a sponge lol
Alaira314 · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice, you found the counterpart to the people who sanitize things by applying the sanitizing liquid(spray or wipe) and then wash or wipe it away without letting it sit first.
HyzerFlipDG · 2 points · Posted at 16:55:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a house with my GF and her mom. Was easier for us to buy the house and live together. Her mom is one of those people who just "goes through the motions" of washing dishes, but they arent actually clean. So frustrating and a waste of time as i jave to go back and clean them after she thinks she did.
nryporter25 · 2 points · Posted at 23:59:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I currently have a roommate that will just lightly rub something with a paper towel and think that she cleaned it. I came behind her with some spray and actually cleaned it. It was enough to turn the cloth black. She doesn't actually clean anything. Her parents are my "landlords" who also live with us, and she will tell them she cleaned everything that I actually cleaned and complain that I didn't help with anything. Luckily for me they don't believe her and trust me way more so I am on their good side. She will put 4 dishes in the dish washer and said she cleaned the kitchen..
ThrownToTheWolves000 · 359 points · Posted at 21:17:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Judging by your recount, I'm surprised he even knew what a potato was - an actual example of the "what's a potato?" guy in the flesh (or the skin for that matter).
🎙️ arual_x · 626 points · Posted at 21:25:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
After we decided to split but we’re still living together as we sorted out moving things and stuff, I obviously stopped cooking for him. One evening he came through, looked me dead in the eye, and asked me how to cook spaghetti. He’d poured water from the kettle into the saucepan and left it without turning the hob on and expected the spaghetti to magically just... cook.
Cris_Meyers · 480 points · Posted at 21:35:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
At this point I don't think I'd be able to resist trying to make this guy think I was a god.
ARISE HOLY FLAME!
(turns on burner)
ItalianDragon · 27 points · Posted at 02:50:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
O HEL GOD OF FIRE!
BEQUEATH UPON ME THY GIFT OF FLAME FOR THE WATERS NEED YOUR FLAMES TO SUSTAIN MY HOUSEHOLD!
HEAR MY CRIES O POWERFUL DEITY AND RELIEVE MY MORTAL STOMACH OF ITS BURNING DESIRE!
That's how I'd spin it personally :P
ThrownToTheWolves000 · 42 points · Posted at 21:31:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I...just...wait, what?!?
He's just alive in the wrong decade - the Pleistocene era seems closer to his speed but then again, even early humans needed to know how something worked.
Bartweiss · 23 points · Posted at 00:40:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wrong species, maybe? I think grazing would be about the right difficulty level for him...
angsumnes · 25 points · Posted at 21:43:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Snort. Never mind those instructions ON THE BOX.
TreyLastname · 14 points · Posted at 00:55:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do spaghetti boxes have instructions? I've literally never looked. I just....cook them
animaloversammy · 5 points · Posted at 02:37:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. Yes they do. And I still go to use them every so often when I'm cooking spaghetti.
verminiusrex · 18 points · Posted at 22:26:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
With pictograms in case you don't understand the words.
Opheliac12 · 11 points · Posted at 23:24:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg my husband (who has since learned to cook) asked me how he would know when the spaghetti noodles were cooked. He'd gotten past the boiling water part but was honestly panicking about being able to tell apart hard crunchy straight noodles from their limp wiggly cooked form.
TreyLastname · 21 points · Posted at 00:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, it's sometimes hard to tell when they're cooked enough. Like, that little bit of undercooked noodle can ruin a good pasta
Fabreeze63 · 16 points · Posted at 01:56:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just....eat one lol.
TreyLastname · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, yeah, but if it is undercooked, you get that bad texture in your mouth and its icky
flotsamisaword · 7 points · Posted at 02:26:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, well... I guess that's the challenge of cooking.
FabulousLemon · 5 points · Posted at 03:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not that hard to just pinch off the end of a noodle to test the texture. It's not like you have to cram the whole thing in your mouth. You could even spit it out into the trash if it bothers you that much.
TreyLastname · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was more for jokes than seriousness, but I do despise that texture, itll ruin whatever I'm eating if I taste it, but yeah, I usually taste it
Opheliac12 · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was honest confusion over crunch vs not. Despite the fact we regularly had pasta
tahitianhashish · 8 points · Posted at 02:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once watched an ex make one of those bagged pasta mixes, like dried fettuccine or whatever you make. Pasta roni or knorr. He looked at the directions, measured the four cups or whatever of water it said to boil the noodles in, then added the noodles and the seasoning bag. I was flabbergasted.
I ate it without a word.
animaloversammy · 4 points · Posted at 02:39:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, in his defense he made it like ramen lol.
cATSup24 · 8 points · Posted at 22:40:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn, he sounds handsome as fuck. Like "sugar baby to a cougar heiress" handsome.
that is to say, he sounds worthless in absolutely anything requiring intelligence
classactdynamo · 5 points · Posted at 23:33:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's good you did not reproduce with this guy. Those are not genes which need to be copied.
re_nonsequiturs · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knowing water was involved puts him one up on my friend's brother at 14.
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is sort of how I do it. Mind you I mean SORT OF. I bring the water to a boil, add the noodles, stir, put the pot lid on, and turn off the burner. Pasta is perfectly cooked in 10 minutes and you don't have to watch it while making sauce.
Texas-to-Sac · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, you don't know how good noodle tea is until you've tried it.
PvtPain66k · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"How are you not dead yet?"
Vic2sic · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least he used a pan. When I was pregnant with my son my husband made me the worst spaghetti ever. I'm talking he cooked it in the microwave instead of in a saucepan on the burner but only until it was kind of limp and not thoroughly cooked so like the noodles were bendy but hard. He didn't drain them properly either so there were pockets of water mixed in with the sauce. Also... the sauce... I think he remembered that you're supposed to put a sprinkle of sugar into sauce to make it less bitter... but he must have put a lot because it was SWEET I think he put salt in it too. I tried to eat it because I was pregnant and hungry and hate wasting food and besides he made it for me but I could not do it at all. Even though he can't cook pasta, I still love him though. He's good at cooking meat and stuff you don't need to time, his problem is he never reads the instructions or he misses stuff (99% sure he's dyslexic) it works out tough, because I'm good at baking and making pasta and stuff like that but he literally had to show me how to cook a steak last week so cooking is usually a joint effort and we help each other out.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend's little brother was just rinsing out the cups with cold water and was all smug talking about how soap was bad for the environment so he didn't use it. So I patiently explained about fats and oils, and how they go rancid and get consumed by bacteria and how if you use soap it binds the water to the oil and that's how things are cleaned. He was actually quite a thoughtful kid, which is why I explained it to him, and he immediately got it.
A lot of guys, especially if they're attractive or smart or both, just coast through life doing stuff and assuming they're doing it right because no one takes the time to give them any why's or wherefore's. They're terrified of appearing weak so they never ask for help or read instructions or look at maps and just wing it because that's just what men do.
Your ex let you see that he wasn't perfect and asked you for help and I bet it was one of the hardest things he ever had to do. Part of this is social and part of it is because very few people take the time to teach why things are done in a certain way.
FitzyII · 11 points · Posted at 02:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a customer come in with cilantro, say he had to exchange it. Im like, okay, go get what you need and come back.
He comes back 5 mins later holding a large head of bok choy. Hes got his phone in the other hand, and he looks extremely frustrated and confused.
I ask him what the problem is and he asks me "is this... is this asparagus?"
A full grown, no accent, obviously local Canadian, who had mistaken, first cilantro, and then bok choy, for asparagus!
He literally had a smartphone in his hands! There is labeled tags in the produce section!!!
bearishparrot · 3 points · Posted at 06:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just wanted to thank you of reminding me of that gem, I just read through it again and it took me ten minutes due to laughing so hard I'm crying.
For anyone who missed out: https://old.reddit.com/r/tifu/comments/2tdbig/tifu_by_enraging_the_parents_of_my_girlfriend_by/
comedoofwarrior · 3 points · Posted at 09:03:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The "what's a potato?" guy lives RENT FREE in my head. I can't get that damn post out of my head, and it's been like 3 years smh
IzarkKiaTarj · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The "what's a potato" guy actually stole it from a TV show.
diiejso · 68 points · Posted at 20:22:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope he ate his potatoes lol
🎙️ arual_x · 155 points · Posted at 20:48:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made him try them in a kinda “what do you think is wrong with this” kinda way and he was still clueless and said “they seem alright to me, just a bit gloopy”
Pentacostal-Haircut · 109 points · Posted at 21:14:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he was trying to get out of doing ANYTHING. Like, if I mess it up, she won’t keep asking me and I can sit here on this couch looking HOT!
🎙️ arual_x · 190 points · Posted at 21:19:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish he had the smarts for that level of premeditated deception but unfortunately no. After speaking to his mum, she sighed, looked at me despairingly and said “men don’t help around the house. That’s your job”.
[deleted] · 243 points · Posted at 21:27:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plot twist: his mom wasn't originally sexist, but developed that mentality as a coping mechanism when she realized her child was not smart enough to master soap.
ItalianDragon · 15 points · Posted at 02:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, given how OP describes him I'm pretty sure his mom would worry about asking him to water the plants only to find him with his dick stuck in the ceiling fan and the couch on fire.
XxsquirrelxX · 126 points · Posted at 21:30:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You dodged one hell of a bullet. I imagine your life would be some shit right out of The Simpsons if you married him.
🎙️ arual_x · 73 points · Posted at 21:33:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is too hilarious for reasons.
ISGQ · 6 points · Posted at 01:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surname... Simpson
firenest · 4 points · Posted at 03:05:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Maaaarge, someone broke the toilet!"
crazyashley1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Homer can at least grill and give Maggie a bath, tho. And wash his car.
Rusiano · 0 points · Posted at 03:35:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As somebody similar to her ex though, I don’t think it’s because of stupidity. Some people are just naturally bad at practical things, like I am
Best thing to do is find something that the other person can do moderately well
Casarel · 5 points · Posted at 01:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So basically they expected you to be the bangmaid?
Good he is an ex.
SinkTube · 3 points · Posted at 09:00:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
at least bangmaids get paid to get laid, and tipped generously
OurLadyOfTheChickens · 12 points · Posted at 21:30:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That poor woman.
Philias2 · 2 points · Posted at 13:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, seems like she created that situation for herself. She had the mindset of "women have to do the housework" so she never let the kid help, and he never learned these simple things.
Pentacostal-Haircut · 4 points · Posted at 22:17:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoa! Wait! Who trained this village idiot?! Hilarious Premeditated Deception lmfao
Rusiano · 0 points · Posted at 03:32:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See I try to help around the house, but I’m not good at it at all. Usually ends up with my gf or another person yelling at me and getting angry over the quality of the cleaning
Youhavemyaxeee · 2 points · Posted at 01:17:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bingo!
kratomstew · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are breaking a serious unspoken rule by giving away an age old strategy.
Jinxletron · 3 points · Posted at 04:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We already know about the strategy. We know.
kratomstew · 0 points · Posted at 04:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are new players entering the game each day . I’m particular about how laundry is done. My anxiety about it being done incorrectly has led to me doing it. I’m wondering if I have fallen victim to my own strategy
Jinxletron · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I hate laundry. I would totally fuck that up on purpose.
You're welcome!
SinkTube · 3 points · Posted at 09:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
strategy for what, having a shitty relationship with someone who grows to resent you more every day?
kratomstew · 0 points · Posted at 09:16:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🙄 you can almost taste the bitterness. If you can’t find the humor in that statement and have to project your sour take on it ... the world isn’t filled with the ugliness you have come to see it as. Lighten up Francis.
SinkTube · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it's not, because most people don't display the ugly behavior you consider humorous. and you've got some major defensiveness going on too if you have to write me off as bitter because i call it out
kratomstew · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
🙄. Are you single ? (Calling me defensive, project much ? ) lighten up Francis
SinkTube · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lmao, you really are pathetic. i say something negative about your relationship skills so you have to tell yourself i'm single to make yourself feel better
kratomstew · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are though. Aren’t you
SinkTube · 1 points · Posted at 14:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you're really desperate for me to be single, huh?
Pentacostal-Haircut · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no! I’m stereotyping and going back to the 1950’s! Haha you’re prob right!
Bartweiss · 5 points · Posted at 00:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obviously it's not the weirdest part of this story, but what could he possibly have meant by 'alright' in that context? It's like saying "The stove seems alright to me, it's just a bit on fire."
🎙️ arual_x · 8 points · Posted at 00:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he meant ‘edible’ in the loosest possible sense. Probably trying to avoid the inevitable ‘well, apparently we’re just having bangers and plate tonight’.
saint7412369 · 1 points · Posted at 00:51:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is hilarious
robotteeth · 1 points · Posted at 22:36:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, if you added the correct spices you’d have a good Japanese style curry there
im_phoebe · 0 points · Posted at 21:18:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg l, place write a post about him, this is too funny
Pentacostal-Haircut · 17 points · Posted at 21:12:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well bless his heart!
redditcredits · 43 points · Posted at 19:45:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahha that can’t be serious oh lord
Edit: I read it too fast and thought he just took the soapbar and rubbed it onto everything which would have been even better
🎙️ arual_x · 120 points · Posted at 19:51:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh so very serious. There are so many more stories about this ex. It wasn’t until I was out of the relationship and recounting some of these stories that I realised the sheer level of his absolute idiocy, but he was so freaking kind hearted and good looking that I totally overlooked it all. He once argued with me for half an hour that “trees have sex” because “how else would there be other trees”. When I clarified that he wasn’t just “simplifying the science of pollination” he looked at me like I was a witch.
[deleted] · 94 points · Posted at 21:28:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You dated a golden retriever, dude.
🎙️ arual_x · 53 points · Posted at 21:41:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I genuinely did.
Shywoodrose · 2 points · Posted at 00:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for making me laugh so much and for bringing things into perspective regarding the silly things my husband does!
Jcan_Princess · 9 points · Posted at 23:12:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my GOD Mr. Peanutbutterrrrrr
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:39:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he's a lab, actually, lol
Jcan_Princess · 2 points · Posted at 01:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohhhhh is he? He seemed like a golden retriever to me
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:39:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watch the episode where they visit his family, that clears some of it up!
Jcan_Princess · 2 points · Posted at 01:40:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohhhhhh you're right I did watch that one! Ok Idk why I thought he was a retriever
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 01:45:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, ultimately he's a yellow cartoon dog so we do have to kind of guess at first.
velveeta_blue · 3 points · Posted at 00:40:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mr peanutbutter energy
cATSup24 · 5 points · Posted at 22:33:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's mean to goldens. They're actually a relatively smart breed.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 22:36:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
'Relatively' being the key word. They're smart relative to other dog breeds, but they're generally not clever enough to make mashed potatoes or clean a bathroom.
(I picked goldens because she mentioned he was so kindhearted that you forgot his mistakes)
cATSup24 · 8 points · Posted at 23:34:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a golden my aunt and uncle had who had a sixth sense and intense protective instinct, specifically in regards to my mentally handicapped younger sister. He would know before anyone else did if she somehow managed to sneak out of their house, and they lived just of a busy state highway. She also had a fascination with playing on/near roads. The dog would run out, play with her, and gently/subtly herd her back to the house under the pretense play. And it wasn't even just that, he just knew if she was doing something she shouldn't and was the most gentle and loving thing to her while also keeping her from danger or trouble... which that alone was a task, mind you.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 00:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But could that dog make decent mashed potatoes? THAT is the true test of sapience!
ms_st0ryte22r · 60 points · Posted at 20:30:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
BURN THE WITCH, THEY SPEAK OF DISINFECTANTS AND POLLINATION, WHAT HAS THE FLATTENED WORLD COME TO?!
mute_tyche · 20 points · Posted at 20:37:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned recently that no witches were burned in Salem. Just drowned, hung, died in jail, and one was crushed to death.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 21:20:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salem didn't burn anyone at the stake for witchcraft, no. Other places did, though!
In fact, people in certain parts of the world today still get executed for "confessing to" or "being suspected of performing" witchcraft (or so it's said, but I'm sure ulterior motives play a part)... the most recent cases Wikipedia has reported are a woman in Ghana in 2010 (burned), and two Saudi people (one in 2011, one in 2012), both beheaded.
Respect4All_512 · 4 points · Posted at 23:47:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
True facts. Burning witches is a European thing. Americans hang them.
OldManBerns · 3 points · Posted at 05:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am from the North of England and live a couple of miles away from a hill called Pendle Hill. It was featured in the latest Hellboy.
" The trials of the Pendle witches in 1612 are among the most famous witch trials in English history, and some of the best recorded of the 17th century. The twelve accused lived in the area surrounding Pendle Hill in Lancashire, and were charged with the murders of ten people by the use of witchcraft " - Wikipedia
AKAlicious · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This literally just happened. Heard the story on the news this morning. 3rd world, can't remember what country though.
radicalartwitch · 13 points · Posted at 21:22:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
'Burn the witch' is a phrase because of the witch hunts in Europe during which fifty thousand women and others were burned.
realsies11 · 10 points · Posted at 21:12:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasn’t one of the tests for witches drowning? If they didn’t die they were a witch and to be killed. If they did die, well tough shit.
mute_tyche · 5 points · Posted at 21:14:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah something like that. I think if they still float they are a witch and they will be killed but if they sink they're human but drown. That whole thing was caused by ergot which is a mold that grows on rye sometimes. It has properties similar to LSD.
ms_st0ryte22r · 3 points · Posted at 21:52:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
BURN THE WITCHES! THEY SPEAK OF HISTORY AND FACTS! HAVE YOUR EYES BEEN DECEIVING YOU FROM OUR PRIMITIVE WAY OF LIFE?!
ms_st0ryte22r · 1 points · Posted at 21:55:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
JK, JK, I read this whole string of Salem Witch Trial history, I love how knowledgeable you all are, keep it up! I just like saying "Burn the witch!" XD (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ.✧ *SPOOOOKY
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 23:46:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
They also checked if they weighed the same as a duck.
sahmeiraa · 2 points · Posted at 14:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What else are we to do? She turned me into a newt!
georgieporgie57 · 2 points · Posted at 00:23:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well yeah but there were loads of other places where they were burned. European witch trials had already been happening for centuries before the Salem Witch Trials, some used burning, some didn’t. For example, in my hometown there was a famous witch trial in 1324 which resulted in a woman being burned at the stake.
xdibellax · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No witches died at Salem, it was another small town close by. Salem as gotten the reputation for it after the lies spread.
OldManBerns · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was more the European way of doing things.
PyroDesu · 0 points · Posted at 04:11:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now now, Giles Corey was killed during torture to force him to plead one way or the other. Because no matter which way he plead, he'd have been convicted and his estate would have been forfeit, by dying without pleading (and thus without trial, and without being declared a wizard), his estate passed to his sons-in-law intact.
mute_tyche · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was crushed to death though
PyroDesu · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yes. But not for being a witch. Only for being accused.
Goes to show the absolute barbarism, doesn't it?
mute_tyche · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah just ergot
currently-on-toilet · 29 points · Posted at 20:55:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Oh my god. Your ex is real life Drew (Liz's good looking but oblivious boyfriend) from 30 rock.
🎙️ arual_x · 26 points · Posted at 21:02:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never thought of it that way, but yeah, actually, he totally is. You kinda get suckered in and then WHAM “oh god he’s an actual idiot”
7788445511220011 · 14 points · Posted at 20:59:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some trees do indeed sexually reproduce. Whether they exactly "have sex" in the sense we understand that phrase is more of a gray area, but some do reproduce sexually.
🎙️ arual_x · 91 points · Posted at 21:04:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I don’t think mr soap hands was going for a largely unknown arboricultural technicality here.
chevymonza · 3 points · Posted at 00:32:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where on earth was he getting this information...........and how did he manage to avoid learning anything, at all, even by accident?!
Guess some of us are the weirdos for actually seeking out knowledge.
comingtoamiddle · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a fucking amazing sentence. I absolutely needed that laugh.
Also, r/nocontext would enjoy it, I think.
dararie · 1 points · Posted at 00:31:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hollys for one
stropharia · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Essentially all trees reproduce sexually. That's what flowers and cones are for!
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 00:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course trees have sex. They get wood all the time.
redditcredits · 2 points · Posted at 21:13:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly it sounds pretty amusing haha a bit like dating mr Bean I guess
Nalsium · 2 points · Posted at 00:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please we need more stories
🎙️ arual_x · 10 points · Posted at 00:22:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I should really have written some of them down. His friends were just as mad. One night, one of them got so drunk on overproof rum, he ATE a wicker basket from the front of a bicycle.
ATE it.
Rusiano · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not gonna lie, your ex kinda reminds me of me. I’m really bad at small practical things. Like hilariously bad. But people tolerate it sometimes because I’m generally really nice
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg what 😆😆😆🤦♀️
Kytescall · 1 points · Posted at 23:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"If trees have sex through the air with 'pollen', does that mean trees have been having sex with ME this whole time? Does that mean I'm going to have baby trees?? Is she saying I'm tree pregnant???"
His thoughts perhaps
SillyGayBoy · 5 points · Posted at 21:03:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was he good looking naked or good in bed at least?
🎙️ arual_x · 25 points · Posted at 21:06:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
...eh.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 21:20:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god, was your ex Philip J. Fry?! You said he was really nice, but really stupid, "eh" in bed....!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 22:36:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
radiator whistles
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:37:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you mean the radiator woman from the radiator planet.
Annihilicious · 2 points · Posted at 23:12:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe shouldn’t have let him even find out lol.
im_phoebe · 5 points · Posted at 21:16:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im laughing my lungs out
🎙️ arual_x · 6 points · Posted at 21:23:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, you gotta laugh at this kinda shit right?
rzx0 · 4 points · Posted at 21:50:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you ever heard of the sub r/StoriesAboutKevin?
I feel like this would be a good fit there.
im_phoebe · 4 points · Posted at 21:27:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please write a elaborate post about him, this is too funny
lulu-bell · 3 points · Posted at 00:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He did NOT just soap up his hands and rub them around!! No! That is hilarious- I can’t stop picturing this idiot grinning ear to ear thinking he’s doing an outstanding job!
catpicsorbust · 2 points · Posted at 23:31:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand why he’s your ex.
Dr_Zorand · 2 points · Posted at 23:48:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who knows nothing about cooking potatoes, do you mean he mashed them without pulling them out of the pot of water, or do you have to drain the potato itself somehow?
🎙️ arual_x · 6 points · Posted at 23:57:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn’t drain the boiling water out of the pot. But also... drain a potato might be my new favourite thing from this post. How does one drain a potato???
Dr_Zorand · 4 points · Posted at 00:00:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was worried they absorbed water and I never knew. I feel a bit better now.
EmotionalOven4 · 2 points · Posted at 00:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speaking of dumb boyfriends lol my pumice stone was missing one day, and I asked my ex if he had seen it. He goes “is that for your...thiiiing?” (Vagina. He thought a pumice stone was for your vagina).
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 00:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just... ouch.
Teacherofcats625 · 2 points · Posted at 01:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy once who’d never made mashed potatoes before and went to mash them. Raw. And whole. His mom has done all of the cooking for them growing up and he never bothered to learn. He was shocked when he found out they had to be cut and boiled before mashed.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:21:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay you win the “my OH doesn’t understand potatoes” contest HANDS FUCKING DOWN.
Teacherofcats625 · 3 points · Posted at 01:58:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn’t last much longer past that moment 😂. Mama also taught him that girls cleaned and cooked so he didn’t have to, and my mama didn’t raise me to clean up after a man.
SpaceCat6969 · 3 points · Posted at 03:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re both a couple o potato brains! I get that not everyone learns cookin growing up but have they never SEEN anyone cook things before? The image of him taking a masher to a whole-ass uncooked potato is sending me. Thank you.
Teacherofcats625 · 3 points · Posted at 03:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It still makes me laugh!
sodeanki · 2 points · Posted at 01:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of the time I cooked spaghetti for me and 13 other people. Cooked the ground beef, then added the seasoning. Someone came in and asked why the meat was all runny. I shrugged. I’d never really eaten spaghetti with meat before but apparently I was supposed to drain it first. They spent the next few minutes, exasperated, trying to undo my mistake. Everyone had a horrible case of heartburn that night.
hieberybody · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s some Amelia bedelia level shit there
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 00:22:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can kind of understand the potato thing if you don't know the first thing about cooking, but the bathroom thing... I mean, the dude cleaned himself, right? When he took a shower did he just soap up and call it a day?
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 00:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Weirdly no. He was hyper hyper obsessive about always getting every last scrap of soap off himself. To the point of compulsion. Whenever I got out of the shower and had any residual soap suds, he actively freak out.
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder what he thought was going to happen when he tried to rinse himself off in a shower completely covered in soap...
I-Do-Math · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This might be a lazy strategy. He might be doing things purposefully wrong so that you would not ask him again.
velveeta_blue · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend is like this. He has no idea how to clean ANYTHING. His mom is kind of a hoarder/cat lady and never taught him, so I try to be forgiving. Seriously, though, how do guys like this survive till adulthood? He is a very good cook though, so that kinda makes up for it.
bbaydar · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This belongs in /r/StoriesAboutKevin
saint7412369 · 1 points · Posted at 00:50:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you date someone that dumb?
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 00:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don’t wear a sign.
spaghettithyme · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my ex-husband to clean the shower one time. Came home to a powerful chemical smell, went to check on him and found him cleaning the tile with a sponge and Drano. I'm amazed his hands didn't fall off.
alexrichelle · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just made me cry laugh for like a solid 10 minutes. My boyfriend couldn’t stop staring at me. I can’t breathe 😂
manderly808 · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband cleans the coffee table with a wet paper towel and some dawn. I've long stopped arguing about it - at least he's cleaning it. He thinks it gets cleaner with soap and water than with a spray cleaner and microfiber.
bluesky747 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you date my husband before I met him? These sound like insane things he would do.
zebrucie · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy fucking Christ.
macphile · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could kind of see the potatoes, if you've never cooked. When I was in the Girl Scouts, we divided into groups for chores, so each group would cook one day or sweep or whatever. One group (I forget if it was mine) went to make a sort of blueberry cobbler dessert (canned blueberries, flour, sugar, I forget what). They just dumped the whole can of blueberries in without draining the juice. Miraculously, it was still fine and didn't end up a soggy mess. It was just blue.
Papa_Smjordeig · 173 points · Posted at 01:09:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother in law still doesnt know the difference between right and left. When giving her directions i have to say "like the hand you write with" if she needs to go right. She also doesnt know the difference between north, south, east and west even though we live on an island where there are different elements (mountains and volcanoes) in each direction
cuteanddead · 23 points · Posted at 04:29:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like she’s dyslexic. I’m dyslexic and I have a super hard time with left/right, direction, reading an analog clock, time keeping in general, and a bunch of other mundane shit that isn’t stereotypically associated with dyslexia. I can read and write just fine, so I never got a diagnosis until I was an adult.
lil_poppy_53 · 15 points · Posted at 06:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s funny you mention it, because I mix up my right and left and always have, ALWAYS. Even when I know which direction to go, I swear I know what I mean, I’ll still say it opposite or even point the wrong way! My husband just gets beside himself over it. I can read a map and navigate, it’s in calling it out either verbally or by pointing that I simply mix them up. Otherwise I’m a perfectly high functioning adult (but I’ve always struggled with “executive function” type tasks like keeping a schedule, getting things in on time, matching names with faces-even people I’ve known for years, also, directions- even in places I’ve driven around in for years. It’s like I have a weak connection in the spatial/temporal part of my brain). Well one of my daughters is about to be tested for dyslexia, it’s very obvious she has it, probably quite severely. And it’s often strongly genetic, but we know of no one on either side who is dyslexic. Well now maybe we have a clue...
crazyashley1 · 3 points · Posted at 13:44:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've just learned to point the direction I mean and say "go thataways!" when i get jumbled between left and right. I've been doing it since I was 5
ginger_SF · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
i've shared the hand trick to numerous people throughout the years. Hold both hands in front of you like you're about to high five someone, bend all fingers down except your pointer and thumb...left hand shows an "L"
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 14:32:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dyscalculia?
DamnHotBananas · 1 points · Posted at 16:54:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup
Hahahahahahahaha_N0 · 8 points · Posted at 14:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a trick you can use: hold up both of your hands like this emoji: 🙌. Whichever makes an 'L' shape is your left.
Quailpower · 6 points · Posted at 10:11:45 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That doesn't help if you are dyslexic / dyspraxic as we don't have spatial reasoning like normal people. They both look like Ls
Hahahahahahahaha_N0 · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:45 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, sorry. You're right, I guess it wouldn't work.
JackNuner · 5 points · Posted at 10:11:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my favorite phrases has to be "No, your other left" when someone gets right/left mixed up.
GlockAF · 4 points · Posted at 19:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went through Army basic training with a guy who never did figure out left from right. Eventually, the drill sergeants just made him keep a rock in his left hand any time we had to march anywhere. Instead of “left right left”, he would start us out “ Rock right rock” until we got going
DukesOfTatooine · 3 points · Posted at 15:11:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think this is a legit learning disability. My husband has dyslexia and can't tell right from left either.
BabyInATrenchcoat092 · 2 points · Posted at 08:30:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. I mean, I’m bad with left and right and sometimes I have to hold up my hands to double check. But I’m great with cardinal directions, so I don’t get lost too easy.
a-real-life-dolphin · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm, judging by your name... Norway?
Papa_Smjordeig · 3 points · Posted at 11:19:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Iceland
a-real-life-dolphin · 2 points · Posted at 11:25:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahhhh I love Iceland. Please tell it I say hello.
PaintedLady5519 · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell her her left hand makes an L for left when you extend the thumb and pointer. That's how I taught my nephew, he's a visual learner.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid my mom said that to me and I remember thinking she meant "which hand do you right with and which hand do you left with" and I didn't find it helpful at the time Lol
Myfeedarsaur · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
If she can't do relative or absolute directions, she might have some sort of disability.
ginger_SF · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
one of my elementary school teachers told us a mnemonic device for cardinal directions that i still find myself saying in my head 30 years later (I'd usually mix up east and west)
Starting at the top and going clockwise, "Never Eat Soggy Waffles" for North-South-East-West
Qyro · 657 points · Posted at 01:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If nothing else, this post has made me realise I’m not nearly as useless as I thought I was.
MadeEntirelyOfFlaws · 26 points · Posted at 07:13:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
honestly yeah. i’m feeling pretty spectacular about myself right now.
thisismybraintalking · 15 points · Posted at 04:55:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same haha
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 09:25:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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EmotionalFill · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:01 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it's not too late to learn. There are YouTube videos on basically everything.
faux_maux_ · 1 points · Posted at 20:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same.
meekmeeka · 1324 points · Posted at 23:26:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My ex- He didn’t know how to hold a fork properly. All utensils were used by grasping it in a fist
Also didn’t know how to open up baby wipes. He tore open the bag (it has a lid so they don’t dry out). He ignored the lid.
Didn’t know how to merge or change lanes. He wouldn’t check blind spots or accelerate. Would actually frequently slow down and turn into cars. I attribute his lack of accidents to other safe drivers on the road. He would, instead, use a blinker when backing out of parking spaces!!!?!! So people knew which way he was backing out at???
Didn’t know to rinse vegetables or fruits before eating. Basic shit. Like how!?!? Don’t get me started on any food prep...
I often felt like a parent more than a partner and it got old. Constantly having to teach him things he was never told or taught.
Echospite · 86 points · Posted at 02:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're actually supposed to do that in my state, but nobody actually does it except for the students who get penalised when on their driving test because they didn't do it because nobody fucking does it.
rockypecheur · 22 points · Posted at 03:21:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Blinker and horn tap because ... Army safe backing course.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:49:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Warehouse thing too
meekmeeka · 9 points · Posted at 13:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We never had it on our state exam, just the parallel parking. It was more the inconsistency that got me. He found that important but wouldn't check mirrors or look at blind spots to lane change
Echospite · 6 points · Posted at 23:03:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand that. My mother complains about people not using their blinkers, but won't use her blinker until she's already changing. Like, at that point you might as well not use it at all.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 23:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right!? I see this all day everyday! Defeats the purpose 🤦♀️
spitfire07 · 3 points · Posted at 20:41:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But why....? Reverse lights are a different color.
Echospite · 3 points · Posted at 22:57:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because then you know which way the car is going to back out.
In theory. In practice, by the time you can see the blinkers, you already know which way the car's backing out.
winch25 · 139 points · Posted at 02:16:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's most concerning for me is that your ex was eating your utensils.
AmaraLayla · 16 points · Posted at 02:47:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was looking for this!
meekmeeka · 7 points · Posted at 13:17:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well shiiiiet, used*
executeorder666999 · 85 points · Posted at 01:17:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, my current boyfriend (didn't start dating until 17) and I were driving partners in Drivers Ed when we were 15. One of my most vivid memories of Drivers Ed was when we were on the interstate and he tried to change lanes without accelerating. He got an earful from our instructor.
meekmeeka · 57 points · Posted at 01:26:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude, as he should but at least he was of the right age. My ex was 25 years old at the time and didn’t know these things. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ Really don’t know how he avoided accidents for so many years
executeorder666999 · 30 points · Posted at 01:30:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where I'm from people drive well before they legally can, but I get your point. I feel like it's common sense though, and honestly 4 years later he's still not a good driver. He'll literally slow down at green lights, not because he's being cautious of red light runners but because he just doesn't recognize it's a green light. He spaces out a lot while driving and it's really unsafe, I tend to drive us everywhere.
Briggsnotmyers · 16 points · Posted at 01:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is he color blind? It's not unheard of for someone to not realize even when they have their license. My friends basically has to tell by context clues from other drivers and trying to see which light is brighter
Echospite · 19 points · Posted at 02:49:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But like... even if you're colourblind, the red light is on the top...
Briggsnotmyers · 15 points · Posted at 02:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why she checks which one is brighter, they're the same color to her. I'd imagine it's somewhat like telling someone to eat the top of an Oreo, both ends look the same.
(Yes, I know it's much rarer for women to have colorblindness, both her parents have it too. Their house was very interestingly decorated.)
Echospite · 18 points · Posted at 03:01:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess your traffic lights must be different to ours because with ours, there's no way you'd have trouble telling which light is on even if you're a dog with black and white vision. "Checking" which one is brighter is like "checking" if the sun is out -- it's kind of hard to miss.
executeorder666999 · 19 points · Posted at 01:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, just ADHD and semi-zoning out, lol.
AliveAndKickingAss · 1 points · Posted at 09:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you sound like his parent
Przedrzag · 7 points · Posted at 04:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here in Australia, accelerating when changing lanes gets you a speeding ticket. (The speeding tolerance is just 3kph (2mph) and you can be insta-failed on your driving test for going even 1kph over the limit.)
NovAFloW · 6 points · Posted at 21:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The idea is that you're only supposed to make a pass if the person in front of you is driving slower than the posted speed. You should accelerate to the speed limit, but you should not exceed the limit when passing.
This is obviously not how anyone drives, so who really cares?
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:28:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's insane. I was taught to slightly speed up (dad and defensive driving) since other drivers rarely maintain speed and to ensure that you aren't slowing down when overtaking. Different country rules I suppose.
nefies · 29 points · Posted at 02:29:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh God I was in a restaurant eating at the bar and this young couple sat next to me. I side eyed that motherfucker all through dinner because he was eating his food while fisting that utensil. He was at least 21 because he was drinking!
ParadoxInABox · 9 points · Posted at 05:56:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at a wedding at a fancy steakhouse and one of my friends there with me used his utensil like this. I jokingly corrected him, and ever since I’ve been “that bougie girl” because I know how to use utensils right. It’s all with love though.
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 13:17:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aw! Yea, he was 25, I'm sure he had many looks when he went out to eat...so I had to say something to him
tahitianhashish · 28 points · Posted at 02:52:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Man, I've been there. A shame, because we had great chemistry and a lot of fun together, and he was damn gorgeous. Eventually I had to send him back to his mom for her to resume taking care of.
Once he asked me what ocean was on the east coast where we live. He lived like 3 minutes from the beach and thought he was looking at the Pacific.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I laughed, I shouldn't have, but I did. Poor guy. Awwww, was a shame here too...
tahitianhashish · 3 points · Posted at 13:50:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should have seen the look on his face when I showed him how to fill an ice cube tray by tilting it and letting the water run into all the spots instead of filling them one by one, or that it's possible to microwave eggs when you're feeling lazy. These two things alone changed his life.
FartHeadTony · -3 points · Posted at 10:16:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Zealand, Japan, Philipines, Samoa, Fiji, Australia. Lots of places have the Pacific on the east coast.
Hawai'i has Pacific on the East coast... and west coast... and north coast.. and south coast.
tahitianhashish · 10 points · Posted at 12:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's pretty clear we don't live in new Zealand etc.
LeonBotski · 3 points · Posted at 18:00:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Name does not check out.
tahitianhashish · 2 points · Posted at 19:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not a condensed ball of marijuana concentrate either, sorry.
LeonBotski · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're a ball of concentrated lies.
FartHeadTony · -1 points · Posted at 02:11:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you sure? How about Bouganville, Vanuatu, Kiribati, PNG, Samoa, Rapa Nui, Tonga, Tuvalu, the Galapagos, New Caledonia, Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, Palau, Guam, Taiwan?
ChocoJesus · 15 points · Posted at 02:59:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My driver instructor taught me to do that to help give other driver's a heads up in case you don't see them, or they're actually nice and might stop to let you pull out
The rest I don't have an answer for
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes sense but he clearly didn't have a proper instructor as he neglected the way to safely change lanes on highway speeds...
orneryandirish · 13 points · Posted at 01:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How long were you with him before the relationship ended??
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too long...
ElonMuskPaddleBoard · 9 points · Posted at 03:14:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The utensils in a fist might be me. I really need to learn how to use a fork unlike a caveman. It’s bad.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:11:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It makes things easier to eat, believe it or not :) You'll have better control
ermoon · 1 points · Posted at 18:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People have videos on youtube teaching this!
RandomVideoMachine · 9 points · Posted at 03:21:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, what is wrong with turning on the blinker when driving out of the parking spot?
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 13:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing really, it's just odd as no one does that here, and, he placed an importance on that but not on checking mirrors, blind spots, and accelerating when merging/lane changing
livalittlex · 9 points · Posted at 03:31:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this. I had an ex who was a “miracle baby” and an only child so his parents never taught him how to be a functioning adult and did basically everything for him. It literally felt like I was parenting him.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:08:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe that's what happened with him. His parents did everything for him so he never learned....I don't know anymore. It does feel like you're parenting them because, in a way, you are. I feel ya
bros402 · 8 points · Posted at 03:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gripping utensils like that can be a sign of motor skill issues or muscle issues - however, I imagine that isn't the case with your ex.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:03:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He could hold it properly once I showed him how just fine. He was seriously just never told nor taught. He had no idea what I was talking about.
bros402 · 2 points · Posted at 16:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh my
randosinclaire · 7 points · Posted at 03:23:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re actually supposed to use your blinker when backing out, but who actually does (besides him)
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one. I've seen it maybe once. You only see it with parallel here. Odd he was taught that but not the real safety things.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 03:32:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boyfriend also does not know how to use a fork right but I’d feel like an asshole telling him
meekmeeka · 4 points · Posted at 13:06:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did feel like an asshole but someone had to be that asshole in his life. He's missing out on the control he could have over the food on his plate (you can more finely cut, pick up, swirl a fork held properly) than fisting it. His plate was often a mess and watching him struggle to get food properly with a fisted fork was too much.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:24:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I missed the acceptable cutoff for telling him though, lol. Almost three years in I don’t want to be like, “You know you’ve been holding it wrong, right?” Idk
VeritaSerum4u · 7 points · Posted at 05:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh I’m 29 and I grasp my utensils in a fist. I didn’t know this was a thing. How did nobody every correct me?!
meekmeeka · 5 points · Posted at 12:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked him much the same. He had other girlfriends and I couldn't understand why no one tried to tell him. Maybe they didn't want to offend or hurt his feelings. You have more control over the utensil/food when held properly vs just a fist.
Sapphiroth · 6 points · Posted at 09:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a colleague at trait school like that, he comes from a very poor family background and his parents never bothered to teach him how to use a fork.
Dude used to grab it like a stick instead of like a pensil, so his hand basically slipped down whilst making it hard to separate food pieces.
I introduced it like a "lifehack" to make him feel less awkward and taught him how it's done. It was really painful to see him struggle over it but he eventually got it right and he was surprised how easier it was later on. He's a really nice outgoing pal and we play online games from time to time. We're both 24 yrs old.
meekmeeka · 6 points · Posted at 12:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're a kind soul! His was the same, he couldn't cut up things properly and missed out on the fine motor skills involved in eating even things like spaghetti. I felt bad for him but also angry at his parents for failing him in this way plus many others. I was just shocked when I first saw this. He was 25.
throwawaytrumper · 9 points · Posted at 04:37:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes people aren’t aware of things because they’ve never been exposed to the information. I didn’t know how to brush my teeth until around the 3rd grade because I’d never owned a toothbrush. I knew toothbrushes existed, as well as toothpaste, but none of the specifics (how often, how long, how hard do you brush, etc). They had special oral hygiene class that all the other kids were laughing at that probably saved most of the teeth in my mouth.
I didn’t know how to do my hair until my twenties because I’d never had my hair brushed or combed, when I moved out at sixteen I just shaved it so it wouldn’t look so bad and I didn’t stop until I moved to an area full of skinheads.
I didn’t know how to do laundry aside from scrubbing it in a sink (which actually does work if done correctly, surprisingly).
It’s embarrassing as hell to try to explain to somebody that you’ve never participated in a basic and universal human experience.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 12:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry :( That was mostly the case with him and I blamed his parents for it. He didn't know what I was talking about. It was just really frustrating how others had failed him when he was a kid.
I hope you are doing well and all sorted out
throwawaytrumper · 5 points · Posted at 18:22:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think I’m on an upward trajectory, I’m happy and with somebody amazing, I’ve got a decent job and a comfortable home with two dogs.
Sorry if I seemed defensive, I just get what that it feels like on the other side. Thanks for your kind comment.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 23:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All good, good to hear another perspective. Glad you’re doing better in life :) Dogs are THE BEST and help keep me grounded (I love mine so much)
limabeanseww · 3 points · Posted at 08:30:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do we have the same ex?
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 12:44:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Possibly. A bit relieved I'm not alone in having known someone like this...
limabeanseww · 2 points · Posted at 19:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! What were we thinking?
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 23:37:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They had other positive qualities :)
stanfan114 · 3 points · Posted at 12:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was he a caveman?
sleepydabmom · 4 points · Posted at 02:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was he from Florida? 😂
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Canada
justaduck504 · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hated it as a teen but as an adult I'm so glad my dad was a stickler about me and my siblings holding our forks the right way. I got it eventually
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good for your parents! :)
i-ams · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...how long did that relationship last?????
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Longer than it should've..
Qcws · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not to be a dickhead but thank god he's an ex, wtf?
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I felt bad for him though. It was just all around frustrating and it wasn't all his fault.
pizzelle · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine didnt know to read the white lines on the road. She couldn't predict that a lane was going to be turn or exit only, despite actual signs stating so too.
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 13:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poor dear. That is definitely "how do you not know how to do this"...smh
notsostandardtoaster · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're supposed to use a blinker when you back out of a spot, I guarantee it's somewhere in your state's driving handbook
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We didn't have to on our state exam and no one does here. It isn't commonplace. Pulling out of parallel is. I just mostly found it out he did that but wouldn't look to merge on highway speeds plus slow down.
dadandmomjokes · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn't know that cars were supposed to stay in their lane when making a left turn through an intersection. He thought they could just go in whichever they pleased after crossing the intersection and didn't understand why cars would honk furiously at him
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 12:59:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This explains why I often see this on the road...
TruIsou · 1 points · Posted at 16:13:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I believe that California is the only US state that let's you make a left turn, and then chose which lane to take afterwards, if there is more than one, and no traffic.
They also let motorcycles lane split, which is terrifying when one screams by you, and you are not used to it.
susgnome · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ohno
It uhh.. Bulds the immune system!
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
loool! There is that!
lunarlandscapes · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok but who taught him to use a blinker when backing out of a parking space but neglected to teach him how to change lanes? Like what the fuck? My first car was totaled cause a guy merged into me, it's really dangerous to other people to not know that kind of thing
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 12:56:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His dad "taught" him how to drive. One of the most socially awkward people I've met in my life was his dad. I can only imagine those driving lessons.
The good news is I was able to teach him how to safely change lanes and he improved (hopefully preventing future accidents). Things like: check the side mirror, turn your head to look, speed up slightly ect.
omnipotent-butler · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The blinker of which way you’re backing out from a parking space seems like a decent idea... but everything else... he stupid
meekmeeka · 0 points · Posted at 12:50:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A decent idea but kinda unnecessary.
omnipotent-butler · 1 points · Posted at 15:21:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently some states actually require it
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been there done that. It starts building resentment and I did not want to get to that point.
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 12:48:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! I got to that point. I mostly resented his parents but it did transfer over to him since he's an adult and responsible for himself. I was, at least, able to help him sort out these things plus others so there is that. Sigh
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is he developmentally disabled? Some of that sounds dumb or inconsiderate (i.e., tearing things open and not rinsing vegetables), but the fork thing and the total inability to drive makes me think it's a neurological problem.
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 12:47:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not at all. His parents just seriously suck and never taught him things. He had no idea what I was talking about when I brought these issues up. He did have an anxiety issue and sometimes a hard time focusing so I'm sure several variables came into play.
obsequious_cuck · 3 points · Posted at 13:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotcha. I also can't hold a fork, so my mind automatically went there. I can't hold a pen, either, but it's a muscle tone issue and not a lack of understanding.
Then again, my parents suck AND I'm disabled, and I still know better than to drive.
Dica92 · 2 points · Posted at 09:41:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That part about using blinkers when backing out kinda makes sense though.
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 12:41:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kinda. It's a bit strange but it was odd he did that but would slow down into cars on the road or not look. He would use his blinker and hope for the best.
Rising_Swell · 2 points · Posted at 09:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think I've ever rinsed fruit or veg before eating
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should definitely start doing so. You'd be surprised at the amount of bacteria or salmonella on many vegetables since farms often use manure ect to fertilize. Then there are potential pesticides and whatever else has precipitated from the sky.
Rising_Swell · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, my secret is i generally don't buy many vegetables or fruit. I get them from my takeaway, and at home I just eat eggs or weetbix or porridge. Unless I'm being stupid then I'm eating everything in sight.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I attribute his lack of accidents to other safe drivers on the road."
"A bad driver is only safe until they meet another bad driver." -Jordan Baker
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 12:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True! I did teach him to check the blinds and encourage him to speed up (gave him driving lessons). He did improve in that regard. However, when together, I would almost always drive.
Mercurys_Soldier · 2 points · Posted at 10:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indicating while reversing, leaving a parking spot? Hell yeah!
People focusing on looking for a space, may not spot a car moving slowly. If a flashing thing on the corner helps, go for it.
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was just odd as no one does that here combined that he does so many other actually dangerous driving maneuvers was strange to me.
Mercurys_Soldier · 2 points · Posted at 12:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not common, but it should be.
steveofthejungle · 3 points · Posted at 02:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think your ex might have been a former merman
meekmeeka · 3 points · Posted at 13:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! That would explain things
achen5265041 · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All utensils were eaten by grasping it with a fist. Soo how did he use chopsticks?
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn't. I had to teach him that too which didn't go over so well...
Cow_Toolz · 1 points · Posted at 15:44:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indicating while backing out of a space is something you need to remember to do to pass your test in my country. Sure, nobody ever usually does it once they pass, but it’s not some super odd thing.
It might even be a requirement you’re not aware of.
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 23:34:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It certainly wasn’t on my drivers exam for my state or the other states I lived in. Hence why it’s super odd here. I’ve seen maybe one person do it all my years of driving. I can see how some places would require it for an exam though. Here you just have to indicate for leaving a parallel space.
CommunismOnceMore · 1 points · Posted at 15:52:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend is from Japan and has been in America for 7 years now, still can't use a fork.
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 23:32:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A little confusing maybe. I learned how to use chop sticks so feel like he could probably learn but just doesn’t want to
CommunismOnceMore · 1 points · Posted at 23:49:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah he doesn't really have a reason too, it's just bizarre that someone fundamentally can't use a glorified toothpick
AiliaBlue · 1 points · Posted at 19:54:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve heard the speeding up vs slowing down when merging is dependent on where you live. I always thought it depended and you should just do whatever was necessary to match the speed of the lane you’re entering. Most people in my state seem to slow down a bit while checking their blind spot, then adjust their speed while actually merging.
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Might be dependent but slowing down while overtaking a car is dangerous regardless. He would do that while coming over on a car, forcing them to brake and horn honking was common.
AiliaBlue · 1 points · Posted at 00:17:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, that’s not okay. Sheesh, dude’s gonna kill someone.
spids69 · 1 points · Posted at 21:44:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an uncle who uses his turn signal when the vehicle in front of him is changing lanes and doesn’t understand why it isn’t helpful, and is infuriating when you’re following him somewhere.
waterfountain_bidet · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope he used baby wipes on himself, because I really hope you didn't have a baby with this dangerous dingus.
underwriter · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate to break this to you, but after reading that I’m reasonably sure your ex was mentally retarded
meekmeeka · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He wasn't. Just never taught many things. He didn't know what I was talking about when I went to correct him or question it.
underwriter · 2 points · Posted at 15:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
sorry I was just joking, especially based on the driving part. I see many people drive like that and it boggles my mind
meekmeeka · 2 points · Posted at 15:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
puts on blinker “good luck everyone!”
Sketchelder · 2375 points · Posted at 22:31:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
So some background info, my dad is a mechanic so I've been very lucky to have the importance of vehicle maintenance drilled into my head from a young age... when my now fiance and I were dating for about 6 months I needed to change the oil in my car so I asked when the last time she had changed her oil, she had never changed it after owning the car for 3 years.
I immediately brought it to my dad's place as I wasn't sure what to expect... we decided to add oil to properly flush it once we changed the oil a week later, it took 3.5 quarts of oil and the engine only holds 4 quarts total
Car still runs 2 years of regular oil changes later... to paraphrase my dad it speaks to the quality of Kia/Hyundai engines since most cars would have seized up given how low it was for so long
dararie · 220 points · Posted at 00:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law, who was an engineer, didn’t believe in preventative maintenance including oil changes. Sole reason we drive Hondas is because of the quality of their engines. His last Honda never had an oil change in the 10+ years he owned it and still ran when they sold it because he couldn’t drive anymore.
tahitianhashish · 110 points · Posted at 02:29:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But.. why?
dararie · 155 points · Posted at 02:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because he hated to spend the money. My husband is fond of saying that his father squeezed a nickel so hard that the Buffalo pooped on the Indians face.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 153 points · Posted at 03:00:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... that isn't saving money, at all. Preventative maintenance adds literally years to a car's life.
I don't understand some people...
doesntgeddit · 138 points · Posted at 03:10:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Penny smart, pound foolish.
11twofour · 26 points · Posted at 08:44:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stepping over dollars to get to dimes.
dararie · 33 points · Posted at 03:03:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither do I, especially since my dad is extremely pro preventative maintenance
lgndk11r · 16 points · Posted at 03:32:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here; dad with the cars, me with electronics.
[deleted] · 32 points · Posted at 03:24:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 7 points · Posted at 05:26:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/UnethicalLifeProTips
land8844 · 15 points · Posted at 05:30:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Seriously.
Anecdotal: I replaced the oil pan on my 2013 Dodge Caravan because the the oil pan had rusted out really badly (NY road salt, yo). Afterwards, I poked at the rustiest area on the old pan and was horrified when my screwdriver sunk right through it with little-to-no effort (look through my recent post history and you'll see it in /r/justrolledintotheshop).
The new pan cost ~$30, plus a ~$12 gasket, and it was one good bump away from costing me a new several-thousand dollar engine.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 4 points · Posted at 05:32:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes! For your sake I'm glad you caught that!
PrivilegeCheckmate · 3 points · Posted at 18:17:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People are bad at math. There's also the immediate gratification versus the long-term brain thing.
MichiiBee · 4 points · Posted at 03:56:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why are you getting downvoted? You’re not wrong
just2quixotic · 10 points · Posted at 03:27:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pinched a penny till Lincoln screamed.
dararie · 5 points · Posted at 04:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like that
choochoo19 · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love that saying!
underwriter · 13 points · Posted at 03:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve driven an Odyssey past 350k miles with pretty shoddy maintenance. Their engines are no joke
SecretPotatoChip · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Odyssey transmissions are though.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 03:24:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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thetarkers1988 · 1 points · Posted at 12:04:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait like a Mitsubishi Evo...
havfunonline · 3 points · Posted at 07:15:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eugh, but yes. We had 3 2002-04 Honda Jazzes (that’s a Fit in America).
One of them is still alive (I did a 180 kick flip in one of the others, and was completely unharmed) — each year you can check the oil just before getting it changed and the dipstick comes back slightly above full. When we bought the first one we heard the advice to get the oil changed straight away because they were so reliable people never got them serviced.
hotpopperking · 3 points · Posted at 13:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is a thing i always do when I buy a used car. I actually have all fluids changed, so I know how old they are.
dararie · 2 points · Posted at 13:57:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am currently driving a 2009 Fit, which needs an oil change now but our mechanic is booked solid
arcosapphire · 3 points · Posted at 18:04:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do take care of my engine, but I also drive a Honda because their engines are top-notch. If there's one part of the car I want to be top-quality, it's the engine.
Lyrehctoo · 50 points · Posted at 01:15:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad is a machanic too. For years, whenever I saw or talked to him, he'd ask "have you checked your oil? Yes? Ok how are you?"
That reminds me, I should check my oil soon. I did just buy 2 quarts today, just to have on hand
OwnMemory3 · 10 points · Posted at 02:59:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. I think it’s because he knew if I fucked it up, he would have to fix it.
Lyrehctoo · 8 points · Posted at 03:04:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad would probably disown me if I killed an engine due to running out of oil
emuthreat · 5 points · Posted at 06:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My freshman year in high school, I went with some friends for an overnight trip to the next town over. It was about 60 miles. The driver had a little 1980s Toyota pickup, that started overheating once we got there. Plenty of coolant in the system, ran fine for the first 10 or 15 minutes after starting, while running around to restaurants and stores.
They were all puzzled. I remember suggesting at least a half dozen times to check the oil. But I was 14, not old enough to drive, so what did I know...
About 20 miles into the drive back over the hill, the truck just shut off on the road. A couple hours later, one seriously disgruntled father confirmed that having no oil in the vehicle would cause it to overheat from all that friction.
Tldr: my high-school buddy bricked his truck by driving it a day and a half with no oil, and refused to check because the youngest kid in the group suggested it.
Edit: This same guy later bricked his girlfriend's VW Jetta by hot-doggin' around town, scraping a hole in the oil pan on a pothole or something, and continuing to run his errands. He was in his mid 20s by that point...
akiramari · 105 points · Posted at 00:35:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think I changed my oil for the first year or so after buying my first car. I thought it was a fix for something, not a maintenance thing, until someone asked when the last time I did it was. I guess I'm biased since it happened to me, but that's not something people should expect everyone to be born with or something.
I was always curious as a kid and understood the rules of the road pretty young by watching and asking questions, but I don't think as a kid I would notice that the oil changes were periodic, if I was even dragged to car appointments (which I probably wasn't, an uncle probably just did them when he and my dad were at work) and they might not have been regular because there were other things wrong with the old used cars/van.
When would it come up?
Sketchelder · 82 points · Posted at 00:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear you, and that's why I added the background... my point was that a lot of people fuck this up unless you've been shown that preventative maintenance can eliminate future car repair surprises... I'm sure 80% of what mechanics see are problems that should have been addressed months, if not years sooner
bfoster1801 · 22 points · Posted at 02:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As a mechanic with a shit used car and many friends who are alike, we spent most of our high school years just saying “eh we’ll fix it when it’s broken”
[deleted] · 60 points · Posted at 02:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll speak generally here, not specifically to you.
It makes it very clear in the owners manual, that book is in the car for a reason. Also anything 2010 and new pops up a "service now" or "change oil" right on the damn dash every time you start the car.
Your case and other may not know, but a lot of people just neglect basic maintenance of many things they own. Eg clean the dust out of your computer, empty the filter in your dishwasher, run the defrost cycle on a deep freezer if you have one.
Read the manual of the things you buy.
sculderandmully2 · 20 points · Posted at 03:24:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where is this dishwasher filter? Asking for a friend
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 03:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the bottom, it'll either be a little round thing about as big around as a cup, or it'll be a section right under the bottom spinny bit that will turn and pop out.
Keeping it clean means it runs better and you don't get a smelly dishwasher.
ImplicitEmpiricism · 6 points · Posted at 06:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not all dishwashers have a filter. Many (at least in the US) have a grinder and pump to send solids down the drain.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:51:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, never heard of that here (Canada). TIL. Adds value to my first comment though, it's something you find out by reading the manual that comes with it.
PM_ME_FUN_STORIES · 2 points · Posted at 17:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just sucks when you're apartment living and don't have manuals for any of the stuff that comes with it.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 17:15:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My landlord had all the manuals for the appliances (dishwasher, fridge, washer and dryer, microwave) in. Folder on the counter for me when I moved in. I thought it was really nice of him to think of that, most probably keep them themselves with the warranty etc.
nightwing2000 · 5 points · Posted at 03:35:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a defrost cycle on my chest freezer? Huh? I better go check, the ice is getting thick.
assidragon · 5 points · Posted at 05:23:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't a hard process even if it doesn't have one. Just pack it out empty, turn it off, put some big dish with hot water inside for like 10 mins so the ice thaws. Then wipe the cooler dry, turn it back on and pack your stuff back. Bonus points for wiping the dry fridge with some cleaner/disinfectant, a little cleaning doesn't hurt every 6 months or so.
akiramari · 4 points · Posted at 03:34:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, my situation is the one I know, and I'm sure I'm not the only one on earth in the situation, so it's a valid example, right? Isn't that how conversations work?
But fair enough (if you get those things new), though I imagine manuals and terms and conditions are similar in that they're common and people assume they know what's inside, especially for common things - not that that's a good excuse! We all just need to slow down and read the fine print, and the big print, like you said.
Winjin · 12 points · Posted at 02:35:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Russia, they cover these basics in the driving courses... I guess other than that, there's realistically no other options where stuff like that would come by.
akiramari · 5 points · Posted at 03:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving courses are completely optional (and pretty expensive, at least to college-me) here, but I took one, and that wasn't in it. Probably should be, that's smart!
Winjin · 3 points · Posted at 10:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you get a driver's license? Here it's the mandatory courses, they are like 30-40 hours of theory, covering every page in the rulebook, and then practice which goes for 12-20 hours or more, then you can only get access to our DMV by providing them with the certificate, which are state-issued to these schools, and then you have to pass govt exam. This doesn't help with the amount of morons on the road, but actually I do think it helps, without that there would be even more, and YouTube would be like 40% cats, 60% dashcam vids from Russia, and not the other way around.
akiramari · 0 points · Posted at 00:20:20 on July 13, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Ontario, Canada, you get your G1 by passing a multiple-choice quiz (and you get your sight tested), which enables you to drive with a passenger who has a G-level license and has been driving for 4 years. There are certain highways you're not allowed on (unless you're with a certified instructor), and you have to be 16 or older to take the test. You also need 0 blood alcohol and can't drive between midnight and 5am.
After 1 year (or 8 months if you take a qualifying driving course) you can get your G2 with a driving test. If you can manage not to drive like an absolute idiot for 15 minutes, you get your G2. Now you don't need a supervising passenger and there are limitations on under-19 passengers if you are under 19 between 12 and 5am.
12 months later, you can take another driving test to get your full G license. This driving test adds highway skills, and you have to do it within 5 years of getting your G1.
TL;DR - It's embarassingly easy to get a license. Over 2-5 years, fill out a multiple choice quiz, prove you can see, and prove you can drive well for ~15 minutes at a time twice.
Driving schools exist to shorten 2 years to 1.666 years and give you insurance discounts, but are not mandatory, and cost money. And from my experience, don't teach you anything you wouldn't already know from the handbook and being in a car before.
BexW858 · 11 points · Posted at 03:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a female petrol head, so when I had heaps of junk for my first few cars my friends dad would help me keep it road worthy and we spent many hours under the hood and he taught me so much. My best friends dad is also the same where he won’t do anything for me (unless I could hurt myself) but he’ll spend hours at my house or out on my driveway teaching me how to use his tools and do stuff...
Most of the girls at old job I had were really old fashioned in their mindset, they couldn’t even top up windscreen washers as their husbands did all the ‘blue’ jobs, one didn’t even know how to put fuel in her car because her husband always filled it up for her at the weekend
I actually asked one day, god forbid anything happened to your husband and you had to fend for yourself how would you manage? I did laugh when she said she’d call me 😂😂. But still!...
akiramari · 2 points · Posted at 03:59:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, well at least I have windshield washer fluid and gas covered! I also replaced my windshield wipers once or twice without and felt good about myself :P Baby steps? I guess I'm banking on my phone working and calling for help or finding a good youtube tutorial if anything happens, though. I should probably at least do a refresher once in a while on how to change a tire.
My dad's not a conventionally "handy" man, haha, so I definitely haven't learned firsthand. He actually leases vehicles hoping to avoid having to deal with maintenance, ever, and sometimes it's easier to assemble furniture alone than with him! I'm just rambling at this point, but that's really cool that you got to do that with your dad! :)
sadicarnot · 8 points · Posted at 03:28:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The car comes with a book with pages labeled periodic maintenance
akiramari · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've read it since, but having driven used cars and being a passenger in vehicles all the time, it's easy to think you know what the average person should know. Until the pandemic most people didn't know you should let disinfectant sit for 4 minutes, even with wipes. And that's just one sentence on the back of the bottle!
hold_me_beer_m8 · 6 points · Posted at 03:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who buys something as expensive as a car and doesn't bother taking the time to read the owner's manual?
akiramari · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like I'm repeating myself, but I think it's reasonable to assume you know about things that come up every few months on vehicles, which you see hundreds of every day and spend so much time in, even as a passenger. Like how you don't read terms and conditions or how letting disinfectant sit for 4 minutes wasn't really common knowledge until now, and its just one sentence on the back of a bottle.
People take things for granted, take things for common knowledge, and don't know what they don't know, so they may not think they need to look. And everyone's always in a rush, etc. etc. I'm not saying it's a good thing, it's just a human thing.
hold_me_beer_m8 · 3 points · Posted at 14:36:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get it, but when I spend many thousands of dollars on a car, I'm gonna read the manual. Not just to know how to properly maintain it, but I want to know all the features it has as well. This isn't the same as not reading terms and conditions or the fine print on disinfectant.
inerlite · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom got a new Subaru. The owners manual came in 4 books of about 200 pages each. That read was a slog.
CaptainRene · 1 points · Posted at 09:49:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It reads in the manual. In newer cars it even shows the OCI in the dash.
It would come up if people stopped living all willy nilly.
muigleb · 19 points · Posted at 01:33:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can confirm the quality of Hyundai engines. I regularly change the oil and perform other maintenance in my cars every 5-10k kms. I also had a Hyundai excel which I used for work. I did a full maintance check on it when I bought it, then for some reason, I had a complete brainfart for around 110k kms.
It wasn't until my FIL noticed blue smoke coming from the exhaust that it clicked what I forgot to do. The oil was basically carbon soot at the bottom of my oil pan. I did a rebuild on the engine and had it for another 3 years until I had an accident in which the frame was bent.
slimazoid · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F
unrulycokebottle · 15 points · Posted at 01:35:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"apunta la pinche luz" (aim the fucking light) and a deep hatred for sundays and cheap used cars was what was drilled into my head as a kid.
iamonlyoneman · 13 points · Posted at 03:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Some of y'all didn't spend enough time holding a flashlight while your fathers cursed, and it shows"
unrulycokebottle · 4 points · Posted at 03:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean i didnt really understand much other than hold the light up or i get cussed at and called dumb eventually i just bought him a headlamp problem solved fuck old cars id rather be in debt paying off a new one than work on a piece of shit that breaks down throughout the year.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of "car guys" will shit on this mindset, but unless you're broke as shit (although have fun scrounging up money for tools) this is pretty understandable if you don't like tinkering with shit
GamerKey · 2 points · Posted at 13:26:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I like tinkering with shit, but for me that's complex systems or code.
When it comes to heavy machinery exploding liquid dinosaurs to create kinetic energy I'll leave that to the experts in that particular field.
Cheefnuggs · 14 points · Posted at 02:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck man. I’ve only owned subaru’s. If anyone here knows, flat 4’s eat oil up. If I did that then my car would be dead in 6 months for sure.
My forester was poorly maintained and after a year a bearing died on me and that thing has been parked since I replaced it until I can either rebuild or sell it to someone who wants to do the work.
But the amount of performance subis give you for what you pay for is why I love them so much. Just wish I hadn’t bought my last one from someone who “did all of the maintenance” themselves and took there word for it without running a computer on it first.
At least that was only a $6000 mistake and not more.
If I could list all of the things wrong with it that I fixed before the bearing failure I would but I don’t want to drag on.
GatesOlive · 5 points · Posted at 06:50:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laughs in rotary
Cheefnuggs · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey. We’re both in pain here. I support you brother
gallifreyGirl315 · 2 points · Posted at 20:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned this lesson the hard way. The worst part is, I grew up around race cars and working on cars in general, at the very least basic maintence. My previous car was a 1st gen Mazda Miata and you could spit on that thing and it would be enough to keep it going. I recently got an 08 Outback and was driving it from Maine to WV. Well, one of the crankshafts snapped in half. Thankfully it only needed one head replaced. The damage was pretty minimal so it was only about a 3k fix.
I recently made that drive again for the first time in a year and let me tell you what I was PARANOID the whole time.
castorleda · 9 points · Posted at 02:39:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Nice to see dads actually teach their kids about vehicle maintenance. My dad would just humiliate me, call me stupid, and yell at me for holding the light at the wrong angle.
I ended up getting a job 3.5hrs away from him. So the next time he scolded me for not taking care of my car myself, I yelled at him for never actually letting me work on them with him when I was growing up.
Petty reaction, I know, but I think now he recognizes how much farther ahead I could’ve been. And our relationship is better now that I do my own maintenance, and we can talk cars together. Hope you continue to pass that knowledge on to your kids, if you decide to have them. (ps: especially if they’re girls)
nightingale07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, not petty. My dad is/was the same way. And I'm addition to that I was just too scared to learn from him.
Now I can barely stand to be around him (for a multitude of reasons)
Josephdalepi · 5 points · Posted at 01:41:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first car I had no idea what I was doing. My first oil change was 20k miles overdue. Only got a new car when the electronics died. 2003 Buick lesabre
ndlundstrom · 4 points · Posted at 03:29:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 2004 LeSabre is at 255k miles...it leaks everything: oil, coolant, power steering, transmission fluid...but for the past three years as long as everything is topped up it hasn’t stopped running. More recently though the transmission has had a hard time shifting up into 4th gear and then back down into first at a complete stop. It’s probably on its way out haha
S-S-Stumbles · 5 points · Posted at 03:05:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bought a 2001 Honda Civic LX off an elderly lady about 6 years ago for $400. She had stopped driving it about a year prior due to sight issues and was just getting rid of it. It was a manual and although I’m no car enthusiast, I do enjoy driving manuals and couldn’t pass up a $400 Honda Civic with less than 250k miles on it. Did a small test drive and it sounded perfectly fine, minus a squeaky fan belt. Bought it, got the title, registered it, the whole nine yards. Brought it home and checked fluids. Completely bone-dry. Went through the car paperwork and the last oil change was in 2002. I changed the filter and added oil and it still runs perfectly fine today. Only maintenance I’ve had to due is add new shifter oil and replace a $25 brake light plunger (brake lights were stuck permanently on even with the key out of the ignition). I’m forever a Honda man, this thing just won’t die. In my state, I qualify for “historic” tag license plates in two years so that’s my goal.
shaggy99 · 8 points · Posted at 01:00:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I ran my motorcycle totally dry once. I'm talking take the dipstick out when I stop for gas, and....it's dry. "Why is there smoke coming out of the hole?"
Apparently, if you run a 250 at 90 mph while fully loaded, riding far enough to burn through a tank of gas will mean you're only down about 1/4 liter, but that's enough that the second tank will take care of all the rest of the oil.
Edit: Honda motor with ball bearings instead of shell bearings in the crank, it survived.
shrubs311 · 4 points · Posted at 02:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what the absolute hell. surprised that engine still worked, even with ball bearings
shaggy99 · 7 points · Posted at 02:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surprised me as well. And very relieved. It was a company bike they let me take on holiday, in France, from England. For a minute or two, I was trying to figure out how I was going to get a bike with seized motor back home. That bike was tough, it spent pretty much every day at the red line, got knocked off its stand many times, riding in all weathers, wish I could get one like it now.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not gonna lie, I'm so used to my old ass diesel my first thought was "Why wouldn't there be smoke coming out of the hole?". If I pulled the stick of the cap and there wasn't smoke I'd be pretty concerned, because blow by isn't really a thing that fixes itself.
taylorcliff3 · 4 points · Posted at 02:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Way more common than you think.
__ew__gross__ · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister a 30year old woman at this time 2 years ago had a Nissan Altima that she had for maybe a year not very long at all. She never changed the oil and well good by engine. And there is no reason for her not to know this because our mom drills these types of things into her head because if she didnt my sister would be a disaster.
NightCheffing · 4 points · Posted at 02:50:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of my own car story! I didn't know car registrations expired until I was pulled over in the middle of the night at the age of 21. I was an hour away from home and 20 minutes from my college campus. The police officer had to explain the whole process to me right there. Then to make sure it sunk in, he made me tow my car 20 minutes to campus. That was a pricey ride.
deetsneak · 4 points · Posted at 03:30:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know you had to change the oil until, at 18, the car I’d been driving for 2 years started pouring smoke from the hood while I was driving on the freeway. I pulled into a parking lot and ran away, sure it was about to explode, and then called my mom for help.
FabulousLemon · 3 points · Posted at 03:29:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My sister did the same thing. She got my mom's old car when she went off to college and didn't change the oil the whole four years because she didn't know she was supposed to. It was a Hyundai Elantra. I don't remember how my parents found out, maybe it finally started acting up, but it worked fine after it got some fresh oil in it. When I got my first car (several years before this fiasco as I'm the older sister) I bought it used from a dealership and made sure they supplied me with an owner's manual for it so I could learn all about my car. I read that sucker from cover to cover. I even got some car mechanic friends to teach me how to change my oil and change my brake pads. I prefer the convenience of paying someone else to do it, but I like to at least know what I am paying them to do.
xVeterankillx · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone whose hobby is my car, and spends probably far too much time wrenching on it than it deserves, l happily pay someone to change the oil for me. That's a whole lot of mess for not that much money saved.
iqaruce · 4 points · Posted at 02:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always get an oil change with my service? Is that not normal?
AggravatingName · 2 points · Posted at 14:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was looking for this! You're supposed to get cars serviced every year or 10000 miles, and an oil change is included in that. Do people just not get their cars serviced?
tahitianhashish · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ẞim surprised it still had half a quart after three years
iamonlyoneman · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on the condition and how much they drive. When my hyundai was new it didn't use any oil. It would have gotten nasty but it wouldn't have been very low over those first 3 years we had it. Now it is no longer new and it takes a couple quarts between oil changes.
doesntgeddit · 2 points · Posted at 03:08:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was changing the oil on my moms newish car (<20k miles) but didn't have enough to refill it and had to go to the store the next day to get more oil. Mom didn't know and took the car to work that day with no oil at all and the drain plug not even in it. It's currently my car and still runs like a champ at 224,000 miles.
2005 Infiniti G35, in case anyone is curious. The engines are tanks, but I can't say the same for the transmission that I've replaced twice. Also, shows how well new synthetic oils stick to the car parts.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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doesntgeddit · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They all burn a ridiculous amount of oil. I carry a 5qt jug in my trunk and check the levels every other time I drive it.
Halfbloodjap · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one in my pathfinder, and it has a rear mainseal leak that's just slow enough it never dripped and I didn't know I was low on oil until the warning light came on. But she still runs fine two years later
educatedbiomass · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother drove a used Hyundia Accent for 60+ thousand miles with zero maintenance with no problems. That car just wouldn't die. Eventually the clutch went (at least three people learned to drive manual on it) and he drove it for another 6 months just shoving it into gear without the clutch.
TheBertinator3000 · 1 points · Posted at 17:08:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How can you drive a car with a shot clutch? Just shoving the transmission into gear doesn't fix the problem of the clutch no longer being able to transmit power from the engine to the transmission.
Was it a broken cable or something?
educatedbiomass · 1 points · Posted at 19:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No idea, all I know is that pushing in the clutch didn't do anything, so he just drove without using it.
TheBertinator3000 · 1 points · Posted at 20:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, that sounds like a snapped clutch cable rather than a worn out clutch. A worn out clutch would let the engine rev up a lot without sending much power to the wheels.
Out of curiosity, how'd he get the thing going in first gear?
educatedbiomass · 1 points · Posted at 23:36:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I drove it a few times, the advise was I was given was only stop facing downhill
NathanMcDuck · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also never changed my oil. Isn't it enough if it is done every time it goes to the regular service?
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine bought a Honda CRX from another friend's new wife, many many years ago. (They had to sell when they got a ticket for no child seat for the new baby). it had 40,000 miles and the oil had never been changed. Plus the tires had no tread left.
masterstormo · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex boyfriend did the same thing but it was closer to 5 years. He would also complain all the time about “his piece of shit car never working” like the world was out to get him. Homie change your damn oil then we will talk.
Sapiencia6 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was with my best friend in a city an hour away from home when his car started smoking and broke down. We walked a couple miles in the rain to an auto shop. He asked the shop owner for advice but couldn't even tell them what year or version of his particular make of car he had. It turns out he had never changed or added oil or antifreeze in the entire time he'd owned the car (I think it was about a year). Thank God for the super kind mechanics we ran into who offered us a ride back, did not kidnap us, and fixed the damaged parts without asking for anything in return. I love my friend to bits but he barely made it through life sometimes.
timlygrae · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bought a Hyundai Elantra new in 2000 and drove it for 13 years, over 220,000 miles. Semi-regular oil changes (3-5 months), spark plugs & wires, and radiator flushed every other year. Only time it broke down was the alternator twice, and the left CV joint.
My next car was an 2004 Ford Taurus I bought from my dad for a song. Literally $5 (inside joke). I put more money into that in 6 years than my Hyundai.
A year and a half ago I bought another car. Got myself another Hyundai.
erenee121 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love my Hyundai...though I do get regular oil changes.
basylica · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked for a collision repair chain (in IT) and the first week there was some hubub over a lady suing us.
She got into an accident (if memory serves it was a pretty fancy car) and there was some damage that required doing an oil change ultimately. Engine was fine but i think pan was damaged.
Anywho mechanic noted that oil was straight up schmoo and called to ask when she had oil change last. She said never. Car was 6yrs old. Oil replaced with extensive notes about all this along with collision repairs needed and car was returned.
Couple weeks later engine goes tits up, probably cracked head, and she sues my company because and i quote (i saw documents) “the car was fine until the oil was changed. Clearly removing factory oil and replacing it caused engine damage”
Oh my god, i couldnt stop laughing. Biggest question in my mind was how is someone so smart they have money enough for an expensive car but so dumb they blame oil change for engine damage?!?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't exactly have the best reliability statistics, compared to Japanese cars etc though
Rynewulf · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So at my old job I had to talk to people to get the info to send mechanics out to where they broke down. I haven't owned a car since I passed my test a few years ago, but I was still shocked at how much people didn't know or how common the problems they had actually were. I wasn't even mechanically trained but seemed to have a better grasp on flat tyres, dead batteries and oil problems than some people I talked to.
Most people really don't seem to know much about how the things they rely on work
ivanthemute · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girlfriend many, many, many years ago who was gifted a 93 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4, right off the lot. At 21,000 miles, the engine seized up.
She never changed the oil and eventually, well, the expected happened. $40,000 car shot because she didn't know anything beyond 'put gas in it' and 'flat tire means call AAA'.
Edit to note it was 40k then. Adjusted to today money, yiure talking $75-76k.
bsmith84 · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I loved my Hyundai, they make excellent first cars.
Thesqueegeable · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d still say there was some good Ol’ fashioned shit house luck in play there.
During college, my buddy dated this girl from freshman thru sophomore year. Back in high school her parents bought her a brand new convertible that she brought to college. Can’t remember the make, but it was nice, particularly for a kid.
One day while driving around campus, the car started making all sorts of noise with smoke coming out of the hood, then just quit. She got ahold of my friend who Had it towed to a shop. Apparently she’d driven about 30,000 miles without any sort of maintenance, including oil changes.
The shit kicker: according to my buddy her dad was a MASSIVE car guy, but apparently she legitimately thought the money he sent her for routine work was simply for “gas, windshield wiper fluid, and washes.”
To this day I still can’t figure out why dad never bothered to check the condition of her ride when she visited, but I do know that the trip home was way out of state, and this was slightly before cellphones were really common. Scary......
Lefty_Epee · 1 points · Posted at 07:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... surely the little oil change warning light comes on after like 5000 miles?
Sketchelder · 1 points · Posted at 13:27:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my current vehicle there's only a maintenance required soon light, not check engine or anything
theOTHERdimension · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad you stepped in to help your fiancé! I didn’t know anything about cars growing up and when I met my SO, he taught me all the basics. I can change my own oil, check my tire pressure, change a flat, etc. I will be forever grateful to him!
octobermonroe416 · 1 points · Posted at 11:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is almost my EXACT story! My girlfriend and I got together a year ago, and about a month in, I asked when he last oil change was. She got the car in 2015, it was a 2012 Sonata, and she had never taken it to get the oil changed, and had NEVER filled up the oil!
I took it to my dad’s shop (we were sharing the car at the time; my dad is ALSO a mechanic) for unrelated work to be done and he was flabbergasted on how bone dry it was and how it was still running.
But cool! Same history!
stanfan114 · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to drive an old Toyota that had a few hundred thousand miles on it, the previous owner was meticulous about maintaining it. I brought it in for an oil change the the mechanic complimented on how well the car was taken care of. This was around Microsoft, and he said there were a lot of guys who moved to America to work there and started making a LOT of money for the first time, and would go out and buy a Mercedes or a supercar, then never change the oil. When the car eventually broke down, he would tell them they need to change the oil, regular maintenance, etc., and they would get angry, saying "I paid $300,000 for this car why should I have to change the oil?"
KiraiEclipse · 1 points · Posted at 12:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my first job, we had to carpool out to jobsites in our own cars. One time, I was riding with a college aged coworker in her car. She had been having car issues and apologized for the distinct smell her car made after being turned on. At one point, we had to pull over because we thought we noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. The car smelled like burnt oil and I asked if she had gotten an oil change recently. She said, "Yes," that she had been changing the oil herself for years. Now, I have a minuscule, at best, knowledge of car maintenance. However, during this conversation, it became clear that her definition of "oil change" was to add more oil every couple of months... and that was it. I had to be the one to tell her that you also have to let the old oil out, not just put new oil in.
When she came in to work a few days later, she had looked up oil changing videos and had flushed out the old oil that had been piling up in her car for years. She said it was basically brown gunk. Happily, once she had done that, the burning smell was gone and she didn't have any more car troubles.
m0to · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been there! My ex when we met had a Hyundai and she never changed the oil because it had a small leak so she would just keep topping it off. And had been for 4 years. My dad was also a mechanic so I was blown away that the car still ran. We fixed the leak and changed the oil. Car still ran for years.
whereswalda · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate was like this. Her stepdad had always done the car maintenance, so she didn't even know how to check her oil. Her engine light came on one day and I asked her if she'd checked her oil. She have me a very confused look and admitted that she didn't know how. Queue me, standing in the ubiquitous Queens curb puddle at 11pm, teaching her how to find and check the dipstick.
Thankfully she was driving an early 90s crown vic at the time and the thing was a bloody tank that could withstand her complete and utter disregard for basic maintenance.
Walloftubes · 1 points · Posted at 14:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I absolutely abused the shit out of my little Accent, and the engine in that thing never complained. Even with my annual/20k mile oil change interval. Plenty of other little, far less important things fell apart, but that little 4 banger tolerated my daily redline shifts and broke-ass oil change schedule like a champ.
Psyturducken · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can relate. No one told me about oil changes, or general car maintenance, when I went to college. Car lasted about a year, and my Dad couldn't believe I wasn't changing the oil. Being the second of two girls, I didn't get taught a lot of house or car maintenance. After he realized this may have been his shortcoming, he paid to have the car fixed.
ZeldaorWitcher · 1 points · Posted at 17:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad also had a Kia Rio he refused to change the oil in. Ran fine forever till they got a new car. The Kia Sedona got the same treatment, but then when they gave it to me I changed the oil, and about 2 weeks later I thew a rod into the starter. But I still say Kia makes awesome cars
Mammoth_Koala · 1 points · Posted at 19:33:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a corolla with a broken sump drain. I was going to replace the car but then decided to see if it could be fixed. The car had no oil registering on the dipstick for a very long time. All it needed was a new sump plug, the motor was fine and I had the car for another 5 years.
ginger_SF · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
my older brother had a 90s manual Ford Ranger. Towards the end I think he was just driving until it died, but had gone somewhere along the lines of 4 yrs/35k miles without an oil change...only adding some towards the end when the seals started going (with the argument that continuously adding oil was kind of like an oil change anyways). That beast ran like a champ until the day he was rear-ended and the insurance co. totalled it.
dirtiesthippy · 615 points · Posted at 01:19:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1) Training a new girl at work and she told me she didn't know how to sweep. I had to show her. 2) Training a new girl at work, her dishes often still greasy after being washed, I asked her about it and I asked her when she puts the soap on and she replied, straight faced, 'oh... You use soap here?' (we had raw meat on many of those dishes.) 3) My ex told me he 'thought mixing dark and light loads of laundry was a myth' after destroying a bunch of my clothes. He also told me soaking dishes had no affect...
Samthespunion · 138 points · Posted at 05:52:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ngl i never separate lights/darks and ive never had a problem lol
superfluous--account · 38 points · Posted at 07:42:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doesn't matter if you only wear black
rudie96 · 47 points · Posted at 05:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It all depends on whether or not the clothes you buy are dyed to get the color of it! I have some dyed clothing items and they’ve totally bled onto others (even lights to lights). One option is to just wash any dyed clothing separately, and then throw everything else in together LOL
ping500 · 12 points · Posted at 08:06:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me neither. I just separate wool, since it requires a different program.
Wowsuchusername44 · 2 points · Posted at 20:07:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I do sometimes. But that’s only if there’s enough light clothes to be separated. If there’s a really small amount of light clothes then I’ll wash them with the other clothes. Nothing usually happens when I wash them together
Morsemouse · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My son’s wife (RIP @ age 29) said she knew he was the one when she was he had two laundry baskets in his closet, one for light/white, one for dark.
NoninflammatoryFun · 19 points · Posted at 05:48:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do mix light and dark. Is that bad? I don’t have a lot of light at least.
M1RR0R · 18 points · Posted at 06:05:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It depends on the dyes and water temp. If you wash them cold/cold you're probably gonna be fine.
dirtiesthippy · 10 points · Posted at 13:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I find it matters most the first time you wash a new item. That's when it's most likely to leak. Usually after that you're okay. In this case there were several new pairs of dark jeans in the load along with white shirts and sweaters and such. They came out tie dye.
SinOfGreedGR · 9 points · Posted at 06:27:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not if you use colour traps. These magnificent little pieces of fabric save your clothes even when some of them are dyed in such a way that they pass on colour to other clothes when mixed.
menu-brush · 5 points · Posted at 12:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well if it works for you it works right?
As long as you wash on low temperatures and no new clothing it should be fine.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for ruining your clothing.
TheLastUBender · 3 points · Posted at 16:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The whites / light blues and yellows can easily get more grayish when you put newish darker colours in. And definitely nothing red. The colour traps work, but for a nice dress or button down shirt, I really wouldn't risk mixing colours.
welluuasked · 12 points · Posted at 05:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You sure know how to clean for the dirtiest hippie
dirtiesthippy · 6 points · Posted at 13:47:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have weird parents who think it's important for their children to have basic life skills. Like using soap... I guess I'm more of a dirty hippie in spirit.
YonderPoint · 7 points · Posted at 12:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Please tell me about the places that don't use soap?"
dirtiesthippy · 6 points · Posted at 13:50:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably every place she worked before... Although I doubt those places know that.
Slug_Overdose · 6 points · Posted at 08:28:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, cheap men's clothing rarely leaks color like typical women's clothing in my experience. It's obviously something to do with the coloring rather than anything gender-specific, but I buy pretty typical cheap men's clothing and have never in my life had a problem with mixing lights and colors for myself. But when I got married, it started happening with lots of my wife's clothing. So I think it's quite possible the color leakage is much more common in women's clothing, and there are probably lots of men who wouldn't have encountered the problem while single.
littlelavenderdreams · 7 points · Posted at 07:11:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to be taught how to sweep at my first job as a teenager. We had carpet.
dirtiesthippy · 5 points · Posted at 13:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was 19 and also didn't know how to use a vaccum. Not sure what kind of flooring she has at home but it's either filthy or someone else has always done it.
littlelavenderdreams · 2 points · Posted at 14:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn. That is kinda sad.
NostraDavid · 3 points · Posted at 12:06:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For men this is likely correct, because we tend to not give a shit about color, not to mention that most of our stuff is likely made of cotton.
Women's clothes on the other hand come in all kind of different materials and colors and will get destroyed.
dirtiesthippy · 4 points · Posted at 13:44:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean the fact that men don't tend to care about it doesn't mean it's a myth. But you are correct. His clothes also got destroyed but he didn't seem to care too much.
jagerben47 · 2 points · Posted at 17:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasn't there a study that came out a few years ago saying that soaking dishes doesn't actually help that much? Also, mixing darks and lights doesn't really matter unless you use hot water, and today's washing machines actually do so well that warm water isn't super necessary any more.
RoboWonder · 1 points · Posted at 15:42:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never separated my clothes, but to be fair, the only "lights" I own are socks and I wouldn't care that much if they got screwed up.
Comestible · 1 points · Posted at 21:12:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a girl like this, but it was mopping. She just swirled the the tip of the mop around like she was doing calligraphy with a giant paint brush or stirring a cauldron. She didn't last long.
Eeveelover14 · 1 points · Posted at 22:36:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just toss all the laundry that fits and then wash it. I'm a little surprised that people actually separate things... Is it only lights and darks or is there a more detailed system? Also I've heard that jeans are a wild card, or shouldn't be washed often?
This is new information to me and now I'm curious.
damngators · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminded me of when I was training a new girl in a restaurant. She was mopping and there were scuff marks still left on the floor. I told her she needed to make sure to get those marks up be she said they must be permanent (they weren't) because they weren't coming up. I told her to use a little elbow grease and she said "is that in the supply closet?". I just told her to scrub harder and went back to closing out the drawer.
Hottie__Nanako · 329 points · Posted at 23:45:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine kept his ssc and birth certificate in his wallet and lost it. Luckily nothing ever came off it and he replaced them but you'd be surprised how many people think it's okay to keep their sensitive documents in their wallet rather than in a safe location at home
Przedrzag · 11 points · Posted at 06:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Since when does a birth certificate fit in a wallet? Are they smaller in America?
Farwaters · 5 points · Posted at 09:52:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They aren't! Maybe he folded it?
PaintedLady5519 · 2 points · Posted at 15:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mines about the size of a half sheet.
Pangolins_or_bust · 2 points · Posted at 00:57:49 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine (Canada) is a tiny card.
InkOnMySock · 4 points · Posted at 06:48:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
omg, i know people who do this! Just memorize your ssn and leave both at home but preferably at the bank in a safety deposit box
portlandparalegal · 6 points · Posted at 06:55:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recently met a young lawyer - like fresh out of law school, who carried his SS card everywhere in his wallet. We all shamed him for it, and he just protested that he had tried but couldn’t memorize it! This guy passed the bar somehow!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:19:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is so dumb. One should never carry their birth certificate around. Same goes for the ssc.
oishii1515 · 3 points · Posted at 10:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago I found a wallet sitting on the ground at a Walgreens. So much money, so many credit cards, and to top it off, not only the ss card, but other very important documents. I called the local cops and handed it to an officer with a badge to make sure this lady didn't get fucked. Oh ya and she was in her 40s. I'm sure she was shiting bricks until that cop went to her door. I kind of wish I had returned it myself just so I, a 24f, could tell her to not do a lot of that stuff.
impressivepineapple · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found a pile of cards on the counter where I worked one day, and it looked like it was all punch cards at first glance. Except, when I looked to make sure there was nothing important, there were TWO social security cards in the pile.
It turned out to be a mother and son's, and she hadn't even noticed they were gone. I thought I had an idea of who it was, and so she came in again and I was like "Oh I think you left your social security cards here" and she was just like "Oh, thanks" and took the pile and put it back in her wallet.
She did not care at all that she lost both her and her child's most important documents, and really didn't seem to care that I had found them either.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i keep my ssc in my wallet :o
buckyspunisher · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:29 on July 12, 2020 · (Permalink)
DONT DO THAT MY GOODNESS. It’s a 9 digit number, just memorize it 😭
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:58 on July 12, 2020 · (Permalink)
i have it memorized. :) idk why i still keep it! it's been there for like 13+ years lol
buckyspunisher · 2 points · Posted at 11:29:38 on July 12, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah okay good! Please keep it at home! Anything could happen and your wallet might get swiped
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:17:29 on July 12, 2020 · (Permalink)
thank you for your concern though kind stranger. :)
sumandark8600 · 16930 points · Posted at 23:25:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
More of a how do you not know to not do this. First year at uni, a girl in my halls is microwaving some food and left it in the metal foil container... It took 3 fire engines to put out the fire and we had to have a new kitchen installed. Not to mention, this was at like 3am and I had an exam the next day. I was not impressed.
Edit: Ok. Apparently not knowing microwave safety is pretty common. So do people not study basic physics anymore? My faith in humanity wanes daily.
🎙️ arual_x · 8152 points · Posted at 23:29:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I was not impressed” is the thing that identified this to me as a fellow British person post. I can literally hear you saying it, inflections and everything.
sumandark8600 · 2322 points · Posted at 23:36:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Well shit, my secret identity has been uncovered... I mean, I love hand egg, and hate that err socker... Coffee is the best and tea is the worst (they'll never suspect me now) strokes cat maniacally
Edit: yes, hand egg is American football
jojokangaroo1969 · 128 points · Posted at 02:55:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Uni".clued me into "not an American" post. We just don't refer to college in that manner.
FairFolk · 20 points · Posted at 04:06:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't you have universities too besides your colleges? I thought those were separate things.
Justdonedil · 36 points · Posted at 04:13:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one says Uni though. They are all just referred to as college. I live in California. We have a Universities of California (insert city) system as well as Cal State (insert city) system. These are public. There are also private Universities. All still just called college when talking.
FairFolk · 9 points · Posted at 04:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's confusing.
because-mommy-said · 30 points · Posted at 04:28:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'College' as it's called in UK doesn't exist in United States. Compulsory schooling in the US goes up to age 18, and students who want to go to university take courses at their high school to prepare for entrance exams/etc.
In the US, university is only ever called college. A student at the 'University of Florida,' would say, 'I am going to the University of Florida for college' not 'I am going for Uni.' The only time someone *might* use university is as a shortening for their particular school, 'oh yeah I go to the university.'
FartHeadTony · 16 points · Posted at 05:16:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does anyone, anywhere say that? I've heard "going to uni."
thriller2910 · 3 points · Posted at 09:21:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never heard “going for Uni” either, and I’m British. I’ve also only ever heard “going to Uni”
IMissCuppas · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the UK we do, college is a different thing here. You do secondary school until you are 16 and then you go to college or 6th form to do your specific choices to get into university.
because-mommy-said · 1 points · Posted at 15:39:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about, ‘I am going Cambridge for Uni?’ Or is that just super redundant lol.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:22:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You talking shit about my freedom?
FairFolk · 5 points · Posted at 04:26:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm confused by your freedom.
BikebutnotBeast · 1 points · Posted at 18:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here, have some freedom dollars, that might help.
Venus-fly-cat · 2 points · Posted at 05:51:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it’s more straight forward actually. In the US, college and university are synonymous. Colloquially speaking, they’re referred to as colleges though.
jerzd00d · 1 points · Posted at 15:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even though they are typically both referred to as "colleges", I don't think colleges and universities are the same thing in the U.S.
Compared to universities, colleges typically or more likely to
There have been many colleges that expanded their degree choices, graduate degree programs, student population, etc and changed their name from X College to X University. So there is a difference, just not as large a difference between college and university in the UK.
Venus-fly-cat · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough but my point was more so that how it’s used colloquially is pretty straightforward. Just cal everything college and call it a day.
the_ginger_fox · 2 points · Posted at 06:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok so in the US you have school that everyone has to go to as children. Theres kindergarten which is around age 5. This year doesnt get a number. Then you start elementary school at age 6 which starts with the 1st grade and ends with either 5th or 6th grade, depends on the school. Ages 6-10.
Then there is middle school/junior high (same thing just different names depending on area) these start with either 6th or 7th grade (depending on when the elementary school ended) and end in 8th. Ages 11-13.
Then high school is 9-12th grade. Ages 14-17.
After this you are no longer required to attend anymore education and can go get a job if you like. Of course certain jobs require a degree or certain training so that's where colleges come in to place.
You attend college to get a degree in a particular area. Most colleges have names that include "university" in the title but they are still called colleges and still offer the same type and level of education. Basically we go to "college" at a "university."
California gets confusing because we have different college systems. Theres the University of California (UC) system. And then theres the California State University (CSU) system. Plus I believe theres some colleges independent of these systems. They all provide the same type and level of education. They are just in different systems essentialy based off of how they get their funding, and how much it costs to attend. Some people also believe one system is more prestigious than the other, but that's up to debate.
It's confusing on the outside but when you grew up with it makes more sense.
amarriott23 · 2 points · Posted at 12:26:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'college' also typically refers to Sixth Form colleges in the UK (basically Junior & Senior Year, 16-18)
Justdonedil · 4 points · Posted at 04:22:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It may be why it's just called college. Simpler.
FairFolk · 6 points · Posted at 04:25:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I meant calling different things by the same name. I'm already confused enough by the word "school" being used for anything past highschool. (The literal translation in my language, well, isn't.)
Justdonedil · 4 points · Posted at 04:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah. It actually gets worse as we also have trade or technical schools after high school as well. English is complicated to begin with, add in differences for different countries but also different regions within those countries.
Corinne_College · 4 points · Posted at 04:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's even more fun is that sometimes universities call their divisions for different fields (biology, liberal arts, ect) colleges. So you could attend the "college of XYZ" at University of ABC.
Chronic_BOOM · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol we actually use “school” for everything before high school too.
FairFolk · 1 points · Posted at 12:21:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, yes, that's the same in my language.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
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rs2excelsior · 27 points · Posted at 04:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US there’s no real distinction between a university and a college, at least in general conversation. The schools I got both my undergrad and graduate degrees from had “University” in the name instead of college, but I refer to both as “when I was in/at college.” I honestly don’t know if there is an “official” difference between a school which calls itself a university vs a college. I’ve heard universities offer grad programs, which would seem to check out, but I don’t know if that’s actually the case.
There are community colleges (generally 2 year programs instead of 4 year programs), but people would just say they were at college there too (or at community college, if they felt the need to specify for some reason).
I have never heard an American use the term “Uni.”
Corinne_College · 10 points · Posted at 04:46:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Universities have grad schools, colleges do not, you are correct.
lucid_scheming · 6 points · Posted at 04:49:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL. Also your username is very fitting for this conversation.
Corinne_College · 4 points · Posted at 05:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started this account when I first went through the application process, and now nearly a year later, I'm about to teach a class on applying to college! I like to think I at least partially know my stuff now :)
useless_dave64 · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I go to a college with a grad school/program, so i’m not exactly sure what you mean by that. (it’s not a college within a university)
Corinne_College · 2 points · Posted at 08:49:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that's the common distinction. Also the one that pops up on Google. Sometimes the undergrad school is also called a college (ex: Harvard college, whereas general "Harvard" is Harvard University)
WalmartLurker · 23 points · Posted at 04:17:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We do have colleges as well as universities, most people in the states will say "college" or "university" though. 'Uni' isn't part of our colloquialism, or the generic vernacular of these former imperial colonies.
JTD783 · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the USA, a university is a group of colleges under the same umbrella (as far as I understand). For example, I’m in the “College of Letters and Sciences”, while my roommate is in the “School of Engineering”. There’s also a music school, a film school, and the various graduate-level schools which include separate ones for law, business management, medicine, etc. So my roommate and I don’t go to the same college, but we are in the same university. The lines between colleges, on the undergraduate level, are generally very blurred, so it really doesn’t matter.
I don’t know why we got in the habit of saying college instead of university. Maybe some of the earliest schools were simply called colleges and the names stuck as they diversified and became separate colleges within the same university. This is the same logic as why we call waste containers “trash cans” rather than “trash bins”. The old ones genuinely looked like aluminum cans, and despite the appearance changing over the years the name stuck. It could also be that most Americans aren’t consciously aware of the difference between a college and a university and assume they’re synonymous.
College takes less time to say than university anyway (Uni has the same amount of syllables as college though), and we sure love an excuse to be lazy lmao.
Tl;dr yes there’s a difference, but no one really cares, and college is just a broad term we use to represent both of them
anamichellee · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
well, i’m hispanic and i say uni..
lepreqon_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We Canadians also say "uni".
rocketman0739 · 384 points · Posted at 02:30:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't you mean...the wourst?
[deleted] · 179 points · Posted at 02:42:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they were German would sausages be the wurst?
general-turtle1 · 52 points · Posted at 02:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah it would be lebensraum
cfab28 · 30 points · Posted at 04:16:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, but that's the living room, dear.
LupomeansWolf · 5 points · Posted at 07:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That would be the word-for-word translation. Correct would be habitat. Living room translates to Wohnzimmer.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:39:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So is lebensraum more of like, a colloquialism for ‘living space’ or something
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 12:02:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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illarionds · 2 points · Posted at 14:19:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... so pretty unlikely to be used to refer to an actual room in your house, I would think!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read ‘Rise and Fall of the Third Reich’ it was touched on there, I was more interested in what a native speaker would understand the word to really mean. I think one of my driving instructions used a similar phrase for when a car crumples from a collision, I guess it made me think of that.
cwf82 · 11 points · Posted at 04:09:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're mistaken, internet human. I believe you're thinking of Schadenfreude.
thatstonerbuddy · 3 points · Posted at 05:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
nah man that's a sitzpinkler
cwf82 · 1 points · Posted at 13:51:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that an upgrade to the Backpfeifengesicht?
PuggleDwayne · 5 points · Posted at 04:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Colur
thebodymullet · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be a brat
:)
ThaneOfCawdorrr · 17 points · Posted at 03:48:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Underrated poust
immibis · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't get it
ThaneOfCawdorrr · 1 points · Posted at 04:23:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
English spelling has an additional "u" in a lot of words where American spelling dropped the u. So we spell it color, flavor, glamor, armor, etc, and they spell the same words colour, flavour, glamour, and armour.
So, I assume, rocketman0739 was making a sort of offbeat reference to that by saying "wourst" instead of "worst" (i.e. "ou" instead of "o") so I was responding by saying "poust" instead of "post" (same thing).
lepreqon_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is about an exploded microwave. Hence, THE BURST.
jellyman93 · 0 points · Posted at 04:34:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why?
rocketman0739 · 3 points · Posted at 05:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a joke about British spellings like flavour, honour, etc.
jellyman93 · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're not "British" spellings though, they're just "non-American" spellings...
rocketman0739 · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The parent commenter is British though.
jellyman93 · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And they were pretending not to be...
I'm not British or American, so -or vs -our doesn't really relate to being British at all, it just relates to being American. I'm sure I wouldn't be alone in that.
Commander_Syphilis · 1 points · Posted at 10:00:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It as I like to call it: illiterate
Implicit_Hwyteness · 44 points · Posted at 02:10:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You Brits coined the name "soccer" though! I'm on to you!
IAmBoredAF6321 · 26 points · Posted at 02:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe he's from somewhere that the British have colonised
-LAWpug- · 51 points · Posted at 02:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That could be anywhere.
garebeardrew · 12 points · Posted at 04:47:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OH GOD HES EVERYWHERE THERE IS NO ESCAPE
-LAWpug- · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HE IS EVERYTHING AND NOTHING! EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE! HE SHALL SOON BE OUT OVERLORD! PREPARE FOR A NEW LIFE!
CrocodileJock · 2 points · Posted at 05:53:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We may have coined it, but no Brit would use the word soccer. It's just football to us.
sumandark8600 · 2 points · Posted at 11:21:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Soccer was only ever a nickname for it. It's short for association football. It was also sometimes called Assoc.
Likewise rugby football was nicknamed rugger.
Eventually, the football was dropped from rugby football and the association fromv association football leaving us we just rugby and football.
simponian62 · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then we rejected it or domestic use and sent it out into the Empire
drunken_monkeys · 18 points · Posted at 02:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hand egg? I don't know. That sounds pretty British to me.
heckinbees · 30 points · Posted at 02:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Hand egg” lmao
vikingscottiemom · 30 points · Posted at 03:00:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have to know what a hand egg is.
dcd13 · 39 points · Posted at 03:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's the r/ihatesportsball way to describe American Football.
teawreckshero · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, I'll bite. What is "American Football"?
AntiDECA · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where you throw a footlong ball.
teawreckshero · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahh, are those the ones that are $5?
AntiDECA · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, those are like 6 now, Jared ruined it with his footlong.
serious_sarcasm · 5 points · Posted at 03:35:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The drink more tea than coffee in the south; if you can call iced diabetes juice tea.
walker21619 · 11 points · Posted at 03:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey now leave the sweet tea out of this, she’s innocent.
KarateJames · 11 points · Posted at 02:59:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s hand egg?
Medickev · 3 points · Posted at 03:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American football
Cohult · 15 points · Posted at 02:55:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, you called it "uni". Muricans call it "college". We'll get that secret identity nailed in no time!
sumandark8600 · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah well in the UK, college is age 16 to 18. It's where you go to get your qualifications for uni sheet high school
Mikey_Gaymer · 4 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's a... squints hand.. Egg?
Snavemas · 4 points · Posted at 03:54:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American here... What the hell is a hand egg?
krasilnik · 7 points · Posted at 03:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. "socker."
wizard926e · 3 points · Posted at 03:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao soccer
depressed-salmon · 3 points · Posted at 03:22:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah but now we need to know which end you're from. And my southern senses are already tingling 🧐
TomA0912 · 3 points · Posted at 03:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was it the stroking the cat maniacally that gave it away?
sumandark8600 · 2 points · Posted at 10:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That'll be my public school primary education you're picking up on. My mum made sure to give me the best education possible. She even remortgaged our house to pay for it.
over_egg_the_pudding · 3 points · Posted at 03:39:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hand egg?? That sound like the worst
BluTheTaken · 3 points · Posted at 03:52:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of us like tea and coffee. Some don't like coffee. Don't worry. You can hide in plain sight.
osa_ka · 7 points · Posted at 03:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You really have to drive the point home, tell them you put milk in your... in your earl grey gags that'll prove you're American
Poisonjack110 · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why though? Why????
Quaid93 · 2 points · Posted at 07:03:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put milk in my Earl Grey, and I'm British. Drinking any form of black tea without milk as a British person is unconscionable.
POKECHU020 · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You fool, Americans can sense British people!
That's how we cleaned up after The Revolutionary War!
(This is a joke FYI)
liamvader1 · 2 points · Posted at 04:07:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And now I know your age: atleast 80, since you seem to be a Bond villain from the 60’s :p
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 04:18:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bloody 'Ell
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Govner!
abbeaird · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At this point we have to call it soccer though. If you are an American in America and try to call soccer, football you sound like a pretentious prick. Also coffee is better
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How about footy? Is that allowed? Also, I can't stand the smell of coffee. It makes me feel sick.
Kaiju62 · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a 'Murican I spent way too late ng wondering what weird British thing hand-egg was before I realized you were making a football/soccer joke.....
I was hoping it was food
Spekingur · 2 points · Posted at 09:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel bad for the cat. It's going to end up hairless with such manic stroking.
Ionlypost1ce · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once you play hand egg you never go back.
sumandark8600 · 0 points · Posted at 10:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't it just a bad version of Rugby?
Ionlypost1ce · 1 points · Posted at 22:10:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh the things hand egg is!
mybluecathasballs · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This could considered treason, or at least something really awful. Easy.
poplegos · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
HOT tea is the worst* southerners drink iced tea with their coffee. You've exposed yourself again
randyspotboiler · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American, I'd like to ask, "The fuck is 'hand egg'?"
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 16:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
European giveaway. Get a large doggo and no one will think you anything but red white and blue.
Smooth-Growth · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quick fun fact about Americans: I know no one who pays attention to professional soccer unless they themselves are aspiring to be a pro soccer player. However, if you grew up suburban (and many cities), after about 1978, you played soccer, possibly for years.
I watch no sports, like zero, and I can tell you the name of my state’s pro football, baseball, hockey and basketball teams, and even some minor league baseball teams but have no idea the name of the soccer team. (And I am a former state championship soccer player when I was like 10)
Sierra419 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Youre not fooling anyone, wanker. TF is “hand egg”
themagicforloop · 4 points · Posted at 03:57:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 90% sure it's the American football
Sierra419 · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an American, no one over here has ever called it that. Ever.
scarf_prank_hikers · 0 points · Posted at 03:39:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What in tarnation I'd hand egg?
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 04:20:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless it's either iced or herbal
[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 04:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh so you’re British AND retarded
JoeyPole · 73 points · Posted at 02:54:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“First year at uni” for me. Yanks don’t say that.
Boyoyo456 · 32 points · Posted at 04:33:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, the two nationalities: American and British
lialia0 · 7 points · Posted at 06:07:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Australians say this too! Don't forget about us!
Arty_Fladelbort · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Puerto Ricans do, too!
sektrONE · 7 points · Posted at 04:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be Canadian too
balderz337 · 7 points · Posted at 04:44:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. Canadians wouldn't say that. Canadians would say "my first year at uni, eh'
sektrONE · 6 points · Posted at 04:46:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ya got me there buddy
IzarkKiaTarj · 3 points · Posted at 06:44:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And they'd apologize.
nanabaffour · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How would you say that in 'Murican?
Corinne_College · 10 points · Posted at 04:51:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year at/of college or first year of college.
Derekduvalle · 4 points · Posted at 04:41:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College freshman year.
No I actually have no clue somebody correct me here.
RichardSaunders · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"in my halls" for me. wtf does that even mean? your dorm?
Februarius · 2 points · Posted at 10:39:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Student accommodation
Nostyx · 2 points · Posted at 10:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is your dorm the building or your individual room? Never understood that.
“Halls” is used in place of Student Accommodation, provided for by the University (though you pay rent.)
It usually refers to the building your room is in if someone asks where your halls are.
Pretty sure it’s because student digs usually have a kitchen, a bathroom and then HALLS with bedrooms coming off them.
BRCRN · 38 points · Posted at 02:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that a common British phrase? I say it quite frequently and I am not British.
pajamakitten · 28 points · Posted at 04:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's the British understatement. Saying 'I was not impressed' is not uniquely British but would you say it after a kitchen fire at 3am the night before an exam?
MBTHVSK · 18 points · Posted at 03:01:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me, it was uni.
Also the OP is definitely not American, using the word "whilst" while posting online.
newyne · 19 points · Posted at 02:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? I live in the US, and we definitely say that where I live.
TheSinningRobot · 16 points · Posted at 03:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Referring to post secondary education as "uni" didn't give it away?
FartHeadTony · 7 points · Posted at 05:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Places other than UK use "uni". NZ, Canada, Australia, at least.
th1sishappening · 2 points · Posted at 06:13:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about “halls”? I was thinking that might be more of a giveaway.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 06:40:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the combination of first year, uni, and halls is pretty UK. I think Canada uses dorms/rez, NZ residences, and no idea about Australia (incidentally, they have residential colleges in Australia which are like residential halls but a bit more structured).
TheSinningRobot · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, TIL
hpnut326 · 8 points · Posted at 01:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I am NOT amused”
JsPrittyKitty · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's my go to.
MalachiteDragoness · 8 points · Posted at 03:04:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I use that turn of phrase as a Texan, and most of my family does as well. That may just be a family quirk though.
CajunJambalaya · 6 points · Posted at 02:57:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would say the reference to it as "uni" was my first clue.
Pohtate · 4 points · Posted at 03:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I say this all day every day. I'm a closet British person. Always displeased
oOTheoryOo · 4 points · Posted at 03:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uni was all it took for me.
Tintri77 · 5 points · Posted at 03:19:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know lots of folks who say that. None British
tunaman808 · 4 points · Posted at 03:46:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That, or "at uni".
_WarmWoolenMittens_ · 5 points · Posted at 04:09:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was sure she wasn't American when she said "uni"
TheBlankState · 9 points · Posted at 03:34:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you sure it was not them saying "Uni."
Americans say I was not impressed too.
Pandaburn · 4 points · Posted at 03:17:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also “uni”. That’s at least not American
Daxadelphia · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The 'whilst' did it for me, OP :) Canadians, and perhaps others, don't say that
Also 'uni'
BearButtBomb · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am American and I would respond the same. Have I been watching to much BBC?
csl512 · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or worse, expelled
katherinefitzAlan · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heard Michael Caine reading it in my head.
Halvus_I · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love the total lack of hyperbole Brits have.
odearja · 2 points · Posted at 03:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. I use that expression in that context all the time. I’ve never even met a British person.
sophia_where_are_you · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
(As an American) Man I wish Reddit had a voice feature so I could hear this.
BrightMidnightLight · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Referring to accommodation as halls did it for me.
FireVanGorder · 2 points · Posted at 04:24:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Them calling it “uni” didn’t tip you off?
Akjysdiuh708 · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's the "uni" part that have away the britishness to me
no_instructions · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely the “uni” and “in halls”
Urmama2142 · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was uni for me.
Liquidlino1978 · 2 points · Posted at 05:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We Brits speak in code, and always understated. So "I have concerns" means "this is a fucking disaster, fix it now"
MrSpider-man21 · 2 points · Posted at 05:20:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“At uni” is also a dead giveaway
FartHeadTony · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
first year at uni marks it as a non-american. "in halls" smells very strongly of UK. "I was not impressed" simply seals the deal.
red_killer_jac · 2 points · Posted at 09:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They had me at uni
antialb · 2 points · Posted at 10:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Second sentence used the word uni.
British person.
Fossil-boy07 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Karma bomb.
IIUrsarII · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Little known secret - U.S. Southerners also say this.
star0forion · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know other countries in the commonwealth says uni but that always strike me as British.
UnsubstantiatedClaim · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Uni" was the large flashing arrow illuminating their Britishness.
lddake · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I say that particular phrase often here on the other side of the pond.... But I am more of a fan of British TV than American so...I guess it probably stems from there
Borbin_the_Beaver · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not British but every time I read it I imagine it in I Hate Everything's voice
daametion · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwaving tea was not a dead giveaway?
futacon · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But we say that phrase in America as well.
PotatoChips23415 · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Theres so many British people where I live I figured this was a general English thing
SillyWabbitEh · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surprisingly, this is also a Canadian thing. I was reading it in my mother’s tone.
RelativelyRidiculous · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just FYI I am a Yank and I would have also finished that with "I was not impressed". Passive aggressive sarcasm is my second language.
randyspotboiler · 1 points · Posted at 07:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That IS funny, but as an American it was "uni".
Dr_SnM · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We also say that down under
LightlyPeanut · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
American here, I say that all of the time
clarkesanders1000 · 55 points · Posted at 03:11:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Professional chef here. Fwiw, the “no metal in the microwave” rule is not an absolute. You can microwave a stainless steel bowl IF it does not touch (or very close) the sides or door of the microwave. Foil and forks have multiple surfaces that will arc electricity between them. A round bowl will not create an arc in the same way, unless it touches the side or door. I have done this thousands of times over the last 20 years with no ill effects. Obviously, don’t be a dumbass, watch it to make sure it doesn’t spark, and be ready to cancel if it does.
Geriny · 2 points · Posted at 10:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, even though my parents don't believe me, those aluminium boxes/trays you often get take out in are also microwave-safe
clarkesanders1000 · 1 points · Posted at 15:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, my kitchen has been doing take out meals during COVID, and we use microwave safe aluminum trays, too.
Stormdanc3 · 11 points · Posted at 01:58:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s some fire. Did she just walk away or what? I had a classmate do something similar and we only lost one microwave.
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After she turned it on, she just left the kitchen to continue what ever it was she was doing in the meantime. The fire started while she was away. I can only imagine the microwave got "turned off" when it just stopped working from being on fire, which is probably why it got as bad as it did. Thankfully noone got hurt and since it wasn't malicious, she only got a warning from our ResLife team rather than being expelled from halls.
sunforrest · 52 points · Posted at 02:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was flabbergasted that my university had to print "No Metal In Microwave" signs in the cafeteria. Like people, you are in university getting degrees to become lawyers and doctors and you don't know you need to take off your fork before heating up something in the microwave ?
f1zzz · 57 points · Posted at 02:50:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In fairness, it’s not intuitive knowledge.
My mom told me about it at a very young age but I was extremely active in the kitchen. Someone who’s never needed to know just flat out wouldn’t know, and there’s nothing inherently logical about what happens.
CisForCondom · 24 points · Posted at 04:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I was like maybe 10 when I went to reheat a Wendy's hamburger and just put the thing in the microwave (the one with the foil wrapper). It let off a hell of a spark and luckily I was still standing there and knew enough to take it out immediately. Learned a valuable lesson. So unless you're told, or learn trial by fire (pun intended), you really wouldn't know.
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Laurielpl3 · 13 points · Posted at 06:03:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or it meant their parents didn't own a microwave. Rarer and rarer in 2020. But still happens.. and OP didn't say how old they were.
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly not sure how old they were. There were about 120 people in our hall so I didn't know most of very well. She was English though, in her first year, and looked around my age so I'd assume she was 18 or 19.
Respect4All_512 · 7 points · Posted at 06:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or they didn't have a microwave at all. There are some households like that. One of my best friends in high school could cook but didn't know how to use a microwave because his mom thought food cooked like that was less healthy.
MerlinQ · 5 points · Posted at 06:07:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or, they made it that long without having to use a microwave.
I grew up without a microwave, and it wasn't a thing until 4 or 5 years after my parents moved out.
Edit: I'm not that old, we just cooked on a stove and in an oven, it's not that unusual.
omgitsjo · 19 points · Posted at 02:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I'm not surprised. Not because people are ignorant, but because there are a lot of people who grow up in places without microwaves. If you're from rural India or Amish-town, the metal-microwave interaction might not be obvious.
enaikelt · 7 points · Posted at 05:12:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I totally did the foil in microwave thing when I went overseas for college. It's true that microwaves weren't common where I grew up, but actually, the truly uncommon thing was foil. All my takeout was always wrapped in wax paper or plastic. We had metal silverware of course, but they hardly fit in my parents tiny microwave, so I'd never put them in.
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honeydot · 2 points · Posted at 11:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm from the UK and never had or used a microwave until I moved out for university. My parents still don't have one. It's uncommon but perfectly possible.
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honeydot · 2 points · Posted at 14:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I just take issue with some of the higher up posters (not you) who are implying that people who don't know about metal in microwaves must be total idiots. It's bizarre that the microwave itself doesn't automatically have a warning printed on it - for example my current microwave has a warning on the inside of the door that it needs ventilation space around it, rather than being pushed right up against a wall. But nothing about how if you pop in a teaspoon it will probably explode in flames.
commf2 · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good point.
dashdotdott · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in the suburbs of a major US city. My parents did not own a microwave until after I left the house for college so I was never taught to not put metal in the microwave. I'm not sure why (we could have afforded one; we were solid middle to.upper middle class) but growing up it was normal so I never asked. You don't have to come from "humble beginnings" to have no experience with a microwave.
YCJamzy · 16 points · Posted at 02:32:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I began my course, my tutor said during our induction that burning your fair down because you put metal in the microwave wasn’t a good enough excuse to miss lessons. Turns out it’s pretty regular, he said most years at least one student would do it. Although I did an IT course and we aren’t really renowned for our common sense so that may be why.
karmaskies · 7 points · Posted at 04:42:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of us had shitty parents who weren't really interested in interacting with us, hence a lot of trial and error, and mistakes and learning for ourselves 🤷♂️ At what age did you figure out for yourself that the radiation from metal creates an arc that could lead to a fire?
sunforrest · 1 points · Posted at 14:19:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably the first time I forgot a spoon in it, 10 ? 12 ? My parents were not really interested to interact with me either, that's why I had to warm up food in the microwave by myself.
I supposed by 19-20 someone would have made the mistake at least once ?
daiby · 2 points · Posted at 06:42:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in uni that did the same thing, was lucky I caught it immediately when I started hearing concerning noises coming from the microwave and ran to stop it. Some parents just coddle their children too much, her parents did absolutely everything for her and it was really obvious. She asked me how to make scrambled eggs, like detailed step by step down to how many eggs to use, no idea how to beat them either was just stirring it, she was like 22. Honestly one of the worst ways to parent imo.
Kingsdaughter613 · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad taught me to do three cooking things: how to make an egg, how to make an awesome cold cut sandwich, and how to grill. That was all the cooking he knew.
My mother taught me baking, which I don’t enjoy even today. (Not her fault; I just don’t like it.) She also taught me some cooking.
Iron Chef America and Chopped taught me just about everything else. Thanks guys! I really owe you one!
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sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds painful for the burger. How inedible was it?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:53:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was a piece of coal
Origonn · 8 points · Posted at 02:48:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a girl make Mac and Cheese without any water in the microwave. Also at ~3am during first year at uni.
Joe_The_Eskimo1337 · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What?
Origonn · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just that. She opened a Kraft Mac and Cheese box, poured the noodles into a bowl, poured the cheese packet powder on top and put it in the microwave before going back to her room. She was sober / didn't drink.
radenthefridge · 10 points · Posted at 02:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of ramen and mac&cheese related fire dept incidents in college is unbelievable, and although it's mostly drunk kids trying to cook, it's not only drink kids trying to cook!
jaydfox · 8 points · Posted at 03:17:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a related note, about 20 years ago, a coworker of mine nearly burned down the office building. He put a bag of microwave popcorn in the microwave oven and hit the "Popcorn" button. It set the timer to 5 minutes. He thought that was weird, but hey, it's the "Popcorn" button, so surely it can't be wrong.
Honestly, I blame the microwave oven manufacturer. 5 minutes? Seriously, wtf? Anyway, yeah, a full size bag of popcorn was "done" after about 1.5 minutes. Personal size could finish in under a minute.
Moglorosh · 6 points · Posted at 03:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somehow in my lifetime I've dated two different girls who blew up a microwave trying to cook a potato in it. I guess I have a type.
Floeyoeyo · 5 points · Posted at 03:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got a story for you. I was an RA in a predominantly freshman dorm. About 2:00 am, fire alarm starts going off. Everyone filed out complaining- rightfully so- about classes/exams the next day. Stood outside for about half an hour while the University Police and local fire department dealt with the cause. I talked with one of the UP officers, asked what had been the issue. He told me that we'd need a new microwave on the 2nd floor because someone stuck their entire can of Bushes Baked Beans in the microwave to heat up. Metal can in the microwave. 🤦♀️ Oh college.
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sumandark8600 · 2 points · Posted at 10:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Since it wasn't malicious, she just got a warning about it. Though I doubt they'd let it slide a second time. And yh, the insurance covered it. Uni halls tend to have VERY extensive insurance to cover for all the stupidity people have.
heimdahl81 · 4 points · Posted at 02:52:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College just had endless 3AM microwave fires. One time it was a rubber door stop in the microwave...
ilikeme1 · 5 points · Posted at 02:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had microwaves in the student lounge back in high school. The amount of students that would throw a bag of popcorn in, push the "popcorn" button, and walk away was amazing. They would return after there was enough smoke from it to set off the campus fire alarm system.
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your microwave had a specific popcorn setting?!
ilikeme1 · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lots of microwaves do.
rattlesnake501 · 4 points · Posted at 02:57:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That happened at my university too. Except it was a pop tart microwaved in the wrapper. In February. The day after an ice storm. And the wee hours of a Saturday morning.
My drunk ass self thought that I had to make a choice between shoes and a coat, and I chose the coat. It took until I got to a warm building that was blessedly unlocked to allow my feet to thaw from walking barefoot in -10 degree weather over salted ice for me to realize that I could have grabbed shoes and put the bloody coat on while I was walking down the stairs.
2nm_punisher · 4 points · Posted at 02:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Setting the fire alarm off in the middle of the night in a dorm is something that I think, at least in the moment, everyone would agree that the above justifies a public flogging.
Exit-Sigh · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uni girl started the fire! It was always burning since the world was turning!
FIRE-D GIRL
red-raven1 · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not this bad but a girl at uni didn't know how to put a duvet inside it's cover or how to use a washing machine. She lasted a week then went home to mummy.
forgot_my_ · 3 points · Posted at 03:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A giant percentage of college kids do not know how to cook and do not gave the common sense to realize not to do things like this. The amount of fire alarms my department responds to the local university for kids doing dumb shit while cooking is insane. I.e leaving popcorn in the microwave for 10+ minutes at a time or cooking stuff in the oven at 450 degrees and completely forgetting about, falling asleep or leaving the apartment.... it’s insane
Respect4All_512 · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how to do the first one. Why do you need a blanket for a blanket. I do know how to do laundry though, and have since age 12.
cyberburn · 2 points · Posted at 03:04:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My apartment neighbor decided to put a fire pit on his balcony and put a ridiculous amount of lighter fluid in it. I happened to be getting home just as he lit it and it went from nothing to bonfire instantly.
HD_ERR0R · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe she has one of the conventional microwaves that can cook stuff with metal?
Firebat12 · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to my friends. Their roommate for a semester... lacked common sense. He once put a pop tart in the microwave. Foil still on. If it wasnt bad enough, he set it for two minutes and didn’t get to it until a fire had started and the fire alarm went off.
Captain_rape_me · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's like you saw something even more stupid than what I just read
FriedeOfAriandel · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
3 fire engines or 3 fire extinguishers? Engines makes me think surely the entire building would have burned down if 3 were necessary
sumandark8600 · 2 points · Posted at 10:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
3 fire engines. It definitely seemed overkill, but I'm not a fire fighter so what do I know. That said the fire was pretty intense. All of the doors in our halls were heavy fire doors which is probably why it didn't spread to anywhere else.
FloofyPupperz · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate did the same thing! I caught her right before she put the metal pan and tinfoil in the microwave. She got mad and accused me of being condescending bc when I saw it I yelped, “oh god, you can’t do that!”
LateRain1970 · 2 points · Posted at 05:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have a sign in my job’s break room that illustrates all of the things you should NOT place in the microwave. One of them items is a CD.
I just want to know who the person is who made that sign necessary...
indeetee · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought you were talking about me, almost all the details match except I didn’t leave the kitchen area so I was able to put out the small fire immediately. In my defense, I didn’t grow up with a microwave at home. So I observed how the others started the microwave and just tried to do the same thing.
djcleansweep · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the first week at my first dorm the fire alarm went of 3 times because a bunch of dumb freshmen didn’t know that you need to put water in easy Mac before you microwave it
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is an easy Mac?
dannykings37 · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happened in my building in college too, people put metal spoons and pots in the microwave, worst part is, not to sound like I'm bragging, but it was a very competitive engineering school, you would think they knew the science.
terminaljive · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar story, I had a roommate in 2011 who made Thanksgiving dinner. I was working late and came home to a fire in the oven because he didn't clean the drippings and the interior of the self-cleaning oven was covered in grease.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t understand how this happens even if people don’t know about it. I once accidentally left a fork in the microwave after I was stirring something and within 3 seconds it scared the shit out of me and I’ve never made that mistake again.
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It happens when people leave kitchens unattended because "what could possibly go wrong?"
pokemon-gangbang · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im a firefighter and I teach at a college. I’ve never thought about how shitty it would be to work in a college town.
sausagechihuahua · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A college freshman ALWAYS does something horrifying with a microwave in every dorm, every year. Always. It’s a rule.
jchamberlin78 · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a girl who set microwave popcorn on fire
NikolasTrodius · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my Uncle once microwaved a can of soup. I walked in the kitchen and noticing the flashes unplugged the microwave. The microwave was toast but it didn't harm anything else. While this was a long time ago microwaves had still been around for decades
CEOs4taxNlabor · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eeekss..my 4 year-old daughter was left home alone by her mother and she tried to cook something in a metal pot in the microwave oven and burnt the house down. 15 years later, my daughter still doesn't understand / forgive me for taking her mother to court for custody. (there were dozens of other scary incidents).
big_tuna6 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The use of "uni" narrowed it down for me, a Canadian, to Canada, the UK or Australia/NZ.
xrihon · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This appears to be universal to the university dorm/hall experience. There's ALWAYS someone who nearly flames up a microwave and gets all the residents booted out until the fire department clears things up.
In my case, there was no fire thankfully, but plenty of smoke. A friend who lived on the opposite side of the building had a roommate who heated a paper cup of instant macaroni and cheese, without any of the required water, in the microwave. And you can guess the rest. Microwave was all blackened inside too. Was a strange experience, as I expected smarter from young adults, but guess not.
TheDirtyDan987 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar story, at my GF's college campus, same thing but it was a dude and it was a cookie.
Kid had midnight munchies and met it with midnight reasoning.
S0me0neSP3C1AL · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this. I honestly was completely unaware that you can't put metal into a microwave. I was at work and was heating something up. I think i was pretty close to 19 at the time. I pulled it out and mixed it up since it wa still cold. When I put it back in I left the fork in the bowl. I learned pretty quickly when the thing started flashing lights at me. I shut it off pretty quickly as everyone else was rushing over to the mocrowave too. They were yelling at me in astonishment that I didn't know about putting metals things in the microwave. My parents never explained any of this to me before. it's hard to imagine that if no one told you, you wouldn't have any reason to suspect that the microwave would do something like that. The thing is I've used our microwave at home before and have never had an issue. It had to have been shear luck that I've never done that before in the past since the microwave was pretty regular.
Clinthgr28 · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In forth grade, a girl who sat at my assigned table thought tin foil didn't count as metal. Microwave nearly exploded. Last year, someone a grade above me forgot to add water to their easy Mac at lunch. My class was taking a test, had to evacuate and all. A couple months ago, I was reheating my pasta at home and forgot that my fork was on the plate. Pasta acted as a conductor of something and the fork was a lot less hot than the pasta, microwave didn't explode. My school is composed of idiots.
itsfinedwreally · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
U know.. I don't have a microwave. Most people dont use it in italy.. I could make a mistake like that
mathmvpyellow · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow this must be more common than you would think! Similar experience - evacuated my dorm at 2am after someone microwaved a pop tart in its foil packaging. No major damage but did have an exam the next day!
WhyTheHellnaut · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened every week for a semester when I was in a dorm (at 3am each time of course). Every time the fire fighters would bring out a charred easy mac container or something that was cooked completely wrong. College kids are really dumb.
MaceWindu_Cheeks · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's definitely retarded. But sometimes I wonder why food that is contained in foil isn't boldly printed "Do not microwave!" I can't tell you how many family members have sometimes asked if they can throw something similar in the microwave.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone knows someone first year of college who causes a fire from the microwave. Mine was a girl microwaving popcorn for 5 minutes.
morphflex · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Awww .. poor girl
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 11:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yh she wasn't very popular for the next week or so. But once January exam season had finished, she was quickly forgiven and it became more of a comically remembered event.
GraaasssTastesBad · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Woah, this happened in my halls as well, also in first year. Don't suppose this happened at an IQ student accommodation?
PowerOfYes · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently bought done stainless steel bowls which are microwave safe- it’s a head trip.
WaitingForMrFusion · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm convinced 3am is the only time people who fuck up cooking with microwave want to cook with a microwave.
Wittyless · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I experienced kinda the opposite. Almost about a year ago, my ex-coworker showed me that you COULD microwave some takeout/leftovers that contain those round foil bottoms (handi-foils?).
I've always avoided putting anything metal (or anything close to it) in the microwave, so this was mindblowing when it happened. Still wouldn't do it on my own tho.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a physics major at my university and one time we were at the common area and a girl put did the same thing: microwaved food with metal container. One of my friends saw electricity (same effect as a faraday cage) and run to turn the microwave off. When we were questioning who in a the physics institute put metal in a microwave a boy came saying that her girlfriend was not a physics major so she doesn't need to know this...
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With that level of logical reasoning, I assume he failed his pure maths and computing modules?
profdudeguy · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd be amazed at how common this is. Going outside every few weeks in the freezing cold in the middle of the night when you JUST got back from slugging it at the lib is a rite of passage
fishster9prime_AK · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had around twenty fire alarms in the freshmen dorms in my first two years of college. Almost all of them stemmed from kitchen misuse. One time, a student left his popcorn on the stovetop too long. It was midnight and I was just drifting off to sleep. The whole building had to evacuate and stand outside in the freezing cold. This is Alaska, so it was probably -10F outside. There were a lot of very irate, pajama clad freshmen who were very mad at the person who burnt his popcorn.
Another time, someone put their ramen in the microwave without water. Just because you’re in college doesn’t make you smart.
Coal-and-Ivory · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This shit happened like every 3 weeks in the dorms at my school. Lotta hick kids. We're learning how to operate and service heavy machinery, I fear for the poor people who have to put their lives in the hands of these utter shovelheads.
Eurynom0s · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember one time in college, I bought this fried chicken sandwich from the supermarket. Got it back to the dorm and stuck it in the microwave. I didn't realize the inside of the paper page was lined with foil.
Thank god I was super hungry and thus staring at the microwave while it was heating up because I was looking intently right at the microwave when a little flame spontaneously appeared out of the bag with a popping noise. I panicked but promptly got that shit out and put out before any damage was done to anything.
Automobills · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Believe it or not, microwavable foil dishes exist and are quite common. Though, that obviously was not one of them.
wawan_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
free degree
golden-ursus-arctos · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They had to evacuate one of the primarily-freshman dorms at my university 4 times last year. 4 times. All microwave fires/smoke.
xerction · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Foil girl started the fireee!!
20121619 · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a freshman living in the dorms, Simone did this at least monthly.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recall reheating something from Wendy's once a long time ago. What with their foil wrappers.
BiracialBusinessman · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once put a frozen Capri sun in a microwave and shortly thereafter discovered they’re actually at least partially metal.
I also stuck a paper clip in an outlet one time so I’ve never been great with electricity
yopassthepopcorn · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that's rough. I've never done this but I could see myself doing this. My family hasn't owned a microwave since 2011, so I always find microwaves confusing to use. And I'm literally an engineer.
plsnobanisnotnice · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I call bullshit on that. No way the arching would start a fire like that.
freyaJS · 1 points · Posted at 06:35:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my first week at Uni my new house mate came over with a dry pan of pasta and asked ‘how do I cook this?’... her mum also bought her the ‘snap pot’ beans you microwave as she didn’t think she would manage the cans...
momspaguettitwitch · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommate wanted to heat up some milk. So he did what everybody would have... And put the milk in the kettle. It burned real hard. He was studying biology in university. Let's say I do not assume someone is slightly not stupid even if they are doing superior studies
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
face palm
ReallyHadToFixThat · 1 points · Posted at 07:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, you've reminded me of one of my uni fire alarm traumas.
So, it's coming up end of year. Some pillocks have decided that pulling the fire alarm is fun. One night they pull it at 2am. About a thousand students shuffle out of this building, tired and grumpy because it is exam season. We're outside for half an hour getting an earful about pulling the fire alarm when we are finally allowed back in.
I'm halfway back to my room when the fire alarm goes off again. Turns out a completely different pillock was in the middle of cooking beans when the first alarm went off and didn't have the brains to switch off the heat. The kitchens only had smoke detectors, so the alarm only went off when he opened the kitchen door and let the smoke into the corridor.
passcork · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's wrong with that person? Didn't they ever think "gosh, what's all that flashing plasma and loud buzzing noise coming from my microwave? Maybe I should turn it off?"
SpectrumPalette · 1 points · Posted at 09:10:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nearly had someone do this at work. We have what they call a "multi-cultural working environment", anyways, I was sat in the break room having my lunch and just looking around as you do. Notice this guy by the microwaves put something wrapped in foil in one of them. I go over and tell them you can't do that it'll wreck the machine, they understood and everything was fine.
From what I've heard amongst my work mates is that it's not the first time something like that had happened.
Speaks volumes itself when on-site H&S have to put up big posters near the microwaves telling people in big bold letters how to use and what can and can't go in them.
MrHouseGang · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s a fire engine
Suelynn58 · 159 points · Posted at 00:13:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some teenagers that used to work for me didn’t know how tell time. They said why should they learn when everything is digital now. This was 10+ years ago
butterthenugget · 5 points · Posted at 11:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My exhusband struggles with telling time on a proper clock. He can just about work it out now but the clock face has to have clear numbers on it, no roman numerals and if it has no numbers he has no chance. He has to really think about 24hour time as well because the mental maths to work out that 23:00 is actually 11 is too hard for him. I didn't really notice his stupidity until just after we got married and I watched him get out a calculator to work out 10 x 3. I had even told him what it was but he had to check. Before you say 'oh he's just not good with maths.' Nope he is just overall not very bright.
Quailpower · 4 points · Posted at 10:13:01 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people with dyslexia, dyspraxia and dyscalculia cant tell time from an analogue clock. It has nothing to do with the lack of learning or everything being digital, they just can't spatial reason.
ratchet41 · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:35 on July 14, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is it that I’m just learning now that having dyscalculia is probably why I’m shit at reading analogue clocks
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 12:55:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teenagers? My wife can’t tell time on a clock. Will ask me what the time is if she doesn’t have her phone handy. I mean I will admit our clock is not the greatest to learn, there’s no numbers on it, but she refuses to learn.
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve taught at a university and my students who were older than me didn’t know how to tell time or read cursive.
perfect_little_booty · 3142 points · Posted at 20:26:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I worked with a woman who forgot how to cough. She was in her 30s and rarely got sick, and when she came down with a bad cold one winter, she just kept making these pathetic little squeaking sounds. I tried to help, but it's difficult to explain a natural reflex to someone.
Edit: Just wanted to add that she kept laughing at herself and saying, "I don't remember how to cough!"
🎙️ arual_x · 1792 points · Posted at 20:49:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s... what? I mean, what? That has to be either fake on her part or a brain dysfunction, surely? Coughing is a reflex ffs.
OperatingAss · 1378 points · Posted at 20:52:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
People can "unlearn" it for social reasons. Somebody might have told her her cough was "unsexy".
This is actually a problem because it may cause someone to suffucate/contract pneumonia.
XxsquirrelxX · 454 points · Posted at 21:35:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder how many people are gonna forget to cough after this pandemic, now that coughing is the scariest sound you can hear.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 53 points · Posted at 03:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I happily cough in public. (I have a mask on, of course, and I direct it away from people.) It works like a charm for keeping idiots without masks from coming within 6 feet of me.
iififlifly · 21 points · Posted at 06:48:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, I have mild asthma. Contrary to popular belief, asthma commonly presents as coughing, not the dramatic wheezing you see on TV. I also wheeze sometimes, but mostly it's a cough and now I feel like I have to hold it in when I'm in public even though I know asthma isn't contagious and I always cover with my elbow anyway.
YellowPepper6 · 15 points · Posted at 07:49:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait wait wait
A few months back I spent about a month in a city with appalling air quality (regularly rated hazardous and everyone had to wear p2 masks just to go outside). I had asthma as a kid, and it got really bothered when I was breathing in literally toxic air. Developed a cough, and even though I've been in a place with good air quality for the last ~6 mo, the cough still hasn't gone away.
IS THAT WHY
iififlifly · 10 points · Posted at 08:01:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be, but I'm not a doctor.
When it gets bad try drinking coffee. That's my go-to. Caffeine is a bronchodilator.
AnselmDecker · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Delhi?
Have you considered visiting a pulmonologist to have them figure out why you still have that cough?
YellowPepper6 · 1 points · Posted at 13:10:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm having it checked out, but it's proving difficult to sort while we're all in lockdown. But yes - I have a referral.
Laurielpl3 · 4 points · Posted at 06:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't remember having that username or writing that post. But is sounds so familiar, I assume I must have.
tishdeelish · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:46 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cough and don't sneeze when I have allergy problems and I have wondered if I am asthmatic...
theOTHERdimension · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m having bad allergies right now and trying to hold in my coughs while I’m shopping for groceries is the worst feeling. It makes my throat itch even worse.
Pentacostal-Haircut · 411 points · Posted at 21:17:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is! All those little old people die when they come into the hospital because they can’t TCDB - Turn, Cough, Deep Breathe. Their lungs fill up with fluid. Am I right nurses?!
MrsSamT82 · 98 points · Posted at 00:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former CNA, will confirm. Had to help more than one LOL/LOM cough by giving them a gentle belly-push for a more productive cough when they had pneumonia. Many cough like Dolores Umbridge. <hem hem>
serf20 · 30 points · Posted at 01:53:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ever since covid coughing hasn’t been encouraged....
Philias2 · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL/LOM?
MrsSamT82 · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Little old lady/little old man
Philias2 · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh
pk-starstorm · 50 points · Posted at 23:40:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nurse here, can confirm
ShaunDark · 13 points · Posted at 00:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So big old people are off the hook?
Pentacostal-Haircut · 1 points · Posted at 11:40:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But of course haha. I’ll be screwed!
RandomVideoMachine · 4 points · Posted at 03:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Til
InvisibleShadow2U · -13 points · Posted at 23:17:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the moment, I think it’s because of Covid . . .
Midget_Avatar · 14 points · Posted at 02:43:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned how to cancel a sneeze because I didn't wanna make noise as a kid (for literally no other reason than I wanted to be a quiet kid) and as a result I don't really sneeze properly anymore.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 02:54:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Norwegian__Blue · 9 points · Posted at 05:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me it was a body dysmorphia thing. I pretended I had a corset on, and squeezed my muscles strategically at all times. I'm still working out the knots and tension.
QuickguiltyQuilty · 8 points · Posted at 02:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
in my family we all have terrible sinuses and structure problems in our noses and ears so we all have been trained from birth to let sneezes fly and never stifle them. A friend had a sinus infection and was doing these terrible things and ended up blowing out her eardrum because she didn't know how to sneeze properly.
FishMallen · 7 points · Posted at 05:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This. My dad stifles massive sneezes into a tiny, high pitched "chi" and it hurts MY eardrums thinking about the pressure that must have just sucker punched his brain
fuckeryizreal · 8 points · Posted at 03:53:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually have had issues with coughing before because of a moment in time with my (step)Dad where he got so annoyed by my constant coughing that it made me highly self conscious. It’s weird but real.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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fuckeryizreal · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heartburn sucks. I’m sorry to hear that. I find that a lot of shit we were even remotely given shit for as children tends to follow as weird ticks slash anxiety’s into adulthood. The best part of trying to figure out WHY
angesheep · 6 points · Posted at 02:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to sneeze really loud and got bullied for it. So I started sneezing in a way that was less like a sneeze, which then made me sneeze like 7 times instead of 1 good sneeze. It took me years to get over it, I had to actively think about it every time I went to sneeze.
thewriternicki · 5 points · Posted at 04:48:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well shit. My dad has these huge elephant sneezes that made me super self conscious about my own sneeze while I was growing up. I taught myself how to 'squeak' instead, basically holding in the sneeze and having it happen internally, then exhaling with a tiny "achew". People call it a little mouse sneeze and think it's so cute, but my chest hurts so much when I do this. But I can't not do it anymore. It's my automatic response. This makes me really, really want to unlearn that. I even remind myself the moment I feel one coming on to let it all out, but nooope. "Achiew" just squeaks out, and my whole chest radiates with pain. Ugh
willbeagain · 5 points · Posted at 04:22:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah. My grandma refuses to cough. She just clears her throat... over and over constantly for the whole time she’s sick.
TheInternetTubes · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out lady Windermere syndrome
OperatingAss · 2 points · Posted at 21:07:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
heroicwhiskey · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was told apparently I suck at coughing because I've gotten pneumonia multiple times under the the of 30. They sound normal to me though? Definitely not sexy anyway.
xoddreddit · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm kinda this way cause I legit forgot how to smile cause my teeth are kinda fucky so I never smiled and once I got braces I jus never learned how to smile, also i think my smile looks ugly af so I usually do like a half smirk kinda meme
realavocado · 1 points · Posted at 10:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had horrible anxiety growing up. Was afraid of making a sound, or basically of having any indication of being a living person. I have no idea how to make myself burp unless I’ve absolutely just chugged a soda or drinking beer
CUM_and_FUNISHMENT · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a teenager, I was told by a walk-in clinic doctor that my persistent cough during the flu season was a result of habit, so my OCD brain interpreted that as “must never cough.” I try not to suppress coughing as much now but I still have difficulty even trying to cough.
Korplem · 8 points · Posted at 04:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve “forgotten” how to vomit. I think I was probably around 13 the last time I did. And, believe me, there have been a LOT of times when I wished I could. I was in the navy. Imagine how much a sailor drinks and not being able to vomit.
blade740 · 4 points · Posted at 03:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similarly, I can't burp. Like I just can't do it. If I drink too much beer or soda or whatever and I get that gas buildup, I have to cough real hard and the burp will sneak its way out, and people will look at me funny because of the noise it makes.
NefariousHarp · 2 points · Posted at 20:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife can't either. It's real strange.
squirrels827 · 2 points · Posted at 07:08:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People with alzheimers can die when they forget how to breathe. So you can forget a reflex
Weylyn_Ausiroth · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a kid for a minute after a rough dream in the middle of the night I became conscious of how I was breathing then promptly forgot how to breath. Relearned pretty quickly though.
naturr · 1 points · Posted at 21:11:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have taught Asian friends from Thailand how to shiver, well attempted to. Hard to say if they really got it or not.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:50 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, to be honest, I once forgot how to breathe. But in my defense, it was the drugs. Once I was distracted, I started breathing again, and went "oh, right, that's how it's done."
My 20's were very experimental.
BipedSnowman · 387 points · Posted at 21:55:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I forgot how to pee once. Stood in front of the toilet for a minute trying to find the right muscles, decided I'd try again later. No problem once I tried again or since.
MagicalLlama5995 · 100 points · Posted at 23:46:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this with swallowing. Like, I just can't move the right muscle to swallow my food and then almost choke. It's really weird, but has happened every once in awhile for the past 20 years.
PM_ME_SUMDICK · 40 points · Posted at 01:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have the same issue with drinking. Sometimes I'll take a gulp of liquid and just choke until I spit it out.
I second the ENT visit. It could be a developing problem and swallowing is one of the functions you don't want to lose.
TheOneWhosCensored · 24 points · Posted at 02:52:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I third the visit. I had some issues with my throat last year, would feel like I didn’t swallow right and something was still there. Doc tells me I have acid reflux, and it actually burned my throat and that’s why I was having issues. Been much better since, it’s always smart to check issues rather than hope it’s nothing.
Cinderheart · 3 points · Posted at 03:13:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I have EOE so I have to take proton pump inhibitors for life to stop that from happening to me.
thexvoid · 45 points · Posted at 01:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should see an ENT. Thats an actual thing.
Gonzobot · 19 points · Posted at 01:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And forgetting how to pee isn't?
ulul · 15 points · Posted at 03:34:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is, but you talk to different specialist for it (physio that specialises in pelvic muscles is a good start).
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 06:18:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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friendlygaywalrus · 4 points · Posted at 08:31:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your pISS CAN RETURN TO THE KIDNEYS???
ulul · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, TIL! They always talk about seeing physio if you cannot hold urine (women's issues) so I guess I got those mixed up.
hmm_mozey · 19 points · Posted at 03:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Totally forgot that I went through a very brief phase in high school where I couldn't swallow properly when eating. I had to take a sip of water to push the chewed up food down my throat. So, maybe if that happens to you again, you can try that little trick... and also see a doctor because I'm sure that's not a normal thing that's supposed to happen.
friendlygaywalrus · 3 points · Posted at 08:33:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had sort of a similar period in high school/college where I for the life of me couldn’t properly swallow still fluids. Nearly every time I would have to psych myself up and often once or twice a meal would find myself inhaling and coughing up my beverage
eicere · 5 points · Posted at 03:38:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, please see an ENT. You don't want to end up choking and dying.
brigittefires · 3 points · Posted at 04:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Peeing and swallowing here, sometimes my muscles don’t do what they’re supposed to. I guess it’s a dysautonomia thing?
lyrataficus · 2 points · Posted at 03:53:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same!
driftingfornow · 2 points · Posted at 06:11:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, both of these are symptoms of MS or NMO/ other demyleanating disorders.
MagicalLlama5995 · 2 points · Posted at 18:03:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a bit scary...
driftingfornow · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Naaaah
Alpha10101 · 2 points · Posted at 23:48:31 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, good, I'm not alone.
Specialist27 · 1 points · Posted at 21:58:19 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, I just saw this post. I definitely recommend getting that checked out. I don't think it's very common. Moreover, I've had family with similar issues and they ended up choking to death.
sunhurtsmyeyes · 15 points · Posted at 03:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Warning: TMI -
I actually forgot how to do.. the other one. I had a bowel disorder which made my poo quite liquid for like four years. When I finally got better and my poo started having a real consistency, I couldn’t remember how to push. Took me at least six month to relearn. It was weird.
mattyboy22 · 9 points · Posted at 02:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on heavy duty narcotics in the hospital and woke from really weird dreams after having catheter removed earlier, and just couldnt put it together how things worked down there .Was really freaked out for a while.Finally peed.Ahhhh
TheWildTofuHunter · 10 points · Posted at 04:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After I had a vaginal birth, the nurses set me up with a catheter since apparently an epidural wearing off and tissue damage make it difficult to pee. They took the catheter out after three days and wow that was a weird experience. I kinda sat on the toilet trying to both remember which muscles to use and coach them through the process.
kutsen39 · 8 points · Posted at 03:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny enough, there are actually two sets of muscles you need to relax before peeing. There is a voluntary set, which you need to physically relax (kinda like unclenching your butthole), then an involuntary set which will not allow you to relieve yourself if you aren't in a good position to do so. Many people have a hard time with urinalysis for this reason. It's not that they don't want to pee, it's that their brain physically won't let them.
Oh and then for guys, there's another thing. If you have an erection it is significantly harder to pee because the bloodflow physically closes the pee-duct-thing, because it needs to be used to carry that sperm.
Lady_Scruffington · 4 points · Posted at 02:13:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have this issue when I take too many painkillers. You would they would relax the muscles, but not those muscles apparently.
brigittefires · 4 points · Posted at 04:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In that case it’s because your muscles are relaxed and you’re having trouble flexing them.
lightstaver · 3 points · Posted at 02:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How high were you?
neroli35 · 3 points · Posted at 03:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I forgot how to breathe once, but that was likely due to the PCP I accidentally smoked.
whymypersonality · 2 points · Posted at 05:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a baby then try to take a dump my guy. You'd sit there for 3 hours before you figure out the right muscles. It's horrible. And they make you do it before you leave the hospital. The most gear turning experience of your life. Really it's because those same muscles just pushed the equivalent of the biggest shit of your life out, so they're a bit over worked, but it's still a pain in the ass (pun fully intended)
DannyAtivansBrother · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Were you high as shit?
BipedSnowman · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope
Angel_Hunter_D · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I forgot how to piss standing up, it just wouldn't happen. Had to get extremely drunk and take a good half hour in the woods to relearn it.
JulesIsAlive · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Legit forgot how to stand up once. Was sitting cross legged, time came to stand, and I just sat there perplexed because I couldn't remember the motions involved.
DukesOfTatooine · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Were you coming down from molly? Happens every time.
[deleted] · 123 points · Posted at 21:24:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's all sorts of reasons she might have been unable to cough. I've had moments for whatever reason, no matter how I try, I can't swallow.
RenegadeTLA · 23 points · Posted at 22:56:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad it’s an experience that isn’t just me. I really hate it when I suddenly can’t swallow, I have to not think about or it just gets worse
-yermom- · 9 points · Posted at 00:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have this problem every few weeks. It feels like the stupidest thing!!
Moth-Seraph · 9 points · Posted at 01:50:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you on any psych meds by chance? I'm on a few and one of the biggest side effects is trouble swallowing. It's like you forget how or your body refuses to do it. I've learned if i just stop, take a deep breath, let it out and try again, I'm fine.
LittleFlowers13 · 4 points · Posted at 03:22:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also can be indicative of depression if you don’t take psych meds, and obviously when you’re on them as well. Depression symptoms can be physiological and I choke a lot when I’m going into one. It’s kind if terrifying.
elegant_pun · 3 points · Posted at 02:50:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd see someone about that.
TroubledWaterBridge · 3 points · Posted at 03:57:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger, I 'forgot' how to swallow. I will always remember that because it was crazy strange. Fast forward 20+ years and I had an MRI done of my brain. Turns out I have an Arnold Chiari Malformation - a congenital brain condition. One of the major symptoms is difficulty swallowing. What is ACM? My Perspective: My brain is too big for my skull. My Wife's Perspective: I have a misshapen skull. Basically, the brain is squished a little too much and sticks out of the base of the skull too much, which puts pressure on the spinal cord - that can cause all sorts of weird and random nervous sensations. Difficulty swallowing, random 'hot spots' (like someone put a hot quarter on your thigh), trouble grasping things, and my favorite - issues sneezing. After my diagnosis, my wife was reading up on it and asking me about my symptoms. She asked if I had issues sneezing, and as a life-long allergy sufferer, I said no. Although, about 1 out of every 3 or 4 sneezes though, my vision goes all white and I get dizzy and feel like I'm going to pass out, but then it quickly goes back to normal. The look on her face was sheer disbelief. I remember my comment to her was, "Now that I say that out loud, I guess that's not normal, is it?" It was normal for me for my entire life...but now I knew. I was in my late 30's when diagnosed. There is surgery to correct ACM, but it is usually only done in severe cases...it involves cutting another hole in your head to relieve the pressure the brain puts on the spinal cord.
MelsMalone · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I experience it too, but only with hot drinks like tea. I literally burn roof of my mouth because of it very often.
Wotmaaate · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeeep. All of a sudden about 2 months ago body started 'forgetting' how to swallow every now and then. But I can use the muscles.. It's just like they occasionally forget how to work together to be useful.
some1american · 3 points · Posted at 04:05:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got really bad tonsillitis a few months ago; couldn't swallow properly for a week because of how painful it was/how swollen the tonsils were. Ended up in the hospital pumped full of steroids and antibiotics. The first morning after, when my tonsils were finally less swollen, I tried to drink from a cup of water and instead of going down my throat, it just shot straight out my nose. This was a routine problem for the first couple days of recovery. It was like my body had forgotten how to swallow properly and was still trying to compensate for the swollen tonsils.
JaceWayland55 · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I sometimes forget to breathe. I won't even notice either until I do this weird little choke/gasp thing, then I hit myself in the chest and I'm good to go again. Dunno why it happens, it just occasionally does.
Fromanderson · 1 points · Posted at 13:35:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once got a very nasty shock (480v from some industrial equipment). Afterward I badly needed to cough but couldn't make the muscles work for almost a minute. Very strange feeling.
Aksi_Gu · 82 points · Posted at 20:38:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this comment just had me coughing for no reason.
Now I can't really describe HOW i coughed
Just like... breathe in, close your throat then force the air out of your lungs aggressively in short blasts.
That would only make sense if you already knew how to cough...
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 23:17:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
AAAAAUGH AAAAG ARRRG
Gonzobot · 3 points · Posted at 01:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For your next mindfuck, explain "blowing your nose" to a child who barely understands object permanence!
Ghostronic · 3 points · Posted at 04:53:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's coughing, and then coughing, and then there is summoning up every bit of mucus and saliva in your esophagus like Goku pulling up a Spirit Bomb. That last one needs some serious technique though.
dustirc · 5 points · Posted at 23:25:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been so sick that I couldn't cough. A couple of times with pnuemonia and also when I had a partial collapsed lung a few months ago. I would try and these squeaks came out. I sounded like I was joking around (not fun in an ER at the beginning of Covid, believe me).
Lady_Scruffington · 5 points · Posted at 02:16:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For whatever reason, I always had what someone called "kitten sneezes." I would make this cutesy sound and do like a half sneeze. Finally, in my early thirties, my ex told me that I need to actually sneeze to get whatever was irritating my nose out. I had to teach myself how to actually fully sneeze
perfect_little_booty · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good for you! A full blown sneeze feels sooooo satisfying! Unless you're sick and it kinda hurts.
SpeckledEggs · 4 points · Posted at 01:01:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband can’t cough! He just makes these terrible hhhhnnnnngghh sounds. I try to coach him to cough but he can’t do it - it’s ridiculous!
Hollowolf15 · 3 points · Posted at 02:01:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an ex once that didn't know how to burp. We were in high school. His friends and I actually had to teach him over the course of a few weeks/months before he could do it naturally
axw3555 · 3 points · Posted at 02:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd love to say I've never seen that, but my dad doesn't know how to sneeze or cough.
The whole point of them is to shift something in your airways - they're supposed to have some force behind them.
My dad's coughs are so weak that a newborn would be embarrassed to be associated with them, so they accomplish nothing.
And when he sneezes, he doesn't really sneeze, he clamps down on the sneeze and basically says "achoo". When my mum or I sneeze, we sneeze once or twice, maybe three times. My dad will sneeze every thirty to forty seconds for an hour because he's not actually sneezing, he's just making noise, so he's not dislodging the irritant. Drives me and my mum insane.
perfect_little_booty · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh that would drive me crazy! How does that even happen? Is he super shy?
axw3555 · 2 points · Posted at 11:01:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, he’s just weird.
ShortFastLouderNow · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have pretty bad social anxiety and in high school I used to try to hold coughs in so they wouldn't draw attention to me, but it often backfired and I ended up having coughing fits lol
jorbhorb · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once fully forgot how to yawn! I've done a lot of dumb shit, but that's one of the dumbest.
perfect_little_booty · 1 points · Posted at 05:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you remember how later?
jorbhorb · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it lasted several months and then I did it without thinking. Haven't had a problem since.
Ryguy55 · 2 points · Posted at 02:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Beat coronavirus with this one simple trick.
Mangonesailor · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember once when I was maybe 10-13 that I forgot the alphabet...
I was in the car just trying to keep my mind busy and wanted to try to change the tune of the alphabet for the hell of it. For whatever reason I couldn't remember the order from DEFG correctly. Drove me crazy the whole way home. Couldn't find the alphabet written in my house (forgot about dictionaries) and thought I was a retard.
Next day, said it right the first time. No idea wtf happened to me.
amyzi · 2 points · Posted at 03:14:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just coughed to make sure I still could
notideally · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t remember how to throw up. I’m sure I could remember in a pinch but it’s been 10 or so years and I forget how it goes. Don’t have an inclination to remember.
Cupcake489 · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm feeling this one pretty hard. In grade 7 I woke up one day with no recollection of how to run, and in my early 20s I forgot which hand I held my knife and fork in. So those were fun things to navigate
H00terTheOwl · 2 points · Posted at 04:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My one friend can't burp. My friends and I spent so many drunken nights trying to teach him in college (probably hysterical video if we had some).
That was a wild trip to the ER when he had reflux and couldn't let any of the gas out
Ixilary · 2 points · Posted at 05:18:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This actually isn't that weird to me, except for the "forgetting" part.
I've never been able to burp. I genuinely have no idea how people do it and it sucks because I can feel my throat wanting to burp which gets uncomfortable, I just have no idea how to actually do it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once when I was really sick I forgot how to open my eyes! Like my brain forgot which muscles to activate and I was trying to manually figure it out. Weird and scary!
perfect_little_booty · 1 points · Posted at 19:02:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes! That would be scary.
Antitheistic10 · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, as weird as it sounds, I kinda get it. I have this thing happen sometimes where for whatever reason I can't finish a yawn for a day or two
barewithmeim9 · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just reminded me of how Derrick zoolander used to cough....
perfect_little_booty · 2 points · Posted at 19:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, yes. When I told a friend about it, he said, "I've got the black lung!" My imitation of her squeaks sounds remarkably like zoolander's squeaks.
UnDeAdWyRm13 · 2 points · Posted at 07:50:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude. My old room mate used to do these little quiet coughs. She would do it for like ten or fifteen minutes straight. And I'm talking like straight. Just constant little coughs. I'm had to fight the urge to just yell at her "Just cough, bitch!"
grO0szek · 2 points · Posted at 17:27:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well in my late 20s I once forgot how to pee, but in my deffence it was after some good ecstasy.
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate that! When I was still going to raves and shit, this would always happen in the bathroom. It was like I had to talk my body into peeing :)
captkronni · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some reason, I can’t just let a sneeze out naturally. My first instinct is to always suppress the sneeze, so I end up having these weird, unsatisfying half sneezes.
What’s worse is that suppressed half sneezes never accomplish what they should, so the need to sneeze is still there afterwards and I have to repeat the whole process.
perfect_little_booty · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My step dad is the same way! Drives my mom crazy. He has to do his fake little sneeze about twelve times, because it's not doing anything. Just let it out! It's so satisfying!
lettuce_shoes · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I haven’t forgotten how to cough, but now it’s more of a voluntary action. I had some pneumonia in jr high, and pretty much since then coughing is a conscious choice. Especially since it makes my parents nervous now
Edit: ok so it isn’t always voluntary but it is enough for me to notice it, like when I’m sick
Notimenotime666 · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think she had a stroke that knocked out the part of the brain that makes cough happen.
CaptainManaring · 1 points · Posted at 09:58:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She should get that checked out! One day my uncle picked up his razor, and couldn't remember what to do with it. Turned out he had a brain tumor.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:00:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of Jamie Dornan having to relearn how to walk cause he didn't know it was a "heel to toe" thing and had tiptoed all his life thinking he was walking xD
[deleted] · 2995 points · Posted at 21:47:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread made me realize my parents have done an amazing job preparing me for adult life. I need to go thank them now.
bjackline · 95 points · Posted at 00:58:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a mom teaching her child how to use the cappuccino machine yesterday. Mainly making sure he stopped before it was actually full since it keeps going after. I was like yeeesssss, teach that child how to function in the real world! I saw a list before of all the things you teach your child before 18. Some of them had never even occurred to me.
DelCidKidv · 24 points · Posted at 02:01:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I get a link please?
st4rfir3 · 16 points · Posted at 04:18:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad would make me order at drive thrus all the time. Initially it was scary, then fun. Never had anxiety over ordering at restaurants even for a large group. He also took me to the bank and showed me how to open an account, how to put in a fixed deposit, how to write a cheque etc. He was really bad with money though (just likes to spend a lot) but taught me how to manage budgets. He would make me do all the grocery shopping for a month on certain amount. Mom would make me buy vegetables and fruits and taught me how to look for the good ones. She also taught me to cook/ clean at a very young age.
Wierd thing is they never taught my sister (Moms fav) all this and she lives on her own now. I get a call almost daily from her for simple things like how much detergent to put for the laundry or what to cook. She once cut up Okra without checking and later saw that she cut a few worms that were inside. Called me all disgusted and I was like thats the first thing Mom does -to check for worms. She never saw mom cutting up veggies it seems. Can't believe we have the same parents!
Yellowredstone · 13 points · Posted at 02:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I get a link please?
keerthivas1231 · 6 points · Posted at 03:20:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too. Can I have the link please.,
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 05:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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bjackline · 4 points · Posted at 07:10:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was actually hot cocoa and drinks like that. Learning how those types of machines function so you're not standing there like a 23 year old weirdo in these stories trying to figure it out would be the point, to me.
[deleted] · 37 points · Posted at 01:04:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I can’t decide if a) these people are straight up dumb, b) the parents didn’t teach their kids basic god damn things or c) my parents were just amazing and taught me what I needed to know.
tepaa · 19 points · Posted at 02:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or, d) you're too dumb to realise all the dumb shit you're doing
sharpshooter999 · 10 points · Posted at 02:57:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
E) Or being a farm kid where we practically start the game with the handiness skill half maxed out
TotallyImportant · 11 points · Posted at 03:50:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F) You're autistic. All stats are randomised.
I am autistic so I am allowed to make these jokes :)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:06:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I would find that hilarious if there was something I do that people talk about.
pricklyasaporcupine · 30 points · Posted at 01:40:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too! My mom taught me how to sew, cook, bake, budget/balance a check book, laundry, cleaning the house, knit, make cheese and more. Dad taught me how to do all basic maintenance on my car, crochet, interview methods, do taxes by hand, brew beer and more.
I’ve made a habit of sending them a photo and thank you message every time I fix my car or sew a garment or cook a complicated recipe. They might think it’s silly, but the number of my friends who can’t do that stuff is too high. Especially, working on the car because I’m female.
gristmill · 11 points · Posted at 02:32:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your parents sound like mine and I should be more like you and thank them for it! They literally used to say that their job as parents was to turn all of their kids into functioning members of society. I wish all parents thought that way.
LumbermanDan · 8 points · Posted at 03:27:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If my daughter sent me those messages, they would be an affirmation that I did ok as a Dad. I'd be showing them off to my pals down at the pub and bragging on you all day long.
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I promise you, your Dad does NOT think that you being a fully functional adult as a result of his tutelage is silly. That's the stuff that makes a guy smile his widest smile.
Evixed · 2 points · Posted at 19:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good on your dad for teaching the car stuff. Mine isn't too thrilled I do mine since bf taught me because "it's man's work" lol, so lame.
nianp · 16 points · Posted at 01:22:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know about that (not throwing shade at you or your parents). My mother was a stereotypical suburban housewife and did everything for my siblings and I (cook, clean, drive to school, the whole shebang) but when I moved out I learnt how to do all this stuff. Either by asking mum and dad, asking friends or, I don't know, reading the bloody instructions/recipe/etc. And this was back in the late '90's before the internet was actually really useful.
So many of the examples in this thread smack of people not even trying to work out how to do things for themselves.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I still live with my parents, and they taught me how to cook, clean the bathroom and kitchen, etc., not to mention bills and money sense.
dararie · 6 points · Posted at 00:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine did too, plus the aunts and uncles.
teethteethteeths · 7 points · Posted at 03:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a young adult my mom and I were watching one of those “remember this toy?!” type TV shows and I half jokingly asked why I never got an EasyBake Oven. She very seriously told me “Because you were allowed to use a real oven, you didn’t need to pretend with a lightbulb.” It really made me realize how much she trusted me and took the time to teach me life skills at a very young age. I realized soon after once I lived with room mates how a lot of kids didn’t get that experience.
DementedMK · 5 points · Posted at 02:00:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread has reminded me of how much basic stuff I should know that I don’t.
nkdeck07 · 5 points · Posted at 02:36:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still tend to call my parents at least twice a year and thank them for not raising a moron after I run into one of these people in the real world.
Werwolf12 · 3 points · Posted at 00:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same
Librariann4575 · 3 points · Posted at 02:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread makes me realize that I still have things to learn :p Should I ever have kids (or nieces and nephews) I will try really hard to do right by them and prepare them for life.
LumbermanDan · 3 points · Posted at 03:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope my kiddo sees things the same way you do one day. Throughout the quarantine after schoolwork was done, we worked on simple life skills like cooking a meal from scratch, sewing a button back onto a shirt, making and keeping on track with a budget when we go food shopping and some woodworking with hand tools because, well...username really does check out.
Go hug those parents and thank them for the life lessons. That shit will mean the world to em
Spellitout · 3 points · Posted at 03:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously... go do it NOW. My dad died last year (in his late 80’s) and we both got such pleasure over the past couple decades every time I told him about something he taught me that I was able to do on my own and not have to hire out, etc. Me for doing the task / him for having successfully taught his kid skills.
Pilotkelson1056 · 2 points · Posted at 01:42:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I concur.
Coygon · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can't. Father's Day was last Sunday. You're not allowed to show gratitude again until next June.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/s
Joke's on you! I still live with them.
lovepig1337 · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, my dad had me fully trained in a trade (painting houses) by the time I was 18. He said he wanted to make sure I can always make money.
These stories shock me by how little parents made their kids do.
obscureferences · 2 points · Posted at 05:36:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? I distinctly remember being pulled away from my hobbies one time so they could teach me to cook for myself. It was a grand total of one recipe, spag bol, but if you can cook that you can pick up the rest on your own.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I hated being forced to help cook and clean and take care of the yard when I was younger. Absolutely dreaded it. But once I moved out on my own it paid off so, so much to be able to take care of myself.
affemannen · 2 points · Posted at 08:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here. My family was a bit strange though. My dad grew up sheltered and his mom forbade him to do physical labour and forced him to play piano... Which i really wanted to learn growing up.. but safe to say a piano was not allowed in our house. But my grandad was in construction and my uncle was a fisherman so mom, grandad and uncle basically taught me everything. My dad is an accountant so he taught me all the academiastuff while me and mom worked with screwdrivers, hammers, cooking, cleaning. So every year round xmas all powertools are either for me or my mom. But yeah i grew up learning to always pay all bills on time and never use credit if i dont have the coverage.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 2 points · Posted at 18:06:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife and I were eating out with a friend of mine for Dim Sum and he put his bones back on a communal plate, while there was still food on it. I'm not even Chinese and I know that's a huge no-no. My wife complained about it so much I told her to call her mom and thank her for raising her correctly.
Comestible · 2 points · Posted at 21:00:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally called my mom to say thank you.
andrewsad1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread had me terrified of teaching my kids to function in the world, until I remembered I'm never gonna have kids
_DeletedUser_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice try mom.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
Mitchs_Frog_Smacky · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cause you did chores every Friday and when you wanted to do something you’d do extra chores, the “mom chores” to guarantee being allowed to do it?
...and learned how to cook by trying to get out of going to church every Sunday by making a big breakfast and hope they’d forget the time?
...then learned about how the clocks change by proudly saying “guess were not going to church! It’s 8:50! We’ll never make it!” ...hahaha, clocks went back an hour, it’s only 7:50, dead, great breakfast though.
realavocado · 1 points · Posted at 10:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You do!!! Some of us want to know and do better but we don’t know what we don’t know
Throw13579 · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. This thread is making me feel like the Father of the Year.
chris_0909 · 0 points · Posted at 01:38:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems that now at 55, my mom is forgetting all the basics she used to know. Like how to defrost meat before attempting to separate it and cook it. She keeps putting refrigerated meat in the freezer thinking it was in the freezers at the store (clearly not) and then tries to use it within minutes of removing it, frozen from the freezer.
Yes, there are frozen grilled chicken products you can cook frozen, but those are already frozen and the chicken doesn't stick together like the chicken you got out of the fridge and then put into a freezer. And those Steak-Umms are frozen in a way that you peel the sheets of beef apart, no problem...that non-frozen shaved beef is not going to come out in sheets like you're hoping!
Then she freaks out on me and I just leave because I'm tired of this crap! I am nothing like my mother, thankfully! Recently, my doctor (same as hers) actually asked me if I was adopted because of how different we are. I have my theories!
ChipsAndTapatio · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom is having memory and cognitive problems too - urinary tract infections can actually lead to systemic infections that can cause cognitive issues, which has been a problem for her, along with medication side effects and just natural aging. It’s so hard for some older folks as they lose some of their knowledge and abilities. Good luck to your mom!
Ohio4455 · 0 points · Posted at 02:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you’re just not mentally challenged. Some of the stuff I just read..my lord.
throwingverbalrocks · 1241 points · Posted at 22:55:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had spent the night at my ex boyfriend's place and stayed a bit longer in the morning to help clean the house. I was folding some clothes when I noticed him go from one side of the bed to another without actually doing anything. I looked at him and he looked clueless. He said "can you please make the bed? I've never done this, no idea where to start". I didn't mean to have a strong reaction to it but man did it leave me speechless... he was 26 at the time. That day I realized his mother often visited his house to make the bed and clean... Yeah...
Squishy-Cthulhu · 174 points · Posted at 02:12:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ewww. His mother prepped your sex bed.
-LAWpug- · 38 points · Posted at 03:01:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lmao
NostraDavid · 13 points · Posted at 12:10:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet his mother prepped her own sex bed too!
Disgusting /s
tifamt · 43 points · Posted at 04:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar story, but at least my ex made the bed. He didn't know that in order to spread the bed sheets onto the bed, you can stand of on side, flick the sheets and let it land nicely, then go around to adjust as needed. This guy... He grabbed one side of the bed sheets, spread his body wide like a star fish, and belly flopped himself with the bedsheet into the bed. I had never seen anyone make a bed like that before...
spekkie · 19 points · Posted at 05:24:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for the amazing visual.
jesskargh · 11 points · Posted at 08:41:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you, this will be my new method from now on
NostraDavid · 4 points · Posted at 12:14:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bed sheet has an elastic band, so I can't do the bed flop :(
Gryphon0468 · 1 points · Posted at 19:14:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's just the mattress sheet, that's only the first layer. You have another loose sheet that goes on top, with a quilt/doonah on top and maybe some blankets if it's extra cold.
affemannen · 4 points · Posted at 09:34:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg lol, that image in my head.
TheLastUBender · 3 points · Posted at 16:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband still can't do it. Tbf, he does sort of know how to , but he is disastrously bad at it. Bonus points: his parents run a B&B
throwingverbalrocks · 3 points · Posted at 18:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao that sounds hilarious
blueberrycoco · 102 points · Posted at 01:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went from sleeping alone and "making" my bed very simply (aka throwing the sheets on neatly = done) to living with my boyfriend.
I'm glad he was patient with me because his idea of bed-making is having 4 different sheets tucked perfectly together with the correct lengths on all sides, accompanied by 7(!!!) pillows.
Feel bad for my downstairs neighbours who have to listen to me walk back and forth around the bed multiple times every day at 6am to get the lengths right 😴
Answermancer · 59 points · Posted at 02:11:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I almost never bother making the bed and neither does my gf.
Why bother? Nobody goes in our bedroom anyway.
ario62 · 63 points · Posted at 02:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel better getting into a made bed at night. Coming home to a made bed feels calmer than coming home to a messy bed for me.
Ace_Kujo · 20 points · Posted at 02:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely agree with this
TotallyImportant · 16 points · Posted at 03:40:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can't say I feel the same way, unless my blanket gets caught under my weighted blanket. If I can't pull it over me it makes me sad.
hungrydruid · 3 points · Posted at 04:33:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have a weighted blanket, but I moved around so much when I sleep that it invariably gets twisted up and that bothers me when I go back that night to sleep. Easier to just make the bed, even if it's messy, as long as the covers are straightened out.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 16:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I totally agree.
I don't make my bed every single time, but I enjoy the look of my made bed, and getting into a made bed at night.
Cosmic_Quasar · 6 points · Posted at 04:37:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never understood this. My pillows (and I literally sleep with like 8 pillows) all get set up in certain ways. It's enough of a pain when it's time to wash the bedding because I have to keep track of how each pillow was layered so I can try to put it back that way when I put the clean sheets back on. And there's something comforting about seeing the bed I so tiredly crawled out of in the same situation, ready for me to crawl right back in as if I never left.
ario62 · 2 points · Posted at 09:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have 6 pillows on my bed, which also have their certain spot, and it takes like a minute and a half to make the (king size) bed.
Cosmic_Quasar · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not just a certain spot. They're layered and compressed/tucked/interwoven in a certain way that only comes from having spent a comfortable night sleeping all over them. The first night with clean sheets is never as comfy as the last night with them all properly packed.
slinkysuki · 3 points · Posted at 15:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why on earth do you need so many pillows? Like, where do they go?
There are 2 pillows on my bed. 1 for my gf, 1 for me/the cat. (Yes, i have to share)
Cosmic_Quasar · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
With my bed up against a wall I pack down pillows into the crevice between the bed and wall and basically make a "back" for the bed. It's hard to explain, but that's where most of my pillows are. Then I have two for my head. And a couple down by my feet (sometimes I switch positions in the bed at night and flip which end my head is at so I leave pillows on both ends) because I also like to prop my feet up to help me sleep cooler.
Gryphon0468 · 2 points · Posted at 19:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you'll literally never be able to sleep comfortably with someone else in your bed then?
Cosmic_Quasar · 1 points · Posted at 00:03:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've thought about that. And yeah, IDK if I'd be able to. I switch between like 3 or 4 positions every night, always splayed out to stay cool because I'm a hot sleeper. And the idea of sleeping with a heat generating body next to me has definitely troubled me lol. If I did share a bed with someone it'd have to be like a large king size bed where we each have our own "territory" haha.
theOTHERdimension · 3 points · Posted at 10:03:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SO and I don’t make the bed until the sheets get all weird lol, it’s just not an important thing to us, I guess
DukeOfIRL · 5 points · Posted at 12:31:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s supposed to be better for the life and longevity of your sheets to not make it. Let’s your body fluids evaporate out if it’s unmade. I’m not disagreeing that it doesn’t look better made but it’s less healthy.
I always make my bed when the sheets are fresh and clean but that’s about it.
Edit: I also used to work in the hotel industry so I’m picky about it when we do make the bed.
Gryphon0468 · 3 points · Posted at 19:12:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean if you wash your sheets and put new ones on at least every fortnight that shouldn't be an issue.
throwingverbalrocks · 2 points · Posted at 18:11:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha that is a looot of pillows
RainDownMyBlues · 1 points · Posted at 20:32:03 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should meet my girlfriend. It's fucking absurd. I don't know why we need a million pillows when she just throws them all off when going to to bed.
MLG50 · 20 points · Posted at 02:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just... How does one not know how to make a bed? You just smooth out all the creases and make it look neat, what's so hard about that?
SliceEducational5966 · 6 points · Posted at 04:28:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
is there a difference between not knowing and not wanting to go through the whole process every day
MLG50 · 7 points · Posted at 04:29:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course, I never make my bed, but that doesn't mean I haven't ever done it or that I don't know how, but according to op, her ex literally did not know how to make a bed
SliceEducational5966 · 6 points · Posted at 04:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yes good just making sure my laziness isnt a comparable character flaw
throwingverbalrocks · 3 points · Posted at 18:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No idea. I think if you've never done something and you've never seen anyone else do it, even the easiest of tasks can leave you puzzled for a few minutes, but... just give it a try? Not that I know how anyone could go 26 years without seeing at least one person make the bed
affemannen · 2 points · Posted at 09:39:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought i knew how to make the bed until i did my service... The captain threw a quarter and if it didnt bounce.... Well... You had to redo the whole thing. I was honestly proud of how i made my bed before until that moment. Now i can bounce my cat of a made bed if i wanted too, but i actually seldom do it because you really shouldnt. Those sheets and quilt need too air, i just rearrange it so it looks pretty.
snowbit · 6 points · Posted at 03:32:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 69 year old mother has learned to put fitted sheets on a bed for the first time because of quarantine. She’s literally had a housekeeper do it her whole life, even in college.
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 16:15:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. That's privilege!
ErrandlessUnheralded · 2 points · Posted at 05:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband refuses to learn how to make a bed. But that's because he works in a hospital, and if the nurses find out he can do hospital corners he'll never get any peace.
McFluff_TheCrimeCat · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is he slow? The fitted sheet, a regular sheet, and some pillow cases should be self explanatory.
NewJoshuaPls · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do these people exist??
Pohtate · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pfft. Still better than my ex. Those kids never had sheets. Just a mattress with a doona on it and a disgusting yellow pillow
throwingverbalrocks · 2 points · Posted at 18:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my god...
Gonzo565 · 1 points · Posted at 09:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even if you’ve never been shown: How can one not figure out how to make a bed??
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 16:13:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a dumpable offense. Ewww. Especially her doing his laundry and redoing the bed where you slept with him. I'd die of embarrassment.
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 19:21:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never learned to make my bed because I'm 6'4" and I was 30 before I had a bed where my feet didn't stick out, making made beds really uncomfortable.
gogogeorgie · 144 points · Posted at 00:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Putting rolls on the dispenser. Not even talking about the forwards or backwards nonsense, there isn't oxygen in the world to justify arguing about that. I walked into my bathroom the other day, sharehouse of 7 people and found 6 part-used rolls distributed in random spots around the toilet/shelf. Wish I knew who it was.
flintlockfay · 6 points · Posted at 07:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are right about the argument. But, to settle that if anyone asks... the original patent shows the roll on forwards.
Cysioland · 6 points · Posted at 12:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do "under" because I've got a cat. If you do over that's fine too. But if it's my duty to replenish the roll, then under it goes.
crazyashley1 · 6 points · Posted at 13:37:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the correct answer. Over for people without cats and/or kids, under for people with.
ChristenD · 2 points · Posted at 22:40:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
"there isn't enough oxygen in the world to justify arguing about that"
Finally! Someone else thinks it's an idiotic argument, too!!! Like, some people don't even have toilet paper, or even a toilet to do their business in. Just replace the dispenser when it's empty, and appreciate having a 1st world bathroom.
The petty things people care about...honestly!
[deleted] · 145 points · Posted at 01:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't think this aligns with your question, but while visiting my friend I found out he preheat his microwave.
HardRockDani · 9 points · Posted at 03:39:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
affemannen · 8 points · Posted at 12:03:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahahahhahahahahhaha this one bent me over. Almost choked on my sandwich.
Seicair · 5 points · Posted at 17:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was ten and we got our first microwave we had a dish of water in there, and were taught to run it for thirty seconds, then take the water out and microwave whatever we wanted. This was a long time ago, I don’t know if it was in the manual or where my parents got the idea. I don’t remember when we stopped, either.
byjimini · 2 points · Posted at 21:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could imagine doing that afterwards, with half a lemon in the water, to help steam clean the oven.
arkklsy1787 · 1 points · Posted at 21:01:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I leave a jelly jar of water in my microwave because it heats more evenly and is easier to clean up any messes....
Flostis · 1 points · Posted at 17:34:50 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
It actually helps if you have something where you worry it might be dry - which is in a microwave pretty much everything that does not drip
greymoria · 1 points · Posted at 21:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was the first comment in this thread that made me genuinely laugh :)
yinyang2000 · 394 points · Posted at 00:51:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My apartment neighbor:
-thought you had to pay for the ice in the ice maker in the fridge
-thought he could bake cookies on a wooden cutting board in the oven
-thought that raising the seat on his bike would make his legs longer and thus make him taller
-lived there for two weeks before realizing they had an oven
Slug_Overdose · 29 points · Posted at 09:06:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The bike one is hilarious. I did an exchange program in China during college, which is where I met my wife so I ended up going back several times. I made a lot of friends and many of the college-aged males were self-conscious of their height because they tend to be shorter than Western men. I noticed a lot of them kept repeating that they play basketball to grow taller. It just seemed like common wisdom that if you played basketball enough, you would grow to be as tall as an NBA player. I'm relatively short, and these guys invited me to play basketball once. When they figured out I had played for many years, they said, "Wow, that's surprising. You're not very tall. We thought playing basketball would have made you taller." Chinese people are actually wicked smart and educated nowadays, but they still held onto a lot of these very provincial ideas, though that has been changing quite rapidly in recent years.
squid---ward · 38 points · Posted at 04:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh damn. A 23 year old acquaintance has been telling me how she’s grown an inch taller by raising the seat on her stationary bike. She’s raising it further soon, as she wants to add another couple inches to her height.
crazyashley1 · 9 points · Posted at 12:34:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aww, Kevin got an apartment!
Seicair · 8 points · Posted at 15:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...that might actually work okay for a few times if the board is thick enough, depending on the recipe. 350 for 20 minutes probably won’t set a thick cutting board on fire.
Still a horrible idea though.
_darth_revan · 1 points · Posted at 21:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The bike one is actually a really common thing in Asia. My parents and grandparents keep on insisting that playing more basketball, cycling more and even just hanging (like a pull up, but not actually doing the pull up. Just hanging there) will somehow make me taller. They say my dad and grandfather did all of those things, and thats why they're tall (180cm++). They don't get the fact that I just didn't get the good genes (my mom's only 155cm). Its not like I'm that short either (170cm)
EyeofAnger · 474 points · Posted at 21:50:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a scary amount of people that apparently don't know A.M. from P.M. and try to schedule car service at or after midnight.
Passing4human · 88 points · Posted at 01:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also a surprising number of people who don't understand time zones.
Klaudiapotter · 16 points · Posted at 03:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I understand time zones, but that concept is wild to me sometimes. I'm in America and I've been talking to my friend in Japan.
She gets up when I'm getting ready for bed and we can talk any time instantly!! So cool
Kat-Katka · 2 points · Posted at 09:30:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that every time I have call at work with people from different sides of the world. Arranging calls one day from UK with Brazil, Australia, Singapore etc. makes my head hurt sometimes "Sao Paulo guys start working when it's 2pm here,got it" "Oh sorry colleague from Singapore, I forgot our calls have to be at 9 am latest as after that you are going home." No chance getting everyone on one call either...
Echospite · 38 points · Posted at 02:56:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or how hemispheres and seasons work.
"Man it's such a cold July day today, it snowed down south and we have a southerly wind that's making stuff even colder because southerly winds are SO COLD!"
Every. Single. Fucking. Time. Someone will come out of the woodwork acting like the weather I just described is some kind of mutant event or that I'm Literally Wrong because apparently the alternative (that the southern hemisphere exists and I live in it) is just too fucking outlandish to even consider. Like I'll even point out the southern hemisphere exists and they'll justify it with "well most people live in the northern hemisphere" like... so what??? I just CLEARLY described southern hemisphere weather patterns and you think it's more likely that the northern hemisphere has become spontaneously utterly fucked up than the fact that people actually LIVE here??? simply because they think "the majority of people live in the northern hemisphere" is THE SAME as "EVERYONE lives in the northern hemisphere"?
Like there's a huge proportion of the internet just assuming that the earth is actually shaped like an orange cut in half and floating through space. Southern hemisphere? What's that????
Przedrzag · 8 points · Posted at 04:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, Sepposplaining
Echospite · 5 points · Posted at 05:55:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm SO using that phrase now, thank you.
crazyashley1 · 7 points · Posted at 12:44:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're making the assumption they assume anything at all. People this dense walk around with crackly elevator music playing in their skulls, I swear.
Echospite · 1 points · Posted at 23:04:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Touche.
Cow_Toolz · 3 points · Posted at 16:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago I was with some of my cousin’s friends talking about a trip I took to New Zealand (we’re in Australia) and how cold it had been.
One of his friends said he was surprised it was cold, as I’d left Australia in autumn, so it must be a warmer season there. I was like no...... both countries are in the same hemisphere, our seasons are the same......
He argued with me that every country had opposite seasons to Australia, and he’d never even heard of a ‘hemisphere’. I turned to the others to laugh at the fact he’d never heard of a hemisphere, or knew how seasons worked, but could tell by their faces they weren’t sure who was right.
These people were in their 20’s. I found out later that they apparently did a lot of meth, so I hope that’s the explanation.
edgeofblade2 · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tim Minchin (Aussie) has a song about drinking "White Wine in the Sun".
It's a song about family Christmas down under. Had to say, I knew in theory what was up, but it was still a shock to hear about it first hand and so personally.
richardwonka · 5 points · Posted at 09:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For anyone who deals with time zones: worldtimebuddy.com
You’re welcome 🙂
pikeminnow · 26 points · Posted at 02:48:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
there's a scary amount of online scheduler tool development teams that allow selection of times outside of business hours
EyeofAnger · 3 points · Posted at 03:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
guttertrash_fire · 97 points · Posted at 22:42:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
yet another reason the world should use the 24hr clock
pinkbuggy · 5 points · Posted at 11:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started using 24hr time in high school after having a few too many afternoon naps where I wasnt sure if I woke up at 7pm that night or 7am the next day. Havent looked back since 😂
Connor_Kenway198 · 7 points · Posted at 03:47:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For those that don't know; AM = ante meridian = before midday = midnight of the day to 11:59, PM = post meridian = after midday = 12 midday to 23:59
Sweetune · 3 points · Posted at 05:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just realized I didn’t know what they stood for.
KingOfTheM00N · 6 points · Posted at 06:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Burger units are really weird though. Just use simple 24 hour time
Mizuxe621 · 6 points · Posted at 19:26:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why the 24-hour clock is superior
MC_Cookies · 5 points · Posted at 03:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
to be fair i've mixed up noon and midnight, they really should be the other way
granted that usually only happens when i'm running on less than six hours of sleep, but still
DefinitelyNotALion · 2 points · Posted at 07:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Totally. Noon is the end of the morning, it should be AM like all the other morning hours
r0ck0 · 4 points · Posted at 14:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
12:00:00.00000000... is "after" the morning, not "in" it. The last moment on morning is before that and starts with 11:59.
Even if you think the minute of 12:00 should be am... It wouldn't make sense for 12:01 to 12:59... As they are "after noon". So even 12:00:00.00000001 is also "after noon" too anyway.
But the 12 hour clock is just retarded in general.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 5 points · Posted at 02:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
12 am and 12 pm are a confusing thing to some but that's way too far
waitdudebruh · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A teacher fucked me over when the due time was 11:59am and I read it pm
snikrz70 · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mom taught us that it's Pee before Midnight or After Midnight.
greymoria · 2 points · Posted at 18:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a country that thankfully uses 24 hour time. I have to ponder for a long time before I can figure out what time its supposed to be. It's been faster since I realised that the words don't matter. A comes before P, simple as that.
GlockAF · 2 points · Posted at 19:22:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
24 hours in a day, why the fuck do we still use a clock that only has 12?
itsa-slipperyslope · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm... yeah my hubby is one of them. I was in compete shock when he asked which one is which?? And when I realised it wasn't just a momentary lapse after he asked on different occasions, on the spot I came up with, 'well the letter A is the start of the alphabet, so make that a reminder that A.M is the start of the day... and covers the morning up until lunch'
Belfast147 · 465 points · Posted at 23:16:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
An older friend of mine didn’t know what a wireless mouse was or how to use it , he was holding it in his hand and waving it in the air, trying to get information on screen like Tom Cruise in Minority Report .
🎙️ arual_x · 166 points · Posted at 23:18:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Frankly, I think he was ahead of his time rather than behind it.
trev2234 · 4 points · Posted at 09:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that will be an example of engineering moving to match what people expect than what they need. Future generations won’t have to think about how to work anything as it’ll just work. You’ll have a small workforce of engineers/mechanics/programmers keeping things moving along, who’ll be seen as gods or ignored as nobodies.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 2 points · Posted at 02:49:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hooray holographic computers!
TacosFixEverything · 10 points · Posted at 04:45:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talks into it like it’s a mic: “Mr. Computer...”
mrchaotica · 2 points · Posted at 06:31:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just use the keyboard!
williams1753 · 6 points · Posted at 04:17:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Our now retired receptionist had an issue with her wired mouse one day. She wandered around the office and saw a wireless mouse on someone else’s desk (the person was off that day) and grabbed it to use while our IT department responded.
Didn’t understand how it worked for that other person but not her.
mrchaotica · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your friend's name didn't happen to be Montgomery Scott by chance, did it?
AnonPinkLady · 3 points · Posted at 05:54:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This had me giggling oh my god. We could do a whole other post full of stories of old people and their insane lack of understanding for technology.
My mother once suggested because I had logged her out of Facebook, it was my fault she was now getting email updates from Facebook. (It's an account setting, come on.)
The amount of times I've seen my mom click on things repeatedly when she's supposed to hold down the mouse button and drag, and then she's exclaimed "why wont it do the thing!" Is pretty funny to me.
But those are basic old people mistakes. I've heard of some real "big brain" moments with other people's parents trying to use their phones and computers. What always gets me about my mom though is that she'll ask me how to change basic settings on her iphone like all the time and I'll go ahead and do it for her despite the fact that I'm an android user and really shouldnt know any better than she should. I dont know why she thinks I would and why something so easily learned just totally blows her mind. Anyway that stuff is hilarious
Mitchy12345 · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of this commercial for a computer literacy course that used to run on Dutch TV back in the mid-2000s, where an older gentleman is told to put the cursor on an icon on the desktop and he proceeds to touch the mouse to the monitor. I didn't think people like that actually existed, but I guess the inspiration for the ad had to come from somewhere.
Seicair · 1 points · Posted at 15:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve used a mouse like that, years ago. There was a button underneath you held down when you wanted to use it like that, or it’d work like a normal optical mouse on a flat surface.
rabbles-of-roses · 1853 points · Posted at 00:10:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate (24 year old postgrad student) not realising that
1) You needed to preheat an oven.
2) You needed to defrost frozen meat before cooking it.
3) You need to use a baking tray.
After I caught her lining the bottom of our oven with frozen chicken drumsticks.
andrewsad1 · 74 points · Posted at 02:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not if I just add a few minutes. I'm not making 3 trips to the kitchen for one toaster oven full of pizza rolls!
Chairish · 27 points · Posted at 03:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right! I just throw stuff in there. Maybe cakes I’ll preheat but that’s about it.
MadeEntirelyOfFlaws · 10 points · Posted at 07:12:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
you need to preheat it so you make sure you don’t burn it from the flames being on the entire time the oven is heating. for instance, if you put a pan of veggies to roast in the oven THEN turn on the oven, chances are you’re gonna burn the veggies but they’ll still be raw inside. if you preheat then put the pan in, they’ll cook much more evenly. this is especially important for baking.
edit: i should specify, i’m talking about gas ovens.
searchforstix · 5 points · Posted at 10:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do we have different types of ovens? Mines not gas. I often get home and throw meat/veg in there without preheating and nothing’s burnt.
MadeEntirelyOfFlaws · 6 points · Posted at 10:02:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my only experience is with gas ovens. i imagine other types would be different. but still, for baking, i would preheat. baking is a science.
searchforstix · 7 points · Posted at 14:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah, thankfully I had heaps of ‘the baking with grandma bonding experience’ so I’ve always preheated for baking. Thanks for the tip!
MadeEntirelyOfFlaws · 3 points · Posted at 14:16:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
another unsolicited tip- get an oven thermometer.
searchforstix · 2 points · Posted at 22:48:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely on the list, thank you! This oven’s a cheap piece of crap and it’s not to be trusted. And a meat thermometer. I get wildly insecure (even if I’ve never poisoned anyone - fingers crossed) of my internal temps of meat.
superlethalman · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:23 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL there are ovens that use open flames for cooking.
MadeEntirelyOfFlaws · 1 points · Posted at 17:22:21 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
have you never looked inside a gas oven when it’s on?
superlethalman · 2 points · Posted at 19:18:06 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never seen a gas oven in my life. I honestly didn't realise they existed.
hinlker2 · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Downvoting from people who don't know how to use a fucking oven.
MadeEntirelyOfFlaws · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
hah they can downvote all they want, i know this to be true.
kap_bid · 312 points · Posted at 01:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TBF, you dont need to defrost meat. It just takes longer to cook and will generally be dry when its done. As long as the internal temp hits the safe level, its no issue
log_sin · 30 points · Posted at 03:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i BBQ'd some frozen-solid boneless chicken thighs last night, came out great. indirect heat, applewood chunk, tasted delicious.
the only time you're not supposed to cook frozen meat is if it's in a slow cooker because of the way the slow cooker works, the bacteria that gets you sick will stay at the temperature it thrives in for longer.
Hahentamashii · 11 points · Posted at 05:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or deep fried.
log_sin · 9 points · Posted at 05:25:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True for a different reason. Adding moisture to boiling hot oil is not good.
theOTHERdimension · 8 points · Posted at 10:10:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL not to put frozen meat in a slow cooker. Thank you!
hilfigertout · 81 points · Posted at 02:49:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So you won't die, but it'll just taste like shit?
spermface · 32 points · Posted at 03:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless you’re using a wet method in which case frozen is fine and sometimes ideal
throwawaytrumper · 21 points · Posted at 04:15:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, some methods and recipes actually call for the meat to be frozen prior to cooking.
morderkaine · 22 points · Posted at 03:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depending on what it is and how you cook it. I BBQ steaks from frozen - makes it a bit easier to sear the outside well and still have rare middle. Takes a lot longer to cook than fresh of course
tpmarsan · 2 points · Posted at 17:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was hoping someone mentioned frozen steaks. Searing then finishing in the oven cooks it way more evenly med-rare all the way through. This is now the only way I do it 😉
Ballbag94 · 2 points · Posted at 09:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Frozen meat turns out alright if you season it, just takes ages and goes a bit dry.
I used to cook from frozen all the time because I was lazy and forgetful but was way easier to wait an hour for a chicken breast to bake and then drown it in gravy than to remember to defrost it beforehand
the_leprechauns_anus · -5 points · Posted at 05:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You might as well just eat your own shit at that point.
klindquist688 · 2 points · Posted at 04:02:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I cook frozen chicken all the time, but I make sure it’s covered so the moisture stays in
Sgt_Stinger · 2 points · Posted at 08:02:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, drumsticks can take a beating. Cooking them in the oven from frozen is no issue. In my country there is even pre spiced uncooked frozen chicken drumsticks made to put in the oven frozen.
Swiftur · 12 points · Posted at 02:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same way you don't need to preheat an oven. Ultimately it just wastes energy.
[deleted] · 45 points · Posted at 02:59:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is incredibly easier to time things when you preheat the oven.
Plus a lot of baking yeah you so absolutely need to preheat the oven or your food will be ruined
Hahentamashii · -12 points · Posted at 05:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry, but no. I bake quite a lot starting in a cold oven. You probably need a more intuitive way of cooking then a receipt calls for,but preheating is not required for all baking.
kaaaaath · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:07 on October 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
If that is truly how you bake, people are merely being polite when complimenting your food. It’s basic, literal, science to start with a properly heated oven — otherwise your results will include fucked up densities and failed chemical reactions.
Hahentamashii · 1 points · Posted at 16:23:44 on October 2, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Wow, really feel the need to be an a-hole in a hundred day old thread? Go troll somewhere else.
Additionally - I'd say MOST people do not bake, and of those that do MOST of them aren't weighing their flour. It is not an exact science. People have been baking by feel for THOUSANDS of years with perfectly fine results, and I'm frankly baffles how uppity people on the internet get about it. Is it some sort of bread baking gate keeping? If so that's really silly. I'm not baking to repeat results thousands of times. I do t need perfect science, and if you think that perfection is the only way to bake bread, you can keep buying it at the store.
kaaaaath · 1 points · Posted at 18:04:13 on October 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
...I’m not trolling; it’s literally science. Just because someone disagrees with you doesn’t make them a troll. Also, people that do bake definitely weigh their flour, as that is how you follow recipes. I’d say most people aren’t really interested in eating baked goods that resemble oobleck in one slice and rubber cement in the next. Additionally, last time I checked, this is a public forum, and you can reply up to 180 days.
kap_bid · 35 points · Posted at 02:58:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless youre baking. Baking is a science, and a preheated oven can be the difference between delicious cake, and something the person calls a 'cake'
esushi · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, anything cooked in the oven is getting baked, yeah? Even when baking chicken etc if you don't preheat, it'll get overcooked before there's any browning.
Discord42 · 7 points · Posted at 07:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An oven can also be used to broil/roast.
But I think they meant baking as in cookies, cake, etc. Not baking chicken nuggets.
esushi · 0 points · Posted at 12:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And yet baking chicken nuggets is also a science that requires preheating, as I said!
sk8rgrrl69 · 2 points · Posted at 10:29:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nugs, fries, garlic bread, frozen pizza will all simply be done faster if you place them in the oven while it’s still preheating. Something like raw cheesecake mixture or a soufflé which requires a more exact temp for a more exact time to have the correct texture probably won’t come out right if you put it in too early.
kaaaaath · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:12 on October 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
The garlic bread and pizza can end up with jacked up crusts if you use that method — specifically really soggy bottoms.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 03:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any baking or pastry needs a preheated oven, otherwise the baking time will be off and not to mention that by the time the middle is cooked the sides will be likely burnt
trainingmontage83 · 5 points · Posted at 04:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is only true if all you're using the oven for is frozen pizza.
FabulousLemon · 2 points · Posted at 03:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That depends on the oven. My parents' gas oven is apparently a roaring inferno in the preheat phase and will burn things to a crisp if you toss them in early. The electric ovens I've used come up to temperature nice and gradually so as long as it's not anything too temperature sensitive like baking fresh goods from scratch, it'll be fine.
esushi · 4 points · Posted at 03:10:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please Google about this, you're wrong and embarrassing yourself just like the people that this thread discusses. Everything online says to preheat the oven if you want good-tasting food.
Hahentamashii · -9 points · Posted at 05:28:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, no. Not accurate, and a little judgy. You may have issues if you use the same timing recipes call for, but if you cook intuitively, there's almost no need to preheat. I only use the preheat for fine flaky pastries, as melting butter is what causes the layers you form - some delicate breads too, but even then not so much.
esushi · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please Google about this, you're wrong. The Maillard reaction needs high heat and letting food come to temperature with the oven will mean it is cooked through before it gets hot enough to brown. Is it some conspiracy that every Google result says preheating is recommended in all cases?
Hahentamashii · 0 points · Posted at 21:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something being recommended does not mean it's required.
How hot are you using your oven that food is fully cooked prior to any browning? Or is it that it takes your oven the entire cook time to get up to temperature?! I think you're misunderstanding the miallard reaction. It's a chemical reaction that takes place between amino acids and sugars being broken down by heat. It doesn't mean your food has to be 300 degrees during the entire cook time. My oven only takes a couple minutes to get to 300 degrees, but most meals are in there for 30min-hour. Are you suggesting that warming an oven with food inside will somehow inhibit the miallard reaction from taking place? Because that's really freaking silly.
Also I don't care what you think. Your comments are kind of abusive as well. Just because you read something on the internet doesn't make it true. If you want to preheat your oven every time you use it, that's your choice. There's no reason to get your panties in twist over how other people cook. And by the way, I'm a great cook and I don't preheat 98% of the time.
susgnome · 0 points · Posted at 04:51:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Frozen Meat we were going to have that night we'd put it in the microwave (not turned on) for a few hours, and by the time we were ready, it was defrosted ready to go.
DapperVee · -2 points · Posted at 05:03:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your contribution to a comment about not needing to defrost meat before cooking is that you ...defrost meat before cooking..?
susgnome · -2 points · Posted at 06:20:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Might have posted to the wrong comment..
And you contribution was.. pointing out, me not needing to defrost meat before cooking is that you ...defrost meat before cooking.
Thanks, I guess..?
DapperVee · -1 points · Posted at 07:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't need you to add self portrait to your replies. I already know you're a 'tardy cunt
susgnome · -1 points · Posted at 07:46:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Likewise.
DapperVee · 1 points · Posted at 08:59:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're so, so, so very dense
susgnome · -1 points · Posted at 09:58:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks.
noodlyarms · 17 points · Posted at 03:00:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For cooking anything not related to baking (ie meats/veg/etc... minus any crusts), you don't necessarily need to preheat the oven, but your cooking time will deviate from whatever recipe you're using.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 02:29:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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rabbles-of-roses · 3 points · Posted at 10:22:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was from China where ovens aren't really used, plus I was always under the impression that she had always had someone else to cook for her (her mother or housekeeper). But still, this was like five months into the year.
ibelieveindogs · 5 points · Posted at 02:37:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooks Illustrated recently had an article testing results of cooking frozen steaks defrosted vs straight out of freezer. Surprisingly, the steaks were less grey under the seat if they stayed frozen.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 4 points · Posted at 02:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm wondering what would happen if you didn't defrost frozen meat
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 03:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing, it's fine. Just harder to season bc stuff doesnt stick. And you need to pay more attention to the internal temp.
slicshuter · 8 points · Posted at 03:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My housemate (uni student) once put a frozen pizza in the oven without a tray - just placed it right on the metal rack.
It Salvador Dali'd through the gaps, unsurprisingly.
He also bled radiators by draining out the entire fucking radiator into a bucket and letting it all refill. I caught him the second time and finally understood why the pressure dropped to 0 that one time.
IKnowUThinkSo · 11 points · Posted at 05:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most frozen pizzas are meant to be put directly on the rack if you don’t have a pizza stone (which, who was space for that?). My rack is fine for pizza cause the slats aren’t super far apart, no Dali pizza for me.
Also, sheet of foil underneath it to catch grease.
KlangerFox · 2 points · Posted at 08:50:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From what I’ve read, you’re not supposed to make frozen pizza on a pizza stone. The thermal shock from the frozen pizza hitting the hot stone can supposedly crack it.
Cow_Toolz · 3 points · Posted at 16:11:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only ever put my frozen pizzas straight onto the rack, you just position it properly so it doesn’t ‘Salvador Dali’.
My boyfriend didn’t realise this the time I let him do it though, and he had the same experience as your housemate.
Echospite · 8 points · Posted at 02:45:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My adult brother once ran to my mother to tell on me for telling him to use baking paper before he puts stuff in the oven. My mother then decided that you know what? baking paper is for suckers, and tried to "casually" inform me of this fact.
No, Mum, I know my manchild of a brother went crying to you and that's why you've suddenly decided dirty-ass trays in the oven are totally OK.
Kristeninmyskin · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can bake frozen items. If you do, you can start them in a cold oven! Casseroles maybe, not frozen chicken fingers.
you can’t cook things on the bottom of the oven
colajunkie · 2 points · Posted at 12:16:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1) wrong. Preheating actually just makes the times on the recipe work out for everyone (more or less). It wastes a lot of energy for the sole benefit of the recipe on the boy working. There are very few meals/cakes that need a hit oven right away. For frozen pizza you can just add a few minutes and it will turn out just fine.
tahitianhashish · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm guilty of one and two out of laziness and impatience. Neither is strictly required.
TheBookWyrm · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someome who works as an engineer in an oven factory, this killed me.
mnricha927 · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This image of the oven scene has me cracking the f up!
susgnome · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know about drumsticks but..
10 frozen fish fingers on a plate, in a microwave for less than 5 minutes. Ezpz
AnastasiaSheppard · 1 points · Posted at 05:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker who tried to cook pasta sauce by chucking the entire frozen block of mince in the cold pan, pouring the jar of sauce over it, and turning on the heat. He figured it would just defrost as it was heated and be fine.
It was not fine.
Pohtate · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would fucking die
Hi-There5 · 1 points · Posted at 08:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
how else is she gonna get her tendies
Crazytonnie · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like KNOWING that you have to preheat an oven isn't as common knowledge as people make it out to be
Psychpsyo · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For some things it works without preheating the oven though.
Razzorsharp · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're describing my roomate, I'd had number 4 which is : The oven isn't an On or Off thing, don't just turn the knob to the max wtf are you doing.
MissNannie91 · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not everything needs to cooked in a preheated oven. A lot of cake recipes say start with a cold oven.
duracell___bunny · 1 points · Posted at 15:04:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the biggest urban myth out there.
RandomVideoMachine · -4 points · Posted at 03:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't need to preheat the oven. Ever tried preheating the oven with a thermometer? Takes ages, that's why most instructions are calculated on you not doing that
afrogirl44 · 2 points · Posted at 07:02:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most boxes say PREHEAT the oven to a specific temperature like these instructions for Digiorno pizza.
https://imgur.com/a/KrGCFoZ
sk8rgrrl69 · 1 points · Posted at 10:36:07 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, but one day throw caution to the wind and don’t do it. You’ll be shocked to find your pizza done faster and every bit as good. Same for almost everything else.
diiejso · 3028 points · Posted at 20:33:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't just one person, but I've come to the realization that many adults no longer have the ability to read a map or follow simple driving directions to a new place as they're completely reliant on GPS telling them when and where to turn. Two instances that stand out:
A person in my office building was standing at the door asking everyone coming and going if they'd seen a carmount GPS unit in the parking lot as they'd lost it bringing it in somehow. They were sobbing so I figured it must be an expensive model. I asked what it was but it was cheap and helped them look around under cars to see if we could find it during which we talked. They were crying over the price of losing it. They were crying because they didn't know how they'd get home that night without it. Couldn't drive home from their job they'd worked at for months with a GPS telling them how.
I was out with a friend doing some shopping in a part of a city we'd never been to before. We were in the parking lot of store A and wanted to get to store B which we could see but there wasn't a connected road between the two. Friend punches in the store on their iphone to get directions and it gives of a 30 minute route that includes 2 toll roads. I thought there was no way it should take that much driving to get there so I looked google maps and saw we could do drive it in about 3 minutes by going two stores over and exiting from the back of that stores parking lot onto the road that leads to store B. They could not look at the map and then translate it to the real world, despite that we could literally see all the features we needed to follow. He ended up taking the 30 minutes route and paying the tolls because he didn't trust the map.
I've seen a lot of other experiences similar to this but those are the two that always stand out to me.
🎙️ arual_x · 1578 points · Posted at 20:51:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit this is horrifying. I always wondered if the “and then the sat nav directed them into a lake, so into the lake they went” stories were fake, but now I’m not so sure. I mean, after just doing a journey once surely most people have at least fleeting memories of landmarks and rough directions with which they could largely get by?
Murgatroyd314 · 596 points · Posted at 22:25:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know for certain that at least one person has followed their GPS onto the trail along the rim of the Grand Canyon.
kathatter75 · 80 points · Posted at 00:36:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Mountain View, CA, there are accidents at the CalTrain station because people blindly follow Waze or whatever and drive onto the train tracks instead of going forward a few more feet and turning onto the road.
whotiesyourshoes · 97 points · Posted at 00:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also read a story once years ago where a family was stranded for days because apparently the GPS stopped giving them turn by turn directions so they kept driving. turns out they were in a rural area where the GPS wasnt picking up and instead of catching on they just drove to the middle of nowhere until they ran out gas.
C-Tab · 68 points · Posted at 02:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a family a couple years back in my area who followed a GPS onto a forest service road and got stuck in the snow up in the mountains. Guy tried to walk out, died of hypothermia a few miles from the car. Mom stayed in the car with the toddler, was rescued several days later.
cliu1222 · 30 points · Posted at 05:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me of a story where a family of three went hiking somewhere in Arizona and got lost in a desert. Ultimately the parents sacrificed their lives by giving the son all of the water to maximize his chances of survival. Thankfully he was eventually rescued, unfortunately it was too late for the parents.
[deleted] · 12 points · Posted at 16:52:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was so much worse than I expected. I thought they'd have gotten lost and the parents would have died over a few days before they found the son.
They set out at noon on a 4.6 mile (7.4km) hike with only 2 20oz water bottles, and both parents were dead less than SIX HOURS later. Holy crap.
YanDan · 9 points · Posted at 05:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh bugger. I thought the parents had made it out twice.
cIumsythumbs · 16 points · Posted at 04:44:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's horribly sad.
ScoutCommander · 5 points · Posted at 12:08:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oregon, right? I remember that story.
GregHolmesMD · 28 points · Posted at 01:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's almost like the simulation ran out of RAM and some of the AI stopped working
MultiFazed · 24 points · Posted at 02:39:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not possible. I'll grant you that there had to have been some issue with their GPS, but a GPS receiver works by passively listening to satellite signals. Being in a rural area makes the reception better, not worse. The only way you're going to lose the signal is being underground on in a narrow canyon.
It could have been a cell phone app that was relying on mobile data to load the map info, though. That would make the rural thing more plausible.
adriennemonster · 16 points · Posted at 04:59:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My phone navigation does not work if there is no cell signal, unless I’ve already downloaded the map.
whotiesyourshoes · 10 points · Posted at 02:49:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I will take your word for it. I was trying to imply is reliance on technology and not critical thinking ( being in the middle of nowhere and driving untim out of gas) got them to the middle of nowhere and they could have died.
2059FF · 10 points · Posted at 02:23:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
GPS isn't like cellular. As long as you can see the satellites, it'll work.
mildly_evil_genius · 20 points · Posted at 02:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who knows the basics of how these things work, I want to believe you...
but as someone who has lost GPS navigation while not in a tunnel, I don't.
I think there's gotta be some sort of route planning data that has to go through the cell towers or something like that.
twinnedcalcite · 8 points · Posted at 04:29:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are times when you will have no single due to poor satellite position. Usually takes 10-20 min to clear. You also need to leave the GPS on so it can download the corrections if you are in a new area.
GPS units are not perfect and do require an understanding of the technology to use well. Large cities have lots of errors due to the buildings bouncing the data.
TruIsou · 2 points · Posted at 17:00:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an old car GPS that would not route along small rural roads. It would tell you to proceed to the main road and then navigation would start.
bipolarbearboy · -5 points · Posted at 02:51:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you’re in a tunnel, you wouldn’t be able to ‘see’ a satellite so it could drop out.
PlentyPositive0 · 4 points · Posted at 02:57:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Read again, specified this to happen outside of a tunnel.
whotiesyourshoes · 7 points · Posted at 02:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Point I was trying to make is reliance on technology and not critical thinking ( being in the middle of nowhere and driving until out of gas) got them to the middle of nowhere and they could have gotten themselves killed.
The_Rowan · 4 points · Posted at 16:23:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think people are using the word “GPS” but they are referring to programs like WAZE on their phone, not to separate GPS devices in their cars
teamramrod456 · 26 points · Posted at 02:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work near a nuclear power plant and truck drivers would constantly get lost when they were relying on their GPS. I have a sneaking suspicion that the government obscures GPS in the vicinity of critical infrastructure as a form of missile defense.
bros402 · 13 points · Posted at 04:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I imagine they would - similar to how such areas are blocked on google maps - either insanely blurry, or just blocked out completely.
twinnedcalcite · 11 points · Posted at 04:31:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Large amount of concrete and probably a lot of radio singles causing interference.
I worked on a job site where someone on the reserve had a poorly insulated cable of some type. Messed with our truck radio and our survey equipment.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 15:17:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I think so too, for sure.
invisibleandproud · 14 points · Posted at 00:42:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thought of that makes my asshole clench unbelievably tight...
LittleTXBigAZ · 4 points · Posted at 05:40:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Either multiple people have done this or we saw the same person. Did you see this in 2010 or 2011?
Murgatroyd314 · 5 points · Posted at 05:48:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like about the same time. By El Tovar?
LittleTXBigAZ · 4 points · Posted at 06:22:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. I used to work for the railroad that runs up to the Canyon and was sitting on the porch at the El Tovar eating lunch with my engineer when they came up.
Lmaatje · 3 points · Posted at 08:58:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad kinda did this once. We were in a totally unfamiliar country (Turkey) and by the time we were driving on a gravel road next to some cliffs, we first thought it would only be for a couple of minutes, and after that there was no space to turn at all. Did get to see some beautiful views of the Mediterranean though.
Get_In_Me_Swamp · 25 points · Posted at 00:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THE COMPUTER KNOWS!
merlindog15 · 15 points · Posted at 02:44:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THIS IS A LAKE MICHAEL!
some1american · 6 points · Posted at 04:11:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/unexpectedoffice
Usernamenotta · 48 points · Posted at 22:26:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, not sure what to say about the 2nd story, but for the first one, I do not know the context, so I am going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he might live in a large city. The traffic is atrocious and many might not have proper roadwork and signalling. So I've seen many people use GPS to get the best route, optimised for the trafic. For this reason, they might have never driven on the same road long enough to learn it or its landmarks. Idk for real. I don't have my license for a long time (only a few years) and never had to drive in a big city as I have no personal car. But my uni friends still use GPS for trafic optimisation despite going to the same place for years
cyanidelemonade · 12 points · Posted at 00:29:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can say this was true. I lived a ten minute drive from my house to my school, but when I left, it could be a 30 minute to 1 hour drive because of the traffic. Having Google maps meant I could find the shortest route, even if I never drove around that area normally
candybrie · 5 points · Posted at 02:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cheap GPS units usually don't have traffic information because they usually don't have any ability to connect to a data source.
I wouldn't be able to do a new drive after doing it once, but daily for months is a little surprising and I generally think I have a very poor sense of direction.
1901pies · 1 points · Posted at 06:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But Google maps does and most people have a smartphone
Usernamenotta · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, you can get GPS on your phone, but I see it does not fit the case here
petiteandpale16 · 9 points · Posted at 23:38:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad's wife's daughter straight up drove into a ditch because google maps told her to turn left there. Granted it was at night, but me and my husband couldn't believe it. We still laugh about it from time to time.
Terpomo11 · -1 points · Posted at 02:24:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So... your half-sister? Why not just say that?
petiteandpale16 · 9 points · Posted at 02:59:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah. More like step sister, but I don't consider my dad's wife a step mom (they got married a few years back and I'm in my thirties, so...) so I don't consider her my step sister. More like an acquaintance lol
cIumsythumbs · 3 points · Posted at 04:48:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom's husband has a son and our relationship is like that too. But when I tell strangers anecdotes I just call them step dad and step brother. It's takes less explaining.
Terpomo11 · -4 points · Posted at 03:22:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But if she's the daughter of your father but not your mother, doesn't that make her, biologically speaking, your half sister?
petiteandpale16 · 3 points · Posted at 04:05:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's not the daughter of my dad, she's the daughter of his wife. My dad and his wife are old, and they're were old 3 years ago when they got married.
Terpomo11 · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, I see, I misunderstood.
petiteandpale16 · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All good :)
joef1812 · 6 points · Posted at 00:36:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The stories aren’t fake, I have an auto repair shop and tow trucks and we get 10-20 calls a year to get someone out of a water filled ditch or a dirt road that can hardly be called a road because “ the gps said that was the way to go”
IndustryKiller · 6 points · Posted at 04:01:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend has ADHD and is on the autism spectrum. She has to use GPS for way longer than most people, even if its places she goes a lot. It's not because shes overly reliant on technology, its just how her brain works.
Dontneedweed · 7 points · Posted at 08:16:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, I'm on the spectrum, not the typical symptoms though, I mainly have a deficiency in "executive function", I can't do directions, can't remember birthdays even in my immediate family, could never remember my school timetable, etc. Any sort of organisation is completely beyond my ability; yet I have an iq of 155.
I'm not gonna turn in to a lake because the GPS said so, but I can't remember a 15 minute journey I've taken every day for a decade.
IndustryKiller · 1 points · Posted at 20:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, sounds really similar to my bff. She wasnt diagnosed until a few years ago, she was 25ish. Shes medicated now and its helped her so much with all of those issues.
cIumsythumbs · 4 points · Posted at 04:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have Aspergers and when I was learning to drive there was no GPS ('99-early aughts). It was unbelievably nerve wracking. I would have my mom, or whomever was giving me directions, go over it 2 or 3 times. Writing it all down with as much detail as possible. The whole time discussing it I would be shaking and trying not to cry. On the verge of a panic attack. I was reassured that if I got lost I should just go to a gas station and ask. The thought of asking a stranger filled me with dread. There were a couple of times I would get a little lost so I would abandon the plans and just go back home. I've gained a ton of coping skills in adulthood, so fortunately I'm no longer stressed about driving. But having GPS is also a godsend.
pressurecookedgay · 5 points · Posted at 02:21:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I'm not stupid but my sense of direction is so poor I have trouble remembering these things even after a few times. I've noticed it gets worse the more anxious I get though. I can actually get lost in a place I've been a dozen times if I'm starting to panic.
(I'm going to a therapist and have been working on it though so don't worry)
Not_Luna · 4 points · Posted at 01:00:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me it takes 3-5 times using GPS to be able to stop using GPS, but I also never follow the GPS even 50% when I’m leaving my starting point or arriving at my destination.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:23:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
dude I work at a pizza place with drivers who have been there for years. with some of them even common spots like a huge hotel straight down the main road downtown that they have been to millions of times they HAVE to type it into their GPS or they'll get lost. blows my mind.
Piguy922 · 8 points · Posted at 01:24:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought Michael Scott was the only one to follow a computer into a lake.
merlindog15 · 4 points · Posted at 02:45:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WHERE ARE THE TURTLES?!?!?
climber_cass · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One woman where I live drove into Lake Washington because her gps said "turn left." The turn was in like, 200ft.
nightwing2000 · 3 points · Posted at 02:37:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a cartoon from decades before GPS where the wife is telling the husband "I thought the R meant Mississippi Road" as the car is sinking. (sexist much?)
sub_arbore · 3 points · Posted at 02:46:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I, uh, got stuck on a snowy mountain road in Colorado trying to bypass traffic following my GPS and trusting my 4WD way too much. It was not one of my finer moments, and I was soundly shamed by the local sheriff and his partner.
animaloversammy · 3 points · Posted at 03:07:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People drive into the canals in New Orleans and surrounding areas quite a bit. In fact, to get to my house OnStar tells you to turn into the little canal on the road -_-
llDurbinll · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was one story I remember happening a few years ago where an elderly couple were following their GPS and it told them to cross some bridge but the problem was that the bridge was closed because they were replacing a large chunk of the bridge, so there was a huge section missing with nothing stopping you from falling hundreds of feet to the ground below.
As you can see where this is going, they went around a sign and multiple barricades saying the bridge was closed and fell down below. I believe the husband survived but the wife was trapped inside and the car burst into flames.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It happened on the Office so it's not fake
AliveAndKickingAss · 2 points · Posted at 09:38:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no, once a guy drove from the Kef international airport across Iceland in dead of winter to a TINY village where the typo'd version of his hotel was found.
He knew the hotel was less than an hour from the airport, but he followed the directions 8 hours instead of stopping to ask anyone for directions.
Yes, this was an American.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 15:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow that’s something else.
dikkewezel · 2 points · Posted at 11:21:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
there was a news-story of a belgian woman who went to pick up a friend at the airport half an hour away, entered the wrong thing and then drove for 2 days towards italy just because the GPS told her so
Traveuse · 4 points · Posted at 02:06:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao like in the office when Michael doesnt trust Dwight, saying obviously the car knows what its talking about
scrambled_potato · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The machine knows where it's going Dwight
throwawayyyyyyah · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It can be really hard for some people to remember landmarks and stuff like that. I'm definitely one of those people! I need directions to get to my grandma's house, which she's lived at for my entire life (twenty years). But using a map is easy enough for me, I just gotta check it often. I dunno if it's the ADHD or what that makes it so hard for me and some other people, but I gotta say I'm super grateful for the existence of GPS.
some1american · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOW_kPzY_JY
H010CR0N · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a delivery driver, I can attest that being able to use common sense when the GPS acts up is very critical.
Newly built neighborhoods are a pain.
og442 · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think of how many dumb people there are in the world, now double that number. Most likely you are still underestimating.
Vic2sic · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean to be fair some GPS can be confusing. I had to do shadowing in a pharmacy to get my pharmacy tech certification and I didn't know where exactly it was, I knew it was in my town but not how to get there. I left school early, dressed up nicely to make a good impression, put the name of the pharmacy and the town name in my GPS and started driving. Well something went wrong and my GPS decided to take me to Kansas from Texas because there was a pharmacy with the same name somewhere in Kansas. To make matters worse there was a severe thunderstorm and I had to drive halfway to the next town over before I could turn around on the interstate where the speed limit was like 80 and cars were still going fast around me. I had also just had a car wreck from driving in the rain a month or so prior which gave me driving anxiety so I had to pull over because I couldn't stop crying and having a panic attack. I finally showed up 45 minutes late, soaking wet from the rain, with my makeup all messed up from crying. I think they felt bad for me because the pharmacist signed off on my paper that I had done a good job and was there for the proper amount of time etc. It was really embarrassing though showing up extremely late looking all messy and having to explain what had happened.
FoxtrotSierraTango · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Remember when Apple Maps was super broken and ended up directing people into the Australian outback?
https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-maps-gets-drivers-lost-in-australian-outback-police-warn/
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 15:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn Apple Maps brought me to the backside of an airport maintenance yard once and I almost missed my flight. Last time ever.
AdamAllenthePerson · 1 points · Posted at 08:13:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It says veer right!
Kawaii-Bismarck · 1 points · Posted at 11:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of tourists in Amsterdam that want to cycle on the highway because "apple maps told me so" is depressingly high. There is a video out there of a Dutch police woman asking one of them something along the lines of "don't you have a brain? Can't you think for yourself."
LifeScientist123 · 1 points · Posted at 13:45:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll fully admit I'm directionally challenged. I can get lost easily and generally have no idea how to get back to some place. Relying on gps has made this a hundred times worse. From my own experience I can tell you that if I traverse a path once, either by car or foot, I'll typically remember some landmarks, but I have to traverse the same path at least 3 or 4 times before I can remember the directions. Driving is harder because you have to make split second decisions some times and if I miss a turn or a route is blocked and I'm forced to take a.new one, I might be lost for hours until I find some landmark I recognize. This story sounds a bit extreme, but I can relate.
proudtrumpdeplorable · 1 points · Posted at 15:27:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved from a very small town to Phoenix while expecting my first child. On the way home from work one day, over 8 months huge, my normal route was blocked by construction. This was way before GPS or cell phones. I turned down an unfamiliar street and was quickly lost. Being tired and overly emotional, I pulled into a gas station. The attendant (yes, they used to pump gas for you) came to my open window. I busted out crying “I’m lost!” He was shocked at my tears and probably thought I was going into labor. He calmed me down and explained I was on a street parallel to the one I drove every weekday. I made it home and never got lost again in four years living there. He must have gone home with a story about a crazy pregnant lady having a nervous fit at his station. If I had a map I would have been able to read it. So I got one and kept it in my glovebox after that.
dripdryart · 1 points · Posted at 18:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have always been severely directionally challenged. I was always super embarrassed about it, I got made fun of a lot, no one could understand why I couldn’t remember where to go or which road I needed to take.
Last year I learned about aphantasia (inability to create mental images) and holy shit if that isn’t me. It totally explains why I’m so terrible with directions. I cannot visualize where anything is. I can’t picture what road leads where.
I’m 37. Growing up and driving in the late 90’s, I CAN read a map, but it could be hard to maintain an understanding of where I am without any immediate physical descriptors.
Like, even today, I very heavily rely on my phone to get me places I have visited before. It’s entirely possible that I would not recognize a highway I’ve driven down multiple times if I am driving at a different time of day, or especially like, going southbound if I typically would travel northbound. It’s not that I’m not paying attention, my brain just doesn’t compute that sort of information.
Falconfree42 · 1 points · Posted at 15:37:51 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish the stories of driving into stuff following GPS directions were fake, but no. I worked at a horse stable in college, and twice I had to help the barn owner hook up the pickup truck to pull someone out of the ditch near her sign (at least they could call the number on the sign for help, we were in a fairly rural area). They were trying to turn on a nearby street, but GPS was notorious for saying to turn a few hundred feet early right there. Instead of waiting to turn onto the right street, the sign for which you could see up ahead if you just looked ahead, these folks would turn with the GPS, and end up in the drainage ditch.
I'm horrible with directions and navigation, and have ended up in another state because of going the wrong way on the interstate more than once (I swear I've gotten better since then!). Still, I've never managed to blindly follow my GPS into a ditch.
locks_are_paranoid · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The "driving into a lake" stories might still be fake, or at the very least more nuanced then the media makes it seem. Even if a person is fully reliant on GPS for navigation, it would still be obvious is there was a lake and they wouldn't drive into it.
Murgatroyd314 · 10 points · Posted at 00:47:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Surely they couldn't get it this wrong. There must be something I'm not seeing, so this road doesn't really go into deep water."
Nope. It's not a road, it's a boat ramp.
jhobweeks · 3 points · Posted at 01:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The machine knows, Dwight!
Quackagate · 2 points · Posted at 15:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly people are stupid. I work for a roofing company that takes care of large home improvement chain ators roofs and gutters. Well the number of times I'm in this big ass fucking thing with a massive diesel engine running yellow flashing lights all over and an annoying as beeper that wont quit. All that's surround by safty flags on bright orange cones, and we get people that walk right under us because " I dident know it wasent safe". Bitch I could run you over and not notice till I saw the blood puddle. The ones I usually use weight 20,xxxlbs and yet people seam to think that it poses no risk to them.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 00:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You say that but I’ve read.. wait. Wait. You mean not all mainstream news is true?
kingbankai · 305 points · Posted at 21:06:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof. I know a few. Directions I can forgive since you would probably get distracted from memory and traffic by two turns.
diiejso · 144 points · Posted at 21:11:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean like if I give you a printed sheet of directions.
Go south on 1st street for about a mile.
Turn west (right) on Auburn Ave. and drive 5 miles.
Turn South (left) on Peachtree St. until you arrive at 123 Peachtree.
Somehow there's a lot of people for whom this is a daunting task.
Rehela · 184 points · Posted at 22:52:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You would've lost me at 'go south', but I like you for also using left/right.
I can read maps just fine, but can't orient myself or remember directions while driving. This is why I sit in the passenger seat and navigate,
Vandechoz · 55 points · Posted at 23:09:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
yeah, if you're gonna tell someone directions including cardinal directions, at least give them a compass
ChicarronToday · 19 points · Posted at 23:48:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in Denver, with a giant mountain range in site and immediately west of the city. Even with that ever present compass I'd say 95% of the time people get super confused when I give them N/S/E/W directions. Compass won't cut it.
safetydance · 7 points · Posted at 04:59:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha I was in Miami with my wife visiting a friend and his wife. I was driving one evening, the Atlantic Ocean clearly visible to our right as we drove parallel to it. My friend, who lived in the area for some reason said “turn west” at the next light, and I understood him so I said “ok.” The two wives were like “he doesn’t know which way is west just say left or right” and I responded with “I know which way is west.” Both of them could not understand how I knew.
I slowly asked them a series of questions about where we were and what coast of Florida Miami is on and what that ocean was to our right and they finally got it. Their professions? Teacher and pharmacist.
Gadarn · 15 points · Posted at 01:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a city laid out in a grid with all streets going North/South and all avenues going East/West so you always know the cardinal directions. It's super common to get/give directions like: "it's just north of the Stadium" or "go east on 23rd until you get to 91st, then turn south."
If you're familiar with the city it's really easy and you develop a decent sense of direction. But I was working with a contractor from out of town and he was so confused. I had just given him directions to a building he needed to walk to and he got a bit upset. "Why does everyone keep telling me to 'enter the building from the south entrance', or 'it's about a block to the west'? Which way is west!?"
ipostalotforalurker · 3 points · Posted at 03:35:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or they can just look for the sun, assuming they know what time it is.
Son_of_Kong · 4 points · Posted at 02:36:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
First, determine whether it's morning or afternoon. Then look at the sky. In the morning, the sun is in the east. In the afternoon, it's in the west.
Override9636 · 5 points · Posted at 02:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love the "Nick Fury" method of navigating.
IS THE SUN COMING UP? THEN PUT IT ON THE LEFT."
kathatter75 · 4 points · Posted at 00:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you use Waze, they recently added a compass to it. That way, you can glance over and see where North, South, East and West are.
DrinkingSocks · 18 points · Posted at 23:16:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which Peachtree St is the question though.
diiejso · 14 points · Posted at 23:20:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hello in Atlanta!
Invisible_Friend1 · 5 points · Posted at 00:19:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely just plain Peachtree St. Avoid W. Peachtree St. or you could get turned around
lightstaver · 4 points · Posted at 02:47:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely turned on the wrong Peachtree at least twice the first time heading out towards Buckhead.
menchekia · 14 points · Posted at 00:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, in Atlanta, literally 1/3 of the streets are called Peachtree though.....
QuickguiltyQuilty · 9 points · Posted at 02:17:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live on a road that is off 60th avenue. Right before 60th avenue is 60th place and 60th Street and if you go up a little further there is 60th drive. I fucking hate it.
GPS people have no problem. Oh turn here. Good to go.
The written directions are when people get lost. How many times have I said, "if you're coming from the main road it's the third 60th, it's the one with the pretty trees"
DBCOOPER888 · 8 points · Posted at 01:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Maybe not so much daunting, but it can be rough constantly looking for street names and landmarks while paying attention to traffic. The moment you notice where you're supposed to turn you might be in the wrong lane or going too fast to turn so you miss it, and then you're left not sure exactly how to get back on track.
This isn't so bad in large open places and rural areas, but in congested large cities confusingly designed it can get nerve wracking.
dararie · 6 points · Posted at 00:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister in law can’t follow directions, she once got lost coming to my house for a restaurant a mile away , straight down the same street from my house.
ZweitenMal · 5 points · Posted at 01:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just the way my brain works, I need to see or draw a map. Written directions confuse me, and I hate following GPS because I need to have a mental image of where I’m going.
That said, I live in NYC and no longer drive, but the few times I’ve had to rent a car and go somewhere I just do what the GPS tells me because there’s no way to know what lane you need to be in, etc, unless you know. Thankfully the drivers here are pretty laid back and will let you merge or whatever. Not like Chicago, where I lived before.
lightstaver · 5 points · Posted at 02:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, you're in Georgia and you said Peachtree so I'm going to need you to clarify which of the five Peachtrees I'll cross do you mean.
Nyx-Erebus · 5 points · Posted at 02:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me the thing I'm terrible at is telling distances. Like if you tell me to go 1km down a road I honestly have no idea how far I should be going. But if you tell me "go south on Main Street until you reach Front Street, then turn right" then I'm all good.
diiejso · 0 points · Posted at 03:09:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you tell me to go 1km down the road I take a glance at the odometer to see where it's at and then stop when it increments up by a full 1km. Or reset the trip counter and use that so I don't have to math.
locks_are_paranoid · 8 points · Posted at 00:39:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder how many accidents have been caused by people reading a piece of paper while driving? With a GPS, you have a voice telling you where to go, and a quick glance is the GPS screen will give you the visuals.
diiejso · 5 points · Posted at 01:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't suggest people read the directions whilst driving. You ought to be able to have at least a few steps in your head. It's never been a struggle for me at least.
candybrie · 6 points · Posted at 02:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving requires too much focus for me to need to focus on remember directions. If I was walking or biking I could do it, but there's too much to pay attention to too fast for me to be able to handle a list of directions.
Worthyness · 2 points · Posted at 06:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
before GPS, I'd always make sure someone would read them to me cause even then I knew reading and driving at the same time was stupid as fuck.
And if I didn't have a navigator, I basically went on mapquest and memorized the directions as much as I could. If they were streets, I'd read the next line or two at a stop sign or stop light. It's a little high stress now that I think about it. And for freeways I basically tried to memorize the exists/merges. But for the most part, on freeways, the signs tell you where you're going if you know the major city at least.
kingbankai · 3 points · Posted at 23:38:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now you are asking people to read paper!
What are you a dinosaur.
Probably had a CD Walkman too.
Murgatroyd314 · 4 points · Posted at 05:06:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You younguns with your newfangled CDs. Music comes on records, or if you really need to take it with you, tapes.
kingbankai · 2 points · Posted at 12:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in my day music came straight from Ludvig’s dick.
Echospite · 3 points · Posted at 02:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Drive 5 miles" would definitely lose me because I can't mentally keep track of how far I've driven.
diiejso · 3 points · Posted at 02:27:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Vehicles have odometers that track your distance.
Echospite · 5 points · Posted at 03:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm too busy looking at the road and driving to watch the odometer, which isn't precise enough to use as a marker anyway.
diiejso · 0 points · Posted at 03:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, on my cars it's always been conveniently located in the same panel with the speedometer so if I can check my speed I can check my distance too. Also if you were tell me to go 5 miles and turn at Auburn and I came to the intersection of Auburn at 4.9 miles I'd turn there, not continue another .1 mile and turn into someone's driveway and get confused. I'm not Michael Scott.
Echospite · 3 points · Posted at 03:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On my car it's rounded down to the nearest kilometre, so if I'm at 4.9 kilometres and you tell me to drive 5Ks, I'd only drive 4.1km and then wonder where the fuck Auburn is, worry I've missed it, drive around in circles trying to find it, etc etc. But I'm no Michael Scott either.
diiejso · -5 points · Posted at 03:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess you’re lucky you don’t ever have to rely on yourself.
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 05:51:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't even use a GPS, mate, but have fun with your strawmen.
shamwowwow · 3 points · Posted at 02:22:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TBH written directions are more challenging for me than a map. Just draw it out.
kayaut · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To give a little perspective, I will just say that printed sheets are hard for me but only because processing written/typed words while driving isn't so easy. Because I'm doing the thing, checking each street to see if it's the one, verifying I'm remembering what it said correctly and...
I'd be better off memorizing the directions but then the issue is if it's more than 15 different steps and I get lost, I'm up shit creek because I have no idea where I went wrong.
Some people can't do the written direction thing. Kind of like how people can be auditory or visual learners. If you process slowly with one manner of directions, it's safer for you and everyone else you encounter on the road to use whatever method works best for you.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me haz no compas so me no no wat nort is
Yamatjac · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a daunting task to me. Just tell me the address and I'll look it up on google maps and find the route that makes me the most comfortable thanks.
Xenasis · 2 points · Posted at 04:07:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you give me a printed sheet of directions, what am I meant to do? Pick it up while I'm driving? Reading something like that seems dangerous?
Unironic question, by the way
diiejso · 3 points · Posted at 04:42:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Read it before you start your trip so you know the route you’re going to take. Maybe reference it safely white stopped at a red light. Surprisingly, people were able to use maps and directions in the days before gps navigation.
Xenasis · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if you don't hit any red lights though? This legitimately seems like a very dangerous method of navigation when there's a perfectly functional hands-free option.
I'm sure people could navigate, but it doesn't seem like a good way. There are no advantages that I can think of over GPS.
Thatevilbadguy · 2 points · Posted at 23:27:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really is, I can’t judge distance for my life
diiejso · 4 points · Posted at 23:30:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Luckily vehicles come with an odometer to do that for ya :)
doihavemakeanewword · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even though it would only take a person in the passenger seat reading roadsigns to translate that directly into GPS speak
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like this wouldn’t work in Atlanta where almost everything has peachtree in the name
darnclem · 6 points · Posted at 03:01:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course, some people just don't want to admit that they're terrible at giving directions. My dad always complains that people can't follow directions when his directions will include something like "left after the blue car right next to the hay bale with the sign on it." I have no problem following directions, I can't follow YOUR directions because the guy with the blue car is at work.
Pentacostal-Haircut · 4 points · Posted at 21:20:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah! I’m glad this was brought up! All those maps in the racks at the highway gas stations! No one prob buys them anymore!
circa_diem · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people will rattle off directions as a single sentence and like... nah, no way will I remember that. Please write it down or go slowly enough that I can write it down. Different problem though lol. For a long time my dad told me I had "no sense of direction". My sense of direction is just fine, it's my memory that's shit lol
Myfeedarsaur · 0 points · Posted at 01:39:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, those are the simple directions. Complicated directions are hard for most people.
XxsquirrelxX · 167 points · Posted at 21:34:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hilariously enough, my parents have this issue. We once got lost in New Jersey on a trip to Pennsylvania because they got confused by the GPS, and almost put us on a toll road. Same trip, same GPS program, we were in NYC and ended up walking in an hour long loop because the GPS obviously sucked. I realized something was wrong when I noticed we were going the opposite direction of the hotel. They didn’t realize it until we wound up right back where we started.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 23 points · Posted at 22:38:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
High buildings are notorious for causing reflections. Imagine the building being a mirror, and your phone seeing the satellites' mirror image - effectively putting you where your mirror image would be, aka the street on the other side of said building.
This is why it's important to understand how technology works, and how it fails.
Sooo many times where I had to tell the driver "ignore everything the GPS says, it thinks we're on the road parallel to the highway we're actually on".
XxsquirrelxX · 5 points · Posted at 22:54:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that explains why my phone’s Apple Maps always put us 1 block away from where we were.
allofthechai93 · 2 points · Posted at 15:24:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
GPS is useless in cities with skyscraper type buildings. Same thing happens in Chicago etc. At one point, with Upper, Middle, and Lower Wacker all stacked on top of each other + underground roads it's a hellscape so you have to just know how the roads connect.
NotYetASerialKiller · 12 points · Posted at 22:14:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
GPS in NJ seems to suck. I don’t know what it is about this state, but the maps just quit. Doesn’t help that the roads make no sense and you almost need a GPS lol
dararie · 8 points · Posted at 00:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s deliberate, we’re trying to keep out the riffraff
cATSup24 · 10 points · Posted at 22:50:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's because even the GPS doesn't want to be there.
chevymonza · 4 points · Posted at 00:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Going through NJ always involves me trying not to have a nervous breakdown. I can drive down south by myself, with the car GPS, even NYC isn't a problem. But NJ is designed to suck you in for good.
NotYetASerialKiller · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a new driver and driving in a bad part of Jersey. So stressful
chevymonza · 4 points · Posted at 02:48:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Username makes sense now!
rsch87 · 2 points · Posted at 01:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s all those jug handles!
bros402 · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's because GPSes don't understand the glory of jughandles.
GredAndForgee · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just moved here and omg the roads are insane!
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fiar, as I remarked to my step-sister who lived in New Jersey "It seems every road in New Jersey eventually crosses every other New jersey road."
XxsquirrelxX · 0 points · Posted at 22:55:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well this place was pretty rural. In NYC later on in the trip, my cell service was better than in my hometown.
ZweitenMal · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NYC is a very efficient grid. You shouldn’t be using google maps to get around. I mean you can pull up the map and follow the blue dot to see where you are, but don’t let it tell you where to walk.
XxsquirrelxX · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were in Lower Manhattan, the streets get weirder there.
werterland · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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XxsquirrelxX · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We also made the fatal mistake of using the hop on hop off buses. The hotel gave us a free voucher for them.
NEVER use above ground transport in NYC. The traffic really is as bad as they say, it takes an hour and a half to go from midtown to downtown.
lyrasorial · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NJ is also the worst for driving-limited left turns, their signs often list towns instead of directions which makes it hard for non-locals to navigate, and the signs are often placed way too late or close to an exit. I hate it.
7788445511220011 · 79 points · Posted at 21:04:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah... There are a concerning number of people who can't orient themselves whatsoever much less effectively use a map.
GPS has ruined it for a lot of people and it is sad.
Like the first thing I do when I move to a city is learn where neighborhoods are/landmarks are in relation to each other. I knew this city better than many locals after a few months and it was weird having to tell them "we're in X neighborhood, so downtown is to the west. That major street runs east to west and the sun is over there so if we want to go to your place, it's this way."
xm202OAndA · 99 points · Posted at 22:14:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, there were plenty of people who couldn't read a map pre-GPS.
KieshaK · 8 points · Posted at 00:51:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s me! I can’t follow a map to save my life. I have to use Joey’s trick from “Friends” and go “in the map” to understand where I am in relation to it.
Ranchette_Geezer · 5 points · Posted at 23:29:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was in something like OCS but the Marines. He said the #1 cause of failure was inability to read a map.
Yachimovich · 1 points · Posted at 15:58:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can't spell "lost" without "LT"
Xenasis · 5 points · Posted at 04:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is me. I've always been awful with directions. I use GPS for everything because otherwise I'd get lost and have no idea how to get home.
7788445511220011 · 3 points · Posted at 22:15:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, just less commonly ime. But very true.
RenegadeTLA · 51 points · Posted at 22:51:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is definitely a real problem, but I’d like to point out that there are people who can’t orient themselves to literally save their life, and who didn’t grow up with GPS. My grandmother is one of these people - I have no idea how my mother and I can orient ourselves but she cannot, literally just cannot for any reason. She used to keep written versions of how to get home from different places in the glove box (ie: turn right at the gas station, etc) and had maps of every city and town around hers just in case. It’s incredible. She’s lived in the same place for 65 years and can’t just go to the grocery store.
ZaMiLoD · 19 points · Posted at 00:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m like that. Twice I’ve got lost on a practically straight road... took me hours to find my way back too. Having smartphones is a literal godsend and has made my life so much easier. I’ll also say that Paris is amazing for people like me because of the tall, super-easy-to-recognise landmarks that you can triangulate by. I found my way around better there than in my hometown.
Edit: I can read and follow maps though so I’m safe if I have those but I have absolutely no sense of direction.
RenegadeTLA · 4 points · Posted at 00:15:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re valid - I’m not like that but I can understand being bad at it.
if it makes you feel any better, I’m 24 and have to think really really really hard in order to tie my own goddamned shoes and it’s frankly embarrassing. I wear a lot of slip ons now.
ZaMiLoD · 3 points · Posted at 01:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad did not learn to tie his shoes until he was 20 and his boss taught him as he needed to tie bows for work. He does it different from anyone I’ve ever seen (make two loops and tie them into a knot basically)and so do I because he taught me.. tbf I think my dad was just lazy - but still
RenegadeTLA · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh gosh, that’s EXACTLY how I tie my shoes and it just.... doesn’t make sense in my head. I can’t do knots. I can paint super complex things or make an entire map, but I can’t tie my shoes and it’s my (kind of) secret shame.
ZaMiLoD · 2 points · Posted at 08:08:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ma don’t be ashamed, it’s surprisingly tricky... My husband tried to teach me “the normal” way and it’s like pure magic!
aRandomLurker1421 · 2 points · Posted at 01:39:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I can read maps no problem but ask me to go anywhere without one....... Yeah nah
FirePaddler · 6 points · Posted at 01:02:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm basically like that. Not quite that bad - if I've been someplace many times I might start to remember how to get there, but I still won't have a sense of where it is in relation to other things I'm familiar with unless I look at a map. There have been times I haven't realized that two places I go regularly are a block away from each other.
I can read a map or directions, I just have no sense of it myself. My boyfriend always accuses me of being too reliant on GPS, but I'm old enough that I was driving for many years without it and I was just lost all the damn time. Thank god for GPS.
RenegadeTLA · 5 points · Posted at 01:50:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re so valid. I realize now that I took multiple semesters of mapping in college so maybe I’m just especially inclined towards it. I adore making maps and can visualize things like that in my head with ease. Numbers and math? Not so much though
kissmybubble · 5 points · Posted at 01:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am this person. My brain just doesn't relate things to each other directionally. If there's a curve in the road, I no longer know the general direction I started from. I have gotten lost by going into a store, and when I came out I couldn't remember which direction I had come from. It's SO FRUSTRATING. I don't drive and GPS for foot traffic is horrendous. And people are always irritated and treat me like I'm an idiot for it. Like dude, do you think I ENJOY getting lost on my frickety frackin way home?! And "landmarks" where I live are like "the such and such building"...dude, modern buildings all look the same. Shiny boring rectangles. The end. I'll have a landmark like "the tree that looks like a dancer is coming out of it with the square roots" and then they cut it down and I'm screwed. Also, shit moves! Drugstore on this corner for the past 5 years? Surprise, not anymore! Now it's a diner that was on a different corner before, so have fun getting out of here! I can learn a specific route through repetition, but if anything changes, my brain does NOT understand what would bean equivalent route. It's ridiculous and I hate it. I feel your grandmother's pain. At least it seems her family understood it wasn't her fault.
kitolz · 6 points · Posted at 02:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you play video games at all?
I find that developing spatial awareness is something that's done by a lot of video games extremely well. That includes map reading and route memorization.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 19:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can play some games, usually not by myself. I have a weird thing that happens to my vision when the games are too fast where everything sort of mushes together like a one-color psychedelic trip and I can't see. I like Diablo III bc you can have a little color blob under your character so I can always find myself on the screen. I like NFS Underground two, because there is literally a glowing line you can follow. And I like Resident Evil 5, bc it's two players and I can play from a further distance, which keeps everything from melting together. Basically, I have trouble with games and one reason is the same reason I get lost IRL, lmao. My brain is weird
kitolz · 2 points · Posted at 19:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Glad to hear you can still enjoy them even with the trouble.
I also recommend exploration heavy games such as Skyrim and Minecraft. Not too fast paced and available on every platform. No big deal if that's not your preference though.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 19:24:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually a couple different friends of mine have recomended these to me from knowing my gaming preferences lol -^ They're definitely on my "to try" list, thanks!
RenegadeTLA · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, we try our best to accommodate for her, and if she wants to drive, we let her and just give instructions if she asks. It works out, generally, and if not, we have a good laugh about ending up somewhere else.
kissmybubble · 2 points · Posted at 19:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's so nice that she has people who care and treat her like this, from the sound of it i'm glad she has you. Keep up the understanding and chill attitude!
RenegadeTLA · 2 points · Posted at 20:05:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love her very much, and I hope she knows we appreciate her for her talents - despite directions not being one of those talents 😂💕
7788445511220011 · 2 points · Posted at 23:05:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It takes all kinds.
RenegadeTLA · 5 points · Posted at 23:16:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s the oddest thing to see. She took me to a grocery store in her city once, one that I had not been to but she had been to every week for years, and when we got back in the car, she pulled out her map.
I was just baffled. I could have given her instructions on how to get home and I’d never been there before, I just knew we were roughly 8 blocks away from home.
unknownpoltroon · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a particualr brain disability that does this, I saw an article about a woman who was a runner who had this, hse would just get lost and keep running fo r hours untill she got home.
Dragonfucka · 3 points · Posted at 09:34:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a superpower for getting fit though
Not-a-stalinist · 3 points · Posted at 22:33:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Problem is my memory is shit there is no way I would be able to do that, and while I can read maps fine (bronze DofE) but I wouldn’t be able to read a map and concentrate on the rad at the same time because the car goes faster than walking speed and that’s too much for me.
7788445511220011 · 2 points · Posted at 22:36:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear ya, but this doesn't really take an above average memory. I get we all have different abilities but I do find people have largely ignored building this particular skill since GPS came out.
But please don't try to read maps while operating a vehicle, I agree that is not a good idea.
Not-a-stalinist · 2 points · Posted at 22:42:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I don’t even use gps but I have gone down the same route several times to my nan’s house (as a passenger, because of the whole “I am terrified of the concept of driving” thing) and I still haven’t the slightest clue how to get there, I can memorise walking routs fine, I can get to the church in my town from my house with ease and know all the shops en route, but I can’t for the life of me remember road-based routes.
7788445511220011 · 1 points · Posted at 22:49:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you ever feel like trying, I highly recommend doing it by familiarizing yourself with a local map, instead of by driving and memorizing the route. Much easier once you have a broad understanding of the lay of the land.
I'd be perpetually disoriented if I went somewhere and never took ten minutes to look at a map, see which areas are where, which major roads go which way and intersect/run parallel.
Not-a-stalinist · 0 points · Posted at 22:52:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cars are fucking terrifying though. :(
MarsNirgal · 3 points · Posted at 23:08:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in vacation in Spain and had to avoid using roaming/data because reasons. I had previously downloaded a map to each city I visited, and between the map and asking for directions, I did nearly all the moves without GPS.
xelle24 · 3 points · Posted at 02:58:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure this is the reason an absolutely ridiculous number of people turn around in the intersection in front of my house.
Yes, there are several one way streets in the neighborhood, and a few streets that don't go where you'd think they would go, but for the most part it's a grid. Why would you do a multi-point turn (often blocking traffic) when you could just go around the block?
I often go for a Sunday drive (especially these days) just to "get out of the house". I don't have a destination, I just head out of the city and drive around. People I talk to think I'm nuts and say "but aren't you afraid of getting lost?"
The whole point is to get lost! I have a pretty decent sense of direction and most roads eventually lead somewhere that will have road signs that will get me home again. I only use the GPS if I have an actual destination.
sicnevol · 3 points · Posted at 03:02:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in the science Olympiad in high school on the topographic map contests. It always blows my mind when people have no fucking idea where they are. I can tell you what direction i’m facing like 90% of the time.
Like how do you not know which way North is?
vewltage · 2 points · Posted at 09:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you know where north is?
sicnevol · 1 points · Posted at 11:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I visualize a top down view of the area and then compare it to a map in my mind. So if I looked at a map of the area recently I can like visualize top down what direction I’m facing on the map and that tells me where north is
ArghAuguste · 2 points · Posted at 02:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what I do too, I have a bad sense of direction so I always try to make up for it by being extra cautious of signs, relations between streets.. etc.. so I can memorize my path and not rely on GPS.
I also often check the streets on google map before I go to a new city so that makes it easier once I'm there.
Not_Cleaver · 15 points · Posted at 22:17:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can read a map. I’m just an idiot with no sense of direction when I’m the one behind the wheel.
DejoMasters · 12 points · Posted at 23:40:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to NYC with my sister when I was about 16 and she was in her late 20s. She was constantly confused on where to go because the walking directions on Google Maps couldn't find what direction she was facing. To quote John Mulaney, "The streets are numbered!" We got there with time to spare after I took over navigation.
diiejso · 3 points · Posted at 00:01:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My biggest confusion there my first time was people would say meet at 53rd and 3rd and I didn't know if the first was supposed to be avenue or street and panic about what if there's more than 1 possible 53rd and 3rd intersection how do I know which one to show up at.
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WtotheSLAM · 2 points · Posted at 00:09:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It would but instead everyone just listens for the directions. No one looks at a map
rocknin · 9 points · Posted at 00:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This also has to do with spacial sense. I can easily memorize directions to a place I've gone once or twice, but i cannot for the life of me remember peoples names. brains are dumb.
zzaannsebar · 19 points · Posted at 21:57:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know what it is, but if I'm driving, my sense of direction and ability to remember how to get somewhere and figure out how to get back (if it's the first time I've gone there) is excellent.
But I'll be damned if you try to give me a map, digital or physical, on foot and tell me to go somewhere. I don't know what it is but my mind does not wrap around figuring out your location on foot and going somewhere based on looking at a map. I remember when I was in Spain doing a short term study abroad, the program directors gave us maps of the city center that had all the university buildings and major spots and historical buildings we would ever need to know to get around. I could not use it to save my life. I ended up having a friend show me how to get to a few of the important spots so I just went by memory on how to get everywhere. It was really frustrating trying so hard to use the map and it basically looking just like shapes and colors but nothing containing actual useful information.
verascity · 5 points · Posted at 01:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's so weird to me because I'm the exact opposite: I'm a master of direction on foot, but put me behind the wheel without a GPS and I will instantly get lost.
theblackcanaryyy · 12 points · Posted at 23:01:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh... I’ve always been one of those people, before and after gps. I can’t judge distances or figure out East, west, etc.
It takes me months to memorize the route to a new job, especially if I drive there during the day and back home at night when everything looks different.
The worst is that street signs are almost impossible to see at night until you’re on top of them and it’s too late to turn.
Even when Mapquest became a thing I still had a hard time following directions because of distances and hard to read street signs.
Learning landmarks was always easier for me
incrediblestrawberry · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! I have trouble judging distance, very little sense of direction (where's North?), and even mix up left and right if I'm not concentrating. I need landmarks. "Keep going until James Street" makes me anxious. (Which one is James Street!? What does it look like? It's the one near the gas station, right? Wait, there's more than one gas station!?) However, "go straight until you've passed the library, then turn on the street right after it" works fine.
I'm pretty sure it's related to Dyscalculia, because I also have trouble with math, reading music, and reading analog clocks.
bunnyrut · 5 points · Posted at 00:53:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People seem amazed when I tell them how I spent a summer in Florida during college break and used a physical map to travel all over the state. Sure, if I was alone I had to pull over sometimes to make sure I knew where I was going (but you need to take bathroom breaks anyway). But a lot of times someone else was with me to tell me the next road to turn on, and we just looked for the name of the road or signs for the next highway.
The GPS is basically just a buddy in your car reading off where to turn next with the map.
The hardest part was locating where you currently were on the map.
tahituatara · 6 points · Posted at 01:08:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people genuinely struggle with orientation and location. It's a learning disability, just not one that gets picked up at school. The strength of their reaction and panic suggests that might be the case here. The same people will have serious trouble finding their car in a busy parking lot, and will go up and down every aisle in the supermarket even if they don't need much so they don't literally get lost. A lot of autistic people struggle with this.
syzygys_ · 5 points · Posted at 23:08:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's sad. I love maps and I also love knowing where I'm going so I always meticulously plan out my route if I'm driving somewhere new.
diiejso · 1 points · Posted at 23:09:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As do I, especially so when it out of the cities because I've found that the main maps programs can get a little dicey in rural areas if you're going to rely on gps to do all your navigation.
GamerKey · 1 points · Posted at 10:34:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same. I usually look up the route on google maps at home, memorize the key points and general directions, and then I just drive there.
Once I've driven somewhere I usually find my way there again easily and without looking anything up.
I guess the trick is to play a lot of videogames for improved spatial awareness, as well as not relying on GPS and just following its directions "in the moment".
If you just follow the directions your GPS gives you "right now" without having a general understanding of your entire route, I can see how you wouldn't be able to re-trace it from memory later.
APater6076 · 6 points · Posted at 00:45:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in Scotland and with my (now Ex-)wife we went on holiday to England involving a long drive south. This was pre-satnav days, about 20 years ago. Because we were going south she had to turn the Atlas upside down so the road and the turns we had to take were the same side as the turns on the road. It blew my mind.
StabbyPants · 4 points · Posted at 00:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
they never were. reading a map is apparently something you have to practice, and lots of people don't. they just follow GPS up a logging road.
counterpoint: if i'm asking for where you are, i want an address or cross streets. don't tell me step by step, i'll ask you if your address varies based on starting point
Leaves_Swype_Typos · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess that's of the advantages you can get from a life of gaming that you never really think about.
StabbyPants · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i guess, but maps just made sense starting from age 5 - once you're old enough to read, you should be able to navigate.
much later on, you can read the map and find the history and the fights that formed it
XxRUDYTUDYxX · 4 points · Posted at 01:03:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My city is a literal grid so I give out directions like "I'm at the Walmart on the southeast corner of thisroad/thatroad" and the amount of replies I get asking "yeah but what's the actual address" infuriate me. Not to mention, the fact that our city is a perfect grid, and you still don't know your cardinal directions... It's pretty sad.
Google the crossroads, and orient yourself.
m2cwf · 3 points · Posted at 23:26:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Related to navigation, I realized while teaching my kids to drive that they didn't know how to navigate around even our own part of the city where we live. Street names, how to get to places like choir practice where they went every week, etc. Turns out that while I knew my way around at 16 because I had spent my childhood looking out the window while my parents drove, my kids spent their childhood looking down at their DS or phone, virtually never paying attention to where we were going. Because of this they do depend much more than their dad and I do on Maps or Waze if it's not someplace they're sure they know well.
NonfatNoWaterChai · 3 points · Posted at 00:18:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband has a terrible sense of direction. We were driving on the interstate and passed a Ghirardelli Chocolate outlet on the frontage road on the other side of the highway. He lamented not being able to stop because we didn’t know how to get there. I had him get off at the next exit, turn left over the highway and then left onto the frontage road. Less than five minutes and literally just two turns.
He can read a map, just don’t ask him to wing it.
diiejso · 1 points · Posted at 00:23:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol. I knew someone that in that situation would go down two exits, get back on the highway coming back, then get off on the exit they'd already passed.
chinchillah_killah · 2 points · Posted at 22:23:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got in big trouble with my wife when I realized that not everyone has an innate sense of direction or the ability to create maps in their heads. Deciding to teach a grown, successful woman how to read a map as her husband? Not recommended, not recommended at all.
Directions are impossible for me though. Just tell me the address, I'll look at it once on google maps and be able to get there. Tell me left and right directions and I'll be lost after the first turn.
schmitz_faced · 2 points · Posted at 22:29:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was driving with a friend on a road trip. It was time to switch drivers so I got off at the exit, made a left turn at the light then pulled into the gas station on the right. She asked me to type in the address of our destination on her phone, so I said I would and that she could go ahead and get back on the highway (we still had a few hours to go). But she literally couldn’t get to the highway without her phone. WE COULD SEE THE RAMP. My favorite part was when she got on the ramp and didn’t know to merge until her phone told her to...
MelodicSasquatch · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That last part scares me.
itchy-n0b0dy · 2 points · Posted at 22:38:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dang! I’m terrible with directions and what not and I’ll admit it, but even I know my daily routes enough not to need a GPS for them... When I was in college, I was going to a different campus for a semester and my class had a field trip and I purposely made it a point not to use a gps the entire semester but instead look up the directions ahead of time and use road signs to get to my destination. That really helped me get a sense of my area and learn what roads are East and which as West of me and what not...
cATSup24 · 2 points · Posted at 22:49:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My then-gf got lost two towns over from where she lived while trying to drive to a place roughly two blocks from her house.
To be fair, she actually has a mental disorder that makes physical orientation and spatial awareness nearly impossible even with tremendous effort. Most other people don't have that excuse, and I've seen people almost as bad as her who just never gave a fuck that their wilful ignorance could realistically kill them someday.
Status-Complaint · 2 points · Posted at 23:39:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many of my friends can’t even read or follow gps or google maps. The funny thing is that three of them think they’re good at giving directions and tell you the most childish and disorienting things like “go down the avenue and turn right in the tall tree, then go past the small green house and you’ll see my house”. The distance between the green house and the tree (There are tons of tall trees on the streets and avenues) is around 500 meters
diiejso · 1 points · Posted at 23:56:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't used mapquest in forever but they used to do really good landmark directions if you wanted them. So instead of just a street name you could get "turn right at the Dairy Queen." It was impressively accurate, especially for the time.
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've only recently heard those types of directions out of Google maps. Sometimes it'll just say "turn right" because you're turning into a lot instead of onto a street, and sometimes it'll say "turn right past the 7/11"
spacey_kasey · 2 points · Posted at 00:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol one of my coworkers has a similar story to this. So coworker 1 is driving to work one day and pulls up next to coworker 2 at a light about a mile or two from work. They wave at each other. Coworker 1 arrives at work and 15 minutes later, coworker 2 gets there. Coworker 1 jokingly asks coworker 2 if he got lost or something, and coworker 2 says he misheard a direction from his gps and got all turned around. So coworker 1 asked some follow up questions and learned that coworker 2 does not know how to get to work despite working at this place for 6 months, and that he pretty much has to use his phone to get anywhere... This guy was not the smartest, still confused as to how he got a four year degree in engineering.
EucalyptusYogi11 · 2 points · Posted at 00:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I really don't understand why people use those for something as simple as going to work!. When we moved the first thing I did was drive every single back road home and figure out how all the roads connect together. That way if I need to get home a different way due a road closure, I know how to do that.
hangryvegan · 2 points · Posted at 00:22:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That first one is my MIL. She’s not allowed to drive any of my family anywhere.
dararie · 2 points · Posted at 00:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true. I was telling a coworker the other day about having map reading class in grade school and she acted like I was nuts...no honey, I’m just older than you...
shaggy99 · 2 points · Posted at 00:36:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you, as a teenager, get driven everywhere, your brain never learns how to navigate. Seriously, it's becoming a problem.
longlivevideogames · 2 points · Posted at 00:38:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you meet Tom Haverford?!
diiejso · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know if you'd call it meeting, technically. I bumped into the guy once but he was staring at a painting and crying and didn't seem to realize there was anyone else in the building.
longlivevideogames · 0 points · Posted at 01:54:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I’ve looked at this for five hours now”
MrsSamT82 · 2 points · Posted at 00:42:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m one of those “old” people who will go on mapquest and print out directions and a street-map of my destination when I’m going somewhere I’ve never been. My mom taught me how to use a map back in the early 90’s when I was a preteen, so I could be her “navigator” when we took road trips. It’s such a valuable skill, and it’s sad people are so reliant on phones/GPS now.
JumalaYksi · 2 points · Posted at 01:01:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Big rig drivers getting stuck on dead-ends, narrow roads, low bridges, etc.
When I first went to trucking school, they taught us how to use an atlas. When I got in my first truck, the driver trainer had me use the atlas to find the best route before I was allowed to check on the, then, crude GPS. This does not happen with all truck drivers.
Many big rig drivers will even attempt to use Google for directions even though their vehicle is 8' taller, 40' longer, and 70k pounds heavier than the vehicles Google was designed for directing.
tonkotsuburps · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had this with a friend who couldn't figure out which way was north on Vermont (a very central street in Los Angeles) despite said friend literally growing up for 25 years in Koreatown which Vermont is basically the eastern border of. This area is a straight up N/S/E/W grid in all directions for miles. I was just staring at them like ..... uh. How do you live.
This was before turn-by-turn GPS instructions btw.
CheetahDog · 0 points · Posted at 01:54:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Out of curiosity, how are you supposed to find North if it isn't nighttime and you can't use the North Star?
tonkotsuburps · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
25 years of living in that location and having looked at a map maybe once or twice?
Living in LA you know which way the beach is (the far west side, obviously). You know which way downtown is (it's on the far east side). So if you're heading toward downtown, north is left. If you're heading toward the beach, north is right. It's honestly really fuckin' easy.
unrulycokebottle · 2 points · Posted at 01:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is me but i evntually just learn the way home through muscle memory and memorising the landmarks i evnetually just stop using gps after a month or two. being a construction worker i get to work in many parts of my big city so eventually i wont need a gps to get anywhere.
TheRedMaiden · 2 points · Posted at 01:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Listen I can follow a map just fine but once GladOS starts throwing out words like North and South I'm out.
Win-Winyl · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no, I feel really called out right now hahaha. My partner will often stop our walks in our neighborhood and ask me which way our house is, and I literally never know. I get so in my head that I forget to pay attention to my turns in pretty much every situation. I would be truly lost without GPS
Villageidiot1984 · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is crazy, like it sounds like the person might have a brain injury. Fucking rodents will learn a maze of you put cheese at one end enough times. The idea that a cognitively intact human couldn’t find their house from their job is not believable.
diiejso · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And yet I'm getting dozens of replies from people that are the same as the person in my story.
Villageidiot1984 · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No way. I personally don’t believe it. I believe you, I just think they must be exaggerating to you.
This_Daydreamer_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a learning disability and it's more common than you would expect. I didn't realize how bad my sense of direction was until I had a middle school assignment to draw a map of our school from memory. I didn't even know where to start and was amazed that no one else found any difficulty. Mind you, that was a few decades before GPS was a thing that was easily accessible so I can't say it's because I relied on that too much.
I've learned ways to deal with it - no I don't get lost on my way to work - but it's still a real problem at times. I get lost in Target every damn time I go. I can get there. I just can't remember how to get back to the registers while I'm in the store. I generally figure it out by following the walls. Then I forget if I turn left or right out of the parking lot to get home. If I turn the wrong way, I realize it pretty quickly and turn around at the next intersection.
Villageidiot1984 · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But even for you who knows they have a learning disability, and have had a problem like this for most of your life, you don’t get lost driving home from work.
Granted I have a pretty good sense of direction, but when I drive to somewhere I’ve been a lot of times, it’s not even conscious. I just get in the car and go there. I think most people can relate to zoning out while driving and ending up home and can barely even remember the drive. I don’t see how someone could drive to and from work everyday without it just becoming automatic.
Ryguy55 · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm another one who's horrible with this. Smart phones and navigation weren't a thing for the first 5 years or so I was driving and it made getting around a really frustrating, intimidating process. Even with maps and directions from Mapquest I would constantly get lost.
Being able to find something for the first time without a GPS or getting home on your own just by remembering how you got there seems like a super power to me.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 23:43:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 40. Have never been able to follow a map. So thankful for GPS. I just have no sense of direction at all, and it isn't for lack of trying. My brain just won't do that the same way it won't do mental math.
warboy3 · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates girlfriend is over at our house at the time and still can't find it without gps... She will turn on her gps to get home from the gas station across the street.
She literally cannot drive anywhere without it
Omegaman2010 · 1 points · Posted at 00:27:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife is kinda that way with directions, but I feel like it's less about not knowing directions and more about being oblivious while she drives. You could take her to the same place three different routes and she wouldn't notice. That's why I drive.
leetfists · 1 points · Posted at 00:31:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved to a new city for work a couple of years ago. About a week into the job I was still using GPS to get to and from work because honestly I had a lot more on my mind than trying to learn my way around town. One day my phone died on the way home and I didn't have a car charger so I literally had to drive around looking for a place that sold them so I could use the GPS to find my way home. It was so embarrassing...
robot-pp · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is the lake. THIS IS THE LAKE.
veevacious · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was on a date with a guy. He was driving, but I lived in the area and told him I could definitely direct us to where we were going. He still wanted to use the GPS as he felt “more comfortable” using it. We get to the place and end up overshooting it and he FLIPS OUT and is trying to reprogram the GPS while he’s driving. I was trying to ask him why we didn’t just do a u-turn the next time we were able as we’d just simply missed it and should easily have been able to circle back, but he was in a near panic. I was not impressed.
madmoneymcgee · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I left home to go to college that had a big proportion of locals. After a few months I knew my way around better than kids who went to k-12 just a few miles down the road.
I got a reputation as someone you could call when you were really lost. But it’s also tough to GIVE directions when people have no idea what cardinal direction they’re going either.
Muad_Dib_of_Arrakis · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For a while I rode a motorcycle without any provision for gps (now I have a ram mount to hold my phone). At the time, my commute was basically two different arterial streets, I took a right from the first onto the second. I got it down pat pretty soon, but soon after I started exploring an bought a bike routes map. Shows the major streets well enough for me. Took me a year, but for the most part I can navigate pretty well for about twenty miles around where I live and work.
thefemaleman · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend that would get lost almost everytime he came over to my place. It was at least the hundredth time he came over and he would call me from the subway to ask which way to go. I would say go east and you’ll see this street. 20 minutes later yes nowhere to be seen. I called him only to realized he had walked the wrong way.
I’ve lived with him for a year now, and he doesn’t venture too far because he has gotten lost at least twice the last month alone. Blows my mind. Especially that he has a smart phone but can’t read a map....
casual-nipples · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hike a lot and my hiking group is carefully chosen now due to the amount of idiots who can’t read a topographical map. The other side is also not being about to remember basic directions of trails and recognize land marks. I learn new driving routes the same way I learn new hiking trails. Check the map, figure out the route, note landmarks/important intersections and consult map regularly to stay on course. It’s really not hard.
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suck at reading maps but I’m good with spatial reasoning so I can find my way by analyzing my surroundings and see patterns in how the area is built. Obviously doesn’t work for all places or very new places but yeah
macphile · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot could be going on with the first person, but it is theoretically possible that they have "map dyslexia", which I believe has a name but I'm too lazy to google it. I watched a show once about a woman who was a truck driver and kept getting lost and not making her deliveries on time. She had some sort of spatial issue. I think she had written reminders on how to get to the grocery store and stuff because her brain just couldn't do it.
afterhourstea · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
holy shit. i’d say i’m pretty reliant on gps but i could definitely find my way around without it; especially home from my job. It’s not that hard to figure it out especially if you’ve lived in a place for a bit and there are road signs to read.
FeatherShard · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what happens when we outsource all of our thinking to smartphones. Finding your way around isn't difficult, it's just a skill we've divested ourselves of.
Paavo_Nurmi · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
That means they probably have no idea how address numbers work, how one main road or RR tracks will divide addresses into N/S/SE/SW etc , and that for the most part streets run one direction and avenues the other.
My workplace has people showing up lost looking for other businesses all the time. I ask them for the address because I can at least get them close or tell them which side of the street it would be on. Most of the time they have no address, just the name of the place, but one guy didn't even the name of the place.
mnl11 · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister has to plug in directions to go anywhere every time she gets in the car. She lives in a different city now, but when she comes home, she acts like she's never driven here before, despite living here her whole life and she also will only trust a gps, not any directions I give even when they will save serious time. I give her such a hard time about it, but it's like she won't (not can't, but won't) make the mental effort to learn spacial relationships and direction. Even if we're 15 minutes down the road and heading back to our childhood home, she uses directions. She visits me at my apartment and will only go in and out one side of the complex, even if the direction she needs to go is the other side, because she "doesn't know how to get there." I've told her a couple dozen times it's to the end of the road and turn left. She's been with me in my car when I've gone out the other side... I just don't get how she can't take a simple "turn left here" and figure it out, or why she seems to forget directions if she hasn't been somewhere in the last week.
axw3555 · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Map reading was something my mum drilled into my when I was about 6. I could get the A-Z road atlas and figure out where we were from one road sign on the motorway.
I do use a sat nav, but only for 2 things. Either "I'm going somewhere entirely new to me" or "this route is really unpredictable with traffic, if I have it running, I can dive off this road and have it find me another route".
loegare · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had something similar to the first story happen to me. I was commuting through Boston traffic and it was several months before I had a handle on the directions because waze would take me different ways every single day
Alluvial_Fan_ · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude I have more than once missed my exit from the interstate to my house. I've lived here for more than 2 decades and use the interstate frequently. Aside from map reading ignorance, I just can't stay oriented in space.
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He would even buy the idea "let's just go over there and see if it recalculates"?
I love maps - mild Aspergers - and my wife and I love finding GPS anomalies. (The Br. in Lincoln Br. stands for Bridge, not Branch like the GPS spoken instructions say. Sometimes it misses the switch from express to feeder lanes... etc.)
yesido_hentaitoo · 1435 points · Posted at 23:20:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
my girlfriend refuses to accept how stds work and believes they randomly appear out of nowhere and even when i tell her they spread from person to person, she says, "that's not possible, where did the first person get it" so i explain it, in detail, and she just goes, you're only making me feel stupid, you always do this and then doesn't talk to me for ages.
TL;DR my gf refuses to accept scientific fact about stds and then blames me for making her feel stupid
welluuasked · 359 points · Posted at 02:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you uhhhhh, should probably get tested if you haven't already
monkyonarock · 59 points · Posted at 02:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
literally my exact thought like jfc dude are you good??😳
poopoojerryterry · 16 points · Posted at 03:44:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes
🎙️ arual_x · 1049 points · Posted at 23:24:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
... erm... like, how is she dealing with Covid?
yesido_hentaitoo · 178 points · Posted at 23:34:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
i explained it to her using that analogy once and she just said "but where do they come from, clearly they must just crop up all the time" she isn't stupid, she's just ignorant about this
Noneerror · 698 points · Posted at 02:50:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hate to break it to you, but she's stupid.
Ignorant is lacking knowledge. Stupid is having the knowledge, having it explained and still not understanding an important thing that affects your life. PLUS not recognizing that fact and not taking steps to fix that lack of understanding.
You can fix ignorance. You can't fix stupid.
elegant_pun · 237 points · Posted at 03:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's CHOOSING not to entertain other ideas....That's definitely stupid.
Yellowredstone · 62 points · Posted at 03:02:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flex tape can fix it.
Tkj5 · 45 points · Posted at 04:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, just be sure to completely seal off the mouth and nose.
unreplaced · 15 points · Posted at 05:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm finally perfect! Just let me die!
SrGrimey · 3 points · Posted at 04:07:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep
agage3 · 1 points · Posted at 12:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She should run for office!
n3v3rmind_aut · 0 points · Posted at 05:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
100%
BillyShears991 · 200 points · Posted at 03:27:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is she just really attractive or you don’t want to be alone.
sk8rgrrl69 · 3 points · Posted at 10:42:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No matter how visually good looking someone might be, that level of stupid completely ruins it for me. Maybe some sex here and there but a relationship? It’s ok not to always understand everything, but I can’t respect someone who isn’t even trying to grasp concepts and can’t admit that you know, scientists and doctors are smarter than they are. And I can’t love someone I don’t respect.
InadmissibleHug · 86 points · Posted at 05:32:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did it occur to you that this might be a way for her to pretend she isn’t cheating? If she gets a STD from elsewhere?
It might not be, but It really seems like a foundation is being laid.
cosmictap · 32 points · Posted at 06:08:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
so to speak
savwatson13 · 19 points · Posted at 06:32:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought this. Like the std from the toilet theory
[deleted] · 49 points · Posted at 03:18:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
ThrottleMunky · 2 points · Posted at 16:47:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ignorant is worse than being stupid. Much, much worse. It is a conscious and willful effort to deny the truth and she is using "hurt feelings" as a weapon to shut you up and everyone else that doesn't agree. I had an ex that used to do this crap to me too. Fucking run away dude, it's not worth it.
RainDownMyBlues · 9 points · Posted at 20:43:39 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have this backwards. Ignorance is a lack of knowledge, stupidity is intentionally ignoring facts and truth.
HyzerFlipDG · 1 points · Posted at 17:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She ded
hereforthepron69 · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With open arms obviously
Violent-Profane-Brit · 180 points · Posted at 01:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds... Completely and utterly intolerable
SanityInAnarchy · 81 points · Posted at 02:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would be a dealbreaker for me. Maybe, maybe a certain amount of willful ignorance is something you could find a way to work around in a relationship. But her ignorance here affects your health.
[deleted] · 18 points · Posted at 01:52:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
^ this
ryemanhattan · 72 points · Posted at 01:28:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does she know that the letters S T D are an abbreviation for?
Mangonesailor · 72 points · Posted at 04:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Get tested, ASAP.
Get a new girl. That whole personality trait of "You just make me feel stupid" is going to enlighten you to a whole new level of stupid sooner than later. Someone really left them in the dust raising her.
khaustic · 53 points · Posted at 03:25:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It took me awhile to realize this when I was dating, but there are people who are naturally curious and excited to learn the things they don't know, and there are people who are insecure about their ignorance and they take any attempt to educate as a slight against them. I heard the exact phrase "you're making me feel stupid, you always do this" a few too many times before I figured it out.
Miffy92 · 96 points · Posted at 02:17:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There better be some major positive reasons why there's not an "ex-" in front of the word "girlfriend". Does her family print free, legal money? Does she piss heroin and shit cocaine? You better hope if she's that wild in the sack that she'd know how a goddamned STD works.
Rfisk064 · 39 points · Posted at 02:54:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I was about to say this girl must be scalding hot.
Marchingkoala · 6 points · Posted at 06:20:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s what I was thinking too! Like fucking victoria’s secret model hot.
samijol · 31 points · Posted at 03:10:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TD;DR: your girlfriend is incredibly stupid
[deleted] · 28 points · Posted at 02:17:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You must be an extremely patient person because I would not be able to deal with someone like that.
ironocy · 24 points · Posted at 04:07:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a woman for like 3 weeks, she said she didn't believe in evolution. I tried explaining it but she refused to understand the pretty basic idea of biological things changing over time. I immediately stopped dating her. She was too stupid. That's a liability I didn't want to deal with. Found a much smarter person and we've been together 6 years now.
bobbianrs880 · 7 points · Posted at 05:19:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Evolutionary biology is my favorite part of the field. I couldn’t do it. I still can’t accept that my grandma won’t believe it, let alone someone I intend to spend at least a good deal of my life with.
ironocy · 5 points · Posted at 05:33:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's awesome your job involves science. I'm envious. I'm just a person with average critical thinking skills and evolution made sense to me when I was a child. It was pretty apparent. Oh my body is changing as time passes. Oh even though I came from my parents I'm not a clone of one of them. Oh there are many different types of the same creatures I bet they came from a similar ancestor.
We took her kids to the science museum and I brought up dinosaurs and she didn't believe they existed either despite fossil evidence literally in front of her face. I was like yeah this isn't going to work. Please don't homeschool your kids. Bye!
bobbianrs880 · 4 points · Posted at 05:41:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m planning on becoming a vet, so my end career isn’t quite so heavily involved with evolution, but it’s also cool to see the small changes between breeds or the genetics at work in a litter of kittens. It also comes up a lot more than I first expected when you’re working with things like behavior.
The science museum thing is a big ole yikes from me. No one goes to a zoo saying giraffes aren’t real, so why would a museum be different?? It’s nice that those kids were at least exposed to it I guess? Let’s just hope they turn out more inquisitive than she did lol
ironocy · 3 points · Posted at 05:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed, that's what I was hoping. With any luck, they will rebel and believe the opposite of her.
friendlygaywalrus · 3 points · Posted at 08:59:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So she literally could see with her eyes the physical evidence and believed that the centuries of scientific biological, geological, and archaeological research, and the PHYSICAL BUILDING SHE WAS STANDING IN was all dedicated to an elaborate fantasy?
I hate when people are so obstinately ignorant
TheWaterBottler · 21 points · Posted at 02:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And she is still your girlfriend? I could never deal with that stupidity
LazuliArtz · 20 points · Posted at 02:08:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does.. does she know what STDs stand for? Sexually Transmitted Disease. It’s in the name.
xahnel · 17 points · Posted at 03:59:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... Dude, get tested, then seriously consider dumping her. Someone who accuses you of telling her things just to make her feel stupid is going to do stupid things and then blame you.
re_nonsequiturs · 13 points · Posted at 03:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's the thing, being stupid would be fine, but she's punishing you for her stupidity.
Dragonfucka · 2 points · Posted at 09:28:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly. In her mind, it's your fault she's stupid.
re_nonsequiturs · 10 points · Posted at 03:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Besides incredible sex, what good qualities does she have?
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 07:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If she refuses to learn how an STD operates, I wouldn’t be so quick to judge the sex as incredible...
Cheesthicc · 9 points · Posted at 02:39:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait until she learns about evolution.
Kristeninmyskin · 9 points · Posted at 03:34:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you tell her what STD stands for? Sexually TRANSMITTED Diseases?!?!
lunalives · 6 points · Posted at 03:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You could tell her the first person gets something that has mutated from something else. Like Covid jumping from animals to us, etc.
un-shankable · 8 points · Posted at 04:04:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F to you and ur girlfriend since yall getting roasted... theyre right, but still
FlyLikeALemming · 7 points · Posted at 04:32:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a feeling she might be cheating on you. She is telling you this now because when (if she hasn't already) gets an STD she will just say it was by random.
VenusianRex · 6 points · Posted at 05:59:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
your gf is a danger to humanity
tamatsu · 3 points · Posted at 05:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've honestly wondered myself... where DID they come from? I've been taught that if two people are clean then they are safe. Is that wrong?
Noneerror · 11 points · Posted at 06:16:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you asking where did the original diseases come from? The same as with any other communicable disease; a random mutation and the process of evolution.
Consider every malformed calf, and every lamb with two heads. The same random process happens at the micro-scale to viruses and bacteria to change them. Most of these changes are harmful and the organism dies. If germs are successful at replicating and they survive then they can infect others. If they are harmful then a brand new disease (for example Covid 19) is born.
tamatsu · 2 points · Posted at 06:21:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense!
schizoidparanoid · 3 points · Posted at 11:55:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have fun with your “spontaneous STDs” you totally don’t get from her, my dude. Sorry about that. :/
hungrydruid · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Serious question, is she antivax too?
AdolescentCudi · 2 points · Posted at 04:51:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-girlfriend, I hope?
N0ahface · 2 points · Posted at 05:26:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hopefully she's really hot
Marchingkoala · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you need to get tested..
benmargolin · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She must be smokin hot...?
soundslikeautumn · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why are with with someone so stupid?
IWasSadSometimeAgo · 2 points · Posted at 07:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bro uhhh. Well. Fuck how do I say this with tact. You should rethink your relationship possibly? This doesn't sound... healthy. But eh I could be wrong and there might be something in it that you personally see rewarding in it.
DukesOfTatooine · 2 points · Posted at 14:56:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should think hard about whether you want to have kids with this woman.
border_collie21 · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unrelated but nice username
PhonyPython · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d probably break up with her lol you can’t just get mad at you for not letting you be dumb
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Sexually transmitted disease." It's right there in the name!
DuckOfDeathV · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does she think the t stands for. it is literally in the name.
TigheGuy · 1 points · Posted at 19:49:45 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is just a guess, but have you considered she's lying to avoid a less obvious but potentially worse truth? Because if you don't have STD's and she does and they are just "randomly appearing out of nowhere" maybe "nowhere" is a person?
slut4garlic · 802 points · Posted at 01:14:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My ex was 25 and didn’t know how to write a check. Or how a dishwasher worked. Or how to keep his dick in his pants.
EDIT: we live in a rural midwestern area — many bills and utilities don’t even do online payments, so you have to mail in a check
HardRockDani · 78 points · Posted at 03:27:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh! You know my ex? lol
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 06:32:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came here to say this. Did we all date this guy?
HardRockDani · 6 points · Posted at 06:34:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
katherinefitzAlan · 70 points · Posted at 04:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex got a thank you bj from his ex when we did something nice for her. That was how he then became my ex. I ain’t got time for that ish.
Chronomera · 21 points · Posted at 05:06:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
W T F?
katherinefitzAlan · 8 points · Posted at 15:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly but I should thank her- after that mess I moved back to my home state and met my current boyfriend who is the best- way better than that blank.
Angel_Hunter_D · 5 points · Posted at 14:33:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, my exes never even offer.
This_ManU67 · 5 points · Posted at 10:43:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank You, Next.
But are you grateful for your ex
FaxCelestis · 5 points · Posted at 16:18:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On the one hand, I wish courtesy thank-you BJs were a thing
On the other hand, what in the goddamn hell
F-21 · 29 points · Posted at 05:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I don't know how to do any of these either.
Checks weren't used in my country since the 90's, and I've never owned a dishwasher - always just hand washed the dishes.
SargBjornson · 10 points · Posted at 10:11:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, same here. The dick thing is universal, though
F-21 · 2 points · Posted at 13:26:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's so ubiquitous I forgot to mention it. :)
pM-me_your_Triggers · 17 points · Posted at 05:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly not knowing how to write a check isn’t that bad. I’m about that age and have only written a handful of checks in my life.
TheZNeedle · 14 points · Posted at 07:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to get plates for my car and didn't have my debit card and told the guy, "it's been a while... How do I write a check again?" he laughed and was really nice about it. He told me "atleast you can actually sign your name in cursive"
Thanks guy who gave me my plates
bbynug · 12 points · Posted at 07:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The check thing isn’t really that bad seeing as checks are hardly used in most western countries anymore. I still have the same checkbook I got for free when I opened my bank account...15 years ago.
The dishwasher thing is weird though. It’s so intuitive I’d really question the intelligence of a grown adult who couldn’t figure it out.
Old-T · 3 points · Posted at 08:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't had a checkbook since early -90... (Swede)
citrusbandit · 10 points · Posted at 07:53:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 30 and I've never even seen a check.
smegnose · 4 points · Posted at 16:07:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They look like this: ☑️
tacklinglife · 5 points · Posted at 07:24:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most places now you'll never actually need to use a check.
tsunx4 · 6 points · Posted at 12:49:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 29 and I have no clue how to write a check or rather cheque. We don't do this shit here in UK, takes too long to process. No clue how to use dishwasher either, never had one in my life. Always trying to wash my plate right after food. But I do know how to keep my dick in my pants. Probably because my face doesn't give me any other option.
sinepuller · 2 points · Posted at 08:26:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, I'm 38 and I have no idea how to write a check (I had to have that joke about Dude in "Big Lebowski" writing a check explained to me), or how a dishwasher works. I even lived in the US for a year when I was a kid and still never used a dishwasher, I don't think our house owner had one installed even.
risusEXmachina · 2 points · Posted at 11:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither do you when it comes to garlic
DerpsterJ · 2 points · Posted at 11:32:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 38 and I have never written a check in my life.
I'm sure I could figure it out if handed one, but why is it strange not to know how to write a check?
Weylyn_Ausiroth · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I too do not know how to write a check, have yet found a need to do so
whxskers · 1 points · Posted at 08:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to write a check until I was in my early twenties XD it's not something you learn by default in school. It doesnt really become relevant until you have a checking account with money going in. Even now, pushing 30 it takes a second for me to remember how to do basic book-keeping because everything is digital.
Some skills just don't get to you until it becomes relevant. And before any one says 'your parents should have taught you' - they taught me things as it came along in my life and I never suffered from it.
Bid-Programmatically · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For how long did dishwashers and checks overlap? Dishwashers weren't universal when I was a kid (1980s) and I'm too young to have written a check.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my first dishwasher when I was 36 years old. Out of habit, I still washed the plates by hand with my wife at the time. It took a while for me to become comfortable using it but my wife would complain I didn’t pack it properly I blame the dishwasher for our divorce 15 years later
raznov1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:12:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, who uses checks these days?
Adikso · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny that I've never seen a check in my life. They probably went out of use in my country before I was born.
magicalelephant27 · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:42 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned how to write a check in third grade, then never learned again. Why did they think third grade would be the perfect time to learn how to write a check???
YoucancallmeAllison · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:45 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are checks still a thing in the US? Where I live (Europe) checks haven’t been around since 2000, you pay cash of with a debet/credit card. Or via app nowadays.
[deleted] · 233 points · Posted at 22:06:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my motorbike CBT the other day (like a beginner level bike test we have in the UK to ride 125cc) and the 40 year old guy didn't know that we drive on the left side of the road. He's english and lived here is whole life, his excuse was 'i dont drive'. You are beyond fucking stupid if you've lived that long in your home country to not know what side of the road cars drive on. My 8 year old brother could tell you.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 26 points · Posted at 10:16:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apart from the obvious 'how did he not notice?' reaction, I'm going to need to know what he thought was going on on the road? Vehicles just weave wherever? Drive in the middle? What??
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 10:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly Id never crossed such stupidity. He said he'd ridden before too. Within the first 20 minutes he managed to yank the throttle and crash into the grass verge in the car park. He was then told he had to ride a scooter instead of a bike. When we got onto the road he didnt understand the concept of roundabouts and never indicated the right way. He was also nervous and whenever he made a mistake road onto the pavement to stop instead of just pulling over! Oh it was hilarious, had to feel bad for the instructor who was so bloody patient it was unreal.
xminh · 17 points · Posted at 08:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially if you have to look out for traffic when crossing the road- you have to know which way the cars are coming from. Also catching a bus, if they have a bus system, or taxis. How did this guy get around???
voltwaffle · 231 points · Posted at 00:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Before the shutdown happened, I was working in a bar. We had this kid who got hired as a barback and he apparently just couldn't keep up. It was a pretty busy place, especially on the weekends, and barbacks had to be on top of shit constantly. After about three weeks, management decides he isn't gonna cut it as a barback and pushes him into the kitchen with me. I was glad to have help because we always had issues with keeping cooks on for some reason.
Holy shit. This kid could not do anything. He lacked basic common sense for practically everything. We started him on fry station but he would fuck up the most basic of tasks; he didn't even know how to make fries. I told him how to do our catfish (3 planks tossed in corn mill and flour), he tossed the first two but then dropped the third in completely bare. I asked him why he did that and he had no answer. Then we tried putting him on grill - he couldn't make toast or toast buns; he would always burn them! Last we tried having him run center and call out tickets but it seemed like he could barely read. There were multiple times I had to kick him out of the kitchen because he was so slow or just completely zone out.
One of the servers was his cousin and she told me that both his dad and brother had to fire him from separate jobs because he wouldn't do his shit or wouldn't show up. Then of course one night, he was still out back after he clocked out and was talking to someone at length about doing mushrooms and acid; guess we know why he can't hold down a job.
Told him to do something one night while I ran to the restroom; came back and he was gone. Good riddance. Brandon, if you're reading this, I hate your guts.
breannasaurusrexalot · 35 points · Posted at 04:36:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like I cook I once had.. kid lost his engagement ring in the fryer and tried to deep fry his hand to retrieve it (this was after dropping a knife in the fryer on a previous shift and having to be told not to stick your hand in the fryer), zoned out on the line constantly, had the same exact breading scenario you described only with chicken, dumped a whole pan of bbq on the floor because he didn't realize he'd need a hot glove to grab the pan out of the steamer which was, ya know, steaming hot.. I wish I could remember more but boy this kid would've been a trip if he wasn't such a liability. Tried him on every position, including dishwashing which he was even worse at if at all possible. The last straw was when he came in whacked out of his mind and then tried to sell me, his boss, kratum (?), which is apparently a legal version of heroin essentially - turns out, that was the "tea" he'd been bringing from home to drink during his shift and didn't understand why we'd have a problem with that. 🤦♀️
voltwaffle · 25 points · Posted at 04:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did he get engaged lol? Yeah, burnouts are always interesting. Sometimes you get the ones that will eventually get it through repetition, other times you get Syd Barrett and they're so far past the point of return that it's a miracle they can stand up straight.
breannasaurusrexalot · 3 points · Posted at 06:08:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude I asked myself that so many times and could never figure it out except that maybe she was more burnt out than he was haha. And yes, exactly lol. I often found myself wondering how people like that had managed to get through life that far.
Seicair · 8 points · Posted at 17:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kratom isn’t “legal heroin”. It’s got stimulant effects at low doses and opioid effects at higher doses. People use it for pain and opioid withdrawal.
Shouldn’t be drinking it constantly at work, obviously...
breannasaurusrexalot · 3 points · Posted at 06:14:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for the point of clarification. That was how he described it to me, which is why I added the "apparently" since I knew it probably was not the most accurate description. I did look it up at the time, but it's been years and I've had no other point of reference for it, thus that phrasing stuck.
LeluWater · 6 points · Posted at 08:10:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like such a sad existence
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 20:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like he might have ADHD. Adults with ADHD can really struggle like that at work. If he doesn't have good support in his life and running with a bad crowd on top of it, that really sucks.
voltwaffle · 3 points · Posted at 21:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no problem dealing with people who have any kind of disability. However, I feel it needs to be openly stated. If I ask someone why they're struggling or what the problem is and their only response is to shrug and say "I don't know man", then I assume it's more that they just don't care.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that. To be fair though, if you weren't diagnosed as a kid, it's hard (especially for someone like him probably) to figure out that that's what's going on. You just feel stupid and incompetent and you don't know why. That doesn't excuse bad behavior, but it may help explain it.
NefariousPebble · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to train a guy like this in an office setting once. Took my boss a month to agree to fire him. In the meantime, I had to train him on the same things over and over again. I'd ask him to come get me when he finished a project, come back an hour later wondering what's taking him so long, and he'd be done and just sitting there on Facebook. In his exit interview, he told my boss it was a learning disability issue. 🤷♀️
Drum-Major · 584 points · Posted at 23:25:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my honors dorm at Purdue there was a Computer Science major named Jeffrey. He was well known because his parents would stop by every week to pick up his laundry and bring him a case of Fiji water with expensive groceries. His dad was a doctor. We commented on Jeffrey's long gross toenails and how he needs to cut them. He told us they are long because his mom hasn't visited in weeks and she was the one who cut them. His mother cut her 19 year old sons toenails. Disgusting. We had to give him a lesson on it.
toruin · 78 points · Posted at 03:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
thought you were going to say his mom never taught him so he just lets them grow out indefinitely..... how naive i was. that is so, so much worse.
nopejake101 · 14 points · Posted at 09:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was hoping it would end with mom taking old Jeff for a pedicure or something. Nope, the second worst ending imaginable. Worst being, biting the nails off
toruin · 4 points · Posted at 10:20:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
oh how DARE you give me that mental image D:
Crowjr4 · 31 points · Posted at 04:42:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This cannot be legit. I refuse to believe it! But also please tell me more about Jeffery. How can you be a computer science major but not be able to research how to do your own laundry?
pM-me_your_Triggers · 22 points · Posted at 06:30:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you met many software developers? A lot of them don’t understand basic hygiene
Crowjr4 · 7 points · Posted at 08:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess I thought the idea of the nerdy computer kid being gross was just a stereotype.
1901pies · 6 points · Posted at 08:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And why did it become a stereotype...?
tishdeelish · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:47 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because, Asperger's.
CallousCarolean · 2 points · Posted at 15:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every stereotype is based on some truth. That’s how they come about.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is, but there is definitely some truth to it.
Dica92 · 1 points · Posted at 10:12:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He knew how to trim his nails. He just wanted Mommy to do it.
dershlognlama · 28 points · Posted at 04:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my almost 30 year old cousin never cuts his toenails, and every year on thanksgiving my aunt (not his mom, his moms sister) cuts them
sodamnsleepy · 12 points · Posted at 07:14:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
JESUS CHRIST!!!
pixeldust6 · 10 points · Posted at 10:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Essential Thanksgiving traditions:
Carve turkey
Carve a year's worth of toenail growth
Barf up all the turkey due to how gross that was
Lose weight?
crazyashley1 · 3 points · Posted at 12:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
superdupermanda · 18 points · Posted at 05:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college, my roommates and I were talking about pedicures and whatnot. This is when I realized my dear friend doesn't cut her toenails. She just let them break off.
Yup, break off. I don't understand how they weren't all scraggly and stabby. I mean, I get it, toes are weird, but really?!
What was even more mind-boggling to me was that she participated in a sport/activity that required specialized, well-fitting footwear. Having long-ass toenails wouldn't be a good thing.
I still wonder if she cuts her toenails now.
dustbinflowers · 3 points · Posted at 08:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg, that hurts to think about
theOTHERdimension · 3 points · Posted at 10:33:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Break off?! I don’t think I’ve ever had a toenail break off... I didn’t think that was possible unless you stub your toe or something
DepletedPerenium · 5 points · Posted at 10:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have really soft nails on all toes except my big and pinky(and the pinky nail is very strangely shaped, almost like a molar tooth for one, the other sort of half-molar half super-thick normal nail), after a shower I can literally just one-swipe-saw into a corner and peel it off with my fingernails. I don't anymore, but it was oddly satisfying to do until I began imagining tearing an entire one off or possibly detaching one if they suddenly regained hardness.
Sometimes it would leave a thin layer of nail behind and I think that's what really stopped me, was afraid I'd delaminate too much and feel like a papercut.
superdupermanda · 2 points · Posted at 17:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Believe me, I didn't understand that then, I still don't understand that now. I told my BF and his mind was boggled and said he couldn't look at my friend the same way now.
WontonTheWalnut · 3 points · Posted at 11:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay honestly I tend to forget to cut my toenails every now and then, and I'll cut them if they start to bother me. I always wear socks so nobody else has to know about my mediocre self hygene. One time though I was just walking around the house in my socks and I could kinda feel something poking my big toe right around where the nail is. I took off the sock and the nail just broke off perfectly as if I had cut it. I haven't let my toenails grow out long enough to see if it was in any way consistent, but idk man.
Also I'm a guy and my toes are really weird looking so maybe it has something to do with that
superdupermanda · 2 points · Posted at 17:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That makes sense though. When nails are looking long or when shoes are fitting a bit tight or when you snag holes in socks - time to clip those clickity clacks.
I remember my friend said she hates feet. I get that. She was also a figure skater and those skates fit very very snug. Also, she had to wear thick skating tights which I'm now certain are made of adamantium or Kevlar if they could be THAT cut resistant to sharp toenails.
rudie96 · 8 points · Posted at 06:02:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But this is literally my brother. Because clipping his own toe and fingernails “grosses him out too much to the point where he can’t do it himself” I don’t even know. honestly, he fits right in this thread for some basic living skills lol But we have collectively been teaching him everything and making sure my mom knows he needs real life skills.
miriena · 6 points · Posted at 07:04:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm now proud (lowering bar, I know) that my 7yo can cut his nails and toenails. He needs to be reminded to do it, but he'll cut them just fine. Jeffrey averted. I'm glad to hear you taught him!
t3h_PaNgOl1n_oF_d00m · 9 points · Posted at 04:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is actually horrifying.
Kat-Katka · 4 points · Posted at 09:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends is cutting and cleaning her boyfriends toenails, apparently because "he can't reach them". He is guy in his mid-twenties who works out a lot, so not that he would be too big to bend over his belly or something.
isorithm666 · 10 points · Posted at 02:02:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
😬
MoreThan2_LessThan21 · 3 points · Posted at 05:26:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You win
Sweetune · 2 points · Posted at 05:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speaking of Purdue, people who are in post sencondary and still don’t know how to do apa
portlandparalegal · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like I know the same Jeffrey! He went to law school though. But he was equally useless and privileged and his dad was a doctor too.
Dica92 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He clearly knew how to cut his nails and just preferred that Mommy did it.
PaintedLady5519 · 1 points · Posted at 15:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't these parents know they are hobbling their children by not teaching them these skills/enabling them?
imgoodygoody · 1 points · Posted at 16:20:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am I just a lazy mom? There is no way I would be willing to do this for my kids. Literally the point of parenting is to teach your child these things and teach them how to take care of themselves. I absolutely hope that my husband and I can afford to help our kids out when they’re in college but this goes beyond helping and it’s...it’s just gross to me. Also, I can’t even remember when my mom clipped my toenails because I was so young when she taught me how to do that for myself.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao I hate this school. I don't understand how so many gross people go to Purdue.
Bizarretsuko · 322 points · Posted at 22:25:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked in a restaurant with a revolving door of employees. Apparently, once when two of them were asked to sweep the dining room, one of them swept and the other held the dustpan. And yes, we had multiple brooms and dustpans. Oh and in college, some people would put tide pods in the detergent tray of the washing machines and/or put the dryer sheet in the lint tray of the dryers.
feaTLG · 17 points · Posted at 09:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a restaurant where a busboy was cleaning off tables. He was young and apparently didnt understand that you can't wipe off the table, drop the cloth on the floor to wipe up a spill by moving the cloth around the floor with the bottom of his shoe....and....pick the dirty cloth up and rewipe the table. He was energetic about the job, I'm sure he'd be a great employee, but obviously needed training. I immediately let the manager know, nicely, what the kid had done. Though his eyes would pop out of his head as the color drained from his face.
[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 15:34:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well to be fair about the tide pod one, they do make dishwasher detergent pods that you are meant to stick in the detergent tray. I would have done the same thing, honestly, having always used those in my dishwasher.
BikerMurse · 3 points · Posted at 17:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Putting detergent in the detergent tray makes sense to me...
J-Dubbleu · 3 points · Posted at 22:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah despite never having made this mistake I can see how someone easily would.
r0ck0 · 6 points · Posted at 14:13:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...although not the stupidest place people have put tide pods.
LeluWater · 10 points · Posted at 07:54:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never used a pod or had a washer with a tray? Is there supposed to be another tray for a pod or do you just put it in the main barrel of the washer?
Bizarretsuko · 10 points · Posted at 08:49:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The pod goes in the main barrel of the washer; the water and pressure from it helps the pod erupt and dissolve. If it’s put in the detergent (or bleach) tray, the contents of the pod empties but the wrapping of it remains in the tray and doesn’t dissolve.
theOTHERdimension · 3 points · Posted at 10:26:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some washers have a tray that you pull out and you put your liquid detergent and fabric softener in it. Tide pods get thrown in the drum with the clothing.
CabaiBurung · 3 points · Posted at 14:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The washing machine/dryer thing was me lol. We had no washing machines or dryers in my country. When I first moved to the US, I had to ask people to teach me how to use them. Took me awhile to grasp the concepts of where to put what, especially when they changed our washer styles in my apartment building.
Wowsuchusername44 · 2 points · Posted at 20:17:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, what? Dryer sheets in the lent tray?! Also I can’t say much about the tide pod because I’m not entirely sure we have a detergent tray (we might have one but I guess I haven’t looked hard enough for it or something) but I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to just throw the tide pod into the drum
Neuroleptical · 220 points · Posted at 01:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Frying an egg.
He was in culinary school. When tasked with “egg day” where they just cook eggs multiple times in multiple styles to get the basis of the techniques involved; he had gently plopped an egg (shell and all) into a buttered pan. His reasoning was that the heat of the pan will melt away the shell.
Darogaserik · 34 points · Posted at 01:09:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Beautiful
Neuroleptical · 36 points · Posted at 01:09:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was an engineering dropout who claimed his original degree program was too stressful. The poor man then joined a degree in Culinary Arts.
sunforrest · 11 points · Posted at 03:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister had to avoid being stab 1000 time during culinary school because those dumb ass just walked everywhere with their knife pointing directly at belly level. Culinary school is a shit show.
Neuroleptical · 11 points · Posted at 04:11:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can honestly relate to that haha. I’ve had hot oil splashed on parts of me due to careless classmates. The only upside I have is that I don’t have to spend too much money on hair removal as those limbs are hairless now.
sunforrest · 3 points · Posted at 04:23:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good point !
ShimmerRih · 3 points · Posted at 07:32:31 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
< gently plopped an egg (shell and all) into a buttered pan
I just about crap myself just now! I went to the CIA and I never saw anything as funny as this. How has one never seen an egg cracked open before, at the very least they show this in cartoons
Neuroleptical · 2 points · Posted at 07:38:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha where I’m at people are still very traditional in regards to culture (very patriarchal society) so for his whole life his mother would do everything. He just assumed it was done that way.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 20:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't want a bunch of melted shell in my egg! Lol
miss_micropipette · 486 points · Posted at 01:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy that would put conditioner first and then shampoo his hair. When I pointed out that it was the other way around he got really grumpy and said “how is one supposed to know that?”. I point to the instructions on the labels in the back. We never spoke about it again but his hair got softer.
exscape · 23 points · Posted at 11:41:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact: using conditioner first is an actual thing. Just search for "conditioner before shampoo" and you'll find tons of articles taking about the supposed benefits.
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 09:53:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy that knew to use conditioner is already better than most.
sexualassaultllama · 3 points · Posted at 14:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honest question, what's the point? I just want clean hair, why bother?
styxracer97 · 2 points · Posted at 15:05:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It makes your hair softer. The Old Spice 2in1 stuff works pretty good (not great, but good). Switch to that if you only want to use one bottle.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:39 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Suave does what theirs does, for a lot less." I find Suave's 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioner to be a very good shampoo. (I'm currently working my way through a bottle of VO5's "body wash/shampoo" and won't buy it again - it leaves my hair still a little greasy.)
sexualassaultllama · 0 points · Posted at 19:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, I guess I phrased that terribly. I meant that in the sense of "why spend more money just to get a bit softer hair?". Most peoples hair is alright without conditioner.
Maybe I just have low standards for "hair care needs" but I'm perfectly happy when mine (or anyone elses) hair is just clean.
zealouswatermelon · 5 points · Posted at 21:09:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It depends on your hair type, but it's a two part process because shampoo will remove oil and build-up from your scalp (you're supposed to only shampoo your actual head) and then conditioner helps to add back good oils to hair which makes it healthier and more manageable. It's more important if your hair is longer or textured and it may be harder for natural oils to reach the ends of hair.
Old-T · 14 points · Posted at 08:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a commercial running in Sweden where the New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist explains to all new stars-to-be how to become a star in hockey....
"It's first schampoo, THEN conditioner!"
Feileacanth · 4 points · Posted at 11:56:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If there's anyone handsome enough to pull off a shampoo commercial, it's Lundqvist.
Old-T · 3 points · Posted at 13:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and he's been doing it for many years. There's another commercial where a hockey girl recognizes him and ask her friend "Did you see who that was?" and he answers "Yeah, the shampoo guy" :-)
sodamnsleepy · 5 points · Posted at 07:40:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was 14 or so I thought shampoo and conditioner are the same. I once showered with conditioner only, for days (because the normal shampoo smelled so bad) before my mom pointed it out
Kiwitechgirl · 22 points · Posted at 09:44:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The odd thing here is that if you have curly hair, this can actually be better for your hair if you have the right conditioner. It’s called co-washing and it works!
sodamnsleepy · 3 points · Posted at 10:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I actually do
Need to check that out, thanks!
Kiwitechgirl · 6 points · Posted at 10:12:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s a whole sub devoted to the Curly Girl Method - r/curlyhair - it might well change your life! I don’t stick to it entirely and have developed my own routine which works for me and for my hair, but it’s definitely worth reading.
sodamnsleepy · 3 points · Posted at 10:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much!!!!
Sandlicker · 3 points · Posted at 15:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that when I was a kid, too! My mom complained about my hair being greasy, but I had literally never been told that conditioner existed. To me there were just a lot of bottles of shampoo in the shower.
tapaylopor · 2 points · Posted at 11:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of older people still don't know the difference
cheddarmileage · 6 points · Posted at 05:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy who did this too!
Specracer · 8 points · Posted at 06:01:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait really? I guess I learned something.
beesfly · 4 points · Posted at 11:43:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, depending on your hair type, conditioning prior to washing can be better for your hair. I know a lot of people with curly hair who use conditioner first, and after trying it myself, I’ll never go back to using shampoo first.
Nevadajack87 · 3 points · Posted at 08:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jen is that you?
affemannen · 3 points · Posted at 10:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How could he not know this as a dude.... I mean we all had the moments forgetting to bring the phone when you need some reading time in there... The amounts of time and occasions spent reading the backs of toothpaste, soaps and schampobottles in lack of better reading...
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i thought it was shampoo one day, conditioner the next. over shampooing and conditioning is also bad, so says my hair stylist
wet-plants · 4 points · Posted at 12:01:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this. I’m not stupid, I know the typical order. But I get my hair highlighted, so the shampoo strips & damages it more easily. Conditioner on the mid-ends first, protects the hair while I focus shampoo on my roots. Rinse together.
This is one of those things where the way you’re “supposed” to do it isn’t necessarily the most logical way, for the situation. Like putting a pill in your mouth, then drinking water. Its far more logical to have water in your mouth, slip the pill in, and swallow. Why risk tasting the pill?
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welllll assuming he has short hair, sure but as someone who has long hair, I condition first. It lets the ends soak up the moisturizing effects while I scrub my scalp. In addition, lots of conditioners have silicone and shampoos clean that off. If you want your hair to breathe better, shampooing last is better. It all depends on the ingredients of your shampoo and conditioner.
eternalsunshine85 · 1123 points · Posted at 23:22:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my husband to make some herbal tea for me the first year we were married. I walked into the kitchen to find him standing over the stove with a mug of water sitting directly on the burner. Poor baby.
glorytopie · 93 points · Posted at 23:35:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Er...props for trying?
🎙️ arual_x · 139 points · Posted at 23:26:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can beat this. I asked my current husband to make me a coffee. 25 mins later the fire alarm was going off. He tried to multitask and make toast at the same time.
eternalsunshine85 · 87 points · Posted at 23:35:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see your toast and raise you this kitchen adventure...I walked in on my husband shoving a FORK into the still plugged in toaster trying to get his toast out. BOOM.
Clypsedra · 55 points · Posted at 01:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My entire life nobody told me that it was bad to put metal forks or knives into the toaster to retrieve your food. I did it from a young age through college and nothing bad ever happened luckily. Now I have one of those toaster ovens instead of a pop-up toaster.
savage-burr1ro · 17 points · Posted at 03:11:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait I didn’t even know that’s bad my toaster hasn’t exploded on me yet why will happen if I keep doing this
[deleted] · 25 points · Posted at 03:20:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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savage-burr1ro · 10 points · Posted at 04:18:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was being serious I thought even if it’s plugged in but turned off nothing could happen but thanks for the info
vampirefeminist · 1 points · Posted at 21:26:23 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I also didn’t know but I usually use wooden/bamboo chopsticks though I wonder if that’s any better...
WillyWonkaCandyBalls · 2 points · Posted at 08:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit, I used to stick knives in the toaster to get the small pieces of bread out when I was a kid.
BassBeerNBabes · 24 points · Posted at 00:55:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your husband would make a bad line cook.
That's ok he probably makes more money than we do anyways.
Coal-and-Ivory · 5 points · Posted at 06:27:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But we've got grit.
TheBananaKing · 9 points · Posted at 05:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, toast on its own is an ordeal if you have ADHD.
You have to stand there just long enough to either get lost in your head, or wander off and do something else. If it took longer, you could plan other activities around it. If it didn't take so long, you could keep your attention on it. But no, it has to be a dick.
And trying to combine that with tea/coffee/eggs/etc is just asking for trouble.
(I'm not suggesting that your husband has it, just that I feel his pain :D)
FolkSong · 6 points · Posted at 05:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are you guys holding a piece of bread over an open flame or what? Toasters exist for a reason.
TheBananaKing · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What you'd call a broiler. Toasters just take up space and are a pain to clean.
RetroHacker · 7 points · Posted at 06:02:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it completely and totally solves the problem you have making toast. Also, I'm really not sure what you're talking about with "pain to clean". A toaster requires no regular cleaning, other than opening the crumb tray in the bottom over the trash can and shaking it, like... once a year.
LuminescentShadows · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:55 on July 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was gonna say... “We’re supposed to clean it???” Glad that it doesn’t require anything more than that... for a second I was worried 😂
FolkSong · 3 points · Posted at 06:10:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't call anything a broiler to be honest, I just looked it up. I know ovens have a broil setting but I'd never heard of using it for toast.
My toaster cleaning regimen consists of dumping out the crumbs once a year or so haha. Other than that I consider them self-cleaning due to the heat.
xrxxdd · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:32 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
One up. Wow.
Respect4All_512 · 10 points · Posted at 02:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemates have an ex roomie that put the carafe for an electric kettle on the stove. Your husband's method at least didn't end with plastic melted into your cooktop. Unless it was a plastic mug or something.
LurkingFromTheShadow · 5 points · Posted at 02:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean i did this too trying to make hot chocolate but i was a young kid and also forgot i left he burner on so the bottom of the cup was completely detached from the rest of it
miketgeman101 · 5 points · Posted at 03:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did that 8 to make hot chocolate the mug and coco hit the ceiling. Lesson learned I'm ni longer 8.
oxomiyawhatever · 6 points · Posted at 05:04:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mum asked my dad (30 years old at the time) to go make some baby formula in the night when they'd had my older sister. He returned after an hour and asked how to turn on the burner.. I think mum threw things at him.. 😅
imminent_riot · 3 points · Posted at 09:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate did this, except it was a handmade ceramic teapot I'd just got as a gift... it obviously broke to pieces
Canuckinfortybelow · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know someone who did that but instead of a mug of water for tea, it was a glass of butter for popcorn. It exploded, then caught on fire. I am shocked he didn’t get hurt
NewJoshuaPls · 1 points · Posted at 06:37:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seems like something you should've found the time to vet beforehand
eternalsunshine85 · 5 points · Posted at 14:55:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
We dated 3 years before we got married. Been married 13 years. He's good at other things
shawnbenteau · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is still better than Americans microwaving water for tea
Mysid · 2 points · Posted at 11:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Why? Microwaving a mug of water gets it to the right temp quickly and easily. Electric kettles are very rare here as we aren’t a big tea drinking culture, so we have less demand for them. (I’d never even heard of one until a friend from Ireland visited me.) Also, I’ve been told it takes longer to heat water in electric kettles in the USA than the UK due to differences in household current, but not sure if it’s true.
casualfreeguy · 104 points · Posted at 23:48:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone in IT, we get a lot of this. I don't know what it is about machines, but when a perfectly intelligent but non IT person is in front of one, their brains just seem to turn off.
"I tried to close the window and it's asking me if I'm sure if I want to close it! What do I do?"
or
"I have this green cable and have plugged it into the blue port. Why isn't it working?"
and finally.
"The laptop doesn't work anymore! It's just blank, no matter what buttons I push." A minute later of me fiddling with the machine and 'fixing' it. "Wait, there's a power button?"
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 20:26:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A little while ago I was wondering why my laptop wouldn't turn on even though the light around the button was glowing. I thought it was broken then I realized the brightness was on 0. That poor thing got turned on and off forcibly a few times before I realized... Lol
Owninglikenp · 1980 points · Posted at 20:43:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In third semester of SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, and quite a few in my class didn't know Ctrl+C, Ctrl,+V, Ctrl+F and a lot of other very basic computer stuff. Blew my mind. Half a semester of online classes, assignments and exams later, everyone knows this shit now 😂
beetjuicex3 · 472 points · Posted at 21:15:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I became the go-to computer person in one of my classes when I told my professor to do Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen a tab she accidentally closed. She thanked me at the end for helping with the lecture, but that was literally all I did.
WeAreBatmen · 50 points · Posted at 00:44:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know this one either. Cheers!
wiseprecautions · 4 points · Posted at 08:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quite often adding the shift key to a shortcut does the opposite or inverse of what it normally does.
Enakistehen · 6 points · Posted at 11:06:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Example many don't know: on Chrome Ctrl+Tab selects the next tab, and Ctrl+Shift+Tab selects the previous one.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One chrome the three dots list most of the shortcuts including ctrl+shift+t
axw3555 · 35 points · Posted at 02:09:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had an excel class for my accounts qualification. I walked in, thinking it would be easy, but it turns out I'd overestimated the difficulty - it was so straightforward that I did the modules coursework in 90 minutes (it was a 30 hour module).
I thought "well, if I'm finding it easy, everyone else must be". Look around to find that literally everyone else was struggling with excel's autosum. One of the guys had 20 years work experience in accounts and was only doing it for a qualification. Even he started struggling when they hit vlookup.
I spent the next 90 minutes helping everyone (basically acting as a second tutor). At the end of the class the tutor just told me not to waste my time coming and to just turn up for the exam. I did and got 100% in it.
edgeofblade2 · 3 points · Posted at 13:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, the gulf between autosum and vlookup is pretty vast for the average person who doesn't spend a portion of every workday in Excel. There are some seriously basic parts of Excel that benefit from having some understanding of programming concepts.
axw3555 · 2 points · Posted at 15:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but these were people learning accounts, in an excel class, with examples, not just a random person plucked from the streets. If you’re going into accounts, you’re going to need excel. If you say you can’t do pivots, I wouldn’t say anything, but 20 years and not learning vlookup is pretty odd.
And to be clear - all but 2 of us needed half an hour or more to use autosum.
Andersmith · 13 points · Posted at 02:15:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I and a few of my friends in high school got suspended for a week (supposedly they were at one point considering legal action) because we ‘hacked’ the school network. The network’s web filter would ask you for an admin password to get into any restricted site. one day my friend asked for the teacher to put in the password so he can write his paper. They do so and leave the room. He clicks “save password” on chrome. I tell him how to look at his saved passwords. Fast forward two weeks and some kid I don’t even know was looking at porn on one of the monitored computers.
Cocomorph · 11 points · Posted at 03:26:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a computer scientist in my forties. I learned Ctrl+Shift+T literally, I kid you not, yesterday.
YellowPepper6 · 5 points · Posted at 08:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I adore shortcuts and keyboard shortcuts. Dunno what it would translate to in Windows as I use a Mac (and you may well know these already), but:
I probably use others but they're automatic so I forget a lot of what they actually are...
ratherbewinedrunk · 2 points · Posted at 21:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just learned it here and I did tech support for 10 years.
IvorBigz · 10 points · Posted at 02:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just tried it - it only fucking works! 30+ years as a dev and I never knew this one.
teebob21 · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It used to be a right-click option in Chrome until they took it out a few versions ago.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:56:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
3 dots on chrome or whatever is on the very right of the search bar & extensions lists keyboard shortcuts, I'm surprised so many people don't know these things
r0ck0 · 2 points · Posted at 13:31:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Works in vscode too.
IvorBigz · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I switched to vscode recently so this is good to know.
amirchukart · 3 points · Posted at 03:01:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL
LordRybec · 3 points · Posted at 07:08:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more obscure, but I used to work at Lowe's, and one day the job application computer stopped working. Tech had recently told management that no one is allowed to reboot a computer and that we should call them if a computer stops working. Unfortunately, it can take hours or even days for tech to get there, and there were some people wanting to apply. Knowing that Lowe's computers run Linux, and that Ctrl+Alt+Backspace can restart part of the OS (without fully rebooting) I tried it. It worked, and for the rest of the day all of the other employees thought I was some kind of wizard. (By the next day, everyone had forgotten. I was incredibly overqualified for that job...)
Sometimes all it takes is a tiny bit of obscure knowledge to be impressive.
mrchaotica · 2 points · Posted at 06:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was high school, not college, but I once taught my teacher how to press
enterto get the cursor to move to the next line.HatesBeingThatGuy · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God I had multiple lecturer's think I am a wizard for knowing this back in college.
joex_lww · 2 points · Posted at 22:04:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, I use this more often than I'd like to admit.
Masterpimp69 · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait until people find out about ctrl+L
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Troppsi · 1 points · Posted at 15:46:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How about f6?
Ilovesparky13 · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL…
decemberkat · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL!
r0ck0 · 1 points · Posted at 13:33:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hit it by instinct while in vscode when I'd accidentally closed a file... Was stoked that it actually worked there too! Nice default to copy.
Razzorsharp · 1 points · Posted at 14:55:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned that one like 1 or 2 years ago, and I'm supposed to be the computer expert.
[deleted] · 594 points · Posted at 21:02:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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CreateTheFuture · 405 points · Posted at 22:30:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Software developer here. You're being too generous.
kathatter75 · 42 points · Posted at 00:34:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LOL...I’ve often teased the developers I work with that 59% of their job is Googling how to do what they need to do.
CreateTheFuture · 46 points · Posted at 00:38:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's kind of true, but you won't get far without knowing what to search for, which results to select, and what to do with those results.
Most white collar jobs are not that hard when you're equipped and you know what you're doing.
kathatter75 · 16 points · Posted at 00:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I 100% agree that it works for them because they know what to Google. It’s just funny to walk by and see them searching away :)
nightwing2000 · 8 points · Posted at 02:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More than 59%. But, part of it as the other reply says, is knowing which answers to apply. I found I did better because I read fast, could skin the Google summaries to find the applicable poones… and without being racist - English was my native language so reading the titles and summaries I better understood the nuances of the search results.
Having said that, a lot of my immigrant co-workers are exceedingly smart. What's scary is that so many younger people have no interest in computers. My friend made a living managing computer and writing code. We were of the generation that was absolutely fascinated what these things could do. His kids didn't care, computers were simply a way to read and chat.
rocketman0739 · 6 points · Posted at 02:28:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean...I'm a developer, I know enough keyboard shortcuts to do nearly anything on a PC (except games and programs that actually require a mouse), and I'm still googling problems on the reg.
vacri · 25 points · Posted at 00:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My team lead once interviewed a 'coder' who didn't know FizzBuzz. That's okay, not everyone has heard about it. Except... he couldn't understand what to do in FizzBuzz after an explanation.
Bartweiss · 25 points · Posted at 00:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still don't understand how programming got this way. New programmers, I sort of get - its easy enough to follow a basic tutorial or even just edit some HTML and then blindly guess you're qualified to code.
But how are there people with a Bachelor's and multiple years in the industry who can't code FizzBuzz in any language? How are they so numerous that everyone has stories like this?
And then sometimes I start to wonder... are other fields like this too? Are there mechanics like this? Doctors?!
daemin · 21 points · Posted at 02:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught Software Engineering at a university over a dozen times, and Operating Systems about 8 times. Both were senior level course, so, at a minimum, people who took the course passed at least 4 sequential programming courses.
The Operating Systems course was basically about programming in C in a *NIX environment, for students brought up on Java.
The first assignment in Operating Systems was simple: write a C function which takes as its input a string, S, and a char, C, and return the count of the char C in the string S.
There was 1 student who:
There were other examples, but I've blotted them from my mind in the intervening years.
Bartweiss · 6 points · Posted at 03:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear god. I'm happy to hear you use "taught" in past tense, I can only imagine what that did to your blood pressure and faith in mankind.
That's actually worse than most of the FizzBuzz stories I've heard. At least those people might just be frauds. But to think someone actually spent four semesters writing Java without learning the word "method" or mastering the basic concept of a variable...
I don't suppose you got a chance to ask any of the other CS professors about this remarkable student they'd somehow passed?
daemin · 3 points · Posted at 03:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I complained to the chair of the department quite strenuously about how this student how 1. he had no business in my class and 2. how we, as a university, had failed him since he clearly had no aptitude for programming, but we let him get through at least 2 years of a degree program he wasn't going to get have a successful career in (at the time, the university was under some hard scrutiny by the Department of Education because of our 4 year graduation rate was abysmal. Fun fact: Even if a student placed into pre-calc, the highest you could place on the placement exam, you could not complete a Comp Sci degree in 4 years without 1. taking 18 credits every semester and 2. broke some of the course sequencing rules). He managed to scrape by my class with a D largely by monopolizing my time during class asking for help.
And, yes, taught past tense. At the time, I worked for the university full time as a Director in an IT function and was teaching on the side (at the request and invitation of the Chair, who was my thesis advisor for my master's degree) for shits and giggles. I left in 2016 to take a job as a Senior Cybersecurity Consultant for a Fortune 10 company. Since that job involves traveling for a 1 week out of 8, on average, I couldn't teach because I would miss too many classes.
nightwing2000 · 0 points · Posted at 02:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it smart..."
Corollary: "You can't even beat smart into it with a 2x4."
ironwolf1 · 7 points · Posted at 02:36:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck man, I'm an electrical engineering student who managed to code FizzBuzz in an interview despite my only real programming experience being a half semester of assembly my freshman year and most of a semester of C at the time of the interview. It's really not that hard if you are aware of what the modulus operator does. The manager in that interview mentioned he'd had people interviewing for senior positions who couldn't code it. I am absolutely baffled how someone could be that clueless after presumably years of compsci classes.
Bartweiss · 5 points · Posted at 03:23:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The best thing about interviewing candidates for programming jobs is that I will never, ever be offended by an easy interview question again. If I'm 50 with published books on programming languages and I get asked to do FizzBuzz, I will absolutely understand. Because somehow, even that very same question keeps working - not only are people with multi-year careers incapable of puzzling it out, they haven't managed to learn it off the internet or something!
(Honestly though, I'm not surprised you nailed it as an EE. If you've touched assembly you've presumably used loops and conditionals, and beyond that it's mostly just logic. And frankly, a baseline CS degree is generally a lot easier to get through than EE...)
If you've never had the joy of seeing what sort of answers other people give, you can have fun with the FizzBuzz from Outer Space. I've never seen one that bad, but I've seen people who didn't come any closer to a correct answer.
daemin · 12 points · Posted at 02:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll preface this by saying I taught Software Engineering on the side at a university as a side job 12 times over the course of about 4 years.
In 2016, I was interviewing for a work from home programming job for a small company that made medical billing software. At one point in the interview, they told me they had a coding test for me. They sent me a link to a share notepad style website, and then explained the task to me. It was FizzBuzz. I couldn't help exclaiming "... you want me to write a FizzBuzz program? Seriously?" And did it in about 30 seconds. The "lead" developer was on the call to evaluate me. I didn't get the job.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 3 points · Posted at 03:29:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guess he didn't want someone smarter than him making him look bad...
CreateTheFuture · 2 points · Posted at 18:45:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or they didn't like the indignant response. I wouldn't have.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 0 points · Posted at 19:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Personality-based hiring. Ugh. I mean, I get why people do this, but I can't stand when interviewers hone in on little interaction cues that have little to do with how well the candidate would get the job done. He said it was a work-from-home role, so it's not as though they're going to be bumping shoulders every day. The candidate completed the test in an impressive amount of time, clearly demonstrating that he delivers results. In a technical role that has no customer interaction it shouldn't matter whether a candidate demonstrates the best social skills.
That's my two cents, anyway. I have friends who are amazingly tech savvy who struggled to get into basic entry level roles because they didn't have social savvy.
shrubs311 · 10 points · Posted at 02:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh... I've never heard of FizzBuzz. But it sounds like a programming assignment from the first...month? Of my highschool AP Comp Sci class. Based off another comment.
PM_ME_YOUR_WALUIGIS · 16 points · Posted at 00:47:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, you mean the exercise where you have it output "Fizz" for every multiple of 3, "Buzz" for every multiple of 5, and "FizzBuzz" for every multiple of both?
How did this guy get a degree, again?
shrubs311 · 8 points · Posted at 02:08:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if ( x % 3 == 0 && x % 5 == 0){
print "FizzBuzz"
}
else if (x % 3 == 0) {
print "Fizz"
}
else print "Buzz"
People can't do this? It's literally the first...6? things you learn in CS 101.
0bAtomHeart · 10 points · Posted at 02:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd say the only trap in this one is understanding the modulo operation. It doesn't really come up that often so I can see why people would forget about it and frankenstein some weird check for finding multiples.
Terpomo11 · 5 points · Posted at 02:30:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've worked with dialects of BASIC that didn't have a proper modulo function so I've had to use IF X/Y=INT(X/Y).
nightwing2000 · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's been a long time since I've done anything in basic, on a Commodore Pet or TRS-80; I obviously don't recall the syntax.
I=1
F=1
B=1
DO WHILE (I<100)
IF F=3 THEN DO
? "Fizz";
F=0
END
IF B=5 DO
? "buzz";
B=0
END
IF NOT(F=0 or B=0)
? I;
? "/n"
I=I+1
F=F+1
B=B+1
END DO
?"All done!"
Terpomo11 · 4 points · Posted at 03:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, I woulda just done something like:
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't remember if Commodore BASIC had modulo. I'm thinking it did have a MOD() function.
shrubs311 · 2 points · Posted at 05:33:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
true. getting stuck on the modulo is the least egregious part, and also it's probably the most complex thing you've learned at that point.
that being said it's more of an issue for a student in their first month or so of the class, not someone applying for coding jobs.
nightwing2000 · 3 points · Posted at 02:58:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's been so long since I saw that I had to look up what Fizzbuzz was... It seems too elementary for a test for a job interview for a coding job.
CreateTheFuture · 6 points · Posted at 00:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That happens a lot
IVIaskerade · 2 points · Posted at 03:29:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's the difference between a compsci grad and a software engineer?
A software engineer doesn't think he's a compsci grad.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
u/undeleteparent
MySayWTFIWantAccount · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former software developer and now red teamer/pentester here. Waaaaaay too fucking generous 😂
scrambled_potato · 2 points · Posted at 03:09:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Question
What kinds of pens do you test
MySayWTFIWantAccount · 2 points · Posted at 03:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We bill at around $300/hr, so the answer is basically whatever the fuck kind of pens they want us to test 😂
MairusuPawa · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Software user here - can confirm, he's too generous
tehifi · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, they don't need to know how computers or infrastructure work. That's my job. I can't do their job, they can't do mine, but nothing works without either of us. So that's nice.
iris-my-case · 141 points · Posted at 23:23:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In all fairness, comp sci is a fairly broad topic, and a lot of it can be theoretical, so it can sometimes just be pure math. I know you’re talking about programmers, but it’s just not software developers in the field.
I majored in it, and none of my classes got into the hardware aspect; it was either math or programming. It wasn’t until I decided to get certified in CompTIA A+ that I really began understanding how computers actually work.
bg-j38 · 13 points · Posted at 01:57:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My uncle was a fairly well known computer scientist. Was even the editor of Communications of the ACM for a number of years and had a full page obituary printed in it when he died. He worked on designing the Harvard Mark I with Aiken in the 1950s.
That's all to say that he hated using computers. He finally started using e-mail in the late 1990s because the university where he was a professor more or less forced him to. But he didn't have a computer at home until the last couple years of his life. This guy was the epitome of theoretical computer scientist.
When I was getting into programming as a teenager I was chatting with him about how Pascal and C differed in some aspects. He then started asking me what my views on some theoretical aspects of Eiffel and Smalltalk data structures were, and started talking about APL (he was also old friends with Iverson). I had heard of these languages but had no clue what he was talking about. It was a bit eye opening.
shrubs311 · 2 points · Posted at 02:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe it depends on the college. At my college we have to take a hardware course as a prereq to a few of the required 300 level classes. it talked about logic gates, busses, memory management, etc.
i still think it's all magic
TryUsingScience · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe I'm from an older generation, but when I was a comp sci major, people got into it because they were interested in computers and how they worked. If you didn't have the technical curiosity to figure out keyboard shortcuts, you weren't the type of person who would go into computer science.
synicalx1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right, but if you work with computers all the time and had an education that focused largely on computers and involved you learning on and working with computers literally all day - you should know how to use a computer.
iris-my-case · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right, but I guess that can also depend on what you mean about how to use a computer. At minimum, they should be able to operate it as a casual user. Writing code can be as simple as loading whatever IDE they prefer, which is just software; no innate knowledge of the hardware is needed. However, depending on the type of program they’re running, they may need a better understanding of their hardware limitation and how to best optimize usage to make their code run more efficiently.
I’m not disagreeing with you btw. Just wanted to raise the point that not all comp sci programs cover the hardware aspects. Learning it is generally self taught (generally from building your own PC) and requires a bit of a passion for it. If the major doesn’t teach it, then it’s understandable that a lot of graduates don’t know it.
ScevytheSkiMask · 125 points · Posted at 21:26:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I do software, not hardware"
Iwasgunna · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's dandy until the magic white smoke comes out...
ChubbyTrain · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i feel attacked.
hedgehog_dragon · 8 points · Posted at 23:50:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's kind of terrifying.
I also took a software engineering program... The other software engineering students were all fine, I had a lot off good teams there. I always dreaded courses shared with computer science students. Many of them were fine, smart, whatever. But there were a number who just didn't get it
How computers work. Programming constructs. Some couldn't make heads or tails of C# - Something we weren't taught but ended up using (by group decision). I could tell more horror stories. And I just don't understand how they made it to second or third year.
[deleted] · 11 points · Posted at 23:58:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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daemin · 5 points · Posted at 02:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interest and self motivation aren't enough. There's an aptitude to it. I would tell my Software Engineering students that if you took a hundred random people, maybe 20 or 30 of them could learn to code well, if they were giving the specifications of what to code.
Of those 20 to 30, maybe 5 could write that specification in the first place, and those people make a lot more than the remainder.
The simple fact of the matter is that it takes a certain skill set, a certain sort of mind, to be able to take a description of what a piece of software needs to do and turn that into a description of how a piece of software can do it. Going from the code specification to running code is hard, and takes some skill, but the skill to generate that specification in the first place... That's much more rare, and gets more rare as the complexity of the problem goes up.
bvanplays · 3 points · Posted at 01:27:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tutored CS in college (along with many other subjects). Plenty of them graduate without knowing how to code either.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 7 points · Posted at 22:47:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you graduate computer science without knowing how a CPU works?
Mil3High · 22 points · Posted at 23:59:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because Computer Science is not Computer Engineering.
synicalx1 · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my work, we used to give our new hires a small challenge - their hardware was not plugged in and they had to plug it all in before they could use it. I think in the 6 months we run that little challenge only 2 people out of maybe 12 were actually able to set it all up without any help. And yes, these people are all experienced software engineers. By hardware I mean a dock, and two monitors - that was it, that's all they had to plug in.
One time, one of them came up to me all excited because his new RAM had arrived for his personal laptop and he was going to upgrade it in the office. I asked if he wanted some help and he said no he had it all under control. Fast forward an hour, there's 6 devs standing around this guy and his laptop all struggling to work out how to get the back of it off...
Wotmaaate · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes me feel better. Can't code, struggle to operate the newer operating systems in general.. But at least I can plug everything in, change RAM, video cards, Wi-Fi chips ect if needed.
fishsupreme · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, back in 2000, I started a job at Microsoft as a programmer, straight out of college. (Didn't have a CS degree, but had taught myself programming as a kid.)
It amazed me how many Microsoft engineers (bear in mind it's the year 2000, when Microsoft was basically considered the best in the world) could not troubleshoot basic computer problems. They had trouble installing Windows, or fixing driver conflicts, or swapping hardware. Yet some of them were far better programmers than I'd ever be, and knew the internals of their software perfectly.
It became evident that some people studied programming for their computer science degree and got a job in the field, but they were never geeks. They had only used a computer as a professional tool, and had never just played with it and thus didn't know how to.
daemin · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But why should they? Computer Science is a science with its own domain of knowledge. Its studying concepts like computability, Curry-Howard Correspondence, Complexity, Solvability... not things like how to troubleshoot windows.
Computer Science gave rise to programming and personal computers, but its not about programming or personal computers, anymore than astronomy is about building telescopes.
fishsupreme · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thing is, in 2000, there was basically no other path to programming education. Most CS majors were CS majors not because they cared about complexity theory, but because they wanted jobs in the software industry and that was how you got one.
I've been saying for decades that "computer science" and "software engineering" should be two different paths in the university system that overlap but aren't the same, and now, 20 years later, this is actually the case at a lot of universities. And that's great! Plus, there are tons of alternative options for programming education now -- boot camps, vocational schools, etc.
The unfortunate thing back in the early 2000s was that CS education failed on two fronts. On one hand you had a lot of people failing out of CS due to the intensive math and stuff like complexity theory, compiler design, operating systems, etc. who would have made fine programmers anywhere other than Microsoft, Apple, or the other tiny handful of companies working on kernels & compiilers. And then on the other hand you had a lot of programmers who knew how an OS kernel worked but had no education in security, testability and testing, debugging, and even performance (like, they knew complexity theory and could evaluate performance of a tight loop, but had no idea how to profile a real-world application.) Putting every would-be programmer through computer science education was a big problem, because of precisely what you point out -- computer science isn't really about programming and personal computers, yet that was the only path to working in programming and personal computers.
I'm glad the situation is a lot better now.
ItzElectrick · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know too many engineers without a basic idea of engineering or any of the classes they “passed”.
Stormdanc3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My uncle. The man is a software genius, can make a computer do bonkers things and can diagnose a coding problem practically at a glance. Not only does he not do shortcuts, including things like hitting the space bar to pause a movie, he is a finger and thumb typist. Drives me crazy.
axw3555 · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I did computer science for a bit at uni before I decided that it wasn't for me.
Not one class ever touched on basic functionality or anything like that - it was all either "how to code/wire and configure a network/make a website" (useful stuff but not really entry-level) or "make a machinima" (utterly useless unless you plan to go into some kind of digital animation).
Worse was that the teacher worded the verbal instructions in class to make everyone think it had to be done in Second Life (blegh). When my group tried to do the assignment about a week before it was due, we couldn't get our home internet to log into second life. Got to three days before it was due and still couldn't get in, so we checked the instructions for the assignment, found that second life was a suggestion, not a requirement.
So with three days left, we opened up Gary's Mod. Made some crazy thing that was a mix of a ragdoll being used to simulate the Weapon Of Choice video (though we then found we couldn't use copyrighted music, so some more scrambling was done), and a weird scene with a dozen Antlions playing football with a football mine thing.
Presentation day comes and we had 12 groups. 11 Second Life ones and ours. We ended up voted the second best in the class (After a group that did a thing that was like first person pacman in incredible detail, where they'd actually coded their own pacman and ghost costumes, built the maze, etc), and a large part of that was that ours stood out so sharply against the others.
Oh, and the fact that in our very first class of the whole degree, we walked into "intro to web design" and the tutor opened with "I expect you've all got 2-3 websites up and running earning a couple of hundred dollars in ad revenue each month". I thought he was joking. He wasn't. When he found out someone had no HTML experience (like me), he got really weird with us. Then again he also spent a quarter hour going on about how we had access to all this amazing web design stuff (dreamweaver, photoshop, etc). Then told us that we had to do all our assignments in Notepad++. One guy made an amazing website (IIRC it was flash or something similar, back in 2007 when flash stuff was big), way better than anything else in the class. Tutor called it a waste of time because it wasn't notepad++.
nightwing2000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worse than that. I went from COBOL and fortran to PC's and a job in PC support. Most tech support people today have no idea how to write batch files because they started long after Windows replaced DOS.
I showed a guy how to copy a list of PC's, convert it to a batch file that called a second batch file with the name of the PC as a parameter, running psexec to remote execute a file... this applying the same command to 100 PC's instead of logging into each one repetitively and running the program with a mouse. He was amazed and didn't really understand.
lhamil64 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's always so odd to me when very experienced people struggle with basic computer usage. At my work, quite a few people know a ton of stuff about our product and programming in general, but then can barely hook up a projector or start an online meeting.
tehifi · 0 points · Posted at 02:24:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw the comp sci lecturer at a university here get incredibly enraged and upset trying to get a laptop to work with a projector for a presentation. In front of the class he got more and more wound up trying to get the projector to display an image at all. After about fifteen minutes he gave up yelling "damn PC's! I'm a mac user, if it was mac it would just work!" before storming out.
The computer he was using was a mac...
[deleted] · 53 points · Posted at 23:29:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It blows my mind how many of my coworkers, who use a computer 9 hours a day same as me, can't figure out simple things.
They're so afraid of "messing up the computer" that they won't click around or try to troubleshoot for themselves.
The reason I know how to fix 99% of their problems is because I've run into the same problems and figured out how to fix them. Not because I'm smarter or "good at computers," but because I fucking TRIED.
daemin · 9 points · Posted at 01:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work for a fortune 10 company as an Information Security Consultant. My colleagues and myself make over six figures. About 8 months ago, I had to sit through mandatory training we all had to take on how to use a fucking Word template, because apparently some of my colleagues can't find their own ass with both hands unless they've been trained on it.
DMala · 8 points · Posted at 02:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve always been the go-to person for fixing computers, and even moonlighted as “the computer guy” for a small office for a while. While I’ve amassed some experience (you learn to recognize certain issues because you’ve seen them a million times before), a significant chunk of it is just Googling error messages or problem descriptions. Chances are high that someone else has seen the issue before and has already figured it out.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 17 points · Posted at 22:46:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me they only didn't know because they were vim users and gods with its horrible interface...
dumbsimian · 10 points · Posted at 02:56:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You take that right the fuck back.
ironwolf1 · 5 points · Posted at 02:53:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Horrible? I will fight you, you dirty bastard. I will defend vim's honor! IDEs are for bitches! Vim is the thinking man's code editor!
locks_are_paranoid · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In one of my non-computer classes, someone didn't know about Ctrl+F.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does that do? Never heard of it
Silver_in_Goldstin · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Find. Great for searching documents for a keyword.
locks_are_paranoid · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do it right now and you'll see.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a mobile user so.... Yeah....
adeward · 1 points · Posted at 23:05:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
pico ftw
ragdoll-cat · -2 points · Posted at 00:28:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
great question for job interviews... Can you use Vi ? If not, probably not enough experience for the job
ohmama2 · 40 points · Posted at 21:23:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
An older administrative assistant in my office didn’t know how to save documents she created. When I moved departments she asked me to come show her. Apparently none of her work required saving prior to me leaving (we did a lot of filing, but were also on computers daily, so I don’t know how she got away with that for 5+ years).
xm202OAndA · 41 points · Posted at 22:17:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also like when they don't understand the concept of folders, so everything is on the desktop.
BreeBreeTurtleFlea · 5 points · Posted at 05:43:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh my freaking parents. Also, my mom will have no less than 30 tabs open every single time she's on the computer, and saves them upon closing the window, in case she needs to look at them again. BOOKMARKS, MOM.
chickadee04 · 15 points · Posted at 23:37:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was an executive secretary for three years. My predecessor saved everything to one (really) long word document. She just kept adding to it, letters, meeting agendas... I have no idea how she ever found a specific document if she needed it. (I’m assuming she didn’t know how to use the ‘find’ command.)
ohmama2 · 7 points · Posted at 23:48:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unorganized computers (desktop, email, or otherwise) just make me so angry. So much wasted time finding things!
EucalyptusYogi11 · 8 points · Posted at 00:05:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG my bosses are all like this. They're all boomers and they can use a computer but not well. I have had to teach them all how to fix their screen when they accidentally turn it sideways, how to save a shortcut to their desktop, and how to attach items to an email. These people make like, 6 figures a year. I'm just like.. how do you not know how to google these things?
locks_are_paranoid · 4 points · Posted at 00:56:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I was playing a PC game and couldn't figure out how to save. It turned out that I had to press "s" on the keyboard. Not "ctrl + s," just the letter "s."
SinkTube · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i played need for speed for days before i figured out the pause menu is bound to TAB instead of ESC. i thought it was disabled during the introductory mission (some games are obnoxious like that) and then i kinda gave up. it autosaves so when i was done playing i just hit ALT+F4
frickineh · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That somehow makes me feel slightly better about the admin I worked with who straight up refused to do certain incredibly basic things, like delete unnecessary columns and resize the remaining ones in an Excel file she sent out monthly. Our boss asked if she needed me to show her how and she got all bitchy and said no, but then just...never did it. But christ, at least she saved the file. She did eventually get the "learn to do your job or retire" talk (she picked the latter) but it took years of her just not doing things she was asked before it happened - it's amazing what people get away with sometimes.
Anthro_DragonFerrite · 8 points · Posted at 23:04:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hell, I understand if Alt-TAB or CTRL-TAB aren't known, but c'mon. How do you not know cut copy paste
hedgehog_dragon · 8 points · Posted at 23:45:41 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure I was taught copy-paste in Elementary school...
thumpngroove · 7 points · Posted at 00:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People I work with think I'm a wizard for using TAB and SHIFT-TAB. They're like, "whoa, hold on, what did you just do there?"
blklab16 · 8 points · Posted at 23:59:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ctrl+F is literally how I got through research papers in college, and how I find most of the info I need in my job on the fly (I’m a pharmacist to finding the info you need quickly is key)... I had to teach my 34yr old coworker this function like 2 years into working with her. I can’t imagine how much time she wasted scrolling through entire studies, package inserts, and law documents 😳
-PM_me_your_recipes- · 7 points · Posted at 00:09:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm tutoring a computer science student like this, he also hunts and pecks. Watching him type is excruciating.
Psychpsyo · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the hunting and pecking since I was a kid, never bothered to learn the proper way. (even though people have tried to teach me) By now I know where the letters are and just have my own weird way of typing with 3-4 fingers. I'm not the fastest at typing, sure, but it works.
Sorry if that was infuriating to read.
thetomahawk42 · 11 points · Posted at 21:31:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
1st computer lab in 1st year Computer Science and there were people there who didn't know how to turn on the computer...
fallingupthehill · 3 points · Posted at 08:46:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg, I just remembered a guy I was training couldn't figure out how to turn on the small inkjet printers we have at each desk. Like its a button with -/0 on it.
rocknin · 5 points · Posted at 00:23:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
dude, third YEAR of software engineering and in my capstone group project none of my groupmates could do anything but copy and paste code they found online.
I actually blame the college for that one, but still, like, how?
pM-me_your_Triggers · 2 points · Posted at 06:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, that’s half of being a software developer right there. When you get stuck, find a code snippet on stack overflow
Oddity7 · 3 points · Posted at 00:27:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One guy on my comp sci course managed to get a virus on one of the lab computers about 15 mins into his degree.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 2 points · Posted at 02:03:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't be surprised considering there's a lot of malicious links but if the computer had anti virus, that's a different kind of idiocy
ya_7abibi · 3 points · Posted at 00:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my software design class I used the “end” button on my keyboard to get to the end of the line. My professor was like “what did you just do? Is that a special command?”
Psychpsyo · 1 points · Posted at 13:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, this one is rarely used. You have a mouse nowadays so pageUp/Down, Home and End aren't that useful anymore.
MovTheGopnik · 3 points · Posted at 22:10:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s Ctrl F?
cATSup24 · 9 points · Posted at 22:53:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a web browser or document program, it's the searchbar shortcut. Particularly useful for finding specific strings of characters (like words, phrases, and numbers) on really big PDF/Word documents, such as textbooks and manuals.
Owninglikenp · 5 points · Posted at 22:29:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Find?
Edit: I guess I need to explain a bit. So if you're viewing any document or a website, you can press Ctrl+f to find specific text in that document.
For example if we view this post in a browser, you can Ctrl+f and enter your name and press enter, and it'll search for your name through the whole page and take you there
Captain_Coco_Koala · 3 points · Posted at 00:28:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In TAFE (community college) I did a computer course and next door was a course on how to be secretary. They had an older lady there that didn't know how to turn the computer on, she had to get someone else to turn her computer on every morning - I thought it was a joke, it wasn't :(
daemin · 3 points · Posted at 01:47:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time my boss freaked out by me cutting and pasting a line in a document. Not because I did, but how I did.
Moved the cursor to the end of the sentence, held shift and fn key, pushed the let arrow, ctrl-x, moved the cursor, pressed ctrl-v. Did it all with the keyboard, and so fast it looked almost instant. He was flabbergasted.
benevolentpotato · 3 points · Posted at 01:49:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother is a programmer and graduated college without knowing how to touch type. I watched him coding once and realized he was hunt and pecking entire programs. I kept urging him and finally he learned to touch type and now he's just as astonished as I was that he couldn't type without looking.
dontshootthemsngr · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always assumed everyone from my generation (I'm 28) knew basic computer skills like this but when I took a course that went through all the Microsoft office programs in detail I realized how little a lot of people my age knew compared to me. And this was a post-grad cert program so everyone was required to take it (it wasn't an elective based on having bad computer skills). But really, I was meeting people in university who didn't know how to unzip a file. That was messed up.
Psychpsyo · 1 points · Posted at 13:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 20 and I can tell you: Not much has changed. Back in school we did something on a PC in art class once and people needed an explanation of how to open a program...
DMala · 3 points · Posted at 01:58:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in my college computer labs for one semester in the mid-90s. Mostly the job involved “fixing” the printer by putting in more paper, but occasionally we had to troubleshoot issues students were having. One day this girl walks up and says “Can you help me? I was typing and it got all small.” As I’m walking over, I’m thinking the monitor might have failed or something. When I get to the computer, I see a little Microsoft Word window in the middle of the screen. I maximize the window and she’s happy as a clam. As I’m walking away, I notice she’s working on a resume. Right in the middle of the screen is, “Expert in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Word, and Excel.”
SpaceMarine_CR · 2 points · Posted at 00:11:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, I didnt knew ctrl+F until last month 😐
harrowbird · 2 points · Posted at 01:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a person in their mid 20's with no education who's finally going into Uni for software engineering, this thread gives me hope.
anras · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to college for CS but I took one EE course (digital systems design), and my lab partner was amazed by my use of common Windows shortcuts like the ones you mentioned, insisting that I explain to him where I learned them. Wouldn't just accept "it's just something I've picked up using Windows enough."
nakedwithoutmyhoodie · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get asked what the shortcuts are for cut/copy/paste all the time at work. It gets really annoying when the same people come up to you over and over again with the same question. I understand that everyone has different strengths, abilities, learning styles, etc...but DAMN, write it down or something!
After several comments along the lines of "how do you remember all this stuff?", I told them how I remember. They're all right next to each other because you use them together. Starts with "X" - if you want to cut something...get rid of it, X it out...ctrl+X to cut. Next in line - "C". That's the easy one. Copy copy copy copy copy starts with "C". Last one - "V". Doesn't make any sense but that's ok, because the only thing left is
vasteI mean paste.It actually worked! I helped them remember the shortcuts. Still dumbfounded that they didn't bother to write it down after the first few times they asked me. I'm pretty sure alt+tab would break their brains, haha.
RetroHacker · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine is a programmer. He does a bunch of database programming, Oracle stuff, etc. One time he calls me up because he's having problems with his personal computer. I look at it and it's just completely chocked full of viruses and spyware and Internet Explorer toolbars. I tell him he really needs to just nuke and pave - back up his data, format the drive, and reinstall Windows. He doesn't understand what I'm talking about, nor does he have any concept of how to install Windows. I try to explain it to him, and give him the disc... it's literally just clicking Yes, Yes, Next, OK... but he just doesn't get it and ends up paying me to do it for him. And then having me help him install the Oracle development tools - which, of course, I've never used, because I'm not a database programmer. But I figured out how to click Yes, Yes, Next, OK in the installer just fine.
A programmer. Programmer. Making more than twice what I do. That can't install Windows. And on top of that, he keeps calling me with other sorts of incredibly basic computer related problems, he seems to have very little understanding of how a computer works, how networks work, how to do... well, most things with a PC.
He's a programmer. A very highly paid programmer. I... just don't get it.
kurdggseek · 2 points · Posted at 00:49:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad, currently a "Global CAD administrator" and engineer, took me to a history fair when I was in 7th grade. He brought his work laptop to keep us occupied while we waited.
While getting it up and running, he could not figure out why the internet wouldn't connect. After about ten minutes of him hitting buttons and me debating if I should try to help, I suggested he hit the wifi button on the keyboard.
It worked.
NemexiaM · 1 points · Posted at 00:05:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How are they qualified to study alongside you? :)
bananaEmpanada · 1 points · Posted at 00:26:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a third year software engineering course, a classmate asked the tutor:
Yes. Computers save things in binary.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I heard that someone decided to build a computer that works in ternary because in theory, it should be more efficient. But the the project was abandoned because reasons.
Also I believe this is in 18-19th century so yeah...
bananaEmpanada · 2 points · Posted at 02:36:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well the Soviets built analog computers using water in tubes. So yes, its definitely possible to do non-binary computers.
MartoufCarter · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught someone who is not a software engineer that recently and I was flabbergasted about that.
fireandshadows91 · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a few years back I had a co-worker who, on his first day, got himself logged into the computer and then asked me how to get to the internet. This man couldn't have been much more than 40 years old. Throughout his first week he also asked me how to print and how to get to his email.
IAmBoredAF6321 · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does Ctrl+F do?
ironwolf1 · 2 points · Posted at 02:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's "Find in page", or "Find in document" if you're in a text editor. It'll let you type in whatever and find all instances of whatever you type in on the web page or in the document.
iSoReddit · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My colleague of 15 years still doesn’t know. My soul dies watching him in screen sharing moving the mouse around for the menu
SanityInAnarchy · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, hey, if they didn't know Ctrl+C/Ctrl+V, at least they can't copy their entire assignment from StackOverflow...
__biscuits · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know people who have used Windows every working day since Win 3.1 who still think that remembering any more than two or three keyboard shortcuts is expert knowledge. I had a 50 something sales rep ask how an agent could find a particular name on a very long list on a web page. I, dumbfounded, said ctrl+F. They were all like "This is great. How did you find this out, great work."
ctrl+F
lechatondhiver · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I alphabetized a list of contacts on an excel sheet for my boss once and I was henceforth known as a “computer wiz.”
TheBananaKing · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's nothing, you should see the academics.
To be fair, software engineering (and CS in general) is about maths, not actually using a computer... but some of them take this to a truly distressing level.
lunarlandscapes · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the fuck do software engineering students not know this shit I'm a bio major who's computer skills dont go beyond knowing how to graph shit in excel and I knew this
neyoon · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Table of Keyboard Shortcuts
jaynellll · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have an excel sheet at work for basically a punch card. It's alphabetical with a butt load of customer names. When I am checking someones "card" I just Ctrl+F to find their name. My coworkers will sit and scroll through allllllllll the names and still sometimes can't find the one they're looking for. Also sometimes the box for finding will hide behind all the screens up on the computer and I have had a coworker think excel was frozen the entire day because of it 🤦♀️
frozenplasma · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a software company and our Engineering Manager is a brilliant coder but he types with his two index fingers, and only his two index fingers. He's a pretty fast typer, considering.
heckin_good_fren · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out (probably not you specifically, but other people might find this useful) The Missing Semester of your CS education.
AnastasiaSheppard · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It astounds me the number of people I have come across in IT (I am not IT by the way) who can do these crazy complicated fixes that I don't understand at all, but don't know how to use keyboard shortcuts or do basic preference changes (like change it so emails don't automatically get read when you click on them, or change the colour of a font, etc.)
jwm3 · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In all fairness, when teaching intro CS classes I have at times wanted to disable people's cut-n-paste. Seeing the same function duplicated 30 times with just a number changed just makes me sigh. Annoyance at having to type things out just might be the motivating factor to get someone to grok abstraction and generalization.
I always made a point of saying to the class that if you ever found yourself cutting and pasting while programming, take a step back and look at the big picture and you will see the right way to refactor it. You are 95% there realizing some code you wrote is relevant somewhere else, you just need to push through that extra step and realize that cut n paste isn't the right way to reuse the code.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m personally a fan of shift+ins
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wait what? most middle school students know that.
RodnyrUwU · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does Ctrl+F?
Psychpsyo · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It [F]inds stuff. You press it, you type something, it goes and searches the current page for it.
Nuclear_Geek · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many of my work colleagues don't use the numberpad. It's really frustrating watching them use the calculator app with the mouse.
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, software is one of those fields where people come into it with extremely wide gaps in not only knowledge but familiarity with tools. I thought I was sort of mid-level in that regard when I started college because I had some programming experience and basic familiarity with the Linux command line. Turns out I didn't know all kinds of things like vim, emacs, keyboard interrupts and shortcuts, shell scripting, etc. There were also people in the same classes who had never written a single line of code, and others who were regular Linux kernel contributors. It really surprised me how little effort schools put into teaching tools for those with less experience. I know those kinds of tutorials are all on YouTube now, but seeing as how they're often prerequisites for the kinds of work assigned, you would think they'd at least offer a basics class.
Krikkits · 1 points · Posted at 10:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to help someone who was about to start her masters with making a button im HTML/javascript. I was a 3rd semester compsci student and she was writing her bachelors thesis..... The assignment was for a job and of course she didn't get it
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
⌘-C, ⌘-V, ⌘-F
rincewind76 · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your kidding right. I'm 13 and have been using ctrl shortcuts since I first used a computer when I was maybe 8
akefay · 1 points · Posted at 14:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With the lockdown I'm getting a lot more email requests for assignment help
Jesus Christ, copy and paste your code for me, or attach the file. Don't use your iPad to take a photo of your computer screen.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:48 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be so sure. I used to work a help desk, and ctrl-c would blow some people's minds! And then there are the sys commands - sys-L to lock the computer, sys-E to bring up Windows Explorer, sys-R to bring up the "run" window, etc. I'd lock my computer and they'd go "how'd you do that? You never touched your mouse!"
MysticAviator · 0 points · Posted at 00:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell me about it. Some of my teachers' desktops make me want to puke. Like random files EVERYWHERE. It's honestly hard to watch. One teacher even had a VHS player hooked up through COAX to the projector. It was honestly more impressive than stupid that it actually worked but yeah, they didn't realize that there's a fucking website you can go to and just play the videos.
Also my engineering teacher's server runs on Windows Server 2003 and complains that it doesn't work. Not as bad as the PC he has running a laser cutter that's on windows XP. yeah, it's a nightmare.
DatGuyDatHangsOut · 203 points · Posted at 00:44:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked a friend to put a pot of pasta on while I showered after a long day. Had to run out of the shower dripping wet when the smoke alarm went off. He didn't know you put pasta in boiling water. He didn't know you put pasta in water at all. He just threw hard raw pasta in a pot and put it on the stove. Guy was 23 and a computer scientist. Pretty sure he's at Microsoft now.
Thinking about it now, maybe it was my fault for giving a programmer bad instructions
Silver2324 · 24 points · Posted at 06:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao, got the code working but forgot a line
Cysioland · 8 points · Posted at 12:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like a good method of teaching someone the concept of algorithms. Just do exactly what they say, and nothing more.
thunderfart_99 · 5 points · Posted at 12:18:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a programmer who is a bit similar to what the original OP described. You have to tell him the instructions precisely if you want him to get it how you want it to be.
KnottaBiggins · 3 points · Posted at 14:17:32 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
A new definition of "spaghetti code."
ermoon · 2 points · Posted at 18:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A lot of these examples explain why the gig economy has focused on food, house tasks, and driving
[deleted] · 2583 points · Posted at 21:12:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my early 20s I was really poor. I lived across from a dollar general and would frequent it for odds and ends, frequently. There was a 18-22 year old girl who worked the cash register who I assumed was on the spectrum of sorts. She couldn’t make eye contact, was very obviously socially awkward. She was also often very dirty and always smelled of BO. It was always weird to me because they sold deodorant. She also had one arm, hand that was much smaller and less mobile than the other. I was always kind to her, despite her being the slowest on the cash register, part to her physical speed capabilities, part to her painful customer interactions. She constantly over shared, uncomfortably. It was what it was. It didn’t bother me. I honestly felt bad for the girl, and would occasionally see bruises on her smaller hand/arm and wondered if she was abused. One day I walked into the good ol’ DG, looking to pick up some cleaning supplies and shampoo, and saw they had a clothing sale. Before you judge, I was pooooor, and they didn’t have the worst clothing. The sale was that certain color- stickered items were $1. I browsed and actually found 5 things that weren’t too terrible- some pajamas, some leggings, a piece of athletic wear. I brought up all my items, waited for a while as the girl was at the register, and brought up my 5- $1 clothing items, a spray cleaner, and a bottle of shampoo- both of which were also $1. She scanned them in and said “$53.” I kind of anticipated this, so I pointed to the literal three signs about the sale right around the register. There must have been 25 signs through the small store. I wasn’t angry. She looked at me, and I explained the sticker color matches the sale and they need to be discounted. She thinks for a good long while, looking at the register, clearly in pain and not knowing what to do. Eventually, she scans the 7 items again, hits a bunch of buttons, then says, “Ok! $24.” I was absolutely flabbergasted. I knew she was slower, but discovering that she couldn’t figure out 5+2 should be 7 (and tax), absolutely shocked me and truly bummed me out. Myself and the customer behind me just stared, not knowing what to do for far too long. I eventually asked if there was anyone else working who could help. She used the store phone to call in another coworker back in from their break. I stoped seeing her after a while, which was to be expected. I think of her often. I hope she’s ok.
cyanidelemonade · 920 points · Posted at 00:23:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a cashier once who couldn't understand me either
Me: I wanted this shirt in this size, but it didn't have a tag, so I brought up this same shirt in a different size so you can scan it.
Cashier: *scans the 1 shirt 2 times and tells me my total
Me: no...I only wanted this one, but it didn't have a tag.
Cashier: .............. *scans the other shirt and then takes away the one without the tag
Me: :|
It took quite a bit of repeating myself before she understood. I felt like a real Karen, but I literally could not explain the situation any differently.
[deleted] · 89 points · Posted at 02:28:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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cyanidelemonade · 31 points · Posted at 02:29:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work retail, too, so I thought I was being helpful lol
Love it when people come up with a bag of stuff, say nothing, and expect me to mindread that they want to do a return
Izzysocool · 10 points · Posted at 02:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol fr customers need to work on communication. I had this lady I worked with once (a supervisor! Pretty much the exact definition of a Karen. Down to the short blond hair) put one item through my register. I scanned it and told her her total. She read the total on the screen, confirmed, and paid for it. As I’m getting the next customer through she comes back to yell at me that it’s on sale and should’ve been $3 cheaper. I was like -__-. She was not happy that she had to wait for another supervisor to come help me refund only part of the purchase because I was new.
Sorry for going on lol. It just reminded me of that interaction.
PapaFedorasSnowden · 83 points · Posted at 01:45:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At these moments, I guess the best thing to do is just take away the shirt with the tag and hand her the one without the tag. When she says "I can't scan this one" you just shrug with the ol' mumbled Idunno. Let the other person figure it out instead of giving them instructions.
cyanidelemonade · 27 points · Posted at 01:48:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right lol thought I was being nice
PM_ME_FUN_STORIES · 6 points · Posted at 16:55:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last time I tried to buy something without a tag, they told me they can't sell it without a tag and threw it out. It was a clearance item, and there weren't any others in the store.
I was so sad about it ):
gamingchicken · 1 points · Posted at 11:10:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guarantee you will be charged the wrong price if you do this
snoogle312 · 79 points · Posted at 01:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I went to Wendy's one day and ordered something that came to X dollars and X+1 cents. I handed a solid dollar amount plus 1 penny to the girl at the register and she handed me back (right amount of change)- 1 penny. I tried to explain to her that giving her that penny meant that I was to receive a more even, penny-free amount. She seemed fairly high, but to be fair, so was I (hence being at a Wendys.) After about 2 minutes she relented and handed me the amount of change I told her I was due, but I'm fairly certain that she still didn't understand and actually thought I was trying to rip her off for one penny...
Edit: I really want to add the thing I found the funniest was how skeptical this girl was about me and how convinced she seemed that I was trying to steal a penny from her.
Chairish · 71 points · Posted at 03:43:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in a store. I don’t remember the exact numbers but say I bought something for $8.00 and handed the cashier a $10. Cashier accidentally puts in $100.00 so it says to give me $92 instead of $2. I said just give me the $2 like I’m supposed to get are we’re good. Nope. She called the manager up and the two of them debated over what to do for quite some time. I even said pretend I gave you $100 and I’ll pretend you gave me $90. This was years ago and I’m not still there so obviously we worked it out, but sheesh.
Jinxletron · 28 points · Posted at 04:16:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I'm not still there..." Hahahaha brilliant
snoogle312 · 6 points · Posted at 05:53:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha! I got to the "I'm not still there," and got into one of those, "chuckles that grows into outright belly laughs," situation. TY for that!
PM_ME_FUN_STORIES · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was probably a situation where it would fuck with the cash counting at the end of the night, so they couldn't just pretend like it didn't happen. If you fuck up counting down your register, you're in deep shit.
That being said, most places you can just void the transaction... but it usually requires a manager to do so after the money has been inputted. So that's probably why the manager was called over.
Chairish · 5 points · Posted at 17:59:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it wouldn’t mess anything up. That’s my point.
RetroHacker · 14 points · Posted at 06:39:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm strongly convinced that Wendy's goes out of their way to hire the absolute worst, least intelligent people. Or perhaps hires only people that couldn't cut it at McDonalds. Of all fast food restaurants, Wendy's is consistently the absolute WORST.
Like the one, incredibly complex order I made that I had to repeat no less than five times. "I'll have a #11, large, with a Coke". Twice when ordering it, then three more times when asked "What did you have?" while waiting for it. That time was extra special, because the person behind the register got so frustrated at her job that she slammed down her nametag and said that she quit - and stormed out.
Or just today, when I got home to find a completely different sandwich when I ordered "A #11, large, with a Coke". Or the times I've ordered "A #11, large, with a Coke", then being asked "Did you want the sandwich or the meal?".... Internally screaming to myself that if I'd wanted the sandwich, I would have ordered the sandwich, instead of specifying the number of the combo meal.
Or ordering the chicken nuggets meal, and not getting the sauce in the bag, asking for the Sriracha sauce.. blank stare... uh... I don't know if we have that... (while looking at me, not at the bins of sauce just to his left). OK, how about the S'awesome sauce then? "What's that".... In my head I'm thinking - gee, should I read the five foot tall sign advertising the sauce to him, or do I point to it.. no, wait, he probably can't read. "Well, how about honey mustard sauce then?"... blank stare.... "Any sauce AT ALL?!?!"
Granted, I love fast food, and I order it kind of a lot - it's expected that I'll hit some snags from time to time. But Wendy's is like greater than 50% of the time I'll have a problem. And it's not just one store, no - it's all of them.
And let's not even get started on Wendy's fries. They advertise that they're made with sea salt, but that's a typo. It's supposed to say that the fries "see salt" - as in, they hold up the can of salt and let the fries see it. At no point do they ever open the can, or sprinkle any on - they just show the fries that salt exists, and leave it at that.
I've got a lot more stories about Wendy's... honestly, I should really just stop going, but they're the only fast food chain that has a spicy chicken sandwich - and the only one that has jalapenos on a sandwich.
philsstiens · 6 points · Posted at 07:54:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Culver's and chick filet have quality spicy chicken too my friend. Dont know if you have Culver's near you but it's a quality sandwich.
RetroHacker · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never heard of Culver's, we definitely don't have them around here.
I live in kind of a food wasteland, we only have the absolute biggest chains. We don't even have White Castle, Hardees or Arby's. And sadly we haven't had a Long John Silver's in a decade. I really miss that.
grebetrees · 1 points · Posted at 21:01:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You probably don't have a Popeye's there either. They are the chicken kings, especially for spicy stuff! If you ever see a Popeye's Chicken, drop in and try it out, and it will spoil you on Wendy's forever
imgoodygoody · 2 points · Posted at 16:26:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has this all happened at one location? In my town Wendy’s service is vastly superior to McDonald’s and Taco Bell. I’ve waited up to 40 minutes in the McDonald’s drive thru trapped between cars and the curb, unable to leave. At Wendy’s I don’t recall them ever messing up my order and I’ve never even waited 5 minutes.
RetroHacker · 2 points · Posted at 17:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope, multiple locations. There is one particularly awful one which, is, of course, right near my house. But I've tried all the others in town too, and had pretty lousy experiences there too - just not AS awful. Then there was the fun time where I stopped off at one of those rest plazas in NJ and went go grab a real quick bite at Wendy's that cost me an entire hour, waiting for my food, waiting, finding that they totally forgot my order, getting my food, having it be wrong, having to have them remake it. The confounding order? A #9. Large. Don't even have to specify the drink, since you fill it yourself. That's right, nuggets, fries, and a drink cup - apparently the most difficult thing in the world to get right. And I ordered it specifically because I thought it would be fast and that I knew I could just eat it in the car while driving. Grr.....
The McDonald's around here are all absolutely fantastic. They have the drive thru working at peak efficiency. Never once had a problem.
Also - McDonalds has discovered the wonders of salt. Yes, salt, you see, makes fries taste a thousand times better. Someone should tell Wendy's that their fries might be just a tiny shade less awful if they, you know, put salt on them. I don't think I've ever gotten fries with salt from a Wendy's in the last five years or so. Further annoyingly, the most recent time I did eat-in (before the pandemic), their bin of little salt packets was empty, so I asked at the counter for more - oh, they're out of salt. Gee, I wonder why. Then again, this was the same Wendy's that ran out of Coke.
I mean, I don't want to keep harping on it, but ye gods Wendy's fries are awful. They're mediocre if you get them hot, right fresh from the fryer, then immediately salt them (since they don't), and eat - you've got a good two, possibly three minutes to enjoy almost-passable fries.
This is, of course, if your fries are cooked or warm. I once got some that were so stone cold and terrible, that I asked for new ones. They gave me some fresh from the fryer, and I found that about a quarter of them were still frozen.
I just wish McDonalds offered a decent spicy chicken sandwich so I could just forget about Wendy's completely. Since both restaurants near me are right next to each other, I will sometimes go through both drive-thrus, so I can get the Wendy's sandwich and then the fries and Coke from McDonalds (since their Coke is always mixed right).
imgoodygoody · 2 points · Posted at 18:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha your long rant did made me laugh. It sounds like you’ve thought this through many times. Also I 100% agree that McDonald’s ALWAYS has better fries and Coke. Always.
RetroHacker · 2 points · Posted at 18:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha - I'm glad to make someone smile. I will freely admit that I'm ranting out of trying to avoid doing things I actually need to be doing, and the fact that sometimes talking about stupid stuff on the Internet is fun.
While I seem amazingly frustrated here in text on Reddit, I've never been rude or obnoxious to anyone that works at these places - I know they're just doing their job. Fast food and any kind of public facing retail is really brutal - I've done retail before - people are stupid. Really really stupid. So I don't want you to think I'm that jerk yelling at people that work at fast food. I'm not. I'm always really nice to them since there's no reason to go through life being rude to everyone you meet. That's not good for anyone. And it's not like these things are cornerstones of my life either, this isn't some major pressing horrible thing I've endured, or something that terribly troubles me deep to my core. It's at worst a minor frustration, and at best a source of things to rant about to random Internet strangers.
Still though... I really wish Wendy's would salt their fries.
imgoodygoody · 1 points · Posted at 18:32:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You remind me a lot of my dad. He also rants about different businesses and their awful service but he’s the nicest guy you’ll find if you’re dealing with him at a business.
RetroHacker · 2 points · Posted at 18:36:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's because I spend WAY too much time in my own head. Thinking and overthinking and thinking about how I'm overthinking everything. So this allows a minor inconvenience or a small problem to quickly grow into something that occupies a lot of mental energy - which leads to internal ranting... which sometimes spills into being running jokes with friends, or becoming silly rants on Reddit.
But the unsalted fries at Wendy's is right up there with the perpetually broken McDonald's shake machine as far as running jokes among my friend group go.
tarabithia22 · 25 points · Posted at 05:32:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I was a cashier for 10 years and really great/fast at mental math for change, but I had a few times where I was just overworked, mentally drained, and my mind decided to just completely zero out and I would stare at the register amount in frustration while the poor customer gave me that look and tight-lipped, eyes down smile and awkward shuffle. Ugggh, so embarassing.
But yeah if the manager couldn't figure it out then hoo boy.
snoogle312 · 10 points · Posted at 05:57:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, I've definitely been there. I've been there as a 16 year old concession stand worker at a movie theater that just had like 5 rush crowds in a row in the 90s when people actually still swarmed to movie theaters. And I still remember the face of the middle aged dude looking at me like I was somehow slow and saying, "OOKay, so now YOU give me FIVE dollars because I handed you one extra...!" But to be fair, that was because I was confused why he was handing me 6 dollars extra, not thinking that he owed me that amount less.
837 · 11 points · Posted at 03:37:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup, I have done this a total of one time and it was not worth the confusion that I caused with the cashier. I now always just take my 97c and be on my way
FartHeadTony · 3 points · Posted at 10:43:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes you wonder if some of the Karen stories you hear are actually from retail staff suffering minor mental deficiencies and not understanding that Karen was right all along.
thekamara · 18 points · Posted at 02:23:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Customer service brain. When working at a register you basically become an npc.
hmm_mozey · 14 points · Posted at 02:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You just gave me awful flashbacks to my retail working days. Not that you did anything wrong in that situation (& it sounds like the cashier wasn't properly trained), BUT what people don't understand is that you can't just scan the same item in a different size since the sizes have different codes for inventory purposes. Just thought I'd share that tidbit in case that happens again so you'd be prepared to wait an extra minute for the associate to look up the SKU for the correct item you're wanting to purchase.
cyanidelemonade · 9 points · Posted at 02:36:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No I work retail too, but this particular store was closing down, so I figured they wouldn't care about inventory anyway. Or they can just adjust the inventory after the sale so the customer can leave. That's what we do in those situations.
nmotsch789 · 4 points · Posted at 03:15:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for actually bringing one with the tag over instead of expecting the employee to magically know the UPC or SKU number for every single item in the store. Too many customers do the latter
jahlove24 · 4 points · Posted at 03:24:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a knack for picking items without price tags and have had this exact same fucking conversation multiple times.
FartHeadTony · 3 points · Posted at 10:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think "Karen" has passed its useful life because of this. There's a difference between screaming at retail staff demanding a discount because "reasons" and asking someone respectfully to do their job. It's starting to feel like a word to stop women from speaking up when they are being legitimately screwed over. "Don't make a fuss. Be nice!"
trev2234 · 2 points · Posted at 09:34:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once after arguing calmly the price I pointed at his screen that said 7 items and then pointed at the 4 things on the counter. I asked if he could see the problem. He didn’t, so like with a 3 year old I pointed at each one and said “1, 2, 3, 4 and the writing there says 7”. He got it at that point. This was 3am and I was full of beer and illegal substances, and he’s at work.
Silencer30 · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time over seas (not america) I asked a burger king employee for a burger with just cheese and he said “alright fries and a triple double with lettuce and tomato” and I said no just cheese. AND HE LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY. LIKE I ~had~ to have these toppings. Im oretty sure he also muttered “whatever”
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 10:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Silencer30 · 1 points · Posted at 15:12:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk. I asked for a cheese burger and he looked at me like I was crazy.
obscureferences · 1 points · Posted at 06:44:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speaking of karen energy, I felt my most neckbeardy at a comic store where one of the displays was wrong. The price tags were swapped between two versions of a thing and it was few hundred dollars waiting to be lost in a misunderstanding.
I tried to bring it to the cashier's attention as casually as possible but explaining the problem eventually lead to the kind of nerdy comparisons you'd expect from someone fact checking a fanfic.
Tea_Time_Traveler · 1 points · Posted at 10:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the UK I tried that and the store had separate tags for each size!! Smart for inventory, but crazy for missing tags.
FluffySharkBird · 1 points · Posted at 17:26:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. That is such a common situation too. I tell customers that I'm glad they were smart enough to grab the shirt with a different size/color instead of me having to call the clothing department and wait awkwardly. I just want to reassure you that you did the exact thing you should have!
Muffles7 · 976 points · Posted at 23:36:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anyone who judges you for doing the best you can with money is an idiot anyway.
I wish I shopped smarter tbh. I did great for a while but then I had a kid and got lazy lol.
Provokateur · 22 points · Posted at 00:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Totally. Shop smart. Shop S-mart.
inbookworm · 9 points · Posted at 01:26:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This...is my BOOMSTICK,
WtotheSLAM · 33 points · Posted at 23:49:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A tale as old as time. I'm right there with you
Muffles7 · 6 points · Posted at 23:50:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Promised myself I wouldn't fall into that trap, but here I am.
FlickinIt · 3 points · Posted at 00:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's universal. I'm cheap af, but I still shop easy and stupid
firekitty3 · 10 points · Posted at 02:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No shame in shopping at a dollar store! They have some decent stuff for cheap.
CrassKal · 8 points · Posted at 04:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a high school class where they were teaching us about planning a budget. I was the only person who said I would buy clothes at walmart, the next cheapest option being kohl's at more than double the cost. Still doesn't make sense to me.
crazyashley1 · 6 points · Posted at 12:28:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Goodwill, thrift stores, and yard sales are an even better budget trick for cloths and shoes if you don't mind gently used and have basic sewing skills. The most expensive thing I own is a 150$ suit I bought 3 years ago. Everything else in my closet cost between .25-10 bucks a piece.
FartHeadTony · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No shame in realising that your time is more valuable when you have less of it because kids.
Qcws · -4 points · Posted at 03:38:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, no, you don't deserve to be judged for being money savvy, but the dollar general has low quality items.
$1 jeans x50 because you keep destroying them
vs
$20 jeans you keep for 2 years
jesskargh · 8 points · Posted at 08:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That why they say it's very expensive to be poor
Ryinth · 0 points · Posted at 08:59:58 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You need the money to invest in the first place.
“The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.”
thatyellowishthing · 50 points · Posted at 00:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude I'm well off enough that I own a home, I own a freaking business, and I still get as much as I can from the dollar store. The majority of my dishes, my pantry organizers, bathroom and kitchen tools, etc come from the dollar store. You're good. Being frugal is nothing to be ashamed of.
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 01:58:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Chocolate-Chai · 6 points · Posted at 02:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the UK pound shops the name brand stuff is often cheaper because you get less but people don’t realise & just see that it’s cheaper & buy it - myself included in the past.
-_-halp · 10 points · Posted at 01:43:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also have a similar story.
I was eating lunch with my parents and one of my sisters at a small restaurant in Taiwan. When we were done eating, my dad, my sister and I went get the car first as it was raining while my mom paid for the meal. We were in the car waiting for my mom and she didn't come out for a long time. We were just about to go in and see what was wrong when she finally came out.
The restaurant is run by a young couple. The guy had gone to do something inside so it was the girl working the cashier. My mom gave her the payment in cash and was waiting for her change. The girl used a calculator to calculate what the change was. When she went to get the change, she dropped all the coins at the register so my mom had to wait for her to pick them up. When she finally had the change, she gave my mom more money than what my mom had initially gave her (and by a lot too). My mom (being a nice human being) told her that the change was wrong. The girl doesn't believe my mom because she used a calculator to calculate it and the calculator couldn't possibly be wrong. In the end, it was solved when the guy came out and took care of it.
Sometimes I wonder how much money this restaurant loses because of miscounted change.
sodamnsleepy · 4 points · Posted at 06:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once bought something from a store. Total was 4,99 I paid with 5 and was waiting for my change (I know a penny lol but still) cashier looked at me...I said I get change..looks at recipe "of course heres 1$" no I paid 4,99 "oh yeah here 4,99" .....no I only get a penny
sunforrest · 6 points · Posted at 02:05:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd be surprise how many cashier don't know how to count or became totally confused when you round up what you pay so they'll give you back an square amount.
So many dead fish eyes when I gave 5.25 on a 4,25 total...
Butsrslythough · 7 points · Posted at 02:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! I had a whole argument with a cashier once because my total was like $16.10 and I gave them $20.10. They gave my dime back because “they didn’t need it”. I figured it was one of those times when they had extra change in the register so I took it back. Then they tried to give me $3.90 back. I was like no, that’s why I gave you the dime. I don’t want 90 cents back. I tried to give them the dime again, and they could not figure out how to give me my change bc they’d already typed in that I’d given them $20. I was like it’s just four dollars. Take my dime and give me four dollars. And they had to get their manager because they weren’t sure I was right. I was so annoyed.
Goodbyepuppy92 · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger and paid for everything in cash (didn't have a card) I constantly had cashiers hand me my change back because I "gave them too much."
No, if it $2.50 and I give you $5.50, don't refuse my quarters. I just want paper bills!
SlippyIsDead · 5 points · Posted at 00:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used by everything at the dollar general. I was counting my pennies to get by poor. I'm not anymore but I still have an outfit from there that I love and still wear.
That was almost 20 years ago.
jsteele2793 · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to buy their dollar flip flops every summer. I loved those things and when they got gross I didn’t care because they were 1$! Dollar general is awesome.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still have a couple shirts I sleep in. They’ve held up great the past 4 years.
twistedpanic · 6 points · Posted at 00:33:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
DG dresses are the bomb. I wear them to work and my students always ask where I got them and are flabbergasted when I tell them.
nightwing2000 · 4 points · Posted at 03:18:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember being in line behinds some college kids at a convenience store. They had a few tubs of yoghurt, the clerk said "$16". Nobody could figure out why the number was so high, considering they'd brough back several dollars of deposit bottle - until I pointed out the guy had obviously added, not subtracted, the deposit amount.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 00:14:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Assuming this was semi recent - wouldn't the register have the sale programmed in and auto-apply the discount? Granted this is DG so maybe not.
StopThePresses · 11 points · Posted at 02:03:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, not necessarily. Prices have to get manually adjusted because of sales all the time.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yup it depends on the store.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 06:42:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at DG for a little bit and the POS system is notorious for not having the sale in it so we had to have a manager come and manually input in each transaction that something on sale was bought. And these were new systems in a new store built only a few years ago.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sucks. A Family Dollar I used to frequent had the sales built into the system. Caveat this was in like the center of Atlanta and the whole store hd been renovated last year. I haven't been to a Dollar General in a long minute.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 16:39:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I try not to give dollar general my money unless I have too. The one I worked at was horrible and the management was too.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair. I haven't been to neither one in a long while. I don't live near one at the moment so I don't have a reason to.I do plan on going to a nearby Dollar Tree so I can stock up on glasses. Their plates and glasses are nice and cheap.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 19:21:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dollar tree is great man!!! I can get name brand snacks for a buck!! Albeit the package is a little smaller it’s still a good deal!! The ones near me have some cute flamingo glasses right now if your into that!!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 22:58:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see i have found a stan. lol
I like them for cheap office supplies and legit, if you have your first apartment or just moving somewhere you need dinnerware but don't want to spend a ton, I always hit up Dollar Tree. I still have a good number of glasses from there. I need to replace some wine goblets because i have more space for it now.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 23:29:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah dollar tree is great if your starting out!! It was a godsend in high for stuff when we didn’t have a lot of money but needed stuff for school.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
even better they do have a website so you can buy things that way if you need it in bulk [it has quantity minimums]. Second best for me was CVS/Walgreens since there are a ton of coupons and they stack with manufacturer coupons. I used to get my food stamps, coupons and walk out of there with a gallon of milk and a big box of cereal together for like 2 dollars.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 23:52:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What!! I didn’t know they had an on-line website!! I don’t really have CVS/Walgreen’s in my area unfortunately.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:11 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah. A lot of pharmacy/convenience stores let you stack coupons. What about Rite-Aid or Eckards [if they haven't completely gone out of business]
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 18:12:59 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t have any of them. Unfortunately I live in a really rural area so we have Walmart and that’s basically it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 19:13:24 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ahhh. I feel that. Somehow the opposite but same issue - I lived in Midtown with no walmart the closest being like 20 minute drive away and I had [still don't] no car. Dammit I don't want to go to publix/whole foods!
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 19:15:04 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
The closest Walmart is 45 minutes to an hour away lol. We have Tops markets which sucks ass so nobody really goes grocery shopping there unless they have too. And then we have a McDonald’s and a Dunkin’ Donuts and a subway combined with dominoes in a gas station. Small town living at its finest lol
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 21:01:23 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Small town indeed. How is yall internet out there?
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 23:24:09 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the greatest but also not the worst. It could definitely be a lot better.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:17:38 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only thing keeping me from packing up and becoming a girl in a small town or a hermit - the lack of relatively good internet. ;_:
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:49 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s honestly not the worst. You’ll definitely have good enough internet to do almost anything the average person does tbh. You should definitely think about doing it if it’s what you really want. But be warned you have no privacy living in a small town. Everyone knows your dirty laundry and it gets around fast.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:57 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I am the witch that lives on the hill and does strange rituals and only comes out to get oreos...I might be fine lol I used to live in a suburb and went to a very close knit church. My mom still gives me the tea and we have to play a game of 'the story thus far' so she can tell me so n so got married.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:10 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol yeah you might. You’ll be the weird lady on the hill lmao. In a small town literally nothing is private. If so and so and is seen with so and so and everyone will know.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:04 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its only private if you scare them all away but then all they talk about is how weird you are. Option two is to just be away from civilization and have everything you need airdropped in. Expensive but an option.
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 13:13:51 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. It is pretty private if you scare them away. The 2nd option would super expensive and not even worth it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:47:46 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
but your privacy would be complete tho
afrogirl44 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:30 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean yeah but I don’t think it’s be worth the cost of doing it. Especially since there’s like no airports in most rural areas.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:44 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe I will hit the lottery one day and just buy a frickin island to stay on. Or buy a small village and just be their reclusive mayor/landlord
afrogirl44 · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:18 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol that sounds like a good plan!!
Echospite · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Discount stores I go to don't have POS, they just whip out a calculator.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
where are you shopping, Dots/dd's? Granted I have been to some Ross that are like that too.
Echospite · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
House to Home is my local.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never heard of that before. I live in atlanta. We more likely to have Family Dollar or Dollar General. Is it anything like Tuesday Morning [cheap junk store like Homegoods]? -
Echospite · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have no idea, we don't have those stores here. It's a bit like Dollar King, if you have that one, but with a little more focus on home goods such as cutlery, towels, decor, etc.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah we don't have those either. It sounds like Family Dollar. Family Dollar is like Dollar General where things are generally a dollar or so. You can sometimes find things over a dollar and maybe even 10 but I doubt I could find anything over 50-100 in one of those stores. Contrast to Dollar Tree where everything is a dollar.
Echospite · 1 points · Posted at 07:57:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, our "dollar shops" aren't really dollar shops lmao they're just really cheap stuff. It's very rare to actually get stuff for a dollar in them. But most stuff is under $10 and rarely over $20 so it doesn't matter anyway.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that's Dollar General's thing. Dots/DD's/Ross is like that for clothes. Tuesday Morning is mostly home stuff and pretty cheap. Food wise, I think Save A Lot is like this but those are rare in my neck of the woods. Dollar Tree/DealS is the only one I can think of that is strictly a dollar.
Ash_Leapyear · 46 points · Posted at 23:55:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's kind of a shitty story for this thread. The question is basically asking when did you encounter an adult who shocked you at how dumb they were. Your bring up a minimum wage worker on the spectrum trying to input manual sale items into a register clearly not automated for it.
Echospite · 14 points · Posted at 02:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this lady sounds like she has a ton of birth defects TBH, that's... not even remotely the same.
big_diction4ry · 5 points · Posted at 02:33:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Autism spectrum disorder isn't a "birth defect", it's a developmental disorder.
Echospite · 10 points · Posted at 03:03:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... I don't think you read the comment.
Neither of those things are autism.
big_diction4ry · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're right that she could easily have a congenital birth condition or disability, but autism spectrum disorder can affect muscle tone and tissue development as well as be comorbid with dyslexia or dysgraphia, which would explain both examples you've listed.
Still, I agree with other commenters that this is absolutely the wrong answer for the question. This isn't about someone being bad at "adulting" due to idiocy or privilege, it's about an individual who likely struggles with a disability or condition doing a pretty good job of managing it.
Echospite · 5 points · Posted at 05:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This is the first time my autistic ass has ever heard of someone's limbs growing in wrong because of it.
It's pretty clear this woman had congenital issues that are comorbid with autism (if she's autistic at all and not showing symptoms of something similar to autism -- OP said they THINK she's on the spectrum, not that she is), not purely autism.
I think you're just doubling down, mate.
big_diction4ry · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm autistic too! Nice to meet you my dude! I believe I miscommunicated and I think you're correct in that she likely had common comorbid conditions. My thinking was along the lines of the smaller arm could be due to autism associated muscle tone but on second thought that isn't nearly as plausible.
Still, this story really doesn't belong on this thread. Working retail is hard and even harder when you're on the spectrum. Sounds like she was working hard and doing reasonably well until this instance. Shit, I've had times like this at my job where I'm tired or have zoned out.
(Quick edit, didn't see the rest of your reply): I was totally just doubling down, I got hella bored at work whoops. I was mostly just pissed off at the original comment that CLEARLY didn't belong. It was just so ableist and I got mad!
Echospite · 3 points · Posted at 07:55:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, I agree with that. I'm glad they have compassion for this woman but this is definitely not a "adult being stupid" case and their compassion could go farther. It's just a poor disabled woman doing her best in a world that's not accommodating to her and it was really ableist for this commenter to just add this as if it's a case of stupidity when it's clearly not. :(
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually new evidence as shown it's a birth defect.
big_diction4ry · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a developmental disorder with some hereditary links. Even if it were a "birth defect" the correct terminology would be congenital disability. The common consensus around disabled individuals is that "birth defect" has negative connotations and is degrading.
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 04:05:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know that its not people with disabilities who say that its assholes like you who think only your opinion matters.
big_diction4ry · 2 points · Posted at 04:26:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Source from The Disabled People's Association
Another from Australian Disability Network
National Center on Disability and Journalism
All these resources are for or by disabled persons and have a variety of terminology and all explain why "birth defect" is considered offensive. Still, despite all those terms I can't find one for your condition - I think the politically correct word would be "utter cunt".
mountainvalkyrie · 2 points · Posted at 05:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for this! As someone with a physical "birth defect", I've never liked that term. I don't find it offensive per se, but I'd rather not be called defective, ya know? I didn't know it's considered best avoided nowadays, but I'm glad it's going away. Of course, I can't speak for everyone, some people might not care at all. Point is, you're not an asshole.
big_diction4ry · 1 points · Posted at 05:49:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how someone could look at another human and call them "defective", honestly. I'm glad language is slowly changing to be more compassionate, too.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 05:24:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be offended by an accurate term is fucking stupid. I bet you get offended when retarded is used in a grammatically correct context and has nothing to do with people, too.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:22:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow so someone who has a different opinion is an utter cunt, that shows how low Intelligence you have. Also those people who run those "resources" are not disabled. I am, I have birth defects and the only thing that offends me if people like you who know nothing of what we go through saying we find words that only you find offensive. The only cunt here is you.
big_diction4ry · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Believe it or not, those resources from organisations such as "The Disabled People's Association" are, in fact, run by disabled people. The fact that you yourself may not approve of them is perfectly fine, but the fact is that many people with disabilities prefer compassionate language (myself included) which should be respect. Everyone deserves respect, and I apologise for calling you names for antagonising me. You sound like you hold a lot of anger, friend, which is understandable, but I hope you grow from it. Have a lovely day/night/whatever time it is in your part of the world!
whatismypasswordugh · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got a couple small things and about 60 of the 10 for a dollar candies from five below. The candies are like 1 gumball for 10 cents. My total should have been under $30, the cashier rung up every little piece (rather than just counting) and straight faced told me it would be $90 bucks. I was like no... no way, the candies must have come up at a dollar each- and she refused to fix the price- insisting she rang it in correctly and that's the total. I tried logic saying my candy could not possibly be almost $100 - she said, "it is though." At that point there was already a decent line behind me so I told her I'm sorry then I can't afford any of it and just left....
locks_are_paranoid · 10 points · Posted at 23:56:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college, I would always sell my textbooks to the bookstore at the end of the semester. There were two textbooks which the bookstore wouldn't buy, so I took them back to my dorm. A few days later I saw a student who said that she worked for Belltower Books, and she said that I could sell my textbooks to her.
She said she could give me $9 for the first book, but that the second book wasn't in the system. However she said that she could still give me $0.25 for it. I figured it was better then throwing it away, so I agreed. She also said that they always round up to the nearest dollar.
To summarize, it was $9 for the first book, $0.25 for the second book, and they always round up to the nearest dollar. After I gave her the books, she gave me $9. I said "you owe me another dollar." She asked "what do you mean?" I said " the total was $9.25, and you said that you always round up to the nearest dollar." She thought about it for a minute, and gave me the extra dollar.
To clarify for those who are confused, I'm well aware that in normal rounding $9.25 would round down to $9, however she said that they always round up. This also makes logical sense, since otherwise there would be no incentive to give her the textbook which wasn't in the database for $0.25. Since they always round up, it would round to $1, but if they rounded down all I would get is the $9 for the first textbook and nothing for the second textbook.
Luke_Cold_Lyle · 4 points · Posted at 01:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that's generally how frequenting works, lol
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:21:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! To be fair I was quite stoned typing this out...... to be fair. ;)
theoreticaldickjokes · 2 points · Posted at 04:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid, I didn't have any new clothes. My entire wardrobe was made of donations and hand-me-downs from older cousins. Sometimes that's just how things have to be until your situation improves. It's nothing to be ashamed of.
Of anyone tries to make you feel less for it, I how they get hit in the face with a brick.
SkiDude · 2 points · Posted at 07:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recall going to get fast food one time and the girl behind the register gave us incorrect change at first. When we pointed it out she pointed to the nickels and said they were quarters. I don't recall everything that happened, but we kept trying to point out what different coins were, and the fact that the coins literally say what they are. I always figured she was playing dumb and skimming the extra change to pad her minimum wage pay, but she probably was just that dumb.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 22:55:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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TyrannyOfBobBarker_ · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger I worked at an old decrepit tuxedo shop in my small town. The building was extremely old and so was much of the merchandise in the store, that meant we did tons and tons of business around prom, graduation, etc. And not much business at all for the rest of the year. I have to believe the place was a money laundering scheme and I have reasons to believe that, but it’s not relevant to the story. I was at work one day and had been there since the store opened that morning. I opened the store and worked by myself all day until close. Sometime in the afternoon, after not having one single customer for the whole day, I decided to hop down to the basement and smoke a joint. So I’m down there blazing away and wouldn’t you know it, I hear the door open upstairs. “God damnit, of course this is just my luck” I thought. So I yell up the stairs that I’m in the basement and I’ll be right up to help them. I put the weed away and tried to find something to spray for the smell. After what felt like 5 minutes but could have only been 30 seconds at the most, I get worried the customer is going to think something is up if I stay in the basement any longer so I run up the stairs stinking like bud. The customer had come in for something small, cuff links or something, and was ready to check out by the time I got up the stairs. As the mind tends to do when you’re high, I started thinking this guy could smell the weed because I thought he looked at me weird. So my stomach drops and my mind starts to race. I’m going to be fired, he is going to call the police, all this kind of stuff. While this is going on I’m trying to ring him up but the register was jammed and there was no calculator at the desk. Despite it being a simple transaction, less than 20 dollars, I could not for the life of me figure out how much change I owed him. My mind was racing so bad that I couldn’t even process the simple calculation. While I stood there in panic, I heard him say “uh... it’s uh... you owe me $4.62” I didn’t even argue. I gave him the four bucks and he walked out of the store without saying anything at all. This all happened almost 10 years ago and I still sometimes think of it while l lay in bed and it horrifies me to this day. Dude must have thought I was completely stupid. Ugh.
ThePolarBurr935 · -1 points · Posted at 05:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use paragraphs..
val319 · 428 points · Posted at 22:40:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining to a 35 year old male friend that condoms aren’t 100% effective and means you could use one and the other person could get pregnant. Next was that condom means you can get lower chances of stds but herpes in another location could occur if they have an outbreak. I felt like I needed a slide show. It was like I butchered the Easter bunny and fed it to him as stew.
twistedpanic · 23 points · Posted at 00:50:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ross and/or Joey??
tropicalunicorn · 25 points · Posted at 01:24:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
THEY SHOULD PUT THAT ON THE BOX!
twistedpanic · 20 points · Posted at 01:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently they do!
tropicalunicorn · 24 points · Posted at 01:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well they should put it in big black letters!
littlewing52 · 7 points · Posted at 02:51:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These are the appropriate responses. Well done lads and/or ladies.
lintwhite · 12 points · Posted at 05:33:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my coworkers legit didn't know that you could still get pregnant if your partner uses a condom. I had to explain to her that you could use a condom and the pill and still get a baby and she was absolutely baffled by this. I had to point out to her that one of our other coworkers actually had a baby in her late 30's even after her husband used a condom and she was on the pill because she thought I was fucking with her. The worst part of this was that we worked at the CDC and part of our job description was giving out sex education information.
val319 · 14 points · Posted at 05:49:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a friends and asked why an open pregnancy test was in the drawer. She reused them.
AlwaysOutlander · 12 points · Posted at 02:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends husband is well into his 40’s and she told me the other day that he washes his face first and DOESN’T RINSE THE SOAP OFF. She said when they first met she wondered why he would come out of the shower with dirt or grease still on his body (he’s a mechanic). It wasn’t until they showered together that she realized why; he can’t see anything he’s washing because his eyes are squeezed shut the whole time to avoid getting soap in them. They’ve been together for six years and she’s finally stopped trying to convince him to rinse his face off because she’s just got to pick her battles.
ermoon · 2 points · Posted at 18:35:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He needs some very light light colored washcloths
Yellowredstone · 4 points · Posted at 03:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
With condoms + birth control pills + pulling out can still lead to a chance of a baby.
FartHeadTony · 3 points · Posted at 03:17:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
And on the other hand something like 1/6 hetero-couples 20-40 can fuck unprotected for 2 years and still not get pregnant.
Yellowredstone · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew this does happen. But I didn't know what the ratio was. So 1/6, thanks.
Cucinawonderwall1492 · 349 points · Posted at 00:42:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a female friend our junior year of college (so around 21ish) tell me that you had to change your tampon everyone you peed, because otherwise the pee would be blocked. I gently asked her if she knew there were, um, two different holes, and she ADAMANTLY told me how wrong I was. She was studying to be a nurse....
Gshamms · 75 points · Posted at 03:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a classmate in nursing school that when inserting a catheter into a female, you need to aim high to make sure it ends up in the urethra. She didn’t know there was a second hole...and this was after she completed 2 anatomy pre-requisite classes for the program.
Cucinawonderwall1492 · 23 points · Posted at 03:06:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But......how???
Gshamms · 27 points · Posted at 03:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk...she also didn’t know how to put basic oxygen tubing on a patient in skills lab - 3 weeks before we graduated. And asked once how she would know if a patient was dead. So there’s that.
Cucinawonderwall1492 · 21 points · Posted at 03:39:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please tell me they did not let her graduate.
Mysid · 7 points · Posted at 11:15:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She may have graduated, but there’s no way she passed the nursing board exams.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 05:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sure they did, even nursing schools won't let students fail.
Lurker-in-Chief · 3 points · Posted at 07:39:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, "dead" can be a complicated topic in medicine.
oceanbreze · 3 points · Posted at 06:20:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was 18, I took a HHA class, thinking I could do PT work while in college. You know, do some companion care, personal care and study during down time. There was not ONE classmate I would have allowed anywhere near a relative. During training, their attitudes towards the more disabled confused elderly was terriffying. I actually wrote an anon note to my supervisor because my fellow trainees were doing the polar opposite of our training. Now, years and years later I witnessed some wonderful competant staff care for my Mom, so I know it was a fluke. But my 18yo brain was horrified.
Beaniesqueaks · 2 points · Posted at 22:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Were we in the same class? Because this exact thing happened to me too! And we took anatomy together so I KNOW we talked about it
LazuliArtz · 39 points · Posted at 02:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least she wasn’t studying to be a gynecologist.
[deleted] · 13 points · Posted at 05:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But nurses put in catheters, she'll put it in the vagina not the urethra. She should not be a nurse but with the dumbases running schools and not allowing students to fail for any reason she'll become a nurse and kill someone.
Cucinawonderwall1492 · 6 points · Posted at 02:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! True....
Sarcastic_Sincerity · 12 points · Posted at 03:52:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was an earlier comment in this thread mentioning this same belief, so now I'm worried about how common this might actually be...yikes!
Cucinawonderwall1492 · 6 points · Posted at 04:03:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I second that....yikes!
speyonce · 6 points · Posted at 13:39:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These comments always remind me of the episode of orange is the new black where Laverne Cox’s character has to explain to whole grown ass women the anatomy of their own vaginas because they didn’t believe there was more than one hole. My fiancé was stunned when I told him I’ve had to tell at least 5 women that in my life.
bounce-bounce-jump · 8 points · Posted at 03:22:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As I said elsewhere, I can never seem to empty my bladder fully with tampon up there. So I get the confusion. It certainly FEELS blocked even though I know the holes are different.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 05:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A tampon puts pressure on the urethra so it isn't uncommon to have difficulty urinating with one in.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear stories like this so often from my sister and her friends. I am absolutely shocked by it. How can somebody not know that there are two separate orifices in their body for two separate actions? You could even take a look at yourself in a mirror to make sure. I’m... just shocked and appalled really.
Kat-Katka · 3 points · Posted at 09:55:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! Can't you feel when you pee that it's not the same spot as where you put in tampon??? I can kinda wave my hand if it's a guy not knowing, but girls? It's your body!
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 10:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's actually (at least) three holes.
natgoeshome · 416 points · Posted at 01:22:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Co-worker announced she was pregnant, then immediately said she was sad that she couldn’t take a bath until the baby was born. I stared, confused, and asked “Why can’t you take a bath?” She looked at me as though I was stupid and said, “Because the baby will drown!” I had to walk away.
tarabithia22 · 138 points · Posted at 06:00:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes, I hate it when my uterus fills with water anytime I swim/take a bath and I have to stand there legs wide and let it drain.
Just wtf.
Kat-Katka · 37 points · Posted at 09:42:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, I just imagine public swimming pool with all the girls on the side of the pool waiting to "let it drain". Thank you for the laugh!
AliveAndKickingAss · 18 points · Posted at 10:02:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and then they make the nozzles on the air-dryer face down so I have to lay there spread-eagle on the floor instead of mounting the machine like I do with my blowdryer at home.
impressivepineapple · 4 points · Posted at 02:31:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
SO I actually had a friend who took a lot of baths, who told me the water actually can get in and would come out... later. Not necessarily into the uterus obviously, but I guess some water can stay in there. Maybe this has happened to the woman in the post? Hasn't happened to me, but I don't take too many baths.
Lil_Guard_Duck · 3 points · Posted at 18:28:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but it can't get to the baby. He's safe in his own bubble.
portlandparalegal · 40 points · Posted at 07:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think some people do recommend not taking super HOT baths when pregnant, so maybe she read that about baths somewhere and her brain came up with a different reason why lol.
Crickaboo · 3 points · Posted at 18:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also no hot tubs or public pools but only because of bacteria and risk for infection.
Kristeninmyskin · 10 points · Posted at 08:45:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once she’s farther along, she might not want to take a bath because it would be too hard to get in and out of the bathtub!
Dica92 · 6 points · Posted at 10:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hilarious. Did she think the womb is totally dry and free of liquids?
Banksy0726 · 412 points · Posted at 23:18:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad couldn't spread butter on his toast when he met my mom.
PhD in neuroscience? No problem.
Building a successful business? Piece of cake.
Spreading butter on a bagel? Talk about unrealistic expectations.
HardRockDani · 27 points · Posted at 02:44:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law is a respected surgeon, total legend. But he can’t set a clock, start a dishwasher, program a vcr/dvd player... it’s cute because he’s not my dad. :P
pyragony · 15 points · Posted at 05:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good news for him—two out of those three skills are practically obsolete haha
HardRockDani · 13 points · Posted at 05:22:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One would think! Every time we visit my husband gets lead around to all the digital clocks, microwaves, cars, and even the long-suffering VCR that “those damn grandkids keep unplugging to play their ‘game boxes’!” lol
jennamariebee · 18 points · Posted at 01:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
AAA! I’ve pierced the toast!!
bacaw1192 · 6 points · Posted at 16:18:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Men shmear!
oceanbreze · 3 points · Posted at 06:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, it was once said, Einstein did not know how to tie his shoes.... myth??
r0ck0 · 2 points · Posted at 14:41:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about other people's shoes?
TheRealVicarOfDibley · 3 points · Posted at 15:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked a friends GF to help me in the kitchen by putting garlic butter on bread. I.e buttering bread..... she almost had a panic attack and couldn’t do it. She said she didn’t know how...... or how to cook obviously 🙄
What is this world coming to?! How can these parents be ok with themselves after not teaching their kids... who are now grown ass adults
smilecracker · 90 points · Posted at 00:38:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to another woman that the pee doesn’t just fall out of your vagina, it has a separate hole.
Golddustofawoman · 9 points · Posted at 11:28:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm shocked at how many times I've seen this comment here and in other threads. My mom made sure I knew this from a very early age, before I even got my first period. I had diagrams of female anatomy shoved in my face multiple times throughout school. I've seen women in their thirties, who have had kids not know they had a urethra. Like, what did you think that ridgy thing below your clitoris was? Decoration? How does this escape people? How?
SE_Crew · 90 points · Posted at 01:26:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I came home from school one day and a roommate of mine is frantically fanning away smoke from the stove. Turns out he was trying to cook pasta and just heated up the stove with no water and put the pasta straight into a hot pot. I was utterly baffled
teacupreading · 17 points · Posted at 11:36:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is at least the fourth or fifth story I read in this thread where people throw dry pasta into a pot without any water. Wow.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 14:29:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too. I don’t quite understand why you wouldn’t spare ten seconds to look at the back of the packet? Or maybe they’re so convinced they’re right there is no reason to check?!
teacupreading · 3 points · Posted at 15:34:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I’ve always done it like this . Don’t tell me how to live my life!”
TheLastUBender · 2 points · Posted at 21:01:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do all these dry pasta people make it through 16 years of existence without once observing one of their parents cooking pasta on the stove? As in boiling the pasta in water?
Wowsuchusername44 · 1 points · Posted at 20:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God, I’ve been seeing posts like this a lot
GoBucks111 · 260 points · Posted at 00:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year in college. Had a roommate who was older, 20, because he went to a junior college for 2 years first. He started dating this girl and after a few months they decided to have sex. He asked if we could talk because the night had come for this planned encounter. He was a virgin and had questions. Pretty normal conversation until he asked, “How do I know when to stop?”.
nymvaline · 119 points · Posted at 02:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's actually a fair question. I mean, it's answered by the same thing as probably most of the other questions (communicate with your partner), but unless you're being a selfish lover, there isn't an obvious stopping point.
GoBucks111 · 9 points · Posted at 11:18:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was specifically talking about laying the pipe.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 02:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When she is satisfied. Obviously.
williams1753 · 13 points · Posted at 04:29:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What if my 2 minutes isn’t enough?
[deleted] · 41 points · Posted at 06:19:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mouth and hands, dude
Lukski · 1 points · Posted at 20:26:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude what if she's smelly
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 05:03:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex doesn’t revolve around the penis all the time, kid.
WontonTheWalnut · 15 points · Posted at 11:42:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially not the 20 minutes of crying that follows the 10 seconds of penis time
trev2234 · 9 points · Posted at 09:57:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WOW! You can go for 2 minutes.
williams1753 · 5 points · Posted at 11:54:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
57% of the time
sodamnsleepy · 8 points · Posted at 07:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The man of Marie Antoinette had no idea "how to sex" either
PaintedLady5519 · 6 points · Posted at 15:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aw, that's so innocent and sweet.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:22:40 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guys - here's a secret to a happy relationship: don't stop. Okay, so when you come you can pull out - but that doesn't mean the sex stops. It's called "afterplay" - and it's not even that until SHE comes, too.
In other words - guys, it's not just "get it up, get it in, get it off, get it out, get it home."
Jerkrollatex · 87 points · Posted at 00:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I worked with who was in her mid 20s only ate lunchables because she didn't know how to grocery shop or cook. This was an improvement over when she just ate half my lunch every day. I packed extra because someone was always either broke or forgot their lunch.
Silver2324 · 5 points · Posted at 07:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very kind of you
Jerkrollatex · 5 points · Posted at 07:33:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's an amazing kind person. It was worth sharing some food to get ger company at lunch.
XenoAcacia · 85 points · Posted at 01:45:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Horrifying? I've got horrifying. Guy I was seeing in his early 20s didn't know he had to wash his ass.
Pennywises_Toy · 6 points · Posted at 10:21:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, I just gagged
Golddustofawoman · 10 points · Posted at 11:53:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I need to hear the story of how you found out about this.
juicy-aloe-vera · 1025 points · Posted at 23:17:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were out for a company lunch at a sports bar and one of my co-workers discreetly told me that she had pulled pork stuck in her teeth. I always keep a thing of floss in my purse so I offered to let her have it. She gratefully accepted and then asked, "How do I use it?"
She had never flossed in her life! She hadn't even had her teeth flossed at the dentist! So I took this 40-yr-old woman to the ladies' room and taught her how to floss.
The icing on the cake is that she's English, so I teased her about perpetuating stereotypes. If you're reading this, Viv, I love you!
HashtagH · 115 points · Posted at 01:43:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that an American thing? Because I'm European and I know precisely zero people who floss, nor has any dentist I've ever been to mentioned flossing even once, and as far as I'm aware, it's basically not a thing here.
juicy-aloe-vera · 79 points · Posted at 01:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm Canadian and it's recommended as part of daily dental hygiene. When you go to the dentist, the hygienist flosses your teeth as part of your cleaning. I don't think everyone here necessarily does it every single day, but I think everyone knows how and probably has some floss in the back of a drawer.
breadcreature · 2 points · Posted at 10:41:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know why but the idea of someone else flossing my teeth is really weird! But here they just poke and scrape you with the sharp sticks, so maybe floss would be better.
SanityInAnarchy · 16 points · Posted at 02:39:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IIRC the science is actually not entirely settled on how important flossing is. Obviously you don't want to leave a big piece of pulled pork stuck there, but other than that...
notsostandardtoaster · 39 points · Posted at 04:05:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk about you but flossing gets rid of plaque that otherwise would have stayed between my teeth because my toothbrush can't reach it. And we know plaque leads to tartar and tartar leads to cavities, so...
SanityInAnarchy · 9 points · Posted at 04:17:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, it makes sense, and I'm still going to do it, but... how much it actually affects cavities or gum disease is a hell of a rabbit hole.
juicy-aloe-vera · 21 points · Posted at 02:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, I live in a city that doesn't fluoridate its water. We're wild over here!
innocuous_username · 5 points · Posted at 03:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Vancouver? Yeah - moved here a couple of years ago and didn’t get around to going to the dentist for awhile. It was quite the nasty surprise when he mentioned it along with my many cavities (which are unlikely all the fault of no fluoride but still).
_chocolatecake_ · 15 points · Posted at 04:29:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where do you live in Europe? I'm swiss and like every dentist tells you to floss regularly
BleachedWhale · 4 points · Posted at 10:40:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every hygenist & dentist in Slovakia, too..
HashtagH · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Germany
Silverman23 · 3 points · Posted at 19:54:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess either your dentist doesn't like flossing or you have perfect teeth so he doesn't need to ask if you're flossing. I'm from near Stuttgart ( Germany) and the three dentists i've been to always recommend flossing regularly.
pizzelle · 13 points · Posted at 04:07:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my last cleaning the lady said I will Regret not flossing my teeth when I'm older! It hasn't changed my habits, but we Americans are threatened into dental hygiene.
Yellowredstone · 31 points · Posted at 02:40:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
TIL Europeans don't do this.
Interesting. Its just slightly scented(or not scented) string used to get crap out of between your teeth.
[deleted] · 24 points · Posted at 03:00:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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[deleted] · 10 points · Posted at 07:29:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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WontonTheWalnut · 9 points · Posted at 11:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk if it's more common here or something, but you wouldn't get a machine for snoring, you'd get it for sleep apnea. Snoring can be a symptom of it, but that isn't a real problem. Not being able to breathe properly when you sleep will fuck up your sleep though man, it might not kill you but you'll want to be dead if you get the equivalent of like 3 hours of sleep every night
Repulsive_Airport · 6 points · Posted at 11:10:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think so. I’m Canadian, and I floss. Basically everyone I know flosses too. At the dentist, the hygenist flosses your teeth, and encourages you to floss.
I find it tends to get extra bits of food out from between your teeth that a brush might not reach. My teeth actually look much cleaner when I floss regularly as well - in a depression spell, I might not floss for like a month or so, and I can tell when I look at my teeth. That being said, I don’t know that it genuinely is cleaner.
bekbok · 2 points · Posted at 11:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dentist (well hygienist) does it for me when I go but doesn’t tell me to do it. I go to a bupa dentist though not NHS as I’ve not had good experiences with NHS dentists (in and out in a minute which isn’t long enough to check all your teeth imo). I pay about £14 a month which covers 2 dentist visits and 2 hygienist visits a year as well as any x-rays the dentist thinks I need and a discount if I need work done.
Can also get emergency treatment free as well which was useful when the other year I had a toothache that ended up being caused by my hay-fever. Saw the dentist next day for free, had an X-ray showing toothache was due to my sinus filled with mucus pushing on a filling. Got a nasal spray for hay-fever and was fine in a day or two. I will admit it wasn’t what I was expecting to be causing my problem.
pomiferous_parsley · 1 points · Posted at 10:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, are full head braces still a thing? I thought you could only see them in a museum by now.
macramelampshade · 16 points · Posted at 04:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This explains so many smells I’ve encountered in my life
MoranthMunitions · 7 points · Posted at 12:27:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Scented. You had two opportunities and you missed both.
Raising_The_Dead · 5 points · Posted at 16:49:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least they were consistent.
pomiferous_parsley · 5 points · Posted at 09:58:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm European, I floss, majority of people in my social circle flosses, I guess, based on the fact that people do have floss in their bathrooms, in their purses, they assume other people might have floss in their purses and they can ask some if they need it, on multiple occasions I've discussed floss brands and types just as I sometimes discuss laundry detergent or what have you, my dentist assumes I floss, you can buy floss in every supermarket (in small convenience stores in rural areas probably not, though), pharmacy, chemist. Mint flavoured, unscented, satin, spongy, floss picks...
papsylon · 2 points · Posted at 14:17:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Germany it’s well known and practiced. It’s more the typical English stereotype of bad teeth.
chiralistral · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm European and I've literally never heard of anyone not learning to floss as a child.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:25:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
nah I’m European and I do this and personally have never heard of people not flossing
impressivepineapple · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I normally don't correct spelling, but I think you were looking for the word "scented." I feel like I had to say something because of the thread we're in!
Guinevere11 · 8 points · Posted at 11:21:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am European and almost everyone I know floss! Every dentist I have been always ask about flossing during the 6 months check. And I remember one of my classmate being mocked because she didn't floss and only brushed her teeth once a day. Europe is wide!
chiralistral · 7 points · Posted at 07:32:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? That is wild to me. I'm from a Nordic country and everyone I know is at least aware that they should floss, even if a lot of people forget to, or are too lazy to do it regularly.
pomiferous_parsley · 7 points · Posted at 09:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...What? It definitely is a thing in Europe, why do you think you can buy floss at every pharmacy, chemist, supermarket all over Europe, do you think they stock it for American tourists? Whether you go to a supermarket in the UK or Albania you can buy floss because there's a demand created by the local population, not Northern Americans who forgot to pack their floss.
Source: I'm European. I floss. It's clear from some things my dentist says that she assumes I floss. When I'm at a friend's house and I need to floss because something stuck between my teeth and I've forgotten my own (normally I carry floss with me), I can ask them floss and they'll give it to me. Happened a couple of times with various friends. I've been asked for floss by friends because they assumed I might have one in my purse. I've seen colleagues flossing in the restroom.
I'm dumbfounded right now.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 09:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im European too (Germany) but everybody flosses (at least most do, some are lazy I guess)
purplecatuniverse · 8 points · Posted at 05:58:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL that people don’t floss in Europe! Most Americans floss as part of their daily brushing routine. And if I they don’t, it’s considered something that everyone should do more of to better themselves. Like how people say “I should work out more” — I’ve heard many say “I probably should floss more”.
It’s something done at every dental checkup and constantly encouraged by dentists and parents.
newnimprovedaccount · 6 points · Posted at 13:53:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Europeans do floss, but not all, most at least know what it is. My dentist discourages flossing, since many people do it wrong and hurt their gums, but he encourages using tootpicks.
chokolatekookie2017 · 4 points · Posted at 06:28:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re supposed to floss twice a day.
superlethalman · 2 points · Posted at 17:29:12 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Irishman I can confirm that I've never flossed or been told to floss by my dentist, who insists that my teeth are in great shape. According to her, proper brushing is all that should be needed -as long as you do it right.
Ololapwik · 1 points · Posted at 15:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m French and only flossed with floss picks when I had braces. I don’t know what an hygienist is, I only see one doctor when going to the dentist (aka the dentist and maybe an assistant) and they don’t floss them either. They only tell you to floss if you have some condition needing it. I’m still cavity free at nearly 30 (and I don’t use mouthwash regularly) maybe it’s because we eat differently? I realized I’m on the lower end of carbs as I don’t eat cakes, bread, pasta or rice on the regular, mostly vegetables and animal protein cooked in oil/butter. After eating carb heavy meals my teeth get dirty and I don’t get that gunk when I don’t have that much carbs.
Cow_Toolz · 1 points · Posted at 16:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m Australian and the only person I’ve ever known to floss was my housemate, who had American parents.
dont-ask-how-i-know · 1 points · Posted at 10:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Studies have shown that flossing doesn’t help keep your teeth healthy unless you’re getting it done by a dental hygienist everyday.
Too lazy for links, I’m sure it’s easy to find.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 11 points · Posted at 01:37:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm hesitant to tease her, 'cos I've never flossed in my life either
juicy-aloe-vera · 22 points · Posted at 01:58:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems to be geographical! I'm Canadian and couldn't believe someone had made it to adulthood without flossing, but it seems that it's not as unusual as I'd thought.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 4 points · Posted at 01:59:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's an England thing. Or I'm a grade A dunce, both are likely
GenericAutist13 · 6 points · Posted at 02:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope not, I’m in England and I’ve never flossed either
Xenasis · 5 points · Posted at 04:16:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is just a cultural thing - floss is very uncommon (not completely absent, just uncommon) in England
tb2186 · 6 points · Posted at 04:29:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aaaaaaah! I can’t imagine never flossing. It’s absolutely necessary to keep your guns healthy. My dental assistant sister always said it’s more important than brushing.
Floss your teeth people.
Flamekebab · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never flossed. No dentist has ever told me I need to. My teeth and gums are in rude health.
Flamekebab · 8 points · Posted at 01:47:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never taught to floss and no dentist has ever mentioned it. Any time I've tried to use floss or equivalent to get something out of my teeth it's just been a horrible experience.
I'm in the UK and the last time I was at a dentist I was flabbergasted to find that my teeth were still in excellent condition.
juicy-aloe-vera · 9 points · Posted at 01:56:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm maybe all my dentists have been working for Big Floss...
ADM_Tetanus · 2 points · Posted at 09:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surely mouthwash & brushing does the trick? Anything more is just for the sake of it
Captain-Mayhem · 4 points · Posted at 02:22:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her dental hygienist never told her? Mine always makes an effort to show the proper technique whenever I go.
kaelyyna · 3 points · Posted at 05:35:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Read this and had the absolutely overwhelming urge to floss. Thank God for floss picks!
follower888 · 7 points · Posted at 01:41:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh we don't really use/have floss in the UK I think you will be able to buy it somewhere but it's not common.
Worldlaboratories · 22 points · Posted at 02:10:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is absolute bollocks, floss is common here in the UK.
AgingLolita · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No it isn't. It might be common in your circles but I don't know anyone over the age of 4 who routinely puts string in their mouth.
Worldlaboratories · 0 points · Posted at 11:38:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then how do you maintain good oral hygiene?
follower888 · -5 points · Posted at 02:14:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never once seen it on shops or seen anyone use it.
Chocolate-Chai · 10 points · Posted at 02:28:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s easy not to see something you’re not looking for. It’s sold everywhere toothpaste & mouthwash is sold.
And lots of people use it, probably not a majority like in the US, but it’s a pretty normal thing to use.
[deleted] · -3 points · Posted at 03:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Chocolate-Chai · 9 points · Posted at 03:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think (full size) supermarkets & pharmacies stock floss dependant upon regional trends, it’s just a basic hygiene item, like deodorant or a back brush - you might not use it but it’s available. Next time look properly in the oral hygiene aisle. I don’t even use it myself or notice when it when I’m buying toothpaste etc, but I know it’s sold widely.
FenrisCain · 6 points · Posted at 04:19:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dont know where 'up here' is but i live in Scotland and do a lot of work around the country and in Northern England and ive never had to go to two shops looking for it
Worldlaboratories · 0 points · Posted at 11:43:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am from up north and I can assure you dental hygiene products are available everywhere. Either you have been given poor dental advice or you have chosen not to invest in your personal hygiene. Please read the following NHS guidance regarding flossing https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/dental-health/why-should-i-use-dental-floss/
sunflower_mari · 2 points · Posted at 07:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm Indian and I don't think I've even heard of or seen people flossing
jaykaykillor · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dental Hygienst here. You'd be surprised how many people have never heard of flossing.
Connor_Kenway198 · -2 points · Posted at 03:51:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
English people, on average, tend to have better teeth that yanks.
XxEpid3m1cxX · -2 points · Posted at 10:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Couldn't have done that last bit with an English bloke though. He would've smacked you upside the head. Trust me, I know too many people who resort to violence when they are mocked or insulted and I'm only 15. Kinda scary really
thput · 169 points · Posted at 01:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We weren't adults at the time, but my friend I have known since we were 10, came over to my house when we were 16. He lived directly across the street and I saw him most days. Anyway, he comes over and while we were hanging out we decided to have a snack.
My mom used to buy cases of oranges and we could eat those at any time. So I grab a couple oranges, throw one to him. He stares at it for a while and I know the guy pretty well. I ask him whats the problem and he says "How do I do this?"
"What? Dude, I know you have eaten an orange before."
"Yeah, but how do I get... into it?"
"What?! You mean peel it?"
"Yeah, my mom just cuts them in fourths."
I laughed at him for a good 15 min, and then taught him how to peel an orange.
I still being it up sometimes... to his kids. We're 40 now.
Tametsi143 · 19 points · Posted at 10:48:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I was out on a field trip and they gave us sack lunches that included an orange, and my friend acted so shocked and weirded out that I just peeled it and ate it like that, that for a split second I got worried that it was unusual to peel an orange. We were 17.
sodamnsleepy · 5 points · Posted at 08:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh...I also do this
dragonC4t · 2 points · Posted at 17:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats awesome you guys are still good friends!
astralangeldragon · 1 points · Posted at 06:54:52 on July 12, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in kindergarten I bit Into the orange the teacher gave us and complained I didn’t like how sour it was. That’s when I learned you had to peel them.
Atlien1130 · 82 points · Posted at 00:20:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Toilet clogged. My roommate knew to get the plunger, but had no idea what to do with it. She sort of just stuck it in the water and swirled it around in circles.
williams1753 · 8 points · Posted at 04:46:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So she just wanted to race turds around the bowl?
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 5 points · Posted at 00:36:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to unclog my roommates 'mess' because he did not know how to properly use it...Oh you should have saw him..It was cringe worth....
ShimmerRih · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:48 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No she's right! You gotta create a whirlpool just like when it flushes
EyDavid · 302 points · Posted at 23:21:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talked with some guys online. Don't ask me how but we got to the topic of the female menstrual cycle. In Germany this was first explained to me when I was in elementary school as a part of sex ed. During my school time In learned it again two times during more advanced sex ed. Of these three men in their twenties no one had a clue on how that shit worked or why women get their period. I was so confused but they explained sex ed in America is mostly garbage...
LazuliArtz · 69 points · Posted at 02:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, Sex Ed sucks here in America.
I had a teacher in middle school who believed that it couldn’t be rape if you orgasmed... you’d think someone who teaches Sex Ed would understand how a biological response works, but nope.
katherinefitzAlan · 29 points · Posted at 04:29:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How did Weinstein become a middle school teacher?
TheGoldL · 30 points · Posted at 03:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My school disguised sex ed as "health class". They got away with the bare minimum, aka 3 class periods on STDs and only nutrition and organs for the rest of the year. Of course, I'm talking about a christian school, the place that only tells you to not do it until marriage and leaves it at that. The only reason I know this shit is because I specifically looked at the pages we skipped and google is the salvation to ignorant education.
bloodfulsilver · 17 points · Posted at 04:38:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's better than my high school, they saved sex Ed for the last month of school and was going to have a medical doctor come in and teach it. Then the doctor gave birth early so she couldn't come teach and we talked about dieting instead.
Yellowredstone · 9 points · Posted at 03:53:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So either my school is awesome or everyone doesn't know anything.
dumbandconcerned · 6 points · Posted at 15:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, the thing about US sex ed is that is varies wildly by location and there’s no national standard. Some people receive really great, comprehensive sex ed, some receive abstinence-only, horrible misinformation, or nothing. I personally had very decent sex ed in my opinion, but I know others aren’t so lucky. One interesting thing about my high school sex ed teacher though was she was caught embezzling money from the cheerleading team and was still able to work there for years afterward.
Mangonesailor · 3 points · Posted at 00:54:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, NC here. Davidson county. The county that had Sheriff Hege and the pink, crying, teddy bear jail.
We learned about STDs, the full 9yards of bodily functions, what a condom was and how to use it, and that it was possible that women could use the pill... every year after since 6th grade (So circa 2000). This was a public school, in a pretty low-income county, full of farms and industries.
All these posts about "My guy didn't know xyz about my vagina" only tells me either their area is definitely not as educated as mine, or they didn't pay attention at all. Yes, they definitely teach you abstinence, but they also show you "So, if you really think you're ready to be an adult and handle the real world, here's how to prevent yourself from fucking that up with an unplanned child."
euler_fan_2718 · 10 points · Posted at 05:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually never received sex education in public school (US, in college now). Not even a class that was supposed to be sex ed but was actually bullshit, just no sex education whatsoever.
PastelUnicorn267 · 6 points · Posted at 06:50:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah apparently some men also think that pads are stuck straight onto you kinda like a bandaid
firstmatedavy · 3 points · Posted at 13:28:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my school district they'd do separate boys and girls health classes one day in the 5th grade and only explain it to the girls. I guess they were worried the boys would make crude jokes and make the girls uncomfortable?
FloobLord · 3 points · Posted at 15:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an American and we had two different sex ed classes, and I went to a Catholic middle school (age 10-14). I think a lot of these people just weren't paying attention.
PaintedLady5519 · 2 points · Posted at 15:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is, your parents are supposed to fill in the gaps. Mine used a medical book.
KimLizLaw · 4 points · Posted at 18:13:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, I used to think “parents fill in the information” was ok, until I was more aware of statistics. When teen pregnancy and sex health are very real issues, it isn’t fair to punish the kids for a lack of parental responsibility. I had way too many friends who grew up only knowing that “the Bible says you can’t have sex until you’re married.” No idea how to protect themselves. No idea how to seek help if they’re assaulted. Parents should be giving kids this information, but it’s a real public health issue that needs to be taught elsewhere for kids who have parents who can’t or won’t teach them.
(Don’t forget all the kids who were never taught anything, grew up, and now have kids but don’t know they’re lacking the proper education to teach their children.)
PaintedLady5519 · 2 points · Posted at 19:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why I went with "supposed to."
KimLizLaw · 1 points · Posted at 19:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry. I wasn’t arguing, just thinking out loud about how the way it’s setup is based on that premise but it sucks.
PaintedLady5519 · 2 points · Posted at 20:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Totally agree that parents and schools should help each other fill the gaps and give their kids the best possible information to go out into the world with. Personal beliefs aside, give them the knowledge and tools to succeed. Let them make decisions that are best for themselves.
ratherbewinedrunk · 2 points · Posted at 21:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It actually varies from location to location. Our sex ed was pretty comprehensive but I've heard horror stories about other places, especially in the Bible Belt.
H0lyThr0wawayBatman · 1 points · Posted at 19:15:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the U.S., early sex ed in public schools is often taught by separating the boys and girls into different rooms and only teaching the boys about their bodies, and only teaching girls about theirs (obviously referring to cis boys and girls only... LGBT+ sex ed is usually entirely ignored).
In my school, they did eventually bring the boys back in with the girls in 5th grade and then any sex ed taught after that was taught to everyone. But a lot of that was more about preventing STIs. The general idea was definitely that only girls need to be concerned with understanding menstruation, it needn't apply to the boys. As if none of them would someday grow up to date and marry women, and raise daughters.
ginger_SF · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
...that's *if* it even exists at all. many continue to argue that it shouldn't be taught in schools, period (rimshot)
crazycatlady331 · 284 points · Posted at 00:35:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy who did not do his own laundry. He lived on his own but Mommy would come in and pick up his laundry for him.
One time I was at his place, naked in his bed, and his mother walks in to go pick up his laundry. It was easy to tell that someone was there (my car was in his driveway). We didn't last much longer after that incident.
If you are mature enough to have sex, you are mature enough to not rely on Mommy to do your laundry.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 27 points · Posted at 00:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should have seen the guys on my floor in dorm uni. It's sad... At least my mom taught me right...Heck I did my parents laundry....
adamrjac99 · 17 points · Posted at 02:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First year at uni I had to teach someone to use the washing machine. In November. His parents weren't even coming to do it, I just genuinely think he managed two months without washing a thing.
PaintedLady5519 · 4 points · Posted at 15:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a man, yes, a college educated man, whose mother still bought his underwear and shipped it to him (not online, like went to a store, bought it and put it in the mail). I put a stop to that.
williams1753 · 7 points · Posted at 04:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If someone is willing to do my laundry I’m letting them.
I know how and have known since my early teens at the latest.
I just hate folding laundry
crazycatlady331 · 8 points · Posted at 12:55:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would you let someone come inside to pick up your laundry when your SO was naked in your bed?
williams1753 · 4 points · Posted at 13:36:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh no! That was way over the top.
To be that helpless/selfish to expect that level of ‘mothering’ that late in life is ridiculous.
I also don’t understand the parents who do this, I’m doing my damndest to teach my kids self-sufficiency and they are under 10 and can probably do a lot of what people are talking about here.
tarabithia22 · 9 points · Posted at 05:57:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, that repulses me. Letting someone do my personal chores/laundry is degrading to that person, and would make me feel like a selfish person. I'm not a small child.
But different strokes and all that.
williams1753 · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can under stand that. I’m certainly not expecting it...ever really, but if my parents, who regularly watch our kids said ‘hey grab you laundry we’ll do it for you’ I’m fully on board.
It’s an act of kindness that I’m for and appreciative of.
By no means is it an expectation.
ginger_SF · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
wow. I remember watching my mom work the washer/dryer when i was 6. i kept asking questions because i was super inquisitive. she asked if i remembered what to do and to repeat the process back to her. once i had it down, she was like, "congrats...you're going to do your laundry from now on." she folded it, but i have been loading & unloading since i was 6 or 7. my parents weren't militant or anything, but apparently just didn't want me to end up as a story on this thread one day :)
i greatly thank them for teaching me the value of a dollar and basic tasks in life.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:26:04 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or at least not to let Mommy walk in on your naked girlfriend...
Peruvian_Warllama · 0 points · Posted at 20:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you use the word Mommy? Or are you using it in a belittling way? I get the guy doesn’t do his own laundry but you’re coming across really negative and condescending in this post.
crazycatlady331 · 3 points · Posted at 20:35:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His mother walked in during sex.
If he didn't do his own laundry, fine. But when his mother walked in during sex to pick up the laundry that is a different story. That move cost him a girlfriend.
Peruvian_Warllama · 0 points · Posted at 22:04:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sure, that’s obviously strange and not okay. But that doesn’t really change my main point. All I’m saying is that, despite the action, there’s just no need to downtalk the guy like that, even if his behavior and boundaries are immature.
crazycatlady331 · 3 points · Posted at 23:31:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
(At the time) he was 27 years old and had two kids with his ex. He also had a functioning washer/dryer in his home (so no costs associated with doing laundry).
By 27, the guy already had a house (that he owned) and two kids. I mean he was adulting enough to have a house. Shouldn't laundry be part of adulting 101?
Peruvian_Warllama · 1 points · Posted at 17:04:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think you’re hearing what I’m saying. It seemed like in your first post you were being very condescending towards an otherwise extremely successful man. No guy likes being told he has a “mommy”, it’s an emasculating and embarrassing thing to hear.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:14 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Peruvian_Warllama · 2 points · Posted at 16:49:16 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that would help thanks
murderhelen · 154 points · Posted at 23:28:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on the beach with my friend who is 22 years old, and we were eating fruit. She grabs a cherry, tears it in half, getting covered in juices and looking like she commited murder, and when I asked her why she didn't eat it normally, she told me her mom always took the pits out for her.
enderflight · 14 points · Posted at 08:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She needs to buy herself a cherry pitter. In all honesty, pitting your cherries makes them a lot easier to eat, but not knowing how to eat around the pit in the first place....
asthe-tic · 157 points · Posted at 00:36:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy in my halls in our first year of uni once brought me a tin of beans and asked me how to open it. He had never seen a can opener before. He then proceeded to leave some pasta in a pot on the heat to “cook”. Without adding any water. I learned that day that pasta can burn !
Loads of these comments are food/cooking related - do we need to make home economics mandatory again???
motoko_urashima · 27 points · Posted at 04:42:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, make it mandatory.
Combining cooking with nutrition could genuinely tackle America's obesity problem, and learning to make and repair clothes both reduces environmental impact and saves money.
Briggsnotmyers · 15 points · Posted at 01:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I *want* to say yes to home ec but then I remember that my home ec class got removed to a portable classroom after someone burnt a dish towel in an oven, so I never got any of the cooking units, and then in the sewing unit someone sewed their hand with a sewing machine
crazyashley1 · 6 points · Posted at 13:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is just a thing that happens sometimes. Even professional seamsters do this. Make the kids parent's sign an acknowledgement waiver and move on.
zombeecharlie · 12 points · Posted at 10:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here in Sweden it is mandatory. We even learn all about budgeting, washing, cleaning, changing light bulbs, insurance, moving house, etc.
This is very much needed. I do not understand how you cannot have these classes and then live a full adult life. You can't rely on parents for this. Same goes for sex ed.
crazyashley1 · 6 points · Posted at 13:40:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but call it life skills and not home ec(my hone ec teacher was more concerned with teaching a bunch of backwoods Missouri kids elegant dining manners than actual fucking life skills)
and combine it with home and car repair focused shop class as well, because I lucked out an have a dad that taught me that shit, but not everyone gets that lucky.
Hahahahahahahaha_N0 · 3 points · Posted at 14:55:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was mandatory for me, at least in middle school. Although they did call it FCS (family & consumer something-or-other). What really annoyed me, though, is that every year we were supposed to have a sewing part, a cooking part, and a money-management-type part. In seventh grade, they replaced sewing with party planning. Because of that, for years, I knew how to plan a wedding but not how to sew buttons back onto my own clothes (I can sew better now).
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, we absolutely should.
AliveAndKickingAss · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely! it should be mandatory to learn how to feed yourself before you learn of meiosis-mitosis.
DukesOfTatooine · 1 points · Posted at 15:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes!
punkwalrus · 81 points · Posted at 01:42:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I used to game with started living on his own in his mid 30s. He had never:
There were some other things. He had a very controlling mom until one day she died from a heart attack. He inherited a huge sum of money, too, but didn't know about life insurance or how estates worked. Thankfully, some gaming buddies helped him out, including how to control money, "don't be one of those idiots who blows it all on stupid shit." I remember one session where someone said if he spends all his money or gets ripped off, he was going to come to guys house and kick his ass.
Like they got him an attorney, financial planner, and so on. There are actual college courses on how to manage a budget and stuff like that. Turned out his bazillion hours of gaming and online farming made him a shrewd business guy, and years later, got his first degree, and MBA, at 39.
Last I heard, he was doing okay.
kai325d · 8 points · Posted at 15:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean when your main hobby is selling crops and trading stuff and saving and borrowing money, you get good at that.
tishdeelish · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:20 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank goodness he had good friends who would school him on this stuff.
QueenCado · 151 points · Posted at 00:45:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to show a girl at work once how to work the store's landline telephone. It was only horrific because it made me feel old as dirt 😅
itsa-slipperyslope · 5 points · Posted at 04:42:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day! On the topic of landlines, I was hanging out with a friend, we were discussing a storm that caused a power outage and mobile reception to drop out and what we did to pass the time after the storm, I mentioned how I just used the home phone to ring a different friend and had a good ol' yack til the power came on. She was adamant that home phones don't work without power, I had to teach her that only cordless/powered phones won't work and that she should have a wall mounted phone for emergencies.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 10:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have to have a copper landline though. Some phone jacks go over VOIP or whatever, or somehow tap into cable as opposed to standard landline (I forget how it works but AT&T does this) and those will go out when the power drops AFAIK.
jarvis-cocker · 2 points · Posted at 09:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL
Seicair · 2 points · Posted at 17:50:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m having a hard time imagining an emergency that completely destroys mobile phone infrastructure where I would still need to call someone. I haven’t lived anywhere with a landline in... a long time.
SteveSky1 · 2 points · Posted at 22:54:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen it happen repeatedly in my neighborhood. A car knocks down the power pole, or lightening strikes the power lines, and the neighborhood is without power. An hour later, the cell phones are dead because the UPS (generators anyone?) in the cell phone hut at base of the tower ran out of power. However, because I have copper lines, I can let the power company know of the outage, and continue working over the DSL using my own UPS, until the outage is fixed, or I run out of power. I also have my own generator if it comes to that, but have only needed to use it once.
Seicair · 1 points · Posted at 23:10:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you live in a remote area with only one cell tower nearby? Where I live, a number of towers would have to fail before I was completely without service, and driving 5-10 minutes in most directions would bring me in range of more.
SteveSky1 · 3 points · Posted at 23:58:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Yes, it's in the country. I could drive 5-10 miles to next cell tower (assuming it's not out of power), but then, I'm working in my car. I like the ability to work at home, even if the neighborhood is out of power, and as I noted, if I need to, I can use my own generator. The phone company has repeatedly tried to get me to give up my copper lines, but until they can guarantee the 5 9's reliability of my landline & DSL, I'm not going to do that.
I realize I missed a point that I alluded to above. If there were automatically starting generators at the cell phone huts, it wouldn't matter if the power went out, because the cell phone infrastructure would still have power.
oceanbreze · 3 points · Posted at 06:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
QueenCado · 1 points · Posted at 15:27:28 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, thanks! 😅
Dica92 · 3 points · Posted at 10:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was talking to a Redditor the other day who insisted that TMobile stores don't have a business landline because "they're a cell phone store, duh"
kattakkat · 2 points · Posted at 09:04:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cashier was trying to dial our work phone and said it wasn’t working. She didn’t know about putting the “1” before the different area code because cell phones don’t make you do that anymore.
pixeldust6 · 2 points · Posted at 10:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh? I never had to do that on a landline either. I thought that was just for international calls and otherwise it's assumed. Unless this was ages ago or something specific to your area? I know we didn't use to have to dial the 3-digit area code for years until they ran out of numbers and now we have to type that part in, but not the country code.
kattakkat · 2 points · Posted at 11:45:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I’m in California but the only time we don’t put the 3 digit area code is when calling the same area code as the phone itself. When I don’t the call won’t go through for me? Now I’m questioning myself lol.
pixeldust6 · 1 points · Posted at 21:40:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We used to not have to dial the area code if it was our same area code too, up until a few years back when they had to change it (now we have to put in the area code every time). Never had to dial the country code though, which is why I'm confused.
sexualassaultllama · 1 points · Posted at 14:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean a rotary dial phone or one with buttons? I can see someone struggling with a rotary dial as they're not very common nowadays
QueenCado · 1 points · Posted at 15:25:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, it wasn't a rotary phone! It was just a normal, corded landline with buttons!
TheOftenNakedJason · 69 points · Posted at 04:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
after having sex
Girl: be right back, I have to go pee the cum out.
Me: you have to what now?
Girl: I have to pee, I don't wanna get pregnant.
Me: I thought you said you're on birth control?
Girl: I pee all the cum out after sex to keep from getting pregnant. That's a natural form of birth control.
Me: What the actual fuck.
*** Years later, telling this story to another girl ***
Me: can you believe she thought peeing after sex reduces your chances of getting pregnant?
New girl: well, she was right though. I mean it's all the same hole, that's why I always pee after sex.
Me: What the actual fuck!!!!
allanmonroe · 29 points · Posted at 15:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Peeing after sex is advisable to lessen the chances of a uti...this is what I have heard
DukesOfTatooine · 17 points · Posted at 15:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is correct. I wonder if these girls heard about peeing after sex and just made this bizarre assumption instead of listening to why?
TheOftenNakedJason · 5 points · Posted at 05:20:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Could be. I admit I didn't always date the brightest girls cause... Well, if they were smart they probably wouldn't have been dating me. Selection bias.
I also have heard the uti thing, but I think they got them mixed up. I wonder what other symptoms peeing after sex can cure? Depression? Headaches? Hunger? Missing limb?
Falconfree42 · 1 points · Posted at 16:44:13 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Peeing after sex does help with UTIs.
As someone who dealt with several years of infertility under care of an RE, the woman is advised to stay laying down in bed after sex for a good 15 minutes, to maximize the chance of swimmers getting to where they are supposed to go. Some does come out during that post-sex bathroom trip, after all. It certainly isn't necessary, but infertility has folks doing every little thing to help their chances. This is a stretch, but maybe they heard this advice from someone and thought it worked the opposite way too. Stand up, pee, and you won't get pregnant.
I can't imagine trusting my fertility chances to a weird piece of advice or assumption to something like that, but some people are bizarre.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 5 points · Posted at 15:52:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's super sad :(
TheOftenNakedJason · 4 points · Posted at 05:22:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell me about it! I still don't know why all these strange children keep sending me father's day cards every year!
dapperpony · 141 points · Posted at 00:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommates in college was basically helpless when it came to basic life skills. She declared herself a feminist and didn’t want to do housework but like, part of being independent is learning how to be self-sufficient... Anyways, she came to me one day our junior year and asked me how to do laundry. Literally had never done it herself before. She also came to me and our other roommates once because she clogged her toilet and wanted us to come fix it because she didn’t know how. She asked if she should call maintenance and we were like no wtf go buy a plunger and deal with that shit yourself. She still had one of my other roommates come help her plunge the toilet but thank god it wasn’t me lol.
She had no idea how to cook and ordered delivery like every night, she never learned to drive, didn’t know how to swim, she was incapable of picking up after herself and would drop her stuff in the middle of the floor where the rest of us were constantly tripping over it, and she never took out the trash unless repeatedly asked.
She moved out over the summer finally but didn’t clean her shit out of the fridge when she left. I was gone home for the summer and when I came back it was full of rotten food and had to be completely cleaned. She had also left food or something in her room and I had to call the pest control folks because there were ants and roaches coming in.
The thing is, she was extremely nice and sweet and I don’t think any of it was out of malice or bad intent. She was just completely fucking clueless. I just don’t understand how a person can be so helpless when they’re practically an adult and how their parents can let them get that bad.
firekitty3 · 20 points · Posted at 03:58:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What was her explanation of the connection between housework and feminism? Basic cooking, cleaning, and maintenance are things that everyone should no how to do, no matter what gender. Sounds like she was just lazy and extremely ignorant.
dapperpony · 12 points · Posted at 06:19:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it was because she came from an Indian family and she was like (in her mind) bucking the gender roles? Like the expectation is (at least among her family, idk about all Indians) that women are supposed to take care of the household and whatnot. She talked about how her parents would want to set up a marriage for her in the future to an Indian guy and she wasn’t allowed to date and worried that whatever guy they picked out would want her to do everything. No excuse for not learning basic shit, but I can understand not being a fan of that. And also I think that cultural expectation lead to her mom always doing everything for the family and my roommate never having to learn how to take care of herself. Her parents drove 2.5 hrs each way every weekend to pick her up and drop her off and that’s when she’d take all her laundry home for her mom to do.
crazyashley1 · 3 points · Posted at 15:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like she got confused about feminism and housework. Men and women should know how to do all types of housework to be independent, and if they are a couple, should do their equal share of said housework, rather than the woman doing all of it once they move in together.
Drew_P_Nuts · 6 points · Posted at 04:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds the vision of every millennial to a boomer. Prob expects a $100k job after college after she only applied to one company too.
Sometimes I wonder if many of our generations criticisms are more true than we want to believe
Silver2324 · 4 points · Posted at 06:32:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If our generation criticisms are accurate than I identity as a different generation
impressivepineapple · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, I think any criticism is going to come from something. There are people who exist that are the "millennials" older generations complain about. There are also people who are the "boomers" from ok boomer comments. Are these people the majority? Probably not.
Golddustofawoman · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like she's one of those people who would have died had she lived 3000 years ago or something.
coorico · 599 points · Posted at 21:20:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine didn’t know that when the white taillights on a car light up, that means they’re in reverse. He was 21. Also didn’t know if you had to stop at a red light if you wanted to make a right turn, he thought you just rolled through like a yield.
spazknuckle · 325 points · Posted at 23:41:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think 95% of Americans think right on red is basically yield.
Kitty1339 · 18 points · Posted at 01:03:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This baffled me the first time I heard an American complain about not being able to turn on a red signal
unoriginal5 · 29 points · Posted at 01:52:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Forget who it was, but some English guy once said our greatest contribution to the world was right on red. It was initially to save gas during the crisis in the '70s, so it's done a lot of good for the environment.
rockinadios · 12 points · Posted at 01:58:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear
unoriginal5 · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't know how I didn't remember that. I love Top Gear.
Izzysocool · 8 points · Posted at 02:44:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can’t you make a right on red everywhere in America except NYC?
firekitty3 · 16 points · Posted at 03:10:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm. Grew up in NYC and now live in a different state. When I first moved, you can imagine how confused I was when people started honking when the light was red and I stopped but had my turn signal on, waiting until the light turned green before I turned right.
plankerton09 · 10 points · Posted at 03:50:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to look it up because that was so surprising and you're right. I've driven in multiple states for 13 years now and have always made right turns on red unless a sign explicitly said "No right on red". Turns out in NYC you have to look for the opposite, signs that say "Right turn permitted on red".
log_sin · 12 points · Posted at 03:55:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea, it's annoying when the smug asshats visiting from other states honk at you from behind in NYC because you're turning right and are stopped at a red light. They don't know you can't do it here.
Conversely, I sometimes see people turning right on red and almost causing accidents, causing people to slam on their brakes and blare their horn.
There's a few spots in NY where you are allowed to turn on red though. There's always a sign saying so. And it's only because it's impossible for there to be traffic in the way.
flotsamisaword · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To make up for it, in NYC you can apparently turn left from the TWO left-most lanes!
Kitty1339 · 0 points · Posted at 03:08:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No idea mate I’m Australian
Dont_PM_PLZ · 3 points · Posted at 04:33:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We can also left turn on red. Only if you're not crossing traffic. That means you can left turn on red from a one-way street to another one-way street.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on the state. In the two states I’ve lived in (WA and ID), you can make a left on red after a stop when turning onto a one way street, even if you are on a two way street
LazuliArtz · 6 points · Posted at 01:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The other day I nearly got clipped by a car that didn’t stop for the red light (couldn’t see them in around the other cars that stopped for the red light). They just kept trying to turn. I was on the crosswalk (with the green light to go).
I’m too young to drive, so until I saw these comments, I honestly thought I was being the stupid/reckless one somehow.
mmitchell835 · 7 points · Posted at 01:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my area it actually is for the most part. If there is an intersection that you are supposed to stop before turning right on red there is always a sign saying "right on red after stop" or something similiar.
pizzelle · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My second ticket was because I "apparently" rolled. Got humbled early.
sldunn · 2 points · Posted at 05:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only in the bad parts of town.
motogucci · 2 points · Posted at 00:31:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So when they see the explicit Yield [on red] sign that upgrades their right of way, they assume it must mean Stop on green, if somebody across from you might be turning left. As though it makes sense for a right-turning driver to look ahead and simultaneously look backward, and to ever stop on a green light, depending upon what's behind them. It is so effing common around here, at the freeway entrances, it's mind-blowing.
unoriginal5 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on where you are I reckon. Round here there're a few intersections posted "right on red after stop."
urrkaaa · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Even cops lol
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:17 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
90% seem to think "yellow means speed up" and "red means GO FOR IT!"
I never move when the light turns green, I wait a few seconds for the idiot in the other direction who thinks "I can still make it."
(Here's a secret - if the light is already red before you get to the intersection, you're supposed to STOP!)
valjpal · 0 points · Posted at 01:51:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They believe right on red is a right, not a privilege
flotsamisaword · 6 points · Posted at 02:49:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's why it's a right.
xm202OAndA · 313 points · Posted at 22:23:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, he must have been from New Jersey.
RelevantLemonCakes · 26 points · Posted at 00:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Everything is legal in New Jersey."
julimeeseek · 6 points · Posted at 02:03:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was looking for this
underwriter · 4 points · Posted at 03:11:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
hey it’s called a California stop for a reason. NJ has enough bad shit already, don't pin this on us
dararie · 10 points · Posted at 00:39:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey now, we know how to drive in Southern New Jersey, you must mean North Jersey
scw1224 · 3 points · Posted at 04:12:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, no, he was from Pennsylvania, where they just hand you a license when you turn 16. No test, just here ya go.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 20 points · Posted at 22:20:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is truly scary what little knowledge people have about the rules of the road. I have friends who change lanes in the intersection and it scares the crap out of me.
enderflight · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once watched a car weaving in and out of lanes and squeezing into spots on a tiny, packed two-lane road. Switched in front of us in the middle of the intersection.
Best part? We ended up in the same place, and for all that danger...they beat us by 20-30 seconds. Saw them backing into a spot.
I really just don’t get it. I get impatience, it sucks to be behind someone going 5 under, but at some point it’s just reckless and honestly futile to be weaving through and around cars. It makes them feel like they’re in more control, when in reality we often all end up at the same light anyways. So why be a dick and endanger others on the road!?
pixeldust6 · 2 points · Posted at 10:45:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw some AskReddit threads asking why asshole drivers do asshole things like that and their logic is just mind-blowing. They feel like it's their God-given right to get there as soon as inhumanly possible and that everyone else on the road are dicks for being in their way and should just make it easier for them to do illegal or dangerous crap like they want to. Not even putting words in their mouth, like, that's how they actually think.
Semi-related, I heard a Pokemon Go player go on a rant about community leaders having no right to tell people to stop playing mobile games while driving and blocking the road, because obviously everyone breaks the rules when cops aren't around and it's their right to continue doing that without the cops nailing them. Not even something like lots of people speeding knowing they're not supposed to, but that as long as cops aren't actively pulling them over it's like....the right thing to do and how dare anyone say otherwise?
I really worry about people sometimes.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 13:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you do the math on speeding vs not speeding the time saved is almost always negligible
XxRUDYTUDYxX · 7 points · Posted at 01:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just think about how many stupid people you know, and realize that they drive.
pandatitties · 3 points · Posted at 01:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got hit at an intersection because the kid didn’t know you were supposed to stop first before turning right...
jahlove24 · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 33 and only learned like 2 years ago that you could turn right on a red arrow. I thought you could turn right on a red light, but not a red arrow. I have no idea where I got this idea from.
Alternately, I live in an area with a lot of one way streets and every time I turn left on red with someone new in my car they panic.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 3 points · Posted at 06:36:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That depends on your state. In my state (WA) you legally can not turn on a red arrow, although that doesn’t stop people from doing it.
jahlove24 · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting! Maybe I'm in Washington at heart. Lol!
MC_Cookies · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean to be fair right turns on red are legal in most places in north america and a lot of places in europe
biglightbt · 2 points · Posted at 08:06:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair on that first point, some dipshit at Chevrolet ran out of windows to lick or something and decided that the reverse lights on their vehicles should also be part of the approach lighting, so they come on when you unlock your car or open the doors- even if it isn't in reverse.
This has infuriated me to no end when searching for parking. Oh look that guy is getting ready to leav- oh its just a fucking Chevy.
AlexTraner · 1 points · Posted at 00:25:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reverse lights are something we teach kids at like 3-5. I’m just.. wow.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 4 points · Posted at 06:37:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? Is that a common thing to teach young children? I don’t think I learned that until I took drivers ed
AlexTraner · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Helps keep them safe while in a parking lot and while taking a walk - they’ll be able to see if a car is about to go backwards.
crudboy12 · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shit I do that
Chcknndlsndwch · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain this to my best friend at 20. To be fair she had only had a license for three years and her drivers education was non existent. I said “watch out they’re backing up” and she went “how can you tell?”.
sililil · 1 points · Posted at 13:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m about to turn 21. Grew up in the city. I’ve only ever been behind the wheel once and that was driving in a straight line on an abandoned country road. I pretty much have no idea what this comment means...
RazorRadick · 1 points · Posted at 18:40:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saw a friend just blow through a blinking red light. When I asked him about it he thought it was OK because he timed it so that the light wasn’t actually ON when he went through.
immibis · 1 points · Posted at 19:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In some places you don't have to stop
KracT79 · 297 points · Posted at 22:32:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was 19 the girl I was dating and living with didn’t know how to make a grilled cheese sandwich. I explained how to make one. Butter two pieces of bread, place one butter side down in pan, add cheese, top with second piece of bread butter side up. She gave me a blank stare. I literally had to write her a recipe with diagrams. She had/has plenty of smarts, somehow grilled cheese sandwiches escaped her.
Edit: a word.
🎙️ arual_x · 234 points · Posted at 22:35:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact. We don’t do this in the UK. We have a special machine, called a toastie maker and it spits out toasted sandwiches with an interior temperature comparable to the surface of the sun. Think of it as a British hot pocket or the sandwich version of a McDonalds Apple Pie.
glorytopie · 50 points · Posted at 23:44:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
And now I want one of these.
🎙️ arual_x · 67 points · Posted at 23:54:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are magical. I just got one for my birthday because my husband fucking knows me
NothingToSeeFolks · 9 points · Posted at 23:59:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had one in my college dorm room! It was the best. PB & J sandwiches in there were amazing.
Edit: I’m in the US
Crowjr4 · 5 points · Posted at 04:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wait, why would you want a hot PBJ though?
KySci7 · 8 points · Posted at 05:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't knock it until you try it. It's magical.
oceanbreze · 2 points · Posted at 06:44:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can seriously see myself trying that.
Saltystrawberrys · 9 points · Posted at 02:12:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also from the UK, can confirm they are magical.
Power-of-Erised · 3 points · Posted at 02:15:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried to find one just like that with the shell pattern plates, only one I found was $293 on eBay :(
TheManOfOurTimes · 3 points · Posted at 10:01:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sandwich maker. If you're in America. Fairly common college dorm appliance. Should be able to get a cheep one easy. We had one when I was in boarding school. They weren't allowed, so we had to hide it in a drawer. Another kid liked the idea. Bought one of his own. .... Kept it in a drawer.... Plugged in. Well, let's just say he demonstrated why they weren't allowed.
glorytopie · 1 points · Posted at 12:53:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember living in dorms and thinking all the banned things were dumb. Then I saw my fellow dorm mates do some really dumb stuff and realized why this stuff was banned. Didn't stop me from using my candle, though.
acorngirl · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too.
Hyperflip · 17 points · Posted at 01:32:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL there are ways of making a toast sandwich other than using a toastie maker.
Oarschbert · 14 points · Posted at 01:54:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren't those just normal sandwich toasters? In austria those things are super common, nearly every household has them
Wylie_RRR · 3 points · Posted at 04:18:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are
Snapdragon_fish · 3 points · Posted at 04:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never seen one, but they look like a cross between a panini press and a waffle iron, which are both semi common. I don't have either, but I wouldn't be surprised if a friend had one. My family makes hot sandwiches with an electric griddle. (I'm from the US.)
ierobscure · 12 points · Posted at 05:21:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are these really not a thing in America??
I'm Norwegian and as a kid I would alway get confused as to why in all the movies they made grilled cheese on a pan.
shermy1199 · 1 points · Posted at 14:50:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im in America and i have one. I still prefer the taste of grilled cheese from a pan though
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really. Just do the pan cook. I consider these single purpose tools ‘infomercial junk’.
blueberrycoco · 10 points · Posted at 02:14:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old housemate taught me that you can cook frozen dumplings in the sandwich press just as easily as a toastie. Mind blown
Joy6272 · 2 points · Posted at 10:17:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What are frozen dumpling????
blueberrycoco · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dumplings like gyoza
Silaquix · 17 points · Posted at 01:33:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had one growing up, it's a unitasking piece of kitchen equipment that makes subpar grilled cheeses and it takes up space. You're limited by the size and shape of the bread. Why? You can just use a skillet, butter and any bread you want. No need for extra unitasking equipment.
ParadoxInABox · 5 points · Posted at 06:17:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. How exactly am I going to fit my sourdough, bacon, spinach and cheddar melt into that machine?
affemannen · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the same about eggcookers... I mean it's literally a pot and water... Until i got one as a present. Now i cant live without it, i always get perfectly cooked loose eggs.
daneoid · 0 points · Posted at 02:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And it makes too much of a crust, by the end you've wasted half of that tiny square of bread on chewy, cheeseless crust and are left with a tiny portion in the middle that is cheesy. Always preferred the American version.
Darkuwa · 5 points · Posted at 01:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They have these on the US too they're just rare. I love mine.
MC_Cookies · 6 points · Posted at 04:02:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
why? nothing compares to a real grilled cheese, it's so crunchy and substantive and heavy and hearty and tasty
Especially with a nice mix of cheddar and mozzarella and damn i want grilled cheese
omgitslian · 2 points · Posted at 07:59:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They’re reasonably common in the US by the name “panini press.”
crimsonality · 2 points · Posted at 09:18:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Want to reheat pizza so it’s not soggy? Chuck it on an open Toastie maker
Kwantuum · 2 points · Posted at 11:08:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
or you know, a pan.
itchywitchybitchy · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love these!
🎙️ arual_x · 8 points · Posted at 01:03:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently Americans have electric can openers and brits have electric toastie makers. Who knew?
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 03:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone has a toastie machine in Australia, how are they not a thing in the US??
sheepishclothing · 4 points · Posted at 09:54:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aussie here also ... grew up calling them Jaffle makers, like the Jaffle irons you use on the camp fire. I wonder if it’s which part of the nation you grew up in (potato cake or potato scallop)
dskye51 · 2 points · Posted at 08:08:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are here, just not as common. I think they were more popular 10-20 years ago because they are always being sold in thrift stores, or at least that’s where I have always bought mine.
biscuity87 · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We usually call them panini makers in the US.
InadmissibleHug · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Panini makers are flat. A toasted sandwich maker in Australia makes it so as there’s a pattern and the different halves are cut off from each other.
We have panini presses too. They’re not the same .
oceanbreze · 1 points · Posted at 06:42:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But a sourdough grilled cheese in my iron skillet is so good! And the cracked wheat sourdough bread is top long for the machine....
dskye51 · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I love these, we call these sandwich presses in the States. My childhood was filled with hours of experimenting with it. Ham and cheese? Pressed. Peanut butter and jelly? Pressed. Jelly and ham? Pressed. BLT? You guessed it. Pressed.
I’ve never actually had a good one though, because they are ALWAYS at the thrift store for a dollar or two, and impossible to justify a new one.
Kristeninmyskin · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am American! Had one of these in the 90’s that I would use to make my school lunches! It was billed as a ‘sandwich maker’
oayira · 1 points · Posted at 10:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grew up using this, can attest to the fact that it toasts sandwiches with interior temperatures comparable to the surface of the sun. Burnt my tongue so many times 😂
gingersnap_my_neck · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't realise Americans didn't have these??
perfecttoastedcheese · 1 points · Posted at 10:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have these in Australia, we call them jaffle makers (no idea why.) Best filling is tinned spaghetti but you will burn your face off for like... 10 minutes.
butterthenugget · 1 points · Posted at 10:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm still confused why Americans call them grilled cheese as they are not grilled at all. Before I had a toastie maker I would just do normal cheese on toast and put them together after, that way you could put the ketchup in between as well.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my husband to make me cheese on toast one day when I was too sick to make myself something
He came back to me with melted cheese on bread. He’d forgot to toast the bread first. He couldn’t understand why I didn’t want to eat it regardless. I sure can pick ‘em.
butterthenugget · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cheese on toast is my go to comfort food, it was the only thing my mum could cook well. If I felt unwell/upset she would always do cheese on toast with a cup of tea.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With ketchup???
butterthenugget · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, cheese on toast with ketchup is the only way to go..maybe Worcester sauce.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 17:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What! News to me! We should do some ‘day in the life videos’ and laugh at the undisclosed subtleties.
Applepieoverdose · 1 points · Posted at 11:05:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pro-tip: nutella, and diced bits of mars bar inside instead of savoury stuff.
You’re welcome.
ODMtesseract · 1 points · Posted at 12:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your comment was the only one in this thread that made me go "I don't know about this thing or concept" so I clicked on your toastie maker link eager to learn. I burst out laughing going: Oh, a panini press! Yeah they do make good stuff!
🎙️ arual_x · 0 points · Posted at 13:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s different. The things aren’t flat. They will only take square slices of bread, and the sandwiches that come out at the end are shaped and scalloped. We have panini presses too. They’re an entirely separate product.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait this is a British thing? I assumed everyone had these. And my wife was just weird with her making sandwiches on the stove. Also she judged me for not being able to make this on the stove. You have just resolved many arguments.
You should hear us when we start arguing about whether certain words exist. Invariably they’re all British English.
somewhereoutinspace · 1 points · Posted at 14:26:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds a lot like a Breville here in the US, except without those special shells. (A Breville is basically two hotplates on a hinge. Great for sandwiches, tuna melts, even quesadillas.)
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I type my post last night I was thinking “Should I mention the Toastie/GC conflict? Nah, it’ll be reet, what are the odds any Brit is going to call me out”. Go figure the OP for the post is British.
Having lived in the UK for the last 3 years I have become well aware of the dangers of mentioning a grilled cheese and the confusion that comes with it and yet I still rolled the dice. Somehow a Hob Cheese Sandwich doesn’t sound as delicious.
I love my little hot pocket maker unfortunately it didn’t make the move over since it would have probably caught fire if I connected it to the mains. Since I’m not brave enough to stick bread and cheese in a sideways toaster I have gone back to my roots and embraced my cast iron pan as the de facto hot cheese sandwich maker.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 14:56:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got these weird bake-o-glide style reusable toaster pockets for sandwiches once... they were awful. And I’ve actually tried making grilled cheese sandwiches on my cast iron skillet a couple of times, but I don’t know what it is about them, they just don’t speak to me on the same deep, emotional level that a toastie does.
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 02:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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jesse9o3 · 1 points · Posted at 09:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Congratulations, today is the day you learn what hyperbole is.
And just to mess with you because this is the English language so why would it make sense, however you read hyperbole was probably wrong.
For some godforsaken reason it's pronounced hi-per-buh-lee, and not hyperbowl, as any reasonable person would expect.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 09:35:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. I was lost as to how to reply to that one.
pluby222 · 8 points · Posted at 03:28:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my fiancé and I started dating I learned that he would make grilled cheese by slapping a piece of cheese between two slices of bread and microwave it. I quickly educated him on his methods.
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 14:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That hurts my soul. Glad you were able to educate him in proper technique.
Just curious, did he not eat them as a child? If he did, did he wonder why his didn’t taste like the ones he used to eat?
pluby222 · 1 points · Posted at 15:47:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think he only ate them in restaurants as a kid, since his mom absolutely hates cheese. He genuinely didn’t know how to cook it. It was awesome to see his face light up when he took a bite out of the proper grilled cheese I made for him.
KracT79 · 2 points · Posted at 16:10:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is a modern “Teach a man to fish” story. Well done! Also lends truth to the saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.
Mangonesailor · 6 points · Posted at 04:12:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife burns every grilled cheese she has ever made for us.
After having a kid, she's finally caught on to "Oh, that's why he flips it every so often." Yes, to make sure it doesn't burn to a fucking crisp and I'm not eating charcoal and tomato soup.
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 14:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your comment made me laugh. I’ve have been known, much to my wife’s dismay, to throw food away if it gets passed well done and go hungry rather than eat charcoal.
I talk a mean game, the “toss it out option” only happens if I cook. If she makes it I shut up, smile, and vow to cook next time.
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 16:48:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's been a time where we've both had to stop putting on a face and say "I can't eat this" with her cooking. It's just usually something she's trying out and turns out to be terrible or she made a step wrong.
She can cook some fantastic meals, but there are some things in that cookbook of hers I want to rip out or edit to say "add XYZ"
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 18:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I understand, I usually won’t say anything unless my wife asks for feed back. We both have made some clunkers over the years. Luckily, if it’s bad whoever made it knows and just fore warns the other one and wants feedback on how to make it better. It’s hard sometimes when she or I make a meal and it comes out subpar. It can be a real kick in the ass.
VelcroSirRaptor · 3 points · Posted at 04:37:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here’s what I do:
Butter the slices of bread and cook those on a cast iron until slightly crispy. Remove and apply mayo to the other side and add some seasoning. Put one slice on along with the shredded cheese combo of you choice on top (purchased or shredded prior to starting). Add a protein if you want a melt and a little something extra. Top with the other slice of bread mayo-side up. If you have a sandwich press, use this, but make sure it’s heated. Check periodically on crispness of the bottom slice and flip. When that side is done, enjoy.
I think I’ll make one of these now.
sarahhopefully · 3 points · Posted at 06:05:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I went to the little cafe staffed by student workers and ordered a grilled cheese sandwich.
They literally grilled the cheese and put it on the sandwich. Cheese directly on the flattop. I was... speechless.
EnhancementShaman · 4 points · Posted at 06:47:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you got a "grilled cheese" sandwich rather than a grilled "cheese sandwich"
sarahhopefully · 1 points · Posted at 06:48:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
YES that is exactly how I explain it!
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 14:46:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was this in the US? I can’t fathom someone grilling a slice of cheese and making a sandwich out of it (unless it was halloumi or similar cheese).
sarahhopefully · 1 points · Posted at 14:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes! Though we did have a lot of international students- I can't remember well enough to say if they were one, though.
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 15:22:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder what they thought of your eating habits when they served it to you. Just an all around cluster, too funny.
Flutterby27 · 2 points · Posted at 10:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But..that's not how you make a grilled cheese sandwich, that's a fried cheese sandwich. We use the actual grill in ireland..or a toastie maker
KracT79 · 2 points · Posted at 15:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, I love the grilled cheese/fried cheese sandwich/toastie conversation.
My understanding of the American grilled cheese sandwich is this. In 1950s America the most common cooking appliance in diners or fast service restaurants is a flat top grill. By taking a cheese sandwich and cooking it in oil on a flat top grill you create a “Flat top grill cheese sandwich” which is a mouthful; especially since usually it’s a kid or someone in a hurry who is going to order one to eat. So rather than wait 20 minutes for customers to spit all that out restaurants began calling them “Grilled Cheese Sandwiches” or a “grilled cheese”.
That could be total bullshit since I made it up.
A quick google leads me to think we bastardized the cheese on toast concept by doubling the bread and cooking in butter or fat.
Anyway you look at it, a hot sandwich with cheese is a winner (as long as it wasn’t microwaved...).
Passing4human · 2 points · Posted at 01:37:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. I sometimes make toasted ham and cheese sandwiches but I put the butter in the (cast iron) pan first, then put in the assembled sandwich and put a lid on it.
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 15:36:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I also play it fast and loose sometimes and do this. I always regret it though because I end out with either too much butter so the sandwich gets too greasy or not enough butter and end out with dry patches. It’s a fine line I suppose.
hulapants19 · 2 points · Posted at 05:23:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use just a little bit of mayo instead of butter on the outside. Your life will be changed forever. You’re welcome. :)
KracT79 · 2 points · Posted at 14:53:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have done that and wasn’t happy with the end result. I keep trying every so often though in case it works out one day.
My ultimate is softened butter (not melted) with Dijon mustard. Make as usual, then before cutting, peel it open and lay down 1-2 thin slices of kosher dill pickle. Close it back up, slice on the diagonal and enjoy with kettle chips (crisps, if the Brits are still with us...).
hulapants19 · 2 points · Posted at 16:56:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. This sounds amazing. I’m doing this today. Thank you!!!!
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 17:28:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dijon on the outside??
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 17:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, it makes a crisp and tangy crust. Game changer.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 18:00:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok next time I will!
ClassicMood · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a vegan, I take pride having never made a grilled cheese sandwich and hence not knowing how to beyond an intellectual level for different reasons...
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 15:33:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not too knowledgeable about vegan cooking but wouldn’t any pan fried sandwich work? Peanut butter and banana, hummus and red pepper... I can’t think of any other combos of the top of my head.
ClassicMood · 1 points · Posted at 22:13:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh yeah that makes sense.
dumbandconcerned · 1 points · Posted at 15:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whaaaaat I’ve never buttered the bread first. I’ve always put butter in the pan, let it melt, then grilled the sandwich.
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 16:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I agree that method can work, but I find it either results in too much butter or too little butter. By coating the bread first you get even coverage. Also, you don’t end out with brown or burned butter in the pan. Lastly, if you mix the butter with a bit of Dijon mustard before applying to the bread you can crank the flavor up another notch.
dumbandconcerned · 1 points · Posted at 16:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The key to ensuring the butter is right on both sides is re-buttering during the flip. I’ve honestly never had a better grilled cheese than my and my mom’s homemade ones. Restaurant grilled cheeses always seem subpar to me, and perhaps they’re using this apparently more common method, so I’m reluctant to try it. But I guess I’ll try it out once.
KracT79 · 2 points · Posted at 18:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell you what, next grilled cheese I make I’ll give your method another shot using the re-buttering method. I’m game to figure out how to build a better mouse trap.
dumbandconcerned · 2 points · Posted at 01:04:46 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright, you got yourself a deal pal. Let’s both give it a go!
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:34:53 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
You taught her wrong, yourself. The real secret is to butter BOTH sides of each slice, toast them on one side, flip then place the cheese on one slice, top it with the other, then toast each side of the sandwich.
My wife and daughter told me that I always made the best grilled cheese sandwiches this way, and I don't even like cheese!
KracT79 · 1 points · Posted at 17:34:10 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
For the sake of teaching someone how to make a grilled cheese sandwich I went with the easy approach before moving on to advanced options. Anything short of jamming the thing in the microwave would be considered acceptable or correct.
I don’t think I could get behind your method for two reasons. One, it seems like too much of a hassle. Grilled cheese is a quick and dirty sandwich when your too tired or lazy to make a real meal. Secondly, unless you’re using doorstop bread it seems like a great way to make a grilled cheese cracker. I prefer crisp outside with a soft and melty center.
Also, I can’t believe how many of us have serious opinions on grilled cheese sandwiches, it can be an insanely divisive subject apparently. Maybe I’ll get around to trying your method someday.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 19:58:49 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Don't have time?" Haven't you heard "anything worth doing is worth doing well?"
When you have time, give it a try. The inside does come out "soft and melty" - you don't have to toast it too long, just a bit longer than to melt the butter.
mochalatteicecream · 1025 points · Posted at 21:13:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was tending bar in LA when one if the cocktail waitresses, (an LA model type) asked me to burp her——like a baby. I’m certain she wasn’t flirting since she was waaaaay out of my league, but I’m convinced she was just desperate for attention. She told me she never learned how to burp like that was a normal thing to not know. She must have read the revulsion on my face because as she turned to leave she let out this deep belly burp that filled the bar. She turned beet red as I called out “you’re welcome.”
JayWasGames · 789 points · Posted at 22:26:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who also cannot burp, it's a really awful thing.
People have tried to explain it to me over the years. "Just suck in air and, like, let it burp out." "Pretend you're trying to vomit, but don't."
When I get stomach gas, the only direction that pressure is going is ass-ward. I stopped drinking anything carbonated because the bloating is so painful.
SayDillio · 231 points · Posted at 23:25:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dito. I get "air in my stomach" quite often and cannot burp and it makes me feel sick to my stomach. I ask my husband to burp me occasionally and he doesn't mind but I would never ask a complete stranger to burp me. Sometimes getting up and walking around while bringing your knees to your chest also helps the burps come out.
JacksGoneFree · 21 points · Posted at 02:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex of mine had the same problem - apparently he'd mentioned it to a doctor and was told it's because the sphincter opening to his stomach doesn't relax properly and hence why he has to force burps out. Apparently there's also a simple procedure to try and fix it, he just never got around to doing it because life was hectic. Idk if that information helps you at all, but maybe bring it up with your GP and see if you can make your life a little easier.
serialmom666 · 4 points · Posted at 04:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just flatten your hand and lightly pat your tummy for a few minutes.
AliveAndKickingAss · 8 points · Posted at 10:12:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
don't forget to say "there there"
tishdeelish · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:59 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
My BF had that surgery and it made his life so much better- he is literally avoiding cancer by fixing his Barrett's esophagus.
ShionForgetMeNot · 4 points · Posted at 04:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, parents help tiny babies burp by "bicycling" the baby's knees to the chest, so that definitely sounds like a good tactic for those much older, too.
EucalyptusYogi11 · 3 points · Posted at 00:06:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just take some alkaseltzer!
Gonzobot · 8 points · Posted at 01:56:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you never seen what happens to the seagulls?
ronitrocket · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not sure if this will work but sometimes I cAn force air into my stomach and force a burp that way. Like swallowing air kind of. But it’s not the same muscle motion as swallowing.
theOTHERdimension · 1 points · Posted at 10:52:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is probably a stupid question but how does your husband burp you? Is it like a baby where you pat them on the back or what? I’m having a hard time picturing it
SayDillio · 3 points · Posted at 12:14:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He just pats me on the back.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 13:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I either need help or I have to drink bubbly soda. Can’t do it on my own.
Winter_Addition · 0 points · Posted at 05:58:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You want to swallow the air, not suck it in to your lungs. Swallow enough air and gravity & pressure will do their thing, you don’t have to really try to push it out as much as just relax and let it out.
lickmelikea_lollipop · 257 points · Posted at 22:43:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had a friend like this. He literally could not burp, and drinking things like beer and stuff killed him
Edit. Omg I'm so sorry. I didn't mean literally I meant figuratively, it just mad him feel really sick. I'm so sorry 😂🤦♀️
Resentful_in_Dayton · 152 points · Posted at 00:24:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry for your loss.
Noseleap · 20 points · Posted at 01:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rip
sugarfrostedfreak · 5 points · Posted at 03:39:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have experienced similar problems.
But only while I was heavily pregnant.
tahitianhashish · 6 points · Posted at 03:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait really
lickmelikea_lollipop · 1 points · Posted at 18:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ye, we were friends for a long time, and physically could not burp, no matter what. It was like his body was missing something haha
tahitianhashish · 1 points · Posted at 19:04:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it killed him? Just.. how?
lickmelikea_lollipop · 1 points · Posted at 19:20:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to edit my comment, I meant it figuratively not literally. it just made him feel really sick to his stomach, sorry about that ! Yours was the first comment I saw. The second one I read said sorry about your friend, and I was like ohhh shhiiiiiiiiittttttt.
gebbabean · 20 points · Posted at 22:58:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
check out r/noburp if you haven't already!
OneOfThese_Maybe · 9 points · Posted at 00:56:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have found my people! Thank you for this.
TheMarlieJane · 6 points · Posted at 00:57:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s dozens of us!
nonacrina · 14 points · Posted at 01:06:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I was convinced I was alone in this! I can't burp for the life of me, I only did it once when I was reaaaaally drunk. It felt like I had to throw up but then I burped and it was such a RELIEF. Man I wish I could burp.
WhiteningMcClean · 10 points · Posted at 00:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And then there’s me who literally can’t stop a burp. If I have to burp, I burp, and have no say in the matter. I can also burp endlessly on command.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 00:19:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes it’s fun to burp for no reason. You get that nice, empty-stomach feeling on command whenever you want.
OneOfThese_Maybe · 7 points · Posted at 00:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We are out there and I stand with you. I cannot burp and never have been able to. I'd tried everyone's "tricks" and tips when I was younger but they don't work and it just is what it is. It can be very uncomfortable and sometimes painful even without carbonated drinks. I wish there was a magic button.
dararie · 6 points · Posted at 00:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not being able to vomit is another awful thing
affemannen · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have acid reflux. And sometimes it's really bad, got to a point where doctors adviced me that there is an operation for that and i was so happy..... Downside? Well if you do it you can No longer vomit because it hinders the esophagus.. so big No No for me seeing as how vomiting sometimes relieves the pain and reduces the stress that comes with acid reflux.
Throne-Eins · 5 points · Posted at 00:56:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't burp without vomiting at the same time. Seeing as I'm terrified of vomiting, I avoid it at all costs. I'm not sure how everyone else manages to get the air up and keep the food down.
QuickguiltyQuilty · 6 points · Posted at 02:27:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For years I couldn't either. Then I got pregnant and whatever intestinal shuffling that happens when you grow a watermelon in your belly fixed it. Now when I burp in front of my mom she's like , "OH! GREAT JOB!" and we all laugh because when I was a kid if I ever drank soda I'd get a stomach ache.
nthulhulu · 5 points · Posted at 04:03:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner also gets super excited when I'm able to do it and it's hysterical when there are strangers around.
hoeticjustice · 4 points · Posted at 00:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/noburp will welcome you
destinychaotic224 · 3 points · Posted at 01:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh thank God, I'm not alone! I cannot, for the life of me, make myself burp. It sucks so bad. I feel your pain!
WhisperedEchoes85 · 3 points · Posted at 03:02:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've only burped a couple dozen times in the past 30+ years, and it always comes as a surprise. The only way I can intentionally relieve severe bloating is to pretend I'm trying to vomit, as you said. I end up letting out so much gas/air that my neighbor has heard it late at night. Sometimes it's so jarring to my stomach that I actually end up vomiting immediately after. I call it vurping.
Sharkpark · 2 points · Posted at 01:23:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I couldn't burp either for a long time, but I figured out a trick recently that lets me do it. Basically when you feel gassy, you just gotta inhale some air through your nose and pretend like you're going to swallow the air, but don't actually do the entire swallowing mention. Then open your mouth and gently exhale. It's gonna feel like vomiting so best not to do this when you've just eaten.
LittleBigKid2000 · 2 points · Posted at 01:26:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am I misunderstanding, or are normal people able to burp on demand? When I do it, it's an involuntary thing, like a sneeze
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:38:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can burp on demand. I've been burping the whole time I'm reading this.
TitanicMan · 2 points · Posted at 01:36:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those are terrible descriptions.
I can burp on queue and it's more of a clicky thing in the throat, it's really like its own muscle.
It's like "flicking" but with the sides of your throat instead of fingers. You close your mouth and kinda flex the muscles around the back of your tongue. Well, not specifically those, but the ones right below it. I really can't imagine anything else they do. It's like between the tongue muscle and the swallow muscle.
They go click, and I burp.
TheTrainKing · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel your pain, my friend. When I drink beer I just fart a lot more than usual. It's not ideal for social situations...
EmmaOK95 · 1 points · Posted at 23:57:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same!
supercaloebarbadensi · 1 points · Posted at 00:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same! If I’m lucky and drink a carbonated beverage fast then I might get one measly burp. Is this a serious condition cause I’ve never had an issue not being able to burp, just the bloated gassy discomfort in the stomach?
AllTheExsInTexas · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg! My people! I can’t burp either, I have to force myself to gag the excess air out or wait til it goes the other way. I avoid certain food/drink because of it.
justin_memer · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet you fart a lot.
MLG50 · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can burp just fine, but now you have me worried I, for whatever reason, haven't been burping 'properly' for most of my life
steveofthejungle · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/noburp
Kataphractoi · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those people are wrong. You don't suck air in (well, it's possible, but requires more throat control), you have to swallow it. Seriously. After swallowing a gulp of air (close your mouth, open your throat, and swallow), you should feel a lump in your throat. Then contract your diaphragm and open your throat to force the air out, causing a burp.
Jetrocks · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister used to not be able to burp either.
When she was younger she had a massive phobia of vomiting, so that coupled with constant stomach aches from an undiagnosed anxiety disorder somehow convinced her that she would vomit if she burped. So she just unlearned how to do it.
She can burp now, but it’s not really a burp. It’s more like a big hiccup.
Loxodon_Monk · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried the vomit but don’t thing just now, and I’ve literally ascended.
xahnel · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There is a trick to burping manually, but learning how to control your esophagus down to your stomach is a hard trick because it's difficult to feel it, doesn't have the nerve endings your skin does that always feel touch. Start by focusing on the feeling of swallowing. Take note of the muscles that move. There are a few things you can control inside your ribcage and stomach, and the best ones for this purpose are the diaphram (the muscle that inflates and deflates your lungs) and your abs.
Don't get discouraged if you don't get it, I've practiced burping on command and sometimes it still refuses to come out and it hurts like a bitch if I've swallowed too much air.
Now, how I do it is by clenching the muscle group directly below the ribcage in the top half of the stomach. Squeeze inward with these muscles while keeping your esophagus as straight as possible. In fact, try to purposefully stretch your esophagus by looking upwards and bending backwards. Now, the hardest part of this, you must utterly relax your throat and esophagus so they provide no resistance to the air moving up the wrong direction, while simultaneously clenching your gut muscles, and flexing your diaphram and ribs to lift your lungs away from your stomach. You essentially want to imagine your stomach and esophagus like a bag with a tube you are squeezing from below while simultaneously ensuring there are no obstacles in the way of the tube.
Since burping is incredibly instinctual, learning how to manually control it when you've no instinct for it will probably be very difficult. Like trying to learn to wiggle your ears without knowing how to flex your face and head muscles. It took a lot of focus and multiple forced burps for me to figure out the steps I was going through when I forced one. It might help if you stretch your arms and legs straight up and down as hard as you can while doing this to stretch your spine and thus, your esophagus. I hope this helps in some way.
And remember, the only way to learn any skill is practice.
martinhth · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not being able to burp is the worst. When I get stomach gas that’s really bad, I literally have to stick a finger down my throat to force the reflex just to get some relief.
Sometimes I’ll somehow accidentally do a tiny burp and it’s rare enough for me to text my husband and mom about it haha.
olimasil · 1 points · Posted at 07:15:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Isn't burping involuntary? I can't imagine trying to explain to someone how to burp, it just happens
ShiraCheshire · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds more like a medical issue than a lack of knowledge. Burping for most people is pretty intuitive. If it isn't for you, there might be something wrong with how your stomach is built. Might be worth getting checked out.
Fun fact: Some stomach surgeries can also make it difficult or impossible to burp. My mom has severe acid reflux issues that can be fixed with surgery, but she decided not to get the surgery because it can make it impossible to burp. And not being able to burp sucks.
ObliviousLibrarian · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/noburp
You are not alone
is_it_soy · 1 points · Posted at 11:39:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is interesting.
Personally, I don’t like burping, but I can burp at will at any time.
I thought everyone could do it...
Pridetoss · 1 points · Posted at 18:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can burp from my body doing it as a reflex, but I can't make myself do it. Had the same problem with soda and beer for a while, luckily for me it's usually just 10 minutes of a tummy ache then a loud, disgusting and very long burp that I couldn't stop if I wanted to
shelbismajorys · 20 points · Posted at 00:17:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband couldnt burp when I met him when he was 15. It was very uncomfortable for him as you could imagine, but sometimes gas would come up mid sentence to his relief. Eventually I tried burping him like a baby and it worked and he eventually learned to do it himself. I still have to burp him sometimes, and he hates it, but it works. I always wondered how someone could not learn to burp.
mochalatteicecream · 5 points · Posted at 00:24:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would find that situation humiliating. I threw my back out once and needed my wife to help me do simple things like putting on socks. I felt so emasculated by the whole thing I fell into a deep depression until I healed. I won’t ask for help. This in no boast, I recognize it as a character flaw, but I can’t imagine being any different.
shelbismajorys · 11 points · Posted at 00:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He does find it humiliating so I do it in private. But I love him and hate seeing him uncomfortable. Plus, hes a great man and I love to help him when I can.
mochalatteicecream · 7 points · Posted at 00:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then he’s lucky to have you. I’m sure there is something about me my wife finds similarly humiliating but she’s too kind to ever let me know about it. I often say the first good decision I ever made was to ask her to marry me.
theOTHERdimension · 2 points · Posted at 10:53:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Awww this made me happy. I hope you have a wonderful long life together!
mochalatteicecream · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Likewise
thewriternicki · 3 points · Posted at 05:28:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is out of complete curiosity so definitely not trying to be rude, but what does burping an adult involve/look like? I have difficulty burping and wouldn't even know where to start if I wanted to ask my partner for help. If this is too invasive please ignore or let me know it's out of bounds. No harm meant.
shelbismajorys · 2 points · Posted at 15:27:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No worries at all. And it's basically like burping a baby, only a little firmer than you would with an infant. Firm back pats from mid/lower back working up to between shoulder blades, return to lower back. There might be a better way but I was inspired by babies lol
thewriternicki · 1 points · Posted at 19:28:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you! Sounds pretty straight forward and logical.
throw0106away · 4 points · Posted at 02:48:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man. My dad throws out his back a couple times a year and I play “nurse”. One time, my mom had gone out and it was just us. I was maybe 13 or so and my dad needed to go to the bathroom. Problem was that our bathrooms were either up or down stairs.
He made it down, went, and then tried crawling up the stairs, but as he got to the top, his back pinched in some weird way and he started like crying and screaming because he couldn’t move and was in so much pain.
My teeny 5’3” self had to pull my dad up the stairs. I was crying the entire time.
Every time I mention it, my dad gets PTSD flashbacks.
But there’s no shame in getting help with that pain. I’ve put my dad’s socks and shoes on and have helped him get dressed and stuff. Not the end of the world to have a helping hand. And my dad is like the manliest man I know, so if he can ask for help, you can too :)
mochalatteicecream · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are a good son. When I originally commented here I never thought I would end up admitting to not being able to ask for help, something adults are supposed to be able to do. I’ll think about it
throw0106away · 4 points · Posted at 03:24:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m actually a daughter! But yeah, I love my dad and we’re a family and a team. Nothing wrong with helping your teammate.
mochalatteicecream · 0 points · Posted at 03:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then you must be strong too. A handy quality in a daughter
ovra360 · 9 points · Posted at 22:38:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll burp myself sometimes by patting on my chest. Might be a placebo, but I feel like it encourages a burp to come up. I wouldn’t ask someone else to do it though...
Dharmsara · 8 points · Posted at 23:01:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That doesn’t do anything. It just looks manly, and powerful
pikabuddy11 · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do similarly by bouncing a bit. Really sucks to have to burp but not be able to.
Ghostiie18 · 6 points · Posted at 01:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I figured out with my boyfriend that you can still baby burp adults, and it's honestly really helpful when I can feel a ball of gas stuck that wont move either way. Just pat the shit out of my back until I burp
flperson · 4 points · Posted at 04:00:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly, I very occasionally get a burp "stuck" and my wife will burp me. It is super weird, and she is the only person to ever do this to me as an adult, but it allows me to release the largest, deepest burps. The relief to me is 100% worth the awkwardness!
xm202OAndA · 5 points · Posted at 22:22:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you burp her or not?
mochalatteicecream · 13 points · Posted at 22:28:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absolutely not.
nikkivictoria · 3 points · Posted at 06:41:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't burp on my own. I've randomly burped but only in the past year or so. Its completely random and just happens and when I need to I just... Can't. My bf didn't believe me until we went on a date and I complained I wanted to burp and just couldn't. He doesn't understand how I cant. In my defense, my mom always told me "not ladylike" so maybe I repessed it or something?
klymers · 2 points · Posted at 00:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 23 and only started burping like a year ago. I never got anyone to burp me but I know others who did. Is it something you learn? I just thought it was a natural thing (like rolling your tongue I guess), cause one day I couldn't do it and the next I could.
The pain from not being able to burp can be really unbearable sometimes. Your stomach just aches and there is literally nothing you can do about it.
lulu-bell · 1 points · Posted at 00:19:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg! Can you burp me? Hilarious!
mochalatteicecream · -9 points · Posted at 00:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She said it with a whimper too. I thought it was really pitiful. People are chiming in relaying their or their spouses inability to burp and I just can’t seem to find any sympathy.
Jbales901 · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Better out than in"
tmoeagles96 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who can burp on command, that confuses me.
chikkns · 1 points · Posted at 10:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean... i literally cannot burp by force, i just gotta wait for it
Honestlynina · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:26 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didnt know how to properly burp until I lived in an all girl's dorm in college. One girl prided herself on her giant burps and kind of taught me how. Before that I sort of just swallowed them and it was painful.
BrooklynSpringvalley · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:31 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
After a surgery on my stomach and esophagus I was no longer able to burp normally lol so I feel that. I normally have to tap it up my esophagus like a weird baby burping technique. Sometimes my husband does help me out with back pats if it’s being really stubborn.
Dharmsara · 0 points · Posted at 23:01:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That screams daddy issues to me
mochalatteicecream · -7 points · Posted at 23:04:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deeper than daddy. She craved parents
leetfists · 0 points · Posted at 00:55:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what she said!
NoKenjataimu · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... even if she wasn't flirting, that's still a decent icebreaker she just handed you.
mochalatteicecream · -4 points · Posted at 01:07:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was so pitiful it made her seem gross.
cATSup24 · -4 points · Posted at 23:43:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
She may have been waaaaaay out of your league in looks, but it sounds like you're likely to be out of her league for just about anything intellectual.
mochalatteicecream · 0 points · Posted at 00:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was instantly apparent to me. I learned many “LA-10’s” probably had learning disabilities or personality disorders undiagnosed because they where pretty enough to get by on looks alone. This goes for men and women. The entertainment industry in LA draws from the pretty and the stupid from all over the world.
i_like_sp1ce · 386 points · Posted at 22:33:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A 50-year old electrical engineer friend of mine did not own any screwdrivers and never had.
How?
akiramari · 49 points · Posted at 00:36:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
a lifetime of ikea furniture and allen keys? :P
i_like_sp1ce · 15 points · Posted at 00:41:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm pretty sure he still doesn't know what an Allen key is. :(
He makes enough money that he can just call somebody to fix whatever.
elephant35e · 11 points · Posted at 01:23:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Engineers don't do their work at home. Maybe that's why he never owned a screwdriver?
i_like_sp1ce · 8 points · Posted at 01:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, he paid people to do everything for him.
FabulousLemon · 2 points · Posted at 04:21:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad is a computer engineer but he also grew up really poor in a rural area doing lots of manual labor as a kid (his computer training came from military service decades ago), so he prefers to do his own maintenance to save money. He has always liked hands on hobbies that involve building things, so he has all sorts of tools. He takes pride in using his engineering mindset to figure out how a variety of random things work.
It's definitely not universal for engineers to not own tools or do their own work.
Mjarf88 · 8 points · Posted at 00:12:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wat
i_like_sp1ce · 7 points · Posted at 00:18:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also he had a big house.
He couldn't fix squat despite being book smart.
Mjarf88 · 10 points · Posted at 00:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How can an engineer not be able to fix things? Isn't engineers supposed to be, you know, good with technical stuff?
i_like_sp1ce · 12 points · Posted at 00:23:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Supposed to be, yes.
This guy could only write software, watch TV, and eat popcorn.
He is a nice guy though so I don't want to rip him too much.
chubbymudkip · 3 points · Posted at 03:21:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice boy, terrible cabinets though...
Cheesthicc · 5 points · Posted at 02:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on the type of engineer. Mechanical, electrical, and to an extent chemical and civil engineers can fix most technical issues, but software, bio, and medical engineers are probably less versed in practical technology.
zebrucie · 5 points · Posted at 02:50:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
......even a lot of those engineers don't see gaping holes in what they plan.
Ryan_B999 · 3 points · Posted at 03:44:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair it can be really difficult to notice flaws in your own design.
slinkysuki · 1 points · Posted at 16:28:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What are you talking about, my designs are flawless. V1 and DONE!!!
(/s, so much oh god. I need 14 design reviews before i am ready to start drawings :)
512165381 · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a teacher and students that went on to study electronic engineering had never built a computer or done anything practical before. Some engineers don't "do engineering" outside work.
JiN88reddit · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Own. Never mentioned 'borrowed'.
heimdahl81 · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Engineers can be the most technologically incompetent smart people. I used to work in an office with several engineers and I was the only one who knew how to adjust the thermostat.
immibis · 2 points · Posted at 19:20:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're probably just afraid of getting yelled at for changing it
heimdahl81 · 2 points · Posted at 20:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, the office manager was one of the ones complaining about how cold it was.
DrunkenPangolin · 2 points · Posted at 09:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is actually quite impressive
sorescale_1 · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He’s an electrical engineer? Duct tape. Lots and lots of duct tape.
unrulycokebottle · 2 points · Posted at 01:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean you look at some engineers out on on jobs and you just think ehhhhh when looking at em.
BillyShears991 · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work with engineers, don’t trust most of them to tie their shoes properly.
i_like_sp1ce · -15 points · Posted at 01:54:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"i mean" is a first clue on incompetence and being a teen
unrulycokebottle · 6 points · Posted at 02:11:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
woah there almost cut me with that edge
i_like_sp1ce · -7 points · Posted at 02:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i mean that was clever, i mean
unrulycokebottle · 5 points · Posted at 02:27:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ok man i can see i hit sensetitive spot for ya have fun bye bye.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I'm an Engineer, not a <spits> technician."
i_like_sp1ce · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My engineer friend is not cocky at all, just a bit clueless. He is a good guy.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, that's a less amusing image.
Lowkey_A_giraffe · 1058 points · Posted at 21:58:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is gonna get buried but fuck it. I have a buddy who I'm still good friends with but has some personal issues. Not like severe mental problems just an extreme lack of motivation. He dropped out of college, he lives at home and he's never had a job for more than a few weeks. In his defense the dude is one of the most shy people I have ever met in my life so he deserves some empathy for his inability to work. Anyways I couple years ago me and my roommate were planning a kickback for us and some friends with bonfire, beer, BBQ, weed the whole 9 yards. Initially we had planned on picking up our friend but he didn't call us in time so we ended up just going home and starting drinking. Around 11 pm or so our friend calls us and apologizes for his lateness. We're all like it's cool but we can't come get you because drinking so we suggest he gets an Uber. He says he's never heard of Uber and we explain it's like a taxi. He's baffled but downloads the app. Some time passes and he texts us in confusion that the app wanted his debit card information to which we reply something along the lines of "well yeah it's a ride sharing app of course it costs money". He's outraged that they would charge him for such a short ride and did not understand when we tried about a dozen times to explain that ride sharing drivers deserve pay? He didn't end up getting an Uber even after we agreed to PAY FOR IT (it was 12 dollars) and he just bows out at this point. Super weird because he was like 22 at the time but could not be convinced to take a fucking Uber. Blew me away
welluuasked · 413 points · Posted at 00:52:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is money is just an abstract concept to him
TheNo1pencil · 18 points · Posted at 06:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, thats a world I would kinda like to live in.
AnticipatingLunch · 39 points · Posted at 01:56:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the first time I’ve ever heard the phrase “planning a kickback,” but it’s such a perfect term for it that I immediately understood.
I am probably getting too old to be cool anymore.
samijol · 19 points · Posted at 03:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not a common expression -me, a young person.
it is a very good one though i should start using it
Slugzz21 · 9 points · Posted at 03:33:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm thinking maybe it's regional because it is very common in my area and i've been hearing it since high school [i'm around 30]
pinkbuggy · 2 points · Posted at 12:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure where you are located, but we used it in Arizona when I went to college
Obscureallure86 · 5 points · Posted at 02:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then we’re in the same boat, because I had the same reaction!
ApatheticEight · 18 points · Posted at 01:58:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder if he was just too shy and trying to make an excuse
MLG50 · 10 points · Posted at 02:57:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm also a bit iffy on Ubers, mostly cause I'm a germaphobe and would rather not get into a stranger's car. If he just didn't want to interact with another person, I would understand that to, cause I'm also pretty damn shy, lmao
n00dlemania · 63 points · Posted at 00:51:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I was in a foreign country and I had to meet up with some friends and I was so nervous about taking public transportation that I had a panic attack and called my mom.
mettaray · 28 points · Posted at 02:25:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats not so bad, I got lost in the public transit of my own home country. I had to take the metro bus to school, but instead of getting on the south bound bus (my school was south of my house) my dumb ass got on the northbound bus. I should've gotten off 10 minutes later when I noticed we were no where near my school (this was 11th grade) but nope. I stayed on for like 45 minutes until I was kicked out at a mall, the last stop at the route.
I had to call my dad to pick me up, i was too scared of getting lost to get in another bus lol.
Seicair · 5 points · Posted at 17:40:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wrecked my car with about 3 weeks left in the semester. Was going back to school, mid-30’s, mostly broke, did not have the time to deal with acquiring a new vehicle before the semester was over. A friend gave me a ride to an exam we both had the next day, I took Uber about 3 times but knew that wasn’t financially sustainable. I started cautiously asking my lab partner how to use a bus. After a few questions she realized I’d literally never been on a bus (with the exception of a few school field trips as a kid, we didn’t have to pay or worry about stops,) and explained in detail how to find my route and how to tell the driver where you needed to get off. Was grateful to her.
Wasn’t really sure at the time how to get around campus using the bus, so after one final I walked about four miles to my next exam in some of the coldest weather we’d had yet. My quart water bottle was in a spot on the outside of my backpack, and when I got to the next building I had to break up the ice in it before I could get a drink.
Got a new car over break. Early next semester I found a bus pass on the ground. Couldn’t find the owner, so kept it. Took the bus about half the time that semester. Ride was longer, but walking to the bus stop and taking the bus took about as much time as driving my own car and walking much farther to class. (Bus usually had stops within a block or so of my buildings, if not right outside).
ThiefofNobility · 16 points · Posted at 02:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To his credit. Its paying a stranger and getting into their car.
It's everything our mothers taught us not to do.
Echospite · 23 points · Posted at 02:40:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried to encourage my brother, who has agoraphobia, to sign up for a gym. We've been going for walks every day for about a month now and jogging for about a week, so I was feeling pretty encouraged about enticing him to take the next step and sign up at a gym -- going to the gym has done wonders for me and wonders for a lot of other people. I didn't want to push too hard because he's the kind of person who, if you tell him to wash his hands, would not touch a shower for three months out of sheer spite at your fucking audacity, so when he asked for a card with their info on it I was feeling pretty excited.
Like the fact he had gone for a walk with me every night for a month without insisting that I personally alert him that it was walk time every single night was a fucking miracle in itself. We had an argument about a year or two before, the last time he'd walked with me consistently, because he expected me to fetch him (a grownass adult) when it was time for the walk. I told him to set an alarm and he was like "WELL YOU'RE NOT MY FUCKING BABYSITTER" and got all mad about me for allegedly treating him like a child even though he was, you know, mad at me for not treating him like a child.
The last month has been fantastic because the one time he almost missed out on our nightly walk he was like "Sorry, I didn't hear you call me" (I hadn't called him because he's a fucking adult), saw the look on my face, and then went "... not that you have to" and he's been consistent ever since. In the eight years he's been shut up at home, it was the first time he was acting like an adult and I was so damn proud of him. I was proud of him when he suggested we jog with the dog, too.
I guess I got ahead of myself.
So when he was interested in signing up for the gym I was just going to leave the card with him, let him think about it for a couple of weeks (because there's no way he'd take the initiative and sign up on his own) then nudge him about it again. I have a habit of going to the gym so I'd just take him with me in the car when I go.
He balked because it had a sign up fee, and costs $30AUD a fortnight, even though he has thousands of bucks of allowance he's hoarded over eight years. Mum was like "dude, that's a fantastic deal for a gym!" but he would not budge.
I was crushed.
(Before someone says it, yes, I know he's got depression, I'm not a fucking idiot, but a good chunk of his problems is that he's a grown man acting like a child.)
iheartgiraffe · 7 points · Posted at 04:37:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like someone I know. He makes up the weirdest excuses for things that are clearly due to his anxiety. It's sad because he's pretty great but will go months without going outdoors.
elegant_pun · 6 points · Posted at 03:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I've never used an Uber either, but I do know how they work and that they get paid.
rocketman0739 · 5 points · Posted at 02:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If he understood that Uber was "like a taxi," how did he not remember that you have to pay taxi drivers?
nightwing2000 · 4 points · Posted at 03:46:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was about 8 I lost the carfare and started walking home. The nice policeman put me and my brother in a cab, and my stepmother was so irate that we had to apy back the cab cost with our allowance, which in the 60's was several weeks' allowance. Since then, I think it was several decades before I would take a cab anywhere - I'd walk or take transit instead. I was under the impression it took too much of my hard-earned money.
Yellowredstone · 3 points · Posted at 02:57:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never heard of an uber until 2 years ago. I understood it quicker than he did.
suicidemeteor · 3 points · Posted at 02:49:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"He lives at home"
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tarabithia22 · 4 points · Posted at 05:43:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't put up with these people anymore. I'm old enough to have figured out from experience that they aren't actually shy, they have some sort of personality disorder and pretend to be shy to get twisted weird attention.
This is actually what really happened.
Guy got invite. Guy thought about how catty and shallow you guys are, sulked because stupid party, then purposely didn't call in order to get attention, waited for you guys to drop everything and make him feel special by urging him to come and saying you'll miss him otherwise.
When you didn't he got huffy so planned a sulky idea. He pouted about not getting a ride so made sure to cause a problem and have a tantrum, ruining your time and making you guys spend energy trying to help him.
Look up a certain cluster B personality disorder. Starts with B...
He can't hold a job because he doesn't want a job.
Laurielpl3 · 2 points · Posted at 07:23:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If he's never had a job for more than a few weeks, he was probably embarrassed to admit he doesn't have a credit card.
ScoutCommander · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had the same thought
ABewilderedPickle · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I figured out how to take an Uber myself just over a month ago!!! I'm nearly 22
Elle_kay_ · 127 points · Posted at 01:43:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a grown adult, lived on my own for years & my boyfriend nearly had a heart attack when he walked in on me using a knife to get the toast out. I genuinely had no idea, I’d just never been taught not to do it. Maybe my family wanted rid of me, I🤷🏽♀️
LeluWater · 19 points · Posted at 08:16:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just unplug my toaster if I have to use a utensil
RepublicOfLizard · 7 points · Posted at 13:07:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom bought this bamboo tong thingy for us for the toaster just to make sure us kids didn’t accidentally let Darwin take care of us
bounce-bounce-jump · 12 points · Posted at 03:38:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...and there's my lesson for the day. Didn't know that.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 8 points · Posted at 07:05:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ya, don’t put anything metal in a toaster
jarvis-cocker · 8 points · Posted at 09:29:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just turn the power off and you’ll be fine.
EdgarWronged · 7 points · Posted at 11:21:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. Any little failure in the socket could still lead to you being shocked. Electricity is a fickle fucker and you do not want to mess with it.
fugmotheringvampire · 5 points · Posted at 15:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jokes on you, i don't believe in electricity.
Forward-Machine · 1 points · Posted at 18:00:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, I use metal tongs to get the toast out... I've never had a toaster before until like last year, and I'm an immigrant in my 30s. No one has taught me anything about toasters before. Should I probably get plastic/silicone tongs for the toast?
Elle_kay_ · 1 points · Posted at 22:20:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think you should, just to be safe, or even better use wooden or bamboo tongs. I think plastic might melt.
Forward-Machine · 1 points · Posted at 15:39:21 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for the tip! I'll do that!
Elle_kay_ · 1 points · Posted at 22:49:37 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
No worries :) If you happen to have chopsticks lying around you could try them, that’s what I used at first!
impressivepineapple · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have the one where you can push the lever up and it makes it pretty easy to just grab?
Forward-Machine · 1 points · Posted at 13:30:12 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, but I bake gluten free sourdough bread, and it needs max time to properly toast, so it's really hot coming out of the toaster. Can't use fingers.
impressivepineapple · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:47 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes sense! I just have actually met people who didn't know about pushing the lever up, so I wanted to make sure
immibis · 1 points · Posted at 18:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's fine if you unplug the toaster first.
lillithfair4 · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:09 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this too I just unplug it first lol
testreker · 66 points · Posted at 01:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surprisingly, using a tape measure is apparently a skill some people just don't have. I always thought it was pretty self explanatory but when I started working in a ship yard some guys just couldn't measure up.
IChitYouKnot · 6 points · Posted at 01:47:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I appreciate the pun!
_formidable_ · 1 points · Posted at 22:59:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm always afraid it'll slice me
testreker · 1 points · Posted at 23:07:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I buy the kind that is always locked and unlocks when I press the button
wscuraiii · 450 points · Posted at 00:17:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My (m26 at the time) first boyfriend (24 at the time) thought HIV was a magical virus that materialized on it's own when two men had unprotected sex, whether one of them was a carrier or not. No shit. He'd been taught in school that our bodily fluids would mix during sex, and that the resultant mixture would just magically be HIV.
Passing4human · 44 points · Posted at 01:47:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, what was his background?
wscuraiii · 74 points · Posted at 02:00:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Korean first generation immigrant. Born in Seoul to deeply Christian parents and emigrated to Texas as a baby. Went to Texas pubic school. That plus his Christian upbringing left him... a little challenged as an adult.
Edit: I should mention that he went to an Ivy League university.
randarrow · 15 points · Posted at 03:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Should have told him the truth, HIV comes from improperly preparing chimpanzee meat.
hpnut326 · 14 points · Posted at 02:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I replied to a comment above about how I thought I had pretty comprehensive sex ed in school, but your story just reminded me of how I got freaked out about sharing food because I thought you got AIDS from mixing someone else’s DNA with yours...
Witchy_Woman42 · 24 points · Posted at 04:57:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiance was in the same boat. Sex ed teacher taught him it was a gay only disease and that the act of gax sex alone could cause it and he just kinda believed it because it was a teacher I guess. So he gets with me, a trans woman, and is worried one of us will catch it because of the anatomy situation and asks me before we do anything. I just sat there for a minute, not really understanding what he was asking me, before I finally got it and had to explain the reality of HIV. He was super embarrassed but I blame the shitty sex ed teacher.
pinkbuggy · 7 points · Posted at 11:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This makes me so sad. Shitty people like this shouldn't be allowed to teach children, especially something as important as sex education and STD prevention.
ebonsiren · 2 points · Posted at 15:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They aren’t teaching std prevention they are teaching abstinence only.
notsostandardtoaster · 11 points · Posted at 04:02:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, with the way I was taught sex ed in Catholic school, 12 year old me would have thought the same thing. I can imagine if I'd grown up before the internet I might never have learned how it all really works.
trev2234 · 5 points · Posted at 10:05:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The wonderful Mother Teresa said in her Nobel prize acceptance speech that AIDS was gods punishment for homosexuality plus she said some other equally lovely things. A lot of the guests were wondering why such a nasty old witch had managed to win the prize. I suspect religion has had a part in the teaching your bf had.
DannyCaiger · 3 points · Posted at 08:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad I'm not the only one that was failed by schools sex ed! They elected students to make presentations on sex ed topics and present them in assembly to the whole school group. So there is a large number of children (now grown and procreating adults) who were taught that any exchange of fluids between any men during sex resulted in HIV. It wasn't even until there was a soap opera storyline involving a woman catching HIV from a one night stand that I found out that women were even susceptible to it.
PaintedLady5519 · 1 points · Posted at 15:26:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Parochial school?
ebonsiren · 1 points · Posted at 15:44:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was taught the same thing. Also taught that condemns offer 0 protection for it,
merztoller · 56 points · Posted at 23:03:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess my story isn’t quite “horrifying” but it was pretty hilarious. I had a roommate once who had absolutely no understanding of how to cook. I came downstairs one morning and she was in the kitchen. I asked what she was doing and she said “making a smoothie, do you want some?” I turn the corner to find that she has cut the skin off a mango and put the whole thing in a blender and was about to start it. I run over and grab the mango and then have to explain to her that they have pits and you can’t just pop an ENTIRE MANGO in a blender and expect to end up with a smoothie.
Edit: forgot to mention she was not using a cutting board. She was just slicing away at her mango on the counter top. We are lucky she didn’t burn the building to the ground.
glorytopie · 5 points · Posted at 23:39:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm slightly terrified for your fingers in this story.
merztoller · 2 points · Posted at 23:56:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha didn’t think of that but you’ve got a point.
Left4DayZ1 · 58 points · Posted at 01:19:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying, but the wealthy General Manager of the Chevy dealership I worked at had to have me show him, in depth, how to use a push mower because his contract ran out with the mowing company he used, and the new company wasn't going to be available for another few weeks.
This dude makes 6 figures, doesn't own a car because he just gets to demo brand new cars for him and his wife every 6 months (and the local college basketball coach in exchange for season tickets every year.. not sure if that's even legal), and he got all the way up there without ever even touching a push mower with his own hands once in his life. Meanwhile I'm busting my ass daily for $9.50 an hour.
Never work at a dealership. Leaving was the best decision I ever fucking made.
kai325d · 3 points · Posted at 15:10:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me:sweating nervously since I definitely wants to work in a dealership.
Left4DayZ1 · 3 points · Posted at 15:19:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just don’t put up with bullshit. They can be such toxic environments because both the service department and the sales are so internally competitive... as well as the fact that how much money a salesperson makes can depend on how fast service is inspecting and prepping cars, and how much money mechanics can make can depend on how much ACTUAL work they get to do which is interrupted by new car inspections and discounted used car service... so there’s a hostility there immediately.
and they won’t care if you have a problem with the toxicity. They can replace you in a day. So don’t bother trying to change anything, just stand your ground and walk if you’re miserable. Don’t stick around thinking it will change.
It wasn’t all bad though. I learned a lot, got to drive lots of cool cars like Corvette’s and ZL1 Camaros, lots of free food... but eventually the bad far outweighed the good.
williams1753 · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
NCAA coaches can do almost anything to make themselves more money.
But if they buy their players a pizza then all Hell will be released upon their program.
[deleted] · 246 points · Posted at 21:58:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I had a friend who didn't know how to use a can opener....
Edit: No shade for people who can't use can openers. This friend was just a lazy piece of shit. His dad had cans and a can opener. For people who just didn't grow up with one, that's fine. He just was lazy (and honestly kinda stupid)
TomAVulpis · 129 points · Posted at 00:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To your friend, it was a can't opener.
1day1pancake · 18 points · Posted at 00:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never used a can opener. In my country is common to use a knife for that purpose
IAmBoredAF6321 · 9 points · Posted at 02:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So just stabbing the can until the contents come out? /s
1day1pancake · 5 points · Posted at 02:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nop, is more like 1. Make a hole in the can's lid near to the edge and then 2. put the knife in a acute angle to 3. slide the knife breaking the lid in a circular manner until it opens enough to remove the contents
santangeloguri · 15 points · Posted at 03:11:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
pizzelle · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? One time I didnt have a can opener so I stabbed the top to death with scissors. I could have dont it so much more elegantly this way.
Wowsuchusername44 · 1 points · Posted at 20:55:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our can opener was rusted (because my dad keeps soaking them in dishwater and not drying them correctly) and for a small amount of time I had to repeatedly stab the can with a ridged knife, and cut it like how you’d cut wood with a saw. It was so tiring to do lol
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MathKnight · 3 points · Posted at 07:25:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol what?
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MathKnight · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha ha, yes. But not everything comes in that kind of can.
skullturf · 2 points · Posted at 20:24:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. In my experience it is absolutely not true that "most" cans are ringpull.
MathKnight · 1 points · Posted at 20:35:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's some very serious directions to use with complicated can openers. https://www.wikihow.life/Use-a-Manual-Can-Opener
Calazon2 · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents are from one of those countries and that is how I grew up learning to open cans. I must have been a teenager when I learned about can openers.
Also, nail clippers. (All they ever used were tiny little nail scissors.)
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 21:02:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still don't know how those work. I'm a tiny nail scissors person. Wonder if I should look it up or lose my functioning adult card.
Calazon2 · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:15 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's super easy and convenient, so I recommend looking into it. Nothing wrong with tiny nail scissors either though, and those do give you more precision if that's something you care about.
meow-meoww · 6 points · Posted at 00:12:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I struggled with them for a while when I was younger lmfao
Klaudiapotter · 4 points · Posted at 02:52:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have this old af one in the drawer and it for real took me a whole five minutes to open one of those really big cans of beans. That thing barely turned lmao
Squeanie · 9 points · Posted at 01:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I honestly don't see this as bad. Some people don't use cans at all. If you have the money, you could easily never have the need for it. If you had the means to always have fresh food, there might never be cans on your house.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 01:19:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
It's not that he never ate out of cans, it was that he was a lazy piece of shit. In fact, his family was quite poor. His dad did everything for him so when he grabbed a can and tried using a spoon to jab a hole in it I told him to just use a can opener (which was on the counter). He then fiddled with it for like 5 minutes until asking me to do it for him.
Icecl · 3 points · Posted at 02:25:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe left-handed I know for me typical can openers are literally impossible to use unless I have a left-handed one
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 21:03:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it is slightly worse than not knowing how to work a wine bottle opener. But a lot less bad than not knowing how to cook pasta or make a bed.
raevnos · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lots of tin cans have pull-off lids these days, so I can see that.
MermaiderMissy · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had only used handheld can openers. In college, I got a job at a deli, and a customer once asked me to open a can with the kind that was attached to one of our deli tables.
I just realized this guy probably thought I was an idiot when I was like “that’s a can opener?” He had to talk me through it, I feel so embarrassed now. I had just never used the kind that’s attached to a table.
satori0320 · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine the look on their face if you'd handed them a P-38 or P-51 opener.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao
FlamingHippo9000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly no one taught me either. I just looked at it and the aftermath of an open can and figured it out.
sadicarnot · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have trouble with can openers, but it is a being lefty using something designed for right handed people. Not that I can’t use it it is just awkward
rocknin · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
more like a can't opener.
Gumgums66 · 477 points · Posted at 22:38:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met my current boyfriend when we were 24, and he still lived at with his mum and dad as he never saw a need to move out while he was single. He had never really cooked food a day in his life. Unless it was microwaved. He wasn’t a dickhead about it. His mum just never allowed him or his siblings to cook, so he never learned. The first time he ever cooked me dinner (after me asking lots) it was chilli out of a can which wasn’t so bad. I’m not a fussy snobby person. The rice though. The rice was still hard. He cooked it out the packet and he got the timing wrong and he didn’t even test it first. Bless him.
I wasn’t bothered by it. We live together now and I’ve taught him how to cook basic things, but I still do the larger majority of the cooking during the week. On Saturdays when my son goes to his dads for the weekend, he treats me to a home cooked steak dinner, which he’s gotten really good at cooking 😋 It’s literally only the cooking thing though. I think his mum held him back from doing a lot of things independently, because he got excited at using the washing machine for the first time. Mothering your kids is fine, but at least teach them basic life skills. My bf is really good with DIY and computers though so I say that we balance each other out on the stuff each of us don’t know :)
numberthangold · 17 points · Posted at 01:31:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents never taught me how to cook either and I was on a dining plan for the first couple of years of college so I was 20 when I first started to learn how to cook and I had to use YouTube to teach me everything.
Gumgums66 · 3 points · Posted at 06:51:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least you had the thought to YouTube stuff and teach yourself :)
Rhebala · 7 points · Posted at 02:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mothering (and fathering) IS teaching kids this stuff! And they want to! My kids (3 and 6) fought about who got to wipe off the table tonight. I stayed out of it!
Gumgums66 · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I meant it as in she mothered him by doing everything for him. I asked him once when I stayed at his parents house with him, why didn’t he do his own washing. His reply was that he wasn’t allowed to touch the washing machine. It shocked me a little bit.
And I wish my kids had the same thoughts about cleaning as yours 😂 they’re both the same age as yours, but I struggle to get them to pick their toys up 😂
Rhebala · 3 points · Posted at 12:33:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it’s super weird that they like cleaning. They don’t always do a thorough job and it’s not like I’m sitting around eating bonbons while they clean my house. But lately (since we’ve all been spending a lot of time at home) by oldest (mostly) has been actually picking up her things! We’ve been leaving TV until the end of the day because otherwise they get sucked right in. So the rule has been that they can watch a couple shows AFTER their stuff is picked up before dinner. It works like 80%! I know some child development person would probably say its bribery or whatever. But I. Don’t. Care. If they can dump out all the legos and use them to make a lava field on the floor and pile all the pillows around the living room for stepping stones and make confetti to throw at the end of the obstacle course they can damn well pick it back up again.
Anxiousladynerd · 3 points · Posted at 02:09:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry, but did you say you had chili with rice? Is that a thing??
kittbagg · 10 points · Posted at 04:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s the standard side for chili in the uk. While I was admittedly raised on it, I think it really works.
re_nonsequiturs · 3 points · Posted at 03:42:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought she had chili since they couldn't eat the rice.
Seriously though, while it's no a classic combination anywhere, it wouldn't be bad.
Gumgums66 · 3 points · Posted at 06:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I live in the UK and it usually goes with rice. It’s pretty tasty if the rice is cooked properly :)
AngryDratini · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
According to my grandma, my oldest uncle came home from his first semester of college and reported that he had been living on take-out the entire time. She basically had an “oh HELL NAW” moment and taught him and my dad and their brothers how to cook, meal prep, shop, and budget food for the week.
affemannen · 1 points · Posted at 10:39:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. My mom taught me cooking, but for some reason things have changed in my country. All my male friends can cook and some really well .. but through life i had a bunch of girlfriends and only two of them knew how to cook properly. My wife can cook somewhat but she hates it, so i do the cooking and she does the cleaning.
imgoodygoody · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes this. I have a BIL who drives me crazy. Like seriously if I’d be married to him we’d have serious issues. The first strike is his chauvinism which I won’t get into. Second, he’s always late for everything and he won’t make an effort to change. Like at all. His mom was crazy organized and clean and controlling and it honestly seems like his childhood was so controlled that he never learned how to manage time by himself.
re_nonsequiturs · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your sweet boyfriend is such a refreshing change from the people who refuse to learn.
Gumgums66 · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, he’s really lovely. It wasn’t a case of he didn’t want to do anything, his mum literally didn’t allow him too. She’s has those old fashioned views that the mothers should do everything for everyone in the family. I mean, if that’s how she wants to do it then that’s up to her. It’s her house. I just think doing it like that doesn’t prepare your children for living independently. Me and my boyfriend split everything 50/50 and we’re both happy with it :)
AliveAndKickingAss · -2 points · Posted at 10:09:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
awww, so nice to hear he got to date his mom
Gumgums66 · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you mean?
AliveAndKickingAss · -1 points · Posted at 11:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It sounds like you're raising him, teaching him life skills that his parents should have taught him. It happens to loads of women, yours truly included.
Since you're young and optimistic I'm not gonna spoil the ending.
Gumgums66 · 1 points · Posted at 11:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only taught him basic cooking skills and how my washing machine worked. He already knew how to do everything else. That’s not raising him, it’s giving him know the basics so he can do it for himself. He never had that independence until we moved in together because his mother literally never let him. Have you never heard of the phrase ‘Give a man a fish, he’ll have a meal for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll have a meal for the rest of his life’?
Don’t make assumptions on our relationship since you don’t know us.
AliveAndKickingAss · 0 points · Posted at 11:43:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, I'm only going with what you've written, you're literally saying that his mom didn't allow him to do the most basic things so you're the one teaching him this stuff. This is one of the most common relationship
dynamicsdysfunctions ever._TheYellowKing_ · 193 points · Posted at 00:29:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex girl didn’t know chlorine was poison and that you really only need a cap full per gallon of water. Dumped a liter of chlorine bleach with equal part water and proceeded to chemically burn her lungs. She kept cleaning even though she was coughing and ended up passing out. That was a fun drive to the hospital.
She was breathing funny for weeks. Had chemical burns INSIDE her lungs and throat.
Rule of thumb for bleach. If you can smell it, you used too much. One cap full per gallon is plenty
firekitty3 · 29 points · Posted at 04:09:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like my poor sweet boyfriend in college. Smart guy, but he grew up wealthy so he never really cleaned. Once to clean the bathroom of his dorm he used bleach and ammonia together, not realizing chlorine bleach + ammonia gives you chlorine gas. He kept coughing and didn't know why. Thankfully it only happened once. He's more knowledgeable on the topic of cleaning now lol
_formidable_ · 1 points · Posted at 22:53:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Smart guy but apparently skipped Chemistry classes. Or he just didn't read the labels
firekitty3 · 1 points · Posted at 23:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He actually did well in all his science classes, including chemisty lol. It just totally slipped his mind, since he hadn't really done much cleaning before, he didn't read the labels and he forgot to apply chemistry to real life.
MasterBallsCK · 14 points · Posted at 09:52:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-FIL lived with my ex and me for a while. More than once, he grabbed one of the large chlorine tablets we had for the pool and put it in the toilet tank to clean his toilet. When I walked into the house, which was not large, I was immediately hit by the crazy strong smell and burning lungs. He didn’t see why it was a problem to use something made for ten thousand + gallons of water, in a tiny toilet tank.
AliveAndKickingAss · 10 points · Posted at 10:23:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All that environmental damage.
It infuriates me how many people don't give a fuck about the effect they're having on Earth.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 10:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never cleaned with bleach and we don’t even have bleach, so could somebody please enlighten me on— everything?
_TheYellowKing_ · 17 points · Posted at 10:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Well bleach is a general name for anything that can industrially or domestically clean things. Many bleaches we use in the home contain cholorine. You probably have smelled it if you’ve gone to a public pool or have a swimming pool. In liquid form is very toxic to humans if swallowed and can cause some skin irritation. In a gas form it can be deadly and can cause some serious respiratory issues. When mixed with ammonia it can create “mustard gas” which can kill pretty much anyone very quickly.
Bleach is great for sanitary reasons and as long as you read the back of the bottle, like chlorox , and follow the directions and you’re good. It’s highly concentrated so you only need a little. One cap full of bleach to ONE GALLON of COLD water. Hot water can vaporize the chlorine gas cause chemical burns in your lungs. Which is what I assume my ex girlfriend did.
I’ve worked in kitchen for about 12 years. Don’t bleach cutting board, wood etc. keep bleach away from food contact surfaces and if you DO need to bleach something like that, you gotta let it dry well. Unless you like eating chemicals . Soap and water is fine.
Bleach can kill anything. Even you.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 10:42:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you so much for your answer ! :)
pixeldust6 · 7 points · Posted at 11:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also note that urine and some cleaning chemicals contain ammonia, so avoid mixing them for reasons stated above. If it's not very concentrated, it might not be a big deal though (e.g. scrubbing a flushed toilet should be fine), but can cause respiratory irritation depending on how much is there. Ventilation is always a good idea whenever possible.
_TheYellowKing_ · 5 points · Posted at 12:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a kid my brother worked at a bagel shop. Guy who closed was cleaning the restrooms and somehow was locked In the bathroom. Mixed ammonia and chlorine. Ended up dying from the gas. Shut down the whole strip mall too
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 15:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!!
Sarahsaurusx · 5 points · Posted at 13:39:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also bleach+vinegar=bad.
rexifelis · 1 points · Posted at 18:47:22 on August 22, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate admitting this but when I had moved out on my own I brought my cat with me. I had let her litterbox go a bit long on cleaning... it stank. My happy ass got the bottle of Clorox and poured some on the stinking kitty litter. It started bubbling and out gassing ... fortunately for me the back door was about 4 steps away so I tossed the mess outside. I did inhale some of it and had a cough for a few days. Both my kitty and myself survived! And never did I do the same mistake again. Other, new mistakes yes. But that is for another topic.
Seicair · 1 points · Posted at 17:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About six months ago I was at my ex’s place and she was cleaning the shower stall. I went in to use the toilet after and almost choked, I asked her how much she’d diluted it.
She used straight bleach out of the jug to clean the entire shower. Argued with me when I tried to explain that was way too strong and bad for her as well.
Back2Bach · 536 points · Posted at 21:42:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not long after I got my drivers license, I drove my aunt to an appointment with her doctor.
On the way, I got a flat tire and had no idea how to fix it - no one had ever explained how to jack or to get the lug nuts off.
So, my aunt said, "You have no business driving a car if you can't change a tire!"
RonSwansonsOldMan · 281 points · Posted at 23:02:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my daughter first got her license she was a little peeved at me that I wouldn't let her take her first solo excursion until she showed me she could change a tire, and knew the names of the 6 major streets to the north, south, east and west of home.
30000LBS_Of_Bananas · 115 points · Posted at 01:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The street names probably would have gotten me, I know how to navigate around all the streets near me but hell if I know any of their names.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 3 points · Posted at 06:47:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Street names around me are just numbers, both N-S and E-W streets are just numbers, makes it really hard for me to remember street names.
Canuckinfortybelow · 3 points · Posted at 08:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine are like that too but I find it incredibly easy to remember them. That said, they are all laid out in a grid that meets at 100 and 100. One street north of that is 101 and 100. One street east of that would be 101 and 101. So I think that is what makes it so easy to find and remember streets. Also makes it so I almost instantly know where a location is without having to look it up.
sexualassaultllama · 2 points · Posted at 14:47:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same...couldn't tell you the name of a single street in the town I grew up in. Just never needed anything more than my home address so I didn't bother learning street names.
crazyashley1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:47:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is me in Stl. Drives my husband nuts because i navigate by landmark vs. Mile marker and street.
-why-am-i-here · 7 points · Posted at 03:36:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents did the same, and I was shocked that no one else seemed to do it. Throughout high school, I was the one all my friends called when they got a flat because none of them knew how to change a tire! My kids will definitely be practicing this before they can drive on their own.
aRandomLurker1421 · 9 points · Posted at 01:48:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd never pass that. I'm horrible with directions, but I do have a GPS and maps in my car
Mangonesailor · 5 points · Posted at 03:44:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could tell my parents turn-by-turn how to get to anywhere we frequented when I was about 7. I used landmarks and street names to prove it.
My sister fell asleep in the car constantly. I always looked out the window.
JBaker2010 · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad wouldn't let either of his daughters get our driver's license until we could change our own tire and at least check the oil. Changing a tire has saved my bacon a couple of times, most recently on a busy highway after a pothole popped my tire.
We moved too often to get the street names. As long as we could find our way home, we were good.
ateafrogonce · 85 points · Posted at 00:12:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've been driving for over 10 years and never learned how to change a tire. I know the basic concept and have all the tools to do it but I've always kept good tires on and never had to deal with a flat.
If I ever do get a flat my car insurance will send someone from the nearest shop to change it for me so it will probably be a long time before I ever do get the chance to try and change a flat myself.
Duradaddy · 47 points · Posted at 01:43:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You must be careful with this. I picked up a nail on the interstate when driving with my wife a couple months after spine surgery. Call insurance to send somebody out to help. They say they will send somebody. After 2 hours we see the person who is supposed to be roadside assistance fly by us. Btw we broke down in a really horrible area and could not get the insurance company to send another individual out. Eventually a police officer stopped to help and within a few minutes we were on our way. Thankfully everything worked out for us. Switched insurance companies after the ordeal, what a disappointment.
SanityInAnarchy · 15 points · Posted at 02:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've done it before, but it's such a rare thing that I'll probably end up watching a Youtube video on the side of the road walking me through it.
SecretPotatoChip · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey guys! ChrisFix here!
zebrucie · 18 points · Posted at 01:56:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should still do it.
Like tomorrow when you have free time, just so you know how to do it.
Never know when you'll be in a friend's car and BAM, flat tire, and insurance won't work.
ateafrogonce · 7 points · Posted at 02:18:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very optimistic of you to assume I have friends! :)
zebrucie · 3 points · Posted at 02:24:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
.......doesn't mean ya can't learn
JBaker2010 · 8 points · Posted at 05:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol - funny story.
Sister, her kids, coworker and her kids, and I were leaving work one day. We all say goodbye in the parking lot, then hear Co-worker start saying, "Oh, no! And he's on the other side of town [Atlanta]!" Sister and I come back over and she has a flat driver's side rear tire. She's getting upset cuz her hubs was in an important meeting across town and she had her 3 kiddos with her. She's wringing her hands and starts to call him (in case he can step away to answer). Sister and I put the kids in the cars, put our stuff in the cars, and ask her where the spare is. She tells us, but why? Co-worker's hubs finally answers and she is telling him about the flat and what is she going to do and how long will the TripleA people be and hang on - what's this? These two women were already jacking up her car, pulling the flat off, and getting the spare on while she was giving a play-by-play to her disbelieving hubs. He was convinced we didn't know how, then we wouldn't be able to tell what caused it (it was a screw most likely picked up from the construction zone she had to drive through), then we wouldn't put everything away.
Everything was done and tucked away, and she was on her way just as another male coworker came out in his button-down shirt, snazzy sweater-vest, and white towel to "help, cuz her hubs had texted him". Sis and I were like, "Nah, we got this. See y'all tomorrow!"
harujusko · 5 points · Posted at 01:03:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why I have AMA. Insurance will pay for it.
helladamnleet · 4 points · Posted at 01:50:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suggest you both look a little closer because they'll only go so far, and if you end up off the pavement you're screwed.
Kamikaze_AZ22 · 11 points · Posted at 01:26:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ngl op idk how to change a tire
rob_s_458 · 9 points · Posted at 01:17:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nowadays a lot of cars don't even come with a spare tire, just a sealant and inflator kit. There's an aftermarket spare tire kit for my car, but it's $500. I still have the factory roadside assistance, but once that runs out, it's like 60 cents a month for roadside assistance on my insurance policy.
motoko_urashima · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhh... What kinds of cars? Because I've never heard of this and I had a "folding spare" in my 80's Datsun.
Przedrzag · 2 points · Posted at 05:49:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Newer ones, usually. Especially big German cars, they’ll be on run flats or they’ll have some goop that you’re supposed to patch up your tyre with
valjpal · 8 points · Posted at 01:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've gotten my money's worth many times over for my AAA membership. Nobody gets more flat tires than me. I got one just last week on the day after I had 4 brand new tires put on. AAA has the giant, fast jack and can plug the tire in a jiffy. Hardly any inconvenience. AAA has also opened up my car when I locked the keys in, jumpstarted batteries, replaced the battery...all of this when I'm married to a very handy guy who takes good care of maintaining our cars.
Fantastic_Relief · 5 points · Posted at 02:03:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still don't REALLY know how to change a tire. I've seen a few videos but every time I ask someone to show me they start teasing me about it so they're no help. And I'm certainly not going to attempt it without some guidance. There's a guy at work that's been teaching me some basic car maintenance so hopefully sometime soon I can get him to show me how to change a tire.
Some_Drummer_Guy · 3 points · Posted at 02:45:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not very hard to do, actually. First step is to break out your jack and your tire iron (or 4-way). "Break" (loosen) the lug nuts with the tire iron/4 way before you jack the car up. If you try to break them when it's jacked up, the wheel will just spin. Note: I'm using the term "break" in the context of "loosen" - as in break-them-loose/break the tightness. Not "destroy them." If you need leverage to break them loose, slip a metal pipe over the tire iron/4 way and turn/pull it counter-clockwise like you're pulling a lever. You could use the handle for your jack, if your jack has one and the diameter is bigger than your tire iron. I usually just carry a metal pipe in my vehicle.
So now that you've got the lug nuts loose, slide your jack under the car and make sure that the top touches the frame when you start to pump it up. Some cars come with scissor jacks with a round nub on the top of them that fits into a hole on the frame. Scissor jacks are a pain in the ass because you have rotate the lever to get it to go up or down, unlike a hydraulic jack where you just pump the lever up and down. But I digress....Just make sure that you're raising the car by the frame and not the fender or anything like that.
Anyway, get the car up just enough to where the tire isn't touching the ground anymore. Finish loosening the nuts with the iron or 4 way, take off the nuts and stow em somewhere where you won't lose em. Pull the tire off, put the new one on, and thread the nuts back on. And put the nuts back on the same way they came off. The round side goes against the tire/rim. Tighten the nuts as much as you can and do it in a star pattern. Don't tighten them in clockwise order.
Once they're tight as you can get em, lower the jack and then tighten them further with the iron/4 way. Use the metal pipe again for leverage. Get em tight until you can't turn them anymore. Stop when you hear creaking and "cracking" noises. You don't want them so tight that you won't be able to get them off again without an air wrench. Double check every nut and give em each an additional tug or so with the iron.
And there you have it. You've just changed a tire.
Myantology · 2 points · Posted at 10:34:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t remember the last time I saw something about changing tires on Reddit and what are the odds, I literally had to change a flat tire today. Right before work too, I was not pleased.
Now I’m an older dude who’s been changing tires for as long as you’ve been alive but the thought of being tasked with that with no knowledge, does seem daunting. The guy who wrote everything out for you sure is swell but trying to make sense of that is pointless in today’s diy video world. Here’s one from one of YouTube‘s best educational diy mechanics ever.
Chrisfix is one of the most effective, entertaining car-guys on YouTube. This video has everything you need so you won’t feel completely lost when that fateful moment finally arrives.
The bad news is, you’re going to hit some snags the first time if you don’t have someone helping you who knows how, there’s no way around that. Did you forget to jack the car up after loosening the Lugnuts? Do the Lugnuts feel too tight and you’re unfamiliar with/nervous to apply, the amount of strength required? Do you even understand what leverage is? These things will happen. The good news, you’ll learn from those mistakes and one day, you’ll be teaching somebody else how to change a flat.
And maybe you’ll have a fun silver-lining like I did today when I discovered the spare tire in my trunk all these years was apparently previously owned by Ronald McDonald.
astralbeastengage · 4 points · Posted at 03:07:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ever-vigilant mother made a point of teaching me how to change a tire when I was learning to drive. It's been over a decade and frankly I do not remember a word of that lesson. Guess I could use an adulting refresher.
captkronni · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex husband was absolutely astounded that tires wear out and need to be replaced. He had three blow outs on the highway over the course of a month and was convinced that the car had been sold to him with 3 defective tires. The poor tech at the tire shop tried explaining basic maintenance, rotations, etc. to my ex, only to be met with screaming accusations of fraud.
After we got divorced, my ex bought a (used) car on his own for the first time. Fast forward to a year later, and a sensor goes out on the vehicle. It was an $800 repair, which sucks, but shit happens. My ex absolutely refused to pay for the repair because “nothing on a car should cost that much to fix.” Instead of fixing the car, he became convinced that it was the bank’s fault that his car was “defective” and tried to get the bank to give him a refund on the car. When that didn’t work, he quit making his payments and was subsequently SHOCKED when the car was repossessed.
KarlZone87 · 3 points · Posted at 00:45:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always thought everyone knew how to change tyres. Probably helped to change my first one when I was like 10.
I guess everyone grows up differently.
axw3555 · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know how to change a tyre in terms of getting the wheel off/on, where the tools are, how to use, etc. The only thing I'm a bit hinky on is finding the brace point under the car for the jack.
threatlvl_MIDNIGHT · 2 points · Posted at 00:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She’s right.
pizzelle · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just truly learned how to change a tire last year and I've been driving for maybe 9 years. I'm not looking forward to it but at least I know how to or if someone's doing it wrong.
AliveAndKickingAss · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wait, you're allowed to pass the test without ever changing the tire? what country is this?
conjuror75 · 1 points · Posted at 12:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just asked my wife of 15 years if she knew how to change a tire. She said, “that’s why I have a phone so I can call you.” Guess who’s learning how to change a tire this weekend. 🙄
lolol69lolol · 1 points · Posted at 12:49:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know how to change a tire when I first started driving. Coming home from school one day when I was 17 I ran over a nail so I pulled off the freeway and parked on the feeder road and called my dad (was only about 10 minutes away from home at this point). He drove out to me and instructed me step by step how to change the tire. At the time I was mildly annoyed (but not pouting or anything) because why didn’t he just do it if he knew how but there was a great sense of accomplishment after having successfully changed my first tire. Plus now I know how.
FartHeadTony · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Well, you can fucking walk then, if that's your attitude!"
xm202OAndA · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's right. Of course, my current car has no spare tire anyway.
helladamnleet · -4 points · Posted at 01:49:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's right though. People like you are what causes accidents on the freeway.
rats_on_rye · 310 points · Posted at 22:59:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Different topic, but there was a guy well into his twenties who didn’t know what lightning was, so...
🎙️ arual_x · 245 points · Posted at 23:00:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
What, like, had never seen it, or just though “ah shit, Thor again!”
rats_on_rye · 87 points · Posted at 23:05:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He had never seen it. I think that’s one of the strangest conversations I’ve had in my life.
Passing4human · 21 points · Posted at 01:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where was he from, Saudi Arabia or some other arid country?
rats_on_rye · 23 points · Posted at 01:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good question, he was American but he didn’t say where from.
Haltgamer · 39 points · Posted at 04:38:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This sounds like the guy who pretended not to know what potatoes were.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
omg i remember that
AliveAndKickingAss · 11 points · Posted at 10:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If he was Alaskan that could make sense.
I live in Iceland and here near the Arctic lightnings are extremely rare.
(still we all know what it is, we have a functioning educational system)
skullturf · 2 points · Posted at 20:27:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm from Victoria, British Columbia, right across the strait from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.
Growing up there, lightning was very rare. I only saw it once every few years as a kid.
(I still knew what it *was*, though, because of various references to it in popular culture.)
But it did mean that seeing lightning as a kid was something that made me stop and say "Whoa!"
MC_Cookies · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe he was from a desert area? idk
pizzelle · 12 points · Posted at 04:23:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Desert areas have the best lightening storms though.
Xzienr · 11 points · Posted at 04:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deserts still have storms tho.
mosesthekitten41 · 5 points · Posted at 10:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband and I were in Lima, Peru years ago and while talking to a woman who lived there, learned that Lima never gets rain. This woman had seen rain once in her entire life! Blew my mind.
YanDan · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had never seen it and wasn't aware of the phenomena. Incredable.
Traegs_ · 2 points · Posted at 06:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not even in shows and movies?
krias_the_robot · 4 points · Posted at 05:07:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i dated a guy who thought you could have thunder without there having been lightning, couldn’t understand that the thunder was the result. he didn’t believe me when i explained the science behind it.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:21:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
in highschool, i had a friend who had just moved to MASS from Puerto Rico and he'd never seen snow before. he saw it only on tv. never knew what it felt like or anything. it was really cool when we hung out on the first snow day of the year with all our group. he was so amazed. i have the video still on Facebook. this was 10 years ago now
Sweetune · 1 points · Posted at 05:22:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair I don’t know what lighting is either if u asked me to explain it.
nakedonmygoat · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was he from California? Some parts of California don't get hail, so maybe they don't get lightning either.
About ten years ago I was on vacation and noticed a young couple on the balcony during a hailstorm. They told me they had never seen such a thing before. Maybe I should've asked if they had ever seen lightning.
rats_on_rye · 1 points · Posted at 17:12:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here’s some context. I live in Texas, where we get some CRAZY storms with plenty of lightning. I was at work at a kayak stand by a smallish lake. Me and my manager were waiting out a storm and this guy comes and says that he wants to rent a kayak, which normally wouldn’t be a big deal, but it was raining hard and there was a big threat of lightning so we stopped renting. As we told him this, he looked super confused and asked what we were referring to. I had to patiently explain to him what lightning was and why he couldn’t go on the lake. He looked really sad that he couldn’t go out and said that he was about to go back to his home state and would really appreciate it if we could let him go out. We said no and he thanked us and left. I really don’t know where the guy was from, but it was very strange and eye opening for me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m guessing he just was never outside or looked out of a window during a storm.
Caity26 · 147 points · Posted at 00:33:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to this but: When I was 19 I was dating a 27 year old (🚩#1) who said he always had to wear magnums because regular condoms always broke. (🚩 #2 his ex had multiple abortions while with him due to accidents) To be clear he was perfectly respectably average in size, so I was thoroughly confused.
Watched him carefully the next time he put it on, and realised he never pinched the tip. I tried to explain it to him but he insisted it needed the air bubble so his stuff had somewhere to go. I could not convince this man for the life of me that liquid and air could not occupy the same space. I noped out of that relationship very shortly after.
ABewilderedPickle · 32 points · Posted at 05:48:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for that tidbit of info. As someone who's never been inside a woman that's probably some good info for me to have. I now have the presence of mind to look up how to wear condoms whenever the time comes...
sexualassaultllama · 15 points · Posted at 14:58:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As silly as it may sound, don't just look it up but also do a "dry run" before you need it. You'll be busy with other things, no need to fumble with a condom for the first time too.
cagofbans · 5 points · Posted at 16:04:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thankfully though you had sense that he did not. Considering you were only 19 and he was 27, I imagine a lot of girls in your position would just go "oh, okay, I didn't know that" and get stuck with the bastard for 18ish years.
tarabithia22 · 8 points · Posted at 06:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, sorry, hang on. Confused by the "air and liquid can't occupy the same space" comment. Yes he should pull the tip of the condom away from the tip of his penis a bit, but when pounding away inside a vag, his ejaculate isn't going to have enough force to break a condom. Although that would be a sort of cool superpower.
Or do you mean he didn't make enough of a pinch and the breaking of a condom isn't part of it
flintlockfay · 13 points · Posted at 07:48:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not about breaking the condom. Forcing semen into what is essentially a pressurised space full of air will force the semen up the sides of the condom and out the other end. So semen still ends up in the vagina.
[deleted] · -8 points · Posted at 07:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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flintlockfay · 2 points · Posted at 07:55:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, gotcha. Sounds like the bloke was showing off to me.
SonicSnizzy · 53 points · Posted at 23:42:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Learning that my brother did not understand how mortgage payments worked.. AFTER getting a mortgage. Had it been before he got I one I could forgive it because mortgages are complicated if you've never had one before. Also I've had two mortgages over 5 years and my sister had recently bought a house with a mortgage too. And my parents also had a mortgaged house once.. he consulted/asked for advice from none of us before getting his mortgage now he has interest charges he wasn't expecting and is paying less off the total loan that he thought he would be.
MissMockingbirdie · 8 points · Posted at 06:05:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is something that really should be taught in schools. Mortgages, how to file basic taxes, buying or leasing a car, and paying bills. Even if you only remember a quarter of it you'd be smarter than some adults out there.
SonicSnizzy · 5 points · Posted at 11:32:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Agreed, all of this and general budgeting and life skills should be taught in schools. So many people don't have the basic knowledge of how to keep themselves out of debt. I watched a programme on BBC this morning where they had a financial expert from New York to give tips on saving money and his first tip was "minimise your spending". I laughed at first but then had the sad realisation there's probably many people out there who wouldn't actually think of this.
thunderfart_99 · 5 points · Posted at 12:26:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A surprising amount of people really don't know how financial things like mortgages, filing taxes, car loans and bills work, in my experience. I've literally seen one guy my age make a massive purchase on his credit card, then he was genuinely surprised when he was told he would have to pay a big bill later that month.
If I ever became Prime Minister, one of my flagship policies would be to institute a basic financial education class in schools. I agree with one commenter here that even if you only remember a quarter of what is taught, you'd already be smarter than some adults out there.
SonicSnizzy · 3 points · Posted at 13:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well I'd vote for you!! Thunderfart Party 2024?
thunderfart_99 · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, maybe yes! I'll go into my bank and find a couple of grand to run for a seat.
williams1753 · 8 points · Posted at 04:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know how mortgages work and am still disappointed at how little of the principal I’m paying off each year.
SonicSnizzy · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is true. I'm in the UK and interest rates are pretty low around 2% when we got our mortgage last year. We've found that the key to paying off more on the principal is overpayment if you can afford it. As anything extra paid on top of the minimum monthly payments comes off the principal amount. We've managed to pay off £10k in one year but still means we have about 22 years to go!
williams1753 · 2 points · Posted at 12:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We’ve gone to the pay every 2 weeks model which means an extra payment every year.
I haven’t run the math on it but everything I have read and heard explains it better than I can.
Trumpet6789 · 55 points · Posted at 02:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate freshman year of college. Spoiled rotton rich girl, who is getting college paid for by her loaded dad and mom. A short, non exhaustive list of my favorites!
She put my spices(salt, pepper, lemon pepper, seasoning salt, garlic powder) And potatoes into plastic bags because our room smelled bad and she thought it was that. It was the empty ice cream in the trash.
Had to be shown how to make cup ramen and microwave mac, she didn't understand the directions.
When I told her I was getting a job she was confused. Asking me why I was getting one, didn't my parents send me 250 dollars a week as an allowance? Explained the concept of "I'm here on loans and scholarships, I don't want to bother my parents for money unless I absolutely need like 10 bucks.(She bought new clothes and shoes every week ontop of partying and takeout)
Explained to her that no, not everyone has ever been to the beach, Tortuga, the Swiss Alps, or Skiing in Colorado.
Had to talk to her about doing laundry.
No, not everyone has a maid, nor does everyone have a private cook. Your house is that big? With that many acres??? W h a t?
"What do you mean you don't understand how to use a swiffer??"
butterthenugget · 4 points · Posted at 12:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Swiffer?
Trumpet6789 · 4 points · Posted at 14:00:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our specific one was just the normal dry mop. But they come in Wet Mop/Wet Jet versions where you spray liquid down and mop it up.
Basically she didn't understand how to fold the dry sheet onto the end of the mop, even thought it's so easy I've seen 3 year olds do it.
rickramalot · 3 points · Posted at 13:27:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s a dust collector, or a mop alternative. Just depends on which type !
butterthenugget · 2 points · Posted at 13:30:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm In the UK and have never heard that word before thanks for clarifying.
buffalophil113 · 143 points · Posted at 23:20:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife didn’t know how to use handheld can opener. Our electric one went out one day before dinner and she was attempting to open a can by just putting it on top of the can and rotating it. I was just like “what are you doing?”
🎙️ arual_x · 34 points · Posted at 23:23:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The number of can opener stories here is disturbing. I don’t know a single person with an electric can opener. It’s not a thing in the UK.
Korlat_Eleint · 22 points · Posted at 23:33:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know exactly one person with an electric can opener.
They are American, living in London.
oceanbreze · 5 points · Posted at 06:08:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to have wrist issues. A can opener was a painful experience. I found a battery operated one that literally rotates on its own like an electric. Wonderful. But they were cheaply made and died quickly.
Notebelow · 1 points · Posted at 19:36:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mum has arthritis so we have one for when she can’t use the regular one. Spends most of its life in the cupboard.
7deadlycinderella · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm American, grew up with an electric can opener.
They fucking suck, the crank kind are so much easier.
JCrayZ · 8 points · Posted at 03:32:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See, and I’ve got no clue how to use an electric one.
JBaker2010 · 7 points · Posted at 05:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went back to visit my parents a couple weeks ago and they have an electric one. I kept asking where her manual one was so I could open the cans! 😆😆
motoko_urashima · 5 points · Posted at 04:14:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh... I know how to use the manual one with the rolling cutter blade, but I don't know how to use the pocket knife or P-38 ones, I should probably learn that.
...I wonder if people don't know how to use a corkscrew? That seems a little more plausible to me for some reason
rasputinrasputin · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I can use any of them, but I only use P38s and P51s
missyb0123 · 3 points · Posted at 05:48:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've only ever used an electric one since I was a kid. At some point in college, my friend handed me a manual one and I just stared at it and the can in confusion. She was shocked, but kindly showed me how to use it. That was probably the last time I used a manual one.
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with electric can openers, but I switched so long ago that I forgot how to use them, and embarrassed myself in the opposite way.
Samthespunion · 2 points · Posted at 05:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly this is one of the more understandable ones if youve never seen anyone use one, i had to look up how to use those newer design ones that just crease the lid and you grab it off with the beak
MireilleMincher · 1 points · Posted at 10:34:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guilty here as well. Always had an electric growing up, but i knew about the handheld ones, just, never used it before. My husband was quite amused when he saw me struggle the first time.
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bf cringed the first few times I used his can opener. I only ever use the type that goes on the top and his is the older style that goes from the side. It didn’t help that his was very dull and I’m very weak compared to him. Even when I do it right, it looks like I’m struggling because it’s so tough.
LeChatNoir04 · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I got FURIOUS when I came to live in Canada and realised what americans/canadians use to open cans. It's so ridiculously over complicated, and so much work to wash it. My whole life I used what people here call a "manual" can opener instead of that stupid thing with 2 handles and rotating parts.
buffalophil113 · 1 points · Posted at 11:03:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ya I agree with ya. As an American, I think we definitely over engineer/over complicate everything.
Foreveragu · 45 points · Posted at 00:17:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roll his socks into a ball. Was seriously unable to pair his socks, hold the top of the opening and roll them together.
ABewilderedPickle · 3 points · Posted at 05:58:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 21 and figured this one out on accident just a few months ago!
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 06:24:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I roll mine into a ball unless they're long, like dress socks. It's simpler.
Ice222 · 49 points · Posted at 00:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During my first year dating my bf (now husband), he was living in another town and boarding with a family. The house rules were, anyone who lives or stays there have to help out around the house, and they were kind enough to allow me to visit on weekends, so I was no exception.
However, growing up with Asian parents who never using the dishwasher, and always using a dryer for laundry I didn't know how to do some of the chores. They ended up having a really good laugh at me when they found out that I had to google how to load a dishwasher and hang laundry.
I'm still glad I googled though - as straight forward as the tasks sound there's a lot of little nuances and unwritten rules. For example: having to rinse first, or putting things the right way in the right draw for the dishwasher. Or same with laundry, how to hang things to minimize creases or to flip clothes inside out so that colored clothing don't fade as fast.
TBTI · 3 points · Posted at 00:37:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My god I can relate....Asian here. Never once had the dryer or dishwasher on while growing up
shromkuc · 45 points · Posted at 01:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
slightly nsfw? A coworker of mine thought that “butt sex” just means that you like nestle your nethers between your partners two cheeks and just... that’s it. Laying across like an all-American hot dog.
dustbinflowers · 4 points · Posted at 09:13:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So sweet
littlebitsofspider · 3 points · Posted at 17:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anaconda + buns, hun.
robocop_robocop · 2 points · Posted at 10:05:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literal raw dog
alphafrick98 · 89 points · Posted at 00:52:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend 20 asked me 21 how I learn about engines I work on in my free time. The look on his face when I said I just read books and watch walkthroughs. He never thought about reading how to do things you’re interested in learning
ramirezoid · 7 points · Posted at 11:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We live in an age where the average person carries a gateway to unlimited information and training in their pocket. It's crazy how people lack the drive to take this resource and use it to familiarize themselves with new ideas.
1901pies · 6 points · Posted at 12:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean the Porn-O-Matic?
crazyashley1 · 1 points · Posted at 16:33:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We do, but the magical glow book is full of porn, fluff, broken links, and nonsense that sometimes, we just don't have the energy to flip thru to find the right link
alphafrick98 · 1 points · Posted at 18:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right? I’ve been asked to change people’s brakes, change oil, and other basic things and they ask how I do it or how I find out certain problems and it’s like “bro just use fucking google”. You can literally find a walkthrough on how to hammer in a nail properly.
AliveAndKickingAss · 5 points · Posted at 10:56:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Victorian era manuals are THE BEST, they describe everything in detail so even a moron could understand it.
Most of the things here have reminded me why I don't follow other newbs blindly when we're all starting a task and rather rely on my own ability to RTFM.
I can't tell you how often I've given my own unique answer with everyone else to turn and look at me like I'm the idiot, only for the professor/instructor to verify a minute later that I was the only one with the correct answer.
alphafrick98 · 1 points · Posted at 18:30:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Victorian era manuals for just the “for dummies” series lmao
LeluWater · 1 points · Posted at 08:14:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a pretty visual learner so unless I watched a video along with reading, everything I’ve read would be useless
freeashavacado · 86 points · Posted at 01:58:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Myself. A couple years ago. I’ve never had toast before, nor owned a toaster. My roomate let me borrow hers to try it. The toast popped up so I said “how do I get it out?” She sarcastically said that you use a fork. I figured she must be right, so I trapped a fork. She dove across the room to stop me from electrocuting myself
Snapdragon_fish · 7 points · Posted at 04:57:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have little wooden tongs specifically for taking the bread out of the toaster, but I think most people don't.
hulapants19 · 4 points · Posted at 05:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Those things are magic. I had them growing up. I need to get a new pair!!
skullturf · 1 points · Posted at 20:49:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is this possible?
freeashavacado · 1 points · Posted at 22:30:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a huge bread fan tbh.
Ryan_B999 · -11 points · Posted at 04:38:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as you were only using one hand you would’ve been fine. Just would’ve felt weird and maybe hurt a bit. -Someone who has sent the power from an outlet through their arm multiple times.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 3 points · Posted at 07:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s not true at all. You can get electrocuted even with using one hand. The electricity will go from your hand through your arm and out your feet into the ground.
Ryan_B999 · -5 points · Posted at 07:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Would that kill you though? Also why wouldn’t it go back out through your hand?
pM-me_your_Triggers · 3 points · Posted at 07:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not necessarily, although it could. More likely, you will get nasty burns where it enters and exits you, possibly internal damage as well.
And why would it exit back out your hand? The way electricity works is it travels from areas of high potential to areas of low potential when there is a conductive path. The toaster elements are areas of high potential, the ground is the low potential, you are the conductive path.
Ryan_B999 · -3 points · Posted at 07:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk. I’m basing my guesses off my experience with outlets, where it traveled about 3/4 of the way up my arm (felt like along the nerves but may have just felt that more) and then went back down and out. I was wearing shoes at the time though, not sure if that would prevent it going to the ground.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 3 points · Posted at 07:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s probably just the way you felt it.
immibis · 1 points · Posted at 19:17:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's still not safe
MrStraube · 129 points · Posted at 23:43:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in a suburb of Phoenix. Every single house had a dishwasher. When I moved out from my parents house I got a small place in Los Angeles with a friend and for the first time I had to do the dishes by hand.
One night I was knocking out a sink full of dirty dishes and my roommate comes in and rinsed his hands under the faucet for a second. He looked at me like I was insane, and asked why in the hell I was washing the dishes in cold water.
cyanidelemonade · 13 points · Posted at 01:29:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you never unload the dishwasher before? The dishes are warm if you get to it quick enough
Josephdalepi · 20 points · Posted at 02:16:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most dishwashers use heat to dry your dishes, so that's not why they're warm unless you're putting them away wet
cyanidelemonade · 10 points · Posted at 02:22:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha now that you mention it, maybe my dishwasher was just not very good, because some of the dishes would still be steamy or wet
sugar_free_candy · 1 points · Posted at 20:51:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your dishwasher is probably fine. If you don't add a Rinse-Aid type product to your dishwasher, they will be wet. Rinse-aid helps the dishes dry.
ChocoJesus · 17 points · Posted at 03:20:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never understood why people wash all their dishes in hot water. I don't use cold water, usually just something slightly warm
The heat doesn't kill bacteria, the soap does
The only time I actually use hot water (and not warm) is when I'm cleaning something greasy
...have I been washing my dishes wrong? I also always assumed dishwashers used hot water because it can clean more efficiently then cold water and dishwashers are not scrubbing dishes, just spraying water at them.
menialfucker · 40 points · Posted at 04:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes hot water is heavily suggested to wash dishes. You should use very warm water when you do dishes. It helps get gunk off faster than cold water by thinning out grease and oil and other gunk so the soap can "grab" it easier and get it off a surface. You can't do that with cold water as easily and the amount of scrubbing you have to do drastically cuts down when you use warmer water.
RazorRadick · 3 points · Posted at 09:26:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I clean my cast iron pan I get it good and hot on the stove then hit it with water. It steams instantly and everything comes off with two strokes of the brush, no matter how stuck on. Don’t even need to use soap most times. Hot water FTW.
Calgaris_Rex · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:33 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're not supposed to use soap on cast iron anyway. The soap will ruin the cure. Just hot water and elbow grease, and dry on the stove.
MC_Cookies · 29 points · Posted at 04:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yeah the hotter the water is, the easier it is to get crap off of a dish.
You're wasting time and water if you don't make the water as hot as you can stand
19fourtywhatever · 11 points · Posted at 03:36:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup doing it wrong
definitely_depressed · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let's say you only have cold water, what then?
Milkshake03 · 2 points · Posted at 12:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just throw the dirty dishes in the bin. Who needs those?
incubuds · 1 points · Posted at 16:08:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't ever really get the dishes squeaky clean. I lived in a trailer for a while and we didn't have a sewer hookup where we were parked so we tried cleaning our dishes in a series of buckets. We had hot water but it cooled very quickly out in the open air and all of our dishes were still oily after we rinsed them. (Yes, even though we changed the water out several times.)
Mangonesailor · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then your shit isn't as clean as it could be.
jesskargh · 5 points · Posted at 09:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good answers below, I just want to add they dry faster with hot water too
crazyashley1 · 3 points · Posted at 16:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its not for bacteria but for degreasing (or decheesing, desyruping, or just plain degunking) heat makes the mess come off faster.
Mangonesailor · 2 points · Posted at 01:00:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
While true that the heat doesn't kill the bacteria, there are all sorts of nooks and crannies in metal and other materials that are opened up when you use hot water. This helps get the soap inside there and get things clean.
Ever ate somewhere and the food tastes soapy? It's because they didn't rinse with hot water. Everything shrank and trapped in the soaps in the material. Then when they cooked all that shit flowed out and into your food.
KnottaBiggins · 1 points · Posted at 14:50:07 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
This.
Adjust the temperature to feel comfortable to your hands, but definitely use soap.
postcoitaltechnoboog · -2 points · Posted at 11:04:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Soap doesn't kill bacteria either
LillianVJ · 2 points · Posted at 13:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Technically, and more down to how mild soap is and how it functions. Soap is really not nearly as deadly to microbes as some other cleaning stuff so there are plenty of microbes that have learned to survive soap as its been around a LONG time, but what it does do is grab onto microbes and gunk, which then all goes with the soap when you wash it off.
pizzelle · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up handwashing dishes with really hot water even before I started to use gloves. Then once at an aunts house she said only the dish washer gets hot enough to kill bacteria. I struggled with this for most of my life but continuing to hand wash with very hot water till recently I've said f it I dont want to wait for the water to heat up if it doesn't even "kill bacteria". I'll still use hot water for greasy things though. All with soap of course.
MC_Cookies · 2 points · Posted at 04:06:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wait but like what about pots and pans and stuff? I've always had a dishwasher, but you still need to wash that by hand
MoreThan2_LessThan21 · 4 points · Posted at 05:57:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pots and pans can generally go in the dishwasher. Notable exception would be cast iron.
Cysioland · 2 points · Posted at 12:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or Teflon
MC_Cookies · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But what if there’s gunk that’s cooked on? I’ve never had a dishwasher that can get off some of the more stuck on stuff
MrLakelynator · 3 points · Posted at 09:05:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people will just scrub that stuck on stuff off, then pop it in the dishwasher. Some dishwasher detergents are insanely effective (I had a dishwasher tablet that blasted everything off my dishes. I was happily horrified.)
brew_sip_conquer · 3 points · Posted at 09:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell me more about this tablet, please.
MrLakelynator · 2 points · Posted at 11:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, hah, I don't know if it's just a thing where I am?
But it's just the Finish Powerball Classic? Or something iunno lol.
I look like a shill, I'm sure there are better dishwasher tablets. But that was the first I've tried, and I sorta threw a couple dishes I wasn't expecting to get properly cleaned, and they were spotless.
Cysioland · 2 points · Posted at 12:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No need to apologize. Finish is the shit
sugar_free_candy · 1 points · Posted at 20:53:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dishes should be washed in warm to hot water to melt the grease etc. but rinsing dishes in cold water is the way to go. Suds rinses off better in cold. Same reason as to why a washing machine rinse cycle is cold water.
beardedalien013 · 162 points · Posted at 00:56:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh boy, here we go.
So, 3 years ago I married the woman of my dreams. She's an incredible physician, beautiful, intelligent, the whole 9 yards.
However, she's always been daddy's little princess.
So we moved in, the house is ready, everything is in place.
She's a very kind person and likes to please people. So she decides she'll make me some coffee (coffee addict here).
We have a Nespresso machine that I used once a week because I'm as cheap as possible and don't waste it. But I digress.
She asks what I want, I tell her, all is well. Until I started to smell smoke.
This gorgeous, incredible physician didn't know that coffee needs water to be done.
Long story short, my Nespresso machine started to smoke and got pretty much destroyed.
Her response? "I know we have to use water to make coffee, but I didn't know you needed that in a Nespresso machine"
FYI: she bought me a new one 2 weeks later.
thisismybraintalking · 7 points · Posted at 05:02:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did she think it would just draw moisture out of the air somehow!?
MissMockingbirdie · 6 points · Posted at 05:43:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe she thought it was one with a water line or a prefilled reservoir?
thisismybraintalking · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well then apparently I know nothing about fancy coffee machines lol
MissMockingbirdie · 4 points · Posted at 06:09:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a lot of different varieties, that's part of the problem :P some can be hooked up to your plumbing, some like keurigs have a water reservoir you fill every few cups, and some you have to manually fill each time. It sounds like she should have known since OP clarified that her dad had one like it for years, but tbh I don't use another person's coffee machine until they've explained how it works, just to be safe.
beardedalien013 · 2 points · Posted at 13:59:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine is the one you refill after 3 or 4 cups. And I didn't know those machines could be hooked to the plumbing. The more you know, right?
But you're right. I don't touch anything before I know how it works.
zer1-1 · 11 points · Posted at 01:07:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well,it makes sense if she never used one I guess. At least I would have done same.
beardedalien013 · 10 points · Posted at 01:08:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her father has one for ages now. Forgot to add that fact.
zer1-1 · -1 points · Posted at 01:26:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay
tarabithia22 · 3 points · Posted at 05:54:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Usually there is a water reservoir though. I give her a pass on this one.
motoko_urashima · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, I have no idea how those commercial (Bunn®) coffee machines work. With a normal coffeemaker you put water in (2 cups in, 2 cups out), but the commercial versions are hooked directly into city water supply, that part I figured out... The magic is how the machine knows when the jug, uh, caraffe? Is full? I looked for a dial or something but didn't find one so I just never fiddled with them just in case I caused a fifty gallon coffee spill :p
archetype4 · 3 points · Posted at 05:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They use the same amount of water every time by restricting the flow from the waterline and running it for the exact same time each time.
That's also why you always use the provided carafe(or bigger if it fits) since they're sized for the amount of water the machine uses.
somewhereoutinspace · 1 points · Posted at 14:37:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She probably thought it was one of the models with an internal reservoir.
crazyashley1 · 1 points · Posted at 16:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old office had a waterline in Keurig. I'd probably make the the same mistake early in the morning if I didn't think to ask if it was line in.
Super-Homework · 196 points · Posted at 21:50:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college, my fraternity just got done with initiation. So, it was time to clean the basement while the newly-minted brothers showered and celebrated.
I was in charge of the hazing, so I was in charge of the cleaning. It was simple, the basement we were in had been cleaned out prior, and was just concrete walls and floors. Easy cleanup was the goal.
I hand a mop (not really a mop, more of a bristled brush on a stick, the proper name escapes me) to one of the brothers, and 5 minutes later I look up from my own labor and see this dude like...blotting the mixture of soap, water and filth on the floor.
"Dude, you go to top US university, and you don't know how to clean a damn floor?"
He was an Indian guy, raised with stupid amounts of wealth, and always had servants to do shit like this. We laughed and after a brief demonstration, he proved his competence.
Just wanna get out in front of the kind of comments I'm expecting: He wasn't an asshole, he did his job once he saw how to do it. He just never had to before.
🎙️ arual_x · 184 points · Posted at 21:56:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
“A bristled brush on a stick”
... do you... do you mean a broom?
ofBlufftonTown · 8 points · Posted at 03:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a stiffly bristled brush on a stick with the hot water/soap mixture for mopping when the floor is really dirty; it’s not a broom, it’s a stiffly bristled mop, basically, that you can just scrub the floor with brutally. —signed, someone at the equator who must be ever vigilant or THE BUGS WILL COME.
Super-Homework · 34 points · Posted at 00:10:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I'm retarded. I was thinking "wet application" so broom didn't come to mind.
I didn't take my ADHD meds today so I'm a little slow.
BassBeerNBabes · 33 points · Posted at 00:50:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're called deck brushes.
Respect4All_512 · 11 points · Posted at 02:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL. Mom called them push brooms. Though I don't think I've used one designed to be used with water, the one we had for for like sweeping leaves off the driveway.
rocketman0739 · 6 points · Posted at 02:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's fine, "push broom" is also correct.
BassBeerNBabes · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotcha, yeah I pictured a deck brush.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh those! I call that scrub brush on stick. :)
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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BassBeerNBabes · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh, I figured it came from being used on ships.
breannasaurusrexalot · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, they're just different things lol
🎙️ arual_x · 56 points · Posted at 00:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend. Friend. Don’t be daft. Never retarded.
Also. “Wet Application”... Name of your sex tape.
williams1753 · 7 points · Posted at 04:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wet Application... a Dick Brush Production
dararie · 8 points · Posted at 00:51:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Scrub brush is the one you use with water
hpnut326 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He was using soap and water with a broom? I was picturing a toilet scrubber
ThiefofNobility · 6 points · Posted at 03:01:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly no I think he means a deck brush.
breannasaurusrexalot · 4 points · Posted at 04:24:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deck brush is the phrase y'all are looking for :)
AliveAndKickingAss · 2 points · Posted at 11:00:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm gonna market this gadget to newbs as "Scrub on a stick"
Dusk9K · 18 points · Posted at 01:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my first job as a waitress, I had to ask how to mop. My chores at home were cleaning my room, which had a carpet, and mostly barn and outdoor things. I could cook, clean, etc...but I had never mopped, especially with one of those big industrial mops with the squeeze thing in the bucket. Three years at that job in high school and college and my boss there never let me live that down. He'd tell everyone, "I had to teach her to mop! But at least I only had to show her once." So I suppose he was nice about it.
ThiefofNobility · 5 points · Posted at 03:03:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dont feel bad. I've taught many a teenager to mop working in kitchens on and off in life as side work.
Snapdragon_fish · 5 points · Posted at 04:41:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, squeeze mops work completely differently from other mops. In my house, we swept the kitchen everyday, but mopping was a once a month task using lots of water and rags to wet and scrub the entire floor and then dry it with more rags. Now I just have an off-brand swiffer, which is a lot easier.
Silver2324 · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Similar uni experience but in dorms i was getting along well with this guy and happy to make a new friend and he wanted to know if star wars or star trek was better (please don't start on this) but I haven't seen enough of either for a proper opinion so I told him so. He got upset and started saying shit and then dragging a show I had confided was close to my heart for personal and family reasons through the mud because I didn't give him a satisfactory answer, and if he could have an opinion on that why couldn't I form and opinion for his question? I ended up leaving. Came back later when I'd cooled off (wasn't about to cause a scene), and he starts asking if I'm done being so girly and emotional. Told him I wanted a proper apology, and he kept acting like being a woman made me unable to take his actions. No, it was the way you used information I told you against me for stupid shit. He did the thing kids do when they aren't sorry. Skip to later when he asks me where the dish soap and cloths are. I tell him he had to bring his own and let him use mine.
Friend had to teach her roommate how to operate a laundry machine that week too (instructions clearly on the machine).
Other friends completely turned over a couple other friends' room because they were tired of how unkempt it was. Turns out one didn't even know he had sheets in his drawer and had been sleeping on the mattress protector (UNIVERSITY DORMS, so likely 30+ years old if not more) for the last 6-7 months.
KimLizLaw · 1 points · Posted at 18:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is a manger in a food distribution warehouse. Stuff falls, messes are made, life happens. But the rule is: you drop it; you clean it. We’re talking who pallets worth of stuff.
My husband has had to teach literal dozen of young guys how to mop now. I’ve heard so many stories. Some just dip in water, smack on floor, dip in water, smack on floor, repeat. Ending with a mess plus tons of water. Some don’t know they have to clean up the big things before mopping. It seems they all just pick up a mop and push water and dirt around.
It’s happened enough the my husband has recommended that basic cleaning now be added to new-hire training.
badmonbadmon · 189 points · Posted at 01:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
During a live cooking class a few years back, I watched a 35 year old man exclaim ‘woahh! this salt just made this soup taste more intense, like more flavorful! I thought salt just made things salty!’
I thought he was joking at first, my back was turned to him when he said it. I turned around and recognized the childlike wonder in his eyes and genuine expression of amazement.
I didn’t even have the heart to make fun of him. Fucking astounding. Homeboy literally didn’t know what salt does to food.
surprisedbanana · 27 points · Posted at 03:24:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are many people who don't understand salt. So many just think it's bad for you and that you just need to train your tastebuds to not want salt, or that enough of other spices means salt isn't necessary, as you are getting flavour from them. All I can say is I'm pleased these people aren't cooking for me
DallySleep · 12 points · Posted at 07:20:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly. Loads of people don’t know this. Often your main experience with salt as a kid is on joy chips and it makes them salty. Therefore salt makes things salty. I was also well into adulthood when a chef explained to me that salt shouldn’t be a flavour of its own, it just brings out flavour of the food.
crazyashley1 · 4 points · Posted at 16:02:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who salts her salt, I do not understand this
bounce-bounce-jump · 8 points · Posted at 03:22:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I discovered this at 28, I shit you not.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 05:37:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How tho? I was today years old when I learned that people don't know what salt does to food, like bruh what
pM-me_your_Triggers · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To me, more salt just equals salty food. I grew up with not a ton of salt in my food, so most food already tastes super salty to me.
NoninflammatoryFun · 4 points · Posted at 06:00:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sorry, I don’t understand tho. No sarcasm.
DallySleep · 5 points · Posted at 07:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I replied above, but essentially salt and pepper are meant to bring out the flavour of the food, not create their own flavour (not make things salty - that means you’ve used too much).
Candour_Pendragon · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:16 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
With salt I can kind of understand, but pepper?? People say it and salt in the same breath so often, but that's a literal spice, not salt's equivalent.
Whenever there's pepper on food, I find the little grains of it and they taste, surprise, like pepper. They don't do anything to the food around them; just when I accidentally bite on them it's an unwelcome explosion of pungency. How are you saying they're supposed to somehow "bring out" a completely different flavour they do not themselves possess? Makes no sense to me.
incubuds · 3 points · Posted at 16:01:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah a lot of people don't use spices when they cook, so adding salt just makes things salty because there's no other flavor
DukesOfTatooine · 1 points · Posted at 15:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like someone in his life regularly oversalted things.
RazorRadick · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:49 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least in America they’ve been telling us for the last 40 years that salt (and fat) is bad for us and don’t use it. What do you expect?
ConfectorSdZ · 43 points · Posted at 00:47:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Spoke to a random kid I met in Turkey. Didn’t have a clue who Hitler was. The fact that the authoritarian leader of his country has gained power in the exact way Hitler had, made me realize that many people don’t learn from history because they simply don’t know it.
Edit: read the question wrong. This answer doesn’t really fit, but whatever
crystalishappy · 41 points · Posted at 06:32:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-BF was a hopeless baby adult. Some faves:
-He called me the first time he tried to follow a recipe. He wanted to know if we had any more cumin. I told him there was a brand new container. He said he used it all...um...what? He misunderstood the abbreviations and put a WHOLE CONTAINER of cumin into a pot of chili and was looking for more to make it a FULL CUP.
-Regular dish soap in the dishwasher. Bubbles everywhere.
-Left the iron on for 4 days.
BEST OF ALL:
-He went on a long trip abroad. After a couple of weeks he shipped a package back to the States to lighten his load. In the package? His passport.
teacupreading · 10 points · Posted at 12:36:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m glad you wrote “ex-bf”.
crystalishappy · 3 points · Posted at 14:19:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah he had some growing up to do. So did I! Not a good combo.
ProfBlossom · 4 points · Posted at 12:45:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow, the last bit is really amazing. What happened when he tried to return home?
crystalishappy · 11 points · Posted at 14:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was pretty wild actually. He ended up figuring out what he’d done and went back to the post office. The package was already gone but they tracked it for him. He ended up renting a car and driving hours across a huge chunk of Australia to intercept it. It took some begging and several alternate forms of ID (and some getting laughed at by postal workers) but they let him open the package and get his passport out.
Bodia01 · 3 points · Posted at 19:20:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How was the chili?
crystalishappy · 3 points · Posted at 00:20:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told myself I would eat it to support him. I got a bite close to my mouth but the smell was so overpowering I gave up. From the smell, I’m guessing there was a similar misunderstanding about the black pepper.
acabaramosman · 78 points · Posted at 00:53:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In High school, the philosophy teacher, who was sitting in the main desk with a computer turned on, asked me for a calculator because she was averaging the grades of the students. I replied that I have no problem lending it to her, but she was in front of a computer, they have a calculator (basically they are huge calculators)
Her replay was that the PC were too stupid and simple to have something like a calculator built in.
I had to show her just got easy it is if you just write "calculator" in the windows tab.
dorvann · 6 points · Posted at 03:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most cellphones have calculators too. Mine does and it is just a flip non-smartphone.
ParadoxInABox · 5 points · Posted at 06:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait until she learns about Excel!
LukeSniper · 3 points · Posted at 12:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This woman probably should not have been a teacher.
turboshitposter3000 · 1274 points · Posted at 20:42:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, when they said "Wear a facemask, make it cover both your mouth and nose, don't touch it, wash your hands and stay home"?
Yeah, simple instructions, and a whole load of people can't follow them properly. That is messed up.
🎙️ arual_x · 435 points · Posted at 20:52:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally saw a picture of a guy that had taken off his latex gloves WITH HIS MOUTH to play with his phone whilst waiting in a queue.
weesypeesy · 38 points · Posted at 22:25:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw a women eating with a pair of disposable gloves. When she finished she took them off, folded them and put them back in her bag....
Gonzobot · 13 points · Posted at 01:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I routinely see people lick their fingers to dole out their cash money to buy things. Every goddamn day it happens. Even when the cashier literally recoils in horror from the moistened bill, douses it in sanitizer, and leaves it to dry before wiping down the entire register area, they still lick their goddamn fingers to dole out their cash money. Get a fucking debit card you actual cretin, what the hell, oh my god, sincerely every single person you're viscerally disturbing.
Kyla_420 · 42 points · Posted at 21:17:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny thing about that is that I work in a hospital and wear latex gloves all day and I can still use my touch screen with the gloves on so he took them off for no reason. If they were latex or nitrile, the touch screen will still work.
chevymonza · 21 points · Posted at 00:52:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's one thing if you work in a hospital, but I don't see the point of the gloves for everybody else. They protect your hands from germs, but you can wash your hands and use sanitizer. Otherwise, people use the gloves to touch everything, then their phones, their faces, their food, etc. Defeats the purpose.
Aspy17 · 6 points · Posted at 05:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The skin on my hands splits open when I wash my hands with the soap found in public restrooms. Contact with bleach and other disinfecting cleaners will cause the same. I wear nitrile gloves when I go out. Just a reason why you might see some people wearing gloves. The condition is called dishydrotic eczema.
Amelia_Bedelia_Rocks · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have this too! It gets so much worse in the winter, thanks for the tip, I've just been washing my hands more and it's been awful.
ABewilderedPickle · 7 points · Posted at 02:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually sometimes they don't fit right so you have wrinkles in the gloves making it more difficult to accurately use touch screens.
Morning0Lemon · 7 points · Posted at 01:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a lady at the store pull her mask down and LICK HER FINGER so she could open a produce bag.
azulweber · 5 points · Posted at 03:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the other day i watched a woman stick her hand under her mask to cough into it and then just wiped her hands off on her pants...
akiramari · 3 points · Posted at 00:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If people would just think about the purpose of the gloves in this case - they're not doing surgery and preventing blood getting onto their hands... not that they should put those in their mouth either! And people don't even take their gloves off properly with their hands lol
adequateatlife · 2 points · Posted at 01:08:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That made me gag. More than the covid swab test did.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 21:46:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/makemesuffer
PartTimeKhajiit · 124 points · Posted at 21:04:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see SO many people wear their mask below their nose... Like what is the point???
SpaTowner · 16 points · Posted at 00:18:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recall seeing a picture of people on an aeroplane when the oxygen masks had been deployed. Most of the people had them only covering their mouths.
Found it. https://metro.co.uk/2018/04/19/proof-that-people-dont-listen-to-airplane-safety-announcements-anymore-7480398/
iamonlyoneman · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the point is you aren't expelling drops from your nose, you breathe down. You talk and your Ps and Ts send stuff flying so you cover that. Also it may not fog your glasses as much.
Spitballing here but that's the only thing i can think that halfway makes sense. There are signs everywhere though with instructions how to wear masks these days.
williams1753 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It has to to be more uncomfortable that wearing it correctly.
blue-eyed-bear · 89 points · Posted at 20:54:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of people wearing the masks below their chin astounds me.
cATSup24 · 21 points · Posted at 22:58:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife got coughed on by a woman who did that at a blood draw lab. A lady who then went up to the receptionist's desk to ask if that's where they did COVID tests... despite the sign on the door that said "we do not test for COVID here."
I'm just glad I was waiting in the car with my daughter instead of witnessing it, because if I had seen that I'd have flipped out on that cow in no time flat.
XxsquirrelxX · 16 points · Posted at 21:44:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw someone wearing their mask ON THEIR FUCKING FOREHEAD!!!!
Unless they were an alien trying to disguise themselves, there’s no reason I can think of to do that. Even when I pull mine down to take a breather after pushing heavy stuff, I put it down on my chin.
Provokateur · 9 points · Posted at 00:53:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The people who don't cover their nose are idiots. Those people are just doing it to passive-agressively protest "this store I'm in forces me to wear a mask, but I'm not going to do it in anyway that actually prevents disease spread!"
So, also idiots, I guess. Nevermind.
bbynug · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The thing is, wearing it just over their mouth actually does help prevent them from spreading the disease to others because it blocks droplets which are the primary way COVID is transmitted. Leaving their nose exposed just puts them at higher risk for catching the virus because, y’know, we breath through our noses. So they’re basically just fucking themselves over. Still pisses me off when I see it.
thick_thighs005 · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do this when I'm social distancing but might need to put on a mask soon (e.g. going for a run).
Silver2324 · 2 points · Posted at 06:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Since I bike most place I do this while riding because it's tough to get enough air while exercising. Once I get off to shop or whatever though it's on.
robot-pp · 10 points · Posted at 00:49:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
takes off mask to talk
BBT-DRK-AEE · 7 points · Posted at 02:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am an infection Preventionist at a hospital. Masks and other personal protective equipment are a big part of my job. My boss has been in the office twice since March (she’s working from home, that’s a whole other thing), and both times has worn the mask incorrectly. The first time she had the top flipped down so it wasn’t covering her nose. Today she had the bottom flipped up so it covered just down to her bottom lip, but slipped up off her mouth when she talked. The director of infection prevention ladies and gentlemen.
Respect4All_512 · 7 points · Posted at 00:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep. Noses out all over the place. I now know why we can't get birth control right either.
alittlehurricane · 5 points · Posted at 01:26:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a guy in line at Walmart pull his mask down so he could eat bbq chicken with his gloves still on. It was absolutely revolting.
XxsquirrelxX · 12 points · Posted at 21:42:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m guilty of breaking the “don’t touch it” rule, but I think I have a naturally sensitive face because goddamn does my face itch a lot. No other part of my body, sans my underparts in the hot weather, have ever itched like my face does.
But at least I can follow the “cover your mouth and nose” rule which half of all the people I’ve seen can’t even do.
Linnywtf · 10 points · Posted at 23:53:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
So many fucking old people in my town who have no idea and/or are just wankers. 50% of them wear a mask but only on their mouth (their nose is outside the mask). Most of them don't give a fuck about distancing and just barge past everyone else, whilst ignoring my simple commands. It gives me humungous pleasure to wait until they have walked all the way up the wrong way in my store to tell them they have to go all the way back down again.
Klaudiapotter · 10 points · Posted at 03:04:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old people who don't take this seriously are a big part of why this has gone on for so long
blueberrycoco · 3 points · Posted at 01:43:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a low infection country but complained that I couldn't get my favourite ramen while visiting my family because it was in a busy mall and I can't eat noodles with a mask.
Dad says, "just drive me there and I'll pick it up takeaway for you, then we'll go home"
??? And just infect me on the car ride home? That's not how any of this works
sodeanki · 3 points · Posted at 01:50:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a door dasher who “wears” a mask... with his whole nose exposed
littlejugs · 4 points · Posted at 00:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to the doctors office and they had some cheap masks you put on when you show up and the thing was frustratingly small and it was the biggest one they had. I’m a fairly small guy as well and the thing struggled to cover both nose and mouth without feeling one was about to be uncovered constantly. Still no excuse though
Echospite · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of pictures I see of people with masks on, but pulled down... just. why did you bother.
Storm137 · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I keep seeing people wearing them around their chins.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen people cutting holes in their masks to “make it easier to breathe...”
PrivilegeCheckmate · 1 points · Posted at 18:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, so hard. Especially if you have a beard, which means anywhere from 5-20 minutes into wearing a mask I'm eating hair.
[deleted] · -4 points · Posted at 21:37:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
B-b-but the LIBRULZ!
edit: /s, obviously
abkell233 · 36 points · Posted at 01:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked in the woods doing conservation and land surveying work on a 3 man crew. All of us 19-23 Living in the woods for 6 months; doing general camping tasks on top of our 8-10 hour work days. One of the guys on my crew just baffled me with the things he didn’t know how to do. Everything that I’d known and said and done since I was 5 years old was brand new to him, I don’t know how he’s made it this far in life. Normal kid, no developmental issues or home life issues. Just hadn’t done anything with himself except play basketball (badly) and watch history documentaries that he’d quote at random times, but did awful in school because he couldn’t retain information longer than his 30 second attention span.
Couldn’t use a twist can opener/had never even seen one, was amazed that a stick that had just been in the fire burned him, would cut towards himself or over his fingers with knives, couldn’t figure out multiple card games rated 8yo-up, would swing heavy metal trail working tools around without any regard for people’s heads regardless of how many times we’d tell him to watch himself, swore he’d gone camping his whole life but couldn’t set up a 1 man tent even after being shown and lead through the process a good dozen times, didn’t know how to cook anything (I’m talking couldn’t warm up rice and beans without messing it up), he would ask questions akin to those that a curious 3 year old would ask and then when you’d tell him something was wrong or not possible he’d give you an answer like “well I think it could work, it would work like that cause I thought about it really hard.” He would harass people and “flirt” with women to the point that I’d have to intervene and walk him away while the person he was talking to asked if there was something wrong with him
It got to the point where myself and my crew manager had to request that he was taken off of our team because we were having to hold his hand and babysit him through even the simplest of tasks.
crazyashley1 · 4 points · Posted at 16:48:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have to disagree after reading this.
abkell233 · 2 points · Posted at 17:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yeahhhh, I should’ve said no disagnosed developmental issues
But he was from a well off family, with a lawyer father and a mother in medical distribution, so just the thought that they’d ignore or not see any issues he could have baffles me a bit; especially as all of his siblings seemed pretty normal comparatively lol
heffaloop · 2 points · Posted at 17:16:20 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've known families who just can't handle an ID (intellectual disability, which used to be called retardation) diagnosis. To the point that they revoke consent for the testing, which as far as the school system goes, makes it like it never happened. One family I know has done it twice now (got him tested, freaked out when they got the results and revoked consent, then two years later requested the testing again).
A lot of the behavior described reminds me of kids I've known who are ID. Especially if no one ever explained it to the kid themselves, which yeah, some families actually do.
kebbi4291 · 35 points · Posted at 03:17:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Something I did, unfortunately. Went away to college and started panicking after a few days because whoa, weird, my hairbrush is CONSTANTLY filling with hair. I have very thick, long hair, and I thought I was getting sick or going bald because my hairbrush was completely covered in hair.
Turns out that for my entire life up until that point, my brother had been cleaning out my hairbrush almost every day because it totally grossed him out to see it covered in hair. I never knew that cleaning out a hairbrush was a thing you had to do and never once cleaned mine out until I was 18. Not sure where I thought the hair went after each time I used the brush... My mom and brother still make fun of me for this a decade+ later.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 04:45:08 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can relate--with your brother--I often cleaned out my sister's brush, but you don't deserve that much grief for this--when people constantly clean up after others, they set them up for things like this.
(not implying anything about you BTW, just in general)
swansung · 37 points · Posted at 03:37:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What I'm learning from this thread is that rich kids are absolutely unbearable to live with.
[deleted] · 39 points · Posted at 07:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little brother used to not know the months of the year. As an adult. Like if you went up to him and said, “it’s September, what month is next?” He would have no fucking clue. His excuse is that he never had a reason to know them. I used to tease him for it all the time.
One day he invited me out to dinner, and I get to the restaurant and sit at a table waiting for him. So he shows up, and he looks me in the eye and very sternly says, “January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Fuck you!”
And that was the most deserved “fuck you” I ever felt. It shook me to my core, but god damn was I proud.
joshawwa · 3 points · Posted at 07:33:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're a good brother, use of foresight is an important lesson to learn. I struggle with it sometimes, but I cared enough to learn months, at least. Can't imagine the turning point for him would be all that flattering. Was proving himself and telling you off the reason for the dinner? Sounds like yall have a good relationship, anyway.
Paardenlul88 · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 32 and I still have trouble with this. It's like some part of my brain that does this kind of stuff automatically is not working.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 16:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think a lot more people are dyslexic (and otherwise neuroatypical) than are diagnosed
Boogyin1979 · 99 points · Posted at 00:42:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Every time I walk into a restaurant/mall/store/rest stop bathroom and 2 out of 3 guys exit without washing their hands.
66% of your husband's have pee and poo on their hands and then touch your face/hair/hands/other bits and it's fucking foul.
Edit spelling. Thanks for pointing that out haha
VelcroSirRaptor · 12 points · Posted at 05:25:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s certainly for the birds.
caffein8dnotopi8d · 2 points · Posted at 08:46:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I couldn’t figure out why that sentence looked so off so thx for making that clear for me hahaha
AliveAndKickingAss · 7 points · Posted at 10:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This irks me more than words can describe.
Repeated research reveals this disgusting behavior (and more) but you're such a bitch for double-checking if everyone washed their hands before handling your food.
JBaker2010 · 5 points · Posted at 06:06:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't be chicken - tell us how you really feel!
missunicorn279 · 3 points · Posted at 13:51:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day
Ollie2696 · 147 points · Posted at 01:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Use an electric kettle to make coffee.
I worked at a luxury hotel in Scotland and a group of Texan ladys come through, "Real housewives of Texas" types, I showed one to the room and she asked if we could bring her coffee in the morning. I said no as it was too early and noone would be working yet but theres a kettle and coffee in your room.
When I told her it was French press she asked how that worked, so I explained and she still looked confused so i ran through it with her again step by step. I told her to boil the kettle, add the coffee, add the water, pushed the filter down and it's done.
The she asked me something along the lines of "so how do I use the kettle?" I was a little dumbfounded because how have you gone 45 years without switching on a kettle?? Any way I went through that step by step fill it with water, close the lid, press the button, and wait. Then she hits me with "how will I know the waters boiled" so I tell it switches itself off and makes a loud click. She was quite impressed by that.
Tipped big, lovely lady, might be a sim that breached the gap into the real world.
Silaquix · 83 points · Posted at 02:00:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in Texas and can tell you 90% of people do not drink hot tea. Even when they get iced tea it's generally from a restaurant. You can literally pull up to restaurants and buy it by the gallon. Most people do not own a kettle here. It's a shame because so many people are missing out on good tea.
contrary_wise · 15 points · Posted at 03:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm. Have never made hot tea in my life. I have had it at tea parties, events etc but I didn’t like it enough to go to the trouble to make it for myself. I do make and drink iced sweet tea by the gallon. And most people I have met have an automatic coffee maker that handles the whole process of heating the water, dripping it over the coffee and into a carafe. I know a handful of people who have French presses but they are all very into coffee. I think this was more of a cultural divide. I realize that iced tea is an oddity, or at best a summer only thing for the northern states and overseas. However, in the southern US it is warm enough year-round to warrant it. Then, whatever you are used to is what you want no matter what the climate - I drink iced tea even when traveling to Colorado and other cold places.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 7 points · Posted at 10:25:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, wait, how do you get to the end product of iced tea without making tea??
crazyashley1 · 4 points · Posted at 16:00:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boil like 4 teabags on the stove in a pot, pour into already made sugar water in a pitcher (or just water, and dissolve the sugar as you add tea. Put on lid. Place in fridge. Enjoy
Honestlynina · 3 points · Posted at 03:00:49 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ew, not sugar water. I love iced tea but never with sugar.
crazyashley1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:08:42 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bro, I'm like Tulio and Miguel right now. Both. Both are good.
KimLizLaw · 5 points · Posted at 18:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“southern Ice Tea”
contrary_wise · 2 points · Posted at 01:29:00 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never owed a tea kettle. I grew up using the method of boiling tea bags & sugar in water in a pot on the stove top, then pour in a gallon pitcher and add cold water. Once I moved into my own place, I got an iced tea maker, which functions similar to a coffee maker. I highly recommend it for iced tea. So yes, to get to iced tea, you do have hot tea briefly but it’s not in an easily pourable form such as a kettle or tea pot. Technically there are instant iced tea mixes that you don’t have to boil, but they are an abomination.
cuteanddead · 11 points · Posted at 04:21:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People in Texas buy sweet tea from restaurants???? I’m in South Carolina and we’ve always made it on the stove. Like boil water, add tea bags, wait, add sugar and refrigerate. We don’t have kettle either but I am flabbergasted that people don’t make their own sweet tea at home lol
sSommy · 6 points · Posted at 07:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I'm from Texas, we make our own sweet tea. You can buy gallons at the store if you want, but it's not at all the "normal" way to do it.
Golddustofawoman · 3 points · Posted at 11:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most Texans do make their own tea at home. I feel like the only Texans who buy tea from a restaraunt like that must be rich or something unless they just decided to buy a gallon of tea with their food from Bill Miller's or something.
Silaquix · 2 points · Posted at 15:27:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah it's usually for people who either never learned how to make it on the stove or just don't have a stove. It's not like buying a gallon of sweet tea at chicken express is screaming rich
dumbandconcerned · 2 points · Posted at 16:07:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Greetings, fellow South Carolinian! Can confirm, same sweet tea process.
affemannen · 4 points · Posted at 12:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, you can buy ice tea in groceryshops. So you would never have to learn how to make tea if you only drink ice. At least here in Europe it's a thing carried everywhere.
KimLizLaw · 3 points · Posted at 18:40:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ice tea (and even ice coffee for that matter) are stocked in the refrigerator section of the grocery.
sugar_free_candy · 4 points · Posted at 20:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few months ago, I bought my first electric kettle and use it to make tea now. Live in the US. I can't believe I waited this long to buy one! I am 55.
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DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 14:10:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay but like.. some things are common sense. I was never taught how to do a lot of things but sometimes logic helps you do things properly.
foxandfawn94 · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:29 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wot
littlespawningflower · 10 points · Posted at 03:11:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think I had any idea there was such a thing as an electric kettle until I was in my 50s? Although I grew up in a rural area (in the US), as an adult I lived near a major city and just never saw one in use or even in a store. I probably first saw one on TV or in a movie and thought they were pretty cool, TBH, but I think I’ve only ever seen one in person once or twice. I’ve only ever used stove-top kettles. And I’m not at all surprised about that lady from Texas.
Ollie2696 · 8 points · Posted at 05:06:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has me questioning reality, I'm from New Zealand and I have lived in the UK on two separate occasions and did a bit of travelling while over there and everywhere I've been has had an electric kettle and finding out that apparently they just dont really exist in America has me speechless.
littlespawningflower · 3 points · Posted at 05:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know, right? I was surprised to find out about them and how ubiquitous they were outside the US. Once I realized how they work (and how cool they are), I was surprised and puzzled at why we just don’t know about them here.
dustbinflowers · 4 points · Posted at 08:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My thoughts too. In NZ you switch the jug on every time you walk past, because someone will be wanting a hot drink in the next five minutes. It is the most used appliance in the whole house. I get completely thrown by visitors who don't do hot drinks, it is the cornerstone of my cultural hospitality.
ratchet41 · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:25 on July 14, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a kettle that has a “keep warm” function – basically whenever the temp drops too much it’ll re-boil. Absolute lifesaver now that winter has decided to grace QLD with its presence.
a-real-life-dolphin · 5 points · Posted at 10:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's bizarre hey. I'm Aussie and when I moved to Canada we had to buy a kettle for our "fully furnished" apartment, because they're just not common there!
MissNannie91 · 8 points · Posted at 06:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being she's from the southern part of the US, she's used to iced tea. If she makes it herself, she most likely boils water in a pot on the stove. And people who aren't coffee aficionados typically wouldn't use a French press. Electric kettles aren't usually popular here. We happen to have one that is only used when we camp. Husband uses it for his coffee. We also use it to heat up water to wash dishes.
imagarment · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bahaha, if she makes it herself she probably has an iced tea maker. Which is like a giant mr coffee, except you put tea bags in it. Or sun tea.
WPI94 · 1 points · Posted at 17:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had one of those, seems ok!
LukeSniper · 3 points · Posted at 12:21:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I may be wrong, but I don't think electric kettles are terribly common in the US.
I honestly can't think of anyone I know, for a fact, has one. I know folks with coffee makers, stovetop kettles, etc, but to my knowledge I don't know anyone that has and uses an electric kettle.
DukesOfTatooine · 3 points · Posted at 15:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most people in the US have never seen an electric kettle. We make hot water pretty much exclusively by putting a non-electric kettle full of water onto the stove and waiting for it to get hot. I'm in my 40s and just met my first electric kettle last year.
sunforrest · 4 points · Posted at 02:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw a lot about that lately online (american woman making "british tea in the microwave ?!) I live in Canada, I've always owned a kettle and I was amazed this very simple kitchen item seems unknown south of the border...
tarabithia22 · 3 points · Posted at 06:15:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno, I'm 36 and Canadian, never had a kettle ever. Microwaves exist.
a-real-life-dolphin · 2 points · Posted at 10:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That video is fucking hilarious.
InfrequentlySober · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That last comment about her being a Sim that breached into the real world had me dying of laughter, cheers!
Ollie2696 · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're very welcome friend, your comment made my day!
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've used a real kettle, and a French press, but I've never used an electric kettle and probably wouldn't have fared much better. Then again, I'm basically a Sim.
shannofordabiz · 2 points · Posted at 21:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s so weird- how would you not know how to use a kettle.
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 21:13:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have to hold my hand up and admit that, although I am a coffee drinker, I don't really know how to work a French press. I know how to use an Espresso maker (the manual one), a coffee machine and obviously coffee grounds, but these things intimidate me. But holy shit, the kettle...
Calgaris_Rex · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:28 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Texans know how to make tea; most Southerners that can cook can handle this basic task.
She was confused because like 98% of Americans have never even heard of an electric kettle, let alone seen one.
MPHV51 · 391 points · Posted at 19:58:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a SO who was 29 when I married him, at that time had made me breakfast (scrambled eggs and toast), bbq dinner, and washed dishes. As of 1 year later he could not even cope with anything outside the garage and yard. Forgets all the time where things go in the kitchen, but god forbid you put something in the wrong place. (and it's considered MY kitchen). Don't marry or stay married to anyone who ghosts on chores. Now 32 yrs later he is finally doing the lunch dishes and vacuuming a little, he loves the Dyson stick vac. But only because I'm sick. I hope to feel better in a few months, I'm sure he will slack off eventually.
ILikeHoney1234 · 196 points · Posted at 20:19:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend is marrying a guy who doesn't lift a finger. I'm not sure how long the marriage is going last.
MPHV51 · 85 points · Posted at 20:28:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hopefully he can make enough $$ to have home help. Must suck to be so developmentally lacking.
ILikeHoney1234 · 47 points · Posted at 20:31:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly the whole relationship is just funky. But it's not my choice it's hers. I don't think I would have lasted a year with this guy but she's lasted 5 years with him and will marry next year.
She's also a high earner compared to him and doesn't mind.
MPHV51 · 22 points · Posted at 20:32:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, he must show his worth in other ways! (giggle)
ILikeHoney1234 · 11 points · Posted at 20:33:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trust me when I say you're not far off.
I think it may be why she's stuck with him.
MPHV51 · 24 points · Posted at 20:41:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh shucks. Oh for the days of free love, when bad lovers never got a second chance! (I'm 70).
Runbunnierun · 8 points · Posted at 21:05:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I miss them myself and I'm in my 30s
Pentacostal-Haircut · 3 points · Posted at 21:22:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
55 yep
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 20:45:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Absol hero. This one made my day.
UnableRevolution1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What are these other ways? Don't leave it hanging at the best part.
fallingupthehill · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His momma will do it for him. She won't even need to ask.
xm202OAndA · 2 points · Posted at 22:20:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Umm, that's why he's getting married.
ScevytheSkiMask · 88 points · Posted at 21:28:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once he married you he realized he didnt need to impress you or work for it anymore and he could just coast, since it was a done deal.
mrpopoanddrlove · 10 points · Posted at 21:56:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh ya, was gonna say this. The guy knows what he's doing.
diqholebrownsimpson · 5 points · Posted at 10:19:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bet he'd be pissed if the girl stopped sucking his dick since it was a done deal.
Silver2324 · 2 points · Posted at 06:20:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Currently been almost a year since I moved in with my long term boyfriend. He's an amazing guy but just doesn't see the merit of doing chores until they NEED to be done (ie no plates or forks, constantly stepping on gravel, etc) while I grew up cleaning every week/dishes every couple days and have relaxed to sweeping/cleaning every couple weeks. I realized this when our cleanaholic roommate moved for the summer. We had a few talks and I told him I couldn't handle his lack of regard, got 'if you want it done I feel like it should be you doing it' a couple times before coming to an understanding and agreement on chores. I still need to remind him once and awhile about his turn/things needing doing, but it's been so much better since then. We have talked about buying a place instead of renting but I made it clear I like the idea but absolutely won't until I am certain I won't become the sole cleaner. (We both have full time jobs currently but he works nights which makes scheduling a bit more difficult. I'll be back to school soon so I'll be a bit busier in my 'off time's.)
Morning0Lemon · 7 points · Posted at 01:46:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad conveniently forgot how to cook shortly after he met my mother.
He taught me how to fry an egg when I was a kid and said "don't tell your mother I can do this".
notbluenotpurple · 5 points · Posted at 01:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Start paying yourself for having to be the maid. I do. He knows. When I am really annoyed about his lackluster help, I give myself a raise.
When he gets pissy about my "extra money", I tell him he can help if he wants. He never does
dararie · 6 points · Posted at 00:37:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband had an immaculate apartment while we were dating....soon after we married and moved into our house, he forgot about putting dishes in the sink, etc. I stopped washing the dishes that weren’t at least in the kitchen. He does do his own laundry and cleans the bathroom he uses. And we take turns with the dishes. Only took 20 years
Nate_The_Scot · 3 points · Posted at 00:52:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:04:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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happy-cake-day-bot- · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day!
DominionGhost · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok most of that is pretty indefensible, But my girlfriend moves the kitchen utensils around every couple of months then gets annoyed when i screw something up. Drives me up the wall.
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slinkysuki · 0 points · Posted at 16:14:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That seems fair to me. You both had a say in what is happening, and are okay with it.
Just make sure the boys know the stuff mum is doing isn't necessarily women's work... They will be expected to do it themselves unless they sort out a similar system. :)
I always think of it from a time perspective. 8hrs of work a day, either at an office or at home. Pick your poison!
ellie_0525 · 91 points · Posted at 00:19:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My dad (age 63) bought out his lease car a few years ago, which was a company lease car, and he had had one since moving to the US when he was 26. Last year he got pulled over because he had never renewed his car registration! It was 2.5 years expired! He legit just didn’t know he had to do anything to renew it. He could have been arrested but the cop took such pity on him 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
I also had to teach him how to use the laundry machine when he retired. Ordering on amazon still is too much of a challenge. Let alone transferring money on his bank app from one account to another 🤦🏼♀️
I would like to remind everyone that he was a successful CEO of international public company 😂
cheddarmileage · 113 points · Posted at 00:29:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I walked in the bathroom and my boyfriend was washing his face with dish soap. I was appalled.
adamrjac99 · 16 points · Posted at 02:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
His poor pores
cheddarmileage · 11 points · Posted at 03:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bought him some face cleanser and moisturizer and taught him some skincare basics because damn.
No_Mud_No_Lotus · 11 points · Posted at 04:55:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds me of an ex boyfriend I had who once took a bubble bath using laundry detergent as bubbles.
jessicat_33 · 9 points · Posted at 05:09:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used dawn but the extra gentle one for my bad acne. It would dry them out and then I'd do my regular skincare routine. It helped alot.
Captain_Furball · 10 points · Posted at 05:29:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this one really doesn't seem that unreasonable to me. It's just soap. Some people don't have sensitive skin.
AliveAndKickingAss · 2 points · Posted at 10:30:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and chemically there isn't much of a difference between hand-soap, dish-soap and shampoo. Out in the real world they can be used as substitutes for each other.
motoko_urashima · 15 points · Posted at 04:22:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, you absolutely do this after working on a car or with industrial oils, Dawn is great for degreasing.
cheddarmileage · 3 points · Posted at 04:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
he didn’t do any of those things, just used dish soap every time he washed his face
motoko_urashima · 2 points · Posted at 11:46:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had gathered that, I'm just saying that I keep a bottle of dish soap in the shower to degrease my arms after work every day, the fine mix of metal shavings and grease doesn't come off well with anything else, and you certainly wouldn't want to use a pumice-based hand cleaner to take grease off your face, too much risk of eye injury.
EternalThisbe · 3 points · Posted at 08:03:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
and yet his skin probably looks better than mine 😔
Golddustofawoman · 3 points · Posted at 11:50:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And this is why men age faster. Its hard to find a man that properly washes his face with the right kind of soap and damn near impossible to find one that moisturizes too. Unheard of to find one that exfoliates as well.
caffein8dnotopi8d · 1 points · Posted at 08:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha did you date my ex husband??
AliveAndKickingAss · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
psst, shampoo is great at washing dishes, windows and anything else you want de-greased.
Turns out there isn't much difference between shampoo and dish-soap.
ksweePT · 31 points · Posted at 01:22:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once asked my 30 year old boyfriend to hang dry the comforter while I was at work as it does not fit in the dryer well. He asked where he should hang it and I suggested the dining room chairs since it was cold outside. I come home and it is balled up and “hanging” on the back of one chair. He claimed he never had to hang dry anything and increasing the air-to-blanket surface area “didn’t occur” to him.
blueblarg · 33 points · Posted at 01:25:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to analyze a source for bias. It's absurd what people are willing to believe.
electrictattoos · 33 points · Posted at 07:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tattoo artist here. We put a stencil transfer on a clients body before we start tattooing them. Then we let them take a look in the mirror to see if it needs adjustments before we start tattooing. I have lost count of how many times I've had to explain how mirrors reverse what's being reflected. I've also had to explain how a hand mirror and a full length mirror can be used together to look behind yourself A LOT
4a4a · 263 points · Posted at 21:02:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom and anything related to cars. She doesn't know how to add any fluids besides gas, put air in the tires, check anything, interpret any warning lights. She's been driving since the early 70s, but somehow hasn't internalized anything about maintenance. So every time something goes wrong she's on the phone to me asking what to do, and texting me pictures of the warning lights etc.
Just a couple of days ago she accidentally turned off the traction control on her Subaru Outback, and she didn't know what the little 'OFF' warning meant, so she pulled over and called me about it.
diiejso · 123 points · Posted at 22:38:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my car in the shop one day and it wasn't going to take them too long so I hung out in their waiting area. Some guy pulled in with a new F350 just billowing smoke and I got to overhear his conversation with a mechanic. The smoke started after he changed his oil. They asked how much oil he added and he said X quarts as the manual said. Then they asked how much oil drained out before and what it looked like. He got a really puzzled look on his face and told them he didn't drain any oil out he just poured in how much the book said his truck needed.
EightLegedDJ · 3 points · Posted at 05:42:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus. I used to sell Ford (in NC). I have many dudes like that.
rocketman0739 · 5 points · Posted at 02:36:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
/r/Justrolledintotheshop
Silver2324 · 4 points · Posted at 06:35:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
😮 crazy to me. 20F, dad's a mechanic and I've been helping him change oil and tires etc around 5 years. Gotten to the point he just says "hey X needs doing mind doing it?" Or " want to do X while I do X, let me know if you have any questions". I'm comfortable doing it on my own even though he's always been near when I do any maintenance.
syfyguy64 · 5 points · Posted at 00:02:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents are the same way. My dad knows better but hopes he can stretch between maintenance, but my mom absolutely does not comprehend maintenance. She seized her engine on an older car she got used after only a couple years on market, and after paying 3,500 to replace it with a rebuilt engine, refused to take it back to the shop after it clearly was not properly installed. Loud, irregular backfiring and stalling at random intervals. A genuine hack job, and easy money for her. But nope, didn't wanna deal with the shop at all.
leetfists · 10 points · Posted at 00:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't really know how to add any fluids to my car besides gas and wiper fluid. I guess I could add oil but I'm pretty sure you have to take the old oil out first and I definitely don't know how to do that. I could probably figure it out easily enough, but I'd rather just pay a guy to do it for me. Are there other fluids that commonly need adding?
donethinkingofnames · 4 points · Posted at 02:05:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You only have to take the old oil out if you are doing an oil change. That being said, the oil and antifreeze are the two lifeblood’s of the engine. If either were to develop a leak, the engine can seize if it gets low enough. I would say it’s definitely worthwhile knowing how to check and refill both. It could keep you from being stranded on the side of the highway. YouTube has tutorials on how to do stuff like this for most makes and models these days.
leetfists · 4 points · Posted at 02:32:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This may be a dumb question, but how important is the antifreeze is it doesn't freeze where I live? My car has an indicator for the oil, so I don't really worry about that.
hpnut326 · 6 points · Posted at 02:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Antifreeze is a bit of a misnomer, it keeps the engine at the Goldilocks temperature, and because of how much heat an engine produces when it’s running, it’s job is mainly to cool everything down
SusanCalvinsRBF · 3 points · Posted at 02:37:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Antifreeze is what a lot of people call engine coolant, which is what travels around your engine and through your radiator to keep your engine from overheating. It's always got antifreeze in it so if you're somewhere cold it won't seize up in the radiator, hence the name. But not having engine coolant at all is big bad, and can seriously fuck your engine.
ETA: your car almost certainly has an indicator for coolant levels as well. It's not unusual for it to not be needed for a long time. I've had four cars and the only car I've seen the indicator on in is a '97 Saturn.
leetfists · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I guess I better figure that out. I've never checked for it. Is that something the oil change guys would be checking while they're in there?
SusanCalvinsRBF · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you look in your owner's manual, there should be a list of recommended maintenance at certain mileages. If you've been taking your car in for it's "20,000 mile service" or what have you, if it's on the list, they should do it. You may have to search for a PDF of they put it in a maintainence guide instead of the manual.
Some cars don't have coolant changes as a recommended service. Some cars recommend it every 30-60k miles or so. If you have a place you trust, ask them what they think. It's almost certainly being looked at when being serviced. Otherwise, unless coolant is getting low, doing it by the book or only when a relevant issue crops up should be fine.
donethinkingofnames · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I probably should have used the word coolant rather than anti-freeze. I tend to use the two interchangeably out of habit. Anti-freeze is kind of an outmoded term these days, but all automotive coolants have anti-freezing properties, as far as I know. Just to make sure I’m being clear, coolant is essential. Without it, the engine will overheat.
As for the oil indicator, make sure it is an oil level indicator, not an oil pressure indicator. If your oil PRESSURE light comes on, that means you need to pull over immediately and shut the engine off because there is not enough oil circulating through the engine to prevent damage. An oil LEVEL indicator usually will give enough warning for you to get the car home or to a shop.
Either way, you should know how to check and fill the oil. If your car is less than a few years old, you probably won’t have an issue. However, on the off chance you develop a leak, I would rather spend $10 per quart of oil and add it myself than $100 plus for a tow truck to a mechanic. Not to mention the time saved. And it’s something that is incredibly easy to do. Most modern cars have the oil dipstick and fill cap clearly labeled.
ThereIsNorWay · 3 points · Posted at 00:59:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here’s my car one...Manual transmission...I learned once and know mentally how to do it, I’ve just never had my own and so it never became natural from doing it enough. I’m sure that’s common these days, but here’s the fuck up: years ago when I was an intern my boss tossed me his keys for the first time to go pickup lunch. He was like you can drive a stick right? For some reason I said yes, guess I was embarrassed and technically I had before! I managed to get the car out of the spot and to the parking attendant. I must have stalled it and I can’t exactly remember what went down but essentially the parking attendant put the car back in the spot for me. Lol. So then I had to go back upstairs and play even dumber than I actually was to not look like the negligent psycho I was, and said “oh sorry I didn’t know what you meant at first, I can’t drive stick.” The look I got from that guy....lol
AlwaysOutlander · 2 points · Posted at 03:00:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this in my soul. My mother didn’t know how to pump gas until I was well into high school, nor would she refuse to learn. She went to the single station in our area that would still pump your gas for you or she’d make my dad go after work for her. I know what you’re thinking, but she didn’t grow up in one of those states where you don’t pump your own gas. Before she met my dad she would either find an old school station that would do it, or she’d nicely ask some unsuspecting man at a self service station. When I was fifteen she locked me out of the car and made me do it. I’d never been taught before so she finally got out of the car when I couldn’t figure out how to get the gas cap off (I know better now obviously). Some sweet good ol’ boy showed us how to do it with a bemused look on his face. She then locked herself back in the car while I filled the tank.
SecretPotatoChip · 2 points · Posted at 13:27:18 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That reminds me I should check my tires.
heffaloop · 2 points · Posted at 17:36:13 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof this was kind of me when I got divorced. The first time my tire light came on I had NO IDEA what it was (I was 35 and had been driving since age 15... idk...). But I read the manual and learned. When I found out that Costco tire center will add air for you if you just pull up outside I was so grateful.
The first time I had a flat (I have AAA, for really obvious reasons) and showed up wanting to replace the tire it blew my mind when they told me they could just patch it for me.... for free.
My ex really sucked at a lot of things and was emotionally and financially abusive, but I do have to say he did a good job taking care of the vehicle maintenance. LOL. (Of course... we only had one vehicle and that was actually part of the abuse situation... he would go on business trips and take the car keys with him, for example, leaving me stranded at home with my kids and no way to buy groceries or get them to school. This was before Uber or grocery delivery was a thing. So maybe it makes sense that I never lifted a finger for vehicle maintenance.)
neyoon · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think a lot of women don’t know jack about cars (including me and my mum) as we’re traditionally discouraged from engaging in “unfeminine hobbies”. I don’t own a car or a license yet, where would I learn to all this? I’ve looked up maybe one video once on YouTube... Any channel recommendations would be great thanks
Pentacostal-Haircut · 0 points · Posted at 21:27:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
🙄
DominionGhost · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The owners manual to my vehicle was the only book my barely literate father made me sit down and read. This is why.
serenityx77 · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
lol oh wow! I thought off meant an airbag was off somewhere
[deleted] · -6 points · Posted at 23:39:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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FontChoiceMatters · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a Legacy and resent this.
[deleted] · 368 points · Posted at 00:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
As someone who used to work front line IT I got this on a near daily basis. At this point the only excuse you have for not knowing the basics of computer use is living in a third world country. Computers have been available for home use at a reasonable price for 25 years. They've been used in offices all over the developed world for 30 years. Keyboards, mice, and a windowed GUI have been commonly available for 30 years. The technology has not changed that much. You people have had 3 decades to learn this shit.
Holy fuck, I'm glad I don't have to work with regular users anymore.
Edit: Fixed improper usage of "your." Some pedant pointed out my mistakes. Thank you and fuck you internet pedant.
Obscureallure86 · 26 points · Posted at 02:57:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My students REFUSE to save while working. REFUSE. Then they go to render something insane and the software shuts down and they lose everything. “Well, no worries you’ll just lose everything since your last save...” “yeah.. about that...” I swear I say it like ten times every single class period and they still just wont do it.
pikeminnow · 5 points · Posted at 03:12:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My favorite professors would always introduce us to a new tool by explaining how the auto-save feature works. The best tools will remember the auto-save configuration for you and just start saving. Can't help your students after you tell them about auto-save.
I used to manual save obsessively, since back in the win95/dos3 days, then got into a bad habit of not actively saving because I had configured all my tools to auto-save in the XP days. Ran into a relatively modern word processor (for android) a few weeks ago that doesn't have a built-in, turned-on autosave and lost a document for the first time in years. I was grumpy, and mostly grumpy at myself for being spoiled and forgetting that not everything has automatic saving.
Obscureallure86 · 5 points · Posted at 03:22:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never found the auto save feature in our software to be very reliable. It could be from 30 seconds before or three hours before or not at all. And like you said, I don’t want them to rely on it and it not work and then be screwed. But it usually ends up happening anyway. Lol.
AliveAndKickingAss · 1 points · Posted at 11:06:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
don't get me started on BACK UP YOUR COMPUTER REGULARLY.
Sorry about yelling but this gets me so horribly frustrated. I cannot tell you how often I've heard relatively smart people lose everything because they never backed up.
It took losing one file in Uni to teach me that shit.
ryemanhattan · 49 points · Posted at 01:43:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a manager a few years ago who had our IT department proxy into his computer to install some new software. Per their normal procedure, when they finished, they emptied the recycle bin on the desktop. He absolutely flipped out. All his important files, all the contacts he'd been working on, just, everything. He kept it all stored in the recycle bin. Why? He didn't like a lot of clutter on the desktop.
ERN3570 · 17 points · Posted at 03:44:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems like more people need to be acknowledged of the existance of folders or file explorers.
Lyssa545 · 3 points · Posted at 06:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Huh. were they able to restore his files and then teach him what a folder is?
ryemanhattan · 2 points · Posted at 17:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They were eventually able to get most of it back from back-ups on the server. Some weren't the most recent versions, and there were a few other items that were too long gone (some things you don't realize you're missing until you need them) by the time they tried to find them to restore them.
AliveAndKickingAss · 3 points · Posted at 11:03:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that guy should have gotten a demotion, nobody should be allowed to carry the title 'manager' and be that ignorant
KaijuRaccoon · 18 points · Posted at 02:56:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The sheer amount of office ladies I argued with over whether or not they had service with the company I worked for... fucking wild. They would just call up the first “Internet Place” they thought of and insist we had shut off their service, and would fight tooth and nail over even giving basic information like “what is your address or business name?” when we tried to pull an account. At a certain point you realize that the only thing that is going to move the conversation forward is running them through the first troubleshooting steps to find their equipment and read off the company name and oh what’s that? That’s our competitor, thanks, bye.
ironocy · 8 points · Posted at 05:11:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right. Even after its apparent they've called the completely wrong company about a problem they still insist they can be helped. I have to explain it like you calling a random company is like calling Subway to argue about your Pizza Hut pizza. It makes no sense. I know they get it they're just looking for a fight. These people are willfully ignorant idiots.
heimdahl81 · 16 points · Posted at 03:56:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A couple to add:
You should not use soap and water to wash your computer. Laptops are not submersible.
Buying a wireless router still means you need to pay for internet service.
A wireless router also needs to have a power cable plugged in and be connected to a lone from the ISP.
A wireless mouse/keyboard runs on batteries that have to be replaced sometimes.
Shutting off the monitor is not the same thing as shutting off the computer.
Pressing the power button on a computer until it shuts down is not the proper way of turning it off. Neither is unplugging it.
hpnut326 · 15 points · Posted at 02:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad asked me how to visit a website and I can’t remember the steps I gave him, but long story short he asked if he should open iTunes.
He was always adiment that I “show” him how to do it and not just do it for him, but there came a point where I didn’t believe I was capable of teaching him
anras · 8 points · Posted at 02:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My ex thought a desktop computer consisted of the monitor (correct) and the hard drive (the computer).
My ex's mom thought similarly, except it was "the part of the computer with the screen" and "the brain."
My former landlord was asking questions about my "modem." I was confused, but long story short she was talking about my computer. Also when I got to the bottom of what she was talking about, I said, "Ohh that's just my computer!" To which she responded, "Well I'm not a techie!"
Edit: I was helping the same ex's mom with some computer problem, and the first thing I instructed her to do was to open her web browser. She was a regular web user but just gave me this "I have no idea what you're talking about" face.
ironocy · 4 points · Posted at 05:08:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's when I say, "Open the thing you use to get to the internet." It's still a coin flip.
ButtCheekBob · 6 points · Posted at 02:35:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a gamer who frequently plays on the pc, and I think I know how to use a computer pretty well, but I never had a clue what Num-lock did.
ERN3570 · 5 points · Posted at 03:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You see these numbers on the right of your keyboard? It enables/disables them.
sadicarnot · 5 points · Posted at 04:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a place where we had community computers one guy on a different shift would use the number pad as the arrow keys. I never understood it since you had the actual arrow keys nearby. It was annoying when you would go to use the number pad in excel and all you were doing was paging down or something.
ButtCheekBob · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yea I’ve always found using the numbers up above the letters to be faster and easier.
Samthespunion · 6 points · Posted at 06:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you ever worked a cashier in retail you know the num-pad is way way way faster if you learn where the keys are at without looking
CMJMcM · 7 points · Posted at 02:48:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate when you tell them the soloution and they ask " why do I need to do that? " or " How does that work? ", like I dont fucking no I just know it does, ask Bill Gatea
ironocy · 6 points · Posted at 05:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao exactly. Holy shit person I'm not a developer, if you really want to know look at the code, if you can read it boom there's your answer. Another good one is, "Why did X happen?" The cause could be anything from user error to solar flares, the more important question is, "Why do you care why it happened? Why is that a thing?"
IAmBoredAF6321 · 3 points · Posted at 02:47:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
why is the num lock there anyway?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The wikipedia article on num lock explains it pretty well. Essentially it's a hold over from the '80s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Num_Lock#:~:text=The%20Num%20Lock%20key%20exists,separate%20from%20the%20numeric%20keypad.&text=On%20some%20laptop%20computers%2C%20the,numeric%20keypad%20rather%20than%20letters.
Terpomo11 · 3 points · Posted at 03:02:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually have my index finger on the left button, middle finger on the scroll wheel, and ring finger on the right button. Am I doing it wrong?
nikolas306736 · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, thats what I usually do as well, maybe it’s a region thing
Sarcastic_Sincerity · 3 points · Posted at 03:16:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The "any key" one is hilarious to me...wow.
random_invisible · 3 points · Posted at 05:15:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reminds me a call I had:
"Thank you for calling Google, how can I help you today?"
"The Facebook app doesn't work on my iPhone".
"Ok... May I ask how you got our number for this?"
"I Googled it and this number was on the page"
FuckinPiratePrincess · 3 points · Posted at 06:27:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what gets me the most. I'm in my mid-thirties and some of the people I work with are in their fifties. They always put my general computer skills down to my age, like if you were born after 1980 the computer fairy just blessed you with magical knowledge that is inaccessible to them.
Like, dude no! I was in Kindergarten when PC's became mainstream in the business world. You have like a 15 year headstart on me!
Violent-Profane-Brit · 10 points · Posted at 01:52:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually didn't know about rebooting occasionally and Num-lock being needed to use the keypad. I'm exceedingly retarded
ironocy · 6 points · Posted at 04:59:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's OK to not know something. Now you do know it. Knowing is half the battle. The other half of course is using that knowledge. Please use it. Please lol.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 1 points · Posted at 09:35:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shall most certainly use it (:
Paperdawl · 2 points · Posted at 04:18:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom has been using a computer for more than 20 years and I STILL have to tell her to turn it off and then back on again when she has an issue. She calls me for tech support and that's the first thing I ask if she tried... And it usually fixes the issue. I have tried to teach her to do this with all her tech issues... Her phone, her modem, her cable box. It's sort of frustrating at times. I also have had to tell her what hotkeys to use to rotate her screen and change her keyboard back to English from French.
ironocy · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Thank you for typing this so I don't have to. I'll also add:
Passwords have been around for thousands of years, long before computers existed. They're a simple way to protect things from most people. Yes, you need them and sometimes have to change them.
Ctrl+C copies, Ctrl+V pastes, please learn these important basic functions. On Macs, it's Command+C to copy and Command+V to paste.
You type web addresses in the address bar at the top of your web browser and press Enter or Return to go to a specific website. If you want to search for a site that's when you type it into Google.
Updates are your friend. They make things work. Without them things won't work. Yes, you need them, that's why they exist.
The vast majority of computer problems are due to user error. Seriously. Nearly every problem is the user's fault either directly or indirectly.
It's OK to not know something but when you contact support and get the answer, don't argue with the person who is giving you the info. You contacted them, they didn't contact you, and only one of the people in the interaction is ignorant (hint: it's the user).
If your computer is 10+ years old it won't be compatible with lots of things. No, it's not a conspiracy. It's because technology has advanced exponentially five times or more since your computer was made. You need a new computer from the current decade.
Contact support when you have an issue. Don't be that person with a dozen items on a laundry list to work through. That's why there are high hold times. It's because of users calling in with 20 years of issues and questions with 10 year old computers that are flabbergasted their ancient relic of a computer doesn't do what it did when they bought it three marriages ago.
Tech support is for fixing broken things, not tutoring you for a computer degree. If you have how-to questions, try reading the user manual. It has answers that explain how to do things
Nobody knows everything about every computer related thing. That's why teams of IT people exist.
Don't constantly ask why every single problem occurs. A lot of problems are one-off glitches that will never happen again and may be nearly impossible to determine why they happened. If it's not happening again, just move on with your life. If it happens again then wonder why.
If you have a problem with a product from Company A, don't call Company B about it. No, it's not passing the buck when you're told to contact the correct company. Yes, you're willfully ignorant and stupid if you continue to argue and insist Company A can help you with Company B's product.
If you can't tell, I've been in IT support for far too long. Been answering the same things since Y2k. All agre groups. People that have been alive as long as modern computers have existed and they still don't get it. They are usually pretty shitty to work with too, some of the most entitled, pretentious, rude, arrogant, horrendous people I've dealt with are people 50 yrs or older. Everyone else is typically willing to accept new information even if it goes against their belief system or whatever. Yes, you can learn new things at the age of 55 you're just too stubborn to choose to do it. No, that's not anyone's problem but your own.
basylica · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been in IT 22yrs. SO. MUCH. YES.
The people who think they are smart are the worst. Guys who are like “i dont really be know’n about confuzers none” follow directions and listen to you.
Guy with CCNA kept jumping ahead on changing ip address/route on juniper firewall. We did 12 together and every damn time we had to do it 3 times because hed hit save and reboot.
Guy who changed lightbulbs and unplugged toilets for hotel and didnt have a login or pc to use? Walkes him through swapping circuits, logging into firewall and changing ip and routes over phone. Took 10min tops.
Hyaenidae73 · 2 points · Posted at 05:31:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You sound delightful!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About as delightful as a lemon.
pM-me_your_Triggers · 2 points · Posted at 06:52:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Amen to the desktop thing. I’m at the point where I literally have nothing on my desktop except the recycle bin. Some commonly used stuff is pinned to my taskbar, but anything else I just press start and type the first few letters of the name. It’s so much faster than hunting for an icon on a desktop
LukeSniper · 2 points · Posted at 12:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had SO many discussions with people (the same people, multiple times) about paying attention to WHERE you save files.
The file system is not a difficult concept to understand.
Every time I hear somebody say "I saved it in Microsoft Word" I have to restrain myself from slapping them and shouting "No you fucking didn't! We've talked about this!"
Brightcolorsanddirt · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*you’re
Like, a half dozen times.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you're going to be pedantic you should at least get the number right. It was only a quarter dozen times.
_gem__ · 98 points · Posted at 00:11:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The other day at my job I had to show a lady how to swipe her own card. She kept swiping it upside down. (Our chip reader doesn’t work)
shipwhisperer · 11 points · Posted at 00:38:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Because of Covid we've had to stop taking people's cards off them or packing their bags and its shocking how many people dont know how to open a paper bag without ripping it in half
FantomBerry · 3 points · Posted at 13:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, we don't swip cards in my country and it freaks me out every time I have to do it because I'm afraid people might think I'm stupid...
cruzrivera05 · 2 points · Posted at 09:57:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This! Omg people don’t know what side of the card to swipe and then at my job we are not to touch them at all, just have the guest do it themselves but omg the amount of patience having to deal with these people drives me insane! I’d rather put on gloves and do it myself than wait for them to do it fast enough or properly.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:28 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for your patience. Not all of us are accustomed to paying electronically. Imagine it's your grandparent...or someone you like :). Maybe come up with a basic explanation for these people...try a few out and see which works.
throwRA18464 · 2 points · Posted at 15:54:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me. This is me. I get anxiety when I have to swipe my card because I’m afraid of doing it wrong. I always just use the chip 😭
foxandfawn94 · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:59 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mate!! Going through drive through a while back Only had my swipe card, the girl had no idea! She handed Me the machine and my card abd asked me to do it because she didn’t know how to use them!
[deleted] · 30 points · Posted at 00:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 10 or so years ago I worked at a late night counter-service type restaurant. We were “cash only” and had a large sign stating such at the register. A woman came in, ordered, and handed me her credit card. I said “sorry, we’re cash only” and pointed to the sign. She got irritated and handed me her debit card instead. I had to explain to her that “cash” is paper or coin currency. She was a grad student at the local Ivy League college.
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 14:20:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welp. I feel being Ivy League is useless now.
NicheNitch240 · 26 points · Posted at 01:07:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Middle aged woman in the parking lot trying to get into her car and it isn't unlocking. I asked if she was having trouble and if I could help while my husband parked our car. She says "See? It just won't unlock!" and proceeds to keep pressing the button on the remote. I asked if I could see her key. She hands it over and I promptly put the key into the lock and turn it.
She looked so embarrassed.
Smalleststarinthesky · 29 points · Posted at 01:24:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 75 year old Mum went on holiday, left my dad alone for the first time since they got married. He didn’t know how to use the washing machine, he washed all of his clothes in the bath.
HardRockDani · 5 points · Posted at 03:37:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, that’s kind of cute.
Golddustofawoman · 2 points · Posted at 12:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No offense but thats kinda pathetic.
Smalleststarinthesky · 1 points · Posted at 09:05:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha I’m not going to lie, I thought the same. He’s not a stupid man, he could figure it out, but I think he knows my mum likes to feel needed, so I guess this was his way of saying he’s lost without her.
Golddustofawoman · 2 points · Posted at 09:13:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohh okay. I see. I took it was one of those "woman does everything around the house" situations. But I can see the sweetness behind that. Plus I take it they're older so that says a lot about it their values on gender roles and division of tasks.
Smalleststarinthesky · 2 points · Posted at 09:17:40 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Totally, they’re pretty old fashioned but he absolutely worships her.
Golddustofawoman · 2 points · Posted at 09:18:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay that really is sweet. But I hope he learned how to wash his own clothes! Lol
oona36 · 28 points · Posted at 01:34:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend thought Brita pitchers refilled on their own overnight due to collecting condensation in the refrigerator. Had no idea his roommates were constantly finding it empty and filling it.
agordone · 72 points · Posted at 21:36:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the oldest son in my family, and as such did most of the work around the house and stuff. At one point I finally got my brother to start helping with mowing the lawn and almost immediately noticed him violently yanking and tugging the push mower side to side. I asked him what he was doing and he said he was trying to turn it. He really didn't understand the concept of tilting onto the two back wheels to freely turn it. We weren't quite adults yet, but it was well into our teenage years so he was definitely old enough to do better than that.
Verullium · 25 points · Posted at 00:43:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Co worker who was pushing 40 at the time thought that when algae grew on/in water, it meant the water "had died". Like...it was a sign of it decomposing or something? Still keeps me up at night trying to wrap my brain around it.
thedelisnack · 24 points · Posted at 00:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Woman at college didn’t know you needed to put laundry detergent in your laundry when you’re using the washing machines
[deleted] · 23 points · Posted at 00:59:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first boyfriend in college. Rich kid from Chicago suburbs had never done anything for himself in his life. Me, being a person who was raised as the oldest of 5 kids, I had basic adulting down (probably at a much younger age than I should've). The absolute lack of knowledge was shocking. He wanted hamburgers once and I had mince in the fridge. Make a burger in like 10 minutes. He fully didn't understand how the ingredients became food. Another truly shocking thing was that he didn't know how to use a broom. I mean... Even if you've never used one at 20 years old you should be able to deduce the gist, but nope! Same with how you had to actually set up bills, like water and power and internet. He thought they were just attached to your house and you paid a bill when it came.
In a similar vein, I had a friend drop out of college because she couldn't figure out how FAFSA worked. I should add that her parents paid her tuition, she just had to cover cost of living. There were whole departments at the University that would DO it for you, you just had to bring your tax stuff (and your parents). It also wasn't her first time filling it out. Considering she cried for weeks afterwards I know she wasn't using it as an excuse to drop out either.
Also, now pushing 30, and the sheer number of people I've met who think AIDS is the only STD there is. What the actual ever living fuck....
kcus777 · 24 points · Posted at 01:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sweeping. I've managed young people working in restaurants for a while. So many have never swept anything... Ever...
Galaktik_Kraken · 25 points · Posted at 02:01:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently washing your hands properly is quite challenging for a large portion of the population
gorbachevshammer · 23 points · Posted at 02:56:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every single time I run into a person with their mask pulled under their nose. Or wearing a valved respirator. Or wearing a respirator half strapped, unpinched, or over a beard.
So several dozen times a day
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 14:58:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kinda get the mask under the nose thing, since mouths are the biggest liability. What gets me is when people will walk into a store and then pull the mask down. Like, what did you think the mask was for, UV radiation?
gorbachevshammer · 3 points · Posted at 15:00:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's to block all respiratory droplets. You're breathing in a store far more often than you're talking.
In the (typically questionable) wise words of Marco Rubio, just wear the damn mask
obsequious_cuck · 1 points · Posted at 15:59:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't mean I'm condoning it, just that I get why people do it and it's probably better than nothing.
Or at least, that's what some people are probably thinking. I try to give people the benefit of the doubt because I can't handle believing that there are that many stupid people around me.
shegoestothemovies · 24 points · Posted at 03:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This will definitely get buried but
a 50+ woman asking me at my job what pillowcases are for; slept on the same pillows, no cases, and unless she was changing out the pillows often...
explaining to a 27 year old man that taking a morning after pill is not the same as having an abortion -_-
samsara42 · 6 points · Posted at 04:33:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college boyfriend’s condom broke and I needed to take the morning-after pill. He kept telling everyone I had an abortion and no explaining could convince him they were completely different.
shegoestothemovies · 8 points · Posted at 07:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never hated a point of solidarity more than having "encountered a man who cannot and will not understand the fundamental difference between rapidly evacuating a fertilized egg and the emergency disruption of a uterine cycle" in common with another human being, I am so goddamn sorry and I hope someone kicks him in the shins
obsequious_cuck · 4 points · Posted at 15:37:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's probably not ignorant, he's just a controlling douchebag. He had an oopsie-whoopsie and took it out on you. People know what "morning after" means and they just don't care.
I hope he's paying child support to some Catholic girl now.
samsara42 · 3 points · Posted at 16:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha-right?! The condoms were always falling off because he kept buying them too big if that says anything-but that’s a whole other story 😂. We didn’t date much longer after that. It just blew me away because he was an intelligent, well-educated person-so I think you have a point!
obsequious_cuck · 4 points · Posted at 17:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The belief that life begins at conception is more emotional than intellectual. Education tends to erode the belief but it's no obstacle for most.
samsara42 · 1 points · Posted at 18:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow-I had never thought about it that way-looking back now it must have been a deeper, emotional issue. It was just too much cognitive dissonance for him to look at it scientifically or intellectually.
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 18:34:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, probably. Although it would be a lot more emotional had you actually carried the fertilized egg to term.
incubuds · 2 points · Posted at 20:21:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sadly, a doctor I went to (who had come highly recommended) thought that the morning after pill was the same as the abortion pill. Even though the abortion pill wasn't available in my country, but the morning after pill was. He of course judged me for the fact that I used the "abortion pill."
shegoestothemovies · 2 points · Posted at 21:58:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adding this to my list of reasons why the argument that doctors will always automatically have more nuanced medical knowledge than their patient and should therefore be able to have any kind of of final say is entirely invalid, I'm so fuckin sorry.
konyves7 · 51 points · Posted at 23:22:22 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Slicing bread. A 15 year old boy at camp didn't know how to do it because they always bought sliced bread
glorytopie · 68 points · Posted at 23:35:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can understand only getting sliced bread. That's not too uncommon. What boggles my mind is that they couldn't figure it out with context clues.
Like...it'd called sliced bread. They are bread slices. Did you expect to have to do a rain dance to get it that way?
Ryan_B999 · 9 points · Posted at 04:21:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair it’s different than cutting lots of other things. If you just push down instead of making a sawing motion you’ll just squish the bread. You also need the right kind of knife.
456name789 · 2 points · Posted at 20:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta slice against the grain. ;)
No_Chill011 · 50 points · Posted at 01:44:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve been an apartment maintenance guy for years now and I have too many stories. I’ve personally lost a lot of hope for 1st world dwellers when it comes to learning how to self sustain properly. If you’re buying a house, please don’t learn how to maintenance you stuff the hard way.
If you actually read this then I’d like to add a to-do list for you because I know you need to do at least one of these things.
Change your AC filter. It has one and it needs to be changed every once in a while. ESPECIALLY if you have furry pets.
Garbage disposals aren’t trash cans. Do not put pasta or rice down your sink drain, it’s like a sponge and can easily clog your pipe. ESPECIALLY OIL. Your garbage disposal is meant for soft organic scraps not clam shells.
Clean the bottom of you dishwasher out please. If there is obstructions to the drain, you’re gonna have a bad time. If there is plastic sitting near your heating coil, you’re gonna have a bad time.
Wet wipes clog toilets. I don’t care if they’re advertised as “flushable,” that’s capitalism lying to you and I’m sorry about that. Those companies should be sued out the ass.
I have plenty of advice. Feel free to dm me about anything. Please take initiative. Nothing just runs itself forever without being maintained. The good thing is that these things are made by humans who design stuff to be maintained by other humans. Crazy.
Also clean your fans. Even the bathroom one.
Dane-o-myt · 8 points · Posted at 01:58:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend's dad and a friend of mine dump bacon grease down the drain. They know it's bad and I've told them to not do it before but they say, "I'm not going to have to fix the problem so I don't care." It's infuriating
samsara42 · 8 points · Posted at 03:07:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yikes-thanks! I didn’t know pasta or rice didn’t go down garbage disposals! I’ve heard potato peels, grease, and coffee grinds, though.
girlybandgeek · 2 points · Posted at 18:31:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also, anything stringy like celery is a bad idea.
teacupreading · 6 points · Posted at 12:21:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“That’s capitalism lying to you.” Applicable to so many things!
Morsemouse · 4 points · Posted at 08:50:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
...and turn the fans OFF before you clean the blades! The motor will burn out if you stop it to clean the blades and leave said motor on.
plainOldFool · 24 points · Posted at 02:26:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-gf in college grew up wealthy and privileged. She wasn't allowed to do stuff for herself. She had nannys and shit to do everything. But she wanted to be independent, so going to college allowed her the opportunity to learn how to cook and stuff.
We both lived in the same dorm apartment building just a few doors down from my place. She left my place and said she was going to make some pizza for dinner. About five minutes later she knocked on my door in a frenzy. It seems she may have started a fire. I calmly follow her back to her place thinking it would be nothing crazy. I opened her door and there was a wall of white smoke.
It seems she put the box of digorno in the oven, cardboard and all. There were no flames but that shit was smoldering. I pulled it out of the oven and tossed it in the sink and everything was resolved in a matter of minutes. But yeah, she's the reason why they put warnings on shit.
Now for what it's worth, in the two years we were together, she grew into a fantastic cook. I gained at least 20 pounds because of her.
affemannen · 3 points · Posted at 13:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So sweet, she wanted too and did learn. Most times we learn through our mistakes.
plainOldFool · 4 points · Posted at 13:54:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was clearly coming from a lack of experience and not a lack of intelligence. She was pre-med and smart as fuck. We laughed this off immediately after the smoke cleared. However, there was this one time where she was trying to figure out how to use a dorm washing machine and some other girl gave her shit for not knowing how to use it. Like ridiculed her for it. And of course these were dorm machines which are about as reliable as a flat tire. That shit pissed me off.
godlyskullman · 24 points · Posted at 03:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommates didn’t want to “fill” the trash can with empty milk gallons and would instead place them on top of the spring lock top trash can that would catapult the empty cartons into the living room.
[deleted] · 62 points · Posted at 00:31:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ever been in a men's restroom?
Fassuss · 8 points · Posted at 06:21:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a plumper i can tell you.. not all women are better. Sometimes it's even a lot worse. And i mean a LOT. Public restrooms specificly. I am somewhat used to men pissing besides the toilet but why would a women ever rub their used tampons across the walls?
satori0320 · 14 points · Posted at 06:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife worked retail for 20+ years.....the womens, is always worse.
Too many horrific tales to get into details, but your last sentence only describes the tip of the tampon... so to speak.
oceanbreze · 5 points · Posted at 06:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (F) worked at a place where I had to clean both bathrooms. Mens bathrooms smelled worse. But women were downright gross. TP everywhere, feminine products not propetly disposed of, makeup powder all over the counter, lopstick on the miirror, and graffitti all over the walls.
coolhihi11 · 2 points · Posted at 09:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I(M) had a similar experience but I also want to add that some ladies would try to cover up that fact that they defecated by putting atleast one roll of TP into,down, and around the toilet making it my job the next day(I would leave before customers came in and the bar didn't have time to deal with it just close that stall and move on) to clear that out would that the smell and piss everywhere in the men's over that any day
pinkbuggy · 3 points · Posted at 14:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad said during a temp job in college he regularly had to clean tiny bits of shit off the walls in the women's restroom at the office he was at. He asked his boss what was up with that and the woman told him that a lot of women will crouch over the toilet with their feet on the seat while using it because they dont want to have to touch the seat with their skin. In the process, if they had gas, poop would sometimes spray the walls :(
LeluWater · 4 points · Posted at 08:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in a place where I had to check the bathrooms to make sure they had soap and stuff (not to clean) and one of the men’s toilets had an adult pad/diaper in the toilet. It had clearly clogged while they attempted to flush the thing. Idk how their plumbing is at home but I can’t imagine it’s good.
Edit: there was a whole trash can right next to the toilet
Falconfree42 · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:01 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is how at least one serial killer was caught, because he continually flushed small body parts in the toilet and clogged the pipes repeatedly. I don't know how one can make it to adulthood in a country with widespread indoor plumbing and not realize you cannot flush random stuff down the toilet.
whimsy23 · 3 points · Posted at 07:24:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve had to clean poop out of a urinal multiple times... never understood why when the toilet was literally right next to the urinal
trev2234 · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve cleaned men and women’s toilets. The worst things I saw in the men’s I could deal with. I still think about what I’ve seen in the women’s. women’s toilets are worse.
LJnosywritter · 22 points · Posted at 23:52:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I trained as a chef for 2 years, nowhere fancy but was still kind of surprised that over half the class didn't know that you salted water to boil pasta in and rice (for certain cooking methods) and a lot didn't know that you bring the water to the boil then add the pasta.
If they'd been older teens/young adults in general I'd not be surprised but they were on a culinary course and intending to work in the food industry.
There were some other basic food stuff that people didn't know. One dude didn't know how to boil eggs.
quarantinediversion · 3 points · Posted at 10:06:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I teach home economics in high school. The amount of times I have to remind students to boil the water before cooking pasta is. just. insane. Also, what boiling is and looks like. Also, how to tell the time so they can stop cooking the pasta after 10 minutes. Also, that the pasta will continue to cook if you just leave it sitting in the water even if the stove is off. Also, that the spaghetti sticking out of the water won't cook unless you swirl it into the water. So many other things...
bacaw1192 · 2 points · Posted at 17:43:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Where do you live that home ec is still being taught? That's amazing! I tried to take the closest thing to home ec we were offered in high school and the only thing I remember from that class was we learned how to make chocolate chip cookies homemade, which I had already been doing for years.
LJnosywritter · 2 points · Posted at 00:28:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in school in the UK we did food tech but after I think the 3rd year it became an option you had to pick so lots of people didn't.
Which is part of why the stereotypes of university kids here living off of pot noodles is often accurate.
quarantinediversion · 2 points · Posted at 02:53:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Australia. It's actually not called home economics anymore, I just call it that so people know what I'm talking about. The subject is 'design and food technology' and the emphasis is on design and no longer on home skills and nutrition and budgeting. They still do cooking but we have to do these ridiculous 'design briefs' where they 'design' (google) a meal or recipe to suit a specific purpose.
LJnosywritter · 2 points · Posted at 00:26:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn that's gotta be rough. Cooking is such a valuable skill for every human to have if they are physically able to do it.
It makes me a little sad that so many people can't even feed themselves properly despite having all they need in front of them.
Way back in food tech classes there were some mind boggling stuff going on. Like the girl who tried to make a white sauce for pasta with wholemeal flour. We had recipes, I don't know how she thought it'd work.
quarantinediversion · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:15 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, it's a tough subject to teach. The students like it but for teachers it can be gruelling. I'm actually planning on leaving the profession
LJnosywritter · 2 points · Posted at 00:29:43 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't blame you. The teachers at my school had such little support it wasn't fair.
So much work just to be underappreciated, underpaid and blamed for any issues even if it was nothing to do with the teacher.
My friend is a primary school teacher and she puts in so many hours, has minimal free time. So when I see the jokes about teaching being easy and not long days, that kind of stuff it pisses me off.
Do you know what career you'd like to aim for? Whatever you end up doing I wish you lots of luck that you can have a job that doesn't try to break people.
quarantinediversion · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:08 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I'm actually going to start a business teaching cooking skills to people with disabilities.
LJnosywritter · 2 points · Posted at 18:17:34 on July 5, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds amazing! Being able to cook stuff for yourself is so freeing and such a useful skill. Definitely will be so great for them having a teacher who knows what it is like for their health to limit them.
lomography · 2 points · Posted at 05:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time, I stayed at an Airbnb where I shared the kitchen with other guests (a family). In the morning, the mom came to make porridge for her kid. She put the oats in the pot, added water, put the pot on the stove on low heat and went back to her room. Maybe she didn’t want to hang around with me, maybe that’s just how she makes porridge
LJnosywritter · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds like it'd be grosser than porridge already is in my opinion lol
A lot of bad habits or gaps in knowledge get passed down in families. Which is another reason I'm so glad my mum let me hangout with her in the kitchen. First just watching and then starting to help as I got older.
Milkshake03 · 1 points · Posted at 23:20:04 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
What does the salt do? I always boily pasta without salt and it tastes the same (i think, im not sure because i never really eat plain pasta). And also: why boil the water first? If i boil my water first, because of the temperature of the cold pasta, the temperature of the water will drop below boiling and it usually takes another minute or so before it boils again (at least, thats how it goes when I boil pasta). So why take the extra time to get it to boil if it wil stop boiling as soon as i add the pasta?
LJnosywritter · 1 points · Posted at 00:51:37 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salt is for flavour if you are having no sauce or a light sauce.
Letting your pasta warm up to room temperature can be a good idea as makes the results if adding it less extreme. Once it's at a boil it comes back to a boil fast. Putting pasta in before the water boils can lead to it being in the water far too long and being overcooked. Mushy pasta is the worse.
Milkshake03 · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:46 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for the answer. I dont really taste a difference but im not a picky eater when it comes to pasta. But I will give it a try
LJnosywritter · 1 points · Posted at 22:54:55 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love simple pasta dishes. Like just a butter sauce and say cooked chopped up smoky bacon, so salt is a good idea. And always flavours the pasta more evenly with salt than just adding it once the dish is served.
yes-papa-drac · 23 points · Posted at 01:05:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met a grown woman who, when asked to change the garbage replied, "how do I do that?". She apparently had never done it before.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:35 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Forgive me, what does "change the garbage" mean? I assume it means to "take out the trash," but maybe (like me) she's never heard that phrase, and thought there were specifics involved.
ComradeNic93 · 43 points · Posted at 01:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was driving and had a friend in the passenger seat. I looked over my shoulder before merging into the other lane. She asked me why I checked over my shoulder and was shocked to find out that side view mirrors have blind spots. No idea how she had never caused an accident before.
PokeAndHauntUs · 44 points · Posted at 01:36:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My favorite brother story. He’s just clueless. Typical book smart, dumb at anything practical. Moves in to an apartment by himself at 23, first time solo living. Takes the cat with him. Disrobes to poop, apparently this is a thing. Naked, pooping, looks at the full cat litter box next to him. Hmm I should change this. Dumps the entire contents of clay cat litter into the toilet forming a firm amalgam of feces and clay clogging the toilet. Chaos after attempts multiple flushes. Doesn’t realize you can turn off the water to stop it from overflowing because, “in the movies the water just spills over.” Proceeds to stick a towel in their to dig out the clay manually. All while still naked during his naked poop.
Themursk · 7 points · Posted at 06:17:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brings the cat although he obviously never cleaned its litterbox?
PokeAndHauntUs · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our mom is very bougie and has a cleaning lady that does this daily so he never had to.
williams1753 · 9 points · Posted at 05:13:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This needs to be an illustrated GIF.
I can’t stop laughing
Golddustofawoman · 2 points · Posted at 14:55:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one wins. This is the most horrifying.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What the hell...
bananaEmpanada · 20 points · Posted at 00:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ira_finn · 2 points · Posted at 08:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 16:05:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Terrifying, I'm terrified
ImGCS3fromETOH · 23 points · Posted at 01:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain consent to a woman because she thought that sometimes when people get raped it's not really the rapists fault because sometimes the victim makes them.
I was floored. I tried explaining no... it's never the victims fault. If they don't want to do it and don't give consent then by default it's sexual assault and/or rape.
Yeah, but sometimes it's not that simple, she says.
Actually, it's exactly that fucking simple, I reply.
She couldn't understand why I was so shocked at her. She was 31 at the time.
obsequious_cuck · 6 points · Posted at 15:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People blame rape victims for "letting" it happen, but I've never heard someone claim they "make" it happen. Unless she was talking about dressing provocatively, in which case that's all too common.
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 02:14:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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MeleMallory · 5 points · Posted at 06:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a slightly similar vein... I grew up in an area where tax was around 8%, so my mom taught me to at least double the tax for my tip. I moved out of state for grad school and continued with this for a month or two... Until I realized that in my new city, tax was only 4%. I felt so bad for unintentionally stiffing several servers (I didn't eat out a lot anyway). (I have dyscalcuia, so I can't just figure out percentages in my head)
-babsywabsy · 2 points · Posted at 03:12:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's hysterical. 😂 😂
roflwaffle521 · 22 points · Posted at 02:14:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mans did not know how to butter his toast. This dude deadass took the full stick of butter and tried rubbing it onto the slice of toast
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 14:56:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did he succeed? If so, he was just lazy and inconsiderate.
roflwaffle521 · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He did not. IIRC he said something along the lines of “seriously guys why isn’t this working” and we were still baffled that he was completely serious.
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 15:58:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh lord. Get that guy some Country Crock.
perfecttoastedcheese · -2 points · Posted at 15:45:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is actually the best way! Especially if your butter hasn't had a chance to soften. Of course, you do want to be aware of the crumbs that will stick to the butter so don't do it with the butter your mum planned to bake with tomorrow, but if you just have a stick of butter for toast, this is how I do it now after years of spreading with a knife.
booghawkins · 22 points · Posted at 04:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend genuinely thought kids just woke up one day and were potty trained. She had no idea she had to POTTY TRAIN her son. Kid was in diapers till he was 5.
Myooshu · 21 points · Posted at 04:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If this thread has taught me anything, it's that a lot less people should be allowed to own microwaves.
CandyGutterdandy · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or have kids.
Myooshu · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:15 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Also that
penguinspie · 20 points · Posted at 06:41:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being in student housing has been an absolute treat for me the past three years. As someone who grew up pretty independent, I have seen some wild things.
One time, a roommate was boiling pasta and somehow lit the spaghetti on fire???? While it was in the water??? I have genuinely no idea how that happened to this day.
Roomate didn't know how to do dishes by hand. Our dishwasher broke and we literally had to teach him how to properly clean dish ware.
Not a "didnt know" but still on subject: one of my friends roommates wouldn't use a cutting board for ANYTHING because she "didn't need one" and it took them almost an hour to find out she had marble/granite countertops at her house and thought all counters were the same.
I was in the laundry room and there was a girl literally sobbing on the phone with her mom because she couldn't get the washer to start. It was a dial instead of buttons and she couldn't wrap her head around it. The kicker is that it was almost finals. She had been there for at least a semester. The amount of confusion in that laundry room alone is enough to fill a book, honestly.
A grad student in my college microwaved tin foil and almost burnt down the building. He genuinely didn't know you weren't supposed to do that.
My absolute favorite: my boyfriend came home one day and informed me that his coworker thought she didn't like oranges and when he asked her why she said the skin was gross. She didn't know she had to take off the peel.
Paardenlul88 · 6 points · Posted at 11:30:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Number 3 is also stupid if you have marble counter tops. The cutting board is there to protect your knife, not the counter top.
pinkbuggy · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think i can explain #1 actually! I once made spaghetti in a smaller pot than I was used to and some of the pieces were sticking up out of the water and over the edge of the pot. The pot was so full that as the noodles softened there was no where for the outer pieces to go so they just continued to stick out getting hotter and hotter until the ends turned black and started smoking. I noticed before they caught fire but that's probably what was going to happen next.
xybre · 1 points · Posted at 16:34:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep! I started cooking when I was in my single digits and I remember this happening. Always gotta keep an eye on those escapee noodles.
These days I mostly use this ginormous cauldron to cook everything in so it's not a problem. I highly recommend a cauldron to everyone.
KP_Wrath · 73 points · Posted at 23:02:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The number of coworkers that argue with me about losing money when they work more hours. I’ve had to teach basic taxes to three or four so far.
queenermagard · 17 points · Posted at 02:09:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair if they are salaried they earn less per hour for working more hours. I have a salary position and it’s a running joke when a coworker asks if I have time/ if it’s worth the time to do x and y and I say I’m salaried, my time is worth nothing!
KP_Wrath · 3 points · Posted at 02:35:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We’re all hourly. Our entry position is just a couple of pay steps above fast food, so it doesn’t attract people that understand taxes.
queenermagard · 2 points · Posted at 03:22:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that's wild
OakleyDokelyTardis · 6 points · Posted at 02:45:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This infuriates me. It is such a basic concept.
Also people that don't actually read their payslip. Like why would you not? Do you want to be screwed over?!?!
KP_Wrath · 3 points · Posted at 03:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have coworkers that don't know how to access their check stub. It amazes me.
waffl13s · 19 points · Posted at 23:10:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew someone in college who didn’t know how to use a can opener
karlhungus15 · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife can’t use a manual can opener. Had only ever used the automatic ones
Unsnakely · 20 points · Posted at 00:36:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While living at my in laws place with my BF and his 18 yo brother, I realized how clueless was my BIL. Since the world situation, my in laws don't use a house cleaner anymore so we were doing a rotation for the clean up of the house. When my BIL had to clean de bathroom and he ask his mother for the products he would need. When she said : "this is for the toilet with the brush" and he was like : " the bruuushhh??? ". When we explained to him the existence of the brush and it purpose he was mind blown and exclaimed : "That's what that thing is for?!!" Never slapped my hand on my face that hard in my life 😂😂😂
YourIdealButthead · 19 points · Posted at 01:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought female lions were called tigers (not lioness) for a decent portion of my life
astralbeastengage · 20 points · Posted at 02:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't really horrifying but a real head-scratcher.
When I was in undergrad I went to visit the guy I was dating at the time at his place. He had horizontal blinds in his room which were up when I got there. At some point he grabs the bottom of the pull string and--nonchalantly--starts randomly flailing and jerking it around, causing the blinds to fall maybe an inch every other second or so.
I was like "Dude, what are you doing?"
He said, "What? Putting the blinds down." I keep watching him yank the string around and must have been making a face because he elaborated, "this is how you put them down, you know, by like grabbing at the string."
I just walk over to the next window and tug the string out in one direction and let the blinds down all at once. You know, like you do.
He just starts laughing and was like "I thought this was how you do it!"
The part of this that always gets me is that it was clear that the issue wasn't just that he wasn't familiar with horizontal blinds, it's that he was perfectly familiar and just had spent his whole life somehow doing it wrong, not realizing, never having anyone correct him, and apparently never witnessing anyone else use them. So weird.
Xenagie · 3 points · Posted at 20:39:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always struggled with this as a kid. I always pulled the wrong way, or too far the right way, or pulled it and then let the string get caught again. Once I got tall enough, I could see the mechanism, and I remember thinking "so THAT'S how it works!" and never had trouble with it again.
astralbeastengage · 2 points · Posted at 21:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll admit that it is not the most intuitive mechanism, and I remember my mother actually showing me as a kid how to put the blinds down. I concede it may require a demonstration for a youngun.
Dude was like... 21 at the time. Also I later visited his parents in his family home and you can bet the place had horizontal blinds all over. I made a mental note of this because of the blinds incident. I'm not a total monster so I never brought it up again, but I still think about it all the time lol.
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 14:01:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had that problem recently, but it was because I thought the blinds were caught on something. Didn't stop someone from nonchalantly pulling them in one go and making me look like an ass.
Grave_horse · 18 points · Posted at 02:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching my 22 yo baby Huey little brother sweep a floor like he was an old time cartoon character, just sweeping the broom back and forth over the same spot pushing dirt everywhere. He legit didn’t understand the concept of sweeping all the dirt into a pile and picking it up with a dustpan. Motherfucker could vacuum like a champ though.
Nikilett · 21 points · Posted at 03:58:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My freshman year college roommate got a waffle maker. One day I asked to use it while she was busy. I offered to make her a waffle but I didn't know how much batter would be left over so I made sure to give her the first waffle. I finished making waffles and asked her how she cleans it. She said with windex. In the end since she got the first waffle she got the majority of the windex residue.
seasnbeans · 8 points · Posted at 09:42:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She must be Greek
jalhar21 · 40 points · Posted at 00:36:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend I had at the time recently met in college drove me somewhere one day and we stopped for gas. We sat for probably 15 minutes at the pump before I asked him why we were waiting. His reply was that he didn’t know how to pump gas so he was waiting for the guy inside to come out and do it. In his defense he grew up where you can’t pump your own gas, but damn for a minute I was flabbergasted that someone didn’t know how to use a gas pump
Drew_P_Nuts · 4 points · Posted at 04:18:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Jersey
jalhar21 · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Indeed.
grinningdogs · 2 points · Posted at 00:34:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years back we had a personnel shortage at our location and someone from our New Jersey location came out to help for a few weeks. On the third day, our lunchtimes coincided so i suggested we go together and I'd show her a good local restaurant. She agreed, but said we needed to take her car so she could get gas. Pulled into the gas station just down the road and she pulled up to the pump and turned off the car. And just sat there. After a minute she digs into her purse and pulls out her credit card. And just sat there. And sat there. I asked her what was wrong, and she said that the same thing had happened the night before. She pulls up and nothing! After some pointed questions we figured out the issue. I then spent the first part of our lunch break teaching her how to pump gas. She must have had a mindblock against it, because for the entire couple of weeks she was here anytime she needed gas, we "needed to go to lunch together!"
I_aim_to_sneeze · 44 points · Posted at 02:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Other than half the people I talk to daily about finances, there was a reddit thread about this guy whose girlfriend hated showers. When he asked why she preferred baths, she said she hated standing in the shower waiting for the water to get to the right temp. When he told her she could just stand outside the shower while it got warm, it blew her mind. But that’s not the worst part. The worst part were the literal dozens of people also realizing this for the first time and commenting so in the thread. Which means probably hundreds more also silently also realized it.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:43:34 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had my realization of that when I was a teenager lmao
I_aim_to_sneeze · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I definitely had my share of dumb realizations too. I’ve had only one good eye since I was a kid, but never knew it because the optometrist my folks took me to in kindergarten said I was tilting my head while writing just to get attention. I thought everyone had one good eye and one bad eye until I was 15 and had to take an eye test to get my learners permit to drive. So I feel ya boss.
geeerm · 19 points · Posted at 01:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad told me a story about when he was young he found some hash under the cushion of a couch he got from Goodwill and smoked it. Turned out to be cat shit.
Kristeninmyskin · 3 points · Posted at 16:39:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never smacked before, but I am 100% confident that I wouldn’t confuse it with catshit!
miko_mikosie · 18 points · Posted at 01:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was in nursing school and was studying the circulatory system. One of his classmates did not understand that the heart was a pump and your blood traveled via arteries and veins. She thought when you got cut, the blood was "just there".
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like the just a bag of blood?
lucky-cat99 · 54 points · Posted at 21:34:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend’s boyfriend (at the age of 23) didn’t know how to mop. They had moved into their first flat together so me and a few other friends were helping them sort it out and clean it for them moving their furniture in and the guy literally didn’t know that you had to wring the mop before using it to clean. We left him to mop the kitchen while we tidied a different room and came back to one massive puddle covering the kitchen floor and him looking happy with himself that he’d finished it. She had to explain that that isn’t how you do it and then fix it after him. It baffled me that in the 23 years he’s been alive he had never mopped a floor, or at least seen someone else do it.
xm202OAndA · 4 points · Posted at 22:42:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Introduce him to u/Marianna-Trench's daughter
lucky-cat99 · 3 points · Posted at 23:41:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely sounds like they would get on well! I’ll pray for their floors though
mikeisanon154 · 2 points · Posted at 12:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 19, I got hired at a restaurant and had never mopped a floor before or paid attention to someone else doing it. But it wasn't that hard to intuit what to do based on knowing what I wanted and what I had to do it with.
two-tails · 63 points · Posted at 23:36:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex could not read clocks with Roman numerals.. She was 25...
cyanidelemonade · 37 points · Posted at 01:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, they never taught us how to read Roman numerals in school. It was just a thing I picked up eventually.
MissMockingbirdie · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you Nancy Drew video games.....
incubuds · 2 points · Posted at 16:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rocky II plus Rocky V equals Rocky VII ! Adrian's Revenge!
crazyashley1 · 1 points · Posted at 16:56:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When did you go to school? They did this at mine for like 2 weeks as a type of brain training excersize.
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 16:57:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was in elementary in the early-mid 2000s
HunnieDu · 5 points · Posted at 02:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it really depends on the preschool/elementary schools you went to as a child. I moved a lot when I was younger but initially started in a well off middle class neighborhood and I learned how to read a clock. I found that when I transferred to a poorer paycheck to paycheck neighborhood where I was raised a majority of my life most of my peers where never taught things like that.
Outbacks66 · 3 points · Posted at 05:28:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was XXV? Damn
teacupreading · 3 points · Posted at 11:57:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not sure I understand her confusion. Even if you don’t know that e.g. IX is 9, it’s still in the place where the 9 would be on the face of the clock.
coffeehoarder9000 · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't thought process like that it takes me a minute to get Roman Numerals and work it out but idk if that's just dyspraxia but I get it.
two-tails · 1 points · Posted at 14:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! It's not like the clocks were melting in some kinda Salvador Dali painting.. I pretty much gave up the first time I asked her what time it was, and it was all downhill from there.
thisismybraintalking · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never taught Roman numerals.
I learned from the final fantasy series
LaceOfGrace · 0 points · Posted at 01:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too much math.
MissKayBella · 68 points · Posted at 23:49:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a coworker legitimately ask me how to mail a letter. She didn't know which address went where or what box to put it in for "outgoing mail".
I looked at her with the widest of eyes and asked her if she was serious. She was.
LaDewsWin · 19 points · Posted at 01:31:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When was this and how old was she at the time? Because I cannot for the life of me remember when the last time I sent actual proper mail was, so I don’t think it’s too unusual for people not to know these days.
LoveDaVinci88 · 6 points · Posted at 01:27:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a printing company. One of the temps just had to put stamps on the printed outgoing envelopes for a wedding.....stamps all over the place.
UsedSalt · 3 points · Posted at 03:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i don't think I have ever posted a letter in my life that wasn't a pre-addressed envelope, I can sort of get that one (im 30)
Silver2324 · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had trouble with this when I was 10 and my parents laughed at me when the mail came to our house. I was told to go try again but was too embarrassed to ask for another stamp and at 20 that letter remains on my dresser at my parent's place.
[deleted] · 16 points · Posted at 01:24:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In 2004 I was training a new hire on how to close the booth. We worked in the mall at the customer service counter. I told her to vacuum and where it was located. I began wiping down counters when I noticed her standing there looking dumbfounded at the vacuum. I asked her what was wrong. She asked me, “How does this work???? Is it solar powered?”
No, sweet girl. You plug it in.
She also thought that the cars that sometimes get showcased inside the mall... that they get in by being lowered through the CEILING.
PurpleFlinch · 16 points · Posted at 01:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked in a bank around the time that Urban Outfitters released the shirt with a 6-pointed star on the breast pocket that looked very similar to the yellow star Jewish people were forced to wear during the Holocaust.
I mentioned it to a coworker who responded “what’s the Holocaust?” I stared at her dumbfounded. I asked two more coworkers if they knew what the Holocaust was - neither of them did either. Finally found a coworker that did and she was equally a shocked. I still cannot believe that 3 adults did not know what the Holocaust was.
because4242 · 15 points · Posted at 01:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in the late 2000s I worked at a retail clothing place. One of my managers was ex air force and talked about how it made her better than the rest of us all the time.
One day we had a promotion where for every $50 you spent you got basically a $10 gift card. It's a really self explanatory concept but she felt like I needed it explained. Her method was to take out a calculator, guess how many $10 coupons she thought it might be, multiply that number that she just guessed by 10, then just add 10 until you get to the total spent (you also need a piece of paper to tally how many times you added 10) then you know how many coupons to give. I politely suggested dividing the total price by 50 instead but thankfully she bestowed upon me the ancient air force secret that "that's not how division works, you need to add"
Tldr: my manager in her THIRTIES did not understand addition nor division yet somehow served in the US Air Force.
steelsurgeon · 5 points · Posted at 01:50:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother is in the air force. He was telling me that apparently they had an issue with people not wearing safety glasses in their shop (hes a plane mechanic). Their solution was if you were caught not wearing them, you had to write a five page paper on why you should wear your safety glasses. If you got caught a second time, it was ten pages.
These are grown ass adults.
In a branch of the military.
With third grade level rule enforcement tactics.
because4242 · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm mad that an adult can write 5 pages on why they need something and then still not use it! Wow, just wow.
WhiskeyTangoHotel · 18 points · Posted at 02:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chick I work with uses the caps lock key to capitalize single letters. As in, she's starting a sentence, hits the caps lock key, types the first letter of the sentence, then hits the caps lock key to continue typing in lowercase. Literally every capital letter she types is with the caps lock key -- I have never seen her touch the shift key.
_narrowstraits_ · -2 points · Posted at 08:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair someone with tiny hands might not be able to reach the shift key and the other keys comfortably, so instead they press the caps lock
richardwonka · 9 points · Posted at 10:39:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You do realise there are two shift keys and they are designed to allow pressing shift with one hand and another key with the other hand?
Am I having a meta-moment here or were you just kidding?
BGenesis · 16 points · Posted at 02:44:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to this but I remember in my second year of engineering, my roommate (also in engineering) asked me if I could help him with some homework. I was explaining the steps to him and then when it was just time to isolate for x, he paused. And then started thinking and wasn’t finishing the question. I remember it was a very simple equation, something like 4x-3=9. And then he started asking if the negative sign turns positive when he brings it over. I was completely baffled. Turns out he basically got into the university because he went to an expensive private highschool where you can apparently pay for marks and then managed to somehow cheat all throughout first year. He ended up dropping out like 3 weeks into the semester.
Wayward_Jen · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
but if you move the -3 to the other side of the = it DOES become positive 4x=9+3, 4x=12, x=3
BGenesis · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes I know but that should be second nature by that point. It’s like asking if 1 plus 1 is 2
PinkydaUnicorn · 17 points · Posted at 04:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to the party, but 100% me. I was fortunate enough to have my family be able to support me fully during university. I finished second year before I got a credit card. I didn't understand that you had to pay the credit card; I thought the limit amount just reset every month. It took me a phone call with a very confused mastercard rep to realize this, and about 4 years to get to the point that my life is just easier to have a $500 cc limit. My family did a lot of amazing things for me, but any kind of money management was not on the list. My siblings (26, 30) and myself (28) are just really learning how to budget and not just rack up credit card debt.
butterthenugget · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never taught anything about money management, my parents encouraged independence in everything else. I knew how to cook, clean and basic car maintenance but bank accounts, bills and credit cards/loans I had to figure out myself. I have promised myself that before my kids strike out on their own I will be sitting them down and going through all things financial.
SquirrelyAF · 1 points · Posted at 15:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was the same way!! He had no idea that the credit card wasn't just free money that he could spend on whatever. I was like, um, then how do you think the CC companies make money? And it started to dawn on him. His parents had never talked to him about anything financially either, and now after 12 years of marriage I still manage all of our finances and pay the bills, just in case. (Although he at least *knows* how to do it now if he had to.)
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's such an important skill. Glad that you figured it out, I think putting an easy check on yourself like a small overdraft limit etc is a good strategy, simply because it makes screwing up more difficult. School should teach this, but these lessons do sometimes sink in better when you learn from experience.
kaylammoore93 · 17 points · Posted at 04:44:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At a certain age I find it horrifying that many people still don’t know the proper use of your/you’re and there, they’re and their.
rubbishfoo · 104 points · Posted at 21:45:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Warming up a pot of macaroni & cheese in teh microwave.
How have you survived this long?!
koloraturmagpie · 20 points · Posted at 23:35:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We didn't have a microwave growing up (nothing weird, we just heated up leftovers in the oven so I don't think my parents ever saw the need to get one) so I had to learn how to use one as an adult
Certain_Oddities · 3 points · Posted at 02:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I warm up Mac and cheese in the microwave all the time! Just add a bit of milk to rehydrate it bc old Mac and cheese can get really dry
Ryan_B999 · 6 points · Posted at 04:03:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it’s the pot part that was the issue.
celiacsunshine · 48 points · Posted at 00:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my fiance and I first got together, he didn't understand the concept of pre-heating the oven before using it. He would turn on the oven and immediately put the food (usually a frozen pizza) before the oven had gotten to the proper temperature. Needless to say, I now do all of the cooking.
sparklestar17 · 55 points · Posted at 00:26:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He tricked you to get out of cooking lol
dorvann · 18 points · Posted at 03:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
? I cook frozen pizzas all the time without pre-heating the oven and they come out fine.
archetype4 · 2 points · Posted at 05:31:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have to cook them for an extra 4-5 minutes on top of what the packaging asks for to make them somewhat crispy?
lomography · 7 points · Posted at 05:14:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don’t need to pre-heat the oven often times. For baking, yes, but frozen pizzas, fries etc. saves electricity to not pre-heat, better for the environment
echicdesign · 2 points · Posted at 09:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yep, only items with a leavening agent such as yeast, baking soda or beaten egg need a pre heat, and then primarily in an electric oven
echicdesign · 2 points · Posted at 09:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It isn’t so important with a gas oven, but electric it matters
BuckyMcBoing24 · 17 points · Posted at 01:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my cousins college roommates didn’t know that you needed water to boil things. This lead to her setting fire to raw pasta in the pan with the heat on high and no water in it.
Rheist20 · 16 points · Posted at 03:37:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, my girlfriend at the time had a very spoiled roommate whose parents had always done everything for her. This roommate agreed to help us cook a big potluck dinner, and we have her the easiest job, which was just cooking the pasta.
First words out of her mouth? "Okay, but how do I boil the water?"
succ_egg · 2 points · Posted at 08:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you mess this up you JUST DO. I'm really glad my school was food and nutrition (mostly cooking) as a GCSE because even though I didnt take it I got a lot of useful shit from year 7 and 8
teacupreading · 2 points · Posted at 12:33:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least she knew that water was needed.
[deleted] · 17 points · Posted at 04:42:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend asking me what meat is ham made out of because he was convinced it’s made from HAMSTERS——
LoverOLife · 3 points · Posted at 04:57:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
LoL, and Buffalo wings were made from?
Spoonhorse · 1 points · Posted at 12:57:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that kinda makes sense, I mean pork is made of porcupines.
tatertot_butt · 16 points · Posted at 04:44:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This isn’t so much an adulting issue, but just like, things I thought everyone alive knows. I was on a date with a guy (fully grown adult with children) and the subject of Anne Frank came up. He said, “is she still alive?” I looked at him with my mouth literally agape for at least a full 10 seconds. Unfortunately I had already slept with him 🤦🏻♀️
BobaFettuccine · 2 points · Posted at 20:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband has tons of these, usually related to pop culture stuff like movies but also words he's never heard of. I have a running list. He didn't have any clue who the Marx brothers were or the meaning of schadenfreude, quid pro quo, or knick knacks. He's a doctor, he just didn't grow up watching tv or movies and doesn't retain anything that isn't immediately relevant to his life. Very strange.
imaninfraction · 14 points · Posted at 01:30:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a coworker, who by all accounts is a great guy, but one day we were splitting up apartments we would have to go into. I told him we'll split it up by me doing evens him doing odds. And he asked me point blank whats that? And I had to explain to a 26 year old man what odds and evens are, this was a few months ago and to this day whenever we split up like this he'll say out loud 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 the entire time to remind himself.
NotJiggyWitIt · 15 points · Posted at 01:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
23 year old roommate for a month as part of a study trip. He'd lived out of home since he was 18 yet had no idea what dishwashing detergent was or how to use it, he instead would put all of his plates, cups, cutlery, etc. in a pot of boiling water for about an hour to clean them. He shattered 2 glasses by pouring water in them, microwaving them (the same as boiling them according to him), emptying them and then pouring cold water in them.
Just_Give_Me_A_Login · 15 points · Posted at 02:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT, so I get a LOT of these moments. The worst for me is when a business gets a new computer or their old one goes down, not only do they never do backups, a lot of the time they don't know where their files are/what files are.
Like.. I'll copy their stuff to their computer, they'll open a program and it'll say "open file" and they will have no idea where the files are on the computer. Where's the company data file with all your financial information? Nobody knows. And nobody knows what it's called either, so we can't search the computer for it.
This has happened several times. If I didn't know the default save location for quickbooks, none of these people would have ever found their data.
TxEagleDeathclaw81 · 3 points · Posted at 02:32:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel your pain I’ve done IT Support for almost 10 years.
Roachy1818 · 14 points · Posted at 00:03:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in an office with a lot of women, realizing there were no men in my department other than my boss, he decided to hire a few. He seemed to think that college graduates were a better fit than a bunch of women who have been doing the job for 8+ years. Cue my bosses favorite male sheepishly walking up to me asking for my assistance. Considering he was such a “well educated” male I was curious what he needed- turns out he needed my help in making a PHOTOCOPY! I legit laughed at him, made the copy, told my boss that his ultra educated male did not know how to make a copy. I went home that night, updated my resume and 3 months later left that company.
Note- I’m not bashing on a good education, but admit to some resentment that a college degree = better.
Last note- again, not so much bashing on men as much as how ironic that the man hired because was considered to be better with technology could not make a photocopy.
Geriny · 1 points · Posted at 14:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people are deathly afraid of using any machine that is not the same exact one they've used before. Like even if they used a photocopier before, they would feel like couldn't use another one because the buttons look a bit different or something. I'd bet that was the case here.
lemyolee · 12 points · Posted at 05:44:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
almost every man I've dated doesnt know how to use I washing machine, I date women now.
aotqw · 29 points · Posted at 23:12:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know how to use a microwave.
🎙️ arual_x · 17 points · Posted at 23:17:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My family home didn’t (and still doesn’t) have a microwave, and only recently acquired a toaster. My OH is really confused when I used our oven for ready meals and our oven grill for toast despite having both in our home. You do what you know. If it works, eh. However... I will say that I am capable of using both of the need ever arises(!)
RosesSpins · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:56 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
Much cheaper to heat a toaster than the whole oven and if you're in a hot climate, it doesn't heat the house as much!
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 14:13:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, some microwaves are weird. Mine was always straight forward and you punch the numbers growing up. In my apartment now, you press a number and it automatically turns on for that number of minutes. For my bf’s, you need to press something to make a power selection, choose the power, press something to set the time, set the time, and then press start. At my work place, just press quick start repeatedly until you get the time you want.
DejoMasters · 31 points · Posted at 00:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't say horrifying, but I've had some moments. My siblings come to mind. All of my siblings are bright people, in the sense that they did well or very well in school and have well-formed opinions of most everything they talk about. But damn if they ain't some of the stupidest motherfuckers I ever knew.
First, my oldest sister. She's 11 years older than me, so she has quite the head start on adulting. I went with her on a day trip to NYC when I was about 16 (maybe 17), putting her in the range of 27-28. We took a bus up there to avoid having to drive around NYC and pay for parking and all that. It's a round trip ticket that allows us to take any number of busses back. Deciding to treat ourselves, we caught a Broadway show (at which they upgraded us to disabled seating because I was too tall to sit comfortably in the mezzanine, if you could believe it). We would make it back just fine as long as we took the latest bus. On our way to the terminal, I realized that the pick-up point we had used (where our car was) was not a scheduled stop. The closest one would be the bus depot, a couple miles away.
"No problem," says my sister, "We'll just take an Uber."
She'll pay for an Uber, that's great! I had no money to do so, and she was light on funds, so no big issue. We get to the depot and I wait for her to order a car. Instead, she waltzes over to a cab and asks for a ride. Okay, the cabs in this town aren't the greatest but you're paying, so... This guy proceeds to pull the usual cabbie thing of taking a longer route to raise the price and also not-so-subtly hit on and sexualize my sister the whole time. Once we get to our car, my sister begins lambasting the guy endlessly. "Yeah," I agreed, "We probably should have just taken an Uber."
"I thought that was an Uber."
Apparently she had just heard the term used by her friends when they would go out and get wasted, always assuming it was some hip, new way of refering to cabs. I proceeded to give her hell for it until we got home, and just an a bit of extra fun I bought her an Uber gift card for Christmas.
Then there's my brother. Nineteen, valedictorian, 5s on all his AP tests (he took every AP offered, Lit, Gov, US History, EU history), near perfect on the SATs... When I reminded him to vote in the primary, he said he was a registered independent. I told him that's stupid because that way you have no choice over who the nominees are. "Yeah, but I want to be able to vote for whoever I want." Fucker thought that whatever party he registered for, he would automatically be put in to vote for that party's candidate in the general election. He was the only one in the room that hadn't dropped out of either high school or college, yet the ridicule rained down.
89moonlight · 29 points · Posted at 00:42:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiance really wanted to get married and have children while we were in grad school. I told him it would be hard to have a baby and be able to breast feed them because I am not sure if I could pump in class. He assured me that the baby would be fine because his mother could watch them and she had "big boobs". After a series of very confused questions I found out that he thought all women with big breasts had milk and the ability to breastfeed. The worst part is he was a bit disappointed to learn that my tiny A cups wouldn't grow any bigger after having kids.
TheLastUBender · 0 points · Posted at 18:17:32 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
please don't reproduce with a person who is ths clueless about women. Please please please don't.
89moonlight · 1 points · Posted at 18:23:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a good man who is on his way to be a surgeon. He grew up in a religious Muslim family and country. I can't blaim him for being a bit ignorant about something like this. It's funny and not ment to be a complaint.
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 18:24:06 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
SURGEON?! Sorry.
TheLastUBender · 1 points · Posted at 18:35:27 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually, I'm really sorry, but I would like to add why I think that. The guy is clueles about breastfeedng (although he should know more about how human bodies function) and sounds kind of pushy about having kids early. But he doesn't seem to know how to take care of them at all, and he seems to think it's just going to be your job, and his mother's. Kind of dismissive. That doesn't bode well for me at all. Maybe you are the kind of woman who doesn't mind taking care of a good 80 % of this job. I really wouldn't though, it's tough enough if you have a guy that is committed to doing his share.
89moonlight · 1 points · Posted at 19:32:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your concern is sweet. Don't worry, I am 30 and we won't be having kids for another few years. We both are educated and high income earners, so taking care of a child won't be a problem. It's funny to me because he knew women only produce milk after pregnancy due to hormones, he just didn't realize that it eventually stops. Like he thought all women who have had children continue to produce milk. It's not that he's chauvinistic or anything. He is very sweet and loves my cousins' young children. It was just an honest moment of ignorance he had. Don't worry.
anonymosaurous · 30 points · Posted at 07:43:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Mmk using my throwaway account for this one as it's about myself. Context: I'm an only child, my mother is an alcoholic and as an adult I've come to suspect that both my parents are on the autism spectrum. My parents did everything for me as a kid and failed to teach me a lot of social skills because they don't have them themselves. Here are the things I didn't know how to do until at least college if not into my 20s:
-have a conversation with someone. My parents talk at people about their own interests but never ask others questions or learn about their interests to talk about that. I knew what my parents did rubbed people wrong but didn't know why, so I just...never started conversations with people. I had friends because someone else befriended me and did all that work. I literally had to learn this from a book at age 20.
-that you should bring something when you're invited to someone's house for dinner (or at the very least ask)
-that if you are having Christmas at a relative's house, you need to bring presents for that relative instead of just for your immediate family (I'm 32 and they still don't understand this one after I've explained many times so I just buy the gifts for everyone now)
-that if you are getting lunch with a friend or extended family member you should occasionally offer to pay for their food/trade off paying as a nice gesture instead of never offering. Especially if you're staying at their house. Again, 32, they still don't know.
Other life skills I had to learn in college from friends were how to:
-buy enough underwear (i.e. you should have more than 1 bra so that you can, you know, wash them)
-plunge a toilet
-clean (what products to use, how to use them, how to vacuum, how often to clean. Didn't realize until I grew up how filthy my childhood home was)
-book a flight
-do laundry (or how often to do it for things like sheets and towels. I didn't realize I was doing them way too infrequently until living with a partner in my 20s)
-use a dish washer
-pay bills
-take out the trash
The list goes on.
And finally, I didn't realize until age 28 (after being gently told by a partner) that I need to use soap to clean my butthole in the shower. Yep.
teacupreading · 8 points · Posted at 12:25:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cudos to you for recognising all these shortcomings and working on improving yourself.
[deleted] · 52 points · Posted at 23:03:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate of mine asked me if she should pour the dish soap on the plate or the sponge.
She also had to pull me aside to instruct her on how to clean a toilet when she got in the mood to clean the bathroom one day. I thought she was joking at first. Nope, she really didn't know how to do basic cleaning because her parents always did it for her.
When I told my step dad about this he thought she was trying to trick me into doing the chores for her. At least I got a few laughs out of it.
queenermagard · 22 points · Posted at 02:13:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think dish soap on the plate or sponge is a big deal. I put it on the sponge to scrub regular dishes which I think is correct but am now doubting, unless I have a super greasy pan and then I put dish soap and water in it so it makes a solution of oil micelles and water and does the surfactant thing.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 02:42:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was what I told her
caleblee01 · -1 points · Posted at 02:49:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, dish soap doesn’t go on the plates? Lol what? I don’t even have a sponge, I just rub it with my hand. Is this incorrect?
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 04:14:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of. Sponges are bacteria warehouses. Hands aren't any better - also ew, gross, David. A brush/scrubber with plastic bristles is naturally more sterile.
SquirrelyAF · 6 points · Posted at 15:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither? We fill the sink with hot water, and dump the soap into it while it's running, then wash all the dishes using the sink full of soapy water. Putting soap straight from the bottle directly on either the sponge or the dish seems like a lot of excess soap use to me. IDK?
LaceOfGrace · 21 points · Posted at 01:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least she asked for help!
Silver2324 · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got this from a guy in uni dorms who was already borrowing my dishcloths and soap cos he didn't bring any "do I put water on the cloth or mug first?"
spacepharmacy · 13 points · Posted at 23:40:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
saw a post on tumblr about some girl that said something around the lines of "if i have sex without a condom and he comes in me that's okay! i'll just stand up afterwards and the sperm will fall out of my vagina!"
this is why we need better sex education in schools
psilome · 15 points · Posted at 00:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mom: "What are you laughing at? It's not funny, I have to go visit your father in the hospital!
He said to check it, and its low, so I'm adding some."
Me: "Mom, I love ya, but let me do it, it will take forever for you to put a quart of oil in the car by pouring it down the dipstick tube. Especially without a funnel."
whiskeybrewski · 13 points · Posted at 04:39:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate over 10 years ago in my mid 20s, he moved into my place with a waterbed. Eventually he decided to get rid of said waterbed for a traditional mattress.
When draining the waterbed, instead of siphoning the water out, he decided to cut a slit in the bed to bail the water out with a bucket and I quote, “because I thought it would be faster”. He attempted this when I wasn’t home. Needless to say you can guess what happened.
He had to replace the flooring, lower half of the drywall, repaint. He was fortunate all of his electronics weren’t fried in the incident.
CDR83 · 13 points · Posted at 05:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy I worked with would only take his 15 minute breaks if the time was exactly at the 15 minute mark. What I mean is, 1:00. If it was 1:01, dude would wait around until 1:15 because he didn’t know how long 15 minutes was from 1:01. Telling him to come back at 1:16 didn’t help, telling him to just take his time and come back eventually didn’t work. He took that 15 minutes seriously.
half_a_glass_of_milk · 13 points · Posted at 07:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This reminds of the girl who didn’t know how shade worked. I say girl but she was 18 years old. My dog know how shade works and this girl doesn’t....
So it’s the summer after we’ve graduated from high school and some of the year group decided to go to the beach. As we’re setting up this girl is going on and on about how it’s too hot and she doesn’t want to be in the sun. Me and my friend are setting up under the shade of an umbrella, the girl tries to set up in the same place but there’s no room. So we tell her that and point her to a nearby umbrella. Bear in mind it was late in the day so the shade was not directly underneath the umbrella. This girl puts down her towel directly under the umbrella, not knowing the shade. So we tell her that she’s not in the shade and she looks at us so confused and says something along the lines of “but it’s under the umbrella”. We then point her to the dark patch on the sand that was shaded by the umbrella, she moves to it and then asks us if we’re sure!
I’m not entirely sure how this girl has become an adult without learning how shade works, or how she doesn’t know that shade moves throughout the day but dear lord. And she somehow got into a really good university too...
Maxwyfe · 291 points · Posted at 21:13:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um. Use a tampon.
We were at a club and as sometimes happens, "Brenda's"Aunt Flo arrived unexpectedly. We went to the bathroom where Brenda asked did I have any pads.
No, I said. I have a couple of tampons.
She said she needed a pad and after asking a couple of other ladies and finding none available, and spending $3 in the machine in the bathroom that didn't work, of course. (do they ever?) I told her to just use the tampon.
"I don't know how."
"What? You just shove it up there."
"Where?"
"Uhhhh, where do you think?"
She never used a tampon before. I had to teach a grown ass woman how to use a tampon.
AlicornsandImps · 184 points · Posted at 21:46:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf, she was probably never taught. If I had to guess, her mom never used them, and she never needed to learn. I only learned because I was on swim team, and I thought you were supposed to leave the cardboard on. My mom never taught me how to use them.
B12BD5 · 16 points · Posted at 00:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom held a firm belief that tampons were harmful and that I’d get sick if I used one so she never allowed me to try them. Cue the embarrassment of having to ask my friend how to use one...
Beautiful_Rhubarb · 34 points · Posted at 00:46:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mother never taught me how to use them (she actually forbade that I use them) and I figured it out on my own. There's instructions on the pamphlet in the box too.
nymvaline · 9 points · Posted at 02:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but if you're borrowing from a friend/stranger in a club, they probably only brought one or two and not the whole box, so you probably can't read the pamphlet in the top comment's situation.
Beautiful_Rhubarb · 1 points · Posted at 22:13:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
true but I would gladly show a friend tbh... having my mom show me? too weird. But I admit I maybe have bad family dynamics.
itsa-slipperyslope · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, me too... if I had to have someone teach me this I think I would cringe every month from the memory
BooMimicU · 6 points · Posted at 00:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened with me. My mom used exclusively pads and I didn't even know what tampons were until high school. Didn't use them consistently until maybe college, and it took some experimentation to get the size right.
Tepie357 · 4 points · Posted at 02:09:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 15 I had a friend 'show' me how to use tampons. My mom was in her 50s at this point and her sister had gotten toxic shock 'back in the day'. Eventually after secretly using them for months I asked her about it more, so I could maybe talk her in to letting me use them. She told me that her sister had kept the tampon in for a few days! Apparently there had been little to no instructions. My mom not knowing any better just had assumed for over 40 years that they caused toxic shock immediately and could never understand why women would use them when they caused you to get sick.
sleepydabmom · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 16 yo niece and I just had this convo. She thinks a friend of hers got Toxic Shock from using a tampon for an hour. She thinks it's gross to put something inside you. I explained that it's just as gross to have it setting against your skin in a pad. It's sad the lack of educating our girls get.
pokingoking · 8 points · Posted at 00:05:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do people's moms actually show them how? That sounds very weird to me. Though I guess some girls are really close to their moms. I just read the insert that came in the box. It was easy enough to understand as a sixteen year old.
Dusk9K · 7 points · Posted at 00:57:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what I did. I will say that it's a time when advertising worked. My mom only bought me pads and I hated them. One day (yes long ago) o.b. tampons showed up in the mail to introduce them. Didn't take much to figure out how to use them. Best tampons ever. But...my friends never had them and the first time they handed me one with an applicator thingy...I admit I had to think it over on how you'd use it. Seems like such a waste of packaging to me.
pokingoking · 5 points · Posted at 01:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha sounds like me exactly! Started with OB, so anything with an applicator just seems stupid to me.
Beautiful_Rhubarb · 2 points · Posted at 22:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love and only use OB. I don't get people that get squeamish about no applicator.
AlicornsandImps · 2 points · Posted at 00:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well my mom was open with me about Mrs. Flo, so she taught me about this stuff, but not this, until I used it wrong. I got the first one through the nurse with no box.
numberthangold · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe a lot don't show their kids how but they at least explain it to them. My mom never did, she also never bought any for me.
serf20 · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time I tried to use one (alone) I held up the tampon to my skin and thought if I pushed the applicator towards me it would just go in.... lol
sunforrest · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Me neither I read the booklet. When I first started having my period she just kind of put a pack of pads in my hand and send me on my merry way. She also totally freaked out about spotting. She didn't know ugly period undies could be a thing.
Chaia_has_the_sonic · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ouch
ms_st0ryte22r · 244 points · Posted at 21:42:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who prefers pads over tampons, I understand this situation. I use both, but my period is very irregular. Because of this, I always have pads, tampons and panty liners on me or in my car so that if anyone has a preference they can use what they need. Plus, I've got a younger sister, so I think circumstances play a part in this too. The fact that she asked "where did it go" is still a little concerning if you're over the age of 17.
sea_rhapsody · 42 points · Posted at 00:39:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m gonna go ahead and out myself by saying I’ve never used a tampon. I mean, I could probably figure it out, as I’m quite the fan of the parallel tango, but I don’t put anything in me other than someone’s dick or fingers.
thebrokenfan · 8 points · Posted at 02:09:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the same, the using pads only part. I've never used a tampon and it just makes me really uncomfortable thinking of using them, like putting a wad of cotton up there seems painful.
MyPeopleAreNordic · 7 points · Posted at 03:15:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used tampons for years but for me personally pads just work better for me. I've been using pads only for the last few years.. Tampons are very "freeing" and there is more work when it comes to hygiene with pads but they just work better for me (plus thanks to those Teen Mags from the 90s I always had the fear in the back of my mind of toxic shock....how long has the tampon been in? Is there already one in there? etc)
jahlove24 · 6 points · Posted at 03:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've used tampons plenty but I can ALWAYS feel them. Everyone is like "you're putting them in wrong." I guarantee you I'm not, I think I just have a short vagina. Lol... I use them if they are absolutely necessary but much prefer pads.
sea_rhapsody · 7 points · Posted at 03:55:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude right. “You won’t notice!” Haha um ITS MY VAGINA THANKSSSS
bsmith84 · 3 points · Posted at 07:28:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially if it's a light day, you can definitely feel that cotton tug sometimes!
welluuasked · 7 points · Posted at 00:59:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Try it. It's so freeing.
sea_rhapsody · 11 points · Posted at 00:59:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Iiiiii unfortunately have problems with objects up there haha. Maybe someday.
ms_st0ryte22r · 5 points · Posted at 02:09:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I completely agree! Sex isn't something I'm particularly comfortable with, but once I lost my "virginity" at 19, I felt more comfortable with using tampons, but it's still a mixed bag for me. If you're a a girl and you don't know how to use one, don't be too worried about it, at least in my opinion. I dunno, it's mixed bag for everyone, haha
sea_rhapsody · 9 points · Posted at 02:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I’m glad I’m old enough now that I don’t get shit for it anymore (and also don’t give a shit anymore either), but my teens and twenties were rough when people found out and got on my case about it. Didn’t feel fair to tell them I’d been abused with objects as a child to shut them up, though.
chubbymudkip · 8 points · Posted at 03:10:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuuuuuck maybe we just all agree to stay out of each other's business one day.
sea_rhapsody · 5 points · Posted at 03:57:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that I’m early 30s most people DO which is AMAZINGGG. I’m stoked for when I’m old and ugly and the catcalls stop too.
squishyslipper · 4 points · Posted at 03:16:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember the first time I tried to use a tampon. I had really heavy periods, like put a pad in place and 30-40 minutes later it had to be changed. Anyway, I was a virgin when I tried to use one the first time. I got so dizzy! I just couldnt fathom the thought of some foreign object being inside me!!! Same when my ears were pierced (same year actually), when it was time to twist the starter studs I just couldnt do it. I had to get my grandpa to do it because just the thought of it made me nauseated.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 03:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bleed very little, like, not enough to get one close to saturated. I find them immensely uncomfortable. I'm a pad girl for life.
welluuasked · 4 points · Posted at 03:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny because I only wear pads on the first day or two when it's heaviest, then I switch over to tampons because they're less absorbent. I find pads itchy, crinkly and grossly humid (also they show when I'm wearing workout leggings) while tampons feel like nothing.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just wear the really thin ones and call it a day. I haven't had a real period in years at this point but back when I did I could only really use pads. Tampons constantly felt like something was shoved up my vagina, I guess because something was shoved up my vagina.
welluuasked · 5 points · Posted at 03:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you feel a tampon, it's probably not pushed far in enough. You gotta nudge it a bit and really get it up there lol. Then it disappears and it feels like you're home free
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 03:46:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nope. I would shove it up next to my cervix and it would eventually wiggle down about 30 minutes later. Doc said it happens to some folks.
Either way, I don't need them anymore so it's a moot point.
sodamnsleepy · 3 points · Posted at 08:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've tried to use tampons once when I was 18 .. didn't get it up there and one when I was 25 and was invited to a pool party/ hangout. Welp, I nearly had a breakdown because I couldn't get it in, I've read several instructions on the internet, used a mirror as help and I finally got it in. It hurt, I felt it the entire day. When I was at the bathroom it nearly fell out and had the same problem again. Then after the party I couldn't get it out!!! Looked up the net why and I think it wasn't full enough??'so I took a shower and basically made it so wet that I got it out
That's why I prefer pads :(
Squirrel179 · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's a little concerning and a sign of parental negligence of they don't know by age 10, frankly. By that age there's a good chance they're going to start menstruating soon and it's way better to know the logistics ahead of time than after the fact.
kokokame · 24 points · Posted at 23:30:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly this is a lot more common then you think. I think a majority of my friends have never used a tampon before.
🎙️ arual_x · 118 points · Posted at 21:18:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s horrifying. Though tbf, my mum made the “sex talk” so vague and uncomfortable at age 10-11ish that I had no idea I had a third hole until they showed us in biology. My mums description of sex and periods was largely centred around her repeating “it’s all to do with going to the toilet” over and over again whilst I asked her a myriad of questions and she stared at me awkwardly.
XxsquirrelxX · 64 points · Posted at 21:46:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s possible your mom didn’t know about it either.
🎙️ arual_x · 118 points · Posted at 21:48:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
She did tell me once that she’d tried to insert a tampon one time and fainted from the stress of it. I genuinely have almost no idea how I even exist.
cATSup24 · 31 points · Posted at 23:40:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because impregnation, paradoxically despite being super complicated and difficult on paper, is also incredibly simple and easy in practice. It's almost idiot-proof.
🎙️ arual_x · 9 points · Posted at 23:51:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
almost
cATSup24 · 2 points · Posted at 00:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd wager the gap is smaller than the margin of error for most statistical studies.
Dirmanavich · 12 points · Posted at 01:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I got pretty lightheaded the first time I ever used one. Walked around bowlegged for about 10 minutes and took it out. The whole time my brain was just going "aaaah oh no there's something inside of this body part I've never really used before aaaah toxic shock syndrome aaaahh"
Of course, I was also 13.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TSS gave me nightmares for years.
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents made a big deal of TSS and never let me use tampons for that reason so when I finally used one so I could go swimming, I was panicking.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:04:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Often abused women find it traumatizing to insert a tampon. I tried once and felt like I might faint. Pap smears are a nightmare for me.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry you had to go through that. I think she said it was more to do with a slightly botched episiotomy from when my kid brother was born 😬
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:17:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's rough.
XxsquirrelxX · 1 points · Posted at 22:56:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe tried to stick it in her urethra without knowing? I’m no expert on women’s anatomy but I would assume the urethra is thinner than the hole that goes to the uterus.
🎙️ arual_x · 13 points · Posted at 22:59:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
... you would be correct in that assumption. Probably the main reason for the third, middle, stretchy, penis-accepting baby-dispelling hole.
astasodope · 7 points · Posted at 00:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wonderful description of the vaginal canal. "Baby-dispelling" i choked on my m&ms.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 1 points · Posted at 21:57:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sucks. Sex is fun and something to learn how to do responsibly first (hopefully), and those learned skills can help you navigate other fun yet dangerous things... like drugs!
rainingtacos31 · 1 points · Posted at 23:11:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
3?! girls have 3?!
🎙️ arual_x · 9 points · Posted at 23:14:49 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s a portal. You just have to push the button right.
avianeyb · 12 points · Posted at 22:28:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why not just do the makeshift toilet paper pad and just get some pads first thing after?
CL_is_my_queen · 12 points · Posted at 01:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess that is odd in your country.
Most asian countries use pads only and very rare for girls to use tampons. I wonder how foreigners react when they go to another country and realize there's no tampons?
cyanidelemonade · 25 points · Posted at 01:00:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is kind of bitchy of you. If she didn't know how to use a tampon, it's because she never used one. You don't need to learn how to use one if you are totally fine with pads. I didn't learn how to use them until I had a vacation that would include planned right in the middle of my period.
Armyofducks94 · 8 points · Posted at 00:03:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair I was raised by my dad and I never learned how to use a tampon till I was 22.
Aerismeow · 7 points · Posted at 01:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who grew up poor and taught herself the " wrap toilet paper around your underwear method", I feel for this person. I was 15 when one of my friends explained toe how to wear a tampon, and that was only because we were going to go swimming and all I had were pads.
teenagegumshoe · 6 points · Posted at 00:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does she come from a conservative background? For some cultures that expect virginity till marriage, a woman would not have learnt to use a tampon.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 00:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s cultural. I’m Latina and sooo many people I know think tampons will take your virginity etc. My Mom used to throw away my tampons when I was a teenager. Back then OB had just come out, and they were giving free samples, and she threw them away. There was someone I knew personally that got an infection from her pads. Apparently she bled too much and for a long time, so her vulva was always wet and it creates an infection. I told her to use tampons and she sounded fucking horrified. I told a family member that the cup had changed my life, and she was like “I’m not stinking anything up there.” You stick a dick in there on the daily, and that my friend, probably has a million more germs and bacteria than a little silicone cup.
welluuasked · 3 points · Posted at 01:00:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do they also think guys who stick their dicks into socks have lost their virginity lol
sunforrest · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The cup is life changing ! I always recommend it but the fact you need to "get used to it" (folding and placing) seems to be a deal breaker for a lot of women.
No more rash from pads, no more not having a tampon.
KieshaK · 7 points · Posted at 01:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t use a tampon for the first time until I was well into adulthood. My mom used pads and then she a hysterectomy young, so no more periods. She bought me pads. The idea of a tampon skeeved me out because I couldn’t figure out how you’d use it without getting blood all over your hands. I’ve used them here and there since, but I’m a pad girl all the way. They’re just so easy and fast.
numberthangold · 11 points · Posted at 01:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This really isn't that weird. Some people grow up never using tampons, and there's a "stigma" around tampons with a lot of moms. My mom never taught me how to use a tampon or even what a tampon was, she wouldn't talk about it. My first time using a tampon was in college and even then it took me a long time before I felt comfortable using them. You don't just "shove it up there" either you have to know how to use the applicator.
imperfectchicken · 2 points · Posted at 00:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get it. I used pads for the longest time and had to read the instructions very carefully.
ODB247 · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my bf’s 16 year old daughter how to use them. She lives with her mother but mom just never taught her. Poor kid had her period for 4 straight months in the summer and she couldn’t go swimming the entire time. I also had to explain to my bf that none of this was normal and the kid needed to go to the gynecologist. He did, she got put on the pill.
TheLastUBender · 2 points · Posted at 13:44:09 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't shame her for that. It's especially nasty if you do that to a teenage girl. A lot of women don't find them comfortable, and you need time to get used to it. I use tampons for convenience but I totally think some people may never want to switch.
princessawesomepants · 2 points · Posted at 01:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oookay, so I taught myself how to use a tampon by reading the instructions that came with the box. I guess not everyone is that curious though, but I sure as hell didn't want to explain to everyone at Girl Scout camp why I wasn't going to go swimming, so I had to frickin' figure that shit out.
Fantastic_Relief · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a girl in high school how to use a tampon. She was complaining about having to use a pad during a volleyball game so I offered her a couple of tampons. Then she starts complaining about how they were so uncomfortable and how they always leak anyways. Eventually she had to use the tampon and I happened to be in the bathroom with her. I don't remember the exact conversation but came to realize that she had no idea there was more than one opening down there. She'd been putting the tampon in her urethra opening.
Ghostiie18 · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So the first time I ever used a tampon my mom basically had to ask permission from god to let me use it. Being overdramatic in my language but seriously she thought it was a sin for 13 year old me to use a tampon so I could go to the pool. Maybe your friends parents were like that
deaniebopper · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh dear, I hope you also told her she had to remove it after a few hours!
jahlove24 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it really depends on what the women she is close with uses as well. My mom has never used a tampon, my older sister has sporadically but prefers pads, and I guess I just learned from them. I also find tampons somewhat uncomfortable though I do use them occasionally.
xrihon · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really old-school mothers tend to be behind this lack of knowledge. Mine made some comments I can't remember exactly, but were related to the supposed sexualization of sticking an object up there. Idk.
So I was scared of them for years, despite knowing the "mechanics" of using them through books and internet and whatnot. I had a failed first attempt with an applicator-style tampon (also did it off period duh). The "crooked" feeling and dryness of the thing made me nervous and dizzy, I thought I broke something. I did slightly traumatize myself afterwards, and didn't touch them again.
Until I started swimming lessons as an adult. Some period days were inevitable, so I just sucked it up and learned. And it turns out I much prefer the o.b. tampons over your typical Tampax. It's more intuitive and comfortable to use hands, and nothing innately gross about it since its your body. Now tampons are exclusively for swimming during period week, and pads for everything else. However, I did have classmates who would skip swimming class for a week or two because of their periods. If tampon miseducation had anything to contribute to it, that's unfortunate.
Golddustofawoman · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend could never get the hang of tampons, even into her twenties. But to be fair she had some sexual trauma and was still a virgin at 23.
sodeanki · 0 points · Posted at 01:54:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I gave a coworker one that didn’t have an applicator. She just sort of stared at it and I had to explain the procedure.
invisible_23 · 76 points · Posted at 21:31:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every single day I deal with soooo many customers who appear to not know how to read or write. Like.... how did you drive here if you can’t read? How did you get a license? How do you do ANYTHING?
Mjarf88 · 22 points · Posted at 00:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Allow me to add to your annoyance with customers that come in to pick up parcels and they don't know the shipping company, retailer or even the recipients name. This happens annoyingly often... It kinda worries me how many people are this disorganized.
NothingToSeeFolks · 3 points · Posted at 01:07:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saaaaame!! And Happy Cake Day!
doctorclj · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
Marianna-Trench · 92 points · Posted at 21:29:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have a sponge mop. My then 15-year-old daughter told me it was broken because it wasn’t cleaning the floor properly. After determining it was perfectly fine, I asked her to demonstrate her mopping technique. She was just dragging it around by one hand, LOL. Definitely operator error!
LaUNCHandSmASH · 48 points · Posted at 22:22:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbf 15 year olds suck at adulting.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 7 points · Posted at 01:54:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can confirm, I was 15 until a few months ago
leetfists · 20 points · Posted at 01:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like that's partially on you if you didn't show her how to do it.
Marianna-Trench · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh we showed her.
hyenainasportsbra · 5 points · Posted at 22:54:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have had to train a lot of people, 16 and over, on how to mop a floor.
In all fairness, i didnt learn myself until i was 16
xm202OAndA · -22 points · Posted at 22:41:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is she pretty?
leetfists · 7 points · Posted at 01:23:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why don't you have a seat?
rexasaurus1024 · 128 points · Posted at 20:56:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Living in the barracks in Germany.... All the washers and dryers were in English, same as you'd see in any typical American household. The dryers had a push to start button. Watched this female come in, load the dryer, mess with the dials to whatever setting she wanted and then pull the dial off, look at it, look at the machine, back at the dial. Puts it back on the metal knob, tries pushing that, twisting it. Looks at the whole panel, clearly missing the big ass fucking button that says "Start" and moves her clothes to another dryer.
I finished putting my clothes in, close the door, push the button and start to walk away as she's doing the same thing to the next dryer. To this day I'll never know if she ever figured it out.
Mind you. There were 3 other people in the room besides myself that she could have watched how we started our dryers without asking if she was too embarrassed to ask.
Amadai · 44 points · Posted at 21:15:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex husband was the manager of a video arcade. There was one machine that had a huge start button that lit up and chanted, Please press start! when you put a coin in. People would constant ask why it wouldn't go.
XxsquirrelxX · 24 points · Posted at 21:40:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a grocery store, where our restrooms are marked by a giant blue sign that says “RESTROOMS” with an arrow pointing at them. Almost every day, at least one person asks where the bathroom is.
PM_ME_UR_PIG_GIFS · 7 points · Posted at 01:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the bakery I work at, at least once a shift someone will ask "what are those round things that look like bagels?" They are, in fact, bagels, as the label clearly states. It's so hard to answer without sounding like a condescending ass.
XxsquirrelxX · 3 points · Posted at 05:03:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“They’re tougher donuts”
rexasaurus1024 · 8 points · Posted at 21:50:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh. I worked in an airport. People would stand under the sign pointing which gates were which way and ask "are the B gates this way?" OR they would literally be standing in front of one of the 30 B gates and ask. face palm
leetfists · 6 points · Posted at 01:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a retail store with a HUGE sign (seriously huge, like 12 feet wide with three foot high lettering) at the back of the main aisle that said "bathrooms". People would walk up to the desk where I worked about ten feet from the entrance and immediately ask where the bathrooms were instead of literally just looking directly in front of them. Then they would get pissed when I pointed in that direction and told them it was directly under the big sign that says bathrooms. I get that it sounds like I'm being a smartass, but there is literally no better way to direct you there and you're the one who couldn't be bothered to glance around your surroundings a bit when you entered the store with a full bladder for some reason.
rexasaurus1024 · 3 points · Posted at 09:44:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being pregnant, the first thing I always look for going anywhere is the bathroom. Haha. I will waddle my ass around the store looking for it before I ask where it is. And then if for some reason the preggo brain is strong and I completely miss it, once pointed out I'm like "well clearly I'm blind" or some other self-deprecating joke. I don't get upset if people are smartasses because I tend to be even when I don't mean it.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 15 points · Posted at 21:50:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man I was ready to defend her because I have a dryer that has a pull to start knob! Then I gave up on her when she gave up on the origional dryer. Smh.
rexasaurus1024 · 4 points · Posted at 21:52:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it had a pull to start knob, it wouldn't have been so... dumbfounding. But no. Literally the only single button on the panel that said "PUSH TO START" clearly, in bolded, uppercase letters and she somehow missed it.
numberthangold · -5 points · Posted at 01:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please do not call women "females" it's weird and unnecessary
Mangonesailor · 3 points · Posted at 04:10:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to PC nomenclature women in the military have brought upon themselves.
Thanks and you're welcome.
MTVChallengeFan · 0 points · Posted at 02:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I call people males, and females when it's necessary(to distinguish which biological sex I'm talking about).
numberthangold · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saying "female" in this instance was not at ALL necessary and easily could have been replaced by "woman"
MTVChallengeFan · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Well, true.
It's also ranked about number 999,999,998 out of 999,999,999 problems in the world.
numberthangold · 3 points · Posted at 04:05:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just don't say "females," it takes literally no effort.
MTVChallengeFan · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What about "males"?
Like I said, I only use it when I need to distinguish whether someone is male, or female(for instance, when I talk about Reality Television, and "male competitors", or "female competitors").
numberthangold · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both suck, but you'll notice that women never call a man a "male" while men call women "females" all the time. It's not hard to say "the men" and "the women."
SinkTube · 0 points · Posted at 09:29:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i will notice no such thing, because it's not true
rexasaurus1024 · -1 points · Posted at 09:40:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's habit from being in the military, where they say "females" and "males"...... Literally if you have a married couple or even two people with the same last name they'll say "the female/male type" when talking about one of them.
Besides. In a way, not all females are women, since half of the ones I came across while serving were children who could barely take care of themselves. So. Female.
numberthangold · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
This explanation makes it a million times worse. You don't get to decide which women deserve to be called women.
P.S., "It's habit" is a horrible excuse. It takes no effort to be better than that.
rexasaurus1024 · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wom·an
/ˈwo͝omən/
noun
an adult human female.
If they're not an adult, they're not a woman. I fail to see how that makes me less of a better person to use a common noun to describe a person.
numberthangold · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An adult female should be called a woman no matter how mature you think she is. A non adult woman who is actually not an adult in age can be called a girl. But not a female.
rexasaurus1024 · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is totally your opinion on the matter. Either way to say it is correct, it just depends on what word comes naturally to you when speaking. Sometimes my habit is to say "girl" when describing a woman, but that's not completely correct, and for some reason using the word "woman" to describe the female gender just doesn't flow the right way in my brain in some instances. To me it makes more sense to say female if that's the way they're presenting themselves.
But, that's just my opinion.
ChildEaterSmickSmack · 12 points · Posted at 22:03:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It doesn't cost 150 dollars to go to college
cyanidelemonade · 4 points · Posted at 01:27:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
150 per unit maybe
FebrezeCarhart · 3 points · Posted at 01:38:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish it did though
affemannen · 2 points · Posted at 12:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No it's free where i live, only cost is living.
ChildEaterSmickSmack · 2 points · Posted at 20:00:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes I forgot people can't read my mind sorry well specifically yale University
affemannen · 2 points · Posted at 20:02:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was a joke in reference to american tuitions in general :)
ChildEaterSmickSmack · 1 points · Posted at 20:02:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah okay, have a good one
Ajaxmegas · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it's about 160$ in administrational fees and for the public transport ticket every semester.
sedahren · 12 points · Posted at 00:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a work colleague who must have been late 20s at the time, still lived at home with his parents. They were away and he complained that he couldn't go upstairs at night because the bulb had gone on the landing. When I suggested he change it he looked horrified. Turned out he had no idea how and he refused to try because he was scared of getting electrocuted.
Bobbytrap9 · 13 points · Posted at 01:30:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes me think about a TIFU story about an uncircumcised guy that didn’t know that you could pull back an clean down there. He was well into his 20’s and I don’t even want to imagine what his private parts looked like or how it must have felt.
Clean your genitals people, for yourself and any potential sexual partners!
lksapp · 11 points · Posted at 01:45:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fathers side of the family scoops ice cream with a fork.
affemannen · 1 points · Posted at 12:56:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Say what!! Uuhh but why? I cant.. wtf. How do they eat soup? With chop sticks?
lksapp · 2 points · Posted at 14:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah it’s weird. But honestly if you have hard ice cream it makes getting it out of the carton easier.
paradzik123 · 10 points · Posted at 02:06:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my mother didn’t know about left loosey righty tightey until she was 37, so she would just guess on turning things. My father is the one who found out about it & told her to never tell anyone that ever, so she tells almost everyone
Pierowmania · 14 points · Posted at 02:09:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody's probably going to see this but I don't care. When I was in the boy scouts, there was a guy who didn't know how to wash a cast iron skillet. You may think "oh. Maybe the guy was new" not so. The guy had been with the troop for years. He had been on many many camping trips. Usually we would only bring cast iron to those and since it was usually a small group, we had everyone wash their individual mess kits that they brought and have one or two guys wash the pots/pans we managed to use. Somehow, this guy managed to avoid that responsibility FOR YEARS. To this day, I still have no fucking clue how he did that because there are usually people who keep track of that shit. Black magic probably. So the fact that he didn't know how to wash a cast iron came up when we were cleaning up after a meal. I was pared up with him and he immediately started looking around for soap. I told him that wasn't how to wash a cast iron and he told me the whole thing about never doing it before. I had to teach someone who outranked me that no you don't use soap, you use hot water and a brush and cover it in oil after drying it with paper towels. Weirdest thing I've ever done.
ina33 · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:42 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
Um, I didn't know that and I've been washing pots n pans for years. Just never owned cast iron.
manaworkin · 13 points · Posted at 02:12:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Acquaintance of mine got in trouble because when instructed to clean the carpet at work, he started MOPPING IT. MOTHAFUCKA TRIED TO MOP CARPET!
Jdawg_sk1 · 12 points · Posted at 03:36:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spent half an hour teaching a 50 year old woman how to double click
succ_egg · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Theres so many on here like this where you just do what is described but these fuckers cant get their heads around it
Prior-Option · 12 points · Posted at 04:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at my friend’s house one night when one of my friend’s mom called her. They were speaking in their dialect and when she finished the call she talked to us in English. My friend’s (who’s house we were at) brother heard her and was like oh you can speak two languages? But you don’t have an accent? I explain that knowing another language doesn’t mean you need to have an accent when you speak English and he still didn’t understand how she didn’t have an accent. ??????????
FatBoySlim- · 13 points · Posted at 04:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is easy. I was on a boat that was sinking,sitting easily 50 -80 meters outside a harbor in very deep water and at least 3 of the Local Mexican crew members working on the boat said to me they couldn’t swim when I asked where there life jackets where. I’ve never blown up garbage bags and wrapped them in towels so fast in my life. Each crew member hugged a bag of air in the water and doggie paddled as myself and another woman tourist dragged them back to the harbor.
TheLastUBender · 3 points · Posted at 21:55:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here's a depressing take on this: I have a friend who grew up in an Irish fishing village. The older fishermen there generally don't know how to swim, at least not particularly well. They think that it is kinder to drown straight away when you get swept overboard into the icy Irish Sea. These types of incidents usually occur at night, far away from shore, in a choppy sea. Chances of survival are slim since many boats are operated by only one or two people.
oxym0r0n · 12 points · Posted at 07:29:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old girlfriend of mine called me crying because her tire was “half flat” and she didn’t know what to do. “What do you mean, it’s half flat?” I asked. Her reply: “Well, only the bottom half is flat, the top is still round.”
KemeticDrifter · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I could upvote this multiple times. It's hilarious.
Squid8742 · 26 points · Posted at 23:33:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex husband did not know how to wipe his behind after a bowel movement properly. The idea of wiping until you are clean was foreign to him, in his mind he just needed to wipe once and call it good.
He had a huge learning disability. To him, the day he graduated from high school was the last day he had to learn anything.
deathangel35711 · 25 points · Posted at 00:17:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex wife teaching her to drive at 25 .....she 39 and still can’t drive. Thankfully she’s no longer my problem
LanguidLacuna · 19 points · Posted at 01:11:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mind you, some people just suck at driving, and we’re all better off if they’re not out there being a danger on the road. I have very poor spatial sense and an anxious disposition, and I loathe driving. After a few near-misses, I just went fuck it, I’m a successful fully functional adult in other respects, there’s good public transport in my city, and I can afford taxis or ubers when I need to. So no more driving for me.
affemannen · 4 points · Posted at 12:35:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My driving instructor verified this for me, she was very talkative and said she had a few clients where she eventually gave up and simply told them that driving was not for them. And i genuine believe this is so, not everyone is meant to drive and we are all safer for it.
deathangel35711 · 6 points · Posted at 01:46:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was just lazy . If she had a disability or fear I would have given it a pass.
Silaquix · 7 points · Posted at 02:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See I'm in the latter group. I'm mentally ill and driving is terrifying.
deathangel35711 · 6 points · Posted at 02:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bet you don’t let that hold you back from , bathing, cleaning your house , taking care of your child, or even just doing anything other than eating and playing in the pc. Cause that’s literally all she did
williams1753 · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you live in the same town she’s still your problem, you never know when she’s on the road.
deathangel35711 · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah she’s no where near me thank god
Captain_Hampockets · 22 points · Posted at 00:53:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-gf.
We were talking about things we hate, and she said that she hated the first 10-15 seconds of a shower, when the water was so cold. I asked why she didn't just turn on the water from outside, then wait until it was warm to step inside. She got quiet for a while, then got all mad at me, like I was calling her stupid.
Bitch, what?
No, the relationship did not last long after that.
wild_starlight · 25 points · Posted at 01:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a person who was, erm, locked away and abused by her family until she was in her 30s (trust me you don’t want details). She didn’t know what a thrift store even was and it was like a wonderland to her. I also helped her get her first driver’s license. Last I heard she is doing well and I’m glad she could get on her feet and never look back.
obsequious_cuck · 3 points · Posted at 16:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you're so poor that you don't even know what a thrift store is. That is tragic.
wild_starlight · 3 points · Posted at 16:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is tragic when it happens, true but she wasn’t allowed out of the house/backyard was the real reason, also tragic
obsequious_cuck · 3 points · Posted at 16:25:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess "deprived" is a better word.
Buttercup23nz · 10 points · Posted at 23:58:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy who didn't know how to cook pasta. Ruined some delicious fresh pasta I'd been looking forward to eating, and also meant I didn't have anything to eat before we went out, so I had to stop at McDonald's on the way, then had very little money left for drinks, so kinda ruined my night.
I told him that if we ever got married he had to move out home for at least 6 months first.
We did not get married (phew, on so many levels), and I do wonder how the first year was for him and his wife. He did work overseas in a job that came with accommodation and meals provided, and I think he did that right up until he got married, so it could well have been rough. Another brother became a priest with a housekeeper and his sister married an incredibly wealthy man with house staff. The final brother is still, and probably perpetually, single and seems to have figured self care out for himself. But it's still scary how little these grown children knew how to do.
My 11 year old is extremely capable, baking and cooking meals with only supervision, no assistance, and can do housework tasks when asked to a basic standard. This ex was my motivation for teaching her, and her brother will learn the same once he's old enough. 19 years later I still can't get over it!
-PM_me_your_recipes- · 11 points · Posted at 00:03:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife went to a top dental school (on scholarship thankfully), a lot of her classmates came from crazy big money so some were lacking in the common sense department as they had everything handed to them growing up. My wife had some of them as roommates. The most memorable wtf moment was the fact that two of them couldn't figure out how to change a light bulb. (Insert number of dentists to change a light bulb joke here)
They had to call my wife who had to show them how to replace a standard light bulb.
Glitterfest · 11 points · Posted at 01:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once asked my ex to clean up the bathroom since I was 38 weeks pregnant and the only one working and thoroughly exhausted. I came home in the midst of it to find terrible fumes, and him spraying bleach cleaner, then topping it with ammonia cleaner to “make it easier”. Yeah, almost dying is not easier.
Dommekarma · 2 points · Posted at 01:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually dying is though.
Oolican · 11 points · Posted at 01:50:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine tried to chop a piece of wood with a hatchet holding the wood in his other hand. Nope.
pWaveShadowZone · 10 points · Posted at 01:52:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Nurse on orientation tried to put feeding tube meds through an IV (this would most likely be fatal)
Morsemouse · 2 points · Posted at 09:26:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
It did happen, decades ago, and it was fatal. She was caught, but not in time; some of the liquid had made it through to the patient. She was a new graduate, and somehow that little tidbit had never gotten through to her. That was her first “real,” job. (I have to wonder if it was her last) I worked with a nurse that was there when it happened.
Toomanyplantfriends · 11 points · Posted at 02:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my husband but holy sh*t he was sheltered growing up. His mom stayed home and did EVERYTHING for him and his sister.
Panicked in line at the bank because he didn’t know how to deposit a check.
He had never washed his own clothes and couldn’t tell the washers/dryers apart when we moved away from home/went off to college.
Couldn’t figure out how to boil water/make pasta and refused to try when I told him to read the damn instructions on the box. He was angry I wouldn’t tell him which pan to use, and the box didn’t say.
He’s much better now (we’ve been together over a decade) but DAMN
burneraccount1515 · 12 points · Posted at 04:14:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That you can’t eat chicken medium rare .
ANT2WSP · 11 points · Posted at 04:37:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think we are spoiled by the information age, as it's really easy to look up guides and tutorials online. Then again, I think some people are too dim to realize that they can look it up.
I've done everything from cooking complex meals, to rewiring houses and repairing my truck thanks to youtube.
I lived with a roommate that didn't know how to skin (or whatever you call it) whole, fresh garlic. I was amazed because the process is pretty basic and I figured it out on my own. So I showed them the way I do it by using the flat side of a knife and they thought it was like black magic or something.
wodemaohenkeai · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had never even used fresh garlic until my 20's (my mom always used powder (yuck!)). I can relate to your roommate.
ANT2WSP · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh, powder has it's place. Most stores now stock those jars of minced garlic, but they never taste the same. My local Walmart now sells pre-skinned cloves in a resealable bag and while it's expensive, I'm lazy enough to buy it, haha.
xybre · 1 points · Posted at 17:41:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally just taught my late-30s partner how to do this.
Their parent was nuts and wouldn't let them cook. So their whole life they've just been eating raw veggies and microwaving cans of beans, or cooking plain rice. They'd also figured out like 2 dishes which were really good, but outside that comfort zone there be dragons. They could bake cookies from scratch like nobody's business though.
When the microwave went out a few months ago I thought they were going to have a meltdown. They were vocally bitter about it for like a week but finally got used to using the stove until I was able to get the parts to fix the microwave a month or two later.
After a year with me they're quite good at cooking and feel much more comfortable in the kitchen in general. I think it was mostly anxiety from growing up.
PocketSizedNarwhal · 10 points · Posted at 05:00:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my cousin (23) that you have to put detergent in the washing machine to wash clothes. He was 22 at the time. I have also explained more than once that shoes can be cleaned and/or polished and he doesn't need to replace shoes because they get are dirty. I also taught him that you can completely unlace and relace any sneaker. I have no clue how he has survived almost 24 years so far. (I want to add that he was the "gifted" kid in the family and started college classes in 7th grade and I was in the special education class. I have two disabilities and psychosis, and he can barely tie shoes)
LGatoBebop · 12 points · Posted at 05:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, but I once had a roommate, 26 yr old Brazilian landscaper. I see him flustered, pacing around the kitchen. I ask him, "Something wrong?" As he turns to me I notice he has an orange. He roars, " I cant find a damn knife and I'm so F***ing hungry." "I mean why dont you just peel that little guy?' "Cant find a clean knife for shit homie, what to you think I'm doing?!". I wasn't sure who was more confused at that point. Regaining myself I prompt him for the fruit, I plunge my thumbs in the navel and rip off the zest. The shock and awe on this boys face when I hand him an orange wedge and the rest off the ready to eat snack. And my grimace of concern returned
richardwonka · 9 points · Posted at 10:58:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can’t find a clean knife.
Sounds like there were non-clean knives at hand that could have been - dare I say it? - cleaned?
ppchar · 10 points · Posted at 05:02:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex fiancé had his mother break up with me while he was standing silent slightly behind her.
We were 24.
CandyGutterdandy · 3 points · Posted at 06:01:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dodged a bullet.
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 15:41:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He did better than I did. I went through with the marriage, then filed for divorce (and bankruptcy) two years later. I was also 24.
ppchar · 5 points · Posted at 16:30:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol if by better you mean that his mom told him that we weren’t going to be together because she couldn’t understand the concept that I could love my cat and my fiancé!!! She wanted me to get rid of my (then 4 year old) baby I have literally had since she was 8 weeks old!!!!!
Lol She was like you get your cat or my son. I said okay. Well my cat can’t survive without me... and she was like que te dije, mijo! She loves her cat more than you!!!!!
Ok bye bye crazy people
I asked her if having a son made her love her husband any less and I’m honestly surprised she didn’t smack me with her fucking chancla.
I honestly think I was the one given the favor
obsequious_cuck · 3 points · Posted at 17:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah you definitely dodged a bullet. If he can love you and a mother like that, you can love him and a cat.
uroborous01 · 12 points · Posted at 14:51:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was homeschooled for 2 years (had to repeat 10th grade, so did 2 years of 10th grade in the 90’s) Met a pair of homeschooler kids whom had been betrothed when they were 12. Met them when they were 16. Great people super friendly and outgoing, nicest people ever, they were what i call “true Christians” because they didnt care about your past. Only your future and how jesus was all about forgiveness and loving your neighbor (but not in a creepy way, more in a “hey that person looks like they need help, lets help that person even if they reject us for it. We wont judge them, just gonna be great to them”) Anyway fast forward to 2002 (met them in 1996-7ish) randomly bump into them at the local community college i was attending. They were married bow and had been for about 2ish years. Ask them about plans for kidds. They said they hadn’t had any because god had not yet seen fit to bless them with any yet. Long conversation short: they had no idea what sex was or how to do it or how babies are made. Genuinely thought that one day the wife would spontaneously start showing signs of pregnancy. Their parents never told them. Told me when they asked their parents the parents had told them to “give it time and god would bless them in due time.” Nothing about the birds and the bees, or the mechanics thereof. Also found out they sleep is separate beds. In the same room sure but never the same bed. Never seen eachother naked. Never showered together or anything like that. Said it would be a sin because parents told them that growing up. So I whipped out my biology textbook and showed them the chapter on reproduction. They freak out. Think its porn. Tell them its not. They worry for my soul. Tell them my soul is totally fine and so are theirs. Tell them that this is how babies are made. They dont listen. Thats ok i also met their parents in homeschooling and was still friends with them. Call the husbands dad tell him the issue. He draws a blank thinking they should have figured it out by now: natural human impulses and all that. Inform him of the full truth. He says he needs to make a few calls. Gets back to me a day later, tells me he sat down with his wife and his sons wife’s parents, and had a long chat. All decided that it should be my job to give full disclosure. Told him i tried. He said he would handle it. 2 days later having lunch with my honeschool married couple friends. They say their parents set them right but said that i was supposed to show them how it all works. Hear this and think “are you fucking serious? What the hell is this twilight zone weird shit?” Take them to my place and search up some porn. Nothing weird just normal stuff that shows penetration. They both go goggle eyed at it like their minds have been blown to the revelation at what is hidden beneath each-others garments. It was a 5 second clip because dialup at the time. I am really super embarrassed at the whole thing and its really uncomfortable for me to be the one to show them that. Turn to them and tell them: “ok now that you know, you also need to know that this is how every human is made. Even the super ultra puritan ones like you two. Yes your parents did this to make you. Now then. Please dont take offense and get out of my house please, and go hone to yours and... well yeah you can figure out the rest. But please leave, i am super embarrassed right now.” They leave. Next day trying to avoid them but it doesnt work. The find me and simply say thanks for informing us to the truth. And that jesus will forgive me for having to show them that. “Sure great thanks please, i cant look at you right now, i just wanna be alone with my sandwich.” They oblige. Over the next month things change and their whole demeanor gets more relaxed and they get even more lovey with eachother. 3 months later she has gained weight. You know where this is going. They now have 5 kids. One of which is graduating highschool in 2 years. Everyone is doing great. But yeah, having to explain the birds and the bees to a married couple was surreal and weird as all hell.
qwik_facx · 3 points · Posted at 16:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is the best example of "not knowing how to basic adult" in the whole thread! Hope this won't get buried.
Mochipants · 3 points · Posted at 17:11:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got another one: people who don't know how to use line breaks. Sorry, I just had to say it, dyslexic here and can't read that massive text wall to save my life. 😅 Remember kiddos, paragraphs are our friends!
uroborous01 · 3 points · Posted at 18:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Plz go easy on me. Im posting from my phone and am not totally familiar with how to reddit. Also: fellow dyslexic here!
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 18:34:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hehe sorry, I really didn't mean any harm, it was supposed to come across as a joke but I'm awkward af and I really am sorry if I made you feel bad. High five, my fellow lexy!
uroborous01 · 2 points · Posted at 19:01:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah i stopped feeling awkward and taking offense at text based people when i discovered the block button. Yer ok. Dont worry.
thomas_h123 · 32 points · Posted at 00:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend and I don’t live together completely yet, but she comes over almost all the time. We’re talking one night and I ask her why my bathroom trash is piling up with toilet paper so fast. (I’ve noticed it does it ever since she started coming over) She laughs nervously and then I put the dots together and realize she doesn’t flush her toilet paper. I confront her and she realizes after 18 years of living, she’s supposed to flush toilet paper. And after a year of dating I finally found out the toilet paper mystery!
contrary_wise · 28 points · Posted at 03:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend did a mission trip to Mexico in an area of extreme poverty and little water. The water where they stayed was in a tank on the roof and they quickly realized that if they flushed every time they used the bathroom, and if they flushed the toilet paper, that they would run out of water for showering and other things. So it was common in that area to never flush toilet paper but put it in a trash can next to the toilet. People who grow up doing this often just keep doing it, even after they move to locations where adequate water supply or good septic systems are commonplace.
thomas_h123 · 7 points · Posted at 03:41:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She told me her grandma (who’s from Mexico, and a very poor part at that) raised her to do that which I understood but I still thought it was so crazy !
lomography · 6 points · Posted at 05:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a former soviet country and in the 90’s it was quite common for public places to have signs “please don’t flush the toilet paper, put it in the bin” because plumbing was so bad. I had a flashback of it last Christmas when I saw the same sign in a venue we had our work party at. I just cringed.
Snapdragon_fish · 3 points · Posted at 04:54:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is she from somewhere with bad plumbing? I've lived in South America where this is the norm. You just take out the bathroom trash regularly. Somewhat smelly trash is better than the toilet clogging all the time.
OriginalLobster33 · 2 points · Posted at 07:54:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brazilian here and can confirm. It's not just in poor areas of the country, as someone may think. We all have a trash can beside the toilet.
teacupreading · 2 points · Posted at 12:08:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same in Greece.
thomas_h123 · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Her grandma that raised her to do that is, my girlfriend was mainly going off of what she was told to do
Golddustofawoman · 3 points · Posted at 13:31:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhh...if she's from Mexico its completely understandable. I used to live in south Texas and this was super common. But it isn't fun when you work at a gas station or a restaraunt.
thisisyourreward · 3 points · Posted at 01:14:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wouldn't used toilet paper smell bad before filling a trash can? 😬 How did it take you a year?
thomas_h123 · 3 points · Posted at 01:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s what I thought but it didn’t, it’s really weird that I didn’t notice but ya know
kimmypooh · 1 points · Posted at 05:14:24 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
People that have septic tanks usually don't flush to.
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:43 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned not to assume that you are "supposed to flush toilet paper." Each family is different, and some places avoid it. There's a handy map for this: Where You Can & Can’t Flush Toilet Paper Around The World
https://brilliantmaps.com/flush-toilet-paper/
[deleted] · 19 points · Posted at 01:42:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who left home at 16 and has been entirely self reliant, never using public assistance of any kind, no support from family or friends, this entire thread is blowing my mind.
So many people have such easy lives.
CandyGutterdandy · 3 points · Posted at 05:50:42 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ditto. And it's a really bad thing.
DeFlounder · 57 points · Posted at 21:16:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife was was 25 when I met her. After 1 year of dating she was in the shower and I jokingly said "aren't you going to wash your feet". She looked at me in confusion... she didn't realise you had to actually wash your feet, she thought they were self cleaning.
flipzzzz8 · 95 points · Posted at 21:56:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anything below the knees is self cleaning. I’m afraid to say you’ve been wasting your time washing your feet
executeorder666999 · 11 points · Posted at 01:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend and I are 19 and I only realized a couple months ago that he doesn't wash his feet. I had to teach him last year that he needs to wash between his butt cheeks.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 27 points · Posted at 22:17:02 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ngl I only wash my feet when they are visibly dirty which is fairly often in the summer. Gravity is how I have rationalized it but I might just be stupid.
What are your thoughts on peeing in the shower?
NothingToSeeFolks · 35 points · Posted at 01:45:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you’re peeing in the shower, you better be washing your feet.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 9 points · Posted at 03:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You obviously pee downstream. I can aim mine so directly into the drain hole is best.
[deleted] · 8 points · Posted at 22:19:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Paardenlul88 · 3 points · Posted at 10:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Soaked? Do you believe toes are porous?
wafflemonkey13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy cake day!
cATSup24 · 6 points · Posted at 23:57:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is this so common...?
Respect4All_512 · 3 points · Posted at 02:49:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless I've been walking around in mud barefoot or something, a rinse is all mine need. I don't do stuff that causes sweating very often though.
log_sin · 7 points · Posted at 04:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your dead skin builds up on your feet and can cause fungus, even if you're sedentary. If you wear socks, that dead skin stays there on your feet. Scrub your feet with soap. And between the toes.
Respect4All_512 · 3 points · Posted at 04:34:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do exfoliate a few times a week. I am mostly barefoot indoors though.
xm202OAndA · 2 points · Posted at 22:41:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've never heard of gravity?
buddylight · 10 points · Posted at 23:36:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first met my wife she saw me turn the high beams on in my car. She asked how I did that without holding the lever. We had just started dating and I didn’t know if she was joking.......she wasn’t.....she’s also a few years older than I am and had been driving for longer with a father whom was a safety engineer for BMW and raced cars on weekends. She always claimed she knew a ton about cars and now when she brings that up I smile knowing I know jack shit about cars but I knew how to turn on my high beams at 16.
Morsemouse · 3 points · Posted at 09:32:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clicking the lever is relatively new... relatively. Once upon a time, there was a button way up on the floor that you hit with the left foot, that changed the high/low beams. Nowadays, it would be past the emergency brake lever, for those that have that site. It was on the floor. And you could hear the click when you pressed it with your foot.
skribsbb · 10 points · Posted at 00:26:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Type in a password.
I manage a medical system where users (usually nurses, doctors, patient admin, etc) would create their accounts. In order to create an account on my system, you had to already have an account on the main health record system we used, as the two were "connected". (I say "connected" because that connection was the bane of my existence, as you'll soon see why).
At this point in time, users had two options to log in to the EHR - a hardware token with a simple PIN number, or a username and password. Most users used the token, because it was easier to remember a PIN than a username and a much more complex password. However, in order to set up the account on my system, you had to have both (then you could use either one).
This guy could not type a password to save his life. He couldn't remember his password. So we went to the help desk for the main system and he reset his password. It literally took him about a dozen tries to type and confirm the password. Then we go back to my office...3 tries and he locks himself out.
Back to the help desk. Another twenty tries. Back to my office. Locked.
Back to the help desk. Another couple dozen tries. Back to my office. Locked.
Back to the help desk. New plan. I reset his password (with his permission). One try. Back to my office. Account created. Back to the help desk. "Go ahead and reset one more time so I don't have your password." Then I left before I watched him spend another half hour resetting his password.
We got a new main record system at my hospital. As soon as we got that, and my system no longer needed to be "connected" to this other system, I took control of creating the accounts myself. It's less work for me to do it, than to guide my users through it.
Anto_Z_ · 10 points · Posted at 00:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friends didn't know how to make a fucking bed
loreleilies · 9 points · Posted at 01:18:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cleaning the kitchen sink and my 23 yr old roommate was perplexed by this, he thought you put things in there to clean them, why would you have to clean the sink itself?
pricklyasaporcupine · 10 points · Posted at 01:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve told my roommate at least a dozen times not to put wood cutting boards in the dishwasher. I’ve given up so I just hand wash them if I see one in the there. If they weren’t my cutting boards, I wouldn’t bother. Maybe if she ruined her own cutting boards she would finally get it.
random_invisible · 3 points · Posted at 06:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bamboo ones can go in there, btw. At least mine does, and it's lasted years.
Armyofducks94 · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can’t put those in there? Oops
UncleBenji · 10 points · Posted at 01:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much anything with cars. Everyone owns one but few know anything about them. Then in the category of who knows cars is a beautiful spectrum of everything from forum fanatics that are usually wrong all the way to the ASE tech who has been wrenching since cars got headlights. But as someone who works in the auto industry I am still amazed by the “wtf” stories I hear. My favorite ones are when customers get a diesel and try to fill it with gasoline. The nozzles aren’t the same size for a reason yet a dumbass will hold it over the fill hole since it won’t fit.
williams1753 · 2 points · Posted at 05:09:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I had a nickel for every time my hose wouldn’t fit in a hole..I’d have no nickels.
UncleBenji · 1 points · Posted at 13:38:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Self burn!!
katsinthewild · 9 points · Posted at 01:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine had never cooked before. Came over for a taco Tuesday event and had to be taught how to grate cheese.
CarterBennett · 12 points · Posted at 01:36:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was going over a emergency rescue plan with some co workers and explained to call 911 ASAP if there is an emergency.
One guy raised his hand and asked “what is 911? I’ve never heard of it”
I literally could not tell if he was kidding.. he was not.
MarbCart · 10 points · Posted at 01:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn’t that horrifying, but a friend of mine got mixed up and thought you were supposed to shift your gears all the way up when going uphill in a bike. Poor thing had been biking to work that way for months at that point. Probably had killer thighs though!
postcoitaltechnoboog · 3 points · Posted at 19:26:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poor knees 😬
flippy_bippy · 10 points · Posted at 04:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was driving in the car w my former roommate and I stopped bc another car was backing out of a spot. she asks me how I knew the car was about to back up. and that’s when I realized a girl who has been driving for two years didn’t know what reverse lights were
28ffaabb · 10 points · Posted at 15:05:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I moved in with my BF, he didn't know that you are supposed to put the cap back on the tooth paste tube after using it. He would just leave it there and throw the cap away... Every time he brushed his theeth he had to remove a big dry chunk of tooth paste. When I confronted him, he said that that's what everybody does and that I was being very annoying.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤦🏼♀️
FoxindaHenHaus · 11 points · Posted at 15:36:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A couple years ago, I had a roomie kindly offer to make me pancakes on my birthday. I’ve never seen her make toast, let alone pancakes, but gladly accepted her offer.
After about half an hour of banging around in the kitchen, roomie calls out to me:
“Uuuh, yo? I don’t think its all gonna fit?”
I stroll into the kitchen to find her attempting to pour the entire recipe’s worth of batter into my cast iron skillet looking straight up panicked.
I somehow managed to explain through my hysterical laughter that the recipe makes a dozen or so pancakes, not just one.
She was 27, in case y’all wonder.
[deleted] · 51 points · Posted at 00:31:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe a not, know how to do this. But rather just how do you not know this?
My ex and I were walking through the supermarket. She looks at me rather embarrassingly, and says “So I know there is black and white cows, and I know there’s browns cows. But is there pinks cows somewhere for strawberry?”
YO IT WAS SO HARD NOT ROLL ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING!!!
VengefulGolem41 · 4 points · Posted at 07:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A recurring prank in my high school was when the science teachers would try to convince their AP bio classes that Chocolate milk only came from brown cows. Somehow it worked every year and with very little effort.
thisisntshakespeare · 0 points · Posted at 00:34:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is she a blonde?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 00:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, no she was a brunette.
johnny_firepant · 52 points · Posted at 00:44:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A friend of mine who was 26-years-old had no idea who Vladimir Lenin was. We went to the same school our entire lives.
Guess he was just Russian through history class.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 6 points · Posted at 02:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ba dum tss
JBaker2010 · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Must've been a fire engine...
johnny_firepant · 1 points · Posted at 12:27:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why’s that?
miemcc · 70 points · Posted at 23:35:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most of the complete and utter [outrageous expletive] numpties that crowded out UK beaches today. Have they completely lost their minds.
Too think that is socially acceptable to travel to do something that you can do in your back garden is reprehensible in the current conditions, especially if it endangers those that may not have the privilege of being able to experience open space, such as those in high rise apartments.
I would also bet that most of those that suffered the experience without the option of other escapes are without the privilege of ready access to open space and are those of financial impoverishment, particularly due to factors such as race or age.
Why is it so difficult to put others first?
🎙️ arual_x · 19 points · Posted at 23:44:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
OMG don’t get me started
watermelonparadise · 4 points · Posted at 01:12:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
America is so embarrassing right now. people are just “over” the virus and acting like babies. i am lucky to live in Atlanta which is a relatively progressive city with mask-wearing & social distancing, but we’re in the South so the idiots aren’t far, they’re ruining everything. coronavirus is going to be here for years because people can’t just suck it up and stay home.
Respect4All_512 · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had spring breakers partying at Flordia beaches in March. April was the height of the lockdown. Memorial day and they're out there again. At least you don't go bankrupt if you get sick.
Stroker_93 · 18 points · Posted at 21:22:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a mechanical engineering course, one person had to YouTube ‘how to open car bonnet’
LaUNCHandSmASH · 35 points · Posted at 22:22:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Googles "What is a bonnet?"
Oh yeah haha that person is an idiot!
CuriousElk1 · 16 points · Posted at 03:36:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I stayed with a friend for a week, one morning I got up and made some toast only to be electrocuted when I pushed down on the toaster. Sparks flew, my finger blackened and I was flung across the small kitchen to slide down the wall. I unplugged the toaster and told her not to use it when she got home from work that afternoon. She complained that she had only just cleaned it the day before, yup submerged it in the kitchen sink!
olimasil · 4 points · Posted at 07:57:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just gotta correct your use of the word electrocuted. If you didn't die, you got shocked. Electrocution only refers to a fatal electrical shock
CuriousElk1 · 4 points · Posted at 08:47:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks, learnt something.
SunixKO · 3 points · Posted at 13:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He is wrong though "Electrocution is death or severe injury by electric shock, electric current passing through the body. " First line of Wikipedia
CuriousElk1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay you kind of both win then. I didn't die but nor was I "electrocuted" by that definition (I was severely suprised, totally flabbergasted when I found out why, but only moderately hurt)
sea_rhapsody · 9 points · Posted at 00:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my best friends, god bless him, did not realize you needed to actually clean showers/baths because “well I bathe with soap in there, shouldn’t it be getting clean too?” ... He was 24 at the time. I love him to pieces but he had never lived on his own before then and I’m glad we told him that no, you still have to clean your shower once in a while.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 01:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I unfortunately have my own story. I’m man enough to admit that it was simply a lack of teaching due to lack of childhood oversight.
On my last. Day. Of. High. School. My friend mentioned in casual conversation almost gagging on his toothbrush when brushing his tongue. I laughed and made a joke about why you would ever gag brushing your teeth. He said of course that he was brushing his tongue, to which I replied “is that normal?” His response was “yeah, not brushing your tongue is like taking a shit without wiping our ass”. Haunted me for life because I realized that my entire life I had bad breath (including literally every day of high school). I make it a point to spend extra time brushing my tongue, 10 years later.
Enjoy lol
thegiantpaperclip · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin told my siblings and I when we were younger that brushing your tongue would brush off your taste buds. My mother put the kibosh on that one quick fast and in a hurry.
Candour_Pendragon · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:06 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
What?
Are you being sarcastic or trying to say people normally brush their tongues with a toothbrush? That ought to hurt, though? That's flesh, those are some hard bristles. Are you serious?
And why would that have any relation to having bad breath?
ina33 · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:01 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
quick internet search:
"Brushing your tongue helps get rid of bacteria in the mouth. It also stimulates healthy saliva flow, which helps maintain a healthy oral environment. In fact, the ADA has said that tongue brushing can reduce bad breath symptoms by up to 70%. "
(but I actually don't brush my tongue...was never taught to...maybe I'll start)
BareKnuckle_Bob · 9 points · Posted at 01:52:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only recently found out my 82 year old mother in law doesn't know how to use an elevator. She'll only go in one when there's someone else to operate it. I now know why she's never attempted to drive a car.
NarcolepticKnitter · 9 points · Posted at 03:38:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in grad school lost her apartment keys and had a total meltdown. She genuinely believed there was only a certain number of keys per home / apartment, and once one was lost, that's it. How would she survive the rest of the year without a key?
I tried to calm her down by pointing out that it was a weekend and neither of us had anywhere to be, so she could just borrow my key and get it copied...
Roommate: you can do that? Me: yes Roommate (between sobs): WHERE!? Me: a lot of places. The Walmart down the road. Roommate: how much is it? Like $200? Me: no... It's like $2
I blew her mind that day. And, in a different sense, she also blew my mind.
dt1664 · 8 points · Posted at 04:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm experiencing one almost daily with adults of all ages who seem to not understand that they need to wear a mask over their mouth and nose - not just their mouth, not their chin, not their neck.
Omega9927 · 8 points · Posted at 06:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl once who couldn't tie her shoelaces, got her hair tangled while she slept and didn't know how to get knots out, didn't shower on her period because she hated the blood (Sure, she had a massive shower the day it stopped and hers were only a few days long but. Still) and only owned one bra.
Lots of it was because her parents were slobs and her family was very poor, plus she was the youngest of four siblings and the only girl. My mom taught her all those basics and now she's doing pretty well, being the first of all my friends to have moved out of home. Good on her.
pseudo_orphan · 5 points · Posted at 07:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dang I love me a wholesome ending 😊
not_nik_ · 9 points · Posted at 06:51:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker at a food bank I used to work at who started dating this other girl that worked there. They started messing around and she was a virgin. He was not. One day at work, we were sorting bread and I asked him how they were doing. He tells me that they went all the way. I asked if they were safe and if he used a condom. (This guy is in his late twenties, mind you, and this is not his first rodeo) To my shock he matter-a-factly said, “Of course not, I was taking her virginity!” I turned to him confused and asked him what he meant. He said he was taught that when you take a girl’s virginity, you can’t use a condom because you have to create a “blood bond” with her. He was dead serious. I told him that that isn’t a thing. He just shrugged and kept sorting bread. I, on the other hand, was speechless and very confused.
matty80 · 9 points · Posted at 10:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first - and only - time I had Christmas dinner with my in-laws, my wife's stepmother grilled the turkey.
I don't mean she oven-cooked it and then grilled it; she just grilled it.
So this thing came out that was burned black on top but completely raw underneath. It turns out this is how she had always cooked turkey at Christmas.
Somehow - and she was in her 70s at this point - she was still alive. She'd been doing this for decades and evidently had an invincible immune system. But I would ask you to imagine the experience of sitting around a festive table, with general good will and all that, some nice potatoes, roasted vegetables, cranberry sauce etc etc, and then having literally raw turkey plopped onto your plate.
My stomach is rising just thinking about it. The incredible thing is: she knows how to cook a chicken. You put it in the fucking oven. But for some reason, lost in the mists of time, she had grown up believing that a turkey - the smallest of which is double the size of a large chicken - is to be grilled.
It was the biggest 'social obligation' vs 'please do not kill yourself' experience of my life. I see that fucking turkey in my sleep. Poor fucker didn't die in order to be grilled inedible by some septugenanian with an iron stomach.
lovasaurus · 9 points · Posted at 15:38:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an exceptionally stupid boyfriend at 18. He was well into his 20's. Lot's of fun from him.
In a sad turn, he's now a panhandler so this did not work out for him.
Mochipants · 3 points · Posted at 16:12:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No wonder he dated you when you were a barely legal teenaged girl. He sounds like he has the maturity of a 12 year old. Ugh.
lovasaurus · 3 points · Posted at 20:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes... as I got older it seemed very creepy LOL
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:16 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which is why I feel no pity whatsoever that he's now a panhandler. Guess his "laundry lady" finally got sick of babying him too 😂
lovasaurus · 3 points · Posted at 07:55:19 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
That poor woman. Who knows how long she put up with that. I'm so Mom-Programmed that when I saw him from the driver's seat of my kid packed vehicle approaching to ask for money, (he did register that he was coming up on his ex girlfriend and promptly covered his face with his sign) I said, "That's a shame. He had poten..." "What mom?" "Nothing. I knew that guy." "He had potent what?" "No I was about to say he had potential when I realized that was a flat out lie."
ACakeCalledDenial · 10 points · Posted at 16:09:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first year at University, one of my roommates asked me in all seriousness, how rice seemed to increase when you cook it. She thought that rice got bigger not because it absorbed the water, but because each grain multiplied over and over.
that1whitedude · 4 points · Posted at 18:07:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did she think the rice was breeding, and giving birth at an alarming rate ? LOL
aaron_in_sf · 38 points · Posted at 01:59:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Americans not wearing masks while we rocket towards a horror show of easily avoidable death and permanent health impairment and disability.
No-contact-4811 · 77 points · Posted at 21:18:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
No joke, I had a coworker repeatedly try to correct me earlier today regarding the significance of capital letters in her e-mail address.
"It's not going to work, it's supposed to be a lowercase E!!!"
This woman is in her early 30s. This is behavior I expect of my aging parents e.g. "is my username a big or little 'S'??"
RonSwansonsOldMan · 27 points · Posted at 23:00:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, at one time almost everything on the internet was case sensitive.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 16 points · Posted at 22:55:40 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The local part (left of the @) in e-mail addresses is technically case sensitive. It's just that almost all mail systems treat it as case insensitive, but you technically shouldn't rely on it.
No-contact-4811 · 2 points · Posted at 11:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And here I am thinking I'm all high and mighty
Murgatroyd314 · 13 points · Posted at 00:24:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having been on the internet since the days of Mosaic Netscape, I'd like to say that she's not entirely wrong. Sometimes, case really does matter, though most providers these days have case insensitive addresses.
I'm also one of those people who swear at recent browsers' tendency to hide the "trivial"
wwwsubdomain, because I remember a time when it frequently made a difference.random_invisible · 3 points · Posted at 06:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It still does when you're troubleshooting hosting or DNS issues.
MagsWags2020 · 36 points · Posted at 22:09:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s not so bad, is it? Sounds like she’s just confusing email addresses with web addresses, log-ins, passwords... literally everything else I can think of is case sensitive.
xm202OAndA · 17 points · Posted at 22:22:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most web addresses aren't case sensitive.
aaaaaaaarrrrrgh · 13 points · Posted at 22:56:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The domain part isn't case sensitive, the path is.
SanityInAnarchy · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The domain isn't case-sensitive, but the path is interpreted by the server, so it's entirely up to the server whether it is or not.
Try it here -- most of the path on Reddit will redirect you to the correct case if you get it wrong. AFAICT the only case-sensitive part of the path to this comments page is the first
rand thecomments.In fact, that's kind of true of email addresses. AFAICT from skimming the spec, there are restrictions on what characters can go in a local-part, but there's nowhere the spec actually says they're case-insensitive -- in fact, it's explicitly a string that's interpreted by the server that handles mail for the domain in question. Which is why you also get stuff like Gmail's plus-aliasing and extra dots.
I guess there's a stronger convention there, though. Enough mailservers treat the local-part case-insensitively that there are even automated systems that will force it to uppercase for no reason, so if you want to be compatible, be case-insensitive.
Asparagus-Cat · 3 points · Posted at 03:15:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, they aren't case sensitive?
nopejake101 · 2 points · Posted at 12:34:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not anymore. They used to be though, you're not crazy
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 14:22:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As someone who codes.. I feel. Everything matters.
Dharmsara · 3 points · Posted at 23:04:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that’s not so bad. AFAIK Gmail takes any uppercase and lowercase letter and dots, but that’s it. Also everything else online is case dependent
Claughy · 3 points · Posted at 03:25:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met an 18 year old who was " about to start school for computer science" who thought that emails were case sensitive. As well as a millenial coworker who thinks that.
I_Ace_English · 7 points · Posted at 22:49:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have bad motor skills, so I didn't start doing a lot of things by myself until my late teens. I'm sure my boyfriend was horrified when I told him how late I'd learned to floss myself (18).
Violent-Profane-Brit · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a fully functioning 16 year old human and I have no fucking idea how to floss
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Geriny · 3 points · Posted at 14:10:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the only difficult step here is the second one, and you kinda gloss over it, so here's a more detailed description.
Hold the string taut between two hands
Position your hands on the opposite sides of the tooth
Push the string between your teeth by pushing your hands up/down
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 15:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This leaves out the most important part: wrapping the floss around both index fingers, tight enough to hold with some leverage but loose enough to not cut into your fingers. Once you get that down, the rest is easy. Your thumbs do the work and it doesn't matter if you're a little clumsy.
obsequious_cuck · 1 points · Posted at 15:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never heard a 16-year-old refer to themselves as "fully functioning." Good on you.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 2 points · Posted at 15:55:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only physically. Mentally, I’m an idiot
obsequious_cuck · 1 points · Posted at 15:56:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which is exactly what an idiot wouldn't say.
I'm onto you.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 1 points · Posted at 18:53:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sweats nervously
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 15:50:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the same way. I remember the looks of horror when I said aloud that I didn't really "have enough coordination" to floss. Someone was like, "How much coordination does it even take to floss?"
In retrospect, I think I just didn't care enough to learn. My coordination is way worse now, and I still floss sometimes. I like to see the blood come out!
I_Ace_English · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sure part of it in my case was that my parents did a lot more for me, so I just didn't have the desire to figure it out, at first.
Then you consider that putting in contacts for the first time involved hours of blood, sweat, and tears (literally)... I'm not surprised I didn't want to learn.
valo_cs · 7 points · Posted at 01:13:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread makes me feel like a superhero.
biff64gc · 8 points · Posted at 01:14:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was tutoring part time while I was attending ITT Tech before they closed. Tutoring AC and DC electronics. These are second semester courses after the first semester courses of basic math.
I was going over ohms law with one student and told him to just divide one number by another to find the third value. Got a response I didn't expect.
"How do you do that?"
Odd question, but maybe he just hasn't done division in forever. "Just use the calculator." I said since I know we're allowed to use them on tests.
"Okay. How?"
The dude literally didn't know how to use a calculator for basic math, which is odd considering there was an algebra course we all had to take the semester before (found out later on they were all pretty openly cheating). I had to show him the button sequence and to put numbers on the screen and the division symbol.
What's horrifying was this was a private college with insanely overpriced tuition. This was why ITT tech got sued and eventually shut down. They would go to these people that had no place in a college setting and promise them lucrative careers that paid more than they really did if they took out the massive loans to pay for a degree they had no right earning. I felt so bad because I knew he would graduate alongside me and stand no chance of actually holding down a job that would allow him to keep up with the debt.
dirtiesthippy · 8 points · Posted at 01:25:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roomate in college ask us how to boil water. We looked at her kind of funny because she brought the kettle with her, but I guess her mum had packed it. We said 'you put it in the teapot and boil it?'. She pulled out a regular metal pot. We said no the tea pot. She then proceeded to try to put our porcelain serving teapot on the stove. When we finally got her to the electronic teapot/kettle she plugged it in, but didn't turn it on, and left it there to 'boil'. This same roomate also couldn't make scrambled eggs, do dishes or laundry.
131pooky · 8 points · Posted at 01:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few of my friends were discussing when we got our stimulus checks and we heard two of them weren't getting them because they hadn't filed taxes in years....we are all almost 30. With full time jobs. I don't understand why you wouldn't at least attempt turbo tax or something.
jboitx · 2 points · Posted at 01:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My MIL got to go to court with the IRS because she didn’t want to file taxes from 1990-2000. She was 44 in 1990.
Robo-boogie · 2 points · Posted at 16:25:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister works in a production facility. Her coworkers were always recommending tax people that could have gotten her the best refund.
zardoz_lives · 8 points · Posted at 02:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife hits the caps lock button every time she needs to capitalize a letter. I told her she can hold shift down, but I think she still does it.
sodamnsleepy · 3 points · Posted at 09:54:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sacrilege!
yazawa22 · 8 points · Posted at 02:44:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My high school boyfriend bought me roses that came with flower food. His mom and I told him to “feed it” and put it in a vase while we cooked. We were minding our own business and then turn to pay attention to him. He was very carefully drizzling the flower powder INSIDE each rose. Not in the water. IN THE ROSES. We were so baffled we just stayed staring in shock till we taught him how.
Crowjr4 · 2 points · Posted at 05:25:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A little understandable. I wouldn't think most people would automatically know how to use flower food, considering you can just put them in a vase of water.
[deleted] · 9 points · Posted at 03:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When people don’t wear masks.
PheIix · 7 points · Posted at 03:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to use a dishwasher... I witnessed two men in the age were retirement is looming, fail to use a dishwasher... I could perhaps even count a third one, but his mistake was a bit more understandable..
After we were done with a shift, we used to wash the dishes that we had used during the shift. When we arrive at work we take the dishes out and put them in the cupboard... One of the dudes on the shift before us had put in a dishwasher tablet without removing the plastic (that's the dude I'm giving the benefit of the doubt), perhaps he thought it was the type were the plastic melts in contact with water. The two guys on my shift however are bonafide idiots... They saw the dirty dishes and the wrapped dishwasher tablet in the machine, laughed and called the guy who did it a moron. He unwraps the tablet, toss it inside the machine. And then he fills the cup that should house the tablet up with dishwasher soap for good measure... And the other guy watches and concurs that this is how he usually does it as well, because his dishes always came out shiny when he did that... I tried to tell them that it was a huge mistake, but according to them I had no idea what I was talking about... Half an hour later the entire kitchen and half the control room is covered in thick foam, just as I had told them would happen, and they still maintained that it had to be something wrong with the machine... How have those two knuckle heads made it through life and into such a well paid job being that dumb? The same two guys also discussed hookers in Thailand and how there was no chance to get aids from them as long as they pissed themselves and smeared it over their nether regions when they were done...
Those two always had the solution to everything, absolutely infuriating to work with... They always backed the other ones outlandish claims with such conviction it made other people question themselves....
Thankfully I didn't have to work with them for too long...
InspiredBlue · 8 points · Posted at 03:38:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but I feel like my coworkers story belongs here.
She told us that her ex’s hair got matted up because he would shower with his ponytail still in. Everytime. He literally wouldn’t take the ponytail out and would just wash his hair like that.
strawberryalfredo · 9 points · Posted at 03:40:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently discovered that my 31 year old sister can't tell time on an analog clock my mind was blown
arj2589 · 9 points · Posted at 04:24:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My roommate, a computer engineer in his mid 20’s working for the one of the biggest tech company (probably the one you are thinking off).
Got his mind blown when I told him to use his desktop monitor with his work laptop. And he saw how the mouse seamlessly moves. from one screen to the next. I was like “ how did you pass 9 rounds of interviews again ? “
grimalkin- · 8 points · Posted at 04:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Early on in my relationship I asked my partner to put my work clothes in the washer for work the next day. He put my work uniform in the washer (which was covered in coffee and syrup and milk and other lovely things you’d find in Starbucks, where I worked at the time) and then just left it sat there over night. He literally just placed them in the washer, didn’t bother to turn it on when he knew I had to wear them the next day. I could have strangled him in the morning when I woke up and realised I had to go to work in dirty clothes
Merry_Dankmas · 8 points · Posted at 04:43:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister thought that the minimum due by date on her credit card was the minimum amount she had to spend by that date, not the amount she had to pay.
trill_cosby_69 · 7 points · Posted at 04:56:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my friends GF how to blow her nose at 22 years old. Parents always helped her do it. I have witnesses
allbymysauce · 8 points · Posted at 05:02:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate called a plumber because her sink was clogged. The plumber came in, checked out the situation, and within 10 minutes asked her if she had been dumping wax down the sink. My roommate responded, “yeah? I mean what else are you supposed to do with the candle wax once it has melted...”
mscarasinclair · 8 points · Posted at 05:03:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This wasn’t me explaining how to do something, but I once had to teach a grown man what HIV is. He had never heard of it before. Even worse, this was at work: he was my client, I’m an escort.
RainDownMyBlues · 2 points · Posted at 17:16:46 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would have been a bit dubious with that and probably noped the fuck outta that situation. That's just a bit sketchy.
mscarasinclair · 2 points · Posted at 11:35:42 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately it was at the end of the booking as I was cleaning up 😬don’t worry, I always use protection and I didn’t catch anything thank god!
RainDownMyBlues · 2 points · Posted at 12:04:33 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yay! :) i'm the opposite sex, and never delt with yet understand the struggle there. Good god I couldn't imagine having to explain HIV to someone without saying FUCKING OUT NOW. You're much more brave than me, and I was a goddamned army ranger. Aka tried to get killed on purpose.
seainelle · 8 points · Posted at 05:23:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first met my now husband he thought Pam (like the spray oil) was the same as butter. I discovered this as he was preparing a box of rice-a-roni and began measuring out 2 tablespoons of spray oil. I stopped him, went immediately to the store and bought real butter. He thinks I’m an amazing cook ever since. Hahaha.
Ben-Stanley · 14 points · Posted at 01:15:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seriously amazes me how many guys I've had for college roommates who dont know that you need to scrub food off of dishes before you stick them in the dishwasher.
Kristeninmyskin · 3 points · Posted at 16:40:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because the commercials for dishwasher detergent are full of lies!
QualityTongue · 14 points · Posted at 00:43:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my mom finally died of Alzheimer’s after 10 years, my partner was only capable of patting me on the head and half-smiling that it would be ok.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 3 points · Posted at 19:44:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry for your loss.
Did you ,um, stick with that?
QualityTongue · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:51 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. 14 years together now.
Xenagie · 3 points · Posted at 23:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Man, that hits close to home.
When my father died from FTD, I put in for bereavement with my boss to go to the funeral. While I was gone, my supervisor told everyone why I was taking time off, and when I came back to a sorry for your loss card signed by everyone at the lab. People are really well meaning, but man I hate getting sympathy. Also, if you're wondering how it feels to get handed a hallmark "Sorry your dad died" card, in the same way a "Happy 5 years" card is delivered: the answer is not good. All the things that people say to you are so generic, and so deficient in understanding of what a dementia death is like, that I always was put in this weird haze of discomfiture, irritation, and feeling like an ungrateful asshole for feeling the way I was.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, that must have been so hard for you."
No. Watching my father take two hours to be spoon-fed a meal was hard. Realizing every loss of function was not going to come back was hard. Watching my mother killing herself, from six in the morning to twelve at night(waking up to turn him to prevent bedsores) trying to act as a life support system -- from waste removal to feeding -- was hard. Knowing that everyday was going to be worse than the last was hard. Worrying about the genetic component, and having to decide what a good indicator for when and how I should kill myself if I exhibit symptoms was hard. The actual death was easy.
"I had no idea your father was even sick"
Yeah, because I don't want to talk through difficult life experiences with people whose kids' names I can never remember.
"If you every need to talk, I'm always here to listen." or "God doesn't close a door without opening a window" or beatifically delivered pseudowise bullshit.
These are the only ones that actually made me feel bad about the person saying them. Everyone else was just saying the wrong thing when they felt awkward about not saying anything(which you can; most of the time, it's the best option) The people who said this or something like this were never ever actually interested in anything other than feeling like a super good and wise person. Every time it was delivered happily, somewhat serenely, and supreme self-aggrandizingly. Way too much empathy, and way too little awkwardness and genuine interest. Little tip -- people can read body language. Don't fucking walk up to people dealing with a loss and who never talked to you about it and pretend to have all the fucking answers, and then act like you're a deified saint washing a leper's feet. It makes you look like a dumb, out of touch, shitty person. because you are. You're stupid if you think people don't get the motivation behind over the top, fake sympathy. It's crazy, but I got this from many more people than I would expect -- because they came out of the woodwork. I got this from people whose names I barely knew.
"Man, I get it. My grandfather had a heart attack about year ago"
You don't. I don't.
"You know, things happen for a reason."
Oh, man. You mean the years and years of pain and degradation my father went through were all a deliberate pawn sacrifice in a cosmic chess game I can't see or understand? Wow, I feel so much better about it now. Do you have some religious pamphlets I can take?
Sorry for writing a novel.
drunkenangryredditor · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is why we use the word "condolances".
To avoid all the attempted profoundness, spiritual advice and other platitudes. To say all these other things instead just misses the point.
Condolances mean that we don't understand what your loss was or how you percieve it, yet we still feel we need to say something.
You have my condolances.
QualityTongue · 2 points · Posted at 14:38:57 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel everything you wrote to a T but could never begin to post it here. Thank you for that!
Mowglis_road · 7 points · Posted at 23:57:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 33 year old best friend didn’t know how to use a can opener
Shindig-Lover · 6 points · Posted at 00:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn’t quite me not knowing how to do something, just wanted to try something stupid. I was with my boyfriend at the time and we had a candle going. We were goofing around and I decided to blow out the candle in a more creative way... and I took my can of dry shampoo and aimed toward the flame and began to spray. My boyfriend went to lunge after me to prevent my stupid idea and failed, as a stream of fire lit up the room lol. First and last time I made that mistake
jamerhead · 7 points · Posted at 01:14:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 22 year old male friend with a gf genuinely didn’t know what “pulling out” was
NemoHobbits · 8 points · Posted at 01:30:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Until he was 21 years old my brother believed that if you went to a deli counter for meat, you had to buy the entire meat. He didn't know you could order just a few slices.
suhcute · 7 points · Posted at 02:17:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to have a meeting with a coworker to teach her the concept of scrolling.
squirrels827 · 6 points · Posted at 04:47:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly what you're looking for but I know a guy who didnt know dandelions have the two flower stages. He thought they were 2 seperate plants and made some comment about how it was weird that the white puffy flowers would show up right where the yellow flowered plant used to be.
trixtopherduke · 3 points · Posted at 04:52:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's pretty cute, though. There's the "Do you like butter?" dandelion phase and then there's the "make a wish" dandelion phase.
MamaDMZ · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:37 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Turns out I didn't know this either. TIL.
squirrels827 · 2 points · Posted at 12:55:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seriously? Do you live somewhere without dandelions?
MamaDMZ · 1 points · Posted at 13:29:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, just honestly never paid that much attention to them tbh.
JaneMaxter · 6 points · Posted at 05:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex never cleaned the dryer lint trap and wondered why our clothes literally caught fire in the dryer.
I kept a shirt as a reminder.
imonlyhereforACHN · 6 points · Posted at 06:37:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This wasn’t purposeful, but my dad once ate a bagel with cream cheese. Or what he thought was cream cheese. The silver packaging was similar to that of the crisco package. He put lard on his bagel and ate the whole thing; didn’t even notice until someone pointed it out to him after. He was in his 40s at the time.
Meowcityhappytrain · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is delightful. I bet your Dad is awesome.
imonlyhereforACHN · 2 points · Posted at 16:57:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He really is :,)
Umutuku · 6 points · Posted at 06:47:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in engineering uni. Senior design. Got put in a group with a few kids who were up for valedictiorian or whatever. They didn't get that watts and watt-hours were different things. They were trying to compare inverter wattage and battery capacity as if they were the same spec across multiple options in component selection. When it came to the physical design they wanted to mount the solar panel on a scissor lift... "to get it closer to the sun and generate more power."
Their grades and family connections had them getting interviews at some of the big firms before they graduated. I always wonder if one of them has ended up designing something my life may depend on. Then I think about how many other people like that are out there. Then I have a bright ray of hope and think that maybe they'll end up working under good mentors. Then I have a dark ray of unhope and think that a lot of the people that could be their mentors are people who got there with the same kinds of connections and "look busy" hustle that has managed to avoid being truly challenged up to that point.
LozNewman · 7 points · Posted at 07:45:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Cooking. A vast number of French men don't know how to cook. They've always depended on some female or other to do it for them.
WTF, dude?!
How can you NOT feed yourself?!
On the other hand, when French women find I can cook fine dining, it's a definite attaction.
OstracisedWitch · 7 points · Posted at 13:52:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More of a WHY would you do this. My ex and I were cleaning. I go to start the dishes but there was no sponge. I go upstairs to ask him if he knew where it was and.. to my HORROR... hes using the sponge to clean INSIDE the TOILET! I tell him how gross that is and there were things right next to the toilet to clean it with I.e. a brush and cloth for the seat. But no... he gets angry at ME for even being weirded out that he did that bc "at least hes cleaning it". So much so, that he lobs the sponge out the window in a huff.
Smh
dominason · 8 points · Posted at 13:58:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend lived with my husband and I for a few months when he was 23. He had never lived on his own. He wanted to eat cereal one morning, and did not know how cereal worked. He actually asked us how to make cereal.
qwik_facx · 1 points · Posted at 17:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is he handling life today?
dominason · 2 points · Posted at 20:09:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Overall, quite well, though I wouldn’t say he’s killing it in the cooking department.
anonobot69 · 7 points · Posted at 14:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a third hand story, but apparently the UK TV show ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ wherein people go to a doctor on TV because they’re too embarrassed to go to a doctor in a private consulting room (??) had a guy in his mid 20s who’d never had a job or a girlfriend because of body odour. He was at his wits’ end, had asked everyone around him for help (including his parents) and when he finally submitted to an examination, on TV, it transpired that nobody had ever told him that wiping and washing your butthole was a thing.
chalwanna · 14 points · Posted at 22:22:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Pakistani, 28 years old, male co-worker once asked how to remove stains from the floor after spilt coca-cola. (yes, he did not know how to mop the floor)
Jordvn414 · 7 points · Posted at 01:26:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was training a new kid at a gas station, he was about 20 and I told him to mop the floor before he left. He actually looked at me and said he had never mopped before. Like how on earth have you never used a mop???
FlyAlert · 5 points · Posted at 01:33:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New employee in company truck. He called me very concerned and panicked because both of his blinkers were blinking at the same time even though the truck wasn’t cranked. He had never heard of hazard lights. He was around 25 years old.
vykeengene · 6 points · Posted at 01:42:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with someone who didn’t know that sometimes stuff you buy from the grocery store that isn’t refrigerated when it’s sealed, needs to be refrigerated after you open in.
pAceMakerTM · 4 points · Posted at 02:17:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a service desk and everyone in the company lacks basic computer and logical thinking skills. My neck muscles are getting strong from the constant “you’re a moron” head shaking
treepuppetgirl · 7 points · Posted at 04:39:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I stayed at an ED ward (eating disorder, not erectile dysfunction) for two months and some days it felt like the clients had to babysit the staff members. Our daily routine involved sitting down to eat six times a day. We were all in another room working on school work as two staff members prepared our evening snacks. One client had ordered popcorn. How did I know? The smoke alarms went blaring five minutes before we were about to eat. Me and the other clients rushed into the kitchen/dining room (which was against ward rules and also we broke the no running rule) to find black smoke billowing from the microwave. Turns out a staff member misread the instructions and put the popcorn in for 13 minutes instead of a minute and thirty seconds. They kicked us out of the kitchen and opened the windows, which set off MORE alarms (all the windows had alarms on them so we wouldn't, you know, jump out. Either to run away or kill ourselves). One client suffered severe panic attacks and had a major one because of the overstimulation.
Tldr: staff at a place built for making and serving food couldn't make popcorn.
TheCrazyAlpaca · 5 points · Posted at 04:41:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend (almost) 30, thought that snails switch their shells like crabs do.
SquirrelyAF · 2 points · Posted at 19:21:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean... I was today years old when I learned this.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I taught not one but SIX people how to use a manual can opener.
yeuzinips · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was it Opening Cans with Implements 101?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I called it “Simple Tools for Simple Fools 101”
procedureszone102 · 7 points · Posted at 07:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fact that governments around the world had to teach grown ass adults how to wash their damn hands. It shouldn't take a global pandemic for adults to know how to wash their hands.
datantiboii · 5 points · Posted at 13:30:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seeing these comments makes me feel really smart and a really good cook. Thanks guys!
Edit: overcooked rice litterally while typing this, guess karma is a bitch.
ameyzingg · 25 points · Posted at 00:53:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This easily takes the cake. My sister once asked me how much do they charge to transfer photos from phone using bluetooth.
TheGoldL · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, phone companies are pretty scummy about certain features. For example, they expect you to pay for the ability to use your phone as a hotspot, when in reality it is a locked feature that can be accessed for free by rooting it. You will need a data plan/wifi connection, but they still "require" you to pay more for a feature they locked. There is no service being provided by paying, it is only an inconvenience fee. Considering this bullshit, I wouldn't be surprised if bluetooth file transfer was also locked behind a pay wall on certain devices.
Part-timePhilosopher · 2 points · Posted at 05:01:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
speaking of cake... happy cake day!
nikki_runns · 25 points · Posted at 02:01:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cntrl C, Cntrl V. Watching adults right click to copy and paste drives me up a wall. Way too many people I work with either refuse to utilize this shortcut or just don’t get it. It’s painful when it’s happening over and over in a presentation.
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 11:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nikki_runns · 1 points · Posted at 18:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha good catch
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nikki_runns · 1 points · Posted at 18:34:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clearly an accident bud
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 18:45:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nikki_runns · 1 points · Posted at 18:56:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha thought you were just trying to be an ass. My only excuse is a late night. After reading your comment I glanced over at my keyboard and facepalmed immediately.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:06:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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nikki_runns · 1 points · Posted at 19:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...glad I was able to make you laugh then!
dorvann · 8 points · Posted at 04:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why shouldn't I right click to copy and paste? It's actually easier than using keyboard shortcuts because you can do it with the mouse with one hand.
itsa-slipperyslope · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm with Nikki on this, my ex boss had no idea how slow she was and it drove me nuts!
nikki_runns · 2 points · Posted at 18:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah that’s my point it’s much faster, especially when you are doing it constantly while working in a spreadsheet.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
2 clicks and 2 keys, either way works imo
ProfessionalCarrot9 · 22 points · Posted at 02:51:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of these comments are funny, but a majority of these are making me sad with the way redditors are talking about these people. A person isn’t dumb because they don’t know how to do something, they just haven’t been taught. You weren’t born with the innate knowledge of how to put out a grease fire, someone had to teach you. After awhile, you get to a certain age and either 1. Don’t realize you’re missing an essential skill because you’ve gotten this far without needing it/ finding ways to compensate for it
Or
Not everyone has the privilege of growing up in a home with parents who prioritized teaching them things.
itsa-slipperyslope · 9 points · Posted at 05:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pfft the majority of these are stories of ppl who couldn't be bothered to read directions, eg. no one needs to be personally taught how to boil pasta (read the packet!) or ppl who actively avoided learning from their surroundings or other ppl they interact with, eg. If someone's parents haven't taught them about bills doesn't mean you've never heard of one? I see news stories about the rising cost of bills, it comes up in movies and TV shows, if an adult told me they didn't know about bills they're not only stupid but ignorant. Shitty parenting is not a good enough excuse for ppl to not try to learn for themselves. And no one taught me how to put out a grease fire, I read a home safety pamphlet as a teenager because duh, I can learn things without my hand being held, then later I saw the topic on a TV show and was like 'yeah, I read that' so furthering my point most of these lessons are revealed to people through a number of different sources, ppl just choose not to listen or learn.
Xenagie · 2 points · Posted at 21:24:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If it's any consolation, this is Reddit. Most of these people don't exist.
Masonator55 · 14 points · Posted at 23:09:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I run a lot of team building events for corporations, and one of my favorite and most popular games involve diffusing mousetraps blindfolded.
Every program I am astounded at how few people know how to set a mousetrap.
ErnieSchwarzenegger · 22 points · Posted at 00:21:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
*defusing...although you actually mean disarming or possibly deactivating. And seriously, messing about with mousetraps blindfolded? That's just asking for trouble.
Masonator55 · 2 points · Posted at 00:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We’ve been doing it for years and trust me, it’s not as bad as it seems. Now if we used rat traps, then we’d have problems .
ErnieSchwarzenegger · 10 points · Posted at 00:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never trust anyone who uses the words "trust me".
ShaunDark · 2 points · Posted at 01:06:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Notes. Don't trust any engineers. Thank you.
Masonator55 · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like you could use some teambuilding
Geriny · 3 points · Posted at 11:45:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a very specific thing that you would only learn if you have to set a mousetrap. It's not like that's a necessity of daily life.
Masonator55 · 1 points · Posted at 20:25:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d say it’s like jumping a car. You don’t have to do it all the time, but it’s a good thing to know
Marillenbaum · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use glue traps rather than mechanical, always have.
Zalixia · 14 points · Posted at 01:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow!! Some of these stories are STUNNING!!!! I’m scared now!
NadineP35 · 2 points · Posted at 02:12:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, me too!
WackyShirley · 10 points · Posted at 01:33:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In University more than 20 years ago, I was the only one in my dorm section who brought a can opener. The other girls were always borrowing it, and inevitably asking me how it worked. They all had electric at home, or had only watched someone else do it. I think I opened every can in the dorm that year.
Googlewhacking · 9 points · Posted at 02:04:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll probably get buried but my grandmother-in law didn’t know how to put gas in a vehicle until she was 83. Her husband passed 2 years ago and right after that my father-in law asked me to take her car and fill it up. I thought it was just a funny way to ask me but when I joked about it she was dead serious. She said that he always drove and always filled up the car, and they had been together since she was 17. She never did it once. Pretty crazy..
hatsnatcher23 · 4 points · Posted at 22:37:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
two come to mind, one guy got into an argument with his wife (ex wife about 5 months after this argument) over getting a front loading washer rather than a top loading washer because "We're not poor" when in reality he didn't know how to use a top loading washer.
Then there was this guy who had a flat tire on his car, he had a spare tire in the back and had all the tools and I was like hey man why havent you changed the tire, and he tells me he doesn't know where the lug nuts are. Same guy thought he was going to be a father but ended up being a brother, real sad story that kid.
🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 22:39:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
The father/brother element of that may need some clarification.
hatsnatcher23 · 13 points · Posted at 22:41:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
his dad fucked his gf and got her pregnant kept him in the dark about it
🎙️ arual_x · 4 points · Posted at 22:43:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh... oh holy shit. Well this needs a post of its own.
hatsnatcher23 · 3 points · Posted at 22:44:42 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hell he'd probably do an AMA if he's still alive
🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 22:45:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn. Just.... damn. That’s rough.
MeatraffleJackpot · 5 points · Posted at 23:31:46 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was at Uni, I spent the 3rd year sharing a house with four girls, this being their 1st year out of halls of residence.
At the end of moving in day, one of my new housemates came out the kitchen with a tin of soup in one hand and a can opener in the other; "does anybody know how to work one of these?"
I absolutely adored Laura, still do, but Jesus Christ, sheltered upbringing much?
misspinkybrain · 5 points · Posted at 03:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working in retail and a coworker was asked to mop before opening. First he filled the bucket with only water and no cleanser. Then when he was asked to do it again with cleanser, he spilled the bucket on the floor and proceeded to get several rolls of paper towels to mop it up. I asked him why he wasn't just using the mop. He didn't know he could do that.
Sol3141 · 5 points · Posted at 03:39:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but a friend told me about this yesterday.
Their roommate believes that the way you wash dishes is to get them wet and wipe them once with a piece of paper towel. No soap, and no they don't change the paper towel until it falls apart.
MayorofSpicytown · 6 points · Posted at 03:56:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Hearing a co-worker say "I have a 4.0 GPA" then proceed to tell me a few moments later that they can't read a clock because they were never tought how.
cheddarmileage · 3 points · Posted at 04:08:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
bragging about gpa is a sign of stupidity and lack of self awareness to me. Also high gpa’s don’t translate to higher intelligence in my eyes.
MayorofSpicytown · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here honestly and that experiences just prooves what you said.
Jollyville · 6 points · Posted at 04:11:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a breakfast joint with this one chick. One day I turned the corner on my way out of the kitchen to see her trying to fish a piece of toast out from the plugged in toaster with two metal knives in her bare hands. When I told her to stop immediately out of fear for her life, she looked at me like I was crazy.
D0IHaveTo · 4 points · Posted at 04:36:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are a ton of cleaning things I wasn’t taught as a child. Having to be told how to sweep as a 19 year old was not a fun time.
space_intestine · 5 points · Posted at 04:37:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl I went to college with thought that Plan B (emergency contraceptive pill) worked by making you throw up your baby.
smegnose · 2 points · Posted at 01:57:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder if she thought pregnancy was possible from oral.
purpleplasticpurse · 2 points · Posted at 06:40:41 on October 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
This does not have enough upvotes.
thereifboy · 5 points · Posted at 04:38:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw my college roommate cook eggs for the first time, held the egg between both hands and squeezed it to crack it
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:46 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You gotta assert dominance.
Happily_Doomed · 5 points · Posted at 04:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time in college I went to my friend's place in the morning to hang out. Walk in the kitchen to see my friend tipping a plugged-in toaster on it's side and getting ready dig a metal butter knife into it. I panicked and shouted at him to stop before realizing in utter disbelief that this guy actually made it 20+ years without anyone ever saying "If you stick metal in a toaster you can get shocked"
tyn541 · 4 points · Posted at 04:44:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is not as outrageous as some posts, but here goes...
My first job was at Dairy Queen (I was 16). So I had heard of “coleslaw” and probably seen it, but had never put 2 + 2 together. Anyway, it was maybe my 2nd or 3rd shift and my supervisor asked me to “make the coleslaw” and put it in single serving containers. That was pretty much it and he left me to it. So I grabbed the giant container of what I now know to be salad dressing, and just started filling up the single serving containers (without any cabbage involved). My supervisor came back in and couldn’t believe what he was seeing. I had about 30 cups of straight salad dressing (with the lids on), stacked neatly and ready to be added to future chicken strip basket orders. Needless to say, I soon learned in no uncertain terms what coleslaw is actually made with (only 2-4 ingredients).
Zathamos · 5 points · Posted at 04:44:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A customer was in today with a spare on needing 2 new tires. I sold him 2 tires ordered them and the tech went to take the tires off when he came and asked me where the other wheel with the flat was. I asked the customer and he said "oh, you need that?"
I couldn't believe it and replied with a dramatic "yeeaahhh we need a wheel to put the tire on." He went "ooohhh, well I'll get the wheel here in an hour." 2 hours later he called and says when the tire blew out on the freeway and he put the spare on, he left the wheel and tire on the freeway. His mom had gone to where it was but it was gone now. Now he has to buy a new wheel which is another $160, the tires were 69.95 each.
To top it all off he was in yesterday for an oil change and we had just told him he needed new tires asap. The front tires were separating and he didnt care.
shockl8 · 6 points · Posted at 04:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate was surprised to see that bathtubs can get dirty when you get to live by yourself. Supposedly, it should clean itself cause we only use soap and water in it. Yeah, right...
werekitty93 · 5 points · Posted at 04:46:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband and I were visiting my grandma. He uses the toilet and clogs it. He comes to me saying this and he didn't know what to do. I went "just plunge it?" A bit confused, he says okay and goes back to plunge it. Comes back a little later and says it isn't working, he needs help. I go in and immediately notice that there isn't a plunger in the room. I asked him "did you plunge the toilet?" He says yes. I say "with what - there's no plunger." He points at the toilet brush.
This was the day I learned my husband, at 27, had never used (or apparently seen) a plunger. He claims that the toilets he's used have never clogged, must be something wrong with these toilets. We get back home, eventually he clogs another toilet. We now have a nice plunger and he clogs the toilet more than anyone I've ever met.
irving47 · 6 points · Posted at 04:46:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
a teacher that didn't know ctrl-a, c, v, f for select all, copy, paste, find
a science teacher.
JohnIan101 · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
You have to be taught it.
There are short cuts to my Apple computer that I only learned a couple of years ago. And I've had computers for decades. Nobody said anything about it.
-edit, word spelling-
irving47 · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I could just thought transfer the information to everyone... Or did you mean "taught"? :)
I expect basic word processor functionality from ANY teacher.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Crap.
Yes. You are correct - taught.
gabbygibby11 · 5 points · Posted at 04:59:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up, my family had nice things. We had the luxury of an automatic can opener. As a little girl I thought everyone had one in their house, right? Well, once I moved in my boyfriends apartment I told him I was gonna make some chili for dinner! Went grocery shopping bought canned beans and tomatoes and when we got home I asked him where he keeps his can opener, he showed me the old school ones (or a regular one) and that’s when I had my “oh shit” moment. I told my boyfriend I got it but In reality I had no clue. After many tries I had to ask my boyfriend help. I don’t know why I was never taught how to use a damn can opener as a kid
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 19:55:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never even seen an automatic can opener, I'm going to go watch a video now...!
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 20:13:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
yeah I've watched videos, I don't understand why someone without a disability would want one
skaarup75 · 6 points · Posted at 04:59:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tender at local bar was convinced she had to get a new SSN when moving address. Not out of the country but like 30 kms.
She actually was a good bartender and had that under control, but ...
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 20:14:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what's an SSN? the internet is being vague, too many options
skaarup75 · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:40 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Social security number
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, ok. Horrifying in the sense then that it's a lifetime thing?
katropine · 4 points · Posted at 05:02:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A cousin of my mother's once complained that her vacuum cleaner barely worked anymore and that she thought it was broken. She must have been in her twenties at the time. My father who was my mother's boyfriend back then, opened the vacuum cleaner and found it was crammed full of dirt and debris, up into the hose. The cousin had never heard that you need to change the filter bag from time to time, the dirt doesnt just magically vanish into the fourth dimension once you have sucked it up with the nozzle.
SlowlyWincing · 6 points · Posted at 05:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I was dating didn’t know about a ton of historical figures like Helen Keller, or Bonnie and Clyde. I once convinced him that kiwi fruits and birds were the same thing. I was kidding, using some obviously doctored photos, and he began to cry about how savage a practice eating kiwis is. He was 21. The relationship didn’t work out.
TheMeltingSnowman72 · 6 points · Posted at 05:21:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A member of my bar staff (who was working there pay time while at uni - take note) and I were having a conversation about something and it went onto sunsets. I mentioned about how I preferred the longer days of summer and she said 'Yes, I'm glad it takes the sun longer to go round then".
Not sure if she was song what I though she was, I said "The sun to go round what?", "The Earth" she replied.
She was being serious too.
I tried explaining but she wasn't having it, so when the next customer, an older woman came up to the bar and I said,
"Could you settle something for us please? Does the Earth go round the Sun, or does the sun go round the Earth?"
"Oooh, actually that's a good question, I don't know".
I could have banged my head against the wall.
A few days later the bar staff in question came in and told me she found out I was right, she'd looked into it.
So then I decided to really do her head in and that's when I explained to her the concept of infinity...
teenyterry · 5 points · Posted at 05:35:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once came home from a day at class to find my roommate frantically knocking on my elderly neighbours' door. I say hi and ask what's up. Apparently there was a beeping noise in the house all day. She didn't know how to fix it, and she can't get anything done with the distraction.
( Quick background info: she was crazy. She couldn't work if there was any noise. The quiet floor in the library was too loud for her. She got mad if the rest of us would chat in the kitchen while making food during her two weeks of midterms. She complained for a month when another roommate Skyped a friend from her room one time. She accused a different roommate of having sex so loudly she couldn't sleep when they had a friend over to do a project. Living with her was a lot.)
We go inside to investigate, and it sounds like a fire alarm battery is dead. I check all the fire alarms and they're fine. Before I can do anything else she breaks down into tears. She tells me she'd tried calling the landlord and he was out of town until the next day and it wasn't an emergency and she just can't take it anymore. She's on the floor crying at this point. I ask where the carbon monoxide detector is. She had no idea what that was. I found it, took the battery out and replaced it. Problem solved.
(Another aside: her mom was a landlord in her home city but travelled for work. When her mom was gone, her summer job was to maintain the property and be on call for the tenants. I'm not religious but I thank God they never actually needed anything from her.)
ThatsTasty · 3 points · Posted at 13:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Describing her as crazy sounds unkind to me; sounds like she had a major case of misophonia and wasn’t aware of it. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t enjoy living with someone like that, but I can’t imagine how frantic and panicked she must have felt if she was reduced to behaving this way.
teenyterry · 1 points · Posted at 13:42:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're right and I should pick a different word. I was struggling with a stew of mental illnesses at the time and had given her names of therapists and told her exactly what I did to get in contact with them. I got free, readily available mental health help through school or the community and encouraged her to do the same. She said she'd tried therapy, it didn't work and she hated it and never did anything to help herself as long as I lived with her. I felt bad for her until I saw that she never tried to fix the situation, she just liked to complain about it.
ThatsTasty · 1 points · Posted at 14:58:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh boy I feel that. Yeesh.
Amraff · 5 points · Posted at 06:21:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
After 6 years of marriage, i had to teach my husband how to use a broom.....
I was sweeping thr kitchen one day and he snarkily said "ha. Your sweeping wrong. Cant believe i never noticed it before but your supposed to push the dirt away from you!"
Now granted, there are different techniques, but his style was the woosh the broom forward across the floor and fling the dirt to the opposite side of the room. Unfortunately, this technique meant that 70% of the dirt never actually got collected, just thrown around from one area to the next.
I sweep towards myself, collecting dirt into a pile so i can sweep it onto the dustpan.
When he said this, I shrugged, kept sweeping and about 2 minutes later he added "huh, your way seems more efficient....." as he sat with a look of befuddled curiosity.
ETA: Thought of a few more.
once had to help the VP of Engineering for a very prestigious company move offices. I was an admin but helped out IT so i moved his computer tower for him. I'm hooking it into the monitor, keyboard and mouse and he says "wait! Im a leftie! I need a lefty mouse! Oh, and dont forget to bring my phone over." I unplugged the mouse & phone, went to the IT office to laugh my ass off and then went back and plugges the phone back in and hooked in the mouse, setting it on the left side of the keyboard & changed his mouse button settings under the guise of "configuring the new mouse"
once had ro explain to a friend who was in their 30s that wild animals dont "go" anywhere during storms. She believed that just like people brought in their dogs when the weather was bad, someone went and collected all the wild animals. Her reasoning was "well if they are out there, why dont i ever see them!?!"
Smershey · 5 points · Posted at 06:32:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We weren't adults, but a girl in my sophomore class once asked me what time it was because her phone was dead. I looked at the clock on the wall and she said "Sorry, I don't know how to read one of those."
MrFrogBog · 5 points · Posted at 06:34:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a deli with...let’s call it a unique demographic...
Customer comes up to counter and asks for half a pound of turkey. I slice it, hand it to her, and say “Have a good day!”.
I see her staring at the package confusingly, and she says, “I wanted one pound.”
“Oh! I’m sorry! No problem! Hold onto that half pound and I’ll slice you another!”
“No! It’s $7.50/lb. If you slice me two half pounds it will be $15!!! I need one single pound!!!”
“No, ma’am. Two halves are one whole pound. You will be charged only for one pound not two”
“BUT THEY’RE IN SEPARATE BAGS!!! HALF POUND AND HALF POUND WILL BE $18!!!”
“......no ma’am, I’m sorry. It will be $7.50. I promise...”
“Hmph. We’ll just see about that.”
I handed her the second half pound and said have a good day. She ignored me and stormed off.
elainebug27 · 6 points · Posted at 06:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I walked in on my roommates seasoning a steak straight up on our kitchen table. No cutting board or anything underneath. I offered to get out the cleaning supplies to gently remind her to clean up. She said she didn’t have to because “you can only get salmonella from chicken.”
Burnt_Toastxx · 5 points · Posted at 06:52:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate’s girlfriend would boil Fabuloso cleaner on the stove to make the apartment smell good.
It clearly says on the bottle to not let it get above a certain temperature.
Wolfbain164 · 5 points · Posted at 08:00:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who had never seen/used a washing machine before.
Me: This is our washing machine
Him: Washing machine?
Me: Ya, you put your dirty clothes in here with a capsule, close the door, choose the appropriate setting, and press start.
Him: But how does it cleans the clothes?
Me: the water comes in and mixes with the soap.
Him: ah I see
Me: ya so come back when the timers done and take them out.
Him: but where does the water go?
Me: Dude, don’t worry about where the water goes.
Him: ok.
Me: (realising he is studying engineering) don’t mess with this washing machine ok?
Him: fine.
rezeddit · 2 points · Posted at 08:09:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your wisdom has saved you a lot of stress. Be wary of engineers and their prying hands.
Sylphass · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:42 on July 3, 2020 · (Permalink)
this is my favorite one. I love that you recognized the danger of an engineering student finding a new puzzle.
I'm bad at tinkering but I have a horrible compulsion to do it anyway. It's hard to ignore 'don't worry about it'. Surely if I can get it open I'll get an idea of how it works, right? And then it should be no trouble to put everything back how I found it, right? Incorrect! I will accidentally unscrew something important, and this is why sometimes curiosity shouldn't be impulsive.
BikerMurse · 5 points · Posted at 17:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I got married I hadn't realised just how many domestic tasks I considered simple my wife didn't know. I have been slowly teaching her (and this is of course told with love) but there are some stand-out stories.
She had seen me making popcorn on the stove instead of just using microwave bags and decided to give it a go while home alone. I come home to a smoky, smelly house because she put a layer of oil in the pot, put the lid on it to heat up and walked away she csme back and took the lid off only to have it ignite , so she put the lid right back on, thought the fire was gone and did the same thing again. She then proudly told me how she put it out by running the flaming pot under the tap... ...I told her she was lucky she had burned all the oil away and gave her a fire safety lesson including showing her how to use an extinguisher and a fire blanket.
She tried to bake some cookies and asked why they kept burning on the edges. I suggested she turn down the temperature of the oven, to which she replied "I already did, the recipe said 350 degrees and our oven doesn't even go that high". We live in a sensible country whoch uses celcius and she didn't realise the recipe obviously used farenheit. She tried to bake cookies with the oven on MAX.
Over time I have taught her basics of cooking and she actually does quite a good job. Now I just have to teach her to wash the backs of dishes...
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:31:46 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry, but you married Amelia Bedelia, but even worse. At least Amelia Bedelia can bake cookies.
hownot2getajob · 5 points · Posted at 18:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want to DIE every time I see my coworker follow EDIT>COPY>EDIT >PASTE
Now that we are all WFH due to COVID sharing screens is common meeting practice. Now I know why everyone is complaining about how much work they have to do, they can barely use their computers.
roger_the_unwary · 6 points · Posted at 19:55:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was handed my child a few moments after her birth.
My wife and I had planned it, talked about it, bought everything. Then I was handed this helpless bundle of life and I abruptly relived 15 years of "there's an exam today you didn't revise for" nightmares in the space of 20 seconds.
DaperDandle · 6 points · Posted at 19:58:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first job was washing dishes at a holiday inn. The other kitchen staff and I were on break one day talking about weird spellings of words. One of the waitresses (older woman probably about 60) said she didnt understand how to spell toilet paper. Everyone was like "what?" She goes "I don't understand why theres no R in it." At the end of paper?" "No, because that's how you say it 'torlet paper.'" This lady didnt realize she had a southern accent and that's not how you pronounce toilet paper. It blew my mind, still to this day the dumbest thing I've ever heard someone say in real life.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:18:28 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandmother had that accent. I had to stop myself from giggling every time she pronounced "fire" and "there" as "far" and "thar".
Mediaeval-britian · 6 points · Posted at 23:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
There are a lot of comments talking about people's lack of knowledge of sex, STDs, washing under foreskin, etc, because of conservative, or christian, or strict parents. PARENTS PLEASE. Educate you'd kids about sex!!! It's important and they can get hurt or get STDs if they're not educated. Edit: thanks for the silver!!
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:29 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
^ This. All of this.
Peacheserratica · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:19 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember watching a documentary years ago, and one of the people featured was a young woman who'd become pregnant at 15. It turned out that her Catholic parents, neither of whom had gone to school, had forbidden her to learn anything about sex, where babies come from, how bodies work, she wasn't even allowed to wash "down there". She had no clue what genitals were, so when a boy asked to put his penis in her vagina, she literally had no idea that that was sex.
And the saddest part was that her daughter, the baby she'd had at 15, ALSO became pregnant at 15. How could that happen, you ask? Well, the mom wasn't permitted to develop any form of critical thinking skills. Her entire upbringing was basically "Do what you're told or I'll hit you again". So she was terrified that her own daughter would become pregnant as a teen like she did, so she refused to let her daughter learn anything about sex, babies, her body, etc.
The poor woman just didn't know how to connect dots and realize "Oh wait, I got pregnant because I had no idea what sex was, so maybe I should teach my kid what sex is and how to be safe". It's so damned sad, and infuriating.
Mediaeval-britian · 2 points · Posted at 12:44:44 on July 7, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just genuinely don't understand how you could just. Not teach your child any of that. My parents told me very little (conservative Christian) and nothing about LGBTQ+ sex. They let my health teacher deal with STDs and stuff, so at least I knew the basics. I just don't understand that kind of thinking.
Peacheserratica · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:22 on July 10, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think some parents out there honestly aren't sure how any of that stuff works either. Like they've figured out that babies might have something to do with the man putting his "naughty place" inside his wife's "naughty place", but that's literally it. They don't know what parts are called, they know nothing about the process of reproduction, it's horrifying.
Hell, when my grandma started getting dementia she finally started spilling all the stories she'd been hiding from us grandkids (because she forgot she wasn't supposed to tell us) and turns out that grandma had multiple abortions back in the day, because all she'd ever been told about sex was that it was something dirty whores did, and she knew SHE wasn't a dirty whore, so she never made the connection between what the boys were doing to her and her tummy getting bigger. She was the mother of two kids before she learned what genitals were, how reproduction worked, all of it.
aerova789 · 4 points · Posted at 01:13:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex wanted to help make dinner, but didn't know much about cooking. I figured I'd give him something easy and hand him a red pepper and a knife. There are two cutting boards on the counter. He stands in front of a cutting board so I look away, but the next second he's freaking out and screaming and there's blood everywhere.
Turns out he held the pepper in his hand and stabbed downwards into it with the knife. When I asked why he did that, he said "I didn't know it'd be soft". So he leaves to bandage his hand and I have to clean up the mess ... and the whole reason he wanted to help in the first place is because I "cook too slow".
Same guy, another day - the job is "preheat the oven". Short while later I hear, "OH SHIT" and find him holding a warped and burnt baking tray and the stove top element glowing bright orange. The oven was cold, of course...
AngieIs · 6 points · Posted at 06:08:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Needed to take a summer course back in college and I had a couple of friends who had JUST got an apartment and wouldn't have their roommates moving in until fall so I made a deal to stay with them for my class. Asked them if I needed to bring anything but they said they already had everything so I just brought a pot, a frying pan, a spatula, and a sleeping bag since I was more or less planning to camp in one of their empty rooms for a month.
First lesson came when one of them wanted to make eggs, but didn't actually know HOW to cook scrambled eggs. OK, no big deal, not every highschooler cooks and the dorms don't exactly encourage it. Do you have a frying pan? No, ok, use mine. Do you have a spatula? No, ok, use mine... Do you have butter? What about cooking oil? Olive oil? Pam? Anything? Sesame seed oil? Well that will work...
Turns out their entire kitchen operation consisted of one electric wok, an ice cream maker, a dull-as-hell fake ceremonial dagger (complete with glass jewels on the hilt and sheath), and a bottle of sesame seed oil. Also, the only thing EITHER of them knew how to cook was bacon. I spent a month teaching 2 20-year-olds how to not starve, and to this day sesame seed oil takes me back to the summer when EVERYTHING tasted like sesame.
This is not to say that they were entirely helpless; they did manage to make vodka ice cream with crushed atomic fireball jawbreakers as the flavoring. It never really set up (thanks to the alcohol content), but on the culinary score board I wouldn't call it a failure either.
Parka_boy · 4 points · Posted at 06:19:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once dated a girl who I had to explain why, when you're at the store, you open the carton of eggs. For some reason she just wanted to almost literally throw them in the cart, and I told her she needed to check for broken ones. Maybe she didn't care because she was going to break them before checkout anyway?
Juni2014 · 3 points · Posted at 12:20:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain this to my partner only a few days ago...I thought everyone knew
specialopps · 17 points · Posted at 01:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more of a “wow, sex ed much?” thing, but hey, we’re in Texas, so I’m not overly surprised. Good friend in college was his girlfriend’s first time, but he brought up after a while that her hymen still hadn’t popped, which I really didn’t believe. Not because I thought she was slutty, but because she was a gymnast and a cheerleader. That had probably been long gone from childhood. So I kind of ask him leading questions. Where do you think her hymen is? “That big, kind of rubbery thing in the big!” I told them that they both needed to stop pulling on her cervix before they hurt it. I laughed until I couldn’t breathe.
robocop_robocop · 2 points · Posted at 14:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This just made me queasy ughhh
driverActivities · 9 points · Posted at 00:13:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college didnt know how to do his own laundry
r93gd4dg1t · 22 points · Posted at 20:52:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
u/elmelmel you cracking that egg
🎙️ arual_x · 17 points · Posted at 20:59:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Story plz.
r93gd4dg1t · 16 points · Posted at 22:42:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were baking a cake and she did not know how to crack an egg.
🎙️ arual_x · 13 points · Posted at 22:44:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think there’s a way to put my face of confusion into words sufficiently here.
r93gd4dg1t · 16 points · Posted at 22:46:24 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were trying to bake a cake and I was like "now add an egg" and she just... Kinda slammed it gently against the bowl and a lot of egg shells landed in the batter
🎙️ arual_x · 27 points · Posted at 22:49:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a cocktail masterclass thing recently as a gift experience and one of the recipes needed egg white. The teacher guy was really reticent to let me do it myself, and when I used my expert level one-handed crack and then my practised use-the-shells-to-sort-the-yolk-out method in under 5 seconds, I felt like a god. He told me that 90% of people can’t do it, so she’s not alone. /endgloat
elmelmel · 6 points · Posted at 00:55:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
weird flex but okay
no that's actually really cool, gj
🎙️ arual_x · 16 points · Posted at 00:59:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally only have weird flexes.
elmelmel · 6 points · Posted at 00:56:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
just imagine an adult with the motoric skills of a toddler. that's me cracking eggs
elmelmel · 16 points · Posted at 20:53:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm so sorry bro
BurnieTheBrony · 19 points · Posted at 00:55:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time we were talking with this kid at my summer camp (I was the director and the dude's counselor was there). This kid literally turned from this happy go lucky camper to a straight up sociopath in a matter of seconds. I swear it was like watching Theoden turn young in Two Towers.
We told him that we had heard about his bullying other kids, and basically it needed to stop or he'd be sent home. He slowly looked down and we thought he was upset. Then he started laughing maniacally. Most of the time when someone says "maniacally" they basically just mean loudly or strangely. This kid laughed more evilly than any Joker I've ever seen, including Mark Hamill.
His counselor and I looked at each other, and both of us were like, "uh, you seen something like this before?" He looked up and was like "if you send me home my sister has to come too. She loves this place." We ended up deciding you can't just leverage your sister against us to blackmail your way to staying so we called his parents. It gets a little fucked up here.
His parents apparently were in charge of bringing three other kids back too, cousins or something. So if we sent one kid home all of em had to go. We debated trying to figure out a different ride for the good kids but after calling my boss we had to stay the course and get this dude home. So I was losing four good kids just to get rid of one bad egg. I was already super upset.
While waiting for the parents, Mr. Sociopath notices the staff phone numbers are posted on the wall. He starts saying "oh, Joey, 123-4567. I'll be calling him. Sarah 333-3333, she'll be hearing from me." I was so flabbergasted I just slowly got up and took down the sheet. We kept trying to talk him into agreeing to be good but he was like "no, I want them to come with me."
When the parents arrived we got the other kids out of movie night. One of the cousins was in like 3rd grade, and she screamed like I have never heard a kid scream. We had to literally force her into the car. I went to the Sociopath and said to him "I hope you see the pain you're causing." He grinned like a maniac and laughed in my face.
Honestly based on the kid's reaction I was concerned she was getting abused or something at home, but I talked to my boss and there wasn't much we could do.
After the ordeal I went into the woods and sobbed my fucking eyes out. You wouldn't think Summer Camp Director would be too hard, but it can throw some surprisingly adult situations at you.
thisisyourreward · 11 points · Posted at 01:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you get lost?
BurnieTheBrony · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does this not fit the question? My bad. If you mean did I get lost in the woods, nah. I know those woods like the back of my hand
itsa-slipperyslope · 4 points · Posted at 05:09:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, this does not fit the question.
Violent-Profane-Brit · 3 points · Posted at 02:25:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well now I want to kick a child with a hobnail boot
Buttercup23nz · 3 points · Posted at 00:03:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I flatted with a guy who deliberately set the lawn on fire when I popped inside to grab something when I had friends over for a BBQ.
Turns out he had something else on that night and it was time to go, but he didn't know how to leave - what to say to everyone. So many options, from a formal explanation right down to casual "laters", or even just waiting another couple of seconds for me to come out with the desert and just address me, but he went with pouring lighter fluid on the grass then lighting it.
Even more horrifying was that he was training to be a high school teacher!
sharkweekiseveryweek · 4 points · Posted at 00:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend that’s a dr, seriously not understanding why the pull out method isn’t effective.
bad_ohmens · 3 points · Posted at 00:30:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a roommate who was 20 at the time. I opened the blinds on our kitchen window, and she texted me later asking me to close them. She claimed she had spent AN HOUR trying to fix them. She was in college to get an engineering degree...
dogfartsnkisses · 2 points · Posted at 00:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once saw a guy (about 21) walk up to a cop and ask him how to change a tire. Cop looked at him and said, "you've got to be kidding. Figure it out."
Drauka92 · 3 points · Posted at 13:31:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's frustrating to hear someone not know that. It's also frustrating to see that a person is in need of assistance can't rely on some simple assistance from that cop
Geriny · 2 points · Posted at 14:39:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess you should know how to change a tire and it's certainly not the cops job to help some random guy with that, but "figure it out" is probably not the best advice you can give, because doing it wrong could be really dangerous.
dogfartsnkisses · 1 points · Posted at 15:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The cop was a dick, like most. What he should have done was be a fatherly figure and go outside with him and explain it while he did the work. It would have been a good life lesson for a spoiled rich kid.
thisisntshakespeare · 1 points · Posted at 00:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s why AAA exists. :)
Nebdraw03 · 3 points · Posted at 00:33:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought this was r/CasualUK and was really confused as to why all the Americans were here....
robot_ankles · 4 points · Posted at 00:52:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
How to use a broom.
This person had no idea how to mechanically operate a broom. Unsure how to hold it, where to point it, or what kind of movements one might employ when using this strange stick-like apparatus.
We were both doing some volunteer work that involved cleaning up a house. They had a good attitude and were willing to do anything, but when asked if they would like to take care of this or that, they had no idea how to do anything related to cleaning. So it was decided they could at least sweep out the garage, driveway, etc.
I later found the person kind-of poking the broom at the ground. At first I thought they were trying to kill a spider or something, but nope. They were just haphazardly poking the broom at the ground. I asked if everything was okay. They glanced around before confiding they had never touched a broom before and didn't know how to make it work.
We all have different life experiences, so I provided a quick lesson in sweeping. They caught-on pretty quick and proceeded to sweep out the garage, then the driveway, then the sidewalk, then started sweeping the road.
This person was NOT dumb. It was a good reminder that we all travel a different path and just because something is obvious to us, doesn't mean everyone else has been exposed to the same information.
redheadkid14 · 4 points · Posted at 00:53:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While camping with a friend (about 18 at the time)he struggled to crack an egg. Like i thought the first one he stuffed up was just a mistake but he literally just smashes the egg until it splattered every where. It was like trying to teach borat
tonfx · 5 points · Posted at 00:58:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spent a night with a girl once and she'd jump in the shower and turn the water on and subsequently stand under freezing water, shivering like a leaf, until it warmed up enough. One night she said she liked coming in after me since the water was warm already... I then blew her mind by explaining that you can turn the shower on from outside the little cubicle and then simply wait for it to get nice and hot before jumping in. After looking at me like I invented fire for the first time it finally clicked as something she never thought about doing all these years.
shelbycat · 4 points · Posted at 01:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a 26 year old roommate who threw out the stick of butter because “it was old”. I asked why he thought it was old and he said that it was hard.. He had never used a stick of butter before.
becauseofrandomness · 3 points · Posted at 01:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work retail. It’s surprising how many people have no idea how to use a credit card...
inexplicableirritant · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn’t know how to do anything in the kitchen. Like he was 18/19 and didn’t know how to cut vegetables, didn’t pre-heat ovens, he’d just whack some nuggets in a cold oven for 20 minutes and wouldn’t even check if they were hot in the middle before eating them. He thought rinsing something under a warm tap would thoroughly clean it.
His bathroom was disgusting, I mean like shit down the back of the toilet, smells like ass, grimy shower floor type disgusting. In the 9 months he’d been in this flat he hadn’t cleaned the bathroom once.
sophiee_strange · 3 points · Posted at 02:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hired a 20 year old, first job, had to show her how to use a can opener...
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 02:45:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine never put oil in his car or did anything besides put gas in the tank. When the engine seized, he was on the freeway and nearly killed a bunch of people. As an added bonus, the car caught on fire and melted to the pavement. It was a beautiful new Acura his parents bought him for high school graduation.
voidfullofbees · 4 points · Posted at 03:11:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 23 and I’ve never lived anywhere with a dishwasher. My childhood house, dorm and now heading in to my 3rd apartment - I’ve never used one. I’m kind of at the “not sure how it works but too afraid to sound stupid asking” stage and I’m sure I’ll end up on Wikihow at some point.
random_invisible · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's ok to ask, I had to be shown how to use one when cleaning someone's house, and then a decade later had to show someone else when I got a roommate from the Philippines.
They're all slightly different. The cycles are self explanatory on most models, but the main thing you need to look for is where to put the detergent and what kind it needs.
Mine uses pods and there is a little compartment for them on the inside of the door. The skin on the pods is water soluble, so don't peel it off.
When you run into one, just watch someone doing it on YouTube with a similar one. I didn't have one until two years ago, it came with my house. The only one I used before that was cleaning someone else's house, and she had to show me.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 2 points · Posted at 19:49:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As long as you put everything with an opening facing downward (or it'll fill up) and use dishwasher detergent you'll be grand.
Dinkerdoo · 3 points · Posted at 03:15:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Possibly the most important nugget of advice is to use dishwasher soap instead of handwashing soap, unless you like having suds filling up your kitchen.
drjaydeev · 4 points · Posted at 04:33:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First time camping with my lady and I’m putting the fire together and acting cool, even though I’ve never built one or looked up how to.
What’s so hard? It’s just putting sticks together and lighting them with a lighter.... oof.
Monkeysandthings · 4 points · Posted at 04:38:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl that asked me how to boil water. She volunteered to make dinner and didn't know how to boil water. I stepped in and helped her cook. 😂
Another girl I worked with in my early days of waiting tables tried to put a cast iron skillet in the microwave.
JohnIan101 · 3 points · Posted at 05:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And on that day, such a EMP was made that blackout the whole town.
Monkeysandthings · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in the weeds, and I told her that she shouldn't do that. She asked me why in kind of a rude way, and I replied, "Fine! I don't care! Just do it!" I was pissed off that day. 😂 Apparently the girl working expo caught her and stopped her because I heard about it later.
I just walked back to the dining room and waited for the screams that never came. I was somewhat disappointed.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would be too.
znackle · 4 points · Posted at 04:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew someone who wanted to microwave a brownie. Went to put the tray in and just before starting the microwave they remembered to take the foil off the tray. Well they had also totally forgotten that the whole frickin tray was also made of metal. Ended up burning a hole in the microwave door and blowing the circuit breaker
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 04:47:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach an employee how to boil water for spaghetti.
leonbio301 · 5 points · Posted at 04:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“If you don’t love yourself you’ll always accept the love you think you deserve”
chalkchick0 · 3 points · Posted at 04:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deli boss became hysterical when he saw I'd removed the fountain spouts for cleaning. Screaming and nearly in tears. He thought I broke his fountain.
He said he'd had the machine for three years and didn't know they were removable. Three years of built up pop syrup and black rot had left a tiny tunnel down the middle. They are supposed to be cleaned daily.
I didn't work there long.
pickerpacker42 · 3 points · Posted at 07:24:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Highly doubtful the health department would have caught it before you.
chalkchick0 · 2 points · Posted at 07:34:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I lived in the PNW this would have got a restaurant closed down. When I moved to Texas as a young adult (looong ago) I was horrified to find out waitresses and dishwashers didn't need health cards. (Got my first health card at twelve, to work as a kitchen assistant.)
This incident was in the mid eighties. I saw stuff back then that turned my stomach. Texas has gotten much better.
ringadingdinger · 4 points · Posted at 06:43:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After joking around in the car with some friends about donkey shows, one of the girls, in a confused and concerned manner, asked if humans and donkeys can cross breed. The car went dead silent.
erinmarieg · 4 points · Posted at 07:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college dorm roommate didn’t know how to use an ATM machine and would send her financial aid checks to her parents who would then send her cash back THROUGH THE MAIL
Moetoefoeka · 4 points · Posted at 07:38:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That wearing a mask helps against a pandemic.
z_AxioMatiC_z · 4 points · Posted at 07:48:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife rode with a co-worker one day who complained that her tire was low on air and that it's so inconvenient to go to the dealership. H wife carefully explained that you can fill your tires anywhere and even do it yourself. Nope. This gal made them both late for work waiting at the Toyota dealership because she was sure it would void a warranty or something to not have the 'professionals' do it.
acerbicbear · 5 points · Posted at 08:04:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with another 16 year old at an after school job in the mid 90s.
Her father was my weightlifting coach and used to give little classes for gym members on nutrition and physiology for gym members he was training. He was a champion and trainer of champions, really knowledgeable guy.
Well her dad (single dad, no mom in picture), and her highly rated school dropped the ball with sex education because she got pregnant at 15. When I asked why she didn't make her BF wear a condom, she said "Because after he comes I just stand up right away it all falls out." She got pregnant again by the same guy shortly after that.
olivelain · 5 points · Posted at 08:18:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I lived with whilst at college tried to cook dried pasta with no water.
Yaboiz77 · 4 points · Posted at 10:07:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whilst in college, after three weeks of living together, my roommate asked me when the maids were coming to do his laundry.
Themursk · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dont leave us hanging. When did they come?
LadySayria · 4 points · Posted at 10:57:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty mild compared to what's on here, but when we got our grill my husband came into the house pissed that the phillips head wouldn't work. I went to the garage, looked at the screw, handed him some Allen wrenches, and walked away. I've chewed on his dad and step-dad for that one.
quinn_harleen · 3 points · Posted at 11:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an ex who at the age of 31 set fire to my oven (he filled yorkshire pudding trays to the brim with oil and left it wonky in my oven), broke a vacuum cleaner (he did not know emptying them was a thing so took the whole thing apart with a screwdriver), destroyed a washing machine (he filled it so it barely span) and he could not hold his cutlery properly. To this day my brain cannot even and I am not sure which is the most horrifying. This list isn't even exhaustive. He basically could not adult.
AbleBag · 4 points · Posted at 12:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was me. I had to soften up some butter and I always put it in the microwave for 5-10 seconds so it softened but didnt melt. Well, usually I'd put it on a plate or in a bowl but this one time I put it in with the original wrapper still halfway around it. I had no idea it had aluminium foil around it, my dumbass thought it was paper. Just take shit out of the package to be sure nothing will melt or blow up. The sparks were pretty tho
ReasonableBeep · 3 points · Posted at 13:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dumbass older sister lmao. She’s gotten scammed multiple times by OBVIOUS ones. One time she sent cash through the mail (illegal forst of all), she went through the whole “I’m calling you to let you know that you have to pay the IRS by Walmart gift cards” before the cashier stopped her, got “government official mail” in comic sans and sent like 3k by e-transfer (Canadian venmo), didn’t apply for student loans for a semester because someone called her and said not to (????), was about to share her social security number to someone on the phone before I stopped her, etc. I don’t know how we were raised by the same people.
Times_Hunger · 4 points · Posted at 14:16:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to manage a pizza place, a small independent joint in a rural area. There are many stories, but one of the top ones involved me having to fire an employee for almost poisoning a customer. She dropped some breadsticks on the ground and thought it was okay to "wash them off" and serve them again. Wet breadsticks alone are no bueno, but this lady didn't intend to just rinse off the breadsticks. I caught her trying to wash them with bleach water (we had a spray bottle of it, used for cleaning the restrooms) and an old hand towel. When I pointed out to her that using bleach water to clean food that had touched the ground was a less-than-cool thing to do, she got upset and started crying, saying, "everyone's always treating me like I'm stupid!" Which is a fair complaint, I can see that happening.
I'd have just reprimanded her and taught her correct food serving protocol (i.e. don't wash food with toxic chemicals) instead of firing her, but partway into her hysterics she threw a couple of the bleach-soaked breadsticks right at my face. It wasn't the first time I'd had a breadstick thrown at me (and wouldn't be the last), but the bleach did sting a bit when it reached my eyes. You sort of lose your patience with teaching people basic logic at that point.
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 14:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my coworkers told me that he takes antibiotics whenever he has a cold. This guy used to work in a PHaRMACY. Also one time he was keeping his distance from people, explaining that he didnt want to give his allergies to anyone. He thought his seasonal allergies were contagious.
Again, this guy used to work in a PHARMACY. He now works in environmental permitting. Somewhat unsurprisingly, he is ALWAYS congested and breathes through his mouth.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 17:22:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just had to remind myself that working in a pharmacy is not the same as being a pharmacist, thank goodness, otherwise I would be EXTREMELY concerned right now
SailboatAB · 3 points · Posted at 14:23:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lived in a boarding-house situation for a few years where I didn't get to pick my housemates. My room was downstairs. One day I came home and the whole house reeked of smoke. The entire downstairs living room and hallway were covered in actual ash. The fireplace was a mess.
Turns out one of the resident idiots laid a big ol' fire in the fireplace, doused the logs in lighter fluid, and lit a fire...without opening, or even being aware of the existence of, the flue.
With no way for smoke to go up the chimney, the fire filled the house with smoke until he dumped enough water on it to drown it. Ash and water ruined the carpeting in the whole downstairs area.
He didn't know anything about fireplaces, but figured, "how hard can it be?"
Edited to add: he then went upstairs to his own room and went to sleep, making no effort to clean up the mess. Landlord made him pay for cleaning and new carpeting.
boar_amour · 5 points · Posted at 14:27:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy who flushed a raw potato down his toilet. Shockingly, a toilet is not a magical portal to the Sewer Plane.
Harmless_Citizen · 4 points · Posted at 14:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Loading more staples into a stapler.
inferredhate · 1 points · Posted at 20:36:25 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with two separate people who didn't know how to do this. I'm pretty sure they must've both been close to 20, only a couple years younger than me at the time. Kinda made me stop and think when/how did I even learn how to put staples in a stapler, I almost never use one, but mostly I was just baffled.
YoureNoGoodDuck · 4 points · Posted at 15:13:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some chick in school - bear in mind it wasn't quite adulthood, but at 15/16, it was information she should have known - didn't know theat gelatin was an animal product and was horrified at the prospect of giving up gummy bears when talking about veganism. She also didn't realise leather came from dead cows and thought it was just sheared off, like wool from a sheep.
As for actual adults, the most recent UK 'The Apprentice' featured several idiots who didn't know when WW2 was.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 16:56:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's even worse here in the US. I know several people in person who earnestly believe the battle of Normandy didn't happen. They all think it was a fictitious film event.
Plainbench · 4 points · Posted at 15:18:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in uni we discovered that a house mate didn't buy detergent. He would just shove his clothes into the washing machine and then dry it out. I would give it a pass if the clothes were lightly soiled but he was not a clean guy... To give you an idea - a year after we both went to Asia in a group outing and we were stuck in those old Chinese trains - packed full of locals and the toilet is a hole in the floor, the train's bathroom was flooded - he nonchalantly goes in and comes back out after having done in his business in SOCKS (he was clothed, I mean, no shoes) and his white socks were now a soggy yellow...and dare I say bits of brown. It stank but he seemed fine?! No words.
317LaVieLover · 4 points · Posted at 15:18:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have several: -A woman who’s husband spoiled her so badly when he died she had no idea how to pay bills/taxes/balance an account/write a check/use a CC/ or even pump gas. He did literally evthing. -a young brides husband wanted pickled eggs; she just put fresh (raw) eggs into the beet juice/vinegar thinking that would make the egg like it was hard boiled. -a guy who thought you had to have a rooster to have eggs. -a woman I knew once swore you peed and had a baby “outta the same hole”—(she’d had a kid herself too). —a girl who could not get to/from work without her gps after being there over 3 mos —a girl who had driven her new car about 3-4 yrs and had never had new (or rotated) tires. They were bald af w wires hanging out everywhere when I finally noticed & told her. Idkhtf she didn’t die in a bad wreck. Smh.
barefoot-bug-lover · 4 points · Posted at 15:59:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mum-in-law tells a lovely story about when she ran some art classes for a while on a little island off Madagascar. One of her students, a young man, was astounded when she showed him that from just three primary colors you can make every other color, red and yellow paint creates orange, blue and yellow makes green, blue and red makes purple etc. how in astonishment he claimed it was magic. He went on to become a wonderful artist, but those first moments of awe was the real magic there.
SmStarStudios · 4 points · Posted at 16:01:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m sixteen but when I was fourteen I worked at Baskin Robins. I worked with this seventeen year old named Savannah and she didn’t know that she was supposed to wash her hands and wear gloves when serving customers, it was disgusting. So Savannah, your probably like twenty or nineteen depending on when you were born exactly. I hope you know how to wash your hands now.
slick_moos · 4 points · Posted at 16:34:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like many of these are prime examples of childhood neglect.
tameyeayam · 1 points · Posted at 20:01:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. It’s pretty depressing
GarrisonFjord · 4 points · Posted at 18:37:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy who was 46 that didn't know there was water in soda. Or any liquids the we drink, like juice.
monsoon101 · 4 points · Posted at 19:18:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Scared I'm gonna end up on this list....my parents decided a long time ago that I'm too dumb to do most things, so I'm not allowed to use the washing machine, mow the lawn, cook...I'm 22 lol
postcoitaltechnoboog · 3 points · Posted at 23:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've plenty of time to learn, and you've just read a massive list of 'what not to do' for inspiration.
teachermommy3x · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:07 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watch Youtube videos, figure them out, and prove your parents wrong.
meandwatersheep · 4 points · Posted at 19:35:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 17 I dated a 21 year old, we were at his house and he was making himself pasta, he poured a lot into the pot and I said that’s a lot and asked if he was going to eat it all and he said of course so I went with it. The pasta boiled and he was shocked that there was heaps in there. I told him pasta expands. He literally didn’t believe me then connected the dots by looking in the fucking pot. A 21 year old didn’t know pasta expands when cooked. Idiot.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:23:11 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fact that he didn't believe you made he angry. He's a fucking adult dating a minor, he probably thought he was superior to you in every way.
meandwatersheep · 2 points · Posted at 12:12:15 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah he’s the biggest twat I’ve ever met. Spent two years with him then pressed statutory rape charges.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:46 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good on you! 💜
mystictofuoctopi · 4 points · Posted at 19:40:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend, probably 20 at the time, and I were just laying and watching the sky one day at a park. A plane went by and she said “wow. It’s amazing how fast they are going up there. They are probably going AT LEAST 80 miles per hour.”
She thought planes only went 80 miles an hour but were just faster because they could avoid any traffic...
LabeMolon_notabot · 5 points · Posted at 20:01:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my friend from college, who graduated with a masters in science, turned to me and said “man..there is no real evidence that proves that smoking cigarettes causes cancer”.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:37 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
.....As a biology major I am weeping for the entire scientific community.
Infinitypixie · 3 points · Posted at 20:36:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have learned from this thread... TEACH YOUR KIDS HOW TO PREVENT AND ALSO DEAL WITH GREASE FIREs!!
Tbronemeat · 4 points · Posted at 06:22:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to go get hotpot with my friend. When she was nearly done she left the stove on even though there was barely any liquid in it. I didn’t notice until I could smell burning. Immediately poured liquid in her pot.
When I asked her why she didn’t turn it off she said she didn’t know if she’s going to get some more food so she just left it on.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 10:38:56 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
She's going to kill someone with her stupidity one day.
diseasedknee · 4 points · Posted at 13:31:04 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yesterday someone told me they’ve ‘started’ cleaning their teeth
edit- he’s 23
AshTreex3 · 5 points · Posted at 17:54:49 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I invited my brand new boyfriend over to my house to fix dinner together and have a nice evening.
He didn’t know how to peel a potato.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:48:53 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to me with one of my friends and I was flabbergasted. He was just hacking at it with the peeler until he had to confess he had no idea how to peel a potato. Before then I had subconsciously considered peeling to be an action that would be relatively intuitive even if you hadn’t done it before.
christaffuson · 7 points · Posted at 01:29:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate of mine didn’t wash his hands after pooping. I once asked him about it, and he casually replied that it’s because he, and I quote, “didn’t get shit on his hand”
obsequious_cuck · 2 points · Posted at 13:26:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's an old joke that goes like,
"In the Navy, they teach us to wash our hands."
"Yeah? In the Marines, they teach us not to piss on our hands!"
Your roommate took it to a dark place.
christaffuson · 2 points · Posted at 13:37:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha, I think it was more about having a mom who didn’t explain basic hygiene. Dudes room smelled bad for like 2 weeks. It was so bad I had to go in and be like dude, what the absolute fuck is that smell? It was leaking into the rest of the house. Come to find out, he put his closed that he was he under his bed and forgot About them so they started to mold. How the hell does that happen?
ProdigalSheep · 7 points · Posted at 05:00:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not her fault,, but I had an au pair (foreign exchange nanny) from rural Colombia, in the U.S., who was great, but one day in winter I went to the garage to get something, and she was sitting in the car, which was running, with my kids. She was warming up the car, and had no idea about Carbon Monoxide poisoning. I thought about all the other shit she might not know, and asked her if she knew not to microwave metal, and she had no idea. Again, not her fault. These were bases I should have thought to cover.
obsequious_cuck · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The microwave one, maybe. Not knowing about poisonous gases means you shouldn't be in charge of a car, let alone children. Did you have the bleach and ammonia conversation?
pawntofantasy · 11 points · Posted at 21:56:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
10-15 years ago I installed residential directv and dish network satellite dishes. Digital meters were expensive, so for a few years I used walkie-talkies so the customer could tell me the exact signal strength on the tv while I was still on the roof. I could not believe the sheer number of people who had never used one. I had to very carefully phrase my request, “you remember how to use these?” At least one in four had never used one.
Drauka92 · 1 points · Posted at 13:52:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That was the best part of childhood. ..
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:51 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
why would your average punter have used a walkie talkie? Like , what percentage of the population is crane operators and bouncers?
Demanicus · 8 points · Posted at 00:13:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Baking a cake with my mate. I asked him to blend everything together while I prepped the other stuff. 5 seconds pass and says he is finished. He seriously thought all it took was too mighty turns of the spoon.
Kristeninmyskin · 2 points · Posted at 16:58:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, it does for muffins. A lot of recipes don’t want you to over mix.
Demanicus · 3 points · Posted at 17:03:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some recipes do call for very light mixing but this wasnt one and just knowing him it was definitely something he never did before.
Like you could see sugar and flour and everything else still clearly not mixed in anyway but just in the heaps where I added them. It was the equivalent of hot chocolate but with the powder scooped in last and not stirred so
He was a funny guy.
rst012345 · 12 points · Posted at 23:00:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A 20yr old asking me how to boil water...
My bf adding the kd pasta to the water without boiling it first...
Had to tell my mom you can't flush tampons when your on a septic system
I'm sure there's more, just gotta think for a while now
mathiosimaging · 12 points · Posted at 23:58:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tampons shouldn't be flushed at all. They cause blockages.
buttonsf · 0 points · Posted at 05:43:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An adult who hasn’t learned the difference between “your” and “you’re”. sigh
rst012345 · 1 points · Posted at 16:45:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Know the difference, auto correct has been turning my youre into your instead of you're lately if I'm not paying attention
unsaferaisin · 3 points · Posted at 23:32:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A girl I used to work with couldn't use a dishwasher. Like, I had to explain how to put things into one, and where to put the soap, and how to turn it on. This was someone who had lived in cities her whole life, in homes that had dishwashers. She'd even worked in food service, which kinda made me feel queasy and concerned for anyone who'd come through her restaurant. She also couldn't alphabetize, despite not having any learning disabilities and being fluent in English, which was her first language. I had to explain a simple alphabetical filing system to her several times, and when she finally sort of grasped that? She held up two invoices, one for Local Sash & Door and one for Local Electric Co, and straight-faced asked me, "So this is the same as this?" My brain broke and I had to work really, really hard to put together a response that wasn't hysterical laughter or hopeless screaming. If she'd had a condition or was an ESL speaker, that would have been one thing, but this was someone in the pink of health, who'd made her way through school and graduated (She was 25 at the time, not a kid who'd never lived on her own or worked before; she even had children of her own). She could read, she was just...like this.
Happy8Day · 3 points · Posted at 23:39:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Between 16 and 30, it's shocking how many people you know WON'T know how to wash their own clothes. Find them before they let the dryer burn the house down.
sirmaddox1312 · 3 points · Posted at 23:41:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former roommate didn't know how to use a broom and a dustpan. He also couldn't figure out how to make cup ramen.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 23:44:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first met my partner, he pretty much didn't know how to do anything adult wise. I had to show him how to take care of bills, how to cook, how to clean certain things up until he started taking the initiative to try and figure it out himself.
Nothing too horrifying until you realize his family is upper middle class and he had three guardians at all times. Nobody bothered to show him anything? Not even how to run a dishwasher! I just don't get it. His mom isn't anti-chores or anything either, so it's very strange.
BCEXP · 3 points · Posted at 00:02:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw an apprentice in a chemical plant trying to empty a tank without venting it (the tank implodes if it's not vented while draining. Vacuum). I was trying to explain what can happen if he tried to do that and he just didn't understand. It's simple physics and fluid mechanics people!!!!!!! You don't need to know math to understand vacuum and venting!!!!! Think about sucking through a straw and covering the opposite end.
Friedeggs15 · 3 points · Posted at 00:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend not knowing how to fold blankets
sn0wgh0ul13 · 3 points · Posted at 00:07:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pal of mine didn’t know you have to renew your car tabs every year. Complained it was a waste of time and money, what does the money even get used for anyway, etc. I generally ELI5 her with most common sense things, as she’s incredibly book smart but lacks any kind of life smarts.
1day1pancake · 3 points · Posted at 00:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in a caribbean country. I have a good laugh when I watch videos about people un UK or USA that doesn't know how to eat an avocado. I saw a tutorial where the person sticks the knife into the "bone" (dude, that's the seed)
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 09:52:09 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
doesn't one just cut the flesh in half and eat it/ put it in food ?
1day1pancake · 1 points · Posted at 15:27:15 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is what i would say, but I've watched in videos they do a lot of weird things, like peel it like it was an apple, not always you need to cut it in half, what if you don't want to eat that much?, Stab the seed to take it out with the knife, once there was a guy that did it so strongly that he stabbed his hand with the seed. Etc
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 19:34:10 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine having the restraint to leave half an avocado just sitting there waiting for me to come back to it 😆
1day1pancake · 1 points · Posted at 20:12:22 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
XD you should leave it with the seed in the hole, so it doesn't stain
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 20:13:05 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't leave avos, I'm compelled to eat them
1day1pancake · 1 points · Posted at 20:17:53 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my family, if you eat a whole avocado you are a fricking monster and a selfish person XD
Aring-ading-ding · 3 points · Posted at 00:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 23 year old guy how to use a hand drill.
Whitn3y · 3 points · Posted at 01:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone has blind spots, I hope reading through this thread shows that.
ghostfish541 · 3 points · Posted at 01:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It took my mom aaaaages to learn to pump her own gas. She lives in Oregon where they have someone pump it for you, so she never had to learn until I went away to college out of state. Even then, she tried to ask gas station attendants whenever possible.
learnitallboss · 3 points · Posted at 01:33:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
High School girlfriend complaining driving at night that everyone behind her had their brights on. I clicked the little knob on the rear view mirror and fixed it. Did not think to ask if this was a multi-generational problem.
Tcyanide · 3 points · Posted at 01:34:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I manage 15 high end office parks in a large city on the east coast. Dealing with some of my tenants I have to honestly ask(to myself) how the hell have you survived this long??! My most recent example is one called about a leaking sink that was also clogging, I go to check it out, they didn’t shut the water off all they way. So that solves the leak. The clog? THEY HAD THE STOPPER ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BLOCK THE DRAIN!!!
CapnHicks · 3 points · Posted at 01:34:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lady who was a new employee at the hardware store told me about how she thought the Black and Decker cordless drill was the greatest invention of all time. She was probably in her 60’s and told me that her and her husband hand built chicken coops for their business most of her life. The entire time she had been manually putting screws in by hand with a screw driver. She had only discovered the cordless drill a few months prior to me meeting her. I genuinely have no idea how they either never found out about power tools, or why her husband chose not to use them.
Dcaim · 3 points · Posted at 01:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to the post, but I work in higher education helping college graduates find jobs. I have one grad that is 65+, has never had a job before, doesn’t know how to drive and was a stay at home wife (not mom) her entire adult life. She has her dad take her to work now.
HVACschool · 3 points · Posted at 01:35:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Checking oil on your car. My friend went 4 years with never checking or adding oil.
mad_madam_mim83 · 3 points · Posted at 01:35:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Crumb chicken... A friend was over while I was preparing dinner, she looked at me in utter shock as I started to do the flour coat, egg wash, crumb routine and said is that how you do it? I said, well, it's one way but yeah, that's the general idea.. she told me she'd never made or even seen someone crumb chicken before.. important piece of information.. she was 37 at the time.. bless her soul
throwaway874617 · 3 points · Posted at 01:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The craziest one of these for me involved a conversation with a (now) ex. We were discussing body hair and hair elimination and hair growth. What it came down to was that he believed hair that fell off (or was cut off) one area of the body could simply grow where it landed. Basically he though hair can replant itself like seeds and grow. I tried to explain hair follicles and how that's just not how things work to no avail. He was adamant. This issue and other simular moments of "how do you not know this?" lead to the inevitable breakup. I couldn't deal with that level of stubborn ignorance.
Dommekarma · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hair can kind of do that. Got a hairdresser friend who had someone else’s hair root itself between her boobs.
idkmynameconfused · 3 points · Posted at 01:38:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah so many things. The most horrifying thing still to this day is how to set up doctors appointments with no insurance. I still struggle and it’s so embarrassing. I’m 21
drunknixon · 3 points · Posted at 01:40:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was me, I’m not ashamed to admit it. I did not know how to pump gas until my mom died when I was 24. She never let me do it because it’s dangerous and ‘sometimes gas stations explode’.
I live in a major city where driving is mandatory, and I’ve been driving since age 16. So thaT was a fun conversation to have with my friends
stirrupsfullofsyrup · 3 points · Posted at 01:40:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my girlfriend, at the ripe age of 25, what a toilet brush is and how to use it. When I learned she was 8 months into living in her first apartment and had never cleaned her toilet, my jaw dropped and I knew we needed to make a trip to Target. Her response? "I've never cleaned a toilet. Our maid always did it." You should have seen the look on her face when I explained to her that there's a toilet bowl brush that people use. She thought it looked like a toothbrush and was horrified to think that people stick their hands in their toilets and brush the poop off with a toothbrush.
acnhcakes · 3 points · Posted at 01:49:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to use a dishwasher. So, I come from an Asian household and we always believed the dishwasher was actually storage space for the dishes, so I've genuinely never seen that thing on and I never knew you could turn it on. I never knew it was called a dishwasher in English because we called it something else. The oven was storage space for the pots and pans (just for a fun kicker of how weird my family was). I was really sheltered growing up, so I didn't go over to people's house much.
I remember coming over to my first boyfriend's house to have dinner and meet his family. We were done eating and he asked me if I could bring the dishes to the dishwasher and turn it on. I didn't know what that meant. I said "You could turn that on? And it washes dishes? You guys don't wash all your dishes with a sponge by hand?"
He laughed at me and made fun of me. Then, taught me how to use the dishwasher and that was the first time I ever used one. However, I still handwash all my dishes to this day. Whenever I came over, my ex would get a sponge out for me because he knew that's how I wanted to do the dishes.
motowidelens · 3 points · Posted at 01:50:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have met multiple college students who have not washed their clothes. Like ever. They just wear them for days on end and when they get “too stinky” they throw them out and buy new ones. This has been with both genders from varying home environments .
bro326 · 3 points · Posted at 01:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to pay taxes. I got so belittled that moment and didn't even get properly tought how to do it.
Balcil · 3 points · Posted at 08:08:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here is a how to video
https://youtu.be/VaD1pjVOuJcl
bro326 · 3 points · Posted at 08:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you, very helpful of your part!
DishwasherTwig · 3 points · Posted at 01:52:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college put my ceramic Crockpot insert directly on the stove to make soup. I came home to a wet floor and a shattered Crockpot.
greenhousebandit · 3 points · Posted at 01:53:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former coworker was working the register and the guy ordering had his card declined. He said it was probably because he just paid his mortgage. She told him "congratulations!". His response was "not really..."
Afterwards she came and asked me about it. She had no idea what a mortgage was and why the guy wasn't too happy. I'd say the declined card was a big tipoff.
CiriwithaC · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in Texas. I worked retail with an Irish immigrant who came over on a college scholarship. And even after graduating and getting married, he still wasn’t familiar with A LOT of commonplace stuff americans are used to. one notable unfamiliarity that sticks out in my mind was when I asked him to place an envelope into the office file cabinet and he didn’t know how to open it. He pulled hard, telling me “look, it’s locked” He didn’t know his thumb had to press the button to release the drawer. I thought it was so endearing I laughed aloud but didn’t tease him or anything I just showed him how to use his thumb to press and pull the handle simultaneously.
Beeblebrox2nd · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your filing cabinets have a button?
I'm from Northern Ireland. Ours don't. Just the key hole at the top to lock all drawers.
CiriwithaC · 2 points · Posted at 02:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, the button serves as kind of a safety feature to prevent children without full motor-function from just pulling the drawer open and it serves as the lock when activated as well. The thumb sits naturally on the button when you go to pull the handle and a quick flick of the thumb allows for opening. I just assumed everyone knew to flick their thumb! He seemed so used to others reacting very surprised at him for small things like that. I put myself in his shoes. If I went to another country I’d Definitely not get things right away!
kraykitkatt · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laundry. I had a friend that had lived with his Mother forever and did not know how to do laundry. Then when I examined everything to him he damn near had an anxiety attack. He got super overwhelmed about separating them and the different cycles. Either that or he was a damn good liar and just wanted me to do his laundry.
SeaABrooks · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A grown - early 30s - close, college educated, female friend asked me how I urinated with a tampon in. Had no idea there were 3 holes. I was in shock for like an hour after she asked me this. This was in the 2000s so there was totally internet, and she has an advanced degree. Her brother is an MD. There are a few more personal reasons that may have caused this lapse of knowledge which I won't share, but it was just so jarring. I helped her though, so happy ending.
Beeblebrox2nd · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could understand a guy not knowing. We're taught NOTHING about a female's bits, but a woman not knowing?
Wow.
SeaABrooks · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was seriously nuts. She's doing great.
crotalushorridious · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After a few months of college I realized my roommate never really did any cleaning. So I asked him if he could sweep. I’m at my desk and out of the corner of my eye I see him sweep a huge pile of dirt under the rug! I stopped him and asked him what he was doing. He said, “what do you mean? What do you do with it?” I then had to educate him on how to use a dust pan. He never knew what they were for.
He also asked me how I kept all my clothes from being wrinkled. I was confused and asked him to show me how he puts his clothes away. All of his clothing was just jammed into his dresser. I then had to teach him what and how to fold clothes.
pinkbedsheet · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate would wash the floors with just water. No soap. They'd just push around dirty water and call it a day, then wonder why it smelt like a wet dog.
Turns out they're a thieving piece of shit and ruined every good thing they had going for themselves anyway.
serial_heartbreakee · 3 points · Posted at 02:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basically a “share your failed parenting experience” post
Damnberrr · 3 points · Posted at 02:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A co-worker said today that she really needed a nap and wished we (location: Florida) could take daily naps like they do in China. She knew the word siesta and still associated it with the nation of suicide nets and the 996 work week.
Scotlandqueen · 3 points · Posted at 02:14:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate spilled hot cheese on the floor and asked me if she should “just leave it” or if she should clean it up.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 02:31:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not sure I would classify this as “horrifying” but it definitely shocked me at the time.
So I was with my step sister, we were like 16 at the time, with our family, and the two of us went to grab some snacks, I picked out my snack and on for my brother and she grabbed a couple different things. We get to the register and I have my money ready, already knew how much I was spending. Then she gets ready to pay and is surprised when she doesn’t have enough money to pay. (So of course I covered her butt cuz I had some extra.) but it totally shocked me that she tried to buy more than she had money for.
I did some thinking later and it hit me: I was raised basically in poverty. My mom would always have everything planned out to the penny when we went shopping, if we couldn’t afford it we went without it. So when I buy something now, I always do the mental math to figure out exactly how much it’ll cost to make sure I have enough. (I always thought that was totally normal until this.) She was raised quite rich. (My whole house would fit in her bedroom) and so she never had to worry about anything like that, her mom just bought her whatever and paid for it like no big deal. So now she has to learn that money isn’t endless.
MoPeaDaz · 3 points · Posted at 02:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
...I’m 14 and i know about all of these... (out of the ones i read)
Midas_Blenny_Drip · 3 points · Posted at 02:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a roommate come out of the bathroom and ask if the plunger was broken. It wasn't working...because he was holding the plunger with both hands and using the stick end to try and force the clog down the drain.
PikpikTurnip · 3 points · Posted at 02:40:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know how to wash clothes in a washing machine. Also, he's been complaining for a long time about these random sores he gets on his skin sometimes. Recently, I found out why. He hasn't been washing with soap. Like, what the fuck. He also thought his moisturizing body wash was lotion because of the "moisturizing" bit. I love the guy but oh my god I can't wait to live by myself again.
Triangle_Graph · 3 points · Posted at 02:43:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That tile cleaner shouldn’t be used to clean up a mess on the carpet. My SO spill some ketchup and I came home to a basketball sized bleach stain on the floor. We didn’t get our deposit back.
Edit: word
CommentumNonSequiter · 3 points · Posted at 02:44:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite the same idea but I had a friend who was a terrible navigator. He drove fine but literally got lost everywhere he went. When he expressed literal amazement that I could just get into the car and know where to go I tried to explain to him that I made a mental map of the city. As long as I knew where the 8ish main roads were I could generally keep track of where I was. That’s when we both realized he was simply unable to crate mental images like everyone else (there’s a term for the condition that I’m forgetting). The poor guy couldn’t even bring up a picture of him mother when I asked. Sort of explained why he struggled in school, which confused me because he never came across as dumb. His brain just worked very differently I guess.
ItsKisha · 3 points · Posted at 02:55:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A good friends husband had gone away for a week, so we decided to pick up some steaks to grill at her place one night. I was in the bathroom, which had a window that opened onto the patio, and I heard her turn the propane tank on and just walk away. I was in there for a bit, (😬) so I was aware of how long she had let the propane go on for without igniting it, and you could really smell it inside by now too. She had just cranked the music up really loud and couldn't hear me yelling, so I ended up screaming and running outside, all while trying to pull up my pants, scared to death that she was about to light the thing and kill us both. Turned out her husband did all the grilling, so she had never actually bbq'd before. I can understand not knowing how to cook well on a bbq/grill without ever having done it, but I guess I just had always assumed it was common knowledge to keep open flames away from large amounts of propane.
As for myself, I made to age 35 before I realized what Rice Krispies were made of. That was an embarrasing discovery😂
hereforawhileatleast · 3 points · Posted at 03:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21 years old, in the midst of graduating college. A friend and I agreed to move in together after living with other roommates for a few years. We hunt for a few weeks but it’s a big busy city so affordable pickings are slim.
Suddenly we happen across a gorgeous 2 bedroom, middle of downtown, full checklist of the things we’d agreed on, all luxury building amenities, such a steal of a price. Best thing I’ve seen in my 3 years in the city. I manage to sweet talk the landlord into promising the lease to me right there and then, even though he’d seen multiple other potential tenants with arguably better credentials than a couple of young waitresses.
And you know what she does? Locks herself on the balcony of this apartment to cry on the phone to her mother for 25 minutes, leaving me alone with the landlord to make increasingly awkward small talk. When she finally emerges, red and puffy, she mumbles that she still doesn’t know if she wants to live here because the larger bedroom isn’t as big as she’s used to. She wants a couple of days to think about it. Obviously the landlord is having none of it. Obviously he ushers us out as quickly as possible. Obviously we don’t get that apartment.
Obviously I didn’t end up living with her.
StFrSe · 3 points · Posted at 03:43:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Not me but my dad (D) with my aunt (A), she got in the car after she had had her license for like a year or two. She got in the drivers seat in his car to drive him somewhere (idk why she was going to drive) and said “which one is the brake?”. My dad kinda just looked at her and said “the left one...” A: “okay that’s in this one right?”. D: “in every car...” A: “oh, I think mines different.”
And no, it was not different.
Edit: sorry for formatting, on mobile
boomquifaki · 3 points · Posted at 04:20:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate (a woman) didn’t know that women typically ovulate one egg every month. She thought she “just like.... released a bunch.” When I told her it was one she didn’t believe me and insisted on asking our friend who is a nurse.
cratersarecool · 3 points · Posted at 04:56:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One day when I was 10 years old, I was hanging out with my parents in their bedroom. My dad was holding his chest and exhaling. He goes, “That mouthwash is so hard to swallow.” I feel horrified and asked him why he would swallow mouthwash, which I discover he thought you swallowed mouthwash. I frantically tell him that you only swish it around in your mouth. Mind you, he is an immigrant and didn’t grow up using mouthwash, but I was still horrified and wondered how long he had been doing this.
seudaven · 3 points · Posted at 04:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend frosted the brownies she was baking for us BEFORE she baked them. Like put frosting on the wet batter and everything. When I was flabbergasted at what she was doing I got the "chill, I know what I'm doing!" She did not know what she was doing.
She has a masters in computer science and worked two summers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA). She's so incredibly smart, unfortunately it's all in book smarts, and none in street smarts. If she were a DND character she'd have a 20 in intelligence, and a 1 in wisdom.
pickerpacker42 · 0 points · Posted at 07:18:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your friend is a dumbass and I highly doubt she has a degree anything.
geico_fire · 3 points · Posted at 04:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None of my roommates checked the toilet before they leave the bathroom. None of them.
Granted, both of them had autism so I don't know if this is a trait in autistic people or what, but it's become one of my biggest pet peeves.
How are you older than I am (22) and not check to make sure the bathroom's clean for the next person? The fuck are you, a cat?
Vicsvaporubbb · 3 points · Posted at 05:00:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to beg a clueless ex bf to not pour a jug of coolant into where the oil goes. I know nothing about cars.
monsoonseason2039 · 3 points · Posted at 05:00:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 21 year old boyfriend didn't know how to tie up a trash bag. I bought the cheap ones bc we were struggling and they didn't have the tie laced around the top, just the four corners you tie together. He didn't know that the cheaper ones even existed.
utspg1980 · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I misread the title and this thread was so confusing!
I missed the NOT, so I thought it was horrifying "how do you know how to do this?" and I came in here thinking it was going to be tales of weird shit like all of a sudden Suzy Homemaker was out in the woods and knew how to create a makeshift snare from vines and how to skin a squirrel with a sharp rock.
Or other crazy random shit like that.
I read 5 top level comments, each one just making me more and more confused until I finally reread the OP.
capitalnope · 3 points · Posted at 05:05:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college there was a girl that always struggled with the elevators and was always late or would take stairs from the 9th floor all the way to the ground because the elevator was broken... which awesome to take the stairs but holy heck how are these elevators always broken?
I finally figured it out one day when I was with her. She thought you hit the arrow for where you were. Say you're on the 9th floor and you wanted to go to the 6th you hit the up arrow... girl whut. She was getting on the wrong elevators because she would hit up to go down and down to to up.
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really? You gotta be pretty dumb to repeatedly press the opposite direction, have it take you the wrong way every time, and never think to try pressing the other direction.
otolakegirl · 3 points · Posted at 05:13:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend, prior to me moving in had a serious problem keeping tp in the house. (Pre Covid)
At the time, he had a male roommate and we’d often double date. One day, roommate’s girlfriend and I got picking on them about the toilet paper issue. My bf says “girls have to use toilet paper every time”?
He’s a dolly and I love him but that was a bit concerning. Lol. It’s all cleared up now.
Cyynric · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basic fucking arithmetic. Customer didn't understand why her total came up to what it was, so I had to physically show her on paper how math works, and she still thought I was trying to rip her off.
sagesandwich · 3 points · Posted at 05:14:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During my second year of college, I volunteered for a nonprofit coffee shop. Very slow paced, friendly place, and always two volunteers on staff. One day an order came in for toast. The other volunteer (another college student) looked at the bread, looked at me, looked at the toaster and asked: "I just put it in there and push the button?"
CarelessYouth69 · 3 points · Posted at 05:16:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my roommate has no sense of direction, or basic geography. we live in Indiana, and i asked her which direction Florida was (up or down/ north or south) and she told me “i don’t have time to learn these things i have better things to do”
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my boyfriend and I moved in together, I noticed he kept opening my mail. Then he started complaining that I had too much junk mail sent to the house (I know). I asked why it bothered him so much and he said because he was wasting too much time opening mail. I suggested that he stop opening my mail and just stick to opening his mail and then the problem would be solved. He asked “How can I know if the mail is for me or you if I don’t open it?” He was 25, had never received mail before and did not understand/notice there was a name on the envelope. Honest.
Ryukotaicho · 3 points · Posted at 05:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college, made digital art all the time. Took a class in painting(cause they needed an elective) and realized that they didn’t know color theory, as in red+blue=purple and red+yellow=orange, because on the digital art, all they had to do was click on the right spot of the color pallet
MooneyShadow · 3 points · Posted at 05:35:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
23 yo male coworker did not know any type of vegetable besides corn and carrots.
His family only used canned food items and he was mind blown to discover new vegetables.
He also informed me shortly after this talk that he found out eggs came in shells. Apparently his family only used the carton of already mixed egg and he thought that was the only way it came.
JabberJabs_CAN · 3 points · Posted at 05:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was forced to take my sheltered spoiled brat of a cousin on a boys trip to Vegas.
On the first morning he put the cereal, milk and bowl on the table and looked at me and asked, how do I make this?
He was 24.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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I_dont_like_pickles · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are so lost.
wuditsay · 3 points · Posted at 06:07:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate called me to show her how to open the blinds. Just regular old blinds
BenjiBaker · 3 points · Posted at 06:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate in college who I caught eating cold spam out of them can with a spoon. It was my spam.
Nony21321 · 3 points · Posted at 06:19:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend asked me "how many months away is August?" And I replied something like "well it's almost the end of June." He kind of laughed and asked again, and through a little more conversation I realized he didn't know his months in order. He just never bothered to memorize a calendar year. He said he'd never needed to, because most of the time he has a calender on his phone. He wasn't a dumb person or anything, he was asking me about August because we were both going back to university that month.
SICRA14 · 3 points · Posted at 06:19:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My teachers in high school (30ish year olds) not understanding how to use the big "cancel" button to stop YouTube autoplay and making me or another student adult.
yeahnahalrightok · 3 points · Posted at 06:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few of us around a mates house, he decides to throw some chicken kebabs under the grill. He places them on a tray turns up the heat to high then closes the door. He looks up wondering why we were all looking at him strangely, someone goes "dude you are supposed to leave it open, even has it in large writing on the door" responds with "I've done it this way my whole life", he was 33 at the time.
hypevigilante · 3 points · Posted at 06:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who put dishes in the dishwasher with unwanted leftovers still in them because she thought dishwashers “have a vacuum that sucks it all up”. It was the first and last time we asked her to do the dishes. Half a tray of lasagna was blitzed up and stuck on everything else in the load that we had to scrape off.
jdavid527 · 3 points · Posted at 06:29:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well I have a "how do you know this?" one. When we were burying my grandmas dead dog my dad said that if we wanted to hide that a hole was dug we would take the top grass part and put it back after filling the hole back up l. I was like 12 at the time.
veritoast · 3 points · Posted at 06:30:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, but kind of cute. Back in the day I worked on a farm with a friend from school. We’d finish our job around sunset and head back to the parking lot and hang out for a while chatting about life or whatever.
One time we’re laying back on the hood of her car chatting after the sun has gone down. This HUGE meteor streaks across the sky and we are both floored. Bright green tail, chunks exploding off of it as it went. It was top five best meteors ever. We calm down after five minutes of excitement and exclamation and she turns to me and says “Wow. I wonder which one it was...” Confused, I ask “What do you mean?” “The shooting star! I wonder which one it was!” “Which...star?” “Yeah, dummy! Don’t you wonder!?” A very abbreviated course in basic astronomy followed...
PaxMortisAeternum · 3 points · Posted at 06:31:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a learning disability and I never knew how important it was to other people to read numbers phonetically. 153,678,892 One, five, three, six, seven, eight, eight, nine, two. People always get annoyed when I ask them to read numbers like this. I can never get the words right. I think a million has like. Two commas maybe.
Also my mother has made me hand wash dishes from a young age, my friends have just recently explained how to maintain, clean, and use a dish washer. They're quite efficient machines. In a similar vein, I am slowly learning every inch of someone's house doesn't need to be without blemish and clean enough to eat off. And it's not normal to wash and clean things till your hands bleed.
pseudo_orphan · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey that's awesome you're learning! I bet it's pretty uncomfortable to go out of your norms to do things the "normal" way, don't worry too much about what makes everyone else comfortable 😊
ADrPepperEnema · 3 points · Posted at 06:33:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girlfriend's sister once asked her mom if she could borrow one of her checks since she forgot her checkbook at home
LanfearsLight · 3 points · Posted at 06:34:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unable to read the clock. He only understood the digital variant, but not the old one.
Piper2505 · 3 points · Posted at 06:34:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Embarrassingly, this is my own story(ies) of stupidity and being super gullible. Not so much something I didn't know how to do, but stuff I shouldn't have thought as an adult.
So my second year in uni I was living in a house share with my friends, we'd have cleaning rotas and it was one of the guys turns to do the bathrooms.
I shouted out that I needed the toilet before he started on the downstairs one, but he went in anyway to clean. I ran upstairs and he'd already cleaned and bleached the toilet - which is where my issue and stupidity started. My mum had told me as a child that you can't use the toilet for at least one hour after bleach has been put down, or you'll burn your bum. I ran downstairs and he'd bleached the downstairs one by that point too! So I angrily asked him why he would bleach both toilets, after I said I needed the loo, as now I can't go for at least an hour and I'm desperate already!
He looked at me like I was talking jibberish and explained you can use the toilet after being bleached. Blew my mind and I was EXTREMELY cautious and looking out for burns the first few times I did it.
I rang my mum later to tell her and ask why she lied to me, she said that when I was a child I would always go to the toilet just after she bleached them and it would really annoy her to waste bleach by flushing it away a minute later. So she told me it would burn my bum to stop me doing it, she totally forgot about it and didn't think to tell me it was a lie when I was older. Which resulted in 20 year old me still believing you could buy such a potentially dangerous household bleach that must have resulted in so many burns each year.
Another one she told me that I believed until uni: Again as a child, I apparently would be really careful when helping chop peppers and I would remove all the seeds, so my mum told me "good job on removing all the yucky seeds" which translated into my child brain as "pepper seeds= poisonous".
Believed they were deadly until,at uni, I warned someone that they had pepper seeds remaining when they were chopping. I must have seemed super worried for them as they asked why it mattered, it was only a couple of seeds. So I said about how they might be so ill from even just a few, cue laughter/confusion and an explanation that pepper seeds aren't deadly.
I couldn't believe they weren't poisonous, but my mum wouldn't accept the blame for me thinking that one, as she hadn't actually told me that they were a deadly threat I had just jumped to conclusions (so I'll give her that and take the blame myself for my stupidity).
Now I'm thankful for Google and phones, so I can double check my "facts" before embarrassing myself. But my stupidity has given everyone else a good few laughs!
dunklesnack · 3 points · Posted at 06:35:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude i met at a party in college fully didn't know how to flush a toilet. Apparently his mom did pretty much everything for him and just spoiled him to the point he thought a lot of things, like toilets, were automated and that they flushed a few minuets after leaving the bathroom.
Minny244 · 3 points · Posted at 06:36:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buddy of mine who has helped me work on his truck and my own many times.. did not know how to check his oil level. Poor soul
Maxpower1234 · 3 points · Posted at 06:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law just ruined his car by never getting it serviced once. It’s the third time it’s happened to him.
hey_nonny_nonny · 3 points · Posted at 06:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate that liked to drink a lot of tea multiple times a day from the same mug. The mug had an abundance of tea buildup inside because they only ever rinsed it and not washed. They said, "It's just tea so I only rinse it. The stains won't come out anyways." One day I washed the mug with soap and a sponge and there were no 'stains' anymore.
kynnythe · 3 points · Posted at 06:40:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a co-worker drain the hot oil from a fryer, into a plastic bucket. Went exactly as one would imagine. Melted the bucket and the bottom of his shoes, severely burning his feet, while he was wiping the now empty fryer out. This was an isolated fryer on the back line, luckily, or maybe unluckily since one of the cooks would have probably seen and prevented it. Those of us on the front line that evening still mimic the scream we heard that night. It was a short high pitched yell at first, signifying the shock, followed by short yips that increased in volume and length for what felt like forever.
Potatoes_FTW · 3 points · Posted at 06:42:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a housemate who kept complaining how we, the other housemates never clean. Whenever she cleaned the bathroom she just sprayed toilet cleaner all over the toilet and left it there.
She thought that just spraying it on the toilet and not wiping it off was enough.
SakuraButSFW · 3 points · Posted at 06:43:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It just horrifies me that people don't know how to shop groceries and cook for cheap and instead continuously go broke on takeout
The amount of these cases that surrounds me is stupid
allthebatman · 3 points · Posted at 06:45:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a gas station. One of my coworkers would take of his shoes to mop because he didn’t want to make footprints. I tried to explain he could just work backwards and not walk on the wet places but he didn’t seem to understand. So I stopped trying to help and just cringed every time he had to mop. Or more often, I would just offer to do it.
DefectivGamer · 3 points · Posted at 06:45:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate recently filled a 2L Sagres beer glass with boiling water, before it imploded as she picked it up, spilling boiling water everywhere and breaking a holiday memory I can't retrieve.
How people don't know basic stuff like normal glass + boiling water = bad is beyond me. How y'all alive 😂
nyannekochan · 2 points · Posted at 07:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They probably assumed all thickish glass is pyrex? Assuming your beerglass was kinda thiccy thicc
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 06:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Crowjr4 · 2 points · Posted at 08:27:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
idk how to tell you this, but no you don't. If they are any of the varieties you get at the store, you can eat them raw. They usually are raw on a salad for example. It will definitely taste better cooked when in an omelet though.
MrHarold90 · 3 points · Posted at 06:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing too horrifying but when we went on a lads trip to USA in our mid 20s we realised he comes out with clangers all the time, from the top of my head:
spongeboy1985 · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandfather called San Jose San Josie when he was stationed at Moffet in 1950. To be fair he was from a small town in Alabama. Of course not much later he met his wife who was born in San Jose.
intrinsic_gray · 3 points · Posted at 06:49:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone who didn't know how to make change for a $20 transaction after being given a $50.
bone-lady · 3 points · Posted at 06:49:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my first apartment in college I was 19 and one of my roommates was 22. She clogged the toilet before we both had class and all i heard from my room was yelling and crying while getting ready. I went to check on her to see what the fuck was going on to find that she flooded her room and part of the hallway. She didn’t know how to turn off the water supply to the toilet and kept trying to flush i guess, so it just kept continuously running for god knows how long. I calmly walked up and turned the valve off, but it was already too late since the water was now dripping through the walls downstairs into our kitchen
yestrawberry · 3 points · Posted at 06:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend bought a brand new car and did not change the oil, luckily I drove it and felt funny until I asked if they ever did change the oil. I was shook when they said “no, what’s that?” I made us pull over and got oil changed as we were just starting out on a 6-8hours road trip! I asked the technician \ mechanic and they showed us the oil was indeed black, luckily it wasn’t so bad, maybe a bit over 5,000 miles. My friend is from India and used to having a driver, it was a bit weird as I’m female and he’s a male. Edited to add the car was bought in CA, driven to NY and we were going to DC from upstate NY.
fruitypete · 3 points · Posted at 06:52:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
back in community college i knew a model. she was homeschooled and modeled in spain. 10/10 beautiful. street smart not so much. she got her first car but after a few weeks it broke down. well, she thought it did. she didn’t know you have to put this smelly liquid called gasoline into it on occasion.
she was so sheltered she didn’t know about GAS.
later one of her guy friends sent her a text “can we be fuck buddies?” and her parents saw it and took away her phone. I still wonder what kind of guy gets in with a model and then goes “let’s just be duck buddy’s because i don’t want to lock this down.”
rigbys_brother_Don · 3 points · Posted at 06:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that serious, but as seniors in a well known private school, my classmate had absolutely zero knowledge about a deck of cards. (Like cards used for poker). I was just shocked an 18 year old in a prestigious private school could have no idea what was in a deck of cards. We were using a deck of cards as an example for some math question and we had to stop the lesson so the teacher could teach the student how a deck of cards is structured. Not that serious but still baffles me.
Geriny · 1 points · Posted at 15:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some more radical Christian sects and probably some other religions too view any card game as gambling and as such forbidden, maybe that is what was going on
Blackish_Matt · 3 points · Posted at 06:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a trained doctor ask us "what does paracetamol do?"
Numbers_Colors · 3 points · Posted at 06:54:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know you could fry pork chops without breading them first...
beenthroughtoomuch · 3 points · Posted at 06:54:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My current housemate has; 1) attempted to microwave chicken 2) used dish soap when "cleaning" his potatoes, didn't rinse the soap off completely and threw it to boil 3) managed to simultaneously burn and undercook an egg he was boiling 4) used laundry detergent to mop the floor
All of this is just this week
itsallalittleblurry · 3 points · Posted at 06:55:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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SpaTowner · 2 points · Posted at 08:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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itsallalittleblurry · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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SpaTowner · 2 points · Posted at 09:36:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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itsallalittleblurry · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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SpaTowner · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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itsallalittleblurry · 1 points · Posted at 10:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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1374dIoN · 3 points · Posted at 07:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work in a hospital in supply chain. As we stocked supplies, we always had to make sure the item hadn't expired and to rotate old stock to the front of units. As you can imagine, it's especially important for this to occur with medical supplies where life and death is involved.
I worked with this woman who is quite possibly the dumbest person I've ever met. She once got lost on the way to work because her exit was closed for two whole hours. She's lived in my city all 35 years of her life. Her husband had to leave work, find her, and drive to work so she could follow him there successfully. But I digress...
We had a complaint from a unit that expired IV fluid had been administered to a patient. This is our fault 100 percent, but the nurses should always be checking too. Luckily, the patient was fine as they build wiggle room into expiration dates, but still a really big deal. Anyways, it turns out it was this girls restock that it occurred in. She didn't know how to read expiration dates. She really didn't seem to know and we were very patient and tried earnestly to teach her. And she seemed eager to learn. She could not get the concept. It was absolutely baffling.
GioHarper · 3 points · Posted at 07:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend ask me how I dealt with the expense of constantly having to buy those cat hair removal rolls. I asked him what he meant and he explained that he bought a few and used them, but was frustrated that they were to be used only once. I was shocked. Showed him how to take off one of the many layers and keep using it. He had a light bulb go off over his head for sure.
seegruyere · 3 points · Posted at 07:34:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i used to live with a dude that had a masters in engineering but he had been so molly-coddled at home that it took him 3 days to figure out how to wash his clothes in a washing machine.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 07:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to be a manager at a fast food place and I had more than a few trainees, some were highschoolers, some in COLLEGE, that had no idea how to count money. Had absolutely no clue what a dime was. How much a quarter was. I would completely understand if they were studying abroad and were originally from a different country, but none of this was the case. They were Americans, born and raised in the USA! Also had a few people that were honestly illiterate. Couldn't read or write past an elementary level. I know fast food doesn't always get the brightest bunch, but it blew my mind how many people couldn't do these basic skills.
valdovine316 · 3 points · Posted at 07:43:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at Office Depot when I was around 16 or 17 and one of the closing duties was to vacuum the carpet at the entrance and I was asked to clean it. I hesitated but agreed so I grabbed the vacuum cleaner and headed towards the entrance and plugged it in. I looked for a button to turn it on.. I found a button for sure! but instead of turning it on I stood there and watched the gunk from the compartment spill out on to the carpet. My coworker was like wtf?! and asked if I did that to be funny and all I could say was “I don’t know how to vacuum I’ve had tile all my life at home I didn’t want to say no because I didn’t want to get in trouble for not doing a task” I was such an anxious kid 😂
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 22:02:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What are you cleaning the tiles with then?
valdovine316 · 1 points · Posted at 23:24:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A mop
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 23:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never mopped without removing the bits and pieces, else just end up moving wettened fluff and crumbs around
valdovine316 · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao right. First I sweep with a broom and then mop **
theboomboy · 3 points · Posted at 07:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread really shows how much my parents spoiled me
I don't know how to clean properly, I can't cook anything, and probably lots of other things that I don't even know I don't know and will only discover once I move out
Luckily, I have to do mandatory army service soon so I might learn some stuff there
teachermommy3x · 2 points · Posted at 02:57:39 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Google how to do thing and watch Youtube videos. Get all caught up. It's easier than you'd think.
theboomboy · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:59 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't think it would be difficult, but it's still intimidating to be an adult
prasaysno · 3 points · Posted at 07:44:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
The first time i refilled petrol in my life (29F) was about a month ago. I was with my boyfriend at the time and it was his car. I ended up having petrol all over myself.
I have a stable income that is higher than pretty much everyone I have met at my age. It doesn't mean I'm smart but I certainly don't consider myself stupid, but because the male characters in my life - my dad (Chinese dad), and my ex-huaband had shielded me so much in the past, it left me with a lot of adulting steps to take when they are not within reach anymore.
My current boyfriend is keen to have me doing things myself rather than doing it for me, thus the incident at the beginning. I'm sure I will get there eventually.
whalethings · 3 points · Posted at 07:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not my experience, but my sisters.
She came downstairs to see the cable guy was here, as my grandmother was having trouble turning her captions on her TV off.
My sister (19), goes to the TV, turns it off and then back on, and the captions are off the screen.
What killed me was that the CABLE MAN WAS THERE. TO FIX THE TV.
whollyme · 3 points · Posted at 07:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work in a record store. So many new-starts didn't know how to put stock into alphabetical order. Like, at least once each Christmas I'd have to teach people how to do it.
crewmannumbersix · 3 points · Posted at 07:49:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn’t know there was a timer function on microwaves. She always just cooked nothing whenever she needed a timer.
TiredForEternity · 3 points · Posted at 07:56:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Making a call to a store.
He got a machine and assumed he couldn't use it to get to a human person. Or that the machine might have info he needs. Just thought the machine = no humans are there.
I had to explain to him he has to go through the machine to reach the humans.
(This was for Cricket customer support. He's 18.)
Beingabummer · 3 points · Posted at 07:57:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, I read it on Reddit once, but the story that stuck with me was about someone talking to their roommate how they hated the first few minutes of a shower because it took the water a while to warm up.
They'd stand in the shower cubicle, switch on the water and wait there getting sprayed with ice-cold water until it heated up. It never occurred to them to just wait outside the shower for the water to warm up before stepping in.
machmanich · 3 points · Posted at 08:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 28 year old room mate asked me if the dishwasher was broken cause the dishes were still dirty after she put them in the night before. She didn’t know you had to turn it on for it to actually clean the dishes. She had never baked anything before but wanted to surprise her new boyfriend with some cupcakes, so I helped her make cupcakes, two different types with frosting and everything. She didn’t like the way they looked, so just threw them out and bought some instead. When she was moving out, she needed to use the vacuum to pack her stuff up in vacuum sealed bags. Got a call while at Uni, asking which vacuum to buy cause she had never used one. We had one in the broom closet, but since she didn’t recognize it as such (was one of these stand up Hoover vacuums), wanted to buy one the day before she moved out. There are more stories. We only lived together for about 4 months and she was a wonderful roommate, but she had no real-life skills despite having moved abroad at the age of 19.
SmallmightAllright · 3 points · Posted at 08:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Counting by 20s.
I was a manager at a retail store. We had a new hire (maybe 20 years old) at the register and I needed to pick up some cash to drop into the safe. Got $1000 out all in $20 bills, made 2 bundles for ease of counting. I turned to her to verify and noticed it’s taking her... an unusually long amount of time to count (I opened another register and took a few customers to allow her a moment to count).
I come over and see that the money of one bundle was laid across the counter (25 $20 bills) and she was counting under her breathe over and over again. Finally after 10 minutes she says it’s $500. I tell her yes, and now we have to do the other bundle.
She starts doing the same when I jumped in and gently ask her how does she count the money? She explains that she started with 1 then counted to 500. I laughed thinking she was joking me, like maybe she was nervous and knew it took forever so that was her way of making it funny? She was dead serious.
I apologized and start telling her that the 2 bundles should be the same. I asked her to count how many bills were in the first bundle. She recounts it and says 25. I’m like good, so that’s $500. Now count the other one. 25 bills again. Ask her how much that is. She had no idea! After some more pushing she hesitantly agrees that it’s $500.
Later on I gave her a lesson in counting $20s by either counting by 20s (20, 40, 60, 80, 100),or my personal favorite to count by bill (1, 2, 3, 4, $100, 1, 2, 3, 4, $200, etc) but it didn’t stick. She also didn’t stick around very long.
Trainzguy2472 · 3 points · Posted at 08:01:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many of my friends have no clue how to ride public transportation. Some of them thought you had to reserve seats on the commuter train way in advance like you do with an airplane. We're all high school seniors in a big city where nearly everyone takes the bus or train sometime in their life. It's disappointing and a little worrying. Also at least 5 of those friends don't know how to ride a bike.
LordJebusVII · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Were they local? Because I've never caught a train you didn't have to reserve seats for. As for riding a bike, that's usually something you need to be taught or at least helped with. Sounds like your friends had rough childhoods
Trainzguy2472 · 1 points · Posted at 17:32:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All of my friends grew up locally in normal neighborhoods (no rough childhood). My city has 1 commuter rail line and a few streetcar/subway lines. I accept not knowing how to ride a commuter train if your city doesn't have one (many don't) but in a metropolis where I live it's almost essential.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 08:05:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy in work can't grasp the 24 hour clock system. Whenever I sign in/out, I use 0700 and then 1900 respectively. He asked why I wrote 19 o'clock and I said it's 7pm and he said that I should just write 7 then because the managers won't understand since he can't understand it. He's 36. I'm 20 and just started working here a month ago. Like bruh it's not hard to grasp.
starfarce1983 · 3 points · Posted at 08:07:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a coworker offer to make coffee and discovered she dumped half a can of coffee grounds into the water tank with the water. Destroyed the coffee maker. She is 26.
imthebird · 3 points · Posted at 08:37:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my best friend to see if there was something in my eye and he said no, but “omg you have the same little blackhead on your waterline that I do!!!” I was really confused and then I realized he was talking about HIS TEAR DUCT and then he confessed he’d tried a billion times to pop it. I can’t even imagine lol
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 10:40:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear heavens...
imthebird · 1 points · Posted at 18:19:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know!! I love him but he really lacks some of that basic knowledge. Same friend recently (very recently) realized raisins were made from grapes and was equally amazed
ilovecatsandcheese52 · 3 points · Posted at 08:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine at university decided she wanted to make macaroni cheese. She boiled her pasta in milk instead of water then grated the cheese on top.
StevenDeere · 3 points · Posted at 08:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a flatmate that obviously never learned to do basic house work or cooking. One day when I got up I discovered the mess he left in the kitchrn after he came home drunk. He tried to make pasta like instant noodles so they were still very hard. He also tried to cook a pasta sauce which was only tomato puree (and half of it was all over the table).
Another time he wanted to make himself a cocoa and didn't know that there's a difference between pure cocoa powder and the instant powder for drinks. He wondered why the cocoa didn't really dissolve and why it tasted so bitter.
BadeArse · 3 points · Posted at 09:04:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At uni (does this really count as ‘adulting’ though?...) there was a roommate in halls of residence who, on the second night of moving in, was really confused about why his pan wasn’t getting any heat from the hob. He was pressing the knobs down really hard, to the point of visibly shaking he was pressing so hard, and turning them frantically in all directions. One of the other lads shouted over ‘ah you’ve gotta turn it on at the wall socket there’ so he flicked the cooker switch on and proceeded to mash all the buttons on the front of the oven. We were all so confused as we watched. Then he turned to us and asked why there was no flame or gas. It was an electric oven/hob.
ilovestamon · 1 points · Posted at 09:06:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Secretly a Victorian man that time travelled
Geriny · 1 points · Posted at 15:29:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or just someone used to a gas stove. Though of course they also need electricity or a flame source
ilovestamon · 1 points · Posted at 15:37:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Any gas hob I've used has had a sparker or you just use a lighter to ignite no electric needed
Papa_D · 3 points · Posted at 09:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach a few of my Marines how to properly wash clothes. They all assumed the washing machine was full of soap already.
I also had to have a class on how to send letters. Apparently they thought just writing the persons name on the front of the letter was good enough.
MashMaTaters · 3 points · Posted at 09:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude at my work is the type of stupid that you cant argue with, to name a few:
There used to be a bonfire in the work yard for burning scrap wood etc. but this stupid bastard would throw anything and everything onto the fire, including gas cannisters!
In the winter time when the mornings are still dark, he isnt allowed to come into work until the sun rises because he wears all black clothes (has been given a high vis but doesnt wear it often) but he constantly walks out in front/behind work vans when they're moving and nearly getting run over.
Ive watched him 'filling in' potholes by bashing them with a sledgehammer??
We had to put a high vis jacket on the post on a staircase because he kept walking into it.
He once stared at a dog shit for 5 minutes straight and then step in it.
He skinned his nose by walking face first into a closed door.
Just to note - There is nothing medically wrong with this guy, he's just insanely stupid.
Dusty1000287 · 2 points · Posted at 09:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How has he not died yet? That sounds like an accident waiting to happen.
MashMaTaters · 2 points · Posted at 09:54:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly its a miracle hes not dead or caused anyone some harm! I work in a workshop and hes been specifically banned from going near machines when people are using them because you could be on the table saw or something (dangerous enough and requires a lot of attention) then all of a sudden hes trying to sweep the floor between and around your feet
Dusty1000287 · 2 points · Posted at 10:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god theres tablesaws there? Yeah it is a genuine miracle that he isn't dead.
Cosmo_Hill · 3 points · Posted at 10:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh boy.... Tuckett. Tuckett was a guy I was at uni with in my first year. Now this boy was studying foundation science which he explained to me is basically a course for people that didn't get high enough science marks to study an actual science degree. He would do this for a year and then study chemistry.
Tuckett was the first guy I met in my flat and a decently nice man! He was friendly, and inquisitive, and overall pretty harmless, which is why it pains me to say.... Tuckett was a moron. A well-meaning one with a heart of gold, but a moron nonetheless.
Maybe... 3 days into living with him I saw Tuckett attempt to use a can opener for the first time. I watched in silence from in front of the TV while what appeared to be a documentary about an early man discovering tools happened in the kitchen. I was fascinated that an 18 year old had 1. Never been shown this and 2. Hadn't the practical skills to figure it out. After a couple of minutes I offered him help but he said "Nah I got it" and proceeded to attempt his feat for twenty. Fucking. Minutes. Can't fault his resilience.
I also witnessed him try to make a pie. Now this was not a "made from scratch affair", I mean a pukka pie. Now for those of you not from the UK, it's a savoury pie that's pre-made and comes in a little aluminium tin. The preparation amounts to "put in oven. Wait. Eat". Those instructions were on the box, but Tuckett being the green-minded lad he is had recycled it already before attempting his next performance. He went over to our oven/cooker and flipped the nob. "Good start" I thought. Then he picked up the pie in the casing and seemed to stare at it, perhaps attempting to psychically link to the steak inside for cooking instructions. Then he placed it, metal and all, onto the cooker....... Wait. "Uh mate, what're you doing?"
"Cooking a pie?"
"Yeah? How're you cooking it?"
"On the...... Cooker?"
This genius was attempting to cook a pre made pie in a tin foil wrapper on an electric hob. He saw no issue with this.
There's too many things this guy did but as an overview here are some of his best:
regularly yelled out of his window for "stress relief" despite us being on the ground floor and facing a footpath
left his shower on full blast on cold to try and cool his bedroom down, but left the curtain open and flooded the carpet under the door
had a small urn of water he brought back from Thailand that he believed could make him "invincible for a day"
thought hubcaps were the bit that held the wheel together
didn't understand how clouds worked and was amazed when all 5 of his housemates knew the entire water cycle
didn't clean his room for 4 months because he thought we had cleaners like it was a hotel
put noodles in a pot with no water and started a small fire
asked if you could cook pork "rare"
told everyone he could speak French when all he knew were 3 basic sentences and 2 incorrectly pronounced swear words. We discovered this when he tried talking to our ACTUALLY French neighbour
Lost a mattress. His whole mattress
mixed up Mugabe and Mandela
once washed dishes with 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner because we were out of washing up liquid and he thought it was the same thing
Themursk · 2 points · Posted at 10:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Robert Mandela, the guy who ruled Libya right?
Cosmo_Hill · 1 points · Posted at 17:41:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please no 😂
herbaholic85 · 3 points · Posted at 10:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few months ago my chef took a oil spray can that wasn't spraying properly and popped a hole in it to "relieve pressure " .... it relieved its pressure and sprayed oil all over the restaurant . Scared the shit out of everyone. I almost fell into the pot of hot oil being changed out of the fryer to get away from the blast.. yeah my chef..
Kimolainen83 · 3 points · Posted at 10:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad 40 years working as a å postal emoloyee, driving 70 km 5 days a week. Is now 64 , still drives like Someone who just got their license
suckmygump · 3 points · Posted at 10:07:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some ‘rich’ kid at university (18 years of age) didn’t know what a toilet brush was, and at a house party carried it around asking people what it was and what is was used for, he thought we were joking and decided to demonstrate that it was clearly a back scratcher.
Must be nice being that wealthy.
MedeaRene · 3 points · Posted at 10:07:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Within the first year of my partner and I living together after moving out of our respective parents houses, I decided I wanted a break from cooking. So I asked my partner to boil some pasta for us to start with.
We had an induction hob. Unbeknownst to me, he had only ever used a gas stove.
I suggested while we waited for the water to boil, that he use the lid of the pot to speed up the process a bit. At some point, the pot began to boil over. I told him to take it off the heat immediately. He switched off the hob and left the pot where it was, still boiling over.
I ran over and moved it to one of the unused hobs that were cold and asked him if he realised that switching it off doesn't make it go cold instantly.
XFataMorganaX · 3 points · Posted at 10:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a 30 yo man that sealing something wet in a plastic box will cause it to mildew, food can still go bad in the refrigerator, and that a bottle of toilet cleaner shouldn't be placed on top of a box of tampons.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:21:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 22:24:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eeew man, what did I just read?
OingoBoingo9 · 3 points · Posted at 10:21:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My son, nearly 20, cannot fathom the mechanics of getting a toilet paper roll onto the roller.
if-here-hello · 3 points · Posted at 10:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 17 year old sister decided to cook pasta for the first time one day. I was like cool she'll be fine, I'll do my errands and see how she's doing later. I come back and she has just literally put raw, uncooked pasta in the pan without water or anything and it was burning at the bottom... we came from the same mother.
Jagokoz · 3 points · Posted at 10:28:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I drove my sister's car for some reason, and noticed her oil light was on. I asked her when was the last time she had it changed. She responded, "Need what changed? What oil? I fill it with gas when it gets empty."
She had the car for 5 years by then.
I offered to pay and drove her to a jiffy lube so she got the whole experience. When they gave the sticker I made her understand the date and mileage she would have to come back.
sodamnsleepy · 2 points · Posted at 10:48:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What car was she driving?
Jagokoz · 2 points · Posted at 10:57:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chevy Cobalt
Maniac523 · 3 points · Posted at 10:47:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once worked with a woman older than me that didn't know how to do basic arithmetic. She had to use a calculator to divide a number by ten and then asked me, "Why didn't the number change?" because she didn't understand that the decimal moved.
Ladies_Pls_DM_nudes · 3 points · Posted at 10:53:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently turned 18 yet I still don't know how to do laundry at all. My mom insists on doing it herself and whenever I want to learn how to do my own laundry it ends up causing a huge argument.
MamaRunsThis · 2 points · Posted at 12:10:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s probably YouTube videos on all that stuff maybe even for your specific brand washer. Just remember to do light colours and darks in separate wash loads.
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:59 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Next time you ask her to teach you, if she does anything other than that, ask her if she knows the purpose of parenting.
littlemisspippa2018 · 3 points · Posted at 10:54:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend got married and realised her new hubby didn’t know how to make toast 🙄
RosieReality · 3 points · Posted at 10:55:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, but my boyfriend worked with a work experience lad of 18-years-old who, when asked to make a cup of tea, said he didn't know how because his mum always made it for him.
kurtsleftconverse · 3 points · Posted at 11:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of my uni flatmates made pasta in our kettle TWICE!
Hozzy_ · 3 points · Posted at 11:26:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend didn't realize that items like apple juice and sauces need to be stored in the refrigerator after they are opened. She thought that just because they are bought and stored at room temperature, that they wouldn't go bad after the seal is broken.
bippity-bip-bip · 3 points · Posted at 11:31:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boil eggs. A friend of mine was literally asking for help via Facebook on how to boil eggs. And then proceeded to boil them IN THE EGG BOX. I lost a little faith in him that day.
SusieHom3maker · 1 points · Posted at 11:52:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yummmmm
lmanci · 3 points · Posted at 11:36:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was taken off her dads insurance. She did not realize you had to pay for doctors or dentist visits. She thought it was free for everyone.
TieWebb · 2 points · Posted at 11:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is in most first-world countries other than the USA.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think anyone who uses the expression "adulting" should be euthanised
cheesydiuqkh · 3 points · Posted at 12:47:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sat in a classroom during a uni lecture, dude next to me finally realizes his shoelaces are untied. He decides to do something about it, only thing is, he doesn’t know how to tie laces. Mind you I’m 24 so this dude must be around my age. He proceeds to ask me and the other dude sat at the same table if we could help. We were both baffled to say the least. So we spend like 10 mins trying to teach this grown ass man to tie his shoes.
Lorgonis · 3 points · Posted at 12:55:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My aunt gave my mother a dryer when I was young saying it wasn't heating/drying cloths right. We didn't have alot of money so mom took it thinking it might be a cheap fix. Well, we get the dryer and mom hooks it up and starts the why isn't working right inspection. She pulls the lint catcher out and, OH MY GOD, there was like 5 inches of lint on it. Appearently my 30 year old aunt had used this dryer for about 5 months and never cleaned out the lint catcher! Mom asked her about it and she didn't even know what that was. Dryer ran fine after that and we had it for about 15 years.
ilovelucygal · 3 points · Posted at 13:12:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a girlfriend from India who'd been in the US for a few years & spoke reasonably good English. We were on our way to a potluck dinner at the home of a mutual friend. I bought along a salad, my girlfriend had a can of peas. We get to the house & start preparing the food, my friend opens the peas, heats them in a pot, dumps them in a bowl, then sneezes on the peas & starts taking the bowl to the table. I remove the bowl from her hands & threw the contents in the trash. She was astonished & asked why. I had to explain why. Apparently she didn't know you don't serve food that you inadvertently contaminated.
-BlueJay- · 2 points · Posted at 13:38:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The way you told this sounds like her sneeze was just another ingredient - like adding salt :D
FivebyFive · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The CFO of a company I worked for yelled at an underling because he couldn't find the info he needed on a spreadsheet.
The guy had to explain that spreadsheets have different tabs called sheets and that numbers could be on each of them.
This was a CFO, a grown man who had a master's in accounting. Who was in charge of all our company's money. He'd worked at some pretty large companies too, at least one you've certainly heard of.
GummiBearGangster · 3 points · Posted at 13:26:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a 7 y.o. kid. I'm reading all these and making a mental checklist of the things I need to start teaching her so she doesn't end up in a thread like this. :) She's getting better at reading an analog clock already.
cgcurator · 3 points · Posted at 13:34:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in a dorm my freshman year. There was a girl across my hallway worries about gaining the freshman 15. She would buy all of these low calorie snack and eat the entire box in a day. I explain to her that she shouldn’t be eating the entire box and that it says in the label she could only eat a certain amount and that’s the calories of that amount. She didn’t believe me and kept on eating the entire box and in one serving. That was 15 years ago I’m curious to see if she still skinny or she’s gotten fat now.
TheGabby · 3 points · Posted at 13:34:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Extremely late to the game but for what it’s worth:
My ex husband was a thrill a minute. I don’t blame anyone for not knowing how to do something, but in his case I blamed his mother for not teaching him (he never knew his father). My ex husband could not boil pasta. He did not know how to brown beef in a pan. He did not know how to pay bills online, make appointments over the phone, change a tire, open a bank account, or get through an automated system on a telephone. I ended up feeling more like a mother than a wife.
thejohnfist · 3 points · Posted at 13:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not entirely fitting, but I once knew a girl who thought that when you fill up your car with fuel, it has an amount of TIME that it takes until empty, not miles driven/usage.
"Well I have about two days of gas left so I should be fine to drive 400 miles right?"
Tamawesome · 3 points · Posted at 13:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My stepcousin, in his mid 40s, didn’t know how to cut a tomato & thought long life milk could be stored in the pantry after being opened.
scottiebass · 3 points · Posted at 13:47:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's sister-in-law has an aunt who has to move in with some of her family members because she got taken for over $100k in a "Nigerian Prince" scam and lost her house.
This wasn't a one-time scam, this was an ongoing thing that she kept feeding more money into, even after everybody she knew told her she was being played and not to send anymore money.
You just can't fix stupid.
qwik_facx · 1 points · Posted at 18:24:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was she on an episode of "The lottery changed my life"?
scottiebass · 1 points · Posted at 18:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, but if there was a show called "People So Effing' Stupid That If Their Brains Were Dynamite Then They Wouldn't Even Have Enough to Blow Their Nose", then you'd definitely see her on that.
qwik_facx · 1 points · Posted at 18:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The lottery changed my life: Teenage millionaires (Jamaican scam)
TheSeriousSamson · 3 points · Posted at 13:53:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was ready to tell a story but damn... The things people write here are way more terrifying than what I ever encountered
littletrashgoblin · 3 points · Posted at 13:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was going to make pasta, but I asked my fiance if he could get the pasta started. He asked for the recipe, but I said, "Oh, no, I just need you to boil the pasta."
But he said, "Yeah, but like how many cups of water?"
I was like, "Oh, I don't know. Just like... enough to boil the noodles in?"
And he was like "Yeah but how much?"
And I was like, "Umm... maybe just half the pot?"
So he goes and does that and then comes back and says, "What should I set the timer to?"
And I say, "Oh, you don't need a timer, just let it boil until it's done and stir it once in a while."
And he said, "How will I know when it's done?"
And I told him to take a noodle out and bite it, and if it feels like pasta it's done. We still joke about it to this day. He doesn't cook much and just wanted to make sure he does his best and gets it right. I know I frustrate him with imprecise measurements ("How much butter goes into this pasta?" "Just like... a shpink? Like, a dollop?"). But the care he put into getting the pasta right was kinda cute.
lthealey135 · 1 points · Posted at 15:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm exactly that way with stuff myself. Probably frustrates my wife to no end but it's because I'm a hardcore control freak and perfectionist with certain things lol.
creeperedz · 3 points · Posted at 14:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During the first week of med school someone asked a tutor how many fingers they should use for a rectal examination. The tutor just looked at them and said how many fingers would you like used for a rectal examination?
robbini3 · 3 points · Posted at 14:11:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only recently learned that you can pull up on the lever of a toaster to make the bread rise high enough to pluck it out. I'd been reaching in with a finger or a fork to scoop it out.
averytilly · 3 points · Posted at 14:13:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend think metal could go in the microwave. She said she did it all the time & nothing happened. I told her something like you literally can’t put metal in a microwave. She proceeded to put her metal coffee cup into the microwave. When sparks started flying, she acted surprised. 😂
PitifulUsername · 3 points · Posted at 14:19:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a professor in graduate school who was like the answer to this question personified. He was a genius who could basically master any academic subject (English language, foreign language, the legal systems of multiple countries, programming, math, physics, etc.); but his knowledge of practical life skills and norms was largely non-existent.
If I listed all the examples of this, someone would no doubt figure out who I’m talking about, so I’ll stick to one. He didn’t know how to cook an egg. He recently succeeded on his third attempt, but I remember how shocked my classmates and I were when he mentioned that.
PuffStanely · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with my exboyfriend where I learned he doesn’t know how to tighten his shoe laces. His mom always did it for him. If the laces didn’t automatically fit him perfectly he wouldn’t wear the shoes.
ShizStick · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I started Freshman year at my university, my roommate did not have a single clue how to wash his clothes or make simple meals like mac n cheese. He was one of those extremely privileged kids who had a stay-at-home mom that did everything for him. He was 19.
MemeFarmer314 · 3 points · Posted at 14:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates senior year of college didn’t know how to use a dishwasher. They would usually just put stuff in the sink and wait for me to clean everything. One time while I was busy washing things in the sink, one of them came up with a plate and had to put it in the dishwasher. There was a row of plates on one side and a row of bowls on the other. He put his plate diagonally in the middle of the dishwasher.
Stinky_1 · 3 points · Posted at 14:23:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was a few years ago, but... We removed our land line in the house sometime around 2005, so our sons basically grew up in a house that had only cell phones. In 2011, when our son was about 10, I was expecting an important phone call. Now, my son had answered the phone for me when family and friends called, but he had never answered the phone for a business call. I was in the kitchen and my phone was ringing in the living room, so I said, urgently, “Answer that for me! It’s important!” He looked like a deer caught in headlights. He said, “Hello,” but had no idea what to say or do after. I had to mouth the words, “Hold one moment please. I’ll get my mother.” It dawned on me that my son had no idea what phone etiquette was.
DanciaKS · 3 points · Posted at 14:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend sucks at cooking. She set a watermelon on fire. Our entire group of friends just stared at her, confused why she would try to cook a watermelon to begin with and how she managed that. She just stuck a watermelon on a pan and turned on the stove. She didn’t even cut it. A WHOLE DAMN WATERMELON.
lthealey135 · 3 points · Posted at 15:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This cannot be real. This really happened? I cannot for the life of me understand how a grown human would have never had watermelon at least once in their life and understood it does not get cooked.
DanciaKS · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We couldn’t believe it either. We were in high school BUT STILL.
MemeFarmer314 · 3 points · Posted at 14:28:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year of college I went to do laundry. There were about 10 stories of college freshman, most of whom had probably never done their own laundry. We had about 6 washers and driers for everybody. When I went to use the drier I checked the lint trap and it was packed full. I checked all the other ones and they were the same. After I did my laundry and went and made a PSA poster on my computer and printed them out to put in the laundry room. After that it wasn’t nearly as bad, but I like to think I prevented a fire or two.
emmablueeyes · 3 points · Posted at 14:29:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for asking this. Reading these answers has been good. TIL I'm not failing my kids.
hereforff · 3 points · Posted at 14:37:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother who now has a PHD didn't realize you had to change out razor blades over time. He used the same razor for years until he forgot his and borrowed mine on a vacation eventually leading us to discuss swapping out blades and such.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 14:56:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Myself, realising at the age of 30 that Arkansas was not pronounced Ar-Kansas. Excuse: not American and don't live there, but still.
ploopanoic · 3 points · Posted at 15:05:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
34 year old had one kitchen utensil to make food...a butter knife. Would cut everything with it...using extreme force.
callumt29 · 3 points · Posted at 15:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sort of relevant but I had to explain to my ex gf that there wasn’t just Africa and South Africa and it was a continent with lots of countries.
She also thought native Americans were aborigines...
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 16:58:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can see why she's your ex.
callumt29 · 1 points · Posted at 22:45:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh it was because she showed no affection and punched me. But yeah the geography bit was the cherry on top
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:38 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
She sounds like a real winner. I'm glad you got away from that awful, abusive POS. 😕
Ellenmelon16 · 3 points · Posted at 15:11:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a flatmate from a much warmer country who didn’t usually wear socks when at home. After six months of wearing socks while at university she found out you’re meant to put on a fresh pair of socks everyday not just once a week or so
sioigin55 · 3 points · Posted at 15:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to uni with a very privileged girl. She didn’t understand that you had to pay off your credit cards. She just assumed it was free money everyone is entitled to and that only your limit would differ from person to person. Since her parents always paid off her credit, she just didn’t know
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 16:57:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rich people are a trip
Lonely-Tangerine · 3 points · Posted at 15:12:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Boyfriends mom did not know that 1/4th is the same as 25% It needed to be explained to her. She's also a compulsive shopper at stores like Kohls and JC Penney where everything is marked down probably because she doesn't know what any of it means.
birkobrewer · 3 points · Posted at 15:22:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For the life of me, I cannot seem to get my better half to understand how gas forced air furnaces operate. She seems to think it will cool as well as heat, which it will not. If she gets too warm, regardless of whether or not the furnace is running at the time or not, she will manually turn the thermostat down (on hold no less) to 65 d. F. or lower. Then, when the weather changes, the house will be freezing. I've given up trying to tell her not to touch the thermostat.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 16:28:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should boil some water and ask her to turn it into ice. If she says she can't, say "but you can take ice cubes and put them in a pot and it turns into boiling water within minutes, why can't you just turn this boiling water into ice?" Stare at her pointedly until she gets it. And if she doesn't, flick her in the forehead to see if her brain makes a rattling sound.
migo-the-buttmunch · 3 points · Posted at 15:25:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommates in college thought our dishwasher was broken because she’d put utensils caked in peanut butter into it and they would never come out clean
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 16:20:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, I had a roommate who did things like that, but he did it out of sheer laziness. Living there was the worst 6 months of my life.
RaeSor · 3 points · Posted at 15:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I was with a roommate (we'll call her Karen) whom I had never met before moving in together, and a friend brought over his new handgun to show me (I asked him to when he said he bought it, he didn't just randomly/weirdly bring it).
I look at it, first confirming it's unloaded and safety is on. Hand it back to friend when I'm done.
Well Karen asks if she can see it, so friend hands it to her. She pointed it at the TV and I got upset ad told her "never point a gun at anything you don't intend to shoot! Always assume it's loaded."
And that stupid bitch Karen was like "But it's not loaded, it's fine" and then pointed it at me.
To this day I kinda wish I'd decked her.
NeutralGeneric · 3 points · Posted at 15:50:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let my college roommate use my steel saucepan to cook. He filled it with soup and put it in the microwave. -_-
krcook510 · 3 points · Posted at 15:57:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work in the car industry. The amount of adults who cannot put air in their tires, check their oil, or refill their washer fluid is terrifying.
lovasaurus · 3 points · Posted at 15:57:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And another.
My mom comes very serious to talk to me about something. I was sure it was anxiety charged. You could tell I was going to die and she needed to save me. She says, "I saw the scariest thing on NatGeo today..... you guys.... BEARS... EAT... MEAT." I start busting up. She continues, "This is serious! You're out there hiking. BEARS EAT MEAT." I can barely stop.... "What... what did you think they ate?" "B...berries... and honey...." "And a pic-a-nic basket? Why do I feel like most of what you know of bears comes from cartoons?" "STOP!" "Haven't you ever seen them in videos fishing?" "Well... I guess." "But you thought well maybe they're pescetarian." "After laughing a lot she just kept asserting I was mean, but really. We're talking a 400-700 lb predator, our state animal, and she thought they subsisted on berries and flew up in the sky on a balloon with Christopher Robin to get honey.
that1whitedude · 2 points · Posted at 18:12:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Aye boo boo ,you're smarter than the average bear''.
caitrose95 · 3 points · Posted at 16:05:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated this guy in college who came from a home where the mother did EVERYTHING for him. I once visited his family with him over a summer break and he was working for his dad and his mother literally picked his outfit for him.
He was well aware that he was not up to par on the whole adulting thing. I would have to explain things to him, like how to clean up after himself. He even struggled to use a pin pad at the grocery store. His social skills were very lacking because he didnt know how to talk to people he didnt know in public situations. He had a drivers license but struggled a lot with driving (once drove down a one way street and got pulled over and was arrested because they thought he had been drinking and physically cant do the heal to toe walk. He couldn't cook. He never had to pay rent (still hasnt and hes 23.)
Hes trying to get his own place now but hasnt had luck finding a job. His parents both do everything for him still but now also chastise him for not doing anything for himself despite the fact that they wont let him because they think he'll do a bad job. They paid to have their dog boarded when they went on vacation because they didnt trust he could take care of a dog. His dad forces him to quit the job he did have because of coronavirus and then yelled at him for not having a job two months later.
Its frustrating to live with people who dont know how to take care of themselves or do simple tasks but I get so angry at the people who judge them for it too. He wants his independence so bad but he was never given it. He has to learn everything he should have learned as a kid now as an adult. And people treat him like a child for it. It just makes me so sad and angry.
LtdViper100 · 3 points · Posted at 17:04:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to do impounds and repossessions as well as lock outs. Went to a call where a lady couldn't get in her car. Said her key didn't work. She had one of those fobs where the keys is attached to the fob.
Now, I had seen a story similar to this on MySpace years ago and thought it could never happen, but there I was, in the same scenario. I immediately thought about what the person in the original post I had seen did and thought it was a golden opportunity to use it.
I simply stuck it in the key hole on the door, unlocked it and told her walmart sells replacement batteries for her fob.
RuneScarles · 3 points · Posted at 17:10:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I currently work with someone who thought 12:00 p.m. was a midnight appointment...
SlowLorisAndRice · 3 points · Posted at 17:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate and I would normally use liquid dishwasher detergent, but I decided to buy some dishwashing pods just to make our lives a little easier. One day, I noticed my roommate trying to peel the "plastic" cover on the pod. I was confused, but maybe something was wrong with the pod. I asked her if everything's okay. She replied saying, yeah I'm just having a hard time removing the casing, this is so much harder than putting liquid detergent. I then showed her that there is no need to remove the casing, I just threw it in the dishwasher and she was mind blown. She was removing the casing every time for 6 months. 6 MONTHS.
poiudrp · 2 points · Posted at 19:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did this. I am sixty eight. Never occurred to me that they would dissolve. One day I thought, I wonder? Read the label and been good to go since.
ComfortableSimple3 · 3 points · Posted at 17:54:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 15 and the incompetence of some of these people scares me
poppyBandanna07 · 3 points · Posted at 18:28:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having read many of these stories makes me feel about myself like a freaking genius. I can make poached eggs and I live by myself since I turned 20 y.o. and take care of everything myself. Thanks!
blueluxury · 3 points · Posted at 18:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend rented a house with three other early 20s women and their toilets were constantly getting clogged. After getting another stern warning from their landlord, my friend relayed the message onto the roommates, of which one sarcastically says "what does he want us to do? put our tampons and pads in the GARBAGE?!". She'd been flushing them the entire time. She was, and is, a brilliant person, studied neuroscience on a full academic scholarship, but somehow missed the memo on nonflushables.
Bebopyu · 3 points · Posted at 18:40:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex roommate would leave food or leftovers out to sit all the time. I think this is okay for a couple of hours or so or even by the end of the day if u wanna push it. But one day after class i came home and I caught him eating 3 day old pizza that was left out. I know it was the same pizza from a few days ago that was left out because i left the box out (i was usually the one to throw and clean up and was fed up so i stopped doing it). He got a nasty stomach ache later on that day and threw up a couple of times.
He wasn’t broke or anything just really dirty and ignorant (or lazy?) when it came to understanding things about cleanliness. We had been friends for a while and he had never really struggled financially or went without from what i could tell. I mentioned to him that he shouldn’t eat food that was left out like that because it can make you really sick. He then proceeded to explain to me pizza could be left out because it was considered fast food (?????) I later noticed he would leave out any leftovers he had and would eat it with no disregard.
Later on that day i saw that little pieces of mold that had started forming on some slices...needless to say i was horrified lol
SoloBird99 · 3 points · Posted at 18:45:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a brother in his late 50s that still doesn't know how to use a plunger and he clogs the toilet constantly. When he's at our mom's house he asks her to do it. I think she should smack him in the face with the plunger. I mean, we have the same parents and they were adamant about teaching us things. One of his kids (who is 21) always clogs the toilet now as well. When he tries to use the plunger he usually gets shit on the seat or front of the toilet. How do adults don't know this stuff? If need be throw some Baby Ruths in the toilet and practice!
Conflicting-Ideas · 3 points · Posted at 19:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 35 years old and still don't know how to tie a tie.
AcutiePi · 3 points · Posted at 19:23:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate from college who had no idea how to be an adult.
I had to teach her how to make Kraft Mac n’ Cheese and I also got a frantic phone call because she was worried she was pregnant after giving someone oral sex.
betaseven_k · 3 points · Posted at 19:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who insisted that her friend that was pregnant never had sex she only sat in her boyfriend’s lap with pants on
mystictofuoctopi · 3 points · Posted at 19:43:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another, I was teaching my mom to make enchiladas a few months ago. She never cooks anything outside of meat with no spices or “instant” meals. Anyways, we were doing some peppers, onion and garlic and mixing it with pork for hers. I was sautéing the veggies and she stops me and just said “why are you cooking these now? Just wrap it up in the tortillas and it will cook with everything else.” Like, no, you don’t want raw fucking onion and peppers in your enchiladas. She is in her 50’s and has never sautéd anything before.
laihaluikku · 3 points · Posted at 19:44:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at cafe and asked my coworker to fill up some fillings. This filling was contained in a can (type of can where you need a can opener) after something like 15 min i asked her if she was ready i need the fillings because i had run out. She just said ”oh i didn’t do it because i don’t know how to open the can” i was bit baffled that she didn’t know how to open it and more baffled that she just left the task and didn’t let me know. What made me furious was when i showed her how to do it she gave up instantly and said i can’t do this and left
boehms · 3 points · Posted at 21:35:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had to teach several of my friends to wash their produce before they eat or cook with it, and them be completely shocked when I explain that the grocery store doesn't wash it for them.
What really got me was going grocery shopping with several friends (independently) and watching them round something that was $3.99 to $3 instead of $4 and estimate their final bill that way. I knew that was the goal by pricing something that way, but I hadn't known people who actually fell for it before college.
eggelton · 3 points · Posted at 21:48:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This part is not particularly horrifying, but my wife did not know how to do her own laundry until well after college. I was still the laundry-doer for the next ~10 years of our relationship after I showed her how, until this year, with COVID, where she's out of work and I'm still full-time, so she's started doing more housey things.
Why didn't she know how? Her mother compulsively washes things, so my wife never had to. I think it's a sort of compensation behavior from when they were living in the USSR and didn't have a washer or dryer (or hot water most days). Since they moved to the States in the early 90s, her mother has used the washer and dryer at every possible opportunity. If there's a textile thing lying around not in use and it isn't attached to something, she'll toss it in the wash whether it's dirty or not.
Which is how she turned her infant granddaughter's 3'x3' intricately hand-knit (by a close friend of mine over the course of months), wool, baby blanket into a ruined, 22" square piece of felt. She thought nothing of it until I came to pick up the baby after work that day, and there, hiding in another room, was the now patternless, warped, sorry evidence of her blithe obliviousness. And she had the gall to try to convince me it had always looked like that, that there had never been a pattern, and that it wasn't a knit item ("I don't think it's knit; you can't see the knitting." "well, yes, now you can't.")
And that is, to my horror, how my 65 year old mother-in-law learned that you cannot put hand-knit woolen items through the washer and dryer.
P.S. Friendo, if you read this, I'm so sorry this is how you find out the beautiful blanket you made for us has been shrunk. We've been too embarrassed to tell you.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:13:52 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. I'm so sorry. She sounds like a JNMIL.
jen6197 · 3 points · Posted at 22:10:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin literally would slide her fingers on ANY raw meat after she seasoned it to taste if it has enough seasoning. Like slide her finger on raw pork, chicken, beef, and lick it. I told her she could get sick from doing that but she wouldn't believe me lol.
Mochipants · 3 points · Posted at 11:12:06 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I felt ill just reading that 🤢
Happy cake day btw! 🎂
jen6197 · 2 points · Posted at 21:52:53 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha thank you
KarotzCupcakes · 3 points · Posted at 23:49:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never had a microwave growing up and didn’t know anyone who did. The first time I got one, I had no idea you couldn’t just put eggs in the shell inside and cook them same as boiling. Scrubbing a microwave clean for hours taught me never to do it again
Nerd_Fury · 3 points · Posted at 00:30:57 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not an adult but there’s a kid in my grade that doesn’t know how to button buttons. His parents always do it. We’re about to be seniors.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 10:59:38 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's sad. Why do parents do this? They're crippling their child by doing so.
JessH2017 · 3 points · Posted at 01:12:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much horrifying, but a couple of months back I had to move my stuff from my old place to my new apartment. I go to a college in a different town than I'm from so I had to drive there to move my stuff. My roommates decided to stay in town for the summer while I had decided to go back home. When I finally got all of my stuffed moved over to our new place, I asked my roommate if we had coffee so I wasn't tired for the drive back home and if there were was any ice as I wanted to drink it immediately. She made me some coffee, but told me there was no ice because our ice machine was broken. I didn't believe her so I opened the freezer and to my surprise found the metal feeler arm pushed up which causes the freezer to stop making ice. I chuckled, pushed it down, turned around and told her it's fixed. She told me there was no way and not 5 minutes later we heard ice drop in the freezer. She just lost it, starts screaming that they've been trying for weeks to get the thing to work and all it took was me looking at it for 2 seconds... I just laughed, told her it was no problem and drove home after that.
TL;DR: Roommate told me ice machine was broken. Took me 2 seconds to fix it.
annaaaaanana · 3 points · Posted at 03:18:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my sister how to boil water because “she didn’t know if she could use a metal pot”. Sometimes I question how she got all the stupidity.
I started to cook by the time I was 8, so living by myself was a breeze.
Rmartin300 · 3 points · Posted at 03:26:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have two stories from the same friend (love her dearly, but just a little clueless sometimes).
One time she was filling up her car's gas tank and had pre-paid $50. She started filling up her tank and then suddenly it stopped. She kept squeezing the pump but it would just keep stopping. I think she even managed to fill up all $50. Then she notices that there's gas all over the ground and so she goes inside to complain to the cashier that the pump is broken. She really lays it on thick. After some huffing and puffing she arrives at my friend's house and tells us what happened.
We stare at her a bit perplexed.
"You know that the pump will stop once your tank is full to prevent overflow, right?"
"No! Aww f**k."
I don't even drive and I know this.
Another time, she was doing laundry in her apartment building after moving out on her own for the first time. She loads the laundry and adds washing powder to the shelf on the inside. Turns it on, but the machine doesn't start filling up with water. It just gets warm.
After a few minutes she realizes that she's put her dirty laundry in the dryer and put washing powder in there too. Her mom had always done laundry and never showed her the difference between a washer and dryer.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:50:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone in my dorm in college thought that he wanted some eggs, so put whole eggs in the microwave to heat them up. I thought someone was shooting when the eggs started exploding. He later admitted he had no idea how to cook eggs, thought you just put them in the microwave and heated them up.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 10:43:33 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
You'd be amazed at how many people do the same exact thing.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:09 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exploding microwaved eggs are a disturbingly common cause of burns.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 22:55:44 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
It truly is astounding just how many people SHOULD be Darwin Awards, but aren't.
CuriousRelish · 3 points · Posted at 07:25:45 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
She put Ramen noodles in the microwave in a bowl. Just the bowl and noodles. No water.
bexannh · 3 points · Posted at 08:19:52 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
And there we have it: The dumbest damn thing I’ve heard all week.
whalewatch247 · 3 points · Posted at 19:41:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate takes her meat out of the freezer to defrost. It defrosts and sits in the fridge for about a week, where then she decides she won’t eat it this week and puts it back into the freezer. Over and over again.
Mochipants · 4 points · Posted at 10:31:22 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kinda want her to eat some and get sick, just to teach her a lesson. I think I might be evil.
whalewatch247 · 3 points · Posted at 15:06:19 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah my other roommate and I aren’t saying a word. I feel bad but not really.
imsolost456 · 3 points · Posted at 22:15:46 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well OK. I didn't know what "adulting" was, but thankfully it doesn't look like it's what I suspected it was, based on some of the replies I've read. (How's THAT for a "how do you not know this")?
smokeyspam · 3 points · Posted at 03:16:53 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
2nd hand experience with this, so I don't know if it counts. College kids (yes, plural) living in dorms that actually need to be told to put water in their ramen noodles before microwaving. So many fire department responses for smoke in the dorms from this....
pon0113 · 3 points · Posted at 12:05:24 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really how to do something but how to tell the difference between two things, I used to work at the local Zoo and while walking through the park I overheard a patron tell their child "all the daddies are the Lions and all the mommies are the Tigers". I stopped dead in my tracks and quickly corrected the adult.
anteres23 · 3 points · Posted at 16:56:19 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine - who had owned her own house and dog for 7 years - didn’t understand why she suddenly had so much dog poop in her yard. She said it usually “disappears really quickly” and thought there was something wrong with her dog.
It turns out her dad had cleaned up the dog poop every day (along with all the other yard work) and he had been in the hospital for a couple weeks. She honestly thought dog poop “just disappeared.”
Other than a fundamental misunderstanding of the disappearing ability of dog poop, she was a great dog owner.
Artilleryman08 · 3 points · Posted at 16:47:04 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 2 years ago I had friend whose life was just going to shit. I live in a different part of the country, and suggested she come out here to make a fresh start in a place where no one knows her and her life drama won't follow. I told her she could live with my brother, myself, and our other roommate for a few month for free until she gets going on her own. This woman double majored in English and Philosophy, so it ended up blowing my mind that so many simple things were difficult for her to grasp, like when she was trying to convince my brother that 'profit is morally dubious' (yes she is one of those people) but she didn't understand the difference between life insurance and 401k retirement plans. (Yes, seriously)
She was also OBSESSED with England. She spent a summer there as part of a work study program and loved it, which I totally get. I love Ireland and travel there frequently, even met my wife there.
While staying with us she managed to save up and take a trip to England. After returning she tells me she is confused about something related to her travel. She initially said that the flight to England seemed to go faster than expected, and the flight back seem to take way longer. I said this understandable, you're excited when you are going and sad to be leaving. Then she said she couldn't understand why it took 16 hours to fly direct from Denver to London, but only 2.5 hours to fly from London to Denver.
"Really...you dont know?" I might have thought she was messing with me, but truthfully this level of discussion was normal.
So I explained that she crossed 7 time zones, her flight was only 9 or 9.5 hours (I've done the exact flight many times) but you have to add the time zones to that figure, and when you are coming back you subtract them. It's not an exact equation, but it usually gets you in the ball park, like within an hour and a half or so.
I even gave a basic example, if you leave Denver on a 9 hour flight to London at 6 AM (Denver time), crossing 7 time zones, you should land around 10 PM in London. If you are going from London to Denver on a 9 hour flight, leaving at 6 AM (London time) you should arrive around 8 AM Denver time.
I explained all this and she just stared at me, I might as well have been speaking Chinese, she finally just said "I'm overloaded by this, you just blew my mind"
By the way, she wants to be a college professor.
13reen · 3 points · Posted at 06:51:53 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)*
culinary student here. last roommate was a body builder who had no idea how to keep a balanced diet. she ate exclusively protein.
i was always appalled by her eating habits but when she started to get sick i really started to monitor what she was eating. She developed protein sickness and I had to explain that the body needs carbs and fats to function properly and that not every protein source is a “complete protein” that your body can use. I could see the gears in her head struggling to turn. Nothing changed after that convo and she just kept getting sicker. Kept calling out of work, got fired, is now moving back in with her folks. Pretty sure if it wasn’t for ketchup and margaritas she would’ve developed scurvy as well. She tried to fix a bowl piece on a bong with hot glue. Threw trash in the recycling bin. Kept trying to bring tinder guys over during quarantine, thought it was fine cuz it was just sex and no kissing. Had to explain how viruses work her.
i could go on and on about this girl but i’ll leave it at this.
PingPongProfessor · 3 points · Posted at 16:46:25 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-wife thought that making a cake "from scratch" meant using a box mix (as opposed to buying it from a bakery, already baked and frosted). She honestly did not know that you could mix flour, sugar, water, oil, eggs, salt, baking powder, and cocoa and have a chocolate cake result.
Everything I did in the kitchen was a mystery to her.
[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 22:56:15 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult yet, but a kid didn’t know how to fold and rip a piece of paper (the really thin decorative ones) he wasn’t autistic or anything. He was just a brat
Story goes: it is Christmas and in kindergarten clASS we were making stockings and masks out of paper, my mum volunteered to do the paper section and enter brat, he snatched paper out of a littler girls hands (she was a pre-schooler as classes were merged) and my mum made him give it back which he was pissed about, she gave him the exact same colour paper and he was still mad, my mum just continued and told the children to fold and rip a small section off, she helped all of the pre schoolers fold and some do the kindergarteners, brat was screaming because he couldn’t fold it so my mum did it for him, she said “now rip it off” which all the kids did and brat was literally screaming bloody murder, so my mum just slowly took his paper a ripped it for him, that wasn’t the end, brat was screaming saying how his paper wasn’t the same and he just screamed and threw pencils at everyone
ira_finn · 3 points · Posted at 08:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being autistic has nothing to do with ones ability to do arts and crafts.... It's a developmental disability, not an intellectual disability.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But it has something to do they way the move and operate in there mind, one person would be able to rip the paper while someone on the spectrum might not be able to because there arms won’t cooperate
Patsx5sb · 6 points · Posted at 23:40:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I coach my sons TBALL Team. We are on our 3rd game and some kids still dont know how to run the bases. I will point to at the base and say run there. They run the exact opposite direction.
mzbacon · 3 points · Posted at 01:19:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was born and raised in a state that never snows, and went to college in a state that snows for more than half the year. During my final years I had to complete a student teaching practicum at a school about 20 minutes away from my university. The program paired up those of us without cars with other people in the program willing to carpool. I was still in the process of getting a car, so I carpooled with this one girl for a couple weeks.
She was born and raised in this state that has constant snow, and in our car rides she would brag about how her dad taught her how to drive in the snow and how great she was at it. She was kind of annoying, but I wasn’t familiar with driving in the snow so I’d just nod along and agree with her to get her to shut up and drive.
It was in the middle of winter, and one day while driving back we hit a patch of black ice. She pulled the emergency brake hard, and we skidded across the lane and rammed into the curb. Even though I was wearing my seatbelt, and I’m only 5’ tall, my head hit the ceiling of the car. After the shock wore off, she assured me that that was what you’re supposed to do when you hit black ice. I instinctively knew she was wrong, but just wanted to get home. Thankfully my car was ready in a couple days and I didn’t have to put my life in her hands anymore.
Mr_WAAAGH · 14 points · Posted at 23:28:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
🎙️ arual_x · -11 points · Posted at 23:33:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is this a thing for you guys, lol? This is the like, fourth comment on that specific choice of phrase.
Mr_WAAAGH · 13 points · Posted at 23:38:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its just kinda funny
🎙️ arual_x · -12 points · Posted at 23:48:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
funny how? ;)
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 04:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s such a weird thing to get mad at lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your phrasing is bad and you should feel bad.
Stagthelad · 2 points · Posted at 01:25:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old friend of mine car was over heating so pulled into a gas station.he decided to unscrew radiator cap an hot ass fluid went spewing everywhere all along while a cop just pulled up next to us.
Drauka92 · 1 points · Posted at 13:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've only ever seen one video of this and it's testifying.
DayDrinkerNJ · 23 points · Posted at 01:06:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty horrifying when people use the term "adulting"
Headbanger · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It instantly tells me that the person is immature.
CrabStarShip · -9 points · Posted at 04:10:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And "whilst" lmao who the hell wrote this post?
harrietthugman · 10 points · Posted at 04:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's more common in the UK. OP also referred to a car's "bonnet" instead of the US "hood"
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 04:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well whilst is a real word right
bashobt · 9 points · Posted at 02:13:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless the person is being an ass about not knowing how to do something, I object to most of the jerks in this thread making fun of people for not knowing how to do things.
It's 2020, stop being a fucking bully. There are a million things you have yet to learn as well. Help each other. Be kind.
buttonsf · 3 points · Posted at 05:47:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
IKR?!?! Things like the septic system or gas appliances, if you’ve never lived somewhere with them it’s a completely new thing to learn.
O_X_E_Y · 2 points · Posted at 11:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'Haha imagine not being able to use this specific kind of wrench! MY dad thaught me everything when I was a mere 3 months old, IMAGINE'
Ethnafia_125 · 14 points · Posted at 22:45:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate from Jersey didn't know how to pump gas. Mind boggling.
george_brad · 16 points · Posted at 01:37:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
its not legal for them to do it in Jersey. Not surprising if he hasnt ever left the state.
ScarletStag · 8 points · Posted at 01:51:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, it’s not legal to pump gas in Jersey? Someone has to do it for you?
Stealthyfisch · 7 points · Posted at 02:09:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Correct. Iirc Oregon is the same way
queenermagard · 3 points · Posted at 02:30:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I lived in Oregon for a while and went on a road trip to California with a friend who had lived there her whole life and I had to teach her how to pump gas.
The first time I drove from CA to OR I stopped to get gas, got out and started pumping my gas like normal and the attendant ran out of the shop going “NOOOOOOOO!” It seemed like he was in slow motion at the time, I still laugh about it.
buttonsf · 1 points · Posted at 15:09:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your description is hilarious LOL
I don’t know if it’s all over the country but I definitely know in some parts of Dominican republic you absolutely don’t pump your own gas, you don’t even get out of the car and you don’t make any fast movements while you’re there... keep your hands where they can be seen and sit your ass still.
First time getting gas at night I was in the back with one friend and two were upfront. Front seat passenger side had a shotgun pointing at him by one attendant standing outside the car and the other attendant standing at the driver side collecting the money prior to it getting pumped by the same attendant... shotgun held steady during the entire process until we left.
ETA After that I understood why my friends from there didn’t know how to pump gas when they came to the states LOL
queenermagard · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s nuts!
buttonsf · 1 points · Posted at 15:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freaked me out LOL I thought we were being robbed at first
PapaLouie_ · 0 points · Posted at 02:25:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think it’s illegal, stations just have to have an attendant to offer
queenermagard · 3 points · Posted at 02:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jersey and Oregon. Seemed weird to me at first but then I thought of how flammable and toxic gas is and the stupidity of the average American so it kind of seems weird that people are allowed to pump their own gas in the other 48...
Plus, more jobs!
buttonsf · 2 points · Posted at 05:41:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some places in NY too
george_brad · 1 points · Posted at 13:18:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Correct
Alsoious · 2 points · Posted at 02:10:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didn't jersey have attendants that pump gas? Obscure fact that I've seen somewhere. Well obscure if you live there. Not completely sure it's Jersey though.
buttonsf · 2 points · Posted at 06:15:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, state of New Jersey as well as Huntington, New York and the state of Oregon until January 1, 2020 (“customers can now pump their own gas in Oregon, though only at stand-alone gas stations in counties with fewer than 40,000 residents. Elsewhere, the ban still holds.")
buttonsf · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because it’s illegal to pump your own gas in Jersey.
Mind boggling you’re hateful about someone not knowledgeable about an illegal activity.
Ethnafia_125 · 5 points · Posted at 10:36:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not hateful. Just surprised that it was illegal it to pump your own gas. I teased her about it, she laughed. She teased me about saying y'all. Bonding moments were had.
superswellcewlguy · -8 points · Posted at 01:32:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly I didn't know either until college. Never had to do it. Pumping your own gas is such a pain anyways, especially if you want to pay with cash.
Ricky_Spanish817 · 6 points · Posted at 06:16:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s really not
MildGonolini · 3 points · Posted at 08:59:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is it though? There are plenty of things a person has to do as an adult that just fucking blows, I really wouldn’t call pumping gas one of them. You press a few buttons and then stand still for 30 seconds, and it’s not like it’s done daily either.
superswellcewlguy · -2 points · Posted at 16:06:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You ever had your gas pumped for you? It's an objectively better experience that makes having to pump your own gas seem like a pain. Like if you want to pay with cash you have to park, get out of the car, wait in line inside the station, and then walk back. Compare that to New Jersey where paying with cash is as simple as rolling down your window and handing it to the attendant.
MildGonolini · 1 points · Posted at 19:05:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sure, but you also have to pay more for somebody else to do it for you. In my mind it is such a quick and simple thing paying extra for that is not at all worth it. Also I haven’t seen a pump that forces you to go into the store in a long time, obviously they do exist, but they’re pretty uncommon today.
superswellcewlguy · 1 points · Posted at 19:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For cash payments you often times do have to go into the store for non-NJ gas stations. And gas prices are cheaper in New Jersey than just about any other state.
MildGonolini · 1 points · Posted at 19:09:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, what does New Jersey have to do with anything? I don’t in the US.
superswellcewlguy · 1 points · Posted at 19:11:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Jersey is the only state (except maybe Oregon?) that has gas station attendants pump your gas for you. New Jersey also has cheaper gas prices than just about every other state, showing that having attendants pump your gas for you doesn't increase the cost of gas.
MildGonolini · 1 points · Posted at 19:15:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does where I live, they tack on a few extra cents per litre when it’s full service, there is obviously a reason gas is cheaper in Jersey outside of everywhere else that is irrelevant to it being forced full service. If the owner of the gas station has additional employees they need to pay, they need to increase cost somewhere, I’ve personally encountered many full service pumps on road trips and such and they have all been universally more expensive than self serve.
superswellcewlguy · 0 points · Posted at 19:18:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You said it yourself, you're not from the US so you don't know how things work here. Obviously a normal gas station that tacks on full service is going to charge more for full service. However, if the gas station is built expressly for full service, they won't tack on the extra price. In New Jersey, gas stations are smaller and have customers moving through more quickly. This reduces overhead costs and allows for faster business.
kritycat · 1 points · Posted at 18:07:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My GOD! A 15 meter walk into the station! How did you survive?!
Pumps here can have cash dollar bill slots on them, so you won't even have to walk to the cashier..
superswellcewlguy · -1 points · Posted at 19:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Into the station, wait in line, pay, walk back to your car, pump your gas. It's a hassle when you're used to just chilling in your car and having the attendant do it, especially in the winter. 10 minutes versus 2 minutes adds up.
Not saying it's unbearable, but it's sad that other states not only have to pay more for gas but also have to pump it themselves.
kritycat · 2 points · Posted at 19:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gotta be honest I can't remember the last time I did or wanted to pay cash for anything. Well, rest assured in CA you can feed your money straight into the pump.
superswellcewlguy · 2 points · Posted at 19:53:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a part time sex worker I mostly get paid in cash so that's usually what I have on me.
padams20 · 2 points · Posted at 00:00:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First day of college: My dad and I set up my dorm room real quick, but before we left we noticed that my roommate and his dad were having some trouble. They were looking at a fitted sheet like it was a frog with three heads... we watched them try (painfully) to make a bed for a couple of minutes before giving up on them and going out to get some diner breakfast.
99% sure that roommate literally grew up with a maid. Also pretty sure he never changed his sheets again that year...
KylieTrev · 2 points · Posted at 00:16:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and two of my guy friends are all 19, so not completely on our own yet but can fend for ourselves. These guys had no idea how to hard boil an egg and I’ve shown them how to make a perfect hard boiled egg twice now. It’ll be interesting to see them living in their own apartment together next semester
Cleeganxo · 2 points · Posted at 00:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the adult failing at adulting. I have a disabled older sibling, my mum has been and still is his stay at home carer, and my dad worked above full time to support the family on one income. As such, my mum did everything around the house and being a stressy type, was always "too time poor" to teach me to do anything remotely domestic. The first time I moved out for an exchange program, I have no idea how I survived the three months. Then I moved out properly and quickly realized I needed to up my game if my housemate wasn't going to hate me for never doing anything. So I had to have the embarrassing conversations of how do I use the washing machine, scramble eggs, clean stuff, etc etc. I am still not the best domestically, but between my wonderful cook of a husband and myself we get by. We have a little girl on the way, and there is no way I am going to let her get to 25 without knowing how to take care of herself and a household!
grass-snake-40 · 2 points · Posted at 00:35:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Long story short; at work, with automated machines that wrap a frozen product in plastic film. condensation on the metal is an issue. engineers installed HOT AIR BLOWERS to help decrease the amount of condensation forming on the FREEZING COLD STAINLESS STEEL METAL. I dunno I thought this was like grade six science stuff. Uh. Reddit IS anonymous right?
Tatum0902 · 2 points · Posted at 00:41:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I am 21 and found out yesterday that paprika is not just salt and pepper mixed together thanks to my boyfriend. Blues clues let me down
sparklestar17 · 2 points · Posted at 01:09:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But paprika is red?? Was that not a clue? 😂
Tatum0902 · 2 points · Posted at 01:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I didn’t think about it. I don’t think I’ve ever actually bought paprika. I just knew in Blue’s Clues there was salt pepper and baby paprika. So in my mind that’s how it was made
sparklestar17 · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok that’s adorable though!
marsglow · 2 points · Posted at 00:47:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex with a really sexy guy who could not find the little man in the boat to save his life.
LaTerreACotta · 2 points · Posted at 01:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe not as horrifying, but definitely noteworthy.
Dated a pilot once. Surprisingly the guy couldn't get around the city without a GPS. Like a literal GPS. Hadn't seen one since maybe 5 years back when my patents had one.
When in the car I had to guide him wherever we would go.
hurstshifter7 · 2 points · Posted at 01:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"So...Europe. That's like...a state, right?"
padisynmie · 2 points · Posted at 01:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend and I were at IKEA, decided to buy oven mits and he was convinced that he could not buy them because there was right side mit.. Had to explain that they work universally if you buy two and flip them the correct way.
TelescopiumHerscheli · 2 points · Posted at 01:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once dated someone who couldn't dance the Time Warp:
"It's just a jump to the left..."... They went right.
Peacheserratica · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:50 on July 8, 2020 · (Permalink)
What an absolute HEATHEN!
chipmunk39 · 2 points · Posted at 01:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear boyfriend is very smart but lacks all common sense in the real world, especially cooking. Last week he nearly made his roommate and I have an aneurysm with the way he was trying to cook pasta. Barely any water, wasn’t even boiling, tried adding a crap ton of butter to vodka sauce, the works. My Italian bloodline nearly dried up at the sight.
DragonZoomies · 2 points · Posted at 01:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife (now ex) was at a friends house making homemade macaroni. Friend asked my wife to boil water for the noodles and she responded with “how do you do that?”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 01:47:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another tenant in my building didn't know what an air conditioner was. When our landlord pointed to it she said "oh you mean an AC?". She also didn't realize she left the gas stove on for days and our entire building smelled like gas.
cierracaffeine · 2 points · Posted at 01:57:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
30-something yr old boss at the boba place I worked with put TIN FOIL in the microwave tryna make a new food for us to sell. She took it out and it was BLACK and the whole thing smoked up.
I proceeded to explain you can't put any mental in the microwave,and she told me she thought the microwave was the same as the oven.
When she said she didn't believe me that she was going to just put it in for less time I knew I had to leave.
She wasn't my boss for much longer.
Visordeluxe · 2 points · Posted at 01:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker put a metal coffee thermos in the microwave to rewarm her coffee. She states that she had never heard that you can't put metal in a microwave. :(
KardiacAve · 2 points · Posted at 01:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A woman I was dating didn’t know how to boil eggs.
Jazzybeans82 · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a Pediatrician who was in his mid to late 30s and had made it through University, Med School and Residency all without ever having made a pot of coffee. Ever. I found him in the break room looking longingly at an empty pot. He admitted his defeat and I walked him through it. He was so excited you would have thought I had handed him a puppy.
Humeon · 2 points · Posted at 01:59:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a woman in her late 30s when I was a 22 year old guy, I had to explain to her that she shouldn't be flushing tampons down the toilet so the pipes don't get blocked with vampire teabags
xSv-oWo-vSx · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sibling asked “how do you make a sandwich”
meanbean23 · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in manufacturing. This girl (26) was just hired on and called me over. She asked if she could get some new tape because hers “wasn’t working anymore” when I looked at it, the tape had fallen off of the serrated edge and stuck back onto the roll. I then just grabbed the tape and put the piece back onto the serrated edge and she then said, “ooooohhh!”. She also has a child..I hope he’s doing okay.
USDAprimebeef69 · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate and best friend is notoriously good looking and often brings home different girls.
One of these girls wanted to make us dinner and we decided on tacos.
It took her literally 2 hours to brown the meat and warm the beans before we had to step in to finish chopping lettuce and tomato and to turn the stove up from its lowest setting. 5 minutes later, dinner was served.
She insisted on cleaning up since we helped her so much.
I went to get something from the kitchen later that night and found the sour cream, cheese and perishables in the cupboard right next to the fridge.
That one lasted about one more day.
Forestsguy · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you fucking not know to fucking wear a fucking mask
nikki10290 · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend (25) put her Styrofoam coffee cup in the microwave for 5 minutes to reheat it. She never had one growing up so she didn't realize the timing. The cup started melting
Layleona · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at BK when I was 18. Usually register or drive thru. They hired a new girl who was my age and I began training her on the register. I started noticing that she only counted change out with dimes, nickels, and pennies. I told her it would take less time and be easier to use quarters with bigger change. She told me counting out the change with quarters was to confusing. Like. This girl couldn’t do simple math with quarters!! That’s something you should learn and retain in elementary school. How did she even pass high school math without being able to add?
maybekindaodd · 2 points · Posted at 02:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college boyfriend had to write a check for something. He asked me which line he was supposed to sign. I’m pretty sure I died a little that day.
hollisd09 · 2 points · Posted at 02:01:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister's high school friend ended up going to the same college as her. Sweet girl, very wealthy family, did really well in the pageant circuit. She had never done her laundry before and decided she needed to wash her shoes in the college dorm laundry room. Instead of using the detergent measuring cup, she filled the detergent intake holder to the BRIM. Flooded the laundry room with suds. First week on campus.
Feisty-Excuse · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-Roomate did not know how to cut an avocado. She took a big knife and forcibly cut through the whole thing including the center seed! I laughed so hard and told her I could cut one with a butter knife. Girl was all... "HOW?"
boston_2004 · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worst experience was when I was in the army. We had a new recruit, who was single handedly the dumbest person alive. He goes out and gets all sorts of credit cards and ends up with 4 different cars in less than a month.
Anyways he gets this thing called a military star card, never makes a payment, and then a letter is sent to our company commander.
So he gets in trouble and my platoon sergeant asks me to sit down with him and go over his finances. We start talking about the star card and I ask him why he didnt make a payment.
He dead looks me in the eye and asks "what?"
This is something he has just been yelled at by three different NCO's, and he acts confused about making a payment on any of his cards and he keeps saying he doesnt understand what I'm talking about.
I'm like "ok, you go and buy gas, food, movies, playstations, and then when the bill shows up why do you not make the monthly payment?"
He sits there with this look of confusion, and goes "I dont understand 'make a payment', I've already bought the stuff."
Going back and forth awhile I realize this guy doesnt understand what a credit card is. My favorite quote out of the whole thing is toward the end he says
"when you swipe your debit card, you dont pay a bill later"
I explain a credit card is like a loan he keeps taking out each time he swipes it, his loan gets bigger.and they charge interest.
He goes "ooohhhh it's like a loan"
Dumbest guy I've ever met hands down. In a time when you couldn't get out of the army, infantry mind you, this guy was kicked out for failure to adapt in less than 6 months at the unit. A unit deploying to Afghanistan left him on read d so they could kick him out instead.
TheOliveLover · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not even adulting. My girlfriend not only didn’t know directions like North or West (we live in Colorado so this is especially easy when the mountains are always visible to the west), she also didn’t know her rights from lefts, and she wanted to be a fucking pilot. Driving was always an absolute nightmare for like 5 months until I engrained it in her. We’re mid twenties...
AvengingMonster · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a co-worker try to remove stuck toast, with a metal fork.
ageowns · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hol up, I misread this topic as a time someone DID have knowledge in a situation that horrified you, like someone knew how to move an unconscious body, or pick a lock or something.
sneakysneako · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend 1: [ something about ] Luigi Mario
Friend 2: Luigi’s last name is Mario?
F1: Yea!
F2: What’s Mario’s last name?
F1: Mario
F2: Mario Mario???
F1: haha yes!
F2: They have the same last name??
F1: They are brothers!
F2: They ARE???
F1: ......the MARIO brothers....?
F2: realization floods in that Mario and Luigi are brothers
straightoutof___ · 2 points · Posted at 02:04:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They didn’t know that you had to turn off the car while getting gas...
OxfordBombers · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex wife thought a good way to help cut corners and save money was to cancel our car insurance. I mean, what? Besides being illegal, it’s just plain stupid.
ArcticFox46 · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went camping with some friends. Many of them, as adults, still live with their parents and have never lived on their own. One of them in particular was asked to wash the vegetables for our dinner that night and he goes and gets A DISH SOAP AND SPONGE AND TRIES TO WASH THE VEGETABLES WITH DISH SOAP. We stopped him after the first vegetable, but he's a dumbass and instead of admitting he doesn't know what he's doing, he insisted that's how vegetables are washed and that we were the idiots here. I prefer not to have vegetables à la Dawn, thank you very much.
Pakmanjosh · 2 points · Posted at 02:06:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know anyone personally but I'm sure many of you know about the man, the myth, the legend, Chris Chan.
He's almost in his 40s, unemployed, in severe debt with credit cards and mortgages, and yet he uses his unemployment benefits to purchase video games and legos instead of paying off essential bills. Instead of working, he spends all his time on Twitter talking about the "transdimensional merge" and "brony" shit and whatnot. It's like a giant car accident, where it's horrific to witness but you just can't look away.
And you can't give me that "he's autistic" bullshit excuse. I know a few people with some form of mental disability who have still gotten their life together and know how to BE adults.
Noneerror · 2 points · Posted at 02:06:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I drove two Brians home from my small city to their small city via the highway. (Yes they were both named Brian.) They were going to separate locations. They both used to live at the same address I was dropping the 1st Brian off at. Yet somehow they got lost.
Two different people didn't know how to find "home" and didn't say anything. I didn't know where they lived. It's not like I had an address. I was just following their directions. It never occurred to me that someone who was attending university would not know how to get home from the only highway.
Finally got to the 1st Brian's address with an extra hour of dicking around. "Ok 2nd Brian, how do we get to your current address from the address you previous lived at?" He didn't know! They weren't drunk or high or anything. Just stupid.
I wasted an extra 3hrs driving due to their idiocy.
rachkritchey · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have the perfect one for this. I went to visit my old college roommates with another friend in February, before everything got crazy with COVID. Stuff was starting to close where we were so we decided to do some baking & make whipped coffee. The girl’s who’s apartment it was had an electric hand mixer but had never used it. Obviously it was simple enough to figure out & our other friend told her to set it aside & she would show her how to eject the pieces to wash them. Fast forward 10 minutes, she goes to show the girl how to clean it & she claims she already did. By running the entire hand mixer under the water for several minutes. Me & my other friend laugh a bit & say how it’s probably broken. The girl freaks out & is immediately about to plug it in before we step in to stop her. She doesn’t understand why it’s a bad idea to do that. But it gets worse. Once we explained that the mixer has a motor in it & getting it wet will destroy the motor & she responded by saying, “Oh guys don’t worry! It wasn’t plugged in when I washed it so it’s fine!” No matter how long we tried to explain, she did not understand that she could still destroy this device even though it wasn’t plugged in. I love her but sometimes I question her.
ThatMidget · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father pouring water in a pot filled with freaking boiling oil. My mother went sooo nut and I felt so very bad for him. He was only trying to help but ended up triggering a disaster 🥺
turtlebox1 · 2 points · Posted at 02:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate. Ive had to show him how to sweep. Three seperate times. He forgets. No, it isnt him trying to get out of things i just see him sweeping wrong. And also i had to teach him how to make mac n cheese and he still asks me for help. He can make ramen and toast on his own tho. His parents still make him food and drop it off every week.
Olympia2718 · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My good friend in grad school (so post BA and 23 y.o.) was afraid to go through drive-thru's. She claimed she didn't know how they worked. I offered to take her through and talk her through it, but she refused. She was (is!) a very smart, very personable (so not a social anxiety issue) person. I didn't understand this. I need to ask her if she ever made it through.
geirrseach · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 28 year old neighbor asking me how long a cycle is. I thought she meant the new laundry machines our landlord installed. She meant a “girl cycle”. She was pregnant.
DodgersChick69 · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old boss was super surprised she got pregnant because she was riding on top the one time she didn’t use a contraceptive. She didn’t think she could get pregnant like that. After I told her “gravity isn’t a form of birth control,” she was like, “well now I know.”
She was 25.
MerpCubed · 2 points · Posted at 02:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do electrical work and worked with a former army engineer electrician that didn't know how to change the blade on a sawzall (2nd if not first most used powertool by electricians, for those that were unaware)
bip_pip · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend didn’t know how to do his laundry when we started dating. He was 23 and never even touched a washing machine before. His mom still did his laundry and I remember I had to talk him through how to wash his clothes over the phone when his cat puked on his favorite shirt and he didn’t want to wait till his mom got home to wash it for him. I never face palmed so hard in my life.
SFAR95 · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe not horrifying but my ex (22 at the time) didn't know how to fold his clothes or tie his shoelaces. His mom had him very young and was focusing in her studies as he was growing up so I take she just forgot to teach him? It's a real shame because he felt so embarrassed about not knowing how to tie his shoes, but on the other hand, he refuse to learn which is frustrating. I wonder if he's learnt it by now.
I_Am_An_OK_Cook · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate wondering why I told him to wash his hands after handling raw meat. Had no idea there was bacteria or anything on it. Keep in mind this is after he grabbed cabinet handles and touched things in the fridge.
Slazman999 · 2 points · Posted at 02:10:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I managed a papa johns and had to teach a 40 year old man how to sweep the floor. Idk if he was lazy or acting stupid but I had to have him go over the same area 3 times because he swept like a 90s cartoon character.
badblackguy · 2 points · Posted at 02:10:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, but funny. Watched a smart, successful, well connected, talented, wealthy, single person well into his 40s literally skin a mango (like a rabbit) at a family dinner. Hes related to me, we live in the tropics, my family has had/ have mango trees, and my dad and the rest of us eat mangoes on a regular basis. We do not have rabbits.
sonicboomslang · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a sales engineer, everything I do for sales and operations, no matter how simple, most stakeholders have no fucking idea about the basics of why their jobs exist.
WeatherfordCast · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad lent our weedeater to his friend. He put REGULAR gas in it and ruined it.
choinator · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate made donuts and she had a giant pot of hot oil and she puts the whole thing of oil down the sink and my jaw dropped to the ground. The oil started splashing everywhere and she was like “oH My GoD wHy iS iT DoInG that ThAts WeIrD.” the fire alarm went off and the whole apartment was smokey and she left with her donut to eat with her bf and left one hell of an oily ass kitchen. Also she burned a hole through our sink pipe due to her bird brain of an ass of pouring hot oil down our sink.
PeanutPounder · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not wearing a mask for the well-being of others in public during a global pandemic from which hundreds of thousands of people are dying. Put it over your nose or pull your cock out over you pants for consistency!
JAB1971 · 2 points · Posted at 02:12:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom is in her 70s and has never paid a bill or pumped her own gas. We had to schedule our own appointments as kids (like for hair cuts) She is an introvert and has a lot of anxiety. Her mom was controlling and never taught her anything because she didn’t think she could do it correctly. You can really mess people up.
foghornleghorn_ · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My current roommate is 25. I told him to make himself some tea and he didn’t know how to boil water or even use the easy electric kettle.
He put the tea bag in a glass of room temperate water. A glass.
2020throwawayFOR · 2 points · Posted at 02:15:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a chipotle manager at 20 I was lost and confused after I had to train a grown ass 30 year old man how to scrub a toilet.
InTooDeepButICanSwim · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In law school we asked a 28 year old man to run to the grocery store to buy Halloween candy for our event where people would be stopping by our organization's office. He left and came back almost 3 hours later. Missed half of the event.
Turned out he had never been in a grocery store in his entire life. His parents had a cook that did all their shopping, in undergrad he just ate at dining halls. In the year or two after between under head and grad school he ordered out for ever meal.
He said he couldn't find candy and had no idea where to look, then got lost looking at all the food in all the aisles and eventually found the candy but had no idea there were so many options so he kept picking things up and putting them back.
He makes probably a half million a year now at his job so he'll probably never have to set foot in one again.
Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of adults who have no idea how seasons or time zones work is amazing. Like, they know there are time differences and they know the opposite hemisphere is the opposite season but they have no idea why or how that works.
hotcoco1431 · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Trying to Adult right now
i_see_shiny_things · 2 points · Posted at 02:16:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a friend how to check his oil at like 30. My mom taught me about that shit when I was old enough to drive.
AtomicSpazz · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn’t know how to apologize when she did something wrong. She’d hurt me and just leave it
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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TxEagleDeathclaw81 · 2 points · Posted at 02:34:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think that’s a sweet story. It went from ooh that’s weird. Then sad. Then sweet.
xethred · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine thought that green apples were not ready to be eaten, so he waited for them to change to red (which he thought would be the right color). Needless to say, the apples just got rotten.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my husband and I were first dating, he came out of the bathroom and was like “uhhh, the toilet is broken...should we call a plumber?” I asked if it was clogged and he said “no but I flushed it before taking a shower and now it’s still running.”
I walked in the bathroom and took the lid off the back to look at the chain and his response was “what the fuck?!?! How did you know how to do that?!?!” 😳🤦🏻♀️
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister thought french fries were Made from bread.
Rrrraaaannniaaa · 2 points · Posted at 02:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. This thread made me feel so confused for some reason because on one hand some of these were like "Oh duhh" but others were like "uh...oops. I probably would've made the same mistake." Tbh I'm kind of realizing how unprepared I am to be in the real world and I'm going to college next year. I should probably take this year to learn a few things before looking like a dumbass.
labondbond · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I handed my mother in law a long wand candle lighter and she had no idea how to get it to work. I thought she was joking or drunk but she was neither.
santangeloguri · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
grown adult males in their late 20s that i worked with. i always brought extra snack to work and on 2 separate occasions 2 different adults accepted an orange from my when i offered when they explained being hungry. neither of them had ever peeled an orange before and had no idea how to get the skin off. i was flabbergasted both times. have you never eaten an orange? yes how? it was already peeled. how are both of you almost 30 and have never peeled an orange?
fitzpame · 2 points · Posted at 02:19:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
18yo handed me an unpeeled orange and told me it couldn’t possibly be an orange because “he couldn’t see any slices” I was like... you gotta peel it. He was baffled.
knatehaul · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't call it "horrifying", but one time I was out to eat with my sister and brother-in-law (early 30s, college educated couple) and at the end of the meal I saw them struggling with a tip calculator to get 20%. I told them the age-old "Move the decimal one space to the left for 10%, then double it." They started laughing at me and telling me it couldn't be that simple. I then had them quiz me with random numbers to see how accurate I was. They were as blown away as I was. Haha.
TunaOnDryLand · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you wash your clothes and sort by color, do you separate all the greens and blues and reds each in their own load?
Balcil · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I use a product to catch the color bleeding. I don’t remember what it’s called but it looks like pieces of thin fabric. Also colors will bleed a lot less in Cold water. Historically detergents required hot or warm water to work best but now they work best in Coldwater. Always Do cold water unless you need to sanitize something
GhettoSauce · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a buddy of mine move in for about half a year so he could get himself together. He never made food, though; only bought Clif bars and Guru energy drinks. Big cases of them in my cupboards after a while.
"I don't know how to behave" was the answer when I asked him why he didn't do any upkeep or cooked meals for himself. I didn't really need him to do anything, but I was concerned for his health. Turns out he just wasn't interested in cooking, so he flat out...didn't. Ever. Mid-20's. Over a decade later and I'm still not sure if he can cook anything.
technos · 2 points · Posted at 02:21:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn't know how to tie his shoes.
Coworker of mine was one of those guys that wore nothing but graphic t-shirts, board shorts and Vans, and he suddenly had to dress up for a meeting with a client.
Meeting day comes and there he is, wearing his very first nice suit and.. The same pair of crappy Vans.
I pulled him aside and, without prompting, he admits he couldn't figure out how to tie his dress shoes.
His entire life he'd been wearing velcro or just slipping his feet in and out of shoes tied by someone else.
masterofbeast · 2 points · Posted at 02:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right before I started my adulting phase back in 1999 but my buddy in high school not knowing to tip the pizza delivery driver. His mother never did and they bought pizza often. My other buddy and I tipped the driver when we realized he only had money for the pizza. We had to sit him down and have the tipping talk... about everywhere... they never tipped. We were all poor at the time but we told him if you cannot tip your waiter/driver, then don't order til you can tip well.
Few years later, the other buddy from the same situation started dating his current wife. He said he went out with her family for the first time to a restaurant, almost ten people. They left around $5 for tip for the sit down meal. When he noticed he went back and drop his last $20 on the table feeling bad for the waitress. Apparently, the family just puts whatever change they have on the table. They even got upset he left the waitress so much money. On trips after that, he noticed they would check to see how much tip he would leave and then adjust what they left. Eventually, if he had to go out with them, he tried not too, he would tip the server directly and extra because they were such cheapskates.
Anyways, tip your bartenders, waiters, waitresses, delivery personal, and hotel room cleaners!!
egoneill · 2 points · Posted at 02:22:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved in with an old college roommate, we’ll call him Tom, and one of his high school friends, we’ll call him Mike. Always got along with the prior, never met the latter, but he seemed like a great guy. We had a decent 3 bed 1 bath in Massachusetts.
First few months had no major problems. We were all a bit messy, but 3 single dude in their early/mid 20’s will do that. Eventually the holidays rolled around and we started figuring out thanksgiving plans.
At the time, Tom’s folks were a ~45 min drive away, so he had a lay up. My folks were living in South Carolina, so I booked a flight down there. Mikes folks were in California, so we assumed he’d do the same.
He chose to split an Uber to the airport with me, which I happily accepted. We get there and I get into the bag check line. Mike follows. I go up, show my boarding pass (via phone) and ID. Check bags move on. Mike does the same. But..... doesn’t
I’m walking away and hear him say “I’m in whatever the next flight to San Francisco is.” The bag check human, politely, directs him to the ticket counter. Mike’s response: “No just put me on the next flight please.”
After a loooong conversation I realize, despite flying across the country at least 15 times in his life, the man had never booked a flight for himself. He assumed he could just get on a plane and (his words) “pay a fare like a taxi.”
The look on his face when he learned how expensive it was to fly from one coast to another...
Latvia · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ten times a day I run across adults who don’t know how to believe science.
teachermommy3x · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:30 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yup. And that's why our country is going to keep dealing with Coronavirus for ages!
postcoitaltechnoboog · 0 points · Posted at 23:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe because it's not a belief system but a method of procedure?
tlaw223 · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know this girl who got a ticket for wearing her seatbelt improperly. she said she thought that it went under her arm and then around her body so that she didn’t mess up her hair, instead of across her shoulder.
I’d be surprised if she pays any bills herself now at 27, I’m certain her dad pays everything for her including groceries.
Squirby4 · 2 points · Posted at 02:23:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my husband was in college he wanted to bake cookies. So he bought a package of cookies, the kind you just place on a cookie sheet and bake. Well, he didn’t have a cookie sheet, so he put them on a cooling wrack. Thus the “waffle cookie” was invented
poppyseeeeed · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My new coworker once asked me if I knew how to put the stamp over the regular postage stamp so he could mail a letter. You know, the squiggly one. If we have a special machine for that or something.
He was talking about the postmark stamp....... that the post office does when it receives your letter..... this man is about 34 years old and I wonder if he had ever mailed a letter in his life before that point.
dandylion1999 · 2 points · Posted at 02:26:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom told us if we walk in the yard barefoot we will get pin worm infestation on our butts- how does that happen the can enter you exposed skin and somehow get to your butthole? I was always afraid to walk in the grass and telling the kids be careful- by husband still laughs when we talk about what my mother taught us to believe oh I was early 30s when I had kids and started to panic about them walking in the grass- yup I’m an idiot 🤦♀️
scientificdramatist · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to help my clueless university housemate to cook some courgette (zucchini) for the first time. I say to him ‘give it a quick wash’ and pop to the toilet, leaving him in the kitchen for a few minutes. Come back to him scrubbing (or rather grating) it under hot water with washing up liquid and a metal scourer!
Ancient-Guide · 2 points · Posted at 02:28:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First week of college and I watched a kid pour an entire bottle of laundry detergent into a washer. Not necessarily horrifying I guess but how do you not know how to do that? There are even instructions on the bottle?!
harobednosyarg · 2 points · Posted at 02:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a woman who didn’t know how to TURN ON AN OVEN until she was 21.
moonpumper · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teaching a college kid to read a clock with hands.
Turkstache · 2 points · Posted at 02:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
BASIC. COMPUTER. SHIT.
These are co-workers who use computers 8 different ways to accomplish daily work. Young people capable of learning the ins and outs of some pretty convoluted UI in a highly dynamic, physical environment.
Shift arrows to select text, CTRL+C/V, Tab between fields... never seent it.
Plug in and setup displays/projectors. It's really fucking easy... Not for them.
Instructions on how to do more complex shit like mapping a network drive or printer, with data for those specific components... You gonna save that link/info/file to your rapidly accessable personal network storage that takes no setup and is available on any network computer in the country? No. Gonna dig through years of e-mails to find the unlabeled message that your bro sent you.
I have an unofficial role as tech support at a job that has ITs. I sometimes fix problems for said ITs. I have no training or certification not have I ever worked in an IT department.
AlexMaster0153 · 2 points · Posted at 02:36:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is me. Growing up we never had a dishwasher and in my country, all detergent was in liquid form. None of those pods you can just throw in with your clothes. But through the memes, I knew that they existed. I moved in with my uncle in Canada around two years ago and since I was living rent free, I took over most of the house chores like cooking, cleaning around the house and laundry. Being used to the liquid detergent, I just kept buying those but one day I thought I'd try out the pods. So for a good 7 months I'd wash our clothes with the pods instead of liquid detergent. I noticed that some stains wouldn't get washed away and the colour of my whites were a bit off, but I didn't really bother too much about it because growing up with boring liquid detergent, the blocks looked kinda cool and new. Plus they were eaiser to use. So I'd just wash each load twice. Three months ago, we decided to get a dish washer and my uncle bought the dish detergent on his way home. When I saw what he got, I realized that for the past 7 months I'd been washing my clothes with those dish detergent blocks instead of laundry pods. As soon as I switched back to liquid laundry detergent, all the stains I couldn't get out before went away and for some reason, the colour of my clothes didn't get as messed up as before. Sorry uncle for fucking up your clothes.
annathefeget · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My flat mates boyfriend didn't live with us but would come stay and he was older than us (25-27 roughly) and he put the dishwasher on, I came out to get a drink and there was bubbles and foam coming out of the dishwasher, turns out he had put dishwashing liquid in the dishwasher and claimed it was fine to do 🙄
jazzyjazz59 · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After almost 3 months living together, we noticed one of our roommates had been putting her metal cutlery along with her food in the microwave. She said she had been doing it like that all her life, her family too. I literally have no idea how she’s not dead.
elcommandante55 · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife’s best friend doesn’t know how to drive. She’s 26 with two kids. AND she’s about to get a divorce. Her mom would always drop whatever she was doing to go pick her up and take her where ever she needed to go. It’s pretty insane. Idk how she’s gonna do it.
navybluesloth · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend... had never peeled a banana in his life. He asked me how to do it.
WhosThatLady9 · 2 points · Posted at 02:37:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend call me when we were in college and ask me how to boil water. He had never had to cook at home and up until then, he had been living off of fast food and the school dining hall.
DarkSideEdgeo · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend ask me once "what day is Christmas on this year" I said I think Friday. He sarcastically asked: "No, what date?". Dude legit didn't know it was the same date every year. He was a Christian, aware of the reason for the season. Just no clue on this all detail.
Mjerman · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Learning that people don’t wash their legs..... like wut
theworldbystorm · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh, my roommate.
The man is 30 years old. I had to teach him how to cook a chicken breast. Not a meal or special recipe. I had to explain, in exact detail, how to put a chicken breast in a pan and leave it there until it's cooked.
He would also painstakingly clean and dry out each of his plastic yogurt cups after finishing them, leaving them by the sink. I understood the washing them, since they're recyclable, but why leave them out to dry? Can't they dry in the bin?
He said there's cardboard in the bin. When I asked for clarification, he said that the water would damage the cardboard. I asked what he thought happens to it at the recycling plant.
He also seemed to be under the impression that the bathroom fan has no function beyond unfogging the mirror and complained that I run it every time I shower.
asuwsh4 · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You mean the proper use of a mask!!!!!
esyougeeayeare · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe not an adult but I definitely should have known better. I grew up extremely sheltered and my family is full of racists. I firmly didn’t understand that Compton, CA has internet until I was almost out of high school. It’s so sad and thankfully I’ve woken up and realized that so many things my family said wasn’t true.
navybluesloth · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend... had never peeled a banana in his life. He asked me how to do it.
bloodyroostah · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker of mine couldn’t tell if the stove was gas or electric
zKsrapt · 2 points · Posted at 02:38:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to ask my boss how to use a copier and he just looked at me for a second. I’m a Food and Beverage manager at a hotel.
radarap · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate and I were having a conversation while she was cooking and we had a gas stove and some oil started to drip down the side of the pan but she wiped it with a paper towel in time, but I off mentioned said “man if that had caught fire right now we wouldn’t have anything to put it out” (would’ve been a grease fire) and she was like, “what do you mean? We have water” and I was like “bro, water makes any grease fire worse. We would need like a ton of salt or something to smother it” she literally had no idea
cruzanmutt · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my best friend Kay but she was spoiled by mama. We have known each from our teens into our 30s and I am proud of how independent and strong she has become. That being said I had to teach he when she was 28 how to make scrambled eggs. I never let her live it down lol.
dirtymartini6 · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my boss asked me to write a cheque. I was 25. I had no clue how, and I was that person.
DWMoose83 · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bladder control. Had some Ken come into my bank branch, demanding to use the toilet. I told him - as I tell all clients except in emergencies - that our branch has no public toilets, but here are other restrooms nearby (McDonald's, etc.).
Dude is gone for, like, fifteen minutes, then STORMS into our branch, bellowing for the manager. I promptly retrieve the manager (I didn't care for my manager, so whatever). The guy proceeds to scream at my manager at the top of his lungs, pointing to the wet mark on his khaki shorts: LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! I'M A CUSTOMER AND LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO! Like...fuck, dude....really?
Then there was the dude who presented his social security number, photocopied, at full 8.5X11, and sat with it presented to the bank lobby for five solid minutes.
TheSilentKub · 2 points · Posted at 02:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Folding socks
sikkuntsauce · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex thought a penis had a literal bone in it and that’s why it’s called a boner
sammhaimz · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought it said adultering...haha.
MischaSoup · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former roommate was a barista and he often wore the same white shirt to work. Well, after a while the shirt was beginning to stain brown (from the coffee), so I told him that I would try to help lighten it. I put it in the washer with like half a cup of bleach and I left for work, only to get a message a few hours later from his girlfriend (my best friend) that the shirt had been ruined. I felt so bad, I knew I was putting a lot of bleach but I didn’t think it was that much. When I got home I asked to see the shirt, and they took me to their bathroom. He had put the shirt in a ziplock bag and filled it with bleach. The bag got really hot so he dumped it in the tub and the shirt had just fallen apart. I couldn’t believe he didn’t know how strong bleach was.
CathNelson · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner came to visit me for a few weeks (we were in a LDR at the time) and he wanted to cook pancakes for my family as a thank them for letting him stay. I didn’t know at the time, but he’d never even seen a gas oven before, and that’s what we had. I came out to the kitchen after about half an hour because I could smell something that was very much not a pancake. He was still mixing the batter but was about to light the gas stovetop to preheat the pan. The smell was gas, he’d turned the dial on when he started mixing but assumed it just didn’t start and left it, then looked it up online. Apparently the article he was looking at didn’t mention not to leave the gas knob on. I pushed him away from the lighter switch, turned the gas off and ran around opening windows. My dad has been over in his shed and smelled it too, and came running over to help.
Partner didn’t touch the stove for the rest of the visit after that. We live together now and have a gas oven, he’s yet to blow us up yet so I’d say he learned his lesson!
Edit: words
atozyisgod · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i knew someone, age 19 or 20, who tried to make pasta by putting it in the microwave, didn't even put water in, and watched it burn
Windmillskillbirds · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was an instructor for marines (not drill instructor just job instructor). Had a 26 year old that would throw away his clothes every 15 days and buy new ones on pay day. He didnt know washing his clothes was a thing.
The_Reaper_TMF · 2 points · Posted at 02:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to use chopsticks. I had to ask for a fork while trying to describe it and I’ve never felt more inferior in my life. And it was a first and last date. Fml
praxe · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ratchet straps
I-put-water-on-fire · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a girl at a minimum wage summer job. I was 20 at the time and she was ehh 26. When teaching her to use the cash register she didn’t know the difference between a nickel or a dime. She said that dead straight in front of a customer. I was speechless
Merenr · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen a man try to separate an egg by opening it on the cutting board and cutting it in half.
clutzyninja · 2 points · Posted at 02:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Several army national guardsman who didn't know how to properly clear out their rifle... In Afghanistan
agentsme · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My biggest adulting complaint is people leaving phone messages (with an issue they're having (I manage pizza chains)) and tell you the problem and do not leave a call back number. All I get is "Call me back" I CANNOT CALL YOU BACK IF I DO NOT HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER!! HOW DO YOU NOT LEAVE A CALL BACK NUMBER. Not all offices have caller ID. They are not cell phones!!!! Please leave your number first thing and then again at the end or right after. Thank you!
My other "vent" is people not saying "Please" and "Thank you" when asking for a favor/to do something. If you don't say please, it's going to take me a while....
flyting1881 · 2 points · Posted at 02:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sweep a floor.
When I worked in a restaurant a decade ago I had a coworker who was in her early twenties, fairly pretty, and was in nursing school. I'm fairly sure yet family had money because I remember her mentioning a housekeeper.
She would hold the broom like a golf club, draw it back into the air, and SMACK it ineffectually against the floor. She'd always get mad after doing it for a few minutes and try to get someone else to clean her section for her.
She was actually a pretty good source of extra cash because she'd pay by other servers $20-30 to do her sidework for her.
She also called the dustpan the 'broom holder', and once when a manager told her to take out the trash she stared blankly at him and said, "But that's a BOY job."
mccosby101 · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For about 22 years of my life I’ve never held a baby. No one in my family or even friends from high school had children remarkably, some did, but that was after we lost touch. And yes ive seen one or two of the in person sure, but they’ve always belonged to like middle school teachers or friends of friends and such. And I’ve never dared ask to hold it in fear that I drop it.
Then all of a sudden one pops out of my best friends sister, and I’m with one almost ALL the time (they were like a second family to me). One time while I was spending the day at their place, we were going to run some errands but they had to adjust the baby seat in the car before putting him in. I was standing behind patiently waiting for them before I got in when I suddenly had this little thing thrusted onto my chest. To be honest, I knew there was a “certain” way you should hold them, i just didn’t know how, I’ve never been in the situation before. I never needed to know before so I ended up just leaning very far back and protruding my hands out under him like a baby-forklift.
MoxyFoxtrot · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whole entire men who think washing between their ass cheeks is gay.
raiders60 · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I moved into my new apartment at school, I asked my new roommate if we had a toaster. He said he wasn’t sure and then added “even if we did have one I wouldn’t know how to use it anyway”
megbasss · 2 points · Posted at 02:44:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate a few years ago I caught doing the dishes with laundry detergent because she thought “soap is soap”. I died inside wondering how many times I’d been eating off her laundry dishes before I let her know.
kylea12345 · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My late grandmother was from a small town (population around 6k people) in the midwest but she moved to the west coast for college. Went out with some friends for seafood for the first time and she didnt realize you generally pull the tail off the shrimp as you eat it. I mean you can eat the tail if you really want to but it was one of her favorite stories to tell when I'd visit her
SLowHangingFruit · 2 points · Posted at 02:45:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as a manager in a chicken joint. We had a kid come in that didn’t know how to sweep the floor. I couldn’t figure out how he had lived that long.
SpaceCat6969 · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s ex (in her mid-30s) didn’t realize that preheating the oven meant it warmed up gradually until it hit the right temperature. She thought that it..heated up...all at once? Like right before the preheat indicator went off. It gives me a chuckle every time I slip a frozen pizza in the oven a bit before it comes to temp.
tyjofloseph · 2 points · Posted at 02:46:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a teenager I am surrounded by people who don’t know how to use a CD player. I am under 18 and I showed my friends a Walkman from 2002 and they looked so confused when I showed it to them. They had no clue what it was
reaper412 · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Show em a VHS, that'll really blow their mind
tyjofloseph · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They probably don’t even know who Free Willy is
passion4film · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My fiancé thought you had to throw things away when they hit their expiration or ‘best by’ dates. I grew up with the philosophy of those being mere guidelines (which they are, they’re not really regulated), and using common sense, a nose, and eyes for determining when things went bad. He was very uncomfortable with this at first, and said he was worried he’d “get in trouble,” if, say, he kept the milk a day or two past the date. Get in trouble? With who, the milk police? lol He was 28 at the time.
Will_McLean · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hoo boy my first apartment with a buddy...we ran and ran our clothes in the dryer and they stayed wet. Couldn’t figure it out. Finally someone said “have you cleaned the lint out?”
“The what?”
Cut to my friend with a foot braced on the dryer tugging at the lint filter. Finally that thing came out and lint EXPLODED around the kitchen.
Yes, we were lucky we didn’t get burned alive.
Iximaz · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancé was visiting me overseas at my uni and living in my dorm; I technically wasn't supposed to have visitors for longer than three days, so we were playing hot potato with my keys between my going to class and him checking out the city.
One night I had choir rehearsal, which was our agreed break from each other so we could breathe a bit and do our own thing, and he offered to cook dinner and asked what I'd like, if I had any recipes. I knew he didn't have much cooking experience, so I texted him the easiest recipe I had—mac and cheese—and headed off to choir, leaving the keys with him if he needed to leave the dorm while I was gone.
Well, I get back and ask him to come down and let me in, which he does. And I get inside and immediately notice something's gone wrong. The milk curdled in the pan and the butter had clarified, and the entire thing was on high heat, and he'd left the food unattended on a hot stove while he came down to get me.
I managed to save the cheese sauce (thank god, because we were poor) but I told him he had to learn how to cook before I let him do it solo again.
(It was still sweet he tried, though. I plan on teaching him how to cook when we're properly moved in together.)
sungoddesss · 2 points · Posted at 02:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 23 year old roommate put the cardboard pizza box in the oven to heat it up
Ladymistery · 1 points · Posted at 20:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if it's takeout pizza, they actually say to do that on the box, or they used to.
sungoddesss · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:14 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not take out
navyblues · 2 points · Posted at 02:48:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm too late but just in case anyone is sorting by 'new'
I worked with a 23yo girl who didn't know what dairy was. She knew about the existence of like milk and yogurt etc but wasn't aware of the overarching concept of dairy.
until_death_wedo_art · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend and ironing. I have literally ironed his clothes since we started dating once I discovered he didn’t know how to. The part that gets me is the fact that ironing is one of the easiest household chores, all you have to do is put water in it and run it over your clothes a couple times. Anyway I taught him how to iron but I do a better job so I still do it, I like doing things for him.
KaylaAnne · 2 points · Posted at 02:50:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My So's best friend is a ver sweet, very sheltered young man. He lives with his parents and they provided mostly everything for him while he was in school. He did a 4 year program in history because he was interested, then did another 2 year program in IT so he could get a job. All funded by the bank of mom and dad. He's worked part time still living at home since graduating.
When we got married and moved in together we were discussing our new place with him and the rent came up. Told him it was $1000. He asked "Per year?"
Oiy...
kendricklacrowlivy · 2 points · Posted at 02:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My now ex girlfriend cannot cook anything on the stove or in the oven because she always burns it so i is literally ash or she under cooks it so much it is still cold in the middle, maybe I’m only horrified because my only skill and passion is cooking but still being able to cook is pretty necessary.
xtrawolf · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend texted me earlier today. "Here I took this picture on my way home from work, what kind of animal is this?"
They were cows. She's definitely seen cows before, including the ones at my house. I don't know why she would think they were anything else. She wasn't on any substances. Just...forgot what cows look like, I guess.
Audinot · 2 points · Posted at 02:52:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got set up on a blind date at my cousin's wedding - the bride thought it was a great idea and had the seating plan all ready for me. I didn't agree to this blind date (SURPRISE!!!), but the man in this equation was clearly prepared. He launched right away into trying to woo me. In the hours that followed, he failed to win my heart.
For the wedding dinner, we were served lobster tails. I realize lobster tails are considered fancy and not something most people eat every day, myself included, but this man. This man picked it up with his hands, and stuffed the whole entire thing into his mouth, SHELL AND ALL. "I've never had one of these," he said with great excitement through the lobster tail, "it's so crunchy and buttery!" In that moment, I could not comprehend what I was seeing, and I was filled with a Lovecraftian horror.
My now-SO was also at the wedding. He found me hiding under his table in an attempt to avoid my blind date, and he smuggled me out of the situation. Truly a romantic evening. He still jokes about lobsters every time we go out for dinner.
LunarNight · 2 points · Posted at 02:56:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One day at work my female 21 year old coworker came to me upset because she'd kissed a boy for the first time the night before and she was worried she might be pregnant. I asked if she knew how sex worked and she shook her head. I told her to hang around after work and I would explain it to her. I ended up having to go into every detail, I was even drawing genitals on the white board trying to explain. The look of horror on her face when I explained an erection! Haha.
(She later married the same guy and they now have 2 kids together, but I've recently had to unfriend her because she's spouting all lives matter crap on Facebook.)
Not a religious family, she changed schools mid way through highschool and somehow missed it at both schools. Her parents just assumed she knew? And they didn't talk about that sort of thing so she was too embarrassed to ask them and apparently not curious enough to look it up on the internet.
Elegant-Despair · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My one time roommate came banging on my door at 7 am (I was the oldest of the 4 of us living in the apartment) telling me the freezer isn’t working. So I rush out there to take a look, thinking we’re going to have take everything out and call a repairman. I open it and it’s running fine. I ask her what the problem is, and she gestures at the bottle of vodka in the freezer. “I put my vodka in there last night, it should be frozen by now if it’s working right. It’s not even remotely frozen.”
I don’t think you should be drinking if sober you doesn’t grasp the concept that alcohol doesn’t freeze. She still blamed the freezer after I explained to her, and got a mini freezer for her room for her stuff. And guess what? That one didn’t freeze her vodka either. Go figure.
Nothing horrifyingly dangerous, just couldn’t believe she was 22 and didn’t understand that concept.
AsdufNishimura · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not proud to say this but, I need to get better on adulting.
Doing a basic routine check on my truck, y'know, oil levels, antifreeze, that stuff. My dad passed away and he gave me his truck, thought I knew nothing about caring for a vehicle. My brother "taught me", so much as he chastised me for not knowing anything while doing it himself saying things like "how do you not know this?" After that, I started googling about related stuff, like how to change a tire, I'm still largely ignorant thought.
Also driving btw, I learned by myself, with my mother by my side, getting scared by anything around us that could move.
AsdufNishimura · 2 points · Posted at 02:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not proud to say this but, I need to get better on adulting.
Doing a basic routine check on my truck, y'know, oil levels, antifreeze, that stuff. My dad passed away and he gave me his truck, thought I knew nothing about caring for a vehicle. My brother "taught me", so much as he chastised me for not knowing anything while doing it himself saying things like "how do you not know this?" After that, I started googling about related stuff, like how to change a tire, I'm still largely ignorant thought.
Also driving btw, I learned by myself, with my mother by my side, getting scared by anything around us that could move.
meenur · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of a friend thrice removed thought if her boyfriend came in the reverse cowgirl position, then she wouldn't get pregnant. Her kid is 4 years old now.
BlaireDon · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend who can’t spell basic words, doesn’t know the difference between commas and decimal points. Worst part is I did her homework all through junior high and high school to help me save for college so it’s my own damn fault.
jjmugins · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 3 years ago we had an engineering intern come into our company (around the same age as me, 24 at the time). He asked a engineering coworker and I look over his excel formula as to why it wasn’t working, we looked over his code and just said “you forgot the parentheses around this part”.. what followed next I couldn’t believe, he didn’t know about the order of operations. We literally had to teach this kid about PEMDAS.. I kid you not, my coworker and I bring this up to this day as the craziest question we had from an intern. This guy had a masters degree in engineering! We were floored.
redactedname87 · 2 points · Posted at 03:03:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend not drying off before he gets out of the fucking shower and getting water all over the damn apartment. Everyday.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a bank. So many people don't know how to fill out deposit or withdrawal slips.
hellish-relish · 2 points · Posted at 03:07:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late to the post but: Once while working at a gas station, a 17 year old co-worker came to me with his hand open. He was holding 2 coins, he looks at me and asks "which is the 5cent one and which is the 10cent one?" He didn't know which one was which, between a nickle and a dime & had been asked to count the cash drawer.
This kids was the owner's son, and now runs the entire company. It's a local company with 5 locations and a large fleet of delivery trucks for home heating fuel. It's not a fortune 500 by any means, but worth and few nickels and dimes.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:08:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me sitting here at 4am wondering how I know more than half of these bellends who are ADULTS ffs
Insider775 · 2 points · Posted at 03:10:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who didn't have a driver's license at 22. That's fine he lived within a block from work and his girlfriend had a car and she drive him around. Well one night around 11pm im at work and he calls me asking if I can leave work and drive back home to pick him up so we can drive 40 blocks to go pick up his girlfriend. She got T-boned in an intersection. I told him I couldn't leave(I didn't have the PTO to leave) and to just call an Uber and go pick her up. He proceeds to ride his skateboard 40 blocks to go pick her up and walk back to our apartment. The next day I asked him what happened and he told me that some 15 year old kid without a license T-boned his girlfriend. The kid didn't have insurance, but neither did his girlfriend. He then asks me how you go about getting insurance on a vehicle. So I explained it to him and he asked me what company I went through so they could get insurance on his girlfriend's totaled car that is in an impound lot. I laughed and told him that's not how insurance works. He didn't get it. So I had to explain to him and his girlfriend how you have to pay for insurance monthly before you get I to an accident. Not panic and try to get it after. I understood kind of on his part since he had never owned a vehicle so he had never had to insure one but his girlfriend had been driving since she was 16 and she was 20 at the time. He asked well what if I just do it anyway and tell them we got into an accident a week from now. I told him that would be insurance fraud and he would be better off just accepting the car as a loss.
TheoreticalFunk · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in college and my roommate finally got a car and said he would drive us to Wally World. It was only a ten minute drive. After twenty five minutes of meandering across the town a few times I finally got bored and asked him where he was going. He replied that he was following the route the bus took. Because it was obviously the fastest way.
He had been a passenger in my car to the same store several times previously, as well.
AMultitudeofPandas · 2 points · Posted at 03:11:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every time we're cleaning the store at the end of the day and all my male coworkers act like they've never seen a broom before. How are you all functioning adults?
surewould85 · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college tried to clean plastic plates by putting them in the oven on the "clean" setting.
quinnduden · 2 points · Posted at 03:13:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 21 year old friend had no idea how to turn his stove on in his house that he’s lived in his entire life...
cherrypie_momjeans · 2 points · Posted at 03:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend used to leave her car running while putting gas in and I was appalled
AnnieOakleysKid · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister use to warm her car up IN the garage with the DOOR CLOSED!
I screamed at her and explained why she shouldn't do that and she was actually shocked and I was like how ITH did she not know that was wrong?! Ughhh.🤨
cherrypie_momjeans · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my gOD
DSCH10 · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago I had to explain to my roommate that a container of pasta left at room temperature would go bad faster than one left in the fridge. She had left it on the counter for a couple days and when I mentioned that the stuff she left out would go bad, she turned to the fridge to throw out some leftovers in the fridge instead of the stuff right in front of her on the counter.
SecondhandSanity · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heard a story from an officer in the US army. Said he had had a guy in his unit come not knowing he needed to and/or how to clip his toenails. Things got nasty fasty, but he learned it then at least. We still have no idea how he survived up until that point not cutting them though.
TheChis · 2 points · Posted at 03:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend had a roommate who once stored eggs in the cabinet
CrazyUncle-Dave · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they're unwashed, you can do that. But I wouldn't know where to get those unless you know someone with a chicken.
karynahjade · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, you don’t have to put eggs in the fridge if you have your own chickens.
samsara42 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw this in Nepal and was appalled! They said it was the norm and only Western countries refrigerate eggs.
greatstonedragoniam · 2 points · Posted at 07:56:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only America does actually, here in the EU all the ones you buy are unwashed so there's no need
Dirtyschmit · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My step uncle tried telling me the Nazis started WW1
Lawduck195 · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my ex girlfriend’s apartment in college, she put a water bottle in the freezer. Well she forgot it in there and it froze. My girlfriend took it out in disgust because she didn’t mean to freeze it. Her roommate suggested that she simply “throw it away.” As if it was completely useless at this point. My buddy and I still call her the “Ice woman” and this happened in 2006.
SignificantBed9 · 2 points · Posted at 03:20:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked a friend how often she changed her oil. She said, “You need to change the oil?” That truck had not been given an oil change for at least 3 years (time she had owned the car). I pulled the dipstick and it was BONE DRY.
keigo199013 · 2 points · Posted at 03:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister's best friend growing up attempted to make Mac 'n cheese (aka Kraft dinner). She followed the microwave and the stove top directions.
NuclearHoagie · 2 points · Posted at 03:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was buying a length of wood at Home Depot, so the woman had to measure it. "It's 2 feet," I said, "They just measured and cut it for me." She held it up to the upright lumber measuring stick, looked a little confused, and brought it back to the register.
She then took out a measuring tape, vaguely stretched it along the board, and said, "I don't know how to do this. I think it's 1 foot." I tried a few more times to tell her it was 2 feet, but she insisted it was 1 foot despite her self-proclaimed ignorance. I stopped arguing.
How do you work at Home Depot and not know how to operate a measuring tape??
Tantibus_Core · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A co-worker around 25yo called me up to the register from the warehouse about an expired product. I had just checked the merchandise for expiration the previous day so I was confused. I came up to the register to her and a customer asking if it was still ok to consume the product. I wanted to check to make sure I didn't miss any so I flipped the package over. This happened in March and she claimed it expired two months ago. I look at the back and the date reads "NOV-**-20" in bold black letters. My co-worker seriously thought November was the first month of the year. Not only that, but the customer didn't catch her mistake. As her supervisor, I had to explain that January is actually the first month. I was very embarrassed to have to explain that to an adult in front of customers
TL:DR Co-worker I was in charge of was unaware that November is not the first month of the year.
eyebrowshampoo · 2 points · Posted at 03:27:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate tried to make wine by shoving some canned peaches in a plastic bottle and putting it under the sink for two months.
I was the lucky one who discovered the moldy monstrosity.
She genuinely didn't understand what happened and why it didn't make wine, regardless of how many times I told her you need yeast and a much cleaner, more precise technique to make even the worst wine.
She tried two more times. Same thing. Same result.
In the end we had a falling out and she tried to say I always made her feel stupid. I think she did that to herself.
readitareyoudeaf · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's aunt has lived in the same house for years. She is n her 50's. She did not know you have to change the filter in your HVAC.
wafflemonkey13 · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends (probably 18 or 19 at the time) decided to cook ramen for the first time. She texted me a few minutes later with a picture of a blackened block of ramen in a skillet with no water, asking what she'd done wrong. There were even directions on the packet but she threw them away without reading it.
apeoples13 · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my husband but when we were dating he didn’t know how to open a can. Even when I showed him a can opener he didn’t know how to use it. He was 25 at the time
sunyan93 · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother-in-law thought that in order to wash clothes you had to fill it with water manually. So this dude throws his clothes in, then the soap, then goes to the upstairs bathroom to fill an empty garbage can with water, then proceeds to fill the washer machine with water. He closes it up, total mess, then turns it on. Turns out it was the dryer. His folks had to buy a new dryer.
lady_terrorbird · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dealt with a lady a few weeks ago who just had no concept of how a self-checkout worked. She couldn't have been older than thirty, came up with one of those window ac units, and just stared blankly at the screen. She called me over and said she had NO idea how the handheld scanner work despite everyone around her clearly picking theirs up and having no issue. I scanned her one item, set the scanner down, and told her she was all good.
This lady...I swear to god she was in her own reality. Stood there another ten minutes staring blankly at the screen, called me over again, and asked about a protection plan (that was way too overpriced) why I hadn't applied it. I applied it after explaining she would have a five year warranty on the unit even without the "protection plan", but she insisted. She proceeded to stand there another ten minutes staring at the screen and declined help when offered it.
And when she put her card in the machine, she kept staring at it, and then claimed she didn't know how the card reader worked. Another cashier came over, saw things were fine, and told her she was good to go.
She spent a total half hour at the self checkout buying one ac unit. And there was a register where she could have checked out with a cashier literally right on the other side of the counter clearly in view. I just can't wrap my mind around how this woman had absolutely no idea how to ring up or even pay for her own stuff. And she drove to the store too.
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Moral of this story: go to the cashier!
awallen283 · 2 points · Posted at 03:32:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister didn’t know how to properly hold a broom or sweep effectively at her first (restaurant) job in high school... still gets teased about it 6 years later
Asphalt_outlaw · 2 points · Posted at 03:33:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in Texas. Winter isn't really a thing here. I had a lady working in the office. She had a 4wd diesel Ford. One morning, we had a little wintry mix overnight. She comes into the office 15 minutes late, crying and shaking. She didn't know how to turn on her 4wd...
TheRightReverent · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every year around Halloween at least one person is totally shocked to find that their pumpkins are edible.
Karasuno_Fight · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not crazy outrageous, but I remember being pretty shocked at university when I met a girl who didn't know how to do laundry. She was 21, had been babied and spoiled most of her life, had grown up in the Philippines where everyone in her area had maids and she had her own personal maid all her life. She moved to London as a teen and in the 6 years or so living in the UK, still never lifted a finger due to her rich parents and the maid they hired for their London home.
So she came to university and we went to the laundrette together and she didn't know about detergent, fabric conditioner, how the machine worked, or anything. It was certainly an eye-opener into how differently she had lived her life... Among other things, I also had to teach her how to cook pasta (which I thought was self-explanatory), boil water in a kettle/use a kettle, operate the flat's vacuum cleaner, and change bed sheets.
Thankfully, she was a lovely girl who was happy to learn and do the things herself, wasn't lazy, and turned out to be one of my two best friends at university. She's since gone back to the Philippines but it makes me happy knowing that even if someone is doing stuff for her, she now knows how to do it herself.
CbusIllinois · 2 points · Posted at 03:35:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law baby sat my son while we were moving houses. He dropped him off buckled incorrectly into his little car seat. Okay, I thought, car seat tech has changed over the years... Until I found his diaper was on backwards and the penis was sticking out the side. Like dude “raised” three boys: why can’t he change a diaper or lock a kid in basic five point harness.
Sawa27 · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex sister-in-law never rinsed the soap off her dishes when she washed them.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who was clueless about baking/using the oven but was constantly trying to make cakes and other baked goods. One day she tried making banana bread and put it in the oven— and set it on the broiler mode. And then she walked away to her room. I was upstairs at the time when I smelled something burning. When yelled out if something was burning she was all, “Oh shit!” And came out and took it out. The loaf was burnt completely black. By then I’d come downstairs. Apparently she was trying to “caramelize the top.” She had no idea that the broil function was only meant to be used for a few minutes at a time, and not the ENTIRE baking process.
Also this same roommate tried to use the microwave repeatedly even after it started sparking. She would take out her food when it started to spark, then put it back in. I’m still amazed she never burned the place down.
coscos · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just yesterday. My wife not knowing that blue tac is reusable.. Blew my mind.
fletch229 · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend that didn't know how to use a manual can opener he was in his 20s at the time
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still struggle with the hook one. I always use the ones with gears, as do most people I know. I'm not surprised at all.
MaddogOfLesbos · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Ivy-educated friend asks her mom how much time to use on the microwave for literally everything she eats
zreese · 2 points · Posted at 03:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sophomore year of college, roommate put a sealed can of beans in the microwave for ten minutes. She said she had never used a microwave before.
BlueScreenDeath · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Drove an old college roommate to get his driver’s license. He’s like 18 or 19 at this point. They ask him to put his face in the eye test device, and he tells them he can’t - he didn’t bring his glasses. Didn’t get his license for about 10 more years.
bimbo_bear · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy driving the car had a tire blow out. I ended up changing his tire for him (i was a passenger and also a non-driver) also turns out all his other ties were bald down to the fucking wire...
Ugh.
ipa-lover · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My newlywed wife made toast one morning... She buttered the bread and put the slices into the toaster. It was a small fire, at least. Sign of things to come.
trixie2426 · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in pharmacy. We have “take with food” stickers that we put on some medications. They happen to have a picture of a hamburger on them. I’ve had an uncomfortable number of adults seriously ask me why they have to eat a hamburger every time they take their medicine.
TheRhoux · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend has never unclogged a toilet. I asked her how she made it to 31 with a child without ever doing it and she just said her dad/brother/boyfriend had always done it. While it's nice she has help, I can't imagine why you'd want anyone to help with your massive dump, ever.
NYLotteGiants · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She had to put her index and thumb fingers in an L-shape to figure out which way was left...
while driving.
cutslikeakris · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do still, 42 year old professional with two university programs behind me.
Made the “L” in mid air on my first skydive to make sure I didn’t fuck that up. Twice. Too bad the ground crew didn’t, as THEY told me to turn hard in the wrong direction. TWICE. But it’s okay, their mistake just helped me break both legs at the ankles.
While driving, I just get passengers to say “turn your way” or “turn my way” and I never make the mistake.
namedafternoone · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is my own, living with my parents I only ever had a credit card with a low limit, mostly for emergencies or some school stuff. Every month my parents paid the full balance and my available credit went back to the original.
So when I moved out and got my own credit card, I was convinced that “credit limit” just how much you could put on the card every month, not in total. As in, if you reach the end of the month, pay the minimum but still have a balance, your available credit would go back to your “credit limit”. I actually had a pretty heated discussion about it, so convinced I was right.
Dinoscores · 2 points · Posted at 03:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother came to visit. He wanted a shower. I told him where the clean towels were, assumed he’d ask if he had questions, and left him to it.
Two things you need to know: 1. I have two bathrooms, one with a shower in, and one with a bath 2. My brother had visited this house several times before, and had definitely used the shower
I heard running water for a bit, my brother emerged clean and dressed, all seemed fine... until I went to use the toilet in the bath-bathroom.
It was flooded. Full-on, water everywhere... but nothing looked like it was leaking. Then I realised the “flood” was also on all of the shelves, drawers, towels...
One more thing - the bath has one of those tap hose attachments to rinse it out.
He, at 24 years of age, had decided that this hose - with nothing fixing it to the wall, no shower controls, and no shower curtain - must be the shower. He had stood in the bath and held it over his head, except when he needed to use shower gel/shampoo, which is when he put it down, leaving the water running so that it soaked more of the bathroom than it already had.
He did not see anything wrong with this.
Rusticular · 2 points · Posted at 03:39:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My 28 year old ex decided to pour cold water into a pot of boiling oil while my back was turned, thought he was being helpful. Oil went fucking everywhere, he managed to burn himself, but luckily none of it hit me.
Oh! And he put mussel shells in the sink waste disposal unit, and wondered why they wouldn't just go down the drain.
He was a spectacularly stupid man.
notdarbs · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy once that didn’t know how to send mail
loonygecko · 2 points · Posted at 03:40:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rich sheltered kid got hired at the bakery I worked at. We gave her a broom and asked her to sweep the floor so she was sweeping here and there and eventually I realized there was no pattern to it, she was just randomly swishing the broom around. I had to tell her that you start at one end, push all the dirt into a single pile at the other end, and then pick it up. I guess she had only ever seen sweeping on tv and on tv the are just faking it. She was actually a nice girl though and tried hard. It was interesting to see the dawning of understanding look on her face when she realized that sweeping had a clear rationale behind it LOL!
Saru-tobi · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a college roommate use Dawn dish soap in the dishwasher machine. Bubbles EVERYWHERE!
dummie619 · 2 points · Posted at 03:41:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a college roommate who wouldn't clean up spills as they occurred because she thought it was best practice to let it dry over the course of a few days, then scrape it off
lsfaxi · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former roommate didn't know how to scrub a dish or boil water. We had to teach him.
SergeGMV · 2 points · Posted at 03:42:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a cousin in her thirties that is completely useless. One day her mother was proud of her because she was able to cook microwave instant noodles on her own.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Ellawell · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I'm sure many people don't know how to make iron clothes either.
LilG1984 · 2 points · Posted at 03:43:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy I worked with had no idea how to use a fax machine....he was young but the confused look he had while pressing whatever buttons was funny.
"How did you cope before the internet?" He asked me.
"With this thing or carrier pigeons" I joked with him.
Lameduck57 · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
this thread made me realize why we need those warning labels on stupid shit.
Ancient-Pudding · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, my roommate didn't know how to plunge a toilet until I showed her. She also didn't know how to make Mac and cheese until our other roommate showed her. She's now a mom.
futureGAcandidate · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Afghanistan I had a dude from my platoon nearly shoot a guard tower on accident with a remote machine gun system.
Shit was fucking wild to hear about since I wasn't in the camp that day.
Jessay94 · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin couldnt make a pb& j sandwich. The bread slices just kept tearing
wozzwinkl · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did an internship at Kodak's design center years ago (obviously). They paid us interns and even gave us housing.
Whilst there, I had a roommate named Guillermo who was a mechanical engineering major from MIT.
Guillermo once wondered aloud to his other 3 roommates (myself included) about whether boiling bananas was a suitable alternative to frying them, since he had no oil available. We all assured him that this was a terrible idea, and that he should not do it. This did not dissuade him, and he found out the disgusting and wasteful way that boiling bananas is a bad idea.
Guillermo once called me in because the kitchen sink would not drain. A glass had lodged in the drain, and he simply could not figure this out on his own.
He also used regular dish soap in the dish washer and covered the kitchen floor in foam.
I can only imagine that his SAT scores must have been mind-blowingly high to get him into MIT...
Mendican · 2 points · Posted at 03:45:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back to front wipers smell different than front to back wipers. I'm just going to leave that here.
Toshiba1point0 · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex girlfriend told me a great one about a coworker in the bakery who didnt know what eggs were. She got sick when they told her about unfertilized ova and it's not some natural gift the chicken does for us.
nihiltwilight · 2 points · Posted at 03:46:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 18 my mom got pregnant with her boyfriend at the time and she told me she wasn't sure how it could have happened because he "pulled out". -___- Tfw you can adult better than your parent
2pumpkinlegs · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother (17 when this story takes place) was trying to make craft Mac and cheese. He got a pot full of water, dumped the noodles in, then dumped the cheese packet, milk, and butter in as well. He sent our mom a picture of it because he realized he did something wrong but wasn’t sure what exactly. I laughed my ass off looking at a gross pot full of craft-orange colored soup, it was sooo nasty.
I love him to pieces but he does some dumb shit sometimes (as do I lol).
easy0lucky0free · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but i made my best friend and her boyfriend artichokes once and the bf had no idea how to eat them. He tried to pick up the entire thing. He put an entire leaf in his mouth. When we asked him what he was doing he said "sorry ive never had a brussel sprout so big before!"
TheAllTwentytwo · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommates were young wealthy kids from an oil rich nation. They had never done anything themselves... great guys, still love them, but I had to teach them how to cook, how to do laundry and make their beds. I feel like their mother.
One night I come home and my roommate has a sauté pan filled to the brim with boiling oil and he has a block of frozen hot dogs (he’s also a devout Muslim and I had to break it to him what hot dogs are made of).
He is just about to drop in the entire block of hot dogs before I yell at him. It was pretty hilarious but also terrifying as this was not the only time he almost burned down the apartment.
TimelyLand · 2 points · Posted at 03:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
me myself. sigh.. One of my friend ask me to buy some bed sheets for me when I was first move out. When we were at the shop, she asked me what size is my bed. I didn't know bed has certain sizes--I thought it's just single and double.
thebladeofink · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex bf got into college and asked me over a Skype call from his dorm room how to eat an orange. His mom had always sliced them for him and he didn't know you could peel them. He regularly peeled and ate clementines, but didn't make the connection that oranges are basically a large clementine. This guy later ended up at an Ivy. Brilliant, but he had no life skills.
urmakinmeuncomfrtabl · 2 points · Posted at 03:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a couple weeks ago a UPS driver knocked on the backdoor of my workplace. We had already received our deliveries for the day and sent out our outgoing stuff so I asked how I could help him. He says, "Uh, no one is answering at the business next door and I have this package for them. Do you mind giving this to them when they reopen?" It was around 5pm and I know the business is open during the day (and not closed long term for virus reasons), he was clearly just a little too late.
Of course I immediately rejected the package and told him he can deliver it to them tomorrow. I would be furious if my packages (with very valuable customer equipment inside) was just handed to whatever nearby business happened to be open! How could he think that was a good idea?
Spaghediandregredi · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A Qdoba worker didn't know what cilantro was
TomA0912 · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancé pretty much lives on tea. As do her parents. When we were younger and dating we stayed at their parents one night when they were out to make sure her silly billy of a brother didn’t have any of his juvenile friends round. Anyway they get back really late, I’m talking get back clothes on the floor late straight to bed instead her parents put the fucking kettle on. This is how much they love tea. I don’t particularly like it but now and an then I’ll have a tea, they made me one and it was like dish water. I decided to have tea a few more times when they offered and each time it was like dishwater. Turns out they make tea like absolute heathens. Who in their right mind goes; milk, tea bag, water, whip the bag out after the worlds quickest stir? I’m not the founder of Yorkshire tea but I know fundamentals. I made the tea for them all once and they enjoyed it to the point like I just sucked the living daylights out of their genitals? How can a family so obsessed with tea not actually know how to make a simple cup of fucking tea?
ablazingrace23 · 2 points · Posted at 03:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basic math usually, and it happens more often than you'd expect.
tryhardfit · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Found out someone didn't know how to do a roundabout....whilst doing a roundabout. That was pretty scary.
She was all "do i stop or go through" and i was like "i dont know, it depends, its a yield" and she was like "ya but tell me do i stop its coming up soon" and im all "its just like a yield, just treat it like a yield" and shes "ITS COMING WHAT DO I DO?!?" Me: "just fucking yield. Its not hard!". Anyways, turns out she also did not know how to yield. Luckily no cars were coming.
ElectricGoo · 2 points · Posted at 04:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a 19 year old girl who did not know how to blow her nose. She would hold a tissue 6 inches in front of her face, lean forward a bit, and lightly push air through her nostrils.
twisted613 · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
(Minor) NSFW. Every year my uncle has a huge family cottage party, massive converted bed and breakfast hosting a large group of us (about 110 over the weekend). Our families are close so we always head up early and prepare. Well 2 years ago i brought up a couple pellet rifles and few paintball guns for us to play with in acres of field. My uncles youngest (9F) sneaks a few pellets from my room, grabs the rifle and her cousin (11M) and smokes a duck clean headshot from about 60 yards... immediately drops everything and runs away. We’re all in the lake and see it from the distance so we got out to yell at them for killing an animal. In comes my brother (25M), non hunter nor firearms owners, doesn’t camp, not athletic, numerous surgeries and physical limitations. He immediately finds the two kids, forces them back outside and for the next 6 hours had them plucking, gutting, cooking and whatever else is required to have duck for dinner. “I remembered watching some cooking show at 2am a few days ago and figured why not”. It was delious
Phat3lvis · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I volunteered as an extra adult for a boy scout camping trip, my kid was going and I thought it would be fun. The first morning we got up and I started making breakfast, I fried some bacon and then fried the eggs in the bacon grease. and at one point I looked up and everyone in the camp including all the other adults was standing there just watching me. When I stopped because I thought I was doing something wrong, then one of the scout leaders said, "don't stop we have never seen eggs cooked like that before.". Honestly, I thought they were making fun of me, but later when I saw what they were cooking I realized none of them had a clue how to fry an egg. The kids I get but it was the adults too. I was the center of attention for all the meals on that trip apparently the only thing they knew how to make was smores and hotdogs.
applep00 · 2 points · Posted at 04:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trivial af but not one of my 3 roommates knew how to multitask on their $2000 macbook pros. I was helping one of them with some advanced calculus and pulled up two windows side by side and he completely freaked out and called the other two and they just stared at me as if I was...Hackerman
camiphants · 2 points · Posted at 04:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Randomly assigned roommate in first year of university. Tried to cook raw chicken in the toaster
xubax · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much that she didn't know how, she didn't know she should. My wife served me cold corn from a can without heating it. Apparently her mother always did that too.
fabulously-frizzy · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain how to boil water to someone in college. I also met a guy who messed up on making easy-Mac
kikibuns · 2 points · Posted at 04:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more funny than horrifying. I had my husband’s whole family watch me fold fitted sheets in awe. I explained that I used to help my mom at the laundromat growing up... more amazement ensued. I love white people .
CallMyNameOrWalkOnBy · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I changed the oil in my own car. Roommate seems confused and interested. I ask, "When is the last time you changed your oil?" He says, "Every time I get gas. They check it for me at the station."
"No, not check your oil. Change your oil."
Blank stares.
LucyFaruqah · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend watched me get some blood out of my clothing and seemed genuinely concerned that I knew how to get blood completely out of fabric.
LeahAndClark · 2 points · Posted at 04:05:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"When I get pregnant I'm going to switch to vaping instead of cigarettes to protect my baby."
Um.
flippy_bippy · 2 points · Posted at 04:07:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my roommate wanted to make zucchini so she came back from the store with cucumbers and said “okay so how do we make these into zucchini?”
bexypoo · 2 points · Posted at 04:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former roommate thought a dish drying rack is for dirty dishes. Constantly put dirty dishes, not even rinsed, right on the drying rack
RockyMountainRain · 2 points · Posted at 04:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are far too many STD posts in this thread.
MaiaPapaya33 · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was from undergrad. 20 yr old college roommate. Neuroscience and premed double major.
“How do you make soup from a can?”
I had to explain to this girl that a pot and heat is all you need.
I also knew a 22 year old man who didn’t know how to cook so he only ate yoghurt and oat meal.
mdmckeever · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a girl who gave her hamster a bath and tried to dry it off in a microwave...
1skepticalguy · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in the Navy, I taught many recruits simple tasks like washing their clothes and cooking simple meals.
gnrdmjfan247 · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While not horrifying, still a, “what do you mean you don’t know this?” moment.
When I was an Resident Assistant (RA) in college, in order for our residents to connect their devices to the school’s WiFi they had to fill out this tedious online form that included their school credentials as well as the MAC address for the device they wanted to add. Yes, you guessed it, if they wanted to add multiple devices to the WiFi they had to fill out multiple forms. Getting the password from filling out the form wasn’t enough because the MAC address was registered. And even after they sent through the registration, it took a few days for the school’s IT to actually process it. Anyways, moving on.
During RA training, our Resident Director / Hall Director (RD) spent an entire afternoon explaining this form to us and how residents have to fill it out. Gave us advice on how to help them, where to find their MAC address, explain to them that there’s a waiting process while IT processes the form, etc.
Fast forward a few months and my RD bought a new smart TV during Black Friday. It arrived and they needed help setting it up so they called me and I agreed to help. Got the TV all hooked up and what not and I said, “all right, all that’s left is to hook it up to the network. So, I think you got it from here”
“Wait, how do I do that?”
“Oh, you just gotta fill out that online form”
“What online form?”
“...the one you went over with us during RA training?”
“How do I find it?”
facepalm(they told us how to find it during training) “here, what’s the MAC address?”
“I don’t have a MAC”
facepalm (they told us how to find it during training).
We eventually figure it out and I say, “alright, and in a couple of days you should be all set to go to stream Netflix”
“Wait, I can’t right away?”
“Nope, you have to wait for the TV to register with the network”
“Well that’s dumb...”
It only occurred to me that during training they were giving that pitch on auto pilot and weren’t actually drinking from their own hose. But still, you’d think if you spent an afternoon explaining to a group of people how to do something, you wouldn’t need to be taught how to do that very thing.
amarclem · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate had a cold, so she went to the store and bought cold medicine. She took a dose early one morning before classes. A little while later, she asked me why she feels so drowsy. She took the package out and showed it to me. It was Tylenol PM!
I said "Roomie, you took PM meds, that's why you're so drowsy! " She said "Yeah, PM is for the daytime!" "No dude, you see the little moon & star on it? It's nighttime medicine." " But... Noon is PM... Right?? We're more awake during PM hours than we are AM hours, right?" "Ok , I can't argue there, bud. But no sweetie, PM meds means sleepy time. "
We had a good laugh about it, and I'm pretty sure she slept through most classes that day!
MyMumSaidICantGo · 2 points · Posted at 04:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little brother, bless his heart. He went to make ramen in the microwave and almost started a fire. He screamed that the bowl was broken while the fire alarm went off and I ran into the kitchen expecting to see water everywhere, but there was only a pile of burnt noodles and a broken bowl in the microwave. I asked him where the water was and he said “I thought they just melted into soup”. I almost pissed myself from laughing so hard.
He’s 18.
thanksgive · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time in grad school I had to teach the distance formula to one of my teammates. He became a friend of a friend and I've resented him ever since thwn
PopNLockCopper · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grown ass dad, and half of the united states population, still thinks that if you make 70,000 a year your entire income will be taxed in the 70,000 tax bracket.
ketsukit · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My BIL and SIL came to visit for a few days once and on the last night I kept hearing a ton of commotion out in the rest of the apartment. I was getting frustrated because it was keeping me up and eventually asked my husband to go ask them to please settle down bc they were keeping me up.
Turns out they were trying to be nice and do some cleaning for us before they left; however neither of them had ever run a dishwasher before and they put regular dish soap in instead of the detergent. (Which was on top of the counter above the dishwasher btw)
They flooded our apartment and all the noise I heard was them trying to clean all the water and soap up before we woke up. I got a good laugh out of it since there was no real damage.
milky6531 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you put regular dish soap into a dishwasher it causes a flood? How?
ketsukit · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not formulated to actually work in a dishwasher so you get a ton of build of suds and it starts leaking out all over the floor.
nud3doll · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I discovered that my then boyfriend sat in a half-dark apartment for days I had to explain what a breaker was, and how to identify and flip a switch.
He was 21.
Fucky0uthatswhy · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a very popular American retail surf shop, on the beach. We ask for each customer’s zip codes for advertising reasons. The amount of people (teens and under) that not only don’t know their zip code, but have no idea what a zip code is is absolutely terrifying. I’d say it’s a majority of kids eighteen and under that don’t know their zip code.
pocketSandshashashaa · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dear lord, please bring back culinary arts. Thank you, amen
wicked_indecisive · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I shared a bathroom with two other girls. We took turns cleaning it - one of us per week. When it was my turn, I was getting ready to clean the tub and shower and my other roommate was shocked and asked/exclaimed, "You need to clean the shower!?" I really didn't know how to respond.
Ezzbe · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate didn't know the difference between fruits and vegetables. This bish tried to tell me an apple was a veggie.
Steel_Raven · 2 points · Posted at 04:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Made an ex gf breakfast once and heated some milk for the cereal, she hadn't had heated milk before and loved it, so the next morning i wake up to the smell of something burning.... she tried to heat the milk in a kettle instead of the pot.
Also met a guy in his 20s whilst out hiking who didn't know how to tie his shoe laces, he was a blistered limping mess on the side of the track 5km from the nearest road.
TheDaymannn · 2 points · Posted at 04:15:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl in my dorm was rehearing some food in the microwave. I heard a commotion down the hallway and when I got there the microwave was basically on fire and she was just watching in awe.
She had never been told not to put metal in there.
39thUsernameAttempt · 2 points · Posted at 04:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The inability of people to write an email is staggering. It's like you put them in front of a keyboard and they suddenly have the grammar and vocabulary of a 6 year old.
ablino_rhino · 2 points · Posted at 04:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate once spilled juice on the floor and then just Big Daddy'd it. This bitch just put newspaper over it and left it there, I shit you not. I left to to see how long it would take her to do something about it. It took almost a week.
therefai · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine wanted to make a cheese omelette one morning. He breaks the eggs into the bowl and then just slaps a slice of cheese right into the yolk. I was shocked and asked what he was planning on doing with that. He said “what? That’s how my family always does it.”
dinolover2404 · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isnt nearly as severe but i used to eat prawns with the tails, just the whole thing in one bite.
Found out at the age of 16 that you weren't supposed to do that.
I still eat the tails anyways cause I've now grown to like them
painting_with_fire · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who legit believed that he didn’t need to use a condominium because the girl would “pee out the cum” after sex. He has two kids now.
amacort1334 · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will absolutely tell on myself here. College, maybe 20, and i bought a frozen pizza. When I threw it into the preheated oven, I totally forgot the cardboard support. For anybody wondering it just makes the crust soft and keeps it from cooking all the way through. Shitty, but not life altering
VexxFate · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing laundry with my mom, she tells me to pour in the detergent just onto the clothes I’m like “uhhh no, you put it in this cup thing here in the middle” she argues with me that I’m wrong. Later on she had looked it up and told me I was right, Ive been doing laundry for 1 year of my life at that point, she’s been doing it for probably 30+ years now.
Claire0000 · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom does the same thing
VexxFate · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am not alone
malonesxfamousxchili · 2 points · Posted at 04:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I explained to my cousin that she couldn’t flush tampons down the toilet, we were 29 (now 31). She walked out of the bathroom at a restaurant we were at and looked super worried. Naturally I asked her what was wrong and she tells me “I clogged the toilet I’m so embarrassed!”. I’m like who cares it happens sometimes. She replies with “BUT MY TAMPON IS IN THERE!”. Now I’m sitting there thinking she must have pushed really hard and her tampon fell into the toilet. I ask her if that’s what happened and she responds with “no, I was just flushing it down like usual.” I was shocked. The day you learn how to use a tampon you also learn (or so I thought) never to flush them down the toilet. After I explain to her why she should never do that she sits quietly for a second then says “I guess I know why my toilet is always clogged”.
bilbobaggins036 · 2 points · Posted at 04:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A past roommate literally didn’t know there was a heat seating on a thermostat. I came home to my thermostat on 89 on the cool setting ...
Claire0000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom has always done this. When I ask her if she had the air on because it feels hot she will say she got cold and turned the air up. Like, what? She cannot grasp that she turned the temp up and by default turned off the air conditioning. Just turn it off or on or turn the heater on. Sheesh.
DragonfireEsq · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to show my friend how to pay for gas with cash at the gas station (I was a junior in college and she was a sophomore.)
That very same friend once slapped an envelope out of my hands while I was licking it, because “that’s how you get worms.” When questioned about it, she said that someone in 6th grade taught her that all envelope adhesives had worm eggs in them that will hatch in your stomach and she never questioned it since.
MunchyPandasaurus · 2 points · Posted at 04:20:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bestfriend wanted to make instant noodles. Set the pot with water on the stove and after a few minutes of fiddling, he turns to me and say, "How do you boil water?"
Turns out, he was banned from their kitchen back at home when he almost burned it down because he didn't know how to cook, let alone operate a stove.
Nimphaise · 2 points · Posted at 04:21:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend microwaved a poptart for 3 minutes instead of 3 seconds. It smoked green
serialmom666 · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An adult woman in her forties explaining that she was taking care of a junkyard dog and its pups. It was too bad, she explained, the pups had a birth defect... they had been born with their eyes stuck shut. “Luckily,” she managed to unstick their eyelids and applied opthamalic ointment to their eyes.
(Hearing this made my stomach drop about four stories down)
interstitialmusic · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Swimming. I almost drowned last weekend and another adult had to rescue me.
BoringSpammer909 · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When we first adopted my little brothers the first meal I gave them was pizza i walked out of the kitchen to do something and I walked back in and one was eating it upside down and the other was eating it backwards they looked so confused!! We’ve had them for 7 years now and they definitely know how to eat pizza now!
DangitKaisen · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's oddly adorable
BoringSpammer909 · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:38 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol it definitely is odd, thanks for the reply!
mimihihi · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I once had a boss who didn’t know how a belt worked. Since she was above me in status, I just tried to keep a straight face while she babbled on about how she’s discovered recently that they really help hold up your pants.
AlternativeSinger5 · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother sincerely believes that the South succeeded due to states rights. It had nothing to do with slavery... in fact, she believes that the Confederate generals wanted to grant the slaves freedom... but only on their terms and not because the president told them to.
dwanetherock · 2 points · Posted at 04:29:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college did not know how to use a toaster. The first time she pulled it out, audibly said “ok, let’s try to figure this out” and stared at it for about 5 minutes before giving up. I don’t know if she ever figured it out, but I don’t recall seeing anything she ate toasted
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone in their 30’s thought that Africa was made up of “states”. Like the United States of Africa.
420Under_Where · 2 points · Posted at 04:31:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like this must be posted here but:
People wearing masks under their noses.
Like 50% of people I see even wearing masks are wearing them under their noses. The fact that such a large portion of the adult population is failing in this regard, despite ostensibly seeing doctors and dentists regularly, is just baffling
Bentheproskater · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister believed, into her 20’s, that hot water came to the house ready-heated, the same as the cold water supply but, well, hot.
This is in the UK, so no geothermal supply - we had the conversation whilst stood next to her boiler, which she had always wondered why it was there and what it did in her rented house.
The horrifying part? She’s an anaesthetist - the one in charge of you staying alive whilst you have major surgery.
jasilucy · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can get this in the UK. It’s called a combi boiler.... you can also get taps that pour out boiling water?
Bentheproskater · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes, she had a combi boiler - she didn’t know what it did and thought the water arrived at the house ready-heated, as if there were a nationwide network of hot water pipes alongside the cold ones. The idea that it arrived cold and was heated in your house caused her to stop and think really, really hard for about 30 seconds before asking a lot of questions.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is here in America - the hot water, it's called a Water Heater, comes in various gallon containers for use.
r1chard3 · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining to my brother’s wife why when it’s summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s winter in the Southern Hemisphere.
GusGreen82 · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SIL’s boyfriend doesn’t know how to mail a letter. He’s 29.
spookymagicians · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is getting buried, but during my EMT course, one of the paramedic students put a burrito wrapped in aluminum foil in the microwave. He was already working as a Firefighter.
docSH · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel this way just alone with my damn self every time I try to use Saran wrap
Newfoundlander89 · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm (21 at the time) in the driveway, doing a quick oil check on my car.
BF(25): what are you doing?
Me: I'm checking my oil
BF: why?
Me:...
He had no idea that you should periodically check your car oil or other fluids.
RedVelv3t · 2 points · Posted at 04:32:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who didn’t know you had to actually clean your butthole in the shower. She’s single, fellas.
Hamstrong · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a college roommate ask me how to use a twist tie. Like to close a bag of bread.
Insolent_villager · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Female who at 55 didn't know what kegels are. How do you not know about your own anatomy?
Thekitkatkid7 · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I knew shoved an entire box of frozen burritos into a microwave (no i'm not exaggerating) & we only realized because the smoke alarm went off.
A cousin of mine didn't know how to wash his clothes (28yr old)
VoltedOne · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Person who I once called a friend was in the workings of becoming a cop. He was a cadet, and was applying at departments around the area.
We go out shooting some guns, and come home to clean them. He privately owns a Glock. If you know how these guns work, you might see where this is going already.
We have all the guns cleaned and reassembled. This person asks me "Do you think I should lube my glock?" As he starts to put it away. I say yes, because this is his first time cleaning it (like, what the fuck) and he's obviously never lubed it.
He goes to remove the slide (top piece) of the firearm, which requires you to pull the trigger.
He had a round chambered, and it fired off into my dining room floor, about 7 inches from my other friends foot. To boot, he pisses himself as I'm scolding him. Literally pisses himself.
I hope you're not a fucking cop. If you are I hope you turn in your badge. I meant that just at him, but really at anyone.
steffen_er92 · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first friend who visited me at my first apartment, after I move out of my parents house, got hungry and wanted something to eat. I ordered him to the kitchen to cook a few eggs (It was Sunday and I had only eggs and bacon to offer). I did not know that he has never cooked nor even watched his mom or dead when they did it. So he cracked open an egg right onto the the hot top plate, no pan or anything. When smelling the smoke and hearing him cough, I ran into the kitchen and stopped this madness.
reeedrobyn · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was living with my ex, I knew he was sheltered, I just didn't realize how sheltered. When his parents went out of town for a month, they asked us to housesit for them, since they had a cat. I ended up doing the cooking most nights, and for whatever reason, he decided he wanted to help this time. Kept asking what he could do. I was making meatloaf and mixing up the ground beef, so I gave in and asked him to open the cans of vegetables.
He stood there for a second or two at first, like he wasn't sure what to do. I assumed at first he just didn't know where to find the can opener, so I pointed out the drawer for him. But even then, he just kinda stood there awkwardly. It was around that time I realized he didn't know how to use a manual can opener. I washed my hands and showed him how it worked (open it up, place blade on the edge and clamp down, etc), and he said he understood, so I got back to mixing up the ingredients.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see him pick the can opener up sideways, place it flat on top of the can opener (with the crank knob facing up), and just.. push down with all the force he could muster. Told him to go back to playing games, as gently as I could without laughing.
GothTurtle66 · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT you have no idea how many users don't know where the Enter key is and they use a keyboard every day
Mr_BeanSteen · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During quarantine I met up with a friend who explained to me that he'd only eaten microwave meals since the world shut down. He said he'd been eating a lot of cup ramen so I suggested adding an egg to it for some gourmet shit. Lol.
After I how to do that he asked if I knew how to make scrambled eggs. I was shocked and sure he was joking.
I then proceeded to explain to a 40 year old grown adult how to make scrambled eggs. He didn't know how make hard boiled eggs either.
I was speechless.
YoureALizard_Harry · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saw someone once not drain a can of tuna in water, before putting it directly on bread.
gameshowutopia · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a job where the uniform required a long-sleeved button-down shirt. We had a co-worker that everybody secretly referred to as "Buttons." On her first night on the job, she has the cuffs totally unbuttoned and somebody gestures at her cuffs to remind her, thinking she just forgot.
She responds, "I know, I just can't figure it out."
"Figure what out?"
"How to button the cuffs."
"You just...you button them. What do you mean?"
"Yeah, but my wrists can't bend like that."
Co-worker demonstrates how to button the cuffs by using your left hand to button the right, and use your right hand to button the left. "Use my other hand" never occurred to her.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is what happens when folks were never tought how to improvise; they are 'box' people. Only things that fit in the box are considered.
A quarter can be used as makeshift screwdriver.
MyLittleButtercup225 · 2 points · Posted at 04:34:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparently I was this person to my boyfriend. He once caught me eating rice-a-roni out of one of his brand new copper pans with a sterling steel spoon. He yelled at me “did you grow up in a barn?”…
That was the day I learned silverware can destroy your Teflon or copper pan....I’m from New England where anything goes and my parents didn’t teach me proper etiquette with fancy cooking vessels.
HarryG153 · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker didn’t know how to wash dishes. We worked at a restaurant
Saracrazymonkey · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first college roommate was a complete mess.
She refused to go to the food court on campus, which we were required to pay a food plan for being freshmen, and instead would only heat up food in the microwave three times a day. Anytime she heated anything up though, she’d leave the room for some reason. The one time she put something in the microwave, left the room, and I hear a loud pop. I looked up at the same moment she opened the door and came in, and we both watched her can of soup, metal can of soup, jump up three inches in the air and then fall on its side, spilling soup everywhere.
The microwave was full of her hair and leftover food anyway, so it got her to clean the thing finally, I guess. I left the room to use the bathroom and escape that mess for a few minutes, but when I came back in, she was heating up a second can of soup in the microwave. She held onto the microwave handle the entire time as the thing was popping. Like if the thing jumped into the air again she’d be able to catch it or something.
Another story with her, she would never clean anything. Everything was always on the floor and all over her desk. When we moved in, she had a bag of a dozen bagels laying on the floor. Eventually they disappeared and I figured she threw them away, like any normal person would. Around the same time, she had a small pillow rip that was dropping pillow fluff everywhere for a week or so until she finally got fed up with eventually picking up the fluff. The pillow got thrown in the corner of the room.
The one weekend she went home, so I was showing all my friends her disgusting microwave (this was before the soup incident, where the thing was cleaned once in an entire semester). my one friend was looking in the microwave, and then asks me: “is she growing mold in here?”
I went over to the microwave, and sure enough, under the ripped pillow in the corner was the bag of bagels that had been in the room for at least two months by that point. The bagels as well as the inside of the bag was covered in a film of mold. Needless to say I threw them out after texting my RA a picture of them.
When my roommate came back she asked me if they had gotten moldy because the pillow was on top of them. I said no, that’s just what bread does, to which she responded, “Oh. I’ve never worked with bread before.”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Changing a tire. Still not sure how it works and have been driving for over 15 years. One day I'll learn, one day...
IMissCheeseburgers · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"I didn't know it was possible for a cat to get impregnated by her brother!"
"I didn't know it was possible for him to get her pregnant!" In reference to a chihuahua impregnating a lab.
How so y'all not understand how animals work and yet you OWN them???
Spay and neuter your animals, y'all.
wodemaohenkeai · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in a house with cats (always spayed). Until my 40's I had no idea a cat can have multiple suitors as fathers for her litter.
IMissCheeseburgers · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've heard that one a lot but at least it's relatively harmless not to know since, well, if the animal is already pregnant it doesn't matter how many male animals got to them at that point 😂
InjusticeSOTW · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Daily. I work in a hotel and are usually explaining how debit cards actually work to thirty & forty plus year olds. To go that long without any idea how money and banks work is frightening.
Fuzzyphilosopher · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A Japanese exchange student at a college in the US who didn't even know how to make cup ramen until shown. He then lived off of that until other Japanese students took pity on him and would go over and cook for him and try to teach him. He never seemed to learn though.
His family was filthy rich and related to the royal family distantly. He'd always been chauffeured to his private schools (really rare even for rich kids there) and never had any kind of normal life without servants. He had some great photos of ancestors in full regalia and of family homes I enjoyed but he couldn't really speak English & my Japanese at the time was limited to a few words and phrases. I do think he was a bit dense and just sent overseas to avoid embarrassment to the family but it was very sad how stunted his development was by the way he'd been raised.
He also showed up at a party put on by international student's union in a coat and tails that very much would've fit in on the deck of the USS Missouri when the surrender was signed. White gloves and all. Though he did not wear a top hat he certainly wasn't going to venture onto the dance floor. Because yeah, it was that kind of normal college party. He also tried to pick up my (Japanese) gf at the time by telling her he had a brand new sports car and asking her to go for a ride. She declined politely of course. We laughed about it later but really the whole thing just made me feel so sad for him.
Now that this question made me remember all that I think I'm going to have to grab some cup noodles and hope he has been able to make some personal progress since then.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A rich Japanese incel who believed money solves it all.
ThatGuyOnyx · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends wanted her baked potato reheated while some of the boys and I were over at a friends for a movie, so she had the great idea to wrap it in tin-foil before putting it in the microwave. She sets the timer on my friend's brand new microwave, and starts sprinting back into the living room so she didn't miss the movie.
The second she rounds the corner we hear a "Buzz..Buzz...BANG!" It honestly sounded like a bomb went off. We all jumped about seven feet in the air and turned around to see a flickering orange light coming from the kitchen.
Around 40 seconds of high-pitch screaming and one fire extinguisher later, We were down a brand new microwave and a baked potato.
TechSupportGuy97 · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate cleaned dishes without soap, yes even the greasy ones. He then would put them away wet. I later learned he was taking a cooking class...
Oh, he also didn't know how to change the toilet paper in the washroom.
Gsteel11 · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One guy didn't have a clue time zones existed on one of my old jobs. It was an company with international clients and it blew his mind when we told him other nations had different time zones.
Even pulled out a flashlight and small globe to explain it to him. I still don't think he quite "got it".
itsguud · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Uni my roommate would wipe his ass and then throw the soiled shit filled tissues into the trash next tot he toilet. He also had grown up with his mom always emptying the trash so it would pile up and over flow full of shit tissue. We lived in a small basement apartment with very little ventilation 😞
frizbledom · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is common practice in countries whose sanitation system can't take paper matter yet
mchllnlms780 · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker had never pumped her own gas until recently. Either a friend, relative, whatever always did it for her. This is well after full-serve stations became scarce.
JY369 · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my first job, I was 19 and this 18 year old asked me for help taking out the trash because they didn’t know how. Never done it before they said
Tuhapi4u · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive instructive a friend on how to use a tampon or pad during their period..... I’m a guy
blondeaccent · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend and I were cooking dinner together at his house - my idea. I told him we would need measuring cups for some ingredient. He went to his cabinet, picked up two plastic drinking cups (different sizes, too) and held them out to me saying "One cup or two?"
NewVoice2040 · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a girlfriend once who would use a random $30 dollar vaccuum¹ to try to suck up water. When I tried to explain that her dad's $400 wet/dry shop vac was built for it but her $30 walmart P.OS. Dryvac wasn't, she looked at me like I was the one who was stupid.
girhen · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had two roommates. Let's call one "Good" and one "Drunk Asshole". I think both were 21 at the time.
"Good" asked to not buy toilet paper as often because he doesn't go through it as often as we are. He knows I worked at Moe's and assplode (Moesplode for Moe's) often. It must be me going through it. I told him that I know I go through a roll every week or two because I used to live alone, and haven't used much more since (Moesplosions or not). I don't get the issue. He said we were going through a roll every DAY. I thought back, and he seemed right. Still, I don't use much TP. He said he'd talked to Drunk Asshole.
Next time I saw Good, he was practically roaring with laughter as he told me what happened. He said, "So, Drunk Asshole, I was just curious... when you wipe your ass, how much toilet paper do you use." Drunk Asshole said "well, you just wad it up, pull a few tickets out, and ball it in your hand. Wipe, throw it away, and do it again a few more times." Good told him to just grab 2 or 3 tickets, wipe, fold, wipe, fold, wipe, and go on. Our TP usage went way down afterward.
TL;DR: My good roommate taught a 21-year-old drunk asshole how to wipe his own ass.
saltinthesea · 2 points · Posted at 04:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy in college who genuinely had no idea how to address an envelope or do laundry!! I have no idea how he got that far without those basic human responsibilities.
PeanutButterPleasure · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very early in the relationship with an ex asked her why her blankets and sweatshirts were still wet after coming out the dryer. She mentioned that her dryer must be broken because it wouldn't dry like it used to when she moved in.
I asked her if she checked the lint trap and made sure it wasn't clogged. To my surprise she mentioned her dryer doesn't have a lint trap....
There was a load currently in and I asked to take a look at the dryer. When I got there no trap was visible on the outside, so I opened it up and found the lint trap inside. FULL of lint and extremely hot. Thankfully caught it then because it could've ended much much worse.
CommodoreSalad · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My new boss didn't know chicken stock went bad and he's been serving chicken broth stuff and the broth is about a month old. I've been here a month and there a staff walk out about to happen.
He also stole half my fucking tips tonight. Fucking awesome.
P.S just to clarify I dumped the broth the moment I found out about it. I hadn't laid eyes on it and when I saw it I was SHOOK.
mozgw4 · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came home one day to the girlfriend trying to do some ironing and getting increasingly frustrated. "The creases won't come out, and I'm having to exert a lot of force pushing down. The iron's probably broken, it's only warm." Me:"You know you can turn the temperature up, it's adjustable." "I wondered what that knob was "
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git_gut-git_shrekt · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That could be a disorder, some people just can't do it. Had a friend who tattoed it on to be able to sneak it when required.
anonymous999-999 · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my best friends didn't know to look both ways before crossing the street, I literally had to yank her back into the side walk a few times before she learnt to look
ImmortalMischief · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in university that refused to listen to me when I told him that vacuuming a carpet was a more effective way to clean it than sweeping.
I had never met anyone before or since who sweeps a carpet to clean it.
thegreatbookworm · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who once boasted, "I'm so flexible, I can cut my own my toenails."
I was like "Why do you have to be flexible enough to cut your own toenails?"
She proceeds to put her foot on the wall without bending her knees, and stretches out to touch it and tells me, "Look, I can reach my toenails. It's a little difficult, but I finally learned to cut my own toenails."
I had to teach this grown ass adult that you could just sit down and cut your toenails by bending your knees.
Turns out she had always had her mom or a salon cut her toenails for her or done unnecessary acrobatics to cut them herself because she thought her knees would block the view or something. And that's how she thought everyone got them cut.
harrietford99 · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Apparantly a lot of college kids dont know how to clip their own toe nails which i really coulsnt believe
guitar_chica13 · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found out a few weeks ago that my (20F) current boyfriend (21M) had no idea how to make pasta. His mom is a SAHM and always had dinner ready when he and his dad got home from work/school. One night after we started dating she knew I'd be over when he got off work, so she made pasta sauce and told him to make pasta for us for dinner. He literally had to wait for me to get there, sit through 20 minutes of me laughing at him, and then wait for me to teach him how to make pasta. I think she did it because she knew I would mildly ridicule him and it would force him to learn how to cook for himself a little. Like he can do laundry and make a mean sammich, but other than that he's helpless.
Luckily I have all sorts of fun recipes I can teach him to make once we get the basics outta the way (i.e., boiling water, browning meat, knife use/care, etc...)
robynh00dbatman · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college there were a few weeks when our city water had issues, so we had to boil the water before drinking it. One of my best friends from college told me she’d never boiled water before, so I went to her apartment to show her how—we put a pot of water on the stove and turned it on and waited and I kid you not she asked me, “how do you know when it’s done?”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 16 year old how to sweep. She’d seen a broom before but never used one. It wasn’t a joke. She was adorably ignorant and sheltered, but she was a hard worker and was excited to learn a new skill.
whitesugar1 · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate used to make "spaghetti bolognese" , with JUST plain spaghetti and plain minced meat and nothing else.
Aniketwastaken · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend during grad, 20ish, privileged and had all kinds of domestic help one could have One day we're just discussing about bikes and scooters etc as both of us had one And one day I noticed that air pressure was way down in her tyres, when I asked her that aren't you feeling it a bit difficult to ride, she said 'Yeah, I have to get water filled in the tyre'
No, I asked again, she actually thought there is water in tyres!!
Double-Snake · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My junior year of college, a friend had a roommate who legitimately did not know how to make her own bed.
Mr_Cellaneous · 2 points · Posted at 04:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 30 year old woman how to tie a trash bag to the trash can. She said she had never changed a trash bag in her whole life and someone else would always eventually do it for her.
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JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Repeating from another reply...
Was she at least hot?
LJGHunter · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've told this story before.
A person I was working with literally did not understand the concept of an egg. As in, she thought scrambled eggs were made by cracking the egg and literally pureeing the baby chickens inside. The idea that eggs don't come out of the chicken with a fully formed chick inside was a revelation. I was too flabbergasted to judge whether or not she was taking a piss but she seemed clueless about a lot of other things too. I think she was genuinely, honestly just fucking stupid.
We worked in a restaurant. (She didn't last long.)
jcosta223 · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate around 30 years old when we were heading out to dinner he was the first out the door and I followed with locking the door from the inside and i closed it shut. A few steps after he asked if I had keys to lock it. I said I locked it from the inside. He said "you could do that? "
jjjswag · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I was dating was in the passenger seat of the car I was driving when her seat belt began to make that clicking noise, you know, the noise it makes when you pull the belt too far. I thought that she would have fixed this on her own, like the way I tought myself at the ripe old age of 4. She proceeded to tell me that the seat belt was broken and that it was stuck. “Why won’t it go any farther?” she exclaimed. Crossed my mind to just drive off a bridge instead of confronting the fact that she was a moron. I chose the latter, but like seriously, how by the age of 22 have you not figured out on your own how to reset a seat belt!
Stay_Hydrated17 · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the beginning of my relationship, I was teasing my boyfriend about not being very good at adulting.
I said, "I bet you can't even make tea, haha". He wanted to prove me wrong so he began to make us tea as I watched TV.
I walked into the kitchen to check in and he was about to place the ELECTRIC kettle onto the stovetop to boil the water....
I cant even imagine how awful that would have smelled.
Sh0w_Me_Y0ur_Kitties · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At 30, my husband couldn’t fry and egg. Still can’t. Has no idea when it’s done or when to flip it or if he needs to put oil/butter in the pan first. Or what to set the burner at to heat up the pan actually. I should probably encourage him in the kitchen, but frankly I just get frustrated at all the questions and end up blaming his mother. I’m not perfect; patience is hard. It’s just easier if I cook and he does the dishes. Moral: let your spouse live alone before you get married and teach your sons how to do those pesky “women’s” chores.
alienspy666 · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Handing people a sharp pocket knife. If I have not opened it for them first, the struggle for them to open it is hard watch, watching them use it like they are some kind of pro, then watching then fail repeatedly to close the knife. Leeeeeeet me do that for you friend......
DogPunk · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching a friend in his mid 20’s, with a masters degree, learning how to do the dishes. He grated a sponge.
partofbreakfast · 2 points · Posted at 04:42:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister used to put pots of water on the stove to boil and walk away to go play video games. Which is fine for things like mac and cheese, but one time she said she would cook a multi-step dinner (something like raviolis and salad, where you're in the kitchen for an hour doing the different steps) and walked away to go be on her computer. Then she got upset when dinner took 2+ hours (I can usually cook that meal in 1) and tasted like shit because all the parts finished at different times.
She's getting better at the "plan your steps out before cooking" part of cooking, but she still slips up sometimes.
kmckenzie256 · 2 points · Posted at 04:42:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college went to run the dishwasher and realized we were out of dishwasher detergent. He opted for the regular dish soap instead. He left immediately after turning it on and I came home a bit later to a kitchen completely covered in soap suds about 6 inches deep.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can do that. Just with messured cause and attention till you know the baseline.
Back in the day, my mom used liquid soap for detergent - just didn't have any. She didn't abandon the machine. She was there from the start to end, making sure the amount used was okay for the first run...
A) Got the job done; clothes look and smelled clean.
B) Making sure that the amount used was not overkill, creating the very thing you friend made.
She nailed it and did it for years. You can do that with measured diligence.
daftoxfords · 2 points · Posted at 04:42:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best mate was convinced up until our junior year in college that dry cleaners just had fancy washer/dryer units, and not that it was quite literally a dry steaming process. Informed of this when he questioned why i’d dry clean a blazer.
StreetlightPunk · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, but a friend of mine worked as a janitor for his university and a number of the more affluent kids who lived in the dorm had no idea how to do laundry. So they’d pay other students to do it for them.
FreakyCheeseMan · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My car developed a quirk a year or two into owning it, where it idles very rough and sometimes just dies and needs to be restarted while driving. I took out to a mechanic who was stumped and suggested engine replacement.
Then I told my friend about it, and she asked when I'd last changed the oil... I hadn't. Ever.
I can't really explain my thought process there. I was vaguely aware changing oil was a thing, but no bell ever went off for "Do this now!", and it didn't occur to me that could be the problem.
My friend was more than slightly horrified.
chewbachaa · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 28 year old server how to use a mop
DreamerofBigThings · 2 points · Posted at 04:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shall tell a story about myself which my family loves to remind me about....
My experience microwaving frozen things previous to this incident only consisted of defrosting/thawing frozen meat to cook in a frying pan or nuking premade frozen meals (my own premade meals in tubbaware).
Thus, I knew that it could take a long time to nuke most frozen things.
I wanted to have a bagel, but they were frozen in the freezer to keep them from molding. So, with my previous knowledge I nuked it like normal.
Now, I must have been really tired at this time because that's when I get really stupid. Instead of nuking the bagel for three or even six minutes... I nuked it for ten! I don't think I've ever nuked anything for ten minutes prior!
I stepped away and came back to a charcoal brick in the shape of a bagel. I don't think it caught on fire, it just slowly became a black hard lump. No issues with the microwave and there wasn't really smoke but my siblings will never let it go. I'm 25 now (Around 18 then) and now I know to microwave baked goods in 30 second intervals, or 1 minute if it's dense like a muffin.
chemknife · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roomate a 33 year old man put liquid dish soap in the dishwasher.
LoverOLife · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a university as a cook, we often had students working in the kitchen with us, many were from foreign countries and away from home, doing any kind of work for the first time in their lives.
I was told to show a young man how to peel carrots for that days prep. I took him to a large sink with a case of carrots beside it, demonstrated how to peel a carrot and asked him if he was comfortable with the project, he confirmed that it was simple enough.
I came back to check on his progress after about 20 minutes to see a sink piled with peelings and asked him where the carrots were, he looked down and pointed at the peels and a pile of nubs.
He didn't understand that he only needed to remove the outside peel so that we could chop the remaining carrots. I had to excuse myself, go have a private laugh and headslap, and give him a new project with much more clear instructions.
We both learned an important lesson that day.
drizzle_ktizzle · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During a summer internship in college I shared an apartment with another intern. Throughout the summer I got annoyed with some of her quirks, but the most frustrating was that she never cleaned the toilets. Turns out it wasn’t one of the chores that she did at home, so she didn’t know how to clean one. We were 21.
To her credit, though, she did teach me how to make a grilled cheese on the stove
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:44:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend a couple weeks ago went to make a grilled cheese. A few minutes into I hear her say oh I think I’ve used too much butter so I go look and instead of buttering the bread she just threw a huge dollop into the pan then threw the bread on top. I asked her if she’s never made a grilled cheese before and she said no. She’s 29.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It didn’t in her case the butter collected at the edge of the pan burned and turned black then she dragged the bread through it.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She better be hot.
DamianDillinger · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a co-worker not know that HIV/AIDS could be transferred through unprotected sex.
Scubadrew · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a girl (30+) and her mother (60+) for a while. Every time they pulled out a screwdriver for some minor task, they recited the mantra 'righty-tighty, lefty-loosey'.
Oscalev · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I still spell out beautiful the way Jim Carey did in Bruce Almighty in my mind every time I type or write it....to this day. I turn 27 in August.
heyimliz · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend doesn’t know how to blow his nose “because his mom never taught him.” He’s like 36
mazi-marshall · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not as shocking or horrifying, but in college I took an art class for elementary education. When we started the painting portion of the class, it turned out I was the only one who had any real background in painting. One of the first activities we had was to pick a paint card and mix paint until we match the two. I was asked how to make purple. My personal favorite was when we were working on our class project and I had multiple people ask me how to make grey. Let me repeat - we were in college
jle345 · 2 points · Posted at 04:45:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a few weeks ago, I was visiting a friend in his college dorm. His toilet was absolutely disgusting, and so I asked why he never cleaned it (there was a toilet brush right next to the bowl). He had never learned how to use a toilet brush. His family had a house keeper his whole life, so he just was never taught how to clean the toilet.
try_altf4 · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working directly with musicians for about a decade and a half, everyday was a new nightmare of "Jesus christ how are you alive?".
There was one hell week, where a dude nearly choked to death on his vomit drinking a smoothie.
- Laying down on your back will not prevent you from chucking. Dunno what his skill level of mastery with using a straw was, but he literally inhaled the straw, instead of sipping a smoothie.
a 15+ year experienced guitar player informed me he didn't know what a musical note was and that I'd need to scribe everything going forward.
- Some people are born so naturally talented with perfect pitch they can just copy what other people do, never learn a single technical thing about the instrument and end up being my boss. He thought the strings were NAMED E A D G B E.
we had to confiscate all amp head power cables, tag them and check them out to individuals
- Amplifier heads have to match to a speaker cabinet, because tl;dr heat is absorbed by speaker resistant. This keeps the amp from burning out. Someone turned on the studios amp heads on a friday without cabs connected and we came back to studio on monday with godforsaken smell and mild smoke permeating the recording booth.
a dude who never changed his strings got kicked out because of a nasty infection on his hand.
- He "played so hard his hands bled" and we think he had some metal related infection on his hands.
Dude with a raging chlamydia / burning while urinating infection found out he got 3 girls pregnant.
- He thought women couldn't get pregnant if it was their first time.
Vasevide · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a freshman in college my roommate would throw his wiped toilet paper into a bin. His reasons were that he didn’t want to clog the toilet. College freshman never flushed his TP.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair many Mexicans do the very same thing - the basket next to the toilet.
And no - don't, I'm Latino and have seen this in Mex homes. God, no.
poolshotz · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's parents both insisting that their is a different measurement cup for solids versus liquids.
When they asked when my measuring cup was, I handed them a set of measuring cups and they asked if I had one for liquids. Confused, I said yeah, these measures liquids too.
The next day they come back with one of those larger measuring cups that allow you to measure multiple cups at once because they insisted the other ones weren't for measuring liquids. Even after pouring into it from the smaller 8oz cup they still denied they were the same.
yeuzinips · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But there are different measuring tools for liquids and dry ingredients.
https://www.cuisineathome.com/tips/for-good-measure/
poolshotz · 1 points · Posted at 16:31:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some make it easier for sure, but it's possible with both. Volume is volume
willie7906 · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In navy boot camp, about 80of us live together in one big compartment and have our clothing washed together. When it's time to pass the "clean" laundry out, we march around the compartment and toss each other's uniforms, including tightie whities, onto each other's racks (beds). Let's just say we all learned quickly who didn't know how to wipe their ass quite quickly. And, because all our clothing was stenciled with our names, their was no denying. I still have flashbacks of everyone trying to avoid Anderson's skivvies. They were shit stained from the back all the way up to the fly! On every pair! I'm like, there's no way you didn't feel that
HolyRamenEmperor · 2 points · Posted at 04:46:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother the bachelor bought a house and I visited after a couple months... The toilet was the most disgusting thing I had ever seen! He had no toilet cleaner, no toilet brush, and I just had to tell him that I would be absolutely horrified to have anybody see it like that.
I could tell I had heard his feelings, but a week later he had bought a toilet brush XD
whetwitch · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner and I coincidentally had the same housemate at different times before we met. I remarked that she didn’t know how to cook using the oven very well, and he said that when they lived together she was found putting sticks and newspaper in the oven and trying to light it as she assumed that’s how electric ovens worked...
CrassKal · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I guess I'll submit my own. I'm the only member of my family that doesn't drink coffee, so I'm not really versed on how to make it. One time my sister had some important meeting and asked me to start a pot as she got ready. For how much grounds to add she told me "fill the cup up to about here", the problem was when she said cup she meant the scoop inside the can of grounds, whereas I filled the cup thing where the filter goes, basically making the coffee 5 times as strong as it should be. She knew something was off when she added cream and the color remained completely black
ddnut80 · 2 points · Posted at 04:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s ‘Navy coffee.’
B3astMaster3000 · 2 points · Posted at 04:47:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends brother decided to make bread one day to after watching a food network episode, (didnt care to look up the recipe) and he did, if the bread you like is flat, wet, dripping slop. Turns out that just 4 eggs, 3 cups of water and two table spoons of flour with a pinch of salt in a gaddamn microwave for 30 minuets is NOT the way to make a good bread. He is 23...still doesn't know how to make bread, he does have a new microwave.
acewednesday · 2 points · Posted at 04:48:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What I have learned from this thread is that every dorm room in the world is on fire all the time.
niffer123456 · 2 points · Posted at 04:48:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who threw a dishwasher tab straight into the dishwasher on top of all the dirty dishes. He had only ever used tide pods for laundry so he thought they worked the same...
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's not wrong that would have worked perfectly fine. Throw it in the silverware tray if you don't know.
RedfishSC2 · 2 points · Posted at 04:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my past girlfriends offered to cook the bacon for the burgers we were making for a party while I tended the grill. I said sure. I went into the kitchen for something and saw that she had taken a metal saucepan lid, put it upside down over the gas burner, and had put the entire pack of bacon on it without separating the slices.
I cooked the bacon.
amcrow · 2 points · Posted at 04:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom worked at a food prep cooking store where you’d go in and follow a recipe where all the ingredients were laid out for you. So this one 40ish year old lady called her over and asked very seriously “excuse me but the recipe says I need 2 tablespoons of garlic but there’s only a 1 tablespoon measurement here...” my mom nicely explained that she could use that one twice while she went and “looked” for the 2 tablespoon measuring spoon
guerre-eclair · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Are those places still a thing? I feel like Blue Apron (and other cooking subscription boxes) has kind of stolen their market.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you use blue apron fuck you!
Ex FedEx hear tires of your leaking as packages.
amcrow · 1 points · Posted at 17:27:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was called dream dinners, I think some are still around but definitely not as popular as they once were. This was a few years back
BananaPants6022 · 2 points · Posted at 04:53:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate thought there was only one kind of apple. He thought that the apple started off green, turned to yellow, and then finally red. He also thought the names such as "Honeycrisp" and "Red Delicious" were just different brand names based on the orchards they came from.
zombiebingcrosby · 2 points · Posted at 04:53:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A college roommate of mine told our other roommate one day that we had a magic self-cleaning toilet in our shared bathroom that never, ever seemed to get dirty, and simply didn’t need to be cleaned. She had no idea I’d been cleaning it since we moved in.
IWasSoleilMoonfry · 2 points · Posted at 04:53:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SIL on a cabin trip kept turning the heater up to 99 degrees so it would “get warmer faster.” Cooked us all.
Another time, my husband, her brother, cleared his throat and said, “Man, I can’t get this frog out of my throat!” No lie, no sarcasm. She said aghast, “How did you get a FROG into your THROAT?!”
my head hurts just thinking about it.
-IrrelevantElephant- · 2 points · Posted at 04:54:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy who spent a few hundred dollarydoos on a brand new propane grill. Took it home, filled it with charcoal and grilled us some burgers.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually this is okay. Alot of people use a mix of propane and charcoal.
Charcoal has better flavor.
Propane cooks more evenly.
-IrrelevantElephant- · 1 points · Posted at 16:50:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. I always thought it was super dangerous and was quite thankful to not die.
Can't the fire from the charcoal cause some sort of explosion with the propane tank?
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 16:51:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao no. Your propane makes fire bro.
-IrrelevantElephant- · 1 points · Posted at 18:19:16 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahaha, I get that. Just imagined that there was some way for an ember or something to go down the propane tank hose and ignite the tank. Might be important to note that the propane was hooked up but not turned on.
d00biusmaximus · 2 points · Posted at 04:54:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend (23, who is overall a smart person, which made the moment even more mind blowing to me) was absolutely SHOCKED to learn that ponies were a real animal, not just a mythological creature like a unicorn.
Priiiimetime · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to properly say ”awry”. I thought it was pronounced awwwreeeee. I was 27. In my defense, I had only read that word in books. Never heard it out loud before lol
nyannekochan · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is this a Jojo reference
Toxic_Gamer_Memes · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didnt know how to use a broom.. he applied for a janitorial job.
ideapit · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taught someone how to sweep at floor. They were 18.
KnifeToMyJelly · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who didn't know how to "boil water". This is with a kettle on a stove. Thank heavens for electric kettles.
cancapistan · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My s/O's best friend thought that when your house price goes up, so to does your mortgage...
onlyhere4gonewild · 2 points · Posted at 04:55:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught two sons of firemen how to put out a grease fire, from pan cooked hamburgers, by smothering the flames with a lid. Neither of them had jobs in the food industry.
JonMacelroy · 2 points · Posted at 04:56:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Making box mac and cheese. BOX MAC AND CHEESE. This man is 34 years old and can't follow simple directions.
silly_s3x_panda · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Box 👏 Mac 👏 and 👏 cheese...👏👏👏 BOX MAC AND chEeSe!!
Pleire99 · 2 points · Posted at 04:56:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went on a lads holiday, and before going out clubbing one of my friends asked me to iron his shirt because he didn't know how as he never done it before... He had a blank look on his face so I didn't laugh, just was kinda surprised
winteryap · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just a background, I’m from a tropical country where our local fruits consist of durians, mangos, bananas, mangosteen and etc.
So one day I was eating a mangosteen and she stood up from her seat and asked me how I open a mangosteen. I asked her how she normally eats it, her response was “my mum opens it for me. I never did it myself”.
She’s 29 yo and her favourite fruit is mangosteen....
SometimesWill · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommates did all sorts of shit. One would never actually wash pans or pots, just rinse them with water because he always made the same thing on them.
The other refused to put roach traps in his room when our building had a terrible roach problem saying it wouldn’t work thinking they only killed one at a time
To make matters worse the next door neighbors would always turn away pest control saying the cats took care of the roaches. Eventually because me and others kept calling for pest control, the apartment complex scheduled pest control to come every Friday and said anyone refusing service would be fined. The neighbors eventually got evicted and the maintenance have told me since then that their apartment was straight up disgusting.
Also same set of apartments different building someone put a chicken in the oven and then went to sleep. Needless to say the building burnt down. I was cat sitting for my parents at the time and when I came back I wasn’t even able to get to my apartment.
ageekinajeep · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, this is probably relatively harmless compared to a lot of them, but it’s haunted me for years.
I had a coworker who, in front of all of us, chowed down on a plain bagel. Sideways. And whole. Nothing on it. Just a plain, dry bagel out of the bag that he proceeded to turn sideways like a wheel and eat around the outside of until he’d slowly whittled it away to nothing. When I asked him why, exactly, he hadn’t at least taken his bagel apart at the pre-cut slices like a goddamn normal human being, I made my second horrifying discovery. “It’s bag-ul.” he says, with no hint of irony (or Community reference).
No one had ever taught this grown ass man how to eat a bagel - or pronounce it.
crimsonazuresun · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband prefers to eat them this way. Thankfully he knows how to properly eat them, he just chooses not to eat them like a normal person.
AkgroBQ · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here’s one for you. One of my high school friends brought his new girlfriend to cottage weekend one year. In the morning, she wanted to “help” me make breakfast for everyone (about 12 of us). I said “sure, you can start by making toast. The toaster is over there (pointing to it).” She grabbed the bread walked over to the toaster, and I turned and went back to frying the bacon. After a few minutes she responded, quite confused “how come it’s not getting darker?” Turning around, I saw the bread sitting in slots but not pressed down. I informed her you to have to press the button down to turn it on. I also decide to ask, “is it plugged in?” To which she replied “yes” and continued to stare at the toaster like it was the first time she had seen one in her life. When, again, a few minutes later she said “it’s still not getting darker!” I walked over and pointed out that the toasted was, in fact, unplugged and thus would not work. Her joyful reply was “but the cord is plugged into the back of the toaster!” I decided to let her help by pouring juice, coffee, and water. And yes, she spilled all three things!
cliu1222 · 2 points · Posted at 04:57:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One thing that is very important when you live in remote rural areas is being able to drive. There was this old lady at my church, she could drive but only locally and not at night since her husband did almost all the driving. After he died, it was hard for her to get around. The people at the church tried to help her, but she lived over 20 miles away from almost everyone and I feel like she felt kind of guilty and didn't want to be a burden on others. Eventually she developed memory issues and moved to the city to be closer to her daughter.
just-an-irishmen · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time this chick at my school thought I would give her diabetes cause she thought diabetes was contagious
shoogishoogi · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get a call from my mom one day frantically asking me to come over and book her airline tickets to go see her mom whose health was declining quickly. Grown woman in her mid 50s was freaking out about buying tickets online because my dad who was away on a business trip always did it for her.
QuickPauseIt · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked customer service for a credit card company, it amazed me how many people didn't think they had to pay what they bought back.
Also a friend of a friend told his fiancee that he "knew how to make mashed potatoes," and so he tried to blend RAW potatoes.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate freshman year in college had never used a microwave before. He asked how long he had to heat up some leftover take-out food for. His guess was 15 minutes. “My mom always made me food”
Mikey_Hawke · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a college dorm mate who was the most sheltered person I’ve ever met. The first time he did laundry, he thought you had to fill the machine with detergent until you could see it in the hole you put it in, as if it was like a milk bottle or something.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an exroommate, dumb, and he was the kind of moron that would think that just because he was from the country, he knew everything. He was the kind of moron that would play his upright bass all day and night and didn't care when I yelled at him and was upset when he was asleep and you made the tiniest amount of noise. Light sleeper.
So Mr. know it all and his dumbass gf, dumber, decide that the best way to make food in their cast iron is to never clean it. Like literally, never clean it. It was already bad enough that dumb and dumber over here never washed the dishes and always had me do it but they told me specifically to never wash the cast iron. I question them why, and they said that this is how you lock in the flavor, if you wash it you destroy it. So not a single drop of water is to ever touch the thing.
Needless to say, that thing was nasty, they would assume that the mold or whatever that was growing on it would die if you heat it up and they would always wonder why they would get sick every time they ate anything with it. He even tried to make a "Medium well" chicken on it and I told him, you need to cook it all the way but nope, I'm from the country, he would always say, and we know how to do things right unlike you city slickers. He ended up in the hospital with guess what, food poisoning.
He had no idea how to take care of the cast iron and assumed that you never clean the thing so when I actually tried my hand at cleaning it and reseasoning it to the best of my ability, he was furious. He started demanding that I buy him a new one and that I ruined it and yadda yadda yadda.
I take it to a friend of mine, he properly cleans it and reseasons it like a pro since he owned a successful restaurant and the thing looks like new from the store. I give that to dumb and dumber and they go on a rant about how they hoped I learned my lesson and whatever. Of course, they never clean it again and as it gets more use, they become more sick.....again.
He's so stupid, he told me not to mess with the A/C because I would break the chemical coil and cause the building to explode like wtf? He wanted me to turn off my mini fridge because he claimed that it made our bill go up about 300 a month despite him always turning down the main ac to as low as it could go.
Seriously, I could go on and on about this guy and his moronic gf, now wife and it pains me to think that these idiots had a child! Oh dear lord help us all. We were all in our early 20s during this time.
sussoutthemoon · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me to myself every day about everything.
Krismeow92 · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More horrifying in the “You’re how old and don’t know this?” sense but I had to teach my 18 year old niece how to cut food up with a knife while eating at a restaurant. She never had to cut her food, my Grandma always did it. I’ve also notice my 29 year old boyfriend also doesn’t really know how to hold his knife to cut food with either.
pickerpacker42 · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fuck you all cut my food how I see fit.
Don't like the way I hold my knife and fork? DON'T FUCKING WATCH.
captain_sextrain · 2 points · Posted at 05:02:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went on a 3 month trip down to south america to volunteer and it was about 6 of us down there together in a group from all over the us, one girl didn’t know that she was suppose to drink water in order to stay hydrated, she couldn’t fold her sheet (like the top one), she couldn’t the her shoes, and a bunch of other irresponsible things. she lost her passport and both credit cards, had lice for over a month and gave it to two other girls in our group and had phone sex when we were all sharing a hotel room. i had to work with her while we were in the second country and she stressed me out so much i got an ulcer from it.
spart0n654 · 2 points · Posted at 05:03:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once worked for an emissions testing station and I had a teenage girl with her dad come through in a nice Lexus and I hear out the window "dad, which is the brakes again?"... I quickly move out of the way while still waving them in.... Anyway it was an uneventful test. Until a day the next week the same girl comes Again with her dad in a big truck and asks the same question AGAIN about the brakes. Again I move out of the way. I make small talk and apparently her dad owns a car dealership and she totalled the Lexus and he gave her a truck then figuring she won't total it.
And AGAIN another week goes by and she comes in a pos old Honda and her dad said he's done giving her new cars until she stops totalling them
Main-Mammoth · 2 points · Posted at 05:03:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife, and her mother, and her grandmother all cannot for love nor money operate any product that has resealable packaging. This is such a fucking random non issue but still and issue to have. I once offered to be her slave for an entire day if she could open a packet of cheese that was resealable. She was very careful and still fucked it up.
It's fucking glorious to be hold. All 3 of them loose the plot after 4 seconds of trying and just rip it apart like some wild cat. Her mother never even tries, she just claws that shit then wonders why her fridge stinks the next day.
Wife is a total perfectionist about so many things and is so on top of everything. I really get a lot of mileage out of this one fucking bizarre trait. She actually just asks me to open ham, cheese and other products now the same way ye might ask for help with a tight jam jar. I loose it every time.
11TightVs · 2 points · Posted at 05:07:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anyone who speaks English as a primary language and still doesn't know the difference between "you, you're", "too, two, to" "there, they're, their" should be lambasted and not defended. Reddit has a problem with protecting idiots.
pickerpacker42 · -1 points · Posted at 06:45:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly they should have just not made so many versions of the same fucking word. They teach you the difference in 3rd grade. Like I fuckin cared about the difference back then And I still don't fucking care. Nobody does.
MilkingChicken · 2 points · Posted at 05:08:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh I don't even know what half of these comments are even talking about, let alone know how to do anything properly.
cuddlepunch15 · 2 points · Posted at 05:09:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work with animals and we have volunteers who come in to help out. One time a woman washed all the food and water bowls, several dozen of them, and laid them out neatly to dry, face up.
Another time I asked a high school girl to start dumping cans of wet food into a big bowl for dinner and walked out. I came back a few minutes later when I didn’t hear any can lids popping (they were pop-tops). She was just standing there still holding the can so I asked her what was up. She held out the can and said, “I don’t know how to open this.” I was dumbfounded. Add to that the fact that she didn’t just ask me makes me worried about how she’ll get through life.
cuddles2 · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as an assistant manager at a fast food chain, and I had to show SEVERAL other managers how to use a key to open and lock the doors.
Rennta27 · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That Stalin wasn’t a good person despite fighting the Nazis
bbobygpbosham1 · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just bought a moped with my (ex)wife and was riding her around on the back. I told her she should drive because it was easy. I sit behind her and she asks what to do, I say “it’s easy just twist the throttle” and make the motion with my hand twisting my wrist. She twists the throttle all the way back and drives us right into some trees. Luckily the trees weren’t far away so we didn’t get hurt but it totaled the moped I guess I figured given the ubiquity of motorcycles in film and knowing how bicycles work, she should know how a moped works.
Reyemreden · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I was working with thought it was my job to teach him how to subtract.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For my first comic book convention, I roomed with someone with whom I went to college with. They had been to conventions for years, prior to this one.. We decided it would be better to take a taxi at least to the convention center. We get down to the lobby, and first thing he does when he goes downstairs is ask the receptionist what's the local number for a taxi. I literally looked at him like o_O ... There were three taxi's outside that were available, and I had to slowly nudge him away from the counter for a second, and turn him around. It was both horrifying and hilarious.
This person doesn't drive, to this day, and I still check up on them from time to time to make sure they get around okay.
Tool11Eleven · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work at Walmart. Had a customer who was probably in her late 30s to early 40s ask me how to cook rice. I proceeded to pick up the box and read the instructions to her.
Tedius · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter's boyfriend had never seen a potato before.
Methadoneblues · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My adorable and extremely sheltered asian friend believed leaving a fan on in a bedroom too long would eventually blow out all of the oxygen in the room. She was terrified for me when i told her i sleep with a fan in my face and have done so since i was a child.
XFataMorganaX · 1 points · Posted at 07:44:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is actually an extremely common myth in parts of Asia.
cheaperwormguy · 2 points · Posted at 05:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know this isn’t “how do you not know how to do this,” but more “how do you not know this.” My aunt always used to avoid using lotion labeled “for dry hands” because she thought it meant it would make her hands drier. Her brother, my uncle, would always mark the box asking if you need a chaperone in the hospital. His reason? He wants the cheaper one of whatever he’s getting at the doctors. Her daughter? Wondered which way the wind was blowing and stuck her hand out the car window. Me? Said it wouldn’t be so windy if the giant windmill fans weren’t blowing.
tanglon · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brother-in-law was nearly 30 and had no idea why anyone would like shrimp. He had tried it at parties and found it disgusting. Crunchy and tasteless.
He had no idea you had to peel shrimp and had been eating it all his life unpeeled.
makriss · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend once tried cooking Maggi noodles. He emptied the packed in a pan filled with water, covered it with lid and waited. The gas wasn't turned on.
spiffynid · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one to confess.
I grew up on well water. There was (and still is I guess) a pump in the front yard that sucks the water up and pumps it through a filter and into the house. This pump is run off of electricity, specifically, the regular grid (no generator back up), so if the power goes out, we have no water or power.
I was spending the weekend with my boyfriend at his dad's house and the power happened to go out. Now I didn't know the difference between city and well water, it honestly never occurred to me to ask what water they used. The power stayed out for about 2 hours, long enough that I had to go pee, but not long enough to get desperate.
The power flicks back on and I make the remark to the guys, 'Oh thank goodness the power's back, I really have to go.' His dad gives me this look as I head down the hall to the bathroom. About an hour later he asks me what I meant and I gave him a blank look,
"Well, the power went out. So no water. So no...bathroom..."
"That's not how it works here...we have city water."
Bless them, they had to explain to me the difference.
spicycanadian · 2 points · Posted at 05:33:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only learnt this when I moved to a city. Even now I have remind myself I have access to water when the power goes out.
ssxb · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former roommate didn’t know how to do laundry well into his 20s. He’d go home every two or three months and take an enormous duffle bag of dirty clothes with him for his mom to clean. We lived on a populated island off the coast and his parents lived on the mainland, so he had to take a lengthy, expensive ferry there and back. Oh, and we had a brand new, free-to-use, washer and dryer in our basement.
Our other roommate and I went into his room while he was gone once and counted his t-shirts; he had about 200 of them in case he couldn’t make it home for like 6 months.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not unreasonable. I have aleast two shirts and one pair of pants for everyday of the week. I do laundry once a week.
ssxb · 1 points · Posted at 13:54:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, but I’m assuming you don’t have like 600-900 shirts in your closet in case you can’t get home for your mom to do your laundry. He’s not into fashion or has a job that requires frequent clothing changes or anything. We asked him why he had so many shirts and he said it’s so he can do his laundry at home.
DaBrownBoi · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my seniors back in my hostel had never used shampoo before. He used to oil his hair everyday tho. It was only when I and his batch mates told him that it was considered basic hygiene to shampoo your hair and almost everyone does it, he agreed to try it. Still he had to call his mom up to ask her permission. Mind you this guy was 19yo.
tkamka · 2 points · Posted at 05:15:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). We teach parents things like changing diapers, normal baby things. I was teaching a first time mom how to clean her baby girl, wiping from front to back. FRONT TO BACK. You wipe front to back to not get poop in your vagina.
I thought this was female common knowledge... Like the first thing our caregivers taught during potty training. "Always wipe front to back, and don't let anyone touch you down here".
I wish I could say this has only happened once.
Junior77 · 2 points · Posted at 05:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a FAANG company in supply chain (hardware), so we received boxes of material and other assets that we ordered. My co-worker would struggle opening the deliveries. I gave him a box cutter and he just looked at it and asked me what it was. I had to show him how to slide the blade and lock it. He was still confused, so I had to demonstrate how to cut the tape with blade, to open the box. It was quite surreal.
Funkyman3 · 2 points · Posted at 05:15:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Training a 20 y/o at work. Proceed to tell trainee to watch the clock because a specific task needs to be performed at 3:17 am. Trainee proceeds to tell me he does not know how to read old fashioned clocks... whaaaa... im 8 years older than trainee. Am i an antique?
pickerpacker42 · 2 points · Posted at 06:05:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the fuck do people not know how to tell time?
Every clock in school is analog. Aleast when I was in school we had nothing but analog clocks. If you wanted to know when the classes let out you looked at the clock.
Even to this day I guarantee I could walk into all my old schools and I would see the same clocks I used during my school time.
Did schools really update to digital?
Willy_wolfy · 2 points · Posted at 05:16:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my 20s a guy in work admitted he couldn't name a single country on a map. He explained he'd no interest in geography and if he needed to go to any of these places he'd take a plane so why did he need to know where anything was. I was astounded although his logic was vaguely sound :-D
gamageeknerd · 2 points · Posted at 05:17:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate didn’t know you had to de-scale a fish before cooking it. He had cooked and eaten fish before but it was always frozen prepackaged fish. He got his hands on a fresh fish and just gutted it before preparing it to be cooked.
The taste and texture of a piece of fish covered in scales is a unique thing I wish you all never experience because it was horrifying.
PrincessPattycakes · 2 points · Posted at 05:19:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I know thought, and maybe still does, that the word “outfit” was pronounced, and spelled, “alfit.” I heard our other friend ask her how she got through high school and college thinking this. She just said she had no idea it was spelled and pronounced the way it actually is.
madhousechild · 2 points · Posted at 05:44:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
:'( That's the way my mom pronounced it. We loved teasing her.
She also pronounced a holiday greeting as "Mary Christmas."
BTW I remember wondering why there was no 'r' at the end of 'bra' because we all pronounced "putting a bra on" with an 'r'.
PrincessPattycakes · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha! That’s cute. Is it an accent of some sort of just her own unique pronunciation?
madhousechild · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably her NJ accent.
djebwgsvhr-da · 2 points · Posted at 05:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to the gas station to fill up a work truck with a coworker and when I parked realized that I had parked at a gas only pump and was getting back in to drive to a diesel pump and my coworker said “why bother moving the truck when you can just fill it up with premium gas”. I then asked why I would put premium gas in a diesel truck and he claimed that premium gas was just as good as diesel and would work just fine. I told him he was a fucking idiot and went to a diesel pump and began filling the truck up thinking that was the end of it only to see him making a call to our supervisor and asking him if you can put premium in a diesel truck. After like a 3 minute conversation he hung up the phone and said our supervisor said he isn’t allowed to take any diesel truck to the gas station to fill them up out of fear that he would put gas in them.
ap0ll07411 · 2 points · Posted at 05:21:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boss bought a UV light to help sanitize against COVID. Didnt read the manual, and left it on at a shared workstation leading to multiple employees and customers getting sunburns on their faces and corneas.
teachermommy3x · 1 points · Posted at 18:41:57 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lawsuit!
tzwientjuh · 2 points · Posted at 05:21:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an installer for digital tv and internet. So I meet a lot of people. It's 2020 and it shocks me that so many people know so little about phones, tv's or computers ... There are people in their 30's who do not know how to connect their iphone to the wifi ... And then there is the elderly ... There are so stubborn. So many cases where I have to go and change their source on the tv ... They then have to pay €85 for it. Then they get angry and say there are with us for 7 years! I then look at their tv and say: ma'am ... You have a 10year old tv, you had plenty of time to learn how to use the remote.
OpsimythOfficial · 2 points · Posted at 05:21:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was running a section of a hotel kitchen, the fine dining line with 4 stations, sautee, grill/fry, pantry/cold and what we called the badger. The badger was the newest person on the line and responsible for keeping the other 3 stations stocked, informed, and covering breaks. Generally a runner for the cooks so they could do their best work.
Guy gets a shot at cooking on the line, younger dude, married with a kid on the way. First 3 days in the kitchen he was the badger. He was a rockstar for a rookie. He ran his ass off for us on a busy weekend and I was happy to have someone with a work ethic. He really seemed to like the work too. I told him that attitude is what it takes to make a career in food and to keep it up and he could make more money. He was so excited.
A few weeks pass and the badger is still going strong. I decide to throw him on grill. Lunch time is easy, burgers and fries. I walk him through the basics and head off to a meeting for 30 mins.
I came back and he was almost in tears. He had to make 4 burgers on one ticket. They didn’t get done and the server was upset and wondering why there’s no food and the guests are hungry. I pull him aside.
Me: Badger why didn’t you make the burgers that came in?
Badger: I didn’t see what the ticket said
Me: is the ink too light? I just put another ribbon in, do you need more light?
Badger: I don’t know how to read
My heart sunk to my stomach. He sobbed. I felt horrible. Here I took it for granted he could read. I let him have the day off, and let him know it’s cool and we can work with him either way. I tried to get him into an adult literacy program, but he never came back, never answered his phone.
I know it’s not totally his fault he can’t read, but he graduated! How does that happen? Oh yeah. America.
sparklestar17 · 2 points · Posted at 05:36:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This story really touched me. Someone with so much promise and a great work ethic who really wanted to achieve something in life held back by embarrassment over something so simple. That’s so heartbreaking.
OpsimythOfficial · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really is. Whoever brought him up got part of it right but did a huge disservice to him by allowing it. I’m sure his parents did his homework for him or something.
keusarami · 2 points · Posted at 05:22:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was dating a 32-year-old full-fledge DOCTOR. 12 years of postgraduate studies, saving lives and all. However, he was seriously sheltered his whole life (never made his bed a day in his life, had every meal served to him, parents made his luggage when he needed to travel, never even brought back the empty plate to the kitchen, ...).
One day we decided to cook and he would bake the 'ready-made' potatoes. It had instructions. So he tore the plastic at the top and put the plastic container straight in the oven, including the plastic spices packet on top. He thought it would just 'melt and mix'.
I was dumbfounded.
Geminii27 · 2 points · Posted at 05:23:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A person I interacted with (not a colleague, thank goodness) was in charge of entering timesheets of hundreds of people so they could get paid. This involved manually adding a couple of daily time totals and entering the final total.
This person was middle-aged and had worked in administration jobs for several years. She did not know there were sixty minutes in an hour. And yes, this meant she regularly fucked up people's timesheets and they didn't get paid properly.
RennyNanaya · 2 points · Posted at 05:23:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine is pretty simple: my coworker demand a laptop to go with her desktop because she doesn't understand that you can minimize applications. Despite many attempts to try and show her, she eventually convinced the boss and got one. Now she has outlook open in her desktop, Excel open on her laptop, and asks others to use their machines to input information into a business proprietary app.
Why yes, she does earn a six figure salary, how surprising.
clbrownn · 2 points · Posted at 05:23:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was January in Alberta. It was -40 degrees Celsius outside. I called my partner from work at about 10 pm, and he casually told me the FURNACE WASN’T WORKING and hadn’t been working all day.
I freaked out, the house was a rental and pipes would burst at that temperature, and we had two cats. I asked him how he could possibly stand the temperature and what he had done to deal with it and he told me he had put on his winter coat.
beccafelldown · 2 points · Posted at 05:25:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend (19) stay with me when I was 19. I’d been living alone almost two years by then and had the adulting thing mostly figured out. So while she was there, I was getting ready for work and she decided to make ramen. This girl took out a saucepan, put the brick of ramen in with no water, and turned my stove on. I only figured it out when I smelled the burning noodle/powder mixture. I went and checked the kitchen and she was standing over it, thinking this must be how ramen smells when it’s cooking. I banned her from my stove after that since I still had to work and she was just visiting. She could’ve burned my apartment down, and since the complex was one giant building of 200+ units, it would’ve been catastrophic. Five years later and SOMEHOW she still hasn’t set anything on fire (at least that I know of). She moved away but I pray to God she figured out how to at least make ramen. I really don’t know if she knew had to feed herself anything but sandwiches and cereal at that point.
kittyajay · 2 points · Posted at 05:26:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partners little sister (who is in her 20's) was making a recipe she found online, it was in american measurements and used farenheit tempretures. We are Australian so we use celcius on our ovens when baking but she had NO IDEA and baked her dish at 350 degrees CELCIUS for over an hour (that is 662 farenheit). The thought did not even cross her mind that it was physically the hottest the oven counld possibly go, knob completley to max.
Not only that, she had put it in the oven and then went straight into the shower for over 30 mins, came out and the entire house was filled with dark black smoke and stank of burning for 2 weeks.
AethrRL · 2 points · Posted at 05:27:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went out with a mate to a chinese restaurant for dinner after an evening catchup. He and I are both half Chinese so we’re both accustomed to the food (or I thought he was). He ordered some good old pork steamed buns and said “I love these, I get them every time I eat chinese” which was fine until I saw him take a bite. He took a good bite out of it, but the problem was he didn’t take off the paper at the bottom of the bun. I was like “Oi u forgot to take the paper off...” and started laughing but he just looked at me with pure innocence. He said “what? Wdym I forgot to take the paper off, You’re meant to eat the paper.” I just started laughing and asked why he thought that, did his parents tell him that as a kid? He said “nah I just assumed that was the way to eat it. The paper tasted good so I thought it was normal” then I just lost my shit with laughter and had to explain that you’re not meant to eat the paper. The man had probably eaten hundreds of those steamed buns without realising you’re not meant to eat the paper. I was honestly more surprised that his family never roasted him for it too haha. Learn from my friends mistake please, take the paper off your steamed buns so you don’t ingest hundreds of pieces of the paper HAHA
tl;dr - friend who is half chinese didn’t know you had to take the paper off the bottom of a steamed bun because he thought it tasted good and that it was normal
morgue_13 · 2 points · Posted at 05:27:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy in my dorm caught the washing machine on fire twice before an RA had to step in and walk him through it. We still don’t know how it caught on fire.
walked_in_loop · 2 points · Posted at 05:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guys I'm 25 year old, I have been insanely sheltered my whole life, I feel like I could be any person who gets fucked up doing things it's kinda scary, anyone can give me some advice or educate me some basic things ?
CascadiaBrowncoat · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 47, married twice, most of the young dudes I work with move from moms house to wifes house.... ask me anything
XFataMorganaX · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:51 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up in an abusive home and was intentionally not taught any life skills. Between Google and very caring friends, I'm now a mostly functional adult. Use any resources you can find; from friends, books, Instructables, Google, YouTube... Anything. Don't be embarrassed, either. There's a difference between ignorance and stupidity; and true ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of. It's not your fault you weren't taught.
destinydollface · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend had a five year old, was 25 herself. She had probably hosted many birthday parties by then. That’s important for the next part. For Valentine’s Day, she was wanting to use balloons to surprise her husband...she said...”Those balloons sucked they didn’t even float” she blew them up with her mouth....so like....duh of course they don’t float? She thought the balloons malfunctioned. 😬
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading this thread has made me lose the little amount of hope I had left.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Went to college with a lot of different kinds of people. Nothing I'd ever been exposed to until I got there. The wealthy international students I knew were on another planet. Nice people, but one guy's butler would drive up just to do his laundry every 2 weeks and he paid for 10 person dinners and drinks for friends with his gold card that his parents just paid off for him.
And my college roommate's family owned so many homes all over the world, I'd lost track. She couldn't understand why my parents didn't also buy her everything she needed for college when they came to visit, at the start of the school year. Yet she had her own goldcard for anything she wanted, she told me later. That one was from a very interesting country.
Not sure if they were used to taking care of much themselves, somehow...
gjln92 · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cooking mashed potatoes one day and my uncle noticed that I was rinsing the potatoes after I had peeled them. He asked me why I was washing them, since I had peeled them and we wouldn't be eating the peel anyways. I thought he was joking around, but he was being 100% serious. So I explained to him that I was rinsing the dirt off, before filling up the pot with water. He then said, "well shit that's why yours and memere's mashed potatoes have always tasted better than mine!" lol My grandma taught me alot in the kitchen, but guess my uncle missed that lesson.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 05:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If the peel is what has the dirt on it, and your not eating the peel, why wash it? Thats extra work
gjln92 · 2 points · Posted at 06:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you're peeling them some dirt gets on the potatoes from your hands and the peeler I guess. I know alot of dirt still comes off when I clean them after I've peeled them.
beyer413 · 2 points · Posted at 05:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My husband, god bless him, did not know that you could change the filter on a vacuum. So every 6 months, he would throw it out and buy another $100 vacuum.
We’ve saved a lot of money since this discovery.
buttonsf · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much weekly on Reddit: people who have no idea how to do a web search.
mediocrepresident · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My experience happened a few years ago, and is more of a speculative "how do you not know that?". After a visit home for the holidays, whilst waiting in one of those long queues for airport security, my now-husband brought up my sister's new baby girl, whom we'd just met. He was pondering parenthood aloud and commented, "I get kids are a lot of work, but I don't understand why your sister and her husband are having trouble leaving the house to run errands, or to see a movie? Just put her down for a nap, and once she's asleep, leave. She can't walk yet so she'll still be there when they get back."
I thought he was kidding so I began laughing- until I was met with a blank stare and a "what's so funny?" This spiraled into a discussion with a well-educated, normally(?) rational 28yo male on why leaving infants unattended for extended periods is unsafe. I thought I was getting punk'd.
He had zero idea that most parents of 3-month-old babies did not skip off to the store or for a bite when their kids nod off in their cribs. More shocking was he began reasoning why it was an acceptable and normal parenting practice, and that I was the one out-of-the-loop, until we heard a snort from behind us (I believe it was the moment he exclaimed for a third time, "babies are like puppies, and you can leave puppies in crates while you go out"). We'd unknowingly had an audience in the family behind us, and the incredulous glances of the parents stunned him into silence.
He's since recanted all statements made that evening, but sometimes I'm still shocked by the realization we assume our peers (and spouses) move through life with the same innate "common sense" as each other.
JamalPancakes · 2 points · Posted at 05:33:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m late!
I worked in an office that employed several therapists. I sent an email to one of the therapists with a few questions in it. She was probably about 45 years old. Homegirl printed the email, wrote her answers on it, and then faxed it back to me. Not exactly horrifying, but I was definitely perplexed.
orion1019 · 2 points · Posted at 05:34:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a college roomate, a freshman, that did not know how to order a pizza. I had to help her fill out an online order because she did not want to call.
I understand some people have anxiety about talking on the phone, although I do not have that problem myself. But, she didn't know how to use the domino's pizza app smh
Mangobunny98 · 2 points · Posted at 05:34:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a summer camp that because of the way it was scheduled meant that a lot of people would live at the camp for the summer or they would only go home occasionally. Because of this the cabins had washing machines in the back that we would use to wash our clothes for the week. One of the first weeks I was in a cabin with a girl who was nice enough but obviously a little ditzy. On a Friday night she asked me if I could help her with the machine and I thought she meant it wasn't working so I went back and asked her what she had done and she explained that she put her clothes in the machine and added bleach and ran the machine. I asked her if she meant detergent and she reiterated bleach. Turned out she had never done her own laundry and just knew that sometimes bleach was used so she poured some on her clothes before washing. Most of her clothes didn't make it out some got lucky and only had some spots but I don't want to know how much she had to spend to replace a weeks worth of clothes.
NotKemoSabe · 2 points · Posted at 05:35:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and my wife were watching How It’s Made and I started really laughing
My wife asks why and I say I’m to embarrassed to say.
She proceeds to ask me another ten times and I see there is no way she is not getting this information
The episode was how they make pickles
I had no idea they came from Cucumbers. I always thought there was a pickle plant.
spidermom4 · 2 points · Posted at 05:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my husband and I first moved in together he found out that despite being raised to learn cooking skills and knife skill and just all around good basic kitchen skills.... I didn't learn things like don't use a metal utensil in a non stick pan. And don't cut directly on the counter, instead use a cutting board. And clean as you go so you don't have a huge mess at the end. I'm glad he didn't dump me. We've been married 5 years now and I don't do those things anymore. I'm teachable, yay! One thing I taught him is you can leave butter on the counter and it won't go bad and will be easier to spread.
FluorineSuperfluous · 2 points · Posted at 05:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl who had her wisdom teeth removed and was upset because she couldn’t slurp her noodles and so couldn’t eat her food. I asked why she didn’t just cut the noodles up?? It had never occurred to her. This was WELL after the drugs had worn off, by the way.
This same person also took her car to the mechanics many times because her air conditioner wasn’t cooling her car. They told her nothing was wrong with it. I rode in her car on a sweltering day with the windows down while she told me the story. I pressed the a/c button on her dashboard and it was instantly icy in the car. She had no inkling of what that button did. This same person also could not grocery shop. Had no idea how to tell if fruits were good. Couldn’t think of ingredients going together beyond “frozen prepared food goes in microwave.”
The aforementioned car was bought at full sticker price with an exorbitant interest rate because she didn’t know that buying a car isn’t like buying an item off a shelf.
To top all of this off, this girl was the top of her nuclear engineering class. Book-smart as hell, dumber than a box of rocks.
bacaemily453 · 2 points · Posted at 05:45:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working at a dine in movie theater as a server and one day had to train a new server. We had gotten to the end of the shift with no major bumps and the last thing we had to do was clean up the theater. I handed them a broom and asked them to sweep and they stared at me and asked how. I didn't really know how to answer. Never thought I would have to train someone on sweeping.
Totallynotericyo · 2 points · Posted at 05:46:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first time at a gun range, my ex and I went with a police officer.... we are way more knowledgeable now then we were then, but still ... he had a fail to fire “when you pull the trigger and the gun doesn’t go off” and we knew even then when it happened and he looked down the barrel that was scary
Firecat926 · 2 points · Posted at 05:47:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was watching a tictok with a young girl struggling to figure out how to use a manual can opener. I laughed a bit. I showed it to my boyfriend who'd just moved in, and he just said cool. I later found out HE also didn't know how to use a manual can opener and I felt so bad
shayes39 · 2 points · Posted at 05:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 10 years ago my friend and I went to visit our other friend in the hospital who was having a baby. All of us were in our late twenties. Our mutual friend was explaining how the C-section was gonna go down if she couldn’t deliver vaginally. I asked a question about the baby’s lungs being fully developed and how that would affect its breathing. Our other friend, who had been completely silent through the entire convo looked me dead in my eyeball, and with absolute authority and seriousness said “don’t be ridiculous, everyone knows baby breathe through their skin”. ....You could have heard a pin drop. It took us 15 minutes and the nurse to convince her otherwise.
tamtheotter · 2 points · Posted at 05:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex insisted the soft side of the flat sheet went up, so it would look nice. He did not accept criticism.
Whenever I see a grown adult, particularly one my age, navigate to a search engine instead of using the URL bar.
jaykaykillor · 2 points · Posted at 06:01:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old college roommate didn't know how to hand wash dishes. Like she couldn't put two and two together that you use soap and water and scrub til the foods gone.
t_dubb · 2 points · Posted at 06:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did that ever make you wonder if she washes her hands
jaykaykillor · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god I hope she knew at least that much...
Sting_TQR · 2 points · Posted at 06:01:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yesterday I was choking while having my lunch, and my mother started hitting me hard on the back of my neck. Imagine being unable to breathe and someone starts smashing the back of your neck repeatedly. After I recollected myself I told her you’re not supposed to hit people on the back of their neck when they’re choking, you’re supposed to hit the back of their ribcage. To which she replied “don’t teach me, I’m your mother. And yes we’re supposed to hit people on the back of their neck when they’re choking, my brother told me so.” I replied with “your brother is an idiot, you’ll get someone killed someday”
Now I’m stuck at home and she hasn’t cooked me breakfast today. Having to cook my own stuff separately.
And she still thinks you’re supposed to smash people’s necks if they’re choking.
darthbeefwellington · 2 points · Posted at 06:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the most shocking thing but I realized a few days ago that my friend has never seen instant ramen. 30 years old and literally had no idea what it was. I brought some for lunch and they couldn't understand what the seasoning packet was or how to cook it. In the end they loved it though.
t-rkr · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't see why this is a bad thing. Good for him/her only knowing 'real' food.
call-me-the-seeker · 2 points · Posted at 06:02:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gave a tutorial on changing a light bulb for someone who didn’t know how.
As in, an adult born and raised in a developed country. I went to this person’s apartment and noticed that a floor lamp in the living room was burnt out. There was also, in the bedroom, one of those ceiling fans that has the light sconce built into the bottom of it, and the bulb in there was burnt out too, so the only light source in the bedroom was a small nightstand lamp.
She didn’t know that you change lightbulbs. She was planning on buying a new lamp next time she was out and was waiting till her parents came to visit to report the ceiling fixture. For Pete’s sake, it wasn’t even a fixture where you have to take the glass cover off before you can get at the bulb. It was an exposed light bulb.
Um...do you...want me to change the lightbulb for you, I said. You can do that? was the reply.
Mmhm. You unscrew the old one, and screw in a new one. There were no spares in the apartment, so I just unscrewed both and explained to her to just take these to a Home Depot, have someone help you find new ones of this same kind, then bring them home and screw them in. Do what we just did, but in reverse. Then you won’t have to live in the fucking dark like a veal calf until the people who spawned you and didn’t see fit to teach you how to CHANGE A LIGHT BULB decide to come to town.
Wouldn’t it occur to you to check YouTube or something for instructional videos on changing a light bulb? Can you get much more helpless?!? This girl was in college. One of the larger ones.
The desire to drink and weep was bigly yuge.
CannedSteak · 2 points · Posted at 06:03:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
when i first entered the military, after boot camp/ basic training where you finally get to sleep in a room or dorm and not in a squad bay. The amount of 18 year olds that do not know how to do laundry or operate a washer/dryer is very unexpected haha i can say out of 60 of us, maybe 20 knew how to do laundry
Anxiety_Shark · 2 points · Posted at 06:03:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a paramedic, so I have met a few, like "what do you mean no one ever told you to wash your privates, you are 30 years old?!"
One day I went on a chest pain call from a nursing home. My partner asked the patient's nurse if he had any "cardiac history". The nurse just looked at us like she was confused and went "what's that?". The same nurse told me his chest pain "definitely wasn't his heart" because the pain was "crushing" and went down his arm. She said he was just trying to get attention. Well, he got it: from me, the ER nurses and docs, the cath lab team, the ICU folks....
happydiarreah · 2 points · Posted at 06:04:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Calculating 30 percent of 1000. She put out her phone. This is literally part of our job. Phones are not allowed.
ColorbloxChameleon · 2 points · Posted at 06:06:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a property manager, I had a 24 year old resident who would call complaining that her dryer was broken/not drying the clothes every couple weeks.
No matter how many times maintenance demonstrated to her how to empty the lint tray, she refused to believe that was her responsibility. We eventually gave up and ended up putting in a recurring work order to “empty the dryer lint tray in #106” every other Friday. She was convinced that we had supplied her with subpar appliances.
blabrassaurus_rex · 2 points · Posted at 06:06:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've worked with someone on a farm who didn't know how to read an analog clock, this individual was 23. Big brain moment.
lukekang · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate is 30 and uses a full bath towel to clean up and mess and leaves them in the closet
kodymagic · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a specific adult, but the number of times I've gone to use the toilets at work, looked at the state they've been left in and thought how can you reach adulthood and have no clue how to use a toilet???
QuestionableGoo · 2 points · Posted at 06:07:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working in a movie theatre many years ago. We were closing the concession stand one evening and the manager told my co-worker to pour hot water over the ice. She was like, "Why?" He had to explain to her that hot water melted ice. I was shocked.
Another story involving her. A guy who worked there was taking to her. She was quite a pretty girl.
Her: "I want to be a sex ed teacher when I'm older."
Co-worker: "I can be a sex ed teacher. I'll be like 'Look! Gonorrhea.'"
Funniest thing I've ever overheard said to an attractive girl. I saw her bagging groceries in Safeway eventually.
japperjake · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
a classmate didn't know earth was a globe lol
dabenu · 2 points · Posted at 06:08:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my previous job, we were maintaining some servers for a customer in a server room that was way too hot. We mentioned this to the customer and he promised to take care of it. Few days later we got an update that the room now had air-conditioning, so it should be better.
Only it didn't get better, if anything the room became even hotter. We went to check, and found he had literally just bought a mobile ac-unit, plugged it in and turn it on. It's hot air vent not even connected to a tube or whatever.
I mean what do you think a machine like that is doing? Turning energy into mass or something?
MamaRebbe · 2 points · Posted at 06:10:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year of college, I came back to my dorm room one night to find the mini-fridge in my double suite left slightly ajar. I went to close it and saw there was a small puddle forming along the bottom edge. I looked inside, and there was our Brita, full to the top... with orange liquid.
I didn’t want to touch it because, I don’t know, my roommate was kind of a mystery to me and this situation didn’t make much more sense than she did. She was from the Czech Republic and spent most of her time with the rugby team, so basically the Venn diagram of our lives were like two circles that touched at the single point of our shared living space. She came home an hour later and I asked what was up with the water filter and the overflow and such.
“Oh right. Yes. I bought orange juice and it had the, I think you call it... pulp. I don’t care for pulp. So I’m filtering.”
That might have been the longest dialogue we ever exchanged. And no, the filter did not work on the OJ.
she_may_be · 2 points · Posted at 06:16:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate of mine who lost a lot of weight recently, bit into an orange. He’d never eaten one before.
renderedghost · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many years ago, was staying at a hostel in Budapest. As is normal, and my favourite part of the hostel experience, in the evening time everyone sat around the common room and shared stories of their travels so far and highlights if their day.
Sharing my stories, I mentioned I am Irish. I noticed a young American woman (I guess between 20-25) near me had a big change of expression. Her face said she was annoyed and maybe sceptical. After a while more, she interrupted to say “you shouldn’t make fun of people like that”. Huh? “Ireland’s not a real place. Everyone knows that! I don’t like these kinds of jokes!” And it went on like this for a minute or so, kinda ruining the atmosphere around the table.
I had to go get my passport to prove that yes, Ireland was a real place and yes, I was from there and no, it’s not a fantasy place like Narnia.
tommymonsternz · 2 points · Posted at 06:17:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
soneine i know.... we went on a long road trip, moving cities, they were in their car and i was tsking my van, maybe a 400km drive.
my vehicle is a 99 so first thing was to check water and oil and top up my washer bottle, said yo, do the same. they were like, how does that work? im like, you have had this car for three years.... turns out, had never checked any of these things for three years.
late 20s person.
Sonofdod222 · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine who lives on his own solely eats microwaved and delivery food. When I mentioned red bell peppers in a conversation he was stunned that they come in any color other than green since he had only seen them on pizza. He also put food directly on the spinning microwave plate because he thought a paper towel or paper plate would catch fire..
William_T_Wanker · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll admit I've only done laundry once(I live with my mother, but she's disabled and on a fixed income so I help her pay bills with my job and such) but that's because my mom is a stickler for stuff being done HER way.
EG bed making. Every time I've made my bed she always un makes it because it's "wrong".
Little_kloroxx · 2 points · Posted at 06:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im the dumbass here, was making cookies with girlfriend and I didnt know how to turn on the oven. i almost burnt the cookies but at least my gf taught me how to use it
salsasharks · 2 points · Posted at 06:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boyfriends mom thought salsa and marinara were the same things. Everyone at the table was sort of like "I guess?"
handpulled_noodles · 2 points · Posted at 06:21:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-gf was over at my parent's house where there's only an analog clock on the living room wall. We both left our phones and when I asked her what time it was from the dining room she told me she couldn't read a clock.
She was 20 and a STEM major. My mind was blown.
Obestity · 2 points · Posted at 06:22:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate take her cat to the veteran's hospital, a classmate in uni was unable to name three countries in North America (we live in USA), sister who is eight years my senior knowingly microwaved a fork.
meff19881988 · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love how a lot of these start with, “my ex...”
perma-monk · 2 points · Posted at 06:23:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Liquid dish soap in the dishwasher.
jettpie · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend that would BOLT to a boiling electric kettle before it naturally clicked off. She thought that you were supposed to shut the whole thing down before it did. Unplugged and all.
Same friend didn't know how up and down elevator buttons worked. For example, instead of clicking the up button because she wanted to go up, she'd click the up button assuming that the elevator was below her floor as if to summon it up. We'd get stuck going in the wrong direction pretty often.
hyperboliccurve · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was inking a drawing I needed for school and needed an electric eraser to get rid of the pencil lines. So I went to the campus bookstore and asked the sales clerk if they carried any electric erasers. "No," she replied, "The only ones we have use batteries."
pseudo_orphan · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was about to be all "Not everyone knows those exist!" but then I got to her response... bruh 😞
P.S. What kind of eraser do you use?! I've been dreaming of owning one (and pencil-tipped ones) but haven't had the resources 'til now and I have no clue what's worth it!
michaelad567 · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a friend if mine in his early 20s how to use his thermostat. Not just how to program it but that the heat would kick on and turn off when it reached the set temp (he thought it was broken). This guy had already blown up his car engine because he didn't know you had to change your oil. He also had a 3 year old child.
calvarez · 2 points · Posted at 06:26:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came home to find an old roommate had the fridge door open and a fan blowing into it to cool the house.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:27:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have a friend who is super smart. Like got into Rice University with scholarships kind of smart. She asked me which territory is Canada and which one is California.
tidepod007 · 2 points · Posted at 06:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm watching rupaul's drag race and these grown ass people cannot read the word "colonel " off a prompter. I'm baffled
margus_lee · 2 points · Posted at 06:29:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buddy asked me "You can turn left on a red light right?", while halfway through doing it. Note: from the US
Velascoyote · 2 points · Posted at 06:29:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This douchebag I used to know in college. He was a 3rd year robotics engineering student and liked to style himself as this super genius type. Once, at a mutual friend's birthday party, some people and I got stoned and started rubbing balloons in our hair/sweaters and sticking them to the wall and wherever else we could, you know, for the giggles; he then comes, his mind blown, asking us how we're doing that, I had to explain to him, pretty much using puppets, what static electricity was, and he wouldn't believe it was even a thing because "I know more than you about this bro, I make robots, there's no such thing as static electricity, electricity is always moving bro". He was only convinced when I had him take his phone and google it in front of me. Again, he was a robotics major, I was a graphic design student. He now "works" at some MLM scheme.
overlord2767 · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite adulting yet, but my roommate in university thought that because the government gives you a student loan to pay your tuition fees that he didn't need to involve himself in the process at all. We go to enrol at the same time, I'm there maybe 10 minutes signing the paperwork, he's there for over an hour. He ended up having to go to the bank and open a student account with a huge overdraft that he immediately used all of on his first years tuition. I guess he just ignored all the paperwork the university send you about your loan application. This was before you could apply online so it was a 30 page book you had to fill out detailing all your families finances, kinda hard to miss.
blankcanvascartwheel · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We decided to make grilled cheese. I turned around to see her put the cheese on the frying pan. To grill it. Without the bread.
Oh, and she forgot to unwrap it.
Ktan_Dantaktee · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back when I worked in retail, there were these big buckets we’d have to put all the rotten/expired meat in. Every so often they need to be dumped out and subsequently cleaned, and as the senior employee there I’d normally just do it myself to avoid having the newer people vomit all over themselves (I cannot stress enough how absolutely and unbearably foul these things usually smelled.) However, one day we were especially short staffed and I was already busy running my department (produce) entirely by myself alongside some light work in the adjacent one. So, knowing the time had come for these barrels to be cleaned, I sent this one semi-new kid over to the meat department to do it for me. He comes back in about an hour and a half or so, asking if his hands should be as red and burning as they are because of the hand cleaner he used.
So for insight, the backrooms of most of the fresh departments all get their floors sprayed down and scrubbed with various cleaners and solvents before being hosed, depending on the particular department. All of said rooms have a decently sized drain in the center for all of the water to drain into, and this drain has to be cleaned with the heavy stuff because of all the buildup and grime that floats into it. The solution of choice was this thick and viscous industrial grade bleach and drain cleaner that I swear to god could eat through the floor if you let it sit too long.
Insight over; I look at him confusedly and tell him it’s probably an allergic reaction to the soap we have by our sinks. I go back to my task for a few seconds as he rinses his hands in the nearby sink before glimpsing at his hands again and seeing how absolutely horrible they look, pausing, and asking what he meant by “soap.” Turns out he thought regular soap wouldn’t cut it after having to handle the meat buckets, so he used some of the bleach in the meat department’s back room. The industrial bleach. That we use to clean concrete. My next 30 minutes were spent telling him why you can’t use bleach of any kind as an alternative to hand soap (let alone industrial-grade,) having to help him detox his hands and provide proper treatment, before sending him back to management to see what they wanted done about his hands.
TL;DR 18ish year old didn’t realize industrial bleach is not a hand cleaner
SpaTowner · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TBH this is more a bad management than bad adulting story.
Jess87amber · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex and I got a kitten for my birthday and I asked him to scoop the litter box and he dumped it in the toilet.
kuroneko_nya · 2 points · Posted at 06:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My younger brother tried to send a package with a stamp on it because he didn’t know he had to go to the post office to buy the postage for the size and weight of the package. The mail woman at the front laughed at him when he brought it in after it was sent back to our house with a note that a stamp did not cover the cost of it.
Edit: He put the stamp on the package and shoved it in a collection box.
LisaW481 · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was in his mid 20s when i realized he didn't know how to fill out a credit card receipt for take out. He was going to give it back without the tip or total filled out.
Luckily i was standing there to catch the error.
istheremayoonit · 2 points · Posted at 06:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate in college. Had several tedious quirks like this. First, I had teacher her how to put gas in her car. To be fair, she was from Oregon, but had she never driven out of state? Second, she did not eat leftovers. Like at all. Just threw it away. Mind boggling for this financial aid kid right here.
Around that same time while I was working retail, I had a lady come through with a box of cake mix, a cupcake pan, and cupcake papers. She said that she had never made cupcakes before, and would she need to buy anything else to do so. I told her no, just some eggs and oil. Frosting if you want. But like, I had to show her where all this info was on the box, like oven temp/time etc. But the best part was that she asked me when to put the cupcake papers on. She was convinced that they would catch fire if they went in the oven, since they are paper.
Sehren · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I dated was looking for an apartment and saw billboards for houses that said "Starting in the $300's" and asked me why we didnt rent one of those nicer houses for less money than our shitty apartment. He thought the "for $300s" was the monthly rent instead of it being for sale for $300,000. He called the number on the billboard to show he was right.
beefrig · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im not sure this fits here but this prompt reminded me of it.
I was in college and had met up with a girl in front of her dorm to borrow a book for one of my classes. It was her room mates book, but her room mate was not home to lend it to me so she had come down instead. the book was for an archeoastronomy class, so we got into a little conversation about stars and archeoastronomy and shit and I pointed at the moon and mentioned how interesting it was that it reflected the light from the sun in different ways. one thing lead to the next and she ended up telling me that she thought the moon was a star. she was at least 20yo and a nursing major.
dontworryaboutit1867 · 2 points · Posted at 06:33:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Was making whipped coffee with my boyfriend, found out he didn’t know how to use a whisk to beat ingredients.
Jagerjj · 2 points · Posted at 06:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohh I got a good one.
Went abroad with two friends (3 guys). One of my friends went to pee with the bathroom door open, and suddenly the other friend yells at the peeing one, 'what are you doing??'
So he goes and puts the toilet seat down, and we ask him what is he doing.
Apparently he poops sitting directly on the toilet, and uses the seat to 'protect it' from pee!
Obviously we laugh at him to this very day, and I tell this story in every possibly related occasion.
Meowcityhappytrain · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t get it...
Jagerjj · 1 points · Posted at 07:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Usually men put up the toilet seat so it doesn't get wet with pee.
He poops directly on the porcelain, so he puts the seat down as protection from the pee.
Its-not-too-early · 2 points · Posted at 06:34:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a University and we were reviewing student accommodation and I noticed they offered a lot of cooking classes. I asked why, and the asset manager said “these kids don’t know anything. Last week I had to throw out a resident’s chicken he’d left defrosting on the bench for 3 days. He had no idea that could have killed him.” 😮
chicabuenachicamala · 2 points · Posted at 06:36:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once watched a classmate of mine in high school casually apply deodorant to his FOREHEAD in the locker room after a sweaty gym class.
EdwardLennox · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talking to people who don't understand that it's ok and often nessecary to change your position based on new evidence or proof that they are in the wrong.
leahbee32333 · 2 points · Posted at 06:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend (21/22 at the time) thought that you were supposed to use conditioner first and then shampoo. I was shocked. He had dandruff for years for this reason. And he somehow never figured out it was in the wrong order.
hattienelluel · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband had a friend call him for help because he couldn't get the pilot to light on his water heater. When my husband for there the guy said "I've had it on the vacuum (VAC) setting all day to suck the water out of the gas line." My husband was like " no dude, that's the vacation setting." Not how it works bud.
Simbariel · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I have a few... my ex didn’t think you had to clean the toilet because poo goes in there. He also thought you didn’t need to use soap to clean anything and that it was gay to clean his butt. I could keep going but I’ll end up writing an essay.
pseudo_orphan · 2 points · Posted at 07:32:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg 😂 gay to clean your butt... I fucking can't 😂
Zabbiemaster · 2 points · Posted at 06:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Floormate of me when I lived in Japan was a 30-32 yo woman from tel'aviv. She was constantly talking about how she can't Cook. And she was allways madly impressed with my simple dutch hobo Cooking. (She had practically Cooking lvl. 0)
I showed her how to make chicken/veggie soup with broccoli and leftovers. She had her entire world completely flipped. "You just heat it until it boils?" Yes girl, that's how you make soup
Olmcdnld · 2 points · Posted at 06:39:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have met more than 3 people that did not know all of the months and more than 5 that could not name them in order
markymark0123 · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heard this one from a former coworker. He was an assistant manager for a Jimmy John's franchise. One of his employees somehow got to the age of 35 and had a couple kids without learning the difference between hot and cold water on faucets.
AlliBunny · 2 points · Posted at 06:42:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got to work half an hour early and so I decided to play on my phone before my shift. I got carried away and my phone died before I could check the time, so I asked my coworker what time it was because I had to go to the bathroom but I didn’t want to miss our shift meeting that always started exactly at 5 pm. He squinted at his watch for about fifteen seconds, turned his wrist upside down, then straight out, then back towards himself and said, “ahhhh... 7:54!” and, assuming he got the last half right, I said, “You mean 4:54?” and he said, “Damn Alli if you already knew what time it was why did you make me go through all that trouble?” and walked away. I asked his best friend who also worked with us if he really couldn’t tell time. His friend said, “Yeah that’s real, he just likes the way expensive watches look.”
Now that I’m thinking about him, he actually once dropped two plates of food right in front of his table and fell to the ground. Another server and I rushed over to him and he was staring down at his legs and said, “Did you know your knees give out if you try to make them go backwards while walking?” Was carrying two plates of hot food really the time to test that out lmao
Not related anymore but he also once went up to my husband and I while I was counting my money in the back and said, “So how long have you guys been dating?” He was working the night I announced our engagement, and nearly every coworker bombarded me with congratulations for an entire month after we got married. I swear he wasn’t playing dumb, if you knew him you would understand.
FreyjaKun · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend doesn't know how to crack an egg
SammNuggs · 2 points · Posted at 06:43:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The entire 6 floor uni campus hour evacuated and like 3 fire engines came because one girl left fucking pop corn in the microwave unattended for over like 5 minutes.
Noone was happy as we had to stand out in the rain for like 30 minutes because the entire building had to be cleared
Proudlove1991 · 2 points · Posted at 06:45:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back at college this girl said ‘I’m planning on going to London on my bike. Can I go on the motorway?’
Another girl pointed to the hills near us and said ‘they’re the alps’. We live in Manchester
CrugBuild · 2 points · Posted at 06:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At uni we were woken up by the fire alarm at 4am on our campus. Every person had to go outside in their PJs or bedding and it was cold af being England in the winter. Turns out one of the students came back from a night out rather peckish, and though you could microwave a pork chop. They left it in / forgot about it and it just smoked out their halls.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ex flatmate who wore noise cancelling headphones constantly, ignored everything we said but came to "supervise" while we cleaned up his mess after weeks of trying to get him to....
He used to piss and shit with the bathroom door open.
How do you, a 38 year old man, not know that you ought to close the door when you pull your willy out?
pseudo_orphan · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my GOD that would make me near-violently furious.
Do you have any more stories about this man? He sounds like a fatal car crash of a human being and I'm not ready to look away.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 08:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh so many.
He didn't believe in soap or deodorant and would go on hour long runs everyday and then just....marinate in his stench for 4 hours until one of us came home and made him shower.
I decided the day he moved in that I wanted him gone. He had to get stuff from three different places and I'm a camera assistant so van jenga is, like, my JOB. So I figured I'd be a nice new flatmate and offer to help and asked him when he wanted to start.
He said 10am. Cool cool, I'm all ready with my hair up and my boots on. He doesn't show. I call. No answer. I message and call and eventually give up only to get an answer at 12.30. APPARENTLY one of his friend's wanted to go visit a town an hours drive away and he decided it sounded like fun.
I reiterate, this man was 38. Not babys first flat. Thirty. Eight.
Anyway, he showed up at 4.30pm, just in time for it to hit rush hour traffic absolutely REEKING of BO because he just felt like going on a run after he got back from his 5 hour goddamn trip.
We had also agreed to empty the garage of some stuff left behind by a previous flatmate so he could store his bike in there and we had agreed in advance to use the van he'd hired for moving to take this stuff to the tip. Very important to note, and Mr. Door Open Shitter knew this, our other flatmate had to be at the airport at 2pm for a 5pm international flight. We had had a chat and all agreed to start clearing the garage at 11am for a 12pm dump run, leaving time for showers and getting flatmate to the airport.
BO-Bastard goes for a 2 hour run. At 11. By the time he got back it was after 1 and we didn't have time to load the van and get to the dump because, you know, INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT. Ugh.
We handed him cash and told him to sort it out himself if he wanted a place for his bike and left because we had to.
He moaned about this for the rest of the time he lived with us and after weeks of putting up with his stank and complete disregard of anyone not him (he fancied himself an author, was writing a story about how the army of the catholic church was foiled by pagans who had sex. Yeah. It was hardcore porn disguised as all women are seductive whores who destroy ours lives wankery), I just....stopped interacting with him. There was no point. If he came into a room, I left it.
He tried to start a conversation with me by standing in front of the television while I was watching it and ranting at me about how he wanted to destroy his sister's cellphone because every time he tried to talk to her over christmas she started playing on it and ignoring him. By that point in the conversation I'd done the same and the irony flew over his head.
When he finally left he sent the other flatmate a 20 page email (no, seriously) saying that he was glad to leave because I "made him wilt". There was a lot of bullshit in it but he also signed it as "Gentlemen Adventurer" so I guess we got the last laugh,
Goddamn, he was the worst. I have SO MANY STORIES about this prick and his successor - Tree Sock Lady.
nnikobee · 2 points · Posted at 06:49:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, there have been tons of such moments. The first one has always happened to me. As I’m using my pc a lot, everyone consider me kind of a programmer. As soon as they need to adjust pc, they always ask me for help. Me using my computer a lot doesn’t mean I can adjust it... They tune it out though The second one is about learning languages. The first time when I started learning English, i have been always asked to translate something. Even though I didn’t know much at that time, my parents would be literally astonished when they found out I couldn’t translate something. That’s what takes it out of me.
Haltmaw · 2 points · Posted at 06:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once saw a man pour cereal INTO milk. I was horrified.
bigdripbbq · 2 points · Posted at 06:50:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cooking eggs one morning while my college roommate was in the kitchen, I flipped my eggs into an omelette and he turned around, spotted my expert maneuver, gasped, and asked “how did you do that.” Fast forward 7 years and now he is going to hire me to work for his company, and I’m a groomsman in his upcoming wedding. Jaldy if you’re out there on reddit somewhere, I love you dude.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to take math classes with my ex. We were in calculus 2 when she asked how many inches were in a foot.
NaavyDocJ · 2 points · Posted at 06:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an 18 year old volunteer who didn't know where the stamp went on an envelope.
kode_safari · 2 points · Posted at 06:53:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, but definitely a face palm moment.
My college girlfriend’s roommate complained to her that she made really watery coffee. Turns out she apparently just poured whole beans from the bag into the coffee maker, without grinding them. She then admitted that she had never made coffee before.
sushi_is_cool · 2 points · Posted at 06:53:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
not. really related to being adult but I was walking. with a few classmates when one of my friends wanted to stop so we sat down and one girl was standing and we asked her "why are you standing?" and apparently she doesn't know how to sit on grass....
arnieshankman · 2 points · Posted at 06:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just remembered one from years ago, when I was in college. My then-gf's electric kettle broke down and she was complaining about not having been able to drink tea for the last couple of days. I asked her why she didn't just put boil some water in a pan. She just looked at me for a moment before burying her head in my chest and asking why she's such a moron.
WaftyTaynt · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was doing laundry at my significant others apartment in college when I asked if I could borrow some laundry detergent, her roommate says yes and hands me fabric softener. In this moment we all realized that she had only been using fabric softener and had no idea there was a difference
Fit-Temporary · 2 points · Posted at 06:55:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was preparing food at a dinner party, and someone who was cooking ground beef put the cooked meat back on the same bloody styrofoam container it came from when it was in raw form. I asked why, and she said because the meat was already cooked, so it’s safe... I didn’t have the heart to tell her she was going to potentially food poison the party, but I also didn’t have the inclination to be complicit. Needless to say, I spoke out privately, and the whole party shamed her as she tried to defend herself publicly. This someone never talked to me again. This someone was also my date. I’m sure she’s somewhere out there giving guys food poisoning
alyisayif · 2 points · Posted at 06:55:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t think it’s horrifying, but I did teach 2 people how to drive in college, and taught one of them how to pump gas. It made sense though, because she lived in NY and never needed a car. And the other never had a car.
milk5829 · 2 points · Posted at 06:56:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my brothera roommate in college
He wanted to make spaghetti and meatballs.
Started fine - boiled water and added pasta. But Then he added the sauce. And the cheese. And some meatballs.
Exactly in that order. No steps in between. He ended up with spaghetti soup which he tried to strain and ruined the strainer
bluejokes · 2 points · Posted at 06:56:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends experienced me almost starting a fire because for some reason I thought the pizza was meant to go in the oven along with the box.
R97R · 2 points · Posted at 07:00:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m normally fairly understanding of this kind of thing- I was pretty sheltered myself, and had to learn a lot of things when I first moved out (had to teach myself how to cook, clean, makeup, etc), but I had an example a while back that even I though was a bit much.
I moved in with a guy I’d known for a good while (platonically), and it was the first time he’d lived away from his parents. It soon became apparent that his parents did everything for him. He:
Had no idea how to cook. Struggled with basic stuff like meals you just chuck in the Oven for 20 minutes. He ate nothing but takeaways for months.
Didn’t understand the concept of cleaning up. This was the example I was going to answer the question with initially, before deciding to add a bunch of context (possibly because I need to rant about this person). Whenever he finished eating, he’d just drop the box for his takeaway or whatever on the floor, and leave it. On the rare occasion he did eat other food (his parents would make him meals and he’d heat them up), he’d just put the plates and cutlery in the sink, fill it with water, and leave it for a week unless I cleaned it. When he or one of his friends threw up (which happened regularly, they drank a lot), they’d just move the couch over it. Not even to try and hide it, they just thought that was acceptable. When I had to shower, I’d usually have to spend a while cleaning up discarded beer cans, cleaning spilled alcohol out of the bath, that kind of thing.
No one had ever told him about drunk driving. He gave me a lift at one point, and I noticed he was driving pretty erratically and over the limit. Turned out he’d been drinking and slightly coked up. He genuinely didn’t get it when I explained to him you couldn’t drive while drunk. Was the most terrifying ride of my life. I’m genuinely horrified that he still does that, even though he’s said otherwise.
He thought you could just not pay bills if you didn’t feel like it. In all the time I lived with him, I was chasing him up for rent every month (I paid the bills, and he gave me his half of the money). He was 24 and had never had the concept of bills explained to him properly; he acted like (and indeed, told his friends) I was constantly bothering him for money and being greedy for insisting that he paid his bills.
He kept on setting off the fire alarm by smoking inside. Again, didn’t make the connection, and didn’t realise what the fire alarm was for.
He didn’t realise you had to lock doors. He’d previously lived in a fairly posh community (as had I), but the area we live in is fairly rough.
He didn’t know that you could end up being arrested for drug use. Admittedly this is surprisingly slightly more understandable because the police in this area tend to not give much of a shit (my ex-boyfriend bought his drugs from police officers, for instance), but still. He had to have it explained to him that having a bunch of cocaine on the table while making enough noise to have the police called was not the best idea (I wasn’t present for this one).
He didn’t know how to unclog a toilet. Now, fair enough, I didn’t know this one either when I moved out (but I had just turned 17 when I moved out; he was 24), but it kept on getting clogged because he kept flushing condoms down it. Apparently no one told him not to do that? In spite of this, he apparently had to be treated for STDs a couple of times in the years I lived there. Again, no one explained to him how STDs came about, and he didn’t realise until someone made him visit the doctors what caused them.
Didn’t understand financial management. Again, normally forgivable, maybe less so at that age, but still. But he tried to make a budget several times, and showed me. He had allocated money for stuff which he considered essentials (food, new clothes, drink, drugs, etc), but didn’t realise he also had to pay rent, bills, and the like. He also had to have it explained to him that toiletries had to be bought: he thought our landlord came by every week and restocked them for free.
He was confused when my parents didn’t come round to clean every week; had to have it explained to him people usually clean up after themselves. The idea never quite stuck with him.
Didn’t know how to make tea. WE LIVE IN BRITAIN.
Our Landlord had specific rules about having people stay over- only one person per tenant, only one night at a time. He had five or six people sleeping over at least twice a month, often for days at a time (he’d throw parties which started on Friday nights, and ended some time during the week when I was away. He’d usually leave his friends in the flat while he went to work).
He thought the thermostat was the electricity and gas meter. We got a hefty bill at one point Free I submitted a reading- it turned out he’d been sending them photos of the thermostat and not reading their emails saying they needed images of the actual meters. This one would be pretty funny if it didn’t cost me a lot of money.
I’ve had plenty of other experiences (lived with a pretty diverse bunch of people over the past few years), but the combination of all of the above was definitely just horrifying. Pro Tip of the day: if you’re overworked, fighting severe mental illness, and are likely going to be stuck living in one place for a long time as a result of that, vet your housemates first!
Also, some fun highlights from other people I’ve lived with:
Conservative Christian girl who’d never had contraception explained to her. She was on her eighth abortion last I heard from her. She thought that people just had abortions every few weeks or whatever.
A guy who’d just moved into the country, and didn’t know that gay people existed. Note that this was a student flat consisting of him, me (bi trans girl), two gay guys, and another bisexual lass (albeit a closeted one- this was the girl from the above point). I’ll never get over how confused he was when someone explained it to him.
Multiple people who didn’t know sticking metal in ovens is a bad idea
Also multiple people who didn’t know food goes off after a while.
And, finally, a lass who had no idea how to clean floors and thought you just poured water over them and left it to evaporate/dry this may have been me.
I may have ended up in crutches after slipping on said floor
(My apologies for the ranting, I may have just taken this question as an excuse to get that off my chest. Cheers for reading, hope you found this interesting and/or funny, and have a good day!)
Fraud_L_B · 2 points · Posted at 07:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Several years ago I went through the drive thru at a local burger place. It was a particularly hot summer day, so I decided to have the drink that came with my combo filled with just water and ice. Well I get to the window, pay, and then shortly after I'm handed my receipt accompanied by a tiny clear cup filled with water and ice.
I assume it's just a simple mistake and explain to the person that she has given me the wrong drink, that I have paid for a combo that included a large drink and would just like that cup filled with water and ice. She quickly explains to me that it is against managements rules to provide water in the regular sized beverage cups. I look at my receipt again to make sure that I paid full price for my meal and then explained to her that the intent of that rule was likely there to prevent someone from getting a free cup and refilling it with soda, and that this would not be a issue since 1) I paid for the beverage and 2) I was in a drive thru and had no plans to enter the building.
This reasoning seemed to have no effect on her and she just simply stated she couldn't fulfill my request. At this point I started to be really frustrated especially because I was really thirsty. I showed her my receipt, noticeably more agitated, explaining to her I just wanted what I paid for. She explained the rules to me again, I tried to reason with her again by asking, if I completed my order with a soda then decided to enter the premises and fill my drink at the fountain drink machine with water, would that be allowed? She paused and thought again then told me that I could do that if I wanted. At this point I asked if I could be helped by anyone else working at the time. She left and a short time after she came back with her solution to the problem which was to fill a larger clear cup they use for ice coffee with water and ice. At this point I felt beaten and accepted this compromise, I wished her a good day and drove off contemplating the amount of effort I wasted trying to get a cup of water with ice.
P.S. This interaction still haunts me to this day. I randomly think about it and feel the frustration again at the situation and also at how meaningless this interaction was.
SadiesMotherClucker · 2 points · Posted at 07:04:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last week, my 22 year old, EMT brother learned that you’re supposed to rinse off face wash. He’s just been rubbing soap onto his face and going about his business for years. We could never figure out how he has such dry skin and such terrible acne as a teenager, that only marginally improved as an adult. It makes sense now. He is now doubting that he’s ready to move out of our parents house because he doesn’t know what else he’s been doing wrong his whole life.
cloudy_winchester89 · 2 points · Posted at 07:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had opened a can of canned fruit and put the rest (in the can still) in the fridge. Thanks to my roommate’s mom, she threw it away. She told me about it when I came home and said her mom threw it away because of rusting.
fourflatyres · 2 points · Posted at 07:06:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't exactly an adulting moment but it was one of those lightning from the sky moments. Kind of the same thing.
Worked for a small company, around 1999. The company owner had gotten a server built before I started working there but I took over admin on it. The thing used very expensive hard drives which weren't very big either. This was sort of OK until the owner decided we needed to store a lot more client data, forever. In case the clients wanted to reorder.
So we ran out of storage space and had to buy more which cost a lot. We spent a small fortune and eventually maxed out that server. It's not the way I would have gone but it was built before I got there, so we were stuck with in. And it was full. Management gave me ton of pushback about spending any more money on hard drives. Even if we needed the space, the answer was no.
One day, I was out seeing a client with the owner's son in tow. He was also a manager. The guy's cell phone rings, and this is 1999 and cell calls cost a lot per minute, so it must be important. The owner is in the line, overjoyed that he had solved our storage problems! We would not need new hard drives!
How, I asked. And he proceeded to tell me he'd looked at the files on the server and found almost all the space was being taken up by a particular file type he didn't recognize and he'd just deleted all of them and we had lots of space now.
The files he wiped out were the client files he was insisting we keep. The owner's son turned three shades of white and we raced back to the office.
No damage had been done because the owner didn't have admin rights. I did. And whatever he'd done didn't actually delete anything. I didn't immediately tell him everything was fine. He had also gone totally pale and sweaty once he was informed about his mistake.
I don't remember how I had it all sandboxed but nothing he did was going to execute on the server. We also had a backup but it wasn't needed.
Security got tightened more after that. And I got a new job somewhere else.
sneradicus · 2 points · Posted at 07:06:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am 19 and I still don’t know how to tie my shoes. It’s not like I haven’t tried, there’s a legitimate mental disconnect when I attempt it
icais · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend decided to go vegetarian for health reasons. Asked me where you would go to buy oranges. I answered genuinely and (hopefully) didn't make her feel bad about not knowing but I had a real "WTF how did you not know!?" Moment once I got home.
elisha2988 · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband’s cousin, a beautiful blonde 20-something, is a bit of an entitled dumb dumb in many aspects of life. She lived with her parents until the day she got married. One of their wedding presents was a crock pot. Well didn’t this bitch put the crockpot ON THE STOVE, and tried to use the open flame element to cook a roast. Melted the entire crockpot. 🤣
Girth_rulez · 2 points · Posted at 07:08:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a coworker try to correct an email I wrote. It was addressed to a lady, so I adddressed her as Mrs. X.
He said, "hey that's a lady you're writing to. Why did you call her misters?"
aritmay · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate descided to plant potatoes last year. So she got a bucket which would've been perfectly fine for a potato plant, maybe two. She bought 1kg of potatoes and threw them all in there with some soil. Sure, they grew but I'd say most of the potatoes she later got out of there were just the old ones sitting in the bucket for two months.
waumpers · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mine is work related. The dumbass in question is a new guy that has been in the position for about 3 months when this particular event happened.
I work in a maintenance shop that keeps a wood processing facility running. In specific, I'm a mechanical millwright. We have a ton of air lifts that operators use to pile wood, it's basically a huge pneumatic cylinder that hangs from a steel trolley hung on the ceiling. The only thing keeping that 1/4 ton of steel from dropping on someone is the trolley hooks, and a chain. The chain is only for the event of hooks breaking, and is not exactly safe on its own.
The hooks often break from operating it, and we replace them with new ones. The carriage cannot be repaired or rebuilt for obvious safety reasons.
We get a call for a hook going out. New guy goes, takes him 2 hours (15min job for anyone else). We think nothing of it, I go home. The next day, my bosses are waiting in the shop to chew ass. They have pictures of the trolley DUCT TAPED together at the hook, and the operators used it until the next shift came in. I didn't even know that my boss could get so red in the face. Guy should have been fired right then and there. But instead he got a verbal coaching. Still works in the same position today.
entjlg · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Damn I'm really late to this, but I had a friend that straight up couldn't make a lighter 'light up.' It must've taken nearly 40-50 tries for him to get it. We were 20 years old.
FreakinTrenton · 2 points · Posted at 07:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So not technically as an adult but as a junior in high school a friend of mine asked me what time it was while I was sitting next to the clock. I pointed to the clock and he asked again. Turns out he didnt know how to read a clock. I tried to explain it and he said, “I don’t want to learn, just tell me what time it is”
athan1214 · 2 points · Posted at 07:11:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I'll summarize a story from a book I read - though I still question some of the accuracy(Story written by an MD.)
Essential summary is that a nurse is trying to get a foley catheter in a patient who has a constant history of UTI treated by her primary with antibiotics, or by herself. Her being an older woman(80's, if I recall correctly), she was brought in to the hospital r/t her mental status or sepsis.
So the first nurse attempts to put a foley in - only to state that she cannot find the hole. Second nurse tries, third, finally it comes to the MD, who identifies that the large hole they thought was her vagina is her urethra(That has been stretched to 1-2 inches), and that the tiny flap underneath her urethra was her vagina.
Apparently the neither the husband nor wife hadn't really gotten a good sex ed, and he had been consummating their marriage with her urethra for years. They had wondered for some time why she was barren.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My uni house mate tried to boil milk in a kettle.
RedFawn00 · 2 points · Posted at 07:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boyfriend didn’t know how to boil pasta, or cook anything, like at all. At 17 years old. He had no idea how to make Mac and cheese of even Ramen. His dad never bothered to teach him how to cook anything. I’m working on teaching him things. Happy to say he’s improving everyday
phlipfl · 2 points · Posted at 07:13:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate didn't realise her using metal forks to stir are the reason for scratch marks in the pan. After doing dishes, she leaves everything to dry with the opening upwards, which always leaves water inside. She makes a whole pot of rice, eats a little bit and throws the rest away. I could go on, so many little things... But what bothers me the most: she uses one role of toilet paper a day!! How's that even possible...
toastedtoperfection · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is quite a small one but when I stayed with an ex-boyfriend at his student house (where he had lived for two years at that point with 4 other guys), I did a load of his washing and when I went to move it to the dryer I was told it had stopped working a few months into moving in, so they just dried everything on a clothes horse in the hall.
I had a look, and the lint catcher part and the water tray were FULL. Overflowing. I emptied them, cleaned it out and it worked perfectly. They had never thought to check and were so mad they had gone nearly two years with a "broken" dryer.
OpheliaCox69 · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 25 year old brother-in-law washed his potatoes with Dawn Dish Soap because they were covered in dirt.
_---I--_I_I_ · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didnt know the months from memory. They asked me what was the month after may and I laughed but they were serious. We were seniors in highschool both 18.
Wrongwaydownadeadend · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex husband grew up with a refrigerator with the water and Ice dispenser in the door. One day at my parents he was pouring himself a drink and wanted some ice. I told him the trays were in the freezer. In the next moments I heard an awful banging sound coming from the kitchen. He was full on cave manning the tray banging it violently on the counter. “What are you doing?!”. I exclaimed. He said, “Getting ice, how else are you supposed to do it?” I took the tray and twisted. He said, “That seems like it would break the tray.” He proceeded to go back to banging the tray on the counter to procure his ice.
Melendine · 2 points · Posted at 07:16:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My now boyfriend (24) helped me move in to my new place. He took one look at the blinds and said oh they’re broken. Concerned I went over and pulled the 2 cords and they were perfectly fine. Somehow he’d got through uni not knowing how blinds worked. I have now been to his parents house and they don’t have any blinds. So guess he never learnt at home.
ajjaran · 2 points · Posted at 07:17:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They had to watch a YouTube video on how to make cubes of cheese for a kids party...
doofusOP · 2 points · Posted at 07:17:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too many people I've know who cooked cup of noodles by filling the cup with water and microwaving it. Its fucking Styrofoam!
Liquorandjazz · 2 points · Posted at 07:23:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend (dude in his 30s) complained about stomach aches on a daily basis. I asked what had changed in his diet or habits.
Turns out he was drinking 4L of milk every day. He thought it was ok "because milk is healthy".
AndrewJimmyThompson · 2 points · Posted at 07:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not my story but a close friends from when he went to Uni in the UK. One of his flat mates went to make hot chocolate and whilst boiling the kettle just threw a bunch of hot chocolate into the kettle. In their defense, they may have been super high
Idontfookingknow · 2 points · Posted at 07:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We just bought a car and it came back as stolen, we got pulled over in our driveway and officers approached us with guns drawn and told us to keep our hand where he can see them. They recognize us and calm down a little and holster their weapons.
The officer asked if we have been drinking and "whats that smell?" My fiance reached in his door to find some handheld febreeze and jerked it out the window fast as fuck. Me and the cop on the passenger side of the car shit our pants as we watched the reaction of the investigating officer as he reached for his now holstered gun almost at a full sprint backwards and almost fell. Everything ended up coming back fine, just had to change the license plate because it expired and registered to another vehicle or something... Still cant believe my fiance really almost fucking died
People should be taught how to talk to police, how to obey lawful orders, what to do if a cop points a gun at you.. Ya know, just normal everyday american adulting.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:32:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nothing surprises me anymore. We're all fucking moronic. Myself included.
amazinginvisiblegirl · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Making tacos with the standard McCormick taco seasoning packet. My boyfriend commented how much better mine turned out than his always did, because his was always so dry. I guess he never bothered to read the instructions on the packet, so, at 35, he learned you were supposed to add water with the seasoning to the meat.
Totalliprofessional · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend and her sister lived with her mom who wouldn't let them use the stove. So they never ate actual food growing up. Just fast food and cheap microwave crap. They never had school lunch because thier mom wouldn't pay for it. She never sent them with anything either. Her sister didn't know that top ramen was supposed go be a soup because her mom never cooked it for them. The mom would break up the noodles and pour the seasoning over them and call it good. My friend came over for the first time and had food my mom made. She started crying because she didn't know food could actually be good. She moved out and had to learn everything on her own pretty much. She turned okay afterwards.
He110_Friend · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I would go into my old roommates room I would get a horrible stench. He couldn't figure out what it was and I couldn't either. I was washing my sheets one day and he asked what I was doing. I said washing my sheets I do it like every other week. Turns out his parents would always wash it when he was gone and he never thought he needed to.
throwaway123459781 · 2 points · Posted at 07:33:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Realizing that they're a kid
Accidental_Ken_M · 2 points · Posted at 07:34:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What is love?
Baby don't hurt me
Don't hurt me no more...
AnnieRAndersen · 2 points · Posted at 07:34:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one might not seem like much, but as a person who cooks a lot, it was.. horrifying.
I recently moved in with my best friend. I was cooking dinner and asked if she had a clove of garlic since I had run out. She went to her spice cabinet and pulled out a jar of ground cloves and went “is this it?”
Close, buddy. Close.
myhumanside · 2 points · Posted at 07:34:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is a bit fresh. Context is that I work at conferences, we bring presentation equipment, set it up and manage the technical side of the conference. As you'd assume you see a lot of people who aren't good with computers but this one blew my mind. We just about finished setting up everything when one of the organisers came to me and my colleague asking if she could add a presentation she made additionally. No problem, it happens more often than not. She gave us the usb and when we plugged it in a part of us died. She had made a 150 slide presentation, with every slide being an individual .jpg, named numerically for sorting. She wanted us to use this gallery of pictures as a presentation and she didn't really understand that there was a much, MUCH simpler way to make a presentation.
Joshonthecusp · 2 points · Posted at 07:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in Uni I had this really lazy housemate, which as fine because I have high standards of cleaning. There were small things he didn't seem up on like common courtesy, buying toilet roll, leaving the bathroom floor wet wet, wiping shitty hands on my towel. But the kicker was when I came home one day to find our kitchen chair missing (the only chair we had) I look out into the garden and it's clearly been destroyed in a fire! We later cross paths and he told me that he decided to have a BBQ, he'd bought one of those little disposable ones, had it INDOORS and put it on our PLASTIC chair.
bumurutu · 2 points · Posted at 07:35:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife was heating up soup two days ago for our 3 year old daughter. Saw her open the microwave and take out the soup in a metal bowl. I just stared at her dumbfounded for like 30 seconds, then said “Don’t ever so that again.”
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:36:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not adulting, but still horrifying: A friend's son didn't know how to wipe his butt, because his mother always did it for him. The kid was 9.
(Very ugly divorce, dad wasn't allowed to see his kid more than few times a year and never for more than a few hours. So the problem didn't become apparent for a long time. Child protection wasn't interested in such "minor" problems. I still think something like this should count at least as a form of neglect.)
Alkoholisti69420 · 2 points · Posted at 07:37:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who literally ate cup noodles for dinner and lost a lot of weight. She didn't have an eating disorder or anything, it's just that she's not the brightest bulb on practical matters. She was 185cm tall and weighed 47kg. After her family took her to a nutririonist and blood tests, she had multiple defiences and was very close to being admitted to a hospital. She started instantly gaining weight because she just literally did not know how to eat the right amounts and how to eat properly. After the dietician explained that to her and gave her a meal plan, she's doing so much better. She's almost normal weight now, she's gained 8kg since then. Frankly, I am quite shocked how dumb she can be sometimes, but she's still a precious friend.
somethingmumbled · 2 points · Posted at 07:37:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother-in-law recently confessed that he only started washing his hands with soap a couple of years ago. Prior to this he just used water, he genuinely thought this was enough. He is 32.
I've known him for 15 years. It is safe to say that over this time I have ingested his poo at least once.
yeetus_deletus66669 · 2 points · Posted at 07:38:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know some of these stories were interesting to read...
But I'm so pissed off now.
harnessyourhope · 2 points · Posted at 07:38:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my boyfriend (26) dearly. He’s smarter than me in many ways, but at the beginning of our relationship he googled “how to make scrambled eggs” after spending the night. He apparently never cooked anything except ramen and box Mac and cheese.
He also didn’t know what basic vegetables looked like. I was making a grocery list that included cabbage, green onions, garlic, and others. He had to look these up. He’s getting his PhD in CS, but during the first few months I felt like I was dating an alien who wasn’t familiar with human cuisine.
We started cooking together almost every night and now he makes dishes from scratch like it’s nothing. I’m so proud of him.
fppxht · 2 points · Posted at 07:39:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend, 22 year old male, lived on his own. I stayed at his house over a weekend and took a shower. When I got out I asked him how long he had been out of soap. He said he wasn’t and that he just a new bottle of body wash. The next day the same thing happened because there was no soap. I asked him again and he said that it was the VO5 FULL BODY. He said it was shampoo that you just use all over.
Nostromeow · 2 points · Posted at 07:39:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy who was in my class was super sheltered by his parents his whole life.
We had a good friend in common, and this dude once went to his place like a month after class started. This was in college mind you, and we were all 21.
My good friend wanted them to make an onion and potatoes casserole or something, and sheltered guy was kind of hesitating with his knife at the kitchen counter, turning the onion around, picking it up and putting it back down, etc. Turns out he had never peeled or cut an onion in his whole life and didn’t know how to proceed. A freaking onion. Still blows my mind when I think about it
eighttthree · 2 points · Posted at 07:39:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working in a cafe and two of the 19 year old waiting staff didnt know how to wash up. I found one washing crockery in cold water with no washing up liquid. Turns out neither of them had had to do it at home, which actually did make sense seeing as basically everyone has dishwashers nowadays. Feel like some parents really arnt setting their kids up with basic life skills by not teaching this kinda stuff though.
kevkippers · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One flat mate kept burning food on the gas stovetop. Eventually we discovered he didn’t know you could adjust the flame. He would put it to the highest flame only.
cypher_omega · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Know a guy, who is a diabetic. Get his roomate to get hungrymans for him to eat. Apparently it's fine, cause he measures the right amount of insulin to counteract the meal (high salt, and indonbelieve their sugar content is not great either)
Gre3nLeader · 1 points · Posted at 07:41:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean it's a pretty bad idea but that is how insulin works
cypher_omega · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it to balance your sugar levels. But from what I was lead to believe it's kind of hard on the body. Not something to use constantly to avoid proper dieting
rendeer_ · 2 points · Posted at 07:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I bought my friend a basil plant because he had a growing interest in cooking, and he was grateful and excited about it! But like a week later he told me he had to throw it out because it was wilting so much. I asked him if it had been getting enough sunlight, and he goes, "it needed sunlight??" :(
jjjjjayyman · 2 points · Posted at 07:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex, at 19, didn't know how to put on bed sheets. I guess his mom always did it for him, which was really confusing to me. How do you end up NOT having to put on sheets for 19 years? He also had his worldview blown up when I was eating an orange and started to peel it to eat it like you would eat a tangerine. He genuinely had NO IDEA that oranges had "slices" and were basically the same as the rest of the citrus fruits. He had ALWAYS eaten them by cutting them into pieces, without removing the peel, which works too, but how the hell do you not realize the similarity to other citrus fruits lmao
Natahli · 2 points · Posted at 07:42:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me learning how to drive a motorcycle, not knowing there are two brakes, one by the foot and one on the handle bars, right? My teacher didn’t tell me I had to use both to stop.
I hit a brick wall.
strawbeecupcake · 2 points · Posted at 07:42:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who couldn't cook so he bought an air fryer and used it every day to make frozen chicken patties or chicken nuggets, always something chicken with breading that is a fried food. You know, junk. I really don't care because why should I care until the whole house begins smelling horribly oily like a fucking fast food kitchen. It just smelled like dirty hot oil. Horrible smell. Drove me crazy for a while and then the smell changed to burning oil. He takes his food out as I'm in there opening windows and turning on the stove exhaust fan because there's SMOKE in the kitchen now and I peep the air fryer. Black. Covered in literally burnt on oil/crumbs. He owned the air fryer for around 6 months at this time and used it daily. I asked him to wash it so the house wouldn't smell like shit. He said "I didn't know I had to wash it." When he moved out he left the air fryer and I scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed it and it's still full of caked on shit. I threw it in a cabinet and haven't touched it since.
VegasFiend · 2 points · Posted at 07:43:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My male 43 yr old best bud never learned how to ride a bike. That both shocks and saddens me. Tried to teach him when we were both drunk one night. Still can’t ride a bike.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:46:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who thought you didn't have to pay after using a credit card or check (she was 19).
marikocat · 2 points · Posted at 07:47:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a couple of friends from school that didn’t know how to make payments at the cashier. They had maids who did those things for them. The concept of getting change from the cashier is alien to them.
hogey74 · 2 points · Posted at 07:47:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl I was dating said she couldn't get pregnant due to surgery while she was with hey previous partner. She she rang me in tears on day due to having a miscarriage! It turned out she couldn't get pregnant with that guy, due to his low sperm count.
snacksherbz · 2 points · Posted at 07:48:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sister-in-law tries to remove bread from the toaster with a metal knife. My mother also had a heart attack when she saw this and had to explain to her why this was bad. Wooden tongs were purchased immediately.
redditjacq · 2 points · Posted at 07:49:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As an Asian . Its cooking rice
_icecreamheadaches_ · 2 points · Posted at 07:49:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dumbass sister at 15 years old came home from school one day and told me she found out an artery isn’t a dog breed.
not_very_tasty · 2 points · Posted at 07:53:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was sharing the story of the guy in Korea who went to 5 bars and partied with Corona and got a lot of people sick, creating a cluster of cases. My friend insisted that a person with corona could only infect one other person, it wasn't possible for them to infect more. She is otherwise a well read and intelligent person, I just.....what?
Slug_Overdose · 2 points · Posted at 07:54:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I knew a girl in college who had been homeschooled all her life and was completely clueless about common social norms because she had basically never interacted with other people her age growing up. So when she got to college, she just could not grasp "that's what she said" jokes, which we're all the rage. Part of it was that she was just sexually clueless and awkward, but even when people tried to spell it out for her, she just never got it. The funniest thing was when she would occasionally try to say "that's what she said" herself, and it would make absolutely no sense, and she would always ask if she was using it right. In 4 years, I never once heard her use it correctly.
My wife is from China where I honestly don't think vertical window blinds like the ones common in the USA are very prevalent. I've been there many times and don't ever recall seeing them in many buildings across many cities. So when she finally immigrated to the states, she broke the blinds in our studio apartment the very first day trying to get some light through the window. I showed her how to work the blinds, but she somehow managed to keep breaking more of them. Thankfully, we were not charged our security deposit after moving out, I think because we cleaned the place really well and were very stable long-term tenants. We eventually moved to a bigger 1-bedroom apartment, and remembering what had happened, I immediately told my wife the second we walked in, "Don't break the blinds. If you have trouble, let me know and I'll help you." About 10 minutes later, I heard a loud crack and blinds flopping all over the ground.
My grandparents are truly hopeless and lost when it comes to computers. They have a million account passwords they can't remember, so they write them all down on a piece of paper, but they misspell them and forget to write down which accounts they belong to. So every time I visit, they ask me to help them figure out how to access their cloud photo storage or set up the printer or whatever, and it always ends up with me just guessing variations of what they have written down on their piece of paper. When we finally guess correctly, my grandfather always says something like, "Well, gosh darn it, these things never used to be so dang complicated."
My aunt is the absolute worst with directions. I mean I literally challenge someone to find me somebody who is worse. It can't be done. She just has no clue where she is or where she's going, and has no sense of direction. That is fairly common, but what's somewhat unique about her is how overly confident she is in whatever navigation app she's using, despite the fact that she's completely tech illiterate and fails miserably to provide the correct inputs. For as long as I can remember, she's relied heavily on car navigation systems, and I don't think she's ever put the in the correct destination on the first try. Yet when anybody tried to point out her mistakes, she just insists on following the navigation system because it obviously knows best. She often just puts in a street name or misspells a town name and ends up going in the complete opposite direction towards another state or city, and doesn't realize her mistake until hours later when she's completely lost and doesn't recognize any of the signage. She passed this trait onto her husband and son too, so they all make the same dumb mistakes together. One time, they were visiting me in the SF Bay Area peninsula. Anybody familiar knows it's fairly straightforward North/South on 101 between San Jose and San Francisco. We were in San Jose where I live and heading toward San Francisco. As we approached the highway, she asked which lane to take, and I told her Northbound. However, she had put in a confusing destination on the car system, so of course it was telling us to get off the highway. Then her son who was using his phone navigation system at the same time insisted to stay in the lane we were in because it looked correct on his iPhone maps screen. Of course, it was obvious that his phone was slightly behind and inaccurate with its positioning, so it took us Southbound. She ended up listening to him and going Southbound, and then she got so frustrated because she had no idea how to get off and back on the highway in the correct direction. Like I'm sorry, but if you don't know that San Francisco is North of San Jose on 101, and you're so easily misguided by your inability to use GPS navigation correctly, you need to just not be driving.
Edit: I forgot this one because it happened just yesterday. I recently made some big purchases with a credit card, paid my balance, and then ended returning one of the purchases for a refund. This left my credit card with a negative balance, which is fairly normal with returns, but this was the first time I had such a large negative balance which would take me a while to spend back down to $0. Eventually, the credit card company just issued a check which they sent in the mail and posted the "refund" on my account, but I never received any notification or information about how I was receiving the payment. So after a few days of nothing, I called up customer service to ask what was happening with my money. The rep just said, "The refund posted to your account." I said, "Yes, I see the transaction, but what happened to the money?" "It's in your account." "No, I had a balance of -$123, but it's no longer there." "It posted to your account. You said so yourself." It took several minutes of me slowly explaining to the guy that I had overpayed and was owed money. It was clearly the first time this rep had ever heard of a negative credit card balance. He ended up having to call a manager, and after a long hold, he finally confirmed that a check was on its way in the mail.
J4amb0 · 2 points · Posted at 07:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a house mate in uni ask me if I could change the lightbulb in her lamp. She had removed the old one by pulling it straight out (the bulb was a screw one). I explained she needed to line up the screw thread on both lamp and bulb and screw it into place. She began looking for a piece of cotton.
yinnon2k03 · 2 points · Posted at 07:57:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old friend of mine didn't know how to tie his shoes. Yup. Always had to get someone to do it for him. He's also scared of pigeons. I should probably check up on him...
acxqy13 · 2 points · Posted at 07:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That the earth is round
undeadko · 2 points · Posted at 08:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly "how do you not know how to do this" moment, but here it goes.
At the time my ex and I were living in different cities. We saw each other on the weekends. So here comes Monday. I get off work and call her. After the "how's your day part", comes a huge complaint for none other than "My lightbulb in the bathroom stopped working". Three things are important here:
I am an engineer. So a person not knowing how to change their lightbulb is like a person basically not knowing how to pour water in a glass.
Her bathroom had no windows. Without the light, it is pitch black in there.
I had just returned from fixing her light switch to another room of her appartment. (Honestly the cable work of that appartment was something else) And she was helping the entire time while we were taking the fuses off. (I was explaining the whole thing like narrating a cooking show)
So me being the everloving and supporting boyfriend tell her to just unscrew it and replace it with a new one. This somehow got me the response, "I do not know if I have left it ON or OFF". I guess somewhat of stupid question from my part - "Why does that matter?". She responded with, "I am afraid I can get electrocuted if I try to take it off and put the new one". To which I say, "Fine. Then go take off the fuses, in which case you know there is no electricity anywhere, and then put the new one. You were helping and did it with me last weekend.", because I was not about to explain to her any safety regulations she should have when changing a light bulb, which save you the hassle of taking the fuses out and then putting them back in. Not that at this point, I expected her to remember and follow them. How has she not changed a light bulb before!? Anyway, priceless response, "I am too afraid. I might do it wrong. I will just wait for you to come next weekend and fix it for me."
- "You are kidding. How are you going to go to the toilet, or take a shower in that pitch black bathroom!?"
- "I will find some candles. It might even be romantic" (cudos to her finding the silver lining, I guess)
I was not about to argue and just said, "Fine do as you wish, but please at least buy a new light bulb beforehand. I do not want to have to go out specifically to buy you a new light bulb."
- "Oh, right! Will do.", was her response. I guess she had not figured it out so far ahead. Good thing I reminded her.
While fixing it, I teased her a bit that she should really step up her living alone game. To which she responded with, "Well these things are a man's job anyway."
But anyway, this was the story of my lovely ex, taking showers in her pitch dark bathroom for a week, just because it is a "man's job" to change the light bulb.
youcancallmedavid · 2 points · Posted at 08:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't want to know how she thought going to the toilet could/ should be romantic ( with candlelight)
undeadko · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haven't you heard!? Candles make everything romantic.
HerrFerret · 2 points · Posted at 08:03:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I was living in a a house share, and two guys from Saudi Arabia moved in. They were sent to the UK to study because they were fuckups in Saudi, and the plan was this would sort them out. Really cool superchill guys, but they knew nothing! Everything was done for them from an early age. Things we taught them.
How to cook, naturally. They started to take on a translucent tinge from all the instant noodles and MacDonalds. Cooking from ingredients blew minds! Like food Lego. They liked soup, you can't fuck up soup.
How to shop. They were given just enough money to survive, and not buy beer. We showed them how to get out of date bargains so they could buy buy beer too.
The deoderant aisle was a key element of the visit. For a week the running house joke was 'dont forget to wash your dicks guys' because they claimed they had dickwashers (I think they were joking, pretty hard to tell because they were always laughing)
How to wash clothes, they only arrived in those classic super white robes, and they did a mixed hot wash with coloured underpants and ruined them! They all ended up with weirdly dirty brown robes.
How to set up a TV, computer etc. How to be quiet in the evening. How to wash up. They were like blank canvases, quite adorable really and we did our best.
LordJebusVII · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saudi men are a special kind of helpless, they grow up with women doing everything for them at home and migrant workers do their jobs for them at work. I work with Saudi pilots and seeing one "land" at 4g and insist that it was an uneventful landing is just plain scary
LordJebusVII · 2 points · Posted at 08:07:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a housemate didn't know you had to turn off the oven when you finished. He would cook fries and then just leave the thing running overnight because "the microwave turns itself off so the oven should too"
Bloodstained_Rag · 2 points · Posted at 08:09:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once entered my kitchen to find a housemate in his 40s piercing holes in a can of tuna. I showed him how to use the can opener and could barely speak in my bewildered state.
megaceros3D · 2 points · Posted at 08:13:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me, 21, just bought a old washing machine with roomates. Plug it in, put dirty clothes and soap in, launch the program. Cloths come out smelling of soap... but also old socks. Weird Other roomates do their laundry, same result. I talk about this casualy to my dad, wondering if it's because the machine is old. He asks me if we plugged the water in. Never felt dumber.
MrsStealYourBacon · 2 points · Posted at 08:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah man... I went on a trip with some friends and shared a cabin/small house of sorts. We had everything there to cook and even had a dishwasher. By the third day i'm kind of sick of filling the dishwasher and ask a friend to fill it up.
Fast forward about two hours, dishwasher is finished and i see her picking up glasses, full of water from the dishwasher, then casually emptying them in the sink and drying them off.
She didnt put a single glass or pot upside down, she just thought the glasses were supposed to be filled with water by the end of it...
Aylers · 2 points · Posted at 08:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every one, cuz my parents didnt teach me shit about shit. I had to have all manner of people teach me how to cook, clean, iron clothes, etc
Rickeeets · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught a colleague that you could capitalise a letter by pressing shift. She had been pressing caps lock, the letter, and caps lock again.
Panaland · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Rachel Green enters the chat
Justfuckinggreattt · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My uncles ex wanted to make caramelized onions and when she had them frying in the pan she literally took caramel topping for icecream out of the fridge and proceeded to douse the onions in the pan
mooncat333 · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old house mate, who is a lawyer, thought you had to boil an egg in oil. Otherwise how would it boil? When I convinced him that was NOT, in fact, how his mother always did it, he then tried to run the boiling oil under a cold tap. He was only mildly burned thankfully.
elbapo · 2 points · Posted at 08:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend was staying at my place and revising for exams in the library putting in a long shift. Late night, he gets back, admittedly pretty tired and probably brain scrambled. But also very hungry. I had to get out of bed to let him in and he was asking if I had any food. I was like yeah sure, there's frozen pizza, even put the oven on. But I was like sorry, dude I wanna sleep help yourself type thing. Thought that was it and went upstairs. Few minutes later I had to come down again cos of the smell of burning.
My friend had put the pizza on the bottom of the oven, meaning the bottom was charcoal and the top still uncooked.
I was not in the most diplomatic of moods and was like, mate, your 23 years old and you don't know how to cook a frozen pizza!? He was also pretty tired I guess and left in a huff after saying I was being a bitch about it and slamming the pizza on the floor. He lived like two hours away by public transport, and it was late. God knows when he got back lmao.
I was mostly pissed off about the wasted pizza.
Chowzio · 2 points · Posted at 08:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, how about 3 months ago when CoVid started. Doctors told everyone to wash their hands to stop the spread.
Way too many people responded as “so we need to wash our hands now?”
No. You should have been washing your hands all along you shit handed fecal carriers.
sircamaroni · 2 points · Posted at 08:28:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In basic training after weeks of practice and running through dry or with blanks how to conduct yourself at a range and how to use your weapon. When we finally went to a range with live rounds was about 6 feet away from someone on my left who fired a round off into the ground. Thank fuck it wasn’t pointed at anyone. Needless to say it shouldn’t have happened anyway!
hiddenidentity2147 · 2 points · Posted at 08:29:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Joined the army a little later than most at 25. Had a bunk mate, 18 years old, that literally couldn’t function on his own.
First morning he jumps down from the bunk and starts getting ready. Asks me to help put his belt on. I’m thinking run it through the back loops, uh ok, sure. He hands me the belt and lifts his top up for me to put it on for him. I told him no obviously. He struggled and put it on then asks me to tie his boots for him, hard fuck no.
It ended up being a long 10 weeks for him.
sydster1090 · 2 points · Posted at 08:32:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college came out with a nail clipper and asked if it was broken because “like how are you supposed to use this?” She didn’t know that you needed to twist the top part of the nail clipper to use it.
(She was a super rich girl from LA. Every single time her nails got too long, she would just use her dad’s card to get a manicure.)
barrensman · 2 points · Posted at 08:32:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working construction on a window washing type scaffold. I had arrived on the job site a few days after my coworkers had assembled the scaffold and proceeded to work about thirty stories in the air. After a few days of working we were done and started to disassemble the rig when I discovered that none of the bolts holding it together had been tightened. My coworker told me”yea I never tighten them because it makes it harder to take apart.”
WhoIsGarth · 2 points · Posted at 08:33:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college who was just.... Not capable of functioning on her own. Our other roommate had a PlayStation that we would all use to watch Netflix, YouTube, etc.
I was working on homework in the living room and she walks in and turns the tv on. I assume she's going to watch Netflix so I go tunnel vision on my work because quantitative analysis is hard. A few minutes later I hear her ask, in almost a whisper, "Garth, how do you turn on the PlayStation?" I just tell her to press the button that says PS on the controller. She does this, and it doesn't work. I tell her to try holding it down instead of just pressing it for a second and re focus on what I was doing. Another several minutes pass and I realize that she's sitting there, crying because she's been holding down that button the whole time and it hasn't turned on yet. She just assumed that she had to keep doing it until it turned on... I patiently showed her that she was using a dead controller, plugged it in for her, and then turned on the PlayStation.
This same girl would also try to cook and then nearly every time would ruin a pan because she left the stove on with the empty pan still on it. I also had to teach her how to use her own blender (which consisted of a total of 3 buttons) and if she would walk into the room when someone was cooking or watching a show she would just freeze where she was and stand there watching you cook or watch the show.
She was definitely the sweetest person I've ever known, but she was clearly nerodivergent and didn't know how to take care of herself/was heavily babied by her parents. She now works at a museum and it's stellar at her job. She just has very very clear strengths and weaknesses.
djk2321 · 2 points · Posted at 08:33:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At this point, amazed all dorms haven't burnt to the ground.
RealityCheck18 · 2 points · Posted at 08:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both these happened during my 2nd year - Computer Science Engineering.
My friend sees my huge collection of songs and asks me to give a copy. This was before affordable USB flash drives came in. I took an empty CD, filled up almost 500 MB of Mp3 songs and gave it to him. He returns the CD next day, and I tell him to keep it as I can't use much of the remaining 200MB anyways. He casually replied, "Dude, just delete them. Why do you want to waste a CD?". I replied "You know this is not a rewritable CD. right? ". His reply was - " Don't you know you can delete the files? I was able to do that even in floppy disks".
This was with another guy. We have a code of ethics to always "give and take" when it comes to sharing movie or TV show through CDs/DVDs. One guy was just taking things but never bringing back anything new. When asked he said he doesn't have a CD writer. Ok excused. I once went to his home and I noticed the DVD player in his computer had "read+write" label on it. I was furious and confronted him. His huge movie library enraged me and I shouted at him for being selfish. He then explained the problem. He opened "Nero CD writing application" and then he reached the point where it says "Burn" the disk. He said , "I think there is some virus and Everytime I tried writing the CD it was going to Burn instead. If the computer burns, my parents will kill me. "
Both of them were second year in computer science engineering!!
Cactilove · 2 points · Posted at 08:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well not me, but my co worker had an interaction with another of our coworker holding a dish sponge saying "I don't know what this is, I'm throwing it away" We didn't think she was serious, but idk. Maybe her parents only bought one kind of sponge but still..
cant_dyno · 2 points · Posted at 08:38:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite a noth know how to do this moment but Was in the break room at work and a woman in her 30s was trying to get her toast out of a toaster with a knife while it was still plugged in. She was confused when another colleague and myself stopped her
riorval · 2 points · Posted at 08:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work on a plane (flight attendant), we don't have microwaves on board, but small ovens, and we take our food to work in metal or glass containers (as you should, if you're planning to heat up your food inside an oven).
Well, we used to have a colleague (a pretty silly girl, must be said) that not only once, not twice, but in SEVERAL occasions, placed a glass containers WITH the plastic lid on inside the oven and turned it on, or maybe saw a container with the plastic lid on (sometimes we can place the container in a cold, turned off oven, so that we remember to heat up captain's food once we take off, for example) and didn't remove the lid and turned the oven on, not saying anything. When she was asked about this last case, she just said that she saw the container but, as she wasn't the one that put it in the oven, she didn't touch it.
Obviously this is a fire hazard on board a flying plane, and fires on planes are quite dangerous (basically you could cause the whole plane to go on fire, if you don't manage it well). So yeah, we had to explain the danger that it meant many times, and still she continued to do similar stupid things. I really don't know how this person can function in her day to day life.
tacobaoit · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A fellow coworker of mine asked me how to save a Microsoft Word document. I don’t know if this matters but we work in IT.
wuthering_height · 2 points · Posted at 08:42:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know you can put letters into your mailbox and the mailman will pick them up. She thought you had to go to the post office and wait in line to send a (properly addressed and stamped) letter.
She is by no means stupid or sheltered or any of this things. She just didn’t know how to send a letter. We’re in our early 20s too. It was a good bonding experience.
devper5 · 2 points · Posted at 08:43:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best mate, so many times I've had to show how to turn on the fryer or how to turn on the oven or how to load the dishwasher . She just don't know how to function kitchen appliances
swefree2001 · 2 points · Posted at 08:47:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this happened to my friend. I (18) was ordered to make coffee for everyone at a gathering and they only had a brew coffee machine. I had never used one of these before so I went up to my friend and asked, he just looked at me like I'm an idiot and said "do you not know how to make coffee?"
FluffyOwl30 · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha! I had to Google it bc I was working nights at a group home and the girls in the house LOVED coffee and I would fix it in the morning before I left and I do not drink coffee so I've never messed with it before. One of the other workers who cames in to relieve me had to tell me I was putting a little too much in and to use about a quarter less.
NorthCatan · 2 points · Posted at 08:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew someone back in uni who thought douching was a legitimate contraceptive method because it was done in the past, she's a wacko.
TJ_Figment · 2 points · Posted at 08:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One year my office went all out for the football World Cup. We each had a team in the sweepstake and we decorated our desks etc. It even got in the local paper.
We decided to do a World Cup food day. The idea was that you cooked a dish from the country you had in the sweepstake.
The guy who had Spain wasn’t a confident cook so someone suggested gazpacho.
We should have realised he might have issues when he read through the ingredients and commented it was weird it needed plums. It didn’t it needed plum tomatoes. We corrected him on that and double checked the other ingredients.
What we didn’t realise is that he didn’t know the difference between a bulb and a clove of garlic. He put two bulbs of garlic into his soup. The smell was eye watering literally.
The bloke was mortified when we explained.
We turned it into a challenge. Could you down a glass full of it. I managed it but woh it burned.
Substantial_Papaya · 2 points · Posted at 08:57:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn’t know the months of the year in order. It was March and I said I’d be leaving for grad school in August. He was very upset our relationship would be ending in just two months.
tperfect1192 · 2 points · Posted at 08:58:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First week of uni, one of my flat mates tried to cook pasta in a frying pan. No water, just some fusilli in a frying pan with him giving it the odd poke now and then. 19 years old and he didn’t realise that pasta has to be boiled. Shocking
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol reminds me of a dumb mistake I made. I once tried to boil these frozen stuffed shells that were meant to go in the oven. My parents had left my sister and I at home and told me to make them for my sister because she likes them. They ended up unfolding and dumping the ricotta cheese into the water. I scooped it all out with a strainer and served my sister a pile of watery ricotta and beat up shells.
In my defense, I think I was like 10 or something.
shabby1233 · 2 points · Posted at 08:58:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is actually about me. When I had my first baby, I was in hospital. My boyfriend said he was going home to grab the things we need to take the baby home and asked me to dress him. I was left on my own with my baby for the first time and I couldn’t get his little hands in his sleeves! I completely gave up and this lead to me developing post natal anxiety. So it was pretty horrifying for me :(
Balcil · 2 points · Posted at 09:33:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t expect anyone to function normally right after giving birth.
shabby1233 · 2 points · Posted at 16:54:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the same now, but at the time I thought I was supposed to have this big spark in my mind and know how to do everything. Everyone always says ‘when the baby is here you will know exactly what to do’ you don’t always, and sometimes need help. But you feel like it reflects badly on you as a mother
margenreich · 2 points · Posted at 08:59:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A colleague told me of a female friend who was flabbergasted that cars have high beams for driving in darkness. They were driving at night and as soon he turned the high beams on she was shocked. She never drove on streets without streetlights before because she never left the city by car in her whole life.
CrazyCylinder · 2 points · Posted at 09:00:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a grocery store in the produce department and one day a lady came up to me while I was stocking the oranges and needed help finding something. She asked where the limes were, and needed help because she had no clue what a lime looked like. We were standing directly in front of them. Keep in mind this wasn't in like 1950, it was in 2018... She was on her phone when she asked me... Like, are you kidding? You are a 25 year old adult who should probably know what a lime is, but also you have the internet IN YOUR HANDS. Like yeah it is my job to help you, but seriously... Take 2 seconds and Google limes.
spiritbearr · 2 points · Posted at 09:04:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother was turning off her laptop by just unplugging it and letting it die. I had to explain that laptops are computers and all computers hate when the power goes out (something she had explained to me when I was 7).
When I tried to fix it the thing it would take so long to open something that it would lock me out and she would have to unlock it. I couldn't open the start menu and I just gave up only for her to say I broke the damn thing.
She's still using it. No idea how.
h-e-l-p-m-e----- · 2 points · Posted at 09:05:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin and I were just in the living room when they went to cut a pomegranate so we could have some. I came back and they hadn’t separated the skin, so I asked them what they were doing and they asked me what did they do wrong.
I’m extremely scarred to find out she ate them like an apple .
Ultrif · 2 points · Posted at 09:10:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend thought California was it's own country :'(
blewyn · 2 points · Posted at 09:16:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex-girlfriend was giving me a blowjob for the first time. I thought it felt a bit odd, so I look down and there she is, all red faced, cheeks puffed out like Louis Armstrong on the trumpet. Blowing.
OpheliaTen · 2 points · Posted at 09:23:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once knew someone who thought you have babies and pee from the same place, ie the bladder and womb were the same thing. She had three kids.
Thick-Armadillo · 2 points · Posted at 09:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My younger brother uses to put cakes of soap in the microwave to heat them up before using them because it made the soap cleaner?!
CriticalEscapeBike · 2 points · Posted at 09:31:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex.
Ex wife.
30 years old.
Emphasis on "ex".
Christmas_jigsaw · 2 points · Posted at 09:31:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in the day of video recorders I dated a girl that would record Eastenders and when watching it back she'd adjust the small tv aerial when the picture had static.
Nonions · 2 points · Posted at 09:42:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
University dorm kitchen, I walk past and see it full of smoke. I dash in, turn off the buzzing microwave and open the windows. Plate of smouldering ash in the microwave. Owner turns up, had been microwaving rice for dinner, did not know he had to add water to dry rice.
weezo28 · 2 points · Posted at 09:47:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Few years back, a cousin of mine and her idiot partner were over and I was cooking burgers and offered them one as they had more than out stayed their welcome at this point. Anyway, they looked at each other and in all seriousness said "I never knew you could cook burgers from home". I was baffled and as I tried to get them elaborate, they said "we never knew..we always just bought them from the take away". Thankfully they don't call anymore.
Drunk_Panda_ · 2 points · Posted at 09:48:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't put grease fires out by throwing water on them...
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 09:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was checking out at the store. She didn't know what limes were.
"What are these?"
"Limes"
"Pimes?"
"No. Limes. Like lemon-lime soda."
"Huh?"
"You've had Sprite, right?"
"That's lemon- lime soda. Lemons are yellow and limes are smaller and green."
"Ooooooohhhhhh......"
She did not appear to be mentally disabled other than being dumb as a box of hammers. I was fucking baffled.
unknownposters · 2 points · Posted at 09:57:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was baking with my current bf and he was absolutely clueless. He didn't know how to preheat the oven or what a mixing bowl was
THE_PHYS · 2 points · Posted at 09:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Advanced TLDR because this is long... One of my best friends didn't know how to shit and/or wipe correctly. Story follows...
So around the ages of 19 my two best friends from high school moved in together as roomies post-high school. Shep and Art we shall call them for anonymity. Well one day I(19m) was over and playing video games with Art(19m) while Shep(19m) was in the shower in the only bathroom. Nature calls so I got up, knocked on the door announcing I had to piss. Shep calls out, "Ok but look out for the shit!". Art had a small dog that sometimes had accidents so I assumed this was what he meant. I open the door and the rug is folded over.
Me, "Did the dog shit on the rug?".
Shep in the shower, "Nah I got some shit on the rug."
Me, "Oh... ok.". I peed and went back to the living room to play more games. Still not really registering what he just said. I turned to Art before we resumed and said "Dude... I think Shep said he shit on the bathroom rug?".
Art, "Nah he probably said the dog shit on the rug."
Shep exits shower carrying folded bathroom rug headed toward the garage where the washer is.
Me, "Shep did you say the dog shit on the rug?"
Shep, "Nah dude I shit on the rug."
Me & Art, "WHAT?! WHY?!"
Shep returns from the garage without the rug...
Shep, "It's not like I did it on purpose. Sometimes that happens when I wipe. Don't worry I put it in the washer." Sits down on couch next to us to play games. Art and I sit there in shock and stare at him for a moment.
Me & Art, "WHAT? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN WHEN YOU WIPE?!"
Shep, "Well when you wipe sometimes shit falls on the rug." Totally normal, no embarrassment, this is his way.
Art, "The fuck you say? Woah woah woah. I have never gotten shit on the rug when wiping!"
Me, "Seconded"
Art, "Explain to us how this shit gets on the rug when you wipe?"
Shep, "C'mon fuck you guys you're fucking with me."
Me, "No really, explain and expand please. Like demonstrate this process... cuz we don't understand."
Shep, "Ooook... So I shit... then when I stand up to wipe I face the toilet and wipe down. If any shit falls on the floor you pick it up with TP and flush it. If you get some on the rug or towels you wash them. How do you guys shit?"
Me & Art, shocked pikachu face
Shep, getting nervous, "What? Fucking say something! How do you guys shit?!"
Me, desperate to understand, "So... After you shit... you... stand up... about face... and then wipe down?"
Shep, panicky, "OF COURSE!"
Art, aghast, "The fuck do you mean 'of course'? You... face the toilet standing when you wipe?!"
Shep, panicky defensive, "YES! HOW ELSE DO YOU CLEAN YOURSELF!?"
Me to Art, "Dude..." Art to me, "Dude."
Shit is getting heated at this point... heh.
Shep, very upset, "HOW DO YOU GUYS WIPE?! FUCKING TELL ME! THE DOG SHITS ON THE CARPET ALL THE TIME!"
Art, "WHA... SHE'S A FUCKING DOG YOU'RE A PERSON! WE SHIT SITTING DOWN!"
Shep, "I SHIT SITTING DOWN!"
Art, "BUT THEN YOU STAND TO WIPE?! WITH AN ABOUT FACE?!"
Shep, "YES! WHY IS THAT SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?! DON'T YOU STAND WHEN YOU WIPE?"
Art, incredulous, "NO!"
Shep, "THEN HOW DO YOU GUYS WIPE?!"
Me, trying to calm them down... "Uh ok Art let me try... well... uh... when we and the rest of humanity drop a deuce we... uh remain seated... and uh... shift to one side... wiping front to back..."
Art, "WHAT HE SAID!"
Shep, wide-eyed and pale, "What?! Why would you do it that way?!"
Art, "Because we're not fucking animals!"
Shep, "Fuck you!"
Me, "Have you always done it this way?!"
Shep, "YES! I didn't know you could wipe while sitting!"
Art, "Who taught you to shit?!"
Shep, "My mom! Why are you attacking me?!"
Me to Art, "Wow dude... Shep's mom taught him how to shit wrong."
Art, "Should we rub his nose in it?"
Me, "I think we already have... let's find a newspaper and hit him with it..."
Shep, "Explain to me one more time how you guys shit..."
The end.
NickyRD · 2 points · Posted at 10:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working as a support worker with vulnerable adults with mental health, younger kids fresh out of uni would often get the role above mine - Project Worker, they sure can write a bunch of nonsense into a risk assessment quick enough for a manager to be happy, but they can't do the actual basic work they were hired for.
One of the many worst things I ever saw - Had a client who was moving into his own place, doing really well, keeping his nose clean, attending college every day, but he only ever lived in hospital or at his parents. A young PW colleague
askedtold me to help him with setting up the bills for his home. I egged her on to do it as the manager had a tirade about the PW's being the ones to do it.Instead of saying "I'm helping my client to set up bills at his new home, moving in from the xx date" She said "I'm calling to help my client pay his bills at xx address". The previous occupant never paid the bills, and somehow ran up a debt of £600+ and because this previous person never followed through on payment agreements, that was a no-goer, in fact it was see you in court time. I guess the energy operator doesn't care whose name on the card is.
She somehow gave them all his details, got him on the line for these debts, and then wrote these debts into his risk assessment as a high risk he has (a case for not assigning independent living accommodation.) She came in and said "You'll never guess how much energy debt he has" Smugly, like a smug little smuggler.
Later I'd called the energy company and ask for a statement of his account to be mailed over. Got the dates for the energy used. He was at our address the whole time, before that hospital, before that, parents. She couldn't explain her rational for him living at the place he's about to move into (!?) and gobbling a bunch of electricity, but felt pretty certain this was his debt. I clarified and closed the debt with the energy company after a court summons was mailed to him.
How did the client feel? Obviously perpetually anxious, stressed, panicky, telling everyone that he's never lived there, having mental health relapses, missing college etc. feeling "like I'm trapped in a conspiracy against me!". Which he was. He went back to hospital after another MH relapse.
A year later a care coordinator comes along and asks "Whats this about energy debt?". I hope it's not following him still. Because someone put something into a risk assessment, those documents fly around all sorts of new placements and treatment teams, gaining weight and myth.
rachelleeann17 · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought my previous roommate was the dumbest person I’d ever met until I met her friend. Her friend was over one time complaining that she’d picked up an STD, and I asked her “why didn’t you use a condom?”
Her response was “condoms don’t prevent STDs though”
I said “they’re the ONLY thing that prevents STDs”
This bitch was in one of the science programs, on track to go to PT school. The idiocy was just so astounding.
BlottomanTurk · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate doesn't police his bathroom usage. Shower, for instance, he just turns it off a steps out. The floor is soaked for the next 2-3 hours whenever he showers. He doesn't, y'know, stand for a minute to let the water drain a bit. Or, god forbid, dry his legs as he steps out.
Toilet is even worse. He never wipes the seat. When you use the toilet and don't hover, occasionally you're going to leave some asshairs and/or crack grease at the back of the seat. This is a fact of life. Or even a latent curly at the front. But he somehow never realized this. So my other roommate and I are left having to wipe down the seat before and after use.
Never puts the lid down, so there's no "poo particle" mitigation, yuck. Also when he has a particularly messy day, that means while the toilet is flushing, there's a chance that you get some brown splash-up. Not cool.
And here's the real fun one... you just know when a messy one is going to need a second flush. It's like a sixth sense that we all have. We've been doing this all our lives, so we should all have expert-level experience with this.
Not my friend tho. Once he hits that flush and sprays the air freshener, ain't his problem. That poop soup remnant is on someone else's turn, now.
I cringe now when I notice him walking out of the bathroom and just pray that my other roommate is the next one to go in there.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teaching 1 percenter’s children to dive during a 12week volunteer marine science program. Turns out I also had to teach them to do laundry, cook, some had never washed a dish!
areeves1985 · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an acquaintance who bought a new car. Had it for a while. And then he came to me saying it has an engine code. Pulled my scanner out and looked at it. It was a oil change code. I asked when the last time he had it changed. He said you have to change oil? Brand new car with odometer reading just under 10k miles. Still had the oil in it from the factory.
boozleloozle · 2 points · Posted at 10:09:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coordination and foreshowing working. Instead of moving stuff 3 times you can do it in one move. If you organize the storage in a retail shop then you can find stuff easier and faster if a customer asks. Feels like everywhere I work people don't understand the concept of logical smart working. I'm like twice as fast while even doing the work slower just because I take 10 min of thinking before doing a big task
Vae-Victis- · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my colleagues was trying to convert from GBP to EUR, instead of multiplying by what is currently ~1.1 they had divided by 1.1 and were complaining how poor the exchange rate was and how it would impact their holiday spending money.
It wasn't a typing error either as I had to run through it with them!
Golddustofawoman · 2 points · Posted at 10:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my roomate why he had never washed his clothes or sheets not one time the entire couple years he has been living here. Well, our apartment complex has communal washer/dryers. He said its gross to use public washing machines and thought it was cleaner to just not wash his clothes. I told him that was like shitting your pants because you didn't want to use a public toilet. He also has no idea how to cook anything that doesn't go in a microwave. He's 36.
My other roomate doesn't know how to cook anything other than microwave lasagna. So he literally only eats fast food or microwave lasagna. He also doesn't know how to wash his own ass and I have to spray the toilet down everytime he uses it because he leaves days old shit that got stuck in his buttcrack all over the seat. Also I'm pretty convinced he goes in his room in containers or something because rarely, very very rarely does he actually use the restroom. Like I'm talking maybe twice a week. Oh yeah and he only showers once a week or less. He is 35.
Moms, please please stop doing everything for your sons or they will turn into helpless disgusting men who have no concept of BASIC FUCKING HYGEINE.
I hate it here. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT ITS LIKE TO BE THE ONLY WOMAN IN A HOUSE FULL OF MEN?!?!
Themursk · 2 points · Posted at 10:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Run while you can :(
Golddustofawoman · 2 points · Posted at 10:30:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would if I could but I can't afford to live without roomates. But my god, my living situation is so bad. Aside from those two, I live with my little brother and my boyfriend. My little brother isn't helpless, but he chooses not to apply basic life skills because he is a lazy stoner who thinks beer is a meal. I don't think he's cooked anything but frozen pizza in years. Don't even get me started on him. And you guessed it, nobody cleans anything but me and my boyfriend and I have totally given up. And with just men, you bet your ass it gets nasty af fast. Beer cans everywhere. Cigarette butts all over the back porch. Cigarette butts in the sink. Weird smells. Cat piss. Moldy food in the fridge. Grime in the shower after one week.
The one dude who doesn't wash his clothes is pretty cool as a person. He's just kind of a dirty hippie with a literal pile of cigarette butts in his room. The other guy who doesn't wash his ass is the one who's name is on the lease and covers the majority of the bills. He is really really weird but he keeps to himself. I'll be moving out as soon as its feasible. My city has a rent crisis going on so I'm a bit stuck here for a while.
Mtbhart · 2 points · Posted at 10:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work in a pharmacy. Gentleman came back in with his prescription saying it wasnt working, I asked how he was taking the said medication, he said he took one tablet daily. They were suppositories. First and only time ive had to tell a customer to stick it up their ass.
jahuce422 · 2 points · Posted at 10:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wonder if anyone else has met someone like this …..
I have a friend who whenever I cook a meal for legit does not know how to dish up her own plate of prepared food. For instance I'll cook some rice, chicken, beans, and veggies and dish up my own plate by the stove where everything is in pots and pans ready to eat. I'll dish up my plate and sit down and every time without fail she stands there looking baffled and will usually say something like "so how do you do this?" And every time I'll tell her my detailed process which is something along the lines of "I like to start with the rice and scoop a little ball sized portion on the corner of the plate, then put some meat partly on the rice and partly off of it and place your beans on the other edge of the rice pile, make sure to leave a little room still because there's still veggies comin down on that plate!! etc. etc…."
Unikatze · 2 points · Posted at 10:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate from Taiwan who we suspected was very sheltered. Amongst many things once asked her if she could let our dog out to pee while we were out. She'd never owned a dog before. So she took him out. And when the dog finished pooping, she wiped his butt.
We also stopped her from putting a mug with a spoon in it into the microwave.
Pemmc12 · 2 points · Posted at 10:18:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a male friend who assumed women could “hold” their period like pee. It took a lot of explaining that no, we don’t really have control over that flow.
sodamnsleepy · 2 points · Posted at 10:55:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sadly we don't
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:23:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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sleek_cactus · 2 points · Posted at 10:26:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a number of them...
My boyfriend mopped the floor while I was with him. He mopped in front of him and then proceeded to walk over the fresly cleaned bit with shoes on and carried on mopping in front of him.
Another one of his moments, he turned to me with a shocked face and asked me if sanitary pads really stuck to the underwear and not the vagina. He fully thought it was like a plaster.
One thing I thought until my early 20s was that you put deodorant on AFTER you were already sweaty. To de-odor you...
Beamish93 · 2 points · Posted at 10:27:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work friend of mine thought sheep and lamb were two different species. She was always blown away by how everyone else could tell them apart so easily.
sodamnsleepy · 2 points · Posted at 10:51:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine didn't know that polar bears and penguin can't meet each other in the wild since they live on different poles
Beamish93 · 1 points · Posted at 13:34:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can see that one slipping under the radar for sure.
TattooedSpine22 · 2 points · Posted at 10:28:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So my Indigenous Support teacher would always ask the senior indigenous kids to help cook for the stall for multicultural day. I was happy to oblige and was making some meatballs when I hear the microwave being turned on, we didn’t have anything that needed to be microwaved so I assumed it was for another stall. Nope, Miss had microwaved the Kangaroo sausages. They were cooked all weirdly, split and a funny colour in some spots. The other kid helping and I begged her not to serve them because they didn’t look cooked all the way through in some parts and frankly they looked like Frankenstein’s monster‘s fingers. She served them, no one actually ate them thank god
PuckerUpButtercup94 · 2 points · Posted at 10:36:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People don’t know how to pump their own gas in my state. .....We are one of two states where it’s against the law to pump your own gas. However, for a few weeks during shutdowns due to Covid 19, you had to pump your own gas. The poor gas attendants had to show most of the native Oregonians how to do it.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 10:37:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am super late to this party but...
I used to manage a computer shop. A guy in his early 20’s comes into me one day and buys the most expensive laptop we had for college. Overkill for what he needed but the heart wants what the heart wants so off he goes on his merry way.
The very next day he comes in to me to say he thinks he needs to buy a new laptop because he’s broken the one he bought yesterday. Well ok but how did you break it? He proceeds to tell me that he was “streaming football at 3am” and then all these pop ups started all over the place to the extent that he could click absolutely nothing on the screen.
Through the jigs and reels he eventually tells me that it kept telling him he needed to download different plug-ins to watch his “football” and so, in the year of our lord 2016, every time the Internet had told this poor sheltered dope to do something he went right on ahead and did it. Every ad, every pop up, every Nigerian Prince got a click
I choose to believe it was his first day on the Internet
Beet-It · 2 points · Posted at 10:39:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did gay porn once. It was a handjob scene. I had to teach this rather attractive and very inshape guy in his late 20s what masturbation was. He had NO fucking idea what it was. I had to teach him HOW to beat my dick.
Vyvonea · 2 points · Posted at 10:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basic cooking.. and by basic I mean really simple stuff like how to boil water.
Putting gas in their car. A friend of mine used to come pick me up and I'd fill her tank at the gas station because she had no idea how to do it. I have never owned a car nor do I have a license...
Traffic signs and rules. Another friend would ask me about them all the time while she was driving... again I don't have a license. How did she even pass the test?!
Monoking2 · 2 points · Posted at 10:47:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
man, not to bring the thread down, but as a kid i was pretty severely neglected. my mother didn't teach me anything beyond how to make food for her and serve it to her, so when i called child services and left at 16. i didn't know SHIT. i still can't tie my shoes that well, write cursive, or read a clock quickly.
if you had a normal ass childhood and you can't do these things, i kind of hate you, tbh. or your parents, whoever's more responsible. there's no excuse.
DaBaldedEgg · 2 points · Posted at 10:49:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
16 year old boy didn’t know how to tie his shoelace. Father tied it for him.
lukeslutforth · 2 points · Posted at 10:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i had to teach my 20 year old friend how to make instant coffee and how to frie an egg. i also had to show someone in their 20s how to use a washing machine.
the-rant-guy · 2 points · Posted at 10:54:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Moved to Vietnam. My girlfriend there has no concept of how dangerous raw chicken is and touches everything in the house after handling it. Cue a few hours of me disinfecting every possible surface in the house and her literally shouting and arguing because I was trying to explain it for her. Also when she actually cooked the chicken (for herself) she cut into small pieces and fried for a very short time. It wasn't raw in the middle but DEFINITELY was too pink to be considered cooked. Again, she couldn't understand why i was freaking out.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:04:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one dude that I really disliked kept getting invited to our get togethers for some reason. He doesn't drink but would come to the bar with our group of friends (he's a creep but no one else saw this for some reason and kept inviting him ...ugh). He shows up late and the waitress asks if he wants anything. He says a coke. When the bill comes he's surprised and mad that he was charged for his drink. "She asked me what I wanted! I'm not paying for this!"... He made a fuss about it until one of us told him to shut up and covered his $3 coke... So embarrassing
ballsosteele · 2 points · Posted at 11:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didn't know how to reload a bin.
I don't really need to explain what the rest of the kitchen looked like.
elx2 · 2 points · Posted at 11:07:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad I've gone through experiences of not knowing how to do things while still living with other people bc I really wouldn't have coped as an adult otherwise. One time I tried to cook some potatoes without water bc I forgot to put it in, but another time I just totally forgot to cook them at all for a salad I was making bc I didn't realize they were inedible raw, so after serving everyone inedible food we then had to pick the potatoes out of the food and stick them in the microwave. at least now I know to cook them
spinningduckspam · 2 points · Posted at 11:09:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my mom needed to know how to use the GPS in the car. The word navigation whas LITTERALY writen on the button.
CMRabbi · 2 points · Posted at 11:10:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here in Portugal is very common to use a powdered substance (industrial) to make mashed potatoes.
My friend was marveled when I made a proper one (with cheese and real potatoes).
ughplss · 2 points · Posted at 11:12:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend literally didn't know how to use a bus. Lives in London, red buses everywhere and using an Oyster card is super easy. But she's so rich she takes an Uber EVERYWHERE. So one time we went out and had to take a bus and she was so confused. It was really perplexing.
beece16 · 2 points · Posted at 11:12:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My god,my brain is going nuts trying to compute some of these responses.
SusieHom3maker · 1 points · Posted at 14:32:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out this one, posted just after you:
They didn't stay in the kitchen. They just turned...
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hfsoq0/whats_the_most_horrifying_how_do_you_not_know_how/fw1vf6w?utm_source=reddit-android
PaulyBuggy · 2 points · Posted at 11:13:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel pretty stupid much of the time, but this post..... holy fucking shit.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT, so I'd say.... most days.
capnmerica08 · 2 points · Posted at 11:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I used to check people out of apartments. I would always do a pre inspection and say what they needed to clean/fix. I was always amazed how some people never cleaned out the lint trap in the dryer, especially since I had told them 2 weeks before to do so, 2 years of lint in that thing. Open it up and a sweater of lint in there.
One guy had his girlfriend with him and when I pulled out the lint trap with it completely full she hauls off and hits his arm. "You could have caused a fire!" Yep, he could have. A dryer uses a heating element like a stove or oven. You have a lint trap full of lint, well lets just say in scouting they teach you to bring it with you to start a camp fire.
Destinfragile · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not necessarily a practical skill (or lack of) but I worked with someone that didn't know what the holocaust was; among many, many other things. I miss you Mon. (I dont).
BobBeats · 2 points · Posted at 16:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's like not knowing about the Rwandan Genocide.
Destinfragile · 2 points · Posted at 04:22:22 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
She'd have said "Oh I love him" or something
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to date this girl who was the daughter of a rich family. Her dad was some big shot banker type and so they had a lot of money, the girl had properties in her name by the age 18, but she kept it kind of on the down low about her status.
However, she had no idea how to cook whatsoever. She had always had maids and servants to cook for her and so when she moved out for work she found cooking to be difficult. She would eat a lot of fried and boiled food but had no clue how to use a microwave or oven, and whenever I showed her whatever I was eating she would get food-horny and a little upset that she didn't know how to do that. Even something simple.
Ironically, she was overweight.
RelentlessPolygons · 2 points · Posted at 11:19:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked for an automotive company as an engineer. Fellow engineer didnt know you can write functions in excel to quickly calculate stuff.
He did them by hand and would fill out the table by hand.
Thousands and thousands of data points...
CosmicKKKelly · 2 points · Posted at 11:20:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When at university we had an announcement about the coronavirus and that we would be doing studies from home starting tomorrow.
I deceived to go to the bathroom.
A girl in my tutor group, which actually told me she hated me once before, was crying in the bathroom.
I asked her what was wrong, and she told me because her family are stuck in their house in Switzerland she has to live in their mansion alone in London.
I did feel sorry for her and said it’s going to be okay until she said,
“the nanny isn’t going to be there, how on earth am I going to eat or wash anything!”
She’s 25
Curvyeyez · 2 points · Posted at 11:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More of a “how do you not know this” moment. Coworker asked if there was a bridge from Washington state to Alaska.
karateninjazombie · 2 points · Posted at 11:21:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister once caught one daft girl in her uni halls frying an egg straight on the very unclean electric hob because none of the others had done any of their washing up (sister had but they used her stuff and left it dirty in the sink. And it was one of those solid black topped hobs that take forever to warm up then are always too hot). Sister moved to another flat in those halls not long after. I also heard at the end of the term the cleaning lady warned them to clean up the kitchen mess, which was nearly sentient by this point, or it would just be binned and them charged. It was binned, they were charged and they had the audacity to contain too. Sister was glad she moved when she did, her new flatmates were much better.
ConceptualAir · 2 points · Posted at 11:23:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
We inflate balloons as party of our party store at my casual job
Typical comments and questions:
‘How do you make the balloon float?’
I had to explain that using your lungs inflate a balloon it does not make the it float
Hi-float is a form of liquid latex to coat and cover the inside of a balloon to cover microscopic holes and make it last longer
‘Can I put them in the car?’ ‘Yes’ ‘No, on the roof of the car?’ (For a 2+ hour drive)
‘What if you put half air and half helium? Does it float lower?’
I did have this lovely young couple that had never inhaled helium before . They tried to buy a single balloon, which i gave to them for free. They took it a few feet away and started to inhale it and make each other giggle. Definitely one of my best experiences watching them be so happy together.
Neromei · 2 points · Posted at 11:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A dude over 30 years old used bleach to remove stains from a black shirt and was surprised to see that it got orange "stains" all over... A girl almost 30years old telling me that she had no idea where was her vagina.
alexmalfoy99 · 2 points · Posted at 11:28:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my boyfriend with all of my heart, but showing a 20 y/o man how to tie his shoelaces was an experience
MerryKrishmass · 2 points · Posted at 11:29:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During lockdown (in the UK) my whole family are back home again, and my sister(18) is cooking pizza for lunch.
We go into the kitchen and see my sister has put the pizza in with the cardboard??? So we say "omg you put the pizza in with the cardboard base". She just calmly turns around and says "yeah i always, so that so its easier to get out"
....shed been doing it this way her whole life.
catkiss2020 · 2 points · Posted at 11:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was about 19 and trying to cook a ‘fancy’ dinner. I threw away an entire pan - pan and all - of chicken breasts because they turned white.
nellainreallife · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Grown-ass people who still don't know how to wash they're hands right, even in these corona-times!
SusieHom3maker · 2 points · Posted at 12:04:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
???
I know you probably meant "wash" their hands, but with your first phrasing, "deal they're hands", it sounds like you're complaining about untrained card dealers in a casino.
nellainreallife · 2 points · Posted at 12:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤣👍 thanks, it's still early
grayson-owens · 2 points · Posted at 11:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend at the time went shopping without me and that’s how I learned he had no clue you had to buy MEALS. This man genuinely didn’t know what meal planning was, he bought pasta but no sauce, hot dogs with no buns and things like that. I was shocked that this man had gone 22 years without knowing how to properly buy groceries
KnockMeYourLobes · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to have a coworker who, despite being 50 years old, had only JUST started learning to cook. Her explanation was that as the youngest child of 6, she didn't ever have to make anything growing up, except for like toast and cereal. In college, she ate out or her roommate would cook all the time. After s he got married, her husband and the 3 kids he came with would do the cooking. It was only within the last year or so t hat she decided to start ordering boxes from Blue Apron and learning how to cook.
I was seriously dumbfounded, because I learned to cook when I was just barely tall enough to reach the knobs on the stove.
proudyyt · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in my flat cooking in the kitchen, a roommate walks in and asked me to put the microwave on for a minute, nothing in there. I asked why, “heat it up ready for my beans”.
BudCrue · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The water flow valve next to toilets. I've met three college educated adults that have mentioned that they have flooded their bathroom (and in one case an entire apartment) as a result of a plugged and overflowing toilet. None had any idea that the little valve on the floor next to the toilet can be used to allow you to shut off the water flowing into the toilet in just such a situation.
Braddaz · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In university i was once driving a guy out into the country side for a weekend away hiking. I didn't know him very well but about halfway through the trip I realised he wasn't wearing his seatbelt. I asked him to do it up and instead of pulling it across his chest he clipped it up behind him, then proceeded to slacken it off as much as possible so that he could lift the seatbelt over the top of his head and down over his front. He was otherwise a pretty normal guy, it was very strange...
mychaoticbubble · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in my early 20's I had a beautiful hearted friend who was perplexed that when we wound the clocks back for the end of daylight savings that the sun wouldn't know when to get up.....she kept asking but how does the sun know when to get up.....it still amuses me to this day.
yaskweens · 2 points · Posted at 11:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was cat sitting for a neighbor, who has an advanced degree and works in health care. When I can't find the water bowl, I get a bowl out of the cupboard and fill it with water. When my friend gets back, I mention that I couldn't find the cats' water bowl. She said, "I never put out water for them because they drink out of the toilet."
WhatWouldPicardDo · 2 points · Posted at 11:36:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
20 divided by 5, divided by 2, has to be done in that order.
You can’t divide 20 by 10! You’ll get the wrong answer that way???
mkassin · 2 points · Posted at 11:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kid fresh out of college got a sales job where I worked. Lots of outbound cold calls and the guy wasn’t bad. I hear over the cube one day “Do I call his office or his facts a mile number?” We asked him to say it several times and turns out kid had no idea that fax machines were a technology at all.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 11:44:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember seeing a video of two teenagers being presented with an old wind-dial phone and them giving up on figuring how to use it after about 45 minutes.
Chariesa · 2 points · Posted at 11:40:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister's idiot ex boyfriend asked why the radio doesn't work at the normal frequency when we took a road trip 16 hours away. He also didn't understand why people 'talk so funny'. He was 18. He didn't understand regional radio or ascents. Wtf
Tables-are-cool · 2 points · Posted at 11:41:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know it's not that big of a deal but my friend didn't know you could peel an orange, she would cut them in half.
And eat them with a spoon.
mwuannah · 2 points · Posted at 11:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of adult women who don't know they don't pee from their vagina is scary.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 11:48:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this kid, a spoiled brat btw, he didn't know how to change his covers, his mom does it for him, now i would excuse this if it was putting on his bedding, but nope, this kid doesn't know how to take his covers off. -_-
CosmonautTasha · 2 points · Posted at 11:48:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my flatmates at uni didn’t know you had to boil pasta in water, he was 19
hharleyquinn · 2 points · Posted at 11:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a 35yo co-worker ask me how to get to PowerPoint because she couldn't find it. She didn't have a desktop icon for it and apparently didn't know what the start menu is. This was like 6 months ago too.
alveg_af_fjoellum · 2 points · Posted at 11:55:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A colleague asked me to come to their place and help them assemble some IKEA stuff. Turned out they didn’t know the difference between a nail and a screw, which made the whole endeavor quite difficult for them. We managed together though.
Bashtoe · 2 points · Posted at 12:08:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I must be the source of so much if this for my partner.
I'm 32 I cut up my first pepper the other week. And pressed my first garlic last month.
denatured_enzyme_ · 2 points · Posted at 12:18:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me, Friend A and Friend B were out shopping for ingredients to cook lunch for our picnic later on. Friend A and I really love cooking and we are somewhat proficient at it; we love to get together and cook/bake up a storm. Friend B has never cooked in her life. She eats only microwave dinners or takeout.
Me: What's the next ingredient?
A: Spring onions
B: I found the onions! *points to yellow onions*
Me: No not those kind, we need spring onions
A: I found them! Let's split the cost (spring onions are kinda pricey where I am)
B, staring at the spring onions in surprise: Those are onions...?? I thought onions are round and brown?
Also, later on, we were dividing up tasks to do. A and I each had our own dish to take care of, so B volunteered to steam the rice. I told B to measure out 1 (one) cup of rice and wash it. She asked me how to wash rice. A and I just stared at her.
Oh and the kicker is that A, B and I are all Asian. Spring onions and rice are VERY commonly found in Asian cooking; there is absolutely no way she would never have seen spring onions before. I'm so confused.
TeemuKai · 2 points · Posted at 12:30:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in uni didn't know the pipe/handle on the vacuum cleaner could be extended to suit a normal person (and shortened for ease of storing) so he just vacuumed the apartment hunched over as if he was using a children's toy vacuum cleaner.
I just happened to see him cleaning his room one time and asked him why he was doing it like that.
Him: What? It can be made longer?
Me: Yeah, just grab the plastic piece in the middle with one hand and the top end woth the other and pull your hands away from each other.
Him: confused look while trying to locate the plastic piece in the middle (It was literally the size of his hand, right next to it and the rest of the pipe was metal.) "How...how do you...huh????"
I went over and showed him how its extended and shortened and made him do it so he'd learn how to use it. Let gim have a go and it still took him several attempts to extend it despite it literally requiring zero force or technique.
Went somewhere while he was still vacuuming and came back home later. Saw the door of the closet where the vacuum was stored slightly open. Looked inside and the vacuum cleaner was just stuffed in there with the pipe extended despite it not really fiiting in there in the extended position.
We had another training session about it once he got home.
Saw him vacuuming several times with the shortened pipe even after that and gave up trying to teach him.
BeneficialTax6 · 2 points · Posted at 12:31:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in Air Force basic training one of the guys in my brother flight put his shoes on the wrong feet. He was around much longer.
On another incident, had an Airman get a DUI because the cop thought he was high. He was just really slow speaking normally and not the brightest. Later to fight the DUI in court he didn't want to pay for a public defender because "he knew in his heart he was innocent." By God's grace, he ended up winning the case still.
Yasimear · 2 points · Posted at 12:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister told me about a roommate who walked into the kitchen, dropped some pasta into a pot, turned up the heat, and walked off.
No water or anything, just pasta. She nearly burnt the apartment down
BraCha89 · 2 points · Posted at 12:32:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread has taught me parents are not preparing their kids to handle the basics in life or college kids are extremely dumb. Have to say at some point you know how Google works and should look things up instead of be complacent. So it is part the kids fault.
aamiamm · 2 points · Posted at 12:40:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am the one who didn't know how to do a thing. I moved on my own when I was 16 for school, and I had to learn a bunch of stuff on my own because nobody had ever taught them to me before.
Cleaning the dishes was a struggle, because we had a dishwasher at home, and although I had washed stuff by hand before, I was left with greasy and dirty feeling plates and mugs. I still don't know if I was just a bad washer or if it had something to do with the water there (the building was old and the pipes were the original ones so very disgusting, hot water came out almost as white as milk).
And the amount of cleaning it took to keep my apartment nice. I had always taken part in cleaning at home, but it had slipped my notice how much my mother cleaned weekly.
I'm moving back on my own in a few months, and this time I'll be responsible for all of the bills (although I'll be in a dorm-like situation so I'll be sharing the responsibilities of cleaning and such with my roommates) and honestly, I'm scared.
Why don't they teach you taxes and bill-paying at school?!
daddySalarian · 2 points · Posted at 12:41:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I worked with told me that when she first moved out of her parents house, she and her boyfriend never washed their sheets. Instead, every time they got visibly dirty, they would just throw them away and buy new ones.
Not-so-rare-pepe · 2 points · Posted at 12:41:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother had a leak in his radiator on his car and I had to explain to him how they work because he thought the radiator was supposed to spray coolant out onto the engine when it got too hot.
badbush43 · 2 points · Posted at 12:44:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More of a ‘how do you not know this isn’t ok’ when I strolled into my kitchen one day to see my roommate forcing wads of paper towels into the garbage disposal. It took me getting another roommate to say that we probably shouldn’t be shoving paper towels down the drain for him to believe me
4ever_4gettin_logins · 2 points · Posted at 12:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An important take away from these comments: Do not make someone feel bad for not knowing something. Instead try to teach them and help them learn. Not everyone was raised the same or experienced the same education so we shouldn't be so quick to judge.
AnonnyLou · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told my male 20-ish friend that his share house toilet was gross and he needed a toilet brush so people could clean up after themselves. He looked shocked and said “but toilets flush water, they’re self cleaning!”
I cannot stress enough how disgusting that toilet was. That he thought that was normal was horrifying.
nim_opet · 2 points · Posted at 12:52:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I never cook, this stove is broken and everything always burns, and the landlord won’t replace it!” (After 3 years of living in that apartment)
“What do you mean broken, I cook on this daily and it’s perfectly fine”
“Well, look, i put it on “Light” and it just burns...” [its a gas stove. The first turn of the knob is to light it and the flame is basically unregulated; the next turn will make the flame smaller, and then progressively larger as you keep turning it further]
“You mean, in 3 years, you never Moved the knob past “light”????”
Also, circumcised adult men who believe that water running down in the shower will magically wash their dicks, and that only uncut men should use soap to wash their privates.
Usual_Scratch · 2 points · Posted at 12:54:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was teaching a new hire (college graduate) how to use a specific formula and instructed her to just enter 10% of the selling price as a down payment. She stared at me, lost, and said, "Is there a trick to that?" She didn't know how to figure 10%.
iambecsothere · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had never used a deep fryer before because my parents preferred not to have one. I asked my partner if the amount of oil was good, he said yes. When I put the chips in, the oil overflowed and caught alight on the stove top. I called for him to help me as I turned the stove off and put the lid over the pot, he went to get water to throw over the oil fire. I reacted fast enough to stop him, move the deep fryer and smother the flames with a nearby tea towel. It happened so quickly the smoke alarm didn't even go off, the only casualty was the very burned tea towel.
lowbwon · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have you ever heard Donald trump talk about anything?
burningatrocity · 2 points · Posted at 12:56:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine was doing this young guy a favor and giving him a place to stay. Dude was 18 years old and moved out of a rough situation a few states over. He had some bad habits like staying up all night and playing the Xbox and pretending he was doing us a favor by advancing our stuff. So clearly a different perspective at the very least. One night at about 3am he decided he wanted ramen noodles but couldn't find a pan to cook with, (my friend had just moved here and left most of his stuff in his old city). He didn't see the electric tea kettle he could have used, so he found an old beer bottle out of the trash and cleaned it off then put water in it and put it directly on the stove burner to boil. He even took a picture and sent it to my friend showing off his innovation . Shockingly his beer bottle didn't explode and he was successful, but my friend said if he didn't have Do Not Disturb on and had received that message at 3am, he would have kicked him out on the spot. Within about a week, dude was gone.
kdaawg1991 · 2 points · Posted at 12:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asked my partner (27m) to boil some broccoli and potatoes for dinner. Came into the kitchen and found 4 whole potatoes (skins included) and an entire head of broccoli (stalk and all) in a pot with an inch of water on the stove. Knew he wasn’t a fan of cooking, never knew he actually didn’t know HOW to cook.
cheeseeybread · 2 points · Posted at 12:58:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in assisted living with a nurse who was convinced that the sudden uptick in residents with vomiting and diarrhea was no big deal, and seemed to think my telling her otherwise was me being flippant, and tut-tutted my concerns, saying I didn't know any better and that the situation didn't warrant a call to the state. Three days later half the residents and almost all of the staff had Norovirus.
Somehow, "I told you so," just didn't quite say it
BobBeats · 1 points · Posted at 15:53:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Norovirus: hand sanitizer doesn't replace hand washing.
ClearAsJamal · 2 points · Posted at 12:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago I literally tried to clean my computer keyboard with a bathroom spray. Needless to say it completley messed it up, and started this whole thing where my mum and I had to take it to the same repair shop three times.
One to fix the keyboard, one to fix the top left hinge which had broken, then one to fix the top right hinge which had broken
throwaway192156 · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably too late, but had a roommate who was a really good guy, but lived with his parents his entire life due to health circumstances. I never really lost patience with him (externally) for that reason, but it was a mistake as a 30 year old moving in with someone with no prior experience living on their own.
1.) Dude loved takeout and having it as leftovers. He didn't like refrigerating it. As a misguided courteous gesture of not leaving it on the kitchen counter, he would just throw it in the oven.
I liked to cook, and I cannot tell you how many times I came back to the oven smoking and burnt Styrofoam. The worst part is his reaction was "Dont worry about it man, its cool" as I'm cleaning melted Styrofoam foam the oven.
2.) Our apartment was big enough that if im in my room, I usually couldn't hear the front door. It was about 12am and I was sleeping and had rain sounds on. Roommate drove home but left his house keys at his parents a couple miles away. He texted me saying he was locked outside. Does he drive back and get them? Call someone to bring them to him? No. This guy is pretty big, so he repeatedly rams his shoulder into the door until it busts open. When I left for work the next morning I could not believe my fucking eyes. Roommate is passed on the couch, with our door in shambles wide open. We live in an apartment complex of over 90 units, I cannot believe the police weren't called.
Thats all for now
reddoorinthewoods · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate in college who argued until she was blue in the face that the side of the sink with the little grate over it was the garbage disposal, not the side that was open for food to pass through. Finally said she should stick her hand down the open side and turn it on if she was so sure.
Same girl that I had to teach how to wash her clothes, and who put sink dish soap in the dishwasher. She was super sweet, and pre-med. Her family must have just done everything for her. Careful folks, she's now a doctor.
AnonnyLou · 2 points · Posted at 13:01:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother had a co worker who got a new car and was very excited about it. Two months later she had a new, new car. Turns out a mysterious light on her dash had been on the whole time she was driving her new car, and she thought it was a cute, if a bit odd, smiley face put there to amuse her. Turns out it was some sort of engine warning light and she ruined the engine beyond repair.
Three_hrs_later · 2 points · Posted at 13:03:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very late to the party, so probably not going to be seen, but when my mom was 60 my dad had surgery, then cancer was found and he went straight into chemo/radiation. She was instantly the sole caretaker after years of being pampered. Some notable WTF's:
-Mom had never cooked a meal. She went from pampered only child to wife of a cook and never learned how.
-Mom did not know how to shop for groceries.
-Mom had not put gas in her car since the early 1990s and didn't understand pay at the pump.
-Mom, despite being the higher earner, has never paid bills or managed finances.
-Mom has a hard time buying clothes without someone else picking them for her.
And no, dad was not a controlling person He was just "old school" and thought he was being a gentleman by always taking care of everything for the woman he loved. Lesson to be learned, I think, is that sometimes loving someone also means making sure they could survive if they were suddenly on their own.
Fortunately, we had a tight community of friends who all came together and helped her reacclimate to self sufficiency.
nerdabilly · 2 points · Posted at 13:03:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex wife and I had just bought a house together, and a couple months later after the weather turned hot the lawn was looking brown and dried up so she asked me to water the lawn.
I said I would do it, I just needed to buy a sprinkler so I could. She kept arguing and asking why I wanted to go spend money, why couldn't I just turn on the water? I kept saying that I needed a sprinkler in order to water the lawn. Finally she said "I don't understand why you want to go buy a sprinkler. Why can't you just turn on the ones that are built into the grass?" I realized that she was talking about the fancy built-in sprinkler systems that you see on golf courses and sometimes houses have them. I said "because we don't have those!". She said "No, ALL houses have them!"
I had to explain to her that no, all houses do not have watering built into the lawn, those systems have to be installed and are usually very expensive. She still didn't believe me and said every place she'd ever lived had them, I probably just didn't know how to turn it on. She then called her mom and asked about it and finally believed me after her mom told her the same thing.
Mr-Pip · 2 points · Posted at 13:05:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Took my girlfriend out for breakfast at Uni. She had never had a fried egg before. She didn't even know it was a thing...............she was 21. How!?
DoodlesWithNoodles50 · 2 points · Posted at 13:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boyfriend who didn’t know his own apartment address.
CheeseTwist06 · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obligatory not an adult but is surprised me how many people can’t tell the time on an analog clock.
00purpleplanet00 · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1st day at uni and my new flatmate asked me how to wash dishes because he didn't know how... Up to that point I thought he had just been joking about how much of a spoilt rich kid he was. It was a rough year having to live with him
MissReads · 2 points · Posted at 13:08:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was helping my aunt load the dishwasher when she mentioned that it was probably time to buy a new one soon since this one kept overflowing and smelled horrible. I asked her about the last time she cleaned it and she just gave me a funny look.
Apparently, my aunt buys a new dishwasher every few years because she did not know that she's supposed to clean them.
DumbGerman · 2 points · Posted at 13:10:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a 22 year old Filipina girl and in Boracay and i was kissing her private part until she had twice an orgasm. Totally euphoric she told me she never had a man kissing her there.
We continued and she moved down and asked me if j would like her to do the same with me and i said:"Yes, of course, if u like?"
She answered:"But please tell me before u come, I don't wanna get pregnant"
I laughed and said:"Gigi, you know how babies get made?"
She answered:"Yes of course i know but if u cum in my mouth and i swallow it also goes there...", pointing at her private part..
soozy25 · 2 points · Posted at 13:10:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in my mid/late 20s, me and my two best friends J & K were going out drinking and dancing one night.
While on the way, my friend K yelled "shit I only brought 1 tampon!" I said I had one too, so she should be fine for the night. Then she said, "I just wont drink that much so I dont have to pee a lot..."
It took me a minute but what she said really didn't make sense. I mean it was about 10:00pm and we'd only be out for about 4 hours.
I asked her what she meant by that....and she said every time she peed she'd change her tampon. I told her you don't have to do that but if that's what made her comfortable then we'd stop and get her more.
She was incredibly confused as to why I didn't change my tampon everytime I peed and said "how to you pee when your tampon blocks it from coming out?"
I then had to give my 29 year old best friend an anatomy lesson, because she was horrified to find out how many um..holes..we have and that urine and menstrual cycles don't come out of the same one and she's been wasting money on extra tampons.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:11:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was back staying with my parents with a while and my Dad was trying to put the dishwasher on. He had a dish washer tablet out and was messing with it, when he said to me:
"These tablets are fantastic, but they don't half making the packaging hard to get open."
I took one look and it was the skin-tight wrapper the tablets come in, that dissolves in the dishwasher. My Dad had for as long as they'd used these tablets been tediously opening the individual tablet cases. He was slightly bemused when I told him he could just chuck the whole thing in.
ojaydontplay · 2 points · Posted at 13:11:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best mate was round mine and spilt a drink down his top, told him he could borrow one of mine and said feel free to use the washing machine to wash the shirt. That’s when he said he’d never used a washing machine before, the dudes 23 years old, says his mum still does all that stuff so he doesn’t need to bother. He’s a plumber and is a very handy guy, so it shocked me even more that he didn’t know how.
aMotleyMaestro · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend in his forties who is independently wealthy, but cannot change a lightbulb. Doesn't know how and thinks it's complicated.
His personal assistant, also a friend of mine, urged me NOT to teach him how...for the sake of his own job security. I could not make this up. It blew me away.
briemoreparmesan · 2 points · Posted at 13:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my roommate always says "a little bit of germs never killed anyone" whenever she drops food on the ground or just leaves it out in room temp for hours (not good, raw or cooked).
Well that comment aged like milk in 2020.
shadowgattler · 2 points · Posted at 13:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I run a cleaning business. We've only just reopened. I got a desperate call from a client begging us to come clean for her this week. She said she doesn't even know how to clean a toilet. This person makes hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in a medical field and doesn't know how to do basic chores.
Casper_Arg · 2 points · Posted at 13:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our garage is very small and sometimes I have to take my bike out of the garage so my father can take his car out. Every time he stands in the way of the door, giving me little to none maneuver range. Sometimes I just stare at him and wait if he realizes what's wrong. Most times he doesn't.
AnonnyLou · 2 points · Posted at 13:22:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my early 20’s a friend offered to give me a lift to an event we were both going to. It was about a 40 minute drive west of where we were. She started driving south. I asked why, and she said she only knew how to get to destination B from destination A, so she was driving to destination A from where she would drive to destination B, doubling our drive time.
Despite my begging her to let me give her directions straight to our event, she did indeed drive us an extra 40 minutes out of our way to destination A.
TechnicalTelevision0 · 2 points · Posted at 13:23:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once in college, we were making dinner and I told one of my roommates to put the corn on the grill. The corn was on two paper plates so he wouldn’t drop them. He came back and said he did and a few minutes later I turn around and see that our whole deck was smoke! Like it was so bad that you couldn’t even see outside! So I tried to go outside but the door handle was HOT!!!! We were just sitting, panicking. So then I told my roommate to put on a mitt or something and open up the door while I got the fire extinguisher and shot blindly. So he opened up the door and smoke came inside and it was HOT! But I was still standing at the doorway shooting the fire extinguisher blindly bc I couldn’t see with the hot smoke in my eye. Fast forward to a few minutes later when everything started to calm down. I walked out side to see what the hell happened and it turns out he actually put the paper plates on the grill with the corn with the grill lid wide open. Now, I don’t know how a couple paper plates caused that much smoke but I was MAD! We can look back at it now though and die laughing!
KATEOFTHUNDER · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A neighbor was cleaning and mixed bleach with ammonia. She wound up in the ER. All of us- neighbors, friends, ER staff asked her the same question "didn't anyone ever tell you not to do that??"
LLonce · 2 points · Posted at 13:28:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m the other person in this scenario. Grew up in an abusive household that restricted my access to the outside world pretty hardcore, for explanation, so it’s taken me a few years to catch up. Ever seen Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt? I’m not that bad, but let’s just say the show strikes too close to home for me to comfortably watch it.
Most recent basic thing was that I not only didn’t know how to cook bacon, but that I also didn’t know not to put bacon grease down the sink. Ended up with burnt bacon and my exasperated (and amused) partner stopping me when I tried to put the dish in the sink. One of our housemates in the kitchen laughed so hard he had to sit down when he saw my absolutely bewildered face while it all went down. He even straight up said to me “how did you not know this, dude?!?” afterwards.
Most memorable thing ever was learning how to order a pizza for the first time, by phone. My partner still teases me about it sometimes, since now I’m the one who always orders the pizza AND I’ve worked the phone line for a local pizza place in the years since. Not knowing how to order a pizza til I was 18 is definitely something I still feel embarrassed about, though.
Favorite basic thing that I’ve learned to do is definitely yard work. My in-laws laughed at me so hard when they taught me how to use a lawn mower and weed-whacker (and the differences between all those plant-cutting tools, which, I’m gonna be honest, I still have trouble remembering) a few years ago, when me and my partner were couchsurfing with them during a rough spot. His dad had always been big on dragging him outside to help with yard work and “projects” so my partner despises it and can’t imagine life without it in equal measures. Lucky for him, I find it SUPER satisfying, even though I still really suck at it.
The thing I still don’t know how to do that always gets this reaction is drive, though, since I’m 23. My parents never bothered to teach me before they kicked me out and because of a minor accident I got into as a teen I’ve got some anxiety over it to boot. But hiring a driving instructor for manual is mad expensive, and I’m not sure with my super bad ADHD and anxiety it’d be a good idea anyways. I worry I’d be a danger to others.
Abrahms_4 · 2 points · Posted at 13:29:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like most of these people will Darwin themselves out of the gene pool if we stop helping them.
Imsoamerican · 2 points · Posted at 13:33:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother put water in a pan. Then put ramen in the pan. Then put the pan in a microwave.
TataAndFarewell · 2 points · Posted at 13:33:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My manager didn't know about the shift key.... she was pressing caps lock on, typing a capital letter and then turning caps lock off to continue. I showed her the shift key and she was amazed but she still continues to use caps lock because "it's easier".
allPanic_noDisco87 · 2 points · Posted at 13:33:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a super simple one. But one of my old roommates took a used pizza cutter, put it back in the sleeve and then put it in the dishwasher. And was confused as to why it didn’t get cleaned.
ramezfields · 2 points · Posted at 13:34:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a new housemate. Three of us in the house and we did the chore wheel sort of thing to keep things clean. Came home to find the house almost flooded. Housemate didn't know how to mop a floor and had basically poured buckets of water out and swished it around with the mop and thought that was a job well done.
Awhisperwow · 2 points · Posted at 13:37:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked a 21 year old trainee at work to change a light bulb in the ceiling for me. He stood up reached for the roof and just pulled the hot, still on light bulb out of the ceiling socket, wiring and all.
Backtothebaysoon · 2 points · Posted at 13:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to FaceTime a (albeit lower ranking) coworker and explain to him how to attach a file to an email
blacksheep_onfire · 2 points · Posted at 13:40:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend in high school who was the sweetest girl you’ve ever met, and she was brilliant academically. But her stay-at-home mom was very... doting. The woman did everything for her children, and I mean EVERYTHING. I was at their house and it was just my friend and I. We were 17 at the time. She said she was hungry and I said then let’s make something in the microwave, super quick and easy. She said we can’t bc her mom wasn’t home. After some questioning I realized this girl didn’t know how to use a microwave. Couldn’t open the door or anything, and she assumed you had to be an adult to operate it??? I found out that summer that her mom shaved her legs for her, as well as ALL other places that require shaving. It was an odd household for sure.
wo0kie · 2 points · Posted at 13:41:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago when I was managing a restaurant I asked a hostess if she could please sweep the front entrance.
“Do what? How?”
“You know, (I forget her name, we’ll call her Princess bc that’s what she acted like) Princess, sweep? If you could grab that broom and small dust pan and just do a sweep of the foyer to clear away some of those leaves that blew inside?”
“I don’t understand.” I think she’s fucking with me, there’s no way she doesn’t understand. There is no language barrier so I know it’s not a matter of translation. I begin to demonstrate. “Oh! I don’t do that. We have people that do that for us in my home. I dunno how to do it.”
“Well just like this, see?” I show her again.
“That is so funny I’ve never seen that done before.” At that point I decided, I’m not paid enough to fix stupidity and I just asked the other hostess to please finish the rest of the foyer while I had Princess roll silverware.
For those of you who think Princess was playing me to get out of work, I promise you this is not the case. I found this girl crying at the soda station once because she “doesn’t understand club soda” and couldn’t figure out what a Shirley temple was and why someone would order a girl’s name.
BIG_p0e · 2 points · Posted at 13:41:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college was going to drive 5 hours back home because the button on her winter coat popped of and she had no idea how to sew it on. She even had a small sewing kit.
I looked at her dumbfounded and sewed it on for her. She acted like it was wizardry.
cakatoo · 1 points · Posted at 14:10:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She tricked you into doing it for her.
BIG_p0e · 1 points · Posted at 15:40:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a possibility, but seems like duping me is a lot of work for something that takes less than 2 minutes to do.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:41:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Helping one of my bar staff with a qualification, they didn't understand decimal places. Bar staff. Worked in the bar for over a year handling money every day and couldn't figure out decimal places...
I loved that girl but this was quite the shock, another swing and a miss for the UK education system.
Also: new night porter was asked to microwave a can of soup for a customer. He opened the can and put the whole thing into it and turned it on, prompting a chef to launch himself across a table like some sort of tubby superman to switch it off. The porter was a guy in his 50s.
moist_blanket69 · 2 points · Posted at 13:44:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite “adulting” but having to teach my buddy (who was 19yo, Grade 12) how to write a sentence.
Like I’m talking about “No capitalize the first letter only, period goes at the end..” type basics.
ReasonableBeep · 2 points · Posted at 13:46:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in the 9th grade and I went over to my friends house to chill after school. She lived with her rich aunt because her parents were working abroad in another country. The aunt allowed her own kids to cook but her niece wasn’t allowed to step foot in the kitchen for reasons unknown. I said I was hungry and it was just the 2 of us and we couldn’t order in because we were broke. I suggested we go cook something for ourselves and she said she didn’t know how. I said I’d teach her (don’t do this in another persons home without permission first of all) so we settled on making a simple omelet. I went to go heat the pan while I told her to go crack some eggs into a mixing bowl.
She proceeds to just smash the entire egg into the bowl shell and all and had the AUDACITY to be confused. I just stood there stunned as I watched her try to pick out the eggshell pieces with a fork.
Yerga_Dergen · 2 points · Posted at 13:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Going to somebody elses house and asking for a screwdriver and they dont have one, like what happens when you need to unscrew something like a battery hatch for a device? Do you just throw it away? Smh
ineedagoodusername · 2 points · Posted at 13:52:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college that was trying to impress a girl by making, “egg on toast.” So, he put a piece of bread in a pan, cracked an egg on top of the bread, and promptly started a fire.
Later I walked in on him trying again because he couldn’t figure out why it didn’t work the first time.
MissReads · 1 points · Posted at 14:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Over here, that's an actual dish. No idea how you start a fire while making it though.
s1l1c1 · 2 points · Posted at 13:52:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have friends that are twins...they were having a small party for girl's night and bought helium balloons for decorations. They called me in a tizzy because the balloons were not floating! I asked where they got them and if they were full. They exclaimed YES, we just blew them up! They seemed super surprised when I explained that helium balloons needed to be filled with helium to float. Good times. Ha
aeroguy_80 · 2 points · Posted at 13:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was an engineering intern at an airline, a fellow intern was kind of a ditz. This was probably 18 years ago, but a couple things I remember is that he checked his car oil with the car running and had a note on his fridge that he needed to visit the "pong" shop.
While we were in some orientation/training class, they described different levels of aircraft maintenance including A-checks, B-checks, C-checks, and D-checks. I glance over to see that he had written "Sea Check" in his notes. I kinda get it if it was in a vacuum, but in the context of the other checks I just shook my head.
ChemEngecca · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate didn’t know how to clean a shower, how to mop. We had cleaning check and it was her turn to clean. My other roommates coddled her and I was like nope! Said “here is the spray here is the brush, spray brush rinse. I’ve got to go take a test. See ya” she did not like me much... She also couldn’t figure out why she was cold yet hadn’t made her bed, and was just sleeping on the provided mattress, which is just gross in general because it’s a provided dorm mattress! There are very few people I would call just plan stupid, she was one of them.
volfin · 2 points · Posted at 13:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a work associate's house and he offered to make me a sandwich. I was horrified when he reached into the kitchen cabinet and pulled out a jar of half-used mayonnaise...
It was rancid to the point it wasn't even white anymore, but a yellowish clear gel. I was just shocked and appalled that he didn't even know mayo should be refrigerated, it has raw eggs in it!
Im_Likely_Wrong · 2 points · Posted at 13:57:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I went home for the weekend and when I returned on Sunday evening all of my roommates (9 of them who are mostly now doctors and lawyers) were complaining about not being able to get the internet to work for the past few days. I went upstairs and unplugged the modem / plugged it back in and was deemed a tech god.
thoughtsandsuchhm · 2 points · Posted at 14:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a fellow university student how to take the bin out. She wasn't sure if she was supposed to reuse the bin bag or not?! I had to explain that no you don't have to empty the rubbish out the bin bag, you tie the bin bag and throw in the big outside bin.
gmcnally1012 · 2 points · Posted at 14:06:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My junior year in college for mechanical engineering I had to take a technical writing course for engineering students only. Our final project for the class was to write a repair guide for an old laptop we were given. My partners and I sat down to start and the following transpired while I was getting a camera set up to document the process.
Me: Can you take the back off of the laptop for me?
Partner: OK... How though?
Me: Well, it looks like there are a few screw holes in the back. Once those are out the most we should have to deal with is a clip or two that we can pry open.
Partner: Right... But how do we do that?
Me: Well, we got a small pry bar as part of the tool kit and we were told as a worst case scenario it doesn't matter if we break anything.
Partner: But the pry bar doesn't fit in the screw holes?
I look back and see a screw driver sitting untouched in front of him. Apparently, he had somehow made it to his junior year in college having never learned what a screwdriver was or how to use one. I sat down and showed him how to use it and after seeing the look of awe on his face at the herculean feat I had just achieved we promptly agreed to switch roles for the project.
TL;DR Junior engineering student had no idea what a screwdriver was or how to use it.
SpacyDay · 2 points · Posted at 14:16:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve had to teach a coworker what a screenshot was because he accidentally took one on his work iPad. This man is 36 years old. I’ve also had to explain which way paper goes into a printer to be able to make copies.
awkwardphoenix95 · 2 points · Posted at 14:21:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner (23M) didn’t know you could pee and poo at the same time and was super confused when I (22F) explained it and still a year 1/2 later does it all separately!
Kareem313th · 2 points · Posted at 14:25:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 38 and can't drive 😩.... I'm usually the recipient of the “how do you not know how to do this?” line
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 17:21:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are many valid reasons for not knowing or not being able to drive. As long as you're able to get around ok, who cares if you don't drive? I'm so sorry if anyone ever tried to make you feel bad because of that. 😕
Kareem313th · 2 points · Posted at 17:25:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you for saying that....I appreciate it...and yea... that's the thing....I get everywhere I need to be...am on time to work etc...and yet...I hear that all the time lol
nickelcap · 2 points · Posted at 14:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had someone in student residence at my university ask me how to cook a potato.
DanciaKS · 2 points · Posted at 14:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bf taught physics at a top university. His students thought 1/2 + 1/2 = 2/4. When he wrote it out and drew it out, clarifying they said a half plus a half is a half, his students agreed.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to convince my roommate to not say the “n-word” while we’re both studying in the US.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 17:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I certainly hope you're trying to convince him to not say it in other countries, too.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:37:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorry the US part was to add context that we’re both foreigners studying in the US. I told him to never say that word ever in any context.
Daxis_wolf · 2 points · Posted at 14:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex gf didn't know how a dish rag "worked." When she actually did the dishes, she used a sponge but never replaced it. So after months of her using the same dirty sponge (we used different cleaning tools for dishes) i threw it out and bought a bunch of rags. She had a tantrum and yelled "I dont even know how to use this." I'm hoping she was just pissed because I threw out her sponge, but I literally had to guide her hands into the water and soap and help her ring it out for the first few dishes.
She also got into a fender bender and didnt know she had to have her registration and insurance cards in the car.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 17:14:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can see why she's your ex.
Daxis_wolf · 3 points · Posted at 22:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got stories for days!
shoesonthewrongfoot · 2 points · Posted at 14:39:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
a year or two ago my boyfriend at the time didn’t know how to put on a condom. Claimed that people he’d previously been with didn’t ask him to use one....
lthealey135 · 2 points · Posted at 15:24:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dudes probably got all kinds of kids out there 🤣🤣
justyouraverageann · 2 points · Posted at 14:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to dinner with a friend who told me she always tipped well and then she tried to tip 10% and acted super surprised when I left more cash on the table.
That was ok when we were kids but it's a solid 20% now and I usually add more because my mom waitressed to put herself through college and I have mad respect for waiters&waitresses.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 17:13:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel so sorry for every server she's ever had.
justyouraverageann · 1 points · Posted at 17:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially since she thought she was being so generous!! She was super nice in person and then left awful tips.
Harmless_Citizen · 2 points · Posted at 14:48:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admittedly, I don't know how to tie a tie. I'm 42. I only ever wear ties to funerals or weddings (so maybe once every other year?) Inevitably, I always have to ask my father-in-law to tie my tie. And, yes, it is emasculating. But clearly not enough so for me to learn how to do it once and for all.
lthealey135 · 2 points · Posted at 15:22:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jump on YouTube my guy. There are 5 minute clips that will show you. Trust me...the moment I finally was able to tie my own ties I felt like...free lol
GracieofGraham · 2 points · Posted at 14:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom worked with a woman who never washed her produce because “The grocery store does it for you.” (Misters)
musketfogg · 2 points · Posted at 14:53:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Writing my first check and being called back to sign it caused i didn't know i had to
rainman904 · 2 points · Posted at 14:55:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chopping up a body.
SoloBird99 · 2 points · Posted at 14:57:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I explained to a 30-yr-old male that just bought a fixer-upper that you put a felt underlayment on the roof before you attach the shingles. He turned, very genuinely impressed and amazed at what a diy expert I was. No sarcasm. Turns out he knew literally nothing about repairs, house or yard work. He'd never lifted a screwdriver, paintbrush or used a lawnmower in his life. And he wasn't some wealthy or privileged apartment dweller or anything. He was just a lazy idiot.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 17:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair I don't know about any of that stuff either, but then again, I am under no delusion that I can just buy and flip a house all on my own.
SoloBird99 · 1 points · Posted at 18:50:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Surely you've touched a screwdriver in your life though? He hadn't. My dad wasn't handy at all. I didn't learn these things from him. I learned some things like this from my mom and some from friend's dads and I think maybe a little from TV. This was in the 90s and early 2000s so Google existed but wasn't really an option.
hedges101 · 2 points · Posted at 15:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my job, we often refer people to local food banks. One day a young lad came in, about 19,20, for a food parcel. I said told him he couldn't have one as he'd had one the day before. He said he needed another one as he didn't know how to cook anything that he was given. Also, at one point he said "I mean, what the fuck are 'chick peas'?".
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 15:02:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is depressing on so many levels.
ValiantValchory · 2 points · Posted at 15:02:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a grocery store as a cashier and the amount of people that have no idea how to use a self checkout is amazing. The amount of people I see that walk away while the cash back option is still up amazes me. Anyone can walk up and easily take cash back out of your account. If you don't get a receipt something is wrong.
veerani · 2 points · Posted at 15:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying but funny. My older sister is like 15 years older than me, and one time when I was maybe 10 or 11 she came home from school wanted to light a candle, and all we had at our house was matches. Little did I know she had NEVER used matches before. It was the funniest thing ever to watch cause it took her forever to strike the thing on the box and she wasted maybe 6 matches cause once it was lit she got scared and blew it out. but once it was lit and she could do it, she screamed the whole time until she was able to light the candle, blow out the match and throw it in the sink lmao. It baffles me cause we only ever have matches at our house to light stuff, first born children really are young parents guinea pigs lol
Oliveindigo · 2 points · Posted at 15:18:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Processing your emotions lmaoo
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 16:53:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everyone stop commenting, we have a winner.
Mr_Mori · 2 points · Posted at 15:40:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in IT.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 16:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
'Nuff said. My condolences.
Gibsonator3000 · 2 points · Posted at 15:53:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During quarantine I taught both of my brothers the way to write an address on envelopes. One is nineteen and the other one is twenty eight.
ethanatorvol1 · 2 points · Posted at 15:54:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked at Wells Fargo and I had to teach a 40-year-old guy how multiplying and dividing fractions work. His daughter was going through primary school and needed help with homework but he didn’t know any of it...while we work with people’s income calculations, DTI, and other complicated ratios daily. Blew my mind.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I am always shocked when I meet people moving here from the east coast and they are taking driving lessons because they've never been behind the wheel. I am not mocking, just pointing out how marvelous it is to think there are people who are able to survive without their own vehicle just a few thousand miles away from where I live.
itsvoogle · 2 points · Posted at 16:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I legit Had to explain a coworker how to sweep a floor, we were closing up the shop and cleaning, i ask her to get a broom from the backroom and sweep a segment of the store.
she said “oh i dont know how to do that, ive never used a broom and i have never done it before”. I thought she was joking at first,but soon my laughter got thinner as her face got more serious and i realized she was not playing, she had no clue how to sweep a floor not even in concept.
I was baffled beyond baffling.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 16:06:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My most recent ex. He was 34 when I met him, and he couldn't cook for himself at all. He literally could not boil water. But the real wtf moment was when it came to grocery shopping. His entire life his parents did everything for him, and when he moved out on his own, he survived on takeout. Every. Single. Day. So other than the cleaning and bathroom supply aisles, the grocery store was completely foreign to him.
One evening while I was making dinner, I had to send him out to go buy a carton of heavy cream. The store was a five minute walk from our flat, and to make things simpler for him, I had asked him to get just that one item. He was gone for nearly an hour, and when he finally came back, he triumphantly handed me a tub of cool whip. Good times.
redleafwebsites · 2 points · Posted at 16:08:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my friend was about 16 we were in the hospital visiting another friend with a bad kidney infection who was placed on the maternity floor. We were talking about babies and all of a sudden she said "you can actually feel the baby MOVE in your STOMACH!!???" We were kind of in shock that at 16 she never felt a baby move in someones stomach or even knew that happened? She was a big fan of the movie Alien too, wonder if that shock was related.... LOL!
Bobinalong273 · 2 points · Posted at 16:11:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At 16 my then girlfriend had to be shown a video of someone blowing up a toaster before she stopped fetching toast with forks/knives
Sohovik · 2 points · Posted at 16:12:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The guy I was cleaning swimming pools with decided he'd have a cigarette whilst filling our five gallon gasoline can from the gas station pump.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 16:18:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate in an apartment. She'd never lived away from home before (she was 31). Nice girl, but I suspect she didn't do much around her house growing up. I kept finding scraps of food in the kitchen sink drain. She thought we had a disposal - we didn't. Wouldn't you think she'd notice there was no switch for it??? Another time she came to me all sad because she had to throw away her little flower salt & pepper shakers, which she loved, because they were empty. I turned them over, and she was so happy to see the holes in the bottom to refill!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're a good friend!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:23 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
rehbeka · 2 points · Posted at 16:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Washing dishes by hand.
Oh yeah, apparently his family only used the dishwasher his whole life.
It mind boggled him that washing dishes by hand is still a common thing.
He is in his 30s.
nyannekochan · 2 points · Posted at 20:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more mind boggling to me than people who can't use a dishwasher machine. Those were not common where I grew up. I still don't understand how to use a dishwasher because my parents never let us run it when we moved into an apartment that had one
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 07:50:03 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've lived in three apartments and one home and none of our dishwashers have ever worked so I just wash dishes by hand. It is honestly not hard at all. I am sure there are dishwashers that actually work but I have never owned one.
almighty_ballest · 2 points · Posted at 16:23:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Housemate always used to ask me how my clothes smelt so nice. I told him about fabric conditioner, and he revealed that he didn't use anything in the washing machine, just threw the clothes in everytime, no product needed, and "let the water clean the clothes"
sicaxav · 2 points · Posted at 16:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is from my personal experience, not another person.. but I've rarely used a microwave in my life, like I've seen people use it obviously, but I don't use it. So when I went to uni everyone was making microwave meals at night and I thought "let's try one", I put the meal inside with the plastic cover on and my flatmates were shocked because you're supposed to either peel it off or poke it.
From then on I would just cook something up instead of going the easy way.
TheGothicLibrarian · 2 points · Posted at 16:44:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
So many things: -Load the dishwasher with the cups in the top rack and plates on the bottom -put knives SHARP END DOWN in the silverware caddy in the Dishwasher -put Paper towels on the holder (It's just a bar, not even with a top on it) -put the fucking pots and pans back in a neat stack so they don't crash and fall on my foot EVERY FUCKING TIME I OPEN THE CABINET
Edit to add: I have to buy my own Tupperware now because some stupid bitch in the house just throws out the Tupperware when she throws out her old food. If you guessed it was a grown ass woman in her 50's doing this, you would be right.
mkhpa · 2 points · Posted at 16:51:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you not have any intellectual curiosity? I love research and dig up the best solution to a problem that brings the best value as opposed to "I have always done it this way". Horrifying :-(
smarta-pants · 2 points · Posted at 16:57:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My (26F) husband (26M) still ties his shoes using the “bunny ear” method. His shoes constantly come untied...it’s both endearing and embarrassing.
Ribeartoe · 2 points · Posted at 20:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (30m) still use bunny ears. My wife finds it adorable. Mine never come untied though. Is he just not doing it tightly enough?
smarta-pants · 1 points · Posted at 20:46:52 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
He doesn’t double-knot. Maybe that’s the problem 🤷🏻♀️
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 17:00:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I still do this too.
Wadsworth_McStumpy · 1 points · Posted at 17:50:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wait, there's another method?
Still_Iron07 · 2 points · Posted at 17:17:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to tell my friend how to order at a restaurant...
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 17:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Out of all these responses, this is the one that broke me. I just, I can't....what.
Still_Iron07 · 1 points · Posted at 17:30:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, it sounds bad. It is a restaurant I love to go because the food is delicious, but she didn't know how, so I had to explain step by step how she was supposed to order... And she did it wrong, so I had to order for her
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 06:59:12 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm still baffled as to how you can possibly order food wrong. You literally just say the item that you want.
loridee · 2 points · Posted at 17:18:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
CAPS LOCK. That is all.
PhotographySnoo · 2 points · Posted at 17:26:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was helping with a film school shoot, I was almost 30 and everyone else was 18/19. I made a huge bowl of fake blood, and we had several bottles to fill. I asked the kid whose house we were at “Can you get a funnel?” He brought be one of those metal veggie steamers with holes in it that kind of folds like a flower. I said that’s not a funnel. Another kid rolled his eyes and said “here.” Handing me a whisk. I said “no, a funnel And I kid you not, the next kid brought me a colander. I was in awe.
Dr_Ganjo · 2 points · Posted at 17:38:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Moving to Oregon and actually witnessing people not knowing how to pump their own fuel. It was actually mind boggling to see someone struggle with a machine thats pretty self explanatory... even has pictures 😆 and many people have managed to even mess up the card swipe part.
AbsintheRedux · 2 points · Posted at 17:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When a (past) co-worker who was hired as an Admin/Executive Assistant came to me and asked me how you address an envelope. She had a degree and everything but had zero idea how mailing and even formatting for addresses worked. I was shocked. It’s pretty basic standard knowledge for anyone doing Admin work....or so I thought....
justintsu · 2 points · Posted at 17:56:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin in college thought brown meat comes from brown chickens and white meat comes from white chickens. He also thought hard (boil) eggs were a type of egg you bought at the store.
miriamwebster · 2 points · Posted at 18:08:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teaching my husband how to clean a fricking toilet!
eyeball-jupe · 2 points · Posted at 18:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father is 65 and he never learned how to not use his fingers when eating food. He perfectly knows how to use utensils, but when he eats he will have a utensil in one hand as he shovels food into that utensil with his finger.
graceambie · 2 points · Posted at 18:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm literally expecting someone to make a post about me in this thread. Okay...here I go...
darkaydix · 2 points · Posted at 18:29:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Washing dishes.
There was a guy who's crashing at my sister's apartment for a while while he was looking for a place of his own. She asked him to clean up after himself, but he said that his family always had a maid or that his mom always cleaned up so he didn't really know how to wash the dishes properly. And he used it as an excuse to not clean up for himself because he said he would probably just do it wrong.
Blew my mind.
centipede-85 · 2 points · Posted at 18:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a couple experiences, not so much horrifying. In college I had a roommate that did the old dish soap in the dishwasher mistake, but left for class. When I came back from class I had a nice surprise. She had no idea you couldn't do that. She also didn't know how to drive a car, but was very academically gifted.
Also, I did not really know how to cook at all, and my boyfriend was probably horrified when I was trying to help him prep dinner one night and I didn't know how to cut up an onion. No idea how to even begin. I was 21. I lived off sandwiches, ramen, and takeout. It was really just cooking. I had my own place, paid my own bills, graduated from college, etc. I was lucky to have had a mom that was a banker and taught me important aspects of being an adult, just not cooking I guess.
everyshaduh · 2 points · Posted at 18:46:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who told about the first time she tried cooking herself after going away to college. She boiled an egg until all the water was gone because she wasn't sure how long it should cook for and wanted to be sure it wasn't raw or something.
For anyone on here in the same boat as my friend, usually a hard boiled egg cooks for max 10 minutes.
🤷♀️ Her mom was an amazing cook too which just made it even more painful to hear about.
TheDevilsAdvokaat · 2 points · Posted at 18:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two separate women I knew were convinced that essential oils were essential for your health...and that you get sick if you don't use them.
I had to explain to them they're called "essential" because they contain fragrant plant essences.
butlerlee · 3 points · Posted at 04:54:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
The essential oil companies certainly don't mind the implication.
TheDevilsAdvokaat · 2 points · Posted at 05:30:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is my suspicion too.
tuskywilson · 2 points · Posted at 19:02:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my housemates back in the day thought it would be nice to make me a coffee in the morning after a particularly heavy night. He made it in the cafetierre i used but had never used it before himself. He plunged the shit out of that coffee so many times it was undrinkable. Got a good laugh out that.
The next time he made one for me there was used coffee in there from the day before. He was so proud that he did it correctly, i didnt have the heart to tell him.
nikkikannaaa · 2 points · Posted at 19:07:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have many stories with my current 23 yr old roommate who had never had tried any food in his life besides the basic spaghetti and meat and potatoes his family fed him (they're wealthy but apparently controlled a lot of his day to day life). So he'd never eaten any fruit outside of apples and bananas (literally never heard of raspberries), boiled or scrambled eggs, ramen, tacos, just, everything (hes becoming more adventurous now but its slow going).
Anyway, he was shocked when I was able to clean the bathtub and demanded to know how I did it.
"Just with some vinegar and dish soap."
He was like, "I've had to sand that thing down everytime I've tried to clean it."
??? I mean the fact that he figured out how to sand it and refinish is actually pretty cool but he didnt even think to google it otherwise???
Wolnochok · 2 points · Posted at 19:12:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother in law said he'd make us ramen as a snack. Came in to smell smoke - didn't realize he had to add water. He's Asian, had ramen his whole life (though never made himself) and was almost 40 years old.
Told another Korean friend in college to make the rice (he had a small electric rice cooker). He said he know how much water to add etc, so I went to shower. Came out to smell rubber. He put the whole pot on the gas stove and the rubber feet and power cord were melting. He was embarrassed and even said we were such crazy guys that he thought we'd do it that way.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:24:08 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my ex. He's Taiwanese and I had to teach him how to make rice at age 35.
ahjteam · 2 points · Posted at 19:45:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Writing with understable handwriting with a pen.
Once I found out one of our civil servants had so abominable hand writing, I never gave him any writing tasks, because I needed to redo all of them. His (~19-20yo?) handwriting was worse than mine at age 9. When it is hard even for yourself to decipher if the doodle you just wrote down is a P, B, O, I, R, F, H, S, 9, 5, 4, 8 or some lower case letter... it is a big problem.
Dinosam · 2 points · Posted at 19:46:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom test drove a prius with a car salesmen and they couldn't figure out how to start it
Viking_from_Asgard · 2 points · Posted at 19:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh. My IT class had Windows 7 computers. I was "learning" Pascal.
I wanted to show my teacher some feature of the compiler that she didn't know about. But I had to set some special compilation options, which are only available from command line.
So I launched CMD, and...
"What are you doing! I don't allow you to mess in the DOS! You will break something! No I don't trust you! Close it now!"
I guess she was raised in the era of Windows 9x where command-line was an actual DOS and you could actually break something in it.
Still, she apparently feared me more than trusted the school's well-trained security team. It was an elite secondary school and only professors were allowed to work there...
Now the funny thing. I started to type "exit" in the command line. She shouted "No, close it! Don't type in it!" I said "Well, that's how you close DOS, though this is not DOS so I can close it just like this" - and clicked the X button.
She was so confused...
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:20:01 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hate when you know more than your own fucking teacher. In high school I got in trouble with my marine biology teacher cuz I had to constantly correct him on basic, basic things.
Viking_from_Asgard · 2 points · Posted at 19:41:40 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Especially applies to college professors that are well-trained to evade such accusations. Usually they'll tell you "we'll clarify that after the lecture" but leave immediately so that you cannot reach them in time.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 06:32:10 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
The two instances that stick out most in my mind was a final exam where a question asked whether red blood cells were diploid or haploid, aka whether they had a full set of chromosomes. Red blood cells don't have a nucleus. Like, even first year intro biology teaches that, and this was junior year AP Bio. I asked the teacher if it was a trick question and explained why, and she just gave me a blank stare and told me to answer it as if they DID have a nucleus. 🙄
The other one was just me being a little smartass I admit, but the teacher reacted way out of line. It was marine science, he was giving a lecture on bivalve anatomy and said the substance they secrete that creates pearls was called "maker". I raised my hand and said no, it was "nacre". He insisted he was right, but I kept challenging him and eventually opened my textbook glossary to prove it, and turned my book around for him to see. The guy lost his shit and began screaming at me for undermining his intelligence or something to that effect, asked if anyone else wanted to teach the class cuz he was done with our shit, threw our homework he had just collected into the garbage, and stomped out of the classroom, leaving us all bewildered. He was kind of a scary guy, real tall and had a baritone voice, and I was just a tiny, shy 16 yo nerdy girl, so I was a little shaken up by the whole thing.
After 20 minutes it was clear he wasn't coming back, so we all just left. For some reason I don't think he ever got in trouble for that. He certainly never apologized, he just began teaching the next class as if nothing had ever happened. Musta fished our homework out of the trash too, cuz we got it handed back fully graded, not a word about it. I was definitely a weird moment.
....I'm still a little smartass, though.
MD3005 · 2 points · Posted at 20:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in the Navy, when I joined up we had a load of classes on how to do basic life skills such as shower, iron, brush your teeth, shave etc... really basic stuff but had to be covered. One thing they never covered was how to wash clothes in a washing machine (we only got the privilege of machines at week 3 of basic, hand wash before then). Went in to the washing room to see one of the guys just staring at this machine trying to figure out where everything went and what buttons to push. I was amazed how many of the lads (all 18+) couldn't figure it out as they'd never used one before!
Qwertyhuts · 2 points · Posted at 20:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend and I were making toast for breakfast after a sleepover. She apparently dropped a piece of bread into the toaster and picked up a knife to try to pry it out of there - while the toaster was still toasting bread.
BobbyWithThemTools · 2 points · Posted at 20:23:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know multiple people who can’t read clocks. They literally have to use their phones/ digital watches even though there’s a clock on the wall.
Snowballthethird · 2 points · Posted at 20:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The ones on the wall are analog clocks. They're still reading clocks, just digital clocks. Some people with learning disabilities have a hard time with analog and digital is easier/faster.
BobbyWithThemTools · 2 points · Posted at 20:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not like they’re disabled or anything like that, they just never bothered to learn lmao. I’m sure we all knew the “ I’m too cool to go to school” kid when we were younger
Snowballthethird · 1 points · Posted at 20:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough. I have a severe learning disability with numbers and an analog clock is readable, but takes longer.
BobbyWithThemTools · 2 points · Posted at 20:44:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god that sounds horrible, I knew a person with a similar thing and they couldn’t read on paper that wasn’t yellow because the text looked all fucked.
Snowballthethird · 3 points · Posted at 20:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a teacher show me that trick when I got to job Corp. He realized I was dyslexic (it's actually worse than that, but no one knows dyscalculia). When I was a learning the analog clocks (1st/2nd grade?) the teacher would scream at how stupid I must be not to understand it already, like the other kids. Lemme tell you that's such a motivator /s All I can think of is, me mum has it worse :/
BobbyWithThemTools · 2 points · Posted at 20:53:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True, can’t imagine what it would have been growing up with those kinds of / any learning disabilities when our parents were like 8. Especially considering how far we’re come in diagnosing and working with disabilities. Even if it was the same level I doubt they would have gotten the same help we get today.
lordjedi · 2 points · Posted at 20:24:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone that had just started renting didn't know what to do to get basic utilities going. I told her to call those companies (I didn't know she was renting). I believe she said her parents were taking care of it.
Good job mom and dad /s Now your daughter, who was probably in her mid 20s, still doesn't have a clue about how to do it. smh
TheMoon_Shadow13 · 2 points · Posted at 20:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not completely adults but at 16 my friend admitted to me that she had no idea how to do anything with her hair because her mom always did her hair for her every day. This included basics like brushing and putting into a simple ponytail.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 20:53:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, 30, had literally never done his own grocery shopping - as in, never even set foot in the store. Even when he was in college, his parents did his shopping. He had lots of food allergies, and his parents decided this was the way to keep him from being exposed. First time he had to he kept calling me frantically because he had no idea what he was doing.
I also had to teach my brother how to iron a shirt at 28 because he had never done it before while I was saddled with any chores our mother could find.
slade_182 · 2 points · Posted at 20:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bf is a really intelligent guy, but there are a lot of basic things he doesn't know how to do. The one that freaked me the most was when I explained him how to clean our bathtub. I came back to him standing barefeet in the bathtub after he put the cleaning chemicals in and was wondering why his feet were burning 🤦♀️ I swear he's smart but sometimes he doesn't turn his brain on 😂
flaming_paws · 2 points · Posted at 21:27:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate collected over a month's worth of dirty clothes and took them downstairs to throw them in the washing machine. She went down to switch them to the dryer and came back upstairs, pissed because her clothes hadnt gotten cleaned. When I asked what happened, she said no one had told her she couldnt just put them all in the machine at once. She had stuffed the machine full and could barely get it closed, so it didnt even rotate, resulting in most of the clothes not even getting wet. Made me grateful my parents actually made me do my laundry so I know not to do that. Yikes.
Maia_E · 2 points · Posted at 21:50:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother had an employee who bought very often new bed sheets. He had very old parents and lived with them in his sixtees. When she asked him, he didn't know that it could be washed again. He bought new sheets every month and dumped the old ones. I found out it when I was at visit to her and found bag of foreign sheets in her bathroom. She washed these for him and his old parents every month. It was sad story and he was very unhappy man.
spids69 · 2 points · Posted at 22:23:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in one of those houses that rents the rooms individually to college aged kids and one of the girls was the spoiled rich kid whose parents did everything for her. Surprisingly, she’s not the topic of the post. She got got mad at us all and moved out, but her parents had pre-paid for the year and the leading company wasn’t willing to refund it.
So, she finds a random 18 year old dude from Craigslist and sublets it to him. He has no job. He had taken dance lessons at Arthur Murray and decided he was a dance instructor, but had no students (and I’d later see, couldn’t really dance). He kept saying he was looking for work, but there was no evidence that he was, and he owed us all for utilities and food that he would take from the kitchen.
One day two of us find a restaurant that’s looking for servers. We talk to them and they say he can have the job. All he has to do is come in, fill out paperwork, and do a very basic interview. We drive him there, send him in, and are getting coffee in the same plaza. We see him walk out not 3 minutes later with the application in his hand, and he tells us it didn’t work out and he has no idea why. It doesn’t add up.
I go in and talk to the same manager from before to see what happened. He tells me that the guy couldn’t answer basic questions, and when he asked him about his experience, he talked about dancing and showed him a bad rumba step.
Same dude came into my room one day begging me to use my credit card because “this super hot girl wants to bang me, but she wants me to prove I’m 18 on this age verification site”. Yup.
He wound up stealing it out of my room at some point, and by the time I saw it on my statement we’d already kicked him out.
I saw him on another campus a few years later. He actually turned and ran when he saw me. Lol.
Gary, if you’re seeing this... You were a dipshit. I hope you grew up and pulled your head out of your ass.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 11:10:50 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah. You don't outgrow that level of assholery, it only gets worse with age.
Paulius2444 · 2 points · Posted at 22:58:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter in law managed to get to her mid 20's with absolutely zero life skills.
Her and my stepson (her husband) were living with us at the time. My Stepson got a job that paid about $1500 a month. She was looking for a place for them to live and I had to explain the concept that her husband earning $1500 a month did not mean they could afford to rent a place that cost $1500 a month.
First, she didn't understand the concept of taxes, that a $1500 a month gross salary did not equal $1500 take-home pay... and that they'd also need money for utilities, property tax, food, etc.
She was 24, thought utilities just 'came with the house' and thought food just magically appeared in the cupboards.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:13 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
What did he even see in her?
Raeksis · 2 points · Posted at 23:01:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When people talk about 'adulting' because they're incapable of accepting the fact responsibilities are part of life
kyhens · 2 points · Posted at 23:19:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taxes
dobbyisfree0806 · 2 points · Posted at 23:46:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 11, I needed to staple something to a tri-board and didn’t recognize that holding my hand behind it would cause the staple to reach through to my hand. I stapled my finger to the board and I lost feeling in my left forefinger.
Mediaeval-britian · 2 points · Posted at 23:53:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Third comment but just remembered another one. My moms ex boyfriend was complete shit. Absolutely awful. He had lived in Connecticut, but had moved up with us because he lost his job. He never actually got another job, but that wasn't the worst of it. My family travels a lot, and we had just gotten back from a trip to Canada. We had drove the hour and a half home from boston, it was late afternoon and we were all exhausted. My mother, my brother, my grandmother and my great aunt and I all arrived home. TO FIND TWO AND A HALF FEET OF FUCKING WET SNOW TO SHOVEL. None of it was done. We could there to the door of the house without getting soaked, theres was no where to park. He hadn't even shoveled out my grandfather (76) who could have an emergency any time??? He was also pretty independent and did his own shopping but was handicapped??? My mother was L I V I D. After that, I was told I needed to teach him how to snowblow. (I do the snow blowing my mom and brother clean off the cars and touch up with shovels.) He was completly incompitent. I said ok, this makes you go forward. It's self pulling. This one makes the snow blow out. Move it forward a few feet. This fucking buffoon tries to push it and pulls the snow blowing handle. I correct him. He does the same thing again. I send him to go shovel. He shovels some of the snow back into the path, then goes inside. The rule is you don't go inside until everything is cleared. Equal teamwork. He proceeds to go upstairs, track snow through the whole damn house, and then go take a nap. One of the most infuriating people I've ever met in my fucking life. So glad he's gone. In the end he started drinking (again, he was an alcoholic for a long time) and stopped taking care of himself and raided all of our liquor. We had to lock him out. He smelled like shit, looked like shit, and was a shit person who refused to leave. Glad we got him out before COVID hit. Sorry for the rant lol.
TL;DR my moms ex boyfriend didn't know how to shovel snow, and didn't understand how to work two simple buttons.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 11:03:51 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't read that massive text wall. Sorry. I'm glad that he's her ex, though, if he's that bad.
moonshineboom · 2 points · Posted at 00:19:13 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an online friend who didn't know how to boil water to make tea.
I ended up getting on Skype and walking her through step by step.
PrismaticMito · 2 points · Posted at 03:54:38 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 12 or 13 years old, I didn't know I had to press BOTH the brake AND the clutch pedals on a riding lawn mower to engage the brake...and I drove it through the fence at bottom of hill in backyard.
Luckily, smack-dab through the center of a wooden panel and it just took it off the posts, because if I had hit a post, one of us (either me or the mower...or both) would have been seriously injured.
I know that's not an adult... but I found out that my friend (an adult) didn't know this, either... she was telling me how she was going to get a riding lawnmower and I told her that story... and she thanked me over and over because she said she had no idea and doesn't read manuals.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 10:50:13 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Always. Read. The manuals.
Momof17 · 2 points · Posted at 04:10:11 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine, 30 years old, who has 4 children, is married, and a SW, in all honesty did not know that she didnt pee from her vagina. She thought she had to take her tampon out to pee every time. It wasnt funny, it was sad. I had to educate her on many things during the span of our friendship
FitParfait8 · 3 points · Posted at 20:14:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy shit, I was just about to make a comment about the exact same thing. My friend in high school was like that too. She said she would only use pads, because she thought it would be too much of a hassle to always have to remove her tampon every time she had to pee. Well, since your comment is here, I guess I won't post mine.
Momof17 · 2 points · Posted at 01:05:29 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's sad :( I feel so bad that people truly missed that education.
Mochipants · 3 points · Posted at 10:47:12 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's even sadder knowing that was likely by design. Conservative people refuse to teach their children about sex, or puberty, or consent, etc. I was one such child, and yeah, it messed be up big time.
Happy cake day btw!
Momof17 · 3 points · Posted at 12:50:38 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!! And shes a woman of color, and pretty much any woman I've known that wasnt educated on her own body, has been a woman of color. It goes to show a small piece of the systemic racism that some people "dont believe exists" I am just glad that education is becoming more widespread, and hopefully that will help both people of color, and people in your predicament. Sex education shouldnt be a political issue and it sucks. Thank you for the conversation:)
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 06:10:27 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh it absolutely exists, and it's frustrating that so many people refuse to believe that it does. There's definitely a religious motivation behind not teaching girls about their own bodies too, one that doesn't apply as strictly to boys, other than the whole "god hates you if you touch yourself" thing. But girls are almost treated like they're dirty for getting their period. It's super messed up.
At least I was just kept in the dark cuz my mom was too embarrassed to have that talk, but I know several women who were actively chastised for something that's totally natural and that they can't help but have every month. I hope your friends didn't have to experience that level of ostracization from their families. 😞
msb1985 · 1 points · Posted at 10:51:38 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't get any 'talks' growing up. My first period scared the hell out of me (no talk with that either), and it was a while before I actually learned anything.
My daughter (now 15) has been getting talks since she first asked me what pads were for. She knows about sex, periods, masturbation, hormones, consent, sexual harassment & assault, and anything else I think is relevant.
Her first period was a non event, because we had prepared for it thoroughly. She understands the reproductive system and the difference between that and the urinary tract.
I didn't want her to grow up as clueless as I did.
helplessinsanity · 2 points · Posted at 04:26:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in EMS and I had a paramedic who doesn’t know how to read a 12-lead. He’s been a medic for 26 years and that’s a testable skill for medics
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 10:44:41 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's a 12 lead? And if it's that serious, did you report him?
helplessinsanity · 2 points · Posted at 15:07:04 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
A 12-lead is also called an ECG. It’s to look at a person’s heart and can help tell if they’re having a heart attack and if so what type and the severity. Especially in rural areas like the one I work in it’s very important and is used to help determine you’re transport decision. I did report him but administration doesn’t care, it’s been an ongoing problem longer than I’ve worked there.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 06:34:31 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. I'm sorry. That's horrible, and even worse knowing that apathetic hospital administrations are so common. Human lives aren't a priority and the people at the bottom, aka first responders like you, often get treated like crap and are massively underpaid.
crayola_pictures · 2 points · Posted at 05:36:09 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend stayed over at my house a few years ago. We woke up hungover and decided we wanted pancakes. I put the mix in the bowl, and said "okay Jenna, put in 2 eggs and stir." She said okay and I went to go to the bathroom. I come back and she literally just put 2 eggs (shells and all) in the bowl and was gently mixing. She didn't hear me behind her because music was playing but I stayed long enough to see that she was looking at the bowl with a genuinely confused look. I tapped her on the shoulder and said "...?... Jenna? What are you doing?" "I'm mixing the eggs, I think it needs more water though." And continued mixing. She's not very smart and I know she was being super serious. Her parents aren't the greatest and she doesn't know how to cook anything, including instant Mac and cheese. God help us all
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:32 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
She sounds like a Rule 63 Kevin.
ShimmerRih · 2 points · Posted at 06:11:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have 4 younger brothers.
The eldest turns 27 this week. He and I shared an apartment for less than a year when we were in our early 20s. My favorite question was "how do you get your pancakes so round?" Shock ensues as I show him that he has to pour the batter into the middle in a steady stream.
Bonus! The bfs dad, up until he met his wife, didnt realize you needed to refrigerate meat. He would buy 5lbs of ground beef and leave it on the counter using only a chunk of it at a time! When it would inevitably go bad he would take it back to the store, complain, get a new one, and start the process all over. I just about crap myself when my bf told me!
Mochipants · 3 points · Posted at 10:40:34 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's absolutely awful. Men like your bf's dad are why I'm a misanthrope.
chesseburgerger · 2 points · Posted at 12:58:39 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend made a nsfw joke(he mentions blowjob). I was confused and was like, da fuck is dat. I didnt think this was dirty or someshit i legit thought it meant a leaf blowing job like you go to the park and blow some leaf or something. While he tried to explain that to me he mentions eating the pp so i was like, da fuck bitch thats cannibalism. While our other friends laugh at my naivity, he look so done and in his mind he was probobly like, how the fuck do you not know this?
DixieRose44 · 2 points · Posted at 13:53:00 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well... While working at a Dunkin donuts I had a girl ask me how to use a mop and a mop bucket🤦 she was just splashing water all around made a swimming pool out of the lobby... How do you not know how to use a mop and it's corresponding bucket...
PretzelFriend · 2 points · Posted at 23:43:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with this 25-year-old hippie chick in the Berkeley hills who was obsessed with composting. Cool, but there was a huge rat problem in the hills.
Even though we created a "composting bin" outside, she also insisted on keeping a small compost bin INSIDE the old house we rented. She refused to put it outside, left food out every night.
She was like the pied piper, wasn't bothered when rats started scurrying around our house every night. I legit killed about 5 or 6 per night with traps, for over a month. She made no attempt to remedy the situation, and my complaints fell on deaf ears. She would literally step over the dead rats as she left every morning, and let me clean all the carcasses up. Our landlord wouldn't pay for an exterminator.
I couldn't bring anyone over. For a while, half my incentive for meeting someone at a bar and getting laid was knowing that I could sleep somewhere else so I didn't have to throw away dead rats in the morning. She wouldn't clean them up and it was honestly hard for me to do, rats are gross, but it still sucks to kill so many animals.
Eventually hired an exterminator, it worked. But it was a bummer because we used to have deer and all kinds of cool creatures in the yard. After they sprayed poison, they never came back. She still left food out overnight.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 10:30:00 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
She sounds like a nightmare. RIP whoever lives with her now.
jchetra83 · 2 points · Posted at 03:51:50 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was on vacation years ago I spent a few days at my uncles house. A true bachelor. I was around 22ish and he was about 31. Bedroom, couch, tv, computer. That’s it. Barely food in the house.
He told me there’s a deep fryer there but the thing doesn’t work. I asked him how? He said “I plugged it in, turned it on, and I waited for like twenty minutes and the thing wouldn’t heat up”. Five seconds of me looking at the thing, I fixed it. The outlet that it was plugged in was the GFCI anti surge sockets (the ones that have the button that say “test and reset” on them). The outlet must’ve spiked when he used it. I hit reset and wouldn’t you know, the thing starts heating up. I asked him how long has the fryer been like that. He said like three months. Also, the original oil and the single test French fry was still in the deep fryer. I did not use that thing.
BlueTongueBitch · 2 points · Posted at 06:39:12 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Y friend didn't know how to set up a tent not a needed life skill bit from a girl whose life was camping and bush life I had a heart attack
Lalalelo94 · 2 points · Posted at 11:01:26 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who went from working in a restaurant to working in care when she lost her job (No fault of her own, financial issues closed it) but going over basic things like having her hair up and short nails was painful. Those are things I assumed would be the same in health care and food service!
Same friend also did not know how to change a bulb or that her tap dripping was not a sign it was broken, she just needed to twist the knob a little more.
I also had to explain that an adult shop was not a shop that sold normal stuff that did not allow kids in to her and that you needed to clean your personal toys after use...
possumsandposies · 2 points · Posted at 08:40:35 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
My room mate finished mowing the lawn, then came back into the house with a nearly empty two liter soda bottle. She poured the contents in the sink and the house rapidly filled up with the stench of gasoline. She apparently thought that gasoline should be 1.) Stored in a bottle. 2.) Disposed of after most was used, and 3.) The sink was an adequate place to do so. She was upset when I started screaming.
This was the same bitch who would leave boiling water on the stove until it boiled down to nothing and started smoking.
She'd also load the dishwasher by just shoving all the dishes in over top of one another. Like stack them how they would be if you just left them in the sink.
She had a job as a substitute teacher so I thought she'd be sane enough to live with us. Not even close.
She moved back in with her mom after I threw her out.
Shad0ws0ngs · 2 points · Posted at 06:14:21 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a nonprofit where we had weekend respite stays for those with developmental disabilities. I had one lady that I worked with for two years and the last month she worked there she admitted to me that she didn't know how to change bed sheets. She had pawned the task off on someone else for the two years. She admitted she hadn't changed her own sheets at home during that period either. I think a family member helped when she had moved to her apartment? My initial bafflement changed to horror as I remembered her telling me she had dropped a pizza on her bed and let her dog eat it. I inquired and apparently she had febreezed it and that was it. Still makes me shudder after 5+ years.
Kittyfish1098 · 2 points · Posted at 19:42:36 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to show a friend of mine how to indent a line on word by hitting the tab key. For years he had just been pushing the space bar like 4 or 5 time until it looked right. He had no idea it was possible
feeddahippo · 2 points · Posted at 22:38:29 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last year I was in school one of my friends saw me drink coffee. He yelled “THIS DUDE IS DRINKING COFFEE THATS ILLEGAL!” He told me there was a age limit for coffee. He thought it was like alcohol. I was literally dumbfounded.
strawberrieefields · 2 points · Posted at 06:12:33 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I used to live with a gal who was a nurse. She was very smart and always thought about health and safety and everything. I got home from work one night and the apartment was so filled with gas I thought I was going to pass out. I quickly opened all the windows and relit the pilot light on the stove. She never smelled the gas at all, so glad I did. I mean, how could she not even notice?? We could have gotten so sick or the place could have blown up from only turning on a light.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 02:27:56 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s (otherwise seemingly intelligent) boyfriend doesn’t know the order of months of the year. The order of the months of the year.
cdn_impulse · 2 points · Posted at 07:57:52 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know how to boil water back in first year.
MeMyselfAndThatBitch · 2 points · Posted at 13:12:02 on July 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
College classmate did not know how to cook rice. We are Asians.
lovelovebird · 2 points · Posted at 19:57:22 on July 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
They told me they only apply to one job a time and wait to hear back before applying to the next one because applying to more than one at a time is too much work. Truly horrifying
IronEagle1337 · 2 points · Posted at 11:16:47 on July 24, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was standing in a warehouse with a manager and a supervisor. The manager was suprised a giant cardboard box he was standing beside weighed quite allot, to wich the supervisor responded "it's probably because it's folded". I though it was funny and giggled a bit, but that giggle soon turned to mild shock and confusion when they together unfolded one of the boxes and decided to weigh it to see if it weighed less unfolded. I was at a loss for words, turned around, walked around a corner and proceeded to facepalm my nose trough the back of my skull.
jelljen · 2 points · Posted at 04:36:31 on October 17, 2020 · (Permalink)
Senior year of high school, sat next to one of the popular cheerleaders in first period. We were studying different religions and just happened to be talk g about Jesus. She said to me, “hey, did you know there’s more than one son?” And I asked, “do you mean more than one ‘son of God’?”
No. She meant “sun”. Like “the sun you go tanning under”. Like, stars.
tHeunderd0g · 8 points · Posted at 01:58:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who show up to gun ranges not having half a clue as to what they're doing or not having a shred of discipline. I've been muzzled twice by yuppies and that's enough to keep me away from public ranges unless I know the staff.
Stealthyfisch · 8 points · Posted at 02:22:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Jesus Christ I went to a gun range for my 15th birthday (this was several years ago) and brought one of my friends that hadn’t ever seen a gun in real life before. Obviously we all explained to him basic gun safety before we even got to the range. The first thing he does when he picks up the 1911 we were shooting is turn around, pointing it directly at the rest of us with his finger on the trigger, and ask how to turn off the safety.
Suppose that’s on us for not explaining the safety on 1911s beforehand.
somecatgirl · 4 points · Posted at 01:29:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend is a trust fund kid who really hasn’t had to do much for himself growing up. When he came to live with me he put everything in the dishwasher and then didn’t know how to work it haha
CeramicCastle49 · 11 points · Posted at 00:04:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adulting
KavaNotGuilty · 6 points · Posted at 01:39:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend and I grew up on the same street/road. As we became adults, he showed no interest in learning, getting a job, or acting like an adult period. He's now more than a decade into adulthood and wants to blame the president for all his failures in life instead of looking at himself as an individual and realizing some very basic truths about his lack of self motivation to grow up.
Stealthyfisch · -1 points · Posted at 02:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
does your friend happen to frequent socialist/communist subreddits?
empty_bread_basket · 2 points · Posted at 10:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey, did you know that Trump support is highest by a stretch among uneducated white men?
KavaNotGuilty · 1 points · Posted at 18:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The guy I mentioned took 6 years to complete high school. And he couldn't get through a single semester of community college.
KavaNotGuilty · 1 points · Posted at 18:47:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, he never uses Reddit. He gets all of his views from Facebook memes and statuses.
jinantonyx · 4 points · Posted at 01:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shared my cherries with a coworker (in his 40s) and he almost broke a tooth, because he didn't know that cherries have pits in them.
maramc · 4 points · Posted at 02:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, a friend missed class and asked to borrow my notes. I gave her my notes for the weekend. When I saw her next, she admitted to me that she couldn’t use my notes because she couldn’t read my handwriting. I was confused because I know my handwriting isn’t great, but I never thought it was illegible. She asked my roommate if she could read it, to which my roomie said “yeah....it’s just cursive.” She said “what’s that?”
Nothing against her, she’s very intelligent, I guess her school just never tortured her with cursive like mine did.
Clarke311 · 2 points · Posted at 07:02:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can read and write in cursive my two younger brothers can't they stopped teaching it in schools. I'm 25
phoenix25 · 3 points · Posted at 01:13:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The concept of a fever seems to bewilder most people.
It will cause you to shiver. This is not a seizure, don’t call the ambulance.
It will cause you to feel cold. Don’t get under an electric blanket or heavy comforter. Don’t call the ambulance.
It will go away if you take tylonel. After 4-6 hours it will come back. Take more tylonel. Don’t call the ambulance.
If you are a healthy youngish person, it’s probably not going to be life threatening. You don’t need to go to the doctor unless your symptoms persist, or it moves into your chest. You don’t need to go to the hospital or call the ambulance unless you have life threatening symptoms like shortness of breath, or severe weakness/lethargy/dizziness after battling it for a couple days. But just because you have a fever is. It a reason to call the ambulance.
Sincerely, a paramedic.
ThatsTasty · 4 points · Posted at 12:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’d think that a paramedic, of all people, would know it’s Tylenol not tylonel?
phoenix25 · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My autocorrect failed me lol. I usually write acetaminophen.
The three words I’m reliant on autocorrect when writing my forms: Tylenol, alcohol, and diarrhea.
ThatsTasty · 2 points · Posted at 20:56:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me it’s scissors.
cameronreeves · 3 points · Posted at 01:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That one time when the President couldn’t even provide the slightest bit of leadership (spoiler alert, that “one time” is every time).
CallMeAnimal69 · 3 points · Posted at 01:29:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine bought a motorcycle at 30. Went to change a part out and didn’t know how to loosen a bolt. Kept tightening it til it wouldn’t budge. How did you make it this far without knowing righty tighty lefty loosey??
BIPOne · 2 points · Posted at 01:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the US, depending on what you do, left=tighten, right=loosen.
Also, on some moving parts like bicycle pedals, its also inverted like that, because of the forward motion you use to pedal with, if it had a standard "right tightening thread", you would loosen it because the left pedal rotates to the left, thus it would come loose on its own.
Some other types of threads are also inverted from what you might think is the 'standard threading' for the appliance in question.
CallMeAnimal69 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We’re also in the US. I’ve noticed that on the bicycle and a couple other machinery parts from time to time on job sites. But the bolt he was trying to loosen was definitely standard left to loosen.
semirectangular · 4 points · Posted at 01:38:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Am I the only one who didnt read the "not" in the title?
DefinitelyGibbons · 2 points · Posted at 01:52:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate is 30 and didn’t know how to use the gears on her bicycle, or that they existed.
sconri2 · 2 points · Posted at 01:57:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It has to be once a month that I see some poor middle-aged person on their bike trying to get started. They’re not in very good shape and that has nothing to do with it, they just have no idea that they need to shift to get started on their bike from a standstill. They usually also have their seat way too low and not enough air in their tires. I have a mini debate in my head: I want to start carrying a small kit in my car so I can stop and adjust everything for them and then I debate whether that would be too intrusive and/or insulting.
DefinitelyGibbons · 2 points · Posted at 02:02:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I sort of feel the same, she had an ‘incident’ where she lost all momentum on a hill climb and fell into a verge, which is when I asked her about her gearing because I’d never had trouble with that hill; to which her face fell blank.
She’s now too embarrassed to ride again, and I wish she’d just take some advice to learn about it.
Gamers_Against_Thots · 3 points · Posted at 02:23:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I, a 13 year old boy, have had to explain to a grown man that a DRASTIC change in temperature does, in fact, cause a drastic change in population.
I had to explain to adults what the fuck mass extinctions are.
FartSimpson42069 · 3 points · Posted at 02:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People not covering their noses with their face mask (or not wearing one at all) during a pandemic.
taakoblaa · 2 points · Posted at 03:25:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw a middle aged woman crying hysterically at a gas station pump because she didn’t know how to pump gas. First time out of New Jersey I guess.
bensawn · 3 points · Posted at 03:37:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know that mulatto was a word and thought people were saying Milano.
I thought the cookies were pretty tastelessly name, even if they were delicious.
I was in my 20s.
Whoops.
Nivius · 3 points · Posted at 03:57:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my wife.
She still doesn't know how to tie ANY knot. i showed her multiple times, she refuse or cant learn.
if you se this my love, how can i knot still love you <3
GrandPotatoofStarch · 4 points · Posted at 04:21:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not someone I know, but me. I grew up with hoarders and my childhood home was filthy. My chores were less cleaning and more of "hide the trash" and "lie to the cops for me". I was kept inside too, so my social skills need work. Come to adulthood, running away from home...
My home is clean. It's been years, so I've learned a lot. I'm just very self conscious when I get something obvious wrong and would often cry because I felt dumb and worthless. Everyone knows everything and I crawled out of under a bridge.
"I'm trying," is something people don't care about.
Note: I know I'm a smart person. I just have an angry voice with a crass sense of humor about my failures.
borkamork · 3 points · Posted at 06:26:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to explain to a middle aged woman In a grocery store the difference between margarine and butter.
pseudo_orphan · 0 points · Posted at 08:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aww that's kinda sweet though
animelockdown · 3 points · Posted at 06:35:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
not too horrifying but i realized the alphabet song and twinkle twinkle little star are the same tune like a week ago and it blew my mind
Meowcityhappytrain · 2 points · Posted at 06:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Did you know the tune was written by Mozart as a child? 🌟
animelockdown · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
haha i looked it up now! that's awesome
Spacemanfrommars · 3 points · Posted at 06:39:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like poop knife time to me
SpaTowner · 2 points · Posted at 08:56:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will never not upvote poop knife
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:42:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Natahli · 1 points · Posted at 07:29:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
D: oh no, this is horrid.
sam_jones528 · 3 points · Posted at 06:47:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was following a dessert recipe which said “melt the chocolate over boiling water”. She proceeded to put the chocolate directly into the water and then was trying to figure out how to sieve the chocolate back out.
pseudo_orphan · 2 points · Posted at 07:18:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shed a tear after the first sentence. I knew what was gonna happen, still had to suffer reading the rest of the comment just to be sure
[deleted] · 4 points · Posted at 06:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Anijealou · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All right. I need to know as a guy. Are you talking protection with toys or some barrier protection between two girls?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:08:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Anijealou · 2 points · Posted at 07:09:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanx for the info. I don’t think I’ll ever need it but if my daughter ends up being LGBT I’ll know.
plsnobanisnotnice · 4 points · Posted at 06:35:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I like how posts like these bring out the big brain perfect people who never make mistakes.
ps. Most of these seem like cheap karma grabs.
goddamnlizardkingg · 4 points · Posted at 07:07:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i had to tell my adult best friend that she needed to wipe front to back
Chubbs8a · 2 points · Posted at 07:47:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in culinary school (le cordón Bleu, in Pasadena), when the head chef was asked, while doing a demo on cooking chicken breast, at what doneness did the instruction want the chicken cooked to? Medium rare ? Well done? The chef answered surprise me ... and and that was probably the most wtf moment I had with a fellow adult 🙃
O_X_E_Y · 1 points · Posted at 11:24:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I like me chicken medium rare, always
/s
Simithaa · 8 points · Posted at 02:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Clearly using a toilet. It's a widespread problem.
I cannot understand how many men are unable to aim in a 30cm bowl. Piss on the edge, piss on the ground. My cat is better domesticated than most human men...
Haggmark · 3 points · Posted at 10:57:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never heard about the pee going in a direction you don’t want it to?
PCGamor21 · 4 points · Posted at 04:04:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You clearly do not understand, and you may never understand
Simithaa · 16 points · Posted at 04:36:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Found the guy that pisses on the floor and seat
PCGamor21 · 0 points · Posted at 04:40:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually I sit
st0rmkeeper · 8 points · Posted at 23:06:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Not a "do", but a "know":
I once had a very Christian friend in high school who, after a decade-and-a-half of fellowship and attending church, did not understand that Jesus Christ was immaculately conceived and was not, in fact, the biological child of (The Virgin) Mary and Joseph. I'm sure most people have an idea of this, but the entire point of the New Testament was to tell the story of God's only son, bestowed to a virgin to make the point that, through God, all things were possible.
For context, my friend was was going through a phase where he was getting into it, trying to uncover all the truths, sending me concerned FB messages about how Lady Gaga (whom he loved) was satanic, and trying to cure himself of his homosexuality. Here was this sixteen-year-old, trying to follow the gospel as best he could, but didn't have the most important piece of Bible lore to start with.
[deleted] · 6 points · Posted at 03:44:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The immaculate conception refers to Mary, not Jesus. That she would be pure enough to carry the Lord's son one day.
st0rmkeeper · 2 points · Posted at 14:09:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for telling me, good to know; I'm not particularly religious and was going off of what I knew from a Christian background.
🎙️ arual_x · 9 points · Posted at 23:10:20 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bless his heart this is almost too pure. You know. Except for the curing homosexuality and evil lady Gaga stuff. You kinda can’t get angry at someone when they’re this misinformed.
st0rmkeeper · 3 points · Posted at 23:45:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's the thing; whenever he was going on his tangents, it was never that he was condemning me, but rather trying to warn me about the evils lurking in our media, or whatever it was. I know that he was in a vulnerable state with his strict family on top of the fact that he, frankly, was not the sharpest tool in the shed, which made him all the more susceptible to suggestion. (He would even flip really easily if I gently talked him down from whatever he was talking about, and then go back to it a week later.) He was confused about how faith related to life and really needed better guidance, especially as someone who was so passionate.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 23:55:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He at least sounds vaguely open. Hope he’s okay.
SGMidence · 8 points · Posted at 03:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While you are correct that it is a major point of Christian theology that Jesus was "conceived and born by his mother Mary through the power of the Holy Spirit and without sexual intercourse with her husband Joseph," it is actually a common misconception that the term "Immaculate Conception" refers to this concept. It turns out that it is in fact "a dogma of the Roman Catholic Church which states that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception."
st0rmkeeper · 2 points · Posted at 14:10:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's interesting, thanks for letting me know! I have a non-denominational Christian background where there wasn't a ton of focus on the Virgin Mary and her story.
SGMidence · 1 points · Posted at 21:14:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No problem! Just a fun fact I picked up in Catholic school. :D
TooDumTooLive · 1 points · Posted at 14:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, that story is total bullshit so he's not wrong
M2704 · -16 points · Posted at 23:40:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn’t ‘know’ a fictional ‘fact’? Wow.
st0rmkeeper · 18 points · Posted at 23:47:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would expect someone to be know about a basic tenant of a religion that they've dedicated their life to.
M2704 · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough.
MildGonolini · 2 points · Posted at 08:57:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s still a fact in the context of the bible. Whether you believe Jesus was real or not doesn’t take away from the fact that the bible does say he was immaculately conceived. It’s also a fact that Harry Potter has a lightning scar for example.
SinkTube · -1 points · Posted at 09:41:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
except it isn't. mary being a virgin is a mistranslation
MildGonolini · 0 points · Posted at 09:44:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Do you have a source on that? I know the bible is far from the most consistent thing out there and can have completely different meanings based on how it’s translated, but Jesus being born to a virgin I thought was fairly well established. I’m no bible expert though.
SinkTube · 0 points · Posted at 09:58:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it's been over a thousand years since any of it was written, plenty of room for thing to be twisted and still be well established
many languages including english never had a standalone word for people who haven't had sex. "virgin" used to mean something very different (and still does, if you're a bottle of olive oil)
[deleted] · 5 points · Posted at 04:51:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adulting?
I fucking hate you all.
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 23:52:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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cyanidelemonade · 5 points · Posted at 01:51:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use a calculator more because I don't trust my own math skills. I'd be like "54 - 35 = 19 right? ......right? ......let me just check."
triggermajik · 2 points · Posted at 01:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spent 2 hours teach my co-worker (who has WAY more education than me) how averages work and the basics of how to find an average.
At the end of the 2 hours she still wasn't understanding even the concept
HardRockDani · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. Just calculated a weighted average for a report, mystifying a Finance Manager at work. A Finance Manager. (Facepalm)
FrMark · 2 points · Posted at 01:19:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Building a fire in the fireplace. One year it we had a particularly cold winter in my city. My colleague mentions to me in passing that his apartment had a wood burning fireplace and he was gonna build a fire for his family that night. He was under the impression that he could just put a log in there, toss a match on it, and he would have a cozy roaring fire. Spent like an hour explaining checking to make sure the flue was open/not sealed, what tinder and kindling are, how to build it up, etc. I assumed it was common knowledge. Apparently not.
Cyberfaust11 · 3 points · Posted at 01:41:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No way is it common knowledge. Living in the south, you'll never need fire, unless you camp. A fireplace in the south is for show and very rarely to be used.
FrMark · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Interesting. We're in the North now (PA) but said coworker was originally from VA. Still, we used our wood burning fireplace so damned much growing up in northern OH that I was both shocked and greatly amused
Corr521 · 2 points · Posted at 01:20:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was measuring out marks on a camera lens with a friend to make sure the lens was accurate while making marks on the follow focus. The lens went from about 10" to 12" then 18" then 24" and then switched to 2'6", 3', 4', 5', etc.
The change from inches to feet really confused them because while I had a blank ring and could make marks however I wanted (in inches or feet/mixed), they had a premarked ring that read 10", 1', 1'6", 2', 2'6", etc. Theirs changed from inches to feet a lot earlier than what the lens itself said and they couldn't wrap their head around how something like 1'6" was equal to 18".
I was just like oh no you just add 6 inches to a foot and it gives you 18". They still weren't getting it and I was just like you know how many inches are in a foot right?... "No"... Wait really? ... "Yeah, I don't really know how to measure" (which idk how the fuck they've ever gotten work as a 1st AC/Focus puller, blew my mind). So I spent the next 10 minutes teaching measurements and how 12" is 1 foot, so 18" would be 1' plus 6" and 24" is 2 feet because it's twice as much as 12", etc. etc.
heybingbong · 2 points · Posted at 01:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an old college roommate who didn’t know how to cook a hot dog. There’s no wrong answer here my dude.
thatasianjeremy · 2 points · Posted at 01:30:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I’ve never cooked a hotdog either in my life, I have an Asian family and we never made hotdogs or hamburgers or western food as my parents called it.
heybingbong · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Makes sense. For context, he was very American and from my perspective pretty sheltered.
Stealthyfisch · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not judging you cause, as I’ve learned living with an Asian roommate, there’s a lot of pretty basic Asian food that I had no idea how to cook until he showed me, but it’s really hard to mess up cooking hot dogs. You can cook them pretty much any way imaginable, even the microwave works.
pegmatitic · 2 points · Posted at 01:34:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Showing a former housemate how to use a garbage disposal. We were 25.
Geriny · 1 points · Posted at 14:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You do know that not everyone has one, right??
pegmatitic · 1 points · Posted at 14:55:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with her, she definitely had one. She just didn’t know what it was for or how to use it. She kept clogging the sink in our group house and leaving black/brown opaque, rancid-smelling water in it because she didn’t know what a garbage disposal was.
sadicarnot · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying but not being able to count back change. I’ll go somewhere and they tell me the price and they punch what I give them in the register. In those several seconds I’ll think if I give them 13 cents they can give me a quarter. Completely messes them up every time. Occasionally I’ll ask if they know how to count back change. No one ever does.
LilWayneDesoto · 2 points · Posted at 01:55:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s scary is the people written about in these posts can vote.
watermelonparadise · 2 points · Posted at 01:56:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my dad, 64 year old neurosurgeon - can’t cook, clean, really do much other than get brainwashed by fox news :/
B-Knight · 2 points · Posted at 03:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to unzip a compressed file
Thinking deleting a shortcut would delete the entire program
Requiring spoon-feeding whilst installing a program from an .MSI
Not knowing what a "file type" implies
Downloading a large file, not installing it and questioning how to run it
Not knowing the difference between installing and downloading
All of this in the last 3-6 months. He has just completed a Degree in an IT subject. He got an A on his project.
JasonsMadre · 2 points · Posted at 03:37:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a vet tech. I had to scrub in to assist the doctor with holding some various parts here and there as needed. The girl who was supposed to take over anesthesia for me started panicking halfway through and I had to talk her through how to do her job while assisting the doctor intermittently. This is why clients need to start advocating that their pet is handled by trained nurses. You could have a 19 year old doing anesthesia and if the doctor is hands deep in your dog they can't stop to help because they have to be sterile so better hope that tech can follow verbal directions exactly.
golde62 · 2 points · Posted at 04:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My last roommate had never gone shopping by himself and didn’t know how a self-checkout worked. I jokingly said “rich boy Alex doesn’t know how a self check out works?” And he looked at me and then I said again “rich boy Alex doesn’t know how a self check out works.” Then showed him. He had a nanny shop for his family his whole life.
yourfriendsazsa · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only reading the comments to check and make sure I'm not doing things the wrong way and will never be part of this lmao
strick7500 · 2 points · Posted at 04:41:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in a sporting goods store looking at handguns. I had just been explaining to the store guy that I was in the service and I was looking for a good pistol.
I asked him to take one out of the the case and let me handle it. I tried to disassemble it and... the slide wouldn’t come off. I tried a few times...
... before the store guy politely reminded me to drop the magazine before taking the slide off.
If you know the military, firearms, and weapon safety, you may quickly identify my many mistakes.
Henrybowers666 · 2 points · Posted at 04:56:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, I'm only seventeen but my best friends dad sighed "mom's not here and I don't know how to do dishes, could you do them /u/Henrybowers666?" And I just stared at him blankley
scorched03 · 2 points · Posted at 04:59:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
wearing a mask during a pandemic
in high school, my rich buddy actually did not know how to open a can. that threw me for a loop
awsomerdditer · 2 points · Posted at 05:00:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old classmate didn't know what a taco was. 9th grade.
ihavebird · 2 points · Posted at 05:14:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend growing up got a flat tire once (18 years old) and called her dad for help. On the phone he asked her how flat it was and she replied “Well not all the way flat, it’s at least only flat on the bottom”. So. That was a good one.
throwmeaway9021ooo · 2 points · Posted at 05:29:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess mine comes from today, just moments ago, when I read the word “adulting” and assumed it meant “being sexual with a partner”.
rainbird898 · 2 points · Posted at 06:41:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Loading dishes in a dishwasher😩
CorneliusTrimblewist · 2 points · Posted at 06:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in a cafe making English breakfasts. Think bacon, eggs, sausages, etc. One day my 45 year old coworker screamed. She’d cracked open an egg and found a partially developed chick inside. She was freaked out. She didn’t know chickens came from eggs. Really.
queen_bean33 · 2 points · Posted at 06:49:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always did the dishes by hand growing up and when I got my most recent job was the first time I'd been able to use a dishwasher and I got really confused and my manager on the day was a huge dick about it. I'm not dumb, I just really don't understand techy machines.
PiggeryJokery · 2 points · Posted at 08:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just reading this thread makes me lose any faith in humanity, these people need to be euthanised
earthwulf · 2 points · Posted at 08:24:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How is Trump not at the top of this list?
Manntate4 · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cock and ball torture (CBT), penis torture or dick torture is a sexual activity involving application of pain or constriction to the penis or testicles. This may involve directly painful activities, such as genital piercing, wax play, genital spanking, squeezing, ball-busting, genital flogging, urethral play, tickle torture, erotic electrostimulation or even kicking. The recipient of such activities may receive direct physical pleasure via masochism, or emotional pleasure through erotic humiliation, or knowledge that the play is pleasing to a sadistic dominant. Many of these practices carry significant health risks.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I had a nickel for every self-professed male "dom" who was utterly clueless about how BDSM actually works, who had never even heard of the word aftercare let alone understood what it meant, or even knew that there was more to bondage than just fuzzy handcuffs and spanking women, I could have retired before I could legally drink.
Manntate4 · 1 points · Posted at 16:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bro what
_Whoopsee_ · 2 points · Posted at 19:52:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner hanging book shelves. I was like "Cool! I can't believe they didn't even need to adjust where the L-brackets were for the studs!". I am sure you see my mistake in assumptions. About 6 months later one comes crashing down, fortunately not on me as I had vacated the seat underneath just before. Four giant holes in the wall...drywall dust...books going everywhere and knocking everything else everywhere...it was a mess. Through some conversation it turns out they never bothered to find the studs and just put it right into the dry wall because "I thought it'd be strong enough" for a 15 volume hardback series. Given their knowledge of tools and construction usually, this was especially confusing and horrifying.
texacpanda · 2 points · Posted at 07:07:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wheel of Time?
_Whoopsee_ · 1 points · Posted at 20:24:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, thankfully. Just an antique set of books containing Irish history, poems, and lore - definitely lighter than the Wheel of Time series!
Bella_617 · 2 points · Posted at 20:12:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former husband and I were having intimacy problems. I asked him if he had ever made his first wife climax. He looked at me with a straight face and said, of course she did we had 3 children! I was completely flummoxed due his lack of knowledge, I also wish this wasn't a true story.
Professional_March54 · 2 points · Posted at 00:40:54 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first roommate post-college was the absolute worst. She went to community college so she didn't have the growing up experiences in college that most of us. AKA, she didn't know how to do jack shit. She could cook, which made one of us, but that was about it.
Her "excuse" was always, always "But I just got off of work,". Like cool. Welcome to Adulting 101. Never have kids.
I could go on, but I can feel my blood pressure spiking again. That life experience taught me a lot, but among many things I will be vetting any and all future roommates. No first time kids who've had Mommy & Daddy waiting on them hand and foot. Never again. I would sooner live in a rent by the week room at the shady motel than do that again.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 2 points · Posted at 10:15:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please could you explain this to a non american? It reads like they teach laundry at not-a-community college (whatever that is), but I know that can't be right.
Professional_March54 · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:28 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, from my dorm experience, a lot of kids basically take a crash course in adulting. I mean, I remember spending a good portion of my first semester having to teach kids how to load detergent or watch them learn that you don't need to dump half a bottle of bleach into a load. Dorms in America are very tiny and cramped. I was only blessed with one roommate, but in her first semester my sister had two. You learn how to keep your space tidy, lest you have a pissed off roomie. It's the little things. Hell, most of us take a crash course in what happens when you pile dishes in the communal sink without ever intending to clean them. Yeah, that was a fun day of being one of the few people who did everyone's dishes and was sick of it. We "threw them away" after multipile notes warning such a thing. IRL, we hid them in the condemned kitchen of the condemned floor below us, in case someone went crying to the RA, which they did. Basically, you usually learn how to live with people who don't have to stand you because your both family. She had the same life experience of an incoming freshman who'd never had a chore their entire life and fully expected their roomie and/or SO to continue being their parent. Oh and "Community college" is basically what remains of "junior colleges", if I understand it right. I can't explain it well, I'm sorry.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 3 points · Posted at 12:46:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
The internet says dorms are halls of residence
postcoitaltechnoboog · 2 points · Posted at 12:45:24 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know that roommates are flatmates?
And colleges? They're post sixteen education here mostly, apart from those that are 14+.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:01 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm trying but I don't know what most of that means 🤷♀️ "two countries separated by a common language" applies here I think.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 10:57:20 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a bit confused too, tbh. I didn't go to a school with dorms but my sister did, maybe he means that since you're around so many other young adults in the same boat, you kinda figure things out communally? Also there tends to be an older RA, or resident assistant, that lives with freshmen to watch over them and make sure nobody's breaking the rules. They probably teach the kids about stuff like laundry and the importance of cleaning.
postcoitaltechnoboog · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:15 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can't imagine having a 'resident assistant' to teach my kids the basics of living in a household. I find it a depressing notion.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:27 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is, but keep in mind it's just one of their duties. Mostly they're there to make sure no one's having any parties or wrecking their dorm rooms.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:40 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not an ignorance thing, that's just a straight up being a bad person thing. You can't teach someone not to be lazy and inconsiderate. She'd be like that whether she had lived in a dorm or not.
thats_cool_dude · 2 points · Posted at 06:50:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had some friends over for dinner and this girl asked if she could watch me cook the bacon because she’d never done it before. I explained that you have to time it just right because bacon keeps cooking after you remove it from heat (it’s covered in hot grease).
Years later, we are at this same girl’s house for dinner. I was chatting with her husband while he was cooking chicken. He takes the chicken off the pan without checking if it’s done! And I said, “oh you don’t check them? How do you know if they’re done?” And this man says, “they’re good! And besides, they keep cooking after you take them off the pan anyway.”
Me: What have I done?
Also me: How are you not dead by now?
investinOutHere · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:31 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay so hes not entirely wrong here. If you have chicken up to the temp it will "rest up". This is how you stage the timing of foods.
It's really a toss-up whether he knew what he was doing or not.
thats_cool_dude · 2 points · Posted at 06:53:16 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I super appreciate your insight. But I’m 97% sure he didn’t know what he was doing.
Lost_Borealian · 2 points · Posted at 02:20:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I wasn't there, but kneeling on someone's neck is appalling. He was already restrained. I'm white and this hurts to see so much.
plogsdon83 · -8 points · Posted at 20:54:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Grown male friend of mine had NO IDEA how to jump start a car.
Edit: I don’t care that it is male or female - I care that a A PERSON didn’t know how to do this.
🎙️ arual_x · 19 points · Posted at 21:01:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I had a taxi driver once that I had to show how to do it to help me jump mine. He also didn’t know how to open his bonnet.
mixmaster7 · 24 points · Posted at 22:03:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s not exactly common knowledge...
CaptainsLincolnLog · 33 points · Posted at 23:36:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes it is. The instructions are on the bag of jumper cables.
mixmaster7 · 13 points · Posted at 23:55:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
If most people need to read the instructions then it’s not common knowledge.
CaptainsLincolnLog · 15 points · Posted at 23:58:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
What’s to know? Positive to positive, negative to ground. Start car. Get on with your life.
Ibbot · 6 points · Posted at 02:01:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it's important to connect them in the right order, but have no idea what it is.
PapaLouie_ · -7 points · Posted at 02:22:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not
wwguru · 3 points · Posted at 03:36:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Older vehicles without sensitive circuitry true.
Newer vehicle sequence:
Reverse sequence when started.
DeVosDesigns · 1 points · Posted at 10:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The order is about safety it has nothing to do with circuitry.
kritycat · 1 points · Posted at 18:04:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, pancakes aren't common knowledge?
planethaley · 2 points · Posted at 08:13:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And accessible in great detail to anyone with any device that has Internet access
[deleted] · 20 points · Posted at 01:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It should be.........
f78thar · 3 points · Posted at 05:02:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
jump start a battery, change a tire. If you can't do those two things you shouldn't own a vehicle.
mixmaster7 · 1 points · Posted at 15:32:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I assume you mean read instructions to change a tire because expecting people to do the process from memory is pretty ridiculous.
Figgywurmacl · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that's a bit extreme, I have a female friend who's like 5'2 and 100 lbs, she cant tighten the nuts safely so she cant change her own tyres. Do you think she shouldnt be allowed to own a vehicle?
SinkTube · 2 points · Posted at 09:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
not one that comes with nuts, unless it's a horse
kritycat · 1 points · Posted at 18:03:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a 47 year old woman, and I've jumped more cars than I can rem (I'm no mechanic). There are even instructions for how to do it in the owner's manual.
KangarooMyDoo · 1 points · Posted at 21:15:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wahhhh? How is it not?
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 05:10:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why do you have to mention their gender? Are you saying it surprises you that a guy doesn’t know how do this?
plogsdon83 · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s bothered me that a person doesn’t know this
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then what was the purpose of adding ‘male’? It literally added nothing to your sentence.
plogsdon83 · 1 points · Posted at 18:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To trigger people like you
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 18:48:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m far from triggered, but ok.
tafoya77n · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've met several adults who claim they have no idea how to change a tire. Sure tires have gotten much much better in the last few decades so you may have legitimately never gotten a flat but you still need to rotate them.
UncleTouchyFingers60 · -13 points · Posted at 01:44:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sexism
Stealthyfisch · -5 points · Posted at 02:08:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very woke of you UncleTouchyFingers!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 13:02:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seeing "adult" used as a verb.
Cyberfaust11 · 2 points · Posted at 13:15:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The most horrifying is seeing over 18 thousand redditors not understanding that people come from different places in life with different ways of doing things and need to be taught to understand the ways you are accustomed to and understand. Everyone has to learn some-time and if you're not willing to teach them and just balk instead on your 'holier than thou' power-trip that makes you feel superior, then you are the problem in the situation.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 13:19:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that. But in my particular instance, the “other place” the guy came from was down the road, and the “other time” was one year older than me, and the “different ways of cleaning a bathroom” were “properly” and “stupidly”.
CONDOMS6996 · 2 points · Posted at 18:04:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trump running a country
butlerlee · 0 points · Posted at 04:58:08 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm absolutely positive you'd do a much better job, CONDOMS6996
CONDOMS6996 · 4 points · Posted at 16:39:44 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah
CasaDeMaturity · 2 points · Posted at 01:19:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a guy I was training at work who didn’t know how to use a socket wrench. Not only did he just not know how to tighten or loosen, but just didn’t know how to use it at all like replace the socket or apply it to the bolt head
Cyberfaust11 · 5 points · Posted at 01:53:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm near middle aged and I still don't know how to use a socket wrench. I'm baffled by them. And I am actually somewhat of a DIY person and mostly rely on myself for nearly everything.
No one taught me these things.
When I see other people use socket wrenches, I just see them put it on and turn.
How does it know when I want to tighten or loosen? And now that I think about it, I have used a socket wrench before but I didn't exactly know how it worked and just fiddled with it until it did what I wanted.
CasaDeMaturity · 3 points · Posted at 02:20:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s all about the little switch on the back. It changes the ratcheting to either allow you to loosen or tighten. So if you are turning the wrench and it’s making the clicky noise, it’s not doing anything but spinning. You’ll have to turn the wrench in the opposite direction to apply the force to either tighten or loosen. And no wrench is the same, the switch isn’t universal to where if it’s to the left it means loosen or vice versa. It is pretty much trial and error.
joeboat123 · 2 points · Posted at 03:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well to be fair this is very common anymore and some people never had anyone teach them that kind of stuff
Bogmanbob · 3 points · Posted at 01:34:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ha ha. I'm a mechanical engineer. I've trained young (but degreed) MEs who didn't know what a hex wrench was or what a "thread cutting tap" was. I think the names alone kind of spell those things out.
CasaDeMaturity · -1 points · Posted at 01:47:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sometimes it’s mind boggling haha. I also had a guy who didn’t know the difference between a flathead or Phillips head screwdriver. I don’t know how they get thru haha
Rehela · 1 points · Posted at 22:41:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
More confusing than horrifying, but I had a roommate who asked me how to cook Sidekicks. You know, the noodles with pictorial instructions on the back. The girl was a Science major, who apparently couldn't follow instructions.
JuniorGreyCat · 1 points · Posted at 22:57:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my old roommates used to put fruit and veg waste in the recycling bin, because he thought it was also for compost
ksiyoto · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My ex shortly after we were married wanted to make one of my favorite dishes, tunafish casserole.
I bit into it, and it was kinda al dente. More than kinda. All the noodles on top were still rock hard.
She hadn't cooked the noodles.
ltfunken · 1 points · Posted at 23:17:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old roommate asked me to teach her how to shovel the sidewalk. It was her 2nd year living there...
rachelkuo · 1 points · Posted at 23:18:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a gym and I asked the new guy to run the vacuum while I mopped. He didn’t unwrap the cord before he started pushing the vacuum and then didn’t know how to flip the little holder down so the cord all unraveled at once. I’m pretty sure he’s an adult man who had never used a vacuum.
afewbaddecisions · 1 points · Posted at 23:21:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend didn't know that you need to change your pillowcase... I can't imagine how gross that pillowcase got.
Briggsnotmyers · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother once didn't change his for so long that, combined with his stale drool, his pillow grew black mold
ajoy97 · 1 points · Posted at 23:22:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to pack! Helped my friend move out and we got there and she hadnt packed anything up? Then she proceeded to put every single dish in box which was so heavy the bottom started falling out!
onomastics88 · 1 points · Posted at 23:23:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A man who doesn’t know how much a gallon of milk costs. Among other common things, not just shopping things or traditional “women’s work”, but like how or when to use a screwdriver. How to wash a dish, how to hang a picture, etc.
M2704 · 0 points · Posted at 23:31:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, I have no idea either. Mostly because gallons are stupid measures. I do know what a liter of milk costs though.
onomastics88 · 1 points · Posted at 23:43:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
But you’ve been in a store and bought milk. A gallon of milk is something like $4-5, some stores price 1% like $3 as a loss leader. His guess was $10.
Marillenbaum · 2 points · Posted at 01:13:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s one banana, Michael, how much could it cost? $10?
Green-eyes816 · 1 points · Posted at 23:24:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pulled through Popeyes drive thru and ordered a dark meat combo and asked my ex ( boyfriend at the time) what he wanted. He said white meat. We got home and he opened the first box, when I saw a leg I said, oh that’s mine and he looked at me funny. I said, I ordered dark meat you ordered white, right? He said yeah.... At that moment I realized he didn’t know the difference. He told me he just always ordered white meat but likes legs and thighs. So I explained what pieces where dark meat and which where white meat.
Simple enough, but it made me wonder how he got through 34 years of not knowing that. He was an extremely momma boy who barely knew how to take care of himself when we got together, so I probably shouldn’t have been surprised.
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've heard of dark meat vs white meat, but I've never thought about it before. Whenever I order chicken, it's just listed by the body part and not the type of meat.
Green-eyes816 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’ve never ordered chicken before where they ask you if you want dark meat or white meat? Like if you are ordering a 2pc ... instead of the whole damn chicken??
Dark meat- legs & thighs White meat- breast & wings
Idk I guess I assumed this was common knowledge.
cyanidelemonade · 2 points · Posted at 01:41:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I ordered a 2 piece, it would just say leg + thigh. It would never mention that it was dark meat
Green-eyes816 · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm... ok so you’re saying the meat preference is already decide for you when you order.
cyanidelemonade · 2 points · Posted at 01:48:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At some places. What I'm saying is that the "option" between dark and white isn't listed, it's only the body part. If they asked me if I wanted dark or white, I'd have no clue what they meant.
Green-eyes816 · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah,I understand what you are saying. So you personally don’t have a preference. Chicken is chicken..... Can I ask you a favor? Next time you eat a leg then a breast, I want you to see if you can taste the difference. Which one you like better...
I can’t believe we are having a full on convo about chicken lol.. but anyway, to me, white meat is dry whereas dark meat isn’t and sucks in more flavor. White meat chicken reminds me of eating turkey. If that makes any sense.
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lmao now that you mention it....chicken is chicken! But I will see if I remember to really taste it next time. Funny enough, fried chicken is my all time favorite food, so this conversation has been hilarious for me.
Green-eyes816 · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hahahaaaa!! Who doesn’t love fried chicken?? Mmmmmm All fried chicken is good! Screw it... let’s just stick with “ chicken is chicken, and all chicken is good!”
cyanidelemonade · 2 points · Posted at 02:05:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like my new life philosophy! Let's all just get along and eat some fried chicken :)
Green-eyes816 · 2 points · Posted at 02:11:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yesss!!! I’d back that!
BigBalls221 · 1 points · Posted at 23:29:06 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know some people who don't know how to tie their shoelaces and are in their last year of secondary school
Ozoneplayz · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:07 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met this girl in college that didn't know you had to change your oil filter in your car routinely. she was just adding oil to her car here and there. totally fucked up her car.
scarletnightingale · 1 points · Posted at 23:30:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Caught one of my friends trying to clean chocolate off of a white shirt using milk because "milk is white and the shirt is white". Aside from the fact that putting milk on your white shirt will not in fact make your shirt clean, just make it smell like rancid milk and possibly stain it yellow, there was literally a sink 10 feet away and she also had other clothes she could have put on.
Muffles7 · 1 points · Posted at 23:31:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basically anyone who tells me lint traps exist in dryers like it's big news.
emptydumpling · 1 points · Posted at 23:38:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at an f&b place. We have a dishwasher but if the shift was slow we’d hand wash. One time this girl, who was studying at a university, was the designated washer. Out of the corner of my eye i noticed she wasn’t using soap.
She just rinsed the cutlery, cups & plates with water and put them to dry on the dish rack. I asked her why, she said she thought if they weren’t greasy it means they don’t need soap.
ContrivedCucumber · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:04 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its kind of related, my first college roommate didnt own any silverware or dishes except for a red solo cup he used to hold his toothbrush.
He would literally just steal plates/silverware from the dining hall, use them, and leave them in the canteen in the dorm (they used the same plates/silverware but had worse food). He had a number of other bad habits, like hording food and never going to class. I hate to say it, but I was really glad when he dropped out.
anabeeverhousen · 1 points · Posted at 23:39:38 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the worst thing ever. But, when I was married, my wife would always try to account for "taxes," in our grocery budget. I think it had to tell her 2-3 times a month for a year that they do not tax food at the grocery store. She was the type to fo rough math in her head as we put things in the cart, and would always add extra money for non- existent taxes. You just kinda get tired of repeating yourself.
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🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
... what? Like, how much younger? HOW OLD AM I?!
Vaudevanilla · 1 points · Posted at 23:41:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is second hand from my brother, but he told me many years ago his first room mate in college had no idea how to make his own bed. Apparently he just stared at it with a pile of sheets on it not knowing what to do. My brother had to show him. When he asked why the reply he got was, "The maids always did it for me." Needless to say there was a ton of other shit he didn't know how to do and he treated my brother like his maid until he finally was able to get transferred to a different dorm with another room mate. Still kinda blows my mind a little bit.
thissucksassagain · 1 points · Posted at 23:44:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
30 y old colleague and now roommate didn’t know how to cook pasta, or rice, or anything really. His only self cooked meal was fried eggs.
AE_Phoenix · 1 points · Posted at 23:44:54 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know someone who tried to microwave bacon. That was a time.
jayjayhxc · 2 points · Posted at 23:52:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can totally microwave bacon, not sure why this is here.
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 23:52:19 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is a actually, commonly done. Maybe not in your excellent area though!
AE_Phoenix · 0 points · Posted at 23:53:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwaving bacon is a common thing? Wut? The amount of confusion I feel rn. Frying is so easy why microwave?
probum420 · 2 points · Posted at 23:55:33 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Faster, neater and convenient. Frying tastes better though!
OrphanDevour · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It actually is helpful in getting a good bit of the fat our and keeping the pieces orderly and neat if you pre-microwave your bacon before pan-frying.
I will not go back to the old ways.
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's by the seconds, frying by the minutes.
AE_Phoenix · 3 points · Posted at 00:56:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But... bacon... what have they done to my boy...
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hear you. Your good question reminds me of a Dr John song!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
30 year old friend of mine was really proud they'd just learnt how to change a flat tyre. I was shocked. And the mate they were with at the time also didn't know how to do it, so they shared this hands on learning experience that took them about 45 minutes.
blueivysfutureintern · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Write a paragraph
OldSoul825 · 1 points · Posted at 23:45:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Take out the trash. Like it was stacked all over two separate acquaintances' apartments.
martialdylan · 1 points · Posted at 23:47:30 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an old roommate who got a big boy job after finishing school. The first week of the job his bosses and co-workers took him out for a nice lunch. Someone at the table ordered an Arnold Palmer. My roommate did not know that an Arnold Palmer is just lemonade and tea. He thought it was an alcoholic drink. So he decided to order a jack & coke. Fortunately, for him the big boss decided that was a pretty good idea and ordered alcohol as well.
kenjiandco · 1 points · Posted at 23:50:25 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to teach an a field tech intern (23, degree in biology, somehow) how to use a compass for navigating and wayfinding.
He could grasp how to use a compass to find north. Using it to find south, east, or west was completely beyond him.
I decided it was better for everyone that he help clean gear rather than learn about bearings.
toosoontogohome · 1 points · Posted at 23:51:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend thinking that we don’t need to worry about the world’s drinking water supply because “we can just boil ocean water.”
cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uhhhh at the risk of sounding dumb.....don't we process sea water in plants? It's just super expensive to build, right?
ocviogan · 1 points · Posted at 23:52:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex thought idling her car didn't use gasoline.
harmothoe_ · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adult male roommate asked how to clean out the microwave oven. Wiping it with a wet sponge didn't occur to him.
cisumvw557 · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:18 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
While working as a biologist for Badlands National Park some people were talking about the “lopes” (pronghorn) and you’d have to be done to think they were talking about “jackalopes.”
I was told as a kid jackalopes were real and it was confirmed cause my aunt and uncle had a rabbit with a small deer antler stuffed on the wall so i just always assumed they existed. I even got a degree in biology and worked In National Parks.
Google set me straight real quick. Don’t lie to your kids.
ThisWasAValidName · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:23 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admittedly, with the benefit of hindsight, this isn't as "Dude, how the fuck . . . " as a lot of these, but I was incredibly surprised to find that I was the only one of my friend group, a bunch of 17-19yr olds in love with all things automotive, that could drive a manual car.
I mean, some of these guys really knew what they were doing under the hoods of their cars, far more than I did at the time, but no one else could drive a stick!
callmeGS · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:50 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, my friend was very sheltered growing up and his parents are very strict with drinking.
We traveled out of state for a university event and had a small party in our airbnb. He did not know his alcohol limit yet, so as expected, he drank way too much. A few hours later, I heard him barfing in the bathroom, so I decided to check if he's ok.
LO AND BEHOLD!! I saw him standing infront of the toilet and the entire wall and floor of the bathroom covered in his puke. Apparently, he did not know that he should be aiming closer to the toilet.
hopecreech · 1 points · Posted at 23:54:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and my boyfriend hired his “handy man” uncle who has his own businesses remodeling homes to help us with our first home. He ran all of our electric at our new house and we had an electrician come out to check his work- it’s all wrong and has to be completely redone. He tried to convince us not to get an inspection done on our home. So yea.
SOSimsinking · 1 points · Posted at 23:55:29 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a researcher and a colleague of mine didn't know how to use the shift key. He would type caps lock, the letter he wanted to capitalize, then caps lock again.
Oddly enough he didnt know his iphone had the caps lock function.
cyanidelemonade · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not that I don't know how to use the shift key, but I just don't. I use the method your colleague did. To me it was easier to do a quick tap of the caps lock rather than holding down the shift and hitting the other button.
SOSimsinking · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:29 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair enough. Preference aside, he honestly admitted he didn't know what the shift key did.
Catezero · 1 points · Posted at 23:56:37 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got a good one. I was living with a roommate who is in his 30s, im coming up to them. The fire alarm went off while me and my kid were watching TV upstairs and I knew he was downstairs cooking so I went into the hallway and tried to silence it, but the button wouldn't shut off which meant it was the complex alarm. So I went downstairs, and hes just standing there completely frozen, not sure what to do.
So I said to my son "okay honey, we're going to grab our shoes and go wait outside, that's the safest place to be when there's a fire alarm going off." And we walked to the door and put our shoes on. I shot my roomie a meaningful glance and he suddenly snapped back into reality and followed suit. I am absolutely terrified about what might have happened if he'd been alone and the complex really was on fire.
It turned out a fan had broken in the underground which set off the carbon monoxide detectors so it was fine, but i still think about it sometimes
shaggysnorlax · 1 points · Posted at 23:58:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well I've given the "try turning it off and on again before asking me for help" instructions to the older members of my family (50+) and yet they still frequently ask me how to do that or forget to turn it back on and then claim that whatever it is is broken
leoscrisis · 1 points · Posted at 23:58:10 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked for a charity in their Communications Department, taking care of social media, graphic design and overseeing the overhaul and redesign of their 3 websites (plus all their international sites) into one combined site. This included all of the international sites such as their US office.
This redesign took over 6 months and I was super proud of it considering I was self taught and everyone complimented me on the new design and the functionality.
The backend of the website had all images and media correctly filed as they should be. Over one weekend someone with access at the US office decided that the media should be refiled to their liking. This resulted in all images and media links being broken on the entire website. I had to reupload and relink the entire 90+ websites (3 charities x however many countries).
No-one would admit to the mistake and conveniently they had used my login details (we had a master log in details sheet in case of illness). I'd had enough bull shit after that and many other reasons so handed in my notice super fast.
But seriously, who the fuck does that without knowing what they're doing?
Landurp · 1 points · Posted at 23:58:34 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you ask about someone’s sexual experience on reddit
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cyanidelemonade · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know someone who did something similar but luckily at much lower stakes. Her parents paid for her to have 2 years of cosmetology school while also doing regular high school. Lots of long days due to hours of classes required. She failed her certification exam because her live model forgot to show up. She scheduled another one and failed because she wasn't holding her scissors right. Didn't end up getting her certificate after all that.
TheMapesHotel · 1 points · Posted at 00:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner didn't know how to use deodorant until he was like 30. He thought you used it after you already stank to cover up the smell. Like air freshener.
I couldn't figure out why he always stank and I'd ask if he used pit stick and he would say yes. I went through so many brands looking for something that would "work" for him before realizing he didn't actually know how to use it.
ironwolf56 · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine; college educated American male in his late 30s, did not know what fajitas are. No this was not a "potato what's that?" joke moment he literally did not know what they were and when shown and reminded all those times he'd been to restaurants and seen them said "I didn't know those had a name."
DressageDegenerate · 1 points · Posted at 00:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I work with and used to take her to and from work, didn’t know how to pump gas. She’s 25 years old, has her license and didn’t have the first clue about it. I educated her and on other things she needs to know in order to take care of her future vehicle.
ososmo23 · 1 points · Posted at 00:02:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy I knew had the bulb in the headlight in his car go out. Took his car to one of those auto care centers and paid $250 to have a $30 bulb changed.
Dorkyporkypoo · 1 points · Posted at 00:03:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Convincing my parents that a blue whale is in fact an animal.
woahchillmanbro · 1 points · Posted at 00:04:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Co worker looked at me I don't know how to read lottery tickets... Bitch. Match. The. Numbers. Tf.
TheNebulousMind · 1 points · Posted at 00:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wouldn't even know where to start when it comes to my roommate, essentially a 40 year old child.
corme33 · 1 points · Posted at 00:05:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much every college kid who has never done laundry. Saw a guy load his clothes in the dryer and stopped him before he could put laundry detergent on his clothes...
dankyman1 · 1 points · Posted at 00:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was over to stay the night and hangout. The next morning I was changing the pillow cases and stuff and I threw him a case to put on the pillow. He clearly did not know how to put on a case even though he was definitely old enough to know how. He really doesn’t know how to do any basic house work.
WinterOfFire · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my roommate saw me cleaning the bathroom and asked why I was using the “toilet sponge” on the bathroom counter....
We used a scrubby sponge to clean surfaces and toilet paper on the toilet. Or at least every roommate did but her. Her logic was you use the sponge on the toilet to protect your hand from gross stuff.
rocknin · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How about my last college class, a 5 person group project capstone where i was the only one who actually knew how to do anything other than copy paste code. i did 95% of the work, and tutored them through the other 5% and fucking failed the class because 1 guy was completely unresponsive and fucking sabotaged us, and none of the staff care.
fuck college.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:06:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 5 years ago one of my friends asked me how to spell "a".
He turned 40 earlier this year.
angel_kink · 1 points · Posted at 00:07:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex: - put a can of soup in the microwave. The whole can. Yeah. - didn’t know how to write a check. - didn’t know how to navigate an airport. Which ok on this one if he didn’t travel a lot but he DID travel a lot. He just always followed his parents and had no idea how to use the scheduled flight board or find his terminal on his own.
Glad that relationship ended. No idea how he’s surviving the world.
countbunula · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a sandwich shop and we hired this guy who genuinely did not understand the process of making a sandwich. He genuinely did not know how to put a fucking sandwich together. And I'm not talking about what the different types of sandwiches come with, I'm talking about the fact that he didnt know how to spread mustard on bread. Or wrap a sandwich after being shown a million different times each time he came in. He just genuinely did not know how to do anything we asked of him. It was actually incredible to witness.
lzytm · 1 points · Posted at 00:08:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was 27 before he knew the difference between a skirt and a dress. He also thought I could take a pregnancy test right after sex and get an accurate result. 😂
TrainConductor145 · 1 points · Posted at 00:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend thought he could take all the "free light bulbs" from his apartment before he moved out.
toastwbaconsandwich · 1 points · Posted at 00:09:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once had a new temp at work who could not grasp using a packing tape gun, the kind with just a roll of tape and metal teeth to cut it off. He lasted two days.
53Isaiah5 · 1 points · Posted at 00:09:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's cousin who never had to take care of himself (his parents and grandparents babied him his whole life to this point) was at our house for a couple months. He wanted to make tea one day on our gas range. He turned the control knob to high skipping the ignitor. Just left it on high with no flame. Thankfully my wife noticed after about 10 seconds and shut it off real fast. He had no idea that the gas had to be ignited. Thankfully wife was there or else my house might have exploded along with the cold, brown, water.
shipwhisperer · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wny do Americans not have kettles?! I am shocked by the amount of people who make tea on the hob....
mihir-mutalikdesai · 2 points · Posted at 02:14:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They don't make good Indian tea.
shipwhisperer · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:56 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair
53Isaiah5 · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm assuming you are referring to an electric kettle? Even if we were to use a kettle, it would still have to go on the stove (range) or other heat source. Correct? I'm truly unaware of proper kettle operation. Haha
shipwhisperer · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:43 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, no cause the electric kettle would boil the water via its built in heating element! It's just that Im Irish and you'd be hard pressed to find a house here that doesn't have an electric kettle!
torialexandrina · 1 points · Posted at 00:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworkers who have had years more of experience than me doing the most simplest task in our line of work
soul_butter_ · 1 points · Posted at 00:15:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roomate didn’t know that she has to clean the lint after she used the dryer. That was a fun day.
akindertale · 1 points · Posted at 00:15:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, it's sad seeing some freshmen come in without knowing how to do laundry (where to put the detergent, what button to click, which clothes go on which cycle). Some sign up for a laundry service because they don't choose to learn.
hereforresarch · 1 points · Posted at 00:16:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach my 30 year old coworker how to sweep and mop
Dimiragent93 · 1 points · Posted at 00:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriends sister didn’t know how to use a toaster. When she yelled at my girlfriend that should couldn’t toast the toast for breakfast because of it, my face was quite literally the blinking shocked reaction gif
dararie · 1 points · Posted at 00:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time it happened was when I had to explain to a coworker how to dial a rotary phone...25 years ago. Most recent was this last year when a coworker admitted that they had no idea how to check tire pressure or how to jump start a car. She is in her 40s
elbl121 · 1 points · Posted at 00:18:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying but funny, my friend was complaining about how expensive the gas station closet to her was she said sometimes she’d be almost empty so she’s have to fill up there to go to work. I had to explain to her that you don’t need to fill up your entire tank. Me telling her she could buy like one gallon to get her to somewhere significantly cheaper was news to her
AntonioMontero · 1 points · Posted at 00:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not in the adult world, but in an advanced physics class I took in high school I came across a student who could not average a set of numbers. He had no idea how to do it.
KomoriDoll · 1 points · Posted at 00:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teached my ex how to blow his nose.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:19:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to someone that you get charged interest on a credit card. I legit said “just watch out for that interest” and they said “no I don’t think i get charged interest”.
We had a back and forth. I told them look at your damn statement. A week later they informed me that they do indeed, get charged interest.
beyond_Andromeda · 1 points · Posted at 00:19:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my cousin if she could cut up some limes for margaritas. When I noticed she didn’t want to do it and asked her why she said she didn’t know how to cut a lime, had never done it before. She was 28 at the time.
dachshundlove · 1 points · Posted at 00:20:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once the guy in the cubical next to me asked me to show him how to “combine” three numbers. I was able to discern that he was asking how to take an average of three numbers.
...
At least the numbers were big?
WanderingSapphire · 1 points · Posted at 00:21:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach an 18 year old how to sweep and clean bathrooms...How? Why?
imperfectchicken · 1 points · Posted at 00:22:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me, learning that my husband has never scrubbed a toilet, and did not know how to clean one.
For him, learning that I did not know how to cook pasta. I was living on my own and he had to send me written instructions.
sparklestar17 · 1 points · Posted at 00:27:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren’t the instructions on the pasta bag or box??
imperfectchicken · 2 points · Posted at 00:32:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the time I was living in Taiwan. Pasta was...odd.
sr_plankton · 1 points · Posted at 00:22:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my neighbors (35+M) came over to ask for help because he didn't know how to operate a foot pump to put air in his kid's bicycle tire. I honestly thought the guy was joking.
cunning_crustacean · 1 points · Posted at 00:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know that it was unacceptable to put metal into a microwave. I learned the hard way at my college roommate’s expense...
kathatter75 · 1 points · Posted at 00:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two in my freshman year of college (1993-1994): 1) a friend who didn’t know how to work the old manual-style gas pump. I had to get out of her car to show her how to do it...and I didn’t even have a license at the time. 2) a guy friend who asked me to do his laundry for him because his baseball schedule that weekend made it impossible for his mom to come get it and do it for him 🙄 I told him I would show him how, but I wouldn’t do it...he found a way to get his laundry to his mom instead.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 2 points · Posted at 00:40:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The laundry one...Freshman year...My roommate and a floor mate.. legit did not know how to use the washing machine...Found out they never even touched one as their clothes were clean and folded for them their whole lives...Some parents are just ....😐
nightwolf483 · 1 points · Posted at 00:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Manager at a restaurant here, we get people all the time that say they don’t know how to sweep or mop I just feel kinda bad for them and show them how simple it is Short of having a maid or something I don’t understand why the parents didn’t have them do it every now and then even if it was just for the fact of them not having to
jow97 · 1 points · Posted at 00:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Got a lift of a friend, they blew a tire... did t know they had a spare or how to put it on
ms_understo0d · 1 points · Posted at 00:26:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading an analog clock/watch! My cousins look at them like they’re foreign objects. Drives me nuts
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was in freshman year college.. my roommate and another floor mate on our floor didn't know how to wash clothes using the clothes washing machine...They really had no idea..I was confused to say the least...It was literally one button to press...I later found out they both never did their own laundry in their whole 18 years of life....It was even folded for them..good grief wtf...whereas I was slaving away in my household with a tiger mom and dad. Funny thing was they were both Asian...
The next year..at sophomore year my housemates didn't know how to use a can opener..smh.that was just sad..Let's not even start with basic concepts of cleaning..My roommate was the worst but I would say a lot of people didn't clean during that age...
Thank you mom and dad.. I understood then what they were teaching me.....LIFE.
boasega · 1 points · Posted at 00:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There have been times I cannot use scissors.
Mkitty760 · 1 points · Posted at 00:29:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made a delicious but simple dessert for my renter & I to enjoy after dinner one night. A chewy, fudgy brownie, topped with a scoop of vanilla custard ice cream, then topped with melted peanut butter and hot fudge.
He asked me how I turned the pb into "sauce". I melted it in the microwave. "Yeah but, how?" It's just pb, nothing added. "Yeah but, how?" I had to demonstrate: scoop some pb out of the jar, put it in the pyrex measuring cup, turn the microwave on for a minute, & stop to stir every 10 seconds so it doesn't get funky.
Howpresent · 1 points · Posted at 00:29:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker didn't know how to address a letter.
al_saints · 1 points · Posted at 00:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend hasn't really cleaned her flat for months. When I saw the entire room, up to her bathroom, it was full of trash and rubbish I did not even know exist. I helped her clean and taught her the things she has to use and how to clean.
sai_gunslinger · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My XH didn't know how to read a tape measure properly. I found out when we were neck-deep in a major renovation and we were measuring to cut new drywall. I asked him to measure and tell me the measurements so I could write them down (his handwriting was nearly illegible so if we wanted to remember the measurements I had to write them down). He said something like "35 and 3 lines." (Random numbers because I can't remember the exact ones) I was like "3 lines? What do you mean? 3/4? 3/8? 3/16? What is it?" He said "I don't know, three of the little line thingies." I went over and he showed me, he was talking about the 16th lines. He had no idea what the different sized lines meant or why they were different sizes, he only knew the big ones that were labeled with the whole inch number.
I don't think I've ever had a bigger "how do you not know how to do this" moment with another adult person. To his credit, once I explained it to him he picked it up quickly and was very accurate. But how did he get that far in life without knowing how to do that?
n1c073plz · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my best friend of 25 years (we are late 30s) recently revealed to me she has never pumped gas and doesn’t know how and doesn’t intend to learn, despite getting her drivers at precisely 16.
Arythmanticist · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went on a date with this girl one time and she didn’t know how to turn on her oven or her dishwasher.. we didn’t go on a second date
oasisbuiltthemoon · 1 points · Posted at 00:33:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly horrifying, but one of my law school classmates (late 20s) had never heard the phrase "in utero."
pifish15 · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a bank... basically every person over 18 who doesn't know the difference between a checking and a savings account.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 00:49:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
😐
metallic_panda897 · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
when my little brother started to play minecraft
BigUptokes · 1 points · Posted at 00:35:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiling water.
Like what the fuck...
saurel4 · 1 points · Posted at 00:35:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My neighbor was vacuuming and complained she needed to get the vacuum repaired again because it wasn’t picking up dirt. I asked of the bag was full, and she said “ what bag”
She didn’t know about vacuum bags. She just gave me a blank stare when I asked where she thought the dirt went.
tahituatara · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asked my flatmate to clean the kitchen floor. Didn't think much of it. Came back when he was in the middle of it. He had found the sponge-style mop, removed it from the bucket which also contained floor cleaner (which had instructions on it), and was spraying the floor with kitchen cleaner and trying to wipe it off with the dry mop head.
Took all I had to kindly explain what to do without being an asshole. Then I went to my room and had a lie-down.
boboxy1 · 1 points · Posted at 00:36:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmmm. When I was first learning to drive I forgot whether the breaks were on the right or left, then when trying to pull out of my driveway, I forgot to put the car in reverse, and then stepped on the gas, and almost ran into my dads bmw.
ottawadeveloper · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every time I meet someone who can't cook basic food like pasta with a sauce and meatballs.
missingthemiddle · 1 points · Posted at 00:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Moved in with a friend at uni only to discover he didn't know how to boil water, make pasta or, at a base level, use a hob. Turns out he'd only ever eaten frozen food or been cooked for
69mi · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, but I recently learned that when you get cold you have to pee. According to the 5 people in the house, this is just something you know. I’m 20, have a wife and kid, have a steady career but I didn’t know that when you get cold you’ve gotta pee
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends sister (who was halfway through dentistry school at the time) was blowing up balloons for a kids birthday party with her mouth. She seemed frustrated and when asked why, she said “I don’t understand why they won’t float”....
ahandmedowngown · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pump gas. People from NJ and OR get it pumped for them....
morewednesday · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiancé didn’t know what the movie Mean Girls was
Drivestesla2 · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seein a lot of things about grease fires here. Didn’t know so many people didn’t know how to put one out
Graycy · 1 points · Posted at 00:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend didn't know pickles are made from cucumbers
zer1-1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pickles can also be from mango, carrot,garlic etc not just cucumbers.
Graycy · 3 points · Posted at 02:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can get pickled pig feet and pickled eggs too. I should have gotten more specific and said the friend didn't know cucumbers made pickles.
zer1-1 · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay
greensighted · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the astounding amount of people in my dorm freshman year who had literally no idea how to do their own laundry whatsoever...
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's a pandemic in itself....I saw the same...
greensighted · 1 points · Posted at 00:50:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
there are only so many times you can head in to find like, two dudes in gym shorts with haunted expressions staring helplessly at a massive heap of novelty t shirts and tube socks, halfheartedly arguing back and forth about what the purpose of laundry detergent even is and whether or not you need to add both powder And liquid to adequately clean.... i once saw a guy fully in tears once bc he put detergent in the fucking dryer and had also waited until the point where he was literally there in his last pair of sweats, shirtless. best was a girl who once frantically paid me twenty dollars to do three loads for her bc prior to that she had somehow been saving it and shipping it home for her parents to do?? i accepted, but specifically i told her i would only do it if she promised me she would let me show her how to do it herself. she seemed to not believe she could handle it, but like. obviously, she could. she flagged me down to gush to friends on campus about how cool and smart i was for weeks after that.... like, thank you, but, i mean i learned this when i seven and i guess good for you not being as ashamed as i’d be in your shoes? i got so mad about how lacking the parents of wealthy families tend to be lol
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 00:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow......I'm speechless...
greensighted · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
rich people are something else lmao it was. unreal. i also taught literal dozens of people how to wash dishes by hand, often got a small crowd gathering to watch me make food from scratch, and had to teach a girl down the hall from me how to address packages & use goddamn postage so she could send them? also i worked in IT, and i would say about 50% of the job was helping people connect to wifi, or to stop panicking over doing something unspeakably stupid to their laptop and/or something mundane and easily fixable (like, say, accidentally enlarging the font on the start bar?).
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 2 points · Posted at 01:16:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now that you mention.. yes . Those who didn't know were rich.haha . Haha the wifi thing.. literally me at work with older co-workers ...I wonder how they manage at home?...Well I guess.. I don't expect too much from them..It's usually the older females. I was the teen that stole IP addresses haha at the very least...
Coffehousebum · 1 points · Posted at 00:39:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first days at boot camp 20+ yrs ago, I walked in the laundry room, and this other private was standing staring at the washing machine, he looks a me, and ask me if I know how to do laundry. We were 19 yrs old.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow.. I'm reading down the comments and it seems there are a lot of people that have did their own laundry.. how in the world are/did parents teach their kids?
shila_c · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach a girl to vacuum once while training her at my workplace. She didn't even know how to turn it on. She was 20.
rhesusfecespieces · 1 points · Posted at 00:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife. We'd been married, living together in a house for YEARS: "where do we keep the vacuum cleaner?" That's when I realized I was the only person in the relationship who ever cleans anything!
Fast forward fifteen minutes and she's running the vacuum wand over the floor, all stooped over like an old woman. I'm like.. "what are you doing?" And she says, "this stupid thing is so short I have to bend over to use it!" And I'm like.. see how that thing telescopes? Just press the button and pull.
"Ooohh!"
Years..
ExistentialBob · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who didn't know how to cook anything besides unseasoned chicken on high heat. He smoked up my apartment and I had to teach him a few things.
burberrybradshaw · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend told me that the teaspoon and tablespoons in the silverware drawer aren’t the same measurements when something says “one teaspoon” in a recipe
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? He thought it was like a ... fictional unit measurement based on nothing?
burberrybradshaw · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes!!!! We’ve been together three years and I just found out when asking him to get three tablespoons of oatmeal for our baby and he was like ....?? What do you mean a tablespoon? 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ if my kid is as dumb as his dad I’m done for lol
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate bought a cat and didn’t know you had to clean the litter box every day/2 days.
Likes_The_Scotch · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every week when Grub Hub, Amazon, and other drivers pull into the neighborhood and look at the map for a unit and can't figure out where to go despite making out where they are in relation to the map.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spiders are actually the cause of cobwebs
TedBundysVlkswagon · 1 points · Posted at 00:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a dude who truly believed that you couldn’t get STDs from having sex with pregnant chicks. At the time I just thought, who is out cruising for pregnant chicks?
justjentennyson · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker whose resume includes administrative assistant positions for 30+ years had no clue how to put a FedEx label on a FedEx envelope.
smilecracker · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a coworker that dishwashers don’t fill up all the way like a giant hot tub for your dishes.
Currynrice9728 · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Keep telling a co-worker to put in water with their microwave rice so it doesn't burn.
Sandy-Coteshear · 1 points · Posted at 00:43:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Using an old flip-style can opener isn't exactly common knowledge now, it was the completely pathetic and useless amount of pressure my friend used to try to operate it. He then acted like there was something wrong with it, after his gentle caress on the can.
LittleRed1127 · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college that was asked to clean the toaster, and they washed it. In the sink. With soap and water. They were surprised when it didn’t work after that.
Another roommate put dish soap for hand washing in the dishwasher, made quite the foamy show.
They also would clean non-stick pans with steel wool and constantly burn rice. We also had a gas stove and if the fire goes out while it’s still on, it releases gas in the air, and some people just could not understand that you only had to relight it. Instead they would just leave and later the house would smell like gas.
To be fair, they were 19 so they’d probably never done chores in the kitchen growing up.
grixisnecromancer · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That you need to wash your genitals.
TheLikeGuys3 · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother caused an oil fire once because he threw water in pan to extinguish the smoke billowing.
He was 22.
justaregularderp · 1 points · Posted at 00:44:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My last roommate didn’t know how to pump her own gas. Her father ALWAYS did it for her. She was 24 years old.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My room mate has ate fast food three times a day since quarantine started. Hasn’t used the stove, the microwave, the air fryer, etc.
He doesn’t know how to cook. Too lazy to learn. And is crazy overweight.
I feel really bad and I try to get him inspired to make his own meals but I think it intimidates him and makes him feel stupid, especially since I cook every meal.
Blows my mind because we are both 32. Worlds of difference of how we live.
Met him through work and moved in to save money and it’s just depressing to watch.
wufoo2 · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-wife, when I met her, would dump the fabric softener in with the laundry soap.
I introduced her to the Downy grenade.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:45:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Writing a check. The first time I needed to write one, I had to Google it, and my friends were shocked that I didn't know how to do it.
Scrudly · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have a lot of part-time employees and most of them are in college, so in their early 20s. We asked someone to call a customer about their account and he comes back a few minutes later with "the number you gave me doesn't work". The manager called, it was the right number, so it's taken care of and everyone just forgets about it.
A couple weeks later, same thing happens, and so the managers ask him to show us what he's doing, and he didn't dial 1 for long distance. We let him know what the problem is, and he's just super confused about why you have to dial 1 before an out-of-state number. He had literally never used a land-line before getting this job.
Several months later I found a mistake on a fax he had sent and asked him to fix it and re-fax. He says "but they said it was OK". I am confused at this point and ask him how anyone could have told him that it was okay. He hands me the fax response page with the result of "OK". He thought the other party was receiving the fax, checking to make sure it was correct, and responding to us in about a minute.
A_Deadpan_Moose · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My buddy at work had no idea how to make tea. I bring a thermos of tea to work every day and I guess he hadn't slept much the night before. So he asked me if he could have some. Of course I had no problem with it so I poured some into his cup. Turns out he loves tea so I brought a big baggie full of teabags the next day to give him. Then he asked me me how hes supposed to make tea. I was genuinely surprised. I assumed everyone knew how to make tea.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:46:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooking an egg.
FlowersInMyHair923 · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working at McDonald's while in highschool. A gentleman I worked with asked me to come to the back to help him with the laundry machine. I assumed it was broken or something, but it turned out that as a 23 year old man, he had never done a load of laundry for himself. His mom had for his entire life.....
sarahgoooodrich · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried to make a grilled cheese with a small tabletop iron for a fraternity event once, with the professor standing in front of me waiting. I was shunned hardcore.
GuerillaYourDreams · 1 points · Posted at 00:48:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Quite literally boil water.
The woman was in her mid-50s and had no idea how to make pasta. 😳
EmotionalOven4 · 1 points · Posted at 00:49:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve seen people who don’t know how to fill out job applications....like people who have had dozens of jobs in their lifetime. Not someone who’s never applied for a job. People who can’t accept that you can’t use metal utensils in most nonstick cookware, had to teach my bf that you don’t need to rinse your noodles after they’re cooked, or put oil in them while cooking. Also, I wasn’t around for this but my uncle was changing the oil in his van and it was taking forever. When he finally came in he said how hard it was to put the oil in that tiny hole...he was pouring it in the dipstick hole.
unlikeanyyyother · 1 points · Posted at 00:49:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, but my brother moved into an apartment with some college friends about a year ago. They split up their chores but the dishes in the dishwasher often needed cleaning after they'd been washed. After a few months of this my brother wanted to figure out why it wasn't working so well. He asked the roommate who was in charge of the dishes if he was using the right soap, and his roommate's response was "You're supposed to use soap?"
reclusecaboose · 1 points · Posted at 00:51:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Changing the mop head on an industrial mop. I always had shitty dollar store mops where you’d just screw the mop head off and replace it the next time you used it. Talk about embarrassing.
luckily89 · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying, but At work, I was working on word with a colleague. When we were done, I saves the document, and closed word. Straight away my colleague asked me: "wait, how did you save the document?". I said I clicked on the floppy disk icon (as easy as that really). And he said: "oh, I didnt know you could do that, I usually just close the document, and then a window open asking if I want to save the document before closing." Trying to keep a poker face after that was really hard
sharriston · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was headed off to bootcamp at age 18 and we were harassing him that their would be no where in bootcamp to masturbate. We said buddy you are going to have a ton of wet dreams. He replied “Impossible I pee every night before I go to bed”. We couldn’t believe he didn’t know what a wet dream was.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a cousin who was born to my aunt and uncle via donor egg. My aunt carried her, but they aren’t actually biologically related. My cousin is now starting to go through puberty and she’s getting very tall, much taller than any of the women in our family. Keep in mind for this story that my aunt isn’t the brightest crayon in the box. Last month at a family function, she mentions to me how strange it is that her daughter is getting so tall despite the women in our family being short. I genuinely don’t think she comprehends that her daughter doesn’t share her genes.
bobot_ · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My in laws (both the parents and the adult children) all store leftover cooked meat (usually chicken) in the oven or microwave overnight to eat the next day. I pointed out that it should be stored in the fridge or they may get sick and they thought I was being ridiculous. They said it's easier to have it where it'll be heated up the next day.
oceanadems · 1 points · Posted at 00:53:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wonderful and amazing SO didn't know Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer of Black Sabbath until 2 years ago.
Bri70_vengeance · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me personally I did not know that headphones needed to be cleaned. And I'd been using them since 12 or so.
My bf didn't have a microwave growing up. It was a huge reality check when I asked why he wouldn't use the microwave after we moved in together. Turned out he didn't know how it worked. I just stood there in disbelief for a minute and was like, you just press the number if you know how long to cook... or you choose a setting if it's a certain item like popcorn or a potato...
Lou_Sick · 1 points · Posted at 00:54:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to college with this guy, he was from quite a wealthy family, but also very humble and genuinely nice. He actually reached to to me before first semester just to try and make friends with his future classmates. A few weeks into the semester, I asked him how he was liking the whole experience so far. He told me everything was great, although living on his own was challenging. He had to youtube how to wash dishes, and laundry, because he had NEVER done them before!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was making a dinner for the first time with my college roommate. I told him to start washing and prepping the vegetables. He began using hand soap and a dish brush to try to wash the carrots and potatoes.
iSutoraikou · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really adulting, but in health class someone said that when you get knocked out or knocked unconscious you're no longer alive. (She saying that's how you die.) Everyone in the class was yelling at her "OMG, YOU DON'T DIE!" I told her the same. (Was foolish enough not to say that I had an experience of such.)
friggin_pippin · 1 points · Posted at 00:55:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, but a friend at work was telling me about a dude she used to live with who kept leaving the front door unlocked and denying it. Eventually she asked him to show her how he was locking it and it quickly became apparent he did not know how to lock the door. She had to give him lessons. And this was not a difficult lock, it was literally “turn the key, pull it out.”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I literally can’t make this up.
I had a roommate (21) in college that always was “aloof”. Fast forward into our first week in the apartment he ordered an IKEA dresser and was completely stumped at how to do it (yes even with the manual). After leaving it in his room for a few more weeks he finally called over his cousin (26, a banker from NYC) to help him install.
About an hour in I heard a loud noise, and I came to find out that he dropped our weed bowl...because he placed it on top of the halfbuilt dresser while he was installing the legs. I then proceed to see him grab the power drill, insert the tip into the screw AND MANUALLY TURN THE DRILL COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. Then his cousin told him that he was doing it wrong and DID THE SAME EXACT THING BUT CLOCKWISE. THEY DIDNT PUSH THE TRIGGER TO USE THE DRILL.
When I showed them how to us it they were so baffled.
marafish34 · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband’s first time buying toilet paper on his own when he first moved in with me. I admit- I had a “oh shit...did I just fuck up?” Moment when he was shocked at how much toilet paper cost- like- how are you 25 and you don’t know how expensive toilet paper is?!
marafish34 · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah but to be fair- I put regular dish soap in our dishwasher the first time I used it as I had never had one before 🤷🏼♀️
seddit_rucks · 1 points · Posted at 00:56:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an IT guy. Learned helplessness is real. For reference, my youngest user is 24.
Actual support call:
"Okay, so let's make no assumptions. First, check that you can browse to msn.com."
"How do I do that?"
mamapajamas · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A student employee who didn’t know you could buy as many or as few bananas as you wanted. She thought that a bunch was a done deal.
JuracekPark34 · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Little brother came downstairs one day, saw the oven on, and all that was in there were two pieces of bread.
Asks his roommate if he knows what’s going on with the oven. Roommate responds that he’s making toast. Yes, they owned a toaster.
Roommate’s family was really rich and he never had to do anything for himself before going to college.
thesisypheanbee · 1 points · Posted at 00:57:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college had been living in the apartment for a year before I moved in. He told me that the dryer in the unit takes 3+ hours to dry towels, and that was just how it worked. I assumed it was just an old machine. The first time I go and do laundry, I check the lint trap and it is PACKED FULL OF LINT. Like, the size of my head in lint. Not only is that a fire hazard, but it was screwing up the machine! It ran just fine after that and I had to show him where the trap is and to clean it after each load (yes, every single one).
radiopeel · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I handed some pistachios to him and he popped one in his mouth... with the shell on.
hartz038 · 1 points · Posted at 00:58:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my coworkers came to my cube to ask me to help her with a "valentine craft" for her son because I'm apparently crafty. She handed me a piece of paper and asked me to fold it in half. I laughed thinking she was joking but she just stood there. She seriously wanted me to fold it. In half. She somehow couldn't get the corners to line up. My cube neighbor was dying listening to me because I think I still thought she was joking the whole time.
commander_mander · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talking to the new girl at work and her saying how she keeps over withdrawing money. Didn’t know how to remotely have a budget. And by budget I mean leave enough money in her account for rent each month.
beaniebabeysnail · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mom had no clue that electric razor guards cut more the shorter they get. she thought a four was a one.
trowzerss · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She was in her early 20s, and didn't know how to reheat a frozen pizza in the oven. Even with my additional instructions, she burnt it (she put the oven to 250C because 'she wanted it to cook faster') and then set fire to a tea towel getting it out the oven and stood over the flaming tea towel crying that 'I told you I couldn't cook'
CrankyIvysaur · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve had to show my SO how to address a letter... more than once
birdnbell · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner didn't know how to cut a mango
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 64.just how do you say I should cut a mango?
birdnbell · 2 points · Posted at 01:27:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You gotta cut the cheeks, then slice a criss cross pattern into each, then slice the remaining edge around the stone. Then invert the cheeks and you have individual cut pieces. Voilà!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 00:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Roommate fresh out of college was 26 and didn’t know how to do her laundry, file her taxes, clean the stove and was so unwilling to learn how to cook that she only ever ate out or ate those meal bar things. I was 23 at the time and am not the type to coddle people, so I would get so frustrated when I’d hear her and her mom on the phone all the time and she’d be like “idk how to do my laundry” and her mom would be like “sweetie, just ask [insert my name]. She can help you.”
christianaeakin · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother-in-law is 43 and still can’t pump her own gas.
tamagotme · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate did not know how to operate... wait for it... a mop. It’s literally a stick with some cloth at the end, you just push it around with some water. She also refused to dump out the kitchen drain catcher because it was “gross” even though she notoriously dumped food in the sink instead of the trash can. Needless to say, she did not do any chores other than the required trash duty we took turns with. She needs to hire a cleaner if she’s going to do literally no chores. Adulting is going to hit her like a truck.
maskedghostwolf · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How I can cook three course meals on my own. Basic food btw. Not something extravagant like tagine cooking.
Like seriously. It is not that difficult to even make tacos.
assholelover87 · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 12 and my cousin was shocked that seasoning her food made it better. All I added was salt. Ps she is white lmfao
UrDeAdPuPpYbOnEr · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a fine dining restaurant with a girl who didn’t know what a vegetarian was. She also didn’t know what a salmon or a pea was. My 23 year old ex didn’t know how to do laundry, her mom always did it for her. The waitress not knowing what a vegetarian is really irked me, it still does. She is a nurse now somewhere probably killing people.
One more. I recently had to get a job at a grocery store because of covid. I am a picker, if you order online I will grab and organize all your items. My second week a new woman(mid 50s) got hired and was being trained by my new coworker. The training lasted into the second day before she was let go because it was too hard for her. She couldn’t pick an item off the shelf and scan it and then place it into a bag. It’s monumentally more embarrassing because we have these little devices that show you a pic of the item and will tell you if you are scanning the correct or incorrect item. How the fuck do you get to 55?!
Lollc · 0 points · Posted at 01:04:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sounds like she may have, like most people past 40, needed reading glasses.
dianabdf_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:00:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A college classmate didn’t know how to cross the street by herself at the age of 18!!! 🤦🏻♀️
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm always adulting. I am over 21 kids!
MaizeNBlueWaffle · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had two separate friends in my last two years of college that I had to teach how to make a grilled cheese
noseymimi · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A male 60 year old family friend did not know where to put oil in the motor of his car. He thought it was poured into the dipstick tube. The oil cap was clearly marked, I'm not sure he knew how to read.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This ones actually about me, I was cooking with oil when I was younger (but too old not to know about this) and it hit burning point. A humongous flame took off from the pan and I shat myself. I quickly got a glass of water and poured it on to the pan.. what followed was a bit of a disaster, thankfully nothing burnt too badly apart from the pan. I learnt a lot from this lol.
accomplicated · 1 points · Posted at 01:01:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT. I spend a good portion of every day thinking “How do you not know how to do this?”
zoomy942 · 1 points · Posted at 01:02:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to connect a fucking laptop to WiFi.
AnonymousIVplay · 1 points · Posted at 01:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my freshman dorm at college, a group of wealthy international students used the communal kitchen, then dumped ALL their leftover food down the sink. I knew who the students were so I found them and was like "wtf why would you do that???" And one of them put on this patronizing tone and told me, "That's what the garbage disposal is for, duh!"
These dorms were built during WW1. No part of them have garbage disposals 🤦
dararie · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband when we got married didn’t know that you need to turn off the tv when there is lightning and you should really disconnect the cable and unplug the TV. This was before surge protectors. The pole outside of our house got stuck by lightning while we weren’t home. I’d unplugged the tv before we left. Good thing I did, the lightning fried the VCR.
actuallyitsmadelyn · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate was 22, we'd lived together for a few weeks. He calls me over says "ok, don't make fun of me. but... how?" And gestures to the washing machine.
It took a few minutes but I soon found out he had no idea how clothes went into a washing machine or what to do to get it to clean them.
The washing machine might as well have been an ancient manuscript written in sanskrit for all he knew about it.
pigspinkbehind · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work with this girl, she didn’t know what a bank account was. She had jobs previously that paid her with a refillable debit card. When she filled out the direct deposit information when she was hired, she assumed we would create her bank account for her.
Libbrarian · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I went to school with thought you’d get pregnant for giving a hand job. I had to explain to her she didn’t need to go get a pregnancy test and how babies are made.
notmyself3210 · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our sales manager (probably late 40s) came to my desk asking for a paper clip or something to hold a small presentation together. As the office manager I’m in charge of all supplies, so no big deal. I said I do but I think I have small binder clip that will work better. When I handed her the binder clip closed and not flipped around she held it, looked at it, then at me, then binder clip. When I realized she had no clue what to do with it I took it flipped it around and clamped the paper. “Oh ok thank you!” And walked off. She was the nicest lady you could ever meet! But it was little things like that that always left me standing there like ‘Huh!?’
Ayeager77 · 1 points · Posted at 01:03:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“I can disconnect my cell phone service and just use WiFi everywhere. I’m about to buy a new car that has WiFi. I’ll be covered everywhere I go and won’t have a bill anymore.” They were unaware of HOW the car got its service for the WiFi
Lamesauce59 · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend not knowing how to use a can opener. His mother bought him an electric one so he doesn't have to learn.
ZombiesAmongUs · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister's old friend never saw an electric can opener before she's like "what is that?" And we all just stared at her for a minute like "really?"
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college housemates....It was site to see...I was so confused why two of them didn't know how to use one..
Janaruns · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of ours was moving into a new house. Hubby and I were over helping them move things in. My husband hooked up their washer and dryer. Me and the wife were standing in the laundry room and I asked if she had a trash can to put in the room for the dryer lint. She looked at me like I was crazy and asked what dryer lint was. I pulled the lint trap out of the dryer and it was so full. She had never cleaned theblint trap in 5 years. She didn't know she needed too. She is so lucky her house never caught on fire.
supersphincter · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend of two years asked me to do his laundry daily because he didn’t know how to.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you still with him?
supersphincter · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. I told him to put on his big boy panties, grow up, and do it himself because I am not his mom
username__taken06 · 1 points · Posted at 01:04:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was driving me to school and said he “didn’t know you can’t turn left at a red light” I still to this day don’t know how he got his license
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should probably not sit in his car....
Zer0wlet · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The 19 year old sister of my boyfriend thought 9/11 was in London. Yes, she thought the big Ben was attacked on 9/11.
trevb75 · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just every day driving on a highway to and from work... do you not know how to drive or do you not care about anyone ??
ima_mandolin · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Right after graduating college, I had 3 roommates and we would take turns cooking dinner. My roommate Mike cooked a whole head of broccoli without cutting it up first, and served it like that in the middle of the table. He also had a theory that you can't overcook spaghetti.
Worst of all, I once caught him cleaning the toilet with a dishtowel.
Eyitsstormy · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend literally was mystified when I made chicken noodle soup. Why? He had no clue you could boil a chicken.
CraftyCapricorn · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flatmate didn't know how to cook well. Boiled potatoes until the pot was dry. Fried a pie. Made toasted sandwiches with ramen as the filling. Ugh.
kamamit · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother had recently got a GPS. We met at a church for an event and I told her she could come to my house after. She said she did not know how to get to my house from the church. I told her just use her GPS. She said "It only works from home."
erik347 · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holding a fork.
When I was 17 I went to student trooper academy for the state police so my college resume would look better. First dinner I'm the middle of the cafeteria and a drill instructer started screaming at my face asking me what I was doing wrong while I was just eating minding my own business. Looked around and eventually realized I've been holding a fork like a barbarian my whole life.
Don't know how I made it that far without knowing the proper way to hold a fork.
AsmodeusTheBoa · 1 points · Posted at 01:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally just had one. This is someone in their junior year of university in a science major. They couldn't pour something from a graduated cylinder into a bottle. If you take a graduated cylinder full of product and hold it completely upside down about a foot above the opening to the bottle, you're gonna spill. A lot.
himynameisbetty · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t get to experience it, but something I’ve been told my entire life. Back in the 70s, my apparently very sheltered mother moved out on her own. She didn’t know how to do a damn thing around the house, including laundry. Apparently never having heard of dryer fire, she would never clean the lint traps before or after doing laundry, and was also super trusting so she would leave her laundry unattended. By doing so, she caused a major fire in the laundry room and almost all of the equipment needed to be replaced. She wasn’t evicted because her landlord chalked it up to her, accurately, being young and clueless. She apparently lived there for years after but had to deal with the shame of there being a giant “Susie is NOT ALLOWED to use these facilities” sign hung on the laundry room door, and everyone knowing she was Susie because she was the only one who had to cart her laundry blocks to a laundromat.
My mum comes by it honestly - back in the 50s, in her first apartment, my grandma apparently mixed a bunch of chemicals in a toilet and flushed (figuring “the more, the better it cleans”) and wrecked the plumbing for the building.
thinmint96 · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was at university, one of my housemates asked me how to fry bacon... like they genuinely had no idea
i was like uhhh put bacon in pan + oil and turn heat on ????
photonicsguy · 1 points · Posted at 11:28:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You add oil??? Is the bacon not greasy enough on it's own or are you joking?
thinmint96 · 1 points · Posted at 13:01:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only a small amount, bacon here is like lean meat not the strips with fat running through in like in America
DeadEnd0130 · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A terrible spoiled bratty foreign exchange student we had (16) was so “privileged” that he didn’t know the first step of making ramen
duibiuszs · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know how to mop a floor. He called asking if it was normal for the floor to be wet hours after ‘mopping’. Apparently he just dumped water on the floor and pushed it around a bit. I gave him good hell. His excuse was his mom always did it and he was ‘never paying attention.
wa0tda · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a young couple we were visiting that a clothes dryer has a lint filter. As you can imagine, it was really packed full.
Jenghrick · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Got called over to take a look at some electronics that weren't working. Someone plugged the power strip into itself and I noticed it right away and muttered oh god under my breath. My manager started laughing and admitted it was her we both had a good laugh about it after.
PoorPauly · 1 points · Posted at 01:06:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A waitress in her early twenties asked me "What kind of fish does salmon come from?".
Born2BeMild23 · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Customers at grocery stores that don't know how to read the flyers and/or the sales signs.
alwayskallee · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend’s daughter thought stamps were just stickers for decoration.
ryanmcstylin · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to help my roommate in college with the order of operations.
autpilot · 1 points · Posted at 01:07:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have my glasses on and first read this as "whilst adultering" and was like.. What a weirdly specific question
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a 12 year old trying to show my friend’s mom how to put fuel in her car. She said her husband has always done it. I’ve been adulting a very long time
Sinister-Laugher · 1 points · Posted at 01:08:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Wasn't there at the time, but my cousin is 25. Usually, you'd have your license by this time but she didn't. Had never driven a day in her life. She got her permit about a year ago. I think she only had experience driving in a parking lot but I'm not sure. Anyway, the first time she drove on the road, she freaked out.
She didn't know that you have to turn the wheel a good bit when turning a corner. She hasn't driven since.
Edited to correct story.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago I was at the post office and an older lady was refusing to pack her own box, and wanted help from the clerks with everything. She clearly had never mailed a package at the post office before because it was just question after question. Of course, since it was USPS, they offered her only limited assistance, and rightfully so. When they asked her to move to one of the side tables and build the box, she flat out said "you mean put the box together? oh, well I can't do that!". The clerk had to then explain how to fold the box from it's flattened state, and of course she didn't want to pay for the tape they had to sell her either.
All I could think to myself was "how the hell did you get this far in life?"
Dobbys_Other_Sock · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband, who is 30 years old and lived on his own almost continuously since he was 18 did not know he need to use dryer sheets until last week. I noticed that every time he started the dryer the clothes would come out with so much static to actually hurt to fold. Over 10 years of doing this he’s lucky he didn’t set something on fire.
kyprish · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiance didn't know how to bake a potato. The first week we moved in together he asked me "how do you oven potato?"
LastDitchTryForAName · 1 points · Posted at 01:09:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker who had no idea how to use a mop. We had to explain how to fill the mop bucket and demonstrate how to actually mop. Apparently her family was very wealthy and she had never been expected to do any sort of cleaning at all.
authorofmymisery · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old housemate (21) didn’t know you could peel oranges. Like she literally only ever cut them. I showed her how and she just stood there amazed, asking how I did it. I asked her how she ate oranges when she didn’t have a knife and she just shrugged.
I was honestly so confused because I thought she was being sarcastic at first when I said “you know you can peel that right?”
can-i-get-uhuhuhhh · 1 points · Posted at 01:10:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Moved out for the first time with some friends. My roommate bought fresh ground beef and put it in the fridge. I figured she was planning on using it within the next day or so so I didn’t say anything. Fast forward a week and she’s pulling brown meat out of the fridge wondering why it went bad so fast. She didn’t realize you either had to use it or freeze it. Relatively minor but on top of the other things she didn’t know it was a little baffling.
spudjeffries · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a girl in high school that didn't know the difference between a horse and a cow.... luckily she was hot.
kforno24 · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My manager gave my coworker 2 of those soap bar lookin things that you’re supposed to put in the toilet tank and the water stays blue to clean the bowl. Well he thought the toilet tank was the bowl so he flushed one down each of our work toilets and clogged them both. At no point did he question if he should be flushing what’s essentially a bar of soap down the toilet.
Edit: for clarification my coworker is 30M
Maryjaneplante · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roomate freshman year didn't know how to make her bed, make food or do laundry
they employed people to help with everyday life/tasks..Rosa did everything for her up til she became MY problem lol
cosmiccuber · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my best friends at 18 years old after having 2 jobs still didn’t know that you could deposit cash into a bank account. She had about 2 years of tips from work shoved into a box and she hated paying in cash so it just sat there until i explained to her what a deposit slip was.
TRoddenberry1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A teacher of mine told me a story once about his roommate. This guy didn’t know how to wash his clothes, but instead of learning how or asking my teacher for help, he would always stack the clothes up and then wait for a break to take his clothes to his mom to wash them. One time, though the smell of these clothes was so bad that my teacher decided to do something. He asked the roommate why he didn’t wash his clothes, the roommate admitted that he didn’t know how, so my teacher helped teach him to do it. After a while, they finally reached the bottom of the pile and saw the most disgusting thing. Mushrooms were growing under this dude’s pile of clothes. Yes, mushrooms were under there. My teacher was still disgusted decades later.
LindyJam · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend moved into an apartment with her boyfriend at 21. I was over one night and she sent him to the store to buy ice. I asked what for, and she said it's because her fridge didnt have an ice maker. She and her boyfriend both had never seen ice trays and neither ever thought of making their own ice. I took them to the store to buy ice trays and showed them the magic of water in a freezer.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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chewdice · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what
Rielle97 · 1 points · Posted at 01:11:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate of a friend legitimately did not know how to burn a candle. They would pour out the melted wax every time. My friend only noticed because, eventually, their roommate was going through an improbable number of candles....
Boiiiee · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He tried to make canned soup... in a baking tray... in the oven.
bubble_tea_pls · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Flatmate asked me whether you remove the lid or keep the lid on the tin can when you put it in the microwave...
Domdidomdom · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a grease fire in a pan. I reached for a pot lid to extinguish it. Suddenly my ex reaches over my shoulder with a full pot of water which she throws into the pan. The fire roars up suddenly but most of the grease stays in the pan and I managed to extinguish it by smothering.
That's when I realised that my ex had no idea there were different kinds of fire (wood/oil/electrical)
dryerfresh · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister bowls with her thumb, index, and middle finger. She took a bowling class in college and it wasn’t ever noticed.
CrazySquirrelGirl · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy who literally did not know coffee came in bean form. He came to my house and was confused when I started to pour beans into the grinder. He kept saying "I want coffee not beans".
He kept giving me a look like I was crazy.
I had to explain about the entire coffee growing process and he still didn't understand. He thought grounds were scraped off of soil and packaged.
chicknngt · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was giving a co-worker a phone number he needed. It was a number that had a word in it, like 1-800-REDDIT-1. When I gave it to him, he said “Oh, I don’t know how to do that.” “Do what?” I asked. “Dial letters.”
raymcclain · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl in my high school Spanish class admitted to not knowing how to boil water. She was not kidding and it was 100% believable knowing who she was.
kukukele · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate thought you load dish soap in the dishwasher
yellowappy · 1 points · Posted at 01:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who did not know how to cook ramen, load the dishwasher or know where the clean dishes went. I found this out three months into living with him after wondering why the dishes were never clean or put away 🤦🏼♀️
OnlyNameLeftUnused · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
on a job site talking to a helper Me: What is wrong with you? Brush your teeth, take a shower every once in a while, wash your clothes every now and then bud.... You smell bad every way one can without shitting in your pantssmells shit.....did you just shit your pants while I was talking?
Helper: A little bit
TRUE STORY
mistycskittles · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooking pasta. When I 18 A friend of mine tried to cook pasta by throwing dry pasta shells into a frying pan...
JadedJackal671 · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not computer expert, but sometimes my parent and siblings don't know how to use a computer and I would have to go out of my way to help them understand. The biggest issue about this is not the computer but the fact my family don't trust me since I am the youngest, so they usually buy a new computer since they don't want to rely on me for help.
Edit: I forgot to add that they sometimes do ask for my help, and get angry when I can't solve some of them solidifying my lack of expertise and the mistrust of fixing it. I can fix some issue's but again I am no expert and even I would scratch my head and some problems.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
people walking through a busy supermarket as if they were the only person there - taking up the entire width of an aisle and not moving out of the way, or hovering at corners as if daring people to play chicken with them.
and my hubby wonders why i hate shopping.
CalvinAndAce · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend (26m) is obsessed with bacon. When we first started dating, he put butter in the pan while cooking his bacon. You’d think he would know that bacon creates its own grease since he loves it so much, but I guess it’s never too late to learn.
skaredy-kat · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In high school we had a friend who took her tampon out every time she peed because she thought the blood & pee came out of the same hole.
INeedACleverNameHere · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband's ex wife doesn't know how to pump gas. She'd rather drive 15 minutes to the next town where she knows the gas station owner who will pump the gas for her.
G1nga_N1nja_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back when I was an RA in college I had to teach a kid how to wash his clothes. Instead of using the washing machine, he was using the toilet.
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah.... Get out of here.. you lying right?
G1nga_N1nja_ · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah man, 100% true. In this persons defense they came from a part of the world that didn’t have running water, electricity, etc. (which was information I did not have at the time of this incident)
But the story is that he moved into our dorm and the other students started noticing a funny smell. After a few days, the other residents notice that he is washing his clothes in the bathroom, which they assumed was the bathtub, and hang drying them. They asked me to talk to this student because of the smell.
When I went to talk to him, I asked how he was finding the laundry room in the basement and he looked at me as if I had two heads. I asked him what was wrong and he said, “the laundry room is right there” as he pointed to the bathroom. I asked him to show me where he washed his clothes.
Now if you were like this kid and you have never seen a modern bathroom before, there is only 1 place that has standing water without needing to pull/turn/press a knob/button/lever. So that is exactly what he used.
It was a very interesting conversation to have. 0/10 would not recommend
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh. That's understandable.
sloppy_bagel · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college had never done laundry before in his life... He used fabric softener instead of detergent to wash his clothes for the entire freshman year.
Pepperspray24 · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, and I’ll not as an adult. But my friend told me about this kid he knew growing up. When the kid stayed over at my friend’s house he was literally shocked that milk and flour and stuff went into pancakes. He’d only ever had boxed stuff at home. It was sad af.
tnemom_hurb · 1 points · Posted at 01:13:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I didn't know how to properly utilize a standard adjustable wrench (the ones with teeth that lock onto the nut when you turn them) when I started my apprenticeship. So far I learn new things constantly and I think I have passed all the embarrassment of not knowing simple things
cincituckian · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every administrative assistant in my department arguing me that .25 hours is 25 minutes.
cancankant · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker in her mid-40s had no idea cars had a parking/emergency brake. She drive or for miles with the brake on and wanted to send the car to the shop.
When I removed the brake, she acted like I had done it to trick her.
JScarbrough10 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a guy that apparently couldn't do simple math. It was getting close to quitting time and he looked at his phone. It was 3:45 and he said "hey siri, how many minutes until 4?"
SquidSquid13 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college didn’t know how to boil water???
tossout00000 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend not knowing how to buy soap or toothpaste when he was about to go through a divorce. He wound up not getting said divorce.
NaitoSenshin889055 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to sweep....not knowing how to mop...not understanding that you don't mop yourself into a corner...even after it's all been explained multiple times...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
customer called me and said her monitor screen (crt) was being skewed to one side. i asked if she had a magnet by it, she said yes. i told her to move magnet and bam fixed. winning
eep guess this doesn't really fall under the OP... fixed (well she was the IT manager of the company so it suprised me she did not know this)
Colorado1996 · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve told this story before but it still blows my mind. My college roommate loved hard boiled eggs, ate 2-4 a day, but didn’t realize boiling them was something you could do yourself. So she was buying the individually wrapped, pre hard boiled eggs to eat every week. Like easily $20 worth of just eggs a week. And when I tried to explain it to her, she went out and bought one of those egg cooker things, because “boiling eggs was too hard”.
I’m still flabbergasted. This girl was getting her masters degree, and literally couldn’t boil water.
Hannibal_CannibalKoR · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother for the longest time thought inside jokes could only be told inside a building. Would grab friends and bring them inside to tell them something ....
MistressVy · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girl much older than me at the time who asked what she could do while on her period to be able to wear a thong. I told her to just use a tampon. She said even when she uses a tampon she still has to wear a pad. I asked if she had a heavy flow or if it came out prematurely or why she had to wear the pad with it. Turns out instead of inserting the tampon she would rest it between her vaginal lips. This girl was sexually educated,in her late 20s and of average intelligence. She absolutely refused to believe me until I showed her the pamphlet that literally comes with every box of tampons. I was blown away.
LeoMarius · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The brakes in my sister's car didn't work. I lifted the hood and the brake fluid reserve was empty. I told her she was out of brake fluid, and she said, "what's that?"
tree_woman · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college didn’t know how to mop. Yes, she was messy.
areafiftyone- · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay I am the person... but the way my manager laughed, I knew then she was thinking it too.
At a food place we offered steak on something, but this customer kept asking for ‘beef’ and I tried to save face and asked my manager (who was the only person working with me) if beef was the same as steak discretely...... and yeah, you can imagine the laugh we both had. I don’t really eat meat and haven’t for 7+ years (just don’t like the taste) so I tried to justify my lack of knowledge with that but.... y’know...
NelsonianB · 1 points · Posted at 01:14:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some exes that didnt know what north south east and west in relationship to moving in any direction on the earth. Yes the cardinal directions that we all abide by. They knew the words but if you said go west...drool.
rubbish_fairy · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
None of my partners have known how to tie their shoelaces properly but then again there's loads of adulting things I can't do so that's probably a small issue
preruntumbler · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work as an Engineer with other engineers. Our FNG will stop mid-tightening of a bolt with a ratcheting wrench, stare at it, air ratchet it a few times, turn it over, air ratchet more, and then start on the bolt again. Although now he’s loosening it. Rinse and repeat until it takes 3 minutes to screw one of 16 bolts in.
broken-bells · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know baby showers were kept a secret from the expecting mother. All the baby showers I attended to were well known by the mom until I was invited to one where the date was a surprise. I told the mother “See you next week at your shower!”. That’s when I learned. I felt awful. I was young and ignorant.
EXPLODODOG · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate had no idea the lint filter in the dryer existed. He's 46.
jlu416 · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've had not one but two friends reveal to me they didn't know how to use a lighter while I've been camping with them and asked them to start a fire.
rhsinkcmo · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college asked if we had a can opener for a can of fruit. I handed it to him and he just kinda paused, which peaked my curiosity. Then he just started tapping the cam with the can opener. I was dumbfounded
brittjoy · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, a friend of mine asked me if I had a credit card. I said yes. Friend then proceeded to ask me what the difference is between a credit card and a debit card because "don't you just use a credit card and then money comes out of the bank?"
blink blink
No friend, you just described a debit card.
mercury111111111 · 1 points · Posted at 01:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only had my first year of college and I'm living in accommodation ( not a massively common practice where I'm from ) but a roommate of mine thought that bin men come into the accommodation to get the full bin bags from our kitchen and only realised that wasnt true when I asked him why he hadn't taken out the bins, 3 months into college, to be fair he is a pretty good cook so he usually did the cooking and washing up and me or another roommate would handle the bins and such. He also thought that cling film ( I think it's called plastic wrap or something in the US ) was only for sandwiches, he learned otherwise when we notice that a shit load of our food was gone off way faster then it should have been.
skyehammel · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend that literally doesn’t know how to cook. She asked me if tim foil will melt in the oven!
Scared_Customer · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish i was lying but my friend from Bangladesh at uni had his shoes untied so i told him. He then tucked his laces into the side and when i asked him why he didn't tie them up he said "Oh i never bothered to learn, my maid would do it for me back home". He was 22 years old at the time.
ukaebae · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you tell your child you're going to pick them up for a visit, you kinda have to follow through.
nbellman · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God damn, I taught one of my roomates how to cook. Not like how the blend flavors well and make great meals, just like how to know if something is spoiled or rotten, how to get something cooked, how to use knives, everything. Then I taught him how to put it in the dishwasher.
genghisKHANNNNN · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure this is the most appropriate story- but one Christmas a relative gave me a rather nice pocket knife as a gift. My adult sister asked to see it, but she couldn't figure out how to close it (it had a standard locking mechanism). Then we all saw the light bulb go off in her head as she shouts "Oh- it's one of those fake movie prop knives!" as she proceeds to stab the blade directly into her palm, full force.
I am embarrassed that we share common genetics...
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 2 points · Posted at 01:18:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Holy fuck.. I literally laughed aloud 😂
bibbieyes · 1 points · Posted at 01:16:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner still hasn’t grasped how to blow his nose.. I’ve tried to teach him. Anyone got any tips on how to teach a grown man to blow his nose??
iFlyskyguy · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate covered the dishes in the dishwasher with Dawn dish soap. He was a young dude and kind of an annoying know-it-all and wouldn't listen to me with any life tips. So I kinda just let him figure that one out on his own. Unfortunately he wasnt humbled much by it.
JimTheJerseyGuy · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, who had been driving since her teens, had to have pointed out to her at like 26 that those white lights on the back of a car mean it’s in reverse.
ffhelpme · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girlfriend of 40 years of age didnt know how to pump gas
jallypeno · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asked then-husband to cook some chicken in the crockpot for tacos. Frozen chicken in, dump a jar of salsa on top, turn the appliance on.
No, he needs a recipe.
Wut.
Akunin0108 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Instructions unclear, dick is stuck in a crockpot with salsa in it
dreampunk182 · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gf and I were shopping one day at Walmart and we had to get bread she mentions to make sure to check the date so as to not get one close to expiring, and this college age girl next to us exclaims in shock to her and I
"Bread expires?!"
And we just look at her and say yes, it does.
And all I could think of was the horrible Ripley's Believe or Not story about the guy who lost his eyes from a rare but serious bacterial infection from eating expired bread with unknown mold spores.
Hilou2000 · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The worst one, at least most impressive one, was a lady my parents hired from a village to do cleaning didn't know how to flush a toilet, neither knew about the existence of a flushing mechanism
Pepperspray24 · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What I couldn’t understand was that there was a whole tumblr thread of girls and women who didn’t know you had to wash their bras....like they’re clothes!!! DO YOU NOT WASH YOUR UNDERWEAR!???
eurodollars · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Going to the airport. Girlfriend at the time and her whole family couldn’t wrap their heads around arrivals or departures. For example, we are on our way to fly across the country for a trip, we are arriving at the airport. There for we should go to arrivals.
joan-117 · 1 points · Posted at 01:17:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to tell a friend taking The Pill twice at once didn’t make the effect any stronger, nor was it necessary when having sex more often.
dmukai · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
using seat belts. i had to put a child seat in a car for my cousin's wife. she had no real idea how seat belts worked. they have a newish Honda Accord. i asked him how that was and he said that she had the seat belt chime removed the day they bought the car.
McJumpington · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cousin was very irresponsible with her money. I suggested we create a budget. She wanted to start with her eating out expense a month. I told her budgets should focus on necessary bills first and then we can examine what she has left over for dining out. She told me “but eating out is my biggest expense every month!” So she wanted to put that in front of her mortgage...... I almost walked out haha.
Nug000 · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I legit was in a house share at uni with someone who didn't know what a toilet brush was for. Like he said he'd noticed it but just didn't click on about what it's for...
fuzzyplants · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cleaning the bathroom one day and remarked how we needed to buy a new toilet brush because this one was getting gross and my husband says “ yah that’s because you don’t wash it after you clean the toilet“
I said - what do you mean wash it off? He told me that you’re supposed to wash it off IN THE BATHTUB after you’re done scrubbing the toilet. 🤢I’m so glad he almost never cleans the toilet
aveindha25 · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was training a guy at work in my landscaping job and he didnt know the difference between grass and a shrub.
PaulfussKrile · 1 points · Posted at 01:18:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a Chemistry teacher who thought global warming was a hoax. This a high school chemistry class, too.
could-younot · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate in college who was rich/spoiled growing up. His mom always ran him a hot shower before he got in. Fast forward to him being 19 and having to ask me how to turn on a shower and change the temperature. Post shower he said that his shower at home was better because it drained while he was in it... he didn’t know he had to pull the drain
ShootyMcShooter420 · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have gotten this a few times where I told friends that in Eder to od on weed you have to smoke about 1000 pounds of it in 15 min!
kiddocwhawha · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At a gas station my friend saw an elderly lady staring at the pump confused. He asked her if he could help and she said her husband had just passed away and she had never pumped her own gas before. She didn't know how to make the machine work. He showed her how to use her credit card and pumped her gas for her. Hit me right in the feels.
komox23 · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time my best friend argued till he was blue in the face that tofu grew on trees... and he was sure because he had seen it himself.
ThatBigFuckoffTree · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My university roomates didn't know you were supposed to empty the lint tray when using a dryer.
KatTheDogFosterer · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was driving me around in college and she turned left at a red light. She was completely baffled when I screamed and said that she was told you can turn right OR left on red. We live in the US and she had been driving for 3 years already.
MrFroggyLips659 · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She knew almost every NFL team
my_little_mess · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That a surname is a person's last name or family name. It isn't "sir name" and it doesn't refer to your title such as Mr, Mrs, Miss, etc. I had to correct two different co-workers on this...a 36 year old and a 57 year old!
Mirooo933 · 1 points · Posted at 01:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I worked with was going to microwave metal for 2 minutes
likelyprocrastinatin · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College dorm kitchen. 18 y/o student caught the microwave on fire after not adding water to the just-add-water mac n cheese
FrequentBandWagoner · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with only electronic can openers so when it came time to use a manual one in front of my coworkers, it took me more than a couple minutes.
TrustworthyEnough · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a post office. Every single day I have to show an adult how to address an envelope
dpinto8 · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An engineering undergrad student put a fuck tonne of antibacterial hand soap in the dishwasher and proceeded to flood our kitchen moments before one of my friend/roommates had his family arrived for their first visit
-Dogberry · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nice try, soon to be adult
jacksooon-martinez · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate freshman year of college didn’t know how to put sheets on his bed. His parents put them on the bed for him when he moved in, then he washed them one weekend and had to ask me how to put them back on and I couldn’t believe it.
LawLayLewLayLow · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brothers roommate put an icetray in the freezer expecting it to create ice automatically.
He also didn't know you could buy blocks of cheese.
He was a very sheltered rich kid.
roygbiv1994 · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate freshman year of college was something else- I get it, it’s freshman year so asking how to use the washer/dryer I was like ‘okay cool I can teach her’ but one day she comes in the room looks at me and says “what’s a PIN number?”. I said “ the one for a debit card?” “ I don’t know I just keep putting my card in the machine trying to get cash and it keeps asking me for a PIN number.” I then explained to her what it was blah blah blah and she goes “so how do I get one?”. I was appalled. I understand that’s probably not her fault so I’m more in awe with the fact that her parents sent her to college with a debit card and didn’t tell her how to use it. They failed her miserably.
Dipsydoodling · 1 points · Posted at 01:20:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A family friend would buy new cars after 2-3 years because the cars would be too slippery on the roads. They never knew that you could just change the tires.
Dvc_California · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This belongs here...
Poop Knife
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A truck driver friend of mine said there was an accident on the motorway one day and he had to turn around but this lady was infront of him and wasn’t moving so he got out and asked what she was doing and she said she didn’t know how to reverse and turn around so he literally had to take her keys and drive her car out of his way
sodeanki · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know my oven had a broil function. I’ve had the same oven for five years.
Valyeet · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my 21 year old housemate how to make eggs because his mom always made them in the morning
isaidbitchhhhhhhh · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here I was embarrassed at 11 when my cousin's taught me how to make an egg...My parents would belittle me on how my females cousins knew everything at the time but never teach me..🤷
But yes.. my 19 year old housemates (two of them) did not understand the concept of oil on a pan at the time.
Faradizzel · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Housemate went to pour soured milk straight in the bin, stopped him.
Not long after another housemate went to do the same, he didn’t listen so I said he could deal with the bin when it started to smell.
Probably shouldn’t have been buying so much milk come to think of it.
ElephantOfSurprise- · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a nurse.. and every new nurse’s first year is kind of like this. It’s like going 120 mph in five o clock traffic.
But they always find themselves. So did I.
Intrepid_Perspective · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Personal embarrassing story. My wife and I are both in our mid 20s. We are from the US and we were driving to Niagara Falls. The fastest way was to loop up through Canada and come back down. Didn’t think about the fact that we would lose phone service when entering a different country so we lost our Spotify that we were playing through our phone. It was probably around 1 in the morning and we were both getting really tired. Without music I was really starting to nod off while driving. Since Spotify wasn’t working the only other solution we could think of was to sing at the top of our lungs to keep each other awake. WE FORGOT ABOUT THE INVENTION OF THE RADIO! Never even thought to turn it on. The worst part is it never even crossed our minds. We were talking to my parents a few weeks later and telling the story when they pointed out that we could have just turned on the radio. We’re definitely millennials on the cusp of Gen Z.
Shwnwllms · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It all started when I told my girlfriends parents I had never heard of a potato before....
Quantum-Enigma · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone at a medical office told me yesterday they didn’t know how to email.
Its_Me_again21 · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandma couldn’t pump her own gas until she was 74
FullDiskclosure · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little brother genuinely asked me how to peel a banana. He was 17 at the time.
editedbysam · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mentioned to coworker i was getting teeth cleaned but needed to brush tongue before as a courtesy to the staff since i had tikka masala for lunch. He looked at me confused. Long story short, learned he had never brushed his tongue in his entire life (26 years) and he called his 55 yo dad to confirm if brushing your tongue was a thing... he was unaware as well.
habsfan93 · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work on a construction site, during lunchtime, the boss’s son had a can of soup/chef boyardee. He needed a can opener, Someone gave him one....he had no clue how to use it, at first we thought he was bullshittin...he wasn’t. A guy went over to help him and I yelled at him, I said “hell no!, this boy is 21 years old and has no idea how to use a damn can opener!, NOBODY HELP HIM, let him figure this out on his own” he ended up figuring it out.
VVITCH_13 · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So a former roommate/friend I had in college didn’t really know certain things or at least understand airports. At least what I mean by that is like she thought baggage normally takes like at least an hour even domestic flights. Or like she didn’t know that if you could download an airline app and get notifications sent to your phone about your flight or that you could check your flight status.
Just like from knowing some of her background I’m pretty sure she didn’t really travel by plane much in her life. So really she didn’t know because it was just a lack of experience.
ifiweresparkley · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Operate a washer and dryer. A 20 year old could not operate a washer and dryer.
Throwawayaccounttt__ · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my (now ex) boyfriend at 22 years old didn’t realize why you can’t use expired condoms and that doubling up on them actually decreases their effectiveness (thankfully after hearing that we never had sex bc that gave me so much anxiety knowing he actually thought that and I was just dumb founded he didn’t see a problem with either of those things) 🤦🏻♀️
FirstForBurgers · 1 points · Posted at 01:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During my freshman year of college I lived in the dorms. I had a friend who went to the same school but lived with his parents since he was a local. I was carrying a lot of groceries back to my dorm and gave him my key to open it for me. This dude did not know how to use a key to unlock a door. I had to teach him and let him practice it a few times.
Vitalizes · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My freshman year in uni - this guy didn’t know how to do laundry. I remember sitting in the laundry waiting for my stuff to finish and he was frantically calling his mom because he didn’t know how to use a Tide Pod. He got so frustrated he cried and he couldn’t believe that you just put a pod in the washer and that’s it. He broke it open and was crying and yelling at his mom that he didn’t know how it worked.
Msgabriella525 · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching a rerun episode of Hottie in Flavor of Love making chicken with a microwave
EnergyTakerLad · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My adult cousin, who got his engineering degree and works on areospace parts, has never changed a car battery. He needed to change his and i happened to be around so i join. When we went to buy it he didnt really know what to even get, understandable though i guess. But once changing it actually comes, he didnt even know where to start. I seriously never considered an adult not knowing how to change a car battery, its easier than a tire. Even worse is an engineer not knowing though.
Love you cuz.
WDCombo · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked an employee to clean the women’s bathroom at GameStop. It had one toilet and a sink and wasn’t particularly dirty.
She said “I don’t know how.”
I took her in the bathroom and showed her how to clean the toilet and sink and throw out the trash.
The next day told her to clean that bathroom. It had not gotten very dirty since the day before.
She said: “But I’m wearing an H&M scarf!”
I said: “I don’t care if you strip completely naked in there to get the bathroom clean, get in there and clean the bathroom!”.
I fucking hated working with her.
Doumtabarnack · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've seen pretty much everything, from not being able to make toasts to not being able to use a washing machine.
As an ER nurse though, if you count parenting as "adulting", I've had this end 20-something girl show up at the ER with a 5 year old in tow while she was in full blown 220/min AF after sniffing a whale load of coke and peanut.
Then, the father of the child, not a junkie himself but clearly an idiot thought it was appropriate to have his son stay in the ER and watch ACLS protocols being performed on the mom.
pixiestickprincess · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tonight my brother and I were explaining deep cleaning to my son and told him that you have to vacuum the ceiling. He was like how does that work, how do you balance it?
My son is 18.
baawkow · 1 points · Posted at 01:23:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend run out of gas. He walked to a gas station and used one of the containers to bring has back to his car.
He calls me freaking out sounding like he's having a panic attack saying his heart is racing, and he's having trouble breathing. [He had also done cocaine so he thought it was a bad reaction from the batch). Once he gets back I get the whole story.
Turns out, After he filled the container with gas.. he put the container in the back seat and kept all the windows up. He basically almost killed himself.
JayTheFordMan · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lucky he didn't turn himself into a fireball
chagomebago · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend and I were building a lamp from target two days ago, I guess we’re both young adults, but it shocked me when she told me she didn’t know how to turn a screw the right way because she never had before
AustinTheWeird · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came here holding my breath and looking for comments making fun of stuff I've done
I was pleasantly surprised, as it turns out there are actually people dumber than me
NemoHobbits · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see comments making fun of people for things their parents failed to teach them and the individuals probably didn't know to ask how to do stuff
Selacha · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister doesn't know her left from her right. Literally, she still does the whole, "left hand makes an 'L' shape" thing. She turns 35 in a few days.
chanixh · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cleaning dryer lint. There was a thick hat shaped lint lying in the dryer when my friend pointed out that I need to clean it.
PyromaniacEngineer · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a grocery store. There are far too many occasions to even count.
CanConChris · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend in University that didn’t realize a woman can’t get pregnant from anal sex. He claimed “There were connecting tubes!!!”
He is now a surgeon.
Seriously. I bring it up constantly and barely kept it out of my best man speech at his wedding 15 years later.
Uberkorn · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did this occurred in Lubbock Texas?
CanConChris · 3 points · Posted at 01:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Out of professional courtesy to Dr. Buttstuff I won’t identify specific location. But no. Not in TX.
nightshift2525 · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
F9
squirrel420 · 1 points · Posted at 01:24:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i am this person, tho i know its not nearly as bad as a lot of people will tell about others.
sr5242 · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex husband used to use his house key to rip Open a bag of chips
tsenaku · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing the hangman play in grade 7 for our class. We had all the props we needed except the hangman's noose. Without saying a word our teacher got up and made a perfect noose in a matter of seconds and handed it to us
sharkshaft · 1 points · Posted at 01:25:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a client of mine (late 20’s) how to make a letter
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother is almost an adult but he doesn’t know how to use a swiffer
Not_unique_at_all · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college kept clogging our toilet. He didn’t seem to grasp the concept that flushing a bunch of used toilet paper might be what’s clogging it. He also refused to buy a toilet plunger after he broke the one we had before.
fungigamer · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it isn't exactly someone I know, but the head of Department of Technology in Japan doesn't know what a USB is
TwothTimesTheCharm · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was an RA in college during my SOPHOMORE year, I had a kid in my class approach me while I was working the desk in my dorm and ask me if laundry detergent will clean his clothes. Like held up a bottle of detergent and asked “will this clean my clothes?”. OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR. I said yes, and he disappeared into the laundry room for two seconds before coming back and asking me to show him how to use the laundry machine. OUR SOPHOMORE YEAR!!! He somehow made it through about a year and a half of college multiple states away from home without ever figuring out how to do his laundry???
sjallllday · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend and I were baking apple pies together. I was peeling, she was cutting the apples. Or, attempting to.
She is a year older than me and I had to teach her how to cut an apple.
27 years old.
Trash_Puppet · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anything related to female anatomy. Sexual education seems to be bad in every country.
xuxasumac · 1 points · Posted at 01:26:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in her mid 20s had never washed a dish in her life before, so we would find dishes tidied away that had only been cleaned in the top surface but still had intact food bits and sauce on the bottom. She'd also never mopped a floor so I had to teach her, only to find her confused and "locked in" by the wet floor in a corner of the kitchen the next day.
MachokeOnThis · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to help inprocess new airmen into their first dorm out of basic training and into their technical school (where they learn how to do their job). We would get a new batch of 10-20 airmen every two weeks or so. In my initial dorm tour I would show them the laundry room and inform them that I will be back at 1900 to teach anyone who needs to know how to do laundry. No questions asked, no judgement. Everyone would laugh as if it was absurd that someone would join the military and not know how to wash their own clothes. However without fail I would get between 2-7 adults who didn't know ANYTHING about doing their own laundry. Usually these were 18-19 year olds, but occasionally I would get a 22-23 year old who had never washed their own clothes.
I was horrified at the consistent number of people who were literally not allowed to do their own laundry at their parent's house even if they wanted to. If someone wants to learn, why wouldn't you teach them???
WendyWasteful · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with an older lady who didn’t know how to open the hood of her car. Her battery died and she needed a jump start. She didn’t know how to use jumper cables either. I showed her how to do both.
Sunsoul10 · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trying to help out my grandma in law after her grandpa died. I had to write out pages of ‘how to’ for everything from the clock radio, VCR (yes she had boxes and boxes of vhs tapes, and this was only 3 years ago.), TV, cell phone.... pretty much everything electronic. I did get her to move from a flip phone to an iPhone, but she still can’t surf the internet or do email. Not enough paper to write out all of those instructions.
goldxoc · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my bestfriend how to sweep and mop when we were 15....
GrahamTheCracker404 · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a women struggle to get a cart free at Aldi’s because she couldn’t figure out where to put the quarter.
ADS_Fibonacci · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who doesn't know how to masturbate. He doesn't know what to do with his hands.
5th_heavenly_king · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My administrative assistant has no idea how to alphabetize.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At uni I was sat with my mate in their kitchen when their house mate comes in, she turns the grill on, puts her food on, closes the grill and then goes back to her room. Unsurprisingly the grill caught on fire and if me and my mate hadnt been in the kitchen the whole building might have burned down.
mimosho · 1 points · Posted at 01:27:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is very smart about a lot of things, but when he was about 35 I had to teach him how to use an iron. His response once he got it was, “Cool, it’s like a video game!”
pleasebuysoap · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I was buying a box of boil-in-a-bag rice. The cashier was a girl in her early 20s. She commented to me how she stopped buying boil-in-a-bag rice because of how bad it hurt to reach her hand into the pot of boiling water to pull out the bag when it was done. I was speechless. How was that the only way she could think of to get the bag out of the pot?!
captainhinkly · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Firehouse, we cook lunch and dinner every day. Handed my probie a tomato and asked him to cut it up, he asked how. Not, how do you want it cut, no, how to cut a tomato. He's 23.
tennissyd · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 16 I worked at a nicer fast food restaurant, and at one point I was training a very pretty girl who you could tell came from wealth. I don't know if she was just having an awkward first day or what, but at the end of the night when we were closing, I told her to help me sweep the floor and this poor girl just could not do it. I don't even know how to explain it other than it looked like she'd never held a broom in her life. Regardless, I stayed patient and tried to teach by example. I hope she's doing better now!
saltyb · 2 points · Posted at 01:41:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like Eddie Murphy in Coming to America
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, an adult woman in her 40s, told me she didn't know how to cook. I thought I knew what that meant. Then she stayed at my house for the weekend (long story) and asked me to make the box of macaroni and cheese she had bought, because she did not know how to use a measuring cup or boil water.
pumpkinspicepiggy · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach a 22 year old person how to make a grilled cheese sandwich.
submit-to-love · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought when you used a credit card at the pump that you had to enter the zip code of the city you’re in. I also corrected someone when they called my car a sedan and said “uh no, it’s a Honda Civic” 😂😂😂
Phormitago · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just today a friend had a problem with a vlookup in excel and it turns out she didn't know about using F4 to keep ranges fixed in place!!!!
mollythelag · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my friend was at the mall with this one guy, guy had to use the bathroom.
when guy was done with bathroom they start walking around the mall
guy smells his hand and says "I dont think i wiped good enough, i still smell sht on my hand"
friend is like "wut." after a long conversation guy found out your hand isnt supposed to touch the poop when you wipe, he's frikkin 25 years old.
Pamlivingeveryday · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a college roommate who asked me how to make a boiled egg. She had no idea that she had to put the egg in water to boil it.
My BIL almost burnt down the house with a Mr. Noodle. How you ask? He put a full Mr. Noodle in the microwave without water. He was in his mid 20s.
fatalrip · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in IT and received a call from a guy ( thank God it was not me), que my coworker trying to help them run a program to allow us into their computer for 45 min. They ended up just being like is there anyone around you that I can talk to? Sure, connected in a min.
Their issue? Lost an email in their inbox. Was found using the fucking search bar built into outlook. 5 seconds later their issue was fixed.
TheJaundicedEye · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who I know never to have worked a day in his life. He came from the tail end of some money. After his parents died he told me that he no idea what any of it meant. The bills. The inheritance, and taxes. Stocks. None of it. He had no idea how to pay the utilities. The family has a money manager who takes care of everything. Its a scary proposition because it is just him and his schizophrenic older brother, who also has never worked a day in his life. They wouldn't know if they were being robbed blind.
OGfiremixtapeOG · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel so much smarter after reading this...
Joey42601 · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't flush paper towels. Had to explain that to a 40 year old SCIENTIST after getting a drain rooter out to the house.
MrPotat055 · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to read analogue (idk if that's the right word) clocks until last year. For context I'm 15 but still I should have learned to do it earlier.
twothirtysevenam · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach an adult how to sign her name on a check. She had no clue how to write her name! She forgot how to form a capital "G" for her first name, and ruined three checks trying before asking me to just sign it for her.
Um, no. I'll show you how, but I'm not committing fraud on a payment instrument just because our local school system failed you.
Pinstar · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember my freshmen year of college one of the guys in the dorm lamented about breaking up with his girlfriend because he literally did not know how to do laundry because he went from his mother doing it to his girlfriend doing it in college up until now.
Granted...I was not particularly adept at doing laundry properly myself and got wrinkles galore but at least I knew how to get my stuff clean.
Kyzellar · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
friend was 18 years old. asked me how to cut a cucuber
Psyluna · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Due to COVID-19 cuts at work, we took on an employee from another department to act as our secretary so she wouldn’t lose her job. It didn’t work out (they shifted her somewhere else), but before she was gone I learned she was 55+ and didn’t know how to make a long distance phone call.
spicyhamster · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate I had in the dorms my first year in college had absolutely atrocious hygiene. Reeked, literally never showered. It was a tiny room, too. Finally I just asked him to shower. He said sure and grabbed his shower caddy. On the way out the door, he stops and WITH COMPLETE SINCERITY, asked “should I brush my teeth too?” I was dumbfounded. Anyone else and I’d assume they were joking. Not this guy. That semester was a nightmare.
argumentativ · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend was 29 when he learned that dryers make lint. And you need to remove that lint. Yes on every dryer. Yes even the ones in his old apartments. And even the one at his moms house.
Apparently other people just did it the whole time and that's how he didn't burn to death.
Trammel · 1 points · Posted at 01:31:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I jumped a guys (35-40 yrs old) car one time, as I was putting my jump box away and getting ready to drive off he said he wanted to see something and the car died. Some anti-theft device kicked in and it took another 10 minutes to correct it and get it running again. Turns out he shut it off and wanted to see if it would restart. To this day it boggles my mind how a grown man did not know to leave it running as long as possible to charge it back up.
rebecca_moon · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just people who can't manage their money as a student and end up broke. One person I knew would just buy loads of things on impulse and then ask for hand outs.
ltaylorv5 · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate didn’t know how to use a can opener. I went out of town one weekend, and she made me open all of her cans before I left or she “wouldn’t have anything to eat.”
willmaster123 · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy was thought that vietnam happened before WW2 and his reasoning was that he was colored video of WW2 but black and white videos of Vietnam.
He was really sure of himself too. We had everybody tell him that wasn't true and he still was sure of himself until we googled it and showed him and then he got really silent.
Merkin-Wrangler · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a woman in her mid-20s that thought you could use all of the cold water, then have to wait for it to be replenished. Tried to explain that cold is piped straight in, and hot is kept in the water heater. She actually asked "What's a water heater?"
mama_bear_1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Qa1
golinie · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Queue junior year in college, moved in with 3 randoms.
Washer/Dryer stopped working. I was in the kitchen and one of the roomates comes to me and tells me washer and dryer dont work. I ask the other two and they confirm. None of them knew what was wrong and wanted to fill out a maintenance form. I ask them if they checked the breaker first...
"the what?" They replied.
Also, as a male college student I would often only do laundry every week or two. Every time I went to dry my clothes the lint tray was as thick as a carpet.
Needless to say I moved into a different apartment two months into the semester.
warhawkjah · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Yorkers that can’t drive. In the Air Force we had people who never learned. Since you need to have a state DL to get a DoD DL, when these people go straight overseas there’s no way for them to learn and get a license. And this was security forces, that’s right cops who literally can’t drive. This means we could only post them on gates.
If you’re going to be a hipster and not own a car, at least learn to drive one.
bigdicksid · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
one of my rich friends literally did not know how to put a pillow case on. i can’t make this up. he literally could not get the pillow case on the pillow. he called the maid... i was shocked
squeegiebe · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading instructions or user manuals to things.
I mean, okay. Some things you might be able to get by without reading. But I can't tell you how many times my husband and I will be putting together something we bought and he will just give up after a few minutes. I'll ask if he read the instructions, and he says he doesn't need them. WHAT? So you just know how to build this complicated item that you've never seen before!?
Then I'll read 1 star reviews for great products because people simply didn't know how to use them properly. SO frustrating.
(Also, I'm a teacher. No matter how clearly, or how many different places I put instructions, I will always get "so what I need to do?" Face palm I guess they don't grow out of it...)
Sunscreen318 · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A co-worker of mine put food in the microwave while it was still covered in plastic wrap. I had to explain that plastic melts
ehs322 · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was dating a 20 something guy, and he did not know how to use laundry machine because his mother did it all his life
cinaak · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met a 14 year old who had had a baby. She didn’t know how dogs have puppies.
rheetkd · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Encountering a person who had never brushed their teeth before. That person was in their 50's it was disgusting.
thaMagicConch · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This idiot dating my daughter didnt know what a damn potato was.
hotmylf · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was once working in a pizzeria talking with my coworkers about credit cards. Coworker told me he opened an Express credit card and practically got a new wardrobe. He was bragging that it was the greatest thing to get new clothes and not have to pay for it. I asked him how long it had been and turns out many months had passed. When I told him that not paying would impact his credit score, he responded that it was okay because he didn’t have credit...
ohsnowy · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate didn't know how to plunge a toilet. We'd just moved into a house together and they overflowed the toilet. I had to teach them how to turn off the toilet and use a plunger.
Another roommate didn't know that you don't deep fry French toast. They added too much oil to the pan and started a massive grease fire. I didn't have baking soda on hand but I did have a 5 lb bag of flour, so I smothered it with that. It was a mess but roomie was thankful there was no fire.
RobbinWilliamz · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy from work called me to help him with his computer. He didn’t know how to minimize a window. He’s like, in his 50s
ksavage68 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex girlfriend did not know how to pump her own gas. She always used full serve station. I said “ but what if you have to travel?” “ I get someone to do it for me. “ Me: .............”
Bfb38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who think you can wash a plate as well with their hand as with a sponge
And then are defensively like “I know how to wash a plate” You don’t know how to wash a plate.
bex505 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college dorm had a common stove and oven. Certain kids from well off families from other countries never had to do anything for themselves. They put a pizza in the oven still in the cardboard box...
TropicOps · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of technicians I work with don't know how to restart a computer...
SomethingSinful · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Popped the hood on my girlfriend’s car when it broke down. She saw the engine and said what the hell is that? I said what, the engine? She said that’s the engine? I’m like yeah what did you think was under the hood. Her response: a bunch of oil and gas.
roadtoalba · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anytime my husband doesn't feel like doing and has suddenly forgotten how to do. So that I will do it while I show him how to do it... pb&j was a pretty good one.
Bfb38 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who can’t wash their hands well
CountSnackula111 · 1 points · Posted at 01:33:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first roommates. I had a roommate who was sweet but... ignorant about a lot of things. She was 23 and asked me what global warming was. She legitimately didn't know anything about it. I will never forget the look on her face as she was absolutely gobsmacked when I explained it to her (with the help of another roommate who was there).
llDurbinll · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to be a shift assistant at a bakery and I've had a few different teens working with me that didn't know how to do basic stuff like mopping or how to drain the sink after washing the dishes. Some didn't know how to wring the water out, we had the same type of mop buckets that janitors use, and some just didn't know how to mop period and would just swish the mop on the floor and not actually clean anything.
But I guess the most horrifying is how my two little brothers don't know how to cut their own nails and they're in their early 20's. We have the same dad but different mom's so they live with their mom and she still cuts their hand and toe nails because they don't know how and refuse to learn. Their mom claims she tried cutting them off to force them to learn themselves but they just let them grow and grow till she eventually caved and did it for them.
Ewokitoki · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girl at work not know how to refill an ice cube tray. She's 23 years old. She didn't realize you had to refill it with water and put it back in the freezer and wait. I'm not sure if she thought it just magically refilled itself by the condensation in the freezer and she just had to wait a long time? I'm assuming she's always had a fridge with an ice machine built in and therefore never dealt with it before. Funny thing is she's been with us over two years and I'm guessing just putting the empty tray in the freezer and someone else would come along and fill it making her think it filled itself.
bbyriss97 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hi I’m 22 and last week I learned about the window defroster in my car. I’ve been driving for around 7 years. I’ve gotten in 2 small car accidents (ran over median. No other cars involved) for driving with my head out the window because I couldn’t figure out why my windshield was foggy when it rained.
Allergens1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone in our dorm set off the fire alarm by cooking instant noodle cup straight on the stove...
brazilianbarbie · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the supermarket, a lady who looks to be in her 50s approaches me with a multi-purpose cleaner in hand, asking if she can use that to do the dishes. I laughed bdcause I thought it was a prank, then she said "that's terrible that I don't know it!". I helped her out and moved on, to finally be after her in the cashier line. She then proceeds to laugh and tells the cashier what happened, and then she explained that she "lived in Miami for several years and every house she lived in had a dishwasher".
Here in Brazil not everybody have a dishwasher, actually only middle/high class may have a dishwasher at home. I do have one in my apartment but it is so big and old, I don't even know if it works. I don't use it. I'd rather wash my dishes in the sink.
Juvenual · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From a tech shop. People walking around with Battery-about-to-explode-in-your-pocket phones. A lot of people dont think anything of it when some part of tech starts to puff up or expand and use it anway. When I see one I immediately go into a "woah, lets put that down and in a Bucket of sand as fast as we can"
Vivienne_Leigh · 1 points · Posted at 01:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My neighbor. She had one mouse in her place and instead of setting out a trap she called Orkin. We basically live in the woods so I'm surprised in the years I've lived here she's only had one. She also knocks on my door because she has trouble starting the lawn mower. Instead of Googling something she doesn't know she goes and makes it someone else's problem. I legitimately do not know how this woman functions. I have specifically asked her to stop knocking on my door unless someone is dying.
immortalsauce · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorta answers the question. My girlfriend pointed at a cell tower and asked what it was. I told her what it was and I soon found out she legit thought cell service came from POWER LINES
FakeOrcaRape · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend's dad's ex girlfriend was constantly making our jaws drop. From randomly re inventing sleeveless raincoats (poncho) and thinking she was going to be rich to not understanding why everyone was upset about gas prices back in like the mid 2000s bc she always paid 87 cents wherever she went....
Oh, she also tried to manipulate me into giving her a paper weight, and I was so confused before realizing she thought I had a diamond the size of a softball.
iconmotocbr · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A screen shot of texts from my brother that he received from my 20 year old sister because she knows I will make make the whole world know if she asked me. This girl pulled 4.0s throughout in high school and currently a sophomore in a top university.
S: What is 118 minutes in hours? B: really? S: Yeah, I’m not too sure. Lol B: this is a joke, right? You realize there is 60mins in 1 hour S: No, it’s not (answering to the question). Yes, I know that (responding to the 60mins / 1 hour statement). B: if there is 60 mins to 1 hour, how many mins there is in 2 hours? S: 120 min B: so what would 2 min be shaved off? S: 1 hour 45 min. B: JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
I WAS ROLLING IN LAUGHTER WHEN I READ THAT. I told my brother he should’ve said “1.96” and watch her whole world just spin.
IChitYouKnot · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading a tape measure... I was working with a new guy at our company cutting sheet metal, I've had issues with guys who come in not knowing how to read a tape measure. I asked this guy if he could read a tape measure and he says "yea" and nods his head. Great, I thought he knows how. When I asked him to show me 17" 5/8 on his tape measure he proceeded to point at the 12" mark on his tape measure... I know I said it loudly and clearly enough for him to have understood what i said. All I could do was look at him stunned! I finally regained my ability to speak but i was so shocked and frustrated by the situation all i said was, " go tell (floor managers name here) I dont need help today."
Dommekarma · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Might help if you used a real measuring system.
IChitYouKnot · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes well, we cant all be born in not north america
Dommekarma · 2 points · Posted at 01:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol. Down here we get some guys with metric/imperial tapes. They come in with measurements like “3 foot and 45mm”
jonagoldappleblossom · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sure this wasn't exclusive to my college, but it's amazing how often the freshman set the fire alarm off becauae they didn't know to put water in the cups of microwavable macaroni. The first week of school every freshman dorm had the fire alarms go off at least once. I think eventually the fire department sent out memos for RAs to read.
Bd_3 · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend, very smart guy, who didn't know what ice trays were.
He just moved into a new place and called one of my other friends asking "why there are there these plastic things with small bowls in my freezer." He then had to go over the whole process on how to use them.
Such a 'whoosh' moment
sarloui · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex was making us Hamburger Helper. The first thing he did was put milk and raw beef together in the pan which looked like a disgusting bloody milkshake. I did not eat the finished product...
MrMango34 · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When in phlebotomy school this January, a woman was practicing a blood draw on me when she put the VaccuTainer needle in successfully, but was confused when the negative pressure tube wasn’t filling up. She kept fiddling with it and pressing the needle deeper into my arm.. the whole time the tube was backwards and she was jamming the round bottom (not the rubber lid part) into the receiving end of the needle, trying to get it to connect.
I get that it’s a nerve wrecking thing for all us students, and we were friends, but that was very uncomfortable watching someone that incompetent fiddle with a needle inside your arm.
stacyisbaked · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It wasn’t really adulting but when I was probably 14 or 15 my buddy lived in a gated community and his family wasn’t filthy rich but they were living good. He was always out playing basketball or hanging out and so his dad frequently cleaned his room (that alone baffled me) but one day when I was over he accidentally knocked a bag of pretzel chips off his desk and they spilled everywhere. I told him to go grab a broom. He comes back and i tell him to sweep it up and watching this man try to use the broom was like giving a preschooler a pencil or a crayon for the first time. After I was done laughing my ass off at him I had to teach a kid that barely knew what broom was, how to use it.
JeromeMclardtin · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really adulting but going to local climbing areas and watching people belay is some of the scariest shit I've seen. No hands on the brake rope which is literally a death fall for the climber if they fall.
yaboiseth0119 · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was in high school but I had a friend who didn’t know how to use a match when it came to lighting the Bunsen burner in one of our labs. Same person didn’t know how to use a safety pin when we had to pin on tags on our shirts for cross country.
pandadynamo · 1 points · Posted at 01:36:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister's husband's family not knowing the Sun is a star.
Thank God her husband knew and schooled them quickly.
Rabid_Ramen · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was cute but bae trying to use a can opener. We just moved on our own so we are figuring out cooking and such.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some chick I used to work with wanted to buy a Chevy Tahoe. She went to one dealership on her day off and they didn’t have any, but they had some other brand new not-so-great SUV of the same size. She didn’t even test drive it. She bought it in a hurry because she had to pick her kid up from daycare. She drove it to work the next day and told me she didn’t like it and wondered if they would let her take it back. It blew my mind.
ApikacheAttackHeli · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom didnt know that text conversations save and also dont take up a shit ton of space or that the newest ones go to the top
Ren_Kovacs · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I moved in with my roommates, I got the chance to meet some really great friends that are a core part of my life right now.
... HOWEVER, there was this dude who ran out of clean clothes after two weeks, and one day he just went; "Okay. Gotta at least clean some underwear, brb".
I was baffled after seeing him fill a bucket with water, soap, mixing it up, throwing a pile of boxers inside, and after five minutes he took them out and hung them.
And clean they were, according to him.
Dommekarma · 2 points · Posted at 01:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You do mean soap at least right?
Ren_Kovacs · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah frigging keyboard. Thanks; I didn't notice it.
Dommekarma · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a mental image of him making underwear soup and serving it up.
Ren_Kovacs · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun(?) fact: he wasn't really great at cooking either.
BettyQueenoftheAnts · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who had never done laundry before at the age of 19. He was finally living on his own in a place with shared laundry, and threw all his clothes in one of the machines. He didn’t have any detergent or anything, but figured it would be fine.
When the machine was done, he took his clothes out and was surprised to find that they were all nice and warm and dry. Instead of putting two and two together, he wondered why his mother had complained about doing the laundry all those years. It was so easy!
This happened a few times before he ran across someone in the laundry room who corrected him when he referred to one of the dryers as a washing machine.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a kitchen manager at a restaurant that typically had college age servers, so I was a bit older. A girl that worked there asked us (while holding her phone) how far it was from here to (some town). We all looked at her told told her she was holding a GPS. May have just been a "whoops" moment, but it was funny as hell that she could have held down a button and asked the same exact question and gotten the exact answer.
BooBoo1892 · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am 24 years old. I have a co-worker who is THIRTY and has two kids. She needed my help doing her taxes. She had never filed before. She said she thought it was a choice. She had no idea how they even worked. It was mind blowing to me. Another time the same co-worker was telling me how she cancelled her car insurance on her new car that she was making payments on. I was like, "oh are you switching companies?" She was like, "no I just don't want to keep it since I passed the application for credit now." I had to explain that not only is it illegal to not carry car insurance, but you have to keep full coverage if you're making payments. But I have to say she was so nice and funny lol.
ColorGrayHam · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fucker managed to open the SIDE of a can with a can opener. Not on top the SIDE. Claimed to have never used one
Dommekarma · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They do work both ways.
ColorGrayHam · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A car can drive down the highway in reverse, doesn't mean you should
Dommekarma · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fair
ArmanJimmyJab · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First week of law enforcement training, and one of the things we have to do nightly is iron our uniforms and shine our boots.
One of the recruits who had a previous career (man was pushing 45) didn’t know how to iron clothes or shine their boots.
spicybbqfuck · 1 points · Posted at 01:37:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom thought that milk isn't from cows, the cow pic on the packaging is just either decoration or the brand.
She also thought you smell scents with your lungs
She thought "non-stick pans" means the pan doesn't come with a hole to put a stick in it (she means spatula)
jbnagis · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21yr old that didnt know how to tell analog time
angelboor · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to unlock a pressure cooker. For seconds my father saved me from an assure facial destruction.
duckface08 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend - then in her mid or late 20's - was finally planning on moving out of her parents' house to try living on her own. Her area has a high COL, though, so her plan was to rent with her younger sister. They were discussing plans, seeing apartments, etc., but hadn't decided on a place yet. My friend has never been great with money and I think her parents shelter her too much, but she assured me she had everything planned out and was prepared.
Then, when I was hanging out with her and her sister, we were discussing rentals and prices when my friend said, "Wait, does cable cost money?"
I had to break the news to her that yes, cable costs money and quite a lot of it, as with every other service in existence.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basic food safety skills. Example: don’t put out frozen food to defrost then re-freeze then defrost again Come on now🥴
luclme · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old college roommate wanted to leave the oven on all the time so it would always be warm whenever she wanted to cook something. I would pray every night that I would wake up the following morning.
king_lardtard · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cyka blyat
Scumbaggedfriends · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew someone who lived with mom and dad, moved in with husband for the 1 year the marriage worked, then back to mom and dad.
She got pissed at me when I refused to take a THREE MONTH LONG vacation with her. "But, just quit your job, and put your stuff in storage, it's easy!"
Sure, Princess. I'll just have my servants pay my bills.
azntoo · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a friend how to use the oven since the frozen pizza they bought didn't have microwave instructions.
shanktheshazbot · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had people over at the house and I announced that the taco stuff was ready and to come make your tacos. This girl was in her late 20's and said, "I don't know how to make a taco." She was born and raised in Arizona (where this party was). I just blankly started at her for a second while my brain reset before stumbling through half assed instructions because I didn't know making a taco needed instructions.
vanalla · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate sends me a text at 6:30am a few months ago telling me that she smells something dangerous in the apartment and I should probably leave.
I meet her in the lobby, a bit fuming since she only texted me this, potentially exposing me to dangerous chemicals.
I hear her out on the smell, and after some googling realize what she is describing is the smell of something rancid mixed with soap/cleaning chemicals stuck in a dishwasher.
I ask her if she's ever cleaned out the drain filter of the dishwasher. She says she did not know you need to do that.
She is fifty fucking five years old.
uncorked119 · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A 20-something cousin wanted to learn how to make a recipe of my dad's, so we opened the family cookbook and I said, "Okay, what do I need to get out of the fridge?"
She said "4 C carrots, chopped.... What's "C" mean?"
It took me a moment to compose a response that wasn't really mean. Is it really her fault if no one taught her that?
JairoGlyphic · 2 points · Posted at 01:40:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
....uhhh si what does it mean, you know, for those who don't know...
uncorked119 · 2 points · Posted at 01:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol! In a recipe, c = cup (8 oz). So if a recipe called for 3/4 c sugar, it wants 3/4 of a cup (6 ounces).
Tsp = teaspoon
T or Tbs = tablespoon
lb = pound
oz = ounce
qt = quart
That's not the "end all, be all" list but a start.
phokingmu · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my college roommate how to make toast...We were in school for Forensic Science.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mother, and the microwave
Karona_Virus_1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was a few years ago but a tenured college professor (so really smart guy) in his mid forties complained to me about his very high phone bills. I get suspicious because talk and text were free but data was not. I asked him why his billed data usage was so high. Turns out that for six years since he got the smartphone, dude hadn't set up WiFi on his to work on the college campus network. I was flabbergasted. Dude had two teenage sons and hundreds of college students that he dealt with on a daily basis who could've done it for him in 2 seconds.
t-naa · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but a friend’s story.
She told me that in her flat at uni, she went to the kitchen and out walked a girl with a pan. She ignored and continued on. When she went to go microwave something, she noticed a very odd smell so she asked her flatmate who was in the kitchen if he knew why it smelled so bad.
Apparently, the girl that had walked out with a METAL pan had thought to put it in the microwave (we assumed to heat it up or cook with it ???). This 18 year old placed a metal pan into a microwave and actually turned it on. And not for a joke.
Alexander_Granite · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girls can have stinky and loud farts.
companion86 · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom recently got a laptop and internet after about 5 - 10 years with no internet access at all.
She just tried to explain to me why Bing is a better search engine than Google...
Baltusrol · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of a friend - went on a cruise and commented how surprisingly windy it was given how far out to sea they were. He thought trees MADE the wind, because they’re always moving when it’s windy.
guitarino · 2 points · Posted at 01:45:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day!
Baltusrol · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
not_thatkindofdoctor · 1 points · Posted at 01:39:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After I got my bachelors degree in 2008 I started working at a RadioShack. I had an older lady come in asking if she could return a tv remote control because it was defective. She said, "The batteries have run out and we've been trying to open it to replace them. We've both tried a few times. Even tried with a screwdriver to pry it open but the little tab won't budge. I'm pretty sure we're doing it right too, I mean my husband's a literal rocket scientist. He's retired from NASA."
She showed me the remote and I could see from the screwdriver marks they'd just been pushing the tab the wrong way. I pushed it the correct way and it popped open. I showed her what I did and she looked a little shocked and embarrassed.
In a moment of social grace, I said, "It's alright, I'm a rocket scientist too."
My BS was in astronomy. Of course she didn't know that so she just looked very insulted and left.
(This isn't exactly horrifying because the people were old and probably just couldn't see well but it's my favourite story of this sort)
yellowblanket123 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It wasn't horrifying just rather surprising. My mil babies my husband and my FIL.
So he never knew how to iron, and somehow thought that you need a locksmith to come to your place to duplicate a key.
He is very smart in other areas but some just some everyday stuff he's completely clueless.
jboitx · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ironing is done at the dry cleaners. Erryone knows this.
Callmebobbyorbooby · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wish I didn’t start reading this post. Knowing these types of people exist is infuriating.
NadineP35 · 2 points · Posted at 02:25:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some are litteraly scary
Lpop90 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Changing the channel on the TV
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Insert parents technology question here.
StraightCashHomey69 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know if it was a case of not knowing how to do it, but the sister of one of my ex-girlfriends didn’t do laundry. Her mother would do all of their laundry when she would go over to take care of her son. Yes, she was married, and they had an infant child, and her mother did all of their laundry.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my father, and absolutely anything technology related, yet he used to work at a tech support service in the 90s
cyoung13 · 1 points · Posted at 01:40:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really adulting but... My wife just learned that the dandy Lions that have gone to seed (white ones that you blow on) was, in fact, a dandy Lion. She thought it was a different plant altogether.
descartes44 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a lot of young folks who think they need to turn on the "a/c" in their car when they run the heater in the winter. They think air conditioning means literally that, not just cooling as it really is...can't blame them in a way!
SonOfLan · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wife buddy tried to microwave something in tin foil. She’s is pushing 40 and has 3 kids...
rayne29 · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate not knowing how to make microwave popcorn. She kept burning her small bags because she thought you could leave any size bag of popcorn in the microwave for the whole length of the "popcorn" button.
RoyPherae · 1 points · Posted at 01:41:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man didn't know how to cut onions, thought you peeled and cleaned, then cut, like a potato.
auspicious123456 · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every single day in the phone store. IT'S A MESSAGE WITH ONE BUTTON UNDER IT! JUST PRESS THE GODDAMN BUTTON AND MOVE ON! THE REASON YOU HAD TO WAIT SO LONG IS BECAUSE YOU'RE STUPID!
letmesniffcattoes · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my former babysitter first rode a bike without training wheels last year. she's 22.
fry925 · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny you should ask. Just today I learned my husband does not know how to operate a folding beach chair. I had to show him. Right there, on the beach, with witnesses..
I'm questioning the last 12 years of my marriage.
ToddClorax · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a guy put vegetable oil in a w5-20 and thank god I caught him before he turned it on 3 full size jugs of proper oil later we flushed the system and his excuse was he was too broke......but his dad pays for everything
shidddnun · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the worst thing but my 27M coworker did not know you could make payment arrangements and thought utilities and services were disconnected the day after the due date.
CL_is_my_queen · 1 points · Posted at 01:42:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in an asian country, shocked to learn my 17 year old classmate doesn't know how to cook a rice, not by using rice cooker, her family doesn't own a rice cooker.
Then there's my classmate in junior high school, who doesn't know how hand wash their clothing. We had to clean our classroom, so we gave him a rag to clean since it's dirty, but fails since he is so flimsy. My guess his family owns a washing machine or he doesn't do laundry, at all
RemyStemple · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An employee of mine in her mid 20s couldn't read an analog clock. I thought she was joking at first.
yojay · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend in her mid-30s drove her Mustang until the engine locked up. Turns out she had never changed the oil. She actually went back to the dealer, the father of a friend of ours, and wanted a refund or a free repair because they didn't tell her she needed to change the oil when she bought it. It was almost five years after she had bought the car, if I remember correctly.
deepfri3dpickles · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not so much about “adulting” but I had to explain to my fully grown boyfriend that you need to clean your belly button out, too...
PandaBeaarAmy · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Convo with my ex ended up on showering and why it takes women longer than men to shower.
He confidently explained to me that he has never had to wash his lower body as washing his hair does the job for everything else. Could never convince him otherwise and he wouldn’t even really let me wash his legs when we showered together.
ZuzaZor · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend #1 was talking to friend #2. Friends #2 sister was pregnant. Friend #1 was talking to friend #2 about how if you smoke during pregnancy, it can kill/harm the baby. The pregnant sister turned around and with a horrified face, said "What?"
T.d.l.r: my friend probably saved a baby
sicklyandsour · 1 points · Posted at 01:43:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I forgot how to count back change. During the rush in the Drive-Thru.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who didn’t know how to eat a taco. In all fairness, she is from the Philippines, but explaining to her that a fork was unnecessary was pretty funny
Peterj504 · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend had an Indonesian girlfriend that had just moved with him to Canada. In winter, he gets a panicked call from her that their house was on fire. Turns out that the was downstairs when the furnace kicked in and she saw the lovely blue flames.
Trogol · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving with a good friend of mine and she lamented that she never learned to parallel park, so I offered to teach her. While I was parking as a demo I explained the basics steps and she kept being confused asking why you couldn’t go in forwards. We went back and forth on this until it dawned on me to ask “You do know that the back wheels don’t turn, right?” and she had NO IDEA. It was hilarious but makes me wonder how anyone can go about life riding in and driving cars for years and not notice the basic mechanics.
Badjib · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Worked at a place where we had to do weekly cleaning, people who had been there for decades didn’t know how to get mop water + cleaner by pushing the dispense button, and so were instead filling the mop bucket with water and dumping a gallon of bleach in it, in a confined space, with little to no ventilation.....
So to list the things they didn’t know in order of importance....
They didn’t know inhaling bleach fumes could kill you
They thought cleaning a confined area, where other chemicals that could react with bleach and create a poor man’s mustard gas was a good idea
They couldn’t push the button that had a sign next to it that said “push to fill mop bucket”
Treeflower77 · 1 points · Posted at 01:44:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Confession time: I’m almost 30, and I have no clue how checks work...
ShelteredRockV · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More like "how do you know not to do this," but: a coworker of mine didn't know some foods just have to be refrigerated. Like sandwiches, cooked food, leftovers in general. They thought it could be left out on the counter for a days and be fine. Quote: "if it doesn't smell bad it's fine!"
general_grievances_7 · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know you’re not supposed to microwave the styrofoam cup of noodles containers until I was 30. My whole life my mom would just fill them up to the fill line and throw them in the microwave for three minutes...fast forward to me doing this in my work break room and everyone screaming and yelling. Apparently it releases carcinogens and you’re never supposed to do that.
ijustwannasaveshit · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate asked me how to cut up vegetables. We are 29.
isabellatedv · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My adult and pregnant supervisor not knowing the urethra was a separate hole from the vagina. I pulled out my phone for a picture to show her lol. It's way too common for women not to know their own anatomy.
UpInSmokeMC · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The number of people in my college dorm that thought you put tide pods where the detergent goes was astronomical.
leonshart · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a really small example, but stuck with me. Friend and I were painting, and I got him to clean his paint plate. He held it under the tap at full blast, and was waiting for the water pressure to push the paint off. I had to demonstrate that you're actually had to "wipe" the paint off. I sarcastically asked him had he never scrubbed a plate before; but I learnt that he's never done any cleaning before. It just felt jarring to me that any man could not know something so basic as how to "wipe" shit off a dinner plate. That this adult spent his entire life without having to clean a single thing (regular upbringing, siblings, parents, didn't have a butler or something).
immensely_bored · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to an Army sergeant how to field strip an M16. He was an Air Force transfer and a mechanic... but still... how do you get to a leadership position in the military without knowing the very basics of weaponry?
supremedalek925 · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked in retail a couple years ago and a couple coworkers a little younger than me, early 20s, asked what I majored in college. I told them animation and both of them deadass didn’t know what animation is.
VRichardsen · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker, 29 years old marketing analyst in a big firm and university graduate, didn't know how to right click.
UcallmeNightHawk · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex boyfriend had borrowed my car. I told him there’s a leak in the radiator so every time you stop and park somewhere you will need to put more water in it before you drive away again. He brings the car back two hours later and it’s massively overheating. He says, “ I don’t get it, it’s still overheating.” I ask him if he’s been putting water in it and he says, “yeah see” he pops the hood and takes out the jug of water from my back seat and proceeds to just pour water all over the engine. I shouted, “what the hell are you doing?!?! You’re just making steam!!!!” I was so pissed, he almost fried my engine. I then had to explain to him that you have to open the cap to the radiator and pour the water IN it. And explained not to open it while it was still hot. He did a lot of stupid shit. To this day we don’t speak of his name, he’s only known as dumbass.
planetalletron · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two days ago, my 33yo boyfriend put the wet cat food DIRECTLY on the kitchen floor (as opposed to in their bowls, which were RIGHT THERE), and then tried to defend this action. So, that was an interesting turn of events.
bclagge · 1 points · Posted at 01:45:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Which one is the flathead?
cthuluwamp · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know if this counts as "adulting" but I was making some ghostbuster backpacks for a rave and had one of my very, very smart friends who had never picked up a tool in his life help me.
I had a corded drill, my friend placed the cord below the piece of wood that he was drilling. He drilled right through the cord. There was smoke coming out of the motor and sparks flying, yet he didn't think to let go of the trigger. It was kind of amusing watching this really smart guy totally lose his mind and not know what to do and just keep drilling as the situation got worse and worse.
Yes, he totally destroyed my drill, and no, i didn't get angry, just sighed, got out another drill and showed him how to do it properly.
busyvish · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me. I grew up in a house where i didnt have to do anything. My room was cleaned everyday, my closets were made for me, laundry taken care of, 3 meals everyday prepared and served. For the first 18 years of my life i hadnt done any chores. And then boom i am half way across the world in USA for college. Man was it embarrassing. My roommates had to teach me how to vacuum, clean counter tops, do my laundry. Most embarrassing my boss taught me how to mop and clean toilets by demonstrating how to.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister called me asking how to create an email. Apparently she's only ever had one and it was created by our dad when she was like 12. Yes, she said she tried and nothing was working and was scared she might give out personal information to a "foreign" site. Whatever that means.
larkasoot · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach my friend to use her turn signal and what it meant. I don't even wanna know how long she was driving like that. Does not help that she is a insane driver.
ManicLittlefoot · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved into a share house at 19 with a bunch of friends who had no idea how to fend for themselves.
Josh was the worst. He was 20 and his mother had babied him his whole life. Because of this, he took his laundry to his mother’s house (he “doesn’t know how to use the machine” after I showed him 5 times) every week and she cooked for him. If he didn’t eat there, he just got takeaway for every meal.
One time his mother made him butter chicken and sent him home with instructions to microwave it.
This idiot was walking towards the microwave with a metal bowl covered in aluminium foil saying “So how long do I microwave this for?”. No one in his 20 years on this earth had told him metal doesn’t go in the microwave.
BriCheese47 · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly horrifying but when I was 19 I moved into an apartment for the first time with a few friends from college. My best friend had never done laundry before and our first year of college she’d always bring her laundry home and her mom would do it for her. When we moved in together she sheepishly asked me if I could teach her how to do her laundry, so I taught her how to separate her clothes out etc. Fast forward about... a year I wanna say. We were chatting as she was throwing some of her clothes in the washing machine and she added a cup full of fabric softener and closed the lid. I thought she was distracted and forgot the soap so I teased her “Lol are you forgetting something?” She looks and me so concerned lol this girl had been doing her laundry with only fabric softener for an entire year lol I swear I taught her about the soap but I guess she thought they were the same product. It was golden and I still give her shit about it to this day.
eyeags · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss announces in a meeting that there was going to be a planned power outage later in the day for building maintenance- she wanted to make sure everyone charged their laptops ahead of time so they could continue working (which would require internet). She would not believe me when I pointed out that the WiFi would go out if the power went out because "it's wireless..."
homeless-in-la · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my roommate trying to lace up a new pair of vans. he reallly couldn’t do it. the laces needed up on one side of the shoe
FartingNarwhals · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roomie was cooking chicken... they put the cooked chicken on the raw chicken juices
acababune · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom called me crying because she was hungry and couldn’t figure out how to use a can opener to open the can of soup. Turns out it was an easy open can, the kind with the pull tap on top. That’s why the can opener wasn’t working. She didn’t know how to use the easy pull tap either.
ek695 · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m in the Navy and I’m an IT3 and one of the IT2s didn’t know how to make a folder in File Explorer.
rainiila · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was talking to my partner’s dad (who is at least 50) about how I was happy to buy myself a queen bed + mattress for about $900 AUD. He was like “Oh, I had no idea how much a bed cost.” Most of their beds were second hand and I guess for the new beds in their house, the mother handled it.
Witch-Doctor · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who say “adulting”
mulderfux · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just got the chills from reading this post. A 22 year old coworker admitted to me after I called her out on her untied laces, that she didn’t know how to tie her shoes. It was really heartbreaking and mind boggling. She’s the oldest in her family, contributes to her parents bills, and is also a ‘dreamer’ originally from Mexico. I immediately sent her every YouTube video I could find to help her learn how. Good news - she’s recently engaged to be married. Not only did he teach her how to tie her shoes, but she’s also going to become a US citizen.
RespectGiovanni · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I subbed in for someone to help clean a pool. The boss gave me a broom and told me to sweep the leaves and stuff off away from the edges. Turns out I've never actually been sweeping correctly. I always held it like a hockey stick and did a swept like a light pass. My only excuse is that I never sweep so I didn't know.
Howdy-Cowgirl · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watched my pops teach a 15 year old how to hold each side of his nose while blowing into a Kleenex
Sanni11 · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gf just learnt that the power windows in her car aren't only auto up/down. She's had it 4 years now
Pangurvan · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laundry. My mom taught me how to do my own laundry when I was 12.
When I went to college, I did one of those summer programs before my first semester where you take a Freshman Orientation class along with one other class of your choice to get your feet wet, as it were. I was loving everything: my schedule, ultimate Frisbee, staying up late, making friends. It was amazing.
When our first weekend rolled around, our FO teacher asked who was planning on staying on campus. I was shocked that only I and a few other people raised our hands. She looked shocked, too, and encouraged my classmates to stay for their first weekend. It was important to learn how to make it on your own and deal with the homesickness, she said.
One of the quieter girls in the class answered, "But how else will my mom do my laundry for me?"
NadineP35 · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At 12 my son came to ask me how to do his laundry because he was fed up with not having clean clothes (I was asking him to put his clothes in the laundry basket if he wanted them washed but he was too lazy). At 20 he had a gf that didn’t know anything about taking care of a house and he had to do everything, even cooking.
Pangurvan · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your son is an amazing man.
unwanted-tomatoes · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working at a restaurant, a new hire came on 50+ year old man. Didn't know how to sweep a floor or what a broom was. I thought he was messing with me.
littleday · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im a country manager of a tech company not in my home country... before this job I was a film maker... I some how fell into this position.
I’m not University trained at all in business but I did run my own business for 10 years and did well out of it.
Anyway... now I’m dealing with very high profile business people. And business shit that any country manager should know... Some times I don’t know. Especially when they use acronyms and I got no idea what they mean in a meeting and I have to quickly google them or bullshit around the question.
Anyway my wife is a VP of a very big tech company... and she can see when I don’t know shit. And she constantly shakes her head and goes “how do you not know this”.
But... the company has grown under me to have pushed out billion dollar companies out of my region and we are the fastest growing type of this business in the country now... so I may not do things how normal business people would but I’m getting the results... 💁♂️
scazwag · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a really rich friend that lived alone in a 2 floor amazing downtown apartment. He was from SaudiArabia and his parent sent him to Canada for university. Paid all his bills. Kid had a cleaner come a couple times a week.
Anyways, he went to go heat us up some pizza one night while we were playing Xbox 360. 15min or so later fire alarm for the building is going off. Numb nuts put an entire leftover pizza, cardboard box and little plastic thingy and all, in the oven on 450 and forgot about it.
Money doesn’t buy brains. Nice guy though.
littleday · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im a country manager of a tech company not in my home country... before this job I was a film maker... I some how fell into this position.
I’m not University trained at all in business but I did run my own business for 10 years and did well out of it.
Anyway... now I’m dealing with very high profile business people. And business shit that any country manager should know... Some times I don’t know. Especially when they use acronyms and I got no idea what they mean in a meeting and I have to quickly google them or bullshit around the question.
Anyway my wife is a VP of a very big tech company... and she can see when I don’t know shit. And she constantly shakes her head and goes “how do you not know this”.
But... the company has grown under me to have pushed out billion dollar companies out of my region and we are the fastest growing type of this business in the country now... so I may not do things how normal business people would but I’m getting the results... 💁♂️
k1ller_k1w1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I know was dog sitting. The dog pooped in the house, they called the owner not knowing what to do and proceeded to just put a paper towel over it and leave it for them to clean hours later.
Pepsibtch · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cracking crabs open 😔. Whilst dining, I feel like all eyes are on me, with a human - sized timer behind me
abigailthefail · 1 points · Posted at 01:47:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
it’s not while adulting but back in second grade i had my best friend over for a sleepover and i handed her a pillow and a pillowcase. she stood there completely dumfounded because apparently she had never had to do it. she was an only child.
getsangryatsnails · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were 19 (so almost adulting) at the time but a buddy of mine picked me up in his new car. It was night time and every time a car would come the other way, he would reach down and turn the dial to turn the lights off. I then realized as it got really dark that he had been driving at night with his running lights. Turns out he didn't realize that running lights and low beams are different and that flicking the signal arm flicks on your high beams. He thought his lights were just garbage.
musicist10 · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was shoe shopping with one of my cousins and she said, “Why are there no Velcro ones?” And I was like, “Why Velcro?”, and she said, “Am I seriously supposed to figure out how to tie shoes?” I didn’t say anything because I didn’t want to offend her but I was thinking, WTF you’re nearly 30 how do you not know how to tie your shoes
Cajunxman · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Helping my engineer friend change his car tire. He was like 23 or so at the time.
DiaBrave · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to an A level student how to use a broom. She was pushing it around upsidedown so the wood was scraping along a fairly expensive tiled floor. I asked why and she said that the dirt goes through the bristles when she pushes the broom around. I had to show her the sweeping motion and explain why it's called sweeping, not pushing.
Same job, another 18 year old A* across the board student, I had to show him how flatpacked cardboard boxes could be returned to their box state with a strip of parcel tape. He had it in his head that once a box was flat packed it could never be used again. Very odd. I still don't quite understand.
Had to teach a housemate how to wash up. He'd wipe cutlery with a foam sponge, not rinse it, and pop it straight into the cutlery draw all foamy and damp.
Had to change a tyre for a store customer once as he had no idea how. He was mid 40s. I was early 20s. He paid me £20 though.
PSJupiter2 · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a tenant tell me that something was wrong with the water. It wasn't getting cold enough.
IfIhadaMoog · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
House mate's brother spent a lot of time at ours. I said he needed to contribute.cue to him cooking breakfast. I walked into the kitchen to find him with the bacon cooking straight on the hot plate. No pan. At all. He'd never even seen his mum cook, thats how much he never went in the kitchen. He was 19.
HotTopicRebel · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got something I've honestly never been sure about after 35 years. How do you use a dishwasher? I get that you put in the dishes, some detergent, turn the knob, and it does its thing. But what does it do? How dirty are the dishes supposed to be when you put it in?
Typically, I just hand wash everything and let it dry in the dish washer. I've tried it a few times but it just seems to push around the food left on it. So if I need to pre-wash, I might as well do it by hand and make sure it's done right than have to check everything when unloading and have to do half or more by hand anyways.
ghhouull · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depending on the model of the dishwasher, there is different washing programs. There is also some maintenance to be done like cleaning the filter (again might depend on model I’m no expert!)
SpaTowner · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Scrape the chunks off before you put the dishes in the washer. Maybe soak anything that’s burnt on.
If the dishwasher can’t cope with that, it’s a pretty poor dishwasher.
The water jets up at dishes from rotating arms, so make sure cups and pans are upended so the water can get into them.
Smaller and more fragile things go on the higher shelf. Pans on the lower one.
Make sure nothing is going to block the path of the spinning arms.
Put in some dishwasher detergent, it comes as tablets, loose powder or a liquid. The pack will tell you how much to use. Also make sure the appropriate reservoir has rinse-aid in.
In many areas you need to soften the water so there is a place to add dishwasher salt. In my area we don’t need that so I’m not sure to what degree the fancy ’4-in-1’ type of dishwasher tablets have taken over that function.
Choose an appropriate programme and turn on the machine.
https://youtu.be/sibh6fPfku8
Sponsored_content1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I explained negative numbers to a stakeholder at work. They came to me very upset about "all the late deliveries" in my lane. When we looked at their report, I saw that every "late" delivery had a negative number in the days late column so the report really showed my deliveries arriving early.
Fuck you, Mike, you non-negative number knowing beneficiary of corporate nepotism.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
codygorl1998 · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Living with my roommate who at the time was 28 years old, and is playing with his son, what's cooking for dinner catches fire somehow and I immediately say "WHERE is the fire extinguisher????" He goes and grabs it and just freezes and goes "how do you use this thing?" I quickly explain the p.a.s.s. method and use it to put out the fire. I was 20 at the time
Lil-B1tch · 1 points · Posted at 01:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not necessarily “adulting” but would help friends with their homework in high school. One girl didn’t know what a verb, adjective or noun was and she was 16. She just never learned it in this weird private school her wealthy parents sent her to. Caused her to nearly fail English tests because she couldn’t use vocabulary words in a sentence. Thankfully, once I tutored her she was able to get it.
Another time a girl who was a mutual friend of mine reached out to me to tutor her in Algebra. She was in the course for the second time and was about to flunk out again. Upon helping her, I realized that she didn’t know how to add numbers at the age of 16. Literally, she could not tell me what 3+7 or 1+0 was. Obviously she couldn’t do simple multiplication like 1x3, either. This instance was particularly saddening because she had been evaluated for disabilities several times as a child and her mother refused to get her the help she needed since she didn’t believe her child had a disability and felt that she just wouldn’t pay attention in school and had to deal with the consequences of her actions. Her parents were rich as fuck too and had the means to give her the best tutors money could buy. One was a brain surgeon and the other was a lawyer. Helped her to convince our private school to have a tutor with a specialty in disabilities to come and give her secret lessons. As far as her mom knew, she was in yearbook club.
princesspuppy12 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My older sister who's in her 30s not knowing how to do alot of adulty things like doing her own taxes, saving her own money, etc. Things you'd expect a person around my age and younger to be slowly learning only because they've spent the majority of their life as a kid. I'm 20 myself.
FauxPoesFoes228 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one's a bit sad.
When my parents and I went to the UK, we lived with my dad's uncle while we were in London. My dad's uncle's wife died in 2012, so he had been living alone in their townhouse since then (we went to the UK in 2018). When we arrived, the place was in disarray.
Old newspapers lying around everywhere (newspapers dated to the early 2000s), kids' toys everywhere (his kids were grown and had no children of their own), three inches of dust on every surface, matted carpets with perpetually damp spots in certain places, a film of grease on the kitchen countertops, overgrown weeds in the garden, etc.
It was a mess.
Turns out my dad's uncle had no idea how to clean. His kids would come over every once in a while and tidy his place up a bit, but left to his own devices, he was a bit lost.
My dad found a Dyson vacuum cleaner, still in the box it came in, in the garage a couple of days into our stay. His uncle admitted that he'd never learned how to vacuum, and that his wife had bought it before she died.
I feel terrible for him, because he always relied on his wife to do all the cooking and cleaning, and had to do all that himself now. My parents and I actually spent our last day in London cleaning the townhouse from top to bottom. Scrubbed the bathrooms, gave the kitchen a once-over, bought him a laundry basket (he didn't have one), vacuumed, mopped the floors, etc.
My dad also taught him how to vacuum - hope he's still using it now :)
literaldingo · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I love my fiancé more than anything in the world but I had to give him a whole crash course on adulting. Honestly, he’s so cute, it doesn’t matter when he messes up at all. The first week I moved in with him however I was amazed that he has survived this long.
The dryer’s lint trap looked like it had never been emptied. Dishwasher loaded wrong and bad. Breaks every dish. Only ate instant things. didn’t store food items properly. So many fire hazards... he’s doing amazing now btw.
edit: first week I moved in, he put apples in the freezer??
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
eatmykat02 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend and I were seniors in high school when he started doing his own laundry. He had no idea that you couldn’t wash reds with lights. He put his light grey sweats in with a brand new red hoodie and started freaking out when the sweats turned pink. He just had no idea what went wrong
olykate1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex used a bumper jack on the side panel , like you would a scissor jack, on our really very sweet early 1960s Olds Super 88. It made a dent. I showed him where the bumper jack should be used. A couple of weeks later, he did the same thing again, making another dent.
blackmagic999 · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have met a shocking amount of people who do not know how to tell if an email, text, or phone call is a scam / pyramid scheme. I’m not just talking senior citizens, I’m talking adults aged 18-45.
TH3_RU1N3R · 1 points · Posted at 01:49:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult, but while I was a teenager camping with other teenagers at a wilderness program we played fart baseball. Just because I know there will be questions if anybody reads this I will explain. The game is two team’s. The team on offense has four farts for a run. The one on defense three farts and we switch sides. They have to be audible.
One kid shit himself. He was given soap and two buckets of water to clean up. He came back and I jokingly asked if he cleaned his ass up. He responded with disgust and said, “EWW. Why would you touch that?” Turns out he never washed his ass and assumed nobody else did. Poor bastard.
IcanSew831 · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was baking bread and talking with my friend about cooking and caramel came up. He asked, “where does caramel come from? Is it from a special tree?” It made me chuckle and then I explained that it’s just sugar heated to a certain point. It’s from a plant so I suppose he’s not far off really.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
Howdy-Cowgirl · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Name a word without vowels
I can do that: Iraq
peachpal95 · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I myself actually committed this one, and it was horrifying. I was pet/apartment sitting for my friend. She was out of town, and when she was trying to pay her rent online, something went wrong with the electronic bill pay system, so she asked me to go pay it for her. She venmoed me the money. I had to get the money in the form of a money order for her complex to accept it. When I came into the office they told me the amount was like a few dollars off and that I’d have to get a new money order. As I left to go do so, I tore the money order to pieces and threw it in the trash because I thought money orders were the same as personal checks...you mess it up, you can just tear it up and get a new one.... I very soon learned that the money was already gone from my account (and my friend’s). I ended up having to fill out a bunch of forms and wait over 3 months to get that $700 something dollars back. I also had to borrow the $700 from family at the time, because I did not have another $700 to pay her rent with and I don’t think she did either, but I didn’t ask her anyway because I’m the one who fucked up. So I definitely learned from the experience. This was sometime last year when I was 24.
telmquist · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My exhusband tried to move my China cabinet down some married stairs. At the bottom there was a sharp turn. He was sure it would be okay since the glass would bend.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When you join the military you find out adults don't know how to use a mop/broom, do laundry, manage money, put water in their ramen before microwaving it. Helicopter parenting is a scourge on Society.
wheres-my-any-key · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who complained to her dad that her car was acting funny. He checks it then shows her the black gunk that is her engine oil, asks her when was the last time you changed the oil? Umm never, what do you mean you have to change the oil? She was 18 and had owned car at least a year.
Exciting-North · 1 points · Posted at 01:50:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine tried to cook chicken, put it in the oven like straight on the tray no oil or seasoning or anything and just left it. Went charcoal black and drier than a drought stricken farm and stuck to the tru like you wouldn’t believe. He has since been shown a thing or two haha
Edit: I know this isn’t like severely stupid or mind blowing but he had never cooked before and pushing 19 it was just funny to see as I have been cooking consistently since 14.
LordEdward18 · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh, I have a good one!
A buddy of mine was dating this girl. Let's call her C. She was a stay at home mom while he went off and worked all day. The only issue was that she couldn't cook, couldn't clean, and couldn't take care of her kid. This story is about her inability to cook.
She had me come over to help her fix her stove. She was trying to make Shake and Bake chicken, but she was using bone-in chicken thighs. And she wasn't baking it, she was cooking it on the stovetop. And she wasn't shaking either. I shit you not, she was going to pan fry the breading SEPARATE from the chicken, THEN sprinkle it on. The only reason she didn't try this and end up giving my friend food poisoning is because they had forgotten to turn the gas on and the stove wasn't working.
weezulusmaximus · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The instructions are IN the name. First you shake it then you bake it! Her parents must be super proud.
LordEdward18 · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's what I said!!!
And her mother thought that my buddy's furnace was going to blow up and destroy half of the town. It's not that hard to make them proud.
Adar636 · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much every time I ride in the car with my girlfriend.
olykate1 · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same ex from previous comment agreed to help out with dinner and make applesauce. He cut up and cooked the apples, cores, peels seeds and all.
Apolllo69 · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Whilst adulting” being over 30?
falconmas66 · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once found out that my friend didn’t know how to use a microwave. He literally had no idea how the thing worked.
We were 26.
Cooshtie · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few people I work with including supervisors, struggled to point out where England was on a world map...while living in England.
Athuny · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who lived with my wife and I for a short time. He had his girlfriend over and was going to make spaghetti. He couldn't for the life of him figure out why the noodles weren't boilng after an hour on low. They ended up dumping it out and going out to eat at burger king.
kurdggseek · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 20 and home for the summer, I got a job at a daycare. They switched me around with different age groups, but the first time I was in the baby room, another of the workers asked me to change a diaper.
The look on her face when I told her I never changed a diaper was pure disgust for me.
I'm the youngest out of all but one cousin (that I used to see maybe 4 times a year when she was an infant). I'm not going to just pick up random babies to learn how to change a diaper like wtf?
itscrystaltime · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I must have been 20 at the time, and I woke up to disgustingly dirty microwave. It looked like someone opened the door and projectile vomited into it. There was a cup too.
I realized my dad wanted to make a hard boiled egg. He just put an egg in water and stuck it in the microwave. The egg obviously exploded.
My dad was 52 at the time. 52. He just left the mess for me to clean up.
Also, I’ve had to quickly remove forks and spoons from his plates multiple times when he’s tried to reheat his food.
Rocky87109 · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a huge deal but when I lived in Hawaii, I had a trash man (rough looking white dude in like his 40s, I only include that because it's hawaii) come up to me in my drive way and ask if I had some tools because his truck was broke. If I remember correctly he needed a socket wrench. I give him my socket set and he takes off back to his truck. He then comes back and asks me how to use the socket wrench. It was bit of a shock, but I nicely showed him how to use it. Guess he was a trashman for a reason.
MostUniqueClone · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-husband, at 33, did not know how to wash his hands properly.
Beeblebrox2nd · 2 points · Posted at 02:24:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In these days, seems very few DO!
Chewbaccafruit · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach a college roommate how to use a can opener. That was interesting.
Kizzitykel · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work with a bunch of people 10+ years older than me. The fact that they don't know how to save files to their desktop!! to email hurts me deeply. I learned this in middle school. Almost 2 decades ago.
Kanehammer · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably not what you're looking for but my little sister never uses her skill points when she plays games on my PS4
cootie_rey · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to teach an employee how to sweep a broom. They literally had never swept so the physical motion was difficult enough to learn, let alone the technique to sweep a large space.
ceezygreazy719 · 1 points · Posted at 01:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband told me his ex girlfriend literally didn't know how to make a bed.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate didnt know how to boil water... on another occasion he asked me how long to cook a pizza pocket in the microwave for.
fossowl · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The difference between 1099 and W2 work. Or that bike chains need to be greased.
Ryltarr · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've encountered peers my age (in their mid twenties) who don't know how to do basic cooking or laundry...
I'm not an expert chef by any stretch of the word... but I can prepare a basic-ass meal and clean my clothes.
follower888 · 1 points · Posted at 01:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was about 12/13 I tried to re heat a cold slice of pizza in the microwave i put it in for 4 minutes and then went to the living room when I went back in the kitchen it was black with smoke my mam came home and went crazy saying it only needed 20 seconds. It was my first time using the microwave so I had no clue.
val-en-tin · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For a whole month I offered a room to my cousin until he finds a place of his own as he was not getting along with his family. We both used to live in same hometown and our parents worked in same place with same jobs (so he was mildly richer only due to his grandparents) so I assumed he'd me similar to er ... any other 20something year old I known.
Never have flatmates guys, especially family as that never ends well :D . Cousin had no idea how to cook things of course, making shopping lists and budgeting was a foreign concept to him as well and he took daily baths for an hour. Job searching was being on facebook all day and gossiping. However, that is not really shocking but the comment he made before we parted was ... er ... different.
I asked him how will he afford living in a city that is famous for high rent (not that I thought he could not but he planned only to have a part time job as he studies photography in a film school [he had no idea about cameras either] ). He looked at me as if I were silly and said "What do you mean? If I work at KFC I will be able to afford to buy clothes and go out." . I said KFC pays minimum wage in said city and it would be fine full time but not part time while he kept not seeing an issue until I straight out asked him how the hell he would pay rent. "What? Parents pay rent, I mean ... that is what parents do." was his answer.
Now he is travelling the world with his guitar.
Crazycococat19 · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course how to cook eggs, ramen, pasta, meats, boil water, toast, grill cheese, and make can soup. Oh how to turn on a stove top or oven, turn them off, clean up after themselves after they cook on the stove or when they pop something in the microwave and the stuff popped or spilled. How to clean a mirror, and windows, how to use mop soap, how to remove dirt from the vacuum. All this is from my roommate. We tried teaching him how to do the basics but he learns once and just goes back to his room and start streaming on Twitch or YouTube, or he goes and make TikToc videos. Btw he's 27 yrs old and he tells his subscribers that he's an adult and he knows how to take care of himself. Which is not true, he orders take out whenever me and my husband go out to eat, or when we're working late. Than whines that he has so little money in his account that he can't help us pay our rent/bills cause he's low. Oh also he worked when almost half the jobs closed down due to this pandemic, I got layed off, but he stilled work he would have well over 4k in his bank if he didn't splurge it on fast food. His fiance (?)( They said they are engaged but he doesn't have enough money to buy her a cheap ring) have to buy him thing cause he didn't want to spend his money on laundry detergent, new clothes (he lost weight), bed covers, a new pillow, new shoes (his had a huge hole underneath) toothbrush, toothpaste, body soap, new razors, shaving gel, ECT. He won't help pay for toilet paper or do halves for cat food and litter (he has a cat) we cough up the cash for everything in our small apartment. Can't do a simple thing even when we tried to teach him. He's a lost cause.
Sorry for the rant, it just bothers me so much he stresses me out.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I never knew how to fill out my fafsa. Im a first gen student and my parents have neither attended a university. All my white priviliged friends knew the ins and outs and how to fill it out meanwhile I was so confused as to how to fill it out. I still hate filling out my fafsa and especially filling in something wrong could get me in huge trouble with the government. I have no idea how my friends can manage to do them but in general I hate how much of an obstacle it is and makes it harder to get money that I need.
hardikhjs · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friend graduated from college with diploma in electrical engineering. That summer we had to change a light bulb in common area of our apartment building. Turned out he didn't know how to change the light bulb.
markhenrysthong · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to walk a 42 year old woman through booking a hotel room. She had never booked her own travel before.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A co-worker of mine decided to mix an ammonia based window cleaner and bleach because he thought it would clean better. Not only does that produce poison gas, how the hell are you going to clean better than bleach on surfaces or ammonia on glass?
PabstBRs · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked with a guy who slept with a girl who had lymes disease and he asked me if he should go to the clinic and get tested for it, as if it was an std.
drche35 · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Couldn’t use a can opener
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a 19 year old girl who worked with me at a Boston Market years ago. She didn’t know how to sweep. Like seriously didn’t know how to use a broom.
freebird37179 · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago I had a friend ask if Cinco de Mayo was on May 5 every year.
We have a certain set of tests we run on equipment at work every year. We refer to them as "annuals". One employee was whining about doing them... "but we just did these annuals last year!"
Vlittletea · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a man who didn't know how to peel an orange .. we were 19 at the time..
kingocheese · 1 points · Posted at 01:54:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex girlfriend lit a charcoal grill inside the house on top of the kitchen table. When I came home to find it I was horrified. She said, I don’t understand why you’re so upset. My parents use their George Foreman Grill in the house all of the time.(they’re electric)
DarkNFullOfSpoilers · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate poured hot oil directly into the trash can. She knew how to properly dispose of hot oil, too, she just stopped caring.
She also threw up in the bathroom and didn't clean up after herself. I had to ask her to wash the bath mats that she soiled. Which leads directly to...
...the concept of washing her own clothes in the coin-op laundry unit in the basement of our condo building made her cry. The basement was too scary, she didn't want to spend $6 to do laundry (it was $3, actually), and she didn't have any quarters.
I'm so glad she moved out. She's someone else's responsibility now.
hunteronastick · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It may not be the biggest, but I’m so surprised when people don’t know north/south / east/west
STStevens · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
University, second year. One of my friends revealed that he didn’t know how to put a cover on a duvet.
emilychristine9 · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a grocery checker a girl was clearly using her parents debit card and didnt understand how it worked because when the pin pad asked if she wanted cashback she couldnt figure out what that meant. I tried explaining it would just add to the total and she just kept saying "but it's a card.." and finally her friend had to chip in and finish the payment process for her. She just didnt seem to grasp that your debit card is linked to your bank account lmao.
Blobe-K-Stop · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I swear every kid in school doesn’t know how to read a clock. Like.. IT ISNT HARD!!
ez-bz-lz · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were frying breaded zucchini on the stove, when we were done, my friend dumped a whole pan of hot grease down the sink drain.
thisdwarf1794 · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not when adulting but one of my brother friends texted him asking how to make a PB&J sandwich
beckofeeze424 · 1 points · Posted at 01:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A roommate in college was so sheltered. Once she asked me one time "Where do you get car oil?". I worked at O'Reilly Auto Parts at the time. Another time she asked me what a light on her car's dashboard meant. It was low tire pressure. Once when she was doing laundry in our apartment I noticed the washer was making that 'ka-chunk' noise like it was really unbalanced. I mentioned that she needed to fix it. She asked why. Apparently she had never done laundry before college.
onestepfromsane · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-wife had never used a manual can opener. She had only used an electric one her 25 years of existence. She refused to learn to use a manual and insisted on buying an electric one when we moved in together. To date, I don’t think she has ever tried to use one.
FanTah · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in grad school that never cleaned stuff like kitchen appliances and tables and stuff because according to him he didn’t knew when they were dirty. Like, what
buddyz0108 · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buying a house lol
kinkybbwlibrarian · 1 points · Posted at 01:56:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During a conversation with my gay male friend, it was discovered that he didn't know where vaginas are. He thought it was in the front where the clitoris is rather than near the anus. He then realized how trans sex workers are able to have straight men to have sex with them for the first time in his life.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't learn to wipe front to back until I was 20. By then I developed a system where I wipe middle to front then back to middle so I just kept doing that.
Crazy4sixflags · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wash dishes. They didn’t even know you had to use hot water. Also I had to teach them that there is a top side to a cookie and a bottom side of a cookie. They were in there 20’s
climbstuffeatpizza · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker who is 'allergic to shellfish' eats a bunch of ceviche for lunch and doesn't know a) Shrimp and scallops are shellfish, b) The big bottle of Kirkland brand diphenhydramine antihistamine (its even pink) on his desk is generic Benadryl. Proceeds to ask while clearly in pain if anyone has Benadryl As he stares at the bottle.
Franklination89 · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the Navy a big thing is keeping a clean uniform, even if you're a grunt who does dirty work, you're expected to be clean and well kept while maintaining certain standards of uniform (at least, back when I was in, they're a bit more relaxed these days) We had this one kid who just no matter what could not show up in a clean uniform. He would put it on clean, walk fifty yards to our muster location and somehow get dirty in between.
Because of his inability to keep a clean uniform, he ended up being really disliked by our higher-ups despite being an excellent and motivated worker.
Secretspoon · 2 points · Posted at 02:00:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was the same when I was in, that was only 7 years ago. I also would be careful using the word grunt.
Franklination89 · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh is that a thing? I'm way out of that loop lol
Secretspoon · 2 points · Posted at 04:27:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, primary combat personnel are very particular, to the point that there is a term called POG, or personnel other than grunt. Not that the life of a BT or EN or HT is easy. Or whatever your rate was.
ZeroNamesLeft · 2 points · Posted at 02:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This describes me. I have imposed all black work clothes on myself so nobody will notice the fresh stains. I have no idea how I am so messy.
flmann2020 · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a girl that didn't know how to check tire pressure on a car...
Genghis_Chong · 1 points · Posted at 01:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't, it's a new idea. I'll definitely post when I have something real going!
Lonzy18 · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m looking for a roommate(happened to check out a phone app)and I happen to find a profile of a 20y/o male LF a $100/Month living area...
nopingawaynow · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Found out the other day that my 18 year old boyfriend has never cooked an egg before
bctTamu · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought this said "how do you know how to do this?" And it was going to be stories about jumping cars or tying elaborate knots with ropes.
jamesspierce1989 · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While my older sister was in college she called me one day and asked how to cook a over easy egg. I was kinda in awe that she didn’t know that.
VeranoEte · 1 points · Posted at 02:00:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former roommate ruined the dishwasher. We had a moveable dishwasher that had to be hooked up the kitchen faucet and then plugged in. Well she didn't hook up the water at. Eventually our sink broke down and we had to dishes in the bathtub. She also couldn't figure out that you need to rinse out poppy clothes from your 3 y.o. before washing them and that the dryer shouldn't smell like hot shit all the time. I know she was a single mom but damn this girl was stupid and should never have breed.
PuckGoodfellow · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn't know how to load a dishwasher.
namusnej · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sis-in-law was about 20, we were hanging out me, her and her older sister one day. She gets up and goes to the bathroom and then comes back and says, “tampons are so uncomfortable. I don’t understand why they make them out of hard plastic and not something softer.”
Her sister and I just stare at her in disbelief. She had been using tampons for about SIX YEARS and didn’t know that the plastic part was the applicator and needed to be removed. She’s not the sharpest tool in the shed, but that one still boggles my mind. I could understand if she had grown up in a household of all boys or something, but her mom was a housewife and she had 2 older sisters who knew how to use tampons.
that-one_girl · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shock wire
InkMage94 · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's amazing how many university students can't do their own laundry. YOU CANNOT JUST WASH A SINGLE T-SHIRT IN THE WASHING MACHINE! I DON'T CARE IF YOU WANT TO WEAR IT TOMORROW!
Brnsnr9100 · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adults who attempt to buy cars without a drivers license.
Djinn7711 · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend who “topped up” his motor oil with a 5 litre bottle and then asked me for more because it wasn’t “full”
PM_me_your_cumshot · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wow. What was he using as his guide for “full?” Fill it up to the cap?
Djinn7711 · 2 points · Posted at 02:32:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much. He thought he would be able To see the oil when it was full.
PM_me_your_cumshot · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ouch. I hope you helped him before he tried to drive it. It’s a very expensive lesson to learn.
Djinn7711 · 2 points · Posted at 03:47:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha yes we drained it and re filled it properly. Crisis averted.
Needless to say, he never tried to put oil In again. Even after I showed him how to do it properly
capsaiCyn · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend had no idea that seashells were once animals, and was horrified. We kept asking him what the hell he thought they were and he couldn't come up with an answer that made any sense.
therealtedpro · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex. Did not know how to use a gas pump.
3531WITHDRAWAL · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an electrical engineer and can't operate my own TV, so there's that. Damned "smart" appliances.
canyouhearmenowred · 1 points · Posted at 02:02:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 28m roommate apparently has NO idea how to load a dishwasher. But it goes beyond that, your average ten year old can understand that you should probably place all the plates the same direction, not one side ways, one long ways, and one diagonal. SMH
JorusC · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at a friend's house, and his wife had asked him to clean the bathroom really quickly. It had been a few minutes, and I headed in to see if I could help.
He was standing there, toilet bowl cleaner in hand, staring at the toilet like it was the Gordian knot. Apparently he had never crossed this challenge before, and it had him thoroughly puzzled.
He was 24.
Memeboyiiieee · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watched my 20 year old buddy struggle with a screwdriver. He claimed it’s his first time using one.
FrankFitzgerald · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A old roommate of mine in med school was doing laundry one day and became distracted. Came back to washed clothes many hours later and was disappointed as they had sat in the washer wet for a long time. He voiced a concern that there may be mold or something at this point, so I figured that he would re-wash them. Instead, he reaches under the kitchen sink, grabs a spray bottle of disinfectant, and sprays each individual article of clothing before putting it into the dryer. My other roommate and I could not say anything between an initial feeling of is that really happening and then stifling laughter.
Also had to teach the guy how to cook pasta. He didn’t do well in med school.
faux_glove · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend didn't have a bank account. He got blackballed by his first bank over a petty balance and no other bank would take him. He'd been receiving paychecks through an online bank that limited his access to his money. He never bothered paying the debt off to have the black mark removed.
He was making six digits in an extremely tech-savvy field when I met him.
Chonkasaurus-rex · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex girlfriend (she was 16 at the time) didn’t know how to boil potatoes
NinjaClownshoes · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Very sweet young lady I knew in the Army used her signing bonus to buy her first car, a brand new Toyota pickup (this was round about ‘88). Drove the hell out of the thing for about eight months before all the smoke came out and that was how she learned about engine oil.
SoodSood44 · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I discovered, to my horror a while ago that my grandmother had never turned her phone off before. She just waited for it to turn off by itself. She didn’t know that she could turn it off.
talon_fb · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Excuse me while I look through these comments to see if I’m missing anything
Sabiis · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife is unable to use a regular BIC style lighter. She's 27 and I've tried showing her 100 times, but she just can't.
JJenkinsIII · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got my license around one year ago, this January I was driving my moms car and she asked me to go to the car wash. I had never done this before with my car cause idc too much. Well I get there and accelerate my way in until I’m halfway thru and I recognize all the action is going on behind my car. I see the lady gesture for me to pull out and go around so I do. I get to the front again, panic and do the exact same thing.... I left after that.
NathenZuniga · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know how to crack an egg
Funkydiscohamster · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to cook boil in the bag fish. This person went on to be a commercial pilot.
WatchMeFall10Stories · 1 points · Posted at 02:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Co-worker microwaved a metal bowl, it started sparking before he realized...
13Anomalous · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone asked me about his engine light being on for several months because he hadn't changed his oil and didn't know where to get it done, he's almost 24
lmp784 · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Growing up I didn’t have a toaster, we would make toast under a grill. So when I was about 17 (I know not an “adult” but still!) I slept over at a friends house and she gave me toast to put in the toaster and I was like “errr.. how?!”
HorsFaceKilla · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Im a video editor and I worked for a very popular website about 8 years ago. On my first week, when i submitted a draft of an edit to the Video Production Manager for review she asked me “what are those numbers on screen?” I was confused and told her it was timecode. She then replies “oh. Are you able go get rid of it or will it be in the final video?” I thought she was playing a joke on me or something. She wasnt.
-kodokushi- · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn’t know proper hygiene. Never washed her cooch, or ass. Didn’t use any body wash whatsoever. Just shampoo and conditioner, then she’s done.
bal14 · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine was VERY confused about how to pay for his gas at the pump. I had to finally scan his card for him after about 5 minutes of his failed attempts, which I guess was the worst part because it’s not like he had never swiped a card when paying before.
sciencesold · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate who just turned 25 doesn't know how to clean or properly load a dishwasher, every time she says shes gonna run the dishwasher cause it's full I rearrange the dishes and 2-3 times usually can fit after.
nullpassword · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
going to mom's house. wife, who's black, goes those are such pretty white flowers. i just looked at her and went you know what that is, right? she goes no, what? i go cotton.
AvengingMonster · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a co-worker try to remove stuck toast from the toaster with a metal fork, not know the toaster popped up.
Caster_20 · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've experienced this when my bf asked me to write out a check for a utility bill we had to pay for. I've never written out a check and was used to paying via cash or credit/debit card. I wrote at least 5 checks that my bf said were done wrong so after he realized I had no clue how to properly do it he helped me out.
Derkduck · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy at work who is 23 had no idea how to send an email. It blew my mind someone his age had no idea how to send an email.
enkaydee · 1 points · Posted at 02:05:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much horrifying, but embarrassing I guess. When it comes to card payments, I use my credit card, and almost never use debit, though I have it in case something is wrong with my credit card
Well. When I was in my mid 20s, my credit card got declined, so I tried tapping my debit, but tap wouldn't work (probably wasn't even set up, I can't remember). So I had to manually choose which account and pin and I swear I had no idea what I was supposed to do. Somehow the same process I used at the atm to withdraw money was vastly different on interac. My friend was with me and bemusedly walked me through it, but I was sooo embarrassed. I didn't even look the cashier after that.
I'm still used to spending cash or using credit card. My bills have never been something I couldn't pay off in the same month to avoid interest, and coupled with cash back on my credit card, using debit for me never had an advantage.
redditstolemyshoes · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't horrifying but I did a week of old calling temp work for a toolshop with a few other ladies. This was late last year. One was only a couple of years younger than me, me being 25 and her being 23, and she did not know how to tally her stats.
As in she didn't know how to count and record any instance a customer said yes to her. I had to do that for her. She also didn't understand how it would look suss if she just put most of them down as yes when most people said no, maybe or didn't pick up.
OrphenZidane · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker doesn't know what basic car maintenance looks like. She asked me one day about the "maintenance required" light that appeared on her car. Apparently she was putting oil in the engine every time it started flashing. Her oil was not low. She wasn't looking at the dipstick correctly, because she "didn't see any oil sticking to it" and would put a quart in it. That poor engine...
ThrowRA2020NYEhell · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates parents were visiting and they were washing dished after eating. My roommate couldn't figure out why the sink wouldn't drain. Neither could her parents. She asked for my help and I pulled out the food catch strainer and emptied it. Three adults who had never hand washed dishes, at least not in a sink without a garbage disposal.
Added bonus, we had a chore wheel and she has ask how to complete each chore; from scrubbing the shower and toilet to vacuuming. I just assumed she grew up with a maid and at 28 was struggling to real-adult
lessyouknow · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to boil an egg.
HauntedButtCheeks · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was homeschooled and all the local homeschooling parents would have get togethers so the kids could socialize.
My dad was talking in the "dad circle" with a guy who had 5 kids & he was showing off the new daughter. She had a dirty diaper so he walked over & handed her to his wife (she was busy helping my Mom with food prep) & said "here, she needs changed".
My Mom said, "Sorry, looks like it's your turn, this stuff has to go in the oven now & I need "wife's name's" help."
He walked back with the baby & one of the other Dads asked if he remembered where they set the diaper bag. The guy's face just sort of dropped and he explained that yes he knew where it was, but he didn't know how to change a diaper. The man had FIVE CHILDREN and had never changed a diaper!
Everyone was like "What do you mean you've never changed a diaper? You have kids!" & started giving him shit for making his wife do all the dirty work. My dad changed the baby & showed him how step by step. Word got around like fire in a matchstick forest that this man made his wife raise 5 kids more or less alone, he wasn't popular. He didn't start helping out afterward either, he was a macho christian jackass that would do "women's work".
benfires · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on summer school with a bunch of friends in the campus dorms that had a kitchen. I woke up early one morning and was eating breakfast there, and watched one of my friends come in, fire up the stove, and throw a slice of bread in a pan to perhaps make toast. He then walks out of the kitchen for a bit. I stood up, saw he had nothing else in the pan (not even butter), and sat back down to munch on my cereal. That was the day I found out rye bread could look even darker than it already was.
yk78 · 1 points · Posted at 02:06:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gf nor any of her sisters know north east south west and they can't navigate a simple map. They're all highly educated too.
matchakuromitsu · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
had a roommate in the dorms that never did laundry using the communal laundry machines, every Friday when her parents came to pick her up (iirc they lived 2 hours away) she would take all her dirty laundry home. I had a suspicion that her parents were the ones doing the laundry for her, hence why she never even did any of the laundry herself. My suspicions were confirmed when on move-out day, while my suitemates and I were busy cleaning and packing up our own stuff, my roommate did nothing. Just sat on her bed and watched us clean with a blank expression on her face. Her own mom was the one who packed up all her stuff and cleaned her side of the room when she came to pick up her daughter.
swervin87 · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the Navy, you meet people from all walks of life. We have had a few people who don’t shower, but one of them took the cake. After at least a month of him not showering, we had to sit him down and explain basic hygiene to him. Showering, brushing your teeth, wearing deodorant, washing clothes, he was doing none of it. He still stank after that and we had to remind him to wash his nasty ass uniform, even going so far as to take it off of his hook in berthing while he was sleeping and throwing the damn thing in the laundry bag. He then came up to the shop in his utilities (those ugly dark blue pants with light blue shirts) and told us that someone had taken his coveralls. We explained that we put them in the laundry and he said that was his only set! He had to wear the utilities until he got his coveralls back and then we made him order new coveralls.
fluffafl00f · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college dorm mate didn't know how to boil water. I had to show them.
turborambo · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just went to a lab and had blood taken for the first time shrugged my shoulders at pretty much every question and she told me to go to the first chair which was to the right
I sat on a waiting chair that was justttt to the right of me and she asked "Youve never been to a lab before have you" and sighed I said cannot say that I have nope but when she took my blood after finally getting to the actual chair she was giddy about how good my veins were for her
Emperor_Mintyyy · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to perform CPR on my Dad while on the ride to the hospital. I've always played around in the back of the class while the paramedics were teaching us. But I knew the basics well enough to know my Dad wasn't gonna make it.
BeanBandit45 · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
teaching someone how to sweep and mop
mittenthemagnificent · 1 points · Posted at 02:07:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once sat behind an elderly man at a gas station who could not, for the life of him, get the pump into his gas tank. It wasn’t the kind with the springy thing to keep emissions low or anything either.
All I could think, watching him attempt to get that thing into the big hole in his car over and over and over, was: “his poor wife.”
tittypic · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was dating a guy last year who had just bought a tesla. We were at the beach watching the sunset from inside the car because it was super windy out. At one point the front window got foggy, and he was like “darn now we can’t see the sunset!” I was like... uh well do you have a defroster? I turned that on and hit the window with some fluid as well and it cleared right up. It blew his fricking mind. He had no idea he could do that
tfnolive · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex of mine had literally no idea what the numbers on the signs at gas stations meant... but this is the same person who thought you could brew a second pot of coffee without putting in fresh coffee grounds as if they were making a second cup of tea or something, so I can't say I'm too surprised. 🤷🏻♀️
willflameboy · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Saw a cleaner hoovering outside.
MailmanOfTheMojave · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
college students microwaving forks.
fliesonastick · 1 points · Posted at 02:08:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm I never took a cheque to the bank at all in my life, and I work in a finance department. It should be nothing hard, I just never done it, odd. Never received a cheque myself either.
teddynoodles · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband has learned weekly meal planning during quarantine and has started doing a Big Shop once a week. It’s something I’ve been trying to get us doing steadily for years. I was pregnant recently and had gestational diabetes which really changed how we planned meals/shopped. I’m happy that he’s discovered this new “hobby”.
I really wasn’t that horrified that he didn’t know how to do it but still, it’s nice he’s doing it now. Also I think I’m close to convincing him that we need a bigger/better fridge.
HauntedButtCheeks · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I already posted an answer, but I just remembered I once had a 32 year old roommate who didn't know how to use a broom. On God, he literally couldn't sweep a floor. I had to teach him how because instead of putting the dirt in a pile or using a dustpan he just pushed it around back & forth.
SpaceNigiri · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine was helping to clean the table after having lunch, he asked what he was supposed to do with the bread crums that were all over some bamboo rugs, before we had time to answer he decided to drop all the bread crumbs to the floor and then proceed to clean it with a broom.
If it works...
A911owner · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying, but surprising. A guy I worked with in college was pretty sheltered growing up; we were talking one day and he mentioned that he overheard some students taking about "putting marijuana in brownies". He was a senior in college at that point. He said to me "have you ever heard of that? Putting marijuana in brownies?" I was like "yeah... Pot brownies..." I was amazed he made it to that point in life without finding this out.
That was years ago, and I'm still friends with the guy. He's now super successful; he owns a bunch of food trucks. We were talking recently and he was telling me how he decides on what food to sell, based on the cost of ingredients vs. the price he can sell at as well as the speed at which he can turn product out. He also really understands the politics of getting space at local fairs (which apparently is actually pretty complicated, but he does it well). He's a good guy, and I'm glad to see him doing so well.
YoBoiBabyLegs · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Went to academy sports to buy ammo, and saw a guy at the desk purchasing a ruger pistol, clerk had to show him multiple times how to handle and operate the pistol safely (after he flagged the staff with the gun). If you’re buying a gun, panic purchase or not, do research and learn the basics. Get with a friend, go to a range and ask the range officer to help, or at the very least look up the fundamentals on YouTube before arming yourself and being a hazard.
zfanya · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was when my virginity was taken - i (m16) didnt tell to him (m28) that i was a virgin. But at that time i didnt know that what i have seen on porn - is something that people pratice when they hook up - i thought it would be a romantic scene - the start of love shit - turned out to be meaningless unintended deflowering. I wouldnt say i was raped because even if i was confused, i let that happened, though i did not respond back erotically. It was not exactly "how do you not now how to do this" moment, but i guess both of our empty looks after sex after i admitted i was virgin couldve been pretty closer.
hungrymaki · 1 points · Posted at 02:10:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in a place in a state adjacent to New Jersey. I was walking through a gas station when a woman in her 40's put her window down and asked me if I could pump her gas for her as she didn't know how. In New Jersey you are not allowed to pump your own gas but what amazed me was that someone got to that late age never having left the state long enough to pump gas? NJ isn't that big... I laughed. Nope, you are going to have to climb out of that Escalade and learn to do it on your own.
CaptainPaulx · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, mine is sort of horrifying to myself. I have never sent any mail before from home. I've dropped a package or two off at the post office including when I was a teachers assistant but wouldn't have a clue how to even send a letter from my house.
Thats_right_asshole · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Making a fucking sandwich. I had a friend over and made myself a sandwich, he asked if he could have one I said sure, I left everything out in case I want another. He disappeared into the kitchen for a while before coming back and asking for help.
I thought he was kidding, he wasn't. I told him it was going to be a learning experience. It was the worst sandwich I'd ever seen.
lostmysoulplshelp · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Properly closing blinds before moving them, way too many people I’m friends with or have lived with have broken blinds that way
jscarlet · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Network guy I work with. He is THE network guy. He doesn’t know how to mount a switch in a rack. Just had it hanging there by the ears. Yet, he complains about what our network looks like.
livebig90 · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I grew up with a friend fantastic person but very Privileged she wanted to change the electrical socket from the normal two prong outlet to those cool usb and fast chargers. And instead of waiting for the electrician she thought she could do it and didn’t use a flat head screw driver but a butter knife when she called me she asked once the screw is out if she put the knife or fork in the socket to pull it out. So at this point I’m telling her to stop what she is doing and I drove to her house to find the lights were on in the whole house lol that’s when I told her to never anything again unless I teach her how too. Or she has a professional do it.
BeardoTheHero · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We ran out dishwasher detergent at college this year and I walked into the house to find the entire kitchen absolutely fucking covered in sudsy bubbles.
My roommate was just chilling in his bed, unaware that you cannot put dish soap in the detergent receptacle.
Robbyns · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my friend. She worked at a cafe and she told me her coworker didn’t know how to butter bread.
WongBal · 1 points · Posted at 02:11:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lived with a 31-year-old friend who didn't know how leases work. He'd lived with his mom or in dorms up to that point and didn't understand that he couldn't just move out in the middle of March when we'd signed a year-long lease until August.
-Paxom- · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wondered why this wasn't marked NSFW.
Realised we have different definitions of Adulting.
eoinii · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Character limit reached :|
digitaldebaser · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who truly could not could determine how much he earned annually. He messaged me one day and said he was sick of his job and looking elsewhere because of how horrible the pay was.
To set the story we both work for the state. He told me the number, and it seemed easy lower than it should so I asked him what his hourly was. He was off by thousands. Can't recall what formula he was using, but he had no idea he should do wage x 40 hours x 52 weeks.
If he was applying for basically anything, companies would have likely turned him down because, by his report, he was making garbage money. I was amazed by how someone could fuck themselves so hard.
Edit: Sorry if you ever see this, Eric. But you did blow my mind that day.
badblackguy · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to spend time with a girl in her mid 30s who did not know the difference between butter and margarine. Also could not order food without help. Dont know how she survived without a guy at her side.
dandiiandiiful · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After moving in with my boyfriend, I discovered that he literally did not understand how to wash dishes - and especially didn’t know how to use a drying rack.
He would place spoons, forks, and other silverware on the counter or just in the drying rack with the other dishes, which he also just placed lying down instead of stacking them into the rack like you’re supposed to.
He also didn’t realize that you’re actually supposed to clean the sink and fill it with hot water to sterilize the dishes... it drove (drives) me insane.
valryuu · 1 points · Posted at 02:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach many of my lab assistants (4th year university students) what "CTRL+S" does in general. I then proceeded to teach them "CTRL+C", "CTRL+V", and "CTRL+Z"...
samanthalynn95 · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last summer my company hired some recent high school grads to help for the summer... one day an 18 year old boy asked us all if we actually wore condoms to which we all said yes and had to explain safe sex and basic health. Poor kid was homeschooled & truly didn’t know.
Fun fact he thought HPV stood for hydro pressure vagina.
Glamsabrina · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an ex boyfriend of mine think you made toast by pouring melted butter onto a piece of bread... yeah. He also thought you could wash a pill off with water if you dropped it. Surprised he’s still living on his own and in one piece.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I always thought I was bad with how often I eat out.
Moved in with a friend from high school. Been living together going on a year and a half and the dude hasn't once cooked anything. Not even a frozen pizza. I think he may have made a hot pocket or two in his life, but not once has he thought to use our rice cooker, oven, stove.
He also has never been legitimately grocery shopping. I have to hide snacks from him in my bedroom so he doesn't destroy entire boxes of them in a night.
Knows how to stop by a gas station after work and pick up a six pack though.
Blows my mind because minus this one fact he's a great dude, super polite and friendly and always has rent and bills ready.
Moomba44 · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my best friends’ fiancé was born to rich parents and essentially moved from his parents to my friend’s house as soon as he left high school (he was 18 and my friend was 23 at the time). He hadn’t done so much as clean after himself living with his folks and while he has made a ton of progress in recent years, he was absolutely clueless about simple things at the time.
The best example I have is when my friend told him he was going to be late coming home from work and that he would need to make dinner for himself and his friend (also completely ill-prepared for life) that he had over. When my friend got home, he came to the scene of them frantically trying to clean the floor and stove; they apparently got some thawed burgers out of the fridge, plopped them on the flat-top stove burner (no pan)...and left to go play whatever video games they were playing in the basement, expecting fully cooked burgers in a few minutes. Needless to say they had a pretty long talk after that about what things needed to be learned.
foolishwurrior · 1 points · Posted at 02:13:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived in this college apartment complex owned by the university, so it had a kitchen and everything, but roommates were assigned.
One summer all my normal roommates were gone, and it was just me and this new guy. It was 2.5 months of “how the hell are you alive”, mostly due to his own self neglect. Here goes...
Up until then, I was happy to live in those apartments to save cash, but that summer was miserable, and it wasn’t worth the risk.
taylorcliff3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in my sisters apartment helping her move. We were just finishing up so I grab her vacuum to clean the carpet. The vacuum turns on but definitely does not pick up anything. I unclip the front filter/storage (Bagless)and empty it in the trash. She just stared at me saying, “You can empty those??”. Rough. The entire vacuum hose system ended up being entirely clogged with dirt which took me over an hour to fully remove.
Kaizerwolf · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex regaled me of a tale about how she cooked dinner for an old fling. He was violently ill shortly after eating, and their night was ruined. I asked her what she made, and she told me "some sort of chicken and vegetable dish." I thought that was pretty mundane of a meal, and asked her if she temped her meat. She said yes, but...
150°F.
For chicken. She'd been doing that for a while.
I asked her how in the hell did she not get sick, that all poultry should be at least 165/170. She was honest to goodness shocked, and quickly googled it. Basically witnessed a TIFU and watchpeopledieinside all in the space of 5 seconds.
OldMuley · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother-in-law not realizing that vacuum cleaners had bags that occasionally needed to be changed/emptied. I guess she thought all the dirt they sucked up just went into the void.
not_flexy · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s husband found out after her marriage that her husband had no clue how much food he needs. He stayed with his parents through school and work and moved out only when he got married. And, he always ate the food that his mom had set in front of him. They obviously didn’t live in before their marriage and this was a conservative country where folks are expected to stay with parents till they get married.
GingerBeard73 · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A roommate in our apartment doesn't know how to cook properly. He's burned mushrooms, steak, eggs, and bratwursts and has filled the apartment with smoke. In his defense, the pans we have are the non, non stick pans, but he also uses butter to prevent the sticking from happening but it never works out.
Also, in his defense, I'm him. Because apparently I've been spoiled with non-stick pans my entire life and going to metal ones is the most complex thing in the world.
farlack · 1 points · Posted at 02:14:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly relating to the question, but still a wtf moment. Was lazy one night and left the leftover chicken out on the stove. Went to work the next day, got home around 7pm. My ex girlfriend made soup. Chicken soup. With the chicken that was on the counter for 13 hours. How do you not know this isn’t ok?
24520ls · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My buddy is 18, one of my best friends but not the brightest. He does not know the months, their order, names etc. He doesn't pay mind to what month it is either. I have tried and failed to convince him of the relevance of this
Somethinggood4 · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 45 years old, and I still have difficulty getting my ass clean when I wipe.
sphericalpuma · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's all about that bidet life. My ass has never been cleaner.
HereBeMermaids · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 37 year old male roommate had no idea how to change a toilet paper roll out on a spring loaded holder...
Shellfish123456789 · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got an accounting internship. It was me and another 20-something yr old guy doing basic, low level accounting for an insurance-type corporation. Both of us were finance majors at different schools. We were at lunch one day with our coworker and she asked us what we wanted to do with our degree. He said he wanted to be a CFO (Chief Financial Officer). I said I wanted to be a CPA (Certified Public Accountant). He asked what a CPA was.... I could understand a lay person not knowing a CPA is a CPA (just thinking they’re accountants). But someone who is a senior finance major and claims to want to be a CFO???
geekitude · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then he said, "everyone knows she can't get pregnant unless she has an orgasm!"
kooyma · 3 points · Posted at 02:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Is that why you've never given a woman an orgasm? Sure, that's why, yup...
seventyfive1989 · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker didn’t know you had to prepare tuna for a tuna sandwich. She just scooped tuna from the can and wondered why it tasted so bad
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother who’s approaching 50 had never known what KFC stood for
ItAllDepends99 · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These days, KFC stands for KFC.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m aware but I figured she would’ve known it meant Kentucky Fried Chicken
queerlilexmo · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 19yo brother wanted a hot dog. The problem was that his microwave had broken, I dont remember why. And for whatever reason he decided that he didnt want to bother with the stove. So this motherfucker decides to wrap his hotdog in foil and put it outside, figuring the sun would do the job. 3 HOURS later its warm, and the only reason he didnt eat it is because he was on the phone with our mom. He was narrating what he was about to do and she stopped him, but part of me wishes she had let him eat it and learn the hard way.
vilkas01 · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few weeks ago, I found out that my co-worker has never heard of copy and paste.
If she needed to transfer a phone number, email address, bank account number, etc from an email to our accounting system, she would write it down on a pad of paper and then type it back in from there.
She has been working for us for 8 years.
Moneyfish1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:15:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a guys’ getaway with 10 dudes over 40 and one of them asked me how to crack an egg when we said we’d make breakfast for everyone.
HighlandSquirrel · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
18 years old, she didn't know how to open a bin bag
cronchsupreme · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to give my 22 year old friend step by step instructions on how to make a grilled cheese. Was so bad that I even had to explain the order of ingredients (bread then cheese then bread). She probably would've put cheese directly on the pan without supervision.
ccashdan · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a fantastic post.. ok I have a few..
Recently I had sent a client a picture of their dryer vent basically exploding with lint on the outside of the house. Her response was “OMG what is that and is there a mouse living there?” I replied no lol it’s a dryer vent, you need to keep it clean. Her response “I’ve never even seen a dryer vent, how do I clean it” Mind you she is 60 lol.. also while filling up her pool she was told to just top it off once a week if the water gets low.. her response “well how do I add water to the pool” Pool guys response.. walks over to hose, turns on hose and drops it in pool “like that”
I have another client how has never paid a bill. Every thing was handled by her dad or lawyer
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I train lifeguard and surf rescue personnel, not knowing proper CPR is too common a reoccurrence
yarn-and-garden · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to lunch with my boyfriend (now husband) a few years ago when we were both in our early 30s. I was excited to find a parking spot and clipped a curb while pulling into it and punctured my tire. Doh! But then my boyfriend goes “Damn, I guess we have to call AAA.”
“Uh... why don’t we just put the spare on?”
“You know how to change a tire??”
“...ok let me show you.”
Also I had to teach my college roommate when I was 20 literally how to boil water and heat sauce from a jar so she could make spaghetti for herself. She was so excited she ate spaghetti all semester!
devieous · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl in my dorm was in the kitchen and was about to microwave an aluminum container and I stopped and asked her what she was doing and ended up giving her my paper plate.
Another girl didn’t know how to microwave Mac n cheese cups? Like? The instructions are on it??? It’s just water????
sirsmiley · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend from China who ran a private school here in Canada. She came over and shared a house with 3 others. All of these kids were single child from rich families. The house was a disaster when I visited and the shower bath was black. I dragged her to the dollar store and bought comet cleaner and heavy duty scrub pads...
They were late teens and she was 25 and had never cleaned anything before..fucking disgusting
liftedddd · 1 points · Posted at 02:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching Shane Dawson's finance Ryland, learn to cook on YouTube.
1Datura · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at this guy's house we were both about 18 at the time and he starts getting really upset that he forgot to take out the trash. I asked him what the big deal is and he says it'll be filled with maggots. I told him it was the middle of winter and there were no flies so he didn't have to worry about it. He looked at me I was an idiot and said the maggots will turn into flies. After a brief exchange I realize that he believes the garbage itself turns into maggots. The worst part was when I explained it to him he still didn't believe me.
GravvyMilkInflate · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tried to masterbait and was caught by Elliot, he looked at me confused and I said “what’s up dude, why looking?”, while slowly sipping my pants up. He actually, this idiot, told me what was I doing? I said jerking off, he said (no shit) “what’s that?”. This homie hasn’t even seen vagina his entire life and he’s 22. Fuck sake.
Generous_lions · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 17, I lived with several room mates. One of which was my brothers best friend, who had never lives on his own. This became extremely apparent after a few instances.
-I asked him to grate cheese for tacos I was making, and went back to tending to the meat. I turned around a few minutes later and he was just...examining the grater and cheese because he had no idea how to use it. This was one of those graters you just rub the cheese against literally any of the four corners.
-He made Kraft Dinner, and proceeded to add milk, butter, and the sauce packet to the boiling water.
pattydee43 · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife. Mailing a letter. Putting the envelope in the mail slot. No idea.
Rei-o-Sunshine · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two parter; one with me explaining and one with me being explained too.
I didn’t know signatures were in cursive. I pick of groceries for a local bar, and one store only takes checks or cash. So, they give me a signed check with no amount so I can fill it in. One time, they forget the check. So they send 400 dollars to my account (it could be anywhere in the 300s) and I’ll pay them back. I agree to that and dust off my checkbook. As another note: my school did have a class about this stuff, but I wasn’t allowed to take it. So I drive to the store and they tell me to sign, so I write my name. She then tells me to sign it. We have a short back and forth until she tells me to write my name and sign it under it. The signed version is just a cleaner print of my name. She then sighs and takes the check.
My dad also didn’t know periods were a thing, after he had a mom, 2 sisters, a wife, and 2 daughters.
belairdirect · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college-aged friend trying to hard boil an egg without adding water in the pot. Just egg shell on metal.
purefabulousity · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work with a 55yo man who has never used an oven.
ellie_queentero · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This person I knew didn't know how to make a grilled cheese. She was like 26 at the time.
mroc5000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 10 years ago I was in my early 20s and worked as a manager at a Jimmy Johns. I was responsible for running the shifts and training new employees, among other things. My boss, the GM, had recently reluctantly hired his boss’s older brother, who was around 30. It was clear from the start that the guy was an idiot but we were basically told we had to give him a job.
On my first shift working with him, I asked him to sweep the kitchen. I saw him grab the broom and then I continued my other duties and left him to sweep behind my back. After a few minutes, there was a lull in customers and I turned back to find him standing in the same spot I’d left him. He was ambiguously brushing at the floor with the tips of the bristles of the broom, making no progress, nor attempting to even make it look like he knew what he was doing. I had to pinch myself to make sure that, yes, I was witnessing a 30 year old man that had no idea how to use a broom or sweep a floor. I had to train a man ten years my senior on how a broom works. To this day I can’t comprehend how anyone can survive three decades of life without picking up the ability to sweep a floor or being able to intuit how the process is supposed to work. Simply stunning.
NregGolf · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work as a line cook in a restaurant. We hired this young kid (I’m 23 I think he was about 18/19). We’re teaching him the ropes. The usual. He was learning how to use the frier and run the dish pit. When we asked him to sweep the floor he said he wasn’t sure how to sweep but he had seen it in movies. I was a little dumbfounded to say the least.
TOASTER_JESUS · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a former coworker that didnt know to not wear synthetic clothing while handling flame/heat.
I stopped him before anything happened, then the boss yelled for a bit.
I learned this one the hard way, I have a nice little burn scar on the back of my leg.
For those who dont know synthetic clothing will melt and stick to your skin when exposed to fire. Cotton will just burn off, it will still hurt but it won't stick.
Sophiadiesel · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deployed with a guy who only brought one uniform with him. Almost eight months in Afghanistan and he brought ONE UNIFORM. Supply eventually took pity on him and found him another set, but who does this?!!
aleoh86 · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a hardware store looking for solder and the clerk didn't know what solder was.
donewitheveryone · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 16, one of my friends told me she had never worn tampons. She told me she was scared to wear one because she didn’t want to have to take it out every time she peed, and so I asked her to explain. “Well, the tampon will block the pee in,” .....man, it wasn’t a too long explanation, but honestly I think the wildest thing is that some girls and guys don’t learn about the human body.
Like fuck, my ex REFUSED to believe that the clitoris was also the same spot peed came out of. Even with it being I, his sister and his mom all telling him he was wrong. As if we didn’t know our own genitalia
bicyclemom · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I kid you not.
I had a discussion with a friend who was in the process of buying a house. She was, as most people do, getting a mortage and told me how they got a 4% mortgage. She swore up and down that this meant that she would only pay back 104% of what she borrowed over the life of the mortgage. She honestly had no idea what compound interest meant and how it worked.
It was then that I understood how the 2008 economic collapse happened.
Lsaii · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really an 'adult' but he still should have known.
One of my friends was asked to peel an onion at his first job in a cafe, and was caught with a potato peeler struggling.
foxraven21 · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate that didn’t know you can take the burners off a stove and clean out the bottom part. She thought you just went out and bought new ones each time it go to dirty. Same person also didn’t know what a breaker box was. Very interesting time to say the least
FitzyII · 1 points · Posted at 02:19:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the ripe age of 23, i had to tell my cousin that, no, you do not flush tampons.
DragonSlayerN13 · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Using a socket wrench... they didnt understand how one, turns a stick...
chocochipcookiedough · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Definitely not knowing how much things cost. It blows my mind talking to people the same age as me and they’ve never paid a bill in their life.
Also that you have to make sure chicken isn’t pink.
How to cook a basic meal with the stove. How to do laundry.
Torgenator3000 · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a guy in the Army that had a detail assigned to him to make sure he showered properly. Once saw him walk into the showers with only a towel.
whoisnbluth · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex roommate kept proclaiming herpes and HPV were the same thing.
thesagitaurus · 1 points · Posted at 02:20:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How credit cards work. Had a coworker ask me what I was doing as I was paying my credit card bill. Granted, we are both just in our early 20s and she came from outside the city. She thought a credit card functioned like a debit card and has been swiping it left and right for shopping, thinking she had money to spend. At first, she couldn’t understand when I told her that each swipe you make is a bill you have to pay in the future, that essentially you’re borrowing money from the bank. Wahahah i was so surprised cause I thought it was general knowledge at that point.
petallthepumpkins · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So two, one of my very good friends from high school was driving us around town and we were at a red light and she tried to go left, because she thought that in addition to “right on red” there was also “left on red.”
My other, I was again in the car with my friend who was driving and there was a cop with his lights on behind her, not to pull her over, but to get to a scene. She apparently hadn’t encountered this situation in driving yet since we were younger at the time, and didn’t know to pull over so she determined she had to speed up to keep from slowing him down. She did pull over after I mentioned that’s what you’re supposed to do.
etchatech · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My garbage disposal stops spinning. Contact home warranty, pay $75. They send a plumber, dude pulls out a screwdriver and starts turning the bottom part, then presses the red reset button. Starts working.
I tell this story to my co-workers and they're like, "What? I could have told you that."
Next time, ask your friends first or at the very least ask other people.
WildlingPine · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching a 20-something year old roomate completely fail at making instant noodles. Didn't turn the jug on, failed to notice the water wasn't hot. 5 min later eventually twigged and tried to use the microwave instead. Couldn't figure it out. Had to get help.
FartyMcShart · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate would put a full fucking plate of food in the dishwasher, kid was an idiot and of course he’s a doctor now
-spookyxghost- · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 22 year old brother asked my dad how to change a lightbulb.
thrakkerzog · 1 points · Posted at 02:21:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He tried to retrieve a copper penny from a drain (garbage disposal) with a telescopic magnet.
I mean, I know that they made steel pennies for a while, but he legit didn't know that copper doesn't "stick" to magnets. He teaches mathematics at a local college and is generally a pretty bright guy. He later told me that "putting yogurt in the freezer doesn't make frozen yogurt." He did admit that it was frozen, but not in the form that he had expected.
I later blew his mind by putting vinegar in his tea kettle and removing about 1/2" of mineral deposits.
ART-OF-XXX · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My experience with an "aunty-in-law": Ah, well she happened to be royaly pissed off with me and was chewing me out(I forget what for) in the kitchen while preparing a chicken dinner. As she yelled at me she opened a bottle of extra spicy marinade and poured it on all the chicken pieces in the prep-bowl.
I gently reminded her that the kids and myself(yeah, I'm super wimpy with za spicy foods) could not handle the extra spicy marinade and would require a separate meat item.
"...(thinks about it)...fuck!" So, "auntie-in-law" proceeds to tip the bowl, blocking the chicken pieces mind you, and pours the marinade BACK INTO THE CONTAINER!!!!
WHAT? like frickin'Aaaaahhhhack!
Like for real, pouring the chicken-pieces-juices-plus-marinade BACK into the half used jar of "freshly opened" store bought jar of SHtuff... to what?!? put it back in the fridge to reuse?!?!
YIKES! To wrap up the story, I made her toss the jar of spice+chickenjuice (after explaining food safe practices), and rinsed off half the pieces for myself and the wee toddlers, it was purehoney and garlic for us, but I had a lot of pan scrubbing to do after.
Long story short: saved some poor spicey-chicken-loving bitch from poisoning her whole family the next time she uses jar of spicy SHtuff.
brooklynlad · 1 points · Posted at 02:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have two incidents with the same roommate back at university:
frenchonion_soup · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taught my freshman year roommate how to do laundry. The fact that she didn’t know how wasn’t what got me, but I thought the lint trap was common knowledge...? She saw me clean it out one day and thought it was this super involved machine thing, and couldn’t wrap her head around the whole “don’t burn the house down” thing.
420incognito · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I haven't had one of those, but I was that person for someone once. Had just gotten my license (was an adult when I got it) and was at a gas station and had no idea how to pump gas or use the card thingy at the pump (I still pay inside most times). I had just never learned how because growing up my town has a service station where you just pull up and someone does it for you, and any time the cars were low on gas growing up my stepdad always just took them and filled them, so anytime I was out shopping or something with my mom the gas tank was usually filled. So I just never had been taught. Thankfully the person who witnessed this was nice about it and just showed me how to pump gas and didn't make fun of me for not knowing how.
Sailorsirius · 1 points · Posted at 02:23:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in food service and have seen SO many things that to this day shock me.
The list goes on but basically kitchens are giant death traps and common sense isn’t so common I guess.
jonuggs · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Four star general didn’t know how to play a QuickTime file.
He was in charge of rather important defense matters.
Didn’t know how to play a file.
Terrifying.
CanadianWeeb5 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
fancyfootwork19 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend that didn’t know how to deposit a cheque. She had never deposited one before and I just couldn’t.
mmss1234 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a camp counselor on a teen tour (imagine a traveling camp over three weeks across the Western U.S. that has a combination of hotels and camping nights).
The majority of the campers were 18 years old. With this trip being over 3 weeks we had two chances to do laundry at a local laundromat. We hand all of the campers quarters for the machines and Tide pods and have them start washing their clothes.
After a few minutes of all the machines running, about 6 campers come up to me asking what they are supposed to do with the Tide pods... I told them they need to put the pod in with their clothes...
Well these machines locked after being started so we had to wait until the washer was done before being able to actually “clean” their clothes. Added an extra 2 hours to our laundry adventure.
P.S. happened again on the second trip to the laundromat a week later.
10ta2 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When some of the brothers go out when the lights are on. C'mon bröthers let's get it together
nyc-gypsy · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate who legitimately brought home a different almost guy every night (no judgments about that, props to her!) asked me how a condom worked after 6 months of living together.
jfire2 · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work as a firefighter paramedic. Had a 19 year old male student doing ride outs for clinical hours. Our urinals kept being flooded throughout the day. Everyone was baffled and swore they were not at fault. Our rookie was cleaning the bathroom and stopped so the student could use the restroom. As our rookie continued cleaning when the student was done he noticed the urinal was now full of toilet paper. He told us and we felt the student was messing with us. So we asked him. He said he was just cleaning himself after using the urinal. We asked for more details. He said he always cleans the tip of his penis with toilet paper after peeing. Said he’s been doing this his whole life. Too wild.
HeavyAndExpensive · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This dude I worked with 100% thought I was joking when I said you add 1 can of water to your 1 can of CONDENSED Campbell's soup. Not a smart guy.
t3h_r0nz · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work at a casino and had a manager filling out a slip with the total of the chips on a table. He couldn't do simple addition that involved carrying a number. 380+380, he would carry a 6, instead of 1. I was watching him do the math on paper, and continue to do it after I corrected him. Luckily a boss came by and saw the trainwreck, quickly took the paperwork and filled it out himself. Blows my mind how these people keep their jobs.
Fluster_of_Clucks · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend didn’t know how to do her taxes. Her ex husbands had always done the taxes, and this was her first tax season unmarried.
The plus side is she had almost all of the required paperwork, but I still had to sit down with her and help her. She didn’t know you could get extensions from the IRS, that you could call them and talk to them for help.
She’s fantastically organized so it was a bit of a shock to me that she had NEVER filed herself before.
MTVChallengeFan · 1 points · Posted at 02:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just to give you some context, I graduated from a college known for having wealthy, and sheltered students, so this might not be too surprising given where I went to college.
Anyway, when I was attending this university, I knew a guy who was dating a 22 year old Senior at that college. He told me she was a virgin, and he wanted to engage in sex with her, but he told me she didn't want to. That's not the odd part.
According to him, one of the reasons why she didn't want to have sexual intercourse with him is because she literally didn't know how to have sex. No, I'm not talking about typical inexperience-like, she told him she didn't know how it worked. He actually had to tell her it involved sticking his pee-pee into her hoo-ha. I asked him if she was joking, or lying, but he told me she was being serious. Apparently, she grew up in an extremely sheltered household where they didn't even allow their teens to know about any form of violence, sex, or any of the "bad" stuff going on in the world. She was that sheltered.
Just in case you're wondering, this guy ended up being a good friend of mine, and I can tell he was being serious. I truly believe he came across a woman at this age who didn't know about the birds, and the bees.
__removed__ · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been married for 10 years.
One day, wife is vacuuming and I notice she has it set on "hardwood floor" mode, not "carpet" mode.
I THOUGHT the problem was that she just happened to vacuum the entire house on the wrong setting.
The REAL problem was that she didn't know the different settings existed.
All these years, she didn't know how to vacuum.
IdateHermione · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband brushing his teeth. He always bends over the sink because he always keeps his mouth slightly open, so the result is there is a constant flow of toothpaste sudsy water flowing or dripping out of his mouth and running down his arm. I asked him why he brushes his teeth like that and he looked at me like I was crazy.
rodrigoramenezss · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“How to spell do you spell “China”?” heard that from a high school graduate, in Canada, one of the best educational systems in the world.
bigmeatyclaws123 · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kid in my dorm asked me how to use a tide pod once. I showed him and left, then came back for my laundry and he asked how to use a dryer sheet.
Hello5434 · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm still a gremlin, so I don't know if this counts, but I met an adult that didn't know how to use?the?dishwasher
delveccio · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't mind me, just here to see if any of these stories are about me!
GhostintheShovel · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend that, I shit you not, didn't know mangoes had a seed. Like, HOW. The core of the mango is basically the whole fruit.
Turns out that he always had his mom chop it up for him, so he just assumed the mangoes were like bananas. He was 18 at the time.
Anyways, he got a boyfriend and introduced him to me. I was trying to be funny and continue the conversation so I said "heyy did you know your boyfriend was unaware that mangoes have a bigass seed?" And he said "mangoes have seeds??" looking super confused.
God bless their hearts.
edwinleon16 · 1 points · Posted at 02:25:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
En lighting my coworker on the many advantages of laundry softer and the different settings on a washer/dryer.
justgnnathrow · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to send a postcard, or just how the mailing system works in general.
I visited my friend recently, and I always love sending postcards back home. So, off we go to the post office with our postcards. She tells me I shouldn’t keep my hopes up, because none of her postcards ever make it to its destination.
I learned later on that it’s because she never puts a stamp on her postcards. And she does that because she thought that the government own the postal services, and so her taxes must pay for all the mail she wants to send.
homerbartbob · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend who was over 40 didn’t know what an orgy was. I told her it was sex party. She said so people go to a party and what pair up and go to room? No a bunch of people have sex together. So like during the party, a girl takes a guy in a room, they do they’re thing. And the she takes another guy in the room?
saharaelbeyda · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I sent a direct report to an email and asked them to update some of the info and then email the updated information to someone.
This person complained to me that they were unable to make updates to the email. They were absolutely stumped.
I explained that all they had to do was hit forward and they could make any edits to the email that they wanted.
I've only managed this person for a year, but they've been working in this office, at this desk job for over 15 years and didn't know how to make edits and forward an email.
floweringshrub4 · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh! how about the time i taught a 17 year old dude how to change a roll of toilet paper on a normal household toilet paper holder? He got hired at the restaurant I was manager at and had apparently never done it in his life. Idiot.
FearandGay · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine didnt know how to spell kettle....
Triciag85 · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy who thought that a women's orgasm killed sperm. Apparently he thought that her body emits "a chemical or something", that acts like natural spermicide, when in reality, it's basically the opposite. Why did he think that? Because that's what his friend told him. Ya. I ended that, and shortly there after, his next g/f got pregnant. Dumb ass. Do your research people. There's a computer in your pocket.
pav0ski · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend owns a small Japanese restaurant with his cousin, they are both almost 30 years old, and this week I had to teach the cousin how to grate carrot. It's just literally just passing on the grater and he didn't know!
justadrtrdsrvvr · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working in retail talking with a 20ish year old co-worker. They said they weren't good at math. I pointed to a tag nearby and said that is 2 for 3 dollars. You know how much one of them is though. She looked me straight in the eyes and said I don't need to know that for the job I'm going to be doing.
LockedTwinkPup · 1 points · Posted at 02:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ooh I can answer this one! Me and one of my college buddies bought tickets for us and a couple ladies we had our eye on to go on a road trip to an NBA game. First time we had to stop for gas my buddy and I went in for whatever and came out to one of the girls allllmost about to put the gas nozzle in while the car was still running! We drove the rest of the way.
rachelm2424 · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I first moved in with my ex boyfriend (47) we would take turns washing dishes by hand ( which was fine) but I always wondered why we never used the dish washer. I tried it out and worked fine and he seemed surprised and said it made a big mess the first time he tried to use it when he first moved in. Apparently this man didnt know you're supposed to buy a specific type of detergent for the dishwasher and he used the regular dish soap instead.
aspwriter85 · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The day my mom died, after a pretty intense stay In the ICU and a miserable death due to end stage colon cancer, my dad asked me to come over and teach him how to do laundry.
They celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary while my mom was in the hospital.
I'm still not sure if he actually didn't know how to do laundry, or If he just didn't want to go home alone.
girffey · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was asking my mom recently about her retirement plans. Turns out she doesn't even know what a 401k is. I reckon I know what some of my future savings will go towards. 😒
not_your_echo · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an ex that literally did not know how to boil water. I was sick and he asked if I needed anything. I asked for some tea. He said he didnt know how to do that. I thought he meant that he didnt know how long to steep loose leaf tea or something. So i say, "Oh you can use one of the teabags" and he said, "No, I dont know how to get the water hot." He was 25.
rose-soda · 1 points · Posted at 02:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my ex’s younger brother how to use a can opener before he went away to college. The parents were divorced and in a war to see who could spoil the kids more, so he just never had to touch a kitchen tool of any kind.
mustardankle · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work and living with a 26yo couple who have just started to attempt cooking. Their method of rice includes dumping a mug of rice along with a full 1.5L kettle of water and boiling it on full heat until boiled down. Scraping a small layer of mush from the top to serve before spending about 20-30 minutes scraping rock solid rice grains off the bottom of the pot.
Sir_Ironbacon · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pumping gas. My aunt lived in Oregon for her entire life and I, at 13 years old, had to teach a 55 year old woman how to pump her own gas we she moved to Washington.
beardownbears312 · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
when you're trying to intubate a code blue patient
Chrom-man-and-Robin · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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stupidweddingthrow · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in my 40’s the first time I used an ATM. I’d always just gotten cash from the bank before. I had to ask how to do it. Yes, the two people I asked were horrified and made fun of me.
Tacolicious78 · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
39 year old friend using cruise control in snowy winterdriving and spring rain/downpour conditions. I put a halt to that once I started riding with her to work.
Im surprised she's never been in an accident tbh.
mayayahee · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Oh my gosh. My old roommate. Moved to a new city and a mutual put us in contact. She was moving there too.
This girl was sheltered as hell. Didn't know how to read an analog clock? Okay, that's fine, that's probably happening everywhere.
Didn't know what pepper and salt was -- I blew. her. mind. when I made her some eggs.
Didn't know what a block was, like as in a city block. Weird.
Didn't know how to navigate a library. That was a little red flag.
Toaster oven? Nope.
A normal oven? Hell nah.
Fire alarm, you would think, but no.
When she cooked chicken she liked it completely bland and undercooked. Wtf.
In the time I lived with her, I figured out she was a massive introvert and would never leave her house if she could help it. Everything that could get delivered to her step, she would do it. I felt like such a parent living with her having to teach her stuff and keep the house in order.
I hope she's alive and growing in life experiences
androbot · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a college roommate who thought toilets cleaned themselves.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss can't use Excel or Word. She's done courses on them and still doesn't get it. Her deputy constantly gets scammed and hacked. She (the deputy) had her bank card cloned twice this year before march. Her wife works for a prominent credit card company.
superkat21 · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once a friend who could not cook. I hung out with her occassionally and in a group setting, so it never seemed odd that all of us were eating out or delivery.
I helped her move and stayed over, she kept suggesting eating somewhere. Eventually I asked her straight out, and she said she never cooked for herself.
My school background is culinary arts and I volunteered to show her basics and she flat refused. To this day she eats every meal out.
SquireSyd · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 20 year old boyfriend not knowing how to cook ground beef.
sarahannabell · 1 points · Posted at 02:28:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember once reading a story here about a guy that didn’t know you could wait until the water in the shower heated up before you got in... it still haunts me to this day
ConvenienceStoreDiet · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, I remember friends asking me how the post office works at like 26. I've had to teach people to be nice to wait staff. But even then, I try to remember that everyone hasn't done everything I have or had my experiences. Rather than shit on them for not knowing, I'd rather just show them what to do and explain why things are done that way. Guaranteed I don't know a bunch of shit. But I'd rather someone show me in those situations than remind me that I don't know.
Yftian · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother (mid 20s) till this date still does not know the months in a calendar, he just refers to them as the first month, second month etc... In his defence, he has no need to remember them since numerical formats are alot more common
katritze · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend and I were roommates a decade ago when we were around 20 years old. We split rent. She would always have me fill in her rent check with her info, save for her signature. I finally asked why she always wanted me to fill out her checks, and she said it was because I could write in cursive. Apparently she had shit cursive penmanship, and she thought that it was a requirement that written checks be filled out in cursive. Nope. We still friends tho 😂
julietta913 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was friends with a girl in college. She came across as a bit dense and sheltered, but I didn’t think much of it since I wasn’t exactly a social butterfly myself lol. We ended up taking a few classes together and hung out at school. She invited me to come over to her area and vice versa, so we hung out a bit here and there.
I remember one time I was at her apartment - she lived with her mom when in college, but her mom wasn’t home at the time. We were gonna go hit up a wine bar, she said she needed to drop of some mail at the post office so I tagged along. She had like 2 regular letter size envelopes to drop off. As soon as we walked out of her building there was a mailbox to drop the letters in but she didn’t use it. I asked her “why don’t just use this mailbox? Post office is out of the way” she looked at me like I was crazy and said “you can use this to put mail in??”
I reassured her that yes, that’s exactly what it’s there for. She insisted that I was wrong and that those were for post office workers to get mail out. I was like “omg those are the green ones, and the blue ones are exactly the same as the ones outside of post office to drop mail in”. I am not sure if she believed me or not but we still walked to the post office. She told me her mom always told her to take it to the post office so that’s what she did. Btw, we were 21 at the time. Smh
whywhywhywhy321 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach my 21-year-old, junior in college then-boyfriend how to make a bed.
Dudleya14 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom once caught her new roommate in college scrubbing the bathtub with a TOILET BRUSH! And she was completely baffled at why my mom was so upset with her for scrubbing the bathtub with a (dirty, used, unwashed) toilet brush. It turns out that the roommate didn't know what a toilet brush was. And even after my mom explained what a toilet brush was, the roommate still didn't really get why it was so gross to scrub a bathtub with one.
snoomarar · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What you show was a cat
TheLadyTh0r · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate thinking that preheating the oven is all you need to do when baking.
TxEagleDeathclaw81 · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here’s my personal one. Job interview at a bookstore. It was a cashier role. I dressed up, even wore a tie and went in to apply. Completed the application and then the store manager gave me a Math quiz. A fucking Math quiz. Probably an Elementary to Middle school level quiz. I was in college and having the worst time with Math already. It was kicking my ass and holding me back in school. So I gave it a shot. I failed miserably pretty much. I felt like I was in hell. The manager reviewed it right in front of me. He found it kind of humorous how much I sucked at it. I was use to doing that Math in my head and some of it I hadn’t done in ages. So I failed and had to take a long walk all the way through the store and out to my car to go back to my Loser Hole apartment and figure out what the fuck to do next while trying not to break down. Which I’m sure I did. Gee I sure miss those college days. (This was depressing to recall.)
bgoodski · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to cook rice
mrtomjones · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not using the word "adulting" is a good start
EarthlingsDominion · 1 points · Posted at 02:30:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this isn't really THAT horrifying considering my brother's age but nonetheless i was still apalled.
So im 22 and i desperately missed using VHS tapes. They were probably one of my favorite things about my childhood. Idk what it is specifically but i just love the feel of them, the sound they make when you shake them, the lines across the screen, the actual TAPES inside...IDK. i just LOVE VHS tapes. So a couple months ago i went ahead and bought an old player at Goodwill and dug up some old tapes my mom kept in storage from when i was younger (mostly Disney).
So there i am watching Beethoven having the TIME of my life when my brother (17) walks up in my room (dont remember why he did initially) and proceeds to ask me if my TV is broken. I ask why and he says, "its all fuzzy and it keeps glitching". I laugh and tell him that nothing is broken. Thats just how VHS tapes are. He then asks, "What's a VHS tape?". I stare at him like, 'Please be joking', but after he doesn't say anything i just kinda genture over to my shelves which are holding about 50 VHS tapes. He looks over and goes, "WHOA WHAT THE HELL". He picks one up and opens the case with the most confused expression.
He spends the entire rest of the movie looking at all of my tapes just completely bewildered and then when the ending credits start to roll i get up and press the 'rewind' button on the player. I then go back to my bed, pick up my phone, and just start scrolling while the film rewinds on the screen.
Eventually i look up and my brother is staring at the screen again SUPER confused but not saying anything. So im like, "what are you staring at?", and he goes, "why are you rewinding it?", and im like, "well it isnt going to rewind itself", (which is actually partially untrue as the player WILL begin to rewind manually once it gets thru the end credits but whatever). And then my brother says, "well cant you just take it out and put it back in?". And i just???? I mean i know that the boy is 17 but honestly we are only 5 years apart for the love of HELL he MUST be joking, right??? WRONG.
So then i have to explain to him how tapes actually work and that NO you can NOT just take them out and put them back in and this idiot actually says, "Well thats stupid. Why would anyone want to buy these? Why wouldn't they just use a DVD?".
I had to ask him to leave the room.
leftcrook · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
28 year old friend's mom wasn't home in time to make dinner and they were hungry. I had to explain how to go into the kitchen and make some food
go_speed_racer_go · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex, when I gave her a potato to peel along with a peeler. A few minutes later I come in the kitchen and she's struggling peeling the skin with her fingers. I asked her why did she think I gave her a peeler and she said she thought that was a fancy knife.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex assumed that credit cards were "free money". The final straw was when she took out a fourth credit card with a 10k limit. In total she had maxed out 4 credit cards to a total value of 50k. The worst part was she didnt understand that you have to pay them back and should do so monthly.
I left after we had lived together for 6 months.
The sad thing is she has just finished her accounting degree.
mikaelfivel · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We weren't adults yet but coming into our teenage years and a buddy of mine didnt know how read an analog clock.
Blue_sky_eyes · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Both my husband and his parents had no idea that 3-way lightbulbs are an actual thing. I tried to explain it to them using their lamp that had a 3-way switch, but only a 60watt bulb. They still didn’t get it, so I bought a 3-way bulb at the store and tried the demo again. Finally they understood! 🤦♀️
vanilllasex · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boarding school- you’d be surprised how few people actually know how to boil water
xapajoy · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asked my then-girlfriend to clean the bathroom, which included the tub. Afterwards she’s boasting about how clean it all is. I come in and the tile wall with the tub is still disgusting. I ask her why she didn’t clean the wall... she just stares at me and says, “You clean the wall?” Omg.... come to find out her family never cleaned the shower wall. We didn’t last too long.
Laszlo-Panaflex · 1 points · Posted at 02:31:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate was about 24 and never learned how to pump his own gas. I found out he was buying my other roommate dinner in exchange for pumping his gas whenever he needed it because there wasn't a full service gas station anywhere nearby.
Ryaven · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man, It was my first time running a lab and processing blood. I could not figure out why the lavender tops would not separate (they don't clot because of what's inside the tubes and they do not have a buffer) I went on a full rant explaining step by step on how my centrifuge did not work. Turns out you have to pluck them out the machine very carefully,
grammarchick · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine had a baby and was clueless about some pretty basic things. I'm not keen on babies, I don't really know what to do with them beyond just trying to keep them alive - but she called me freaking out and saying the baby wouldn't stop crying and eating, which sounded pretty damn strange. I got there and she was trying to feed her newborn son a bottle. Nothing weird...for a couple of minutes and then he ralphed and started crying. She goes "wait, he made room again" and proceeds to jam the bottle back to his mouth! Turned out she had been leaving everything to her husband (who had just gone back to work that day after a few days off to help at home), hadn't really bothered to learn basic baby skills. A couple of years later she came by our house with him on their way to the city pool. He came out of my bathroom holding our toilet brush and wanting to take it along like a toy. She couldn't fathom why I said they were not going to allow someone to bring in a toilet scrubber! Haven't seen her in a long time and I hear she's up to 4 kids now, so hopefully she got better.
xXRujuKamaXx · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didnt know where michigan was on a U.S map. We live in detroit.
ponyboi_curtis · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a gym buddy once who didnt know how to put on a belt.
Manner16 · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this became my go to story the year later as I became an RA and got placed during our opening week at the event for teaching how to do ones laundry.
The event occurred after we ran our frosh event called muddy O’s which is notorious for causing most of our washing machines to break every year from improper use. So effectively I’m stuck in a comfy chair, in the laundry room playing music and giving out free tide pods and dryer sheets for 5 hours... it’s an awkward ordeal and the students always ask, “do people actually not know how to do laundry?” To which (sorry for the long intro) I tell them the story of my roommate in second year 🙃
Now let’s call this roommate Jim. Jim was a pretty boy to the tee in that his wardrobe didn’t include wearing something twice without it being washed... the problem with this however was that his mother had always done his laundry. So for a month Jim went without washing laundry and began stealing pairs of socks from the roommates and promising to wash them. Eventually at the one month mark when the two other roomies and I had lost 2 pairs of socks each we demanded that he finally do his laundry. We gave him a whole bag of tide pods and sent him on his merry way with three filled to the brim laundry baskets worth of laundry and all left for our classes for the day.... What we came home to about 3 hours later was the whole room smelling profoundly from Jim’s laundry hanging in the room.
This kid put all three loads in dryers with 3 tide pods a piece and afterwards thought he just had to air them out for a bit and they’d smell good (because ya know, nuked tide pods from the dryer don’t exactly smell lemony fresh.
The same Guy also didn’t know where to take the garbage to until two months left in university
The_FireFALL · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While training to be an apprentice working on the railway, in one of the classes we had there was a person from the year before us redoing the module as they'd failed it first time around. Words cannot describe how inept this person was. From being asked how long a meter was and them putting their hands up to indicate the size and that size being around 10cm, to them generally rewiring something completely wrong. Almost every person they met commented that they were likely to kill someone if they were allowed to continue. Suffice to say they did not pass the module and instead changed their discipine from tech based to working on the tracks.
For the end of this story we all heard a few months back that this person had crossed the tracks from where they were working to catch a train, which included walking in front of said train. (Please note when working on or near the tracks you can only work or go near tracks that you've been authorised too, it does not give you free reign to wander around any track, it especially doesn't give you the right to cross across multiple tracks to catch a train home.) Suffice to say they were suspended and they haven't been heard from since.
whit_knit · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had two random roommates from the interwebs my first year living “on my own” after college. I was away for the weekend, and I get a text from one: “How do I get spray paint off the dining table?”
I was confused, but tried to inquire about if the paint was water based or oil based. She didn’t understand. I asked, “What does the can say? And why didn’t you just use a can of spray paint outside like normal?”
This grown ass woman, working on her masters degree, says “The can says indoor use only!”
I was so thankful I wasn’t there for her to see my reaction.
Jeredward · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate (M, early to mid-20s) for a little while, and when I bought my current house he moved in with me. The new house has a gas stove. The first night when he went to make himself dinner, I specifically asked, “I don’t mean to sound condescending, but are you familiar with how a gas stove works?” He assured me he did and that he’s used one before. I said okay and went into another room. About tens minutes later I hear him from the kitchen grumbling about it taking forever to heat up. I start walking towards the kitchen and immediately smell the gas. I quickly turned it off and opened the kitchen windows. I was like, “Dude, if you blow up my new house the week I moved in, I’m gonna be pissed.”
TheBlimpMan · 1 points · Posted at 02:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend was just cleaning the kitchen and my ROOMMATE said "What happened?" She was just mopping. It explained so much lol
BruisedToe · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude legit asked me how to make tea while holding a teabag
curlyloca · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hold up. Never living alone is not a damn excuse! I never lived alone and I know damn well bills gotta get paid!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay guys. My husband's colleague, who at the time was 24, didn't know you have to toast crumpets. She had been eating them raw out of the packet for years. Still makes me gag thinking about it.
Hooskerdoo · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a party once where a guy walked up to me with a bottle of beer and a bottle opener, and asked me if I could help him open his beer. I laughed, as I thought he was joking. Felt bad when I realized he absolutely was not.
Assassin7843 · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to use ratchet tie down straps. I still don’t fully know how they work
DingedUpDiveHelmet · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If you don't have a reason to use them, then that's alright. Just like with any tool, you only learn how to use them when you need them, unless you enjoy learning about tools and other random shit like me.
The bigger question is, do you think you could figure it out if someone showed you?
asteroid44 · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate (aged 23 at the time) didn't know how to use the appliances...vaccum cleaner, iron, toaster, oven. He loved drinking tea but couldn't make one.
But I am happy that by the time we completed our course he learned everything (even cooking).
lostboyof1972 · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother went her entire life never having put gasoline in a car.
She literally had no idea how to and never once had the inclination to learn.
She would simply pay a few pennies more per gallon and have a service station attendant take care of it while she had a cigarette.
Off-topic: I still miss you every day. Happy Birthday, Momma.
cubinx · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ordering at starbucks
dylanbatc · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a sophomore in college I watched a girl complain to the workers at our campus store when her campus card got declined. Everyone had $500 for the semester...it was the second week of school, she thought she got $500 a week and had somehow spent it all in the first week. I laughed out loud in line behind her.
trunningx · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker around 30 or so had never made microwave popcorn. It was a new item in our vending machine and he had to have some in the evening as he was going to be working late. Come in the next morning to the overwhelming smell of burnt popcorn. He had put it in the microwave for 6 minutes. He didn’t notice the popcorn button and just randomly thought it was a 6 minute item. Took a week for the smell to go away.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college not knowing how to write out a paper check. Not a big deal and actually kind of humorous. But our landlord of our off campus apartment was old school and required a paper check every month. We went through probably four before he finally figured got it right
natsugrayerza · 1 points · Posted at 02:33:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom is an alcoholic and decided to go to rehab for 30 days starting yesterday. She talked to her therapist about it, and the therapist said “you can just go for ten days and then see how you feel.” And my dad said “No that’s a terrible idea! Remember in college when a professor would tell you you were getting out early, at 4:00? At 4:05 you were pissed off. But if you expected to be there until 5 and you got out at 4:30, then you were excited. You prepare for how long you’re gonna do something you don’t want to do, and you won’t do it longer than that. Planning for ten days won’t work because then she’ll leave after ten days.” And the therapist said “you’re right. That’s a good point.” !!!!! Shouldn’t you know??? Aren’t you a therapist??
Threspian · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College dorm, sharing a bathroom with three other girls. A couple weeks into the year I ask one of them how we should split up bathroom cleaning duties. She says we can split cleaning the sink and alternate on the toilet. I ask her what we should do about the shower. She looks me dead in the eyes and says “oh, I don’t think that’s something that needs to be done.”
carlafigs · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my 3rd year of college I had to teach my roommate how to use a can opener.
snowfox37 · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Put foil in the microwave. More. Than. Once.
crissyzic · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My now ex husband was taking care of our daughter one morning while I went to a doctors appointment. I'd scheduled it early so I could get back home before he needed to leave for work. Our daughter had just started eating solids and loved scrambled eggs so I told him to make them for her as soon as she woke up. As I pull into the parking lot of the doctors I get a call from him and I'm immediately worried thinking something had gone wrong. Come to find out he had no idea how to make scrambled eggs and I spent the next ten minutes attempting to explain to him over the phone how to do so and asking why he didnt tell me this before I left 🤦♀️ he was 29 at the time
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know how to mop I tried at my gfs at the time but apparently you have to add more water to the juice than i realized
trustyfridges44 · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A couple years ago I came upon a friend in my graduate program putting what seemed to be a metal container in the microwave of the shared lounge. Since she was 40 something, I assumed it was something else designed to look like metal, because why else would she be putting it in the microwave?!?
It was indeed metal. She’d been microwaving it for weeks and miraculously hadn’t burned the place down. Apparently her dad was some kind of paranoid scientist and she’d never used a microwave before she started bringing her lunch to campus. I had to explain to her the basics...
passion4film · 1 points · Posted at 02:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have a lot with my future sister-in-law. She’s 32, I’m 33. She can barely function as an adult, and she has no cognitive impairment or any such thing. She just mentally stopped progressing in growth at like 16, and she never really learned how to do anything. Too much babying and helicopter parenting, and she has literally never lived on her own or with strangers. (She will be starting this fall; Godspeed.)
ANYWAY, she is the worst cake cutter ever. She says she doesn’t understand how to cut wedges from a circular cake, so she just literally hacks at it, making cut lines wherever and scooping out the shapes onto plates. She’s not allowed to cut circular desserts anymore.
Bumbling_Bee3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend who went to school to be a science teacher, doesn’t know how to properly wear a mask. Seriously? You were a science teacher!
chanelstorm11 · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 'trying' to bond with my boss. Her and her husband are very very strange, can't really explain you just gotta know them. Anyways, she was asking me about my life, I should say, asking me why I requested a day off. I explained that my boyfriend deals with ibs and very bad anxiety which usually results in panic attacks so he has an important appointment that day and he wanted me there with him. She goes, "what do you mean panic attacks, what are those?" ...what. When I didn't respond quickk, she asked another, "What's the anxiety? What does that mean?" I never thought I'd actually have to explain any of this to any other human so I literally couldn't fucking explain it.
MrsE514 · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is kind of cute...my good friends birthday is on the 4th of July and she was a teenager before she realized the fireworks weren’t for her birthday like her parents had told her her whole life! 😂
livelikealesbian · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife read somewhere (thanks reddit) that putting a small amount of bleach in with colors would brighten your laundry. Growing up her mother didn't allow her to help with chores so a lot of this stuff she hasn't learned. She put the clothes into the front facing washer, threw the bleach onto the dry clothes, and started the washer. She's the smartest person I know but just no common sense.
candi-cadate · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m the one who people worry about, I know how to do stuff like hide a body effectively!
cutieboops · 1 points · Posted at 02:35:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Masking up. God damn. Is it this what you made the thread for?
Mila0402 · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooking ......
moose00990099 · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll just leave this here... www.gq.com/story/robert-pattinson-on-batman-tenet-isolation-june-cover/amp
itzpea · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a 38 year old friend get a call from his girlfriend who was 36 asking how to scramble an egg.
DrunkensAndDragons · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate doesn’t know how to blow on his food to cool it down. He exhales on the spoon in his mouth the same way you fog up glasses before you clean them.
Pringle1223 · 1 points · Posted at 02:36:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My (22F) ex boyfriend (21M)didn’t know how to remove nails with a claw hammer. He also called a rake a metal broom.
DingedUpDiveHelmet · 2 points · Posted at 02:43:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The hammer part is weird considering it is even shown in a bunch of different media, but metal broom, that's just a literal name for it. Still weird what things we somehow miss learning the names too.
Archipoop1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:37:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn’t know how to spread butter on toast. Knife went perpendicular against the toast and just ended up aggressively scraping a hole into the bread.
gnaptick · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Does self-reported count?
Left home and lived in a dorm.
I put foil in the microwave.
I was very sheltered in the bad way. Despite being a good cook it had always been an oven and stove affair.
Yep. That's me. That's my life. As a creature with higher brain function.
That's only one of many dumb things I did.
NinjoZata · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today at work a lady thought that if she wasn’t talking she wasn’t breathing. She’s way older then me too.
champagnepatronus · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Took over paying my boyfriend’s bills for him from his mother (with his own money, but that should’ve told me what was coming). His first payday after I take over: I get home from work and sit and make all his payments for that period. The very next morning: Bf: “so that’s all out of my account, right?” Me: “....uhh I have no idea but I doubt it. You need to check your account.” B: “...well how do I do that?” M: dumbfounded “you need to look at your account and see if those charges have come out.” B: “...well what do I look for?” M: possible head explosion I then proceeded to explain the company names to look for and how long it may take for bills to come out. I realized he always just asked his mom and she would check for him. Btw we’re in our mid thirties. I have since taught him how to do these things but I still control the finances. Just to be safe.
howyoudodis45 · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my 24 year old roommate how to use a screwdriver.
XtraSpicyQuesadilla · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know about horrifying, but I went to my (now ex) bestie's apartment several years back after he moved into the apartment across the hall from me. He'd been moved in for a couple of months at this point, and I went into his bathroom to use the toilet. His bath tub was DISGUSTING. I came out and was like, "Dude, how do you shower in there? It's GROSS!" He was like I use Comet! There was no way that man used Comet on that tub. Then he says, "Yeah, I just sprinkle it on and then rinse it off." HE DIDN'T KNOW YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY CLEAN THE TUB WITH A SPONGE IN BETWEEN. He was in his 30s.
carissadraws · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This actually was a mistake I made, but when I was with my ex I put these thin plastic sheet type cutting boards in the dishwasher. I didn’t realize however that the liquid in the dishwasher got so hot it warped the plastic and he berated me constantly for making such an idiotic mistake.
Luckily I’m with a guy now who doesn’t do this and it’s been a lot better for my mental health.
goofgorl · 1 points · Posted at 02:42:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad never learned to read or write in Spanish or English (the two languages we speak) so when he has to fill stuff out or gets a letter or anything he comes to me with it or my mom. I asked him how he learned to speak English and he said by listening which I still don’t understand.
Cheffmiester314 · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate never did his own laundry. First couple weeks we live together he did his laundry with me. Had trouble working the two button machines.
Rayezerra · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trained with an older woman at the last department store I worked at. She’d previously run her own insurance business, like life insurance sales?
She couldn’t remember shit. Like. Any shit. We had 5 digit codes, mine was like 58993, or something similar, she couldn’t remember hers ever. So she wrote it down. Couldn’t remember where she put the paper. So I taped it to her register (we were in different departments but they wanted me to help her). She couldn’t remember that the code, which was labeled with her name, was used to open the register and clock in. Every day for a year I got stuck behind her at the clock while she tried to find the paper. I taught her nine times how to return an item. More than that how to exchange one.
She wore weird shit to work too. Like, one day she wore a neon purple sequined cocktail dress with floor length fringe and some bunny slippers. To work. That was the worst of them but she had a rotating wardrobe of old lady clothes and bizarre-o world costumes.
I actually asked one of her kids if she had dementia. Her daughter said no, apparently she’d been like that her whole life. Daughter said her memory had actually gotten better recently. Apparently she was a completely normal old lady unless she was working.
GlobalPhreak · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was at a buffet restaurant. You know those butter dispensers?
https://i.etsystatic.com/5626953/r/il/7e155a/263746452/il_794xN.263746452.jpg
Stack of butter pats, pull them out from the bottom?
Older lady in front of me COULD NOT figure it out. Started trying to peel the paper sticker from the front.
I reached over, popped out a few and handed them to her.
AzimuthAztronaut · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working in an ER. Had a new nurse ask me how to apply a bandaid.
JioVega · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend asked me to help her pick up her recently repaired car. Ok fine, whatever, not a big deal. I drove her to the repair shop. While shes paying the guy and talking about the car, I overhear him trying to educate her on oil changes.
Repairman: "How often do you change the oil?"
Friend: "Every 10,000 miles".
I am surprised her car was even repairable. That just seems like neglect. For those who dont know much about cars, not changing the oil leads to engine failure. Its like stabbing someone and letting them bleed out. It wasn't a super nice car or anything, but damn dude.
She was 25 at the time, and shes been driving since she was 16.
carl0056 · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college didn’t know how to send an email
niperoni · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dear, sweet boyfriend did not know how to grate cheese until we met.
Now he cooks dinner for me so he's come a long way!
wellwithin · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A year or so before everyone’s debit cards had the chips, my friend didn’t understand the magnetic stripe is what needed to be read in order for the card to work. She would turn her card every which way every time we checked out. I was always very confused but didn’t want to embarrass her so I didn’t say anything. Eventually she said something along the lines of “ugh I never know which way its gonna work”. So I told her how cards worked and she swore it didn’t always work when she swiped that part. Cringe worthy, but still a good friend haha.
bowleggedmama · 1 points · Posted at 02:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Keep up with medical bills, especially before they go into collection. I guess I thought these would magically disappear (I know, I’m stupid). Here I am four years later and didn’t realize I still needed to pay these. Im almost 30 and I haven’t the slightest clue how to pay this off.
Frost_blade · 1 points · Posted at 02:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These stories have done wonders for my self esteem y’all. Thank you. And to those out there struggling, it’s ok. Ask for help. We all have our gaps.
thekrome11 · 2 points · Posted at 03:02:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whats yours? I cant make lessons in electrics stick, no matter how many times i look it up or get someone to explain it to me i just cant let the information guide my behavior.
Frost_blade · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Writing papers. Formatting papers. What’s an MLA? or and APA? Foot notes and headers. All Greek to me. Somehow I’ve gotten by so far.
Kittenelle2019 · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly something that everyone knows how to do, but something everyone at my job has to know. Each month we have a cashiers test, which even if you're not a cashier, if you're qualified to run the registers you have to take. I've been there for a little over nine months now, and I've got every question down. But this kid that works there, he's been there for over a year and runs a register almost daily. I was curious so I took a peek at his test nd found out he only got about 15 (out of 56) of the questions right. I was shocked, so I asked him if he just blew off the test, especially considering its literally open book. We can use the employee handbook for it. He said he genuinely tried. Kid is a party kid so I guess in the grand scheme of things it doesn't surprise me. But the fact that they continue to let him run a register baffles me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to a friends house and we're about to cook. She opened the the stove five minutes in advance and i asked her why and she said "i was just heating the fire"
debbieae · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can sort of understand this one, but sort of not.
21 year old is flooding the bathroom every time he showers. Some questions later we discover that he has not realized that the shower curtain needs to be inside the tub. Water was hitting the curtain then running onto the floor.
He had grown up with a glass sliding shower door, but he did occasionally encounter shower curtains.
ambitechstrous · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once tried baking a pizza by putting it on a wooden pizza holder. I thought it’d be fine cause I see pizza makers do that in their brick ovens. After some time in the oven it started burning and smoking up the entire apartment. TBF I was high AF trying to bake that pizza, but still.
HWGA_Gallifrey · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Backed up 5 freeway heading north through the Delmar stretch. Get over the hill to see what the hell happened. A car got stalled out in lane 2...no gas... downhill. I managed to pull over, crossed a couple lanes, and told them to pop it in Neutral. Took maybe 40 seconds...
How the hell do you fuck up rolling downhill?
Earl_Formak · 1 points · Posted at 02:45:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an old roommate who put rice in the rice cooker... nothing else. No water, nothing. He couldn’t understand when the rice wasn’t cooking.
Same roommate didn’t know you had to drain the water from KD (Mac and cheese), and so he wound up making cheese noodle soup.
LilWhiny · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I worked on a state house campaign. After some probing it turned out the friend that I worked on the campaign with thought it was a congressional candidate the whole time and was unclear abt the difference between state legislature and federal reps. 🤦♀️
rdldr1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve encountered many adults who have not peeled their own shrimp before.
a-liccia · 0 points · Posted at 03:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unless you live near the ocean, most people who are not rich are not eating shrimp on the reg.
rdldr1 · 2 points · Posted at 04:38:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have technology, such as freezing and refrigeration, where it makes it possible to ship shrimp to land locked areas.
Shrimp is available in every regular grocery store across America.
Most restaurants has at least one shrimp dish.
Shrimp is affordable in America. Head-on, shell-on shrimp is cheaper than peeled and butterflied shrimp.
a-liccia · 1 points · Posted at 11:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am aware of refrigeration. Didn’t mean any disrespect, guess it just costs more in some places than others.
PixelSpy · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As I've gotten older I've discovered most people don't have basic financial skills.
Went on a date with a girl and she was telling me how she just very impulsively went out and bought a brand new car she in no way could afford. I asked her what the interest rate was and she had no idea. I asked her what her credit is and she said she hasn't checked it in years. She was applying to second jobs because after buying it she couldn't afford her rent anymore. She got offended by my look of horror after her telling me all of these things, told me I was too judgemental and critical and suggested we don't go on a second date.
CruzAderjc · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, this is me at 33. I still don’t really know how to swim.
NemoVang · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 18 in the army and this 26 year old didn't know how to mop..
gtothepotter · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is simple. DRIVING!!! 😑
sdh1212 · 1 points · Posted at 02:46:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my college roommate once asked what to do with the melted wax from a candle
skutterbotch · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who didn't realize ducks could fly until we went to a lake last year. His reaction to seeing them fly off the water was priceless.
fae-morrigan · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker that continuously denied trying to learn her surroundings in a means of knowing where you are and how to get from A to B a little easier. She would state "I'm just directionally challenged."
Never tried to help herself in this aspect, like learning landmarks, or a few basic street names where we worked downtown.
I could ask her where the Civic Center was while we were at work, "I dunno." It was across the street!!! Our building took the entire block so all she had to do was look out ANY East window.
She would relentlessly rely on her iphone for directions going anywhere. And she didn't drive. It was always her husband driving her or friends or uber.
One day at work, we took our lunch break to head to a Food Festival nearby, but it was still 6 blocks away. I knew where it was, immediately down 1 street that ran parallel our office building. She pulled up her iPhone maps for a way there, which directed us into a different street and extra blocks of walking. She was then confused when I told her I was not going to follow it.
MargaretInChicago · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend thought ducks were male and geese were female. She was 23.
hale2theno · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend and I were coming up to an intersection and the traffic lights were just blinking, clearly not working. So you're supposed to treat the intersection as if there was a stop sign, like a four-way stop. She was driving and didn't know what to do, so she kinda freaked me out by saying "I've never done this before what do I do if the lights are flashing like that" while I was in the passenger's seat.
Lean_Purple_Drink · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend came out for a few weeks in the summer and had rarely ever cooked for himself. He asked how long to put hot dogs in for, we told him its 9 minutes for each hot dog, so he ceanked the microwave up to 18 minutes. After 3 minutes we couldnt stop laughing at him, he went to check on the burnt crusts and looked very disappointed
cho_bits · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend in college who didn't know it was possible to dry your laundry without using dryer sheets... Like, though the dryer wouldn't work without them.
justdoingmyparthanks · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker once told me they had never heard of a toilet brush before, and that he just used a scrubby and “just got in there” he was being 100% serious.
Azreal_00 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I joined the military at 18 so my life skills weren’t top tier but there were people at BMT who didn’t know how to do laundry or how to shave or brush their teeth properly. It was weird watching a grown ass man teach other grown ass men basic hygiene.
heimdahl81 · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working with a program teaching nutrition in extremely low income areas and met this mom who didn't know apples had sugar. She literally didn't know that sugar = sweet taste.
NC_Vixen · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemates wife put her WET laundry into the dryer, which had FINISHED my DRY Laundry.
When I pointed out what she had done, she first LIED and said she did not, of course, obviously it was her clothes, so after pointing that out she said needed her important work stuff dry.
So fuck you, you married mid 20's person who literally cannot do her laundry, her laundry was then left wet overnight and needed to be done again, you also made me literally have to do half my laundry again.
kcurtp · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a YouTube video a guy made about how he had been driving for 12 years and had no idea that you weren’t supposed to stay in the right lane except to pass on highways/interstates (US). He saw nothing wrong with driving miles and miles in the left lane making people pass him on the right. This was a 20 minute “discovery” documentary, very produced, “investigating” this idea. The crescendo was his finding out that passing on the right is illegal.
Proper_Material · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife got a UTI a day or so after we had sex. I asked her if she peed after and she said she thought that was just a myth.
She also believed her mom that would tell her to always cover her back when she sleeps or she'll get the cold...
I've also been told numerous times by adults that as an Indian, I'm not Asian, because apparently "India isn't in Asia".
frosieoeo · 1 points · Posted at 02:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a guy live with my family for a bit and he didn’t know how to make a bed, so we told him to put the fitted sheet on the bed and then do the flat sheet, etc. but he made the ENTIRE BED with the quilt and everything and then put the fitted sheet on last.
Same guy asked how to steam carrots in the microwave and my mom told him to put carrots with water in the microwave and he put carrots on a plate with a small bowl of water next to it.
We still laugh about it to this day.
Justhavingag00dtyme · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know where our city was on a map of our state.
karver35 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being an RA in a freshman dorm you get a whole bunch of stupid things. Most are probably because the kids are drunk, but some could because they don’t know how to adult.
One I remember is ramen in the styrofoam cup in an oven without water...
schickdizzle · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former roommate telling me that he could sell his BMW (that he couldn't afford to begin with) whenever he wanted because "it was worth a lot" and he "could put all that money away if he needed to".
He somehow didn't understand that just because you sell the car you don't get out of owing the bank all the money they lent you.
SpacedNCaked · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was a line cook, front of house waiter asked for a can opener (we had some good maple syrup from cans that FOH portionned in smaller containers to have them at tables), give the can opener and the waiter counldn't figure out how to use it. She only "had the electric one that does it automatically at home".
Woof.
Waddletonzz · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a restaurant, we had one employee who was in their 20s who did not know how to sweep the floors. Needless to say he didn’t last long
ascb161 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn't know what a fabric softener is. Not only he hadn't use this, but he literally didn't know that this thing exists.
geekygirl25 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm waiting for when someone has one of these moments with me. I can't pound a nail in straight and I'm 27.
Russ_T_Razor · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tell time on an analog clock.
I was at a toddlers bday party a year or so ago and someone said something like they needed clear the room by a certain time but there's wasn't a clock there (or something along those lines). I had seen one inna weird spot that was half blocked by a pillar and pointed it out. Of the roughly 6 30yo+ adults in the room I was the only one who could read the time on a "clock with the hands". It blew my fucking mind!
TNCN00 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught many random people in my college dorm laundry room how to do laundry...all from the east coast.
I was on a road trip with 4 buddies. We took turns driving. We pull over to get gas. We all run in to use the restroom and leave our buddy to fill up the tank. Like the scene out of Tommy Boy, we get in the car, and we ask him how much the gas was. “I don’t know, I didn’t pump any.” “Why not?” “I don’t know how.” Showed him how to do it. He fills it up, we pull out of the gas station and proceed down the on ramp. As the lane begins to end he swerves hard, like real hard, into the next lane at 50+mph. He’d also never driven on an interstate.
greenbluepurple95 · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The pee hole and the vagina hole are not the same hole. I’ve said this to several adult men
RasberryDroid · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a floor supervisor at a grocery store for cashiers and baggers. Out of the dozen or so highschool aged kids I supervise one of them can actually sign their name. All the other PRINT IT! They also do not believe that they need to learn and/or let me teach them bc they are going to get their identities stolen real quick doing dumb shit like that.
ViktorStraw · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i work in a printing facility that makes labels for consumer products, and one of my coworkers was actively responsible for the destruction of more than four motorized mixing lids after submerging them in solvent, resulting in over $2000 worth of property damage after it caused them to rust and melt away all the essential grease and oil that made the motors run... this stupid bastard has been working in this company for over a decade, and he has less common sense than me, the newbie who's only recently surpassed six MONTHS
glasssofwater · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These make me feel better about myself and idk if I should feel guilty or not
MargMiller777 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last year I went to dinner with a friend our total was $25 each (with tip) she had a $50 I had change I said lay down your $50 and I’ll give you $25 she thought for a second and seriously said “How is that Fair? I Give $50 and you only Give $25” i had to explain to her 25+25=50 if she gave a $50 she would get $25 change
denver6453 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was a University dorm sharing a floor of about 40 other first year engineering students. One tried heating his pizza up on the stove using the box as a pan, had a nice little fire and building evacuation. For about a month people complained about the microwave not working. I never used it so I didn’t care, one day I was in the kitchen and just decided to figure out the problem. Picked it up and moved it the next outlet and voila, it worked (not sure if it was a tripped breaker or burnt outlet but I just left it there and it stayed there for the rest of the semester). I’m sure not all of them are dumb and some just didn’t care like myself but so many of them were only book smart. People complained for a month and not one of them did a minute of troubleshooting or spent a few minutes submitting a work order. Oh and also a few minor floods from the laundry machine. People were putting the laundry detergent pods in the tray causing some blockages.
Bananastrings2017 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College-aged adult didn’t know how to open a can that didn’t have a flip top.
ICutTheOranges · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude didn’t know he has to clean his crack 🤦🏻
samsara42 · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Telling on myself here. I was in the college dorms and needed to throw away some pickles. Not wanting to smell up the trash can, I flushed them down the toilet. I was shocked when it clogged and overflowed. I overheard maintenance saying, “It’s pickles! Why would someone put pickles down here?” I just assumed that if they fit down the hole, all would be well.
10_pounds_of_salt · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was with my grandma and we were getting gas she told me to pump it while she went in to get something I did it and put the lever on the handle so It would automatically pump and I went on the car because it was hot and when my grandma came out she was con f used why I was in the car and not pumping I told her I put the handle up and she did not know what I was talking about so I showed her and she didn't know you could make the pump go automatically
moqua86 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister was struggling with plugging in something, so I took it, examined it, and then flipped it so that the plug was properly aligned with the socket
euphoriasbox · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a girl that legitimately did not know how to sweep a floor.
inked-_-122112 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a guy who regularly attended my d&d sessions, and he didn't know how to make instant coffee.
CrustySpaceWizard · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I regularly fuck up handshakes/high fives/fist bumps/palm slide + fist bumps and every failure reams wider an ever present fissure in my soul.
Tralan · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife slices bread with my chef's knife and chops things with a serrated steak knife...
Her and her grandmother think the stove only has two settings: High and Off.
e0814 · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In 2018 I was entering first year of post-secondary and I have to take a commuter train to get to school. A girl I went to high school with goes to the same school and messaged me asking to take her downtown because she didn’t know how to get downtown and apparently couldn’t figure out google maps. Despite being commuting distance away she ended up moving into residence so she wouldn’t have to figure out commuting on a regular basis
HenryTheVeloster · 1 points · Posted at 02:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grew up around mechanics/cheap blue collar workers so idea of not knowing how to change oil just baffles me. My dad had me replacing oil flushing raditor and brakes as well as changing pads before i could legal drive a vehicle.
buzzkillichuck · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the constitution works/how people don’t understand it’s changed/it’s a living document
killersim · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first roommate I had in school had never lived away from home or done much of anything without instruction. She clearly was pretty sheltered and leaned on her parents/ housekeepers. Her family was very well off and clearly she hadn’t had to do much for herself. She didn’t know what a fitted sheet was, had never used a vacuum, but the take-the-cake was our dorm RA having to pull her aside and tell her feminine pads are not reusable and should not go in the washer or dryer.
She moved out of the dorms about 10 weeks into the semester.
tommatz · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
caught a flat tire driving in the mountains, never changed a flat tire in my life.
ViciousKnids · 1 points · Posted at 02:52:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every time I drive...
vitamins86 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I was at the salon to pick up a gift card for my mom at the front desk and the girl working for some reason had to mail something and didn’t know how to fill out the envelope (how to write an address and where to put it). She was probably only 5 or so years younger than me but it made me realize how things have changed in that small amount of time that kids don’t grow up mailing letters any more. The owner of the salon was very nice and patient and showed her how to do it.
CircularKnife · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was training a new cook at a restaurant I used to work at she told me that she had never cooked anything in her life and she kept calling lemons limes. This was a nice sit down restaurant too, not a casual place.
Wayward_Jen · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
if she was Mexican, lemons are called limes and limes are called lemons there
CircularKnife · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh really? I guess that was why.
jwilmes119 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Found out my brother wipes his ass back to front. He was so dumbfounded when everyone else he asked said they go front to back from the backside. He'd been tucking his balls up with the left and pushing back. I couldn't believe he actually defended his position.
spaghetti121 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl in my lifeguarding course could not get a victim from the bottom of the pool or swim a 10 pound weight 20 yards
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some total bellends being talked of XD
Xarguz · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a people who work on a computer every and have for a decade what a browser is, or what the start menu is, or what email is, or an icon, etc etc.... Tech support is special
lifedragon99 · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Deep fried some fries for my fiance and I, next day I come home and she'd done the dishes. Notice the oil jug was still empty, ask what she did with the oil and she says "I dumped it down the drain." I couldn't believe her, she didn't know that was a bad thing. Next day she texts me her best friend would have done the same thing. Two 25 year olds didn't know that grease couldn't be poured down the drain. Had to explain to her that pouring the grease down the drain would clog it just like you're arteries get clogged if you eat to much grease, deep fried foods.
Best part was a couple days later we were out and a plumbing, or Mr rooter van happens to pull up next to us, painted on the side was dirty grease filled pipes and an explanation of why not to pour grease down the drain.
One of those messages from the gods so I could bug her more. Lol
JamesTheMannequin · 1 points · Posted at 02:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying. My sister in law went to make cornbread for a weekly dinner we did some years ago with her and her husband. She added the mix and the egg and NO other liquid...
Baked a smoking brick. For a few moments, she couldn't understand why it didn't cook correctly. Then she realized the liquid that was missing.
We still tease her about it.
marylerw · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So two days ago I learned that you’re supposed to put detergent in when you do the dishes! I’m 22 years old :)
rustyboyultra · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend of mine is thirty years old and can’t undo button pants.... has to have a snap button or nothing.
kalimeli · 1 points · Posted at 02:54:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adulting? WTH is that. It sounds like the Horizontal Mambo!🙄
mighty_ravenmark · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A hair stylist asked me what my evening plans were. I told her I was going straight home to make some dinner. She asked what I was going to make, so like most people, I said chicken.
Her face kinda scrunched up: "Oh, like one of those roast chickens you can buy?"
"No, I'll probably cook something from scratch."
More confusion.
"What? Where do you get raw chicken from?"
"Ummm... In the meat section at the grocery store."
"There's a meat section?! Omg, I've never gone that far into a grocery store. I can't believe they sell raw meat. That's gross."
"Wut."
Gulrakruk · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually give people that "How do you not know how to do this" look whenever they use the phrase "While Adulting"
But also, whenever someone can't read an analog clock.
MrSamot · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to my fellow engineering student how coal power plants work. He thought that somehow electricity was extracted directly from the coal bricks.
crazydoglady9 · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband had a co-worker that was direction illiterate. She decided to go get a tattoo of a compass on her wrist because of her lack of knowing how the hell to get from Point A to Point B. My husband asked her how the tattoo was supposed to help with that and she said “Well duh! I have a compass with me all the time now, so I’ll always know which way is north!” My husband tried, unsuccessfully, to educate her on how a compass works. She was 25.
anonymousjenn · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 23 years old and had been menstruating monthly for TEN YEARS before I learned that tampons are not flushable.
How did I find out? Oh, just flushed every tampon I changed for 3 days at my best friend’s parents house and caused a pipe blockage so bad that their sewage backed up and flooded their basement...
I’m fairly certain that this lack of knowledge also was the cause of several other issues with friends plumbing and septic tanks previously.
My high school science class toured a water treatment plant where a guy complained about having to go down in the machine and fish out a tampon once every other day, and tried to tell us ladies that we shouldn’t flush them. The response? We were chatting amongst ourselves and one of the other girls said “surely he must be confused between a tampon and the plastic applicator, because tampons are definitely flushable”.
Thank goodness I wasn’t the only one, but man is it embarrassing to not know until you nearly ruin someone’s house...
weloush · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I(at the time 18F) confronted my roommate (at the time 32M) about how disgusting his shower was when I first moved into the place, he told me showers are "self cleaning" because of the constant soap and water splashing everywhere.
He would also shave his balls and leave the pubes in the (only) bathroom sink.
He ate shake n bake chicken and garlic mashed potatoes almost every single night, and his dishes would be piled so high in the kitchen I couldn't even use the faucet.
The house iron (for clothing) was a hot cast iron pan (which actually worked pretty well)
He would always lose his personal lighter so he'd take the kitchen lighter we needed to light the gas stove and hoard it in his room. He instructed me that if I/we ever lost the lighter, I could use the toaster to set a wooden chopstick on fire. I actually did that a number of times.
I absolutely refused to clean up after him so I kept my own dishes in my room and spent most of my time behind my closed door or out. I would occasionally buy him a pack of sponges and leave it on the table.
I lived there for a year because my room was only $500 a month, even though his cat gave me fleas right before my first term of college, and had the nerve to call me out for buying cheap toilet paper. Come to think of it, we didn't even have internet, or heat (cooldest it ever got inside was 8 or 10c)...it was my first place in the city after moving away from the family farm and looking back I don't think I was getting such a great deal...
PinkyBumpy · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy friend of mine asked the one-night stand girl he was with at a frat party, “what about STD’s,though?” When she said, “it’s okay baby, my pill will cover that and me not getting pregnant too.” 3 weeks later he went to the doctor for blood work- got herpes - 9 months later he got a little girl too. Listen up younger generations NO GLOVE? NO LOVE!
yellowlace · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t know if this counts, but had a teacher who shared a story about his first roommate in college. He bought a carton of eggs and screams when he opened the shell to find the mess of the yolk pouring out. He had never seen an egg that wasn’t already hard boiled by his mother and believe they came like that.
Petricorny13 · 1 points · Posted at 02:55:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a former friend claim to not know how to fold a blanket after being asked to put one away, and then folding it extremely strangely and poorly. I think they were just lazy and didn’t want to have to do it in the future but honestly I don’t know.
rog1521 · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, but a story passed around. I work at a fire department, so as you could imagine we get people from all walks of life. I'm a second generation firefighter so my dad made sure I wasn't a bird brain growing up and instilled some life skills. Anyways, I heard a story about a guy getting hired on and how he couldn't do dishes. I asked what they meant and the person telling the story said they would just kinda put soap on the sponge and slap the plates. I just couldn't comprehend how you can be trusted to put out a burning building or save someone's life, yet couldn't wash dishes. Don't know how something like that slips though the cracks
lilidep · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Early on in our relationship my boyfriend and I were cooking together, and I put him in charge of the mashed potatoes. He took a pot full of raw potatoes and said “I guess I’ll go mash these now” and asked if he should do it with a fork. He was 38.
JanetSnakehole73 · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine didn’t know how to pump their own gas. We were in college at the time.
Jados3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not really that big of a deal but if my mum has a problem on her computer no matter how minor she will call for me to fix it. I'm no tech wiz but these are things she could fix in 30 seconds if she could be bothered to Google search it. Everytime I have no immediate solution I just google it and it's fixed. I explain that its really that simple but she never does and suggests I become some sort of computer technician for fixing a basic problem. It hurts my soul, easily frustrated by people who don't even attempt to learn.
Pyr0manc3r · 2 points · Posted at 03:05:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shes probably just looking for an excuse to interact with you. Its the same reason my Grandma kept getting new tech. Just a toy she can play with me with.
Jados3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm that could be true. I mean she does sit at a computer all day but it's just weird cause often I try to tell her about something exciting to me and she doesn't want to hear it, too much work to get done. We interact as of a night time playing pool. My nan also is terrible with technology but I'm fairly certain she just forgets what I taught her, she feels bad asking again.
boggsy17 · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy, early 40s, bought a TV. A large 75 inch TV. He pulled up in a full size Denali. We helped load the tv into the rear of the truck and he looked at us and asked how to keep it standing up while transporting it home. Upon telling him he needed to strap it down he simply asked how. Seriously how do you make it that far in life without the knowledge of how to transport objects in a truck.
nyanlol · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just everyone i meet who can't cook...like, im a foodie, i get that. But im am ADD and dont have the sense god gave me half the time. If I can teach myself to be a good cook, you sure as fuck can
pumpkinthighs · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was the one who got this look from my older sister (20) while me (16) was talking with her. She has really nice skin and always smells nice and clean and I asked her how she was always so clean, while I often felt dirty and smelly all the time. I went through my shower routine with her. It was just: hair, pits, pussy, and rinse. She looked at me like I just told her our parents died. Turns out I had been showering so wrongly. When I listed those 3 washing places that's the ONLY places I washed because that was all I was taught to wash from my parents, and so I grew up with the bad bathing habits. I'm glad I'm not as ignorant, but confronted my parents who thought it was common knowledge. Apparently not for me.
urethra93 · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 21 year old college student how to use a mop and bucket.....
Konrow · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I only learned due to a job I had at 15 (and I mean correctly, it is fairly easy to figure out the basic way to use one with basic thinking skills tbh).We never used mops around the house or anything, so if I had been in a position where I never needed to get a job til later in life or never got a job that required any cleaning, I might never have learned to use a mop correctly either. I've seen the mop one come up a few times on here, but it is the only one I've gone "yea, I can actually see that" to versus the more ridiculous ones on here.
LIGHTDX · 1 points · Posted at 02:56:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to help this female friend of mine since her parent's where out and she had to care her 2 little brothers and sister (she was 20 and her silbinds went from 5 to 12 years old).
The first order was to make breackfast so i bought some groceries and i asked her to make some sunny eggs while i was cutting melon slices. I was surprised to discover that she didn't even knew how to do that. I mean, even if you don't wanna be a cooking mom/dad you should, at the very least, learn to cook simple things for your own sake, specially if you are thinking about moving out soon as she were. I learned how to make sunny eggs, fried rice and grill meat when i was 10.
skatebanana14 · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cooking a fired egg and my roommate walks by the kitchen and says
“What is that” while looking directly at my egg cooking in the frying pan. He had no clue what a fried egg was, hes only seen scrambled somehow
DarthNobody · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is less of a 'know how to do a thing' and more of a 'know this is a thing at all', but I once knew someone who didn't know chickens were birds.
jjjlak · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 26 year old friend not knowing how to use an ATM.
Loucke · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker who was my age (late twenties at the time), and she once asked me to peel an orange for her, because she didn't know how.
HollyGrace95 · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I lived with my (now ex) boyfriend, at 27 years old he did not know how to open a window, tie a trash bag closed, or use nail clippers. The nail clippers was the worst because he’d bite and pick his nails off both on his hands and feet.
Lesbolord · 1 points · Posted at 02:57:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not technically but... Bro, I knew a kid. He was like 12. But he didn't know the days of the week....
dgard1 · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex and I were going somewhere in the winter and he went to the attached garage with our infant to get the baby settled while I grabbed a few things. About 30 secs after he went into the garage I go in there to find out that he had the car running with the garage door still closed. I screamed and lunged to the garage door opener. I asked him what the hell he was thinking and he said he was warming the car up. Thank God I didn't take much longer or my kid would have been dead
AlessiaRS18 · 1 points · Posted at 02:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend at his grown ass 20's still not knowing when the water is boiling.
VibeBOT · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult but was going on a white water rafting trip with my Boyscout troop. You have to be cleared as able swim to be able to go on the trip. We were rafting and hir a riptide and got capsized. A younger scout was calling for help and was flailing around in the water. One scout helped him while me and a friend turned our raft over. Once we got back on we learned that the kid didn't know how to swim. His dad had falsified his forms so the kid could go.
Long story short, kid went on a white water rafting trip but couldn't swim.
readwiteandblu · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I went to high school with, and whom later became my SIL, moved out on her own for the first time, sharing an apartment with her cousin. The stovetop was electric and had the controls on top in the same pattern as the burners.
She couldn't figure out the relationship between the knobs and the burners, so she turned all four on, waited, then laid her hand flat on each burner till one of them burned her hand. She had burns that were just mild enough that she didn't need to go to have them looked at medically. We just put butter on them. JUST KIDDING. But seriously, I doubt she knew to put ice on her hands because I got the story from her the day after. This was about 40 years ago.
sammy-ray · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my junior year of college, I taught one freshman how to make a cup of tea and how to heat up canned soup. He is now happily married and has a salary twice mine (probably more). His parents just didn’t prepare him to live on his own. Still love the guy.
dcnnjs · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend (27F) was driving me home one night, needed to turn at an intersection. Red light, and she starts to turn and i shout "what are you doing??" She replied "you can turn on red!" "NOT LEFT!"
amoreetutto · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my 70 something year old aunt was fighting terminal cancer, my mom had to teach her husband how to scramble an egg. The man made it over 70 years without ever cooking a single thing, had no idea where their bank accounts were...my aunt literally did everything for him his whole life. It's been about 5 years since she passed and he can somewhat function as an adult now (he's just eccentric, but can feed himself and pay his bills and all)
nicktoberfest · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was talking with a couple buddies and somehow the topic came up about changing underwear. Found out one of the guys didn’t change his underwear every day. In fact, he only owned 3 pair of underwear and would wear them multiple days in a row before changing them. We found this out when he started making fun of the guy who mentioned he changed them every day because he thought he was changing them too often.
thiinilwen · 1 points · Posted at 02:59:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate didn’t know how to tell when water was boiling. He’s 24 and has lived independently for 3 years. I asked him if he’d never made pasta before, and he said he had but it never turned out right. Wonder why.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
All I’m reading here is that humanity is doomed. Too many idiots in the world....
omen2671 · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Riding in the car with a friend(26) who thought the sky was blue because of light reflecting of the ocean.
Wayward_Jen · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working at Tim Hortons and having adults come in who can't count change or money properly. Us Canadians have it so easy because they are all different colours and sizes so you can SEE them and know what they are. It made me sad to see they missed out on a good education.
idiot-model · 1 points · Posted at 03:00:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate wanted to make smashed potatoes. I told her if she cut the potatoes in small pieces it would be easier for them to boil. She literally started PEELING the potatoes like super thin. I had to tell her that it doesn’t work like that.
factchecker8515 · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked a friend to peel a hard-boiled egg and he pulled out a pocketknife for the job.
Idiot_Savant_Tinker · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cries in auto mechanic
cat803 · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend is 20 years old and doesn’t know how to clean a toilet. He always had a housekeeper who did it for him
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every once in a while I catch my roommate cooking something on the stove and immediately dunking the pan in the sink after they’re done cooking.
beardedfoopah · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates both do that and refuse to listen to me about it. So I've given up.
sparklestar17 · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t do that myself because my parents told me when I was a kid to let them cool off first but now I’m curious - why is it bad to rinse it while it’s still hot?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Warps the metal which is pretty much irreparable.
sparklestar17 · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah that makes complete sense. Never would have occurred to me to do that I just always let them cool first. Thanks!
[deleted] · 2 points · Posted at 03:34:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re welcome, my dude!
Fusassa · 1 points · Posted at 03:01:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m from Oregon and still don’t know how to pump my own gas and might not for a very long time
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A buddy of mine is a 27 year old man, with a degree for finance. He makes excellent money and has a great little life coming on. His parents never taught him to cook. So he comes to me and asks me to teach him, to which I happily agree. We started off with basic stuff, chicken soup. I was dicing onion and cutting down celery, and I asked him to peel the carrots. I hadnt been paying much attention because I assumed he at least knew that. I was wrong. He announced that he had peeled them all, and showed me the remnants of carrots that had been completely peeled down to nothing. So, my fault for not explaining that, but goodness talk about a shocker.
gob384 · 1 points · Posted at 03:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fraternity had a cook out with comedically large turkey legs(think Ren faire size). We bought said turkey legs in a frozen box and left them to thaw overnight. One fraternity brother was concerned they would thaw too fast so he put it back in the fridge without telling anyone. Needless to say the legs turned out sub-optimal.
Same brother threw out reusable wash rags because they were dirty instead of just putting them in the laundry.
emsttfeld · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few months ago, my 65 year old father told me that the blanket I had put in the dryer was done, so he had taken it out. I said thank you and asked if he minded putting in another blanket that I was planning to dry. He replied that he didn’t know how to work the dryer. This man is literally a doctor who saves people’s lives on a regular basis, but he couldn’t work a dryer. I also found out more recently that he doesn’t know how to make Kraft macaroni: the one from the box that has the instructions printed on the side.
AyyBbLetsGetPotato · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommates girlfriend was using our stove to cook and I walked in the kitchen and smelled straight gas. Turns out she never used a gas stove in her 21 years of life. She didn’t know the flames had to be ignited. 🤷♂️
R4NG00NIES · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This story, unfortunately, is about me when I was in my early twenties. It was a couple nights before Thanksgiving and my brother and I decided to be nice this year and bake the pies. We spent nearly all night baking it up like Betty Crocker’s long lost step children, and everything was flawless up until the VERY LAST PIE. For some odd reason I can’t remember the exact pie to this day. After preparing it, my brother placed it in the oven and tasked me with keeping an eye on it while he went upstairs to lay down for a bit. I decided to kill time and play some video games. Fast forward a bit and I smelled something burning. I immediately hopped up and ran into the kitchen, only to see a small fire at the bottom of my oven. The filling had leaked from the pie onto the surface. Freaking out with my mind racing, I grabbed the only logical thing close to me, a bottle of water. I opened it and proceeded to squirt the water on the flame, praying it would go out. Instead the water ignited it, causing a massive fireball to hit me in the face. I eventually put it out by drenching a towel and throwing it over the flame. As I turned around, my brother was coming down the stairs and immediately started laughing while asking me, “what’s burning and what happened to your face?”. Confused, I headed to the bathroom to see what he was talking about. Mind you, I have dark brown hair, brown eyes, and I have a darker skin tone. My eyebrows, eyelashes, and a smidgeon of my hairline....COMPLETELY BLONDE. It looked damn near bleach blonde with a couple crispy orange tips here and there. I had no idea you couldn’t throw water on a grease fire, (although I’m still not sure if it was grease or oil considering it was a pie, but who knows?). I spent the next morning in the Ulta parking lot contemplating whether to get dye for my hair or not. I still crack up to this day thinking about this one detail. I was being dramatic for no reason. I eventually just went home, no dye. Decided to spend the next couple weeks dealing with it, hoping people wouldn’t notice. Yeah that backfired, my dumbass was in food/retail. Not only would people constantly ask how it happened, I had a large percentage make every Super Saiyan joke imaginable. Now I spend my days educating people on water and grease fires whenever I can, like some scholar in kitchen arts.
grosperdant · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My white roommate genuinely got freaked out by a freaking ginger. A ginger!
TheSteelTrain · 1 points · Posted at 03:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wasnt me but when I was 23 I moved in with my buddies and the lawn was really overgrown. I told them I would cut the grass and brought over a lawnmower and one of my buddies came outside before I got going to ask if I could show him how to start up and operate a lawnmower. He was super embarrassed and didnt say it inside to avoid the ridicule from the rest of the guys so I showed him and we never spoke about it
notanotherdumbhuman_ · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Math.
ratiganthegreat · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-wife’s father (a 50 something police officer) did not know how to do his own laundry. I still don’t understand how that could be.
splitopenandmelt11 · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boil water for a hotdog
jefuchs · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a woman who had problems with tooth decay. We were talking one day, and she mentioned that she eats a Popsicle every night, and wondered if that might be the problem.
I asked her if she ate it before, or after brushing her teeth.
She told me she never brushes her teeth at night.
Mystery solved.
indigod0g · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my closest friends still doesn’t know how to crack an egg. We tried to bake brownies, I asked him to crack two eggs, and he just stood there. I even showed him how. Still couldn’t do it.
TheGreenKnight920 · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends, in his late 20s, did not know that you have to put detergent in a washing machine to clean your clothes.
jfcmfer · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, friend's dumb roommate filled up the Britta pitcher directly from the tap, then put the filter on top, then poured a glass, drank it and was like, "you can totally taste the difference"....
princesspeasant · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on the other end of one of these. My dad never used the dish washer in our apartment cause we didn't make too many dishes. Well he went outta town one weekend and I didn't wanna wash them by hand. So I put dish soap in thinking that'd be fine and let it run.
I came back to a 6 inch tall suds mound.
I was 20.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:04:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 5 years ago I endured freezing cold showers for over a month in an apartment that was new to me because I didn't know that I was supposed to turn on the hot water heater manually or even recognize that that particular heater was one.
eltibbs · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have three:
In high school a friend was making Easy Mac but she didn’t add water, just dumped noodles in the bowl and microwaved them. They caught fire and we had to put it out with an extinguisher.
I had a room mate after college and we didn’t really cook together. She is cooking herself dinner one night and had no idea how to use my can opener. She grew up with an electric one and I had to teach a 22 year old how to use a hand held can opener.
Summer of 2015 I worked part time as a tutor at a math learning center while going back to college for a second degree. We split chores at the end of each day to keep the center clean: vacuuming, dusting, wiping down table/door handles/light switches, cleaning the water fountain, straightening book shelves, cleaning bathrooms, etc. We had an intern who was in high school and it was her turn to vacuum. She had no idea how to vacuum, didn’t know how to push/pull it or turn it on, nada. Turns out she grew up with a nanny that did all the cleaning in the house. She has been in college for a few years now, I sure hope she has figured out how to clean up after herself and do some laundry.
askingforfriendxyz · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a “how do you not know how to do this” but more a “how did you not know this?” We were sitting at lunch with a group of people and we were talking dog breeds and I hate tiny dogs with screeching voices. So I say “hard to believe this came out of a wolf essentially.” Confused that one person looks at me and say something like “how did this come out of a wolf?” First I thought my comment went over her head but as I explain that our modern day dog breeds come from the wolf, she admitted that she didn’t know that dogs and wolfs have common genes... How do you go 24 years through life and not know that? Should I ask her where domestic house cats originally come from? That might be too much for her.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved in with my (now ex) boyfriend when I was 18, he was 20. He accidentally dropped a full gallon sized jug of juice on the kitchen floor. I heard the crash and him yell. I run down stairs and this man is standing there watching all the liquid pour out onto the floor. I ran over and picked it up and threw what was left of it in the sink. And then i was the one who had to mop it up because that fool didn't know how to use a mop and wanted to clean it with paper towels.
To this day it baffles me that this man stood there and watched as all the liquid poured out, just yelling. And didn't think to pick it up to avoid having it make a much bigger mess. Just goes to show that when he was living with his mom, all he had to do was yell and she'd rush to clean up his messes.
yeetalil · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While I’m not an adult, my older brother who is 17 is about to be, and that scares me. He barely knows how to cook an oven pizza, he’s one of those people who when they’re making toaster waffles they repeatedly pop it up and down till it’s technically no longer frozen but it’s soggy and gross. He tried doing the same with a pizza and got mad when it was still cold in the middle, and threw the whole thing out.
dragooon167 · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend cooked noodles without boiling the water first, and I apparently was an asshole for pointing it out
ThrowawayAssBiscuits · 1 points · Posted at 03:05:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me (29) teaching my sister (48) how to make mashed potatoes. She didn't know you needed to boil them..... She tried mashing them just as they were, wild, dirty, unpeeled, and hard. She had no idea.
minervasbiscuittin · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former college roommate grew up *extremely* wealthy and had no idea how to operate window blinds or the microwave.
motoxscrub · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grew up in the country and never used a ratchet strap, only watched my dad but never actually paid attention. Bought some shit on Craigslist and brought my straps, only to find out I didn’t know crap how to operate them once I had everything loaded. Turned in my country boy card that day. Thanks to YouTube we were able to figure it out, but I never want to revisit that moment I spent thirty minutes on my phone trying to figure out how to tie down something with the previous owner watching.
Trinity1864 · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend since middle school and I were roommates for 2 year's. There was a number of things that she didn't know how to do since she had only lived with her parents. The one that sticks out the most was the time she had to get an oil change. We were talking one day and she asked for a ride to work. I asked her what was wrong with her car. She said it was leaking oil and she kept having to put oil in it. A day or so later she gets the car back. I asked her what was wrong with it (being the daughter of a car buff I was genuinely curious). She was like oh it needed an oil change. I was like how long since the last one? She said I've never had one.... She had that car since 2011 it was now 2018. I have no idea how her engine didn't blow up. Upon further enquiry she had no idea that was a thing she was supposed to keep up on. She totalled it a few months later. RIP Cherry the Ford.
Canookian · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Managed a university cafe years ago. We sold Starbucks products and as per company policy in my province, all managers were required to take a government food safety course.
There was a lady who we'll call Linda (I don't remember her real name and this is the first name I could come up with.)
The instructor would ask questions like, "What internal temperature should chicken be cooked to?" People would answer. It's about 75C. She claimed she constantly ate her chicken and pork on the rare side. She was in her fifties and had no idea what salmonella was...
Linda also had a pretty firmly held belief that milk didn't need to be refrigerated.
Linda didn't understand the concept of cross-contamination. She didn't see a problem with using the same cutting board to cut lettuce as was used for raw meat beforehand and without being cleaned.
Linda also didn't know how long meat can be stored in the fridge for. She didn't understand the kill+X number of days idea.
She did not pass the test.
Before moving out of my hometown, I'd still see her around from time to time.
To this day, I have zero clue how she survived to be as old as she is.
insurgenttzo · 1 points · Posted at 03:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Waking up and being in traffic..... fucking cunts.
beautifulgoat9 · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex told me he has to sign up for cooking classes to learn how to scramble an egg... bro, really??!
GogoYubari92 · 1 points · Posted at 03:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An older acquaintance was pumping gas with the car turned on. I thought that she probably forgot to turn off the car. When I reminded her that the car was still on she looked at my really surprised and said “The car has to be off when you pump gas?” And I replied “Yes. Or else the car can explode.” She had no idea.
slippinghalo13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My assistant couldn’t figure out how to split thirty by ten. I swear...
Enderpocryphen · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know China was a country, thought Los Angeles was in the UK, and North Korea was South Korea.
despalicious · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
car stuff.
2020: jump start 2010: check oil, drive stick 2000: change tire 1990: bump start
Joke’s on me I guess.
Decilllion · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nah, in 10 years robots will drive.
despalicious · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s my point. No need to know this stuff anymore.
GalaGalaxy_ · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She didn't know how to prepare a SANDWICH
Decilllion · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The instructions are basically built in.
callm3fusion · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I witnessed a motorcycle accident happen and stopped to help and texted my girlfriend(29yo-now ex) that I was going to be late. In the accident the car was still on top of the guy and his bike and he was pinned down. She texted me "Well i hope that guy calls his insurance ASAP so they can get an ambulance there to help the guy"
What?
"yeah, you have to call your insurance to get an ambulance, right?"
Once the police showed up and I was no longer needed I went to her house and explained what to do in an accident.
jaegerhardt · 1 points · Posted at 03:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommates had to be taught everything, from doing laundry to changing the bed sheet. But the one thing that I'll never forget is when I asked him to unload the dishwasher, & he didn't know what I was asking him.
kyburn18 · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly “not knowing how” but just not knowing. My best friend told me when we were in college that she was so happy eggs don’t go bad because she only needs one or two a month so it’s nice not to have to buy new ones all the time like milk. I almost had a heart attack and asked how long she’d had the same carton/when she had eaten one last. “Eh around 7 months and I had one last week”. I’m surprised she isn’t dead honestly.
brandokl · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife’s cousin did not ever fill up her own gas for her car for the first 2 years until she went to college. Claims it was just “too scary and complicated”. Always had one of her parents fill her gas tank as in would get home and tell her parents she needed gas and then they would go out to fill it up and bring her car back. Seemed like craziness to me
Boffleslop · 1 points · Posted at 03:09:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew a girl in college who had no idea she had to pay off her credit card. She kept picking up checks for our group of friends. Whenever we'd ask if she was sure she'd respond with something along the lines of "It's fine I've got plenty of credit," which we thought was a strange thing to say. She legitimately thought it was just free money.
Hdhdstylz · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I caught my 30y.o boyfriend almost about to fish his toast out of the toaster when it was on... With a fork!
He's excuse was we don't really use toasters in the Netherlands ={
PopcornGachaStudios · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult but my friend went to a beach in Australia she video chatted me and she was asking me about a thing that washed up on the shore (because I am studying to be a wildlife rehabilitator and I know a lot about animals) and she was 2 INCHES AWAY FROM STEPPING ON A MAN O' WAR This is what that is
blacklisted_cop · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for yet another thing to be irrationally scared of dying from.
yxg88 · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate (21 years old) asked how dust could get into the apartment when they don’t open the windows... after not cleaning the apartment floors the entire summer (3 months) and being shocked how dirty the floor and everything was... did not know how to pick up after herself either
RomanPardee · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl was making eggs in the frying pan with a spoon. When I told her to use the spatula she thought I was the weird one?
BarnacleManDanny · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my grandma doesn’t know how to put gas in the car. I found out when I went inside to pay and thought she was gassing up the car. Turns out she has never done this in her life because my grandpa always did it for her and she stopped driving when my mom started driving 25 years ago
vikio · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She didn't know how to eat home-grown food. Story: I have had a lot of housemates and one was a bit...ditsy? She did some dumb blond type things but nothing too terrible. Had that vibe of a yoga girl vegetarian healthy life type. We lived in California so that was normal. The house we were renting had a real nice backyard, an orange tree in the front, lemon tree in the back. That orange tree had the most delicious huge juicy oranges I've ever tasted. Like nectar of the gods. And the best part was that the oranges were ripe for almost the whole year. I don't know how the tree managed it, but it's the truth. Anyway months into living there I spot a couple oranges in the kitchen with stickers on them. As I was making my own dinner, Blond Housemate walks over and I ask her what's up with the store bought oranges, did someone gift them to her? She answers that she just felt like eating some oranges so bought some. I make confused uncomprehending sounds and ask "What about the tree outside?" And she actually freaking says "I don't know if those are good to eat, I like to eat healthy." Then she clarified it with "I don't know if the oranges on the tree are safe but I know for sure the store bought ones are". Anyway I ended up having the heavenly ambrosia oranges all to myself. Also all the lemons and tomatoes and everything I planted in the garden she did not take up my offer to share...
MogekoKing · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Brother in law while moving out of his college dorm
My sister: your sheets are so nasty, when was the last time you washed them?
BIL: You're supposed to wash sheets?
rumrunnernomore · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New cook I hired. Bartender goes to her and asks for a “fried egg sandwich.” I walk in to her cracking eggs straight into our deep fryer and wondering where they were going. I was glad when she went back to the crazy wing place down the street.
macnabb612 · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A college roommate who grew up in a very conservative religious family (Utah Mormons) needed to borrow feminine hygiene products because her period started unexpectedly and all we had in the apartment were tampons. She was really nervous because she'd never used one. I explained the general process and showed her the little illustration that comes in most boxes. I could tell she wanted to ask more and was embarrassed, but I finally got her to open up and she said "What if I put it in the wrong hole?" and I tried not to laugh because I could tell she was serious. I realized how unfamiliar she was with her on body and that she had never explored herself enough to clearly know the difference between her own vagina and butthole.
Shmosbius_Designs · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a college trip with some friends, we were making some sandwiches for lunch... I look over and one of my buddies seemed to be having some trouble making the sandwich - a PBJ. Dude made a hell of a mess. Turns out he told us it was the first time in his entire life he had made a sandwich. I was floored.
shiverweight · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate was dumber than a box of rocks & an unkind person, so I slightly regret telling her that you need to open the garage door when your car is running. She honestly didn't know you could die.
FlumpMC · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading these is making me feel a little better about myself
gretaly_14 · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No exaggeration: Was stuck 14 times by a nurse who kept saying “I thought for sure I had the vein this time...” before she finally called another nurse to help (who got the IV in the first try). How I kept my mouth shut and didn’t yell by attempt number 5 is beyond me.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Standing up for themselves.
BattnRobbnUblind · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most people don't know how to cook for themselves.
AndyCretin · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, but my brother. He was hiding a runaway in his closet and she'd come out every time my mom was out of the house to hang out with him. I didn't like her cause she was dumb as rocks. So, she comes out while I'm watching TV, and goes into the kitchen to fix something to eat (She ran out of the cereal boxes that she hoarded while in the closet). The kitchen and living room were right next to each other, so i hear her opening the cabinets and pulling out metal pans. I then hear her open and close the microwave and start pushing buttons. I sit for a second and think, "nah, she can't be that stupid." Before I jump up and run into the kitchen as fast as possible. Sure enough, she had put food on a metal pan in the microwave and was about to hit start. I yelled, "what are you doing?!" And she looked at me like I was nuts. My brother walked in, started getting onto me about yelling at her, and asked why I was being mean to her. I explained why, and he looked at her, then the microwave, then her again, then me. He shook his head, took the pan out of the microwave and told me not to yell at her. A couple of years after that she and her friends set fire to several cars and spent time locked up.
LogDog0 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to stop a roommate, who was on his 3rd year in college, from putting a metal baking sheet straight out of the oven into the sink with cold water.
Also had a freshman given a claw hammer and told to remove nails from a piece of wood. Proceeded to try to hit them out backwards until I showed her how to use the claw part of the hammer.
Possibly my favorite, I had a freshman come to me for help on an essay. She didn't know how to make the minimum (5 pages) and also wanted help proofreading what she had. She hadn't hit the 'enter' key once on the whole document. By the time I helped her divide her paragraphs, which was apparently a new concept for her, she was well over the minimum.
namedafternoone · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have a couple:
-In the first year of university I was watching a movie with friends, when I noticed a friend’s pretty long (but not crazy long) toe nail breaking through his socks. I told him he may wanna trim that.
His response? “Do people trim those??”
Kid was 19, I have no idea how he didn’t have 10 inch claws on every toe.
I tried teaching him a few times, but he was convinced he just couldn’t do it. His in his forties now and I bet he still doesn’t fold his laundry.
GingerRabbittt · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend was supposed to pick up their stuff from their house by end of March because they were moving home. They ended up not going and getting the stuff (about 98% of what they own) or contacing landlord until.... ONE week ago. I had asked about some stuff I left there. They drove over an hour and finds the locks have been changed and landlord wont answer. They were actually confused like that was all my stuff. Stated the landlord was a nice guy and figured he would of texted me. Its been THREE MONTHS and you never communicated? AND stopped paying rent in March? Honestly what the fuck. He didnt even shoot the guy a text.
hamhold · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
housemate worked at a grocery store, so he got a lot of cheap meat. he would put it in the freezer immediately... then throw it out when it hit the expiry date a week later.
also, after he moved out, I found about 15 mugs in his room, all with a layer of green sludge at the bottom. and now he works for the Daily Mail...
amytollu94 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a "how do you not know how to do this?" but a "how did you not know that would happen?"
Guy I dated had kids he didn't want with a woman he didn't even like enough to date. His defense is that he'd had unprotected sex for years and never had a pregnancy scare so he went to get tested and the doctor told him he had low fertility. Low fertility is still fertility, dummy.
One month later she was knocked up, supposedly immediately after she got off birth control. I bet he wishes he didn't assume low fertility = safe after 2 "accidents" and a horrible marriage with a chick he didn't want. They were separated for longer than the actual marriage and hate each other.
adhiyodadhi · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I walked over to see what my cousin was cooking in the kitchen. She said she was making some "steamed bread" recipe.
I asked "where's the water".
Her response: "You don't need water to steam the bread"
She literally had a small pan in a bigger pot on the stove. No water for STEAMED bread. Keep in mind she is an adult and in her last year of med school. Book smart but 0 common sense.
gnoble22 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s wild to me that full grown adults don’t know how to put out a grease fire or that they shouldn’t put metal in the microwave. I’ve known this since I was around 10.
Now for my stupid story:
When I was younger, I didn’t know that swimming in really cold water was dangerous. Went to a friend’s house, and on a dare I jumped into a pool that was partially frozen over. I almost drowned... (I wasn’t adulting, but I was about 14 years old, so old enough to know it’s a bad idea).
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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Snakeater20 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You go under the loop rather than over it.
catsandjettas · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl in my university psychology class asked about how having “stomach fibroids” affects a developing fetus (when we were studying brain development). Prof basically said we’re focusing on conditions in the uterus. To which the student replied, “well the baby IS IN THE STOMACH”. To which the prof slowly turned around and said “the stomach and the uterus are two VERY different organs”. To which the student replied, “well..no...then how would the baby get food?”
So, a university age woman having ZERO knowledge about physical anatomy or reproduction, to the point where she argued about it with a prof at a fairly well known Canadian university.
person9 · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in a dorm my roommate had grown up with a maid. He didn't know how to make his own bed.
As expected, he was a slob, and I'm no clean freak myself!
Same guy also pointed to a guy on the TV with dreadlocks and asked his black friend if, "his people's hair naturally grew that way."
I'm so glad I never have to see him again.
BMKMB · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best-friend just turned 18 and got a cheap house. I came over one day and noticed all the lights, light bulbs intact were pulled out of the ceiling hanging by wire. I asked her why this was. She responded “I am trying to figure out how to fix the lights.” I asked “did you check the breakers.” She looked confused and responded “whats a breaker?” Long story short, she lived a week without electricity because no one ever explained breakers to her. I explained what breakers were, helped her find the box and explained how she can tell, if the breaker needs to be reset.
deepseawitch · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually had to show my college roommate freshman year how to put a fitted sheet on a mattress
CRolandson · 1 points · Posted at 03:12:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Read a clock that isn’t digital. Was in my basement, guy I grew up with asked what time it was. I pointed at the clock hanging on the wall. He said I can’t read that....
Thundergnomee · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While i was recovering from surgery i asked my husband to feed our toddlers breakfast every morning... something easy like toast and a banana. Turns out he wasn’t giving them any bananas because he didn’t know how to open one.
26 YEARS OLD AND COULDN’T PEEL A BANANA.
rmavery · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At around 40ish, a close friend had purchased his first house. He called me because he needed some doorknobs tightened.
I went over with some tools, and brought in a couple of screwdrivers. He looked at me like I handed him a gun. He had no idea how to use it, and actually seemed to be a little intimidated.
After a lesson on how to use a screwdriver, I went out and bought him a toolbox full of tools. I told him if he’s gonna have a house, he’s gonna have to learn how to use these things.
a-liccia · 2 points · Posted at 03:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want to feel like this can’t be real. Who the hell doesn’t know what a screwdriver is?
rmavery · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He knew “what” it was. He had no idea how to use it. I wish it was not real. The guy was, and is a close friend :-).
He’s still a sweetheart of a guy.
a-liccia · 2 points · Posted at 11:32:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Everybody has their flaws :)
hippie_luvgurl · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laundry
stop-rightmeow · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dated a guy who had lots of these moments. They drove me absolutely insane. The final straw came one day, we were running late for our friend’s graduation ceremony. We pulled into a parking garage and he’s passing tens of open parking spots. And I finally ask him, “wtf are you doing???” And he says “all those spots say ‘Compact Car’” ... he’s driving a Scion TC. So I ask him “do you not know what compact is?” And had to explain it to him, then he finally parked.
This dude was 29 at the time. He was born in the US, English is his only language. He was just dumb.
sunforrest · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How spices work.
I was at friend's house and I offered to cook because his parents always bought take out for everyone and I wanted to give back. So I bought a couple of things and and started to prep. When I asked him were the spices were he looked at me puzzled (no surprise he was not even able to cook a frozen pizza) so he asked his mom.
She had to litteraly entered half her body in the pantry and fished out a spice rack she was given AS A WEDDING GIFT (she had been married 30+ yrs at that point).
Nothing fancy or rare: onion powder, thyme, parsley etc Very basic. Everything was brand new and just petrified. Litteraly like cement. She had never put any spice in any meal in her entire life.
Yes she was white.
uglyatheist · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwaving a dvd
MattyB732 · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recently showed my 27 year old girlfriend how to lock the gas pump while pumping gas. For 11 years she's been standing holding down the lever of the handle until her tank was full.....
modulos04 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In some areas, you can't lock the gas pump. It's very annoying.
lazyshoegazer · 1 points · Posted at 03:13:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with someone who had never had an orange and was genuinely perplexed on how to peel it.
shutthefrontdoor1989 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know rice could be made with out a rice maker until I was 28.
SuspectNumber6 · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god... As a kid (then F12) I once got sliced across my arm by a friends nail. She had done her own nails for the first time and shaped them into sharp points. Not on purpose, she thought this was how it was done. It hurt like hell!
28shawblvd · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing taxes. It's amazing how dehumanizing going to the government office in charge of it in our country is, just to be belittled by staff there because you filled out the wrong form, have incomplete attachments, etc.
rabidjess · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So my ex of 20 years had never paid a bill in his life I managed the money all the time when we split up he didn’t even change the oil in the paid for car I left him !!! Needless to say blew out the motor
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know my password, can you login for me?
On my account?
No on my account.
HairyLlamaBalls · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Oh...a cell phone is not supposed to get wet?"
Pauls2theWall · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former co-worker of mine was new to assembly and really all tools in general. I walked in on him tightening a bolt with a ratcheting socket wrench. But not like you'd expect someone with a socket wrench to do. He would turn the socket wrench to tighten the bolt, remove it from the bolt, turn the entire socket wrench in the air, and continuing wrenching in that fashion, completely negating the ratcheting feature.
YaBoiSlimThicc · 1 points · Posted at 03:14:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, a guy was hungry late at night and went asking for food. He comes into my dorm and my roommate gives him a pack of ramen. He has no clue how to boil water. How fricking hard is it to boil water?
libbylip5 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok iv got one for all you chefs out there, we just hired this space cadet Japanese guy, on a working holiday visa. He’s super nice, a bit off in clouds. Any way I’m doing a training shift with him, I find out that he’s very good at being precise and consistent, tho verrry slooow. And you also have to give him very precise instructions other wise he’ll just make up the weirdest solutions on his own, like dumping all the stock though a colander with no pot underneath and happily bring me the left over solids. Anyway I asked him to zest a lemon for me, you all know how to zest a lemon( take the first layer of skin off and leave the pith as it’s too bitter basic kitchen knowledge stuff ) so he zests this lemon, and I go over to see how he’s going and all I see is this naked as fuck lemon, like he had pealed it, and a pile of the pithyest zest you’ve ever seen, I had a good laugh and showed him how to do it properly. But still, dude said he had worked in kitchens before, he should’ve know this stuff.
nightrodrider · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a college flatmate, let me pretext this saying we were doing a masters course in engineering. This lad was a good guy but very sheltered, not filthy rich, but up there. Did not know how to do the most basic of things. Laundry story: this guy always did the pickup or drop off service, finally our apartment got washer dryers installed in the basement and was very cheap, so we all start using it. This guy still did the pickup and drop off service. One winter we had a snow storm real bad, for a week the laundromat was closed, after that they stopped their pick up service till the snow cleared, he finally had to use the self service washer dryers in the basement . First, this guy has no idea where the soap goes. Btw, these weren't some fancy ass washers where the soap goes in some smart slot, just top loaders and you pour your suds in. Some how he washes his clothes, then has no idea, they have to be transferred to the dryer, thank fully he notices others put it in so he does too.... Now here is the kicker, he never turns on the dryer. Just drops the clothes, come back in 2 hrs, takes all the clothes out, finds them wet, then back in. This repeats 3 times. Finally he is Fed up, brings his wet clothes upstairs and drops them on his bed. At first, we think the dryers are really broken, so we sympathize with him. He just leaves his soaking wet clothes in a pile on his bed and puts on the fan, 4 hrs later he is still complaining how clothes just don't dry in this weather! By this time, we're all having the laugh of our lives
safalwaysbusy · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A very dear friend (over 30), but sometimes i just wonder.... we were on a camping trip and these gems have never left my memory: After watching her French braid hair down the crown: Could you braid this? I usually stop here and just make it a ponytail, i don't know how to braid. Later that same day: could you help me put sunscreen on my face? I've never done it before. I explained to her how and I'm pretty sure she watched me spray sunscreen into my hands then wipe it on my face right before she asked. I told her she was an adult and i would not do it for her. She went and asked someone else. Maybe not necessarily horrifying, my mind was still blown.
TyBachler · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working at Lowe’s I had a lady in her late 40’s ask me to tint 5 gallons of paint a specific color and went to continue shopping. So I did as instructed and made the paint to the color she asked for. When she came back ten minutes later to pick up her paint she had an oddly confused look on her face. I asked her “Is there anything wrong?”. She said “This is too much I asked for 5 gallons of paint” and pointed to the gallon sized paint pale. I stood there dumbfounded with nothing but silence to offer in response.
Old_Insect · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Housemate tried to make fried rice... by frying raw rice. Then asked me why it wasn't working like it usually does
michiyo-fir · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
24 year old sister in law Did not understand how credit cards work whatsoever on multiple occasions.
Firstly, she didn’t understand that credit cards mean you need to pay the money back or pay interest and has wracked up 20k in credit card debt. She has been living on her own since 18...
Also with the same person, she kept telling me that my capital one credit card won’t go through because it only has a $50 per transaction limit when I was trying to pay for a vacation booking.. I know my card doesn’t have any limit like that and my spending limit was 5000. It turns out, her family asked her bank to put a $50/transaction limit on her own capital one card to help her control her spending and pay off her credit card debt. Somehow this translated to her believing that everyone with capital one now had a $50/transaction limit.
Oh, the same person also asked me once if business class in an airplane flies faster than economy....
Basedrum777 · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My FIL was talking to me and my wife on Monday about what we're going to eat this week for dinner. I said we bought a rotisserie chicken to make quesadillas for lunch.
My FIL is a well educated former cpa from NJ who told us he'd never had a quesadilla. "What is that?"
I've personally seen him order a quesadilla and he eats them regularly.
He thought they were pronounced quay sa dill a . He claims he's never heard the word quesadilla. He couldn't pronounce quesadilla. At 68 or whatever age he is. Fucking amazing.
Togiraikonok · 1 points · Posted at 03:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked with a guy who thought the taxes coming out of his checks every other week was how he was awarded a bonus at the end of the year and that it wasn’t going to the government. He was adamant that it was separate from his tax returns, claiming that those was the tax money back from shopping local. He was over 40 with three kids.
Cocohita · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once travelling with my cousin (M19) he ask me to make him some eggs when I was making my breakfast, so I told him he had two perfectly good hands, he then confess me that he doesn't know how to crack an egg
MAD-MAXXXX · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, after reading some of these I’m actually grateful being raised the way I was.
that-john-kydd · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a fresh out of college roommate 19/20 years old. Who didn't know that you had to shake ketchup and mustard bottles that had been sitting for a while. He would wait for other people to server themselves first so he "wouldn't get the clear runny stuff" first.
I only found out the first time we had burgers together. Because he told me exactly why he was waiting for me to fill my plate first.
a11exis · 1 points · Posted at 03:16:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college did not dilute bleach when bleaching a white tank top. She just soaked the top in pure bleach for like 8 hrs. When she pulled it out, it was just little strands of cloth. Said roommate also put a bunch paper towels in our toilet and my step-dad had to fix it. :(
RandomNPC91 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a near 60 year old person that you can’t photoshop what someone said during a live broadcast.
danielleboat · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to teach an 18 year old how to use a broom. There isn’t a non sarcastic way to do so, I sincerely tried.
Toothbrush_Bandit · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an ex that didn't know where her own... um... fun button was
ithinarine · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend moved in with me when he moved back to my city when he was 30, and proceeded to warp 3 of my pans by running ice cold water over them immediately after taking them off the stove top to cool them down.
Useful-Constant · 2 points · Posted at 03:18:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But you know it make that awesome pssssssssssssss sound.
CrazyUncle-Dave · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buy a cheap stainless one to destroy like that. Use it for just that purpose!
alvinflang02 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I rented a tiller from a hardware store. Didn't work so I went back to switch it out. Dude gets a new one and I asked him to start it, so he pulls the cord as slowly as possible. Like how do you go your whole life without seeing someone starting a lawnmower or some shit??
DoctorThrowAway420 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cut straight lines with scissors
CrazyUncle-Dave · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Or use a ruler to make a straight line on something.
DoctorThrowAway420 · 1 points · Posted at 08:29:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No there isn’t anything wrong with me I just was in a private school and everyone else was talented and smart when o had just arrived after being homeschooled until 5th grade. They laughed because I struggled and they had muscle memory to make everything basically look professional.
I still struggle with hand writing people can read etc especially with anything that is show cased.
LilDonutOfficial · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After my dad passed away, his girlfriend of 15 years asked me to put gas in her car. He had always done this for her and she legitimately didn’t know how.
apocalypseconfetti · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught a 26 year old woman to vacuum. Like turn it on and push it back and forth.
R3znoff · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was during my 1st year of university where a guy in my hall literally asked my friend if you had to watch the washing machine the entire time it was running.
Stasis20 · 1 points · Posted at 03:17:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife couldn’t work a can opener. 🤷🏻♂️
justmoseying · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I had to teach my roommate how to use a plunger. She had no idea.
Thrice_3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshmen year of college my roommate (18) had never made a PBJ sandwich and ruined 4-5 pieces of bread trying to smear/spread peanut butter on a slice of bread. He also didn’t want to “burn” the water when attempting to boil water for top ramen noodles. The kid was helpless and luckily his parents were wealthy enough that he could eat take out or pre packaged meals most of that year.
spookymeemaw · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker doesn’t understand how taxes and getting a tax refund works. He said “I thought the government just gives you free money based off what you made that year.” He’s 28. Lately he’s been trying to talk to me about how to invest in stocks on the Robinhood app.
zoidybro · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was teaching my old roommate in grad school how to drive. He had a huge wreck at 21 and totaled his car and developed PTSD from it, gave up driving for 5 years. Well I was worried about how it could affect his driving if he were to have an episode, but decided to let him drive my car around the university on a holiday weekend. Well it wasn't the PTSD that lead to my horrifying experience. He somehow forgot that a yellow left arrow means you need to yield to oncoming traffic and went barreling through a light while a huge truck was going through. The driver swerved just enough to avoid a tbone collison while my friend ran the car off the road into a field.
Tldr: Roommate with PTSD forgets that yellow arrow means yield, almost causes tbone crash with a huge truck.
eellinks · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working as the IT manager for a fairly large nonprofit organization which had retail shops for their badges and pins and such. She had worked there for decades.She oversaw 8 shops and managed 15 people. One day I'm trying to fix their printer, and I see her looking at an Excell sheet and then adding up the numbers on a calculator. Ummm what are you doing? I need the total sales for the month. Why don't you just use Excell to add them up? Huh? So I highlighted the column and hit the sum button.... She had been manually adding/calculating every sale, cost, tax etc for years without knowing Excell could do it automatically. She was so embarrassed she didn't talk to me again for a year.
mitchsn · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched a dozen Chinese tourists jump into Jellyfish lake in Palau. All wore life jackets and snorkles. No fins. The last 2 had a boogieboard that they clung to but obviously didn't know how to swim or even how to kick properly to propell themselves. A friend swam back, took the board and showed them how to kick their feet.
FYI. The lake covers around 14 acres, is over 1500 feet long and to even see the jellyfish you need to get near the center of it because their numbers are drastically down.
Yellowredstone · 1 points · Posted at 03:18:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
OP I'm scared for humanity.
hey-youinthebushes · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mobile phone technician here, 10% of my customers don't know how to turn their new phone on
SuperStreetCat · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every day during working self checkout at Walmart. How do you not know how to read a screen?
TheEmpressDodo · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiling water
75rx · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good job OP. It's been quite some time since I last genuinely enjoyed AskReddit.
BexW858 · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don’t judge me, my lodging was sound, the execution was perfect, just the end result that was the problem!
I could so play this off as something a mate did, but it was so ridiculously stupid I have to own it!
I used to have a quite big studio flat, and had a futon sofa bed so mates could crash over and have a half decent bed to sleep on. The vision was a really pale cream, mate stays over with freshly home dyed red hair and left dye all over it... hand scrubbing didn’t work and was to bulky to go in a washing machine even at laundromat so I had a bright idea!
Bath is the perfect size to fit it, filled with water and washing detergent, marks came out perfectly... What i didn’t factor in was the sheer weight of the water logged mattress 😂😂😂. Couldn’t lift it out of the bath alone, took 3 proper burly lads to lift it and take it outside to dry, it started stalling mouldy before it dried so I ended up buying a new one!... I rent that flat out now, but that futon has a new mattress with washable covers 😂
AuntyDotal · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My oldest sister was 34 when our mother died. She lived in the house with our mother; she was unique. My other sister and I let her stay there while we all tried to navigate grief and the estate and life and everything else. (I was 26.)
A year and a half after Mama died, oldest sister called me -- I lived 40 minutes away -- and said there was an air duct in the hallway making strange whistling noises. I packed up my children in the car and made a mad dash down there, only to find that the air filter in the HVAC intake hadn't been changed since the funeral.
She didn't know that heat and air systems needed to have their filters changed once a month. At age 36-37.
hebrew_ninja · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father, then in his 50’s, put a metal-rimmed cup in the microwave, then stood across the kitchen watching it while it nuked the microwave and yelled “the microwave is making weird noises, I think something’s wrong with it!” I was able to stop it before it completely burned out, but we had to get rid of that microwave. He did it again a few months later.
kimmykim328 · 1 points · Posted at 03:19:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When somehow we discovered my SIL did not know you’re supposed to brush your teeth in the morning and at night
imagoodchitchit · 1 points · Posted at 03:20:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Found out my 30yo bf had never flossed his teeth before. I showed him how and he insisted he didn't understand how do it...
So anyway, I flossed an adult man's teeth for him.
_fuyumi · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not as dramatic as some, but my roommate (she was 31F at the time) was filthy so we made a rotating cleaning schedule. When it was her turn to clean the bathroom, she weren't straight for the bathtub, with paper towels. I was just stunned, and didn't say anything.
I don't think she used soap to wash dishes either, bc they were always greasy, and she'd put them away greasy as well! I eventually kept all my dishes in my room and only used those. I did have a couple talks with her about it, and she seemed to understand, but nothing ever changed
spookyspellman · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a freshman in college my roommate had to call her mom to help her when it was her turn to clean the shower.
novacaaa · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend (20M) nearly 21 just learned that pickles are not harvested from the sea, but are in fact pickled cucumbers.
Julianus · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to a friend whose car broke down after 200k miles that insurance does not pay for a new engine. "But what is the insurance for then?!" Well, you could consider reading the policy of something you shell out $150 a month for...
lifestuffs · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband is Turkish and always listed oatmeal as one of his least favorite breakfast foods. So when he was trying to diet, i made some for him to take to work. He called me later that day and was so impressed with how delicious it was saying he’d never had it like that before. Upon asking him how he typically ate it, he went on to tell me that he usually just poured it into a bowl and consumed it raw and he couldn’t understand why everyone seemed to liked oatmeal so much because it was so hard to chew and it always chocked him lol the man is an engineer, how he missed the part of cooking the oatmeal is beyond me.
alienkyd · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex boyfriend didn’t know how to peel oranges / eat them in slices. I gave him an orange, he was struggling to peel it so I peeled it for him (I thought it was the issue of not having nails), and then he bit into it like an apple. I asked him if he had ever eaten an orange before and he laughed and brushed me off. I asked him again and he said he didn’t think he had one like that before, but I’m genuinely convinced he didn’t know how to eat oranges. He never really ate fruit I didn’t cut up for him, and he grew up homeschooled so maybe that had something to do with it? Absolutely blew my mind though.
polishirishmomma · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My children are homeschooled and know how to eat an orange. His parents are the problem. Not homeschooling.
canadianduke1980 · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m late to this.
I’m a plumber who specializes in drain cleaning, maintenance, inspection, and replacement.
There is a staggering number of people who do not understand where the poop goes after they flush the toilet.
Like, they have no clue that it flows through a pipe that runs outside of their house, underground, and enters either a septic system or a municipal drain system.
They just never thought about it until it backed up one day and then they have no clue how to deal with it or who to call or how it gets fixed because they simply never considered where the poop goes after they flush the toilet
h0llypen0 · 1 points · Posted at 03:21:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21 year old college roommate. I went home for a three day weekend so I didn't know on Friday that there was no hot water (it stopped working after I showered). Monday I didn't get up in time to shower, told myself I would on Monday night. Monday night I was too tired, said I would shower Tuesday before class.
Tuesday I get up and go for a run. At this point I very much need a shower. I go turn on the shower and wait for it it heat up... and it never does. I wait a LONG time and realize it isn't going to heat up. I take very fast (I prefer "efficient") showers so there isn't time to go to the gym to shower before my 8am class.
During class I text my roommate and ask if she knows that there is a problem with the hot water. She tells me there wasn't any hot water since I left on FRIDAY. I ask why she didn't call the landlord and she tells me she "didn't know who to call."
I told her the number call our landlord is on the refrigerator, in the move-in packet we got, and can be found with a very quick google search.
Tldr: I skipped a few showers, found our my roommate doesn't know how to find a phone number for maintenance. By my math, she didn't shower for 5 days.
MrCrix · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not as crazy as some of you but we had a new guy at work and at the end of the first day I explained we had to sweep the whole store and mop the whole store (it was a big store). He honestly didn’t know how to use a broom. Like those flat big wide brooms.
He just couldn’t grasp the concept on how to push a broom. He kept getting caught on everything. He would lift it up non stop mid sweep. He was getting so mad because he thought it was dumb. So I had him hold the dust pan. You can’t screw that up, right? He kept lifting it up and dropping all the swept up stuff.
He was fired a few weeks later by sexually harassing a fellow employee and making some very inappropriate comments.
whocaresanywayright · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my husband to wash the kitchen windows. He legit picked up our rubber broom and went to squeegee the window with it. No idea floor crap shouldn't be mixed with window crap and that we had a separate squeegee for the windows
AbeRego · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Semi-related: My hairdresser didn't know who was president during WWII. I was explaining the premise of The Plot Against America, and she didn't know that Charles Lindbergh wasn't president and that Roosevelt was. She seems intelligent, otherwise, and I think she has a bachelor's degree, but somewhere along the line some certainly neglected her history teachings...
PottyLottie1996 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old work friend of mine didn’t know that once you’ve opened a carton of milk you can’t just laid it back down again because it might leak. This would’ve been fine but she had worked with babies for 4 years prior to that where she had to prepare bottle of milk multiple times a day, every day. Apparently in 22 years no one had taught her that growing up because her mum never drank milk, but “it sure explains a lot”.
Later that day she did it again and milk went everywhere. Couple months later we were all wondering what the repulsive smell was coming from the fridge until we look underneath it to see rotten mouldy milk covering the entire underside that she just didn’t bother to clean up.
xDh20 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in my senior year, met a freshman or sophomore girl, we were talking about traveling places. It was me, my roommate, and her. We reached the topic of geography and I said maybe central America. She asked, "where's that?"
I went to a large state university in North America so I was caught off guard by her comment. Then I had to explain to her where it was.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college, I worked in a supermarket where part of the uniform for men was wearing a neck tie. I'm in the time clock room one day, and a co-worker of mine who had worked there for THREE YEARS comes in with his shirt collar up, holding a tie, and says, "Can you tie my tie for me?" I tied it for him, but I had to ask, "How have you managed to work here for three years without knowing how to tie a tie?" He said, "My dad ties them for me and I just leave the knot in them when I take them off. The knot came out of this one on my way here." I was speechless.
pandacat04 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late, but a 50-60ish year old woman asked me to teach her how to pump gas because her ex-husband always did it for her. I couldn't believe she got that far in life without pumping gas once.
polishirishmomma · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She might have lived somewhere you aren’t allowed to pump your own.
pandacat04 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's true. I met her in Texas.
W2ttsy · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My next door neighbours fit here.
For two 40 year olds you’d think they’d be able to get basic shit right.
One Thats super obvious is their clothes drier. They don’t know (or care) you’re supposed to empty the lint filter on a regular basis and so there is a stream of lint coming out of the filter and around the entry to the drier, in the doors, etc.
Add into the fact that they overload the shit out of it, it was no surprise when I overheard the mom complaining that nothing ever dried properly.
It was on again last night and I could smell burning rubber from the drive belt that is about to shit the bed. I look forward to seeing their third new drier arrive any week now.
Cohockey24 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (28) had to teach one of my team members (34) how to correctly use a broom and a mop..
DaddyRytlock · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I get that dishwashers are a luxury and not everyone knows how to use one but my roommate put normal dish liquid in my dishwasher and it EXPLODED with suds everwhere and stopped working. Just takes a little bit of thought... Why would they sell the expensive tablets if you could just use dish liquid?
beenybaby87 · 1 points · Posted at 03:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my 35 year old sister didn’t know how to boil water in a pan.
MagicFox68 · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy in my dorm tried to make toast by putting bread in a microwave...
_Reporting · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wife’s friend said she made the best grilled cheese sandwich’s. So she started to make the grilled cheese using butter to grease the pan. She heated the pan on high and preceded to burn the butter into the bread. So it was burned bread and cold cheese. Like how do you screw up a grilled cheese.
ron_tonto · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a 22 year old dude at domino's a couple years ago who had no idea how to mop. Come to find out he was ridiculously spoiled growing up, so I guess it makes sense.
HoldYourButt · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 30 year old gf still has to use her hands to remember which way is left and right.
jakedk · 2 points · Posted at 03:30:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
left-right confusion is a legit thing, I'm sure she knows the difference but for some reason in the moment her brains mix them up. I have the same "problem" but only if someone tell me verbally where to go, ie "turn left" then there is a 50/50 chance I'll mix it up. But if I'm looking at a map myself or reading directions I can easily find my way and never mix them up.
critical3d · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ask her if she can see images in her head. She may have aphantasia...
CCninja86 · 3 points · Posted at 03:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Eh that's not necessarily an indicator. I don't have aphantasia and I sometimes take a moment to remember which is which in the heat of the moment. I think it's actually pretty common.
bus214 · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a roommate how to 1. Wash a dish. 2. Make her bed. 3. Do her laundry. She ended up rarely washing dishes and sending all her laundry to the dry cleaners so she didn’t have to do it. I mean, ALL her laundry.
She did actually make her bed though.
She was a nightmare.
mom-whitebread · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate would call me in the kitchen to check her pot of water because she couldn’t tell if it was boiling or not.
jackiebx1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate got an oil smudge on her shirt and started freaking out so I had to wash it with soap for her after she said "I don't know how to!" when I suggested she do it.
a_staff_gorilla · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my sophomore year of college, a friend tried to make mac and cheese in my apartment. except she immediately poured the pasta into a pot of water she just poured loool
i was like “whoa whoa wait, you gotta let the water boil first...did you not know this?!” and she looked sheepish and said she’s nEVER MADE MAC AND CHEESE BEFORE. i told her to drain the pasta out and start over by boiling the water. mind you, she was a junior in college at the time. still makes me laugh to think about
hairnetcouture · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a chef. I’ve had to train many in my time on the line and usually that isn’t such a bad thing. No one wakes up just knowing how everything works. But this one person in particular... I just don’t know how they have made it this far in their life being so frustratingly dumb and never managing to learn from any mistakes. I can understand someone having questions about how to use a deep fryer, how to hold a knife, how to convert a recipe. I’m happy to help. But with this lady it was like every single day was her first day even months later. She approached me with a manual can opener and asked me to show her how to use it because the big electric one was too complicated for her. Lady is old enough to be my mom and has never once used or observed a can opener being used. There were more instances that were more frustrating but this one was just so....simple. Even a gorilla can figure it out eventually. What bothers me the most is that before she came to work for us she worked for homeland security.
Apricot__Soup · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had five roommates my second year in college and none of them understood that we didn't have a garbage disposal in the sink. Could not put together that you should throw the food away in the trash before putting your plate in the sink. The wet food and the unwashed dishes would cause quite the smell throughout the house.
anonimonamie · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex put ramen in the microwave without water
justdamnchemicals · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine tried to pay her bill at a restaurant using her paycheck... like the check that was addressed to her by her employer. She didn’t understand why the waiter wouldn’t accept it and we had to cover her bill.
jellaybeanzzzz · 1 points · Posted at 03:24:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was standing in line to get a burrito for lunch in my lunch hall at college. As I started to look down the line and see how the burrito's were turning out today I noticed something off. They were smaller than usual, but they were still using the large tortillas. Now it is my turn, after I get all my ingredients situated, the worker starts to roll my burrito then I see it. He had no idea what he was doing, he started the fold with the left and right half of the tortilla like normal, but it was on the final stretch that it turned disastrous. he started to roll the top half into itself! Not over the ingredients like a normal human but over and under itself making the tortilla a steamroller for the insides of the burrito. How do you not know how to do this?
norakitsune · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working at Starbucks and this dude legit had no idea how to mop - and that you needed to sweep before you mop. He was 38 years old...
rainbowmohawk · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I could fill up this thread of my own "I suck at adulting" stories from the past (thanks to being extremely naive and growing up sheltered); I've boiled pasta wrong, injured my finger on a sewing machine, burned steak, and forgot to change the lint filter on the dryer between loads. I've gotten better, but I still have bad days.
As for other people, the first one that came to mind was from one of my college roommates. She didn't know you were supposed to add sugar to Kool-Aid, so her Kool-Aid was always super sour. She thought the sugar was already in the packet.
SelphiesSmile · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For what it's worth, the tubs of Kool aid sometimes do have the sugar already added. The packets are sour as hell though.
deathbynotsurprise · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in 2010 my husband and I went on a road trip in our 1998 honda civic. We drove from Dallas to Oklahoma City the first day and predictability the car broke down. After dropping the car off at the garage we thought we'd grab a bite to eat while the mechanic worked on it. So we asked the dude if there was a restaurant nearby.
Mechanic: yeah, there's an ihop.
Us: Great. Where is it?
Mechanic: Goes to the computer. Opens up MapQuest (even in 2010 MapQuest hadn't been a thing for several years). Spends maybe 15 minutes downloading and printing directions that would have only taken my elderly mother 5 minutes to get. And where is this mythical ihop? It's in the same strip mall as the garage, right across the parking lot.
Really? The mechanic could have escorted us there himself and it would have been faster. My husband and I still laugh about the poor guy using MapQuest. On the up side he fixed the radiator and we were still able to go on our road trip after that.
hammyprice · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My husband put the stamp on the left corner of the envelope.
bAkk479 · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend that doesn't know how to write checks. Literally goes to Walmart every month to get money orders to pay rent/utilities/etc.
swimrobertiv · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So my parents have a thing where me and my brothers do all of the “girl chores” (cooking cleaning ironing washing clothes) and we also do the “boy chores,” to the point where my sisters are incompetent. They don’t mow the lawn or shovel snow or help my dad fix stuff. About a day after I pointed this out to my mom, my sister (18) comes upstairs for help fixing her bedroom light, my dad got her the right light with the correct wattage, and then she goes back down, she comes back up and asks for help again, and my dad goes down. My moms like “it’s a one step process! What does she need help with screwing it in.” Long story short she was right my dad just unscrewed it and screwed it back in and it worked.
Yarus43 · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends brother was lazy and unemployed, about 25, dude would take advantage his parents and just laze around all day watching naruto on max volume in the living room. Also he was super douchey.
karma_jockey · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched my husband clean a window today, and he just pushed really hard in tiny circles. Soooo many streaks.
indicagirl81 · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 40+ yo neighbor was complaining about severe period cramps and I suggested she take an Advil. I was hesitant to even say anything because it seemed so obvious but she’d never tried it! She seemed amazed how it put an end to her suffering.
GA-to-VA · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chernobyl got brought up once in a conversation with my mom, who would have been a teen when it happened. I was shocked to realize that despite having lived through the time period herself, she was not familiar with what I thought was a rather important historical moment.
Limp_Scampi · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work housekeeping at a nursing home, and the other day one of the women I work with said she was trying to get used to switching gloves between rooms since state was coming. We clean toilets, sinks, etc. I was disgusted to find out she wasn’t doing it already.
Kudaja · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure how we got on the conversation but a buddy looked at me and said lets hide in Walmart till they close. Just starred at him till he realized what he just said.
latteboy50 · 1 points · Posted at 03:26:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This woman at my work doesn’t know how to sweep a floor.
JakeJayke · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tie-down straps. Amazes me that most adults can not figure it out.
Aloe2Vera · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know what room you're in based on the ceiling, it's not that weird but is oddly accurate.
MissLizzyBennet · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boiling water in a pot. He didn't know when the water was boiling. Trying to make him learn anything about the kitchen was like pulling teeth. But trying to explain what boiling water looks like over the phone was eye opening. He didn't google it, and I don't know why. He phoned me instead.
hellokitty1939 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working at a fast food restaurant during a summer break in college. A manager told me to go mop the floor. I don't remember exactly what I did, but it was wrong.
The manager was like "how the hell do you not know how to mop a floor?! Haven't you ever mopped before?"
I said No.
He said "Who mops the floors at your house?"
I thought for a minute and said "nobody, all our rooms have carpets."
He looked at me like I was out of my mind. (I thought my answer was perfectly reasonable.) :-D But honestly, our house was extremely over-carpeted and I made it halfway through college without knowing how to mop a floor.
nanner1018 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I overheard two college juniors in the laundry room one time the one said "oh you just put the detergent in any of those spots"
THAT SPOT SAYS FABRIC SOFTENER
rubberseatbelt · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Telling your kids about your marital problems.
therealkimjong-un · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a guy in my dorm ask how do you get Gas, like for a car. Apparently his parents would go and fill his car up, and we live in a State where an attendant has to do it for you. He also asked me if his car could make it to California, as he was concerned his New Honda civic could not make it up the hills ore something while going south.
missjoy91 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have several trays of ice in my freezer. My friend stayed with me for a few weeks recently and while he was visiting I noticed the ice seemed to disappear ridiculously fast. There was just never enough ice. Finally one day I caught him pulling out a tray. He looked at it funny and then proceeded to dump the entire tray in the sink.
I asked him wtf he was doing, and he said, "Something is wrong with the ice, there's still water in the middle so I thought it went bad."
He thought the ice in the process of freezing had gone bad because it was still... Water.
Tyrell95 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker doesn't know how to sweep :/
privatelife93 · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate.. didn’t know how to cook rice and before I moved in thought you only mop floors with water, no cleaner, no nothing just water.
RedRover_over · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Its a tie between my boyfriend not knowing how to peel a potato (🤦🏻♀️) and my roommate using dawn dish soap instead of detergent in the dishwasher... the whole kitchen got a bubble bath that day.
griffinwalsh · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old roommate of my was super sheltered and one time when learning to cook at like 24 I found her with the pan flipped over covering the underside of the it in butter because the instructions said "butter the bottom of the pan"
Indigo808 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When gas plummeted due to Covid-19, I was excited to tell my girlfriend of course of one of the few good things for us at least.
Bear in mind gas went from abt $2.75 a gallon to literally $1.05 for a while, and I told her that excitedly. She responded “Is that good?”
Another time recently, she told me she had no idea what to do with her bank account that her parents made for her that currently has thousands of dollars just sitting in it for her. She was frustrated because “I don’t even know how to withdraw money from my bank” I asked her “Don’t you know your number?” - I thought it was clear I was referring to her PIN, she was upset stating she did not know her ACCT# and Routing#... took me a minute to explain literally no one remembers that stuff for their bank account, and that all she would really need is her PIN especially for an ATM. Hahah, I love her but she grew up an only child in a high-middle class status. She’s at least self-aware and recognizes she was raised with a silver spoon in her mouth.
xniks101x · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend tried to make a rice dish (paella)... without boiling the rice in water first. She nearly burned her house down. She just put rice in a skillet along with the rest of the ingredients. She said “the recipe didn’t say you had to cook the rice in water first.”
tsvkkis · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend (22) not knowing how to crack an egg
iamanundertaker · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An acquaintance of mine had a new tenant who, within the first week of their tenancy, flooded the bathroom. They didn't know how to use a shower curtain (the bottom of the curtain was outside the tub instead of inside), and let the water flow onto the floor.
mhbarsigma · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use to run science camps for kids. I had a new teacher try to put out cooking oil that caught fire with a cup of water while the kids were crowded around him. Apparently I screamed "No" loud enough that our Zumba studio neighbour heard me during their class.
senortyty9000 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Times tables
Urbiggestfan8 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boyfriend and I have been trying (and failing) to conceive, he asks me if I've been faking orgasms, genuinely believed the female has to cum to make a baby. Really got me thinking 🤔
tballz3773 · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife's cousin never baked a frozen pizza before. She put a plastic wrapped pizza with the cardboard bottom into the oven and started baking it. Mind boggling.
stutesy · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad asked me this year, (he's 60) why things in space would have solar panels on them. He truly thought the solar energy couldn't reach things in space.
probum420 · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh, that's so cool!
Sweezenator · 1 points · Posted at 03:28:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time in college a guy I knew asked me to brown the meat cause we were having tacos. I just asked “how do I do that?” And he went on a rant for 5-10 mins instead of just telling me what it meant. I had never done it before. “It’s hard to know what to do if you’ve never done it before” is what I told him. He just kept freaking out at me. Someone else mentioned what to do and I knew what they meant. I was just just confused by his terminology and he wouldn’t let it go.
2Gnomes1Trenchcoat · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother at 35 tried to microwave eggs in a bowl of water to make hard-boiled eggs. Eggs are porous to small amounts of gas but are relatively air tight and have strong shells and membranes. By microwaving a whole egg you basically have a pressure vessel that's slowing filling up with air pressure in the egg trying to expand outwards. They will get to a really high pressure before they simply can't contain it anymore and violently explode! It sounds like a flash bang going off! The microwave door flew open from the force of it, our kitchen was covered in half cooked eggs, and it shattered the ceramic bowl causing water to leak everywhere. It made a huge mess and scared the crap out of everyone. I laughed my ass off because even I knew not to do that and she felt real stupid.
Quinvictus · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once upon a time I hired a guy to work for me. The job required a LOT of driving. Within 4 weeks he got in 4 crashes, one of which totaled the company vehicle. He never drank, or die drugs, so it wasn’t that. Dude just had no idea how to drive. Don’t know how he got his license. He was 22.
RagedRobb · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once though you could use dish soap for a dishwasher. That was a mess.
cloudchocolate · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex (18 at the time) didn't know how to make boxed mac and cheese. He didn't know how to boil pasta or when to add the ingredients, nothing. His parents had done everything for him his whole life except they made him do his own laundry when he got older and take out the trash once in a while.
hobistoxic · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In first year my roommate who was 18, didn’t know how to cook rice... I was so irrationally angry because rice is literally the easiest and most basic thing to cook.
CaptainMurphy2 · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate got his grandparents' car when they got too old to drive it. About a week or two after he got it, he asks me to take a ride with him to run an errand. Having nothing better to do, I went along. During the trip, he stops off at the gas station. He then confesses to me that he has no idea how to pump gas. He grew up in New Jersey, and while he had driven a car there all throughout high school, as well as when he returned during college breaks, gas pumps in New Jersey are full service only. He literally had no idea how to do it, and was too embarrassed to ask, and his tank was getting lower every day.
probum420 · 2 points · Posted at 03:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New Jersy is SPECIAL!
WanderingClam · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suppose it’s not the worst thing ever but when I was in the military, one of my troops asked for my help cooking spaghetti. They’d never cooked before. So after work I head over to the dorm kitchen and he brings all the ingredients downstairs. He brought 10lbs of ground beef, 5 boxes of spaghetti, and loads of sauce. I tried to tell him that was WAY too much for one person. He reassured me that he was carb-loading for his PT test... (side note: the PT test consists of a 1.5 mile run, 1 minute of sit-ups, 1 minute of pushups, and a BMI measurement, not exactly carb load material in my opinion).
I eventually just let him do what he wanted to do, and I proceeded to cook the most spaghetti I ever had in my life. Broke his $1 dollar tree spatula on the 10lbs of ground beef in the process. A wild day! I like to think he’s still out there to this day eating off that meal I cooked him.
chromelogan · 1 points · Posted at 03:29:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess as a 19 year old and knowing 90 percent of these things means me doing fairly well for myself
probum420 · 2 points · Posted at 03:47:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes. Hang in there you will do well!
chromelogan · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
Starblaze647 · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of my brother’s would strain the ramen noodles out of the water and then not strain normal pasta...........
Bobarhino · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once had a roommate that put some leftover pizza in the oven. In the pizza box.
torchesXXtogether · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, about a week ago I commented on some post here on Reddit. I acknowledged (with significant and sincere shame) that I was in my 20s before I realized that one should wash their ass crack.
I had someone comment, non-ironically asking about HOW to do this. Asking if they should use different soap or a separate cloth or wash it last. I honestly felt bad. Like, I get it, my parents didn’t teach me either. But to need that lever of specificity was sad.
Willzyx_on_the_moon · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Experiencing a friend of mine attempting to parallel park while in the car. He literally just reversed and went forward at an angle without turning the wheel. I eventually had to get in the driver’s seat and park for him. I laughed heartily.
windraver · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After driving my 5 speed for 2 hours, as we approached home and stopped traffic, my sister swerved the car and didn't stop. I was freaking out from the fact we almost crashed and she apologized saying she didn't know where the clutch was.
fappyday · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad: "Why is the internet off?"
Me: "The storm knocked the power out."
Dad: " I know the power is out, but why can't I get on the internet?"
Me: "The power is out. Nothing in the house works. No fridge, no A/C, no television, no lights. Nothing works."
Dad: "Okaaaayyyyy.....I still don't see why I can't get on the internet."
Eworonuk · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roomate in second year making Kraft Dinner for the first time. I told him to strain the pasta once it was cooked and he strained the pasta over the floor. Literally. Boiling water poured through the strainer onto the floor. Couldn't believe my eyes.
Weferdes · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my 18 year old friend how to use a broom. He was sweeping like a hockey player at our first job together.
wolfpackalpha · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was visiting my gf at her college and needed to make a Walmart run while she was in class. I invited her roommate to come with me because he also needed things and didn't have a car. We picked up everything we needed and went through self check out and he couldn't figure out how to use the chip reader for a debit card. He was taking so long I ended up just paying for him.
grilledcheeseburger · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife didn't know ducks could fly.
dj_boy-Wonder · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a girlfriend who I was talking about emergency services with and I was like “and that’s when you really need to call 000” (our emergency services number) and she’s like “... 000? Why would I need to call that?” She believed the number to dial was 911 because of TV... she was 26
TahoeCommie · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying, but a real "WTF?" for me every time it happened.
Other students at a Maritime Academy with me who couldn't tie a tie for the life of them. I am no expert, but I had my Windsor and Half Windsor down within our second full dress inspection.
Before every formal event or inspection I had a line of guys (never the ladies!) outside my dorm room waiting for me to pre-tie their ties for them. I eventually started demanding booze and food after each time that happened.
Senor_Dr_Business · 1 points · Posted at 03:31:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My buddy didn’t know how to open a canned crescent roll package. We are 26.
jhobweeks · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad used to make the best bacon in the world. It definitely took some trial and error, but he practically made it a science.
Science, however, takes experimentation, and it’ll blow up in your face now and then. I was a toddler, and I LOVED bacon. My dad had started to experiment with making it in the microwave, with paper towels underneath to soak up extra grease so it’d be floppy without being too fatty. I guess he used too much paper towel or he was unlucky enough to have it touch the coil, but the microwave went up in flames.
He was probably about 40 at this point, having more or less lived on his own from the age of 17 to when he moved in with my mom when he was in his early 30s. He was a very smart man (literal rocket scientist for the military at one point).
dibit111 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend tell me she didn’t know how to tell if a number was odd or even. She would just count up to it going “odd, even, odd, even” etc. You might ask if she was young. No. She was in college. I tried to explain it to her.
Her response? “No that’s too complicated my way works”.
penguinshateu13 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Putting staples in the stapler and paper in the copier.
meliveeee · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Changing a tire.
Nimeni013 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate asked for my help in picking out a good used car. No biggie. She said she’d only had a car once and it broke down after about a month, so she wasn’t familiar with them. All good. I give her some advice and she goes out and gets a little Honda that’s a bit older, then asks me to test drive it with her to make sure it’s okay. Probably something that should have been done before buying the car, but sure. I don’t mind helping out. As I’m driving I test things out and let her know what I think. I tell her she needs to replace the windshield wipers. “You mean those things that are moving?” (I had turned them on to test them.) ...Yes. She says the gas is low and asks me to take it to a nearby gas station, so I do. She then asks me to teach her how to put gas in her car BECAUSE SHE’D NEVER DONE IT BEFORE. I did, but as I was doing it I was like, “Wait, how long did your last car last, again?”
Charash99 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate doing his laundry.
On our apartment complex we have 2 washers. They take an hour to wash your clothes. One day we asked why his timer was always set to 2 hours. He said it's 2 hours because there's 2 washing machines that take an hour each.
My gosh explaining how that's not how it works since they both wash simultaneously was hilarious!
LilPitch · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my best friend didn’t know how his oven worked
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as a barista for almost four years. The first time I saw my husband make drip coffee he just poured the coffee into the filter no measurements. It had to be enough for at least two full pots and the taste was super strong. I was like “no wonder he keeps sayin the coffee I make is weak.”
LilPitch · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my best friend didn’t know how his oven worked
HomoDerectus · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the army we had those Turkish type toilets. One day, I walked in and saw two feet underneath the gap of the door. There was a man laying down on the hole of the toilet taking a shit. He had never see one before, he didnt know how he was supposed to shit.
blackrose4242 · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex girlfriend couldn’t start my car. It was a standard key ignition.
Needformorelife · 1 points · Posted at 03:33:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to bicycle
JackHackPuddingPack · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not being able to add 20 + 8 in your 20’s
CrazyTravelerC137 · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ive just finnished first year of highschool and i still cannot believe that my friends didnt know what lego games are.
nothathappened · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-husband. We were traveling to NY and I was counting change for the tolls (1997.) He asked how much change he had and I told him, it was only enough for two tolls. He then asked me how I counted the change. Excuse me? Ummm, quarters, dimes, nickels, pennies? He then tells me to count it the other way in case there was more money. Yup. :/
snappolli · 1 points · Posted at 03:34:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate really wanted us to use our dishwasher because she didn’t like washing dishes by hand. I mentioned we needed to buy some dish detergent then, and she looked at me confused and said we could just put dish soap in it. I’m so glad we discussed it before she flooded our apartment with bubbles.
Pirate_the_Cat · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a 30-something year old that didn’t know how to convert decimals into percentages. This person was in medical school.
MentalUproar · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every customer that needs help with accessing our coupons will google the website. I tell them the url, the .com, say “just type it here, you don’t need to search” and every time, they google it the ask “is this the right one?” on the search results.
pizzelle · 1 points · Posted at 03:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me. I swear I'll learn how to do my own taxes this year.
Oh, another person. A medical office manager for the last 27 years but didn't know how to type or use a web browser. Aggravating but not horrifying.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once dated a girl in college that didn't know how to put gas in her car
werzthebeef · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife doesn’t understand why things get stale, the concept of oxidization, or how ziplocks work. She sealed a baggie of apple slices full up with air and left in the sun. Im dead
mozzie1012 · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my mid-20s roommate was incapable of following the directions on a box of kraft mac and cheese
smay1982 · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss doesn't know how to reply to or forward an email. (Found this out while handling all applications for grants and loans during the COVID shut down...)
Yui0967 · 1 points · Posted at 03:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So one time I was babysitting my aunts son for a few days because she and her husband went on vacation so I was in the guest room watching TV until I hear a loud noise so I go check what happened and I see my nephew putting his toys in the oven repeatedly I asked him what he was doing he said that if his toys were half way melted he could fix them by banging them on wood the table had a piece that was about to fall of so I had to punish him I told my aunt and uncle what happened and let me tell you they were pissed I told my nephew that he couldn’t fix his toys by banging them on wood he said he can I tried to stop him but then he started a fight
StClevesburg · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who didn’t know how to load a dish washer. By which I mean he would lay dishes horizontally on the vertical rack. He got upset when I showed him how you were supposed to load the dishes.
Smitty_Jarrett · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My previous roomate having no housekeeping skills whatsoever because his mom coddled him. I had to teach him how to do his laundry. He couldn't even cook grits on the stove. He boiled them over and the stove caught on fire.
julo2276 · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend freshman year of college had never done the dishes before. After loading up the dishwasher he put like dawn soap in the slot for dish soap. Not long after starting it the kitchen floods with bubbles coming from the dishwasher
passionateperformer · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bitch ass friend who is a goddamn homeowner at 25 did👏🏽not👏🏽KNOW👏🏽 that he needed to buy his own air filters because he thought they were already built in...he got constantly sick and his HVAC broke costing him soooo much money 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
RupesSax · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first week of college, my friend and I were at the cafeteria, and she didn't know how to use the toaster. She wanted to only toast one slice of bread, but since there were two slots, she was freaking out, thinking she had to put two in, but even then, she didn't know HOW to use the toaster. Her mom had always done it for her 🤦🏽♀️
Eckleburgseyes · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college, I walk into the restroom and there he is with a bowl of dried oatmeal and a bottle of soap. He's scrubbing like crazy and pouring l kinds of soap on it. I told him to put some hot water in the bowl and let it sit for a minute. He obliged in order to prove me wrong. When it wiped right out he said
"Holt shit, do other people know about this?"
Zeas-44 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didn’t know how to make Ramen. Straight up. Not as bad as the “didn’t know how to make pasta” reply but almost as egregious. To be fair he could cook other things that were more complex, but thats what makes the fact he didn’t know how to make Ramen so amazing.
megantron0434 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate(35m) that did questionable things all the time. Like the one time I found a fully cooked bag of popcorn in the fridge, or the time I found a half eaten melted carton of ice cream in front of the toilet in the bathroom with the spoon still in it. The most concerning one was when I got home and noticed he was cooking and using every burner on the stove. He had his phone out with some YouTube video instructing him. When I asked him what he was doing, he said he was learning how to cook eggs. Learning to cook eggs in every way possible via YouTube...
nkkelf · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least he was trying to improve himself?
hypercombofinish · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom didn't know how to wash her car. She'd only done so once before in life
GrandWeek3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once dated a young woman who didn't wash her butt, she was 18 and I was 28. I can't remember how this came to light, but when I politely inquired e.g. "Well, I mean, what do you do in the shower??" she seemed a bit dumbfounded and explained how she washed around that area butt not her butt.
Tiredbaby00 · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
christmas casual at work ... had to teach her how to use a vacuum because shes ‘never had to use one before’
that_snarky_one · 1 points · Posted at 03:38:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in college didn’t know you can’t mix bleach and ammonia. I told her it creates mustard gas. She then asked me if mustard gas was toxic.
LuxValentina · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 32-year old at the time ex boyfriend who couldn’t cut up an onion or start a load of laundry when he stayed over at my apartment.
This gem lied to me for almost a year saying that he lived with a roommate in a two bedroom apartment across town. He actually lived with mom for more than ten years and she did all his laundry and cooked all his meals. Had I known, I probably wouldn’t have dated him.
LostLibra31 · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Coworker was a Harvard Law grad. Saw her constantly ripping the mail open all crazy and I asked her if she knew how to work the letter opener. She didn’t. I had to show a Harvard Law graduate how to operate a letter opener.
lumpthefoff · 1 points · Posted at 03:39:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Didn’t know how to say please or thank you.
Craiginator8 · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying but embarrassing. I grew up in a household with an automatic ice machine. I used ice trays for the first time when I had roommates and I didn't know how to get the ice out so I turned them upside down and banged on the bottom of them until the ice fell out. Then one day I saw my roommate twist the corners and pop-pop them out. The lightbulb that went off in my head was hilaroius.
jimmyrum · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in student accommodation on exchange and one of my roommates was completely clueless. He was 25 and one week when everyone else was away for various reasons he sent a message into the apartment chat asking when the bin man was coming. Confused we asked him if he meant for the large bins downstairs but no he meant the ones in the kitchen. He thought that a man would come into the apartment every week or so and empty our bins. Needless to say I was shocked
Mistasquires · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me exes family not realizing her dad was the absolute worst guitar player and no one cares to hear it.....over....and over ....and over....
chocolate-corn · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m still a kid
Historicalshoes · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My gay friend thought you could only get STDs from heterosexual relationships and thought she was safe.
ProbablySleepingNow · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once watched someone try to cook pasta without water. Just the hard pasta in a pan, and on the stove. He wasn’t drunk or anything, just completely clueless. I guess his mom prepared all his meal before he went to college.
Lord_of_Furries · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know a person who tried to get pregnant for five years and finally went somewhere to get checked.
She found out that birth control is used to get rid of babies. She went off birth control, and a week later she got pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby.
Bobb_Michaels · 1 points · Posted at 03:40:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That you can file for taxes even if your parents claim you
hbgwhite · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a coworker ask me (seriously) how to fold towels that came out of the dryer at work. Took me a second or two to realize he wasn't kidding and demonstrate one for him. This was in high school and apparently that was something he had never been asked to do in 17 years.
Kittykat0992 · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn't know how to:
Do laundry.
Turn on the oven.
Write a check.
Make a doctor's appointment.
Know what to say at said doctors appointment.
Look up doctors in general.
Cook any food that wasn't a frozen pizza. Including eggs. Couldn't boil them or fry them. Clueless
kamine69 · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me when i was a 7years old scream to my mom to come clean my butt cuz i didnt know how at a friends house
Grayrose1996 · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching someone not know hot to fold a shirt or sweep like the cartoons. Cause the never had to do anythjng
mencryforme5 · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the last year, I have had to teach my father: how to use a trackpad on a laptop, how to copy-paste, how to use a tablet, how to send an email transfer, what Linux is.
My dad has been a computer programmer for the last 40 years. He also believes he is the smartest person on Earth and that I need his help to know when to breathe.
Scottybobby33 · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If I'm gonna throw my friend under the bus I might as well lay next to him lol
This sum bitch would cut raw chicken and veggies on the same board without rinsing it off.....
And I never knew how to pump gas until I was 24 lol in my defense though I was also never taught how to drive
local_rat_fetus · 1 points · Posted at 03:43:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isnt my story, but my math teacher told us about this. I dont remember exactly how it went but it was something similar to this. He was a hall monitor or something at the time and everyone was super chill with him. So he was gonna bake cupcakes for the students(? Maybe the staff?) HOWEVER while making cupcakes he read that it required two whole eggs and he was visibly confused whether that meant just the insides of the egg or shell and all. So he went to one of his friends, she would help with bake sales, all that shizz and he asked “Hey- Do you put the shell in too? It says it needs one whole egg?” And she simply said “Yes, you put the shell in” as a JOKE. Afterwards of making the cupcakes he noticed they didnt look right. Same girl looks at them and realizes he took it seriously. They got a good laugh out of it. One of the best stories my teacher told us.
Caleddin · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Toilet in the apartment above mine broke, they say they can't stop the water from flowing. Water streaming down into my bathroom/apartment, like raining-in-my-bathroom style. Landlord not answering my call or the other tenant's. After 20 minutes of calling I tell them I may as well check their bathroom to try to see if I can do something they didn't to stop the flow.
They hadn't turned the wall valve off, but it gets worse: They had somehow broken the upper porcelain reservoir but the guts were all 100% fine, just standing there gushing, trying desperately to fill a non-existent tank.
I literally used one finger to push the float-arm up and it stopped.
shortpaleand · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate just after college who didn't understand cleaning. He once broke a bottle from the fridge and was very flustered - I assured him he could just throw the glass away and clean up the spilled, no big deal. Came back in the kitchen and his solution had been to pour dish soap on the floor followed by about a half inch of water and then sweep that until it was frothy and put a box fan in front of the door to dry it.
Water evaporates and we were just left with a thin film of dirt, dried soap, and the dried version of whatever he spilled.
bluejacketsbabe · 1 points · Posted at 03:44:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to my FIL how to use a garbage disposal.
PCGamor21 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I did the first one when i was like 8
Gryffindorphins · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was helping clean the stage during bump out at an amateur theatre and another cast member decided to help by sweeping the floor. Her experience of sweeping must have been based entirely on Disney princesses because all she was doing was moving the broom head back and forth as she walked along the stage, singing. She said she was done when she reached the other side.
I felt bad for her because I was never taught by my parents either - I learned when I got my first casual job. I explained that the goal was to push the dirt into one place (or lots of smaller places) so you can pick it up with a dustpan, then showed her how. Blew her mind.
kipobaker · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really minor, I guess, but I had a high school friend call me our freshman year of college (we went to different colleges) because she was shopping for her dorm. She didn't know how to use a can opener. She'd had an electric can opener in her kitchen her whole life, and was going to blow $30 (huge at the time for her limited funds) on an electric opener because she didn't know how to use a handheld one. I convinced her to buy the normal kind, and talked her through it when she got back to the dorm. For context, we both grew up lower middle class, her mom just splurged on things like a Dyson vacuum and gadgets. Super weird to teach someone I thought was more mature than me at that point to use a damn can opener.
silkdragonwings · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This one is embarrassing but this is actually about me.
As far as I remember, I've never been able to smell anything. Strong scents like rot/mold or skunks dont affect me because I literally cant smell it.
I couldn't smell anyone and I couldn't smell myself so I didn't do deoderant, toothpaste, mouthwash, or hell, daily baths because I wasn't aware I stunk!
And it wasn't until a boss of mine called me out on it that I became painfully aware of this. No one in my past, family, friends, coworkers, or anyone had gotten enough courage to tell me to my face that I was rank.
So I stick to a very strict hygiene regimen now because I can't stand to think how bad I must have smelled in high school and college. I almost practically beg friends once we get close enough that "if you smell something off about me, TELL ME"
CuddleSloth12 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate (who I love a lot, don’t get me wrong) thought “softened butter” was a suggestion in a recipe and not a necessity. She took it directly from the fridge, then couldn’t figure out why she couldn’t mix the batter at all.
Shi08 · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I want to be in the youtube video
ProudMammoth · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend came to visit me when I was living in London and when I asked her what she wanted to see while she was here, she said “I really want to see the glass pyramid museum” and I’m just sitting there like “....the louvre?”
yeslikesoul · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few days before my cousin got married, she confided in me and some friends that she had never budgeted finances with her new husband before....or by herself either.
Myself and the bachelorette party all devolved into slow horror as we realized her parents had paid for everything for her up to that point, but the agreement was once they tied the knot, the auto-pay would stop. They both had jobs it’s just that neither one had ever been taught how to manage money. Ever.
She was also pregnant.
tophchen · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am an asian guy studying engineering. I have a lot of funny stories about people stereotyping me and asking me for help with their math homework, but what never ceases to amaze me is how many people cannot think through basic algebra. I mean, it's pretty simple. Whatever you do to one side of "=" you do to the other side until you have isolated one variable. Substitute in that variable for whatever it's equal to and then repeat the process.
FYP_TTK · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once gave someone a clementine, and they just stared at it and asked, “Am I supposed to eat the peel?”
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Undoing a stapler, its under the part where it clips, sometimes on the other end...
Carpet_Lintt · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Having someone tell me that pickles are cucumbers ..
polaroidshooter · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friend did not think cars needed oils change... she has driven her car for almost 3 years before we had this conversation...
Lexus, in case you need to know what car it was...
spryan2236 · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends who was 21M at the time didn’t know how to change the oil in his car or a tire for that matter
tankboat · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21 I was beginning to invest. I was talking to everyone of my co workers about it. They have no clue and they are all older than me. I asked them many times on retirement planning and they dont seem to care at all.
MvSg2016 · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Teaching my recently widowed father how to run a household...He still refuses to use a dishwasher and can’t buy his own jeans without calling me to check what size he is. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.
davidhunternyc · 1 points · Posted at 03:47:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What's adulting?
alpo84 · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
1 iron your clothes, 2 wash (if I have to clarify, that's probably it), don't go to work sick, save, care for fellow persons as you would yourself (also you may need them), but the worst adult thing. Don't show up to court high... especially for a traffic violation.
Miramarr · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
40+ yrs old dude I worked with tried to cook raw pasta in the microwave. Literally raw, dry, pasta without even adding water
Gryrthandorian · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My colle roommate, freshman year did not know deodorant twisted up. She used the little rounded top part then threw them out. She complained about being out once and showed me. I grabbed it from her and twisted it up. God only knows what she thought the little wheel thing was for.
Working in a job that required a four year degree: coworker thought all black items (like a coffee cup or bowl) and styrofoam couldn’t go in the microwave. It would catch on fire.
Guaymaster · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What do you mean "twist up"? Is it about those deodorants that have balls on top?
I ask because we use the ones that come in spray cans at home, so I don't use ball ones.
Gryrthandorian · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.google.com/search?q=secret+deodorant&prmd=sinv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRvt371J7qAhWlPH0KHf23C9cQ_AUoAnoECA4QAg&biw=487&bih=840#imgrc=YAotvwE6qCjlpM
Like this.
Guaymaster · 2 points · Posted at 12:34:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see. Happy cakeday btw!
Gryrthandorian · 2 points · Posted at 14:00:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
blastersw · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
MAKING A P.B.AND J.
fknnutter · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who’s car boot door closed on top of her head. She told me... “Jesus, of that hit my soft spot, I would have died!” My 25 year old friend fully believed she had a soft spot on her head, like infants.
01029838291 · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a 35 yo coworker how to copy and paste a couple months ago.
famousanonamos · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my brother and sister so many basic things when they lived with me that I can't narrow down much. Teaching my brother at like 22 not know how to use a hammer was rough though. Also adults who can't use a simple drill to do things like hang shelves. I've had to help my friend so many times. I made her buy a cheap drill and she's finally kind of figured it out.
Gay-People-Rights · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not while adulting, but since I have something perfectly not horrifying yet related, I’ll do this. I’m not an adult, but about this time last year, my cousin and I were hanging out with a friend of ours in the neighbourhood. We go to my grandmas house to get some snacks, and she hands us a shit ton of sunflower seeds. I grab a few and start eating them and they look at me in awe. I ask them why they’re looking at me like that, they simply reply with “How the fuck do you eat these?” I asked if they were serious, and after their confirmation, I burst out in laughter. To this day I have no clue why.
howdoeswinstonknow · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I worked with said "what's Holland"? I said "you might know it as the Netherlands" blank look I said "you know when you went to Amsterdam earlier this year...? That's Holland.." she said "I thought that was this country" (England)
metamorph0s1s · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend and I were leaving to run some errands and he realized he had forgotten his wallet. We went back inside his apartment and dicked around for about twenty minutes. When we got back out to the garage, he had intentionally left his car running the whole time, with the garage door closed, as if were completely normal.
gjm615 · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While in college, my 2 friends were going to a concert in a nearby state that required tolls to be paid. At one of the booths the old school “basket” change catch was installed so they simply tossed the dollar bills in and kept driving.
The driver had to figure out when he received a ticket for unpaid tolls in the mail a couple of weeks later that these machines take change only
ShelBeeR · 1 points · Posted at 03:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I (22 at the time) subleased my apartment to a younger (20 at the time) sorority sister the summer after I graduated. 2 things happened with this: 1-We agreed she would take over the water bill in her name so I didn’t have my name on a utility I wasn’t using. I told her how to do it online and the day I would take my name off of it to make sure there was no lapse in the bill. Imagine my surprise when her and my other (not so great) roommate racked up a $375 water bill over the course of 2 months and it came out of our deposit. (Not even sure how 2 people use that much water but ok). I asked her about it and she said “the water kept running so I figured it was fine” 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️ 2-she paid me the rent up front for the whole summer in a check form. I know checks are a thing of the past, but this girl is only 3 years younger than me and I definitely learned, in elementary and middle school, how to write a check. She made the check out to “rent”, didn’t write the price in words, and wrote my name in the memo..........we had to have a check writing lesson.
r311im507 · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate (she was 24 at the time) didn’t know how to replace toilet paper using the little telescoping rod in the middle. She literally couldn’t understand how to get it off, I had to show her...
rackfocus · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I joined a meetup of local woman to make friends. Most of the women were a lot older but hey, who knows. We would take a group walk together. After one walk I went for coffee with two other ladies. They were both widows. They both talked about how, after their husbands died they were surprised that they had to pay car insurance!!! They had been taken care of their whole lives. I was flabbergasted.
commandersax · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didn't know that if the washer stopped randomly due to an unbalanced load, you had to continue the wash cycle or set the dial to manually rinse and spin the clothes to get the soap and excess water out. He literally scooped up sopping wet clothes and shoved them into our brand new dryer. I nearly had a heart attack and ran over to throw the clothes back into the washer and begin soaking up/ scooping out the 3 inches of soapy water sitting in the dryer drum. He figured since you put moist clothes into the dryer, soaking wet stuff would be just fine too. His mom babied him/ did his laundry like 90% of the time, but he definitely should have thought about it when he saw the small lake forming in the dryer.
Same dude almost never changed the oil in his brand new car when he was supposed to. I grew up broke with family junker cars and always knew the importance of consistent maintenance early on in a car's life. On a hunch, I went to pull the dip stick to see what condition his oil was in and (to my horror) found pure sludge. When I asked him why he wouldn't get regular oil changes on his brand new car, he said it was because the guy at Jiffy Lube told him that the synthetic oil he bought from them was good for like 15,000-20,000 miles. I had him call a real mechanic / do an oil change asap. The car survived another couple of years before being sold.
He also had no idea how to load a dish washer, properly clean/mop a floor, or paint a wall.
I taught him what I could, but it was very rough buying and owning a house together.
colorblind-rainbow · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago, my mom was making dinner when the oil in the frying pan caught fire. I was telling her to get the lid (while also trying to find it), when she gets a cup of water and throws it on it. A fireball goes up, she screams(and drops the cup), I'm yelling about the lid. She grabs the handle of the flaming pan, goes out the back door, and chucks it into the backyard. It lands upside down, and goes out a minute later. She's damn lucky she didn't hurt her hand and that it had rained that day so the grass didn't catch fire. At the time, she was 45.
mrinkyface · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, go to hang out with a bunch of Brazilian students because I’m with a Brazilian girl. Go into this guys room and the window is open in the middle of winter in Chicago. Ask him why he has the window open and he says he’s never known what cold weather feels like and he loves how it feels so he keeps on open all the time. Tell him if he keeps doing it he’s going to get really sick, basically brushes it off like I was ridiculous. Dude had to go to the hospital 2 weeks later for pneumonia.
UneasyRiderNC · 2 points · Posted at 03:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, you don't get sick from cold weather.
mrinkyface · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the viruses that cause colds spread more easily in lower temperatures, and in a university environment where germs and sicknesses spread rapidly it only accelerates the condition
Blenderhead36 · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the age of 23, I learned that credit score is governed by whether you pay bills on time from a throwaway line in the movie Fantastic Mister Fox. I had just assumed there was no difference between paying my (for example) phone bill every month or paying it every other month when they threatened to disconnect.
Incidentally, credit reports record the last 7 years of your credit history. My credit score rose something like 150 points the year I turned 30.
TenguMeringue · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These are relatively mild, which probably just goes to show I don't know that many insanely inept people
RedHotSuzyQ · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have these moments nearly every day. I can’t begin to name them. I just look at these adults and wonder who raised them, and then who raised those adults, and who raised those adults, and so on... it’s terrifying.
quixoticopal · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My BFF didn't realise that teaspoons/tablespoons come off of the ring they come on.
This was like, a month ago. We're both in our late 30s.
To her credit, she has dyspraxia, and a lot of basic things that involve manipulating objects are SUPER hard for her. I frequently take the approach I take with my students, and explain things step by step, because often in her life no one HAS ever explained to her how to every day tasks, like hang clothes so the seams on the shoulders align with the hanger.
feeblewinder · 1 points · Posted at 03:50:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 34 for year friend once asked me if I could grav (yes with a V) a bottle of water for him from the fridge.... I asked him to repeat himself... He again said grav!! I asked him if he meant grab? With a b? And he said no, grav.... He went through life thinking it was grav, not grab... And just wow!
bredditmh · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first roommate in college deadass didn’t know how to work the blinds. These were very standard normal white blinds, no secret tricks.
Second roommate didn’t know how to make eggs. Not even scrambled im cringing thinking about this
Alyybaba · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 26 year old roommate wanted to cook a can of soup. He usually buys the pull tab cans but he accidentally bought the closed lid one. I told him he needed a can opener and that the can opener was in the drawer. He opens the drawer and he can’t find it. I walk over and grab the can opener (it’s sitting right in front of his eyes) to hand it to him. He looked at the can opener like it was an object from a distant planet.
politely_enraged · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend is a wonderful human being, but somehow he doesn't understand the concept of sides. As in, sides to go with your dinner. As in, he'll cook a filet of salmon (rather well, actually!) and then just eat that. Alone. No rice, no vegetables, no sauces, nothing. He didn't understand why this was weird to me (I'm Italian, we have strong opinions about food).
Gingerdressing · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not totally crazy, but my best friend's husband did something hilarious whilst they were staying over at our place for the weekend. He woke up and went to fry and egg for breakfast and turned the burner on and set the pan on top. I walk out and smell something super wonky, like ultra hot metal. I walk in the kitchen and this man didn't take the burner cover off before using the coil. I pushed him out of the way and grabbed the metal cover with some tongs and tossed it in the oven.
He was wondering why the pan was taking so long to heat up.
MasterEchoSE · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Myself, when I was twelve my nephew who is two years younger than me was showing me how to make ramen, basic ramen. I had never had it before and he failed to mention that we add water to it. I burnt ramen.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone who had been driving for a few years just seemed to forget how to drive when I was in the car, so much that they went onto the wrong side of the road and nearly drove straight into a bus
thestralcounter44 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ugh. Orienting a male nurse. He kept coming out saying he couldn’t straight cath this 96? Year old woman. So I go in to help and he’s trying to ram the tube in her clitoris. 🤦🏽♀️ uh. There’s no hole there. He was a newlywed too. His poor wife.
Karen8172 · 1 points · Posted at 03:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In grad school, I came home from a long day of my internship to find that my apartment reeked of gas and my two roommates who were already home didn’t even know what was happening. We called the fire department to come and check it out and while we were waiting I walked into my roommates room and saw her about to light some incense! I had to scream at her not to do this and she said she was “just trying to cover the smell.” To this day I still don’t understand how a 20 year didn’t know not to light fire when there is a potential gas leak!
fr3akgirl · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boss who would regularly send out mass emails using the word “sells” when she definitely meant “sales”. She is a horrible person and I found a small amount of joy watching her show the rest of the company how dumb she is.
Severe-Drama · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at a friends place, girl he likes was coming over and i was there to be the middle man and keep things from getting too awkward. we were planning to eat lunch ,so he microwaved some rice and i was terrified that he was microwaving the rice while it was still in the metal pot of the rice cooker ,i shouted at him to unplug the microwave, cus let me just say sparks were flying and the microwave was throwing lightning. luckily he stopped it in time for it to not explode in our faces, from that day on im the one who manages the cooking if ever im at his place
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a tutor at tutoring club and one of the other tutors didn’t know how to do a basic subtraction word problem.
PinkPingers · 1 points · Posted at 03:52:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For my 20th birthday my girlfriends since middle school decided to do a cooking class together. We discovered that one of the girls did not know how to crack an egg. Because she’s never done it before.
Jack_Varus · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a housemate when I was doing a masters degree not realise that defrosting meat in a plastic bag would lead to contaminated liquid going everywhere.
Before going back to university I'd worked in a microbiology lab where we did a lot of food safety stuff and the previous year I'd had serious food poisoning (when you have internal rules like "never eat chicken at a bbq or fried liver from a resteraunt" don't make exceptions, ever).
One day came home and found a lump of pork defrosting which had spilled contaminated juices over an entire countertop. It took over an hour to properly clean everything and I had to throw away someone's cheap wooden spatula set because it had soaked up so much of the fluid it had started to swell.
I blew a fuse that day.
kitteninmitten · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hearing from my oldest brother that the "bitches" he has sex with are "clean" & don't have STDs or HIV while waiting for a Chlamydia test result. I looked at him like, "You can't be serious?"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was married for five years before I realized my wife didn’t know how to pump gas into a car. She grew up in Jersey. We were on vacation and she put the line into the car and assumed it was going to pump itself.
KeineHosen · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying, but I had to teach my college roommate that you have to squeeze the gas pump handle before anything comes out.
r_m_castro · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roomate asked me how to recharge the stapler. He was 25.
poopyfacethrowaway · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate asked for laundry help bc he thought you put the soap in the hole in the middle instead of in the actual wash with the clothes
pewpiskewt · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex: thought cleaning toilet meant just spraying toilet cleaner and that’s it. Never thought to scrub or anything. Was very very confused why the toilet never got any cleaner and kept buying different brands
first time walking my dog he picked up the poop by opening the bag, laying it on the ground, and using a stick to push it into the bag.... I showed him the picture of the person picking it up on the poop bag thing he grabbed it from.... and he grew up with a family dog? Oh jeez
knotpolkadottie · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 35+ yo husband has never written a check. When did I discover this? After we bought our second house and he asked to takeover the household finances I was previously handling. I still write all the checks for the bills.
Dyzfunkshin · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate put a Tide pod in the dishwasher...
sister_of_a_foxx · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Too late for this one but my college roommate was a disgusting slob of a girl who was also a manipulative crazy bitch who had consistently convinced her parents to let her get what she wanted. She was given the smallest room in our apartment with the agreement that she didn’t have to share the bathroom, as long as it remained clean. I think the whole year it got cleaned 3 times, once by her mother, once when she was gone and my other roommate and I threw a party, and once when I realized she had no idea what she was doing. I was cleaning my bathroom with the only bottle of toilet cleaner in the apartment and she promised to clean her bathroom so when she slunk past me, I asked her how she cleaned the toilet without the cleaner. Her response? “Soap.” Naturally I inquired what soap and she got pissed and said, “the soap in the bathroom” and stormed out. I imagine she either cleaned the toilet with hand soap, shampoo, or body wash. I didn’t live with her the following year but here’s to hoping she learned how to clean a damn toilet.
jhofsho1 · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching my old roommate try and clean up a spill in beer pong.
when I handed him a roll of paper towels, he literally threw the whole roll on the ground and stepped on it to soak it all up. And I lost my fucking mind.
Monster_NotWar · 1 points · Posted at 03:53:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once trained a girl at my work who had NO CLUE how to use a washer and dryer. I was showing her the laundry room and said something along the line of "so just use it the way you normally would, just keep it set on perm press" and she dead ass looked at me and said "I dont know how to use one. I've never done it before." I swear, I shit a brick. I asked her what she does in order to get clean clothes, and she replies "my mom does all that for me." To which I then proceeded to ask how old she was and without missing a beat, the bitch tells me she's 32 years old.... I literally felt my brain switch off and the wheels stop spinning, and I turned and walked out to the room and told my manager that the new girl was her problem now. Needless to say, she didn't work there for more than a day, and is now the reason I ask EVERYONE I train if they know how a washer and dryer works, and I tell them this story.
wickedkookhead2 · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend doesn’t know how to change a tire. Now his tires are bald that you can see he metel wire under the rubber. I’ve offered to change his tires but he says “no they aren’t meant to come off. The stay on your car forever”
geofox777 · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my sister, who has lived here for 26 years at home, doesn't know where to out dishes out of the dishwasher.
Like that's how little she does and has done around the house she doesn't even know where the bowls go
mexiwok · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend flip out at the fact that I bought new shoe laces when mine broke. I said “what do you do when your laces break?” Desdass looks me in the faces and goes “Buy new shoes.”
DarthNecromancy · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a reservation at the Stratosphere casino in Las Vegas, NV, USA. A friend of mine arrived earlier that day and I was going to ask if they could put me on the same floor as my friend. There was a long line at the check-in desk. When I finally got to the front of the line I ended up with the computer illiterate n00bie. First she cancels my reservation in their system, then she starts trying to book me in a room on the correct floor but the other employees around her are so much faster that they keep stealing rooms out from under her. After losing 5 or 6 rooms she asks the guy next to her to stop what he's doing and get me a room and I end up on the same floor as my friend, but a quarter mile walk from my room to his room.
uninterested_tbh · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My university friend comes from a very wealthy family, so they never needed to take public transit in their entire life. In our fourth year of university (we're 21 by this point), we decided to travel to my house to work on a project together. I knew that she hardly ever rode a bus, but nope, I was wrong. She had NEVER ridden the bus. She didn't know where to pay the fare (even though the coin slot was right by the doorway), and when I told her to pay there, she tried shoving a $20 bill into the coin slot while asking the bus driver if he had change.
Luvagoo · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SO has always struggled with personal admin shit. Like getting around to activating a new card, signing up for splitwise, really simple shit like that. I thought he was just a lazy, at times inconsiderate ass (def still a factor) but he just had to do his half of signing up for a joint account - and holy fucking shit. He just... Everything was painful. Typing in the wrong address. Not recognising when something appeared in a drop down. Typing 'Australian' as a nationality and getting mad about why it wasn't offering him an option (it only accepted Australia) - I actually had to guide him through it. He's not the kind to pretend to be bad at something so he doesn't do it, it was a genuine mental struggle for him. I've never seen anything like it.
GOHNDONOTLOOKSRS · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently discovered many people my age have no heckin clue how to cut an onion. I never even considered that some people didn’t know. Mind boggling lol. I handed a new girl at work an onion to cut up for me and she must have stared at it for a solid 5 minutes trying to figure out how to cut it before I offered to help. Then I explained it to her and she tried to peel it with like a normal vegetable peeler lol.. left the second layer of skin on and massacred it. Good times. My husband also apparently never cut an onion before he moved in with me about a year and a half ago
I also regularly have a guy come into work and ask me to peel his orange for him because he doesn’t know how. I went to school with him and he’s a couple years older than me.. maybe 26ish lol
At work I also caught a 19 year old girl microwaving a metal mixing bowl.. and I was like UHHHHHH let’s NOT. She was perplexed. Apparently she microwaves metal bowls all the time. Idk how she and the microwave haven’t exploded yet.
practical-bird · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate had never done dishes before in her life (or cleaned anything by herself). She rarely used dish soap or a sponge and would rinse her used utensils, cups, and plates with water and then put them back in the cabinets. We shared those things for months before I saw her "wash the dishes" for the first time. I'm still traumatized from the time I spent living with her.
hi_ricky · 1 points · Posted at 03:54:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend in college had never heard of an emergency brake on a car (we live in area where driving our main transportation and are licensed since age 16)
Friend in college didn’t know the water is supposed to go inside the coffee machine- she put it in the pitcher and wondered why it didn’t heat up (not horrifying though)
mjhnsn · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a breakfast for dinner “family dinner” in college with all our friends. One dude brought bacon to cook... he cut open the package and dumped the entire slab of bacon in the pan. Like 24 pieces of bacon in a 12” pan. He began to separate the pieces and stir them like he was mixing cake batter. I just stood, watched, then slowly realized I was standing in a room of 20 year olds who didn’t know how to cook bacon.... I cooked the bacon -_-
adilshawh · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was learning how to drive and had actually been learning for almost 5 months and still couldn't have a proper judgment when driving close by another car. My sister had just begun to learn some days ago and she could drive better than me. Apart from arousing a sibling rivalry and a kinda jealousy, this thing made me face such questions and it was like asking the universe what's the purpose of my existence. This drove me hopeless about my driving and life in general and in fact that teenager still lives in me when I'm about to parallel park.
imdonewiththisnow · 1 points · Posted at 03:55:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know I'm late, but I still want to share. When my partner and I moved in together, I started cooking all meals for us. His kitchen skills are non existent, and I don't want to get food poisoning.
So I decided to make saffron rice, shrimp, and jalapenos. I felt all fancy and like a good cook.
Well he made an odd face, and asked if the jalapenos were bad. I was confused because I had just gotten them from the store. He said "well they're just so crunchy." It took me a second to realize that he had never had a fresh jalapeno before. He just thought they always came from cans.
So I went and showed him a whole jalapeno, and he was sorta amazed. Like he never knew they were a thing that wasn't just from a jar pickled.
vickipaperclips · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not necessarily how to DO something but how something is done. I had a girl in my college class who made it to the ripe old age of 27 without knowing what a landfill was. We were in a class about sustainability of building supplies, 4 weeks into the semester, and she asked “ what is this 'landfill' you keep mentioning?” to our professor. The prof. explained that it's the dump where garbage is stored, to which her reply was “uh, doesn't it just go into the trucks?”. This woman made it to nearly 30 and seriously thought garbage trucks were just endless pits for garbage to disappear into.
LosSoloLobos · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend thought that you could only get HIV if you were homosexual.
sojojo · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my girlfriends in college was not very experienced in the kitchen. I made a stir fry one night for us and she pointed at the chicken and asked why it was all pink. I had to explain that that was what uncooked chicken looked like.
My brother's friends years later remember her as my hot ex, but I can confidently now say that looks aren't everything.
Batbait · 1 points · Posted at 03:56:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two of my coworkers have been working for almost 3 years longer than me, and have no idea how to do the majority of their job. While I have only been working for about a year and a half and know the entirety of my job and their job. Its annoying.
DargonTheLegend · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My friend doesn't know how king crimson works!!!
A true silly boy..
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn’t given “the talk” until my junior year of high school. Let that explain it all.
hisamsmith · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My aunt was in a car accident when I was 14 that killed my cousin. She was rushing to the bank on Saturday morning trying to get there before it closed. The reason was because she paid all her bills by cashier check. The reason she did that was because she did not know how to write a check. At 14 I taught her how to write a check and balance a checkbook since I had had my own checking account since I was 11.
richardec · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife who has been driving since 1983 does not know how to parallel park. Has had more fender dings in parking lots than everyone else I know collectively. Will not accept that she needs lessons.
blyndzzard · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to tell my coworker that she should probably be getting the flu vaccine every year because she has asthma and is more vulnerable to respiratory infections. She told me she didn't know that could happen with the flu.
We graduated from the same program in school 🤦♀️
EpiphoneBlue · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend's friend was visiting from Mexico. Both my girlfriend and I awoke to her alerting us that something was wrong downstairs.
We went into the kitchen - she had put the electric kettle on the stove and it subsequently combusted into flames. I bloody hate the smell of melting plastic in the morning.
reillybhoy1888 · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:27 on August 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
haha i dont care
deeunit7810 · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more of a how do you NOT know to not do this. My senior year of college our friend was talking about how she couldn’t stop coughing after cleaning her bathroom. She said she felt dizzy and half way through cleaning opened her window but it didn’t help. I asked her what she was using to clean her bathroom with. She said she mixed ammonia and bleach... I sat in shock for a few minutes before I explained to her she literally almost killed her self. She didn’t believe me. This was also before smart phones so I had to get out my laptop to google it for her. To this day I wonder if she has damaged lungs.
Haybar23 · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate who never cooked decided to make spaghetti out of the blue and put in 3 bulbs of un-husked garlic straight into the sauce because she thought they were the same thing as cloves
Crafty_9723 · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to this guy that you don’t have to use the timer on the oven to make the food cook. If the oven is on, it is cooking whatever is in the oven. For some reason, he never learned that.
Tinfoil_ninja · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My own father didn't realize that there are 3, not 2 holes housed in the human female crotch.
Redoux99 · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That you could haggle the price of a car at the dealership. I was riding around in my friends car (Mustang) and I had owned a similar model prior. At some point, we started talking about me buying another and I told a story on how I got a great deal at XYZ dealer on a used mustang for another friend of mine. They couldn't grasp the concept that the sticker price was negotiable. They looked at me like I had 12 arms or something. I had to explain dealer pricing, etc. They honestly thought you HAD to pay whatever the dealer asked.
Scurtt · 1 points · Posted at 03:58:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a girl who couldn’t plunge the toilet. Only plunged it for her once before she learned.
ItalnStalln · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my regular customers, a middle aged guy who's at least 45 and pretty well put together, mentioned the stimulus checks that came out a while back. Now whether or not you agree with what was done in any way doesn't matter, but I pointed out that good or bad thing now, printing that much money will hurt real bad the next few years. He said he never understood why the government can't just print as much money as we need. When I tried to explain the value of money and inflation I just got a blank look
nikitak · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Turning on their own oven. They mainly ate toast and takeaway because they never turned on an oven in their life.
KaRue3 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college a girl didn't know that you had to put water in instant ramen to microwave it. I went to a private college and this was a common occurrence.
zayda-c · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
one time i had to jump my friends car and I told her to pop the hood and she didn't even know how to it was so sad
dani_on_reddit · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told a friend I was thinking about doing the Peace corps, except I pronounced it "corpse." He corrected me.
I am no longer considering the Peace corps.
Kawai_Oppai · 2 points · Posted at 04:16:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel that’s a very common mistake though. Corps is French and sounds like core.
So if you simply go by what they taught you in school, you would think corpse pronunciation until someone told you otherwise.
Killision · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spray stain guard on furniture for a living. When I say the furniture will be 3 hours to dry(I'm spraying a liquid on it), in my 15 years of doing this, 85 percent of people ask me "So I can't sit on it?"
I have sprayed furniture in million dollar houses and have been asked this question. I have sprayed furniture in government co-ops and have been asked this question. From rich to poor, 85 percent of people are stupid AF. It's horrifying to me to know, for a fact, that 85 percent of people don't know the opposite of dry is wet. And no, you can't use it until it's dry. God help the 15 percent.
Kawai_Oppai · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just tell people it will be wet for about 3 hours.
After all, when painting, or mopping floors, do the signs say floors are drying and caution: drying paint?
Wet floors and wet paint.
People are indeed stupid, but there’s a reason industries use certain terminology!
Killision · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol, I do now. I tell them they can't use it for three hours. I just held on to the company line for a long time to see who would get it. It became an experiment. We're supposed to give them instructions at the end as well. Any spills just blot with a dry cloth. As soon as I say it, immediately after I get "just wipe with a damp cloth" and if the stain won't come out, just call company name company name repeated back to me completely incorrect. I've stopped saying the instructions to save my sanity, lol.
Kawai_Oppai · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It really doesn’t matter what you do. People are stupid.
Today, I had to go to someone’s house because they were claiming I broke their light, left a bad review etc. Literally just needed to flip the switch to turn it on.
Their logic was ‘oh, that lights just always been on and never turned off’
Killision · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See? Horrifying.
wehocmt · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate (harvard grad & usc grad student) put powder in the liquid detergent tray, in the front loading washer. He was like “well it says detergent”
I said “The powder goes in the basin you dumbass.” But to be fair he has completely destroyed his brain with marijuana.
fake_plasticTreez · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend try to boil water for tea directly in her ceramic tea pot. Ceramic on the stovetop. I'm really glad I stopped her.
lucy-182 · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College, freshman year. I was hanging out with some friends and we ended up checking our mail (exciting, i know.) There was something in mg friends mailbox so he opened it up and it was garbage about class rings. We asked who it was for (we were freshman, it was clearly meant for an upper classman). He said he didn't know and after a few minutes we realized he had no idea how to read an envelope.
Another was my roommate having to ask what day Halloween was on
glycolman · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Helped a guy who had to be 10-15 years older than me (I’m 33) and was a FBI agent transferring to Cali change his tire.
Pshenfi · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad thought putting a stick through a hot dog and putting it in the fryer as is would make a hot dog.
Jayremy712 · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me around 20 minutes ago I didn't know the difference between softened and melted butter I have a sheet of liquid cookie
Br44n5m · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working in a tool store, we recently had swapped to locking some tools on the shelf and you needed to use a ratchet to get them down for a customer. Manager sent someone to do that, ten mins later she goes over to find he didn’t know how to use a ratchet. There’s plenty of tools I don’t know how to use but that one seems pretty intuitive!
Sharks_are_mean · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I read this as “how do you know how to do this” moment, and was ready to read a bunch of stories of people that suddenly went John Wick:
ridiculous23 · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the one that didn't know how to do this, and my grandmother was the one horrified.
I was eleven and all the other girls in school had started shaving their legs, armpits and sometimes their privates.
I thought it was as simple as taking a razor in the shower with me and shaving off the hair in whatever direction worked... it was a difficult process, I couldn't understand why the razor didn't glide around and why I had to go over places a bunch of times for it to work.
When I came out of the shower, I told my nan (who was my legal guardian at this point) that I had shaved and how long and difficult it was.
I just remember her being shocked and laughing at me saying, "didn't your mother tell you, you have to use shaving cream!?"
I just felt mortified and confused.
LookattheWhipp · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You don't though. Just go with the grain aka direction of the hair.
mentolyn · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I experienced this myself, and everyone asked me how I didnt know this.
I was in my second year of AD service and pulled through the security gate. They asked me if I knew my registration on my car was bad, so I said "wait, it goes bad?"
They pulled me over and threatened to detain my vehicle and not let me on base. Ended up giving me a ticket that I had to report to my command.
TL;DR: I didnt know you have to reregister your car and nearly couldnt go home.
jmaclachlan88 · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use to work in the rental car industry and I was shocked that easily 50% of people don't know the difference between a credit card and a debit card. LPT of it says VISA that does NOT make it a credit card. Just because you can "run it as credit" does NOT name it a credit card.
BananaMilk32 · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A college roommate literally asked me, "how do you boil water?"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many people that come into the gym where you need to scan the card to check in. I’ll be entering behind one and they somehow cannot fathom the idea of moving the scan card around the scanner until a beep happens. Some will put the card right up to the scan glass and some too far away and just sit there. Like it isn’t rocket science to reasonably space it and move it up and down on the light. Walmart self checkout is the same way.
ashamedghost · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adults who actually think deoxygenated human blood is blue and use colour coded diagrams of the heart to support their argument.
IsleViolet · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 30-something ex boyfriend thought the toilet seat was "just for girls". He would lift the seat and sit straight on the bowl.
revvolutions · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, get em killer
lechatondhiver · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
An ex boyfriend and I were sitting on the couch and filing our taxes at the same time when he asks me, “How do I know what my social security number is?” We were 24 at the time.
blooobriii · 1 points · Posted at 04:02:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
2 separate incidents with this guy. I briefly dated a dude from a religious Texan family. He was 21. We were watching a movie about a guy who was HIV positive. At one point in the movie, the HIV positive male was sitting next to another guy. My bf asked me if they both had it. I was confused because the movie never implied that the other gentleman had it. I asked him why he thought that, and he said, “well they’re sitting next to each other so....” I told him no, you can’t get HIV by sitting next to someone with it. The second time was even worse. My best friend is gay and fairly promiscuous. (No judgment. I am too lol.) But this resulted in him getting tested regularly. One day we were all together and I brought him to the clinic to get tested. After my friend went in, my bf asked me what he was doing. I told him he was getting tested for STDS, HIV, etc. My bf became hysterical, and stated he had shared a drink with him weeks ago and he probably had it and all this other stuff. We weren’t together long
Abistrangler · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I have one. Last summer I was living in a really nice skyline apartment. I was able to sublease it for a really cheap price. There were two floors to the apartment I was in, and two male roommates (I’m female). There was one bathroom on both floors, I lived on the bottom floor they lived on the top. The kitchen,living room, entrance and laundry area were on the bottom floor. They never cooked while I on the other hand loved cooking. I always offered food to them whenever I made extra but they always decline. One day, the day I was going to leave to go home for 4-5 days one of the guys had made pasta with Alfredo sauce. He offered some to me, it was just sitting in a pot on the stove. I declined since I was going to miss my train. Cue when I return from visiting family, the pasta is on the same spot on the stove. Having been left out for 5 days. I asked the roommate why he didn’t refrigerate it. And all he said was “oh. You have to refrigerate it?”
illumiflo · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate asked me how to pre-heat the oven
Cjasencio89 · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mapping a folder
arejayismyname · 1 points · Posted at 04:03:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This girl I dated put a frozen pizza in the oven WITH THE CARDBOARD
Grashk · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother in law boiled some water and was about to feed it to our 2 week old. It was steaming which gave it away. I knocked it away from her, and was the ahole for doing so. I should have tipped it on her... It was hot.
rhynowaq · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who didn't know how to boil eggs.
lostbutnotgone · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend said she was going to make tea. Her roommate looked at her and said "wait, you can MAKE tea? I thought you just had to buy it."
emlou7 · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bf was playing summer ball in another state and was staying with a host family. He had a roommate who was also playing ball that summer.
One day the roommate comes into their bedroom and said “dude. I fucked up” and my bf asked what happened. The roommate told him to follow. Bf followed roommate to the bathroom and saw a toilet with no water in it. And a curiously placed fork.
Apparently the guy clogged the toilet and had no idea what to do so he used a fork to pull out all the TP and used the host child’s toothbrush rinse cup to scoop out all of the water.
This was a 20 year old who did not know how to unclog a toilet.
RIP to this guys future partner lol
GrandMoffAtreides · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister didn't want her 12 year-old son getting taught sex-ed in middle school, so she opted him out of it. I asked her who was supposed to teach him, and she said hopefully his dad (they're divorced). Then she said she can't teach her son and his brothers because she herself doesn't know what happens to boys during puberty.
She was 35, with three sons.
Starrchica · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A grown woman didn’t know that she couldn’t put cash in the mail to buy an item or pay a bill.
sarebear18 · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
senior year of college I lived with two girls who had close to ZERO experience cooking. they both had meal plans and parents with deep pockets. one of them bought breakfast and lunch at work every day (there was a big food court type area) and then lived off of microwave rice for dinner, and she would occasionally ask me to boil water for her when she wanted ramen or pasta because she was "scared of the stove."
the other roommate bought eggs and bacon to cook for breakfast one weekend (because she saw I had bought some the weekend before) & after cooking it, asked if she should pour the bacon grease down the sink. I told her no, to throw it away instead. I wrongly assumed she would understand that meant letting it cool and congeal it in the pan and then scraping it out into the trash because hot grease would obviously burn a hole in the trash bag. Instead, she went out on our balcony & poured scalding hot bacon grease off our 10th story balcony. it's a miracle nobody was walking by down below.
Keep in mind I lived with them at the same time. it was a wild year.
MotherOfDragrons · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Alright, so this is from a conversation that i(20f)had with my cousin’s current gf Julie, shes is 26 and has a 5 year old child, I’m on the pill and not planning on having children any time soon thanks to my aunts i was well educated on the dangers of having unprotected sex and how to prevent pregnancies and how sometimes anticonceptives just stop working and this is something that she is well aware of but she somehow felt the need to lecture on the subject but it all fell apart when she told me that she was planning on coming off her IUD, so when i asked her how she was planning on protecting her self she told me it wasn’t necessary because my cousin would be protecting her by coming out early. I got very frustrated and told her that there was a thing named precum and that it was posible for her to get pregnant with it, and she said that she heard of that because her ex husband told her hat he got hes ex wife pregnant that way. ( this was 3 months ago and after a research on google she’s choosing not to talk to her gynecologist about this because aparently “thats just a myth”)
shreeder335 · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess not “adulting but a friend of mine didn’t understand the don’t drop the soap in prison joke thinking that it was because of dirty floors
sadfrenchtoast · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i had to help a grown ass man learn how to tie his shoes. i thought he wore those velcro waiter shoes as a choice. didn’t realize it was just bc he never learned.
that same week i taught him how to pump gas in his car. he was 20 years old.
aussiegirlabroad · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One I seem to come across all the time is people putting laundry detergent in the fabric softener cup.
LPT: If you have a top loader, your washing detergent goes in the basket with your clothes. That little cup in the middle is for fabric softener.
Wandering-Traveller · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
One time was me. My parents moved to a new house a little out in the country just before I graduated college. I moved in with them to figure out my life. I had ordered something to be delivered USPS and kept my eye on the mailbox. One day my mom walks in with it surprised I hadn’t grabbed it earlier. I had lived in the city my whole life and never had a traditional mailbox. I thought they put the little flag up when you got mail.
My roommate in college put her used tea bars and dirty dishes in the fridge to be washed at the end of the night. It was a small dorm fridge that didn’t have room for dirty dishes. She said her brother told her it stops bacteria. It might slow it, but you’re going to wash the damn dishes anyway, keep your gross ass dishes away from my food.
A friend came back from being out at night and relayed a terrifying story that the lights went out on their car, cautiously driving through pitch black backroads, other drivers honking at them. They weren’t broken, they didn’t turn on the lights. This person was in their late 40s had no idea how to turn on the lights, or even where the control was to even test it.
Another friend got poison ivy. Instead of taking Benadryl or you know, any folk remedies, snake oil or placebo, she soaked towels in undiluted bleach and wrapped them around her skin. Please don’t use highly caustic chemical burns to alleviate an immune system flare up.
IGNSNeprama · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aaji ghanta
sdotdaisy · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 18 in a new apartment and was with my roommate watching tv. We saw an ad for fried Oreos and wanted to try making them.
Cue us attempting to make oil BOIL for an hour til our whole apartment complex fills with smoke and we almost catch the kitchen on fire.
I facepalm every time I think of this.
thehawtlibrarian · 1 points · Posted at 04:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was facetiming with my ex while he moved into his first solo home. He started complaining about how annoying it was that he had to cut all the holes at the top of his shower curtain bigger because the rod he got was too wide for them. Took me a second to understand, but then I got up and showed him my shower curtain set up, complete with shower curtain RINGS
evilspeaks · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my God people my age have totally failed as parents.
ParsnipPizza2 · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more of a work thing, but: my coworker had to trace something digitally and asked if she should turn something else off so she could see the thing she needed to trace.
This chick, who is older than me and plans to get married in October, had to ask me if she should make sure she could see the thing she was supposed to trace before she traced it.
There's stupid and then there's "incapable of thought", and I'm concerned she's the latter.
oager2001 · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Salted in the shell. Yup sometimes i eat the shells. Fiber content is crazy thou..💩💩💩💩💩
GamingGalore64 · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who didn’t know that you are supposed to sleep BETWEEN the sheets, instead of on top of both of them. Same guy didn’t know how to use the post office, how to mail a letter, and he made me walk in with him because he had no clue what to do or say. He’s 26 years old by the way. I tried to help him get on his feet and start his adult life, but he ended up mooching off of me and playing online games all day for like 9 months before he finally got a job, then freaked out, didn’t show up for the first day, and moved out. Still haven’t gotten a thank you for everything I did for him. Ah well.
Username224411 · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine who is a gay man, and therefore no experience with women to speak of, thought the vagina was on the front. Like basically under the belly button somewhere but front facing. It took all my strength to gently explain it and not laugh in his face.
BalaTheTravelDweller · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know how to check her car’s oil. The oil light came on while we were driving, and I said “Hey, you’re low on oil, let’s pull over and check to see how bad it is.” She immediately pulled over, and proceeded to freak the fuck out. She said, “I have no idea what that light is, something must be seriously wrong, I need to call my dad.” I told her repeatedly that it was the oil light, and she ended up calling AAA for a tow truck, all the while I was like, “There’s a gas station right across the street! Just let me check your oil and we can go buy some!” The tow truck arrived, was extremely annoyed, and proceeded to tell her that she was low on oil and she could buy the kind she needed at the gas station across the street. I still get annoyed about this, but hey, everyone’s gotta learn somehow.
bro8619 · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is less a specific thing an more a collection of things involving a 27 year old adult (by law)...human. Younger brother of my best friend, we had known each other our whole lives. I broke up with someone and moved out of our shared place as he was looking for an apartment in a major, expensive city. Got a place in a luxury building that his dad had to co-sign for his portion on (whatever, he just told me he was in between jobs).
I agreed to pay a higher cost of the apartment (more than I should have) for the bigger room.
I could keep going but now it’s causing ME too much anxiety thinking back on it.
Petipas12 · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So many cooking ones! I lived with a guy for a while who had no idea how to operate a washing machine. But the best was coming home to him eating a completely raw steak because he’d tried to ‘bluestone’ a piece of stewing beef and couldn’t understand why it was so chewy and rare.
He also discovered the crockpot, added in say chicken, veg, water and a packet mix. He left the crock pot on 24/7 just took a bowlful out and kept adding to. By the end of the week it was 3 different meats and 6 different packet flavours. Omg.
alarmingbow · 1 points · Posted at 04:07:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I had a roommate who threw a party in our suite. Afterwards we asked him to clean up, especially the floor. The next he said, "I cleaned the floor but it's still really sticky. I don't know what to do." When I asked him what he used to clean it with he responded, "body wash."
I wanted to slap him. He had clearly never cleaned up after himself a day in his life.
343427229486267 · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Temporary, young roommate (m18), after I come home from vacation: "So the trash, right? Do we just put the in the trash cans downstairs?" Me, looking at about half a cubic meter of fast food wrappers: "Yes, yes you put the yeah in the trash cans"
Oh, and we were out of dry towels too, because after using them, he had just tossed them into a corner. A now pretty moldy and disgusting corner.
MrsHolle · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had my husbands 20 yr old half bro living with us for a few months. Dude didn't know how to use a manual can opener...
"I know how to use it to open a beer... But not a can"
🤭
haughtshot7 · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to the store to pick up a couple of drinks for a night in with my boyfriend. I texted him asking if he could preheat the oven so we could pop the pizza in when I got home. He called me and asked me how to turn on the oven.
There’s a reason we’re no longer dating.
wc382954 · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked at Lowes for a while and had a lady who must have been in her 40s ask me how to use a shovel...
Atheist_Simon_Haddad · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Before the iPad, just try to teach an old person how to use a computer or anything electronic.
They are completely blind to the interface and any changes in it.
lifeofideas · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I suspect anyone who has been married forgets how very many of these things pop up after the ceremony.
clobosx · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once my friend and I came home after a night out and were hungry so we made some toast. When it comes to spreading butter on the toast I notice she’s doing it very roughly and basically destroying the toast. Apparently her mother always did it for her so she didn’t know how. We were 23 at the time.
bwad40 · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I teach at a high school and once had a senior ask what time it was. I responded by pointing at the clock. He responded by saying “I don’t do time.” I asked him what he meant and he proceeded to tell me how he just never bothered to learn how to read a clock and how wasn’t going to bother with it now.
DarknessEscapesMe · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex didnt know how to check the oil of ANY vehicle OR make scrambled eggs. Among many other ridiculous things he should have known but didnt.
GreenBirdMemory · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Three years into being friends, my college roommate and I visited the Mall of America. When we reached the escalator, he stopped, looked down, and kind of hovered his foot over the moving steps. I asked him, “Are you alright, buddy?” and he just said, “Don’t you know these make me nervous? I don’t do well on escalators.” We eventually boarded successfully. I guess we’d just never been together in a building with escalators until that moment.
waawftutki · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I handed a bong to a friend once and she blew into it. So the water rose and ruined the weed.
I understand being intimidated by a smoking apparatus you don't understand, I've seen people try to fit the top of the bong IN their mouth, and that's whatever, but ultimately the smoke has to go in your lungs. I'm confused how blowing would get that done.
ENGeek · 2 points · Posted at 04:09:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Perhaps she was trying to save you from the devil’s lettuce
lemonboy71 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is sort of irrelevant to the question but some of the other replies made me think: my ex girlfriend used to leave the hairdryer on. The way some people might leave a pair of straighteners on because they’re silent, she would forget that the hairdryer had been left on and go to work.
pigeonpot · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy who was one room over in my dorm didn’ realize that sheets needed to be washed. It was 3 months after the year started when we found out in casual conversation that he had never washed his sheets. He seemed truly shocked...
kyeknowuh · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had once walked in on my homie fishing his bagel out of the toaster with a butter knife (albeit successfully). I love him to death however he’s not always the brightest, so I calmly told him something along the lines of, “Dude you know you should never do that because you’ll electrocute yourself if the metal so even as scathes the inside of the toaster. Please don’t do that again bro.” To which he responded “Really? That’s crazy. Thanks for letting me know.” We were like 18 at the time.
Wise_Young_Dragon · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yesterday I learned that you're supposed to tip baristas like waitrons and bar tenders. I grew up in a family that doesnt drink coffee so no one ever taught me that I should and I guess I just never picked it up. I only learned cause a coworker asked if I tipped when I got something the other day and I said no
derpman86 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining to a woman near her 30s how an invoice works.
Spending over 30 minutes talking through to someone who uses a computer daily on how to resize a window and ending up escalating the issue to second level support.
nythnggs4590 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I came home to not one, but two of my roommates watching a YouTube video on how to use a can opener. I had one and they didn’t know how to use it. It was a normal ass can opener, not some electric bullshit. Both these men were just out of college...
In that same week I had to teach them how to make noodles... like... bruh. “I really don’t want to have to make this whole box of noodles...” “Then don’t...?” “But the box says 7 minutes!” .......sigh
AssMaster6000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:09:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college boyfriend did not know how to turn on the vacuum cleaner. It made me mad, like, I admit I didn't act well when I was like, "Can't you look at this device for a minute or two and try to see how it functions?!"
Then once I showed him how to use the switch to turn it on, he proceeded to vacuum with the hose detached so the brush was just shooting dust and debris back at his legs and onto the floor.
He was a person who would only do things he knew he was already good at and wouldn't even try to do something outside of his comfort zone. Like math. Or learning a language. :( It was hard watching him deny himself the joys of learning and growing as a person.
IdoMusicForTheDrugs · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the beginning of my relationship, I would open the door for my girlfriend and she would walk behind me and just stand there.
I had to teach her how to walk through a door that someone is holding for you....
TRoy_Jenkins · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the mechanical world there are several different types of bolts and different units of measurement, SAE was identified with lines or dashes on the top and Metric with a number 8.8. The difference between the two types is the size of the bolt 3/8" or 13mm and the pitch of the thread -8 or 1.25, they can be close in size but not identical.
When an "experienced" new hire who knew it all was working on a project with me, he insisted that he knew how to do the job and so I let him handle the right side while I handled the left. As we were going back together with new parts I started hearing a flurry of cursing and tools being thrown.
I make my way over to him and say "You look like you're struggling a bit there, those bolts should be threading up pretty easily. What's going on?" "They won't go in more than a little bit, then I have to use the big wrench to make them turn in further "
We look over the bolts for defects, we look at the holes for rust or crudd, when looking at the bolts in place I notice the numbers on his bolts don't match the dashes on my bolts.
He took the metric bolts from another project and forced them into an SAE bolt hole, about 18 times, causing the holes to be destroyed and severely weakened the machine, costing an extra $12,000 and adding 2 days of extra time to the project.
"If it isn't going smoothly, and you know it's not, stop and ask for help."
RandomNPC91 · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain that you can’t photoshop a person’s words during a live broadcast
Vickie114 · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining Taxes.....
czah7 · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother in law can't pump gas. Just...doesn't know how.
Unbendium · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admittedly first time I went to the USA I got confused by the pumps. European ones don't have a fuel selection lever.
thespottedsnuggie · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It took my roommate two times of flooding the kitchen before I got inquisitive and asked her how she did her dishes. She told me she’d load the dishwasher with Dawn.
Idiot_turtle · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing to make ramen, the cheap noodles ramen.... ya
cucl0rde · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last year I tried making a fried egg, and uh... it caught on fire. At least I can make good ol’ Mac n Cheese.
Jbernat · 1 points · Posted at 04:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not anything I heard, but my friend is a doctor. She said a 22 year old came into the hospital with an “unexpected pregnancy” after already birthing 7 kids. When asked if she was taking the birth control prescribed to her, she answered yes. After digging into her execution of taking the birth control, they discovered that she thought the birth control pills were supposed to be taken once a month... 8 kids later she now knows they’re daily pills.
Proud-Broccoli · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 20y/o roommate in college went to reheat some food in the microwave and left her fork in there. I freaked out and told her to take it out before she blows up our dorm room...she asked why? She always reheated food with the silverware on her plate 🤯 She also didn’t know how to pump her own gas...her dad would drive from 2 hours away to fill up her tank.
Swim47 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
friend was 17 y.o and still did not know how to peel a banana
cats4evr · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My guy roommate said "well you are the only one that uses the toilet seat." To me a female. My boyfriend and I looked at him horrified as he explained that men poop with the seat up. We then explained to him that no that is not at all how anyone poops!! It was one of the most bizarre moments in my 40 years of living.
mrdrbean43 · 1 points · Posted at 04:11:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving.
that_mom_friend · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at a summer camp for girls when I was about 14-15? We had horseback riding and swimming daily. One of the girls in my cabin got her period unexpectedly. Several of us offered her tampons. She insisted she could not use them because she did once and it “got lost inside” and she had to go to the doctor to have it removed.
The girl was already rather arrogant and annoying so I watched as all 6 of our remaining cabin mates momentarily consider arguing and educating but then deciding it wasn’t worth it. Someone got a counselor to get her some pads.
CYBER_DIVER · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My auntie works at a school with one trans student. She calls the student by her original pronouns and original name. When she told me this I had to explain that's like me calling her by her name and not auntie. She wasn't laughing when I called her by her first name for the rest of the day
Parawird · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yo momma!
helluvaresearcher · 1 points · Posted at 04:12:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh god, the stories I have about one of my old college roommates.
She didn’t know that you could pull the coils off of a stovetop to clean them so the first time I did it she SCREECHED that I had broken the oven apart.
She once set the vacuum in the middle of the room, unplugged, and waited for it to “go” — apparently she thought it would just ... clean. By itself. Unplugged.
scabrousdoggerel · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with someone who had to give a poster presentation at an academic conference. All posters get attached with velcro to a fabric board at these conferences. Coworker had attended many of these. We packed her poster and included velcro dots--velcro on one side and self-adhesive on the other. She came back complaining that we packed defective velcro and her poster would not hang. She didn't know velcro comes in 2 "halves" and she tried to use the loop dots and didn't bother trying the hook dots. I hope she knows how to tie shoes.
Same person took her car to the mechanic because it wouldn't start. Mechanic gets it to start no problem, has the car for a few days trying to figure out what's wrong, because she insists it won't start. Turns out she'd given the mechanic her spare key, and when she held up her own well-used key to show him, it was worn down to the width of about a toothpick. When her mechanic saw it, he couldn't believe she thought that key would work. She defended herself, saying she couldn't know the whittled-down key would be an issue because no one ever told her how keys work.
idahonomo · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
“Who is running for president this year?” My friend. Last weekend.
rabbiskittles · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I picked up my friend to drive to class (university). He said:
Friend: Sorry I was late, I had to finish getting my clothes out of the dryer. Our dryer has been taking like 2-3 cycles to dry clothes lately.
Me: And you’ve been cleaning the lint trap, yeah?
Friend: ...... I need to make a phone call.
He calls his housemate and tells him to check the lint trap. After laughing, he hangs up.
Friend: He said it was like a brick.
I honestly didn’t understand how all four 20+ year olds collectively forgot to empty a dryer lint trap for nearly a week (or more? I was just glad I asked before they all burned to death).
CatsInBootsAndCats · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably not horrifying but.. boyfriend and I were doing our taxes and I said “let’s sell the return to get the money sooner” meaning go to HR Block and they buy your return and give u a smaller amount but you don’t wait for your money. This fool got all freaked out about how sketchy that was.. turns out he thought I was going to take an ad out on a Craigslist. 🤷♀️
UnjustifiedSass · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"But I don't have to do taxes because I've never had a job." My 26 year old friend
sausagechihuahua · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me. My family APPARENTLY had a custom-made, super heavy duty shredding annihilator of a garbage disposal. It was the only experience I had with a garbage disposal. We always put food scraps through with no problem. I assumed this was how all garbage disposals were. Moved in with my now husband, and our apartment had a garbage disposal in the sink. First or second day, I was throwing out some leftovers, and shoved a WHOLE chicken breast down the sink drain. Garbage disposal immediately broke and caused a horrible sink clog. The look on his face when he watched me shove that chicken breast down the sink...
Geeky_fox · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Few things -had a friend in uni, he ate only microwavable food or stuff you could put in an oven. We had to teach him how to cut vegetables (what parts had to go, which parts stayed and how to dice), how to bake stuff in a pan, how to deep fry stuff (it baffled is because all our other friends who only ate easy food ate deep fried meals like fries and nuggets 50% of the time). -there's a cooking show on tv where 4 hobbychefs prepare meals for each other at home. Idk if this was staged, i kinda hope it was but i doubt she was that good an actress. She wanted to make coffee. And she put the water in the pot (instead of in the coffee maker so it can run over the filter) and wondered why the coffee wasn't ready yet. I think she also forgot to plug it in.
JustMe6286 · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mines super simple... it was a new cashier at work and I couldn't understand how he couldn't count by twos
funkymonkeybunker · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met a grown man that couldent change his own flat tire (yes i changed it for them)
i knew a girl that didint kbow hotdogs had meat in them... (well, "meat" is a loose term)
I had to teach a manager at an old job how to do her taxes... woman was 40yo and likely never filed. LoL
I watched a lady pour brake fluid ALL OVER her mercedes for sone unknown reason... i dont even know what she was trying, but clearly didint know how to do... lol
ill-i-illi · 1 points · Posted at 04:13:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to school my 44 year old girlfriend on how to keep a metal butter knife out of a toaster that is currently plugged in. Pun very intended;)
frankiesales · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a friend who thought the soft side of the dish sponge was for comfort
virgoknits · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cleaning ears.
WhateverJoel · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work on the railroad. One new guy who had been on the job a couple of months had 3 derailments, all his fault. We were talking one day when he asked, "how long have you worked on the railroad?" "6 years," I replied. He then asked me how many derailments I had I told him I've had derailments. He then asked me the dumbest and scariest question ever....
"How did you do that?"
My answer, "By fucking paying attention!"
TheNonaFeet · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Older gent not knowing how to fold clothes.
CaffeineSippingMan · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend that could not understand that if a disc is spinning the outside is moving faster than the inside because the ouside travels farther in the same amount of time as the smaller inside. We talked about it at break for 3 days and he still couldn't get it.
BurntGlass5 · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
not me but my mother: she worked at a hospital type place, she was a nurse, there were patients that always came in statinf they were veterans for a discount on whatever and most of them were right, one day at work a lady (as my mother described her as, "the boulder", came to do something and when the lady who worked at the counter asked if she was a veteran (as they were now required to do) this lady, in her mid fourties, asked, what a veteran was. this full-grown women did not seem to know any history in my eyes as soon as i heard that (i heard it this third-hand as the clerk told it to my mom, and my mom told it to me) everyone who heard and *was* a vet from the navy, military, airforce,etc. ,all pretty much stared at her until she left. this was weird
fierceunderfire · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister told my brother in law to Mac and cheese from the box. He called her and asked her “just put the whole box in?” To which she replied yes just dump it in the water....he boiled the box.
dteaml · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I explained what drier sheets are to my assistant manager the other day
hetep-di-isfet · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a young coworker move in with me recently to give adulting a try. She's very nice but has been very sheltered. The warning sign was when this 20 year old girl asked me if she could climb into bed with me if she woke up in the middle of the night and got scared.
I should have been tipped off when she told me she wasn't going to cook because she had never used a stove unsupervised.
The icing on the cake however was whenever we would watch a movie with an erotic scene and she'd giggle uncontrollably.
This girls life goal is to meet the one and have lots of babies and she talks about it constantly. Like I said, she's sweet, just out of touch with reality.
KiwiRemonrade · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I pulled into a gas station to fill up my tank. There was a woman in her mid 30’s walking around her car super confused. I asked if she needed assistance. She said she needed gas but couldn’t figure out how to pop the hood. I was super confused and had to show her how to pump gas. This was in Texas and they’re all self service stations, not full service. She said she had lived in Texas her entire life so I have no idea why she didn’t know how to do this.
AssMaster6000 · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have some distant relatives who ... Never really benefited from the education system and their lives totally suck because they just can't quite like, figure things out.
Well they had a lot of dogs and the dogs peed quite often in the house. They had wood floors (I can't imagine the smell) that were damaged from the urine.
Well, the one gal decided she ought to clean her house and started by spraying bleach on the urine-soaked wood floors. And then a gas started coming off and she stayed in and tried to keep cleaning. She burned her skin, hair, and lungs because she didn't realize that urine contains ammonia and you cannot mix it with bleach. And she also didn't realize that if a burning gas is coming off you need to leave the area immediately.
It is pretty sad. She is nearly 30 and has 4 children.
greeneggsandslyfoxes · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a ex girlfriend that I lived with who didnt know how to use a can opener, I didn’t know until one day I was at work and she began to text and ask me. She ended up having to YouTube it. I later found out before living with me her mum used to care package her food in prepared meals... she had already been away at university three years!
Mileila · 1 points · Posted at 04:16:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was about 14 I had to teach my best friend (same age) how to blow her nose. She wasn't doing it wrong. She had zero idea how to do it. Her mother had never taught her.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had this friend, not very bright, make a salad. A chicken salad. Well, she began to cook the chicken in the pan, cut it to and put some oil in there to cook it. Then she threw the rest of the salad in there with it. Tomatoes, lettuce, and so on in the same pan along with the chicken. It came out soggy, warm, and disgusting.
SheBelongsToNoOne · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I shuddered at the memories.
ngambee · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of meets the criteria here: but when I was in middle school this kid got something in his eye and asked me how to get it out. I told him to pull his top eyelid over his bottom eyelid (somebody told me that once and it stuck with me idk why). But what does this guy do? Grabs his top lip and pulls it over his bottom lip.
GreGus96 · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have been a river guide for 8 years. I am amazed out how seemingly intelligent well traveled adults still need to learn how a river works. The river does not flow in a circle. We will not be ending the trip where we started. We are actually miles away from where we started our trip on the river. Please do not leave your keys at the top thinking that we’ll be coming back here.
Rit_Zien · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
These stories are suddenly making me feel much better about my life skills. 👍
Pencilowner · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was training a guy who was a college educated engineer. He asked where he could get coffee. I showed him the break room with a coffee pot. He didn’t know how it worked. The only coffee he hadn’t bought from a coffee shop was from a k-cup.
jovsbluepluto · 1 points · Posted at 04:17:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg I’ve got one! I work at a bank. Some lady in her 40’s early 50’s driving a super nice car dressed nicely with LOTS of jewelry on, comes by our drive through. She asks, “if I give you this cash can I then use it off my card? Like will this load my card?” It was a joint checking account so I’m assuming she didn’t need to worry how cash got there. And quite honestly her measly little deposit wasn’t needed by what the balance was already. I help her and I’m super polite but I’m socked. How cushy does your life have to be to NOT know how a debit card works? I often wonder if it was her honest ignorance or just her way of flexing on me.
Lazarus3890 · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a girl in class reading aloud and couldn't pronounce mow, probably about 5 times saying it wrong before someone says it correctly, this was senior year. And this second one was from 8th grade, a girl didn't know sharks and pandas actually existed.
kuro_tan · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college who we had to teach how to boil water so she could make box mac & cheese. That's when I knew her parents had failed her.
Gigantkranion · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gf thought it was ok to cum over/on her pussy even if some got in but, not to cum directly inside...
Apparently, the air sterilizes it.
I didn't ask but, I blame one of her ex's. It sounds like a guy thing to say to inexperienced girl. 🤣😂🤣😂
blue_eyes_heather · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
After my grandma had a stroke, my dad had to show my uncle and grandpa how to use the washer and dryer, make coffee, and turn the stove on.
MikeJonC · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work at a small school. A coworker walked into the little staff break room where a few of is were having lunch. She put a baked potato on the microwave, hit 'reheat' and walked put to get a soda. I thought it was weird she left the potato wrapped in a paper towel but ignored it until I smelled burning. I turned around and there was a small fireball in the microwave. We got the potato out and threw it in the sink. She had left it wrapped in tinfoil under the paper towel.
She had also apparently gotten wrapped up in a conversation, because she came back in 20 minutes later and asked where her potato was.
NoelRioz · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to tie shoes, parents never taught me
XXHarent · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in the car with my friend, she was driving behind a particularly slow driver and comments that she is going around then. I tell her she can’t it’s not a passing lane, she had no idea the yellow Lines on the road marked where you could or couldn’t pass
kar98kbyf44 · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving a tractor, ran over the boss..
im_not_really_batman · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was in the laundry room when this girl came in, moved her laundry from the washing machine to the dryer, paid for the dryer and could not figure out how to start it. Even after I explained she just needed to push the start button.
gargoyle30 · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An old job I had I was working with a newly graduated guy with his masters in engineering, he opened a small paint can with a can opener, he did a few other weird things but that's the only one I can remember right now
gbergm · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not at all most horrifying but im just concerned just the shear number of older adults that don’t know that you need to wipe front to back.. The shock on their faces when you tell them wiping poop into their urethra isn’t a good idea.. P.s. I am a nurse, not some creep watching people in the bathroom.
monkey_scandal · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was the facility manager of a church once, and one summer he hired a guy in his mid-20s who knew how to do literally nothing related to cleaning or grounds keeping. He had to show him how to clean toilets, mow the lawn, change the bags in the trash cans, the most basic chores that most kids would have down to a science at half his age. He wasn't a quick learner either. One day my dad finally lost his patience and sternly asked him how he was sheltered from doing all that stuff as a kid. Turns out his parents did everything for him. Even his laundry and meal prep. And it's not like he had issues. He was popular, personable, and married. It's just his parents couldn't care less about him learning basic life skills.
CharlotteLindsay · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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ilivehigh247 · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jesus I feel like this post needs an NSFW tag for some of these comments
Xibalba0130 · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl I played DnD with didn't know you could take the top of your toilet tank off if the flusher got stuck open and would call maintenence to come fix it for her
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:21:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I season’d some food with salt & pepper once @ my ex’s mom’s place when making a burger & it blew her (ex’s) mind that you could change the flavor of food like that. Taught her how to make coffee, honestly, I couldn’t believe how much I taught her about some basic ass shxt... Pretty sure she still doesn’t know how to work a laundry machine lmao
Isaac_Masterpiece · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I come from a small town in a small state and had never used any form of public transportation in my life.
I taught English in S. Korea, and on probably my second day I accidentally got on the wrong bus and missed my stop. No big deal, I think. I’ve got all day. Surely, I reason, since the buses all come to these spots regularly, they must just drive in really big circles all day. So I’ll just sit right here and wait for the bus to turn around and then I’ll get off on my stop.... won’t take more than an hour or two, I’m sure.
TheSchnipe · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watch a lot of twitch streams and some streamers swear they don't even know how to boil water...
ShareHappyness · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend back in college didn't know how to boil water.
gsantos24 · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine( F17) never learned how to tie her shoes... she was smart, so it baffled me that she didn’t know how to do it. To avoid shoe laces, she would just wear slip on shoes, shoes with Velcro straps, heels and sandals. It took 5 hours to teach her.
cliu1222 · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I used to drive for Uber, I was filling my gas at around 2:00 a.m. in Oakland, CA and it was raining. A car limps in, the passenger side rear tire was messed up; I mean completely shredded and he had clearly been driving for some time like that because the wheel was also completely messed up. Apparently the kid (he looked to be early to mid 20s) had no idea how to change a tire. Thankfully I never drive without a kit which includes a jack and an impact wrench so I fixed it for him a few minutes. I am amazed that people can drive and not know how to do something as simple as changing a flat tire.
JMDeutsch · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I knew in college started cleaning their bathroom where someone vomited with ammonia and bleach after a party.
They had no idea why I was freaking out on them.
wodemaohenkeai · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Been there; done that. Had no idea you couldn't mix them until I almost passed out.
acewednesday · 1 points · Posted at 04:23:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I moved in with my boyfriend I realized that
He didn’t know where ice came from, and
He thought that if he just didn’t want a piece of junk mail he could leave it in the mailbox and the mailman would take it away for him (plot twist: it was me).
HonestDragonfruit2 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl I worked with didn’t know how to change the trash...... I was 18 she was 16. I had to actually show her step by step how to take the trash out and put a new bag in...... when I tell you my jaw DROPPED when she said she didn’t know what to do....
gangleskhan · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Horrifying is probably a stretch, but... Had a college roommate (he was in grad school getting his master's in engineering at the time) who cleaned our bathroom with bar soap and a washcloth. (MY bar soap and washcloth, specifically.) I walked in to find the entire bathroom covered in a layer of soap scum and my washcloth back hanging in the shower and covered in black dust/hair/grime. As one who grew up having to clean the bathroom every week, I was flabbergasted that he had never learned how to clean a bathroom with the right products.
Less horrifying but more just sad: I didn't know until the age of 21 that you could store bread outside the fridge. I grew up in the tropics with no air conditioning and eating homemade (thus preservative free) bread that would mold in a day or two if not refrigerated. It was life-changing to discover that bread didn't have to be dry and crusty.
justanotherone543 · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me, motorcycle, 45 mph, sliding into a gravel shoulder.... I’m flying!!!
PizzaNotFrenchFries · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a 19 year old man (boy?) who wanted to meal prep. He liked hard boiled eggs and thought he’d make one for his lunch each day of the week. I guess the ‘boiled’ part of the phrase ‘hard boiled’ wasn’t intuitive enough for him and he put 7 raw whole eggs in the microwave for 5 minutes. It didn’t end well.
Darqfyre · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with this lady int the early 2000s who bought a brand new BMW. Came in and asked one of the guys to check the car out because the “dash lights up when I put the key in, and my daddy says that something is wrong.”
The dude goes and checks, nothing he can see is wrong and he explains that’s supposed to happen so you know they work and that the computer is checking stuff.
She calls dad from the shop, gets told that the guy (whose hobby was repairing cars for the elderly) was a lying p.o.s. and she should call the dealership to fix it.
Dealership checks car out, no problems, explains the concept of “dummy lights” (as my dad calls them, as in Hey dummy, you might want to pay attention to that noise”). She ignored them and goes out to buy a bottle of transmission fluid, 30w engine oil, brake fluid, and differential fluid, then goes out in the dark to start dumping it all into anywhere it would go.
Sad thing is, when the engine seized the dealership gave her a new one. I moved on to a new job after this, so don’t know how far this went.
cayenneee_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend who is 32 years old does not know how to clean a bathroom. I just can’t imagine what kind of privileged childhood he had.
eriitolm · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone I worked with in a foreign country, who had never lifted a finger to do household chores in his life, mistook rat poison for laundry detergent and almost did his laundry with it. Granted he couldn't read the language, but damn, at least use Google Translate.
sheenvs · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago when I was 30, I was asking my roommate (32F) for feedback on the credit cards she had because I was considering opening a new one. Her fiancé (32M) was in the room and chimed in about his Southwest credit card and how he liked it because of the buddy fare benefit. He then went on to say he was going to cancel it soon because he was almost at the limit.
He literally had been racking up debt on the card (it was his only one), paying the minimum and thought that you could just cancel it once you maxed it out.
ffwd · 1 points · Posted at 04:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends were convinced there was a second mantle below the crust, just a more solid chunk of earth some 900 miles that blends into the crust.
ChocoBoy50 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate put a packet of popcorn in the microwave without removing the plastic...
1Stein69 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He (18) didn't know how to cook noodles, threw them in cold water and waited... a little retarded but I showed him and now he's capable of cooking noodles himself :-)
JustMakingForTOMT · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm late and this will get buried, but my roommates at university seemed to think the recycling bin was a second garbage can. I'm talking jars of peanut butter, mayonnaise, chip dip, etc. with the contents still slathered all over the inside, a greasy pizza box with HALF A PIZZA still inside it, all just thrown together in the bin in the middle of the kitchen stinking the place up. I know it's okay to leave a bit of residue on recyclables, but this was nauseating. Me being the total doormat I am I just washed them out myself before eventually deciding I didn't give a fuck anymore.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You let them throw away half a pizza?
You all disgust me.
JustMakingForTOMT · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol I can't remember what exactly happened with that one, but it was fairly old and stale anyway.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No such thing as an old pizza.
Just a "not as fresh as it used to be but always edible"
JustMakingForTOMT · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk man, it wasn't my pizza. We were roommates (as in, we shared a common space but had our own rooms) but we weren't close or anything, we didn't share food, I didn't even know about it until I saw it in the recycling.
HawleyGrove · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate (who’s from a rich family) was cleaning her side of the room. We finally had wooden floors in our dorm. Anyway, she comes into my room one afternoon and asks me “which are you supposed to do first? Sweep or mop? My maid used to clean for us so I don’t know.”
After a few moments of shock (seriously, how is this not common sense?), I told her which came first. She looked at her broom, then me, and asked me, “if I pay you, will you do it for me?” Lol no.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maaaaaaaan, while yes it should be common sense you sweep the dust/large bits of stuff away THEN mop. To be fair, she never done it before or had to think about it lol.
Space_Run · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked at a cinema and was team leader. Sent one of the new guys to go clean a spill and told him to take the mop. He looked me dead in the eyes and asked "Hey, how do you use a mop?". He was a super sheltered boy, who's mother did EVERYTHING for him.
manykittys · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my sister's fiance how to floss his teeth. . . He was 26 at the time.
spicehurled · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker that would ask me to open her .zip files and then send them to her. I did it the first time because I was stunned a 35 year old working in tech didn't know how to do that. The second time, I sent an article with steps. Mind blown.
Paperdawl · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This will probably get buried... But I used to work in a building control room and the number of people who don't get how elevators work is shocking. After hours you needed a card to access your floors, we gave them the card and a detailed explanation when their company hired them but I constantly got calls on the emergency phone.
The kicker was so many of them went like this.
Them: "Hi... I am trapped in the elevator."
Me: "Okay, is the door open?"
Them: "Yes it is."
Me: "Then step out, you aren't trapped in the elevator."
And THEN I needed to work out that they couldn't figure out that card we gave them to get into their office was also needed to make the elevator work. Then they would either figure it out or they would get mad and tell me it was stupid and to just make the god damn elevator work... Which I couldn't do because the elevator panel was 30 years old. So I would ground the elevator in the lobby and either go out to the lobby to show them how it worked or if they were being a dick I made security do it.
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:35:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seems like they needed a visual demonstration
latrax37 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college had never made a frozen pizza before. He assumed the cardboard kept the pizza from sticking to the wrack and the wrapping helped keep the cheese on. He never lived that one down.
DaPhonyViper · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate, who was pretty independent and even knew how to drive a car, told me that he had never used a toaster before. His mom used to do it for him (My other roommate didn't either, but the guy had come from a small village so it's understandable). I had to actually explain how to use a toaster and how to make sure you don't burn anything. (They didn't burn anything but apparently none of them considered that putting a plastic wrapper on top of an active toaster is a bad idea)
HeyItsMeAgain2020 · 1 points · Posted at 04:25:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I had a friend that didn’t know how to make ramen noodles. Not like not know how, but she did it in an insane way 😂
She would put the water in the pot, boil it, then put the ramen in, BUT THEN- ONE DAY, she decided she didn’t need to put the WATER in.
She continued not putting water in, and boiling JUICE- LIKE WHAT?! SHE LITERALLY PUT JUICE IN A POT TO BOIL, THEN PROCEEDS TO MAKE THE RAMEN- I never ate ramen at her place again.
Btw, she thought the ramen was perfect with juice, one time we were at a restaurant, and she asked for noodles, but instead of water to have juice. I swear to god she’s probably in an insane asylum now. I don’t know how this obsession started, but rumor has it, she still uses juice.
spidermom4 · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult but when I was in highschool, my friend (we were both about 17) told me she had never lit a match because her parents told her she wasn't allowed to play with fire. I was SHOOK as a girl who grew up learning how to chop firewood with an axe, build a roaring fire, and cook food over it all before the age of 9.
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:33:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Maybe it was for good reason.
She might be an arsonist.
spidermom4 · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No joke though, I knew a little boy growing up who was OBSESSED with fire. Like, he would get... Excited... By fire. My mom had an in home daycare and he would stand infront of our wood burning stove for hours. His first word was fire. His parents got him counseling... I wonder how he is now. He's gotta be in his early 20s. Haha!
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:50:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm doing fir-fine.
Shermis21 · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I keep trying to put a tampon in but still get it wrong every time!
buffalocompton · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year of college 2006, in Florida mind you, my whole "pod" or dorm hall were gathered in the common room for a moment and greet. We were speaking about random stuff as the night wore on and one girl asks outloud to the table "do bo black guys have black cum?" There was a solid three or four seconds of silence before a dude named Anthony who was a rather large football playing black guy just says "why don't we go find out."
To this day I still don't understand how.
CrypticUniversalMave · 0 points · Posted at 04:31:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You still don't understand how?
Well...why don't we go find out?
c_calamity · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Every time someone says they dont read.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't read or.. don't know how to read?
c_calamity · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imo ones not disimiliar from the other. "Don't read" becomes "don't know how to read" suprisingly fast.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well for me, I don't read a soften as I used to as in, "I don't read story books anymore" Partly because I'd have to order them online due to lack of retailers here and I hate digital books
c_calamity · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
See I would exempt you from my statement because youre on reddit. I see people who tell me "I don't read" and cant read more than at a third grade level...were they never taught to sound it out?
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Think their parents raised them on games/nature and never pushed them academically.
For example my ex's brother just put his kid in front of the TV and gave him a tablet. One day I'm like okay, let's see if he can count/add/substract. I tried to teach him how to count to ten and then how to add/substract. He was 5.
c_calamity · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unfortunately my youngest sibling is "unschooled" by tech as well... Only because he's the last of six kids.
Kelevra29 · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My ex boyfriend, who was 37 at the time and had a PhD, texted me asking how to light a gas stove with a match. The pilot light went out on his stove in his childhood home, and he was terrified of setting the house on fire.
Edit: haf to had
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whenever I'm about to ask a question on something seemingly obvious. I google that shit.
"How to tie a tie?" "How long should I boil a boiled egg"
Kelevra29 · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If im alone ill do the same, but ive definitely asked my mom stupid questions because she was in the vicinity and it was quicker than googling the answer
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I would try this, however chances are, she'll laugh so I'd end up googling
safetydance · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
About 5 years ago, my then fiancé and I had to replace the air conditioning unit at our house. We lived in Florida. One day, about 3 months later, the AC broke. I don’t remember exactly what month of the year it was, I think it was November, the AC stopped working. Now, November in Florida is still hot, but I figure we can make it one night and I’ll have the company come out the next day to fix it since it is under warranty.
Fast forward to about 3 a.m., I’m fast asleep after struggling to doze off due to how warm the house was. Suddenly, I’m awoken by a large crashing sound and a scream like someone is in pain. Now, I’m not sure if anyone has ever been woken up like this, but it’s very disorienting. Was it a dream? Is there a burglar? What’s happening. I look over to check on my wife and she’s not there. I reach in my nightstand and grab my Batman knife (yes I’m a grown man with a Batman knife fuck you) and began searching the house, in my underwear, brandishing a Batman knife.
I creep into the kitchen and the door leading to the garage is wide open. I panic a little. I hear a moan. And all of a sudden I see it. Two little legs dangling from the ceiling in the garage.
Apparently, at 3 am, my wife decided to climb into the attic and try and fix the air conditioning because the air handler was up there. She didn’t realize that you had to walk on the beams in the attic, and that you couldn’t just walk along the floor. The bruising she had was quite impressive.
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While that story is certainly funny, I don't think that can go under "How do you not know this?"
Then again I'm a houseboy. I know nothing of A.C
safetydance · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the “how do you not know this” part is the part about walking on the beams in an attic and not walking on the drywall and plaster that make up the floor. Unless you want to fall through it.
Count_Money · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to teach an adult how to use a screwdriver
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not another person, but me. I didn't know a lot about cars in my youth and along the way of learning to drive the part about making sure the oil is the correct level or paying for a servive was never covered (or I didn't pay attention, probably that).
Cue 2 years later, I spoke to my Dad about the car running a bit slow, he looked into and found there was almost no oil left, just enough residue that things didn't lock up. After a few cleans, strip downs and services, it was all good and I knew A LOT more about how cars run. And I get regular services.
FrowgateClitsmith · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The guy who served me yesterday (at least 35) at a grocery store checkout. Had to ask me what literally every vegetable was. Nothing exotic. Brocoli, cucumber those basics.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While he was driving down the highway, 100% seriously: “What does ‘Exit Only’ mean?”
bodhasattva · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother in law sneezed and I said "bless you" and he said "What?"
I said bless you.
"Whats that mean?"
You kidding me?
"No"
Nobody in your lifetime has ever said "bless you" after a sneeze?
"No"
What the fuck dude
SexWithTrump · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my 35-year-old wife how to insert a tampon. I was 33 at the time. Her religious cult mom and friends never brought it up with her when she was younger, and a trip with me to the water park while she was on her period necessitated a tampon. She had originally inserted it with half of the tampon still sticking out of her vag. I told her that the purpose of the string was to pull the tampon out from its position up inside. She was resistant to putting it in correctly and complained about how it felt like weird sex. That was the first time and last time for her to use a tampon. It was pads or panty liners before and since.
Not_Dragonborn · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lots of college roomate stories here...
xv_Picori_Blade · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my thirteen year old cousin how to shut a Pizza Hut pizza box. I also watched my aunt teach him how to put butter on his biscuits, he never knew how because his mom always did it for him.
TanithRosenbaum · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Funny this question should come up now, I've seen the most horrifying fail at adulting only a few days ago here on reddit, on /r/legaladviceofftopic, where someone asked in this post if just taking something from someone else and placing (whatever they thought) dollar amount it was worth there instead was a legal sale. Despite pretty much everyone there telling them that no, that is simply theft, they kept defending their position, claiming it wasn't by using an increasingly growing set of made-up justifications each time someone refuted their previous set of justifications.
LordMeme · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my physics lab in college, a (pre-vet) student asked me to measure something because she "missed ruler day in elementary school" and didnt know how to use a ruler
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend did not know how to fry chicken breast. She didn't even know how much oil to put.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair - the topic of sex isn't taught as it used to be; school and entertainment.
Add to that if she was insulated by her parents, then no - she could not have known.
Lumiela · 1 points · Posted at 04:28:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in health care. The amount of people who are 20 plus years old and do not know how to make a doctors appointment is mind blowing.
definitelyhumanoid · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in the US for a year working at a ski resort. One of my room mates asked me where I got the white broccoli from I then had to explain that cauliflower exists.
Another one from the same trip showing people how to use a kettle/make tea. Can you guys stop microwaving your tea please?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss apparently wasn’t exaggerating when she said she’d never cooked. She decided to try it the night before and told me there was nothing on the frozen pizza box that said it had to be removed from the box. She put the whole thing, packaging and all, into the oven and smoked out her kitchen.
amcken13 · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Started working as a waitress, I was like 18 and the girl training me had to be like 24. She got a bowl of Ceasar salad and she picked up one of the yellow pieces and was like "what is this?! This isn't supposed to be in a Ceasar salad." I had to explain to her that with romaine lettuce as you get closer to the stem the pieces are lighter green/yellow but it is still the right lettuce..
snuphalupagus · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an ex with affluenza continually say shit like, "most people have 9-5 jobs.'
ElevatorBaconCollins · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in college, a friend drove around with her high beams on until I pointed it out to her and showed her how to turn them on and off. She was genuinely surprised and had thought those were her regular lights.
dbcannon · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I signed up for some neurofeedback sessions with a local chiropractor. You basically watch Netflix with electrodes hooked up to your head, and it trains your brain to be more "normal."
I had done neurofeedback before at a dedicated clinic and something about the setup at this place seemed wrong. I looked at the neurofeedback control panel on the other monitor and the process wasn't even running: in the several months that they had this technology, they had never pushed the button to turn it on.
For months, they had charged who knows how many clients thousands of dollars to watch Netflix.
Tommykeeper · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my buddies that was a college freshman called ME (still in high school at the time) at 12:30 on a weeknight to ask how to do laundry. I had to walk him through sorting, washer settings, how much detergent to use, NOT drying his dress shirts and button downs in the dryer, the whole shabang! Also, mind you that it was the end of September at this point...poor guy had been rationing his clothes and ALL of them were dirty..
SwimmingYesPlease · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Director at the Mother's day out has her grandson there in a class I work in. He fell from the huge play equipment. Myself and the other lady I work with was busy cleaning up another 2 year old who was throwing up. We didn't see what happened with the directors grandson. What does my co worker do takes his arm he complains about and raises it up and down. Not good. Then today co worker says she found out he just fractured it in three places. I said oh my he broke it in three places hate that. No she says he just fractured it. To which I said a fracture is a break. Oh Lord help me.
littlebrownbirb · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my students pointed to a blue square and asked me what color it was. I immediately gave this person the test to determine if they had color blindness, they did not. This person had perfect vision, which means they were a highschool student that did not know the color names. English was their only language and according to the parents and school they did not have any special needs or accommodations.
JesusHannibalChrist · 1 points · Posted at 04:29:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I witnessed a friend in college eat a crawfish. The head, the tail, legs and shell...all at once. I had not eaten them before but I’d eaten peel and eat shrimp...”I don’t think you’re doing that right”.
yeetintoxisitence · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boomer in my office in charge of million dollar budget with a complex cash flow structure. Excel is used heavily, after about 6 months I had to show her how to even see the formula bar. I have no clue wtf she thought she was doing, or what she has messed up. It will be fun to clean up
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The Boomer aspect does not matter.
She got the job since she was far better at BSing and ass kissing than the rest. Sadly this is life, the most qualified don't get the job it's about who can make management happy by saying what they want to hear. And she knew she had underlings who will fix her messes.
Why learn? They're paid to fix and run things.
SentimentalFool · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much horrifying as hilarious, but I was living with housemates some years back and one of them always seemed to leave a bathroom stench that defeated the mighty Poopourri (don't laugh, that stuff is magic). One day I noticed a very perfumey smell coming off of him, and I and asked what it was. He said "I dunno, maybe I got some of the air freshener on me when I sprayed it." We didn't have spray air freshener. It took me a second and then I asked, "You mean the spray in the bathroom?" He said "Yeah" and I started losing it laughing. I said "You never read the instructions on the bottle, did you?" Turns out he thought the directions to spray it INTO the toilet bowl, and also BEFORE going, were merely suggestions, and had been quietly mystified for well over a year as to why the rest of us swore by its efficacy.
TurboT8er · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not something that I've done, but something I've been appalled at another adult for not knowing. Cardinal directions. I was trying to get an idea of where something was by asking what part of town it was in, and they were dumbfounded when I asked which general direction it was.
ILub · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Ex never knew he had to empty his lint trap in his dryer. It had inches upon inches of lint, he was lucky he didn't burn the place down.
edit-I said there were pics but there's not.
georgeharrisonyo · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend pull his toast out from the toaster with a metal fork. He didn’t understand why I was freaking out and didn’t believe me that you can hurt yourself from doing that because “he’s been doing it his whole life”.
daniegurlzie · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked at a gas station. 20 something year old girl wants to know how much gas her car will hold. I tell her I don't know and she calls me ignorant. I try to be helpful. I explain that she can give me 20 dollars and I'll turn on the pump. If it doesn't hold it, she can come back and get the change. She comes back in and asks what kind of gas. Comes back AGAIN and asks me if it's full. When I tell her I have no idea she asks me if I can come look or Google it for her.
After my shift I went home and got my 8 and 10 year old and took them to fill up my car explaining every step.
D15c0untMD · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A bit specific, but during a student rotation i was observing a c section together with a student one year ahead of me from another university. Right after the baby was taken from the wound and being cleaned up, she was pointing at the womb and lent over to me to ask “so, this is the uterus?”
I looked at her, and then managed to say “a baby came out of it, it’s probably not a kidney”.
Like wtf she studying?
idma · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sigh. There are way too many people that have this reaction on other people that is not warranted because the very thing they are concerned about (the "how do not know how to do X") isn't as common sense as they would think it is.
For example, ridiculing someone because they don't know how to do their taxes. Ok that is a very good thing to learn how to do, but getting your head around finances, learning to come to grips with it, and accurately disclosing it is not easy to do, especially when barely have help. And some people just have that taken care of for them because it's financially better for them to do so, just like how people pay for finance managers to handle their 401k
Another example is people getting pissed that someone else doesn't know gun safety yet that someone else has never handled a gun. Ok yes gun safety is important, but getting angry about a practice that some people never think about (nor do they want to be in the situation to think about) is not going to help another learn about it.
TL DR: just because it's common sense to YOU, doesn't mean it's common sense to EVERYBODY. I'm talking to you, RYAN, you smug pretentiousness prick
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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jasilucy · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Fun fact: Japan eat raw chicken as a delicacy in sushi
Crazy_Trigger · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a task but a really basic knowledge that wasn't known.
My sister's new boyfriend (35) didn't know that the world was more than 2000 years old. He thought time started at year 0. When asked about dinosaurs and when they existed, he said "in the 100's".
My sister texted me that she didn't think they were going to work out because of this and that she didn't think she could get over it. I agreed, that I could not get over it either...ever. She said she couldn't ask him any more questions because she could see on his face that he wasn't fucking with her.
IcedCoffeeAndBeer · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of adults, including ones who have children, don't understand how getting pregnant actually works. Even my friend who is a female nurse.
Mintman2020 · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At work a temp asked me what 250-150 was. I wanted to quit.
raciallyambiguous · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When enrolling into Basic Training, the doctor at MEPS (Onboarding physicals and whatnot) asked if anyone had any preexisting conditions. Without hesitation a hopeful Marine blurted our “I had SIDS when I was a baby.”
RogueAxelman · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For me it is seeing a person not making food smaller for their baby. They would feed him full pieces of food. Pizza, bananas, full strawberries, a happy meal burger, a happy meal chicken nugget etc. One time they gave him one of those small deli sandwiches (giant for toddler, small for adult) and surprise! He choked! They were able to get food out but Jesus, they think their kid knows to chew even without teeth.
ToastyBeard · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The three sea shells. So embarrassing.
rhet17 · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Came home to find just 2 frozen chicken fingers left in the box. Asked 16yo daughter why she didn't cook all of them she said "The box said 18--22 pieces. There were two extra." I raised this child.
jkreuzig · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a young (23) supervisor of a small warehouse of electronic packaging materials. I had a crew of three guys. Not exactly the brightest bunch, but at least they all finished high school.
One day we needed to move some storage racks. I handed one of the guys a tape measure and asked him to measure the distance between an existing rack and the wall. He didn’t know how to read the tape measure.
At first I thought he was giving me grief. After all, I was about 15 years younger than anybody else in the warehouse. They gave me grief all the time. What I didn’t know was he really didn’t know how to use a ruler or any measuring device except to read “the big numbers”. No idea of what a fraction of an inch was. I spent about 30 minutes teaching him.
NickDanger73 · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A good friend I've known for most of my adult life did not know how to balance his check book. He kept telling me it was impossible due to the outstanding checks. When I showed him the back of his statement with the reconciliation table he was amazed. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
electric_shocks · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched this case presented by a professor at a medical school. A newlywed couple were having trouble with intercourse. Turns out they have been ramming the poor gals urethra to destruction for months.
sdwags · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chicken of the sea....
No-bility · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl who said she was against organ donation because "what if you got a bad person's heart?"
cuteandshit · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My parents divorced last year. My dads 68 (my mom 62) and for the life of him... my dad did not know how to wash his one clothes. I only noticed because every time I saw him, he had a new shirt! And he’s the type to wear the same thing for 20 years. When I asked him about it, he admitted it was easier because he did not know how to do laundry.
sarahw33dg00d · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this wasnt necessarily horrifying, but I work a a library and of course we use stamps a lot. like ink stamps. i used to handle the newspapers in the morning and we have to stamp the date and library on them. they hired this girl, pretty young maybe 16, had absolutely no idea how to use a stamp. she was a student worker which is shelving but she used to just sit at the front desk eating snacks, was always like "let's have a taco party!" and shit like that, it was like she was a little kid. I feel bad for her. who the hell knows where she is now.
kaseylynn24 · 1 points · Posted at 04:32:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying but my husband is just not that handy or good at basic home maintenance. I'm talk like changing a light bulb, or dealing with a running toilet. He is the sweetest guy ever and really smart about most things. The poor guy was just never taught about this stuff.
One time the toilet was running and making noise. He came running out to the livingroom freaking out and said he would call is dad immediately so either he could come fix it or give him the name of a plumber. I just looked at him and said "what no come here." I went took off the tank lid untangled the chain so the flap closed and it stopped running. He look at me completely mystified as to what I had just done. He didn't even know what the inside of the tank looked like.
I have even handed him my drill to hold and he asked how you made it work. Another time a fuse blew and he didn't even know where the breaker box was much less what to with the blown fuse. Like I love him god he needs a keeper for basic stuff sometimes.
QueenT83 · 1 points · Posted at 04:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach an 18 year old how to wash dishes. His mom never taught him. He didnt know a lot of things (how to tell time, how to fold towels, how to sweep/mop, how to clean a toilet, etc.
ergo832 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whaaatt
rrod9510 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am in graduate school going for a PhD in immunology. Sometimes I mentor rotating students to show them basic lab techniques. Last year, I got word a new student wanted to rotate with us. I create some protocols for her to have and look forward to having the extra help. I found out she actually already has an MD so I am excited to get someone who will have experience and won’t have to be babysat the entire 8 weeks. I was FUCKING wrong.
I asked her one day where she got her MD (out of curiosity and me being petty). It was evidently a school overseas, I didn’t think anything of it (there are some fantastic med schools overseas!). However, I was discussing this shit show with one of my colleagues who was from the same country in which she got her “MD”. I told her the med school that she went to and it turns out that “med school” was a scam (pay 26K and live in a dorm for 6 years to get your MD) and she would never be able to practice in the US.
Last I heard some lab in the cancer bio department accepted her. Hope they don’t have a microwave.
whiteandblueit · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an 17yo exchange student who cluld not make his bed - tried to put the fitted sheet on his quilt (doona in Australia).
c_calamity · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imo ones not disimiliar from the other. "Don't read" becomes "don't know how to read" suprisingly fast.
grignardsreagent · 1 points · Posted at 04:36:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend’s family is pretty affluent. After someone cooked us dinner at her Dad’s she was helping me put dishes in the dish washer and wasn’t sure if a ceramic cup was able to be washed.
She’s actually very smart.. just never had to put dishes in the dishwasher before.
WellitsureisntDale · 1 points · Posted at 04:37:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex who'd slept with many people before me gave a blowjob like she was trying not break a popsicle that's been a bit melted. Very underwhelming.
Milton__Obote · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone asked me how to brown meat once.
cometopapi · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 18 and thought there's just 2 holes. Later I got to know there's 3. It was disturbing to know that I had thought the other way.
MissDiddums · 2 points · Posted at 04:39:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
peel a potato. rich kid.
StillPuzzles__ · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Told a kid to toast some bread, he threw it in the microwave.
Told a kid to sweep the floor, he began to use the broom as push broom.
🤦🏻♂️
tallcabbagegirl · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in middle/high school, I wasn't allowed to watch any of the sex ed videos and had to leave the room when sex ed was taught. So that + my parents preventing me from using the computer at times/blocking websites they didn't like = me not knowing a whole lot of how any of that worked. Never got the birds and the bees talk either.
Because of that, I didn't know where my vaginal entrance was. So I never wore tampons (had a brief run-in there with swim meets in high school and another embarassing memory in which a friend yelled from outside the bathroom stall to "coach" me into putting it in properly, forgetting this was an open air outdoor bathroom and EVERYBODY heard us 😳).
As an adult, I only figured that out when my then serious boyfriend helped LOL. He was so confused that I had literally no idea how or what or was afraid to even touch that zone. I still just stick to pads for fear of messing something up.
please don't shelter your kids ya'll LMAO
rcapina · 1 points · Posted at 04:41:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a real simple one, but once upon a time my gf and I were making sushi. I left her to chop up an avocado and came back to a mangled mess. I think she was just stabbing inwards and slowly peeling off the skin as it got loose enough, taking like 10% of the avocado with it.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know how to spell apple........ He is 11 years old.
Slimyscammers · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t understand how she got pregnant letting him finish inside her because ‘everyone she knew did it too’ without getting knocked up. She just never realized people used birth control. Dumbass.
karebearwe · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Chic was always trying to lose weight. Doctor put her on a high protein low carb diet. Shes in the cafeteria at breakfast. I overhear her say “bacon has like zero carb so just get al you can. Ill have 8 pieces of bacon please.”
How are you that ignorant?
JohnIan101 · 2 points · Posted at 04:53:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No, not ignorant - selective on facts so she wouldn't have to change.
Trying to influence her friends that she's making an effort.
Not what you're talking about, more akin to delusion.
karebearwe · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well her knowledge of nutrition is what shes ignorant of. She doesn’t understand what your body needs and what is conducive to losing weight. Her lunches are all starch and maybe a meat. She’s gotten somewhat better, but its still just shocking to me.
JohnIan101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You hope. She could just be willfully ignorant to keep on the same course, no change. Never underestimate the ways folks deceive themselves to remain unchanged and yet feel they are moving forward.
onegoodboii · 1 points · Posted at 04:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one. It’s not that crazy but I have one. Ok so I had a little RHD Toyota Land Cruiser and it was a manual. I was driving Uber, and one time this lady maybe 30 got in and said “can you not play with the stick thing on your car it’s making me uncomfortable, and why are you and the wrong side.” Me: Oh sorry it’s a manual so I have to shift my own gears and I imported this form Japan. And she said well in my car I don’t have to do that. Smh some people.
Bbyandgg · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Aunt did everything for her sons. I think it’s sweet she wanted to help them, but she severely stunted them.
My cousin and I were roomies for a short while once, and he didn’t know how to turn on the oven, and didn’t know how to wash clothes. I had to show him how to defrost meat after he just left opened, bloody, raw meat sitting on the counter top.
I had to show him how to do so much more it’s honestly kind of sad. This dude had literally never used a vacuum cleaner.
He has a wife now who does everything for him, so we will see how that goes now that they have a baby.
Omegasedated · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my Brother in law had never heard of/seen Tinned Spagetti before...
he's 29.
dannydevitosmgnmdong · 1 points · Posted at 04:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Majority of the people I met in college didn’t understand how to make a budget for themselves mainly because their parents paid for everything and they never had a job. Spoiled beyond belief.
I met a 28 year old whose parents paid for their car, food,electronics, vacations and all school expenses until their master’s degree was done. I met a girl whose parents did the same but for medical school.
These people didn’t understand why I didn’t have new everything. It’s cause I’m on a budget man. I wish I had all my bills paid for.
doublerr14 · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The best example I can think of was I was in charge of organizing chores for a Christian Fraternity and we had a sister sorority house. They came to me looking for help saying their dryers weren’t working. I looked at it and at some point I asked them if they had been cleaning the lint trap. They looked dumbfounded and all said, “what’s that?” I then removed to lint trap which literally had like a couch cushion’s thickness of lint in it. It wasn’t easy to pull out. Apparently nobody had cleaned out the lint traps since they got all those dryers. So a house of 50+ college girls literally didn’t have one person in like five years that knew that was thing. It’s a freaking miracle the house didn’t burn down.
roskov · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom used to work in property management at a condo place. Some girl walked into her office holding an envelope. She was infused on how to put the proper information (or what that information even was) onto it and was hoping my mother could show her.
ryleequinx · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
picking locks
adbmakingmoves · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why is most of this women??
SnooTigers4338 · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/R99t_NFkPLQ
yeuzinips · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I briefly worked with another teacher that simply did not understand the difference between the numbers (decimal places) .60 and .06
I tried for about 20 minutes to breakdown how they're very very different. I used every tool in my arsenal. I even related it to getting a percent discount at a store - something every adult encounters.
She got frustrated and said, "Math is just different where I'm from. " Then she left. Some of my colleagues overheard the interaction and we all just stared at each other in disbelief for a couple minutes.
Labbyone · 2 points · Posted at 05:11:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hang my head in sorrow for our youth.
Ebony_17 · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
19 year old friend had an apartment that I often stayed at. We were low on food. Only 3 eggs in the fridge when I left. She called me in a bit of a panic and told me that she tried to boil 2 eggs and they exploded. I was shocked. Thinking maybe something was wrong with the kitchen (it was a shitty apartment) I asked her "what happened?! How much water did you put?!" She paused in confusion and said ".....you have to put water?" I laughed so hard I was crying.
BearOnALeash · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 20 or so year old cousin (who has an engineering degree!) and my 50+ year old uncle (who is the king of DIY home / construction projects) had to call my aunt up while we were on a girls trip extended family vacation to ask how to do laundry. They didn’t know how to use a goddamn washing machine.
Same kid once had to call his Mom to come meet him at a gas station, because his tank was on E and he didn’t know how to fill up the car on his own.
mariob80 · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was holding a ladies baby and it went to shotting and throwing up as soon as she ,the baby started vomiting I put her in a clean trash can there was a liner bag in it relax and I kept her there til she finished I wasn't gonna change her cause that's just but yes it's probably a good thing I don't have kids
antivn · 1 points · Posted at 04:48:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl asked if molecules were the things in our blood. An ex gf I had tried to convince me our eyes weren’t hollow, so like the retina is right behind the cornea. To be fair that’s not common knowledge but idk why someone would be so adamant about something they don’t know about
comrade_bekah · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL the human eye is hollow
antivn · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s because of peephole effect
MrReckless327 · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s more horrified that I live in the same state as these people when u are working at a store at a self checkout and one is broken so they have like 3 Signs covering the scanners and the screens saying out of service in English and in Spanish and someone looks Directly at it then grabs the scan gun tries to scan on their product only for it to not work try it again then turned to me and asked me does this machine work. And the worst thing is this happens at least once a week
ya_boiii2 · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More of a how do you not know this. A few years ago My brothers gf at the time (now ex) was at our house and we were talking about a shark tracker, how they tag the sharks they catch and watch their migration patterns etc. well one of the trails of a shark had glitched and gone straight through Florida (or it had been picked up to be moved) and she was like “oh it just swam under Florida.” We were absolutely mind blown, and she still couldn’t grasp the concept even after we explained beaches.
tomi_kiona · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 21 year old ex boyfriend literally didn’t know a single recipe to cook himself, and didn’t know how to do his laundry 🌚🌝
Mr-SherlockHolmes · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had an international student on our floor in undergrad who didn’t know how to use toilet paper. He figured out the wiping part but was not sure about the disposal so he started stashing the used wipes in a corner of his dorm room. Their discovery by a mutual friend lead to a pretty interesting discussion with him.
AnotherLolAnon · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with someone who's car totally failed so she was late to work from taking it to the shop. Asked her how she made out with it. Needed a new engine. Her car wasn't that old so I was surprised. She had no idea cars needed oil changes.
I'm amazed how few people understand money. Like at all. My cousin was lamenting how his credit score was so low even though he hadn't taken out any loans. It was shockingly low. Like I didn't know you could get that low. I probed a bit. He had a credit card and had no idea there was a minimum payment you had to make each month.
Labbyone · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll bite. What, exactly, did he think he was supposed to do with that bill that came every month telling him how much he owed? Or did the conversation not even get that far?
AnotherLolAnon · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He thought he could pay any amount and it would keep the creditors content
jakelemt · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has happened twice, I’ve been called into the managers office for being the “tech guy” and my manager didn’t know how to copy and paste an email. These were different companies and different managers.
How do you get a job that is constantly sending and receiving emails and not have basic computer skills?
acce245 · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I was checking out in a store, and i get to the point where I've gotta pay. The total comes out to something like 15.08 and I hand her a $20 bill. As she's counting change, I says "hey, I got 8 cents here, can you just give me a $5 bill please?" She looks at me confused and says "what do you mean?" I figure I just caught her off-guard so I explain she's about to give me $4.92 back and 8 cents makes the next dollar, which happens to be $5. She then says "I don't understand what you mean." She had to be pushing 40 years old, running a till, and literally didn't know how to make change; she just "did whatever the machine told her to". So I managed to convince her that 92 plus 8 equals 100, and that there's 100 cents in a dollar, and could I please just have my change? Her last words were "well, if you say so" and she gave me the $5 as I handed her the extra 8 cents. I could've told this lady a wooden nickel is worth $500 and she probably would've believed me.
TLDR: Always give your cashiers a practical exam. If they can't make change don't give them a job handling money.
vestigialcranium · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have to frequently watch adults fail to close a shoebox, and I mean frequently
88_keys_to_my_heart · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my ex best friend who has her own place had a pregnancy scare. she started having mood swings and such before her period was supposed to come and i said perhaps it’s pms. she had no idea what pms was.
SpecialSymbolHere · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister was so pampered and spoiled growing up she could've been a Beverly Hills dog. I can somewhat understand not knowing how to do laundry by 18, even though my brother and I both did our own by the time we were 12. I also get how filling out taxes may confuse someone, even though she didn't have anything to fill in other than her W-2 (which has an autofill feature now, probably because of people like her). But! Her doctor told her to use fresh ground Himalayan salt instead of table salt. Something about her thyroid I think??? I don't know. Anyway she thought she had to go get it herself. Like, to the ocean to get it. We live in a landlocked state in the Midwest US!! There's like 6 states between us and the ocean. But she legit thought that the only salt at the store was bad salt, and that she would have to move to the coast for salt. She was absolutely floored when I took her to the store and told her to look up one shelf. Low and behold a grinder full of, you guessed it, Himalayan salt.
guerre-eclair · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If a doctor told your mom that she needed himalayan pink salt, they definitely weren't a medical doctor... There is no nutritional difference between natural sea salt or rock salt, and regular table salt.
thedudzl · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spent time every so often with this guy who was lactose intolerant, yet always would eat dairy and then loudly complain how he felt afterwards. I would get quite annoyed and tell him straight up that he was an idiot and I had no sympathy if was going to willingly subject himself to that.
Well, one time we stop with a group of friends at a Moe's Burrito and as he hops out of the car he starts raving about how he loves their queso. I turned to him and said, "What's your problem?! I'm done with your complaining after every time you eat cheese!" He looked at me like I was stupid and said, "What?! Queso isn't CHEESE." My jaw dropped as I explained to him that queso is literally cheese in Spanish. To which he replied, "Oh man, maybe that's why I never feel so hot after I eat it." I then asked him what he thought queso actually was and he said he just thought it was Mexican sauce.
One more story. None of my good friends were available this one night, so I had a couple guys come over to watch some football with me, who generally spent way too much time living at their homes being catered to by their parents. I told them to bring some hot food to share and I would make cheesesteak egg rolls.
Guy number one shows up with a burger and fries and I asked him how that's supposed to work. He just shrugged and plopped down on my couch and started eating his burger. Guy number two text me asking me what he should bring, and I told him it's not complicated - bring a frozen pizza if he couldn't think of anything else. He then shows up with two large bottles of pop. I lost it - I laid into both dudes and tried to get them to help me understand what they were thinking when I said bring hot food to share. I then sent pop bottle guy out to buy a five dollar pizza to share with us. I never invited them to watch a game together again after that.
MyCatsNameIsKenjin · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread is all the proof I need to convince me we are a doomed species.
Creepy-Finding · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a client ask if we found any "bat eggs." They were dead serious.
I had another ask what age mice had to be before they became rats. She thought they were the same species and mice was just what you called baby rats--like kitten or puppy.
I know more about animals than most people but it was so hard to stay professional with those two clients.
flammable_gas_420 · 1 points · Posted at 04:50:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly the same but I have a friend who up until last week genuinely didn't know who Hitler was, my girlfriend and I sat there explaining it to him for 10 minutes and the look of utter shock on his face definitely couldn't be faked. Now he sends me facts about Hitler.
lime__wire96 · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my housemate at the time poured candle wax down our bathroom sink because she was "done with the candle". Came in to my room to ask me why the "candle oil" went hard and isn't flowing down the drain as she expected.
LinkinSnow · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend at the time came over to my friends house and we were making nachos. He proceeded to put a whole brick of cheese on a plate and tried to microwave it. Luckily my friend stopped him before it became a disaster.
natwriter85 · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a grown person who didn’t like lettuce or mayo that a chicken sandwich doesn’t have to have those things if they just put a patty between two slices of bread.
Iwantav · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 18 I had to teach one of my friends how to tie a knot. We’re the same age.
girlnamedjim · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My SIL didn’t know you should not microwave metal. She is 22.
HansTheAxolotl · 1 points · Posted at 04:51:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I go to school in NYC. The amount of times I make a new friend and want to go somewhere with them to discover they have no idea how the subway works is beyond me.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why the fuck would you ride the subway?
They have rats the size of squirrel's.
HansTheAxolotl · 1 points · Posted at 16:01:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You come to think of them as similar to squirrels when you see enough. Nobody really minds them haha
InflamedintheBrain · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom uses spatulas that aren’t heat resistant and will leave them in heated pans. There are parts of these spatulas missing, that I guess have been melting into our food.
She also had no idea how to use a toaster oven properly. I’ve shown her multiple times and she still cannot remember.
Nothing super crazy, it was just surprising. These had been things I figured out growing up, for her to not know until she was 60 kind of blew my mind. She gets offended when I’ve mentioned I learned to cook watching Good Eats, like she didn’t teach me how to cook!.. She didn’t.
epicurtious · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend loves cooking. Especially since he’s Italian, cooking is really big in his family. So I’m used to him having a very good knowledge of cooking and baking. One time I was over at his place and he was making an egg for himself. Sort of omelet style, more of just improv egg and he said “have to cook it to a crispy golden brown” and I mean, this man burn that egg before he took it out of the pot that he was cooking it in. He also tried to beat 8 eggs with a spoon.
TurtleRescue · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in an apartment with some friends for college. When it was time to move out of the apartment, I didn't need most of the bathroom supplies. So I asked one of my roommates if he wanted the shower curtain and the curtain hangers. He looked confused. I then asked if he was going to need them at the next apartment he was moving to. His response was I don't know how to use them. All he had to do was take them off the curtain rod.
CleverUserNameB · 1 points · Posted at 04:52:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much every time I go into a public restroom.
Who the fuck hurt all of you and why are these wounds still untreated? How do you not know how to handle your body's functions in the bathroom???
gearebo · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Using email!
As a fresh graduate that just joins a world of office worker, i found this somehow embarrassing. But using ms. Outlook email is different than just a Gmail. Not in my life someone or some institute ever teach me formally how to use email, quote someone's reply, continuing an email chain, get creative with just outlook app, and etc. As a college student before i was always using Gmail as "another form of chat" rarely bothered with subject, email chain, or even use ethics like "Dear reader,"....
As a fresh graduate the world of adults feels like, you are in a new city that you know nothing, you have no map, you don't know which store sells what, you don't know the currency, and somehow it is very hard to ask other inhabitants of that city because everyone thinks of you as one of them...
AsteroidMiner · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Housemate decided to cook. Puts the veggies into the pan without the oil. Then googles that you're supposed to pour oil, so guess she could do it now. There was water in the pan from the washed veggies, she pours a shitload of oil into the pan and somehow splatters over her hands and screams.
A couple of minutes later I walk into the kitchen, hob hasnt been turned on, windows all closed due to winter, and fuck lot of smoke from god knows what.
That day I learned that not all girls know how to cook.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:53:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, I was working as a camera sales person at Best Buy. . .and this elderly man approached me, enraged. He exclaimed the camera was broken, it was my fault, how could I! I asked him to please tell me what's wrong with the camera, and he said that it would "not stay on the picture." So I asked him to show me what he meant. He turned on the camera, and he went to his saved pictures. Then he goes, "Look, it won't stay on the picture," and he pressed the next button.
That day, I spent 45 minutes trying to explain to an old man that if you want to view a photo, you just have to look at it.
C_Dazzle · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and my roommate, both 27 or so at the time, were talking about our favorite/ most essential kitchen appliances. I made the case for the disposal in the sink. He preceded to tell me how it had been sort of "messed up" for a while before I moved in. He told me how it had a fork in it and every time he or one of the other roomies turned it on it made awful grinding noises. I asked why he didn't just take the fork out if he knew that was the problem. He said eventually they did.
OMIKRON621 · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend is a horrible driver, he picked me up from home to go to some place 15 minutes away if we took the highway. He gets on the on-ramp, and just as he is merging into traffic tells me that he has never driven on the highway before and has never even used 5th gear and doesnt know where it is. We are also in a big 4wd and while he was trying to find 5th gear he was looking down at the gear stick and we started to drift into a different lane. He realises this and jerks the wheel to get back in the lane and since we are in a top heavy 4wd we get speed wobbles and almost roll. I had to grab the wheel to stop it
TheNangaInsaan · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex flatmate would leave the apartment door open while leaving for college, when I confronted him (multiple times) he would just say "I forgot". Dumb fucking piece of shit.
J_See · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend cooked me dinner one night. She took a spoonful of minced garlic and spread the garlic on raw chicken with the same spoon. Then immediately stuck the spoon back into the jar and thought nothing of it.
How do you not know how raw chicken works when you’re 20 years old? 🤦🏻♂️
babel345 · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've witnessed countless people that are unable to form their own opinion
dddowney_lover · 1 points · Posted at 04:55:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend (28F) was helping me with landscaping rocks last weekend. My next step is to plant grass. She asked, how will we do that, poke a bunch of little holes in the ground?
cowb123 · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Y
slayerking003 · 1 points · Posted at 04:56:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving it was a manual the had only ever driven automatics I made them pull over the second they said why are we not going faster than 20 mph(they told me they knew how to drive a manual)
Send_me_nri_nudes · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
90% of people in the USA don't know how to drive manual so that's not that weird
SmrtestIdiot · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Found out my 30’year old cousin , who is a college graduate , could only tell time on a digital clock.
cuddybumps · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 22 year old friend continues to amaze me. He asked me how to tie a knot once. He told me I had a comfy couch when he sat on my bed. He told me he's never had a cherry! There's so many more that I have chosen to block out, but he genuinely amazes me.
DarkMIR4GE · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know, pee is salty
Wut?
What?
CalebMini2556 · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
90% of what I've read in the comments section supports my thoughts that people should have to live on their own before living with others. Unfortunately, it almost always happens in the opposite.
finerrecliner · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once met a guy in his mid-twenties who had never cracked an egg before. He was nervous about it, but was able to accomplish the task satisfactorily.
Send_me_nri_nudes · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 30 and barely know how to do it but that's cause I grew up vegetarian and our family didn't eat eggs. I just started making them months ago and still don't know how to crack those dumb things. Please explain if you can lol.
voxrubrum · 1 points · Posted at 04:57:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
One of my former roommates decided to bake meat with way too little oil in the pan. I found out about this because I had to come down for the smoke alarm she set off.
She just stood there panicking in the kitchen with ruined food (thank god she did turn the stove off) but she "didn't know what to do about the beeping smoke detector".
I opened the kitchen window, grabbed a towel to wave around and dissipate the smoke, problem solved. She praised me for "being so inventive all the time".
bovtse · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Shortly after graduating college my sister demanded that my mom let her borrow her car to drive across country from the east coast to visit friends in San diego for a few weeks over the summer. My mom unfortunately caved in and agreed, so long as my sister got an oil change before she left town and started driving because the car was overdue for one.
Being the entitled princess that she was at the time, and still is, she didnt follow through on her promise and figured she would just get an oil change later, or just not at all.
Halfway across the country, somehow the engine overheats and seizes up. Being relatively broke and alone, she calls home and explains the sob story to my mom. After a $4000 loan (from my mom) for a new engine, and my sister makes it to san diego and eventually back home.
That was 5 years ago. My sister has a full time job as a dental hygienist now and still hasn't paid back my mom. On an unrelated note, I loaned her $9000 as she was going through college and fully expect to be repaid in approximately never.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah no. She should have never gotten the 4 grand.
That bitch would have been on a grey hound if she blew my car up.
arcanemagic · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Obey the speed limit signs.
They actually tried to convince the cop that because they were a Marine they should be let off for "just" going 100 in a 65 zone.
BigRigGig35 · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It wasnt even adulting. It was the classic first job at McDonald's.
So I'm closing up drive thru and I tell the counter girl that I'll do the counter if you clean the lobby because I hated doing the lobby and bathrooms. Also, I knew that itd be faster to have 1 person stock everything and one person cleaning. I was stocking some lids and chatting with the manager when we look into the lobby to see the girl sweeping. Shes holding the broom like a hockey stick and sweeping in semi circles. Not like small circles, either. Like, if someone was trying to shoot a puck without their stick leaving the ice. The manager ended up showing her how to do it.
I just wanted to ask; how? How did you get you get to your late teens not knowing how to sweep. I wasnt a master sweeper growing up, but I knew how to. I'd seen my parents do it, people on tv, people in stores. It's a pretty basic concept. Was she so sheltered that she'd never witnessed or watched someone with a broom? What was the plan once youd semi circled the lobby and dirt was still fucking everywhere?
ArtisticPomegranate0 · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My suite mate was not used to cooking before college, even the easy foods. Somewhat offered a carton of eggs in the floor groupchat and she took them bc she was hungry. She cooked them and left shells all over the counter and the remaining egg whites from the shell spilled all over the counter. When I walked out of my room that morning, I returned back to my room because the site was so atrocious and messy. Our kitchen is already super small. I had to let her know that you can’t just leave egg shells on the counter bc it has bacteria. The inner microbiologist in me just jumped out.
Another time, she just burnt pasta and the fire alarm went off. She then, didn’t touch the pot with the slightly burnt pasta for a week and it molded.
I just can’t believe that she didn’t learn to clean up after herself, when she makes a mess. She only does it when someone acknowledges the mess.
Lapinlady · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who would cook things in a crock pot and then eat out of the crock pot all week (sometimes leaving a spoon under the lid allowing bacteria in all week).
dontgointhehouse · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not HACCP compliant
guerre-eclair · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well, if he kept it hot, above 120 or so degrees (F) any bacteria that got in would be dead pretty quick. "Eternal Stew" is a thing for a reason.
Lapinlady · 1 points · Posted at 18:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn’t, it was unplugged
akd7791 · 1 points · Posted at 04:59:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to my ex but I was there when it happened. My ex's brother who was 28 at the time went to business school for 4 years. He worked with their dad at the airport as a manager for a shuttle company. He was so flipping smart it was insane. Like too smart. He came home one day and asked his brother if he could help him type up his resume because he literally had no idea how to or what to put on it. I was in shock.
Johnny-Shitbox · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago my buddy kept saying “re-edit”. I pointed and laughed at him for a good 30 minutes cuz he didn’t know it was just Reddit.
We were in our late 30’s at the time
havoklink · 1 points · Posted at 05:01:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was having sex with a girl which involved doing anal because she was on her period. While doing anal I came inside her and a week later she calls me super worried that’s she was scared that she might be pregnant. She thought you could get pregnant from cumming into someone’s butt.
( of course I get that something could’ve slipped and gone into her but I was sure)
DoktorDibbs · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who didnt know how to buy loose rolls from the bakery at the supermarket at the age of 25!
maagess · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got one when my brain kinda died. I usually cook for myself, and for a couple of week about two years ago, i made different things with eggs. One day, my brian decided to turn off, but i wanted a fried egg, so, i put the egg on the frypan and after a bit started mixing it. At some point i realized that it was not going to be a fried egg but an omelet. Was not really proud about it and had to ask sb how to fry and egg.
MissCoppelia · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I worked with the mail delivery center on campus. We had a little room in the back of one of the dorms that held all the packages for dorm residents (at least until new dorms were built later in my college career). The one hard and fast requirement was that you had to bring an ID with you to pick up your packages. We had to make sure we weren't sending off packages with the wrong person. Sometimes students forgot their ID and ran back to their dorms to get it.
Then one guy came in and offered me his social security number as his ID. I gaped at him before telling him off. He didn't understand why the hell you shouldn't give our your social so easily. I explained it to him very carefully and did my best to impart him with the notion that it was very important.
So of course he came back a second time many months later and tried to give me his social security number as a form of identification again. I think my exact words were "Did your mother not raise you right????"
lopsided_oreo · 1 points · Posted at 05:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My friend was dating a new guy and went to his place for lunch. After eating, he proceeded to start washing the dishes WITH BLEACH. My friend had to stop the poor guy cause he clearly didn't know what he was doing. He was 26 at the time. Mind you, who was the man of the household (mum and sister, no dad) so he was more of the provider and managed the family expenses. But still....
stiff-boy-pickle-co · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Filling out my W-4 at work
satyrglyph · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends was complaining that she isn't going to get the Covid stimulus. I asked her why and assured her that whatever account she had used to file her taxes would get the stimulus. And I shit you not, this girl hasn't filed her taxes or opened a bank account in her entire 5 years working at the same job. She's well into her 20s and cashes her checks at Walmart every week. Her excuse was that she's to anxious, which I can relate to an extent, but STILL
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:03:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People that don't understand the basics of eggs like: - if an egg is cracked it won't "be fine" if the yolk seals the crack, - freezing raw eggs will cause them to crack open, and - frying eggs requires butter or oil
onlytemp22 · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was training a CNA in a nursing home. I handed her a brief (diaper) and told her to change the resident. She proceeded to open the brief and just ripped off the tabs that secure the brief. She was also having falls, so asked her to demonstrate how she was getting people out of bed. She was pulling our of bed by their arms. She was gone quickly after that. I don't know how she even managed to pass the class. Especially when you have to do all this in front of a registered nurse to pass the class and be certified. Also had an ex who was 33, and asked me how to make hard boiled eggs.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Who the fuck wants a hard boiled egg? It's fucking NASTY. And if you put mustard on an egg all slap you in your face. Some people are fucking sick. Eggs should always be scrambled.
onlytemp22 · 1 points · Posted at 11:40:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't even really eat eggs. To each their own. Kind of aggressive over something so small. I never even heard of anyone who puts mustard on their eggs, only ketchup or hot sauce.
CrimsonDesperado · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite the same but for the longest time I didn't know one could overdose on vitamins, yes I know I am a moron
Trafalgarlaw92 · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend lived in a shoddy flat and his plaster fell off in his room. He bought poly filla and slathered the whole wall in it. I wouldn't be too shocked if it wasn't the son of a plasterer who did this.
Most of my friends are men in their 30's who have zero basic DIY knowledge and don't even own a hammer. If your going to be a home owner please go on YouTube and learn some basic DIY. It'll save you a fortune in the long run if you can look after a few basics in your home.
guitargeek206 · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend from growing up was spending time with me in my NY apartment. She’s a super healthy, health positive LA girl. We didn’t know what to eat for dinner so I suggest pasta, and she gets super excited because she never eats pasta and idk, it’s like a fun new experience to her? ANYWAY she says she will start it, so she gets a pot and looks at me like “What next?” And I’m like “uhhh you gonna fill that pot with water and boil it?” And she was like “oh yeah!” But also she was tripping at how cool it was. She had no idea what she was doing. I couldn’t believe it.
grg99nima · 1 points · Posted at 05:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A lot of men think that the pad is stuck to your skin and women have to peel it open whenever we go to the toilet..
B3_Prof · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aren't you supposed to put it over your mouth?
siriocity · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL you can get ‘extra’ in your blizzard at DQ.
RoseTheGarden · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Earlier this year when we got our W-2s, a friend of mine was talking about how she never filed her taxes. We all told her that she really needed to do it, and she says “what’re they gonna do? arrest me?”
whits_up23 · 1 points · Posted at 05:05:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate lived in the master bedroom. She was 3 years older than me at the time I was 21 and she was 24. She didn’t know how to clean a bathtub, it was literally black after 2 months of living together. Also one weekend I was out of town and so was our other roommate and when I got back I found an indent in our microwave plate with a black scorch mark. A few days later it cracked in half. I asked her about it she said It just sort of happened. She didn’t know how to clean or cook properly or really even drive
Busquessi · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once knew a guy who was a real asshole, like a real asshole. He was constantly making racist remarks, passing blame to others, and didn’t give a shit about anyone else but himself. He was decently old, and was clearly starting to lose it both mentally and physically. Anyways, he had to use 2 hands to lift a glass of water to his mouth.
felopia2bs · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dear, not-so-dear,father. He doesn't know how to pay bills and since he is married he just says that his wife is doing it so what's the point on learning? Then I asked what happens if she gets out in the hospital or something like that, and then he just says that the kids can do it. And I did it - when they asked me if i could take a loan for them so they could finish paying their debts. A few months they didnt even pay because their car broke when I was in a car accident and almost died. My mum also told me that the two of them almost got thrown out of their apartment when she was 7 months pregnant with me because my dad just put the bills in the car. I'm so done with him
SinOfGreedGR · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People who haven't watched Matthew Mercer DM.
vvtroubledartist · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21 year old ex(ish) friend. I am 18. I had to explain how a credit card works, how a down and monthly payment works, the very BASICS of driving, how to apply for jobs and how to dress and act during interviews, explain that the job does not call you to tell you your schedule(got fired for not showing up at all the first week) and then complaining the job was too hard anyway after a single training shift at Chipotle.....
but I think my all time favourite was I had to teach them how to make packaged ramen. How do you NOT know.... there's instructions... on the back....
PolishSausa9e · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me finding out my wife never learned how to parallel park. She's been driving for 20 years. Only found this out recently as I'm the driver most of the time.
pickerpacker42 · -1 points · Posted at 06:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If your town requires parrel parking you should just move. It's fucking stupid. It's not needed. And any town that still uses parrel needs to get with the times. Park I'm fucking rows like normal people.
lunarlandscapes · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So both my parents obviously started working from home when the rona hit. As a result of this, my mom stopped making bacon in the mornings cause she didn't have to be anywhere in a time constraint. My dad would usually just take a few pieces of this bacon, then maybe grab some McDonalds breakfast on the way to work, which he also stopped doing cause he no longer had a commute.
So where this is going, is that about a week after my dad, who is 60 years old, starting working from home I walked into my mom teaching him how to make bacon and eggs. Theres literally a "bacon" button on our microwave and my dads egg order is literally just fried eggs over easy. I genuinely dont know how my father has gone 60 years not knowing how to cook an egg
spinoza456 · 1 points · Posted at 05:06:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone thought Monopoly was a single person board game.
B3_Prof · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It turns into one while you play
HippocriticalSnazzer · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the army a guy left one in the chamber while he started a functions check. I didn’t even take pleasure in smoking the shit out of the platoon I was just terrified someone was gonna die.
chunlit · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to visit my friend (not anymore lol) in her city, she wanted to have dinner but we couldn’t agree on a place to eat. We went grocery shopping for ingredients instead and decided to just cook at her place. She was so on board with the idea that I thought we wouldn’t have any problems but then when we get there, the only people doing any actual cooking were me and her household helper. She was scrolling through Instagram the whole time. Couldn’t even chop an onion or garlic.
She was 22 and employed at this time (well, at her parents’ company). Eldest of three children. When I asked her about it she said “I’ve never needed to learn how to cook, which is why I don’t know how to”. Funny thing is, she NEVER shut up about wanting to be independent.
MrTubbyTubby · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Ex husband, he made mashed potato to go with dinner, it looked gross but I tried it, spat it out & refused to eat it.He got really offended because he was doing something nice for me.
He 1. had not peeled the potato’s, just rinsed them so they still had dirt on when he cut them up & boiled them. 2. Mashed the potato in the water he cooked them in.
He had spent years watching his mum then me making mashed potato , damn he had peeled the potatoes for me hundreds of times, seen me put in butter & milk but was totally clueless about how it was actually done.
meem_queen · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate (22M) informed me that he cleaned our bathroom. His idea of cleaning the bathroom? Cleaning ONLY the toilet bowl. Not the seat. Not the rest of the toilet. Not the sink. Not the shower. He cleaned the only part of the bathroom that we do not touch and considered the bathroom to be clean.
A couple weeks later, he offered to help me clean, and I reluctantly agreed. He mopped the floor without sweeping it beforehand and pushed the mop around like a vacuum. He informed me later that he grew up with a cleaning lady. Ya, no sh*t, dude.
lenadelray · 1 points · Posted at 05:07:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a housemate when I was 22-ish, he was closer to 25. He asked another housemate to go shopping with him because he didn't understand clothing sizes. Turns out he only thought there was S/M/L and his mom had bought all of his pants for him up until that point. This same housemate asked for help again about six months months later because he didn't know how to go to the doctor.
cerareece · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I worked at Wendy's I had to teach a 20 year old dude how to sweep. I told him the instructions to clean the dining room (sweep, mop, wipe down tables, trash) and looked out to see him dragging the broom like a dog on a leash behind him.
I thought he might just be doing it to get out of it but he did the same with the mop and tried in vain to scrub a pile of ketchup with a dry towel. Also didn't know you needed to add soap to the dishes. Idk what his parents did but I hope he grasped it at some point
two-stumps · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I attended college in my mid 30's, and went on a few Study Abroad's. The first one was in Ireland, and one of my roommates didn't know how to cook, do her laundry, or wash dishes properly.
She would do weird shit, like butter the bread before putting it in the toaster. Try to make coffee by mixing the coffee grinds in water like it's kool-aid, and didn't even know how to peel a banana.
She would leave her dirty laundry outside of her room (she's 21, and wears what typical 21 year olds would) and her panties, bras, nighties, you name it... all just lying there. A few days go by, and I finally ask her why I need to step over her thong pile to use the bathroom, and she's genuinely perplexed as too why the maid hasn't come by to pick them up and clean.
She would just leave her dirty dishes in her room, in the living room, in the kitchen, etc. Again, expecting the maid to come clean up after her. We finally got her to realize there is no maid, and that she needs to wash them herself. She would just squirt a bit of soap, then immediately rinse it off. No scrubbing, no washing, nothing.
I helped her through it all, and tried teaching her as much as I could, but it was hard. Trying to teach someone the difference between whites and colored (clothing!!), delicates, water temp, dry cycles... it was intense.
She was a nice kid, but her Dad was someone Ambassador or something, and they always had servants/staff/etc growing up, and she had zero life skills.
pickerpacker42 · -1 points · Posted at 06:43:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg we live in 2020 you don't need to sort the shit! Modern detergent prevents bleeding. Your litteraly sorting your clothes for no reason.
two-stumps · 1 points · Posted at 01:58:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoa. Chill out dude. I was taught to do laundry like 20+ years ago, and sorting takes all of about 5 minutes of my time. If you want to talk about time wastes, we should go over how much time I play on video games.
Six-Four · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My one friend is a very...sheltered girl (college aged). Let’s just say that no one gave her “the talk,” so she was left to her imagination even I this world of googling everything. In middle school, she thought babies were made from friction from the M/F parts. In high school, her sex theory evolved to what is now jokingly called, the “Magnet Theory”—she literally thought when M/F parts were in proximity, they just were attracted to each other like a magnet...it’s a good thing she did not have a sex partner during those years, because she would have be gravely mistaken...
fusionman51 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former co-worker had the fire department come to my work due to smoke and a bad smell across the store. He made some Mac n Cheese without putting water in it. The thing caught fire. He said his mom always made it.
disgruntled19661964 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate didn't know you could wash the bath mat. She thought you just bought a new one every month.
1fakeengineer · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had at least two people in our dorm building my Freshmen year to whom I had to teach how to use a washing machine. Where to put the soap, how much to put, how long it might take, etc.
They at least sort of knew to separate the lights from the darks.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:33:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Separating clothes is a waste of time.
You did that back in the day because of bleeding. Modern laundry soap is made to not cause the bleeding effect.
You can throw all your clothes in at one time and they will come out perfectly fine.
Guess your learning today 😉
1fakeengineer · 1 points · Posted at 18:00:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't know, my jeans and my lighter color t-shirts don't really place nice together. I also tend to separate based on material weight too. Jeans, hoodie, heavy clothes together and lighter cloths together haha.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 18:02:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You gunna separate when you need to use a public laundry mat?
Million's of people use the laundry mat everyday and they don't bleed 😂 Throw it all together and whatever happens happens. Ain't nobody got no time for doing separate loads.
1fakeengineer · 1 points · Posted at 18:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I've used public laundry mats before, and yes, do separate loads, as do 90% of the other people I've seen there.
RedXon · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girlfriend who was spoiled by her mother and didn't know anything really. Well to be fair her mother tried to show her things but gave up when she didn't want to learn because "it was too complicated" (still she should have tried but that's another story...)
Well for one she didn't watch the news or anything because it was boring. You couldn't discuss any recent stuff or politics with her because she didn't knew anything. Not who our council was, what our parties were etc. She didn't even knew what the whole deal with bin laden was for example, she just knew he was some sort of bad guy. Also she didn't know what her insurance was so when we went to the doctor and he asked her for her insurance card (we have compulsory health insurance) and he asked her for her insurance card she claimed she didn't have one...
There were so many more things and I tried to teach her at least the basics but I gave up because there were many other issues. Needless to say we are not together anymore. The worst part was that she was in training to be a teacher. I mean how do you teach if you didn't know anything? Well gladly for the kids she dropped out because of failed exams but the fact that she made it as far as she did tells you something about our training of teachers...
watchthis03 · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
child car seats installed incorrectly!
Yoshikage_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sooo many people don't change their Reddit profile picture.
ohdatpoodle · 1 points · Posted at 05:08:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A former coworker of mine legitimately could not list the months of the year in order. If it was January and she needed to schedule something 6 months out, she had to pull out a calendar and count month by month. She claimed it was because she was homeschooled and her mom had never taught her about months, but she was in her 20s and somehow still hadn't learned.
_GloCloud_ · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a weld shop and you wouldn't believe the amount of people who dont how to use grinders or cutoff wheels.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:29:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If they can't use a grinder they definitely can't weld for fuck.
Stop asking the guy sweeping the floor to use the grinder I would say.
GarlicAndSapphire · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How the HELL do you not know how to cook a simple meal?
Chicken cutlets?
Eggs?
Veggies?
Toast?
Idiots.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to wear masks in a pandemic
UrricainesArdlyAppen · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went for a mountain bike ride with an acquaintance. He got a flat. The sun was setting and the bears were about. He suggested walking out of the woods. He didn't know how to change a flat.
haribobosses · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine, 42, still doesn’t know how to eat chicken that has bones in it.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly bone in chicken is terrible. And your talking to a guy who used to cook bone in chicken for a living. It always tastes weird. And then the bone is their and it's fuckin weird.
I have no idea why people like it.
Remember I used to work at churches chicken and have made thousands upon thousands of pieces of bone in chicken.
haribobosses · 1 points · Posted at 13:33:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 90% sure you are kidding.
TheVeryHighGround · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk if this fits, but when I was younger I couldn’t figure out how to open the kennel for my aunts dog, that was pretty embarrassing
Allyxmari3 · 1 points · Posted at 05:09:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Receptionist at my salon had to change the clocks forward. We had no idea she didn’t know how to properly read a clock. She cane out of the back room saying “hey is this right? I don’t know how to tell clock time.” We just gazed at her with a look like “how do you not know this?”
Mnemonic22 · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pumping gas.
A handful of times in my life where I’ve sat there and just felt so bad for that person wondering, “how the fuck have you survived this long?”.
Not talking dumb teenagers but people clearly in their 20s, perhaps 30s and they seem so lost. The best part is that every single one of them just drove off. Which is hilarious for multiple reasons.
First, just the quitting and admitting defeat is worth a chuckle. Also, not staying and figuring it out or even asking the person inside for help is hilarious. But what makes me laugh most is thinking, “now what, dumbass? You still have to fill up and now you even have less gas”!
Hahaha.
vanDabbner · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hand soap in the dishwasher happened with a couple roommates of mine. So many bubbles
eliwigg · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told my girlfriend to let me know when the water was boiling. She replied “how do I know when it’s done boiling?”
tlr38957 · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recently...had to have this conversation with an almost 40 yr old after they got a DUI, granted it's more of a how do you not know this:
Them: I blew a 1.37 but it's my first DUI...the cop acted like I wasn't going to get anything major though..
Me: ok...if you had blown a 1.37 you'd be dead...was it .137 or maybe .37? Because first offender or not, (in our state) there are 3 punishment tiers based on BAC... Above .16 is the highest....so...
Them: I'm not sure, but really it doesn't matter because my tolerance is so high it's not like a person that barely drinks blowing the same...
Me: your tolerance has no bearing on your BAC level...it doesn't change just because you aren't feeling it
Them: really? Because I know I've been drunker than that before...
Me: you probably shouldn't say that in court
Them: well...I can't lose my license so I'll just explain I gotta get my kids to the doctor's out of town and stuff...
Me: ok...they might give you a special license to get to and from work but that's a might...and saying that could backfire. You could have a judge that sympathizes, gives you community service, a fine, etc. OR you could get a judge that tells you if you cared that much about your kids you wouldn't have been drinking and driving
Them: ohhhh...I didn't think of that.
I've never had a DUI, I was looking up our laws as the convo went on
cookie3737 · 1 points · Posted at 05:10:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guy I work with thought it was colder in winter primarily because the orbit of the Earth was elliptical and it got further from the Sun. He was 24.
Boosted3232 · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex didn't know Canadian geese could fly.
okmeemaw · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl in my freshman bio class asked the professor if the Sun had bones.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but my brother when it was his sophomore year at college. He was in with a junior who was for some reason still in the dorms which was weird because junior year they let you live off campus. Well it turns out that he was so dysfunctional on how to do laundry that he bought quote "the little pod things" and just used those in his laundry. Well it turns out, he used cascade pods for a dishwasher. He also never cleaned or cooked his own food and on several occasions left his dorm key and cried outside the door because he thought my brother was locking him out. My brother was at work one time and came back to him sobbing at the door calling his name to let him in. Kinda feel sorry for the guy.
pvtblith · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was mentioning something about Germany and my coworker asked if Germany was in Australia... I later learned she didn't even know her continents or any basic geography.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well that's not uncommon. I'm never leaving america why would I give a shit?
pvtblith · 1 points · Posted at 23:46:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha, I think that was her genuine reasoning for not knowing.
simonegraves · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok not super horrifying but has anyone ever met people that don’t know that male animals (cats, dogs, etc) have nipples? It’s more common than you think.
harebare1023 · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really horrifying but still shocking and dumbfounding. I work at a bar and instead of sports on the TVs, we have on these aerial shots of nature or cityscapes and that sort of stuff as like mood setter.
One night, this woman is sitting at the bar and points at the TV and asks me "where do you think that is?" I looked up and said "Oh, that's London: on the left is the London Eye and in the foreground is London bridge. Plus they're all driving on the wrong side of the road."
She not and goes "ohh okay. I bet you know all these places, don't you?"
I give her my standard response: "Yea, haha, I see them everyday, I had better know them by now."
Few minutes go by as well as a few scenes. I'm heading back to the kitchen to grab something and she suddenly says to me "where do you think that is? Ireland or Germany?" I look up expecting to see some castle or something, but instead on the TV screen I see what is very clearly the Great Wall of China. I kind of chuckle, guessing that this woman is joking with me, but she keeps on looking at me waiting for me to answer.
"... uhh that's the Great Wall of China..." I said to her, to which she casually responded "oh is it now? Huh."
I've been in food service for about 7 years now and that is damn near the top of dumbest things I have ever heard a customer say to me
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ehhh what are you talking about.
Take the seats out and leave the hatch open. Red flag and some rachet straps and your good.
bpdontmesswithme · 1 points · Posted at 05:12:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While on holiday together I had to show my 18y/o brother how to slice a peice of cake and how to clean up the crumbs after.
As someone whos been living out of home since I was 16 I was completely shocked. I also had to talk him through making a hot chocolate.
AnalysisParalysis101 · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner does not know how to make coffee, instant coffee, the one that comes in a small bag and you just need to empty the bag and add water.
l0bsteravi0li · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old roommate microwaved a single cookie for 2 minutes to warm it up. I saw the smoke billowing from the machine before an actual fire started.
cheytown88 · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll throw myself under the bus: living on my own my 2nd year of college. 1st year I lived in the dorms and didn’t cook much, and if I did, just hand washed the dishes. As a kid I was pretty spoiled in terms of not having to do chores, so I had never run a dishwasher in my life. So, here comes the day when I decide to use the dishwasher in my new apartment and can’t understand why there is soapy water ALL over the floor. I even go so far as to call the maintenance guy over thinking the dish washer is broken. Turns out I’m an idiot and used some Dawn dish soap (like I always used to hand wash dishes) inside the dishwasher instead of the little dishwasher pods actually meant for the machine. Super embarrassed when I realized what the maintenance guy must have thought of me.
whats_it_such · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Senior year of high school, a fellow classmate was complaining about how hot he was. I noticed he was wearing a black shirt with a white undershirt, so I suggested he take one of the shirts off.
He goes, "No no no - the black shirt absorbs the heat and the white shirt reflects it."
So close.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the stupid one.
This morning I was making pancakes and apparently you need to butter the pan first.
They turned out really weird and flaky.
But I learned!
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pro tip you know THOOSE squirt bottles of catch-up you see at a restaurant?
Buy one and pour your pancake mix into it. Then use it to pour out your mix in a controlled stream.
Go in circles till you have a pancake.
Most pancakes suck because you either used to much and got it to thick or not ENOUGH and you to thin.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Driving down the road approaching a roundabout The LICENSED driver of the car shouts “What do I do?!” They didn’t know how to drive a roundabout.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:08:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's not uncommon roundabouts are fucking stupid.
That's just shitty city planning.
tynolan16 · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a reverse story for this. A couple summers ago, I worked at my dentist office as a summer job as an assistant to the hygienist. That meant being in charge of suction, prepping, and basically being the guy who helps out around the office. Near the end of the work day, there would usually be few appointments and the staff would hang out in the prep room and chit chat. One of the jobs that the other hygienists had was loading up the sanitizing machine which locked while it was running and was finished when there was a ‘ding’ sound. Well, for one reason or another there was no one in the prep room and there were no patients in the stations, so I was alone. I heard the machine ding that it was done and, trying to help out, opened the sanitizer by turning the handles which lock it closed. I noticed it was rather stuck, but didn’t think anything of it. Unbeknownst to me, there is a step that I didn’t know about which is that the machine had to first depressurize and when I opened the door, there was a loud BANG and the door flew open and a cloud of stem shot into my face. Luckily, there was no damage done but everyone rushed over to me and asked if I was alright, which I was although I was kind of in shock for a few minutes. At the end, I was sent home early and assigned to filing patient files for the rest of that summer and wasn’t let near the prep room again.
TL,DR: I worked in a dentist office over a summer and touched some equipment that literally exploded in my face. Thankfully, no one was injured, but I felt like an idiot for trying to help out when I shouldn’t have.
nobody4591 · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a roommate who clearly came to college not knowing any actual life skills. One day everyone in our house had agreed to clean some part of the house. His job was simple vacuum the one rug we had in the living room. I watched him "vacuum" by stamping the vacuum upright across the rug. I watched what should have been a 30 second job turn into a 5 min struggle. Can't ever unsee that.
TheyCallMePedo · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend Didn't Know Anything Except To Play Games No Genral Knowlegde Like Doesn't know How To Cook , Do Laundry , Do His Own Things He Didnt Even Know Basic Maths And Science Like Whats 149 X 56 aand He Didnt Know How Long A Full Day And Night Lasted.
paper__machete · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friend's dad thought women peed out of their nipples. He thought this until he was about 30. How?! Her parents were irish catholic, they were set up by their Church (pretty much just met and got married so they could start making babies). Her dad had never had a girlfriend I guess.
Jcgreen72 · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My daughter's classmate from high school (they graduated 6 years ago) has put MULTIPLE vids on his snapchat story of the dishwasher spewing out foam... I've commented, every time, & explained the difference between handwashing dish soap, & dishwasher detergent... February of this year? Lo and behold, ANOTHER bubble video with the caption "why does this KEEP HAPPENING to me?! I only put a LITTLE BIT in!"
Eyerolls for dayyyyys! (Oh, & he still lives at home w his parents... how the actual FUCK has he never ASKED THEM? Or read my freaking comments. Or have parents who actually took the time to teach their children how to do basic household chores?
Not gonna lie, i still giggle at the "keeps happening" bit 🤣🤭💀 oh, Cameron, how are you still alive?
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually if you don't over do it you can use dawn dish soap just fine in your dishwasher and not get the bubbles and the foam.
Source. I had an apartment for six months and I never bought tide pods. The trick is putting in just enough to clean and not enough to bubble.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommates asked me what temperature he's supposed to boil an egg at
aapaul · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend in college thought that dolphins were literal fish. I corrected her and she insisted. We stopped being friends shortly after.
acharii · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in produce, a few days ago a middle aged lady came in asking for blackberries so I pointed her to them. She came back and very sincerely asked me if blueberries and blackberries are the same thing.
Ninboy97 · 1 points · Posted at 05:17:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my 'beloved' sister. a year older, has a job at an accounting firm. doesn't know what to do when the internet is down. 99.9% you just turn it off and on again. she won't even fiddle with it, as soon as no signal, just straight to me
gudetamia · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Honestly, I didnt know how to boil eggs at 18. My friend facetimed me and gave me step by step instructions on how to get a soft boiled egg. I know they had the "how do you not know how to do this" moment with me but I still appreciated the help.
willbeck31 · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend came insanely close to sticking a fork into a plugged-in toaster to pick out a something that had fell in. Thankfully I saw and I yelled at her to stop... she had no idea sticking a fork in toaster is incredibly stupid.
ririejay · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Saw a lot of microwave madness here - thought I'll offer my microwave story too. SIL doesn't know how to use her microwave. She is in her forties and have lived in the house with MIL for at least 20years (the microwave oven is definitely not a new oven). I (a visitor in the house) had to teach her how to use her own microwave. So many stories about SIL....
moonliat · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year in college, my roomate wanted me to help her with some of her math. She did not know < or > had to teach an 18 year old the alligator eats the bigger number trick.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well fuck I need to know this trick!
lil_poppy_53 · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 8 year old taught our 24 year old babysitter how to make scrambled eggs. The sitter got all defensive about it too. But in her defense my 8 year old can be very judgey.
Comic-Kai · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basic household chores, my cousin came over and I asked her to help me clean up a bit. I asked her to sweep the floors and the way she did it just shocked me. The broom was barely on the floor and I thought she would go back and get the stuff she missed. I went and did the dishes then when to check up on her and there she was not her phone saying she is done when she clearly was not. I ended up doing everything while she just sat there on her arse ;-;
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:18:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to close a zip lock bag at 35 years of age.
GatorInTheMountain · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not the most glorious story on here by far but I work as a delivery truck driver and was walking around the warehouse when I heard my boss and regional warehouse manager talking about how they would take the lock boxes off the thermostats that the previous manager had put on. The previous manager pretty much disappeared so he had the only key to them with him. I said I could open them up to which they emphasized that they were locked. I grabbed my alan keys and a paper clip from my tool box and 2 minutes later handed both covers to them. They looked stunned and asked how I got them off. I told them I picked the lock. They asked how I knew how to do that to which I declined to reply but told them I could do it with most locks.
Anyways they think I'm a thief and that scares them. But honestly what semi sketchy kid nowadays doesn't know how to.
pickerpacker42 · 1 points · Posted at 05:51:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not hard. Most locks can be defeated by simple raking the pins and turning and hoping for the best. If it's a combination lock or a padlock get two 13mm wrenches and pop the locks.
If it's master lock threatening it with a hammer will scare it enough to open.
Manuel9388 · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine once wanted to cook Pasta. He put the Pasta into the Pit and then Wanted to pour cold water over it and heat it afterwards.
GirlB0ss · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I put together a bbq for some coworkers and everyone confirmed what they were going to bring to share. This girl, let’s call her Caitlynn says she’s bringing salad.
She shows up the day of with a bag of spinach, and that’s it. I asked her where the other vegetables and dressing were and she said, “this is how my mom always made salad.” Okayyyy...
So, I then asked her to shuck the corn on the cob and handed them over. She repeats after me, “shuck the corn?” But it sounds like schuckkk? Turns out she didn’t know what that meant, or how to do it... because when she buys them at the grocery store they’re already peeled.
My jaw dropped. The salad sucked btw.
duckthechicken1 · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a dude and I knew that
madellinecollette · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm late so this might get buried but
My ex from high school couldn't tie her shoes at 15 years old. I taught her how
My ex from my freshman year of college (his sophomore, he was 19) made me a cup of those microwave mashed potatoes where you just add water. I wasnt feeling well so he did it for me. He gave it to me super soupy and way more full than normal. Come to find out: he thought the fill line was not the marked line with arrows, but the lip to keep the stuff from boiling over. I did not finish those potatoes lmao
downunderpunter · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a 25yo roommate that kept throwing frozen meat away because "it was past the use by date on the package." I had to explain to him how freezing food makes it last longer. Dude moved back in with his parents shortly after.
arrrgylesocks · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A year after I graduated college and moved out of state to start my career, a friend of mine from high school came up to visit me during a short break during his first year of law school. We went to the grocery store to get stuff for the weekend and the cashier asked him “paper or plastic?” He replied “I’m paying by credit card.” The cashier looked at him like he was crazy. So he repeated himself. I had to explain to him that she meant what type of bag did he want his groceries in and not if he was paying with cash or a credit card. Since he went to a local universities, he always lived at home and had never done his own grocery shopping before. He genuinely had no idea what she was talking about.
spacecad3ts · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I lived in a dorm for masters students (so >20yo) for a few years. I distinctly remember walking into the kitchen one day at 9 in the morning to find three guys wondering how to cook chicken. They ended up dropping the whole bird in a pot of boiling water and adding a little salt.
Edited: fucked up the symbol :(
madhousechild · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Less than 20 y.o.? I would presume more than 22 y.o.
spacecad3ts · 2 points · Posted at 05:32:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whoops, you’re right. I swear I’m not dumb I’m just sleep deprived!
nish007 · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay this is not horrifying but mu best friend once confided that he didn't know how to masturbate until he was around 19.
LateRain1970 · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s soon-to-be husband was moving from his parents’ house to the home he would share with his wife.
The day of the move, he literally came up to the moving van with an armload of socks and said, “where do I put these?”
kittybigs · 1 points · Posted at 05:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an intern at an art gallery where I worked. I needed intern to “shake out the rug (which was a big door mat just inside the front door) and sweep the floor”. My office was on a mezzanine level so I could see intern from upstairs. I watched them pick up the 5x7 mat and begin to shake it out inside the gallery. I ran down and told them to shake the rug outside the building, literally just outside the doors that are right next to the rug. I was so surprised that someone would think to shake off a 5x7 dusty doormat inside and then sweep up that dust.
Another intern was told to wrap up a painting in large clear plastic sheeting and staple it to the raw wood of the frame. Intern laid down the sheeting, walked across the sheeting and sealed his dusty, forensically identifiable footprints between the sheeting and the painting.
I learned a lot about what people don’t know how to do that seemed like common sense. I made a training manual and learned that I need to be clearer with instructions and understand that not everything is obvious to everyone.
mossara · 1 points · Posted at 05:23:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’d say my friends not knowing how to tell if chicken was cooked or not. Which was weird, since one of them took culinary in high school. I ended up frying all the chicken they made at our cook-in.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:24:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach my roommate how to send mail. She didn’t even know you could put it in your own mailbox.
pickerpacker42 · 2 points · Posted at 05:34:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ehhh half the time you put mail in the box and put the flag up they don't pick it up anyways
chutiyapa0 · 1 points · Posted at 05:25:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friend didn’t know a girl have three holes.
And penis goes in middle one not the last one
She was 21!
And felt hurt when i said i am going to give sex education book as a birthday gift to her!
circuitsandwires · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex. We would have been 27/28 at the time. We were watching junk on TV and out of nowhere she asks;
"... Did we win World War 2?"
I thought she was joking, but no, it turns out that she genuinely didn't know who won. It's not like she was dumb either, she was quite intelligent with a master's degree.
I know everyone has gaps in their knowledge but, jeez!
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:26:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my sister's(23f) boyfriend(24? 25? idk) didn't know how to use a washing machine when they first met. whose parents still do the laundry for them when they're adults? still don't know if he knows how to use it
turboiv · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The correct way to hold a pair of scissors. He held them upside down. One of the smarter people I've ever known otherwise.
legice · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some oops stories, lack of information, neglect and a ton of WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FUCK
brownpoops · 1 points · Posted at 05:28:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Using a ratchet wrench... we were the same age in college
FrumundaMabawls · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl in college told me she didn't know how to count by 25's
Marbendlar · 1 points · Posted at 05:29:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've met quite a few people who cannot read an analog clock.
CHAMBERM18 · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My manager didn’t know how to save a word doc as a pdf or take a screenshot with her iphone. She’s 15 years further into her career than me, and makes 2x as much
logo28 · 1 points · Posted at 05:30:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was the mom of my friend group in college & a guy friend of mine FaceTimed me and showed me a packet of chicken from the store that was opened. He asked me if it was still good. I asked why it was open and he said he took one out three days ago and put the others back in the fridge in the open packet. He didn’t know how to store chicken after opening the package he was 21 at the time.
a_dude_being_a_guy · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my college roommates had his parents do everything for him. No exaggeration- EVERYTHING. His parents lived ~30 minutes away from the school so they’d come up and take care of his every need.
Some of the things I found out that he didn’t know how to do during Junior year of college: laundry, plunging a toilet, closing blinds, using an ATM, driving on the highway, pumping gas.
I wish I was kidding, but his mom and dad did every single thing for him. He ended up graduating and getting a super basic warehouse job. Worthless considering they dropped over $200k on a private school degree.
MarleyBerd · 1 points · Posted at 05:31:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak when our company CEO showed everyone how to wash their hands properly as he had just learned from his housemate.
MediocreVayne · 1 points · Posted at 05:32:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was training a guy at Quiznos. He was fine up until I asked him to change the garbages. He asked me “how” and I’ve never been so dumbfounded in my life.
TheChaosGenie · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On our first date, my now-partner and I made cookies at my house. I asked him to spray a little Pam on the tray, for the first batch, let him put some cookie dough down, and I left him to it while I took care of my dogs.
Didn't think to check his work until I pulled that first batch out. He had sprayed so much Pam on the tray that there was a few INCHES of liquid. The dough never cooked and sort of melted with the oil??
He didn't understand what went wrong. Apparently his mom never baked with him as a kid and he just assumed he'd keep spraying until the can ran out!
Crashex1980 · 1 points · Posted at 05:33:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asked a volunteer to sweep the floor with a broom. Found him with broom in one hand, pushing the dirt around. He said he had only ever used vacuum cleaners.
VexporBTW · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not be but my mom. This girl and her BF came in wanting a pregnancy test. She asked about protection and stuff like that. Turns out to women would only have the big use a condom during oral, but not vaginal. Thinking she got pregnant from swallowing the cum. Both were in shock when she explained to them. Also she was pregnant.
saltyafcheese · 1 points · Posted at 05:34:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably that one bon appetit video where Ninja didn't know how to cut bread.
madhousechild · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A neighbor knocked on my door. He was a graduate student at the most respected university in the area, I'd say he was around 30. He was trying to figure out what the tax on something was. Being new to the state, I said sorry, I was unsure what the tax rate was.
No, he said, I know what the tax rate is, I just don't know how to calculate it.
jackieperry1776 · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone didn't know that they could ask reference librarians questions
7debdebdebdeb8 · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have locked myself in more than one bathroom over the course of traveling the country/sleeping on friends' floors. The moment of realization is the most embarrassing shit.
culturerush · 1 points · Posted at 05:36:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to be a retinal photographer who went out into the community to screen people for a common eye condition.
The department needed a new person to do the really advanced type of assessment which involved assessing a person's eye in the clinic using something called a slit lamp rather than taking a photo and sending it to a team like I did.
This person had to be an opthalmologist in order to do that job so they hired one who had moved to the country recently. He had been a doctor for years and an opthalmologist for years on top, he was very highly qualified for the job.
The guy was told to come out with some photographers just to get a feel for the communities before starting the job proper. I got talking to him and he was a lovely guy but his English wasn't brilliant and he was very brisk with patients. Not a big deal because he would of been working in an area where alot of people spoke his native language and his English wasn't so bad that you couldn't understand him.
My problem came when he started the process. He was really blasé doing the visual acuity check and did a sort of half job where I had to step in and say "no we need to do it like this" and he made out he knew what he was doing but as the results were on my account I wanted to make sure it was done properly.
The worrying part came to the photography. He really couldn't use the fundus camera at all and really struggled. I put that down to him being a consultant for years so he wouldnt of touched a camera or that ours were a different make to the ones he used but the final straw came after the images were taken.
The images are focussed on 2 areas of the back of the eye, a part called the macula and where the optic nerve comes into the eye. The optic nerve is beyond identifiable on these images, it's a massive bright circle in a big red retina and the most basic of medicine courses teach you to recognise it in fundoscopy. We were basic camera technicians and we knew the optic disc, it's the most clearly identifiable part of the image.
When I was going through the angles we image I didn't go into much detail on the features because this man is an opthalmologist. But then he asked me what the big bright circle was, I told him it was the optic nerve and he asked me what that was.
I didn't use any medical terminology, the optic nerve is the optic nerve. As I explained what it was and he said "oh yes yes yes, that's right" he started asked about the other features in the eye like the macula, the fovea and why some patients had white spots over their macula, really really basic things that photographers are taught but this consultant opthalmologist didn't know.
I reported it to my lead and the guy was sacked not long after. I never found out the full story behind him but he emailed me and my partner (same job) asking us to put a good word in for him after having sessions with us. As a bonus I left the job to train as a physician associate (similar to a physician assistant in the US) and he emailed me asking if that was something he could do which is strange because he had a medical degree and was a consultant. Some very fishy shenanigans going on there.
lilbrownsquirrel · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My bf at the time, when he came over for a couple days and I asked him to “cut the chicken” and he didn’t know how to. And thought that you needed a bucket to do laundry because “that’s the way my mom does it”. Truly had no life skills
Ratatoski · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach a roomie how to boil water.
aundre_budd · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Couple weeks ago I just finished a security course.. none of the people in the course knew military time.. I was the youngest in the class
toomanymils · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New roommate wasn’t taking out the trash, so I asked him to please do it. He apologized profusely, leapt up from the table, opened the kitchen bin, grabbed the bag, and (without tying it closed) opened the front door and threw it into the street. It landed on the sidewalk.
I was shocked. And no, even though in writing it comes across as maybe him just being a melodramatic ass, he really was genuinely trying to do what I had asked.
I was 25. He was 28. He’d lived on his own for years. What. The. Fuck.
Kira_txt · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tried to teach my Grandpa how to use a smartphone. On the 50th time of teaching how to listen to songs on 'Youtoob', he asks me where to tap when he wants to search for a song.
Beth3g · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin couldn’t wash her hair during her period. Not sure why because she didn’t know only said her dad wouldn’t let her.
monkeybut0105 · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think it would be me that is of no experience. It isn't exactly adulting. In my freshman year of highschool I still didn't know how to tie my shoes. I kinda forgot so I guess I can say I still dont ow how.
DragonJadedEyes · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a private home setting and have 5 coworkers. Onday the toilet wouldn't flush. I had to show one co worker how to fill up the mop bucket with water and pour it in the toilet to flush it. As long as it's not plugged it works every time. I just thought it was something everyone knew how to do.
MrBackBreaker586 · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was married once upon a time and she didn't know how to use a can opener
RynnHamHam · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m from Oregon and I didn’t fully understand gas pumps since you always had an employee pump it for you.
BigOges · 1 points · Posted at 05:38:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Freshman year. My college had an overflow housing campus and still over-admitted. Doubles were turned into triples....and I was ‘lucky’ enough to be in a triple that was turned into a quad.
Point being, we were all on top of each other - and not in a good way.
Anywho, one of my roommates was your typical never left home, never left the state, always had his parents around. Nice enough guy, just newly exposed to the outside world.
First weekend of school he drinks for the first time and throws up. Standard fare for a lot of kids tho, right? Well - he had brought two sets of sheets to college. Threw up on the first, AND THEN BALLED THEM UP, PUT THEM IN A PLASTIC BAG, AND LEFT THEM IN HIS CLOSET ALL GODDAMNED YEAR. We only found out about it when we were cleaning out at the end of the year and once we saw what it was, we collectively had that “holy shit” moment.
Additionally, he used that other set of sheets exclusively for the rest of the year. I don’t remember him washing them once (tho he may have). He was clean otherwise, I just never saw his sheets leave the bed. His blue pillowcase was legitimately yellow by mid-year.
Why he didn’t have the sense to do something more hygienic, like toss the original sheets, wash the other ones more regularly, or just go buy another set? No idea.
PS - no, the dorm room never smelled bad. Somehow. Tho to be honest (and this makes the story even more baffling), we lived across from the refuse room.
watermelontree2 · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly horrifying, but amusing. My partner bought a house with a friend and we all lived there. I found some mail in our mailbox addressed to the friend and when he saw it he got confused and asked why it hadn't gone to where he meant to send it. That was the day I found out an adult who purchased a home and had a 200k+ mortgage didn't know how to properly address a letter, and had inadvertently sent mail to himself.
frankmccabe · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dunno what everyone calls it but here in the uk it’s either ‘diluting juice’ or ‘squash’. Anyway, It’s the stuff you just add water to. A friend of mine has a sister who is about 20 years old, with a child I might add! After asking me if I wanted a drink and me replying with ‘diluting juice’ (which she had offered me) her reply was ‘how do I do that?’ No idea how she has made it to 20, I was flabbergasted. I mean the clue is in the answer!
wishiwasmegmccaffrey · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Last year, I arrived at summer camp with my friends. We were making our beds and settling into our room and so. I had just finished making my bed when one of my friends ask: “Can you put the blanket in the duvet for me? Because I don’t know how to do it myself.” This girl was 17 years old and didn’t know how to put a blanket in a duvet. How is this even possible? I learned how to do that when I was 8.
skilletcake · 1 points · Posted at 05:40:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate once asked me how to use a stick of deodorant.
MisterBombbastic · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an ex-girlfriend who was extremely sheltered while growing up. At 23 years old, she had never withdrew money from an ATM or been through a drive-thru at all. There is more but that's the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
kitmademedoit · 1 points · Posted at 05:41:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didnt know you can do your nails at home and thought you had to go to the salon every time, even just to paint them
Kointoss · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife (gf @ the time) bought a used car when she moced to texas with me. Fast forward 2 years, the car is having issues and i asked when the last time she had the oil changed. She had the nerve to tell me that I was the idiot for thinking it had to be changed. Boy was she incorrect.
He made her sign a waiver because she never had the oil changed, and i never thought to ask, becase i thought that was a known thing...
ENIGMAPGH · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'd have to go with this scary and twilight zone moment I experienced with a new employee at my office....
A New Engineer is hired by the design group I work for (Federal Government/Army). We do design work for the military. He is in his 50s and apparently came with great references. First project I get to work with him on, this happens.....
He asks me to draw up some plans, elevations, details of this light pole he chose for a site plan. I'm happy to help, so I make him a plan sheet along with a couple elevation views and some details. When I'm finished, I go to his desk and show him the views. What happens next is one of the weirdest and unreal experiences I have ever had professionally (especially with someone that's considered a superior on paper)....
He proceeds to not understand what he is looking at in any way shape or form. Absolutely no concept of what a plan is or why elevations or sections show the light pole in a different perspective. He cannot grasp why the light pole looks one way in a plan and another in an elevation. He is a "high level" Engineer mind you with over 25 years in the field. Or so he says. This guy is responsible for inspecting bridges and such and has zero clue how to correctly interpret a simple perspective drawing that any designer learns about in the first day of engineering school (not to mention just basic common sense, most people can understand this even outside the field of engineering). Scary. I proceed to spend a good hour trying to explain this to him in every conceivable way with nothing sinking in. Crazy. I even go as far as to act out where the eyes are on a certain view using a pencil as an example moving all around it trying to express perspective. Nothing sunk in. And we wonder why most civilian folks have a negative opinion about government employees. He is still employed to this day and every week there is a new example of his non awareness. Incredibly disheartening and quite unsettling.
non-magicalunicorn · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom worked for a rich woman who once used a whole chicken as basically... a chicken soup tea bag.
Cooked the soup, then she took out the chicken and threw it in the garbage bin.
ThatOneProgrammer515 · 1 points · Posted at 05:42:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first year on campus there was a girl who was trying to do her laundry evidently for the first time. She shoved a whole overflowing basket of mixed laundry into the washer then she dumped an entire one of the 10ish oz jugs of Tide into the washer with it.
S3cr3tlyAFan · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hope I’m not late on this, but:
I had a roommate who was 37 who had no idea how to mail a letter. I asked them to mail our rent check one month, and they tried to post the check with our return address on the bottom right, and with no stamp.
When I asked them how they could have possibly gone through life without learning how to send mail, they said that “they don’t teach you how to do that in X American city.”
Three years later, this still blows my mind.
ILOIVEI · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was making a fire in a fireplace while I had some friends over during the winter. They looked and to usher that I knew how to build a fire. I tell ya, I weep for my generation and the next.
Redqueenhypo · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Watching my own father pour water on a grease fire. His own kitchen when he was a kid caught fire because of that exact thing. Some men just act first and leave the consequences to other people...
dontlikemath · 1 points · Posted at 05:43:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me with myself, all the time.
Sometimes results in almost militantly autistic reactions.
Coffee-and-correne · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This literally just happened at work the other day. A coworker of mine put pop tarts in the microwave without removing them from the tin foil packaging. It started exploding so I stopped the microwave and had to explain to her why she shouldn’t put things like that in the microwave.
Calugaruful · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at my girlfriends house. I was about to put some chicken in the freezer and her roomate asks if it’s safe to freeze chicken. She also didn’t know how to use the washing machine.
Ssshushpup23 · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend in high school was grossly sheltered, we’re talking life experience of a toddler, was asking her parents permission to use the microwave at age 15, all that stupid shit.
Well she got her car, yadayada and one day calls from the side of the road in hysterics because her car ‘just quit’. Gas. She didn’t know she had to put gas in a car. Yes she’s been in gas stations. Yes she’s watched people put gas in their cars. No she didn’t know that applied to her car. I love her so much but God she’s got the common sense of a sunfish
Robtimus_Prime20 · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in admin and I was training a new colleague on some work. I literally had to explain to them how to use a scroll wheel on the mouse to select things. I had to explain how to save documents, and then also to save as different file types. I had to explain the best wording to use for writing emails.
It took 2 hours to send out a mere handful of prenatal reports and ugh I wanted to scream.
I’m not a manager and I have no say in who we employ but I just want to scream at them, “WHY DID YOU GIVE THIS PERSON THE JOB??? At least check that they know how to use very basic computer functions first!!!” It gave me a wretched headache it was so stressful.
a_theory_on_death · 1 points · Posted at 05:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my rich buds and I (both 21 yo males) had a weekend a snowboarding weekend at big bear because his family owns a lot of property up there. When we were coming back home I was getting tired while driving and he offered to take over and I happily said for sure. I pull over to switch seats with him and when he gets in the drivers seat he looks confused. He then proceeded to ask me how to turn the car on and how to turn the blinker on. He doesn’t know how to drive. His whole family are chauffeured around...
Flying-Peakock · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think the worst one, but the one I feel like I’ve seen the most is friends not realizing you need to clean your shower. With all that mold growth it just ain’t healthy.
pennerazz0 · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Have a stepbrother that straight up doesn’t know how to even reheat a hot dog. Had to put the water in the pan, and teach him how to tell when the water is boiling and everything. I actually wanted to slam my head into the hot pan.
gamewarrior48 · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend that learned his senior year of high school that you could capitalize with the shift key instead of with hitting caps lock before and after. He had a laptop all throughout high school and used a computer in grade school...
Notwillurs · 1 points · Posted at 05:45:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was studying in England and two of the other students I was sharing the house with first off didn't know how to clean the stove, and let grease everywhere. Second, because I'd been travelling for a week, no one had cleaned any of the grease away, and they started a grease-fire the evening I got home. The grease had run over the edge of the stove and down into the oven. But instead of closing the oven, closing the fire-door to the kitchen and calling the fire department, THEY THREW WATER ON IT, PROPPED OPEN THE FIRE DOOR AND OPENED ALL THE WINDOWS! Of course the flames were up to the ceiling! I had to run into the kitchen to try to shut everything, while calling the fire department as well as getting everyone out of the house.
I'm still baffled that NONE OF THEM knew anything about how to clean or deal with kitchen fires at 19 and 20 y.o. They'd also covered the fire alarm because it went off all the time, so they could've burned the entire house down!
dryer_sock_thief · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We were 28 at the time. I asked my friend to pump my gas while I ran in to grab something from the gas station. I find her squeezing the gas pump in short regular intervals because she thought you literally had to “pump” it. She’s otherwise the most competent person I’ve ever met so this really blew my mind.
MaxCar123 · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend in college had a boyfriend who could not read analog clocks. We were once chilling in the kitchen and before we went to see a movie and because I was looking in the oposite direction of the clock I ask him is he can tell me what time is it. He answer after looking at his phone and the his girlfriend said to me that he can not read analog clocks at all, that all his life he was thought to look to digital clocks and never learned the other way.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
2 guys I knew were filling their taxes as dependents. Both 25 at the time and definitely not living with their parents.
alucidsky · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I joined a software development team my boss kept praising the intern (who he was a bit buddy-buddy with) for being "the poster child for how quickly someone can pick up programming". My second day the intern asks me why his code change isn't working. He had tried something very similar to this: VerifyIsValidPartNumber(PartNum1 & PartNum2)
This wasn't a one time thing, and my boss never caught on. To be clear, it's my oblivious boss who horrified me - though the intern's hilarious attempts to code eventually amassed a body of work that was impressive in its own right.
ChaosReturned · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have an older friend of mine, who has worked at the same two fast food restaurants that i have in the last 2 years. They got me my second job because they moved to the new job first. The other day I found out this person didn't understand what a hysterectomy was. They talked about it like it was a spa day for their uterus, 'Oh, they just remove the inner lining with a brush' Uh, no fam, the inner lining comes out during your period. It took me 4 different convos to tell them how a Hysterectomy is basically the removal of the uterus, egg sacks, and egg tubes. Then they thought that it meant removing their uretures. Uh, no fam. They remove the baby maker. And that's how I told my friend that they didn't have a hysterectomy 3 years ago, it was just a pap smear. And she's like 30 years my senior.
cliffordsmailman · 1 points · Posted at 05:46:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at this place for a really short time with my friend, and we'd always stay and clean up together after closing. One day I asked her if she could vacuum, and she straight up didn't know how. She's had maids do the cleaning her entire life, so I showed an 18 year old how to vacuum. Love her though ❤️
SnooCauliflowers5874 · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Headasses who ignore victims because it's uncomfortable to hear. Listen, bastards. Not everything is about you or what you have personally witnessed.
averagenurse_k80 · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate my freshman year of college is probably the smartest girl I’ve ever met. 4.0+ nursing major, extremely studious. Anyway, the first week of college, I heard her on the phone with her mom asking how to use the microwave.
fanpan1234 · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grade 10 friend didn't how to copy paste files.
Degenator · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our neighbor didnt know the most basic algebra. Like x + 5 = 10. She just didnt grasp the concept of a variable. She also didnt have a bank account and was seemingly afraid to go to the bank because she always had an excuse not to go and made either my girlfriend or myself go for her. Also her narcissist husband told her he was the king of Thailand and had diplomatic immunity and she believed him completely
MonkeysInFlannels · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in 11th grade there was a classmate of mine who could not point out Europe on a map. They had no clue where the WHOLE continent of EUROPE was located.
battlebee47 · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That overdrafting your account, does not mean that you can keep spending money.
TapirandSara · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin didn’t know which edge of the knife to cut a banana with. I mean one edge is sharp and the other isn’t soooooo you’d think it would be obvious. She was like 19.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:48:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Seeing a grown woman get evicted and have to constantly pester my mom for money, even though she had crazy spending habits. Also have serious mental health issues she never really addressed but the spending one was craziest to me.
I fled the nest right at 17, and although I may have crash landed a few times, I still managed to get my shit together with little to no help (just a few mental breakdowns). In addition to getting my ass into some serious therapy. I could not understand how a grown adult woman didint understand the concept of budgeting. The worst part imo was that she genuinely didn’t seem to underfund it.
Handay_Anday · 1 points · Posted at 05:49:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was never taught how to change a tire.. My friend looked at me in utter horror as he witnessed me take off my entire wheel, and throw it into a nearby dumpster. Good thing my parents taught me how to pray about things instead of how to fix them yourself.
DiddyMao20XX · 1 points · Posted at 05:49:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have lost track of the number of times I've had my sister call me to come help her because her god damn truck ran out of gas.
The woman is 48 years old and she's not stupid by any stretch. Just...somehow or another she's developed a laser focused blind spot regarding her gas tank.
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mreed911 · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So she was, in fact, pregnant.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 06:03:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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mreed911 · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You said miscarriage.
plottwist_chocolate · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Gonna do it from the other perspective to admit my idiocy. I didn’t know shit about cars since even as a young dude I didn’t care much for them. Car started to heat up and I call my grandad, he doesn’t pick up; then my best friend at the time, he doesn’t pick up either. I decided, since it was heating up, to pour water into the motor. 5 minutes later my grandad called and I became a laughingstock for a couple of weeks. However I started to learn about cars and other shit I didn’t know because my self esteem and ego wanted to yeet themselves out of a bridge.
TechMan764 · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a classmate. He was sitting in front of me , he turned around to ask me what was the time. I noticed that he had a watch and asked him if it's broken or something. He told me "No it's 5min behind the actual time". My friend who was sitting beside me heard hume say that and he literally had to spend the next 20min trying to explain him how he can read the time in his watch when he knew how much the lag was.
He was the dumbest guy I met.
marvoloflowers · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First day in my new apartment, I lit my kettle on fire. I grabbed the fire extinguisher from under the sink, pulled out the pin, and turned to my roommate to say, "I have no idea how to use this!" She pointed the hose at the fire and told me to squeeze. The apartment was saved, my kettle was not, and now I know how to use a fire extinguisher.
3DIRTY5 · 1 points · Posted at 05:50:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate filled up the detergent compartment in the dishwasher with dawn dish soap...because that’s what you wash dishes with right? Bubble mayhem soon after.
letsmunch · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate asked me to show him how to mate his socks
oddpal · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made dinner with a friend of mine and we were waiting for the pasta water to start boiling. I'm pretty sure every human being knows what boiling water looks like, but not him. The water wasn't bubbling at all and he just said: "yeah it's ready you can throw the pasta in there" and the I had to explain to him that it doesn't work that way.
happyhappyhardcore92 · 1 points · Posted at 05:52:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex (M25) didnt know how to use a thermostat. It was amazing how long it took him how to figure it out.
AnnyPhoenix · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Washing her hair!
I have a bit if a mane (butt length) and so people talk to me about it somethimes. About 2 years ago a girl approached me at a party and joked "gotta use a ton of shampoo on that". I laughed, but said no, just as much as anyone, I use a ton of conditioner though. She was baffled, she "hated" consitioner, because it "made her scalp icky, so she never used it" but her hair was "really bad, so she was trying all the expensive shampoos". I kinda dug deeper and realised shed been putting conditioner on her scalp and not rinsing it out! Moreover, she would lather the whole length of her hair in a fistful of shampoo. When I explained, she just took a strand of her hair in her hand, it was horribly dry and frizzed, and said "oh... i wondered why my hair breaks so damn much..." and walked off as if in a trance. I like to imagine she's now happy with a mane of healthy hair and a ferrari she bought from the saved shampoo money.
OpheliaofDenmark · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i just taught my male boss the difference between a skirt and a dress today
dd113456 · 1 points · Posted at 05:53:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At 19 I was living with this girl; very hot but a bit dense
She wanted to do an “adult” dinner and invite my mom and her BF over. It was all her!
She made a big stew with noodles. She served it. It was so bad we had to ask just WTF were we eating.
She said it was chicken stew. Oh no it was not...
We thought the chicken went bad so we asked her where it was from. She produced “Chicken of the Sea” tuna cans.
She was sexy but dumb as a stump
runs_with_unicorns · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh gosh. I know I’m way late to the party and this will get buried but I digress.
I had a roommate in college call me to ask if I was coming home soon. I said no, why? She needed to use a can opener and couldn’t figure it out. Even watched YouTube videos on it and was still confused. It was one of the nice plastic handled ones too.
madhousechild · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started a new job and was told that I had to take a turn making coffee. I had to admit I had no idea how to do that. Mine was so bad and I didn't drink it anyway, so I got out of coffee duty.
9Spiral · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time, when I was around 22, I met my friend at a Burger King, and his 16yo cousin came by to join us, as we were about to go shopping for computer parts.
We decided to grab a bite right there, when the cousin what's good there.
My friend explained that this was probably one of the first few times his cousin hasn't been within earshot of his mother. He had never hung out with any of his friends before.
He'd never been to BK in his life. Nor a McDonald's, a Wendy's, a Subway, or a KFC either. He had never eaten fast food in his entire life.
His family only dined at restaurants when eating out. No diners. The only burgers he'd had were home made or from artisanal burger joints. He didn't know what normal French fries or onion rings were.
The explanation? His family was filthy rich. When we bought stuff later that day, he bought over $2000 of stuff with no hesitation.
It was quite horrifying how sheltered and cut off from society he had been up to that age.
HandB4nana · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in Air Force Basic Training(22 at the time) we were told to shave our faces, since we were getting our uniforms the next day. So I made quick work of it, and was cleaning up my sink when the guy to my right looks to HIS right, turns ghost-pale, and sprints to the stalls behind us to vomit in the bowl. I(naturally) turn to see what the hell that was all about and see a kid with a red sink, a half-red shirt, and a very glisten-y neck region.
The kid turns to me and says "hey man, I don't mean to bother you, but I don't think I'm doing this right..." No shit dude... I grabbed a few wetted paper towels and helped him stop oh-so-much bleeding, the cuts were long but shallow, but he had literally fileted his jawline and neck. I asked him if his dad had never taught him how to shave and he informed me that his father had no facial hair at all, and neither did he but our MTI didn't give a shot, he was going to stand there and watch us all shave. Luckily we managed to clean the blood up enough to where he didn't notice while he tended to the queasy kid.
I helped him with the rest of his face, showed him how to hold and pull the razor, which he had basically tried to drag diagonally while applying very firm pressure for the few first strokes he had gotten in initially. The scabs were haunting, but he had good skin and an unnoticeable amount of hair so they were healed up inside of a few days, during which time I showed him every morning how I shaved my own face, demonstrated a few different techniques and answered questions he had. He didn't cut himself the rest of the time, definitely a quick study.
There was another kid that didn't know how to wipe his own ass though, which was downright offensive to us on laundry crew. We knew he wasn't doing it because the fucking animal shit with the door open, he'd wipe once then call 'er good; leaving a literal tire-width skid mark in his briefs every day. We just made that motherfucker wash his own underwear every time he took a shower. I'll help a man learn to shave but I draw the line at the neck.
Maleficent_Tailor · 1 points · Posted at 05:54:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m late. But my cousin could NOT figure out how people sliced avocados so neatly.
She was peeling them like an orange.
Zegox · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to explain to my 20 year old roommates that you’re not supposed to clean up cat puke/piss/shit with my fucking dish towels. Then they got upset that I said something about it.
These are the same people who couldn’t figure out how to flush a toilet (walked in on one at least twice a day), never cleaned or picked up, skipped all their classes (and failed or had to drop them), would routinely jack my stuff, especially my fuzzy blankets. One time that I took my blanket back, I threw it onto my bed, and a corner fell down and slapped my $250 bong into my desk and shattered the stem.
Fucking awful people to be stuck with for a year.
WafflesTheWookiee · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends still rip me that I’m 22 years old and can’t tie my shoes. Never learned in Kindergarten, so it’s a lot harder to learn as an adult.
My extended family would shame me by buying shoes with laces and insist that I try to lace up in front of them. Imagine seeing a 15 year old struggling with his laces.
I know the steps, it’s just since I didn’t practice at an early age, I don’t have the muscle memory to do the nimble steps required. My bunny ears fall apart when I wrap them around each other.
Now I can sorta do it, but it takes me about 5 minutes to tie my shoes whenever I go bowling.
smolenglishperson · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A bunch of people I worked with at the time were discussing the current prime minister. A girl (who was 19) asked "What's a prime minister?". She was old enough to vote.
jodido999 · 1 points · Posted at 05:55:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my ex wife's grandfather passed away, we had to take her grandmother to the gas station and show her how to put gas in her car.
Theystolemyname2 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My own dad and brother. Sometimes, when they ask me to help do something because they don't know how to, I would be surprised, because I just showed and explained the same thing last month, for like the fifth time. And every time they are completely clueless, don't even know how to start, continue or finish, just stand there, so I have to do the whole thing as a demonstration. And it's the easiest things, like putting on new bedsheets or putting a new garbage bag in the bin.
One time I got pissed, said "fuck it, do it yourself", and left them to it. Lo and behold, the task was completed perfectly well. Turns out, they just act stupid to get out of doing the chore. I would never repeatedly humiliate myself by acting stupid just to not do a 2 minute task, so I simply can't understand them.
Silver2324 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not my story, but my mom's of my dad's brother. Before I was born my parents went on a road trip with my uncle's then wife, and my grandparents (dad and his brother's parents). My mom ended up talking with her then sister in law who told her that my grandma had made sure all of my uncle's laundry was done before leaving, and made him a week's worth of meals while they were gone because he couldn't himself and she (his wife) didn't feel responsible for her grown ass husband's food in that time. My mom also told me of visiting her in-laws to see my dad's brother with a garbage bag pulling up "hi what's with the bag?" "Oh it's my laundry day". Man in his 30s. For the record his younger brother, my dad, can and does do all of these things himself and is I daresay a workaholic. I learned to cook and clean and do basic home and car maintenance from both my parents and my mom's parents, my dad's parents just coddled.
coldbloodedjelydonut · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've googled how long to boil corn. More than once. Usually I adult pretty well, but I've had some shameful moments.
Justanun · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 18 I thought Y front underpants were a bra for guys balls. So when they ran they didn’t ‘ clang’ together. Of course by this point the class had gone quiet. I said well it has pockets, don’t you put each ball into a pocket? My bf at the time then looked at me and told me balls were not separate. And that’s how I learned.
Annaclaire_x · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly adults. I was 14 at the time, he was 16 & he couldn’t read at basic levels. Like 10 year olds could read better than him. I asked him why & his reason was “reading is boring” so he just barely knew how to read
1cg127 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working as a CNA (certified nursing assistant) in a nursing home you find a lot of surprisingly uneducated Nurses (RN). This one nurse in particular asked me to assist her to turn a patient on their side so she could take a rectal temperature. After turning the patient for her she looks at the patients bottom and asks me where the patient’s butt hole is. 💀
Zleck-V2 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My previous place of work had a kitchen that was shared between the various departments, one day im in there making tea for my office when a friend from another department walks in with a tray of cups. We're chatting as shes cleans the cups and puts sugar tea and coffee in them, i then watch in horror as she turns the hot tap on and uses it to fill each cup. When i ask her wtf shes doing she told me she always makes them like that, doesnt understand why people boil kettles when theres hot water from the tap. I made her tip them out, start again and promise me never to do that again
mikewazowski127 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to Walmart during freshman year of college and my (then) roommate came with me. When we walked in, she revealed to me that she had never gone shopping without her parents before. (She was 18 and was a licensed driver.) Then, we went to check out and I went to the self-checkout (naturally) and she was hanging behind a little bit even though there was an open one right next to mine. Turns out she had never been through self-checkout before. It is amazing to think about normal, everyday experiences being foreign to some people.
thinkpozzy · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a very wealthy boss once upon a time, and she was always wearing this really nice watch. I asked her the time once and she looks at it and says "huh. Look at that. The darned thing stopped. " a week or so later, same scenario, "ooph client will be here soon, what time is it?" Aaaaand casually she looks at her watch and says "huh. Would you look at that. Darned thing stopped. " the use of the exact same wording prompted me to ask if she could read a clock. 35 years old. Never learned to tell time...
maru_tyo · 1 points · Posted at 05:57:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my then gf‘s friends in high school was home alone without her parents over night for the first time in her life at 18 years old. She called us up to ask at how many degrees she’ll have to cook her pasta. Another friend of mine had never cooked himself at age 35, he couldn’t even make fried eggs.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to pronounce “Jesuit” I used to pronounce is “Jee-suit” not “jeh-soo-it”. I read the word aloud and was laughed out in a class of 40+ people...
WiccedSwede · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cook tacos.
notadoct0rr · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend ask me if there was any way to get cash from the check out when you’re buying something. You know, like cash-back.
basylica · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex explained he couldnt run dishwasher after rinsing and loading dishes because the water needed to beat up again first.
I was like “hey, dumbass see the big metal heating element?! “
Foreveragu · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This person was over 21 and couldn't
ihavnoideawatsgoinon · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I tell this story whenever someone has a 'bad roommate' story.
I had recently gotten a job in a city almost an hour away, and the commute was rough so I was looking for an apartment closer to work. But the job wasnt all that well paying and the city was expensive.
Well this young girl (early 20s) got hired along side me, and after either of us having no luck finding an apartment on our own we decided to look for spots together. I knew it would be rough the first few months, as this girl had never lived anywhere but with her parents, but I figured she would catch on quick.
About a month in, I had an early morning flight and I asked her to take out the trash in the morning so I didnt have to as I got ready for my flight. Up until this point, I had done most of the chores/cleaning so it was time for her to contribute anyway. She said sure, she would take out the trash, and I said thanks and went to bed.
The next morning I woke up, she had already gone to work, and I walk downstairs to find the trash cans in the kitchen still full. Frustrated, I text her. I will never forget the conversation that followed...
Me: "I thought you said you would take the trash out?" Her: "I did, I put the bins on the curb"
Me: "Did you put the trash in them first?"
Her: "You didn't explain that part"
baybrighto · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Admittedly, I did not know there were crumb drawers on toasters until 3 days ago. My girlfriend then assumed I had never cleaned a toaster before. I then revealed that I would turn it upside down and give it a little tap. Her horrified face told me that I am still learning to adult at 31.
Justanun · 2 points · Posted at 06:02:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tbh I think you need to do both. So you were half right!
alucidsky · 1 points · Posted at 05:59:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of the cooking stories reminded me of this. My college roommate's younger brother lived a sheltered life due to older siblings and being treated as the baby by his mom. He was 20 when visiting us, and got hungry. We told him he could make a frozen pizza. Runs off to the kitchen, comes back flustered. Flustered was his usual state, so we stupidly ignore it. 7 minutes later something smells like burning. He left the pizza on the cardboard. Pretty dumb, but I've heard of others doing it. He also had cranked the oven dial. We asked why he set the oven at 625? He says the instructions said 400, but he couldn't get it to go that high. He misidentified which end of the knob pointed to the temp setting, but figured it'd eventually cook at 275.
He wasn't allowed to prepare hot food at our place any more.
gdhm92 · 1 points · Posted at 06:00:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn’t know how to turn on a lighter... first of all I don’t smoke, nor do I need to use a lighter for anything. I was on vacation at Berlin and we were at this bar, we ordered a drink that you were supposed to light on fire and then drink it... my friends (about 5-6 people) hand me the lighter and then I felt this pressure to do it right... turns out I couldn’t get it to work...
It was so embarrassing, but some of my friends said something like don’t worry we know you don’t smoke or drink often 😅😭.
mrleefty · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A complete inability to budget. I used to work with a guy who just spent his entire wage every week regardless of anything. He would frequently buy stuff and then sell it a couple of weeks later for half of what he paid because he had no money.
We got paid weekly on Thursdays, any overtime was paid on the Thursday the week after the work. One week he'd done a lot of extra hours. On the Monday after, he came to me and said that he hoped they forgot to pay him for his overtime this week because he had a big bill next week and needed the extra money more then. When I suggested he just leave the extra money in the bank until next week he looked at me like I was a moron.
He also once asked me what time my wages went into the bank. I dunno, Thursdays... Turns out he withdrew all of his wages from the ATM early every Thursday morning and was frustrated that he had to sometimes wait until 7am for it to become available.
wheremyheadat · 1 points · Posted at 06:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really a life skill, but I worked with people at a U.S. governmental contract job that lacked basic geographical knowledge. I was asked if it was Mexico or New Mexico that was the state. Also wanted clarification on if Paris is actually a country.
Jsaun906 · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate managed to move into the wrong apartment on move in day... I'm not sure how he managed it
mjoso · 1 points · Posted at 06:02:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl in chemistry lab was asked to see if the water was already boiling for the experiment. The water was clearly bubbling, but instead of thinking “oh this is boiling”, she was going to PUT HER FINGER IN the beaker. Her teammate noticed and quickly took her hand out of there before she could touch it. The funny part: that girl wants to be a neurosurgeon. Let that sink in
Dinosaur_from_1998 · 1 points · Posted at 06:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend who can't swim. I know it's hard to learn how to swim. I myself was afraid to do so when I started. But I always thought it's something everyone learns at some point in their lives
itouchedcactus · 1 points · Posted at 06:03:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
13yr old brother didn’t know what boiling water looked like
fragmentsofemma · 1 points · Posted at 06:03:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I dunno, if this qualifies, but whatever. My dad told me this one.
It was around 2000 and he started his job as a graphic designer for the town. He's pretty skilled with PCs, so sometimes he would get asked for help if there were any tech problems. One lady who was doing indexing of employees (or smth) complained, that everytime she was loading the file, her computer slowed down and she could barely work with it. My dad took a look at it.
Turns out over the five years she worked there, she only used ONE Word document for all of it. She made a new page for every person instead of making a new document. The file had around 500 pages. No wonders it took so long to load! (Mind that PCs back then didn't have 16GB of RAM.)
She said she never even thought of making a new document, that's the way they taught her to do it and she never questioned it.
_macaroni_rascal · 1 points · Posted at 06:04:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s college boyfriend didn’t know you had to turn off your car when getting gas. He said he just wanted to listen to music while he waited. She was rightfully HORRIFIED when she realized how many times he must’ve almost died.
_taco_bella · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college didn't know how to use ANY of the kitchen appliances. She would always ask me how to use the dishwasher or the coffee machine or washer machine....despite all the buttons being labeled (its not like i read the manuals or anything... they were just intuitive).
She also asked me how to tell if a cake was completely cooked in the center. I had to explain the idea that if the fork or toothpick came out dry then the center was cooked.
nimre13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of them just happened yesterday.
I have lived in a dormitory and away from my parents since I was 14. My mom did everything in the house and never really tought us but I still knew stuff. Back then I had to teach my classmate how to make tea. Which is okay, we were young.
Fast forward to yesterday and my 26 years old flatmate did the following: Prepared a mug with a tea bag in it. Started boiling water and waited for it. When the water boiled she poured it in the mug and right away took the tea bag out of the mug into the trash. The water and the tea bag met for like 2 seconds. I was horrified.
Or when she asked why we fry a lot (we nearly never fry anything but at that point I wanted french fries in oil bc I usually make them in the oven) because in her country they cut the potatoes into cubes and just stear it in a pan with some oil (which she calles french fries) and she never seen people fry french fries. Her cooking skill in general are horror for me...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nurse here- sometimes when a med is ordered, it will be PRN, which means as needed. One of my classmates in nursing school thought that PRN stood for “per rectum”. Relieved that came up BEFORE she tried to put a nebulizer mouthpiece into someone’s bum. It did result in looking up exactly what PRN stands for (it’s Latin: pro re nata)
picklesandmustard · 1 points · Posted at 06:07:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to live in a duplex. I was upstairs and a 45-ish year old lady was downstairs. One day my smoke alarm goes off so I look around for a fire. Nothing in my place. So then I hear her alarm go off, and I go downstairs and she has a pan with greasy sausages on fire in her oven. Bright orange flames. And she’s just sort of standing there not knowing what to do. “I know what to do” I thought, and went back upstairs, grabbed my fire extinguisher, and put out the fire. She got mad at me because there was extinguisher powder all over her kitchen. You’re welcome, bitch. Next time put a quarter cup more oil in there.
tiffanyba · 1 points · Posted at 06:08:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college some kid thought it would be genius to use the washing machine as a dish washer. The plate was thick, eco-friendly paper product. Needless to say, uneaten beans and rice were left in the machine. This happened a couple of times that semester. Not sure why they didn’t just toss the plate.
ayeayewhatever · 1 points · Posted at 06:08:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didn't know we were supposed to wash our towels I thought they cleaned themselves. The moment I told this to my friend she whom I've known to be most careless of them all told me it's disgusting. That moment the young naive girl knew she messed up.
gogojack · 1 points · Posted at 06:08:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Living in the fraternity house during the summer (which was cool because there were only a few of us and no parties) and one day I came downstairs to see Joe standing in front of the stove staring at a box of Hamburger Helper like it was the directions to assembling an Ikea bookshelf.
I was working as a line cook at the time. I asked what was wrong.
"Um, what does it mean when says to 'brown ground beef?'"
Poor kid had never learned to cook anything.
DatBoii_92 · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once met someone who didn't know that you had to keep the brake pedal pressed down to actually stop a car. Took everything I had to not laugh.
Karens__Persistence · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This comment section gets more depressing with each story.
Futurerichboy · 1 points · Posted at 06:09:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A little late but when I(24) was dating my ex girlfriend(26) I asked her if she wanted to shower with me. She said she hated taking showers because it was cold. I turned to her and said that's why we use hot water but she insisted that she didnt like standing under the water waiting for it to get warm. It never occurred to her that you could wait for it to get warm before you get in. When I told her that you just wait for it to get warm before you get inside she said "oooooohhhhhhh" and we both laughed. Other than that she was a pretty smart person I guess, she just never put that one together.
cillitbangers · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Now this is probably not going to sound that bad to anyone not from the UK but I have a mate, who drinks tea regularly, who couldn't make a cup of tea. When we asked him to make us tea he started by putting the tea bags in the cold kettle then turning it on. Absolute madness
whatRwegonnado · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lemme teach you about American sweet tea. If you think ur mates tactics were mad... southern sweet tea will blow your mind and leave you rushing for a dentist
meff19881988 · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend asked me how to spell “orange” once. We’re in our mid thirties. He’s foreign, but...really?
Saevnir · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know this guy who didn't know that Finland was a country (he thought it was a part of Russia).
Also, he didn't know that the UK is a nuclear power, sure maybe you might not know that but it's important for his job to know this stuff.
whatRwegonnado · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be totally honest idk that the current president of the USA knows either of these things either. The bars pretty low now.
cutmestan · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My little sister, at 22, would wake me or my mom up to put her hair up for her new Starbucks job at 4AM sometimes. She had a job a couple years ago and mom did her hair then, too. Both my sister and my mom got mad at me for insisting she do it herself, that she was too old for that. This triggered my fallout with my family, where they continue to shelter her and pin me as the bad guy because I claimed I had outgrown her.
Historical_Cobbler · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In a Shared house at university we had some new people move in, they were great got on well. After a while we noticed one of the girls always took a huge pile of clothes with her to the bathroom... after a while we asked her and she explained she washes her clothes in the bath as she didn’t know which setting on the machine she was meant to use. She also explained she felt like we would laugh if “a woman didn’t know how to clean and use a machine” Anyway we did laugh, showed her and she still opted for the bath. Turns out she’s always done it that way since she left home
StarBirss · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate couldn't plunge a toilet. Insisted I do it, because "maintenance can't make it for another two days". Happened on multiple occasions. He would leave dumpster shits and everything would block up. Surprised he never asked me to wipe his ass too
Mycoguy86 · 1 points · Posted at 06:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a Mormon missionary and learned that most of those kids are sent out into the world with no survival skills. One of my companions started an apartment fire. He was unaware that you can't microwave metal and put a pork chop in a ball of tin foil into the microwave oven for ten minutes.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Training a prospective captain at an airline who can't fly the airplane without the autopilot.
zbitSt · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got one... I was instructing a guy 4 years older than me in some simple computer science class. Like hello world style simple. I proceeded to tell him how some stuff works and came to a conclusion that he doesn't even know what a variable means. I asked him what does he think it means and he started: "So a variable is a person in a group", I was like what m8 you're 20yo and don't know what a fucking variable is?
He completed the class due to me explaining some things to him lmao
Jay_Niro · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn't the most horrifying but definitely the funniest. Me and my friends were coming back by train at the end of our university field trip. Not ready to sleep, I was skimming through all the bogeys where my friends were, looking for entertainment when I saw two of them playing chess. Three of my other friends were watching the game, their faces already faintly pink. I'd realised they'd been laughing. Trusting my gut I sat down to watch. The player on white was coming down from a weed high. He moved his white horse to a nice offensive position surprising us all. I was a bit dejected because I was expecting stupidity not intelligence. The other player started thinking hard. 10 minutes passed. Nothing. So I got up to leave, disappointed with my gut instinct. As I turn my back, all the three spectators started laughing hysterically. I turn to see why and they point me to the board, unable to breathe. I look confused for a second. Then realise that the sober dude had moved the same white horse instead of his own black piece. I joined the other three in one of the best laughs I've ever had.
delord4 · 1 points · Posted at 06:11:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A friend of my brother didn't know who Hitler was or what was the WWII. She didn'n belive us when we told her.
middlechild4life · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine told me he was lactose intolerant. I was like oh makes sense, dairy doesn’t affect a lot of people correctly. He proceeded to say that eggs make him need to poop really fast. I couldn’t figure out the correlation until he said “eggs are the worst dairy product”. Idk how, but I someone had the patience to explain to a College Junior that eggs come from chickens and dairy products do not include eggs 🤦🏽♀️
beee_charmed · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Current roommate. She was fine in the dorms. Then we moved to a house. Poor thing didn't know how to work a thermostat, use a can opener, run a dishwasher, use a blender,
or boil pasta....
Set a pot of water on low heat, it wouldn't boil. I told her turn it up all the way. She did, and as soon as she saw little bubbles on the bottom of the pot, dumped the pasta in. Left it in that pot for 20 minutes, still on high. It basically turned to mush.
Poor thing, I honestly don't blame her. I blame her mom for babying her so badly.
alicornpig · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In my early twenties I lived with a few roommates for a time, one of which was a very sweet albeit shy guy. He had a really shitty childhood and his family hasn’t taught him how to do almost anything. Laundry, cooking, any basic domestic chores, etc. I told him early on if he didn’t know how to do something because no one taught him he could ask me and I would show him, no judgement. He was very receptive so it’s not like he didn’t try.
But I will never forget the day that he knocked on my door and asked me how to boil a pot of water. I got up and showed him how, adhering to not passing any judgment. At least outwardly. But the whole time I kept thinking to myself: “Have you never been in a kitchen before? Have you never seen anyone put a pot of water on a stove?” He graduated high school, he took science classes, just....how?
babbchuck · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Before I met my wife, she and a girlfriend had borrowed the friend’s boyfriend’s car. He warned them to check the oil the next time they filled up. They did - it was a quart low. They bought a quart, then struggled for about 15 minutes trying to pour it in, and were making a complete mess. Finally a stranger that noticed them helped by showing them the oil fill cap - they had been trying to pour it down the dipstick hole.
catrinoire · 1 points · Posted at 06:12:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my staff admitted that she was cleaning the sink grinder with her bare hands without turning it off. Like she didn’t understand its principle so she just shoved her hands into it. Nothing ever happened but I was mortified.
CSI_Agent_Bobcat · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to me recently. My friend whose also my coworker who is around my age (mid-20s) always when to the HR desk when he wanted to take off, of as of late HR hasn’t been at the desk when they are scheduled to be. And every time I told him why not just email them they usually answer within 24 hours of your message, but he never took my advice. I was always curious to why he just didn’t email them to begin with since he is introverted like I am, till the other day where he told me that he doesn’t know how to send an email.
poojamagoo · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college started cooking pasta and asked me: “How do you know when the water is boiling?”
them1ghtybean · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I didnt know you were suppose to peel the shells off of shrimp before you ate them. I was 17.
abshdhsknsndh · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone from my old college dorm made the worst breakfast ever because..he burned cereal.
First mistake was pouring cold milk in his bowl first before the cereal afterward. Then decides he actually wants warm milk so he pops it in the microwave. For 5 MINUTES. The mound of dry cereal that hadn’t sunk into the milk caught fire but he walked away from the common kitchen to play ping pong or something. Everyone including myself found out when we had to evacuate the building and won’t let him live it down
trevdak2 · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a otherwise fit friend who can't swim, can't ride a bike, and can't drive. She's in her 30s.
AliCracker · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Late, but will add on behalf of my hubby - we still shake our heads at this one
So his coworker got stuck on the highway with a flat tire, he was close so headed out to help her, and upon inspecting the flat tire, noticed the inner rim had punctured the tire, which he pointed out
Coworker rolled her eyes and in the most condescending voice explained how stupid he was bc that was surely not the issue bc the tire was flat at the bottom
Yup.. god forbid gravity exists
madhousechild · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is more of a cultural thing but a French girl I knew never heard of a lime. I said, you are always ordering Margaritas, what did you think was that little green fruit? She said she thought they were lemons, and every single one she ever ordered happened to be unripe.
On the flip side of that, when I went to Wahoo's and distinctly asked for lemons for my fish, the mostly Mexican American staff routinely brought me limes.
Youpunyhumans · 1 points · Posted at 06:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I worked at starbucks, this one girl who worked with me that was quite overweight and always acting like a pompous, snooty bitch walked up to me and said loudly "Oh, you arent THAT hot, I could do better than you" totally unpromted. Idk if it was a jealousy thing or what. I had to laugh at the irony that she was not at all the kind of person id even consider dating. Way too entitled of herself.
kotoole13 · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing when, how or where to register for classes at community college. It was his 4th year there. Baseball coach took care of it before so he had no idea he even needed to 🤦🏻♀️
Nuisanceberry · 1 points · Posted at 06:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She didn't know to keep the shower curtain hanging on the inside of the tub.
My friend and I were in our early twenties, and we decided to go on a road trip and share a hotel room. Both nights she took a shower first. When I went in to take my shower after her, the shower curtain was hanging down on the outside of the tub, which of course leads to water spilling down the curtain onto the bathroom floor. To fix this problem, she bunched one of large bath towels up against the side of the tub. Initially, I thought perhaps she had just not paid attention and didn't realize she had the curtain wrong when showering and had used the towel to mop up the water. But sure enough, the next night when I went in, even though I had fixed the curtain when I had used the shower the night before, the curtain out again and there was another sopping wet towel bunched up against the tub.
Lady_mirelurker · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A coworker couldn't figure out how to create a table in Microsoft Word. Part of her duties were admin, and she had worked in the field for years. How she got by without knowing that really baffled me.
lmenkosk · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My freshman year in college I was assigned to a random roommate in the dorms. I met him in the first day and seemed like a nice enough guy. Found out he is from a very privileged family and never had done his laundry before. After he re-wore the same 4 outfits for about a month he finally caved and did his laundry for the first time. He brought back his basket full of clean clothes to our dorm and proceeded to put them away. I noticed he was struggling with something and I looked at him kinda funny. He turns to me and asks how do you put 2 socks together. He could not figure it out. He was just shoving one sock into the other. I never thought I would have to teach another man how to roll a pair of socks in my life. I still laugh about it to this day, the icing to the cake is he was an engineering major. I also have a video of him trying to figure it out if this gets any attention.
kuranas · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl I was seeing in college didn't know the difference between the Constitution and the declaration of independence. She thought they were the same thing. Got a bunch of her sorority sister's to agree with her. Ok, fine... I mean, this was in the deep south, but I thought our civics were a little better than that. this should have been a red flag, but the sex was good, so eh... I'll let it slide.
A couple days later - her car needs a jump. Battery is dead. I help her out, and go shoot the rest of my week. Hey battery died AGAIN, a few days later. I want available so she called AAA. afterwards, I ask her, how many miles she had on her car, thinking the battery needed to be replaced. Shit you not: "No idea."
"What do you mean, you have no idea? You've had the car for 5 years?"
"Yeah I just don't even know where I would go to find that out."
cheekyneko · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It wasn't anything big or serious but when I did an exchange programme in the UK, I had a flatmate who did not know that garlic needed to be peeled. She just throw the whole clove in the pan with oil until I told her that she should peel the garlic and probably slice/mince them before cooking.
BiracialBusinessman · 1 points · Posted at 06:15:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I recently had a friend who didn’t know you had to actually close out of tabs on Safari on the iPhone. He thought they just closed when you closed the app. Our other friend realized this and showed him before closing out over 200 tabs of porn.
vasDcrakGaming · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My fiance texted me at work asking what sign is “go” for crossing the street.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:16:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was doing laundry at my 33 year old coworkers house. That sounds weird, but it’s normal because we are also friends.
Anyway, he told me his dryer hadn’t been working very well and he didn’t know why. I asked him when the last time he changed his lint trap was and he said “I don’t think it has one.” I was like... of course it has one... are you telling me in the three years you’ve lived here you have never changed the lint trap? I walked over to the machine and pulled open the lint trap to reveal a pad of lint about the size of a Stephen King book.
I’m surprised the guy didn’t start a house fire. Apparently he thought it was just normal that his laundry took 3 hours to dry....
Julianus123 · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It feels like I'm kinda late to this, but this just came to my mind instantly.
When I was in school still, I had a friend that couldn't view a map and tell ANY country. This shouldn't be any bash on him now, he was quite a smart guy in every other way, atleast it appeared to me that way. But he just was completely lost when given a map and naming a single country, same for capital cities, continents, oceans etc.
It bothered me so much that you could get to a higher economy school without any idea of geography.
blade-queen · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend in video game major harder to get into than Harvard this year didn't know what GTA was
aathey85 · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a girl who got a brand new car and blew up the engine because she didn't know about oil changes. This was back when the only notifications you got on your vehicle were a couple random lights on the dashboard that wouldn't specifically tell you what was wrong and she just was ignoring them apparently. The worst part was it never casually came up in conversation and I could have saved her an entire vehicle.
HaelaDeer · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At work a new policy was started saying we had to sanitize the whole unit every shift because covid sucks.
My coworkers got a bucket of water and they were like "how many cups of bleach do we need" and I had to explain to multiple people that bleach solution is 9/10 parts water, 1/10 parts bleach. They would have stained everything.
Man_with_lions_head · 1 points · Posted at 06:17:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't believe any of you, that people are this dumb. (I do, but holy fucking shitballs)
SrFappo · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me, to myself, when doing anything.
AwenyddGryphon · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex brother in law.. brilliant guy who became a dr and was great with computers, but had 0 practical skills. When left to go to pre-med, his parents set him up in an apt. After spending a day getting him settled in with things he'd need, they went back home. He calls the next day to let his mom know there was no ice in the new ice trays. She was like " what, is it still just water?".. reasonably thinking maybey there was something wrong with the freezer. He replies..no, there is no ice, no water, nothing. The guy didn't know you had to add water to ice trays to make ice. And no, they never had a fridge with an ice maker. He also had to call her once to ask how to make soup.. from a can. > open can, dump in pot, turn on stove, stir occasionally. ... but how do I know when it's hot?....ffs.. stick your finger in it 🤣
joshsaman · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told a friend of mine he had a lisp and he had no idea that he had any lisp
KylethePope · 1 points · Posted at 06:18:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in a gas station. Since we sell open food, like hotdogs and donuts, we have to abide by a lot of the same food safety rules that restaurants do. One of those rules states that we have to have wash, rinse, and sanitize sinks in the back. I was training a new girl in her early 30s on the fact that the water has to drained and made fresh pretty regularly. I didn't spend a lot of time on the physical aspect of filling the sink, put a drain plug in and turn the water on, and instead focused on the importance of changing the water.
The next day I asked her to change the water. She came back to me 10 minutes later and to say she looked perplexed would be an understatement. Her exact words, and I quote, "You went too fast for me yesterday. Can you show me how to change the water again."
I am a patient man, so I took her to the back and asked her what she was confused about. "I've never filled a sink before and I don't remember how you did it yesterday." I asked if she had ever washed dishes at home, no. I asked if she had ever filled a bathtub at home, no. So, without a word, I lifted the plug, drained the water, reinserted the plug and turned the water on. I made jazz hands and said, "Ta-Da" and walked away. She reported me to the manager for being rude and honestly, she was right. I was kind of dick near the end.
triclinicism · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A kid in my freshman dorm in college thought that microwaves were like reverse refrigerators. Stick the food in, close the door, and just wait for it to heat up, no button presses or anything.
Same kid didn’t know that you could wash bath towels to reuse them, so a few weeks into the school year he started complaining that he didn’t know what to do with the growing pile of dirty towels in the corner of his room.
whitesunsupergirl · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate tasted bleach to check if it was expired. All nighters back to back change people...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad has been a trial-by-fire asshole and he put me in the driver’s seat of a standard gear beast of a truck, and he made me drive it through mid/high-level traffic without any experience driving. I nearly hit someone because he didn’t tell me how to stop without killing the engine (there were other terrible problems but that was the worst). He also gave me his credit card without explaining how to use it, so I had to look like an idiot at a gas station.
That’s only somewhat related to the question though, guess I’m on the other end of it.
izthepuzz · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How can people remember stories to answer these questions from the top of their head???
t_duddits · 1 points · Posted at 06:20:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked a coworker to water the office orchid. He watered only the flower part of the plant and not the soil and put it back. He legit thought watering the plant was actually just watering the plant. 😳
happy-cake-day-bot- · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Happy Cake Day!
JaneJ2020 · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my son was born, I had to make the decision whether to have him circumcised or not. I told my husband’s sister that I had read that if the father (my husband) was circumcised, then you should circumcise his son. My sister-in-law asked me, “How do you know that my brother was circumcised?”
DevilDance2 · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somebody asked me how to make soup while holding a tin of soup.
He had no idea how to prepare tinned soup. None. None at all. He was 18.
jk10102 · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex boyfriend in college thought wiping a cotton ball with alcohol over his face was cleaning it. He didn’t rinse off all the suds from his dishes because they’d “drip off”. He threw up in his own car while super high once and got mad at me for not taking it to the car wash for him....he was a mistake, for sure.
TwoSixtySix · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cooking with my mom one day (who is actually a really good cook) and realized she thought “bay leaf” was the singular version of basil
ta4myanonlife · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A second-hand story, and not necessarily as an adult, but when I was 15 taking driver’s ed classes, our teacher told us about a girl she picked up for a driving lesson after school. The teacher asked her to drive home and the girl had no idea how to get there despite being driven to school and back by her parents every single day. Apparently, she read in the car every day and never paid attention.
Our driving instructor had been doing her job for so long she knows every street in our town. She said it was crazy to give someone directions to their own house.
arvenyon · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Moved alone to anlther country with 17yo. First flat too, with bills and all that shit. Boss haven't paid my salary at the right time, so my rent was overdue. The time I got my salary, my bank locked my online banking account, technical issues. I have discussed what I should do about it with my landlord. Soon he stared at me in disbelief, and explained that I can just walk into the bank, and send money manually. I felt so fucking dumb. Still, nobody ever fucking taught me how to fucking be adult. Which makes me mad. Still, that could have been known, simply by logic. Fuck me, I am still mad at me.
FingeredADog · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Middle school. This kid was constantly being beaten to a pulp. Why? He still thought the funniest thing in the world was to walk up to a guy a kick them in the balls.
cofeeholik75 · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You actually are right!. I have many friends my age who don’t know excel. I worked in Silicon Valley for a computer company in the 80’s right when Apple took off and it BECAME Silicon Vally. It was an interesting wild time then. No rules. Not like that anymore. I remember hanging with the IT guys till midnight at work playing Quake when it first came out. (I was 40, IT guys were 20... maybe I am just young at heart)!! gotta run! Need to buy baking soda to replace my flour!! :-)
Dunnwick · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work for an extremely high end art moving and installation company (think big Museum type art etc) well my boss has a way of not testing new employees basic skills and just throwing them on these jobs to see if they do good or not which is just crazy considering the value and delicate nature of the work we do. Well I am opening up this crate in front of the museum reps and the courier on this job one day with the new guy when I hear him struggling with the drill trying to remove the bolts so I go over and I can see by the twist of his wrist he's going in the wrong direction so I tell him "dude you gotta go the other way righty tightly lefty loosey " so he pulls the drill back and hit the trigger sees it spin and says "oh yeah I have the righty drill so when your done with the lefty drill can I use it?" It was at that moment I realized a 40 y/o man who claimed to come from construction had no idea how to use a drill and toggle the switch to change direction . It was really embarrassing trying to stand up for this dude to the clients
TLDR: worked with 40 year old man who thought you needed 2 drills one to put screws in and one to take them out
Also I had another co-worker overhear me talking about Elon Musk and ask me who that was which was a bit weird too since his name is all over TV internet radio etc
theSoch · 1 points · Posted at 06:23:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining to a grown ass man that the menu price will not be all he is expected to pay at the counter. Having a middle aged man surprised about tax being added to the bill, in america, where he most certainly lived his entire life, that left me flabbergasted.
Reepicheep16 · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buddy of mine (one of my roommates in grad school) was on “fire duty” for cooking. He and my other roommate didn’t know how to cook anything other than hot dogs in a microwave, so I was the designated cook for the house. I had decided to grill up some pork chops, and asked him to light the grill, which was a cheap charcoal portable thing. He proceeded to spend 10-15 minutes and a box of matches trying to light the charcoal, before finally resorting to some help. Since he could not find any lighter fluid, he proceeded to light the fire using a bottle of tequila, and making the flames bigger and bigger until the grill looked like a charcoal margarita/pool. Needless to say, no fire and no porkchops that night.
quarantino55 · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate once microwaved a chimichanga for 30 minutes.
TheGhost951 · 1 points · Posted at 06:24:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably in basic training the amount of people that didnt know how to write a letter.
livingfortheliquid · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate was home schooled and Jehovah witness didn't know one thing about how government works at all. Could have come from mars would have known more.
Middle-Orchid · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago I met a young man in his high school years... He honestly did not know how to sweep a floor with a common house broom. I was stunned.
namebnb3 · 1 points · Posted at 06:25:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister one day after high school : “how much water do I need to make an instant noodles?”
jennikins1982 · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In an attempt to make cookies, an ex-boyfriend of mine once tried to spray Pam into a measuring cup instead of getting 1/4 cup of vegetable oil. I just sat back there and watched him spray into a cup for a few minutes speechless.
BerndiSterdi · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cooking - like at all. Not even knowing how to warm up a dish was one a friend of mine just never learnt.
And the other was a hong-kongese exchange student who came to our school andd could not not even put her finger neither on HK nor her destination on a world map. Just no clue about anything the poor girl (18yrs)...
dankmemes1986 · 1 points · Posted at 06:52:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend in his 30s that does not know how to peel a banana.
honestlylorelai · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work for a university, every fall semester we register student’s cars and issue parking permits. In order to register their vehicle, we need to see their vehicle registration from DMV. Most of the students have no idea what a vehicle registration is. They come up to the counter and dump everything they found in their glove compartment in front of us including lease contracts, manuals, oil change records....Some even bring in their TITLE and I have to educate them on why they shouldn’t keep the title in the vehicle.
ChinStrapJack · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My second year of university I lived with someone who thought that the most effective way to vacuum was to dab at random dirty patches with the nozzle. Apparently this is how she did it at home. Not horrifying as a single incident, but looking back it was the start of so many "...what?" Moments that I should have immediately been worried
TheoreticalMyth · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly the topic, but I (20F) had just learned how to use the stove over corona. Family never taught me, so while stuck at my bf's place, his family helped me get over my fear of fire. It was really helpful.
MrEFish_ · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college, I saw a friend in the laundry room frantically on his phone with his mother. Poor guy had never done laundry before until that day.
egotistichorse · 1 points · Posted at 06:56:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nursing teacher here: had a student keep taking home used syringes and plastic waste after simulation classes (not dirty just out of wrapping, can’t be simulated again etc). I asked her why she was taking them as they are not good for anything now they aren’t sterile, and she deadpan stared me in the eyes and asked why you can’t just wash syringes after use. She intended on washing these. I had to drill into her the importance of sterility at this point. Genuinely terrified me.
cheerioheartguy · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to eat subway during college times and and my buddy who was eating with me got drinks for us and he had a ton of ice so I asked him why and he said the ice absorbs the liquid doubling the amount of drink he gets in his cup and he had Pepsi
BoundlessMediocrity · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was roommates with a girl who had never used a microwave in her life. She wanted to heat a piece of brownie, so she put it in, turned the power to max and set the timer for 15 minutes. When we eventually all rushed to the kitchen because black smoke was filling the apartment, the brownie had essentially fused with the plate. We had to throw the plate out and have a talk with her about the difference between microwaves and regular ovens.
seventeenth-try · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First semester of college I was using my old family laptop and it was getting a LOT of virus.
So I tried and tried and the virus was still there. Once a friend asked me to take a look... Turns out I didn't know antivirus cancelled each other and I had like three different ones.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should see my Facebook timeline...
alexblacklock · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was at uni I got into an argument with a guy about what butter was made from.
I said milk.
He said it’s made from buttercups.
Hangi_Pit · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate was shocked that the UK had the Union Jack as its flag, as "thats the cross on the Australian flag". She is a primary school teacher.
huntedbyafreak · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex in college one time called her mom to ask how long she should heat water to get it to boil.
EllaCassi · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to live with a group of people in this little beach town and we all used to take turns cooking dinner etc. One of the guys that lived with me (he was 23yo) would never cook dinner and would normally just contribute to groceries and more to cleaning the house. One day we asked him why he never wanted to cook and he just mentioned that he doesn't know how to. We just thought that meant he wasn't very good at cooking or only knew simple things. Anyways, we told him that we were fine with whatever he wanted to make cause we were sure it wasn't that bad. He got a little bit excited that we trusted him to cook for us and told us that he would cook breakfast. So the day comes for him to cook breakfast, he pulls out all these packet pancakes and then some eggs and bacon. He then proceeds to microwave the bacon and ask us how to boil eggs. We never let him cook again.
Hellfire12345677 · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While I’m not an adult, the person who was driving the car was an adult. Long story short I noticed they weren’t using their blinker, asked why and they LEGIT said, “The what?”
T_JUS665 · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know uni kids who are so bad at budgeting they’re 2000ish dollars in debt thanks to partying at shitty bars every day. I also know some who are so bad at basic nutrition they have vitamin deficiencies, and can barely climb a flight of stairs without getting exhausted. I also know guys who only eat takeout and start drinking booze at 5 pm, which is coincidentally when they wake up. I seriously have no idea how that one is even gonna pass collage, since he never goes to any classes. I also know people who can’t handle even basic jobs because they see any entry level job as beneath them, so they’re unemployed, steadily getting into debt, and will probably drink themselves to death before they hit 30.
mikey_hawk · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I managed 18 rooms. A guy kept complaining about his shower being broken. He kept forgetting to leave the door unlocked for me to check. When I finally got in, the 4' long hose leading to the shower head had been twisted 20 or so times. I held it up and let it spin to untwist. Shower worked.
sirk23 · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That Junebugs come from grubworms.
balding_hooker · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister who’s 19 didn’t know how to turn on the washing machine until I recently showed her how to. I have been washing our clothes since I was like 12 because the needed program is already set so you literally have to turn it on and press start, ofc after you have added detergant and softener. I told her to do all that and then turn on the washing machine and press start. She deadass made me stand by her side and tell her like 6 times what to do cuz “she wasn’t sure she’s doing the right thing” while also not listening to me. IT’S TWO BUTTONS JUST PRESS THEM
manuprabhakaran · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A colleague who is a close friend of mine asked me how to open a blank MS Word document. This person's job is to edit legal documents and has more than 10 years of experience.
swish775 · 3 points · Posted at 07:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see this all the time...it shocks me when people don't know how to do basic tasks that are an integral part of THEIR jobs!
nagchampachampagne · 1 points · Posted at 07:00:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend put food in a plastic mc Donald’s tray and put it in the oven on Friendsgiving one year. I don’t even know why the tray was in the kitchen in the first place.
KoiTheCyberBoi · 1 points · Posted at 07:01:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They didn't know how to tell if the milk was spoiled...
InkJuse · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a small gathering with friends when one of them, whose usually always hungry, took a gander in my refrigerator and saw that I had some Italian seasoned sausages. He asked if he could have some, to which I proudly insisted his indulgence (they were quite delicious). He proceeded to take two out, placed them on a paper plate, placed it in the microwave, and tried nuking it for all of perhaps 00:45. He removed the item from the microwave, placed the, rather limp, sausages on two buns, took a bite out of one, looked at me and, in the most honestly concerned and defeated tone, cried with a heaping mouthful,
"I don't know why this tastes so bad; I normally love these."
I looked at his sausage, looked at his disgusted face, pointed at the trashcan and told him to "spit it out, now."
I took his sausages from him and proceeded to cook them properly in a skillet. After I reconstructed the delectables, he bit into one and began moaning. I learned so much about him in those 3 minutes.
I banned him from all kitchens.
wanderingflakjak · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college classmate who had no trouble using a straw to drink out of juicebox but couldn't for the life of him pipette the solution in chem lab. (Instead he'd blow into the solution through the pipette).
ksbsnowowl · 2 points · Posted at 07:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oof! Mouth pipetting. That's a big no-no in every single lab I've ever worked in.
College inorganic chem prof told us about his former colleague who still used that archaic method, and accidentally sucked acid into his mouth and dissolved all his teeth. (I don't recall what type or molarity of acid was discussed in this cautionary tale).
Stonetheflamincrows · 1 points · Posted at 07:02:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband, who had long hair when I met him, decided to grow his hair long again but didn’t know how to tie it up in a ponytail. I had to do it for him for ages.
laporkra · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to explain to a 19 year old college student that yes you did indeed need to clean under your foreskin and then answered his question of "How?" to the best of my ability, not having had one since I was an infant. I blame his upbringing.
W0bbly_Sausage · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m probably too late for this but putting petrol in the car. Growing up where I lived I always had someone do it for me so I got really nervous when I was visiting the states and had rented a top line Camaro.
Of course it was fine but I definitely panicked.
petiteaustralienne · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my work's weekly Zoom team meeting, a manager thought it would be fun to play rock paper scissors via webcam. One of my colleagues (late 40s/early 50s) asked if someone could explain it to her, because she'd never played it.
EPICFLYINGFALC14 · 1 points · Posted at 07:05:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg. I'm not an adult, but my little brother. Boy oh boy. I'm my family, we do chores every day. Part of the routine. Once, he asked me to help fold a sheet. It wasn't fitted. It was only queen size. I said no, and he proceeded to get very angry at me for not helping him fold a queen size sheet because he can't do it without help. He can't pick up our garage without help. It's insane. He knows some things. He can do his own laundry, try he never picks up his room. The last time his room was really clean, was when I did it. Same thing about the room with my older brother. Never clean. My little brother, however, Durant rinse his dishes. Ever. He leaves crumbs to be scratched of by the person loading the dishwasher. Ugh. He thinks that if you left food out for a few days and a plate, it would come if easily with a little water. I don't think he's ever successfully loaded a dishwasher by himself.
JackIrishJack · 1 points · Posted at 07:05:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I posted on a subreddit the other day asking why houses were so expensive in Ireland, I am from Ireland but left for traveling when I was 18 and only returned recently at 25, and I had to delete my post because of how dumb people made me feel for not knowing about the housing crash, I know about the recession in 08 and stuff, just didn't know that it still had an effect on the Irish housing market, it takes more effort to be mean than nice...
Devilsgospel1 · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Basically my entire experience at an International Airport for the first time at the age of 24 was an embarrassment. I flew as a kid but have no recollection of the process. My shining moment however was on the flight. I asked the flight attendant “how much?” while she was going around offering drinks. She laughed at me and said “it’s free”. However, the look she gave me is forever burned into my brain.
Don’t get me started on trains, subways, and buses either. Let’s just say I learned a lot about mass transportation last year and wish my city implemented more of it.
Alentrish · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have two from my sister's boyfriend
One day, mom got a call from dear brother in law, who wanted to surprise my sister by making fresh soup. The recipe called for flour and he wanted to know if he should put in daisies or dandilions. (In my language the word for flower and flour is written the same)
We were invited to eat spaghetti at my sisters, and HE was cooking. I watch as he pours water in the pot, puts in the pasta, and then puts it on the stove. He then waits for it to boil, and when it does, turns on the 6 minute timer. I couldn't bring myself to swallow a second bite, it was so bad.
If you can't see what's wrong with the spaghetti story: You're supposed to boil the water WITHOUT the pasta, then put the pasta in for the alotted time. Else you will get overcooked to hell and back crap, and it will have a texture closer to paste than pasta.
Mitsuha_fae · 1 points · Posted at 07:06:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my sister who was on an study exchange program had to whatsapp us on how to boil water. with screenshots asking “is the water boiled yet?” she was 21.
sorryforbarking · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Man so many good ones from my college roommate but this ones my favorite: For her 21st birthday she went out and bought a bunch of fancy alcohol (fancy for broke college kids) like Rum Chata and what have you for the party weekend we were having. I come home from class and I’m like what happened to all the alcohol? She had baked probably $75+ worth of alcohol into cupcakes that she thought we could get drunk from eating.
Edit: typo
ReallyHadToFixThat · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was sharing a house with a friend, the daughter of a fireman no less.
I came home one day to find she'd bought a new electric fire, a new wind up extension lead and had plugged one into the other fully wound.
Not only was I amazed that she ignored the instructions, I was amazed her dad had never mentioned the issue. It gets worse when I yelled at her and her response was
"[The extension lead] is only a bit hot"
Frostfright · 1 points · Posted at 07:09:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jess87amber · 1 points · Posted at 07:10:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just thought of another one... My best friend didn't change his oil or do any maintenance on his car for years. It overheated and started smoking in a parking lot and everyone around him was moving their cars away.
Didn't learn his lesson. Years later he blew up the engine of his new car by not changing the oil.
hbhbhbhb12 · 1 points · Posted at 07:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in Oregon where it is illegal to pump your own gas. In the earlier months of the pandemic, the governor made a statement saying that we were permitted to pump gas ourselves. You wouldn’t believe the number of people I saw struggling to figure it out. Many workers were standing by guiding people through pumping gas.
ChaosKodiak · 1 points · Posted at 07:11:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Worked Loss Prevention for a large furniture company. I get a call about a lady at the front of the store FREAKING out. I go up there and through sobbing tears she says “I can’t find my car!”
Apparently she has been walking around for god known how long and she is certain she has walked the whole parking lot.
Ok. Does your car have an alarm. Yes. Can I see the key fob. Yes. Press panic button and here car starts honking. It’s only a few cars away. She just grabs her keys and walks away.
TPA_Grunge_97 · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A girl at work didn’t know how to use a landline phone. To add some perspective I’m only 3 years older than her and I know how to use a FAX machine.
Wfhdhshsjsjskksjsjs · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In highschool I sometimes got to use my dad’s computer and one day he was accusing me of deleting all his files and threatening to beat me. I went and checked and he had set his explorer to only show one kind of file. This man was a businessman who used computers every day.
matzo_baller · 1 points · Posted at 07:12:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old friend of mine was stunned when she saw me doing my own laundry. She asked me “how do you know how to do that?” as if I was performing magic. I guess her mom always did her laundry and never bothered to show her how it’s done.
TrueNameChara · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate who was a culinary major leave raw, opened beef in the center of our dorm fridge (not freezer) for hours until I noticed.
ovaltine_spice · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying exactly, but I had a roomate once, who asked a friends mother how to cook spaghetti.
I mean, he could've asked me; but beyond that, there was instructions on the pack. Further beyond that, it's pasta dude, you put it in boiling water, end.
Really great guy, but he grew up with his mother refusing to let the kids do anything. Cook, clean, laundry; everything.
Shane_b · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My most horrifying moment was being asked to come and dismantle an IKEA bed because they didn't know how to do it. There were approx 6 hex screws and it took 10 minutes.
jingxlol · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago I went with some friends to a cabin for a few days. The girls offered to cool some pasta. At one point my ex asked how does boiling water look like.
She actually didn't know.
hm8g10 · 1 points · Posted at 07:13:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lived with someone at uni who couldn’t use an ATM. She paid for everything with cash. Her parents gave her a big wad of cash at the start of each semester and she would use that for everything. This was fewer than ten years ago.
archaiclots7 · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somebody I lived with at university once reheated his dinner with the tin foil still on. First time I ever had to call 999.
PointyLeftEar13 · 1 points · Posted at 07:16:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad's girlfriend (early 50s) after living in our family home for 2 years and asking us how to turn on the grill.
Was one of the things that showed us she had never done a thing around the house. Pretty sure she's a gold digger. My siblings and I have a strong dislike for her.
FamousOrphan · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Myself, taxes.
Delta4o · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One day, when mom was going out with friends, I came home and my dad said "go ahead and put your stuff upstairs. Mom bought lasagna, I'll but it in the oven".
I went upstairs, dropped my jacket and schoolbag and thought "wait....he never uses the oven, only the microwave function". So I ran downstairs and sure enough he put it in the microwave for 30 minutes. Luckily it was only in for 30 seconds. After that my mom would only buy microwave meals when she would not cook for us....
Wfhdhshsjsjskksjsjs · 1 points · Posted at 07:17:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time my mom at 60 years old put raw chicken in the microwave and cooked it all the way through and had it for dinner. I got take out instead.
TexterMorgan · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my town’s power goes out, all traffic lights become blinking red 4 way stops. The chaos that ensues is incredible. Seemingly no one knows what to do, who goes first, turning rules, anything.
wovenloaf · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Motoring a sailboat when the motor cuts out.
anotherzombiedrone · 1 points · Posted at 07:18:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
New hire at work, didnt know how to wash dishes.
SineWaveMood · 1 points · Posted at 07:19:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ķk
katiezkewl · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an old roommate that let a bunch of oil sit on high heat for about 30 minutes. She told me she was waiting for it to boil when i asked her wtf she was doing
Peepanana · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend told me her partner at Home Econs class was so clueless about cooking, when the teacher said rinse the chicken before cooking, she washed the chicken with detergent.
nasports · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My buddy in college did not cook ever, but he came home with one of those frozen meals that you cook in oil in a pan. He stood near the stove for like 30 minutes just zoning out and everyone once in a while looking at the burner for some reason. I finally went over to ask him what was up and he said “I think the burner is broken the oil isn’t boiling yet”. I said holy shit dude, wet my hands and flung some water in, making a loud popping noise. That oil was hot as fuck and he thought oil worked the same as water for pasta, it needed to be boiling.
ChiTown_Bound · 1 points · Posted at 07:20:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
While overseas somebody got their bread stuck in a toaster that wouldn’t pop up. Some local guy working the kitchen ran over with a butterknife and was about to stick it in the toaster to try and get the burning toast out because it was smoking. Everybody screamed at him, he didn’t even think to unplug the fucking thing. Unbelievable to watch a grown man do that.
DeNkI_SaY_YaAAy_desu · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know how to make tea
JessToshisWaifu · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn't an adult but what this whole family's kids couldn't do even though they were all a good amount older than me was incredible I was maybe 8 or 9 when I first met them all in a church group my family tried to be a part of and I could tie my shoelaces since a few years ago this family's oldest son was 14 or 15 and even he couldn't tie his shoelaces these kids parents just bought them all velcro shoes!!!....it was pretty sad and pitiful such irresponsible parents I wouldn't be surprised if after all these years they still couldn't tie their shoelaces
TheGabeCat · 1 points · Posted at 07:21:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an ex who would “peel” her sausages before cooking them whole. Told her it wasn’t needed and she laughed and went right back to it.
Moghe_of_Kyrnn · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate almost made the mistake of pouring a liter of water on to a grease fire he started while cooking. Thankfully I was able to knock it out of his hands before he caught the apartment on fire.
ShoppingForBillions · 1 points · Posted at 07:22:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former colleague did not having a bank account and had no clue that direct deposit existed.
NCLAXMOM26 · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends son who is 21 had no clue what a stamp was. Didn't know where to buy them or anything. He legit had to Google stamps
BearMcBearFace · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm from the UK and lived in a shared house with other international students in a foreign country. All of us were over 21 so definitely in to our adulting life.
I woke up one morning to the smoke detector going nuts and my American housemate just shrieking "I was just trying to make tea like you guys do!!!!". Our plastic kettle was now looking like a Dalí piece on the top of the hob with black smoke pouring out of the bottom of it.
KimraePlays · 1 points · Posted at 07:23:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many years ago my wife (we were dating at the time, must have been late teens) was a camp counselor for a weekend over the summer and was making herself some breakfast when my mother (so glad she was there) yelled across the cafeteria at her to stop because she was about to stick a metal knife into the toaster to acquire her toast. She had no idea why that might have been a bad idea, but let me tell you my mother was dying laughing when she called to tell me about it.
sintos-compa · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reversing with a trailer
FunkSoleBrother · 1 points · Posted at 07:25:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sorta adulting, my roommate in college doesn’t know how to blow his nose. Also relevant but not really adulting is that he physically doesn’t know how to kiss.
HedonisticCamus · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uni house mate cleaned the table with a vacuüm....
poldekrosmol85 · 1 points · Posted at 07:27:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A collegue noticed the moon up in the sky.
she gasps and says: "how is this possible? You can see the moon during the day?"
Thought she was kidding … she wasn't. Had to explain solar rays reflecting on the moon's surface is not only happening at night.
She was 31 years old.
HeWhoSlaysNoobs · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife told me a few stories about her brother when they had an apartment together.
He thought a credit card was “free money”. Like a gift card. When you hit the limit and it was declined, you ran out.
He didn’t know how to address mail and you needed stamps.
He grew up before GPS and was terrible at remembering directions. He couldn’t navigate anywhere.
He would get anxiety over going to the bank because he didn’t know how to withdraw or deposit. I guess he basically handed over his license and relied on the teller to do it for him? That last one baffles me.
He’s a trip.
pearlprincess123 · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with someone who told me the microwave wasn't heating her milk. Turns out a) she was using defrost mode and b) she was using a steel glass. Turns out 2 wrongs prevented an accident.
Brokepapa123 · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had to teach a 20 year old how to use a broom. Apparently the chore list growing up, for him, was vacuum carpets...his sister's was always sweep floors...it was just something he'd never had a chance to learn.
Shabblesmith · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate (28) refuses to wash pots properly (ie. In hot soapy water). He'll rinse them with hot water over the course of a day or two, then use them again when he needs to.
He admitted to never having the need to wash up because his parents owned a dishwasher, and there's "no written rules or laws on how to wash pots properly".
Despite explaining the hygienic benefits, he just doesn't care and sees it as more effort being required to wash them "properly".
SparkWife · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work as a healthcare assistant in a nursing home. We'd usually have an agency care assistant on every shift; some were regulars, others we'd only see once and then never again. This is about one of our regulars. I asked her to make some cheese on toast for one of our residents. Having only a little kitchenette on the unit, we'd have to make the toast, add cheese and put it in the microwave for ~20 seconds so the cheese was just melty. I ask her to do that while I'm helping a co-worker with another resident. Co-worker and I come back out about ten minutes later and all we can smell is smoke. We go down to the kitchen and the door has been wedged shut by the nurse, he and our agency lady are trying to air out the kitchen and get rid of the smoke. Turns out she'd just put cheese between two untoasted slices of bread like a sandwich and put that in the microwave. I have no idea how she did this, but she set the microwave to cook for 85 minutes. I don't know what she pressed bc it was literally one of those 'press to add 30 secs' microwaves. She was actually a lovely woman and really good with our residents, but just couldn't make cheese on toast
JustARandomNetUser · 1 points · Posted at 07:30:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex honestly thought women pee’d from their clitoris. Deadass. He was a grown ass adult.
xOrionis · 1 points · Posted at 07:31:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother worked in a hospital in New York during 9/11. She was there when it happened and wasn’t allowed to leave the hospital, as it was staying open with as many staff as they could keep in case a mass amount of patients got sent in.
A few years ago, I was driving with her, my father, and my s/o into the city. She turned to my father and said, “I wonder if we can see the twin towers from here.” My father, bewildered turned to her and said, “Think about what you just said.”
My mother just kinda blinked and stared at him in confusion. We were all too shocked to say anything, so no one corrected her and she later asked again to see the twin towers.
inspirature · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew someone that didn’t understand that when making a grilled cheese you don’t put the cheese on the pan first, then the bread, but rather the other way around. She complained about the sandwich always sticking and burning which confused us all, and I only found out what was happening one day when I woke up to the smell of burning cheese and my mother going “what the fuck” and running into the kitchen. We had to teach her how to cook basic things because she had never had to. She was 20 years old and had never had to cook for herself, the kitchen staff at her parents restaurant always did it for her.
JuliusBilly · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know if this technically counts, but forewarning, it’s dark.
A high school PE teacher’s college aged daughter was hanging out with her boyfriend and her cousin. The girl bought a pistol to protect herself, as her college town is extremely seedy. She had never taken firearms training classes.
Her boyfriend asked to see the gun. He was fiddling around with it, and asked if it was loaded. She said no. He checked the clip, and it was indeed empty. He handed it back. She stared down the sights, and fired. The bullet in the chamber ricocheted off a wall and struck her cousin. He bled out.
TLDR; always check the chamber.
yourbrotherrex · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Dad doesn't know how to use a smartphone to make phone calls.
He had a Pixel, couldn't figure it out, and always asked for help (while blaming me for breaking his phone, of course.)
I told him that he basically wasn't smart enough to use an Android phone, and relegated him to an iPhone.
(That solved about half of his issues, but I still get him yelling at me to "fix" his phone so he can actually call someone.)
Then I look at his toolbar, and he's always turning off data somehow, and turning on shit that he can't use anyway, like Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, etc.
He'd fuck up two cans and a string, and find some reason to blame it on me somehow.
puppycat69 · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This guy I worked with a few years ago at a bakery/cafe was supposed to clean the dirty and greasy walls/bannisters instead he found some paint and just painted over the dirty walls. He didn’t use primer, a paintbrush, gloves, nothing. He didn’t even put up a “wet paint sign”. Lots of customers were covered in dirty wet paint by the end of the day.
eighttthree · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the first month at uni my housemate asked me to teach him how to fry an egg. He decided it looked too complicated so went back to making them scrambled in the microwave. Months later I made a crumble and he asked where you buy the crumble bit from... I really hope he learnt to cook at some point.
justabrickintheoil · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A 18 year old girl I briefly dated was surprised when her hand was nearly burnt by steam coming off boiling water.
"Steam is hot??"
SlyFoxInACave · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once a guy told me he's on a diet called "if my wife don't cook I don't eat". I thought he was joking but he said some seriously sad stuff. First he said he was going to find the manual to the microwave to see if he could figure it out. Then later he said he was just going to eat some bread and think about chicken. He said it with such a serious tone that I finally asked if he was serious. Apparently this guy has never fed hi,self once in his entire life. Someone has always cooked for him or prepared his meal.
snocks97 · 1 points · Posted at 07:33:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Housemates didn’t know why you’re supposed to empty the lint trap....might as well been a quilted blanket in there before I moved in
_affogato_ · 1 points · Posted at 07:34:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate thought grilled cheese involved frying cheese and putting it between bread
Blastonite · 1 points · Posted at 07:35:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The oldest one in the book here. Recently took in a friend for a roommate to help them out. 1 day my wife asks why he never cooks and anyways orders out. I shit you not when he claimed he didn't even know how to properly make mac n cheese. And that he refuses to learn to cook because he doesn't like the way raw meat feels. It blew my mind. This 28 year old refuses to buy groceries in any form because he doesn't care too learn to cook.
Nlbf-Supreme · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my college roommate how to make microwave popcorn. Like take the plastic off and put the shit in the microwave kind of thing :|
Heebojurbles · 1 points · Posted at 07:37:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a classmate in college geology that asked our professor “Why don’t we just crash a meteor into Earth for more land?” I’ll never forget the blank stares and silence that followed.
cookie_monstra · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roomate didn't know how to:
Cook an omelette (you need to put a bit of oil on the pan)
Do the laundry (you don't really clean if you only use fabric softener)
Flip the main power switch after causing electrical shortage, and not aware you can only connect as much electrical appliances to one cap
Do not put damp clothes in your closet
Washing the floors (no, a damp cloth ran across the floor with no polish doesn't clean anything, just push around dirt)
The girl was in her 30s and a childhood friend. I was so shook
ReaPex00 · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk if this counts but I havn´t had "real" sex yet. I only had dry sex and I am super scared to do something wrong or mess something up when the time comes.
Balcil · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It sounds like you had bad sex education so watch some videos on this YouTube channel. This is a channel dedicated to sex educationl
https://www.youtube.com/user/sexplanations
ReaPex00 · 2 points · Posted at 09:40:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean the only thing we were thought is that sex is bad and a sinn! Thank you for that link
Balcil · 2 points · Posted at 10:08:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please use protection like condoms. She has videos and how to use them. Condoms are important to prevent pregnancy and disease. When I say disease I mean STI‘s.
Women have three holes down there. Asshole vagina urethra.
Foreplay is important. So everyone can get excited and enjoy the experience. And if you don’t feel like doing sex that is OK. This is an intimate experience. If you don’t trust someone, you shouldn’t have sex with them.
Lube is important. The vagina should produce a lubricant when aroused. And if it’s not enough you need to get lube. Otherwise it can be painful for the woman at least
Consent is the most important thing. This can change at any time so watch body language not just listening for words.
ReaPex00 · 2 points · Posted at 10:35:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks for your advice. I never thought I'd be taught about sex better on reddit than I am in school.
Balcil · 2 points · Posted at 10:40:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sadly that is true in the south.
Teens can think very stupid things are true if they’re not taught the basics. Reminds me of a case in China where a Married couple was trying to get pregnant. It turns out that they were accidentally doing anal sex instead of normal sex because they were never taught the basics
paulusblarticus · 1 points · Posted at 07:38:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somebody I know had a new expensive car (it was about 2008 and it wasn't common like today with new cars that you could press a button to fold in the mirrors). I occasionally drove the car and as a guy who loves cars, i like to find out what the buttons are for (i actually read the manual). So when i found the button to fold in the mirrors, i noticed it did not work on the drivers site. Long story short: The person always folded the mirrors manually by hand and broke it...
Not horrifying but worth mentioning: I was on the road by car with my friend (her car) when we stopped for petrol. She asked me If i can do it, because she has never done it before. She told me her dad always did it for her. She had her driving license for more than a year by then. I showed it to her that day.
Pitlozedruif · 1 points · Posted at 07:39:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Refilling oil on a car, she did not even know you have to do that. So car almost broke down. She asked me what the red light was on the dashboard. It was on for a while she said.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 07:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A chick I worked with was supposed to get an orange prepared for a patient. I watched her grab an apple corer/slicer. I asked her what she was doing and she said, "I don't do it this way? I've never done this before."
sillyfried · 1 points · Posted at 07:42:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time in college my buddies took mushrooms and halfway through their trip the toaster oven caught on fire and they luckily just happened to notice. Turns out another housemate of ours had put pizza rolls in on a paper plate and went back upstairs to his room. Here’s the kicker, pizza rolls boy wasn’t even on anything.
Before it got out of hand, the only other sober person there used the fire extinguisher to put it out while they watched in amazement, but come on!
allegedtriggerman · 1 points · Posted at 07:43:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was supervising a group of people. One had to teach another, in explicit detail, how to use a hammer.
ivakoo · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My experience is mostly related to animal families. My brother was around 13 when he realized that sparrow is not pigeon's son. Also, my friend asked me whether the HUSBAND of the sheep is a ram or a buck... She was around 20 at that time...
RealMoonpie · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my ex wanted to clean the bathroom, he took some bathroom cleaner, sprayed it all over the shower and then after a while he would just go over it with water, without even scrubbing it with anything! He also bought the really expensive one, because in the promotion they were always showing how they sprayed something and then the dirt was gone with one swipe. Needless to say, the bathroom always stayed dirty.
He was also unable to manage his money. He earned around 350€ while his parents payed his rent every month and also bought him every piece of clothing and still he would somehow never have any money left. Then he would complain about how the money was never enought. I wanted to help him and went through all of his expenses once... He bought extremely expensive food EVERY day, like a whole steak. He would pay 100€ for his phone contract every month, saying it was something that he got it when he was 16. He was super materialistic and bought some gem stones because he liked them, like wtf you don't do that when you're a student! Once when he had less than 100€ left he bought a ring from Ebay for 30€ to see whether it was made from gold or not, he wanted to sell it for profit. We went to a jeweler to check it and shocker: it wasn't gold. He literally yeeted that ring in the trash around the next corner, cause it was worthless now. His parents were on the wealthier side so he was super materialistic, needed to buy something for himself at least every two weeks.
He had like 250€ every month to spend on food luxuries and he spend it all, while I spent 120€ every month for myself including food. It's really freaky comparing him to my current boyfriend who is super responsible when it comes to money and life choices.
PrincesaMetapod · 1 points · Posted at 07:49:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends roommate. She was this rich indian girl who we assumed never had to do anything by herself. She didn't know you have to put ice-cream in the freezer, she out it in the fridge and was sad because it melted.
please_no_i_beg · 1 points · Posted at 07:50:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 13. My friend didn't know how to turn on a computer
Gludens · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
After a long day out fishing with two of my friends we set up camp and prepared to make a fire. My one friend takes a log and swings our axe with full force splitting the log but there's a sharp metal clang to it and sparks fly all around. Turns out he had placed the log on a rock intentionally to have the log stand upright.
MagicThestral982 · 1 points · Posted at 07:51:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was making lemonade with a friend at my college dorm. Went to put sugar in water and he genuinely asks "would the sugar dissolve in this water? Don't you have to heat it up?" I lost it. Didn't know how to react.
Blazinghorizons21 · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate for about six months. Two weeks in he finally had to do his laundry. After he had finished I went to set my dirty clothes in the washer to discover that the stupid bastard put tide pods in the liquid detergent slot.
MortalForce · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met a guy from Dartmouth in London. We were in a hostel, and he saw me cooking. He asked me how often I cook "fancy food".
The fancy food in question? Pasta with pre cooked chicken, pesto, and maybe some cheese.
chriswfoster · 1 points · Posted at 07:53:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Here come the down votes... But swimming. We went camping once, and 1 friend was "unsure" about the water. Then he kept bobbing up and down when we went deeper into the water. Sometimes head under. Nobody really notice they just thought he was being weird until he stepped off some ledge under the water. He went down several feet, shot back up just enough to scream and went back down.
I swam over thinking he was stuck or something bit him, he was shooting back up again and hit me, then grabbed hold and I pulled him up. He let out a blood curdling scream.. I taught him to float by just keeping a lot of air in your lungs, and I taught him how to doggy paddle, that same weekend.
I don't talk to many people, but I'd say 1/8th of them can't swim. Wtf lol sorry.
AdmiralDumpling · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is pretty minor all things considered, but I live in a pretty conservative country, and I had a friend who didn't know how gay sex worked, she thought that one guy would insert his dick in the other guy's dick lmao. Don't know how she came up with that imagery.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:13:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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AdmiralDumpling · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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DonnyOsmondlover · 1 points · Posted at 07:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My good friend didn't know you had to turn the dishwasher on for it to wash the dishes. He's nearly 27 What the fuck
facepalm
Kentuckyfriedforskin · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying, bit frustrating nonetheless. My girlfriend didn't know what I meant when I asked her to dice the onions.
Jhiri · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girl (~19 — 20 years old) training as a receptionist that didn't know how to work out how much 50% was. She was shown how to work it out by at least 6 different people and still didn't get it. Needless to say she didn't stay for long. Skip forward a few year, similar story different girl.
chocco259 · 1 points · Posted at 07:55:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend genuinely thinks movies set in space, were actually shot in space.
WaywardAnus · 1 points · Posted at 07:58:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Almost broke up with a girl that wanted me to believe that in her 23 years of life she had never heard of chewing hotwings with her mouth closed
lez3ro · 1 points · Posted at 07:58:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 25 and I regularly watch my parents think that everyone that is nice to them is their best friend. Even store clerks etc. Then proceed to lose any faith in humanity when they realise that in fact the store clerk wasn't in love with then as a person. At the same time they would ask a store owner if a specific product they want is "good". Of course they say yes, and then if the product wasn't as good they think the store owner is a liar and a thief
Flying_Whale_Eazyed · 1 points · Posted at 07:59:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister (25) told us recently that she just found out why she was failing every time she tried to cook something. She cooks everything in the oven for some reason and always thought it was just because her oven sucked that all of her cakes and dishes ended up burned on the surface and not cooked inside.
Well, you guessed it by the description she was ALWAYS using the grill function of her oven.
Oh and she doesn't know how to read a clock too.
To be fair I'm 21 and I still struggle with laces.
Oktapooose · 1 points · Posted at 08:00:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
32 yo guy I lived with had to ask how to use the washing machine. I gave him detailed instructions. Yet he couldnt retain them, I had to keep teaching him. Also would have to teach him how to clean, what product to use, where we keep them etc. All the time. Even though he had lived in the house for 6months or so. Weirdest thing.
Possessed_potato · 1 points · Posted at 08:01:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Wanted to play some dnd so I found a dm who supposedly knew what they where doing.
They didn't know squat shit about the game, be it rolling skill checks or how the wisdom stat worked. They also asked us what to do when helped a character. They ended up trying to TPK us with a blue ancient dragon to play with "more competent players"
Jackm941 · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Most stuff on bad womens anatomy but irl stuff men dont know about women is fucking unreal and i feel sorry for lots of women out there.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i knew someone who googled “how to boil an egg” because they legit didn’t know. this person was in their 40’s.
Bumblebitchboy · 1 points · Posted at 08:03:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My current housemate doesn't know how to do anything. I'm pretty sure he was babied or something because he doesn't know how to do the laundry, he doesn't know how to turn on the dishwasher, he rarely vacuums and when he does half the floor is still dirty. He rarely showers and I have to ask him to shut the fuck up every night because he games with his friends till 2 and I can't sleep when he yells. Aka an actual nightmare.
gernstine · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I'm in a metal shop and this dude walks up to me and asks "what pressure should the ranks be at" and and another time " how do I turn on the ark welding machine" it terrified me because this was after a year of seeing him in the shop. He could've killed us all and j have no clue what he was doing the whole if he didn't know how to turn the machine one
Jakethadoggg · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hog ties?
gthaatar · 1 points · Posted at 08:04:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wrote a story about it on here when it happened but I encountered a customer who insisted she had no idea how to unplug something from the wall.
I literally had to explain how to do it. I died a little.
peterscandle · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Imagine making up really detailed instructions
judha_davids · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend in school who never learned how to blow her nose, not that it ran all the time she just said she really never learned
Lokarin · 1 points · Posted at 08:05:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad tried cooking scalloped potatoes in a casserole dish... fair enough
...
On the stove top :V
abul786786 · 1 points · Posted at 08:06:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/uxC7x2_FTwU
LunaEclipso999 · 1 points · Posted at 08:08:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sisters boyfriend couldn't boil water
thechadster42069 · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend kept complaining about smoke coming from his sink lol. He didn’t know the water has to be running while the sink disposal was on and went threw two of them and never realized it. The only reason he found out was because his girlfriend was over and pointed out what he was doing wrong poor guy lmao.
affemannen · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dude tried to boil an egg..... No water... This was in the service and in Sweden were school is free and everyone had home ed. I dont think we have that anymore in schools but way back when i went everyone learned basic cooking and general workings around the home. We even learned to budget, clean and how to wash dishes.
A_guy_named_Daniel · 1 points · Posted at 08:09:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a colleague at work who brings remainders to work in a plastic bag. I've seen him heat it in the microwave several times, and always get surprised why some of the plastic melted into his food... He'd still eat all the food afterwards though - doesn't seem to bother him that much.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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A_guy_named_Daniel · 1 points · Posted at 10:23:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm afraid of him. He's always yelling and complaining about other colleagues behind their back.
rosehannah99 · 1 points · Posted at 08:10:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was having a conversation with someone from work about my new car and how excited I was that I no longer had to worry about my engine light being on. She then told me that her check oil light had been on for a week or so. I asked her if she had actually checked the oil and she said she didn’t know how. I showed her how to check the oil and it was completely empty. She seemed surprised when I told her that her engine could blow if it stayed like this. I was completely amazed that this grown woman could get through life without checking her oil even once.
TitaniumDreads · 1 points · Posted at 08:10:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College Roommate ate nothing but kraft macaroni and cheese for a month. He ended up going to the hospital bc he didn't shit for 9 days. They had to dilate his rectum and dig the shit out by hand.
This is a legitimately brilliant dude, like he's quite wealthy doing artificial intelligence stuff now but he did not put it together that he was sick from the macaroni and cheese only diet.
Shaakaakaa · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was complaining how the public women's bathroom kept getting clogged and how a customer was probably flushing tampons or pads down the toilet. My coworker dead ass asked me if I was joking about how you should NOT do that. I just had to stare at her and ask if she was joking about me thinking I was joking. Then had to explain why there's a small trashcan next to the toilet and she mumbled back "Maybe that's why we have plumbing issues abs has to call a plumber to her house every few months."
LufaMouse · 1 points · Posted at 08:11:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Caught my roommate pouring dawn into the dishwasher.
Coffee____Addict · 1 points · Posted at 08:15:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've just been reading through this and making a list of things I need to make sure my future kids know.
grfckrn · 1 points · Posted at 08:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a spoiled roomie, who loved takeaway duck in peanut sauce. To reheat it, she would put the duck breasts, dripping with peanut sauce, on the oven rack. The burnt bits of sauce got left behind, cause they’ll magically disappear...
She also mentioned how great it is, that our flat would never get dusty. My clean roomie regularly dusted off all our furniture (bless her).
We once had a small secret birthday party on our dumb roomies balcony (she was at her boyfriends) and some green candle wax dripped on the floor. She got home, saw the wax and turned somewhat white: She genuinely thought it came from aliens.
Also, her mom believes in angels and supposedly will visit some angel convention (?!) every year in LA (we‘re Europeans).
Her father is a renowned University professor and she‘s able to travel, that makes it so great!
EscalationProtocol · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Elementary/Primary school level maths. With ~70% of everyone I've ever met.
jackoirl · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I asked my fiancé to break an egg once years ago.
She held it in her hand over the bowl then just crunched it like she was crunching a ball of paper
ButtercuntSquash · 1 points · Posted at 08:16:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My manager told the new girl one day to stock the shelves with boxes of tea bags. Not only did she open the delivery box, she opened the actual packaging. Imagine our faces when we were met with a shelf featuring stacks upon stacks of teabags!
Hizzle_bizzle · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Old roommate fell asleep with lit candles sitting on a wooden computer desk. Only found out after he moved out and I was cleaning his empty room and found the huge blackened char marks on the table where the candle had burned down to it's base and miraculously gone out.
EmsH91 · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my 36yo bf that cling film is used to cover things and heat them in the microwave.
He thought it would melt because its technically plastic.
WhatThePale · 1 points · Posted at 08:17:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to read an analogue watch, at 23
randomusername1995 · 1 points · Posted at 08:18:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was cooking with my boyfriend at the time and asked him to chop up an onion. He works in a restaurant and he didn’t peel it. Just chopped everything together and put it in the pan
KyIieJenner · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Our entire household got into a debate with a single roommate about how you can’t microwave foil.
She was adamant that you can and that you’re not supposed to microwave plastic wrap. We all told her that she had it wrong but she was insisting she was right and that she had always microwaved food with foil. After like 10 minutes of explaining to her that it’s never ok she googled it to prove to us that we were wrong.
I don’t understand how a 24 year old can be so confident that foil doesn’t produce aurora borealis, at this time of year.
bananabrekkie · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is it: https://youtu.be/qpH1goouCLQ
t5throwaway · 1 points · Posted at 08:20:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was squeezing fruit in a fruit bowl to tell which was the ripest to eat, my friend (who is several years older than me) starts making fun of me for 'playing' with the fruit... I had to teach him how to check for ripe fruit
pisspoorplanning · 1 points · Posted at 08:21:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to work with someone who would put melted butter down the sink to ‘unblock’ it.
krupt-temple · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
People reversing in a vehicle
PM_ME_UR_FAV_THINGS · 1 points · Posted at 08:22:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was living in the dorms during college I walked past this girl in the common room that was staring at the microwave that was sparking, I run over and turn it off. She had put in a plate of pizza covered with foil. She was totally confused and after I explained the fire risk to her, she said “oh well I didn’t know you can’t use foil/metal in the microwave, my mom has always done it for me”.
I think about it often
samnnamani12 · 1 points · Posted at 08:23:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to finally get myself to overcome the phobia of flipping the egg with the pan. I did it by telling myself “fxck it, if the egg falls off, then it is what is”
Inkymonster · 1 points · Posted at 08:25:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My buddy booked a holiday for a few of us to Spain, said we would land back into London Gatwick around 11.30pm, we live about 2 hours away from London so I asked how we were getting back home that night, he said ‘we’ll take the train, you (speaking to me) work in transport you should know this’
He wasn’t aware regular train services don’t run all night in the UK, despite using them his whole life... he now works with me in transport
r_l_d · 1 points · Posted at 08:26:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was at a highschool camp but we were 17 at the time. It was my group's turn to do the cooking and this guy in my group didn't know how to grate cheese. He was sliding the cheese in the opposite direction and it just resulted in a mush. I asked him what he was doing and he admitted that he had never cooked in any way before. Some people live very sheltered lives. I wonder how he is going now, I imagine he eats a lot of takeaway
itsadriannaa · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend in college who asked to use my microwave to heat up her pizza rolls because she didn’t have one in her room. I didn’t see a problem, and happily let her use it. She popped them in and we went next door to talk to another friend for a bit while they cooked. When she remembered her pizza rolls, we went back to my room real quick to get them. She opened the microwave and smoke came out along with the worst smell of burnt pizza. Every single pizza roll was so burnt they looked like nuggets of charcoal. I asked her how long she had put them in. She said 10 minutes......TEN. For about a handful of pizza rolls! I asked her what made her think 10 minutes was the appropriate time and she said that’s what the cook time was on the box. I pulled the box out of the trashcan to show her that was the time to cook them in an oven. Apparently, she didn’t have much experience with microwaves and she thought it was the same as an oven. It took days to get that smell out of my room
sleepy-shaun · 1 points · Posted at 08:27:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My co-worker did not know how to make tea. It was time for our lunch break, and because I know she likes tea I boiled some water while setting the table. I told her I already boiled the water so she could make tea, but then she asked what to do with the water. Apparently her mom always made her tea and she had never done it before. She even asked if she was supposed to put the teabag directly into the water or if she should 'rip it open and mix it in'..
SunnyTtr · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jeder Weg den Mann einschlägt weißt auf ein ganz neues Leben hin. Somit ist jede Entscheidung gravierend und es fällt mir gerade wenn es um die Liebe geht schwer mich zu entscheiden, aber wenn dann der Funken springt bin ich dem ausgeliefert..! Diese Menschen haben dann so einen Macht über mich, die Zerstörend wirken kann, ehr liegt meine Liebe sehr nah bei Traurigkeit überspielt von Hass. Jedes verletzende wirkt auch nur verletzend, weil ich mich darauf eingelassen habe oder einlassen wollte. Die gewisse Dame von der gerade die Rede ist verhält sich in den Sozialenmedien wie die Hure von Babylon... es kreisen die ganze Zeit Kerle um sie herum schlabbern sie ab und das scheint ihr zugefallen. Wenn sie meint sich damit schmücken zu können, ich weiß ja nicht was diese Personen sich einbilden zusein scheinen, aber das sind wohl ganz tolle Gockel... naja ich dachte sie wäre eine Vernünftige wohl erzogene Lady die sich so etwas nicht gefallen lässt, aber nein sie postet das ja sogar noch. Was sie sich selbst damit antun ist, dass sie irgendwann als billig da steht und dann keiner mehr etwas von ihr wissen will. Da bringen die Gockel auch nicht mehr, die sind dann zudem weg. Vielleicht sehe ich das auch verdreht, aber wäre sie meine Frau gewesen und jemand anderes küsst sie auch wenn’s nur auf die Wange ist mit dem Gesichtsausdruck.... Jeses Maria... lass mich nicht zugegen sein! Ich bin jetzt erstmal raus aus den sozialen und weiß auch nicht wohin mit mir, meine Gefühlswelt..? Keine Ahnung... was ich noch denken glauben fühlen soll. Will eigentlich nur noch schlafen, aber wollte Mum heute beim Umzug helfen. Erreiche sie aber auch nicht, also werde ich jetzt erstmal wieder schlafen. Ich weiß nicht ob noch etwas aus ihr und mir wird, es trifft mich alles sehr und somit, sind meine Gefühle da, nur ob sie mir gut tun ist eine andere Frage und ob sie sich um tut die andere... evtl. ist auch wieder alles Absicht um meine Fokus auf irgendwas zu lenken, aber das sind so würde jeder sagen Paranoia, genau wie so manch andere Dinge die ich niemanden erzählen kann... konnte... und vieles bewegt habe. Peace out
reelru · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
God okay so my second year of college i moved out of the dorms with my previous roommate and two friends. I chose the two friends because they were very vocal about how dirty everything was in the common room and how OF COURSE cleaning was a part of cooking and everyone should pitch in to tasks!
Turns out they thought “cleaning is a part of cooking” meant you just had to put your dishes in the sink and throw trash away. No wiping anything down, no rinsing pots, no soaking dishes. We set up a chore list where one roommate did the dishes and refused to do anything else and the other just complained about my “apathy” when it came to cleaning. They just didn’t understand that you were supposed to clean up after yourself and I didn’t want to constantly clean the stove because they refused to wipe it down.
I tried to talk to them about it but they just said that I was raised in a “hyper-anal” household and I was being unfair. (I refused to sweep/mop because they walked through the house with shoes and the kitchen had food splatters all over the floors)
I have never met people so out of touch with reality before.
real_jonno · 1 points · Posted at 08:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Loads when I joined the military. Guys in their early 20’s who had NEVER cooked a basic meal, washed or ironed clothes, sewn a button, polished shoes, and in one tragic case, dried himself after a shower - “cos mommy always does that”. Jesus H. Christ.. I could do all of that before I got into double digit years. Thank fuck for practical parenting.
WiseElin · 1 points · Posted at 08:32:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-flatmate got a scammed by phone-scammers. He got a call from so called “Microsoft Engineer” telling him they are trying to catch a hacker and they need his laptop access. He gives his teamviever credentials, stays on a phone with the “engineer” for hours. Then they asked him to send them money and it will be refunded when hacker is caught. 24 hour later he ends up sending them over 2 thousand euros to a columbian western union post.
When I asked my flatmate what is wrong with hid he said they had local phone number so he thought they are legit. Also that he couldn’t send them more since the bank didn’t let his withdraw more than 2k euros a day. This sounds surreal and most of my friends still can’t believe he did it.
TLTR; my friend sent fake microsoft scammers over 2k euros to catch a hacker. I hope he learned a valuable lesson.
hansini123 · 1 points · Posted at 08:32:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked as stage hand (basically setting up music stages for concerts or festivals) for an holiday Job when I was sixteen and and when I had to screw two big floor elements of a stage together I screwed and screwed and it kept being lose, a co worker looked at me and told me I had to screw into the other direction, which was already pretty embarrassing to work in such an Workfield and not noing how to srew, so I started screwing the other way around and I kept going and going.. pop the screw broke ...
The look of disappointment in my co workers eyes ...
DrPhilter · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend, of 20 years, microwaved a metal bowl in our first place living in together. I heard the zapping ran in and made him stop it. He didn't know he couldn't microwave the bowl because he assumed if it was dishwasher safe it'd surely be microwave safe.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:33:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker straight up told me she didn’t know how to boil and egg. I sat there explaining to her all you do is put the egg in boiling water for a few minutes then pull it out and peel it. She was adamant that she could not do it. It still shocks me to this day.
UndercoverFruit · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm always the one who doesn't know.
TastyRun1 · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me too🙋
UndercoverFruit · 1 points · Posted at 20:54:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's not fun.
shawnhansema · 1 points · Posted at 08:34:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have one that’s more just a weird family tradition. My sister’s friend entire family poops by taking their pants and underwear off, an then spreading their legs as far and wide as possible while sitting on the toilet and taking a sh*t.
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 10:46:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lololololololol I nearly pissed myself reading this.
notsolittleoldme · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My colleague (mid 20s) did not know how to use the bus - she didn't understand the concept of bus stops at all. Amazing. NB I live in the UK, so public transport is not the great unknown as it is in large parts of the US.
PM_ME_WHOLESOMECORGI · 1 points · Posted at 08:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a new guy at my fast food job who complained to me that the managers hadn’t taught him how to open our paper bags to put the food in. There was nothing special, they were just standard paper bags.
He was fired within 2 weeks.
bangtanimosity · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m 18 so I know I barely qualify as an adult, but I was dogsitting for the neighbors a few months ago. The dogs were on a strict diet and required can food, but the cans didn’t have snap tops so I actually had to take out my phone and look up how to use a can opener...
Luckily I was there by myself to save me from embarrassment, but it felt like I wasn’t when I read the youtube comments! There were so many other adults who didn’t know how to use one, which made me relieved that I wasn’t alone, but also the people shaming everyone watching the video for not knowing how to use a can opener (we had it coming). I learned a lot that day
RyeSto · 1 points · Posted at 08:36:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not how to do this but how do you not know. A 30-something I was dating (to use the American term) was from Liverpool. We were watching telly and the weather came on. We lived near to the city at that point. I commented that it’s going to rain tomorrow and she said no it’s not. So I flicked back 30 secs to show her and I pointed to the rain over Liverpool and she said that’s not where Liverpool is. Where do you think Liverpool is then? She thought Liverpool was towards Anglesey. I honestly could not think of anything to say. She had the brains but she obviously missed her geography lessons and never watched the “local” weather. I still struggle to understand that.
Jhovall · 1 points · Posted at 08:37:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working in an amusement park in The Netherlands 10 years back or so as a holiday job. I had been working there for a few years so I was 2nd manager of the hamburger place.
So there was this kid, who wasn't the brightest of them all, very friendly, but very stupid. He cleaned tables while people where still eating, ran the dishwashing machine with only one plate, gave free cola to children because he liked them.
There were two incidents:
- TL Bar: The TL bar broke down in the middle of the shift, and instead of waiting till after the shift he decided during rush-hour to leave his hamburger post, get a ladder and 'fix' the TL-bar by Pulling it down. Not turning the bar first to remove it, no... pulling it down... Leading to it breaking and spilling all kinds of glass and stuff on the hamburgers... That was his 1st warning
- He was fired when one of the machinal Frying pans of 20L caught fire. He didn't inform anyone, he just grabbed a bucket, filled it with 10L water and proceeded to walk towards the Frying pan. Luckily he encountered me, and asked: "Watcha doin' with that Bucket during the middle of a working day, cleaning is after 18.00."
He frantically responded that I had to get out of his way NOW, since the Frying pans were burning and ran past me, me standing dumbfounded for a few seconds. I ran after him and got in a bit of a struggle when I tried to take the bucket from him....
THIS GUY WANTED TO THROW 10L of water on a 20L Frying pan...
Alpinekiwi · 1 points · Posted at 08:38:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hired a couple real nice lads to host in my ski chalet one winter a few years ago. They were amazing and the guests all loved them.
However, during the first week I was noticing things that were like ‘how do you not know this?’
Examples:
Cups and glasses in the dishwasher sitting upright. Looking at me confused when I asked how clean they would be if they stayed like that?
Using the microwave as an egg timer all morning. It was empty. The glass plate exploded.
Using the vacuum cleaner to clean out hot fire ashes. It caught on fire.
Those two were ace. I’m still in contact with them.
ions82 · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There once was a graduate student who owned a car that was low on windshield fluid. She asked the professor she worked with how to fill it. He told her, "Just go buy some and dump it in!". She did, and the next day her car quit running. She assumed all fluids for the car go in through the same place.
glitterycreature · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once had a friend who thought she was pregnant, so she took a test and it was negative. But she didn't feel reassured by me saying it was negative and she wasn't pregnant. Why? "Well people always say 'we're expecting, so doesn't my boyfriend need to take one aswell??'
....and our sex ed isn't that bad here in Norway
benalogtim · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working as supervisor for large cleaning crew, and i have so many stories about these things i don’t know where to start and stop.
But one of the best ones is that I had a girl who, during her interview said she had been cleaning for years and years and how clean a room was when she left it. Then on her first day, i had to show her how to turn on and use a vacuumcleaner cus she never knew how.
PersonCalledThur · 1 points · Posted at 08:40:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm a student consultant helping people with their statistics an research design for their theses. This one girl came in and asked me tips on possible ways to analyze her questionnaire. I told her she really had to rethink her questionnaire in order for it to be useful. Turned out she had already gone to the other side of the world to gather her data.... Before forming a research question or checking with someone more knowledgeable.
FieldOfFox · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate didn’t know that you have to cook bacon
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ummm... Did they just wonder what all the hype was about while chewing raw bacon?
ReginaldDankfield · 1 points · Posted at 08:41:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friends mom (mid 60s) had never used her oven before. Bridesmaids were all at her childhood home for frozen pizza and she asked me how to make it. Then asked me how to preheat an oven and if there is a special pan for pizza. Thing is, I remember eating them as a kid at her house and her Dad definitely wasn’t making them but I guess it could’ve been her brother.
victoriam200 · 1 points · Posted at 08:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister decided to make some soup on the stove, in a plastic bowl. No she did not burn down the house.
Janso95 · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy I used to work with (40 year old man at the time, lived on his own for years) decided to put his iron in the sink because he thought it was smoke coming out and was genuinely mystified as to why it tripped his electricity.
He and I to this day have no idea why he thought that was the thing to do
Zuccs76 · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is going to get lost i know but a 55 year old manager i work with couldnt not work out why his sound bar was not working. He plugged it in to HDMI and was confused when I showed him the power cable. He asked what that was...I showed him the power cord and he looked at me like a deer in the headlights....how does a grown ass man not know electrical devices need to be plugged in...WTF
AXXII_wreckless · 1 points · Posted at 08:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My cousin doesn’t know how to do her hair. Not just straightening and styling, but actually washing her hair She’s been getting it done at a hair salon ever since she moved out and she’s 29. She asked me once at a gathering of literally “how do you wash your hair?” She now claims she doesn’t have time to do so, to which I understand to an extent. We both have long, thick African American hair it is time consuming, tedious and an overall hassle (but most don’t see it that way) But damn that’s a lot of money. I couldn’t live on my own, complain that I’m broke all the time and not maintain my own hair. She does work every day and goes to school. But it’s a luxury to have someone else do your hair for you that often
I think the cost breakdown goes like this:
Moved out at 18; getting her hair done 2x a month for 11 years and on average it would be around $60 ( I don’t know how much bc I haven’t been to one in years)
$60 * 2 * 12 * 11 = $15,840
I’m not even counting how many times she went while she was living at home.
FluffyOwl30 · 2 points · Posted at 09:29:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once told my bosses that probably the reason an African American client of ours (mentally disabled) at a group home probably had problems with her scalp bc they insisted she washed it every day. They (all Caucasian females) looked at me like I was stupid and asked why I thought that. I told them because I worked at another group home with many African-American females as coworkers, and when I had an African-American client I had to take care of they made sure to teach me (another Caucasian female) how to look after her hair and not to wash it but once a week. Twice if it was bad but to ask them first. They literally had no idea this was a thing and dismissed me completely telling me they knew better. I heavily encourage them to talk to their African American female employees about this at another location (company had many branches in 2 counties) and they ignored me. Poor girls hair was literally falling out bc they didn't think I knew what I was talking about and all the dry-ness on her scalp had the white male doctor saying it was some scalp condition that needed special shampoo everyday. It just made it so so much worse.
AXXII_wreckless · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean it’s crazy for one to assume and even correct others how a different race of people wash their own completely unique from everyone else’s hair. And even within our race different routines work for different people for most it’s twice a month while some opt for once a month. In college, one of my white roommates looked at me like I grew horns when I told her I wash my hair twice a month. Like you asked me a black girl how often do I wash my own hair. obviously it’s going to be different than yours. It’s good that you stood up for her to them!
Everyday of hair wash is bad for our Black people’s scalps. Our hair needs moisture but not from water that frequently.
FluffyOwl30 · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Exactly! The original client I had was once a week bc she was on medication that made her sweat a lot. So that was my gage on what was average. Once a week for the one I was trying to help would have been a vast improvement over the one to two times a day washing. I lost that battle. Sadly.
am66b · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s not horrifying and i think it’s not that weird.. But often people notice that my way of holding pen/pencils is , let’s just say different than most people.. I hold pens in a way that it is comfortable to my hand whilst writing or drawing but many would comment that it’s the “wrong way”
Kirintosa · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I have several stories of my 55ish year old roommate. He was recently divorced with 2 kids, and I'm guessing the wife did everything for him because he doesn't know how to cook at all. He just eats microwave dinners every day and occasionally bakes some premade fries. He constantly uses the oven for like, less than 20 fries. So I asked him why he doesn't use the toaster oven because it's way faster. He said he doesn't know how to use it. It literally only has THREE knobs and they're labeled. 1 for mode (baking/roasting etc), temperature, and time.
And I had to help him log into his online bank because he had never used it before. He always just sent in a check to pay off his credit card bills.
Another time I told him he could have the curry in the fridge (clear container), and he seemed excited and grateful. A couple days later I asked him why he didn't have some, he said it was because he didn't know how curry looks like. ...I can almost understand not ever having eaten curry, but not even knowing how it looks like??
Im-Not_ · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my step-dad how to make popcorn when I was like 17.
Xikura · 1 points · Posted at 08:46:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
For all my childhood, my parents didn't know how to cook pasta, or rather, they didn't know you where supposed to pour out excessive water afterwards, leaving us with extremely soggy pasta! Almost the same with rice because they used way to much water and didn't pour that out either. I never liked pasta very much growing up, not until I got a taste of it from friends and at grandma.
I didn't connect the dots until high-school, subtly trying to teach it to my parents.
TheSkrippy · 1 points · Posted at 08:47:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read here on this sub about a man who came to a mechanic (OP) and said that the oil tank has leaks and the light wouldn’t stop indicating.
That guy has tried to fill the WHOLE tank and thought it indicated because there are leaks...
Clipped-Gaming · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was trying to explain theoretical science relating to interstellar travel with my dad as it is a topic I’m interested in, my mum was listening in, she was confused about a lot of the topics we were discussing, which I don’t blame her for, astronomy can be hard to grasp from a physics perspective sometimes, but what completely caught me off guard was the first and only statement she made during the discussion, “what do you mean the sun is a star??” I thought this was common knowledge. I know this is probably more mild than some other posts in here, but coming from a relatively intellectual family this concerned me a bit.
masonhansen19 · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once knew a guy who kept on complaining about how we got a ticket every time he walked his dog, you complained for weeks about this and was saying it was because he was black. I asked him if he picked up his dogs shit.
His response was "no that's gross. why, do I have to do that?"
a week later he complained about having to carry the dogs s*** in his bare hand. Honestly the dude was an a******, and I like to think he is still picking up his dog's poop with his bare hand.
FluffyOwl30 · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hands down this wins.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father in law, wife keeps leaving on trips leaving the man alone for 2-3 weeks at a time, the man does not know how to cook, doesnt know even know how to go into a shop and make basic grocerys, doesn´t even know how to order food, keeps relying on my gf to do all this basic tasks for him.
BlackWolf744 · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At my school one of the electives you can pick is cooking, I did it as a class up until grade 9because it was easy and it gave me good marks on my final report (also its fun to make desserts). Anyway, in grade 9 when everyone in the class was either 14 or 15, someone put a plastic tray in the oven. Now, some of you may be thinking, “oh its just a kid who doesn’t use the oven much and they didn’t think before they put the tray in”, I thought that too at first, BUT, this happened 5 times through the year. The teacher said at the start of every lesson, “don’t put the plastic trays in he oven” (keep in mind that was before the first incident) oh I forgot to mention, all 5 times that it happened, it was the same person, I later found out she was a rich kid who just had a parent or cleaner cook anything she wanted. So yeah, I was really suprimes by that.
wuthering_height · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This thread is horrifying.
rezeddit · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There's a distillery here off the coast of Australia that was run for about 6 months by an illiterate grandfather. He started off as one of the builders and nobody along the course of his employement and promotions had discovered he couldn't read.
RavenMoore24 · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my roommates asked me if Great Britain was still going to stay part of Europe geographically after the brexit.
l31zon2 · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work in an charitable org of VNmese student in France, I meet alot of new student from VN every year and for most of them its their first time living without their parents. So when they have question they ask me even for the smallest probleme. Once asked me " I just take this appartment but the bed is unstable on 1 foot, What do I do?" Or "The electricity just went down, can you help me throu video call?" Or worst, we pick new student up at the train station and bring them to their appartment, this girl just met me and ask "So where are you taking me now?"....
ladyofgraphics · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a “how to do”, but a “how do you not know this?”
A friend of mine, back when we were about 18 or 19, messaged me because she was super concerned that she might be pregnant after having unprotected sex with some dude. I asked what happened and why they didn’t use a condom, to which she said something along the lines of “well he didn’t use his penis, he fingered me.”
She really believed she could get pregnant from a finger. Had to send her a few articles to convince her that she’d be fine.
kberry2115 · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker tried to put her metal Yeti in the microwave to heat it up. After I died a little, she goes “omg is that why my microwave sparks at home?!”
Capital-Influence · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend didn't know how to boil water.
sassy-cheese-cube · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
21 year old woman did not know her own phone number when she lost her phone.
Sebaren · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Let me tell you a little story about someone that my friends lovingly referred to as Dr Money when I told them about this man’s existence. Dr Money came to university in my country to study medicine. He was the sort of young man who had no idea how to look after himself because he was raised by servants, and when he inevitably messed up badly, he tended to attempt to throw money at the situation and become very offended when money wasn’t the answer.
During his time at university, Dr Money had moments of stupidity that will forever stick in my mind. He would tell girls that he had a girlfriend back at home (true) and then promptly ask them out. He would brag about the brand new Mercedes Benz that he’d been given for his birthday at the age of 15, and then promptly say that he hated it and preferred his servants to drive him. Never good things to say. He flooded the only room of washing machines that we had access to because he didn’t know how much detergent to put in the machine. He had a tendency to leave food alone, allow it to explode up the wall, and then decide to leave it there. Needless to say, he was not well-liked. The lad couldn’t even recognise an omelet until I told him that it was what he’d made (albeit a very small one).
None of this, however, could compare to the chicken incident. The chicken incident in which Dr Money attempted to cook breaded chicken in the oven for the first time. Dr Money read the back of the packaging, placed the chicken directly on the wire rack instead of placing it on a tray (the instructions apparently weren’t clear enough), and then promptly forgot all about the dinner he had cooking. A few hours later, my friend walks in and opens the oven to make his dinner because the oven is off. Surprise, surprise. Dr Money has struck again. He came in for his food, realised that it was burnt to the wire rack, and instead of attempting to clean it while it was warm, he turned off the oven, decided that it wasn’t his responsibility, and left it to harden like a rock. An entire oven, of which there are only 2, is out of commission for most of a week in a 10 person flat because we don’t have the cleaning supplies needed to tackle something like this and we only get housekeeping in on Fridays. Dr Money ended up having to ask my other friend to come and supervise him while he used the ovens because she offered and we all demanded that it be so.
Supmeg_ · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don’t know if this counts but someone I use to be friends with legit thought Austria and Australia were the same country.
alexpugh · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work in a doctors surgery and a guy had a heart attack, then went into cardiac arrest. Another member of staff senior to me FORGOT CPR. After that forgot where the defibrillator was. The man is okay and the member if staff had a disciplinary and a lot of training in first aid.
lrich84 · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In second year of uni and moved into our first flat as a big group. Everyone happy, getting set up, cooking dinner. My flatmate walks up to me holding a tin of tuna and a can opener, looks me straight in the eye, half shrugs and says "My mum always did it for me." That set the tone for the next year.
Lugan1426 · 1 points · Posted at 08:53:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in '89/'90, I was fifteen. Mom's Chevy S-10 Mini Blazer (I loved that car) would not start without a jump--no matter what--for about 6 days. One afternoon, I walked home from school, and she was home from work, but had left the Blazer running. I asked her if she was going somewhere in the near future, and she replied that she just leaves it running when she stops so she doesn't have to get a jump--for hours at times. Facepalm at 15. I went and turned it off and popped the hood. I don't really know why given that I am not a mechanic, but I could at least look. After checking the few things I knew (coolant level, oil, everything was connected), my untrained eye saw nothing wrong. I was about to give up when at the last minute I decided to check the battery. The cells were dusty they were so dry. The battery would not hold a charge. After filling the cells up with water, I mentioned to mom that her battery wouldn't hold a charge because the water had died up. Without missing a beat, she says to me a bit baffled, "It's not a plant?!?"
MillySO · 1 points · Posted at 08:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spent 3 years living in France when I was younger. About 2 years into living there my bf and I were at a dinner party and the topic turned to tax returns. Every single person in the room was moaning about tax returns being due that month. I was confused and asked why they all needed to file tax returns. That’s when I learned that I hadn’t paid tax in over two years. Everyone there was incredulous and couldn’t understand why I thought I didn’t have to pay tax.
Before France I had worked in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand where tax is deducted from your salary before you get it. My payslips in France showed deductions of about 650 euros a month which I assumed was tax, turns out it was social security only. It was a very expensive mistake 🤦🏻♀️
spacewindowreef · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I got back home from work and to my horror, the dishes in the dishwasher had water in them at the end of the cycle. Turns out my housemate didn’t know you’re supposed to put them face down.
Housemate has been loading dishes upright in the dishwasher for years.
Elgabborz · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine was thrilled that car lights were working during a blackout...
And now she's working as a directress for the tv....
Various_Breakfast · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
i was always shocked by the amount of the first year uni students not knowing how to do their laundry
JPreadsyourstuff · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You know when you take a class theres always that one person that raises their hand just to make a statement for imaginary points rather than ask a question?
Well When I was going to antenatal classes they were talking about bathing your baby and what methods to use etc
A woman raises her hand and suggests "if your baby seems particularly dirty you can always use some of "names popular kitchen antibacterial surface cleanser" The whole group was like "NO!"
HumanXeroxMachine · 2 points · Posted at 12:51:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was she a poorly placed sales rep for that particular surface cleanser?
gklamp · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doctors not knowing how to insert urinary catheters.
GreedyBestfirst · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We had a guy in the lecture not understanding that multiplying by 1/2 is the same as dividing by 2
PopTrogdor · 1 points · Posted at 08:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girl at uni put a jacket potato in the microwave for 45 minutes. I came into the kitchen with black smoke, the microwave was pouring smoke out of it. There wasn't much left tbh.
She thought microwaves and ovens did the same thing. We had a fucking oven in the kitchen, why did she use the microwave!?
FluffyOwl30 · 1 points · Posted at 08:59:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I let a friend who was an Ex of mine from when I was 16 move in with me for a few months until he could things out with his wife (also friends with her). He just didn't know how to life much. His wife took care of almost everything. He was handy but having him fill out an form for his Medical stuff or going anywhere alone was foreign to him. He always had his granny and wife do all that stuff, I'm pretty sure she even filled out all his employment stuff and take the online tests they give sometimes. After he figured things out with his wife and they got back together and he left my house I just looked at my husband (whose super independent) and was like "I love you so much and I'm glad I married you."
saharasirocco · 1 points · Posted at 09:02:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My current household had a girl living with us for a short while (she didn't last long) who often didn't turn off the gas stove after cooking. I came home from work one day to the stove being on, asked her when she last cooked and it had been about 4 hours. Or another time I woke up in the morning to the stove on, that time it had been about 6/7 hours the stove was on. I guess it's not that she didn't know not to do it, she just somehow, continuously forgot.
Another time, she couldn't get hot water in the shower. The hot and cold taps were originally reversed but we had to get them fixed and the plumber put them back correctly. Which got me at first, but then I saw the hot and cold stickers and had a merry shower. Consequently, she thought something was wrong with our shower, decided to try the one downstairs and saw something another housemate had done she didn't like, kicked up a HUGE stink about it and decided to move out. Fine by us, we couldn't stand her.
billygoat2017 · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
True story, out late on a date in a downtown area, too drunk to drive I suggest we hop on city bus. Five minutes later we are where we need to be and I pull the stop wire. The bus stops and we get off. My date, a NAVAL OFFICER who has survival training, says “How did you know to do that?” I explained and he said (so confused) “How did you know the first time?” I mean, if you don’t know something you watch what other people do and figure it out, right? Smh.
Johncorey88 · 1 points · Posted at 09:03:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time I was staying at a friends house and had to do laundry. He told me to run the dryer a few times because it didn't work very well. I decided to look into the problem being that it was a fairly new unit. I asked him how often he changes the lint trap. He responded "What the fuck is a lint trap" Looked like he had jammed a blue fuzzy pillow inside the lint trap. He also used fabric softener instead of laundry detergent for 3 years before someone corrected him.
ilovestamon · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh my fuck that could've started a fire
Kagefadet · 1 points · Posted at 09:04:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boyfriend (in his mid 20s) who did not know how to cut an onion
CuntMcDouble · 1 points · Posted at 09:07:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adulting?
Impo55ibleHu5ky · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The number of people that drive but don’t know how to change a flat tyre. I find it surprising rather than horrifying.
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
With the trend towards more compact cars, even within larger classes, many new cars come with a patch kit instead of a spare now. Not that changing a tire isn't important, but it's arguably less so when the expectation from the manufacturer is to patch it and get to a shop. If someone buys new vehicles, they may never carry a spare going forward.
windycityfan7 · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heimlich maneuver. Huge ordeal. Hope I learned my lesson and can deliver if I ever encounter this situation again.
merpderpherpburp · 1 points · Posted at 09:08:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went into the break room to find my fully adult, with 3 kids co-worker using a metal knife to get her bagel out of the still plugged in toaster. I rushed over and unplugged it and she looked at me like I was the asshole
Cleverbird · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL I'm actually a genius compared to some people.
Walsh_man · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to show my SO how to tie her shoelaces tightly because they would come undone all the time
smeghammer · 1 points · Posted at 09:09:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
19 year olds that can't close and lock a front door
thesceneteen · 1 points · Posted at 09:10:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The first time we got a microwave, my mom asked me to heat things up for her. Food was covered with aluminium foil. You can guess what happened
DaFonze · 1 points · Posted at 09:10:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I learned that I suck at adulting apparently.. almost every single thing in this thread I’m just hearing about for the first time 😐
sagetrees · 1 points · Posted at 11:00:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ouch
sozzatarps · 1 points · Posted at 09:10:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In our university apartment we had three bin collections: general waste, recycling and food. One of my housemates really struggled understanding how they worked and just put everything in general waste. My other housemates and I asked her to separate her waste as we get charged for the weight of our black bin, while the recycling and food bins are free. One morning I found a tub of butter and a Nutella jar in the food bin, apparently she thought that's where they belong since they previously had food in them....
John_Thursday · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years back the taxi driver who took me from Instanbul airport to my hotel had clearly invented both warp drive and possessed sight beyond time. Luckily for him, he was too drunk to register the numerous close calls whilst I literally prayed in the backseat after years of agnosticism.
IrememberXenogears · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aircraft maintenance, dude did not know he needed to bleed off 3000psi before loosening a fitting.
E: reasoning was "It'll bleed off once I open the line"... yeah, in your face.
scrubdeity · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I befriended a rich Indian international student. His shoe laces came untied and asked me to teach him how to tie them. Turns out he’s always had his servants tie them for him back at home. Another instance was when he used a plate and needed to wash it. I handed him a mostly full bottle of soap and told him to use it with the sponge on the plate. He came back after using 1/2 the bottle on 1 plate
He quickly picked up these “regular” life skills but boy was it interesting to see him struggle with what would normally be such a mundane task
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:11:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not sure if this counts cause I’m sure he was faking it. Worked in a falafel and shawarma shop, we made your base bowl or sandwich and then we had an open bar where you could add whatever you wanted. (Ah pre Corona memories.)
It’s lunch, we are slammed guy comes in with a suit and gets a bowl. Then proceeded to ask EVERYONE how it worked. He was stoping people from the kitchen and asking, even the manager who told him AGAIN. He insisted he had no idea how a buffet works. He was holding the tongs like they were gonna bite, saying ‘Can’t you just do this? I don’t even know how these work!’ and bemoaning the ENTIRE time how this was so scary and he needed help! No. We are busy and that’s not how this works. There are sample spoons, try stuff. You have spoken to 2 mangers by this point It’s a 6 ft bar, you are 40. It’s not hard! When he realized we were not gonna wipe his ass he made and absolutely mess. The bar was awful. I still don’t know what all it was about. I figure he’s too entitled to do something like that or too spoiled by his wife and mommy to take care of himself.
mrzomaya · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing the difference between LEFT and RIGHT. Driving with them is both terrifying and frustrating.
TXRN17 · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach an ex that the lines on the road indicate when you can pass. Apparently he had just been passing whenever there was an opening.
magicallyqueer · 1 points · Posted at 09:12:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a housemate who didn’t know you had to keep milk in the fridge.
sagetrees · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
maybe they only ever had powdered or uht milk
magicallyqueer · 1 points · Posted at 13:40:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hmm maybe. She lived most of her life in China, I’m not sure what’s common there
Skyboi31 · 1 points · Posted at 09:13:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I hooked up with a girl on tinder and she came over to my house for the date. We were gonna watch a movie so I put on district 9. So I was sitting there and just for the laugh said, "I still can't get over the fact that this is a true story!", She was convinced. I even played along with it to see if she was trolling me, she wasn't... She just kept saying how its mad she didn't hear of it before on the news or something.
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's how you know she's the perfect Tinder date.
OutInMyElement · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went out of town for a month or so and paid a friend to check in on my house and 2nd car (97 Rav4). She didn’t have a car, but I told her she could run a few errands in mine once a week or so.
I come back a month later and pull into my neighborhood to see my car is missing. It was 2am, but you bet your booty I called her.
“Where is my car?”
“In a parking lot”
“I like you too much to get angry right now, but we are going to talk about this tomorrow. Good night.”
She told me that it started blowing black smoke, so she pulled over and parked it. When prompted as to when this happened, she sheepishly said, “two weeks ago”.
I go to the car and pull the oil dipstick, expecting there to be water on it, or no oil at all. Imagine my surprise when I see that the oil was literally at the top of the dipstick.
I was so mad, I closed the hood and walked away for another 3 days.
“WHY is there so much oil in my car?!!”
“Well, the oil light flickered so I added oil.”
“HOW MUCH OIL DID YOU ADD”
“Just the big one..... I kept pouring but it never seemed like it was full.”
“KAREN! The dipstick! You know the joke about the dipstick? You use the fucking dipstick!”
So basically, she added 5 extra quarts of oil and instantly saw black smoke, so she just dumped the car AND DIDNT TELL ME.
Surprisingly, we are still friends and I never made her pay me for anything, but still think about it frequently. I ended up giving the car away because I was so nervous something might go wrong with it. New owners have had it 2 years with no problems.
It could have been her car for free if she hadn’t made such a mistake.... not even the oil part... but the fact that she didn’t fess up.
On the other hand, I once tried to dilute an empty gas tank with water. We can guess how that ended.... not well.
fuego79 · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In university I used to stay in a block of uni accommodation that was basically comprised of self-contained flats. Our flat was for 7 people, and we had a group of 6 and ended up being assigned a random. What a wild ride that turned out to be.
We had a fridge freezer that was pretty big by conventional standards, but it had to hold food for 7 people, and in terms of the ratio I'd say it was 60/40 fridge/freezer. One day one of my flatmates and I are going to the supermarket, random asks to come along, so we agree. At the supermarket she starts to load up with mountains of frozen food, at this point my flatmate and I start looking at each other and realising this is not going to fit in the freezer. We get a taxi back to halls and my colleague and I bolt upstairs to make sure that we can fit our meagre frozen portions in our allotted freezer spots. Random comes in, and the reality of spatial awareness starts to kick in. We suggest that she takes the packaging off some items in order to save space, and she does that with a frozen pizza - and then proceeds to roll the pizza up like a newspaper to fit it in to the freezer, before turning to us and asking "do you think it'll be ok like that?". Narrator: it was not.
She was gold though, at the same supermarket trip my flatmate said he wanted to buy artichoke hearts, to which she replied "artichokes? what are those? Baby fish?" - which is excellent on a number of levels. I also caught her trying to microwave a pan once, but thankfully the pan handle prevented her from closing the microwave door. She tried to pan fry a block of frozen mince meat once, it just sat there in the pan like a cold block of grey misery. I hope she's doing ok now though.
idiot-dyke-69 · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some guy I knew when I was into the bmx racing scene wanted to be the commentator/ DJ for the races but he didn’t know how to use Bluetooth to connect his phone to the speaker, so he kept wondering why the music was so quiet.
He was also kind of a dickhead and so was one of his sons, his son kept telling me constantly I was bad at racing, despite the fact that I beat him when the male and female races got mixed from time to time.
His second, older son had Down syndrome and he was a sweetheart, everyone loved him and we set up a race especially for him and people alike, we would all cheer him on try our best to make sure he felt normal and accepted, but apparently is dad also struggled with being a decent person and fell out with my family, only to tell his son that he couldn’t talk to us.
I can understand not liking my family, but you can’t tell your son not to talk to us if he doesn’t understand why.
selectedspecials · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once saw someone try to plug their headphones into a USB port. This was in college, we were studying software design.
EasyBakePotatoAim · 1 points · Posted at 09:14:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm probably a bit late to the party but I dated a girl once whose whole family would moan that the heating was expensive so wouldn't turn it on. So to compensate they had electric heaters in every room. They were running most of the time, especially throughout the night
Bamstantine · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It might sound odd but cooking. I was taught to cook from a very early age, my mum and dad were very insitant on it. Im not chef level but i can follow a recipe and know how to cook my favs without. But When I first moved out I lived with two people who were in awe of the fact that i didnt need to but pasta saurce in a jar. One of them would live off frozen food. The other, would etheir live off take aways, or microwave ready meals. And a little bonus... Once an ex partner of mine offered to cook dinner, I was like yeah sure, because I would always cook, I left to do other things and came back to find them on the phone to thier mum talking them thorugh how to cook our meal.
ToweiiOW · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once taught a 28 year old man to the his shoes.
I don't know how he didn't know and I don't know how I did it, we had indulged quite a bit that night. The next day he woke up, went to put his shoes on and had an epiphany. He ran to his partner and she stood there in disbelief, she then went on to tell him about the 2 hours he and I spent giggling our asses off teaching him. His girlfriend couldn't believe he retained the info, considering how lit we were at the time.
suggll · 1 points · Posted at 09:16:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate is 23 has a bachelor's degree, didn't know the longest night and longest day. I just found out by mentioning that it was the longest night a few days ago, and he didn't know what I was saying. Not only did he not know which days they are, he had never even heard of this concept before.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Neither have I, I feel like this isn't an adult thing. More of you either learn it or read it.
suggll · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uou're right, it's not an adult thing cause it's just common knowledge. Yeah sure I didn't I learn it or read it I was born with this piece of information.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I feel like your reading and comprehension skills can use some work.
suggll · 1 points · Posted at 11:47:17 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oops my bad didn't finish reading the question before replying. Still I really think it's basic geology knowledge
Rokaryn_Mazel · 1 points · Posted at 09:17:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college phone his mother about how much water to boil for a box of Kraft Mac and Cheese. The water you discard after the pasta is done...
🤦♂️
LukeAyla · 1 points · Posted at 09:18:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had an English exam presentation and part of it I had to work with someone else. The girl I was put with was a K-Pop Stan. Yes, one of those stans.
CrypticUniversalMave · 3 points · Posted at 09:20:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So...what is it she didn't know how to do.
woofycat321 · 1 points · Posted at 09:19:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends didn’t know how to make scrambled egg. He’s 37
username18379 · 1 points · Posted at 09:20:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time a friend asked me if fish were animals...during college
Grim_Laugh · 1 points · Posted at 09:20:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Knew a friend who grew up with pretty wealthy parents so they never painted nor seen their parents paint a house before. I didn’t know this, asked the guy to paint a small bathroom downstairs in my house as I go to Home Depot to buy more paint supplies.
Lo and behold as I returned from my journey to find several stab dents on the paint can lid and a bathroom with half the wall glossy white and the other half opaque white. Turns out he didn’t know you can pry off a paint can lid, so he used a butcher knife to try and pierce the paint can. He then proceeded to dump some of the paint out into a bowl without stirring or shaking it so the first half of the pour was all the glossy material for the paint while the actual paint was still resting at the bottom of the can. He finished what I can only describe as a bathroom whose walls gave up on life half way through.
Serifel90 · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My uncle don’t use a washing machine, he clogged one because he washed his shoes with TONS of mud on them.
squishybod · 1 points · Posted at 09:21:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and a couple of friends moved into private halls for 3rd year of uni. We had two empty rooms, one of which was filled a few weeks in by a random Ghanaian/brummie, who we ended up good friends with. About half way through the year we had this guy turn up and move into the remaining room. He was one of those upper middle class health goth types, studying graphic design I believe. He was somewhat quiet and reserved, but we got on fine for the most part.
Now, none of us were perfect. One of my mates had no idea how to mop or clean properly (I mean who tf just wets the floor and leaves it without mopping it back up?) brummie guy always made a mess when using the rice cooker, we all put off changing the bin for longer than we should have, but I guess that's student stoner laziness for ya.
This new guy tho. Used to leave his dirty bike in the kitchen, never washed up, never changed the bin, never cleaned. All of which I had previously dealt with in previous accommodation so no real biggie. But how he made a cup of tea was spectacular.
He'd fill a mug with milk, chuck a few spoons of sugar in, dump a teabag in and microwave for 5 minutes whilst doing something else, leaving the milk to froth up and coat the microwave interior. As a brit I was flabbergasted. He also seemed to have no regard for others property, on more than one occasion using my record sleeves as coasters and leaving nasty ring stains on them. Him and brum guy had a nasty argument involving the n word on a couple occasions (tea guy was mixed race and very well spoken but suddenly tried to turn all gangsta when in the heat of it).
Fun times.
Slug_Overdose · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Man, that reminds me of one of the college roommates I had. He was a Middle Eastern dude who ate lots of pita and hummus. I had brought a mini fridge from home and agreed to let him use it. I ended up eating out pretty much all the time so I never used it. He ended up moving out mid semester, and after he moved out, I decided to open the fridge to make sure he hadn't left anything since I hadn't used it in months. My goodness, that was a nasty surprise. He had apparently left the hummus tub open in the door compartment so he could just pop the door open and dip his pita whenever he wanted, and he just left countless spills all over the inside of the door and bottom of the fridge. There was black mold deep in all the cracks and crevices, and I had to wash the fridge out myself. It literally took me years before I could stomach the thought of eating hummus, and it took several more years to acquire the taste for it, because it always reminded me of that mess he left.
TomPalmer1979 · 1 points · Posted at 09:22:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I rented a room in a friend's house for about 8 years, almost all of my 30s. And there were two other rooms in the house, one of which went to the friend's boyfriend's 20 yr old daughter, who we will call Wanda. It was weird living with someone with such an age discrepancy, but we got along well enough. Until her boyfriend, who we will call Shawn, moved in. Mind you, she moved him in against the will of me and the other roommate. We fucking hated him.
Shawn was the worst basement dwelling neckbeard cliche you've ever seen, complete with fedora. He had no clue how to function in the world. And on top of it, he was dumb. Just a complete lack of common sense and intelligence. He'd lived his whole life with his mommy who did everything for him, he had no life skills whatsoever. Wanda, who barely had any life skills of her own, but was at least an intelligent person, had to teach him everything. She had to teach him how to do his own laundry, how to correctly wash
I was a chef. I went to culinary school. But I try not to be judgy toward people who struggle with cooking. But the best night was the night they cooked dinner. Wanda was a fucking awful cook when it came to cooking from scratch, but she could at least make shit out of a box. He looked upon their box of Velveeta Cheesy Skillet like the chimps beating at the obelisk in the intro to 2001 A Space Odyssey. She had to guide him and hold his hand literally every step of the way. She had to teach him to measure water and milk. He stirred the beef in the pan, furtively looking at her like, "Mommy am I doing it right?" This is a dummy-proof meal, and apparently he still fucked it up, and it was barely edible, even with her helping.
The worst part of all of this...I told you Wanda was 20. We assumed because of his lack of life skills and maturity, that he was roughly the same age. NOPE! This dude was 28. He was almost 30, and had to be taught how to adult by a 20 yr old girl.
What a fucking loser.
Geldn1r · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was back in my university years. There was this guy, fresh in the big city from the southern part of my country suddenly finding himself in a situation where he had to tend for himself. Couple of weeks in the first semester he nonchalantly asks the weirdest questions I have ever heard: "How do you make an omelette?".
Skipping ahead a few years, the same guy mistook an artifical plant to be a real one. We were having lunch at that moment and he said "How come this plant looks so lush always? I never see anybody water it". Needless to say we were speechless for a good minute.
charlstarking16 · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin who is older than me 19+ doesn’t know how to make toast or wash up plates.. which is super easy to do either..
tragondiddies · 1 points · Posted at 09:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Twice while I was living in student accommodation with two different flatmates. Both years the microwave broke and would start sparking. One of the flatmates blamed it on one of my other flatmates melting butter with it.
Caught both of them microwaving stuff and leaving tinfoil on/metal forks in their food. Tried explaining that you can't put METAL IN A FUCKING MICROWAVE and they both tried to deny it and said it was a myth. The utter stupidity.
gingerninja45 · 1 points · Posted at 09:24:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I send the apprentice, 23M, to go pick up my order from the electrical supplier. They are 15 min away. An hour later I text him and ask where he was, I need the stuff. He told me that he had a flat tire. I told him to hurry up. 30min later I called again and ask him what’s going on. So he told me again that he had a flat tire. I told him to change the tire at which point he responded with “how?”
BlackTastic_LFC · 1 points · Posted at 09:24:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to tie down my fwb to the bed lol she laughed at how long it took me to get her strapped down. 32 isn’t too late to get into bondage is it?
DangeRuss686 · 1 points · Posted at 09:25:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a co-worker that didn't know what to do with an orange. Nobody taught him how to peel one.
existentialhissyfit · 1 points · Posted at 09:26:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time while working at a popular marijuana themed restaurant, someone was making a sandwich & I see them spill a bunch of sauce on it. Almost instinctively, as if she's done this before, she grabs a sanitizer tower and begins wiping sauce off of the pickles. I literally grabbed her hands, looked her in the eyes & said "that will never, ever be a good idea. Start the sandwich over. Don't ever wipe someone's food off with a towel, especially if it's been in the sani-water". She looked at me like all of a sudden a light bulb switched on in her stoner brain & she was like "I didn't know we couldn't do that haha".
randilicious14 · 1 points · Posted at 09:27:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
At 24 years old, my 19 year old sister informed me that eggs do in fact have an expiration date printed on the box. Until then I used the "egg in water" trick to see if my eggs were good or bad. I'm not sure how I always missed it, but I did. We still like to laugh about it.
lucky777dice · 1 points · Posted at 09:27:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dad can’t figure out the sodastream
dan_d_lion_ · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex thought we hadn’t received any mail because the red flag in the mail box wasn’t up because that’s what happened on the game Sims. I went out and checked, it was entirely full. 😑
Shas_Erra · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A colleague was standing in front of the canteen microwave with an expression of confusion.
He was so sheltered and waited on by his mother that he had no idea how to operate any appliances.
dog2879 · 1 points · Posted at 09:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was only maybe 12 at the time, but my family was running a camp for our scouts and their families during the summer. This was the first year we were doing it and we were packing up on a sunday morning. We have a gas powered mini fridge that was dedicated for our family for drinks and other such important food. I was helping take down a mess tent while my parents were packing the van we had hired. I heard a violent hissing noise behind me and turned to see that an "alpha dad" had taken it upon himself to unplug our fridge. Nevermind that it was OUR fridge and that we didnt expect anyone to do anything with it, but this fully grown male stands there with a gas tube pouring out propane with a stupid look on his face. My parents thankfully also heard his stupidity and sprinted (and my parents are definitely not very fit, so seeing them move faster than a fast walk was mind blowing) to turn the gas off. No one was hurt and nothing actually happened but it taught us to make sure only those who knew what they were doing did important tasks. Tl;dr Chad dad took it upon himself to disconnect a live gas bottle and I witnessed my parents going sanic mode to stop him.
Bardeon · 1 points · Posted at 09:30:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex boyfriend didn't know that you can roll back ur foreskin to clean it.
hey_there_kitty_cat · 1 points · Posted at 09:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
In an office of computer science PhD candidates one girl turned to the other and said "what does 'rm -rf do?" It took the rest of us a couple seconds to realize she wasn't kidding. I have no clue how that girl was teaching other people. No clue if she finished her PhD, I certainly hope not.
E: For the non-nerds, that will force wipe a hard drive. If you have admin privileges on a unix based system, you don't have any reason to type those letters unless you're repurposing a computer.
MsYeti909 · 1 points · Posted at 09:31:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my roommate in uni how to wash dishes, vacuum, do laundry, and how to use the stove. She also once tried to put aluminum foil in the microwave before our other roommate stopped her in time to save the microwave. She had grown up in a really wealthy home with a housekeeper and a cook, so she had no idea how to do anything for herself. It would've been okay if she had ever once thanked me for helping her, but she never did. Needless to say, when she asked to stay roommates for the following year, I said no.
Kawaii-Bismarck · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A face mask is mandatory in public transportation due to corona. The amount of people I see walking in the train without one, only putting one on after sitting down and even then not cover the nose with it. It's not that hard, really. Are people really that oblivious? Even with so many correct examples next to you?
blawndosaursrex · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a guy that didn’t know how to cook, like at all. He called me one day and asked if hamburger helper came with meat in it. I told him no you have to brown beef and add everything in the box according to instructions. He then asked me how to brown beef. We were 20 at the time. I’m so thankful my mom taught my brothers and I how to cook and that my husband is self sufficient as well.
JaneyDoey32 · 1 points · Posted at 09:32:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I met a new friend at uni and had to explain to her how to use an ATM
frog-song · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at Pizza Hut and I worked in a research laboratory with scientists. The only commonality is that none of the men I worked with in either job knew how to mop a floor.
Guys. The object is NOT to get the floor as wet as possible. The wetter the floor gets, the longer it takes to dry and the dirtier it will be when it dries. Wring out your mop!
KannNixFinden · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As I was 17yo I had a boyfriend who was 25yo. The first time he wanted to cook some meat, it came out completely black on the outside and still raw on the inside. He wasn't aware that there is indeed a reason why the stove has different heat levels...
Wouser86 · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There was a sale and a clothing store. 10% discount on all tshirts. I grab 5 tshirts, the store assistant rings them up and puts in a discount of 50%. I explain that the discount is 10%, and she goes “yes, and on 5 items that is 5x10 equals 50%”. I just gave up and went with it. I Still wonder that if i went back and bought 20 shirts, she would have given me money instead...
Frailes · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 22 I spent a year at a diffrent uni to study and was living in halls with 18-19 year olds. I had to teach them how to recycle, to hoover, and to wipe down surfaces. Only two of us in the flat ever emptied the bins. One girl actually asked me where the bins store was 3 quarters of the way through the year. Barely any of them could cook so whenever I did they'd come in and say "That smells amazing what are you cooking?" And I'm like "I'm just trying onions and garlic"
KinderSurprised27 · 1 points · Posted at 09:33:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Until a year a go my cousin couldn't tie his shoe laces. Finally had enough after two years of doing it for him(we live together) and told him he had to learn. We're 26. He was the most useless person when I moved in, didn't know how to cook or do a load of washing.
HumanXeroxMachine · 2 points · Posted at 09:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, for me it wasn't as bad as being 26 but I didn't learn to tie shoelaces for a long time. I'm left-handed but both my parents and all my other family are right-handed. They could just never teach me. I was around 12/13 when I finally got it.
j3hadipi3 · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Caught my brother washing bananas
Mukatsukuz · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a colleague who didn't know you could wash disposable razors. At work, they did a charity beard shaving for Movember and put out a few packs of disposable razors. This guy threw each razor away once it was full of hair, rather than rinsing it under the tap. I have no clue how many he went through to shave the beard, but he ended up so badly cut (from struggling with clogged razors) that they had to call for First Aid.
Edit to add: He was in his 30s
dr-doo-a-doo · 1 points · Posted at 09:34:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends who was kind of rich and had to never catch a bus. So when i made him took it, his face showed such a disgust.
Then there was this girl in college who was her parents favourite. So when she car pooled once she couldn’t bear sitting with other people and she ended up crying and ranting about living such a life.
Then there’s a 20 year old in my college who doesn’t know how to ride a bike.
dakatr0n · 1 points · Posted at 09:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'll admit that this isn't truly horrifying but definitely a wtf moment.
My sister and I work in the same office and about a year ago she swings by my desk to ask if I want anything from the vending machine. The way she said it seemed a little strange, enough for me to ask to say "the what machine?"
Turns out my sister (who was 28 at the time) had been saying "vendom machine" her whole life. She thought that's how it was spelled and everything. When I told her it was 'vending', she was genuinely clueless as to what 'vend' actually meant.
Mountain-Piccolo-284 · 1 points · Posted at 09:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mum would say me. I stood in the kitchen shaking pancake mix for about 10min. She walked in and I asked how long does it take to mix up. She was a lil dumbfounded and said it should happen almost straight away. I explained it had been 10min or so already so she asked me to give it too her. I did and she erupted into laughter, as I hadn't even put any water into the mix. So safe to say she hasn't ever let me live that one down.
boredgoldfish · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of my mother's was 40 and did not know the alphabet. He knew all the letters, sure, but not the order (or the song).
Apparently home schooled in his early years, and she never taught him because IT'S NOT IMPORTANT. Made me question everything I knew.
(Came up in conversation since he was learning it... From his three year old)
a_sparky_abroad · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex- and I decided to make a proper Christmas dinner one year, cooking a spiral cut honey glazed ham from the grocery store. The hubby will cook the meat and I'll do all the sides.
Turns out he put the ham in the oven while still sealed in plastic. He didn't realize that the meat had its own packaging! Everything came together from the store in a mesh bag, including a separate package of glaze (brown sugar and spices) and a tag on the end of the bag with cooking instructions that said to "remove packaging before cooking" which he thought was only that mesh bag.
Yup, he thought that the (not raw, but still flesh) outsides of the ham were just bouncing around inside the mesh bag, sitting on grocery store shelves, exposed to air, etc.
But he also frequently got paperwork wrong because he never flipped it over to see if it was double-sided...
Awkward_Assassin___ · 1 points · Posted at 09:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friends of mine, a very successful professional couple with children who are 10+ years older than me. We stayed over after a party and the next morning I asked where the vacuum cleaner was so I could help out, was told where it was but that it wasn't working properly. Friend wasn't happy because she had only bought it recently and it was the second one she'd bought, was going to return it or have someone fix it.
I switched it on and realised, within moments, what the problem was.
They'd never emptied it.
And guess why they'd got rid of the old one?
Fortunately we saw the funny side and had a good laugh about it 😆
sopeaches · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They did not know a virus will last on surfaces for a length of time. We all got sick. It was a stomach bug.
Aerykka · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I trained a 26-yr-old while I was leaving my last job. I said to open File Explorer and she said, “what’s that?...” and suddenly I understood my boss’ frustrations with this girl’s “lack of computer skills”. Yeesh.
thacaoimhainngeidh · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My (26M) older brother (27M) was finally pressured to use the washing machine to wash his own clothes, like... earlier this year? He didn't know what dials to use on this very-well labelled machine, had to ask my triplet sister (then 25F) how to use it, and then just naturally expected that either my sister or my grandmother (82F!) would unload and hang up his laundry for him. This is just one example from his ineptitude -- yes, he has chosen not to move out as yet, that is all well and good for him and I don't knock his choice, but he creates more work for my aging grandparents than he takes care of (save for basic gardening). He was just shielded so extensively from any kind of housework (because it's women's work, don't you know) that the idea that this is the man who will take over the house from my grandparents one day hasn't yet struck said grandparents as a bad choice on their part. I'll give it six months before my childhood home becomes uninhabitable, but at least the garden will be mowed.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Washing your damn clothes
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, but when dad was in the army, he offered one of his mates a cup of tea (standard army issue fuel fluid) and said, "how'd ya like it?"
"Eerm, i don't know, my mum makes it for me"
"Well, when your mum makes it, is it black or white?"
"Oh, white"
"Do tou have sugar?"
"Eerm, i dont know"
"Here, try that (no sugar)"
"No, i think mum puts sugar in"
"(puts 2 lumps in) here ya go"
"Cheers Ben"
(i'm paraphrasing, but that's the jist of it. 19 year old lad didn't know how to make tea...
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Washing your damn clothes .
not_jainam · 1 points · Posted at 09:37:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an editor and I was asked by this girl to edit her photos . So as usual I asked her to email me her photos so they won't lose quality . She didn't know how to Write an Email , so I asled her to send using Google Drive. She said alright . About 30 mins later she messages me that she has uploaded all her pictures in the Google Drive and then she gave me her account Id and Password and asked me to download by logging in using that and re upload it . WHO GIVES AWAY THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION LIKE THAT ?!!
CryptographerDue · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got one! My roommate is absolutely unable to clean up! When he tries to clean up a mess, he basically whips it with a wet cloth but without any structure. He just spreads the mess until anything is wet - that's it. No drying or somethin else. In the 1.5 years we live in that flat I have never witnessed that he changes or cleans that cloth. Any attempt to explain or change this failed so far. It's like he don't want to learn.
He even has issues with his stomach from time to time but is unable to make the link to his lack of basic hygiene.
balor5987 · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had my manager in the café i was working in try to change a full co2 tank right beside me without closing the valve, didn't even stop to think why this thing was hissing like crazy at her as she unscrewed the line, luckily i stopped her before that thing went balistic...... Also quit the next day, not the straw that broke the camels back, the gigantic fecking boulder that shattered it
gebechbet · 1 points · Posted at 09:39:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Poeple who dont know what Winrar is.
Kempeth · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father's parents were ... somewhat detached from practical life. Their world was books, language, music. When they were freshly married my grandma's aunt had to come over and teach her how to cook.
My father interstingly turned out very practical in anything technical but cooking always remained my mom's domain as she was a cooking instructor for "high school". This went well until she started looking for a job again after having us kids. In our country there are no school lunches. Kids all go home for lunch and with her away working several days a week our father had to jump in. He dutifully did his best to follow every recipe. Including the one for scrambled eggs that began with "scrub the pan with lots of salt" but skipped the part where you're supposed to remove the salt before starting to cook...
speedracer2008 · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend in college literally thought that Mexicans had strictly Spanish ancestry because they speak Spanish. Found this out after I was talking with him and his Mexican gf about cultural/other similarities between Mexicans and different types of Native Americans. He literally thought they had absolutely nothing to do with each other nor had no history together. Perhaps he figured people didn’t show up in what is now the country of Mexico until the Spanish arrived. We had to explain to him the imperialism. Thought all the Mayans died out or something. Blew my mind.
Tea_Time_Traveler · 1 points · Posted at 09:40:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister-in-law uses a water scent diffuser, smells like urine! Every time she turned it on I would ask aloud where the smell of pee was coming from until I realized it was the diffuser. When she was out it accidently got knocked over and cleaned. So much better! My brother, her husband, also thinks that his air conditioning in his car is supposed to smell like pee when initially turned on. Not that there's mildew and gunk in there, it's 100% normal 🤢 Don't know how it doesn't bother them...
koalateacow · 1 points · Posted at 09:41:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to show my 55 year old neighbour how to put a duvet cover on. He claimed his ex-wife had always done it and before that, his mother.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Opening those twist-to-open canned goods with a can opener.
dontwannacare · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister in law didn’t know how to peel a boiled eggs. It was funny for me because she’s actually a really good cook and it was the first time I had to teach her something.
On the other hand my brother is the type to over stuff the washing machine so much nothing gets clean, and then forget about it for two days and have to wash it again.
CrypticUniversalMave · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of redditors who didn't understand the topic at hand and replied anyway.
swiggles99 · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate use to boil his chicken breast in the kettle. His excuse was he didn’t want to wash an extra pot to boil his chicken. yeah, right mate. Ok.
3mta3jvq · 1 points · Posted at 09:43:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former coworker mentioned that he would be late to work in the morning because he was taking his car in for an oil change. I mentioned that while it's convenient to do have a shop do it, he could do it himself at home. He said he'd never changed his own oil and never worked on a car. He was born in 1970. I didn't think men like this existed.
SuperCholdi · 1 points · Posted at 14:25:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never changed oil and I was born in ‘77.
I’ve done my own brakes a few times though.
derpular · 1 points · Posted at 09:44:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a coworker tell me that if I put ice in the water jugs that they would overflow when the ice melted, and another who sent out a chicken sandwich without any chicken on it because the she hadn't sliced the chicken that morning
No-Banana9718 · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was making burgers with my friend at age 23 and I asked him if he would slice the tomatoes. He said sure and began to slice while I finished the rest. It took him forever and so I started to wonder what was going on. Turns out he was removing all the tomatoseeds one after the other...
sentient_garbage_bag · 1 points · Posted at 09:45:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister set our toaster on fire cos she didn't know how to make toast... She was 16
Sereria_Casinnea · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Calling myself out here. Admittedly this was during a very low point in my life, but YOU CANNOT DRINK LEMSIP STRAIGHT AFTER HAVING HAD A LEMSIP! I was drinking them like cups of tea and not like the liquid drugs they are. I used to always be sick (mostly from not eating - again, extremely stupid). My partner was looking after me when we first started dating. I made one Lemsip. Went to go get another and they just stopped me like "What the Hell do you think you're doing?" I just looked at him weirdly and said "Um...getting another one. I'm sick." "That's fucking paracetamol! You have to wait!" I look at the box. "Huh, oh yeah!"
helloreddit3645 · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was at uni I lived with a guy who didn’t know how to take the bins out. He was 18. Couldn’t work out how to get the bag out the bin or which bin the put it in outside. How did this guy end up in higher education?
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate didn’t know how to peel a banana
youcancallmedavid · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"The packet says 2 minute noodles. I microwaved them for 2 minutes. Why haven't they gone soft? And why has the plastic packet melted all over it?"
thatBmySLIME · 1 points · Posted at 09:46:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was younger we had a family friend that we were close with and he told us that his wife destroyed her car because she would drive with the E-brakes up and we never understood how dumb someone can be lmao
A_Chicken_Called_Kip · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my brother graduated from university we went to his graduation ceremony. He's the smartest person in our family and is a maths wizz, but he didn't know how to do up a tie. I had to show him how.
arayner90 · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not in a face to face way, but Joey Essex from the only way is Essex, he once said he didn't know how to blow his nose and I think if was tell the time (he must have been early 20s) due to losing his mum at a young age?
SuperCholdi · 2 points · Posted at 14:21:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There’s no way he is that stupid; it’s just a front I reckon.
For the benefit of people who think that being incredibly stupid is something to be proud of.
arayner90 · 2 points · Posted at 14:26:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You've got to hope it's a front
the3rdconchord · 1 points · Posted at 09:47:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend from school is my neighbour (we're in our 30's now). He fell up his stairs and broke his foot. He called me and said "I'm getting back from the hospital and I've just got off the bus but can you come help me...The crutches they gave me are rubbish". I went down to meet him in the high street and he was using the simple crutches that we all know BACKWARDS. Arm through the hoop, grab the handle, back of the forearm rested comfortably on the bar between them... NOPE. He was holding them like a gun yet trying to walk with them. He looked like Lee Evans from 'There's something about Mary'. I thought he was joking. This man is more successful than me.
Dill7670 · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lots of posts on budgeting, I have one more. We need to have some work done to the outside of my house and my brother in law is out on his own as a sorta carpenter/handyman. He is getting hosed due to COVID and jobs are drying up so we were thinking of throwing him a bone and give him some work. He is behind on rent by a few months and his car is about to get repoed. When we started to discuss the cost of our project he asked us if we could buy him a $1200 kayak instead of giving him cash. I couldn’t believe it.
byebyebi · 1 points · Posted at 09:48:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boss asked me how to copy and paste on his computer.
Jshmoe630 · 1 points · Posted at 09:49:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Back in med school, had to teach two fellow students how to do long division in order to calculate medication dosages
ZootZootTesla · 1 points · Posted at 09:49:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I work at a pet store and we had a temp colleague step in while another was furloughed, my god he is thick as pig sht. We were on delivery together and he had a bag of cat food in his hand, the brand is called GoCat and in bold bright letters it says at the top of the bag GOCAT. Nonetheless he was stood in the dog food section for over an hour. An *hour** ! Stood there like a fricking zombie on ket until I walked up to him and said it’s called GOCAT. “Oh yeah I can’t see it”. God that man.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate, age 38, who was one day complaining that her room was too hot. We checked out the thermostat, it was working, and said so. She was annoyed and demanded further investigation, so we told her we would call maintenance to send someone out to check if the HVAC was low on freon, but that after testing the thermostat and verifying cold air coming out of the vents that everything appeared to be fine. She blasted us all with “My room is fucking furnace!” and a few hours later walking by her room outside we noticed her bedroom window was still open (it had been cool one evening like a week prior to this, but was now 90 degrees out). I guess she thought — well, I’m not sure what she thought — but, kids, if you leave your window open and it’s 90 out, your room is going to get hot
ErikBlueThePotato · 1 points · Posted at 09:50:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
But at my theatre used to think that there was a North and South in space, like if you take a compass in space it would point to north, and always that direction. He was 13
MenaMoer · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I only got my driver license when I was 33, by that time, I was already married, I had children and was a sales manager.
I was horrified in myself. :)
Naughtyculturist · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once had a housemate who shorted out the household electricity by trying to cook bacon in the toaster.
I was still trying to figure out why the mains kept tripping, found her in the kitchen trying to hook the bacon out again with a metal fork.
Jolly_Rouge · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my friends apparently thinks that drinking lemon soda and only sweetened lemonade is enough to keep the body hydrated.
He really often has headaches and wonders why he is depressed when there is none left.
He dislikes the taste of water. LoL.
Another was a girl which invited us to a bbq. I saw a hair spray can near the Grill and jokingly mentioned that we could light up the fire with the spray.
She actually did this her whole life.
bluesox · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex left her doors unlocked because she couldn’t use a key.
CriticalEscapeBike · 1 points · Posted at 09:51:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
35 years ago I hired an employees wife to assist with some marketing for me.
I had written a generic letter (eons before mail merge) provided the envelopes and stamps, all she had to do was fill the envelope with one letter, seal it, stamp it and, write the name and address of the firm on the envelope and then stack them in a box.
The only database that we had was the Yellow Pages, which I had dutifully spent the previous 2 weekends using a highlighter and marked all the headings I wanted us to send letters to. All she had to do was write the address provided in those pages on to the envelope.
My instructions: "Write the name and address on the envelopes as shown in these pages".
So, instead of coming back and finding 1,000 envelopes written thusly:
ABC Business Company
1234 South Side St SE
Big Town, Ca. (we didn't have zip codes then)
I came back to find 1,000 envelopes written thusly:
ABC Business Company 1234 South Side St SE Big Town, Ca.
She had written them on the envelopes "as shown in these pages".
Stadia_Wolf · 1 points · Posted at 09:52:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife once tried to cook a frozen pizza with the cardboard sheet under it in the oven. Thank god she is pretty.
boxde · 1 points · Posted at 09:52:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mmmm
contcash · 1 points · Posted at 09:52:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex GF never filed her taxes before after 12 years in the work force. She didn't think she had to.
hopelesscaribou · 1 points · Posted at 09:53:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a friend that could not get ice out of trays. I showed her how to twist the tray to make them pop out.
JimmyAndTheBrowns · 1 points · Posted at 09:53:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a guy I went to college with. He thought socks were disposable and would throw them out after wearing them once. This guy was haemorrhaging money buying new cotton socks every couple of weeks.
amorousbellylint · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hostess at a restaurant I worked in couldnt read clocks unless it was digital. She was 18
bmxmitch · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taxes.
dahoopster7 · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife used to leave her spoon in the bowl when warming her cereal in the microwave.
Her logic was she has been doing it since she was a kid and nothing ever went wrong.
MedeaRene · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
O_O
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend not knowing how to cook eggs on stove so he just microwaves them on a plate. He said he always burns his eggs when he try to do stove and they stick to the pan.
holt45and2zigzags · 1 points · Posted at 09:54:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a trainee that lied on his resume and said he worked on transformers. Turns out he only painted them. We had confidence that he was able to wire properly [ 2 weeks into training he was doing good] and then we left him alone to wire a 580v 50hz system and he "crossed the streams" shoved frayed ends into the lug block with pretty much all 3 legs touching eachother. Flipped the breaker and went to turn the facility generator on. Which is the opposite of what he was taught for 2 weeks straight. Well he blew the cabinet right off the chiller and yeah he wasn't a trainee anymore he moved onto janitorial for a couple weeks before trying to be a fire fighter.
SkyeAnnelise · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a story from my husband, about his ex girlfriend.
Before she moved away to uni, she explained to him that she would like a fax machine as a parting gift. My husband looked at her, confused.
"Well yeah ! That way my mum can just send me money whenever I need it, she just sticks a fiver in it and I can go to the shop!"
Aside from laughing so hard he nearly pissed himself, he then had to gently break it to her that a fax machine was not some kind of Star Trek kind of gizmo that deconstructs and then reconstructs items sent through it, and that if her mum sent her a fiver, all she would get was a picture of the original fiver...
CaptainFourpack · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not so much a how do you not know how to do this, but how do you think this is a reasonable thing to do?
Shared house of four adults. Kitchen was kinda small so storage (and workspaces) was an issue. She suggested we store the cooking oil IN THE OVEN!
Like, omg no, deadly accident just waiting to happen.
Jayric2 · 1 points · Posted at 09:56:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't know if this counts but...
Friend admits to me he has a foot fetish
Me: whatever, I don't care.
Friend: you aint... Surprised? You don't think it's weird at all?
Me: Nah, not coming from you at least.
Friend: wtf do you mean
Me: I mean, you understand why you have a foot fetish, right?
Friend: Looks at me completely confused
Me: You don't have legs. It makes sense you'd find then attractive.
Friend: Ho... Well... I guess you're right. Never tought about it that way.
TL;DR my amputee friend never realized he had a foot fetish because he has no legs.
Jshmoe630 · 1 points · Posted at 09:57:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Roommate in med school wanted to do something nice for his girlfriend. I saw him tearing salmon into pieces and stir-frying it like ground meat. Same guy a month prior asked me how to cook with garlic as he peeled the skin off and tossed the skin into the pan. He's now out in the real world saving lives.
Ololapwik · 1 points · Posted at 09:59:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some years ago a friend in his late 20s complained to me about how cutting his steak was difficult. I suggested switching sides for knife/fork when cutting as most right handed people do. His mind was blown!
ItsYaBoiDyrone · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A few years ago I was the GM of a large pizza chain and was training a new employee. We made a pizza together to familiarize them with makeline procedures and then I casually asked them to "put it in the oven." To which they responded, "how?" "Whhhhaaaaat?" I say, in a dumbfounded tone as I begin to wonder how many braincells are firing in their tiny bean of a brain. Our pizza's are made on metal screens, surely they could have figured that out. My face turning to sheer horror and disbelief as I show how to 'pick up and pizza' and literally put it on the oven rack to be cooked. Slight pause as my co-workers look on in disbelief.
Fast forward 20 minutes.
Casually ask said new person to sweep the front and then they can go home. To which they respond, "can you show me how to broom? I've never broomed before."
....
Sereria_Casinnea · 1 points · Posted at 10:01:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wrote one comment calling out myself, but figured I'd make myself feel better by calling out someone else.
When I was in Sixth Form (around 17-18 years old) there was someone in my class who thought that Japan was in Africa.
This was at a Grammar School that was known for having very bright students.
throwaway8814428 · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend who was making plain hotdogs and asked how to cook the sausages.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:02:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My housemate worked in a restaurant as a server and took home a plastic container full of food leftover from his staff meal. He comes home and starts heating the food. I smell something strange going on and open the oven. He legit put the plastic takeaway container sitting in the oven, completely melted away.
Funny thing is, he’s now a chef.
kathllinos · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked with a 19 year old who could not read a clock. She loved watches though and always had one on her wrist, if you asked her the time she'd just show your her watch. Many people in the office tried to teach her how to tell the time, no one succeeded. It boggled my mind.
brownbear404 · 1 points · Posted at 10:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Reading through all the comments, most of them is about young adults' lack of kitchen/cooking awareness. Perhaps this is because it's one of the most important life traits and yet the least formally taught in schools.
Hedirix · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was 16, our mom left me with my big brother (big bro 28) alone for a week because she had a Congress in Italy, she left lots of cash behind even tho my brother was employed at the time, long story short, I learned that my bro, at 28, not only didn’t know how use a gas stove, had no idea how to boil an egg or melt cheese either.
He was turning the gas with no fire and just waiting for it to flame up somehow.
He heated up the water before adding the eggs for 3 minutes and then added the eggs for another 3 minutes, expecting that it would work somehow
He put full white low fat cheese on a stove on maximum heat, ending up burning instead of melting the thing and tried to fix it with butter.
maxc1999 · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I went to uni, one of my new roommates put rock salt in a salt shaker and shook it over all their food, somehow not seeing that nothing was coming out.
PipnPop · 1 points · Posted at 10:04:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Really late to this, but I used to teach hairdressing to an adult education environment. They needed to keep on top of washing the dirty towels and capes throughout the day. I came in one day to the back room filled with bubbles. I shit you not, from the floor to the ceiling it was like a foam party. Someone had put dishwashing liquid into the washing machine because they thought that’s what you use in it.
I had to spend the rest of the afternoon educating adults how to use a washing machine.
Guinevere11 · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex roommate tried to talk me into throwing away tampons/pads into the organic bin because "blood is organic". Same thing happened with used tissues: "they're paper, they go in the paper bin". Worst thing of all is that we had a guide for recycling (is it mandatory in my country) on the kitchen wall, where everything was clearly explained. Her boyfriend, who, by the way, lived with us for 0$, because he was just a "guest" 7 nights a week, vacuum water just to see what would've happened. The vacuum cleaner obviously broke. He didn't tried to vacuum water that was on the floor, he went right inside the toilet, because living for free was not enough, he also had to break things.
sams2056246 · 1 points · Posted at 10:05:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A buddy of mine would always cook in the microwave. By always I mean always he never used the stove top or the oven. In high school he would thaw out a frozen pizza then microwave it. Okay, not too weird right? Well a few years later he got into body building which requires a certain diet of beef, chicken,eggs, fish and veggies throughout the day. He would microwave raw beef and broccoli together for about 10mins stopping every so often to stir it. I asked him wouldn't it be easier just to boil it or stir fried it? He said no and still to this use his method of microwaving everything.
spikey_steve · 1 points · Posted at 10:06:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a friend that was recently diagnosed with a lactose intolerance and prescribed pills to take after consuming any dairy- to help with digestion. We went on a trip and I noticed her buttering her bread EVERY morning. On the last day, as she's enjoying her buttery breakfast, she mentions having a bad stomach ache this WHOLE trip. I ask "have you been taking your pills after breakfast?" She says "no, I've been avoiding lactose this whole time". Turns out, she had NO idea that butter = dairy. In fact, when I asked "what do you think butter is made of?" She responded, "I thought it was just like made of butter!"
bliip666 · 1 points · Posted at 10:08:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
High school classmate didn't know how to boil water in a regular kettle.
MnrRooikat · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex couldn't cook a fried egg. Refused to learn. She's vegetarian but loves eggs. Scrambled of course.
jacobspartan1992 · 1 points · Posted at 10:09:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have these often with my my dad. It was only the other day I really learned how electricity bills work and what rates were.
herbaholic85 · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This wasn't while I was and adult but a girl in sex ed asked if u had cum in your vagina couldnt u just squirt shampoo in and kill the sperm. She had a baby ( with her brother... no joke) when she was 14.. 2 years later....
rayornot · 1 points · Posted at 10:10:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend(F23) thought that babies could breath underwater for "about six months" after they are born. She argued this by debating how else could they survive inside the womb. Yeah.... Let's just say I'm really happy I haven't knocked her up
Tune50 · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Metal on metal is the way 2 go no teflon or plastic. You'll live longer, it may not matter to you at your age but when you have a mere 2 decades or so left, it might matter a lot.
Krillin666 · 1 points · Posted at 10:11:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my classmates doesn't know how to open plastic bottles. We were out skateboarding and he bought energy drink in plastic bottle and he couldn't open it. I was fucking with him for a while before opening the bottle for him haha. BTW he's 14....
FlipperN37 · 1 points · Posted at 10:12:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Nobody told my brother in law that shower gel isn't hair gel you use while you're in the shower.
It didn't help he didn't look in the mirror before leaving for work.
"Luckily" his colleagues noticed...
Besnarb · 1 points · Posted at 10:13:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roomate almost killed us once becausehe wanted to use the gas oven. And had no idea that you've for toi ignite or with a match. We're still alive because I went to the kitchen and smelled the gas.
kegman93 · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That condoms are used to prevent stds not just pregnancy. She was homeschooled so maybe that’s why but I was shook. She was 27 and I was 22....
ZestySeaweed · 1 points · Posted at 10:14:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I received a cheque in the mail for the first time when I was 19 (14 years ago) and I said to my Dad “what do I do with this?”
frederika_sk · 1 points · Posted at 10:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A close friend(28M) of mine(27F) and a colleague moved into an apartment next to me. we had the same model of washer and he asked me to come and show him how it works. i tough it just has different buttons then his old one, but i quickly realized he had no idea how to wash clothes. He was a 27yo guy, doing high paying management job, we both made way above average salary, he lived alone for 4 years at that point and didn't know how to wash clothes. I asked how he got by for this long and he said he has enough shirts and suits to last him two weeks an then he brings it home to his MOM to was or gets dry-cleaning done if he needs it asap.
Asperientje · 1 points · Posted at 10:16:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So, my roommate is 30 years old and he recently discovered that you can also hand in beer bottles in a bottle dispenser. He always thought that you could only hand in filled beer crates.
But to be fair, even though his parents are amazing and feel like my second parents, they never taught him how to cook, or clean something up or many more basic things.
EDIT: a word.
Krikkits · 1 points · Posted at 10:17:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend's brother is 18 and cannot make a meal for himself. Ever. Still needa a babysitter when his mom goes on vacation (my boyfriend and I). He recently learned how to fry an egg though wooooo!
He legit hasn't learned how to do anything in the kitchen (recently learned how to vacuum though), so his mother forbids him from cooking anything when possible. His mom stocks up on premade food in case she's out late or something and if she goes on vacation she asks us to keep an eye on him and cook his portion too when possible. I don't know how my boyfriend knows how to cook his mother's recipes but his brother doesnt...
Abstract808 · 1 points · Posted at 10:17:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In Iraq, we had some grunts attached to us last minute. Like 3 weeks before deploying. We get to iraq, 2 months pass and I get one of the grunts as extra body, I go to throw him in the turret with the 50.
We get outside the wire and go to test fire our weapons, we call down the line and every turret gets off a small talking guns burst, except one truck, with the 50, that is firing 1 bullet at a time. Now if you ever fucked with a 50 cal, you know what's coming. I asked him what's up, he says I have no idea I put the barrel on and it won't fire. I NEVER thought to question head space and timing, he is a grunt, so I fucking pull the bolt carrier group out, I thought maybe the tray thing got flipped ,I dunno I was winging it. Then i hear....
What's this? I turn around and he is holding the head space and timing spacers, i said , what do you MEAN what is this? That's the head space and timing gauges. He goes, what does that do...
It all made sense, he cranked the barrel in, I do head space and timing and it works, so now I'm getting my ass chewed, outside the wire because this grunt didn't know what headspace and timing was, I then ask him why he doesn't know head space and timing, his answer? He wasn't a machine gunner, he was a rifleman. I turtle fucked him, and asked him if there is anything else he would like to know in case he got shot at today? I turtle fucked him again and I will never forget how I almost fucked up by giving someone the benefit of the doubt.
SuperCholdi · 2 points · Posted at 12:03:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:18:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was living in a dorm and had a friend from another class over, we made toast in the kitchen and it got stuck in the toaster. He then proceeded to put a metal knife in it to get it out, luckily I was able to stop him before anything happened.
I asked him if noone ever told him that it's dangerous to put metal things in toasters and he had no idea.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:09:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same dorm: I was basically the only one who had lived on my own before moving in to that dorm.
Needless to say the other 20-somethings were annoyed by me for wanting them to do their dishes, rinsing their plates before putting them in the dishwasher and so on.
carfreak8184 · 1 points · Posted at 10:19:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to be the manager at a small restaurant. One night I asked the new girl to sweep the dining room before we closed. She legitimately had never used a broom and dust pan in her life. She was probably 19
mrgone01001 · 1 points · Posted at 10:21:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am in an unfortunate point in my life.... I pump gas for a living right now..... Have had MULTIPLE instances when a person pulls up to the pump with the gas tank on the wrong side.... Tell them they need to turn around and not once, not twice, not three times they drive round and round...... Im not talking new 16 year 6 6 h[555
Patches67 · 1 points · Posted at 10:24:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I started a course on office administration in college and on the first day learned half the class was completely computer illiterate.
FenderMike · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Girlfriend didn’t know to clean her bellybutton. Mid-20s. Smelled so so so bad.
MamaRunsThis · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What? Lol. It must be a deep one?
FenderMike · 1 points · Posted at 17:08:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Mate I don’t even know.
TheCleaner75 · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only Asians might appreciate this.
My soon-to-be-ex-husband is Korean. At the last family get together, his cousin asked him to turn on the rice cooker. He had no idea even about how much rice, how much water, what button to push.
For almost 20 years of marriage, I was always the one to do it. His cousins, especially the men, gave him so much shit!
L3tum · 1 points · Posted at 10:27:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy thought the defrosting setting on the microwave would actually cool the stuff down.
CooperFish · 1 points · Posted at 10:28:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was with a friend at high school, when her older pal phoned asking her how to do laundry. He'd been at uni about 4 months... And had just been buying new underwear and t shirts for 4 months but had then run out of money.
PoupsiLight · 1 points · Posted at 10:29:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in the village where my grandparents live. One night my grandpa told me to catch the goat in the property they had. And that goat was beyond wild and fast and aggressive. I never grew up with animal, I came from a city we don’t do that here. And when I try to catch that god dame goat I nearly died sometimes and my grandpa was just sitting there like ,,how do you not know to catch a simple goat, Shame on the young generation“ grandpa just wtf man.
sgracex92 · 1 points · Posted at 10:29:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 21 year old brother doesn’t know how to fry an egg - I feel like frying an egg is a basic cooking skill 🤷🏻♀️
toebeanornottoebean · 1 points · Posted at 10:30:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister once asked how to make boxed macaroni and cheese.
To her defence we never got a lot of domestic lessons growing up, but really? The directions are right on the box!
Around the same time she tried to learn how to make rice. She asked me to check in it to see if it was done, so I did and it wasn’t so I said no.
She proceeded to yell at me because she thought it was done because the box said “20 minutes or until all the water was absorbed” and it had been 20 minutes. I tried to explain that yes 20 minutes had passed but there was still water in the pot so the rice clearly wasn’t done. She argued and called me stupid because she thought the “water was absorbed” stipulation was optional. I asked her if she had ever eaten rice with this much water in it, and what she expects to do with the excess water and she said you need to strain it 😩
I get how it could be a misunderstanding. But fuck me, don’t yell at me and call me stupid when you ask for help! I’m not telling you you’re wrong to be a prick, I’m trying to help you!
She tried making rice again a few weeks later, and asked me once again if it was done. It was not. Queue same fight we just had again. At this point I think she just wanted to pick a fight with me 🤷🏻♀️
Idontreadreplysormes · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One summer in college I was painting the inside of a super wealthy guys home he was working for General Electric making 6 figures. Said he was a top Epidemiologist designing a new hiking water filter for a GE brand. I had just bought the same product so I new all the things to look for. I was making conversation with him as I worked and I'm regurgitating stuff I had just read.
"At 0.004 to 0.1 microns, viruses are the smallest of the waterborne disease-causing microbes." I'm going on and this guy is intently looking at me.
"They’re also the toughest to filter out because of their small size Poliovirus is one of the smallest." I swear he is taking notes now
So this "top GE Epidemiologist" response.
"I didn't know all that."
mattiecakes1 · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time in high school I tried to be nice and make breakfast for my family and I fried up some bacon. In a pan of oil...because it’s called frying bacon. It did not turn out well at all.
NullDivision · 1 points · Posted at 10:35:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ohohoh, I have a good one!
Back at one of my old restaurant jobs, we had a new girl join us. It was her first day, her first job as she was very young, like 16 or 17, she was ready to make that money! Though she didn't realize most of our work was taking orders and cleaning. I'm pretty serious when it comes to cleanliness of these kinds of jobs, always hated going to a dirty half assed restaurant, so I always made a point to instill the idea and teach the new ones the same. The task as simple, and the very first one other than to clocking in... I handed her a broom and asked her to sweep...
She was relatively funny person on first impression, so when she said "I don't know how" I thought she was joking, and immediately laughed a bit. Poor thing genuinely didn't know how to sweep...so sure enough I showed her, and ideas of where to sweep. She was strangely lazy but she did try for a while.
A few days later I also had to show her how to pour contents of a can into a squeezy bottle. She never figured this one out. Always completely missed the bottle, pouring the stuff all over the counter. I wonder what the world looked like through her eyes.
I think of her on occasion because of this. Also she didn't have a belly button. Never figured out why she felt such a need for me to know.
Kasiersaurus · 1 points · Posted at 10:41:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He didn't know how to make toast, enough said.
realavocado · 1 points · Posted at 10:44:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I found out where Alaska was four months ago
SarnDarkholm · 1 points · Posted at 10:45:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband's cousin who at 32 years old does not know how to use the US Postal Service. Also does not know thier own address.
krabzzy · 1 points · Posted at 10:46:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know people in my country who don't know the alphabet of my country.
thisNaneIsRNG · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
what is your country
krabzzy · 1 points · Posted at 16:50:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Israel
stainedglassdoge · 1 points · Posted at 11:08:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and a friend were living in uni accommodation together, and my friend didn't know how to use a hoover.. she was over 20 yrs old.
darkwingduck487 · 1 points · Posted at 11:11:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Asked a girl at work to open some cans of stuff for prep, she stared at the cans and can opener for a minute before finally asking for help because she had never opened a can before or even knew how to use a can opener.
sumandark8600 · 1 points · Posted at 11:15:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
They didn't stay in the kitchen. They just turned on the microwave, set a timer on their phone and went back to their room.
SusieHom3maker · 1 points · Posted at 14:28:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Microwaves have timers of their own, it's both how they work and also a safety feature. When the cycle is over, it stops. There is no heating element, which is why the only thing that should be getting hot is the food (if your dish gets hot, even on parts where the food isn't touching, it isn't microwave safe, even if the label says it is. Unsafe dishes are not only too hot to handle, but can also explode randomly). Your roommates were probably setting timers on their phones so they didn't have to babysit a (usually safe) kitchen appliance. Some foods take a very long time in the micro, such as using the "thaw" function, so I too would have gone into another room and done something better. If they can't hear the microwave beep from their rooms, the phone timer reminds them. Please tell me you didn't stop their food and pick a fight over this?
Popcorn is entirely different, though. You can easily start a fire if you let it run too long.
sumandark8600 · 2 points · Posted at 16:34:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yh I know how microwaves work... I would expect most people to given that it's in the name.
And while microwaves shouldn't directly heat ceramic, it's still perfectly normal for ceramic dishes to get hot in a microwave. It's literally how heat works. It's only an issue if they're as hot or hotter than the food you're cooking.
It's actually pretty common to preheat serving plates in a microwave with a cup of water. The microwave heats the water to a boil, and then as that heat dissipates, it heats the plates.
That is exactly why they did it. Maybe I should have been more clear about the timer. What I meant was exactly what you said. She put a timer on her phone for the same time as on the microwave so she'd know when it was done as she wouldn't hear it go bing from her room.
That said, you should really never leave cooking food unattended. If your next door and you can hear/smell everything, then fine. But that's not how our halls of residence tend to be. After this incident we actually had annual kitchen and fire safety talks which specifically said to not leave the kitchen when cooking something.
Imagine something like a hotel layout but way less fancy. Each person has their own small room on a corridor, and each corridor also has a kitchen and a public style bathroom with 4 toilets and 4 showers. The kitchen locks automatically to prevent fires spreading (everyone's room key opens the kitchen on their corridor), so yh, it's not quite like watching TV at home while your food is in the oven.
DinoWolf35 · 1 points · Posted at 11:17:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My father thought you plugged in for wifi
HuzmanThe12th · 1 points · Posted at 11:22:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my highschool classmate was making rice and burnt it, the whole bottom of it was black because she didn't know you had to stir it sometimes so you don't burn it.
Her friend also had an interesting way to sweep the floor, she stood in the middle and she was just swinging the broom left and right while moving.
brennamenna · 1 points · Posted at 11:29:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
how to pump gas!!!!
candyrocket40 · 1 points · Posted at 11:38:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my mom offered to pay for dinner and then didn’t know how to figure out the tip
PrincessDaisyCakes · 1 points · Posted at 11:42:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My stepfather at 58yr old tried to put a metal pan into the microwave. When I stopped him he was like "huh? What would happen?"
wackyorb · 1 points · Posted at 11:43:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I moved out with a few buddies at age 20 I had to teach my friend Kyle how to use the washing machine. His mom always did his laundry up until that point.
mountainmonkey2 · 1 points · Posted at 11:44:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Explaining to my ex that the stove on high won’t burn or destroy the pans
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 11:46:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Former housemate of mine who had a computer science degree was boggled by basic electricity. He could not grasp why he kept tripping circuit breakers by daisy-chaining power strips.
robert_is_cool · 1 points · Posted at 11:47:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time in high school my classmates and I had to pull up a world map to convince our teacher that greenland existed. Like she had just never heard of it
jennanen · 1 points · Posted at 11:47:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Snap-on Snap-off
During the practical portion of my training as an aircraft mechanic we had a classmate who didnt know how to use a ratchet.
This individual had been spotted working on a task with two ratchets, both with the same configuration. One had been marked to tell it apart from the other.
When challenged by the instructor the response was "one is to tighten, the other is to loosen." It was made very clear that this individual had never figured out or been shown what the on/off switch was for.
Everyone on this course had at least a few years of mechanical experience. It was by no means day 1. It wasn't long after this incident that I never saw this person again.
freakerbell · 1 points · Posted at 11:47:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend didn’t know you needed to check the oil and water in her car.... drove her car to destruction.
KindaRelevantName · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with a guy while we were both going through some fairly intense training for a little over a year and he always kinda smelled bad. Like he had just worked out and hadn’t showered yet. His entire room reeked and when the smell would start drifting into the hall I’d mention it to him, he’d say he would clean up, nothing would happen, so I’d bomb his room with air freshener. I found out about a week ago that he didn’t know that there was a difference between fabric softer and laundry detergent. He had been washing his clothes, towels, and bed sheets with only fabric softener for years. Since then he has stopped smelling like old sweat and is more bearable to be around.
Still a shitty roommate...
Fire_The_Torpedo2011 · 1 points · Posted at 11:49:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is a corker.
I went to work at a government Coronavirus site in February in the UK, before it went proper big. At the time we were still thinking we could contain it.
The company sent this along this absolutely terrible, useless mug who paradoxically thinks he is smarter than everyone else, to help me. A real pain in the arse. I still work with him.
Anyway, during a night shift we get a call to the office. He answers it, as I am not in the room.
When I get back, he says: "Oh, we got an urgent phone call. We have to call them back."
I say: "Who from?"
He says: "The Home Office." (This is the office of the British Government).
So I say: "Which department?"
"I don't know."
"Well, what did they want?"
"I don't know."
"Did you get a phone number?"
"No."
"Well, what was his name?"
"I don't know." (long pause) "... I think his name was Dave."
So there I am, in the middle of the night, phoning the fucking Home Office, on every extension I can find, asking for 'Dave."
We never did find him.
Afterwards, through gritted teeth, trying to stay calm, I explain to him that, in future, if someone calls, you get a full name, a department, a description of what they want, and a fucking phone number.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS AN URGENT CALL FROM THE FUCKING GOVERNMENT.
The next morning, I had to explain to our managers that the Home Office called, but we couldn't call them back as we didn't get a name or number or department.
We then all got treated to a patronising speech and daily briefing that, when someone phones, you have to take down all their details so someone can contact them back.
Sigh...
hungrybruno · 1 points · Posted at 11:55:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was a TA at a culinary school for several years. I once saw a young adult (early 20s) attempt to crack an egg by holding it in his hand and just slamming it into the counter and flattening his palm. After he cleaned up the ensuing mess I had to show him how to tap the egg to crack the shell just enough so that you can open the egg over a bowl. How do you decide to go to culinary school having literally never even cracked an egg?
IvyTh3Twisted · 1 points · Posted at 11:57:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A nurse acquaintance of mine was ranting about gas prices. I mentioned how oils prices were going up in the last few weeks but how she should expect prices to go down soon as oil prices that high generally don’t last too long. She then provided to ask me dead serious why on earth would oil prices affect gas prices? She didn’t know that gasoline (petrol) was made of crude oil.
unAffectedFiddle · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some buddies were renting and they invited me to rent with them. The toilet bowl was brown near the water. The streaky brown from a well used but poorly cleaned toilet.
They said it was like that when they moved in. I decided not to rent with them. I get the "hahaha young men need mommy to clean" but that was ridiculous.
Roxy_wonders · 1 points · Posted at 12:00:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn’t know you can mix hot and cold water using two-handle shower faucet. She came back from taking a shower and said it sucks that you can have either freezing or burning water.
DoritoFlavordLSD · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to Buffalo Wild Wings with some friends. One of them ordered a $7 appetizer then was upset after he got charged for it (price was on the menu). He thought it was free “like the bread”.
Amuunee · 1 points · Posted at 12:02:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister is in year 12. Yesterday she couldn’t tell me how many millilitres are in a (1) litre of water
BobBeats · 1 points · Posted at 16:25:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That should only be a problem for Americans.
CapnButtercup · 1 points · Posted at 12:03:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was studying for my diploma, and still living at home, my parents went away for about a week so I had a couple of friends from college over to stay to keep me company.
One of them didn’t know that you needed to use hot water to wash dishes (she thought cold water would do the job) and the other thought she could put foil over a dish in the microwave.
meatbag2010 · 1 points · Posted at 12:05:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a work colleague that always had a company car till a few years ago. He then decided to save money and buy his own. When I saw it last year it had two totally bald tires. When I asked him why he hadn't gone and got them changed he told me that he thought they automatically get done when the car went in for it's service and it wasn't due a service for a few months, so thought he didn't need to bother.
lollykpops · 1 points · Posted at 12:06:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Up until recently I worked in the entertainment tourism industry and came into contact with a lot of lovely, fun and well meaning but slightly dim singers and dancers. One girl aged 22 asked me to go with her to Zara to try on dresses. Once she tried them all on, she handed me the bundle of clothes she had tried and a pile of hangers, and then waited expectantly for me to do something about it. She had no idea how to put the clothes back on the hangers, stating that she 'never had to do that before'. I worry what her dressing room backstage looked like. (And her living quarters!)
AntiNeutrino97 · 1 points · Posted at 12:06:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recently taught a person how to "make" cereal.
"So here's a bowl. Add cereal, add milk, add spoon". He had no idea that's how cereal was "made".
chemtranslator · 1 points · Posted at 12:07:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was on the bus to classes (University of Michigan) and this female student says: I just don’t understand how the gpa works, like 3.0 4.0, how do you end up with a decimal like 3.827? He responds,”well you divide them.” She cuts him off, “Right! You divide them by whole numbers...”
rukwitme · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sigh. My boyfriend.
We got lost while trying to find the highway. After a few minutes, he perks up and says he's found it while pointing to a metal sign with an H on it (Hospital sign). I thought everyone knew what that sign meant, but apparently not.
Bbpowrr · 1 points · Posted at 12:10:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk but I can't make phone calls to save my life... Like I never order food over the phone unless I'm alone it's really bad
PorkVacuums · 1 points · Posted at 12:11:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate in college that had no idea how to use a dishwasher, even though he grew up with one. After a month of me cleaning up his dirty dishes, I confronted him about it. I was like, "No judgement. If you don't know how to use it, I'll show you, but please use the dishwasher." Turns out his parents just never showed him how it worked. Edit: clarified
SynistrMotiv · 1 points · Posted at 12:14:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cook. I was in Boy Scouts before many of the latest headlines, and some people thought I had leadership potential. (Turns put those people are not complete fools) So I got sent to a special program called "FoxFire" To develop leading and what not. My first ACTUAL leading happened at the cooking fire. We were given noodles, cheese, and milk from the chow hall, all with the intent of making Mac-and cheese. My patrol stuck the cheese and noodles together, and started trying to cook it. So, we had to separate all of the noodles from cheese by hand before doing anything. Then again, this patrol also left fruit in the mess box so we would not lose it to the chow hall. And one guy would snort any packet of powder. Lemonade mix? Snorts great! Fruit punch mix? SNORTS BETTER! Ramen flavor pack? IT BUURRRRRRNS!
lamKitKat220 · 1 points · Posted at 12:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤷♀️
aliddl · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's been three times that I found toilet paper either on the floor in front of the toilet or on the seat of the toilet. One of my housemates does not know how to throw paper in the toilet! And she does not even notice. I don't understand how she doesn't see this when flushing!!
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
They're lying to you because they are lazy and won't admit it.
iiElysiumx · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A friend of mine in uni thought butter never went off and left the same tub of butter in her fridge for about 6 months straight until I pointed out to her that butter does have a sell by date, when she got it out it was covered in green mould and stank like shit. In fact she thought most food just didn’t go off as she left milk and other perishable goods in her cupboards and fridge for weeks in end at a time. This same person would also microwave bacon even though she had a frying pan
JessElloxy · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A female friend of mine didnt know that her pee is not just gushing out of her vagina, but the little hole of the urethra in there. She was beyond mindblown and ashamed when i showed her pictures. Technically not a "doesnt know how to do this" but she kinda didnt know how she peed.
Ipride362 · 1 points · Posted at 12:17:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This happened to me often in college because my mother and father taught me to cook, clean up after myself, run laundry and dishes, and how to use microwaves and ovens.
So, when I got to college I watched in horror as you fine folks tried to burn the building down.
Grootsap · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad teaches Family and Consumer Sciences (home ec) at a junior high. I asked him for his pizza dough recipe, and he sent me the one he uses in class. The recipe included instructions to not throw the pizza dough at the wall. Apparently that’s happened enough times that he had to add that part in.
He’s taught these kids to clean a stovetop, do laundry, all kinds of basic life skills. It does give me hope that there’s a group of kids out there who will at least know how to do a few basic tasks.
emi_rivale30 · 1 points · Posted at 12:19:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I can’t open tins and I’m 21 and have lived away from my parents for a few years. I always butcher the can and I just can’t seem to cleanly open it. I’m definitely going to buy an electric one as soon as finances permit lol
capt-nemo3 · 1 points · Posted at 12:20:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In junior high I taught a doctor how to use a saw. I was at my best friends house working on a project for class. My best friend's parents are pretty over protective and part of our project required sawing a wooden dowel with a tiny craft saw. His parents did not want us doing that (despite my dad being an active craftsman who taught me how to safely use actual tools, let alone a 3 inch saw). So friends dad came to help. This man is an anesthesiologist, so in my mind he's intelligent.
The man takes the dowel, sets the blade on top of it as if to prepare to cut, and just stays still. No movement. He looks up and says "it's not cutting." I thought he's joking so I laugh but my friend said "dad, you have to move it back and forth." His dad's reaction was to roll the dowel underneath the saw blade, just back and forth. I'm in tears at this point and my friend says "you have to hold the dowel so it doesn't roll." His dad holds the dowel and then moves the blade AND the dowel back and forth so it's all just sliding.
About then I realized the dad was totally serious and us 12 year olds were teaching this man how to use a saw. In the end, his dad angrily walked away and said "just do it yourself, don't tell your mom." I'm still not sure if he knows how to use a steak knife, now that I think of the implications.
snarkitall · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My partner very seriously told me when we first got together that you can't pee in the shower. He tries to explain to me that he lived in a house with guys and they "all peed in the shower and the bathtub got a terrible ring around it and stunk."
I'm like, did anyone ever clean this bathtub? Like all showers get gross if no one ever cleans them. Pee has nothing to do with it. Well, no. No one ever did clean that shower.
Turns out his mom did a great job of teaching him little daily tasks like laundry and dishes, but he had no idea about actually cleaning anything. He'd get so mad cause he thought rooms stayed clean if you were tidy and did your laundry and dishes. Well no, floors and counters and corners still need to be scrubbed down regardless of how well you pick up your socks.
yehbro1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 15 my friend who was also 15 thought and uncle and a grandpa were the same thing.
cascade_olympus · 1 points · Posted at 12:22:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a fair sized family dinner with some 16 people over. We decided on buffet style Tex-Mex. I'm normally the primary chef in the house while my mom plays sous chef. Things are a bit hectic with how many people we're serving, but for the most part we're doing alright... until one of my cousins asks if there is anything she can do to help.
Any time someone asks that, I feel like I should give them something to do, but can't assume their level of culinary skills, so I give them basic grunt work that anybody over 10 years old can probably handle. In her case, I told her she could shred some cheese. I'd already had the bowl, cheese, and grater out, so it was easy enough to point her over to it. I'd gotten my favorite cheese grater, which is somewhere between a micro planer and a traditional size hand grater (instead of the fairly safe rounded holes, it had a bunch of death-razors which aren't far off from a mandoline in terms of how easily it can remove skin from a hand if not careful). This cousin is 23 years old, so I'm not too worried... that is... not until I see her pick up the cheese grater and proceed to hold the cheese with one hand while doing a motion with the cheese grater than I can only describe as, "combing the cheese". Just imagine a young girl combing the hair of a doll, only the doll was a large block of cheddar and the comb was a professional hand deglover made of a few hundred tiny razors.
I quickly, but strategically suggest that another cheese grater would be more efficient. I grab out our box grater for her. No way you can mess up with a box grater! She proceeded to use the box grater in the same way! Just combing away at the block of cheese! At this point I was mentally questioning whether she'd ever seen non-pre-shredded cheese before.
45 minutes later we had a whopping 1 cup of shredded cheese for all 16 guests to share. Mom brought the block of cheese and grater over to the table as well, and all of our guests including a 9 year old ended up demonstrating how to shred cheese. I'm kind of curious if any light bulbs went off in her head as she watched how people were doing it. I imagine I'd be a bit embarrassed if a 9 year old showed me up on such a mundane task.
_Potato_Cat_ · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach someone how to post a letter.
He asked if he needed a stamp and the post office
And an envelope.
My partner had to teach someone to boil a literal egg.
An egg!!!
robinless · 1 points · Posted at 12:24:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy kept leaving milk cartons out of the fridge at work and they would go bad. When we confronted him he confessed he didn't know the milk had to go in the fridge because "the service handles that at home". He came from money, obviously.
Audree_Snow · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
University roommate asked me to put on her fitted bedsheets for her because she didn’t know how to 🙄 then proceeded to ask me to wash her clothes for her for the semester since “we would most likely do ours at the same time“. And she wasn’t joking. Apparently she’s always had a maid 🤷🏻♀️
The-Fluffy-Dragon · 1 points · Posted at 12:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This was a few years ago but I remember when my neighbor bought her first car and drove it around a ton before coming and knocking on my door a few weeks later asking me if I give her car a look over as it was making a weird noise. She didnt know you had to change the motor oil with fresh motor oil and had poured anti freeze in instead cause it was cheaper ruining her brand new Mustang. Then got offended when I told her that noise was a rod knock and the engine was problably done for cause like being a trained mechanic means I dont know anything about cars somehow.
amyscactus · 1 points · Posted at 12:27:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A couple years ago I was at the gas station and the girl at the pump next to me (about 30 or so) said she had no clue how to pump gas into her vehicle because her "husband always did it for her." I was flabbergasted. I showed her what to do, but was like OMG this can't be happening.
cambo76 · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
College roommate all of a sudden was throwing out a full bag of trash more often than usual. It turns out he thought the wicker paper plate holders were single-use only. Same house, same time, different roommate, when it was his turn to do the dishes, he would turn on the water as hot as it would go, and just stare at the plate while the water ('eventually'?) cleaned the dish. He was frustrated as to why dishes took so long to do, but never scrubbed a single one.
isabelle-ebba · 1 points · Posted at 12:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once I was walking to the supermarket with my friend and we heard a pigeon "hoo-ing" in the bushes. My friend was delighted and said :'' Oh! An owl! " (in the city where we live, there are no owls). Anyway, for the next half hour I tried to convince her that it was actually a pigeon. She didn't believe me until we actually saw it sitting above us. She was like :" What!? They sound like that too!? "
Just made me think of how many times she thought she had been surrounded by owls instead of just normal chonky pigeons....
guacamoleforlife · 1 points · Posted at 12:29:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend’s sister thought lion is a female tiger till she was 27.
magicschoolbus32 · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught old roommate how to write checks. Not a huge thing, but it made me wonder how she paid her rent before we met. I've been writing checks since I was thirteen, when my bank let me get a checking account.
BadNewsITried · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college decided to do the dishes one day after my other roommate and I had been hounding him for about 2 months over it. Well, because he would leave everything in the sink, he washed what he needed by hand with dawn soap. Came back from class with water and soap all over the ground and spilling out of the washing machine. This guy has never used the washing machine at home and filled the soap tray up with dawn.
UpDaffodilYours · 1 points · Posted at 12:30:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 34 year old friend has Aspergers so I understand he doesn’t have a lot of common sense type knowledge, but it floored me when he burned his hand and wrapped it in a towel to try and keep his hand still. I told him to put it under cold water and he argued with me about how that wouldn’t help. When he finally put it under the water he was shocked how much better he felt. I am legit worried about him now since he lives alone.
julers · 1 points · Posted at 12:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying but the most face palm-y. An ex boyfriend tried to break the spaghetti noodles while they were still in the box. He tried to break the whole box in half, with the little plastic window and everything. Wow. I broke up with him the next day.
TEOP821 · 1 points · Posted at 12:32:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to stop a roommate in college from pouring marinara into the pot of pasta and boiling water. Telling them what to do wasn’t going to work out so I just had him wait at the table
sherzeg · 1 points · Posted at 12:32:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked alongside a young twenty-something-young kid in the early 2000's who thought he knew EVERYTHING and would voice his disapproval often on my apparent lack of intelligence but was actually quite ignorant about living away from mommy and daddy. One day his car got a flat tire. He had no idea how to either change it himself or call a service to do it. I put the "donut" spare tire on for him and told him to bring the tire to a repair shop to fix it. He came in the next day screaming at me about ruining his alignment, not knowing that those temporary spare tires make one's car pull off-center because they're smaller than normal size. Another time he went off on a rant about how stupid I was for leaving the water in my cup when making Raman. Apparently in college he would cook the noodles, drain out all of the water and then stir the flavor packet onto the moist noodles. My kidneys scream in horror to this day at the recollection.
bonsainovice · 1 points · Posted at 12:33:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This has happened multiple times in the last two or three years: Watching a younger co-worker (typically in their first office job) make a phone call and leave a message to the effect of "Hi, call me back!", without leaving their phone number or extension or (seriously) their name and the company they work for or why they're calling in the first place.
I mean, it's one thing if you need help learning how a traditional office phone works, switching lines, how to setup your voicemail -- that I get. They just seem to have no inkling that the person listening to their message might need to know what phone number to use when they return the call, or why they were called in the first place.
crimsonlady72 · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A guy who I worked with also lived in the same house as I did. He was in his early 20s. We had the second floor and he and his girlfriend lived in the basement apartment which we used to have before taking the bigger upstairs apartment. He was extremely frugal with money. We started talking about our oil delivery. Our landlady made us get oil from the most expensive distributor because she was friends with him. He said well it's getting to be summer so we don't need oil. I asked him if he was planning to take cold showers all summer. And he looked at me all confused and said no, why? Like the two things were unrelated. I said well you need oil for hot water. And he got call smug and said, no the hot water comes from the hot water heater not from the oil tank. So I said and what do you think FUELS the hot water heater? Magic? And he's just staring at me blankly. It has to have a fuel source it's got to be either oil or electricity. Ours is oil. He had no idea you needed fuel to hear the water.
Fiern · 1 points · Posted at 12:34:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So this actually happened to a close friend of mine, but her fiancé didn't know how to open a tube of biscuits. Like, the tubes with biscuit dough inside that have the "Peel Here" and "Press Spoon Here" phrases inked onto the packaging.
We've come to blame his mother for babying and overprotecting him because she still tries to cling onto and cuddle him anytime he's around despite him being an adult. I mean like, his mother wants my friend (his fiancé) to move so she can cling to him like you would expect a girlfriend to. She once climbed over the back of the couch like something straight out of a horror movie just to sit next to him.
ScoutCommander · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ITT: RTFM!
Fournote · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went to college with a guy who didn't know what laundry detergent was. He just put the clothes in the washing machine and turned it on. I told him what it was and it blew his mind.
falcoperegrinus82 · 1 points · Posted at 12:35:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One friend didn't know the keyboard shortcuts for cut, copy, paste. Another friend didn't know about Ctrl F.
bikkiii · 1 points · Posted at 12:37:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A boyfriend I had when I was like 17 asked why I wipe after I pee..
Another thing When we started to get sexual he thought my vagina was where my groin area was below my stomach, had no idea it was between my legs...
Leafeyu · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 43 year old father asked me how to spell welcome
FeathersForever · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An AskReddit where I finally have one!
Short version:
Had to show an 18yr old woman how to use a microwave. Discovered in the process she didn't know how to make tea, use a toaster etc. She was used to the servants doing it.
Long version:
Years ago I worked in the on-campus corner shop at a student halls of a residence. It was a massive university with accommodation all across the city, but the halls of residence were for first year students, and were the most expensive - the classic British student experience, rather than the self-catering options.
This meant it was where the richest students tended to live in their first year at uni. Russel group uni in an attractive city. If you're British you probably get the picture.
So I'm working in the shop during freshers' week. Lots of excited 18yr olds, newly away from home. We sell various snack foods, and had a microwave so they could heat them up there and then.
Cue the 18yr old. Blond. Absolute classic "rah" (I don't know if they're still called that). Buys a snack. Obviously struggling with microwave. Friends standing around also looking lost. I go over, help her heat up her snack, and she tells me she's never used a microwave before.
The expression on my face must have been a picture, because she felt the need to continue to explain about other things she couldn't use, and how the servants did it all.
I assume she either learned swiftly or relied entirely on restaurants for the rest of her uni career. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall the first time she used the laundrette.
GGP11 · 1 points · Posted at 12:38:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was with a group of people from a work course. The subject of WW2 came up in conversation. One girl in the group then asked what we were talking about. She made it to her mid 20s without knowing WW2 ever happened
lotusperson · 1 points · Posted at 12:39:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The roommate of my girlfriend thought that jam can stay good for a year outside the fridge after opening it.
SelectYes · 1 points · Posted at 12:39:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I was living with a super messy housemate who didn't drink coffee. He got upset when I chewed him out for boiling instant noodles IN the kettle. He would pour it out and leave pieces to stick against the heating element inside and just not give a rat's ass about who needs to use it next.
TracyJamesjames · 1 points · Posted at 12:44:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've read about ten of these stories and I need to stop now!
Anthok16 · 1 points · Posted at 12:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spent about 20 minutes on the phone with my sister in law trying to help her see the rest of the google chrome page. What she wanted was lower on the page and the scroll bar wasn’t appearing. I went through updating chrome with here, zooming in and out, restarting the computer... she didn’t know to two finger scroll on the trackpad.
WallflowerCat · 1 points · Posted at 12:49:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was working in a bar in the UK and had a Canadian co worker. The chefs had asked him for another round of blackcurrant squash. He looked at me and said 'err can you help me out here? How do I make it?' This guy had never made squash / cordial before in his life. Thought it was odd.
MissMuses · 1 points · Posted at 12:51:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to do shoelaces
IncessantlyFlummoxed · 1 points · Posted at 12:52:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was reading reviews for a study guide to the air force officers qualifying exam and one user complained that the guide didn't explain how to get the product of two multi digit numbers multiplied together without a calculator. This person was incidentally admitting that they didn't know how to multiply, basically.
You have to have earned a college degree to be an officer in the air force.
specs48 · 1 points · Posted at 13:02:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught my roommate (27) how to blow his nose for the first time earlier this year.
coolmommabear · 1 points · Posted at 13:08:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Years ago I worked for Karen ( real name maybe the original Karen lol) The well at our office went dry so we had no running water to flush toilets. We were told it would be a week or so before we could get running water back. She wanted us to hold it and walk 3 blocks to the nearest store on our breaks. I suggested using buckets of waste water to flush. She had no clue you could empty a toilet with a couple gallons of water in a bucket. I had to demonstrate it before she would believe me. I guess I better explain that our office was attached to a warehouse that had multiple salt water tanks that we could source for flushing the toilet.
BielGomesantos · 1 points · Posted at 13:14:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and my friends were livid when another friend of us talked about hiring someone to change the shower's resistance, because even after we made him watch a video of it, he kept saying "it's too difficult"
Should note that he's studying physics, and went well in numerous lab classes
elxhl8 · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
During lockdown period, my mum realized that my brother didn't know how to make a cup of instant coffee. He handed her a sachet of coffee but my mum was busy doing something else so she told him to go make it himself.. He walked into the kitchen clueless and walk back to my mum still holding that coffee sachet. He is 34 this year.
I told my mum...'But surely he ate instant noodles before??'
When I look back, I began to realize why. He was never a fan of instant noodles, even if he wanted to eat some.. Either my grandma or mum or even I will cook it for him. He has never stayed out.. Even in college and university except one year.. Where he stayed with a super capable roommate who made extra portions of meals for him every single time. And at work, there is a tea lady who made drinks for him.
I on the other hand, stayed out right after high school and my work takes me to different places every 1 to 2 years..so I have never stayed at home since high school. And now I am thankful for that.
Carlthe_Llama · 1 points · Posted at 13:24:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember once a girl told me how she complained about her paycheck being cut short everytime. I'm preeeeeettty sure she just didnt know about taxes.
Pimped_Butterfly15 · 1 points · Posted at 13:36:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a Room mate who had the bright idea to boil water in the microwave with a metal pot...
alexijanet294 · 1 points · Posted at 13:42:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to my housemate why clean dishes need to be drained upside down. So that the 💦
HelloMissMurphy · 1 points · Posted at 13:50:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My two bestfriends can't cook, which is like "Okay I guess it happens, whatever", but the one time I cooked a full on meal for them, one and/or both of them did not know how to do the following things: spice meat, cut onions, peel onions, peel potatoes, prep a pan, mash potatoes, and more. One of them knew how to use a peeler only because she helps her mother make salad, she said. She did not know how to mash potatoes. The other bestfriend knew how to mash potatoes because she's helped her mom make them before, but did not know how to use a peeler and seriously struggled until I took over.
It just.... it still blows my mind that people in their mid to late 20s do not know how to cook even basic things. You don't know how to boil potatoes and then mash them up with milk and butter? Seriously??
Admittedly, salad-loving friend has a legitimate reason: she's thermophobic/pyrophobic. I mostly just had her cutting/peeling things, but even then she was like, really upset that she was bad at it and afraid she'd cut herself.
Animedragon24 · 1 points · Posted at 13:53:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my friends were talking about biking and I said "you know how to ride a bike!" Because I don't know how and thy said "you don't!"
6000coza · 1 points · Posted at 14:00:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to help a 21 year old man iron a shirt for a job interview. He'd arrived in London from Johannesburg and was staying with a mutual friend until he found his own place; travelled 10,000km to a different continent with no issue, but he'd never ever had to iron a shirt before.
StraightAd9146 · 1 points · Posted at 14:02:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother had me at 40 and kept me very sheltered. Mom always threw all the laundry in together (towels, colors, blacks, socks.) I learned to wash when I was a teenager by reading the new washing machine 🤦♀️ My clothes were always linty and bleached before this
jack104 · 1 points · Posted at 14:03:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I lived with 3 guys from my fraternity my sophomore and junior years and there was one guy who made me think "how are you in your 20s and oblivious to this??" Like one time he and the others had people over on a Friday night and Saturday morning our house was just destroyed, beer cans and spit cups sitting everywhere, spills and garbage all over, etc. I'd harped about not leaving this house a mess that I have to cleanup and I'd finally had it. So when my roomies finally got up I declared martial law and gave everyone an area to clean up and figured that would be that, I wasn't trying to be a stick in the mud I just can't function in a mess of that magnitude. But anyhow, I give roomie #3 the kitchen and ask him politely to wash the stack of festering dishes in the sink and take the garbage out. He immediately protests saying "I use paper plates and bowls and throw them away when I'm done, I don't use dishes."
I paused for a sec then went "Well, that's a very ecologically unsound strategy but ok.....would you just take one for the team, we're all cleaning up messes we didn't make ourselves?"
I figured that would be the end of it. Nah, he waits a few seconds and then mutters something and gets up and starts walking towards his room (to go back to sleep) and now I'm fucking pissed, I go to tear him a new asshole for being a persistent prick but I was beaten to the punch by heavily hungover roomie #2, who is also fed up with him, and he begins to tear #3 a new asshole and, pretty much just started dressing him down for acting like a constant child despite him being the oldest brother and our chapter president. So #2 is giving him the business and he wheels him into the kitchen and just says "Clean the fucking dishes, take out the trash and shut the fuck up!" So roomie #3 appears to finally accept his job and the rest of us got to work on our area of the house. 5 mins later I come in the kitchen and #2 isn't really doing anything. FINALLY, he mutters/stammers, I don't know how to do the dishes, that's why I have paper shit and plastic utensils....
That left me flabbergasted and silent for an uncomfortable pause while I tried to figure out if he was fucking with me or if he really had never done dishes before. So I ascertain that he's actually being serious and, at the time, that simply didn't compute for me. But it did start to make other weird mannerisms of roomie #3 more sense. Like I did some gentle probing of the waters and turns out he legit didn't know how to use a vacuum cleaner, sweep up a mess, clean and mop floors, etc. I finally eased up a bit and said "Ok, can I show you how to do some of these things?" And that was pretty much how that particular engagement ended but that was just the start, more shenanigans and tomfoolery were always abounding whenever roomie #3 was involved.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 14:03:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have anything really horrifying to add here, but I was kind of horrified when a young woman on a train station platform asked her friend the time. The friend pointed to the clock hanging above them (which said "20:53"). The first one replied, "I don't understand those types of clocks."
ThePhooca · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went on vacation with group of friends. Somehow it happened that it was bunch of girls with one guy. One evening, after drinking, we (girls) were complaining that we are too tired and drunk to go shower but we had to at lest wash and clean our faces. He was surprised and asked why, because we didn’t have any visible make up on. Following conversation involved explaining that we usually clean our faces 2 times a day with several products.
He was flabbergasted when we explained what ‘washing’ your face means and entails. The worst part? He used just water and had normal, clear skin. If I did it my face would look terrible (not to mention acne).
huntingloon · 1 points · Posted at 14:06:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate didn’t know how to make a box of Mac and cheese. I was like dudes...you’re 20. How.
wittylou · 1 points · Posted at 14:07:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She didn't know how to cook pasta 😬!
VicSwagger · 1 points · Posted at 14:08:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When Pictionary (drawing game) was a thing, a college friend drew the amorphous blob that represents the United States. Then, put a circle in the lower left, and just kept pointing to it. We were like: Hawaii, Honolulu, Maui, Pacific Ocean, Australia, etc.
Times up: "Alaska"
What?!
Alaska, because if you've ever seen a puzzle of the United States, they tuck illustrations of Hawaii and Alaska in the lower left corner. *This WAS pre-Internet (but not pre-maps or pre-globes)
Xenyme · 1 points · Posted at 14:15:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A sixty-something year old woman did not know that brown and wholemeal bread were the same thing.
jen7677 · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband not knowing how to share something on Facebook or to someone in messenger from Facebook. This all happened within the last year or 2 probably!! He only gets on Facebook to browse and never shared anything but like c'mon, how do you not know how to do that?!
Or there was the time my husband's unit commander and his wife who is younger than me I think, tried telling me I shared something in a group and I must certainly did not. These dipshidiots just don't know the difference between being on the group page and the posts there and the normal timeline! Like they just make me want to staple things to their forehead!
SensitiveObject2 · 1 points · Posted at 14:30:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve got two.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 17:18:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're too late. She's already procreated. A sad day for Darwin.
UnconsciousTank · 1 points · Posted at 14:31:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to google and figure out things on their own. I'm still shocked at how many people are literally so dumb they couldn't take 5 seconds to search what it is they are confused about instead of complaining about it constantly.
SplishSplishKaboom · 1 points · Posted at 14:38:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cut an apple. I was in a kid's troop meeting and a mom was asked to cut apples. She had a deer in headlights look and said she didn't know what was meant by "cut the apples" I thought that maybe she was trying to get out of doing anything but she happily helped once someone showed her how a few times. It looked like she'd never held a knife.
She held a management position in a large hospital and had one kid graduating and a second who was about 10, so she had plenty of time to learn to adult
endorrawitch · 1 points · Posted at 14:40:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was helping a friend with some printing and I asked her for dimensions. She sent close up photos of the measuring tape because she doesn't know how to read it, and she couldn't tell me which measurement was which. I tried asking which measurement was horizontal and which was vertical and she didn't know the difference.
Ended up having to go to her house and measure it myself.
allyfiorido · 1 points · Posted at 14:42:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have a microwave at home and never have, (toaster over squad for life). I was at my boyfriend's mom's place trying to make one of the betty crocker's mug cupcake and managed to burn it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
headbanger-94 · 1 points · Posted at 14:48:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my best friend at the age of 22 how to check, not change, CHECK his cars oil level. He had been driving sonce he got his permit at 16....
Then i had to teach my wife the difference between a weather warning and watch. She had them backwards and refuses to accept that she's wrong about it and gets mad when corrected because "it makes me feel stupid when someone corrects me."
902alex · 1 points · Posted at 14:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my friend bought a house, and 1 year later we were out in his garage and I noticed he kept a remote garage door opener next to the wall button. He would use the remote because he thought the wall button was a panic button for the alarm... He was quite stupefied when I pressed the wall button and the door worked. His response, well I guess the wife can have a remote in her car now.
lazypoko · 1 points · Posted at 14:53:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend couldn't hold her breath with plugging her nose...
lazypoko · 1 points · Posted at 14:53:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend couldn't hold her breath with plugging her nose...
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 15:01:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually realised, having not been swimming for ages, that I also cannot do this any more. I mean, obviously I can. But it’s like standing at the edge of a very high place - much like I feel like I might accidentally just fall off, I feel like I might just accidentally suck in a nose full of water.
lazypoko · 2 points · Posted at 15:21:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No no no, she couldn't do it out of the water.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 15:34:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh. Ohhhhh. That’s... that’s weird.
TheLoneSculler · 1 points · Posted at 15:00:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know someone who has an absolute shitter of a car. I've been given lifts in that car and sworn never again. Turns out he spend £900 on it (both my bicycles are worth more than that) and passed his test...
*pauses to process what I'm about to say*
on his 6th attempt with 13 minors (in the UK you fail if you get 14).....
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 17:04:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Only one more stamp on his card and the next one's free!
ririzen · 1 points · Posted at 15:01:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Peeling an apple....
allofthechai93 · 1 points · Posted at 15:19:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend and I became roomates a few years into college. She spent the entire year convinced the oven under the stove was a dishwasher. She was generally a little lost on her basic life skills because of how her parents raised her. She still doesn't have a license because her parents didn't want to focus on anything but the SATs around that time in life. She can't use google maps/ read directions to save her life- which is seriously concerning cuz she lives near Chicago and goes on lots of adventures by herself. She's made it home safe so far lol so it's ok I guess. Lotsa little stuff like that. She's gotten the hang of a lot of stuff since moving out though, but every once in a while we still have that moment where all our friends go "WTF how do you not know_??!?1"
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 16:44:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Thank bacon for GPS devices. Pretty sure that without them, she'd have driven her car straight into lake Michigan by now.
Parents, I beg you, don't do this to your children. I myself was extremely sheltered by mine, but for me it was mostly personal/physical growth they did their put their effort into shielding me from. I got made fun of in junior high, because I was the only person in the entire school who had no idea how sex or pregnancy worked. I was the only child whose parents wouldn't sign the permission slips to let me sit through sex ed as a child. When I got my first period at age 14, I panicked and thought I was dying. I'm now 37, and I am incredibly awkward, and I have a difficult time making friends and keeping relationships. Thanks, mom and dad.
allofthechai93 · 1 points · Posted at 21:56:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
the good thing is it's never too late to learn. it will take extra effort and energy from your, but if you want to live "normal" i'm betting you're willing to
neezy66 · 1 points · Posted at 15:34:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I used to manage a restaurant in a very wealthy area for a few years and mostly had high school aged employees. I asked a girl who just started if she could sweep the dining room and she looks me dead in the eye and said “I’ve never done that and don’t know how”. I chuckled because I assumed she was ribbing me... She was not. At the same restaurant, I asked another employee to clean off the dining room tables. Said employee proceeds to take a broom and began sweeping crumbs off of the table with the broom.
Weekend833 · 1 points · Posted at 15:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Person I know had zero knowledge about how an engine in a car worked - to the point of, "wait, what is a piston?"
She's a program manager with an automotive company, but she deals with trim and final (with things like the fabric), so it's not something that impacts her function. But, still, I thought this was rudimentary common knowledge.
mrwilkey · 1 points · Posted at 15:50:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm the one responsible for the "how do you not know how to do this?" moment. I don't know how to leave my fiancee alone when she is depressed. I have my own mental health issues, but for the sake of our relationship, I need to pay more attention to this simple, most important thing.
deaddollash · 1 points · Posted at 15:53:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex boyfriend would frequently get styes (the bumps around your eyes) and his Chinese parents would just tell him to...
“look into the sun”
Surfing_Ninjas · 1 points · Posted at 15:55:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a movie theater and this girl I worked with didn't know how to make popcorn for at least the first 3 months she worked there. Hell, she didnt even know where we kept the seed.
Bobinalong273 · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend had to have cans of juice opened for him till he was 18
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 16:00:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
She fucking thinks foetuses use their mum's vag as a snorkel.
JulieDM223 · 1 points · Posted at 16:09:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who left a yeti or some kind of steel tumblr out with a smoothie in it for A WEEK. I had gone out of town for the weekend and when I came back Sunday evening, there was a tumbler sitting on the counter with what looked like it had a smoothie in it. I was like whatever, she’ll take care of it. She didn’t. About a day or 2 later, mold started growing in it. She moved it to the sink where she added water to it but didn’t wash it. Finally about a week after I first saw it, I saw her washing her nasty moldy cup WITH THE NEW SPONGE I HAD JUST BOUGHT LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE. I threw it out when I got home because not only did she use it on her nasty moldy cup, I’m also allergic to mold and didn’t wanna deal with it.
Also it’s not something specifically that people {don’t} know how to do it’s just something they don’t and that’s washing your hands after using the bathroom.
JUST DO IT. IT TAKES 30 SECONDS AND YOU’RE PREVENTING YOU AND OTHERS FROM DISEASES.
I absolutely cannot stand when I see people do that. Pandemic or not, there’s NO excuse for not washing your hands after going to the bathroom.
Sins_and_Tragedies_ · 1 points · Posted at 16:13:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me, but a camp instructor I had.
So the company the instructor was a part of worked with many private schools and he was sent to be in charge of a group of boys for a week. The boys all came from rather wealthy families and were not that used to roughing it. They had to cook their own food, set up their own tents, carry the supplies, etc. There was also no plumbing, so they had to take care of their needs behind trees or bushes.
One of these boys refused to eat the food that was meant to last them the week. He essentially lived off of the snacks he had packed into his bag. Even when the others called him out on his behaviour he still refused to eat the prepared food.
Here’s the real kicker, however. The same boy did not know how to clean himself after defecating. He had always used a bidet spray or something similar, and thus didn’t know how to clean himself up (note that he was in high school at the time). He had to ask the instructor on how to clean himself.
TL;DR: Camp instructor had to deal with a high school boy that didn’t know how to wipe his own behind.
the-superiorbitch · 1 points · Posted at 16:24:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to show my best friend how a parking break works, I love her a lot but omg that bitch cannot drive
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine put a metal pot with Mac and cheese in it in the microwave. 3 minutes later .. the smell which I can only describe as burning metal filled the air and it was just not a big deal to her. Because she had no idea you couldn't put metal in a microwave... Her words when asked about the metal in the microwave rule.... She said "it never came up" she was 30 years old BTW
yurxzi · 1 points · Posted at 16:36:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was a security manager, the number of grown ass adults in a major city I was forced to try and teach what they clearly couldn't learn, who do/didn't not know how to use a computer, can't read/write simple annotations, or who are unable follow simple instructions written in giant bold print or get confused if given more than 1 singular thoroughly explained task, like turning a key a set direction in an escalator to turn it on(many keys were broken)...is disappointing.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 16:40:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
17 years old at soccer camp. Roommate and I needed to do some laundry. I’m starting my load and turn around and he’s got 12 units with the doors all open and an individual piece of clothing in each one with quarters loaded into the slots and tossing packets of detergent in each one. “Dude you can’t put all that in one load, won’t it break”....”it’s 5 days of clothes in a LAUNDRY machine...why would it break? do you have any idea how much water you’re about to use?” What’s funny was I was the more “privileged” of the two of us, and he came from more humble beginnings. Don’t know how he had made it that far.
Wadsworth_McStumpy · 3 points · Posted at 17:55:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The only proper way to separate laundry is "I can't fit any more into this load, so the rest go in the next one."
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 01:28:36 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
RIP your whites when you wash them with something red.
Imaleadfarmermfer · 1 points · Posted at 16:49:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to show someone how to use a plunger.
lisanarenee · 1 points · Posted at 16:52:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, we were 30, owned her own vehicle and didn't know how to put gas in it. I was shocked because the state we lived in didn't have that many full- service gas stations. It still puzzles me how she got by so many years without pumping her own gas until one night when I showed her how to do it.
Grizvok · 1 points · Posted at 16:59:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My girlfriend AND her sister did not know that a wolverine was a creature. They literally thought "wolverine" was just a different name for a wolf.
shadowvance · 1 points · Posted at 17:01:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time a co-worker of mine was spotted dumping a cup-full of ice and water into one of the air vents on the floor next to her desk.
When asked why she would possibly do that, she said that she had been doing it for years because she thought it was a trash chute.
KOLMenuditis · 1 points · Posted at 17:09:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I moved in with my uncle and his wife so I could decide if I wanted to move out that way. About a week later, he determined that the dryer was taking too long and hired a repairman. Maybe 5-10 minutes after arriving I heard him tell my uncle that he has to clean out the lint filter after running the dryer. I fell down laughing.
pxrple-sunset · 1 points · Posted at 17:15:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some of these sound like if Sims entered Earth.
beautifulsouth00 · 1 points · Posted at 17:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This made me think more about that doctor I dated/lived with.
I keep left over pasta in plastic bags in the fridge. To put with sauce and take to lunch. I know it's weird but...
He boiled water and stuck the plastic bags right in the water to reheat the pasta. Like one of those old frozen dinners. I was like WTF when he got melted plastic water and noodles. He literally did not understand 1) how to reheat food and 2) science if it wasn't related to medicine. He only scienced what he needed to get through school. He passed exams but didn't understand at all.
Same guy tried to call 911 for a water leak we had on a Sunday night when he couldn't get a hold of a plumber. He didn't know there was a water main or how I was aware to shut it off. His defense? "I'm from the city and we call landlords for these things!"
spookydooky7 · 1 points · Posted at 17:20:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dyslexia has convinced me that the history marker sign says history maker and that the arrow is pointing towards an important persons house. Just yesterday I was driving and I said, “look! An important person lives there!” And My friend in the passenger seat will never let me hear the end of it. (It’s not necessarily doing something but it is me not understanding road signs as an adult)
flappy_twat · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my college roommates thought it was acceptable to throw dishes away if they were “too dirty” and she didn’t feel like washing them.
BluntedJew · 1 points · Posted at 17:26:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was in college my 22 year old friend asked me how do you know when the water is boiling. I told her to make pasta because it's easy... She also doesn't eat burgers only hot dogs. My special friend
ship-in-a-bottle · 1 points · Posted at 17:27:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not an adult yet, but I went camping with some good ol adults for Girl Scouts... one of the parents who came with us said she’s been camping all the time. We had rented 2 spots and split off. I was with the parent who claimed to have been camping many times, and one other one. She starts trying to set up the tent, then goes over to the other adult and says “do you know how to set up the tent?” Now we all kinda just look at her like “you’re supposed to know that.” I’ve gone camping every year and always watched how to set up the tents, so I was able to figure it out after finding the instructions with one other girl. In the mean time they were trying to make a fire... and she didn’t know you couldn’t actually make a fire with small wet twigs you find in the ground. So we had to walk back to the other site, while the sun was setting, to get a box of matches. Me, a high schooler, know what to do, and an adult, who claimed to know what they were doing, had a better idea of how to not die. That lady ended up going home early because she couldn’t handle it. I don’t know what type of camping she’s done, but I’m pretty sure it was just going in vacation in one of the fancy trailers that’s basically like your house but smaller.
Krugnuggets · 1 points · Posted at 17:47:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I guess mine is when I was in College I would watch all the freshman try to figure out how to do laundry when I lived in a dorm. Man, what I'm getting from the replies to this post is that our generation was extremely coddled. I'm glad I had a father who forced me to work at 14 (legal with a permit) and taught me how to be an actual person lmao.
RmeMSG · 1 points · Posted at 17:49:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a soldier while I was stationed in Hawaii that had to be taught how to basically live as a woman.
This person had no life skills whatsoever. I inspected her room with one of my female NCOs and it smelled like death.
Forced her to open her wall locker. There was a months worth of laundry in there. Asked her why she didn't wash her clothes, said she didn't know how. I said but your uniforms are always clean. Her response. I just buy new ones.
Pulled back the blanket on her bed, her sheets were covered in dried menstrual blood. I asked her if she knew what the hell a tampon or pad was. Got a deer in headlight look.
My poor female NCO had to show her how to shower properly.
I don't know if she had a mental illness or if she was some kind of savant. The Army gave her a 40k bonus when she joined because she scored so damn high on the ASVAB. She scored 98.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 17:53:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I see people everyday on the way to work that shouldn't be allowed to drive, because they don't know how to drive. They can't stay in their lane, they can't keep looking at the road, and they get scared and start swerving right to left when entering and leaving a roundabout. Too many Americans can't drive for shit.
WolfDemon777 · 1 points · Posted at 17:55:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tying shoes
BlondathonThe1st · 1 points · Posted at 18:10:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many of these are serious issues (like life or death) but in 2013 I had a student (16f) who didn’t know how to use a manual pencil sharpener. We spent several minutes practicing. I feel like that might be the only thing she learned all year.
KangBee · 1 points · Posted at 18:15:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two quick examples. I used to work for a heating and cooling company as a dispatcher sending technicians on repair calls and answering phones. A lot of the homes we serviced were multimillion dollar seasonal homes. One man made a call saying his housekeeper told him that the new system that was installed six months earlier wasn't heating. So he was making special trip up from Ft. Lauderdale to the house in the mountains of western North Carolina to meet the technican. We get to the home and he is there waiting and being very rude and come to find out it was still set to cool not heat. He angrily get back into his car and left after he was charged $100 for the service call. Second was a woman called very upset saying her ac wasn't working in her home and it was almost 90 degrees outside with high humidity. I asked her a few questions and then asked what the thermostat display was reading she said it was blank. The power had been off for a couple of hours due to a line repair. After explaining the significance of that to her I was able to sell her a $3k generator setup Just because you have money doesn't make you any smarter lol
ISalesDrugs · 1 points · Posted at 18:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pharmacist here. During fourth year (final year) rotations at a community chain (i.e., Rite Aid/Walgreens) I had a classmate on rotation with me. I was in the middle of ringing up a patient at the register and overheard her tell the precepting pharmacist she wasn't comfortable counseling a patient on a medication. He turns to me and asks if I wouldn't mind. I said, "sure what does she need?" He said she wanted to know where to find the Tylenol and how it compares to Motrin.
Keep in mind, fourth year is when you are really preparing for your national boards. When I asked my classmate why she had issues with counseling on Tylenol, she said she's never heard of it.
Affectionate_Title11 · 1 points · Posted at 18:25:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There has to be a term for when "welp, I missed the window to learn that and now everyone assumes I did learn it!" Can't read at age 10 -- Can't cook at age 30 -- Can't drive at age 20 -- Can't ride a bike at age 10.
MercDante · 1 points · Posted at 18:29:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend got into an apartment/renters contract with some of their friends and bailed 3 days later because of “anxiety.” They’re over 20. No idea how they’re managing funds
_cocophoto_ · 1 points · Posted at 18:45:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
[United States] I dated a guy who didn’t know April 15th was Tax Day, the day all taxes need to be filed by in order to avoid a late fee.
I met him in the fall, and He mentioned had filed for an extension, but didn’t realize that extension was only 6 months and his new deadline was October 15th.
He didn’t understand how I knew 1) when taxes were due or 2) that his extension deadline was due precisely 6 months later. His dad has been doing his taxes. I get it, having a parent do taxes is great, but... you can at least gather the paperwork to prepare them!
Madame-THICC · 1 points · Posted at 18:57:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a cashier. I've had several people come through my line and need me to explain to them step by step on how to use their credit/debit cards.
And these aren't young kids, they're full grown middle aged/older people. I'm baffled on how they got through life without knowing his to use a card
CaptainParkingspace · 1 points · Posted at 19:02:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My first proper job in IT, I was told at the interview that I'd be working with an experienced guy I could learn from. It was one of the reasons I took the job. A couple of weeks in, he asked me whether you can have odd numbers in binary.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 19:12:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Training a guy and he asked me what a hush puppy was and how to fry it. So fucking glad he doesn’t work in my kitchen anymore.
MichelynTyler · 1 points · Posted at 21:02:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two of our friends were roommates and one of them asked the other “how do you crack an egg?” Seriously. He had never cracked an egg, ever, in his life (he was in his early 30’s at the time). Apparently his mom and dad had just did everything for him and his siblings while growing up and had never taught them how to be people.
This same friend asked if he could come over to watch and help my husband make dinner since he had never really cooked for himself but wanted to make a nice dinner by himself for his first ever, serious girlfriend. We were cooking something pretty simple (fettuccine alfredo (sauce from the jar) with grilled chicken and broccoli) asked him to cut up the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Once he was holding the chef’s knife, it was obvious he had never cut meat, ever, in his life. It was actually frightening the way he was trying to cut the chicken. I took the knife back and showed him the correct/pretty simple way to cut chicken. He just watched us cook the rest of the dinner, I was too worried to have him do anything else.
He did go on and cook a nice meal for his girlfriend and himself, I don’t remember what he made, but they have since moved in together, so obviously he is doing well. I think his girlfriend has been guiding him through doing the correct things in order to, you know, live as a functioning adult. She’s really a super sweet, patient person and he’s very sweet but clueless.
Zanki · 1 points · Posted at 22:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked at a new place and all the new staff got tasked with cleaning the staff area. I got the staff room with another person, one girl got the girls toilets and one guy got the mens. They came into the room saying they had no idea how to clean a toilet, so I took them all into the girls and explained how to clean a toilet. I was pretty stunned. I don't know how they'd gotten that far in life without ever cleaning a toilet.
fritoblanco · 1 points · Posted at 22:51:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I worked an IT job when the boss hired her freshly graduated from University of Phoenix friend. That person did not know how to shut down a windows PC and despite the best of my efforts, she never fully learned how either.
EllyJay99 · 1 points · Posted at 22:51:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This isn’t nearly as troubling as some of the others listed here but freshman year in my dorm’s dining hall there was a little waffle station with a pot of batter and a ladle to use to scoop batter into a waffle iron. I was in line to make a waffle and watched the guy in front of me use the ladle to scoop some batter. And of course when you did it some would drip from the bottom of the ladle, but instead of just doing that little wipe on the inside of the pot’s rim to keep the ladle from dripping as he moved it, he just held his hand palm up underneath it, getting it all gooey and sticky with batter. It wasn’t a big ladle either so you had to do like three scoops for a full waffle and he just got his hand absolutely covered in the stuff.
arselona · 1 points · Posted at 23:21:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
First night at university. Hit a bar with a flat mate.
Guy orders a baileys and coke
dragonstar982 · 2 points · Posted at 00:10:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
At least he didn't drink it out of a shoe.
FitParfait8 · 2 points · Posted at 20:25:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm old gregg
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 11:07:03 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Soft creamy beige
Mediaeval-britian · 1 points · Posted at 23:23:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly adulting, but he was 17 at the time, and very close to graduating high school. He had no clue how anal sex worked. He thought he could just stick it in with no prep. For some reason he also thought it didn't count as sex??? Because I didn't want to have sex. He didn't know how to start a dishwasher, had no interest in getting a license, (his family was loaded) didn't want a job, wasn't aloud to go to college out of state (not his fault ofc) but like, laundry, cleaning, cleaning a cat box?? He was also sexually abusive and thought that the moment you started dating someone you would start having sex with them. He was NOT a good dude.
chunkymonkey595 · 1 points · Posted at 23:23:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker heated up a previously boiled egg in its shell in the microwave, and it exploded right in her face as she opened the door.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 11:05:44 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Good. That's the only way these idiots will ever learn.
AutismoTheGreatt · 1 points · Posted at 00:52:50 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
In HS a classmate thought “Indians are born with the dot on their head”
Droppinloads3 · 1 points · Posted at 02:29:17 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to open and close window blinds...
peterparkerLA · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:20 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was driving my roommate to San Francisco International Airport. This was way back in the days when airlines first started doing e-tickets. He kept stressing about making it to the airport in time. I kept telling him we had *plenty* of time, and that he wouldn't be late. Finally, he said, "But I'm flying on an e-ticket. I won't have a paper ticket with the gate number written on it. I won't know where to go." I had to explain that those monitors in all the terminals that say 'Departures' and 'Arrivals' would have his flight number and corresponding gate.
PrismaticMito · 1 points · Posted at 03:59:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
A 20-something summer research assistant didn't know how to use sandpaper
Also told me that women spread HIV, not men. (And this kid was a pre-med student, mind you...had recently graduated undergrad...)
And he told me that to get rich, I should just buy rental properties... like his dad did... who came here with nothing (and they were super rich at this point in history when he was giving me this life advice haha...)... and I asked "how did he buy the rental properties with nothing??" "he came with only (whatever huge sum) of money" "ok, so, he came to the US with money? That's a lot of money for 1970, man... (pulls up inflation calculator on google)" "..." "yeah, it's a lot easier to get that american dream when you come to america already rich... but ok... not exactly the bootstrapping immigration story, man...but ok, thanks for the unsolicited advice."
He also ran his face into a stop sign while running away from cops and concussed himself.
He had someone create fake letters to get him into medical school, this person actually impersonated a family-friend who was a physician, and yes, he did get in to a DO school even with shitty MCAT scores. I regret not reporting him to the AAMC for forging his application materials. (I must admit though, that to find this out, I looked through his email that was open on a workplace computer, because I was initially just looking at the history to see what he actually did all day, but saw this.)
He cheated in college and told me about it -- upperclassmen on the soccer team would TA courses to steal copies of exams and most profs never changed the exams, and they would give these stolen exams to the younger students.... so that's why many people on teams try to get into certain prof's courses and such...it's not because of schedules.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 10:49:26 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah. You should have reported him. Now there's nothing stopping this monster from practicing medicine on actual people, and someone is absolutely going to get hurt.
Critical_3rr0r · 1 points · Posted at 05:19:07 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dads girlfriend couldnt understand the concept of using hundreds even when talking about things in the thousands. Ex 25 hundred = 2500
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 10:42:17 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lemme guess, there's a staggering age gap between them and he's got money.
zracer20 · 1 points · Posted at 05:56:18 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Some people I've worked with when they swept just put it at the wall and never picked it up.
Otherwiseaaron · 1 points · Posted at 08:50:30 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate did not know how to use fabric softeners
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 10:53:47 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so late but one time I had to explain to my former best friend that the flashlight didn’t “burn” out, the battery in it is just dead. And then I had to explain to her how you needed to replace the batteries in it with new ones so you can keep using it.
KnotPhit · 1 points · Posted at 12:25:02 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a 70 year old owner of a restaurant that he opened 40 years prior tell an employee to go ahead and use the big container of sour cream that had mold all over the top of it—apparently due to an error in the packaging process. The employee, who brought it to the owners attention, looked dumbfounded. “But it’s bad” he said. The owner snapped back at him “it’s sour cream. It’s already sour, it can’t go bad.” Our manager promptly escorted the astonished employee back into the kitchen and told him to dump it.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 10:32:49 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boomers gonna boom.
exwgiinos · 1 points · Posted at 15:43:55 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the Netherlands clouds move very fast. One day I expressed this observation to my girlfriend (28), which she genuinely wondered how is it possible for such differences to exist depending where you are on Earth. I had to explain her that its the clouds moving, not the Earth...
emnems98 · 1 points · Posted at 16:04:33 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really when it comes to adulting but this situation really made me go, "how did you not know?!". It was last year when I was in the ninth grade, and during my global history class, we were put into groups of three and of course I was paired with that "popular girl" type of person, and I didn't really talk to her cuz of that attitude, so I got to learn about her from this very situation. We were working on this project which involved looking at documents, and one showed a map of China and Nepal and Mongolia and such, and she was pointing at China, looking VERY closely at the map, and looks confused. Then she asks, "where's Asia?" With a dumb smile on her face. My other friend and I in the group gave her the look (with a smile) that basically said "how TF do you not know?"
cauldronbubblesover · 1 points · Posted at 23:05:41 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ex-boyfriend spent God knowns how long with no ac in his car because he, "Couldn't afford to have the AC system replaced it was too expensive. "
It just needed recharged. I out Freon in it and it ran ice cold 🤦🏻♀️ he was absolutely swindled going to mechanics and the dealership for stuff he could have done on his own ( Changing bulbs, Freon, windshield wipers, ect)
He also had ZERO clue about doing his taxes, coming, and budgeting. I literally have no idea how he would have made it that far if his family hadn't babied him.
Happyskrappy · 1 points · Posted at 03:57:07 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a boss who didn’t know how to do her expense reports. Her assistant had to tape print outs of receipts (that were on letter sized paper) to another sheet of letter sized paper because she was told she needed to tape her receipts to letter sized paper.
pribbecks · 1 points · Posted at 08:48:15 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
My former flatmate decided to heat up milk by attempting to boil it in the kettle. When she nearly set the place on fire and I asked her why the fuck would she put milk in a kettle which is clearly intended for water (in our native language kettle translates into sth like "water boiler"), she was just like: "Milk and water are both liquids so they're basically the same thing" and then I, who had barely managed to pass chemistry in high school and am genuinely lacking A LOT of basic chemistry knowledge, had to explain to this idiot that water and milk cannot be the same since they have completely different ingredients and thus boil and different temperatures (I could have easily explained this wrong bc as I said, my chem knowledge is awful, but I clearly have more common sense than her).
P.S. just realized that a lot of countries don't use kettles so there might be a lot of people on reddit who didn't know this, but since we both live in a country where kettles are relatively common, whenever I tell the story to someone, they facepalm SO hard.
Redneck_in_town · 1 points · Posted at 18:33:18 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing what the E-brake was
abearplayshere · 1 points · Posted at 19:22:44 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've got you all beat.
When I was around 4 years old my 48 year old father and I were in the car at a stop light. He started revving the engine, which I'd noticed him doing before, so I asked him why he was doing that thinking that maybe there was something wrong with the car (like it would stall out if he didn't). His reply?
"Because idling the car wastes gas."
And as a 4 year old I'm thinking, "Um... What? Uhhhh..."
And keep in mind that my father was an ex-Navy electronics specialist who worked as a radio and TV repairman for many years.
And before anybody starts pointing fingers and saying "accident baby", my parents married later in life (it was my father's second marriage) and I was his last shot at a son because my mother was done with being pregnant after 2 daughters and 3 miscarriages.
baconburgers4life · 1 points · Posted at 02:50:13 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once when I was 16 me and my buddy went to another friend of ours house. When we got there the doors were locked and we later found out our friend was also passed out on the couch. So when we realized we couldn’t get in I took my friends Bobby pins he had on him and picked the lock. He was very suspicious of me for some reason. I had to explain to him how easy it was to learn and he demanded I teach him so a pretty funny experience overall.
howtfdoesthiswork · 1 points · Posted at 04:40:19 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roommate who didn’t know you’re supposed to measure out your laundry detergent. She would always just fill the cap of the bottle all the way up no matter the size of the her load.
trapichemendoza · 1 points · Posted at 17:33:20 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
I taught a grown supposedly college educated older woman how to round decimals to the tenth place at work. I was shocked when she asked me if “I was sure 5 rounded up”.
vanillathunder2107 · 1 points · Posted at 19:33:48 on July 1, 2020 · (Permalink)
A close friend of mine (male, in his 20's) used to wipe his ass front to back, when i explained to him that that is the way girls do it, he thought i was fucking with him, and he started to tell everybody "he thinks i'm stupid" lol.
Strangeluvmd · 3 points · Posted at 04:06:43 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't see the issue?
NasakuSekai120 · 1 points · Posted at 17:18:00 on July 2, 2020 · (Permalink)
To tie a cravat
AllAboutTheSullivans · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:56 on July 6, 2020 · (Permalink)
After watching me jump start a college student's car in a restaurant parking lot, a friend of mine said that she did not know how to jump start a car -- that she had never lifted the hood of an automobile!
I was trying to digest how this was possible for a woman in her 40s with teenage children. She said it was always her husband's job to do that. That's fine, but her husband is an over-the-road trucker who was frequently away from home for weeks at a time!
Never lifted the hood of a car. I'm just stunned.
gabezermeno · 1 points · Posted at 21:43:44 on July 13, 2020 · (Permalink)
You can tell one of my roommates never did anything for himself before he moved in with us. Didn't know how to properly load the dishwasher, Didn't know about liquid detergent or that you had to clean the lint out of the dryer. Left his clothes on the bathroom floor. Eats everyones food. Was loud late at night. The list goes on and on. The worst part is he's a crybaby who doesn't take criticism well and when you try and correct him he takes offense.
taaklear · 1 points · Posted at 22:19:11 on July 14, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working at McDonald's, had a girl my age ask me to "make the water warmer" for her while she was doing dishes. I look at the water, see steam clearly rising off the hot water. Hot water tap is on all the way, cold water is off. I ask her if she means she wants me to make it colder since it is already hot. She says, "no, make it warmer so I don't burn my hands!" or something like that. I just turned on the cold water and walked away without a word. Kicker is that not only was she the same age as me, but she'd been working there 6 months longer than I had...
AmandaCanzo · 1 points · Posted at 13:09:29 on July 19, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate was terribly dumb. Didn’t know how to do laundry and in the entire semester she was there she never ONCE washed her white sheets. They were ORANGE by the end of the semester. Several times she tried to put metal in MY microwave. She never once cleaned out her fridge which made me so thankful she was insistent on both of us getting one. She dropped out second semester but had her parents still pay room and board so she could “move out at her pace” ya university said um no that’s not how this works and called her a ton of times to come get her stuff. Never did so they dumped it all.
excelsior0303 · 1 points · Posted at 04:49:58 on August 16, 2020 · (Permalink)
My boyfriend thought cash back when using a debit card was free cash rewards Hahahaha that was like 5 years ago and now he’s going to be a dr so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
AkaGurGor · 1 points · Posted at 11:14:06 on August 18, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talking to women.
I was at a boys' secondary school, between 11 and 19 years of age.
Have learned over the years how to live through some minutes' worth of conversation.
OMEmedia · -6 points · Posted at 02:32:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you not know that adults don’t use the term “adulting”?
MildGonolini · -1 points · Posted at 08:52:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adult here. I use the term all the time, I know of plenty of other adults who use it too.
OMEmedia · -3 points · Posted at 12:31:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You think you’re an adult, but actual adults don’t claim to be “adulting”. When you become an actual adult, you’ll find you don’t need to make that claims anymore.
MildGonolini · 1 points · Posted at 19:07:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You’re just a little ray of sunshine aren’t you?
OMEmedia · -1 points · Posted at 19:31:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My intention was not to cheer you up. Just star g the truth. Unfortunately to you it sounds more negative because you’re the one who is just now finding out you aren’t an adult. You’ll get over it.
MildGonolini · 1 points · Posted at 19:47:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’mma go with obvious troll on this one chief.
OMEmedia · 1 points · Posted at 20:05:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, because you don’t like being told you’re not an adult if you use the term adulting, I’m a troll.
The word “adulting” is for young people who aren’t fully adults to say when they do something responsible on their own. If that word comes out of your mouth to describe any of your actions, you aren’t an adult.
PeanutPounder · -1 points · Posted at 02:07:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pay for groceries without writing a check. Like, seriously. Get with the century. Stop holding up the line and using 18th-century monetary instruments.
ftp1992 · -13 points · Posted at 01:07:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
can we not turn nouns into verbs? thats not very adulting
jetshred · 4 points · Posted at 02:22:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25
SomolianButtPirate · 1 points · Posted at 10:12:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Classic
murdermttens · 1 points · Posted at 06:21:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🏅
YanDan · 1 points · Posted at 07:52:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This.
SinkTube · 1 points · Posted at 09:38:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
we can nounify what we want. i agree that "adulting" is cringe-worthy though
f78thar · -2 points · Posted at 05:04:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
you're trolling right?
[deleted] · -24 points · Posted at 22:19:43 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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[deleted] · 7 points · Posted at 04:33:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why are you so mad? It’s gonna be okay dude I promise
Biobeats_Official · 1 points · Posted at 14:04:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We're here for you, man. Let's talk through this.
Biobeats_Official · 8 points · Posted at 03:19:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why the fuck are you getting so angry at a fake word?
PCGamor21 · 2 points · Posted at 04:03:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lol
YanDan · -5 points · Posted at 07:54:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why do you see anger? It's fucking righteous indignation.
Biobeats_Official · 2 points · Posted at 13:21:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, but it doesn't matter, at all. You are getting worked up over nothing.
YanDan · 0 points · Posted at 13:56:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Then why comment? Seriously. Your opinion matters to me🤷♂️
Biobeats_Official · 0 points · Posted at 13:58:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, that may be a fair point, but at the end of the day, you are still yelling in the Reddit comments about a "word" you don't like.
YanDan · -1 points · Posted at 14:00:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Again you percieve something I don't think is there. Yelling. It's text and, WOULD YELLING NOT BE THIS KINDA THING HERE?!
Biobeats_Official · 2 points · Posted at 14:03:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The way you were talking sounded angry. You were cursing. You're right, maybe it wasn't yelling, but if you say there wasn't anger you're wrong.
YanDan · 2 points · Posted at 15:10:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No anger from me, but from others, yeah fair point, I can now see how you'd think that. Good day to you ☺
Biobeats_Official · 2 points · Posted at 15:14:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You too, have a wonderful weekend!
Edit: That came out as sarcasm, it's not lol
YanDan · 2 points · Posted at 17:48:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I read it as you meant it. Same to you. Have a good one👍🏻
Leaf_Rotator · 1 points · Posted at 22:37:56 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anytime someone doesn't realise that the head, neck, and spine of the person they are "helping" need to be protected at all costs.
EmulatingHeaven · 1 points · Posted at 01:21:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife used to turn her shirts right side out through the neck hole instead of the bottom. My jaw dropped the first time we did laundry together.
Raldo21 · 1 points · Posted at 01:30:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anybody that doesn't know about the locking mechanism on a gas pump so that you don't have to sit there and hold the pump handle while fueling
HermineesBoyfriend · 1 points · Posted at 01:32:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Prunes are dried plus as grapes are to raisins.
KitDeCat · 1 points · Posted at 01:35:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I got stung by a hornet like 5 times .....................i was home alone it was in the house...........I called 911..........
LCK53 · 1 points · Posted at 01:38:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I taught a woman how to put gas in her car. She’d never done it. She was 62. 2001. From Iowa. Never married.
ardranor · 2 points · Posted at 20:00:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was she from Jersy by chance?
LCK53 · 1 points · Posted at 21:25:12 on September 24, 2020 · (Permalink)
No. Iowa born and bred. Never matted but the full service gas station she used closed. Never had to do it.
LCK53 · 1 points · Posted at 19:13:06 on September 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not matted, married!
Pahanka · 1 points · Posted at 01:51:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex argued that lemonade was sugar free, because it’s just like orange juice. I finally convinced him that there is sugar in regular lemonade, but could not convince him that orange juice was also not sugar free
Cantfindafuckinusern · 1 points · Posted at 01:59:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was partners with a girl at university taking a first year course. We had to write a report at the end of the project on our observations, and were in the library at the computers. I was typing on the computer and she was sitting beside me as we shared the one computer, and at some point I had to copy and paste a paragraph to a new location.
I hit Control+c and then Control+v to do it and she was amazed, exclaiming quite loudly for a library "How did you do that??"
I just stared blankly for two seconds until it clicked and showed her how, and the Control+x to cut and the Control+s to save, etc.
I had no idea how she made it to university without learning those short cuts.
KernSherm · 1 points · Posted at 02:03:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"adulting"
Fuck up
bazaboi6164 · 1 points · Posted at 02:09:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Work in fast food and had this man who would of easily been 30ish, for the drink he asked me for fizzy orange juice, I was slightly confused, pointed to the orange juice and said "this one", he said no and redirected my finger over the orange fanta.. I said "this one" he confirmed, "yeah that one the fizzy orange juice", was indeed fanta...
Shorse_rider · 1 points · Posted at 02:17:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was unable to tie a specific type of knot for wall climbing. I'd never rock climbed before, outside a 2 day course I took 9 years ago (indoor, baby wall..) and this guy I was seeing wanted us to go to this huge wall climbing place.
I couldn't tie the fancy knot, and had no memory of ever doing that. He told me how disappointed he was in me and that I wasn't living up to his expectations. I tried to make a joke out of it and he told me it was far too soon to expect him to be over it, but he would be over it eventually and THEN I could make a joke out of it. Then I received the silent treatment for saying lets not go.
We were long distance. .I'd travelled 300 miles to see him, had been up at 6am and caught 4 trains. Night before been to the mall to buy all new clothes for seeing him and to look my best. I was so upset
CrisMoser · 1 points · Posted at 02:47:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not quite the same but I dont understand how the fuck people take so long at ATMs. Apparently there's some way to play tetris or something on them that I haven't figured out yet because nothing else makes sense...
How the fuck do you go to an ATM and have no idea what you want? You dont know much money you have, you dont know how much you need, you dont know your PIN, for some reason you have to put your card in 3 times, what in the FUCK are you here for!?
Drives me up a wall...
l-o-la · 1 points · Posted at 02:49:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't have any horrific ones. Though, adults not driving, not knowing how to change a tire or check any of the cars fluids is pretty irritating.
Joliet_Jake_Blues · 1 points · Posted at 03:11:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was 18 the gorgeous woman who lived next door offered me $500 a week to come over and clean her pool. And she'd always be out sun bathing, asking me things like, how do you get such big muscles. Uh, I lift, duh.
Then she'd take her top off and ask me to rub tanning lotion on her, and I'm like, lady, I'm scooping dead leaves here, you got hands. Jeez.
What a dummy. Can't even lotion herself...
Melyjane312 · 1 points · Posted at 03:23:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dumbass older coworker kept complaining about a headache and kept popping pills while chasing it down with pop. Not sure if her being a mother made me wonder wtf is wrong with her but she also would ask me how to spell common words.
dicknugget05 · 1 points · Posted at 03:25:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
they filled a frying pan with water and put pasta in it and then like 2 minutes later, (without it even boiling) asked me how to use a colander, and then spilled the water everywhere
ConsistentArugula · 1 points · Posted at 03:27:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to an former friend that pickles were fermented cucumbers....
apache_bruhritto · 1 points · Posted at 03:37:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I needed CPR and the ONLY person around just panicked , cried and keep saying "tell me what to do"...
SansaMac · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bruh. I’m so embarrassed. Yesterday.... When I went to get a cart at Superstore and had my loonie ready. And then realized I had no idea how to unlock cart with said loonie. I 10000% panicked, even though I grew up doing this. You know, being 9 years old and strutting up to the carts like you were really gonna get a round of applause for unlocking and pulling the cart out so smooth. Anyways.. I fucking had to walk back to my car and YOUTUBE HOW TO DO IT. I wanted to walk into traffic. The end. I hate myself.
LiquidDreamtime · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 34 yr old wife doesn’t know how to plunge a toilet.
mutantandproud95 · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went on a date that didn't know about artificial flavoring. Honestly. They thought flavors of candy was the same as the flavors they were actually supposed to taste like
mtz28472 · 1 points · Posted at 03:41:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I once witnessed a 25yo combine peanut butter and Hershey’s syrup in a container to microwave to make “fudge”
InternetPatron · 1 points · Posted at 03:42:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes. This one might not be as crazy as some of these, but my college roommate didn't know how to clean a bathroom (or any room really). I asked him to clean the bathroom once after I did it maybe three times in a row and he didn't know what to do. He said he would do it and he started to use the Swiffer to "clean" the tile floor. But he didn't know you had to put one of those pads on that's either wet or dry. He'd only seen people use a Swiffer and didn't know that was a thing you had to do before it's any good. I couldn't believe it.
pizza__rollz · 1 points · Posted at 03:45:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This is clearly not as bad as most of the comments on here, but the roommate of my friend once got VERY worried when my friend's cat was playing in a paper shopping bag, and anxiously suggested that they should poke holes in the bag to make sure the cat could breathe in there. Makes me laugh every time I think about it.
garthock · 1 points · Posted at 03:49:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
16 year old me. My buddy had no idea how to make a grilled cheese sandwhich. He even said I didn't know either and proceeded to butter both sides of his bread while I was teaching him how.
bendistraw · 1 points · Posted at 04:05:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad was CEO of a $300MM company and i taught him how to read a balance sheet and profit & loss statement.
dringypie · 1 points · Posted at 04:08:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The term adulting needs to die. Millennials proud of their "adulting" skills because they plugged in a new toaster?
wesmith294 · 1 points · Posted at 04:14:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one in my family believes that adding bleach to a wash cycle won’t turn all your clothes white.
Frequently they have stains on colored items of clothing and I say “bleach it!” only to have them flabbergasted.
Oregon85 · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am a dude, and had to explain to my 19yr old gf how to insert a tampon. She said she hated the cardboard ones but that's all she had left. Uh... WHAT?! I not so calmly explained to her that it's just the applicator and then proceeded to mock her. She replied, "Well my mom never taught me how to use these" to which I yelled, "NEITHER DID MINE! "
SmokeyDuhBaer · 1 points · Posted at 04:15:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m way too late to the party here, but I dated a girl who didn’t know you had to put helium in balloons for them to float. She brought balloons to tie on the birthday guy’s chair and cried when they didn’t float after she blew them up with her mouth. It was a sweet thought though.
Ham-shi · 1 points · Posted at 04:18:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s hard to explain but I worked with a guy who did not know the order of the months, ie didn’t know January was the first month or February was the second, etc literally would ask “what’s month 7?” Exchanged lots of weird looks with customers.
Didn’t know how to read an analog clock either but I guess that is a little more forgiving.
lisamoe001 · 1 points · Posted at 04:19:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When someone asks me how to make tea .. like come on.
123mitchg · 1 points · Posted at 04:20:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to stop my 24 year old brother from putting a cast iron pan in the dishwasher the other day.
alt-ging · 1 points · Posted at 04:22:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My college roommate asked me what chicken should look like when it was fully cooked. Yikes.
-arjuna_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:26:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Kind of a weird one, but I was listening to my girlfriend drinking the other day, and I heard like gulpy air noises. She gets kind of a rumble tummy when she drinks water, so I asked her if she swallowed air with her water. She said that there’s two holes that you swallow down, an air hole and a food hole. You eat your food down the food hole, but you drink water through the air hole(?) she gulps down and swallows a bunch of air into her stomach whenever she takes a sip of water, then wonders why she gets burpy. I’m not sure if I explained it very well, but she still stands by it. She’s 20 btw
CrypticUniversalMave · 2 points · Posted at 04:30:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Odd, you said girlfriend. And not ex.
Are you still with this person?
-arjuna_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, she has other qualities that make up for it u/keepitgoin-slow, she responded right under me please make her see the light she gets really burpy
keepitgoin-slow · 1 points · Posted at 04:31:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Hey:(
CrypticUniversalMave · 3 points · Posted at 04:57:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You have an amazing boyfriend.
He's right, never question him.
keepitgoin-slow · 0 points · Posted at 04:29:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I will stand by this opinion to the death.
-arjuna_ · 1 points · Posted at 04:30:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Please show her the truth she’s not listening to me
Lattima98 · 1 points · Posted at 04:34:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Buckle up ladies and gents, this is the story of my worst college roommate, Harry (not his real name). Now Harry was a nice enough guy, but I’m amazed he survived so long on his own.
Two weeks into living with him, I had to explain to him that you had to put your bedsheets through the laundry so that they would produce such an almighty stench. I was amazed they smelled as bad as they did, but then I noticed that he would go to the gym at night, come back to the room, and go to sleep in his gym clothes (and shoes!). The best story, however, developed over the course of a week during midterms.
One Monday, I come back to the room and smell something a bit off. This alarms me, as my sense of smell is very weak. I don’t mention it, but I open the windows and crack the door open to ventilate. Tuesday, the smell is still there but I can’t tell where it’s coming from. Just to be sure it’s not me, I launder all my clothes and sheets. Wednesday: it’s worse, and our third roommate, Carson, can smell it too. Thursday: Carson cleans all his stuff, and I deep-clean the bathroom and kitchenette. No dice. Friday: I return in the afternoon. Carson swivels around in his chair to greet me like Bond villain and says, with barley restrained rage, “I found the source of the smell, and I am fucking livid.”
Turns out Harry had bought a whole-ass head of broccoli and left it in the mini fridge a week before it even started smelling, and just didn’t realize it would go bad. By the time Carson found it, it had already died, rotted, and developed a whole new ecosystem and civilizations.
We had a talk with Harry the next day to explain that fresh vegetables don’t stay fresh forever.
Giant-Genitals · 1 points · Posted at 04:35:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told a friend that when you fly on a plane they actually just knock you out with gas, implant memories of flying then move you to a different “dome” which is the destination you were going to. I explained how we all live in seperate domes like the Truman show.
I had to tell them I was lying because they flat out believed it and they were 25 at the time.
cpr121 · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister in law thought Black Lives Matter stole the name from Blue Lives Matter...
Mentedevibora · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I spent a whole night trying to impress one girl who I thought was amazing. SHE decided after I bought a very expensive drink, listen to her boring friend talk about her digestive system and then drove her vehicle home one hour, we were gonna become intimate. A few mins in she went low and stuck a finger somewhere it was not welcome. Then made me feel like the asshole for not knowing how to take that. Like that’s just something you hang around practicing to take by surprise. Oh and then she declined to go any further. So I stood there naked while she walked out. Did I mention she was my neighbor so I had to see her all the time till I moved. It was like the moment that never ended.
Adooolm · 1 points · Posted at 04:39:43 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Stop calling it adulting you absolute manchild.
jodabo · 1 points · Posted at 04:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
30+ year old successful professional did not know how to peal a banana. I win.
justaddtheslashS · 1 points · Posted at 04:47:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not horrifying but I have to share. I'm sorry Mikey. I still love you.
I was playing games or something and my roommate was making some cambles canned soup. He walked out and said 'hey it says to add one can of milk but how am I supposed to know how much one can is'. I laughed. He wasn't joking.
trixtopherduke · 3 points · Posted at 04:51:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Love that you wrote cambles. I've been here with milk vs water with the Tomato soup- never heard of someone using water until I was over 20 years old.
DeadPendulum · 1 points · Posted at 04:54:15 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to teach my friends dad how to properly cook a steak. He had been cooking dinner for his family for far longer than I had been alive and I was told they had steak at least once a week.
The man would just throw it in a pan without oil or butter or anything, not even a non stick pan, crank up the heat to maximum and sear the everloving crap out of it untill it was almost/mostly burnt on the outside and well-done/overcooked on the inside. Then cut and serve it immediately, ensuring that whatever little juice remained would be left on the cutting board. Then they ate it with ketchup, which while usually a cardinal sin for steak, was basically mandatory because of how dry it was.
I was very popular in that household after they got to eat medium rare steak for the first time ever outside a restaurant. Without ketchup.
MagnificentClock · 1 points · Posted at 04:58:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This hurts my heart
sambagin · 1 points · Posted at 05:15:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Using the term whilst.
Dolphnado · 1 points · Posted at 05:16:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I’m Jewish, shared an office with a co-worker who was also Jewish and kind of a dick.
Passover came round, not very religious but I was observing at the time and he told me he was too. For Passover you are supposed to refrain from eating any kind of what, bread, etc. anything that rises, for about a week.
That Friday we had pizza, pasta, and chicken wings bought for us from our boss for as a reward.
We came back to the office with our food and he had a plate piled high with pasta. I jokingly said to him, “So much for Passover, eh?” He looked at me confused, and replied no he was still keeping Passover.
I indicated to his huge plate of pasta he had broken Passover, he had already taken a few bites. “Pasta’s not kosher for Passover?” I laughed and went back to work. He kept asking me “Pasta’s not kosher for Passover?”
I thought he was kidding and it was really getting under my skin, I figured he was trying to annoy me because I made him feel bad for breaking Passover, none of my fucking business anyway.
He kept asking, and I told him “no, pasta’s made of wheat, it’s just like bread.” He couldn’t believe it. I could not tell if he was serious until he slowly poured the pasta into the trash.
The dude had no idea pasta was made of wheat.
This was six or seven years ago. It still blows my mind.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 06:41:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Dolphnado · 2 points · Posted at 07:43:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
it’s leavened bread or bread product, including grain-based foods like bread, pasta, pastry, etc.
Yes matzo is made from wheat but it’s the only wheat-based food you can eat.
No bread dawg, no wheat.
I thought this would be a face smacker for the fellow Jews out there. Guess I was wrong.
blublableee · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The amount of stupid in these comments is astonishing.
TXR22 · 1 points · Posted at 05:27:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Probably whenever I encounter someone who uses words like "adulting"
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 05:35:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I witnessed a former friend I was living with take the garbage out one time and I was horrified to learn he didn’t realize you have to tie the bag closed. He didn’t even know here were drawstrings. He would just throw wide open bags into the garbage can. Easy enough to correct, but still mind boggling that a person can get that far without at some point having that cause a huge mess.
Rob201613 · 1 points · Posted at 05:37:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
WTF is adulting?
01010010100111010010 · 1 points · Posted at 05:39:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you NOT know how to east pussy at 40?
mreed911 · 1 points · Posted at 06:04:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Because you’ve always wested or northed it.
PinkmilkBubbleGum · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My favorite cousin who is 18yrs old didn't know that caffeine overdose was a thing until she overdosed herself. She had to stay in the hospital overnight. I was so worried when I heard about it, but it did surprise me that she didn't know as she's a regular matcha drinker.
ardranor · 1 points · Posted at 20:07:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Like, how much tea did she drink to do that? Only time I've heard of a caffeine od was kids getting their hands on powdered caffeine. Was she awake for 2 weeks straight just chugging matcha?
PinkmilkBubbleGum · 1 points · Posted at 20:50:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, I've only heard of kids overdosing but she is really naturally thin skinny and weighs around 98lb, so I guess her body would be weaker and more prone to stuff like that. She told me her family got her a grande matcha drink from Starbucks that day. Usually she only gets a tall but she drank all of it bc she didn't want to be wasteful. She's sworn of matcha for a while now.
janPawato · 1 points · Posted at 06:28:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
28 yr old woman, has 2 kids, didn't know how to wash dishes
faceless_coloradian · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
How to change a tire How to patch a home in drywall How to unclog a toilet How to actually wash dishes and not use the dish washer How to wash laundry How to cook even a simple over hard egg
My point is, there are a lot of parents out there not teaching their kids basic life survival skills for our day and age, as well as sprinkling some of the old "hardworking ways".
yournanna · 1 points · Posted at 06:31:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew a girl who didn't know you hade to plug in a vacuum cleaner, she thought it was broken.
Viking_from_Asgard · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother one day decided to go for a Unix system course.
She was complaining that the "logout" command wasn't working.
Turned out that she was compulsively typing "lagout" instead of "logout".
Crypto-Glok · 1 points · Posted at 06:38:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was tutoring math, SAT prep, and the student didnt know the distribution property. I was dumbfounded lol. Ended up tutoring him ok, got a 700 on the SAT math portion. Just needed someone to explain it to him. Skol.
sethneverman · 1 points · Posted at 06:39:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had an old friend who literally told me that she didn’t wash her privates. Ever. She thought that soap wasn’t supposed to go anywhere near your bits... talk about yikes.
Nut_Buster64 · 1 points · Posted at 06:47:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a flatmate at Uni who was an only child of a rich family so had never used an oven before and I had to stop her from eating basically raw chicken nuggets, because she thought they’ve been in there ‘long enough’
She had also never washed and put on her bedclothes before so someone had to teach her that, it got to the point where she slept in the same sheets a few days after having a male visitor.
SpaTowner · 1 points · Posted at 08:49:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That doesn’t sound like a particularly disastrous point to be at. Am I, at 55, about to discover that it is the mark of a slattern to not wash the male cooties out of your sheets instanter?
TheLawsonSnooper · 1 points · Posted at 06:49:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much every adult bloke i have ever interacted with would still think that doing exercise that targeted their abs would get rid of their beer gut!
Whiskey-Weather · 1 points · Posted at 06:50:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean have you been keeping tabs on Trump?
dartmorth · 1 points · Posted at 06:57:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not knowing how to do basic car maintenance or fixes. I live in a city I never needed to know any of this stuff.
Natahli · 1 points · Posted at 06:59:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
An ex bf of mine didn’t know he had to clean the lint trap out from his clothes dryer, he kept complaining that his clothes never dried, it took him two or three cycles.
Pulling out all the lint was oddly satisfying, I love lint traps lol
blankcanvascartwheel · 1 points · Posted at 07:03:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandmother was raising her three daughters at home while her husband was deployed. He would send checks home to support the family. One day, she calls my great aunt crying, saying there is no money in the bank, and that’s not possible because her husband has been sending the checks so there should be x amount in the account. My great aunt comes over and my grandmother says “See! I kept all the checks!” She had been putting the checks in a desk drawer. She thought they were receipts of money put in the account. This was before direct deposit was heard of. My great aunt worked at a bank at the time and showed her how to cash all of the checks.
inatic9 · 1 points · Posted at 07:07:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My aunt is known in my family for not knowing a lot of things, but I have never seen in in Person. Well last month we went together to visit some family in Berlin, and I noticed some things... While cooking she does the pasta only with oil in it, no salt nothing. She prepared a chicken sauce and insted of making the chicken first she startet with the cream. You send her to buy groceries and she comes home with bread and salami. She thinks dry sparkling wine is dry because it contains less water.
A lot of basic stuff, but that woman is 62 years old...
jobemata · 1 points · Posted at 07:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought as an adult for the first time voting trump was supposed to be taken seriously, sorely mistaken.
Shanenmmc · 1 points · Posted at 07:32:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You
cache_hodl · 1 points · Posted at 07:47:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Somehow, my wife makes me think this at least one a week. I can’t even think of a specific cause I loose my mind every time...
BijouBlue · 1 points · Posted at 08:30:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A colleague of mine recently couldn't get logged on to an app that needed a specific code. She asked me to help after getting really frustrated. It turns out that the iPad was auto-capitalising the first letter! In her defence, her ex husband told her that he would slit her throat if she ever messed with his computer so she is justifiably nervous of tech
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 08:39:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It was me just tonight. I wanted to heat up some queso for my chips. I didn’t know that you couldn’t put styrofoam in the microwave. That would also be why that happened a month ago when I last tried heating my queso.
My parents just stared at me and sighed.
AdolescentMonkTortle · 1 points · Posted at 08:43:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and partner were making soup. Afterwards he said he wouldn't want to eat again it before it goes off, so he was going to throw the rest away. I suggest we freeze it instead. His response "...you can do that?".
He didn't know you could FREEZE FOOD. He assumed pizzas/ice creams etc. had to be treated it a certain way to allow you to freeze them. He was 26.
karakins21 · 1 points · Posted at 08:45:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So maybe not horrifying but... My husband, who is 6'2", once couldn't reach some high so he grabbed something to stand on... a pillow. Guess it's something he hasn't had to do in a while but geesh!
OGCarlArms · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and room mate at the time were about 25 and watching something. The guy on the show said something like "a pickle can never become a cucumber again" My room mate pointed at the screen, laughed a d called the guy a fucking retard for saying pickles come from cucumbers. He was 100% serious and I was stunned.
A-human-being-four · 1 points · Posted at 08:52:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 17 and I realize now that I'm guilty too. I thought they were separate things.
OGCarlArms · 2 points · Posted at 08:54:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I thought the milky way was the whole universe at 17. Teenagers are idiots so that's forgivable. This man was a chef.
A-human-being-four · 0 points · Posted at 09:09:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just looked it up, not really the same tho
briochefaces · 1 points · Posted at 09:04:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
This will get lost, but I lived with a guy that didn’t know how to wash his clothes or dishes.
He could use the washing machine fine, but didn’t know to put detergent in it. So his clothes were constantly washed with dirty water. Every time he did a cycle it would stink out the whole flat. His clothes smelt worse AFTER each wash.
He also said he didn’t know how to turn the dishwasher on. But rather than not use it, he kept piling more and more dirty dishes in there. When I moved in I found a packed dishwasher full of mouldy dishes. And what’s worse, all cups and pots were facing UPWARDS. So he didn’t even know that it would fill up with water if he could turn it on.
That guy was a piece of work. He was so messy that me and the other housemate ended up getting him evicted.
The_real_tinky-winky · 1 points · Posted at 09:42:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can you not say adulting ever again? Thanks
UberChew · 1 points · Posted at 10:54:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not me but an old housemate when i was at uni.
He moved to student halls for his third year probably because it was cheap but more likely because he wanted to get an ego trip impressing the new students.
I visit him one day and get chatting to some of the people he lives near and they hold him up as some kind of cooking god.
I lived with him with two years and the only thing i saw him ‘cook’ was a pie and chips he threw in the oven.
onlywanted2readapost · 1 points · Posted at 10:56:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My old housemate (who was 36) would always burn her cous cous.
Yeah, think about that for a moment.
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 11:02:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My Nannan could burn anything. Her absolute classics were spaghetti and carrots. Multiple times.
She’d answer the phone midway through making dinner and then just totally forget she was cooking.
Alienwallbuilder · 1 points · Posted at 11:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend burnt down her boyfriends mothers house deepfry cooking fries. Got on the phone and came back to a fat fire in the kitchen, the boyfriend and his mates were engrossed watching the rugby and never noticed the kitchen on fire at the other end of the house.
arrriah · 1 points · Posted at 10:58:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I remember when i was 18, i was really really stoned and i put a burrito in the microwave and 20 minutes later my roommate asks why there's smoke coming from the kitchen and i realized that yeah, i put a burrito in the microwave for 20 minutes lol.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 11:01:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh man I did this with a Camembert whilst drunk once. It literally turned rock solid and make the whole place smell like socks.
arrriah · 2 points · Posted at 11:19:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was it black lol?
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 11:33:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Weirdly, no. It was just a greasy brown rock.
arrriah · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thats odd, yeah mine was char black lol.
GR3GWITHBUTTERONTOP · 1 points · Posted at 11:01:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm not an adult I'm 15 but I was walking down stairs with a classmate last year and they were slowly getting behind me I then turned around to see them putting one foot at a time on a step and i asked "do you wanna take the elevator" they said "why?" Thought they had a limp...they just didnt know hoe to walk down stairs like everybody else I showed them how they said "that's scary it feels like I'm about to fall" im guessing it like when I first started walking down stair 2 at a time if you've ever done that you know what I mean
anaya-fatima · 1 points · Posted at 11:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ohhhhhhh
mracefish · 1 points · Posted at 11:36:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One time when in a flat share I had to have a conversation with a housemate about not leaving gone off half empty cartons of milk in the bin. They used to just leave them in there to rot over time with a shitload of stinky curdled milk in the bottom of a bin bag and they didn't realise that was what was making the kitchen fucking stink every day and they were just like "Oh right I never realised that". Like put it down the fucking drain then throw away your old milk cartons, god damn.
anjali424 · 1 points · Posted at 11:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
my roommate thought a toilet bowl cleaner was a plunger and we told the landlord our toilet was broken.
Sinerios · 1 points · Posted at 12:18:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That cows do not produce milk without first being pregnant, just like every other mammal.
Anytime you drink milk, you drink the milk intended for a baby calf. So what happens to the calf? If she’s female, she will be force impregnated like her mom and if it’s a boy, he’s killed.
elanorsparkles · 1 points · Posted at 12:32:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In her defense, there are some plastic spatulas that are very difficult to melt. We’ve had the Pampered Chef ones for pretty much my whole life, and the most damage they have are a few cuts/scratches
Not saying that was her situation, but still some useful info for ya
Erikakakaka · 1 points · Posted at 12:48:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a hard day, where I’ve not been able to do any of my mental health chores to keep me buoyant and smoked cigs and drank coffee instead, this thread has been a bit of a life safer, I salute you all!
Teacuprainbow · 1 points · Posted at 12:49:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When my brother was 18, he got is first job. being the cashier was the main thing but he did other stuff. He didnt know how to give people their change. I actually had to roleplay it with him, pretend that I was a costumer and paying for something so he could practice. Like "pretend my total is 18,50€ and I give you 20€. How much should you give back to me?". We spent a lot of HOURS doing this so he could learn.
I totally blame my parents for it. He was never given any tasks like going to the Supermarket, run to the bakery... You know? The kind of thing you do to kids so they have money on their hands, make a simple money transaction.
This is the same person who, at 15, thought you could just go to a bank and take money with you. He didnt know you have to have money on that account. He thought the bank just gave it to you 🤦🏻♀️
EmeraldJonah · 2 points · Posted at 14:43:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Customer*. A costumer is a person who makes clothes you wear on Halloween.
Teacuprainbow · 1 points · Posted at 19:21:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you!
koolaidistheshit · 1 points · Posted at 13:32:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The bulk of my last relationship.. Probably shoulda been a pretty big warning of what was to come lol. If someone csnt take responsibility.. Is perfect, and lies a lot. They are not an adult lol.
Futurepimpdaddy · 1 points · Posted at 13:43:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've always wanted a pair of Crocs. My whole life I thought they were $5.... You should see my surprise when I found out they cost more than Nikes
cakatoo · 3 points · Posted at 14:09:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That is crazy. Who the fuck WANTS crocs.
TheGoldenCheetah · 1 points · Posted at 15:20:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Over priced brand names aside, they are actually super convenient, not going out today? Don't waste time with socks! Just need to nip into the garden or put something in the dustbin? Slip on some generic unbranded crocs! Feeling like a lazy pos? Don't give a shit about your appearance? Nip to the shops in them! XD I love me some generic unbranded crocs! If you're feeling fancy, get some with a soft lining!
1buffalowang · 1 points · Posted at 15:24:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Doing just about anything in a grocery store. Some people never need to do it themselves until their old and grey.
SuprSaiyanTurry · 1 points · Posted at 15:34:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I have such a list of those.
Top 3.
My cousin doesn't know how to use ratchet straps. He's 29.
Had a friend that didn't know how to tell what size a wrench was when you'd ask for say a 9/16th wrench. He's 27.
Another friend that doesn't know how to change a tire. He's 31.
Mochipants · 2 points · Posted at 16:18:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, those all seem like pretty normal things to not know about unless you grew up working in woodshops and car garages. I have no idea what wrench sizes are, and I've never changed a tire in my life. I'm a 37 year old woman who works in STEM.
SuprSaiyanTurry · 2 points · Posted at 16:50:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We all grew up in a small town, to me these are things everyone there should know.
With that being said, these are all subjective to where someone grew up.
For instance, I've never needed public transit and have no idea how to use it because I've had my licence since I was 16 but someone that grew up it a large city would find it second nature but might not know how to drive.
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 17:23:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah, see, I live in London, so yes, very relative indeed!
SuprSaiyanTurry · 1 points · Posted at 18:54:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
London Ontario or London England?
Mochipants · 1 points · Posted at 06:58:02 on June 29, 2020 · (Permalink)*
England. I'm from Seattle though, so I've experienced both sides of the transportation coin. Seattle is AWFUL when it comes to public transit, whereas here in London it's amazing.
Sharronim0 · 1 points · Posted at 16:02:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mom allowed an elderly homeless lady to live with us for a while. After a few weeks of her living with us we all noticed that our heads were itching badly. We thought maybe it was lice, but no, it was dandruff. We all suddenly had dandruff which we had never had before and we were so confused until one day we caught her in the act of using my mom's hairbrush. She didn't know that you aren't supposed to share hairbrushes so she would just pick up whichever one she found and use it. In her house when she was growing up she said everybody used one hairbrush and she thought that the itchiness was normal because (surprise, surprise) everybody in her family had that, too! It took us years to get rid of our dandruff infections, because it was the fungal type that burrows into the hair follicles. We also suspect she was using our toothbrushes because she never had one that we saw, so unless she just never brushed her teeth.... either possibility is just as likely, I guess. In any case, we threw away our toothbrushes and hairbrushes and got new ones which we kept hidden and we helped her move out as quickly as possible.
El_shawnzo · 1 points · Posted at 18:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was like 8, my cousin moved in with us. He was probably 15-16 at the time and he didn't know basic hygiene. I had a can of Axe that he used as deodorant. He very seldomly showered. My parents were always very good about how they handled it and they sat him, my brother, and I down and told us that they couldn't tell who, but one of us wasn't using deodorant so they got three sticks of deodorant from the store and my dad showed all of us how to use it. My parents started teaching my brother and I about deodorant early on so they knew it wasn't us, but didn't want to embarrass him about something he was never taught. That started getting better at that point. They'd also have to be on top of him about making sure he showered and brushed his teeth, but that didn't take too long to fix. He lived with us for a couple of months and moved in with another cousin. Her and her husband at the time were doing drugs with him present and it made him very uncomfortable so he moved back in with us. He was a junior in high school and nobody ever pushed him to do homework or even try in school. At the rate he was going, he was going to have to repeat junior year and he wasn't likely to graduate. I remember him calling himself stupid and stuff like that. My parents pushed him to try in school. They helped him with his homework, talked to his teachers about his struggles and they all worked with him very diligently. Turns out, he's very smart, but because he was always in situations in which he wasn't pushed to try or was allowed to do whatever he wanted, he never gave any effort. In the matter of one semester, with the help of my parents, he got back on track and was able to graduate the following year. He got in a fight with my parents shortly before graduation and moved back in with the cousin who was doing drugs around him and now she claims all the success for herself. There's no longer any bad blood, but it always irritates me when she claims she did the hard work when she didn't. He never visits us, but we see him visiting them all the time. Really upsets me, but I think it upsets my parents more because he pretty much became their child.
TastyDuck · 1 points · Posted at 20:44:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Pretty much anytime I open Facebook comments on anything with more than 3 ppl commenting on it.
mathgod496 · 1 points · Posted at 21:22:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many of the stories I am reading are likely the result of long-term child abuse. Not knowing how to do basic things on a job or understanding how to do something correctly is often taught by abusive parents as a form of banked child abuse where the child learns incorrectly and is encouraged to do wrong for the purpose of causing a life of grief. It is a very cowardly form of child abuse. My twin brother was taught by his father that owning a home required all other household members to either pay rent or be viciously bullied until the police are called to have the house member removed. His mother taught him that all women enjoy working and visiting her previous family as universal fact. My abusive father accused me of being homosexual for understanding fluid dynamics so he screams what he imagines that I am thinking and orders me to believe that I am "afraid of getting my dainty hands dirty" and that I need to lay down under a kitchen sink that he filled with Drano and commit suicide by drowning myself in Drano while supine and my mouth open on a big pipe. He insisted that taking a large volume of nasty Drano from a big pipe into the open mouth and down the throat was the ultimate in being the negation of homosexual to the point of being a hetero sapien from homo sapien. He claimed to have a bachelor of arts in Economics and that his education somehow worked to make him a genie ass. He emptied eight cans of crystal Drano and two one-gallon jugs of liquid Drano into a kitchen sink to clog it with a solid chunk of Drano rock. He claims that he is a prophet because he dreamed that the kitchen sink was clogged and now he is going to prove that I need to commit suicide for having dainty hands and also he will prove that I am homosexual by taking a Drano facial that destroyed his glasses, burned his tongue, and left a greenish outline of an idiot torso on the floor of the cabinet space. He called a plumber and told him that "nobody" told him that soaking is face would happen even though the bottle states to not do it and to not get it in the eyes or mouth which he did and with great volume and pressure. My hands remain small but I can bend 60-penny nails and I never felt gay or have the need to identify as a hetero sapien or even feel bad for being Homo in my genus. I am not gay but my genus is Homo.
[deleted] · -9 points · Posted at 23:07:28 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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MrDavid69420 · 1 points · Posted at 04:38:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did i just teleport to 2009
LT_Rager · -9 points · Posted at 01:54:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Hired a millennial to be a digital producer. Looked over my shoulder one day and saw her manually (with the edit tool in the taskbar) copy and paste things. I was VERY worried about her ability to quickly do the job at that point.
Edit: I am also a millennial. That was to give context to the fact that she should know how copy and paste works. Obviously I trained her on how to do it right.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 11:25:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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LT_Rager · 1 points · Posted at 13:47:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m a millennial too, I was giving context that this person should have knowledge they clearly didn’t. I also did correct her.
UltraBuffaloGod · -32 points · Posted at 20:46:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My friend and I were staying at a hotel in the American southwest. He is out at his car and calls me asking what all these stupid little dogs are around his car. It eventually occurred to me he somehow had no idea what a javelina was. I told him "DO NOT GET OUT OF YOUR VEHICLE!" He did get out of his vehicle. Within moments I heard the screams. I threw down my phone and ran down the stairs and out the hotel emergency exit. I just went absolutely beyblade on them. I single handedly kicked and battered to death about 8 javelinas before the herd got the idea and ran off. He laid vivisected on the floor but I was able to resuscitate him and get him the medical care he needed. I just dont understand how you can't know what a Javelina is.
Edit: it has become obvious that the scourge of the southwest is not commonly known. Maybe I felt as if they were because I am in a skirmish with them almost weekly and have a large influence over our way of life out here.
Astabar · 33 points · Posted at 20:56:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Canadian here, I had to Google that to figure out if it was a breed of dog or not
🎙️ arual_x · 25 points · Posted at 20:56:45 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ll be honest, as a Brit, I had to google it. And I would absolutely have tried to pet one.
UltraBuffaloGod · 6 points · Posted at 20:58:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
In the American southwest you can go on excursions where you hunt them from a helicopter. It's wild.
🎙️ arual_x · 5 points · Posted at 21:05:21 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
How dangerous are we talking here? They look like little piggies!
XenosInfinity · 11 points · Posted at 21:37:12 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Considering they're the US version of the boars the UK invented a spear with a cross-bar below the head to hunt (because if you successfully impale one, it will keep running down the length of the spear to kill you out of spite unless you put something in its way)? No, they'll probably fuck you up. We don't have a lot of boars, relatively speaking, but the forest rangers who keep their population in check are some of the few people here actually required to have a firearms license as part of the job, and I gather the pigs regularly win fights with cars. I don't want to see what a swarm of them would do to a human.
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 21:44:59 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay I’m looking at my Party’s Druid’s ability to turn into a Boar slightly differently now.
XenosInfinity · 7 points · Posted at 21:48:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Never underestimate the damage potential of up to 200kg of speeding pork with knives attached to its face and no concept of mercy. The speeding thing is not a joke, apparently they can get up to about 30MPH at full tilt.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 21:49:26 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speeding pork got me right in the giggles.
cATSup24 · 3 points · Posted at 23:50:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Speed sausage
Battering bacon
Ham going ham (alternatively, slam ham)
JustASmallTownGeek · 3 points · Posted at 01:56:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Another alternative to the last one: Ram Ham goes Slam Slam
my_main_click · 1 points · Posted at 05:58:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Boar medicine in the house
LaUNCHandSmASH · 2 points · Posted at 22:08:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah this dude is on some BS. IF there was a fight (I highly doubt) with 8 Javalinas he did not win. With harmful intent I don't think The Rock could take 8 Javelinas, and he is going to be our next president!
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 21:38:39 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Large groups of them have been reported to really hurt or even kill people. I think any wild animals can be dangerous in large enough numbers...
...Plus, I figure, wild boars aren't something you'd wanna fuck around with, may as well treat wild pig... things the same way.
UncleTouchyFingers60 · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah, too bad that never happened to you
dedzz · 1 points · Posted at 03:10:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's only for feral hogs, which are considered an invasive species. You are able hunt javelina, but only with a proper hunting license and species tag.
Gumgums66 · 1 points · Posted at 22:28:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Omg, same.
Oscarmaiajonah · 1 points · Posted at 22:35:35 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
same here for both lol
andanotherone89 · 19 points · Posted at 21:07:01 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk where yall are from but I live in the SE United States and I just had to google what a javelina is
[deleted] · 14 points · Posted at 21:09:09 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are joking about not only single handedly but bare handedly killing 8 javelinas right?
LaUNCHandSmASH · 7 points · Posted at 22:05:31 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yes I'm sure. They would have run off or torn him a few new holes.
flakeoff101 · 15 points · Posted at 21:11:44 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, if you're not from the southwest why would you know about them? It's not a commonly spoken of animal.
slothsandgoats · 28 points · Posted at 20:55:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay, to be fair English isn't my native language. But what the hell is a jawelina? Not even my keyboard seems to understand it?
Runbunnierun · 18 points · Posted at 21:10:57 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Small angry pig
flirtinwithdisaster · 13 points · Posted at 21:08:03 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
From the Wiki:
strumpster · 5 points · Posted at 04:29:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
English is my primary language and I've never heard or seen that word until now
ArcturusAltair · 13 points · Posted at 20:56:14 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today I learned javelinas are (real) animals.
Thank you for this knowledge, kind man.
waterbuffalo750 · 12 points · Posted at 21:17:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
That sounds made up, but I didn't know what a javelina was until I moved to Arizona when I was 30.
Youhavemyaxeee · 3 points · Posted at 01:24:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I went to Arizona last summer and learned about them for the first time. Saw a couple of babies.
PattyRain · 2 points · Posted at 05:55:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm 52. I didn't know what they were even after moving to AZ 7 years ago for a couple of years.
Twitchy4life · 9 points · Posted at 21:27:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm American and this is the first time I've heard about this animal. That's crazy.
Quelchie · 7 points · Posted at 22:56:58 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
No one knows what a Javelina is. I just learned it from your post.
UltraBuffaloGod · -6 points · Posted at 23:19:17 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
All of yall are out of ur freaking minds then. They are the bane of my existence. I'm in a skirmish with em like once a week and have been for years now.
Quelchie · 6 points · Posted at 23:22:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
wtf? So there's an entire army of creatures that humanity is at war with and I have no idea of their existence?
UltraBuffaloGod · -3 points · Posted at 23:22:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
They are the scourge of the southwest
XxsquirrelxX · 4 points · Posted at 21:51:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Well it’s a good thing I saw this because my family’s going out to the southwest in a week and I had no idea what a javelina is.
To be fair we’re Floridians, we have other things to worry about, like hurricanes, lightning strikes, and alligators
UltraBuffaloGod · 2 points · Posted at 22:42:27 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh I moved out here from Florida. Javelinas make alligators look like those little lizards that run around in Florida.
mah_nuhts · 3 points · Posted at 01:33:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fuck is a javelina? And why are you expecting people to know what it is?
Ladis_Wascheharuum · 3 points · Posted at 01:57:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm in my 30s and I swear I have never heard or seen the word "javelina" before today.
rainingtacos31 · 2 points · Posted at 23:28:08 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
tbh I had to google it
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 01:29:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lived up and down the east coast but visited the southwest a few times. Never heard of these. I don’t think this counts.
Hardcore_Daddy · 1 points · Posted at 05:20:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fuck is a javelina
slapchaz1 · 1 points · Posted at 12:23:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
From the midwest. Had to google what a javelina was.
ardranor · 1 points · Posted at 19:52:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If your friend wasnt native to the region, then yeah I wouldn't expect him to know better
PatatoTheMispelled · 0 points · Posted at 23:59:00 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
When I was about 10km from the floor and the co-pilot noticed I don't know how to fly
mrbrown1980 · 0 points · Posted at 02:41:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not exactly “in person, while adulting” but there was a thread on a sub a few weeks ago where we all sort of realized that a surprisingly large percentage of people stand up after pooping but before they wipe their ass.
If you read that and thought, “That’s gross you’d get poop all over your butt crack,” that’s what we all said as well.
VeryConfusingReplies · 1 points · Posted at 08:37:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I do that, that doesn’t happen.
damian1369 · 0 points · Posted at 04:54:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
We we're at a friend's house BBQuing, and there was a friend with a wife and a little kid, a couple of months old. Turned out, the wife was just getting her master's in psychology, and I'm one as well. We got in a bit of talking about the kid and based on the kids age I asked if the she tried the kids palmar reflex. To that she asked what that is, I explained and It was obvious she never heard of that. Makes you wonder what does she know To put it in context, it's one of the most basic things from first year developmental psychology. You also learn that in high school here. And this woman now has a masters degree and is influencing people's lives without any actual knowledge.
damian1369 · 1 points · Posted at 21:08:27 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
My guess is I'm being downvoted by psychologists who don't know why that upset me, and upvoted by those who do, which keeps me at a steady minus one or two for the last couple of days, so that pretty much paints the picture as intended.
thegreendorito123 · 0 points · Posted at 05:12:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not an adult but there is this one kid who always sexually harasses my friends group and he always talks about sex and always talks about different sex positions.
Deportlllegals · -2 points · Posted at 15:24:24 on June 30, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Adulting". I hate that word so much I can't even answer the question. Try being original.
Zote782 · -8 points · Posted at 01:29:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
15 year old niece never used a gas stove. She was asking why it smelled when she turned it on. Had to show her how to turn on and off, adjust the temperature. She does know how to cook and bake, just only used an electric stove.
Shell308 · 8 points · Posted at 05:02:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be honest I’m 38 and never lived anywhere With gas ... I’d have no idea whatsoever
kirbatiel · 2 points · Posted at 14:36:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah I’m 29 and used a gas stove and oven for the first time about a month ago. Where I grew up, gas was super uncommon. Now I’m interstate where it’s the norm. Not knowing that stuff as a kid/teen isn’t so strange imo.
weesypeesy · -3 points · Posted at 22:18:41 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine moved into a house with an electricity meter. Went to the shop with the key and topped it up. Rang me 30 mins later as the money hadn't appeared on the meter. After about 5 mins I realised she hadn't actually put the key in the meter. Just thought adding money to it was enough.
PapaLouie_ · 3 points · Posted at 02:26:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Electricity meters are bullishit scams
buttonsf · 5 points · Posted at 06:03:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’ve never heard of what you’re describing. Is it like prepaid electric?
weesypeesy · 2 points · Posted at 08:02:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah pretty much.
peaty1993 · -3 points · Posted at 08:20:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What a shit post. Just help people, they may of not have had the same experiences in life as you
xWaffleicious · 0 points · Posted at 02:19:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate, a 22 year old guy didn't know the difference between a Phillips head and Flat head screwdriver
WillowWispWhipped · 0 points · Posted at 02:26:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex (21m at the time, I would have been 22 f) noticed some oil in his parents driveway after an oil change. I told him to go check his oil. He came back in and said it was fine.
Next day his oil light comes on with me in the car and I say “didn’t you just check it?” And he said he had, So I went and checked and he goes...”wait....that’s how you check the oil?”
And I was like, “um, yeah, how do you?”
Him:”I just looked under the car to see if I could see any coming out”
🤦♀️
coffeeaddictnerd · 0 points · Posted at 03:05:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband literally cannot fold clothes to save his life. Literally. I’ve tried teaching him step by step, but then he immediately forgets and I have to re-teach step by step. He’s 30. Before we were married, all his clothes were either hung up or wadded up in baskets. 🤦🏼♀️
sparklestar17 · 2 points · Posted at 03:17:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My husband was the same. We’ve been together a long time. He never did laundry until college. I told him he needed to practice until he could do it with confidence. I walked him through it so many times over the years. SO MANY TIMES. I’m recently pregnant and in order to give me some extra downtime he’s been doing a ton of extra chores and doing not only his own laundry, but all of our laundry for the past month and a half and he’s folding really well now! I’m so proud!
coffeeaddictnerd · 1 points · Posted at 03:30:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Aw, what a sweetheart for taking on so many chores though! With any luck, my guy will learn to fold when we get pregnant 😂 huge congratulations on your pregnancy, and to your hubby too!
sparklestar17 · 1 points · Posted at 03:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks so much! And stick with the folding instruction - he can do it! It’ll pay off!
evilspeaks · 1 points · Posted at 04:01:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You are getting played, or he has a mental handicap.
centourian-main · 0 points · Posted at 04:53:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
they forgot what to do and jumped into my closet and proceeded to run out the window and screamed FUOCKKKKKKKK
jhoratio · 0 points · Posted at 05:01:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Trump as President
Naters07 · 0 points · Posted at 05:33:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to be a human being
superherodude3124 · 0 points · Posted at 05:34:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Bean*
madhousechild · 0 points · Posted at 05:49:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I watched an early 30s Youtuber rave about a shampoo she'd tried and told us this brand had a special secret that made it work so great.
After much to-do she revealed that the secret: Apply the shampoo twice. As in: Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Those instructions are on every bottle of shampoo and are basically a meme that she had never heard of.
I was all ready to lay out $$ for a pricey shampoo when I realized it only made her hair look great because she finally learned how to wash her hair.
BoldLibrarian · 0 points · Posted at 06:00:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When i left college i realised that semester meant 6 months and trimester meant three months. I always thought they meant 'half of year' and 'third of year' respectively.
sheilachanel · 0 points · Posted at 06:09:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone excitedly told me it was Black History Month, I responded, “Yeah I know it’s February”. They proceeded to say, “Oh...is it every February?”😢
AlarmedMaintenance1 · 0 points · Posted at 06:16:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone didnt know what kinks were
cyto_kind · 0 points · Posted at 06:24:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Recently my boyfriend texted me while I was at work, “hey babe, you know you can’t wash towels with delicates and regular clothes, right?”
As a kid, my parents always taught my sister and I to sort our laundry, but they didn’t monitor us and I was lazy. Then, in college, I was too broke to afford sorting my clothes, I literally didn’t have the quarters for spare loads, so not sorting became kinda... engrained, I guess?
Anyways it probably explains why my clothes get raggedy so fast. I’m lucky he thought it was adorably dumb instead of just plain dumb lol.
HillTopTerrace · 0 points · Posted at 06:32:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I am on the other side. I am in my 30s and have no idea how to do them. My dad or uncle took care of them, then my (then) husband, after the divorce my dad and uncle took back over.
Kachinga789 · 0 points · Posted at 06:32:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach a seven year old the alphabet, how to count from 1-10, how to tie his shoes, and how to wash his hands. He did not come from a very good household.
gattocatgatto · 0 points · Posted at 06:32:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've put bleach and another chemical down a toilet resulting them to mix and turn into something that knocked me back making it hard to breathe.
Noname_1111 · 0 points · Posted at 06:35:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My kindergarden teacher said I have to read the rules for 10 minutes. I neigher knew how to read nor what 10 minutes are. I waited there for 10 seconds and than went to my friends. My teacher was mad at me and I tried to explain it but than I had to wait there until my teacher said I could go. Does this count as horrifying? I was really horeifyed my teacher whoul hurt me.
Meowcityhappytrain · 1 points · Posted at 06:55:14 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That’s sad. I’m sorry, not a good kindergarten teacher.
daydreaming-g · 0 points · Posted at 06:35:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I know three girls(18-20) who didn’t know females don’t pee from their vaginas
Awellplanned · 0 points · Posted at 06:36:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
By bunk mate at boot camp was so nervous in the beginning that he couldnt tie his shoes. I had to do it for him. Yudi was his.
Tradition_Little · 0 points · Posted at 06:36:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Heh?
Rwlk · 0 points · Posted at 06:37:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend in college (25 years old) seriously asked me how to cook noodles.
CharlesW08 · 0 points · Posted at 06:37:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
In college I had a roommate who didn't know how to use the washing machine in the dorms, apparently she had never done her laundry before (her mother did it for her). I had to explain and I told her she had to separate her laundry, she was mind blown.
pinkblob66 · 0 points · Posted at 06:39:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Literally every day at work.
The_Grandmother · 0 points · Posted at 06:40:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Talk to women
devoc7 · 0 points · Posted at 07:07:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad is a bit of a redneck guy. Likes hunting, fishing. So when the internet came to our house (good ol dial-up), he asked me how to get onto a few websites to looking at trophy pictures for great hunts/fish caught. I wrote down explicit instructions on how to turn on the computer, wait for it to load, put in the family password, double click the internet browser where I've pre-loaded some of his websites onto the favorites bar. I come home and he tells my something went wrong, my instructions didn't work. I run him through the steps. He gets to the part where he puts in the password. "See, now I don't know what to do!" There's literally nothing else on the screen except for a simple box that says "Okay" and "Cancel." I had apparently left that step out. I instruct him to hit the top button. "Well you didn't tell me to do that part!" He's gotten much better, and while he had next to zero computer experience at the time, I really thought he could have figured that part out on his own. But then again, there wouldn't be so many posts if that were the case
tanyandrew · 0 points · Posted at 07:07:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to really convince my very smart, sweet SO that when using the can opener you have to cut the lid from the top and not from the side, with the entire top of the can itself. I guess he was embarassed and didn't want to back down and accept he was doing it wrong for years, instead claiming his way is easier and more logical.
We.. quietly forgot about it :)
ardranor · 1 points · Posted at 20:12:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
There are openers designed to cut from the side, and if I'm not mistaken it results in a less sharp, thus safer, edge
the_not_german_dude · 0 points · Posted at 07:11:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a joke for a buddies bday I bought a pack of sanitary napkins and people could write stuff on them and stick them all over his apartment.
Turns out they stick really good and on some spots the paint came of with them. Then my Sherlock Holmes inticts kicked in and I asked a ladyfriend if they hurt coming off her vjayjay.
She informed me whilst laughing her tits off, that you put the sticky side towards your panties. That's one way of doing it
amirof1 · 0 points · Posted at 07:14:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Went with co-worker to heat our lunch in office microwave, and this guy show me this plastic container with pasta or w/e and ask: you think this is microwave safe? I looked at him for few seconds, thinking he's joking, and said: of course, its plastic.
He put it on 3min and I start giggling. Then he open the door and the pasta is trapped in a tiny ball of plastic, and I burst in laughter.
You see, there are these type of thin plastic containers, like the 'cheap' type you get when you order salad, and they shrink in the microwave.
Guy asked me: so you're laughing, you knew that would happen you @#$!, and I said: well duh, its called shrink-wrap, you know that type of plastic that used for shrink-wrap. and he ask: then why did you tell me its microwave safe? and I answered:
I knew it will be funny >:)
Of course I took him out for lunch, my treat
JJVAAHLA · 0 points · Posted at 07:18:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend who has lived near lakes for her life didn't know how to steer an outboard motor on a boat.
mut31122015 · 0 points · Posted at 07:29:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I usually terrified to know that girl get bigger and bigger while boys remain the same for most of 20 years.
Fancyfgt- · 0 points · Posted at 07:35:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate (23 F) at university didnt know how to use a hub. She would always eat bread or ready meals out of the microwave. She was (just as I am) from germany but her mum and grandma always cook for her so she never learned how to do it. She can't even heat up water.
GhostDoggoes · 0 points · Posted at 07:39:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My favorite moment was 4 years ago when I hung out with my friend who had just bought an old blazer that he upgraded, lifted and got new tires for. We went for a weekend offroading and right when we got to the valley, he tried to lock the differential but got confused on how to do it. It was on the description but there was no clear button when he wanted to engage it besides the second stick which he put into gear. I let him sit and look online for every little video he could on the terrible internet in the valley and finally I gave in after 30 minutes. I got out, went to each wheel, twisted the locks on the hub for the front and got back in. He was upset over it for a while but got over it when I told him what his truck could do and how to turn off stuff for offroad. Still amazes me that he had it for two years and never thought to find out how to do it.
Bob31105 · 0 points · Posted at 07:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm sorry but I have to that's not a pegasus that's an alicorn
amelievin · 0 points · Posted at 07:50:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend of mine does not know to make omlets. She is a 25 year old and does not know how to make an omlet.
Chopper3 · 0 points · Posted at 09:07:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
And you don’t know how to spell them :)
amelievin · 1 points · Posted at 16:02:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
English is my third language :)
Chopper3 · 1 points · Posted at 20:40:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Understood, sorry
TitaniumDreads · 0 points · Posted at 08:03:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
According to John boltons new book, donald trump did not know that finland was a country. I believe that's true but also like how....???
letsgetcracking08 · 0 points · Posted at 08:07:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once during an environmental science class we were discussing about the ice caps melting and the sea water level rising. So in the middle of the discussion my friend turns to me and she says "if melting of the ice is such a problem why to they allow the ice to accumulate there?". Btw this is a college level class and this is a college student!
Alicia_kristina · 0 points · Posted at 08:09:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
🤔 that's a hard one
looksta1 · 0 points · Posted at 08:10:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How do you not know how to drive?🙄
acutepea · 0 points · Posted at 08:11:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate not knowing what global warming was at 20 years old
Hedgehogzilla · 0 points · Posted at 08:13:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a girlfriend, late teens. Did not know how to spread butter on a sandwich. "Mom always does it for me"..
deedsiest · 0 points · Posted at 08:13:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
To be fair, he was really old, but he didn't know what his area code is, or apparently what an area code is at all.
Nynebreaker · 0 points · Posted at 08:15:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex-wife who was 31 at the time poured boiling water into my frozen glass beer mug to cool the water down... It didn’t end well. It exploded like a grenade. I didn’t actually understand what the fuck had just happened. Shortly after realizing there were tiny shards of glass everywhere and a kettle still steaming, I instantly knew what she had done. Honestly I was dumbfounded, I didn’t even know what to say.
Damn I miss that beer mug.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 08:16:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a girl working for me who couldn't find the UK on a map, despite the fact that she had lived there her entire life. She ended up guessing but pointed to Madagascar instead.
I can only assume she'd never watched a weather forecast.
hakuna22matata · 0 points · Posted at 08:17:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to file taxes. Still scared the shit out of me🤣
Balcil · 1 points · Posted at 09:55:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
https://youtu.be/VaD1pjVOuJc
Watch this to explain it
Daniel_Hristov · 0 points · Posted at 08:17:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a friend WHO COULD NOT CHANGE HIS LIGHT BULB. For God's sake, he was always either calling me or his girlfriend (ex) to change the bulb...
PM_ME_COSMIC_RIFFS · 0 points · Posted at 08:18:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Several years ago, spent a weekend at my friend's house up in the mountains. Asked the guy to rinse some lettuce for the salad, who promptly grabbed the lettuce and went outside to lay said vegetable on the ground and soak it with the waterhose.
L3ahkn1ts · 0 points · Posted at 08:21:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not super horrifying, but: Early on when I was dating my (now) husband he came over for dinner and a movie night-in.
He presents a bag of duck jerky treats for dogs.
Me: You brought Waffle some treats!
him: oh, these are for you. I thought I could eat them but they broke a bracket on my braces...
Me: um... those are for dogs. There’s a picture of a dog in the package. And it says “not for human consumption” on the back...
Him: oh...uh... I found them at Costco near the snacks. I thought they were for humans...
Reddit_FTW · 0 points · Posted at 08:21:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m so late. But letting stuff go. A lot of my friends are so quick to fight instead of the high school punk who drove by and yelled “fuck you”. Like he’s showing off for his friends. We all did stupid shit. Just let it go.
kaolsi · 0 points · Posted at 08:22:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my bf how to melt butter to make a cake. He put it 1 whole minute in the microwave and it exploded. I had to teach him that you have to heat it in 10s intervals.
jamhalpert4400 · 0 points · Posted at 08:24:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My comment probably won't be seen but right when I turned 18 I started dating a guy that I met at work. This guy came from a very rich family in California and his parents took care of everything for him. My manager had to teach him how to cut an onion and he told her that he had no idea that "the myth was true" that onions really do make you cry. He was 20.
01rafa · 0 points · Posted at 08:26:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had a roomate who wouldnt make ice because he'd "spill the water". He would use all but two or three rocks of ice, so thanks dude. I stopped making ice
FireballSensei · 0 points · Posted at 08:28:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My grandma with her iPhone.
duhcuttlefish · 0 points · Posted at 08:29:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Little late to the posting but I had a roommate who was blown away when I changed the lint trap in the dryer. To this day I don’t know how he didn’t burn the house down
booperpooper3 · 0 points · Posted at 08:34:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
a girl in my class thought that dinosaurs where as fake as dragons. in year TWELVE
ndutthecat · 0 points · Posted at 08:36:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My ex is 53 and 1. Doesn't know how to fold clothes 2. Can't cook. With him for 3 years and never see him cook
MRicho · 0 points · Posted at 08:39:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to see a button on to my flatmates shorts as she(28) didn't know how. She was a production manager.
koal3 · 0 points · Posted at 08:40:39 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Many people dont understand basic physics around them.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 08:42:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Someone who put a bag of chips into a microwave and almost set the room on fire...
fictional_reality26 · 0 points · Posted at 08:43:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm currently living with a roommate to save money. One day we were talking in the kitchen while she happened to be cooking. She was making something that included hamburger meat. As we were talking shes mixing the meat with her hands and then started looking for something lettuce I believe it was. But she was touching everything I tried to politely say um... are you going to wash your hands? She looked at me with a confused look like what are you talking about my hands are clean. I said what about cross contamination? Still confused I had to explain to her that shes spreading bacteria to everything shes touching and that could make us sick by not washing your hands after touching raw meat. She just looked at me and said oh I didn't know that.
fallingupthehill · 0 points · Posted at 08:43:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A highschooler who was unable to tell time on an analog clock. Had no clue
Golddustwoman1129 · 0 points · Posted at 08:44:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Healthcare related:
A coworker asked about normal sinus rhythm and what it has to do with your sinuses.
Schmemley · 0 points · Posted at 08:49:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Once had to explain to a PhD student the concept of ‘up’. I was working phone tech support on an instrument, and wanted to check the on board camera was working, so asked him to unscrew it and point it up (my intention was to flood it with light so we could establish if it was working). English was his first language, but it still took about 15 minutes for him to understand and end up pointing the camera upwards. Closest I ever got to being written up in that job was asking “Is your PhD self funded?” and when he replied it was saying “Good, at least it’s just your money going to waste here”
Laskofil · 0 points · Posted at 08:51:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My roommate in college had a party at our place, his friend puked all over the toilet. I got up in the morning and when I've seen the toilet I woke my roommate to go and clean it up after his buddy. He went into bathroom, looked at the disaster and said he can't do it because he never cleaned a toilet before.
HumanXeroxMachine · 1 points · Posted at 12:55:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
No better time to learn!
JuicyHotkiss · 0 points · Posted at 08:55:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Invited out to a party with a different race. Topic got into sex and AIDS. They all believed that as long as the woman didn’t cum, you couldn’t get AIDS.
I’m going to disclose the race, because it doesn’t matter. What matters is a group of adults having zero idea how Viruses work and how they are spread.
To answer the topic...how do you not know to use protection and take precautions.
iEatkidsForBeakfest · 0 points · Posted at 08:57:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
(This was couple years ago)
Was living with a girl at the time, lets call her Sarah. You see Sarah wasnt really the brightest. Whenever she cooked something in a pot, she left it sitting directly on the counter. Cooked pasta in the microwave without ANY water (Quickly yelled at her about that and stopped before she can start it) . . . . She tried baking a cake once, a pineapple upside down cake, not to hard eh? She forgot to butter/spray the pan and forgot the water. There was even directions and kept asking me "why is the batter so rough?" I kept my peace and melt silent because back then it was really funny to watch.
Chopper3 · 0 points · Posted at 09:08:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 55yo wife cannot put petrol/gas in her car
shhhhhhutup · 0 points · Posted at 09:10:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Meme culture, a participation trophy generation, a godless generation, a consumerist generation, an instant gratification generation, a shallow generation, a 'quirky' generation, all equals a generation without any real substance.
enzoytt · 0 points · Posted at 09:24:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
The fact that some people don’t know their NSEW blows my mind
YthefuCCmIPPhard · 0 points · Posted at 10:52:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When after I finished I found out she didn't know how to breathe. We did it later that day.
Yurusera · 0 points · Posted at 11:07:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Sex
sumandark8600 · 0 points · Posted at 11:17:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I think Americans call them fire trucks 🚒
veronikaoftroy · 0 points · Posted at 11:27:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know about the great molasses flood in Boston that killed 30 people.
msfsx1 · 0 points · Posted at 11:47:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
TIL how to put out a grease fire.
Bear-Margins · 0 points · Posted at 11:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Friend didn’t know she had a STD somehow I found out before she did. I did nothing with her.
madlyalive · 0 points · Posted at 11:49:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Their job
scemscem · 0 points · Posted at 11:50:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Anyone else think OP meant something very different by adulting?
Blewbe · 0 points · Posted at 11:50:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I don't actually remember when I experience these, but I'm pretty sure I've caused my husband to experience at least 3 this year so far.
tuz1968 · 0 points · Posted at 12:17:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I saw some stupid American bint making a cup of tea in the microwave.
No-one_Expected_That · 0 points · Posted at 12:26:47 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Spanish Inquisition!
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 12:28:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I wasn’t auditing, but i kind of ruined a song for someone. Now this may seem strange, but I broke the news to a 30 something year old man that Pumped Up Kicks was about a school shooting. He never knew, and seemed so conflicted afterwards.
Aska09 · 0 points · Posted at 12:36:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My cousin was working for my dad for a while and lived with us. Turned out he doesn't know how to make scrambled eggs and expected my mom to cook it for him
gogoclo · 0 points · Posted at 12:52:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Me and my boyfriend bought a house in October. In February he asked me how to turn the hob on.
sparklebug20 · 0 points · Posted at 12:55:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh Jesus...... So much! My bestie is so smart when it comes to law or medical but common sense stuff escapes her and it's so painful for me :( I'll update when I can narrow down to just 1 😂
Vr33md3-J0ng3n · 0 points · Posted at 13:16:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So.. this wasn't me but my father. He had hired someone to work for him. She wasn't that smart though. He needed to teach her the table of 3. She was around the age of 20.
xglowinthedarkx · 0 points · Posted at 13:48:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a teenager, so maybe it doesn't count, but I was co-babysitting like 10 kids at someone's family reunion, and the other girl who was babysitting with me didn't know how to make boxed mac and cheese. 🤦♀️ She was pretty much useless that day as she didn't really help with the kids either. At one point she was sitting on the couch eating chips straight from the family-sized bag.
karateninjazombie · 0 points · Posted at 13:58:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
One of my exes sometimes wouldn't wipe here arse properly. This was after showering before bed. Then hop Into bed. It was disgusting. Many times was she kicked out of bed again to go have another shower. She never learned.
She was a scruncher too not a folder. This is now an Important question when talking to a potential date.
Administrative_Milk3 · 0 points · Posted at 14:12:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
What i do not know to do? Please, explain me!
candy0501 · 0 points · Posted at 14:25:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
when i told my dad about sexualities and gender expressions he did not know about trans, non-binary people.
leafyyygoodnesss · 0 points · Posted at 15:48:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Laundry
ParamedicSnooki · 0 points · Posted at 16:44:37 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thank you. I check a basic rhythm for indications of right-sided involvement. Just seeing if anything jumps out. It would definitely be more prudent to actually run the 12-lead first though. You’re correct there. Anything hovering around 100 doesn’t get it. Sorry.
waner21 · 0 points · Posted at 18:15:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Guilty. Good to know the way to work around that. Thanks.
0hereforthememes0 · 0 points · Posted at 23:02:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 16 year old friend had no idea how to cook pasta. As someone who’s been cooking since they were 10, this was very shocking to me.
MysticYoYo · 0 points · Posted at 23:24:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Two weeks ago I had to show someone with a master’s degree how to attach a document in MS Outlook. She is 42 and has worked at my place of business for years. “See the little paperclip? Click on THAT!”
ETA: The other day she asked me help her set up her email signature. I was glad to help, but WTF??
theliver · -57 points · Posted at 21:19:55 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Adult is not a verb and whilst has to be one of the douchiest ways of saying while.
So, I guess it would be OP asking this question? Did Nebraska Shakespeare teach you how to speak?
XenosInfinity · 25 points · Posted at 21:42:53 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Welcome to the internet, where there's nothing wrong with using 'whilst' outside the US and not everyone lives there. "Did Nebraska Shakespeare (whoever that's supposed to be) teach you how to speak" is one of the 'douchiest' ways to phrase "I don't use the same dialect of English as you and refuse to acknowledge yours as valid". Hope the rest of your day goes better than whatever put you in that mood, though.
LaUNCHandSmASH · 9 points · Posted at 22:25:32 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jeez dude calm down. I don't love the term either but OP didn't invent it. Are you like this all the time?
🎙️ arual_x · 46 points · Posted at 21:38:48 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
No, actual Shakespeare. I’m English. ‘Whilst’ is pretty common over this side of the pond. But thanks, internet stranger, for this kind response. Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
Also: Merriam Webster (you know, the dictionary folk?) disagrees with you about verb usage. So whilst I appreciate your input, kindly sit down.
Confusedsahm · 5 points · Posted at 01:18:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I/eye dont know/no whose/who's right/write here but I/eye enjoy the back and forth yall/y'all had going over there/their/they're!
🎙️ arual_x · 2 points · Posted at 01:22:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You, you... are aight.
Khaylain · 3 points · Posted at 08:20:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Did you mean Merriam-Webster? I'm sure Miriam is lovely, though ;P
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 08:29:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Thanks!
Khaylain · 2 points · Posted at 09:07:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just thought it was funny, since you had the right address. Have a nice [insert appropriate time of day expression]
theliver · 1 points · Posted at 04:27:35 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
That link says its not a word, but a twitter trending use.
I say that whilst sitting
🎙️ arual_x · 1 points · Posted at 12:01:55 on June 28, 2020 · (Permalink)
People realise that at some point, all words were invented and that language progressed through continued change/addition/subtraction/improvement etc right? People don’t think that cavemen woke up speaking queens English and there is only one universally accepted version of how to talk and it’ll never change, right? Right? Because from some of the repeated comments I’ve had on this post about using a simultaneously “archaic” sounding word and then a “new, not-even-a-real-word-word”, you’d think that what I’d written was incomprehensible or offensive. The point and purpose of language is to communicate. As long as you understand what I am saying, I am doing it just fine. Just because you don’t like my word choice doesn’t mean I’m not doing it “properly”. There is no “properly” and “that’s not a word” is one of the most pointless phrases ever uttered when you consider that at some point, every word in that very phrase was, at some point, also not a word.
[deleted] · -21 points · Posted at 22:49:13 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
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feetlover09 · 9 points · Posted at 06:41:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whilst is commonly used in the UK, you realize that america is not the center of the fucking universe?
MagsWags2020 · 1 points · Posted at 13:56:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Of course. I was just responding to the guy who seemed to think that British English was the standard everywhere.
🎙️ arual_x · 11 points · Posted at 22:53:47 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
quotation marks vs inverted commas
SomolianButtPirate · 2 points · Posted at 10:18:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I live in the US Midwest and I use whilst all the time. I don’t know why you’re assuming the whole world operates around the lingual preferences of midwesterners anyway
mochalatteicecream · -2 points · Posted at 00:28:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I don’t know how to make money from home does that count?
buttonsf · 2 points · Posted at 05:58:13 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Check out cooljobs.com
TheChemicalSophie · -22 points · Posted at 21:16:11 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a how to do thing, but I have a friend who’s never been to Ikea, and it’s not even far from us! We live 30 minutes from one!
LaUNCHandSmASH · 13 points · Posted at 22:13:52 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I've never been on a rollercoaster. 6 flags isn't too far I just never had the desire to do the whole thing. Idk maybe your friend doesn't care about/like IKEA furniture? Just a thought.
buttonsf · 3 points · Posted at 06:02:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Unusual I know in this “must buy stuff” consumerism world but I’ve never been to an Ikea, or a lot of stores for that matter. I go to stores for specific things and have never needed anything Ikea.
SkeletonOfPuns · -12 points · Posted at 01:29:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate that was 26 years old and had a job interview and wanted to dress nice for it. He didn't know how to tie a tie. After struggling for 30 minutes, he asked me to tie it for him. I tried showing him but he didn't want to pay attention
thatasianjeremy · 6 points · Posted at 01:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uh no one knows how to do that
zmaroncelli · -1 points · Posted at 08:44:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Easy. How do you know not to get your cars tank filled up at a station where the main tanks in the ground are actively getting filled up?
My cousin didn’t know that all of the shit at the bottom of the tanks gets mixed together with the new fuel and it’s not safe to fill up with it until about a half hour later when everything settles.
Ass-fault · -14 points · Posted at 01:06:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My 59 yo gf, a professional, worldly woman did not know who Elon Musk is. This is one month ago! In her defense she doesn't read the news but come on, Elon Musk.
me3zzyy · 8 points · Posted at 02:33:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He's only relevant on reddit really. Are you one of those narwhal bacon midnight types?
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 05:12:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have never heard of Elon Musk until I downloaded Reddit. So it’s understandable.
ardranor · 1 points · Posted at 19:58:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
He isnt really important outside of tech/futuroligy circles, or investors looking to make it big on said futurology
GenericBobbleHead · -7 points · Posted at 03:50:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So I was about 5 minutes away from falling asleep no longer than a minute ago, and them my phone made a loud ass buzz, leading me to assume I got texted. Instead, it was reddit notifying me that this cool post I wouldve loved to have seen another time is trending. I felt like asking myself in place of reddit "How do you not know how to notify me during the day instead of right before I fall asleep and experience a nice ass dream?" Anyway, after that I promptly fell asleep(or so I hope).
dudewholovescats · -2 points · Posted at 01:57:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My sister doesn’t know how to use amazon
O_X_E_Y · 1 points · Posted at 11:26:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah seems easy enough, just set it on fire and plant soy and nobody cares
[deleted] · -4 points · Posted at 08:29:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Chopper3 · 1 points · Posted at 08:51:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ignorant
ironmanmk42 · -4 points · Posted at 03:35:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Women parallel parking. Women trying to fill gas in their car.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 04:13:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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ironmanmk42 · 1 points · Posted at 16:48:00 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Haha. Yeah. It's appearing very sexist but hey, it's OK to have some fun and laugh during these times.
I'm not singling a specific person out. It's like my wife saying "men are clueless in the kitchen or with babies or with understanding female feelings ". That's appearing sexist too but let them also joke about the opposite sex.
These terms like sexist are too extreme imo for a little jest.
PCGamor21 · 1 points · Posted at 21:05:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Yeah true I get what you mean
TheKnightsofLiz · -1 points · Posted at 23:18:51 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)*
My husband's coworker is 27 (male) and last week it came to light that he didn't know what Pledge was or what it was for (furniture polish). He lives with his dad, so I'm really worried about who is cleaning that house.
*I'm certain those who downvoted this post are in the same boat.
🎙️ arual_x · 3 points · Posted at 23:20:36 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
It is clearly not consuela
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 01:30:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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me3zzyy · 0 points · Posted at 02:38:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Lucky for her you guys broke up.
grindingcarolina · -1 points · Posted at 01:51:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Used to work at a shitty bar and pizza place with no Point of Sale Station. So all the bills were added up and calculated by hand, including tax. I was adding up some bills on a busy Friday night with my coworker in a private corner. She was multiplying each individual item by the tax rate and then adding them as we went. She didn’t know you’d get the same number adding it all up and multiplying it by 1.07 (tax rate was 7%). Girl was 32
weezulusmaximus · 2 points · Posted at 01:54:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Just taking the scenic route to the final answer. Math is hard
NSFb00gacct · -1 points · Posted at 02:26:12 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a couple roommates in my early twenties and one day we’re having the classic “do you wipe from front to back or back to front?” conversation. One of my roommates asked “How would the other way even work?” and stood up to demonstrate why his method makes more sense. The rest of us all immediately look around at each other puzzled. Our confused expressions caught him off guard and a wave of concern immediately washes over his face and he asks “What?” To which I reply, “Bud are you trying to tell us that you stand up to wipe your ass?”
Since then I make a point of introducing myself to his friends as the guy who taught him how to wipe his ass immediately followed by how long we’ve known eachother. Watching them do the math is fun.
Lastdandelion · -1 points · Posted at 02:31:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was helping my 22 yo brother in law move & was helping him set up his bedding.
Him: What’s this? (As he points to a mattress cover)
Me: a mattress cover.
Him: does it go on after the fitted sheet?
🤦🏻♀️
anaccountwascreated · -1 points · Posted at 02:38:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My mother is a very smart, confident women who helps run our family company. I met her for lunch one day and she wanted to pay but asked me to sign the bill and give the tip. She had no idea how to tip. Her and my dad have been married for 47 years and when the bill came he has always paid. She was fairly certain that you should tip a certain percentage but didn’t know how much. I just told her for future reference no less than 20% but that usually tip more. I can’t help but tip well, even for subpar service because I know how much waiters/waitresses depend on tips and that we could have just caught them on a bad day or they could be overwhelmed. I also had to shame my sister and cousin for being bad tippers. They used to tip $2 no matter how much their bill was. Not to sound like a misogynists, but maybe it’s a female thing? A female thing in my family? Can someone enlighten me?
buttonsf · 2 points · Posted at 05:56:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
If your parents have been married 47yrs that means your mother is at least 60yo and as stated by you, your father has always paid. She has no experience, which seems to have been passed on to your sister as well.
So to answer your question: yes, you’re a misogynist for making it a sex-based issue when it’s an obvious family issue.
anaccountwascreated · 2 points · Posted at 05:58:03 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Cool. Thanks for clarifying!
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evilspeaks · 1 points · Posted at 04:00:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ok, so many terrible parents.
troytroy72 · -1 points · Posted at 03:18:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to react when yr getting a cheeky stare from a younger woman
berwyn_urine · -1 points · Posted at 03:24:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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E_Koli3 · -1 points · Posted at 03:30:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
"Hey can you back out the car for me?" -My stepmom to me at 14
I didn't even know how to start a car. Tons of ridiculing and mocking from my entire family
Red-Lancer-14 · -1 points · Posted at 03:31:46 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not mine, but a story my best friend told me about a mutual friend who's in his mid 20's. He told me the story like this:
A couple of years ago I had a friend over gaming and he crashed in my basement for the night. In the morning I went to make breakfast for us. When he came upstairs I asked him if he could give me a hand unwrapping the Kraft Singles slices (the ones that come individually wrapped in a big package). So he grabs the package out of the fridge and I continue working on what I was doing. I look over at him after a couple minutes and he looks defeated. I go "Bro, what's happening with the cheese slices?". He says to me "Bro... I don't know how to open these things..." I couldn't believe it.
onairmastering · -1 points · Posted at 03:32:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
ITT: People don't know how to cook.
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DeepSleeper · 0 points · Posted at 04:35:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Today I saw someone claim "growning up" is a word...
HoneyFriedChickenHam · -1 points · Posted at 03:41:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not really adulting but here we go. I’m gonna be a third generation fire fighter and the fifth one in my family. There’s this thing called the fire triangle and talks about what is needed for a fire to start(space, air, and fuel). My brother, who was sixteen at the time, and had NEVER, I repeat, NEVER heard of the fire triangle. I knew that shit in 3rd grade. My dad looked like Steve Harvey after he hears about a man’s eggplant on family feud. That mf can tie knots, cook a damn good meal, and bowl really well, but never learned something so simple yet so important, especially as a firefighter.
y33yeet · -1 points · Posted at 03:52:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
a girl in my 8th grade class asked me how to undo on a chrome book. like its just control-z, and we had chrome books for years and it was in the middle of the school year. but im pretty sure she just wanted attention or something she was kinda “quirky”
MakomakoZoo · -1 points · Posted at 03:58:44 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
P POP
BexW858 · -1 points · Posted at 04:03:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Oh bless you, baby steps
Unnecessary info, but as my father is a giant bellend, even with an imaginary stranger on an app on my phone; it was my good friends dad as a teenager, and my best friends dad now (I call best friends parent mum and dad, mine are nothing polite 😂😂)
SuperHeroGirl1 · -1 points · Posted at 04:04:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
I'm 34 and he's 53 with children whom I'm close too--on their way to high school. We don't live together. We've been together for 8 INCREDIBLE and very happening years---love, school, work, vacation, more love, pets, weddings, funerals, social distancing, did I mention love--you name it and I was ready for more. Yes he said he loves me and I have said it back. We never really spoke about marriage or the future but did joke about it. There is a pandemic happening. He broke things off with me because he doesn't know how to move forward or "knows what he wants." I'm so hurt honestly. I even mentioned marriage out of nowhere. I'm even confused if he will be back in my life as my significant other--and I still want it as that. This man is also my bestfriend, lover, and boyfriend. He also suffers from anxiety and depression. This is NO CONTACT day 4. I feel like I'm losing my mind. Please be gentle with your responses. Thank you.
revvolutions · 2 points · Posted at 04:13:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not enough details, has he ever said he's in love with you unpre-empted by you?
toporchi · -1 points · Posted at 04:04:40 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Tyryry
BuckTribe · -1 points · Posted at 04:11:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I made a pot of spaghetti for me to last the entire week. I make my spaghetti all in one pot. I dont separate noodles and meat sauce. My buddy had a chick over to kick it. Mind you, shes a culinary student. She saw the finished product and decided to try it out without asking. So she took a fork and began eating out of the pot.
I had to explain to her how that was rude and disgusting. I threw the pot away and she was perplexed as to why I did that. She couldnt get the fact that she should have simply asked me for some. And got a plate. This ain't your house nor are you my girl
singingcatlady22 · -1 points · Posted at 04:18:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I had to teach my friend how to write a check.. she was probably around 23 at the time!
srschimmel · -1 points · Posted at 04:19:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mispronounced Joralemon (the street in Brooklyn). I had lived near there and never actually ever heard anyone say it.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 04:24:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Can I share one about myself instead? I finally convinced my grandparents to let me move out on good terms at age 26, and one thing that surprised me, my grandparents, AND my room mates, was that I was supposed to apply for the Alabama apartment my roommates invited me to, while still living in Arizona, despite me physically having no way to get an application. I was technically squatting there until I found a local job and reapplied.
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 04:33:29 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean I just dated a psychopath who abused me for money while I thought I could improve their condition and make them a better person. I paid them for months, because I pitied them, as they abused welfare, worked under the table, ended up escorting while also taking money from me, and I just kept trying to make them realize there was real love in the world and real passion for people. But they stayed the same. I let them do so much to tell me the only way to prove love was to pay for them to make rent, I gave them passion and effort to make their house nice while they were "depressed" so they can take my money and the other scams they ran to go out to "friends" to live normally. I kind of did this as a social experiment for myself, to prove that some people really are just not right, or adjusted, or are just psychopaths. Well I won that battle. Some people just want to take advantage of you, and I proved to myself by trying to be virtuous and good to someone to show them the "light" that, at the end of the day, some people just suck and want to abuse shit. Well I now have pages of evidence of fraud, tax evasion, welfare claims while they emailed me about making money from people and working under the table. Considering making a claim to the government, but I feel guilty for trying to see if you can change this type of person and gaining evidence for being a loving being who wants to see the best in people.
LoviaPrime · -1 points · Posted at 04:37:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I’m not sure this counts as adulting because I was 17 and my boyfriend was 18, but we were stuck in traffic and quizzing each other. Simple geography questions and history questions.
I asked him where the queen of England lives. He couldn’t answer. I told him it’s the Buckingham Palace. He says with complete honesty, he’s never heard of that. Yes, we’re both born and raised in America.
AndySipherBull · -1 points · Posted at 04:38:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
35 yo old american friend,
"So we need 800 ml water for the recipe"
"I don't do metric how much is that"
"Take that 1 L bottle and fill it eight tenths full"
*fills it 1/8th full*
ಠ_ಠ
"I told you I don't do metric!"
webflunkie · -1 points · Posted at 04:39:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taught a 20 something old guy how to change a tire. He had been driving for 4+ years and had never learned how to do so.
elbowenthusiast · -1 points · Posted at 04:51:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend has had her drivers license for 6 years now, I just got my permit recently. We're both 19.
We usually make a 2 hour long drive to the cities, where we deliver food together. She does the driving, I do the food pick up and delivery.
We live in a small rural town, the roads are pretty simple and easy to memorize.
Obviously, the cites roads are complicated but easy to understand if you're being extra attentive. I mean, driving is really easy if you just follow the signs.
The first time we went down there, she didn't understand that a ONE WAY sign that was facing us meant it was okay for us to drive that way, so she went around entire blocks just to get to the spot we could have easily gone if we had gone down the street the correct way, but no, that's just too logical.
When in doubt, ignore the sign and go around the block to drive up the street the wrong way.
We've almost collided with oncoming cars several times because of this. The worst is when we're on a one way interchange ramp, where there's no way to get past the other car without backing up. Its embarrassing and dangerous, since the speed limits for the ramps are usually 50-60 mph.
The best part is that she got huffy for me criticizing her driving, saying "well you wouldn't know, you're a new driver!" and it's like okay whatever, I'm sorry you can't understand basic road signs.
Btw, the reason I took so long to start driving was because 2 years ago, we were in the car and she was driving and she lost control of the wheel. We hit a pole, ripped out a fire hydrant, swerved to the other side of the road, flew over the curb and stopped in the ditch. I hit my face on something, idk what, but it broke my glasses and my left eye hemorrhaged and was bleeding out. Had an MRI scan done, nothing there and it healed in a few weeks.
but yeah, couldn't stand being in a car after that, but thankfully I'm starting to panic a little less and I'm happy I'm learning to drive in such a small town. Car crashes change you man, you'll never catch me relaxing in a car ever again. especially with my friend
fourty_five-sechi · -1 points · Posted at 04:53:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm anti social and my generation are crazy (y'all know what I'm talking bout ) and one day at party that my mom obliged me to go everyone was hyped and stuff and there was that dude who came to said and was talking bout dildo and sex ..so i was like da fuw is that ..then the whole party stopped and they was like how dafuq don't you know this ,this is impossible ,you should know everything ,then I left and never came back
kforodo · -1 points · Posted at 05:04:56 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
So.
This story is worthy enough to be a 50 paragraph essay on people
But long story short, I had a psychotic teacher that was just mean to people overall. (For no reason, too.) He would disrupt people just to insult them or createuiq their work.
Getting to my point, he didnt know how to (this sounds fake af) properly greet people. I know it doesnt sound horrifying but he would do really weird things to greet people.
By that I mean touching minors in the incorrect places.
Some peoples no no square.
ShimmRow · -1 points · Posted at 05:22:59 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had a roommate a couple years back. Guy was in his 30s and lived independently since he was a teenager. I'm in my mid 20s. I was home once and was just relaxing in my room upstairs when I heard him get the mail. A few minutes later he comes upstairs and shies around my doorway for a second until I ask him what's up. He steps in and says "I've got a question, and don't judge " so I lean forward and tell him of course not. "Is it bad to open someone else's mail?" He asks and hands me an envelope that was torn right open. It had the name of what turned out to be the previous tenant displayed right on the front, as well as the name of the bank this statement had come from... This guy had 5 years of living experience on me and twice that amount in living independently.
AnnoiaErris · -1 points · Posted at 05:36:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How big Australia actually is.
So many average Aussie think we're not much bigger than Texas, then are shocked to see an image of Australia layered over an image of the USA.
"America has so many states it must be so BIG"
"Everything is bigger in Texas"
Stupid brainwashing thanks to decades of propaganda with a big part of the blame going to the American entertainment industry (tv, books, movies, they all play a part.)
danxlau · -1 points · Posted at 05:39:58 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A bit late to the party but I’ll add my story anyway So me and my family were watching a movie upstairs and normally my dad is the one who has the remote but my dog needed to go out to pee so my dad brought him out but didn’t pause the movie. Since my mom was close to the remote I asked her to pause the movie
In which my mom replies “How do I do that?” Then incomes my face swelling up with disappointment as I ask how do you not know how to pause. My mom then says “I don’t know how to use technology”. Keep in mind this was pretty recent and my parents have been watching a lot of movies together so I can’t wonder how she doesn’t know how to pause.
Some time later the movie ends and I decide to do something else and ask my mom to turn the volume down and then she asks “How do I turn the volume down”.
Bruh
VenusianRex · -1 points · Posted at 05:42:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Don't know if it's like that on other countries, but in Brazil you have to press a little button on the bus to let the driver know you'll be getting down on the next stop
Well...when a friend of mine got into the university we went to the campus together for the first time because she was afraid of going alone. Told her to press the button so we could get down and she was like do you have to press a button??????
18 year old bitch had never got into a bus
champagnenoodle · -1 points · Posted at 05:45:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I just found out that my 15 year old brother does not brush his teeth. Does that count?
JustAnIgnoramous · -1 points · Posted at 05:45:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Being president
HappyDemon6 · -1 points · Posted at 05:48:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My friend didn't know how to cut the arms off the body rookie mistake he tried a knife i laughed my ass off I told him that wasn't going to work so I I had to help him I gave him a saw and I put my arms around him holding his hands and I showed him how. I looked at him and he sensed it he looked back at me and 1 thing led to another we kissed with blood on our shirt and hands.....Im not gay is just a joke
YaBoi289 · 1 points · Posted at 06:22:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died
HappyDemon6 · 1 points · Posted at 06:26:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Time to show godzilla that Mankind is God
V2guru · -1 points · Posted at 05:51:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Dated a 26 year old European that didn't know HIV was transmitted by sperm...
ACAB_____ · -1 points · Posted at 06:08:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It seems like all the dick heads who won't wear a mask are also the same dimwits that can't get a self checkout kiosk to work for a 3 item transaction 🤷♂️
them1ghtybean · -1 points · Posted at 06:08:34 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I told my boyfriend i got into insert university initials and he asked me what that was. The name of the university was “University of (state that we live in)”. Ugh
seandowling73 · -1 points · Posted at 06:13:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
A friend, mid 30 year old female, moved into my house and didn’t know that you needed to wring out the dish sponge in the kitchen sink. Just left it soaking wet in the sink. Wtf
_Anonymous_ · -1 points · Posted at 06:18:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Whilst adulting. Lol wut
[deleted] · -1 points · Posted at 06:20:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
adulting 100 chungus 100 adulting is hard chungus 100
mrchaotica · -1 points · Posted at 06:21:24 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not a story, but a relevant quote:
-- Robert A. Heinlein
Chringestina · -1 points · Posted at 06:27:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
When anyone can't whistle! Like, y'all people have had decades to figure out how to whistle.
ardranor · 1 points · Posted at 20:08:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Why
PlayFK · -1 points · Posted at 06:30:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Was seeing a girl for a while who hadn’t ever used a pepper grinder. Mid 20s. Brutal.
Zeck683 · -1 points · Posted at 06:31:25 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
that you can move your camera with your mouse scroll wheel
stmCanuck · -1 points · Posted at 06:39:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Early 20's co-worker had never heard of the Gutenberg Bible, and couldn't comprehend the historical importance of the moveable type printing press.
neowie · -1 points · Posted at 06:40:50 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My brother looked at a rotary phone and asked me how to dial a number. He was in his mid- to late 20s.
2735anch · -1 points · Posted at 07:00:27 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Taking my friend to a gym and her talking loudly all the time about how (whatever) goes wrong with her she will vomit and her sister knows when she will vomit and call for a bucket. Fuck, we were just doing those skijoring things.
Volkae · -1 points · Posted at 07:21:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
When I was younger, I worked at a hardware store as a sales floor associate. I actually enjoyed it a lot of despite my employer being literal Satan. At this job, I did a lot of the training, teaching employees how to appropriately handle customers, measure product and cut it to length (as such named cut and measure)
There was a new guy that was a giant dick, incredibly arrogant, talked down to you, thought he was the best thing to walk this earth. He got along with the upper management, he was, of course, a suck up by nature. Honestly? Whatever, you do you. But my God did it make me happy with what happened next...
We were in the middle of a rush, and quickly trying to help customers as needed. I had voluntold him to help out with some glass cutting. I was reading him the orders as I wrote out the checkout slip - trying to get people in and out. I read him the measurement for a slab of glass. 6 and ¹/⁸ inches. It needed to be precise to fit in the frame for the customer. He cut it out and handed to me, the goddamn glass didn't fit. I measured it, this thing was almost half a fricken inch too big. I quickly turned around, what was needed and got the customer out.
I turned to him and said, "why did you cut this at 6 and a half, man?" He just kinda shrugged. I handed him a tape measure and asked him to cut one at an eighth. He stood there, and barely muttered, 'i... don't know how"
This man could not read a tape measure... he was in his late 30's. Needless to say, I spent the next 30 minutes trying to teach him without judgment (at least vocal) but christ on a mountain...
shmorsho · -1 points · Posted at 08:11:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My coworker has never eaten a California roll.
I had to explain what it was and I could barely keep it together the entire time
Nomadicminds · 2 points · Posted at 08:15:05 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Depends on countries but it’s not a thing in mine until I moved countries....
shmorsho · 0 points · Posted at 08:19:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It’s common knowledge where I’m from. That is, the US
AlarmedMaintenance1 · 1 points · Posted at 08:12:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
H o w
Alicia_kristina · -1 points · Posted at 08:12:45 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm a private stripper. I went to a show about 3 years ago. It was a biker club and near the end of the show one of the bikers wanted to take me for a quick ride but I ended up getting a last minute show and told him next time! Well that biker crashed and died less then 5 minutes after I told him next time! It was a tragedy and I still think about him 😔
Alicia_kristina · 0 points · Posted at 08:13:51 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually have so many crazy stories about doing private shows. 😢
GlitchyHoneyJar · -1 points · Posted at 08:22:02 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was doing basic maths and my father decided to teach me the way he did it as his school. Keep in mind my father was 42 or something at the time, and he’s teaching an 8 year old his way of maths.
Chopper3 · 1 points · Posted at 08:56:01 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It still works though
GlitchyHoneyJar · 1 points · Posted at 08:57:42 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It does, but the way my school taught it was different, so for me it was like watching him explain taxes to an 8 year old.
kronblakaj · -1 points · Posted at 08:26:04 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Jerking off
bananologia · -1 points · Posted at 08:28:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My dad didn't know how to change a car battery and we were in the middle of nowhere
bawserlol · -1 points · Posted at 09:02:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My best friend told me that he would take paracetamol and ibuprofen before drinking if he had a hedache and sometimes take some at the end of the night to combat the hangover. I told him exactly why thats retarded and super fucking dangerous. To be sure he also asked his mother who told him. "Are you actually retarded/you fucking dumbass".
RepublicOfLizard · -1 points · Posted at 11:34:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Had to explain to a male friend of mine that women in fact have 3 holes down there; not just 2 like men. I had to show him a diagram of the female urinary tract and reproductive system in order to convince him that babies and pee do not come out of the same hole. I then had to explain to him that the reason it’s like this is because we were all actually women to begin with in utero but at late stage development gender is determined and assigned to the fetus with the proper reproductive organs and systems, it actually took almost 3 hours to finally convince him that yes ur penis used to be a clitoris and that’s why we both pee out of our “pleasure” organs.
SusieHom3maker · 0 points · Posted at 11:47:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Has he figured out that squirting isn't female ejaculation? If not, he's in for a disgusting realization of the truth.
RepublicOfLizard · 1 points · Posted at 11:51:41 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I actually did later have to have a talk with him about “the g spot”.
He came to me very meekly one day and admitted he had absolutely no clue where or what it was. So I googled a diagram of the full clitoris and explain that a majority of it is actually internal and the g spot is the part of the clitoris that is close to the surface of the vagina about an inch in. He just had this blank shocked look on his face the whole tine
Sypwer · -1 points · Posted at 12:10:38 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Okay here me out, a friend of mine, straight up didnt even know how to even breathe. He called it a stupid name like "asthma" or something
arielrecon · -1 points · Posted at 12:48:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
More like “how do you not know this?” My mother in law was dating a man who straight up didn’t know what an epi pen was! He also couldn’t wrap his head around what an open mic was either. He was a special kind of clueless
Dhsu04 · -1 points · Posted at 12:48:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
... If Darwinism is a thing, these people ought to be extinct by now
etreoupasetre · -1 points · Posted at 13:51:21 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Practice every day. Go to a French speaking country and live it. After the pandemic,of course. Watch favorite movies or tv shows with the French language turned on instead of English. Check YouTube for French podcasts.
flyingviaBFR · 2 points · Posted at 15:17:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/lostredditors
N33chy · -2 points · Posted at 01:28:53 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
Friends not knowing how to change car tires. How do you own a car, hold up a job, and do all the other things without knowing how to change a damn tire? Yeesh
Edit: should have specified wheel + tire, as in a spare. Can't say I know how to replace a tire on a wheel, myself.
great_raisin · -2 points · Posted at 01:49:16 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Finding out my (23M) girlfriend (23F) doesn't know to ride a bicycle
JrShweg · -2 points · Posted at 01:56:11 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Putting on your own wiper blades.
Source: I work at AutoZone, you wouldn't believe how many grown people can't do it.
KGB_cutony · -2 points · Posted at 02:12:31 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm an ESL teacher and one of my in-class sample questions reads "how often does February have an extra day?"
At least 50% of my students couldn't get it right not because they don't know how to answer "how often" questions, but because they didn't know there are leap years, and that sometimes there's a 29th in February
Pretty sure some of them have kids.
JaCrispyMcNuggets · -2 points · Posted at 03:12:17 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
How to fish, I use to fish every other day at lakes and ponds and this other 25 year old guy dont know how to fish? Like wjat?????
AnnieOakleysKid · -2 points · Posted at 03:28:49 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I was at a supermarket buying fruit and as my cantaloupe rolled towards the cashier who happened to be about 30 y.o. the cashier picks it up and rolls it around looking at it strange like. I asked her if there was a problem and she smiles at me and says, I don't know what this is? What is this.?
I turned to look at the person behind me and they rolled their eyes at her and I looked at the cashier and said, "You've got to be kidding me right?!" And the cashier looks at me and says "No, seriously I've never seen one of these before. I don't know what it is."
I stared at her like she was from outer space and said, OMG, it's a CANTALOUPE. Have you never eaten cantaloupe before? Its orange colored. She goes yes, I've eaten cantaloupe before but I didn't know it came in these.
I said what did you think it came in? And she goes, I thought they came in those little plastic trays. I threw my hands up and grabbed my cantaloupe from her and said, "I'm SO done here. Give me my total." And shaking my head I paid and walked out. I was so discombobulated at the fact that she actually thought cantaloupe grew in little plastic trays, that I walked right past my own car. 🤯🤪
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 03:44:26 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
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Autismspeaks6969 · 1 points · Posted at 03:46:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
r/iamveryrandom
[deleted] · -2 points · Posted at 04:55:33 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I knew this dude, he was very well educated and could express himself clearly. Imagine my surprise when he uses 'adulting' like he's a fucking tween.
GGboysGGthesecond · -2 points · Posted at 10:02:22 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Idk
Isabelle20099002 · -2 points · Posted at 12:53:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
On a app called tiktok a girl told us she knew how to kill her father and I thought "how in the world do you know!?"
IrishCowboy88 · -2 points · Posted at 16:36:23 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My wife has never paid a lot of things and she’s fine. Doing what God\nature intended; being a wife and mother. I know, I know, a lot of people would say that’s not women’s roles. Well a lot of people are stupid, that’s not a coincidence
[deleted] · -12 points · Posted at 23:31:05 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I have a "how do you not know how to speak English?" moment whenever someone uses the word "whilst."
🎙️ arual_x · 8 points · Posted at 23:41:16 on June 25, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean, it’s funny because it’s a fucking English word. But okay buddy.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 22:25:35 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
It's an English word that immediately makes you sound like a pretentious idiot. It's never correct to use it and people will judge you for it. Don't shoot the messenger.
[deleted] · 1 points · Posted at 04:04:55 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
You should pick better hills to die on. Whilst is fine.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 22:27:07 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Not in America. People will judge you severely for sounding pretentious. It's never correct.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 23:28:32 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
That's very backward of you. Have you considered not resenting others for being smarter than you?
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 01:56:26 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)*
There's no need to be an asshole and try to insult me. I learned to write at a school that's top five for writing in the disciplines.
"While" is always preferred over "whilst" in American English. This is not backward. It's not even up for debate.
[deleted] · 0 points · Posted at 02:21:35 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
You're the one being an asshole about your personal preference, Mr. Arbiter of the English language. The very fact that you keep being a dick to people about it, meaning it's in common use, shows that it is up for debate.
Now, whilst I enjoy a good debate, you clearly insist upon being a dick so I'm done with this one.
MutedAsk · -4 points · Posted at 01:39:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Grown ass man not knowing how to change a flat tire
jbruce1988 · 1 points · Posted at 01:46:48 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Uncomfortably common...
MutedAsk · 0 points · Posted at 01:48:30 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I mean if you own a car, this just goes with the usual maintenance doesn't it?!
AliceAlicee · -5 points · Posted at 03:22:18 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My niece used to put conditioner STRAIGHT ON HER HEAD. It used to always make her hair look so greasy. You're suppose to put conditioner on the tips only. It shocked me no one had told her this.
polishirishmomma · 4 points · Posted at 03:30:06 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
I use conditioner all over my hair. Doesn’t come out greasy
oldognewtricks · 1 points · Posted at 08:19:57 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Same here
invisible_for_this · 3 points · Posted at 04:20:09 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
As a curly haired person I can assure you that conditioner goes on all my hair, rubbed in to the scalp and everything. Sometimes I put the conditioner in my hair while its fully dry and really work it in, saturating every bit of every strand before getting in the shower and rinsing it out. Never greasy.
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 00:34:07 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
Your niece, probably.
AliceAlicee · 1 points · Posted at 02:18:25 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
We have naturally greasy hair. I have always been told to NOT put conditioner Directly on the scalp. I thought she knew this but she didn't ! And it helped improved her hair. Different things work for different people !
smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 06:05:12 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
I'm glad it helped. I was being silly, because you wrote as if that is common knowledge and applies to everyone, which is not the case.
[deleted] · -5 points · Posted at 03:35:52 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Actually knowing someone like you in real life must be horribly embarrassing.
throwawaywtf7778 · 1 points · Posted at 05:11:08 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
this above
SaltLife2020 · -4 points · Posted at 01:42:28 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Working With The Rich Young And Spoiled No Job Training Skills Or Customer Service Knowledge But Want To Get Mad At You For Telling Them Their Job #Welcometotherealworld If You Don't Like It Stay Home Keep Living Off Mommy & Daddy Get Some Kind Of Life Skills Because If Everyone Got Paid To Stand In One Spot And Do A Job The World Would Be A Fair Job Market Place Meaning There's More Than One Job To Do Than Stand There Looking Stupid 😡😂
Meme_Machine101 · -7 points · Posted at 01:59:19 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Millennial alert
Dinomiteblast · -7 points · Posted at 10:14:20 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
My family poops big. Maybe it's genetic, maybe it's our diet, but everyone births giant logs of crap. If anyone has laid a mega-poop, you know that sometimes it won't flush. It lays across the hole in the bottom of the bowl and the vortex of draining water merely gives it a spin as it mocks you.
Growing up, this was a common enough occurrence that our family had a poop knife. It was an old rusty kitchen knife that hung on a nail in the laundry room, only to be used for that purpose. It was normal to walk through the hallway and have someone call out "hey, can you get me the poop knife"?
I thought it was standard kit. You have your plunger, your toilet brush, and your poop knife.
Fast forward to 22. It's been a day or two between poops and I'm over at my friend's house. My friend was the local dealer and always had 'guests' over, because you can't buy weed without sitting on your ass and sampling it for an hour. I excuse myself and lay a gigantic turd. I look down and see that it's a sideways one, so I crack the door and call out for my friend. He arrives and I ask him for his poop knife.
"My what?"
Your poop knife, I say. I need to use it. Please.
"Wtf is a poop knife?"
Obviously he has one, but maybe he calls it by a more delicate name. A fecal cleaver? A Dung divider? A guano glaive? I explain what it is I want and why I want it.
He starts giggling. Then laughing. Then lots of people start laughing. It turns out, the music stopped and everyone heard my pleas through the door. It also turns out that none of them had poop knives, it was just my fucked up family with their fucked up bowels. FML.
I told this to my wife last night, who was amused and horrified at the same time. It turns out that she did not know what a poop knife was and had been using the old rusty knife hanging in the utility closet as a basic utility knife. Thankfully she didn't cook with it, but used it to open Amazon boxes.
She will be getting her own utility knife now.
[Edit: Common question - Why was this not in the bathroom instead of the laundry room? Answer. We only had one poop knife, and the laundry room was central to all three bathrooms. I have no idea why we didn't have three poop knives. All I know is that we didn't. We had the one. Possibly because my father was notoriously cheap about the weirdest things. So yes, we shared our poop knife.]
nrdxn · 8 points · Posted at 10:17:36 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Great, you know how to copy and paste a legendary post. Well done.
[deleted] · 3 points · Posted at 10:20:10 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)
Ah yes. Originality.
[deleted] · -7 points · Posted at 03:27:54 on June 26, 2020 · (Permalink)*
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smegnose · 1 points · Posted at 02:01:19 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
*than
gostosaatleta · -7 points · Posted at 00:21:21 on June 27, 2020 · (Permalink)
First time me 48 y.o boyfriend gone down on me (if you ate heterosexual and don’t know how to eat a pussy you should be gay.